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THE  LATIN  VULGATE: 


DILIGENTLY  COMPARED  WITH 


THE  HEBREW,  GREEK,  AND  OTHER  EDITIONS,  IN  VARIOUS  LANGUAGES. 


THE  OLD  TESTAMENT  WAS  FIRST  PUBLISHED  BY  THE  ENGLISH  COLLEGE  AT  DO  WAY,  A.  D.  1609: 
AND  THE  NEW  TESTAMENT,  BY  TIIE  ENGLISH  COLLEGE  AT  RHEIMS,  A.  D.  1532. 


WITH 


ANNOTATIONS,  BY  THE  REV.  DR.  CHALLONER;  TOGETHER  WITH  REFERENCES,  AND  AN 

HISTORICAL  AND  CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX. 


REVISED  AND  CORRECTED  ACCORDING  TO  THE  CLEMENTINE  EDITION  OP  THE  SCRIlTtTREi. 


PHILADELPHIA: 
JOHN  KELLY    614  &  617  8ANSOM  ST. 

MINTED  FROM   BTEREOTITB   PLATES   OF  FIELDING   LUCAS,   JR.,   BALTIMORE,  HD. 


3tw,'  Qdiiian  o/TEE  HOLT  SCRIPTURES,  funded  in 
(p/iiladel/iAia,  pom  the  g'te^ealjjpe  SP/afrA  o/  FIELDING  LUCAS,  JR., 
Sfyallunaf-e,  iA  a  genuine,  and  teliahle  edition,  and  may.  be  lUed  uAtJiaid  feat- 
e/-  AcAvz/tZe  bij.  the  piitfip.iL 

JA.MI-:s    l'KEDERICK, 

nop  'of  Philadelphia. 


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APPROBATION  OF  THE  OLD  TESTAMENT, 

BY  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  DOWAY. 


3Sito 
■ft* 


Nob  infra  scripti,  in  alma  Duascensi  universitate  Sacrae  Theologian  Doctores  et  Professores,  hanc  Anglicanam  Ve- 
teris  Testamenti  Translationem,  quam  tres  diversi  ejus  nationis  eruditissimi  Theologi,  non  solum  fidelum,  sed  propter 
diversa  quae  ei  sunt  adjuncta,  valde  utilem  fidei  Catholicae  propaganda}  ac  tuendae,  and  bonis  moribus  promovendis, 
eunt  testati:  quorum  testimonia  ipsorum  syngraphis  munita  vidimus;  cujus  item  Translations,  et  Annotationum  auc- 
tores  nobis  de  fidei  integritate,  et  eruditionis  praestantia,  probe  sunt  noti:  his  rebus  adducti  et  nixi,  fructuose 
evulgari  posse  censuimus.    Duaci,  8  Novembris,  1009. 

Gulielmus  Estius,  Sacra  Theologies  Doctor,  et  in  Academia  Duacensi  Professor. 

Bartholomjeus  Petrus,  Sacra  Theologia  Doctor,  et  in  Universitate  Duacensi  Professor. 

Georgius  Colvenerius,  S.  Theologies  Doctor,  et  ejusdem  in  Academia  Duacena  Professor. 

APPROBATION  OF  THE  NEW  TESTAMENT, 

BY  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  RHEIMS. 

Cum  hujus  versionis  ac  editionis  Authores,  nobis  de  fide  et  eruditione  sint  probe  cogniti,  aliique  S.  Theologiae 
et  linguae  Anglicanae  peritissimi  viri  contestati  sint,  nihil  in  hoc  opere  reperiri,  quod  non  sit  Catholicae  Ecclesiae 
doctrinae  et  pietati  consentaneum,  vel  quod  ullo  modo  potestati  ac  paci  civili  repugnet,  sed  omnia  potius  veram  fidem, 
Reip.  bonum,  vitaeque  ac  morum  probitatem  promovere :  ex  ipsorum  fide  censemus  ista  utiliter  excudi  et  publicari 
posse. 

Petrus  Remigus,  Archidiaconus  major  Metropolitanas  insignis  Ecclesia  Rhemensis,  Juris  Canonici  Doctor,  Archi- 
episcopatus.  Rhemensis  generalis  Vicarius. 

Hubertus  Morus,  Rhemensis  Ecclesia  Decanus,  et  Ecclesiastes,  in  sacratissima  Theologies,  facilitate  Doctor. 

Joannes  le  Besgue,  Canonicus  Rhemensis,  Doctor  Theologus,  et  Cancellarius  Academia  Rhemensis. 

Gulielmus  Balbus,  Theologiae  Professor,  Collegii  Rhemensis  Archimagister. 


A   TRANSLATION  OF  THE  DECREE  OF  THE  COUNCIL  OF  TRENT, 

CONCERNING  THE  CANONICAL  SCRIPTURES. 

SESSION  IV. 
The  holy  Oecumenick  and  general  Council  of  Trent,  in  the  Holy  Ghost  lawfully  assembled,  the  three  aforesaid  Le- 
gates of  the  Apostolic  See  presiding  therein,  having  always  this  in  view,  that  all  errors  being  taken  away,  the  purity  of 
the  Gospel  should  be  preserved  in  the  Church ;  that  Gospel,*  before  promised  by  the  Prophets  in  the  Holy  Scriptures, 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  Son  of  God,  first  promulgated  with  his  own  mouth ;  and  afterwards  commanded  his  Apos- 
tles to  preach  the  same  to  allf  nations,  as  the  source  of  every  saving  truth,  and  moral  discipline :  and  the  Synod 
clearly  seeing  that  this  truth  and  discipline  is  contained  in  the  Written  Word,  and  in  the  unwritten  Traditions,  which 
the  Apostles  received  from  the  mouth  of  Christ  himself,  or  from  the  J  Apostles  themselves,  being  the  dictate  of  the 
Holy  Ghost  to  them,  and  delivered  as  it  were  from  hand  to  hand,  came  down  to  us :  following  the  examples  of  the 
Orthodox  Fathers,  with  due  veneration  and  piety  receiving  all  the  books  as  well  of  the  Old  as  of  the  New  Testament, 
seeing  that  God  is  the  immediate  Author  of  both,  and  also  receiving  these  Traditions,  appertaining  to  Faith  and 
Morals,  as  coming  from  the  mouth  of  Christ,  or  dictated  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  held  in  the  Catholic  Church  by  a  con- 
tinued succession.  The  Synod,  therefore,  thought  proper  to  annex  to  this  decree  a  catalogue  of  the  Sacred  Books, 
lest  any  doubt  might  arise  concerning  those  that  were  approved  of.  They  are  the  following :  Of  the  Old  Testament, 
the  live  books  of  Moses,  that  is,  Genesis,  Exodus,  Leviticus,  Numbers,  Deuteronomy ;  Josue,  Judges,  Ruth,  the  four 
books  of  Kings,  two  of  Paralipomenon,  first  and  second  of  Esdras,  which  is  called  Nehemias,  Tobias,  Judith, 
Esther,  Job,  the  Psalter  of  David,  in  number  one  hundred  and  fifty  Psalms,  Proverbs,  Ecclesiastes,  the  Canticle  of  Can- 
ticles, Wisdom,  Ecclesiastic  us,  Isaias,  Jeremias,  with  Baruch,  Ezekiel,  Daniel,  the  twelve  minor  Prophets,  that  is,  Osee, 
Joel,  Amos,  Abdias,  Jonas,  Micheas,  Nahum,  Habacuc,  Sophonias,  Aggeus,  Zacharias,  Malachias,  two  books  of  the 
Machabees,  first  and  second.  Of  the  New  Testament,  four  Gospels,  according  to  Matthew,  Mark,  Luke,  and  John, 
The  Acts  of  the  Apostles  written  by  Luke  the  Evangelist :  the  fourteen  Epistles  of  Paul  the  Apostle :  to  the  Romans, 
two  to  the  Corinthians,  to  the  Galatians,  to  the  Ephesians,  to  the  Philippians,  to  the  Colossians,  two  to  the  Thessalo- 
nians,  two  to  Timothy,  to  Titus,  to  Philemon,  to  the  Hebrews:  two  Epistles  of  Peter  the  Apostle,  three  of  John  the 
Apostle,  one  of  James  the  Apostle,  one  of  Jude  the  Apostle,  and  the  Apocalypse  of  John  the  Apostle.  Now  if  any 
one,  reading  over  these  books  in  all  their  parts,  as  they  are  usually  read  in  the  Catholic  Church,  and  being  in  the 
Latin  Vulgate  Edition,  does  not  hold  them  Sacred  and  Canonical,  and  knowing  the  aforesaid  traditions,  does  indi* 
triously  contemn  them,  let  him  be  Anathema. 

•  Jeremias,  chap.  xxxi.  ver.  33.  t  Mark,  chap.  xri.  yer.  15.  1  2  Thesaaloniana,  chap.  ii.  ver.  14. 


3fJ0 


The  following  lstlrr  of  His  Holiness  Pica  thb  Sixth,  to  the  Most  Rrv.  Antiioky  Maktini,  note  Archbishop  of  Florence,  on  Ai'j  Trmr** 
liiium  of  the  Holy  Bible  into  Italian,  ihowM  the  betuJU  which  the  faithful  may  reap  from  their  having  the  Holy  Scriptures  in  Jfcl 
Vulvar  Tongue. 

POPE  PIUS  THE  SIXTH. 

Dclovkd  So*,  Health  and  Apostolical  Benediction. 

At  a  time  that  a  vast  number  of  bad  books,  which  most  grossly  attack  the  Catholic  Religion,  are  circulated,  even  anion?  the  tm 
learned,  to  the  great  destruction  of  souls,  you  judge  exceedingly  well,  that  the  faithful  should  bo  excited  to  the  reading  of  the  Hob  Scripture*. 
For  these  are  the  roost  abundant  sources  which  ought  to  be  left  open  to  every  one,  to  draw  from  them  puritv  of  morals  and  oi'  ilex  trine,  tc 
eradicate  the  errors  which  arc  so  widely  disseminated  in  those  corrupt  times:  This  you  have  seasonably  effected,  as  you  declare,  by  pub- 
ig  the  Sacred  Writings  in  the  language  of  your  country,  suitable  to  every  one's  capacity:  especially  when  you  show  and  set  forth, 
N*J  lmve  added  explanatory  notes,  winch  bang  extracted  from  the  Holy  fathers,  preclude  every  possible  danger  of  abuse:  Thus  you 
have  not  swerved  either  from  the  laws  of  the  Congregation  of  the  Index,  or  from  the  Constitution  published  on  this  subject  by  1!km:hht 
xiv.  that  immortal  Pope,  our  predecessor  in  the  Pontificate,  and  formerly  when  We  held  a  place  near  his  person,  our  excellent  Master  ir 
Scclesiasticnl  learning;  circumstances  which  We  mention  as  honourable  to  Us,  We  therefore  applaud  your  eminent  learning,  joined  with 
your  extraordinary  piety,  and  We  return  you  our  duo  acknowledgement  for  the  books  you  have  transmitted  to  Us,  and  which,  when  con- 
venient, We  will  read  over.  In  the  mean  time,  as  a  token  of  our  Pontifical  benevolence,  receive  our  Apostolical  benediction,  which  to  you, 
beloved  Bon,  We  very  affectionately  impart.    Given  at  Home,  on  the  Calends  of  April,  177^,  the  fourth  year  of  our  Pontificate. 

W  belated  mm,  PHILIP  1JUONAMICL  Latin  Secretary. 

Anthony  Martini,  at  Turin. 

ADMONITION. 

Th«  Scriptures,  in  which  are  contained  the  Revealed  Mysteries  of  Divine  Faith,  arc  undoubtedly  the  most  excellent  of  all  writings; 

they  were  a rittcn  by  men  divinely  inspired,  and  are  not  the  Wortls  of  men,  but  the  Word  of  OW,  which  MM  save  our  souls,  1  Thess.  ii.  !•'<, 

end  James  i.  -J1 ;  bat  then  they  OOgfat  to  be  read,  even  by  the  learned,  with  the  spirit  of  humility,  and  with  a  fear  of  mistaking  the  true 

■,  as  many  have  done.     This  we  learn  from  the  scripture  itself;  where  St.  Peter  says,  that  in  the  Epistles  of  St.  Paul  there  are  some 

I  ear*  H  be  understood,  which  the  unlearned  and  unstable  wrest,  as  they  do  also  the  other  Scriptures,  to  their  own  perdition, 

\i  P  t.  m.  18. 

To  prevent  and  remedy  this  abuse,  and  to  guard  against  error,  it  was  judged  necessary  to  forbid  the  reading  of  the  Scriptures  in  the 

vulgar  languages,  without  the  advice  and  permission  of  the  Pastors  and  spiritual  Guides  whom  God  has  appointed  to  govern  his  Church, 

28.    ( 3mat  himself  declaring  :   He  that  will  not  hear  the  church,  let  him  be  to  thee  as  the  heathen  and  the  publican.    Matt,  xviii.  16. 

Nun  is  this  due  submission  to  the  Catholic  Church  {The  pillar  and  ground  of  truth,  1  Tim.  iii.  15,)  to  be  understood  of  the  ignorant  and 
unlearned  only,  but  also  of  men  accomplished  in  all  kinds  oi  learning:  the  ignorant  fall  into  errors  for  want  of  knowledge,  and  Uie  learned 
tliroui.'h  priil--  and  self-sufficiency. 

Tih:kv;h>iu:  let  every  reader  of  the  Sacred  Writings,  who  pretends  to  be  a  competent  judge  of  the  sense,  and  of  the  truths  revealed  in 
JWm,  reflect  on  the  words  which  be  finds  in  Isaias,  chap.  lv.  8, 9.  My  thoughts  arc  not  as  your  thoughts,  neither  are  your  ways  my  ways, 
taiih  the  Lord;  for  as  the  heavens  are  exalted  above  tlie  earth,  even  so  are  my  ways  exalted  above  your  ways,  and  my  thoughts  above  your 
thoughts.  How  then  shall  any  one,  by  his  private  reason,  pretend  to  judge,  to  know,  to  demonstrate,  the  incomprehensible  and  unsearch- 
able ways  of  God  1 


A  PRAYER  BEFORE  THE  READING  OF  ANY  PART  OF  THE  HOLY  SCRIFrURE. 

Cone,  O  Holy  Spirit,  fill  the  hearts  and  minds  of  thy  faithful  servants,  and  inflame  them  with  the  fire  of  thy  divine  love. 

L  t  us  pray. — ( )  God,  who  by  the  inspiration  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  didst  instruct  the  hearts  of  thy  faithful  servants ;  grant  us  in  the  samo 
Spirit,  to  discern  what  is  right,  and  enjoy  his  comfort  for  ever:  Through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who  livcth  and  reigneth  one  God,  with  thM 
■nd  the  same  Spirit,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


THE  ORDER  OF  THE  BOOKS  OF  THE  OLD  TESTAMENT. 


Gnneehi         •       •       • 

doe       •       »       •        •        • 
LevuicM       »       •       •       •       • 
Numbers       -•••-- 
Deuteronomy        •         •         -        • 
Josue        -         •                  •        » 
Judges        .... 
Kiith 

I.  Kings,  alias,  I.  Samuel         •        • 

II.  Kings,  alias,  II.  Samuel  •         • 

III.  Kings 

IV.  K  

I.  Paralipnmcndh,  alias,  L  Chronicles 

II.  Paralipomeoon,  alias,  IL  Chronicle* 

-is 

II.  End  rax,  alias,  Nehcraias 

as 

Judith 

Esther 

iob    -  - 

Psalms 

Proverbs     --.-•• 
fcr»iisstf    ■•••-■ 


Chapters. 

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40 

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36 

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24 

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36 

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Cnnticlc  of  Canticles 

Wisdom 

Ecclesiasticus 

lsaias 

Jeremiaa 

I -amenta tiocs 

IJaruch      ... 

iiel 

1      -      . 
Osee    •     •        • 
Joel 
Amos 
Abdias 
Jonas        - 
Michael 
Nuhum 

■iic 
Sophonius 
AirireuB       ■       • 


Malacmas 
II. 


Chapten. 

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19 

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66 

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5 

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14 

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9 

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THE 


BOOK  OF  GENESIS. 


7"^ts  hot)*  is  50  called  from  its  treating  of  the  Generation. 
that,  is,  of  the  creation,  and  the  beginning  of  the  world.  The 
Heb'ews  call  it  BKREsrrn,/rw»  the  word  with  which  it  begins. 
It  contains  not  only  the  history  of  the  creation  of  the  world, 
but  also  an  account  of  its  progress  during  the  space  of  2369 
years,  that  is,  until  the  death  of  Joseph. 

CHAP.  I. 

ilod  treateth  heaven  and  earth,  and  all  things  therein,  in  six 

days. 

IN  the  beginning  God  created  heaven  and  earth. 
2  And  the  earth  was  void  and  empty,  and  dark- 
ness was  u[>on  the  face  of  the  deep:  and  the  Spirit 
of  God  moved  over  the  waters. 

3  And  God  said:  Be  light  made.  And  light  was 
made. 

4  And  God  saw  the  light  that  it  was  good  :  and 
he  divided  the  light  from  the  darkness. 

5  And  he  called  the  light  Day,  and  the  darkness 
Night :  and  there  was  evening  and  morning  one  day. 

6  And  God  said :  Let  there  be  a  firmament* 
made  amidst  the  waters  :  and  let  it  divide  the  waters 
from  the  waters. 

7  And  God  made  a  firmament,  and  divided  the 
waters  that  were  under  the  firmament,  from  those 
tnat  vtere  above  the  firmamenr.     And  it  was  so. 

8  And  God  called  the  firmament,  Heaven  :  and 
the  evening  and  morning  were  the  second  day. 

9  God  also  said  :  Let  the  waters  that  are  under 
the  heaven,  be  gathered  together  into  one  place  :  and 
let  the  dry  land  appear.     And  it  was  so  done. 

10  And  God  called  the  dry  land,  Earth:  and  the 
gathering  together  of  the  waters  he  called  Seas.  And 
God  saw  that  it  was  good. 

1 1  And  he  said  :  Let  the  earth  bring  forth  the 
green  herb,  and  such  as  may  seed,  and  the  fruit-tree 
yielding  fruit  after  its  kind,  which  may  have  seed 
in  itself  upon  the  earth.     And  it  was  so  done. 

12  And  the  earth  brought  forth  the  green  herb, 
and  such  as  yieldeth  seed  according  to  its  kind,  and 
the  tree  that  beareth  fruit,  having  seed  each  one 
according  to  its  kind.  And  God  saw  that  it  was 
good. 

13  And  the  evening  and  the  morning  were  the 
third  day, 

14  And  God  said  :   Let  there  be  lights  made  in 


*  Jt  firmament.  By  this  name  is  here  understood  the  whole  space 
between  the  earth  and  the  highest  stars.  The  lower  part  of  which 
divideth  the  waters  that  are  upon  the  earth,  from  those  that  are  above 
in  the  clouds. 

f  Two  great  lights.  God  created  on  the  first  day  light,  which  being 
moved  from  east  to  west,  by  its  rising  and  setting  made  morning  and 
evening.     But  on  the  fourth  day  he  ordered  and  distributed  this  light, 

B 


the  firmament  of  heaven,  to  divide  the  day  and  the 
night,  and  let  them  be  for  signs,  and  for  seasons  and 
for  days  and  years  : 

15  To  shine  in  the  firmament  of  heaven,  and  to 
give  light  upon  the  earth.     And  it  was  so  done. 

16  And  God  made  two  great  lights  :f  a  greater 
light  to  rule  the  day,  and  a  lesser  light  to  rule  the 
night :  and  the  stars. 

17  And  he  set  them  in  the  firmament  of  heaven, 
to  shine  upon  the  earth. 

18  And  to  rule  the  day  and  the  night,  and  to 
divide  the  light  and  the  darkness.  And  God  saw- 
that  it  was  good. 

19  And  the  evening  and  morning  were  the  fourth 
day. 

20  God  also  said  :  Let  the  waters  bring  forth 
the  creeping  creature  having  life,  and  the  fowl  that 
may  'fly  over  the  earth  under  the  firmament  of 
heaven. 

21  And  God  created  the  great  whales,  and  every 
living  and  moving  creature,  which  the  waters 
brought  forth,  according  to  their  kinds,  every  winged 
fowl  according  to  its  kind.  And  God  saw  that  it 
was  good. 

22  And  he  blessed  them,  saying  :  Increase  and 
multiply,  and  fill  the  waters  of  the  sea  :  and  let  the 
birds  be  multiplied  upon  the  earth. 

23  And  the  evening  and  morning  were  the  fifth 
day. 

24  And  God  said  :  Let  the  earth  bring  forth  the 
living  creature  in  its  kind,  cattle,  and  creeping 
things,  and  beasts  of  the  earth  according  to  their 
kinds.     And  it  was  so  done. 

25  And  God  made  the  beasts  of  the  earth  ac 
cording  to  their  kinds,  and  cattle,  and  every  thing 
that  creepeth  on  the  earth  after  its  kind.    And  God 
saw  that  it  was  good. 

26  And  he  said  :  Let  us  make  man  to  our  imagej 
and  likeness:  and  let  him  have  dominion  over  the 
fishes  of  the  sea,  and  the  fowls  of  the  air,  and  the 
beasts,  and  the  whole  earth,  and  every  creeping 
creature  that  moveth  upon  the  earth. 

27  And  God  created  man  to  his  own  image  : 
to  the  image  of  God  he  created  him :  male  and 
female  he  created  them. 

28  And   God    blessed  them,  saying :    Increase 

and  made  the  sun,  moon  and  stars.  The  moon,  though  much  less 
than  the  stars,  is  here  called  a  great  light,  from  its  giving  a  far  greater 
light  to  the  earth  than  any  of  thern. 

\  Let  us  make  man  to  our  image.     This  image  of  God  in  man,  is  not  in 
the  body,  but  in  the  soul ;  which  is  a  spiritual  substance,  endued  with 
understanding  and  free-will.     God  speaketh  here  in  the  plural  nam 
i  ber,  to  insinuate  the  plurality  of  persons  in  the  Deity. 

9 


GENESIS. 


and  multiply,*  and  fill  the  earth,  and  subdue  it.  ;uul 
rule  over  the  fishes  of  the  sea,  and  the  fowls  of  the 
air,  and  all  living  creatures  that  move  upon  the  earth. 
\iid  God  -..lid :  Behold  I  have  given  you  everj 
berl)  having  seed  u|x>n  the  earth,  and  all  trees  that 
have  in  themselves  seed  of  their  own  kind,  u>  be 
your  meat  : 

30  And  to  all  beasts  of  the  earth,  and  to  even 
(owl  of  the  •&,  and  to  all  that  move  upon  the  earth. 

and  wherein  there  is  lite,  that  tiny  maj  have  to  feed 

upon.      And  it  was  so  clone. 

U  And  (iod  saw  all  the  things  that  he  had 
made,  and  they  wi  re  very  good.  And  the  evening 
and  morning  were  the  sixth  day. 

chap:  II. 

God  rt  <tith  on  the  sen  nth  duu  and  bletseth  it.  77te  rnrtlilii 
paradise,  in  which  (iod  /itucrth  intm.  lie  romninmli  ih  him 
not  to  rut  of  the  tree  of  knowledge.  And  Jormi  th  u  troinun 
qf  his  rib. 

SO  the  heavens  and  the  earth  were  finished,  and 
all  the  furniture  of  tin  in. 

2  And  on  the  seventh  day  God  ended  his  work 
which  he  had  made:  and  he  restedi  on  the  seventh 
day  from  all  his  work  which  he  had  done. 

3  And  he  blessed  the  seventh  day  and  sanctified 
it:  because  in  it  he  had  rested  from  all  his  work 
which  God  created  and  made. 

4  These  are  the   generations  of  the  heaven  and 
he  ear! h.w  hen  they  were  created  in   the  (lav   that 

the  Lord  (iod  made  the  heaven  and  the  earth: 

5  And  every  plant  of  the  field  before  it  sprung 
up  in  the  earth,  and  every  herb  of  the  ground  before 
it  grew:  for  the  Lord  (iod  had  not  rained  upon  the 
earth:  and  there  was  not  a  man  to  till  the  earth. 

6  But  a  spring  rose  out  of  the  earth,  watering  all 
(he  surface  of  the  earth. 

7  And  the  Lord  (iod  formed  man  of  tin-  slime 
of  the  earth  :  and  breathed  into  his  face  the  breath 
of  life,  and  man  became  a  living  soul. 

8  And  the  Lord  (iod  had  planted  a  paradise  of 
pleasure  from  the  beginning:  wherein  he  placed 
man  whom  he  had  formed. 

9  And  the  Lord  God  brought  forth  of  the  ground 
all  manner  of  trees,  fair  to  behold,  and  pleasant  to 
cat  t>f:  the  tree  of  life!  also  in  the  midst  of  paradise: 
and  the  tree  of  knowledge^  of  good  and  evil. 

10  And  a  river  went  out  of  the  place  of  pleasure 
to  water  paradise,  w  Inch  from  thence  is  divided  into 
four  heads. 

1  1    The  name  of  the  one  is    Phison  :    that    is    it 

which  compasseth  all  the  land  of  Hevilath,  where 
gold  groweth. 

I  1  And  the  gold  of  that  land  is  very  good:  there 
is  found  bdellium  and  the  onyx  stone. 


•  Inrrrau  md  multiply.     Tliii  ii  not  a  prrrcpr,  (W  name  pmtoMant 

conlrorcrtnt.  would  hare  it,  but  a  bl  oderlng  Ibcm  fruitful : 

for  OoJ  had  sail!  tlir  .nine  word*  to  t!ic/uAr»,  and  6irJ,,  (n  r.  -•.'.)  who 

m  <-ivinp  a  pr>  ■ 

t  llrrutti,  .V  .t.im-.I    t«.   ,nak  ■   or  I  niu 

TbaOgb,  a*  our  Lord  d  IN  iih,  Jnhn  r.  17.      Ih  still 

■ 

10 


13  And  the  name  (/the  second  liver  isGchon:  the 
same  is  it  that  compa.-st  th  all  the  land  ol  Ethiopia. 

14  And  the  name  of  the  third  river  is  Tigris; 
the  same  passeth  along  DJ  the  Assyrians.  And  tin: 
fourth  river  i>  Euphrates. 

15  And  the  Lord  God  look  man,  and  put  him  into 
the  paradise  of  pleasure,  to  (Less  ii  and  to  kcv.p  it. 

lli  And  he  commanded  him,  saving :  Of  oery 
tree  of  paradise  thou  shall  eat: 

17  lint  of  the  tree  of  know  ledge  of  good  and  evil 
thou  shall  not  eat.  lor  in  what  day  cuvcr  thou 
shall  eat  of  it,  thou  shalt  die  the  death. 

18  And  the  Lord  (iod  said:  It  is  not  good  for 
man  to  be  alone:  let  us  make  him  a  ^elp  like  unto 
himself. 

19  Anfl  the  Lord  God  having  formed  out  of  the 
ground  all  the  beasts  of  the  earth,  and  all  the  low  Is 
of  the  air,  brought  them  to  Adam  to  see  what  lie 
would  call  ihem:  lor  whatsoever  Adam  called  any 
living  creature,  the  same  is  its  name. 

20  And  Adam  called  all  the  heasts  by  their 
names,  and  all  the  fowls  of  the  air,  and  all  the 
cattle  of  the  field:  but  for  Adam  there  was  not 
found  a  helper  like  himself. 

J I  Then  the  Lord  (iod  cast  a  deep  sleep  upon 
Adam:  and  when  he  was  last  asleep,  he  took  one 
of  his  ribs,  and  filled    up  flesh  for  it. 

-I  And  the  Lord  (iod  built  the  rib  which  he 
took  from  Adam  into  a  woman:  and  brought  her 
io  Adam. 

I  And  Adam  said  :  This  now  is  bone  of  my 
bones,  and  flesh  of  my  flesh  :  she  shall  be  called 
Woman,  because  she  was  taken  out  of  man. 

1\  Wherefore  a  man  shall  leave  father  and  mo- 
ther, and  shall  cleave  to  bis  wife:  and  they  shall 
lie  two  in  one  flesh. 

-'•')  And  thej  wore  both  naked:  to  wit,  Adam 
and  his  wife:  and  were  not  ashamed. 

CHAP.   III. 

The   sirjunt's-   rrnft.      The  foil  of  our   first   parents.      Their 
punishment.      The  promise  of  a   redtiiiur. 

NOW   tin-  serpent  was  more  subtle  than  anj  of 
the  beasts  of  the  earth  which   the   Lord  (iod 
had  made.     And  he  said  to  the  woman:  \\  hv  hath 

God  commanded  you,  that  yon  should  not  eat  of 
ever]  tree  of  paradise  ? 

2  And  (he  woman  answered  him.  sai/inn:  Of  the 
fruit  of  the  trees  that  are  in  paradise,  we  do  eat  : 

.1  Bui  of  the  fruit  of  the  tree  which  is  in  the 
midst  of  paradise,  God  hath  commanded  us  that 
we  should  not  eat:  and  that  we  should  not  touch 
it,  lest  perhaps  we  die. 

•V  And  the  serpent  said  to  the  woman  :  No,  you 
shall  not  die  the  death. 


J  The  Irtt  of  lift.     So  railed,   became  il   hail    tlial  .jiiility.  tliat  by 

ratinp  ot   the  fruit  of  it,  man  would   I  prcMTVed   in  a  <on- 

itaol  Mate  of  health, rigour,  tad  airriiRtli,  and  would  not  havadM 

at    all. 

I    Thr  Irif  «f  knmrltdrr.     1  (ill  srrpeni 

tnl.o  I  Libdul  knowledge  bejood 
I  tlial  >                    wa»  pleated  to  ^ 


DAM  AND  EVE  DRIVEN  OUT  OF  EDEN 


CHAP.  IV. 


5  For  God  doth  know  that  in  what  day  soever 
you  shall  eat  thereof,  your  eyes  shall  be  opened  : 
*nd  you  shall  be  as  sods,  knowing  good  and  evil. 

6  And  the  woman  saw  that  the  tree  was  good  to 
cat,  and  fair  to  the  eves,  and  delightful  to  behold  : 
and  she  took  of  the  fruit  thereof,  and  did  eat,  and 
gav '.  to  her  husband,  who  did  eat. 

7  And  the  eyes*  of  them  both  were  opened: 
and  when  they  perceived  themselves  to  be  naked, 
they  sewed  together  fig-leaves  and  made  them- 
selves aprons. 

8  And  when  they  heard  the  voice  of  the  Lord 
God  walking  in  paradise  at  the  afternoon  air,  Adam 
and  his  wife  hid  themselves  from  the  face  of  the 
Lord  God,  amidst  the  trees  of  paradise. 

9  And  the  Lord  God  called  Adam,  and  said  to 
hi  in  :   Where  art  thou  ? 

10  And  he  said  :  I  heard  thy  voice  in  paradise  ; 
and  I  was  afraid,  because  I  was  naked,  and  1  hid 
myself. 

11  And  he  said,  to  him:  And  who  hath  told 
thee  that  thou  wast  naked,  but  that  thou  hast  eaten 
of  the  tree  whereof  I  commanded  thee  that  thou 
shouldst  not  eat  ? 

12  And  Adam  said:  The  woman,  whom  thou 
gavest  me  to  be  my  companion,  gave  me  of  the 
tree,  and  I  did  eat. 

13  And  the  Lord  God  said  to  the  woman:  Why 
hast  thou  done  this?  And  she  answered:  The  ser- 
pent deceived  me,  and  I  did  eat. 

14  And  the  Lord  God  said  to  the  serpent:  lie- 
cause  thou  hast  done  this  thing,  thou  art  cursed 
among  all  cattle,  and  beasrs  of  the  earth:  upon  thy 
breast  shalt  thou  go,  and  earth  shalt  thou  eat  all 
the  days  of  thy  life. 

15  1  will  put  enmities  between  thee  and  the  wo- 
man, and  thy  seed  "and  her  seed:  she  shall  crushf 
thy  head,  and  thou  shalt  lie  in  wait  for  her  heel. 

1G  To  the  woman  also  he  said:  I  will  multiply 
thy  sorrows,  and  thy  conceptions  :  in  sorrow  shalt 
thou  bring  forth  children,  and  thou  shalt  be  under 
thy  husband's  power,  and  he  shall  have  dominion 
over  thee. 

17  And  to  Adam  he  said:  Because  thou  hast 
hearkened  to  the  voice  of  thy  wife,  and  hast  eaten 
of  the  tree,  whereof  I  commanded  thee,  that  thou 
shouldst  not  eat,  cursed  is  the  earth  in  thy  work : 
with  labour  and  toil  shalt  thou  eat  thereof  all  the 
days  of  thy  life. 

13  Thorns  and  thistles  shall  it  bring  forth  to 
thee  ;  and  thou  shalt  eat  the  herbs  of  the  earth. 

19  In  the  sweat  of  thy  face  shalt  thou  eat  bread 
till  thou  return  to  the  earth,  out  of  which  thou 
wast  taken  :  for  dust  thou  art,  and  into  dust  thou 
shalt  return. 


*  Jlndthe  eyes,  &c.  Not  tliat  they  wore  blind  before  (for  the  xromm 
taw  that  the  tree  was  fair  to  the  eyes,  ver.  fi.)  nor  yet  that  their  eyes  were 
tpened  to  any  more  perfect  knowledge  of  good ;  bat  only  to  the  un- 
happy experience  of  having  kwl  the  good  of  original  grace  and  inno- 
cence, and  incurred  the  dreadful  evil  of  sin.  From  whence  followed 
a  shame  of  their  being  naked ;  which  they  minded  not  before;  be- 
came being  now  strict  of  original  (Trace,"  they  quickly  began  to  be 
subject  to  the  shameful  rebellions  of  the  flesh. 

f  She  shall  crush.     Ipso,  the  woman :  so  divers  of  the  fathers  read 


20  And  Adam  called  the  name  of  his  »vife  Eve  ■ 
because  she  was  the  mother  of  all  the  living. 

21  And  the  Lord  God  made  for  Adam  and  his 
wile  garments  of  skins,  and  clothed  them. 

22  And  he  said :  Behold,  Adamf  is  become  as 
one  of  us,  know  ing  good  and  evil:  now  therefore 
lest  perhaps  he  put  forth  his  hand,  and  take  also  of 
the  tree  of  life,  and  eat,  and  live  lor  ever. 

23  And  the  Lord  God  sent  him  out  of  the  para- 
dise of  pleasure,  to  till  the  earth  from  which  he  was 
taken. 

24  And  he  cast  out  Adam  :  and  placed  before 
the  paradise  of  pleasure  Cherubims,  and  a  flaming 
sword,  turning  ev°-vy  way,  to  keep  the  way  of  the 
tree  of  life. 

CHAP    IV. 

The  history  of  Cain  and  Abel. 

\  ND  Adam  knew  Eve  his  wife:  who  conceived 
-£*-  and  brought  forth  Cain,  saying :  I  have  gotten 
a  man  through  God. 

2  And  again  she  brought  forth  his  brother  Abe',. 
And  Abel  was  a  shepherd,  and  Cain  a  husband- 
man. 

3  And  it  came  to  pass  after  many  days,  that  Cain 
offered,  of  the  fruits  of  the  earth,  gifts  to  the  Lord. 

4  Abel  also  offered  of  the  firstlings  of  his  flock 
and  of  their  fat :  and  the  Lord  had  respect^  to  Abel 
and  to  his  offerings. 

5  But  to  Cain,  and  his  offerings  he  had  no* respect : 
and  Cain  was  exceeding  angry,  and  his  countenance 
fell. 

6  And  the  Lord  said  to  him  :  Why  art  thou  an- 
gry? and  why  is  thy  countenance  fallen? 

7  If  thou  do  well,  shalt  thou  not  receive?  but  if 
ill,  shall  not  sin  forthwith  be  present  at  the  door  ? 
but  the  lust  thereof  shall  be  under  thee,  and  thou 
shalt  have  dominion  over  it. 

8  And  Cain  said  to  Abel  his  brother:  Let  us  go 
forth  abroad.  And  when  they  were  in  the  field, 
Cain  rose  up  against  his  brother  Abel,  and  slew 
him. 

9  And  the  Lord  said  to  Cain :  Where  is  thy 
brother  Abel  ?  And  he  answered  :  I  know  not ;  am 
I  my  brother's  keeper? 

10  And  he  said  to  him:  What  hast  thou  done? 
the  voice  of  thy  brother's  blood  crieth  to  me  from 
the  earth. 

1 1  Now  therefore  cursed  shalt  thou  be  upon  the 
earth,  which  hath  opened  her  mouth  and  received 
the  blood  of  thy  brother  at  thy  hand. 

12  When  thou  shalt  till  it,  it  shall  not  yield  to  thee 
its  fruit :  a  fugitive  and  a  vagabond  shalt  thou  be 
upon  the  earth. 


this  place,  comformably  to  the  Latin  :  others  read  it  ipsum,  viz.  tho 
seed.  The  sense  is  the* same:  for  it  is  by  her  seed,  Jesus  Christ,  that 
the  woman  crushes  the  serpent's  head. 

J  JJehuld,  .htam,  fee.  This  was  spoken  by  way  of  reproaching:  him  with 
his  pride,  in  affecting  a  knowledge  that  might  make  him  like  to  God. 

i  Had  respect,  &c.  That  is,  shewed  his  acceptance  of  his  sacrifice 
(as  coming  from  a  heart  full  of  devotion):  and  that,  as  we  may  suppose, 
bv  some  visible  token,  such  as  sending  fire  from  heaven  upon  his 
offerings. 

11 


GENESIS. 


13  And  Cain  said  to  the  Lord:  My  iniquity  is 
greater  than  that  1  may  deserve  pardon. 

14  Behold  thou  dost  cast  iiir  out  tins  day  from 
tin-  bee  of  the  earth :  everj  one  therefore  that  find- 

oth  me.  shall  kill  inc.* 

15  And  tin'  Lord  said  to  dim  :  No?  it  shall  not 
so  be:  but  whosoever  shall  kill  Cain,  shall  be 
punished  seven-told.  And  the  Lord  set  a  markf 
upon  Cain,  that  whosoever  found  him  should  not 
kill  him. 

lb'  And  Cain  went  out  from  the  faee  of  the 
Lord,  and  dwelt  as  a  fugitive  on  the  earth  at  the 
BUSt  side  of    Kden. 

17   And  Cain  knew  his  wife, J  and  she  conceived. 


and  brought  forth  Henoch:  and  he  built  a  city, §  and 

called   tf 

Henoch 


called   the   name  thereof  by  the   name 


a  an. 
ol   his 


son 


18  And  Henoch  begot  had,  and  Irad  begot  Ma- 

viacl,  and  Ma\iad  begot  Malhusael,  and  Mathusael 
begot  Lamech. 

19  Who  took  two  wives:  the  name  of  the  one 
was  Ada,  and  the  name  of  the  other  Sella. 

Jit  And  Ada  brought  forth  Jabel:  who  was  the 
father  of  such  as  dwell  in  tents,  and  of  herdsmen. 

21  And  his  brothel's  name  was  Jubal:  he  wis 
the  father  of  them  that  play  upon  the  harp  am! 
the  organs. 

22  Sella  also  brought  forth  Tubalcain,  who  was 
a  hammerer  and  artificer  in  every  work  of  brass  and 
iron.      And  the  sister  of  Tubalcain  was  Nocma. 

23  And  Lamech  said  to  his  wives  Ada  anil  Sella: 
Hear  my  voice,  ye  wives  of  Lamech.  hearken  to  my 
speech:  fori  have  slain  a  man||  to  the  w  omitting  of 
myself,  and  a  Stripling  to  my  own  bruising. 

24  Seven-fold  vengeance  shall  be  taken  for  Cain  : 

but  for  Lamech  seventy   times  seven-fold. 

25  Adam  also  knew  his  wife  again  :  and  she 
brought  forth  a  son,  and  called  his  name  Seth,  say- 
ing: God  hath  given  me  another  seed  for  Abel 
whom  Cain  slew. 

26  But  to  Seth  also  was  born  a  son,  whom  he 
called  Enos:  this  man  began  to  call  uponll  the 
name  of  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  V. 

The  genealogy,  age  and  death  of  the  Patrim  chsfrom  Adam  to 
Not.      The  translation  of  Henoch. 

THIS  is  the  l>ook  of  the  generation  of  Adam. 
In  the  day  that  God  created  man,  he  made  him 
to  the  likeness  of  (iod. 

1  He  created  them  male  and  female;  and  blessed 


•  Every  ont  thatfimlelk  me  that!  kill  me.  His  guilty  conscience  made 
him  fear  his  own  bnr  |  •phew  s:  of  whom,  bv  this  time,  there 
might  be  m  good  numl>er  ■fioaj  the  earth;  which  had  now  endured 
Dear  130  years;  as  may  he  gathered  from  Gen.  r.  3.  compared  with 
Chap.  ir.  SS.  though  in  the  compendious  account  given  in  the  scrip- 
ture only  Cain  and  Abel  are  mentioned. 

♦  8tt  t  mmk,  kr.  The  more  common  opinion  of  the  interpreters  of 
holy  writ,  suppose*  this  mark  to  hare  been  a  trembling  of  the  body ; 
or  a  horror  and  consternation  in  his  rountcnai  ■ 

J  Hii  wife,  kr.  She  was  a  daughter  of  A. tain,  and  <  ain's  own  sist,.r  : 
lispensing  with  such  marriages  in  the  lx  ginning  of  the  world,  as 
I  could  uot  otherwise  be  propagated. 
IS 


them  :  anfl  railed  their  name  Adam,  in  the  day  when 
they  were  created. 

3  And  Adam  lived  a  hundred  and  thirty  years, 
and  begot  a  son  to  bis  own  image  and  likeness,  and 
called  bis  name  Seth. 

4  And  the  davs  of  Adam,  after  he  begot  Seth. 
were  eight  hundred  years:  and  he  begot  sons  and 
daughters. 

5  And  all  the  time  that  Adam  lived,  came  to 
nine  hundred  and  thirty  years,  and  be  died. 

6  Seth  also  lived  a  hundred  and  live  yean  and 
begot  Enos. 

7  And  Seth  lived  after  be  begot  Enos,  eight  hun- 
dred and  seven  years,  and  begot  sons  and  daughters. 

8  And  all  the  days  <>l  Seth  were  nine  hundred  and 
twelve  years,  and  be  died. 

9  And  Enos  lived  ninety  years,  and  besot  Cainan. 

10  After  whose  birth  he  lived  eight  hundred  and 
fifteen  years,  and  begot  sons  and  daughters. 

11  And  all  the  days  of  Enos  were  nine  hundred 
and  five  years,  and  he  died.       • 

12  And  Cainan  lived  seventy  years,  and  begot 
Malaleel. 

13  And  Cainan  lived  after  he  begot  Malaleel, 
eight  hundred  and  forty  years,  and  begot  sons  and 
daughters. 

1  l  And  all  the  days  of  Cainan  were  nine  hundred 
and  ten  years,  and  he  died. 

15  And  .Malaleel  lived  sixty-five  years,  and 
begot  .lared. 

1G  And  Malaleel  lived  after  he  begot  Jared.  eight 
hundred  and  thirty  years,  and  begot  sons  and  daugh- 
ters. 

17  And  all  the  days  of  Malaleel  were  eight  hun- 
dred and  ninety- live  years,  and  he  died. 

18  And  Jared  lived  a  hundred  and  sixty-two 
years,  and  begot  Henoch. 

19  And  Jared  lived  after  he  begot  Henoch,  eight 
hundred  years,  and  begot  sons  and  daughters. 

20  And  all  the  days  of  Jared  were  nine  hundred 
and  sixty-two  years,  and  he  dietl. 

21  And  Henoch  lived  sixty-live  years,  and  begot 
Mathusala. 

22  And  Henoch  walked  with  God:  and  lived 
after  he  begot  Mathusala,  three  hundred  years,  and 
begot  sons  and  daughters. 

23  And  all  the  days  of  Henoch  were  three  hun- 
dred and  sixty-five  years. 

21  And  he  walked  with  God,  and  was  seen  no 
more:   because  (iod  took  him. 

25  And  Mathusala  lived  a  hundred  and  eighty- 
seven  years,  and  begot  Launch. 


1  He  built  a  city,  viz.  In  process  of  time,  when  his  race  was  mul- 
tiplied, so  as  to  be  numerous  enough  to  people  it.  For  in  tha 
man*  hundred  years  he  lived,  his  race  might  be  multiplied  even  to 
million". 

|  /  hart  slain  a  man,  kr.  It  is  the  trail  it  ion  of  the  Hebrews,  that 
Lamech.  in  hunting,  slew  Cain,  mistaking  him  for  a  wild  beast:  and 
that  having  discovered  what  he  had  done,  he  t>rat  so  unmercifully 
the  youth,  hv  whom  he  was  led  into  that  mistake,  that  he  died  of 
the  hlows. 

t  Regan  to  rati  upon.  kr.  Not  that  Adam  and  Seth  had  not  .-ailed 
upon  God,  before  the  birth  of  Enos;  hut  that  F.nos  used  more  so 
leinnit)  in  the  worship  and  invocation  of  (iod. 


CHAP.  VI,  VII. 


26  And  Mathusala  lived  after  he  begot  Lamech, 
seven  hundred  and  eighty-two  years,  and  begot  sons 
and  daughters. 

27  And  all  the  days  of  Mathusala  were  nine  hun- 
dred and  sixty-nine  years,  and  he  died. 

28  And  Lantech  lived  a  hundred  and  eighty-two 
years,  and  begot  a  son. 

29  And  lie  called  his  name  Noe,  saying :  This 
same  shall  comfort  us  from  the  works  and  labours 
of  our  hands  on  the  earth,  which  the  Lord  hath 
cursed. 

30  And  Lamech  lived  after  he  begot  Noe,  five 
hundred  and  ninety-five  years,  and  begot  sons  and 
daughters. 

31  And  all  the  days  of  Lamech  came  to  seven 
hundred  and  seventy-seven  years,  and  he  died.  And 
Noe,  when  he  was  five  hundred  years  old,  begot 
Sein,  Cham,  and  Japheth. 

CHAP.  VI. 

Man's  sin  is  the  cause  of  the  deluge.     Noe  is  commanded  to 
build  the  ark. 

AND  after  that  men  began  to  be  multiplied  upon 
•  the  earth,  and  daughters  were  born  to  them, 

2  The  sons  of  God*  seeing  the  daughters  of 
men,  that  they  were  fair,  took  to  themselves  wives 
of  all  which  they  chose. 

3  And  God  said :  My  spirit  shall  not  remain  in 
man  for  ever,  because  he  is  flesh,  and  his  days  shall 
bef  a  hundred  and  twenty  years. 

4  Now  giantsf  were  upon  the  earth  in  those  days. 
For  after  the  sons  of  God  went  in  to  the  daughters 
of  men,  and  they  brought  forth  children,  these  are 
the  mighty  men  of  old,  men  of  renown. 

5  And  God  seeing  that  the  wickedness  of  men 
was  great  on  the  earth,  and  that  all  the  thought  of 
their  heart  was  bent  upon  evil  at  all  times, 

6  It  repented  him§  that  he  had  made  man  on 
the  earth.  And  being  touched  inwardly  with  sor- 
row of  heart, 

7  He  said:  I  will  destroy  man,  whom  I  have  cre- 
ated, from  the  face  of  the  earth,  from  man  even  to 
beasts,  from  the  creeping  thing  even  to  the  fowls  of 
the  air,  for  it  repenteth  me  that  I  have  made  them. 

8  But  Noe  found  grace  before  the  Lord. 

9  These  are  the  generations  of  Noe:  Noe  was  a 
just  and  perfect  man  in  his  generations,  he  walked 
with  God. 


*  The  sons  of  God.  The  descendants  of  Seth  and  Enos  are  here 
ca'!ed  jon»  of  God  from  their  religion  and  piety  :  whereas  the  ungodh 
race  of  Cain,  who  by  their  carnal  affections  lav  grovelling  upon  the 
earth,  are  called  the  children  of  men.  The  unhappy  consequence 
of  the  former  marrying  with  the  latter,  ought  to  be  a  warning  to 
Christians  to  be  very  circumspect  in  their  marriages;  and  not  to 
suffer  themselves  to  be  determined  in  choice  by  their  carnal  passion, 
to  the  prejudice  of  virtue  or  religion. 

f  Hit  days  shall  be,  &c.  The  meaning  is.  that  man's  days,  which 
before  the  flood  were  usually  900  years,  should  now  be  reduced  to 
120  years.  Or  rather,  that"  God  would  allow  men  this  term  of  120 
years,  for  their  repentance  and  conversion,  before  he  would  send  the 
deluge. 

t  Giants.  It  is  likely  the  generality  of  men  before  the  flood  were 
of  a  gigantic  stature  in  comparison  with  what  men  now  are.  But 
these  here  spoken  of  are  called  giants,  as  being  not  only  tall  in  stature, 


10  And  he  begot  three  sons,  Sem,  Cham,  and 
Japheth. 

1 1  And  the  earth  was  corrupted  before  God,  and 
was  filled  with  iniquity. 

12  And  when  God  had  seen  that  the  earth  was 
rorrupfed  (for  all  flesh  had  corrupted  its  way  upon 
the  earth), 

13  He  said  to  Noe:  The  end  of  all  flesh  is  come 
before  me,  the  earth  is  filled  with  iniquity  through 
them,  and  I  will  destroy  them  with  the  earth. 

14  Make  thee  an  ark  of  timber  planks:  thou 
shalt  make  little  rooms  in  the  ark,  and  thou  shalt 
pitch  it  within  and  without. 

15  And  thus  shalt  thou  make  it.  The  length  ol 
the  ark  shall  be  three  hundred  cubits :||  the  breadth 
of  it  fifty  cubits,  and  the  height  of  it  thirty  cubits. 

16  Thou  shalt  make  a  window  in  the  ark,  and  in  a 
cubit  shalt  thou  finish  the  top  of  it :  and  the  door  ol 
the  ark  thou  shalt  set  in  the  side:  with  lower,  middle 
chambers,  and  third  stories  shalt  thou  make  it. 

17  Behold  I  will  bring  the  waters  of  a  great  flood 
upon  the  earth,  to  destroy  all  flesh,  wherein  is  the 
breath  of  life  under  heaven.  All  things  that  are  in 
the  earth  shall  be  consumed. 

18  And  I  will  establish  my  covenant  with  thee, 
and  thou  shalt  enter  into  the  ark,  thou  and  thy  soils, 
and  thy  wife,  and  the  wives  of  thy  sons  with  thee. 

19  And  of  ev«ry  living  creature  of  all  flesh,  thou 
shalt  bring  two  of  a  sort  into  the  ark,  that  they  may 
live  with  thee :  of  the  male  sex,  and  the  female. 

20  Of  fowls  according  to  their  kind,  and  of  beasts 
in  their  kind  and  of  every  thing  that  creepeth  on  the 
earth  according  to  its  kind  :  two  of  every  sort  shall 
go  in  with  thee,  that  they  may  live. 

21  Thou  shalt  take  unto  thee  of  all  food  that 
may  be  eaten,  and  thou  shalt  lay  it  up  with  thee : 
and  it  shall  be  food  for  thee  and  them. 

22  And  Noe  did  all  things  which  God  com- 
manded him. 

CHAP.    VII. 

Noe  with  his  family  go  into  the  ark.     The  deluge  overflows 
the  earth. 

AND  the  Lord  said  to  him  :  Go  in,  thou  and  all 
thy  house  into  the  ark:   for  thee  I  have  seen 
just  before  me  in  this  generation. 

2  Of  all  clean  11  beasts  take  seven  and  seven,  the 
male  and  the  female. 


but  violent  and  savage  in  their  dispositions,  and  mere  monsters  of 
cruelty  and  lust. 

I  //  repented  him,  &c.  God,  who  is  unchangeable,  is  not  capable 
of  repentance,  grief,  or  any  other  passion.  Hut  these  expressions 
are  used  to  declare  the  enormity  of  the  sins  of  men,  which  was  so 
provoking  as  to  determine  their  Creator  to  destroy  these  his  creatines, 
whom  before  be  had  so  much  favoured. 

||  Three  hundred  cubits,  &c.  The  ark,  according  to  the  dimensions 
here  set  down,  contained  four  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  sonant 
cubits  ;  which  was  more  than  enough  to  contain  all  the  hinds  of  living1 
creatures,  with  all  necessary  provisions:  even  supposing  the  cubits 
here  spoken  of  to  have  been  only  a  foot  and  a  half  each,  which  was 
the  least  kind  of  cubits. 

If  Of  all  clean,  tic.  The  distinction  of  clean  and  unclean  beasts 
appears  to  have  been  made  before  the  law  of  Moses,  which  was  not 
promulgated  till  the  year  of  the  world  2514. 


GENESIS. 


3  Hut  of  the  beasts  that  are  unclean  two  and  two, 
the  male  ami  the  female.  Of  the  fowli  also  of  tin- 
air  seven  and  seven,  the  male  and  the  female  :  that 
aged  awj  !><■  aired  upon  the  lace  of  the  whole  earth. 

4  For  yet  a  while,  and  after  seven  days,  I  will 
rata  upon  the  earth  fort}  days  and  (org  nights:  and 
I  will  destroy  every  substance  that  1  have  made, 
from  the  face  of  the  earth. 

5  And  Noe  did  all  things  which  the  Lord  had 
commanded  bim. 

6  And  he  was  m  hundred  years  old,  when  the 
waters  of  the  Rood  overflowed  the  earth. 

7  And  Noe  Went  in  and  his  M>ns.  |,i^  vsife  ;in,| 
the  Wires  of  his  sons  with  him  into  the  ark,  be- 
cause of  the  waters  of  the  tlood. 

!I  And  of  beasts  clean  and  unclean,  and  of  fowls, 
and  of  ever]  thing  that  moreth  upon  the  earth. 

9  Two  and  two  vrenl  in  to  Noe  into  the  ark,  male 
and  female,  as  the  Lord  had  commanded  Noe. 

10  And  alter  the  seven  days  were  pasted,  the 
waters  of  the  llood  overflowed  the  earth. 

1 1  In  the  six  hundredth  year  of  the  life  of  Noe, 
in  the  second  month,  in  the  seventeenth  day  of  the 
month,  all  the  fountains  of  the  great  deep  wore 
broken  up,  and  the  llood  gates  of  heaven  were 
opened : 

1  I  And  the  rain  fell  ii|>on  the  earth  forty  days 
and  forty  nights. 

Id  In  the  self-same  day  Noe. and  Sent, and  Cham, 
andJapheth  his  sons:  his  wile,  and  the  three  wives 
Ot*  his  sons  with  them,  went  into  the  ark: 

I  i-  They  and  every  beast  according  to  its  kind, 
and  all  the  cattle  in  their  kind,  and  every  thing 
that  moveth  upon  the  earth  according  to  its  kind, 
and  ever]  fowl  according  to  its  kind,  all  birds,  and 
all  that  By, 

15  Went  in  to  Noe  into  the  ark,  two  and  two  of 
all  flesh,  wherein  was  the  breath  of  life. 

It!  And  thev  that  went  in,  went  in  male  and 
female  of  all  llesh,  as  (iod  hail  commanded  him: 
and  the  Lord  shut  him  in  on  the  outside. 

17  And  the  llood  was  forty  days  upon  the  earth: 
and  the  waters  increased,  and  lifted  up  the  ark  on 
high  from  the  earth. 

18  For  they  overflowed  exceedingly:  and  filled 
all  on  the  face  of  the  earth:  and  the  ark  was  carried 
upon  the  waters. 

19  And  the  waters  prevailed  beyond  measure 
ujkhi  the  earth:  and  all  the  hid)  mountains  under 
tin-  whole  heaven  were  covered. 

J  I  The  water  was  fifteen  cuhits  higher  than  the 
mountains  which  it  covered. 

21  And  all  liesh  was  destroyed  that  moved  upon 
the  earth,  ImiiIi  of  low  I,  and  of  cattle,  and  of  beast-.. 
mid  of  all  creeping  things  that  creep  upon  the  earth  : 
and  all  men. 

I    \nd  all  things  wherein  there  is  the  breath  of 
life  on  the  earth,  dii   1. 

Ind  be  destroyed  all  the  substance  that  was 
BBJfl  the   earth,   from    man  even  to  beast,   and    the 


•  IHi*nt  rrlurn.     The  rarci  did  ii"t  rrtiirn  into  the  ark  :   hut  (a*  it 
imjr  be  gatbered  from  tl»<    Hebrew)  trent  It  mUJn ;  KJimlimc 


creeping  things  and  fowls  of  the  air:  and  they  were 
destroyed  from  the  earth:  and  Noe  only  remained, 
and  they  that  were  with  him  in  the  ark. 

_' i  And  the  waters  prevailed  u|>oii  the  earth  a 
hundred  and  fifty  days. 

chap  viii 

The  deluge  ceaseth.     Tioc  gwth  nut  of  the  arl;  and  ofmth  a 
sacrifice.     (Soft  •  "''»  nunt  t<>  him. 

A  ND  God  remembered  Noe,  and  all  the  living 

■*-*-  creatures,  and  all  the  cattle  which  were  with 
him  in  the  ark,  and  bvOUghl  a  wind  upon  the  earth, 
and  the  waters  were  abated. 

2  The  fountains  also  of  the  deep,  and  the  flood 
gates  of  hea\en.  wt  re  -hut  up,  and  the  rain  from 
heaven  was  restrained. 

3  And  the  waters  returned  from  off  the  earth 
going  and  coming:  and  they  began  to  be  abated 
after  a  hundred  and  fifty  days. 

4  And  the  ark  rested  in  the  seventh  month,  the 
seven  and  twentieth  day  of  the  month,  upon  the 
mountains  of  Armenia. 

5  And  the  waters  were  going  and  decreasing  until 
the  tenth  month:  for  in  the  tenth  month,  the  first  day 
of  the  month,  the  tops  of  the  mountains  appeared. 

6  And  after  that  forty  days  were  passed,  Noe 
Opening  the  window  of  the  ark,  w  Inch  he  had  made, 
sent  forth  a  raven  : 

7  Which  went  forth  and  did  not  return,*  till  the 
waters  were  dried  up  upon  the  earth. 

8  He  sent  forth  also  a  dove  alter  him,  to  see  if  the 
waters  had  now  ceased  upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 

!>  Hut  she  not  finding  where  her  foot  might  rest, 
returned  to  him  into  the  ark  :  for  the  waters  were 
upon  the  whole  earth:  and  he  put  forth  his  hand, 
and  caught  her.  and  brought  her  into  the  ark. 

10  And  harms  waited  yet  seven  other  days,  he 
again  sent  forth  toe  dove  out  of  the  ark. 

11  And  she  came  to  him  in  the  evening  earning 
a  bough  of  tin  olive  tree,  with  green  leaves,   in  her 

mouth.     Noe  therefore  understood  thai  the  waters 

wore  ceased  u|m>ii  the  earth. 

12  And  he  staved  yet  other  seven  days:  and  he 
sent  forth  the  uove.  which  returned  not  any  more 
unto  him. 

Id  Therefore  in  the  8ix  hundredth  and  first  year, 
the  fust  month,  the  first  day  of  the  month,  the  waters 
were  lessened  upon  the  earth,  and  Noe  Opening  the 
covering  of  the  ark.  looked,  and  saw  that  the  face 
of  the  earth  was  dried. 

14  In  the  second  month,  the  seven  and  twentieth 

day  of  the  month,  the  earth  was  dried. 

15  And  <  iod  spoke  to  Noe.  savins: 

It!  Go  out  of  the  ark,  thou  and  thj  wife  thywwjg 

and  the  wives  of  thy  sons  with  thee. 

17  All  living  things  thai  are  with  thee  of  all  flesh, 
as  well  in  low  Is  as  in  beasts,  and  all  creeping  things 
that  creep  mioii  the  earth,  bring  out  with  thee,  and 
go  ye  upon  the  earth:  increase  and  multiply  ii|hiii  it. 


In  tin-  mmntaint,  wlxro  it  found  carcaae*  to  feed  on  |  ami  otlu-r  lime* 
returning;,  to  n.i  u|»>n  tin  Mf>of  ilic  ark. 


18  So  Noc  wont  out,  he  and  his  sons 
and  the  wives  of  his  sons  with  him. 

19  And  all  living  things,  and  cattle,  and  creeping 
things  that  creep  upon  the  earth,  according  to  their 
kinds,  went  out  of  the  ark. 

20  And  Noe  built  an  altar  unto  the  Lord:  and 
lakins  of  all  cattle  and  fowls  that  were  clean,  of- 
fered holocausts*  upon  the  altar. 

21  And  the  Lord  smelledf  a  sweet  savour,  and 
said :  I  will  no  more  curse  the  earth  for  the  sake  of 
man :  for  the  imagination  and  thought  of  man's  heart 
are  prone  to  evil  from  his  youth:  therefore  1  will  no 
more  destroy  every  living  soul  as  I  have  done. 

21  All  the  days  of  the  earth,  seed-time  and  har- 
vest, cold  and  heat,  summer  and  whiter,  night  and 
da\\  shall  not  cease. 


CHAP.  IX,  X 

his  wife, 


and   promixrth    never 
The  blessing  of  Sew 


CHAP.  IX. 

God  blrxseth  Noe  ;  forbiddeth   blood ; 
more  Jo  destroy  the  world  by  water, 
and  Japhcth. 

AND  God  hlessed  Noe  and  his  sons.     And  he 
said  to  them :    Increase,  and  multiply,  and 
fill  the  earth. 

2  And  let  the  fear  and  dread  of  you  be  upon  all 
the  beasts  of  the  earth,  and  upon  all  the  fowls  of  the 
air,  and  all  that  move  upon  the  earth  :  all  the  fishes 
of  the  sea  are  delivered  into  your  hand. 

3  And  every  thing  that  moveth,  and  liveth  shall 
he  meat  for  you :  even  as  the  green  herbs  have  I 
delivered  them  all  to  you  : 

4  Saving  that  flesh  with  blood  you  shall  not  eat. 

5  For  I  will  require  the  blood  of  your  lives  at  the 
hand  of  every  beast,  and  at  the  hand  of  man,  at  the 
hand  of  every  man,  and  of  his  brother,  will  I  require 
the  life  of  man. 

6  Whosoever  shall  shed  man's  blood,  his  blood 
shall  be  shed:  for  man  was  made  to  the  image  of 
God. 

7  But  increase  you  and  multiply,  and  go  upon  the 
earth,  and  fill  it. 

8  Thus  also  said  God  to  Noe,  and  to  his  sons 
with  him: 

9  Behold  I  will  establish  my  covenant  with  you, 
and  with  your  seed  after  you: 

10  And  with  every  living  soul,  that  is  with  you,  as 
well  in  all  birds,  as  in  cattle  and  heasts  of  the  earth, 
that  are  come  forth  out  of  the  ark,  and  in  all  the 
beasts  of  the  earth. 

11  I  will  establish  my  covenant  with  yon,  and 
all  flesh  shall  be  no  more  destroyed  with  the  waters 
of  a  flood,  neither  shall  there  be  from  henceforth 
a  flood  to  waste  the  earth. 

12  And  God  said  :  This  is  the  sign  of  the  covenant 


*  Holocaust*,  or  whole  burnt  offerings.  In  which  the  whole  victim 
was  consumed  by  fire  upon  God's  altar,  and  no  part  was  reserved  for 
the  OM  of  priest  or  people. 

t  Smelted,  fee.  A  figurative  expression,  denoting;  that  God  was 
pleased  with  the  sacrifices  which  his  servant  offered. 

{  Drunk.  Noe  by  the  jndjrmenl  of  the  fathers  was  not  frailty  of  sin. 
in  being  overcome  by  wine ;  because  he  knew  not  the  strength 
of  it 


which  I  give  between  me  and  you,  and  to  every 
living  soul  that  is  with  you,  for  perpetual  genera- 
tions. 

13  I  will  set  my  bow  in  the  clouds,  and  it  shall  be 
the  sign  of  a  covenant  between  me  and  between  the 
earth. 

14  And  when  I  shall  cover  the  sky  with  clouds, 
my  bow  shall  appear  in  the  clouds : 

15  And  I  will  remember  my  covenant  with  you, 
and  with  every  living  soul  that  beareth  flesh:  and 
there  shall  no  more  be  waters  of  a  flood  to  destroy 
all  flesh. 

16  And  the  bow  shall  be  in  the  clouds,  and  I  shall 
see  it,  and  shall  remember  the  everlasting  covenant, 
that  was  made  between  God  and  every  living  soul 
of  all  flesh  which  is  upon  the  earth'. 

1 7  And  God  said  to  Noe  :  This  shall  be  the  sign 
of  the  covenant,  which  I  have  established,  between 
me  and  all  flesh  upon  the  earth. 

1 8  And  the  sons  of  Noe,  who  came  out  of  the  ark, 
were  Sen),  Cham,  and  Japheth:  and  Cham  is  the 
father  of  Chanaan. 

19  These  three  are  the  sons  of  Noe:  and  from 
these  was  all  mankind  spread  over  the  whole  earth. 

20  And  Noe  a  husbandman  began  to  till  the 
ground,  and  planted  a  vineyard. 

21  And  drinking  of  the  wine  was  made  drunk.J 
and  was  uncovered  in  his  tent. 

22  Which  when  Cham,  the  father  of  Chanaan  had 
seen,  to  wit,  that  his  father's  nakedness  was  unco- 
vered, he  told  it  to  his  two  brethren  without. 

23  But  Sem  and  Japheth  put  a  cloak  upon  their 
shoulders,  and  going  backward,  covered  the  naked- 
ness of  their  father :  and  their  faces  were  turned 
away,  and  they  saw  not  their  father's  nakedness. 

24  And  Noe  awaking  from  the  wine,  when  he  had 
learned  what  his  younger  son  had  done  to  him, 

25  He  said  :  Cursed  be  Chanaan^  a  servant  of 
servants  shall  he  be  unto  his  brethren. 

26  And  he  said :  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Sem, 
be  Chanaan  his  servant. 

27  May  God  enlarge  Japhcth,  and  may  he  dwell 
in  the  tents  of  Sem,  and  Chanaan  be  his  servant. 

28  AndNoe  lived  after  the  flood  three  hundred  and 
fifty  years. 

29  And  all  his  days  were  in  the  whole  nine  hun- 
dred and  fifty  years  :  and  he  died. 

CHAP.  X. 

The  genealogy  of  the  children  of  Noe,  by  whom  the  world  was 
peopled  after  the  flood. 

T^IIESE  are  the  generations  of  the  sons  of  Noe, 
Sem,  Cham,  and  Japheth  :  and  unto  them  sons 
were  born  after  the  flood. 


}  Cursed  be  Chanaan.  The  mm  as  well  as  the  blessings,  of  the 
patriarchs  were  projihetical :  And  this  in  particular  is  here  recorded  hy 
Moses,  for  the  children  of  Israel,  who  were  to  possess  the  land  of 
Chanaan.  But  why  should  Chanaan  be  cursed  for  his  father's  fault? 
The  Hebrews  answer  that  he  being  then  a  boy  was  the  first  that  saw 
his  grandfather's  nakedness,  and  told  his  father  Cham  of  it  ;  and  joined 
with  him  in  laughing  at  it  :  which  drew  upon  him,  rather  than  upon 
the  rest  of  the  children  of  Cham,  this  prophetical  curse. 

16 


(;  i:\ksis. 


2  The  sons  of  Japheih:  Corner,  and  \f  agog,  and 
Madai,  and  Javan,  ami  Thubal,  and  Mosoch,  an. I 
Thiras* 

3  And  the  sons  of  Comer :  Ascencz  and  Hipbath 
and  Thogorma. 

4  And  the  SOUS  of  Ja\;tii:  VAW.i  and  Tharsis,Cct- 
thini  and  I  )<>danim. 

.j  By  these  wen  divided  the   islands*  of  the 

( ientiles  ill  their  lands,  every  one  a<  eordiug  to  his 
tongue  and  their  families  in  their  nations. 

6  And  the  MM  of  Chan  :  Chus,  and  Mesraim, 
and  Phuth.  and  Chanaan. 

7  And  the  sons  of  Chus  :  Saba,  and  Hevila,  and 
Sahatha,  and  Regma,  and  Snhatacha.     The  sons  of 

na  :   Saba,  and  Dadan. 

8  Now  Chus  begot  Nemrad :  he  began  to  be 
Blighty  oi)  the  earth. 

9  And  he  was  a  stout  luintcrf   before  the  Lord. 

Hence  came  a  proverb:  Even  as  Nimrod  the  stout 
hunter  before  the  Lord. 

10  And  the  beginning  of  his  kingdom  was  Baby* 

lon,  and  Araeh,  and  Aehad,  and  thalamic  in   the 
land  of  Sennaar. 

11  Out  of  that  land  came  forth  Assur,  and  built 
Niiiive.md  the  streets  of  the  city,  and  (hale. 

12  Hesen  also  between  Niuhreand  Chale  :  this  is 
the  ftreat  city. 

13  And  Mesraim  be^ot  Ludim,  and  Anamiin, 
and  Laabiro,  Nepbtutm, 

14  And  I'hetrusun,  and  Cbasluim;  of  whom 
Came  forth  the  Philistines,    and  the  Caphtorim. 

15  And  Chanaan  begot  Sidon  his  first-born,  the 
llethite. 

16  And  the  Jebusite,  and  the  Amorrhite,  and  the 
Gergesite, 

17  The  Hevite  and  Aracite :  the  Smite, 

18  And  the  Aradian,  the  Samarite,  and  the  lla- 
mathite  :  and  afterwards  the  families  of  the  Chanan- 
ites  were  spread  abroad. 

19  And  the  limits  of  Chanaan  were  from  Sidon 
as  one  cornea  to  Gerara,  even  to  Gasa,  until  thou 
enter  Sodom  and  ( ioinorrha,  and  Adama,  and  Se- 
lio'un.  even  to  Lesa. 

20  These  are  the  children  of  Cham  in  their  kin- 
dled* and  tongues,  and  generations  and  lands,  and 
nations. 

'21  Of  Sen  also  the  father  of  all  the  children  of 
Heber,  the  elder  brother  of  .laphcth,  sons  were 
born. 

The   sons  of  Sem:   Elan  and  Assur,  and 
Arphaxad,  and  Lud.  and  Aram. 

23  The  sons  of  Aram:  Cs,  and  Hull,  and  Cellar: 
and  MeSt 

2V  But  Arphaxad  Ix'sot  Sab  ,  of  whom  was  liorn 
Heber. 

23  And  to  Heber  were  horn  two  sons:  the  name 
of  the  one  was  Phaleg,  because  in  bisdaji  was  the 
earth  divided  :   and  his  brother's  name  Jet  tan. 


♦  TV  idanit.     So  the  Hebrews  called  all  the  remote  cmintriea, 
In   winch    the)    went    by    ihipa    from  Judca,    a*    Greece,    Italy, 


Sp:.., 


v.. 


Not  of  beasts  but  of  mm ; 
16 


whom  by   violence 


i  Which  Jectan  l>egot  Elmodad,  and  Saleph 
and  Asarmoth,  .hire,  * 

And  Aduiain,  and  l'/.al,  and  I  >«  <  l.i. 
And  Lbal,  and  Ahimacl,  Saba, 
1   And  Ophir.  and  llt-viln,  and  Jobab.   All  these 
were  the  sons  of  .leetail. 

30  And  their  dwelling  was  from  Al  s  we  go 
on  as  far  as  Sephar,  a  mountain  in  the  east. 

31  These  are  the  children  of  Sem  according  to 
their  kindreds  and  tongues,  and  countries  in  their 
nations. 

.'    These  are  the  families  of  Not*,   according  to 
their  people  and  nations.   Hv  these  were  the  nations 

divided  on  the  earth  after  the  Hood. 
CHAP.  XL 

The  tower  of  BnM.    The  ronfurion  of  tongues.    The  genealogy 
of  Sem  down  to  Abrum. 

\  ND  the  earth  was  of  one  tongue,  and  of  the 
-^*-    same  speech. 

2  And  when  they  removed  from  the  east,  they 
found  a  plain  in  the  iand  of  Sennaar.  and  dwelt  in  it. 

3  And  each  one  said  to  his  neighbour:  Come,  let 
us  make  brick,  and  hake  them  With  fire.  And  thev 
had  brick  instead  of  stones,  and  slime  instead  of 
mortar. 

■I  And  thev  said:  Come,  let  us  make  a  city  and 
a  tower,  the  top  whereof  may  reach  to  heaven:  and 
let  us  make  our  names  famous  before  wc  he  scat- 
tered abroad  into  all  lands. 

5  And  the  Lord  came  down  to  see  the  city  and  the 
tower,  which  the  children  of  Adam  wen'  building. 

6  And  he  said  :  Behold,  it  is  one  people,  and  all 
have  one  loimuc  :  and  thev  have  begun  to  do  this, 
neither  will  they  leave  off  in  their  designs,  till  ihej 
accomplish  them  in  i\vvi\. 

7  Come  ye  therefore,  let  us  go  down,  and  there 
confound  their  tongue,  that  they  may  not  understand 
one  another's  speech. 

8  And  so  the  Lord  scattered  them  fiom  that  place 
into  all  lands,  and  they  ceased  to  build  the  city. 

9  And  therefore  the  name  thereof  was  called  Ba- 
bel,} because  there  the  language  of  the  whole  earth 
was  confounded^  and  from  thence  the  Lord  scattered 
them  abroad  upon  the  face  ol  all  countries. 

10  These  are  the  generations  of  Sem :  Sem  was 

a  hundred  yean  "Id  when  he  bftgOt  Arphaxad,  two 
yean  after  the  Hood. 

11  And  Sem  lived  after  he  begot  Arphaxad,  five 
hundred  years,  and  begot  sons  and  daughters. 

12  And    Arphaxad   lived    thiii.v-live  years,   and 

■!    Sale. 

13  And  Arphaxad  lived  after  he  begat  Sale,  three 
hundred  and  threeyeanuand  begot  sons  and  daughters. 

14  Sale  also  lived  thirtv  years,  and  begot  Heber. 

15  And  Sale  lived  after  he  begot  Heber,  four  hun- 
dred and  three  years :  and  begot  sons  and  daughters. 


and  tyranny  lir  brought  under  his  dominion.     And  inch  a»  he  wa», 
illy  m  il»'  opinion  of  men,  but  btfort  tht  Lord,  that  i»,  in  Ins  sight 
wlio  . 

[  BabeL     That  it,  ctmftuion. 


chap,  xn,  xin. 


16  And  Heber  lived  thirty-four  years,  and  begot 
Phalt*. 

17  And  Heber  lived  after  he  begot  Phaleg,  four 
hundred  and  thirty  years :  and  begot  sons  and 
daughters. 

18  Phaleg  also  lived  thirty  years,  and  begot  Reu. 

19  And  Phaleg  lived  after  he  begot  lieu,  two  hun- 
dred and  nine  years,  and  begot  sons  and  daughters. 

20  And  Reu  lived  thirty-two  years,  and  begot 
Sarug. 

21  And  Reu  lived  after  he  begot  Sarug,  two  hun- 
dred and  seven  years:  and  begot  sons  and  daughters. 

22  And  Sarug  lived  thirty  years,  and  begot  Na- 
ehor. 

23  And  Sarug  lived  after  he  begot  Nachor,  two 
hundred  years :  and  begot  sons  and  daughters. 

24  And  Nachor  lived  nhie  and  twenty  years,  and 
begot  Tliare. 

25  And  Nachor  lived  after  he  begot  Thare,  a 
hundred  and  nineteen  years :  and  begot  sons  and 
daughters. 

20  And-  Thare  lived  seventy  years,  and  begot 
Abrani,  and  Nachor,  and  Aran. 

27  And  these  are  the  generations  of  Thare: 
Thare  begot  Abram,  Nachor,  and  Aran.  And 
Aran  begot  Lot. 

28  And  Aran  died  before  Thare  his  father,  in  the 
land  of  his  nativity  in  Ur  of  the  Chaldees. 

29  And  Abram  and  Nachor  married  wives:  the 
name  of  Abram's  wife  was  Sarai:  and  the  name  of 
Naehor's  wife.Melcha  the  daughter  of  Aran  father 
of  Melcha,  and  father  of  Jescha. 

30  And  Sarai  was  barren,  and  had  no  children. 

31  And  Thare  took  Abram  his  son,  and  Lot  the 
«>n  of  Aran,  his  son's  son,  and  Sarai  his  daughter- 
in-law,  the  wife  of  Abram  his  son,  and  brought 
them  out  of  Ur  of  the  Chaldees,  to  go  into  the  land 
of  Chanaan:  and  they  came  as  far  as  Haran,  and 
dwelt  there. 

32  And  the  days  of  Thare  were  two  hundred  and 
five  years,  and  he  died  in  Haran. 

CHAP.  XII. 

The  call  of  Abram  and  the  promise  made,  to  him.  He  so- 
jovmelh  it:  Chanaan ;  and  thin,  by  mcasion  of  a  famine, 
gotth  dow  to  Egypt. 

\  ND  the  Lord  said  to  Abram :  Go  forth  out  of 
•^*-  thy  country,  and  from  thy  kindred,  and  out 
M*  thy  father's  house,  and  come  into  the  land  which 
1  shall  show  thee. 

2  And  I  will  make  of  thee  a  great  nation,  and  I 
will  bless  thee,  and  magnify  thy  name,  and  thou 
shalt  be  blessed. 

3  I  will  bless  them  that  bless  thee,  and  curse  them 
that  curse  thee,  and  in  thee  shall  all  the  kindreds 
of  the  earth  be  blessed  : 

4  So  Abram  went  out  as  the  Lord  had  command- 
ed him,  and  Lot  went  with  him :  Abram  was  seventy- 
five  years  old  when  he  went  forth  from  Haran. 

*  My  sister.  This  was  no  lie ;  because  she  was  his  niece,  being 
daughter  to  his  brother  Aran,  and  therefore,  in  the  style  of  the  He- 


5  And  he  took  Sarai  his  wife,  and  Lot  his  bro- 
ther's son,  and  all  the  substance  which  they  had 
gathered,  and  the  souls  which  they  had  gotten  in 
Haran:  and  they  went  out  to  go  into  the  land  of 
Chanaan.     And  when  they  were  come  into  it, 

6  Abram  passed  through  the  country  unto  the 
place  of  Sichem,  as  far  as  the  noble  vale :  now  tho 
Chananite  was  at  that  time  in  the  land. 

7  And  the  Lord  appeared  to  Abram,  and  said  to 
him  :  To  thy  seed  will  I  give  this  land.  And  he 
built  there  an  altar  to  the  Lord,  who  had  appeared 
to  him. 

8  And  passing  on  from  thence  to  a  mountain, 
that  was  on  the  east  side  of  Bethel,  he  there  pitched 
his  tent,  having  Bethel  on  the  west,  and  Hai  on  the 
east :  he  built  there  also  an  altar  to  the  Lord,  and 
called  upon  his  name. 

9  And  Abram  went  forward,  going  and  proceed 
ing  on  to  the  south. 

10  And  there  came  a  famine  in  the  country:  and 
Abram  went  down  into  Egypt,  to  sojourn  there:  for 
the  famine  was  very  grievous  in  the  land. 

1 1  And  when  he  was  near  to  enter  into  Egypt, 
he  said  to  Sarai  his  wife :  I  know  that  thou  art  a 
beautiful  woman  : 

12  And  that  when  the  Egyptians  shall  see  thee, 
they  will  say:  She  is  his  wife :  and  they  will  kill 
me,  and  keep  thee. 

13  Say  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  that  thou  art  my 
sister  :*  that  I  may  be  well  used  for  thee,  and  that 
my  soul  may  live  for  thy  sake. 

14  And  when  Abram  was  come,  into  Egypt,  the 
Egyptians  saw  the  woman  that  she  was  very  beau- 
tiful. 

15  And  the  princes  told  Pharao,  and  praised 
her  before  him :  and  the  woman  was  taken  into 
the  house  of  Pharao. 

16  And  they  used  Abram  well  for  her  sake.  And 
he  had  sheep  and  oxen  and  he-asses,  and  men-ser- 
vants, and  maid-servants,  and  she-asses,  and  camels. 

17  But  the  Lord  scourged  Pharao  and  his  house 
with  most  grievous  stripes  for  Sarai  Abram's  wife. 

18  And  Pharao  called  Abram,  and  said  to  him  : 
What  is  this  that  thou  hast  done  to  me?  Why  didst 
thou  not  tell  me  that  she  was  thy  wife? 

19  For  what  cause  didst  thou  say,  she  was  thy 
sister,  that  I  might  take  her  Jo  my  wife?  Now  there- 
fore there  is  thy  wife,  take  her,  and  go  thy  way. 

20  And  Pharao  gave  his  men  orders  concerning 
Abram  :  and  they  led  him  away  and  his  .wife,  and 
all  that  he  had. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

Abram  and  Lot  part  from  each  other.   God's  promise  to  Abram. 

AND  Abram  went  up  out  of  Egypt,  he  and  his 
wife,  and  all  that  he  had,  and  Lot  with  him 
into  the  south. 

2  And  he  was  very  rich  in  possession  of  gold 
and  silver. 


Drews,  sne  nii'jht  trulv  lie  called  hi*,  sisfer ;    as  Lot  is  called  Abra- 
ham s  brother,  Gen.  xiv.  14.     See  Gin.  xx.  12. 


c;  i:\ks  is. 


3  Ami  be  returned  by  the  irn  thai  be  came, 

from  the  south  to  Bethel,  to  the  place  where  before 

he  had  pitched  his  tent  between  Bethel  and  llai: 

■4-  In  the  place  of  the  altar  which  he  had  made  l>e- 
fore,  and  there  he  called  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

5  But  Lot  ilno  who  was  with  Abram,  had  (locks 

of  sheep,  and  herds  of  beasts,  and  lints. 

6  Neither  was  the  land  ahle  to  hear  them,  that 
they  might  dwell  together:  lor  their  substance  was 

great,  and  they  could  not  dwell  together. 

i  W  hereupon  also  there  arose  a  strife  between 
the  herdsmen  of  Abram  and  of  Lot.  And  at  that 
time  the  Chananite  and  the  I'herc/.ite  dwelled  in 
that  country. 

8  Ahram  therefore  said  to  Lot:  Let  there  he  no 
quarrel,  I  beseech  thee,  between  me  and  thee,  and 
between  my  herdsmen  and  thy  herdsmen:  for  We 
are  brethren. 

9  Behold  the  whole  land  is  before  thee  :  depart 
from  me,  I  pray  thee:  if  (lion  \y  ill  go  to  the  left 
hand,  I  will  take  the  right  :  if  thou  choose  the  right 
hand,  I  will  pass  to  the  left. 

10  And  Lot  lifting  up  his  eyes.  >-aw  all  the  coun- 
try about  the  Jordan,  which  was  w  atercd  throughout 
before  the  Lord  destroyed  Sodom  and  (.iomorrhn 
as  the  paradise  of  the  Lord,  and  like  Egypt  as  one 

comrs  to  Segor. 

1 1  And  Lot  chose  to  himself  the  country  about 
tin-  Jordan,  and  he  deputed  from  the  east :  and  they 
were  separated  one  brother  from  the  other. 

12  Ahram  dwelt  in  the  land  of  Chanaan  :  and 
Lot  abode  in  the  towns,  that  were  about  the  Jor- 
dan, and  dwelt  in  Sodom. 

13  And  the  men  of  Sodom  were  very  wicked,  and 
sinners  before  the  face  of  the  I  ,ord  beyond  measure. 

1  V  And  the  Lord  said  to  Abram,  alter  Lot  was 
separated    from   him:    Lift    up   thy   eyes,   and  look 
from  the  place,  wherein  thou  DOW  art,  to  the  north 
and  to  the  south,  to  the  east  and  to  the  west. 

15  All  the  land,  which  thou  seest,  I  will  give  to 
thee,  and  to  thy  seed  for  eyer. 

16  And  I  will  make  thy  seed  as  the  dust  of  the 
earth :  if  any  man  Ihj  able  to  number  the  dust  of  the 
earth,  he  shall  l>e  able  to  number  thy  seed  also. 

17  Arise  and  walk  through  the  land  in  the  length, 
and  in  the  breadth  thereof:    for  I  will  gWe  it  to  thee. 

If!  So  Abram  removing  his  tent,  came,  and  dwell 
by  the  vale  of  Mambre,  which  is  in  Hebron:  and 
he  built  there  an  altar  to  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

The  expedition  of  the  four  kings :  the  rirtory  of  Abram  ;  he 
it  UcKsrtl  by  Mektuedick. 

\  ND  it  came  to  pass  at  that  time,  that  Amraphel 
-**-  kfalg  of  Senuaar.  and  Arioch  king  of  I'ontus. 
and  ( 'hodorlahomor  King  of  the  Elamites,  and 
Thadal  king  of  nations. 

2  Made  war  against  I5ara  kin^  of  Sodom,  and 
against  Bern,  k'm^  of  Gornorrha,  and  against  Sen 

lb  kin-  of  Adauia.  and  against  S.iiteber  king  of 
Seboim,  and  against  the  kin-  of  Bala,  which  is 
Segor. 

18 


3  All  these  came  together  into  the  woodland 
vale,  which  now   is  the  salt  sea. 

4  For  they  had  served  (hodorlahomor  twelve 
years,  and  in  the  thirteenth  year  they  revolted  from 
him. 

5  And  in  the  fourteenth  year  came  Chodorla- 
homor,  and  the  kins*  that  wen-  with  him:  and 
they  smote  the  Kaphaim  in  Astarothcarnaiin.  and 
the  Zii/im  with  them,  and  the  Emim  in  Save  of 
C'ariathaim. 

6  And  the  Chorreans  in  the  mountains  of  Seir, 
even  to  the  plains  of  Tharan,  which  is  in  the  wd- 
denn  s.. 

7  And  they  returned,  and  came  to  the  fountain 
ofMisphat,  the  same  is  Cades:  and  they  smote  all 
the  country  of  the  Amalecites,  and  the  Amoirhean 
that  dwelt  in  Asasonthamar. 

8  And  the  king  of  Sodom,  and  the  king  of  Go* 
morrha,  and  the  king  of  Adauia.  and  the  kins  of 
Seboim.  and  the  kin::  of  Bela.  w  Inch  is  Setor.  w  cut 
out:  and  they  set  themsehes  against  them  in  battle 
array  in  the  woodland  vale: 

9  To  wit,  against  (hodorlahomor  kins  of  the 
111  unites,  and  Thadal  kinu.  of  nations,  and  Amra- 
phel kins  of  Sennaar,  and  Arioch  kiug  of  PontOS  : 
lour  k i i > ii s  against  live. 

10  Now  the  woodland  vale  had  many  pits  of 
slime.*  And  the  kins  of  Sodom,  and  the  kins  «>f 
Gomotrha  turned  their  hacks  and  were  overthrown 
there:  and  they  that  remained  Bed  to  the  mountain. 

11  And  they  took  all  the  substance  of  the  So- 
domites, and  Gomorrbitcs,  and  all  their  victuals, 
and  went  their  way  : 

1  J  And  Lot  also,  the  son  of  Abram's  brother, 
who  dwelt  in  Sodom,  and  his  substance. 

13  And  behold  one,  thai  had  escaped,  told  Abram 
the  Hebrew,  who  dwelt  in  the  vale  of  Mambre  the 
Amorrhite,  the  brother  of  Escol,  and  the  brother  of 
Aner:   for  these  had  made  a  league  with  Abram. 

14  Which  when  Abram  had  heard,  to  wit,  that 
his  brother  Lot  was  taken,  he  numbered  of  the  ser- 
vants born  in  his  house,  three  hundred  and  eighteen 
well  appointed:  and  pursued  them  to  Dan. 

15  And  dividing  his  company,  he  rushed  upon 
them  in  the  night:  and  defeated  them,  and  pursued 
them  as  far  as  Hoba,    which   is  on  the  left  hand  of 

I  Damascus. 

16  And  he  brought  back  all  the  substance,  and 
Lot  his  brother  with  his  substance,  the  women  abo 
and  the  people. 

17  And  the  kins  of  Sodom  went  out  to  meet  him, 
after  he  returned  from  the  slaughter  of  ( 'hodorlaho- 
mor, and  Of  the  kin^s  that  Were  with  him  in  the 
vale  of  Sa\e,  which  is  the  kind's  rale. 

18  But  Melchisedech  the  kins  of  Salem,  bring- 
ing forth  bread  and  wine,   for  he  was  the  I'ricst  ol 

the  most  high  ( iod, 

1!)    Blessed  him,  and  said:  Blessed  be  Abram  by 

the  most  high  God,  w  ho  created  heaven  and  earth. 


*  Of  ilime.     Mtumtni.     Tbfa  wan  n   kind  of  pitch,  wlnrli  wired 
for  mortar  in  tin   ImildiiiR  of  Babel,  Got.  xi.  3.  and  wu  wed  by  No* 

in  |.|ii  Mag  llii-  :<rlc. 


CHAP.  XV,  XVI. 


20  And  blessed  be  the  most  high  God,  by  whose 
protection,  the  enemies  are  in  thy  hands.  And  he 
gave  him  the  tithes  of  all. 

21  And  the  king  of  Sodom  said  to  Abram:  Give 
me  the  persons,  and  the  rest  take  to  thyself. 

22  And  he  answered  him  :  I  lift  up  my  hand  to 
the  Lord  God  the  most  high,  the  possessor  of  hea- 
ven and  earth, 

23  That  from  the  very  woof-thread  unto  the  shoe 
latehet,  I  will  not  take  of  any  things  that  are  thine, 
lest  thou  say:   I  have  enriched  Abram: 

24  Except  such  things,  as  the  young  men  have 
eaten,  and  the  shares  of  the  men,  that  came  with 
nie,  Aner,  Escol  and  Mambre :  these  shall  take 
their  shares. 

CHAP.  XV. 

God  promiscth  seed  to  Abram.     His  faith,  sacrifice  and  vision. 

NOW  when  these  things  were  done,  the  word 
of  the  Lord  came  to  Abram  by  a  vision,  say- 
ing: Fear  not,  Abram,  I  am  thy  protector,  and  thy 
reward  exceeding  great. 

2  And  Abram  said  :  Lord  God,  what  wilt  thou 
give  me?  I  shall  go  without  children:  and  the  son  of 
the  steward  of  my  house  is  this  Damascus  Eliezer. 

3  And  Abram  added  :  But  to  me  thou  hast  not 
given  seed :  and  lo  my  servant  born  in  my  house, 
shall  be  my  heir. 

4  And  immediately  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
to  him,  saying:  He  shall  not  be  thy  heir :  but  he 
that  shall  come  out  of  thy  bowels,  him  shalt  thou 
have  for  thy  heir. 

5  And  he  brought  him  forth  abroad,  and  said  to 
him :  Look  up  to  heaven  and  number  the  stars  if  thou 
canst.    And  he  said  to  him:   So  shall  thy  seed  be. 

6  Abram  believed  God,  and  it  was  reputed  to 
him  unto  justice. 

7  And  he  said  to  him :  I  am  the  Lord  who 
brought  thee  out  from  Ur  of  the  Chaldees  to  give 
thee  this  land,  and  that  thou  iVightest  possess  it. 

8  But  he  said:  Lord  God,  whereby  may  1  know 
that  I  shall  possess  it  ? 

9  And  the  Lord  answered,  amj  said:  Take  me  a 
cow  of  three  years  old,  and  a  she-goat  of  three  years, 
and  a  rain  of  three  years,  a  turtle  also,  and  a  pigeon. 

10  And  he  took  all  these,  and  divided  them  in 
the  midst,  and  laid  the  two  pieces  of  each  one 
against  the  other:  but  the  birds  he  divided  not. 

1 1  And  the  fowls  came  down  upon  the  carcasses, 
and  Abram  drove  them  away. 

12  And  when  the  sun  was  setting,  a  deep  sleep 
fell  upon  Abram,  and  a  great  and  darksome  horror 
seized  upon  him. 

13  And  it  was  said  unto  him:  Know  thou  before- 
hand that  thy  seed  shall  be  a  stranger  in  a  land  not 
their  own,  and  they  shall  bring  them  under  bondage, 
and  afflict  them  four  hundred  years. 

14  But  I  will  judge  the  nation  which  they  shall 


*  To  vsife.  Plurality  of  wives,  thoug h  contrary  to  the  primitive  in- 
stitution of  marriage.  Gen.  ii.  24.  was  by  divine  dispensation  allowed 
V>  the  patriarchs ;  which  allowance  seems  to  have  continued  during 


serve,  and  after  this  they  shall  come  out  with  great 
substance. 

15  And  thou  shalt  go  to  thy  fathers  in  peace, 
and  be  buried  in  a  good  old  age. 

16  But  in  the  fourth  generation  they  shall  return 
hither:  for  as  yet  the  iniquities  of  the  Amonhitcs 
are  not  at  the  full  until  this  present  time. 

17  And  when  the  sun  was  set,  there  arose  a  dark 
mist,  and  there  appeared  a  smoking  furnace,  and  a 
lamp  of  fire  passing  between  those  divisions. 

IB  That  day  God  made  a  covenant  with  Abram, 
saying:  To  thy  seed  will  1  give  this  land  from  the 
river  of  Egypt  even  to  the  great  river  Euphrates. 

19  The  Cineans,  and  Cenezites,  the  Cedmonites, 

20  And  the  Hethites,  and  the  Pherezites,  the 
Raphaim  also, 

21  And  the  Amorrhites  and  the  Chananites,  and 
the  Gergesites,  and  the  Jebusites. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

Abram  marrieth  Agar,  who  bringelh  forth  Ismael. 

"TVTOW  Sarai,  the  wife  of  Abram,  had  brought 
-L  ^  forth  no  children  :  but  having  a  handmaid  an 
Egyptian  named  Agar, 

2  She  said  to  her  husband :  Behold,  the  Lord 
hath  restrained  me  from  bearing :  go  in  unto  my 
handmaid,  it  may  be  I  may  have  children  of  her  at 
least.     And  when  he  agreed  to  her  request, 

3  She  took  Agar,  the  Egyptian  her  handmaid, 
ten  years  after  they  first  dweh  in  the  land  of  Cha- 
naan,  and  gave  her  to  her  husband  to  wife.* 

4  And  he  went  in  to  her.  But  she  perceiving 
that  she  was  with  child,  despised  her  mistress. 

5  And  Sarai  said  to  Abram :  Thou  doest  unjustly 
with  me:  I  gave  my  handmaid  into  thy  bosom,  and 
she  perceiving  herself  to  be  with  child,  despiseth 
me.     The  Lord  judge  between  me  and  thee. 

6  And  Abram  made  answer  and  said  to  her: 
Behold  thy  handmaid  is  in  thy  awn  hand,  use  her 
as  it  pleaseth  thee.  And  when  Sarai  afflicted  her, 
she  ran  away. 

7  And  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  having  found  her, 
by  a  fountain  of  water  in  the  wilderness,  which  is 
in  the  way  to  Sur  in  the  desert, 

8  He  said  to  her:  Agar,  handmaid  of  Sarai, 
whence  comest  thou  ?  and  whither  goest  thou  ? 
And  she  answered :  I  flee  from  the  face  of  Sarai 
my  mistress. 

9  And  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  said  to  her:  Return 
to  thy  mistress,  and  humble  thyself  under  her  hand. 

10  And  again  he  said  :  I  will  multiply  thy  seed 
exceedingly,  and  it  shall  not  be  numbered  for  mul- 
titude. 

1 1  And  again  :  Behold,  said  he,  thou  art  with 
child,  and  thou  shalt  bring  forth  a  son  :  and  thou 
shalt  call  his  name  Ismael,  because  the  Lord  hath 
heard  thy  affliction. 

12  He  shall  be  a  wild  man  :  his  hand  will  be 


the  time  of  the  law  of  Moses,     tint  Christ  our  Lord  reduced  marriage 
to  its  primitive  institution.     St.  Malt.  xix. 

19 


GLNESIS. 


against  ;ill  men,  and  all  men's  hands  auainst  him  :  and 
In-  shall  pitch  his  Lenta  over-agauuil  all  his  brethren. 

1.)  And  she  called  the  name  of  the  Lord  that 
s[>uke  unto  her:  Thou  the  God  who  hast  seen  me. 
For  she  said:  Verily  here  have  1  seen  the   hinder 

parti  of  him  thai  seech  me. 

14  Therefore  she  called  that  well,  the  well  nf 
him  that  liveth  and  seeth  me.  The  same  is  be- 
tween (  adt  s  and  Barad. 

'0  And  Agar  brought  forth  a  son  to  Ahrain  : 
who  called  his  name  Ismael. 

1G  Ahram  was  fourscore  and  six  years  old  when 
Agar  brought  him  forth  Ismael. 

CHAP.   XVII. 

The  covenant  of  circumcision. 

AND  after  he  began  to  be  ninety  and  nine  fears 
old,  the  Lord  appeared  to  him:  and  said  unto 
him:  I  am  the  almighty  God:  walk  before  me, 
and  be  perfect. 

2  And  1  will  make  mv  covenant  between  me  and 
thee:  and  I  will  multiply  thee  exceedingly. 

3  Ahram  fell  flat  on  his  face. 

V  And  God  said  to  him  :  1  am,  and  my  cove- 
nant is  with  thee,  and  thou  shah  be  a  father  of 
many  nations. 

5  Neither  shall  thy  name  be  railed  any  more 
Ahram  :  but  thou  shalt  be  called  Abraham  :*  he- 
cause  I  have  made  thee  a  father  of  many  nations. 

6  And  I  will  make  thee  increase  exceedingly] 
and  I  will  make  nations  of  thee,  and  kings  shall 
come  out  of  thee. 

7  And  I  will  establish  my  covenant  between  me 
and  thee,  and  between  thy  seed  after  thee  in  their 
generations,  In  a  perpetual  covenant  :  to  be  a  God 
to  thee,  and  to  thy  seed  after  thee. 

8  And  I  will  give  to  thee,  and  to  thy  seed  the 
laud  of  thy  sojournment,  all  the  land  of  Chanaan 
for  a  perpetual  possession,  and  I  will  be  their  God. 

9  Again  God  said  to  Abraham:  And  thon  there- 
fore shalt  keep  my  covenant,  and  thy  seed  after  thee 
in  their  venerations. 

10  This  is  my  covenant  which  you  shall  observe 
between  me  and  yon,  and  thv  seed  after  thee:  AH 
the  male-kind  of  you  shall  Ik*  circumcised  : 

11  And  you  shall  circumcise  the  flesh  of  your 
foreskin,  that  it  may  be  for  a  sign  of  the  covenant 
between  me  and  you. 

12  An  infant  of  eight  days  old  shall  be  circum- 
cised annum  J OU,  every  man-child  in  your  genera- 
tions: he  that  is  born  in  the  house.  ;is  well  as  the 
bottghf  servant  shall  be  circumcised,  and  whoso- 
evi  r  is  not  of  vonr  stock  : 

13  And  my  covenant  shall  be  in  your  flesh  for 
a  perpetual  covenant. 

14  The  male,   whose  flesh   of  his   foreskin  shall 

not  Ik."  circumcised,  thai  soul  shall  be  destroyed  out 

of  his  people:  because  he  hath  broken  mv  covenant. 


•  .Ibrahim.  Abrmm  in  llif  llclinw,  >.i[riiifii»«  n  high  father  ■  but  Abra- 
ham llir  fnthtr  of  the  mulhludt ;  Sunt  signifies  my  ImiIh,  but  Sam  abso- 
lutely  Udf. 

SO 


15  (iod  said  also  to  Abraham.  Sarai  thv  wife, 
thou  shalt  not  call  Sarai,   but  Sara. 

It!  And  I  will  bless  her,  and  of  her  I  will  give 
tlni  a  son.  whom  I  will  bless,  and  he  shall  become 
nations,  and  kings  of  people  shall  spring  from 
him. 

17  Abraham  fell  Upon  bis  face,  and  laughed,  Hy- 
ing in  his  heart:  shall  a  son,  thinkest  thou,  be  born 
to  him  that  is  a  hundred  \ears  old  ?  and  shall  Sara 
that  is  ninety  years  old,  bring  forth.'' 

18  And  he  said  to  God  :  O  that  Ismael  may 
live  before  thee. 

1!»  And  God  said  to  Abraham:  Sara  thy  wife 
shall  bear  thee  a  son,  and  thou  shalt  call  his  name 
Isaac,  and  I  will  establish  mv  covenant  with  him 
for  a  perpetual  covenant,  and  with  his  seed  alter 
him. 

20  And  as  for  Ismael  I  have  also  beard  thee. 
Heboid,  I  will  bless  him.  and  increase,  and  multiply 
him  exceedingly  :  he  shall  bevel  tWi  he  chiefs,  and 
I  w  ill  make  him  a  great  nation. 

21  Tint  my  covenant  I  will  establish  with  Isaac, 
whom  Sara  shall  bring  forth  to  thee  at  this  time  in 
the  next  year. 

22  And  when  he  had  left  off  speaking  with  him, 
God  went  up  from  Abraham. 

-'.!  And  Abraham  took  Ismael  his  son,  and  all 
that  were  horn  in  his  house:  and  all  whom  he  had 
bought,  every  male  among  tie  men  of  his  house, 
and  he  circumcised  the  flesh  of  their  foreskin  forth- 
with the  ven  same  day,  as  God  had  commanded 
him. 

J  I  Abraham  was  ninety  and  nine  vears  old,  when 
he  circumcised  the  flesh  of  his  foreskin. 

25  And  Ismael  his  BOO  was  full  thirteen  years  old 
at  the  time  of  his  circumcision. 

2(>  Tin-  self  same  day  was  Abraham  circumcised 
and  Ismael  his  BOD. 

27  And  all  the  men  of  his  house,  as  well  they 
that  were  born  in  his  house,  as  the  Itoiidit  servants 
and  strangers  were  circumcised  w  it  1 1  him. 

CHAP.  XVIII. 

Angels  ore  entertained  by  Abraham       They  foretel  (he  birth  qf 
hiwr.      Abraham's  prayer  far  the  nan  uf  Sorltirn. 

AM)   the  Lord  appeared  to  him   in  the  vale  of 
Membra  :'s   bfl  was  sitting  at  the  door  of  his 
tent,  in  the  very  heat  of  the  day. 

2  And  when  he  had  lifted  up  his  eye** there  np- 
peared  to  him  three  men  Standing  near  him  :  and 
as  B0O0  as  he  saw  them  he  ran  to  meet  them  from 
the  door  of  his  tent,  and  adored  down  to  the  ground. 

3  And  he  said:  Lord,  if  I  have  found  favour  in 
thy  Sight,  pass  not  away  from  thv  servant: 

4  Hut  I  will  fetch  a  little  water,  and  wash  ye 
your  feet,  and  rest  ye  under  the  tree. 

5  And  I  will  set  a  morsel  of  bread,  and  strength- 
en ye  your  heart,  afterwards  von  shall  pass  on:  for 
therefore  are  ye  COme  aside  to  vonr  servant.      And 

mid  :    I  »o  as  r  In  ill  hast  spoken.. 

6  Abraham  made  haste  into  the  tent  to  Sara, 
and  said   to  her:    Make   haste,   temper  together 


CHAP.  XIX. 


tlnee  measures  of  flour,  and  make  cakes  upon  the 
hearth. 

7  And  he  himself  ran  to  the  herd,  and  took 
from  thence  a  calf  very  tender  and  very  good, 
and  gave  it  to  a  young  man:  who  made  haste  and 
hoi  led  it. 

8  He  took  also  hotter  and  milk,  and  the  calf 
which  he  had  boiled,  and  set  before  them:  but  he 
stood  by  them  under  the  tree. 

9  And  when  they  had  eaten,  they  said  to  him : 
Where  is  Sara  thy  wife  ?  He  answered :  Lo  she 
is  in  the  tent. 

10  And  he  said  to  him :  I  will  return  and  come 
to  thee  at  this  time,  life  accompanying,  and  Sara 
thy  wife  shall  have  a  son.  Which  when  Sara  heard, 
she  laughed  behind  the  door  of  the  tent. 

1 1  Now  they  were  both  old,  and  far  advanced 
in  years,  and  it  had  ceased  to  be  with  Sara  after 
the  manner  of  women. 

12  And  she  laughed  secretly,  saying:  After  I 
am  grown  old,  and  my  Lord  is  an  old  man,  shall  I 
give  myself  to  pleasure  ? 

13  And  the  Lord  said  to  Abraham :  Why  did 
Sara  laugh,  saying :  Shall  I  who  am  an  old  woman 
bear  a  child  indeed  ? 

14  Is  there  any  thing  hard  to  God?  according  to 
appointment  I  will  return  to  thee  at  this  same  time, 
life  accompanying,  and  Sara  shall  have  a  son. 

15  Sara  denied,  saying:  I  did  not  laugh:  for 
she  was  afraid.  But  the  Lord  said:  Nay:  but 
thou  didst  laugh. 

16  And  when  the  men  rose  up  from  thence,  they 
turned  their  eyes  towards  Sodom :  and  Abraham 
walked  with  them,  bringing  them  on  the  way. 

17  And  the  Lord  said :  Can  I  hide  from  Abra- 
ham what  I  am  about  to  do  : 

1 8  Seeing  he  shall  become  a  great  and  mighty 
nation,  and  in  him  all  the  nations  of  the  earth 
shall  be-  blessed  ? 

19  For  I  know  that  he  will  command  his  chil- 
dren, and  his  household  after  him  to  keep  the  way 
of  the  Lord,  and  do  judgment  and  justice:  that  for 
Abraham's  sake  the  Lord  may  bring  to  effect  all  the 
things  he  hath  spoken  unto  him. 

20  And  the  Lord  said :  The  cry  of  Sodom  and 
Gomorrha  is  multiplied,  and  their  sin  is  become 
exceedingly  grievous. 

21  I  will  go  down*  and  see  whether  they  have 
done  according  to  the  cry  that  is  come  to  ma :  or 
whether  it  be  not  so,  that  I  may  know. 

22  And  they  turned  themselves  from  thence, 
and  went  their  way  to  Sodom :  but  Abraham  as 
yet  stood  before  the  Lord. 

23  And  drawing  nigh  he  said :  Wilt  thou  de- 
stroy the  just  with  the  wicked  ? 

24  If  there  be  fifty  just  men  in  the  city,  shall  they 
perish  withal  ?  and  wilt  thou  not  spare  that  place 
for  the  sake  of  the  fifty  just,  if  they  be  therein  ? 

25  Far  be  it  from  thee,  to  do  this  thing,  and 


*  I  will  go  rfoicn,  &c.  The  Lord  here  accommodates  his  discourse 
to  the  way  of  speaking1  and  acting  amongst  men  :  for  lie  knoweth  all 
things,  and  needeth  not  to  go  any   where  for  information.     Note 


to  slay  the  just  with  the  wicked,  and  for  the  pari 
to  be  in  like  case  as  the  wicked,  this  is  not  be- 
seeming thee:  thou  who  judgest  all  the  earfK,  wilt 
not  make  this  judgment. 

26  And  the  Lord  said  to  him :  If  I  find  in  So- 
dom fifty  just  within  the  city,  I  will  spare  the  whole 
place  for  their  sake. 

27  And  Abraham  answered,  and  said :  Seeing  I 
have  once  begun,  1  will  speak  to  my  Lord,  where- 
as I  am  dust  and  ashes. 

28  What  if  there  be  five  less  than  fifty  just  per- 
sons: wilt  thou  for  five  and  forty  destroy  the  whole 
city  ?  And  he  said :  I  will  not  destroy  it,  if  I  find 
five  and  forty. 

29  And  again  he  said  to  him :  But  if  forty  be 
found  there,  what  wilt  thou  do  ?  He  said :  I  will 
not  destroy  it  for  the  sake  of  forty. 

30  Lord,  saith  he,  be  not  angry  I  beseech  thee, 
if  I  speak:  What  if  thirty  shall  be  found  there?  He 
answered:   I  will  not  do  it,  if  I  find  thirty  there. 

31  Seeing,  saith  he,  I  have  once  begun,  I  will 
speak  to  my  Lord :  What  if  twenty  be  found  there  ? 
He  said:  I  will  not  destroy  it  for  the  sake  of  twenty. 

32  I  beseech  thee,  saith  he,  be  not  angry,  Lord, 
if  I  speak  yet  once  more :  What  if  ten  shall  be 
found  there  ?  And  he  said :  I  will  not  destroy  it 
for  the  sake  of  ten. 

33  And  the  Lord  departed,  after  he  had  left 
speaking  to  Abraham  :  and  Abraham  returned  to 
his  place. 

CHAP.  XIX. 

Lot  entertaining  anerels  in  hist  house,  is  delivered  from  Sodom, 
which  is  destroyed:  his  wije  fur  luoking  back  is  turned 
into  a  statue  of  salt. 

AND  the  two  angels  came  to  Sodom  in  the 
evening,  and  Lot  was  sitting  in  the  gate  ol 
the  city.  And  seeing  them,  he  rose  up  and  went 
to  meet  them :  and  worshipped  prostrate  to  the 
ground, 

2  And  said  :  I  beseech  you,  my  lords,  turn  in 
to  the  house  of  your  servant,  and  lodge  there : 
wash  your  feet,  and  in  the  morning  you  shall  go  on 
your  way.  And  they  said  :  No,  but  we  will  abide 
in  the  street. 

3  He  pressed  them  very  much  to  turn  in  unto 
him  :  and  when  they  were  come  into  his  house, 
he  made  them  a  feast,  and  baked  unleavened  bread, 
and  they  ate : 

4  But  before  they  went  to  bed,  the  men  of  the 
city  beset  the  house  both  young  and  old,  all  the 
people  together. 

5  And  they  called  Lot,  and  said  to  him :  Where 
are  the  men  that  came  in  to  thee  at  night  ?  bring 
them  out  hither  that  we  may  know  them : 

6  Lot  went  out  to  them,  and  shut  the  door  after 
him,  and  said : 

7  Do  not  so,  I  beseech  you,  my  brethren,  do 
not  commit  this  evil. 


here,  that  two  of  the  three  angels  went  away  immediately  for 
Sodom ;  whilst  the  third,  who  represented  the  Lord,  remained  wi'U 
Abraham. 

21 


<;i:m>is. 

have   not 
yon,  and 


■I   \<-t 

out    to 

you,  so  that  you 

they  arc  come  in 


thither.      Ami 
m  a  stranger, 


8  I  ha\t>  two  daughters  who 

known  man  :  1  will  bring  them 
khttte  you  them  as  it  shall  |)h  asr 
da  no  evil  to  these  men,  becan  te 
unrlet  the  shadow  of  my  roof. 

But  the)  .saul  :  Gel  thee  hack 
u :  Thou  earnest  in,  said  they, 
was  it  to  be  a  judge?  therefore  we  will  afflict  thee 
more  than  them.  And  thev  pressed  v.  iv  violently 
upon  Lot  :  and  they  were  even  at  the  point  of 
breaking  open  the  dooi 

10  And  behold  the  men  put  out  their  hand,  and 
drew   in  Lot  unto  them,  and  shut  the  door. 

11  And  them,  thai  were  without,  they  struck 
with  blindness  from  the  least  to  the  greatest,  so 
that  they  could  not  (hid  the  door. 

12  And  thev  said  to   Lot  :    Hast    thou   here   an\ 

oi  thine.'  son-in-law,  or  sons,  or  daughters,  all  that 

are  thine  bring  them  out  of  this  i  i t \  : 

M  For  we  will  destroy  this  place,  because  their 

cry  is  crown  loud  before  the  Lord,   who  hath  sent 
us  to  destroy  them. 

1  I  So  l-i't  went  out,  and  spoke  to  his  sons-in-law 
that  were  to  have  his  daughters,  and  said:  Arise: 
gel  you  out  of  this  place,  because  the  Lord  will 
destroy  this  city.  And  he  seemed  to  them  to  speak 
as  it  were  in  jest. 

15  And  w  hen  it  was  morning  the  angels  pressed 
him,  Bayiag:  Arise,  take  thy  wife,  and  the  two 
daughters  which  thou  hast:  lest  thou  also  perish 
in  the  wickedness  of  the  city. 

\G  And  as  he  lingered,  they  took  his  hand,  and 
the  hand  of  his  wife,  and  of  his  two  daughters,  be- 
cause the  Lord  spared  him. 

17  And  they  brought  him  forth,  and  set  him 
without  the  city:  and  there  they  spoke  to  him. 
Baying:  Save  thy  life:  look  not  hark,  neither  stay 
thou  in  all  the  country  ahout  :  hut  save  thyself  in 
the  mountain,  lest  thou  he  also  consumed. 

If!  And  Lot  said  to  them:  I  beseech  thee,  my 
Lord, 

1!)  Because  thy  servant  hath  found  grace  before 
thee,  and  thou  hast  magnified  thy  men  v,  which 
thou  hast  shown  to  me.  in  saving  my  life  :  and  1 
cannot  escape  to  the  mountain,  lest  some  evil  seize 
me.  and  I  die. 

There   is  this  city  here  at  hand,   to  which  I 
may  flee,  it  is  a  little  one,  and  1  shall  he  Bared  in 


n 


sli 


all 


live 


:    is  it  not  a  little  one,  and  my  sou 

21  And  he  said  to  him:  Behold  also  in  this,  I 
have  heard  thy  prayers,  not  to  destroy  the  city  for 
which  thou  hast  spoken. 

Make  haste,  and  he  saved  there:  beCSUM  I 
cannot  do  any  thing  till  thou  go  in  thither.  There- 
fore the  name  of  that  city  was  called  Segor.* 

I'lie  sun  was  risen  Upon  the  earth  and  Lot 
entered  into  Segor. 

24  And  tin-  Lord  rained  upon  Sodom  and  Go- 
morrha  hrimstone  and  lire  from  the  Lord  out  of 
heaven. 


•  8tpr.     That  ii,  <■  Hill*  ont. 

*  And  kit  utft.     Ai   a     »Ui*linc     im-monal   to   the    servants    of 

it 


25  And  he  destroyed  these  cities,  and  all  the 
country  about,  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  cities,  and 
all  things  that  spring  from  the  earth. 

26  And  his  wifef  looking  behind  hi  r,  was  turned 

into  a  statue  of  salt. 

27  Ami  Abraham  got  up  early  in  the  morning, 

and  in  the  place  where  he  had  stood  before  with 
ih'    Lord. 

Jl!  He  looked  towards  Sodom  and  (iomorrha, ami 
the  whole  land  of  that,  count  r\  :  and  he  saw  the  ashes 
rise  up  from  the  earth  as  the  smoke  of  a  furnace. 

J!'  .Now  when  God  destroyed  the  cities  ol  that 
country,  remembering  Aliraham,  he  delivered  Lot 

OUt  of  the  destruction  of  the  cities  wht  rein  he  had 
dwelt. 

30  And  Lot  went  up  out  of  Segor,  and  abode  in 
the  mountain,  and  his  two  daughters  with  him  (for 
he  was  afraid  to  stay  in  Segor)  ami  he  dwelt  in  a 
cave,  he  and  his  two  daughters  with  him. 

31  And  the  elder  said  to  the  younger:  Our  father 
is  old,  and  there  is  no  man  left  on  the  earth,  to  come 
in  unto  us  after  the  manner  of  the  whole  earth. 

•  12  Come,  let  us  make  liini  drunk  with  wine,  and 
let  us  lie  with  him,  that  we  may  preserve  seed  ot 
our  father. 

33  And  they  made  their  father  drink  wine  that 
night:  and  the  elder  went  in,  and  lay  with  her 
fattier:  hut  he, perceived  not,  neither  when  his 
daughter  lay  down,  nor  when  she  rose  up. 

94   And    the    next    day    the    elder    said    to    the 

younger:  Behold.  I  Ia\  last  night  with  mi  lather; 

let  us  make  him  drink  wine  also  to  night,  and  thou 
shall  lie  with  him,  that  we  may  sa\c  seed  of  our 
father. 

35  They  made  their  lather  drink  wine  that  night 
also,  and  the  younger  daughter  went  in,  and  lay 

with  him:  and  neither  then  did  he  perceive  w  heu 
she  lay  down,  nor  when  she  rose  up. 

3b'  So  the  two  daughters  of  Lot  were  with  child 
by  their  father. 

37  And  the  elder  bore  a  son,  and  she  called  his 
name  Moah:  he  is  the  father  of  the  Moahitcs  unto 
this  day. 

38  The  vounger  also  bora  a  son,  and  she  called 
his  name  Amnion,  that  is,  the  son  o!  my  people: 
he  is  the  father  of  the  Ammonites  unto  this  day. 

CHAP.  XX. 

Ahrnham  tojmtrnrth  in  drrarn.  Sum  it  talcrn  into  king  Ahimt 
h  i  It's  hoitm .  6///  by  (ioil's  rnmmtindmi  nl  it  rrstorrd  untout  hi  il. 

south 

Sur: 
and  sojourned  in  Gerara. 

2  And  he  said  of  Sara  his  wile:  She  is  my  sister. 
So  Abimelech  the  kin::  ot  ( reran  sent,  and  took  her. 

.;  \nd  (lod  came  to  Abimelech  in  a  dream  by 
night,  and  he  said  to  him:  Lo  thou  shah  die  for  the 
woman  that  tlipu  hast  taken :  lor  she  hath  a  husband. 

4  Now  Abimelech  had  not  touched  her,  and   he 


ABRAHAM  removed   from  theme  to  the 
country,  and  dwelt  between  Cades  and 


God  to  proceed  in  virtue,    and    not   to   look    back  to  vice  or   its 
allureim-nU. 


CHAP.  XXI 


said  :  Lord,  wilt  thou  s>lay  a  nation  that  is  ignorant 
and  just? 

5  Did  not  he  say  to  me :  She  is  my  sister:  and 
she  say:  He  is  my  hrothei  ?  in  the  simplicity  of  my 
heart,  and  cleanness  of  my  hands  have  I  done  tliis. 

6  And  God  said  to  him  :  And  1  know  that  thou 
didst  it  with  a  sincere  heart :  and  therefore  1  with- 
held thee  from  sinning  against  me,  and  1  suffered 
thee  not  to  touch  her. 

7  Now  therefore  restore  the  man  his  wife,  for  he 
is  a  prophet :  and  he  shall  pray  for  thee,  and  thou 
shalt  live :  but  if  thou  wilt  not  restore  her,  know 
that  thou  shalt  surely  die,  thou  and  all  that  are  thine. 

8  And  Abimelech  forthwith  rising  up  in  the 
night,  called  all  his  servants :  and  spoke  all  these 
words  in  their  hearing,  and  all  the  men  were  ex- 
ceedingly afraid. 

9  And  Abimelech  called  also  for  Abraham,  and 
said  to  him  :  What  hast  thou  done  to  us?  what  have 
we  offended  thee  in,  that  thou  hast  brought  upon 
me  and  upon  my  kingdom  a  great  sin  ?  thou  hast 
done  to  us  what  thou  oughtest  not  to  do. 

10  And  again  he  expostulated  with  him,  and 
said  :  What  savvest  thou,  that  thou  hast  done  this  ? 

11  Abraham  answered :  I  thought  with  myself, 
saying:  Perhaps  there  is  not  the  fear  of  God  in  this 
place:  and  they  will  kill  me  for  the  sake  of  my  wife: 

12  Howbeit,  otherwise  also  slie  is  truly  my  sis- 
ter, the  daughter  of  my  father,  and  not  the  daugh- 
ter of  my  mother,  and  I  took  her  to  wife. 

13  And  after  God  brought  me  out  of  my  father's 
house,  I  said  to  her :  Thou  shalt  do  me  this  kind- 
ness :  In  every  place,  to  which  we  shall  come,  thou 
shalt  say  that  I  am  thy  brother. 

14  And  Abimelech  took  sheep,  and  oxen,  and 
servants,  and  handmaids,  and  gave  to  Abraham : 
and  restored  to  him  Sara  his  wife, 

15  And  said:  The  land  is  before  you,  dwell 
wheresoever  it  shall  please  thee. 

16  And  to  Sara  he  said:  Behold,  I  have  given 
thy  brother  a  thousand  pieces  of  silver,  this  shall 
serve  thee  for  a  covering  of  thy  eyes  to  all  that  are 
with  thee,  and  whithersoever  thou  shalt  go :  and 
remember  thou  wast  taken. 

17  And  when  Abraham  prayed,  God  healed 
Abimelech,  and  his  wife,  and  his  handmaids,  and 
they  bore  children  : 

1 8  For  the  Lord  had  closed  up  every  womb  of 
the  house  of  Abimelech  on  account  of  Sara,  Abra- 
ham's wife. 

CHAP.  XXI. 

Isaac  is  born.     Agar  and  hmarl  are  cast  forth. 

\  ND  the  Lord  visited  Sara,  as  he  had  promised: 
-^*-  and  fulfilled  what  he  had  spoken. 

2  And  she  conceived  and  bore  a  son  in  her  old 
age,  at  the  time  that  God  had  foretold  her. 

3  And  Abraham  called  the  name  of  his  son, 
whom  Sara  bore  him,  Isaac* 

4  And  he  circumcised  him  the  eighth  day,  as 
God  had  commanded  him, 


*  Isaac.     This  word  signifies  laughter. 


5  When  he  was  a  hundred  years  old:  for  at  tb:s 
age  of  his  father,  was  Isaac  born. 

6  And  Sara  said  :  God  hath  made  a  laughter  for 
me:  whosoever  shall  hear  of  it  will  laugh  with  me. 

7  And  again  she  said  :  Who  would  believe  that 
Abraham  should  hear  that  Sara  gave  suck  to  a  son, 
whom  she  bore  to  hiin  in  his  old  age  ? 

8  And  the  child  grew,  and  was  weaned :  and  Abra- 
ham made  a  great  feast  on  the  day  of  his  weaning. 

9  And  when  Sara  had  seen  the  son  of  Agar  the 
Egyptian  playing  with  Isaac  her  son,  she  said  to 
Abraham ; 

10  Cast  out  this  bond-woman,  and  her  son:  for 
the  son  of  the  bond-woman  shall  not  be  heir  with 
my  son  Isaac. 

1 1  Abraham  took  this  grievously  for  his  son. 

12  And  God  said  to  him :  Let  it  not  seem  grievous 
to  thee  for  the  boy,  and  for  thy  bond-woman:  in  all 
that  Sara  hath  said  to  thee,  hearken  to  her  voice: 

for  in  Isaac  shall  thy  seed  be  called. 

13  But  I  will  make  the  son  also  of  the  bond- 
woman a«great  nation,  because  he  is  thy  seed. 

14  So  Abraham  rose  up  in  the  morning,  and 
taking  bread  and  a  bottle  of  water,  put  it  upon  her 
shoulder,  and  delivered  the  boy  and  sent  her  away. 
And  she  departed,  and  wandered  in  the  wilderness 
of  Bersabee. 

15  And.when  the  water  in  the  bottle  was  spent, 
she  cast  the  boy  under  one  of  the  trees,  that  were  there. 

16  And  she  went  her  wav.  and  sat  over-against 
him  a  great  way  off  as  far  as  a  bow  can  carry,  for 
she  said :  I  will  not  see  the  boy  die :  and  sitting  over- 
against,  she  lifted  Uf)  her  voice  and  wept. 

17  And  God  heard  the  voice  of  the  boy:  and  an 
Angel  of  God  called  to  Agar  from  heaven,  saying: 
What  art  thou  doing,  Agar?  fear  not:  for  God  hath 
heard  the  voice  of  the  boy,  from  the  place  wherein 
he  is. 

18  Arise,  take  up  the  boy,  and  hold  him  by  the 
hand  :  for  I  will  make  him  a  great  nation. 

19  And  God  opened  her  eyes:  and  she  saw  a  well 
of  water,  and  went  and  filled  the  bottle,  and  gave 
the  boy  to  drink. 

20  And  God  was  with  him :  and  he  grew,  and 
dwelt  in  the  wilderness,  and  became  a  young  man 
an  archer. 

21  And  he  dwelt  in  the  wilderness  of  Pharan,  and 
his  mother  took  a  wife  for  him  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

22  At  the  same  time  Abimelech,  and  Phicol  the 
general  of  his  army  said  to  Abraham:  God  is  with 
thee  in  all  that  thou  doest. 

23  Swear  therefore  by  God,  that  thou  wilt  not 
hurt  me,  nor  my  posterity,  nor  my  stock:  butaccord- 
ing  to  the  kindness,  that  I  have  done  to  thee,  thou 
shalt  do  to  me,  and  to  the  land  wherein  thou  hast 
lived  a  stranger. 

21  And  Abraham  said:  I  will  swear. 

25  And  he  reproved  Abimelech  for  a  well  of  water, 
which  his  servants  had  taken  away  by  force. 

26  And  Abimelech  answered:  I  knew  not  who 
did  this  thing:  and  thou  didst  not  tell  me,  and  I 
heard  not  of  it  till  to-day. 

23 


GKNKSIS. 


27  Then  Abraham  took  sheep  and  oxen,  and 
paw  tlii'in  lo  Aliiincli-cli :  ami  litilli  of  them  made 
a  league. 

\nd  Ahraham  set  apart  seven  ewe-lambs  of 
ih.-   ftoek, 

\nd  Abiaielech  nud  to  liim  :    What  mean  these 
seven  ewe-lambs  which  thou  bast  tel  apart? 

30  Jim  he  said:  Thou shak take  screen  ewe-jambs 
at  m\  hand:  that  thev  ma\  he  a  lesiunom  lor  me. 
that  1  dig  this  well. 

il     Therefore   that   place  was  called  Bersabee:* 
lUSe  there  both  of  them  did  swear. 

\nd  they  made  a  league  for  the  well  of  oath. 

33  And  Aliimeleeh.  and  I'hieolthe  general  of  his 

army  arose  and  returned  to  the  land  of  die  Palestine's. 

Hut  Ahraham  plantedagrore  in  Bersabee,  and  there 

called  npon  the  name  of  the  Lord  God  eternal. 

\nd  he  w  is  a   sojourner  in  the  land  of  the 
Palestines  main  days. 

CHAP.  XXII. 

Tlie  faith  nntt  obedirnrr  of  Abraham  is  proved  in  *hir  rradim  I  •. 
to  taerifere  hit  mm  Isaac,      lit-  is-  ttajft  <l  from  the  art  If  an 
angel.      Former  promise*  are  renewed  to  him.     His  brutlae 
ekor't  i mite. 

A  PTER  these  things,  God  temptedf  Ahraham. 
£*-  and  said  to  him:  Ahraham,  Abraham.  And  he 
answered:    Here  I  am. 

J  lie  said  to  him:  Take  thy  only-begotten  son 
U  in-,  whom  thou  lovest.  and  go  into  the  land  of 
\  Wum:  and  there  thou  shall  oiler  him  for  an  holocaust 
upon  one  of  the  mountain*  which  I  will  show  thee, 

$  So  Ahraham  rising  up  in  the  night,  saddled 
his  ass  :  and  took  with  him  two  YOUOg  men,  and 
Isaac  his  son  :  and  w  hen  he  had  cut  wood  for  the 
holocaust,  he  went  his  way  to  the  place  which  God 
had  commanded  him. 

4  And  on  the  third  day,  lifting  up  his  eyes,  he 
saw  the  place  afar  oil". 

>  \nd  he  said  to  his  voung  men:  Stay  yon  here 
with  the  ass:  I  and  the  hoy  will  go  with  speed  as 
far  as  yonder,  and  after  we  ha\e  worshipped,  will 
return  to  yon. 

6  And  he  took  the  Wtood  for  the  holocaust,  and 
laid  it  upon  Isaac  his  son:  and  he  himself  carried 
in  his  hands  lire  and  a  sword.  And  as  they  two 
went  on  together. 

7  Isaac  said  to  his  father :  My  father.  And  he 
answered  :  W  hat  wilt  thou,  son  ?  Beheld,  na&th  he, 
tire  and  woixl:  where  is  the  victim  for  the  holo- 
caust - 

8  And  Ahraham  Bid:  (iod  will  provide  himself 
a  victim  for  an  holocaust,  my  son.  So  they  went 
on  together. 

'.•  lad  they  cane  to  the  place  which  God  had 

shown  him.  where  he  limit  an  altar,  and  laid  the 
i\ood  in  order  upon  it  :  and  when  he  had  hound 
Naac  his  son,  he  laid  him  on  the  altar  upon  the  pile 
of  wood. 


•  Berfott.      That  il.  Iht  trill  of  oath. 

t  (iod  lewtfttd,  tir..      f.'«l  Irmiilrlh  no  man  In  ml,    JaflMl    1.13.      Hill 
b)  trial  and  i  \\*  iriineut  makctli  knim  n  tu  tin:  world,  and  In  OUIMlIri  -. 

M 


10  And  he  put  forth  his  hand,  and  took  the 
sw  ord,  lo  sacrifice  his  mhi. 

11  And  behold  an  Angel  oTthe  Lord  from  hea- 
\en  called  10  him.  Baying:  Abraham,  Abraham. 
And  he  answered  :    I  leu    I  am. 

I  .'  And  he  said  to  him  :  Ln\  not  thy  hand  upon 
the  boy,  neither  do  thou  any  thing  lo  linn  :  now  I 
know  that  thou  tea  rest  God,  and  hast  not  span  d 
tin  only-begotten  son  for  my  sake. 

I.)  Ahraham  lilted  up  his  eyes,  and  saw  behind 
liis  hack  a  ram  amongst  the  briers  sticking  fast  by 
the  hoi  us,  w  Inch  he  took  and  offered  for  a  holocaust 
instead  of  his  son. 

14  And  he  called  the  name  of  that  place,  The 
Lord  teeth.  \\  hereupon  even  lo  this  daj  it  is  said: 
In  the  mountain  the  Lord  will  see. 

15  And  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  called  to  Abra- 
ham a  second  time  from  heaven,  saying: 

l<>  Hy  my  own  sell  have  I  sworn,  saith  the 
Lord:  because  thou  hast  done  this  thing,  and  hast 
not  spared  thy  only-begotten  son  for  m\  sake  : 

17  I  will  bless  thee,  and  I  will  multiply  thj  seed 

as  the  stars  of  In  a\cn.  and  as  the  sand  that  is  by 
the  sea  shore:  thy  seed  shall  possess  the  &alcs  of 
their  enemies. 

18  And  in  thy  seed  shall  all  the  nations  of  the 
earth  he  Messed,  because  thou  hast  obeyed  m\  roice. 

19  Abraham  returned  to  his  young  men.  and  tin  y 
went  to  Bersabee  together,  and  he  dwelt  there. 

20  After  these  things,  h  was  told  Abraham  that 
Melcba  also  had  horn  children  to  Nachor  his  brother. 

21  litis  the  fust-horn,  and  Bus  his  brother,  and 
Camucl  the  father  of  the  Syrians. 

JJ  And  Cased,  and  A/.au,  and  Phcldas,  and 
Jedlaph, 

23  And  (While)  of  whom  was  horn  Hehecca  : 
these  eight  did  Melcha  hear,  to  Nachor  Abraham's 
brother. 

24  And  his  concubine,  named  Iionta.  bore  Ta- 
bee,  and  Gaham,  and  Tahas,  and   Maucha. 

CHAP.  XXIII. 

Sara's  death  and  burial  in  thi  fit  Id  Imueht  of  Ephron. 

AM)   Sara    lived  a  hundred   and   twenty-seven 
-£*-  years. 

2  And    she  died   in   the  city  of  Arhee   which  is 

Hebron,  in  the  laud  of  Chanaan:  and  Abraham 

came  to  mourn,  and  weep  for  her. 

3  And  alter  he  rose  up  from  the  funeral  obse- 
quies, he  spoke  to  the  children  of  Heth,  saying; 

4  I  am  a  stranger  and  sojourner  among  you: 
ewe  me  the  right  of  a  burying  place  with  you,  that 

I  may  bury  ni\  dead. 

5  The  children  of  Heth  answered,  saying: 

6  My  lord  hear  us,  thou  art  a  prime  of  God 
among  us:  bury  thy  dead  in  our  principal  sepul- 
chres: and  no  man  shall  have  power  to  hinder  thee 
from  burying  thy  dead  in  bis  sepulchre. 

tn  are,  a«  hen  by  tlii*  trial  the  lingular  faith  and  obedience  ol 
ban  »a»  made  manic 


CHAP.  XXIV. 


7  Abraham  rose  up,  and  bowed  down  to  the 
people*  of  the  land,  to  wit,  the  children  of  Ileth. 

8  And  said  to  them  :  If  it  please  your  soul  that 
I  should  bury  my  dead,  hear  me,  and  intercede  for 
me  to  Ephron  the  son  of  Seor, 

9  That  he  may  give  me  the  double  cave,  which 
he  hath  in  the  end  of  his  field:  for  as  much  money 
as  it  is  worth  he  shall  give  it  me  before  you,  for  a 
possession  of  a  burying  place. 

10  Now  Ephron  dwelt  in  the  midst  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Heth.  And  Ephron  made  answer  to  Abra- 
ham in  the  hearing  of  all  that  went  in  at  the  gate 
of  the  city,  saying : 

1 1  Let  it  not  be  so,  mv  lord,  but  do  thou  rather 
hearken  to  what  I  say :  The  field  I  deliver  to  thee 
and  the  cave  that  is  therein,  in  the  presence  of  the 
children  of  my  people  ;  bury  thy  dead. 

12  Abraham  bowed  down  before  the  people  of 
the  land. 

13  And  he  spoke  to  Ephron,  in  the  presence  of 
the  people  :•  1  beseech  thee  to  hear  me :  I  will  give 
money  for  the  field :  take  it,  and  so  I  will  bury  my 
dead  in  it. 

14  And  Ephron  answered  : 

15  My  lord,  hear  me :  the  ground  which  thou 
desirest,  is  worth  four  hundred  sides  of  silver : 
this  is  the  price  between  me  and  thee :  but  what 
is  this  ?  bury  thy  dead. 

16  And  when  Abraham  had  heard  this,  he 
weighed  out  the  money,  that  Ephron  had  asked,  in 
the  hearing  of  the  children  of  Heth,  four  hundred 
sicles  of  silver  of  common  current  money. 

17  And  the  field  that  before  was  Ephron's, 
wherein  was  the  double  cave,  looking  towards 
Mambre,  both  it  and  the  cave,  and  all  the  trees 
thereof  in  all  its  limits  round  about, 

18  Was  made  sure  to  Abraham  for  a  possession, 
in  the  sight  of  the  children  of  Heth,  and  of  all  that 
went  in  at  the  gate  of  his  city. 

19  And  so  Abraham  buried  Sara  his  wife,  in  the 
double  cave  of  the  field,  that  looked  towards  Mam- 
bre ;  this  is  Hebron  in  the  land  of  Chanaan. 

20  And  the  field  was  made  sure  to  Abraham, 
and  the  cave  that  was  in  it,  for  a  possession  to  bury 
in,  by  the  children  of  Heth. 

CHAP.  XXIV. 

Abraham's  servant  sent  by  him  into  Mesopotamia,  bringelh 
from  thence  Rebecca,  who  is  married  to  Isaac. 

TVTOW  Abraham  was  old,  and  advanced  in  age: 
-*-  '    and  the  Lord  had  blessed  him  in  all  things. 

2  And  he  said  to  the  elder  servant  of  his  house, 
who  was  ruler  over  all  he  had:  Put  thy  hand  under 
my  thigh, 

3  That  I  may  make  thee  swear  by  the  Lord  the 
God  of  heaven  and  earth,  that  thou  take  not  a  wife 
for  my  son,  of  the  daughters  of  the  Chananites, 
among  whom  I  dwell : 

*  Bowed  down  to  the  people.  Adoravit,  literally  adored.  Tint  this  word 
here,  as  well  as  in  many  other  places  in  the  Latin  scriptures,  is  used 
to  signify  on'y  an  inferior  honour  and  reverence  paid  to  men,  express- 
ed by  a  bownij  dowu  of  the  body. 


4  But  that  thou  go  to  my  own  country  and  kin 
dred,  and  take  a  wife  from  thence  for  my  son  Isaac. 

5  The  servant  answered  :  If  the  woman  will 
not  come  with  me  into  this  land,  must  I  bring  thy 
son  back  again  to  the.  place,  from  whence  thou 
earnest  out  ? 

6  And  Abraham  said  :  Beware  thou  never  I  ring 
my  son  back  again  thither. 

7  The  Lord  God  of  heaven,  who  took  me  out  of 
my  father's  house,  and  out  of  my  native  country, 
who  spoke  to  me,  and  swore  to  me,  saying:  lo 
thy  seed  will  I  give  this  land  :  he  will  send  his 
Angel  before  thee,f  and  thou  shalt  take  from  thence 
a  wife  for  my  son. 

.  8  But  if  the  woman  will  not  follow  thee,  thou 
shalt  not  be  bound  by  the  oath :  only  bring  not  my 
son  back  thither  again. 

9  The  servant  therefore  put  his  hand  under  the 
thigh  of  Abraham  his  lord,  and  swore  to  him  upon 
this  word. 

1 0  And  he  took  ten  camels  of  his  master's  herd, 
and  departed,  carrying  something  of  all  his  goods 
with  him,  and  he  set  forward  and  went  on  to  Meso- 
potamia to  the  city  of  Nachor. 

1 1  And  when  he  had  made  the  camels  lie  down 
without  the  town  near  a  weil  of  water  in  the  even- 
ing, at  the  time  when  women  are  wont  to  come 
out  to  draw  water,  he  said  : 

12  O  Lord  the  God  of  my  master  Abraham, 
meet  me  to-day,  I  beseech  thee,  and  show  kind- 
ness to  my  master  Abraham. 

13  Behold,  I  stand  nigh  the  spring  of  water,  and 
the  daughters  of  the  inhabitants  oi  the  city,  will 
come  out  to  draw  water. 

14  Now  theiefore  the  maid,  to  whom  I  shall  say: 
Let  down  thy  pitcher  that  I  may  drink :  and  she 
shall  answer :  Drink,  and  I  will  give  thy  camels  drink 
also:  let  it  be  the  same  whom  thou  hast  provided  for 
thy  servant  Isaac :  and  by  this  I  shall  understand,  that 
thou  hast  shown  kindness  to  my  master. 

15  He  had  not  vet  ended  these  words  within  him- 
self, and  behold,  Rebecca  came  out,  the  daughter  of 
Bathuel,  son  of  Melcha,  wife  to  Nachor  the  brother 
of  Abraham,  having  a  pitcher  on  her  shoulder  : 

1 6  An  exceeding  comely  maid,  and  a  most  beau- 
tiful virgin,  and  not  known  to  man :  and  she  went 
down  to  the  spring,  and  filled  her  pitcher,  and  was 
coming  back. 

17  And  the  servant  ran  to  meet  her,  and  said  : 
Give  me  a  hrtle  water  to  drink  of  thy  pitcher. 

18  And  she  answered:  Drink,  my  lord.  And 
quickly  she  let  down  the  pitcher  upon  her  arm,  and 
gave  him  drink. 

19  And  when  he  had  drunk,  she  said:  I  will 
draw  water  for  thy  camels  also,  till  they  all  drink. 

20  And  pouring  out  the  pitcher  into  'he  troughs, 
she  ran  back  to  the  well  to  draw  water  :  and  hav- 
ing drawn,  she  gave  to  all  the  camels. 

21  But  he,    musing,    beheld   her  with    silence, 

+  He  will  send  his  Angel  before  thee.  This  shows  tliat  the  He- 
brews believed  that  God  gave  them  Guardian  Angels  for  thcil 
I  protection. 

25 


GENESIS. 


desirous  to  know  whether  the  Lord    had  made  his 
journey  prosperous  or  not. 

22  And  uter  thai  the  camels  had  drank,  the 
man  took  out  golden  ear-rings,  weighing  two  odes, 

and  as  main   bracelet!  of  ten  sides  Weight 

23  And  he  said  to  her :  Whose  daughter  art  thou? 
tell  me  :    is  there  any  plate  in  thy   lather's  house 

to    rOdgl    ? 

24  And  she  answered:  I  am  the  daughter  of 
Bathuel, the  son  of  RleJcha,  whom  she  bore  to 
Naeltor. 

\ ml  she  said,  moreover,  to  him:  We  have 
good  store  both  of  straw  and  hay,  and  a  large  place 
to  lodge  in. 

26  The  man  bowed  himself  down,  and  adored 
the  Lord, 

27  Savins  :  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  my 
master  Abraham,  who  hath  not  taken  away  his 
mercy  and  truth  from  im  master,  and  hath  brought 
DM  the  straight  way  into  the  house  of  my  master's 
brother. 

28  Then  the  maid  ran,  and  told  in  her  mother's 
bouse  all  that  she  had  heard. 

29  And  Rebecca  had  a  brother  named  Laban, 
w  ho  went  out  in  haste  to  the  man,  to  the  well. 

30  And  when  he  had  seen  the  ear-rings  and 
bracelets  in  his  sister's  hands,  and  had  heard  all 
that  she  related,  saying,  Thus  and  thus  the  man 
8|>oke  to  me:  became  to  the  man  who  stood  by  the 
camels,  and  near  to  the  spring  of  water, 

31  And  said  to  him:  Dome  in,  thou  blessed  of 
the  Lord  :  why  standeth  thou  without?  I  have  pre- 
pared the  house,  and  a  place  for  the  camels. 

32  And  he  brought  him  in  into  his  lodging:  and 
he  unharnessed  the  camels,  and  gave  straw  and 
hay,  and  water  to  wash  his  feet,  and  the  feet  of 
the  men  that  were  come  with  him. 

33  And  bread  was  set  before  him.  But  he  said  : 
I  will  not  eat,  till  I  tell  my  message.  He  answered 
him  :  Speak. 

31  And  Ik;  said  :   1  am  the  servant  of  Abraham  : 

35  And  the  Lord  hath  blessed  my  master  won- 
derfully, and  he  is  Income  great  :  and  he  hath  given 
him  sheep,  and  oxen,  silver  and  gold,  men-servants 
and  women-servants,  camels,  and  asses. 

36  And  Sara  my  master's  wife  hath  borne  my 
master  a  son  in  her  old  age,  and  he  hath  given  him 
all  that  he  had. 

^  37  And  my  master  niade  me  swear,  saying : 
Thou  shah  not  take  a  wife  for  my  son  of  the  Cha- 
nanites.  in  whose  land  I  dwell : 

38  But  thou  shah  go  to  my  father's  house,  and 
shalt  take  a  wife  of  my  own  kindred  tor  my  son  : 

39  But  I  answered  my  master  s  What  if  the  wo- 
man will  not  come  with  me  ? 

40  The  Lord,  said  he.  in  whose  light  I  walk, 
will  send  his  aiHtel  with  thee,  and  will  direct  ths 
way  :  and  thou  shalt  take  a  wife  for  my  son  of  my 
own  kiudre. I,  and  of  my  father's  house. 

41  But  thou  shalt  he  clear  from  my  curse,  when 
thou  shalt  come  to  my  kindred,  if  they  will  not 
give  thee  one. 

42  And  1  came  to-day  to  the  well  of  water,  ami 

M 


said  :  O  Lord  God  of  my  master  Abraham,  If  thou 
hast  prospered  my  way,  wherein  I  now  walk, 

X'<  Behold,  I  stand  by  the  well  of  water,  and  the 
virgin,  that  shall  come OUt tO draw  water,  who  shall 
hear  DM  MB  :    (Sire  me  a  little  water  to  drink  ol  thy 

pitcher : 

44  And  shall  say  ST  me:  Both  drink  thou,  and  I 
will  also  draw  lor  tin  camels  :  let  the  same  be  the 
woman  whom  the  Lord  hath  prepared  for  my 
master's  son. 

45  And  whilst  I  pondered  these  things  secretly 
with  myself.  Jielncca  appeared  coming  with  a 
pitcher,  whkh  she  carried  Ol  her  shoulder:  and 
she  went  down  to  the  well,  and  drew  water.  And  I 
said  to  her :  Give  me  a  little  to  drink. 

46  And  she  speedily  let  down  the  pitcher  from 
her  shoulder,  ami  said  to  me:  Both  drink  thou, 
and  to  tfaj  camels  1  will  give  drink.  I  drank,  ami 
she  watered  the  camels. 

47  And  I  asked  her,  and  said  :  Whose  daughter 
art  thou?  And  she  answered:  I  am  the  daughter 
of  Bathuel,  the  son  of  Nachor,  whom  Melcha  bore 
to  him.  So  I  put  car-rings  on  her  to  adorn  her  face, 
and  I  put  bracelets  on  her  hands. 

48  And  falling  down  I  adored  the  Lord,  blessing 
the  Lord  God  of  m\  master  Abraham,  who  hath 
brought  DM  i he  straight  way  to  take  the  daughter 
of  my  master's  brother  for  his  son. 

49  Wherefore  if  you  do  according  to  mercy  and 
truth  with  my  master,  tell  me:  but  il  it  please  you 
otherwise,  tell  me  that  also,  that  I  may  go  to  the 
right  hand,  or  to  the  left. 

60  Then  Laban  and  Bathuel  answered  :  The 
word  hath  proceeded  from  the  Lord  :  we  cannot 
speak  any  other  thing  to  thee  but  his  pleasure. 

51  Behold,  Bebecca  is  before  thee,  take  her  and 
go  thy  way,  and  let  her  be  the  wife  of  thy  master's 
son,  as  the  Lord  hath  spoken. 

52  Which  when  Abraham's  servant  heard,  falling 
down  to  the  ground  he  adored  the  Lord. 

53  And  bringing  forth  vessels  of  silver,  and  gold, 
and  garments,  he  gave  them  to  Rebecca  for  a  pre- 
sent. He  offered  gifts  also  to  her  brothers,  and  to 
her  mother. 

54  And  a  banquet  was  made,  and  they  ate  and 
drank  together,  and  lodged  there.    And  in  the  mom 
ing  the  servant  arose,  and    said:  Let  me  depart, 
that  I  may  go  to  my  master. 

55  And  her  brother  and  mother  answered:  Let 
the  maid  sta\  at  least  ten  days  with  us,  and  after- 
wards she.  shall  depart. 

66  Stay  me  not,  said  lie,  because  the  Lord  hath 
prospered  ni\  way  :  send  me  away  that  I  may  co 
to  my  master. 

57  And  they  said:  Let  us  call  the  maid,  and 
ask  her  will.* 

58  And  they  called  her,  and  when  she  ami 
come,  they  asked:  Wilt  thou  go  with  this  man? 
She  said  :    I  will  go. 


*  I.tl  ui  call  tkt  maid,  and  mtk  her  irill.  Not  n»  lo  her  marriage,  aa 
aba  had  alreadj  eooamtod,  but  of  tier  quilting  her  parent*,  and 
going  to  her  husband. 


CHAP.  XXV. 


59  So  they  sent  her  away,  and  her  nurse,  and 
Abraham's  servant  and  his  company  : 

60  Wishing  prosperity  to  their  sister,  and  say- 
ing :  Thou  art  our  sister,  niayst  thou  increase  to 
thousands  of  thousands,  and  may  thy  seed  possess 
the  gates  of  their  enemies. 

61  So  Rebecca  and  her  maids  being  set  upon 
camels  followed  the  man:  who  with  speed  returned 
to  his  master. 

62  At  the  same  time  Isaac  was  walking  along 
the  way  to  the  well  which  is  called  Of  the  living 
and  the  seeing:  for  he  dwelt  in  the  south  country: 

63  And  he  was  gone  forth  to  meditate  in  the  field, 
the  day  being  now  well  spent ;  and  when  he  had 
lifted  up  his  eyes,  he  saw  camels  coming  afar  off. 

64  Rebecca  also,  when  she  saw  Isaac,  lighted 
off  the  camel, 

65  And  said  to  the  servant :  Who  is  that  man 
who  cometh  towards  us  along  the  field  ?  And  he 
said  to  her:  That  man  is  my  master.  But  she 
quickly  took  her  cloak  and  covered  herself. 

66  And  the  servant  told  Isaac  all  that  he  had 
done: 

67  Who  brought  her  into  the  tent  of  Sara  his 
mother,  and  took  her  to  wife  :  and  he  loved  her  so 
much,  that  it  moderated  the  sorrow  which  was  oc- 
casioned by  his  mother's  death. 

CHAP.  XXV. 

Abraham'.?  children  by  Cetura ;  his  death,  and  thai  of  Ismail. 
Isaac  hath  Esau  and  Jacob,  twins.  Esau  scllcth  his  first 
birth-right   to  Jacob. 

AND    Abraham    married   another   wife   named 
Cetura: 

2  Who  bore  him  Zamran,  and  Jecsan,  and  Ma- 
dan,  and  Madian,  and  Jesboc,  and  Sue. 

3  Jecsan  also  begot  Saba  and  Dadan.  The  chil- 
dren of  Dadan  were  Assurim,  and  Latusim  and 
Loomim. 

4  But  of  Madian  was  born  Epha,  and  Opher, 
and  Henoch,  and  Abida,  and  Eldaa:  all  these  were 
the  children  of  Cetura. 

5  And  Abraham  gave  all  his  possessions  to  Isaac : 

6  And  to  the  children  of  the  concubines*  he  gave 
gifts,  and  separated  them  from  Isaac  his  son,  while 
he  yet  lived,  to  the  east  country. 

7  And  the  days  of  Abraham's  life  were  a  hun- 
dred and  seventy-five  years. 

8  And  decaying  he  died  in  a  good  old  age,  and 
having  lived  a  long  time,  and  being  full  of  days : 
and  was  gathered  to  his  people. 

9  And  Isaac  and  Ismael  his  sons  buried  him  in 
the  double  cave,  which  was  situated  in  the  field  of 
Ephron  the  son  of  Seor  the  Hethite,  over-against 
Mambre, 

10  Which  he  had  bought  of  the  children  of  Heth : 
there  was  he  buried,  and  Sara  his  wife. 

11  And  after  his  death,  God  blessed  Isaac  his 
son,  who  dwelt  by  the  well  named  Of  the  living 
and  seeing. 

+  Concubines.     Ajjar  and  Cetura  are  here  called  concubines  (though 
U>ey  were  lawful  wives,  and  in  other  places  ate  so  called)  because 


12  These  are  the  generations  of  Ismael  the  son 
of  Abraham,  whom  Agar  the  Egyptian,  Sara's  ser- 
vant, bore  unto  him  : 

13  And  these  are  the  names  of  his  children  ac- 
cording to  their  calling  and  generations.  The 
first-born  of  Ismael  was  Nabajoth,  then  Cedar, 
and  Ad  heel,  and  Mabsam, 

14  And  Masma,  and  Duma,  and  Massa, 

15  Hadar,  and  Thema,  and  Jethur,  and  Naphis, 
and  Cedma. 

16  These  are  the  sons  of  Ismael:  and  these  are 
their  names  by  their  castles  and  towns,  twelve 
princes  of  their  trihes. 

17  And  the  years  of  Ismael's  life  were  a  hun- 
dred and  thirty-seven,  and  decaying  he  died,  and 
was  gathered  unto  his  people. 

18  And  he  dwelt  from  Hevila  as  far  as  Sur, 
which  looketh  towards  Egypt,  to  them  that  go  to- 
wards the  Assyrians.  He  died  in  the  presence  of 
all  his  brethren. 

19  These  also  are  the  generations  of  Isaac  the 
son  of  Abraham  :  Abraham  begot  Isaac  : 

20  Who  when  he  was  forty  years  old,  took  to 
wife  Rebecca  the  daughter  of  Bathuel  the  Syrian 
of  Mesopotamia,  sister  to  Laban. 

21  And  Isaac  besought  the  Lord  for  his  wife, 
because  she  was  barren  :  and  he  heard  him,  and 
made  Rebecca  to  conceive. 

22  But  the  children  struggled  in  her  womb:  and 
she  said :  If  it  were  to  be  so  with  me,  what  need 
was  there  to  conceive  ?  And  she  went  to  consult 
the  Lord. 

23  And  he  answering,  said :  Two  nations  are 
in  thy  womb,  and  two  peoples  shall  be  divided  out 
of  thy  womb,  and  one  people  shall  overcome  the 
other,  and  the  elder  shall  serve  the  younger. 

24  And  when  her  time  was  come  to  be  delivered, 
behold,  twins  were  found  in  her  womb. 

25  He  that  came  forth  first  was  red,  and  hairy 
like  a  skin:  and  his  name  was  called  Esau.  Im- 
mediately the  other  coming  forth,  held  his  brother's 
foot  in  his  hand:  and  therefore  he  was  called  Jacoh. 

26  Isaac  was  threescore  years  old  when  the  chil- 
dren were  born  unto  him. 

27  And  when  they  were  grown  up,  Esau  became 
a  skilful  hunter,  and  a  husbandman :  but  Jacob  a 
plain  man  dwelt  in  tents. 

28  Isaac  loved  Esau,  because  he  ate  of  his  hunt- 
ing :  and  Rebecca  loved  Jacob. 

29  And  Jacob  boiled  pottage :  to  whom  Esau, 
coming  faint  out  of  the  field, 

30  Said  :  Give  me  of  this  red  pottage,  for  I  am 
exceeding  faint.  For  which  reason  his  name  was 
called  Edom. 

31  And  Jacob  said  to  him:  Sell  me  thy  first 
birth-right. 

32  He  answered:  Lo,  I  die:  what  will  the  first 
birth-right  avail  me? 

33  Jacob  said :  Swear  therefore  to  me.  Esau 
swore  to  him,  and  sold  his  first  birthright. 


they  were  of  an  inferior  degree;  and  such  in  scripture  are  usually 
called  concubines. 

27 


GLWT.SIS. 


34  And  so  taking  bread  and  the  pottage  rf  len- 
tils, be  ate.  and  drank,  and  went  his  way  ;  making 
little  account  of  having  sold  his  fir  si  birth-right. 

CHAP.  XXVI. 

Isaac  sojourneth  in  (Icrara,  trhcre  thui  rennrrth  to  him  the 
prnmitr  made  to  Abraham.  King  Abimeleeh  muketh  league 
with  him. 

AND  when  a  famine  CMM  in  tlio  land,  after 
that  barrenness  which  had  happened  in  the 
days  a!"  Abraham,  Isaac  went  to  Abunelech  king 
of  the  Palestines  to  Gerara. 

2  And  the  Lord  appeared  to  him  and  said;  Go 
not  down  into  Egypt,  but  stay  in  the  land  that  I 
Shall  tell  thee. 

3  And  sojourn  in  it,  and  I  will  be  with  thee,  and 
will  Mess  thee:  for  to  thee  and  to  thy  seed  I  will 
give  all  these  countries,  to  fulfil  the  oath  which  1 
swore  to  Abraham  thy  lather. 

4  And  1  will  multiply  thy  seed  like  the  stars  of 
heaven :  and  I  will  give  to  thy  posterity  all  these 
countries :  and  in  thy  seed  shall  all  the  nations  of 
the  earth  he  blessed. 

5  Because  Abraham  obeyed  my  voice,  and  kept 
my  precepts  and  commandments,  and  observed  my 
ceremonies  and  laws. 

6  So  Isaac  abode  in  Gerara. 

7  And  when  he  was  asked  by  the  men  of  that 
place,  concerning;  his  wife,  he  answered:  She  is 
my  sister,  for  he  was  afraid  to  confess  that  she  was 
his  wife,  thinking  lest  perhaps  they  would  kill  him 
because  of  her  beauty. 

8  And  when  very  many  days  were  passed,  and 
he  abode  there,  Altimeleeh  king  of  the  Palestines. 
looking  out  through  a  window,  saw  him  playing 
with  Rebecca  his  wife. 

9  And  calling  for  him,  he  said:  It  is  evident  she 
is  thy  w  ile:  w  hv  didst  thou  feign  her  to  be  thy  sister? 
heanswend:  I  feared  lest  1  should  die  for  her  sake. 

10  And  Abimeleeh  said:  Why  hast  thou  deceived 
us?  Some  man  of  the  people  might  have  lain  with 
thy  wife,  and  thou  hadst  brought  upon  us  a  great 
sin.    And  he  commanded  all  the  people,  saying: 

11  He  that  shall  touch  this  man's  wife,  shall 
surely  be  nut  to  death. 

12  And  Isaac  sowed  in  that  land,  and  he  found 
that  same  year  a  hundred-fold:  and  the  Lord  bless- 
ed him. 

13  And  the  man  was  enriched,  and  he  went  on 
prospering  and  increasing,  till  he  became  exceed- 
ing ^reat: 

I  V  And  he  bad  possessions  of  sheep  and  of  herds 
and  a  very  great  family.  Wherefore  the  Palestines 
envying  him, 

15  Stopped  up  at  that  time  all  the  wells,  that 
the  servants  of  his  father  Abraham  had  digged, 
filling  them  up  with  earth  : 

l<>  Insomuch  that  Abimeleeh  himself  said  to 
'•  :  Depart  from  us,  for  thou  art  become  much 
mightier  than  we. 


•  Torrent.    That  it,  a  channel  where  toraetime*  a  torrent,  or  vio- 
lent stream,  had  run. 


17  So  he  departed,  and  came  to  the  torrent*  of 
Gerara,  to  dwell  there: 

18  And  he  digged  again  other  wells,  which  the 
servants  of  his  lather  Abraham  had  digged,  and 
which,  after  his  death,  the  Philistines  had  of  old 
Stopped  IH>:  and  he  called  them  bv  the  same  namcii 
b\  which  his  father  before  had  called  them. 

19  And  they  digged  in  the.  torrent,  and  found 
living  water : 

20  lint  there  also  the  herdsmen  of  Gerara  strove 
against  the  herdsmen  of  Isaac,  saying:  It  is  our  wa- 
ter. Wherefore  he  called  the  name  of  the  well,  on 
occasion  of  that  which  had  happened,  Calumny. 

21  And  they  digged  also  another ;  and  for  that 
they  quarrelled  likewise,  and  he  called  the  name 
of  it,  Enmity. 

22  Going  forward  from  thence  he  digged  another 
well,  for  which  they  contended  not  :  therefore  he 
called  the  name  thereof,  Latitude.f  saying:  Now 
hath  the  Lord  given  us  room,  and  made  us  to  in- 
crease upon  the  earth. 

23  And  he  went  up  from  that  place  to  Bersabee, 

24  Where  the  Lord  appeared  to  him  that  same 
night,  saying:  I  am  the  God  of  Abraham  thy  father, 
do  not  fear,  for  I  am  with  thee:  I  will  bless  thee, 
and  multiply  thy  seed  for  my  servant  Abraham's 
sake. 

25  And  he  built  there  an  altar:  and  called  upon 
the  name  of  the  Lord,  and  pitched  his  tent:  and 
commanded  bis  servants  to  dig  a  well. 

26  To  which  place  when  Abimeleeh,  and  Ocho- 
zath  his  friend,  and  l'hicol  chief  captain  of  his  sol- 
diers came  from  Gerara, 

27  Isaac  said  to  them  :  Why  are  ye  come  to  me 
a  man  w  horn  you  hate,  and  have  thrust  out  from 
you  ? 

28  And  they  answered :  We  saw  that  the  Lord 
is  with  thee,  and  therefore  we  said:  Let  there  be 
an  oath  between  us,  and  let  us  make  a  covenant, 

29  That  thou  do  us  no  harm,  as  we  on  our  part 
have  touched  nothing  of  thine,  nor  have  done  any 
thing  to  hurt  thee:  but  with  peace  have  sent  thee 
away  increased  with  the  blessing  of  the  Lord. 

30  And  he  made  them  a  feast,  and  after  they 
had  eaten  and  drunk  : 

31  Arising  in  the  morning,  they  swore  one  to 
another:  and  Isaac  sent  them  away  peaceably  to 
their  own  home. 

32  And  behold,  the  same  day  the  servants  Of 
Isaac  came,  telling  him  of  a  well  which  they  had 
digged,  and  saying:  vVe  have  found  water. 

33  Whereupon  be  called  it  Abundance:  and  the 
name  of  the  city  was  railed  Bersabee,  even  to  this 
day. 

i  And  Esau  being  forty  years  old  married 
wives,  Judith  the  daughter  of  Been  the  llcthite, 
and  Baaemath  the  daughter  of  Lion  of  the  same 

place. 

35  And  they  both  offended  the  mind  of  Isaac 
and  Rebecca. 


f  LatUudt.     That  it,  widencu,  or  room. 


CHAP.  XXVII. 


CHAP.  XXVII. 


Iamb,  by  his  mother's  counsel,  obtaineth  his  father's  bless- 
ing, instead  of  Esau.  And  by  her  is  advised  to  fly  to  his 
uncle.  Laban. 

TVTOW  Isaac  was  old,  and  his  eyes  were  dim, 
•*-  '  and  he  could  not  see :  and  he  called  Esau 
his  elder  son,  and  said  to  him  :  My  son.  And  he 
answered  :   Here  I  am. 

2  And  his  father  said  to  him:  Thou  seest  that  I 
am  old,  and  know  not  the  day  of  my  death. 

3  Take  thy  arms,  thy  quiver,  an  I  bow,  and  go 
abroad  :  and  when  thou  hast  taken  something  by 
hunting, 

4  Make  me  savoury  meat  thereof,  as  thou  know- 
est  I  like,  and  bring  it  that  I  may  eat,  and  my  soul 
may  bless  thee  before  I  die. 

5  And  when  Rebecca  had  heard  this,  and  he 
was  gone  into  the  field  to  fulfil  his  father's  com- 
mandment, 

6  She  said  to  her  son  Jacob :  I  heard  thy  father 
talking  with  Esau  thy  brother,  and  saying  to  him  : 

7  Bring  me  of  thy  hunting,  and  make  me  meats 
that  I  may  eat,  and  bless  thee  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord,  before  I  die. 

8  Now  therefore,  my  son,  follow  my  counsel : 

9  And  go  thy  way  to  the  flock,  bring  me  two 
kids  of  the  best,  that  I  may  make  of  them  meat  for 
thy  father,  such  as  he  gladly  eateth  : 

10  Which  when  thou  hast  brought  in,  and  he 
hath  eaten,  he  may  bless  thee  before  he  die. 

^  11   And  he  answered  her:  Thou  knowest  that 
Esau  my  brother  is  a  hairy  man,  and  I  am  smooth  : 

12  If  my  father  shall  feel  me,  and  perceive  it,  I 
fear  lest  he  will  think  I  would  have  mocked  him, 
and  I  shall  bring  upon  me  a  curse  instead  of  a 
olessing. 

13  And  his  mother  said  to  him:  Upon  me  be 
this  curse,  my  son :  only  hear  thou  my  voice,  and 
go,  fetch  me  the  things  which  I  have  said. 

14  He  went,  and  brought,  and  gave  them  to  his 
mother.  She  dressed  meats,  such  as  she  knew  his 
father  liked. 

15  And  she  put  on  him  very  good  garments  of 
Esau,  which  she  had  at  home  with  her: 

16  And  the  little  skins  of  the  kids  she  put  about 
his  hands,  and  covered  the  bare  of  his  neck. 

17  And  she  gave  him  the  savoury  meat,  and  de- 
livered him  bread  that  she  had  baked. 

18  Which  when  he  had  carried  in,  he  said :  My 
father.  But  he  answered:  I  hear.  Who  art  thou, 
my  son  ? 

19  And  Jacob  said :  I  am  Esau  thy  first-born  :* 
I  have  done  as  thou  didst  command  me :  arise,  sit, 
and  eat  o''  my  venison,  that  thy  soul  may  bless  me. 

20  And  Isaac  said  to  his  son  :  How  couldst  thou 
find  it  so  quickly,  my  son  ?    He  answered  :  It  was 


♦  lam  Eton  thy  first-born.  St.  Augustine  (L.  Contra  mcndncium  c. 
10.)  treating-  at  large  upon  this  place,  excuseth  Jacob'  from  a  lie,  be- 
cause this  whole  passage  was  mysterious,  as  relating  to  the  preference 
which  was  afterwards  to  be  given  to  the  Gentiles  before  the  carnal 
Jews,  which   Jacob   by   prophetic  light   might  understand.     So  far 


the  will  of  God  that  what  I  sought  came  quickly 
in  my  way  : 

21  And  Isaac  said  :  Come  hither,  that  I  may 
feel  thee,  my  son,  and  may  prove  whether  thou  lie 
my  son  Esau,  or  no. 

22  He  came  near  to  his  father,  and  when  he  had 
felt  him,  Isaac  said :  The  voice  indeed  is  the  voice 
of  Jacob;  but  the  hands  are  the  hands  of  Esau. 

23  And  he  knew  him  not,  because  his  hairy  hands 
made  him  like  to  the  elder.     Then  blessing  him, 

24  He  said :  Art  thou  my  son  Esau  ?  He  an- 
swered :  I  am. 

25  Then  he  said  :  Bring  me  the  meats  of  thy 
hunting,  my  son,  that  my  soul  may  bless  thee.  And 
when  they  were  brought, and  he  had  eaten,  he  offer- 
ed him  wine  also,  which  after  he  had  drunk, 

26  He  said  to  him :  Come  near  me,  and  give 
me  a  kiss,  my  son. 

27  He  came  near,  and  kissed  him.  And  imme- 
diately as  he  smelled  the  fragrant  smell  of  his  gar- 
ments, blessing  him,  he  said  :  Behold,  the  smell  of 
my  son  is  as  the  smell  of  a  plentiful  field,  which 
the  Lord  hath  blessed. 

28  God  give  thee  of  the  dew  of  heaven,  and  of 
the  fatness  of  the  earth,  abundance  of  corn  and  wine. 

29  And  let  peoples  serve  thee,  and  tribes  wor- 
ship thee  :  be  thou  lord  of  thy  brethren,  and  let  thy 
mother's  children  bow  down  before  thee.  Coned 
be  he  that  curseth  thee :  and  let  him  that  blesseth 
thee  be  filled  with  blessings. 

30  Isaac  had  scarce  ended  his  words,  when  Ja- 
cob being  now  gone  out  abroad,  Esau  came, 

31  And  brought  in  to  his  father  meats  made  ol 
what  he  had  taken  in  hunting,  saying :  Arise,  my 
father,  and  eat  of  thy  son's  venison ;  that  thy  soul 
may  bless  me. 

32  And  Isaac  said  to  him:  Why!  who  art  thou? 
He  answered :  I  am  thy  first-born  son  Esau. 

33  Isaac  was  struck  with  fear,  and  astonished 
exceedingly ;  and  wondering  beyond  what  can  be 
believed,  said :  Who  is  he  then  that  even  now 
brought  me  venison  that  he  had  taken,  and  I  ate 
of  all  before  thou  earnest?  and  1  have  blessed  him, 
and  he  shall  be  blessed. 

34  Esau  having  heard  his  father's  words,  roared 
out  with  a  great  cry:  and  being  in  a  consternation, 
said  :  Bless  me  also,  my  father. 

35  And  he  said :  Thy  brother  came  deceitfully 
and  got  thy  blessing. 

36  But  he  said  again:  Rightly  is  his  name  called 
Jacob  :f  for  he  hath  supplanted  me  lo  this  second 
time:  my  first  birth-right  he  took  away  before,  and 
now  this  second  time  he  hath  stolen  away  my  bless- 
ing. And  again  he  said  to  his  father :  Hast  thou 
not  reserved  me  also  a  blessing  ? 

37  Isaac  answered :  I  have  appointed  him  thy 
lord,  and  have  made  all  his  brethren  his  servants  :  I 


is  certain,  that  the  first  birth-right,  both  by  divine  election,  and 
by  Esau's  free  cession  belonged  to  Jacob :  so  that  if  there  were 
any  lie  in  the  case,  it  could  be  no  more  than  an  officious  and  re- 
nial  one. 

f  Jacob.     That  is,  a  supplanler. 
29 


GLNKSIS. 


have  established  him  with  corn  snd  trine,  ami  after 

tJiis,  what  shall  I  do  mori-  for  thee,  mi  >*»m  ? 

38  Ami  Esau  siiil  to  him  :  lla>t  thou  only  one 
blessing,  father?    I   beseech  thee  bless  me  also. 

And  whin  be  wept  with  a  loud  en. 

39  Isaac  being  moved,  said  to  him:  In  the  fat  of 
the  earth,  and  in  the  dew  of  heaven  from  shore, 

40  Shall  thy  blessing  be.  Thou  shall  live  by  the 

SWOrd,  and  shall   serve  thy  brother:   and  the   time 
shall  come,   when  thon   shalt  shake  oil',    and   loose 

his  yoke  from  thy  neck. 

il  I'.- in  therefore  always  hated  Jacob  for  the 
blessing  wherewith  his  father  had  blessed  him:  and 

he   said    in   his  heart  :   The  days  will   come  of  the 
mourning  tor  my  lather,  ami  I  will  kill  my  brother 

Jacob. 

42  These  things  were  told  to  Rebecca:  and  she 
sent  and  called  Jacob  her  von.  and  said  to  him:  Be- 
hold. Esau  thy  brother  threateneth  to  kill  thee. 

43  Now  therefore,  mj  son,  hear  mj  voice,  arise 
and  Bee  io  Laban  my  brother  to  Haran: 

44  And  thon  shalt  dwell  with  him  a  few  days, 
till  the  wrath  of  thy  brother  be  assuaged, 

}.")  And  his  indignation  cease,  and  be  forget  the 
things  thon  bast  done  to  him  :  afterwards  I  will 
send,  and  bring  thee  from  thence  hither.  \\  by  shall 
I  be  deprived  of  both  my  sons  in  one  day? 

16  And  Rebecca  said  to  Isaac:  I  am  weary  of  my 
life  because  of  the  daughters  of  Heth :  if  Jacob  take 
a  w  ilc  ol  the  stock  of  this  land,  I  choose  not  to  live. 

CHAP.  XXVIII. 

Jacob'*  journey  to  Mesopotamia  :  his  vision  and  vow. 

AND  Isaac  called  Jacob,  and   blessed    him.  and 
charged  him,  saying :   Take  not  a  wife  of  the 
stock  of  Chanaan: 

2  But  go,  and  take  a  journey  to  Mesopotamia  of 
Syria,  to  the  house  of  Bathuel  thv  mother's  lather, 
and  take  tin  e  a  w  ilc  thence  of  ihedaiiiihtersof  J /a ban 
thy  uncle. 

3  And  God  Almighty  bless  thee,  and  make  thee 
to  increase,  and  murtiplythee:  that  thon  mayst  be 
a  multitude  of  people. 

4  And  give  the  blessings  of  Abraham  to  thee,  and 
toth\  seed  after  thee:  that  thon  mavst  possess  the 
land  of  thy  sojournment,  which  he  promised  to  thy 
grandfather. 

">  \nd  when  Isaac  had  senl  him  away,  lie  took  his 
journey  and  went  to  Mesopotamia  of  Syria  to  I  ,ahan 
the  son  of  Bathuel  the  Syrian,  brother  to  Rebecca 
his  mother. 

6   And  Esau  seeing  that    his   father  had    bit 
Jacob,  and  had  sent  him  into  Mesopotamia  of  Sy- 
ria, to  mam  a  w  ife  thence;   and  that  after  the  bles- 
sing he  had   charged    him,  saying:     Thon  shall  not 

take  a  w  ife  of  the  daughters  of  ( !hanaan  : 

;  \ud  that  Jacob  obeying  bis  paieiits  was  gone 
into  S\ria: 

cperiencing  also  that  his  father  was  not  wt  I! 

ed  with  the  daughters  of  Chanaan: 

'.I  lie  Wi  lit  tO  iMliael.  and  took  to  W  ife.  besides 
them  he  had  before.  M aheleth  the  daughter  Of  Is- 
uie  I,  Abraham's  son.  the  sister  of  Nalmjoth. 


10  But  Jacob  being  departed  from  Bersabee,  went 
on  to  Haran. 

1  1  And  when  he  was  come  to  a  certain  place, 
and  would  rest  in  it  alter  SUA  set,  be  took  of  thfr 
stones  that  lay  then',  and  putting  under  his  head, 
in  the  same  place. 

12  And  be  saw  in  his  sleep  a  ladder  standing 
upon  the  earth,  and  the  ton  thereof  touching  hea- 
ven :  the  Angels  also  of  God  ascending  and  descend 

in-  by  it. 

I.I  And  the  Lord  leaning  upon  the  ladder.  Baying 
to  him:  1  am  the  Lord  God  of  Abraham  tin  la- 
ther, and  the  God  of  Isaac:  The  land  wherein  thon 
steepest,  I  will  give  to  thee  and    to  thy  seed. 

1  I  And  thy  seed  shall  be  as  the  dust  of  the  earth  : 
thou  shalt  spread  abroad  to  the  west,  and  to  the 
east,  and  to  the  north,  and  to  the  south  :  and  i.n 
TREK  and  thy  seed  all  the  tribes  of  the  earth  shall 

BE  RLESSED. 

15  And  I  will  be  thy  keeper  whithersoever  thou 
goest,  and  will  bring  thee  back  into  this  land:  nei- 
ther will  I  leave  thee,  till  1  shall  have  accomplished 
all  that  I  have  said. 

16  And  w  hen  Jacob  aw  aked  out  of  sleep,  he  said  : 
Indeed  the  Lord  is  in  this  place,  and  I  knew  it  not. 

17  And  trembling  he  said  :  How  terrible  is  this 
place!  this  is  no  other  but  the  house  of  God,  and 
the  gate  of  heaven. 

18  And  Jacob  arising  in  the  morning,  took  the 
stone,  which  he  had  laid  under  his  head,  and  set  it 
up  for  a  title,*  pouring  oil  upon  the    top  of  it. 

19  And  he  called  the  name  of  the  city  Bethel,'} 
which  before  was  called  Lu/a. 

20  And  he  made  a  vow  .  saying  :  If  God  shall  be 
with  me,  and  shall  keep  me  in  the  way.  by  which  I 
walk,  and  shall  give  me  bread  to  eat,  and  raiment  to 
put  on, 

21  And  I  shall  return  prosperously  to  my  lather's 
house  :   the  Lord  shall  be  inv  God: 

22  And  this  stone,  which  1  have  set  up  for  a 
title,  shall  be  called  Tin-  house  of  God:   and  of  all 

things  that  thou  shalt  give  tome,  1  will  offer  tithes 

to  thee. 

CHAP.  XXIX 

Jamh  .-rrritli  Isthan  *<  veil  years  fur  Rttrhrl ;  but  is  drcrir-'d 
with  Lia  ;  he  afterwards  marrieth  Rachel.  Lia  bears  htm 
four  son*. 

THIEN  Jacob  went  on  in  his  journey,  and  came 
into  the  east  country. 

2  And  he  saw  a  well  in  the  field,  and  three  flocks 
of  sheep  lying  by  it  :  for  the  beasts  vveie  wnti  red 
out  of  it,  and   the  mouth  thereof  was  closed  with  a 

great  stone. 

3  And  the  custom  was,  when  all  the  sheep  w  ere 

gathered  together,  to  roll  awaj  the  stone,  and  after 

the  sheep  wen  watered,  to  put  it  on  tin-  mouth  of 

the  well  again. 

4  And  he  said  to  the  shepherds:  Brethren, 
whence  are  you  ?  Thej  answered:   of  Haran. 


*  «J  title.     That  in,  a  pillar,  or  immimic  nt 

,  BtthtL    Thi»  name  tignific*  the  bons«  of  God. 


chap.  xxx. 


5  And  he  asked  them,  saying  :  Know  you  Laban 
the  son  of  Nachor  ?  They  said  :  We  know  him. 

6  He  said  :  Is  he  in  health  ?  He  is  in  health,  say 
they  :  and  behold,  Rachel  his  daughter  cometh  with 
his  flock. 

7  And  Jacob  said:  There  is  yet  much  day  re- 
maining, neither  is  it  time  to  bring  the  flocks  into 
the  folds  again  :  first  give  the  sheep  drink,  and  so 
lead  them  back  to  feed. 

8  They  answered :  We  cannot,  till  all  the  cattle 
be  gathered  together,  and  we  remove  the  stone  from 
the  well's  mouth,  that  we  may  water  the  flocks. 

9  They  were  yet  speaking,  and  behold,  Rachel 
came  with  her  father's  sheep  :  for  she  fed  the  flock. 

10  And  when  Jacob  saw  her,  and  knew  her  to 
be  his  cousin  german,  and  that  they  were  the  sheep 
of  Laban  his  uncle,  he  removed  the  stone  wherewith 
the  well  was  closed. 

1 1  And  having  watered  the  flock,  he  kissed  her  : 
and  lifting  up  his  voice  wept. : 

12  And  he  told  her  that  he  was  her  father's  bro- 
ther, and  the  son  of  Rebecca  :  but  she  went  in  haste 
and  told  her  father. 

13  Who,  when  he  heard  that  Jacob  his  sister's 
son  was  come,  ran  forth  to  meet  him  :  and  embra- 
cing him,  and  heartily  kissing  him,  brought  him  into 
his  house.  And  when  he  had  heard  the  causes  of 
his  journey, 

14  He  answered  :  Thou  art  my  bone  and  my 
flesh.  And  after  the  days  of  one  month  were  expired, 

15  He  said  to  him  :  Because  thou  art  my  brother, 
Bhalt  thou  serve  me  without  wages  ?  Tell  me  what 
wages  thou  wilt  have. 

16  Now  he  had  two  daughters,  the  name  of  the 
elder  was  Lia :  and  the  younger  was  called  Rachel. 

17  But  Lia  was  blear-eyed:  Rachel  was  well 
favoured,  and  of  a  beautiful  countenance. 

18  And  Jacob  being  in  love  with  her,  said:  I 
will  serve  thee  seven  years  for  Rachel  thy  younger 
daughter. 

19  Laban  answered  :  It  is  better  that  I  give  her 
to  thee  than  to  another  man ;  stay  with  me. 

20  So  Jacob  served  seven  years  for  Rachel:  and 
they  seemed  but  a  few  days  because  of  the  great- 
ness of  his  love. 

21  And  he  said  to  Laban:  Give  me  my  wife;  for 
now  the  time  is  fulfilled,  that  I  may  go  in  unto  her. 

22  And  he,  having  invited  a  great  number  of  his 
friends  to  the  feast,  made  the  marriage. 

23  And  at  night  he  brought  in  Lia  his  daughter 
to  him, 

24  Giving  his  daughter  a  handmaid,  named  Zel- 
pha.  Now  when  Jacob  had  gone  in  to  her  Record- 
ing to  custom,  when  morning  was  come,  he  saw  it 
ions  Lia : 

25  And  he  said  to  his  father-in-law :  What  is  it 
that  thou  didst  mean  to  do?  did  not  1  serve  thee 
for  Rachel?  why  hast  thou  deceived  me? 

26  Laban  answered:  It  is  not  the  custom  in  this 
place,  to  give  the  younger  in  marriage  first. 

27  Make  up  the  week  of  days  of  this  match  : 
and  I  will  give  thee  her  also,  for  the  service  that 
thou  shall  render  me  other  seven  years. 


28  He  yielded  to  his  pleasure:  and  after  the 
week  was  past,  he  married  Rachel: 

29  To  whom  her  father  gave  Bala  for  her  ser- 
vant. 

30  And  having  at  length  obtained  the  marriage 
he  wished  for,  he  preferred  the  love  of  the  latter 
before  the  former,  and  served  with  him  other  se- 
ven years. 

31  And  the  Lord  seeing  that  he  despised  Lia, 
opened  her  womb;  but  her  sister  remained  barren. 

32  And  she  conceived  and  bore  a  son,  and  called 
his  name  Ruben,  saying :  The  Lord  saw  my  afflic- 
tion :  now  my  husband  will  love  me. 

33  And  again  she  conceived  and  bore  a  son,  and 
said:  Because  the  Lord  heard  that  I  was  despised, 
he  hath  given  this  also  to  me :  and  she  called  his 
name  Simeon. 

34  And  she  conceived  the  third  time,  and  bore 
another  son:  and  said  :  Now  also  my  husband  will 
be  joined  to  me,  because  1  have  borne  him  three 
sons :  and  therefore  she  called  his  name  Levi. 

35  The  fourth  time  she  conceived  and  bore  a  son, 
and  said:  Now  will  I  praise  the  Lord:  and  for  this 
she  called  him  Juda.     And  she  left  bearing. 

CHAP.  XXX. 

Rachel  being  barren,  delivereth  her  handmaid  to  Jacob :  she 
bearetk  two  sons.  Lia  ceasing  to  bear,  giveth  also  her 
handmaid,  and  she,  beareth  two  more.  Then  Lia  beareth  two 
other  sons  and  one  daughter.  Rachel  beareth  Joseph.  Jacob 
desirous  to  return  home,  is  hired  to  stay  for  a  certain  part 
of  the  stock's  increase,  whereby  he  becometh  exceeding  rich. 

\  ND  Rachel,  seeing  herself  without  children, 
-^-  envied  her  sister,  and  said  to  her  husband  r 
Give  me  children,  otherwise  I  shall  die. 

2  And  Jacob  being  angry  with  her,  answered : 
Am  I  as  God,  who  hath  deprived  thee  of  the  fruit 
of  thy  womb  ? 

3  But  she  said  :  I  have  here  my  servant  Bala : 
go  in  unto  her,  that  she  may  bear  upon  my  knees, 
and  I  may  have  children  by  her. 

4  And  she  gave  him  Bala  in  marriage :  who, 

5  When  her  husband  had  gone  in  unto  her,  con- 
ceived and  bore  a  son. 

6  And  Rachel  said  :  The  Lord  hath  judged  for 
me,  and  hath  heard  my  voice,  giving  me  a  son ;  and 
therefore  she  called  his  name  Dan. 

7  And  again  Bala  conceived,  and  bore  another, 

8  For  whom  Rachel  said :  God  hath  compared 
me  with  my  sister,  and  I  have  prevailed  :  and  she 
called  him  Nephtali. 

9  Lia  perceiving  that  she  had  left  off  bearing, 
gave  Zelpha  her  handmaid  to  her  husband. 

10  And  when  she  had  conceived  and  brought 
forth  a  son, 

11  She  said:  Happily.  And  therefore  called 
his  name  Gad. 

12  Zelpha  also  bore  anolher. 

13  And  Lia  said  :  This  is  for  my  happiness:  foi 
women  will  call  me  blessed.  Therefore  she  called 
him  Aser. 

14  And  Ruben  going  out  in  the  time  of  the  wheat 
harvest  into  the  field,  found  mandrakes :  which  he 

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brought  to  his  mother  I. in.    And  Rachel  said 
me  part  of  thv  son's  maudraki 

15  She  answered:  Dost  tliou  think  it  a  small 
matter,  that  thou  hast  taken  mv  husband  from  me. 
unless  thou  take  also  mv  son's  mandrakes-  Rachel 
said:  He  shall  sleep  with  thee  this  sight,  lor  thy 
son's  mandrakes. 

It)  And  when  Jacob  returned  at  e\en  from  the 
field,  Lia  went  out  to  meet  him,  and  said  :  Thou 
shall  come  in  unto  me,  becaabci  1  hate  hired  thee 
for  mv  sun's  mandrakes.  And  he  slept  with  her 
diat  night 

17  And  God  heard  her  prayers:  and  she  con- 
<  •  i\ed,  and  bore  the  fifth  son, 

18  And  said:  God  hath  given  me  a  reward,  be- 
canse  I  ^ave  mv  handmaid  to  my  hiishand.  Ami 
she  called  Ids  name  Issachar. 

19  And  Lia  eoneeived  again,  and  bore  the  sixth 
son, 

Jit  And  said  :  God  hath  endowed  me  with  a 
good  dowry:  this  turn  also  my  husband  will  be 
with  me,  because  I  have  borne  him  six  sons:  and 
therefore  she  called  his  name  Zabnlon. 

J I    Alter  whom  she  bore  a  daughter,  named  Pina. 

22  The  Lord  aiso  remembering  Rachel,  heard 
her,  and  opened  her  womb. 

29  And  she  conceived,  and  bore  a  son,  saying: 
God  hath  taken  away  my  reproach. 

J I  \nd  she  called  his  name  Joseph,  saying: 
The  Lord  give  me  also  another  son. 

25  And  when  .Joseph  was  born,  Jacob  said  to 
his  father-in-law:  Send  me  away  that  1  may  return 
into  mv  country,  and  to  my  land. 

26  Give  me  my  wives,  and  my  children,  for 
whom  I  hare  served  thee,  that  I  mav  depart:  thou 
Miowest  i he  service  that  I  have  rendered  thee. 

27  Laban  said  to  him  :  Let  me  find  favour  in 
thy  sidit  :  I  have  learned  by  experience,  that  God 
hath  blessed  me  for  thy  sake: 

28  Appoint  thy  wages  which  I  shall  dre  thee. 

29  Rut  he  answered:  Thou  know  est  how  I  have 
>enei|  thee,  and  how  great  thy  possession  bath 
neeli  qj  my  hands. 

30  Thou  hadst  but  little  before  I  came  to  thee. 
and  now  thou  art  become  rich:  and  the  Lord  hath 
hlessed  thee  at  mv  coming.  It  is  reasonable  therefore 
that  I  should  now  provide  also  for  mv  own  boUSO. 

31  And  Laban  said:  What  shall  I  give  thee? 
I » 1 1 1  he  said  :  I  require  nothing:  but  if  thou  wilt  do 
what  I  demand.  I  w  ill  {\ct\  and  keen  thy  sheep  again. 

•  Jo  round  through  all  tin  flocks,  and  sepa- 
rate all  the  sheep  of  divers  colours,  and  speckled  : 
and  all  that  is  brown  and  spotted,  and  of  divers 
colours,    as    well    among  the   sheep,  as   anion.;   the 

its,  shall  he  mv  wages. 

33  And  ii in  justice  shall  answer  for  me  to-mor- 
row before  thee  when  the  time  of  the  bargain  shall 
come:    and   all  that    is   not    of  divers   colours,   and 

spotted,  and  brown,  as  well  among  the  sheep  as 
among  die  goats,  shall  accuse  me  of  theft. 

\nd  Laban  said:    I  like  well  what    thou  de- 
lesc. 
35  And  he  separated  the  s  ,,m  ,|  i\  the  she-goats, 


GENE 

(ii\e 


and  the  sheep,  and  the  he-goats,  and  the  rams  of 
divers  colours,  and  spotted  :  and  all  the  flock  of 
one  colour,  that  is.  ot  white  and  black  fleece,  he 
delivered  into  the  hands  of  his  sons. 

36  And  be  set  the  space  of  three  da\  s  journey 
betwixt  himself  and  his  son-in-law,  who  fed  the 
rest  of  his  (lock. 

,  And  Jacob  took  green  rods  of  poplar,  and  of 
almond,  and  of  plane-trees,  and  pilled  them  in  part : 
so  when  the  liark  was  taken  off,  in  the  parts  that 
were  pilled,  there  appeared  whiteness:  but  the 
parts  that  were  whole,  remained  green:  and  by 
this  means  the  colour  was  divers. 

38  And  he  put  them  in  the  troughs  where  the 
water  was  poured  out;  that  when  the  flocks  should 
come  to  drink,  they  might  have  the  rods  before  their 
eyes,  and  in  the  Sight  of  them  might  conceive. 

39  And  it  came  to  pass  that  in  the  very  heat  of 
coition,  the  sheen  beheld  the  rods,  and  brought 
forth  spotted,  and  of  divers  colours,  and  speckled. 

40  And  Jacob  separated  the  lock,  and  put  the 
rods  in  the  troughs  before  the  eves  ot  the  rams: 
and  all  the  white  and  the  black  were  Laban's:  and 
the  rest  were  Jacob's,  when  the  llocks  were  sepa- 
rate.I  one  from  the  other. 

41  So  when  the  ewes  went  first  to  ram.  Jacob 
put  the  rods  in  the  troughs  of  Water  before  the  eves 
of  the  nuns,  and  of  the  ewes,  that  they  might  con- 
ceive while  they  were  baking  upon  them  : 

I  _'  lint  when  the  later  coming  was,  and  the  last 
conceiving,  he  did  not  pot  them.  And  those  that 
were  lateward,  became  Laban's;  and  they  of  the 
first  time,  Jacob's. 

43  And  the  man  was  enriched  exceedingly,  and 
he  had  many  ilocks,  maid-servants  and  iwii-m  r- 
vants,  camels  and  ass.  s. 

CHAP.   XXXI. 

Jacob1!  departure:  he  is  purmird  and  overtaken   by  habnn. 

I'/n m  mate  «  m unit. 

"13  UT  after  that  he  heard  the  words  of  the  sons 
-*-*  Of  Laban,  Baying:  Jacob  hath  taken  away  all 
that    was   our   father's,   and   being  enriched    b\   his 

Substance  is  become  great : 

2  And  perceiving  also  thai  Laban's  countenance 

v  as  not  tow  arils  him  as  vesterdav  and  the  other  day. 

3  Especially  the  Lord  saying  to  him:   Return 

into  the  land  of  tin  fathers  and  to  thy  kindred, 
and  I  will  be  with  tliee. 

4  lie  sent,  and   called   Rachel   and  Lia   into  the 

field.  W  here  he  fed  the  llocks. 

.')  \n.l  said  to  them:  I  see  vour  father's  counte- 
nance is  not  towards  me  as  yesterday  and  the  other 
.lav  :  but  the  God  of  mv  father  hath  been  with  me 

ti  And  voii  know  that  I  have  served  vour  lathei 
to  the  uttermost  of  my  power. 

7  Yea, your  father  also  hath  over-reached  ni", 
and  hath  changed  mv  wages  ten  times:  and  vi 
God  hath  not  suffered  him  to  hint   inc. 

If  at  au\   time  be  said:    The  speckled  shall  be 
ihv  9  ill  tin'  sheep  brought  forth  speckle  I: 

but  when  he  sai  I  on  the  contrary:    Thou  shall  take 


CHAP.  XXXI. 


all  the  white  ones  for  thy  wages:  all  the  flocks 
brought  forth  white  ours. 

9  And  God  hath  taken  your  father's  substance, 
and  given  it  to  me. 

10  For  after  the  time  came  of  the  ewes  conceiv- 
ing, I  lifted  up  my  eyes,  and  saw  in  my  sleep  that 
the  males  which  leaped  upon  the  females  were  of 
divers  colours,  and  spotted,  and  speckled. 

11  And  the  Angel  of  God  said  to  me  in  my 
sleep:  Jacob?   And  I  answered:   Here  I  am. 

12  And  he  said:  Lift  up  thy  eyes,  and  see  that 
all  the  males  leaping  upon  the  females,  are  of  divers 
colours,  spotted  and  speckled.  For  I  have  seen  all 
that  Laban  hath  done  to  thee. 

13  I  am  the  God  of  Bethel,  where  thou  didst 
anoint  the  stone,  and  make  a  vow  to  me.  Now 
therefore  arise,  and  go  out  of  this  land,  and  return 
into  thy  native  country. 

14  And  Rachel  and  Lia  answered:  Have  we 
any  thing  left  among  the  goods  and  inheritance  of 
our  father's  house  ? 

15  Hath  he  not  counted  us  as  strangers,  and  sold 
us,  and  eaten  up  the  price  of  us  ? 

16  But  God  hath  taken  our  father's  riches,  and 
delivered  them  to. us,  and  to  our  children:  where- 
fore do  all  that  God  hath  commanded  thee. 

17  Then  Jacob  rose  up,  and  having  set  his  chil- 
dren, and  wives  upon  camels,  went  his  way. 

18  And  he  took  all  his  substance,  and  flocks,  and 
whatsoever  he  had  gotten  in  Mesopotamia,  and  went 
forward  to  Isaac  his  father  to  the  land  of  Chanaan. 

19  At  that  time  Laban  was  gone  to  shear  his 
sheep,  and  Rachel  stole  away  her  father's  idols.* 

20  And  Jacob  would  not  confess  to  his  father- 
in-law  that  he  was  flying  away. 

21  And  when  he  was  gone,  together  with  all  that 
belonged  to  him,  and  having  passed  the  river,  was 
going  on  towards  mount  Galaad, 

22  It  was  told  Laban  on  the  third  day,  that  Ja- 
cob lied. 

23  And  he  took  his  brethren  with  him,  and  pur- 
sued after  him  seven  days :  and  overtook  him  in 
the  mount  of  Galaad. 

24  And  he  saw  in  a  dream  God  saying  to  him  : 
Take  heed  thou  speak  not  any  thing  harshly  against 
Jacob. 

25  Now  Jacob  had  pitched  histent  in  the  mountain: 
and  when  he  with  his  brethren  had  overtaken  him, 
he  pitched  his  tent  in  the  same  mount  of  Galaad. 

26  And  he  said  to  Jacob :  Why  hast  thou  done 
thus,  to  carry  away,  without  my  knowledge,  my 
daughters,  as  captures  taken  with  the  sword  ? 

27  Why  wouldst  thou  run  away  privately,  and 
not  acquaint  me,  that  I  might  have  brought  thee  on 
the  way  with  joy,  and  with  songs,  and  with  tim- 
brels, and  with  harps  ? 

28  Thou  hast  not  suffered  me  to  kiss  my  sons 
and  daughters :  thou  hast  done  foolishly :  and 
now  indeed, 

29  It  is  in  my  power  to  return  thee  evil :  but  the 


*  Her  falker's  idols.     By  tliis  il  appear*,  that  La-ban  was  an  idola- 
ter: and  some  of  (.he  fathers  are  of  opinion,  lliat  Rachel  stole  away 


God  of  your  father  said  to  me  yesterday  :  Take 
heed  thou  speak  not  any  thing  harshly  against  Jacob. 

30  Suppose,  thou  didst  desire  to  go  to  thy  friends, 
and  hadst  a  longing  after  thy  father's  house:  why 
hast  thou  stolen  away  my  gods  ? 

31  Jacob  answered :  That  I  departed  unknown 
to  thee,  it  teas  for  fear  lest  thou  wouldst  take  away 
thy  daughters  by  force. 

32  But  whereas  thou  chargest  me  with  theft : 
with  whomsoever  thou  shalt  find  thy  gods,  let  him 
be  slain  before  our  brethren.  Search,  and  if  thou 
find  any  of  thy  things  with  me,  take  them  away. 
Now  when  he  said  this,  he  knew  not  that  Rachel 
had  stolen  the  idols. 

33  So  Laban  went  into  the  tent  of  Jacob,  and  or 
Lia,  and  of  both  the  handmaids,  and  found  them 
not.    And  when  he  was  entered  into  Rachel's  tent, 

34  She  in  haste  hid  the  idols  under  the  camel's 
furniture,  and  sat  upon  them  :  and  when  he  had 
searched  all  the  tent,  and  found  nothing, 

35  She  said :  Let  not  my  lord  be  angry  that  I 
cannot  rise  up  before  thee,  because  it  has  now  hap- 
pened to  me  according  to  the  custom  of  women 
So  his  careful  search  was  in  vain. 

36  And  Jacob  being  angry,  said  in  a  chiding 
manner  :  For  what  fault  of  mine,  and  for  what  of- 
fence on  my  part  hast  thou  so  hotly  pursued  me, 

37  And  searched  all  my  household-stuff'?  What 
hast  thou  found  of  all  the  substance  of  thy  house  ? 
lay  it  here  before  my  brethren,  and  thy  brethren, 
and  let  them  judge  between  me  and  thee. 

38  Have  I  therefore  been  with  thee  twenty  years? 
thy  ewes  and  goats  were  not  barren,  the  rams  o( 
thy  flocks  I  did  not  eat. 

39  Neither  did  1  show  thee  that  which  the  beast 
had  torn,  I  made  good  all  the  damage  :  whatsoever 
was  lost  by  theft,  thou  didst  exact  it  of  me  : 

40  Day  and  night  was  I  parched  with  heat,  and 
with  frost,  and  sleep  departed  from  my  eyes. 

41  And  in  this  manner  have  I  served  thee  in  thy 
house  twenty  years,  fourteen  for  thy  daughters,  and 
six  for  thy  flocks:  thou  hast  changed  also  my  wages 
ten  times. 

42  Unless  the  God  of  my  father  Abraham,  and 
the  fear  of  Isaac  had  stood  by  me,  peradventure 
now  thou  hadst  sent  me  away  naked:  God  beheld 
my  affliction,  and  the  labour  of  my  hands,  and  re- 
buked thee  yesterday. 

43  Laban  answered,  him :  The  daughters  are 
mine  and  the  children,  and  thy  flocks,  and  all  things 
that  thou  seest  are  mine:  what  can  I  do  to  my  chil- 
dren, and  grandchildren  ? 

44  Come  therefore,  let  us  enter  into  a  league  ■ 
that  it  may  be  for  a  testimony  between  me  and  thee. 

45  And  Jacob  took  a  stone,  and  set  it  up  for  a 
title : 

46  And  he  said  to  his  brethren :  Bring  hither 
stones.  And  they,  gathering  stones  together,  made 
a  heap,  and  they  ate  upon  it. 

47  And  Laban  called  it  The  witness  heap :  and 


Umm  idols  to  withdraw   him   from    idclatry,   by  removing  the  oc- 
casion of  his  sin. 

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(iKNKsis. 


Jacoli,  The  billock  of  testimony  ;  each  of  then  ac- 
cording t<>  the  propriety  of  Ilia  language. 

48  Ami  Laban  said:  This  heap  shall  be  a  witness 
between  me  and  thee  tins  day,  and  therefore  the 
name  thereof  was  called  Galaad,  thai  it,  The  wit- 
m  m  heap. 

49  The  Lord  beboU  and  judge  between  us  when 
we  shall  be  gone  one  from  the  other. 

60  If  thou  afflict  my  daughters,  and  if  thou  bring 
in  other  wives  <»v <r  them:  none  is  witness  of  our 
speech  l»ut  God,  who  is  present  and  beholdeth. 

.')l  \ud  lie  said  again  to  Jacob:  Heboid  this  heap, 
and  the  atone  which  1  have  set  up  between  me  and 
thee, 

52  Shall  be  a  witness  :  this  bean.  I  say,  and  tin- 
stone he  they  for  a  testimony,  if  either  I  shall  pass 
beyond  it  going  towards  thee,  or  thou  shall  pass 
beyond  it,  thinking  harm  to  me. 

63  The  God  of  Abraham,  and  the  God  ofNachor. 
the  God  of  their  father!  judge  between  us.  And 
Jacob  swore  by  the  tear  of  his  lather  Isaac 

54  And  alter  he  had  offered  sacrifices  in  the 
mountain,  he  called  his  brethren  to  eat  bread.  And 
when  they  had  eaten,  they  lodged  there  : 

55  But  Laban  arose  in  the  night,  and  kissed  his 
sons,  and  daughters,  and  blessed  theni,  and  returned 
to  his  place. 

CHAP.  \\\ll. 

Jacob's  vision  of  Angrh  ;  hi*  mrxtage  mi/1  presents  to  BUnu : 
hit:  terestling  with  an  Angel. 

JACOB  also  went  on  the  journey  he  bad  begun: 
and  the  Angels  of  God  met  him. 

2  And  when  he  saw  them,  he  said:  These  an 
the  camps  of  God,  and  he  called  the  name  of  that 
place  Mahanaim,  that  is,  Camps. 

3  And  he  sent  messengers  before  him  to  Esau  his 
brother  to  the  laud  of  Seir,  to  the  country  of  Kdom  : 

4  And  be  commanded  them, saving:  Thus  shall 
ye  sneak  to  my  lord  Esau:  Thus  saith  thy  bro- 
ther Jacob:]  have  sojourned  with  Laban, and  have 

been  with  him  until  this  day. 

5  I  have  oxen,  and  asses,  and  sheep,  and  men- 
servants,  and  women-servants :  and  now  I  send  a 
message  to  my  lord,  that  I  may  find  favour  in  thy 

lit. 

6  And  the  messengers  returned  to  Jacob,  sa\  ing  : 
W  e  came  to  Esau  tin  brother,  and  behold,  he  cometh 

with  speed  to  meet  thee  with  (our  hundred  men. 

7  Then  Jacob  was  greatly  afraid:  and  in  his 
fear  divided  the  people  that  was  with  him,  and  the 
DCcka,  and  the  slice)),  and  the  oxen,  and  the  camels, 

into  two  companies, 

tying:  if  Esau  a  me  to  one  companv.  and  de- 
stroy h,  the  other  coinpan)  that  is  left,  shall  escape. 

9  Ami  Jacob  said:  o  God  "I  m\  father  Abra- 
ham, and  God  of  my  father  Isaac:  0  Lord  who 
midst  to  me,  Return  to  thy  land,  and  to  the  place 
of  thy  birth,  and  I  will  do  well  for  (In  < 


*  jtmtn,  tie..     This   was  an    Anffel    in  human  shape,  a*  we  learn 
trmi  (htt  xii.  I.     Ha  i»  .  - . .  1 1 » '.  1  l. i>d.  »    2 ". .  and 
aented  the  person  of  the  Son  of  Co,!.     Toil  HI— 1  liny,  in  arWetl  J 
■Waited   by  God,  wasamalcu  far  an  Aflfai,  was  so  ordered  [l 

M 


10  I  am  not  worthy  of  the  least  of  all  thv  mer- 
cies, and  of  thy  (ruth  which  thou  hast  fulfilled  to 
thy  servant.  With  my  staff  I  passed  over  this  Jor- 
dan:  and  now   1  return  with  two  comnanies. 

1 1  Deliver  me  from  the  hand  of  mj  brother  Esau, 
for  I  am  greatly  afraid  of  him  :  lest  perhaps  he  come 
and  kill  the  mother  with  the  children. 

12  Thou  didst  say  that  thou  wouldst  do  well  by 
me,  and  multiply  m\  seed  like  the  sand  of  the  sea, 
which  cannot    he  numbered  for  multitude. 

\3  And  when  he  had  slept  there  that  night,  he 
set  apart,  of  the  things  which  he  had,  presents  for 

his  brother  I'.sau, 

14  Two  hundred  she-^oats,  twentv  he -goats,  two 
hundred  ewes,  and  twenty  rains, 

15  Thirty  milch  camels  with  their  colts,  forty 
kine,  and  twenty  bulls,  twenty  she-asses,  and  ten 
of  their  foals. 

16  And  he  sent  them  by  the  hands  of  his  ser- 
vants, every  drove  In  itself,  and  said  to  his  servants  : 
(io  before  me,  and  let  there  be  a  space  between 
drove  and  drove. 

17  And  he  eonimanded  the  first,  saying  :  If  thou 
meet  my  brother  I'.sau,  and  he  ask  thee:  Whose 
art  thou  ?  or  w  hither  goest  thou  ?  or  w  hose  arc  these 
before  thee? 

18  Thou  shah  answer:  Thy  servant  Jacob's: 
he  hath  sent  them  as  a  present  to  my  lord  Esau  :  and 
he  cometh  after  US. 

19  In  like  manner  he  commanded  the  second, 
and  the  third,  and  all  that  followed  the  droves,  say- 
ing: Speak  ye  the  same  words  Io  Esau,  when  ye 
find  him. 

Jo  And  ye  shall  add  :  Thy  servant  Jacob  himself 
also  foUoweth  alter  us;  for  he  said:  I  will  appease 
him  with  (he  presents  that  go  before,  and  aftcrw  ards 
I  will  see  him,  perhaps  he  w  ill  be  gracious  to  me. 

21  So  the  presents  went  before  him,  but  himst  li 
lodged  that  night  in  the  camp. 

22  And  rising  early  he  took  his  two  wives,  and 
his  two  handmaids,  with  his  eleven  sons,  and  passed 
over  the  ford  of  Jaboc. 

23  And  when  all  things  were  brought  over  that 
belonged  to  him, 

2)  lie  remained  alone:  and  behold,  a  man*  wres- 
th  (1  w  ith  him  till  rnoraiag. 

i  And  when  he  saw  that  he  could  not  o\  ercoine 
him.  lie  touched  the  sinew  of  his  thigh,  and  forth- 
with it  shrank. 

26  And  be  said  to  him :  Let  me  go,  for  it  is  break 
of  day.  He  answered  :  1  will  not  let  thee  go,  ex- 
cept thou  bless  me. 

J'/  bad  he  said:  What  is  thy  name:  I  ll  •■uisw  ercd: 
Jacob. 

But  be  said:  'Thy  name  shall  not  be  called 

Jacob.  Inn  Israel :  for  if  thou  hast  been  strong  against 
God.   how    much   more  shah    thou   prevail  against 
men? 
29  Jacob  a^ked  him:  Tell  me  by  what  name 


ili:il  lie  mifflit  Irani  hy  this  ex|«-rinn nl   of  the  dnini    ;i»i-i.u:it,  that 
r  I. -.>ii.  nor  an,  other  m;in,  should  haTe  power  to  hurt  him.     It 
waa  ako  spiritual.  a«  IpptMat  by  lu«  earnest  prayer,  urging  and  at 
last  obtaining  the  Anjei'.  blessing. 


CHAP.  XXXIII,  XXXIV. 


art  thou  called  ?  He  answered  :  Why  dost  thou  ask 
my  name?  And  he  blessed  him  in  the  lame  place. 

30  And  Jacob  called  the  name  of  the  place  Pha- 
nucl,*  saying: :  I  have  seen  God  face  to  face,  and 
my  soul  has  been  saved. 

31  And  immediately  the  sun  rose  upon  him, 
after  he  was  past  Phamiel ;  but  he  halted  on  his 
foot. 

32  Therefore  the  children  of  Israel,  unto  this 
day,  eat  not  the  sinew,  that  shrank  in  Jacob's  thigh: 
because  he  touched  the  sinew  of  his  thigh  and  it 
shrank. 

CHAP.  XXXIII. 

Jacob  and  Esau  meet :  Jacob  goeth  to  Salem,  where  he  raiseth  an 

altar. 

AND  Jacob  lifting  up  his  eyes,  saw  Esau  com- 
ing, and  with  him  four  hundred  men:  and  he 
divided  the  children  of  Lia  and  of  Rachel,  and 
of  the  two  handmaids: 

2  And  he  put  both  the  handmaids  and  their  chil- 
dren foremost :  and  Lia  and  her  children  in  the 
second  place  :  and  Rachel,  and  Joseph  last. 

3  And  he  went  forward  and  bowed  down  with 
his  face  to  the  ground  seven  times,  until  his  brother 
came  near. 

4  Then  Esau  ran  to  meet  his  brother,  and  em- 
braced him  ;  and  clasping  him  fast  about  the  neck, 
and  kissing  him,  wept. 

5  And  lifting  up  his  eyes,  he  saw  the  women 
and  their  children,  and  said:  What  mean  these? 
and  do  they  belong  to  thee?  He  answered  :  They 
are  the  children  which  God  hath  given  to  me  thy 
servant. 

6  Then  the  handmaids  and  their  children  came 
near,  and  bowed  themselves. 

7  Lia  also  with  her  children  came  near,  and 
oowed  down  in  like  manner,  and  last  of  all  Joseph 
and  Rachel  bowed  down. 

8  And  Esau  said  :  What  are  the  droves  that  I 
met  ?  He  answered  :  That  I  might  find  favour  be- 
fore my  lord. 

9  But  he  said:  I  have  plenty,  my  brother,  keep 
what  is  thine  for  thyself. 

10  And  Jacob  said:  Do  not  so,  I  beseech  thee, 
but  if  I  have  found  favour  in  thy  eyes,  receive  a 
little  present  at  my  hands  :  for  I  have  seen  thy  face, 
as  if  I  should  have  seen  the  countenance  ol  God ; 
be  gracious  to  me, 

11  And  take  the  blessing,  which  I  have  brought 
thee,  and  which  God  hath  given  me,  who  giveth  all 
things.  He  took  it  with  much  ado  at  his  brother's 
earnest  pressing  him, 

12  And  said:  Let  us  go  on  together,  and  I  will 
accompany  thee  in  thy  journey. 

13  And  Jacob  said  :  My  lord,  thou  knowest  that 
I  have  with  me  tender  children,  and  sheep,  and  kine 
with  young;  which  if  1  should  cause  to  be  over- 
driven, in  one  day  all  the  flocks  will  die. 


*  Phanutl.     This  word  signifies  the  face  of  God,  or,  the  sight,  or,  seeing 
of  God. 


14  May  it  please  my  lord  to  go  before  his  ser- 
vant; and  I  will  follow  softly  after  him,  as  I  shall 
see  my  children  to  be  able,  until  I  come  to  my  lord 
in  Seir. 

15  Esau  answered:  I  beseech  thee,  that  some 
of  the  people  at  least,  who  are  with  me,  may  stay 
to  accompany  thee  in  the  way.  And  he  said  :  There 
is  no  necessity:  I  want  nothing  else  but  only  to  find 
favour,  my  lord,  in  thy  sight. 

16  So  Esau  returned,  that  day,  the  way  that  he 
came,  to  Seir. 

17  And  Jacob  came  to  Socoth  ;  where  having 
built  a  house,  and  pitched  tents,  he  called  the  name 
of  the  place  Socoth,  that  is,  Tents. 

18  And  he  passed  over  to  Salem  a  city  of  the 
Sichemites,  which  is  in  the  land  of  Chanaan,  after 
he  returned  from  Mesopotamia  of  Syria :  and  h'$ 
dwelt  by  the  town. 

19  And  he  bought  that  part  of  the  field,  in  which 
he  pitched  his  tents,  of  the  children  of  Hemor,  the 
father  of  Sichem,  for  a  hundred  lambs. 

20  And  raising  an  altar  there,  he  invoked  upon  it 
the  most  mighty  God  of  Israel. 

CHAP.  XXXIV. 

Ditto,  is  ravished,  for  which  the  Sichemites  are  destroyed. 

AND  Dina  the  daughter  of  Lia  went  out  to  see 
the  women  of  that  country. 

2  And  when  Sichem  the  son  of  Hemor  the 
Hivite,  the  prince  of  that  land,  saw  her,  he  was 
in  love  with  her;  and  took  her  away,  and  lay  with 
her,  ravishing  the  virgin. 

3  And  his  soul  was  fast  knit  unto  her,  and 
whereas  she  was  sad,  he  comforted  her  vv  ith  sweet 
words. 

4  And  going  to  Hemor  his  father,  he  said :  Get 
me  this  damsel  to  wife. 

5  But  when  Jacob  had  heard  this,  his  sons  being 
absent,  and  employed  in  feeding  the  cattle,  he  held 
his  peace  till  they  came  back. 

6  And  when  Hemor  the  father  of  Sichem  was 
come  out  to  speak  to  Jacob, 

7  Behold  his  sons  came  from  the  field:  and 
hearing  what  had  passed,  they  were  exceeding  an- 
gry, because  he  had  done  a  foul  thing  in  Israel,  and 
committed  an  unlawful  act,  in  ravishing  Jacob's 
daughter. 

8  And  Hemor  spoke  to  them :  The  soul  of  my 
son  Sichem  has  a  longing  for  your  daughter ;  give 
her  him  to  wife. 

9  And  let  us  contract  marriages  one  with  ano- 
ther; give  us  your  daughters,  and  take  you  our 
daughters. 

10  And  dwell  with  us:  the  land  is  at  your  com- 
mand, till,  trade,  and  possess  it. 

1 1  Sichem  also  said  to  her  father  and  to  her  bre- 
thren: Let  me  find  favour  in  your  sight:  and  what- 
soever you  shall  appoint  I  will  give  ; 

12  Raise  the  dowry,  and  ask  gifts,  and  I  will 
gladly  give  what  you  shall  demand ;  only  give  me 
this  damsel  to  wife. 

13  The  sons  of  Jacob  answered  Sichem  and  his 

05 


GENESIS. 

Hie  clillow.  i 


father  deceitfully,*  being  enraged  at 
ing  of  their  sister ; 

14  vVe  cannot  do  what  you  demand,  nor  give 

our  sister  to  one  that  is  uncircumcised  ;   w  hiili  w  ith 
us  i>  unlaw  t'ul  and  abominable. 

15  Hut  in  this  we  may  he  allied  with  you,  il  \  on 
will  Ik?  like  us,  and  all  the  male  sex  among  JTOU  he 
circumcised ; 

1(5  Then  will  we  mutually  rive  and  take  your 
daughters,  and  ours;  and  we  will  dwell  with  you, 
and  will  he  one  people  : 

17  Hut  it  you  will  not  he  circumcised,  we  will 
take  our  daughter   and  depart. 

18  Their  offer  pleased  Hemor,  and  Sichem  his 

son  : 

I!1  \nil  (he  young  mai  made  no  delay,  hut  forth- 
with fulfilled  what  was  required;  lor  be  loved  the 
damsel  exceedingly,  and  he  was  the  greatest  man 
in  all  his  lather's  house. 

20  And  going  into  the  gate  of  the  city,  they  spoke 
to  the  people  : 

21  These  men  are  peaceable,  and  are  willing  to 
dwell  with  us:  let  them  trade  in  flie  land,  and  till 
it,  which  being  large  and  wide  wanteth  men  to  till 
it  :  we  shall  take  their  daughters  for  wives,  and  we 
will  give  them  ours. 

One  thing  there  is  for  which  so  great  a  good 
is  deferred  :  We  must  circumcise  every  male  among 
us,  following  the  maimer  of  the  nation. 

23  And  their  substance,  and  cattle,  and  all  that 
they  possess,  shall  he  ours:  only  in  this  let  us  con- 
descend, and  by  dwelling  together,  we  shall  make 
i  ne  people. 

2-1  And  they  all  agreed,  and  circumcised  all  the 
males. 

5  And  behold,  the  third  day,  when  the  pain  of 
the  wound  was  greatest,  two  or  the  sons  of  Jacob, 
Simeon  and  Lei  i  the  brothers  of  Ding,  taking  their 
swords,  entered  boldly  into  the  city,  and  slew  all  the 
men  : 

26  And  they  killed  also  Hemor  and  Sichem,  and 
took  away  their  sister  Dina,  out  of  Sichem's  house. 

27  And  when  they  were  cone  out,  the  Other  8008 
of  Jacob  came  upon  the  slain  ;  and  plundered  the 
cit\   in  revenge  OI  the  rape. 

28  And  they  took  their  sheep  and  their  herds 
and  their  asses,  wasting  all  they  had  in  their  houses 
and  in  the  fields. 

29  And  their  children,  and  wives  the\  took  cap- 
tive. 

30  And  when  they  had  holdh  perpetrated  these 
things,  Jacob  said  to  Simeon  and  Levi:  !fou  have 
troubled  me,  and  made  me  hateful  to  the  Chananites, 
and  Phen  Kites  the  inhabitants  of  this  land.  We 
are  few  :  they  will  gather  themslevei  together  and 
kill  me:  and  both  I,  and  my  house  shall  be  destroyed. 

31  The\  answered:  Snould  tney  abuse  our  sister 
ns  a  strumpet? 


(  MM'.   WW. 


•  DumMUSJ.    The  «on<i  of  3m  ob,  on  t!>i-  occasion,  were  (fuilty 
of  a  (jriovoin  «in,  an  well  ti\  fa!  'm?  rilirion,  a«  by  i 

•f  tii«-ir  icraofa,    Ttmn  gainst  »o  Coal  ■•> 

•  rime  was  commendable. 

M 


Jacob  purgrth  his  family  from  idols :  gorth  by  f$o4?$  rommantf 
no  ni  tn  Hi  (In  I.  mill  there  buildetA  an  altar.  Ood  appi  arnu 
again  to  Jacob  bkatrtk  him.  and  dumgttk  kUmome  into  I* 

mi  I.      Km  hi  I  iliith  in  rhilil-hirt/i.      hour  nltn  ilirth. 

I  \  the  mean  time  God  said  to.Jacoh:    Arise,  and 
*-   j:<>  up  to  Bethel,  and  dwell  there,  and  make  there 

an  altar  to  God,  who  appeared  to  thee  whin    thou 

didst  flee  from  Esau  thy  brother. 

2  And  Jacob  having  called  together  all  his  house- 
hold, said:  Cast  away  the  strange  gods  that  are 
among  you,  and  he  cleansed  and  change  your  gar- 
ments. 

3  Arise,  and  let  us  go  up  to  Bethel,  that  we  may 
make  there  an  altar  to  (iod;  who  heard  me  in  the 
day  of  my  affliction,  and  accompanied  me  in  my 
journey. 

4  So  they  pave  him  all  the  strange  gods  they  had, 
and  the  ear-rim:'*  which  were  in  their  ears  :  and  he 
buried  them  under  the  turpentine-tree,  that  is  behind 
the  city  of  Sichem. 

5  And  when  they  were  departed,  the  terror  of 
God  fell  upon  all  the  cities  round  about,  and  they 
durst  not  pursue  alter  them  as  they  went  awa\. 

6  And  Jacob  came  to  Iai/.a,  which  is  in  the  land 
of  (  hanaan.  siirnamed  Bethel ;  be  and  all  the  people 
that  were  w  ith  him. 


7  And  he  built  there  an  altar,  and  called  the 
name  of  'hat  place,  The  house  of  God  :  for  there 
God  appeared  to  him  when  he  lied  from  his  brother. 

8  At  the  same  time  Debora  the  nurse  of  Kcbccca 
died,  and  was  buried  at  the  foot  of  Bethel  under  an 
oak:  and  the  name  of  that  place  was  called,  The 
oak  of  weeping. 

9  And  God  appeared  again  to  Jacob  after  he  re- 
turned from  Mesopotamia  of  Syria,  and  he  bleated 
him. 

10  Saying:  Thou  shalt  not  be  called  any  mor.) 
Jacob,  but  Israel  shall  be  thy  name.      And  he  called 

him  Israel. f 

11  And  said  to  him  :  I  am  God  Almighty,  in- 
crease thou  and  he  multiplied.  Nations  and  peoples 
of  nations  shall  he  from  thee,  and  kings  shall  come 
out  of  thy  loins. 

12  And  the  land  which  I  gave  to  Abraham  and 
Isaac,  I  will  give  to  thee,  and  to  tin  seed  alter  thee. 

13  \ud  he  departed  from  him. 

I V  Bui  be  set  up  a  monument  of  stone,  in  the 
place  when-  God  had  spoken  to  him;  pouring 
drink-offerings  upon  it,  and  pouring  oil  thereon; 

15  And  calling  the  name  of  that   place  Bethel. 

16  And  gOHlg  forth  from  theme,  he  came  in  the 
spring  time  to  the  land  which  leadeth  to  Ephrata' 
wherein  when  Rachel  was  in  travail, 


labour,  she  began  to  be 
1  i  ar  not, 


17  \U  reason  of  her  hard 
in  danger,  and  the  midwife  said  to  her 
for  thou  shall  have  this  son  also. 

18  And  when  her  soul  was  departing  for  pain, 
and  death  was  now  at  hand,  she  Called  the  name 
of  her  son  lieuoni,  that   isr '1  he  son  of  m\  pain* 


t  hrotl.     Tliit  name  tignifWth  one  that  prcrailcth  with  Qod. 


CHAP.  XXXVI. 


but  his  father  called  him  Benjamin,  that  is, The  son 
of  the  right  hand. 

19  So  Rachel  died,  and  was  buried  in  the  high- 
way that  leadeth  to  Ephrata,  this  is  Bethlehem. 

20  And  Jacob  erected  a  pillar  over  her  sepulchre : 
this  is  the  pillar  of  Rachel's  monument,  to  this  day. 

21  Departing  thence,  he  pitched  his  tent  beyond 
the  Flock  toufr. 

22  And  when  he  dwelt  in  that  country :  Ruben 
went,  and  slept  with  Bala  the  concubine*  of  his 
father :  which  he  was  not  ignorant  of.  Now  the 
sons  of  Jacob  were  twelve. 

23  The  sons  of  Lia:  Ruben  the  first-born,  and 
Simeon,  and  Levi,  and  Juda,  and  Issachar,  and 
Zabulon. 

2i  The  sons  of  Rachel,  Joseph  and   Benjamin. 

25  The  sons  of  Bala,  Rachel's  handmaid  :  Dan 
and  Nephtali. 

26  The  sons  of  Zelpha,  Lia'e  handmaid :  Gad 
and  Aser :  these  are  the  sons  of  Jacob,  that  were 
born  to  him  in  Mesopotamia  of  Syria. 

27  And  he  came  to  Isaac  his  father  in  Mambre, 
the  city  of  Arbee,  this  is  Hebron  :  whereinAbraluim 
and  Isaac  sojourned. 

f  28   And  the  days  of  Isaac  were  a  hundred  and 
eighty  years. 

29  And  being  spent  with  age  he  died,  and  was 
gathered  to  his  people,  being  old  and  full  of  days : 
and  his  sons  Esau  and  Jacob  buried  him. 

CHAP.   XXXVI. 

Esau  with  his  wives  and  children  parteth  from  Jacob.     An 
account  of  his  descendants,  and  of  the  first  kings  of  Edom. 

A  ND  these  are   the  generations   of  Esau,  the 
-**-  same  is  Edom. 

2  Esau  took  wives  of  the  daughters  of  Chanaan  : 
Adaf  the  daughter  of  Elon  the  Hethite,  and  Ooli- 
bama the  daughter  of  Sebeon  the  Hevite  : 

3  And  Basemath,  the  daughter  of  Ismael,  sister 
)f  Nabajoth. 

4  And  Ada  bore  Eliphaz  :  Basemath  bore 
Rahuel : 

5  Oolibama  bore  Jehus  and  Ihelon  and  Core. 
These  are  the  sons  of  Esau,  that  were  born  to  him 
in  the  land  of  Chanaan. 

6  And  Esau  took  his  wives  and  his  sons  and 
daughters,  and  every  soul  of  his  house,  and  his  sub- 
stance, and  cattle,  and  all  that  he  was  able  to  ac- 
quire in  the  land  of  Chanaan:  and  went  into  another 
country,  and  departed  from  his  brother  Jacob. 

7  For  they  were  exceeding  rich,  and  could  not 
dwell  together  :  neither  was  the  land  in  which  they 
sojourned,  able  to  bear  them,  for  the  multitude  of 
their  flocks. 

8  And  Esau  dwelt  inMount  Seir:  he  is  Edom. 

9  And  these  are  the  generations  of  Esau  the 
father  of  Edom  in  Mount  Seir. 

10  And  these  the  names  of  his  sons:  Eliphaz 
the  son  of  Ada  the  wife  of  Esau:  and  Rahuel  the 
son  of  Basemath  his  wife. 


*  The  concubine.  She  was  his  lawful  wife;  but  according-  to  the 
•tyle  of  the  Hebrews,  is  called  concubine,  because  of  her  servile  ex- 
traction. 


1 1  And  Eliphaz  had  sons  :  Theman,  Omar, 
Sepho,  and  Gat  ham  and  Cenez. 

12  And  Thamna  was  the  concubine  of  Eliphaz 
the  son  of  Esau:  and  she  bore  him  Amalech. 
These  are  the  sons  of  Ada  the  wife  of  Esau. 

13  And  the  sons  of  Rahuel:  were  Nahath  and 
Zara,  Samma  and  Meza.  These  were  the  sons  ol 
Basemath  the  wife  of  Esau. 

14  And  these  were  the  sons  of  Oolibama,  (no 
daughter  of  Ana,  the  daughter  of  Sebeon,  the  wife 
of  Esau,  whom  she  bore  to  him,  Jehus,  and  Ihelon, 
and  Core. 

15  These  were  dukes  of  the  sons  of  Esau :  the 
sons  of  Eliphaz  the  first-born  of  Esau :  duke  The- 
man, duke  Omar,  duke  Sepho,  duke  Cenez, 

16  Duke  Core,  Duke  Gatham,  duke  Amalech : 
these  are  the  sons  of  Eliphaz  in  the  land  of  Edom, 
and  these  the  sons  of  Ada. 

17  And  these  were  the  sons  of  Rahuel,  the  son 
of  Esau :  duke  Nahath,  duke  Zara,  duke  Samma, 
duke  Meza.  And  these  are  the  dukes  of  Rahuel, 
in  the  land  of  Edom  :  these  the  sons  of  Basemath 
the  wife  of  Esau. 

18  And  these  the  sons  of  Oolibama  the  wife  of 
Esau:  duke  Jehus,  duke  Ihelon,  duke  Core.  These 
are  the  dukes  of  Oolibama,  the  daughter  of  Ana, 
and  wife  of  Esau. 

19  These  are  the  sons  of  Esau,  and  these  the 
dukes  of  them  :  the  same  is  Edom, 

20  These  are  the  sons  of  Seir  the  Horrite,  the 
inhabitants  of  the  land:  Lotan,  and  Sobal,  and  Se- 
beon, and  Ana, 

21  And  Dison,  and  Eser,  and  Disan.  These 
are  dukes  of  the  Horrites,  the  sons  of  Seir  in  the 
land  of  Edom. 

22  And  Lotan  had  sons :  Hori  and  Heman. 
And  the  sister  of  Lotan,  was  Thamna. 

23  And  these  the  sons  of  Sobal :  Alvan  and 
Manahat,  and  Ebal,  and  Sepho  and  Oman. 

24  And  these  the  sons  of  Sebeon:  Aia  and  Ana. 
This  is  Ana  that  found  the  hot  waters  in  the  wilder- 
ness, when  he  fed  the  asses  of  Sebeon  his  father: 

25  And  he  had  a  sou  Dison,  and  a  daughter 
Oolibama. 

26  And  these  were  the  sons  of  Dison  ;  Hamdan, 
and  Eseban,  and  Jethram,  and  Charan. 

27  These  also  were  the  sons  of  Ezer :  Balaan, 
and  Zavan,  and  Acan. 

28  And  Disan  had  sons:    Hus  and  Aram. 

29  These  were  dukes  of  the  Horrites  :  duke 
Lotan,  duke  Sobal,  duke  Sebeon,  duke  Ana, 

30  Duke  Dison,  duke  Eser,  duke  Disan  :  these 
were  dukes  of  the  Horrites  that  ruled  in  the  land 
of  Seir. 

31  And  the  kings  that  ruled  in  the  land  of  Edom, 
before  the  children  of  Israel  bad  a  king,  were  these: 

32  Bela  the  son  of  Beor,  and  the  name  of  his 
city  Denaba. 

33  And  Bela  died,  and  Jobab  the  son  of  Zara 
of  Bosra  reigned  in  his  stead. 


f  Ada.  These  wives  of  Esau  are  called  by  other  names,  Gen.  xxvi 
But  it  was  very  common  amongst  the  ancients  for  the  sajne  persons 
to  have  two  names,  as  Esau  himself  was  also  called  Edom. 

37 


GENESIS. 


.T4  And  when  Jobab  was  dead,  Ilusam  of  the 
land  of  the  Tlicmaiiiit  •>  reigned  in  his  stead. 

\nd  after  his  death,  Adad  the  boo  of  Badad 
nuncd  in  his  siead,  who  defeated  the  Madiumteti 

in  the  < ■  t m 1 1 1 1 1 >  til  .Mn.ili:   and  the  name  oi    his  cilj 
Mad  Av  itli. 

Vnd  when  Adad  was  dead,  than  reigned  in 

his  stead  Seinla  of  Masieca. 

And  he  being  dead,  Saul  of  the  river  Hoho- 
bothj  reigned  in  hi*  stead. 

\nd  when   lie   also   was  dead,  Halanau    the 
sun  nt'  Achobor  succeeded  to  the  kingdom. 

1  Tins  man  also  being  dead,  Adar  reigned  in 

his  |i|aee.  and  the  name  o|  liis   citv   was  IMiau:    and 

his  wile  was  called  Meetabel,  the  daughter  i>t  .Ma- 
iled, daughter  of  Mexaab. 

40  And  iliese  tin  the  names  of  the  dukes  of  Esau 
in  their  kindreds,  and  places,  and  callings:  duke 
Thamna,  duke  Alva,  duke  Jetheth, 

VI  Duke  Oolibama,  duke  Ela,  duke  Phinon, 
I  enez,  duke  Themau,  duke  Mabsar, 

)•>  Duke  Magdiel,  duke  Hiram:  these  art  tin 
dukes  of  Kdom  dwelling  in  ibe  land  * >t"  their  govern- 
ment] the  .same  is  Esau  the  lather  of  the  Edouiites. 


(II  IP.   WWII. 

Joseph'*  dreamt :  hi    ix  sold  hii  hit  brethren,  and  carried  into 

/il. 

A.\D  Jaeoh dwelt  in  the  land  of  (  hanaan, w  here- 
in his  father  sojourned. 

2  And  these  are  his  generations  :  Joseph,  when 
he  was  sixteen  years  old,  was  feeding  the  nock  with 
his  brethren,  being  hut  a  bov  :  ami  he  was  with  the 
sons  of  Mala  and  ofZelphahis  father's  wives:  and 
he  accused  his  brethren  to  his  father  of  a  most 
w  icked  crime. 

■  '<  Now  Israel  loved  Joseph  above  all  his  sons. 
became  he  had  him  in  his  old  age  :  and  he  made  him 
a  coat  of  divers  colours. 

i  And  his  brethren  seeing  that  he  was  loved  bj 
his  father,  more  than  all  his  sons,  hated  him,  ami 
could  not  speak  peaceably  to  him. 

")  Now  it  fell  out  also  that  he  told  his  brethren  a 
dream,*  diat  he  had  dreamed;  which  Occasioned 
them  to  hate  him  the  more. 

<;  Ami  he  said  to  them  :  Hear  my  dream  which 
I  dreamed. 

7  1  thought  we  were  binding  sheaves  in  the  field ; 

and  my  sheaf  arose,  as  it  were,  and  stood,  and  VOW 
sheaves  Standingaboul  bowed  down  before inv sheaf. 

8  His  brethren  answered:  Shalt  thou  lie  our 
king?  or  shall  we  he  subject  to  thy  dominion.'  There- 
fore this  matter  of  his  dreams  and  words  ministered 
nourishment  to  their  env)  and  hatred. 

!»  He  dreamed  also  another  dream,  which  he  told 
his  brethren,  saying :  I  saw  in  a  dream,  as  it  were 
the  sun,  and  the  moon,  ami  eleven  stars  worship- 
ping me. 


'  .1  drr,im.      Tl" ■-•■   dream,    (if    ■''•«'•  "Ii    wi'ir   prophrli'-il,    and    will 

fr ,  11 1  <>•»!;  m  wot  iltn  rhim  ■hirh  hi  inti  aixh 

UtllllUJJM  (Jim  mllv  >.|k  aUmir.  U»'  ol>-wrviii|jof  dn'iurw  H  Condi 
iiiIIm-km  mi- -lAiiliwii,  ami  miiIiiI.      Bm  Driil.   win.  I 

fwftrii*'-— r  xxxiv.  t,  3. 

J'.' 


10  And  when  he  bad  told  this  to  his  father.  |«d 
brethren,  bis  father  rebuked  him,  and  said:  What 
meaneth  ibis  dream  that  thou  has  dreamed  ?  Shall 
I  and  th\  mother  and  thj  brethren  worship  t  tine 
ill  on  (lie  earth. 

11  His  brethren  therefore  envied  him:  but  his 
father  considered  the  thing  with  himself. 

12  And  when  his  brethren  abodj  in  Siehem, 
feeding  their  lather's  docks, 

13  Israel  said  tO  him  :  Thy  brethren  feed  the 
sheep  in  Siehem  :  come,  I  will  send  thee  to  them. 
And  w  lieu  he  answ  ci<  d  : 

14  I  am  ready  :  ho  said  to  him:  Go,  and  see  if 
all  things  be  will  with  tin  brethren,  and  the  cattle; 
and  brim:  me  word  again  what  is  doing.  So  beinf 
sent  from  the  vale  oi  Hebron,  he  came  to  Siehem' 

1.0  And  a  man  found  him  there  wandering  in  the 
held,  and  asked  w  hat  he  sought. 

10  Bui  he  answered:  I  seek  my  brethren,  tell 
me  where  they  Iced  the  lloeks. 

17  And  the  man  said  to  him:  Thej  are  departed 
from  this  place;  for  I  heard  them  sav  :  Let  us  fio 
to  Dothain.  And  Joseph  went  forward  alter  Ids' 
brethren,  and  found  them  in  Dothain. 

l!!  And  when  they  saw  him  afar  off,  before  he 
came  nigh   them,  thev  thought  to  kill  him; 

19  And  said  one  to  another:  Behold,  the  dream- 
er cometh. 

20  Come,  let  Us  kill  him,  and  cast  him  into  some 
old  pit ;  and  We  will  say:  Some  evil  least  hath 
devoured  him:  and  then  it  shall  appeal  what  his 
dreams  avail  him. 

21  And  Ruben  bearing  this,  endeavoured  to 
deliver  him  out  of  their  hands,  and  said  : 

22  Do  not  takeaway  his  life,  nor  shed  Ins  blood  ; 
but  cast   him    into  this  pit,  that  is  in  the  w  ilderii. 
and  keep  your  hands  harmless:    now  he  said  this. 
being  desirous  to  deliver  him  out  of  their  hands,  and 
to  restore  him  to  his  father. 

23  And  as  soon  as  he  came  to  his  brethren,  they 
forthwith  stripped  him  of  his  outside  coat,  that  was 
of  divers  colours  : 

24  And  cast  him  into  an  old  pit  where  there 
was  no  water. 

2o  And  sitting  down  to  eat  bread)  they  saw  some 
Isinaelites  on  their  way  coming  from  (ialaad,  with 
their  camels,  carrying  spkes,  and  balm,  and  mvrrh 

to  Egypt. 

26  And  Juda  said  to  his  brethren  :  \\  hat  will  it 
profit  us  to  kill  our  brother,  and  conceal  his  blood  ? 
,  It  is  better  thai  he  be  sold  to  the  Ismaelites, 
and  that  our  hands  be  not  defiled  ;  for  he  is  0111  bro- 
ther and  our  flesh.  His  brethren  agreed  to  his 
words. 

28  And  when  the  Madiauitc  merchants  passed 
bv ,  the}  drew  him  out  of  the  pit,  and  sold  him  to  the 
Ismaelites,  for  twenty  pieces  ol  silver:  and thev  led 
him  into  Egypt. 


■f  WnrMp.     Tlii*  word  i»   not    lined   here   to   signify    dirint  verskip, 

!iul  .111  nijrrior  rtrurnlion.  expressed  bj  tlir  tMiwinjr  of  llie  tiod» .  and 
llial  a<>  nriliiift  to  llie  niaum  r  ol  tin-  eastern  imIioiis.  down  to  ilia 
•round. 


CKM.SIS. 


divided  for  thee  ?   and  therefore  called  his  bum 
1'hares.* 

30  Afterwards  his  brother  came  out.  on  whose 
hand  was  the  scarlet  thread:  and  she  called  him 

Zara. 

(HAP.  XXXIX. 

Joseph  hath  charge  of  his  mnxlrr'n  home:  rejnteth  hit  mistress's 
iolirilntion* :  is  falsely  atCBttd  by  h< r,  ami  cost  into  prison, 
where  he  htilh  the  charge  if  oil  tin   p,  i'mhMII 

A  ND  Joseph  was  brought  into  Egypt,  and  Puti- 

-^*-   phar,  an  eunuch  of   Pharao,  chief  captain  of 

the  army,  an  Egj  pliau.  bought  him  of  the     lsmacl- 

itcs.  by  whom  he  was  brought. 

2  And  the  Lord  was  w ir h  htm,  and  he  was  a 

prosperous  man  in  all  things:   and  he  dwelt  in   his 
master's  house  : 

■  '<  \\ 'ho  knew  very  W<  I!  that  the  Lord  ma  with 
him.  and  made  all  that  he  did.  to  prosper  in  his  hand. 

4  And  Joseph  found  favour  in  the  tight  of  his 
master,  and  ministered  to  him  :  and  being  set  over 
all  hv  him.  he  governed  the  house  committed  to 
him,  and  all  things  that  were  delivered  to  him: 

\nd  the  Lord  Messed  the  house  of  the  Egyp- 
tian for  Joseph's  -ake.  and  multiplied  all  his  sub- 
stance, both  at  home,  and  in  the  fields. 

(!  .Neither  knew  he  an\  other  thing,  but  the  bread 
which  he  ate.  And  Joseph  w  as  of  a  beautiful  coun- 
tenance, and  comely  to  behold. 

7  And  after  many  days  his  mistress  cast  her  eyes 
on  Joseph,  and  said:    Lie  with  me. 

f!  Bin  he  in  no  wise  consenting  to  thai  wicked 
art,  said  to  her  :  Behold,  m\  master  hath  delivered 
all  things  to  me,  and  knoweth  not  what  he  hath  in 
his  own  bouse  : 

9  Neither  is  there  any  thing  w  Inch  is  not  in  my 
power,  or  that  he  hath  not  delivered  to  me,  hut  thee. 
who  art  his  wife:  how  then  can  I  do  this  wicked 
thing,  and  sin  against  my  Cod? 

K)  Wiih  such  words  as  these  day  by  day,  both 
the  woman  was  importunate  with  the  yOUUg  man. 
and  he  refused  the  adultery. 

I  1  \ow  it  happened  on  a  certain  day,  that  Joseph 
went  into  the  house,  and  was  doing  some  business 
w  ithout  any  man  With  him  : 

12  And   she  catching  the  skirt  of  his   garment. 

said:  Lie  with  me.     But  he  hawing  the  garment 

in  her  hand,  lied,  and  went  out. 

I.!  \inl  w  hen  the  woman  saw  the  garment  in  her 
hands,  and  herself  disregarded, 

1  1  She  called  to  her  the  men  of  her  house,  and 
Said  tO  them:  See,  be  hath  brought  in  a  Hebrew 
to  abuse  US  :  he  came  in  to  me,  to  lie  w  ith  me  :  and 
when  I  cried  out, 

15  \nd  hi'  heard  mv  voice,  he  left  the  uannent 
that  I  held,  and  got  him  out. 

*  Phmtt.     That  i«.  a  breach  or  di\  ivon. 

*  • »  proof  of  krr  fidthtii     or,  an  «( nl  (o  rma  tndil,  mrgtmntttm  fi  Jri 

not  intrrprrt.itim  brlont  to  C.oH      Vvlipn  dreama  are  fro 
N  lluw  w,-t,  |li.'    int. T|. ret  ill. in    ..'   t>.irn   |a  •  ftS  of  Ood.      Hut  (he 

yviic  r.hti  ill  dn  sort:    l.ut   either   proere.l 

tlw  ttatara)  complexions  and  diapi    "-  .  , or  tho  rminjj  of 

tlisir  imafi  nations  in   tin-  daj   on   mh-Ii  objects  as  they   are   much 

40 


16  I  or  a  proof  therefore  oi  her  fidelity,,  she  kept 
the  garment,  and  showed  it  to  her  husband  when 
he  returned  home  : 

17  And  -aid:   'The  lit  brew  servant,  w  horn  thou 

hast  brought, came  to  me  to  abuse  me: 

18  And  when  he  heard  me  cry,  he  left  the  gar- 
ment which  I  held,  and  lied  out. 

19  His  master  bearing  these  things,  and  giving 
too  much  credit  to  his  w  ile'.s  words,  was  verv  an. 

20  And  cast  Joseph  into  the  prison,  where  the 
kind's  prisoners  were  kept,  and  he  was  there  shut  up. 

Jl  But  the  Lord  was  with  Joseph,  and  having 
mercy  upon  him  gave  him  favour  in  the  sight  of  the 
chief  keeper  of  the  prison  : 

.1  Who  delivered  into  his  hand  all  the  prisoners 

that  Were   kept   in   custody:    and    whatsoever  was 
done,  was  under  him. 

23  Neither  did  he  himself  know  anv  thine,  hav  ins 
committed  all  things  to  him  :  for  the  Lord  was  with 
him,  and  made  all  that  he  did  to  prosper. 

CHAP.  XL. 

Joseph  interpreted  the  dreams  of  tteo  of  Pharao's  servants  in 
prison  :  the  ert  nt  ilrt hin  tk  tin  intt  rprttations  to  be  true,  bat 
Jnsi  pit  it  forgotten. 

A  FTER  this,  it  came  to  pass,  that  two  eunuchs, 
**-   the  butler  and  the  baker  of  the  king  of  Egypt, 
offended  their  lord. 

2  And  Pharao  being  angrj  with  them  (now  the 
one  was  chief  butler,  the  other  chief  baker, 

3  He  sent  them  to  the  prison  of  the  commander 
of  the  soldiers,  in  which  Joseph  also  was  prisoner 

4  But  the  keeper  of  the  prison  delivered  them 
to  Joseph,  and  he  served  them.  Some  little  time 
passed,  and  they  were  kept  in  custody. 

5  And  they  both  dreamed  a  dream  the  same 
night,  according  to  the  interpretation  agreeing  to 
themselves  : 

6  And  when  Joseph  was  come  into  them  in  the 
morning,  and  saw  them  sad, 

7  He  asked  them,  saving:  Why  is  your  counte- 
nance sadder  to-day  than  usual  .' 

8  They  answered  :  We  have  dreamed  a  dream, 
and  there  is  nobody  to  interpret  it  to  us.  And  Jo- 
seph said  to  them:  Doth  not  interpretation  belong 
to  God?]    Tell  me  what  you  have  dreamed: 

9  The  chief  butler  first  told  his  dream  :  I  saw 
before  me  a  vine, 

10  On  which  were  three  branches,  which  by  lit- 
tle and  little  sent  out  buds,  and  after  the  blossoms 
brought  forth  ripe  grapes  ; 

11  And  the  tup  of  Pharao  was  in  my  hand:  ami 

I  took  the  crapes,  and    pressed    them   into   the   cup 
which  I  held,  and  I  nave  the  cup  to  Pharao. 

I  1  Joseph  answered:  This  is  the  interpretation  of 
the  dream:   The  three  branches  are  yet  three  (lav  > 


.itr«i-tril  willi,   or  from   their  mind   l«'inir  disturbed  with  care*  and 
trouble*.,  and  niAn^cd  wild  bodily  infirmities  :  or  the)  are  Migv 

to  fl. liter,   or  to  terrify  »i  ;ik  mtods |   in  (inter  to  c;iin 

belief,  and  no  draw   them  into  error  or  luparatHim ;  or  at   leu. I    to 

tiouhle  them  m  their  »lee|>.  wlioin  ttiev  i   iiiiiul    MOM   «  hen    they  are 

awake:  aothal  the  general  rule,  with  ragari   to  dreams,  »  not  to 

|ira  un\  >  mlit  tu  tin-in. 


CHAP.  XLI. 


13  After  which  Pharao  will  remember  thy  service, 
and  will  restore  thee  to  thy  former  place  :  and  thou 
ehalt  present  him  the  cup  according  to  thy  oflice,  as 
before  thou  wast  wont  to  do. 

14  Only  remember  me,  when  it  shall  be  well  with 
thee,  and  do  me  this  kindness :  to  [tut  Pharao  in 
mind  to  take  me  out  of  this  prison  : 

15  For  1  was  stolen  away  out  of  the  land  of  the 
Hebrews,  and  here  without  any  fault  was  cast  into 
the  dungeon. 

16  The  chief  baker  seeing  that  he  had  wisely  in- 
terpreted the  dream,  said  :  lalso  dreamed  a  dream, 
That  I  had  three  baskets  of  meal  upon  my  head  : 

17  And  that  in  one  basket  which  was  uppermost, 
I  carried  all  meats  that  are  made  by  the  art  of  bak- 
ing, and  that  the  birds  ate  out  of  it. 

18  Joseph  answered :  This  is  the  interpretation  of 
the  dream  :  The  three  baskets,  are  yet  three  days  : 

19  After  which  Pharao  will  take  thy  head  from 
thee,  and  hang  thee  on  a  cross,  and  the  birds  shall 
tear  thy  flesh. 

20  The  third  day  after  this  was  the  birth-day  of 
Pharao  :  and  he  made  a  great  feast  for  his  servants, 
and  at  the  banquet  remembered  the  chief  butler, 
and  the  chief  baker. 

21  And  he  restored  the  one  to  his  place,  to  present 
him  the  cup: 

22  The  other  he  hanged  on  a  gibbet,  that  the 
truth  of  the  interpreter  might  be  shown. 

23  But  the  chief  liutler,  when  things  prospered 
with  him,  forgot  his  interpreter. 

CHAP.  XLI. 

Joseph  interpreted  the  two  dreams  of  Pharao  :  he  is  made  ruler 
over  all  Egypt. 

AFTER  two  years  Pharao  had  a  dream.     He 
thought  he  stood  by  the  river, 

2  Out  of  which  came  up  seven  kine,  very  beau- 
tiful and  fat :  and  they  fed  in  marshy  places. 

3  Other  seven  also  came  up  out  of  the  river,  ill- 
favoured,  and  lean  fleshed  :  and  they  fed  on  the 
very  bank  of  the  river,  in  green  places : 

4  And  they  devoured  them,  whose  bodies  were 
very  beautiful  and  well  conditioned.  So  Pharao 
awoke. 

5  He  slept  again,  and  dreamed  another  dream : 
Seven  ears  of  corn  came  up  upon  one  stalk  full  and 
fair : 

6  Then  seven  other  ears  sprung  up  thin  and 
blasted, 

7  And  devoured  all  the  beauty  of  the  former. 
Pharaoh  awaked  after  his  rest: 

8  And  when  morning  was  come,  being  struck 
with  fear,  he  sent  to  all  the  interpreters  of  Egvpt, 
md  to  all  the  wise  men:  and  they  being  called  for, 
he  told  them  his  dream,  and  there  was  not  any  one 
that  could  interpret  it. 

9  Then  at  length  the  chief  butler  remembering, 
said:   1  confess  my  sin  : 

10  The  king  being  angry  with  his  servants,  com- 
manded me  and  the  chief  baker  to  be  cast  into  the 
prison  of  tl>»  capt:*     of  the  soldiers: 

F 


11  Where  in  one  night  both  of  us  dreamed  a 
dream  foreboding  things  to  come. 

12  There  was  there  a  young  man  a  Hebrew,  ser- 
vant to  the  same  captain  of  the  soldiers:  to  whom 
we  told  our  dreams. 

13  And  we  heard  what  afterwards  the  event 
of  the  thing  proved  to  be  so.  For  I  was  restored  to 
my  office:  and  he  was  hanged  upon  a  gibbet. 

14  Forthwith  at  the  king's  command,  Joseph  was 
brought  out  of  the  prison,  and  they  shaved  him; 
and  changing  his  apparel,  brought  him  in  to  him. 

15  And  he  said  to  him  :  I  have  dreamed  dreams, 
and  there  is  no  one  that  can  expound  them:  Now  I 
have  heard  that  thou  art  very  wise  at  interpreting 
them. 

16  Joseph  answered :  Without  me,  God  shall  give 
Pharao  a  prosperous  answer. 

17  So  Pharao  told  what  he  had  dreamed:  Me- 
thought  I  stood  upon  the  bank  of  the  river, 

18  And  seven  kine  came  up  out  of  the  river,  ex- 
ceeding beautiful  and  full  of  flesh:  and  they  grazed 
on  green  places  in  a  marshy  pasture. 

19  And  behold,  there  followed  these,  other  seven 
kine,  so  very  ill-favoured  and  lean,  that  I  never  saw 
the  like  in  the  land  of  Egypt. 

20  And  they  devoured  and  consumed  the  former, 

21  And  yet  gave  no  mark  of  their  being  full :  but 
were  as  lean  and  ill-favoured  as  before.  I  awoke, 
and  then  fell  asleep  again, 

22  And  dreamed  a  dream:  Seven  ears  of  corn 
grew  up  upon  one  st:dk,  full  and  very  fair. 

23  Other  seven  also,  thin  and  blasted,  sprung  of 
the  stalk: 

24  And  they  devoured  the  beauty  of  the  former: 
I  told  this  dream  to  the  conjecturers,  and  there  is  no 
man  that  can  expound  it. 

25  Joseph  answered :  The  king's  dream  is  one  : 
God  hath  shown  to  Pharao  what  he  is  about  to  do. 

26  The  seven  beautiful  kine,  and  the  seven  full 
ears  are  seven  years  of  plenty:  and  both  contain  tht 
same  meaning  of  the  dream. 

27  And  the  seven  lean  and  thin  kine  that  came 
up  after  them,  and  the  seven  thin  ears  that  were 
blasted  with  the  burning  wind,  are  seven  years  of 
famine  to  come : 

28  Which  shall  be  fulfilled  in  this  order. 

29  Behold,  there  shall  come  seven  years  of  great 
plenty  in  the  whole  land  of  Egypt: 

30  After  which  shall  follow  other  seven  vears  of 
so  great  scarcity,  that  all  the  abundance  before  shall 
be  forgotten:  for  the  famine  shallconsumeallthelaud, 

31  And  the  greatness  of  the  scarcity,  shall  destroy 
the  greatness  of  the  plenty. 

32  And  for  that  thou  didst  see  the  second  time 
a  dream  pertaining  to  the  same  thing:  it  is  a  token 
of  the  certainty,  and  that  the  word  of  God  comet h 
to  pass,  and  is  fulfilled  speedily. 

33  Now  therefore  let  the  king  provide  a  wise  and 
industrious  man,  and  make  him  ruler  over  the  land 
of  Egypt: 

34  That  he  may  appoint  overseers  over  all  the 
countries:  and  gather  into  barns  the  fifth  part  of  the 
fruits,  during  the  seven  fruitful  vears, 

41 


r;  km:. sis. 


35  That  shall  now  presently  ensue:  and  let   all' 
the  com  l>e   bid  Dp,  under  Pharao's  hands,  and  be 
rved  in  the  cit'n 

\nd  let  it  be  in  readiness,  against  the  famine 
of  seven  yean  to  come,  \\  bich  shall  oppress  Egypt, 
and  the  land  shall  not  Le  consumed  with  scarcity. 

37  The  counsel  pleased  Pharao,  and  all  his  sen  ants. 

38  And  he  said  to  them:  Can  we  find  such  an- 
other man,  that  is  full  of  the  Spirit  ofGod? 

.>!>  lie  said  therefore  lo  Joseph:  Seeing  God  hath 
shown  thee  all  that  thou  hast  said,  ean  1  find  one 
Wiser  and  one  like  unto  thee? 

40  Thou  shall  be  over  my  house,  and  at  the 
commandment  of  thy  mouth  all  the  people  shall 
obey:  only  in  the  kingly  throne  will  I  be  above  thee. 

41  And  again  Pharao  said  to  Joseph:  Heboid,  I 

have  appointed  thee  over  the  whole  land  of  Egypt 
M  And  he  took  his  riim  from  his  own  hand,  and 
^a\e  it  into  his  hand:  and  he  put  upon  him  a  robe  of 
silk,  and   put  a  chain  of  gold  al>out  his  neck. 

\\u\  he  made  him  go  up  into  hi--  second  chariot, 
the  crier  proclaiming  thai  all  should  how  their  kiier 
before  him,  and  thai  they  should  know  he  was 

made  governor  over  the  whole  land  of  Egypt 

44  And  the  kin-  said   to  Joseph:    I  am  Pharao: 

without  thy  commandment  no  man  shall  move  hand 

or  foot  in  all  the  land  of  Egypt 

■6  And  he  turned  his  name,  and  called  him  in  the 

Egyptian  tongue  the  Saviour  of  the   world.*      And 

he  save  him  to  wife  As<  ucth  the  daughter  of  Puti- 

phare  priest  of  lleliopolis.      Then  Joseph  went  out 

to  the  land  of  Kgypt: 

46  (Now  he  was  thirty  years  old  when  he  stood 
before  kiim  Pharao)  and  he  went  round  all  the 
countries  of  Egypt 

47  And  the  fruit  fulness lof  the  seven  years  came: 
and  the  corn  being  bound  up  into  sheaves  was  ga- 
thered together  into  the  barns  of  Egypt. 

48  And  all  the  abundance  of  gram  was  laid  up 
in  wary  city. 

49  And  there  was  so  peal  almndance  of  wheat, 
that  it  was  equal  to  the  sand  of  the  sea,  and  tin- 
plenty  exceeded  PseastuwL 

50  And  before  the  famine  came,  Joseph  had  two 
sons  horn  :  whom  Aseneth  the  daughter  of  Putiphare 
priest  of  Heliopolis  bore  unto  him. 

51  And  he  called  the  name  of  the  first -liorii  Ma- 
na>scs,t  saying:  God,  hath  made  me  to  forget  all 
my  labours,  and  my  father's  house. 

■'>!  And  he  named  the  second  Kphraim.t  savin;;: 
God  hath  made  me  tOgTOW  in  the  land  of  mv  poverty. 

.').{  Now  when  the  seven  years  of  the  plenty  that 

had  hern  in  EgJ  pt  were  past : 

64  The  set  en  years  of  scarcity,  which  Joseph  had 

foretold,  began  to  come:  and  the  famine  prevailed 
m  the  whole  world,  but  tin  iv  was  bread  in  all  (In- 
land of  Egypt 

\nd  when  there  also  thej  began  to  be  famished, 


*  7V  Smitmr  »fUu  trorl  I      Z;t|ilniat)i  naaoeub. 
.Vtnaffi.     That  l«,  oMirton,  or  forrrlting. 
F.pkraim  .'.  "r  frou-in*. 

S  You  mn  tpitt.     1m  In-  taid   by   way  of  examining  llu-m,  to 
•bat  they  wnulJ  antwer. 

4S 


I 


the  people  cried  to  Pharao. for  food.      And  he  said 
tO  them  •  ( lo  to  Joseph  :  and  do  all  that  he  .shall 
to  von. 

56  And  the  famine  increased  daily  in  all  the 
land:  and  Joseph  Opened  all  the  barns,  anil  sold  lo 
the  Egyptians:  toff  the  famine  had  oppressed  them 
also. 

57  And  all  provinces  came  into  Egypt*  to  buy 
food   and  to  seek  some  relief  of  their  want. 

CHAP.  XLII. 

Jacob  sentleth  hit  ten  sons  lo  buy  corn  in  Egypt.      Their  treat' 
mint  by  Joseph. 

AND  Jacob  hearing  thaUbod  was  sold  in  Egypt 
said   tt>  his  sons:   \\  by   are  ye  can  hss- 

2  I  have  heard  that  wheat  is  sold  in  Egj  pt :  ( to  J  B 
down,  and  buy  ns  necessaries,  that  w  e  mav  live,  ami 
not  be  consumed  with  want. 

3  So  the  ten  brethren  of  Joseph  went     down, 
to  buv  corn  in  Egypt: 

4  Whilst  Benjamin  was  kept  at  home  by  Jacob, 
w  ho  said  to  his  brethren:  Lest  perhaps  he  take  any 
harm  in  the  journey. 

5  And  they  entered  into  the  land  of  Egypt  with 
others  that  went  to  buy.  For  the  famine  was  in  the 
land  of  (hanaan. 

6  And  Joseph  was  governor  in  the  land  of  Egypt 
and  corn  was  sold  by  his  direction  to  the  people. 
And  when  his  brethren  had  bowed  down  to  him, 

7  And  he  knew  them,  he  spoke  as  it  were  to 
strangers  somewhat  roughly,  asking  them:  Whence 
came  vou'  They  answ  end  :  From  the  land  of  (.'ha- 
naan, to  buy  necessaries  of  life. 

8  And  though  he  knew  his  brethren,  he  was  not 
known  by  them. 

9  And  remembering  the  dreams,  which  formerly 
he  had  dreamed,  he  said  to  them:  You  are  spies  :§ 
you   are  come  to  view  the  weaker  parts  of  the  land. 

10  Put  they  said:  It  is  not  so,  nn  lord,  but  thy 
servants  are  come  to  buy  food. 

11  We  are  all  the  sons  of  one  man:  we  are  come 
as  peaceable  men,  neither  do  thy  servants  go  about 
any  evil. 

12  And  he  answered  them  :  It  is  otherwise:  you 
are  come  to  consider  the  unfenced  parts  of  ibis  land. 

13  Put  they  said  :  We  thv  servants  are  twelve  bre- 
thren, the  sons  of  one  man  in  the  land  of  (  hanaan : 
the  youngest  is  with  our  father,  the  other  is  not  liv  ing. 

I  l  He  sailh.  This  is  ii  that  I  said:   You  are  spies. 

15  I  shall  now  present)]  try  what  um  arc:  bv  the 

health  of  Pharao  vou  shall  not  depart  hence,  until 
your  youngest  brother  come. 

16  Send  one  of  vou  to  fetch  him:  ami  vou  shall 
be  in  prison,  till  what  you  have  said  be  provetl, 
whether  it  be  true  or  false:  or  else,  by  the  health  ol 
Pharao,  you  are  spies. || 

17  So  be  put  them  ill  prison  three  davs 

18  And  the  third  day  he  brought  them  out  of 

D  Or  tit  *j  tkt  kf-tltk  0/  Phmrat  you  off  tpiti.     Thai  l»,  if  tlir-r  tl.inft 
,\   t,,.  proved  talaa,  you  arc  to  bt  hrld  far  rpitt  for  your  l\in. 
-hall  he  trratwl  a*  Ma,     JiiM-pb  ilcall  in  tail  mnnnrr  will/  ln«   bit) 
tl.r.'ii.  to  brim  Ibein  >>>   (lie  mean*  of  affliction  to  a  aenae  of  (Ik  it 
former  iiii,  .in.)  a  »n.t  crc  repentance  for  it. 


CHAP.  XLIIT. 


imson,  and  said  :  Do  as  I  have  said,  and  you  shall 
live:  (or  I  fear  God. 

19  If  you  be  peaceable  men,  let  one  of  your  bre- 
thren be  bound  in  prison:  and  go  ye  jour  ways,  and 
carry  the  corn  that  you  have  bought,  unto  your 
bouses, 

20  And  bring  your  youngest  brother  to  me,  that 
I  may  find  your  words  to  be  true,  and  you  may  not 
die.     They  did  as  he  had  said. 

21  And  they  talked  one  to  another:  We  deserve 
to  suffer  these  things,  because  we  have  sinned 
against  our  brother,  seeing  the  aneuish  of  his  soul, 
when  he  besought  us,  and  we  would  not  hear:  there- 
fore is  this  affliction  come  upon  us. 

22  And  Ruben, one  of  them. said:  Did  not  I  say 
to  you:  Do  not  sin  against  the  hoy:  and  you  would 
not  hear  me?  Behold,  his  blood  is  required. 

23  And  they  knew  not  that  Joseph  understood, 
because  he  spoke  to  them  by  an  interpreter. 

24  And  he  turned  himself  away  a  little  while, 
and  wept:  and  returning  he  spoke  to  them. 

25  And  taking  Simeon,  and  binding  him  in  their 
presence,  he  commanded  his  servants  to  fill  their 
sacks  with  wheat,  and  to  put  every  man's  money 
again  in  their  sacks,  and  to  give  them  besides  pro- 
visions for  the  way  :  and  they  did  so. 

26  But  they  having  loaded  their  asses  with  the 
corn,  went  their  way. 

27  And  one  of  them  opening  his  sack,  to  give 
his  beast  provender  in  the  inn,  saw  the  money  in 
the  sack's  mouth. 

28  And  said  to  his  brethren,  My  money  is  given 
me  again,  behold,  it  is  in  the  sack.  And  they  were 
astonished  and  troubled,  and  said  to  one  another: 
What  is  this  that  God  hath  done  unto  us  ? 

29  And  they  came  to  Jacob  their  father  in  the 
land  of  Chanaan,  and  they  told  him  all  things  that 
had  befallen  them,  saying: 

30  The  lord  of  the  land  spoke  roughly  to  us,  and 
took  us  to  be  spies  of  the  country. 

31  And  we  answered  him:  We  are  peaceable 
men,  and  we  mean  no  plot. 

32  We  are  twelve  brethren  born  of  one  father: 
one  is  not  living,  the  youngest  is  with  our  father  in 
the  land  of  Chanaan. 

33  And  he  said  to  us :  Hereby  shall  I  know  that 
you  arc  peaceable  men :  Leave  one  of  your  brethren 
with  me,  and  take  ye  necessary  provision  for  your 
houses,  and  go  your  ways 

31  And  hung  your  youngest  brother  to  me,  that  I 
may  know  you  are  not  spies:  and  you  may  receive 
this  man  again,  that  is  kept  in  prison  :  and  after- 
wards may  have  leave  to  buy  u  hat  you  will. 

35  When  they  had  told  this,  they  poured  out 
their  corn,  and  every  man  found  his  money  tied  in 
the  mouth  of  his  sack :  and  all  being  astonished 
together, 

36  Their  father  Jacob  said  :  You  have  made  me 
to  be  without  children  :  Joseph  is  not  living,  Simeon 
is  kept  in  bonds,  and  Benjamin  you  will  take  away  : 
all  these  evils  are  fallen  upon  me. 

*  To  hell.     Thai  is,  to  thai  pkc*,  wl.ere  the  souls  tlun  remained,  a« 
above,  chap,  xxxvii.  ver.  35. 


37  And  Ruben  answered  him:  Kill  my  two  sons 
if  1  bring  him  not  again  to  thee:  deliver  him  into  my 
hand,  and  I  will  restore  him  to  thee. 

38  But  he  said  :  My  son  shall  not  go  down  with 
you :  his  brother  is  dead,  and  he  is  left  alone :  if 
any  mischief  befal  him  in  the  land  to  which  you  go, 
you  will  bring  down  my  grav  hairs  with  sorrow  to 
hell.* 

CHAP.   XLIII. 

The  sons  of  Jacob  go  again  into  Egypt  with  Tienjamin.     They 
arc  entertained  by  Joseph. 

IN  the  mean  time  the  famine  was  heavy  upon  all 
the  land. 

2  And  when  they  had  eaten  up  all  the  corn  which 
they  had  brought  out  of  Egypt,  Jacob  said  to  his 
sous  :  Go  again,  and  buy  us  a  little  food. 

3  Juda  answered  :  The  man  declared  unto  us 
with  the  attestation  of  an  oath,  saying :  You  shall 
not  see  my  face,  unless  you  bring  your  youngest 
brother  with  you. 

4  If  therefore  thou  wilt  send  him  with  us.  we  will 
set  out  together,  and  will  buy  necessaries  for  thee. 

5  But  if  thou  wilt  not,  we  will  not  go  :  for  the 
man,  as  we  have  often  said,  declared  unto  us,  say- 
ing :  You  shall  not  see  my  face  without  your  young- 
est brother. 

6  Israel  said  to  them :  You  have  done  this  for 
my  misery,  in  that  you  told  him  you  had  also  ano- 
ther brother. 

7  But  they  answered  :  The  man  asked  us  in 
order  concerning  our  kindred  :  if  our  father  lived  : 
if  we  had  a  brother  :  and  we  answered  him  regu- 
larly, according  to  what  he  demanded  :  could  we 
know  that  he  would  say  :  Bring  hither  your  brother 
with  you  ? 

8  And  Juda  said  to  his  father :  Send  the  boy 
with  me,  that  we  may  set  forward,  and  may  live : 
lest  both  we  and  our  children  perish. 

9  I  take  the  boy  upon  me,  require  him  at  my  hand  . 
unless  I  bring  him  again,  and  restore  him  to  thee, 
I  will  be  guilty  of  sin  against  thee  for  ever. 

10  If  delay  had  not  been  made,  we  had  been 
here  a«ain  the  second  time. 

1 1  Then  Israel  said  to  them,  If  it  must  needs 
be  so,  do  what  you  will :  take  of  the  best  fruits 
of  the  land  in  your  vessels,  and  carry  down  presents 
to  the  man,  a  little  balm,t  and  honey,  and  storax, 
myrrh,  turpentine,  and  almonds. 

12  And  take  with  you  double  money,  and  carry 
back  what  you  found  in  your  sacks,  lest  perhaps  it 
was  done  by  mistake. 

13  And  take  also  your  brother,  and  £o  to  the  man. 

14  And  may  my  almighty  God  make  him  favour- 
able to  you:  and  send  back  with  you  your  brother, 
whom  he  keepeth,  and  this  Benjamin  :  and  as  lot 
me  I  shall  be  desolate  without  children. 

15  So  the  men  took  the  presents  and  double 
money,  and  Benjamin:  and  went  down  into  Egypt, 
and  stood   before  Joseph. 

16  And  when  he  had  seen  them,  and  Benjamin 


t  Balm 
balm 


Literally  rosin,  ronna;  but  her©  by   that  name  is  roeanl 
43 


< ,  r.M  .sis. 


with  thorn,  lie  romm rinded  the  steward  of  hi* 
house,  SB)  Lag  :  Bring  in  the  men  into  the  house,  and 
kill  victims,  and  prepare  a  feast:  because  the)  shall 
eat  with  me  at  noon. 

17  He  did  as  he  was  commanded,  and  brought 
the  men  into  the  house. 

18  And  the?  bang  much  afraid,  said  there  one 
to  another  :  Because  of  the  money,  which  we  car- 
ried hack  the  first  time  in  our  sacks,  we  are  brought 
in  :  that  he  ma\  bring  BOOM  OS  a  false  accusation, 
and  by  violence  mike  slaves  of  us  and  our  asses. 

19  Wherefore  going  up  to  the  steward  of  the 
house,  at  the  door, 

20  They  said:  Sir,  we  desire  thee  to  hear  us. 
We  came  dow  n  once  before  to  buy  food  : 

21  And  when  we  had  bought,  and  were  come  to 
the  inn,  we  opened  our  sacks,  and  found  our  money 
in  the  mouths  of  the  sacks  :  which  we  have  now 
brought  again  in  the  same  weight. 

\ik1  we  have  brought  other  money  besides, 
to  huv  what  we  want:  we  cannot  tell,  who  put  it  in 
our  ba_ 

29  lint  he  answered:  Peace  be  with  you,  tear 
not:  your  Got),  and  the  God  of  jour  father  hath 
given  you  treasure  iii  vour  sacks:  For  the  money, 
which  you  gave  me,  I  have  for  good.  And  he 
brought  Simeon  out  to  them. 

\nd  having  brought  them  into  the  house,  he 
fetched  water,  and  they   washed  their  feet,    and  he 

gave  provender  to  then*  asses. 

25  Hut  they  made  ready  the  presents,  against  Jo- 
seph came  at  noon  :  for  they  had  heard  that  they 
should  eat  blend  there. 

26  Then  Joseph  came  in  to  his  house,  and  they 
offered  aim  the  presentsjholding  them  in  their  hands, 
and  they  bowed  down  wiih  their  face  to  the  ground. 

27  Hut  he  courteously  saluting  them  again,  asked 
them,  saying:  Is  the  old  man  your  father  in  health, 
of  whom  von  told  inc.'    Is  he  yet  living? 

28  And  they  answered:  Thy  servant  our  father 
is  in  health,  he  is  yet  li\  in-.  And  bowing  them- 
selves, they  made  obeisance  to  him. 

29  And  Joseph  Lifting  np  sis  eves,  saw  Benja- 
min his  brother,  by  the  same  mother,  and  said:  Is 
this  your  young  brother  of  whom  you  told  me  ?  And 
he  said:  God  be  gracious  to  thee,  my  son. 

knd  be  made  haste  because  his  heart  was 
moved  upon  his  brother,  and  tears  gushed  out:  and 
goim;  into  his  chamber  lie  wept. 

•  II  And  when  he  had  washed  his  face,  comini: 
out  again,  be  refrained  himself,  and  said:  Set  bread 
on  the  table. 

\ ii*l  when  it  was  set  on,  for  Joseph  a  part, 
and  for  his  brethren  a  part,  for  the  Egyptians  also 
that  ate  with  him,  a  part,  (for  ii  is  unlawful  for  the 
Egyptians  to  eat  with  the  lie!  news,  and  they  think 
such  a  feast  profane  :) 

ii  before  him.  the  first-born  according 
to  his  birth-right,  and  the  youngest  according  to  his 
\nd  they  wondered  verj  much  : 


•  To  dinv.      I  ■  •.   10   Inn  taftwaml    in 

•Jlulinjc  to  (be  notion  of  the  people,  who  t.x.k  him  lo  1m-  ft  diviner. 
f  TV  miner  of  divining.     lie  sprain  of  liim*  If  according  to  whit 


Taking  the  messes  which  they  received  of 
hfan:  and  the  greater  mess  came  to  Benjamin,  s() 

that  it  exceeded  l>\  live  parts.    And  liny  drank,  and 
were  merry  with  him. 

CHAP.  XLIV. 

Jotrpk't  contrivance  lo  stop  hit  brethren.      The  humblr  suppli 
cation  of  Juila. 

AND  Joseph  commanded  the  steward  of  his 
house,  savin-:  FBI  their  sacks  with  corn,  as 
much  as  they  can  hold  :  and  put  the  money  of  every 
one  in  the  ton  of  his  sack. 

2  And  in  the  mouth  of  the  younger**  sack  put 
my  silver  cup,  and  the  price  which  he  save  for  the 
wheat.      And  it  was  so  done. 

3  And  when  the  morning  arose,  they  were  sent 
away  with  their  ass,  g. 

4"  And  when  th.\  were  now  departed  out  of  the 
City,  and  had  tone  forward  a  little  wn\  :  Joseph 
Bending  for  the  steward  of  his  house,  said:  Arise, 
and  pursue  after  the  men  :  and  w  hen  thou  hast  over- 
taken them,  say  to  them:  Why  have  you  returned 
evil  for  good  ?  .       ,  •  , 

5  The  cup  which  you  have  stolen,  is  that  m  which 
my  lord  drinketh,  and  in  which  he  is  wont  to  di- 
vine :*  you  have  done  a  vefv  evil  thing. 

6  He  did  as  he  had  commanded  him.  And  ha\  mg 
Overtaken  them,  be  spoke  to  them  the  same  words. 

7  And  they  answered:  Why  doth  our  lord  speak 
so,  as  though  thy  servants  had  committed  so  heinous 
a  fact  ?  .  * 

8  The  moncv,  that  we  found  in  the  top  of  our 
sacks,  WO  brought  back  to    thee    from  the   land  ot 

Chanaan:  how  then  should  it  be  that  we  should 
steal  out  of  thy  lord's  house,  gold  or  silver  ? 

9  With  whomsoever  of  thy  servants  shall  be  found 
that  which  thou  seekest,  let    him  die,  and    we   will 

be  the  bondmen  of  my  lord. 

10  And  he  said  to  them:  Let  it  be  according  to 
your  sentence :  with  whomsoever  it  shall  be  found, 
let  him  bemy  servant,  and  you  shall  be  blameless. 

11  Then  they  sp... lil\  took  down  their  sacks  to 
the  ground,  and  everv  man  opened  his  sack. 

12  Which  when  he  had  searched,  beginning  at 
the  eldest,  and  ending  at  the  youngest,  he  found  the 
cup  in  Benjamin's  sack. 

13  Then  they  nut  their  garments,  and  loading 
their  ass.s  again,  returned  into  the  ton  a. 

n    \nd.lu.la  at  the  head  of  his  brethren  went  in 

to  Joseph  (for  In-  was  not  yet  gone  out  ol  the  place) 
and  they  all  together  feU  down  hefbre  him  on  the 

mound. 

15  And  he  said  to  them:  Why  would  von  do 
so;  know  you  not  that  there  is  no  one  like  me  ll 
the  science  of  divining.*)' 

Iti  And  Juda  said  to  him:  What  shall  we  an- 
swer m\  lord?  or  what  shall  we  say,  or  be  able 
justlj  to  allege?  God  hath  found  out  me  iniquity 

of  thy  servants  :    behold,  we  are  all  bondmen  to  mv 
lord,  b  .th  we.  and  he  with  whom  the  cup  was  loiimb 

■   in  Hint   kinpt-'iii.     Ami   mil. id.    fte   being  i 
pn.i'lut.  IBM  more  without  compaiuon  thaa  »n>   »{  tin-   K(fj|ilun 
sorcerers 


eS.M  I    %v)u 


»i>ir    tUfi/tS 


CHAP.  XLVH. 


34  You  shall  answer  :  We  thy  servants  are  shep- 
herds, from  our  infancy  until  now,  both  we  and 
our  lathers.  And  this  you  shall  say,  that  you  may 
dwell  in  the  land  of  Gessen,  because  the  Egyptians 
have  all  shepherds  in  abomination. 

CHAP.  XLVII. 

Jacob,  and  his  sons  are  presented  before  Pharao  :  he  givetli 
them  the  land  of  (lessen.  The  famine  forceth  the  Egyptians 
to  sell  all  their  possessions  to  the  king. 

riMIEN  Joseph  went  in  and  told  Pharao,  saying : 
-*-  My  father  and  brethren,  their  sheep  and  their 
herds,  and  all  that  they  possess,  are  come  out  of  the 
land  of  Chanaan  :  and  behold  they  stay  in  the  land 
of  Gessen. 

2  Five  men  also  the  last*  of  his  brethren,  he  pre- 
sented before  the  king  : 

3  And  lie  asked  them  :  What  is  your  occupa- 
tion ?  They  answered  :  We  thy  servants  are  shep- 
herds, both  we,  and  our  fathers. 

4  We  are  come  to  sojourn  in  thy  land,  because 
there  is  no  grass  for  the  flocks  of  thy  servants,  the 
famine  being  very  grievous  in  the  land  of  Chanaan  : 
and  we  pray  thee  to  give  orders  that  we  thy  servants 
may  be  in  the  land  of  Gessen. 

5  The  king  therefore  said  to  Joseph  :  Thy  father 
and  fhv  brethren  are  come  to  thee. 

6  The  land  of  Egypt  is  before  thee  :  make  them 
dwell  in  the  best  place,  and  give  them  the  land  of 
Gessen.  And  if  thou  knowest  that  there  are  in- 
dustrious men  among  them,  make  them  rulers  over 
my  cattle. 

7  After  this  Joseph  brought  in  his  father  to  the  king, 
and  presented  him  before  him  :  and  he  blessed  him. 

8  And  being  asked  by  him  :  How  many  are  the 
days  of  the  years  of  thy  life  ? 

9  He  answered  :  The  days  of  my  pilgrimage  are 
a  hundred  and  thirty  years,  few,  and  evil,  and  they 
are  not  come  up  to  the  days  of  the  pilgrimage  of  my 
fathers. 

10  And  blessing  the  king,  he  went  out. 

1 1  But  Joseph  gave  a  possession  to  his  father 
and  his  brethren  in  Egypt,  in  the  best  place  of  the 
land,  in  Ramesses,  as  Pharao  had  commanded. 

12  And  he  nourished  them,  and  all  his  father's 
house,  allowing  food  to  every  one. 

13  For  in  the  whole  world  there  was  want  of 
bread,  and  a  famine  had  oppressed  the  land,  more 
especially  of  Egypt  and  Chanaan. 

14  Out  of  which  he  gathered  up  all  the  money 
for  the  corn  which  they  bought,  and  brought  it  into 
the  king's  treasure. 

15  And  when  the  buyers  wanted  money,  all 
Egypt  came  to  Joseph,  saying:  Give  us  bread': 
why  should  we  die  in  thy  presence,  having  now  no 
money  ? 

16  And  he  answered  them  :  Bring  me  your  cattle, 


*The  last.  Extremos.  Some  interpret  this  word  of  tlio  chiefest,  and 
most  sightly:  but  Joseph  seems  rather  to  have  chosen  out  such  as  had 
the  meanest  appearance,  that  Pharao  might  not  think  of  employing 
them  at  court,  with  danger  of  their  morals  and  religion. 

+  To  the  bed's  head.  St.  Paul,  llcb.  xi.  21.  following  the  Orerk 
translation  of  the  Septuagint.  reads  adored  the  ton  of  his  rod.  Where 
note,  that  the  same  word  in  the  Hebrew,  according  to  the  dillercnt 


and  for  them  I  will  give  you  food,  if  you  have  no 
money. 

17  And  when  they  had  brought  them,  he  gave 
them  food  in  exchange  for  their  hoists,  and  sheep, 
and  oxen,  and  asses:  and  he  maintained  them  that 
year  for  the  exchange  of  their  cattle. 

18  And  they  came  the  second  year,  and  said  to 
him:  We  will  not  hide  from  our  lord,  how  that  our 
money  is  spent,  and  our  cattle  also  are  gone  :  neither 
art  thou  ignorant,  that  we  have  nothing  now  left 
but  our  bodies  and  our  lands. 

19  Why  therefore  shall  we  die  before  thy  eyes? 
we  will  be  thine,  both  we  and  our  lands:  buy  us  to 
be  the  king's  servants,  and  give  us  seed,  lest  for 
want  of  tillers  the  land  be  turned  into  a  wilderness. 

20  So  Joseph  bought  all  the  land  of  Egypt,  every 
man  selling  his  possessions,  because  of  the  greatness 
of  the  famine.    And  he  brought  it  into  Pharao' s  hands : 

21  And  all  its  people  from  one  end  of  the  borders 
of  Egypt,  even  to  the  other  end  thereof, 

22  Except  the  land  of  the  priests,  which  had 
been  given  them  by  the  king  :  to  whom  also  a  cer- 
tain allowance  of  food  was  given  out  of  the  public 
stores,  and  therefore  they  were  not  forced  to  sell 
their  possessions. 

23  Then  Joseph  said  to  the  people  :  Behold,  as 
you  see,  both  you  and  your  lands  belong  to  Pharao  : 
take  seed,  and  sow  the  fields, 

24  That  you  may  have  corn.  The  fifth  part  you 
shall  give  to  the  king  :  the  other  four  you  shall  have 
for  seed,  and  for  food  for  your  families  and  children. 

25  And  they  answered  :  Our  life  is  in  thy  hand  : 
only  let  my  lord  look  favourably  upon  us,  and  we 
will  gladly  serve  the  king. 

26  From  that  time  unto  this  day,  in  the  whole 
land  of  Egypt,  the  fifth  part  is  paid  to  the  kings,  and 
it  is  become  as  a  law,  except  the  land  of  the  priests, 
which  was  free  from  this  covenant. 

27  So  Israel  dwelt  in  Egypt,  that  is,  in  the  land 
of  Gessen,  and  possessed  it :  and  grew,  and  was 
multiplied  exceedingly. 

28  And  he  lived  in  it  seventeen  years:  and  all 
the  days  of  his  life  came  to  a  hundred  and  forty- 
seven  years. 

29  And  when  he  saw  that  the  day  of  his  death 
drew  nigh,  he  called  his  son  Joseph,  and  said  to 
him:  If  I  have  found  favour  in  thy  sight,  put  thy 
hand  under  my  thigh  ;  and  thou  shalt  show  me  this 
kindness  and  truth,  not  to  bury  me  in  Egypt : 

30  But  I  will  sleep  with  my  fathers,  and  thou 
shalt  take  me  away  out.  of  this  land,  and  bury  me 
in  the  hurying-jilace  of  my  ancestors.  And  Jo- 
seph answered  him  :  I  will  do  what  thou  lurst  com- 
manded. 

31  And  he  said  :  Swear  then  to  me.  And  as 
he  was  swearing,  Israel  adored  God,  turning  to  the 
bed's  head.f 


pointing  of  it,  signifies  both  a  bed  and  a  rod.  And  to  verify  both 
these  sentences,  we  must  understand  (hat  Jacob  leaning  on  Joseph's 
rod  adored,  turning  towards  the  head  of  his  bed:  which  adoration, 
inasmuch  as  it  was  referred  to  God,  was  an  absolute,  and  sovereign 
worship:  but  inasmuch  u  it  was  referred  to  the  rod  of  Joseph,  as  a 
figure  of  the  sceptre,  that  is.  of  the  royal  dignity  of  Christ,  was  oult 
!  an  inferior  and  relative  honour. 

47 


GENESIS. 


CHAP.  XLVIII. 


Joseph  visiteth  his  fathr  in  his  sickness,  who  ailoptith  his 
tiro  sons  Manasses  and  Kphraim,  nntl  bttssrlh  them,  prt- 
/erring  the  younger  before  thr  ild>r. 

\  FTKR  these  things,  it  m  told  Joseph  that 

-^*-   liis   father  Was   sit  k  :   and    he   set  mil  to  no  to 
him  taking  his  two  sons  Mb  Mill  and  Kphraim. 

!  \nd  it  was  told  the  old  man:  Behold)  tin  mm 
Joseph  roni.'th  to  thee.  And  being  strengthened, 
he  sat  on  Ids  bed. 

3  And  w  hen  Joseph  was  doom  m  to  bun,  he  said : 
God  Almighty  appeared  to  me  si  Ku/.a.  which  is  in 
tin- land  of  (hanaan:   and  be  blessed  im', 

4  And  said:  I  will  cause  thee  to  increase  and 
multiply,  and  1  will  make  of  tint'  a  nitiltltndc  of 
people:  and  1  will  'j.\\ i'  this  land  to  thee,  and  to  thy 

d  alter  thee  for  an  everlasting  possession. 

5  So  tin  two  -oils  w  ho  were  born  to  thee  in  tin- 
land  of  Knvpt,  before  I  tame  hither  to  thee,  shall 
be  mine.      Kphraim  and  .Manages  shall  he  reputed 

to  me  as  Ruben  and  Simeon. 

6  Hut  the  rest  whom  thou  shall  have  after  them, 
shall  be  thine,   and  shall  he  called  hy  the  name  of 

their  brethren  in  their  possessions. 

7  For,  w  hen  I  came  out  of  Mesopotamia,  Haehel 
died  from  me  in  the  land  of  (hanaan  in  the  vcrv 
journey,  and  it  was  spring  time:  and  I  was  going  to 
Ephrata,  and  I  buried  her  mar  the  waj  of  Ephrata, 

which  bv  another  name  is  called  Bethlehem. 

8  Then  seeing  hi-  sons  he  said  to  him  :  Who 
are  these? 

9  lie  answered  :  Thev  are  my  sons,  whom  God 
hath  given  me  in  this  place.  And  he  said:  Bring 
them  to  me,  that  I  mnv  bless  them. 

10  For  Israel's  eyes  were  dim  hy  reason  of  his 
great  age,  and  he  could  not  see  clearly.  And  when 
they  were  brought  to  him,  he  kissed  and  embraced 
them, 

11  And  said  to  his  son:  I  am  not  deprived  of 
Seeing  thee:  Moreover  ( Sod  hath  show  n  me  thy  seed. 

12  And  w  hen  Joseph  had  taken  them  from  his  fa- 
ther's lap.  he  how  ed  down  With  his  face  to  the  ground. 

13  And  he  set  Kphraim  on  his  ridit  hand,  that 
M.  towards  the  left  hand  of  Israel  :  hut  Bdanasses 
on  his  left  hand,  to  wit,  towards  his  father's  right 
hand,  and  brought  them  near  to  him. 

14  Hut  he  stretching  forth  his  right  hand,  put  it 
upon  the  head  of  Kphraim  the  younger  brother: 

and    tin'   left  upon  the  head  of  Manasses  who  was 
the  elder,  changing  his  hands. 

16   And  JacOO  blessed  the  sons   of  Joseph,   and 
said:  God,  in  whose  sight  mv  fathers  Abraham  anil 
IC  walked,  God  that  feedeth  me  from  my  youth 
until  this  day : 


\H  ilrrnglh,  SB.      He  fall-,  liim  hi.  ilrrngtk,  a.  bring-  born   whil-t 

wai  in  liii  full  MrrinMh  ami  npiur:  he  calls  him  thr  brgin- 

m»|r  of  hit  lorrotr,  brcauv  caret  and  snrrmrt  MnD]  00OM  on  Willi  thr 

birth  of  Children.      F.rttlHni  in  fifts,  fee,   tx  first-lxirn  had  a 

title  to  a  JottUr  portion,  JO. I  In   have   tin-  •  otninan.l   mi  r  In-  brethren, 

Ii   Rnlwn  forfeited   b)    liii  tin;  being  jwurcrf  oui  <u  iratrr,  that  it, 

•pill  ami  lo«t. 

f  Crew  the*  act.     Thi»  wax  v>'  i"r:int  by  way  of  a  eurw  or  imprr- 

. 


16  The  Angel  that  delivercth  me  from  all  evils, 
hless  these  boys :  and  let  my  name  be  called  upon 
them,  and  (he  names  of  tin  fathers  Abraham  and 
Isaac;  and  may  they  grow  into  a  multitude  upon 
the  earth. 

17  And  Joseph  seeing tJmt  his  father  had  put  his 
right  hand  upon  the  head  of  Kphraim.  was  much 
displeased:  and  taking  his  father's  hand  he  tried 
to  lift  it  from  Kphraim's  head,  and  to  remove  it  to 
the  head  of  MruiMSOB 

IB  And  he  said  to  his  father:  It  should  not  be 
so,  my  father;  for  this  is  the  first-horn  :  put  thy 
right  hand  upon  his  head. 

19  Hut  he  refusing,  Bam  :  I  know,  my  son,  I 
know  :  and  this  also  shall  become  a  people,  an  I 
shall  be  multiplied:  hut  his  vounner  brother  shall 
he  greater  than  he:  and  his  seed  shall  grow  into 
nations. 

JO  \nd  he  blessed  them  at  that  time.  sa\  in^:  In 
thee  shall  Israel  he  blessed  J  and  it  shall  be  -aid: 
God  do  to  thee  as  to  Kphraim  and  as  to  .\l;iu;h-cs. 
\iid  he  Set   Kphraim  before  MaoaSBCS. 

21  And  he  said  to  Joseph  his  son:  Heboid.  I  die, 
and  God  will  be  with  you,  and  will  bring  vou  back 
into  the  land  of  your  fathers. 

22  I  {jive  thee  a  portion  above  thy  brethren, 
which  I  took  out  of  the  hand  of  the  Amorrhite, 
with  my  sword  and  bow. 

CHAP.  XLIX. 

Jacob's  prophrtirril  blessings  of  his  ttciire.  sons :  his  death. 

AM)  Jacob  called  his  sons,  and   said  to  them  : 

-^*-  Gather  yourselves  together   that  I  may  tell 

you  the  things  that  Bball  befall  you  in  the  last  days. 

2  Gather  yourselves   together,   and   hear,   ()  ye 

sons  of  Jacob;   hearken  to  Israel  vour  father: 

•  Ruben  my  firsi-born,  thou  ait  my  strength* 
and  the  beginning  of  my  sorrow;  excelling  in  nins, 
greater  in  command. 

4  Thou  art  pound  out  as  water,  nrow  thou 
not  :t  because  thou  w  cutest  up  to  tin  father's  bed, 
and  didst  defile  his  couch. 

5  Simeon  and  Kevi  brethren;  vessels  of  iniquity 
Wagjtttg  war. 

6  Kit  not  my  soul  go  into  their  counsel,  nor  my 
glory  lie  in  their  assembly  :  because  in  their  fury 
thev  slew  a  man, J  and  in  their  self-will  thev  under- 
mined a  wall. 

7  Cursed  be  their  fury,  because  it  was  stubborn: 
and  their  wrath,  because  it  was  cruel:  I  will  di- 
v  ide  them  in  Jacob,  and  w  ill  scatter  them  in  Israel. 

J>  Juda,  thee  shall  tin  brethren  praise:  thy  hand 
shall  be  on  the  necks  of  thv  enemies  :  the  BOM  of 
thy  father  shall  bow.  down  to  tl, 


n  |   hut  bv  way  of  a  prophecy,  forcd  llincr  llial  the  tnbr  of  liuhcn 

should  not  inherit   the  pre-eminence,   usually    annexed   to  the   first 

birth-right,  fix.  the  double  portion,  tin-  beinc  prim  e  or  lord  mrr  the 

other  bn  Ihrcn,  ami  tl  of  which  tho  double  |H.riion  waa 

to  Joneph,  iln  pi  inn  I;  «t  to  T.e»i. 

\Vir  a  am,  m/.  si.  Ihmi  the  aoe  of  Hemoc  »iili  all  bu  people, 

ixxir.  iiiwiiralK   and  propbetioall)  n  alludes  to  <  l.iet.  whom 

l',i  it    po  Ii  !ll\  .  ti.  I  to  di'alli. 


CHAP.  L. 


9  Juda  is  a  lion's  whelp  :*  to  the  prey,  my  son, 
thou  art  gone  ii|>:  resting  thou  hast  couched  as  a 
lion,  and  as  a  lioness;   who  shall  rouse  him? 

10  Tin;  sceptre  shall  not  he  taken  away  from  Ju- 
da,  nor  a  ruler  from  his  thigh,  till  he  come  that  is  to 
be  sent,  and  he  shall  be  the  expectation  of  nations. 

11  Tyhig  his  foal  to  the  vineyard,  and  his  ass, 
O  my  son,  to  the  vine,  lie  shall  wash  his  robe  in 
wine,  and  his  garment  in  the  blood  of  the  grape. 

12  His  eyes  are  more  beautiful  than  wine,  and 
his  teeth  whiter  than  milk. 

13  Zabulon  shall  dwell  on  the  sea-shore,  and  in 
the  road  of  ships,  reaching  as  far  as  Sidon. 

14  Issachar  shall  be  a  strong  ass  lying  down  be- 
tween the  borders. 

15  He  saw  rest  that  it  was  good  ;  and  the  land 
that  it  was  excellent :  and  he  bowed  his  shoulder 
to  carry,  and  became  a  servant  under  tribute. 

16  Dan  shall  judgef  bis  people  like  another 
tribe  in  Israel. 

17  Let  Dan  be  a  snake  in  the  wray,  a  serpent  in 
the  path,  that  biteth  the  horse's  heels,  that  his  rider 
may  fall  backward. 

18  I  will  look  for  thy  salvation,  O  Lord. 

19  Gad  being  girded, J  shall  fi^ht  before  him  : 
and  he  himself  shall  be  girded  backward. 

20  Aser,  his  bread  shall  be  fat,  and  he  shall  yield 
dainties  to  kings. 

21  Nephtali,  a  hart  let  loose,  and  giving  words 
of  beauty. 

22  Joseph  is  a  growing  son,  a  growing  son  and 
comely  to  behold :  the  daughters  run  to  and  fro§ 
upon  the  wall. 

23  But  they  that  held  darts  provoked  him,  and 
quarrelled  with  him,  and  envied  him. 

24  His  bow  rested  upon  the  strong, ||  and  the 
bands  of  his  arms  and  his  hands  were  loosed,  by 
the  hands  of  the  mighty  one  of  Jacob :  thence  he 
came  forth  a  pastor,  the  stone  of  Israel. 

25  The  God  of  thy  father  shall  be  thy  helper, 
and  the  Almighty  shall  bless  thee  with  the  blessings 
of  heaven  above,  with  the  blessings  of  the  deep 
that  lieth  beneath,  with  the  blessings  of  the  breasts 
and  of  the  womb. 

26  The  blessings  of  thy  fatherll  are  strengthened 
with  the  blessings  of  his  fathers ;  until  the  desire 


*  A  lion's  tckelp,  &c.  This  blessing-  of  Juda  fortclleth  the  strength 
jf  his  tribe,  the  fertility  of  his  inheritance;  and  principally  that  the 
sceptre  and  legislative  power  should  not  be  utterly  taken  awav  from 
his  race  till  about  the  time  of  the  coming  of  Christ;  as  in  effect  it 
never  was :  which  is  a  demonstration  against  the  modern  Jews,  that 
the  Messiah  is  long  since  come ;  for  the  sceptre  has  long  since  been 
utterly  taken  away  from  Juda. 

f  Dan  shall  judge,  &c.  This  was  verified  in  Samson,  who  was  of 
the  tribe  of  Dan,  and  began  to  deliver  Israel,  Judges  xiii.  5.  But  as 
this  deliverance  was  but  temporal  and  very  imperfect,  the  holy  pa- 
triarch (v.  18.)  aspires  after  another  kind  of  a  deliverer,  saying:  / 
tcill  look  for  thy  salvation,  0  Lord. 

|  Gad  being  girded,  &c.  It  seems  to  allude  to  the  tribe  of  Gad, 
when  after  they  had  received  for  their  lot  the  land  of  Galaad,  they 
marched  in  arms  before  the  rest  of  the  Israelites,  to  the  conquest.of 
the  land  of  Chanaan  :  from  whence  they  afterwards  returned  loaded 
with  spoils.     See  Josne  i.  and  xxii. 

*  Am  to  and  fro,  far.  To  behold  his  beauty;  whilst  his  envious 
brethren  turned  their  darts  against  him,  &c. 

!'  Hi*  bow  tested  upon  the  strong,  &c.     That  is,  upon  God,  who  was 

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of  the  everlasting  hills**  should  come ;  may  thev 
be  upon  the  bead  of  Joseph  and  upon  the  crown 
of  the  Nazariteff  among  his  brethren. 

27  Benjamin,  a  ravenous  wolf,  in  the  morning 
shall  eat  the  prey,  and  in  the  evening  shall  divide; 
the  spoil. 

28  All  these  are  the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel 
these  things  their  father  spoke  to  them,  and  he 
blessed  every  one,  with  their  proper  blessings. 

29  And  he  charged  them,  saying:  1  am  now 
going  to  be  gathered  to  my  people  :|t  bury  me 
with  my  fathers  in  the  double  cave,  which  is  in  the 
field  of  Ephron  the  Hethite, 

30  Over  against  IVlambre  in  the  land  of  Chanaan, 
which  Abraham  bought  together  with  the  field,  of 
Ephron  the  Hethite,  for  a  possession  to  bury  in. 

31  There  they  buried  him,  and  Sara  his  wife : 
there  was  Isaac  buried  with  Rebecca  his  wife:  there 
also  Lia  doth  lie  buried. 

32  And  when  he  had  ended,  the  commandments 
wherewith  he  instructed  his  sons,  he  drew  up  his 
feet  upon  the  bed,  and  died :  and  he  was  gathered 
to  his  people. 

CHAP.  L. 

The  mourning  for  Jacob,  and  his  interment,.     Joseph's  kind- 
ness towards  his  brethren.     His  death. 

\  ND  when  Joseph  saw  this,  he  fell  upon  his 
-^*-  father's  face,  weeping  and  kissing  him. 

2  And  he  commanded  his  servants  the  physi- 
cians, to  embalm  his  father. 

3  And  while  they  were  fulfilling  his  commands, 
there  passed  forty  days ;  for  this  was  the  manner 
with  bodies  that  were  embalmed :  and  Egypt  mourn- 
ed for  him  seventy  days. 

4  And  the  time  of  the  mourning  being  expired,  Jo- 
seph spoke  to  the  family  of  Pharao:  If  I  have  found 
favour  in  your  sight,  speak  in  the  ears  of  Pharao: 

5  For  my  father  made  me  swear  to  him,  saying: 
Behold,  I  die :  thou  shalt  bury  me  in  my  sepulchre 
which  I  have  digged  for  myself  in  the  land  of  Cha- 
naan. So  I  will  go  up  and  bury  my  father, and  return. 

6  And  Pharao  said  to  him  :  Go  up  and  bury  thy 
father  according  as  he  made  thee  swear. 

7  So  he  went  up,  and  there  went  with  him  all 


his  strength  ;  who  also  loosed  his  bands,  and  brought  him  out  of  prison 
to  be  the  pastor,  that  is,  the  feeder  and  ruler  of  Egypt,  and  the  stone 
that  is,  the  rock  and  support  of  Israel. 

t  The  blessings  of  thy  father,  &c.  That  is,  thy  father's  blessings  are 
made  more  prevalent  and  effectual  in  thy  regard,  by  the  additional 
strength  they  receive  from  his  inheriting  the  blessings  of  his  pro- 
genitors Abraham  and  Isaac. 

**  The  desire  of  the  everlasting  hills,  &c.  These  blessinsrs  all  looked 
forward  towards  Christ,  called  the  desire  of  the  everlasting  hills,  as  being 
longed  for,  as  it  were,  by  the  whole  creation.  Mystically  the  patri- 
archs and  prophets  are  called  the  everlasting  hills,  by  reason  of  the 
eminence  of  their  wisdom  and  holiness. 

ft  The  Jfazarite.  This  word  signifies  one  separated:  and  agrees  to 
Joseph,  as  being  separated  from,  and  more  eminent  than,  his  bre- 
thren. As  the  ancient  Nazarites  were  so  called  from  their  being  set 
aside  for  God,  and  vowed  to  him. 

|I  To  be  gathered  to  my  people.  That  is,  I  am  going  to  die,  and  so  to 
follow  my  ancestors  that  are  gone  before  me,  and  In  join  their  com- 
pany in  another  world. 

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i:\oix  >. 


ihc  ancients  of   I'harao's  house,   and  a!!  the  elders 
of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

8  And  the  house  of  Joseph  with  his  brethren, 
except  their  children,  and  their  flocks  and  herds, 
which  they  left  in  the  land  of  Gossan. 

9  He  had  also  in  his  train  chariots  and  bufBt- 
nun:   and  it  was  a  great  company. 

lit  And  thej  c.nne  to  the  threshing  floor  of  Atn.l, 
which  is  situated  beyond  the  Jordan;  where  cele- 
brating the  exequies  with  a  great  ami  vehement 
lamentation,  thej  spent  full  seven  days. 

11  And  when  the  inhabitants  of  Chanaaa  savi 
this,  they  said :  This  is  a  Deal  mourning  to  the 
Egyptians.  And  therefore  the  name  of  that  place 
was  called,  The  mourning  of  Egypt. 

12  So    the  sons  of  Jacob  did  as  he   had   com- 

manded  them. 

IS  And  carrying  him  into  the  land  of  Chnuaan. 
they  buried  him  in  tin-  double eave  which  Abraham 
hid  bought  together  with  the  field  for  a  possession 
of  a  burying-place,  of  Epbron  the  Hethife,  over 
against    Mambre. 

14  And  Joseph  returned  into  Egypt  with  his 
brethren,  and  all  that  were  in  his  company,  after 
he  had  buried  his  father. 

15  Now  he  being  dead,  his  brethren  w  ere  afraid. 
and  talked  one  with  another:  Lest  perhaps  he 
should  remember  the  wrong  he  suffered,  and  re- 
quite ns  all  the  evil  that  we  did  to  him. 

16  And  they  sent  a  messsge  to  him,  saying  : 
Thy  father  commanded  us  before  he  died, 


17  That  we  should  say  thus  much  to  thrr  from 
him:  1  beseech  thee  to  taraet  the  wickedness  of 
thy  brethren,  and  the  sin  and  malice  the]  practised 
SgSJnSt  thee:  we  also  pray  thee,  to  forgive  the  ser- 
v ants  of  the  God  of  thy  father  this  wickedness. 
And  when  Joseph  heard  this,  he  wept. 

18  And  his  brethren  came  to  him:  and  wor- 
shipping prostrate  on  the  ground,  they  said  :  \\  e 
are  thy  servants. 

19  And  he  answered  them:  Fear  not:  can  we 
resist  tin'  will  of  God? 

20  You  thought  evil  Bgaiast  me;  but  God  turned 
it  into  good,  that  he  BSJgttt  < wait  me,  as  at  present 
you  see,  and  might  sa\e  main   people* 

21  l'ear  not  :  1  will  i\v(\  sou  and  your  children. 
Ami  he  comforted  them,  and  spoke  pteotlyand  mildly. 

22  And  he  dwelt  in  Egypt,  with  all  his  father's 
house;  and  lived  a  hundred  and  ten  years.  And 
he  saw  the  children  of  Kphraim  to  the  third  ^em- 
ration.  The  children  also  of  .Machir  the  son  of 
Matiasses  were  born  on  Joseph's  knees. 

23  After  which  he  told  his  brethren:  God  will 
visit  you  after  my  death,  and  will  make  you  go 
up  out  of  this  land,  to  the  land  which  he  swore  to 
Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Jacob. 

24  And  he  made  them  swear  to  him.  saying! 
God  will  visit  you,  carry  my  Ikmics  with  you  out 
of  this  place  : 

25  And  he  died  being  a  hundred  and  ten  years 
old.  And  being  embalmed,  he  was  laid  in  a  cofJiu 
in  Egypt. 


THE 


BOOK  OF  EXODUS. 


The  teennd  bonk  nf  Mosn  it  raFlrd  F.xonns,  from  the  Greek 
word  F.(o4«<,  which  signifies  going  out  :  because  it  contains 
the  history  of  the  gOUg  out  of  the  rhililrrn  of  Israel  out  of 
T.wupt.  The  Hi  limes,  from  the  words  ie  th  which  it  hi  win  I, 
colt  it  Vrri.i.k  SkM'p  in  :  Tbew  MC  the  OMRO.  It  contain-. 
trnntnetions  for  149  W'lrs;  that  in,  from  the  death  nf  Jo- 
seph to  the  erecting  of  the  tain  mm  lr. 

CHAP.  I. 

The  Israelite*  arc  multiplied  in  Veupt.  Thru  are  npprrsxrd 
tof  a  new  king,  who  commandcth  all  their  male  children  to 
be  killed. 

rpill'.SK   are  the  names  of  the  children  of  Is- 
-*-     rael,   that  went   into  Egypt  with  Jacob:   they 
went  in  every  man  with  his  household: 
J    Kubeu.  Simeon,  Levi,  .Inda. 

3  Issachar,  Zabulon,  and  Benjamin, 

4  Dan,  and  Nephtali,  Gad,  and  Asef. 

5  And   all   the  souls  that  came  out  of  Jacob's 
thigh,  were  seventy:    but  Joseph  was  in  Egypt. 

fi    After  lie  was  dead,  and  all  his  brethren,   and 
all  that  generation, 

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7  The  children  of  Israel  increased,  and  sprung 
up  into  multitudes;  and  growing  exceedingly  strong 
they  filled  the  laud. 

8  In  the  mean  time  there  arose  a  new  kin^  over 
Egypt,  that  knew  not  Joseph: 

!•  lad  he  said  to  his  people:  Behold,  the  peo- 
ple of  the  children  of  Israel  are  numerous  and 
stronger  than  we. 

10  Come,  let  us  wisely  oppress  them,  lest  thev 
multiply,  and  if  any  war  shall  rise  against  us.  join 
with  our  enemies,  and  having  overcome  us,  depart 
out  of  the  land. 

11  Therefore  he  set  over  them  masters  of  the 

works,  to  afflict  them  With  burdens:  and  thev  built 
for  I'harao  cities  of  tabernacles,*  I'hithoni  and 
Harnesses. 

I .'  But  the  more  they  oppressed  them,  the  more 
they  were  multiplied,  and  increased  ■ 

1.5  \nd  the  Kgvntianj  hated  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  afflicted  them  and  mocked  them  : 

*  Of  tahrrnacb t,  >>r  of  -li>rvhotl»e». 


CHAP.  n. 


14  And  they  made  their  life  bitter  with  hard 
Works  in  clay,  and  brick,  and  with  all  manner  of 
service,  wherewith  they  were  overcharged  in  the 
works  of  the  earth. 

15  And  the  king  of  Egypt  spoke  to  the  mid  wives 
of  the  Hebrews,  of  whom  one  was  called  Sephora. 
the  other  Phua, 

16  Commanding  them:  When  you  shall  do  the 
office  of  midwives  to  the  Hebrew  women,  and  the 
time  of  delivery  is  come :  if  it  be  a  man  child,  kill  it : 
if  a  woman,  keep  it  alive. 

17  But  the  midwives  feared  God,  and  did  not  do 
as  the  king  of  Egypt  had  commanded,  but  saved  the 
men  children. 

18  And  the  king  called  for  them,  and  said  :  What 
is  it  that  you  meant  to  do,  that  you  would  save  the 
men  children  ? 

19  They  answered  :  The  Hebrew  women  are 
not  as  the  Egyptian  women:  for  they  themselves 
are  skilful  in  the  office  of  a  midwife;  and  they  are 
delivered  before  we  come  to  them. 

20  Therefore  God  dealr  well  with  the  midwives: 
and  the  people  multiplied  and  grew  exceedingly 
strong. 

21  And  because  the  midwives  feared  God*  he 
built  them  houses. 

22  Pharao  therefore  charged  all  his  people,  say- 
ing: Whatsoever  shall  be  born  of  the  male  sex,  ye 
shall  cast  into  the  river ;  whatsoever  of  the  female, 
ye  shall  save  alive. 

CHAP.  II. 

Closes  is  born  and  exposed  on  the  bank  of  the  river ;  where  he 
is  taken  up  by  the  daughter  of  Pharao,  and  adopted  for  her 
son.  He  killeth  an  Egyptian,  andjleeth  into  Madian  ;  where 
he  marrieth  a  wife. 

\  FTER  this  there  went  a  man  of  the  house  of 
**-  Levi ;  and  took  a  wife  of  his  own  kindred. 

2  And  she  conceived,  and  bore  a  son  ;  and  seeing 
him  a  goodly  child,  hid  him  three  months. 

3  And  when  she  could  hide  him  no  longer,  she 
took  a  basket  made  of  bulrushes,  and  daubed  it  with 
slime  and  pitch  ;  and  put  the  little  babe  therein,  and 
laid  him  in  the  sedges  by  the  river's  brink, 

4  His  sister  standing  afar  off,  and  taking  notice 
what  would  be  done. 

5  And  behold,  the  daughter  of  Pharao  came  down 
to  wash  herself  in  the  river  :  and  her  maids  walked 
by  the  river's  brink.  And  when  she  saw  the  basket 
in  the  sedges,  she  sent  one  of  her  maids  for  it :  and 
when  it  was  brought, 

6  She  opened  it,  and  seeing  within  it  an  infant 
crying,  having  compassion  on  it,  she  said :  This  is 
one  of  the  babes  of  the  Hebrews. 


*  Because  the  midwives  feared  God,  &c.  The  midwives  were  rewarded, 
not  for  their  lie,  which  was  a  venial  sin;  hut  for  their  fear  of  God, 
and  their  humanity  :  But  this  reward  was  only  temporal,  in  building 
them  houses,  that  is,  in  establishing  and  enriching  their  families. 

t  Motes,  or  Moyses,  in  the  Egyptian,  tongue,  signifies  one  taken  or 
$mrt  out  of  the  water. 

\  He  slew  the  Egyptian.  This  he  did  by  a  particular  inspiration  of 
God ;  as  a  prelude  to  his  delivering  tin-  people  from  their  oppression 
and  bondage.     II-  thought,  says  St  Stephen,  .lets  vii.  2u.  that  his  bre- 


7  And  the  child's  sister  said  to  her :  Shall  1  go 
and  call  to  thee  a  Hebrew  woman,  to  nurse  wt 
babe? 

8  She  answered  :  Go.  The  maid  went,  and  call- 
ed her  mother. 

9  And  Pharao's  daughter  said  to  her :  Take  this 
child,  and  nurse  him  tor  me :  I  will  give  thee  thy 
wages.  The-  woman  took,  and  nursed  the  child  : 
and  when  he  was  grown  up,  she  delivered  him  to 
Pharao's  daughter. 

10  And  she  adopted  him  for  a  son,  and  called  him 
Moses, f  saying :  Because  I  took  him  out  of  the 
water. 

11  In  those  days,after  Moses  was  grown  up,  he 
went  out  to  his  brethren;  and  saw  their  affliction, 
and  an, Egyptian  striking  one  of  the  Hebrews  his 
brethren. 

12  And  when  he  had  looked  about  this  way  and 
that  way,  and  saw  no  one  there,  he  slew  the  Egyp- 
tian^ and  hid  him  in  the  sand. 

13  And  going  out  the  next  day,  he  saw  two  He- 
brews quarreling  :  and  he  said  to  him  that  did  the 
wrong:  Why  strikest  thou  thy  neighbor? 

14  But  he  answered:  Who  hath  appointed  thee 
prince  and  judge  over  us  ?  wilt  thou  kill  me,  as  thou 
didst,  yesterday  kill  the  Egyptian?  Moses  feared, 
and  said  :  How  is  this  come  to  be  known  ? 

15  And  Pharao  heard  of  this  word,  and  sought 
to  kill  Moses:  but  he  fled  from  his  sight,  and  abode 
in  the  land  of  Madian,§  and  he  sat  down  by  a  well. 

16  And  the  priest  of  Madian  had  seven  daugh- 
ters, who  came  to  draw  water :  and  when  the  troughs 
were  filled,  desired  to  water  their  father's  flocks. 

1 7  And  the  shepherds  came  and  drove  them  away : 
and  Moses  arose,  and  defending  the  maids,  watered 
their  sheep. 

18  And  when  they  returned  to  Raguel||  their 
father,  he  said  to  them  :  Why  are  ye  come  sooner 
than  usual  ? 

19  They  answered  :  A  man  of  Egypt  delivered 
us  from  the  hands  of  the  shepherds :  and  he  drew 
water  also  with  us,  and  gave  the  sheep  to  drink. 

20  But  he  said  :  Where  is  he  ?  why  have  you  let 
the  man  go?  call  him  that  he  may  eat  bread. 

21  And  Moses  swore  that  he  would  dwell  with 
him.     And  he  took  Sephora  his  (laughter  to  wife  : 

22  And  she  bore  him  a  son,  whom  he  called 
Gersam,**  saying :  I  have  been  a  stranger  in  a 
foreign  country.  And  she  bore  another,  whom  he 
called  Eliezer,  saying:  For  the  God  of  my  father 
my  helper  hath  delivered  me  out  of  the  hand  of 
Pharao. 

23  Now  after  a  long  time  the  king  of  Egypt 
died  :  and  the  children  of  Israel  groaning,  cried  out 


(Ami  understood  that  God  by  his  hand  would  save  them.    But  such  particu- 
lar and  extraordinary  examples  are  not  to  be  imitated. 

}  Madian.  A  city  and  country  of  Arabia,  which  took  its  name  from 
Madian  the  son  of  Abraham,  by  Cetura,  and  was  peopled  by  his 
posterity. 

||  Raguel.  He  had  two  names,  being  also  called  Jelhro,  as  appears 
from  the  first  verse  of  the  following  chapter. 

**  Gersam,  or  Gtrtkom.  This  name  signifies,  a  stranger  there  :  as 
Eliezer  signifies  the  help  of  God. 

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i:\odi  s. 


l>ecause  of  tin-  works:  and  flu  ir  cry  went  up  unto 
( !od  from  tin-  works. 

1 1  And  be  heard  their  groaning,  and  remembered 
(hf  covenant  which  be  made  with  Abraham,  Isaac, 
and  Jacob. 

25  And  the  Lord  looked  upon  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  he  knew  them.* 

CHAP.  III. 

God  appeareth  to  Mutet  in  a  bunk.      And  tenthth  him  to 
dilirrr  I.-rcirl. 

NOW  Moms  ted  llle  sheep  of  .lediro  Ids  father- 
in-law,  the  priest  of  Madian:  and  lie  drove  the 
fiork  to  the  inner  parts  of  the  desert,  and  came  to 
tin   mountain  of  God,  llorel). 

-  \ud  the  Lord  appeared!  to  hitn  in  a  flame  of 
fire  out  of  tin-  midst  of  a  Itiish  :  and  lie  saw  that  the 
bush  was  on  fin  .  and  W8S  not  liurnt. 

■  >  And  v  aid:  I  will  go,  and  see  this  great 

sight,  win  the  bush  is  not  burnt. 

4  And  when  the  Lord  saw  that  he  went  forward 
to  See,  lie  railed  to  him  out  of  the  midst  of  the  hush, 
and  said:  Moses,  Moses.  And ne answered:  Here 
I  am. 

5  And  he  said  :  Come  not  nigh  hither,  put  off 
the  shoes  from  thy  feet  :  for  the  place,  w  hereon  thou 
Manilest,  is  holy  ground. 

6  And  he  said:  I  am  the  God  of  thy  father,  the 
( Jod  of  Abraham,  the  (  iod  of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of 
Jacob.  Moses  hid  his  lace:  for  he  durst  not  look 
Ut  Ciod. 

7  And  the  Lord  said  to  him  :  I  have  seen  the 
affliction  of  my  people  in  Egypt;  and  1  have  beard 
their  cry,  because  of  the  rigour  of  them  that  are 
over  the  works  : 

H  And  knowing  their  sorrow,  I  am  come  down 
to  deliver  them  out  of  the  hands  of  the  Egyptians. 
and  to  bring  them  out  of  that  land  into  a  good  and 
spacious  land,  into  a  land  that  llowitii  with  milk 
and  honey,  to  the  places  of  the  Chananite,  and 
Hethite,  and  Amorrhite,  and  I'lure/.ite,  and  Ilc\  ite. 
and  Jebusite. 

9  For  the  cry  of  the  children  of  Israel  is  come 
unto  me :  and  1  have  seen  their  affliction,  where- 
with they  are  oppressed  l>\  the  Egyptians. 

10  Hut  come,  and  I  will  send  thee  to  Pharao. 
that  thou  mayst  bring  forth  mj  people,  the  children 
ol  Israel,  out  of  Egypt. 

11  And  Moses  said  to  God  :  Who  am  I  that  I 
should  go  to  Pharao,  and  should  bring  forth  the 

children  of  Israel  out  of  Egypt  ' 

12  And  Ik  said  to  him  :  I  w  ill  he  with  thee:  and 
this  thou  shalt  have  for  a  sign,  thai  I  have  sent  thee: 
When  thou   shall  have   brought    m\    people  out   of 

pt.  thou  shalt  offer  sacrifice  to  Ciod  upon  this 
mountain. 


*  kiwi*  Hum;  that  in,  lie  had  respect  to  llnin,  Ik;  caxt  a  merciful 
eye  uiKin  i 

f  THt  ImtA  npptarrd.  That  i\  an  Anjrel  representing  God,  and 
speaking  in  In.  name. 

t  /  «m  «#*•  am.  That  i«,  I  am  Mnsr  Itself,  ftrrnal,  wlf-rxi^trnt.  in- 
dependent, infinite;  without  rx-gtuning,  end  or  change;  anil  Bsf 
source  of  all  other  being*. 

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13  Moses  said  to  (iod:  Lo,  I  shall  go  to  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  say  to  tin  in:  Tin-  (iod  of 
\our  fathers  hath  sent  me  to  you.      If  they  shall  say 

tome:  What  is  his  name.'  what  shall  I  saj  to  them. 

11  (iod  said   to  Moses:    1     vm    WHO   Mil.      He 

said  :  Thus  shalt  thou  >a\  to  the  children  of  Israel  : 
Hi  who  is,  hath  sent  me  to  \oii. 

15  And  God  said  again  to  Moses:    Thus  shalt 

thou  sa\  to  the  children  of  Israel:   The  Lord  God 

of  your  fathers,  the  (iod  of  Abraham,  the  <io<l  «>l 

Isaac,  and  the  (iod  of  Jacob  hath  sent  me  to  you: 
this  is  my  name  for  ever,  and  this  is  iu\  memorial 
unto  all  generations. 

lti  Go,  and  gather  together  the  ancients  of  Israel, 
and  thou  shall  sa\  to  them  :  The  Lord  GodofyOUI 
fathers,  the  ( iod  of  Abraham,  the  ( iod  of  Isaac,  and 

the  (iod  of  Jacob,  bath  appeared  to  me,  saying : 

\  isiting  I  have  visited  VOO  :   and  I  have  seen  all  that 

hath  befallen  you  in  Egj  pt. 

17  And  1  have  said  i he  word  to  bring  yon  forth 
out  of  the  affliction  of  Egypt,  into  the  land  of  the 
Chahanite.  and  Hethite,  and  Amorrhite.  and  I'he- 
rezite,  and  Hevite,  and  Jthusite,  to  a  land  that 
llowcth  with  milk  and  honc\. 

18  And  they  shall  hear  thy  voice  :  and  thou  shalt 
go  in,  tOOU  and  the  ancients  of  Israel  to  the  kin:; 
of  Egypt:  and  thou  shalt  say  to  him  :  The  Lord 
(iod  of  the  Hebrews  hath  called  us  :  we  will  no 
three  days'  journey  into  the  wilderness,  to  sacrifice 
unto  the  Lord  our  (iod. 

19  Hut  I  know  that  the  king  of  Egypt  will  not 
let  you  go,  but  by  a  mighty  hand. 

zO  lor  1  will  stretch  forth  my  hand,  and  wil, 
strike  Egypt  with  all  my  wonders  which  I  will  do 
in  the  midst  of  them  :   alter  these  he  will  let  you  to. 

21  And  I  w  ill  give  favour  to   this  people,  in  the 

sight  of  the  Egyptians:  and  when  yon  go  forth,  you 

shall  not  depart  empty: 

22  But  every  woman  shall  a.-k  of  her  neighbour 
and  of  her  that  is  in  her  house,  vessels  of  silver  and 

of  gold,  ahd  raiment:  and  von  shall  put  them  on 
\our  sons  and  daughters,  and  shall  spoilt  Egypt 

CHAP.  IV. 

Moses  it  empowered  to  confirm  hit  mixtion  with  miratlrs :  hit 
brother  Aaron  in  appointed  to  assist  him. 

MOSES  answered,  and    said :    They  w  ill   no* 
believe  me,  nor  near  my  voice  ;  hut  they  will 
sa\  :   The  Lord  hath  not  appeared  to  thee. 

2  Then  he  said  to  him  :  What  is  that  thou  hold- 
i  st  in  thy  hand.-  He  answered:  A  rod. 

3  And  the  Lord  said:  Cast  it  down  upon  the 
ground.  He  cast  it  down,  and  it  was  turned  into  a 
serpent,  so  that  Moses  Bed  from  it. 

4  And  the  Lord  said:    I'm  out  tin  hand,  and  take 


»  Shall  tptil,  kr.     That   is,   vmi    stall    'trip,   and   lake   awny   the 
roods  of    i  his.      Tfii*  era    not  suthuiimhsf  tlx-ft  or  in- 

•  disposal  inaili-  l.i  linn.  Wan  i-  llif  prrat  I. .ml 
ami  neater  <>f  all  things  l  m  onlrr  io  pay  tin-  children  of  Israel 
wm  part  of  what  »  n?*"*1  for  their 

labours 


CHAP.  V. 


it  by  the  tail.     He  put  forth  his  hand,  and  took  hold 
of  it,  and  it  was  turned  into  a  rod. 

5  That  they  may  believe,  saith  he,  that  the  Lord 
God  of  their  fathers,  the  God  of  Abraham,  the  God 
of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of  Jacob,  hath  appeared  to  thee. 

6  And  the  Lord  said  again :  Put  thy  hand  into 
thy  bosom.  And  when  he  had  put  it  into  his  bosom, 
he  brought  it  forth  leprous  as  snow. 

7  And  he  said  :  Put  back  thy  hand  into  thy  bo- 
som. He  put  it  back,  and  brought  it  out  again,  and 
it  was  like  the  other  flesh. 

8  If  they  will  not  believe  thee,  saith  he,  nor  hear 
the  voice  of  the  former  sign,  they  will  believe  the 
word  of  the  latter  sign. 

9  But  if  they  will  not  even  believe  these  two  signs, 
nor  hear  thy  voice ;  take  of  the  river  water,  and  pour 
it  out  upon  the  dry  land,  and  whatsoever  thou  draw- 
est  out  of  the  river,  shall  be  turned  into  blood. 

10  Moses  said :  I  beseech  thee,  Lord,  I  am  not 
eloquent  from  yesterday  and  the  day  before :  and 
since  thou  hast  spoken  to  thy  servant,  I  have  more 
impediment  and  slowness  of  tongue. 

11  The  Lord  said  to  him.  Who  made  man's 
mouth?  or  who  made  the  dumb  and  the  deaf,  the 
seeing  and  the  blind  ?  did  not  I  ? 

12  Go  therefore,  and  I  will  be  in  thy  mouth  :  and 
I  will  teach  thee  what  thou  shalt  speak. 

13  But  he«said :  I  beseech  thee,  Lord,  send  whom 
thou  wilt  send. 

14  The  Lord  being  angry  at  Moses,  said  :  Aaron 
the  Levite  is  thy  brother :  I  know  that  he  is  elo- 
quent :  behold,  he  comcth  forth  to  meet  thee,  and 
seeing  thee  shall  be  glad  at  heart. 

15  Speak  to  him,  and  put  my  words  in  his  mouth: 
and  I  will  he  in  thy  mouth,  and  in  his  mouth,  and 
will  show  you  what  you  must  do. 

16  He  shall  speak  in  thy  stead  to  the  people,  and 
shall  be  thy  mouth  :  but  thou  shalt  be  to  him  in  those 
things,  that  pertain  to  God. 

17  And  take  this  rod  in  thy  hand,  wherewith 
thou  shalt  do  the  signs. 

1 8  Moses  went  his  way,  and  returned  to  Jethro 
his  father-in-law,  and  said  to  him  :  I  will  go  and 
return  to  my  brethren  into  Egypt,  that  I  may  see  if 
they  be  yet  alive.  And  Jethro  said  to  him  :  Go  in 
peace. 

19  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  in  Madian  :  Go 
and  return  into  Egypt :  for  they  are  all  dead  that 
sought  thy  life. 

20  Moses  therefore  took  his  wife,  and  his  sons, 
and  set  them  upon  an  ass  :  and  returned  into  Egypt, 
carrying  the  rod  of  God  in  his  hand. 

21  And  the  Lord  said  to  him  as  he  was  returning 
into  Egypt :  See  that  thou  do  all  the  wonders  before 
Pharao,  which  I  have  put  in  thy  hand  :  I  shall  hard- 
en* his  heart,  and  he  will  not  let  the  people  go. 

22  And  thou  shalt  say  to  him  :  Thus  saith  the 
Lord :   Israel  is  my  son,  my  first-born. 

*  I  shall  harden,  &c.  Not  by  being  the  efficient  cause  of  his  sin  : 
but  by  withdrawing  from  him,  for  his  just  punishment,  the  dew  of 
grace,  that  might  have  softened  his  heart;  and  so  suffering  him  to 
grow  harder  and  harder. 

t  77k  Lord  mel  him,  and  would  have  killed  him.     This  was  an  Angel 


23  I  have  said  to  thee  :  Let  my  son  go,  that  he 
may  serve  me,  and  thou  wouhlst  not  let  him  go: 
behold,  I  will  kill  thy  son  thy  first-born. 

24  And  when  he  was  in  his  journey,  in  the  inn, 
the  Lord  met  him,  and  would  have  killed  hhn.f 

25  Immediately  Sephora  took  a  very  sharp  stone, 
and  circumcised  the  foreskin  of  her  son,  ana  touch' 
ed  his  feet,  and  said :  A  bloody  spouse  art  ihou  to 
me. 

26  And  he  let  him  go  after  she  had  said :  A  bloody 
spouse  art  thou  to  me,  because  of  the  circumcision. 

27  And  the  Lord  said  to  Aaron :  Go  into  the 
desert  to  meet  Moses.  And  he  went  forth  to  meet 
him  in  the  mountain  of  God,  and  kissed  him. 

28  And  Moses  told  Aaron  all  the  words  of  the 
Lord,  by  which  he  had  sent  him,  and  the  signs  that 
he  had  commanded. 

29  And  they  came  together,  and  they  assembled 
all  the  ancients  of. the  children  of  Israel. 

30  And  Aaron  spoke  all  the  words  which  the 
Lord  had  said  to  Moses:  and  he  wrought  the  signs 
before  the  people, 

31  And  the  people  believed.  And  they  heaid 
that  the  Lord  had  visited  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
that  he  had  looked  upon  their  affliction :  and  fall- 
ing down  they  adored. 

CHAP.  V. 

Pharao  refuseth  to  let  the  people  go.     They  are  more  oppressrd. 

\  FTER  these  things  Moses  and  Aaron  went  in, 
J-*-  and  said  to  Pharao  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God 
of  Israel :  Let  my  people  go,  that  they  may  sacrifice 
to  me  in  the  desert. 

2  But  he  answered :  Who  is  the  Lord,  that  I 
should  hear  his  voice,  and  let  Israel  go  ?  I  know  not 
the  Lord,  neither  will  I  let  Israel  go. 

3  And  they  said  :  The  God  of  the  Hebrews  hath 
called  us,  to  go  three  days'  journey  into  the  wilder- 
ness and  to  sacrifice  to  the  Lord  our  God :  lest  a 
pestilence,  or  the  sword  fall  upon  us. 

4  The  king  of  Egypt  said  to  them  :  Why  do  you 
Moses  and  Aaron  draw  off  the  people  from  their 
works  ?  Get  you  gone  to  your  burdens. 

5  And  Pharao  said :  The  people  of  the  land  is 
numerous:  you  see  that  the  multitude  is  increased: 
how  much  more  if  you  give  them  rest  from  their 
works  ? 

6  Therefore  he  commanded  the  same  day  the 
overseers  of  the  works  and  the  task-masters  of  the 
people,  saying : 

7  You  shall  give  straw  no  more  to  the  people  to 
make  brick,  as  before  :  but  let  them  go  and  gather 
straw. 

8  And  you  shall  lay  upon  them  the  task  of  bricks, 
which  they  did  before,  neither  shall  you  diminish  any 
thing  thereof:  for  they  are  idle,  and  therefore  they 
cry,  saying  :  Let  us  go  and  sacrifice  to  our  God. 

representing  the  Lord,  who  treated  Moses  in  this  manner,  for  having 
neglected  the  circumcision  of  his  younger  son  :  which  his  wife  un- 
derstanding, circumcised  her  child  upon  the  spot,  upon  which  the 
Angel  let  Moses  go. 

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9  I/H  them  Ih*  oppressed  with  works  and  Id 
hem  fulfil  them ;  that  they  may  not  regard  lying 

words. 

10  And  the  overseers  of  the  works  and  >h<*  task- 
masters u  i  ut  out  and  said  10 the  people  :  Thus  saith 
IMi;u;io  :    I  allow  you  no  straw  : 

11  Go,  and  gather  it  where  you  can  find  it: 
neither  snail  anj  thing  of  your  work  be  dimi- 
nished. 

I J  Ami  the  people  was  scattered  through  all  the 
land  ot  Egypt  to  gather  straw. 

I.!  And  the  overseeri  of  the  works  pressed  them. 
saying:  Fulfil  your  work  every  day  as  before  you 

Were  wont  to  do.  when  straw   Was  uiv en  TOO. 

I  V   And  they  that  were   over  tlie    Works  of  the 

children  of  Israel  wen-  scourged  by  Pharaos  task- 
masters, saying:  Whj  have  you  not  made  up  the 
task  of  bricks  both  yesterday  and  to-day,  as  be- 
fore ? 

1 5  And  the  officers  of  tli<'  children  of  Israel  came, 
and  cried  out  to  I'harao,  savin-  :  \\  h\  dealest  thou 
so  with  thy  servants  ? 

ItJ  Straw  is  not  given  us,  and  bricks  are  required 
of  us  as  before:  behold,  we  thy  servants  are 
beaten  with  whips,  and  tin  people  is  unjustly 
(halt    withal. 

17  And  he  said  :  You  arc  idle,  and  therefore  you 
si\  :    Let  us  go  and  sacrifice  to  the  Lord. 

18  Go  therefore,  and   work:   straw    shall  not  be 

given  you,  and  you  shall  deliver  the  accustomed 
number  of  bricks. 

19  And  the  officers  of  the  children  of  Israel  saw- 
that  thev  wire  in  evil  case,  because  it  was  said  to 
them  :  There  shall  not  a  whit  be  diminished  of  the 
bricks  for  everv  day. 

20  And  they  met  V  md  Aaron,  who  Stood 
over  against  them  as  they  came  out  I Vdtii  I'harao: 

21  And  they  said  to  them:  The  Lord  see  and 
judge,  because  you  have  made  our  savour  to  stink 
before  I'harao  and  his  servants,  and  you  have  given 
him  a  sword  to  kill  us. 

ind  Moses  returned  to  the  Lorth  and  said  : 
I  ord,  why  hast  thou  afflicted  this  people  ?  w  here/ore 
hast  thou  sent  me  ? 

23  For  since  the  time  that  I  went  in  to  I'harao 
to  speak  in  thy  name,  he  hath  afflicted  thy  people: 

and  thou  hast  not  delivered  them. 
CM  \l'.  VI. 

(UhI  rtnrwrth  his  prnminr.      Tkt  ftf  M  abgiet  of  Ruin  n,  Simeon, 
and  Ijri.  doirn  to  .Mourn  and  .Itiron. 

AND   the  Lord  said  to  Mom-:    NoW  thou  shah 
e  w  hat  I  w  ill  rlo  to  I'harao  :  for  by  a  mighty 
hand  shall  he  let  them  go,  and   With  a  Strong  hand 
shall  be  cast  them  out  Of  his  land. 
_'  ind  the  Lord  s|>oke  to  Moses,  saying :  lam 

the  Lord 


•  M<  mv  .Uonmi.     The   name  win,    •    it    in  lln-    ll-lm-w    l>xt.    i« 
lllitmotl  ins  of  God,  whirli  .ipnifi'-tli  hi»  ttrrnml  ulf-txitlrnt 
bnnf,    Biad,   mi.    II:    wliirti   I'- 
ll  „i- ;   lull  in.li-.i.l  of  it.  «  Iwi-v.-r  il  occur*  in  tin-  Rihle,  Hi.  i 

Monm,  wliii-h  %i  I  ml     a'i.1  I  ut  the  i*. 

VpavU,  wUx'i  li. -I.iii  -  l.i   tin-  ii  ufl    .Hanoi,  to  Ibe  tour  letter!  of  Out 

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3  That  appeared  to  Abraham,  to  saac,  an''  to 
.la  i  b,  by  the  name  of  God  Almighty:  and  m\  name 
Adonai*  I  did  not  show  them. 

4  And  I  made  a  covenant  with  them,  to  give 
them  the  land  of  Chanaan,  the  land  ol  their  pil- 
grimage wherein  they  were  strangers. 

5  I  have  heard  the  groaning  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  wherewith  the  Egyptians  have  oppressed 
them:   and  I  have  remembered  my  covenant 

6  Therefore  say  to  the  children  of  Israel  :  I  am 
the  Lord  who  will  bring  yon  out  from  the  work- 
prison  of  the  Egyptians,  and  will  deliver  you  from 

bondage;  and  redeem  you  with  a  high  arm,  and 
great  rudiments. 

7  And  1  will  take  you  to  myself  for  my  people  : 
I  will  be  your  God:  and  you  shall  know  that  I  am 
the  Lord  your  God,  who  brought  you  out  from  the 
work-prison  of  the  Egyptians: 

8  And  brought  you  into  the  land,  concerning 
which  I  lifted  up  my  hand  to  give  it  to  Abraham, 
Isaac,  and  Jacob:  and  I  will  give  it  you  to  possess: 
I  am  the  Lord. 

9  And  Moses  told  all  this  to  the  children  of 
Israel:  but  they  did  not  hearken  to  him,  for  an- 
guish of  spirit,  and  most  painful  work. 

10  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  savin::: 

11  Go  in.  and  Speak  to  I'harao  kin::  of  Eg)  pt,  that 

he  let  the  children  of  Israel  go  out  of  his  land. 

12  Moses  answered  before  the  lord:    Behold. 

the  children  of  Israel  do  not  hearken  to  me  :  and 
Imw  will  I'harao  hear  me,  especially  as  I  am  of  tiu- 
cireumcised  lips  :\ 

13  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  and  Aaron, 
and  he  gave  them  a  charge  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  unto  I'harao  the  king  of  Eg)  pt.  that  thev 
should  bring  forth  the  children  of  Israel  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt. 

I  i  These  are  the  heads  of  their  houses  by  their 
families.  The  sons  of  Unbelt  the  first-born  of 
Israel  :    Henoch  and  I'hallu,  llesron  and  Charmi. 

15  These  are  the  kindreds  of  Ruben.  The  MAS 
of  Simeon,  .lainuel,  and  .lamin,  and  Ahod,  and 
Jacbia,  and  Soar,  and  S;ml  (he  son  of  a  (ha- 
nanitess  :    these  are  the  families  of  Simeon. 

If!  And  these  ;ire  the  names  of  the  sons  of   Levi 

by  their  kindreds:  Gerson  and  Caath  and  Merari. 

\nd  the  years  of  the  life    of   Levi  were  a  hundred 
and  thirty-seven. 

17  The  sons  of  Gerson :  Lobni  and  Semei,  by 
their  kindreds. 

18  The  sons  of  Caath  :  Amram,  and  Isaar, 
and  Hebron,  and  Octet     And  the  years  of  Caath's 

life  wore  a  hundred  and  thirty-three. 

19  The  sons  of  Merari:  rVfohoM  and  Mum. 
These  are  the  kindreds  of  Levi  h\  their  families. 

20  And  Amram  took  to  wife  Jochabed  his  aunt 

by  the   lather's  side  :  and  she  bore  him  Aaron  and 


Ineffable,  n  H  .  f«n,  H«.    Hence  Mine  modern*  hare 

i  ii,-   M Mhofh,  unknown   in   .ill  ike    kncieoU,    vbetber 

Jewi  or  ( 'hriaUenei  far  Um  inn-  proMmcfetkm  of  ibe  dsib«,  «h»  b  » 

in  il.    ii  t  text,  bj  i'"'«  l"vl- 

•  I   .       .mcixd  ., .  1m«1  in  hii  wordi,  or 

ultir  ■•' 


CHAP.  VII. 


Moses.     And  the  years  of  Amram's  life  were  a  hun- 
dred and  thirty-seven. 

21  The  sons  also  of  Isaar  :  Core,  and  Nepheg, 
and  Zechri. 

22  The  sonsalsoof  Oziel:  Mizael,andEIizaphan, 
and  Sethri. 

23  And  Aaron  took  to  wife  Elizabeth  the 
daughter  of  Amiuadah,  sister  of  Nahason,  who 
bore  him  Nadab,  and  Abiu,  and  Eleazar,  and  Itha- 
mar. 

24  The  sons  also  of  Core :  Aser,  and  Elcana, 
and  Abiasaph.  These  are  the  kindreds  of  the 
Corites. 

25  But  Eleazar  the  son  of  Aaron  took  a  wife  of 
the  daughters  of  Phutiel  :  and  she  bore  him  Phi- 
nees.  These  are  the  heads  of  the  Levitical  families 
by  their  kindreds. 

26  These  are  Aaron  and  Moses,  whom  the  Lord 
commanded  to  bring  forth  the  children  of  Israel  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt  by  their  companies. 

27  These  are  they  that  speak  to  Pharao  king  of 
Egypt,  in  order  to  bring  out  the  children  of  Israel 
from  Egypt:  these  are  that  Moses  and  Aaron, 

28  In  the  day  when  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  in 
the  land  of  Egpyt. 

29  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying :  I  am 
the  Lord  :  speak  thou  to  Pharao  king  of  Egypt,  all 
that  I  say  to  thee. 

30  And  Moses  said  before  the  Lord  :  Lo,  I  am 
of  uncircurncised  lips  :    how  will  Pharao  hear  me  ? 

CHAP.  VII. 

Moses  and  Aaron  go  in  to  Pharao  :  they  turn  the  rod  into  a 
serpent  ;  and  the  waters  of  Egypt  into  blood,  which  was  the 
first  plague.  The  magicians  do  the  like  ;  and  Pharao's  heart 
it  hardened. 

AND  the   Lord  said  to  Moses:  Behold,  I  have 
appointed   thee   the  God  of   Pharao:*   and 
Aaron  thy  brother  shall  be  thy  prophet. 

2  Thou  shalt  speak  to  him  all  that  I  command 
thee:  and  he  shall  speak  to  Pharao,  that  he  let  the 
children  of  Israel  go  out  of  his  land. 

3  But  I  shall  harden  t  his  heart,  and  shall  multiply 
my  signs  and  wonders  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 

4  And  he  will  not  hear  you  :  and  I  will  lay  my 
hand  upon  Egypt,  and  will  bring  forth  my  army 
and  my  people,  the  children  of  Israel,  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  by  very  great  judgments. 

5  And  the  Egyptians  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord,  who  have  stretched  forth  my  hand  upon 
Egypt,  and  have  brought  forth  the  children  of  Israel 
out  of  the  midst  of  them. 

6  And  Moses  and  Aaron  did  as  the  Lord  had 
commanded  :  so  did  they. 

7  And  Moses  was  eighty  years  old,  and  Aaron 
eighty-three,  when   they  spoke  to  Pharao. 

8  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  and   Aaron: 

9  When  Pharao  shall  say  to  you,  Show  signs  : 

*  The  God  of  Pharao :  viz.  to  be  his  Judge ;  and  to  exercise  a  divine 
fmrer,  as  God's  instrument,  over  him  and  his  people. 

f  /  sludl  harden,  &c.  Not  bv  being-  the  efficient  cause  of  his  hard- 
ness of  heart,  but  by  permitting  it,  and  by  withdrawing  grace  from 


Thou  shalt  say  to  Aaron  :  Take  thy  rod,  and  cast 
it  down  before  Pharao,  and  it  shall  be  turned  into 
a  serpent. 

1U  So  Moses  and  Aaron  went  in  unto  Pharao, 
and  did  as  the  Lord  had  commanded.  And  Aaron 
took  the  rod  before  Pharao  and  his  servants;  and  it 
was  turned  into  a  serpent. 

1 1  And  Pharao  called  the  wise  men  and  the  ma- 
gicians :%  and  they  also  by  Egyptian  enchantments 
and  certain  secrets  did  in  like  manner. 

12  And  they  every  one  cast  down  their  rods,  and 
they  were  turned  into  serpents :  but  Aaron's  rod 
devoured  their  rods. 

13  And  Pharao  s  heart  was  hardened :  and  he  did 
not  hearken  to  them,  as  the  Lord  had  commanded. 

14  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  :  Pharao's  heart 
is  hardened  :   he  will  not  let  the  people  go. 

15  Go  to  him  in  the  morning ;  behold,  he  will  go 
out  to  the  waters  :  and  thou  shalt  stand  to  meet  him 
on  the  bank  of  the  river  :  and  thou  shalt  take  in  thy 
hand  the  rod  that  was  turned  into  a  serpent. 

16  And  thou  shalt  say  to  him:  The  Lord  God 
of  the  Hebrews  sent  me  to  thee,  saying :  Let  my 
people  go  to  sacrifice  to  me  in  the  desert :  and 
hitherto  thou  wouldest  not  hear. 

17  Thus  therefore  saith  the  Lord:  In  this  thou 
shalt  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  :  behold,  I  will 
strike  with  the  rod  that  is  in  my  hand,  the  water  of 
the  river,  and  it  shall  be  turned  into  blood. 

18  And  the  fishes  that  are  in  the  river,  shall  die, 
and  the  waters  shall  be  corrupted  :  and  the  Egyp- 
tians shall  be  afflicted  when  they  drink  the  water  of 
the  river. 

19  The  Lord  also  said  to  Moses  :  Say  to  Aaron, 
Take  thy  rod,  and  stretch  forth  thy  hand  upon  the 
waters  of  Egypt,  and  upon  their  rivers,  and  streams 
and  pools,  and  all  the  ponds  of  waters,  that  they  may 
be  turned  into  blood :  and  let  blood  be  in  all  the  land 
of  Egypt,  both  in  vessels  of  wood  and  of  stone. 

20  And  Moses  and  Aaron  did  as  the  Lord  had 
commanded  :  and  lifting  up  the  rod,  he  struck  the 
water  of  the  river  before  Pharao  and  his  servants  : 
and  it  was  turned  into  blood. 

21  And  the  fishes  that  were  in  the  river,  died  : 
and  the  river  corrupted  ;  and  the  Egyptians  could 
not  drink  the  water  of  the  river;  and  there  was  blood 
in  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

22  And  the  magicians  of  the  Egyptians  with  their 
enchantments  did  in  like  manner:  and  Pharao's 
heart  was  hardened  ;  neither  did  he  hear  them,  as 
the  Lord  had  commanded. 

23  And  he  turned  himself  away,  and  went  into 
his  house  ;  neither  did  he  set  his  heart  to  it  this  time 
also. 

24  And  all  the  Egyptians  dug  round  about  the 
river  for  water  to  drink  :  for  they  could  not  drink  of 
the  water  of  the  river. 

25  And  seven  days  were  fully  ended,  after  that 
the  Lord  struck  the  river. 


him,  in  punishment  of  his  malice;  which  alone  was  the  proper  cause 
of  his  beincr  hardened.  * 

|  Magicians.     Jannes  and  Mambrcs  or  Jambret,  2  Tim.  iii.  8. 

5b 


EXODUS. 


CHAP.  VIII. 


Tht  ttcnnd  pin  fry  t   is 

1:  rill  III'       I     '.  fill  /)    til 

«/  iiii/iHs         I  In   I  >i.i  III  it  of  }Lir*. 
/i»«u..jt  thr  peiipli ,  but  r/o/A  it  mil 


tin 


"f  fr0P*  •'    Vlinriw  prnmi$fth  tn  Irt  Ihi 

L.<  hi?  prnmitr.        tin  l/iiril  jiluunr  m  ol 

I'hitrao  iiguui  pioniitrth  In 


AND  the  Lord  said  to  Moms  :   (join  to  IMi;ir;io. 
^*-   and   thoil  shall   st\    in   liini  :    Thus   sailh   the 

I  .old  :  Let  my  people  go  to  sacrifice  to  me. 

But  if  llioil  WUt  not  let  then)  go,  behold,  I  will 
strike  all  tin  coasts  with  frogs. 

I    \nd  the  rivt  r  shall  bring  forth  an  abundance  of 

frii^.> ;  w  Inch  shall  conic  up.  ami  cuter  into  th\  house, 
and  ih>  bed-chamber,  and  upon  thy  bed,  and  into 
the  houses  of  thy  servants,  and  to  thy  people,  and 
into  thy  ovens,  and   into  the  remain*  of  tin  meats: 

4  \ud  the  frozs  shall  COBM  in  to  thee,  anil  to  tin 
people,  ami  to  all  thj  servants. 

\nd  the  Lord  said  to  Moses:  Sav  to  Aaron: 
Stretch  forth  tin  hand  Upon  the  streams  and  upon 
the  ri\ers  and  the  pools,  and  bring  forth  frogs  upon 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

u"  And  Aaron  strett  lied  forth  his  hand  upon  the 
\\  alcr>  of  EgJ,  pt :  and  the  frogB  came  up,  and  cover- 
ed the  land  of  EgJ.  pt. 

7  And  the  magicians  also  by  their  enchantments 


I  hey 


brought 


forth  frogs 


did  in   like   manner :   am 
ii|K)ii  the  land  of  Egypt. 

8  But  I'harao  called  Moms  and  Aaron,  and  said 
to  them:  Pray  ye  to  the  Lord*  to  take  away  the 
ffOga  from  me  and  from  my  people:  and  1  w  ill  let 
the  people  BO  to  sacrifice  to  the  Lord. 

9  And  Moses  said  to  I'harao:  Set  me  a  time 
when  I  shall  pray  for  thee,  and  lor  thy  sen  ants,  and 
for  thy  people,  that  the  frogs  may  lie  driven  away 
from  thee  and  from  thy  house,  and  from  thy  ser- 
vants, and  from  thy  people)  and  may  remain  only 
in  the  river. 

10  And  he  answered:  To-morrow.  But  he  said: 
I  will  do  according  to  thy  word  :  that  thou  mayest 
know  that  there  is  Done  like  to  the  Lord  our  (!od. 

11  And  the  frogs  shall  depart  from  thee,  and  from 
thy  bo— e,  and  from  thy  servants,  and  from  thy 
people;   and  shall  remain  only  in  the  river. 

12  And  Moses  and  Aaron  went  forth  from  Pha- 
rao :  and  Moses  cried  to  the  Lord  for  the  promise, 
which  he  had  made  to  I'harao  concerning  the  fl 

13  And  the  Lord  did  according  to  the  word  of 
Moses:  and  the  frogs  died  out  ol  the  houses,  and 
out  of  the  villages,  and  out  of  the  field-  ! 

14  And  the\  gathered  them  together  into  immense 

heaps:   and  the  land  was  ((irrupted 

l.">  And  I'harao  seems  that  rest  was  given,  hard- 
ened his  own  heart. +  and  did  not  hear  them,  as  the 
Lord  had  <  ommanded. 


16  And  the  Lord  said  to  Most  -  !    Say  to  Aaron 
Stretch  forth  thy  rod,  and  strike  the  dust  of  the  earth, 
and  may  there  he  sciniphst  in  all  the  laud  of  Ep>  pt 

17  And  the,}  did  so.  And  Aaron  stretched  forth 
his  hand,  holding  the  rod:  and  he  struck  the  dust 
of  the  earth,  and  there  came  sciniphs  on  men  and 
on  beasts  :  all  the  dust  of  the  earth  was  turned  into 
sciniphs  through  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

Ill  And  the  magicians  with  their  enchantments 
practised  in  like  manner,  to  bring  forth  sciniphs: 
and  t  hey  could  not  :  and  there  w  ere  sciniphs  as  w  ill 
on  men  as  on  boasts. 

19  And  the  magicians  said  to  I'harao:  This  is 
the  finger  of  ( iod.  And  I'harao's  heart  was  harden- 
ed :  and  he  hearkened  not  unto  them,  as  the  Lord 
had  commanded. 

.'U  The  Lord  also  said  to  Moses :  Arise  early 
and  stand  before  I'harao  :  for  he  w  ill  to  forth  to  the 
waters:  and  thou  shall  say  to  him  :  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  :   Let  nn  people  go  to  sacrifice  to  me. 

21  But  if  thou  wilt  not  let  them  go,  behold  I  will 
send  in  upon  thee,  and  upon  tin  servants, and  upon 
thy  houses  all  kind  of  (lies:  and  the  houses  of  the 
Egyptians  shall  lie  filled  with  Hies  of  divert  kinds, 
and  the  whole  land  wherein  they  shall  he. 

22  And  I  will  make  the  land  of  Gessen  wonder- 
ful in  that  day.  so  that  flies  shall  not  he  there:  and 
thou  shalt  know  that  1  am  the  Lord  in  the  midst  til 
the  earth. 

23  And  I  will  put  a  division  between  m\  people 
and  iliv  people:   to-morrow  shall  this  situ  he. 

24  And  the  Lord  did  so.  And  there  (ante  a  very 
grievous  swarm  of  flies  into  the  houses  of  I'harao 
and  of  his  servants,  and  into  all  the  land  of  Egypt : 
and  the  land  was  corrupted  by  this  kind  of  flies. 

23  And  I'harao  called  Moses  and  Aaron,  and  said 
to  them  :    ( iO,  and  sacrifice  to  your  God  in  this  land. 

26  And  Moses  said:  It  cannot  be  so:  for  we 
shall  sacrifice  the  abominations^  ol  the  Eg)  ptiana  lo 
the  Lord  our  God:  now  if  we  kill  those  things 
which  the  Egyptians  Worship,  in  their  presence, 
they  will  stone  us. 

27  We  will  go  three  da\  s*  journey  into  the  wil- 
derness :  and  w  e  w  ill  sacrifice  to  the  Lord  our  (.iod, 
as  he  hath  commanded  us. 

28  And  I'harao  said:  I  will  let  \oii  to  to  sacri- 
fice to  the  land  your  God  in  the  wilderness:  but 
go  no  farther  :   pray  lor  me. 

tad  Moses  said :  I  will  so  out  from  thee,  and 
will  pray  to  the  Lord:  and  the  llics  shall  depart 
from  I'harao.  and  from  his  servants,  and  from  his 
people  to-morrow  :  hut  do  not  deceive  any  more,  in 
not  letting  the  people  to  to  sacrifice  to  the  I  »ord. 

.'.il  So  Noses  Went  out  from  I'harao,  and  prayed 
to  the  Lord. 


/.   •  ■! 


'  hr*t  yt  la  tk 

take  them  awa\ 
tatan  -ee  the 

tecta ;  ami  in  tliia  real 
acknowledge  Iktfinfr 


Ity  Ihi*  it  appear*, 

.!•  dei  il,  •   mid   hi 

h.iii'  ||e  .  ■•  1  i..  .'  ■  i  ' 


t  tlionirli  tlir  mapi- 
id  tin  v  ooald  ii"t 

ii  Ihi-  (lie  pot 
r  coald  Dot  adrrwanl.  produce  the  Ic.it  in- 
i tie  power  of  the  devil,  were  forced  to 
of  Cod. 
f  Hunt  k*rdsn+d  aij  mp*  hrart      Hv  tl.i.  we  ape  that  Pharao  wao 
■uawclf  the  i  :'.!■  ii  ul  cmUM  ol  In.  !••■-•-'  I"  nig  hardened,  and  not  (Jod. 


BjM  tl"1  tame  repem 

aiw:  likewise  chap.  ix.  •  <  li.«p    KttL  I  ft. 

.»    (Timiiim,   sni.ill    living  invet- 
tratiblr*ome  both  to  rtH  n  and  beast*. 

I  T%r  ahominalitm;  Jtc.     That  It,  thr  the  .r»lil|>  Inr  (Dda, 

Ii  i*  the  utual  »tyleof  theacripturea  to  call  all  idol* 
Md  f.iKi'  fod*  ahominsliont,  to  Mfpoifj  Itow  iiiui  !i  llie  people  of  God 
ought  lo  detest  and  abhor  thrill. 


CHAP.  IX. 


31  And  he  did  according  to  Ids  word :  and  he 
took  away  the  flies  from  Pharao,  and  from  his  ser- 
vants, and  from  his  people :  there  was  not  left  so 
much  as  one. 

32  And  Pharao's  heart  was  hardened,  so  that 
neither  this  time  would  he  let  the  people  go. 

CHAP.  IX. 

The  fifth  plague  is  a  murrain  among  the  cattle.  TJie  sixth,  of 
bites  in  men  and  beasts.  The  seventh,  of  hail.  Pharao  pro- 
miseth  again  to  let  the  people  go,  and  breaketh  his  word. 

AND  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  :  Go  in  to  Pharao, 
•  and  speak  to  him  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God 
of  the  Hebrews:  Let  my  people  go  to  sacrifice  to  me. 

2  But  if  thou  refuse,  and  withhold  them  still : 

3  Behold,  my  hand  shall  be  upon  thy  fields  :  and 
a  very  grievous  murrain  upon  thy  horses,  and  asses, 
and  camels,  and  oxen,  mid  sheep. 

4  And  the  Lord  will  make  a  wonderful  difference 
between  the  possessions  of  Israel  and  the  posses- 
sions of  the  Egyptians,  that  nothing  at  all  shall  die  of 
those  things  that  belong  to  the  children  of  Israel. 

5  And  the  Lord  appointed  a  time,  saying :  To- 
morrow will  the  Lord  do  this  thing  in  the  land. 

6  The  Lord  therefore  did  this  thing  the  next  day : 
and  all  the  beasts*  of  the  Egyptians  died :  but  of  the 
beasts  of  the  children  of  Israel  there  died  not  one. 

7  And  Pharao  sent  to  see :  and  there  was  not 
any  thing  dead  of  that  which  Israel  possessed.  And 
Pharao's  heart  was  hardened,  and  he  did  not  let  the 
people  go. 

8  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  and  Aaron  :  Take 
to  you  handfuls  of  ashes  out  of  the  chimney  ;  and  let 
Moses  sprinkle  it  in  the  air  in  the  presence  of  Pharao. 

9  And  be  there  dust  upon  all  the  land  of  Egypt: 
for  there  shall  be  biles  and  swelling  blains  both  in 
men  and  beasts,  in  the  whole  land  of  Egypt. 

10  And  they  took  ashes  out  of  the  chimney,  and 
stood  before  Pharao  :  and  Moses  sprinkled  it  in  the 
air :  and  there  came  biles  with  swelling  blains  in 
men  and  beasts. 

1 1  Neither  could  the  magicians  stand  before  Mo- 
ses for  the  biles  that  were  upon  them,  and  in  all  the 
land  of  Egypt. 

12  And  the  Lord  hardenedf  Pharao's  heart,  and 
he  hearkened  not  unto  them,  as  the  Lord  had  spoken 
to  Moses. 

13  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses:  Arise  in  the 
morning,  and  stand  before  Pharao,  and  thou  shalt 
say  to  him  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  the 
Hebrews  :  Let  my  people  go  to  sacrifice  to  me. 

14  For  I  will  at  this  time  send  all  my  plagues 
upon  thy  heart,  and  upon  thy  servants,  and  upon 
thy  people :  that  thou  mayest  know  there  is  none 
like  me  in  all  the  earth. 

15  For  now  I  will  stretch  out  my  hand  to  strike 
thee  and  thy  people  with  pestilence.  And  thou 
shalt  perish  from  the  earth. 

16  And  therefore  have  I  raised  thee,  that  I  may 

*  Jill  the  beasts.     That  is,  many  of  all  kinds. 

H 


show  my  power  in  thee,  and  my  name  may  be  spoken 
of  throughout  all  the  earth. 

17  Dost  thou  yet  hold  back  my  people,  and  wilt 
thou  not  let  them  go  ? 

18  Behold,  I  will  cause  it  to  rain  to-morrow  at 
this  same  hour,  an  exceeding  great  hail;  such  as 
hath  not  been  in  Egypt  from  the  day  that  it  was 
founded,  until  this  present  time. 

19  Send  therefore  now  presently,  and  gather  to- 
gether thy  cattle,  and  all  that  thou  hast  in  the  field  : 
lor  men  and  beasts,  and  all  things  that  shall  be  found 
abroad,  and  not  gathered  together  out  of  the  fields, 
which  the  hail  shall  fall  upon,  shall  die. 

20  He  that  feared  the  word  of  the  Lord  among 
Pharao's  servants,  made  his  servants  and  his  cattle 
Ike  into  houses : 

21  But  he  that  regarded  not  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
left  his  servants  and  his  cattle  in  the  fields. 

22  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses :  Stretch  forth  thy 
hand  towards  heaven,  that  there  may  be  hail  in  the 
whole  land  of  Egypt, upon  men,and  upon  beasts, and 
upon  every  herb  of  the  field  in  the  land  of  Egypt. 

23  And  Moses  stretched  forth  his  rod  towards 
heaven :  and  the  Lord  sent  thunder  and  hail,  and 
lightnings  running  along  the  ground  :  and  the  Lord 
rained  hail  upon  the  land  of  Egypt. 

24  And  the  hail,  and  fire  inixt  with  it,  drove  on 
together :  and  it  was  of  so  great  bigness,  as  never 
before  was  seen  in  the  whole  land  of  Egypt,  since 
that  nation  was  founded. 

25  And  the  hail  destroyed  through  all  the  land  of 
Egypt  all  things  that  were  in  the  fields,  bovh  man 
and  beast:  and  the  hail  smote  every  herb  of  the  field, 
and  it  broke  every  tree  of  the  country. 

26  Only  in  the  land  of  Gessen,  where  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  were,  the  hail  fell  not. 

27  And  Pharao  sent  and  called  Moses  and  Aaron, 
saying  to  them  :  I  have  sinned  this  time  also:  The 
Lord  is  just:  I  and  my  people  are  wicked. 

28  Pray  ye  to  the  Lord  that  the  thunderings  of 
God  and  the  hail  may  cease  :  that  1  may  let  you 
go,  and  that  ye  may  stay  here  no  longer. 

29  Moses  said  :  As  soon  as  I  am  gone  out  of  the 
city,  I  will  stretch  forth  my  hands  to  the  Lord  ;  and 
the  thunders  shall  cease,  and  the  hail  shall  be  no 
more :  that  thou  mayest  know  that  the  earth  is  the 
Lord's : 

30  But  I  know  that  neither  thou,  nor  thy  ser- 
vants do  yet  fear  the  Lord  God. 

31  The  flax  therefore,  and  the  barley  were  hurt, 
because  the  barley  was  green,  and  the  ilax  was  now 
boiled  : 

32  But  the  wheat  and  other  winter  corn  were  not 
hurt,  because  they  were  lateward. 

33  And  when  Moses  was  gone  from  Pharao  out 
of  the  city,  he  stretched  forth  his  hands  to  the  Lord  : 
and  the  thunders  and  the  hail  ceased;  neither  did 
there  drop  any  more  rain  upon  the  earth. 

34  And  Pharao  seeing  that  the  rain,  and  the  hail, 
and  the  thunders  were  ceased,  increased  his  sin: 


t  Hardtned,  &c.     Sec  the  annotations  above,  Chap,  iv  21.  chap 
vii.  3.  and  chap.  viii.  15. 

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r:\oDUS. 


35  Ami  his  lu-art  was  baidened.  and  the  head  of 
his  m  n.witx.uucl  ii  was  made  exceeding  hard :  neither 
did  lie  l(i  the  children  of  Israel  go, as  the  Lord  had 
commanded  b)  the  hand  of  Ma 

CHAP.  X. 

The  eighth  plague  nf    the  larust*.      The   ninth,  fff  darkniss. 
Pmano  is  kttll  hardened. 

A  ND  the  Lord  >ai<i  to  Moses  :  (i()  in  to  Pharao; 
-^*-  tor  I  have  hardened  his  heart,  and  the  In  an 
of  hit  servants,  that  1  may  work,  these  my  signs  in 
linn, 

2  And  thou  mayest  tell  in  the  ears  of  thy  sons, 
and  of  thy  grandsons,  how  often  I  have  plagued  the 
I  _ vptians,  and  wrought  my  signs  amongst  them: 
and  you  n i ; i \   know  that  I  am  the  Lord  : 

3  Therefore  Moses  and  Aaron  went  in  to  Pharao. 
and  said  to  him  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  the 
Hebrew*  :  1  low  long  refusest  thou  to  submit  to  me  ? 
let  mv  people  BO,  to  sacrifice  to  me. 

4  Hut  it  thou  resist, and  wilt  not  let  them  go,  be- 
hold, I  will  brim;  in  to-morrow  the  locusts  into  thy 

i  Ms: 

5  To  cover  the  face  of  the  earth,  that  nothing 
thereof  ma j  appear;  bat  that  which  the  hail  hath 
left  may  he  eaten  :  for  they  shall  teed  upon  all  the 
trees  that  spring  in  the  fields. 

b"  And  they  shall  till  thy  houses,  and  the  houses  of 
thy  servants,  and  of  all  the  Egyptians:  such  a  iiiim- 
her  as  thy  fathers  have  not  seen,  nor  thy  grand- 
fathers, from  the  time  they  were  first  Hpon  the 
earth,  until  this  present  day.  Anil  he  tinned  him- 
self away,  and  went  forth  from  Pharao. 

7  And  Pharao's  servants  said  to  him:  How  long 
shall  we  endure  this  scandal  r  let  the  men  go  to  sa- 
crifice to  the  Lord  their  (iod.  Dost  thou  not  see 
that  Egypt  is  undone r 

8  And  they  called  hack  Moses  and  Aaron  to 
Pharao  .  and  he  said  to  them  :  Go,  sacrifice  to  the 
Lord  your  God:   who  are  they  that  shall  «o? 

9  Moses  said  :  We  will  go  with  our  ynun;and 
old,  with  our  sons  and  daughters,  w  ith  our  sheep  and 

herds:    tor  it  is  the  solemnity  of  the  Lord  our  (iod. 

10  And  Pharao  answered  :  So  lie  the  Lord  with 
you,  as  |  shall  let  yon  and  your  children  ^o  :  who 
'•an-doiiht  hut  (hat  you  intend  some  great  evil? 

I  1  It  shall  not  he  so:  hut  go  vc  men  only .  and 
lilice  to  the  Lord  J  for  this  \  ourselves  also  de- 
sired. And  immediately  they  were  cast  out  from 
Pharao's  presence. 

12  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses:  Stretch  forth 
thy  hand  upon  the  land  of  Egypt  unto  the  locust. 
thai  it  come  upon  it,  and  de\our  every  herh  that  is 
left  alter  the  hail. 

].i  And  Moses  stretched  forth  his  rod  upon  the 
land  of  Eg?pl :  and  the  Lord  brought  a  burning  wind 
all  that  day  and  night:  and  when  it  was  morning, 
the  burning  wind  raised  the  locusts. 

14  And  they  came  up  over  the  whole  land  of 
Egypt:  and  rested  in  all  the  coasts  of  the  Egyp- 
tians innumerable,  the  like  as  had  not  been  before 
that  time,  nor  shad  be  hereafter.  I 

68 


15  And  they  covered  the  whole  face  of  the  earth, 
wasting  all  things.     Andthegrassof  the  earth  was 

devoured,  and  what  fruits  soever  were  on  the 
trees,  which  the  hail  had  left:  and  there  remained 
not  any  thin;;  that  was  green  on  the  trees,  or  in  the 
herbs  of  the  earth  in  all  Egypt. 

It!   Wherefore  Pharao  in  haste  called  Moses  and 

laron,  and  said  to  them:  I  hare  sinned  against 
the  Lord  your  God,  and  against  you. 

17  But  now  forgive  me  mv  sin  this  time  also  ; 
and  pray  tothe  Lord  your  God,  that  he  take  avvav 
from  me  this  death. 

18  And  Moses  going  forth  from  the  presence  ol 
Pharao,   prayed  to  the  Lord  : 

19  And  he  made  a  very  Strong  wind  to  blow  from 
the  west  :  and  it  took  trie  locusts  and  east  them 
into  the  Red  Sea:  there  remained  not  so  much  as 
one  in  all  the  coasts  of  Egypt. 

20  And  the  Lord  hardened  Pharao's  heart, 
neither  did  he  let  the  children  of  Israel  go. 

Jl  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  :  Stretch  out 
thy  hand  towards  heaven:  and  may  there  he  dark- 
ness upon  the  land  of  Egypt  so  thick  that  it  may  be 

22  And  Moses  stretched  forth  his  hand  towards 
heaven:  and  there  came  horrible  darkness  in  all 
the  land  of  Egypt  for  three  days. 

23  No  man  saw  his  brother,  nor  moved  himseit 
out  of  the  place  where  he  was:  hut  wheresoever 
the  children  of  Israel  dwelt,  there  was  lijJit. 

24  And  Pharao  called  Moses  and  Aaron,  and 
said  to  them  :  Go,  sacrifice  to  the  Lord  :  let  \ our 
sheep  only,  and  herds  remain,  let  your  children  to 
with  you. 

25  Moses  said :  Thou  shalt  give  us  also  saeri- 
ficea  and   hurnt-otferin^s,  to  the  Lord  our  God. 

2G  All  the  flocks  shall  «o  with  us:  then  shall 
not  a  hoof  remain  of  them  :   for  thev  are  necessary 

lor  the  service  of  the  Lord  our  God:  especially  as 

we  know  not  what  must  he  offered,  till  we  come  to 
the  very  place. 

27  And  the  Lord  hardened  Pharao's  heart,  and 
he  would  not  let  them  go. 

28  And  Pharao  said  to  Moses  :  Get  thee  from 
me,  and  hew  are  thou  see  not  mv  lace  any  more:  in 
what  day  soever  thou  shall  come  in  m\  si-ht,  thou 
shall  die. 

29*Moses  answered  :  So  shall  it  he  as  thou  hast 
spoken  :   I  will  not  see  uy  face  any  more. 

CHAP,  XI. 

Paarao  ana  his  people  an  threatened  with  the  death  it^.  their 
Jirst-hnrn. 

A  XD  the   Lord    said  to  Moses:  Yet   one  pb| 
-*•*-   more  will  I  bring  upon  Pharao  and  Egypt,  and 
after  that  he  shall  Id  you  go,  and  thrust  you  out 

J  Therefore  thou  shalt  tell  all  the  people,  that 
every  man  ask  of  his  friend,  and  even  woman  of 
her  neighbour,  vessels  of  silver,  and  of  gold.  % 

3    And   the   Lord    will    cive   favour   to    his  people 

I  upon   thr  land    I  thick   Iktl  if   may   br  frit.      Uy 

■  •.  rxlialuliun.,  »lucl>  »<  N    la  CkUieattd  ».  i  <inj  .11} 
Uie  UuikiicM. 


CHAP.  XII. 


in  the  sight  of  the  Egyptians.  And  Moses  was  a 
very  great  man  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  in  the  sight  oi 
Pharao's  servants,  and  of  all  the  people. 

4  And  l\e  said  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  At  mid- 
night 1  will  enter  into  Egypt: 

5  And  every  first-born  in  the  land  of  the  Egyp- 
tians shall  die,  from  the  first-born  of  Pharao  who  sit- 
teth  on  his  throne,  even  to  the  first-born  of  the  hand- 
maid that  isatthe  mill, and  all  the  first-born  of  beasts. 

6  And  there  shall  be  a  great  ery  in  all  the  land 
of  Egypt,  such  as  neither  hath  been  before,  nor 
shall  be  hereafter. 

7  But  with  all  the  ehildren  of  Israel  there  shall 
not  a  dog  make  the  least  noise,  from  man  even  to 
beast:  that  you  may  know  how  wonderful  a  dif- 
ference the  Lord  maketh  between  the  Egyptians 
and  Israel. 

8  And  all  these  thy  servants  shall  come  down  to 
me,  and  shall  worship  me,  saying:  Go  forth  thou, 
and  all  the  people  that  is  under  thee:  after  that  we 
will  go  out. 

9  And  he  went  out  from  Pharao  exceeding 
angry.  But  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  :  Pharao  will 
not  hear  you,  that  many  signs  may  be  done  in  the 
land  of  Egypt. 

10  And  Moses  and  Aaron  did  all  the  wonders 
that  are  written,  before  Pharao.  And  the  Lord 
hardened*  Pharao's  heart;  neither  did  he  let  the 
children  of  Israel  go  out  of  his  land. 

CHAP.  XII. 

The  manner  of  preparing,  and  eating  the  paschal  lamb :  the 
first-born  of  Egypt  are  all  slain :  the  Israelites  depart. 

AND  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  and  Aaron  in  the 
land  of  Egypt : 

2  This  month  shall  be  to  you  the  beginning  of 
months:  it  shall  be  the  first  in  the  months  of  the  year. 

3  Speak  ye  to  the  whole  assembly  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  say  to  them  :  On  the  "tenth  day  of  this 
month  let  every  man  take  a  lamb  by  their  families 
and  houses. 

4  But  if  the  number  be  less  than  may  suffice  to 
eat  the  lamb,  he  shall  take  unto  him  his  neighbour 
that  joineth  to  his  house,  according  to  the  number 
of  souls  which  may  be  enough  to  eat  the  lamb. 

5  And  it  shall  be  a  lamb  without  blemish,  a 
male,  of  one  year:  according  to  which  rite  also  you 
shall  take  a  kid.f 

6  And  you  shall  keep  it  until  the  fourteenth  day 
of  this  month:  and  the  whole  multitude  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  shall  sacrifice  it  in  the  evening. 

7  And  they  shall  take  of  the  blood  thereof,  and 
put  it  upon  both  the  side-posts,  and  on  the  upper 
door-posts  of  the  houses,  wherein  they  shall  eat  it. 

8  And  they  shall  eat  the  flesh  that  right  roasted 
at  the  fire,   and  unleavened  bread  with  wild  lettuce. 


'     *  The  Lord  hardened,  &c.     See  the  annotations  above,  chap.  iv.  21. 
and  chap.  vii.  3. 

f  A  kid.  The  Phase  mijht  be  performed,  either  with  a  lamb  or  with 
a  kid :  and  all  the  same  rites  and  ceremonies  were  to  be  used  witli 
the  one  as  with  the  other. 

1  Unleavened  bread.  By  this  it  appears,  that  our  Saviour  made  use 
of  uuleavoucd  bread  in  the  institution  of  the  blessed  sacrament,  which 


9  You  shall  not  eat  thereof  any  thing  raw,  nor 
boiled  in  water,  but  only  roasted  at  the  fire :  you 
shall  eat  the  head  with  the  feet  and  entrails  thereof. 

10  Neither  shall  there  remain  any  thing  of  it  until 
morning.  If  there  be  any  thing  left,  you  shall  burn 
it  with  fire. 

11  And  thus  you  shall  eat  it:  you  shall  gird 
your  nuns,  and  you  shall  have  shoes  on  your  feet, 
holding  staves  in  your  hands  ;  and  you  shall  eat  in 
haste  :  for  it  is  the  Phase  (that  is,  the  Passage)  of 
the  Lord. 

12  And  I  will  pass  through  the  land  of  Egypt 
that  night,  and  will  kill  every  first-born  in  the  land 
of  Egypt,  both  man  and  beast:  and  against  all  the 
godsof  Egypt  I  will  execute  judgments:  I  «wthe  Lord. 

13  And  the  blood  shall  be  unto  you  for  a  sign  in 
the  houses  where  you  shall  be  :  and  I  shall  see  the 
blood,  and  shall  pass  over  you  :  and  the  plague  shall 
not  be  upon  you  to  destroy  you.  when  I  shall  strike 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

14  And  this  day  shall  be  for  a  memorial  to  you: 
and  you  shall  keep  it  a  feast  to  the  Lord  in  youi 
generations  with  an  everlasting  observance. 

15  Seven  days  shall  you  eat  unleavened  bread: 
in  the  first  day  there  shall  be  no  leaven  in  your 
houses:  whosoever  shall  eat  any  thing  leavened, 
from  the  first  day  until  the  seventh  day,  that  soul 
shall  perish  out  of  Israel. 

16  The  first  day  shall  be  holy  and  solemn  ;  and 
the  seventh  day  shall  be  kept  with  the  like  solem- 
nity :  you  shall  do  no  work  in  them,  except  those 
things  that  belong  to  eating. 

17  And  you  shall  observe  thefmstof  the  unlea- 
vened bread:  for  in  this  same  day  1  will  bring  forth 
your  army  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt;  and  you  shall 
keep  this  day  in  your  generations  by  a  perpetual  ob- 
servance. 

18  The  first  month,  the  fourteenth  day  of  the 
month  in  the  evening,  you  shall  eat  unleavened 
bread,}  until  the  one  and  twentieth  day  of  the  month 
in  the  evening. 

19  Seven  days  there  shall  not  be  found  any  lea- 
ven in  your  houses:  he  that  shall  eat  leavened  bread, 
his  soul  shall  perish  out  of  the  assembly  of  Israel, 
whether  he  be  a  stranger  or  born  in  the  land. 

20  You  shall  not  eat  any  thing  leavened  :  in  all 
your  habitations  you  shall  eat  unleavened  bread. 

21  And  Mosescalled  all  the  ancients  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  said  to  them  :  Go  take  a  lamb  by 
your  families,  and  sacrifice  the  Phase. 

22  And  dip  a  bunch  of  hyssop  in  the  blood  that 
is  at  the  door,  and  sprinkle  §  the  transom  of  the 
door  therewith,  and  both  the  door  cheeks  :  let  none 
of  you  go  out  of  the  door  of  his  house  till  morning. 

23  For  the  Lord  will  pass  through  striking  the 
Egyptians:  and  when  he  shall  see  the  blood  on  the 


was  on  ttie  evening  of  the  paschal  solemnity,  at  which  time  there  was 
no  leavened  bread  to  be  found  in  Israel. 

i  Sprinkle,  &c.  This  sprinkling-  the  doors  of  the  Israelites  with  the 
blood  of  the  paschal  lamb,  in  order  to  their  being-  delivered  from  the 
sword  of  the  destroying  angel,  was  a  lively  figure  of  our  redemption 
by  the  blood  of  Christ. 

«3 


EXODLS. 


tninsoin,  and  on  both  the  posts,  he  w  ill  pass  over  the 

dour  of  tin-   bouse,  and  not  suffer  the  destroyer  to 
come  into  your  bouses,  and  to  hurt  you. 

Thou  shall  keep  tliis  thing  as  a  law  for  thee 
and  thy  children  for  t  ver. 

\m\  when  you  have  entered  into  the  land 
which  the  Lord  will  ^i\«  jou  as  he  hath  promised, 
yon  >hall  observe  these  ceremonii  s. 

26  And  when  your  children  shall  say  to  you: 
\\  h  it  i>  the  meaning  of  this  «.,  rviee? 

J7  Von  shall  sai  to  them:  It  is  the  victim  of  the 
pass  I-'-  of  the  Lord,  w  hen  he  passed  over  the  bouses 
of  the  children  of  Israel  in  Egypt,  >trikingthe  Egyp- 
tians, and  s.i\  in-  <mii  Iioiim->.  And  the  people  bow  - 
ins  themselves,  adored. 

\nd  the  children  of  Israel  going  forth  did  as 
the  Lord  bad  commanded  .Mom  sand  Aaron. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass  at  midnight,  the  Lord 
slew  ever}  first-born  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  from  the 
first-born  of  Pharao,  who  sat  on  his  throne,  unto 
the  lirst-horn  of  the  captive  woman  that  W8J  in  the 
prison,  and  all  the  first-born  of  cattle. 

•  Hi  And  Pharao  arose  in  the  night,  and  all  hi- 
vantS,  and  all  Egypt  S    and    there  arose  a  great  en 
in  Egypt:  lor  there  was  not  a  house  wherein   there 
lay  not  one  dead. 

31  And  Pharao  Calling  .Moses  and  Aaron,  in  the 
night,  said :  Arise,  and  go  forth  from  among  my 
pi  uple.  \  on,  and  the  children  of  Israel :  go,  sacrifice 
to  the  Lord,  as  yoil  say. 

Your  sheep  and  herds  take  along  with  you, 
as  you  demanded;  and  departing,  bless  me. 

And  the  Egyptians  pressed  the  people  to  go 

forth  out  of  the  land  speedily,  saying  :    We  shall  all 

31  The  people  therefore  took  dough  before  it 
w.i>  leavened  :  and  tying  it  in  tin  //cloaks,  put  it  on 
their  shoulders. 

\nil  the  children  of  Israel  did  as  Moses  had 
commanded  :  and  they  asked  of  the  Egyptians  n  i- 
si  Is  of  silver  and  gold, and  very  much  raiment. 

36  And  the  Lord  gave  favour  to  the  people  in 
the  sigh]  of  the  Egyptians,  so  that  they  lent  unto 
thiui :   and  they  stripped  the  Egyptians. 

37  And  the  children  of  Israel  set  forward  from 
Ramesse  to  Socoth,  being  about  six  hundred  thou- 
sand inin  on  foot,  besides  children. 

\nd  a  mixed  multitude  without  number  went 
up  aLo  with  them,  sheep,  and  herds,  and  beasts  ot 
divers  kinds,  exceeding  many. 

.;'.»  Had  ihe\  baked  the  meal,  which  a  little  be- 
fore they  had  brought  out  of  Egypt  in  dough  :  and 
they   made   hearth-rakes  unleavened  :    for   it   could 

not  be  leavened,  tin-  Egyptians  pressing  them  to 
depart,  and  not  suffering  them  to  make  any  stay: 
neither  did  tiny  think  of  preparing  any   meat. 

U)  And  the  abode  of  the  children  of  Israel  that 
the]   made  in  Egypt,  was  four   hundred  and   thirty 

years, 

il   Which  being  expired,  the  same  day  all  the" 

arm)  of  the  Lord  went  forth  out  of  tin  land  of  EgJ  pt. 

•   Sm»etifyuntomen-rryfiril-horn.      Bam  til'ii  .ilnui  in  lln.  \>Urr  meant 
that  (be  firtt- burn  .mole*  oi'  UtC  I  !■  tiri  w»  »UuuM  lie  JcjmltJ  lu  the  mi- 


)2  This  is  the  observable  night  of  the  Lord  when 
he  brought  them  forth  out  of  the  laud  ol  Kg)  pt  :  this 
night  all  the  children  of  Israel  must  observe  in  their 
generations. 

I-!  Am!  die  Lord  said  to  Moses  and  Aaron:  This 
is  the  service  of  the  Phase  :  .\<>  fori  shall  i  ut 

ol   it. 

44  Hut  even  bought  servant  shall  U' circumcised, 
and  SO  shall  eat. 

45  The  stranger  and  the  hireling  shall  not  eat 
thereof. 

4G  In  one  house  shall  it  be  eaten:  neither  shall 
you  carry  forth  of  the  flesh  thereof  out  of  the  hoUM : 
neither  shall  you  break  a  hone  thereof. 

47  All  the  assembly  of  the  children  of  Israel 
shall  keep  it. 

48  And  if  any  stranger  be  willing  to  dwell  among 
you,  and  to  keep  the  Phase  of  the  Lord,  all  his  mal<  s 
shall  first  he  circumcised  :  and  then  shall  he  cele- 
brate it  according  to  the  manner:  and  he  shall  be 
as  he  that  is  horn  in  the  land:  hut  il  any  man  Irj 
Uncircumcised,  he  shall  not  eat  thereof. 

49  The  same  law  shall  he  to  him  that  is  liorn  in 
the  laud,  and  to  the  proselyte  that  sojouraeth  with 
you. 

50  And  all  the  children  of  Israel  did  as  the  Lord 
bad  commanded  Moses  and  Aaron. 

51  And  the  same  day  the  Lord  brought  forth  the 
children  of  Israel  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  by  their 
companies. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

/'//'  pnschal  mlemnity  in  to  be  observed ;  and  the  firtt-born  art. 

tn  be  conxtcrcilcd  In  (hid.  'I'hc  ]j,u;,/r  are  cumin,  ti  d  through 
tin-  desert  by  a  pillar  of  fire  in  the  night,  and  a  cloud  in  the 
day. 

\  ND  the  Lord  spoke  to  .Mos(s.  saying: 

-£*-  2  Sanctify    unto    me    every    first-born*    that 
openeth  the  womb  among  the  children  of  Israel,  as 

well  of  men  as  of  beasts  :   for  they  are  all  mine. 

3  And  .Moses  said  to  the  people :  Remember  this 
•  lay  in  which  you  came  forth  out  of  Egypt,  and  out 
of  the  house  of  bondage;   for   with   a   Strong  hand 
hath  the  Lord  brought  \ou  forth  out  of  this  pla 
that  VO0  eat  no  leavened  bread. 

4  This  day  you  go  forth  in  the  mouth  of  new 
corn. 

5  And  when  the  Lord  shall  have  brought  thee  into 
the  land  of  the  Chananite  and  the  Hethite,  and  the 
Amoi  ihite.  and  the  I  lev  ite.  and  the  Jebusite,  w  hi<  h 
he  swore  to  thy  fathers  that  he  would  give  thee,  a 
land  that  lloweth  with  milk  and  honey,  thou  shall 
celebrate  this  manner  of  sacred  rites  in  this 
month. 

6  Seven  days  shalt  thou  eat  unleavened  bread  : 
and  on  the  seventh  day  shall  1m-  the  solemnity  of  the 
Lord. 

7  Unleavened  bread  shall  you  eat  seven  days: 

there  shall  not  he  seen  any  thing  leavened  W  llh  thee, 
nor  in  all  thy  coasts. 

8  And  thou  shalt  tell  thy  son  in  that  day,  myiOjg: 


ni.trv  in  tin'  <lit,  p|  ami  llic  liisl-Unu  ol  bruli  Ik-  givi  n  lor 

.  ticC. 


f  HAP.  XIV. 


This  is  what  the  Lord  did  to  me  when  I  came  forth 
out  of  Egypt. 

9  And  it  shall  be  as  a  sign  in  thy  hand,  and  as  a 
memorial  before  thy  eyes;  and  that  the  law  of  the 
lionl  be  always  in  thy  mouth ;  for  with  a  strong  hand 
the  Lord  hath  brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

10  Thou  shalt  keep  this  observance  at  the  set 
time  from  days  to  days. 

1 1  And  when  the  Lord  shall  have  brought  thee 
into  the  land  of  the  Chanariite,  as  he  swore  to  thee 
and  thy  fathers,  and  shall  give  it  thee: 

12  Thou  shalt  set  ;ip;irt  all  that  openeth  the  womb 
for  the  Lord,  and  all  that  is  first  brought  forth  of 
thy  cattle:  whatsoever  thou  shalt  have  of  the  male 
sex,  thou  shalt  consecrate  to  the  Lord. 

13  The  first-born  of  an  ass  thou  shalt  change 
for  a  sheep :  and  if  thou  do  not  redeem  it,  thou 
shalt  kill  it.  And  every  first-born  of  men  thou  shalt 
redeem  with  a  price. 

14  And  when  thy  son  shall  ask  thee  to-morrow, 
saying  :  What  is  this  ?  Thou  shalt  answer  him  : 
with  a  strong  hand  did  the  Lord  bring  us  forth  out 
of  the  land  of  Egvpt,  out  of  the  house  of  bondage. 

15  For  when  Pharao  was  hardened,  and  would 
not  let  us  go,  the  Lord  slew  every  first-born  in  the 
land  of  Egypt,  from  the  first-born  of  man  to  the 
first-born  of  beasts  :  therefore  I  sacrifice  to  the 
Lord  all  that  openeth  the  womb  of  the  male  sex, 
and  all  the  first-born  of  my  sons  1  redeem. 

16  And  it  shall  be  as  a  sign  in  thy  hand,  and  as 
a  thing  hung  between  thy  eyes,  for  a  remembrance  : 
because  the  Lord  hath  brought  us  forth  out  of  Egypt 
by  a  strong  hand. 

17  And  when  Pharao  had  sent  out  the  people, 
the  Lord  led  them  not  by  the  way  of  the  land  of 
the  Philistines  which  is  near:  thinking  lest  perhaps 
they  would  repent,  if  they  should  see  wars  arise 
against  them,  and  would  return  into  Egypt. 

lb"  But  he  led  them  about  by  the  way  of  the 
desert,  which  is  by  the  Red  Sea  :  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  went  up  armed  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

19  And  Moses  took  Joseph's  bones  with  him  : 
because  he  had  adjured  the  children  of  Israel,  say- 
ing :  God  shall  visit  you,  carry  out  my  bones  from 
hence  with  you. 

20  And  marching  from  Socoth  they  encamped 
in  Etham  in  the  utmost  coasts  of  the  wilderness. 

21  And  the  Lord  went  before  them  to  show  the 
way  by  day  in  a  pillar  of  a  cloud,  and  by  night  in  a 
pillar  of  fire ;  that  he  might  be  the  guide  of  their 
journey  at  both  times. 

22  There  never  failed  the  pillar  of  the  cloud  by 
day,  nor  the  pillar  of  fire  by  night,  before  the  people. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

Pharao  pursueth  the  children  of  TxrnrL  Thry  murmur  against 
Mote*)  but  are '■nmumtrid  Ini  him,  and  pun  through  the 
Red  Sea.     Pharao  and  his  army  following  them  are  drowned. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying  : 
2  S|>eak  to  the  children  of  Israel  :   Let  them 
turn  and  encamp  over  against  Phihahiroth,  which 


is  between  Magdal  and  the  sea  over  against  Beelse- 
phon  :  you  shall  encamp  before  it  upon  the  sea. 

3  And  Pharao  will  say  of  the  children  of  Israel : 
They  are  straitened  in  the  land,  the  desert  hath  shut 
them  in. 

4  And  I  shall  harden  his  heart,  and  he  will  pur- 
sue you :  and  I  shall  be  glorified  in  Pharao,  and  in 
all  his  army  :  and  the  Egyptians  shall  know  that  I 
am  the  Lord.     And  they  did  so. 

5  And  it  was  told  the  king  of  the  Egyptians, 
that  the  people  was  fled  :  and  the  heart  of  Pharao 
and  of  his  servants  was  changed  with  regard  to  the 
people,  and  they  said  :  What  meant  we  to  do,  that 
we  let  Israel  go  from  serving  us  ? 

6  So  he  made  ready  his  chariot,  and  took  all  his 
people  with  him. 

7  And  he  took  six  hundred  chosen  chariots,  and 
all  the  chariots  that  were  in  Egypt,  and  the  captains 
of  the  whole  army. 

8  And  the  Lord  hardened  the  heart  of  Pharao 
king  of  Egypt ;  and  he  pursued  the  children  of  Is- 
rael :  but  they  were  gone  forth  in  a  mighty  hand. 

9  And  when  the  Egyptians  followed  the  steps  of 
them  who  were  gone  before,  they  found  them  en- 
camped at  the  sea-side :  all  Pharao's  horse  and  cha- 
riots, and  the  whole  army  were  in  Phihahiroth  be- 
fore Beelsephon. 

10  And  when  Pharao  drew  near,  the  children  of 
Israel  lifted  up  their  eyes,  saw  the  Egyptians  be- 
hind them :  and  they  feared  exceedingly,  and  cried 
to  the  Lord  : 

1 1  And  they  said  to  Moses :  Perhaps  there  were 
no  graves  in  Egypt ;  therefore  thou  hast  brought  us 
to  die  in  the  wilderness  :  why  wouldstthou  do  this, 
to  lead  us  out  of  Egypt  ? 

12  Is  not  this  the  word  that  we  spoke  to  thee  in 
Egypt,  saying  :  Depart  from  us,  that  we  may  serve 
the  Egyptians  ?  for  it  was  much  better  to  serve 
them,  than  to  die  in  the  wilderness. 

13  And  Moses  said  to  the  people  :  Fear  not: 
stand,  and  see  the  great  wonders  of  the  Lord,  which 
he  will  do  this  day  :  for  the  Egyptians  whom  you 
see  now,  you  shall  see  no  more  for  ever. 

14  The  Lord  will  fight  for  you,  and  you  shall 
hold  your  peace. 

15  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses:  Why  cries!  thou 
to  me  ?  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel  to  go  forward. 

16  But  lift  thou  up  thy  rod,  and  stretch  forth 
thy  hand  over  the  sea,  and  divide  it ;  that  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  may  go  through  the  midst  of  the  sea 
on  dry  ground. 

17  And  I  will  harden  the  heart  of  the  Egyptians 
to  pursue  you  :  and  I  will  be  glorified  in  Pharao, 
and  in  all  his  host,  and  in  his  chariots,  and  in  his 
horsemen. 

18  And  the  Egyptians  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord,  when  I  shall  be  glorified  in  Pharao,  and  in 
his  chariots,  and  in  his  horsemen. 

19  And  the  Angel  of  God,  who  went  before  the 
camp  of  Israel,  removing,  went  behind  them  :  and 
together  with  him  the  pillar  of  the  cloud,  leaving 
the  fore-part, 

20  Stood  behind,  between  the  Egyptians1  camp 

61 


(II  \l\  XV. 


and  the  camp  of  brad  :  and  it  was  a  dark  cloud, 
and  enlightening  t li*."  Bight,"  so  lliat  tlu-v  couM  MM 
rosne  ai  oae  another  all  the  night. 

21    Ami  when  Moses  had  stretched  forth  his  hand 
ovit  the  sea,  tin-  Lord  took  it  awaj  by  a  strong  and 
liuming  wind  blowing  all  the  night,  ami  turned  it 
niodrj  ground  :  and  the  water  was  divided. 

11  tad  the  children  of  Israel  went  in  throngs 
the  midst  of  the  aea  dried  up:  for  the  water  STM 
as  a  wall  on  their  right  haul  and  on  their  hit. 

23  And  the  Egyptians  pursuing,  went  in  after 
them,  and  all  Pharao's  horses,  his  chariots  and 
horsemen,  through  the  midst  ot    the  sea. 

1)  IjM  now  the  morninu  watch  was  come:  and 
behold,  the  Lord  looking  upon  tlic  Egyptian  arm;, 
through  the  pillar  of  lire  an. I  of  the  cloud,  slew 
their  host, 

26    Ami    overthrew   the   wheels  of  the  chariots, 
and   they   were   carried    into  the   deep.      And    the 
;>ti;ins  said:    Let  us  lice  from  Israel  :     for  the 
Lord  fighteth  for  them  against  on. 

\ml  the  Lord  said  to  .Moses:  Stretch  forth 
thy  hand  over  the  sea,  that  the  waters  may  come 
again  upon  the  Egyptians)  upon  their  chariots  and 

horsemen. 

11  And  when  Moses  had  stretched  forth  his 
hand  towards  the  sea,  it  returned  at  the  first  hreak 
of  day  to  the  former  place:  ami  BS  tin'  Egyptians 
were  Boeing  away,  the  waters  came  upon  them,  and 
the  Lord  shut  them  up  in  the  middle  of  the  waves. 
kad  the  waters  returned,  and  covered  the 
chariots  and  the  hor>emcn  of  all  the  army  of  1'ha- 
rao,  who  had  come  into  the  sea  after  them,  neither 
did  there  so  much  as  one  of  them  remain. 

29  But  the  children  of  Israel  marched  through 
the  midst  of  the  sea  upon  dry  land  :  and  the  waters  were 
to  them  as  a  wall  on  the  right  hand  and  on  the  left : 

30  And  the  Lord  delivered  Israel  in  that  da\  out 
of  the  hands  of  the  Egyptians. 

31  And  the\  s;tw  the  Egyptians  (had  upon  the 
shore,  ami  the  Blighty  hand  that  the    Lord   had 

used  aganiSl  them:  and  the  people  feared  the  Lord; 
and  tiny  helieved  the  Lord,  and  .Moses  his  servant. 

CHAP.  XV. 

The  cantirle.  of  Mosrt.     Tin-  bitlir  wuli rs  of  Mara  are 

minlr  art  it. 

THEN   Moses  and  the  children  of  Israel  song 
this  canticle  to  the    Lord,    ami   s;iii|  ;    Let   us 
sinz   to   the    Lord:    for  he  is  gloriously  magnified  : 
the  horse  and  the  rider  he  hath  thrown  into  the  sea. 
.'     I'lie  Lord  ;'*  my  Strength   and  my  praise,  and 

he  is  beet salvation  to  me:  be  it  my  God,  and 

1  will  glorify  him;  the  God  of  m>  famer,  and  I 

will  exalt  him. 

;{  The  Lord  1 5  as  a  man  of  war,  Mmidity  is  his 
name. 

4  Phono's  chariots  ;uid  his  army  he  hath  cast 
into  the  sea  :  his  ehosen  captains  are  drowned  in 
the  Red  8* 

.  I  ink  Claud,  and  enligkltning  Ik*  Higkl.  It  WM  »  dark  rloud  Uj  ll„ 
Egyptiani  ;  but  etiliglitimti  the  oiptit  to  Um  I  rai-lile*,  by  gmng  (hem 
•  gnul  light. 

ss 


6  The  depths  have  COW  red  them  :  the\  ar  sunk 
to  the  bottom  like  a  stone. 

ti  Thj  right  hand.  ()  Lord,  is  magnified  in 
Strength  :  tin  light  hand,  O  Lord,  hath  slain  the. 
enemy. 

7  And  in  the  multitude  of  thy  glory  thou  hast 
put  down  thy  adversaries :  thou  hast  sent  thy  wrath, 
which  hath  devoured  them  like  stubble. 

8  And  with   the   blast   of  thj    aimer  the   waters 

were  gathered  together :  the  flowing  water  stood; 

the  depths  were  gathered  together  in  the  midst  of 
the  sea. 

9  The  enemy  said  :  I  will  pursue  and  overtake; 
I  will  divide  the  spoils;  m\  soul  shall  have  its  till  j 
I  will  draw  my  sword  :   my  hand  shall  slay  them. 

10  Thy  wind  blew,  and  the  sea  covered  them: 
they  sunk  as  lead  in  the  mighty  waters. 

11  Who  is  like  to  thee,  among  the  strong,  O 
Lord?  who  is  like  to  thee,  glorious  in  holiness,  ur- 
rihle  and  praise-worthy,  doing  wonders? 

12  Thou  stretchedst  forth  th.\  hand,  and  the  earth 
swallowed  them. 

19  In  thy  mercy  thou  hast  heen  a  leader  to  the 
people    which    thou    hast    redeemed:     ami    in    thy 

strength  thou  hast  carried  them  to  thy  borj  habi- 
tation. 

14  Nations  rose  up,  and  were  angry  :  sorrows 
took  hold  on  the  inhabitants  of  Philhuuim. 

15  Then  were  the  princes  of  Edom  troubled-: 
trembling  seised  on  the  stout  menofMoab:  all 
the  inhabitants  of  Chanaaa  became  stiff. 

16  Let  fear  and  dread  fall  upon  them,  in  the 
greatness  of  thj  arm:  let  them  become  unsnovea- 
bleas  a  stone,  until  thy  people,  ()  Lord,  pass  by! 
until  this  thy  people  pan  l>.\.  which  thou  hast  pos- 
sessed. 

17  Thou  shall  bring  them  in,  and  plant  them  in 
the  mountain  of  thy  inheritance,  in  thy  most  firm 
habitation,    which    thou    hast    made,   ()'  Lord  :   thy 

sanctuary,  < )  Lord,  which  thj  hands  have  established. 

18  The  Lord  shall  reign  for  ever  and  ever. 

19  For  Pharao  wen!  in  on  horseback  with  his 
chariots  and  horsemen  into  the  sea  :   and  the  Lord 

brought  hack  upon  tbeni  the  waters  of  the  sea:  hut 
the  children  of  Israel  walked  on  dr\  ground  in  the 
midst  thereof'. 

20  So  Mary  the  prophetess,  the  sister  of  Aaron, 
took  a  timbrel  in  her  hand  :  and  all  the  women  went 
forth  after  her  with  timbrels  and  with  dances. 

-I  knd  she  began  the  song  to  them,  saying: 
Let  us  siim  to  the  Lord :  for  he  is  gloriously  mag- 
nified :  the  hotae  and  his  rider  he  hath  thrown  into 
the  sea. 

22  And  Moses  brought  Israel  from  the  Red  St  a: 
and  they  w  cut  forth  into  the  wilderness  of  SttT  :   and 

they  marched  three    days    thronr.li    the   w  ilderm 
and  found  no  water. 

23  And  they  came  into   Mara,   and  they  could 
not  drink   the  waters  of   M.na.   because   tiny    Were' 

hitter:  whereupon  be  gave  a  name  also  sole 

to  the  place,  calling k  Mara,  that  is.  bitterness. 
-'I     \ml    the    people    murmured  against    Mo*  s- 
ing  :    What  shall  we  dunk? 


CHAP.  XVI. 


25  Bin  lie  cried  to  the  Lord  :  and  he  showed  him 
a  tree,  which  when  he  had  cast  into  the  waters,  they 
were  turned  into  sweetness.  There  he  appointed 
him  ordinances,  and  judgments,  and  there  he  proved 
him, 

26  Saying :  If  thou  wilt  hear  the  voice  of  the 
Lord  thy  God,  and  do  what  is  right  before  him, 
and  obey  his  commandments,  and  keep  all  his  pre- 
cepts, none  of  the  evils  that  I  laid  upon  Egypt,  will 
I  bring  upon  thee :  for  I  am  the  Lord  thy  healer. 

27  And  the  children  of  Israel  c;une  into  Elim, 
where  there  were  twelve  fountains  of  water,  and  se- 
venty palm  trees:  and  they  encamped  by  the  waters. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

The  people  murmur  for  want  of  meat :   God  givcth  them  quails 
and  manna. 

AND  they  set  forward  from  Elim  :  and  all  the 
multitude  of  the  children  of  Israel  came  into 
the  desert  of  Sin,  which  is  between  Elim  and  Sinai, 
the  fifteenth  day  of  the  second  month,  after  they 
came  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

2  And  all  the  congregation  of  the  children  of 
Israel  murmured  against  Moses  and  Aaron  in  the 
wilderness. 

3  And  the  children  of  Israel  said  to  them :  Would 
to  God  we  had  died  by  the  hand  of  the  Lord  in  the 
land  of  Egypt,  when  we  sat  over  the  fleshpots,  and 
ate  bread  to  the  full :  why  have  you  brought  us  into 
this  desert,  that  you  might  destroy  all  the  multitude 
with  famine? 

4  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses :  Behold,  I  will 
rain  bread  from  heaven  for  you:  let  the  people  go 
forth,  and  gather  what  is  sufficient  for  every  day; 
that  I  may  prove  them  whether  they  will  walk  in  my 
law,  or  no. 

5  But  the  sixth  day  let  them  provide  for  to  bring 
in  :  and  let  it  be  double  to  that  they  were  wont  to 
gather  every  day. 

6  And  Moses  and  Aaron  said  to  the  children  of 
Israel :  In  the  evening  you  shall  know  that  the  Lord 
hath  biought  you  forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt: 

7  And  in  the  morning  you  .shall  see  the  glory  of 
the  Lord :  for  he  hath  heard  your  murmuring  against 
the  Lord :  but  as  for  us,  what  are  we,  that  you 
mutter  against  us  ? 

8  And  Moses  said :  In  the  evening  the  Lord 
will  give  you  flesh  to  eat,  and  in  the  morning  bread 
to  the  full :  for  he  hath  heard  your  murmurings, 
with  which  you  have  murmured  against  him  :  for 
what  are  we  ?  your  murmuring  is  not  against  us, 
but  against  the  Lord. 

9  Moses  also  said  to  Aaron  :  Say  to  the  whole 
congregation  of  the  children  of  Israel  :  Come  be- 
fore the  Lord  :  for  he  hath  heard  your  murmuring. 

10  And  when  Aaron  spoke  to  all  the  assembly 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  they  looked  towards  the 
wilderness :  and  behold,  the  glory  of  the  Lord  ap- 
peared in  a  cloud. 

11  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying: 

12  I  have  heard  the  murmuring  of  the  children 
of  Israel :  say  to  them:  In  the  evening  you  shall  eat 


flesh,  and  in  the  morning  you  shall  have  your  fill 
of  bread  :  and  you  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord 
your  God. 

13  So  it  came  to  pass  in  the  evening,  that  quails 
coming  up,  covered  the  camp :  and  in  the  morning 
a  dew  lay    round  about  the  camp. 

14  And  when  it  had  covered  the  face  of  the  earth, 
it  appeared  in  the  wilderness  small,  and  as  it  were 
beatea  with  a  pestle,  like  unto  the  hoar-frost  on  the 
ground. 

15  And  when  the  children  of  Israel  saw  it,  they 
said  one  to  another :  Manliu  !  which  signifieth  . 
What  is  this!  for  they  knew  not  what  it  was.  And 
Moses  said  to  them  :  This  is  the  bread,  which  the 
Lord  hath  given  you  to  eat. 

16  This  is  the  word,  that  the  Lord  hath  com- 
manded :  Let  every  one  gather  of  it  as  much  as  is 
enough  to  eat :  a  gomor  for  every  man,  according 
to  the  number  of  your  souls  that  dwell  in  a  tent,  so 
shall  you  take  of  it. 

17  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  so  :  and  they 
gathered,  one  more,  another  less. 

18  And  they  measured  by  the  measure  of  a  go- 
mor :  neither  had  he  more  that  had  gathered  more  : 
nor  did  he  find  less  that  had  provided  less :  but 
every  one  had  gathered,  according  to  what  they 
were  able  to  eat. 

19  And  Moses  said  to  them  :  Let  no  man  leave 
thereof  till  the  morning. 

20  And  they  hearkened  not  to  him ;  but  some 
of  them  left  until  the  morning :  and  it  began  to  be 
full  of  worms,  and  it  putrified  :  and  Moses  was 
angry  with  them. 

21  Now  every  one  of  them  gathered  in  the  morn- 
ing, as  much  as  might  suffice  to  eat :  and  after  the 
sun  grew  hot,  it  melted. 

22  But  on  the  sixth  day  they  gathered  twice  as 
much,  that  is,  two  gomors  every  man  :  and  all  the 
rulers  of  the  multitude  came,  and  told  Moses. 

23  And  he  said  to  them  :  This  is  what  the  Lord 
hath  spoken  :  To-morrow  is  the  rest  of  the  sabbath 
sanctified  to  the  Lord.  Whatsoever  work  is  to  be 
done,  do  it:  and  the  meats  that  are  to  be  dressed, 
dress  them  :  and  whatsoever  shall  remain,  lay  it  up 
until  the  morning. 

24  And  they  did  so  as  Moses  had  commanded  ■ 
and  it  did  not  putrify,  neither  was  there  worm  found 
in  it. 

25  And  Moses  said  :  Eat  it  to-day,  because  it  is 
the  sabbath  of  the  Lord  :  to-day  it  shall  not  be  found 
in  the  field. 

26  Gather  it  six  days:  but  on  theseventh  day  is  the 
sabbath  of  the  Lord  ;  therefore  it  shall  not  be  found. 

27  And  the  seventh  day  came  :  and  some  of  the 
people  going  forth  to  gather,  found  none. 

28  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  :  How  long  will 
you  refuse  to  keep  my  commandments,  and  my  law? 

29  See  that  the  Lord  hath  given  you  the  sabbath, 
and  for  this  reason  on  the  sixth  day  he  giveth  you 
a  double  provision  :  let  each  man  stay  at  home,  and 
let  none  go  forth  out  of  his  place  the  seventh  day 

30  And  the  people  kept  the  sabbath  on  the 
seventh  day. 

63 


I  XOIM'S. 


31  Ami  th"  hooar  of  Israel  called  the  name 
thereof  manna:*  ami  it  was  like  coriander  aead 
while,  ami  the  taste  thereof  like  to  flour  with  honey. 
'>_'  An. I  Moses  said  :  This  is  the  word,  which  the 
Lord  hath  commanded  :  fill  a  gemot  of  it.  ami  lei 
it  Ik-  kept  until  generation* to  conie  hereafter:  thai 
they  may  know  the  bread,  wherewith  I  fed  you  in 
tin-  wilderness,  when  you  vera  brought  forth  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

\  ml  Moses  said  to  Aaron  :  Take  a  vessel,  and 
|iut  manna  into  it,  as  much  as  a  EomOT  can  liold  : 
and  lav  it  up  before  the  Lord  to  keep  uuto  your 
generations, 

•  >V  As  the  Lord  commanded  Moses.  And  Aaron 
put  it  in  the  tabernacle  to  he  kept* 

Ami  therein  Id  rcn  of  Israel  ate  manna  forty 
years,  till  they  came  to  a  habitable  land:  with  this 
meat  were  they  fed,  until  thej  reached  the  borders  of 
the  land  of  Chanaan. 
Jo  .Now  a  gomor  is  the  tenth  part  of  an  ephL 

(HAT.  XVII. 

like  pcoplr  murmur  again  for  icatit  of  drink :  the  Lordgivtti 
them  water  out  of  a  rock.  Most*  lifting  up  kin  hond  in 
prayer,  .liiui/cr  is  orirrnnii-. 

r|MILX  all  the  multitude  of  the  children  of  Israel 
-*-    setting  forward  from  the  desert  of  Sin,  by  their 

mansions,  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  en- 
camped in  Kaphidim,  where  there  was  no  water  lor 
the  people  to  drink. 

2  And  they  ehode  with  Motes,  and  said:  Give 
us  water,  thai  we  may  drink.  And  Moses  answer- 
ed them:  Why  chide  you  with  me?  Wherefore  do 
>oii  tempt  the  Lord? 

•  i  So  the  people  were  thirst v  there  for  want  of 
water,  and  murmured  against  Most  s.  saying:  Why 
didsi  thou  make  us  ^o  forth  out  of  Egypt,  to  kill  us, 
and  our  children,  and  our  beasts,  with  thirst? 

\  And  Mosea  cried  to  die  Lord,  saying:  What 
shall  I  do  to  this  people?  ^  el  a  little  more  and  the] 
w  ill  stone  me. 

Lad  the  I, old  said  to  Moses:  Go  before  the 
people,  and  take  with  tliee  of  the  ancients  of  Israel : 
and  take  in  thy  hand  the'  rod  wherewith  thou  didst 
strike  the  river,  and  go. 

i  i  I  nhold,  I  will  stand  there  before  thee,  upon  the 
roek  Horeb:  and  thou  shall  strike  the  rock,  and 
water  shall  come  out  of  it  that  the  people  ma\  drink. 
Mos<  -  did  so  before  the  ancients  of  Israel: 

1  \nd  he  called  the  name  of  that  place  Tempta- 
tion, because  of  the  chiding  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  for  that  they  tempted  the  Lord,  saying:  la  the 
I  lord  amongst  us  or  not? 

::  \nd  Amain-  came,  and  fought  against  Lin  I 
in  Kaphidim. 

9  And  Moses  said  to  Joeue:  Choose  out  men:  and  go 
out  and  fight  azainst  Amalee:  to-morrow  I  will  stand 
on  the  top  of  the  hill  having  the  rod  of  God  in  mj  hand. 


,  »i  tn'i  i . 
wen-  i 


Tin.  niiniciiloin  food,  with  which  tin1  children  ofl.racl 
teA  aix!  »  ildcr- 

)i  we  recrivr  in  (In-  Mcmed 
larnmrni,  foi  the  food  and  now  during  the  time 

rfotiriiiort.il  pnyrimagv,  till  wc  rnmc  to  I  home,  the  true 


10  Jome  did  as  Moses  had  spoken;  and  lie 
fought  against  Amalee:  but  Moses  and  Aaron  and 

llm   Weill  up  upon  the  top  of  the  hill. 

1  I  And  when  Moses  lifted  up  his  hands,-)-  Israel 
overcame:   hut  if  he  let  them  down  a  little,  Amalee 

om  iv. line. 

12  And  Moses's*  hands  were  heavy  :  SO  they  took 
a  stone,  and  put  under  him:  and  he  sat  on  it:  and 
Aaron  and  llur  stayed  up  his  hands  on  holh  sides. 
And  it  came  to  pass  that  his  hands  were  not  weaiv 
until  sun-set. 

1.!  And  .Josue  put  Amalee  and  his  people  to  flight, 
by  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

11  And  the  Lord  said  to  Mos<  8j  Write  this  for 
a  memorial  in  a  hook,  ami  deliver  it  to  tin-  ears  of 
Josue:  for  1  will  destroj  the  memory  of  Amalee 
from  under  heaven. 

15  And  Moses  bufll  an  altar,  and  called. the  name 
thereof.  The  Lord  uiv  exaltation,  saying: 

16  Because  the  hand  of  the  throne  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  war  of  the  Lord,  shall  he  against  Amalee, 
from  generation  to  generation. 

CHAP.  XVIII. 

Jtthro  brivgeth  to  Moses  his  wife  and  childnn.     His  cotmxrl 

\  ND  when  Jethro  the  priest  of  Madian,  the  kins- 
-^*-  man  of  Moses,  had  heard  all  the  things  that  God 
had  done  to  Moses,  and  to  Israel  his  people,  and  that 

the  Lord  had  brought  forth  Israel  outof  Egypt: 

2  lie  took  Scphora  the  wife  of  Moses  whom  he 
had  sent  hack, 

3  And  her  two  suns,  of  whom  one  was  called 
Gersam,  his  fat  1m  r  saying:  I  have  been  a  stranger  in 
a  foreign  country; 

4  And  the  other  Elieaer:  Lor  the  God  of  my 
father,  said  he,  is  mv  helper,  and  hath  delivered  me 
from  the  sword  of  I'harao. 

5  And  Jethro  the  kinsman  of  Moses  came  with 
his    sons,    and    his   wife  lo  Moses  into   the    desert, 

where  he  was  camped  h\  the  mountain  of  God. 

6  And  he  sent  word  to  Moses,  saying:   I  Jetbro 

tin  kinsman  come   to  thee,  and  thy  wife,  and  thy 
two  sons  wild  her. 

7  And  he  went  out  to  meet  his  kinsman,  and 
Worshipped  and  kissed  him:  and  liny  saluted  one 
another  with  words  of  peace.  And  when  he  was 
come  into  the  tent, 

ii  Moses  told  his  kinsman  all  (hat  the  Lord  had 
done  to  I'harao  and  the  Egyptians,  in  favour  of  Is- 
rael: and  all  the  labour  which  had  befallen  them  in 
thcjourney,  and  that  the  Lord  had  delivered  them. 

9  And  Jethro  rejoiced  for  all  the  rood  things  that 
the  Lord  had  done  la  Israel,  because  he  had  delivered 
c lit -i ii  out  of  the  hands  of  the  Egi  ptians. 

10  And  he  said:  Blessed  is  the  LorrL  who  hath 
delivered  his  people  out  of  the  hand  of  Egypt. 

11  \<>u  I  know,  that  the  Lord  is  great  above  all 
uods:  because  thej  dealt  proudJj  against  them. 

landi.f  proei  iw  .hall  keepaneri  rfattdog  tabbath,  tod  hare 

mi  furttirr 

mi/  ichm  M.ut  li/ttd  w;>  Mi  ktndt.     Her,    Mo*e»  was  a  fifrurr  of 
Christ  on  the  4  m...  bj  wkw*f  powor  and  mtdiatioo  wi  ■  our 

■nritaal  cm  i 


CHAP.  XIX. 


12  So  Jethro  the  kinsman  of  Moses  offered  ho- 
locausts and  sacrifices  to  God  :  and  Aaron  and  all 
the  ancients  of  Israel  came  to  eat  bread  with  him 
before  God. 

13  And  the  next  day  Moses  sat  to  judge  the 
people,  who  stood  by  Moses  from  morning  until  night. 

14  And  when  his  kinsman  had  seen  all  things 
that  he  did  among  the  people,  he  said  :  What  is  it 
that  thou  doest  among  the  people  ?  Why  sittest  thou 
alone,  and  all  the  people  wait  from  morning  till 
night  ? 

15  And  Moses  answered  him  :  The  people  come 
to  me  to  seek  the  judgment  of  God. 

16  And  when  any  controversy  falleth  out  among 
them,  they  come  to  me  to  judge  between  them,  and 
to  show  the  precepts  of  God,  and  his  laws. 

1 7  But  he  said :  The  thing  thou  doest  is  not  good. 

1 8  Thou  art  spent  with  foolish  labour,  both  thou, 
and  this  people  that  is  with  thee :  the  business  is 

'above  thy  strength  ;  thou  alone  canst  not  bear  it. 

19  But  hear  my  words  and  counsels;  and  God 
shall  be  with  thee.  Be  thou  to  the  people  in  those 
things  that  pertaintoGo(l,tobringthe>rwordstohim: 

20  And  to  show  the  people  the  ceremonies  and 
the  manner  of  worshipping,  and  the  way  wherein 
they  ought  to  walk,  and  the  work  that  they  ought 
to  do. 

21  And  provide  out  of  all  the  people,  able  men, 
such  as  fear  God,  in  whom  there  is  truth,  and  that 
hate  avarice,  and  appoint  of  them  rulers  of  thou- 
sands, and  of  hundreds,  and  of  fifties,  and  of  tens, 

22  Who  may  judge  the  people  at  all  times  :  and 
when  any  great  matter  soever  shall  fall  out,  let  them 
refer  it  to  thee  ;  and  let  them  judge  the  lesser  mat- 
ters only :  that  so  it  may  be  lighter  for  thee,  the 
burden  being  shared  out  unto  others. 

23  If  thou  doest  this,  thou  shalt  fulfil  the  com- 
mandment of  God,  and  shall  be  able  to  bear  his 
precepts  :  and  all  this  people  shall  return  to  their 
places  with  peace. 

24  And  when  Moses  heard  this,  he  did  all  things 
that  he  had  suggested  unto  him. 

25  And  choosing  able  men  out  of  all  Israel,  he 
appointed  them  rulers  of  the  people,  rulers  over 
thousands,  and  over  hundreds,  and  over  fifties,  and 
over  tens. 

26  And  they  judged  the  people  at  all  times:  and 
whatsoever  was  of  greater  difficulty  they  referred 
to  him,  and  they  judged  the  easier  cases  only. 

27  And  he  let  his  kinsman  depart :  and  he  re- 
turned and  went  into  his  own  country. 

CHAP.  XIX. 

They  come  to  Sinai  :  the  people  are  commanded  to  be  sanctified. 
The  Lord  coming  in  thunder  and  lightning,  speaketh  with 
Motes. 

I  N  the  third  month  of  the  departure  of  Israel  out 
-*-  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  on  this  day  they  came  into 
the  wilderness  of  Sinai : 

2  For  departing  out  of  Raphidim,  and  coming  to 
the  desert  of  Sinai,  they  camped  in  the  same  place, 
and  there  Israel  pitched  their  tents  over  against  the 
mountain. 

I 


3  And  Moses  went  up  to  God  :*  and  the  Lord 
called  unto  him  from  the  mountain,  and  said:  Thus 
shalt  thou  say  to  the  house  of  Jacob,  and  tell  the 
children  of  Israel : 

4  You  have  seen  what  I  have  done  to  the  Egyp- 
tians; how  I  have  carried  you  upon  the  wings  of 
eagles,  and  have  taken- you  to  myself. 

5  If  therefore  you  will  hear  my  voice,  and  keep 
my  covenant,  you  shall  be  my  peculiar  possession 
above  all  people  :  for  all  the  earth  is  mine. 

6  And  you  shall  be  to  me  a  priestly  kingdom,  and 
a  holy  nation.  These  are  the  words  thou  shalt 
speak  to  the  children  of  Israel. 

7  Moses  came:  and  calling  together  the  elders  of 
the  people,  he  declared  all  the  words  which  tlie  Lord 
had  commanded. 

8  And  all  the  people  answered  together :  All  that 
the  Lord  hath  spoken,  we  will  do.  And  when 
Moses  had  related  the  people's  words  to  the  Lord, 

9  The  Lord  said  to  him:  Lo,  now  will  I  come 
to  thee  in  the  darkness  of  a  cloud,  that  the  people 
may  hear  me  speaking  to  thee,  and  may  believe  thee 
for  ever.  And  Moses  told  the  words  of  the  people 
to  the  Lord. 

10  And  he  said  to  him:  Go  to  the  people,  and 
sanctify  them  to-day,  and  to-morrow,  and  let  them 
wash  their  garments. 

1 1  And  let  them  be  ready  against  the  third  day : 
for  on  the  third  day  the  Lord  will  come  down  in  the 
sight  of  all  the  people  upon  mount  Sinai. 

12  And  thou  shalt  appoint  certain  limits  to  the 
people  round  about,  and  thou  shalt  say  to  them: 
Take  heed  ye  go  not  up  into  the  mount,  and  that  ye 
touch  not  the  borders  thereof:  every  one  that 
toucheth  the  mount,  dying  he  shall  die. 

.  13  No  hands  shall  touch  him ;  but  he  shall  be 
stoned  to  death,  or  shall  be  shot  through  with 
arrows :  whether  it  be  beast,  or  man,  he  shall  not 
live.  When  the  trumpet  shall  begin  to  sound,  then 
let  them  go  up  into  the  mount. 

14  And  Moses  came  down  from  the  mount  to 
the  people,  and  sanctified  them.  And  when  they 
had  washed  their  garments, 

15  He  said  to  them:  Be  ready  against  the  third 
day,  and  come  not  near  your  wives, 

16  And  now  the  third  day  was  come,  and  the 
morning  appeared :  and  behold,  thunders  began  to 
be  heard,  and  lightning  to  flash,  and  a  very  thick 
cloud  to  cover  the  mount,  and  the  noise  of  the 
trumpet  sounded  exceeding  loud:  and  the  people 
that  was  in  the  camp,  feared. 

17  And  when  Moses  had  brought  them  forth  to 
meet  God  from  the  place  of  the  camp,  they  stood  at 
the  bottom  of  the  mount. 

18  And  all  mount  Sinai  was  on  a  smoke:  be- 
cause the  Lord  was  come  down  upon  it  in  fi;e,  and 
the  smoke  arose  from  it  as  out  of  a  furnace :  and  all 
the  mount  was  terrible. 

19  And  the  sound  of  the  trumpet  grew  by  de- 
grees louder  and  louder,  and  was  drawn  out  to  a 


*  Jind  Mosts  went  up  to  God. 
God  spoke  to  him. 


Moses  went  up  lo  Mount  Sinai  where 
65 


i:\odus. 


greater  length :  Moses  spoke,  and  God  answered 
in). 
20   And  the  Lord  came  down  upon  mount  Sinai, 
in  the  mtv  top  of  the  mount;  and  he  called  Motes 
unto  the  top  thereof.      And   when  he  was  gone   up 
thith.  i. 

J!  lie  said  unto  him:  Go  down,  and  charge 
the  people;  lot  they  should  have  a  mind  to  pass 
the  limits  to  see  the  Lord,  and  a  very  great  multi- 
tude of  them  should  perish. 

The  priests  also  thai  come  to  the  Lord,  let 
them  be  sanctified,  lest  he  strike  them. 

23  And  Hoses  said  to  the  Lord  :  The  people 
cannot  come  up  to  mount  Sinai :  for  thou  didst 
charm',  and  command,  say  ing  :  Set  limits  ahout  the 
mount,  and  sanctify  it. 

\nd  the  Lord  said  to  him  :  Go,  get  thee  down  : 
and  thou  shah  come  up,  thou  and  Aaron  with  thee  : 
but  let  not  the  priests  and  the  people  pass  the 
limits,  nor  come  up  to  the  Lord,  lest  he  kill  them. 

25  And  Moses  w  cut  down  to  the  people  and  told 
them  all. 

CHAP.  XX. 

The  ten  commandments. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  all  these  words : 
2  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  who  brought  thee  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt,  out  of  the  house  of  bondage. 

3  Thou  shah  not  hare  strange  gods  before  me. 

4  Thou  shalt  not  make  to  thyself  a  craven  tiling, 
nor  the  likeness  of  any  thing*  that  *s  in  heaven 
above,  or  in  the  earth  beneath,  nor  of  those  things 
that  are  in  the  waters  under  the  earth. 

.">  Thou  shalt  not  adore  them,  nor  serve  tin  in  : 
f  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  mighty,  jealous,  visiting  the 
iniquity  of  the  fathers  upon  the  children,  unto  the 
third  and  fourth  generation  of  them  that  hate  me: 

6  And  showing  mercy  unto  thousands  to  them 
that  love  me.  and  keep  my  commandments. 

7  Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name  of  the  Lord  thy 
God  in  vain  :  for  the  Lord  will  not  hold  him  guilt- 
less that  shall  take  the  name  of  the  Lord  his  God  in 
vain. 

::   IJemrmber  that  thou  keep  holy  the  sabbath  day. 

9  Six  days  shalt  thou  labour,  and  shalt  do  all  thy 
works. 

10  But  on  the  seventh  day  is  the  sabbath  of  the 
Lord  thy  God :  thou  shalt  do  no  work  on  it,  thou, 
nor  thy  son,  nor  thy  daughter,  nor  thy  man-servant, 
nor  thy  maid-servant,  nor  thy  beast,  nor  the  stran- 
ger that  is  within  thy  f;ates. 

11  For  in  six  days  tin-  Lord  made  heaven  ami 
earth,  and  the  sea,  and  all  things  that  are  in  them, 
and  rested  on  the  seventh  day:  therefore  the  Lord 
Messed  the  seventh  day,  and  sanctified  it. 

\1   Honour  thy  father  and  thy  mother,  that  thou 

J  A  grntn  thine,  nor  tht  liktntu  of  «nj  thing,  kc.  All  »uch  imagei  or 
I  kcnnvM,  are  forbidden  by  1 1  >  i  •  >  <  >i  n  mandment  ,ai  are  made  to  be  oAoroi 
and  ttrmt;  according  to  that  winch  immediately  follow*,  Ikon  ihalt 
not  oJortthem,  nor  *m  them.  Thatw,  all  rach  »»  are  designed  for  idnlt 
or  im+gr  godi,  or  are  wondnppod  with  aHrinr  honour.      Hut  oihrrw  '» 

rwnliitwin  ,<  r*n  in  Ika  bov*  ot  God,  and  m  Un- 
fits 


may  si   be  lone  lived  upon  the  land  which  the  Lord 
ih.\  ( Sod  will  give  thi 

I'-    Thou  shalt  not  kill. 

1  1   Thou  shall  not  commit  adulti  ry. 
15   Thou  shalt  not  steal. 

it".  Thou  shalt  not  hear  false  witness  again**  thy 
neighbour. 

17  Thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbour's  hou 
neither  shalt  thou  desire  his  wife,  nor  his  servant, 
nor  his  handmaid,  nor  his  ox.  nor  his  BBS,  nor  any 
thine  that  is  his. 

18  And  all  the  people  saw  the  voices,  and  the 
llaines,  and  the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  and  the  mount 
smokiim  :  and  being  terrified  and  struck  with  fear, 
they  stood  afar  off. 

19  Saving  to  Moses  :  Speak  thou  to  us,  and  we 
will  hear  :   let  not  the  1  ,ord  speak  to  us.  1.  si  w  e  die. 

20  And  Moses  said  to  the  people:  fear  not:  for 
God  is  come  to  prow  von,  and  that  the  dread  of 
him  might  he  in  you,  and  VOU  should  not  sin. 

21  And  the  people  stood  afar  oil".  But  Moses 
went  to  the  dark  cloud  wherein  God  was. 

22  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses :  Thus  shalt  thou 
say  to  the  children  of  Israel:  You  ha\e  seen  that  1 
have  spoken  to  you  from  heaven. 

23  You  shall  not  make  sods  of  silver,  nor  shall 
you  make  to  yourselves  gods  of  gold. 

24  You  shall  make  an  altar  of  earth  unto  me,  and 
you  shall  offer  upon  it  your  holocausts  and  peace- 
offerings,  your  sheep  and  oxen,  in  even  place  where 
the  memory  of  my  name  shall  he:  I  will  come  to 
thee,  and  will  bless  thee. 

25  And  if  thou  make  an  altar  of  stone  unto  me, 
thou  shalt  not  build  it  of  In  w  n  stones:  for  if  thou 
lilt  up  a  tool  upon  it,  it  shall  he  defiled. 

2G  Thou  shalt  not  pi  up  by  steps  unto  my  altar, 
lest  thy  nakedness  he  discovered. 

CHAP.  XXI. 

Law  relating  to  justice. 

THESE  are  the  judgments  which  thou  shalt  set 
before  them. 

2  If  thou  buy  ;i  Hebrew  servant,  six  years  shall 
he  serve  thee:  iii  the  seventh  be  shall  go  out  free 
for  nothing. 

3  With  what  raiment  he  came  in,  with  the  like 
let  him  go  out  :  if  ha\  ing  a  w  iff,  his  wile  also  shall 
go  out  with  him. 

4  But  if  his  master  gave  him  a  wife,  and  she  hath 
home  sons  and  daughters:  the  woman  and  her 
children  shall  he  her  master's:  l.i.t  he  himself  shall 

go  out  with  his  raiment 

5  And  jf  the  servant  shall  ;,\v  :  I  love  my  master 
and  mv  wife  and  children,  I   »vill  not  CO  out  fin 

6  His  master  shall  hring  him  to  the  gods,f  and 
he  shall  lie  set   to  thedoor  and  the    posts;   and  he 


very  sanctuary.  »o  far  from  hciwr  hrWddeo.  arc  rTpn-..lv  mi!h.>ri»rd 
hv  the  won)  of  God.     Sco  Exoint  \  \  \ .  1  .v  i   7    .V'um- 

*rn  xxi.  8,  9.     I  Chronic    \\\u\.  18    1".    8  Chron-r   in.  |0. 
f  To  tkr  jr <"■'«  ■  F.lohim.    Thai  is.  to  th<-  judge*,  or  rmg 'M *m»  ao- 

lliMii/.r.l  bj  God, 


CHAP.  XXII. 


shall  bore  his  ear  through  with  an  awl:  and  he  shall 
be  his  servant  tor  ever. 

7  If  any  man  sell  his  daughter  to  be  a  servant, 
she  shall  not  gooutas  bond-women  are  wonttogoout. 

8  If  she  displease  the  eyes  of  her  master  to  whom 
she  was  delivered,  he  shall  let  her  go :  but  he  shall 
have  no  power  to  sell  her  to  a  foreign  nation,  if  he 
despise  her. 

9  But  if  he  have  betrothed  her  to  his  son,  he  shall 
deal  with  her  after  the  manner  of  daughters. 

10  And  if  he  take  another  wife  for  him,  he  shall 
provide  her  a  marriage,  and  raiment :  neither  shall 
he  refuse  the  price  of  her  chastity. 

il  If  he  do  not  these  three  things,  she  shall  go 
out  free  without  money. 

12  He  that  striketh  a  man  with  a  will  to  kill  him, 
shall  be  put  to  death. 

13  But  he  that  did  not  lie  in  wait  for  him,  but 
God  delivered  him  into  his  hands ;  I  will  appoint 
thee  a  place  to  which  he  must  flee. 

14  If  a  man  kill  his  neighbour  on  set  purpose, 
and  by  lying  in  wait  for  him  ;  thou  shalt  take  him 
away  from  my  altar,  that  he  may  die. 

15  He  that  striketh  his  father  or  mother,  shall  be 
put  to  death. 

16  He  that  shall  steal  a  man,  and  sell  him,  being 
convicted  of  the  guilt,  shall  be  put  to  death. 

1 7  He  that  curseth  his  father,  or  mother,  shall  die 
the  death. 

18  If  men  quarrel,  and  the  one  strike  his  neigh- 
bour with  a  stone,  or  with  his  fist,  and  he  die  not,  but 
keepeth  his  bed : 

19  If  he  rise  again  and  walk  abroad  upon  his 
staff,  he  that  struck  him  shall  be  quit,  yet  so  that  he 
make  restitution  for  his  work,  and  for  his  expenses 
upon  the  physicians. 

20  He  that  striketh  his  bond-man  or  bond-woman 
with  a  rod,  and  they  die  under  his  hands,  shall  be 
guilty  of  the  crime. 

21  But  if  the  party  remain  alive  a  day  or  two,  he 
shall  not  be  subject  to  the  punishment,  because  it  is 
his  money. 

22  If  men  quarrel,  and  one  strike  a  woman  with 
child,  and  she  miscarry  indeed,  but  live  herself;  he 
shall  be  answerable  for  so  much  damage  as  the 
woman's  husband  shall  require,  and  as  arbiters  shall 
award. 

23  But  if  her  death  ensue  thereupon,  he  shall 
render  life  for  life, 

24  Eye  for  eye,  tooth  for  tooth,  hand  for  hand, 
foot  for  foot, 

23  Burning  for  burning,  wound  for  wound,  stripe 
for  stripe. 

26  If  any  man  strike  the  eye  of  his  man-servant 
or  maid-servant,  and  leave  them  but  one  eye,  he 
shall  let  them  go  free,  for  the  eye  which  he  put  out, 

27  Also  if  he  strike  out  a  tooth  of  his  man-servant, 
or  maid-servant,  he  shall  in  like  manner  make  them 
free. 

28  If  an  ox  gore  a  man  or  a  woman,  and  they 
die,  he  shall  be  stoned :  and  his  flesh  shall  not  be 
eaten,  but  the  owner  of  the  ox  shall  be  quit. 

29  But  if  the  ox  was  wont  to  push  with  his  horn 


yesterday  and  the  day  before,  and  they  warned  lii> 
master,  and  he  did  not  shut  him  up,  and  he  shall  kill 
a  man  or  a  woman ;  then  the  ox  shall  be  stoned, 
and  his  owner  also  shall  be  put  to  death. 

30  And  if  they  set  a  price  upon  him,  he  shall 
give  for  his  life  whatsoever  is  laid  upon  him. 

31  If  he  have  gored  a  son,  or  a  daughter,  he  shall 
fall  under  the  like  sentence. 

32  If  he  assault  a  bond-man  or  bond-woman,  he 
shall  give  thirty  sides  of  silver  to  their  master,  and 
the  ox  shall  be  stoned. 

33  If  a  man  open  a  pit,  and  dig  one,  and  cover 
it  not,  and  an  ox  or  an  ass  fall  into  it, 

34  The  owner  of  the  nit  shall  pay  the  price  of 
the  beasts  :  and  that  which  is  dead  shall  be  his  own. 

35  If  one  man's  ox  gore  another  man's  ox,  and 
he  die ;  they  shall  sell  the  live  ox,  and  shall  divide 
the  price,  and  the  carcass  of  that  which  died  they 
shall  part  between  them  : 

36  But  if  he  knew  that  his  ox  was  wont  to  push 
yesterday  and  the  day  before,  and  his  master  did 
not  keep  him  in;  he  shall  pay  ox  for  ox,  and  shall 
take  the  whole  carcass. 

CHAP.  XXII. 

Tltc  pumishnent  of  theft,  and  other  trespasses.  The  law  oj 
lending  without  usury,  of  taking  pledges,  of  reverences  to 
superiors,  and  of  paying  tithes. 

TF  any  man  steal  an  ox  or  a  sheep,  and  kill  or  sell 
■*-  it;  he  shall  restore  five  oxen  for  one  ox,  and  four 
sheep  for  one  sheep. 

2  If  a  thief  be  found  breaking  open  a  house  or 
undermining  it,  and  be  wounded  so  as  to  die ;  he  that 
slew  him  shall  not  be  guilty  of  blood. 

3  But  if  he  did  this  when  the  sun  is  risen,  he  hath 
committed  murder,  and  he  shall  die.  If  he  have 
not  wherewith  to  make  restitution  for  the  theft,  he 
shall  be  sold. 

4  If  that  which  he  stole  be  found  with  him,  alive, 
either  ox,  or  ass,  or  sheep;  he  shall  restore  double. 

5  If  any  man  hurt  a  field  or  a  vineyard,  and  put 
in  his  beast  to  feed  upon  that  which  is  other  men's ; 
he  shall  restore  the  best  of  whatsoever  he  hath  in 
his  own  field,  or  in  his  vineyard,  according  to  the 
estimation  of  the  damage. 

6  If  a  fire  breaking  out  light  upon  thorns,  and 
catch  stacks  of  corn,  or  corn  standing  in  the  fields, 
he  that  kindled  the  fire  shall  make  good  the  loss. 

7  If  a  man  deliver  money,  or  any  vessel  unto  his 
friend  to  keep,  and  they  be  stolen  away  from  him 
that  received  them ;  if  the  thief  be  found,  he  shall 
restore  double: 

8  If  the  thief  be  not  known,  the  master  of  the 
house  shall  be  brought  to  the  gods,  and  shall  swear 
that  he  did  not  lay  his  hand  upon  his  neighbour's 
goods. 

9  To  do  any  fraud,  either  in  ox,  or  in  ass,  or 
sheep,  or  raiment,  or  any  thing  that  may  bring  da- 
mage; the  cause  of  both  parties  shall  come  to  the 
gods:  and  if  they  give  judgment,  he  shall  restore 
double  to  his  neighbour. 

10  If  a  man  deliver  ass,  ox,  sheep,  or  any  beast, 
to  his  neighbour's  custody,  and  it  die,  or  be  hurt,  or 
be  taken  by  enemies,  and  no  man  saw  it : 

67 


i:\odus. 


11  There  shall  be  an  oath  between  them,  that  be 
did  not  put  forth  bii  band  to  his  neighbour  sgoods: 

ami  thr  owner  shall  a<  cept  of  the  oath,  ami  he  shall 
not  be  compelled  to  make  restitution. 

1 1  lint  it  it  were  taken  away  by  stealth,  he  shall 
make  the  loss  good  to  the  owner. 

I.!  It'  it  were  eaten  by  a  boast,  let  him  hring  to 
him  that  which  was  slain,  and  he  shall  not  make 
restitution. 

14  If  a  man  l>orrow  of  his  ncifthl>our  any  of  these 
things,  and  it  Iw  hurt  or  die,  the  owner  not  being 
present,  he  shall  be  obliged  to  make  restitution. 

15  But  if  the  owner  lie  present,  he  shall  not  make 
restitution,  especially  if  it  were  hired  and  came  for 
the  hire  of  his  work. 

16  If  a  man  seduce  a  virgin  not  yet  espoused, andlie 
with  her;  lit;  shall  endow  her.  and  have  her  towife. 

17  If  the  maid's  father  will  not  give  her  to  him, 
he  shall  ttive  money  according  to  the  dowry,  which 
virgins  are  wont  to  receive. 

18  Wizards  thou  shalt  not  suffer  to  live. 

19  Whosoever  copulateth  with  a  beast,  shall  be 
put  to  death. 

20  He  that  sacrificeth  to  gods,  shall  be  put  to 
death,  save  only  to  the  Lord. 

21  Thou  shalt  not  molest  a  stranger,  nor  afflict 
him  :  for  yourselves  also  w  ere  strangers  in  the  land 
of  Egypt : 

22  You  shall  not  hurt  a  widow  or  an  orphan. 
2.5  If  vou  hurt  them,  tiny  will  cry  out  to  me,  and 

I  w  ill  hear  their  cry: 

24  And  my  rage  shall  be  enkindled  ;  and  I  will 
strike  you  with  the  sword  ;  and  \onr  wives  shall  be 
widows,  and  your  children  fathcrli 

25  If  thou  lend  money  to  any  of  my  people  that 
is  poor,  that  dwclleth  with  thee,  thou  shalt  not  be 
hard  upon  them  as  an  extortioner,  nor  oppress  them 
with  usuries. 

26  If  thou  take  of  thy  neighbour  a  garment  in 
pledge,  thou  shalt  give  it  him  again  before  sun-set. 

27  For  that  same  is  the  only  thing,  w  herewith  he 
is  covered,  the  clothing  of  his  body  ;  neither  hath 
he  any  other  to  sleep  in  :  if  he  cry  to  me,  I  will 
hear  him,  because  I  am  compassionate. 

28  Thou  shalt  not  speak  ill  of  the  gods  :  and  the 
prince  of  thy  people  thou  shalt  not  curse. 

29  Thou  shalt  not  delay  to  pay  thy  tithes  and 
thy  first-fruits  :  thou  shalt  give  the  first-born  of  thy 
sons  to  me. 

30  Thou  shalt  do  the  same  with  the  first-l>orn 
of  thy  oxen  also  and  sheep  :  seven  da\s  let  it  be 
with  its  dam.  the  eighth  day  thou  shalt  aire  it  to  me. 

31  You  shall  be  holy  men  to  me  :  the  flesh  that 
beasts  have  tasted  of  before,  you  shall  not  eat,  but 
shall  cast  it  to  the  dogs. 

CHAT.  XXIII. 

Lmcs for  judge*  :  the.  rest  of  the  tevettih  year,  and  day :  three 
principal  j east*  to  be.  solemnized every  yrar:  the  promise,  of  an 
Angel  to  conduct  and  protect  them:  idol*  are  to  be  destroyed. 

rPHOU  shalt  not  receive  the  voice  of  a  lie  :   nei- 
-*-  ther  shalt  thou  join  thy  hand  to  bear  false  wit- 
ness lor  a  wicked  person, 

2  Th-ui  shalt  not  follow  the  multitude  to  do  e\  il  : 

08 


neither  shalt  thou  yield  in  judgment,  to  the  opinion 
nfthe  most  part,  to  stray  Irom  the  truth. 

3  Neither  sjiall  thou  favour  a  pool  man  in  judg- 
ment* 

4  If  thou  meet  thy  enemy's  <\  or  ;i^  -<>in:i 
astray,  bring  it  back  to  him. 

.">  It  thou  see  the  ass  of  him  that  hateth  thee  lie 
underneath  his  burden,  thou  shalt  not  pass  l.\,  but 
shalt  lilt  him  up  with  him. 

6  Thou  shalt  not  go  aside  in  the  poor  man"" 
judgment 

7  Thou  shalt  fly  lying,  The  innocent  and  jtisr 
person  thou  shalt  not  put  to  death:  because  I  ablioi 
the  wicked. 

8  Neither  shalt  thou  take  bribes,  which  even 
blind  the  wise,  and  pervert  the  words    of  the  just. 

!'  Thou  shalt  not  molest  a  Stranger,  for  you  know 
the  hearts  of  Strangers:   for  you  also  were  strati, 
m  the  land  of  Egypt 

10  Six  rears  thou  shalt  sow  thy  ground,  and  shalt 
gather  the  corn  thereof. 

11  Hut  the  seventh  year  thou  shalt  let  it  alone. 
and  suffer  it  to  rest,  thai  the  poet  of  thy  people  may 
eat.  and  whatsoever  shall  be  left,  let  the  beasts  of 
the  field  eat  it  :  so  shalt  thou  do  with  thy  Vineyard 
and  thy  olive-yard. 

12  Six  days  thou  shalt  work  :  the  seventh  day 
thou  shalt  cease,  that  thy  o\  and  thy  ass  ma\  rest  : 
and  the  son  of  thy  handmaid  and  the  stranger  may 
be  refreshed. 

13  Keep  all  things  that  I  have  said  to  you.  And 
by  the  name  of  strange  gods  you  shall  not  swear, 
neither  shall  it  be  heard  out  of  your  mouth. 

14  Three  times  every  \ear  you  shall  celebrate 
leasts  to  me. 

15  Thou  shalt  keep  the  feast  ofonleavened  bread. 

Seven  days  shalt  thou  eat  unleavened  bread,  as  I 
commanded  thee,  in  the  time  of  the  month  of  new 
corn,  when  thou  didst  come  forth  out  of  Egypt :  thou 
shall  not  appear  empty  before  me. 

16  And  the  feast  of' the  harvest  of  the  first-fruits 
of  thy  work,  whatsoever  thou  hast  sown  in  the  field. 
The  feast  also  in  the  end  of  the  a  ear,  when  thou 
hast  gathered  in  all  thy  corn  out  of  the  field. 

17  Thrice  a  year  shall  all  thy  males  appear  be 
fore  the  Lord  thy  Cod. 

18  Thou  shalt  not  sacrifice  the  blood  of  my  vic- 
tim upon  leaven,  neither  shall  the  fat  of  my  solem- 
nity remain  until  the  morning. 

19  Thou  shalt  carry  the  lirst-fruits  of  the  Corn  of 
thy  ground  to  the  house  of  die  Lord  thy  God.  Thou 
shalt  not  boil  a  kid  in  the  milk  of  his  dam. 

20  Behold,  I  will  send  my  Angel,  who  shall  co 
before  thee,  and  keep  thee  in  thy  journey,  and  bring 
thee  into  the  place  that  I  have  prepared. 

J  I  Take  notice  of  him,  and  hear  his  voice,  and 
do  not  think  him  one  to  be  contemned  :  lor  he  will 
not  forgive  when  thou  hast  sinned,  and  my  name  is 
in  him. 

22  But  if  thou  wilt  hear  his  voice,  and  do  all 
that  I  sneak.  I  will  be  an  enem\  to  th\  enemies,  and 
will  afflict  them  that  afflict  thee. 

\nd  mj    tngel  shall  go  before  thee,  and 


CHAP.  XXIV,  XXV. 


snail  bring  thee  in  unto  the  Amorrhite,  and  the 
Hethite,  and  the  Pherezite,  and  theChanaanite,and 
the  Hevite,  and  the  Jebusite,  whom  1  will  destroy. 

24  Thou  shalt  not  adore  their  gods,  nor  serve 
them.  Thou  shalt  not  do  their  works,  but  shalt  de- 
stroy them,  and  break  their  statues. 

25  And  you  shall  serve  the  Lord  your  God,  that 
I  may  bless  your  bread,  and  your  waters,  and  may 
take  away  sickness  from  the  midst  of  thee. 

2G  There  shall  not  be  one  fruitless  nor  barren  in 
thy  land :  I  will  fill  the  number  of  thy  days. 

27  I  will  send  my  fear  before  thee,  and  will  de- 
stroy all  the  people  to  whom  thou  shalt  come :  and 
will  turn  the  backs  of  all  thy  enemies  before  thee  : 

28  Sending  out  hornets  before,  that  shall  drive 
away  the  Hevite,  and  the  Chanaanite, and  the  He- 
thite, before  thou  come  in. 

29  I  will  not  cast  them  out  from  thy  face  in  one 
year:  lest  the  land  be  brought  into  a  wilderness,  and 
the  beasts  multiply  against  thee. 

30  By  little  and  little  1  will  drive  them  out  from 
before  thee,  till  thou  be  increased,  and  dost  possess 
the  land. 

31  And  I  will  set  thy  bounds  from  the  Red  Sea 
to  the  sea  of  the  Palestines,  and  from  the  desert  to 
the  river:  I  will  deliver  the  inhabitants  of  the  land 
into  your  hands,  and  will  drive  them  out  from  be- 
fore you. 

32  Thou  shalt  not  enter  into  league  with  them, 
nor  with  their  gods. 

33  Let  them  not  dwell  in  thy  land,  lest  perhaps 
they  make  thee  sin  against  me,  if  thou  serve  their 
gods :  which  undoubtedly  will  be  a  scandal  to  thee. 

CHAP.  XXIV. 

Moses  writeth  his  law ;  and  after  offering  sacrifices,  sprinkleth 
the  blood  of  the  testament  upon  the  people;  then  goeth  up  the, 
mountain,  which  God  covereth  with  a  fiery  cloud. 

AND  he  said  to  Moses:  Come  up  to  the  Lord, 
thou,  and  Aaron,  Nadab  and  Abiu,  and  seventy 
of  the  ancients  of  Israel :  and  you  shall  adore  afar  off. 

2  And  Moses  alone  shall  come  up  to  the  Lord, 
but  they  shall  not  come  nigh :  neither  shall  the 
people  come  up  with  him. 

3  So  Moses  came  and  told  the  people  all  the 
words  of  the  Lord,  and  all  the  judgments:  and  all 
the  people  answered  with  one  voice :  We  will  do  all 
the  words  of  the  Lord,  which  he  hath  spoken. 

4  And  Moses  wrote  all  the  words  of  the  Lord  : 
and  rising  in  the  morning  he  built  an  altar  at  the 
foot  of  the  mount,  and  twelve  titles*  according  to 
the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel. 

5  And  he  sent  young  men  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, and  they  offered  holocausts,!  and  sacrificed 
pacific  victims  of  calves  to  the  Lord. 

6  Then  Moses  took  half  of  the  blood,  and  put  it 
into  bowls  :  and  the  rest  he  poured  upon  the  altar. 

7  And  taking  the  book  of  the  covenant,  he  read 


*  Title*.     That  is,  pillars. 

t  Holocaust), whole  burnt-offerings;  in  which  the  whole  sacrifice  way 
consumed  wilh  fire,  upon  the  altar. 

]  Firrtjruits :  offerings,  of  soroe  of  the  best  and  choicest  of  then 
goods 


it  in  the  hearing  of  the  people  :  and  they  said  :  All 
things  that  the  Lord  hath  spoken,  we  will  do:  we 
will  be  obedient. 

8  And  he  took  the  blood,  and  sprinkled  it  upon 
the  people:  and  he  said:  This  is  the  blood  of  the 
covenant  which  the  Lord  hath  made  with  you  con- 
cerning all  these  words. 

9  Then  Moses  and  Aaron,  Nadab  and  Abiu,  jid 
seventy  of  the  ancients  of  Israel  went  up  : 

10  And  they  saw  the  God  of  Israel:  and  under 
his  feet  as  it  were  a  work  of  sapphire  stone,  and  as 
the  heaven  when  clear. 

11  Neither  did  he  lay  his  hand  upon  those  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  that  retired  afar  off:  and  they 
saw  God,  and  they  did  eat  and  drink. 

12  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses:  Come  up  to  me 
into  the  mount,  and  be  there:  and  1  will  give  thee 
tallies  of  stone,  and  the  law,  and  the  command- 
ments which  I  have  written;  that  thou  mayst  teach 
them. 

13  Moses  rose  up,  and  his  minister  Josue:  And 
Moses  going  up  into  the  mount  of  God, 

14  Said  to  the  ancients:  Wait  ye  here  till  we  re- 
turn to  you.  You  have  Aaron  and  Hur  with  you: 
if  any  question  shall  "arise,  you  shall  refer  it  to 
them. 

15  And  when  Moses  was  gone  up,  a  cloud 
covered  the  mount. 

16  And  the  glory  of  the  Lord  dwelt  upon  Sinai, 
covering  it  with  a  cloud  six  days:  and  the  seventh 
day  he  called  him  out  of  the  midst  of  the  cloud. 

17  And  the  sight  of  the  glory  of  the  Lord  was 
like  a  burning  fire  upon  the  top  of  the  mount,  in 
the  eyes  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

18  And  Moses  entering  into  the  midst  of  the 
cloud,  went  up  into  the  mountain :  And  he  was 
there  forty  days  and  forty  nights. 

CHAP.  XXV. 

Offerings  prescribed  for   making  the  tabernacle,  the  ark,  the 
candlestick,  fyc. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying: 
2  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel,  that  they 
bring  first-fruits  X  to  me :  of  every  man  that  ofTer- 
eth  of  his  own  accord,  you  shall  take  them. 

3  And  these  are  the  things  you  must  take :  Gold, 
and  silver,  and  brass, 

4  Violet  and  purple,  and  scarlet  twice  dyed,  and 
fine  linen,  and  goat's  hair, 

5  And  ram-skins  dyed  red,  and  violet  skins,  and 
setim-wood ;  % 

6  Oil  to  make  lights;  spices  for  ointment,  and 
for  sweet-smelling  incense; 

7  Onyx  stones,  and  precious  stones  to  adorn  the 
ephod  and  the  rational;  || 

8  And  they  shall  make  me  a  sanctuary,  and  1 
will  dwell  in  the  midst  of  them  : 


}  Setim-wood.  The  wood  of  a  tree  that  grows  in  the  wilderness,  which 
is  said  to  be  incorruptible. 

||  The  ephod  and  the  rational  The  ephod  was  the  high  priest's  upper 
vestment  ;  and  the  rational  his  breast  plate  in  which  were  twelve 
gems,  Sec. 

69 


i:\onus. 


9  According  to  all  die  likeness  of  the  tabernacle 

which  I  will  show  thee,  and  of  all  the  vessels  tor 
the  m  r\  u  c  thereof:   and  thus  you  shall  make  it  : 

10  Frame  anarkofsetim-wood,the  length  where- 
of shall  be  of  two  cubits  and  a  half:  the  breadth,  a 
cubit  and  a  half;  the  height,  likewise  a  cubit  and  a 
half. 

1 1  And  thou  shalt  overlay  it  with  the  purest  gold 
within  and  without :  and  over  it  thou  shalt  make  a 
golden  <rown  round  about: 

I  I  And  four  golden  rings,  which  thou  shalt  put  at 
tin-  four  eorners  of  the  ark:  let  two  rings  he  on  the 
one  side,  and  two  on  the  other. 

IS  Thou  shah  make  bars  also  of  setim-vvood,  and 
shah  overlay  them  with  gold. 

I  V  And  thou  shalt  put  them  in  through  the  rings 
that  are  in  the  sides  of  the  ark,  that  it  may  be  car- 
ried on  them : 

15  And  they  shall  he  always  in  the  rin^s;  neither 
shall  tiny  at  any  time  he  drawn  out  of  them. 

1(5  And  thou  shalt  put  in  the  ark  the  testimony 
which  I  will  five  thee. 

17  Thou  shalt  make  also  a  propitiatory*  of  the 
purest  mild:  the  length  tlu-reof  shall  be  two  cubits 
and   a   half,  and  the   breadth  a  cubit  and  a  half. 

18  Thou  shalt  make  also  two  cherubims  of  beaten 
gold,  on  the  tWO  sides  of  the  oracle. 

ly  Let  the  cherub  be  on  the  one  side,  and  the 
other  on  the  other. 

20  Let  them  cover  both  sides  of  the  propitiatory, 
B| 'leading  their  wings,  and  covering  the  oracle;  and 
let  them   look  one   towards  the  oilier,   their    I 
being  turned   towards  the  propitiatory  when  with 
the  ark  is  to  be  covered: 

'21  In  which  thou  shalt  put  the  testimony  that  1 
will  give  thee. 

22  Thence  will  I  ^ive  orders,  and  will  speak  to 
thee  over  the  propitiatory,  and  from  the  midst  of  the 

two  cherubims,  which  shall  be  upon  the  ark  of  the 

testimony,  all   things   which   1   will   command    the 
children  of  Israel  by  tine. 

23  Thou  shalt  make  a  table  t  also  of  setim-wood, 
of  two  cubits  in  length,  and  a  cubit  in  breadth,  and 
a  cubit  and  a  half  in  height 

24  And  thou  shall  mcrlav  it  with  the  purest  gold: 
and  thou  shalt  make  to  it  a  golden  ledge  roundabout, 

26  Ami  to  the  ledge  itself  a  polished  crown,  four 
inches  high;  and  over  the  same  another  little  golden 
crown. 

26  Thou  shalt  prepare  also  four  golden  rings, 
and  shall  put  them  in  the  four  comers  of  the  same 
table,  over  each  foot. 

27  Under  the  crown  shall  the  golden  rings  be, 
that  the  bars  may  be  put  through  them,  and  the  table 
may  be  carried. 

2b*  The  bars  also  themselves  thou  shalt  make  of 


*  A  frtfitimltn) :  »  covering  for  the  ark,  called  a  propitiatory,  or  mrrey 

ft.  became  the  Lord,  who  wan  supposed  to  lit  there  upon  the  wing* 

of  the  i-henihiim,  with  the  ark   for  hit  f'r.tttcM.I,  from  thence  showed 

1 1  it  al»o called  Ik*  ormett,  ver.  10  and  20, became  from  thence, 

1  !<T»  and  hit  amirrn. 

t  .1  lobU  :  on  whirl,  •«  .  Ive  Untt  •/  praporition  ; 

or.  ■•  tb.  jr  are  callrd  in  ilic  Hebrew  tiny  were 


setim-wood,  and  shalt  overlay   them   with   gold  to 
bear  tip  the  table. 

29  Fhou  shalt  prepare  also  dishes,  and  bowls, 
*  '  users,  and  cups,  wherein  the  libations  J  are  to  be 
offered  of  the  purest  gold. 

30  And  thou  shalt  set  upon  the  table  loaves  of 
proposition  in  my  sight  always. 

31  Thou  shalt  make  also  a  candlesticks  of  beaten 
work  of  the  finest  gold,  the  shaft  thereof,  and  the 
branches,  the  cups,  and  the  bowls,  and  the  lilies 
going  forth  from  it. 

32  Sis  branches  shall  come  out  of  the  sides,  three 
out  of  one  side,  and  three;  out  of  the  other. 

33  Three  cups  as  it  were  nuts  to  every  branch, 
and  a  bowl  willed,  and  a  lily  :  and  three  cups  like- 
w  ise  of  the  fashion  of  nuts  in  the  other  branch,  and  a 
bowl  withal,  and  a  lily.  Such  shall  be  the  work  of 
the  si\  branches,  (hat  are  to  come  out  from  the  shall : 

34  And  in  the  candlestick  itself  shall  be  four  cups 
in  the  manner  of  a  nut,  and  at  everyone  bowls  and 

lilies. 

85  Bow  Is  under  two  branches  in  three  places,  w  hich 
together  make  six  coming  forth  out  ol  one  shaft. 

36  And  both  the  bowls  and  the  branches  shall  be 
of  the  same  beaten  work  of  the  purest  gold. 

37  Thou  shalt  make  also  seven  lamps,  and  shalt 
set  them  upon  the  candlestick,  to  give  light  over 
against. 

38  The  snuffers  also,  and  where  the  snuffings 
shall  be  put  out,  shall  be  made  of  the  purest  gold. 

39  The  whole  weight  of  the  candlestick  with  all 
tl.e  furniture  thereof  shall  he  a  talent  of  the  puresl 
gold. 

40  Look,  and  make  it  according  to  the  pattern, 
that  was  shown  tine  in  the  mount. 

CHAP.  XXVI. 

Thr  form  of  the  tabernacle  trith  it*  appurtenance*. 

AND  thou  shalt  make  the  tabernacle  in  this 
manner:  Thou  shalt  make  ten  curtains  of  fine 
twisted  linen,  and  violet  and  purple,  and  scarlet 
twice  dyed,  diversified  with  embroidery. 

2  The  length  of  one  curtain  shall  be  twenty-cidit 
cubits:  the  breadth  shall  be  four  cubits.  All  the 
curtains  shall  be  of  one  measure. 

3  Five  curtains  shall  be  joined  one  to  another:  and 
the  other  live  shall  be  coupled  together  in  like  manner. 

4  Thou  shalt  make  loops  of  Violet  in  the  sides  and 

tops  of  the  curtains,  that  the]  maj  be  joined  one  to 

another. 

5  Every  curtain  shall  have  fifty  loops  on  l>oth 
sides,  so  set  on,  that  one  loop  may  be  against  an- 
other loop,  and  one  may  be  fitted  to  the  other. 

6  Thou  shalt  make  also  fifty  rings  of  gold]  w  here- 
with the  veils  of  the  curtains  are  to  be  be  joined, 
that  it  may  be  made  one  tabernacle. 


always  to  stand  before  the/see  of  the  Ix>nl  in  hit  temple;  aia  figure  of 
the  eocharistic  sacrifice  and  sacrament,  in  the  church  of  CI  I 

t  Lik+Uotu.    That  it,  drink-offering*. 

♦  .1  rantll,  stick.    Tint  candlestick,  with  it-  icrea  lump*,  winch  was 

h'  in  the  In  hi -I-  of  God,  was  n  figure  of  the  light  of  the 

l|..h  Ghost,  and  Ins    •>•  nlold  grace,  in  Uu-  ».in<  iu.<r\  of  tin-  timrcbol 


CHAP.  XXVI I. 


7  Thou  shalt  make  also  eleven  curtains  of  goats 
hair,  to  cover  the  top  of  the  tahernacle. 

8  The  length  of  one  hair-curtain  shall  he  thirty 
cubits,  and  the  hreadth,  four :  the  measure  of  all 
the  curtains  shall  be  equal. 

9  Five  of  which  thou  shalt  couple  by  themselves  : 
and  the  six  others  thou  shalt  couple  one  to  another,  so 
as  to  double  the  sixth  curtain  in  the  front  of  the  roof. 

10  Thou  shalt  make  also  fifty  loops  in  the  edge 
of  one  curtain,  that  it  may  be  joined  with  the  other; 
and  fifty  loops  in  the  edge  of  the  other  curtain,  that 
it.  may  be  coupled  with  its  fellow. 

1 1  Thou  shalt  make  also  fifty  buckles  of  brass, 
wherewith  the  loops  may  be  joined,  that  of  all  there 
may  be  made  one  covering. 

12  And  that  which  shall  remain  of  the  curtains, 
that  are  prepared  for  the  roof,  to  wit,  one  curtain 
that  is  over  and  above,  with  the  half  thereof  thou 
shalt  cover  the  back  parts  of  the  tabernacle. 

13  And  there  shall  hang  down  a  cubit  on  the  one 
side,  and  another  on  the  other  side,  which  is  over 
and  above  in  the  length  of  the  curtains,  fencing 
both  sides  of  the  tabernacle. 

14  Thou  shalt  make  also  another  cover  to  the 
roof,  of  rams'  skins  dyed  red  ;  and  over  that  again 
another  cover  of  violet-coloured  skins. 

15  Thou  shalt  make  also  the  boards  of  the  taber- 
nacle standing  upright  of  setim-wood. 

16  Let  every  one  of  them  be  ten  cubits  in  length, 
and  in  breadth  one  cubit  and  a  half. 

17  In  the  sides  of  the  boards,  shall  be  made  two 
mortises,  whereby  one  board  may  be  joined  to  an- 
other board:  and  after  this  manner  shall  all  the 
boards  be  prepared. 

18  Of  which  twenty  shall  he  in  the  south  side 
southward. 

19  For  which  thou  shalt  cast  forty  sockets  of  sil- 
ver, that  under  every  board  may  be  put  two  sockets 
at  the  two  corners. 

20  In  the  second  side  also  of  the  tabernacle  that 
looketh  to  the  north,  there  shall  be  twenty  boards, 

21  Having  forty  sockets  of  silver,  two  sockets 
shall  be  put  under  each  board. 

22  But  on  the  west  side  of  the  tabernacle  thou 
shalt  make  six  boards. 

23  And  again  other  two  which  shall  be  erected 
in  the  corners  at  the  back  of  the  tabernacle. 

24  And  they  shall  be  joined  together  from  be- 
neath unto  the  top?  and  one  joint  shall  hold  them 
all.  The  like  joining  shall  be  observed  for  the  two 
boards  also  that  are  to  be  put  in  the  corners. 

25  And  they  shall  be  in  all  eight  boards,  and 
their  silver  sockets  sixteen,  reckoning  two  sockets 
for  each  board. 

26  Thou  shalt  make  also  five  bars  of  setim-wood, 
to  hold  together  the  boards  on  one  side  of  the  ta- 
bernacle, 

27  And  five  others  on  the  other  side,  and  as 
many  at  the  west  side  : 


*  Th<  sanctuary,  Sec.  That  part  of  the  tabernacle,  which  was  with- 
out die  veil,  intowhich  the  priests  daily  entered,  is  here  called  the  sanc- 
tuary, or  holy  place  ;  that  part  which  was  within  the  veil,  into  which 


28  And  they  shall  be  put  along  by  the  midst  of 
the  boards  from  one  end  to  the  other. 

29  The  boards  also  themselves  thou  shalt  over- 
lay with  gold,  and  shall  cast  rings  of  gold  to  be  set 
upon  them,  for  places  for  the  bars  to  hold  together 
the  board- work  :  which  bars  thou  shalt  cover  with 
plates  of  gold. 

30  And  thou  shalt  rear  up  the  tabernacle  accord- 
ing to  the  pattern  that  was  shown  thee  in  the  mount. 

31  Thou  shalt  make  also  a  veil  of  violet,  and  pur- 
ple, and  scarlet  twice  dyed,  and  fine  twisted  linen, 
wrought  with  embroidered  work  and  goodly  variety  : 

32  And  thou  shalt  hang  it  up  before  four  pillars 
of  setim-wood,  which  themselves  also  shall  be  over- 
laid with  gold,  and  shall  have  heads  of  gold,  but 
sockets  of  silver. 

33  And  the  veil  shall  be  hanged  on  with  rings  ; 
and  within  it  thou  shalt  put  the  ark  of  the  testimo- 
ny ;  and  the  sanctuary*  and  the  holy  of  the  holies 
shall  be  divided  with  it. 

34  And  thou  shalt  set  the  propitiatory  upon  the 
ark  of  the  testimony  in  the  holy  of  holies, 

35  And  the  table  without  the  veil  and  over 
against  the  table  the  candlestick  in  the  south  side 
oi  the  tabernacle  :  for  the  table  shall  stand  in  the 
north  side. 

36  Thou  shalt  make  also  a  hanging  in  the  en- 
trance of  the  tabernacle  of  violet,  and  purple,  and 
scarlet  twice  dyed,  and  fine  twisted  linen  with  em- 
broidered work. 

37  And  thou  shalt  overlay  with  gold  five  pillars 
of  setim-wood,  before  which  the  hanging  shall  be 
drawn  :  their  heads  shall  be  of  gold,  and  the  sock- 
ets of  brass. 

CHAP.  XXVII. 

The  altar  ;  and  the  court  of  the  tabernacle  with  its  hanging* 
and  pillars.     Provision  of  oil  for  lamps. 

rrHlOU  shalt  make  also  an  altar  of  setim-wood, 
-*-  which  shall  be  five  cubits  long,  and  as  many 
broad,  that  is  four-square,  and  three  cubits  high. 

2  And  there  shall  be  horns  at  the  four  corners 
of  the  same:  and  thou  shalt  cover  it  with  brass. 

3  And  thou  shalt  make  for  the  uses  thereof  pans 
to  receive  the  ashes,  and  tongs,  and  flesh-hooks,  and 
fire-pans :  all  its  vessels  thou  shalt  make  of  brass  : 

4  And  a  grate  of  brass  in  manner  of  a  net :  at  the 
four  corners  of  which  shall  be  four  rings  of  brass, 

5  Which  thou  shalt  put  under  the  hearth  of  the 
altar :  and  the  grate  shall  be  even  to  the  midst  of 
the  altar. 

6  Thou  shalt  make  also  two  bars  for  the  altar  of 
setim-wood,  which  thou  shalt  cover  with  plates  of 
brass : 

7  And  thou  shalt  draw  them  through  rings,  and 
they  shall  be  on  both  sides  of  the  altar  to  carry  it. 

8  Thou  shalt  not  make  it  solid,  but  emptyand  hol- 
low in  the  inside,  as  it  was  shown  thee  in  the  mount. 

9  Thou  shalt  make  also  the  court  of  the  taberna- 


no  one  but  the  hiijh-priest  ever  went,  and  he  but  once  a  year,  is  call- 
ed  the  holy  of  holies  (literally,  the  sanctuaries  of  the  sanctuary,)  as  being 
the  mosthulv  of'all  holy  places. 

71 


i:\ouus. 


tie,  in  the  south  side  whereof  southward  there  shall 
be  hangings  of  fine  twisted  linen  of  a  hundred  cu- 
bits long  lor  one  side, 

10  And  twenty  pillars  with  as  many  sock' 
brass,  the  beads  of  which  with  their  engrai  ing  shall 

Ik'   of  silver. 

11  In  like  manner  also  on  the  north  side  there 
shall  Ik."  hanging*  of  a  hundred  cubits  lone,  twenty 
pillars,  and  as  man)  sockets  of  brass,  and  their  heads 
with  their  engraving  of  silver. 

\1  Hut  in  the  breadth  of  the  court,  that  looketh 

to  the  wot,  tlure  shall  be  hangings  of  lift)'  cubits, 
and  ten  pillars,  and  as  many  sockets. 

IS  In  that  breadth  also  of  the  court,  which  look- 
eth to  the  cast,  there  ■hall  he  fifty  cubii 

IV  In  which  then-  shall  be  for  one  side  hangings 
of  fifteen   euhits,  and  three  pillars,  and  as  man) 

sock' 

\nd  in  the  other  side  there  shall  be  hangings 
ol  fifteen  cubits,  with  three  pillars  and  as  many 
sockets. 

10  And  in  the  entrance  of  the  court  there  shall 
be  made  a  hanging  of  twenty  cubits  of  violet  and 
pufple,  and  scarlet  twice  dyed,  and  fine  twisted 
linen,  with  embroidered  work  :  it  shall  have  four 
pillars,  with  as  many  sockets. 

17  All  the  pillars  of  the  court  round  about  shall 
be  garnished  with  plates  of  silver,  silver  heads,  and 
BOCKetS  of  brass. 

1H  In  length  the  court  shall  take  up  a  hundred 
cubits,  in  breadth  fifty  ;  the  height  shall  be  of  five 
cubits;  and  it  shall  be  made  of  fine  twisted  linen, 
and  shall  have  sockets  of  brass. 

19  All  the  vessels  of  the  tabernacle  for  all  QMS 
and  ceremonies,  and  the  pins  both  of  it,  and  of  the 
court,  thou  shalt  make  of  brass. 

J(»  Command  the  children  of  Israel  that  they 
bring  thee  the  purest  oil  of  the  olives,  and  beateii 
with  a  pestle;   that  a  lamp  may  hurnalwnvs 

81  In  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony,  without 
the  veil  that  hangs  before  the  testimony.  And 
Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  order  it,  that  it  may  give 
light  before  the  Lord  until  the  morning.  It  shall 
be  a  perpetual  observance  throughout  their  succes- 
sions anions  the  children  of  Israel. 

CHAP.  XXVIII. 

The  holy  vestment*  for  Aaron  ami  his  sons. 

rIV\k.E   unto  thee  also  Aaron  thy  brother  with 

-■-his    Mins,  from  anions   the  children   of  Israel, 

that  the\  may  minister  to  me  in  the  priest's  ollice : 

Aaron,  N'adab,  and  Abiu,  Kleazar,  and  Ithainar. 

2  And  thou  shalt  make  a  holy  vesture  for  Aaron 
thy  brother  for  dory  and  for  beauty. 

3  And  thou  shall  speak  to  all  the  wise  ()f  heart. 
whom  I  have  filled  wiihthe  spirit  of  wisdom,  thai 
they  may  make  Aaron's  vesiincnts,  in  which  he 
1m  in  •  rated  may  minister  to  me. 


•  T\*  rational  of  jwipntnt.     Tim  part  of  l>  .  t\  atlire,  wUcb 

%*  +  ■■  ■    'lli-.l  HurntiomtlnfjuJpnrnl 

S  admoniriied  l>.  f  tlieirdul  Ting 

Stc  naimtulall   tin  ir   i.h'io  hi   M 


pwarncc  :  ami  li)  u„  Vrim  ami 


4  And  these  shall  he  the  vestments  that  the* 
shall  make:  A  rational  and  an  cphod.  a  limn  K  and 
a  strait  linen  carment.  a  mitre  and  a  girdle.  They 
shall  make  the  holy  vestments  for  th)  brother  Aaron 
and  his  sons,  that  they  may  do  the  office  of  priest- 
hood unto  me. 

5  And  they  shall  take  gold,  and  violet,  and  pur- 
ple, and  scarlet  twice  dui\,  and  line  linen. 

t!  And  they  shall  make  the  cphod  of  gold,  aim 
violet,  and  purple,  and  scarlet  twice  dyed,  and  line 
tu  isted  linen,  embroidered  with  divers  colonic. 

7  It  shall  have  the  two  edues  joined  in  the  top 
on  both  sides,  that  they  may  be  closed  together. 

8  The  very  workmanship  also  and  all  the  VSinV 
of  the  w  oi k,  shall  be  of  cold,  and  violet,  and  purple, 
and  scarlet  twice    dved,  and  line  twisted   linen. 

9  And  thou  shalt  take  two  on\  \  stones, and  shalt 

grave  on  them  the  nanus  of  the  children  of  Israel  : 

10  J>i\  names  on  one  stone,  and  the  Other  six  on 
the  other,  according  to  the  order  of  their  birth. 

11  With  the  work  of  an  engraver  and  the  crav- 
ing of  a  jeweller,  thou  shall  engrave  them  with  the 
names  oi'  the  children  of  Israel,  set  in  gold  and 
compassed  al>out  : 

12  And  thou  shalt  put  them  in  both  sub  s  of  the 
cphod,  a  memorial  for  the  children  of  Israel.  And 
Aaron  shall  bear  their  names  before  the  Lord  upon 
both  shoulders,  for  a  remembrance. 

13  Thou  shalt  make  also  hooks  of  gold. 

14  And  two  little  chains  of  the  purest  gold  linker1 
one  to  another,  which  thou  shalt  put  into  the  hooks. 

15  And  thou  shalt  make  the  rational  of  judg- 
ment* with  embroidered  work  of  divers  colours, 
according  to  the  workmanship  of  the  cphod,  of 
gold,  violet,  and  .purple,  and  scarlet  twice  dyed,  and 
line  twisted  linen. 

hi  It  shall  be  four-square  and  doubled  :  it  shall 
be  the  measure  of  a  span  both  in  length  and  ill 
breadth. 

17  And  thou  shalt  set  in  it  four  rows  of  stoin  |  : 
In  the  fust  row  shall  be  a  sardius  stone,  and  a 
topaz,  and  an  emerald. 

18  In  the  second  a  carbuncle,  a  sapphire,  and  a 
jasper  : 

11)  In  the  third  a  ligurius,  an  agate,  and  an  ame- 
thyst : 

20  In  the  fourth  a  chrysolite,  an  onyx  and  a  beryl. 
They  shall  Ik-  set  in  cold  by  their  re 

t\  And  they  shall  have  the  names  of  the  children 
of  Israel:  with  twelve  names  shall  they  be  en- 
craved,  each  stone  with  the  name  of  one  according 
to  the  twelve  tribes. 

22  And  thou  shalt  make  on  the  rational  chains 
linked  one  to  another  of  the  purest  gold: 

23  And  two  lines  of  cold,  which  thou  shalt  |  ut 
in  the  two  ends  at  the  top  of  the  rational. 

I    And  the  golden  chains  thou  shalt  join  io  Ine 
lines,  that  are  in  the  ends  thereof: 


Thummim,  lliat  i«,  dottrint  anil  truth,  wliiili  witc  writti-n  ti|x>n  il  :  ami 
b  divine  amwen  and  oraclot,aa  if  it  werei 

'    Willi  JU.lgltll'tlt. 


CHAP.  XXIX. 


26  And  the  ends  of  the  chains  themselves  thou 
shalt  join  together  with  two  hooks  on  hoth  sides  of 
the  ephod,  which  is  towards  the  rational. 

26  Thou  shalt  make  also  two  rings  of  gold  which 
thou  shalt  put  in  the  top  parts  of  the  rational,  in  the 
horders  that  are  over  against  the  ephod, and  look 
towards  the  back  parts  thereof. 

27  Moreover  also  other  two  rings  of  gold,  which 
are  to  be  set  on  each  side  of  the  ephod  beneath, 
that  Iooketh  towards  the  nether  joining,  that  the 
rational  may  be  fitted  with  the  ephod, 

28  And  may  be  fastened  by  the  rings  thereof 
unto  the  rings  of  the  ephod  with  a  violet  fillet,  that 
the  joining  artificially  wrought  may  continue,  and 
the  rational  and  the  ephod  may  not  be  loosed  one 
from  the  other. 

29  And  Aaron  shall  bear  the  names  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  in  the  rational  of  judgment  upon  his 
breast,  when  he  shall  enter  into  the  sanctuary,  a 
memorial  before  the  Lord  for  ever. 

30  And  thou  shalt  put  in  the  rational  of  judg- 
ment Doctrine  and  Truth,*  which  shall  be  on 
Aaron's  breast,  when  he  shall  go  in  before  the  Lord : 
and  he  shall  bear  the  judgment  of  the  children  of 
Israel  on  his  breast,  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  always. 

31  And  thou  shalt  make  the  tunick  of  the  ephod 
all  of  violet ; 

32  In  the  midst  whereof  above  shall  be  a  hole 
for  the  head,  and  a  border  round  about  it  woven, 
as  is  wont  to  be  made  in  the  outmost  parts  of  gar- 
ments, that  it  may  not  easily  be  broken. 

33  And  beneath  at  the  feet  of  the  same  tunick, 
round  about,  thou  shalt  make  as  it  were  pomegra- 
nates,of  violet,  and  purple,  and  scarlet  twice  dyed, 
with  little  bells  set  between : 

34  So  that  there  shall  be  a  golden  bell  and  a  po- 
megranate, and  again  another  golden  bell  and  a  po- 
megranate. 

35  And  Aaron  shall  be  vested  with  it  in  the 
office  of  his  ministry,  that  the  sound  may  be  heard, 
when  he  goeth  in  and  cometh  out  of  the  sanctuary, 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and  that  he  may  not  die. 

36  Thou  shalt  make  also  a  plate  of  the  purest 
gold;  wherein  thou  shalt  grave  with  engraver's 
work,  Holy  to  the  Lord. 

37  And  thou  shalt  tie  it  with  a  violet  fillet,  and 
it  shall  be  upon  the  mitre, 

38  Hanging  over  the  forehead  of  the  high-priest. 
And  Aaron  shall  bear  the  iniquities  of  those  things, 
which  the  children  of  Israel  have  offered  and  sanc- 
tified, in  all  their  gifts  and  offerings.  And  the  plate 
shall  be  always  on  his  forehead,  that  the  Lord  may 
be  well  pleased  with  them. 

39  And  thou  shalt  gird  the  tunick  with  fine  linen, 
and  thou  shalt  make  a  fine  linen  mitre,  and  a  girdle 
of  embroidered  work. 

40  Moreover  for  the  sons  of  Aaron  thou  shalt 
prepare  linen  tunicks,  and  girdles  and  mitres  for 
glory  and  beauty : 

41  And  with  all  these  things  thou   shalt  vest 


*  Doctrine  and  Truth.     Hebrew,   Urim  and  Thummim  :  illuminations 
and  perfections.     Those  words  written  on  the  rational,  seem  to  siarnifv 

K 


Aaron  thy  orother,  and  his  sons  with  him.  And 
thou  shalt  consecrate  the  hands  of  them  all,  and 
shalt  sanctify  them,  that  they  may  do  the  office  ot 
priesthood  unto  me. 

42  Thou  shalt  make  also  linen  breeches,  to  cover 
the  flesh  of  their  nakedness  from  the  reins  to  the 
thighs : 

43  And  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  use  them  when 
they  shall  go  in  to  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony, 
or  when  they  approach  to  the  altar  to  minister  in 
the  sanctuary,  lest  being  guilty  of  iniquity  they  die. 
It  shall  be  a  law  for  ever  to  Aaron,  and  to  his  seed 
after  him. 

CHAP.  XXIX. 

The  manner  of  consecrating  Aaron  and  other  priests;  the  insti- 
tution of  the  daily  sacrifice  of  two  lambs,  one  in  the  morning, 
the  other  at  evening. 

AND  thou  shalt  also  do  this,  that  they  may  be 
consecrated  to  me  in  priesthood.    Take  a  calf 
from  the  herd,  and  two  rams  without  blemish, 

2  And  unleavened  bread,  and  a  cake  without 
leaven,  tempered  with  oil,  wafers  also  unleavened, 
anointed  with  oil :  thou  shalt  make  them  all  of 
wheaten  flour. 

3  And  thou  shalt  put  them  in  a  basket,  and  offer 
them ;  and  the  calf  and  the  two  rams. 

4  And  thou  shalt  bring  Aaron  and  his  sons  to 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony.  And 
when  thou  hast  washed  the  father  and  his  sons  with 
water, 

5  Thou  shalt  clothe  Aaron  with  his  vestments, 
that  is,  with  the  linen  garment  and  the  tunick,  and 
the  ephod  and  the  rational,  which  thou  shalt  gird 
with  the  girdle. 

6  And  thou  shalt  put  the  mitre  upon  his  head, 
and  the  holy  plate  upon  the  mitre : 

7  And  thou  shalt  pour  the  oil  of  unction  upon 
his  head  :  and  by  this  rite  shall  he  be  consecrated. 

8  Thou  shalt  bring  his  sons  also,  and  shalt  put  on 
them  the  linen  tunicks,  and  gird  them  with  a  girdle  : 

9  To  wit,  Aaron  and  his  children ;  and  thou 
shalt  put  mitres  upon  them :  and  they  shall  be 
priests  to  me  by  a  perpetual  ordinance.  After  thou 
shalt  have  consecrated  their  hands, 

10  Thou  shalt  present  also  the  calf  before  the 
tabernacle  of  the  testimony.  And  Aaron  and  his 
sons  shall  lay  their  hands  upon  his  head  : 

1 1  And  thou  shalt  kill  him  in  the  sightof  the  Lord, 
beside  the  door  of  the  taberrfacle  of  the  testimony. 

12  And  taking  some  of  the  blood  of  the  calf, 
thou  shaft  put  it  upon  the  horns  of  the  altar  with 
thy  finger :  and  the  rest  of  the  blood  thou  shalt 
pour  at.  the  bottom  thereof. 

13  Thou  shalt  take  also  all  the  fat  that  covereth 
the  entrails,  and  the  caul  of  the  liver,  and  the  two 
kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  is  upon  them,  and  shalt 
offer  a  burnt-offering  upon  the  altar : 

14  But  the  flesh  of  the  calf,  and  the  hide,  and 
the  dung,  thou  shalt  burn  abroad,  without  the  camp, 
because  it  is  for  sin. 

the  lijrht  of  doctrine  -and  the  integrity  of  life,  with  which  the  Driest*, 
of  God  ought  to  approach  to  him 

73 


EXODUS. 


15  Thou  shalt  take  also  one  ram,  unai  the  bead 
whereof  Aaron  ami  liis  sons  shall  lay  (heir  hands. 

16  And  when  thou  hast  killed  him,  thou  shalt  take 
of  the  blood  thereof",  and  pour  round  about  the  altar. 

17  And  thou  shalt  cut  the  ram  in  pieces:  and 
having  washed  his  entrails  and  bet,  thou  shalt  put 
them  upon  the  flesh  that  is  cat  in  pieces,  and  upon 
his  head. 

18  And  thou  shalt  offer  the  whole  ram  for  a  burnt- 
offering  upon  the  altar  :  it  is  an  oblation  to  the  Lord, 
a  most  sweet  savour  of  the  victim  of  the  Lord. 

19  Thou  shalt  take  also  the  other  ram,  upon  whose 
head  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  lay  their  hands. 

20  And  when  thou  hast  sacrificed  him,  thou  shalt 
take  of  his  blood,  and  put  upon  the  tip  of  the  right 
ear  of  Aaron  and  of  his  sons,  and  upon  the  thumbs 
and  Deal  toes  of  their  right  hand  and  foot :  and 
thou  shalt  |>our  the  blood  upon  the  altar  round  about. 

21  And  when  thou  hast  taken  of  the  blood  that 
is  upon  the  altar,  and  of  the  oil  of  unction,  thou 
shalt  sprinkle  Aaron  and  his  vesture,  his  sons  and 
their  vestments.  And  after  they  and  their  vestments 
are  consecrated, 

22  Thou  shalt  take  the  fat  of  the  ram,  and  the 
rump,  and  the  fat  that  covcreth  the  lun^s,  and  the 
caul  of  the  liver,  and  the  two  kidneys,  and  the  fat 
that  is  upon  them,  and  the  right  shoulder,  because 
it  is  the  ram  of  consecration  ; 

23  And  one  roll  of  bread,  a  cake  tempered  with 
oil,  a  wafer  out  of  the  basket  of  unleavened  bread, 
which  is  set  in  the  siiilit  of  the  Lord  : 

24  And  thou  shall  put  all  upon  the  hands  of 
Aaron  and  of  his  sons,  and  shalt  sanctify  them, 
elevating  before  the  Lord. 

25  And  thou  shalt  take  all  from  their  hands  ;  and 
shalt  burn  them  upon  the  altar  for  a  holocaust,  a 
most  sweet  savour  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  because 
it  is  his  oblation. 

26  Thou  shalt  take  also  the  breast  of  the  ram, 
wherewith  Aaron  was  consecrated  :  and  elevating 
it,  thou  shalt  sanctify  it  before  the  Lord ;  and  it 
shall  fall  to  thy  share. 

27  And  thou  shalt  sanctify  both  the  consecrated 
breast,  and  the  shoulder  that  thou  didst  separate  of 
the  ram, 

28  Wherewith  Aaron  was  consecrated  and  his 
sons:  and  they  shall  fall  to  Aaron's  share  and  hk 
SOBS  by  a  perpetual  right  from  the  children  of  Israel : 
because  they  are  the  choicest  and  the  beginnings  of 
their  peace-victims  which  they  offer  to  the  Lord. 

29  And  the  holy  vesture,  which  Aaron  shall  use, 
his  sons  shall  have  after  him,  that  they  may  be 
anointed,  and  their  hands  consecrated  in  it. 

30  He  of  his  sons  that  shall  be  appointed  high- 
priest  in  his  stead,  and  that  shall  enter  into  the  ta- 
I  cmacle  of  the  testimony  to  minister  in  the  sanc- 
tuarv,  shall  wear  it  seven  days. 

.11  And  thou  shalt  take  the  ram  of  die  consecra- 
tion, and  shalt  boil  the  flesh  thereof  IB  the  holy  place: 

32  And  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  eat  it.  The 
loOTeS  also,  that  are  in  the  basket,  they  shall  eat  in 
the  entry  of  the  tabernaele  of  the  testimony, 

*<3  '1  hat  it  may  be  mi  atoning  sa<  r  fice,  and  the 

71 


hands  of  the  offerers  may  be  sanctified.     A  stranger 
shall  not  eat  of  them,  because  they  an-  holy. 

31   And  if  there  remain  of  the  consecrated  flesh, 
or  of  the  bread  till  tin-  morning,  thou  shalt  burn  the 
remainder  with    lire  :   they  shall  not  be  eaten,  he 
cause  they  arc  sanctified. 

35  All  that  I  have  commanded  thee,  thou  shalt 
do  unto  Aaron  and  his  sons.  Seven  days  shalt  thou 
consecrate  their  hands: 

36  And  thou  shalt  oiler  a  calf  for  sin  every  day 
for  expiation.  And  thou  shalt  cleanse  the  altar 
when  thou  hast  offered  the  victim  of  expiation,  and 
shalt  anoint  it  to  sanctify  it. 

37  Seven  days  shalt  thou  expiate  the  wJtU  and 
sanctify  it  :  and  it  shall  be  most  holy.  Every  one 
that  shall  touch  it,  shall  be  holy. 

38  This  is  what  thou  shalt  sacrifice  upon  the 
altar:  Two  lambs  of  a  year  old  everyday  continually 

39  One  lamb  in  the  morning,  and  another  in  the 
evening. 

40  With  one  Iamb  a  tenth  part  of  flour  tempered 
with  beaten  oil,  of  the  fourth  part  of  a  bin,  and 
wine  for  libation  of  the  same  measure. 

1 1    And  the  other   lamb  thou  shalt  offer  in  the 
evening,  according  to  the  rite  of  the  morning  obla- 
tion, and  according  to  what  we  have  said,  for  a 
vour  of  sweetness  : 

\2  It  is  a  sacrifice  to  the  Lord,  by  perpetual 
oblation  unto  your  gem  rations,  at  the  door  ot  the 
tabernaele  of  the  testimony  before  the  Lord,  where 
I  will  appoint  to  Speak  unto  thee. 

43  And  there  will  I  command  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, and  the  altar  shall  be  sanctified  by  my  don. 

44  I  will  sanctify  also  the  tabernacle  of  the  tes- 
timony with  the  altar,  and  Aaron  w  it h  his  sous,  to 
do  the  office  of  priesthood  unto  me. 

45  And  I  will  dwell  in  the  midst  of  the  children 
of  Isnel,  and  will  be  their  God  : 

46  And  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  their 
God,  who  have  brought  them  out  of  the  land  ot  Egypt, 
that  1  might  abideamongthem,  I  the  Lord  their  ( io«l. 

CHAP.  XXX. 

The  altar  of  incense :  money  to  be  gathered  for  (he  vsr  of  the 
tabernacle:  the  brazen  later :  the  holy  oil  of  unction,  and  the 
composition  of  tin  pofunu. 

THOU  shalt  make  also  an  altar  to  burn  incense,* 
of  setim-wood. 

2  It  shall  be  a  cubit  in  length,  and  another  in 
breadth,  that  is,  four  square,  and  two  in  height. 
Horns  shall  go  out  of  the  same. 

3  And  thou  shalt  overlay  it  with  the  purest  gold, 
as  well  the  grate  thereof,  as  the  walls  round  about. 
and  the  horns.  \nd  thou  shalt  make  to  it  a  crown 
of  gold  round  about, 

4  And  two  golden  rin.^s  under  the  crown  on 
either  side,  that  the  bars  may  be  pat  into  them,  and 
the  altar  be  carried. 

5  And  thou  shalt  make  the  bars  also  ot  setnn- 
'wood.  and  shalt  overlay  them  with  sold. 

•  .*n  altar  to  bur*  inemtr.     Thi*  Imniintr  of  iacMBM  »«  an  .  it  1,1.  m 
oaodingt  i  an  inflsm  il  heart.    Stm  Pftmt  \\. 

S.  Ape  and  vui    4 


CHAP.  ,XXXI 


6  And  thou  shalt  set  the  altar  over-against  the 
veil,  that  hangeth  before  the  ark  of  the  testimony 
before  the  propitiatory  wherewith  the  testimony  is 
covered,  where  I  will  speak  to  thee. 

7  And  Aaron  shall  burn  sweet-smelling  incense 
upon  it,  in  the  morning.  When  he  shall  dress  the 
lamps,  he  shall  burn  it : 

8  And  when  he  shall  place  them  in  the  evening, 
he  shall  burn  an  everlasting  incense  before  the  Lord 
throughout  your  generations. 

9  You  shall  not  offer  upon  it  incense  of  another 
composition,  nor  oblation,  and  victim  :  neither  shall 
you  offer  libations. 

10  And  Aaron  shall  pray  upon  the  horns  thereof 
once  a  year,  with  the  blood  of  that  which  was  offer- 
ed for  sin,  and  shall  make  atonement  upon  it  in  your 
generations.     It  shall  be  most  holy  to  the  Lord. 

1 1  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying  : 

12  When  thou  shalt  take  the  sum  of  the  children 
of  Israel  according  to  their  number,  every  one  of 
them  shall  give  a  price  for  their  souls  to  the  Lord: 
and  there  shall  be  no  scourge  among  them,  when  they 
shall  be  reckoned. 

13  And  this  shall  every  one  give  that  passeth  at 
the  naming,  half  a  side*  according  to  the  standard  of 
the  temple.  A  side  hath  twenty  obols.  Half  a  side 
shall  be  offered  to  the  Lord. 

1 4  He  that  is  counted  in  the  number  from  twenty 
years  and  upwards,  shall  give  the  price. 

15  The  rich  man  shall  not  add  to  half  a  side, 
and  the  poor  man  shall  diminish  nothing. 

16  And  the  money  received,  which  was  contribu- 
ted by  the  children  of  Israel,  thou  shalt  deliver  unto 
the  uses  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony,  that  it 
may  be  a  memorial  of  them  before  the  Lord,  and 
he  may  be  merciful  to  their  souls. 

17  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying  : 

1 8  Thou  shalt  make  also  a  brazen  laver  with  its 
foot,  to  wash  in :  and  thou  shalt  set  it  between  the 
tabernacle  of  the  testimony  and  the  altar.  And 
water  being  put  into  it, 

19  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  wash  their  hands 
and  feet  in  it, 

20  When  they  are  going  into  the  tabernacle  of 
the  testimony,  and  when  they  are  to  come  to  the  al- 
tar, to  offer  on  it  incense  to  the  Lord, 

21  Lest  perhaps  they  die.  It  shall  be  an  ever- 
lasting law  to  him,  and  to  his  seed  by  successions. 

22  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 

23  Saying:  Take  spices, of  principal  and  chosen 
myrrh  five  hundred  sides,  and  of  cinnamon  half  so 
much,  that  is,  two  hundred  and  fifty  sides,  of  cala- 
mus in  like  manner  two  hundred  and  fifty, 

21  And  of  cassia  five  hundred  sides  by  the 
weight  of  the  sanctuary,  of  oil  of  olives  the  mea- 
sure bin  : 

23  And  thou  shalt  make  the  holy  oil  of  unction, 
Jin  ointment  compounded  after  the  art  of  the  per- 
fumer : 

26  And  therewith  thou  shalt  anoint  the  taber- 

//  ilfasiek.   A  side  or  shekel  of  silver,  (which  was  also  called  a  slater) 
\r.  >r!iug  to  the  standard  or  weight  of  the  sanctuary,  which  was  the 


nacle  of  the  testimony,  and  the  ark  of  the  testa 
ment, 

27  And  the  table  with  the  vessels  thereof,  the 
candlestick  and  furniture  thereof,  the  altars  of  in- 
cense, 

28  And  of  holocaust,  and  all  the  furniture  that 
belongeth  to  the  service  of  them. 

29  And  thou  shalt  sanctify  all ;  and  they  shall  be 
most  holy  :  he  that  shall  touch  them  shall  be  sanc- 
tified. 

30  Thou  shalt  anoint  Aaron  and  his  sons,  and 
shalt  sanctify  them,  that  they  may  do  the  office  of 
priesthood  unto  me. 

31  And  thou  shalt  say  to  the  children  of  Israel : 
This  oil  of  unction  shall  be  holy  unto  me  through- 
out your  generations. 

32  The  flesh  of  man  shall  not  be  anointed  there- 
with :  and  you  shall  make  none  other  of  the  same 
composition  ;  because  it  is  sanctified,  and  shall  be 
holy  unto  you. 

33  What  man  soever  shall  compound  such,  and 
shall  give  thereof  to  a  stranger,  he  shall  be  cut  off 
from  his  people. 

34  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  :  Take  unto  thee 
spices,  stacte,  and  onycha,  galbanum  of  sweet  sa- 
vour, and  the  clearest  frankincense,  all  shall  be  of 
equal  weight. 

35  And  thou  shalt  make  incense  compounded  by 
the  work  of  the  perfumer,  well  tempered  together, 
and  pure,  and  most  worthy  of  sanctification. 

36  And  when  thou  hast  beaten  all  into  very  small 
powder,  thou  shalt  set  of  it  before  the  tabernacle  of 
the  testimony,  in  the  place  where  I  will  appear  to 
thee.     Most  holy  shall  this  incense  be  unto  you. 

37  You  shall  not  make  such  a  composition  for 
your  own  uses  ;  because  it  is  holy  to  the  Lord. 

38  What  man  soever  shall  make  the  like,  to  en- 
joy the  smell  thereof,  he  shall  perish  out  of  his  peo- 
ole. 

CHAP.  XXXI. 

Beseleel  and  Ooliab  are  appointed  by  the  Lord  to  make  the  ta- 
bernacle, and  the  things  belonging  thereto.  The  observation 
of  the  sabbath-day  is  again  commanded.  And  the  Lord  rfc- 
livereth  to  Moses  two  tables  written  with  the  finger  of  God. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying  : 
2  Behold,  I  have  called  by  name  Beseleel  the 
son  of  Uri  the  son  of  Hur  of  .the  tribe  of  Juda  : 

3  And  I  have  filled  him  with  the  spirit  of  God, 
with  wisdom  and  understanding,  and  knowledge  in 
all  manner  of  work, 

4  To  devise  whatsoever  may  be  artificially  made 
of  gold,  and  silver,  and  brnss, 

5  Of  marble,  and  precious  stones,  and  variety  of 
wood. 

6  And  I  have  given  him  for  his  companion  Ooliab 
the  son  of  Achisamech  of  the  tribe  of  Dan.  And 
I  have  put  wisdom  in  the  heart  of  every  skilful  man, 
that,  they  may  make  all  things  which  I  have  com- 
manded thee, 

most  just  and  exact,  was  half  an  ounce  of  silver,  that  is,  about  half  a 
crown  of  English  money.  The  060/  or  gerah  was  about  three  uulfoence. 

76 


EXODUS. 


7  The  tabernacle  of  the  covenant,  utd  the  ark 
of  the  testimony,  and  the  propitiatory,  that  is  over 

it,  and  all  the  vessels  of  the  taheruaele, 

8  Anil  the  table  and  the  vessels  thereof,  the 
most  pure  candlestick  with  the  vessels  thereof, 
and  the  altars  of  incen- 

9  And  of  holocaust,  and  all  their  vessels,  the 
lav  it  with  its  foot, 

It)  The  holy  vestments  in  the  ministry  for  Aaron 
the  pri«M,  ami  tor  his  sons,  that  they  may  execute 
their  office,  about  the  snored  things: 

I  I  The  oil  of  unction,  and  the  incense  of  spices 
in  the  sanctuary,  all  things  which  I  have  com- 
iiiainlcd  thee,  shall  they  make. 

12   And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Motet,  saying: 

1)  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel,   and  thou 
■htlt  say  to  them  :  See  that  you  keep  my  sabbath  : 
because  it  is  a  sign  between  me  and  you  in  your 
anions;    that  you   may  know  that  I  am  tin 
Lord,  who  sanctify  you. 

I  !•  Keep  you  my  sabbath  ;  for  it  is  holy  unto 
von:  he  that  shall  profane  it,  shall  lie  put  to  death: 
lie  that  shall  do  any  work  in  it,  his  soul  shall  per- 
ish out  of  the  midst  of  his  people. 

15  Six  days  shall  you  do  work :  in  the  seventh 
day  is  the  sabbath,  the  rest  holy  to  the  Lord. 
Every  one  that  shall  do  any  work  on  this  day, 
shall  die. 

16  Let  the  children  of  Israel  keep  the  sabbath, 
and  celebrate  it  in  their  generations.  It  is  an  ever- 
lasting covenant 

17  Between  me  and  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
a  perpetual  si-n.  For  in  six  days  the  Lord  made 
heaven  and  earth :  and  in  the  seventh  he  ceased 
from  work. 

155  And   the   Lord,  when  he  had   ended  these 
words  in   mount  Sinai,  gave  to  Moses  two  stone- 
tablt •-,  of  testimony,  written  with  the  finger  of  God. 
CHAP.  XXXII. 

The  people  fall  into  idolatry.  Moses  prayeth  for  them.  He 
Imiikelh  the  tables  ;  dttroyelh  the  idol;  blameth  Aaron  ;  and 
ruiiMi/i  mmiy  of  the  idolaters  to  be  tlain. 

A  ND  the  people  seeing  that  Moses  delayed  to 
•**-  COtM  down  from  the  mount,  gathering  toge- 
ther against  Aaron,  said:  Arise,  make  us  gods, 
that  may  no  before  us:  For  as  to  this  Moses,  the 
man  that  Drought  us  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  we 
know  not  what  has  befallen  him. 

1  And  Aaron  said  to  them:  Take  the  golden' 
ear-rina;s  from  the  ears  of  your  wives,  and  your 
sons  and  daughters,  and  brinp;  them  to  DM. 

I  And  the  people  did  what  he  had  commanded, 
bringing  the  enr>rings  to  Aaron. 

I  \ml  when  be  had  rereived  them,  he  fashion- 
ed them  bv  founders'  work,  and  made  of  them  a 
molten  calf.  And  they  said:  These  are  thy  gods. 
O  Israel,  that  have  brought  thee  out  of  the  land 

oi  Egypt. 

5  And  when  Aaron  saw  this,  he  built  an  altar 
before  it.  and  made  proclamation  by  a  crier's  voice, 
saying:  To-morrow  is  the  solemnity  of  the  Lord. 

6  And  rising  in  the  morning,  tiny  offered  holo- 
causts, and  peace-1  iitiiiis:  ;in,|  the  people  n\  (low  n 
(o  eat,  and  drink,  and  thev  rose  up  to  play. 


7  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  M.  ing.  Go, 
get  thee  down  :  thy  people,  which  thou  hast 
brought  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  hath  sinned. 

8  They  have  quickly  strayed  from  the  way 
which  thou  didst  show  them  :  and  they  have  made 
to  themselves  a  molten  calf,  ami  have  adored  it. 
and  sacrificing  victims  to  it,  nave  said  :  These  are 
thy  Gods,  O  Israel,  that  have  brought  thee  out  ol 
the  land  of  Egypt 

9  And  again  the  Lord  said  to  Moses.  I  see  that 
this  people  is  stiff-necked: 

10  Let  me  alone,  that  my  wrath  may  be  kin- 
dled against  them,  and  that  I  may  destroy  them  ; 
and  I  will  make  of  thee  a  ureat  nation. 

11  Hut  Moses  besougbi  the  Lord  his  God, 
bg:   Why,  O  Lord,  is  thy  indignation  enkindled 
against   thy   people,   whom   thou   bast   brought   out 
of  tin;  land  of  Egypt,  with  great  power,  and  with  a 
mighty  hand  ? 

12  Let  not  the  Egyptians  say,  I  beseech  thee: 

He  craftily  brought  them  out,  that  he  might  kill 
them  in  the  mountains,  and  destroy  them  from  the 
earth:  let  thy  anger  cease,  and  he  appeased  upon 
the  wickedness  of  thy  people. 

13  Remember  Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Israel  thy 
servants,  to  whom  thou  sworest  by  thy  own  sell, 
saying :  I  will  multiply  your  seed  as  the  stars  of 
heaven,:  and  this  whole  land  that  I  have  spoken 
of,  I  will  give  to  your  seed,  and  you  shall  pos- 
it for  ever. 

14  And  the  Lord  was  appeased  from  doing  the 
evil  which  he  had  spoken  against  his  people. 

15  And  Moses  returned  from  the  mount,  carry- 
ing the  two  tables  of  the  testimony  in  his  hand, 
written  on  both  sides, 

16  And  made  by  the  work  of  God:  the  writing 
also  of  God  was  graven  in  the  tab! 

17  And  Josue  hearing  the  noise  of  the  people 
shouting,  said  to  Moses :  The  noise  of  battle  is 
heard  in  the  camp. 

18  But  he  answered :  It  is  not  the  cry  of  men 
encouraging  to  fight,  nor  the  shout  of  men  com- 
pelling to  flee:  but  I  hear  the  voice  of  singers. 

19  And  when  he  came  nigh  to  the  camp,  he  saw 
the  calf,  and  the  dances:  and  being  very  angry, 
he  threw  the  tables  out  of  his  hand,  and  broke 
them  at  the  foot  of  the  mount : 

20  And  laying  hold  of  the  calf  which  they  had 
made,  he  burnt  it,  and  beat  it  to  powder,  which 
he  strowed  into  water,  and  gave  thereof  to  the 
children  of  Israel  to  drink. 

21  And  he  said  to  Aaron  :  What  has  this  people 
done  to  thee,  that  thou  shouldst  bring  upon  them  a 
most  heinous  sin  ? 

22  And  he  answered  him  :  Let  not  my  lord  be 
offended  :  for  thou  knowest  this  people,  that  thev 
are  prone  to  evil. 

23  They  said  to  me :  Make  us  Rods,  that  may 
BO  before  us:  for  as  to  this  Moses,  who  brought  us 
forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  we  know  not  what 
is  befallen  him. 

24  Ami  I  said  to  them:  Which  of  you  hath  any 
gold?  and  they  took  and  brought  it  to  me:  and  1 
cast  it  into  the  fire,  and  this  calf  came  out. 


CHAP.   XXXIII. 


25  And  when  Moses  saw  that  the  people  were 
naked*  (for  Aaron  had  stripped  them  by  occasion  of 
the  shame  of  the  filth,t  and  had  set  them  naked 
amongtheir  enemies) 

96  Then  standing  in  the  gate  of  the  camp,  he 
said :  If  any  man  be  on  the  Lord's  side,  let  him  join 
with  me.  And  all  the  sons  of  Levi  gathered  them- 
selves together  unto  him : 

27  And  he  said  to  them :  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel :  Put  every  man  his  sword  upon  his 
thigh  :  go,  and  return  from  gate  to  gate  through  the 
midst  ot  the  camp,  and  let  every  man  kill  his  bro- 
ther, and  friend,  and  neighbour. 

28  And  the  sons  of  Levi  did  according  to  the 
words  of  Moses,  and  there  were  slain  that  day  about 
three  and  twenty  thousand  men. 

29  And  Moses  said  :  You  have  consecrated  your 
hands  this  day  to  the  Lord,  every  man  in  his  son 
and  in  his  brother,  that  a  blessing  may  be  given  to 
you. 

30  And  when  the  next  day  was  come,  Moses 
spoke  to  the  people  :  You  have  sinned  a  very  great 
sin  :  I  will  go  up  to  the  Lord,  if  by  any  means  I 
may  be  able  to  entreat  him  for  your  crime. 

31  And  returning  to  the  Lord,  he  said  :  I  be- 
seech thee  ;  this  people  hath  sinned  a  heinous  sin  ; 
and  they  have  made  to  themselves  gods  of  gold  : 
either  forgive  them  this  trespass, 

32  Or  if  thou  do  not,  strike  me  out  of  the  book 
that  thou  hast  written. 

33  And  the  Lord  answered  him :  He  that  hath 
sinned  against  me,  him  will  I  strike  out  of  my  book  : 

34  But  go  thou,  and  lead  this  people  whither  I 
have  told  thee  :  my  Angel  shall  go  before  thee.  And 
I  in  the  day  of  revenge  will  visit  this  sin  also  of  theirs. 

35  The  Lord  therefore  struck  the  people  for  the 
guilt  on  occasion  of  the  calf  which  Aaron  had  made. 

CHAP.  XXXIII. 

The  people  mourn  for  their  sin.  Moses  pitcheth  the  tabernacle 
without  the  camp.  He  converseth  familiarly  with  God:  de- 
sireth  to  see  his  glory. 

\  ND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying :  Go,  get 
J-*-  thee  up  from  this  place,  thou  and  thy  people 
which  thou  hast  brought  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
into  the  land  concerning  which  I  swore  to  Abraham, 
Isaac,  and  Jacob,  saying :  To  thy  seed  I  will  give  it : 

2  And  I  will  send  an  Angel  before  thee,  that  I 
may  cast  out  the  Chanaanite,  and  the  Amorrhite,  and 
the  Hethite,  and  the  Pherezite,  and  the  Hevite,  and 
the  Jebusite, 

3  That  thou  mayst  enter  into  the  land  that  flow- 
eth  with  milk  and  honey.  For  I  will  not  go  up  with 
thee,  because  thou  art  a  stiff-necked  people :  lest  I 
destroy  thee  in  the  way. 

4  And  the  people  hearing  these  very  bad  tidings, 


*  Waked.  Haying  lost  not  only  their  gold,  and  their  honour,  but 
what  was  worst  of  all,  being  stripped  also  of  the  grace  of  God,  and 
having  lost  him. 

f  The  shame  of  the  filth.  That  is,  of  the  idol,  which  they  had  taken 
for  their  God.  It  is  the  usual  phrase  of  the  scripture  to  call  idols  filth, 
and  abominations 


mourned  :  and  no  man  put  on  his  ornaments  accord- 
ing to  custom. 

5  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses :  Say  to  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel :  Thou  art  a  stiff-necked  people  :  once 
I  shall  come  up  in  the  midst  of  thee,  and  shall  de- 
stroy thee.  Now  presently  lay  aside  thy  ornaments, 
that  I  may  know  what  to  do  to  thee. 

6  So  the  children  of  Israel  laid  aside  their  orna- 
ments by  mount  Horeb. 

7  Moses  also  taking  the  tabernacle,  pitched  it 
without  the  camp  afar  off,  and  called  the  name 
thereof,  The  tabernacle  of  the  covenant.  And  all 
the  people,  that  had  any  question,  went  forth  to  the 
tabernacle  of  the  covenant,  without  the  camp. 

8  And  when  Moses  went  forth  to  the  tabernacle, 
all  the  people  rose  up,  and  every  one  stood  in  the 
door  of  his  pavilion,  and  they  beheld  the  back  of 
Moses,  till  he  went  into  the  tabernacle. 

9  And  when  he  was  gone  into  the  tabernacle  of 
the  covenant,  the  pillar  of  the  cloud  came  down,  and 
stood  at  the  door :  and  he  spoke  with  Moses. 

10  And  all  saw  that  the  pillar  of  the  cloud  stood 
at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle.  And  they  stood,  and 
worshipped  at  the  doors  of  their  tents. 

11  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  face  to  face,! 
as  a  man  is  wont  to  speak  to  his  friend.  And  when 
he  returned  into  the  camp,  his  servant  Josue  the  son 
of  Nun,  a  young  man,  departed  not  from  the  taber- 
nacle. 

12  And  Moses  said  to  the  Lord .  Thou  com- 
mandest  me  to  lead  forth  this  people  :  and  thou  dost 
not  let  me  know  whom  thou  wilt  send  with  me, 
especially  whereas  thou  hast  said  :  I  know  thee  by 
name,§  and  thou  hast  found  favour  in  my  sight. 

13  If  therefore  I  have  found  favour  in  thy  sight, 
show  me  thy  face,  that  I  may  know  thee,  and  may 
find  grace  before  thy  eyes :  look  upon  thy  people, 
this  nation. 

14  And  the  Lord  said  :  My  face  shall  go  before 
thee,  and  I  will  give  thee  rest. 

15  And  Moses  said :  If  thou  thyself  dost  not  go 
before,  bring  us  not  out  of  this  place. 

16  For  how  shall  we  be  able  to  know,  I  and  thy 
people,  that  we  have  found  grace  in  thy  sight,  un- 
less thou  walk  with  us,  that  we  may  be  glorified  by 
all  people  that  dwell  upon  the  earth  ? 

17  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses:  This  word 
also,  which  thou  hast  spoken,  will  I  do :  for  thou 
hast  found  grace  before  me,  and  thee  I  have  known 
by  name.  » 

1 8  And  he  said  :  Show  me  thy  glory. 

19  He  answered  :  I  will  show  thee  all  good,  and 
I  will  proclaim  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  before  thee  : 
and  I  will  have  mercy  on  whom  I  will,  and  I  wilJ 
be  merciful  to  whom  it  shall  please  me. 

20  And  again  he  said :  Thou  canst  not  see  my 
face  :  for  man  shall  not  see  me,  and  live. 


%  Face  to  fact.  That  is,  in  a  most  familiar  manner.  Though,  as  we 
learn  from  this  very  chapter,  Moses  could  not  see  the  face  of  the  Lord 

i  I  know  thee  by  name.  In  the  language  of  the  scriptures,  God  is 
said  to  know  such  as  he  approves  and  loves;  and  to  know  by  norm 
those  whom  he  favours  in  a  most  singular  manner,  as  he  did  h  s  servaul 
Moses. 

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EXODUS. 


21  And  again  he  said  :  Behold,  there  is  ;i  place 
with  me,  and  thou  shalt  st;ind  upon  the  rock. 

22  And  when  my  glory  shall  pass,  I  will  set  thee 
in  a  hole  of  the  rock,  and  protect  thee  with  my  right 
hand,  till  I  pass  : 

\nd  i  will  lake  away  my  hand,  and  thou 
shalt  see  my  back  parts  :*  but  my  face  thou  canst 
not  see. 

CHAP.  XXXIV. 

Thr  table*  are  renewed:  all  society  with  the  Chanaanitrt  it  fur- 
bidden  :  tome  precepts  concerning  the  jirtt-born,  thr  tubhnth, 
and  other  feattt.  Jifter  forty  ilayt 'fast.  Muse*  returneth  to 
the  people  with  the  cummandmentt :  and  hit  face  appearing 
horned  with  rayt  of  light,  he  cocereth  it,  whensoever  he  speak- 
eth  to  the  peopU. 

AND  after  this  he  said  :  Hew  thee  two  tables  ", 
stone  like  unto  the  former:  and  1  will  write 
upon  them  the  words  whieh  were  in  the  tables. 
which  thou  brokest. 

2  Be  ready  in  the  moraine,  that  thou  mayst  forth- 
with go  up  into  mount  Sinai  ;  and  thou  shall  stand 
with  me  upon  the  top  of  the  mount. 

3  Let  no  mango  up  with  thee;  and  let  not  any 
man  be  seen  throughout  all  the  mount:  neither  let 
the  oxen  nor  the  ■beep  teed  over  against  it. 

4  Then  be  cut  out  two  tables  of  stone,  such  as 
had  been  before  :  and  rising  very  early,  he  went  up 
into  the  mount  Sinai,  as  the  Lord  had  commanded 
him,  carrying  with  him  the  tables. 

6  And  when  the  Lord  was  come  down  in  a  cloud, 
Moses  stood  with  him,  calling  upon  the  name  of  the 
Lord. 

6  And  when  he  passed  before  him,  he  said  :  O 
the  Lord,  the  Lord  God,  merciful  and  gracious, 
patient,  and  of  much  compassion,  and  true  : 

7  Who  keepest  mercy  unto  thousands :  who 
takest  away  iniquity,  and  wickedness,  and  sin,  and 
no  man  of  himself  is  innocent  before  thee.  Who 
renderest  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers  to  the  children, 
and  to  the  grand-children  unto  die  third  and  fourth 
generation. 

8  And  Moses  making  haste,  bowed  down  pros- 
trate unto  the  earth,  and  adoring, 

9  Said :  If  I  have  found  grace  in  thy  sight,  O 
Lord,  I  beseech  thee  that  thou  wilt  go  with  us  (for 
it  is  a  stiff-necked  people)  and  take  away  our  ini- 
quities and  sin,  and  possess  us. 

10  The  Lord  answered  :  1  will  make  a  covenant 
in  the  sight  of  all:  I  will  do  signs  such  as  w.  re 
never  seen  upon  the  earth,  nor  in  any  nations  :  that 
this  people,  in  the  midst  of  whom  thou  art.  ma\ 
the  terrible  work  of  the  Lord  which  1  will  do. 

1 1  Observe  all  things  which  this  day  I  command 
thee:  I  myself  will  drive  out  before  thv  bee  the 
Amorrhite,and  theChanaanite,  and  the  Hethite,  and 
the  Pherezite,  and  the  Hcvite,  and  the  Jefauske. 

12  Beware  thou  never  join  in  friendship  with  the 
inhabitants  of  that  land,  which  may  be  thy  ruin  : 


•  St*  aaj  btek  parft.  The  Lord,  by  hia  Anrel,  usually  tpoke  to 
Mosei  in  tin-  pilar  of  thr  eioaai.10.  that  be  could  not  ire  the  glory  of 
him  that  apoke  familiarly  with  him.  In  the  vision  here  mentioned,  be 
•u  allowed  to  ace  aomething  of  him,  in  an  aaaumed  corporeal  form  , 

78 


I.!  lint  destroy  thek  altars,  break  their  statues, 
and  cut  down  their  RTOVM  I 

14  Adore  not  any  straii-e  God.  The  Lord  his 
name  is  Jealous;  he  is  a  jealous  God. 

15  Make  no  covenant  with  the  men  of  those 
countries  ;  lest,  when  they  have  committed  fornica- 
tion with  their  gods,  and  have  adored  their  idols, 
some  one  call  thee  to  eat  of  the  things  sacrificed. 

16  Neither  shalt  thou  take  of  their  daughters  a 
wife  for  thy  son;  lest  after  they  themselvn  have 
committed  fornication,  they  make  thy  sons  also  to 
commit  fornication  with  their  gods. 

17  Thou  shalt  not  make  to  thyself  any  molten 
l. 

18  Thou  shalt  keep  the  feast  of  the  unleavened 
bread.  Seven  days  shalt  thou  eat  unleavened  bread, 
as  1  commanded  thee  in  the  time  of  the  month  oi 
the  new  corn  :  for  in  the  month  of  the  sprin:;  time 
thou  earnest  out  from  Kzypt. 

19  All  of  the  male  kind,  that  openeth  the  womb, 
shall  be  mine.  Of  all  beasts,  both  of  oxen  and  of 
sheep,  it  shall  be  mine  * 

20  The  firstling  of  an  ass  thou  shalt  redeem  with 
a  sheep  :  but  if  thou  wilt  not  give  a  price  for  it,  it 
shall  be  slain.  The  first-born  of  thy  sons  thou  shah 
redeem  :  neither  shalt  thou  appear  before  me  empty. 

21  Six  days  shalt  thou  work:  the  seventh  day 
thou  shah  cease  to  plough,  and  to  reap. 

22  Thou  shalt  keep  the  least  of  weeks  with  the 
first-fruits  of  the  corn  of  thy  w  heat-harvest,  and  the 
feast  when  the  tune  of  lite  year  rcturneth  that  all 
things  are  laid  in. 

■  Three  times  in  the  year  all  thy  males  shall 
appear  in  the  sight  of  the  Almighty  Lord  the  God 
of  Israel. 

24  For  when  I  shall  have  taken  aw  ay  the  nations 
from  thy  face,  and  shall  have  enlarged  thy  bord- 
Tio  man  shall  lie  in  wait  against  thy  land  when  thou 
shalt  £"  up,  and  appear  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  ih\ 
God  thrice  in  a  year. 

25  Thou  shaft  not  offer  the  blood  of  my  sacrifice 
upon  leaven:  neither  shall  there  remain  in  the 
morning  any  thing  of  the  victim  of  the  solemnity 
of  the  Phase. 

26  The  first  of  the  fruits  of  thy  ground  thou  shalt 
offer  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  thy  God.  Thou  shalt 
not  boil  a  kid  in  the  milk  of  his  dam. 

27  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  :  Write  thee 
these  words  by  which  1  have  made  a  covenant  both 
with  thee  and  with  Israel. 

28  And  he  was  there  with  the  Lord  forty  daj  - 
and  forty  nights :  he  neither  ate  bread  nor  drank 
watt  r :  and  ho  wrote  upon  the  tables  the  ten  words 
of  the  covenant. 

29  And  w  hen  Moses  came  down  from  the  mount 
Sinai,  he  held  the  two  tables  of  the  testimony  :  and 
he  knew  not  that  his  face  was  hornedf  from  the 
conversation  of  the  Lord. 


not  in  the  face,  the  raja  of  which  were  too  bright  for  mortal  eye  to 
bear,  but  to  riew  him  as  it  were  behind,  when  hia  face  was  turned 
!  from  him. 

t  Honui.  That  is,  ahining,  and  tending  forth  rayaof  light  like  born*. 


CHAP.   XXXV,  XXXVI. 


30  And  Aaron  and  the  children  of  Israel  seeing 
the  face  of  Moses  horned,  were  afraid  to  come  near. 

31  And  being  called  by  him,  they  returned,  both 
Aaron  and  the  rulers  of  the  congregation.  And  af- 
ter that  he  spoke  to  them  : 

32  And  all  the  children  of  Israel  came  to  him  : 
and  he  gave  them  in  commandment  all  that  he  had 
heard  of  the  Lord  in  mount  Sinai. 

33  And  having  done  speaking,  he  put  a  veil  upon 
his  face. 

34  But  when  he  went  in  to  the  Lord,  and  spoke 
with  him,  he  took  it  away  until  he  came  forth :  and 
then  he  spoke  to  the  children  of  Israel  all  things 
that  had  been  commanded  him. 

35  And  they  saw  that  the  face  of  Moses  when 
he  came  out  was  horned  :  but  he  covered  his  face 
again,  if  at  any  time  he  spoke  to  them. 

CHAP.  XXXV. 

The  Sabbath.     Offerings  for  making-  the  tabernacle.     Beselecl 
and  Ooliah  are  called  to  the  toork. 

A  ND  all  the  multitude  of  the  children  of  Israel 
-^*-  being  gathered  together,  he  said  to  them  : 
These  are  the  things  which  the  Lord  hath  com- 
manded to  be  done. 

2  Six  days  you  shall  do  work :  the  seventh  day 
shall  be  holy  unto  you,  the  sabbath  and  the  rest  of 
the  Lord :  he  that  shall  do  any  work  on  it  shall  be 
put  to  death. 

3  You  shall  kindle  no  fire  in  any  of  your  habi- 
tations on  the  sabbath  day. 

4  And  Moses  said  to  all  the  assembly  of  the 
children  of  Israel :  This  is  the  word  the  Lord  hath 
commanded,  saying : 

5  Set  aside  with  you  first-fruits  to  the  Lord. 
Let  every  one  that  is  willing  and  hath  a  ready  heart, 
offer  them  to  the  Lord  •  gold,  and  silver,  and  brass, 

6  Violet  and  purple,  and  scarlet  twice  dyed,  and 
fine  linen,  goats'  hair, 

7  And  rams'  skins  dyed  red,  and  violet  coloured 
skins,  setim-wood, 

8  And  oil  to  maintain  lights,  and  to  make  oint- 
ment, and  most  sweet  incense? 

9  Onyx  stones,  and  precious  stones,  for  the 
adorning  of  the  ephod  and  the  rational. 

10  Whosoever  of  you  is  wise,  let  him  come,  and 
make  that  which  the  Lord  hath  commanded  : 

1 1  To  wit,  the  tabernacle,  and  the  roof  thereof, 
and  the  cover,  the  rings,  and  the  board-work  with 
the  bars,  the  pillars  and  the  sockets  : 

12  The  ark  and  the  staves,  the  propitiatory,  and 
the  veil  that  is  drawn  before  it: 

13  The  table  with  the  bars,  and  the  vessels,  and 
the  loaves  of  proposition  : 

14  The  candlestick  to  bear  up  the  lights,  the  ves- 
sels thereof  and  the  lamps,  and  the  oil  for  the 
nourishing  of  fires. 

15  The  altar  of  incense,  and  the  bars,  and  the 
oil  of  unction  and  the  incense  of  spices  :  the  hang- 
ing at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  : 

16  The  altar  of  holocaust,  and  its  grate  of  brass, 
with  the  bars  and  vessels  thereof:  the  laver  and  its 
foot  • 


17  The  curtains  of  the  court  with  the  pillars  and 
the  sockets,  the  hanging  in  the  doors  of  the  entry, 

18  The  pins  of  the  tabernacle  and  of  the  court 
with  their  little  cords : 

19  The  vestments  that  are  to  be  used  in  the  mi- 
nistry of  the  sanctuary,  the  vesture  of  Aaron  the 
high-priest,  and  of  his  sons,  to  do  the  office  of  priest- 
hood to  me. 

20  And  all  the  multitude  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael going  out  from  the  presence  of  Moses, 

21  Offered  first-fruits  to  the  Lord  with  a  most 
ready  and  devout  mind,  to  make  the  work  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  testimony.  Whatsoever  was  ne- 
cessary to  the  service  and  to  the  holy  vestments, 

22  Both  men  and  women  gave  bracelets  and  ear- 
rings, rings  and  tablets :  every  vessel  of  gold  was 
set  aside  to  be  offered  to  the  Lord. 

23  If  any  man  had  violet,  and  purple,  and  scarlet 
twice  dyed,  red,  and  violet  coloured  skins, 

24  Metal  of  silver  and  brass,  they  offered  it  to 
the  Lord,  and  setim-wood  for  divers  uses. 

25  The  skilful  women  also  gave  such  things  as 
they  had  spun,  violet,  purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine 
linen, 

26  And  goats'  hair,  giving  all  of  their  own  accord. 

27  But  the  princes  offered  onyx  stones,  and  pre- 
cious stones,  for  the  ephod  and  the  rational, 

28  And  spices  and  oil  for  the  lights,  and  for  the 
preparing  of  ointment,  and  to  make  the  incense  of 
most  sweet  savour. 

29  All  both  men  and  women  with  devout  mind 
offered  gifts,  that  the  works  might  be  done  which 
the  Lord  had  commanded  by  the  hand  of  Moses. 
All  the  children  of  Israel  dedicated  voluntary  offer- 
ings to  the  Lord. 

30  And  Moses  said  to  the  children  of  Israel : 
Behold,  the  Lord  hath  called  by  name  Beseleel  the 
son  of  Uri  the  son  of  Hur  of  the  tribe  of  Juda. 

31  And  hath  filled  him  with  the  spirit  of  God, 
with  wisdom  and  understanding  and  knowledge  and 
all  learning, 

32  To  devise  and  to  work  in  gold  and  silver, 
and  brass, 

33  And  in  engraving  stones,  and  in  •carpenter's 
work.     Whatsoever  can  be  devised  artificially, 

34  He  hath  given  in  his  heart:  Ooliab  also,  the 
son  of  Achisamech  of  the  tribe  of  Dan  : 

35  Both  of  them  hath  he  instructed  with  wisdom, 
to  do  carpenter's  work,  and  tapestry,  and  embroidery 
in  blue  and  purple,  and  scarlet  twice  dyed,  and  fine 
linen,  and  to  weave  all  things,  and  to  invent  all  new 
things. 

CHAP.  XXXVI. 

Tfie  offerings  are  delivered  to  the  workmen :  the  curtains,  cover- 
ings, boards,  bars,  veil,  pillars,  and  hanging  are  made. 

BESELEEL  therefore,  and  Ooliab,  and  every 
wise  man,  to  whom  the  Lord  gave  wisdom 
and  understanding,  to  know  how  to  work  artificially, 
made  the  things  that  are  necessary  for  the  uses  of 
the  sanctuary,  and  which  the  Lord  commanded. 

2  And  when  Moses  had  called  them,  and  every 
skilful  man,  to  whom  the  Lord  had  given  wisdom, 

79 


EXODUS. 


and  such  as  of  their  own  accord  had  offered  them- 
»<  Ives  t<»  the  making  of  the  work, 

3  He  delivered  all  the  offerings  of  the  children  of 
lend  unto  tht-iii.  And  while  they  were  earnest 
about  the  work,  the  people  daily  in  the  moraine 
offered  their  vows. 

4  Whereupon  the  workmen  being  constrained  to 
come. 

5  Said  to  Moses :  The  people  offercth  more 
than  is  necessary. 

6  Moses  therefore  commanded  proclamation  to 
he  made  l>y  the  crier's  voice:  Let  neither  man  nor 
woman  offer  any  more  for  the  work  of  the  sanctuary. 
And  so  ihev  ceased  from  offering  gift*  j 

7  Because  the  things  that  were  offered  did  suf- 
fice, and  were  too  much. 

8  And  all  the  men  that  were  wise  of  heart,  to 
rfCCOmpuafa  the  work  of  the  tabernacle,  made  ten 
curtains  of  twisted  fine  linen,  and  violet,  and  purple, 
ami  scarlet  twice  dyed,  with  varied  work,  and  the 
art  of  embroidering: 

9  The  length  oi  one  curtain  was  twenty-eight 
cubits,  and  the  breadth  four:  all  the  curtains  wen 

Of  the  same  size. 

10  And  he  joined  five  curtains,  one  to  another; 
and  the  other  five  he  coupled  one  to  another. 

1 1  He  made  also  loops  of  violet  in  the  edge  of 
one  curtain  on  both  sides,  and  iu  the  edge  of  the 
other  curtain  in  like  manner, 

1 1  That  the  loops  might  meet  one  against  ano- 
ther, and  might  be  joined  each  with  the  other. 

13  Whereupon  also  he  cast  fifty  rings  of  gold 
that  might  catch  the  loops  of  the  curtains,  and  they 
might  be  made  one  tabernacle. 

\\  He  made  also  eleven  curtains  of  goats'  hair 
10  cover  the  roof  of  the  tabernacle : 

l.i  One  curtain  was  thirty  cubits  long  and  four 
cubits  broad  :  all  the  curtains  were  of  one  measure. 

1G  Five  of  which  he  joined  apart,  and  the  other 
six  apart. 

17  And  lit;  made  fifty  loops  in  the  edge  of  one 
curtain,  and  fifty  in  the  edge  of  another  curtain,  that 

might  lie  joined  one  to  another : 

18  And  fifty  buckles  of  brass  wherewith  the  roof 
might  be  knit  together,  that  of  all  the  curtains  there 
might  be  made  one  covering. 

19  He  made  also  a  cover  for  the  tabernacle,  of 
ranis'  skins  dyed  red  ;  and  another  cover  over  that 
of  violet  skins. 

He  made  also  the  boards  of  the  tabernacle  of 
m  lini-wood  standing. 

21  The  length  of  one  board  was  ten  cubits:  and 
the  breadth  was  one  cubit  and  a  half. 

JJ  There  were  two  mortises  throughout  every  board, 

that  one  might  be  joined  to  the  other.      And  in  this 

manner  he  made  for  all  the  boards  of  the  tabernacle. 

23  Of   which   twenty    were  at   the  south   side 

southward, 

With  forty  sockets  of  silver.   Tun  MM  ketswere 
put  under  one  board  on  the  two  sides  of  the  conn  i  -. 

where  the  mortises  of  tin-  sides  end  in  the  corners. 

\t  that  side  also  of  the  tabernacle,  that  look- 

eth  towards  the  north,  he  made  twedtj  boards, 

mi 


26  With  forty  sockets  of  silver,  two  sockets  for 
every  board. 

27  But  against  the  west,  to  w  it,  at  that  side  of 
the  tabernacle,  which  looketh  to  the  sea.  he  made 
six  boards, 

28  And  two  others  at  each  corner  of  the  taber- 
nacle behind : 

29  Which  were  also  joined  from  beneath  unto 
the  top,  and  went  together  into  one  joint.  Tims 
he  did  on  both  sides  at  the  corners  : 

30  So  there  were  in  all  eight  boards :  and  they 
had  sixteen  sockets  of  silver,  to  wit,  two  socket s 
under  every  board. 

"31  He  made  also  bars  of  setim-wood,  five  to 
hold  together  the  hoardsof  one  side  of  'he  tabernacle  : 

32  And  five  others  to  ioin  together  the  boards  of 
the  other  side  :  and  besides  these,  five  other  bars  at 
the  wot  side  of  the  tabernacle  towards  the  sea. 

33  He  made  also  another  bar,  that  might  come 
by  the  midst  of  the  boards  from  corner  to  comer. 

34  And  the  board-work  itself  he  overlaid  with 
gold.  And  their  rings  he  made  of  gold,  through 
which  the  bars  might  be  draw  n  :  and  he  covered 
the  bars  themselves  with  plates  of  gold. 

35  He  made  also  a  veil  of  \ inlet,  and  purple, 
scarlet,  and  fine  twisted  linen,  varied  and  distin- 
guished with  embroidery; 

36  And  four  pillars  of  setim-wood,  which  with 
their  heads  he  overlaid  with  gold,  casting  for  tin  in 
sockets  of  silver. 

37  He  made  also  a  hanging  in  the  entry  of  the 
tabernacle,  of  violet,  purple,  scarlet,  and  fine  twist- 
ed linen,  with  the  work  of  an  embroiderer. 

38  And  five  pillars  with  their  heads,  which  he 
covered  with  gold,  and  their  sockets  he  cast  of  bras^. 

CHAP.  XXXVII. 

Bitrlrrl  mnkcth  the  ark,  the  propitiatory,  and  cherubim*,  the 
talilf,  the  curiilli stick,  the  lamps,  and  the  altar  of  incense; 
and  compoundeth  the  incente. 

AND  Beseleel  made  also,  the  ark  of  setim-wood : 
it  was  two  cubits  and  a  half  in  length,  and  a 
cubit  and  a  half  in  breadth:  and  the  height  was  of 
one  cubit  and  a  half :  and  he  overlaid  it  with  the 
purest  gold  within  and  w  ithout. 

2  And  he  made  to  it  a  crown  of  gold  round  about, 

3  Casting  four  rings  of  gold  at  the  four  corn' 
thereof:  two  rings,  iu  one  side  and  two  id  the  other. 

4  And  he  made  bars  of  setim-wood,  which  In- 
overlaid  with  gold  : 

5  And  he  put  them  into  the  rings  that  were  at  the 
sides  of  the  ark  to  carry  it. 

6  He  made  also  the  propitiatory,  that  is,  the  ora- 
cle, of  the  purest  gold,  two  cubits  ana  a  half  in  length, 
and  a  cubit  and  a  half  in  breadth. 

7  Two  cherubims  also  of  beaten  gold,  which  In- 
set on  the  two  sides  of  the  propitiator)  : 

8  One  cherub  in  the  top  of  one  side,  and  the  other 
cherub  in  the  top  of  the  other  side  :  two  chcruhiuis 
at  the  two  ends  of  (he  propitiatory, 

9  Spreading  their  wings,  and  covering  tin-  pro- 
pitiatory, and  looking  one  towards  the  other  and 
towards  it. 


CHAP.  XXXVIII. 


10  He  made  also  the  table  of  setim-wood,  in 
length  two  cubits,  and  in  breadth  one  cubit,  and  in 
height  it  was  a  cubit  and  a  half. 

11  And  he  overlaid  it  with  the  finest  gold;  and 
he  made  to  it  a  golden  ledge  round  about. 

12  And  to  the  ledge  itself  he  made  a  polished 
crown  of  gold  of  four  lingers'  breadth,  and  upon  the 
same  another  golden  crown. 

13  And  he  cast  four  rings  of  gold,  which  he  put 
in  the  four  corners  at  each  foot  of  the  table 

14  Over  against  the  crown:  and  he  put  the  bars 
into  them,  that  the  table  might  be  carried. 

15  And  the  bars  also  themselves  he  made  of  se- 
tim-wood, and  overlaid  them  with  gold. 

16  And  the  vessels  for  the  divers  uses  of  the 
table,  dishes,  bowls,  and  cups,  and  censers  of  pure 
gold,  wherein  the  libations  are  to  be  offered. 

17  He  made  also  the  candlestick  of  beaten  work, 
of  the  finest  gold.  From  ihe  shaft  whereof  its 
branches,  its  cups,  and  bowls,  and  lilies  came  out: 

18  Six  on  the  two  sides  :  three  branches  on  one 
side,  and  three  on  the  other. 

19  Three  cups  in  manner  of  a  nut  on  each  branch, 
and  bowls  withal  and  lilies :  and  three  cups  of  the 
fashion  of  a  nut  in  another  branch,  and  bowls  withal 
and  lilies.  The  work  of  the  six  branches,  that  went 
out  from  the  shaft  of  the  candlestick,  was  equal. 

20  And  in  the  shaft  itself  were  four  cups  after 
the  manner  of  a  nut,  and  bowls  withal  at  every  one, 
and  lilies  : 

21  And  bowls  under  two  branches  in  three  places, 
ivhich  together  make  six  branches  going  out  from 
one  shaft. 

22  So  both  the  bowls  and  the  branches  were  of 
the  same,  all  beaten  work  of  the  purest  gold. 

23  He  made  also  the  seven  ramps  with  their 
snuffers,  and  the  vessels  where  the  snuihngs  were 
to  be  put  out,  of  the  purest  gold. 

24  The  candlestick  with  all  the  vessels  thereof 
weighed  a  talent  of  gold. 

25  He  made  also  the  altar  of  incense  of  setim- 
wood,  being  a  cubit  on  every  side,  four-square,  and 
in  height  two  cubits :  from  the  corners  of  which 
went  out  horns. 

26  And  he  overlaid  it  with  the  purest  gold,  with 
its  grate  and  the  sides  and  the  horns. 

27  And  he  made  to  it  a  crown  of  gold  round 
about,  and  two  golden  rings  under  the  crown  at 
each  side,  that  the  bars  might  be  put  into  them, 
and  the  altar  be  carried. 

28  And  the  bars  themselves  he  made  also  of 
setim-wood,  and  overlaid  them  with  plates  of  gold. 

29  He  compounded  also  the  oil  for  the  ointment 
of  sanctification,  and  incense  of  the  purest  spices 
'"eording  to  the  work  of  a  perfumer. 

CHAP.  XXXVIII. 

He  maketh  the  altar  of  holocaust,  the  brazen  Haver,  the  court 
with  ilspiltars  and  hangings.  The  sum  of  what  the  people 
ijfcrcd. 

TJTi  made   also  the  altar  of  holocaust  of  sctim- 
*•'■*■  wood,  five  cubits  square,  and  three  in  height: 


2  The  horns  WiiTeof  went  out  from  the  corners  . 
and  he  overlaid  it  with  plates  of  brass. 

3  And  for  the  uses  thereof  he  prepared  divers 
vessels  of  brass,  cauldrons,  tongs,  flesh-hooks,  pot- 
hooks, and  fire-pans. 

4  And  he  made  the  grate  thereof  of  brass  in 
manner  of  a  net,  and  under  it  in  the  midst  of  the 
altar  a  hearth, 

5  Casting  four  rings  at  the  four  ends  of  the  net 
at  the  top,  to  put  in  bars  to  carry  it : 

6  And  he  made  the  bars  of  setim-wood,  and  over- 
laid them  with  plates  of  brass : 

7  And  Ik;  drew  them  through  the  lings  that  stood 
out  in  the  sides  of  the  altar.  And  the  altar  itself 
was  not  solid,  but  hollow,  of  boards,  and  empty 
within. 

8  He  made  also  the  laver  of  brass,  with  the  foot 
thereof,  of  the  mirrors  of  the  women  that  watched 
at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle. 

9  He  made  also  the  court,  in  the  south  side 
whereof  were  hangings  of  fine  twisted  linen  of  a 
hundred  cubits, 

10  Twenty  pillars  of  brass  with  their  sockets, 
the  heads  of  the  pillars,  and  the  whole  graving  of 
the  work,  of  silver. 

11  In  like  manner  at  the  north  side  the  hangings, 
the  pillars,  and  the  sockets,  and  heads  of  the  piliars, 
were  of  the  same  measure,  and  Work,  and   metal. 

12  But  on  that  side  that  looketh  to  the  west, 
there  were  hangings  of  fifty  cubits,  ten  pillars  of 
brass  with  their  sockets,  and  the  heads  of  the  pillars, 
and  all  the  graving  of  the  work,  of  silver. 

13  Moreover  towards  the  east  he  prepared  hang- 
ings of  fifty  cubits  : 

14  Fifteen  cubits  of  which  were  on  one  side  with 
three  pillars,  and  their  sockets  : 

15  And  on  the  other  side  (for  between  the  two 
he  made  the  entry  of  the  tabernacle)  there  were 
hangings  equally  of  fifteen  cubits,  and  three  pillars, 
and  as  many  sockets. 

16  All  the  hangings  of  the  court  were  woven 
with  twisted  linen. 

17  The  sockets  of  the  pillars  were  of  brass,  and 
their  heads  with  all  their  gravings  of  silver  :  and  he 
overlaid  the  pillars  of  the  court  also  with  silver. 

18  And  he  made  in  the  entry  thereof  an  em- 
broidered hanging  of  violet,  purple,  scarlet,  and  fine 
twisted  linen  that  was  twenty  cubits  long,  and  five 
cubits  high,  according  to  the  measure  of  all  the 
hangings  of  the  court. 

19  And  the  pillars  in  the  entry  were  four  with 
sockets  of  brass,  and  their  heads  and  gravings  of 
silver. 

20  The  pins  also  of  the  tabernacle  and  of  the 
court  round  about  he  made  of  brass. 

21  These  are  the  instruments  of  the  tabernacle 
of  the  Testimony,  which  were  counted  according  to 
the  commandment  of  Moses,  in  the  ceremonies  of 
the  Levitcs,  by  the  hand  of  Ithamar  son  ol  Aaron 
the  priest : 

22  Which  Beseleel  the  son  of  Uri  the  son  of 
Ilur,  of  the  tribe  of  Juda,  had  made,  as  the  Lord 
•  ommanded  by  Moses, 

J  81 


EXODUS. 


23  Having  fur  his  companion  Ooliab  the  son  of 

Achisauiech  of  the  tribe  ol  l)an:  w  ho  also  was  an 

trllcnt  artificer  iii  wood,  ami  worker  in  tapestry  and 

enilnoiiliiv  in  violet,  purple,  scarlet,  and  fine  linen. 

JV  All  the  sold  that  wits  spent  in  the  work  of 

ihfl  sanctuary,  and  tli.il  was  offered  in  gifts,  was  nine 

and  twenty  talents,  ami  seven  hundred  ami  thirty 
nclea  according  to  the  standard  of  the  sanctuary. 

\nd  K  Was  offend    by  them  that  went    to  he 

numbered,  from  twenty  yean  old  and  upwards,  of 
BIX  hundred  and  three  thousand  live  hundred  and 
fifty  men  able  to  beat  arm-. 

26  There  were  moreover,  a  hundred  talents  of 
silver,  whereof  were  caul  the  sockets  of  the  sanc- 
tuary, and  of  the  entry  where  the  veil  hangeth. 

\  hundred  sockets  were  made  of  a  hundred 
talents,  one  talent  being  reckoned  for  even  socket. 

\ud  of  the  thousand  seven  hundred  and  se- 
venty-five  he  made  the  heads  of  the  pillars,  which 
also  lie  overlaid  with  silver. 

29  And  there  were  offered  of  brass  also  seventv- 
tWO  thousand  talents,  and  four  hundred  sides  be- 
sides : 

30  Of  which  were  cast  the  sockets  in  the  entry 
of  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony,  and  the  altar  of 
brass  with  the  grate  thereof,  and  all  the  vessels  that 
belong  to  the  use  thereof, 

31  And  the  sockets  of  the  court  as  well  round 
about  as  in  the  entry  thereof,  and  the  pins  of  the 
ta!>ernacle  and  of  the  court  round  about. 

CHAP.  XXXIX 

■AH  thr  orn-'i mnili  nf  Aaron  mmd  hit  warn  iir?mn\t*    And  the 
ir/mlr  wink  nf  tin1  tahtrmock  itJUumhod. 

\  \  I )  In'  made,  of  violet  and  purple,  scarlet  and 
•**-  fine  linen,  the  vestments  for  Aaron  to  wear 
when  he  ministered  in  the  holy  places,  as  the  Lord 
commanded  Mom-. 

J  So  lie  made  an  enhod  of  gold,  violet,  and  pur- 
ple, and  scarlet  twice  dyed,  and  line  twisted  linen,  ' 

'>  With  embroidered  work:  and  In;  cut  thin 
plates  of  gold,  and  drew  them  small  into  threads, 
that  they  might  be  twisted  with  the  woof  of  the 
foresaid  colours  : 

I  \nd  two  borders  coupled  one  to  the  other  in 
the  top  on  either  side, 

5  And  a  girdle  of  the  same  colours,  as  the  Lord 
had  commanded  Mo 

•  I  He  prepared  also  two  onyx  stones,  fist  set  and 
closed  in  gold,  and  graven,  by  the  art  of  a  lapidary, 
with  the  names  ot   the  children  of  Israel: 

7  And  he  set  them  in  the  sides  of  theephod  for 
a  memorial  of  the  children  of  Israel,  as  the  Lord 
had  commanded  Move*. 

8  He  made  also  a  rational  with  embroidered 
work,  according  to  the  work  of  the  ephod,  of  told. 
violet,  purple,  and  scarlet  twice  dyed,  and  line 
twisted  linen  : 

9  Four-square,  double,  of  the  measure  of  a  span. 

Ki  And  he  s.t  foot  row*  of  precious  stones  in  it. 

In  the  first  row  w  as  a  s  minis.  ;.  topaz.,  an  emerald  ; 

II  In  t !  nl,  a  carbuncle,  a  sapphire,  and  a 

jasper  ; 

82 


1  2  In  the  third,  a  ligurius,  an  agate,  and  an  amc- 
t hs  st  : 

13  In  the  fourth  a  chrysolite,  an  mvx.  and  a 
beryl,  set  anil  enclosed  in  gold  by  their  rows. 

IV  And  the  twelve  stones  were  engraved  with  the 
names  of  the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel,  each  one  with 
rem]  name. 

15  They  made  also  in  the  rational  little  chains 
linked  one  to  another  ol   the  purest  told, 

It)  And  two  hooks,  and  as  many  rillCS  of  gold. 
And  thej  set  tin-  rints  on  either  side  of  the  rational, 

17  On  which  rints  the  two  golden  chains  should 
hang,  which  they  put  into  the  hooks  that  stood  out 
in  the  comers  of  the  ephod. 

18  These  both  before  and  Im-IuiuI  so  answered 
one  another,  that  the  ephod  and  the  rational  w<  re 
bound  together, 

19  Being  fastened  to  the  girdle  and  strongly 
coupled  with  rints,  which  a  violet  fillet  joined,  lest 
the)  should  flag  loose,  and  be  moved  one  horn  the 
other,  as  the  Lord  commanded  Most 

20  They  made  also  the  tunick  of  the  ephod  all 
ol'   \  iolet, 

21  And  a  hole  for  the  head  in  the  upper  (tart  at 
the  middle,  and  a  woven  border  round  about  the 
hole  : 

22  And  beneath  at  the  feet  pomegranates  of  vio- 
let, purple,  scarlet,  and  line  twisted  linen  : 

23  And    little    bells    of   the    purest   gold,    which 

they  put  between  the  pomegranates  al  the  bottom 
of  the  tunick  round  about  : 

24  To  wit.  a  bell  of  gold,  and  a  pomegranate, 

wherewith  the  high-priest  went  adorned,   when  ho 

discharged  his  ministry,  as  the  Lord  had  command- 
ed Moses. 

<  They  made  also  fine  linen  tunicks  with  woven 
work  for  Aaron  and  his  sons, 

26  \  lid  mitres  with  their  little  crowns  of  line  linen. 
And  linen  breeches  of  fine  linen, 

28  And  a  girdle  of  fine  twisted  -linen,  violet,  pur- 
ple, and  scarlet  twice  i\\n\,  of  embroider) -work. 
as  the  Lord  had  commanded  Moses. 

29  They  made  also  the  plate  of  sacred  venera- 
tion of  the  purest  gold  :  and  tins  wrote  on  it  with 
the  engraving  of  a  lapidary:  The  Holy  of  the  Lord  . 

0  And  the\  fastened  it  to  the  mitre  with  a  violet 

fillet,  as  the  Lord  had  commanded  Moses. 

.'.I   So  all  the  work  of  the  tabernacle,  and  of  the 

roof  of  the  testimony  was  finished:  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  did  all  things  which  the  Lord  had 
commanded  Mot 

32  And  thev  offered  the  tabernacle,  and  the  roof, 
and  the  w  hole  furniture,  the  rinus,  the  boards,  the 
bats,  the  pillars  and  their  sockets; 

.'•. !  The  cover  of  rams'  skins  dyed  rid.  and  the 
other  cover  of  violet  skins  ; 

1  The  veil,  the  ark,  the  bars,  the  propitiatory  ; 

35 The  table  with  the  vessels  thereof,  and  the 
loaves  of  proposition  ; 

36  The  candlestick,  the  lamps,  and  the  furniture 
of  them  with  the  oil  : 

37  The  altar  of  gold,  and  the  ointment,  and  the 
incense  of  spites ; 


CHAP.  XL. 


38  And  the  hanging  in  the  entry  of  the  taber- 
nacle ; 

39  The  altar  of  brass,  the  grate,  the  bars,  and 
ill  the  vessels  thereof ;    the  (aver   with  the   foot 

hereof;  the  hangings  of  the  court,  and  the  pillars 
with  their  sockets ; 

40  The  hanging  in  the  entry  of  the  court,  and 
the  little  cords,  and  the  pins  thereof.  Nothing  was 
wanting  of  the  vessels,  that  were  commanded  to 
be  made  for  the  ministry  of  the  tabernacle,  and  for 
the  roof  of  the  covenant. 

41  The  vestments  also,  which  the  priests,  to  wit, 
Aaron  and  his  sons,  use  in  the  sanctuary, 

42  The  children  of  Israel  offered,  as  the  Lord 
had  commanded. 

4,"  And  when  Moses  saw  all  things  finished,  he 
blessed  them. 

CHAP.  XL. 

The  tabernacle  is  comnvindvd  to  be.  set  up  and  anointed.     God 

Jillet/i  it  with  his  majesty. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying . 
2  The  first  month,  the  first  day  of  the  month, 
thou  shalt  set  up  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony  ; 

3  And  shalt  put  the  ark  in  it,  and  shalt  let  down 
the  veil  before  it : 

4  And  thou  shalt  bring  in  the  table,  and  set  upon 
it  the  things  that  are  commanded  according  to  the 
rite.     The  candlestick  shall  stand  with  its  lamps, 

5  And  the  altar  of  gold  whereon  the  incense  is 
burnt,  before  the  ark  of  the  testimony.  Thou  shalt 
pur  the  hanging  in  the  entry  of  the  tabernacle, 

6  And  before  it  the  altar  of  holocaust : 

7  The  laver  between  the  altar  and  the  taberna- 
cle :  and  thou  shalt  fill  it  with  water. 

8  And  thou  shalt  encompass  the  court  with 
hangings,  and  the  entry  thereof. 

9  And  thou  shalt  take  the  oil  of  unction,  and 
anoint  the  tabernacle  with  its  vessels,  that  they  may 
be  sanctified  : 

10  The  altar  of  holocaust  and  all  its  vessels  : 

11  The  laver  with  iis  foot:  thou  shalt  conse- 
crate all  with  the  oil  of  unction,  that  they  may  be 
most  holy. 

12  And  thou  shalt  bring  Aaron  and  his  sons  to 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony,  and 
having  washed  them  with  water, 

13  Thou  shalt  put  on  them  the  holy  vestments, 
that  they  may  minister  to  me,  and  that  the  unction 
of  them  may  prosper  to  an  everlasting  priesthood. 

14  And  Moses  did  all  that  the  Lord  had  com- 
manded. 

15  So  in  the  first  month  of  the  second  year,  the 
first,  day  of  the  month,  the  tabernacle  was  set  up. 


16  And  Moses  reared  it  up,  and  placed  the 
boards,  and  the  sockets,  and  the  bars,  and  set  up 
the  pillars, 

17  And  spread  the  roof  over  the  tabernacle, 
putting  over  it.  a  cover,  as  the  Lord  had  com- 
manded. 

18  And  he  put  the  testimony  in  the  ark,  thrust- 
ing bars  underneath,  and  the  oracle  above. 

19  And  when  he  had  brought  the  ark  into  the 
tabernacle,  he  drew  the  veil  before  it,  to  fulfil  th'^ 
commandment  of  the  Lord. 

20  And  he  set  the  table  in  the  tabernacle  of  the 
testimony  at  the  north  side  without  the  veil, 

21  Setting  there  in  order  the   loaves  of  propov 
tion,  as  the  Lord  bad  commanded  Moses. 

22  He  set  the  candlestick  also  in  the  tabernacle 
of  the  testimony  over  against  the  table  on  the  south 
side, 

23  Placing  the  lamps  in  order,  according  to  tlw 
precept  of  the  Lord. 

24  He  set  also  the  altar  of  gold  under  the  roof 
of  the  testimony  over  against  the  veil, 

25  And  burnt  upon  it  the  incense  of  spices,  as 
the  Lord  had  commanded  Moses. 

26  And  he  put  also  the  hanging  in  ihe  entry  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony, 

27  And  the  altar  of  holocaust  of  the  entry  of  the 
testimony,  offering  the  holocaust,  and  the  sacrifices 
upon  it  as  the  Lord  had  commanded. 

28  And  he  set  the  laver  between  the  tabernacle 
of  the  testimony  and  the  altar,  filling  it  with  water. 

29  And  Moses,  and  Aaron,  and  his  sons,  washed 
their  hands  and  feet, 

30  When  they  went  into  the  tabernacle  of  the 
covenant,  and  went  to  the  altar,  as  the  Lord  had 
commanded  Moses. 

31  He  set  up  also  the  court  round  about  the  ta- 
bernacle and  the  altar,  drawing  the  hanging  in  the 
entry  thereof.    After  all  things  were  perfected, 

32  The  cloud  covered  the  tabernacle  of  the  tes- 
timony :  and  the  glory  of  the  Lord  filled  it. 

33  Neither  could  Moses  go  into  the  tabernacle 
of  the  covenant,  the  cloud  covering  all  things,  and 
the  majesty  of  the  Lord  shining ;  for  the  cloud  had 
covered  all. 

34  If  at  any  time  the  cloud  removed  from  the 
tabernacle,  the  children  of  Israel  went  forward  by 
their  troops: 

35  If  it  hung  over,  they  remained  in  the  same 
place. 

36  For  the  cloud  of  the  Lord  hung  over  the  ta- 
bernacle by  day,  and  a  fire  by  night,  in  the  sight  of 
all  the  children  of  Israel  throughout  all  their  man- 
sions. 

83 


THE 


BOOK  OF  LEVITICUS. 


Thit  bonk  it  rutted  Leviticus,  because  it  (rents  of  thr  <>JKrrt, 
mimitrit*,  rite*,  nnil  ceremonies,  »f  the  prints   nml  I  • 

NhlrVM  cull  it  \  aura,  from  the  word  with  wh'uh  it 
begin*. 

CHAP.  I. 

Of  holocatutt,  nr  burnt-offering*. 

\  NI)  the  Lord  called  Moses.  Kid  spoke  to  him 

-<*-  from  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony.  saying: 

2  Spwk  ID  the  children  of  Israel,  ami  thou  shall 

sav  to  then:  The  man  among  you  that  shall  oner 
to  the  Lord  a  ncrtfice  of  the  eattle,  that  is,  offer- 
ing victims  o.  oxen  ami  sheep, 

.'>  If  hi>  offering  In-  a  holocaust,*  and  of  the 
herd,  he  shall  offer  a  male  without  blemish,  at  the 
door  of  i Ik-  tc-tinioiiy,  to  make  the  Lord  favoura- 
ble to  him  : 

4  And  he  shall  put  his  hand  upon  the  head  of 
the  vielim  :  and  it  shall  be  acceptable,  and  help  to 
its  expiation. 

5  And  he  shall  immolate  the  ealf  before  the 
I, old  :  and  the  priests  the  sons  of  Aaron  shall  offer 
the  blood  thereof,  pouring  it  round  about  the  altar, 
which  is  In-fore  the  door  of  the  tabernacle. 

6  And  when  they  have  (laved  the  victim,  they 
shall  cut  the  joints  into  pin 

7  And  shall  put  lire  on  the  altar,  having  before 
laid  in  order  a  pile  of  wood  : 

8  And  they  shall  lav  the  parts  that  are  cut  out 
in  order  thereupon,  to  wit,  the  head,  and  all  things 
that  cleave  to  the  bv<  r. 

9  The  entrails  and  feet  being  washed  with  wa- 
ter: and  the  priest  shall  burn  them  upon  'he  altar 
for  a  holocaust,  and  a  sweet  Favour  to  the  Lord. 

10  And  if  the  offering  be  of  the  flocks,  a  holo- 
caust of  sheep  or  of  goats,  he  shall  offer  a  male 
w  iihout  blemish  : 

11  And  he  shall  immolate  it  at  the  side  of  the 
altar  that  looketh  to  the  north,  before  the  Lord  :  but 
the  sons  of  Aaron  shall  pour  the  blood  thereof  upon 
the  altar  round  about  : 

U  \ud  they  shall  divide  the  joints,  the  head, 
and  all  that  cleave  to  the  liver:  and  shall  lav  them 
UpOfl  the  Wood,  under  which  the  lire  is  to  be  put: 

*  A  kolorautt,  that  is,  a  whole  lllllol  llthlllM  flmiA  so  called,  l>o- 
Cansc  tin?  whole  tulun  was  consnmr.l  with  fin-;  .iii.l  triwn  iii  .iieli 
manner  I"  <••-!  a.  wholl.  In  <  vaporatc,  as  it  were,  for  In*  konour  anil 
rtoij;  willinul  lia.  iri(f  any  |>:irt  of  it  reserved  for  tin-  EM  of  man 
The  other  sarnOr.-s  of  ll,.  I  II  I  I '.  I  nm  nl  wen-  either  offering!  for 
tin,  or  fute-offrrxK^t:  ami  these  latter  again  win- •  itl.n  ..tn-redin 
tkcnktgnnxt  for  blessings  or  h\    way  of  prayer    for  new  fa- 

vours or  grace*  i  ...I  for  four 

different  emit  or  intention*,  answerable  to  the  diSerent  oblig 
*>  Inch  man  has  to  God  :    I.  By  wav  of  -adoration,  homage,  praise,  and 

'   84 


13  Hut  the  entrails  and  ihe  feet  they  shall  wash 
wih  water.  And  tin  priest  shall  oiler  ii  all,  and 
burn  it  all  upon  the  altar  lor  it  holocaust,  and  most 
sweet  savour  to  the  Lord. 

1  1  But  if  the  oblation  of  a  holocaust  to  the  Lord 
be  of  birds,  of  tunics,  or  of  young  pigeons, 

15  The  priest  shall  offer  it  at  the  altar:  ami 
twisting  back  the  neck,  and  breaking  the  pi. ice  of 
the  wound,  he  shall  make  (he  blood  run  down  upon 
the  brim  of  the  altar. 

1G  But  the  crop  of  the  throat,  and  the  feathers 
he  shall  Cast  beside  the  altar  at  the  east  side,  in  the 
place  w  In  ii   the  ashes  are  wont  to  be  poured  out  : 

17  And  he  shall  break  the  pinions  thereof,  and 
shall  not  cut,  nor  divide  it  with  a  knife,  and  shall 
burn  it  upon  the  altar,  putting  lire  under  the  wood. 
It  is  a  holocaust  and  oblation  of  most  sweet  sa\uur 
to  the  Lord. 

(HAP.  II. 

Of  offering*  of  four,  and fr*t-fruit*. 

"VI/TIEN  any  one  shall  offer  an  oblation  of  sarri- 

"  »    lice  to  the  Lord,  his  offering  shall  be  of  line  Hour, 

and  he  shall  poor  oil  upon  it,  and  put  frankincense, 

2  And  shall  bring  it  to  the  sons  of  Aaron  the 
priests  :  and  one  of  them  shall  take  a  handful  of 
the  Hour  and  oil,  and  all  the  frankincense;  and 
shall  put  it  a  memorial  upon  the  altar  for  a  most 
SWeet  savour  to  the  Loid. 

3  And  the  remnant  of  the  sacrifice  shall  Ihj 
Aaron's,  and  his  sons,  holy  of  holiest  .>!'  the  offer- 
ings of  I  he  Lord. 

4  15ut  when  thoiioffcrest  a  sacrifice  baked  in  the 

oven,  of  Hour,  to  wit,  loaves  without  leaven,  tem- 
pered with  oil,  and  unleavened  Wafers  anointed 
w  ith  oil: 

5  If  thy  oblation  be  from  the  frying-pan*  of  flour 
tempered  with  oil,  and  without  leaven, 

(j  Thou  shall  div  ide  it  into  little  pieces,  and  shall 
pour  oil  upon  it. 

7  And  if  the  sacrifice  be  from  the  gridiron,  ill 
like  manner  the  Hour  shall  be  tempered  w  ith  oil  : 

<5  And  when  thou  offeree,  it  to  the  Lord,  thou 
shall  deliver  it  to   the  hands  of  the  priest. 


ban 


Ion  .  .hie  to  his  Dirinc  Majesty.     S.  Uj  way  of  thanksgiving  for  all 

il»  received  from  him.     3.  By  way  of  confessing  and  craving 

■i  for  -in*,      t.   liv  wavof '|>rayer  and  petition  for  grace  and  re. 

lief  in  all  necessities.      In  I  I   ..»  we  have  hut  one    sari 

rii.  that  of  Ihe   bodl    en. I  Mood  of  (  hn*t  :   but  this  one  sacrifice  Ot 

Ihe  "  nswers  all  these  four  ends :   and   both 

o  us  it  i»  celebrated,  ought  to  join  in  oller- 

!|  ing  H  m>  for  these  four  ends. 

t    /Mi/  of  h  lit',  that  is  moil  krly  :    as  tiring  dedicated  to  God,  ant* 
"  iet  a  ordinance  few  the  use  of  liis  priests. 


CHAP.  III.  IV. 


9  And  when  lie  hath  offered  it,  he  shall  take  a 
memorial  out  of  the  sacrifice,  and  burn  it  upon  the 
altar  for  a  sweet  savour  to  the  Lord. 

10  And  whatsoever  is  left,  shall  be  Aaron's  and 
his  sons,  holy  of  holies  of  the  offerings  of  the  Lord. 

11  Every  oblation  that  is  offered  to  the  Lord 
sh  ill  be  made  without  leaven;  neither  shall  any  leaven 
or  honey*  be  burnt  in  the  sacrifice  to  the  Lord. 

12  You  shall  offer  only  the  first-fruits  of  them 
ind  gifts :  but  they  shall  not  be  put  upon  the  altar, 
for  a  savour  of  sweetness. 

13  Whatsoever  sacrifice  thou  offerest,  thou  shah 
season  it  with  salt: f  neither  shalt  thou  take  away 
the  salt  of  the  covenant  of  thy  Cod  from  thy  sacri- 
fice.     In  all  thy  oblations  thou  shalt  offer  salt. 

14  But  if  thou  offer  a  gift  of  the  first-fruits  of  thy 
corn  to  the  Lord,  of  the  ears  yet  green,  thou  shalt 
dry  it  at  the  fire,  and  break  it  small  like  meal :  and 
so  shalt  thou  offer  thy  first-fruits  to  the  Lord, 

15  Pouring  oil  upon  it,  and  putting  on  frankin- 
cense, because  it  is  the  oblation  of  the  Lord  : 

16  Whereof  the  priest  shall  burn  for  a  memorial 
of  the  gift,  part  of  the  corn  broken  small,  and  of  the 
rail,  and  all  the  frankincense. 

CHAP.  III. 

Of  peace-offerings. 

AND  if  his  oblation  be  a  sacrifice  of  peace-offer- 
ings,J  and  he  will  offer  of  the  herd,  whether 
jiale  or  female,  he  shall  offer  them  without  blemish 
before  the  Lord. 

2  And  he  shall  lay  his  hand  upon  the  head  of  his 
victim,  which  shall  be  slain  in  the  entry  of  the  ta- 
bernacle of  the  testimony :  and  the  sons  of  Aaron 
the  priests  shall  pour  the  blood  round  about  upon 
the  altar. 

3  And  they  shall  offer  of  the  sacrifice  of  peace- 
offerings,  for  an  oblation  to  the  Lord,  the  fat  that 
covereth  the  entrails,  and  all  the  fat  that  is  within. 

4  The  two  kidneys,  witli  the  fat  wherewith  the 
flanks  are  covered,  and  the  caul  of  the  liver  with  the 
two  little  kidneys. 

5  And  they  shall  burn  them  upon  the  altar,  for 
a  holocaust,  putting  fire  under  the  wood  ;  for  an 
oblation  of  most  sweet  savour  to  the  Lord. 

6  But  if  his  oblation,  and  the  sacrifice  of  peace- 
offering  be  of  the  flock,  whether  he  offer  male  or 
female,  they  shall  be  without  blemish. 

7  If  he  offer  a  lamb  before  the  Lord, 

8  He  shall  put  his  hand  upon  the  head  of  his 
victim  :  and  it  shall  be  slain  in  the  entry  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  testimony :  and  the  sons  of  Aaron  shall 
pour  the  blood  thereof  round  about  upon  the  altar. 

*  Without  leaven  or  honey.  No  leaven  nor  honey  was  to  be  used  in  the 
sacrifice  offered  to  Cod  ;  to  signify  that  we  are  to  exclude  from  the 
pure  worship  of  the  gospel,  all  double-dealing  and  afTection  to  carnal 
pleasures. 

f  Salt.  In  every  sacrifice  salt  was  to  be  used,  which  is  an  emblem 
of  wisdom  and  discretion,  without  which  none  of  our  performances  are 
agreeable  to  God. 

t  Peace-offerinn.  Peace,  in  the  scripture  language,  signifies  hap- 
oiness,  welfare  or  prosperity  ;  in  a  wonl,  all  kind  of  blessings.  Such 
lacrifices  therefore  as  were  of  re  re  I  either  on  occasion  of  blessings 
received,  or  to  obtain  new  favours,  were  called  pacific  or  peace-offerings. 


9  And  they  shall  offer  of  the  victim  of  peace-offer- 
ings a  sacrifice  to  the  Lord ;  the  fat  and  the  whole  rump. 

10  With  the  kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  covereth 
the  belly,  and  all  the  vitals  and  both  the  little  kid- 
neys, with  the  fat  that  is  about  the  flanks,  and  the 
caul  of  the  liver  with  the  little  kidneys. 

1 1  And  the  priest  shall  burn  them  upon  the  altar, 
lor  the  food  of  'the  fire,  and  of  the  oblation  of  the  Lord. 

12  If  his  offering  be  a  goat,  and  he  offir  it  to  the 
Lord, 

13  He  shall  put  his  hand  upon  the  head  thereof ; 
and  shall  immolate  it  in  the  entry  of  the  tabernacle 
of  the  testimony.  And  the  sons  of  Aaron  shall  pour 
the  blood  thereof  round  about  upon  the  altar. 

14  And  they  shall  take  of  it  for  the  food  of  the 
Lord's  fire,  the  fat  that  covereth  the  belly,  and  that 
covereth  all  the  vital  parts: 

15  The  two  little  kidneys  with  the  caul  that  is 
upon  them  which  is  by  the  flanks,  and  the  fat  of  the 
liver  with  the  little  kidneys : 

16  And  the  priest  shall  burn  them  upon  the  altar, 
for  the  food  of  the  fire,  and  of  a  most  sweet  savour. 
All  the  fat  shall  be  the  Lord's, 

17  By  a  perpetual  law  for  your  generations,  and 
in  all  your  habitations  :  neither  blood  nor  fat§  shall 
you  eat  at  all. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Of  offerings  for  sins  of  ignorance. 
\  ND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying : 
-^*-     2  Say  to  the  children  of  Israel :    The  soul 
that  sinneth  through  ignorance, ||  and  doeth  any  thing 
concerning  any  of  the  commandments  of  the  Lord, 
which  he  commanded  not  to  be  done  : 

3  If  the  priest  that  is  anointed  shall  sin,  making 
the  people  to  offend,  he  shall  offer  to  the  Lord  for 
his  sin,  a  calf  without  blemish. 

4  And  he  shall  bring  it  to  the  door  of  the  testi- 
mony before  the  Lord,  and  shall  put  his  hand  upon 
the  head  thereof;  and  shall  sacrifice  it  to  the  Lord. 

5  He  shall  take  also  of  the  blood**  of  the  calf, 
and  carry  it  into  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony  : 

6  And  having  dipped  his  finger  in  the  blood,  he 
shall  sprinkle  with  it  seven  times  before  the  Lord, 
before  the  veil  of  the  sanctuary. 

7  And  he  shall  put  some  of  the  same  hlood  upon 
the  horns  of  the  altar  of  the  sweet  incense  most  ac- 
ceptable to  the  Lord,  which  is  in  the  tabernacle  of 
the  testimony.  And  he  shall  pour,  all  the  rest  of 
the  blood  at  the  foot  of  the  altar  of  holocaust  in  the 
entry  of  the  tabernacle. 

8  And  he  shall  take  off  the  fat  of  the  calf  for  the 
sin-offering,  as  well  that  which  covereth  the  entrails, 
as  all  the  inwards  : 


In  these  some  part  of  the  victim  was  consumed  with  fire  on  the  altar 
of  God  :  other  parts  were  eaten  by  the  priests,  and  by  the  persons  for 
whom  the  sacrifice  was  offered. 

k  Fat.  It  is  meant  of  the  fat,  which  by  the  prescription  of  the  law 
was  to  be  offered  on  God's  altar;  not  of  the  fat  of  meat,  such  as  i  e 
commonly  eat. 

||  Ignorance.  To  be  ignorant  of  what  we  are  bound  to  know  is  sinful : 
and  for  such  culpable  ignorance,  these  sacrifices  prescribed  in  this  and 
the  following  chapter,  were  appointed. 

*"'  The  blood.  As  the  figure  of  the  Mood  of  Christ  shed  for  the  re- 
[  mission  of  our  sins,  and  carried  bv  him  into  the  sanctuary  of  heaven. 

85 


LEVITICUS. 


9  Tin*  two  little  kidneys,  rod  the  caul  that  is 

lipon  tin  in  which  is  Its  the  thinks  and  the  tat  of  the 
liver  a  nil  the  little  ki.hicss. 

It)    \  ikcn  oil' from  the  calf  of  the  sacrificcof 

pern  i, nl  he  nhall  burn  them  upon  the 

alt  ir  nl  hoi..,  ausL 

11    lint  lilt-  skin  and  all   the  flesh,  with  the  Ik  ad 

rod  the  feet  and  the  bowels  and  the  dung, 

1  Z  And  tin  rest  of  the  body,  he  shall  earn  forth 
without  tin-  camp  into  a  clean  place,  u  here  the  ashes 
an-  wont  to  bt  poured  out  :  and  he  shall  hum  them 

upon  a  pile  of  wood  :  the]  shall  be  bom  in  the  place 
w  here  the  ashes  air  poured  out. 

l->  And  it'  all  the  multitude  til'  Israel  shall  he  ig- 
norant, and  through  ignorance  shall  do  that  which 

is  against  the  commandment  of  the  Lord, 

1  \  And  afterwards  shall  understand  their  s'm. 
tiny  shall  offer  for  their  sin  a  call",  and  shall  bring  it 
10  the  door  of  the  tabernacle, 

1.')  And  the  ancients  of  the  people  shall  put  their 
hands  upon  the  head  thereof  before  the  Lord.  And 
the  calf  being  immolated  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord, 

10  The  priest  that  is  anointed,  shall  carry  ol  the 
blood  into  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony, 

17  And  shall  dip  his  finger  in  it,  and  sprinkle  it 
u  times  before  the  veil. 

18  And  he  shall  put  of  the  same  blood  on  the 
bonis  ol  the  altar  t li.it  is  before  the  Lord,  in  the  ta- 
bernacle of  the  testimony  :  and  the  rest  of  the  blood 
be  shall  pour  at  the  foot  of  the  altar  of  holocaust. 
Which  is  at  the  door  of  thetabernacleof  the  testimony. 

19  And  all  the  fat  thereof  he  shall  take  off,  and 
shall  burn  it  upon  the  altar : 

2(J  Doing  so  with  this  calf,  as  he  did  also  with 
that  before:  and  the  priest  praying  for  them,  the 
Lord  will  be  merciful  unto  them. 

21  But  the  calf  itself  he  shall  carry  forth  without 
the  camp,  and  shall  bum  it  as  he  did  the  former  calf: 
because  ii  i>  for  the  «in  of  the  multitude. 

22  If  a  prince  shall  sin.  and  through  innonince 
do  any  one  of  the  things  that  the  law  of  the  Lord 
forbiddrth, 

-'. !  \iid  afterwards  shall  enmo  to  know  his  sin: 
he  shall  offer  a  buck-gOat  without  blemish,  a  sacri- 
fice to  the  Lord. 

24  And  he  shall  put  his  hand  upon  the  head 
thereof:  and  when  he  hath  immolated  it  in  the  place 
where  the  holocaust  is  wont  to  be  slain  before  the 
Lonl,  because  it  i-  for  sin, 

25  The  priest  shall  dip  his  finger  in  the  blood  of 
the  victim  for  sin.  touching  therewith  the  homx  of 
the  altar  of  holocaust,  and  pouring  out  the  rest  at 
the  foot  thereof. 

Ion  the  fat  he  shall  horn  upon  it,  as  is  wont 
to  he  done  with  the  victim* of  peace-offeiiii'is  :  and 
the  priest  shall  prav  for  him  and  for  his  sin  :  and  it 
shall  Im-  forgiven  him. 

.'7  \nd  if  any  one  of  the  people  of  the  land  shall 
sill  through  ignorance,  domt  anv  of  those  things  that 
by  the  law  of  the  Lonl  are  forbidden,  and  nffcmfjnc, 

28  And  shall  come  to  know  his  sin.  he  shall  offer 
a  she-goal  without  blemish. 

29  And   he  shall  put  his  hand  upon  (he  head   of 

SI 


the  victim  that  is  for  sin,  and  shall  immolate  it  ii. 

the  place  of  the  holocaust. 

30  And  the  priest  shall  take  of  the  blood  with 
his  Roger,  and  shall  touch  the  horns  of  the  altar  ol  ho- 
locaust, and  shall  pour  out  the  rest  at  the  foot  thereof. 

31  Hut  taking  oil'  all  tin  l.ii.  as  is  wont  to  lie 
taken  awa\  of  the  victims  of  peace-offerings,  he 
shall  burn  it  upon  the  altar,  for  a  sweet  savour  to 
the  Lord:  and  he  shall  pray  for  him;and  it  shall  be 
foi  riven  him. 

■  >1  But  if  be  offer  of  the  flock  a  victim  for  his  sin, 

to  wit,  an  ewe  w  ithout  blemish  ; 

I  He  shall  put  his  hand  upon  the  head  thereof, 
and  shall  immolate  it  in  the  plan-  w  here  the  victims 
of  holocausts  are  wont  to  be  slain. 

34  And  the  priest  shall  take  of  the  blood  thereof 
with  his  finger,  and  shall  touch  the  horns  of  (he 
altar  of  holocaust,  and  the  rest  he  shall  pour  out  at 
tin    toot  thereof. 

35  All  the  fat  also  he  shall  lake  off,  as  the  fat  of 

the  ram  that  is  offered  for  peace-offerings  is  wont  to 
he  taken  away  :  and  shall  bum  it  upon  the  altar,  lor 
a  bornt-sacrince  of  the  Lonl :  ami  he  shall  praj  tor 
him  and  for  his  sin  ;  and  it  shall  be  forgiven  him. 

CHAP.  V. 

Of  other  tucriftrif  fin  tint. 

FFany  one  sin,  and  hear  the  voice  of  one  swear- 
*-  ing,  and  is  a  witness  either  because  he  hiiuscli 
hath  seen,  or  is  privy  to  it ;  if  he  do  not  utter  it,  he 
shall  hear  his  iniquity. 

2  \\  hosoever  louchctll  any  unclean  thing,  either 
that  which  has  been  killed  by  a  beast,  or  died  o! 
itself,  or  any  other  creeping  thing ;  and  forgetteth 
bis  uncleaniiess,  he  is  guilty,  and  hath  offended  : 

3  And  if  he  touch  any  thing  of  the  liucleaaness 
of  man,  according,  to  any  urn  leanness  w  herewith  he 
is  wont  to  be  defiled,  aial  having  forgotten  it,  come 
afterwards  to  know  it,  he  shall  he  guilty  of  an  of- 
fence. 

4  The  person  that  sweareth,  and  uttereth  w  ith 
his  lips,  that  he  would  do  either  evil  or  good,  and 
biinleth   the   same  with  an  oalh,  and  his  word,  and 

baring  forgotten  it,  afterwards  understandefJb  his 
offence, 

.">   Let  him  do  penance  for  his  s'm, 

(!  Anil  oiler  of  the  flocks  an  ewe  lamb,  or  a  she- 
Bont,  and  the  priest  shall  pray  for  him,  anil  for  his 
sin : 

7  Hut  if  he  be  ttot  able  to  offer  a  beast,  let  him 
oiler  two  turtles,  or  two  young  pigeons  to  the  Lord, 
one  for  sin,  and  the  other  for  a  holocaust. 

8  And  he  shall  Dft  them  to  the  priest  ;  w  ho  shall 
offer  the  first  for  sin,  and  twist  back  the  head  of  it 
to  the  little  pinions,  so  that  it  slick  to  the  neck,  and 
be  not  altogether  broken  off. 

9  And  of  its  blood  he  shall  sprinkle  the  side  ot 
the  altar :  and  w  hatsoever  is  left,  he  shall  let  it  drop 
at  the  bottom  thereof:    because  it  is  for  sin. 

10  And  the  Other  he  shall  bum  for  a  holocaust, 
as  is  wont  to  be  done:  and  the  priest  shall  pray  for 
him,  and  for  his  sin:   and    it  shall  be  forgiven  him. 

11  And    if   his    hand    he   not    able    to   offer   two 


chap,  vi 


turtles,  or  two  young  pigeons,  he  sliall  offer  for  his 
sin  the  tenth  part  of  an  ephi  ot"  Hour,  lie  shall 
not  put  oil  upon  it,  nor  put  any  frankincense  there- 
on, because  it  is  for  sin: 

12  And  he  shall  deliver  it  to  the  priest;  who 
shall  take  a  handful  thereof,  and  shall  burn  it  upon 
the  altar  for  a  memorial  of  him  that  offered  it, 

13  Praying  for  him  and  making  atonement:  but 
the  part  that  is  left,  he  himself  shall  have  for  a  gift. 

14  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying: 

15  If  any  one  shall  sin  through  mistake,  trans- 
gressing the  ceremonies  in  those  things  that  are  sa- 
crificed to  the  Lord,  he  shall  offer  for  his  offence  a 
ram  without  blemish  out  of  the  Hocks,  that  may  be 
bought  for  two  sides,  according  to  the  weight  of 
the  sanctuarv: 

16  And  he  shall  make  good  the  damage  itself 
which  he  hath  done,  and  shall  add  the  fifth  part  be- 
sides, delivering  it  to  the  priest,  who  shah  pray  for 
him,  offering  the  ram,  ami  it  shall  be  forgiven  him. 

17  If  any  one  sin  through  ignorance,  and  do  one 
of  those  things  which  by  the  law  of  the  Lord  are 
forbidden,  and  being  guilty  of  sin,  understand  his 
iniquity, 

18  He  shall  offer  of  the  flocks  a  ram  without  ble- 
mish to  the  priest,  according  to  the  measure,  and 
estimation  of  the  sin  :  and  the  priest  shall  pray  for 
him,  because  he  did  it  ignorantly;  and  it  shall  be 
forgiven  him ; 

19  Because  by  mistake  he  trespassed  against  the 
Lord 

CHAP.  VI. 

Oblation  for  sins  of  injustice:  ordinances  concerning  the  holo- 
causts and  the  perpetual  fire,  the  sacrifices  of  the  priests,  anil 
the  sin-offerings. 

nPHE  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying: 
J-  2  Whosoever  shall  sin,  and  despising  the 
Lord,  shall  deny  to  his  neighbour  the  thing  deliver- 
ed to  his  keeping,  which  was  committed  to  his 
trust ;  or  shall  by  force  extort,  any  thing,  or  commit 
oppression ; 

3  Or  shall  find  a  thing  lost,  and  denying  it,  shall 
also  swear  falsely,  or  shall  do  any  other  of  the  many 
things,  wherein  men  are  wont  to  sin, 

4  Being  convicted  of  the  offence.he  shall  restore 

5  All  that  he  would  have  gotten  by  fraud,  in  the 
principal,  and  the  fifth  part  besides  to  the  owner, 
whom  he  wronged. 

6  Moreover  for  his  sin  he  shall  offer  a  ram  with- 
out blemish  out  of  the  Hock,  and  shall  give  it  to  the 
priest,  according  to  the  estimation  and  measure  of 
tiie  offence  : 

7  And  he  shall  pray  for  him  before  the  Lord  : 
and  he  shall  have  forgiveness  for  every  thing  in 
doing  of  which  he  hath  sinned. 

8  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying: 

9  Command  Aaron  and  his  sons  :  This  is  the  law 
of  a  holocaust:  It  shall  be  burnt  upon  the  altar  all 
night  until  moraine:  the  fire  shall  beofthesame  altar. 

10  The  priest  shall  be  vested  with  the  tunica  and 


*  The  perpetual  fire.  Tliis  fire  came  from  heaven,  (infra  chap.  ix.  84  ) 
and  was  always  kept  burning  on  the  altar,  as  a  figure  of  the  heavenly 


the  linen  breeches:  and  he  sliall  take  up  the  ashes 
of  that  which  the  devouring  fire  hath  burnt,  and 
putting  them  beside  the  altar, 

11  Shall  put  off  his  former  vestments,  and  being 
clothed  with  others,  shall  carry  them  forth  without 
the  camp,  and  shall  cause  them  to  be  consumed  to 
dust  in  a  very  clean  place. 

12  And  the  fire  on  the  altar  sliall  always  burn: 
and  the  priest  shall  t'cvA  it,  putting  wood  on  it  every 
day  in  the  morning,  and  laying  on  the  holocaust, 
shall  burn  thereupon  the  fat  of  the  peace-offerings. 

13  This  is  the  perpetual  fire*  which  shall  never 
go  out  on  the  altar. 

14  This  is  the  law  of  the  sacrifice  and  libations, 
which  the  children  of  Aaron  shall  offer  before  the 
Lord,  and  before  the  altar. 

15  The  priest  shall  take  a  handful  of  the  Hour 
that  is  tempered  with  oil,  and  all  the  frankincense 
tnat  is  put  upon  the  Hour:  and  he  shall  bum  it  ou 
the  altar  for  a  memoria1  of  most  sweet  odour  to  the 
Lord  : 

16  And  the  part  of  the  Hour  that  is  left,  Aaron 
and  his  sons  shall  eat,  without  leaven  :  and  he  shall 
eat  it  in  the  holy  place  of  the  court  of  the  tabernacle. 

17  And  therefore  it  shall  not  be  leavened,  be- 
cause part  thereof  is  offered  for  the  burnt-sacrifice 
of  the  Lord.  It  shall  be  most  holy,  as  that  which 
is  offered  for  sin  and  for  trespass. 

18  The  males  only  of  the  race  of  Aaron  shall 
eat  it.  It  shall  be  an  ordinance  evei  lasting  in  your 
generations,  concerning  the  sacrifices  of  the  Lord: 
Every  one  that  toucheth  them  shall  be  sanctified. 

19  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying  : 

20  This  is  the  oblation  of  Aaron,  and  of  his  sons, 
which  they  must  offer  to  the  Lord,  in  the  day  of 
their  anointing:  They  shall  offer  the  tenth  part  of 
an  ephi  of  flour,  for  a  perpetual  sacrifice,  half  of  it 
in  the  morning,  and  half  of  it  in  the  evening: 

21  It  shall  be  tempered  with  oil,  and  sliall  be 
fried  in  a  frying-pan. 

22  And  the  priest  that  rightfully  succeedeth  his 
father,  shall  offer  it  hot,  for  a  most  sweet  odour  to 
the  Lord  :  and  it  shall  be  wholly  burnt  on  the  altar. 

23  For  every  sacrifice  of  the  priest  shall  be  con- 
sumed with  fire ;  neither  shall  any  man  eat  thereof. 

24  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying: 

25  Say  to  Aaron  and  his  sons :  This  is  the  law 
of  the  victim  for  sin:  In  the  place  where  the  holo- 
caust is  offered,  it  shall  be  immolated  before  the 
Lord.      It  is  holy  of  holies. 

26  The  priest  that  offereth  it,  shall  eat  it  in  a  holy 
!  place,  in  the  court  of  the  tabernacle. 

27- Whatsoever  shall  touch  the  flesh  thereof,  sliall 
be  sanctified.  If  a  garment  be  sprinkled  with  the 
blood  thereof,  it  shall  be  washed  in  a  holy  place. 

28  And  the  earthen  vessel  wherein  it  was  sod- 
den, shall  be  broken:  but  if  the  vessel  be  of  brass, 
it  sliall  be  scoured,  and  washed  with  water. 

29  Every  male  of  the  priestly  race  shall  eat  of 
the  flesh  thereof,  because  it  is  holy  of  holies. 


lire  of  divine  love,  -.vhich  ought  le  He  always  burning  ai  the  heart  of  a 
i  christian 


LKVITK  I  S. 

SO  Kor  the  victim  that  is  slain  for  sin,  the  blood 
of  which  is  carried  into  tin-  tabernacle  of  the  testi- 
mony ro  make  Rtonemeal  in  the  sanctuary,  shall  not 
be  eaten,  btti  stall  he  burnt  wkhnre. 
(II  IP.  \  II. 

Ofiacrificet  for  trmpnssetfmd  tbinkn-offtriugt.     So  Jul  nm 

blOOd  IS  Id  l,f  Kit,  It. 

'THIls  also  is  the  law  of  the  sacrifice  for  a  trer 

-*-     |i;iss  :*   It  is  most  holy  : 

I  \iul  where  the  holocaust  is  immolated,  the 
victim  also  lor  a  trespass  shall  be  slain:  the  blood 
thereof  shall  In-  poured  round  about  the  attar. 

3  They  shall  offer  thereof  the  rump  and  the  fat 
that  COVereth  the  entrails  : 

4  The  two  little  kidneys,  and  the  fat  which  is  1>\ 

the  Hanks,  and  the  caul  of  the  liver  with  the  little 
kidi.i  >  -. 

5  And  the  priest  shall  hum  them  upon  the  altar  : 
it  is  the  burnt-sacrifice  of  the  Lord  for  a  trespass. 

6  Even  male  of  tin-  priestly  race,  shall  eat  this 
flesh  in  a  holy  place,  because  it  is  most  holy. 

7  As  the  sacrifice  for  sin  is  ..tiered,  so  is  also  that 
foi  a  trespass:  the  same  shall  he  the  law  of  both 
these  sacrifices:  it  shall  belong  to  the  priest  that 
offereth  it. 

8  The  priest  that  offereth  the  victim  of  holo- 
caust, shall  have  the  skin  thereof. 

'.'  Andexerx  sacrifice  of  Hour  that  is  baked  in  the 

oven, and  wtatsoever  is  dressed  on  the  gridiron,  or 
in  the  frying-pan, shall  be  the  priest's  thai  offereth  it: 

10  Whether  they  he  tempered  with  oil,  or  ilrv. 
all  the  sons  of  Aaron  shall  have  one  as  much  as 
another. 

1  1  This  is  the  law  of  the  sacrifice  of  pcaee-olTer- 
iogs  that  is  offered  to  the  Lord. 

12  If  the  oblation  he  for  thanksgiving,  they  shall 
offer  loaves  xxithout  leaven  tempered  with  oil.  and 
unleavened  Wafers  anointed  with  oil,  and  line  flour 
tried,  and  cakes  tempered  and  mingled  xxith  oil: 

13  Moreover  loaves  of  leavened  bread  with  the 
sacrifice  of  thanks,  which  is  offered  for  peace  ol- 

feril; 

14  <  )f  which  one  shall  he  offered  to  the  Lord  for 
first-fruits,  and  shall  he  the  priest's  that  shall  ]>our 
out  the  blood  of  the  victim. 

15  And  the  flesh  of  it  shall  he  eaten  the  same 
day,  neither  shall  any  of  it  remain  until  the  morning. 

1G  If  any  man  In  vow,  or  of  his  own  accord 
offer  I  sacrifice,  it  shall  in  like  manner  he  eaten  the 
same  day:  and  if  any  of  it  remain  until  the  mor- 
row, it  is  lawful  to  eat  it  : 

17  Hut  whatsoever  shall  he  found  on  the  third 
da\  shall  be  consumed  a  ith  fire. 

19  If  anv  man  eat  of  the  flesh  of  the  victim  of 
peace-offerings  on  the  third  day,  the  oblation  shall 
he  ol  no  effect,  neither  shall  it  profit  the  offerer: 
yea  rather  whatsoever  soul  shall  defile  itself  with 
such  meat,  shall  l>e  guilt)  of  transgression. 

19  The  flesh  that  hath  touched  anx  unclean  thing, 


7V„,al.. 


Tre»p»»w«   fur  whirl.  Ihaw  O&rtegl  wrn-  In  Im-  made, 
than  llio«-  l.ir  which  tin-  -in  offering!   v,, 


811 


shall  not  l>e  eaten,  hut  shall  Ik-  burnt  with  fire:  he 
that  is  clean  shall  cat  of  it. 

10  If  any  one  that  is  defiled  shall  eat  of  the  flesh 
ol  the  sacrifice  of  peace-ofleringa,  which  is  offered 
to  the  Lord,  he  shall  betut  off  Iron)  his  people. 
21    Ami  he  that  hath  touched  the  unclean  nest  of 

man.  or  of  beast,  or  of  am  thing  that  can  defile,  and 
shall  eat  of  such  kind  of  flesh,  shall  be  cut  oil"  from 

his  people. 

-'.'  4nd  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying : 

23  Say  to  the  children  of  Israel:  The  fat  of  a 
sheep,  and  of  an  OK,  and  of  a  -oat.  xou  shall  not  eat 

Jl  The  fat  of  a  carcass  that  hath  died  ol  itself, 
and  of  a  beast  that  wis  caudit  bx  another  beast, 
xou  shall  have  for  divers  USPS. 

25  If  any  man  eai  the  fat  thai  should  1m-  offered 
for  the  burnt-Sacrifice  of  the  Lord,  he  shall  perish 
out  ol    his  people. 

— * »  Moreover  xou  shall  not  eat  the  blood  of  any 
creature  whatsoever,  whether  of  birds  or  beasts. 

27  Every  one  that  eateth  blood,  shall  perish  from 
among  the  people. 

28  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  Saying. 

29  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel,  saying :  He 
that  offereth  a  victim  of  peace-offerings  to  the  Lord, 

let  him  offer  therewith  a  sacrifice  also,  that  is,  the 
libations  thereof. 

90  He  shall  hold  in  his  hands  the  fat  of  the  x  ic- 
tim,  and  the  breast  :  and  when  he  hath  offered  and 
consecrated  both  to  the  Lord,  he  shall  dclixer  limn 

to  i he  priest, 

Si  Who  shall  burn  the  fat  upon  the  altar-  but 
the  breast  shall  he  Aaron's,  and  his  sons". 

92   The    right    shoulder   also    of    the   victims    o\ 

peace-offerings  shall  fall  to  the  priest  for  first-fruits, 

■  '•■>  He  among  the  SOUS  of  Aaron,  that  olicreth 
the  Mood,  anil  the  fat,  he  shall  have  the  right  shoul- 
der also  for  his  portion. 

St  lor  the  breast  that  is  elevated  and  the  shoul- 
der that  is  separated  I  have  taken  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  from  off  their  xictims  of  peace-offerings, 
and  have  given  them  to  Aaron  the  priest,  and  to  his 
sons,  by  a  law   forever)  from  all  the  people  of  Israel 

S6    litis  is  the  anomting  of  Aaron  and  his  sons 
in    the   ceremonies   of  the    Lord,   in    the  tlax   when 

Moses  offered  them,  that  thej  might  do  the  office 
of  priesthood, 

Iii  And  the  things  that  the  Lord  commanded  to 
lie  given  them  bx  the  children  of  Israel,  bx  a  per- 
petual ohscrxance  iu  their  generations. 

91   This  is  the  law   of  holocaust,   and  of  the  sa- 
crifice for  sin.  and  for  trespass,  ami  lor  roaetcru 
tion,  and  the  xictims  of  peace-offerings: 

j  \\  Inch  the  Lord  appointed  to  Moses  in  mount 
Sinai,  when  he  commanded  the  children  ol    Israel 
that  thex  should  oiler  their  oblations  to  the  Lord  ill 
the  desert  of  Sinai. 

(II  \l\    \  III. 

Mosri  const  t  rult  III  Ammi  unit  kin  tuns. 
\    \|)  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  sax  in::  : 
-^*-      2  Take  Aaro.i  w  itii  his  SCAT,  tin  ir  vestment* 
and  the  oil  of  unction,  a  <alf  l\r  >,;.,,  ,t\.,  \iu.s    . 
basket  with  u.de.ai  n<  d  \.i   ad: 


chap.  ix. 


3  And  thou  slialt  gather  together  all  the  congre- 
gation to  the  door  of  the  tabernacle. 

4  And  Moses  did  as  the  Lord  had  commanded. 
And  all  the  multitude  being  gathered  together  before 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle, 

5  lie  said  :  This  is  the  word  that  the  Lord  hath 
loinmanded  to  be  done. 

6  And  immediately  he  offered  Aaron  and  his  sons : 
and  whe'i  he  had  washed  them, 

7  He  vested  the  high-priest  with  the  strait  linen 
garment,  girding  him  with  the  girdle,  and  nutting  on 
him  the  violet  tunick,  and  over  it  he  put  the  ephod, 

8  And  binding  it  with  the  girdle,  he  fitted  it  to 
the  rational,  on  which  was  Doctrine  and  Truth. 

9  He  put  also  the  mitre  upon  his  head  :  and  upon 
»he  mitre  over  the  forehead,  he  put  the  plate  of  gold 
consecrated  with  sanctiheation,  as  the  Lord  had 
i:omnianded  him. 

10  He  took  also  the  oil  of  unction,  with  which 
he  anointed  the  tabernacle,  with  all  the  furniture 
thereof. 

11  And  when  he  had  sanctified  and  sprinkled  the 
altar  seven  times,  he  anointed  it,  and  all  the  vessels 
thereof;  and  the  laver  with  the  foot  thereof  he  sanc- 
tified with  the  oil. 

12  And  he  poured  it  upon  Aaron's  head:  and  he 
anointed,  and  consecrated  him  : 

13  And  after  he  had  offered  his  sons,  he  vested 
them  with  linen  tunicks,  and  girded  them  with  gir- 
dles, and  put.  mitres  on  them,  as  the  Lord  had  com- 
manded. 

14  He  offered  also  the  calf  for  sin :  and  when 
Aaron  and  his  sons  had  put  their  hands  upon  the 
head  thereof, 

15  He  immolated  it;  and  took  the  blood,  and 
dipping  his  finger  in  it,  he  touched  the  horns  of  the 
altar  round  about.  Which  being  expiated,  and  sanc- 
tified, he  poured  the  rest  of  the  blood  at  the  bottom 
thereof. 

16  But  the  fat  that  was  upon  the  entrails,  and 
the  caul  of  the  liver,  and  the  two  little  kidneys,  with 
their  fat,  he  burnt  upon  the  altar  : 

17  And  the  calf  with  the  skin,  and  the  flesh,  and 
the  dung,  he  burnt  without  the  camp,  as  the  Lord 
had  commanded. 

18  He  offered  also  a  ram  for  a  holocaust;  and 
when  Aaron  and  his  sons  had  put  their  hands  upon 
its  head, 

19  He  immolated  it;  and  poured  the  blood  thereof 
round  about  upon  the  altar. 

20  And  cutting  the  ram  into  pieces,  the  head  there- 
of, and  the  joints,  and  the  fat,  he  burnt  in  the  fire, 

21  Having  first  washed  the  entrails,  and  the  feet  : 
and  the  whole  ram  together  he  burnt  upon  the  altar ; 
because  it  was  a  holocaust  of  most  sweet  odour  to 
the  Lord,  as  he  bad  commanded  him. 

22  He  offered  also  the  second  ram,  in  the  conse- 
cration of  priests :  and  Aaron  and  his  sons  put  their 
hands  upon  the  head  thereof: 

23  And  when  Moses  had  immolated  it;  he  took 

of  the  blood  thereof,  and  touched  the  tip  of  Aaron's 

right  ear,  and  the  thumb  of  his  right  hand,  and  in  like 

manner  also  the  great  toe  of  his  right  foot. 

M 


24  He  offered  also  the  sons  of  Aaron :  and  when 
with  the  blood  of  the  ram  that  was  immolated,  he 
had  touched  the  tip  of  the  right  ear  of  every  one  of 
them,  and  the  thumbs  of  their  right  hands,  and  the 
meat  toes  of  their  right  feet,  the  rest  he  poured  on 
(he  altar  round  about : 

25  But  the  fat,  and  the  rump,  and  all  the  fat  that 
covereth  the  entrails,  and  the  caul  of  the  liver,  and 
the  two  kidneys  with  their  fat,  and  with  the  right 
shoulder,  he  separated. 

26'  And  taking  out  of  the  basket  of  unleavened 
bread,  which  was  before  the  Lord,  a  loaf  without 
leaven,  and  a  cake  tempered  with  oil,  and  a  wafer, 
he  put  them  upon  the  fat,  and  the  right  shoulder, 

27  Delivering  all  to  Aaron,  and  to  his  sons  :  who 
having  lifted  them  up  before  the  Lord, 

28  He  took  them  again  from  their  hands,  and 
burnt  them  upon  the  altar  of  holocaust;  because  it 
was  the  oblation  of  consecration,  for  a  sweet  odour 
of  sacrifice  to  the  Lord. 

29  And  he  took  of  the  ram  of  consecration,  the 
breast  for  his  portion,  elevating  it  before  the  Lord, 
as  the  Lord  had  commanded  him. 

30  And  taking  the  ointment,  and  the  blood  that 
was  upon  the  altar,  he  sprinkled  Aaron,  and  his  vest- 
ments, and  his  sons,  and  their  vestments  with  it. 

31  And  when  he  had  sanctified  them  in  their 
vestments,  he  commanded  them,  saying:  Boil  the 
flesh  before  the  door  of  the  tabernacle,  and  there 
eat  it.  Eat  ye  also  the  loaves  of  consecration,  that 
are  laid  in  the  basket,  as  the  Lord  commanded  me, 
saying  :  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  eat  thefn  : 

32  And  whatsoever  shall  be  left  of  the  flesh  and 
the  loaves,  shall  be  consumed  with  fire. 

33  And  you  shall  not  go  out  of  the  door  of  the 
tabernacle  for  seven  clays,  until  the  day  wherein  the 
time  of  your  consecration  shall  be  expired.  For  in 
seven  days  the  consecration  is  finished  : 

34  As  at  this  present  it  hath  been  done,  that  the 
rite  of  the  sacrifice  might  be  accomplished. 

35  Day  and  night  shall  you  remain  in  the  taber- 
nacle, observing  the  watches  of  the  Lord,  lest  you 
die  :  for  so  it  hath  been  commanded  me. 

36  And  Aaron  and  his  sons  did  all  things  which 
the  Lord  spoke  by  the  hand  of  Moses. 

CHAP.  IX. 

Aaron  qffereth.  sacrifice  for  himself  and  the.  people.   Fire  cometh 
from  the  Lord  upon  the  altar. 

AND  when   the  eighth  day  was  come,  Moses 
called  Aaron  and  his  sons,  and  the  ancients  of 
Israel ;  and  said  to  Aaron  : 

2  Take  of  the  herd  a  calf  for  sin,  and  a  ram  for 
a  holocaust,  both  without  blemish,  and  offer  them 
before  the  Lord. 

3  And  to  the  children  of  Israel  thou  shah  say : 
Take  ye  a  he-goat  for  sin, and  a  calf, and  a  lamb,  bo:  h 
of  a  year  old,  and  without  blemish,  for  a  holocaust, 

4  Also  a  bullock  and  a  ram  for  peace-offerings  : 
and  immolate  thein  before  the  Lord,  offering  for  the 
sacrifice  of  every  one  of  them  flour  tempered,  with 
oil;  for  to-day  the  Lord  will  appear  toypu. 

5  They  brought  therefore  all  things  that  Moses 

89 


m:\iticus. 


had  commanded  before  the  door  of  the  tabernacle: 
\\|i<  re  win  ii  all  the  multitude  stood, 

i.  Moses  xiid:  This  is  the  word,  which  the  Lord  bath 
commanded :  do  //,  and  hia  gJor]  w  ill  appear  to  you. 

7  And  lie  sail]  to  Aaron:  Approach  to  ihe  altar, 
and  offer  sacrifice  lor  thy  sin  :  olVcr  the  holocaust, 
and  pray  lor  ili\  -<  If'  ;iik1  lor  the  people:  and  when 
thou  hast  slain  the  people's  \ictiin,  pray  lor  them, 
as  i|i«-  Lord  bath  coininanded. 

8  And  forthwith  Aaron  approaching  to  the  altar, 
immolated  (lie  calf  lor  his  sin  : 

9  And  his  sons  brought  him  the  blood  of  it  :  and 
be  dipped  his  finger  therein,  and  touched  the  horns 
of  the  altar,  and  poured  the  rest  at  the  font  thereof. 

10  And  the  tat,  and  the  little  kidneys,  and  the 
caul  of  the  Inter,  which  are  lor  sin.  he  burnt  upon 
the  altar,  as  the  Lord  had  commanded  Bfoaes: 

1  1  lint  the  llesh  and  skin  thereof  he  linnit  with 
fire  without  the  camp. 

12  He  immolated  also  the  vietim  of  holocaust  : 
and  his  sons  Drought  him  the  blood  thereof,  which 
he  poured  round  about  on  the  altar. 

13  And  the  victim  being  cut  into  pieces,  they 
brought  to  him  the  bead  and  all  the  members  ;  all 
which  he  burnt  with  lire  upon  the  altar, 

14  Having  first  washed  the  entrails  and  the  feet 
with  water. 

15  Thin  ottering  for  the  sin  of  the  people,  he 
slew  the  he-goal :  and  expiating  the  altar, 

16  He  offered  the  holocaust  : 

17  Adding  in  the  sacrifice  the  libations,  which 
are  offered  withal,  and  burniagrheni  ui»on  the  altar, 
besides  the  ceremonies  of  the  morning  holocaust. 

18  He  immolated  also  the  bullock  and  the  ram, 
the  peace-offering  (,|  the  people:  and  his  sons 
brought  him  the  blood,  which  he  poured  upon  the 
altar  round  about. 

19  The  fat  also  of  the  bullock,  and  the  rump  of 
the  ram,  and  the  two  little  kidneys,  with  their  fat. 
and  the  caul  of  the  liver, 

20  They  put  upon  the  breasts.  And  after  the  fat 
was  burnt  upon  the  altar, 

21  Aaron  separated  their  breasts,  and  the  right 
shoulders,  elevating  them  before  the  Lord,  as  Moses 
had  commanded. 

-2  And  stretching  forth  his  hands  to  the  people, 
be  blessed  them.  And  so  the  victims  for  sin,  and 
the  holocausts.  ;i in  1  the  peace-offerings,  being  finish- 
ed, be  came  dow  n. 

23  And  Moses  and  Aaron  went  inlo  the  taberna- 
cle ol  the  testimony,  and  afterwards  came  forth  and 
blessed  the  people.  And  the  glory  of  the  Lord  ap- 
1"  Wed  to  all  the  multitude  : 

M  And  behold. a  lire  coming  forth  from  the  Lord. 
devoured  the  holocaust,  and  the  fat  that  was  upon 
the  altar:  which  when  the  multitude  saw,  tiny 
praised  the  Lord,  falling  on  their  fat 

(  II  \r.  \ 

tfaifab  and  Ahin  fur  nfrring  ntrnngr  firr,  arr  burnt  hy  firr. 
Prirtts  arr  Jorluihl'  n  lit  ilrink  inm .  irhm  they  rntrr  into  the 
tabrrnarlt-      'I'hr  Imr  if  ruling  thr  hnly  thing*. 

AND  \adab  and   \hin.  tin-  sous  of  Aaron,  taking 
tin  ii  ceusi  rs,  put  fii>   therein,  and  incense  on 

Ml 


it, offering  before  the  Lord  strange  fire ;  which  w.i 
not  commanded  them. 

\ud  lire  coming  out  from  the  Lord  destroyed 
tin  m  :  and  they  died  before  the  Lord. 

9  \i«!  .Moses  said  to  Aaron:  This  is  what  the 
Lord  hath  spoken:  1  w  ill  be  sanctified  in  them  that 
approach  to  me  ;  and  I  will  be  glorified  in  the  sight 
of  all  the  people.  And  when  Aaron  beard  this,  he 
held  his  peace. 

■V  And  Moses  called  Misael  and  Klisaphan,  the 
sons  (if  ( )y.iel,  the  uncle  of  Aaron,  and  said  to  them  : 
(io.  and  take  away  \our  brethren  from  before  the 
sanctuary,  and  carry  them  without  the  camp. 

5  And  the]  went  forthwith,  and  took  them  as 
the]  lay,  vested  with  linen  tunicks,  and  cast  tin  in 
forth,  as  had  been  commanded  them. 

6  And  Moms  said  to  Aaron,  and  to  Llea/er  and 
Ithamar,  his  sons:  I'ncover  not  your  heads,  and 
rend  not  your  garments,  lest  perhaps  you  die,  and 
indignation  conic  upon  all  the  congregation.  Let 
your  brethren,  and  all  the  house  of  Israel,  bewail 
the  burning  which  the  Lord  has  kindled: 

7  But  you  shall  not  go  out  of  the  door  of  the  ta- 
bernacle; Otherwise  \ou  shall  perish:  for  the  oil  of 
the  holy  unction  is  on  you.  And  they  did  all  thing! 
according  to  the  precept  of  Mom  s. 

8  The  Lord  also  said  to  Aaron  : 

9  You  shall   not   drink  wine  nor  any  thing  that 
may  make  drunk,  thou  nor  thy  sons,  w  Inn  \  on  enter 
into  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony,  lest   \ou  die 
because  it  is  an  everlasting  precept  through  your 
generations : 

10  And  that  vou  may  have  knowledge  to  discern 
between  hoi  \  and  unholy,  bet  ween  unclean  and  clean: 

11  And  may  teach  the  children  of  Israel  all  my 
ordinances  which  the  Lord  hath  spoken  to  them  by 
the  hand  of  Moat  s. 

12  And  Muses  spoke  to  Aaron,  and  to  Llcazar 
and  Ithamar,  his  sons.  th;it  were  left:  Take  the 
sacrifice  that  is  remaining  of  the  oblation  of  the 
Lord,  and  eat  it  without  leaven  beside  the  altar ; 
because  it  is  holy  of  hob' 

13  And  you  shall  eat  it  in  a  holy  place:  which 
is  given  to  thee  and  thy  sons  ol  the  oblations  ol  the 
Lord,  as  it  hath  been  commanded  me. 

14  The  breast  also  that  is  offered,  and  the  shoul- 
der that  is  separated,  \ou  shall  cat  in  a  most  clean 
place,  thou,  and  thy  sons,  and  thy  daughters  with 
thee.  For  the]  are  set  aside  for  tin  e  and  thy  chil- 
dren, of  the  victims  of  peace  offerings  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  : 

15  Because  they  have  elevated  before  the  Lord 
the  shoulder  and  the  bieast.  and  the  fat  that  is  burnt 
on  the  altar  .  and  they  belong  to  thee  and  to  tliv  sons 
b]   a  perpetual  law,  as  the  Lord  hath  commanded. 

1(1  While  these  things  win  a  doing,  w  In  n  Motes 
son-lit  for  the  buck-goat,  that  had  been  offered  for 
sin.  he  found  it  burnt  :  and  being  nngrj  with  I'.li  a/ar 
and  It  ha  mar.  the  sons  of  Aaron  that  were  left,  he  said: 

17    Wh]  did    miii    not  eat    in   the   holy  plat  e   the 

aacrifii  f  tor  mil  which  hi  most  holy,  and  given  to 

\ou.  that  you  may  bear  the  iniquity  of  the  people, 
and  may  praj  for  them  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord, 


CHAP 

18  Especially  whereas  none  of  the  blood  thereof 
hath  been  carried  within  the  holy  places,  and  yon 
ought  to  have  eaten  it  in  the  sanctuary,  as  was  com- 
manded me  ? 

19  Aaron  answered  :  This  day  hath  been  offered 
the  victim  for  sin,  and  the  holocaust  before  the 
Lord:  and  to  me  what  thou  seest  has  happened  : 
how  could  I  eat  it,  or  please  the  Lord  in   the  cerc- 


XI. 


monies,  having  a  sorrowful  heart  ? 

20  Which  when  Moses  had  heard 
fied. 


lie  was  satis- 


CHAP.  XI. 

The  distinction  qf  clean  and  unclean  animals. 

A  ND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  and  Aaron,  saying: 
■^  *-  2  Say  to  the  children  of  Israel :  These  are  the 
animals  which  you  are  to  eat*  of  all  the  living 
things  of  the  earth. 

3  Whatsoever  hath  the  hoof  divided,  and  chew- 
eth  the  cudf  among  the  beasts,  you  shall  eat. 

4  But  whatsoever  cheweth  indeed  the  end,  and 
hath  a  hoof,  but  divideth  it  not,  as  the  camel,  and 
others,  that  you  shall  not  eat;  but  shall  reckon  it 
among  the  unclean. 

5  The  cherogrillusj  which  cheweth  the  cud,  but 
divideth  not  the  hoof,  is  unclean. 

6 The  hare  also:  for  that  too  cheweth  the  cud, 
but  divideth  not  the  hoof. 

7  And  the  swine,  which,  though  it  divideth  the 
hoof,  cheweth  not  the  cud. 

8  The  fesh  of  these  you  shall  not  eat;  nor  shall 
you  touch  their  carcasses  :  because  they  are  unclean 
to  you.  > 

9  These  are  the  things  that  breed  in  the  waters, 
and  which  it  is  lawful  to  eat.  All  that  hath  fins, 
and  scales,  as  well  in  the  sea,  as  in  the  rivers,  and 
the  pools,  you  shall  eat. 

10  But  whatsoever  hath  not  fins  and  scales,  of 
those  things  that  move  and  live  in  the  waters,  shall 
be  an  abomination  unto  you, 

1 1  And  detestable:  Their  flesh  you  shall  not  eat, 
and  their  carcasses  you  shall  avoid. 

12  All  that  have  not  fins  and  scales,  in  the  wa- 
ters, shall  be  unclean. 

13  Of  birds,  these  are  they  which  you  must  not 
eat,  and  which  are  to  be  avoided  by  you:  The 
eajde,  and  the  griffon, §  and  the  osprey, 

14  And  the  kite,  and  the  vulture,  according  to 
their  kind. 

15  And  all  that  is  of  the  raven  kind,  according  to 
their  likeness. 

16  The  ostrich,  and  the  owl,  and  the  larus,  and 
the  hawk  according  to  its  kind. 

♦  Quintals  which  you  are  to  cat,  tft.  The  prohibition  of  MJ  many  hinds 
of  beasts,  birds  and  fishes  in  the  law,  was  ordered,  1st,  to  exercise  the 
people  in  obedience,  and  temperance;  2dly, to  restrain  them  from  thi- 
ricesof  which  these  animals  were  symbols;  3dlv,  because  the  t liiiitr"- 
here  forbidden  were  for  the  most  part  unwholesome,  and  not  proper 
to  be  eaten  ;  4thly,  that  the  people  of  God  by  being  obliged  to  abstain 
from  things  corporally  unclean,  might  be  trained  up  to  seek  a  spiritual 
cleannest. 

f  Hoof  divided,  and  cheweth  the  cud.  Dividing-  the  hoof,  and  chewing 
the  cud,  signify  discretion  between  good  and  evil,  and  meditating  on 
the  law  of  God :  and  where  either  of  these  is  wanting,  a  man  is  un- 
cleau.     In  like  manner  fishes  were  reputed  unclean  that  had  not  fins 


upon 


17  The  screech-owl,  and  the  cormorant,  and  the 

ibis, 

18  And  the  swan,  and  the  bittern,  and  the  por- 
phyron, 

19  The  heron,  ana  the  charadrion  according  to 
its  kind,  the  houp  also,  and  the  bat. 

20  Of  things  that  fly,    whatsoever   goeth 
four  feet,  shall  be  abominable  to  you. 

21  But  whatsoever  walketh  upon  four  feet,  but 
hath  the  legs  behind  longer,  wherewith  it  boppeth 
upon  the  earth, 

22  That  you  shall  eat:  as  the  bruchus  in  its  kind, 
the  attacus,  and  the  ophiomachus,  and  the  locust, 
every  one  according  to  their  kind. 

23Butof  ilying  things  whatsoever  hath  four  feet 
only,  shall  be  an  abomination  to  you. 

24  And  whosoever  shall  touch  the  carcasses  ol 
them  shall  be  defiled,  and  shall  be  unclean  until  the 
evening: 

25  And  if  it  be  necessary  that  he  carry  any  o* 
these  things  when  they  are  dead,  he  shall  wash  his 
clothes,  and  shall  be  unclean  until  the  sun  set. 

26  Every  beast  that  hath  a  hoof,  but  divideth  it 
not,  nor  cheweth  the  cud,  shall  be  unclean  :  and  he 
that  toucheth  it  shall  be  defiled. 

27  That  which  walketh  upon  hands,  of  all  ani- 
mals which  go  on  all  four,  shall  be  unclean-  lie  that 
shall  touch  their  carcasses,  shall  be  defiled  until 
evening. 

28  And  he  that  shall  carry  such  carcasses,  shall 
wash  bis  clothes,  and  shall  be  unclean  until  evening: 
because  all  these  things  are  unclean  to  you. 

29  These  also  shall   be  reckoned  among  unclear; 
things,  of  all  that  move  upon  the  earth;  the   weasel, 
and  the  mouse,  and  the  crocodile,  everyone  accord 
ing  to  their  kind  : 

30  The  shrew,  and  the  chameleon,  and  the  stello 
and  the  lizard,  and  the  mole: 

31  All  these  are  unclean.  He  that  toucheth  their 
carcasses  shall  be  unclean  until  the  evening. 

32  And  upon  what  thing  soever  any  of  their  car- 
casses shall  fall,  it  shall  be  defiled,  whether  it  be  a 
vessel  of  wood,  or  a  garment,  or  skins,  or  hair- 
cloths; or  any  thing  in  which  work  is  done:  they 
shall  be  dipped  in  water,  and  shall  be  unclean  until 
the  evening,  and  so  afterwards  shall  be  clean. 

33  But  an  earthen  vessel,  into  which  any  of  these 
shall  tall,  shall  be  defiled,  and  therefore  is  to  be 
broken. 

34  Any  meat  which  you  cat,  if  water  from  such 
a  vessel  be  poured  upon  it,  shall  be  unclean  ;  and 
every  liquor  that  is  drunk  out  of  any  suck  vessel, 
shall  be  unclean. 

anil  scales ;  that  is,  souls  that  did  not  raise  themselves  up  by  prayer, 
and  cover  themselves  with  the  scales  of  virtues. 

J  The chcrogrillus.  Some  suppose  it  to  be  the  rabbit,  others  Ihe  hedge- 
hog: St.  Jerome  intimates  that  it  is  another  kind  of  animal  ri>n:moii  in 
Palestine,  which  lives  in  the  holes  of  rocks  or  in  the  earth.  We  chouse 
here,  as  also  in  the  names  of  several  other  creatures  that  follow, 
(which  are  little  known  in  this  part  of  the  world,)  to  keep  the  Gin  k 
or  Latin  names. 

}  The  griffon.  Not  the  monster  which  the  painters  represent ;  which 
hath  no  being  upon  earth  ;  but  a  bird  of  the  eagle  kind,  Jailer  than 
the  common. 

01 


i.Kvmrus. 


36  And  upon  whatsoever  thing  any  of  dme  dead 
beasts  shall  tall,  it  shall  be  unclean:  whether  it  be 
oven  or  pots  with  feet,  i h*  \  shall  be  destroyed  ami 
shall  In'  unclean. 

But  fountains  and  cisterns,  ami  all  gatherings 
together  of  waters  shall  be  clean*  He  that  loucheth 
iln-ir  carcasses  shall  !)<•  defiled. 

37  If  it  fall  upon  seed  turn,  it  shall  not  defile  it 
Hut  if  any  man   pour  water  upon  the    -tit!. 

and  afterwards  it  be  touched  by  the  carcasses,  it 
shall  be  forth* ith  defiled. 

39  If  an\  beast  die,  of  which  it  is  lawful  for  you 
to  eat,  he  thai  toucheth  the  carcass  thereof,  shall  be 
unclean  until  the  evening  : 

4©  And  he  that  eateth  or  carried)  any  thins  there- 
of, shall  wash  his  clothes,  ami  shall  be  unclean  until 

the  evening. 

41  All  that  crecpeth  upon  the  eartli  shall  be  abo- 
minable, neither  thai]  it  lie  taken  for  meat. 

tJ  Whatsoever  jjoeth  upon  the  breast  on  four 
feet,  or  hath  main  feet,  or  traihth  on  the  eartli,  you 
shall  not  eat,  because  it  is  abominable. 

43  Do  not  defile  your  souls,  nor  touch  aught 
thereof,  lest  \ou  be  unclean. 

l-i-  For  I  am  the  Lord  your  God:  be  holy,  be- 
cause I  am  holy.  Defile  not  your  souls  by  any 
creeping  thing,  that  moveth  upon  the  earth. 

40  for  I  am  the  Lord,  who  brought  you  out  of 
tin1  land  of  Egypt,  that  I  might  lie  jour  (iod. 

46  \  on  shall  be  holy,  because  1  am  holy.  This  is 
the  law  of  beasts  ami  fowls,  and  of  every  living 
creature  that  moveth  in  the  waters,  and  crecpeth  on 
the  eartli. 

47  That  you  may  know  the  differences  of  the 
clean,  and  unclean,  and  know  what  you  ought  to 
eat,  ai.d  what  to  refuse. 

CHAP.  XII. 

The  purification  of  women  after  child-hirth. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saving: 
2  Speak  to  the  children  of   Israel,  and  thou 
shalt    say  to  them  :    If  a   woman   having  received 
I   shall  bear  a  man-child,   she   shall   be   unclean 

se\en  days,  according  to  the  days  of  the  separation 
of  her  Bowers. 

;5  And  on  the  eighth  day  the  infant  shall  be  cir- 
cumcised : 

4  hut  she  shall  remain  three  and  thirty  davt  in 
the  blood  of  her  purification.  She  shall  touch  no 
holy  thtSJff,  neither  shall  she  enter  into  the  sanctua- 
ry, until  the  days  of  her  purification  be  fulfilled. 

5  But  if  she  shall  bear  a  maid-child,  she  shall  be 
unclean  two  weeks,  according  to  the  custom  of  her 
monthly  courses:  and  she  shall  remain  in  the  blood 
of  her  purification  si\iy-six  days. 

MM  when  the  days  of  her  purification  are  ex- 
p'ued,  for  a  son,  or  lor  a  daughter, she  shall  bring  to 
•hi'  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony,  a  lamb 
of  S  VOW  old  for  a  holocaust,  and  a  young  pigeon  or 
a  turtle  for  sin;  and  shall  deliver  them  to  the  priest  : 

•    Isprory.      Tlie   leprosy  wan  •  figure  of  Mr)  |  an. I  Ck-  nh*errance» 

rib*]  m  Lbim  and  tbo  following  ch  ipter,  iutimatc  wbatouglit  wi- 
ll 


7  Who  shall  offer  them  before  the  Lord,  aim 
shall  pra\  for  her:  and  so  she  shall  lie  cleansed  from 
the  issue  of  her  blood.  This  is  the  law  lor  In  rthal 
beareth  a  man  child  or  a  maid-child. 

8  And  if  her  hand   find  not  sufficiency,  and  si,. 
il  not  able  to  offer  a  land),  she  shall  take  two  tur- 
tles, Or tWO  young  pigeons,  one  for  a  holocaust,  and 
another  for  sin  :   and   the  priest  shall  pia\  lor  her 
anil  so  she  shall  be  cleansed. 

(MAI'.  XIII. 

The  bite  concerning  It  proxy  in  men,  and  in  garments. 

AM)  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  and  Aaron,  say- 
ing : 

2  The  man,  in  whose  skin  or  flesh  shall  arise  a 
different  colour  or  a  blister,  or  as  it  were  something 
shining,  that  is,  the  stroke  of  the  leprosy,*  shall  be 
brought  to  Aaron  the  priest,  or  any  one  of  his  sons. 

3  And  if  he  see  the  leprosy  in  his  skin,  and  the 
hair  turned  white,  and  the  place  where  the  leprosy 
appears  lower  than  the  skin  and  the  rest  of  the  flesh: 
it  is  the  stroke  of  the  leprosy;  and  upon  his  judg- 
ment he  shall  be  separated. 

4  hut  if  there  be  a  shining  whiteness  in  the  skin, 

and  not  lower  than  the  other  llesh,  and  the  hair  be 
of  the  former  colour,   the  priest  shall  shut  him  up 

seven  days. 

5  And  the  seventh  day  he  shall  look  on  him  :  and 
if  the  leprosy  be  grown  no  farther,  and  hath  hot 
spread  itself  in  the  skin,  lie  shall  shut  him  up  again 
other  Beven  da\s. 

6  And  on  the  seventh  day  he  shall  look  on  him  : 
if  the  leprosy  be  somewhat  obscure,  and  not  spread 
in  the  skin,  he  shall  declare  him  clean,  because  it  is 
but  a  scab  :  and  the  man  shall  wash  his  clothes,  and 
shall  lie  clean. 

7  hut  if  the  leprosy  grow  again,  after  he  was  seen 
by  the  priest  and  restored  to  cleanness,  he  shall  be 
brought  to  him, 

8  And  shall  be  condemned  of  uncleanness. 

9  If  the  stroke  of  the  leprosy  be  in  a  man,  he 
shall  lie  brought  to  the  priest, 

10  And  lie  shall  view  him.  And  when  there 
shall  be  a  w  bite  colour  in  the  skin,  and  it  shall  have 
changed  the  look  of  the  hair,  and  the  living  flesh 
itself  shall  appear: 

11  It  shall  be  judged  an  inveterate  leprosy,  and 
mow  n  into  the  skin.  The  priest  therefore  shall  de- 
clare him  unclean,  and  shall  not  shut  him  up,  lie- 
cause  he  is  evidently  unclean. 

I  !  Bui  if  the  leprosy  spring  out  running  about 
ill  the  skin,  and  cover  all  the  skin  from  the  head 
to  the  feet,  whatsoever  fatteth  under  the  light  of 
res, 

Id  The  priest  shall  view  him,  and  shall  judge 
that  the  leprosy  which  he  has  is  \ cry  clean:  because 

it  is  all  turned  into  whiteness,  ami  therefore  the 

man  shall  be  clean. 

IV   But   when  the  live  flesh  shall  appear  in  him, 

15  Then  by  the  judgment  of  the  priest  he  shall  be 


rilnallv  t..  I..-  .I.me,  in  order  to  be  delivered  from  »o  jreat  ancril,  or 
preserved  horn  it. 


chap.  xni. 


defiled,  and  shall  be  reekoned  among  the  unclean : 
for  live  Mesh,  if  it  be  spotted  with  leprosy. is  unclean. 

16  And  if  again  it  be  turned  into  whiteness,  and 
cover  all  the  man, 

17  The  priest  shall  view  him,  and  shall  judge  him 
to  he  clean. 

18  When  also  there  has  been  an  ulcer  in  the  flesh 
and  the  skin,  and  it  has  been  healed, 

19  And  in  the  place  of  the  ulcer,  there  appeareth 
a  white  scar,  or  somewhat  red,  the  man  shall  be 
brought  to  the  priest : 

20  And  when  he  shall  see  the  place  of  the  leprosy 
lower  than  the  other  flesh,  and  the  hair  turned  white, 
he  shall  declare  him  unclean  :  for  the  plague  of  le- 
prosy is  broken  out  in  the  ulcer. 

21  But  if  the  hair  be  of  the  former  colour,  and 
the  scar  somewhat  obscure,  and  be  not  lower  than 
the  flesh  that  is  near  it,  he  shall  shut  him  up  seven 
days. 

22  And  if  it  spread,  he  shall  judge  him  to  have 
.he  leprosy : 

23  But  if  it  stay  in  its  place,  it  is  but  the  scar  of 
an  ulcer,  and  the  man  shall  be  clean. 

24  The  flesh  also  and  skin  that  hath  been  burnt, 
and  after  it  is  healed  hath  a  white  or  a  red  scar, 

25  The  priest  shall  view  it:  and  if  he  see  it  turn- 
ed white,  and  the  place  thereof  is  lower  than  the 
other  skin:  he  shall  declare  him  unclean,  because 
the  evil  of  leprosy  is  broken  out  in  the  scar. 

26  But  if  the  colour  of  the  hair  be  not  changed, 
nor  the  blemish  lower  than  the  other  flesh,  and  the 
appearance  of  the  leprosy  be  somewhat  obscure,  he 
shall  shut  him  up  seven  days  : 

27  And  on  the  seventh  day  he  shall  view  him : 
if  the  leprosy  be  grown  farther  in  the  skin,  he  shall 
declare  him  unclean. 

28  But  if  the  whiteness  stay  in  its  place,  and  be 
not  very  clear,  it  is  the  sore  of  a  burning :  and  there- 
fore he  shall  be  cleansed,  because  it  is  only  the  scar 
of  a  burning. 

29  If  the  leprosy  break  out  in  the  head  or  the 
beard  of  a  man  or  a  woman,  the  priest  shal  see  them. 

30  And  if  the  place  be  lower  than  the  other  flesh, 
and  the  hair  yellow,  and  thinner  than  usual ;  he  shall 
declare  them  unclean,  because  it  is  the  leprosy  of 
the  head  and  the  beard. 

31  But  if  he  perceive  the  place  of  the  spot  is 
equal  with  the  flesh  that  is  near  it,  and  the  hair 
black  ;  he  shall  shut  him  up  seven  days  : 

32  And  on  the  seventh  day  be  shall  look  upon  it. 
If  the  spot  be  not  grown,  and  the  hair  keep  its  colour, 
and  the  place  of  the  blemish  be  even  with  the  other 
flesh : 

33  The  man  shall  be  shaven  all  but  the  place  of 
the  spot:  and  he  shall  be  shut  up  other  seven  days. 

34  If  on  the  seventh  day  the  evil  seem  to  have 
staid  in  its  place,  and  not  lower  than  the  other  flesh, 
he  shall  cleanse  him;  and  his  clothes  being  washed 
he  shall  be  clean 

35  But  if  after  his  cleansing,  the  spot  spread 
again  in  the  skin, 

36  He  shall  seek  no  more  whether  the  hair  be 
turned  yellow,  because  he  is  evidently  unclean. 


37  But  if  the  spot  be  staid,  and  the  hair  be  black 
let  him  know  that  the  man  is  healed,  and  let  him 
confidently  pronounce  him  clean. 

38  If  a  whiteness  appear  in  the  skin  of  a  man  or 
a  woman, 

39  The  priest  shall  view  them.  If  he  find  that  a 
darkish  whiteness  shineth  in  the  skin,  let  him  know 
that  it  is  not  the  leprosy,  but  a  white  blemish,  and 
that  the  man  is  clean. 

40  The  man  whose  hair  fallcth  off  from  his  head, 
he  is  bald  and  clean  : 

41  And  if  the  hair  fall  from  his  forehead,  he  is 
bald  before  and  clean. 

42  But  if  in  the  bald  head  or  in  the  bald  forehead 
there  be  risen  a  white  or  reddish  colour, 

43  And  the  priest  perceive  this,  he  shall  condemn 
him  undoubtedly  of  leprosy,  which  is  risen  in  the 
bald  part. 

44  Now  whosoever  shall  be  defiled  with  the  le- 
prosy, and  is  separated  by  the  judgment  of  the  priest, 

45  Shall  have  his  clothes  hanging  loose,  his  head 
bare,  his  mouth  covered  with  a  cloth,  and  he  shall 
cry  out  that  he  is  defiled  and  unclean. 

46  All  the  time  thai  he  is  a  leper  and  unclean, 
he  shall  dwell  alone  without  the  camp. 

47  A  woollen  or  linen  garment  that  shall  have 
the  leprosy* 

48  In  the  warp,  and  the  woof,  or  a  skin,  or  what- 
soever is  made  of  a  skin, 

49  If  it  be  infected  with  a  white  or  red  spot,  it 
shall  be  accounted  the  leprosy,  and  shall  be  shown 
to  the  priest. 

50  And  he  shall  look  upon  it,  and  shall  shut  it  up 
seven  days : 

51  And  on  the  seventh  day,  when  he  looketh  on 
it  again,  if  he  find  that  it  is  grown,  it  is  a  fixed  le- 
prosy :  he  shall  judge  the  garment  unclean,  and 
every  thing  wherein  it  shall  be  found  : 

52  And  therefore  it  shall  be  burnt  with  fire. 

53  But  if  he  see  that  it  is  not  grown, 

54  He  shall  give  orders,  and  they  shall  wash  that 
part  wherein  the  leprosy  is,  and  he  shall  shut  it  up 
other  seven  days. 

55  And  when  he  shall  see  that  the  former  colour 
is  not  returned,  nor  yet  the  leprosy  spread,  he  shall 
judge  it  unclean,  and  shall  burn  it  with  fire ;  for  the 
leprosy  has  taken  hold  of  the  outside  of  the  garment, 
or  through  the  whole. 

56  But  if  the  place  of  the  leprosy  be  somewhat 
dark,  after  the  garment  is  washed,  he  shall  tear  it 
off,  and  divide  it  from  that  w  hich  is  sound. 

57  And  if  after  this  there  appear  in  those  places 
that  before  were  without  spot,  a  flying  and  wander- 
ing leprosy ;  it  must  be  burnt  with  fire. 

58  If  it  cease,  he  shall  wash  with  water  the  parts 
that  are  pure,  the  second  time,  and  they  shall  be  clean. 

59  This  is  the  law  touching  the  leprosy  of  any 
woollen  or  linen  garment  either  in  the  warp  or  woof, 
or  any  thing  of  skins,  how  it  ought  to  be  cleansed, 
or  pronounced  unclean. 


*  Garment  that  shall  have  the  leprosy.  These  prescriptions,  with  rela- 
tion tosrarments  and  houses  infected  with  the  leprosy,  are  to  teach  us 
to  fly  all  such  company  and  places  as  are  apt  to  be  the  occasion  of  sin 


LEvrrtcua. 

(  II  \l".  \IV. 

The  riles  or  sacrifices  in  cleansing  tkr  leprosy.   Isprosy  in  houses. 


AND  the  Lord  spoke  id  Moms,  MgriUfl  : 
2  This  is  the  rite  of  i  leper,  when  In*  is  to 
be  cleansed:  He  shall  In-  brought  to  the  priest : 

.'  Who  going  out  ot  the  camp,  when  be  shall 
find  that  the  leprosj  is  cleansed. 

Shall  command  him,  ih.it  is  to  Ik-  purified,  to 
offer  for  hiinsi  ll  two  living  sparrow  s.  which  it  is  law- 
ful to  eat,  ami  cedar-wood,  and  tsarlet  ami  hyssop. 

5  Ami  he-  shall  command  one  of  the  sparrows  to 
be  immolated  in  an  earthea  ressei  ofw  firing  wa- 
ters :* 

6  But  the  other  that  is  alive  he  shall  dip,  with 
the  cedar-WOOd,  and  the  scarlet  ami  the  hyssop,  in 
the  hlood  ot'  the  sparrow   that  is  immolated  : 

7  Wherewith  he  shall  sprinkle  him  that  is  to  be 
cleansed  seven  times,  that  he  may  he  rightly  puri- 
fied :  ami  ne  shall  let  go  the  living  sparrow,  that  it 
may  ily  into  the  field. 

8  And  when  the  man  hath  washed  his  clothes, 
he  shall  shave  all  the  hair  of  his  body,  and  shall  he 
washed  with  water:  ami  being  purified  he  shall  en- 
ter into  the  camp,  yet  so  that  he  tarry  without  his 
ow  a  tent  Soma  days  > 

9  And  on  the  seventh  day  he  shall  shave  the  hair 
of  his  head,  ami  his  heard,  and  his  eye-hrows.  and 

the  hair  of  all  his  body.     And  bavin 
his  clothes,  and  his  body, 

10  On  the  eighth  day  he  shall  take  two  lamhs 
without  blemish,  and  an  ewe  of  a  year  old  without 
blemish,  and  three  tenths  of  llour  tempered  with 
oil  for  a  sacrifice,  and  a  sextaryf  of  oil  apart. 

11  And  when  the  priest  that  purilieth  the  man, 
hath  presented  him.  and  all  these  things  before  the 
I  ,iu (I,  at  tin-  door  of  the  taliernacle  of  the  testimony  , 

I  J  lie  shall  take  a  lamh.  and  oiler  it  for  a  tres- 
pass-offering with  the  senary  of  oil :  and  having 
offered  all  before  the  Lord, 

13  He  shall  immolate  the  lamh,  where  the  vic- 
tim for  sin  is  wont  to  he  immolated,  and  the  holo- 
canst,  that  is,  iii  the  holy  place  :  for  as  that  which 
is  for  sin,  so  also  the  victim  for  a  tresinss-oflering, 
pertaineth  to  the  priest  :   it  is  holy  of  holies. 

1  \  And  the  priest  taking  of  the  bloodf  of  the 
victim  that  was  immolated  tor  trespa-s.  shall  put  it 


_  w  ashed  tgain 


mini)  of  his  right  hand  ami  the  meat 


upon  the  tip  of  the  right  ear  of  him  that  is  cleansed. 

and  upon  tl 

tin-  of  his  rizht  foot  : 

15   And  he  shall  pour  of  the  sextary  of  oil  into 
nis  own  left  hand, 

*  iJring  irmlert.    That  is,  water*  taken  from  a  spring,   brook,  or 

t  jf  ttxtmrt,  Itebr.  \o% i  a  mex.ure  of  liquids,  which  was  the  twelfth 
part  of  a  kin;  and  held  about  as  much  as  six  eggv 

J   Tmkimr  »f  tkr  blood,  kc.    These  ceremonies,  used  in  the  cl. 
of  a  leper,  wer.  m  and  very  significative.     The  sprinkling 

i  tbebtoodof  tin-  little  bird.  lb<  bimselfand 

hi*  clothes,  the  sharing  hi.  hair  and  hit  heard, signify  the  mean,  which 
are  to  be  used  in  tbe  reconcilialion  of  a  sinner,  and  t *•» ■   MMM  )>v 
which  In-  i.  to  return  to  Otst,  u/..  I>v  the  rc|ieat«sd   application  of  DM 
blood  of  (  hn»t ;  the  washing  bis  conecMace  with  the  »«:• 
punctiin  ;  and  retrenching  all  raaittea  and  .npc-tliiitti-..   b,  i  n 
ur  all  thai  it  over  and  above  what  a  war)  in  alms-deeds.    Th. 

N 


16  And  shall  dip  his  riiilit  finder  in  it,  and  sprin 
kle  it  hefore  the  Lord  se\en  tiim  s. 

17  And  the  rest  of  the  oil  in  his  left  hand,  lie 
shall  pout  Upon  the  tip  of  the  right  ear  of  him  thai 
is  cleansed,  and  upon  the  thumb  of  his  right  hand, 
and  the  great  toe  of  his  right  foot,  and  upon  the 
hlood  that  was  shed  for  trespass, 

18  And  upon  his  head. 

19  And  he  shall  pray  for  him  hefore  the  Lord, 
and  s|,a||  otfer  the  sacrifice  for  sin  :  then  shall  he 
immolate  the  holocaust, 

J; >  And  put  it  on  the  altar  with  the  filiations 
thereof,  and  the  man  shall  he  rightly  cleansed. 

J I  Hut  if  he  he  poor,  and  his  hand  cannot  find 
the  things  aforesaid,  he  shall  take  a  lamh  for  an 
offering  for  trespass,  that  the  priest  may  piav  lor 
him,  and  a  tenth  part  of  flour  tempered  with  oil  for 
a  sacrifice,  ami  a  sextan  of  oil, 

J 2  And  two  turtles  or  two  youim  pigeons,  of 
which  one  may  be  for  sin,  and  the  other  for  it  holo- 
caust : 

23  And  he  shall  offer  them  on  the  eighth  day  of 
his  purification  to  the  priest,  at  the  door  of  the  ta- 
liernacle of  the  testimony   hefore  the  Lord. 

24  And  the  priest  receiving  the  lamb  for  trespass, 

and  the  sextary  of  oil,  shall  elevate  them  together. 

25  And  the  lamh  being  immolated,  he  shall  put 
of  the  hlood  thereof  upon  the  tip  of  the  right  ear 
of  him  that  is  cleansed,  and  upon  the  thumb  of  his 
right  hand,  and  the  great  toe  of  his  right  foot  : 

26  Hut  he  shall  pour  part  of  the  oil  into  his  own 
left  hand, 

27  Ami  dipping  the  finger  of  his  right  hand  in 
it,  he  shall  sprinkle  it  seven  times  hefore  the  Lord  : 

28  And  he  shall  touch  the  tip  of  the  right  ear  of 
him  that  is  cleansed,  and  the  tliunih  of  his  right 
hand,  and  the  great  toe  of  his  right  foot,  in  the  place 
of  the  blood  that  was  shed  lor  trespa-s. 

29  And  the  other  part  of  the  oil  that  is  in  ht» 
left  hand,  he  shall  pour  upon  the  head  of  tin  puri- 
fied person,  that  he  may  appease  the  Lord  for  him. 

30  And  he  shall  oiler  a  turtle,  or  VOOng  pigeon, 

31  One  for  trespass,  and  the  Other  lot  a  liolo 
canst,  with  their  lihalions. 

32  This  is  the  sacrifice  of  a  leper,  that  is  not  able 
to  have  all  things  that  appertain  to  his  cleansing. 

33  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  and  Aaron, 
saying : 

!V  When  VOU  shall  be  come  into  the  land  of* 
Chanaan,  which  I  will  give  you  for  a  possession,  if 
then'  he  the  pfasgOC  of  leprosy  in  a  house 

33  He  whose  house  it  is,  shall  go  and  tell  the 


.in-offering  and   the  holocaust   or   hurnt-otlcring,  which  he  was  to 
oii'cr  at  bis  cleansing,  signify  0m  sacrifice  o(  a  contrite  and  humhic 
and  that   of  adoration  in   spirit  and  truth,  with  gratitude  and 
thankfulness,    for  the  forgivencs.  of  sins,  with  which   we    art-  i 

i  the  Almighty.  The  touching  the  right  ear,  the 
lliiimli  of  the  right  hand,  and  tlie  great  toe  of  tin-  nfht  foot,  first  with 
the  blood  of  the  victim,  and  then  with  the  remainder  of  tbe  ml, 
hIii.Ii  bad    Ihi  ii  sprinkled  seven  times   hefore  the   Ix>rd.   signif\  tl.e 

application  of  the  hlood  of  Christ,  ami  tbe  nactioa  of  tbe  eerenfi  Id 
..i  the  Rati  Ghost  lo  tbe  sinner's  right  ear,  that  he  ma\  duly 
btsvtDH  to  and  obey  the  law  of  God  ;  and  lo  his  right  hand  and  foot, 
ihat  the  works  of  hit  hands,  and  all  the  steps  or  affections  of  hit  soul, 
-ignificd  by  tbe  feet,  may  be  rightly  directed  to  God. 


CHAP.  XV. 


priest,  saying :  It  seemeth  to  me,  that  there  is  the 
plague  of  leprosy  in  my  house. 

36  And  he  shall  command,  that  they  carry  forth 
all  things  out  of  the  house,  before  he  go  into  it,  and 
sec  whether  it  have  the  leprosy,  lest  all  things  be- 
come unclean  that  are  in  the  house.  And  afterwards 
he  shall  go  in  to  view  the   leprosy  of   the  house. 

37  And  if  he  see  in  the  walls  thereof  as  it  were 
little  dints,  disfigured  with  paleness  or  redness,  and 
lower  than  all  tin?  rest, 

38  He  shall  go  out  of  the  door  of  the  house,  and 
forthwith  shut  it  up  seven  days. 

39  And  returning  on  the  seventh  day,  he  shall 
look  upon  it.      If  he  find  that  the  leprosy  is  spread, 

40  lie  shall  command,  that  the  stones  wherein 
the  leprosy  is,  be  taken  out,  and  cast  without  the 
city  into  an  unclean  place:  m     , 

41  And  that  the  house  be  scraped  on  the  inside 
round  about,  and  the  dust  of  the  scraping  be  scat- 
tered   without  the  city  into  an  unclean  place: 

42  And  that  other  stones  be  laid  in  the  place  of 
them  that  were  taken  away,  and  the  house  be  plas- 
tered with  other  mortar. 

43  But  if,  after  the  stones  be  taken  out,  and  the 
dust  scraped  off,  and  it  be  plastered  with  other  earth, 

44,  The  priest  going  in  perceive  that  the  leprosy 
is  returned,  and  the  walls  full  of  spots,  it  is  a  last- 
ing leprosy,  and  the  house  is  unclean  : 

45  And  they  shall  destroy  it  forthwith,  and  shall 
cast  the  stones  and  timber  thereof,  and  all  the  dust, 
without  the  town,  into  an  unclean  place. 

46  He  that  entereth  into  the  house  when  it  is 
shut,  shall  be  unclean  until  evening. 

47  And  he  that  sleepeth  in  it,  and  eateth  any 
thing,  shall  wash  his  clothes. 

48  But  if  the  priest  going  in  perceive  that  the 
leprosy  is  not  spread  in  the  house,  after  it  was  plas- 
tered again,  he  shall  purify  it,  it  being  cured. 

49  And  for  the  purification  thereof  he  shall  take 
two  sparrows,  and  cedar-wood,  and  scarlet  and 
hyssop  : 

50  And  having  immolated  one  sparrow  in  an 
earthen  vessel  over  living  waters, 

51  He  shall  take  the  cedar-wood,  and  the  hyssop. 
and  the  scarlet,  and  the  living  sparrow,  and  shall 
dip  all  in  the  blood  of  the  sparrow  that  is  immo- 
lated, and  in  the  living  water,  and  he  shall  sprinkle 
the  house  seven  times  : 

52  And  shall  purify  it  as  well  with  the  blood  of 
the  sparrow,  as  with  the  living  water,  and  with  the 
living  sparrow,  and  with  the  cedar-wood  and  the 
hyssop  and  the  scarlet. 

53  And  when  he  hath  let  go  the  sparrow  to  fly 
freely  away  into  the  field,  he  shall  pray  for  the 
house ;  and  it  shall  be  rightly  cleansed. 

54  This  is  the  law  of  every  kind  of  leprosy  and 
stroke ; 

55  Of  the  leprosy  of  garments  and  houses  ; 

56  Of  a  scar  and  of  blisters  breaking  out ;  of  a 
shining  spot,  and  when  the  colours  are  diversely 
changed : 

57  That  it  may  be  known  when  a  thing  is  clean, 
or  unclean 


CHAP.  XV. 

Other  legal  uncleanncsaet. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  and  Aaron,  say- 
ing: 

2  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  say  to 
them :  The  man  that  hath  an  issue  of  seed,  shall 
be  unclean.*  _  '    . 

3  And  then  shall  he  be  judged  subject  to  this 
evil,  when  a  filthy  humour,  at  every  moment,  cleav- 
eth  to  his  flesh,  and  gathereth  there. 

4  Every  bed  on  which  he  sleepeth,  shall  be  un- 
clean, and  every  place  on  which  he  sitteth. 

5  If  any  man  touch  his  bed,  he  shall  wash  his 
clothes  :  and  being  washed  with  water,  he  shall  be 
unclean  until  the  evening. 

6  If  a  man  sit  where  that  man  hath  sitten,  he 
also  shall  wash  his  clothes  :  and  being  washed  with 
water,  shall  be  unclean  until  the  evening. 

7  Hethattoucheth  his  flesh,  shall  wash  his  clothes: 
and  being  himself  washed  with  water,  shall  be  un- 
clean until  the  evening. 

8  If  such  a  man  cast  his  spittle  upon  him  that  is 
clean,  he  shall  wash  his  clothes:  and  being  washed 
with  water,  he  shall  be  unclean  until  the  evening. 

9  The  saddle  on  which  he  hath  sitten  shall  be 
unclean : 

10  And  whatsoever  has  been  under  him  that  hath 
the  issue  of  seed,  shall  he  unclean  until  the  evening. 
He  that  carrieth  any  of  these  things,  shall  wash  his 
clothes :  and  being  washed  with  water,  he  shall  be 
unclean  until  the  evening. 

11  Every  person  whom  such  a  one  shall  touch, 
not  having  washed  his  hands  before,  shall  wash  his 
clothes:  and  being  washed  with  water,  shall  be  un- 
clean until  the  evening. 

12  If  he  touch  a  vessel  of  earth,  it  shall  be  bro- 
ken ;  but  if  a  vessel  of  wood,  it  shall  be  washed 
with  water. 

13  If  he  who  sufTereth  this  disease  be  healed,  he 
shall   number  seven  days  after  his  cleansing, 
having  washed  his  clothes,  and  all  his  body  in 
water,  he  shall  be  clean. 

14  And  on  the  eighth  day  he  shall  take  two  tur- 
tles, or  two  young  pigeons;  and  he  shall  come  be- 
fore the  Lord,  to  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
testimony,  and  shall  give  them  to  the  priest: 

15  Who  shall  offer  one  for  sin,  and  the  other  for 
a  holocaust:  and  he  shall  pray  for  him  before  the 
Lord,  that  he  may  be  cleansed  of  the  issue  of  his 
seed. 

16  The  man  from  whom  the  seed  of  copulation 
goeth  out,  shall  wash  all  his  body  with  water:  and 
he  shall  be  unclean  until  the  evening. 

17  The  garment  or  skin  that  he  weareth,  he  shall 
wash  with  water ;  and  it  shall  be  unclean  until  the 

evening;. 

18  The  woman,  with  whom  he  copulateth,  shall 
be  washed  with  water,  and  shall  be  unclean  until  the 
evening. 


and 
living 


*  htm  of  seed  shall  be  unclean.     These  lejral  nncleannesses  were  m- 
tl  stituted  in  order  tu  give  the  people  a  horror  of  carual  unpt'ritics. 

95 


LL\  I  IK  US. 


19  The  woman,  who  ;it  the  return  of  the  month 

hath  her  issue  of  Moo  I,  shall  he  separated  seven 

(In  s. 

ry  one  thai  touchcth  her,  shall  be  unclean 
until  the  evening. 

21  And  even  thins;  that  she  sleepeth  on,  or  that 
she  siiteih  on,  in  the  days  of  her  separation,  shall 
he  defiled. 

2  !  I  le  that  touchcth  herhed  shall  wash  liis  clothes; 
and  being  himself  cashed  with  water,  shall  lie  un- 
cJean  until  the  evening. 

S3  Whosoever  shall  touch  any  VCSwl  00  w  Inch 
she  sitteth,  shall  wash  his  clothe*:  md  himself 
I x •  i 1 1 U  washed  with  water,  shall  he  defiled  until  the 

evening. 

J  I    If  a  man  copulateth  with   her  in  the  time  of 

her   llovvers.  he  shall    he  unclean   seven   days:  ami 

n  bi  d.  on  n  hieli  he  shall  sleep,  shall  he  defiled. 

20  The  worn  an  that  hath  an  issue  of  hlood  many 
days  out  of  her  ordinary  time,  or  that  ceaseth  not 
to  tlovv  after  the  monthly  courses,  as  Ion-  as  she  is 
suhicrt  to  this  disease,  shall  be  unclean,  in  the  same 
manner  as  is  it    she  were  in  her  llowers. 

K  Every  bed  OB  which  she  sleepeth.  and  even 
vessel  on  which  she  shteth,  shall  be  defiled. 

27  Whosoever  touched)  them  shall  wash  his 
clothes:  and  himself  being  washed  with  water,  shall 
be  unclean  until  the  evening. 

28  If  the  hlood  stop  and  cease  to  run,  she  shall 
count  seven  davs  of  her  purification: 

29  And  on  the  eighth  day  she  shall  offer  for  her- 
self to  the  priest,  two  turtles,  or  two  young  pigeons. 
at  the  door  of  the  tahernacle  of  the  testimony  : 

30  And  he  shall  offer  One  for  sin,  and  the  other 
for  a  holocaust:  and  he  shall  pray  for  her  before 
the  Lord,  and  for  the  issue  of  her  lincteaiinesS. 

31  Vou  shall  teach  therefore  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, to  take  heed  of  uncleanuess.  thai  the\  mav  not 
die  in  their  filth,  when  they  shall  have  defiled  my 
tabernacle  that  is  among  them. 

32  This  is  the  law  of  him  tint  hath  the  issue  of 
v  i  il.  and  that  is  defiled  h.v  copulation; 

0  And  of  the  woman  that  is  separted  in  her 
monthly  times,  or  that  hath  a  continual  issue  of 
blood,  and  of  the  man  thai  sleepeth  with  her. 

CHAP,  Wi. 

n  hen  and  hoto  the  highpricKt  muxl  enter  into  the  itinctuary. 
The  f rati  of  r.r /iuiI inn. 

A  NI)  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  after  the  death 
**■  ol  the  two  sons  of  Aaron,  when  they  Were 
slain  upon  their  offering  strange  lire: 

2  And  he  commanded  him.  Baying:  Speak  to 
Aaron  thy  brother,  that  he  enter  not*  at  all  into  the 
tSBCtUary,  which  is  within  the   veil  before  the  pro- 

•  Enter  net.     No  nnc  bat  llm  high-  !  he  Imi  once  .i  rear, 

MM    ;     |„     si~nifl     tl.ilt    DO    one     COUU     M|(T 

into  the  amnetwarj  <>f  hearon  nil  ChriM  our  high-priest  opened  il    h\ 
hit  pa"'""-      Hrb.  X.  R. 

{  Tkt  rmUuny  rt,t:  caper  rmiumiui;  in  C.rrrk  .>.».,,  ».r«;  in  Hebrew 
.1:*xtt;  tkt  r—l  to  ro  off,  or.  a*  -mi...  MQa]a*j  it,  the  Kept-root.       I  In. 
goat,  oti  whp«e  In-*)  Um  high-pricat  waa  ordered  l<i  poor  forth 
cr»,  and  to  make  a  general  corif<  --i"n  of  |l,e  siri«  of  Ihe  peoph 
iikt  them  ill.  aa  it  were,  on  In.  baa.  I  .  .md  Bate  that  to  »cnd  Inn/away 

¥6 


pitiatorv.  with  which  the  ark  is  coveted.  1.-st  he  die. 
(tor  I  will  appear  in  a  cloud  over  the  oracle) 

.'>  I  sless  be  first  do  these  dungs :  He  shall  offer 

a  calf  lor  sin,  and  a  ram  for  a  holocaust. 

4  lie  shall  he  vested  with  a  linen  tunick  ;  he 
shall  cover  his  nakedness  with  linen  breeches:  he 
sliall  he  girded  With  a  linen  girdle;  and  he  shall  put 
a  linen  mitre  upon  his  head:  for  these  are  holy 
vestments;  all  which  he  shall  put  on,  after  In 
washed. 

5  And  he  shall  receive  from  the  whole  multi- 
tude of  the  children  of  Israel  two  buck-goats  for 
sin.  and  one  ram  for  a  holocaust. 

tl  And  when  he  hath  offered  the  calf,  and  prav  id 
for  himself,  ami  for  his  own  homo, 

7  He  shall  make  the  two  buck-goats  to  stand  he- 
fore  the  Lord  in  the  door  of  the  tahernacle  of  the 
lestinionv  : 

8  And  casting  lots  upon  them  hoth,  one  to  he 
offered  to  the  Lord,  and  the  other  to  be  the  eniis- 
sary-goal :f 

9  That  whose  lot  fell  to  be  offered  to  the  Lord, 

he  shall  offer  for  sin  : 

10  Ihit  that   whose  lot  was  to  he  the  emissary- 

goat,  he  shall  present  alive  before  the  Lord,  that 

he  may  pour  out  prayers  upon  him,  and  let  him  go 
into  the  wilderness. 

11  After  these  things   are   duly   celebrated,   he 

shall  offer  the  calf;  and  praying  for  himself  and  for 
his  own  house,  he  shall  immolate  it : 

I  J  And  taking  the  censer,  which  he  hath  filled 
with  the  burning  coals  of  the  altar,  and  taking  up 
with  his  hand  the  compounded  perfume  for  incense, 
he  shall  go  ill  within  the  veil  into  the  holy  place  : 

13  That  when  the  perfumes  are  pal  npou  the  fne, 

the  cloud  J  and  vapour  thereof  mav  cover  the  oracle, 
which  is   over  ihe   testimony,  and   he  mav   not  die. 

II  lie  shall  take  also  ol'  the  hlood;  of  the  calf, 
and  sprinkle  w  ith  his  linger  seven  times  towards  the 
propitiatory  to  the  east. 

15  And  when  he  hath  killed  the  bock-goat  for 
the  sin  of  the  people,  he  shall  earn  in  the  hlood 
thereof  within  the  veil,  as  he  was  commanded  to 
do  with  the  hlood  of  the  calf,  that  he  may  sprinkle 
it  over-against  the  oracle. 

16  Ami  mav  expiate  the  sanctuary  from  ihe  McV- 
cleauncss  of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  from  their 
transgressions,  and  all  their  sins.  According  to  this 
rite  shall  he  do  to  the  tahernacle  of  the  testimony, 
which  is  fixed  BUKMIg  them  in  ihe  midst  of  the  filth 
of  their  hahitation. 

17  Let  no  man  he  in  the  tahernacle  when  the 
high-priest  goetfa  into  the  sanctuary,  to  pray  for 
himself  and  his  house,  and  for  the  whole  COUgH  - 
gation  of   Israel,  until  he  come  out. 


into  the  » ildernewi,  to  he  dcYourrd   by  wild  beasts,  waa  a  figure  ol 

.liour.  rharjred  wilh  all  our  »in«, in  his  pa'Mon. 

i  The  r/oiirf,     t  The  blood,  fcc.     Tin*  i«    to   t.:nli     n«.    that    if   we 

would  iro  into  the  sanctuary  of  God,  wc  muM  take  withu.  the  incanat 

of  prayer,  and  the  blood,  that  is,  the  passion  ol  Christ.     W  here  alto 

that  the  high-prieat,  before  he  (rent  into  tl»-  I1  lit*, 

was  to  wa»h  bu  whole  body,  anil  then  to  pol  "n  while  linen  |aMUaBUte; 

to  tignify  Ihe  purity  and  chattily  with  which  wc  are  to  approach  to 

l.o.). 


CHAP.  XVII. 


18  And  when  he  is  come  out  to  the  altar  that  is 
before  the  Lord,  let  him  pray  for  himself;  and  tak- 
ing the  blood  of  the  calf,  and  of  the  buck-goat,  let 
him  pour  it  upon  the  horns  thereof  round  about : 

19  And  sprinkling  with  his  finger  seven  times, 
let  him  expiate,  and  sanctify  it  from  the  unclean- 
ness  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

20  After  he  hath  cleansed  the  sanctuary,  and  the 
tabernacle,  and  the  altar,  then  let  him  offer  the  liv- 
ing goat : 

21  And  putting  both  hands  upon  his  head,  let 
him  confess  all  the  iniquities  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, and  all  their  offences  and  sins :  and  praying 
that  they  may  light  on  his  head,  he  shall  turn  him 
out  by  a  man  ready  for  it,  into  the  desert, 

22  And  when  the  goat  hath  carried  all  their  ini- 
quities into  an  uninhabited  land,  and  shall  be  let  go 
into  the  desert, 

23  Aaron  shall  return  into  the  tabernacle  of  the 
testimony,  and  putting  off  the  vestments,  which  he 
had  on  him  before  when  he  entered  into  the  sanc- 
tuary, and  leaving  them  there2 

24  He  shall  wash  his  flesh  in  the  holy  place,  and 
shall  put  on  his  own  garments.  And  after  that  he 
is  come  out,  and  hath  offered  his  own  holocaust,  and 
that  of  the  people,  he  shall  pray  both  for  himself, 
and  for  the  people  : 

25  And  the  fat  that  is  offered  for  sins,  he  shall 
bum  upon  the  altar. 

26  But  he  that  hath  let  go  the  emissary-goat, 
shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  his  body  with  water, 
and  so  shall  enter  into  the  camp. 

27  But  the  calf  and  the  buck-goat,  that  were  sa- 
crificed for  sin,  and  whose  blood  was  carried  into 
the  sanctuary,  to  accomplish  the  atonement,  they 
shall  carry  forth  without  the  camp,  and  shall  burn 
with  fire,  their  skins  and  their  flesh,  and  their  dung : 

28  And  whosoever  burneth  them  shall  wash  his 
clothes  and  flesh  with  water,  and  so  shall  enter  into 
the  camp. 

29  And  this  shall  be  to  you  an  everlasting  ordi- 
nance :  The  seventh  month,  the  tenth  day  of  the 
month,  you  shall  afflict  your  souls,  and  shall  do  no 
work,  whether  it  be  one  of  your  own  country,  or  a 
stranger  that  sojourneth  among  you. 

30  Upon  this  day  shall  be  the  expiation  for  you, 
and  the  cleansing  from  all  your  sins :  you  shall  be 
cleansed  before  the  Lord. 

31  For  it  is  a  sabbath  of  rest;  and  you  shall 
afflict  your  souls  by  a  perpetual  religion. 

32  And  the  priest  that  is  anointed,  and  whose 
hands  are  consecrated  to  do  the  office  of  the  priest- 
hood in  his  father's  stead,  shall  make  atonement : 
and  he  shall  be  vested  with  the  linen  robe  and  the 
holy  vestments : 

33  And  he  shall  expiate  the  sanctuary,  and  the 
tabernacle  of  the  testimony,  and  the  altar,  the  priests 
also,  and  all  the  people. 

*  If  he  kill,  fyc.  That  is,  in  order  to  sacrifice.  The  law  of  God 
forbids  sacrifices  to  be  offered  in  any  other  place  but  at  the  taberna- 
cle or  temple  of  the  Lord  ;  to  signify  that  no  sacrifice  would  be  ac- 
ceptable to  God,  out  of  his  true  temple,  the  one,  holy,  catholic,  apos- 
tolic church. 

N 


34  And  this  shall  be  an  ordinance  for  ever,  that 
you  pray  for  the  children  of  Israel,  and  for  all  their 
sins  once  in  a  year.  He  did  therefore  as  the  Lord 
had  commanded  Moses. 

CHAP.  XVII. 

No  sacrifices  to  be  offered  but  at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle     a 
prohibition,  of  blood. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying : 
-     2  Speak  to  Aaron  and  his  sons,  and  to  all 
the  children  of  Israel,  saying  to  them  :  This  is  the 
word,  which  the  Lord  hath  commanded,  saying: 

3  Any  man  whosoever  of  the  house  of  Israel,  if 
he  kill*  an  ox,  or  a  sheep,  or  a  goat,  in  the  camp 
or  without  the  camp, 

4  And  offer  it  not  at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle 
an  oblation  to  the  Lord,  shall  be  guilty  of  blood  : 
as  if  he  had  shed  blood,  so  shall  he  perish  from  the 
midst  of  his  people. 

5  Therefore  the  children  of  Israel  shall  bring  to 
the  priest  their  victims,  which  they  kill  in  the  field, 
that  they  may  be  sanctified  to  the  Lord  before  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony,  and  they 
may  sacrifice  them  for  peace-offerings  to  the 
Lord. 

6  And  the  priest  shall  pour  the  blood  upon  the 
altar  of  the  Lord,  at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of 
the  testimony,  and  shall  burn  the  fat  for  a  sweet 
odour  to  the  Lord. 

7  And  they  shall  no  more  sacrifice  their  victims 
to  devils,  with  whom  they  have  committed  fornica- 
tion. It  shall  be  an  ordinance  for  ever  to  them 
and  to  their  posterity. 

8  And  thou  shalt  say  to  them :  The  man  of  the 
house  of  Israel,  and  of  the  strangers  who  sojourn 
among  you,  that  offereth  a  holocaust  or  a  victim, 

9  And  bringeth  it  not  to  the  door  of  the  taberna- 
cle of  the  testimony,  that  it  may  be  offered  to  the 
Lord,  shall  perish  from  among  his  people. 

10  If  any  man  whosoever  of  the  house  of  Israel, 
and  of  the  strangers  that  sojourn  among  them,  eat 
blood, f  I  will  set  my  face  against  his  soul,  and  will 
cut  him  off  from  among  his  people : 

11  Because  the  life  of  the  flesh  is  in  the  blood  : 
and  I  have  given  it  to  you,  that  you  may  make 
atonement  with  it  upon  the  altar  for  your  souls,  and 
the  blood  may  be  for  an  expiation  of  the  soul. 

12  Therefore  I  have  said  to  the  children  of  Is- 
rael: No  soul  of  you,  nor  of  the  strangers  that  so- 
journ among  you,  shall  eat  blood. 

13  Any  man  whosoever  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  of  the  strangers  that  sojourn  among  you,  if  by 
hunting  or  fowling,  he  take  a  wild  beast  or  a  bird, 
which  is  lawful  to  eat,  let  him  pour  out  its  blood, 
and  cover  it  with  earth. 

14  For  the  life  of  all  flesh  is  in  the  blood  : 
therefore  I  said  to  the  children  of  Israel :  You  shall 
not  eat  the  blood  of  any  flesh  at  all ;  because  the 

t  Eat  blood.  To  cat  blood  was  forbidden  in  the  law ;  partly  be- 
cause God  reserved  it  to  himself,  to  be  'offered  in  sacrifices  on  the 
altar,  as  to  the  Lord  of  life  and  death ;  and  as  a  figure  of  the  blood 
of  Christ  ;  and  partly  to  give  men  a  horror  of  shedding  blttoJ.  Gen. 
ix.  4,  5,  6. 

97 


lkutk  us. 


Ufa  of  the  flesh  is  in  the  blood,  ami  whpsostcr  e»i- 

eth  ii,  shall  bo  cut  off. 

15  The  si'iil  that  eateth  that  w  Inch  died  of  itself, 

or  has  been  caught  by  a  beast,  whether  be  be  one 
of  your  own  country  <>r  ■  stranger,  shall  wash  his 
clothes  and  himself  with  water,  and  snail  he  defiled 

until  the  evening:  and  in  this  manner  he  shall  be 
made  clean. 

It!  But  if  he  do  not  wash  his  clothes,  and  his 
body,  he  shall  bear  his  iniquity. 

chap;  win. 

Marriage  is  prohibited  in  certain  degrees  of  kindred:  and  all 
unnatural  lusts-. 

AND  the  Lord  s|>oke  to  Moses,  saying: 
-jeak  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  thou 
shah  say  to  them:    1  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

3  You  shall  not  do  according  to  the  custom  of 
the  land  of  Egypt,  in  which  you  dwelt:  neither 
shall  you  act  according  to  the  manner  of  the  coun- 
try of  (hanaan,  into  which  I  will  bring  you,  nor 
shall  vou  walk  in  their  ordinances. 

4  You  shall  do  my  judgments,  and  shall  observe 
my  precepts,  and  shall  walk  in  them.  I  am  the 
Lord  your  Clod. 

")  Keep  my  laws  and  my  judgments,  which  if  a 
man  do,  ne  shall  live  in  them.     I  am  the  Lord. 

6  No  man  shall  approach  to  her  that  is  near  of 
kin  to  him,  to  uncover  her  nakedness.  I  am  the 
Lord. 

7  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
father,  or  the  nakedness  of  thy  mother :  she  is  thy 
mother,  thou  shalt  not  uncover  her  nakedness. 

8  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
father's  wife  :  for  it  is  the  nakedness  of  thy  father. 

i)  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
sister  by  lather  or  by  mother,  whether  born  at  home 
or  abroad. 

10  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
son's  daughter,  or  thy  daughter's  daughter:  because 
it  is  thy  own  nakedness. 

11  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
father's  wife's  daughter,  whom  she  bore  to  thy  fa- 
ther, and  who  is  thy  sister. 

12  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
father's  sister:  because  she  is  the  flesh  of  thy  fa- 
ther. 

13  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
mother's  sister :  because  she  is  thy  mother's  hash. 

14  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thj 
father's  brother:  neither  shalt  thou  approach  to  his 
wife,  who  is  joined  to  thee  by  affinity. 

to  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
daughter-in-law '  because  she  is  thy  son's  wife  \ 
neither  shalt  thou  discover  her  shame. 

16  Thou  shall  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
brother's  wife:  because  it  is  the  nakedness  of  thy 
brother. 

17  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
wife,  and  her  daughter.  Thou  shalt  not  take  her 
son's  daughter  or  her  daughter's  daughter,  to  dis- 
cover Inr  shainc  :   because  they  are  her  flesh,  and 

sii'h  copulation  is  incest. 

M 


18  Thou  shall  not  take  thy  wile's  sister  for  i 
harlot,  to  rival  her:  neither  shalt  thou  discover  her 

nakedness,  while  she  is  yel  livi; 

19  Thou  shalt  not  approach  toa  woman  having  her 
Bowers,  neither  shalt  thou  uncover  her  naked Dl 

20  Thou  shalt  not  lie  with  thj  neighbour's  wife, 
nor  be  defiled  with  mingling  of  seed. 

21  Thou   shalt  not  gi\e   any  of  thy  seed  to  be 

consecrated  to  the  idol  Moloch,  nor  defile  the  name 
of  thy  God:  I  am  the  Lord. 

22  Thou  shalt  not  lie  with  mankind  as  with  wo- 
mankind, because  it  is  an  abomination. 

23  Thou  shalt  not  copulate  with  any  beast,  nei- 
ther shait  thou  be  defiled  with  it.  A  woman  shah 
not  lie  down  to  a  beast,  nor  copulate  with  it:  be- 
cause it  is  a  heinous  crime.* 

2\  Defile  not  yourselves  with  any  of  these  things 

with  which  all  the  nations  have  been  defiled,  which 
1  will  cast  out  before  you, 

25  And  with  which  the  land  is  defiled  :  the  abo- 
minations of  which  1  will  visit,  that  it  may  \ omit 
out  its  inhabitants. 

26  Keep  ye  my  ordinances  and  my  judgments. 
and  do  not  any  of  these  abominations :  neither  any 
of  your  own  nation,  nor  any  stranger  that  sojourneth 
among  you. 

27  h  or  all  these  detestable  things,  the  inhabitants 
of  the  land  have  done  that  were  before  you,  and 
have  defiled  it. 

2U  Beware  then  lest  in  like  manner,  it  vomit  you 
also  out,  if  you  do  the  like  things,  as  it  vomited  out 
the  nation  that  was  before  you. 

29  Every  soul  that  shall  commit  any  of  these 
abominations,   shall  perish  from  the  midst  of  hi» 

people* 

30  Keep  my  commandments.  Do  not  the  things 
which  they  have  done,  that  have  been  before  you, 

and   be  not  defiled   therein.      1  am  the  Lord  your 
(Jod. 

CHAP.  XIX. 

Divers  ordinances,  partly  moral,  partly  ceremonial  or  judicial. 

rI^HE  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying  : 
-*-      2  Speak  to  all  the  congregation  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  thou  shalt  sa\  to  them  :    Be  ye 
holy,  because  1  the  Lord  your  God  am  holy. 

3  Let  every  one  bar  his  father,  and  his  mother. 
Keep  my  sabbaths.      I  am  the  Lord  your  (Jod. 

4  Turn  ye  not  to  idols,  nor  make  to  yourselves 
molten  gods.     1  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

5  If  ye  offer  in  sacrifice  a  peace-offering  to  the 
Lord,  that  he  may. be  favourable. 

6  You  shall  eat  it  on  the  same  day  it  was  offered. 
and  the  next  da]  :  and  whatsoever  shall  be  left  until 
the  third  day,  you  shall  burn  with  fire. 

7  If  after  tWO  days  an]  man  eat  thereof,  he  shall 
be  profane  and  cuilty  of  impiety: 

8  And  shall  bear  his  iniquity  :  because  he  hath 
defiled  the  holy  thins  of  the  Lord:  and  that  soul 
shall  perish  from  among  hi*  people. 


*  Btcaust  it  it  a    Iiciih 

.  Nad  bj  the  »' 
baaencM  of  i)>i->  tboM 


III   Hrlitvw  lliin  »nnl  krinout  .. 

aim,  tignify  ing  the  •bamcfulneM  am' 


CHAP.  XX. 


9  When  thou  reapcst  the  com  of  thy  land,  thou 
shalt  not  cut  down  all  that  is  on  the  face  of  the 
earth  to  the  very  ground  :  nor  shalt  thou  gather  the 
cars  that  remain. 

10  Neither  shalt  thou  gather  the  bunches  and 

f;rapes  that  fall  down  in  thy  vineyard,  but  shalt 
eave  them  to  the  poor  and  the  strangers  to  take.    I 
am  the  Lord  your  God. 

11  You  shall  not  steal.  You  shall  not  lie:  neither 
shall  any  man  deceive  his  neighbour. 

12  'lhou  shalt  not  swear  falsely  by  my  name, 
nor  profane  the  name  of  thy  God.     I  am  the  Lord. 

13  Thou  shalt  not  calumniate  thy  neighbour, 
nor  oppress  him  by  violence.  The  wages  of  him 
that  hath  been  hired  by  thee  shall  not  abide  with 
thee  until  the  morning. 

14  Thou  shalt  not  speak  evil  of  the  deaf,  nor  put 
a  stumbling-block  before  the  blind :  but  thou  shalt 
fear  the  Lord  thy  God,  because  I  am  the  Lord. 

15  Thou  shaft  not  do  that  which  is  unjust,  nor 
judge  unjustly.  Respect  not  the  person  of  the  poor, 
nor  honour  the  countenance  of  the  mighty.  But 
judge  thy  neighbour  according  to  justice. 

16  Thou  shalt  not  be  adetracter  nor  a  whisperer 
among  the  people.  Thou  shalt  not  stand  against 
the  blood  ot  thy  neighbour.     I  am  the  Lord. 

17  Thoushaltnot  hate  thy  brother  in  thy  heart,  but 
reprove  him  openly,  lest  thou  incur  sin  through  him. 

18  Seek  not  revenge,  nor  be  mindful  of  the  in- 
jury of  thy  citizens.  Thou  shalt  love  thy  friend  as 
thyself.     I  am  the  Lord.  *■ 

19  Keep  ye  my  laws.  Thou  shalt  not  make  thy 
cattle  to  gender  with  beasts  of  any  other  kind.  Thou 
shalt  not  sow  thy  field  with  different  seeds.*  Thou 
shalt  not  wear  a  garment  that  is  woven  of  two  sorts. 

20  If  a  man  carnally  lie  with  a  woman  that  is  a 
bond-servant  and  marriageable,  and  yet  not  redeem- 
ed with  a  price,  nor  made  free,  they  both  shall  be 
scourged :  and  they  shall  not  be  put  to  death,because 
she  was  not  a  free  woman. 

21  And  for  his  trespass  he  shall  offer  a  ram  to  the 
Lord,  at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony  : 

22  And  the  priest  shall  pray  for  him  and  for  his 
sin  before  the  Lord ;  and  he  shall  have  mercy  on 
him,  and  the  sin  shall  be  forgiven. 

23  When  you  shall  be  come  into  the  land,  and 
shall  have  planted  in  it  fruit-trees,  you  shall  take 
away  the  first-fruitsf  of  them  :  the  fruit  that  comes 
forth  shall  be  unclean  to  you,  neither  shall  you  eat 
of  them. 

24  But  in  the  fourth  year,  all  their  fruit  shall  be 
sanctified,  to  the  praise  of  die  Lord. 

25  And  in  the  fifth  year  you  shall  eat  the  fruits 
thereof,  gathering  the  increase  thereof.  I  am  the 
Lord  your  God. 

26  You  shall  not  eat  with  blood.  You  shall  not 
divine  nor  observe  dreams. 


*  Different  seeds,  &c.  This  law  tends  to  recommend  simplicity  and 
plain -dealing  in  all  things;  and  to  teach  the  people  not  to  join  any 
false  worship  or  heresy  with  the  worship  of  the  true  God. 

f  The  firsl-fruils.  Prapulia,  literally  their  fore  skins :  it  alludes  to 
circumcision,  and  signifies  that  for  the  first  throe  years  the  trees  wire 
(o  he  as  uncircumcised,  and  their  fruit  unclean  ;  till  in  the   fourtl 


27  Nor  shall  you  cut  your  hairf  roundwise,  nor 
shave  your  beard. 

28  You  shall  not  make  any  cuttings  in  your  flesh, 
for  the  dead ;  neither  shall  you  make  in  yourselves 
any  figures  or  marks :  I  am  the  Lord. 

29  Make  not  thy  daughter  a  common  strumpet, 
lest  the  land  be  defiled,  and  filled  with  wickedness. 

30  Keep  ye  my  sabbaths,  and  reverence  my 
sanctuary.     I  am  the  Lord. 

31  Go  not  aside  after  wizards,  neither  ask  any 
thing  of  soothsayers,  to  be  defiled  by  them  :  I  am 
the  Lord  your  God. 

32  Rise  up  before  the  hoary  head ;  and  honour 
the  person  of  the  aged  man :  and  fear  the  Lord  thy 
God.     1  am  the  Lord. 

33  If  a  stranger  dwell  in  your  land,  and  abide 
among  you,  do  not  upbraid  him  : 

34  But  let  him  be  among  you  as  one  of  the  same 
country;  and  you  shall  love  him  as  yourselves:  for 
you  were  strangers  in  the  land  of  Egypt.  I  am  the 
Lord  your  God. 

35  Do  not  any  unjust  thing  in  judgment,  in  rule, 
in  weight,  or  in  measure. 

36  Let  the  balance  be  just,  and  the  weights  equal, 
the  bushel  just,  and  the  sextary  equal.  I  am  the  Lord 
your  God,  that  brought  you  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

37  Keep  all  my  precepts,  and  all  my  judgments, 
and  do  them.     I  am  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  XX. 

Divers  crimes  to  be  punished  with  death. 

AND  the  IiOrd  spoke  to  Moses,  saying: 
2  Thus  shalt  thou  say  to  the  children  of  Is 
rael :  If  any  man  of  the  children  of  Israel,  or  of 
the  strangers,  that  dwell  in  Israel,  give  of  his  seed 
to  the  idol  Moloch,  dying  let  him  die :  the  people* 
of  the  land  shall  stone  him. 

3  And  I  will  set  my  face  against  him  :  and  I  will 
cut  him  off  from  the  midst  of  his  people ;  because 
he  hath  given  of  his  seed  to  Moloch,  and  hath  de- 
filed my  sanctuary,  and  profaned  my  holy  name. 
_  4  And  if  the  people  of  the  land  neglecting,  and 
as  it  were  little  regarding  my  commandment,  let 
alone  the  man  that  hath  given  of  his  seed  to  Mo- 
loch, and  will  not  kill  him  : 

5  I  will  set  my  face  against  that  man,  and  his 
kindred,  and  will  cut  off  both  him,  and  all  that  con- 
sented with  him,  to  commit  fornication  with  Mo- 
loch, out  of  the  midst  of  their  people. 

6  The  soul  that  shall  go  aside  after  magicians, 
and  soothsayers,  and  shall  commit  fornication  with 
them,  I  will  set  my  face  against  that  soul,  and  de- 
stroy it  out  of  the  midst  ol  its  people. 

7  Sanctify  yourselves  and  be  ye  holy,  because  I 
am  the  Lord' your  God. 

8  Keep  my  precepts,  and  do  them.  I  am  the 
Lord  that  sanctify  you. 


year  their  increase  was  sanctified  and  given  to  the  Lord,  that  is,  to 
the  priests. 

\  Cut  your  hair,  &c.  This,  and  other  such  like  things,  of  them- 
selves indifferent,  were  forbidden  by  God,  that  they  might  not  imitate 
the  Egyptians  or  other  infidels,  who  practised  these  things  out  of  su- 
perstition, in  liom.ur  of  their  false  deities 

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LEVITICUS. 


9  He  that  cursrtii  his  father,  or  mother,  dying 
let  him  die:  he  hath  cursed  his  father  and  mother, 
let  his  blood  he  ii|n)ii  liim. 

lt»  [fan;  mao  commit  adultery  with  the  wife  of 
another,  and  defile  Ids  neighbour's  w  ife,  lei  them  be 
put  to  death,  both  the  adulterer  and  the  adulteress. 

11  If  a  man  lit-  wit ii  Ids  Stepmother,  and  dis- 
cover the  nakedness  of  Ids  lather,  let  tliein  both  be 
put  to  death  :   their  blood  In1  upon  them. 

1J   It'  any  man  lie  with  his  daughter-in-law,    lei 

both  die,  became  thei  have  done  a  heinous  crime: 

their  McmhI  he  upon  them. 

13  If  any  one  he  with  a  man  as  with  a  woman, 

both  hare  committed  an  abomination;  let  them  be 

put  to  death  :   their  blood  be  upon  them. 

1  i    1 1  any  man  alter  marrying  the  daughter,  mar- 
ry her  mother,   he  hath  done  a  heinous  crime  :   he 
shall   he  burnt  alive  with  them  :    neither  shall  so 
!i  an  abomination  remain  in  the  midst  of  you. 

15  He  that  shall  copulate  with  any  beast  or  cat- 
tle, dying  let  him  die  :  the  beast  also  ye  shall  kill.* 

16  The  woman  that  shall  lie  under  any  beast, 
•hall  be  killed  together  with  the  same:  their  blood 
be  upon  them. 

17  [fan  man  take  his  sister  the  daughter  of  his 
father,  or  the  daughter  of  his  mother,  and  see  her 
nakedness,  and  she  behold  her  brother's  shame:  thej 
have  committed  a  crime  :  they  shall  be  slain,  in  the 
sight  of  their  people,  beeause  they  have  discovered 
one  another's  nakedness ;  and  they  shall  bear  their 
iuiquitv. 

18  If  any  man  lie  with  a  woman  in  her  flowers, 
and  uncover  hei  nakedness,  and  she  open  the  foun- 
tain of  her  blood,  both  shall  be  destroyed  out  of  the 
midst  of  their  people. 

1!»  Thou  shah  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
aunt  by  thy  mother,  and  of  thy  aunt  by  thy  father: 
he  thai  doeth  this,  hath  uncovered  the  shame  of  his 
own  flesh;  both  shall  bear  their  iniquity. 

20  If  any  man  lie  with  the  wife  of  his  uncle  by 
the  father,  or  of  his  uncle  by  the  mother,  and  un- 
cover the  shame  of  his  near  akin,  both  shall  bear 
their  sin:   they  shall  die  without  children. 

21  He  that  marricth  his  brother's  wife,  doeth  an 
unlawful  tiling;  he  hath  uncovered  his  brother's 
nakedness:   tiny  shall  be  without  children. 

22  Keep  my  laws,  and  my  judgments,  and  d<> 
them;  lest  the  land  into  which  you  are  to  enter  to 
dwell  therein,  vomit  you  also  out. 

23  Walk  not  after  the  laws  of  the  nations  which 
I  will  cast  out  before  you.  For  they  ha\e  done  all 
these  things:  and  therefore  I  abhorred  them. 

24  Bui  to  you  I  say:  Poetess  their  land,  which 
I  will  give  you  for  an  inheritance,  a  land  Sowing 
with  milk  and  honey.  lam  the  Lord  your  God, 
who  have  separated  you  from  other  people. 

25  Therefore  do  you  also  separate  the  clean 
beast  from  the  unclean,  and  the  clean  foul  from  the 
unclean:  defile  not  your  souls  with  beasts,  or  birds, 


*  TV  trwt  ata*  ft  thall  kill.     Tbr  killing  tba  beaM  wan  for  the 
greater  horror  of  the  crime,  and  to  prevent  tlir  remembrance  oi 
abomination. 

100 


or  any  things  that  move  on  the  eaith,  and  which  1 
ha\e  show  ii  you  to  be  unclean. 

26  You  shall  be  hol\  unto  me.  because  I  the 
Lord  am  holy,  and  I  ha\e  separated  you  from  other 
people,  that  \  oil  should  be  mine. 

I  A  man,  or  woman,  in  whom  then'  is  a  py- 
ihonical  or  divining  spirit,  dying  let  them  die:  they 
shall  stone  them:   their  blood  be  upon  them. 

CHAP.  XXI. 

Orilinnncit  relating  to  the  priestt. 

fl^HK    Lord  said  also  to  Moses:   Speak  to  the 
-*-    priests  the  sons  of  Aaron,  and  thou  shalt  sa\  to 
them  :    Let  not  a    priest   incur  an  um  leanness  f  at 
the  death  of  his  citizens. 

2  But  only  for  his  kin.  such  as  are  near  in  blood, 
that  is  to  say,  lor  his  father  and  for  his  mother,  and 
for  his  son.  and  for  his  daughter,  for  his  brother  also, 

3  And  for  a  maiden  sister,  who  hath  had  no  hus- 
band : 

4  But  not  even  for  the  prince  of  his  people  shall 
he  do  any  thing  thai  may  make  him  unclean. 

5  Neither  shall  they  shave  their  head,  nor  their 
beard,  nor  make  incisions  in  their  flesh. 

6  They  shall  be  holy  to  their  God,  and  shall  not 
profane  his  name:  for  they  offer  the  burnt-offering 
of  the  Lord,  and  the  bread  of  their  God,  and  there- 
fore they  shall  be  holy. 

7  They  shall  not  take  to  wife  a  harlot  or  a  vile 

Grostitute,  nor  one  thai  has  been  put  away  from  her 
tisband  :  beeause  they  are  (-onset  rated  to  their  (Jod, 

8  And  oiler  the  loaves  of  proposition.  Let  them 
therefore  be  holy,  because  I  also  am  holy,  the  Lord, 
who  sanctify  them. 

9  If  the  daughter  of  a  priest  be  taken  in  whore- 
dom, and  dishonour  the  name  of  her  father,  .she 
shall  be  burnt  with  lire. 

10  The  hiidi-priest,  that  is  to  say,  the  priest  that 
is  the  greatest  among  his  brethren,  upon  whose  head 
the  oil  of  unction  hath  been  poured,  and  whose 
hands  have  been  consecrated  for  the  priesthood,  and 
who  hath  been  vested  with  the  holy  vestments,  shall 
not  uncover  his  head,  he  shall  not  rend  his  garments: 

11  Nor  shall  he  WQ  in  at  all  to  any  dead  person: 
not  even  for  his  father  or  his  mother  shall  he  be 
defiled. 

12  Neither  shall  he  go  out  of  the  holy  places, 
lest  he  defile  the  sanctuary  of  the  Lord,  because 
the  oil  of  the  holy  unction  of  his  Cod  is  upon  him. 
I  am  the  Lord. 

13  lb-  shall  take  a  viruin  unto  his  wife  : 

14  But  a  Widow  or  one  that  is  divorced,  or  de- 
filed, or  a  harlot,  he  shall  not  take;  but  a  maid  o» 
his  on  n  people: 

15  He  shall  not  mingle  the  stock  of  his  kindred 
with  the  common  people  of  his  nation  :  for  I  am 
the  Lord  who  sanctify  him. 

16  \u<l  the  Lord  spoke  tO  Mot  ng : 

17  Say    to    Aaron:     Whosoever    of    thy    seed, 


t  ,1n  MMtMMttt,  viz.  inch  a*  «r»i  contr.u  I.-.I  in  lai  mjr  out  the  dead 
body,  or  t  <»iw  I  hi.,:  it .  nr  in  piing  into  (In  bouse,  oramiiting  at  the  fa- 
ke. 


CHAP.  XXII. 


throughout  their  families,  hath  a  blemish,*  he  shall 
not  oner  bread  to  his  God  : 

18  Neither  shall  he  approach  to  minister  to  him  : 
If  he  be  blind,  if  he  be  lame,  if  he  have  a  little,  or 
a  great,  or  a  crooked  nose, 

19  If  his  foot,  or  if  his  hand  be  broken, 

20  If  he  be  crook-backed,  or  blear-eyed,  or  have 
a  pearl  in  his  eye,  or  a  continual  scab,  or  a  dry 
scurf  in  his  body,  or  a  rupture : 

21  Whosoever  of  the  seed  of  Aaron  the  priest 
hath  a  blemish,  he  shall  not  approach  to  offer  sacri- 
fices to  the  Lord,  nor  bread  to  his  God. 

22  He  shall  eat  nevertheless  of  the  loaves,  that 
are  offered  in  the  sanctuary, 

23  Yet  so  that  he  enter  not  within  the  veil,  nor 
approach  to  the  altar,  because  he  hath  a  blemish, 
and  he  must  not  defile  my  sanctuary.  I  am  the 
Lord  who  sanctify  them. 

24  Moses  therefore  spoke  to  Aaron,  and  to  his 
50ns,  and  to  all  Israel,  all  the  things  that  had  been 
commanded  him. 

CHAP.  XXII. 

Who  may  eat  the  holy  things  ;  and  what  things  may  be  offend. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying  : 
2  Speak  to  Aaron  and  to  his  sons,  that  they 
beware  of  those  things  that  are  consecrated  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  defile  not  the  name  of  the 
things  sanctified  to  me,  which  they  offer.  I  am  the 
Lord. 

3  Say  to  them,  and  to  their  posterity :  Every 
man  of  your  race,  that  approachethf  to  those  things 
that  are  consecrated,  and  which  the  children  of  Is- 
rael have  offered  to  the  Lord,  in  whom  there  is  un- 
cleanness,  shall  perish  before  the  Lord.  I  am  the 
Lord. 

4  The  man  of  the  seed  of  Aaron,  that  is  a  leper, 
or  that  suffereth  a  running  of  the  seed,  shall  not  eat 
of  those  things  that  are  sanctified  to  me,  until  he  be 
healed.  He  that  toucheth  any  thing  unclean  by  oc- 
casion of  the  dead,  and  he  whose  seed  goeth  from 
him  as  in  generation, 

5  And  he  thai  toucheth  a  creeping  thing,  or  any 
unclean  thing,  the  touching  of  which  is  defiling, 

6  Shall  be  unclean  until  the  evening,  and  shall 
not  eat  those  things  that  are  sanctified  :  but  when  he 
hath  washed  his  flesh  with  water, 

7  And  the  sun  is  down,  then,  being  purified,  he 
shall  eat  of  the  sanctified  things,  because  it  is  his 
meat, 

8  That  which  dieth  of  itself,  and  that  which 
was  taken  by  a  beast,  they  shall  not  eat,  nor  be  de- 
filed therewith.     I  am  the  Lord. 

9  Let  them  keep  my  precepts,  that  they  may  not 
fall  into  sin,  and  die  in  the  sanctuary,  when  they 
shall  have  defiled  it.  I  am  the  Lord  who  sanctify 
them. 

10  No  stranger  shall  eat  of  the  sanctified  things  : 

*  Jl  blemish.  These  corporeal  defects  or  deformities,  which  dis- 
qualified the  priests  from  officiating  in  the  Old  Law,  were  figures  of 
the  vices  which  priests  are  to  beware  of  in  the  New  Law.  St.  Grego- 
ry, Cura  pastorum. 

f  Ayproachtlh,  &c.     This  is  to  give  i;s  to  understand,  with  what  pu- 


a  sojourner  of  the  priests,  or  a  hired  servant,  shall 
not  eat  of  them. 

11  But  he  whom  the  priest  hath  bought,  and  he 
that  is  his  servant,  born  in  his  house,  these  shall  eat 
of  them. 

12  If  the  daughter  of  a  priest  be  married  to  anv 
of  the  people,  she  shall  not  eat  of  those  things  that 
are  sanctified,  nor  of  the  first-fruits 

13  But  if  she  be  a  widow,  or  divorced,  and  hav- 
ing no  children  return  to  her  father's  house,  she 
shall  eat  of  her  father's  meats,  as  she  was  wont  to 
do  when  she  was  a  maid :  no  stranger  hath  leave  to 
eat  of  them. 

14  He  that  eateth  of  the  sanctified  things  through 
ignorance,  shall  add  the  fifth  part  with  that  which  he 
ate,  and  shall  give  it  to  the  priest  into  the  sanctuary. 

15  And  they  shall  not  profane  the  sanctified 
things  of  the  children  of  Israel,  which  they  offer  to 
the  Lord : 

16  Lest  perhaps  they  bear  the  iniquity  of  their 
trespass,  when  they  shall  have  eaten  the  sanctified 
things.     I  am  the  Lord  who  sanctify  them. 

17  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying  : 

18  Speak  to  Aaron,  and  to  his  sons,  and  to  all  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  thou  shalt  say  to  them : 
The  man  of  the  house  of  Israel,  and  of  the  stran- 
gers who  dwell  with  you,  that  offereth  his  oblation, 
either  paying  his  vows,  or  offering  of  his  own  ac- 
cord, whatsoever  it  be  which  he  presenteth  for  a 
holocaust  of  the  Lord, 

19  To  be  offered  by  you,  it  shall  be  a  male  with- 
out blemish  %  of  the  beeves,  or  of  the  sheep,  or  of 
the  goats. 

20  If  it  have  a  blemish,  you  shall  not  offer  it, 
neither  shall  it  be  acceptable. 

21  The  man  that  offereth  a  victim  of  peace- 
offerings  to  the  Lord,  either  paying  his  vows,  or 
offering  of  bis  own  accord,  whether  of  beeves  or  of 
sheep,  shall  offer  it  without  blemish,  that  it  may  be 
acceptable :  there  shall  be  no  blemish  in  it. 

22  If  it  be  blind,  or  broken,  or  have  a  scar,  or 
blisters,  or  a  scab,  or  a  dry  scurf;  you  shall  not 
offer  them  to  the  Lord,  nor  burn  anything  of  them 
upon  the  Lord's  altar. 

23  An  ox  or  a  sheep,  that  hath  the  ear  and  the 
tail  cut  off,  thou  mayest  offer  voluntarily :  but  a  vow 
may  not  be  paid  with  them. 

24  You  shall  not  offer  to  the  Lord  any  beast  that 
hath  the  testicles  bruised,  or  crushed,  or  cut  and 
taken  away :  neither  shall  you  do  any  such  thing  in 
your  land. 

25  You  shall  not  offer  bread  to  your  God,  from 
the  hand  of  a  stranger,  nor  any  other  thing  that  he 
would  give :  because  they  are  all  corrupted  and  de- 
filed :  you  shall  not  receive  them. 

26  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying : 

27  When  a  bullock,  or  a  sheep,  or  a  goat,  is 
brought  forth,  they  shall  be  seven  days  under  the 

rity  of  soul  we  are  to  approach  to  the  blessed  sacrament,  of  which 
these  moats  that  hid  been  offered  in  sacrifice  were  a  figure. 

\  Without  blemish.  To  teach  us  to  aim  at  perfection  in  all  our  offer- 
ings and  p  rformances. 

101 


i. i:\rncus. 


udder    of    their    dam:    l>nt     tin-    eighth    day,    and 
thenceforth  they  may  be  offered  to  the  Lord. 

Whether  ii  be  a  cow,  or  a  sheep,  they  shall 
not    Ik'   sacrificed  the  same  da)  with  their  young 

29  It  you  immolate  a  victim  for  thanksgiving  to 
the  Lord,  thai  lie  may  be  favourable, 

30  Von  shall  cat  it  tin-  aamn  day:  there  shall  not 

auv  ot  it  remain  until  the  morning  of  the  next  day. 

I  am  the  LonL 

31  Keep  my  commandments,  and  do  them.  1 
am  the  Lord. 

Profane  not  my  holy  name,  that  I  may  be 
sanctified  in  the  midst  of  the  children  of  Israel.  I 
am  the  Lord  who  sanctify  you, 

33  And   who   brought   yon  out  of  the   land   of 
pt,  that  I  might  l»-  your  God:  1  am  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  XXIII. 

Ibtly-dayt  to  be  kept. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying  : 
2    Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  thou 
shalt  say  to  them  :    These    are  the  (easts   of  the 
Lord,  which  yon  shall  call  holy. 

3  Six  davs  .shall  ye  do  work  ;  the  seventh  day, 
because  it  is  the  rest  of  the  sabbath,  shall  be  called 
holy.  You  shall  do  no  work  on  that  day  :  it  is  the 
sahliath  of  the  Lord  in  all  your  habitations. 

4  These  also  are  the  holy-days  of  the  Lord, 
which  you  must  celebrate  in  their  seasons. 

5  The  first  month,  the  fourteenth  day  of  the 
month  at  evening,  is  the  phase  of  the  Lord  : 

6  And  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  same  month  is 
the  solemnity  of  the  unleavened  bread  of  the  Lord. 
Seven  days  shall  you  eat  unleavened  bread. 

7  The  first  day  shall  he  most  solemn  unto  you, 
and  holy:  you  shall  do  no  sen .  ile  work  therein  : 

8  I  Jut  you  shall  offer  sacrifice  in  fire  to  the  Lord 
seven  days.  And  the  seventh  day  shall  he  more 
solemn,  and  more  holy:  and  you  shall  do  no  servile 
work  therein. 

9  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Ifoses,  saying: 

10  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  thou 
shalt  say  to  them  :  When  you  shall  have  entered 
into  the  land  which  I  will  give  you,  and  shall  reap 
your  corn,  you  shall  bring  sheaves  of  ears,  the  first* 
fruits  of  your  harvest,  to  the  priest  : 

11  Who  shall  lift  up  the  sheaf  before  the  Lord, 
the  ne\t  day  after  the  sahhath,  that  it  may  he  ac- 
ceptable for  you,  and  shall  sanctify  it. 

1  J  And  on  the  same  davthat  the  sheaf  is  conse- 
crated,  a  lamb  without  blemish  of  the  first  year, 
Khali  he  killed  for  a  holocaust  of  the  Lord. 

13  And  the  libations  shall  be  offered  with  it,  two 
tenths  of  flour  tempered  with  oil,  for  a  burnt-offer- 
ing 01*  the  Lord,  and  a  most  s\\  i  ct  odour  :  libations 
also  of  wine,  tin'  fourth  part  of  a  hin. 

I  i-  You  shall  not  eat  either  bread,  or  narrhed 
corn,  or  frmnentv  of  the  harvest,  until  the  day  that 
yon  shall  offer  thereof  to  your  God.  It  is  a  pre- 
cept for  ever  throughout  your  generations,  ami  all 
your  dwelling*. 

15  Von  snail  count  therefore  from  the  morrovt 

I  OS 


after  tin-  sabbath,  wherein  yO0  offered  the  sheaf  o' 
the  first-fruits,  seven  lull  weeks. 

It!  Even  unto  the  morrow  alter  the  seventh  week 
be  expired,  that  is  to  say,  fifty  davs,  and  so  you 
shall  oiler  a  new   sacrifice  to  the  Lord. 

17  Out  of  all  your  dwellings,  two  loaves  of  the 
first-fruits,  of  two  tenths  of  floor  leavened,  which 
you  shall  bake  for  the  fust-fruits  of  the  Lord. 

18  And  yon  shall  oiler  with  the  loaves  seven 
lambs  without  blemish  of  the  first  \ear,  and  one 
calf  from  the  herd,  and  two  rams:  and  they  shall 
be  for  a  holocaust  with  their  libations,  for  a  most 
BWvet  odour  to  the  Lord. 

19  You  shall  oiler  also  a  buck-iioat  for  sin,  and 
two  lambs  of  the  first  vear  for  sacrifices  of  peace- 
ofl'erin-s. 

20  And  when  the  priest  hath  lifted  them  up 
with  the  loaves  of  the  lirst-fruits  before  the  Lord, 
they  shall  fall  to  his  use. 

21  And  you  shall  call  this  day  most  solemn,  and 
most  hol\.  You  shall  do  no  servile  work  therein. 
It  shall  he  an  everlasting  ordinance  in  all  your 
dwellings  and  generations. 

22  And  when  you  reap  the  corn  of  your  land, 
you  shall  not  cut  it  to  the  very  ground:  neither 
shall  you  gather  the  cars  that  remain:  but  you 
shall  leave  them  for  the  poor  and  for  the  Strangers. 
I  am  (he  Lord  vour  God. 

23  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying: 

24  Say  to  the  children  of  Israel  :  'The  seventh 
month,  on  the  first  day  of  die  month,  you  shall 
keep  a  sabbath,  a  memorial,  with  the  sound  of 
trumpets,  and  it  shall  be  called  holy. 

25  You  shall  do  no  servile  work  therein,  and 
VOO  shall  oiler  a  holocaust  to  the  Lord. 

26  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  510068,  saying: 

27  Upon  the  tenth  day  of  this  seventh  month 
shall  be  the  day  of  atonement :  it  shall  be  most  so- 
lemn, anil  shall  be  called  holy:  and  VOU  shall  afflict 
your  souls  on  that  day,  and  shall  oiler  a  holocaust 
to  the  Lord. 

28  You  shall  do  no  servile  work  in  the  time  of 
this  day:  because  it  is  a  dav  of  propitiation,  that 
the  Lord  your  God  may  be  merciful  unto  vou. 

29  Every  soul  that  is  not  afflicted  on  this  day, 
shall  perish  from  anions  his  people: 

30  And  every  soul  that  shall  do  any  work,  the 
same  will  1  destroy  from  among  his  people. 

31  ^  on  shall  do  no  work  therefore  on  that  day: 
it  shall  be  an  everlasting  ordinance  unto  you  in  all 

your  generations,  and  dwellings. 

38  It  is  a  sabbath  of  rest,  and  von  shall  afflict 
vour  souls  beginning  on  the  ninth  da\  of  the  month  : 
from  evening  Until  evening  you  shall  celebrate  vour 
sabbaths. 

\nd  the  Lord  snake  to  Most  -.  saying  : 

34  Say  to  the  children  of  Israel:  Tioin  the  fif- 
teenth day  of  this  same  seventh  month,  shall  be  kept 
the  feast  of  tabernacles  seven  davs  to  the  Lord. 

.'•')  'The    first    dav  shall    be  called    most    solemn 
and  most  holy:  you  shall  do  no  Rervile  work  there 
in.      And  seven  davs    von  shall  offer   holocausts  to 
the  Lord. 


CHAP.  XXIV,  XXV. 


36  The  eighth  day  also  shall  he  most  solemn 
and  most  holy,  and  you  shall  offer  holocausts  to  the 
1  ,ord :  for  it  is  the  day  of  assembly  and  congrega- 
tion: you  shall  do  no  servile  work  therein. 

37  These  are  the  feasts  of  the  Lord,  which  you 
shall  call  most  solemn  and  most  holy,  and  shall 
offer  on  them  oblations  to  the  Lord,  holocausts  and 
libations  according  to  the  rite  of  every  day. 

38  Besides  the  sabbaths  of  the  Lord,  and  your 
gifts,  and  those  things  that  you  shall  offer  by  vow, 
or  which  you  shall  give  to  the  Lord  voluntarily. 

39  So  from  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  seventh 
month,  when  you  shall  have  gathered  in  all  the 
fruits  of  your  land,  you  shall  celebrate  the  feast  of 
the  Lord  seven  days :  on  the  first  day  and  the 
eighth  shall  be  a  sabbath,  that  is,  a  day  of  rest. 

40  And  you  shall  take  to  you  on  the  first  day  the 
fruits  of  the  fairest  tree,  and  branches  of  palm  trees, 
and  boughs  of  thick  trees,  and  willows  of  the  brook ; 
and  you  shall  rejoice  before  the  Lord  your  God. 

41  And  you  shall  keep  the  solemnity  thereof 
seven  days  in  the  year.  It  shall  be  an  everlasting 
ordinance  in  your  generations.  In  the  seventh  month 
shall  you  celebrate  this  feast : 

42  And  you  shall  dwell  in  bowers  seven  days : 
every  one  that  is  of  the  race  of  Israel,  shall  dwell 
in  tabernacles : 

43  That  your  posterity  may  know,  that  I  made 
the  children  of  Israel  to  dwell  in  tabernacles,  when 
I  brought  them  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt.  I  am  the 
Lord  your  God. 

44  And  Moses  spoke  concerning  the  feasts  of 
'he  Lord  to  the  children  of  Israel. 

CHAP.  XXIV. 

The  oil  for  the  lamps.     The  loaves  of  proposition.    The  punish- 
ment of  blasphemy. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying : 
2  Command  the  children  of  Israel,  that  they 
bring  unto  thee  the  finest  and  clearest  oil  of  olives, 
to  furnish  the  lamps  continually, 

3  Without  the  veil  of  the  testimony  in  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  covenant.  And  Aaron  shall  set  them 
from  evening  until  morning  before  the  Lord,  by  a 
perpetual  service  and  rite  in  your  generations. 
.  4  They  shall  be  set  upon  the  most  pure  candle- 
stick before  the  Lord  continually. 

5  Thou  shalt  take  also  fine  flour,  and  shalt  bake 
twelve  loaves  thereof:  two  tenths  shall  be  in  every 
loaf: 

6  And  thou  shalt  set  them  six  and  six  one 
against  another  upon  the  most  clean  table  before  the 
Lord  : 

7  And  thou  shalt  put  upon  them  (he  clearest 
frankincense,  that  the  bread  may  be  for  a  memorial 
of  the  oblation  of  the  Lord. 

8  Every  sabbath  they  shall  be  changed  before 
the  Lord,  being  received  of  the  children  of  Israel 
by  an  everlasting  covenant  ; 

9  And  they  shall  be  Anion's  and  his  sons,  that 
they  may  eat  them  in  the  holy  place:  because  it  is 
most  holy  of  the  sacrifices  of  the  Lord  by  a  perpe- 
tual right. 


10  And  behold,  there  went  out  the  son  of  a 
woman  of  Israel,  whom  she  had  of  an  Egyptian, 
among  the  children  of  Israel,  and  fell  at  words  in 
the  camp  with  a  man  of  Israel. 

11  And  when  he  had  blasphemed  the  Name, 
and  had  cursed  it,  he  was  brought  to  Moses :  (now 
his  mother  was  called  Salumkh,  the  daughter  of 
Dabri  of  the  tribe  of  Dan  :) 

12  And  they  put  him  into  prison,  till  they  might 
know  what  the  Lord  would  command. 

13  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 

14  Saying  :  Bring  forth  the  blasphemer  without 
the  camp  ;  and  let  them  that  heard  him,  put  their 
hands  upon  his  head;  and  let  all  the  people  stone 
him. 

15  And  thou  shalt  speak  to  the  children  of  Israel  • 
The  man  that  curseth  his  God,  shall  bear  his  sin  : 

16  And  he  that  blasphemeth  the  name  of  the 
Lord,  dying  let  him  die :  all  the  multitude  shall 
stone  him,  whether  he  be  a  native  or  a  stranger. 
He  that  blasphemeth  the  name  of  the  Lord,  dying 
let  him  die. 

17  He  that  striked),  and  killeth  a  man,  dying 
let  him  die. 

18  He  that  killeth  a  beast,  shall  make  it  good, 
that  is  to  say,  shall  give  beast  for  beast. 

19  He  that  giveth  a  blemish  to  any  of  his  neigh- 
bours ;  as  he  hath  done,  so  shall  it  be  done  to  him  : 

20  Breach  for  breach,  eye  for  eye,  tooth  for 
tooth,  shall  he  restore.  What  blemish  he  gave,  the 
like  shall  he  be  compelled  to  suffer. 

21  He  that  striketh  a  beast,  shall  render  another. 
He  that  striketh  a  man,  shall  be  punished. 

22  Let  there  be  equal  judgment  among  you, 
whether  he  be  a  stranger,  or  a  native  that  offends  ' 
because  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

23  And  Moses  spoke  to  the  children  of  Israel : 
and  they  brought  forth  him  that  had  blasphemed, 
without  the  camp,  and  they  stoned  him.  And  the 
children  of  Israel  did  as  the  Lord  had  commanded 
Moses. 

CHAP.  XXV. 

The  law  of  the  seventh  and  of  the  fiftieth  year  of  jubilee. 

X  ND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  in  mount  Sinai, 
-^*-  saying : 

2  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  thou  shalt 
say  to  them  :  When  you  shall  have  entered  into  the 
land  which  I  will  give  you,  observe  the  rest  of  the 
sabbath  to  the  Lord. 

3  Six  years  thou  shalt  sow  thy  field,  and  six 
years  thou  shalt  prune  thy  vineyard,  and  shalt  ga- 
ther the  fruits  thereof : 

4  But  in  the  seventh  year  there  shall  be  a  sab- 
bath to  the  land,  of  the  resting  of  the  Lord  :  thou 
shalt  not  sow  thy  field,  nor  prune  thy  vineyard. 

5  What  the  ground  shall  bring  forth  of  itself, 
thou  shalt  not  reap:  neither  shalt  thou  gather  the 
grapes  of  the  first-fruits  as  a  vintage  :  for  it  is  a 
year  of  rest  to  the  land  : 

6  But  they  shall  be  unto  you  for  meat,  to  thee 
and  to  thy  man-servant,  to  thy  maid-servant  and  thy 
hireling,  and  to  the  strangers  that  sojourn  with  thee* 

lt'3 


LEVITICI 

shall   Ik-   meat   to    thv 


7  All  thine*  that   now 
rti  and  td  thy  cattle. 

8  Thou  shalt  also  number  to  thee  seven  weeks 
of  years,  that  is  In  -.en   times  seven,  which 

ther  make  forty-nine  years  : 
\ul    thou    shalt    sound    the    trumpet    in    the 
SSVetttfa  month,  the  tenth  day  of  the  month,  in  the 
time  of  the  expiation  in  all  your  land. 

10  And  thoil  shalt  sanctify  the  fiftieth  year,  and 
shalt  proclaim  omission*  to  all  the  inhabitants  oi 
tin  land:  for  it  is  the  year  of  jubilee.  Every  man 
-•hall   return  to  his  possession,  and  every  one  shall 

back  to  his  former  family : 

1 1  Because  it  is  the  jubilee  and  the  fiftieth  year. 

Vnii  shall  not  sou,  nor  leap  the  things  that  ETOn 
ill  the  field  of  their  own  accord,  neither  shall  you 
gatnei  the  first-fruits  of  the  fines, 

1 1  Because  of  the  mnctincatiou  of  the  jubilee: 

but  as  they  grow  you  shall  presently  eat  them. 

1-1  In  the  fear  of  the  jubilee  all  shall  return  to 
their  possessions. 

I  V  Whin  thou  shalt  sell  any  thing  to  thy  neigh- 
lionr,  or  shalt  buy  of  him,  grieve  not  thy  brother  : 
but  thou  shalt  buy  of  him  according  to  the  Dumber 
of  years  from  the  jubilee. 

1")  And  he  shall  sell  to  thee  according  to  the 
computation  of  the  fruits. 

Iti  The  e  years  remain  alter  the  jubilee,  the 

more  shall  the  price  increase:  and  the  less  time  is 
counted,  so  much  the  less  shall  the  purchase  cost. 
I'm  he  shall  sell  to  thee  the  time  of  the  fruits. 

17  Do  not  afflict  your  countrymen,  but  let  every 
one  fear  his  God:  because  I  am  the  Lord  yonr  ( tod 

18  Do  my  precepts,  and  keen  my  judgments. 
and  fulfil  them  :  that  you  may  dwell  in  the  land 
without  any  fear, 

19  Andtlie  ground  mayyieldyou  its  fruits,  of  which 
you  man  eal  your  fill,  fearing  no  man's  invasion. 

20  But  if   >ou  say:    What  shall   we   eat   the 
nth  year,  if  we  sow  not,  nor  gather  our  fruits  r 

21  I  will  give  you  my  blessing  the  sixth  year, 
and  it  shall  yield  the  fruits  of  three  years. 

22  And  the  eighth  year  yen  shall  sow,  and  shall 
eat  of  the  old  fruits,  until  tin1  ninth  year :  till  new 
grow  til',  you  shall  eat  the  old  store. 

23  The  land  also  shall  not  be  sold  for  ever:  be- 
cause it  is  mine,  and  you  are  strangers  and  so- 
journers with  me. 

24  For  which  cause  all  the  country  of  vour  pos- 
session shall  he  under  the  condition  of  redemption. 

25  If  thy  brother  being  impoverished  sell  his 
little  possession,  and  his  kinsman  will,  he  may  re- 
deem  W  hat  he  had  sold. 

liut  if  he  have  no  kinsman,  and   he  himself 
can  find  the  price  to  redeem  it : 

The  value  of  the  fruits  shall  be  counted  from 
(hat  tune  when  he  sold  it  :  and  the  om ■rplus  lie  shall 

restore  to  the  buyer,  and  so  shall  receive  his  pos- 
session  again. 

•  Rmiitbm.     That  i  il  rptra*c  and  Hiw-lianr*'   from  debt* 

and  bondage,  and  a  rrin«tatin?  <>(  m  r\  man  in   liia  former  pnsara- 

101 


28  liut  if  his  bands  find  ant  the  means  to  repay 
the  price,  the  buyer  shall  have  what  he  bought,  un- 
til the  year  of  the  jubilee.  for  in  that  year  all  that 
is  sold  shall  return  to  the  owner,  and  to  (he  ancient 
possessor. 

I  lie  that  selleth  B  house  within  the  walls  of  a 
city,  shall  have  the  liberty  to  redeem  it,  until  one 
\ear  be  expired  : 

30  If  he  redeem  it  not,  and  the  whole  year  l»e 
fully  out,  the  buyer  shall  possess  it.  and  his  poste- 
rity for  ever;  and  it  cannot  be  redeemed,  not  SVCO 
in  the  jubilee. 

31  But  it'  the  house  lie  in  a  village,  that  hath  no 
walls,  it  shall  be  sold  according  to  the  same  law  St 
the  fields:  It'il  be  not  redeemed  before,  in  the  jubi- 
lee it  shall  return  to  the  owner. 

32  The  houses  of  Levitts,  w  hich  are  in  cities, 
may  always  be  redeemed  : 

33  If  they  be  not  redeemed,  in  the  jubilee  they 
shall  all  return  to  the  owners  ;  because  the  houses 
of  the  cities  of  the  Levites  are  tor  their  possessions 
among  the  children  of  Israel. 

34  But  let  not  their  suburbs  be  sold,  because  it  is' 
a  perpetual  possession. 

.'>")  If  thy  brother  be  impoverished,  and  weak  of 
hand,  and  thou  receive  him  as  a  stranger  and  so- 
journer, and  he  live  with  thee, 

36  Take  not  usury  of  him,  nor  more  than  thou 
BSVest:  fear  thy  God,  that  tin  brother  may  live  with 
thee. 

37  Thou  shalt  not  give  him  thy  money  U|K>n' 
usury,  nor  exact  of  him  any  increase  of  fruits. 

38  I  am  the  Lord  your  God  who  brought  you  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt,  that  I  might  give  you  the 
land  of  Chanaan.  and  might  be  vour  (Jod. 

39  If  thy  brother  constrained  by  poverty,  sell 
himself  to  thee,  thou  shalt  not  Oppress  him  w  it Ii  the 
ten  ice  of  bond-servants  : 

40  But  he  shall  be  as  a  hireling,  and  a  so- 
journer: he  shall  work  with  thee  until  the  year  of 
the  jubilee. 

)\  And  afterwards  he  shall  go  out  with  his 
children,  and  shall  return  to  his  kindred  and  to  the 
possession  Of  his  fathers. 

42  For  they  are  my  servants,  and  I  brought  them 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt;  let  them  not  be  sold  as 
bond-men  : 

43  Afflict  him  not  by  might,  but  fear  thy  Got!. 

44  Let  your  bond-men,  and  your  hond-wonn  n, 
be  of  the  nations  that  are  round  shout  you. 

46  And  of  the  strangers  that  sojourn  among  you, 
or  that  were  l>om  of  them  in  your  land,  these  you 
shall  have  for  servants  : 

46  And  by  right  of  inheritance  shall  leave  them 
to  your  posterity,  and  shall  possess  them  for  ever. 
But  oppress  not  your  brethren  the  children  of  Israel 
by  might 

47  If  the  hand  of  a  stranger  or  a  sojourner  grow 
strong  among  you,  and  thy  brother  being  impover- 
ished sell  himself  to  him,  or  to  any  ol  his  race; 

M  Alter  the  sale  he  may  be  redeemed.    He  that 

will  ot  his  brethren  shall  redeem  him; 

i'.»  Either  bin  uncle,  or  his  uncle's  son,  or  bis 


CHAP.  XXVI. 


kinsman,  by  blood,  or  by  affinity.     But  if  he  him- 
self be  able  also,  he  shall  redeem  himself, 

50  Counting  only  the  years  from  the  time  of  his 
Belling  unto  the  year  of  the  jubilee  :  and  counting 
t lie  money,  that  he  was  sold  for,  according  to  the 
number  of  the  years  and  the  reckoning  of  a  hired 
servant. 

51  If  there  be  many  years  that  remain  until  the 
jubilee,  according  to  them  shall  he  also  repay  the 

price. 

52  If  few  he  shall  make  the  reckoning  with  him 
according  to  the  number  of  the  years,  and  shall  re- 
pay to  the  buyer  of  what  remained)  of  the  years, 

53  His  wages  being  allowed  for  which  he  served 
before:  he  shall  not  afflict  him  violently  in  thy 
sight. 

54  And  if  by  these  means  he  cannot  be  redeem- 
ed, in  the  year  of  the  jubilee  he  shall  go  out  with 
his  children. 

55  For  the  children  of  Israel  are  my  servants, 
whom  I  brought  forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

CHAP.  XXVI. 

GocFs  promises  to  them  that  keep  his  commandments.     And  the 
many  punishments  with  which  he  threatens  transgressors. 

I  AM  the  Lord  your  God :  you  shall  not  make 
to  yourselves  any  idol  or  graven  thing,  neither 
shall  you  erect  pillars,  nor  set  up  a  remarkable  stone 
in  your  land,  to  adore  it :  for  I  am  the  Lord  your 
God. 

2  Keep  my  sabbaths,  and  reverence  my  sanc- 
tuary :  I  am  the  Lord. 

3  If  you  walk  in  my  precepts,  and  keep  my 
commandments,  and  do  them,  I  will  give  you  rain 
in  due  seasons : 

4  And  the  ground  shall  bring  forth  its  increase, 
and  the  trees  shall  be  filled  with  fruit. 

5  The  threshing  of  your  harvest  shall  reach  unto 
the  vintage,  and  the  vintage  shall  reach  unto  the 
sowing-time :  and  you  shall  eat  your  bread  to  the 
full,  and  dwell  in  your  land  without  fear. 

6  I  will  give  peace  in  your  coasts  :  you  shall 
sleep,  and  there  shall  be  none  to  make  you  afraid. 
I  will  take  away  evil  beasts :  and  the  sword  shall 
not  pass  through  your  quarters. 

7  You  shall  pursue  your  enemies,  and  they  shall 
fall  before  you. 

8  Five  of  you  shall  pursue  a  hundred  others, 
and  a  hundred  of  you  ten  thousand :  your  enemies 
shall  fall  before  you  by  the  sword. 

9  I  will  look  on  you,  and  make  you  increase  : 
you  shall  be  multiplied,  and  I  will  establish  my 
covenant  with  you. 

10  You  shall  eat  the  oldest  of  the  old  store,  and, 
new  coming  on,  you  shall  cast  away  the  old. 

Ill  will  set  my  tabernacle  in  the  midst  of  you ; 
and  my  soul  shall  not  cast  you  off. 

12  1  .will  walk  among  you,  and  will  be  your 
God  ;  and  you  shall  be  my  people. 

13  I  am  the  Lord  your  God,  who  have  brought 
you  out  of  the  land  of  the  Egyptians,  that  you 
should  not  serve  them,  and  who  have  broken  the 
chains  of  your  necks,  that  you  might  go  upright. 

o 


14  But  if  you  will  not  hear  me,  nor  do  all  my 
commandments, 

15  If  you  despise  my  laws,  and  contemn  my 
judgments  so  as  not  to  do  those  things  which  are 
appointed  by  me,  and  to  make  void  my  covenant : 

16  1  also  will  do  these  things  to  you:  I  will 
quickly  visit  you  with  poverty,  and  burning  heat, 
which  shall  waste  your  eyes,  and  consume  your 
lives.  You  shall  sow  your  seed  in  vain,  which  shall 
be  devoured  by  your  enemies. 

17  1  will  set  my  face  against  you ;  and  you  shall 
fall  down  before  your  enemies,  and  shall  be  made 
subject  to  them  that  hate  you  :  you  shall  flee  when 
no  man  pursueth  you. 

18  But  if  you  will  not  yet  for  all  this  obey  me,  I 
will  chastise  you  seven  times  more  for  your  sins  : 

19  And  I  will  break  the  pride  of  your  stubborn- 
ness ;  and  1  will  make  to  you  the  heaven  above  as 
iron,  and  the  earth  as  brass : 

20  Your  labour  shall  be  spent  in  vain :  the  ground 
shall  not  bring  forth  her  increase,  nor  the  trees  yield 
their  fruit. 

21  If  you  walk  contrary  to  me,  and  will  not 
hearken  to  me,  I  will  bring  seven  times  more 
plagues  upon  you  for  your  sins  : 

22  And  I  will  send  in  upon  you  the  beasts  of  the 
field,  to  destroy  you  and  your  cattle,  and  make  you  few 
in  number,  and  that  your  highways  may  be  desolate. 

23  And  if  even  so  you  will  not  amend,  but  will 
walk  contrary  to  me  : 

24  "I  also  will  walk  contrary  to  you,  and  will 
strike  you  seven  times  for  your  sins. 

25  And  I  will  bring  in  upon  you  the  sword  that 
shall  avenge  my  covenant.  And  when  you  shall  flee 
into  the  cities,  I  will  send  the  pestilence  in  the  midst 
of  you,  and  you  shall  be  delivered  into  the  hands  of 
your  enemies, 

26  After  I  shall  have  broken  the  staff  of  your 
bread:  so  that  ten  women  shall  bake  your  bread  in 
one  oven,  and  give  it  out  by  weight :  and  you  shall 
eat,  and  shall  not  be  filled. 

27  But  if  you  will  not  for  all  this  hearken  to  me, 
but  will  walk  against  me  : 

28  I  will  also  go  against  you  with  opposite  fury; 
and  I  will  chastise  you  with  seven  plagues  for  your 
sins, 

29  So  that  you  shall  eat  the  flesh  of  your  sons 
and  of  your  daughters. 

30  I  will  destroy  your  high  places,  and  break 
your  idols.  You  shall  fall  among  the  ruins  of  your 
idols ;  and  my  soul  shall  abhor  you, 

31  Insomuch  that  I  will  bring  your  cities  to  be  a 
wilderness,  and  I  will  make  your  sanctuaries  deso- 
late, and  will  receive  no  more  your  sweet  odours. 

32  And  I  will  destroy  your  land,  and  your  ene- 
mies shall  be  astonished  at  it,  when  they  shall  be 
the  inhabitants  thereof. 

33  And  I  will  scatter  you  among  the  gentiles , 
and  I  will  draw  out  the  sword  after  you ;  and  your 
land  shall  be  desert,  and  your  cities  destroyed. 

34  Then  shall  the  land  enjoy  her  sabbaths  all  the 
days  of  her  desolation :  when  you  shall  be 

35  In  the  enemies'  land,  she  shall  keep  a  sab- 

105 


LEVITICUS. 


bath,  and  rest  in  the  ■nlllfllm  of  llllf  lIllJitMIU.  btl 

rausc  she  did  not  rest  in  your  sal)  bat  ha  when  you 
dwelt  therein. 

\nd  as  to  then  that  shall  remain  of  von.  I  w  ill 

Send   few  in  their   hearts  in    the  countries  of  their 

uiies:   the  sound   of  a   flying   leaf  shall    terrify 

them:  ami  th<\  shall  llee  as  it  urn-  from  the  sword: 

ihev  shall  fall,  when  no  man  puisuelh  them: 

37  And  they  shall  every  one  fall  upon  their  bre- 
thren, as  finning  from  wars:  none  of  \ou  shall  dare 
to  rt»isi  your  enemi 

You  shall  perish  annum  the  gentiles,  and  an 


pen 

all  c< 


enemy's  land  shall  consume  you 

^  39  And  if  of  them  also  some  remain,  they  shall 
pine  awav  in  their  iniquities,  in  the  land  of  their 
enemies,  and  thev  shall  be  afflicted  for  the  sins  of 
their  fathers,  and  their  own  : 

•40  Until  they  confess  their  iniquities  and  the 
iniquities  of  their  ancestors,  whereby  they  have 
transgressed  against  me,  and  walked  contrary  unto 
me. 

VI  Therefore  I  also  will  walk  against  them,  and 
bring  them  into  their  enemies'  land,  until  their  un- 
cireimuised  mind  be  ashamed:  then  shall  they  pray 
for  their  sins. 

42  And  I  will  remember  my  covenant,  that  I 
made  with  Jacob,  and  Isaac,  and  Abraham.  I  will 
remember  also  the  land, 

43  Which  when  she  shall  be  left  by  them,  shall 
enjoy  her  sabbaths,  being  desolate  for  them.  But 
they  shall  pray  for  their  sins,  because  they  rejected 
m\  judgments,  and  despised  my  laws. 

41.  And  yet  for  all  that  when  they  were  in  the 
land  of  their  enemies,  1  did  not  cast  them  off  alto- 
gether; neither  did  1  so  despise  them  that  they 
should  be  QUlte  consumed,  and  1  should  make  void 
inv  covenant  with  them.     For  I  am  the  Lord  their 

I  i  And  1  will  remember  my  former  covenant, 
when  I  brought  them  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  in 
the  light  of  the  gentiles,  to  be  their  God.  1  am  the 
I^onl.  These  are  the  judgments,  and  precepts,  and 
laws,  which  the  Lord  gave  between  him  and  the 
children  of  Israel  in  mount  Sinai  by  the  hand  of 
.Mo 

CHAP.   WVI1. 

Of  VOWS  nml  tit  hi  *. 

\  ND  the  Lord  spoke  to   V  savins;: 

-£*-  1  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  thou 
shaltsay  to  them:  The  man  that  shall  have  made  a 
vow,  anil  promised  his  sonl  to  God,  shall  give  the 
price  according  to  estimation. 

.5  If  it  be  a  man  from  t\\ent\  yean  old  unto  lixtj 

is  old.  he  shall  pre  tifi\  sid,  s  of  silver,  after  the 
weight  «>f  the  sanctuary : 
\    If  a  woman,  thirty. 

5  I'-nt  from  the  fifth  year  until  the  twentieth,  a 
man  shall  give  twenty  sicles  j   a  woman,  ten. 

6  Prom  one  month  until  the  fifth  year,  for  a  male 
shall  he  given  five  tides;  for  a  female,  three. 

7  A    man  that    is    sixty    yean    qM    or  upwards. 

shall  give  fifteen  sicles  \  a  woman,  ten. 

too 


8  If  he  be  poor,  and  not  able  to  pay  the  e>tima 
tion,  he  shall  stand  before  the  priest:   and  as  much 
BS  he  shall  value  him  at.  and  see  him  able   io   | 

so  much  shall  lie  ui\e. 

9  But  a  beast, thai  may  be  sacrificed  to  the  Lord, 
if  any  one  shall  vow.  shall  be  holy: 

10  And  cannot  be  changed,  that  is  to  say,  neither 
a  better  for  a  worse,  nor  a  worse  for  a  better.  And 
if  he  shall  change  it.  both  that  which  was  changed, 
and  that  for  which  it  was  changed,  shall  be  conse- 
crated to  the  Lord. 

11  An  unclean  beast,  which  cannot  be  sacrificed 
to  the  Lord,  if  an\  man  shall  vow,  shall  be  brought 
before  the  priest : 

1 1  Who  judging  whether  it  be  good  or  bad,  shall 
set  the  price  : 

13  Which  if  he  that  offered)  it  will  give,  he  shall 
add  above  the  estimation  the  fifth  part. 

14  If  a  man  shall  vow  his  house,  and  sanctify  it 
to  the  Lord,  the  priest  shall  consider  it,  whether  it 
be  good  or  bad,  and  it  shall  be  sold  according  to  the 
price,  which  he  shall  appoint. 

15  But  if  he  that  vowed,  will  redeem  it,  be  shall 
give  the  fifth  part  of  the  estimation  over  and  abo\e. 
and  shall  have  the  house. 

16  And  if  he  \ow  the  field  of  his  possession,  and 
consecrate  it  to  the  Lord,  the  price  shall  be  rated 
according  to  the  measure  of  the  seed.  If  the  DOUfKi 
l.e  sowed  with  thirty  bushels  of  barley,  let  it  be  sold 

for  fiftv  sicles  of  silver. 

17  If  he  vow  his  field  immediately  from  the  year 
of  jubilee  that  is  beginning,  as  much  as  it  may  bo 
worth,  at  so  much  it  shall  be  rated. 

18  Hut  If  tome  time  after,  the  priest  shall  reckon 
themonev  according  to  the  number  of  _\ ears  that  re- 
main until  the  jubilee,  and  the  price  shall  be  abated, 

19  And  if  he  that  had  vowed,  will  redeem  nis 
field,  he  shall  add  the  fifth  part  of  the  inone\  of  the 
estimation,  and  shall  possess  it 

20  And  if  he  will  not  redeem  it,  but  it  be  sold 
to  any  other  man,  he  that  rowed  it,  mn\  not  redeem 
it  any  more: 

21  For  when  the  day  of  jubilee  cometh.  it  shall 
be  sanctified  to  the  Lord,  and  tis  a  possession  con- 
secrated pertaineth  to  the  right  of  the  priests. 

22  If  a  field  that  was  bought  and  not  of  a  man's 
ancestors'  possession,  be  sanctified  to  the  Lord, 

23  The  priest  shall  reckon  the  price  according  to 
the  number  of  \ears  unto  tin-  jubilee  :  and  he  that 
hail  vowed,  shall  give  that  to  the  Lord. 

21  But  in  the  jubilee,  it  shall  return  to  tin-  foj- 
mer  owner,  who  had  sokj  it.  and  had  it  in  the  lot  of 

his  possession. 

25  All  estimation  shall  be  made  Recording  to  the 
vide  of  the  sanctuary.       \    side  hath  twenty  obols. 

26  The  first-born,  which  belong  to  the  Lord,  no 
man  may  sanctify  and  vow  :  whether  it  be  bullock, 
or  sheep,  they  are  the  Lord's. 

27  And  if  it  be  an  unclean  beast,  he  that  offer- 
eth it  shall  redeem  it.  according  to  thy  estimation, 
and  shall  add  the  fifth  part  of  the  price.  If  he  w  ill 
not    redeem   it.  it  shall  br  sold  to  another  for  how 

much  soevt  r  it  s\as  estimated  by  thee. 


CHAP.  I. 


28  Any  thing  that  is  devoted  to  the  Lord, 
whether  it  be  man,  or  beast,  or  field,  shall  not  be 
sold,  neither  may  it  be  redeemed.  Whatsoever  is 
once  consecrated  shall  be  holy  of  holies  to  the  Lord. 

29  And  any  consecration  that  is  offered  by  man, 
shall  not  be  redeemed,  but  dying  shall  die. 

30  All  tithes  of  the  land,  whether  of  corn,  or  of 
the  fruits  of  trees,  are  the  Lord's,  and  are  sanctified 
to  him. 

31  And  if  any  man  will  redeem  his  tithes,  he 
shall  add  the  filth  part  of  them. 


32  Of  all  the  tithes  of  oxen,  and  sheep,  and 
goats,  that  pass  under  the  shepherd's  rod,  every 
tenth  that  cometh  shall  be  sanctified  to  the  Lord. 

33  It  shall  not  be  chosen  neither  good  nor  bad, 
neither  shall  it  be  changed  for  another.  If  any 
man  change  it:  both  that  which  was  changed,  and 
that  for  which  it  was  changed,  shall  be  sanctified 
to  the  Lord,  and  shall  not  be  redeemed. 

34  These  are  the  precepts  which  the  Lord  com- 
manded Moses  for  the  children  of  Israel  in  .mount 
Sinai. 


THE  BOOK  OF  NUMBERS. 


This  fourth  book  of  Moses  is  called  Numbers,  because  it  begins 
with  the  numbering  of  the  people.  The  Hebrews  from  its  first 
words  call  it  Vaiedabber.  It  contains  the  transactions  of  the 
Israelites  from  the  second  month  of  the  second  year  after  their 
going  out  of  Egypt,  until  the  beginning  of  the  eleventh  month 
of  the  fortieth  year,  that  is,  a  history  almost  of  thirty-nine 
years. 

CHAP.  I. 

The  children  of  Israel  are  numbered  ;  the  Levites  are  designed 
to  serve  the  tabernacle. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  in  the  desert  of 
Sinai,  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant,  the 
first  day  of  the  second  month,  the  second  year  of 
their  going  out  of  Egypt,  saying  : 

2  Take  the  sum  of  all  the  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Israe.  by  their  families,  and  houses, 
and  the  names  of  every  one,  as  many  as  are  of  the 
male  sex, 

3  From  twenty  years  old  and  upwards,  of  all 
the  men  of  Israel  fit  for  war,  and  you  shall  number 
them  by  their  troops,  thou  and  Aaron. 

4  And  there  shall  be  with  you  the  princes  of  the 
tribes,  and  of  the  houses  in  their  kindreds, 

5  Whose  names  are  these :  Of  Ruben,  Elisur 
the  son  of  Sedeur. 

6  Of  Simeon,  Salamiel  the  son  of  Surisaddai. 

7  Of  Juda,  Nahasson  the  son  of  Aminadab. 

8  Of  Issachar,  Nathanael  the  son  of  Suar. 

9  Of  Zabulon,  Eliab  the  son  of  Helon. 

10  And  of  the  sons  of  Joseph  :  of  Ephraim,  Eli- 
sama  the  son  of  Ammiud  :  of  Manasses,  Gamaliel 
the  son  of  Phadassur. 

11  Of  Benjamin,  Abidan  the  son  of  Gedeon. 

12  Of  Dan,  Ahiezer  the  son  of  Ammisaddai. 

13  Of  Aser,  Phegiel  the  son  of  Ochran. 

14  Of  Gad,  Eliasaph  the  son  of  Duel. 

15  Of  Nephtali,  Ahira  the  son  of  Enan. 

1G  These  are  the  most  noble  princes  of  the 
multitude  by  their  tribes  and  kindreds,  and  the 
chiefs  of  the  army  of  Israel : 

17  Whom  Moses  and  Aaron  took  with  all  the 
multitude  of  the  common  people  ; 

13  And  assembled  (hem  on  the  first  day  of  the 


second  month,  reckoning  them  up  by  the  kindreds, 
and  houses,  and  families,  and  heads,  and  names  ot 
every  one  from  twenty  years  old  and  upward, 

19  As  the  Lord  had  commanded  Moses.  And 
they  were  numbered  in  the  desert  of  Sinai. 

20  Of  Ruben  the  eldest  son  of  Israel,  by  their 
generations  and  families  and  houses,  and  names  of 
every  head,  all  that  were  of  the  male  sex,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  that  were  able  to  go 
forth  to  war, 

"21  Were  forty-six  thousand  five  hundred. 

22  Of  the  sons  of  Simeon  by  their  generations 
and  families,  and  houses  of  their  kindreds,  were 
reckoned  up  by  the  names  and  heads  of  every  one, 
all  that  were  of  the  male  sex,  from  twenty  years 
old  and  upward,  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war. 

23  Fifty-nine  thousand  three  hundred. 

24  Of  the  sons  of  Gad,  by  their  generations  and 
families,  and  houses  of  their  kindreds,  were  reckon- 
ed up  by  the  names  of  every  one  from  twenty 
years  old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go  forth 
to  war, 

25  Forty-five  thousand  six  hundred  and  fifty. 

26  Of  the  sons  of  Juda,  by  their  generations  and 
families,  and  houses  of  their  kindreds,  by  the  names 
of  every  one  from  twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all 
that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war, 

27  Were  reckoned  up  seventy-four  thousand  six 
hundred. 

28  Of  the  sons  of  Issachar,  by  their  generations 
and  families,  and  houses  of  their  kindreds,  by  the 
names  of  every  one  from  twenty  years  old  and  up- 
ward, all  that  could  go  forth  to  war, 

29  Were  reckoned  up  fifty-four  thousand  four 
hundred. 

30  Of  the  sons  of  Zabulon,  by  their  generations 
and  families,  and  houses  of  their  kindreds,  were 
reckoned  up  by  the  names  of  every  one  from  twen- 
ty-years old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go 
forth  to  war, 

31  Fifty-seven  thousand  four  hundred. 

32  Of  the  sons  of  Joseph,  namely  of  the  sons  of 
Ephraim,    by  the  generations   and    families,    and 


M  MBERS. 


houses  of  their  kiiulr«*»U.  WON  reckoned  Dp  by  the 
names  of  every  one,  from   twenty  yean  old  and 
upward,  all  thai  were  able  to  cofofta  to  war, 
33  Forty  thousand  live  hundred. 

r  of  the  >ons  of  Manasses.  by  tin- 
generations  and  families  and  houses  of  their  kin- 
dreds, were  reckoned  up  by  the  names  of  every  one 
from  twenty  yean  old  and  upwards  all  thai  could 
go  forth  to  war. 

35  Thirty-two  thousand  two  hundred. 

36  Of  i In- sons  of  Benjamin,  by  their  genera- 
tions and  families  and  houses  of  their  kindreds, 

were  reckoned  Op  by  the  names  of  even  one  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to 
go  forth  to  war, 

37  Thirty-live  thousand  four  hundred. 

38  Of  the  sons  of  Dan,  by  their  generations 
and  families  and  houses  of  their  kindreds,  wen 
reckoned  up  by  the  names  of  every  one  from  twen- 
ty yean  old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go 
forth  to  war, 

39  Sixty-tWO  thousand  seven  hundred. 

40  Of  the  sons  of  Aser,  bv  their  generations  and 
families  and  houses  of  their  kindreds,  were  reckoned 
uj)  by  the  names  of  every  one  from  twenty  years 
old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war. 

41  Forty-one  thousand  five  hundred. 

1 2  Of  the  sons  of  Nephtali,  by  their  generations 
and  families  and  houses  of  their  kindreds,  were 
reckoned  up  by  the  names  of  every  one  from  twen- 
t\  yean  old  and  upward,  all.  that  Were  able  to  go 
forth  to  war, 

43  Fifty-three  thousand  four  hundred. 

1  I  These  are  they  who  were  numbered  by  Moses 
and  Aaron,  and  the  twelve  princes  of  Israel,  every 
one  by  the  houses  of  their  kindreds. 

45  And  the  whole  number  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael by  their  houses  and  families,  from  twenty  years 
old  and  upward,  that  were  able  to  go  to  war, 

4(3  Were  six  hundred  und  three  thousand  five 
hundred  and  fifty  men. 

47  But  the  Levites  in  the  tribes  of  their  families 
were  not  numbered  with  them. 

48  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  sayhm  : 

49  Number  not  the  tribe  of  Levi :  neither  shall  thou 
put  down  the  sum  of  them  with  the  children  of  Israel: 

50  But  appoint  them  over  the  tabernacle  of  the 
testimony]  and  all  the  vessels  thereof]  and  whatso- 
ever pertatneth  to  the  ceremonies.  They  shall 
carry  the  tabernacle,  and  all  the  furniture  thereof: 
and  they  shall  minister,  and  shall  eneamp  round 
about  the  tabernacle. 

51  When  you  are  to  go  forward,  the  Levites  shall 
take  down  the  tabernacle:  when  you  are  to  camp, 
they  shall  set  it  up.  What  stranger  soever  comet h 
tt.  it,  shall  be  slam. 

.'»J  And  the  children  of  Israel  shall  camp  every 
man  bv  his  troops  and  hands  and  army. 

DUt  the  Levites  shall  pitch  their  tents  round 
about  the  tabernacle,  lest  there  come  indignation 
u|K)n  the  multitude  of  the  children  of  Israel:  and 
they  shall  keep  watch,  and  guard  the  tabernacle  of 
the  testimony. 

IM 


54    \nil  the  children  of  Israel  did  according  to 

all  things  which   the  Lord  had  commanded  Mi 

(II  \l\  II. 
The  order  of  the  tribes  in  their  camp. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  and    Na.ui.  sn- 
ins : 

2  All  the  children  of  Israel  shall  rami)  by  their 
troops.  ensignS]  and  standards,  and  the  nouses  ol" 
their  kindreds,  round  aliout  the  tabernacle  of  the 
covenant. 

3  On  the  east  Juda  shall  pitch  his  tents  b\  the 
bands  of  his  army  :  and  the  prince  of  his  sons  shall 
be  NahaSSOn  the  son  of  Aminadnh. 

4  And  the  whole  sum  of  the  fighting  men  of  his 
Stock.  Wen  Seventy-four  thousand  six  hundred. 

5  Next  unto  him  they  of  the  tribe  of  Issacbat 
encamped)  whose  prince  was  Nathauacl,  the  son  of 
Suar. 

6  And  the  whole  number  of  his  fighting  men 
were  lilty-four  thousand  four  hundred. 

7  In  the  tribe  of  Zahulon  the  prince  was  Eliab 
the  son  of  Melon. 

8  And  all  the  army  of  fighting  men  of  his  stock, 
were  fifty-seven  thousand  lour  hundred. 

9  All  that  were  numbered  in  the  camp  of  Juda, 
were  a  hundred  and  eighty-six  thousand  four  hun- 
dred :  and  they  by  their  troops  shall  march  first. 

10  In  the  camp  of  the  sons  of  Ruben,  on  the 
south  side,  the  prince  shall  be  Elisur  the  son  of 
Sedeur: 

11  And  the  whole  army  of  his  fighting  men,  that 
were  numbered,  were  forty-six  thousand  five  hun- 
dred. 

12  Beside  him  camped  they  of  the  tribe  of  Si- 
meon :  whose  prince  was  Salamiel  the  son  of  Su- 
risaddai. 

13  And  the  whole  army  of  his  fighting  men.  that 
were  numbered,  were  fifty-nine  thousand  three  hull  • 
dr.,  I. 

14  In  the  tril>e  of  Gad  the  prince  was  Eliasaph 

the  soil  of  Duel. 

15  And  the  w  hole  army  of  his  fighting  nun.  that 
were  numbered,  were  forty-live  thousand  six  hun- 
dred and  fifty. 

16  All  that  were  reckoned  up  in  the  camp  of 
Ruben,  won  B.  hundred  and  fifty-one  thousand  four 
hundred  and  fifty,  by  their  troops  :  they  shall  march 
in  the  second  place. 

17  And  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony  shall  be 
carried  by  the  officers  of  the  Levites  and  their 
troops.  As  it  shall  be  set  up,  so  shall  it  l>e  taken 
down.  Every  one  ahall  march  according  to  their 
places,  and  ranks. 

18  On  the  west  vide  shall  be  the  camp  of  the 
sons  of  Kphraim,  whose  prime  was  Llisama  the 
son  of  Ammiud. 

19  The  whole  army  of  his  fighting  men.  that 
were  numbered,  were  forty  thousand  five  hundred. 

20  And  with  them  the  tribe  of  the  sons  of  Ma- 
nasst-s,  whose  prince  was  (iamaliel  the  son  ol  I'ha- 
dasaur. 

21  And  the  whole  army  of  his  fighting  men,  that 


CHAP.  III. 


were  numbered,   were   thirty-two    thousand   two 
hundred. 

22  In  the  tribe  of  the  sons  of  Benjamin  the 
prince  was  Abidan  the  son  of  Gedeon. 

23  And  the  whole  army  of  his  fighting  men  that 
were  reckoned  up,  were  thirty-five  thousand  four 
hundred. 

'  24  All  that  were  numbered  in  the  camp  of 
Kphraim,  were  a  hundred  and  eight  thousand  one 
hundred  by  their  troops:  they  shall  march  in  the 
third  place. 

25  On  the  north  side  camped  the  sons  of  Dan : 
whose  prince  was  Ahiezar  the  son  of  Ammisaddai. 

26  The  whole  army  of  his  fighting  men,  that 
were  numbered,  were  sixty-two  thousand  seven 
hundred. 

27  Beside  him  they  of  the  tribe  of  Aser  pitched 
their  tents  :  whose  prince  was  Phegiel  the  son  of 
Ochran. 

28  The  whole  army  of  his  fighting  men,  that  were 
numbered,  were  forty-one  thousand  five  hundred. 

29  Of  the  tribe  of  the  sons  of  Nephtali  the 
prince  was  Ahira  the  son  of  Enan. 

30  The  whole  army  of  his  fighting  men  were 
fifty-three  thousand  four  hundred. 

31  All  that  were  numbered  in  the  camp  of  Dan, 
were  a  hundred  and  fifty-seven  thousand  six  hun- 
dred :  and  they  shall  march  last. 

32  This  is  the  number  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
of  their  army  divided  according  to  the  houses  of 
their  kindreds  and  their  troops,  six  hundred  and 
three  thousand  five  hundred  and  fifty. 

33  And  the  Levites  were  not  numbered  among 
the  children  of  Israel :  for  so  the  Lord  had  com- 
manded Moses. 

34  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  according  to 
all  things  that  the  Lord  had  commanded.  They 
camped  by  their  troops,  and  marched  by  the  fami- 
lies and  houses  of  their  fathers. 

CHAP.  111. 

The  Levites  are  numbered,  and  their  offices   distinguished.   They 
are  taken  in  the  place  of  the  first-born  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

rT'HESE  are  the  generations  of  Aaron  and  Moses 
-*-    in  the  day  that  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  in 
mount  Sinai. 

2  And  these  the  names  of  the  sons  of  Aaron  : 
his  first-born  Nadab,  then  Abiu,  and  Eleazar,  and 
Ithamar. 

3  These  the  names  of  the  sons  of  Aaron  the 
priests  that  were  anointed,  and  whose  hands  were 
filled  and  consecrated,  to  do  the  functions  of  priest- 
hood. 

4  Now  Nadab  and  Abiu  died,  without  children, 
when  they  offered  strange  fire  before  the  Lord,  in 
the  desert  of  Sinai :  and  Eleazar  and  Ithamar  per- 
formed the  priestly  office  in  the  presence  of  Aaron 
their  father. 

5  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying : 

6  Bring  the  tribe  of  Levi,  and  make  them  stand 
in  the  sight  of  Aaron  the  priest  to  minister  to  him, 
and  let  them  watch, 

7  And  observe  whatsoever  appertained  to  the 


service   of  the  multitude   before  the  tabernacle  of 
the  testimony  : 

8  And  let  them  keep  the  vessels  of  the  taberna- 
cle, serving  in  the  ministiy  thereof. 

9  And  thou  shalt  give  the  Levites  for  a  gift, 

10  To  Aaron  and  to  his  sons,  to  whom  they  are 
delivered  by  the  children  of  Israel.  But  thou  shalt 
appoint  Aaron  and  his  sons  over  the  service  of 
priesthood.  The  stranger  that  approacheth  to  mi- 
nister, shall  be  put  to  death. 

11  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying: 

121  havetakenthe  Levites  from  the  childrenof  Is- 
rael, for  every  first-born  that  openeth  the  wombamong 
the  children  of  Israel:  and  the  Levites  shall  be  mine; 

13  For  every  first-born  is  mine ;  since  I  struck 
the  first-born  in  the  land  of  Egypt :  I  have  sancti- 
fied to  myself  whatsoever  is  first-born  in  Israel  both 
of  man  and  beast ;  they  are  mine :  I  am  the  Lord. 

14  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  in  the  desert 
of  Sinai,  saying : 

15  Number  the  sons  of  Levi  by  the  houses  ol 
their  fathers  and  their  families,  every  male  from 
one  month  and  upward. 

16  Moses  numbered  them  as  the  Lord  had  com- 
manded. 

17  And  there  were  found  sons  of  Levi  by  theii 
names,  Gerson  and  Caath  and  Merari. 

18  The  sons  of  Gerson  :  Lebni  and  Semei. 

19  The  sons  of  Caath  :  Amram  and  Jesaar,  He- 
bron and  Oziel : 

20  The  sons  of  Merari :  Moholi  and  Musi. 

21  Of  Gerson  were  two  families,  the  Lebnites, 
and  the  Semeites: 

22  Of  which  were  numbered,  people  of  the 
male  sex  from  one  mouth  and  upward,  seven  thou- 
sand five  hundred. 

23  These  shall  pitch  behind  the  tabernacle  on 
the  west, 

24  Under  their  prince  Eliasaph  the  son  of  Lael. 

25  And  their  charge  shall  be  in  the  tabernacle 
of  the  covenant: 

26  The  tabernacle  itself  and  the  cover  thereof, 
the  hanging  that  is  drawn  before  the  doors  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  covenant,  and  the  curtains  of  the 
court :  the  hanging  also  that  is  hanged  in  the  entry 
of  the  court  of  the  tabernacle,  and  whatsoever  be 
longeth  to  the  rite  of  the  altar,  the  cords  of  the  ta- 
bernacle, and  all  the  furniture  thereof. 

27  Of  the  kindred  of  Caath  come  the  families 
of  the  Amramites  and  Jesaarites  and  Hebronites 
and  Ozielites.  These  are  the  families  of  the 
Caathites  reckoned  up  by  their  names : 

28  All  of  the  male  sex  from  one  month  and  up- 
ward, eight  thousand  six  hundred :  they  shall  have 
the  guard  of  the  sanctuary, 

29  And  shall  camp  on  the  south  side. 

30  And  their  prince  shall  be  Elisaphan  the  son 
of  Oziel : 

31  And  they  shall  keep  the  ark,  and  the  table 
and  the  candlestick,  the  altars,  and  the  vessels  of 
the  sanctuary,  wherewith  they  minister,  and  the 
veil,  and  all  the  furniture  of  this  kind. 

32  And  the  prince  of  the  princes  of  the  Levites. 


M  .Mill  U.S. 


Klca/ar,  the  son  of   Aaron  the  prieit,  shall  be  OPM 

them  thai  watch  for  the  guard  of  the  afncraary. 

33  Anil  of  Merari  art-  the  familit  s  i)l'  the  Moho- 
litet  an. I  Musites,  reckoned  up  by  their  names: 

\ll   o!'  the   male   kind   from  one   month   and 
upward,  m\  thousand  two  hundred. 

l'heir  prince  Suricl  the  son  of  Abihaid :  they 
shall  rami)  on  the  norih  Mile. 

.5t>  I  inler  their  custody  shall  he  the  boards  of  the 
taliernaele,  and  the  bar-,  and  the  pillars,  and  their 
.sockets  and  all  things  that  pertain  to  this  kind  of 
service: 

37  And  the  pillars  of  the  court  round  al>out  with 
their  rackets,  and  the  pins  with  their  cords. 

38  Before  the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant,  that 
is  to  s;iv.  on  the  east  side,  shall  Moses"  and  Aaron 
camp,  with  their  sons,  having  thccustody  of  the  sanc- 
tuary, in  the  midst  Of  the  children  of  Israel.  What 
Mraniier  soever  cometh  unto  it,  shall  Ik*  put  to  death. 

39  All  the  Lev  ii.s,  that  Moses  and  Aaron  num- 
bered according  to  the  precept  of  the  Lord,  by 
their  families,  of  the  male  kind  from  one  month 
and  upward,  were  twenty-two  thousand. 

40  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses:  Numhcr  the 
first-born  of  tin-  male  sex  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
from  one  month  and  upward,  and  thou  shalt  take 
the  sum  of  them. 

41  And  thou  shalt  take  the  Levites  to  me  for  all 
the  first-lwrn  of  the  children  of  Israel:  1  am  the 
Lord:  and  their  cattle  for  all  the  first-born  of  the 
cattle  of  the  children  of  Israel: 

42  Moses  reckoned  up,  as  the  Lord  had  com- 
manded, the  first-bora  of  the  children  of  Israel: 

43  And  the  males  by  their  names,  from  one 
month  and  upward,  were  twi  ntv-two  thousand  two 
hundred  and  seventy-three. 

44  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saving : 

45  Take  the  Levites  for  the  first-born  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  the  cattle  of  the  Levites  for 
their  cattle;  and  the  Levites  shall  be  mine.  I  am 
the  Lord. 

46  But  for  the  price  of  the  two  hundred  and 
seventy-three,  of  the  first-born  of  the  children  of 
Lrael,  that  exceed  the  number  of  the  Levites. 

47  Thou  shalt  take  five  sides  for  every  head, 
according  to  the  weight  of  the  sanctuary.  A  side 
hath  twenty  obols. 

48  And  thou  shalt  give  the  money  to  Aaron  and 
his  sons,  the  price  of  them  that  are  above. 

49  Moses  therefore  took  the  money  of  them  that 
were  above,  and  w  horn  they  had  redeemed  from  Un- 
it esj 

50  For  the  first-born  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
one  thousand   three   hundred   and  sixty-five  sides, 

according  to  the  weighi  of  the  sanctuary, 

.")l  \nd  gave  it  to  Aaron  and  his  sons,  accord- 
ing to  the  word  that  the  Lord  had  commanded  him. 

CHAP    IV. 

Thr  agr  anil  timr  of  th  rt  and  bur- 

dens. 

\  ND  the  Lord  s|„>ke  to  Moses  md  \aron,  say- 
■*»   iag : 

110 


2  Take  die  sum  of  the  sons  of  Caath  from  thr 
midst  of  the  Levites,  by  their  houses  and   families, 

3  From  thirtv  yean  old  and  upward,  to  fifty 
\ears  old,  of  all  that  go  in  to  stand  and  to  minister 
in  the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant. 

4  This  is  the  service  of  the  sons  of  Caath: 

5  When  the  camp  is  to  set  forward,  Aaron  and 
his  sons  shall  go  into  the  tabernacle  of  the  cove- 
nant, and  the  holy  of  holies:  and  shall  take  down 
the  veil  that  fuuigeth  before  the  door,  and  shall 
wrap  up  the  ark  of  the  testimony  in  it; 

li  And  shall  cover  it  again  with  a  cover  of  violet 
skins,  and  shall  spread  over  it  a  cloth  all  of  violet, 
and  shall  put  in  the  bars. 

7  They  shall  wrap  up  also  the  table  of  proposi- 
tion in  a  cloth  of  violet,  and  shall  put  w  if  I  i  it  the 
censers  and  iittle  mortars,  the  cups  and  bowls  to 
I>our  out  the  libations:  the  loaves  shall  be  always 
on  it : 

8  And  they  shall  spread  over  it  a  cloth  of  scar- 
let, which  again  they  shall  cover  with  a  covering 
of  violet  skills,  and  shall  put  in  the  bars. 

9  They  shall  take  also  a  cloth  of  violet  w here- 
with they  shall  cover  the  candlestick  with  the 
lamps   and    loims  thereof,  and  the  suutVcrs.  and   all 

the  oil  vessels,  which  are  necessary  for  the  dp 
ing  of  the  lamps  ■ 

•    10  And  over  all  they  shall  put  a  cover  of  violet 
skins,  and  put  in  the  bars. 

11  And  they  shall  wrap  up  the  golden  altar  also 
in  a  cloth  of  violet,  and  shall  spread  over  it  a  cover 
of  violet  skins,  anil  put  in  the  bars. 

12  All   the   vessels    w  hen  with  they  minister   in 
the  sanctuary,  they  shall  wrap  up  in  a  cloth  of  v  io 
let.  and  shall  spread  over  it  a  cover  of  violet  skins, 
and  put  in  the  bars. 

13  They  shall  cleanse  the  altar  also  from  the 
ashes,  and  shall  Wrap  it  up  in  a  purple  cloth, 

14  And  shall  put  it  with  all  the  vessels  that  tin  y 
use  in  the  ministry  thereof,  that  is  to  sa\.  lire-pans, 
flesh-hooks  and  forks,  pot-hooks  and  shovels.  I'hcy 
shall  cover  all  the  vessels  of  the  altar  together 
with  a  covering  of  violet  skins,  and  shall  put  in  the 
bars. 

15  And  when  Aaron  and  his  sons  have  wrapped 
up  the  sanctuary  and  the  vessels  thereof  at  the  re- 
moving of  the  Camp,  then  shall  the  sons  of  Caath 
enter  in  to  carry  the  things  wrapped  Up:  and  they 
shall  not  touch  the  »i-mImi|'  the  sanctuan.  lest 
the)  die.  These  are  the  burdens  of  the  sons  of 
Caath  :   in  the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant  : 

1(>  And  over  them  shall  be  Llea/ar  the  son  of 
Aaron  the  priest,  to  whose  charge  pertaineth  the 
oil,  to  dress  the  lamps,  and  the  sweet  incense,  and 
the  sacrifice,  that  is  alwavs  offered,  and  the  oil  of 
unction,  and  whatsoever  pertaineth  to  the  sen  ice  ot 
the  tabernacle,  and  of  all  the  v.  ssels  that  are  in  the 

sanctuary. 

17  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  and  Aaron, 
savin-  -. 

I!!  IVstrov  not  the  people  of  Caath  from  the 
midst  of  the  Levites  : 

19   Hut  do  this  to  tin  m,  that  they  may  live,  and 


chap.  v. 


not  die,  by  touching  the  holies  of  holies.  Aaron 
and  his  sons  shall  go  in,  and  they  shall  appoint 
every  man  his  work,  and  shall  divide  the  burdens 
that  every  man  is  to  carry. 

20  Let  not  others  by  any  curiosity  see  the  things 
that  are  in  the  sanctuary  before  they  be  wrapped 
up ;  otherwise  they  shall  die. 

21  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying : 

22  Take  the  sum  of  the  sons  of  Gerson  also 
by  their  houses  and  families  and  kindreds, 

23  From  thirty  years  old  and  upward,  unto  fifty 
years  old.  Number  them  all  that  go  in  and  minis- 
ter in  the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant. 

24  This  is  the  office  of  the  family  of  the  Ger- 
sonites  : 

25  To  carry  the  curtains  of  the  tabernacle,  and 
the  roof  of  the  covenant  the  other  covering,  and 
the  violet  covering  over  all,  and  the  hanging  that 
hangeth  in  the  entry  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  cove- 
nant, 

26  The  curtains  of  the  court,  and  the  veil  in  the 
entry  that  is  before  the  tabernacle.  All  things  that 
pertain  to  the  altar,  the  cords,  and  the  vessels  of 
the  ministry, 

27  The  sons  of  Gerson  shall  carry,  by  the  com- 
mandment of  Aaron  and  his  sons :  and  each  man 
shall  know  to  what  burden  he  must  be  assigned. 

28  This  is  the  service  of  the  family  of  the  Ger- 
sonites  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant :  and  they 
shall  be  under  the  hand  of  Ithamar  the  son  of  Aaron 
the  priest. 

29  Thou  shalt  reckon  up  the  sons  of  Merari 
also  by  the  families  and  houses  of  their  fathers, 

30  From  thirty  years  old  and  upward,  unto  fifty 
years  old,  all  that  go  in  to  the  office  of  their  minis- 
try, and  to  the  service  of  the  covenant  of  the  testi- 
mony. 

31  These  are  their  burdens:  They  shall  carry 
the  boards  of  the  tabernacle  and  the  bars  thereof, 
the  pdlars  and  their  sockets, 

32  The  pillars  also  of  the  court  round  about, 
\v  ith  their  sockets  and  pins  and  cords.  They  shall 
receive  by  account  all  the  vessels  and  furniture, 
and  so  shall  carry  them. 

33  This  is  the  office  of  the  family  of  the  Mera- 
ri tes,  and  their  ministry  in  the  tabernacle  of  the 
covenant :  and  they  shall  be  under  the  hand  of  Itha- 
uvir  the  son  of  Aaron  the  priest. 

34  So  Moses  and  Aaron  and  the  princes  of  the 
synagogue  reckoned  up  the  sons  of  Caath  by  their 
kindreds  and  the  houses  of  their  fathers, 

35  From  thirty  years  old  and  upward,  unto  fifty 
years  old,  all  that  go  in  to  the  ministry  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  covenant : 

36  And  they  were  found  two  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  fifty. 

37  This  is  the  number  of  the  people  of  Caath 
that  go  in  to  the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant :  these 
did  Moses  and  Aaron  number  according  to  the 
word  of  the  Lord  by  the  hand  of  Moses. 

38  The  sons  of  Gerson  also  were  numbered  by 
the  kindreds  and  houses  of  their  fathers, 

39  From  thirty  years  old  and  upward,  unto  fifty 


years  old,  all  that  go  in  to  minister  in  the  taberna- 
cle of  the  covenant : 

40  And  they  were  found  two  thousand  six  hun- 
dred and  thirty. 

41  This  is  the  people  of  the  Gersonites,  whom 
Moses  and  Aaron  numbered  according  to  the  word 
of  the  Lord. 

42  The  sons  of  Merari  also  were  numbered  by 
the  kindreds  and  houses  of  their  fathers, 

43  From  thirty  years  old  and  upward,  unto  fifty 
years  old,  all  that  go  in  to  fulfil  the  rites  of  the  ta- 
bernacle of  the  covenant : 

44  And  they  were  found  three  thousand  two 
hundred. 

45  This  is  the  number  of  the  sons  of  Merari, 
whom  Moses  and  Aaron  reckoned  up  a'f  ording  to 
the  commandment  of  the  Lo-i  "jj  toe  hand  of 
Moses. 

46  All  that  were  reckoned  up  of  the  Levites, 
and  whom  Moses  and  Aaron  and  the  princes  of  Is- 
rael took  by  name,  by  the  kindreds  and  houses  of 
their  fathers, 

47  From  thirty  years  old  and  upward,  unto  fifty 
years  old,  that  go  in  to  the  ministry  of  the  taberna- 
cle, and  to  carry  the  burdens, 

48  Were  in  all  eight  thousand  five  hundred  and 
eighty. 

49  Moses  reckoned  them  up  according  to  the 
word  of  the  Lord,  every  one  according  to  their 
office  and  burdens,  as  the  Lord  had  commanded 
him. 

CHAP.  V. 

The  unclean  are  removed  out  of  the  camp :  confession  of  sins, 
and  satisfaction :  first-fruits  and  oblations  belong  to  the 
priests  :  trial  of  jealousy. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying. 
2  Command  the  children  of  Israel,  that  they 
cast  out  of  the  camp  every  leper,  and  whosoever 
hath  an  issue  of  seed.)  or  is  defiled  by  the  dead  : 

3  Whether  it  be  man  or  woman,  cast  ye  them 
out  of  the  camp,  lest  they  defile  it  when  I  shall 
dwell  with  you. 

4  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  so :  and  they 
cast  them  forth  without  the  camp,  as  the  Lord  had 
spoken  to  Moses. 

5  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying  : 

6  Say  to  the  children  of  Israel :  When  a  man  or 
woman  shall  have  committed  any  of  all  the  sins 
that  men  are  wont  to  commit,  and  by  negligence 
shall  have  transgressed  the  commandment  of  the 
Lord,  and  offended, 

7  They  shall  confess  their  sin,*  and  restore  the 
principal  itself,  and  the  fifth  part  over  and  above,  ttf 
him  against  whom  they  have  sinned. 

8  But  if  there  be  no  one  to  receive  it,  they  shall 
give  it  to  the  Lord  :  and  it  shall  be  the  priest's, 
besides  the  ram  that  is  offered  for  expiation,  to  be 
an  atoning  sacrifice. 

9  All  the  first-fruits  also,  which  the  children  of 
Israel  offer,  belong  to  the  priest : 

*  Shall  confess,  £>-c.  This  confession  .mil  satisfaction,  ordained  in  (Jin 
Old  Law,  was  a  figure  of  tlie  s;ienimen(  of  penance. 

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10  And  whatsoever  in  offered  into  the  sanctuary 
by  even  one.  and  is  delivered  into  the  Bands  of  the 

prim,  it  shall  be  his. 

1 1  Ami  the  Lord  s|x>ke  to  Moses,  saying: 

12  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  thou 
shalt  sa)  to  them  :  The  man  whose  wife  shall  have 
gonr  astray,  and  contemning  her  husband, 

13  Shall  have  slept  with  another  man,  and  her 
husband  cannot  discover  it,  hut  the  adultery  is  se- 
cret, and  cannot  be  proved  by  witnesses,  because 

■he  was  not  found  in  the  adultery  : 

1  I  It'  the  spirit  of  jealousy*  stir  up  the  husband 
against  his  wile,  who  either  is  defiled,  or  is  charged 
with  false  suspicion, 

15  He  shall  brim:  her  to  the  priest,  and  shall 
olfi-r  an  oblation  for  her,  the  tenth  part  of  a  inca- 
Snre  of  barfej  meal:  be  shall  not  pour  oil  thereon, 
nor  put  frankincense  upon  it  :  because  it  is  a  sacri- 
fice of  jealousy,  and  an  oblation  searching  out 
adultery. 

16  The  priest  therefore  shall  offer  it,  and  set  it 
before  the  Lord. 

17  And  he  shall  take  holy  water  in  an  earthen 
vessel;  and  he  shall  cast  a  little  earth  of  the  pave- 
ment of  the  tabernacle  into  it. 

18  And  when  the  woman  shall  stand  before  the 
Lord,  he  shall  uncover  her  head,  and  shall  put  on 
her  hands  the  sacrifice  of  remembrance,  and  the 
oblation  of  jealousy  :  and  he  himself  shall  hold  the 
most  bitter  waters,  whereon  he  hath  heaped  curses 
with  execration. 

19  And  he  shall  adjure  her,  and  shall  say:  If 
another  man  hath  not  slept  with  thee,  and  if  thou 
be  not  defiled  by  forsaking  thy  husband's  bed. 
these  most  bitter  waters,  on  which  I  have  heaped 
curses,  shall  not  hurt  thee. 

20  But  if  thou  hast  gone  aside  from  thy  hus- 
b and,  and  art  defiled,  and  hast  lain  with  another 
man  : 

21  These  curses  shall  light  upon  thee:  The 
Lord  make  thee  a  curse,  and  an  example  for  all 
among  bis  people:  may  be  make  thy  thigh  to  rot, 
and  may  thy  tally  swell  and  burst  asunder. 

22  Let  the  cursed  waters  enter  into  thy  belly : 
and  may  thy  womb  swell  and  thy  thigh  rot.  And 
the  Woman  shall  answer.  Amen.  amen. 

J>  And  the  priest  shall  write  these  curses  in  a 
book,  and  shall  wash  them  out  with  the  most  bitter 
waters,  upon  which  he  hath  heaped  the  curses, 

-'V  And  he  shall  give  them  her  to  drink.  And 
w  hen  she  hath  drunk  them  up, 

I'he  priest  shall  take  from  her  hand  the  sa- 
crifice of  jealousy,  and  shall  elevate  it  before  the 
I  .< >  d.  and  shall  put  it  upon  the  altar  :  yet  so  as  first, 

J»;  To  take  a  handful  of  the  sacrifice  of  that 
which  is  offered,  and  burn  it  upon  the  altar:  and 
so  give  the  most  bitter  waters  to  the  woman  to 
drink. 

'7  And  when  she  hath  drunk  them,  if  she  be 
defiled,  and  bavin-  despised   her  husband  be  guilty 

•  TV  <pirit  of  halmuf,  l(t.     Tlii.  onlin.in.  r  wa»  riiMirnol  to  clear 
Uie  innocent,  and  to  prevent  jealoo.  huibandt  from  iking  mi" 

1 1  -' 


of  adultery,  the  malediction  shall  go  through  her, 
and  her  belli  swelling,  /"/  thigh  shall  rot  :  and  the 
woman  shall  be  a  curse,  and  an  example  to  all  the 
people. 

I  Hut  if  she  be  not  defiled,  she  shall  not  be 
hurt,  and  shall  bear  children. 

'  This  is  the  law  of  jealousy.  If  a  woman 
hath  gone  aside  from  her  husband,  and  be  defiled. 

30  And  the  husband  stirred  up  by  the  spirit  of 

icalotisK  bring  her  before  the  Lord,  and  the  priest 
do  to  her  according  to  all  things  that  an'  Inn 
written  : 

31  The  husband  shall  be  blameless;  and  she  shall 
bear  her  iniquity. 

CHAP.  VI. 

The  law  of  the  Nai-iritrt:  the  Jnnn  nj  bkising  the  pcop.'e. 

\  ND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying: 
•^*-     2  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and   thou 
shall  say  to   them:   When  a  man,  or  woman,   shall 
make  a  row   to  be  sanctified,  and   will   consecrate 
themselves  to  the  Lord  : 

3  They  shall  abstain  from  wine,  and  from  every 
thing  that  may  make  a  man  drunk.  They  shall 
not  drink  vinegar  of  wine,  or  of  any  other  drink, 
nor  any  thing  that  is  pressed  out  of  the  grape  :  nor 
shall  they  eat  grapes  either  fresh  or  dried; 

4  All  the  days  that  they  are  consecrated  to  the 
Lord  by  vow  :  they  shall  eat  nothing  that  cometh 
of  the  vineyard,  from  the  raisin  even  to  the  kernel. 

5  All  the  time  of  his  separation  no  razor  shall 
pass  over  his  head  until  the  day  be  fulfilled  of  his 
consecration  to  the  Lord.  He  shall  be  holy,  and 
shall  let  the  hair  of  his  head  gTOW. 

6  All  the  time  of  his  Consecration  he  shall  not 
go  in  to  any  dead  ; 

7  Neither  shall  he  make  himself  unclean,  even 
for  his  father,  or  for  his  mother,  or  lor  his  brother, 
or  for  his  sister,  when  they  die:  because  the  conse- 
cration Of  his  God  is  upon  his  head. 

8  All  the  days  ol  his  separation  he  shall  l>c  holy 
to  the  Lord. 

9  Hut  if  any  man  die  suddenly  before  him,  the 
head  of  his  consecration  shall  be  defiled  :  and  lie 
shall  shave  it  forthwith  on  the  same  day  of  his  pu- 
rification, and  again  the  seventh  day. 

10  And  <in  the  eighth  day  he  shall  bring  tw  0  tur 

ties,  or  two  young  pigeons  to  the  priest  in  the  entry 

of  the  covenant  of  the  tcslhnoin  ! 

11  And  the  priest  shall  offer  one  for  sin.  and  the 
other  for  a  holocaust,  and  shall  pra\  foi  him,  lor 
that  he  hath  sinned  b\  the  dead  :  and  he  shall  sanc- 
tifj   his  head  that  d;t\  : 

_  12  And  shall  consecrate  to  the  Lord  the  days  O* 
his  separation,  offering  a  lamb  of  one  year  lor  sin  . 
yet  so  that  the  former  days  be  made  \oid,  because 
his  sanctification  was  profaned. 

13  This  is  the  law    of  cons,  .ration.      When  the 

days  which  he  had  determined  bj  \ow  shall  be  ex- 


Ih'ir  v 


jive  all  a  horror  of  adultery,  by  |>um~hinf 


CHAP.  Vll. 


pired,  he  shall  bring  him  to  the  door  of  the  tabernacle 
of  the  covenant, 

14  And  shall  offer  his  oblation  to  the  Lord  :  one 
he-lamb  of  a  year  old  without  blemish  for  a  holo- 
caust, and  one  ewe-lamb  of  a  year  old  without  ble- 
mish lor  a  sin-offering,  and  one  ram  without  blemish 
for  a  victim  of  peace-offering. 

15  A  basket  also  of  unleavened  bread?  tempered 
with  oil,  and  wafers  without  leaven  anointed  with 
oil,  and  the  ljbations  of  each  : 

16  And  the  priest  shall  present  them  before  the 
Lord,  and  shall  offer  both  the  sin-offering  and  the 
holocaust. 

17  But  the  ram  he  shall  immolate  for  a  sacrifice 
of  peace-offering  to  the  Lord,  offering  at  the  same 
time  the  basket  of  unleavened  bread,  and  the  liba- 
tions that  are  due  by  custom. 

18  Then  shall  the  hair  of  the  consecration  of  the 
Nazarite,  be  shaved  off  before  the  door  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  covenant :  and  he  shall  take  his  hair, 
and  lay  it  upon  the  fire,  which  is  under  the  sacrifice 
of  the  peace-offerings; 

19  And  shall  take  the  boiled  shoulder  of  the  ram, 
and  one  unleavened  cake  out  of  the  basket,  and  one 
unleavened  wafer  ;  and  he  shall  deliver  them  into 
the  hands  of  the  Nazarite,  after  his  head  is  shaven. 

20  And  receiving  them  again  from  him,  he  shall 
elevate  them  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord:  and  they  be- 
ing sanctified  shall  belong  to  the  priest,  as  the  breast, 
which  was  commanded  to  be  separated,  and  the 
shoulder.  After  this  the  Nazarite  may  drink  wine. 

21  This  is  the  law  of  the  Nazarite,  when  he  hath 
vowed  his  oblation  to  the  Lord  in  the  time  of  his 
consecration,  besides  those  things  which  his  hand 
shall  find  :  according  to  that  which  he  had  vowed 
in  his  mind,  so  shall  he  do  for  the  fulfilling  of  his 
sanctification. 

22  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying: 

23  Say  to  Aaron  and  his  sons  :  Thus  shall  you 
bless  the  children  of  Israel,  and  you  shall  say  to 
them  : 

24  The  Lord  bless  thee,  and  keep  thee. 

25  The  Lord  show  his  face  to  thee,  and  have 
mercy  on  thee. 

26  The  Lord  turn  his  countenance  to  thee,  and 
give  thee  peace. 

27  And  they  shall  invoke  my  name  upon  the 
children  of  Israel ;  and  I  will  bless  them. 

CHAP.  VII. 

The  offerings  of  the  princes  at  the  dedication  of  the  tabernacle  : 
God  speaketh  to  Moses  from  the  propitiatory. 

\  ND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  day  that  Moses  had 
-^-  finished  the  tabernacle,  and  set  it  up,  and  had 
anointed  and  sanctified  it  with  all  its  vessels,  the 
altar  likewise  and  all  the  vessels  thereof, 

2  The  princes  of  Israel  and  the  heads  of  the 
families,  in  every  tribe,  who  were  the  rulers  of  them 
who  had  been  numbered,  offered 

3  Their  gifts  before  the  Lord,  six  waeons 
covered,  and  twelve  oxen.  Two  princes  offered 
one  wagon,  and  each  one  an  ox ;  and  they  offered 
them  before  the  tabernacle. 

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4  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  : 

5  Receive  them  from  them  to  serve  in  the  minis- 
try of  the  tabernacle  :  and  thou  shalt  deliver  them 
to  the  Levitesaccordingtqtheorderof  their  ministry. 

6  Moses  therefore  receiving  the  wagons  and  the 
oxen,  delivered  them  to  the  Levites. 

7  Two  wagons  and  four  oxen  he  gave  to  the 
sons  of  Gerson,  according  to  their  necessity. 

8  The  other  four  wagons,  and  eight  oxen  he  gave 
to  the  sons  of  Merari,  according  to  their  offices  and 
service,  under  the  hand  of  Ithamar  the  son  of  Aaron 
the  priest. 

9  But  to  the  sons  of  Caath  he  gave  no  wagons 
or  oxen  :  because  they  serve  in  the  sanctuary,  and 
carry  their  burdens  upon  their  own  shoulders. 

10  And  the  princes  offered  for  the  dedication  of 
the  altar  on  the  day  when  it  was  anointed,  their 
oblation  before  the  altar. 

11  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  :  Let  each  of  tne 
princes  one  day  after  another  offer  their  gifts  for 
the  dedication  of  the  altar. 

12  The  first  day  Nahasson  the  son  of  Aminadab 
of  the  tribe  of  Juda  offered  his  offering : 

13  And  his  offering  was  a  silver  dish  weighing 
one  hundred  and  thirty  sides,  a  silver  bowl  of  seventy 
sides  according  to  the  weight  of  the  sanctuary,  both 
full  of  flour  tempered  with  oil  for  a  sacrifice  : 

14  A  little  mortar  of  ten  sides  of  gold  full  of 
incense : 

15  An  ox  of  the  herd,  and  a  ram,  and  a  lamb  of 
a  year  old  for  a  holocaust : 

16  And  a  buck-goat  for  sin  : 

17  And  for  the  sacrifice  of  peace-offerings,  two 
oxen,  five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five  lambs  of  a  yeai 
old.  This  was  the  offering  of  Nahasson  the  son  ol 
Aminadab. 

18  The  second  day  Nathanael  the  son  of  Suai;, 
prince  of  the  tribe  of  Issachar,  made  his  offering, 

19  A  silver  dish  weighing  one  hundred  and  thirty 
sides,  a  silver  bowl  of  seventy  sides,  according 
to  the  weight  of  the  sanctuary,  both  full  of  flour 
tempered  with  oil  for  a  sacrifice  ; 

20  A  little  mortar  of  gold  weighing  ten  sides 
full  of  incense  : 

21  An  ox  of  the  herd,  and  a  ram,  and  a  lamb  of 
a  year  old  for  a  holocaust : 

22  And  a  buck-goat  for  sin  : 

23  And  for  the  sacrifice  of  peace-offerings,  two 
oxen,  five  rams,  five  buck-goats,  five  lambs  of  a 
year  old.  This  was  the  offering  of  Nathanael  the 
son  of  Suar. 

24  The  third  day  the  prince  of  the  sons  of  Zabu- 
lon,  Eliab  the  son  of  Helon, 

25  Offered  a  silver  dish  weighing  one  hundred 
and  thirty  sides,  a  silver  bowl  of  seventy  sides  by 
the  weight  of  the  sanctuary,  both  full  of  flour  tem- 
pered with  oil  for  a  sacrifice  : 

26  A  little  mortar  of  gold  weighing  ten  sides  full 
of  incense : 

27  An  ox  of  the  herd,  and  a  ram,  and  a  lamb  of 
a  year  old  for  a  holocaust : 

28  And  a  buck-goat  for  sin  : 

29  And   for  the  sacrifice  of  peace-offerings,  two 

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MMIIKUS. 


oxen,  five  tains,  fife  bin  k-goats,  five  Iambs  of  a 
year  old.  This  i.s  the  oblation  of  I'.hab  the  son  of 
ll<  loo. 

30  The  fourth  day  the  prince  of  the  sons  of  Ru- 
ben. Elisur  the  xni  of  SedeiUi 

■  <\  Offered  ■  silver  dish  weighing  one  hundred 
ami  thirty  sides,  a  silver  bowl  of  seventy  sides 
according  to  the  weight  <>f  the  sanctuary,  both  full  of 
flow  tempered  with  oil  for  a  sacrifice: 

V  little  mortar  of  gold  weighing  ten  sicles  full 
of  ineci 

S3  An  ox  of  the  herd,  and  a  ram,  and  a  lamb  of 
»  year  old,  lor  a  holocaust : 

A  ml  a  buck-goat  for  sin  : 

tio  And  for  victims  of  peace-offerings  two  0X00, 
five  rams,  live  buck-goals,  live  lambs  of  a  year  old. 
This  was  the  offering  of  Elisur  the  son  of  Sedeur. 

36  The  fifth  day  the  prince  of  the  sous  of  Simeon, 
Salamiel  the  son  of  Surisaddai, 

37  Offered  a  silver  dish  weighing  one  hundred 
and  thin  v  sides,  a  silver  bowl  ol  seventy  sicles  after 
the  weight  of  the  sanctuary,  both  full  of  flour  tem- 
pt red  with  oil  for  a  sacrifice  : 

38  A  little  mortar  of  gold  weighing  ten  sicles 
full  of  iucense  : 

39  An  ox  of  the  herd,  and  a  ram,  and  a  lamb  of 
a  year  old  for  a  holocaust  : 

40  And  a  buck-goat  for  sin  : 

41  And  fof  sacrifices  of  peace-offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  buck-goats,  five  lambs  of  a  year  old. 
This  was  the  offering  of  Salamiel  the  son  of  Suri- 
saddai. 

•1 1  The  sixth  day  the  prince  of  the  sons  of  Gad, 
Eliasaph  the  son  of  Duel, 

43  Offered  a  silver  dish  weighing  a  hundred  and 
thirty  aidee,  a  silver  bowl  of  seventy  sides  by  the 
weight  of  the  sanctuary,  both  full  of  flour  tempered 
w  ith  oil  for  a  sacrifice: 

44  A  little  mortar  of  gold  weighing  ten  sicles  full 
of iucense : 

45  An  ox  of  the  herd,  and  a  ram,  and  a  lamb  of 
a  year  old  for  a  holocaust  : 

46  And  a  buck-goat  for  sin  : 

47  And  for  sacrifices  of  peace-offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  live  buck-goats,  five  lambs  of  a  year  old. 
This  was  the  offering  of  Kliasaph  the  son  of  Duel. 

48  The  seventh  day  the  prince  of  the  sons  of 
Ej  hraim.  Klisama  the  son  of  Ammiud, 

40  Offered  ■  silver  dish  weighing  a  hundred  and 
thirty  sides,  a  silver  bowl  of  seventy  sicles  according 
to  the  weight  of  the  sanctuary,  both  full  of  flour 
tempered  With  oil  for  a  sacrifice: 

50  A  little  mortar  of  gold  weighing  ten  sides  full 
of  incense  : 

51  An  ox  of  the  herd,  and  a  ram,  and  a  lamb  of 
I  rear  old  for  a  holocaust  : 

52  And  a  buck-coal  for  sin  : 

53  And  for  sacrifices  of  peace-offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  live  buck-goats,  five  lambs  of  a  year  old. 
Tli!'.  w  as  the  offering  of  I'.lisamathe  son  of  Ammiud. 

64  The  eighth  day  the  prince  of  the  sons  oi  Mi 
Basses,  Gamaliel  the  son  of  Phadassur, 

55  Offered  a  silver  dish  weighing  ■  hundred  and 

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thirty  sicks,  a  silver  bowl  of  seventy  sides  accord- 
ing to  the  weight  of  the  sanctuary,  both  full  of  llour 
tempered  with  oil  for  a  sacrifice  : 

\  little  mortar  of  gold  weighing  ten  sicles  full 
of  incense : 

■~>~i  An  ox  of  the  herd,  and  a  ram,  and  a  lamb  ol 
a  \  ear  old  for  a  holocaust : 

58  And  a  buck-goat  for  sin  : 

59  And  for  sacrifices  of  peace-offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  live  buck-goats,  five  lambs  ol  a  year  old. 
Thisw  as  i  he  offering  ol  'Gamaliel  the  son  of  Phadassur 

60  The  ninth  day  the  prince  of  the  sons  of  Ben- 
jamin, Abidan  the  son  of  Gedeon, 

61  Offered  a  silver  dish  weighing  a  hundred  and 
thirty  sicles,  a  silver  bowl  of  seventy  sicles  by  the 
weidit  of  the  sanctuary,  both  full  of  flour  tempered 
with  oil  for  a  sacrifice: 

62  A  little  mortar  of  gold  weighing  ten  sicles  full 
of  incense  : 

63  An  ox  of  the  herd,  and  a  ram,  and  a  lamb  ol 
a  year  old  for  a  holocaust : 

64  And  a  buck-goat  for  sin  : 

65  And  for  sacrifices  of  peace-offerings,  two 
oxen,  five  rams,  five  buck-goats,  five  lambs  of  a 
year  old.  This  was  the  offering  of  Abidan  the  son 
of  Gedeon. 

66  The  tenth  day  the  prince  of  the  sons  of  Dan, 
Ahiezer  the  son  of  Ammisaddai. 

67  Offered  a  silver  dish  weighing  a  hundred  and 
thirty  sicles,  a  silver  bowl  of  seventy  sicles,  accord 
ing  to  the  weight  of  the  sanctuary,  both  full  of  flour 
tempered  with  oil  for  a  sacrifice  : 

68  A  little  mortar  of  gold  weighing  ten  siclc» 
full  of  incense  : 

69  An  ox  of  the  herd,  and  a  ram,  and  a  lamb  oi 
a  year  old  for  a  holocaust : 

70  And  a  buck-goat  for  sin  : 

71  And  for  sacrifices  of  peace-offerings,  two 
oxen,  five  rams,  five  buck-goats,  five  lambs  of  a 
year  old.  This  was  the  offering  of  Ahiezer  the  son 
of  Ammisaddai. 

72  The  eleventh  day  the  prince  of  the  sons  of 
Aser,  Phegiel  the  son  of  Ochran. 

73  Offered  a  silver  dish  weighing  a  hundred  and 
thirty  sicles,  a  silver  bowl  of  seventy  sicles  accord- 
ing to  the  weight  of  the  sanctuary,  both  full  of  flour 
tempered  with  oil  for  a  sacrifice  : 

74  A  little  mortar  of  gold  weighing  ten  sicles  full 
of  incense : 

75  An  ox  of  the  herd,  and  a  ram,  and  a  lamb  of 
a  year  old  for  a  holocaust : 

76  And  a  buck-goat  for  sin  : 

77  And  for  sacrifices  of  peaec-offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  buck-goats,  five  lambs  of  a  year  old. 
This  was  the  offering  of  rhegiel  the  son  of  Ochran. 

78  The  twelfth  day  the  prince  of  the  sons  of 
Nenhtali,  Ahira  the  son  of  Knan, 

79  Offered  a  silver  dish  weighing  a  hundred  and 
thirty  sides,  a  silver  bowl  of  seventy  sicles  according 

to  the  weight   of  the   sanctuary,   both   full   of  floui 
tempered  with  oil  for  a  sacrifice  : 

80  A  little  mortar  of  gold  weighing  ten  sicles  fid 
of  incense  : 


CHAP.  VIII. 


81  An  ox  of  the  herd,  and  a  ram,  and  a  lamb  of 
a  vear  old  for  a  holocaust  : 

82  And  a  buck-goat  for  sin  : 

83  And  for  sacrifices  of  peace-offerings,  two 
oxen,  five  rams,  five  buck-goats,  five  lambs  of  a 
year  old.  This  was  the  offering  of  Ahira  the  son 
of  Enan. 

84  These  were  the  offerings  made  by  the  princes 
of  Israel  in  the  dedication  of  the  altar,  in  the  day 
wherein  it  was  consecrated.  Twelve  dishes  of 
silver  ;  twelve  silver  bowls ;  twelve  little  mortars  of 
gold; 

85  Each  dish  weighing  a  hundred  and  thirty 
sides  of  silver,  and  each  bowl  seventy  sides:  that 
is,  putting  all  the  vessels  of  silver  together,  two 
thousand  four  hundred  sides,  by  the  weight  of  the 
sanctuary. 

86  Twelve  little  mortars  of  gold  full  of  incense, 
weighing  ten  sides  apiece  by  the  weight  of  the 
sanctuary:  that  is,  in  all  a  hundred  and  twenty 
sides  of  gold. 

87  Twelve  oxen  out  of  the  herd  for  a  holocaust, 
twelve  rams,  twelve  lambs  of  a  year  old,  and  their 
'ibations  :  twelve  buck-goats  for  sin. 

88  And  for  sacrifices  of  peace-offerings,  oxen 
twenty-four?  rams  sixty,  buck-goats  sixty,  lambs  of 
a  year  old  sixty.  These  things  were  offered  in  the 
dedication  of  the  altar,  when  it  was  anointed. 

89  And  when  Moses  entered  into  the  taberna- 
cle of  the  covenant  to  consult  the  oracle,  he  heard 
the  voice  of  one  speaking  to  him  from  the  propi- 
tiatory that  was  over  the  ark  between  the  two  che- 
rubims,  and  from  this  place  he  spoke  to  him. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

The  seven  lamps  are  placed  on  the  golden  candlestick,  to  shine 
towards  the  loaves  of  proposition  ;  the  ordination  of  the  Le- 
vites :  and  at  what  age  they  shall  serve  in  the  tabernacle. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying : 
2  Speak  to  Aaron,  and  thou  shalt  say  to  him 
When  thou  shalt  place  the  seven  lamps,  let  the 
candlestick  be  set  up  on  the  south  side.  Give  or- 
ders therefore  that  the  lamps  look  over  against  the 
north,  towards  the  table  of  the  loaves  of  proposi- 
tion ;  over  against  that  part  shall  they  give  light, 
towards  which  the  candlestick  looketh. 

3  And  Aaron  did  so,  and  he  put  the  lamps  upon 
the  candlestick,  as  the  Lord  had  commanded  Moses. 

4  Now  this  was  the  work  of  the  candlestick :  it 
was  of  beaten  gold,  both  the  shaft  in  the  middle, 
and  all  that  came  out  of  both  sides  of  the  branches  : 
according  to  the  pattern  which  the  Lord  had  shown 
to  Moses,  so  he  made  the  candlestick. 

5  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying  : 

6  Take  the  Levites  out  of  the  midst  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  thou  shalt  purify  them, 

7  According  to  this  rite :  Let  them  be  sprinkled 
with  the  water  of  purification,*  and  let  them  shave 
all  the  hairs  of  their  flesh.  And  when  they  shall 
have  washed  their  garments,  and  are  cleansed, 


*  Let  them  be  sprinkled  with  the  water  of  purification.     This  was   the 
holv  water  mixed  with  tha  ashes  of  th«  red  cow,  Mvmb  six.  appbint- 


8  They  shall  take  an  ox  of  the  herd,  and  for  the 
offering  thereof  fine  flour  tempered  with  oil :  and 
thou  shalt  take  another  ox  or  the  herd  for  a  sin- 
offering  : 

9  And  thou  shalt  bring  the  Levites  before  the 
tabernacle  of  the  covenant,  calling  together  all  the 
multitude  of  the  children  of  Israel : 

10  And  when  the  Levites  are  before  the  Lord, 
the  children  of  Israel  shall  put  their  hands  upon 
them : 

1 1  And  Aaron  shall  offer  the  Levites,  as  a  gift 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  from  the  children  of  Israel, 
that  they  may  serve  in  his  ministry. 

12  The  Levites  also  shall  put  their  hands  upon 
the  heads  of  the  oxen,  of  which  thou  shalt  sacri- 
fice one  for  sin.  and  the  other  for  a  holocaust  of  the 
Lord,  to  pray  for  them. 

13  And  thou  shalt  set  the  Levites  in  the  sight  of 
Aaron  and  of  his  sons,  and  shalt  consecrate  them 
being  offered  to  the  Lord  ; 

14  And  shalt  separate  them  from  the  midst  of 
the  children  of  Israel,  to  be  mine. 

15  And  afterward  they  shall  enter  into  the  ta- 
bernacle of  the  covenant,  to  serve  me.  And  thus 
shalt  thou  purify  and  consecrate  them  for  an  obla- 
tion to  the  Lord  :  for  as  a  gift  they  were  given  me 
by  the  children  of  Israel. 

16  I  have  taken  them  instead  of  the  first-born 
that  open  every  womb  in  Israel, 

17  For  all  the  first-born  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, both  of  men  and  of  beasts,  are  mine.  From 
the  day  that  I  slew  every  first-born  in  the  land  of 
Egypt,  have  I  sanctified  them  to  myself : 

i8  And  I  have  taken  the  Levites  for  all  the  first- 
born of  the  children  of  Israel: 

19  And  I  have  delivered  them  for  a  gift  to  Aaron 
and  his  sons  out  of  the  midst  of  the  people,  to  serve  • 
me  for  Israel  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant,  and 
to  pray  for  them,  lest  there  should  be  a  plague 
among  the  people,  if  they  should  presume  to  ap- 
proach unto  my  sanctuary. 

20  And  Moses  and  Aaron  and  all  the  multitude 
of  the  children  of  Israel  did  with  the  Levites  all 
that  the  Lord  had  commanded  Moses  : 

21  And  they  were  purified,  and  washed  their 
garments.  And  Aaron  lifted  them  up  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord,  and  prayed  for  them, 

22  That  being  purified  they  might  go  into  the 
tabernacle  of  the  covenant  to  do  their  services 
before  Aaron  and  his  sons.  As  the  Lord  had  com- 
manded Moses  touching  the  Levites,  so  was  it 
done. 

23  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saving  : 

24  This  is  the  law  of  the  Levites :  From  twen- 
ty-five years  old  and  upwards,  they  shall  go  in  to 
minister  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant. 

25  And  when  they  shall  have  accomplished  th3 
fiftieth  year  of  their  age,  they  shall  cease  to  serve  : 

26  And  they  shall  be  the  ministers  of  their  bre- 
thren in  the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant,  to  keep  tho 


ed  for  purifying  all  that  were  unclean,     it  was  a  figure  of  the  blood  oj 
Christ  applied  to  our  bouh>  bvhis  holy  gacrameuts. 

115 


M.MHKKS. 


tilings  that  are  committed  to  their  care,  but  not  to 
do  tlic  works.  Tims  shall  thou  order  tin:  l-<>  it«^. 
teaching  their  charge. 

CHAP.  IV 

The  prrtrpl  if  the  patch  is  renewed:  the  unclean  and  trarellert 
an  re  it  the  tecond  month  :  the  camp  is  guided  by  the 

pillar  of  the  cloud. 

riMlK  Lord  s|Kike  to  Moses  in 'the  desert  of  Si- 
-■-  nai,  the  second  year  after  they  were  eonie  out 
of  tin-  land  of  Egypt*  "i  the  first  month,  saving: 

2  Lei  tin:  children  of  Israel  make  the  phase*  in 
its  due  time, 

3  The  fourteenth  day  of  this  month  in  the  i 

in-,  according  to  all  the  ceremonies  and  justifica- 
tions thereof. 

\  \nd  .Moses  commanded  the  children  of  Israel 
that  they  should  make  the  phase. 

5  And  they  made  it  in  its  proper  time:  the  four- 
teenth d:i\  of  the  month  at  evening,  in  mount  Sinai. 
The  children  of  Israel  did  according  to  all  things 
that  the  Lord  had  commanded  Mom  -. 

6  But  behold,  some  who  were  unclean  by  occa- 
sion of  the  soul  of  a  man,t  who  could  not  make  the 
phase  on  that  day,  coming  to  Moses  and  Aaron, 

I  Said  to  them:  We  are  unclean  by  occasion  of 
the  soul  of  a  man.  Why  are  we  kept  back  that 
we  may  not  offer  in  its  season  the  offering  to  the 
Lord  among  the  children  of  Israel? 

8  And  Moses  answered  them  :  Stay  that  I  may 
consult  the  Lord  what  he  will  ordain  concernim: 

YOU. 

9  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying: 

10  Say  to  the  children  of  Israel:  The  man  that 
shall  he  unclean  l>\  occasion  of  one  that  is  .lead,  or 
shall  he  in  a  journey  afar  off  in  your  nation,  let 
him  make  the  phase  to  the  Lord. 

II  In  the  second  month,  on  the  fourteenth  day 
of  the  month  in  the  evening,  they  shall  eat  it  with 
Unleavened  bread  and  wild  lettuce  : 

12  They  shall  not  leave  any  thing  thereof  until 
morning,  nor  break  a  bone  thereof;  they  shall  ob- 
serve all  the  ceremonies  of  the  phase. 

13  But  if  any  man  is  clean,  and  was  not  on  a 
journey,  and  did  not  make  the  phase,  that  soul 
shall  l>e  cut  off  from  among  his  people,  because  he 

offered  not  sacrifice  to  the  Lord  in  due  season:  he 
shall  bear  his  sin. 

14  The  sojourner  also,  and  the  stranger  if  they 
be  anion-  you,  shall  make  the  phase  to  the  Lord 
according  to  the  ceremonies  and  justifications  there- 
of. The  same  ordinance  shall  he  with  you  both 
for  the  stranger,  and  for  him  that  was  horn  hi  the 
land. 

15  Now  on  the  day  that  the  tabernacle  was 
n  ared  up,  a  cloud  covei  rd  it.  Mut  from  the  even- 
in-  there  was  o\er  the  tabernacle  as  it  were  the 
appearance  of  fire  until  the  morning. 

16  So  it  was  always:  by  day  the  cloud  coveted 

it,  and  by  nighl  as  it  were  the  appearance  of  tin  . 


*  M'kt  thi  flute.    That  i»,  keep  tl*>  pcuwlml  tolemmty,  and  eat  the 
rvw.hal  lamb. 

'  kUktld,  tome  tcko  urn  untUt*  ftjf  ttmtion  of  tin  MtJ  of  m  man,  let. 

116 


17  And  when  the  cloud  that  covered  the  talier- 
nade  was  taken  up.  then  the  children  of  Israel 
marched  forward:  and  in  the  place  where  the 
cloud  stood  still,  there  they  camped. 

18  At  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  they 
marched,  and  at  his  commandment  the]  pitched  the 
tabernacle.  All  the  d.ays  that  the  cloud  abode  over 
the  tabernacle,  they  remained  in  the  same  place  • 

19  And  if  it  was  so  that  it  continued  over  it  a 
Ion:;  time,  the  children  of  Israel  kept  the  watches 
of  the  Lord,  and  marched  not, 

20  For  as  many  days  soever  as  the  cloud  staid 
OVei  the  tabernacle.  At  the  commandment  of  the 
Lord  they  pitched  their  tents,  and  at  his  command- 
ment they  took  them  down. 

21  If  the  cloud  tarried  from  evening  until  morn- 
ing,  and  immediately  at  break  of  day  left  the  ta- 
bernacle, they  marched  forward:  and  if  it  departed 
after  a  day  and  a  night,  they  took  down  their  tents. 

22  But  if  it  remained  over  the  tabernacle  for 
two  days  or  a  month  or  a  longer  time,  the  children 
of  Israel  remained  in  the  same  place,  and  marched 
not :  but  immediately  as  soon  as  it  departed,  they 
removed  the  camp. 

23  By  the  word  of  the  Lord  they  pitched  their 
'cuts,  and  by  his  word  they  marchea :  and  kept 
tiie  watches  of  the  Lord  according  to  his  com- 
mandment by  the  hand  of  Moses. 

CHAP.  X. 

The  silver  trumpet*  and  their  u*e.    They  march  from  Sinai. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saving : 
2  Make  thee  two  trumpets  of  beaten  silver, 
\\  herewith  thou  mayst  call  together  the  multitude 
when  the  camp  is  to  be  removed. 

3  And  when  thou  shalt  sound  the  trumpets,  all 
the  multitude  shall  gather  unto  thee  to  the  door  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant. 

4  If  thou  sound  but  once,  the  princes  and  the 
heads  of  the  multitude  of  Israel  shall  come  to  thee. 

5  But  if  the  sound  of  the  trumpets  be  longer 
and  w  it h  interruptions,  they  that  are  on  the  east 
side,  shall  first  go  forward. 

6  And  at  the  second  sounding  and  like  noise  of 
the  trumpet,  they  who  lie  on  the  south  side  shall 
take  up  their  tents.  And  after  this  manner  shall 
the  rest  do,  when  the  trumpets  shall  sound  for  a 
march. 

7  But  when  the  people  is  to  be  gathered  to- 
ut 'titer,  the  sound  of  the  trumpets  shall  l>e  plain, 
and  they  shall  not  make  a  broken  sound. 

8  And  the  sons  of  Aaron  the  priests  shall  sound 
the  trumpets:  and  this  shall  be  an  ordinance  for 
ever  in  your  generations. 

9  If  you  go  forth  to  war  out  of  your  land  against 
the  enemies  that  fighl  against  pott,  you  shall  sound 
aloud  with  the  trumpets,  and  there  shall  lie  a  re- 
membrance of  yon  before  the  Lord  \our(iod,  hat 
yOU  may  be  delivered  out  of  the  hands  of  your 
enemies. 


That   i».  by  having  touched  or  come  near  a  dead  body,  out  of  wlnck 
the  wml  waadcpai 


CHAP  XI. 


10  If  at  any  time  you  shall  have  a  banquet,  and 
on  your  festival  days,  and  on  the  first  days  of  your 
months,  you  shall  sound  the  trumpets  over  the  ho- 
locausts, and  the  sacrifices  of  peace-offerings,  that 
they  may  be  to  you  for  a  remembrance  of  your 
God.     1  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

1 1  The  second  year,  in  the  second  month,  the 
twentieth  day  of  the  month,  the  cloud  was  taken 
up  from  the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant. 

12  And  the  children  of  Israel  marched  by  their 
troops  from  the  desert  of  Sinai,  and  the  cloud  rested 
in  the  wilderness  of  Pharan. 

13  And  the  first  went  forward  according  to  the 
commandment  of  the  Lord  by  the  hand  of  Moses. 

14  The  sons  of  Juda  by  their  troops :  whose 
prince  was  Nahasson  the  son  of  Aminadab. 

15  In  the  tribe  of  the  sons  of  Issachar,  the 
prince  was  Nathanael  the  son  of  Suar. 

16  In  the  tribe  of  Zabulon,  the  prince  was  Eliab 
die  son  of  Helon. 

17  And  the  tabernacle  was  taken  down,  and  the 
sons  of  Gerson  and  Merari  set  forward,  bearing  it. 

18  And  the  sons  of  Ruben  also  marched,  by 
their  troops  and  ranks,  whose  prince  was  Elisur 
the  son  of  Sedeur. 

19  And  in  the  tribe  of  Simeon,  the  prince  was 
Salamiel  the  son  of  Surisaddai. 

20  And  in  the  tribe  of  Gad,  the  prince  was 
Eliasaph  the  son  of  Duel. 

21  Then  the  Caathites  also  marched  carrying 
the  sanctuary.  So  long  was  the  tabernacle  carried, 
till  thev  came  to  the  place  of  setting  it  up. 

22  The  sons  of  Ephraim  also  moved  their  camp 
by  their  troops,  in  whose  army  the  prince  was  Eli- 
sama  the  son  of  Ammiud. 

23  And  in  the  tribe  of  the  sons  of  Manasses,  the 
prince  was  Gamaliel  the  son  of  Phadassur. 

24  And  in  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  the  prince  was 
Abidan  the  son  of  Gedeon. 

25  The  last  of  all  the  camp  marched  the  sons 
of  Dan  by  their  troops,  in  whose  army  the  prince 
was  Ahiezer  the  son  of  Ammisaddai. 

26  And  in  the  tribe  of  the  sons  of  Aser,  the 
prince  was  Phegiel  the  son  of  Ochran. 

27  And  in  the  tribe  of  the  sons  of  Nephtali,  the 
prince  was  Ahira  the  son  of  Enan. 

28  This  was  the  order  of  the  camps  and  marches 
of  the  children  of  Israel  by  their  troops,  when  they 
set  forward. 

29  And  Moses  said  to  Hobab  the  son  of  Raguel 
.he  Madianite,  his  kinsman  :  We  are  going  towards 
*he  place  which  the  Lord  will  give  us :  come  with 
us,  that  we  may  do  thee  good  :  for  the  Lord  hath 
promised  good  things  to  Israel. 

30  But  he  answered  him :  I  will  not  go  with 
thee,  but  I  will  return  to  mj  country,  wherein  I 
was  born. 

31  And  he  said :   Do  not  leave   us :   for  thou 

*  The  burning.     Hebrew,  Taberah. 

T  A  mixt  multitude.  These  were  people  that  came  with  them  out  of 
Egypt,  who  were  not  of  the  race  of  Israel  :  who,  by  their  murmuring-, 
drew  also  the  children  of  Israel  to  murmur:  this  should  teach  us  the 


knowest  in  what  places  we  should  encamp  in  tlie 
wilderness,  and  thou  shalt  be  our  guide. 

32  And  if  thou  comest  with  us,  we  will  ghe 
thee  what  is  the  best  of  the  riches,  which  the  Lord 
shall  deliver  to  us. 

33  So  they  marched  from  the  mount  of  the  Lord 
three  days'  journey,  and  the  ark  of  the  covenant  if 
the  Lord  went  before  them,  for  three  days  providing 
a  place  for  the  camp. 

34  The  cloud  also  of  the  Lord  was  over  them 
by  day  when  they  marched. 

35  And  when  the  ark  was  lifted  up,  Moses  said  : 
Arise,  O  Lord,  and  let  thy  enemies  be  scattered, 
and  let  them  that  hate  thee,  flee  from  before  thy  face. 

36  And  when  it  was  set  down,  he  said  :  Return, 
O  Lord,  to  the  multitude  of  the  host  of  Israel : 

CHAP.  XL 

The  people  murmur,  and  are  punished  with  fire.  God  appoint 
eth  seventy  ancients  for  assistants  to  Moses.  They  prophesy. 
The  people  have  their  fill  of  flesh,  but  forthwith  many  die  of 
the  plague. 

IN  the  mean  time  there  arose  a  murmuring  of  the 
people  against  the  Lord,  as  it  were  repining  at 
their  fatigue.  And  when  the  Lord  heard  it  he  was 
angry.  And  the  fire  of  the  Lord  being  kindled 
against  them,  devoured  them  that  were  at  the  utter- 
most part  of  the  camp. 

2  And  when  the  people  cried  to  Moses,  Moses 
prayed  to  the  Lord,  and  the  fire  was  swallowed  up. 

3  And  he  called  the  name  of  that  place,  The 
burning  :*  for  that  the  fire  of  the  Lord  had  been 
kindled  against  them. 

4  For  a  mixt  multitude  f  of  people,  that  came. up 
with  them,  burned  with  desire,  sitting  and  weeping, 
the  children  of  Israel  also  being  joined  with  them, 
and  said  :  Who  shall  give  us  flesh  to  eat  ? 

5  We  remember  the  fish  that  we  ate  in  Egypt  free- 
cost  :  the  cucumbers  come  into  our  mind,  and  the 
melons,  and  the  leeks,  and  the  onions,  and  the  garlic. 

6  Our  soul  is  dry,  our  eyes  behold  nothing  else 
but  manna. 

7  Now  the  manna  was  like  coriander-seed,  of 
the  colour  of  bdellium.  J 

8  And  the  people  went  about,  and  gathering  it, 
ground  it  in  a  mill,  or  beat  it  in  a  mortar,  and  boil- 
ed it  in  a  pot,  and  made  cakes  thereof  of  the  taste 
of  bread  tempered  with  oil. 

9  And  when  the  dew  fell  in  the  night  upon  the 
camp,  the  manna  also  fell  with  it. 

10  Now  Moses  heard  the  people  weeping  by 
their  families,  every  one  at  the  door  of  his  tent. 
And  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  was  exceedingly  en- 
kindled :  to  Moses  also  the  thing  seemed  insup- 
portable. 

1 1  And  he  said  to  the  Lord :  Why  hast  thou 
afflicted  thy  servant  ?  wherefore  do  I  not  find  favour 
before  thee  ?  and  why  hast  thou  laid  the  weight  of 
all  this  people  upon  me? 


danger  of  associating  ourselves  with  the  children  of  £gypt,  that  is, 
with  the  lovers  and  admirers  of  this  wicked  world. 

I  Bdellium.      Bdellium,  according  to  Pliny,  1.  21.  c.  9.  was  of  the 
colour  of  a  man's  nail,  white  and  bright. 

117 


MMBERS. 


12  Hare  I  conceived  all  this  multitude,  or  be- 
gotten them,  that  thou  shouldst  say  to  me:  Cam 
them  in  thy  baton  as  the  nurse  is  wont  to  carry 
the  little  infant,  ami  Ixar  thetJ  intn  (he  laud,  for 
which  thou  hasi  bwoth  to  their  lath. 

13  Whence  should  I  have  lath  tOghrt  to  so  great 
I  multitude:  they  weep  against  me,  saying:  Give 
us  Beth  that  we  may  eat. 

14  I  am  not  able  alone  to  bear  all  this  people, 
because  it  is  too  heavy  lor  me. 

15  But  if  it  seem  unto  thee  otherwise,  I  beseech 
thee  to  kill  me,  and  let  me  find  grace  in  thy  eyes, 
that  I  be  not  afflicted  with  so  great  evils. 

16  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses:  Gather  unto 
me  seventy  men*  of  the  ancients  of  Israel,  whom 
thou  knowest  to  he  ancients  and  masters  of  the 
people  and  thou  shalt  bring  them  to  the  door  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant,  and  shalt  make 
them  stand  there  with  thee, 

17  That  I  may  come  down  and  speak  with  tine: 
and  I  will  take  of  thy  spirit,  and  will  give  to  them, 
that  they  may  bear  with  thee  the  burden  of  the 
people,  and  thou  mavst   not  be  burdened  alone. 

18  And  thou  shaft  say  to  the  people  :  Be  ye  sanc- 
tified :  to-morrow  you  shall  eat  flesh:  for  I  have 
heard  you  say:  Who  will  give  us  flesh  to  eat  ?  it 
was  well  with  us  in  Egypt.  That  the  Lord  may 
give  you  flesh,  and  you  may  eat : 

19  Not  for  one  day,  nor  two,  nor  five,  nor  ten, 
no  nor  for  twenty. 

20  But  even  for  a  month  of  days,  till  it  come  out 
at  your  nostrils,  and  become  loathsome  to  you,  be- 
cause you  have  cast  off  the  Lord,  who  is  in  the 
midst  of  you,  and  have  wept  before  him,  saying: 
Why  came  we  out  of  Egypt  ? 

21  And  Moses  said:  There  are  six  hundred 
thousand  footmen  of  this  people,  and  sayest  thou: 
1  will  give  then  flesh  to  eat  a  whole  month  ? 

22  Shall  then  a  multitude  of  sheep  and  oxen  be 
killed,  that  it  may  suffice  for  their  food?  or'  shall 
the  fishes  of  the  sea  be  gathered  together  to  fill 
them  ? 

23  And  the  Loid  answered  him:  Is  the  hand 
of  the  Lord  unable  ?  Thou  shalt  presently  see 
whether  my  word  shall  come  to  pass  or  no. 

24  Moses  therefore  came,  and  told  the  people  the 
words  of  the  Lord;  and  assembled  se\enty  men  of 
the  ancients  of  Israel,  and  made  them  to  stand  about 
the  tabernacle* 

25  And  the  Lord  came  down  in  a  cloud,  and 
spoke  to  him,  taking  away  of  the  spirit  that  was 
in  Moses,  and  giving  to  the  seventy  men.  And 
when  the  spirit  had  retted  OB  them,  they  prophe- 
sied: nor  did  they  cease  afterward. 

26  Now  there  remained  in  the  camp  two  of  the 
men,  of  whom  one  was  called  Eldad,  and  the  Other 

•  Seventy  ma.    This  wai  the  first  institution  of  the  council  or  senate, 
i  the  Smkiirim,  consisting  ofsercnty  or  seventy-two  senators  or 
counsellor*. 

t  TV  frmttfhut;  or  the  sepulchres  of  concupiscence :   to  called 
rrotntlw.r  irregular  desire  of  flesh.     In  Hebrew.  Ktbrotti  Htllmmak. 

J  KtMopUn.     Sephora  the  wife  of  Moses  was  of  Madian,  winch  bor- 
dered upon  the  land  of  Chus  or  Ethiopia  i  and  then  fore  she  is  ceiled 

IM 


Mi  dad,  ii|K>n  whom  the  spirit  rested  :  for  they  also 
had  been  enrolled,  but  were  not  gone  forth  to  the 
tabernacle. 

27  And  when  they  prophesied  in  the  camp,  there 
ran  a  WMtJtj  man,  and  told  Motetj  rajing.  Eldad 
and  Medad  prophesy  in  the  camp. 

28  Forthwith  Josoethe  son  of  Nun.  the  minister 
of  Moses,  and  chosen  out  of  many,  said:  My  lord 
Muses,  forbid  them. 

29  But  he  said  :  Why  hast  thou  emulation  for 
me  ?0  that  all  the  people  might1  prophesy,  and  that 
the  Lord  would  give  them  his  spirit? 

30  And  Moses  returned  with  the  ancients  of 
Israel,  into  the  camp. 

31  And  a  wind  going  out  from  the  Lord,  taking 
quails  up  beyond  the  sea,  brought  them,  and  cast 
them  into  the  camp  for  the  space  of  one  day's  jour- 
ney, on  every  side  of  the  camp  round  about:  and 
they  flew  in  the  air  two  cubits  high  above  the 
ground. 

32  The  people  therefore  rising  up  all  that  day, 
and  night,  and  the  next  day,  gathered  together  of 
quails,  he  that  did  least,  ten  cores:  and  they  dried 
them  round  about  the  camp. 

33  As  yet  the  flesh  was  between  their  leeth, 
neither  had  that  kind  of  meat  tailed  :  w  hen  behold, 
the  wrath  of  the  Lord  being  provoked  against  the 
people,  struck  them  with  an  exceeding  great  plague. 

34  And  that  place  was  called  The  graves  of 
lust:f  for  there  they  buried  the  people  that  had 
lusted.  And  departins  from  The  graves  of  lust, 
they  came  unto  Hasemth,  and  abode  there. 

CHAP.  XII. 

Mary  and  Aaron  murmur  against  Moses,  whom  God  praisetk 
above  other  prophet t.  Mary  being  struck  irith  leprosy,  Aaron 
confesseth  his  fault.  Mosrsprayeth  for  Acr,  and  after  seven 
days  separation  from  the  camp,  she  is  restored. 

AND  Mary  and  Aaron  spoke  tgainst  Motet,  be- 
cause of  his  wife  the  Ethiopian,! 

2  And  thej  said:  Hath  the  Lord  spoken  by 
Motet  only?  hath  he  not  also  spoken  to  us  in  like 
manner?  And  when  the  Lord  heard  this, 

3  (For  Moses  w  as  a  man  exceeding  meek$  above 
all  men  that  dwelt  upon  earth) 

4  Immediately  be  spoke  to  him,  and  to  Aaron 
and  Mary  :  Come  out  you  three  only  to  the  taberna- 
cle of  the  covenant.  And  when  they  were  come 
out, 

5  The  Lord  came  down  in  the  pillar  of  the  cloud, 
and  stood  in  the  entry  of  the  tabernacle,  calling  to 
Aaron  and  Mary.     And  when  they  were  come, 

6  He  said  to  them  :  Hear  my  words  :  II  there  be 
anions:  you  a  prophet  of  the  Lord,  I  will  appear  to 
him  in  a  vision,  or  I  will  speak  to  him  in  a  dream. 

7  But  it  is  not  so  with  my  servant  Moses,  who  is 
most  faithful  in  all  my  house  : 


an  Ethiopian  :  where  note,  that  the  Ethiopia  here  spoken  of  is  not  that 
of  Africa,  but  that  of  Arabia. 

k  Exceeding  meek.     Moses   beine  the  meekest  of  men,   would    not 
icintiiid  for  himself;  therefore  God  inspired   him    to  write  here  his 
own    defence:     and    the    Holy    Spiiit,  whose    dictate    he    sTI 
obliged    him  to  declare  the  truth,  though   it  was   to  much  to  bis 
own  praise. 


CHAP.  XIII. 


3  For  I  speak  to  him  mouth  to  mouth:  and 
plainly,  and  not  by  riddles  and  figures,  doth  he  see 
the  Lord.  Why  then  were  you  not  afraid  to  speak 
ill  of  my  servant  Moses  ? 

9  And  being  angry  with  them  he  went  away  : 

10  The  cloud  also  that  was  over  the  tabernacle 
departed:  and  behold,  Mary  appeared  white  as 
snow  with  a  leprosy.  And  when  Aaron  had  looked 
on  her,  and  saw  her  all  covered  with  leprosy, 

1 1  He  said  to  Moses :  I  beseech  thee,  my  lord, 
lay  not  upon  us  this  sin,  which  we  have  foolishly 
committed: 

12  Let  her  not  be  as  one  dead,  and  as  an  abor- 
tive that  is  cast  forth  from  the  mother's  womb.  Lo, 
now  one  half  of  her  flesh  is  consumed^  with  the 
leprosy. 

13  And  Moses  cried  to  the  Lord,  saying  :  OGod, 
I  beseech  thee,  heal  her. 

14  And  the  Lord  answered  him:  If  her  father 
had  spitten  upon  her  face,  ought  she  not  to  -have 
been  ashamed  for  seven  days  at  least  ?  Let  her  be 
separated  seven  days  without  the  camp  ;  and  after- 
ward she  shall  be  called  again. 

15  Mary  therefore  was  put  out  of  the  camp  seven 
days:  and  the  people  moved  not  from  that  place 
until  Mary  was  called  again. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

The  twelve  spies  are  sent  to  view  the  land.     The  relation  they 
make  of  it. 

AND  the  people  marched  from  Haseroth,  and 
pitched  their  tents  in  the  desert  of  Pharan. 

2  And  there  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying : 

3  Send  men  to  view  the  land  of  Chanaan,  which 
I  will  give  to  the  children  of  Israel,  one  of  every 
tribe,  of  the  rulers. 

4  Moses  did  what  the  Lord  had  commanded, 
sending  from  the  desert  of  Pharan,  principal  men, 
whose  names  are  these  : 

5  Of  the  tribe  of  Ruben,  Sammua  the  son  of 
Zechur. 

6  Of  the  tribe  of  Simeon,  Saphat  the  son  of  Huri. 

7  Of  the  tribe  of  Juda,  Caleb  the  son  of  Jephone. 

8  Of  the  tribe  of  Issachar,  Igal  the  son  of  Joseph. 

9  Of  the  tribe  of  Ephraim,  Osee  the  son  of  Nun. 

10  Of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  Phalti  the  son  of 
Raphu. 

1 1  Of  the  tribe  of  Zabulon,  Geddiel  the  son  of 
Sodi. 

12  Of  the  tribe  of  Joseph,  of  the  sceptre  of  Ma- 
luisses,  Gaddi  the  son  of  Susi. 

13  Of  the  tribe  of  Dan,  Ammiel  the  son  of  Ge- 
malli. 

14  Of  the  tribe  of  Aser,  Sthur  the  son  of  Michael. 

15  Of  the  tribe  of  Nephtali,  Nahabi  the  son  of 
Vapsi. 

16  Of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  Guel  the  son  of  Machi. 

17  These  are  the  names  of  the  men,  whom  Moses 
sent  to  view  the  land :  and  he  called  Osee  the  son 
of  Nun,  Josue. 


*  Spoke  ill,  SfC, 
land  of  promise,  discouraged  the  Israelites  from  attempting1  i. 
quest  of  it,  were  a  figure  of  worldlings,  who,  by  decrying  or 


These  men,  who  by  their  misrepresentations  of  the 

he  con- 


18  And  Moses  sent  them  to  view  the  land  ol 
Chanaan,  and  said  to  them  :  Go  you  up  by  the  south 
side.     And  when  you  shall  come  to  the  mountains, 

19  View  the  land,  of  what  sort  it  is;  and  the 
people  that  are  the  inhabitants  thereof,  whether  they 
be  strong  or  weak ;  few  in  number  or  many  : 

20  The  land  itself,  whether  it  be  good  or  bad 
what  manner  of  cities,  walled  or  without  walls  ; 

21  The  ground,  fat  or  barren,  woody  or  without 
trees.  Be  of  good  courage,  and  bring  us  of  the 
fruits  of  the  land.  Now  it  was  the  time  when  the 
first  ripe  grapes  are  fit  to  be  eaten. 

22  And  when  they  were  gone  up,  they  viewed 
the  land  from  the  desert  of  Sin,  unto  Rohob  as  you 
enter  into  Emath. 

23  And  they  went  up  at  the  south  side,  and  came 
to  Hebron,  where  were  Achiman  and  Sisai  and 
Tholmai  the  sons  of  Enac.  For  Hebron  was  built 
seven  years  before  Tanis  the  city  of  Egypt. 

24  And  going  forward  as  far  as  the  torrent  of  the 
cluster  of  grapes,  they  cut  off*  a  branch  with  its 
cluster  of  grapes,  which  two  men  carried  upon  a 
lever.  They  took  also  of  the  pomegranates  and  of 
the  figs  of  that  place  : 

25  Which  was  called  Nehelescol,  that  is  to  say, 
The  torrent  of  the  cluster  of  grapes,  because  from 
thence  the  children  of  Israel  had  carried  a  cluster 
of  grapes. 

26  And  they  that  went  to  spy  out  the  land  re- 
turned after  forty  days,  having  gone  round  all  ihe 
country, 

27  And  came  to  Moses  and  Aaron  and  to  all  the 
assembly  of  the  children  of  Israel,  to  the  desert  of 
Pharan,  which  is  in  Cades.  And  speaking  to  them 
and  to  all  the  multitude,  they  showed  them  the  fruits 
of  the  land  : 

28  And  they  related  and  said  :  We  came  into  the 
land  to  which  thou  sentest  us,  which  in  very  deed 
floweth  with  milk  and  honey,  as  may  be  known  by 
these  fruits : 

29  But  it  hath  very  strong  inhabitants,  and  the 
cities  are  great  and  walled.  We  saw  there  the 
race  of  Enac. 

30  Amalec  dwelleth  in  the  south ;  the  Hethite, 
and  the  Jebusite,  and  the  Amorrhite  in  the  moun- 
tains :  but  the  Chanaanite  abideth  by  the  sea,  and 
near  the  streams  of  the  Jordan. 

31  In  the  mean  time  Caleb,  to  still  the  murmur- 
ing of  the  people  that  rose  against  Moses,  said :  Let 
us  go  up  and  possess  the  land,  for  we  shall  be  able 
to  conquer  it. 

32  But  the  others,  that  had  been  with  him,  said : 
No,  we  are  not  able  to  go  up  to  this  people,  because 
they  are  stronger  than  we. 

33  And  they  spoke  ill*  of  the  land,  which  they 
had  viewed,  before  the  children  of  Israel,  saying : 
The  land,  which  we  have  viewed,  devoureth  its 
inhabitants  :  the  people,  that  we  beheld,  are  of  a 
tall  stature. 


presenting  truedevotion,  discourage  Christians  from  seeking  in  earnest 
and  acquiring  so  great  a  good,  and  thereby  securing  to  themselves  a 
happy  eternitv 

119 


NUMBERS. 


34  There  we  saw  certain  monsters  of  fa  sons 
of  Enae,  of  the  cant-kind  :  in  comparison  of  whom 
\\  i  seemed  like  locusts. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

The  people  murmur.  God  threatrneth  to  destroy  them.  He  is 
appeased  by  Motet,  yet  to  at  to  exclude  the  murmurert  from 
entering  the  promised  land.  The  authors  of  the  tedition  are 
stn.i  k  dead.  1  he  rat,  going  to  fight  against  the  will  of  God, 
are  beaten. 

Ti  I 1 •:  li  EFORE  the  whole  multitude  crying  wept 
thai  night 

2  And  all  the  children  of  Israel  murmured  against 
Mums   in. I  A. iron,  saying: 

3  Would  God  that  we  had  died  in  Egypt :  and 
would  Got!  we  may  die  in  this  vast  wilderness,  and 
that  the  Lord  may  not  bring  us  into  this  land,  lest 
we  tall  l>\  ilie  sword,  and  our  wives  and  children 
be  led  an  ay  captives.  Is  it  not  better  to  return 
into  Egynt  ? 

4  Ami  they  said  one  to  another:  Let  us  appoint 
a  captain,  and  let  us  return  into  Egypt. 

5  And  when  Moses  and  Aaron  heard  this,  they 
fell  down  flat  upon  the  ground  before  the  multitude 
of  the  children  of  Israel. 

o"  But  Josue  the  son  of  Nun,  and  Caleb  the  son 
of  Jephone.  who  themselves  also  had  viewed  the 
land,  rent  tneir  garments, 

7  And  said  to  all  the  multitude  of  the  children 
of  Israel :  The  land  which  we  have  gone  round  is 
very  good : 

8  If  the  Lord  be  favourable,  he  w  ill  bring  us  into 
it,  and  give  us  a  land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey. 

9  Be  not  rebellious  against  the  Lord:  and  fear 
ye  not  the  people  of  this  land,  for  we  are  able  to 
eat  them  up  as  bread.  All  aid  is  gone  from  them: 
the  Lord  is  with  us;  fear  ye  not. 

10  And  when  all  the  multitude  cried  out,  and 
would  have  stoned  them,  the  glory  of  the  Lord  ap- 
peared over  the  tabei 
the  children  of  Israel 

11  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses:  How  long  will 
this  people  detract  me  ?  how  long  will  they  not  be- 
lieve me  for  all  the  signs  that  I  have  wrought  before 
them  ? 

12  I  will  strike  them  therefore  with  pestilence, 
and  will  consume  them:  but  thee  I  will  make  a 
ruler  over  a  great  nation,  and  a  mightier  than 
this  is. 

13  And  Moses  said  to  the  Lord :  That  the 
Egyptian**  'rom  the  midst  of  whom  thou  hast 
brought  forth  this  people, 

14  And  the  inhabitants  of  this  land,  (who  have 
heard  that  thou,  O  Lord,  art  among  this  people,  and 
art  teen  face  to  face,  and  thy  cloud  protecteth  them, 
and  thou  goest  before  them  in  a  pillar  of  a  cloud 
b]  day.  and  in  a  pillar  of  fire  by  night,) 

May  hear  that  thou  hast    killed  so  great  a 
multitude  as  it  were  one  man,  and  may  say : 

16  He  could  not  bring  the  people  into  the  land 
for  which  be  bad  sworn;  therefore  did  he  kill  them 
in  the  wilderness. 

•  CUmr,  i.  e.  whodeaerrea  punishment, 
f  3UU  fear  yew-  JtmUmtitn.     That  it,  ahall  bear  the  puni 

130 


.the  el 
peared  over  the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant  to  all 


17  Let  then  the  strength  of  the  Lord  be  mag 

niiied,  as  thou  hast  sworn,  saying: 

lb  The  Lord  is  patient  and  lull  of  mercy ,  taking 
away  'iniquity  and  wickedness,  and  leering  DO  man 
clear,*  who  \  isitcst  the  sins  ol  the  lathers  upon  the 
children  unto  the  third  and  fourth  generation. 

19  Forgive,  I  beseech  thee,  the  sins  of  this  peo- 
ple, according  to  the  greatness  of  thy  mercy,  a? 
thou  hast  been  merciful  to  them  from  their  going 
out  of  Egypt  unto  this  place. 

20  And  the  Lord  said:  1  have  feygifea  according 
to  thy  word. 

21  As  1  live  :  and  the  whole  earth  shall  Ik>  fill«  d 
with  the  glory  of  the  Lord. 

22  But  vet  all  the  men  that  have  seen  mv  ma- 
jesty, and  the  signs  that  I  have  done  in  Egypt,  and 
in  the  wilderness,  and  have  tempted  me  now  ten 
times,  and  have  not  obeyed  my  voice, 

23  Shall  not  see  the  land  for  which  I  swore  to 
their  fathers:  neither  shall  any  one  of  them  that 
hath  detracted  me,  behold  it. 

24  My  servant  Caleb,  who  being  full  of  another 
spirit  hath  followed  me,  I  will  bring  into  this  land 
which  he  hath  gone  round:  and  his  seed  shall  pos- 
sess it. 

25  For  the  Amalecite  and  the  Chanaanite  dwell 
in  the  valleys.  To-morrow  remove  the  camp,  and 
return  into  the  wilderness  by  the  way  of  the  Red 
Sea. 

26  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  and  Aaron, 
saying : 

27  How  long  doth  this  wicked  multitude  mur- 
mur against  me?  I  have  heard  the  murmurings  of 
the  children  of  Israel. 

28  Say  therefore  to  them :  As  I  live,  saith  the 
Lord  :  According  as  you  have  spoken  in  my  bear- 
ing, so  will  I  do  to  you. 

29  In  the  wilderness  shall  your  carcasses  lie. 
All  you  that  were  numbered  from  twenty  years  old 
and  upward,  and  have  murmured  against  me, 

30  Shall  not  enter  into  the  land.  o\er  which  I 
lifted  up  my  hand  to  make  you  dwell  therein,  ex- 
cept Caleb  the  son  of  Jephone,  and  Josue  the  son 
of  Nun. 

31  But  your  children,  of  whom  you  said,  that 
they  should  be  a  prey  to  the  enemies,  will  1  bring 
in  :  that  they  may  see  the  laud  which  you  have  de- 
spised. 

32  Your  carcasses  shall  lie  in  the  wilderness. 

33  Your  children  shall  wander  in  the  desert 
forty  years,  and  shall  bear  your  fornication. f  until 
the  carcasses  of  their  fathers  be  consumed  in  die 
desert, 

34  According  to  the  number  of  the  forty  dare, 
wherein  you  viewed  the  land:  a  year  shall  be 
counted  for  a  day.  And  forty  yean  ran  shaH  re- 
ceive your  iniquities,  and  shall  know  mv  rew-nge: 

35  For  as  I  have  spoken,  so  will  I  00  to  all  this 
Wicked  multitude,  that  hath  ristn  up  together 
against  DM  :  in  this  wilderness  shall  it  faint  away 
and  die. 

iiinr  Hi.lotaltY  to  God,  which  in  the  aenpture  language  ii  here  called 
t  of     a  fornication,  iu  a  spiritual  nan, 


CHAP.  XV. 


36  Therefore  all  (he  men,  whom  Moses  had  sent 
to  view  the  land,  an  1  who  at  their  return  had  made 
the  whole  multitude  to  murmur  against  him,  speak- 

ng  ill  of  the  land,  that  it  was  naught, 

37  Died,  and  were  struck  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord. 

38  But  Josue  the  son  of  Nun,  and  Caleb  the 
son  of  Jephone  lived,  of  all  of  them  that  had  gone 
to  view  the  land. 

39  And  Moses  spoke  all  these  words  to  all  the 
mildren  of  Israel;  and  the  people  mourned  exceed- 
ingly. 

40  And  behold,  rising  up  very  early  in  the  morn- 
ing, they  went  up  to  the  top  of  the  mountain,  and 
said :  YVe  are  ready  to  go  up  to  the  place  of  which 
the  Lord  hath  spoken:  for  we  have  sinned. 

41  And  Moses  said  to  them:  Why  transgress 
you  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  shall  not  succeed 
prosperously  with  you  ? 

42  Go  not  up,  for  the  Lord  is  not  with  you  :  lest 
you  fall  before  your  enemies. 

43  The  Amalecite  and  the  Chanaanite  are  be- 
fore you ;  and  by  their  sword  you  shall  fall ;  because 
you  would  not  consent  to  the  Lord :  neither  will 
the  Lord  be  with  you. 

44  But  they  being  blinded,  went  up  to  the  top 
of  the  mountain.  But  the  ark  of  the  testament  of 
the  Lord  and  Moses  departed  not  from  the  camp. 

45  And  the  Amalecite  came  down,  and  the 
Chanaanite  that  dwelt  in  the  mountain:  and  smiting 
and  slaying  them,  pursued  them  as  far  as  Horma. 

CHAP.  XV. 

Certain  laws  concerning  sacrifices.    Sabbath-breaking  is  pun- 
ished with  death.     The  law  of  fringes  on  their  garments. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying : 
2  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  thou 
shalt  say  to  them:  When  you  shall  be  come  into 
the  land  of  your  habitation,  which  I  will  give  you, 

3  And  shall  make  an  offering  to  the  Lord  for  a  ho- 
locaust, or  a  victim,  paying  your  vows,  or  volunta- 
rily offering  gifts,  or  in  your  solemnities  burning  a 
sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord,  of  oxen  or  of  sheep  : 

4  Whosoever  immolateth  the  victim,  shall  offer 
a  sacrifice  of  fine  flour,  the  tenth  part  of  an  ephi, 
tempered  with  the  fourth  part  of  a  hin  of  oil : 

5  And  he  shall  give  the  same  measure  of  wine  to 
pour  out  in  libations  for  the  holocaust  or  for  the  vic- 
tim.    For  every  lamb, 

6  And  for  every  ram  there  shall  be  a  sacrifice  of 
flour  of  two  tenths,  which  shall  be  tempered  with 
a  third  part  of  a  hin  of  oil : 

7  And  he  shall  offer  the  third  part  of  the  same 
measure  of  wine  for  the  libation,  for  a  sweet  savour 
to  the  Lord. 

8  But  when  thou  offerest  a  holocaust  or  sacrifice 
of  oxen,  to  fulfil  thy  vow,  or  for  victims  of  peace- 
offerings, 

9  Thou  shalt  give  for  every  ox  three  tenths  of 
flour  tempered  with  half  a  hin  of  oil, 

10  And  wine  for  libations  of  the  same  measure, 
for  an  offering  of  most  sweet  savour  to  the  Lord. 

1 1  Thus  shalt  thou  do: 


12  For  every  ox  and  ram  and  lamb  and  kid. 

13  Both  they  that  are  born  in  the  land,  and  the 
strangers, 

14  Shall  offer  sacrifices  after  the  same  rirc. 

15  There  shall  be  all  one  law  and  judgment 
both  for  you  and  for  them  who  are  strangers  in  the 
land. 

16  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying: 

17  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  thou  shalt 
say  to  them : 

18  When  you  are  come  into  the  land  which  I 
will  give  you, 

19  And  shall  eat  of  the  bread  of  that  country, 
you  shall  separate  first-fruits  to  the  Lord, 

20  Of  the  things  you  eat.  As  you  separate 
first-fruits  of  your  barn-floors: 

21  So  also  shall  you  give  first-fruits  of  your  dougli 
to  the  Lord. 

22  And  if  through  ignorance  you  omit  any  of 
these  things,  which  the  Lord  hath  spoken  to  Moses, 

23  And  by  him  hath  commanded  you,  from  the 
day  that  he  began  to  command  and  thence  forward, 

24  And  the  multitude  have  forgotten  to  do  it , 
they  shall  offer  a  calf  out  of  the  herd,  a  holocaust 
for  a  most  sweet  savour  to  the  Lord,  and  the  sa- 
crifice and  libations  thereof,  as  the  ceremonies  re- 
quire, and  a  buck-goat  for  sin: 

25  And  the  priest  shall  pray  for  all  the  multitude 
of  the  children  of  Israel:  and  it  shall  be  forgiven 
them,  because  they  sinned  ignorantly,  offering  not- 
withstanding a  burnt-offering  to  the  Lord  for  them- 
selves and  for  their  sin  and  their  ignorance: 

26  And  it  shall  be  forgiven  all  the  people  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  the  strangers  that  sojourn 
among  them :  because  it  is  the  fault  of  all  the  peo- 
ple through  ignorance. 

27  But  if  one  soul  shall  sin  ignorantly,  he  shall 
offer  a  she-goat  of  a  year  old  for  his  sin  : 

28  And  the  priest  shall  pray  for  him,  because  ne 
sinned  ignorantly  before  the  Lord :  and  he  snail 
obtain  his  pardon,  and  it  shall  be  forgiven  him. 

29  The  same  law  shall  be  for  all  that  sin  by  ig- 
norance, whether  they  be  natives  or  strangers. 

30  But  the  soul  that  committeth  any  thing 
through  pride,  whether  he  be  born  in  the  land  or  a 
stranger,  (because  he  hath  been  rebellious  against 
the  Lord)  shall  be  cut  off  from  among  his  people  : 

31  For  he  hath  contemned  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  and  made  void  his  precept:  therefore  shall 
he  be  destroyed,  and  shall  bear  his  iniquity. 

32  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  children  of 
Israel  were  in  the  wilderness,  and  had  found  a  man 
gathering  sticks  on  the  sabbath-day, 

33  That  they  brought  him  to  Moses  and  Aaron 
and  the  whole  multitude. 

34  And  they  put  him  into  prison,  not  knowing 
what  they  should;  do  with  him. 

35  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  :  Let  that  man 
die:  let  all  the  multitude  stone  him  without  the 
camp. 

36  And  when  they  had  brought  him  out,  they 
stoned  him;  and  he  died  as  the  Lord  had  com- 
manded. 

121 


Nl  MUCKS. 


37  The  Lord  ;i!so  said  to  \l 

38  Speak,  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  thou 
shalt    t.-ll    them,  to   make  to  themselves    fringes* 

in  the  corners  <>f  their  garments,  potting  in  them 
ribands  of  blue: 

"  39  That  when  they  shall  see  them,  they  may  re- 
member all  the  commandments  of  the  Lord,   and 
not  follow  t In  ir  own  thoughts  and  eves  going  astra\ 
alter  divers  things, 
4<»  But  rather  being  mindful  of  the  precepts  of 

the  Lord,  may  do  them,  and  be  holy  to  their  (iod. 

4]  lam  the  Lord  your  (iod,  who  brought  you 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  that  1  might  be  your  God. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

The  ichism  of  Core  and  hi*  adherents  :  their  punishmint. 

AND  behold,  Core  the  son  of  Isaar,  the  son  of 
Caath,  the  son  of  Levi,  and  Dathan  and  Ahi- 
ron  the  sons  of  Kliab,  and  Hon  the  son  of  Pheleth, 
of  the  children  of  Ruben, 

2  Rose  Dpi  against  Moses,  and  rrith  them  two 
hundred  and  fifty  others  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
leading  men  of  the  synagogue,  and  who  in  the  time 
of  assembly  were  called  by  name. 

3  And  when  they  had  stood  up  against  Moses 
and  Aaron,  they  said:  Let  it  he  enough  for  you, 
that  all  the  multitude  consisteth  of  holy  ones,  and 
the  Lord  is- among  them:  why  lift  you  up  your- 
selves above  the  people  of  the  Lord? 

4  When  Moses  heard  this,  he  fell  flat  on  his 
face : 

5  And  speaking  to  Core  and  all  the  multitude, 
he  said  :  In  the  morning  the  Lord  w  ill  make  known 
who  belong  to  him,  and  the  holy  he  w  ill  join  to 
himself:  and  whom  he  shall  choose,  they  shall  ap- 
proach to  him. 

6  Do  this  therefore:  Take  every  man  of  you 
your  censers,  thou  Core,  and  all  thy  company. 

7  And  putting  fire  in  them  to-morrow,  put  in- 
cense upon  it  before  the  Lord :  and  whomsoever 
he  shall  choose,  the  same  shall  be  holy:  you  take 
too  much  upon  you,  ye  sons  of  Levi. 

8  And  he  said  again  to  Core :  Hear,  ye  sons  of 
Levi  : 

9  Is  it  a  small  thing  unto  you,  that  the  God  of 
Israel  hath  separated  you  from  all  the  people,  and 
joined  you  to  himself,  that  you  should  serve  him  in 
the  sen  ke  of  the  tabernacle,  and  should  stand  before 
the  congregation  of  the  people,  and  .should  minister 
to  him  ; 

10  Did  he  therefore  make  thee  and  all  thy 
brethren  the  sons  of  Levi  to  approach  unto  him, 
that  you  should  challenge  to  yourselves  the  priest- 
hood also. 

1 1  And  that  all  thy  company  should  stand  against 
the  Lord  ?  for  what  is  Aaron  that  you  murmur 
against  him? 

*  Fringes.     The  Pharisees  enlarged  theie  fringes  through  hvpo- 
.  Malt,  xxiii.  v.  to  appear  more  zealous  than  other  men  for'  the 
law  nf  <;.»!. 

f  Rut  up.  The  crime  of  these  men,  which  was  punished  in  so  re- 
markable a  manner,  was  that  of  schism,  and  of  rebellion  against  the 
authority  established  by  Oud  in  the  church  ;  and  their  pretending  to 

1  H 


12  Then  Moses  sent  to  call  Dathan  and  Ahirou 
tin-  sons  of  Eliab.     But  thej  sasjwered:   We  will 

not  come. 

1)  Is  it  a  small  matter  to  thee,  that  thou  hast 
brought  us  out  of  a  land  that  How  rd  with  milk  and 
honey,  to  kill  us  in  the  desert,  except  thou  rule  also 
like  a  lord  over  us? 

14  Thou  hast  brought  us  indeed  into  a  land  that 
lloweth  with  rivers  of  milk  and  honey,  and  hast 
given  us  possessions  of  fields  and  vineyards ;  wilt 
thou  also  pull  out  our  eyes  -  We  will  not  come. 

I")  Moses  therefore  being  ven  angry,}  said  to  the 
Lord:  Respect  not  their  sacrifices:  thou  know  est 
that  I  ha\e  not  taken  of  thein  so  much  as  a  young 
;is-  at  any  time,  nor  have  injured  any  of  them. 

16  And  he  said  to  Core:  Do  thou  and  thy  con- 
gregation stand  apart  lie  fore  the  Lord  to-morrow. 
and  Aaron  apart. 

17  Take  every  one  of  you  censers,  and  put  in- 
Oeasa  upon  them,  offering  to  the  Lord  two  hundred 
and  fifty  censers:  Let  Aaron  also  hold  his  censer. 

18  When  they  had  done  this,  Moses  and  Aaron 
standing, 

19  And  had  drawn  Dp  all  the  multitude  against 
them  to  the  door  of  the  tabernacle,  the  glory  of  the 
Lord  appeared  to  them  all. 

20  And  the  Lord  speaking  toMoses  and  Aaron, said: 

21  Separate  yourselves  from  among  this  congre- 
gation, that  I  may  presently  destroy  them. 

22  They  fell  flat  on  their  face,  and  said  :  O  most 
mighty,  the  God  of  the  spirits  of  all  flesh,  for  one 
man's  sin  shall  thy  wrath  rage  against  all? 

23  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  : 

24  Command  the  w  hole  people  tosenarate  them- 
selves from  the  tents  of  Core  and  Dathan  and 
Abiron. 

25  And  Moses  arose,  and  went  to  Dathan  and 
Abiron:  and  the  ancients  <>!  brad  following  him, 

26  He  said  to  the  multitude:  Depart  from  the 
tents  of  these  wicked  men,  and  touch  nothing  of 
theirs,  lest  you  be  involved  in  their  sins. 

27  And  when  they  were  departed  from  their  tents 
round  about,  Dathan  and  Abiron  coming  out  stood 
in  the  entry  of  their  pavilions  with  their  wives  and 
children,  and  all  the  People. 

28  And  Moses  said  :  l>\  this  \ou  shall  know  that 
the  Lord  hath  sent  me  to  do  all  things  that  \oii 
and  that  I  have  not  forged  them  of  my  iihii  head  : 

29  If  these  men  die  the  common  death  of  men. 
and  if  they  lie  visited  with  a  nlague,  wherewith 
others  also  are  wont  to  be  visited,  the  Lord  did  not 
send  me : 

30  But  if  the  Lord  do  a  new  thing,  and  the  earth 
opening  her  mouth  swallow  them  down,  and  all 
things,  that  belong  to  them,  and  they  go  down 
alive  into  hell,  you  shall  know  that  they  ha\e  blas- 
phemed the  Lord. 


the  priesthood  without  being  lawfully  called  and  tent:  the  same  is 
the  case  of  all  modern  sectaries. 

)  Vtr%  angry.  This  anger  was  a  xeal  against  sin  :  and  an  imlifrnation 
at  the  affront  offered  to  God  :  like  that  which  the  same  holj  prophet 
conceived  upon  the  sight  of  the  golden  calf,  Ex*4  xxxii.  IB. 


CHAP.  VIII. 


31  And  immediately  as  he  had  made  an  end  of 
speaking,  the  earth  hroke  asunder  under  their  feet : 

32  And  opening  her  mouth,  devoured  them  with 
their  tents  and  all  their  substance. 

S3  And  they  went  down  alive  into  hell,  the 
ground  closing  upon  them,  and  they  perished  from 
among  the  people. 

34  But  all  Israel,  that  was  standing  round  about, 
fled  at  the  cry  of  them  that  were  perishing,  saying  : 
Lest  perhaps  the  earth  swallow  us  up  also. 

35  And  a  fire  coming  out  from  the  Lord,  destroyed 
the  two  hundred  and  fifty  men  that  offered  the  incense. 

36  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying  : 

37  Command  Eleazar  the  son  of  Aaron  the  priest 
to  take  up  the  censers  that  lie  in  the  burning,  and 
to  scatter  the  fire  of  one  side  and  the  other  :  because 
they  are  sanctified 

38  In  the  deaths  of  the  sinners  :  and  let  him  beat 
them  into  plates,  and  fasten  them  to  the  altar,  be- 
cause incense  hath  been  offered  in  them  to  the  Lord, 
and  they  are  sanctified,  that  the  children  of  Israel 
may  see  them  for  a  sign  and  a  memorial. 

39  Then  Eleazar  the  priest  took  the  brazen  cen- 
sers, wherein  they  had  offered,  whom  the  burning 
fire  had  devoured,  and  beat  them  into  plates,  fasten- 
ing them  to  the  altar : 

40  That  the  children  of  Israel  might  have  for  the 
time  to  come  wherewith  they  should  be  admonished, 
that  no  stranger  or  any  one  that  is  not  of  the  seed  of 
Aaron  should  come  near  to  offer  incense  to  the  Lord ; 
lest  he  should  suffer  as  Core  suffered,  and  all  his 
congregation,  according  as  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses. 

41  The  following  day  all  the  multitude  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  murmured  against  Moses  and  Aaron, 
saying :  You  have  killed  the  people  of  the  Lord. 

42  And  when  there  arose  a  sedition,  and  the  tu- 
mult increased, 

43  Moses  and  Aaron  fled  to  the  tabernacle  of  the 
covenant.  And  when  they  were  gone  into  it,  the 
cloud  covered  it,  and  the  glory  of  the  Lord  appeared. 

44  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses: 

45  Get  you  out  from  the  midst  of  this  multitude  ; 
this  moment  will  I  destroy  them.  And  as  they 
were  lying  on  the  ground, 

46  Moses  said  to  Aaron  :  Take  the  censer,  and 
putting  fire  in  it  from  the  altar,  put  incense  upon  it, 
and  go  quickly  to  the  people  to  pray  for  them :  for 
already  wrath  is  gone  out  from  the  Lord,  and  the 
plague  rageth. 

47  When  Aaron  had  done  this,  and  had  run  to  the 
midst  of  the  multitude  which  the  burning  fire  was 
now  destroying,  he  offered  the  incense  : 

48  And  standing  between  the  dead  and  the  living, 
he  prayed  for  the  people;  and  the  plague  ceased. 

49  And  the  number  of  them  that  were  slain  was 
fourteen  thousand  and  seven  hundred  men,  besides 
them  that  had  perished  in  the  sedition  of  Core. 

50  And  Aaron  returned  to  Moses  to  the  door  of 


*  T7ie  rod  of  Aaron  for  the  hov.se  of  Levi,  was  budded.  Sec.  This  rod  of 
Aaron  which  thus  miraculously  brought  forth  fruit,  was  a  figure  of 
the  blessed  virgin  conceiving  and  bringing  forth  her  Son  without  anv 
prejudice  to  her  virginity. 


the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant  after  the  destruction 
was  over. 

CHAP.  XVII. 

The  priesthood  is  confirmed  to  Aaron  by  the  miracle  of  (he 
blooming  of  his  rod,  which  is  kept  for  a  monument  in  tht 
tabernacle. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying : 
2  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  take  ol 
every  one  of  them  a  rod  by  their  kindreds,  of  all  the 
princes  of  the  tribes,  twelve  rods,  and   write  the 
name  of  every  man  upon  his  rod. 

3  And  the  name  of  Aaron  shall  be  for  the  tribe 
of  Levi;  and  one  rod  shall  contain  all  their  families: 

4  And  thou  shalt  lay  them  up  in  the  tabernacle  of 
the  covenant  before  the  testimony,  where  I  will 
speak  to  thee. 

5  Whomsoever  of  these  I  shall  choose,  his  rod 
shall  blossom :  and  I  will  make  to  cease  from  me 
the  murmurings  of  the  children  of  Israel,  where- 
with they  murmur  against  you. 

6  And  Moses  spoke  to  the  children  of  Israel :  and 
all  the  princes  gave  him  rods  one  for  every  tribe : 
and  there  were  twelve  rods  besides  the  rod  of  Aaron. 

7  And  when  Moses  had  laid  them  up  before  the 
Lord  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony  : 

8  He  returned  on  the  following  day,  and  found 
that  the  rod  of  Aaron  for  the  house  of  Levi,  was 
budded  r*  and  that  the  buds  swelling  it  had  bloomed 
blossoms,  which  spreading  the  leaves,  were  formed 
into  almonds. 

9  Moses  therefore  brought  out  all  the  rods  from 
before  the  Lord  to  all  the  children  of  Israel :  and 
they  saw  and  every  one  received  their  rods. 

10  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses :  Carry  back  the 
rod  of  Aaron  into  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony, 
that  it  may  be  kept  there  for  a  token  of  the  rebel- 
lious children  of  Israel,  and  that  their  complaints 
may  cease  from  me  lest  they  die. 

1 1  And  Moses  did  as  the  Lord  had  commanded. 

12  And  the  children  of  Israel  said  to  Moses  :  Be- 
hold, we  are  consumed,  we  all  perish. 

13  Whosoever  approacheth  to  the  tabernacle  of 
the  Lord,  he  dieth.  Are  we  all  to  a  man  to  be 
utterly  destroyed  ? 

CHAP.  XVIII. 

The  charge  of  the  priests,  and  of  the  Levites,  and  their  portion 

AND  the  Lord  said  to  Aaron  :  Thou,  and  thy 
sons,  and  thy  father's  house  with  thee  shall 
bear  the  iniquity  of  the  sanctuary  :f  and  thou  and 
thy  sons  with  thee  shall  bear  the  sins  of  your  priest- 
hood. 

2  And  take  with  thee  thy  brethren  also  of  the 
tribe  of  Levi,  and  the  sceptre  of  thy  father :  and  let 
them  be  ready  at  hand,  and  minister  to  thee :  but 
thou  and  thy  sons  shall  minister  in  the  tabernacle 
of  the  testimony. 

3  And  the  Levites  shall  watch  to  do  thy  com- 


f  Thou  and  thy  father's  house  with  thee  shall  bear  the  iniquity  of  the  sanc- 
tuary. That  is,  you  shall  be  punished,  if,  through  negligence  or  want 
of  due  attention,  you  err  in  the  discharge  of  the  sacred  functions  for 
which  vou  were  ordained. 

••J 


NTMBKHS. 


mamis.  and  about  all  tin-  works  of  the  tabernacle  : 
only  toey  shall  not  come  nidi  die  vessels  of  the 

saneinan,  nor  the  aliar,  l«  >t  both  tin  >  (lit",  and  you 
also  perish  w  iih  them. 

I  iint  let  them  be  mth  thee,  and  watch  in  the 
charge  of  the  tabernacle,  and  in  all  the  eewmoaiea 

thereof.     A  stranger  shall  not  join  himself  with  you. 
.')   Watch  ye  in  the  chaise  of  the  sanctuary,  and 

in  the  ministry  of  the  altar:    lest  indignation   rise 
Upon  the  children  of  Israel. 

6  I  have  given  you  your  brethren  the  Levites 
from  among  the  children  of  Israel  ;  and  have  de- 
livered them  for  a  gift  to  the  Lord,  to  serve  in  the 
ministries  of  die  tabernacle. 

7  But  thou  and  thy  sons  look  ye  to  the  priest- 
hood :  and  all  things  that  pertain  to  the  service  of 
the  altar,  and  that  are  within  the  veil,  shall  lie  exe- 
cuted hy  the  priests.  If  any  stranger  shall  approach, 
he  shall  be  -lain. 

8  And  the  Lord  said  to  Aaron :  Behold.  I  have 
given  thee  the  charge  of  my  first-fruits.  All  things 
that  are  sanctified  by  the  children  of  Israel,  I  have 
delivered  to  thee  and  to  thy  sons  for  the  priestly 
office,  bj  everlasting  ordinances. 

9  These  therefore  shalt  thou  take  of  the  things 
that  are  sanctified,  and  are  offered  to  the  Lord. 
Every  offering,  and  sacrifice,  and  whatsoever  is  ren- 
dered to  me  tor  sin  and  for  trespass,  and  becometh 
holy  of  holies,  shall  be  for  thee  and  thy  sons. 

10  Thou  shalt  eat  it  in  the  sanctuary :  the  males 
only  shall  eat  thereof,  because  it  is  a  consecrated 
thing. 

I I  But  the  first-fruits,  which  the  children  of  Israel 
shall  vow  and  offer,  I  have  given  to  thee,  and  to  thy 
sons,  and  to  thy  daughters,  by  a  perpetual  law. 
He  that  is  clean  in  thy  house,  shall  eat  them.      « 

12  All  the  best  of  the  oil,  and  of  the  wine,  and 
of  the  corn,  whatsoever  first-fruits  they  offer  to  the 
Lord,  I  have  given  them  to  thee. 

13  All  the  first  ripe  of  the  fruits,  that  the  ground 
bringeth  forth,  and  which  are  brought  to  the  Lord, 
shall  be  for  thy  use :  he  that  is  clean  in  thy  house, 
shall  eat  them. 

14  Every  thing  that  the  children  of  Israel  shall 
give  by  vow,  shall  be  thine. 

15  Whatsoever  is  first-born  of  all  flesh,  which 
they  offer  to  the  Lord,  whether  it  be  of  men,  or  of 
beasts,  shall  belong  to  thee  :  only  for  the  first-born 
of  man  thou  shalt  take  a  price  ;  and  every  beast  that 
is  unclean  thou  shalt  cause  to  lie  redeemed  : 

16  And  the  redemption  of  it  shall  be  after  one 
month,  for  i\\ix  sides  of  silver,  by  the  weight  of  the 
sanctuary.      A  side  hath  twenty  obols. 

17  But  the  firstling  of  a  cow,  and  of  a  sheep,  and 
of  a  goat,  thou  shalt  not  cause  to  be  redeemed,  be- 
cause they  are  sanctified  to  the  Lord.  Their  blood 
only  thou  shalt  pour  U|>on  the  altar:  and  t lit  ir  fat 
thou  shalt  bum  lor  a  mosi  sweel  odour  to  the  Lord. 


*  .1  cntnant  »f  nit  It  i«  a  proverbial  expression,  signifying  a  cove- 
nant not  to  be  altered  or  corrupted  ;  mi  salt  is  used  to  keep  thing* 
fr..m  corruption  :  ft  covenant  perpetual,  like  that  by  which  it  wu  ap- 
pointed that  aftlt  should  be  used  in  every  sacrifice.     Ltrit.  ii. 

f  DfJl*  sin.    That  it  tin  which  will  bring-  death  after  it 

1:1 


18  But  the  flesh  shall  fall  to  thy  use,  as  the  con- 
secrated breast, and  the  ridu  shoulder, shall  be  thine. 

Id  All  the  first-fruits  of  the  sanctuary  which  the 
children  of  Israel  offer  to  the  Lord,  1  ha\e  given  to 
thee  and  to  thy  sons  and  daughters,  bj  a  perpetual 

ordinance.  It  is  a  covenant  of  salt  foe  c\<  riii  tore 
tin   Lord,  to  thee  and  to  thy  sons. 

20  And  the  Lord  said  to  Aaron:  You  shall  |>os- 
sess  nothing  in  their  land  ;  neither  shall  you  haw  ,-» 
portion  among  them  :  1  am  thy  portion  and  inherit- 
ance in  the  midst  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

~\  Ami  I  have  dven  to  the  sons  of  Levi  all  the 
tithes  of  Israel  for  a  possession,  for  the  ministry 

wherewith  they  SCTVe  me  in  the  tabernacle  of  the 
covenant : 

22  That  the  children  of  Israel  may  not  approach 
any  more  to  the  tabernacle,  nor  commit  deadly  sin.f 

23  But  only  the  sons  of  Levi  may  serve  me  in 
the  tabernacle,  and  bear  the  sins  of  the  people.  It 
shall  be  an  everlasting  ordinance  in  your  genera- 
tions.    They  shall  not  possess  any  other  thing. 

24  But  be  content  with  the  oblation  or  tithes, 
which  I  have  separated  for  their  uses  tod  necessities. 

25  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saving: 

26  Command  the  Levitts,  and  declare  unto 
them  :  When  you  shall  receive  of  the  children  of 
Israel  the  tithes,  which  I  have  given  you,  offer  the 
first-fruits  of  them  to  the  Lord,  that  is  to  say,  the 
tenth  part  of  the  tenth  : 

27  That  it  may  be  reckoned  to  you  as  an  obla 
tion  of  first-fruits,  as  well  of  the  barn-floors  as  ol 
the  wine  presses  : 

28  Ana  of  all  the  things  of  which  vou  receive 
tithes,  offer  the  first-fruits  to  the  Lord,  and  give 
them  to  Aaron  the  priest 

29  All  the  things  that  you  shall  offer  of  the 
tithes,  and  shall  separate  for  the  gifts  of  the  Lord, 
shall  be  the  best  and  choicest  things. 

30  And  thou  shalt  say  to  them:  If  you  offer  all 
the  goodly  and  the  better  things  of  the  tithes,  it  shall 
lie  reckoned  to  VOU  as  if  von  had  given  the  first- 
fruits  of  the  barn-floOf  and  the  wine  press  : 

31  And  you  shall  eat  them  in  all  your  places, 
both  you  and  your  families:  because  it  is  your  re- 
ward for  the  ministry,  when  with  you  serve  in  the 
tabernacle  of  the  testimony. 

3^2  And  you  shall  not  sin   in  this   point,  bv  re 
serving   the  choicest  and    fat  things  to  voiitm  |\ 
leal  you  profane  the  oblations  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, and  die. 

(HAP.  XIV 

The  law  of  the  sacrifice  qf  the  red  coir,  and  the  tealer  of  ex- 
piation. 

ANDthe  Lord  spoke  toMoses  mikI  Aaron.  sa\  ing: 
2  This  is  the  observance  of  the  victim,  which 

the  Lord    hath    ordained.      Command  the  children 
of  Israel,  that  they  bring  unto  tin  e  a  red   cowf  of 


\  And  cow,  4-c     Tim  red  cow,  offered  in  sacrifice  for  «in,  am)  ■ 
siiinrd  witli  fire  without  the  ramp,  with  the  ashes  of  wlnili,  nnii(rUx? 
with  water,  the  unclean  wen   tab)  I  and  purified  ;  was  a  furiin. 

of  the  passion  oft  linM,  by  whose  precious  blood,  applied  to  our  »ol1» 
in  the  holy  sacraments,  we  are  cleansed  from  our  sins. 


CHAP.  XX. 


full  age,  in  which  there  is  no  blemish,  and  which 
hath  not  carried  the  yoke  : 

3  And  you  shall  deliver  her  to  Eleazar  the  priest, 
who  shall  bring  her  forth  without  the  camp,  and 
shall  immolate  her  in  the  sight  of  all : 

4  And  dipping  his  finger  in  her  blood,  shall 
(sprinkle  it  over-against  the  door  of  the  tabernacle 
seven  times; 

5  And  shall  burn  her  in  the  sight  of  all,  deliver- 
ing up  to  the  fire  her  skin,  and  her  flesh,  and  her 
blood,  and  her  dung. 

6  The  priest  shall  also  take  cedar-wood,  and 
hyssop,  and  scarlet  twice  dyed,  and  cast  it  into  the 
fla me,  with  which  the  cow  is  consumed. 

7  And  then  after  washing  his  garments  and 
body,  he  shall  enter  into  the  camp,  and  shall  be 
unclean  until  the  evening. 

8  He  also  that  hath  burned  her,  shall  wash  his 
garments  and  his  body,  and  shall  be  unclean  until 
the  evening. 

9  And  a  man  that  is  clean  shall  gather  up  the 
ashes  of  the  cow,  and  shall  pour  them  forth  with- 
out the  camp  in  a  most  clean  place,  that  they  may 
be  reserved  for  the  multitude  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, and  for  a  water  of  aspersion :  because  the  cow 
was  burnt  for  sin. 

10  And  when  he  that  carried  the  ashes  of  the 
cow,  hath  washed  his  garments,  he  shall  be  unclean 
until  the  evening.  The  children  of  Israel,  and  the 
strangers  that  dwell  among  them,  shall  observe  this 
for  a  holy  thing  by  a  perpetual  ordinance. 

1 1  He  that  toucheth  the  corpse  of  a  man,  and  is 
therefore  unclean  seven  days, 

12  Shall  be  sprinkled  with  this  water  on  the 
third  day,  and  on  the  seventh,  and  so  shall  be 
cleansed.  If  he  were  not  sprinkled  on  the  third 
day,  he  cannot  be  cleansed  on  the  seventh. 

13  Every  one  that  toucheth  the  corpse  of  a  man, 
and  is  not  sprinkled  with  this  mixture,  shall  profane 
the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord,  and  shall  perish  out  of 
Israel :  because  he  was  not  sprinkled  with  the  wa- 
ter of  expiation,  he  shall  be  unclean,  and  his  un- 
cleanness  shall  remain  upon  him. 

14  This  is  the  law  of  a  man  that  dieth  in  a  tent : 
All  that  go  into  his  tent,  and  all  the  vessels  that  are 
there,  shall  be  unclean  seven  days. 

15  The  vessel  that  hath  no  cover,  nor  binding 
over  it,  shall  be  unclean. 

16  If  any  man  in  the  field  touch  the  corpse  of 
a  man  that  was  slain,  or  that  died  of  himself,  or 
his  bone,  or  his  grave,  he  shall  be  unclean  seven  days. 

17  And  they  shall  take  of  the  ashes  of  the  burn- 
ing and  of  the  sin-offering,  and  shall  pour  living 
waters  upon  them  into  a  vessel. 

18  And  a  man  that  is  clean  shall  dip  hyssop  in 
ihem,  and  shall  sprinkle  therewith  all  the  tent,  and 
all  the  furniture,  and  the  men  that  are  defiled  with 
touching  any  such  thing: 

19  And  in  this  manner  he  that  is  clean  shall  pu- 
rity the  unclean  on  the  third  and  on  the  seventh 
day.  And  being  expiated  the  seventh  day,  he  shall 
wash  both  himself  and  his  garments,  and  be  unclean 
until  the  evening. 


20  If  any  man  be  not  expiated  after  this  rite, 
his  soul  shall  perish  out  of  the  midst  of  the  church: 
because  he  hath  profaned  the  sanctuary  of  the 
Lord,  and  was  not  sprinkled  with  the  water  of  pu- 
rification. 

21  This  precept  shall  be  an  ordinance  for  ever. 
He  also  that  sprinklcth  the  water,  shall  wash  his 
garments.  Every  one  that  shall  touch  the  waters 
of  expiation,  shall  be  unclean  until  the  evening. 

22  Whatsoever  a  person  toucheth  who  is  unclean, 
he  shall  make  it  unclean:  and  the  person  that 
toucheth  any  of  these  things,  shall  be  unclean  until 
the  evening. 

CHAP.  XX. 

The  death  of  Mary  the  sister  of  Moses.  The  people  murut/r 
for  want  of  water:  God  giveth  it  them  from  the  rock.  The 
death  of  Aaron. 

A  ND  the  children  of  Israel,  and  all  the  multi- 
-^*-  tude  came  into  the  desert  of  Sin,  in  the  first 
month :  and  the  people  abode  in  Cades.  And 
Mary  died  there,  and  was  buried  in  the  same  place. 

2  And  the  people  wanting  water,  came  together 
against  Moses  and  Aaron: 

3  And  making  a  sedition,  they  said:  Would  God 
we  had  perished  among  our  brethren  before  the  Lord. 

4  Why  have  you  brought  out  the  church  of  the 
Lord  into  the  wilderness,  that  both  we  and  our 
cattle  should  die  ? 

5  Why  have  you  made  us  come  up  out  of  Egypt, 
and  have  brought  us  into  this  wretched  place,  which 
cannot  be  sowed,  nor  bringeth  forth  figs,  nor  vines, 
nor  pomegranates,  neither  is  there  any  water  to  drink  ? 

6  And  Moses  and  Aaron,  leaving  the  multitude, 
went  into  the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant,  and  fell 
flat  upon  the  ground,  and  cried  to  the  Lord,  and 
said  :  O  Lord  God,  hear  the  cry  of  this  people,  and 
open  to  them  thy  treasure  a  fountain  of  living  wa- 
ter, that  being  satisfied,  they  may  cease  to  murmur. 
And  the  glory  of  the  Lord  appeared  over  them. 

7  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying : 

8  Take  the  rod,  and  assemble  the  people  to- 
gether, thou  and  Aaron  thy  brother ;  and  speak  to 
the  rock  before  them,  and  it  shall  yield  waters. 
And  when  thou  hast  brought  forth  water  out  of  the 
rock,  all  the  multitude  and  their  cattle  shall  drink. 

9  Moses  therefore  took  the  rod  which  was  before 
the  Lord,  as  he  had  commanded  him, 

10  And  having  gathered  together  the  multitude 
before  the  rock,  he  said  to  them :  Hear,  ye  rebel- 
lious and  incredulous  :  Can  we  bring  you  forth  wa- 
ter out  of  this  rock  ? 

11  And  when  Moses  had  lifted  up  his  hand,  and 
struck  the  rock*  twice  with  the  rod,  there  came 
forth  water  in  great  abundance,  so  that  the  people 
and  their  cattle  drank. 

12  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  and  Aaron:  Be 
cause  you  have  not  believedf  me,  to  sanctify  me 


*  The  rock.    This  rock  was  a  figure  of  Christ,  and  the  water  that  is 
sued  out  from  the  rock,  of  his  precious  blood,  the  source  of  all  our  good, 
f  You  have  not  belieeed,  fyc.     The  fault  of  Moses  and  Aaron  on  thi» 

125 


NUMBERS. 


before  the  children  of  Israel,  you  shall  not  bring 
these  people  into  the  land   which  I  will  give  them. 

13  This  is  the  Water  of  contradiction,*  where 
the  children  of  I>ra.l  strove  with  words  against 
the  Lord,  and  he  was  sanctified  in  them. 

1  V  In  the  mean  time,  Moses  sent  messengers 
from  Cades  to  the  king  of  Edom,  to  say:  Thus 
saith  thy  brother  Israel:  Thou  know  est  all  the  la- 
bour that  hath  come  upon  us: 

15  In  what  manner  our  fathers  went  down  into 
Egypt,  and  there  we  dwelt  a  long  time,  and  the 
Egyptians  afflicted  us,  and  our  fathers : 

lb'  And  how  we  cried  to  the  Lord,  and  he  heard 
us.  and  sent  an  angel,  who  hath  brought  us  out  of 
Eg7pt<  Lo,  we  are  now  in  the  city  of  Cades, 
which  is  in  the  uttermost  of  thy  borders: 

17  And  we  beseech  thee  that  we  may  have  leave 
to  pass  through  thy  country.  We  will  not  go 
through  the  fields,  nor  through  the  vineyards;  we 
will  not  drink  the  waters  of  thy  wells;  but  we  will 
go  by  the  common  highway,  neither  turning  aside 
to  the  right  hand,  nor  to  the  left,  till  we  are  past 
thy  border. 

1  8  And  Edom  answered  them :  Thou  shalt  not  pass 
by  me:  ifthou  dost,  I  will  come  out  armed  against  tnee. 

19  And  the  children  of  Israel  said:  We  will  go 
by  the  beaten  way  :  and  if  we  and  our -cattle  drink 
of  thy  waters,  we  will  give  thee  what  is  just :  there 
shall  be  no  difficulty  in  the  price,  only  let  us  pass 
speedily. 

20  But  he  answered :  Thou  shalt  not  pass.  And 
immediately  he  came  forth  to  meet  them  with  an 
infinite  multitude,  and  a  strong  hand: 

21  Neither  would  he  condescend  to  their  desire 
to  grant  them  passage  through  his  borders.  Where- 
fore Israel  turned  another  way  from  him. 

22  And  when  they  had  removed  the  camp  from 
Cades,  they  came  to  mount  Uor,  which  is  in  the 
borders  of  the  land  of  Edom  : 

Where  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses; 

Let  Aaron,  saith  he,  goto  his  people:  for  he 
shall  not  go  into  the  land  which  I  have  gfven  the 
children  of  Israel,  because  he  was  incredulous  to 
my  words,  ;it  the  waters  of  contradiction 

25  Take  Aaron  and  his  son  with  him,  and  bring 
them  up  into  mount  Hor: 

26  And  when  thou  hast  stripped  the  father  of 
his  vesture,  thou  shalt  vest  therewith  Klcazar  his 
son :  Aaron  shall  be  gathered  to  liis  people,  and  die 
there. 

27  Moses  did  as  the  Lord  had  commanded:  and 
they  went  up  into  mount  Hor,  before  all  themultitude. 

28  And  when  he  had  stript  Aaron  of  his  vest- 
ments, he  vested  Hlea/.ar  his  son  with  them. 

29  And  Aaron  being  dead  in  the  top  of  the 
mountain,  he  came  down  with  Elea/.ar. 


occasion,  iu  a  certain  diffidence  mod  weakliest  of  faith ;  not  doubting 

«r»  power  or  veracity;  but  api  n  h<  ruling  the  unworthiness  of 

that  rebellious  and  incredulous  people,  and  therefore  (peaking  with 

•  Tkt  tTmlrr o/  nmhtilir (r>«,  or  irryV      Hehrcw.  Mrrioak. 

!  Anthem:     That  u,  a  thing  devoted  in  tiller  destruction. 
Ver*  Hgkt  food.  '!«<)  Ike  heavenly  manna  :  thus,  world. 

Ini^i  loath    the  thing*  of  heaven,  for  which  they  bar*  no  relish. 

tea 


30  And  all  the  multitude  seeing  that  Aaron  wan 
dead,  mourned  for  him  thirty  days  throughout  all 
their  famili 

CUM'.  \\l. 

King  .trail  it  overrttmr.  Thf  people  murmur,  and  arr  vnn- 
ishnl  with  .firry  trrpent*  ;  they  urr  h>  alnl  lip  the  brazen  sir- 
pent.      They  coni/uer  the  king*  Sehon  and  Og. 

\  ND  when  king  Arad  the  Chanaanite,  who 
-Cf-  dwelt  toward  the  south,  had  heard  this,  to 
wit,  that  Israel  was  come  bv  the  way  of  the  spies, 
he  fought  agaiflSt  them,  and  Overcoming  them  car- 
ried oil'  their  spoils. 

2  But  Israel  binding  himself  by  vow  to  the  Lord, 
said  :  Ifthou  wilt  deliver  this  people  into  my  hand, 
I  will  utterly  destroy  their  cities. 

3  And  the  Lord  heard  the  prayers  of  Israel,  and 
delivered  up  the  Chanaanite:  and  they  cut  them  off, 
and  destroyed  their  cities  :  and  tbej  called  the  name 
of  that  place  Horma,  that  is  to  say,  Anathema. t 

4  And  they  marched  from  mount  Hor,  by  the 
wa\  that  leadeth  to  the  Red  Sea.  to  compass  the 
land  of  Edom.  And  the  people  began  to  be  wcarv 
of  their  journey  and  labour: 

5  And  speaking  against  God  and  Moses,  they 
said  :  Why  didst  thou  bring  us  out  of  Egypt,  to  die 
in  the  wilderness  ?  There  is  no  bread,  nor  nave  we 
any  waters :  our  soul  now  loatheth  this  very  light 
food.t 

6  Wherefore  the  Lord  sent  among  the  people 
fiery  serpents,^  which  bit  them,  and  killed  many  of 
them. 

7  Upon  which  they  came  to  Moses,  and  said  . 
We  have  sinned,  because  we  have  spoken  against 
the  Lord  anil  thee:  pray  that  he  may  take  away 
these  serpents  from  us.  And  Moses  prayed  for  tin- 
people  : 

8  And  the  Lord  said  to  him:  Make  a  bra/en 
serpent,  and  set  it  up  for  a  sign  :  whosoever  being 
struck  shall  look  on  it,  shall  live. 

9  Moses  therefore  made  a  brazen  serpent, ||  and 
set  it  up  for  a  sign  :   which  when   they  that  w 
bitten  looked  upon,  they  were  healed. 

10  And  the  children  of  Israel  setting  forwards 
camped  in  Oboth. 

I  I  And  departing  thence,  they  pitched  their  rents 
in  Jeabarim,  in  the  wilderness,  that  faccth  Moab 
tow  ard  tin    eatt. 

12  And  removing  from  thence,  they  came  to  the 
torrent  Zand  : 

13  Which  they  left  and  encamped  over -acainsl 
Anion,  which  is  in  the  desert,  and  Standetfa  Mil  in 
the  borders  of  the  Ainorrhite.  For  Anion  is  tin- 
border  of  Moab,  dividing  the  Moahites  and  the 
Amorrhites. 

14  Wherefore  it  is  said  in  the  book  of  the  warsl 


I  ftfff  urptntt.  They  are  to  called,  because  tliey  tLat  were  bin.  <• 
by  them  were  burnt  with  a  violent  heat 

||  .1  kroten  prrprnt.  Thi»  was  a  6gnre  of  Christ  crucified,  and  ot 
the  efficacy  of  a  lively  faith  in  him,  against  the  bites  of  the  hrlli«h 
M-riieril.     John  lii    14. 

1  The  book  of  Ike  trtrt,  tr*.  An  ancient  book,  which,  like  several 
others  quoted  in  scripture,  has  I 


CHAP.  XXII. 


of  the  Lord  :  As  he  did  in  the  Red  Sea,  so  will  he 
do  in  the  streams  of  Anion. 

15  The  rocks  of  the  torrents  were  bowed  down 
that  they  might  rest  in  Ar,  and  lie  down  in  the  bor- 
ders of  the  Moabites. 

16  When  they  went  from  that  place,  the  well  ap- 
peared, whereof  the  Lord  said  to  Moses:  Gather 
the  people  together,  and  I  will  give  them  water. 

17  Then  Israel  sung  this  song:  Let  the  well 
spring  up.     They  sung  thereto  : 

18  The  well,  which  the  princes  dug,  and  the 
chiefs  of  the  people  prepared  by  the  direction  of  the 
lawgiver,  and  with  their  staves.  And  they  marched 
from  the  wilderness  to  Mathana. 

19  From  Mathana  unto  Nahaliel ;  from  Nata- 
lie] unto  Bamoth. 

20  From  Bamoth  is  a  valley  in  the  country  of 
Moab,  to  the  top  of  Phasga,  which  looketh  towards 
the  desert. 

21  And  Israel  sent  messengers  to  Sehon  king  of 
the  Amorrhites,  saying : 

22  I  beseech  thee  that  I  may  have  leave  to  pass 
through  thy  land:  we  will  not  go  aside  into  the 
fields  or  the  vineyards  ;  we  will  not  drink  waters  of 
the  wells:  we  will  go  the  king's  highway,  till  we  be 
past  thy  borders. 

23  And  he  would  not  grant  that  Israel  should 
pass  by  his  borders  :  but  rather  gathering  an  army, 
went  forth  to  meet  them  in  the  desert,  and  came  to 
Jasa,  and  fought  against  them. 

24  And  he  was  slain  by  them  with  the  edge  of 
the  sword:  and  they  possessed  his  land  from  the 
Arson  unto  the  Jeboc,  and  to  the  confines  of  the 
children  of  Atiimon  :  for  the  borders  of  the  Ammon- 
ites were  kept  with  a  strong  garrison. 

25  So  Israel  took  all  his  cities,  and  dwelt  in  the 
cities  of  the  Amorrhite,  to  wit,  in  Hesebon,  and  in 
the  villages  thereof. 

26  Hesebon  was  the  city  of  Sehon,  the  king  of 
the  Amorrhites,  who  fought  against  the  king  of 
Moab,  and  took  all  the  land,  that  had  been  ol  his 
dominions,  as  far  as  the  Arnon. 

27  Therefore  it  is  said  in  the  proverb :  Come 
into  Hesebon ;  let  the  city  of  Sehon  be  built  and 
set  up : 

28  A  fire  is  gone  out  of  Hesebon,  a  flame  from 
the  city  of  Sehon,  and  hath  consumed  Ar  of  the 
Moabites,  and  the  inhabitants  of  the  high  places  of 
the  Anion. 

29  Wo  to  thee,  Moab  :  thou  art  undone,  O  peo- 
ple of  Chamos.  He  hath  given  his  sons  to  flight, 
and  his  daughters  into  captivity  to  Sehon  the  king 
of  the  Amorrhites. 

30  Their  yoke  is  perished  from  Hesebon  unto 
Hilton:  they  came  weary  to  Nophe,  and  unto 
Medaba. 

31  So  Israel  dwelt  in  the  land  of  the  Amorrhite. 

32  And  Moses  sent  some  to  take  a  view  of  Ja- 
zer  :  and  they  took  the  villages  of  it,  and  conquered 
the  inhabitants. 

33  And  they  turned  themselves,  and  went  up  by 
the  way  of  Basan  :  and  Og  the  king  of  Basan,  came 
against  them  with  all  his  people,  to  fight  in  Edrai. 


34  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses :  Fear  him  not, 
for  I  have  delivered  him  and  all  his  people,  and  his 
country  into  thy  hand  :  and  thou  shalt  do  to  him  as 
thou  didst  to  Sehon  the  king  of  the  Amorrhites,  the 
inhabitant  of  Hesebon. 

35  So  they  slew  him  also  with  his  sons,  and  all 
his  people,  not  letting  any  one  escape  :  and  they 
possessed  his  land. 

CHAP.  XXII. 

Balac  king  of  Moab,  tendeth  twice  for  Balaam  to  curse  IsraeL 
In  his  way  Balaam  is  rebuked  by  an  angel. 

\  ND  they  went  forward,  and  encamped  in  the 
-^*-  plains  of  Moab,  over  against  where  Jericho  is 
situate  beyond  the  Jordan. 

2  And  Balac  the  son  of  Sephor  seeing  all  that 
Israel  had  done  to  the  Amorrhite, 

3  And  that  the  Moabites  were  in  great  fear  of 
him,  and  were  not  able  to  sustain  his  assault. 

4  He  said  to  the  elders  of  Madian:  So  will  this 
people  destroy  all  that  dwell  in  our  borders,  as  the 
ox  is  wont  to  eat  the  grass  to  the  very  roots.  Now 
he  was  at  that  time  king  in  Moab. 

5  He  sent  therefore  messengers  to  Balaam  the 
son  of  Beor,  a  soothsayer,  who  dwelt  by  the  river 
of  the  land  of  the  children  of  Amnion,  to  call  him, 
and  to  say  :  Behold,  a  people  is  come  out  of  Egypt, 
that  hath  covered  the  face  of  the  earth,  sitting  over 
against  me. 

6  Come  therefore,  and  curse  this  people,  because 
it  is  mightier  than  I;  if  by  any  means  I  may  beat 
them  and  drive  them  out  of  my  land  :  for  I  know, 
that  he  whom  thou  shalt  bless  is  blessed ;  and  he 
whom  thou  shalt  curse  is  cursed. 

7  And  the  ancients  of  Moab,  and  the  elders  of 
Madian  went  with  the  price  of  divination  in  their 
hands.  And  when  they  were  come  to  Balaam,  and 
had  told  him  all  the  words  of  Balac  : 

8  He  answered :  Tarry  here  this  night,  and  I 
will  answer  whatsoever  the  Lord  shall  say  to  me. 
And  while  they  stayed  with  Balaam,  God  came 
and  said  to  him  : 

9  What  mean  these  men  that  are  with  thee  ? 

10  He  answered  :  Balac  the  son  of  Sephor  king 
of  the  Moabites  hath  sent  to  me, 

1 1  Saying :  Behold,  a  people  that  is  come  out  of 
Egypt,  hath  covered  the  face  of  the  land  :  come  and 
curse  them,  if  by  any  means  I  may  fight  with  them 
and  drive  them  away. 

12  And  God  said  to  Balaam  :  Thou  shalt  not  go 
with  them,  nor  shalt  thou  curse  the  people  :  because 
it  is  blessed. 

13  And  he  rose  in  the  morning,  and  said  to  the 
princes :  Go  into  your  country,  because  the  Lord 
hath  forbid  me  to  come  with  you. 

14  The  princes  returning,  said  to  Balac  :  Balaam 
would  not  come  with  us. 

15  Then  he  sent  many  more  and  more  noble  than 
he  had  sent  before  : 

16  Who,  when  they  were  come  to  Balaam,  said  : 
Thus  saith  Balac  the  son  of  Sephor :  Delay  not  to 
come  to  me  :  . 

17  For  I  am  readv  to  honour  thee,  and  will  give 


NUMBERS. 


thee  whatsoever  thou  wilt:  come  and  curse  this 

people. 

18  Balaam  aaswurod:  If  Balac  would  rive  ma 

his  house  lull  of  >il\rr  and  sold,  I  cannot  alter  the 
word  of  the  Lord  my  God,  to  sj>eak  either  more 
or  less. 

19  I  pray  you  to  May*  here  this  night  also,  that 
1  may  know  what  the  Lord  will  answer  nie  once 
morn. 

20  God  therefore  came  to  Balaam  in  the  night, 
and  said  to  him:  If  these  men  become  toeallthee. 
arise  and  go  with  them:  yet  so,  that  thou  do  what  I 
shall  command  thee. 

21  Balaam  arose  in  the  morning;  and  saddling 
his  ass,  went  with  them. 

22  And  God  was  angry.  And  an  Angel  of  the 
Lord  stood  in  the  way  against  Balaam,  who  sat  on 
the  ass.  and  had  two  servants  with  him. 

I'lir  aiaaasBM  the  Angel  standing  in  the  way, 
with  a  drawn  sword,  turned  herself  out  of  the  wa\ . 
and  went  into  the  field.  And  when  Balaam  heat 
bar.  and  had  a  mind  to  bring  her  again  to  the  way, 
J I  The  Ansel  stood  in  a  narrow  place  between 
two  walls,  wherewith  the  vineyards  were  enclosed. 

25  And  the  ass  wniag  him,  thrust  herself  close 
to  the  wall,  and  bruised  the  foot  of  the  rider.  But 
he  beat  her  again  : 

26  And  nevertheless  the  Angel  going  on  to  a 
narrow  place,  where  there  was  no  way  to  turn  aside 
either  to  the  right  hand  or  to  the  left,  stood  to  meet 
him. 

11  And  when  the  ass  saw  the  Angel  standing, 
she  fell  under  the  feet  of  the  rider;  who  being  angry, 
beaf  her  sides  more  vehemently  with  a  Staff. 

28  And  the  Lord  opined  the  motithf  of  the  BIS; 
and  she  said  :  What  have  I  done  to  thee  ?  w  hy 
strikes!  thou  me,  lo,  now  this  third  time  ? 

29  Balaam  answered:  Because  thou  hast  deser- 
ve.l  it,  and  hast  served  me  ill:  I  would  1  had  asword 
that  I  might  kill  thee. 

.'30  The  ass  said:  Am  not  I  thv  beast,  on  which 
thou  hast  been  always  accustomed  to  ride  until  this 
present  day?  tell  me  if  1  ever  did  the  like  thing  to 
thee.      But  he  said  :  Never. 

31  Forthwith  the  Lord  opened  the  eyes  of  Ba- 
laam ;  and  he  saw  the  Ansel  Standing  in  the  way 
with  a  drawn  sword  :  and  he  worshipped  him,  ,;,"~ 
ins  flat  on  the  ground. 

32  And  the  Angel  said  to  him  :  Why  beatestthou 
thy  ass  these  three  times''  I  am  come  to  withstand 
thee,  because  thy  way  is  aatvefae, %  and  contrary 
to  me : 

33  And  unless  the  ass  had  fumed  out  of  the  way. 
si\  ins  place  to  me  who  stood  against  thee,  1  had 
slain  thee,  and  she  should  ha\e  lived. 

Balaam  said  :  I  have  tinned]  not  knowing  that 


•  T»  •*€>.  I  lis  Hrsinn*  them  to  May,  after  he  had  been  fully  in- 
formed already  that  it  M  nut  find1*  will  h«*  •honlil  po,  ramc  from  the 
imtinalion  he  hail  to  gratify  Il.il-.ir  for  the  »ak«>  of  w-nrMlv  rain.  Ami 
this  perrerae  disposition  God  puni -ti.  .1  l>\  |K:rmitting  lnin  to  Z'>  (though 
not  to  rune  the  people  as  he  would  wilungty  baredooe)  tod  Mflns 
.ii?  him  to  fall  (till  deeper  and  deeper  into*m,  till  kc  BUM  at  last  to 
give  that  abominable  counsel  again**  the  people  of  God,  which  ended 

LSI 


thou  dist  stand  asainst  me  :  and  now  if  it  displease 
thee  that  1  so,  I  w  ill  return. 

35  The  Allgel  said  :  Go  w  ith  these  men.  and  see 
thou  speak  no  other  thins  than  what  I  shall  com- 
mand thee.     He  went  therefore  with  the  princt 

36  And  when  Balac  heard  it,  he  came  forth  to 
meet  him  in  a  town  of  the  Moalntes,  that  is  situate 
in  the  uttermost  borders  of  Anion. 

37  And  he  said  to  Balaam:  1  sent  messengers  to 
call  thee,  why  didst  thou  not  come  immediately  to 
DM?  was  it  because  1  am  not  able  to  reward  thy 
coming  ? 

;>;'.  He  answered  him:  Lo,  here  I  am:  s'lall  I 
have  power  to  speak  any  other  thing  but  that  w  hub 
God  shall  put  in  my  mouth  ? 

39  So  they  went  on  together,  and  came  into  a 
city,  thai  was  in  the  uttermost  borders  of  his  kingdom. 

40  And  when  Balac  had  killed  oven  and  sheep,  he 
sent  presents  to  Balaam,  and  to  the  princes  that 
wt  i.   w  ith  him. 

41  And  when  mornins  was  come,  be  brought 
him  to  the  high  places  of  Baal  :  and  he  beheld  the 
uttermost  part  of  the  people. 

CHAP.  XXIII. 

Balaam  instead  of  cursing  Israel,  is  obliged  to  blest  them,  ami 
prophesy  good  things  of  them. 

AND  Balaam  said  to  Balac  :  Build  me  bore  seven 
altars,  and   prepare  as  many  calves,  and  the 
same  number  of  rams. 

2  And  when  he  had  done  according  to  the  word 
of  Balaam,  they  laid  together  a  calf  and  a  ram  upon 
i  n  i  ii  altar. 

3  And  Balaam  said  to  Balac:  Stand  a  while  by 
thy  burnt-offering,  until  ]  go,  lo  see  if  perhaps  the 
Lord  will  meet  me;  and  whatsoever  he  shall  com- 
mand, I  will  speak  to  thee. 

4  And  when  he  was  gone  with  speed.  Gfld  tint 
him.  And  Balaam  speaking  to  him,  said:  1  have 
ereeied  seven  altars,  and  have  laid  on  every  one  a 
calf  and  a  ram. 

5  And  the  Lord  put  the  word  in  bis  mouth,  and 
said  :  Return  to  Balac,  and  thus  shalt  thou  speak. 

6  Returning  he  found  Balac  standing  h\  liishurut- 
oftrrins.  with  all  the  princes  of  the  .Moahites  : 

7  And  taking  up  bis  parable,  he  said  :  Balac  king 
of  the  Moabites  hath  brought  me  from  Aram,  from 
the  mountains  of  the  east  ■  (  ome.  s;dd  he,  and  curse 
Jacob:  make  haste  and  detesl  Israel. 

,'!  How  shall  I  curse  him,  whom  God  hath  not 
cursed  '  By  what  means  should  1  detest  him,  w  horn 
the  Lord  detesteth  not  } 

:»  I  shall  see  him  from  the  tops  of  the  rocks,  and 
shall  consider  him  from  the  hills.  This  people  shall 
dwell  alone,  and  shall  not  be  reckoned  anions  the 
nations. 

10  Who  can  count  the  dust  of  Jacob,  and   know- 


in  hit  own  destruction.     So  tad  a  thing  it  it  to  indulge  ■  pas-ion  for 
money. 

f  Oprnt4  the  mmUk,  fyt.     The  Angel  moved  the  tonpue  of  the  a...  to 
utter  ih-se  speeches,  to  rebuke,  by  the  mouth  of  a  brute  beast,  the 
inrv  and  folly  of  Iialaam. 

rat.   Because  thy  mi-lmaiiona  are  wicked,  in  bcinp  willing 
for  the  sake  of  gain  to  cane  the  people  of  whom  I  am  the  guardian. 


CHAP.  XXIV. 


ihe  number  of  the  stock  of  Israel  ?  Let  my  soul  die 
the  death  of  the  just,  and  my  last  end  belike  to  them. 

1 1  Aud  Balac  said  to  Balaam  :  What  is  that  thou 
doest  ?  I  sent  for  thee  to  curse  my  enemies :  and 
thou  contrariwise  blessest  them. 

12  He  answered  him :  Can  I  speak  any  thing 
else  but  what  the  Lord  commandeth  ? 

13  Balac  therefore  said :  Come  with  me  to  an- 
other place  from  whence  thou  mayest  see  part  of 
Israel,  and  canst  not  see  them  all:  curse  them 
from  thence. 

14  And  when  he  had  brought  him  to  a  high  place, 
upon  the  top  of  mount  Phasga,  Balaam  budt  seven 
altars,  and  laying  on  every  one  a  calf  and  a  ram, 

15  He  said  to  Balac:  Stand  here  by  thy  burnt- 
offering  while  I  go  to  meet  him. 

16  And  when  the  Lord  had  met  him,  and  had  put 
the  word  in  his  mouth,  he  said:  Return  to  Balac, 
and  thus  shalt  thou  say  to  him. 

17  Returning  he  found  him  standing  by  his  burnt- 
sacrifice,  and  the  princes  of  the  Moabites  with  him. 
And  Balac  said  to  him :  What  hath  the  Lord  spoken  ? 

18  But  he  taking  up  his  parable,  said  :  Stand,  O 
Balac,  and  give  ear :  hear,  thou  son  of  Sephor : 

19  God  is  not  as  a  man,  that  he  should  lie,  nor  as 
the  son  of  man,  that  he  should  be  changed.  Hath 
be  said  then,  and  will  he  not  do  ?  hath  he  spoken, 
and  will  he  not  fulfil  ? 

20  I  was  brought  to  bless ;  the  blessing  I  am  not 
able,  to  hinder.  ' 

21  There  is  no  idol  in  Jacob,  neither  is  there  an 
image-god  to  be  seen  in  Israel.  The  Lord  his  God 
is  with  him  ;  and  the  sound  of  the  victory  of  the 
kins  in  him. 

'11  God  hath  brought  him  out  of  Egypt,  whose 
strength  is  like  t^  the  rhinoceros. 

23  There  is  no  soothsaying  in  Jacob,  nor  divina- 
tion in  Israel.  In  their  times  it  shall  be  told  to 
Jacob  and  to  Israel  what  God  hath  wrought. 

24  Behold,  the  people  shall  rise  up  as  a  lioness, 
and  shall  lift  itself  up  as  a  lion:  it  shall  not  lie 
down  till  it  devour  the  prey,  and  drink  the  blood  of 
the  slain. 

25  And  Balac  said  to  Balaam :  Neither  curse, 
nor  bless  him. 

26  And  he  said:  Did  I  not  tell  thee,  that  what- 
soever God  should  command  me,  that  I  would  do? 

27  And  Balac  said  to  him :  Come,  and  1  will 
bring  thee  to  another  place;  if peradventure  it  please 
God  that  thou  mayest  curse  them  from  thence. 

28  And  when  he  had  brought  him  upon  the  top  of 
mount  Phogor,  which  looketh  towards  the  wilderness, 

29  Balaam  said  to  him:  Build  me  here  seven 
altars,  and  prepare  as  many  calves,  and  the  same 
number  of  rams. 

30  Balac  did  as  Balaam  had  said:  and  he  laid  on 
every  altar,  a  calf  and  a  ram. 

CHAP.  XXIV. 

Balaam  still  continues  to  prophesy  good  things  in  favour  of 
Israel. 

\  ND  when  Balaam  saw.  that  it  pleased  the  Lord 
-ii-   tliat  he  should  bless  Israel,  he  went  not  as  he 


had  gone  before,  to  seek  divination:  but  setting  Ins 
face  towards  the  desert, 

2  And  lifting  up  bis  eyes,  he  saw  Israel  abiding 
in  their  tents  by  their  tribes:  and  the  spirit  of  God 
rushing  upon  him, 

3  He  took  up  his  parable,  and  said :  Balaam  the 
son  of  Beor  hath  said:  The  man  hath  said,  whose 
eye  is  stopped  up  : 

4  The  hearer  of  the  words  of  God  hath  said,  he 
that  hath  beheld  the  vision  of  the  Almighty,  he  that 
falleth,  and  so  his  eyes  are  opened  : 

5  How  beautiful  are  thy  tabernacles,  O  Jacob, 
and  thy  tents,  O  Israel ! 

6  As  woody  valleys,  as  watered  gardens  neav  the 
rivers,  as  tabernacles  which  the  Lord  hath  pitched, 
as  cedars  by  the  water-side. 

7  Water  shall  flow  out  of  bis  bucket,  and  his 
seed  shall  be  into  many  waters.  For  Agag  shall  his 
king  be  removed,  and  his  kingdom  shall  be  taken 
away. 

8  God  hath  brought  him  out  of  Egypt,  whose 
strength  is  like  to  the  rhinoceros.  They  shall  de- 
vour the  nations  that  are  his  enemies,  and  break 
their  bones,  and  pierce  them  with  arrows. 

9  Lying  down  he  hath  slept  as  a  lion,  and  as  a 
lioness,  whom  none  shall  dare  to  rouse.  He  that 
blesseth  thee,  shall  also  himself  be  blessed:  he  that 
curseth  thee,  shall  be  reckoned  accursed. 

10  And  Balac  being  angry  against  Balaam,  clap- 
ped his  hands  together,  and  said:  I  called  thee  to 
curse  my  enemies;  and  thou  on  the  contrary  hast 
blessed  them  three  times. 

11  Return  to  thy  place.  I  had  determined  indeed 
greatly  to  honour  thee,  but  the  Lord  hath  deprived 
thee  of  the  honour  designed  for  thee. 

12  Balaam  made  answer  to  Balac :  Did  I  not 
say  to  thy  messengers,  whom  thou  sentest  to  me  : 

13  If  Balac  would  give  me  his  house  full  of  sil- 
ver and  gold,  I  cannot  go  beyond  the  word  of  the 
Lord  my  God,  to  utter  any  thing  of  my  own  head, 
either  good  or  evil;  but  whatsoever  the  Lord  shall 
say,  that  I  will  speak  ? 

14  But  yet  going  to  my  people,  I  will  give  thee 
counsel,  what  thy  people  shall  do  to  this  people  in 
the  latter  days. 

15  Therefore  taking  up  his  parable,  again  he 
said  :  Balaam  the  son  of  Beor  hath  said  :  The  man 
whose  eye  is  stopped  up,  hath  said  : 

16  The  hearer  of  the  words  of  God  hath  said, 
who  knoweth  the  doctrine  of  the  Highest,  and  seeth 
the  visions  of  the  Almighty,  who  falling  hath  his 
eyes  opened  : 

17  1  shall  see  him,  but  not  now:  I  shall  behold 
him,  but  not  near.  A  star  shall  rise  out  of  Ja- 
cob, and  a  sceptre  shall  spring  up  from  Israel ;  and 
shall  strike  the  chiefs  of  Moab,  and  shall  waste  all 
the  children  of  Seth. 

18  And  he  shall  possess  Idumea:  the  inheritance 
of  Seir  shall  come  to  their  enemies  :  but  Israel  shall 
do  manfully. 

19  Out  of  Jacob  shall  he  come  that  shall  rule, 
and  shall  destroy  the  remains  of  the  city. 

20  And  when  he  saw  Amalec,  he  took  up  his 

139 


M  MBLRS. 


parable,  and  said  :  Amalec  the  beginning  of  nations, 
whose  latter  ends  shall  !»<•  destroyed. 

21  lie  saw  also  the  ("mill •,  ami  look  up  his  pa- 
rable, and  said:  Tbi  habitation  indeed  is  strong: 
but  though  thou  build  thy  Best  in  a  rock, 

\nd  thou  Ik-  chosen  of  the  stock  Of  (in,  hou 
long  shall  thou  Ih>  able  to  continue?  For  A vmh 
shall  take  thee  captive. 

\ml   taking  up  his   parable  again,  be  said  : 
Alas,  who  shall  live  when  God  shall  do  these  things? 

JV  They  shall  eotne  in  galleys  from  Italy;  they 
shall  overcome  the  Assyrians,  and  shall  waste  the 
Hebrews:  and  at  the  last  the\  theinsi  hes  also  shall 
perish. 

25  And  Balaam  rose,  and  returned  to  hi*  place  : 
Balac  also  returned  the  wa\  that  he  came. 

CHAP.  XXV. 

The  pfopli  fall  info  fnmicdti'in  and  idolatry  ;  far  which  twenty- 
four  thoiurmd  are  slain.      Tkr  MM  of  I'him  i  *. 

AND  Israel  at  that  time  abode  in  Settim  :  and 
the  people  committed  fornication  with  the 
daughters  of  Moab, 

Z  Who  called  them  to  their  sacrifices.  And  they 
ate  <>J' thtni.  and  adored  their  sods. 

3  And  Isnncl  was  initialed  to  Beelphugor  :*  uikmi 
which  the  Lord  being  angry, 

■\  Said  to  Moses  :  Take  all  the  princes  of  the 
people,  and  bans  them  up  on  gibbet!  against  the 
sun  :  that  mv  fury  may  be  turned  awaj  from  Israel, 

5  And  Moses  said  to  tUe  judges  of  Israel :  Let 
every  man  kill  bis  neighbours,  that  have  been  initia- 
ted to  Ueelphezor. 

6  And  behold,  one  of  the  children  of  Israel  went 
in  before  his  brethren  to  a  harlot  of  Madian,  in  the 
sidit  of  .Moses.  ;in(l  of  all  the  children  of  Israel, 
WOO  were  Weeping  before  the  door  of  the  tabernacle. 

7  And  when  Phinees  the  sou  of  Llca/.ar  the  son 
of  Aaron  the  priest  saw  it,  he  rose  up  from  the 
midst  of  the  multitude;  and  taking  a  danger, 

8  Went  in  alter  the  Israelite  into  the  brothel- 
house,  and  thrust  l>oth  of  them  through  together,  to 
wit  the  man  and  the  woman  in  the  genital  parts. 
And  the  scOUfgfl  ceased  from  the  children  of  Israel. 

9  And  there  were  slain  four  and  twenty  thousand 
men. 

10  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  : 

11  I'hinees  the  sou  of  Llea/ar  the  son  of  Aaron 
the  nriest  bath  turned  away  jnv  wrath  from  the 
chiluren  of  Israel:  because  he  was  moved  with  my 
■eel  against  them,  that  I  myself  might  not  destroj 
the  children  of  Israel  in  my  zeal. 

12  Therefore  say  to  him  :  Behold,  I  give  him  the 
peace  pf  my  covenant : 

13  And  the  covenant  of  the  priest  hood  for  ever 
shall  be  both  to  him  and  his  seed;  because  he  hath 
been  zealous  forhiaGod,  and  hath  made  atonement 

for  the  wickedness  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

14  And  the  name  of  the  Israelite,  that  was  slain 


•  InitUUi  m  Bulfiufr.  That  n,  they  took  to  the  wor»hip  of  Beel- 
piMffor,  anobaceneidolor  the  Moabite*.  ant  were  conaacraled,  iu  it 
tire  to  him 

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with  the  Woman  of  Madian,  was  Zambri  the  son  of 
Salu,  a  prince ol  the  kindred  and  tnU    ol  Sim  on. 

1")  And  the  Madianite  woman,  that  was  slain 
with  him  was  called  (  o/.bi  the  daughter  ol  Stir,  a 
most  noble  prince  among  the  Madiau'm 

16  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  savins: 

17  Let  the  Madianitcs  find  you  their  enemies, 

ami  slav  you  them  : 

18  Because  they  also  have  acted  like  enemies 
against  you,  and  bare  guilefully  deceived  you  by  the 
idol  Phogor,  and  Co/.bi  their  sister  a  daughter  of  a 
prince  of  Madian,  who  was  slain  in  the  day  of  the 
plague  for  the  sacrilege  of  Phogor. 

CHAP.  XXVI. 

Thep'nple  are  again  numbered  by  thrir  tribe*  and  fumi/ir*. 

A   1'TKU  the  blood  of  the   guilty  was  shed,    the 

-£*•    Lord  said  to  Moses  and  to  Elea/ar  the  son  of 
Aaron,  the  priest  : 

2  Number  the  whole  sum  of  the  children  of  Israi  I 

from  twenty  years  old  and  upward,  In   their  houses 
and  kindreds,  all  that  are  able  to  go  forth  to  war. 

.'$  Moses  therefore  and  Klea/.ar  the  priest,  being 
in  the  plains  of  Moab  upon  the  Jordan  over  against 
Jericho,  spoke  to  them  that  were 

4  From  twenty  years  old  and  upward;  as  the 
Lord  had  commanded:  audtfaisistbenumbefofihem: 

5  Ruben  the  fust-bom  of  Israel.  His  sons  ,rere 
Henoch,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Ilenochites  ; 
and  Phallu,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Pballuhes: 

6  And  Hesron,  of  whom  t.s the  family  of  the  Hi  »* 
ronites:  and  Charmi,  of  whom  is  the  i'amil)  of  the 
Charinitcs. 

7  These  are  the  families  of  the  stink  of  Huben  : 

whose  nnmbei  was  found  to  be  forty- three  thousand, 

seven  hundred  ami  thirty,  t 

8  The  sou   of  Phallu  WOS  Kliab. 

9  His  sous,  wert  Namuel  and  Dathan  and  Abi- 
ron.  These  are  Dathan  and  Abiron  the  princes  of 
the  people,  that  rose  against  Moses  and  Aaron  in  the 
sedition  of  Core,  when  they  rebelled  against  the  Lord: 

•10  And  the  earth  opening  her  mouth  swallowed 
up  Core,  many  other*  dying,  when  the  fire  burned 
two  hundred  and  fifty  men.  And  there  was  a  great 
miracle  wrought, 

1 1  That  when  (  Ore  perished,  his  sons  did  not  perish. 

12  The  sons  of  Simeon  l>\  their  kindreds:  Na- 
muel, of  him  is  the  family  of  the  Namuelitcs  :  .Ia- 
mbi, of  him  is  the  family  of  the  Jaminhes;  Jacbin, 
of  him  is  the  family  of  the  JacbJnites  : 

13  Zare,    of  him  is    the    faniih   of  the   Zarites: 

Saul,  of  him  is  the  famih  of  the  Sauliti 

1  V  These  are  the  families  of  the  stock  of  Simeon, 
of  which  the  whole  number  was  twenty-two  thou- 
sand two  hundred. 

16  The  sons  of  Gad  by  their  kindreds  :  Sephon, 
of  him  is  the  family  of  the  Sephonhi  \  i.  of  him 
is  the  family  of  the  A^gites:  Suni,  of  him  is  the 
family  of  the  Sunites  : 

If!  ()/ni,  <if  him  is  the  fatnilv  of  the  Oznttes: 
Her,  of  him  is  the  family  of  the  I  lerites  ! 

17  Arod,  of  him  is  the  family  of  the   Arodites 
Ariel,  ol  him  is  the  family  of  the  Arielites 


CHAP.  XXVI. 


18  These  arc  the  families  of  Gad,  of  which  the 
whole  number  was  forty  thousand  live  hundred. 

19  The  sons  of  Juda,  Her,  and  Onan,  who  both 
died  in  the  land  of  Chanaan. 

20  And  the  sons  of  Juda  by  their  kindreds  were  : 
Sela,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Selaites :  Phares, 
of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Pharesites  :  Zare,  of 
whom  is  the  family  of  the  Zaritcs. 

21  Moreover,  the  sons  of  Phares  were:  Hesron, 
of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Hesronites  :  and  Ha- 
mul,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Hamulites. 

22  These  are  the  families  of  Juda,  of  which  the 
whole  number  was  seventy-six  thousand  five  hun- 
dred. 

2:3  The  sons  of  Issachar,  by  their  kindreds: 
Thola,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Tholaites  : 
Phua,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Phuaites  : 

24  Jasub,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Jasub- 
ites:  Semran,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Sem- 
ranites. 

25  These  are  the  kindreds  of  Issachar,  whose 
number  was  sixty-four  thousand  three  hundred. 

26  The  sons  of  Zahulon  by  their  kindreds  :  Sa- 
red,  of  whom  is  the  family  oi"  the  Saredites:  Elon, 
of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Elonites :  Jalel,  of 
whom  is  the  family  of  the  Jalelites. 

27  These  are  the  kindreds  of  Zahulon,  whose 
number  was  sixty  thousand  five  hundred. 

28  The  sons  of  Joseph  by  their  kindreds,  M a- 
nasses  and  Ephraim. 

29  Of  Manasses  was  born  Machir,  of  whom  is 
the  family  of  Machirites.  Machir  begot  Galaad,  of 
whom  is  the  family  of  the  Galaadites. 

30  Galaad  had  sons  :  Jezer,  of  whom  is  the 
family  of  the  Jezerites :  and  Helec,  of  whom  is  the 
family  of  the  Helecites  : 

31  And  Asriel,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  As- 
rielites  :  and  Sechem,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the 
Sechemites: 

32  And  Semida,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the 
Semidaites :  and  Hepher,  of  whom  is  the  family  of 
the  Hepheritcs. 

S3  And  Hepher  was  the  father  of  Salphaad,  who 
had  no  sons,  but  only  daughters,  whose  names  are 
these :  Maala,  and  Noa,  and  Hegla,  and  Melcha, 
and  Thersa. 

34  These  are  the  families  of  Manasses,  and  the 
number  of  them  fifty-two  thousand  seven  hundred. 

35  And  the  sons  of  Ephraim  by  their  kindreds 
were  these  :  Suthala,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the 
Suthalaites:  Becher,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the 
Becherites  :  Thehen,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the 
Thehenites. 

»    36  Now  the  son  of  Suthala  was  Heran,  of  whom 
is  the  family  of  the  Heranites. 

37  These  are  the  kindreds  of  the  sonsof  Ephraim : 
whose  number  was  thirty-two  thousand  five  hundred. 

38  These  are  the  sons  of  Joseph  by  their  families. 
The  sons  of  Benjamin  in  their  kindreds  :  Bela,  of 
whom  is  the  family  of  the  Belaites  :  Asbel,  of  whom 
is  the  family  of  the  Asbelites:  Ahiram,  of  whom  is 
the  family  of  the  Ahirunites  : 

39  Supham.  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Supham- 


ites :   Hupham,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Hu- 
phamires. 

40  The  sons  of  Bela :  Hered,  and  Noeman.  Of 
Hered,  is  the  family  of  the  Heredites  :  of  Noeman, 
the  family  of  the  Noemanites. 

41  These  are  the  sons  of  Benjamin  by  their  kin- 
dreds, whose  number  was  forty-five  thousand  six 
hundred. 

42  The  sons  of  Dan  by  their  kindreds  :  Suham, 
of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Suhamites :  these  are 
the  kindreds  of  Dan  by  their  families. 

43  All  were  Suhamites,  whose  number  was  sixty- 
four  thousand  four  hundred. 

44  The  sons  of  Aser  by  their  kindreds  :  Jemna, 
of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Jemnaites  :  Jessui,  of 
whom  is  the  family  of  the  Jessuites  :  Brie,  of  whom 
is  the  family  of  the  Brieites. 

45  The  sons  of  Brie :  Heber,  of  whom  is  the 
family  of  the  Heberites:  and  Melchiel,  of  whom  is 
the  family  of  the  Melchielites. 

46  And  the  name  of  the  daughter  of  Aser,  was 
Sara. 

47  These  are  the  kindreds  of  the  sons  of  Aser, 
and  their  number  fifty-three  thousand  four  hundred. 

48  The  sons  of  Nephtali  by  their  kindreds  :  Je- 
siel,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Jesielites  :  Guni, 
of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  G unites  : 

49  Jeser,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Jeserites: 
Sellem,  of  whom  is  the  family  of  the  Sellemites. 

50  These  are  the  kindreds  of  the  sonsof  Nephtali 
by  their  families :  whose  number  was  forty-five 
thousand  four  hundred. 

51  This  is  the  sum  of  the  children  of  Israel,  that 
were  reckoned  up,  six  hundred  and  one  thousand, 
seven  hundred  and  thirty. 

52  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying: 

53  To  these  shall  the  land  be  divided  for  their 
possessions  according  to  the  number  of  names. 

54  To  the  greater  number  thou  shalt  give  a 
greater  portion,  and  to  the  fewer  a  less :  to  every 
one,  as  they  have  now  been  reckoned  up,  shall  a 
possession  be  delivered: 

55  Yet  so  that  by  lot  the  land  be  divided  to  the 
tribes  and  families. 

56  Whatsoever  shall  fall  by  lot,  that  shall  be 
taken  by  the  more,  or  the  fewer. 

57  This  also  is  the  number  of  the  sons  of  Levi 
by  their  families :  Gerson,  of  whom  is  the  family 
of  thrGersonites  :  Caath,  of  whom  is  the  family  of 
the  Caathites :  Merari,  of  whom  is  the  family  of 
the  Merarites. 

58  These  are  the  families  of  Levi :  The  family 
of  Lobni,  the  family  of  Hebroni,  the  family  of  Mo- 
holi,  the  family  of  Musi,  the  family  of  Core.  Now 
Caath  begot  Amram : 

59  Who  had  to  wife  Jochabed  the  daughter  of 
Levi,  who  was  born  to  him  in  Egypt.  She  bore 
to  her  husband  Amram  sons,  Aaron  and  Moses, 
and  Mary  their  sister. 

60  Of  Aaron  were  born  Nadab  and  Abiu,  and 
Eleazar  and  Ithamar : 

61  Of  whom  Nadab  and  Abiu  died,  when  they 
had  offered  the  strange  fire  before  the  Lord. 


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62  And  all  that  were  numbered,  were  twenty- 
three  thousand  males  from  one  month  old  and  up- 
ward :  far  they  were  not  reckoned  up  among  the 
children  of  Israel,  neither  «;i>  a  possession  given 
to  them  with  the  rest 

63  This  is  the  Bomber  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
that  were  enrolled  by  Moses  and  Eleazar  the  priest, 
in  the  plains  of  Moah  upon  the  Jordan  over  against 
Jerieho. 

64  Among  whom  there  was  not  one  of  them  that 
were  numbered  before  by  Moses  and  Aaron  in  the 
desert  of  Sinai. 

86  I'or  the  Lord  had  foretold  that  the]  should 
all  die  in  the  wilderness.  And  none  remained  of 
them,  but  Caleb  the  sou  of  Jephone,  and  Josue  the 
son  of  Nun. 

CHAP.  XXVII. 

The  law  nf  inheritance.     Josue  it  appointed  to  snccrrd  M 

THEN  came  the  daughters  of  Salphaad,  the  son 
of  Hepher,  the  son  of  Galaad,  the  son  of 
Maehir,  the  sou  of  Manasses,  who  was  the  son  of 
Joseph:  and  their  names  are,  Maala,  and  Noa,  and 
Hegla,  and  Meleha,  and  Thersa. 

2  And  they  stood  before  Moses  and  Elcazar  the 
priest,  and  all  the  princes  of  the  people  at  the  door 
of  the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant,  and  said: 

3  Our  father  died  in  the  desert,  and  was  not  in 
the  sedition,  that  was  raised  against  the  Lord  under 
Core;  but  he  died  in  his  own  sin:  and  he  had  no 
male  children.  Why  is  his  name  taken  away  out 
of  his  family,  because  he  had  no  son?  Give  us  a 
possession  among  the  kinsmen  of  our  father. 

4  And  Moses  referred  their  cause  to  the  judg- 
ment of  the  Lord. 

5  And  live  Lord  said  to  him  : 

6  The  daughters  of  Salphaad  demand  a  just  thing: 

give  them  a  possession  among  their  fathers  kindred, 
and  let  them  sneered  him  in  his  inheritance. 

7  And  to  the  children  of  Israel  thou  shalt  speak 
these  things : 

8  When  a  man  dieth  without  a  son,  his  inheri- 
tance shall  pass  to  his  daughter. 

9  If  he  have  no  daughter,  his  brethren  shall  suc- 
ceed him. 

10  And  if  he  have  no  brethren,  you  shall  give 
the  inheritance  to  his  lather's  brethren. 

11  But  if  he  have  no  uncles  by  the  father,  the 
inheritance  shall  be  liven  to  them  that  are  the  next 
akin.  And  this  shall  be  to  the  children  of  Israel 
sacred  bv  a  peipeUml  law,  as  the  Lord  hath  com- 
manded Moses. 

\1  The  Lord  also  said  to  Moses:  Go  up  into 
this  mountain  Aharim,  and  view  from  thence  the 
land  which  I  will  rive  to  the  children  of  Israel. 

13  And  when  thou  shalt  have  Been  it,  thou  also 
■hall  zo  to  thy  people*  as  thv  brother  Aaron  is  tone  : 

14  Because  you  offended  me  in  the  desert  of  Sin 
in  the  contradiction  of  the  multitude,  neither  would 
you  sanctify  me  before  them  at  the  waters.  These 
are  the  waters  of  contradiction  in  Cades  of  the  de- 
sert of  hill. 

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15  And  Moses  answered  him: 

16  May  the    Lord  the  Ood  of  the  SpMtJ    of  all 

flesh  provide  a  man,  that  may  be  over  this  multitude: 

17  And  may  j;o  out  and  in  before  them,  and  may 
lead  them  out,  or  bring  them  in  :  lest  the  people  ol 

the  Lord  be  as  sheep  without  a  shepherd. 

18  And  the  Lord  said  to  him:  'Take  .lostie  (he 
son  of  Nun,  a  man  in  whom  is  the  Spirit,  and  put 
thy  hand  upon  him. 

19  And  he  shall  stand  before  Eleazar  the  |ir'n  -t 
and  all  the  multitude  : 

20  And  thou  shalt  give  him  precepts  in  the  si^lit 
of  all,  and  part  of  th\  glory,  that  all  the  rongrega* 
lion  of  the  children  of  Israel  ma]  hear  him. 

21  If  any  thin^  Ik-  to  !>c  done,  Eleazar  the  priest 
shall  consult  the  Lord  for  him.  He  ami  all  the 
children  of  Israel  With  him,  and  the  rest  of  the 
multitude  shall  gp  OUt  and  go  in  at  his  word. 

11  Moses  did  as  the  Lord  had  commanded.  And 
when  he  had  taken  Josue,  he  set  him  before  Elea- 
zar the  priest,  and  all  the  assembly  ol  the  people. 

23  And  laying  his  hands  on  his  head,  he  repeated 
all  things  that  the  Lord  had  commanded. 

(HAP.  XXVIII. 

SaerifUet  are  appointed  as  trrll  for  irrry  day  as  for  sabbaths, 

and  otkrr  ft  ftivnh. 

THE   TiOrd  also  said  to  Moses: 
2  Command  the  children  of  Israel,  and  thou 
shalt  say  to  them :  Offer  ye  my  oblation   and   m> 
bread,  and   bin. it-sacrifice  of  most  sweet  odour,  in 
llieir  due  seasons. 

3  These  are  the  sacrifices  which  you  shall  offer' 
Two   lambs  of  a  year  old  without  blemish   every 

day  for  the  perpetual  holocaust  : 

4  One  you  shall  offer  in  the  morning,  and  the 
other  in  the  evening  : 

5  And  the  tenth  part  of  an  ephi  of  flour,  which 
shall  be  tempered  with  the  purest  oil,  of  the  measure 
of  the  fourth  part  of  a  bin. 

6  It  is  the  continual  holocaust  which  you  offered 
in  mount  Sinai  for  a  most  sweet  odour  of  a  sacri- 
fice by  fire  to  the  Lord. 

7  And  for  a  libation  you  shall  offer  of  wine  tbe 
fourth  part  of  a  bin  for  every  lamb  in  the  sanctuary 
of  the  Lord. 

8  And  you  shall- offer  the  other  lamb  in  like 
manner  in  the  evening  according  to  all  the  rites  of 
the  morning  sacrifice,  and  of  the  libations  thereof, 
an  oblation  of  most  sweet  odour  to  the  Lord. 

9  And  on  the  sabbath-day,  you  shall  offer  two 

lambs  of  a  \  ear  old  Without  blemish,  and  two  tenths 
of  flour  tempered  with  oil  in  sacrifice,  and  the  liba- 
tions 

10  Which  regularly  are  poured  out  every  sab- 
bath forthc  perpetual  holocaust. 

11  And  on  the  first  day  of  the  month  yon  shall 
ofler  a  holocaust  to  the  "Lord,  two  calves  of  the 

herd,  one  ram.  and  seven  lambs,  of  B  year  old, 
w  ithoul  blemish, 

12  And  three  tenths  of  flour  tempered  with  oil  in 
sacrifice  forever]  calf:  and  two  tenths  of  flour  tern 
pert  d  w  ith  oil  for  every  ram  : 


CHAP.  XXIX. 


!3  And  the  tenth  of  a  tenth  of  flour  tempered 
with  oil  in  sacrifice  for  every  lamb.  It  is  a  holo- 
caust of  most  sweet  odour  and  an  offering  by  fire 
to  the  Lord.  _  • 

14  And  these  shall  be  the  libations  of  wine  that 
are  to  l>e  poured  out  for  every  victim:  Half  a  hin 
for  every  calf,  a  third  for  a  ram,  and  a  fourth  for 
a  lamb.  This  shall  be  the  holocaust  for  every 
month,  as  they  succeed  one  another  in  the  course 
of  the  year. 

15  A  buck-goat  also  shall  be  offered  to  the  Lord 
for  a  sin-offering,  over  and  above  the  perpetual  ho- 
locaust with  its  libations. 

16  And  in  the  first  month,  on  the  fourteenth  day 
of  the  month  shall  be  the  phase  of  the  Lord, 

17  And  on  the  fifteenth  day  the  solemn  feast: 
seven  days  shall  they  eat  unleavened  bread. 

18  And  the  first  day  of  them  shall  be  venerable 
and  holy:  you  shall  not  do  any  servile  work  therein. 

19  Ana  you  shall  offer  a  burnt-sacrifice  a  holo- 
caust to  the  Lord,  two  calves  of  the  herd,  one 
ram,  seven  lambs  of  a  year  old,  without  blemish  : 

20  And  for  the  sacrifices  of  every  one  three 
tenths  of  flour  which  shall  be  tempered  with  oil,  to 
every  calf,  and  two  tenths  to  every  ram, 

21  And  the  tenth  of  a  tenth  to  every  Iamb;  that 
is  to  say,  to  all  the  seven  lambs: 

22  And  one  buck-goat  for  sin,  to  make  atone- 
ment for  you, 

23  Besides  the  morning  holocaust  which  you 
shall  always  offer. 

24  So  shall  you  do  every  day  of  the  seven  days 
for  the  food  of  the  fire,  and  for  a  most  sweet  odour 
to  the  Lord,  which  shall  rise  from  the  holocaust, 
and  from  the  libations  of  each. 

25  The  seventh  day  also  shall  be  most  solemn 
and  holy  unto  you :  you  shall  do  no  servile  work 
therein. 

26  The  day  also  of  first-fruits,  when  after  the 
weeks  are  accomplished,  you  shall  offer  new  fruits 
to  the  Lord,  shall  be  venerable  and  holy:  you  shall 
do  no  servile  work  therein. 

27  And  you  shall  offer  a  holocaust  for  a  most 
sweet  odour  to  the  Lord,  two  calves  of  the  herd, 
one  ram,  and  seven  lambs  of  a  year  old,  without 
blemish  : 

28  And  in  the  sacrifices  of  them  three  tenths  of 
flour  tempered  with  oil  to  every  calf,  two  to  every 
ram, 

29  The  tenth  of  a  tenth  to  every  lamb,  which  in 
all  are  seven  lambs :  a  goat  also 

30  Which  is  slain  for  expiation:  beside  the  per- 
petual holocaust  and  the  libations  thereof. 

31  Yon  shall  offer  them  all  without  blemish  with 
their  libations. 

CHAP.  XXIX. 

Sacrifice*  for  the  festivals  of  the  seventh  month. 

'"PHE  first  day  also  of  the  seventh  month  shall  be 

-1-    venerable  and  holy  unto  you ;  you  shall  do  no 

servile  work  therein,  because  it  is  the  day  of  the 

sounding  and  of  trumpets. 

2  And  you  shall  offer  a  holocaust  for  a  most 


sweet  odour  to  the  Lord,  one  calf  of  the  herd,  one 
ram,  and  seven  lambs  of  a  year  old,  without  blemish : 

3  And  for  their  sacrifices,  three  tenths  of  flour  tem- 
pered with  oil  to  every  calf,  two  tenths  to  a  ram: 

4  One  tenth  to  a  Iamb,  which  in  all  are  seven 
lambs: 

5  And  a  buck-goat  for  sin,  which  is  offered  for 
the  expiation  of  trie  people, 

6  Besides  the  holocaust  of  the  first  day  of  the 
month  with  the  sacrifices  thereof,  and  the  perpetual 
holocaust  with  the  accustomed  libations.  With  the 
same  ceremonies  you  shall  offer  a  burnt  sacrifice  for 
a  most  sweet  odour  to  the  Lord. 

7  The  tenth  day  also  of  this  seventh  month  shall 
be  holy  and  venerable  unto  you,  and  you  shall  afflict 
your  souls:  you  shall  do  no  servile  work  therein. 

8  And  you  shall  offer  a  holocaust  to  the  Lord  for 
a  most  sweet  odour,  one  calf  of  the  herd,  one  ram, 
and  seven  lambs  of  a  year  old,  without  blemish  : 

9  And  for  their  sacrifices,  three  tenths  of  flour 
tempered  with  oil  to  every  calf,  two  tenths  to  a  ram, 

10  The  tenth  of  a  tenth  to  every  lamb,  which 
are  in  all  seven  lambs: 

11  And  a  buck-goat  for  sin,  besides  the  things 
that  are  wont  to  be  offered  for  sin,  for  expiation, 
and  for  the  perpetual  holocaust,  with  their  sacrifice 
and  libations. 

12  And  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  seventh  month, 
which  shall  be  unto  you  holy  and  venerable,  you 
shall  do  no  servile  work,  but  shall  celebrate  a  so- 
lemnity to  the  Lord  seven  days. 

18  And  you  shall  offer  a  holocaust  for  a  most 
sweet  odour  to  the  Lord,  thirteen  calves  of  the  herd, 
two  rams,  and  fourteen  lambs  of  a  year  old,  with- 
out blemish : 

14  And  for  their  libations  three  tenths  of  flour 
tempered  with  oil  to  every  calf,  being  in  all  thirteen 
calves:  and  two  tenths  to  each  ram,  being  two  rams, 

15  And  the  tenth  of  a  tenth  to  every  lamb,  being 
in  all  fourteen  Iambs  : 

16  And  a  buck-goat  for  sin,  besides  the  perpe- 
tual holocaust,  and  the  sacrifice  and  the  libation 
thereof. 

17  On  the  second  day  you  shall  offer  twelve 
calves  of  the  herd,  two  rams,  and  fourteen  lambs 
of  a  year  old,  without  blemish: 

18  And  the  sacrifices  and  the  libations  for  every 
one,  for  the  calves  and  for  the  rams  and  for  the 
lambs  you  shall  duly  celebrate  : 

19'  And  a  buck-goat  for  a  sin-offering  besides 
the  perpetual  holocaust,  and  the  sacrifice  and  the 
libation  thereof. 

20  The  third  day  you  shall  offer  eleven  calves, 
two  rams,  and  fourteen  lambs  of  a  year  old,  with- 
out blemish : 

21  And  the  sacrifices  and  the  libations  of  every 
one  for  the  calves  and  for  the  rams  and  for  the 
lambs  you  shall  offer  according  to  the  rite : 

22  And  a  buck-goat  for  sin,  besides  the  perpetual 
holocaust,  and  the  sacrifice  and  the  libation  thereof. 

23  The  fourth  day  you  shall  offer  ten  calves,  two 
rams,  and  fourteen  lambs  of  a  year  old,  without 
blemish : 

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24  And  tl.e  sacrifices  and  the  libations  of  evt  r\ 
tor   tin-   calves   anil   tor  itir   rains  and  for  the 
lambs  von  shall  celebrate  in  right  inannrr: 

\ikI  a  buck-goat  tor  sin.  besides  the  perpetual 

holocaust,  and  thr  sacrifice  and  the  libation  thereof • 

Ilu    fifth  da)  you  shall  offer  nine  calves,  two 

nuns,  and   fourteen  lambs  of  a   year  old,   without 

blemish: 

\nil  the  sacrifices  and  the  libations  of  every 
one  for  the  calves  and  lor  the  nuns  and  for  the 
lambs  you  shall  celebrate  according  to  the  rite: 

\tu\  a  buck-goat  for  sin,  besides  the per|>etual 
holocaust,  and  the  sacrifice  and  the  libation  thereof. 
The  sixth  day  yon   shall   offer  eight  calves. 
two  rams,  and  fourteen  lambs  of  a  year  old,  with- 
out blemish: 

.V)  And  the  sacrifices  and  the  libations  of  even 
one  for  the  calws  and  for  the  rams  and  for  the 
lambs  you  shall  celebrate  according  to  the  rite: 

.51  And  a  huck-uoat  tor  sin.  besides  the  perpetual 
holocaust,  and  the  sacrifice  and  the  libation  thereof. 

93  The  seventh  day  yon  shall  offer  seven  calves, 
and  two  rams,  and  fourteen  lambs  of  a  year  old, 
without  blemish  : 

33  And  the  sacrifices  and  the  libations  of  every 
one  for  the  calves  and  for  the  nuns  and  for  the 
lambs  \ou  shall  celebrate  according  to  the  rite: 

\nd  a  buck-goal  tor  sin,  besides  the  perpetual 
holocaust,  ami  the  sacrifice  and  the  libation  thereof. 

35  On  the  eighth  day,  which  is  most  solemn, 
you  shall  do  no  servile  work: 

.'»«;  I  Jut  you  shall  oiler  a  holocaust  for  a  most 
sweet  odour  to  the  Lord,  one  calf,  one  nun,  and 
seven  lambs  of  a  year  old,  without  blemish: 

37  And  the  sacrifices  and  the  libations  of  every 
one  for  the  calves  and  for  the  rams  and  for  the 
lambs  vou  shall  celebrate  according  to  the  rite: 

\iu\  a  buck-goat  for  sin.  besides  the  perpetual 
holocaust,  and  the  sacrifice  and  the  libation  thereof. 

•  i'.'  These  things  shall  you  offer  to  the  Lord  in 
your  solemnities  :  besides  your  vows  and  voluntary 
oblations  tor  holocaust,  for  sacrifice,  for  libation, 
and  for  victims  of  peace-offerings. 

CHAP.  XXX. 

Of  vmtt  and  oaths  ;  and  thrir  obligation. 
A  ND  Moses  told  the  children  of  Israel  all  that 
-**-  the  I^ord  had  commanded  him : 

2  And  he  said  to  the  princes  of  the  tribal  of  the 
children  of  Israel:  This  is  the  word  that  the  Lord 
hath  commanded  : 

3  If  any  man  make  a  vow  to  the  Lord,  or  bind 
himself  by  an  oath,  he  shall  not  make  his  word 
void;  but  shall  fulfil  all  that  he  promised. 

4  If  a  woman  vow  any  thin;;,  and  bind  herself 
with  an  oath,  being  in  her  father's  house,  and  but 
yet  a  girl  in  age;  U  her  father  knew  the  vow  that 
she  hath  promised,  and  the  oath  wherewith  she 
hath  bound  her  soul,  and  held  his  peace,  she  shall 
be  hound  by  the  vow  : 

.")  Whatsoever  she  promised  and  swore,  she  shall 
fulfil  in  deed. 

6  But  if  her  father,  immediately  as  soon  as  In 

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heard  it,  gainsaid  it,  lioth  her  vows  and  her  oaths 
shall  be  void;  neither  shall  she  be  bound  to  what 
she  promised,  because  her  father  hath  gainsaid  it. 

7  If  she  have  a  husband,  and  shall  vow  any 
thing,  and  the  word  once  going  tint  of  her  mouth 
shall  bind  her  sold  by  an  00th' 

8  The  day  that  her  husUind  shall  hear  it,  and 
not  gamOBjf  it.  she  shall  be  bound  to  the  vow,  and 
shall  siw  whatsoever  she  promised. 

9  Hut  if  as  soon  as  he  heareth  he  gainsay  it,  and 
make  her  promises  and  the  words  wherewith  she 
had  hound  her  soul  of  no  effect ;  the  Lord  will  for- 
give her. 

10  The  widow,  ami  she  that  is  divorced,  shall 
fulfil  whatsoever  they  vow. 

11  It  the  wife  in  the  house  of  her  husband,  hath 
IhiiiikI  heiselt   h\   vow  and  by  oath, 

12  if  her  husband  hear,  and  hold  his  peace,  and 
doth  not  disallow  the  promise,  she  shall  accomplish 
whatsoever  she  hath  promised. 

13  Hut  if  forthwith  be  gainsay  it,  sin-  shall  not 
Ik-  IhiiiikI  by  the  promise:  because  her  husband 
gainsaid  it,  and  the  Lord  will  be  merciful  to  her. 

14  If  she  vow  and  bind  herself  by  oath,  to  afflict 
her  soul  by  fasting,  or  abstinence  from  other  things, 
it  shall  depend  on  the  will  of  her  husband,  whether 
she  shall  do  it,  or  not  do  if. 

16  Hut  if  the  husband  hearing  it  hold  his  peace, 
and  defer  the  declaring  his  mind  till  another  da\  ; 
whatsoever  she  had  vowed  and  promised,  she  shall 
fulfil:  because  immediately  as  he  heard  it,  he  In  Id 

his  peace. 

It)  Hut  if  he  gainsay  it  alter  that  he  knew  if,  he 
shall  bear  her  iniquity. 

17  These  are  the  laws,  which  the  Lord  appointed 
to  Moses  between  the  husband  and  tin-  wife,  be- 
tween the  father  and  the  daughter  thai  is  as  ret  but 
a  girl  in  age,  or  that  abidcth  in  her  father's  house. 

(  ll\l\  XXXI. 

The  Madianitrt  are  tlain  for  hm-ingdrairn  thr  people  of  hruei 
into  gin.      I'hr  dividing  (if  the  booty. 

AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saving: 
2  Revenge  first  the  children  of  Israel  on  the 

Madianites,  and  so  thou  shall  Ik:  gathered  to  thy 
people* 

3  And  Moses  forthwith  said:  Arm  of  you  men 
to  fight,  who  may  take  the  revenge  of  the  Lord  on 
the  Madianites. 

4  Let  a  thousand  men  lie  chosen  out  of  every 
tribe  of  Isniel  to  be  sent  to  the  war. 

5  And  they  gave  a  thousand  of  every  trilte.  that 
is  to  say,  twelve  thousand  men  well  appointed  for 
battle:  " 

6  And  Moses  sent  them  with  Phinees  the  son  of 
r.lrazar  the  priest :  and  he  delivered  to  him  tin  holy 
vessels,  and  the  trumpets  to  sound. 

7  And  when  they  had  fought  OgatOSt  the  Ma- 
dianites, and  had  overcome  tin  in.  they  slew  all  (ho 
men. 

ft  And  their  kimzs  I'.vi.and  Ivecem,  and  Sur,  and 
llur.  and  lb-he,  five  princes  of  the  nation:  Halaam 
also  the  SOO  of  Bene  they  killed  with  the  sword. 


CHAP.  XXXI. 


9  And  they  took  their  women,  and  their  children 
captives,  and  all  their  cattle,  and  all  their  goods: 
and  all  their  possessions  they  plundered: 

10  And  ail  their  cities,  and  their  villages,  and 
castles,  they  burned. 

1 1  And  they  canied  away  the  booty,  and  all  tl.at 
they  had  taken,  both  of  men  and  of  beasts. 

12  And  they  brought  them  to  Moses,  and  Eleazar 
the  priest,  and  to  all  the  multitude  of  the  children 
of  Israel.  But  the  rest  of  the  things  for  use  they 
curried  to  the  camp  on  the  plains  of  Moab,  beside 
the  Jordan  over  against  Jericho. 

13  And  Moses  and  Eleazar  the  priest,  and  all 
the  princes  of  the  synagogue  went  forth  to  meet  them 
without  the  camp. 

14  And  Moses  being  angry  with  the  chief  officers 
of  the  army,  the  tribunes,  and  the  centurions  that 
were  come  from  the  battle, 

15  Said  :  Why  have  you  saved  the  women? 

16  Are  not  these  they,  that  deceived  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  by  the  counsel  of  Balaam,  and  made 
you  transgress  against  the  Lord  by  the  sin  of  Pho- 
gor,*  for  which  also  the  people  was  punished  ? 

17  Therefore  kill  all  that  are  of  the  male  sex, 
even  of  the  children  :f  and  put  to  death  the  women, 
that  have  carnally  known  men. 

18  But  the  girls,  and  all  the  women  that  are  vir- 
gins, save  for  yourselves : 

19  And  stay  without  the  camp  seven  days.  He 
that  hath  killed  a  man,  or  touched  one  that  is  killed, 
shall  be  purified  (he  third  day  and  the  seventh  day. 

20  And  of  all  the  spoil,  every  garment,  or  vessel, 
or  any  thing  made  for  use,  of  the  skins,  or  hair  of 
goats,  or  ot  wood,  shall  be  purified. 

21  Eleazar  also  the  priest  spoke  to  the  men  of 
the  army,  that  had  fought  in  this  manner :  This  is 
the  ordinance  of  the  law,  which  the  Lord  hath  com- 
manded Moses : 

22  Gold,  and  silver,  and  brass,  and  iron,  and 
lead,  and  tin, 

23  And  all  that  may  pass  through  the  fire,  shall 
be  purified  by  fire:  but  whatsoever  cannot^abide 
the  fire,  shall  be  sanctified  with  the  waterof  expiation : 

24  And  you  shall  wash  your  garments  the  se- 
venth day  ;  and  being  purified,  you  shall  afterwards 
enter  into  the  camp. 

25  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses : 

26  Take  the  sum  of  the  things  that  were  taken 
both  of  man  and  beast,  thou  and  Eleazar  the  priest 
and  the  princes  of  the  multitude. 

27  And  thou  shalt  divide  the  spoil  equally,  be- 
tween them  that  fought  and  went  out  to  the  war, 
and  between  the  rest  of  the  multitude. 

28  And  thou  shalt  separate  a  portion  to  the  Lord 
from  them  that  fought  and  Were  in  the  battle,  one 
soul  of  five  hundred  as  well  of  persons  as  of  oxen 
and  asses  and  sheep, 

29  And  thou  shalt  give  it  to  Eleazar  the  priest, 
because  they  are  the  first-fruits  of  the  Lord. 

*  Tht  sin  of  Phogor.  The  sin  committed  in  the  worship  of  BeeU 
fktgor. 

\  Of  children.  Women  an!  children  ordinarily  speaking,  wore  not 
to  be  killed  iu  war,   Drut.  xx.  14.     But  the  great  Lord  of  life  and 


30  Out  pf  the  moiety  also  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael thou  shalt  take  the  fiftieth  head  of  persons,  and 
of  oxen,  and  asses,  and  sheep,  and  of  all  beasts  : 
and  thou  shalt  give  them  to  the  Levites  that  watch 
iu  the  charge  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord. 

31  And  Moses  and  Eleazar  did  as  the  Lord  had 
commanded. 

32  And  the  spoil  which  the  army  had  taken,  was 
six  hundred  seventy-five  thousand  sheep, 

33  Seventy-two  thousand  oxen, 

34  Sixty-one  thousand  asses: 

35  And  thirty-two  thousand  persons  of  the  fe- 
male sex,  that  had  not  known  men.  ■ 

36  And  one  half  was  given  to  them  that  had 
been  in  the  battle,  to  wit,  three  hundred  thirty-se- 
ven thousand  five  hundred  sheep : 

37  Out  of  which,  for  the  portion  of  the  Lord, 
were  reckoned  six  hundred  seventy-five  sheep. 

38  And  out  of  the  thirty-six  thousand  oxen,  se- 
venty-two oxen: 

39  Out  of  the  thirty  thousand  asses,  sixty-one 
asses : 

40  Out  of  the  sixteen  thousand  persons,  there 
fell  to  the  portion  of  the  Lord  thirty-two  souls. 

41  And  Moses  delivered  the  number  of  the  first- 
fruits  of  the  Lord  to  Eleazar  the  priest,  as  had 
been  commanded  him, 

42  Out  of  the  half  of  the  children  of  Israel,  which 
he  had  separated  for  them  that  had  been  in  the  battle. 

43  But  out  of  the  half  that  fell  to  the  rest  of  the 
multitude,  that  is  to  say,  out  of  the  three  hundred 
thirty-seven  thousand  five  hundred  idieep, 

4*  And  out  of  the  thirty-six  thousand  oxen, 

45  And  out  of  the  thirty  thousand  five  hundred 
asses, 

46  And  out  of  the  sixteen  thousand  persons, 

47  Moses  took  the  fiftieth  head,  and  gave  it  to 
the  Levites  that  watched  in  the  tabernacle  of  the 
Lord,  as  the  Lord  had  commanded. 

48  And  when  the  commanders  of  the  army,  and 
the  tribunes,  and  centurions  were  come  to  Moses, 
they  said: 

49  We  thy  servants  have  reckoned  up  the  num- 
ber of  the  fighting  men,  whom  we  had  under  our 
hand,  and  not  so  much  as  one  was  wanting. 

50  Therefore  we  offer  as  gifts  to  the  Lord  what 
gold  every  one  of  us  could  find  in  the  booty,  in  gar- 
ters and  tablets,  rings  and  bracelets,  and  chains, 
that  thou  mayst  pray  to  the  Lord  for  us. 

51  And  Moses  and  Eleazar  the  priest  received 
all  the  gold  in  divers  kinds, 

52  In  weight  sixteen  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  fifty  sides,  from  the  tribunes  and  from  the 
centurions. 

53  For  that  which  every  one  had  taken  in  the 
booty,  was  his  own. 

54  And  that  which  was  received  they  brought 
into  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony,  for  a  memorial 
of  the  children  of  Israel  before  the  Lord. 


death  was  pleased  to  order  it  otherwise  in  the  present  case,  in  detesta- 
tion of  the  wickedness  of  this  people,  who,  br  the  counsel  of  Balaam, 
had  sent  their  women  among  the  Israelites  on  purpose  to  draw  them 
from  God. 

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NT  Mil! 


CHAP.  XXXII. 

The  tribes  of  Ruben  anil  Cad,  and  hatf  of  the  tribe  of  Ma- 
nauet,  rerrire  their  inheritance  on  the  eatt  title  of  Jordan, 
mpom  condition!  approved  of  by  Most*. 

AND  tin-    von..  of    Rah  ii    and    (lad    had    many 
(locks  of  cattle,  and  their  substance  in  Iwasts 
wis  infinite.      And    when    they  saw    tin-    lands   of 
r  and  Galaad  fit  tor  feeding  cattle, 
2  They  OHM   to  Moms  and    Llea/.ar  the   priest, 
and  the  prince*  of  the  multitude  and  said: 

\iaroth,  and    DibtM,  and  .layer,  and    Ncmra. 
Efesebon,  and  Eleale,  and  Saban,  and   Nebo,   and 

BepBj 

4  The  land,  which  the  Lord  hath  conquered  in 
the  right  of  tin-  children  of  Israel,  is  a  very  fertile 
soil  for  the  feeding  of  beUtt:  and  we  thy  sen  ants 
have  very  nuicli  cattle: 

5  And  we  pray  thee,  if  we  have  found  favour 
in  thy  sislit,  that  thou  give  it  to  us   thy  servants  in 

WwrifHI.  and  make  us  not  pass  over  the  Jordan. 

6  And  Moses  answered  tliein:  What,  shall  your 
brethren  go  to  fight,  and  will  vou  sit  here? 

7  Why  do  ye  overturn  the  minds  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  that  they  may  not  dare  to  pass  into  tin- 
place  which  the  Lord  hath  ghrea  them? 

8  Was  it  not  thus  your  fathers  did,  when  I  sent 
from  (  adesbame  to  view   the  land.' 

9  And  when  they  were  come  as  far  as  the  val- 
hv  of  the  cluster,  having  viewed  all  the  country, 
they  overturned  the  hearts  of  the  children  of  Israel. 
that  they  should  not  enter  into  the  coasts,  which 
the  Lord  gave  them. 

10  Andhe  swore  in  his  anger*  saying: 

11  If  these  men,  that  came  up  out  of  Egypt, 
from  twenty  years  old  and  Upward,  shall  see  the 
land,  which  I  promised  with  an  oath  to  Abraham, 
Isaac,  and  Jacob:  because  they  would  not  follow  me, 

12  Except  Caleb  the  son  of  Jepbone  the  Cenea* 
ite,  and  Josue  the  son  of  Nun:  these  have  fulfilled 
my  will. 

13  And  the  Lord  being  angry  against  Israel,  led 
them  about  through  the  desert  forty  years,  until  the 
whole  generation,  that  had  done  evil  in  his  sight, 
was  'consumed. 

14  And  behold,  said  he,  yon  are  risen  up  instead 
of  your  fathers,  the  Increase  and  offspring:  of  sinful 
men,  to  augment  the  fury  of  the  Lord  against  Israel. 

la  For  if  you  will  not  follow  him,  he  will  leave 
the  people  in  the  wilderness,  and  you  shall  he  the 
cause  ol  the  destruction  of  all. 

16  But  they  coming  near,  said  :  We  will  make 
sheep-folds,  and  stalls  for  our  cattle,  and  Strang 
cities  for  our  children: 

17  And  we  ourselves  will  go  armed  and  reads 
for  battle  before  the  children  of  Israel,  until  we 
bring  them  in  unto  their  places.  <  )ur  little  ones 
and  all  we  have,  shall  Ik-  in  walled  cities,  for  fear 
ol   the  ambushes  of  the  inhabitants. 

IB  We  will  not  return  into  our  houses,  until  tin- 
children  of  Israel  possess  their  inheritance: 

19  Neither  will  we  seek  anv  thin-  beyond  the 
Jordan,  because  we  have  already  our  poaSBSlioa  on 
the  east  side  thereof. 

IM 


20  And  Moses  said  to  them:  If  you  do  what 
yea  promise,  go  on  well  appointed  lor  war  In-fore 
the  Lord: 

21  And  let  every  fighting  man  pass  over  the 
Jordan,  until  the  Lord  overthrew  his  enemi 

'  \nd  all  the  land  lx- brought  under  him  :  then 
shall  Mill  be  blameless  before  the  Lord  and  Ufore 
Israel,  and  you  shall  obtain  the  countries  that  you 
di  sire,  before  the  Lord. 

I  Hut  if  you  do  not  what  you  say.  no  man  can 
doubt  but  you  sin  against  God:  and  know  ye  that 
your  sin  shall  overtake  you. 

M  Muild  therefore  cities  for  year  children,  and 
folds  and  stalls  for  your  sheep  and  beasts:  and  ac- 
complish what  von  have  promised. 

26  Anil  the  children  of  Gad  and  Huben  said  to 
Mosea:  We  are  thy  servants:  we  will  do  what  my 
lord  commaiideth. 

26  We  will  leave  our  children,  and  our  wives, 
and  sheep,  and  cattle,  in  the  cities  of  Galaad: 

27  And  we  thy  servants  all  well  appointed  will 
march  on  to  the  war,  as  thou  my  lord  speak  est. 

28  Moses  therefore  commanded  l-'.lea/.ar  the 
priest,  and  Josue  the  son  of  Nun.  and  the  primes 
of  the  families  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  and  said 
to  them  : 

29  If  the  children  of  (lad.  and  the  children  of 
Ruben  oiss  with  you  over  the  Jordan  all  armed  for 
war  before  the  Lord,  and  the  land  be  made  subject 
to  you  :   give  them  Galaad  in  possession. 

90  Mut  if  they  will  not  pass  armed  with  you  into 
the  land  of  (  hanaan,let  them  receive  places  to  dwell 
in  among  you. 

31  And  the  children  of  Gad,  and  the  children  of 
Ruben  answered:  As  the  Loid  haih  spoken  to  his 
servants,  BO  w  ill  we  do: 

32  We  will  go  armed  before  the  Lord  into  the 
land  of  Chanaan;  and  we  confess  that  we  have  al- 
ready received  our  possession  beyond  the  Jordan. 

33  Moses  therefore  gave  to  the  children  of  (lad 
and  of  Ruben,  and  to  the  half  tribe  of  Manasses  the 
son  of  Joseph,  the  kingdom  of  Sehou  king  of  the 
Amorrhites,  and  the  kingdom  of  Og  king  of  Masan, 
and  their  land  and  the  cities  thereof  round  about. 

31-  And  the  sons  of  Gad  built  Dibon,  and  Ataroth, 
and  Aroer. 

35  And  Etroth,  and  Sophan,  and  Ja/er,  and 
Jegbaa, 

36  And  Bethncmra,  and  Methanol,  fenced  cities, 
and  folds  for  their  cattle. 

37  Mut  the  children  of  Muben  built  Hesebon,  and 
Eleale,  and  Cariathairn, 

38  And  \abo,  and  Maalmeon  (their  names  being 
changed)  and  Sabama;  giving  names  to  the  ciiiis 
which  they  had  built. 

39  Moreover  the  children  of  Machir.  the  son  of 
Manasses,  went  into  Galaad,  and  wasted  it.  cutting 
oil' the  Amorrhites  the  inhabitants  thereof. 

40  And  .Moses  gave  the  land  of  Galaad  to  Ma- 
chir the  son  of  Manasses;  and  he  dwelt  in  it. 

41  And  .lair  the  son  of  Manasses  went,  and  took 
the  villages  thereof:  and  he  called  them  llavoth 
.lair,  that  is  to  say. the  villages  of  Jair. 


CHAP.  XXXIII. 


42  Nohe  also  went,  and  took  Canath  with  the  vil- 
lages thereof:  and  he  called  it  l>y  his  own  nameNobe. 
CHAP.  XXXI1L 

The  mansions  or  journey*  of  the  children  of  Israel  towards  the 
land  of  promise. 

THESE  are  the  mansions*  of  (he  children  of  Is- 
rael,  who  went  out  of  Egypt  by  their  troops 
under  the  conduct  of  Moses  and  Aaron, 

2  Which  Moses  wrote  down  according  to  the 
places  of  their  encamping,  which  they  changed  by 
the  commandment  of  the  Lord. 

3  Now  the  children  of  Israel  departed  from  Ra- 
messes  the  first  month,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the 
first  month,  the  day  after  the  phase,  with  a  mighty 
hand,  in  the  sight  of  all  the  Egyptians, 

4  Who  were  burying  their  first-born,  whom  the 
Lord  had  slain  (upon  their  gods  also  he  had  executed, 
vengeance,) 

5  And  they  camped  in  Soccoth. 

6  And  from  Soccoth  they  came  into  Etham, 
which  is  in  the  uttermost  borders  of  the  wilderness. 

7  Departing  from  thence  they  came  over-against 
Phihahiroth,  which  looketh  towards  Beelsephon, 
and  they  camped  before  Magdalum. 

8  And  departing  from  Phihahiroth,  they  passed 
through  the  midst  of  the  sea  into  the  wilderness  : 
and  having  marched  three  days  through  the  desert 
of  Etham,  they  camped  in  Mara. 

9  And  departing  from  Mara,  they  came  intoElim, 
where  there  were  twelve  fountains  of  waters,  and 
seventy  palm  trees:  and  there  they  camped. 

10  But  departing  from  thence  also,  they  pitched 
their  tents  by  the  Red  Sea.  And  departing  from 
fne  Red  Sea, 

1 1  They  camped  in  the  desert  of  Sin. 

12  And  they  removed  from  thence,  and  came  to 
Daphca. 

13  And  departing  from  Daphca,  they  camped  in 
Alus. 

14  And  departing  from  Alus,  they  pitched  their 
tents  in  Raphidim,  where  the  people  wanted  water 
to  drink. 

15  And  departing  from  Raphidim,  they  camped 
in  the  desert  of  Sinai. 

16  But  departing  also  from  the  desert  of  Sinai, 
they  came  to  The  graves  of  lust. 

17  And  departing  from  The  graves  of  lust,  they 
camped  in  Haseroth. 

18  And  from  Haseroth  they  came  to  Rethma. 

19  And  departing  from  Rethma,  they  camped  in 
Remmomphares. 

20  And  they  departed  from  thence,  and  came  to 
Lebna. 

21  Removing  from  Lebna,  they  camped  in  Ressa. 

22  And  departing  from  Ressa,  they  came  to 
Ceelatha. 

23  And  they  removed  from  thence,  and  camped 
in  the  mountain  Sepher. 

24  Departing  from  the  mountain  Sepher,  they 
came  to  Arada. 


*  Tin  Mansions.  These  mansions,  or  journeys  of  the  children  of 
Israel  from  Eajvpt  (o  (he  land  of  promise,  were  figure*,  according  to 
llie  father*,  of  the  steps  and  degrees  by  which  christians  leaving  sin 

S 


25  From  thence  they  went  and  camped  in  Macelotli 

26  And  departing  from  Macelotli,  they  came  to 
Thahath. 

27  R  ^movingfrom  Thahath, they  camped  inThare. 

28  And  they  departed  from  thence,  and  pitched 
their  tents  in  Methca. 

29  And  removing  from  Methca,  they  camped  in 
Hesmona. 

30  And  departing  from  Hesmona,  they  came  to 
Moseroth. 

31  And  removing  from  Moseroth,  they  camped 
in  Benejaacan. 

32  And  departing  from  Benejaacan,  they  came  to 
mount  Gadgad. 

33  From  thence  they  went  and  camped  in  Jete- 
batha. 

34  And  from  Jetebatha,  they  came  to  Hebrona. 

35  And  departing  from  Hebrona,  they  camped  in 
Asiongaber. 

36  They  .removed  from  thence,  and  came  into 
the  desert  of  Sin,  which  is  Cades. 

37  And  departing  from  Cades,  they  camped  in 
mount  Hor,  in  the  uttermost  borders  of  the  land  of 
Edom. 

38  And  Aaron  the  priest  went  up  into  mount 
Hor  at  the  commandment  of  the  Lord:  and  there 
he  died  in  the  fortieth  year  of  the  coming  forth  of 
the  children  of  Israel  out  of  Egypt,  the  fifth  month, 
the  first  day  of  the  month, 

39  When  he  was  a  hundred  and  twenty-three 
years  old. 

40  And  king  Arad  theChanaanite,  who  dwelt 
towards  the  south,  heard  that  the  children  of  Israel 
were  come  to  the  land  of  Chanaan. 

41  And  they  departed  from  mount  Hor,  and 
camped  in  Salmona. 

42  From  whence  they  removed,  and  came  to 
Phunon. 

43  And  departing  from  Phunon,  they  camped  in 
Oboth. 

44  And  from  Oboth  they  came  to  Ijeabarim, 
which  is  in  the  borders  of  the  Mo?biles. 

45  And  departing  from  Ijeabarim,  they  pitched 
their  tents  in  Dibongab. 

46  From  thence  they  went,  and  camped  in  Hel- 
mondeblathaim. 

47  And  departing  from  Helmondeblathaim,  they 
came  to  the  mountains  of  Abarim  over-against  Nabo. 

48  And  departing  from  the  mountains  of  Abarim, 
they  passed  to  the  plains  of  Moab,  by  the  Jordan, 
over-against  Jericho. 

49  And  there  they  camped  from  Bethsimoth  even 
to  Abelsatim,  in  the  plains  of  the  Moabites, 

50  Where  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  : 

51  Command  the  children  of  Israel,  and  say  to 
them  :  When  you  shall  have  passed  over  the  Jordan, 
entering  into  the  land  of  Chanaan, 

52  Destroy  all  the  inhabitants  of  that  hind,  beat 
down  their  pillars,  and  break  in  pieces  their  statues, 
and  waste  all  their  high  places, 

are  to  advance  from  virtue  to  virtue,  till  they  come  to  the  heavenly 
mansions,  after  this  life,  to  see  and  enjoy  God. 

137 


M  MBFUS. 


.^  Cleansing  tin-  land,  and  dwelling  in  it.  For 
I  have  given  ii  yon  lor  a  |K>ssession. 

51   Ami  yon   shall  divide    it  anions  yon   by  lot 
To  the  more  yon  shall  give  a  larger  part,  anil  to  tin- 
fewer  a  loser.      To  every  one  as  the   lot   shall  fall. 

so  shall  the  inheritance  he  ghren.     The  possession 

shall  he  divided  by  the  trills  and  the  families. 

55  Hnt  if  yon  will  not  kill  the  inhabitant!  of  the 
land,  they  that  remain  shall  In-  unto  you  as  nails  in 
your  e\i  v.  and  spears  in  your  sides:  and  they  shall 
be  votir  adversaries  in  the  land  of  your  habitation. 

56  And  whatsoever  I  had  thought  to  do  to  them, 
I  will  do  to  you. 

CHAP.  XXXIV. 

The  limit*  of  Chanaan  ;  ttith  the  names  of  the  men  that  shall 
make  the  division  of  it. 

AND  the  Ix>rd  s|K)ke  to  Moses,  saying: 
J.  Command  the  children  of  Israel,  and  thou 
shalt  say  to  them:    When   you  are  entered  into  the 
laud  of  Chanaan,  and   it  shall  be  fallen  unto  your 
possession  hy  lot.  it  shall  be  bounded  by  these  limits  : 

3  The  south-side  shall  begin  from  the  wilderness 
ot "Sin,  which  is  bfj  Kdom,  and  shall  have  the  most 
salt  sea*  lor  its  furthest  limits  eastward  : 

4  Which  limits  shall  go  round  on  the  south  side 
by  the  ascent  of  the  Scorpiou,f  and  so  into  Senna, 
and  reach  toward  the  south  as  far  as  Cadesbarne, 
from  whence  the  frontiers  shall  go  out  to  the  town 
called  Adar,  and  shall  reach  as  far  as  Asemona. 

5  And  thejimits  shall  fetch  a  compass  from  Ase- 
mona to  the  torrent  of  Egypt,  and  shall  end  in  the 
shore  of  the  gIMl  sea.J 

6  And  the  west  side  shall  begin  from  the  great 
sea;  and  the  same  shall  he  the  end  thereof. 

7  Hut  toward  the  north  side  the  borders  shall 
begin  from  the  great  sea,  reaching  to  the  most  high 
mountain,^ 

8  From  which  they  shall  come  to  Emath,  as  far 
as  the  l)orders  of  Sedada : 

9  And  the  limits  shall  go  as  far  as  Zcphrona,  and 
the  village  of  Enan.  These  shall  be  the  borders 
on  the  north  side. 

10  From  thence  they  shall  mark  out  the  hounds 
towards  the  east  side  from  the  village  of  Kuan  unto 
Sephama  : 

1 1  And  from  Sephama  the  bounds  shall  go  down 
to  Hehla,  over-agamstthe  fountain  of  Daphnis:  from 
theme  they  shall  come   eastward  to  the  sea  of  (V 

IWieth.ll 

1  I  \nd  shall  reach  as  far  as  the  Jordan,  and  at  the 
last  shall  lie  closed  in  by  the  most  salt  sea.  This 
shall  be  your  land  with  its  borders  round  about. 

13  And  Moses  commanded  the  children  of  Israel, 
sa\  ssj  :  This  shall  be  the  land  which  you  shall  pos- 
s<  --  hv  lot.  and  which  the  Lord  hath  commanded 
to  be  z'wrw  to  the  nine  tribes,  and  to  the  half  tribe. 

14  For  the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Kuhen  hv 
their  families,  and  the  tril>e  of  the  children  of  Gad 

*  TW  mm*  «•*  uu.     The  lake  of  Sulinn.  otherwise  called  (lie  I  Vail 
Ma. 

f  7V  Scorpion.     A  mountain  no  called  from  daring  a  preat  number 
of  scorpions. 

138 


according  to  the  numlier  of  their  kindreds,  and  half 
of  the  tril»e  of  Manas 

16  That  is,  two  tribes  and  a  half,  have  received 
their  portion  beyond  the  Jordan   ovcr-against   J<n 
cho  at  the  east  side. 

It!  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  : 

17  These  are  the  names  of  the  men,  that  shall 
divide  the  land  unto  you:  Eleazar  tin-  priest,  aud 
.losnethe  son  of  Nun, 

18  And  one  prince  of  every  tribe, 

19  Whose  names  are  these:  Of  the  tribe  of  Juda, 
Caleb  the  son  of  Jephone. 

20  Of  the  tribe  of  Simeon,  Samuel  the  son  of 
Ammiud. 

21  Of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  Elidad  the  son  of 
Chaselon. 

22  Of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Dan,  Bocci  the 
son  of  Jogli. 

23  Of  the  children  of  Joseph  of  the  tribe  of  Ma- 
nasses,  Hanniel  the  son  of  Ephod. 

24  Of  the  tribe  of  Ephraim,  Camuel  the  son  of 
Senthan. 

25  Of  the  tribe  ofZabulon,  Elisaphan  the  son  of 
Pharnach. 

26  Of  the  tribe  of  Issachar,  Phaltiel  the  prince 
the  son  of  Ozan. 

27  Of  the  tribe  of  Aser,  Abiud  the  son  of  Salomi. 

28  Of  the  tribe  of  Nephtali,  Phedael  the  son  of 
Ammiud. 

29  These  are  they  whom  the  Lord  hath  com- 
manded to  divide  the  land  of  Chanaan  to  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

CHAP.  XXXV. 

Cities  are  appointedfor  the  Jjevites :  of  which  six  are  to  be  the 
cities  of  refuge. 

\  ND  the  Lord  spoke  these  things  also  to  Moses 
■£*-  in  the  plains  of  Moab  by  the  Jordan,  ovcr- 
against  Jericho : 

2  Command  the  children  of  Israel  that  they  give 
to  the  I .(  \  ites  out  of  their  possessions, 

3  Cities  to  dwell  in,  and  their  suburbs  round 
almut  :  that  they  mav  abide  in  the  towns,  and  the 
suburbs  may  be  for  their  cattle  and  beasts  : 

4  Which  suburbs  shall  reach  from  the  walls  of 
the  cities  outward,  a  thousand  paces  on  even  side  ; 

5  Toward  the  east  shall  be  two  thousand  cubits  ; 
and  toward  the  south  in  like  manner  shall  he  two 
thousand  cubits:  towards  the  sea  also,  \\  Ii'kIi  look- 
eth  to  the  west,  shall  he  the  same  extent  :  and  the 
north  side  shall   be    bounded    with   the   like  limits. 

\nd  the  cities  shall  he  in  the  midst,  aud  the  su- 
burbs without. 

6  And  among  the  cities,  which  you  shall  gifC  to 
the  Lev  ites.  six  shall  Ik-  separated  for  refuge  to  fu- 
gitives, that  he  who  hath  shed  blood  may  lice  to 
them:  and  besides  tin  se  there  shall  be  other  loitv- 
two  cities. 

7  That  is,  in  all  forty-eight  with  their  suburbs. 


t  TV  trtml  (M.     The  Mediterranean. 
I  TV  moil  kirk  mtwntmi*.     Libanui. 

|  &«  of  Crnrrttk.    This  is  the  ma  of  Galilee,  illtutratcd  by  (lie  mi- 
racle* of  our  Lord. 


CHAP.  XXXV I. 


8  And  of  these  cities  which  shall  he  given  out  of 
the  possessions  of  the  children  of  Israel,  from  them 
that  have  more,  more  shall  he  taken;  and  from  them 
that  have  less,  fewer.  Each  shall  give  towns  to  the 
Levites  according  to  the  extent  of  their  inheritance. 

9  The  Lord  said  to  Moses  : 

10  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  thou  shalt 
say  to  them  :  When  you  shall  have  passed  over  the 
Jordan  into  the  land  of  Chanaan, 

11  Determine  what  cities  shall  he  for  the  refuge 
of  fugitives,  who  have  shed  hlood  against  their  will. 

12  And  when  the  fugitive  shall  he  in  them,  the 
kinsman  of  him  that  is  slain  may  not  have  power 
to  kill  him,  until  he  stand  hefore  the  multitude,  and 
his  cause  be  judged. 

13  And  of  those  cities,  that  are  separated  for  the 
refuge  of  fugitives, 

14  Three  shall  be  beyond  the  Jordan,  and  three 
in  the  land  of  Chanaan, 

15  As  well  for  the  children  of  Israel  as  for 
strangers  and  sojourners,  that  he  may  flee  to  them, 
who  hath  shed  blood  against  his  will. 

16  If  any  man  strike  with  iron,  and  he  die  that 
was  struck;  he  shall  be  guilty  of  murder,  and  he 
himself  shall  die. 

17  If  he  throw  a  stone,  and  he  that  is  struck  die; 
he  shall  be  punished  in  the  same  manner. 

1*3  If  he  that  is  struck  with  wood  die;  he  shall  be 
revenged  by  the  blood  of  him  that  struck  him. 

19  The  kinsman  of  him  that  was  slain,  shall 
kill  the  murderer:  as  soon  as  he  apprehendeth  him, 
he  shall  kill  him. 

20  If  through  hatred  any  one  push  a  man,  or 
fling  any  thing  at  him  with  ill  design  : 

21  Or  being  his  enemy,  strike  him  with  his  hand, 
and  he  die ;  the  striker  shall  be  guilty  of  murder  :  the 
kinsman  of  him  that  was  slain,  as  soon  as  he  find- 
eth  him,  shall  kill  him. 

22  But  if  by  chance-medley,  and  without  hatred, 

23  And  enmity,  he  do  any  of  these  things, 

24  And  this  be  proved  in  the  hearing  of  the 
people,  and  the  cause  be  debated  between  him  that 
struck,  and  the  next  of  kin  : 

23  The  innocent  shall  be  delivered  from  the  hand 
of  the  revenger,  and  shall  he  brought  back  by  sen- 
tence into  the  city,  to  which  he  had  fled  :  and  he 
shall  abide  there  until  the  death*  of  the  high-priest, 
that  is  anointed  with  the  holy  oil. 

26  If  the  murderer  be  found  without  the  limits  of 
the  cities  that  are  appointed  for  the  banished, 

27  And  be  struck  by  him  that  is  the  avenger  of 
blood  ;  he  shall  not  be  guilty  that  killed  him. 

28  For  J  he  fugitive  ought  to  have  staved  in  the 
city  until  the  death  of  the  high-priest:  And  after  he 
is  dead,  then  shall  the  manslayer  return  to  his  own 
country. 

29  These  things  shall  be  perpetual,  and  for  an  or- 
dinance in  all  your  dwellings. 

30  The  murderer  shall  be  punished  by  witnesses: 


*  Until  the  death,  Sfc.  This  mystically  signified  tliat  our  deliverance 
was  to  be  effected  by  tbe  death  of  Christ,  the  high-priest  and  the 
anointed  of  Ood. 


none  shall  be  condemned  upon  the  evidence  of  one 
man. 

31  You  shall  not  take  money  of  him,  that  is  guilty 
of  blood ;  but  he  shall  die  forthwith. 

32  The  banished  and  fugitives  before  the  death 
of  the  high-priest  may  by  no  means  return  into  their 
own  cities. 

33  Defile  not  the  land  of  your  habitation,  which 
is  stained  with  the  blood  of  the  innocent:  neither 
can  it  otherwise  be  expiated,  but  by  his  blood  that 
hath  shed  the  blood  of  another. 

34  And  thus  shall  your  possession  be  cleansed, 
myself  abiding  with  you.  For  I  am  the  Lord  that 
dwell  among  the  children  of  Israel. 

CHAP.  XXXVI. 

That  the  inheritnnce.it  may  not  be  alienated  from  one  tribe  to 
another,  all  are  to  marry  trnthin  their  own  tribes. 

\  ND  the  princes  of  the  families  of  Galaad,  the 
J-*-  son  of  Machir,  the  son  of  Manasses  of  the 
stock  of  the  children  of  Joseph,  came,  and  spoke  tc 
Moses  before  the  princes  of  Israel,  and  said: 

2  The  Lord  hath  commanded  thee,  my  lord,  that 
thou  shouldst  divide  the  land  by  lot  to  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  that  thou  shouldst  give  to  the 
daughters  of  Salphaad  our  brother  the  possession 
due  to  their  father: 

3  Now  if  men  of  another  tribe  take  them  to 
wives,  their  possession  will  follow  them  ;  and  being 
transferred  to  another  tribe,  will  be  a  diminishing  of 
our  inheritance. 

4  And  so  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  when  the 
jubilee,  that  is,  the  fiftieth  year  of  remission  is 
come,  the  distribution  made  by  the  lots  shall  be  con- 
founded, and  the  possession  of  the  one  shall  pass 
to  the  others. 

5  Moses  answered  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
said  by  the  command  of  the  Lord :  The  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Joseph  hath  spoken  rightly. 

6  And  this  is  the  law  promulgated  by  the  Lord, 
touching  the  daughters  of  Salphaad:  Ljet  them 
marry  to  whom  they  will,  only  so  that  it  *be  to  men 
of  their  own  tribe: 

7  Lest  the  possession  of  the  children  of  Israel 
be  mingled  from  tribe  to  tribe.  For  all  men  shall 
marry  wives  of  their  own  tribe  and  kindred  : 

8  And  all  women  shall  take  husbands  of  the 
same  tribe:  that  the  inheritance  may  remain  in  the 
families, 

9  And  that  the  tribes  be  not  mingled  one  with 
another,  but  remain  so 

10  As  they  were  separated  by  the  Lord.  And 
the  daughters  of  Salphaad  did  as  was  commanded: 

1 1  And  Maala,  and  Thersa,  and  Hegla,  ami 
Melcha,  andNoa,  were  married  to  the  sons  of  their 
uncle  by  their  father 

12  Of  the  family  of  Manasses,  who  was  the  son 
of  Joseph :  and  the  possession  that  had  been  allotted 
to  them,  remained  in  the  tribe  and  family  of  their 
father. 

13  These  are  the  commandments  and  judgments, 
which  the  Lord  commuted  by  the  hand  of  Moses 
to  the  children  of  Israeli  in  the  plains  of  Moah  upon 
the  Jordan  over-against  Jericho. 

139 


THE  BOOK  OF  DEUTERONOMY. 


T 


Tkit  book  is  rn/WDr.i'TKiiiisoMV,  which  tignifirt  A  BOOHS 
LAW,  became  it  repeatt  and  inculcates  the  ordinances  formerly 
given  on  mount  $UMf,  with  Other  precepts  nut  i  xjin  ssvd  be- 
fore. The  //.  hrrwt,from  the  firtt  word*  in  the  book,  call  it, 
Ellk  Haddebaum. 

CHAP.  I. 

A  repetition  of  what  patted  at  Sinai  and  Cadetbame ;  and  qf 
tke>peoples,  murmuring  anil  their  punishment. 

II  ESE  are  the  words  which  Moses  spoke  to 
;ill  Israel  ImnoihI  the  Jordan,  in  the  plain 
wilderness,  over-against  the  Red  Sea,  between 
1'haran  and  Thophel  and  Laban  and  Haseroth, 
where  there  is  refy  much  gold: 

I  Kleven  davs  journey  from  Horeb  by  the  way 
of  mount  Seir  to  Cadesbarne. 

3  In  the  fortieth  vear,  the  eleventh  month,  the 
first  ilas  of  the  month,  .Moses  spoke  to  the  children 
of  Israel  all  that  the  Lord  had  commanded  him  to 
say  to  them  :    . 

4  After  that  he  had  slain  Sehon  king  of  the 
Amorrhites,  who  dwelt  in  llesebon;  and  Og  king 
of  Basan  who  abode  in  Asiaroth,  and  in  Edrai, 

5  Beyond  the  Jordan  in  the  land  of  Moab.  And 
Moses  liegan  to  ex|K>imd  the  law,  and  to  say: 

6  The  Lord  our  God  spoke  to  us  in  Horeb, 
saying:  Vou  have  stayed  long  enough  in  this  moun- 
tain : 

7  Turn  von,  and  come  to  the  mountain  of  the 
Amorrhites,  and  to  the  other  places  that  are  next 
to  it,  the  plains  and  the  hills  and  the  vales  towards 
the  south,  and  by  the  sea-shore,  the  land  of  the  Cha- 
naanites,  and  of  Libanus,  as  far  as  the  grett  river 
Euphrates. 

8  Behold,  said  he,  I  have  delivered  it  to  you:  go 
in  and  possess  it.  concerning  which  the  Lord  swore 
to  your  lathers  Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Jacob,  that  he 
woidd  pre  it  to  them,  and  to  their  seed  after  them. 

9  And  1  said  to  you  at  that  time: 

10  I  alone  am  not  able  to  Ix-ar  you:  for  the  Lord 
your  God  hath  multiplied  yon,  and  foa  are  this  day 
as  the  stars  of  heaven,  for  multitude. 

I I  (The  Lord  God  of  your  fathers  add  to  this 
niinilx  r  many  thousands,  and  bless  you  as  he  hath 
spoken.) 

1 .'  I  alone  am  not  able  to  bear  your  business,  and 
the  charge,  qt' t/im  and  your  different 

!•'  Lei  have  from  among  you  wise  and  un- 
derstanding men,  and  such  whose  conversation  is 
BppfDVed  amongyourtribes,  thai  I  ma\  appoint  them 
your  rulers. 

14  Then  you  answered  me:  The  thing  is  good 
which  thou  meanest  to  do. 

1 5  And  I  took  out  of  \our  tribes  men  wise  and 
honourable,  and  appointed  them  rulers,  tribunes. 
and  ciniurions.  and  offices  over  fifties,  and  o\.i 
lens,  who  might  teach  you  all  thim 

lb'  And  I  commanded  them,  saying:  lit  ar  them, 

140 


and  judge  that  which  is  just  •  whether  he  be  one  of 
_\our  country,  or  a  stranger. 

17  There  shall  be  no  difference  of  persons:  vou 
shall  hear  the  little  as  well  as  the  great:  neither 
shall  you  respect  any  man's  person,  because'  it  is  the 
judgment  of  God.  And  if  any  thing  seem  hard  to 
\ou,  refer  it  to  me,  and  I  will  bear  it. 

18  And  I  commanded  you  all  things  that  you 
were  to  do. 

19  And  departing  from  Horeb,  we  passed  through 
the  terrible  and  vast  wilderness,  which  you  saw,  by 
the  way  of  the  mountain  of  the  Amorrhite,  as  tin- 
Lord  our  God  had  commanded  us.  And  when  M  e 
were  come  into  Cadesbarne, 

20  I  said  to  you:  You  are  come  to  the  mountain 
of  the  Amorrhite,  which  the  Lord  our  God  will  give 
to  us. 

21  See  the  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God  givcili 
thee:  go  up  and  possess  it,  as  the  Lord  our  God 
bath  spoken  to  thy  fathers:  fear  not,  nor  be  any  w  a) 
discouraged. 

22  And  you  came  all  to  me,  and  said:  Let  us 
send  men  who  may  view  the  land,  and  bring  us  w  <>i  d 
what  way  we  shall  go  up,  and  to  what  cities  we 
shall  go. 

23  And  because  the  saying  pleased  me,  I  sent  of 
you  twelve  men,  one  of  every  tribe: 

24  Who,  when  they  had  set  forward,  and  had 
gone  up  to  the  mountains,  came  as  far  as  the  valley 
of  the  cluster:  and  having  viewed  the  land, 

26  Taking  of  the  fruits  thereof,  to  show  its  fer- 
tility, they  brought  them  to  us,  and  said  :  The  laud 
is  good,  which  the  Lord  our  God  will  give  us. 

96  And  you  would  not  go  up,  but  being  incredu- 
lous to  the  word  of  the  Lord  our  God, 

27  You  murmured  in  your  tents,  and  said:  The 
Lord  hateth  us,  and  therefore  he  hath  brought  us 
out  of  the  land  of  Lgypt,  that  he  might  deliver  us 
into  the  hand  of  the  Amorrhite,  and  destroy  us. 

28  Whither  shall  we  go  op?  the  messengers  have 
terrified  our  hearts,  saying:  The  multitude  is  rery 
great,  and  taller  than  we:  the  cities  aie  great,  am} 
walled  up  to  the  sky:*  we  have  seen  the  sous  of  the 
Knacims  there. 

29  And  I  said  to  you:  Fear  not;  neither  l>e  ye 
afraid  of  them: 

.in  The  Lord  God,  who  is  your  leader,  himself 
will  fight  for  you,  as  he  did  in  Egypt  in  the  sidit 
Of  all. 

31  And  in  the  wilderness  (as  thou  hast  seen)  the 
Lord  thy  God  hath  carried  thee,  as  a  man  is  wont  to 
carrv  bis  little  son.  all  the  way  thai  sou  have  come, 
until  you  came  to  this  place. 

'  Ami  yet  for  all  this  you  did  not  believe  the 
Lord  your 


yet  i 
God, 


•  Halhd  up  to  ike  iky.     A  figurative  eiprenion,  »igiuf\  tag  the  valb 
to  be  rery  liigh. 


CHAP.  II. 


33  Who  wont  before  you  in  the  way,  and  marked 
out  the  place,  wherein  yoti  should  pilch  your  tents, 
in  the  night  shewing  you  the  way  by  fire,  and  in  tin: 
day  liv  the  pillar  of  a  cloud. 

34  And  when  the  Lord  had  heard  the  voice  of 
your  words,  he  was  angry,  and  swore,  and  said: 

35  Not  one  of  the  men  of  this  wicked  generation 
shall  see  the  good  land,  which  I  promised  with  an 
oath  to  your  fathers, 

Sti  Except  Caleb  the  son  of  Jephone :  For  he 
shall  see  it;  and  to  him  I  will  give  the  land,  that  he 
hath  trodden  upon,  and  to  his  children,  because  he 
hath  followed  the  Lord. 

37  Neither  is  his  indignation  against  the  people 
to  be  wondered  at,  since  the  Lord  was  angry  with 
me  also  on  your  account,  and  said:  Neither  shalt 
thou  go  in  thither. 

38  But  Josue  the  son  of  Nun  thy  minister,  he 
shall  go  in  for  thee:  exhort  and  encourage  him,  and 
he  shall  divide  the  land  by  lot  to  Israel. 

39  Your  children,  of  whom  you  said  that  they 
should  be  led  away  captives,  and  your  sons  who 
know  not  this  day  the  difference  of  good  and  evil, 
they  shall  go  in:  and  to  them  I  will  give  the  land, 
and  they  shall  possess  it. 

40  But  return  you  and  go  into  the  wilderness  by 
the  way  of  the  Red  Sea. 

41  And  you  answered  me :  We  have  sinned 
against  the  Lord:  we  will  go  up  and  fight,  as  the 
Lord  our  God  hath  commanded.  And  when  you 
went  ready  armed  unto  the  mountain, 

42  The  Lord  said  to  me :  Say  to  them :  Go  not 
up,  and  fight  not,  for  I  am  not  with  you:  lest  you 
fall  before  your  enemies. 

43  I  spoke,  and  you  hearkened  not:  but.  resisting 
the  commandment  of  the  Lord,  and  swelling  with 
pride  you  went  up  into  the  mountain. 

41  And  the  Amorrhite  that  dwelt  in  the  moun- 
tains coming  out,  and  meeting  you,  chased  you,  as 
bees  do:  and  made  slaughter  of  you  from  Seir  as  far 
as  Horma. 

45  And  when  you  returned,  and  wept  before  the 
Lord,  he  heard  you  not;  neither  would  he  yield  to 
your  voice. 

46  So  you  abode  in  Cadesbarne  a  long  time. 

CHAP.  U. 

They  are  forbid  to  fight  against  the.  Edomites,  Moabitex,  and 
Ammonites.     Their  victory  over  Sehon  king  of  Hrsebon. 

\  ND  departing  from  thence  we  came  into  the 
-r*-  wilderness  that  leadeth  to  the  Red  Sea,  as  the 
Lord  had  spoken  to  me :  and  we  compassed  mount 
Seir  a  longtime. 

2  And  the  Lord  said  to  me  : 

3  You  havecompassed  thismountain  long  enough: 
go  towards  the  north : 

4  And  command  thou  the  people,  saying .  You 
shall  pass  bv  the  borders  of  your  brethren  the 
children  of  Esau,  who  dwell  in  Seir,  and  they  will 
be  afraid  of  you. 

5  Take  ye  then  good  heed  that  you  stir  not 
against  them.     For  I  will  not  give  you  of  their  lanu ,! 


so  much  as  the  step  of  one  foot  can  tread  Upon,  be- 
cause I  have  given  mount  Seir  to  Esau,  for  a  pos 
session. 

6  You  shall  buy  meats  of  them  for  money,  and 
shall  eat :  you  shall  draw  waters  for  money,  and 
shall  drink. 

7  The  Lord  thy  God  hath  blessed  thee  in  every 
work  of  thy  hands:  the  Lord  thy  God  dwelling  with 
thee,  knoweth  thy  journey,  how  thou  hast  passed 
through  this  great  wilderness,  for  forty  years,  and 
thou  hast  wanted  nothing. 

8  And  when  we  had  passed  by  our  brethren  the 
children  of  Esau,  that  dwelt  in  Seir,  by  the  way  of 
the  plain  from  Elath  and  from  Asiongaber,  we  came 
to  the  way,  that  leadeth  to  the  desert  of  Moab. 

9  And  the  Lord  said  to  me:  Fight  not  against  the 
Moabites,  neither  go  to  battle  against  them :  for  I  will 
not  give  thee  any  of  their  land,  because  I  have  given 
Ar  to  the  children  of  Lot  in  possession. 

10  The  Emims  first  were  the  inhabitants  thereof, 
a  people  great,  and  strong,  and  so  tall,  that,  like  the 
race  of  the  Enacims, 

1 1  They  were  esteemed  as  giants,  and  were  like 
the  sons  of  the  Enacims.  But  the  Moabites  call 
them  Emims. 

12  The  Horrhites  also  formerly  dwelt  in  Seir: 
who  being  driven  out  and  destroyed,  the  children  of 
Esau  dwelt  there,  as  Israel  did  in  the  land  of  his 
possession,  which  the  Lord  gave  him. 

13  Then  rising  up  to  pass  the  torrent  Zared,  we 
came  to  it. 

14  And  the  time  that  we  journeyed  from  Cades- 
barne till  we  passed  over  the  torrent  Zared,  was 
thirty-eight  years:  until  all  the  generation  of  the 
men  that  were  fit  for  war  was  consumed  out  of  the 
camp,  as  the  Lord  had  sworn : 

15  For  hishand  was  against  them, that  they  should 
perish  from  the  midst  of  the  camp. 

16  And  after  all  the  fighting  men  were  dead, 

17  The  Lord  spoke  to  me,  saying: 

18  Thou  shalt  pass  this  day  the  borders  of  Moab, 
the  city  named  Ar: 

19  And  when  thou  comest  nigh  the  frontiers  of  the 
children  of  Amnion,  take  heed  thou  fight  not  against 
them,  nor  once  move  to  battle:  for  I  will  not  give 
thee  of  the  land  of  the  children  of  Ammon,  because 
I  have  given  it  to  the  children  of  Lot  for  a  possession. 

20  It  was  accounted  a  land  of  giants:  and  giants 
formerly  dwelt  in  it,  whom  the  Ammonites  call  Zom- 
zommims, 

21  A  people  great  and  many,  and  of  tall  stature, 
like  the  Enacims  whom  the  Lord  destroyed  before 
their  face:  and  he  made  them  to  dwell  in  their  stead, 

22  As  he  had  done  in  favour  of  the  children  of 
Esau,  that  dwelt  in  Seir,  destroying  the  Horrhites, 
and  delivering  their  land  to  them,  which  they  pos- 
sess to  this  day. 

23  The  Hevitcs  also,  that  dwelt  in  Haserim  as  far 
as  Gaza,  were  expelled  by  the  Cappadocians ;  who 
came  out  of  Cappadocia,  and  destroyed  them,  and 
dwelt  in  their  stead. 

24  Arise  ye,  and  pass  the  torrent  Arnon  :  behold, 
have  delivered  into  thy  hand  Sehon  king  of  Hese- 

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DEUTERONOMY. 

■ates-s  his 


bon  the  Amorrhite,  and  nogm  tliou  to 
bad, and  make  war  against  him. 

25  This  da)  will  I  begin  to  send  the  dread  and 
fear  of  thee  upon  tin-  nations  that  dwell  under  the 
whole  heaven;  that  when  they  bear  thy  name  liny 
may  fear  and  tremble,  and  Ik-  in  |>ain  like  women  in 
Inn  ail. 

^o  I  sent  messengers  from  the  wilderness  of 
Cademoth  to  Sehon  the  king  of  Hesebou  with  peace- 
able words,  ay  if. 

J  7  \\ 'e  w  ill  pass  through  thy  land,  we  will  go  along 
by  the  high  way  :  we  will  not  turn  aside  neither  to 
the  right  hand,  nor  to  the  left. 

28  Sell  us  meat  for  money,  that  we  may  eat:  give 
us  water  for  money,  and  so  we  will  drink.  We  only 
ask  that  thou  wilt  let  us  mm  through, 

As  the  children  of  EaaU  have  done,  that  dwell 
in  Seir,  and  the  lMoahitcs,  that  aliide  in  Ar  :  until 
w  |  come  to  the  Jordan,  and  pass  to  the  laud  whit  h 
the  Lord  our  God  will  ghe  us. 

-  lion  the  klBg  of  llesebon  would  not 
let  us  pass:  because  the  Lord  thy  (iod  had  hardened* 
his  smrit,  and  fixed  his  heart,  that  he  might  be  deli- 
vered into  thy  hands,  as  now  1I1011  seest. 

.51  And  the  Lord  said  to  me:  Behold,  I  have  be- 
gun to  deliver  unto  thee  Sehon  and  his  land:  begin 
to  possess  it. 

32  And  Sehon  came  out  to  meet  us  with  all  his 
people  to  fight  at  Ja^a. 

33  And  the  Lord  our  God  delivered  him  to  us  : 
and  we  slew  him  with  his  sons  and  all  his  people. 

34  And  we  took  all  his  cities  at  that  time,  killing 
the  inhabitants  of  tliem.  men  and  women  unci  chil- 
dren.     We  left  nothing  of  them; 

35  Except  the  cattle  which  came  to  the  share  of 
them  that  took  them;  and  the  .spoils  of  the  cities. 
which  we  took 

36  From  Aroer,  which  is  upon  the  bank  of  the 
torrent  Anion,  a  town  that  is  situate  in  a  \ alley .  as 
far  as  Galaad.  There  was  not  a  village  or  city, 
that  escaped  OUT  hands ;  the  Lord  our  (iod  deliv- 
ered all  unto  uv  : 

37  Except  the  land  of  the  children  of  Amnion. 
to  which  we  approached  not  :  and  all  that  border 
U|M)ii  the  torrent  .leboe,  and  the  cities  in  the  moun- 
tains, and  all  the  places  which  the  Lord  our  (iod 
forbad  us. 

CHAP.  III. 

Thr  victory  over  Og.  kmt  tif  /!'/  mi.  linhi  B,  Ond,  nnd  ha'f  thr 
trior  of  Mtimusa  rrn  in  thnr  jiottcuitm  on  thr  tithrr  >nli  if 
J'/rd'tn. 

THEN  we  turned  and  w  ent  by  the  w  av  of  Hasan  : 
and  Og   the  kitm  of  Hasan  came  out  to  meet 
lis  with  his  people  to  fight  in  Kdrai. 

1  \nd  the  Lord  said  to  me:  Fear  him  not;  be- 
cause he  is  delivered  into  thy  hand,  with  all  his 
people  and  hi>  land  :  and  thou  shalt  do  to  hint  as 
thou  hast  done  to  Sehon  king  of  the  Amorrhites. 
that  dwelt  in  llesebon. 


lUrdnvA,  If.    That  iv  in  punishment  of  tii»  |>:i«t  lint,  In-  li'ft  tiim 

lull <     .  ,  «ll,<li     itli  •»      hull    III  III' 


ruin.     Sec  the  note  on  Esodtu  ru.  S, 


141 


3  So  the  F^rd  oor  God  delivered  into  our  hands 
tba  the  kiim  of  Hasan,  and  all  his  people:  and 

we  utterly  destroyed  them, 

4  Wasting  all  his  cities  at  one  time  :  there  was 
not    a  town    that    escaped    us;    sixty  cities  all    the 

country  of  Argob  the  kingdom  of  Og  in  Hasan. 

6  All  the  cities  were  fenced  with  very  high  walls, 
and  with  Rates  and  bars,  besides  innumerable  towns 
that  had  no  walls. 

6  And  we  utterly  destroyed  them,  as  we  had 
done  to  Sehon  the  king  of  llesebon,  destroying 
exry  city,  men  and  women  and  children  : 

7  But  the  cattle  and  the  si>oils  of  the  cities  we 
took  for  our  prey. 

8  And  we  took  at  that  time  the  land  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  two  kings  of  the  Amorrhites,  that  were 
beyond  the  Jordon  :  from  the  torrent  Anion  unto 
the  mountain  Hermon, 

9  Which  the  Sidonians  call  Sarion,  and  the 
Amorrliitt  s  Sanir : 

10  All  the  cities  that  are  situate  in  the  plain,  and 
all  the  land  of  (ialaad  and  Hasan  as  far  as  Selena 
and  Kdrai,  cities  of  the  kingdom  of  Og  in  Hasan. 

11  For  only  Og  king  Of  Hasan  remained  of  the 
race  of  the  giants.  His  bed  of  iron  is  shown,  which 
is  in  Kabbath  of  the  children  of  Amnion,  bang  nine 
cubits  long,  and  four  broad  after  the  measure  of  the 
cubit  of  a  man's  hand. 

12  And  we  possessed  the  land  at  that  time  from 
Aroer,  which  is  U|K>n  the  bank  of  the  torrent  Anion, 
unto  the  half  of  mount  Galaad:  audi  gave  the  cities 
thereof  to  Ruben  and  (iad. 

13  And  I  delivered  the  other  nart  of  (ialaad.  ami 
all  Basan  the  kingdom  of  Ogtotne  half  tribe  of  Ma- 
nasses,  all  the  country  of  Argob:  and  all  Basan  is 
called  the  Land  of  giants. 

14  Jair  the  son  of  .Manasses  possessed  all  the 
country  of  Argob  unto  the  liorders  of  Gcssuri.  and 
Machati.  And  he  called  Basan  by  his  own  name, 
Havoth  Jair,  that  is  to  say,  the  towns  of  Jair,  until 
this  present  dav. 

15  To  Macliir  also  I  gave  (ialaad. 

16  And  to  the  tribes  of  Ruben  and  (iad  I  gave 
of  the  land  of  (ialaad  as  far  as  the  torrent  Anion, 
half  the  torrent,  and  the  confines  e\en  unto  the  tor- 
rent Jel>oc,  which  is  the  bonier  of  the  children  of 
Amnion: 

17  And  the  plain  of  the  wilderness,  and  tin  Jor- 
dan, and  the  Inmlers  of  ( 'enereth  unto  the  tea  of  the 
desert,  which  is  the  most  .salt  m  a,  to  the  loot  nl 
mount  Platan  eastward. 

l'<\   And   I  commanded  you  at  that  lime.  Baying: 
The  Lord  your  (iod  giveth  you  this  land  for  an  in- 
heritance: go  ye  well  appointed  before  your  brethren 
the  children  of   Israel  all  the  MTOM  men  of  you: 

19  Leaving  your  wius  and  children  and  cattle. 
For  I  know  you  ha\e  much  cattle;  and  they  must 
remain  in  the  cities,  w  Inch  I  have  delivered  to  you. 

20  Until  the  Lord  give  rest  to  \oiir  hieiliien.  as 
he  hath  given  to  you:  and  they  also  |w>.ssess  the  lai.d. 
which  he  will  give  them  beyond  the  Jordan:  then 
shall  every  man  return  to  bj|  poatrmaai.  ubwill  I 
have  given  you. 


CHAP.  IV. 


21  I  commanded  Josue  also  at  that  time,  saying: 
Thy  eyes  have  seen  what  the  Lord  your  God  hath 
done  to  these  two  kings  :  so  will  he  do  to  all  the 
kingdoms  to  which  thou  shalt  pass. 

22  Fear  them  not:  lor  the  Lord  your  God  will 
fight  for  you. 

23  And  I  besought  the  Lord  at  that time,  saying: 

24  Lord  God,  thou  hast  begun  to  show  unto  thy 
servant  thy  greatness,  and  most  mighty  hand;  for 
there  is  no  other  God  either  in  heaven  or  earth,  that 
is  able  to  do  thy  works,  or  to  be  compared  to  thy 
strength. 

25  I  will  pass  over  therefore,  and  will  see  this 
excellent  land  beyond  the  Jordan,  and  this  goodly 
mountain,  and  Libauus. 

26  And  the  Lord  was  angry  with  me  on  your  ac- 
count, and  heard  me  not, but  said  to  me:  It  is  enough: 
speak  no  more  to  me  of  this  matter. 

27  Go  up  to  the  top  of  Phasga,  and  cast  thy  eyes 
round  about  to  the  west,  and  to  the  north,  and  to  the 
south,  and  to  the  east,  and  behold  it;  for  thou  shalt 
not  pass  this  Jordan. 

28  Command  Josue,  and  encourage  and  strengthen 
him  :  for  he  shall  go  before  this  people,  and  shall 
divide  unto  them  the  land  which  thou  shalt  see. 

29  And  we  abode  in  the  valley  over-against  the 
temple  of  Phogor.  , 

CHAP.  IV. 

Moses  exhorteth  the  people  to  keep  God's  commandments  :  par- 
ticularly to  fly  idolatry.  Appointcth  three  cities  of  refuge,  on 
*hat  side  of  the  Jordan. 

AND  now,  O  Israel,  hear  the  commandments  and 
judgments  winch  I  teach  thee;  that  doing  them, 
thou  mayst  live,  and  entering  in  mayst  possess  the 
land  which  the  Lord  the  God  of  your  fathers  will 
give  you. 

2  You  shall  not  add  to  the  word  that  I  speak  to 
you,  neither  shall  you  take  away  from  it :  keep  the 
commandments  of  the  Lord  your  God  which  I  com- 
mand you. 

3  Your  eyes  have  seen  all  that  the  Lord  hath  done 
against  Beelphegor;  how  he  hath  destroyed  all  his 
worshippers  from  among  you. 

4  But  you  that  adhere  to  the  Lord  your  God,  arc 
all  alive  until  this  present  day. 

5  You  know  that  I  have  taught  you  statutes  and 
justices,as  the  Lord  mvGodhathcommanded  me:  so 
shall  you  do  them  in  the  landwhichyou  shall  possess: 

6  And  you  shall  observe  and  fulfil  them  in  prac- 
tice. For  this  is  vour  wisdom,  and  understanding 
in  the  sight  of  nations,  that  hearing  all  these  pre- 
cepts, they  may  say:  Behold,  a  wise  and  under- 
standing people,  a  great  nation. 

7  Neither  is  there  any  other  nation  so  great,  that 
hath  gods  so  nigh  them,  as  our  God  is  present  to  all 
our  petitions. 

8  For  what  other  nation  is  there  so  renowned  that 
hath  ceremonies,  and  just  judgments,  and  all  the  law, 
which  I  will  set  forth  this  day  before  your  eyes  ? 

9  Keep  thyself  therefore,  and  thy  soul  carefully. 
Forget  not  the  words  that  thy  eves  have  seen,  and  let 
Jheni  not  go  out  al  thy  heart  all  the  days  of  thy  life. 


Thou  shalt  teach  them  to  thy  sons  and  to  thy  grand- 


sons 


10  From  the  day  in  which  thou  didst  stand  before 
the  Lord  thy  God  in  Horeb,  when  the  Lord  spoke 
to  me,  saying  :  Call  together  the  people  unto  me, 
that  they  may  hear  my  words,  and  may  learn  to  fear 
me  all  the  time  that  they  live  on  the  earth,  and  may 
teach  their  children. 

1 1  And  you  came  to  the  foot  of  the  mount,  which 
burned  even  unto  heaven:  and  there  was  darkness, 
and  a  cloud  and  obscurity  in  it. 

12  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  you  from  the  midst  of 
the  fire.  You  heard  the  voice  of  his  words,  but  you 
saw  not  any  form  at  all. 

13  And  he  showed  you  his  covenant,  which  he 
commanded  you  to  do,  and  the  ten  words  that  he 
wrote  in  two  tables  of  stone. 

14  And  hecommandedmeat  thattime  that  I  should 
teach  you  the  ceremonies  and  judgments,  which  you 
shall  do  in  the  land,  that  you  shall  possess. 

15  Keep  therefore  your  souls  carefully.  You  saw 
not  any  similitude  in  the  day  that  the  Lord  God 
spoke  to  you  in  Horeb  from  the  midst  of  the  fire  : 

16  Lest  perhaps  being  deceived  you  might  make 
you  a  graven  similitude,  or  image  of  male  or  female, 

17  The  similitude  of  any  beasts,  that  are  upon 
the  earth,  or  of  birds,  that  fly  under  heaven,  • 

18  Or  of  creeping  things,  that  move  on  the  earth, 
or  of  fishes,  that  abide  in  the  waters  under  the  earth : 

19  Lest  perhaps  lifting  up  thy  eyes  to  heaven, 
thou  see  the  sun  and  the  moon,  and  all  the  stars 
of  heaven,  and  being  deceived  by  error  thou  adore 
and  serve  them,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  created  for 
the  service  of  all  the  nations,  that  are  under  heaven. 

20  But  the  Lord  hath  taken  you  and  brought  you 
out  of  the  iron  furnace  of  Egypt,  to  make  you  his 
people  of  inheritance,  as  it  is  this  present  day. 

21  And  the  Lord  was  angry  with  ine  for  your 
words:  and  he  swore  that  I  should  not  pass  over  the 
Jordan,  nor  enter  into  the  excellent  land,  which  he 
will  give  you. 

22  Behold,  I  die  in  this  land:  I  shall  not  pass 
over  the  Jordan:  you  shall  pass,  and  possess  the 
goodly  land. 

23  Beware  lest  thou  ever  forget  the  covenant  of 
the  Lord  thy  God,  which  he  hath  made  with  thee, 
and  make  to  thyself  a  graven  likeness  of  those  things 
which  the  Lord  hath  forbid  to  be  made: 

24  Because  the  Lord  thy  God  is  a  consuming 
fire,  a  jealous  God. 

25  If  you  shall  beget  sons  and  grandsons,  and 
abide  in  the  land,  and  being  deceived  make  to  your- 
selves any  similitude,  committing  evil  before  the 
Lord  your  God,  to  provoke  him  to  wrath: 

26  I  call  this  day  heaven  and  earth  "to  witness, 
that  you  shall  quickly  perish  out  of  the  land,  which. 
when  you  have  passed  over  the  Jordan,  you  shall 
possess.  You  shall  not  dwell  therein  long,  but  the 
Lord  will  destroy  you, 

27  And  scatter  you  among  all  nations,  and  yon 
shall  remain  a  few  among  the  nations,  to  which 
the  Lord  shall  lead  you. 

28  And  there  you  shall   serve  gods,  that  were 

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framed  with  men's  hands;  wood  anil  stout-;  that 
neither  see,  nor  hear,  nor  eat,  nor  smelt. 

29  And  when  thou  ^h.ilt  seek  there  the  Lord  thy 
I,  thou  shalt  find  him:  vet  so,  if  thou  seek  him 

with  all  thv  heart,  and  all  tin-  affliction  of  thy  soul.! 

30  After  all  the  things  ■foresaid  shall  find  thee, 
in  the  latter  time  thou  shalt  return  to  the  Lord  thy 
God,  and  shall  hear  his  voice. 

>l  Because  the  Lord  thy  God  is  a  merciful 
I  i  i  :  he  will  not  leave  thee,  nor  altogether  de- 
stroy thee,  nor  forget  the  covenant,  by  which  he 
swore  to  thv  fathers. 

32  Ask  of  the  davs  of  old,  that  have  been  he- 
fore  thy  time  from  the  day  that  God  created  man 
upon  the  earth,  from  one  end  of  heaven  to  the 
other  end  thereof,  if  ever  there  was  done  the  like 
thing,  <>r  it  hath  been  known  at  any  time. 

That  a  people  should  hear  the  voice  of  God 
■peaking  out  of  the  midst  of  lire,  as  thou  hast 
heard,  and  lived  : 

'.V  If  (iod  n-ri  did  so  as  to  ko,  and  take  to  him- 
self a  nation  out  of  the  midst  of  nations,  by  temp- 
tations, si-ns,  and  wonders,  hy  fi^ht,  and  a  strong 
hand,  and  stretehed-out  arm,  and  horrible  visions 
according  to  all  the  things  that  the  Lord  your  God 
did  for  you  in  Egypt,  before  thy  eyes. 

That  thou  mightst  know  that  the  Lord  he  is 
is  no  other  besides  him. 
leaven    he    made    thee    to    hear    his 

voice,  that  he  might  teach  thee.     And  upon  earth 

lie  showed  thee  his  exceeding  ^roat  fire  :    and  thou 
didst  hear  his  words  out  of  the  midst  of  the  lire, 

:57  Because  he  loved  thy  fathers,  and  chose 
their  seed  after  them.  And  he  drought  thee  out 
of  Fgynt,  going  before  thee  with  his  great  power, 

38  To  destroy  at  thy  coming  verj  greal  nations 
and  stronger  than  thou  ml;  and  to  bnng  thee  in, 
and  give  thee  their  land  in  possession,  as  thou  seesi 
at  this  present  day. 

39  know  therefore  this  day.  and  think  in  thy 
heart  that  the  Lord  he  is  God  in  heaven  above, 
and  in  the  earth  beneath,  and  there  is  no  other. 

Ml  Keep  his  precepts  and  commandments, 
which  I  command  thee;  that  it  may  he  well  with 
thee,  and  thy  children  after  thee,  and  thou  mays) 
remain  a  long  time  upon  the  land,  which  the  Lord 
thy  (iod  will  give  thee. 

■VI  Then  .Moses  set  aside  three  cities  beyond 
the  .Ionian  at  the  east  side, 

42  That  any  one  might  lice  to  them  who  should 


BGLNOMY. 

the  temple  of  I' 


God.  and  there 
36  From    Ik 


kill  his  neighbour  unwillingly, 

eiiemv  a  d  n   or  two  before,    and 
cape  to  some  one  of  these  cities: 

'htsor  in  the  wilderness,    which    is  situate 


ind   was   not    his 
that  he  mighl  es- 


*i  III 


in 
the  plains' of  the  tribe  of  Reuben:  and  Ramoth  in 
Galaad,  which  is  in  the  tribe  of  (lad;  and  Golan 
in  Hasan,  which  is  in  the  trihe  of  Maua- 

\)     Tin-  i-  the  law,  that    M  el   before  the; 

children  of  Israel, 

\inl  tin  re  are  the  testimonies  and  ceremo- 
nies and  judgments,  which  he  spoke  to  the  chil- 
dren of  Lrael.  when  the)  came  out  of  Kgypt, 

46  Beyond  the  Jordan  in  the  \  .ill<\  over  ugainsi 

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logor  in  the  land  of  Sehoa  king  of 
the  \morrhitcs.  that  dwelt  in  lleschon,  whom  M 
slew .    \nd  the  children  of  Israel  coming  out  of  Fgi  pt 

V7  Possessed  his  land,  and  the  laud  of  Og  km:; 
of  Hasan,  of  the  two  kings  of  the  Amorrhites,  who 
were  heyond  the  Jordan  towards  the  rising  ()f  the 
sun  : 

18  From  Aroer,  which  is  situate  upon  the  hank 
of  the  torrent  Anion,  unto  mount  Stou,  which  is 
also  called   Jlerinon, 

49  All  the  plain  heyond  the  Jordan  at  the  east 
side,  unto  the  sea  of  the  wilderness,  ;ind  unto  the 
foot  of  mount  Phasga. 

CHAP.  V. 

The  ten  commandments  are  repeated  and  exjdained. 

AND  Moses  called  all  Lrael,  and  said  to  them: 
-^*-  Hear,  O  Israel,  the  ceremonies  and  judg- 
ments, which  1  speak  in  your  ears  this  day:  ham 
them,  and  fulfil  them  in  work. 

J  The  Lord  our  God  made  a  covenant  with  us 
in  Horeh. 

3  lie  made  not  the  covenant  with  our  fathers, 
hut  with  us,  who  are  now  present  and  living. 

V  He  spoke  to  us  face  to  face  in  the  mount  out 
of  the  midst  of  lire. 

5  1  was  the  mediator  and  stood  between  tin- 
Lord  and  you  at  that  time,  to  show  you  his  words; 
for  you  feared  the  fire,  and  went  not  up  into  the 
mountain  :   and  he  said  : 

6  I  am  the  Lord  thy  (hid,  who  brought  thee  out 
of  die  land  of  Egypt,  out  of  the  house  of  bondage. 

7  Thou  shah  not  have  Strange  gods  in  mv  si-ht. 

8  Thou  shalt  not  make  to  thyself  a  graven  thing, 
nor  the  likeness  of  any  things,  that  are  m  heaven 
above,  or  that  are  in  the  earth  beneath,  or  that 
abide  in  the  waters  under  the  earth. 

9  Thou  shalt  not  adore  them,  and  thou  shall  not 
serve  tin  in.  For  I  am  the  Lord  tin  God,  a  jealous 
(iod.  visiting  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers  upon  their 
children  unto  the  third  and  fourth  generation  to 
them  that  hate  me, 

10  And  showing  mercy  unto  many  thousands  to 
them  that  love  me,  and  keep  mv  commandments. 

11  Thou  shall  not  take  the  name  ol  the  Lord 
thy  God  in  vain  :  for  he  shall  not  he  unpunished 
that  taketh  his  name  upon  a  \ain  th 

12  Observe  the  (lay  of  the  sabbath,  to sanctif)  it, 
as  the  Lord  thy  (iod  hath  commanded  thee. 

I.l  Six  days  shall  thou  labour,  ami  shalt  do  ah 
thy  works. 

1 1  The  seventh  day  is  the  sabbath',  that  is,  the 
rest  of  the  Lord  thy  (iod.  Thou  shall  not  do  any 
work  therein,  thou,  nor  thy  son,  nor  thy  daughter, 
nor  thy  man-servant,  nor  thy  maidservant,  nor  thv 
ox,  nor  tin  ass.  nor  any  of  th)  beasts,  nor  the  stran- 
ger that  is  within  tin  gates;  that  thy  man-servant 
and  tin  maid-servant  may  rest,  even  as  thyself. 

15    Remember    that     thou    also    didst    serve    m 

■it:   and  the    Lord   thv  (iod   brought    thee  out 

from  thence  with  a  strong  band,  anda  stretched  - 

out  arm.     Therefore  hath  he  commanded  thee  that 

thou  shouldst  observe  tin-  sabbath-da?. 


CHAP.  VI. 


16  Honour  thy  father  and  mother,  as  the  Lord 
thy  God  hath  commanded  thee,  tliat  thou  mayst 
live  a  long  time,  and  it  may  be  well  with  thee  in 
the  'and,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  will  give  thee. 

17  Thou  shalt  not  kill. 

18  Neither  shalt  thou  commit  adultery. 

19  And  thou  shalt  not  steal. 

20  Neither  shalt  thou  bear  false  witness  against 
thv  neighbour. 

21  Thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbour's  wife  ; 
uor  his  house,  nor  his  field,  nor  his  man-servant, 
nor  his  maid-servant,  nor  his  ox,  nor  his  ass,  nor 
any  thing  that  is  his. 

22  These  words  the  Lord  spoke  to  all  the  mul- 
titude of  you  in  the  mountain,  out  of  the  midst  of 
the  fire  and  the  cloud,  and  the  darkness,  with  a  loud 
voice,  adding  nothing  more  :  and  he  wrote  them  in 
two  tables  ot  stone,  which  he  delivered  unto  me. 

23  But  you,  after  you  heard  the  voice  out  of 
the  midst  of  the  darkness,  and  saw  the  mountain 
bum,  came  to  me  all  the  princes  of  the  tribes  and 
the  elders,  and  you  said  : 

24  Behold,  the  Lord  our  God  hath  shown  us  his 
majesty  and  his  greatness:  we  have  heard  his  voice 
out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire ;  and  have  proved  this 
day  that  God  speaking  with  man,  man  hath  lived. 

25  Why  shall  we  die  therefore,  and  why  shall  this 
exceeding  great  fire  consume  us?  For  if  we  hear  the 
voice  of  the  Lord  our  God  any  more,  we  shall  die. 

26  What  is  all  flesh,  that  it  should  hear  the  voice 
of  the  living  God,  who  speaketh  out  of  the  midst  of 
the  fire,  as  we  have  heard,  and  be  able  to  live  ? 

27  Approach  thou  rather:  and  hear  all  things  that 
the  Lord  our  God  shall  say  to  thee:  and  thou  shalt 
speak  to  us,  and  we  will  hear  and  will  do  them. 

28  And  when  the  Lord  had  beard  this,  he  said 
to  me :  I  have  heard  the  voice  of  the  words  of 
this  people,  which  they  spoke  to  thee:  they  have 
spoken  all  things  well. 

29  Who  shall  give  them  to  have  such  a  mind, 
to  fear  me  and  to  keep  all  my  commandments  at 
all  times,  that  it  may  be  well  with  them  and  with 
their  children  for  ever? 

30  Go  and  say  to  them  :  Return  into  your  tents. 

31  But  stand  thou  here  with  me:  and  I  will 
speak  to  thee  all  my  commandments,  and  ceremo- 
nies and  judgments;  which  thou  shalt  teach  them, 
that  they  may  do  them  in  the  laud,  which  1  will 
give  them  for  a  possession. 

32  Keep  therefore  and  do  the  things  which  the 
Lord  God  hath  commanded  you  :  you  shall  not  go 
aside  neither  to  the  right  hand,  nor  to  the  left: 

33  But  you  shall  walk  in  the  way  that  the  Lord 
your  God  hath  commanded,  that  you  may  live, 
and  it  may  be  well  with  you,  and  your  days  may 
be  long  in  the  land  of  your  possession. 

CHAP.  VI. 

An  exhortation  to  the  love  of  God,  and  obedience  to  his  law. 

HPHESE  are  the  precepts,  and  ceremonies,  and 
-*-  judgments,  which  the  Lord  your  God  com- 
manded that  1  should  teach  you,  and  that  you 
should  do  them  in  the  land,  into  which  you  pass 
over  to  possess  it : 


2  That  thou  mayst  fear  the  Lord  thy  God,  and 
keep  his  commandments  and  precepts,  w  Inch  I  com- 
mand thee,  and  thy  sons,  and  thy  grandsons,  all  the 
days  of  thy  life,  that  thy  days  may  be  prolonged. 

3  Hear,  O  Israel,  and  observe  to  do  the  things 
which  the  Lord  hath  commanded  thee,  that  it  may 
be  well  with  thee,  and  thou  mayst  be  greatly  mul- 
tiplied, as  the  Lord  the  God  of  thy  fathers  hath 
promised  thee  a  land  flowing  with  milk  and 
honey. 

4  Hear,  O  Israel,  the  Lord  our  God  is  one  Lord. 

5  Thou  shalt  love  the  Lord  thy  God  with  thy 
whole  heart,  and  with  thy  whole  soul,  and  with 
thy  whole  strength. 

6  And  these  words  which  I  command  thee  this 
day,  shall  be  in  thy  heart: 

7  And  thou  shalt  tell  them  to  thy  children  :  and 
thou  shalt  meditate  upon  them  sitting  in  thy  house, 
and  walking  on  thy  journey,  sleeping,  and  rising. 

8  And  thou  shalt  bind  them  as  a  sign  on  thy 
hand :  and  they  shall  be  and  shall  move  between 
thy  eyes. 

9  And  thou  shalt  write  them  in  the  entry,  and 
on  the  doors  of  thy  house. 

10  And  when  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  have 
brought  thee  into  the  land,  for  which  he  swore  to 
thy  fathers  Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Jacob;  and  shall 
have  given  thee  great  and  goodly  cities,  which 
thou  didst  not  build, 

11  Houses  full  of  riches,  which  thou  didst  not 
set.  up,  cisterns  which  thou  didst  not  dig,  vineyards 
and  oliveyards,  which  thou  didst  not  plant. 

12  And  thou  shalt  have  eaten  and  be  full : 

13  Take  heed  diligently  lest  thou  forget  tlfe 
Lord  who  brought  thee  out  of  the  land  c.f  Egypt, 
out  of  the  house  of  bondage.  Thou  shalt  fear  the 
Lord  thy  God,  and  shalt  serve  him  only ;  and  thou 
shalt  swear  by  his  name. 

14  You  shall  not  go  after  the  strange  gods  of 
all  the  nations,  that  are  round  about  you : 

15  Because  the  Lord  thy  God  is  a  jealous  God 
in  the  midst  of  thee:  lest  at  any  time  the  wrath 
of  the  Lord  thy  God  be  kindled  against  thee,  and 
take  thee  away  from  the  face  of  the  earth. 

16  Thou  shalt  not  tempt  the  Lord  thy  God,  as 
thou  temptedst  him  in  the  place  of  temptation. 

17  Keep  the  precepts  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and 
the  testimonies  and  ceremonies,  which  he  hath 
commanded  thee. 

18  And  do  that  which  is  pleasing  and  good  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord,  that  it  may  be  well  with  thee: 
and  going  in  thou  mayst  possess  the  goodly  land, 
concerning  which  the  Lord  swore  to  thy  fathers, 

19  That  he  would  destroy  all  thy  enemies  be- 
fore thee,  as  he  hath  spoken. 

20  And  when  thy  son  shall  ask  thee  to-morrow, 
saying:  What  mean  these  testimonies,  and  cere- 
monies, and  judgments,  which  the  Lord  our  God 
hath  commanded  us  ? 

21  Thou  shalt  say  to  him  :  We  were  bondmen 
of  Pharao  in  Egypt,  and  the  Lord  brought  us  out 
of  Egypt  with  a  strong  hand. 

22  And  he   wrought   signs  and  wonders  great 

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OKI  TKROXOMY. 


and  very  grievous  in  Egypt  against  Pharao,  and 
all  hi*  h.Hise.   in  our  sight  : 

23  And  In-  brought  us  out  from  thence,  that  he 
might  bring  us  in  and  give  us  the  land,  concerning 
which  he  swore  to  our  fathers. 

21  And  the  l^ord  commanded  that  wo  should 
do  all  these  ordinances,  and  should  fear  the  Lord 
our  God,  that  it  might  be  well  with  us  ail  the  days 
of  our  life,  as  it  is  at  this  day. 

25  And  he  will  Ik:  merciful  to  us,  if  we  keen 
and  do  all  his  precepts  befbra  the  Lord  our  God, 
as  he  hath  commanded  us. 

CHAP.  VII. 

No  leapt  new  fellowship  to  be  marlr  trith  tkr  Chanaanites  : 
<d prenmisetk   kis  people  kit  blessing  and  assistance,  if 
tkep  keep  ki*  tommandmentt. 

WHEN  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  have  brought^ 
thee  into  the  land,  which  thou  art  going  in 
to  possess,  and  shall  have  destroyed  many  nations 
before  thee,  the  Hethite.  and  the  Gergezite,  and 
the  Amorrhite,  and  the  Chanaanite,  and  the  Phe- 
re/.itc,  and  the  Hevite,  and  the  Jebusite,  MM ill 
nations  much  more  numerous  than  thou  art,  and 
stronger  than  thou  : 

I  \nd  the  Lord  thv  God  shall  have  delivered 
them  to  thre,  thou  shalt  utterly  destroy  them. 
Thou  shalt  make  no  league  with  them,  nor  show 
mercy  to  them  : 

3  Neither  shalt  thou  make  marriages  with  them. 
Thou  shalt  not  give  thy  daughter  to  his  son,  nor 
take  his  daughter  for  thy  son : 

4  For  she  wil  turn  away  thy  son  from  follow- 
in;;  me,  that  he  may  rather  serve  strange  sods  • 
and  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  will  Ik:  kindled,  and 
will  fjuiekly  destroy  thee. 

5  lint  thus  rather  shall  you  deal  with  them  :  De- 
stroy their  altars,  and  break  their  statues,  and  cut 
down  their  groves,  and   bum  their  graven  things. 

6  B«  <  ausi'  thou  art  a  holy  people  to  the  Lord 
thy  God.  The  Lord  thy  God  hath  chosen  thee, 
to  be  his  peculiar  people  of  all  peonies  that  are 
U|K>n  the  earth. 

7  Not  beeMMC  you  surpass  all  nations  in  number, 
is  the  Lord  ioined  unto  you,  and  hath  <hoscn  you, 
lor  you  are  the  fewest  of  any  people: 

8  But  because  the  Lord  hath  loved  you,  and  hath 
kept  his  oath,  which  he  swore  to  your  fathers:  and 
hath  brought  von  out  with  ■  strong  hand,  and  re- 
deemed you  from  the  house  of  l>oiidagc,  out  of  the 
hand  of  Pharao  the  king  of  Egypt 

9  And  thou  shalt  know  that  the  Lord  thy  God, 
he  is  a  strong  and  faithful  God,  keeping  his  cove- 
nant and  mercy  to  them  that  love  him,  and  to  them 
that  keep  his  commandments,  unto  a  thousand  ge- 
nerations : 

10  And  repaying  forthwith  them  that  hate  him,  so 
as  to  dettroy  them,  without  further  delay,  immedi- 
ately rendering  to  them  what  they  deserve. 

I I  Keep  therefore  the  precepts  and  ceremonies 
and  judgments,  which  I  command  thee  this  day  tOS*fo. 

1  J  It  alter  thou  hast  heard  these  judgments,  thou 
keep  and  do  th^m,  the  Lord  thy  God  will  also  keep 

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his  covenant  to  thee,  and  the  mercy  which  he  swore 
to  tin  fathers: 

l.>  And  he  will  love  thee  and  multiply  thee,  and 
will  bless  the  fruit  of  thy  womb,  and  the  fruit  ol  thy 
land,  thy  corn,  and  thy  vintage,  thv  oil,  and  thy  herds, 
and  the  lloeks  of  thy  sheep  upon  the  land,  for  which 
he  swore  to  thy  fathers  that  he  would  give  it  ibee. 

14  Blessed  shalt  thou  be  among  all  people.  No 
one  shall  be  barren  among  you  ol  either  sc.\,  neither 
of  men  nor  cattle. 

15  The  Lord  will  take  away  from  thee  all  sick- 
ness: and  the  grievous  infirmities  ol  Kgypt,  which 
thou  know  est,  lie  will  not  bring  upon  thee,  but  upon 
thy  enemies. 

16  Thou  shalt  consume  all  the  ttcople,  which  the 
Lord  thy  Gtxl  will  deliver  to  thee.  i  In  eye  shall 
not  spare  them,  neither  shall  thou  serve  their  gods, 
lest  they  Ihj  thy  ruin. 

17  If  thou  say  in  thy  heart:  These  nations  are 
more  than  I ;  how  shall  1  Ik-  able  to  destroy  them  ? 

18  Fear  not,  but  renieml)er  what  the  Lord  thy  God 
did  to  I'harao  and  to  all  the  Kgypt  ians; 

19  The  exceeding  great  plagues,  which  thy  eyes 
saw ,  and  the  signs  and  w  omlers,  and  the  strong  hand, 
and  the  stretched-out  arm,  with  which  the  Lord  thy 
God  brought  thee  out:  so  will  he  do  to  all  the  |»co- 
ple  whom  thou  fearesl. 

20  Moreover  the  Lord  thy  God  will  send  also  hor- 
nets among  them,  until  he  destrov  and  consume  all 
that  have  escaped  thee,  and  could  hide  themselves. 

21  Thou  shalt  not  fear  them  ;  because  the  Lord 
thy  God  is  in  the  midst  of  thee,  a  God  mighty  and 
terrible: 

22  He  will  consume  these  nations  in  thy  sight  by 
little  and  little  and  by  degrees.  Thou  wJIt  not  b* 
able  to  destroy  them  altogether:  lest  perhaps  the 
beasts  of  the  earth  should  increase  upon  thee. 

23  But  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  deliver  them  is 
thy  sight;  and  shall  slay  them  until  they  he  utterly 
destroyed. 

24  And  he  shall  deliver  their  kings  intoihv  hands: 
and  thou  shalt  destroy  their  names  from  under  hea- 
ven: no  man  shall  Ik:  able  to  resist  thee,  until  thou 
destrov  them. 

25  Their  graven  things*  thou  shall  bum  with  fire: 
thou  shalt  not  covet  the  silver  and  gold  of  which  they 
are  made;  neither  shall  thou  take  to  thee  any  thing 
thereof*,  lest  thou  offend;  because  it  is  an  abomiaa> 
tion  to  the  Lord  thy  God. 

2(>  Neither  shalt  thou  bring  am  thing  of  the  idol 
into  thy  house,  lest  thou  laconic  an  anathema, f  like 
it.  Thou  shall  detest  it  as  dung,  and  shalt  utterly 
abhor  it  as  uncleanness  and  filth,  because  it  is  an 
anathema. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

The  people  are  put  in  mind  of  Cod's  dealings  witk  tkem,  to  the 
end  that  they  mny  Ion-  him  and  serve  kim. 

ALL  the  command  incuts,  that  I  command  thee  this 
day,  take  great  care  to  observe:  that  you  may 


*  lirwrsn  (Vnri.     IiloN,  no  called  by  contempt. 

♦  .In  anathema.     That  i».  a  (lung  devoted  lo  destruction ,  and  wWk 
Carrie*  along  with  it  a  cur*e. 


CHAP.  IX. 


live,  and  be  multiplied,  and  going  in  may  possess  the 
land,  for  which  the  Lord  swore  to  jour  fathers. 

2  And  thou  shalt  remember  all  the  way  through 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  brought  thee  for  forty 
years  through  the  desert  to  afflict  thee  and  to  prove 
thee,  and  that  the  things  that  were  in  thy  heart  might 
be  made  known,  whether  thou  wotildst  keep  his  com- 
mandments or  no. 

3  He  afflicted  thee  with  want,  and  gave  thee  man- 
na for  thy  food,  which  neither  thou  nor  thy  fathers 
knew:  to  show  that  not  in  bread  alone*  doth  man 
live;  but  in  every  word  that  proeeedeth  from  the 
mouth  of  God. 

4  Thy  raiment,  with  which  thou  wast  covered, 
hath  not  decayed  for  age,  and  thy  foot  is  not  worn, 
lo,  this  is  the  fortieth  year, 

5  That  thou  mayest  consider  in  thy  heart,  that  as 
a  man  traineth  up  his  son,  so  the  Lord  thy  God  hath 
trained  thee  up. 

6  That  thou  shouldst  keep  the  commandments 
of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  walk  in  his  ways,  and  fear 
him. 

7  For  the  Lord  thy  God  will  bring  thee  into  a 
good  land,  of  brooks,  and  of  waters,  and  of  foun- 
tains; in  the  plains  of  which  and  the  hills  deep  riv- 
ers break  out: 

8  A  land  of  wheat,  and  barley,  and  vineyards, 
wherein  fig-trees,  and  pomegranates,  and  oliveyards 
grow;  a  land  of  oil  and  honey: 

9  Where  without  any  want  thou  shalt  eat  thy 
bread,  and  enjoy  abundance  of  all  things:  where  the 
stones  are  iron,  and  out  of  its  hills  are  dug  mines  of 
brass : 

10  That  when  thou  hast  eaten,  and  art  full,  thou 
vnayst  bless  the  Lord  thy  God  for  the  excellent  land 
which  be  hath  given  thee. 

1 1  Take  heed,  and  beware  lest  at  any  time  thou 
forget  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  neglect  his  command- 
ments and  judgments  and  ceremonies,  which  I  com- 
mand thee  this  day: 

12  Lest  after  thou  hast  eaten  and  art  filled,  hast 
built  goodly  houses,  and  dwelt  in  them, 

13  And  shalt  have  herds  of  oxen  and  flocks  of 
sheep,  and  plenty  of  gold  and  of  silver,  and  of  all 
things, 

14  Thy  heart  be  lifted  up,  and  thou  remember 
not  the  Lord  thy  God,  who  brought  thee  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  out  of  the  house  of  bondage : 

15  And  was  thy  leader  in  the  great  and  terrible 
wilderness,  wherein  there  was  the  serpent  burning 
with  his  breath,  and  the  scorpion,  and  the  dipsas,f 
and  no  waters  at  all :  who  brought  forth  streams  out 
of  the  hardest  rock, 

16  And  fed  thee  in  the  wilderness  with  manna, 
which  thy  fathers  knew  not.  And  after  he  had 
afflicted  and  proved  thee,  at  the  last  he  had  mercy 
on  thee, 

17  Lest  thou  should  say  in  thy  heart:  My  own 


•  Sot  m  bread  alone,  fife.  i.  e  That  fiod  is  able  to  make  food  of  what 
hr  please  for  the  support  of  man. 

t  Tim  Hipsas.  A  set-pent  vfcQM  bitr  innseth  a  violent  thirst;  from 
whence  it  has  its  name;  Tor  in  Greek,  Jipsa,  («+«)  signifies  thirtl. 


might,  and  the  strength   of  my  own  hand,   have 
achieved  all  these  things  for  me. 

18  But  remember  the  Lord  thy  God,  that  he 
hath  given  thee  strength,  that  he  might  fulfil  his 
covenant,  concerning  which  he  swore  to  thy  fa- 
thers, as  this  present  day  showeth. 

19  But  if  thou  forget  the  Lord  thy  God,  and 
follow  strange  gods,  and  serve  and  adore  them ; 
behold,  now  I  foretell  thee  that  thou  shalt  utterly 
perish. 

20  As  the  nations,  which  the  Lord  destroyed  at 
thy  entrance,  so  shall  you  also  perish,  if  you  be  dis- 
obedient to  the  voice  of  the  Lord  your  God. 

CHAP.  IX. 

Lest  they  should  impute  their  victories  to  their  own  merits,  they 
are  put  in  mind  of  their  manifold  rebellions  and  other  sins,  for 
which  they  should  have  been  destroyed,  but  God  spared  them 

•   for  his  promise  made  to  Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Jacob. 

HEAR,  O  Israel:  Thou  shalt  go  over  the  Jor- 
dan this  day,  to  possess  nations  very  great, 
and  stronger  than  thyself,  cities  great,  and  walled 
up  to  the  sky, 

2  A  people  great  and  tall,  the  sons  of  the  Enacims, 
whom  thou  hast  seen,  and  heard  of,  against  whom 
no  man  is  able  to  stand. 

3  Thou  shalt  know  therefore  this  day  that  the 
Lord  thy  God  himself  will  pass  over  before  thee,  a 
devouring  and  consuming  fire,  to  destroy  and  extir- 
pate and  bring  them  to  nothing  before  thy  face 
quickly,  as  he  hath  spoken  to  thee. 

4  Say  not  in  thy  heart,  when  the  Lord  thy  God 
shall  have  destroyed  them  in  thy  sight:  For  my 
justice  hath  the  Lord  brought  me  in  to  possess  this 
land;  whereas  these  nations  are  destroyed  for  their 
wickedness. 

5  For  it  is  not  for  thy  justices,  and  the  upright- 
ness of  thy  heart  that  thou  shalt  go  in  to  possess 
their  lands:  but  because  they  have  done  wickedly, 
they  are  destroyed  at  thy  coming  in:  and  that  the 
Lord  might  accomplish  his  word,  which  he  pro- 
mised by  oath  to  thy  fathers  Abraham,  Isaac,  and 
Jacob. 

6  Know  therefore,  that  the  Lord  thy  God  givelh 
thee  not  this  excellent  land  in  possession  for  thy 
justices,  for  thou  art  a  very  stiff-necked  people. 

7  Remember,  and  forget  not  how  thou  pro- 
vokedst  the  Lord  thy  God  to  wrath  in  the  wilder- 
ness. From  the  day  that  thou  earnest  out  of  Egypt, 
unto  this  place,  thou  hast  always  strove  against  the 
Lord. 

8  For  in  Horeb  also  thou  didst  provoke  him :  and 
he  was  angrv  and  would  have  destroyed  thee, 

9  When  1  went  up  into  the  mount  to  receive  the 
tables  of  stone,  the  tables  of  the  covenant  which 
the  Lord  made  with  you:  and  I  continued  in  the 
mount  forty  days  and  nights,  neither  eating  bread, 
nor  drinking  water. 

10  And  the  Lord  gave  me  two  tables  of  stone 
written  with  the  finger  of  God,  and  containing  all 
the  words  that  he  spoke  to  you  in  the  mount  from 
the  midst  of  the  fire,  when  the  people  were  assem- 
bled together. 

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DEUTERONOMY. 


11  And  when  forty  days  were  passed,  and  as 
many  nights,  the  Lord  g.i\e  dm  the  two  tallies  of 

Stone,  I Ih«  tallies  of  the  covenant, 

12  And  said  to  me:  Arise,  and  go  down  from 
hence  quickly:  for  thy  people,  which  thou  hast 
brought  out  of  Egypt,  have  quickly  forsaken  the 
way  that  thou  ha.st  shown  them,  and  have  made  to 
themselves  a  molten  idol. 

13  And  again  the  I^ord  said  to  mc:  I  see  that 
this  people  is  still- necked: 

14  Let  uie  alone  that  I  may  destroy  them,  and 
abolish  their  nam*;  from  under  heaven,  and  set  thee 
over  a  nation,  that  is  greater  and  stronger  than  this. 

1")  And  when  I  came  down  from  the  burning 
mount,  and  held  the  two  tables  of  the  covenant  with 
both  hands. 

16  And  saw  that  you  had  sinned  against  the 
Lord  your  (iod,  and  had  made  to  yourselves  a 
molten  calf,  and  had  quickly  forsaken  his  Way, 
which  he  had  shown  yon  : 

17  I  east  the  tables  out  of  my  hands,  and  broke 
them  in  your  sight. 

18  And  I  fell  down  before  the  Lord  as  l>cforc, 
forty  days  and  nights  neither  eating  bread,  nor 
drinking  water,  for  all  your  sins  which  yon  had 
committed  against  the  Lord,  and  had  provoked  him 
to  wrath : 

19  For  I  feared  his  indignation  and  anger. 
wherewith  being  moved  against  you.  he  would  have 


vol 

be; 


destroyed  you.     And  the  Lord  beard  me  this  time 
also. 

20  And  he  was  exceeding  angry  against  Aaron 
aNo,  and  would  have  destroyed  him:  and  I  prav id 
ill  like  maimer  for  him. 

1\  And  your  sin  that  you  had  committed,  that 
is,  the  calf,  I  took,  and  burned  it  with  fire,  and 
breaking  it  into  pieces,  until  it  was  as  small  as  dust, 
I  threw  it  into  the  torrent,  which  coincth  down 
from  the  mountain. 

\t  the  burning  also,  and  at  the  place  of  temp- 
tation, ami  at  The  graves  of  lust  you  provoked  the 
Lord : 

23  And  when  he  sent  you  from  Cadeshame,  say- 
ing: Go  up,  and  |>ossess  the  land  that  I  have  given 
you,  and  you  slighted  the  commandment  of  the  Lord 
your  God,  and  did  not  believe  him,  neither  would 
you  hearken  to  his  voice: 

24  Hut  were  always  rebellious  from  the  day  that 
I  began  to  know  you. 

2o  And  I  lav  prostrate  Infore  the  Lord  forty 
days  and  nights,  in  which  I  humbly  besought  him, 
that  he  would  not  destroy  you  as  he  bad  threat- 
ened : 

26  And  praying,  I  said:  O  Lord  God,  destrov 
not  thy  people,  and  thy  inheritance,  which  thou 
bast  redeemed  in  thy  greatness,  whom  thou  hast 
brought  out  of  Egypt  with  a  strong  hand. 

27  Reeoernbe*  thv  servants  Abraham,  Isaac,  and 
Jacob:  look  not  oa  the  stobouroaessof  this  people, 
nor  on  their  wickedness  and  >in. 

28  Lest  perhaps  the  inhabitants  of  the  land,  out 
of  which  thou  hast  brought  us.  s(\  ;  The  Lord 
could  not  bring  them  into  the    land,   that   In    pro- 

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mjsed  ilicin,  and  he  hated  them  :  therefore  be 
brought  them  out,  that  he  might  kill  them  in  the 
w  ilderness: 

1  Who  are  thy  people  and  thv  inheritance,  whom 
thou  hast  brought  out  by  thy  gnat  stiengtb,  and  in 
thy  stretcbed-out  arm. 

CHAP.  X. 

God  girrth  the  ifrrmd  tnhlrt  of  the  Imp :  a  further  exhortation 
to  fear  ami  tervt  the  Lord. 

AT  that  time  the  Lord  said  to  me:  Hew  thee 
two  tables  of  stone  like  the  former,  and  come 
up  to  me  into  the  mount:  and  thou  shalt  make  an 
ark  of  wood, 

2  And  I  will  write  on  the  fables  the  Words  that 
were  in  them,  which  thou  brokest  before;  and  thou 
shalt  out  them  in  the  ark. 

3  And  I  made  an  ark  of  selim-wood.  And 
when  I  had  hewn  two  tables  of  stone  like  the  for- 
mer, I  went  up  into  the  mount,  having  them  in  my 
hands. 

V  And  he  wrote  in  the  tables,  according  as  he 
had  written  before,  the  ten  words,  which  the  Lord 
spoke  to  you  in  the  mount  from  the  midst  of  the 
fire,  when  the  people  were  assembled:  and  he  gave 
them  to  me. 

5  And  retaining  from  the  mount,  I  came  down, 
and  put  the  fables  into  the  ark,  that  I  had  made  : 
and  they  are  there  till  this  present,  as  the  Lord  com- 
manded mc 

6  And  the  children  of  Israel  removed  their  camp 
from  Heroth  of  the  children  of  Jacan  into  Mosrre, 
where  Aaron  died  and  was  buried,  and  Eleazar  his 
son  succeeded  him  in  the  priestly  office. 

7  From  thence  they  came  to  (Jadgad:  from 
which  place  they  departed,  and  camped  in  Jete- 
batha,  in  a  land  of  waters  and  torrents. 

8  At  that  time  he  separated  the  trilie  of  Levi,  to 
carry  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  and  to 
stand  before  him  in  the  ministry,  and  to  bless  in 
his  name  until  this  present  day. 

9  Wherefore  Levi  hath  no  part  nor  possession 
with  his  brethren:  because  the  Lord  himself  is  his 
possession,  ns  the  Lord  thy  God  promised  him. 

10  And  I  stood  in  the  mount,  as  Iwfore,  forty 
days  and  nights:  and  the  Lord  heard  me  this  time 
EUSO.  and  Would  not  destrov  thee. 

11  And  he  said  to  me  :  Go,  and  walk  before  the 
people,  that  they  may  enter,  and  possess  the  land, 
which  I  swore  to  tin  ir  fathers  that  I  would  give  fhem. 

12  And  now,  Israel,  w  hat  doth  the  Lord  thy  God 
require  of  thee,  but  that  thou  fear  the  Lord  thv  (Jod, 
and  walk  in  his  m;i\s.  end  love  him.  and  serve  the 
Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul: 

13  And  keep  the  commandments  of  the  Lord, 
and  his  ceremonies,  w  huh  I  command  thee  this  da\ , 
that  it  ma\   lie  well  with  thee? 

1  i  Behold,  heaven  is  (he  Lord's  thy  God,  and 
the  hem  n  of  heaven,  and  the  earth  and  all  things 
that  are  then  in. 

15  And  yet  the  Lord  hath  been  closely  joined  to 


*.Vo«ra      By  mount  Hor,  tor  llirrr  Aaron  rfir<l.  Num.  n.     Th» 
and  Uk  lull  winf  »er». »  u«.in  lu  be  uucrtol  by  way  of  poreotbcM. 


CHAP.  XI. 


fhy  fathers,  and  loved  them,  and  chose  their  seed 
,«f(er  them,  that  is  to  say,  you  out  of  all  tuitions,  as 
this  dav  it  is  proved. 

16  Circumcise  therefore  the  foreskin  of  your 
neart,  and  stitfen  your  neck  no  more. 

17  Because  the  Lord  your  God  he  is  the  God  of 
gods,  and  the  Lord  of  lords,  a  great  God  and  mighty, 
and  terrihle,  who  accepteth  no  person,  nor  taketh 
brihes. 

18  He  doeth  judgment  to  the  fatherless  and  the 
widow,  loveth  the  stranger,  and  giveth  him  food 
and  raiment. 

19  And  do  you  therefore  love  strangers;  because 
you  also  were  strangers  in  the  land  of  Egypt. 

20  Thou  shalt  fear  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  serve 
him  only:  to  him  thou  shalt  adhere,  and  shalt  swear 
by  his  name. 

21  He  is  thy  praise,  and  thy  God,  that  hath  done 
for  thee  these  great  and  terrible  things,  which  thy 
eyes  have  seen. 

22  In  seventy  souls  thy  fathers  went  down  into 
Egypt:  and  behold,  now  the  Lord  thy  God  hath 
multiplied  thee  as  the  stars  of  heaven. 

CHAP.  XI. 

The  love  and  service  of  God  are  still  inculcated,  with  a  blessing 
to  them  that  serve  him,  and  threats  of  punishment  if  they  for- 
sake his  law. 

THEREFORE  love  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  ob- 
serve his  precepts  and  ceremonies,  his  judg- 
t  ments  and  commandments  at  all  times. 

2  Know  this  day  the  things  that  your  children 
know  not,  who  saw  not  the  chastisements  of  the 
Lord  your  God,  his  great  doings  and  strong  hand, 
and  stretched-out  arm, 

3  The  signs  and  works  which  he  did  in  the  midst 
of  Egypt  to  king  Pharao,  and  to  all  his  land, 

4  And  to  all  the  host  of  the  Egyptians,  and  to  their 
horses  and  chariots :  how  the  waters  of  the  Red  Sea 
covered  them,  when  they  pursued  you,  and  how  the 
Lord  destroyed  them  until  this  present  day : 

5  And  what  he  hath  done  to  you  in  the  wilder- 
ness, till  you  came  to  this  place: 

6  And  to  Dathan  and  Abiron  the  sons  of  Eliab, 
who  was  the  son  of  Ruben :  whom  the  earth,  open- 
ing her  mouth,  swallowed  up  with  their  households 
and  tents,  and  all  their  substance,  which  they  had 
in  the  midst  of  Israel. 

7  Your  eyes  have  seen  all  the  great  works  of  the 
Lord,  that  he  hath  done, 

8  That  you  may  keep  all  his  commandments, 
which  I  command  you  this  day,  and  may  go  in, 
and  possess  the  land,  to  which  you  are  entering, 

9  And  may  live  in  it  a  long  time :  which  the  Lord 
promised  by  oath  to  your  fathers,  and  to  their  seed, 
a  land  which  floweth  with  milk  and  honey. 

10  For  the  land  which  thou  goest  to  possess,  is  not 
like  the  land  of  Egypt,  from  whence  thou  earnest 
out,  where  when  the  seed  is  sown,  waters  are  brought 
in  to  water  it  after  the  manner  of  gardens. 

11  But  it  is  a  land  of  hills  and  plains,  expecting 
rain  from  heaven. 

12  And  the  Lord  thy  God  doth  always  visit  it: 


and  his  eyes  are  on  it  from  the  beginning  of  the 
year  unto  the  end  thereof. 

13  If  then  you  oliey  my  commandments,  which 
I  command  you  this  day,  that  you  love  the  Lord 
your  God,  and  serve  him  with  all  jour  heart,  and 
with  all  your  soul: 

14  He  will  give  to  your  land  the  early  rain  and 
the  latter  rain,  that  you  may  gather  in  your  corn, 
and  your  wine,  and  your  oil, 

15  And  your  hay  out  of  the  fields  to  feed  your 
cattle,  and  that  you  may  eat  and  be  filled. 

16  Beware  lest  perhaps  your  heart  l>e  deceived, 
and  you  depart  from  the  Lord,  and  serve  strange 
gods,  and  adore  them  : 

17  And  the  Lord  being  angry  shut  up  heaven, 
that  the  rain  come  not  down,  nor  the  earth  yield 
her  fruit,  and  you  perish  quickly  from  the  excellent 
land,  which  the  Lord  will  give  you. 

18  Lay  up  these  my  words  in  your  hearts  and 
minds,  and  hang  them  for  a  sign  on  your  hands,  and 
place  them  between  your  eyes. 

19  Teach  your  children  that  they  meditate  on 
them,  when  thou  sittest  in  thy  house,  and  when 
thou  walkest  on  the  way,  and  when  thou  liestdown 
and  risest  up. 

20  Thou  shalt  write  them  upon  the  posts  and  the 
doors  of  thy  house  : 

21  That  thy  days  may  be  multiplied,  and  the  days 
of  thy  children  in  the  land  which  the  Lord  swore 
to  thy  fathers,  that  he  would  give  them  as  long  as 
the  heaven  hangeth  over  the  earth. 

22  For  if  you  keep  the  commandments  which  I 
command  you,  and  do  them,  to  love  the  Lord  your 
God,  and  walk  in  all  his  ways,  cleaving  unto  him, 

23  The  Lord  will  destroy  all  these  nations  before 
your  face,  and  you  shall  possess  them,  which  are 
greater  and  stronger  than  you. 

24  Every  place  that  your  foot  shall  tread  upon, 
shall  be  yours.  From  the  desert,  and  from  Liba- 
nus,  from  the  great  river  Euphrates  unto  the  west- 
ern sea  shall  be  your  borders. 

23  None  shall  stand  against  you  :  the  Lord  your 
God  shall  lay  the  dread  and  fear  of  you  upon  all 
the  land  that  you  shall  tread  upon,  as  he  hath  spoken 
to  you. 

26  Behold,  I  set  forth  in  your  sight  this  day  a 
blessing  and  a  curse: 

27  A  blessing,  if  you  obey  the  commandments  of 
the  Lord  your  God,  which  I  command  you  this  day: 

28  A  curse,  if  you  obey  not  the  commandments 
of  the  Lord  your  God,  but  revolt  from  the  way 
which  now  I  show  you,  and  walk  after  strange  gods 
which  you  know  not. 

29  And  when  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  have 
brought  thee  into  the  land,  whither  thou  goest  to 
dwell,  thou  shalt  put  the  blessing*  upon  mount 
Garizim,  the  curse  upon  mount  Hebal: 

30  Which  are  beyond  the  Jordan,  behind  the 
way  that  goeth  to  thesetting  of  the  sun,  in  the  land 
of  the  Chanaanite  who  dwelleth  in  the  plain  coun- 


*  Put  tht  bltssingi,  fyc.    See  Deut  xxvii.  12,  &c.  and  Josue  »iii.  33, 


&c. 


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DEUTERONOMY. 


try  over-against  Galgala,  which  is  mar  the  valley 
that  reacheth  and  entereth  far. 

31  For  yon  shall  pass  over  the  Jonlan,  to  pos- 
sess the  land,  which  the  Lord  your  God  will  give 
you.  that  you  iu:i\   have  it  and  possess  it. 

.'»2  Sec  therefore  thai  von  fulfil  the  ceremonies  and 
judgments,  which  I  .shall  set  this  day  before  you. 

CHAP.  XII. 

All  idolatry  must  be  extirpated:  sarri  fires,  tithe*,  and  first- 
fruits  must  be  offered  in  one  only  place :  uil  eating  of  blood 
it  prohibited. 

f  HESE  are  the  precepts  and  judgments,  that 
-*-     you  must  do  in  the  land,  which   the  Lord  the 
God  of  thy  lathers  will   give  thee,   to  possess  it  all 
tlte  days  that  thou  shah  walk  upon  the  earth. 

J  Destroy  all  the  places  in  which  the  nations,  that 
you  shall  possess,  worshipped  their  sods  upon  high 
Mountains,  and  hills,  and  under  every  shady  tree: 

3  Overthrow  their  altars,  and  break  down  their 
«tatues;  bum  their  groves  with  fire,  and  break 
tin  \r  idols  in  pines:  destroy  their  names  out  of 
those  places. 

4  You  shall  not  do  so  to  the  Lord  your  God : 

5  But  you  shall  come  to  the  place,  which  the 
Lord  your  God  shall  choose  out  of  all  your  tribes, 
to  nut  his  name  there,  and  to  dwell  in  it : 

o  And  you  shall  offer  in  that  place  your  holo- 
causts and  victims,  the  tithes  and  first-fruits  of  your 
hands,  and  your  vows  and  gifts,  the  first-born  of 
ynr  herds  and  your  sheep. 

7  And  you  shall  eat  there  in  the  sight  of  the 
lord  your  God  :  and  you  shall  rejoice  in  all  things, 
whereunto  you  shall  put  your  hand,  you  and  your 
houses  wherein  the  Lord  your  God  hath  blessed  yon. 

8  You  shall  not  do  there  the  things  wc  do  here  this 
day,  every  man  that  which  seemelh  good  to  himself. 

9  For  until  this  present  time  you  are  not  come 
to  rest,  and  to  the  possession,  which  the  Lord  your 
God  will  give  vou. 

10  You  shall  pass  over  the  Jordan,  and  shall 
dwell  in  the  land  which  the  Lord  your  God  will 
give  you,  that  you  may  have  rest  from  all  enemies 
round  about;  and  may  dwell  without  any  fear, 

1 1  In  the  place,  which  the  Lord  your  God  shall 
choose,  that  his  name  may  1m-  therein.  Thither  shall 
you  bring  all  the  things  that  I  command  you,  holo- 
causts, and  victims,  and  tithes,  and  the  first-fruits 
ofyour  hands;  and  whatsoever  is  the  choicest  in  the 
gifts  which  yon  shall  vow  to  the  Lord. 

12  There  shall  you  feast  before  the  Lord  your 
God,  you  and  your  sons  and  your  daughters,  your 
men-servants  ami  maid-servants,  and  the  Levite 
that  dwclleth  in  your  cities.  For  he  hath  no  other 
part  and  possession  among  you. 

13  Beware  lest  thou  offer  thy  holocausts  in  every 
place  that  thou  shah  see  : 

I  \  But  in  the  place  which  the  Lord  shall  choose 
in  one  of  thy  triln-s  shall  thou  offer  sacrifices,  ami 
shall  do  all  that  I  command  tin 

I")  lint  if  thou  ilesirest  local,  and  the  eating  of 
flesh  delight  line,  kill,  and  eat  according  to  the 
blessing  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  he  hath  given 

ISO 


tine,  in  thy  cities:  whether  it  be  unclean,  that  is 
to  say,  having  blemish  or  defect:  or  (Iran,  that  is 
to  say.  sound  and  without  blemish,  such  as  may  Imj 
offered,  as  the  roe,  and  the  hart,  shall  thou  eat  it  : 
It!  Only  the  blood  thou  shall  not  eat :  hm  thou 
shall  pour  It  out  upon  the  earth  as  water. 

17  Thou  mayst  not  eat  in  thy  towns  the  tithes 
of  thy  corn,  and  thy  wine,  and  thy  oil,  the  first- 
born of  thy  Inrds  and  thy  cattle,  nor  any  thing 
that' thou  vow  est.  and  that  thou  wilt  oiler  volunta- 
rily, and  the  first-fruits  of"  thy  hands  : 

18  But  thou  shah  cat  them  before  the  Lord  thv 
(iod  in  the  place  which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall 
choose,  thou  and  thy  son  and  thy  daughter,  and  thy 
man-servant,  and  maid-servant,  and  the  Levite  that 
dwclleth  in  thy  cities:  and  thou  shah  rejoice  and 
be  refreshed  before  the  Lord  thy  God  in  all  things, 
whereunto  thou  shall  put  thv  hand. 

19  Take  heed  thou  forsake  not  the  Levite  all 
the  time  that  thou  lives!  in  the  land. 

20  When  the  Lord  thv  (iod  shall  have  enlarged 
thy  Imrders,  as  he  hath  spoken  to  tine,  and  thou 
wilt  eat  the  flesh  that  thy  soul  desireth  : 

21  And  if  the  place  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
shall  choose,  that  his  name  should  be  there,  U'  far 
off,  thou  shalt  kill  of  thv  herds  and  of  thy  flocks, 
as  I  have  commanded  tiiee;  and  shalt  eat  in  thy 
towns,  as  it  pleaseth  thee. 

22  Even  as  the  roe  and  the  hart  is  eaten,  SO 
shalt  thou  eat  them  :  both  the  clean  and  unclean 
shall  eat  of  them  alike. 

23  Only  beware  of  this,  that  thou  eat  not  the 
blood,  for  the  blood  is  for  the  soul:  and  therefore 
thou  must  not  eat  the  soul  with  the  flesh: 

J  i  But  thou  shalt  pour  it  upon  the  earth  as  water. 

25  That  it  may  he  well  with  thee  and  thy  chil- 
dren after  thee,  when  thou  shalt  do  that  which  is 
pleasing  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord. 

20  Hut  the  things  which  thou  hast  sanctified 
and  vowed  to  the  Lord,  thou  shalt  take,  and  shalt 
come  to  I  he  place  which  the  Lord  shall  choose: 

27  And  shalt  offer  thy  oblations  the  llesh  and 
the  blood  upon _ the  altar  of  the  Lord  thy  (iod:  the 
blood  of  thy  victims  thou  shalt  pour  on  the  altar: 
and  the  flesh  thou  tin  sell  shalt  eat. 

28  Observe  and  hear  all  the  things  that  I  com- 
mand thee,  that  it  may  l>e  well  with  thee  and  thy 
children  after  thee  for  ever,  when  thou  shalt  do 
what  is  good  and  pleasing  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord 
thy  God. 

29  When  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  have  destroy- 
ed liefore  thy  face  the  nations,  which  thou  shalt  go 
in  to  possess,  and  wken  thou  shalt  possess  them, and 
dwell  in  their  land  : 

30  Beware  lest  thou  imitate  them,  after  they  are 
destroyed  at  thy  coming  in,  and  lest  thou  seek  after 
their  ceremonies,    saying:     As   these    nations    have 

worshipped  their  nods,  so  will  I  also  worship. 

31  Thou  shall  not  do  in  like  manner  to  the  Lord 
thv  God.  For  they  have  done  to  their  gods  all  the 
abominations  which  the  Lord  ahhorreth,  offering 
their  sons  and  daughters,  and  burning  'In  in  witli 
in <  • 


CHAP.  XIII,  XIV. 


32  What  1  command  thee,  that  only  do  thou*  to 
the  Lord,  neither  add  any  thing,  nor  diminish. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

False  prophets  must  be  slain,  and  idolatrous  cities  destroyed. 

IF  there  rise  in  the  midst  of  thee  a  prophet,  or  one 
that  saith  he  hath  dreamed  a  dream,  and  he  fore- 
tell a  sign  and  a  wonder, 

2  And  that  come  to  pass  which  he  spoke,  and  he 
say  to  thee :  Let  us  go  and  follow  strange  gods, 
which  thou  knowest  not,  and  let  us  serve  them : 

3  Thou  shalt  not  hear  the  words  of  that  prophet 
or  dreamer:  for  the  Lord  your  God  trieth  you,  that 
it  may  appear  whether  you  love  him  with  all  your 
heart,  and  with  all  your  soul,  or  no. 

4  Follow  the  Lord  your  God,  and  fear  him,  and 
keep  his  commandments,  and  hear  his  voice  :  him 
you  shall  serve,  and  to  him  you  shall  cleave. 

5  And  that  prophet  or  forger  of  dreams  shall  be 
slain  :  because  he  spoke  to  draw  you  away  from  the 
Lord  your  God,  who  brought  you  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  and  redeemed  you  from  -the  house  of  bond- 
age; to  make  thee  go  out  of  the  way,  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  commanded  thee:  and  thou  shalt 
take  away  the  evil  out  of  the  midst  of  thee. 

6  If  thy  brother  the  son  of  thy  mother,  or  thy 
son,  or  daughter,  or  thy  wife  that  is  in  thy  bosom, 
or  thy  friend,  whom  thou  lovest  as  thy  own  soul, 
would  persuade  thee  secretly,  saying:  Let  us  go, 
and  serve  strange  gods,  which  thou  knowest  not, 
nor  thy  fathers, 

7  Of  all  the  nations  round  about,  that  are  near  or 
afar  off,  from  one  end  of  the  earth  to  the  other, 

8  Consent  not  to  him ;  hear  him  not ;  neither  let 
thy  eye  spare  him  to  pity  and  conceal  him  : 

9  But  thou  shalt  presently  put  him  to  death. t 
Let  thy  hand  be  first  upon  him,  and  afterwards  the 
hands  of  all  the  people. 

10  With  stones  shall  he  be  stoned  to  death :  be- 
cause he  would  have  withdrawn  thee  from  the 
Lord  thy  God,  who  brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  from  the  house  of  bondage: 

11  That  all  Israel  hearing  may  fear,  and  may  do 
no  more  any  thing  like  this. 

12  If  in  one  of  thy  cities,  which  the  Lord  thy 
God  shall  give  thee  to  dwell  in,  thou  hear  some  say  : 

13  Children  of  Belial!  are  gone  out  of  the  midst 
of  thee,  and  have  withdrawn  the  inhabitants  of  their 
city,  and  have  said :  Let  us  go,  and  serve  strange 
gods  which  you  know  not: 

14  Inquire  carefully  and  diligently,  the  truth  of 
the  thing  by  looking  well  into  it:  and  if  thou  find 
that  which  is  said  to  be  certain,  and  that  this  abomi- 
nation hath  been  really  committed, 

15  Thou  shalt  forthwith  kill  the  inhabitants  of 
(hat  city  with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and  shalt  de- 
stroy it  and  all  things  that  are  in  it,  even  the  cattle. 

16  And  all  the  household  goods  that  are  there, 
thou  shalt  gather  together  in  the  midst  of  the  streets 

*  Tint  only  do  thou,  trc.  Thev  are  forbid  here  to  follow  the  ce^remo- 
ules  ot  the  heathens;  or  to  make  any  alterations  in  the  divine  ordi- 
nances. 

t  Fnrently  put  him  to  death.  Not  bv  killing-  him  by  private  authority, 
but  by  luformiug  the  magistrate,  arid  proceeding  by  order  of  justice. 


thereof,  and  shalt  bum  them  with  the  city  itself,  s« 
as  to  consume  all  for  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  that  it 
be  a  hea | >  for  ever:  it  shall  be  built  no  more. 

17  And  there  shall  nothing  of  lhat  anathema  stick 
to  thy  hand:  that  the  Lord  may  turn  from  the  wrath 
of  his  fury,  and  may  have  mercy  on  thee,  and  mul- 
tiply thee  as  he  swore  to  thy  fathers, 

18  When  thou  shalt  hear  the  voice  of  the  Lord 
thy  God,  keeping  all  his  precepts,  which  I  command 
thee  this  day,  that  thou  mayest  do  what  is  pleasing 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  thy  God. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

hi  mourning  for  the  deadthty  are  not  to  follow  the  ways  of  the 
gentiles  ■:  the  distinction  of  clean  and  unclean  meats :  ordinan- 
ces concerning  tithes,  and  first-fruits. 

BE  ye  children  of  the  Lord  your  God :  you  shall 
not  cut  yourselves,  nor  make  any  baldness  for 
the  dead. 

2  Because  thou  art  a  holy  people  to  the  Lord  thy 
God  :  and  he  chose  thee  to  be  his  peculiar  people  of 
all  nations  that  are  upon  the  earth. 

3  Eat  not  the  things  that  are  unclean.^ 

4  These  are  the  beasts  that  you  shall  eat:  the  ox, 
and  the  sheep,  and  the  goat, 

5  The  hart  and  the  roe,  the  buffle,  and  chamois, 
the  pygarg,  the  wild  goat,  the  camelopardalus. 

6  Every  beast  that  divideth  the  hoof  in  two  parts, 
and  cheweth  the  cud,  you  shall  eat. 

7  But  of  them  that  chew  the  cud,  but  divide  not 
the  hoof,  you  shall  not  eat,  such  as  the  camel,  the 
hare,  and  the  cherogril :  because  they  chew  the  cud, 
but  divide  not  the  hoof,  they  shall  be  unclean  to  you. 

8  The  swine  also,  because  it  divideth  the  hoof, 
but  cheweth  not  the  cud,  shall  be  unclean :  their 
flesh  you  shall  not  eat,  and  their  carcasses  you  shall 
not  touch. 

9  These  shall  you  eat  of  all  that  abide  in  the 
waters:  All  that  have  fins  and  scales,  you  shall  eat. 

10  Such  as  are  without  fins  and  scales,  you  shall 
not  eat,  because  they  are  unclean. 

1 1  All  birds  that  are  clean  you  shall  eat. 

12  The  unclean  eat  not:  to  wit,  the  eagle  and 
the  grype,  and  the  osprey, 

13  The  ringtail,  and  the  vulture,  and  the  kite 
according  to  their  kind, 

14  And  all  of  the  raven's  kind  : 

15  And  the  ostrich?  and  the  owl,  and  the  larus, 
and  the  hawk  according  to  its  kind  : 

16  The  heron,  and  the  swan,  and  the  stork, 

17  And  the  cormorant,  the  porphirion,  and  the 
night-crow, 

18  The  bittern,  and  the  charadrion,  every  one  in 
their  kind :  the  houp  also,  and  the  bat. 

1 9  Every  thing  that  creepeth  and  hath  little  wings, 
shall  be  unclean,  and  shall  not  be  eaten. 

20  All  that  is  clean,  you  shall  eat. 

21  But  whatsoever  is  dead  of  itself,  eat  not 
thereof.     Give  it  to  the  stranger  that  is  within  thy 

f  Belial.  That  is,  ioithout  yoke.  Hence  the  wicked,  who  refuse  to 
be  subject  to  the  divine  law,  are  called  in  scripture  the  children  u' 
Belial. 

t  Liultan.     See  the  annotations  on  Leviticus  XI. 

1S1 


DKUTKKONOMY. 


,  to  eat,  or  sell  it  to  him:  because  thou  art  the 
holy  people  of  the  Lord  thj  God*  Thou  shalt  not 
Uiii  a  kid  in  the  milk  of  its  dam. 

J.  i  .ir  thou  shah  Bet   aside  the   till. 

all  thy  fruits  dial  the  earth  bringeth.  forth. 

V it< i  iIh.u  shall  cat  before  tin-  Lord  thy  God 
iu  the  place  which  lie  shall  choose,  that  hit  name 
may  l>e  called  ii|>ou  then  in,  the  tithe  of  thy  com. 
and  thy  wine,  and  thy  oil,  ami  tin  iirst-liorii  ol  thy 
herdsi  and  thy  sheep:  that  thou  maysl  learn  to  fear 
the  Lord  thv  God  at  all  times. 

J  J-  Hut  w  hen  the  way  and  the  place  «  hich  the  Lord 
thy  (uk!  shall  chonsej  are  far  off.  and  he  hath  Messed 
thee,;ind  ihon  canst  not  carry  all  these  things  thither, 

25  Thou  shall  sell  them  all,  and  turn  them  into 
money  ;  and  shall  carry  it  in  thv  hand,  and  shall  go 
to  the  place  which  the  Lord  shall  choose  : 

2<>  And  thou  shall  buy  with  the  same  money 
whatsoever  pleascth  thee,  either  of  the  herds  or  of 
sheep,  wine  also  and  strong  drink,  and  all  that  tin 
soul  desireth  :  and  thou  shall  eat  before  the  Lord 
thy  God,  and  shall  least,  thou  and  tin  house  : 

27  And  the  Levite  that  is  within  thy  gates,  he- 
ware  thou  forsake  him  not,  localise  he  hath  no  other 
part  iu   thy  possession. 

The  third  year  thou  shalt  separate  another 
tithe  of  all  things  that  grow  to  thee  at  that  time: 
and  shall  lav  it  up  within  thy  gates. 

29  And  the  Levite  that  hath  no  other  part  nor 
possession  with  thee,  and  the  stranger  and  the 
fatherless  and  the  v\  idow,  that  are  within  thy  sates, 
shall  come,  and  shall  eat,  and  he  filled  :  that  the 
Ixird  thv  (iod  may  bless  thee  in  all  the  works  of 
thy  bands  that  thou  shalt  do. 

CHAP.  XV. 

The  late  of the  tree-nth  year  of  remission.      The  firitlingt  of  cat- 
tle are  to  be  tamtfied  to  the  Jjord. 

IN  the  seventh  year  thou  shalt  make  a  remission, 
2  Which  shall  be  celebrated  in  this  order.      He 
to  whom  any  thing  is  owing  from  his  friend  or  nei^h- 
U)ur  or  brother,  cannot  demand   it  again,  because 
it  is  the  year  of  remission  of  the  Lord. 

3  Of  the  foreigner  or  stranger  thou  mayst  exact 
it:  of  thy  countrvman  and  neighbour  thou  shalt  not 
have  power  to  demand  it  again. 

4  And  there  shall  lie  no  poor*  nor  beggar  among 

?ou:   that  the  Lord  thy  God  may  bless  thee  in  the 
and  which  be  Will  give  thee  in  possession. 

5  Yet  so  if  thou  hear  the  voice  of  the  I^ord  thy 
God,  and  keep  all  thing!  that  he  hath  ordained,  and 
which  I  command  thee  this  day,  Iu:  will  hless  thee, 
as  he  hath  promised. 

t!  Thou  shalt  lend  to  many  nations,  and  thou  shalt 
liorrow  of  no  man.  Thou  shalt  have  dominion 
r  very  many  nations,  and  no  one  shall  have  do- 
minion over  thee. 

7  If  one  ol  thy  brethren  that  dwellcth  within  the 
gates  of  thy  city  iu  the  laud  which   the  Lord  thy 


•  Thm  taall  k  iu  foot,  let.  Il  is  not  to  be  undentnod  u  •  frtmiu, 
Stat  there  »houM  he  ito  |*»>r  in  Nrael,  »«  nppear*  from  vrr.  II,  wIm-h- 
ea  learn  Oat  Cotft  paopb  would  never  be  at  a  km  to  And  objt  < 

!5f 


( iod  will  give  thee,  come  to  poverty  ,  thou  shalt  not 
■ardea  thv  heart,  nor  close  thy  hand. 

8  Hut  shall  open  it  to  the  poor  man  :  thon  sha  t 
lend  him,  that  which  thou  perceivest  he  hath  need  of. 

9  Beware  lest  perhaps  a  wicked  thought  sleal  in 
■POO  thee,  and  thon  say  in  thv  heart:  The  seventh 
year  of  remission  draw cth  nigh;  and  thou  turn  away 
thy  eve.s  horn  thy  poor  brother,  denying  to  lend  him 
that  which  he  askcth  :  lest  he  cry  against  thee  to 
the  Lord,  and  it  Income  a  sin  unto  thee. 

10  Hut  thou  shall  give  to  him:  neither  shalt  thou 
do  anv  thins  craftily  in  relieving  his  necessities; 
that  the  Lord  thj  (iod  may  hless  thee  at  all  tun.  >, 
and  in  all  thing*  to  which  thou  shalt  put  thy 
hand. 

11  There  will  not  he  want  ins  poor  in  the  land 
ol  thv  habitation  :  therefore  I  command  thee  to  open 
thy  hand  to  thy  needy  and  poor  brother,  that  liveth 
in  the  laud. 

12  When  thy  brother  a  Hebrew  man.  or  Hebrew 
woman  is  sold  to  thee,  and  hath  served  thee  six 
peatS,  in  the  seventh  year  thou  shalt  let  him  go  free: 

18  And  when  thou  seudest  him  out  free,  thou 
shalt  not  let  him  go  away  empty: 

14  Hut  shalt  give  him  for  his  way  out  of  thy  flocks, 
and  out  of  thy  barn-floor,  and  thv  wine-press,  y\  here- 
with the  Lord   thy  (iod  shall  bless  thee. 

15  Remember  that  thou  also  wast  a  bond-ser- 
vant in  the  land  of  Ksypt.  and  the  Lord  thy  (iod 
made  thee  free  ;  and  therefore  I  now  command  thee 
ihis.^ 

16  But  if  he  say:  I  will  not  depart:  because  he 
loveth  thee,  and  thy  house,  and  tindeth  that  he  is 
well  with  thee: 

17  Thou  shalt  take  an  awl,  and  bore  through  his 
ear  in  the  door  of  thy  house:  and  he  shall  serve 
thee  for  ever:  thou  shall  do  iu  like  manner  to  thy 
woman-servant  also. 

I<".  Turn  not  awav  thy  eyes  from  them  when  thou 
makest  them  free:  Iwcause  he  hath  served  thee  six 
years  according  to  the  wasics  of  a  hireling;  that  the 
Lord  thy  God  may  bless  thee  in  all  the  works  that 
thou  docsi. 

19  Of  the  firstlings,  that  come  of  thy  herds  and 
thv  sheep,  thou  shalt  sanctify  to  the  Lord  thy  (iod 
w  iialsover  is  of  the  male  sex.  Thou  shalt  not  work 
with  the  firstling  of  a  bullock,  and  thou  shalt  not 
shear  the  first  lines  of  thy  sheep. 

§0  In  the  sicht  of  the  Lord  thy  (iod  shalt  thou 
eat  them  every  year  in  the  place  that  the  Lord  shall 
choose,  thou  and  thy  house. 

21  Hut  if  it  have  a  blemish,  or  l>e  lame,  or  blind, 
or  in  any  part  disfigured  or  feeble,  it  shall  not  Ik.-  sa- 
crificed to  the  Lord  thy  (iod. 

22  Hut  thou  shalt  eat  it  w  ithin  the  gates  of  thy 
city  :  the  clean  and  the  urn  lean  shall  eat  then  alike, 
as  the  roe,  and  as  the  hart. 

23  Only  thou  shalt  take  heed  not  to  eat  their 
blood,  but  jwurit  out  on  the  earth  as  water. 


tin  ir  charity :  but  it  h  an  ordinance  that  all  vbnnld  Ho  tbrir  br«t  rn- 
ilravour*  to  prevent  an)  of  tla-ir  hrt  tlmii  hum  mlfprinr  Ihu  lianUlupa 
of  |«oTerty  ami  want. 


CHAP.     XVI,     XVII. 


. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


The  three  principal  solemnities  to  be  observed :  just  judges  to  be 
appointed  in  every  city  :  all  occasions  of  idolatry  to  be  avoid- 
ed. 

OBSERVE  the  month  of  new  corn,  which  is 
the  first  of  the  spring,  that  thou  mayst  cele- 
brate the  phase  to  the  Lord  thy  God:  because  in 
tltis  month  the  Lord  thy  God  brought  thee  out  of 
Egvpt  by  night. 

2  And  thou  shalt  sacrifice  the  phase  to  the  Lord 
thy  God,  of  sheep,  and  of  oxen,  in  the  place  which 
the  Lord  thy  God  shall  choose,  that  his  name  may 
dwell  there. 

3  Thou  shalt  not  eat  with  it  leavened  bread : 
seven  days  shalt  thou  eat  without  leaven,  the  bread 
of  affliction,  because  thou  earnest  out  of  Egypt  in 
fear:  that  thou  mayst  remember  the  day  of  thy 
coming  out  of  Egypt,  all  the  days  of  thy  life. 

4  No  leaven  shall  be  seen  in  all  thy  coasts  for 
seven  days,  neither  shall  any  of  the  flesh  of  that 
which  was  sacrificed  the  first  day  in  the  evening  re- 
main until  morning. 

5  Thou  mayst  not  immolate  the  phase  in  any 
one  of  thy  cities,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  will  give 
thee : 

6  But  in  the  place,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall 
choose,  that  his  name  may  dwell  there :  thou  shalt 
immolate  the  phase  in  the  evening  at  the  going 
down  of  the  sun,  at  which  time  thou  earnest  out  of 
Egypt 

7  And  thou  shalt  dress,  and  eat  it  in  the  place 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  choose :  and  in  the 
morning  rising  up  thou  shalt  go  into  thy  dwellings. 

8  Six  days  shalt  thou  eat  unleavened  bread:  and 
on  the  seventh  day,  because  it  is  the  assembly  of 
the  Lord  thy  God,  thou  shalt  do  no  work. 

9  Thou  shalt  number  unto  thee  seven  weeks  from 
that  day,  wherein  thou  didst  put  the  sickle  to  the 
corn. 

10  And  thou  shalt  celebrate  the  festival  of  weeks 
to  the  Lord  thy  God,  a  voluntary  oblation  of  thy 
hand,  which  thou  shalt  offer  accordin  to  the  bless- 
ing of  the  Lord  thy  God  : 

1 1  And  thou  shalt  feast  before  the  Lord  thy  God, 
thou,  and  thy  son,  and  thy  daughter,  and  thy  man- 
servant, and  thy  maid-servant,  and  the  Levite  that 
is  within  thy  gates,  and  the  stranger,  and  the  father- 
less, and  the  widow,  who  abide  with  you;  in  the 
place  which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  choose,  that  his 
name  may  dwell  there: 

12  And  thou  shalt  remember  that  thou  wast  a 
servant  in  Egypt:  and  thou  shalt  keep  and  do  the 
things  that  are  commanded. 

13  Thou  shalt  celebrate  the  solemnity  also  of  ta- 
bernacles, when  thou  hast  gathered  in  thy  fruit  of 
the  barn-floor  and  of  the  wine-press. 

14  And  thou  shalt  make  merry  in  thy  festival 
time,  thou,  thy  son,  and  thy  daughter,  thy  man  ser- 
vant, and  thy  maid-servant,  the  Levite  also,  and  the 
stranger,  and  the  fatherless,  and  the  widow  that  are 
within  tl>"  gates. 

u 


15  Seven  days  shalt  thou  celebrate  feasts  to  the 
Lord  thy  God,  in  the  place  which  the  Lord  shall 
choose:  and  the  Lord  thy  God  will  bless  thee  in  all 
thy  fruits,  and  in  every  work  of  thy  hands :  and  thou 
shalt  be  in  joy. 

16  Three  times  in  a  year  shall  all  thy  males  ap- 
pear before  the  Lord  thy  God  in  the  place  which  be 
shall  choose:  in  the  feast  of  unleavened  bread,  in 
the  feast  of  weeks,  and  in  the  feast  of  taberna- 
cles. No  one  shall  appear  with  his  hands  empty 
before  the  Lord : 

17  But  every  one  shall  offer  according  to  what 
he  hath,  according  to  the  blessing  of  the  Lord  his 
God,  which  he  shall  give  him. 

18  Thou  shalt  appoint  judges  and  magistrates  in 
all  thy  gates,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  give  thee, 
in  all  thy  tribes:  that  they  may  judge  the  people  with 
just  judgment, 

19  And  not  go  aside  to  either  part.  Thou  shalt 
not  accept  persons  nor  gifts:  for  gifts  blind  the  eyes 
of  the  wise,  and  change  the  words  of  the  just. 

20  Thou  shalt  follow  justly  after  that  which  is 
just;  that  thou  mayest  live  and  possess  the  land, 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  give  thee. 

21  Thou  shalt  plant  no  grove,  nor  any  tree  near 
the  altar  of  the  Lord  thy  God: 

22  Neither  shalt  thou  make  nor  set  up  to  thyself 
a  statue;  which  things  the  Lord  thy  God  hateth. 

CHAP.  XVII. 

Victims  must  be  without  blemish.  Idolaters  are  to  be  slain.  Con- 
troversies are  to  be  decided  by  the  high-priest  and  counsel, 
whose  sentence  must  be  obeyed,  under  pain  of  death.  The 
duty  of  a  king,  who  is  to  receive  the  lawof  God  at  the  priest's 
hands. 

THOU  shalt  not  sacrifice  to  the  Lord  thy  God  a 
sheep,  or  an  ox,  wherein  there  is  blemish,  or  any 
fault:  for  that  is  an  abomination  to  the  Lord  thy 
God. 

2  When  there  shall  be  found  among  you  within 
any  of  thy  gates,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  give 
thee,  man  or  women  that  do  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord  thy  God,  and  transgress  his  covenant, 

3  So  as  to  go  and  serve  strange  gods,  and  adore 
them,  the  sun  and  the  moon,  and  all  the  host  of 
heaven,*  which  I  have  not  commanded : 

4  And  this  is  told  thee,  and  hearing  it  thou  hast 
inquired  diligently,  and  found  it  to  be  true,  and  that 
the  abomination  is  committed  in  Israel : 

5  Thou  shalt  bring  forth  the  man  or  the  woman, 
who  have  committed  that  most  wicked  thing,  to  the 
gates  of  thy  city ;  and  they  shall  be  stoned. 

6  By  the  mouth  of  two,  or  three  witnesses,  shall 
he  die,  that  is  to  be  slain.  Let  no  man  be  put  lo 
death,  when  only  one  beareth  witness  against  him. 

7  The  hands  of  the  witnesses  shall  be  first  upon 
him  to  kill  him,  and  afterwards  the  hands  of  me 
rest  of  the  people:  that  thou  mayest  take  away  the 
evil  out  of  the  midst  of  thee. 


*  The  holt  of  heave*. 


That  is,  the  stars. 
163 


IH: I    I  KKONOMY. 


8  If  thou  perceive*  that  there  be  anion:;  mm  r 
hard  and  doubtful  matter  in  judgment  between  Mood 

and  blood,  cause  and  cause,  leprosy  and  lepros)  : 
and  thou  see  thai  the  words  of  the  judges  within 
thy  gates  do  \ar\:  arise,  and  so  up  Id  the  jilai  e. 
which  the  Lord  thy   God  shall  choose. 

9  And  thou  shalt  come  to  the  priest*  of  the  I.'  - 
vitical  race,  and  to  the  judge,  that  shall  Im-  at  that 
time:  and  tbou  shdt  ask  of  them,  and  they  shall 
shew  thee  the  trmh  of  the  judgment 

10  And  thou  shall  do  whatsoever  they  shall  say, 
that  preside  in  the  place,  which  tin;  Lord  shall 
choose,  and  what  they  shall  teach  thee, 

11  According  to  his  law;  and  ihou  shalt  follow 
their  sentence :  mil  her  shall  thou  decline  to  the  right 
hand  nor  to  the  left  hand. 

11  lint  be  that  will  be  proud,  and  refine  to  obey 

the  commandment  of  the  jiriest,  who  ministercth  at 

that  time  to  the  Lord  thv  God,  and  the  decree  of  the 

that  man  shall  die,  and  thou  shalt  takeaway 

the  evil  from  Israel : 

13  And  all  the  people  hearing  it  shall  fear,  that 
no  one  afterwards  swell  with  pride. 

14  When  thou  art  come  into  the  land,  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  will  give  thee,  and  nojseaasal  it,  and 
shalt  say  :  I  will  set  a  kin:;  over  me,  as  all  nations 
have  that  are  round  about : 

16  Thou  shalt  set  him  whom  the  Lord  thy  God 
shall  choose  out  of  the  number  of  thy  brethren. 
Thou  mayst  not  make  a  mail  of  another  nation 
kins,  thai  is  not  thv  brother. 

It!  And  when  he  is  made  Icinc,  he  shall  not  mul- 
tiply horses  to  himself,  uor  lead  hack  the  people  into 
pt,  hems  lifted  up  with  the  number  of  his  horse- 
men, especially  since  the  Lord  hath  commanded  you 
to  return  no  more  th<'  same  way. 

17  He  shall  not  have  many  w  ires,  that  may  allure 
his  mind,  nor  immense  sums  of  silver  and  sold. 

18  But  after  he  is  raised  to  the  throne  of  his 
kingdom,  he  shall  copy  out  to  himself  the  Deute- 
ronomy of  this  law  in  a  volume,  taking  the  copy  of 
the  priests  of  the  Levitical  trilic: 

19  And  he  shall  have  it  with  him,  and  shall  read 
it  all  the  days  of  his  life,  that  he  may  learn  to  fear 
the  l,ord  his  God, and  keep  his  words  and  ceremo- 
nies, that  are  commanded  in  the  law. 

20  And  that  his  heart  he  not  lifted  up  with  pride 
over  his  brethren,  nor  decline  to  the  risht  or  to  the 
left,  that  he  and  his  suns  may  reign  a  long  time  over 
Israel. 

CHAP.  XVIII. 

TV"  1/ird  i»  the  inheritance  of  the  prints  and  /x-ri'/r*.  Unit  hi  ni»h 
nlfiminiitiniu  are  to  he  avoided.  'I'hi  frmU  PkONB  r  ( 'iiaisT 
l*  promised.      Falte  prophet*  mutt  be  tlmn. 

r|^lll".  priests  and  Levites,  and  all  that   are  of  the 
-*-     same  triU',  shall  have  no  part  nor  inheritance 
with  the    rest  of  Israel  ;   because   they  shall  eat  the 
sacrifices  of  the  Lord,  and  his  oblations. 


*  if  Itum  prretir*.  irt.  Hera  we  tea  what  miil>orit\  Bad  >u  pleaaad 
to  (ire  t"  II,.  r I i,i r.  b-ffuidea  •  >('  lha  OU1  Teataineut.  in  deciding;,  uiili- 
val  appeal,  aUcootnncr»ic«  relating  to  t!te  taw  ,  promising  lint  Ibey 


2^  And  they  shall  receive  nothing  else  of  the  pos- 
session of  their  brethren:  for  the  Lord  himself  is 
their  inheritance,  as  he  hath  said  to  them. 

This  shall  Ik'  the  priest's  due  from  the  people, 
and  from  them  that  offer  victims  :  whether  the>  sa- 
crifice an  o\,  or  a  sheep,  they  slpll  give  to  ihe  priest 
the  shoulder  and  the  breast  : 

'  4  The  first-fruits  al.su  of  corn,  of  wine,  and  .1* 
oil.  and  a  part  of  the  wool  from  tin  shearing  of  their 
sheep. 

5  For  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  chosen  him  of  all  thy 
trilxs,  to  stand,  and  to  minister  to  the  name  of  the 
Lord,  him  ami  his  sons  for  ever. 

6  If  a  Lerife  go  out  of  any  one  of  the  cities 
throughout  all  Israel,  in  which  he  dwelleth,and  hate 
a  longing  mind  to  come  to  the  place  which  the  Lord 
shall  choose. 

7  He  shall  minister  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  his 
God,  as  all  his  brethren  the  Levites  do,  that  shall 
stand  at  that  time  before  the  Lord. 

8  He  shall  receive  the  same  portion  of  food  that 
the  rest  do:  besides  that  which  is  due  to  him  in  his 
own  city,  by  succession  from  his  fathers. 

9  When  thou  art  come  into  the  land  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  shall  give  thee,  beware  lest  thou  have 
a  mind  to  imitate  the  ai>ominatious  of  those  nations. 

10  Neither  let  there  be  found  among  you  anyone 
that  shall  expiate  his  son  or  daughter,  Slaking  them 
to  pass  through  the  fire;  or  that  consulteth  sooth- 
sayers, or observeth dreams  and  omens:  neither  let 
there  be  any  wizard, 

11  Nor  charmer,  nor  any  one  that  consulteth  pv- 
thonic  spirits,  or  fortune-tellers,  or  that  scekcth  the 
truth  from  the  dead. 

12  lor  the  Lord  abhorreth  all  these  things:  and 
for  these  abominations  he  will  destroy  them  at  thy 
coming. 

13  Thou  shalt  be  perfect,  and  without  spot  l>efore 
tin    Lord  thy  God. 

14  These  nations,  whose  land  thou  shalt  |>ossess, 
hearken  to  soothsayers  and  dhincrs:  but  thou  art 
otherwise  instructed  bv  the  Lord  thy  God. 

15  The  Lord  thy  God  will  raise  up  to  thee  a 
prophet  of  thy  nation  and  of  thy  brethren  like 
unto  me:  him  thou  shalt  hear: 

16  As  thou  desin  dst  of  the  Lord  thy  God  in 
Horeb,  when  the  assembly  was  gathered  tost  liter, 
and  saidst :  Let  me  not  hear  any  more  the  voire  of 
the  Lord  m\  G(mI,  neither  let  me  see  any  more  this 
exceeding  great  lire,  lest  I  die. 

17  Ami  the  Lord  said  tome:  They  have  spoken 
all  thins*  well. 

IN  I  will  raise  them  up  a  prophet  out  of  the  mitbt 
of  their  brethren  like  to  thee:  and  I  will  put  mv 
words  in  his  mouth, and  he  shall  speak  all  that  I  shall 
command  him. 

19  And  he  that  will  not  hear  his  words,  n  Inch  he 
shall  sixak  in  my  name,  I  will  Ik-  the  revenger. 

20  Hut  the  prophet  who  being  corrupted  with 


•Im.iiIiI  not  err  tWrnn  I  ami  min-ly  be  baa  Dot  dooe  ! 
guides  of  the  .New  Testament. 


(or  lite  cbarr.b- 


CHAP.  XIX,  XX. 


The  cities  of  refuge. 


pride,  shall  speak  in  my  name  things  that  I  did  not 
command  him  to  say,  or  in  the  name  of  strange  gods, 
shall  he  slain. 

21  And  if  in  silent  thought  thou  answer:  How 
shall  I  know  the  word  that  the  Lord  hath  not 
spoken  ? 

22  Thou  shalt  have  this  sign:  Whatsoever  that 
same  .prophet  foretelleth  in  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
and  it  cometh  not  to  pass,  that  thing  the  Lord  hath 
not  s|H)kcii ;  hut  the  prophet  hath  forged  it  by  the 

[>ride  of  his  mind  :  and  therefore  thou  shalt  not  fear 
lim. 

CHAP.  XIX. 

Wilful  murder,  and  false  witnesses  must 
be  punislied. 

WHEN  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  destroyed  the 
nations,  whose  land  he  will  deliver  to  thee,and 
thou  shalt  possess  it,  and  shall  dwell  in  the  cities 
and  houses  thereof: 

2  Thou  shalt  separate  to  thee  three  cities  in  the 
midst  of  the  land,  which  the  Lord  will  give  thee  in 
possession, 

3  Pavingdiligentlythe  way:  and  thou  shalt  divide 
the  whole  province  of  thy  land  equally  into  three 
parts;  thathe  who  is  forced  to  flee  for  man  slaughter, 
may  have  near  at  hand  whither  to  escape. 

4  This  shall  he  the  law  of  the  slayer  that  fleeth, 
whose  life  is  to  be  saved :  He  that  killeth  his  neigh- 
bour ignorantly,  and  who  is  proved  to  have  had  no 
hatred  against  him  yesterday  and  the  day  before: 

5  But  to  have  gone  with  him  to  the  wood  to  hew 
Wood,  and  in  cutting  down  the  tree  the  axe  slipped 
out  of  his  hand,  and  the  iron  slipping  from  the  handle 
struck  his  friend,  and  killed  him;  he  shall  flee  to  one 
of  the  cities  aforesaid,  and  live: 

6  Lest  perhaps  the  next  kinsman  of  him  whose 
blood  was  shed,  pushed  on  by  his  grief  should  pursue, 
and  apprehend  him,  if  the  way  be  too  long,  and  take 
away  the  life  of  him  who  is  not  guilty  of  death,  be- 
cause he  is  proved  to  have  had  no  hatred  before 
igainst  him  that  was  slain. 

7  Therefore  I  command  thee,  that  thou  separate 
three  cities  at  equal  distance  one  from  another. 

8  And  when  the  Lord  thv  God  shall  have  enlarged 
thy  borders, as  he  swore  to  thy  fathers,  and  shall  give 
thee  all  the  land  that  he  promised  them, 

9  (Yet  so,  if  thou  keep  his  commandments,  and 
do  the  thintrs  which  1  command  thee  this  day,  that 
thou  love  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  walk  in  his  ways 
at  all  times)  thou  shalt  add  to  the  other  three  cities, 
and  shalt  double  the  number  of  the  three  cities  afore- 
said : 

10  That  innocent  blood  may  not  be  shed  in  the 
midst  of  the  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God  will  give 
thee  to  uossess,  lest  thou  be  guilty  of  blood. 

11  But  if  any  man  hating  his  neighbour  lie  in 
wait  for  his  life,  and  rise  and  strike  him.  and  he  die, 
and  he  flee  to  one  of  the  cities  aforesaid, 

12  The  ancients  of  his  city  shall  send,  and  take 
him  out  of  the  place  of  refuge,  and  shall  deliver  him 
into  the  hand  of  the  kinsman  of  him  whose  blood 
was  shed;  and  he  shall  die. 


13  Thou  shalt  not  pity  him;  and  thou  shalt  take 
away  the  guilt  of  innocent  blood  out  of  Israel,  that 
it  may  be  well  with  thee. 

14  Thou  shalt  not  take  nor  remove  thy  neighbour's 
landmark,  which  thy  predecessors  have  set  in  thv  pos- 
session, which  the  Lord  thy  God  will  give  thee  in  the 
land  that  thou  shalt  receive  to  possess. 

15  One  witness  shall  not  rise  up  against  any  man, 
whatsoever  the  sin  or  wickedness  be;  but  in  the 
mouth  of  two  or  three  witnesses  every  word  shall 
stand. 

16  If  a  lying  witness  stand  against  a  man,  accu- 
sing him  of  transgression, 

1 7  Both  of  them,  between  whom  the  controversy 
is,  shall  stand  before  the  Lord  in  the  sight  of  the 
priests  and  the  judges  that  shall  be  in  those  days. 

18  And  when  after  most  diligent  inquisition,  they 
shall  find  that  the  false  witness  hath  told  a  lie  against 
his  brother: 

19  They  shall  render  to  him  as  he  meant  to  do 
to  his  brother:  and  thou  shalt  take  away  the  evil 
out  of  the  midst  of  thee  : 

20  That  others  hearing  may  fear,  and  may  not 
dare  to  do  such  things. 

21  Thou  shalt  not  pity  him;  but  shalt  require 
life  for  life,  eye  for  eye,  tooth  for  tooth,  hand  for 
hand,  foot  for  foot. 

CHAP.  XX. 

Laws  relating  to  war. 

TF  thou  go  out  to  war  against  thy  enemies,  and  see 
-*-  horsemen  and  chariots,  and  the  numbers  of  the 
enemy's  army  greater  than  thine,  thou  shalt  not  fear 
them;  because  the  Lord  thy  God  is  with  thee,  who 
brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

2  And  when  the  battle  is  now  at  hand,  the  priest 
shall  stand  before  the  army,  and  shall  speak  to  the 
people  in  this  manner: 

3  Hear,  O  Israel,  you  join  battle  this  day  against 
your  enemies;  let  not  your  heart  be  dismayed,  be 
not  afraid,  do  not  give  back,  fear  ye  them  not: 

4  Because  the  Lord  your  God  is  in  the  midst  of 
you  and  will  fight  for  you  against  your  enemies,  to 
deliver  you  from  danger. 

5  And  the  captains  shall  proclaim  through  every 
band  in  the  hearing  of  the  army :  What  man  is  there, 
that  hath  built  a  new  house,  and  hath  not  dedicated 
it  ?  Jet  him  go,  and  return  to  his  house,  lest  he  die 
in  the  battle,  and  another  man  dedicate  it. 

6  What  man  is  there,  that  hath  planted  a  vine- 
yard, and  hath  not  as  yet  made  it  to  be  common, 
whereof  all  men  may  eat?  let  him  go,  and  return 
to  his  house :  lest  he  die  in  the  battle,  and  another 
man  execute  his  office. 

7  What  man  is  there,  that  hath  espoused  a  wife, 
and  not  taken  her?  let  him  go,  and  return  to  his 
house:  lest  he  die  in  the  war,  and  another  man  take 
her. 

8  After  these  things  are  declared,  they  shall  add 
the  rest,  and  shall  speak  to  the  people:  What  man 
is  rliH-e  that  is  fearful,  and  faint-hearted?  let  him  go, 
and  return  tohis  house,  lest  he  make  the  hearts  of  his 
brethren  to  fear,  as  he  himself  is  possessed  with  fear 

155 


DEUTERONOMY. 


9  Anil  when  the  captains  of  tin-  anm  shall  bold 
their  |>eac(\  ami  have  made  an  end  of  speaking, 
every  man  shall  prepare  tbeir  bands  to  fight. 

10  If  at  any  time  thou  DOOM  to  fight  against  a 
city,  thou  shall  first  offer  it  peace. 

1 1  If  thfv  receive  if,  ami  open  the  gates  to  thee, 
all  the  people  that  arc  therein,  shall  Ik*  saved,  and 
shall  serve  thee  paving  tribute. 

1J  hut  if  tlnv  will  not  make  peace, and  shall 
begin  war  against  thee,  thou  shall  besiege  it. 

13  And  when  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  deliver  it 
into  thy  hands,  thou  shalt  slay  all  that  are  therein 
of  the  male  sex,  with  the  edge  of  the  sword, 

14  Excepting  women  and  children,  cattle  and 
other  things,  that  are  in  the  city.  And  thou  shalt 
divide  all  the  prey  to  the  army  :  and  thou  shalt  eat 
the  s|»oils  of  thy  enemies,  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
shall  give  thee. 

15  So  shalt  thou  do  to  all  cities  that  are  at  a 
prcat  distance  from  thee,  and  are  not  of  these  cities 
which  thou  shalt  receive  in  possession. 

Hi  But  of  those  cities  that  shall  be  given  thee, 
thou  shalt  suffer  noiM*  at  all  to  live: 

17  But  shall  kill  them  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword,  to  wit,  the  Hethite,  and  the  Amorrhite,  and 
the  Chanaanite,  the  Phcrezite,  and  the  Hevite,  and 
the  Jebusite,  as  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  commanded 
thee: 

18  Lest  they  teach  you  to  do  all  the  abominations 
which  they  have  done  to  their  gods:  and  you  should 
sin  against  the  Lord  your  God. 

19  When  thou  hast  besieged  a  city  a  long  time, 
and  hath  compassed  it  with  bulwarks  to  take  it, 
thou  shalt  not  cut  down  the  trees  that  may  be  eaten 
of,  neither  shalt  thou  spoil  the  country  round  about 
with  axes:  for  it  is  a  tree,  and  not  a  man,  neither 
can  it  increase  the  number  of  them  that  figtM 
against  thee. 

20  But  if  there  be  any  trees  that  are  not  fruitful, 
but  wild,  and  fit  for  other  uses,  cut  them  down,  and 
make  engines,  until  thou  take  the  city,  which  fight- 
eth  against  tliee. 

CHAP.  XXI. 

The  expiation  of  a  secret  murder.  The  marrying  a  rapt  ire. 
The  eldett  ton  must  wit  hr  deprived  of  hit  birthright  for  hti- 
trrd  of  his  mother.  A  ttubhorn  son  it  to  be  ttoned  to  death. 
When  one  it  hanged  on  a  gibbet,  he  mutt  be  taken  dmrn  the 
I  day,  and  buried. 


WHEN  there  shall  l>e  found  in  the  land,  which 
the  Lord  thy  God  will  give  thee,  the  corpse 
of  a  man  slain,  and  it  is  not  known  who  is  guilt} 
of  the  murder. 

2  Thv  ancient]  and  judges  shall  go  out,  and 
shall  measure  from  the  place  where  the  lxtdv  lieth, 
the  distance  of  every  city  round  al>out : 

3  Ami  the  ancients  ol  that  city  which  they  shall 

twrceive  to  be  nearer  than  the  rest,  shall  take  a 
leifer  of  the  herd,  that  hath  not  drawn  in  the  yoke, 
nor  ploughed  the  ground. 

4  And  they  shall  bring  Iht  into  a  rough  and  stony 
valley,  that  never  was  ploughed,  nor  sown:  and 
there  they  shall  strike  oil"  the  head  of  the  heifer. 

5  And  the  priests  the  sons  of  Levi  wliall  conic, 


whom  the  Lord  thy  find  hath  chosen  fo  minister  t* 
him,  and  to  bless  in  his  name ;  and  that  by  tbeii 
word  every  matter  tk<mtd  br  dnitlt  d.  and  wh.itso- 
.  in  is  clean  or  unclean  should  be  judged. 

b'  And  the  ancients  of  that  tit \  shall  come  to  the 
person  slain,  and  shall  wash  their  hands  over  the 
beifer  that  was  killed  in  the  valli  f. 

7  And  shall  say:  Our  bauds  did  not  shed  this 
blood,  nor  did  our  eves  see  it. 

b*  Be  merciful  to  thy  peonle  Israel,  whom  thou 
hast  redeemed,  O  Lord,  and  lay  not  innocent  blood 
lo  their  charge  in  the  midst  of  thy  people  Israel. 
And  the  guilt  of  blood  shall  l>e  taken  from  them: 

9  And  thou  shalt  be  free  from  the  innocent's 
blixnl,  that  was  shed,  when  thou  shalt  have  done 
what  the  Lord  hath  commanded  thee. 

10  If  thou  go  out  to  fight  against  thy  enemies, 
and  the  Lord  thy  God  deliver  them  into  thy  hand, 
and  thou  lead  them  away  captives, 

11  And  seest  in  the  BttSabtf  of  the  captives  a 
beautiful  woman,  and  Invest  her,  and  wilt  have  her 
to  wife, 

12  Thou  shalt  bring  her  into  thy  house  :  and  she 
shall  shave  her  hair,  and  pare  her  nails, 

13  And  shall  put  oil"  the  raiment,  wherein  she 
was  taken;  and  shall  remain  in  thy  house,  sad 
mourn  for  her  fatheraud  mother  one  month :  and  alter 
that  thou  shalt  go  in  unto  her,  and  shalt  sleep  with 
her,  and  she  shall  be  thy  wife. 

14  But  if  afterwards  she  please  thee  not,  thou 
shalt  let  her  go  free;  but  thou  mays!  not  sell  her 
for  money,  nor  oppress  her  by  might:  l>ecause  thou 
hast  humbled  her. 

16  If  a  man  have  two  wives,  one  beloved,  and 
the  other  hated,  and  they  have  had  children  by  him, 
and  the  son  of  the  hated  l>c  the  lirst-lxirn, 

16  And  he  ineaueth  to  divide  his  substance 
among  his  sons:  he  may  not  make  the  son  of  the 
beloved  the  first-born,  and  prefer  him  before  the  sou 
of  the  hated. 

17  But  he  shall  acknowledge  the  son  of  the  hated 
for  the  first-born,  and  shall  give  him  a  double  por- 
tion of  all  be  hath:  for  this  is  the  first  of  his  chil- 
dren, and  to  him  are  due  the  first  birthrights. 

18  It  a  man  have  a  stubborn  and  unruly  son, 
who  will  not  hear  the  commandments  ()f  his  father 
or  mother,  and  l>eing  corrected,  slighteth  obedience : 

19  They  shall  take  him,  and  bring  him  to  the 
ancient!  of  bis  city,  and  to  the  gate  ol  judgment, 

20  And  shall  say  to  them:  This  our  son  is  rebel* 
lions  and  stubborn  ;  he  slightcth  hearing  our  admo- 
nitions; he  giveth  himself  to  revelling,  and  to  de- 
bauchery and  hanquctings: 

21  The  people  of  the  city  shall  stone  him:  and 
he  shall  die,  that  you  ma\  take  awav  the  evil  out 
of  the  midst  of  >ou,  and  all  Israel  hearing  it  may 
be  .ill aid. 

22  When  a  man  hath  committed  a  crime  foi 
which  be  is  to  lie  punished  with  death,  and  being 
condemned  to  die  is  banged  on  a  gibbet: 

23  His  body  shall  not  remain  U|k>ii  the  tree,  but 
shall  be  buried  the  same  day  :  for  he  is  accursed  ol 
God  that  haugeth  on  a  tree  :  ami  thou  shalt  uot  de- 


CHAP.  XXII,  XXIII. 


file  thy  land,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  give  thee 
iti  possession. 

CHAP.  XXII. 

Humanity  towards  neighbours.  Neither  sex  may  use  the  ap- 
parel  of  the  other.  Cruelty  to  be  avoided  even  to  birds.  Bat- 
tlements about  the  roof  of  a  house.  Things  of  divers  kinds 
not  to  be.  mixed.  The  punishment  of  him  that  slandereth  his 
wife,  as  also  of  adultery  and  rape. 

1MIOU  shak  not  pass  by  if  thou  seest  thy  bro- 
ther's ox,  or  his  sheep  go  astray :  but  thou  shalt 
bring  them  back  to  thy  brother. 

2  And  if  thy  brother  be  not  nigh,  or  thou  know 
him  not;  thou  shalt  bring  them  to  thy  house,  and 
thev  shall  be  with  thee  until  thy  brother  seek  them, 
ana  receive  them. 

3  Thou  shalt  do  in  like  manner  with  his  ass,  and 
with  his  raiment,  and  with  every  thing  that  is  thy 
brother's,  which  is  lost :  if  thou  find  it,  neglect  it 
not  as  pertaining  to  another. 

4  If  thou  see  thy  brother's  ass  or  his  ox  to  be 
fallen  down  in  the  way,  thou  shalt  not  slight  it,  but 
shall  lift  it  up  with  him. 

5  A  woman  shall  not  be  clothed  with  man's  ap- 
parel ;  neither  shall  a  man  use  woman's  apparel  : 
for  he  that  doeth  these  things  is  abominable  before 
God. 

6  If  thou  find,  as  thou  walkest  by  the  way,  a 
bird's  nest  in  a  tree,  or  on  the  ground,  and  the  dam 
sitting  upon  the  young  or  upon  the  eggs:  thou  shalt 
not  take*  her  with  her  young  : 

7  But  shalt  let  her  go,  keeping  the  young  which 
thou  hast  caught:  that  it  may  be  well  with  thee, 
and  thou  mayst  live  a  long  time. 

8  When  thou  buildest  a  new  house,  thou  shalt 
make  a  baltlementf  to  the  roof  round  about :  lest 
blood  be  shed  in  thy  house,  and  thou  be  guilty,  if 
any  one  slip,  and  fall  down  headlong. 

9  Thou  shalt  not  sow  thy  vineyard  with  divers 
seeds:  lest  both  the  seed  which  thou  hast  sown, 
and  the  fruit  of  the  vineyard,  be  sanctified  together. 

10  Thou  shalt  not  plough  with  an  ox  and  an  ass 
together. 

1 1  Thou  shalt  not  wear  a  garment  that  is  woven 
of  woollen  and  linen  together- 

12  Thou  shalt  make  strings  in  the  hem  at  the 
four  corners  of  thy  cloak,  wherewith  thou  shalt  be 
covered. 

13  If  a  man  marry  a  wife,  and  afterwards  hate 
her, 

14  And  seek  occasions  to  put  her  away,  laying 
to  her  charge  a  very  ill  name,  and  say:  I  took  this 
woman  to  wife,  and  going  in  to  her,  I  found  her  not 
a  virgin : 

15  Her  father  and  mother  shall  take  her,  and 
shall  bring  with  them  the  tokens  of  her  virginity  to 
the  ancients  of  the  city  that  are  in  the  gate: 

16  And  the  father  shall  say:  I  gave  my  daughter 
unto  this  man  to  wife:  and  because  he  hateth  her, 


*  Thou  shalt  not  take,  !fc.  This  was  to  show  thorn  to  exercise  a  cer- 
tain mercy  even  to  irrational  creatures;  and  by  that  means  to  train 
them  up  to  a  horror  of  cruelty,  and  to  the  exercise  of  humanity  and 
mutual  charity  one  to  another. 

f  Bntllcment.  This  precaution  was  necessary,  because  all  their 
houses  had  flat  tops  ;  and  it  was  usual  to  walk  and  to  converse  toge- 
ther upon  tin  m 


17  He  layeth  to  her  charge  a  very  ill  name,  iA 
as  to  say:  1  found  not  thy  daughter  a  virgin:  and  be 
hold,   these  are  the  tokens  of  my  daughter's  vir- 
ginity.    And  they  shall  spread  the  cloth  before  the 
ancients  of  the  city  : 

1 8  And  the  ancients  of  that  city  shall  take  that 
man,  and  beat  him, 

19  Condemning  him  besides  in  a  hundred  siclea 
of  silver,  which  he  shall  give  to  the  damsel's  fatht  r, 
because  he  hath  defamed  by  a  very  ill  name  a  virgin 
of  Israel:  and  he  shall  have  her  to  wife,  and  may 
not  put  her  away  all  the  days  of  his  life. 

20  But  if  what  he  chargelh  her  with  be  true,  and 
virginity  be  not  found  in  the  damsel: 

21  1  hey  shall  cast  her  out  of  the  doors  of  her  fa- 
ther's house;  and  the  men  of  the  city  shall  stone 
her  to  death;  and  she  shall  die:  because  she  hath 
done  a  wicked  thing  in  Israel,  to  play  the  whore  in 
her  father's  house:  and  thou  shalt  take  away  the 
evil  out  of  the  midst  of  thee. 

22  If  a  man  lie  with  another  man's  wife,  they 
shall  both  die,  that  is  to  say,  the  adulterer  and  the 
adulteress:  and  thou  shak  take  away  the  evil  out 
of  Israel. 

23  If  a  man  have  espoused  a  damsel  that  is  a 
virgin,  and  some  one  find  her  in  the  city,  and  lie 
wilh  her, 

24  Thou  slialt  bring  them  both  out  to  the  gate  oi 
that  city,  and  they  shall  be  stoned:  the  damsel,  be- 
cause she  cried  not  out,  being  in  the  city:  the  man, 
because  he  hath  humbled  his  neighbour's  wife. 
And  thou  shak  take  away  the  evil  lrom  the  midst 
of  thee. 

25  But  if  a  man  find  a  damsel  that  is  betrothed, 
in  the  field,  and  taking  hold  of  her,  lie  with  her,  he 
alone  shall  die: 

26  The  damsel  shall  suffer  nothing;  neither  is 
she  guilty  of  death:  for  as  a  robber  riseth  against 
his  brother,  and  takcth  away  his  life,  so  also  did 
the  damsel  suffer: 

27  She  was  alone  in  the  field:  she  cried,  and 
there  was  no  man  to  help  her. 

28  If  a  man  find  a  damsel  that  is  a  virgin,  who 
is  not  espoused,  and  taking  her  lie  with  her,  and 
the  matter  come  to  judgment : 

29  He  that  lay  with  her,  shall  give  to  the  father 
of  the  maid  fifty  sides  of  silver,  and  shall  have  her 
to  wife,  because  he  hath  humbled  her:  he  may  not 
put  her  away  all  the  days  of  his  life. 

30  No  man  shall  take  his  father's  wife,  nor  re- 
move his  covering. 

CHAP.  XXIII. 

Who  may  and  who  may  not  enter  into  the  church  :  undeannrsi 
to  be  avoided :  other  precepts  concerning  fugitives,  fornica- 
tion, usury,  vows,  and  eating  other  men's  grapes  and  corn. 

AN  eunuch, %  whose  testicles  are  broken  or  cut 
away,  or  yard  cut  off,  shall  not  enter  into  the 
church§  of  the  Lord. 


\  Eunuch.  By  these  are  meant,  in  the  spiritual  sense,  such  as  are 
barren  in  good  works. 

t  Into  the  church.  That  is,  into  the  assembly  or  congregation  of  Is- 
rael, so  as  to  have  the  privilege  of  an  Israelite,  or  to  be  capable  of 
any  place  or  office  among  the  people  of  God, 


157 


!  \  mamzer.  that  is  to  say,  one  bom  of  a  pros- 
titute, shall  not  enter  into  the  church  of  the  Loid. 
until  the  tenth  generation. 

.<  The  Ammonite,  and  the  Moahite  e\<  n  alter 
the  tenth  generation  shall  not  enter  into  the  church 
of  the  Lord  for  ever: 

4  Because  they  would  not  meet  you  with  liread 
and  water  in  the  waj .  w  hen  pisj  came  out  of  Lgvpt : 
and  because  tins  hind  against  thee  Balaam,  the 
vm  of  Boor,  frouiMeso|iotaniia  in  Syria,  to  curse 
thee: 

5  And  the  Lord  thy  God  would  not  hear  Ba- 
laam; and  he  turned  his  cursing  into  thy  blessing, 
because  he  loved  thee. 

»>  Thou  shall  not  make  peace  with  them;  neither 
shall  thou  seek  their  prosperity  all  the  da\s  ol  thy 
lite  tor  ever. 

7  Thou  shalt  not  abhor  the  Kdomite,  because 
he  is  thy  brother:  nor  the  Kgvptian,  because  thou 
\\  i-t  ,i  stranger  in  his  land. 

8  They  that  are  bora  of  them,  in  the  third  ge- 
neration shall  enter  into  the  church  of  the  Lord. 

9  When  thou  goest  out  to  war  against  thy  ene- 
mies, thou  shalt  keep  thyself  from  every  evil  thins: 

It)  If  there  he  among  you  any  man,  that  is  de- 
filed in  a  dream  by  night,  he  shall  go  forth  out  of 
the  camp. 

1 1  Ann  shall  not  return  l>efore  he  Ik;  u  ashed  w  ith 
water  in  the  evening:  and  after  sun-set  he  shall  re- 
turn into  the  camp. 

12  Thou  shalt  have  a  place  without  the  camp, 
to  which  thou  mays!  go  tor  the  necessities  of  nature. 

1.)  (  aming  a  paddle  at  thy  girdle.  And  when 
thou  s'utest  down,  thou  shalt  dig  round  about,  and 
with  the  earth  that  is  dug  up  thou  shall  cover 

14  That  which  thou  art  eased  of:  (for  the  Lord 
thy  (iod  walketh  in  the  midst  of  thy  camp  to  de- 
liver thee,  and  to  give  up  thy  enemies  to  thee  :)  and 
let  thy  camp  In-  holy,  and  let  no  uncleanness*  ap- 
|>ear  then-in,  lest  In-  go  aw  ay  from  thee. 

15  Thou  shalt  not  deliver  to  his  master  the  ser- 
vant that  is  fled  to  line. 

16  He  shall  dwell  with  thee,  in  the  place  that 
shall  please  him,  and  shall  rest  in  one  of  thy  cities: 
give  him  no  trouhle. 

17  There  shall  he  no  whore  among  the  daugh- 
ters of  Israel,  nor  whoremonger  among  the  sons  of 
Israel. 

1H  Thou  shalt  not  offer  the  hiie  of  a  strumpet. 
nor  the  price  of  a  dog,  in  the  house  of  the  Lord 
thv  God.  whatsoever  it  lie  thai  thou  hast  vowed: 
l><  cause  both  these  are  an  abomination  to  the  Lord 
tin  ( iod. 

19  Thou  shah  not  lend  to  thy  brother  money  to 
usury,  nor  corn,  nor  any  other  thing: 

Jf>  Hut  to  the  stranger. t  To  thy  brother  thou 
shalt  lend  that  which  he  wanted),  without  USUTl  : 
that    the  Lord  thy    (iod  may    bless    thee  in   all    tin 


DEUTERONOMY. 

works,  ni  the  land  which  thou  shalt  go  in  to  jkiv 


*  .Vo  mtitmnnt.  This  caution  »e-.m*t  tuflrrinjr  any  filih  in  the 
c»m|>.  >u  to  Inch  theni  to  fly  the  fillli  <»f  tin,  which  iliirctli  God 
awpv  fmm  the  Mat 

♦  To  tkt  tlr, urrr.  Thin  »ra.»  a  <li»"<  n»»li<>M  irraniitl  hi  God  10  Im 
people,  who  being  the  I.nnl  ol    .11  ihinirv  ran   give  a  right    and  title 

ISO 


-ess. 


Jl  When  thou  hast  made  a  vow  to  the  Lord  thy 
(iod,  thou  shall  not  delay  to  pay  it:  because  the 
Lord  tin  dod  will  require  it.  And  if  thou  delay,  it 
shall  he  imputed  to  thee  for  a  sin. 

22  If  thou  wilt  not  promise,  thou  shalt  be  with- 
out sin. 

J.;  Hut  that  which  is  once  gone  out  of  thy  lips, 
thou  shalt  observe,  and  shalt  do  as  thou  hast  pro- 
mised to  the  Lord  tin  (iod,  and  hast  spoken  with 
tin  own  will  and  with  thy  own  mouth. 

24  Going  into  thy  neighbour's  vineyard,  thou 
ma\st  tat  as  main  grapes  as  thou  plcasest :  but  must 
earn  none  out  w  ith  thee: 

-'."»  If  thou  go  into  thy  friend's  corn,  thou  mayst 
break  the  ears,  and  rub  them  in  thy  hand;  but  not 
reap  them  with  a  sickle. 

CHAP.  XXIV. 

Divorce  permitted,  to  avoid  greater  evil:  the  newly-married 
iiiiikI  Bat  fO  to  WOT  :  of  mrn-stralcrs,  of  leprosy,  (f  pledges,  of 
labourers'  hire,  of  justice,  and  of  charity  to  the  poor. 

FF  a  man  take  a  wife,  and  have  her,  ami  she  find 
■*•  not  favour  in  his  eyes  for  some  uncleanness:  he 
shall  write  a  bill  of -divorce,  and  shall  give  it  in  her 
hand,  and  send  her  out  of  his  house. 

2  And  when  she  is  departed,  and  marrielh  another 
husband, 

3  And  he  also  hateth  her,  and  hath  given  her  a 
bill  of  divorce,  and  hath  sent  her  out  of  his  house, 
or  is  dead: 

4  The  former  husband  cannot  take  her  again  to 
wife:  because  she  is  defiled,  and  is  become  alx>- 
minalile  before  the  Lord:  lest  thou  cause  thy  land 
to  sin,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  give  thee  to 
possess. 

5  When  B  man  hath  lately  taken  a  wife,  he  shall 
not  go  out  to  war;  neither  shall  any  public  business 
be  enjoined  him  :  but  he  shall  be  free  at  home  without 
fault,  that  for  one  year  he  may  rejoice  with  his  wife. 

ti  Thou  shalt  not  take  the  nether  nor  the  upper 
mill-stone  to  pledge:  for  he  hath  pledged  his  life  to 
thee. 

7  If  any  man  be  found  soliciting  his  brother  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  selling  him  shall  take  a  price, 
he  shall  Im-  put  to  death,  and  thou  shall  take  awa\ 
the  evil  from  ihe  midst  ol'  thee. 

8  Observe  diligently  thai  tliou  incur  not  the  stroke 

of  the  leprosy,  UUt  thou  shall  do  whatsoever  the 
priests  of  the  Leviiical  race  shall  teach  thee,  accord- 
ing tt>  what  I  have  commanded  them,  and  fulfil 
thou  it  carefully. 

9  Remember  what   the  Lord  your  God  did  to 

MarT,  in  the  way  when  \ou  came  out  of  I'.gvpt. 

10  When  thou  shalt  demand  of  thy  neighbour  any 
thing  thai  he  oweth  thee,  thou  shalt  not  go  into  his 
hiiiise  to  take  awa\  a  pledge: 


to  one  «pi>n  tlie  goodi  o(  another.     Otherwi*  Inn    !>    r» 

•    in  ilrtnn*  usiiri . :i-  enntrarj  lothetawi 
-..    IiH    U  I    ol    KSV.36    37.    *  r,4i    v.  7.    fiah 

I     I  m*.   \».u   U,  13, 


CHAP.  XXV,  XXVI. 

1 1    But  thou  shalt  stann   without,  and   he   shall 

B  shall  not  lodge 


bring  our  to  ihee  what  he  hatli 

12  But  if  he  he  |>oor,  the  uleds 
with  thee  that  night, 

13  But  thou  shalt  restore  it  to  him  presently  he- 
fore  the  going  down  of  the  sun:  that  he  may  sleep 
in  his  own  raiment,  and  bless  thee,  and  thou  mayst 
have  justice  before  the  Lord  thy  God. 

14  Thou  shalt  not  refuse  the  hire  of  the  needy, 
and  the  poor,  whether  he  be  thy  brother,  or  a  stran- 
ger that  dwelleth  with  thee  in  the  land,  and  is  with- 
in thy  gates: 

15  But  thou  shalt  pay  him  the  price  of  his  labour 
the  same  day,  before  the  going  down  of  the  sun,  be- 
cause lie  is  poor,  and  with  it  maintained!  his  life: 
lest  he  cry  against  thee  to  the  Lord,  and  it  be  re- 
puted to  thee  for  a  sin. 

16  The  fathers  shall  not  be  put  to  death  for  the 
children,  nor  the  children  for  the  fathers,  but  every 
one  shall  die  for  his  own  sin. 

17  Thou  shalt  not  pervert  the  judgment  of  the 
stranger  nor  of  the  fatherless:  neither  shalt  thou  take 


awav  the  widow's  raiment  for  a 


pledge. 


18  Remember  that  thou  wast  a  slave  in  Egypt, 
and  the  Lord  thy  God  delivered  thee  from  thence. 
Therefore  1  command  thee  to  do  this  thing. 

19  When  thou  hast  reaped  the  corn  in  thy  field, 
and  hast  forgot  and  left  a  sheaf,  thou  shalt  not  re- 
turn to  take  it  away:  but  thou  shalt  sulfer  the  stran- 
ger, and  the  fatherless  and  the  widow  to  take  it 
away:  that  the  Lord  thy  God  may  bless  thee  in  all 
the  works  of  thy  hands. 

20  If  thou  have  gathered  the  fruit  of  thy  olive- 
trees,  thou  shalt  not  return  to  gather  whatsoever  re- 
niaineth  on  the  trees:  but  shall  leave  it  for  the  stran- 
ger, for  the  fatherless,  and  the  widow. 

21  If  thou  make  the  mintage  of  thy  vineyard, 
thou  shalt  not  gather  the  clusters  that  remain:  but 
they  shall  be  for  the  stranger,  the  fatherless,  and 
the  widow. 

22  Remember  that  thou  also  wast  a  bond-man  in 
Egypt,  and  therefore  I  command  thee  todothis  thing. 

CHAP.  XXV. 

Strip™  must  not  exceed  forty.  The  ox  is  not  to  be  muzzled.  Of 
raising  seed  to  the.  brother.  Of  the  immodest  woman.  Of  unjust 
wight.  Of  destroying  the  Amalecitrs. 

IF  there  be  a  controversy  between  men,  and  they 
call  upon  the  judges;  they  shall  give  the  prize 
of  justice  to  him  whom  they  perceive  to  he  just: 
and  him  whom  they  find  to  be  wicked,  they  shall 
condemn  of  wickedness. 

2  And  if  they  see  that  the  offender  be  worthy  of 
stripes;  they  shall  lay  him  down,  and  shall  cause 
him  to  be  beaten  before  them.  According  to  the 
measure  of  the  sin  shall  the  measure  also  of  the 
stripes  be : 

3  Yet  so,  that  they  exceed  not  the  number  of  forty: 
lest  thy  brother  depart  shamefully  torn  before  thy  eyes. 

*  Jfot  muzzle,  fyc.  St.  Paul  understands  this  of  the  spiritual  labourer 
in  the  church  of  God,  who  is  not  to  he  denied  his  maintenance.  1 
t  or.  ix.  ft,  9,  10. 

t  .tmalec.  This  order  for  destroying  the  Amaleeites,  in  the  nivsti- 
cal  sense,  sheweth  how  hateful  they  are  to  God,  and  what  punishments 


4  Thou  shalt  not  muzzle*  the  ox  that  treadeth 
out  thv  corn  on  the  floor. 

6  When  brethren  dwell  together,  and  one  of  them 
dieth  without  children,  the  wife  of  the  deceased 
shall  not  marry  to  another:  but  his  brother  shall  take 
her,  and  raise  up  seed  for  his  brother: 

6  And  the  first  son  he  shall  have  of  her  he  shall 
call  by  his  name,  that  his  name  be  not  abolished 
out  of  Israel. 

7  But  if  he  will  not  take  his  brother's  wife,  w  ho 
by  law  belongeth  to  him,  the  woman  shall  go  to  the 
gate  of  the  city,  and  call  upon  the  ancients  and  say: 
iVly  husband's  brother  refuseth  to  raise  up  his  bro- 
ther's name  in  Israel  and  will  not  take  me  to  wife. 

8  And  they  shall  cause  him  to  he  sent  for  forth- 
with, and  shall  ask  him.  If  he  answer:  I  will  not 
take  her  to  wife: 

9  The  woman  shall  come  to  him  before  the  an- 
cients, and  shall  take  off  his  shoe  from  his  foot,  and 
spit  in  his  face,  and  say:  So  shall  it  he  done  to  the 
man  that  will  not  buildup  his  brothers  house: 

10  And  his  name  shall  be  called  in  Israel,  The 
house  of  the  unshod. 

11  If  two  men  have  words  together,  and  one  be- 
gin to  fight  against  the  other,  and  the  other's  wife 
willing  to  deliver  her  husband  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  stronger,  shall  put  forth  her  hand,  and  take  him 
by  the  secrets: 

12  Thou  shalt  cut  offherhand;  neither  shalt  thou 
be  moved  with  any  pity  in  her  regard. 

13  Thou  shalt  not  have  diverse  weights  in  thy 
bag,  a  greater  and  a  less: 

14  Neither  shall  there  be  in  thy  house  a  greater 
bushel  and  a  less. 

15  Thou  shalt  have  a  just  and  a  true  weight;  and 
thy  bushel  shall  be  equal  and  true:  that  thou  mayst 
live  a  long  time  upon  the  land  which  the  Lord  thy 
God  shall  give  thee. 

16  For  the  Lord  thy  God  abhorreth  him  that 
docth  these  things;  and  he  hateth  all  injustice. 

17  Remember  what  Amalecfdid  to  thee  in  the 
way  when  thou  earnest  out  of  Egypt: 

18  How  he  met  thee;  and  slew  the  hindmost  of 
thy  army,  who  sat  down  being  weary,  when  thou 
wast  spent  with  hunger  and  labour;  and  he  feared 
not  God. 

19  Therefore  when  the  Lord  thv  God  shall  give 
thee  rest,  and  shall  have  subdued  all  the  nations 
round  about  in  the  land  which  he  hath  promised  thee; 
thou  shalt  blot  out  his  name  from  under  heaven. 
See  thou  forget  it  not. 

CHAP.  XXVI. 

The  form  of  words  with  which  the  first-fruits  and  tithes  are  to 
be  offered.     Go(Ps  eortnant. 

A  ND  when  thou  art  come  into  the  land  which 
x  *-  the  Lord  thy  God  will  give  thee  to  possess,  and 
hast  conquered  it,  and  dwellest  in  it: 


they  are  to  look  for  from  his  justice,  who  attack  and  discourage  his 
servants  when  they  are  hut  just  come  out,  as  it  were  of  the  Egypt  of 
this  wicked  world,"  and  being  yet  weak  and  faint-hearted,  are  but 
beginning  their  journey  to  the  iand  of  promise. 

•59 


hi  ITLRONOMY. 


2  Thou  shall  take  the  first  of  all  thy  fruits,  ami 
put  them  in  a  basket,  ami  >li;tlt  go  to  tin-  place  w  Inch 
the  I. on!  thv  God  shall  choose,  that  his  name  mav 
he  invocateii  there: 

3  And  thou  shah  go  to  the  priest  that  shall  lie  in 
those  daw.  ami  sivtohiin:  I  profos  this  day  before 
the  Lord  thy  God,  (hat  1  am  come  into  the  land,  for 
which  he  swore  to  our  fathers,  that  he  would  give 
it  us. 

4  And  the  priest  taking  the  hasket  at  thy  hand, 
shall  set  it  hefore  the  altar  of  the  Lord  thy  (iod: 

6  And  thou  shalt  s|>eak  thus  In  the  sight  of  the 
Jjortl  thy  Gad:  The  Syrian*  pursued  my  father, 
who  went  down  into  Egypt,  ami  sojourned  there  in 
a  very  small  number,  and  grew  into  a  nation  great 
and  stron;:,  and  of  an  im'rnile  multitude. 

6  And  the  Egyptians  afflicted  us,  and  pefSa- 
cuted  us,  laving  on  us  most  grievous  burdens: 

;  \ ml  MM  cried  to  the  Lord  God  of  our  fathers: 
who  heard  us,  and  looked  down  upon  our  affliction, 
and  lalnnir,  and  distn  ss; 

8  And  brought  us  out  of  Egypt  with  a  strong 
hand,  and  a  siretched-out  arm,  with  great  terror, 
with  signs  and  wonders: 

'.*  And  brought  us  into  this  place,  and  gave  us 
this  land  flow  iug  w  it Ii  milk  and  honey. 

10  And  therefore  now  I  oiler  the  first-fruits  of 
the  land  which  the  Lord  hath  given  me.  And  thou 
shalt  leave  them  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  thy  God, 
adoring  the  Lord  thy  God. 

11  And  thou  shalt  feast  in  all  the  good  things 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  given  thee,  and  thy 
house,  thou  and  the  Levite,  and  the  stranger  that  is 
with  thee. 

12  When  thou  hast  made  an  end  of  tithing  all  thy 
fruits,  in  the  third  year  of  tithes  thou  shalt  rive  it 
to  the  Levite,  and  to  the  stranger,  and  to  the  father- 
less, and  to  the  widow,  that  they  may  eat  within 
thy  gates,  and  l>e  filled : 

13  And  thou  shalt  speak  thus  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord  thy  God:  I  have  taken  that  which  WM  sanc- 
tified out  of  my  house,  ami  I  have  given  it  to  the 
Levite,  and  to  the  stranger,  and  to  the  fatherless. 
and  to  the  widow,  as  thou  hast  commanded  me:  I 
have  not  transgressed  thy  commandments,  nor  for- 
gotten thy  precepts. 

14  I  have  not  eaten  of  them  in  my  mourning,  nor 
separated  them  for  any  uucleaiiness,  nor  spent 
anything  of  them  in  funerals.  I  have  obeyed  the 
voire  of  the  Lord  n»>  (i<>d,  and  have  done  ail  things 
as  thou  hast  commanded  me. 

15  Look  from  thv  sanctuary,  and  thy  high  habita- 
tion of  heaven,  and  bless  thv  people  Israel,  and  the 
land  which  thou  hast  given  us.  as  thou  didst  swear 
to  our  fathers,  a  land  flowing  with  milk  and 
hones. 

16  This  dav  the  Lord  thv  (iod  hath  commanded 
thee  to  do  these  commandments  and  judgments: 
and  to  keep  and  fulfil  them  with  all  thy  heart,  ami 
with  all  thy  soul. 

17  Thou  has!  chosen  the  Lord  this  daj  to  be  thy 


T\t  Syrian. 


Laban.  See  Cm.  mn 
100 


<  iod,  ami  to  walk  in  his  ways  and  keep  his  ceremo- 
nies, aiid  (incepts,  and  judgments,  and  obey  his 
command. 

Ill  And  the  Lord  hath  chosen  thee  this  day,  to 
hi  his  peculiar  people,  as  he  hath  ■pokes  to  thee, 
and  to  keep  all  his  commandments  : 

19  And  to  make  thee  higher  than  all  nations 
which  he  hath  created,  to  his  own  praise,  and  name, 
and  glory  :  that  thou  mavst  Ik:  a  holy  people  of  the 
Lord  thy  God  as  he  hath  spoken. 

CHAP.  XXVII. 

The  commandments  mtint  be  written  on  stonrt ;  and  an  alt-ir 
erected,  and  sacrifices  offered.  Tke  observers  of  the  com- 
nuindmcnts  are  to  be  blessed,  and  the  transfrrrtsort  cursed. 

AND  Moses  with  the  ancients  of  Israel  com- 
-^*-  maiuled  the  people,  saving:  Keep  every  com- 
mandment that  1  command  you  this  day. 

2  And  when  you  are  passed  over  the  Jordan  into 
the  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God  will  give  thee. 
thou  shalt  set  up  great  stones,  and  shalt  plaster  them 
over  with  plaster, 

3  That  thou  mavst  write  on  them  all  the  words 
of  this  law,  when  thou  art  passed  over  the  Jordan: 
that  thou  mavst  inter  into  the  land  which  the  Lord 
thy  God  will  give  thee,  a  land  flowing  with  milk 
and  honey,  as  he  swore  to  thy  fathers. 

4  Therefore  when  you  are  passu!  over  the  Jor- 
dan, set  up  the  stones  which  I  command  you  this 
day,  in  mount  Ilebal;  and  thou  shalt  plaster  ihem 
vv  |ta  plaster: 

5  And  thou  shalt  build  there  an  altar  to  the  Lord 
thy  God,  of  stones  w  hich  iron  hath  not  touched, 

6  And  of  stones  not  fashioned  not  polished:  and 
thou  shalt  offer  upon  it  holocausts  to  the  Lord  thy 
God: 

7  And  shalt  immolate  peace-victims,  and  eat 
there,  ami  feast  before  the  Lord  thv   (iod. 

8  And  thou  shalt  write  upon  the  stones  all  the 
words  of  this  law   plainly  and  clearly. 

9  And  Moses  and  the  priests  of  the  race  of  Levi 
said  to  all  Israel:  Attend,  ami  hear,  ()  Israel.  This 
daj  thou  art  made  the  |ieoplc  of  the  Lord  thv  (iod. 

10  Thou  shalt  hear  his  voice,  and  do  the  com- 
mandments and  justices  which  I  command  thee. 

11  And  Moses  commanded  the  people  in  that 
day. saving: 

I  1  These  shall  stnnd  U|K>n  mount  Gari/.im  to 
bless  the  people,  when  von  are  passed  the  Jordan: 
Simeon,  Levi,  Judn,  Issachar,  Joseph,  and  lien- 
jamin. 

13  And  over-against  them  shall  stand  on  mount 
Ilebal  to  curse:  Ruben,  (iad,  and  Aser,  and  Xa- 
bulou,  Dan,  and  .Nephtali. 

14  And  the  Levites  shall  pronounce,  and  say  to 
all  the  men  of  Israel  with  a  loud  voice: 

15  Cursed  be  the  man  that  maketh  a  graven  and 
molten  thing,  the  abomination  ol  the  Lord,  the  Work 
of  the  bauds  of  artificers,  and  shall  put  it  in  a  secret 
place:  and  all  the  people  shall  answer,  ami  sa\  : 
Amen. 

16  Cursed  be  he  that  tinnoiin  111  not  hisfailui 
and   mother;  and  all  the  pcopk     hill   mj  :    Amm 


CHAP.  XXVIII. 


17  Cursed  be  he  that  removclh  his  neighbour's 
land  marks :  and  all  the  people  shall  say  :  Amen. 

18  Cursed  be  he  that  maketh  the  blind  to  wan- 
der out  of  his  way  :  and  all  the  people  shall  say  : 
Amen. 

19  Cursed  be  he  that  perverteth  the  judgment  of 
the  stranger,  of  the  fatherless  and  the  widow  :  and 
all  the  people  shall  say  :  Amen. 

20  Cursed  be  he  that  lieth  with  his  father's  wife, 
and  uncovereth  his  bed:  and  all  the  people  shall 
say:  Amen. 

21  Cursed  be  he  that  lieth  with  any  beast :  and 
all  the  people  shall  say  :  Amen. 

22  Cursed  be  he  that  lieth  with  his  sister,  the 
daughter  of  his  father,  or  of  his  mother :  and  all 
the  people  shall  say  :  Amen. 

23  Cursed  be  he  that  lieth  with  his  mother-in- 
law  :  and  all  the  people  shall  say  :  Amen. 

24  Cursed  be  he  that  secretly  killeth  his  neigh- 
bour: and  all  the  people  shall  say  :  Amen. 

25  Cursed  be  he  that  taketh  gifts,  to  slay  an 
innocent  person  :  and  all  the  people  shall  say:  Amen. 

26  Cursed  be  he  that  abideth  not  in  the  words  of 
this  law,  and  fulfilleth  them  not  in  work  :  and  all 
the  people  shall  say  :  Amen. 

CHAP.  XXVIII. 

Many  blessings  are  promised  to  the  observers  of  God's  com- 
mandments ;  and  curses  threatened  to  transgressors. 

NOW  if  thou  wilt  hear  the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy 
God,  to  do  and  keep  all  his  commandments, 
which  I  command  thee  this  day,  the  Lord  thy  God 
will  make  thee  higher  than  all  the  nations  that  are  on 
the  earth. 

2  And  all  these  blessings*  shall  come  upon  thee, 
and  overtake  thee  :  yet  so  if  thou  hear  his  precepts. 

3  Blessed  shalt  thou  be  in  the  city,  and  blessed 
in  the  field. 

4  Blessed  shall  be  the  fruit  of  thy  womb,  and 
the  fruit  of  thy  ground,  and  the  fruit  of  thy  cattle, 
the  droves  of  thy  herds,  and  the  folds  of  thy  sheep. 

5  Blessed  shall  be  thybarns,  and  blessed  thy  stores. 

6  Blessed  shalt*  thou  be  coming  in  and  going  out. 

7  The  Lord  shall  cause  thy  enemies,  that  rise  up 
against  thee,  to  fall  down  before  thy  face  :  one  way 
shall  they  come  out  against  thee,  and  seven  ways 
shall  they  flee  before  thee. 

8  The  Lord  will  send  forth  a  blessing  upon  thy 
store-houses,  and  upon  all  the  works  of  thy  hands  ; 
and  will  bless  thee  in  the  land  that  thou  shalt  re- 
ceive. 

9  The  Lord  will  raise  thee  up  to  be  a  holy  peo- 
ple to  himself,  as  he  swore  to  thee  ;  if  thou  keep 
the  commandments  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  walk 
in  his  ways. 

10  And  all  the  people  of  the  earth  shall  see  that 
the  name  of  the  Lord  is  invocated  upon  thee  ;  and 
they  shall  fear  thee. 

*  Ml  these  blessings,  Sec.  In  the  Old  Testament,  God  promised  tem- 
poral blessing's  to  the  keepers  of  his  law,  heaven  not  being1  opened  as 
yet ;  and  ttiat  gross  and  sensual  people  being"  more  moved  with  pre- 
sent and  sensible  things.  But  in  the  New  Testament  the  goods  that 
are  promised  us  are  spiritual  and  eternal:  and  temporal  evils  are 
turned  into  blessings. 

X 


11  The  Lord  will  make  thee  abound  with  all 
goods,  with  the  fruit  of  thy  womb,  and  the  fruit  of 
thy  cattle,  with  the  fruit  of  thy  land,  which  the 
Lord  swore  to  thy  fathers  that  he  would  give  thee. 

12  The  Lord  will  open  his  excellent  treasure, 
the  heaven,  that  it  may  give  rain  in  due  season  :  and 
he  will  bless  all  the  works  of  thy  hands.  And 
thou  shalt  lend  to  many  nations,  and  shalt  not  bor- 
row of  any  one. 

13  And  the  Lord  shall  make  thee  the  head,  and 
not  the  tail :  and  thou  shalt  be  always  above,  and 
not  beneath:  yet  so  if  thou  wilt  hear  the  command- 
ments of  the  Lord  thy  God  which  I  command  thee 
this  day,  and  keep  and  do  them. 

14  And  turn  not  away  from  them  neither  to  the 
right  hand,  nor  to  the  left,  nor  follow  strange  gods, 
nor  worship  them. 

15  But  if  thou  wilt  not  hear  the  voice  of  the 
Lord  thy  God,  to  keep,  and  to  do  all  his  command- 
ments and  ceremonies,  which  I  command  thee  this 
day,  all  these  cursesf  shall  come  upon  thee,  and 
overtake  thee. 

16  Cursed  shalt  thou  be  in  the  city,  cursed  in 
the  field. 

1 7  Cursed  shall  be  thy  barn,  and  cursed  thy  stores. 

18  Cursed  shall  be  the  fruit  of  thy  womb,  and 
the  fruit  of  thy  ground,  the  herds  of  thy  oxen,  and 
the  flocks  of  thy  sheep. 

19  Cursed  shalt  thou  be  coming  in,  and  cursed 
going  out. 

20  The  Lord  shall  send  upon  thee  famine  and 
hunger,  and  a  rebuke  upon  all  the  works  which 
thou  shalt  do :  until  he  consume  and  destroy  thee 
quickly,  for  thy  most  wicked  inventions,  by  which 
thou  hast  forsaken  me. 

21  May  the  Lord  set  the  pestilence  upon  thee, 
until  he  consume  thee  out  of  the  land,  which  thou 
shalt  go  in  to  possess. 

22  May  the  Lord  afflict  thee  with  miserable  want, 
with  the  fever  and  with  cold,  with  burning  and  with 
heat,  and  with  corrupted  air  and  with  blasting,  and 
pursue  thee  till  thou  perish. 

23  Be  the  heaven,  that  is  over  thee,  of  brass  •  and 
the  ground  thou  treadest  on,  of  iron. 

24  The  Lord  give  thee  dust  for  rain  upon  thy 
land,  and  let  ashes  come  down  from  heaven  upon 
thee,  till  thou  be  consumed. 

25  The  Lord  make  thee  to  fall  down  before  thy 
enemies  :  one  way  mayst  thou  go  out  against  them, 
and  flee  seven  ways,  and  be  scattered  throughout  all 
the  kingdoms  of  the  earth. 

26  And  be  thy  carcass  meat  for  all  the  fowls  of 
the  air,  and  the  beasts  of  the  earth ;  and  be  there 
none  to  drive  them  away. 

27  The  Lord  strike  thee  with  the  ulcer  of  Egypt, 
and  the  part  of  thy  body,  by  which  the  dung  is  cast 
out,  with  the  scab  and  with  the  itch  ;  so  that  thou 
canst  not  be  healed. 


f  Ml  these  curies,  fyc.  Thus  God  dealt  with  the  transgressors  of  his 
law  in  the  Old  Testament :  but  now  he  often  suffers  sinners  to  pros- 
per in  this  world,  rewarding  them  for  some  little  good  they  have 
done,  and  reserving  their  punishment  for  the  other  world. 


161 


I>KI  TERONOMY. 


28  The  Lord  strike  thee  with  rondures  end  blind- 
ness am)  1 1 1 r >  of  mind, 

29  And  mayst  thou  pope  at  mid-day  as  the  blind 
is  wont  to  grope  in  the  dark,  and  not  make  straight 
thv    ways.      And    mavst    thou    at    all    times    Miller 

wrong,  and  he  oppressed  with  violence:  and  mayst 

tliiiu  have  no  DM  to  deliver  th- 

Mi\st  thon  take  a  wile,  and  another  sleep 
with  her.  Mayst  thou  build  a  house,  and  not  dwell 
therein.  Mayst  thou  plant  a  vineyard,  and  not  ga- 
ther the  vintage  thereof. 

!|  Mav  thy  o\  he  slain  heforethee,  and  thou  not 
eat  thereof.  May  thv  ass  lie  taken  away  in  tin 
Bight,  and  not  restored  to  thee.  .May  thv  sheep  be 
eiven   to   thy  enemies,   and  may  there  be  none    to 

help  tie 

May  thv  sons  and  thy  daughters  he  given  to 
another  people,  thy  eyes  looking  on,  and  languish- 
ing &l  the  sight  of  them  all  the  day:  and  may  there 
be  no  Strength  in  thy  hand. 

33  May  a  people  which  thou  knowest  not,  oat 
the  fruits  of  thy  laud,  and  all  thy  labours  :  and  mayst 
thou  always  suffer  oppression,  and  he  crushed  at  all 
(in; 

\nd  be  astonished  at  the  terror  of  those  things 
Which  thy  eves  shall  see. 

35  May  the  Lord  strike  thee  with  a  very  sore 
ulcer  in  the  knees  and  in  the  legs;  and  be  thou  in- 
curable from  the  sole  of  the  foot  tothetopof  thy  head. 

■  '>>'<  The  Lord  shall  brim;  thee,  and  thy  kin::. 
whom  thou  shalt  have  appointed  over  thee,  into  a 
nation  which  thou  and  thy  fathers  know  not  :  and 
there  thou  shalt  serve  strange  gods,  wood  and  stone. 

37  And  thou  shalt  lie  lost,  as  a  proverb  and  a 
by-word  to  all  people,  among  whom  the  Lord  shall 
brine  thee  hi. 

38  Thou  shalt  east  much  seed  into  the  ground, 
and  gather  little:  because  the  locusts  shall  con- 
sume all. 

.1'.)  Thou  shalt  plant  a  vinevard.  and  dig  it.  and 
shalt  not  drink  the  wine,  nor  gather  any  thing  there- 
of: because  it  shall  be  wasted  with  worms. 

40  Thou  shalt  have  olive-trees  in  all  thv  borders, 
and  shalt  not  be  anointed  with  the  oil  :  for  the 
olives  shall  fall  off  and  perish. 

41  Thou  shalt  beget  sons  and  daughters,  and 
shalt  not  enjoy  them  :  because  they  shall  be  led 
into  captivity. 

42  The  blast  shall  consume  all  the  trees  and  the 
fruits  of  thv  ground. 

1-'.  The  itranger  that  lireth  with  thee  in  the  land, 

shall   rise  up  over  thee,   and   shall  Ik?   higher  :   and 
thou  shalt  m  down,  and  be  lower. 

44  I  le  shall  lend  to  thee,  and  thou  shalt  not  lend 
to  him.  He  shall  be  as  the  head,  and  thou  shalt  he 
the  tail 

45  And  all  these  corses  shall  come  upon  thee, 
and  shall  pursue  and  overtake  thee,  till  thou  perish  : 
because  thou  beardest  not  the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy 
God,  and  didst  not  keep  his  commandments  and 
.•••remonies  which  he  commanded  thee. 

46  And  they  shall  he  as  simis  and  wonders  on 
thee,  and  on  thy  seed  for  ever. 


V7  Because  thou  didst  not  serve  the  Lord  thy 
God  with  joy  and  gladness  of  heart,  for  the  abun- 
dance  of  all  thing 

48  TflOU  shalt  serve  thy  enemy,  whom  the  Lord 
will  send  upon  thee,  in  hunger,  and  thirst,  ami 
nakedness,  and  in  want  of  all  things:  and    he  shall 

put  an  iron  voke  upon  thy  neck,  till  be  consume  then 

49  The  Lord  will  bring  upon  thee  a  nation  from 
afar,  and  from  the  uttermost  ends  of  the  earth,  Iik«- 
an  eagle  that  Qieth  Swiftly  :  whose  tongue  thou  cans) 
not  understand  : 

50  A  most  insolent  nation,  that  will  show  no  re- 
gard to  the  ancient,  nor  have  pity  on  the  infant, 

51  And  will   devour  the    fruit  of  thy  cattle,  and 
the   fruits  of  thy   laud:  until  thou   be  destroyed 
and  will  leave  thee  no  wheat,  nor  v\  ine,  nor  oil.  nc 
herds  of  oxen,  nor  flocks  of  sheep;    until  he  de 
Stray  thee. 

52  And  consume  thee  in  all  thy  cities,  and  thy 
strong  and  high  walls  be  brought  down,  wherein 
thou  trustedst  in  all  thy  land.  Thou  shalt  be  be- 
sieged within  thy  gates  in  all  thy  land,  which  the 
Lord  thj  ( rod  will  give  thee: 

53  And  thou  shalt  eat  the  fruit  of  thy  womb, 
and  the  flesh  of  thy  sons  and  of  thy  daughters,  w  |iich 
the  Lord  thy  God  shall  give  thee,  in  the  distress  anil 
extremity  wherewith  thy  enemy  shall  oppress  thee. 

54  The  man  that  is  nice  among  you.  and  very 
delicate,  shall  envy  his  own  brother,  and  his  wile, 
that  lieth  in  his  bosom, 

_  55  So  that  he  will  not  give  them  of  the  flesh  ofl 
his  children,  which  he  shall  eat  :  because  he  hath 
nothing  else  in  the  siege  and  the  want,  wherewith 
thy  enemies  shall  distress  thee  within  all  thy  gales. 

56  The  tender  and  delicate  woman,  that  could 
not  go  upon  the  ground,  nor  set  down  her  foot  for 
over-much  nicencss  and  tenderness,  will  envy  her 
husband  who  lieth  in  her  bosom,  the  flesh  ol  her 
son,  and  of  her  daughter. 

57  And  the  filth  of  the  after-births,  thai  come 
forth  from  between  her  thighs,  and  the  children 
that  are  born  the  same  hour.  For  they  shall  eat 
them  secretly  for  the  want  of- all  things,  in  the 
siege  and  distress,  wherewith  thy  enemy  shall  op- 
press thee  w  ithin  thy   gales. 

58  If  thou  will  not  keep,  and  fulfil  all  the  words 
of  this  law,  that  are  written  in  this  volume,  and  fear 
his  glorious  aud  terrible  name  :  that  is,  The  Lord 
thy  God  : 

59  The  Lord  shall  increase  thy  plagues,  and  the 
plagues  of  thy  seed,  plagues  great  and  lasting,  in- 
firmities grievous  and  perpetual. 

60  And  he  shall  bring  back  on  thee  all  the  affli<  - 
lions  of  Egypt,  w  bich  thou  wast  afraid  of;  aud  they 
shall  stick  fast  to  thee. 

61  Moreover,  the  Lord  will  bring  upon  thee  all 
the  diseases  and  psSgUeSi  that  are  not  written  in 
the  volume  of  this  law  till  he  consume  thee  : 

62  And  you  shall  remain  lew  in  number,  whc 
before  were  as  the  stars  of  heaven  for  multitude, 
because  thou  In  aidest  not  the  voice  of  the  Lord 
thy  God. 

63  And  as   tin    Lord    rejoiced  ti|H)n  you   before 


/" 


CHAP.  XXIX 


doing  good  to  you,  and  multiplying  you  ;  so  he  shall 
rejoice  destroying  and  bringing  you  to  naught:  so 
that  you  shall  be  taken  away  from  the  land  which 
thou  shalt  go  in  to  possess. 

64  The  Lord  shall  scatter  thee  among  all  peo- 
ple, from  the  farthest  parts  of  the  earth  to  the  ends 
thereof:  and  there  thou  shalt  serve  strange  gods, 
which  both  thou  art  ignorant  of,  and  thy  fathers, 
wood  and  stone. 

65  Neither  shalt  thou  be  quiet,  even  in  those 
nations,  nor  shall  there  be  any  rest  for  the  sole  of 
thy  foot.  For  the  Lord  will  give  thee  a  fearful 
heart,  and  languishing  eyes,  and  a  soul  consumed 
with  pensiveness : 

66  And  thy  life  shall  be  as  it  were  hanging  be- 
fore thee.  Thou  shalt  fear  night  and  day  ;  neither 
shalt  thou  trust  thy  life. 

67  In  the  morning  thou  shalt  say  :  Who  will 
grant  me  evening  ?  and  at  evening  :  Who  will  grant 
me  morning  ?  lor  the  fearfulness  of  thy  heart, 
wherewith  thou  shalt.  be  terrified,  and  for  those 
things  which  thou  shalt  see  with  thy  eyes. 

68  The  Lord  shall  bring  thee  again  with  ships 
into  Egypt,  by  the  way  whereof  he  said  to  thee 
that  thou  shouldst  see  it  no  more.  There  shalt 
thou  be  set  to  sale  to  thy  enemies  for  bondmen  and 
bondwomen ;  and  no  man  shall  buy  you. 

CHAP.  XXIX. 

The  covenant  is  solemnly  confirmed  between  God  and  his  people. 
Threats  against  those  that  shall  break  it. 

THESE  are  the  words  of  the  covenant  which 
the  Lord  commanded  Moses  to  make  with 
the  children  of  Israel  in  the  land  of  Moab  ;  beside 
that  covenant  which  he  made  with  them  in  Horeb. 

2  And  Moses  called  all  Israel,  and  said  to  them  : 
You  have  seen  all  the  things  that  the  Lord  did  be- 
fore you  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  to  Pharao,  and  to  all 
his  servants,  and  to  his  whole  land  ; 

3  The  great  temptations,  which  thy  eyes  have  seen, 
those  mighty  signs,  and  wonders  : 

4  And  the  Lord  hath  not  given  you*  a  heart  to  un- 
derstand, and  eyes  to  see,  and  ears  that  may  hear, 
unto  this  present  day. 

5  He  hath  brought  you  forty  years  through  the 
desert :  your  garments  are  not  worn  out,  neither  are 
the  shoes  of  your  feet  consumed  with  age. 

6  You  have  not  eaten  bread,  nor  have  you  drunk 
wine  or  strong  drink:  that  you  might  know  that  I 
am  the  Lord  your  God. 

7  And  you  came  to  this  place  :  and  Sehon  king 
of  Hesebon,  and  Og  king  of  Basan,  came  out  against 
us  to  fight.     And  we  slew  them ; 

8  And  took  their  iand.  and  delivered  it  for  a  pos- 
session to  Ruben  and  Gad,  and  the  half  tribe  of 
Manasses. 

9  Keep  therefore  the  words  of  this  covenant,  and 
fulfil  them  ;  that  you  may  understand  all  that  you  do. 

*  Hath  not  given  you,  Sfc.  Through  your  own  fault  and  because  you 
resisted  his  grace. 

f  Tie  drunken,  S/-C.  absumat  ebria  sitientem.  It  is  a  proverbial  expres- 
sion, which  may  either  be  understood,  as  spoken  by  the  sinner,  bless- 
ing, that  is  flattering  himself  iu  his  sins  with  the  imagination  of  peace, 


10  You  all  stand  this  day  before  the  Lord  your 
God,  your  princes,  and  tribes,  and  ancients,  and 
doctors,  all  the  people  of  Israel, 

11  Your  children,  and  your  wives,  and  the  stran- 
ger that  abidetb  with  thee  in  the  camp,  besides  the 
hewers  of  wood,  and  them  that  bring  water: 

12  That  thou  mayst  pass  in  the  covenant  of  the 
Lord  thy  God,  and  in  the  oath  which  this  day  the 
Lord  thy  God  maketh  with  thee : 

13  That  he  may  raise  thee  up  a  people  to  him- 
self, and  he  may  be  thy  God  as  he  hath  spoken  to 
thee,  and  as  he  swore  to  thy  fathers  Abraham,  Isaac, 
and  Jacob. 

14  Neither  with  you  only  do  I  make  this  cove- 
nant, and  confirm  these  oaths, 

15  But  with  all  that  are  present,  and  that  are  ab- 
sent. 

16  For  you  know  how  we  dwelt  in  the  land  of 
Egypt,  and  how  we  have  passed  through  the  midst 
of  nations  ;  and  passing  through  them, 

17  You  have  seen  their  abominations  and  filth  ; 
that  is  to  say,  their  idols,  wood  and  stone,  silver 
and  gold,  which  they  worshipped. 

18  Lest  perhaps  there  should  be  among  you  a 
man  or  a  woman,  a  family  or  a  tribe,  whose  heart  is 
turned  away  this  day  from  the  Lord  our  God,  to  go 
and  serve  the  gods  of  those  nations :  and  there 
should  be  among  you  a  root  bringing  forth  gall  and 
bitterness. 

19  And  when  he  shall  hear  the  words  of  this  oath, 
he  should  bless  himself  in  his  heart,  saying  :  I  shall 
have  peace,  and  will  walk  on  in  the  naughtiness  of 
my  heart :  and  thedrunken  tmayconsumethethirsty. 

20  And  the  Lord  should  not  forgive  him  :  but  his 
wrath  and  jealousy  against  that  man  should  be  ex- 
ceedingly enkindled  at  that  time  ;  and  all  the  curses 
that  are  written  in  this  volume  should  light  upon 
him  :  and  the  Lord  should  blot  out  his  name  from 
under  heaven, 

21  And  utterly  destroy  him  out  of  all  the  tribes  of 
Israel,  according  to  the  curses  that  are  contained  in 
the  book  of  this  law  and  covenant : 

22  And  the  following  generation  shall  say,  and 
the  children  that  shall  be  born  hereafter,  and  the 
strangers  that  shall  come  from  afar,  seeing  the 
plagues  of  that  land,  and  the  evils  wherewith  the 
Lord  hath  afflicted  it, 

23  Burning  it  with  brimstone,  and  the  heat  of  salt, 
so  that  it  cannot  be  sown  any  more,  nor  any  green 
thing  grow  therein,  after  the  example  of  the  destruc- 
tion of  Sodom  and  Gomorrha,  Adama  and  Seboim, 
which  the  Lord  destroyed  in  his  wrath  and  indig- 
nation : 

24  And  all  the  nations  shall  say :  Why  hath  the 
Lord  done  thus  to  this  land  ?  what  meaneth  this 
exceeding  great  heat  of  his  wrath  ? 

25  And  they  shall  answer  :  Because  they  forsook 
the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  which  he  made  with  their 

and  so  great  an  abundance  as  may  satisfy,  and  as  it  were,  consume  all 
thirst  and  want;  or  it  may  be  referred  to  the  root  of  bitterness,  spoket) 
of  before,  which  being  drunken  with  sin  mav  attract,  and  by  that 
means  consume  such  as  thirst  after  the  like  evils. 

163 


DEI  'TKRONOMY. 


fathers,  when  he  brought   them  out  of  tin-  land  of 
I      .|>t: 

2d  Ami  they  have  served  strange  gods,  and  ador- 
ed ili'  in.  ulo.n  tin  \  knew  sot, and  for  whom  they 
had  not  been  assigned  : 

(Therefore  tin-  wrath  of  the  Lord  was  kindled 
against  this   laud,  to   tiring    iijmui   it  all   the    CUnes 

that  are  written  in  this  volume: 

\nd   he  hath  cast    them  out  of  their  land,  in 
r  and   in  wrath,  and  in  rerj  peal  indignation  : 
and  hath  thrown  them  into  a   strange  land,  as   it  i> 
n  this  day. 

Secret  things*  to  the  Lord  our  God:  thing* 
that  in  manifest,  to  as  and  to  our  children  for  ever, 
that  we  ma\  do  all  tin-  words  of  this  law. 

CHAP.  \\X. 

tirrat  merries  are  promisid  In  the  pmitent :   CinFs  command- 
ment is  fan  i hie.     Life  and  death  are  set  before  them. 

"jVTOWwben  all  these  things  shall  he  come  up- 

-*-  '  on  thee,  the  blessing  or  the  curse,  which  I 
hare  set  forth  before  thee ;  and  thou  shall  be  touch- 
ed with  repentance  of  thy  heart  among  all  the  na- 
tions, into  which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  have  Mat- 
tered thee : 

2  And  shalt  return  to  him,  and  obey  his  com- 
mandments, as  I  command  thee  this  dav,  thou  and 
thy  children,  with  all  thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy 
soul : 

The  Lord  thy  God  will  bring  hack  again  thv 
Captivity;  and  will  have  mercy  on  thee,  and  gather 
thee  again  out  of  all  the  nations,  into  which  he  scat- 
tered thee  before. 

4  If  thou  he  driven  as  far  as  the  poles  of  heaven, 
the  Lord  tin  God  will  fetch  thee  hack  from  thence  ; 

5  And  will  take  thee  to  himself,  and  bring  thee 
into  the  land  which  thv  lathers  possessed  :  and  thou 
shalt  possess  it:  and  blessing  thee,  he  will  make 
thee  more  numerous  than  were  thy  fathers. 

6  The  Lord  thy  God  will  circumcise  thv  heart, 
and  the  heart  of  thy  seed:  that  thou  mavst  love  the 
Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  heart  and  with  all  thy 
soul,  that  thou  mavst  live. 

7  And  hew  ill  turn  all  these  curses  upon  thy  ene- 
mies, and  upon  them  that  hate  and  persecute  thee. 

8  But  thou  shah  return,  and  hear  the  voice  of  the 
Lord  thv  God,  and  shalt  do  all  tie*  command- 
ments which  I  command  thee  this  day  : 

9  And  the  Lord  will  make  thee  aliound  'mall  the 
works  of  thy  hands,  in  the  fruit  of  thv  Womb,  tin 
Cattle,  and  in  the  fruit  of  the  fhlitftllness  of  thv  land, 
and  in  the  plenty  of  all  things.  Lor  the  Lord  will 
return  to  rejoice  over  tine  in  all  good  things,  as  he 
rejoiced  in  thy  fathers  : 

10  V<  t  so,  if  thou  hear  the  voice  ofthe  Lord  thy 
God,  and  keep  his  precepts  and  ceremonies,  which 
are  written  in  this  law  ;  and  return  to  the  Lord  thy 

i  with  all  thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul, 
1  I    This  commandment,  that  I  command  thee  this 
day,  is  not  ahove  thee,  nor  far  off  from  thee: 


•  Street  Iking;  tr*.     A«  much  u  In  ray,  MCfWt  lliiinn  bald 
»*e  known  lone:  oar  I 

tot  TtmaUl  and  wumifuiti  to  u«,  arwl  to  direct  oi 


12  -Nor  is  it  in  heaven,  that  thou  shouldst  say. 
Which  of  us  can  go  up  to  heaven  to  bring  it  unto  u*, 

and  we  in;i\   hear  and  fulfil  it  in  work  ? 

13  Nor  is  it  beyond  the  sea  ;  thai  thou  mays!  ear 

th\self,  and  sa.\  :  Which  01  us  can  t  loss  |1m 
■ea,  and  bring  it  unto  us,  that  we  ma\  hear,  and  do 
that  which  is  commanded  ? 

1  V  Hut  the  word  is  very  nigh  unto  thee,  in  thy 
mouth  and  in  thy  heart,  that  thou  inayst  do  it. 

15  Consider  that  I  have  set  before  thee  this  day 
life  and  good,  and  on  the  other  hand  death  and  e\  d  : 

IG  That  thou  mays!  love  the  Lord  thy  God,  and 
walk  in  his  ways,  and  keep  his  commandments  and 
ceremonies  and  judgments;  and  thou  mavst  live, 

and  he  may  multiply  tine,  and  bless  thee  in  the  land, 
which  thou  shalt  go  in  to  possess. 

17  Hut  if  thv  heart  he  turned  away,  so  that  thou 
wilt    not  hear,  and    being  deceived  with  error   thou 

adore  strange  coda,  ami  serve  them  : 

18  I  foretell  ibee  this  daj  that  thou  shall  perish, 
and  shalt  remain  hut  a  short  time  in  the  laud,  to 
which  thou  shalt  pass  over  the  Jordan,  and  shal 

in  to  possess  it. 

19  1  call  heaven  and  earth  to  witness  this  day, 
that  1  have  sit  before  yon  life  and  death,  blessing 
and  cursing.  Choose  therefore  life,  that  both  thou 
and  thy  seed  may  live  : 

20  And  that  thou  mavst  love  the  Lord  thy  God, 
and  obey  his  voice,  and  adhere  to  him  (for  he  is  thy 
life,  and  the  length  of  thy  days,)  that  thou  maysj 
dwell  in  the  laud,  for  which  the  Lord  swore  to  tliv 
fathers  Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Jacoh,   that  he   would 

give  it  them. 

CHAP.  XXXI. 

Moses  enrovrageth  the  people,  and  Jotue  vho  is  appoint!  d  to 
sin  i '  i  d  lam  Hi  ill  tin  rttk  the  laic  to  the  priests.  CuM  furr- 
ti llith  that  the  people  will  oft  in  forsake  him,  mid  that  he  trill 
punish  them,  lie  tommandet/i  Most*  to  trrite  a  rtiHtnli.  o.< 
aron<tnnt  remembrancer  of  the  lair. 

AND  Moses  went,  and  spoke  all  these  words  to 
all  Israel. 

2  And  he  said  to  them  :  I  am  this  day  a  hundred 
and  twenty  yean  old:  1  can  no  longer  go  out  and 
come  in;  especially  as  the  Lord  also  hath  said  to 
me  :  Thou  shalt  not  pass  over  this  Jordan. 

3  The  Lord  thy  God  then  will  pass  o\er  before 
thee:  he  will  destroy  all  these  nations  in  thy  sidit  ; 
and  thou  shalt  possess  them  :  and  this  Josue  shall 
go  over  before  thee,  as  the  Lord  hath  spoken. 

4  And  the  Lord  shall  do  to  them  as  he  did  to 
Sehon  and  Og  the  kings  of  the  Amorrhites,  and  to 
their  land  ;   and  shall  destroy  them. 

6  Therefore  w  hen  the  Lord  shall  have  deliveied 
these  also  to  you,  you  shall  do  in  like  manner  to 
them  as  I  have  commanded  you. 

6  Do  manfully,  and  he  of  good  heart  :  fear  not, 
nor  be  ye  dismayed  at  their  sight  :  for  the  Lord  tin 
God  he  himself  is  thy  leader,  and  will  not  leave 
thee  nor  forsake  thee. 

7  And  Moses  called  Josue,  and  said  to  him  be- 
fore all  Israel  :  Take  courage,  and  he  valiant  :  for 
thou  shalt  bring  this  people  into  the  land  which  the 
Lord  swore  he  would  give  to  their  fathers  and 
thotl  shall  divide  it  by  lot. 


CHAP.  XXXII. 


8  And  the  Lord  who  is  your  leader,  he  himself 
will  be  with  thee :  he  will  not  leave  thee,  nor  for- 
sake thee  :  fear  not,  neither  be  dismayed. 

9  And  Moses  wrote  this  law,  and  delivered  it  to 
the  priests  the  sons  of  Levi,  who  carried  the  ark  of 
the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  and  to  all  the  ancients  of 
Israel. 

10  And  he  commanded  them,  saying  :  After  se- 
ven years,  in  the  year  of  remission,  in  the  feast  of 
tabernacles, 

11  When  all  Israel  come  together,  to  appear  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  in  the  place  which 
the  Lord  shall  choose,  thou  shalt  read  the  words  of 
this  law  before  all  Israel,  in  their  hearing  ; 

12  And  the  people  being  all  assembled  together, 
both  men  and  women,  children  and  strangers,  that 
are  within  thy  gates ;  that  hearing  they  may  learn, 
and  fear  the  Lord  your  God,  and  keep,  and  fulfil 
all  the  words  of  this  law: 

13  That  their  children  also,  who  now  are  igno- 
rant, may  hear,  and  fear  the  Lord  their  God,  all  the 
days  that  they  live  in  the  land  whither  you  are  going 
over  the  Jordan  to  possess  it. 

14  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses:  Behold,  the  days 
of  thy  death  are  nigh  :  call  Josue,  and  stand  ye  in 
the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony,  that  I  may  give  him 
a  charge.  So  Moses  and  Josue  went,  and  stood  in 
the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony : 

15  And  the  Lord  appeared  there  in  a  pillar  of  a 
cloud,  which  stood  in  the  entry  of  the  tabernacle. 

16  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses:  Behold,  thou 
shalt  sleep  with  thy  fathers:  and  this  people  rising 
up  will  go  a  fornicating  after  strange  gods  in  the 
land,  to  which  it  goeth  in  to  dwell :  there  will  they 
forsake  me,  and  will  make  void  the  covenant,  which 
I  have  made  with  them  : 

17  And  my  wrath  shall  be  kindled  against  them  in 
that  day  :  and  I  will  forsake  them,  and  will  hide  my 
face  from  them  :  and  they  shall  be  devoured  :  all 
evils  and  afflictions  shall  find  them,  so  that  they  shall 
say  in  that  day :  In  truth,  it  is  because  God  is  not 
with  me,  that  these  evils  have  found  me. 

18  But  I  will  hide,  and  cover  my  face  in  that  day, 
for  all  the  evils  which  they  have  done ;  because  they 
have  followed  strange  gods. 

19  Now  therefore  write  you  this  canticle,  and 
teach  the  children  of  Israel;  that  they  may  know  it 
by  heart,  and  sing  it  by  mouth,  and  this  song  may 
be  unto  me  for  a  testimony  among  the  children  of 
Israel. 

20  For  I  will  bring  them  into  the  land,  for  which 
I  swore  to  their  fathers,  that  floweth  with  milk  and 
honey.    And  when  they  have  eaten,  and  are  full  and 

•  fat,  they  will  turn  away  after  strange  gods,  and  will 
serve  them  ;  and  will  despise  me,  and  make  void  my 
covenant. 

21  And  after  many  evils  and  afflictions  shall  have 
come  upon  them,  this  canticle  shall  answer  them 
for  a  testimony,  which  no  oblivion  shall  take  away 
out  of  tne  mouth  of  their  seed.  For  I  know  their 
thoughts,  and  what  they  are  about  to  do  this  da}',  be- 
fore that  I  bring  them  into  the  land  which  I  have 
promised  them. 


22  Moses  therefore  wrote  the  canticle,  and  taught 
it  to  the  children  of  Israel. 

23  And  the  Lord  commanded  Josue  the  son  of 
Nun,  and  said  :  Take  courage  and  be  valiant:  for 
thou  shalt  bring  the  children  of  Israel  into  the  land 
which  I  have  promised,  and  I  will  be  with  thee. 

24  Therefore  after  Moses  had  wrote  the  words 
of  this  law  in  a  volume,  and  finished  it; 

25  He  commanded  the  Levitcs,  who  carried  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  saying  : 

26  Take  this  book,  and  put  it  in  the  side  of  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  your  God  :  that  it 
may  be  there  for  a  testimony  against  thee. 

27  For  I  know  thy  obstinacy,  and  thy  most  stiff 
neck.  While  I  am  yet  living,  and  going  in  with 
you,  you  have  always  been  rebellious  against  the 
Lord :  how  much  more  when  I  shall  be  dead? 

28  Gather  unto  me  all  the  ancients  of  your  tribes, 
and  your  doctors  ;  and  I  will  speak  these  words  in 
their  hearing,  and  will  call  heaven  and  earth  to  wit- 
ness against  them. 

29  For  I  know  that,  after  my  death,  you  will  do 
wickedly,  and  will  quickly  turn  aside  from  the  way 
that  I  have  commanded  you :  and  evils  shall  come 
upon  you  in  the  latter  times,  when  you  shall  do  evil 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  to  provoke  hirn  by  the 
works  of  your  hands. 

30  Moses  therefore  spoke,  in  the  hearing  of  the 
whole  assembly  of  Israel,  the  words  of  this  canticle, 
and  finished  it  even  to  the  end. 

CHAP.  XXXII. 

A  canticle  for  the  remembrance  of  the  law.  Moses  is  commanded 
to  go  up  into  a  mountain,  from  whence  he  shall  see  the  pro- 
mised land,  but  not  enter  into  it. 

TJEAR,  O  ye  heavens,  the  things  I  speak:  let  the 
-■--*-  earth  give  ear  to  the  words  of  my  mouth. 

2  Let  my  doctrine  gather  as  the  rain,  let  my 
speech  distil  as  the  dew,  as  a  shower  upon  the  herb, 
and  as  drops  upon  the  grass. 

3  Because  1  will  invoke  the  name  of  the  Lord: 
give  ye  magnificence  to  our  God. 

4  The  works  of  God  are  perfect,  and  all  his  ways 
are  judgments :  God  is  faithful,  and  without  any 
iniquity;  he  is  just  and  right. 

5  They  have  sinned  against  him,  and  are  none  of 
his  children  in  their  filth :  they  are  a  wicked  and  per- 
verse generation. 

6  Is  this  the  return  thou  makest  to  the  Lord,  O 
foolish  and  senseless  people?  Is  not  he  thy  father, 
that  hath  possessed  thee,  and  made  thee,  and  created 
thee  ? 

7  Remember  the  days  of  old;  think  upon  every 
generation :  ask  thy  father,  and  he  will  declare  to 
thee;  thy  elders,  and  they  will  tell  thee. 

8  When  the  Most  High  divided  the  nations; 
when  he  separated  the  sons  of  Adam,  he  appointed 
the  bounds  of  people  according  to  the  number  of  the 
children  of  Israel. 

9  But  the  Lord's  portion  is  his  people;  Jacob  the 
lot  of  his  inheritance. 

10  He  found  him  in  a  desert  land,  in  a  place  of 
horror,  and  of  waste  wilderness :  he  led  him  about. 

16;. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


and  taught  him :   and  he  kept  him  as  the  apple  of 

Ills   i 

1 1  As  the  eagle  enticins  her  young  to  fly,  and 
hovering  over  them,  he  spread  hi*  wings,  and  bath 
taken  htm  and  carried  him  on  his  shoulders. 

\~  The  Lord  alone  was  hi*  leader:  and  there  u  a* 
no  strange  god  with  him. 

15  He  set  him  upon  high  land,  that  he  might  eat 
the  fruits  of  the  fields,  that  he  might  tuck  honey  out 
of  the  rock,  and  oil  out  of  the  hardest  stone. 

1  V  Buttl  r  of  the  herd,  and  milk  of  the  sheep  with 
the  fat  of  lamlis,  and  of  the  rams  of  the  lined  of  Ba- 
san;  and  coats  with  the  marrow  of  wheat;  and 
midit  drink  the  purest  Mood  ol    the  grape. 

16  The  beloved  grew  fat,  and  kicked:  he  grew 
fat,  and  thick  and  gross;  he  forsook  (iod  who  made 
him,  and  departed  from  (iod  his  sa\ionr. 

16  They  provoked  him  by  strange  gods,  and 
stirred  him  up  to  soger,  with  their  abominations. 

17  They  sacrificed  to  «U\ il>  and  not  to  Ciod,  to 
gods  whom  they  knew  not;  that  were  newly  come 
up,  whom  their  fathers  worshipped  not. 

155  Thou  hast  forsaken  the  God  that  begot  thee, 
and  hast  forgotten  the  Lord  that  created  thee. 

19  The  Lord  saw,  and  was  moved  to  wrath; 
became  his  own  sons  and  daughters  provoked  him. 

J<»  And  be  said:  I  will  hide  in\  face  from  them, 
and  will  consider  what  their  last  end  shall  he:  for 
it  is  a  perverse  generation,  and  unfaithful  children. 
They  have  provoked  me  with  that  which  was 


21 


no  £<xl,  and  have  angered  me  with  their  vanities: 
andl  will  provoke  them  w  ith  thai  w  btch  is  no  people, 

and  will  vex  them  with  a  foolish  nation. 

.'  A  lire  is  kindled  in  my  wrath,  and  shall  hum 
even  to  the  lowest  hell;  and  shall  devour  the  earth 
with  her  increase,  and  shall  hum  the  foundations  of 
the  mountains. 

23  1  will  heap  evils  upon  them,  and  will  spend 
my  arrows  among  them. 

24  They  shall  l)e  consumed  with  famine:  and 
birds  shall  devour  them  with  a  most  hitter  bite:  I 
will  send  the  teeth  of  beasts  upon  them,  with  the 
fury  of  creatures  that  trail  upon  the  ground,  and  of 
serpents. 

25  Without,  the  sword  shall  lay  them  waste,  and 
terror  within,  l»oth  the  young  man  and  the  virgin, 

ticking  child  with  the  man  in  rears. 

26  I  said:  Where  are  they?  I  will  make  the 
memory  of  them  to  cease  from  among  men. 

27  But  for  the  wrath  of  the  enemies  1  have  de- 
ferred it  :  lest  perhaps  their  enemies  might  he  proud, 
and  should  say:  Our  mighty  hand,  and  not  the  Lord, 
hath  done  all  these  things. 

28  They  are  a  nation  without  counsel,  and  with- 
out w  isdom. 

29  O  that  they  would  be  wise,  and  would  under- 
stand, and  would  provide  for  their  last  end. 

30  I  low  should  one  pursue  alter  a  thousand,  and 
two  chase  ten  thousand?  Was  it  not,  because  their 
(Jod  had  sold  them,  and  the  Lord  had  shut  them  up? 

31  For  our  God  b  not  as  their  gods:  our  enemies 
themselves  are  judges. 

.5j  Their  vines  arc  of  the  vineyard  of  Sodom. 

IM 


and  of  the  suburbs  of  Gomorrha:  their  grapes  ate 
s  of  call,  and  their  clusters  most  hitter. 

33  Their  wine  is  the  call  of  dtagons.  and  the 
renom  of  asps,  which  is  incurable. 

34  Are  not  these  things  stored  up  with  nir,  and 
sealed  up  in  my  treasures  ? 

35  Revenue  is  mine:  and  I  will  repay  them  in 
due  time,  that  their  foot  max  slide:  the  day  ol  des- 
truction is  at  band,  and  the  time  makes  haste  tocome. 

36  The  Lord  w  ill  judge  his  people,  and  will  have 
mercy  on  his  servants:  he  shall  see  that  llifii  hand 
is  weakened,  and  that  thev  who  were  shot  tip  ha\e 
also  failed,  and  thev  that  remained  are  consumed. 

37  And  he  shall  say:  Where  are  their  gods,  in 
w  horn  they  trusted  ? 

SIMM'  whose  victims  thev  ate  the  fat.  and  drank 
the  wine  ot  their  drink-offerings :  lei  theinariseai.il 
help  you,  and  protect  you  in  your  distrt 

.V.)  See  ye  that  1  alone  am,  and  there  is  no  other 
God  besides  me  :  I  will  kill,  and  I  w  ill  make  to  live  : 
I  will  strike,  and  1  w  ill  heal  :  and  tin  re  is  none  that 
can  deliver  out  of  my  hand. 

40  1  will  lilt  up  my  hand  to  heaven,  and  I  will 
say  :  1  live  forever. 

il  If  I  shall  whet  my  sword  as  the  lightning, 
and  my  hand  take  hold  on  judgment,  I  will  un- 
der vengeance  to  my  enemies,  and  repay  them  that 
hate  me. 

42  1  will  make  my  arrows  drunk  with  blood: 
and  my  sword  shall  devour  flesh,  of  the  blood  of  i In- 
slain  and  of  the  captivity,  of  the  hare  head  of  the 
enemies. 

43  PfsJaC  his  people,  venations,  foi  hew  ill  revenue 

the  -blood  of  his  servants;  and  will  render  vengeance 

to  their  enemies  :  and  he  w  ill  he  merciful  to  the  land 
of  his  people. 

44  So  Moses  came,  and  spoke  all  the  words  of 
this  canticle  in  the  ears  of  the  people,  and  Josiie  the 
son  of  Nun. 

45  And  he  ended  all  these  words,  speaking  to  all 
Israel. 

46  And  he  said  to  them:  Setyour  hearts  on  all  the 
words,  which  1  testily  to  \ou  this  day:  which  vou 
shall  command  your  children  to  observe  and  to  do, 
and  to  fulfil  all  that  is  written  in  this  law  : 

47  For  they  are  not  commanded  \ou  in  vain,  but 
that  every  one  should  live  in  them:  and  that  doing 
t li<  in  yen  may  continue  a  long  time  in  the  land 
whither  \ on  are  going  over  the  Jordan  to  possess  it. 

48  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  the  same  any, 
saving: 

49  Go  up  into  this  mountain  Abarim,  (that  is  to 
say,  of  passagi  s,)  unto  mount  NeU>.  which  is  in  the 
land  pflionbover  against  Jericho:  and  seethe  land 
of  (  hanaan,  which  I  will  deliver  to  the  children  of 
Israel  to  possess:   and  die  thou  in  tin-  mountain. 

50  When  thou  art  gone  up  into  it.  thou  shall  he 
gathered  to  thy  people;  as  Aaron  thy  brother  died 
in  mount  II or,  and  was  gathered  to  his  people: 

51  Because  you  trespassed  against  me  in  the  midst 

of  the  children  ot  Israel  at  tin  waters  of  contradic- 
tion, in  (  ades  of  the  desert  of  Sin:  and  VOU  did  not 
snnctih  me  among  the  children  ol  Israel. 


CHAP.  XXXIV. 


5*2  j/hou  shalt  see  the  land  before  thee,  which  I 
will  give  to  the  children  of  Israel:  but  thou  shalt  not 
enter  into  it 

CHAP.  XXXIII. 

Moses  before  his  death  blessrth  the  tribes  of  Israel. 

^THUS  is  the  blessing,  wherewith  the  man  of  God 
-*-    Moses  blessed  the  children  of  Israel,  before 
his  death. 

2  And  he  said :  The  Lord  came  from  Sinai,  and 
from  Seir  he  rose  up  to  us:  he  hath  appeared  from 
mount  Pharan,  and  with  him  thousands  of  saints. 
In  his  right  hand  a  fiery  law. 

3  He  hath  loved  the  people :  all  the  saints  are  in 
his  hand:  and  they  that  approach  to  his  feet,  shall 
receive  of  his  doctrine. 

4  Moses  commanded  us  a  law,  the  inheritance  of 
the  multitude  of  Jacob. 

5  He  shall  be  king  with  the  most  right,  the  princes 
of  the  people  beingassembled  with  the  tribesof  Israel. 

6  Let  Ruben  live,  and  not  die;  and  be  he  small 
in  number. 

7  This  is  the  blessing  of  Juda.  Hear,  O  Lord 
the  voice  of  Juda,  and  bring  him  in  unto  his  peo- 
ple :  his  hands  shall  fight  for  him  ;  and  he  shall  be 
his  helper  against  his  enemies. 

8  To  Levi  also  he  said  :  Thy  perfection,  and  thy 
doctrine  be  to  thy  holy  man,*  whom  thou  hast  proved 
in  the  temptation,  and  judged  at  the  waters  of  con- 
tradiction: 

9  Who  hath  said  t  to  his  father,  and  to  his  mo- 
ther: I  do  not  know  you;  and  to  his  brethren:  I 
know  you  not:  and  their  own  children  they  have  not 
known.  These  have  kept  thy  word,  ana  observed 
thy  covenant, 

10  Thy  judgments,  O  Jacob,  and  thy  law,  O 
Israel :  they  shall  put  incense  in  thy  wrath,  and  holo- 
caust upon  thy  altar. 

1 1  Bless,  O  Lord,  his  strength,  and  receive  the 
works  of  his  hands.  Strike  the  backs  of  his  ene- 
mies :  and  let  not  them  that  hate  him  rise. 

12  And  to  Benjamin  he  said  :  The  best  beloved 
of  the  Lord  shall  dwell  J  confidently  in  him :  as  in 
a  bride-chamber  shall  he  abide  all  the  day  long ;  and 
between  his  shoulders  shall  he  rest. 

13  To  Joseph  also  he  said  :  Of  the  blessing  of 
the  Lord  be  his  land,  of  the  fruits  of  heaven,  and  of 
the  dew,  and  of  the  deep  that  lieth  beneath  : 

14  Of  the  fruits  brought  forth  by  the  sun  and  by 
the  moon: 

1 5  Of  the  tops  of  the  ancient  mountains,  of  the 
fruits  of  the  everlasting  hills  : 

16  And  of  the  fruits  of  the  earth,  and  of  the  ful- 
ness thereof.  The  blessing  of  him  that  appeared  in 
the  bush,  come  upon  the  head  of  Joseph,  and  upon 
the  crown  of  the  Nazarite  §  among  his  brethren. 


*  Holy  man.     Aaron  and  his  successors  in  the  priesthood. 

t  Who  hath  laid,  &fc.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  priestly  tribe  to  prefer 
God's  honour  and  service  before  all  considerations  of  flesh  and  blood  : 
in  mch  manner  as  to  behave  as  strangers  to  their  nearest  akin,  when 
these  would  withdraw  them  from  the  business  of  their  calling;.  - 

{  Shall  dwell,  Sfc.  This  seems  to  allude  to  the  temple  being  built 
in  the  confines  of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin. 

♦  The  Jfazarite.  See  the  note  on  Gen.  xlix.  26. 


17  His  beauty  as  of  the  firstling  of  a  bullock,  his 
horns  as  the  horns  of  a  rhinoceros:  with  them  shall 
he  push  the  nations  even  to  the  ends  of  the  earth. 
These  are  the  multitudes  of  Ephraim  and  these  the 
thousands  of  Manasses. 

1 8  And  toZabulon  he  said :  Rejoice,  O  Zabulon, 
in  thy  going  out;  and  Issachar  in  thy  tabernacles. 

19  They  shall  call  the  people  to  the  mountain  : 
there  shall  they  sacrifice  the  victims  of  justice.  Who 
shall  suck  as  milk  the  abundance  of  the  sea,  and  the 
hidden  treasures  of  the  sands. 

20  And  to  Gad  he  said :  Blessed  be  Gad  in  his 
breadth :  he  hath  rested  as  a  lion,  and  hath  seized 
upon  the  arm  and  the  top  of  the  head. 

21  And  he  saw||  his  pre-eminence,  that  in  his 
portion  the  teacher  was  laid  up;  who  was  with  the 
princes  of  the  people,  and  did  the  justices  of  the 
Lord,  and  his  judgment  with  Israel. 

22  To  Dan  also  he  said  :  Dan  is  a  young  lion; 
he  shall  flow  plentifully  from  Basan. 

23  And  to  Nephtali  he  said :  Nephtali  shall  enjoy 
abundance,  and  shall  be  full  of  the  blessings  of  the 
Lord:  he  shall  possess  the  seaH  and  the  south. 

24  To  Aser  also  he  said  :  Let  Aser  be  blessed 
with  children;  let  him  be  acceptable  to  his  breth- 
ren :  and  let  him  dip  his  foot  in  oil. 

25  His  shoe  shall  be  iron  and  brass.  As  the  days 
of  thy  youth  so  also  shall  thy  old  age  be. 

26  There  is  no  other  god  like  the  God  of  the 
righteous :  he  that  is  mounted  upon  the  heaven  is 
thy  helper.  By  his  magnificence  the  clouds  run 
hither  and  thither. 

27  His  dwelling  is  above,  and  underneath  are 
the  everlasting  arms  :**  he  shall  cast  out  the  ene- 
my from  before  thee,  and  shall  say  :  Be  thou  brought 
to  nought. 

28  Israel  shall  dwell  in  safety,  and  alone.  The 
eye  of  Jacob  in  a  land  of  corn  and  wine ;  and  the 
heavens  shall  be  misty  with  dew. 

29  Blessed  art  thou,  Israel :  who  is  like  to  thee, 
O  people,  that  art  saved  by  the  Lord  ?  the  shield  of 
thy  help,  and  the  sword  of  thy  glory:  thy  enemies 
shall  deny  thee;  and  thou  shalt  tread  upon  their 
necks. 

CHAP.  XXXIV. 

Moses  seeth  the  promised  land ;  bid  is  not  suffered  to  go  into  it. 
He  dieth  at  the  age  of  1 20  years.  God  burieth  his  body  se- 
cretly :  and  all  Israel  mourn  for  him  thirty  days.  Josue,  re- 
plenished (by  imposition  of  Moses's  hands )  with  the  spirit  of 
God,fuceeedeth.  But  Moses  for  his  special  familiarity  trith 
God,  and  for  most  wonderful  miracles,  is  Commended  above  all 
other  propliets. 

rp  HEN  Moses  went  up  from  the  plains  of  Moab 
-*■    upon  mount  Nebo,  to  the  top  of  Phasga  over- 
against  Jericho :  and  the  Lord  showed  him  all  the 
land  of  Galaad  as  far  as  Dan, 


||  He  saw,  ffc.  The  pre-eminence  of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  to  which  this 
alludeth,  was  their  having  the  lawgiver  Moses  buried  in  their  borders ; 
though  the  particular  place  Was  not  known 

t  The  sea.     The  lake  of  Genesareth. 

**  Underneath  are  the  everlasting  arms.  Though  the  dwelling  of  God 
be  above  in  heaven,  his  arms  are  always  stretched  out  to  help  us  here 
below. 

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JOSUE. 


2  And  all  Nephtali,  and  die  land  of  Ephraim  and 
Manasscs,  and  all  (he  land  of  Juda  unto  the  futher- 
niost  M 

3  And  the  south  part,  and  the  brradtli  of  tin'  plain 
of Jerichothe  city  of  palm-tn  -or. 

wid  the  Lord  said  to  him:  This  i.s  the  land,  for 
which  I  swore  t<>  Abraham.  Isaai  .  and  Jacob, 
ins:  I  will  give  it  to  thy  mtiI.      Thou   hast  mtu  it 
with  thy  eyi  s,  and  shah  not  pass  over  to  it. 

\  ml  Moses  the  servant  of  the  Lord  died  there,* 
in  the  land  ot  Moah,b\  the  command  incut  oil  lit  Lord: 

<>  \ ml  lie  buried,  him  t  in  the  valley  of  the  land 
of  Moah,  o\ii-;u.iinst  Phosor:  and  no  man  liatfa 
known  of  hia  sepulchre  until  this  present  day. 

7  Moses  »;^  ■  hundred  and  twenty  years  old 
when  he  died:  his  eye  was  not  dim;  neither  were 
his  teeth  moved. 


•  Ihtd  Ikm.  Thi»  la«t  cha;>t<-r  of  Deuteronomy,  in  which  the  death 
of  M<«es  ii  related,  «u  wriltcn  by  Jotue,  or  by  tome  of  the  pro- 
phet*. 


8  And  the  children  of  Israel  mourned  for  him  in 
the  plains  of  Moah  thirty  days  :  and  the  days  of  their 
mourniim  in  which  they  mourned  for  Moses  were 
ended. 

9  And  .losue  the  son  of  Nun  was  filled  witn  the 

spirit  of  wisdom,  because  Moses  bad  laid  his  hands 

upon  him.      And  the  children  of  Israel  obeyed  him. 
and  did  as  the  Lord  commanded  Mi 

10  And  there  arose  no  more  a  prophet  in  Israel 
like  unto  Moses,  whom  the  Lord  knew  face  tc 
face. 

11  In  all  the  suns  and  wonders,  which  he  s,  it 
by  him,  to  do  in  the  land  of  Eiiypt  to  I'harao,  and 
lo  all  his  servants,  and  to  his  whole  land, 

1  J  And  all  the  mighty  hand,  and  great  miracles, 
which  Moses  did  before  all  Israel. 


f  lit  burud  him,  viz.  By  the  ministry  of  anj;c-U,  and  would  havr  ilio 
place  of  Ins  hurial  to  be  unknown,  li-l  the  Niaditcs,  wlto  were  m> 
j. runt'  to  idolatry,  might  worship  hun  with  diune  honours. 


THE  BOOK  OF  JOSUE. 


This  book  is  railed  Josce,  because  it  crmtaint  the  history  of  what 
pared  under  him,  and  according  to  the  common  opinion  vexu 
written  by  him.  The  (Ireelcs  call  him  Jesus  ;  for  Jotue  and 
J-siu  in  the  Hebrew  are  the  same  name,  anil  hare  the  same 
tigmfirution,  viz.  A  Saviour.  And  it  wat  not  wit  hunt  a  mys- 
tery that  he  who  was  to  bring  the  piople  into  the  land  of  pro- 
mite  should  hare  his  name  , rhangrd  from  Osee  (for  so  he  was 
called  before,  Num.  xiii.  17.)  to  Josi  m  or  Jr.<\  s,  to  gire  us  to 
understand,  that  Moses  by  his  law  could  only  bring  the  pen])// 
within  sight  of  the  promised  inhi  riiancr,  but  that  our  Saviour 
Jesus  was  to  bring  us  into  it. 

CHAP.  I. 

Jotue,  encouraged  by  the  Ijord.  admnnishrth  the  people  to  pre- 
)>tire  themselves  to  pott  over  the  Jordan. 

"[VTOW  it  came  to  pass  after  the  death  oI'Mim\ 
-«- v  the  servant  of  the  Lord,  that  the  Lord  spoke 
to  Jostle  the  son  of  Nun,  the  minister  of  Moses,  and 
said  to  him  : 

2  Moses  my  servant  is  dead  :  arise,  and  pass  over 
this  Jordan,  thou  and  thy  piople  with  thee,  into  the 
land  which  I  will  give  to  the  children  of  Israel. 

3  I  will  deliver  to  you  even  place  that  the  sole 
of  yourfoot  shall  tread  lipomas  ]  have  said  to  Moses. 

4  From  the  desert,  and  from  Lihnnus,  unto  the 
great  river  Euphrates,  all  the  land  of  the  Hethites 
unto  the  great  sea  toward  the  going  down  of  the  sun, 
shall  be  your  border. 

5  Nomas  shall  be  able  to  resist  you  all  the  days 
of  thy  life:  as  I  have  been  with  Moses,  so  will  1  be 
with  dice:  I  will  not  leave  thee,  nor  forsake  thee. 

»i  Tike  courage  and  be  strong, :  for  thou  shah  di- 
vide by  lot  to  this  people  the  land  for  which  I  swore 
to  their  fathers,  that  1  would  deliver  it  to  tin  in. 

7  Take  courage  therefore,  and  be  very  valiant: 
that  thou  may  si  observe  and  do  all  the   law,   which 

Mos.s  in\  servant  hath  commanded  thee:  turn  not 
from  it  to  the  right  hand  or  to  the  left,  that  thou 
ma) st  understand  all  things  which  thou  dot  st. 

Ml 


8  Let  not  the  book  of  this  law  depart  from  thy 
mouth:  but  thou  shalt  meditate  on  it  day  and  right, 
that  thou  mayst  observe  and  do  all  things  that  aie 
written  in  it:  then  shalt  thou  direct  thy  way,  and 
understand  it. 

9  Behold.  I  command  thee:  take  courage,  and  be 
stron».  Rear  not,  and  be  not  dismayed:  because 
the  Lord  thy  God  is  with  thee  in  all  things  w hat- 
soever  thou  shalt  go  to. 

10  And  Josue  commanded  the  princes  of  the  peo- 
ple, laying-:  Pass  through  the  midst  of  the  camp, 
and  command  the  people,  and  say: 

11  Prepare  you  viciuals:  for  after  the  third  day 
you  shall  pass  over  the  Jordan,  and  shall  go  in  to 
possess  the  land,  which  the  Lord  your  God  will 
give  you. 

12  And  he  said  to  the  Rubenites,  and  the  Gaditcs, 
and  the  half  tril>e  of  Manas*1 

13  Remember  the  word,  w  liicli  Moses  the  servant 
of  l  he  Lord  commanded  you.  say  ing!  The  Lord  your 
God  hath  given  you  rest,  and  all  this  land. 

14  Your  wives  and  children,  and  cattle  shall  re- 
main in  the  land  which  Moses  gaVS  you  on  ibis  side 
of  the  Jordan:  but  pass  you  over  armed  before  your 
brethren,  all  of  you  that  aie  strong  of  hand,  and  tight 
for  them, 

15  Until  the  Lord  give  rest  to  your  brethren  as 
he  hath  given  you,  and  they  also  possess  the  laud 
which  the  Lord  your  God  will  give  them:  uid  so 
\oii  shall  return  into  the  land  of  your  possession,  and 
yOQ  shall  dwell  in  it.  which  Moses  the  servant  of 
the  Lord  cave  you  hi ■yond  the  Jordan,  toward  the 
rising  of  the  sun. 

lf>    And   they    made   answer  to  Josue.  and  said : 

All  that  thou  hast  commanded  ns  we  will  do:  and 

whithersoever  thou  shalt  send  us,  we  will  SjBi 

17   As  we  obeyed  Moses  in  all  things,  so  will  we 


CHAP.   II,  III. 


one}  thee  alsc :  only  be  the  Lord  thy  God  with  thee, 
as  he  was  with  Moses. 

1 8  He  that  shall  gainsay  thy  mouth,  and  not  obey 
all  thy  words,  that  thou  shalt  command  him,  let  him 
die:  only  take  thou  courage,  and  do  manfully. 

CHAP.  II. 

Two  spies  are  sent  to  Jericho,  who  are  received  and  concealed 
by  Rahab. 

AND  Josue  the  son  of  Nun  sent  from  Setim  two 
men,  to  spy  secretly:  and  said  to  them:  Go, 
and  view  the  land  and  the  city  of  Jericho.  They 
went  and  entered  into  the  house  of  a  woman,  that 
was  a  harlot,  named  Rahab,  andjodged  with  her. 

2  And  it  was  told  the  king  of  Jericho,  and  was 
said :  Behold,  there  are  men  come  in  hither,  hy  night, 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  to  spy  the  land. 

3  And  the  king  of  Jericho  sent  to  Rahab,  saying: 
Bring  forth  the  men  that  came  to  thee,  and  are  en- 
tered into  thy  house :  for  they  are  spies,  and  are  come 
to  view  all  the  land. 

4  And  the  woman  taking  the  men,  hid  them,  and 
said:  I  confess  they  came  to  me,  but  I  knew  not 
whence  they  were : 

5  And  at  the  time  of  shutting  the  gate  in  the  dark, 
they  also  went  out  together.  I  know  not  whither 
they  are  gone:  pursue  after  them  quickly,  and  you 
will  overtake  them. 

6  But  she  made  the  men  go  up  to  the  top  of  her 
house,  and  covered  them  with  the  stalks  of  flax, 
which  was  there. 

7  Now  they  that  were  sent,  pursued  after  them, 
by  the  way  that  leadeth  to  the  fords  of  the  Jordan: 
and  as  soon  as  they  were  gone  out,  the  gate  was 
presently  shut. 

8  The  men  that  were  hidden  were  not  yet  asleep, 
when  behold,  the  woman  went  up  to  them,  and  said : 

9-  I  know  that  the  Lord  hath  given  this  land  to 
you:  for  the  dread  of  you  is  fallen  upon  us:  and  all 
the  inhabitants  of  the  land  have  lost  all  strength. 

10  We  have  heard  that  the  Lord  dried  up  the 
water  of  the  Red  Sea  at  your  going  in,  when  you 
came  out  of  Egypt :  and  what  things  you  did  to  the 
two  kings  of  the  Amorrhites,  that  were  beyond  the 
Jordan,  Sehon  and  Og,  whom  you  slew. 

1 1  And  hearing  these  things  we  were  affrighted, 
and  our  heart  fainted  away ;  neither  did  there  re- 
main any  spirit  in  us  at  your  coming  in  :  for  the 
Lord  your  God  he  is  God  in  heaven  above,  and  in 
the  earth  beneath. 

12  Now  therefore  swear  ye  to  mc  by  the  Lord, 
that  as  I  have  shown  mercy  to  you,  so  you  also  will 
show  mercy  to  my  father's  house :  arid  give  me  a 
true  token, 

13  That  you  will  save  my  father  and  mother,  my 
brethren  and  sisters,  and  all  things  that  are  theirs, 
and  deliver  our  souls  from  death. 

14  They  answered  her :  Be  our  lives  for  you  unto 
death,  only  if  thou  betray  us  not.  And  when  the 
Lord  shall  have  delivered  us  the  land,  we  will  show 

hee  mercy  and  truth. 

15  Then  she  let  them  down  with  a  cord  out  of  a 
window  :  for  her  house  joined  close  to  the  wad. 

Y 


16  And  she  said  to  them :  Get  ye  up  to  the  moun 
tains,  lest  perhaps  they  meet  you  as  they  return 
and  there  lie  ye  hid  three  days,  till  they  come  back, 
and  so  you  shall  go  on  your  way. 

17  And  they  said  to  her:  We  shall  be  blameless 
of  this  oath,  which  thou  hast  made  us  swear : 

18  If  when  we  come  into  the  land,  this  starlet 
cord  be  a  sign,  and  thou  tie  it  in  the  window,  by 
which  thou  hast  let  us  down:  and  gather  together 
thy  father  and  mother,  and  brethren  and  all  thy  kin- 
dred into  thy  house. 

19  Whosoever  shall  go  out  of  the  door  of  thy 
house,  his  blood  shall  be  upon  his  own  head  ;  and 
we  shall  be  quit.  But  the  blood  of  all  that  shall 
be  with  thee  in  the  house,  shall  light  upon  our  head, 
if  any  man  touch  them. 

20  But  if  thou  wilt  betray  us,  and  utter  this  word 
abroad,  we  shall  be  quit  of  this  oath,  which  thou 
hast  made  us  swear. 

21  And  she  answered :  As  you  have  spoken,  so 
be  it  done.  And  sending  them  on  their  way,  she 
hung  the  scarlet  cord  in  the  window. 

22  But  they  went  and  came  to  the  mountains, 
and  stayed  there  three  days,  till  they  that  pursued 
them  were  returned.  For  having  sought  them 
through  all  the  way,  they  found  them  not. 

23  And  when  they  were  gone  back  into  the  city, 
the  spies  returned,  and  came  down  from  the  moun- 
tain: and  passing  over  the  Jordan,  they  came  to 
Josue  the  son  of  Nun,  and  told  him  all  that  belcl 
them, 

24  And  said:  The  Lord  hath  delivered  all  this 
land  into  our  hands:  and  all  the  inhabitants  thereof 
are  overthrown  with  fear. 

CHAP.  III. 

The  river  Jordan  is  miraculously  dried  up,  for  the  passage  of 
the  children  of  Israel. 

AND  Josue  rose  before  day-light,  and  removed 
the  camp:  and  they  departed  from  Setim,  and 
came  to  the  Jordan,  he,  and  all  the  children  of  Is- 
rael :  and  they  abode  there  for  three  days. 

2  After  which  the  heralds  went  through  the  midst 
of  the  camp, 

3  And  began  to  proclaim:  When  you  shall  see 
the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  your  God,  and 
the  priests  of  the  race  of  Levi  carrying  it,  rise  you 
up  also,  and  follow  them  as  they  go  before: 

4  And  let  there  be  between  you  and  the  ark  the 
space  of  two  thousand  cubits;  that  you  may  see  it 
afar  off,  and  know  which  way  you  must  go;  for  you 
have  not  gone  this  way  before:  and  take  care  you 
come  not  near  the  ark. 

5  And  Josue  said  to  the  people:  Be  ye  sanctifi- 
ed :  for  to-morrow  the  Lord  will  do  wonders  among 
you. 

6  And  he  said  to  the  priests:  Take  up  the  ark  of 
the  covenant,  and  go  before  the  people.  And  they 
obeyed  his  commands,  and  took  it  up,  and  waked 
before  them. 

7  And  the  Lord  said  to  Josue :  This  day  will  I 
begin  to  exalt  thee  before  Israel :  that  they  may 

169 


JOSUL. 


know  that  ;is  I  was  wiih  Moses,  so  I  am  with  thee 
also. 

8  And  do  thou  command  the  priests  that  carry 
the  ark  of  the  covenant,   and  say  to  them:   Winn 

Jon  shall  have  entered  into  part  of  the  water  of  the 
onl an,  >taiul  in  it. 

Lad  .losii.' said  to  the  children  of  Israel :  Come 
hither,  and  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord  \onr  God. 

16  \ 1 1. 1  anil  beaaid:  Bytbisyoa  shall  know 
that  the  Lord  the  living  God  is  in  the  midst  of  Mm, 
and  thai  he  shall  destroy  In-fore  voursidit  the  Cha- 
naanite  and  the  llethite,  the  Hcvite  and  the  Phe- 
re/.ite,  the  Gergesite  also  and  the  Jebusite,  and  the 
Ainorrhite. 

1  1  Behold,  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord 
of  all  the  earth  shall  go  helore  sou  into  the  Jordan. 

12  Prepare  ye  twelve  men  of the  trihes  of  Israel, 

one  of  BVi  r>  tribe. 

13  And  w  hen  the  priests,  that  carry  the  ark  of  the 
Lord  the  (iod  of  the  whole  earth,  shall  set  the  soles 
of  their  feet  in  the  water*  of  the  Jordan,  the  wa- 
ters that  are  beneath  shall  run  down  and  go  off: 
and  those  that  come  from  above,  shall  stand  toge- 
ther anon  a  bean. 

.  14  So  the  people  went  out  of  their  tents,  to  pass 
o\er  the  Jordan:  and  the  priests  that  carried  the  ark 
of  the  covenant,  went  on  before,  them. 

15  And  as  soon  as  they  came  into  the  Jordan,  and 
their  feet  were  dipped  in  pari  of  the  water,  (now 
the  Jordan,  it  being  harvest  time,  had  tilled  the  hanks 
of  its  channel,) 

16  The  waters  that  rame  down  from  al>ove  stood 

up  li 
that 

the  place  of  Sarthan:  but  those  that  were  beneath, 
ran  down  into  the  sea  of  the  w  ilderness  (which  now 
is  called  the  Dead  Sea)  until  they  wholly  failed. 

17  And  the  people  marched  over-agaiast  Jericho: 
and  the  priests  that  carried  the  ark  of  the  covenant 
of  the  Lord,  stood  girded  upon  the  dry  ground  in 
the  midst  of  the  Jordan:  and  all  the  people  passed 
over  through  the  channel  that  was  dried  up. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Tterlre  ntonen  are  tnkin  out  of  the  rirer  to  he  net  up  for  a  monu- 
ment of  the  miracle.  :  and  othrr  twelve  are  placed  in  the  midxt 
of  the  river. 

AND  when   they  were  passed  over,  the  Lord 
said  to  .losne  : 

2  Choose  twelve  men,  one  of  every  tribe  : 

3  And  command  them  to  take  out  of  the  midst 
of  the  Jordan,  where  the  feet  of  the  priests  suxmI, 
twelve  very  hard  stones,  which  yon  shall  set  in  the 
place  of  the  camp,  where  you  shall  pitch  your  tents 
this  night. 

4  And  Jostle  called  twelve  men,  whom  he  had 
chosen  out    of  the   children   of  Israel,    one   out   of 

every  tribe  \ 

.')  \nd  he  said  to  them  :  Co  l>cfore  the  ark  of  the 
Lord  vour  God  to  the  midst  of  the  Jordan:  and 
carry  front  thence  even  man  a  None  On  votir  shoul- 
ders, aecordi  ig  to  the  number  of  the  children  of 
Israel, 

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in  one  place,  and  swelling  up  like  a  mountain,  were 
seen  afar  oil' from  the  city  that   is  called    Adorn,  to 


6  That  it  may  l>e  a  sign  among  you:  and  when 
rour  children  shall  ask  sou  to-monow,  savin::: 
What  mean  these  stones? 

7  \  mi  shall  answer  them:  The  waters  of  the 
Jordan  ran  off  before  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 
Lord,  v\  hen  it  patted  o\er  the  same:  therefore  w  ere 
these  stones  set  for  a  monument  of  the  children  ol 
Israel  for  ever. 

8  The  children  of  Israel  therefore  did  as  losuc 
commanded  them,  carrying  out  of  the  channel  ol 
the  Jordan  twelve  stones,  as  tbfl  Lord  had  com- 
manded him,  according  '<>  the  number  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  unto  the  place  wherein  they  camped  ; 
and  there  they  set  them. 

9  And  Josiic  |iut  other  twelve  stones  in  the  midst 
of  the  channel  ol  thejordan,  w  here  the  priests  st<xid, 
that  carried  the  ark  of  the  covenant  :  anil  thev  an 
there  until  this  present  dav. 

10  Now  the  priests  that  carried  the  ark,  stood  in 
the  midst  of  the  Jordan  till  all  things  were  accom- 
plished which  the  Lord  had  commanded  Josue  to 
speak  tO  the  people,  and  Moses  had  said  to  him. 
And  the  people  made  haste,  and  pattod  OVCT. 

11  And  when  they  had  all  passed  over,  the  ark 
also  of  the  Lord  passed  over:  and  the  priests  went 
before  the  people. 

12  The  children  of  Ruben  also  and  Gad,  and 
half  the  tribe  of  MaaatteS,  went  armed  before  the 
children  of  Israel,  as  Moses  had  commanded  them. 

13  And  forts  thousand  fighting  men  by  their  troops 
and  bands,  marched  through  the  plains  and  fields 
of  the  city  of  Jericho. 

14  In  that  day  the  Lord  magnified  Josue  in  the 
sight  of  all  Israel,  that  they  should  tear  him,  as  tin  y 
had  feared  Moses,  while  he  lived. 

15  And  he  said  to  him  : 

16  Command  the  priests,  that  carry  the  ark  of  the 
covenant,  to  come  up  oul  ol  the  Jordan. 

17  And  he  commanded  them,  saving:  Come  ye 
up  out  of  the  Jordan. 

18  And  when  they  that  carried  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord,  wen  come  up.  and  began 
to  tread  on  the  dry  ground,  the  waters  returned  into 
the  channel,   and  ran  as  lhe\   w  <  re   wont  before. 

19  And  the  people  came  up  out  of  the  Jordan, 
the  tenth  tlay  of  the  first  mouth,  and  camped  in 
Galgal,  over-against  the  oast  side  of  the  city  of 
Jericho. 

20  And  the  twelve  stom  s.  which  thev  bad  taken 
out  of  the  channel  of  the  Jordan,  Josue  pitched  in 
( ialcal  : 

21  And  said  to  the  children  of  Israel  ;  When  youi 
children  shall  ask  their  fathers  to-morrow  ,  and  shall 
sav  to  them  :  what  mean  these  stom 

22  you  shall  teach  them,  and  say  :  Israel  passed 
over  this  Jordan  through  the  dry  channel. 

23  The  Lord  your  (JikI  drying  up  the  water* 
thereof  in  \oiir  sight,  until  you  passed  over : 

J'l  As  he  had  done  before  in  the  Red  Sea,  which 
he  dried  up  till  we  passed  through  ! 

i  Thai  all  the  people  of  the  earth  may  learn 
the  most  mighty  hand  of  the  Lord,  that  \ou  also 
may  fear  the  Lord  your  God  for  <  ver. 


CHAP. 
CHAP.V. 

Tkt  people  are  circumcised :  they  keep  the  pasrh.     The  manna 
cea8et/i.     An  Angel  appvarclh  to  Josue. 

NOW  when  all  the  kings  of  the  Amorrhites,  who 
dwelt  beyond  the  Jordan  westward,  and 
all  the  kings  of  Chanaan,  who  possessed  the  plaees 
near  the  great  sea,  had  heard  that  the  Lord  had 
dried  up  the  waters  of  the  Jordan  before  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  till  they  passed  over,  their  heart  fail- 
ed them  ;  and  there  remained  no  spirit  in  them, 
fearing  the  coining  in  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

2  At  that  time  the  Lord  said  to  Josue  :  Make  thee 
knives  of  stone,  and  circumcise  the  second  time* 
the  children  of  Israel. 

3  He  did  what  the  Lord  had  commanded  :  and 
he  circumcised  the  children  of  Israel  in  the  hill  of 
the  foreskins. 

4  Now  this  is  the  cause  of  the  second  circumci- 
sion :  AH  the  people  that  came  out  of  Egypt  that 
were  males,  all  the  men  fit  for  war,  died  in  the  de- 
sert, during  the  time  of  the  long  going  about  in  the 
way. 

5  Now  these  were  all  circumcised.  But  the  peo- 
ple that  were  born  in  the  desert, 

6  During  the  forty  years  of  the  journey  in  the 
wide  wilderness,  were  uncircumcised  :  till  all  they 
were  consumed  that  had  not  heard  the  voice  of  the 
Lord,  and  to  whom  he  had  sworn  before,  that  he 
would  not  show  them  the  land  flowing  with  milk 
and  honey. 

7  The  children  of  these  succeeded  in  the  place 
of  their  fathers,  and  were  circumcised  by  Josue : 
for  they  were  uncircumcised  even  as  they  were 
born  ;  and  no  one  had  circumcised  them  in  the  way. 

8  Now  after  they  were  all  circumcised,  they 
remained  in  the  same  place  of  the  camp,  until  they 
were  healed. 

9  And  the  Lord  said  to  Josue :  This  day  have  I 
taken  away  from  you  the  reproach  of  Egypt.  And 
the  name  of  that  place  was  called  Galgal,  until  this 
present  day. 

10  And  the  children  of  Israel  abode  in  Galgal ; 
and  they  kept  the  phase,  on  the  fourteenth  day  of 
the  month  at  evening  in  the  plains  of  Jericho  : 

11  And  they  ate  on  the  next  day  unleavened 
bread  of  the  corn  of  the  land,  and  furmety  of  the 
same  year. 

12  And  the  manna  ceased  after  they  ate  of  the 
corn  of  the  land  :  neither  did  the  children  of  Israel 
use  that  food  any  more  ;  but  they  ate  of  the  corn  of 
the  present  year  of  the  land  of  Chanaan. 

13  And  •when  Josue  was  in  the  field  of  the  city 
of  Jericho,  he  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  saw  a  man 
standing  ovcr-against  him,  holding  a  drawn  sword: 
and  he  went  to  him,  and  said  :  Art  thou  one  of  ours 
or  of  our  adversaries  ? 

14  And  he  answered  :  No  :  but  I  am  prince  of 
the  host  of  the  Lord  ;f  and  now  I  am  come. 

*  The  second  time.  Not  that  such  as  had  been  circumcised  before 
were  to  be  circumcised  again  :  but  that  they  were  now  to  renew,  and 
to  take  up  again  the  practice  of  circumcision  ;  which  had  been  omit- 
ted during  their  forty  years  sojourning  in  the  wilderness  ;  by  reason 
of  their  being  always  uncertain  when  they  should  be  obliged  to  march. 


V,  VI. 

15  Josue  fell  on  his  face  to  the  ground.  And 
worshipping,!  said :  What  saith  my  lord  to  his 
servant  r 

16  Loose,  saith  he,  thy  shoes  from  off  thy  leet. 
for  the  place  whereon  thou  standest  is  holy  And 
Josue  did  as  was  commanded  him. 

CHAP.  VI 

After  seven  days  processions,  the  priests  sounding  the  tmimpett 
the  walls  of  Jericho  fall  down  :  and  the  city  is  taken,  and  de 
stroyed. 

TVTOW  Jericho  was  close  shut  up  and  fenced,  for 
-L  ^  fear  of  the  children  of  Israel :  and  no  man  durst 
go  out  or  conn;  in. 

2  And  the  Lord  said  to  Josue :  Behold,  I  have 
given  into  thy  hands  Jericho,  and  the  king  thereof, 
and  all  the  valiant  men. 

3  Go  round  about  the  city  all  ye  fighting  men 
once  a  day  :  so  shall  ye  do  for  six  days. 

4  And  on  the  seventh  day  the  priests  shall  take 
the  seven  trumpets,  which  are  used  in  the  jubilee, 
and  shall  go  before  the  ark  of  the  Covenant  :  and 
you  shall  go  about  the  city  seven  times,  and  the 
priests  shall  sound  the  trumpets. 

5  And  when  the  voice  of  the  trumpet  shall  give 
a  longer  and  broken  tune,  and  shall  sound  in  your 
ears,  all  the  people  shall  shout  together  with  a  very 
great  shout;  and  the  walls  of  the  city  shall  fall  to 
the  ground  ;  and  they  shall  enter  in  every  one  at  the 
place  against  which  they  shall  stand. 

6  Then  Josue  the  son  of  Nun  called  the  priests, 
and  said  to  them  :  Take  the  ark  of  the  covenant  : 
and  let  seven  other  priests  take  the  seven  trumpets 
of  the  jubilee,  and  march  before  the  ark  of  the 
Lord. 

7  And  he  said  to  the  people  :  Go,  and  compass 
the  city,  armed,  marching  before  the  ark  of  the 
Lord. 

8  And  when  Josue  had  ended  his  words,  and  the 
seven  priests  blew  the  seven  trumpets  before  the  ark 
of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord, 

9  And  all  the  armed  men  went  before,  the  rest 
of  the  common  people  followed  the  ark,  and  the 
sound  of  the  trumpets  was  heard  on  all  sides. 

10  But  Josue  had  commanded  the  people,  saying  : 
You  shall  not  shout,  nor  shall  your  voice  be  heard, 
nor  any  word  go  out  of  your  mouth  ;  until  the  day 
come  wherein!  shall  say  to  you  :  Cry,  and  shout. 

11  So  the  ark  of  the  Lord  went  about  the  city 
once  a  day,  and  returning  into  the  camp,  abode 
there. 

12  And  Josue  rising  before  day,  the  priests  took 
the  ark  of  the  Lord, 

13  And  seven  of  them  seven  trumpets,  which  are 
used  in  the  jubilee  :  and  they  went  before  the  ark  of 
the  Lord  walking  and  sounding  the  trumpets:  and 
the  armed  men  went  before  them  ;  and  the  rest  of 
the  common  people  followed  the  ark  ;  and  they 
blew  the  trumpets. 


1  Prince  of  the  host  of  the  Lord,  Sec.  St.  Michael,  who  is  called  prince 
of  the  people  of  Israel,  Daniel  x.  21. 

t  Worshiping.  Not  with  divine  honour,  but  with  a  religious  vene- 
ration of  an  inferior  kind,  suitable  to  the  dignity  of  his  person. 

171 


JOSUE. 


1  V  And  the?  went  round  about  the  city  the  second 
day   once,  ion   returned   into  the  camp.      So  they 

did  six  days. 

15  lint  the  seventh  day,  rising  op  early,  they 
went  about  the  city,  as  it  was  ordered,  seven  times. 

lti   And    when    in  the    seventh   going   ahout  the 

rri.  M*  MMinded  with  tlie  truni|iets,  Josue  said  to  all 
srael  :  Shout;  tor  the  Lord  hath  delivered  the  fit y 
to  \nu  : 

I  7  And  let  this  city  he  an  anathema,  and  all  things 
that  are  in  it,  to  the  Lord.  Let  only  Rahah  the 
harlot  live,  with  all  that  are  with  her  in  the  house: 
lor  she  hitl  the  messengers  whom  we  sent. 

18  Hut  beware  ve  lest  you  touch  audit  of  those 
things  that  are  forbidden,  and  you  be  guilty  of  trans- 

ision,  and  all  the  camp  of  Israel  be  under  sin. 
and  be  troubled. 

19  Hut  whatsoever  gold  or  silver  there  shall  be. 
or  vessels  of  brass  and  iron,  let  it  l>e  consecrated  to 
the  Lord,  laid  up  in  his  treasures. 

BO  So  all  the  [>eople  making  a  shout,  and  tbe 
truni'wts  sounding,  when  the  roice  and  the  sound 
thundered  in  the  ears  of  the  multitude,  the  walls 
forthwith  fell  down  :  and  every  man  went  up  by 
the  place  that  was  over-against  him  :  and  they  took 
the  citv, 

21  And  killed  all  that  were  in  it,  man  and  woman, 
young  and  old.  The  oxen  also  and  the  sheep,  and 
the  asses,  they  slew  with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

22  Hut  .losue  said  to  the  two  men  that  had  been 
sent  for  spies:  Go  into  the  harlot's  house,  and  bfini 
her  out,  and  all  things  that  are  hers,  as  you  assured 
her  by  oath. 

23  And  the  young  men  went  in  and  brought  out 
Kahab.  and  her  parents,  her  brethren  also,  and  all 
her  goods,  and  her  kindred,  and  made  them  to  stay 
Without  the  camp. 

J  i  Hut  they  burned  the  eitv,  and  all  things  that 
were  therein  :  except  the  gold  and  silver,  and  ves- 
sels of  brass  and  iron,  w  hieh  they  consecrated  into 
the  treasury  of  the  Lord. 

26  Hut  .losne  saved  Rahah  the  harlot  and   her 
's   house,  and  all  she  bad  :  and   they  dwelt  in 

the  midst  of  Israel  until  this  present  day  !  because  she 
hid  the  messengers  whom  he  had  sent  to  spy  out 
Jericho*  At  that  time,  Josue  made  an  imprecation. 
saying : 

2t>  Cursed*  be  the  man  before  the  Lord,  that 
shall  raise  up  and  build  the  citv  of  Jericho.  In  his 
first-born  may  he  lay  the  foundation  thereof,  and  in 
(he  last  nf"  his  children  set  up  its  gales. 

27  And  the  Lord  was  with  .losue  :  and  his  name 
was  noised  throughout  all  the  laud. 

CHAP.  VII. 

For  the  tin  of  Arhan,  the  Itraelitrs  are  deflated  at  Ihii.  The 
qfrmlir  it  found  out,  and  stoned  to  drath  :  ami  (iixl't  icratli 
it  turned  from  them. 

BUT  the  children  of  Israel  transgressed  the  com- 
mandment, and   took  to  their  own  use  of  the 


•  Cunt*.  Ire.  J.rw -tin.  in  tin-  myttic»l  «on«o.  >i|piifie«  immjuilf :  tlir 
Kxirxlm;-  of  lli»-  Ir  im,,iu  In  the   prieiti,  III*  preaching  of  the  word 
ofUod  ,  by  which  tbe  walk  of  Jericho  are  thrown  down,  when  mi- 
ni 


father  s 


anathema.  For  Achan,  the  son  of  Chtrnii.  the  son 
of  Zabdi,  the  son  of  /are,  of  the  trit>e  of  Jmla.  took 
something  of  the  anathema:  and  the  Lord  was 
angry  against  the  children  of  Israel. 

\nd  when  .losue  sent  men  from  .lericho  against 
Hai,  which  is  beside  Hethaven.  on  the  east  side  of 
the  town  of  Bethd,  he  said  to  them  :  Go  up,  and 
view  the  country:  and  they  fulfilled  his  command, 
and  viewed    Hai. 

3  And  returning  they  said  to  him  Let  not  all 
the  people  go  up,  but  let  two  or  three  thousand  men 
go,  and  destroy  the  citv:  why  should  all  the  people 
be  troubled  in  vain  against  enemies  that  are  very 
few  ? 

4  There  went  up  therefore  three  thousand  fight- 
ing men,  who  immediately  turned  their  backs, 

5  Ami  were  defeated  by  the  men  of  the  city  of 
I  lai  :  and  there  fell  of  them  six  and  thirty  men  :  and 
the  enemies  pursued  them  from  the  gate  as  far  as 
Sabarim,  and  they  slew  them  as  they  lied  by  the 
descent  :  and  the  heart  of  the  people  was  struck 
with  fear,  and  melted  like  water. 

6  But  Josue  rent  his  garments,  and  fell  flat  on 
the  ground  before  the  ark  of  the  Lord  until  the 
evening,  both  he  and  all  the  ancients  of  Israel  :  and 
they  put  dust  upon  their  heads. 

7  And  Josue  said:  Alas,  O  Lord  God,  why 
wouldst  thou  bring  this  people  over  the  river  Jor- 
dan, to  deliver  us  into  the  hand  of  the  Amorrhite. 
and  to  destroy  us?  would  God  we  had  staid  be- 
yond the  Jordan  as  we  began. 

8  My  Lord  God,  what  shall  I  say,  seeing  Israel 
turning  their  backs  to  their  enemii- 

9  The  Chanaanites.  and  all  the  inhabitants  of 
the  land  will  hear  of  it,  and  being  gathered  together 
will  surround  us  and  cut  of  our  name  from  the 
earth:  and  what  wilt  thou  do  to  thy  great  name? 

10  And  tbe  Lord  said  to  Josue:  Arise;  why 
best  thou  Hat  on  the  ground  ? 

11  Israel  hath  sinned,  and  transgressed  my  co- 
venant: and  thev  ha\e  taken  of  the  anathema,  and 
hare  stolen  and  lied,  and  have  hidden  it  among  their 
goods. 

12  Neither  can  Israel  stand  before  his  enemies, 
but  he  shall  llee  from  them:  because  he  is  defiled 
with  the  anathema.  I  will  l»e  no  more  w'uh  you, 
till  you  destroy  him  that  is  guilty  of  this  wicked- 
ness. 

13  Arise,  sanctify  the  people,  and  SfJj  to  tin-tit : 
Re  ve  sanctified  against  to-morrow  :  for  thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  of  Israel:  The  anathema  is  in  ihe 
midst  of  thee,  t)  Israel:  thou  canst  not  sHind  before 
thy  enemies,  till  he  be  destroyed  out  of  thee  that  is 
defiled  with  this  wickedness. 

LI  And  miii  shall  come  in  the  morning  every  one 
by  vour  tribes:  ami  what  tribe  soever  the  lot  shall 
find,  it  shall  come  by  its  kindreds,  and  the  kindred 
by    iis  houses,  and  the  house  by  the  men. 

15  And   whosoever  he  be  that  shall   l>e   foil ud 


nen  are  converted 
them  up  again. 


and  adreadful  cunt  will  light  on  them  who  Ixiild 


CIJAP.  VIP. 


guilty  of  this  fact,  he  shall  bo  burnt  with  fire  with 
all  his  substance;  because  he  hath  transgressed  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord,  and  hath  done  wickedness 
in  Israel. 

16  Josue,  therefore,  when  he  rose  in  the  morn- 
ing, made  Israel  to  come  by  their  tribes:  and  the 
tiil>e  of  Juda  was  found  : 

17  Which  being  brought  by  its  families,  it  was 
found  to  be  the  fondly  of  Zabdi: 

18  And  bringing  his  house,  man  by  man,  he  found 
Achan  the  son  of  Charmi,  the  son  of  Zabdi,  the 
son  of  Zare,  of  the  tribe  of  Juda. 

19  And  Josue  said  to  Achan  :  My  son,  give  glory 
to  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  and  confess,  and  tell  me 
w  hat  thou  hast  done:  hide  it  not. 

20  And  Achan  answered  Josue,  and  said  to  him : 
Indeed,  I  have  sinned  against  the  Lord  the  God  of 
Israel ;  and  thus  and  thus  have  I  done. 

21  For  I  saw  among  the  spoils  a  scarlet  garment 
exceeding  good,  and  two  hundred  sides  of  silver, 
and  a  golden  rule  of  fifty  sides:  and  I  coveted  them, 
and  I  took  them  away,  and  hid  them  in  the  ground 
in  the  midst  of  my  tent:  and  the  silver  I  covered 
with  the  earth  that  I  dug  up. 

22  Josue  therefore  sent  ministers,  who  running 
to  his  tent,  found  all  hidden  in  the  same  place,  to- 
gether with  the  silver. 

23  And  taking  them  away  out  of  the  tent,  they 
brought  them  to  Josue,  and  to  all  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, and  threw  them  down  before  the  Lord. 

24  Then  Josue  and  all  Israel  with  him  took 
Achan  the  son  of  Zare,  and  the  silver,  and  the 
garment,  and  the  golden  rule,  his  sons*  also  and 
his  daughters,  his  oxen  and  asses,  and  sheep,  the 
tent  also,  and  all  the  goods;  and  brought  them  to 
the  valley  of  Achor: 

2s  Where  Josue  said  :  Because  thou  hast  trou- 
bled us,  the  Lord  trouble  thee  this  day.  And  all 
Israel  stoned  him :  and  all  things  that  were  his,  were 
consumed  with  fire. 

26  And  they  gathered  together  upon  him  a  great 
heap  of  stones,  which  remaineth  until  this  present 
day.  And  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  was  turned  away 
from  them.  And  the  name  of  that  place  was  called 
The  Valley  of  Achor,f  until  this  day. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

Hai  is  taken,  and  burnt ;  and  all  the  inhabitants  Attn.  An  altar 
is  built ;  and  sacrifices  offered.  The  law  is  written  on  stones  : 
and  the  blessings  and  cursings  are  read  before  all  the  people. 

A  ND  the  Lord  said  to  Josue:  Fear  not,  nor  be 
-^*-  thou  dismayed:  take  with  thee  all  the  multi- 
tude of  fighting  men;  arise  and  go  up  to  the  town 
of  Hai.  Behold,  I  have  delivered  into  thy  hand  the 
king  thereof,  and  the  people,  and  the  city  and  the 
•and : 

2  And  thou  shalt  do  to  the  city  of  Hai,  and  to  the 
king  thereof,  as  thou  hast  done  to  Jericho,  and  to 
the  king  thereof :  but  the  spoils  and  all  the  cattle 

*  Hit  sont  ire.  Probably  conscious  to,  or  accomplices  of,  the  crime 
of  their  father. 

t  Achitr.     That  is,  trouble. 


lay 


nn  am- 


you  shall  lake  for  a  prey  to  3'oursdvcs: 
bush  for  the  city  behind  it. 

3  And  Josue  arose,  and  all  the  army  of  the  fight- 
ing men  with  him,  to  go  up  against  Hai:  and  he 
sent  thirty  thousand  chosen  valiant  men  in  the 
night, 

4  And  commanded  them,  saying:  Lay  an  am 
bush  behind  the  city:  and  go  not  very  far  from  it 
and  be  ye  all  ready. 

5  But  I  and  the  rest  of  the  multitude  which  is 
with  me,  will  approach  on  the  contrary  side  against 
the  city.  And  when  they  shall  come  out  against 
us,  we  will  flee,  and  turn  our  backs,  as  we  did  be- 
fore : 

6  Till  they  pursuing  us  be  drawn  farther  from 
the  city:  for  they  will  think  that  we  flee  as  before. 

7  And  whilst  we  are  fleeing,  and  they  pursuing, 
you  shall  rise  out  of  the  ambush,  and  shall  destroy 
the  city:  and  the  Lord  your  God  will  deliver  it 
into  out  hands. 

8  And  when  you  shall  have  taken  it,  set  it  on 
fire:  and  you  shall  do  all  things  so  as  1  have  com- 
manded. 

9  And  he  sent  them  away:  and  they  went  on  to 
the  place  of  the  ambush,  and  abode  between  Be- 
thel and  Hai,  on  the  west  side  of  the  city  of  Hai. 
But  Josue  staid  that  night  in  the  midst  of  the  peo- 
ple : 

10  And  rising  early  in  the  morning,  he  mustered 
his  soldiers,  and  went  up  with  the  ancients  in  the 
front  of  the  army,  environed  with  the  aid  of  the 
fighting  men. 

11  And  when  they  were  come,  and  were  gone 
up  over-against  the  city,  they  stood  on  the  north 
side  of  the  city,  between  which  and  them  there  was 
a  valley  in  the  midst. 

12  And  he  had  chosen  five  thousand:]:  men,  and 
set  them  to  lie  in  ambush  between  Bethel  and  Hai, 
on  the  west  side  of  the  same  city  : 

13  But  all  the  rest  of  the  army  went  in  battle 
array  on  the  north  side,  so  that  the  last  of  that  mul- 
titude reached  to  the  west  side  of  the  city.  So  Josue 
went  that  night,  and  stood  in  the  midst  of  the 
valley. 

14  And  when  the  king  of  Hai  saw  this,  he 
made  haste  in  the  morning,  and  went  out  with  all 
the  army  of  the  city,  and  set  it  in  battle  array  to- 
ward the  desert,  not  knowing  that  there  lay  an  am- 
bush behind  his  back. 

15  But  Josue  and  all  Israel  gave  back,  making 
as  if  they  were  afraid,  and  fleeing  by  the  way  of 
the  wilderness. 

16  But  they  shouting  together,  and  encouraging 
one  another,  pursued  them.  And  when  they  were 
come  from  the  city, 

17  And  not  one  remained  in  the  city  of  Hai  and 
of  Bethel,  that  did  not  pursue  after  Israel,  leaving 
the  towns  open  as  they  had  rushed  out, 

18  The  Lord  said  to  Josue:  Lift  up  the  shield 


|  Five  thousand.     These  were  part  ot  the  30,000  mentioned  above 
verse  3. 

173 


JOSUE. 


thai  is  in  thy  hand,  towards  the  city  of  Ilai,  for  I 
will  deliver  it  to  thi 

19  And  when  lie  had  lilted  up  his  shield  towards 
the  city,  theamhush  that  lay  hid,  rove  up  immediately: 
nnd  soins  to  the  city ,  took  it.  and  set  it  M  lire. 
10  And  the  men  of  the  city,  that  pursued  after 
ne,  looking  back,  and  seeing  the  smoke  of  the 
city  rise  up  to  heaven,  had  no  more  power  to  llee 
this   m   or  that  w  I  eially  as    they  that    had 

counterfeited  flight,  and.  were  going  towards  tin- 
wilderness,  turned  hack  most  valiaiith  against  them 
that  pursued. 

J I  ^n  JoMM  and  all  Israel  seeing  that  the  city 
WW  taken,  and  that  the  smoke  of  the  til \  rose  up. 
returned',  and  dew  the  men  of  Ilai. 

\nd  they  also  that  had  taken  and  set  the  cit\ 
on  lire,  issuing  OUt  of  theeity  to  meet  their  own 
men,  began  to  cut  off  the  enemies  who  were  sur- 
rounded by  them.  So  that  the  enemies  being  cut 
off  OD  both  sides,   not  one  of  so  great  a  multitude 

w;is  saved. 

\nd  they  took  the  king  of  the  city  of  Hai 
alive,  and  brought  him  to  Jostle. 

So  all  1  n -inii.  slain  that  had  pursued  after  Is- 
rael in  his  (fight  to  the  wilderness,  and  falling  by  the 
-word  in  the  BUM  place,  the  children  of  Israel  re- 
turned, and  laid  waste  the  city. 

25  And  the  iiumher  of  them  that  fell  (hat  day 
Irtith  of  men  and  women,  was  twelve  thousand  per- 
sons, all  of  the  city  of  |  lai. 

26  But  Jostle  drew  not  hack  his  hand,  whicn  he 
had  stretched  out  on  high,  holding  the  shield,  till 
all  the  inhabitants  of  Ilai  were  slam. 

27  And  the  children  of  Israel  divided  among 
them  the  cattle  and  the  prey  of  the  city,  as  the  Lord 
had  commanded  Josue. 

\inl  he  burned  theeity,  and  made  it  a  heap 
for  ever : 

J'.'  And  he  hung  the  kins  thereof  on  a  gihhet 
until  the  evening  and  tin-  soins  down  of  the  ran. 
Then  Josue  commanded,  and  they  took  down  his 
carcass  from  the  gibbet  :  and  threw  it  in  the  very  en- 
trance of  the  city,  heaping  upon  it  a  great  heap  of 
stones,  which  reniaiiieth  until  this  present  da\. 

30  Then  Josue  built  an  altar  to  the  Lord  the  God 
of  Israel  in  mount  llehal, 

•  U  A-  Moses  the  »eTTant  of  the  Lord  had  com- 
manded the  children  of  Israel,  and  it  is  written  in 
the  hook  of  the  law  of  Moses  ■  an  altar  of  unheu  n 
stones  which  iron  had  not  touched:  and  he  offered 
u|ion  it  holocausts  to  the  Lord,  and  immolated  vic- 
tims of  peace-offerings. 

32  And  he  wrote  upon  stones  the  Deuteronomy 
of  the  law  of  Moses,  which  he  had  ordered  before 
the  children  of  Israel. 

tad  all  the  people,  and  the  ancients,  and  the 

princes  Bad  judges  stood  on  both  sides  of  the  irk, 

before  the  priests  that  carried  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Lord,  both  the  stranger  and  he  that  was 
l>orn  anions  ihein.  half  of  them  hv  mount  (iari/.im. 
and  half  hv  mount  llehal.  as  Moses  the  servant  of 
the  Lord  had  commanded.  And  first  he  Messed 
the  people  of   Israel. 

174 


S-l  After  this  he  lead  all  the  words  of  the  bless- 
ing and  the  cursing,  and  all  things  that  were  w  rilteii 
in  the  Ixwtk  of  the  law. 

35  He  left  out  nothing  of  those  thinss  which 
Moses  had  commanded;  hut  he  repeated  all  before 
all  the  people  of  Israel,  with  the  women  and  chil- 
dren and  strangers  that  dwelt  among  them. 

CHAP.  IX. 

Jotue  it  decrirrd  by  the  Oobttonilet :  trhn  being  delrrtrd  are 
condi  mm  d  to  be  perpetual  terrantt. 

TVJ"OW  when  these  things  were  heard  of,  all  the 
-L'  kinss  beyond  the  Jordan,  that  dwelt  in  the 
mountains  and  in  the  plains,  in  the  places  near  the 
-i  a.  and  on  the  coasts  of  the  great  sea.  rhei  also 
that  dwelt    by  Lihanus.  the  llethite  and  the  Anior- 

rhite,  the  Chanaanite,  the  Pherecite,  and  the  He- 

\  ite.  and  the  Jehusite, 

2  Gathered  themselves  together,  to  fight  against 

Josue  and  Israel  With  one  mind,  and  one  resolution. 

3  Hut  the\  that  dwelt  in  Gaboon,  hearing  all  that 
Josue  had  done  to  Jericho  and  Ilai: 

4  Cunningly  devising  took  for  themselves  pro- 
visions. Ia\  ins  old  sacks  upon  their  asses,  and  wine 
bottles  rent  and  sowed  up  asain, 

5  And  very  old  shoes  which  for  a  show  of'Bgft 
were  clouted  with  patches,  and  old  garments  upon 
them:  the  loaves  also,  which  they  carried  for  pro- 
vision by  the  way,  were  hard,  and  broken  into 
pieces  : 

6  And  they  went  to  Josue,  who  then  abode  in 
the  camp  at  Galgal,  and  said  to  him,  and  to  all  Is- 
rael with  him:  We  are  come  from  a  far  count  r\ .  de- 
sirins  to  make  peace  with  you.  And  the  children 
of  Israel  answered  them,  and  said: 

7  Perhaps  you  dwell  in  the  land  which  falls  to 
our  lot  ;    if  so,  we  can  make   no   league  w  it  1 1  you. 

8  Hut  they  said  to  Josue  :  We  are  tin  servants. 
Josue  said  to  t In  in :  Who  are  \<>u.'  and  whence 
came  vou  ? 

9  They  answered  S  From  a  \ei\  far  country  thy 
servants  are  come  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  tin  God. 
Tor  we  have  heard  the  fame  of  his  power,  all  the 
things,  that  he  did  in  Egypt, 

10  And  to  the  two  kinss  of  the  Amorrhites  that 
were  beyond  the  Jordan,  Sehon  kins  of  llesehoiv, 
and  Og  kins  of  Hasan,  that  was  in  Astaroth  : 

11  And  our  ancients,  and  all  the  inhabitants  ol 
our  country  said  to  us:  Take  with  VOB  victuals  for 
a  Ions  Way,  and  so  meet  them,  and  say:  We  are 
your  servants;    make   ye  a  league  with  us. 

12  Behold,  these  loaves  We  took  hot.  when  we 
set  out  from  our  houses  to  come  to  yOO  ;  now  tiny 
are  become  dry.  and  hroken  in  pieces  hv  being  <  \- 

ceedins    old. 

13  These  bottles  of  wine  when  we  filled  them 
were  new.  now  the\  arc  nut  and  hurst.  These 
garments  we  have  on.  and  the  shoes  we  have  on  our 
feel,  by  reason  rf  the  \er\  Ions  journey  are  worn 
out.  and  almost  consumed. 

14  They  took  therefore  of  their  victuals,  and 
consulted  not  the  mouth  of  the  Lord. 

15  And   Josue  made    peace  with  them:  and   en- 


CHAP.  X. 


tering  into  a  league  promised  that  they  should  not 
be  slain  :  the  princes  also  of  the  multitude  swore 
to  them. 

16  Now  three  days  after  the  league  was  made, 
they  heard  that  they  dwelt  nigh,  and  they  should 
be  among  them. 

17  And  the  children  of  Israel  removed  the  camp, 
and  came  into  their  cities  on  the  third  day,  the  names 
of  which  are  Gabaon,  and  Caphira,  and  Beroth, 
and  Cariathiarim. 

18  And  they  slew  them  not,  because  the  princes 
of  the  multitude  had  sworn  in  the  name  of  the  Lord 
the  God  of  Israel.  Then  all  the  common  people 
murmured  against  the  princes. 

19  And  they  answered  them:  We  have  sworn 
to  them  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel; 
and  therefore  we  may  not  touch  them. 

20  But  this  we  will  do  to  them :  Let  their  lives 
be  saved,  lest  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  be  stirred  Dp 
against  us,  if  we  should  be  forsworn. 

21  But  so  let  them  live,  as  to  serve  the  whole 
multitude  in  hewing  wood,  and  bringing  in  water. 
As  they  were  speaking  these  things, 

22  josue  called  the  Gabaonites,  and  said  to 
I  hem:  Why  would  you  impose  upon  us,  saying:  We 
dwell  far  off  from  you,  whereas  you  are  in  the  midst 
of  us  ? 

23  Therefore  you  shall  be  under  a  curse,  and 
your  race  shall  always  be  hewers  of  word,  and  car- 
riers of  water  unto  the  house  of  my  God. 

24  They  answered  :  It  was  told  us  thy  servants, 
that  the  Lord  thy  God  had  promised  his  servant 
Moses  to  give  you  all  the  land,  and  to  destroy  all 
the  inhabitants  thereof.  Therefore  we  feared  ex- 
ceedingly, and  provided  for  our  lives,  compelled  by 
the  dread  we  had  of  you  ;  and  we  took  this  counsel. 

25  And  now  we  are  in  thy  hand:  deal  with  us  as 
it  seemeth  good  and  right  unto  thee. 

26  So  Josue  did  as  he  had  said,  and  delivered 
them  from  the  hand  of  the  children  of  Israel,  that 
they  should  not  be  slain. 

27  And  he  gave  orders  in  that  day,  that  they 
should  be  in  the  service  of  all  the  people,  and  of  the 
altar  of  the  Lord,  hewing  wood,  and  carrying  water, 
until  this  present  time,  in  the  place  which  the  Lord 
hath  chosen. 

CHAP.  X. 

Five  Icings  war  against  Gabaon.  Josue  defeafeth  them  :  many 
are  slain  with  hailstones.  At  the.  prayer  of  Josue  the  sun  and 
moon  stand  still  the  space,  of  one  day.  The  Jive  kings  are 
hanged.     Divers  cities  are  taken. 

WHEN  Adonisedec  king  of  Jerusalem  had 
heard  these  things,  to  wit,  that  Josue  had 
taken  Hai,  and  had  destroyed  it  (for  as  he  had  done 
to  Jericho  and  the  king  thereof,  so  did  he  to  Ilai, 
and  its  king)  and  that  the  Gabaonites  were  gone  over 
to  Israel,  and  were  their  confederates, 

2  He  was  exceedingly  afraid.  For  Gabaon  was 
a  great  city,  and  one  of  the  royal  cities,  and  greater 
than  the  town  Hai  and  all  its  fighting  men  were 
most  valiant. 

3  Therefore  Adonisidec  king  of  Jerusalem  sent 
to  Oham  king  of  Hebron,  and  to  Pharam  king  of 


Jerimoth,  and  to  Japhia  king  of  Lachis,  and  to  Da- 
bir  king  of  Eglon,  saying  : 

4  Come  up  to  me,  and  bring  help,  that  we  may 
take  Gabaon,  because  it  hath  gone  over  to  Josue, 
and  to  the  children  of  Israel. 

5  So  the  five  kings  of  the  Amorrhites  being  as- 
sembled together,  went  up;  the  king  of  Jerusalem, 
the  king  of  Hebron,  the  king  of  Jerimoth,  the  king 
of  Lachis,  the  king  of  Eglon,  they  and  their  armies; 
and  camped  about  Gabaon,  laying  siege  to  it. 

6  But  the  inhabitants  of  the  city  of  Gabaon 
which  was  besieged,  sent  to  Josue,  who  then  abode 
in  the  camp  at  Galgal,  and  said  to  him :  Withdraw 
not  thy  hands  from  helping  thy  servants :  come  up 
quickly  and  save  us,  and  bring  us  succour  :  for  all 
the  kings  of  the  Amorrhites,  who  dwell  in  the 
mountains,  are  gathered  together  against  us. 

7  And  Josue  went  up  from  Galgal,  and  all  the 
army  of  the  warriors  with  him,  most  valiant  men. 

8  And  the  Lord  said  to  Josue:  Fear  them  not: 
for  I  have  delivered  them  into  thy  hands  :  none  of 
them  shall  be  able  to  stand  against  thee. 

9  So  Josue  going  up  from  Galgal  all  the  night', 
came  upon  them  suddenly. 

10  And  the  Lord  troubled  them  at  the  sight  of 
Israel :  and  he  slew  them  with  a  great  slaughter  in 
Gabaon,  and  pursued  them  by  the  way  of  the  as- 
cent to  Beth-horon,  and  cut  them  off  all  the  way  to 
Azeca»and  Maceda. 

11  And  when  they  were  fleeing  from  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  were  in  the  descent  of  Beth- 
horon,  the  Lord  cast  down  upon  them  great  stones 
from  heaven  as  far  as  Azeca :  and  many  more  were 
killed  with  the  hail-stones  than  were  slain  by  the 
swords  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

12  Then  Josue  spoke  to  the  Lord,  in  the  day  that 
he  delivered  the  Amorrhite  in  the  sight  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  he  said  before  them:  Move  not, 
O  sun,  toward  Gabaon,  nor  thou,  O  moon,  toward 
the  valley  of  Ajalon. 

13  And  the  sun  and  the  moon  stood  still  till  the 
people  revenged  themselves  of  their  enemies.  Is  not 
this  written  in  the  book  of  the  just  ?*  So  the  sun 
stood  still  in  the  midst  of  heaven,  and  hasted  not  to 
go  down  the  space  of  one  day. 

14  There  was  not  before  nor  after  so  long  a  day, 
the  Lord  obeying  the  voice  of  a  man,  and  lighting 
for  Israel. 

15  And  Josue  returned  with  all  Israel  into  the 
camp  of  Galgal. 

16  For  the  five  kings  were  fled,  and  had  hidden 
themselves  in  a  cave  of  the  eiry  of  Maceda. 

17  And  it  was  told  Josue  that  the  five  kings  were 
found  hidden  in  a  cave  of  the  city  of  Maceda. 

18  And  he  commanded  them  that  were  with  him, 
saying:  Roll  great  stones  to  the  mouth  of  the  cave, 
and  set  careful  men  to  keep  them  shut  up  : 

19  And  stay  you  not ;  but  pursue  after  the  ene- 
mies, and  kill  all  the  hindermost  of  them  as  they 
flee,  and  do  not  suffer  them  whom  the  Lord  God 


*  The  book  of  the  just.     In  Hebrew  Jaaher;  an  ancient  book,   long 
since  lost. 

1T5 


JOSUE. 


hath  delivered  into  your  hands,  to  shelter  iIiciiimNo 
in  their  cities. 

20  So  the  enemies  l*  tin  with  a  great  slaugh- 
trr,  and  almost  utterh  consumed,  they  thai  were  ants 
to  escape  from  Israel,  entered  into  Fenced  <  m<  ■< 

21  And  all  the  anuv  retnfned  to  JoMie  in  Mil  i- 
da.  where  the  camp  then  was,  in  goad  health,  ami 
w  ithout  the  loss  o|  any  one  :  ami  no  man  durst  move 
his  lon-ue  against  the  children  of  Israel. 

22  And  .lostie  iiave  orders,  savin.::  Open  the 
mouth  of  the  cave,  and  brum  forth  to  me  the  five 
kinss  that  lie  hid  tin  rein. 

£1  And  the  ministers  did  as  the)  were  command- 
ed :  and  they  brought  out  to  him  the  live  kin^s  out 
ot  the  cave:  tin  Inn  ',  of  Jrif  lllfl.  the  kiogOl  He- 
bron, the  kin::  of  Jerimoth,  the  kingof  Lachis,  the 
kin-  of  Ldon. 

t%  And  when  tiny  were  brought  out  to  him,  he 
called  all  the  men  ol  Uriel,  and  said  to  the  cinch  ot 
the  army  thai  were  with  him:  (Jo,  and  set  vour  feet 
on  the  necks  ot   these  kings.      And  when  they  had 

gone,  and  put  their  last  upon  the  necks  of  than  bring 
under  them, 

25  He  said  agaifl  to  them:  Fear  not,  neither  be 
ye  dismayed:  take  courage,  and  he  strong;  for  so 
will  the  Lord  do  to  all  yotftj  enemies,  against  whom 
\on  fight 

26  \nd  loSIM  struck,  and  slew  them,  and  hanged 
them  upon  five  gibbets;  and  they  hung  until  tin 
evening. 

11  And  when  the  sun  was  down,  he  commanded 
the  soldiers  to  take  them  down  Iron)  the  gtbbl  t-- 
And  alter  they  were  taken  down,  tiny  cast  them 
into  the  cave  where  they  had  lain  hid,  and  put 
preat  stones  at  the  mouth  thereof,  which  remain 
until  this  day. 

28  The  same  day  Jostle  took  Maceda,  and  de- 
stroyed it  with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and  killed 
the  king  and  all  the  inhabitants  thereof:  he  left  not 
in  it  the  least  remains.  And  he  did  to  tin-  king  of 
Maceda,  as  he  had  done  to  the  kins  of  .Jericho. 

29  And  he  passed  from  Maceda  with  all  Israel  to 
Lebna,  and  fought  SAMSt  it  : 

30  And  the  Lord  delivered  it  with  the  king 
thereof  into  the  hands  ot  Israel  :  and  thev  destroved 
the  city  with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and  all  the  in- 
habitants thereof.  They  left  not  in  it  any  remains. 
And  they  did  to  the  kingof  Lebna, as thev  had  done 
to  the  kingof  Jericho. 

31  From  Lebna  he  passed  unto  Lachis  with  all 
Israel:  and  investing  it  with  his  army,  besieged  it. 

32  And  the  Lord  delivered  Lachis  into  (he  hands 
of  Israel  :  and  he  took  it  the  following  day,  and  put 
it  to  the  sword,  and  every  soul  that  was  in  it,  as  he 
had  done  t'>  Lebna. 

33  At  that  time  Moram  king  of  Gazer,  ramr  up 
to  succour  Lachis:  endJoSM  MCW  him  with  all  Ins 
people,  so  as  to  leave  none  alive. 

*  Tht  king,  ru.  (tie  new  king  who  succeeded  him  that  »a«  iluin, 
»cr.  ?6. 

f  J»i  rmti/u  tkrrrin,  but  iit»,  <-f.     God  ordered  thrm>  people  | 
■tterlv  di  puui»limcn(  of  tlirir  manifold  abominatioo* ;  an  I 

(liat  (bey  might  not  draw  tbe  Uraelite.  i 

178 


I  And  he  passed  from  Lachis  to  Eg'on,  and 
sin  rounded  it, 

i  And  took  it  the  same  day  ;  and  put  to  the 
sword  all  the  souls  that  were  in  it,  according  to  all 
that  he  had  done  to  Lachis. 

36  He  went  up  also  w  ith  all  Israel  from  Ldou  to 
Hebron,  and  fought  against  it: 

37  Took  it,  and  destroyed  it  with  the  edge  of  tike 
sword;  the  kinji*  also  thereof,  and  all  the  towns  of 
that  country,  and  all  the  souls  that  dwelt  in  it  :  he 
I.  It  not  therein  an\  remains:  as  he  had  done  to 
Ldon,  so  diil  he  also  to  Hebron,  putting  to  the 
sword  all  that  he  found  in  it. 

38  Returning  from  thence  to  Dabir, 

'    He  took  it,  and  destroved    it:    the  kim:  also 

thereof,  and  all  the  towns  round  about  be  destroyed 

with  the  edge  of  the  sword  ;  be  left  not  in  it  any 
remains  :  as  he  had  done  to  Hebron  and  Lehna  and 
to  their  kings,  so  did  he  to  Dabir  and  to  the   king 

thereof. 

40  So  Josue  conquered  nil  the  counirv  of  the 
hills  and  of  the  south  and  of  tbe  plain,  and  of  \-<  - 
doth  with  their  kimis  :  he  left  not  any  remains 
therein,  but  slewf  all  that  breathed,  as  the  Lord  the 
CJod  of  Israel  had  commanded  him, 

41  From  Cadesbame  even  to  Gaza.  All  the 
land  of  (Josen  even  to  (Jabaon. 

42  And  all  their  kin^s,  and  their  lands  he  t<  ok 
and  WasSfid  at  one  onset :  for  the  Lord  the  God  ol 
Israel  fought  for  him. 

4ii  And  he  returned  with  all  Israel  to  the  place 
of  the  camp  in  Galgal. 

CHAP.  XL 

The  king»  of  (he  north  are  ovrrthrutcn  :  the  whole  country  i* 
taken. 

AND  when  Jabin  king  of  Asor  bad  Ik  ard  these 
things,  he  sent  to  .lobab  kim:  of  Madon.  and  to 
the  king  of  Sameron,  and  to  the  kin::  ef  Achsapb: 

2  And  to  the  kings  of  the  north,  thai  dwelt  in  the 

mountains  and  in  the  plains  ovcr-a^aiust  the  south 
side  of  (eneroth,  and  m  the  levels  and  the  countries 
of  1  )or.  In  the  sea-side : 

3  To  the  Chanaanke  also  on  the  east  and  on  the 
west,  and  the  Ainorrhite.  and  the  llcthite,  and  the 
I'here/ite,  and  the  Jcbusilc  in  the  mountains  ;  to  the 
Hev  ite  also  w  ho  dwell  at  the  foot  of  Heruion  in  lb 
land  of  Maspha. 

4  And  they  all  came  out  with  their  troojis.  a 
people  exceeding  numerous  as  the  sand  that  is  on 
the  sea -shore,  their  horses  also  and  chariots  a  very 
great  multitude. 

5  And  all  these  kiiiiis  assembled  toe  titer  at  the 
waters  of  M<  rom  to  fight  against  Israel. 

6  And  the  Lord  said  to  JoSUC  !  I  ear  them  not  : 
for  to-morrow  at  this  same  hour  I  will  deliver  al. 
these  to  be  slain  in  the  sight  ol  Israel  :  thou  shall 
hamstring  their  horses,  and  thou  shall  bum  then 
chariots  with  firef 


t  Hamilring  tkrir  fcoriri,  o»i/  *ur»  thrir  rAorio/i  %rilk  firt,  fy*-  God  «> 
onl  lined,  that  hia  pcople  might  Dot  trust  in  chanuU  and  hortea,  but 
in  him. 


CHAP.  XII. 


7  And  Josue  I'amc,  and  all  the  army  with  him, 
aa;:iinsi  them  to  the  waters  of  Ah  mm  tin  a  sudden, 
and  fell  upon  them 

8  And  the  Lord  delivered  them  into  the  hands  of 
Israel.  And  they  defeated  them,  and  ehasid  them 
as  far  as  (lie  great  Sidon,  and  the  waters  of  Mase- 
rephot,  and  the  field  of  Masphe,  which  is  on  the  east 
side  thereof.  He  slew  them  all,  so  as  to  leave  no 
remains  of  them  : 

9  And  he  did  as  the  Lord  had  commanded  him: 
he  hamstringed  their  horses,  and  I  burned  their 
chariots. 

10  And  presently  turning  hack  he  took  Asor; 
and  slew  the  kins  thereof  with  the  sword.  Now 
Asor  of  old  was  the  head  of  all  these  kingdoms. 

1 1  And  he  cut  off  all  the  souls  that  ahode  there  : 
he  left  not  in  it  any  remains,  hut  utterly  destroyed 
all,  and  burned  the  city  itself  with  fire. 

12  And  he  took  and  put  to  the  sword  and  de- 
stroyed all  the  cities  round  about,  and  their  kings, 
as  Moses  the  servant  of  God  had  commanded  him. 

13  Except  the  cities  that  were  on  hills  and  high 
places,  the  rest  Israel  burned  :  only  Asor  that  was 
very  strong,  he  consumed  with  fire. 

14  And  the  children  of  Israel  divided  among 
themselves  all  the  spoil  of  these  cities  and  the  cattle, 
killing  all  the  men. 

lb  As  the  Lord  had  commanded  Moses  his  ser- 
vant, so  did  Moses  command  Josue,  and  he  accom- 
plish! d  all:  be  left  not  one  thins  undone  of  all  the 
commandtueuts  which  the  Lord  had  commanded 
M^ses. 

16  So  Josue  took  all  the  country  of  the  bills,  and 
of  the  south,  and  the  land  of  Gosen,  and  the  plains, 
and  the  west  country,  and  the  mountain  of  Israel, 
and  the  plains  thereof; 

IV  And  part  of  the  mountain  that  goeth  up  to  Seir 
as  fat  asBaalgadby  the  plain  of  Lihanus  under  mount 
Hermon  :  all  their  kings  be  took,  smote,  and  slew. 

18  Josue  made  war  a  long  time*  against  these 
kings. 

19  There  was  not  a  city  that  delivered  itself  to 
the  children  of  Israel,  except  the  Hevite,  who  dwelt 
in  Gabaon  :  for  he  took  all  by  fight. 

20  For  it  was  the  sentence  of  the  Lord,  that  their 
hearts  should  be  hardened,!  and  they  should  fight 
against  Israel,  and  fall,  and  should  not  deserve  any 
clemency,  and  should  be  destroyed,  as  the  Lord  had 
commanded  Moses. 

21  At  that  time  Josue  came  and  cut  offthe  Ena- 
cims  from  the  mountains,  from  Hebron,  and  Dabir, 
and  Anab,  and  from  all  the  mountain  of  Juda  and 
Israel;  and  destroyed  their  cities. 

22  He  left  not  any  of  the  stock  of  the  Enacims, 
in  the  land  of  the  children  of  Israel ;  except  the 
citesof  Gaza,  and  Geth,  and  Azotus,  in  which  alone 
they  were  left. 

23  So  Josue  took  all  the  land,  as  the  Lord  spoke 
lo  Moses,  and  delivered  it  in  possession  to  the  chil- 


*  Jt  fimg  lime.     S°ven  vtwrs.  as  appears  from  chap.  xvi.  10. 
t  IlarJcnuL     This  hardening  of  their  hearts,  was  their  having  no 

Z 


dren  of  Israel,  according  to  their  divisions  and  tribes. 
And  the  land  rested  from  wars. 

CHAP.  XII. 

A  list  of  the.  kings  slain  by  Moses  and  Josue. 

rrHIESE  are  the  kings,  whom  the  children  of  Is- 
-■-  rael  slew  and  possessed  their  land  beyond  the 
Jordan,  towards  the  rising  of  the  sun,  from  the  tor- 
rent Anion  unto  mount  Hermon,  and  all  the  east 
country  that  looketh  towards  the  wilderness. 

2  Sehon  king  of  the  Amorrhites,  who  dwelt  in 
Hesebon,  and  had  dominion  from  Aroer,  which  is 
seated  upon  the  bank  of  the  torrent  Anion,  and  of 
the  middle  part  in  the  valley,  and  of  half  Galaad,  as 
far  as  the  torrent  Jahoc,  which  is  the  border  of  the 
children  of  Amnion. 

3  And  from  the  wilderness,  to  the  sea  of  Cenc 
roth  toward  the  east,  and  to  the  sea  of  the  wildei- 
ness,  which  is  the  most  salt  sea,  on  the  east  side  by 
the  way  that  leadeth  to  Bethsimoth  ;  and  on  the 
south  side,  that  lieth  under  Asedoth,  Phasga. 

4  The  border  of  Og  the  king  of  Basan,  of  the 
remnant  of  the  Raphatms  who  dwelt  in  Astaroth, 
and  in  Edrai,  and  had  dominion  in  mount  Her- 
mon, and  in  Salecha,  and  in  all  Basan,  unto  the 
borders. 

5  Of  Gessuri,  and  Machati, and  of  half  Galaad: 
the  borders  of  Sehon  the  king  of  Hesebon. 

6  Moses  the  servant  of  the  Lord,  and  the  children 
of  Israel  slew  them:  and  Moses  delivered  their  land 
in  possession  to  the  Rubenites,  and  Gadites,  and  the 
half  tribe  of  Manasses. 

7  These  are  the  kings  of  the  land,  whom  Josue 
and  the  children  of  Israel  slew  beyond  the  Jordan 
on  the  west  side  from  Baalgad  in  the  field  of  Li- 
hanus, unto  the  mount,  part  of  which  goeth  up  into 
Seir:  and  Josue  delivered  it  in  possession  to  the 
tribes  of  Israel,  to  every  one  their  divisions, 

8  As  well  in  the  mountains  as  in  the  plains  and 
the  champaign  countries.  In  Asedoth,  and  in  the 
wilderness,  and  in  the  south  was  the  Hethite  and 
the  Amorrhite,  the  Chanaanite  and  the  Pherezite, 
the  Hevite,  and  the  Jebusite. 

9  The  king  of  Jericho  one;  the  king  of  Hai, 
which  is  on  the  side  of  Bethel,  one; 

10  The  king  of  Jerusalem  one;  the  king  of  He- 
bron one; 

1 1  The  king  of  Jerimoth  one ;  the  king  of  La- 
cbis  one; 

12  The  king  of  Eglon  one;  the  king  of  Gazer 
one; 

13  The  king  of  Dabir  one;  the  king  of  Gader 
one  ; 

14  The  king  of  Hcrma  one;  the  king  of  Hered 
one ; 

15  The  king  of  Lebna  one;  the  king  of  Odul- 
lam  one; 

16  The  king  of  Maceda  one;  the  king  of  Bethel 
one ; 


thought  of  yielding  or  submitting;  which  was  a  sentence  or  jndgment 
of  God  upon  them  in  punishment  of  their  enormous  crime*. 

177 


on*- : 


JO! 
Fbe  kins  of  Taphua  one;  the king of  Oiiber   m  Vi^mli  and  Edrai:  he  una  of  the  rrnmi.ix  of 


l  I  The  king  of  Aplicc  our;  die  king  of  Saron 


Oll» 


19  The  kins  of  Mutton  one;  tlir  kins  "f  Asor 


The  kingof  Semeron  one;  tlw  kingof  Aehsaph 
on.  .- 

l\    The  kin;:  of  Thenar  one;  the  king  of  Ma- 
getltlo  one; 

The  kins  of  Cades  one;  the  king  of  Jacha- 
Bao  of  ( 'arnn  I  our : 

29  Toe  king  of  Dor,  and  of  the  province  of  Dor 
one  :  the  kins  of  the  nations  of  Galea!  one; 

24  The  kins  of  Thersa  one:  all  the  kings  thirty 
and  one. 


mount 


CHAP.  XIII. 

God  roinm'intfi  Ih  .1  -titr  to  iliculr   tin    t'inil :  thr  paMftJti 

Jttilirn,    I'niil,  timl  half   the   trihr   of   MllHOUrW,     ttrl/mid   tht 
Jordan. 

rOSUE  Was  old.  ami  far  attvanced  in  \ears:* 
**  and  the  l.onl  said  to  1 1 i i > i  j  thou  art  grown  old, 
and  advanced  in  age;  and  there  is  a  very  large 
country  left,  w ■hieh  is  not  vet  divided  l»v  lot  : 

2  To  wit.  all  Galilee,  f'hilistia,  and  all  Geasnri. 

3  From  the  troubled  river,  that  watereth  Egypt, 
nnto  the  border*  of  Accaron  northward  :  the  land 
of  Chanaan,  which  is  divided  among  the  lords  of 
the  I'hilisiiues.  the  (ia/.ites.  the  A/.otiaus,  the  As- 
ealonites,  the  (icthites,  and  the  Accaronitr-. 

\  And  on  the  south  side  are  the  Hevites,  all  the 
land  of  Chanaan,  and  Maara  of  the  Sidonians  as 
far  as  Apheca,  and  the   borders  of  the  Ainonhite. 

5  Ann  his  confines.     The  country  also  of  Liha- 
nns  towards  the  east  from  Baalgno  under 
liennoa  to  the  entering  into  Kmath. 

tl  Of  all  that  dwell  in  the  mountains  from  Lihn- 
nns,  to  the  waters  of  Maserephoth,  and  all  the  Si- 
donians. I  am  lie  that  will  cut  them  oil'  from  Im>- 
f'ore  the  face  of  the  children  of  Israel.  So  Irt  their 
land  come  in  as  ;i  pnrf  of  the  inheritance  of  Israel, 
as  I  have  rniiunaiidrd  thee. 

7  And  now  divide  the  land  in  possession  to  the 
nine  tribes,  and  to  the  half  tribe  of  Manasses, 

8  With  w  lioiu  t  Ruben  and  Gad  have  possessed 
the  land,  which  Moses  the  servant  of  the  Lord  de- 
livered to  them  beyond  the  river  Jordan,  on  the  east 
side, 

9  From  Aroer,  which  is  upon  the  hank  of  the 
torrent  Anion,  and  in  the  midst  of  the  vallev,  and 
all  the  plains  of  Medaha,  as  far  as  I  )ihou  : 

10  And  all  the  cities  ol' Sthou,  kins  of  the  \mor- 
rhites,  who  reigned  in  Hesebon,  unto  the  borders 
of  the  children  of  Amnion. 

11  And  Gained,  and  the  borders  of  Gessori  and 
Machati,  and  all  mount  Hermou,  and  all  Hasan  as 
far  M  Salerha, 

1  _'  All  the  kingdom  of  Os  in  Basan,  w  ho  reignt  d 


'  7«w  nil  nW,  «ni  /«r  «Jtiwn(  in  yrari  II-  •<  a«  llvn  nlw>iil  101 
vr*n  oM.  Jiuf  tkrri  it  «  wry  Lir^e  rmtnlry  left,  trhirk  it  not  yet  diridtd  by 
UU,  rvrf  vrt  po»«o**rH  hy  tin-  rluldrpn  of  |. 

t  With  vim.     That  i»,  wit),  il.r  other  half  of  that  tun-  liibe. 
1*8 


the  Ixaphainis  j  and  Moses  overthrew  an  I  destroyed 
them. 

Id  \nd  the  ehildren  of  Israel  would  mtdestiov 
(irssiiri  and  Maehati:  and  they  have  dwell  in  the 
midst  of  Israel,  until  this  present  day. 

14  Mut  to  the  tribe  of  Levi  he  save  no  possession 

hut  the  sacrifices  and  the  victims  of  I  he  Lord  (iott 
ol  Israel,  are  his  inheritance,  as  lie  spoke  to  him. 

15  And  Noses  save  a  possession  to  the  children 
of  HiiIm-ii  acebrding  to  thrir  kindreds. 

It!  And  their  border  was  from  Aroer,  which  is 
on  the  hank  of  the  torrent  Anion,  and  in  I  he  midst 
of  the  vallev  of  the  same  torrent :  all  the  plain,  ihat 
Iradrth  to  Medaha. 

17  And  Hesebon,  and  all  their  villaees,  which 
ate  in  the  plains.  Diliou  also,  and  Mnmoihhaal,  and 
the  town  of  Baalmann, 

I!'.   And  .lassa.  and  Cedinioth,  and  Mephaath, 

19  And  Cariathaiin.  and  Saba  ma,  and  Saratha- 
sai   in  the  mountain  of  the  vallev. 

20  Methphosor  antl  Asedoth.  Phasga  and  Be- 
thiesimoth, 

-'1  \ntl  all  the  cities  of  the  plain,  and  al'  the 
kingdoms  of  Sehoa  king  of  rhe  Amorrhttes,  that 
reigned  in  Hesebon,  whom  Moses  slew  with  the 
princes  of  Madia n :}  I  lev  i.  and  Recent,  and  Sur,  anil 
Itnr.  and  Rebe,  dukes  of  Srhon,  inlialiitants  of  the 
laud. 

'  Balaam  also  rhe  son  of  Meor  the  soofiisa.ver, 
the  children  of  Israel  slew  w  ith  the  sw  ord  anions  the 
rest  thai  were  slain. 

23  Antl  the  river  Jordan  was  the  border  of  the 
children  of  Hul>cn.  This  is  the  possession  of  the 
Muhenites.  In  their  kindreds,  ol  Cities  and  v  ilbtgrs. 

24  And  Moses  save  lo  the  tribe  Of  <  iad  and  to  his 
ehildren,  hv  their  kintlreds,  a  possession,  of  which 
this  is  the  division. 

26  The  horder  of  .laser,  and  all  the  cities  of 
Gataad,  and  half  the  land  of  the  children  of  Am- 
mon:  as  far  as  Aroer,  which  is  over-against  Rabba: 

2(5  And  from  Hesebon  unto  Ramoth.Masuhe,  and 
Metoniin:  and  from  Manaim  unto  the  borders  of 
Dabir. 

27  And  in  the  vallev  Metharan  and  Methneinra, 
and  Socoth,  and  Saphou  the  other  part  of  the  king- 
dom of  Senon  kins  of  Hesebon:  the  limit  of  this 

also  is  the  Jordan,  as  far  as  the  uttermost  part  of  the 
sea  of  Cenereth  beyond  the  Jordan  OB  the  east  side. 

28  This  is  the  possession  of  the  children  til  Gad 
by  their  families,  their  cities  and  villa. 

29  He  save  aboto  the  half  tribe  of  M anasses  and 
his  children  possession  according  to  their  kindred*, 

;><(  The  beginning  whereof  is  this:  from  Manaim 
all  Basan,  and  all  the  kingdoms  of  Os  king  of  Basan, 
and  all  the  villages  of  Jair,  w  hieh  are  in  Masan,  three- 
score towns: 

31    And  h  ill    Gataad,  and  Astaroth,  and  Kdrai, 


t  Tht  princtt  »/  MaMan.  |l  ap|<rani  from  l.rnrc  Out  thne  •  rr* 
lubjecta  of  kmir  Slum  :  tli.-v  an-  «ai.|  In  liavr  l.ci  n  ttain  vtih  ».■*, 
ttial  is,  about  the  tame  time,  but  not  id  tlic  mom  battle 


chap,  xiv,  xv. 


cities  of  the  kingdom  of  0«  in  Basan;  to  l In;  children 
of  Machir,  the  son  of  Maiiasses,  to  one  halt  of  tlie 
children  of  Machir  according  to  their  kindreds. 

32  This  possession  Moses  divided  in  the  plains  of 
Moal),  beyond  the  Jordan,  over-against  Jericho  on 
the  east  side. 

33  But  to  the  tribe  of  Levi  he  gave  no  posses- 
sion: Because  Hie  Lord  the  Cod  of  Israel  himself 
is  their  possession,  as  he  spoke  to  them. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

Caleb'*  petition.     Ih.br  n  is  gictn  to  him  and  to  his  seed- 

P11HIS  is  what  the  children  of  Israel  possessed  ill 

J-     the  land  of  Chanaan,  which  Eleazar  the  priest, 

and  Josue  the  son  of  Nun,  and  the   princes  of  the 

families  by  the  bribes  of  Israel  gave  to  them: 

2  Dividing  all  by  lot,  as  the  Lord  had  commanded 
by  the  hand  of  Moses,  to  the  nine  tribes,  and  the 
half  tribe. 

3  For  to  two  tribes  and  a  half  Moses  had  given 
possession  beyond  the  Jordan:  besides  l he  Levites, 
who  received  no  land  among  their  brethren: 

4  But  in  their  place  succeeded  the  children  of 
Joseph  divided  into  two  tribes,  of  Manasses  and 
Ephraim:  neither  did  the  Levites  receive  other  por- 
tion of  land,  but  cities  to  dwell  in,  and  their  suburbs 
to  feed  their  beasts  and  (locks. 

5  As  the  Lord  had  commanded  Moses,  so  did 
tin:  children  of  Israel;  and  they  divideil  the  land. 

6  Then  the  children  of  Juda  came  to  Josue  in 
0 algal,  and  Caleb  the  son  of  Jephone  the  Cenezite 
spoke  to  him:  Thou  knowest  what  the  Lord  spoke 
to  Moses  the  man  of  God  concerning  me  and  thee 
in  Cadesbarne. 

7  I  was  forty  years  old  when  Moses  the  servant 
of  the  Lord  sent  me  from  Cadesbarne,  to  view  the 
land:  and  1  brought  him  word  again  as  to  me  seemed 
true. 

8  But  my  brethren,  that  had  gone  up  with  me, 
discouraged  the  heart  of  the  people:  and  1  never- 
theless followed  the  Lord  my  Cod. 

9  And  Moses  swore  in  that  day,  saying:  The 
land  which  thy  foot  hath  trodden  upon  shall  be  thy 
possession,  and  thy  children's  for  ever;  because  thou 
hast  followed  the  Lord<ny  Cod. 

10  The  Lord  therefore  hath  granted  me  life,  as 
he  promised  until  this  present  day.  It  is  forty  and 
five  years  since  the  Lord  spoke  ibis  word  to  Moses, 
when  Israel  journeyed  through  the  wilderness:  this 
day  I  am  eighty  five  years  old, 

11  As  strong  as  I  was  at  ihat  time  when  I  was 
sent  to  view  the  land :  the  strength  of  that  time  con- 
tinued! in  me  until  this  day,  as  well  to  fight  as  to 
march. 

12  Give  me  therefore  this  mountain,  which  the 
Lord  promised,  in  thy  hearing  also,  wherein  are  the 
Enacims,  and  cities  great  and  strong :  if  so  be  the 
Lord  will  be  with  me,  and  I  shall  be  able  to  destroy 
them,  as  he  promised  me. 

13  And  Josue  blessed  him,  and  gave  him  Hebron 
in  possession. 

*  Hebron  belonged,  fft.  All  the  country  thereabouts,  dependinjr  on 
Hebron,  wa«  piven  to  Caleb:  but  the  citv  itself  with  the  suburbs, 
was  oue  of  those  that  were  giren  to  the  priests  to  dwell  iu. 


N 


14  And  from  that  time  Hebron  belonged*  to  Ca- 
lebthe  son  of  Jephone  the  Cenezite,  until  ibis  present 
day:  because  he  followed  the  Lord  the  Godot  Israel. 

15  The  name  of  Hebron  before  was  called  Ca- 
riath-Arbe:  Adam  the  greatest  among  the  Enacimt 
was  laid  there :   and  the  land  rested  from  wars. 

CHAP.  XV. 

The.  borders  of  the  lot  of  Juda.     Caleb's  portion  and  conquest 
The  cities  of  Juda. 

OVV  the  lot  of  the  children  of  Juda  by  their 
kindreds  was  this:  From  the  frontier  of  Edom, 
to  the  tlesert  of  Sin  southward,  and  to  the  uttermost 
part  of  the  south  coast. 

2  Its  beginning  was  from  the  top  of  the  most  salt 
sea,  and  from  the  bay  thereof,  that  looketh  to  the 
south. 

3  And  it  goeth  out  towards  the  ascent  of  the  scor- 
pion, and  passeth  on  to  Sina;  and  ascendeth  into 
Cadesbarne,  and  reacheth  into  Esron,  going  up  to 
Adar,  and  compassing  Carcaa, 

4  And  from  thence  passing  along  into  Ascmona, 
and  reaching  the  torrent  of  Egypt  :  and  the  bounds 
thereof  shall  be  the  great  sea:  this  shall  be  the  limit 
of  the  south  coast. 

5  But  on  the  east  side  the  beginning  shall  be  the 
most  salt  sea  even  to  the  end  of  the  Jordan  :  and  to- 
wards the  north,  from  the  bay  of  the  sea  unto  the 
same  river  Jordan. 

6  And  the  border  goeth  up  into  Beth-Hagla,  and 
passeth  by  the  north  into  Beth-Araba:  going  up  to 
the  stone  of  Boen  the  sou  of  Ruben. 

7  And  reaching  as  far  as  the  borders  of  Debera 
from  the  valley  of  Achor,  ami  so  northward  looking 
towards  Galgal,  which  is  opposite  to  the  ascent  of 
Adonimim,  on  the  south  side  of  the  torrent:  and 
the  border  passeth  the  waters  that  are  called  the 
fountain  of  the  sun:  and  the  goings  out  thereof  shall 
be  at  the  fountain  Rogel. 

8  And  it  goeth  up  by  the  valley  of  the  son  of 
Fnnom  on  the  sideof  the  Jebusite  towards  the  south ; 
the  same  is  Jerusalem:  and  thence  ascending  to  the 
top  of  the  mountain,  which  is  over-against  Gcenom 
to  the  west  in  the  end  of  the  valley  of  Raphaim, 
northward. 

9  And  it  passeth  on  from  the  top  of  the  mountain 
to  the  fountain  of  tin;  waterofNephtoa;  and  reacheth 
to  the  towns  of  mount  Ephron:  and  it  beudeth  to- 
wards Baala,  which  is  Cariathiarim,  that  is  to  say, 
the  city  of  the  woods. 

10  And  it  compasseth  from  Baala  westward  unto 
mount  Seir ;  and  passeth  by  the  side  of  mount  Jarim 
to  the  north  into  Cheslon;  and  goeth  down  into 
Bethsames,  and  passeth  intoThamna. 

1 1  And  it  reacheth  northward  to  a  part  of  Ac- 
caron  at  the  side ;  and  bendeth  to  Sechrona,  and 
passeth  mount  Baala;  and  cometh  into  Jebneel,  and 
is  bounded  westward  with  the  great  sea. 

12  These  are  the  borders  round  about  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Juda  in  their  kindreds. 

13  But  to  Caleb  the  sou  of  Jephone  he  gave  a 
portion  in  the  midst  of  the  children  of  Juda,  as  the 
Lord  had  commanded  him  :  Cariath-Arbe  the  father 
of  Enac,  which  is  Hebron. 

179 


.) 


JOSUE. 

14  And  Caleh  destroyed  out  of  if  thr  three  sons 
of  Ena<  .  Sesai,  and  Ahiman.  and  Tholmai  of  tlie 
lace  of    Knac. 

1  6  And  goim:  op  from  thence  lie  raine  to  I  lie  in- 
habitants of  Dahir, which  before  was  called  (  ariath- 
^epher,  dial  is  li>  say,  the  city  of  letter*. 

16  And  Caleb  said:  lie  that  shall  ^iniie  (  ariatli- 
Sc|.her.  and  take  it,  I  will  ciw  him  A\a  m\  d.m.li 
ter  to  wile. 

17  And  Othoniel  the  son  of  Ccnez,  the  younger 
hrother  of  Caleh,  took  it:  and  In  _.i\.  Iiim  A\a  his 
daughter  to  w  ife. 

18  And  as  they  were  going  together,  she  was  mo- 
ved In  her  hiishand  to  ask  a  held  ol  her  father,  and 
she  Sighed  as  she  sat  on  her  ass.  And  Caleb  said 
to  her :  What  aileth  thee.' 

I!'  But  she  answered:  Cite  me  a  hUssiagi  thou 
hast  iiwen  me  a  southern  and  dry  rand, give  nw  also 
a  land  that  is  watered.  And  Caleh  gaw;  her  the 
upper  and  the  nether  watery  ground. 

20  This  is  the  possession  of  the  Irion  of  the  cl.il- 
dren  of  Juda  hy  their  kindreds. 

21  And  the  cities  from  the  uppermost  parts  ol 
the  children  of  Juda  by  the  borders  ol  Kdoin  to  the 
South,  were  (  'ahseel.  and  Kder,  and  .lagur 

22  And  (ina,  and  Diniona,  and  Aoada, 

23  And  Cades,  and  Asor,  and  .let Imam, 
M  Ziph,  and  Teh  in,  and  Balolh, 
23  New   Asor  and   Carioth,   I  lesion,  which    is 

Asor, 

26  Amain,  Sama,  and  Molada, 

27  And  Asergadda,  and  Ilassemon,  and  Beth- 
pbclet, 

28  And  Hasersual,  and  Bersabee,  and  Basiolhia, 

29  And  Baala,  and  Jim,  and  Us.  in, 

90  And  Kliholad,  and  Cesil,  and  llanna, 

91  And   Nici  It ■•j..  and  Medi  niena,  and  S< 'iisenna, 
;>2   Eehaoth,  and  Slim,  and  Aen,  and  liimuioii: 

all  the  cities  twenty-nine,  and  their  villages. 
33  But  in  the  plains:  Kstaol  and  Sarea and    \  < 


48  And  in  the  mountain:  Samir,  and  Jrther,  and 
Socoth, 

49  And  Danna.  and  Cariath-sennn,  this  is  Dahir: 
I  >0    \nali,  and  Isteino.  and  Anini, 
51  Cost  n,  ami  Olon,  and  (iilo:  eleven  cities  and 

their  villa  . 

'  Arab,  and  Ruma.  and  Ksaan, 
63  And  .lauimi,  and  Bcfhthaphua,  and  A  phi  (  a, 
b-l  Athmatha,  and  (  ariath-ail>c,  this  is  llchron, 

ami  Sior:  nine  cities  and  their  villages. 

66  Maori,  and  (  a  rim  I.  and  Ziph,  and  Jota, 
6(5  Jc/rael,  and  Jih  adam,  and  Zanoe, 

67  Accain,  (iahaa.  and  Thainna:  ten   c.ti<s  and 
their  villa 


llalhul.  and  Pessor,  and  (iedor, 

and  Bethanolh,   and  I '.heron 


six  ci- 


Alt  ddin,  ami  Sacha- 


69  Mareth,  ,. 
ties  and  their  village*. 

60  Caiiathbaal,  die  same  is  Carialhiariin,  the  city 
ol  Woods,  and  Arebba:  two  cities  ami  their  villages. 

61  In  the  desert  Bctharaba, 
eha. 

62  And  Nebsan,  and  the  city  of  salt,  and  Engad- 
di:  six  cities  and  their  rillages. 

63  But  thechildrin  ol  Juda  could  not  destroy  the 
Jebusite  thai  dwelt  in  Jerusalem:  and  the  Jehusile 
dwell  with  the  children  ol  Juda  in  Jerusalem  until 
thi>  present  day. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

I'/ir  burdm  nf  thr  tribe  nf 


na, 

54  And  Zanoc  and  Engannim  and  Taphua  and 
Enaim, 

\nd  .Icrimoth  and  Adullam,  Soeho  and  A/.e- 
ea, 

•''><>   And   Saraim   and  Adithaim  and  Cedera  and 
Gederothaiin:  fourteen  cities,  and  their  villages. 

37  Sanau,  and   lladas.sn,  ami  Magdalgad, 

38  Delean,  and  .Masepha,  and  Jeethel, 

39  Eachis,  and  Baseath,aml  Eslon, 

40  Chehlmn,  and  l.eheiiian,  and  Cethlis, 

41  And  Cideroth,   and    Bethdanon.  ami  Xaama, 
and  Maeeda:  sixteen  cities,  and  their  ullages. 

42  Labnna,  and  Ether,  ami  Asan. 

43  Jepththa,  and  Esna,  and  X'esib, 

44  And  Ceila.  and  A<  h/.ih,  and  Maresa:  nine  ci- 
ties, ami  their  villages. 

I')  Acearon  with  the  towns  and    villages  therrof, 

a" 


Thr  lot  of  the  sow  <J  Jim \th. 

F.plirnim. 

A  ND  the  lot  of  the  sons  of  Joseph  fell  from  the 
-^*-  Joi  <  la  noui -against  Jericho  and  the  waters  tbcre- 
ol,  on  the  east :  (he  w  ildcrm  ss  w  hit  h  goetll  up  from 
Jericho  to  the  mountain  of  Bethel: 

2  And  goetboill  liom  Bethel  In  Luza  :  and  pass- 
eth  the  holder  ol  Archi,  to  Ataroth: 

i)  And  gocth  down  westward,  by  the  lmrdcr  ol 
Jephleli,  unto  the  borders  of  Betli-horon  the  nether, 


and  the  countries  of  it  aie  ended  hy 


and  to  Gazer: 

the  great  sea  : 

4  And  Matrasses  and  Ephraim  the  children  of  Jo- 
seph possessed  it. 

6  And  the  border  of  the  children  of  Kphraiin  was 
according  to  their  kindreds:  and  their  possession 
towards  the  east  uas  Ataroth-addar  unto  Beth-bo- 
ron the  upper. 

6  And    the  confines  go  out  unto   the    sea  :   hot 
Machmethath    looketh    to  the  north,*  and   it 
round  the  borders  eastward  in  to  Thanath-sclo: 
passcth  along  on  the  east  side  to.lauoe. 

7  And  it  goeth  dow  n  from  Janoc  into  Ataroth  and 
\aaratha  :  and  it  coinclh  to  Jericho,  and  goetli  out 
to  the  Jordan. 

B  From  Taphua  it  passeth  on  toward  the  sea  into 
the  valley  of  reeds  :  and  the  gOMIga  out  thereof  areat 
the  most  salt  sea.  This  is  tin-  possession  of  the 
tribe  of  the  childien  of  Kphraini  hj   their  families 

9  And  there  were  cities  with  their  villages  sepa- 


gocth 
and 


•6  From  Accaroa  esea  to  the  sea:  ail^ilacea  tli..r  !  •;,,«  *•  l,>'  thechildien  of  Ephraim  in  the  m.dst  of  the 

lie  towards    \/.»iiis  and  the  villages  thereof. 
47  Arolus  w  itb  its  tow  lis  ami  villages  :  ( ia/a 


•.vi* 


its  towns  and  villages,  even  to  the  torrent  of  Egypt 
and  the  great  sea  that  is  the  liorder  thereof  ,  17ZZ 

It  o 


|j  possession  of  the  children  ol  M .masses. 


l.octt,»  U  thr 


~r1K,  tcr.      Tli-    rnoaninf  l»  that    the   hortfrr   went 
.;.V..«r  Ji.t',   nttL.HOnWtI  WLni.nltr   lot 


CHAP.  XV 

p 

10  Aim!  (lie  children  of  Ephraim  slew  not  the 
Chaiiaamie,  vvho  dwell  in  Gazer  and  the  Chanaan- 
ite dwell  in  the  midsl  of  F,.hraim  until  tins  «Jay, 
paying  tribute. 

CHAP.  XVII. 

T'e  lot  of  tin  half  tribe  of  Manasses. 

AND  this  lot  fell  to  tlie  tribe  of  Manasses  (for  he 
is  the  lirsi-horn  of  Joseph)  10  Maehir  the  first- 
born of  Maia^ses  the  father  of  Galaad,  who  was  a 
warlike  man,  and  had  lor  possession  Galaad  and 
Basai). 

2  And  to  the  rest  of  the  children  of  Manasses  ac- 
cording to  their  families:  to  the  children  of  Abiezer, 
and  to  the  children  of  Helec,  and  to  the  children  of 
Esriel,  and  to  the  children  of  Sechem,  and  to  the 
children  of  Hepher,  and  to  the  children  of  Semida: 
these  are  the  male  children  of  Manasses  the  son  of 
Joseph,  by  their  kindreds. 

3  But  Salphaad  the  son  of  Hepher  the  son  of 
Galaad  the  son  of  Maehir  the  son  of  Manasses  had 
no  sons,  hut  only  daughters:  whose  names  are  these, 
Maala  and  Noa  and  Hegla  and  Melcha  and  Thersa. 

4  And  they  came  in  the  presence  of  Eleazar  the 
priest  and  of  Josue  the  son  of  Nun,  and  of  the 
princes,  saying:  The  Lord  commanded  by  the  hand 
of  Moses,  that  a  jxissession  should  be  given,  us  in 
the  midst  of  our  brethren.  And  he  gave  them  ac- 
cording to  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  a  [>os- 
session  amongst  the  brethren  of  their  father. 

5  And  there  fell  ten  portions  to  Manasses,  beside 
the  land  of  Galaad  and  Basan  beyond  the  Jordan. 

6  For  the  daughters  of  Manasses  possessed  inheri- 
tance in  the  midst  of  his  sons.  And  the  land  of 
Galaad  fell  to  the  lot  of  the  rest  of  the  children  of 
Manasses. 

7  And  the  border  of  Manasses  was  from  Aser, 
Machmethath  which  looketh  towards  Sichem:  and 
it  goeth  out  on  the  right  hand  by  the  inhabitants  of 
the  fountain  of  Taphua. 

8  For  the  lot  of  Manasses  took  in  the  land  of 
Taphua,  which  is  on  the  borders  of  Manasses,  and 
belongs  to  the  children  of  Ephraim. 

9  And  the  border  goeth  down  to  the  valley  of  the 
reeds,  to  the  south  of  the  torrent  of  the  cities  of 
Ephraim,  which  are  in  the  midst  of  the  cities  of  Ma- 
nasses: the  border  of  Manasses  is  on  the  north  side 
of  the  torrent;  and  the  outgoings  of  it  are  at  the  sea: 

10  So  that  the  possession  of  Ephraim  is  on  the 
southland  on  the  north  thatof  Manasses;  and  the  sea 
is  (he  border  of  l>oth:  and  they  are  joined  together 
in  the  tribe  of  Aser  on  the  north,  and  in  the  tiibeof 
Issachar  on  the  east. 

1 1  And  the  inheritance  of  Manasses  in  Issachar 
and  in  Aser  was  Bethsan  audits  villages,  and  Jeb- 
laam  with  its  villages,  and  the  inhabitants  of  Dor, 
with  the  towns  thereof;  the  inhabitants  also  of  En- 
doi  with  the  villages  thereof:  and  in  like  manner 
the  inhabitants  of  Thenac  with  the  villages  thereof; 
and  the  inhabitants  of  Mageddo  with  their  villa- 
ges, and  the  third  part  of  the  city  of  Nopheth. 

12  Neither  could  the  children  of  Manasses  over- 
throw these  cities;  but  the  Chanaanite  began  to 
dwell  in  his  land. 


II,  XVIII. 

13  But  after  that  the  children  of  Israel  were 
grown  strong,  they  subdued  the  Chanaanites,  and 
made  them  their  tributaries:  and  they  did  not  k.11 
them. 

14  And  the  children  of  Joseph  spoke  to  Josue. 
and  said:  Why  hast  thou  given  me  but  one  lot  and 
one  portion  to  possess,  whereas  I  am  of  so  great  a 
multitude,  and  the  Lord  hath  blessed  me? 

15  And  Josue  said  to  them:  If  thou  be  a  great 
people,  go  up  into  the  woodland,  and  cut  down  room 
lor  thyself  in  the  land  of  the  Pherczite  and  the  Ra- 
phaiuis:  because  the  possession  of  mount  Ephraim 
is  too  narrow  for  thee. 

16  And  the  children  of  Joseph  answered  him: 
We  cannot  go  up  to  the  mountains,  for  the  Cha- 
naanites that  dwell  in  the  low  lands,  wherein  are 
situate  Bethsan,  with  its  towns,  and  Jezrael  iu  the 
midst  of  the  valley,  have  chariots  of  iron. 

17  And  Josue  said  to  the  house  of  Joseph,  to 
Ephraim  and  Manasses:  Thou  art  a  great  people, 
and  oi  great  strength;  thou  shalt  not  have  one  lot 
only: 

I!!  But  thou  shalt  pass  to  the  mountain,  and 
shalt  cut  down  the  wood,  and  make  thyself  room 
to  dwell  in  and  mayst  proceed  farther,  when  thou 
hast  destroyed  the  Chanaanite,  who  as  thou  sayest 
have  iron  chariots,  and  are  very  strong. 
CHAP.  XVIII. 

Surveyors  are  sent  to  divide  the  rest  of  the  land  into  seven  tribes. 

The  lot  of  IU  njumin. 

AND  all  the  children  of  Israel  assembled  together 
in  Silo:  and  there  they  set  up  the  tabernacle  of 
the  testimony:  and  the  land  was  subdued  before 
them. 

2  But  there  remained  seven  tribes  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  which  as  yet  had  not  received  their  pos-  . 
sessions.  ^ 

3  And  Josue  said  to  them :  How  long  are  you  in- 
dolent and  slack,  and  go  not  in  to  possess  the  land, 
which  the  Lord  the  God  of  your  fathers  hath  given 
you? 

4  Choose  of  every  tribe  three  men,  that  I  may 
send  them,  and  they  may  go  and  compass  the  land, 
and  mark  it  out  according  to  the  number  of  each 
multitude;  and  bring  back  to  me  what  they  have 
marked  out. 

5  Divide  to  yourselves  the  land  into  seven  parts: 
let  Juda  be  in  his  bounds  on  the  south  side,  and  the 
house  of  Joseph  on  the  north. 

6  The  land  in  the  midst  between  these  mark  ye 
out  into  seven  |>arts  :*  and  you  shall  come  hither  to 
me,  that  I  may  cast  lots  for  you  before  the  Lord 
your  God. 

7  For  the  Levites  have  no  part  among  you:  but 
the  priesthood  of  the  Lord  is  their  inheritance.  And 
Gad  and  Reuben,  and  the  half  tribe  of  Manasses 
have  already  received  their  possessions  beyond  the 
Jordan  eastward;  which  Moses  the  servant  of  the 
Lord  gave  them. 


*  The  land  in  the  midst  between  these  mark  ye  out  into  seven  parts :  That 
is  to  say,  the  rest  oi"  the  laud,  which  is  not  already  assigned  to  J-jda 
or  Joseph. 

1P1 


JOSl'K. 


8  And  when  the  men  were  risen  up,  to  go  to  mark 
out  the  l.mil,  Josue  commanded  them,  saying:  Go 
round  the  land,  and  mark  it  oat,  and  returnto  rne; 
that  I  uta\  east  lots  tor  you  before  the  Lord  in  Silo. 
.  the)  went:  and  surveying  it,  divided  it  into 
ii  parts,  \>  r'u'm^  them  down  in  a  booh.  And 
they  returued  to  Josue.  t<>  the  camp  in  silo. 

lit  \ik1  lie  ciist  lots  before  the  Lord  in  silo;  and 
divided  the  bad  to  the  children  of  Israel  into  seven 
l«irts. 

II  Ami  fn>t  came  up  the  lot  of  the  children  of 
Beiyainiu  by  tin  ir  families,  to  |>os*ess  the  hind  be- 
tween tin;  children  of  Judaaud  the  children  ol  Joseph. 

1  J  \iiil  their  border  northward  was  from  tlie  Jor- 
<l;m:  going  along  bj  the  side  of  Jericho  on  Ihe  north 
side,  and  thence  going  up  westward  to  the  mouth 
tains,  .mil  reaching  10  the  wilderness  of  Bet  haven, 

13  And  passing  along  southward  by  Lusa,  tin 
sunn-  is  Bethel:  audit  goethdowu  into Atnroth-ad- 
dar  to  the  mountain,  that  is  on  the  south  of  the 
nether  Bethlioron. 

IV  And  it  bendeth  ihmce  going  round  towards 
thr  sea,  south  of  the  mountain  that  K><>k«-i  h  towards 
Bethboron  t<»  the  south-west:  and  the  outgoings 
thereof  art-  into  Cariathbaal,  which  is  called  also 
(ariathiarim,  a  city  of  tin-  children  of  Jnda.  This 
is  their  roast  toward  tin'  sea.  westward 

1")  lint  on  tin-  south  side  the  border  gorth  out 
from  part  of  C'ariathiarim  towards  the  sea,  and 
cometh  to  the  fountain  of  the  waters  ofNephtoa. 

lti  And  it  sort  1 1  down  to  lliat  part  of  the  moun- 
tain that  lookeih  on  the  valh  >  of  the  children  of  En- 
BOUi;  and  is  over-agaiusl  the  north  quarter  in  the 
furthermost  part  of  the  valley  of  Rapnaim:  and  it 
goeth  down  into  (icennoin  (that  is  the  valley  of  Kn- 
noin)  b>  the  side  of  the  .lebusite  to  the  south;  and 
cometh  to  the  fountain  of  Rogel. 

17  Passing  thence  to  the  north,  and  Koing  out  to 
Ensemes  that  is  to  say,  the  fountain  <>l  thr  sun: 

18  And  it  passeth along  to  the  hills  that  are  over* 
against  the  ascent  of  Adoinmiin:  and  it  goeth  down 
to  Aheuhoeu,  that  is,  the  stone  of  IJoen  the  son  of 
HiiIm'H  :  and  it  passeth  on  the  north  side  to  the  cham- 
paign countries;  and  goetli  down  into  the  plain, 

19  Audit  passeth  by  Betbhagla  northward:  and 
the  outgoing!  thereof  are  towards  the  north  of  lb* 
most  s;i|i  Ma  at  the  south  end  ol  the  Jordan: 

20  Which  is  the  border  of  it  on  the  east  side. 
This  is  the  possession  ol  the  children  of  Henjamin 
by  their  borders  round  about,  and  their  families. 

SI  And  their  cities  were,  .lerieho  and  ltethhugla 
ami  \  ale-(  asis, 

lietharaha,  and  Samaraim,  and  Bethel, 
And  Avim,  and  Aphara,  anil  Ophera, 
2 X  The  town    Kmoiia,  and   Ophni,  and   Gabee: 
twelve  cities,  and  their  villa. 

I  '  ibaon,  and  Kama,  and  Reroth, 
2fi  And  Mesphe,  and  Canhara,  and  Ainosa, 
\nd  Ret  em,  Jarephel,  and  Thanh, 
\nd    Sela.  Kleph,  and  Jebus,  winch  is  Jeru- 
salem,   Gabaaih.  and   Cariath:   fourteen  cities,  and 
their  villages.      This   is  tin-  possession  of  the  chil- 
dien  of  Benjamin  by  their  families 


(  HAP.  XIX. 

T  e  ht»  nflhr  t'VtfX  ■■/  Simrmi.  Zuhfkm,  Isiirfuir,    trr,  \tjA- 
Inli.  it'll  l> in.      .4  city  i*  giten  to  .hutttc. 

AM)  the  second   lot   came  forth  for  the  children 
of  Simeon  bv  their  kindreds:  and  their  inhe- 
ritance was, 

2  In  the  midst  of  the  possession  of  the  children 
of  Jnda  :    Bersabee,  and  Sabee,  and  Molada. 
And  ll.isersual.  Bala,  and  Asem, 

4  And  Kltliolad.  Bcthtll,  and   llarma, 

5  And   SiceJeg,  and   Bethuiarehaboth,  and  Ha- 

sersuvi. 

6  And  Bethlcbaoth and  Sanohen  :  ihirteen  ein 
and  their  villages  : 

7  Ain  and  lleiiimon,  and  Athor,  ami  Asan  :  lour 
cities,  and  their  villa:..  -. 

8  And  all  the  villages  round  about  these  cities  to 
Baabtth  Beer  Raeiath  to  tin-  south  quarter.  This 
is  the  inheritance  of  tin-  children  of  Simeon  accord- 
ing t<>  their  kindreds. 

'.•  In  the  possession  and  lot  of  the  children  of 
Jnda:  because  it  was  too  great  :  and  therefore  the 
children  of  Simeon  had  their  possession  in  the  midst 
of  their  inheritance. 

10  And  the  third  lot  fell  to  the  children  of  V.w- 
bulou  by  thtir  kindreds:  and  the  holder  of  their 
possession  u;is  UlitO  Sand. 

11  And  it  went  lip  from  the  sea  and  from  Merala, 
and  came  to  Dchhnsetli  :  as  far  assise  (orient,  which 
is  over-against  Jeconam. 

12  And  it  letnrneth  from  Sarid  eastward  to  tlie 
hordeis  of  ('eseleththal)or :  and  it  BOeth  out  to  I)a- 
bereth,  and  ascendeth  towards  Japhie. 

13  And  it  passeth  along  from  theme  to  the  east 
side  of  (iethhepher  and  Thacasin  ;  and  goeta  out  to 
Kcnimon.  Auilhar,  and  \oa. 

14  And  it  turueih  about  to  the  north  of  Hana- 
thon  :  and  the  outgoings  thereof  are  die  valley  of 
Jephtahel. 

15  And  Cateth,  and  Naalol,  and  Semeron,  and 
Jedala,  and  Bethlehem:  twelve  cities  and  their 
villages. 

It!  This  is  the  inheritance  of  the  trilk'  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Zabuioo  by  their  kindreds,  the  cities  and 
their  villa  _ 

17  The  fourth  lot  came  out  to  lssachar  by  theil 
kindreds. 

18  And  his  inheritance  was  Je/rael,  and  Casa- 

loth,  and  Snnein, 

19  And   llapharaim,  and    Scon,  and  Anahaiath, 

20  And  Haliboth,  and  f'esion,  Al-es. 

21  And  Kaineth.  and  Kn^.uiniin.  and  Mnhadda, 
and  Bethpbeses. 

S3  And  the  border  thereof  cometh  to  Thabor, 
and  St  hes'una,  and  Bethsames:  and  the  outgoings 
thereof  shall  be  at  the  Jordan  :  sixteen  Cities  aivd 
their  villages. 

2a  This  is  the  possessionof  the  sons  of  Issachai 
by  their  kindreds,  the  cities  and  their  villages. 

1\  An. I  the  filth  lot  fell  to  the  tribe  of  the  chil 
dren  of  Ami   hv   their  kindreds; 

25  And  their  border  was  llalcath,and  (hali,  ana 
lb  ten,  and  Axaph, 


CHAP.  XX,  XXI 


2f>  And  Elmeleeh,  and  Amaad,  aud  Messal :  and 

it  pacheth  to  Carmel  by  the  sea,  and  Sihorand  La- 
banath : 

27  And  it  rctnrncth  towards  the  east  to  Bethda- 

!;on;  and  passeth  along  to  Zahulon  and  to  the  val- 
ey  of  Jcphlhael  towards  the  north  to  Betheniec 
and  Nehiel.  And  it  goetli  out  to  the  left  side  of 
Cabul, 

28  And  to  Abaran,  and  Rohob,  and  Hamon,  and 
('ana,  as  far  as  the  peat  Sidon. 

29  And  it  retumeth  to  Horma,  to  the  strong  city 
of  Tyre,  and  to  Hosa:  and  the  outgoings  thereof  shall 
be  at  the  sea  from  the  portion  of  Achziba  : 

30  And  Annua,  and  Aphee,  and  Rohob  :  twenty 
two  cities  and  their  villages. 

31  This  is  the  possession  of  the  children  of  Aser 
by  their  kindreds,  and  the  cities  and  their  villages. 

32  The  sixth  lot  came  out  to  the  sons  of  Neph- 
tali  by  their  families: 

33  And  the  border  began  from  Heleph  and  Elon 
to  Saananim,  and  Adami,  which  is  Neceb,  and  Jeb- 
nael  even  to  Lecum ;  and  their  outgoings  unto  the 
Jordan : 

34  And  the  border  retumeth  westward  to  Aza- 
noithabor,  and  goeth  out  from  thence  to  Hucuca, 
and  passeth  along  to  Zabulou  southward,  and  to 
Aser  westward,  and  to  Juda  upon  the  Jordan  to- 
wards the  rising  of  the  sun. 

35  And  the  strong  cities  are  Assedim,  Ser,  and 
Emath,  and  Reccath  and  Cenereth, 

36  And  Edema,  and  Anuria,  Asor 

37  And  Cedes,  and  Edrai,  Enbasor 

38  And  Jeron,  and  Magdalel,  Horem,  and  Be- 
thanath,  and  Bethsames :  nineteen  cities  and  their 
villages. 

39  This  is  the  possession  of  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Nephtali  by  their  kindreds,  the  cities  and 
their  villages. 

40  The  seventh  lot  came  out  to  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Dan  by  their  families : 

41  And  the  border  of  their  possession  was  Sa- 
raa,  and  Esthaol,  and  Hirsemes,  that  is,  the  city  of 
the  sun. 

42  Selebin,  and  Aialon,  and  Jethela, 

43  Elon,  and  Themna,  and  Acron, 
4i  Eltheee,  Gibbefhon,  and  Balaath, 

45  And  Jud,  and  Bane,  and  Barach,  and  Geth- 
remmon: 

46  And  Mejarcon  and  Arecon,  with  the  border 
that  looketh  towards  Joppe, 

47  And  is  terminated  there.  And  the  children 
of  Dan  went  up  and  fought  against  Lesem,  and  took 
it:  and  they  put  it  to  the  sword,  and  possessed  it, 
and  dwelt  in  it,  calling  the  name  of  it  Lesem  "Dan, 
by  the  name  of  Dan  their  father. 

48  This  is  the  possession  of  the  tribe  of  the  sons 
of  Dan,  by  their  kindreds,  the  cities  and  their  vil- 
lages. 

49  And  when  he  had  made  an  end  of  dividing 
the  land  by  lot  to  each  one  by  their  tribes,  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  gave  a  possession  to  Josue  the  son  of 
Nun  in  the  midst  of  them, 

50  According  to  the  commandment  of  the  Lord, 


the  city  which  he  asked  for,  Thamnath  Saraa  in  moun 
Ephraim  :  and  he  built  up  the  city,  and  dwelt  in  it. 
51  These  are  the  possessions  which  Eleazar  the 
priest,  and  Josue  the  son  of  Nun,  and  the  princes  ot 
the  families,  and  of  the  tribes  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  distributed  by  lot  in  Silo,  before  the  Lord  at 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony:  and 
they  divided  the  land. 

CHAP.  XX. 

The  cities  of  refuge  are  appointed/or  casual  manslaughter. 

\  ND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Josue,  saying:  Speak  to 
-^*-  the  children  of  Israel,  and  say  to  them  : 

2  Appoint  cities  of  refuge,  of  which  I  spoke  to 
you  by  the  hand  of  Moses  : 

3  That  whosoever  shall  kill  a  person  unawares 
may  flee  to  them  ;  and  may  escape  the  wrath  of  the 
kinsman,  who  is  the  avenger  of  blood  : 

4  And  when  he  shall  flee  to  one  of  these  cities, 
he  shall  stand  before  the  gate  of  the  city;  and  shall 
speak  to  the  ancients  of  that  city,  such  things  as 
prove  him  innocent :  and  so  shall  they  receive  him, 
and  give  him  a  place  to  dwell  in. 

5  And  when  thp  avenger  of  blood  shall  pursue 
him,  they  shall  not  deliver  him  into  his  hands;  be- 
cause he  slew  his  neighbour  unawares,  and  is  not 
proved  to  have  been  his  enemy  two  or  three  days 
before. 

6  And  he  shall  dwell  in  that  city,  till  he  stand 
before  judgment  to  give  an  account  of  his  fact,  and 
till  the  death  of  the  high-priest,  who  shall  be  at  that 
time:  then  shall  the  manslayer  return,  and  go  intc 
his  own  city  and  house  from  whence  he  fled. 

7  And  they  appointed  Cedes  in  Galilee  of  mount 
Nephtali, andSichcm  in  mount  Ephraim,andCaria- 
tharbe,  the  same  is  Hebron  in  the  mountain  of  Juda. 

8  And  beyond  the  Jordan  to  the  east  of  Jericho, 
they  appointed  Bosor,  which  is  upon  the  plain  of  the 
wilderness  of  the  tribe  of  Ruben,  and  Ramoth  in 
Galaad  of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  and  Gaulon  in  Basan  of 
the  tribe  of  Manasses. 

9  These  cities  were  appointed  fof  all  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  for  the  strangers,  that  dwelt  among 
them:  that  whosoever  had  killed  a  person  unawares 
might  flee  to  them,  and  not  die  by  the  hand  of  the 
kinsman, coveting  to  revenge  the  blood  that  was  shed, 
until  he  should  stand  before  the  people  to  lay  open 
his  cause. 

CHAP.  XXI. 

Cities  icith  their  suburbs  are  unsigned  for  the  priests  and  Levites. 

r|^HEN  the  princes  of  the  families  of  Levi  came 
-*-  to  Eleazar  the  priest,  and  to  Josue  the  .son  of 
Nun,  and  to  the  princes  of  the  kindreds  of  all  the 
tribes  of  the  children  of  Israel: 

2  And  they  spoke  to  them  in  Silo  in  the  land  of 
Chanaan,  and  said  :  The  Lord  commanded  by  the 
hand  of  Moses,  that  cities  should  be  given  us  to 
dwell  in,  and  their  suburbs  to  feed  our  cattle. 

3  And  the  children  of  Israel  gave  out  of  their 
possessions  according  to  the  commandment  of  the 
Lord,  cities  and  their  suburbs. 

4  And  the  lot  came  out  from  the  family  of  Caatn 

lis 


JOSUE. 


of  tin-  children  of  Aaron  tli«-  priest,  out  of  the  trilx-> 
of  Judah,  and  of  Simeon,  unci  of  Benjamin,  thirteen 

ciii. 

5  And  to  the  red  «>f  tIh-  children  of  Caath,  thai 
is,  to  the  Levites,  who  remained,  mil  of  the  tribes 
of  Ephraim,  and  of  Dan,  and  the  half  trilx1  of  Ma- 

'•S. 

6  Ami  the  lot  came  out  i<>  the  children  nf  Ger- 

son.  iliat  ihey  should  take  of  the  tribe*  o\  Issaehar 
and  of  ItCff  ami  of  Xephtali,  and  of  the  half  trilx- 
el  Manasses  in  Basnn,  thirteen  rili' 

7  Ami  to  the  m.iis  of  Merari  by  their  kindreds,  of 
the  trilxs  of  Ruben  and  of  Gad  and  of  Zahulon, 
twelve  ciii. 

8  And  the  children  of  Israel  gave  In  the  Levites 
the  cities  and  their  suburbs,  as  the  land  commanded 
by  the  hand  of  Moses,  giving  to  every  one  bj  lot 

9  Of  the  tribes  of  the  children  ot  Juda  and  of 
Simeon,  Josue  gave  cities;  vrhoae  oamea  are  those, 

10  To  the  SOUS  h!  \aron,  of  the  families  of  Caath 
of  the  nice  of  Let!  (for  the  first  lot  eame  out  for 
them) 

1 1  The  city  of  Arl>e  the  father  of  Knae,  whirl) 
is  called  Hebron,  in  the  mountain  of  Joda,  and  the 

suburbs  thereof  round  about. 

12  Hut  the  fields  and  the  villages  thereof  he  had 
given  to  Caleb  the  son  of  Jephoue  for  his  posses- 
sion. 

IS  Re  gave  therefore  to  the  children  of  Aaron 
the  priest,  Hebron  a  city  of  refuge,  and  the  suburbs 
thereof:  and  Cohana  with  the  suburbs  thereof, 

1  V   And  .lei her  and  Kstemo, 

15   And  Holon,  and  Dabir. 

It!  And  Ain,  and  .leta,  and  Hethsames,  With  their 
suburbs:  nine  cities  out  of  the  two  trilx-s,  as  hath 
been  said 

17  And  out  of  the  trilx-  of  the  children  of  Ben- 
jamin. ( i abaon.  and  (iabae, 

18  And  Analhoth  and  Aluioii,  With  their  suburbs; 
four  cities. 

19  All  the  cities  together  of  the  children  of  Aaron 

the  priest  were  thirteen,  with  their  suburbs. 

J"  And  to  the  rest  of  the  families  of  the  children 
of  Caath  Of  the  race  of  Cevi,  Was  :;ivon  this  pos- 
session. 

21  Of  the  trilx-  of  Ephraim,  Sichem  one  of  the 
cities  of  refuse,  with  the  suburbs  thereof  in  mount 
Ephrahn,  and  Gazer, 

22  And  Cibsaim,  and  Bethhoron,  with  their  su- 
burbs ;   four  citi.  v. 

25  And  of  the  tribe  of  Dan,  Eltheco  and  Gain- 
thou, 

9%  And  Aialon  and  (icthremmon,  with  their  mi- 
burbs  ;   four  cities. 

26  And  of  the  half  tribe  of  Manasses,  Thanac 
and  Gethremmon,  \>  it  h  their  suburbs ;  twochies. 

Ml  the  cities  were  ten,  with  tin  ir  suburbs, 
which  were  given  lo  the  children  of  Caath  of  the  in- 
ferior decree. 

'7  lo  the  children  of  <  ierson  also  of  the  race  of 
Levi  out  of  the  half  tribe  oi   Mnnnsae*,  Gnulon  in 

Hasan,  uni  nf  the  cities  of  refuge,  and  Hosra,  with 
their  suburbs  ;  two  cities. 

.-4 


And  of  the  tribe   of  Issaehar,  C'esion,   nud 
I  J.iUretb, 

'  \nd  .laramotii,  and  I'.nsanniin,  with  their 
suburbs;   four  cities. 

.'!<>    And  of   the  trilx-  ol    \ser.  Masai  and  Abdon, 
31     \iul  I  {death,  and  lioliob,  w  ilh  their  submit; 
four  cities. 

-'  Of  the  trilx-  also  of . Xephtali.  Cedes  in  Oalilce, 
DS1  o4  the  cities  of  refuge  :  and  Mammoth  Dor,  ami 
Cartuan.  with  their  suburbs ;  three  cities. 

I  All  the  cities  o!  the  families  of  (ierson,  w»  ic 
thirteen,  with  theii  snl>ml>s. 

•  >V  And  lo  the  children  of  Mernri  Levites  of  the 
inferior  desree  by  their  families  were  given  of  the 
Irilx-  of  Zahulon,  Jccnam  and  Cartha, 

■  And  Damnaand  Naalol  ;  lour  cities,  with 
their  suburbs. 

■  nit  if  the  trilx-  of  Kuhen  beyond  the  Jordan  over- 
agaiusl  Jericho,  Bosor  in  the  wilderness,  one qf  the 
cities  of  refuge,  Misor,  and  Jaser,  and  Jethson,  and 
Mephaath.  four  cities*  with  their  subiubs. 

.  >7  Of  the  trilx- of  Cad.  Hainoth  in  Calaad.  <me 
of  tin-  cities  of  refuge,  and  Mauaim.  and  1 1  cm  lion, 
and  Jaser  ;  four  cities  with  their  suburhs. 

;'■!'.  All  the  cities  of  the  children  of  Merari  by 
their  families  and  kindreds,  were  twelve. 

9  So  all  the  cities  of  the  Levitts  within  the  pos- 
session of  the  children  of  Israel  were  forty-eight, 

40  With  their  suburbs,  each  distributed  by  the 
families. 

41  And  the  Lord  C«xl  gave  to  Israel  all  the  land 
that  he  had SWOra  lo  give  to  their  fathers:  and  they 
possessed  it,  and  dwell  in  it. 

42  And  he  »a\e  them  peace  from  all  nations 
round  about:  ami  none  of  their  enemies  durst  stand 
against  them,  but  were  brought  under  their  dominion. 

I  Not  so  much  as  one  word,  which  he  had  pto- 
mised,  to  perform  unto  them,  was  made  void,  but 
all  came  to  pa  —  . 

CHAP.  XXII. 

The  Irihtt  of  Riihrn  anit  (1  id.  and  half  thr  tribf  of  Manages 
return  hi  llirir  1)1  (ill  I  III  KM  If"  n  Inn/d  an  ultar  by  the  side  of 
the  Jordan,  irhiih  alarm*  the  othrr  ti  itu*.  An  cmbtittage  i$ 
unit  to  I  lam,  lo  irhirh  thry  giee  a  tatisfactory  annrer. 

A  T  the  same  time  Josue  called  the  Ruhenites,  and 

A    the  Cadites,   and   the   half  tribe  of  Manasses, 

2  And  said  to  them:  You  have  done  all  tlutt 
Moses    the  servant    of  the    Cord   commanded    you : 

you  have  ad.  obeyed  me  in  all  things: 

3  Neither  have  you  left  your  brethren  ibis  long 
time,  until  this  present  day,  keeping  the  command- 
ment of  the  Cord  your  God. 

4  Therefore  as  the  Cord  your  God  bath  given 
your  brethren  rest  and  peace,  a^  he  promised  :  return, 
ami  go  to  \our  dwellings,  and  to  the  land  of  \onr 
possession,  which  Moms  the  servant  of  the  laird 
gave  von  beyond  the  Jordan: 

\,i  mi  that  you  observe  attentively,  and  in 
work    fulfil  the  commandment,    and  the  law  which 


*  Fntr  ciliet       TIk-h- »rr  n..  n  ""«'  namr«  ;    fur 

ytttT  ,,  it,.  It  M  ».ior,  whir*  i«  t<>  »«*  ■•»>*«  rrnj  in 

■rbcra  H.>  i.uiiiUt  of  MOT  MOM*  ll..-  i.umUr  ml  hum. 


CHAP.  XXII. 


Moses  the  servant  of  the  Lord  commanded  you: 
that  you  love  the  Lord  your  God,  and  walk  in  all 
Ins  ways,  and  keep  all  his  commandments,  and 
cleave  to  him,  and  serve  him  with  all  your  heart, 
and  with  all  your  soul. 

6  And  Josue  hlessed  them,  and  sent  them  away: 
and  thivy  returned  to  their  dwellings. 

7  Now  to  half  the  tribe  of  Manasses,  Moses  had 
given  a  possession  in  Basan:  and  therefore  to  the 
half  that  remained,  Josue  gave  a  lot  among  the  rest 
of  their  brethren  beyond  the  Jordan  to  the  west. 
And  when  he  sent  them  away  to  their  dwellings, 
and  had  blessed  them, 

8  He  said  to  them:  With  much  substance  and 
riches,  you  return  to  your  settlements,  with  silver 
and  gold,  brass  and  iron,  and  variety  of  raiment : 
divide  the  prey  of  your  enemies  with  your  brethren. 

9  So  the  children  of  Ruben,  and  the  children  of 
Gad,  and  the  half  tribe  of  Manasses  returned,  and 
parted  from  the  children  of  Israel  in  Silo,  which 
is  in  Chanaan,  to  go  into  Galaad  the  land  of  their 
possession,  which  they  had  obtained  according  to 
the  commandment  of  the  Lord  by  tlje  hand  of 
Moses. 

10  And  when  they  were  come  to  the  banks  of  the 
Jordan,  in  the  land  of  Chanaan,  they  built  an  altar 
immensely  great  near  the  Jordan. 

11  And  when  the  children  of  Israel  had  heard 
of  it,  and  certain  messengers  had  brought  them  an 
account  that  the  children  of  Ruben,  and  of  Gad, 
and  the  half  tribe  of  Manasses  had  built  an  altar 
in  *he  land  of  Chanaan,  upon  the  banks  of  the  Jor- 
dan, over-against  the  children  of  Israel: 

12  They  all  assembled  in  Silo,  to  go  up  and  fight 
against  them. 

13  And  in  the  mean  time  they  sent  to  them  into 
the  land  of  Galaad,  Phinees  the  son  of  Eleazar  the 
priest, 

14  And  ten  princes  with  him,  one  of  every  tribe: 

15  Who  came  to  the  children  of  Ruben,  and  of 
Gad,  and  the  half  tribe  of  Manasses,  into  the  land 
of  Galaad,  and  said  to  them: 

16  Thus  saith  all  the  people  of  the  Lord:  What 
meaneth  this  transgression?  Why  have  you  forsaken 
the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel,  building  a  sacrilegious 
altar,  and  revolting  from  the  worship  of  him? 

17  Is  it  a  small  thing  to  you  that  you  sinned  with 
Beelphegor,  and  the  stain  of  that  crime  remaineth 
in  us  to  this  day?  and  many  of  the  people  per- 
ished. 

18  And  you  have  forsaken  the  Lord  to-day;  and 
to-morrow  his  wrath  will  rage  against  all  Israel. 

19  But  if  you  think  the  land  of  your  possession 
to  be  unclean,  pass  over  to  the  land  wherein  is  the 
tabernacle  of  the  Lord,  and  dwell  among  us :  only 
depart  not  from  the  Lord,  and  from  our  society,  by 
budding  an  altar  beside  the  altar  of  the  Lordl  our 
God. 

20  Did  not  Achan  the  son  of  Zare  transgress  the 
commandment  of  the  Lord,  and  his  wrath  lay  upon 
all  the  people  of  Israel  ?  And  he  was  but  one  man; 
and  would  to  God  he  alone  had  perished  in  his 
wickedness. 

Aa 


21  And  the  children  of  Ruben,  and  of  Gad,  and 
of  the  half  tribe  of  Manasses  answered  the  princes 
of  the  embassage  of  Israel : 

22  The  Lord  the  most  mighty  God,  the  Lord  the 
most  mighty  God,  he  knoweth,  and  Israel  also 
shall  understand:  If  with  the  design  of  transgres- 
sion we  have  set  up  this  altar,  let  him  not  save  us, 
but  punish  us  immediately  : 

23  And  if  we  did  it  with  that  mind,  that  we 
might  lay  upon  it  holocausts,  and  sacrifice,  and 
victims  of  peace-offerings,  let  him  require  and 
judge: 

24  And  not  rather  with  this  thought  and  design, 
that  we  should  say:  To-morrow  your  children  will 
say  to  our  children :  What  have  you  to  do  with  the 
Lord  the  God  of  Israel  ? 

25  The  Lord  hath  put  the  river  Jordan  for  a  bor- 
der between  us  and  you,  O  ye  children  of  Ruben, 
and  ye  children  of  Gad :  and  therefore  you  have  no 
part  in  the  Lord.  And  by  this  occasion  your  chil- 
dren shall  turn  away  our  children  from  the  fear  of 
the  Lord.     We  therefore  thought  it  best, 

26  And  said:  Let  us  build  us  an  altar,  not  for 
holocausts,  nor  to  offer  victims, 

27  But  for  a  testimony  between  us  and  you, 
and  our  posterity  and  yours,  that  we  may  serve  the 
Lord,  and  that  we  may  have  a  right  to  offer  both 
holocausts,  and  victims,  and  sacrifices  of  peace-of- 
ferings: and  that  your  children  to-morrow  may 
not  say  to  our  children :  You  have  no  part  in  the 
Lord. 

28  And  if  they  will  say  so,  they  shall  answer 
them:  Behold,  the  altar  of  the  Lord,  which  our  fa- 
thers made,  not  for  holocausts,  nor  for  sacrifice,  but 
for  a  testimony  between  us  and  you. 

29  God  keep  us  from  any  such  wickedness,  that 
we  should  revolt  from  the  Lord,  and  leave  off  fol- 
lowing his  steps,  by  building  an  altar  to  offer  ho- 
locausts, and  sacrifices,  and  victims,  beside  the  altar 
of  the  Lord  our  God,  which  is  erected  before  his 
tabernacle. 

30  And  when  Phinees  the  priest,  and  the  princes 
of  the  embassage,  who  were  with  him,  had  heard 
this,  they  were  satisfied:  and  they  admitted  most 
willingly  the  words  of  the  children  of  Ruben,  and 
Gad,  and  of  the  half  tribe  of  Manasses. 

31  And  Phinees  the  priest  the  son  of  Eleazar 
said  to  them:  Now  we  know  that  the  Lord  is  with 
us;  because  you  are  not  guilty  of  this  revolt,  and 
you  have  delivered  the  children  of  Israel  from  the 
hand  of  the  Lord. 

32  And  he  returned  with  the  princes  from  the 
children  of  Ruben  and  Gad,  out  of  the  land  of  Ga- 
laad, into  the  land  of  Chanaan,  to  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  brought  them  word  again. 

33  And  the  saying  pleased  all  that  heard  it.  And 
the  children  of  Israel  praised  God:  and  they  no 
longer  said  that  they  would  go  up  against  them, 
and  fight,  and  destroy  the  land  of  their  posses- 
sion. 

34  And  the  children  of  Ruben,  and  the  children 
of  Gad  called  the  altar  which  they  had  built,  Our 
testimony,  that  the  Lord  is  God. 

liii 


JOSUE. 


CHAP.  XXIII. 

!  bring  old  admonisheth  the  people  ta  keep  Clod**  rommand- 
ments  :  and  to  aroid  marriages  and  all  *<><  irlu  trith  the  gen- 
tile;forftar  of  being  brought  to  idolatry. 

AND  when  a  long  time  was  PBSBcd,  after  that 
the  Lord  had  given  peace  to  Israel,  all  the  na- 
tions round  about  being  subdued,  and  Josue  being 
now  old.  and  far  advanced  in  years: 

2  Josue  called  for  all  Israel,  and  for  the  elders, 
and  for  the  primes.  ;m<l  for  the  judges,  and  for  the 
masters  and  said  to  them:  I  am  old,  and  far  ad- 
vanced in  years: 

3  And  you  see  all  that  the  Lord  your  God  hath 
done  to  all  die  nations  round  about,  how  he  himself 
hath  fought  for  you: 

4  And  now  since  he  hath  divided  to  you  by  lot 
all  the  land,  from  the  east  of  the  Jordan  unto  the 
great  se;i,  and  many  nations  yet  remain: 

5  The  Lord  your  God  will  destroy  them,  and 
take  them  away  from  before  your  face;  and  you  shall 
possess  the  land  as  he  hath  promised  you. 

6  Only  take  courage;  and  l>e  careful  to  observe 
all  things  that  are  written  in  the  hook  of  the  law  of 
Moses:  and  turn  not  aside  from  them  neither  to  the 
right  hand  nor  to  the  left  : 

7  Lest  after  that  you  are  come  in  among  the 
gentiles,  who  will  remain  among  you,  you  should 
swear  by  the  name  of  their  gods,  and  serve  them, 
and  adore  them  : 

8  But  cleave  ye  unto  the  Lord  your  God ;  as 
you  have  done  until  this  day. 

9  And  then  the  Lord  God  will  take  away  before 
your  eyes  nations  that  are  great  and  very  strong  ; 
and  no  man  shall  be  able  to  resist  you. 

10  One  of  you  shall  chase  a  thousand  men  of 
the  enemies;  because  the  Lord  your  God  himself 
w  ill  light  for  you,  as  be  hath  promised. 

11  This  only  take  care  of  with  all  diligence,  that 
you  love  the  Lord  your  God. 

12  But  if  you  will  embrace  the  errors  of  these 
nations  that  dwell  among  you,  and  make  marriages 
with  them,  and  join  friendships: 

13  Know  ye  for  a  certainty  that  the  Lord  your 
God  will  not  destroy  them  before  your  face :  but 
they  shall  be  a  pit  and  a  snare  in  your  way,  and  a 
stumbling-block  at  your  side,  and  stakes  in  your 
eyes,  till  he  take  you  away  and  destroy  you  from 
oil"  this  excellent  land,  which  he  hath  given  you. 

I  V  Ibhold,  this  day  I  am  going  into  the  way  of 
all  the  earth;  and  you  shall  know  with  all  your 
mind,  that  of  all  the  words  which  the  Lord  pro- 
mised to  perforin  for  you,  not  one  hath  failed. 

15  Therefore  ai  he  hath  fulfilled  in  deed  what 
he  promised,  and  all  things  prosperous  have  come: 
so  will  he  bring  upon  you  all  the  evils  he  hath 
threatened,  till  he  take  you  away  and  destroy  you 
from  oil  this  excellent  land,  which  he  hath  given 
you, 

16  When  you  shall  have  transgressed  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Cord  your  God,  which  be  hath  made 
with  you,  and  shall  have  served  strange  gods,  ;iud 
adored  them:  then  shall  the  indignation  of  the  I^ord 
rise   up  quickly  and  speedily  against  you;  and  you 

186 


shall  be  taken  away  from  this  excellent  land,  which 
he  hath  delivered  to  you. 

CHAP.  XXIV. 

Josue  attemblrth  the  people,  and  renrteeth  the  rorenant  between 
them  and  Ood.      Hit  death  and  burial. 

\  ND  Josue  gathered  together  all  the  tribes  of  Is- 
■**-  rael  in  Sichem  ;  and  called  for  the  ancients, 
and  the  princes,  and  the  judges,  and  the  masters: 
and  they  stood  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord: 

2  And  he  spoke  thus  to  the  people  :  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel:  Your  fathers  dwelt  of 
old  on  the  other  side  of  the  river,*  There  the  fa- 
ther of  Abraham,  and  Nachor:  and  they  served 
strange  gods. 

3  And  I  took  your  father  Abraham  from  the  bor- 
ders of  Mesopotamia,  and  brought  him  into  the  land 
of  Chanaan:  and  I  multiplied  his  seed, 

4  And  gave  him  Isaac  :  and  to  him  again  I  gave 
Jacob  and  Esau.  And  1  gave  to  Esau  mount  Seir 
for  bis  possession:  but  Jacob  and  his  children  went 
down  into  Egypt. 

5  And  I  sent  Moses  and  Aaron,  and  I  Struck 
Egypt  with  many  signs  and  wonders. 

6  And  I  brought  you  and  your  fathers  out  of 
Egypt,  and  you  came  to  the  sea:  and  the  Egyptians 
pursued  your  fathers  with  chariots  and  horsemen,  as 
far  as  the  Red  Sea. 

7  And  the  children  of  Israel  cried  to  the  Lord: 
and  he  put  darkness  l>etween  you  and  the  Egyp- 
tians, and  brought  the  sea  upon  them,  and  covered 
them.  Your  eyes  saw  all  that  I  did  in  Egypt  :  and 
you  dwelt  in  the  wilderness  a  long  time: 

8  And  I  brought  you  into  the  land  of  the  Amor- 
rhite,  who  dwelt  beyond  the  Jordan.  And  when 
I  in  v  fought  against  you,  I  delivered  them  into  vour 
hands:  and  you  possessed  their  land,  and  stew 
them. 

9  And  Balac  son  of  Scphor  king  of  Moab,  arose 
and  fought  against  Israel.  And  he  sent  and  called 
for  Balaam  son  of  Beor,  to  curse  you 

10  And  I  would  not  hear  him:  but  on  the  con- 
trary I  blessed  you  by  him,  and  I  delivered  vou  out 
of  his  hand. 

11  And  you  passed  over  the  Jordan,  and  \oti 
came  to  Jericho.  And  the  men  of  that  city  fought 
against  you,  the  Amorrhite,  and  the  Phereshe,  and 
the  t'hanaanite,  and  the  Hethitc  and  the  Gergesite 
and  the  Hevite,  and  the  Jebusite:  and  1  delivered 
them  into  your  hands. 

12  And  I  sent  before  you  hornets:  and  I  drove 
them  out  from  their  places,  the  two  kings  of  the 

\niorrhites,  not  with  thy  sword  nor  with  tin  Ix.w . 

13  And  I  gave  you  a  land  in  which  \ou  had  not 
laboured,  and  cities  to  dwell  in  which  you  built 
not.  vineyards  and  olive-yards  vt  bich  you  planted  not 

14  Now  therefore  fear  the  Lord,  and  serve  him 
with  a  perfect  and  most  sincere  heart :  and  put  awav 
the  5008  which  your  fathers  served  in  Mesopotamia 
and  in  Egypt,  and  serve  the  Lord. 

15  But  if  it  seem  evil  to  you  to  serve  the  Lord 


Of  ikt  riftr.    The  Euphrates 


CHAP.  I. 


you  have  your  choice:  choose  this  day  that  which 
pleaseth  you,  whom  you  would  rather  serve,  whether 
the  gods  which  your  fathers  served  in  Mesopotamia, 
or  the  gods  of  the  Amorrhites,  in  whose  land  you 
dwell :  out  as  for  me  and  my  house  we  will  serve 
the  Lord. 

16  And  the  people  answered,  and  said:  God 
forbid  we  should  leave  the  Lord,  and  serve  strange 
gods. 

1 7  The  Lord  our  God  he  brought  us  and  our 
fathers  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  out  of  the  house 
of  bondage;  and  did  very  great  signs  in  our  sight, 
and  preserved  us  in  all  the  way  by  which  we  jour- 
neyed, and  among  all  the  people  through  whom  we 
passed. 

18  And  he  cast  out  all  the  nations,  the  Amor- 
rhite,  the  inhabitant  of  the  land -into  which  we  are 
come.  Therefore  we  will  serve  the  Lord,  for  he  is 
our  God. 

19  And  Josue  said  to  the  people:  You  will  not 
be  able  to  serve  the  Lord,*  for  he  is  a  holy  God,  and 
mighty,  and  jealous,  and  will  not  forgive  your  wick- 
edness and  sins. 

20  If  you  leave  the  Lord,  and  serve  strange  gods, 
he  will  turn,  and  will  afflict  you,  and  will  destroy 
you  after  all  the  good  he  hath  done  you. 

21  And  the  people  said  to  Josue:  No,  it  shall 
not  be  so  as  thou  sayest;  but  we  will  serve  the 
Lord. 

22  And  Josue  said  to  the  people  :  You  are  wit- 
nesses, that  you  yourselves  have  chosen  you  the 
Lord  to  serve  him.  And  they  answered  :  We  are 
witnesses. 

23  Now  therefore,  said  he,  put  away  strange  gods 
from  among  you,  and  incline  your  hearts  to  the  Lord 
the  God  of  Israel. 


*  You  will  not  be  able  to  serve  the  Lord,  Sec.     This  was  not  said  by  way 
of  discouraging  them ;  but  rather  to  make  them  more  earnest  in- 
resolute,  by  setting  before  them  the  greatness  of  the  undertaking, 
and  the  courage  and  constancy  necessary  to  go  through  with  it. 

f  It  hath  heard.    This  is  a  figure  of  speech,  by  which  sensation  is  at- 


24  And  the  people  said  to  Josue:  We  will  serre 
the  Lord  our  God,  and  we  will  be  obedient  to  his 
commandments. 

25  Josue  therefore  on  that  day  made  a  covenant, 
and  set  before  the  people  commandments  and  judg- 
ments in  Sichem. 

26  And  he  wrote  all  these  things  in  the  volume 
of  the  law  of  the  Lord  :  and  he  took  a  great  stone, 
and  set  it  under  the  oak  that  was  in  the  sanctuary  of 
the  Lord : 

27  And  he  said  to  all  the  people:  Behold,  this 
stone  shall  be  a  testimony  unto  you,  that  it  hath 
heardf  all  the  words  of  the  Lord,  which  he  hath 
spoken  to  you :  lest  perhaps  hereafter  you  will  deny 
it,  and  lie  to  the  Lord. 

28  And  he  sent  the  people  away,  every  one  to 
their  own  possession. 

29  And  after!  these  things  Josue  the  son  of  Nun, 
the  servant  of  the  Lord  died,  being  a  hundred  and 
ten  years  old: 

30  And  they  buried  him  in  the  border  of  his  pos- 
session in  Thamnathsare,  which  is  situate  in  mount 
Ephraim,  on  the  north  side  of  mount  Gaas. 

31  And  Israel  served  the  Lord  all  the  days  of 
Josue,  and  of  the  ancients  that  lived  a  long  time  af- 
ter Josue,  and  that  had  known  all  the  works  of  the 
Lord  which  he  had  done  in  Israel^ 

32  And  the  bones  of  Joseph  which  the  children 
of  Israel  had  taken  out  of  Egypt,  they  buried  in 
Sichem,  in  that  part  of  the  field  which  Jacob  had 
bought  of  the  sons  of  Hemor  the  father  of  Sichem, 
for  a  hundred  young  ewes :  and  it  was  in  the  pos- 
session of  the  sons  of  Joseph. 

33  Eleazar  also  the  son  of  Aaron  died :  and  they 
buried  him  in  Gabaath,  that  belongeth  to  Phinees 
his  son,  which  was  given  him  in  mount  Ephraim. 


tributed  to  inanimate  things ;  and  they  are  called  upon,  as  it  were,  to 
bear  witness  in  favour  of  the  great  Creator,  whom  they  on  their  part 
constantly  obey. 

\  And  after,  ifc.    If  Josue  wrote  this  book,  as  is  commonly  believed, 
these  last  verses  were  added  by  Samuel,  or  some  other  prophet 


THE  BOOK  OF  JUDGES. 


This  book  is  called  Judges,  because  it  contains  the  history  of 
what  passed  under  the  government  of  the  Judges,  who  ruled 
Israel  before  they  had  Icings.  The  writer  of  it,  acccording  to 
the  more  general  opinion,  was  the  prophet  Samuel. 

CHAP.  I. 

The  expedition  and  victory  of  Juda  against  the  Chanaanites ; 
who  are  tolerated  in  many  places. 

AFTER  the  death  of  Josue,  the  children  of  Is- 
rael consulted  the  Lord,  saying  :  Who  shall  go 
up  before  us  against  the  Chanaanite,  and  shall  be 
the  leader  of  the  war  ? 

2  And  the  Lord  said:  Juda  shall  go  up:  behold, 
I  have  delivered  the  land  into  his  hands. 

3  And  Juda  said  to  Simeon  his  brother:  Come 
up  with  me  into  my  lot,  and  fight  against  the  Cha- 


naanite, that  I  also  may  go  along  with  thee  into  thy 
lot.     And  Simeon  went  with  him. 

4  And  Juda  went  up  :  and  the  Lord  delivered  the 
Chanaanite,  and  the  Pherezite  into  their  hands  :  and 
and  they  slew  of  them  in  Bezec,  ten  thousand  men. 

5  And  they  found  Adonibezec  in  Bezec,  and 
fought  against  him :  and  they  defeated  the  Cha- 
naanite, and  the  Pherezite. 

'  6  And  Adonibezec  fled:  and  they  pursued  after 
him,  and  took  him,  and  cut  off  his  fingers  and  toes. 
7  And  Adonibezec  said:  Seventy  kings  having 
their  fingers  and  toes  cut  off,  gathered  up  the  leav- 
ings of  the  meat  under  my  table  :  as  I  have  done, 
so  h:ith  God  requited  me.  And  they  brought  him 
to  Jerusalem:  and  he  died  there. 

1«7 


JUDGES. 


8  And  tin-  children  of  Jiida  besieging  Jerusa- 
lem,* took  it,  Mild  |>ut  it  to  t hi-  nrord,  and  .set  the 
whole  city  on  fire. 

9  And  after  wards  they  went  down  and  fought 
against  the  ("hanaanite,  who  dwelt  in  the  moun- 
tains, ami  in  the  south,  and  in  the  plains. 

Iti  And  Juda  going  forward  against  the  Chanaan- 
ite,  that  dwelt  in  Hrhront  the  (name  whereof  was 
in  former  times  Cariatharbe)  slew  Sesai,  and  Am- 
man, Bad  Tholmai  : 

II  And  departing  from  thence  he  went  to  the 
inhabitants  of  Dabir,  the  ancient  name  of  which  was 
Cariath-sepher,  that  is,  the  citv  of  letters. \ 

\2  And  Caleb  said;  He  that  shall  take  Cariath- 
sepher,  and  lay  it  waste,  to  him  will  I  give  my 
daughter  Axa  to  wife. 

13  And  Othoniel  the  son  of  Cenez,  the  younger 
brother  of  Caleb  having  taken  it,  he  gave  him  Axa 
his  daughter  to  wife. 

14  And  as  she  was  going  on  her  way  her  hus- 
band admonished  her  to  ask  a  field  of  her  father. 
And  as  she  sighed  sitting  on  her  ass,  Caleb  said  to 
her:   What  aileth  thee? 

15  But  she  answered:  Give  me  a  blessing,  for 
thou  hast  given  me  a  dry  land  :  give  me  also  a  wa- 
tery land.  So  Caleb  gave  her  the  upper  and  the 
nether  watery  ground. 

16  And  the  children  of  the  Cinite$  the  kinsman 
of  Moses  went  up  from  the  city  of  palms,  with  the 
children  of  Juda  into  the  wilderness  of  his  lot,  which 
is  at  the  south  side  of  Arad:  and  they  dwelt  with 
him. 

17  And  Juda  went  with  Simeon  his  brother;  and 
thev  together  defeated  the  Chanaanites  that  dwelt 
in  Scphaath,  and  slew  them.  And  the  name  of  the 
city  was  called  Horma,  that  is,  Anathema. 

18  And  Juda  took  Gasafl  with  its  confines,  and 
Ascalon,  and  Accaron  with  their  confines. 

19  And  the  Lord  was  with  Juda,  and  he  possess- 
ed the  hill  countrv;  but  was  not  ableTI  to  destroy 
the  inhabitants  of  the  valley;  because  they  had 
many  chariots  armed  with  scythes. 

20  And  they  cave  Hebron  to  Caleb,  as  Moses 
had  said,  who  destroyed  out  of  it  the  three  sons  of 
Enac. 

21  But  the  sons  of  Benjamin  did  i\pt  destroy  the 
Jebnsites  that  inhabited  Jerusalem  :  and  the  Jebu- 
site  hath  dwelt  with  the  sons  of  Benjamin  in  Jeru- 
salem until  this  present  day. 

22  The  house  of  Joseph  also  went  up  against 
Bethel :  and  the  Lord  was  with  them. 


•  Jmaaltm.  This  city  wu  divided  into  two;  on*  part  wm  called 
Jthu,  the  other  Saltm;  the  one  was  in  ttir  tribe  of  Juduh.  lite  other 
til  llie  tribe  of  Itenjamin.  After  it  vu  taken  and  burnt  by  the  men 
of  Juda.  it  was  quickly  rebuilt  ajrain  by  the  Jebuaites,  as  we  inav 
gather  from  ver.  51  ;  and  continued  in  their  possession  till  it  was 
taken  by  kinfr  David. 

t  llrbrtn.  This  expedition  against  Hebron,  lie.  is  the  same  as  is 
related  Joi\u  xv.  .'«.  It  is  here  repeated,  to  (rive  the  reader  at  once 
a  short  sketch  of  all  the  achievements  of  the  tribe  of  Juda  afrainst 
the  ( hanaanite*. 

J  TU  titw  of  UUm.  Perhaps  so  called,  from  some  famous  school, 
or  lih-arv  kijit  llnre. 

t  Tlu  Cuilr.  Jethro  the  father-in-law  of  Mosea  was  called  fWm, 
188 


23  For  when  they  were  ltesicging  the  city,  wln<  h 
before  was  called  Lu/.a, 

J I  They  saw  a  man  coming  out  of  the  city,  and 
thev  said  to  him:  Show  us  the  entrance  into  the 
city,  and  we  will  show  thee  mercy. 

25  And  when  he  had  shown  them,  thev  smote 
the  city  with  the  edgl  of  the  sword  :  but  thai  man 
and  all  his  kindred  they  let  go: 

26  Who  being  sent  away,  went  into  the  land  of 
of  H  i  i  him,  and  built  there  a  city,  and  called  it  Lu/a . 
which  is  so  called  until  this  day. 

27  Manasses  also  tlid  not  destroy  Bethsan,  and 
Thanac  with  their  villages,  nor  the  inhabitants  of 
Dor,  and  Jeblaam,  and  Mngcddo  with  their  villages. 
And  the  Chanaamte  began  to  dwell  with  them. 

28  But  after  Israel  was  grown  strong,  he  made 
them  tributaries,  and  would  not  destroy  them. 

29  Ephraim  also  did  not  slay  the  (hanaanite  (hat 
dwelt  in  Gazer,  but  dwelt  with  him. 

30  Zahulon  destroyed  not  the  inhabitants  of  Ce- 
tron,  and  Naalol :  but  the  Chauaanite  dwelt  among 
them,  and  became  their  tributary. 

31  Aser  also  destroyed  not  the  inhabitants  of  Ac- 
cho,  and  of  Sidon,  of  A  ha  lab,  and  of  Achazib,  and 
of  Helba,  and  of  Aphec,  and  of  Rohob: 

32  And  he  dwelt  in  the  midst  of  the  Chanaanites 
the  inhabitants  of  that  land,  and  did  not  slay  them. 

33  Nephtali  also  destroyed  not  the  inhabitants  of 
Bethsames.  and  of  Bethanath  :  and  he  dwelt  in  the 
midst  of  the  Chanaanites  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land,  and  the  Bethsamites  and  Bethanites  were  tri- 
butaries to  him. 

34  And  the  Amorrhite  straitened  the  children  of 
Dan  in  the  mountain,  and  gave  them  not  place  to 
go  down  to  the  plain: 

35  And  he  dwelt**  in  the  mountain  Hares,  that  is, 
of  potsherds,  in  Aialon  and  Salebim.  And  the  hand 
of  the  house  of  Joseph  was  heavy  vpon  him:  and 
he  became  tributary  to  him. 

36  And  the  border  of  the  Amorrhite  was  from 
the  ascent  of  the  scorpion,  the  rock,  and  the  higher 
places. 

CHAP.  II. 

An  Angel  rtprovtth  JsrnrL  They  weep  for  their  tint.  After 
the  death  of  Jotue,  they  of 'ten  full,  anil  repenting  are  delivered 
from  their  afietiont,  but  still  fall  worte  and  irorte. 

AND  an  Angelft  of  the  Lord  went  up  from  Gal- 
gal  to  the  place  of  weepers,  and  said  :  I  made 
vou  go  out  of  Egypt,  and  have  brought  you  into  tin; 
land  for  which  I  swore  to  your  fathers:  and  I  pro- 


or  the  Cinite:  and  his  children  who  came  alone  with  the  childn -n  of 
Israel  settled  themselves  anions;  them  in  the  land  of  f'hanaan,  em- 
bracing tlieir  worship  and  relitfion.  .  From  these  the  Rechabites 
•  primer,  of  whom  see  Jrrtm.  xxxv.  Ibid.  Tkt  rity  of  ssIsml  Jericho, 
so  called  from  the  abundance  of  palm-trees. 

|  Csss,  iff.  These  were  three  of  the  principal  cities  of  the  Philis- 
tines, famous  both  in  sacred  and  profane  history.  They  weir  <akea 
at  this  time  by  the  Israelites:  not  as  they  took  no  rare  to  put  gar- 
risons in  them,  the  Philistines  sooo  recovered  them  again. 

1  !»'«»  net  sob,  tfc-  Through  a  cowardly  fear  of  their  chariots 
armed  with  hooks  and  scythes,  and  lor  want  of  confidence  in  God. 

•*  Ih  dtrrtt.     That  is,  the  Amorrhite. 

ft  .f»  «»r«i    Taking  toe  shape  af  a  man. 


CHAP.  in. 


mised  that  1  would  not  make  void  my  covenant  with 
you  for  ever: 

2  On  condition  that  you  should  not  make  a  league 
with  the  inhabitants  of  this  land,  but  should  throw 
down  their  altars :  and  you  would  not  hear  my  voice : 
why  have  you  done  this? 

3  Wherefore  I  would  not  destroy  them  from  be- 
fore your  face ;  that  you  may  have  enemies,  and  their 
gods  may  be  your  ruin. 

4  And  when  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  spoke  these 
words  to  all  the  children  of  Israel,  they  lifted  up 
their  voice  and  wept. 

5  And  the  name  of  that  place  was  called,  The 
place  of  weepers,  or  of  tears :  and  there  they  offer- 
ed sacrifices  to  the  Lord. 

6  And  Josue*  sent  away  the  people :  andthe  chil- 
dren of  Israel  went  every  one  to  his  own  possession 
to  hold  it: 

7  And  they  served  the  Lord  all  his  days,  and  the 
days  of  the  ancients,  that  lived  a  long  time  after  him, 
and  who  knew  all  the  works  of  the  Lord,  which  he 
had  done  for  Israel. 

8  And  Josue  the  son  of  Nun,  the  servant  of  the 
Lord,  died,  being  a  hundred  and  ten  years  old, 

9  And  they  buried  him  in  the  borders  of  his  pos- 
session in  Thamnathsare  in  mount  Ephraim,  on  the 
north  side  of  mount  Gaas. 

10  And  all  that  generation  was  gathered  to  their 
fathers:  and  there  arose  others  that  knew  not  the 
Lord,  and  the  works  which  he  had  done  for  Israel. 

1 1  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  evil  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord:  and  they  served  Baalim. 

12  And  they  left  the  Lord  the  God  of  their  fa- 
thers, who  had  brought  them  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt:  and  they  followed  strange  gods,f  and  the 
gods  of  the  people  that  dwelt  round  about  them :  and 
they  adored  them;  and  they  provoked  the  Lord  to 
anger, 

13  Forsaking  him,  and  serving  Baal  and  Asta- 
roth. 

14  And  the  Lord  being  angry  against  Israel,  de- 
livered them  into  the  hands  of  plunderers:  who  look 
them  and  sold  them  to  their  enemies,  that  dwelt 
round  al>out:  neither  could  they  stand  against  their 
enemies : 

15  But  whithersoever  they  meant  to  go,  the  hand 
of  the  Lord  was  upon  them,  as  he  had  said,  and  as 
he  had  sworn  to  them :  and  they  were  greatly  dis- 
tressed. 

16  And  the  Lord  raised  up  judges  to  deliver  them 
from  the  hands  of  those  that  oppressed  them:  but 
they  would  not  hearken  to  them, 

17  Committing  fornication  with  strange  gods,  and 
adoring  them.  They  quickly  forsook  the  way,  in 
which  their  fathers  had  walked:  and  hearing  the 
commandments  of  the  Lord,  they  did  all  things  con- 
trary. 

18  And  when  the  Lord  raised  them  up  judges, 


*  And  Josue,  fcc.  This  is  here  inserted  out  of  Jonie  xxiv.  by  way 
of  recapitulation  of  what  had  happened  before,  and  by  way  of  an 
introduction  to  that  which  follows. 

t  They  followed  strange  gods.  What  is  here  said  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  as  to  their  falling  so  often  into  idolatry,  is  to  be  understood  of 
a  great  part  of  them:    but  not  so  universally,  as  if  the;  true  worship  of 


in  their  days  he  was  moved  to  mercy,  and  tieard  the 
groanings  of  the  afflicted,  and  delivered  them  from 
the  slaughter  of  the  oppressors. 

19  But  after  the  judge  was  dead,  they  returned, 
and  did  much  worse  things  than  their  fathers  had 
done,  following  strange  gods,  serving  them,  and 
adoring  them..  They  left  not.  their  own  inventions, 
and  the  stubborn  way,  by  which  they  were  accus- 
tomed to  walk. 

20  And  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  was  kindled  against 
Israel :  and  he  said :  Behold  this  nation  hath  made 
void  my  covenant,  which  1  had  made  with  their  fa- 
thers, and  hath  despised  to  hearken  to  my  voice  : 

21  I  also  will  not  destroy  the  nations  which  Jo- 
sue left,  when  he  died  : 

22  1  hat  through  them  I  may  try  Israel,  whether 
they  will  keep  the  way  of  the  Lord,  and  walk  in  it, 
as  their  fathers  kept  it,  or  no. 

23  The  Lord  therefore  left  all  these  nations,  and 
would  not  quickly  destroy  them  ;  neither  did  he  de- 
liver them  into  the  hands  of  Josue. 

CHAP.  III. 

The  people  falling  into  idolatry  are  oppressed  by  their  enemies  ; 
but  repenting  are  delivered  by  Othoniel,  Aod,  and  Samgar. 

THESE  are  the  nations  which  the  Lord  left,  that 
by  them  he  might  instruct  Israel,  and  all  that 
had  not  known  the  wars  of  the  Chanaanites  : 

2  That  afterwards  their  children  might  learn  to 
fight  with  their  enemies,  and  to  be  trained  up  to  war  : 

3  The  five  princes  of  the  Philistines,  and  all  the 
Chanaanites,  and  the  Sidonians,  and  the  Hevites 
that  dwelt  in  mount  Libanus,  from  mount  Baal  Her- 
mon  to  the  entering  into  Emath. 

4  And  he  left  them,  that  he  might  try  Israel  by 
them,  whether  they  would  hear  the  commandments 
of  the  Lord,  which  he  had  commanded  their  fathers 
by  the  hand  of  Moses,  or  not. 

5  So  the  children  of  Israel  dwelt  in  the  midst  of 
the  Chanaanite,  and  the  Hethite,  and  the  Amorrhite, 
and  the  Pherezite,  and  the  Hevite,  and  the  Jebusite  : 

6  And  they  took  their  daughters  to  wives ;  and 
they  gave  their  own  daughters  to  their  sons  ; 
they  served  their  gods. 

7  And  they  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  : 
they  forgot  their  God,  and  served  Baalim  and  As- 
taroth. 

8  And  the  Lord  being  angry  with  Israel,  deliver- 
ed them  into  the  hands  of  Chusan  Rasathaini  king  of 
Mesopotamia;!  and  they  served  him  eight  years. 

9  And  they  cried  to  the  Lord,  who  raised  them 
up  a  saviour,  and  delivered  them,  to  wit,  Othoniel 
the  son  of  Cenez,  the  younger  brother  of  Caleb: 

10  And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  was  in  him  ;  and 
he  judged  Israel.  And  he  went  out  to  fight,  and  the 
Lord  delivered  into  his  hand,  Chusan  Rasathaim 
king  of  Syria :  and  he  overthrew  him  : 

1 1  And  the  land  rested  forty  years ;  and  Otho- 
niel the  son  of  Cenez  died. 


and 
and 


God  was  ever  quite  abolished  among  them  :  for  the  succession  of  tho 
true  church  and  religion  was  kept  up  all  this  time  by  the  priests 
and  Levites,  at  least  in  the  house  of  God  in  Silo. 

t  Mesopotamia.  In  Hebrew,  Aramnaharaim.  Syria  of  the  two  rirert; 
so  called  because  it  lies  between  the  Euphrates  and  the  Tigris.  It  ii 
absolutely  called  Syria,  ver.  10. 

*  189 


JUDGES. 


12  And  the  children  of  land  did  evil  again  in  the 

sight  «)l"  the  Lord;  who  strengthened  against  them 

Kglou  king  of  Moab ;  hecautC   they  dul  evil  in  his 
sight. 

13  And  hi- joined  to  him  the  children  of  Amnion 
Rnd  Ainalec:  and  lie  went  ;nid  overthrew  Israel,  and 
possessed  the  city  of  palm-trees. 

1  V  And  the  children  of  Israel  served  Eglon  king 
of  Moah  eighteen  years : 

16  And  afterwards  they  cried  to  the  Lord,  who 
raised  them  up  a  saviour  called  Aod,  the  son  of  Gera, 
the  son  of  Jcmini,  who  used  the  left  hand  as  well  as 
the  right.  And  the  children  of  Israel  sent  presents 
to  Eglon  king  of  Moah  bj  him. 

16  And  he  made  himself  a  two-edged  sword, with 
a  haft  in  the  midst  of  the  length  of  the  palm  of  the 
hand  ;  and  was  girded  therewith  under  his  garment 
on  the  right  thigh. 

17  And  In-  presented  the  gifts  to  Eglon  king  of 
Moah.     Now  Eglon  was  exceeding  fat. 

18  And  when  he  had  presented  the  gifts  unto  him. 
he  followed  his  companions  that  came  along  with 
him. 

19  Then  returning  from  Galgal,  where  the  idols 
were,  he  said  to  the  king:  I  have  a  secret  message 
to  thee,  O  king.  And  he  commanded  silence  :  and 
all  lieing  gone  out  that  were  about  him, 

20  Aod  went  in  to  him  :  now  he  was  sitting  in  a 
summer  parlour  alone,  and  he  said  :  I  have  a  word 
from  Goo*  to  thee.  And  he  forthwith  rose  up  from 
his  throne. 

21  And  Aod  put  forth  his  left  hand,  and  took  the 
dagger  from  his  right  thigh,  and  thrust  it  iuto  his 
belly, 

22  With  such  force  that  the  haft  went  in  after  the 
blade  into  the  wound,  and  was  closed  up  with  the 
abundance  of  fat.  So  that  he  did  not  draw  out  the 
dagger ;  but  left  it  in  the  IkxIv  as  he  had  struck  it  in. 
And  forthwith  bv  the  secret  parts  of  nature  the  ex- 
crements of  the  belly  came  out. 

23  But  Aod  carefully  shutting  the  doors  of  the 
parlour,  and  locking  them. 

24  Went  out  by  a  postern  door.  And  the  king's 
set  rants  going  in,  saw  the  doors  of  the  parlour  shut, 
and  they  said:  Perhaps  he  is  casing  nature  in  his 
summer  parlour. 

25  And  waiting  a  long  time  till  they  were  asham- 
ed, and  seeing  thai  no  man  opened  the  door,  the\ 
took  a  ke\  :  and  opening  they  found  their  lord  tying 
dead  on  the  ground. 

26  Bui  Aod,  while  they  were  in  confusion,  es- 
caped, and  passed  by  the  place  of  the  idols,  from 
Whence  he  had  returned.     And  he  came  toSeirath  : 

27  And  forthwith  he  sounded  the  trumpet  in 
mount  F.phraiin  :  and  the  children  of  Israel  wont 
down  with  him,  he  himself  going  in  the  front. 

2H  And  h>-  said  to  them :  Follow  me:  for  the 
Lord  hath  delivered  our  enemies  the  Moabites  into 
our  hands.  Ami  they  went  down  after  him,  and 
seined  UPOa  the  fords  of  the  Jordan,   which   are  in 

•  .1  wrdfrm*  Css*.  4-c.  What  And,  who  sras  fadfi  an.l  clnrf  ma- 
|p«trairof  linirl,  iInI  on  this  occasion,  was  by  a  sfwU  m«i>iralioo 
of  God:  bat  such  things  are  not  to  be  imitated  bv  private  una 

190 


the   Wnj  to   M"ab:   and   they   suffered   no  man  K> 
pass  o\  cr  : 

'  But  they  slew  of  the  Moabites  at  that  time, 
about  ten  thousand,  all  strong  and  valiant  mm  : 
none  of  them  could  escape. 

90  And  Moab  was  humbled  that  day  under  the 
hand  of  Israel :  and  the  land  rested  eighty  \ears. 

31  After  him  was  Samgar  the  son  ol  Anath,  who 
slew  of  the  Philistines  six  hundred  men  with  a 
plough-share  :  and  he  also  defended  Israel. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Di  bbora  and  Barar  deliver  Itraelfrom  Jabin  and  Sisara.     Ja 
ktl  killeth  Sisara. 

AND  the  children  of  Israel  again  did  evil  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord  alter  the  death  of  Aod  : 

2  And  the  Lord  delivered  them  up  into  the  hands 
of  Jabin  king  of  Chanaan,  who  reigned  in  Asor : 
and  he  had  a  general  of  his  army  named  Sisara  ; 
and  he  dwelt  in  Haroseth  of  the  gentiles. 

3  And  the  children  of  Israel  cried  to  the  Lord  : 
for  he  had  nine  hundred  chariots  set  with  scythes, 
and  for  twenty  years  had  grievously  oppressed  them. 

4  And  there  was  at  that  time  Debbora  a  prophet- 
ess, the  wife  of  Lapidoth,  who  judged  the  peoples 

5  And  she  sat  under  a  palm-tree,  w  Inch  was  call- 
ed by  her  name,  between  Bama  and  Bethel  in 
mount  Ephraim  :  and  the  children  of  Israel  came 
up  to  her  for  all  judgment. 

6  And  she  sent  and  called  Barac  the  son  of  Abi- 
noem  out  of  Cedes  in  Nephtali :  and  she  said  to 
him :  The  Lord  God  of  Israel  hath  commanded  thee : 
Go,  and  lead  an  army  to  mount  Thabor,  and  thou 
shalt  take  with  thee  ten  thousand  fighting  men  of 
the  children  of  Nephtali,  and  of  the  children  of  Za- 
bulou  : 

7  And  I  will  bring  unto  thee  in  the  place  of  the 
torrent  Cison,  Sisara  the  general  of  Jabin's  arm\, 
and  his  chariots,  and  all  his  multitude  ;  and  w  ill  de- 
liver them  into  thy  hand. 

8  And  Barac  said  to  her :  If  thou  wilt  come  with 
me,  I  will  go:  if  thou  wilt  not  come  with  me,  I 
will  not  go. 

9  She  said  to  him:  I  will  go  indeed  with  thee, 
but  at  this  time  the  victory  shall  not  lie  attributed  to 
thee,  because  Sisara  shall  Im-  delivered  into  the  hand 
of  a  woman.  Debbora  therefore  arose,  and  went 
with  Barac  to  Cedes. 

10  And  he  called  unto  him  Zabulon  and  Neph- 
tali, and  went  up  with  ten  thousand  fighting  in.  n, 
having  Debboia  in  his  companv. 

11  Now  Haber  the  (inite  had  some  time  before 
departed  from  the  rest  of  the  Cinitcs  his  brethren 
the  sons  of  Hobab,  the  kinsman  of  Moses  •  and  had 
pitched  his  tents  unto  the  valley  which  is  called  Sen- 
nim,  and  was  near  CedV 

12  And  it  ail  told  Sisara,  that  Barac  the  son  ol 
Abinoem  was  gone  up  to  mount  Thalior : 

13  And  he  gathered  together  his  nine  hundred 
chariots  armed  with  scythes,  and  all  his  army  from 
Haroseth  of  the  gentiles  lo  the  torrent  (   isou. 

14  And  Debbora  said  to  Barac  :  Arise,  for  this 
is  the  day  wherein  the  Lord  hath  delivered  Sisara 


CHAP.    V. 


into  thy  hands  .  behold,  ho  is  thy  leader.  And  Ba- 
rac  went  down  from  mount  Thabor,  and  ten  thou- 
sand fighting  men  with  him. 

15  And  the  Lord  struck  a  terror  into  Sisara,  and 
all  his  chariots,  and  all  his  multitude,  with  the  edge 
of  the  sword,  at  the  sight  of  Barac  ;  insomuch,  that 
Sisara  leaping  down  from  off"  his  chariot,  fled  away 
on  foot : 

16  And  Barac  pursued  after  the  fleeing  chariots, 
and  the  army,  unto  Haroseth  of  the  gentiles:  and 
all  the  multitude  of  the  enemy  was  utterly  de- 
stroyed. 

17  But  Sisara  fleeing  came  to  the  tent  of  Jahel 
the  wife  of  Haber  the  Cinite  ;  for  there  was  peace 
between  Jabin  the  king  of  Asor,  and  the  house  of 
IJaber  the  Cinite. 

18  And  Jahel  went  forth  to  meet  Sisara,  and 
said  to  him  :  Come  in  to  me,  my  lord  ;  come  in, 
fear  not.  He  went  into  her  tent,  and  being  cover- 
ed by  her  with  a  cloak, 

19  Said  to  her:  Give  me,  I  beseech  thee,  a  little 
water,  for  I  am  very  thirsty.  She  opened  a  bottle 
of  milk,  and  gave  him  to  drink,  and  covered  him. 

20  And  Sisara  said  to  her :  Stand  before  the  door 
of  the  tent,  and  when  any  shall  come  and  inquire  of 
thee,  saying :  Is  there  any  man  here  ?  thou  shalt 
say  :  There  is  none. 

21  So  Jahel,  Haber's  wife,  took  a  nail  of  the 
tent,  taking  also  a  hammer :  and  going  in  softly, 
and  with  silence,  she  put  the  nail  upon  the  temples 
of  his  head,  and  striking  it  with  the  hammer,  drove 
if  through  his  brain  fast  into  the  ground :  and  so 
passing  from  deep  sleep  to  death,  he  fainted  away 
and  died. 

22  And  behold,  Barac  came  pursuing  after  Sisa- 
ra :  and  Jahel  went  out  to  meet  him,  and  said  to 
him :  Come,  and  I  will  show  thee  the  man  whom 
thou  seekest.  And  when  he  came  into  her  tent,  he 
saw  Sisara  lying  dead,  and  the  nail  fastened  in  his 
temples. 

23  So  God  that  day  humbled  Jabin  the  king  of 
Chanaan  before  the  children  of  Israel : 

24  Who  grew  daily  stronger,  and  with  a  mighty 
hand  overpowered  Jabin  king  of  Chanaan,  till  they 
quite  destroyed  him. 

CHAP.  V. 

The  canticle  of  Debbora  and  Barac  after  their  victory. 

IN  that  day  Debbora  and  Barac,  son  of  Abinoem, 
sung,  and  said: 

2  O  you  of  Israel,  that  have  willingly  offered  your 
lives  to  danger,  bless  the  Lord. 

3  Hear,  O  ye  kings;  give  ear,  ye  princes:  It  is  I, 
it  is  I,  that  will  sing  to  the  Lord.  I  will  sing  to  the 
Lord  the  God  of  Israel. 

4  O  Lord,  when  thou  wentest  out  of  Seir,  and 

*  The  paths  rested.  The  ways  to  the  sanctuary  of  God  were  unfre- 
quented :  and  men  walked  in  the  by-ways  of  error  and  sin. 

f  Out  of  Ephraim,  ire.  The  enemies  straggling  in  their  flight  were' 
destroyed  as  they  were  running  through  the  land  of  Ephraim,  and 
of  Benjamin,  which  lies  after,  that  is,  bevond  Ephraim :  and  soon  to 
the  very  confines  of  Amalec.  Or,  it  alludes  to  former  victories  of 
the  people  of  God,  particularly  that  which  was  freshest  in  memory, 
when  the  men  of  Ephraim  and  Benjamin,  with  Aod  at  their  head, 


passedst  by  the  regions  of  Edom,  the  earth  trembled, 
and  the  heavens  dropped  water. 

5  The  mountainsmelted  before  the  face  of  the 
Lord,  and  Sina  before  the  face  of  the  Lord  the  God 
of  Israel. 

6  In  the  days  of  Samgar  the  son  of  Anath,  in  the 
days  of  Jahel  the  paths  rested  :*  and  they  that  went 
by  them,  walked  through  by-ways. 

7  The  valiant  men  ceased,  and  rested  in  Israel ; 
until  Debbora  arose,  a  mother  arose  in  Israel. 

8  The  Lord  chose  new  wars,  and  he  himself  over- 
threw the  gates  of  the  enemies :  a  shield  and  spear 
was  not  seen  among  forty  thousand  of  Israel. 

9  My  heart  loveth  the  princes  of  Israel:  O  you 
that  of  your  own  good-will  offered  yourselves  to 
danger,  bless  the  Lord. 

10  Speak,  you  that  ride  upon  fair  asses,  and  you 
that  sit  in  judgment,  and  walk  in  the  way. 

1 1  Where  the  chariots  were  dashed  together,  and 
the  army  of  the  enemies  was  choaked,  there  let  the 
justices  of  the  Lord  be  rehearsed,  and  his  clemency 
towards  the  brave  men  of  Israel :  then  the  people  of 
the  Lord  went  down  to  the  gates,  and  obtained  the 
sovereignty. 

12  Arise,  arise,  O  Debbora ;  arise,  arise,  and 
utter  a  canticle.  Arise,  Barac,  and  take  hold  of  thy 
captives,  O  son  of  Abinoem. 

13  The  remnants  of  the  people  are  saved:  the 
Lord  hath  fought  among  the  valiant  ones. 

14  Out  of  Ephraimf  he  destroyed  them  into  Ama- 
lec, and  after  him  out  of  Benjamin  into  thy  people, 
O  Amalec  :  Out  of  MachirJ  there  came  down  prin- 
ces, and  out  of  Zabulon  they  that  led  the  army  to 
fight. 

15  The  captains  of  Issachar  were  with  Debbora, 
and  followed  the  steps  of  Barac,  who  exposed  him- 
self to  danger,  as  one  going  headlong,  and  into  a  pit. 
Ruben  being  divided  against  himself,^  there  was 
found  a  strife  of  courageous  men. 

1 6  Why  dwellest  thou  between  two  borders,  that 
thou  mayst  hear  the  bleatings  of  the  flocks  ?  Ruben 
being  divided  against  himself,  there  was  found  a 
strife  of  courageous  men. 

17  Galaad  rested  beyond  the  Jordan,  and  Dan 
applied  himself  to  ships:  Aser  dwelt  on  the  sea- 
shore, and  abode  in  the  havens. 

18  But  Zebulon  and  Nephtali  offered  their  lives 
to  death  in  the  region  of  Merome. 

19  The  kings  came  and  fought:  the  kings  of 
Chanaan  fought  in  Thanach  by  the  waters  of  JVIa- 
geddo:  and  yet  they  took  no  spoils.    • 

20  War  from  heaven  was  made  against  them: 
the  stars  remgining  in  their  order  and  courses  fought 
against  Sisara. 

21  The  torrent  of  Cison  dragged  their  carcasses, 


overthrew  their  enemies  the  Moabite*  with  the    Amalecites    their 

allies.     See  chap.  iii. 

|  Machir.     The  tribe  of  Manasses,  whose  eldest  son  was  Machir 
i  Divided  against  himself,  fyc.     By  this  it  seems  that  the  valiant  men 

of  the  tribe  of  Reuben  were  divided  in  their  sentiments,  with  relation 

to  this  war ;  which  division  kept  them  at  home  within  their  own  bor 

ders,  to  hear  the  bleating  of  their  flocks. 

191 


.iidges. 


the  torrent  of  Cadmium,  the  torrent  of  Cison:  tread 

thou,  mv  soul,  upon  the  strong  OM 

I  'In-  hoofs  of  tlie  borsSi  wore  broken  whilst 
the  stoutest  of  the  enrinies  tied  amain,  and  fell 
head  Ion?  down. 

23  Cone  >»•  the  brad  of  IferOB,*  said  the  Angel 
of  the  Lord:  curse  the  inhabitants  thereof;  because 
they  came  not  to  the  help  of  the  Lord,  to  help  his 
most  valiant  men. 

24  Blessed  among  women  In-  .label  the  wife  of 
Halier  the  finite,  and  blessed  l>e  she  in  her  tent. 

25  He  a»ked  her  water,  and  she  gave  him  milk, 
and  offered  him  butter  in  a  dish  /u*  lor  princes. 

26  She  put  her  left   hand  to  the   nail,  and  her 
right    hand   to  the  workman's    hammer:    and    slit 
struck    Sisara,    seeking   in   his  head  a  place  for  the 
wound,  and  strongly  piercing  through  his  temples. 

27  At  her  feet  he  fell  :  he  fainted,  and  lie  died  :  he 
rolled  before  herfeet,andhe  lay  lifeless  and  wretched. 

His  mother  looked  out  at  a  window,  and 
howled:  and  she  spoke  from  the  dining-room  :  Why 
is  his  chariot  so  long  in  coming  back'  Why  are  the 
feet  of  his  horses  so  slow? 

29  One  that  was  wiser  than  the  rest  of  his  wives, 
returned  this  answer  to  her  mother-in-law  : 

30  Perhaps  he  is  now  dividing  the  spoils,  and 
the  fairest  of  the  women  is  chosen  out  for  him:  gar- 
ments of  divers  colours  are  given  to  Sisara  for  his 
prey;  and  furniture  of  different  kinds  is  heaped 
together  to  adorn  the  necks. 

)l  So  let  all  thy  enemies  perish,  O  Lord:  but 
let  them  that  love  thee  shine,  as  the  sun  shineth  in 
his  rising. 

32  And  the  land  rested  for  forty  years. 

CHAP.  VI. 

The  people,  for   their  sin*,  are  oppreued  by  the  Madianitet. 
Gedeon  it  railed  to  delietr  them. 

A  ND  the  children  of  Israel  again  did  evil  in  the 
■**-  sight  of  the  Lord:  and  he  delivered  them  into 
the  hand  of  Madian  seven  years: 

2  And  they  wore  grievously  oppressed  by  them. 
And  the]  made  themselves  dens  and  caves  in  the 
mountains,  and  strong  holds  to  resist. 

3  And  when  Israel  had  sown,  Madian,  and  Ama- 
lec,  and  the  rest  of  the  eastern  nations,  came  up: 

4  And  pitching  their  tents  among  them,  wasted 
nil  things  as  they  wore  in  the  blade  e\en  to  the 
entrance  of  (ia/.a:  and  they  left  nothing  at  all  in 
Israel  for  sustenance  of  life,  nor  sheep,  nor  oxen, 
nor  asses. 

5  For  they  and  all  their  flocks  came  with  their 
tents,  and  like  locusts  filled  all  places,  an  innume- 
rable multitude  of  men,  and  of  cajncls,  wasting 
whatsoever  thev  touched. 

6  And  Israel  was  humbled  exceedingly  in  the 
sight  of  Madian. 

7  \nd  he  cried  to  the  Lord,  desiring  help  against 
the  Madiaiu 


•  Mtrn.  Where  tbii  land  of  Meroz  wa»,  which  it  here  laid  undrr 
■  cunt,  we  cajnot  find:  nor  »  there  mention  of  it  ant  whorrrl*o  in 
holy  wnt.  In  the  ipintnal  wmw  thev  arecunmi  who'rrfuv  toaaaiat 
the  people  of  God  in  their  warfare  arum*!  their  anintual  rnrmiea. 

IM 


8  And  he  sent  unto  them  a  prophet,  and  he  spoke: 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  GihI  of  Israel :    I  made  \oii 

to  come  up  out  of  Egypt,  and  brought  you    >ut  of 
the  house  of  IxMidage: 

9  And  delivered  >oii  out  of  the  hands  of  the 
plians,  and  of  all  the  enemies  that  afflicted  vou  : 

and  I  cast   them  out   at  your  coining  in,  and  gave 
you  their  land. 

10  And  I  said:  I  am  the  Lord  your  God,  fear 
not  the  gods  of  the  Amorrhites,  in  whose  land  you 
dwell.     And  you  would  not  bear  my  voice. 

11  And  an  Angel  of  the  Lord  came,  and  sat 
under  an  oak,  that  was  in  Kphra,  and  belonged  to 
Joss  the  father  of  the  family  of  Lzri.  And  when 
( iedeon  his  son  w  as  threshing  and  cleansing  w  heat 
bj  the  wine-press,  to  flee  from  Madian, 

12  The  Angel  of  the  Lord  appeared  to  him,  and 
said:  The  Lord  is  with  thee,  O  most  valiant  of 
men. 

13  And  Gedeon  said  to  him:  I  beseech  thee 
my  lord,  if  the  Lord  l>e  with  us,  why  have  then 
evils  fallen  upon  us?  Where  are  his  miracles,  j  hich 
our  fathers  have  told  us  of,  saying:  The  Lord  brought 
us  out  of  Egypt?  but  now  the  Lord  hath  forsaken 
us,  and  delivered  us  into  the  hand  of  Madian. 

14  And  the  Lord  looked  ii|»on  him,  and  said: 
Go  in  this  thy  strength,  and  thou  shall  deliver  Is- 
rael out  of  the  hand  of  Madian:  know  that  1  have 
sent  thee. 

15  He  answered  and  said:  I  beseech  thee,  my 
lord,  wherewith  shall  I  deliver  Israel?  Behold,  my 
family  is  the  meanest  in  Manasses,t  and  I  am  the 
least  in  my  father's  house. 

16  And  the  Lord  said  to  him:  I  will  be  with  thee: 
and  thou  shalt  cut  off  Madian  as  one  man. 

17  And  he  said:  if  I  have  fount!  grace  before  thee, 
give  me  a  sign  that  it  is  thou  that  speakest  to  me, 

18  And  depart  not  hence,  till  1  return  to  thee, 
and  brine  a  sacrifice,  and  offer  it  to  thee.  And  he 
answered:  I  will  wait  thy  coming. 

19  So  Gedeon  went  in,  and  boiled  a  kid,  and 
made  unleavened  loaves  of  a  measure  of  flour:  and 
putting  the  flesh  in  a  basket,  ami  the  broth  of  the 
tlesh  into  a  pot,  he  carried  all  under  the  oak,  and 
presented  to  him. 

20  And  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  said  to  him :  Take 
the  flesh  and  the  unleavened  loaves,  and  lay  them 
upon  that  rock,  and  |>our  out  the  broth  tfiereon. 
And  when  lie  had  done  so, 

21  The  Angel  of  the  Lord  put  forth  the  tin  of  the 
rod.  which  he  licld  in  his  band,  ami  touched  the 
flesh  ami  the  unleavened  loaves:  and  there  arose  a 
fire  from  the  rock,  and  consumed  the  flesh  and  the 
unleavened  loaves:  and  the  Angel  of  the  Lord 
vanished  out  of  his  sight. 

22  And  (iedeon  seeing  lhat  it  was  the  angel  of 
the  Lord,  said:  Mas.  my  Lord  God:  fori  have 
seen  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  face  to  face. 


f  7V  mumttt  in  Mtmmstn,  Ire  Mark  how  the  I>ord  chooaeth  the 
hutnhle  (who  are  mean  and  little  in  their  own  evca)  for  the  greatest 
entcrprf 


CHAP.  VII. 


23  And  the  Lord  said  to  him:  Peace  be  with 
thee:  fear  not:  thou  shalt  not  die. 

24  And  Gedeon  built  there  an  altar  to  the  Lord, 
and  called  it  the  Lord's  peace,  until  this  present 
day.  And  when  he  was  yet  in  Ephra,  which  is  of 
the  family  of  Ezri, 

25  That  night  the  Lord  said  to  him:  Take  a 
bullock,  of  thy  father's;  and  another  bullock  of  seven 
years,  and  thou  shalt  destroy  the  altar  of  Baal,  which 
is  thy  father's:  and  cut  down  the  grove  that  is 
about  the  altar: 

26  And  thou  shalt  build  an  altar  to  the  Lord  thy 
God  in  the  top  of  this  rock,  whereupon  thou  didst 
lay  the  sacrifice  before :  and  thou  shalt  take  the 
second  bullock,  and  shalt  offer  a  holocaust  upon 
;i  pile  of  the  wood,  which  thou  shalt  cut  down  out 
of  the  grove. 

27  Then  Gedeon  taking  ten  men  of  his  servants, 
did  as  the  Lord  had  commanded  him.  But  fearing 
his  father's  house,  and  the  men  of  that  city,  he 
would  not  do  it  by  day,  but  did  all  by  night. 

28  And  when  the  men  of  that  town  were  risen  in 
the  morning,  they  saw  the  altar  of  Baal  destroyed, 
and  the  grove  cut  down,  and  the  second  bullock 
laid  upon  the  altar,  which  then  was  built. 

29  And  they  said  one  to  another :  Who  hath 
done  this?  And  when  they  inquired  for  the  author 
of  the  fact,  it  was  said :  Gedeon  the  son  of  Joas 
did  all  this. 

30  And  they  said  to  Joas:  Bring  out  thy  son 
hither,  that  he  may  die:  because  he  hath  destroyed 
the  altar  of  Baal,  and  hath  cut  down  his  grove. 

31  He  answered  them :  Are  you  the  avengers  of 
Baal,  that  you  fight  for  him?  he  that  is  his  adver- 
sary, let  him  die  before  to-morrow  light  appear:  if 
he  be  a  god,  let  him  avenge  himself  on  him  that 
hath  cast  down  his  altar. 

32  From  that  day  Gedeon  was  called  Jerobaal, 
because  Joas  had  said:  Let  Baal  revenge  himself 
on  him  that  hath  cast  down  his  altar. 

33  Now  all  Madian,  and  Amalec,  and  the  east- 
ern people  were  gathered  together,  and  passing 
over  the  Jordan,  camped  in  the  valley  of  Jezrael. 

31  But  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came  upon  Gedeon : 
and  he  sounded  the  trumpet,  and  called  together 
the  house  of  Abiezer,  to  follow  him. 

35  And  he  sent  messengers  into  all  Manasses, 
and  they  also  followed  him;  and  other  messengers 
into  Aser,  and  Zabulon,  and  Nephtali :  and  they 
came  to  meet  him. 

36  And  Gedeon  said  to  God:  If  thou  wilt  save 
Israel  by  my  hand,  as  thou  hast  said, 

37  I  will  put  this  fleece  of  wool  on  the  floor  :  if 
there  be  dew  in  the  fleece  only,  and  it  be  dry  on  all 
the  ground  beside,  I  shall  know  that  by  rny  hand, 
as  thou  hast  said,  thou  wilt  deliver  Israel. 

38  And  it  was  so.  And  rising  before  day  wring- 
ing the  fleece,  he  filled  a  vessel  with  the  dew. 


*Lest  Israel,  fyc.  By  this  we  see  that  God  will  not  choose  forlus  in- 
sfumenti  in  qreat  achievements,  which  depend  purely  on  his  (rnu;o, 
Htich  as,  throagrfa  ;>ri.le  and  •solf-coaceit,  will  take  the  glory  to  them- 
hcK.  I 

Bb 


39  And  he  said  again  to  God :  Let  not  thy  wrath 
be  kindled  against  me,  if  I  try  once  more,  seeking 
a  sign  in  the  fleece.  I  pray  that  the  fleece  only  may 
be  dry,  and  all  the  ground  wet  with  dew. 

40  And  God  did  that  night  as  he  had  requested : 
and  it  was  dry  on  the  fleece  only,  and  there  was 
dew  on  all  the  ground. 

CHAP.  VII. 

Gedeon  with  three  hundred  men,  by  stratagem  defeats  the  Ma- 
dianites. 

rpHEN  Jerobaal,  who  is  the  same  as  Gedeon, 
-*-  rising  up  early  and  all  the  people  with  him, 
came  to  the  fountain  that  is  called  Harad.  Now 
the  camp  of  Madian  was  in  the  valley  on  the  north 
side  of  the  high  hill. 

2  And  the  Lord  said  to  Gedeon:  The  people  that 
are  with  thee  are  many:  and  Madian  shall  not  be  deli- 
vered into  their  hands ;  lest*  Israel  should  glory  against 
me,  and  say :  I  was  delivered  by  my  own  strength. 

3  Speak  to  the  people,  and  proclaim  in  the 
hearing  of  all,  Whosoever  is  fearful  and  timorous, 
let  him  return.  So  two  and  twenty  thousand  men 
went  away  from  mount  Galaad,  and  returned  home : 
and  only  ten  thousand  remained. 

4  And  the  Lord  said  to  Gedeon:  The  people 
are  still  too  many ;  bring  them  to  the  waters,  and 
there  I  will  try  them:  and  of  whom  I  shall  say  to 
thee,  This  shall  go  with  thee,  let  him  go:  whom  I 
shall  forbid  to  go,  let  him  return. 

5  And  when  the  people  were  come  down  to  the 
waters,  the  Lord  said  to  Gedeon :  They  that  shall 
lap  the  water  with  their  tongues,  as  dogs  are  wont 
to  lap,  thou  shalt  set  apart  by  themselves:  but  they 
that  shall  drink  bowing  down  their  knees,  shall  be 
on  the  other  side. 

6  And  the  number  of  them  that  had  lapped 
water,f  casting  it  with  the  hand  to  their  mouth, 
was  three  hundred  men:  and  all  the  rest  of  the 
multitude  had  drunk  kneeling. 

7  And  the  Lord  said  to  Gedeon :  By  the  three 
hundred  men,  that  lapped  water,  1  will  save  you, 
and  deliver  Madian  into  thy  hand :  but  let  all  the 
rest  of  the  people  return  to  their  place. 

8  So  taking  victuals  and  trumpets  according  to 
their  number,  he  ordered  all  the  rest  of  the  multi- 
tude to  depart  to  their  tents:  and  he  with  the  three 
hundred  gave  himself  to  the  battle.  Now  the  camp 
of  Madian  was  beneath  him  in  the  valley. 

9  The  same  night  the  Lord  said  to  him  :  Arise, 
and  go  down  into  the  camp:  because  1  have  de- 
livered them  into  thy  hand. 

10  But  if  thou  be  afraid  to  go  alone,  let  Phara 
thy  servant  go  down  with  thee. 

11  And  when  thou  shalt  hear  what  they  are  say- 
ing, then  shall  thy  hands  be  strengthened  ;  and  thou 
shalt  go  down  more  secure  to  the  enemies'  camp. 
And  he  went  down  with  Phara  his  servant  into  part 
of  the  camp,  where  was  the  watch  of  men  in  arms. 


f  That  lapped  water.  These  were  preferred  that  took  the  water  up 
in  their  hands,  and  so  lapped  it,  before  them  who  laid  themselves  quite 
down  to  the  waters  to  drink  ;  which  argued  a  more  eager  and  sensual 
disposition. 

193 


JUDGES. 


12  Hut  Madian,  Mini  Amalec,  and  all  the  eastern 

people  lav  Mattered  in  tin-  \ all.  \ .  M  I  multitude  nl 
locusts  :  their  camels  also  w  era  innumerable,  as  the 
rod  that  Beth  on  the  sea  shore. 

13  And  when  Gedeon  was   conic,    one   tolil    his 

neighbour  a  dream ;  ami  in  this  manner  relaa  d  \\  bai 
he  Bad  teen:  I  dreamt  a  dream*11  and  it  seemed  to 
me  as  if  a  hearth-cake  of  barley-bread  rolled  and 
came  down  into  the  camp  of  Madian:  and  when  it 
was  come  to  a  tent  it  struck  it,  and  beat  it  down  flat 
to  the  ground. 

14  He  to  whom  he  spoke,  answered:  This  is 
nothing  else  but  the  sword  of  Gedeon  the  son  of 
.bias  a  man  of  Israel.  For  the  Lord  hath  delivered 
Mailiam  and  all  their  camp  into  his  hand. 

15  And  when  Gedeon  had  heard  the  dream,  and 
the  interpretation  thereof,  he  adored,  and  returned 
to  the  (amp  of  Israel,  and  said:  Arise,  for  the  Lord 
hath  delivered  the  camp  of  Madian  into  our  hands. 

lb'  And  he  divided  the  three  hundred  men  into 
three  parts,  and  gave  them  trumpets  in  their  hands, 
and  empty  pitchers,  and  lamps  w  ithin  the  pitchers. 

1 7  And  he  said  to  them :  What  you  shall  see  me 
do,  do  you  the  same:  I  will  go  into  one  part  of  the 
camp,  and  do  you  as  I  shall  do. 

18  When  the  trumpet  shall  sound  in  my  hand, 
do  you  also'  blow  the  trumpets  on  every  side  of 
the  camp. 

19  And  Gedeon,  and  the  three  hundred  men 
that  were  with  him,  went  into  part  of  the  camp,  at  the 
beginning  of  the  midnight  watch,  and  the  watchmen 
'wins;  alarmed,  they  began  to  sound  their  trumpets,t 
and  to  clap  the  pitchers  one  against  another. 

20  And  when  they  sounded  their  trumpet!  in 
three  places  round  about  the  camp,  and  had  broken 
their  pitchers,  they  held  their  lamps  in  their  left 
hands,  and  with  their  ri^ht  hands  the  trumpets  which 
they  blew  :  and  they  cried  out:  The  sword  of  the 
Lord  and  of  Gedeon ; 

21  Standing  every  man  in  his  place  round  about 
the  enemies Ya mp.  So  all  the  camp  was  troubled  : 
and  crying  out  and  howling  they  fled  away. 

22  And  the  three  hundred  men  nevertheless  per- 
sisted sounding  the  trumpets.  And  the  Lord  sent 
the  sword  into  all  the  camp ;  and  they  killed  one 
another. 

23  Fleeing  as  far  as  Betlisetta,  and  the  border  of 
Abelmebula  in  Tebbath.  Hut  the  men  of  Israel 
shouting  from  Nephtali  and  Aser,  and  from  all  Ma- 
nasses,  panned  alter  Madian. 

24  And  Gedeon  sent  measfeagen  into  all  mount 
Ephraim,  saying:  Come  down  to  meet  Madian. 
and  take  the  waters  before  them  to  Bet  libera  and 
the  Jordan.  And  all  Ephraim  shouted,  and  took 
tin  waters  before  them  and  the  Jordan  as  far  as 
Bethbera. 

\nd  having  taken  two  men|  of  Madian,  Orel), 

*  J  dreamt.  Observation  of  dremira  b  commonly  tupenlitioim,  ami 
ai  fetch  is  condemned  in  the  word  of  God  :  but  in  tome  extraordinary 
cases,  a*  we  here  tee,  Ood  it  pleased  by  dreamt  tolbretel  what  he  is 

about  In  <!<>. 

♦  7V»r  trumpets,  &c.  In  a  mystical  sen«-  >.rr«  i.f  tlic  u»«- 
pel,  in  odor  fa  «[<intual  ooaqoMS,  DM)  MM  onlv  sound  with  the 
trumpet  of  the  word  of  God,  but  mu<t  also  break  tin  ii  e.  rib  d  pitch 

I '.'I 


|  and  Zeb:  Oreb  they  sit  w  in  the  rock  of  Oreb,  and 
'/.<  b  in  the  wine-press  of  Zeb.  And  they  pursued 
Madian.  earning  the  heads  of  Oreb  ami  Zeb  to 
( ledeoo  beyond  the  waters  of  the  Jordan. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

Gedeon  appeaseth  the  Ephraimitcs  :  takith  Zebee  and  Salmana: 
destroytth  Soccoth  and  Phanuel:  reftueth  to  be  king  :  ma  kith 
an  rp/iod  of  the  gold  of  the  prey  :  and  tin  th  in  a  good  ola 
age.     The  peoplt  return  to  idolatry. 

AND  the  men  of  Ephraim  said  to  him  :  What  is 
this  that  thou  meanest  to  do,  thai  thou  wouldst 
not  call  us  when  thou  wentest  to  fight  against  Ma- 
dian.;  and  they  chid  him  sharply,  and  almost  of- 
fered violence. 

2  And  he  answered  them  :  What  could  1§  have 
done  like  to  that  w  hich  you  have  done  ?  Is  not  one 
bunch  of  grapes  of  Ephraim  better  than  tin-  vintages 
of  Abiezcr  ? 

3  The  Lord  hath  delivered  into  your  hands  the 
princes  of  Madian,  Oreb  and  Zeb  :  what  could  I 
have  done  like  to  w  hat  you  have  done  ?  And  w  ben 
he  had  said  this,  their  spirit  was  appeased*  with 
which  they  swelled  against  him. 

4  And  when  Gedeon  was  come  to  the  Jordan,  be 
parsed  over  it  with  the  three  hundred  men,  that  were 
with  him;  who  were  so  weary  that  they  could  not 
pursue  after  them  that  fled. 

5  And  he  said  to  die  men  of  Soccoth  :  Give,  I 
beseech  you,  bread  to  the  people  thai  is  with  me, 
for  they  are  faint:  that  we  may  pursue  Zebce,  and 
Salmana  the  kings  of  Madian. 

6  The  princes  of  Soccoth  answered  :  Peradvi  n- 
ture  the  palms  of  the  hands  of  Zebee  and  Salmana 
are  in  thy  hand  :  and  therefore  thou  dcmandesi  that 
we  should  give  bread  to  thy  army. 

7  And  he  said  to  them  :  When  the  Lord  then  fore 
shall  have  delivered  Zebee  and  Salmana  into  my 
hands,  I  will  thresh  your  flesh  with  the  thorns  and 
briers  of  the  desert. 

8  And  going  up  from  thence,  he  came  to  Pha- 
nuel :  and  he  spoke  the  like  things  to  the  men  oj 
that  place.  And  they  also  answered  him,  as  tin; 
men  of  Soccoth  had  answered. 

9  He  said  therefore  to  them  also  :  When  I  shall 
return  a  conqueror  in  peace,  I  will  destroy  this  lower. 

10  But  Zebee  and  Salmana  were  resting  "itli 
all  their  army.  For  fifteen  thousand  men  won  left 
of  all  the  troops  of  the  eastern  people:  and  one 
hundred  and  twenty  thousand  warriors  that  duw 
the  sword,  wore  slain. 

1 1  And  Gedeon  went  up  by  the  w  ay  of  them  that 
dwelt  in  tents,  on  the  east  of  Nobc,  and  Jegbaa, 
and  smote  the  camp  of  the  enemies,  who  were  se- 
cure, and  suspected  no  hurt. 

12  And  Zebee  and   Salmana  fled  :  and    Gedeon 

ers.  by  the  mortification  of  tba  Beth  and  its  passions,  and  carry  lamp* 
in  (Mr  hands  bv  the  lijrht  of  their  virtues, 

J  'Arc  mm      That  is,  two  of  their  chiefs. 

t  M  hat  coulJ  I.  Sfr.     A  meek  and  humble  an>wer  appeased  them 
who  otherwise  might  have  com.  I  So  great  is  the  powe/  . 

of  humility  both  with  God  and  man. 


CHAP.  IX. 


pursued  and  took  them,  all  their  host  being  put  in 
confusion. 

13  And  returning  from  the  battle  before  the  sun 
rising, 

14  He  took  a  boy  of  the  men  of  Soecoth  ;  and 
he  asked  him  the  names  of  the  princes  and  ancients 
of  Soecoth  :  and  he  described  unto  him  seventy- 
seven  men. 

15  And  he  came  to  Soecoth,  and  said  to  them  : 
Behold  Zebee  and  Salmana,  concerning  whom  you 
upbraided  me,  saying  :  Perad venture  the  hands  of 
Zebee  and  Salmana  are  in  thy  hands,  and  therefore 
thou  demandest  that  we  should  give  bread  to  the  men 
that  are  weary  and  faint. 

16  So  he  took  the  ancients  of  the  city,  and  thorns 
and  briers  of  the  desert ;  and  tore  them  with  the 
same,  and  cut  in  pieces  the  men  of  Soecoth. 

17  And  he  demolished  the  tower  of  Phanuel,  and 
slew  the  men  of  the  city. 

18  And  he  said  to  Zebee  and  Salmana:  What 
manner  of  men  were  they  whom  you  slew  in  Tha- 
bor  ?  They  answered  :  They  were  like  thee,  and 
one  of  them  as  the  son  of  a  king. 

19  He  answered  them  :  They  were  my  brethren, 
the  sons  of  my  mother.  As  the  Lord  liveth,  if  you 
had  saved  them,  I  would  not  kill  you. 

20  And  he  said  to  Jether  his  eldest  son  :  Arise, 
and  slay  them.  But  he  drew  not  his  sword  :  for 
he  was  afraid,  being  but  yet  a  boy. 

21  And  Zebee  and  Salmana  said  :  Do  thou  rise, 
and  run  upon  us :  because  the  strength  of  a  man  is 
according  to  his  age  :  Gedeon  rose  up,  and  slew 
Zebee  and  Salmana  :  and  he  took  the  ornaments 
and  bosses,  with  which  the  necks  of  the  camels  of 
kings  are  wont  to  be  adorned. 

22  And  all  the  men  of  Israel  said  to  Gedeon  :  Rule 
thou  over  us,  and  thy  son,  and  thy  son's  sou  :  because 
thou  hast  delivered  us  from  the  hand  ofMadian. 

23  And  he  said  to  them  :  I  will  not  rule  over  you, 
neither  shall  my  son  rule  over  you ;  but  the  Lord 
shall  rule  over  you. 

24  And  he  said  to  them  :  I  desire  one  request  of 
you  :  Give  me  the  earlets  of  your  spoils.  For  the 
Ismaelites  were  accustomed  to  wear  golden  earlets. 

25  They  answered  :  ^  We  will  give  them  most 
willingly.  And  spreading  a  mantle  on  the  ground, 
they  cast  upon  it  the  earlets  of  the  spoils. 

26  And  the  weight  of  the  earlets  that  he  request- 
ed, was  a  thousand  seven  hundred  sides  of  gold, 
besides  the  ornaments,  and  jewels,  and  purple  rai- 
ment, which  the  kings  ofMadian  were  wont  to  use, 
and  besides  the  golden  chains  that  were  about  the 
camels'  necks. 

27  And  Gedeon  made  an  ephod*  thereof,  and  put 
it  in  his  city  Ephra.  And  all  Israel  committed  for- 
nication with  it :  and  it  became  a  ruin  to  Gedeon, 
and  to  all  his  house. 

28  But  Madian  was  humbled  before  the  children 
of  Israel :  neither  could  they  any  more  lift  up  their 

*  An  evhod.     A  priestly  garment ;  which  Gedeon  made  with  a  good 
design;  but  the  Israelites,  after  his  death,  abused  it  by  making  it  an. 
instrument  of  their  idolatrous  worship. 

f  Hi)  concubine.     She  was  his  servant,  but  not  his  harlot  ;  and  is' 


heads :  but  the  land  rested  for  forty  years,  while 
Gedeon  presided. 

29  So  Jero  tal  the  son  of  Joas  went,  and  dwelt 
in  his  own  house. 

30  And  he  had  seventy  sons  who  came  out  of  his 
thigh  ;  for  he  had  many  wives. 

31  And  his  concubine,t  that  he  had  in  Sichem, 
bore  him  a  son,  whose  name  was  Abimelech. 

32  And  Gedeon  the  son  of  Joas  died  in  a  good 
old  age,  and  was  buried  in  the  sepulchre  of  his  fa- 
ther in  Ephra  of  the  family  of  Ezri. 

33  But  after  Gedeon  was  dead,  the  children  of 
Israel  turned  again,  and  committed  fornication  with 
Baalim.  And  they  made  a  covenant  with  Baal, 
that  he  should  be  their  god  : 

34  And  they  remembered  not  the  Lord  their  God, 
who  delivered  them  out  of  the  hands  of  all  their 
enemies  round  about : 

35  Neither  did  they  show  mercy  to  the  house  of 
Jerobaal  Gedeon,  according  to  all  the  good  things 
he  had  done  to  Israel. 

CHAP.  IX. 

Abimelech  kitteth  his  brethren.  Joatham's  parable.  Gaal  con- 
spireth  with  the  Sichemites  against  Abimelech  ;  but  is  over- 
come.    Abimelech  destroyeth  Sichem  :  but  is  killed  at  Thebes. 

\  ND  Abimelech  the  son  of  Jerobaal  went  to 
•£*-  Sichem  to  his  mother's  brethren,  and  spoke 
to  them,  and  to  all  the  kindred  of  his  mother's  fa- 
ther, saying  : 

2  Speak  to  all  the  men  of  Sichem  :  Whether  is 
better  for  you,  that  seventy  men  all  the  sons  of  Je- 
robaal should  rule  over  you,  or  that  one  man  should 
rule  over  you  ?  And  withal  consider  that  I  am  your 
bone,  and  your  flesh. 

3  And  his  mother's  brethren  spoke  of  him  to  all 
the  men  of  Sichem,  all  these  words ;  and  they  in- 
clined their  hearts  after  Abimelech,  saying :  He  is 
our  brother  : 

4  And  they  gave  him  seventy  weight  of  silver 
out  of  the  temple  of  Baalberith  :J  wherewith  he 
hired  to  himself  men  that  were  needy,  and  vaga- 
bonds :  and  they  followed  him. 

5  And  he  came  to  his  father's  house  in  Ephra, 
and  slew  his  brethren  the  sons  of  Jerobaal  seventy 
men,  upon  one  stone  :  and  there  remained  only 
Joatham  the  youngest  son  of  Jerobaal,  who  was 
hidden. 

6  And  all  the  men  of  Sichem  were  gathered  to- 
gether, and  all  the  families  of  the  city  of  Mello  :  and 
they  went  and  made  Abimelech  king,  by  the  oak 
that  stood  in  Sichem. 

7  This  being  told  to  Joatham,  he  went  and  stood 
on  the  top  of  mount  Garizim  :  and  lifting  up  his 
voice,  he  cried,  and  said  :  Hear  me,  ye  men  of  Si- 
chem, so  may  God  hear  you. 

8  The  trees  went,  to  anoint  a  king  over  them : 
and  they  said  to  the  olive-tree  :  Reign  thou  over  us. 

9  And  it   answered :   Can  I   leave  my   fatness, 

called  his  concubine,  as  wives  of  an   inferior  degree  are  commonly 
called  in  the  Old  Testament,  though  otherwise  lawfully  married. 

|  Baalberith.     That  is,  Baal  of  the  covenant;  so  called  from  the  cove- 
nant they  had  made  with  Baal,  chap.  viii.  3J. 
195 


JCDGES. 


which  Itotli  gods  and  men  make  use  of,*  to  coinr  to 
be  promoted  among  tbe  tret 

10  Ami  thr  trees  said  to  the  fig-tree:  Cometliou, 
and  reisn  o\er  us. 

11  Ami  it  answered  them:  Can  I  leave  m> 
sweetness,  and  my  delicious  fruits,  and  go  to  be 
promoted  anions  the  other  trees? 

1  J  \ml  the  trees  odd  to  the  vine  :  Come  thou, 
and  ratal  over  us. 

13  And  it  answered  them  :  Can  1  forsake  my 
wine,  that  cheereth  God  and  men,t  and  be  promot- 
ed anions  the  other  trees  ? 

14  And  all  the  trees  said  to  the  bramble :  Come 
thou,  and  reign  over  us. 

15  And  it  answered  them  :  If  indeed  you  mean 
10  make  me  king,  come  ye  and  rest  under  my  sha- 
dow :  but  if  you  mean  it  not,  let  fire  come  out  from 
the  bramble,  and  devour  the  cedars  of  Libanus. 

16  Now  therefore,  if  you  have  done  well,  and 
without  sin  in  appointing  Abimelech  kins  over  you, 
and  have  dealt  well  with  Jerobaal,  and  with  his 
house,  and  have  made  a  suitable  return  for  the  be- 
nefits of  him,  who  fought  for  you, 

17  And  exposed  his  life  to  dangers,  to  deliver  you 
from  the  hands  of  Madian, 

18  And  you  are  now  risen  up  against  my  father's 
house,  and  have  killed  his  sons  seventy  men  upon 
one  stone,  and  have  made  Abimelech  the  son  of  his 
handmaid  king  over  the  inhabitants  of  Sichem,  be- 
cause he  is  your  brother  : 

19  If  therefore  you  have  dealt  well,  and  without 
fault  with  Jerobaal,  and  his  house,  rejoice  ye  this 
dav  in  Abimelech  :  and  may  he  rejoice  in  you. 

20  But  if  unjustly,  let  fire  come  out  from  him,and 
consume  the  inhabitants  of  Sichem,  and  the  town  of 
Mello :  and  let  fire  come  out  from  the  men  of 
Sichem,  and  from  the  town  of  Mello,  and  devour 
Abimelech. 

21  And  when  he  had  said  thus,  he  fled,  and  went 
into  Bera  ;  and  dwelt  there  for  fear  of  Abimelech 
his  brother. 

22  So  Abimelech  rcisned  over  Israel  for  three  years. 

23  And  the  Lord  sent  a  rerj  . -v4l  spirit  between 
Abimelech  and  the  inhabitants  of  Sichem ;  who 
bean  to  detest  him, 

24  And  to  leave  the  crime  of  the  murder  of  the 
v-venty  sons  of  Jerobaal,  and  the  shedding  of  their 
blood  upon  Abimelech  their  brother,  and  upon  the 
rest  of  the  princes  of  the  Sichemites,  who  aided  him. 

25  And  they  set  an  ambush  asainst  him  on  tin- 
top  of  the  mountains  :  and  while  they  waited  for 
his  coming,  they  committed  robberies,  taking  spoils 
of  all  that  passed  by  :   and  it  tU   told   Abimelech. 

26  And  Gaal  the  son  of  Obed  came  with  his 
brethren,  ami  went  over  to  Biehem.  And  the  in- 
habitants of  Sichem  taking  courase  at  his  coming, 

J 7   Went   out  into  the  fields,  wasting  the  vin< - 


*  Kolh  godt  ami  men  mmkt  uttuf.  Tbe.  olire  tree  w  introduced. 
•Mftking  in  ll.i-  manner,  became  oil  «ra»  nw.|  Ixitli  in  llie  wonbip  of 
ili-  inn  Uod,  and  in  tli.it  of  Uie  false  p.  ■  mitci 

I   rktrrelk  CoJ  mtul  mrn.      W  >i  .  nt'.l  ma 


yards,  and  treading  down  the   crapes:  and  sinsiiig 
and  dancing  they  went  into  tin-  temple  ol  their  sod- 
and  in    (heir  banquets    and   cups  they  CUTied    Abi 
null  ch. 

28  And  Gaal  the  son  of  Obed  cried:  Who  is 
Ahimclcrh.  and  what  is  Sichem,  that  we  .should 
serve  him?  Is  he  not  the  son  of  Jerobaal,  and  hath 
made  Zebul  his  servant  ruler  ovei  the  men  ol  Minor, 
the  father  of  Sichem  ?  Why  then  shall  w  e  serre  him' 

29  Would  to  God  that  some  man  would  put 
this  people  under  my  hand,  that  I  might  remove 
Abimelech  out  of  the  way.  And  it  was  said  to 
Abimelech:  Gather  together  the  multitude  of  an 
army,  and  come. 

30  For  Zebul  the  ruler  of  the  city,  hearing  the 
words  of  Gaal,  the  son  of  Obed,  was  rerj  angry, 

31  And  sent  messengers  privately  to  Abiiin  In  h. 
saying:  Behold,  Gaal  the  son  of  Obed  is  come  into 
Sichem  with  his  brethren,  and  endeavoureth  to  set 
the  city  against  thee. 

32  Arise  therefore  in  the  night  with  the  people 
that  is  with  thee,  and  lie  hid  in  the  field  : 

33  And  betimes  in  the  morning  at  sun-rising  s,  i 
upon  the  city.  And  w  hen  lie  shall  come  out  against 
thee  with  his  people,  do  to  him  what  thou  shalt  be 
able. 

34  Abimelech  therefore  arose  with  all  his  army 
by  night,  and  laid  ambushes  near  Sichem  in  four 
places. 

35  And  Gaal  the  son  of  Obed  went  out,  and  stood 
in  the  entrance  of  the  gate  of  the  city.  And  Abi- 
melech rose  up,  and  all  his  army  with  him  from  the 
places  of  the  ambushes. 

36  And  when  Gaal  saw  the  people,  he  said  to 
Zebul:  Behold,  a  multitude  comet h  down  from  the 
mountains.  And  he  answered  him  :  Thou  seest 
the  shadows  of  the  mountains  ;is  if  they  were  the 
heads  of  men  ;  and  this  is  thy  mistake. 

37  Again  Gaal  said:  Behold,  there  comcth  peo- 
ple down  from  the  middle  of  the  land:  and  one 
troop  cometh  by  the  way  that  looketh  towards  tin- 
oak. 

38  And  Zebul  said  to  him:  AVherc  is  now  thy 
mouth  wherewith  thou  saidst,  Who  is  Abimelech, 
that  we  should  serve  him  ?  Is  not  this  tin  people 
which  thou  didst  despise  ?  Go  out,  and  fight  against 
him. 

39  So  Gaal  went  out  in  the  sisht  of  the  people 
of  Sichem,  and  fought  againt  Abimelech, 

40  Who  chased  and  put  him  to  flight,  and  drove 
him  to  the  city  :  and  many  were  slain  of  his  people, 
even  to  the  gate  of  the  city: 

41  And  Abimelech  sat  down  in  Hiimn:  but  Ze- 
bul drove  Gaal,  and  his  companions  out  of  the  city, 
and  would  not  sulli-r  them  to  abide  in  it. 

42  So  the  day  follow  ins  the  people  went  out  into 
the  field.      And  it  was  told  to  Abimelech. 


God,  became  he  bad  appointed  it  to  be  olTi-rcd  up  tritli  bi«  Mcrifioi  *. 
Hut  we  ore  not  obliged  to  take   lln»e   word*.  «|»>ken  h\  ll.i-  in. 

to  tbe  utriet  literal  aanaet  but  oalj 

mmodrnti  .1 to  tin  w   i 

|  elusion  of  It. 


CHAP.  X. 


43  And  he  took  his  army,  and  divided  it  into 
three  companies,  and  laid  ambushes  in  the  fields. 
And  seeing  that  the  people  came  out  of  the  city,  he 
arose,  and  set  upon  them 

44  With  his  own  company,  assaulting  and  be- 
sieging the  city :  whilst  the  two  other  companies 
chased  the  enemies  that  were  scattered  about  the 
field. 

45  And  Abimelech assaulted  the  city  all  that  day; 
and  took  it,  and  killed  the  inhabitants  thereof,  and 
demolished  it,  so  that  he  sowed  salt*  in  it. 

46  And  when  they  who  dwelt  in  the  tower  of  Si- 
chem  had  heard  this,  they  went  into  the  temple  of 
their  god  Berith,  where  they  had  made  a  covenant 
with  him,  and  from  thence  the  place  had  taken  its 
name,  and  it  was  exceeding  strong. 

47  Abimelech  also  hearing  that  the  men  of  the 
tower  of  Sichem  were  gathered  together, 

48  Went  up  into  mount  Selmon  he  and  all  his 
people  with  him  ;  and  taking  an  axe,  he  cut  down 
the  bough  of  a  tree,  and  laying  it  on  his  shoulder, 
and  carrying  it,  he  said  to  his  companions:  What 
you  see  me  do,  do  you  out  of  hand. 

49  So  they  cut  down  boughs  from  the  trees, 
every  man  as  fast  as  he  could,  and  followed  their 
leader.  And  surrounding  the  fort  they  set  it  on 
fire:  and  so  it  came  to  pass  that  with  the  smoke 
and  with  the  fire  a  thousand  persons  were  killed, 
men  and  women  together  of  the  inhabitants  of  the 
tower  of  Sichem. 

50  Then  Abimelech  departing  from  thence  came 
to  the  town  of  Thebes,  which  he  surrounded  and 
besieged  with  his  army. 

51  And  there  was  in  the  midst  of  the  city  a  high 
tower,  to  which  both  the  men  and  the  women  were 
fled  together,  and  all  the  princes  of  the  city,  and 
having  shut  and  strongly  barred  the  gate,  they  stood 
upon  the  battlements  of  the  tower  to  defend  them- 
selves. 

52  And  Abimelech  coming  near  the  tower  fought 
stoutly;  and  approaching  to  the  gate,  endeavoured 
to  set  fire  to  it : 

53  And  behold,  a  certain  woman  casting  a  piece 
of  a  millstone  from  above,  dashed  it  against  the  head 
of  Abimelech,  and  broke  his  skull. 

54  And  he  called  hastily  to  his  armour-bearer, 
and  said  to  him  :  Draw  thy  sword,  and  kill  me  : 
lest  it  should  be  said  that  I  was  slain  by  a  woman. 
He  did  as  he  was  commanded,  and  slew  him. 

55  And  when  he  was  dead,  all  the  men  of  Israel 
that  were  with  him,  returned  to  their  homes. 

56  And  God  repaid  the  evil  that  Abimelech  had 
done  against  his  father,  killing  his  seventy  bre- 
thren. 

57  The  Sichemites  also  were  rewarded  for  what 
they  had  done :  and  the  curse  of  Joatham  the  son 
of  Jerobaal  came  upon  them. 


CHAP.  X. 


Thola  ruleth  Israel  twenty-three  years  ;  and  Jair  twenty-two. 
The  people  fall  again  into  idolatry  ;  and  arc  afflicted  by  the 
Philistines  and  Ammonites.  They  cry  to  God  for  help,  who 
upon  their  repentance  hath  compassion  on  them. 

A  FTER  Abimelech  there  arose  a  ruler  in  Israel, 
-^*-  Thola,  son  of  Phua  the  uncle  of  Abimelech,t 
a  man  of  Issachar,  who  dwelt  in  Samir  of  mount 
Ephraim : 

2  And  he  judged  Israel  three  and  twenty  years : 
and  he  died,  and  was  buried  in  Samir. 

3  To  him  succeeded  Jair  the  Galaadite,  who 
judged  Israel  for  two  and  twenty  years, 

4  Having  thirty  sons  that  rode  on  thirty  asscolts, 
and  were  princes  of  thirty  cities,  which  from  his 
name  were  called  Havoth  Jair,t  that  is,  the  towns 
of  Jair,  until  this  present  day,  in  the  land  of  Ga- 
.laad. 

5  And  Jair  died ;  and  was  buried  in  the  place 
which  is  called  Camon. 

6  But  the  children  of  Israel  adding  new  sins  to 
their  old  ones,  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord ;  and 
served  idols,  Baalim  and  Astaroth,  and  thegodsof 
Syria,  and  of  Sidon,  and  of  Moab,  and  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ammon,  and  of  the  Philistines:  and  they 
left  the  Lord,  and  did  not  serve  him. 

7  And  the  Lord  being  angry  with  them,  deliver- 
ed them  into  the  hands  of  the  Philistines  and  of  the 
children  of  Ammon. 

8  And  they  were  afflicted,  and  grievously  op- 
pressed for  eighteen  years,  all  they  that  dwelt  be- 
yond the  Jordan  in  the  land  of  the  Amorrhite,  who 
is  in  Galaad : 

9  Insomuch  that  the  children  of  Ammon  passing 
over  the  Jordan,  wasted  Juda  and  Benjamin  and 
Ephraim:  and  Israel  was  distressed  exceedingly. 

10  And  they  cried  to  the  Lord,  and  said:  We 
have  sinned  against  thee  ;  because  we  have  forsa- 
ken the  Lord  our  God,  and  have  served  Baalim. 

1 1  And  the  Lord  said  to  them :  Did  not  the  Egyp- 
tians and  the  Amorrhites,  and  the  children  of  Am- 
mon and  the  Philistines, 

12  The  Sidonians  also,  and  Amalec  and  Cha- 
naan  oppress  you  :  and  you  cried  to  me,  and  1  deli- 
vered you  out  of  their  hand  ? 

13  And  yet  you  have  forsaken  me,  and  have  wor- 
shipped strange  gods  :  therefore  I  will  deliver  you  no 
more : 

14  Go  and  call  upon  the  gods  which  you  have 
chosen:  Let  them  deliver  you  in  the  time  of  distress. 

15  And  the  children  of  Israel  said  to  the  Lord: 
We  have  sinned  ;  do  thou  unto  us  whatsoever  pleas- 
eth  thee :  only  deliver  us  this  time. 

16  And  saying  these  things,  they  cast  away  out 
of  their  coasts  all  the  idols  of  strange  gods,  and  serv- 
ed the  Lord  their  God  :  and  he  was  touched  with 
their  miseries. 


*  Sowed  salt.     To  make  the  ground  barren,  and  fit  for  nothing'. 
■)■   Uncle  of 'Mimelech,  i.  e.     Half-brothertoGcdeon,  as  being  born  of 
the  same  mother,  but  by  a  different  father,  and  of  a  different  tribe. 


I  Havoth  Jair.    This  name  was  now  confirmed  to  these  towns,  wnich 
they  had  formerly  received  from  another  Jair.     Numbers  xxxii.  41. 

197 


JUDGES. 


17  And  the  children  of  Amnion  shouting  together, 
pitched  their  tmts  in  Galaad;  against  tvhoiu  tlie 
children  of  Iwael  assembled  themselves  together, 
;iinl  camped  in  Rfaspha. 

\nd  the  princesof  Galaad  said  one  to  mo- 
ther:    Whosoever  of  us  shall  first  begin  to  fight 
.ist  the  children  of  Amnion,  he  shall  be  the  lea- 
der of  the  people  of  Galaad. 

CHAT.  XL 
Jephte  is  made  ruler  of  the  people  of  Galaad:  he  first  p'ecuh 
their  muse  im<iintt  the  Ammonites  :  then  making  a  roir,  ob- 
tains a  signal  victory  :  he  performs  kit  vow. 

TIIKRK  was  at  that  time  Jephte  the  Galasdite, 
.1  most  valiant  man  and  a  warrior,  the  son  ol  a 
woman  thai  was  B  harlot;  and  his  father  w  UJ  Ga- 
laad. ■ '  .  ,      ,     • 

I  \ou  Galaad  had  ■  wife  of  whom  be  had  sons; 
who  after  tbej  wire  grown  up,  thrust  out  Jephte, 
Baying:  ThoUCanat  not  inherit  in  the  house  ol  our 
father,  because  thou  art  born  of  another  mother. 

3  Then  he  fled,  and  avoided  them,  and  dwelt  in 
the  landofTob:  and  there  were  gathered  to  him 
Deed]  men,  and  robbers;  and  they  followed  him  as 
their  prince. 

4  In  those  days  the  children  of  Amnion  made  war 
against  Israel. 

5  And  as  they  pressed  hard  upon  them,  the  an- 
cients of  Galaad  went  to  fetch  Jephte  out  of  the 
land  of  Tob  to  help  them : 

6  And  they  said  to  him:  Come  thou,  and  be  our 
prince,  and  fight  against  the  children  of  Amnion. 

7  And  he  answered  them:  Are  not  you  the  men 
that  haled  me,  and  cast  me  out  of  my  father's  bouse; 
and  now  you  are  come  to  me  constrained  by  in 

s  1 1 V  . 

8  And  the  princes  of  Galaad  said  to  Jenhte  :  For 
this  cause  we  are  now  come  to  thee,  that  thou  ma\  si 
go  with  us,  and  fight  against  the  children  ol  Am 
mon,and  be  bead  over  all  the  inhabitants  oi  Galaad. 

9  Jephte  also  said  to  them:  If  you  be  come  to 
me  sincerely, that  1  should  fight  for  you  against  the 
children  of  Amnion,  and  the  Lord  shall  deliver  them 
into  mv  hand,  shall  1  be  your  prince? 

10  They  answered  him  :  '1  he  Lord  wlioleanlh 
thesr  things,  he  himself  is  mediator  and  witness  that 
we  will  do  as  we  have  promised. 

II  Jephte  therefore  went  with  the  prunes  of  Ga- 
laad: and  all  the  people  made  him  their  prince. 
And  Jephte  spoke  all  his  words  before  the  Lord  in 

Maspha.  ,     ,  .        .   , 

\nd  he  sent  messengers  to  the  kins  of  the 
children  of  Amnion,  to  say  in  his  name  :  V\  bat  bast 
thou  to  do  with  me,  that  thou  art  come  against  me, 
to  waste  my  land? 

13  And  lie  answered  them:  Because  Israel  took 
aw  av  mv  land,  when  he  (  ame  up  out  of  Eg)  pt,  from 

the  connnei  of  the  Anion  unto  the  Jaboc  and  the 

Jordan:    now   therefore  restore  llie  same  peaceably 
to  me. 


•  Cktmm.  The  idol  of  the  MombitMand  Ammonite*.  II-  irgnei 
from  thrir  opinion,  who  tbouirht  ttiey  had  a  jii.l  title  to  the  countries 
wWich  they  imagined  ibey  had  conquered  by  the  help  of  their  fod»  : 


14  And  Jephte  again  sent  word  by  them,  and  com- 
manded them  to  say  to  the  king  of  Amnion: 

15  Thus  saith  Jephte:    Israel  did  not   take  in 
the  land  of  Moab,  nor  the  land  of  the  children  of 
Amnion: 

16  Hut  when  they  came  up  out  of  Egypt,  lie 
walked  through  the  desert  to  the  Bed  Sea,  and 
came  into  Cades. 

17  And  he  sent  messengers  to  the  king  of  Edom, 
sasiiig:  Suffer  me  to  pass  through  thy  land.  But 
he  would  not  condescend  to  his  request.  He  suit 
also  to  the  king  of  Moab,  who  likewise  refused  to 
give  him  passage.     He  abode  therefore  in  (  ad.  s. 

18  And  went  round  the  land  of  Edom  at  the  side, 
and  the  land  ot  .Moab;  and  came  owr-a-ainst  the 
east  coast  of  the  land  of  Moab,  and  camped  on  thi- 
ol her  side  of  the  Anion:  and  he  would  not  enter  the 
hounds  of  Moab. 

iy  So  Israel  sent  messengers  to  Sehon  king  of 
the  Amorrhites,  who  dwelt  in  llesebon,  and  tiny 
said  to  him:  Suffer  me  to  pass  through  thy  land  to 
the  river. 

20  But  he  also  despising  the  words  of  Israel, 
suffered  him  not  to  pass  through  his  borders:  but 
Catherine  an  infinite  multitude,  went  out  against 
him  to  Jasa,  and  made  strong  opposition. 

21  And  tne  Lord  delivered  him  with  all  his  ar- 
my into  the  hands  of  Israel:  and  he  slew  him.  and 
possessed  all  the  land  of  the  Amorrhite  the  inhabi- 
tant of  that  country, 

22  And  all  the  coasts  thereof  from  the  Anion  to 
the  Jaboc,  and  from  the  wilderness  to  the  Jordan. 

23  So  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel  destroyed  the 
Amorrhite,  his  people  of  Israel  fighting  against  him: 
and  wilt  thou  now  possess  this  land  ? 

24  Are  not  those  things  which  thy  nod  <  hamos* 
possesseth,  due  to  thee  by  right?  But  what  the 
Lord  our  God  hath  obtained  by  conquest,  shall  be 
our  possession: 

25  Unless  perhaps  thou  art  better  than  Balac  the 
son  of  Sephor  king  of  Moab:  or  canst  show,  that 
he  strove  against  Israel,  and  fought  against  him. 

26  Whereas  he  hath  dwelt  in  Hesebon,  and  the 
villages  thereof,  and  in  Aroer,  and  its  villages,  and 
in  all  the  cities  near  the  Jordan,  for  three  hundred 
years.  Why  have  you  for  so  long  a  time  attempted 
nothing  about  this  claim? 

27  Therefore  I  do  not  trespass  against  thee  ;  but 
thou  wrongest  me  by  declaring  an  unjust  war  against 
me.  The  Lord  be  judge,  and  decide  due  day  be- 
tween Israel,  and  the  children  of  Amnion. 

28  And  the  king  of  the  children  of  Ammon  would 
not  hearken  to  the  words  of  Jephte,  which  he  sent 
him  by  the  messengers. 

2y  Therefore  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came  upon 
Jephte:  and  going  round  (ialaad,  and  Manasai  b, 
end  Maspha  of  Galaad,  and  passing  over  from  thence 
to  the  children  of  Amnion, 

30  He  made  a  vow  to  the  Lord,  mying:  if  thou 
wiltdeliver  the  children   of    Amnion  into  my  hands, 


how  much  more  then  had  ImmI  n  iadjtpatsble  title  to  the  oovntnn 

which  God,  In  risible  miracle*, had  conqtn  m. 


CHAP.  XII,  XIII. 


31  Whosoever*  shall  first  come  forth  out  of  the 
doors  of  my  house,  and  shall  meet  me  when  I  return 
in  peace  from  the  children  of  Ammon,  the  same  will 
J  offer  a  holocaust  to  the  Lord. 

32  And  Jephte  passed  over  to  the  children  of 
Ammon,  to  fight  against  them  :  and  the  Lord  de- 
livered them  into  his  hands. 

33  And  he  smote  them  from  Aroer  till  you  come 
to  Mennitli,  twenty  cities,  and  as  far  as  Abel,  which 
is  set  with  vineyards,  with  a  very  great  slaughter  : 
and  the  children  of  Ammon  were  humbled  by  the 
children  of  Israel. 

34  And  when  Jephte  returned  into  Maspha  to 
his  house,  his  only  daughter  met  him  with  timbrels 
and  with  dances :  for  he  had  no  other  children. 

35  And  when  he  saw  her,  he  rent  his  garments, 
and  said  :  Alas  !  my  daughter,  thou  hast  deceived 
me,  and  thou  thyself  art  deceived  :  for  I  have  open- 
ed my  mouth  to  the  Lord  ;  and  I  can  do  no  other 
thing. 

36  And  she  answered  him  :  My  father,  if  thou 
hast  opened  thy  mouth  to  the  Lord,  do  unto  me 
whatsoever  thou  hast  promised  ;  since  the  victory 
hath  been  granted  to  thee,  and  revenge  of  thy  enemies. 

37  And  she  said  to  her  father :  Grant  me  only 
this  which  I  desire :  Let  me  go,  that  I  may  go 
about  the  mountains  for  two  months,  and  may  be- 
wail my  virginity!  with  my  companions. 

38  And  he  answered  her :  Go.  And  he  sent  her 
away  for  two  months.  And  when  she  was  gone 
with  her  comrades  and  companions,  she  mourned 
her  virginity  in  the  mountains. 

39  And  the  two  months  being  expired,  she  re- 
turned to  her  father  :  and  he  did  to  her  as  he  had 
vowed  :  and  she  knew  no  man.  From  thence  came 
a  fashion  in  Israel,  and  a  custom  has  been  kept, 

40  That  from  year  to  year  the  daughters  of  Israel 
assemble  together,  and  lament  the  daughter  of 
Jephte  the  Galaadite  for  four  days. 

CHAP.  XII. 

Che.   Ephraimites   quarrel  with   Jephte  :  42,000  of  them  are 
slain  ;  Abesan,  Ahialon,  and  Abdon,  are  judges. 

BUT  behold,  there  arose  a  sedition  in  Ephraim. 
And  passing  towards  the  north,  they  said  to 
Jephte :  When  thou  wentest  to  fight  against  the 
children  of  Ammon,  why  wouldst  thou  not  call  us, 
that  we  might  go  with  thee?  Therefore  we  will 
burn  thy  house. 

2  And  he  answered  them  :  I  and  my  people 
were  at  great  strife  with  the  children  of  Amnion  : 
and  1  called  you  to  assist  me,  andyou  would  not  doit. 

3  And  when  I  saw  this  I  put  my  life  in  my  own 
hands,  and  passed  over-against  the  children  of  Am- 


*  Whosoever,  ifc.  Some  are  of  opinion,  that  the  meaning  of  this  row 
of  Jephte,  was  to  consecrate  to  God  whatsoever  should  first  meet  him, 
according'  to  the  condition  of  the  things;  so  as  to  offer  it  up  as  a  holo- 
caust, if  it  were  such  a  thing  as  might  he  so  offered  by  the  law ;  or  to 
devote  it  otherwise  to  God,  if  it  were  not  such  as  the  law  allowed  to 
be  offered  in  sacrifice.  And  therefore  they  think  the  daughter  of 
Jephte  was  not  slain  by  her  father,  but  only  consecrated  to  perpetual 
virginity.  But  the  common  opinion,  followed  by  the  generality  of  the 
holy  fathers  and  divines,  is,  that  she  was  offered  as  a  holocaust,  in 
consequence  of  her  father's  vow  :  and  that  Jephte  did  not  sin,  at  least 
not  mortally,  neither  in  making,  nor  iu  keeping  his  vow .   since  he  is  1 


mon :  and  the  Lord  delivered  them  into  my  hands. 
YY  hat  have  I  deserved,  that  you  should  rise  up  to 
fight  against  me  ? 

4  Then  calling  to  him  all  the  men  of  Galaad, 
he  fought  against  Ephraim  :  and  the  men  of  Galaad 
defeated  Ephraim,  because  he  had  said :  Galaad  is 
a  fugitive  of  Ephraim,  and  dwelleth  in  the  midst  of 
Ephraim  and  Manasses. 

5  And  the  Galaadites  secured  the  fords  of  the  Jor- 
dan, by  which  Ephraim  was  to  return.  And  when 
any  one  of  the  number  of  Ephraim  came  thither  in 
the  flight,  and  said:  I  beseech  you  let  me  pass: 
the  Galaadites  said  to  him :  Art  thou  not  an  Ephraim- 
ite?  If  he  said  :  I  am  not: 

6  They  asked  him  :  Say  then,  Scibboleth,  which 
is  interpreted,  An  ear  of  corn.  But  he  answered, 
Sibboleth,  not  being  able  to  express  an  ear  of  corn 
by  the  same  letter.  Then  presently  they  took  him, 
and  killed  him  in  the  very  passage  of  the  Jordan. 
And  there  fell  at  that  time  of  Ephraim  two  and  forty 
thousand. 

7  And  Jephte  the  Galaadite  judged  Israel  six 
years ;  and  he  died,  and  was  buried  in  his  city  of 
Galaad. 

8  After  him  Abesan  of.  Bethlehem  judged  Israel: 

9  He  had  thirty  sons,  and  as  many  daughters, 
whom  he  sent  abroad,  and  gave  to  husbands;  and 
took  wives  for  his  sons  of  the  same  number,  bring- 
ing them  into  his  house.  And  he  judged  Israel 
seven  years  : 

10  And  he  died,  and  was  buried  in  Bethlehem. 

1 1  To  him  succeeded  Ahialon  a  Zabulonite : 
and  he  judged  Israel  ten  years  : 

12  And  he  died,  and  was  buried  in  Zabulon. 

13  After  him  Abdon,  the  son  of  lllel,  a  Phara- 
thonite,  judged  Israel : 

14  And  he  had  forty  sons,  and  of  them  thirty 
grandsons,  mounted  upon  seventy  ass-colts:  and 
he  judged  Israel  eight  years  : 

15  And  he  died,  and  was  buried  in  Pharathon  in 
the  land  of  Ephraim,  in  the  mount  of  Amalec. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

The  people  fall  again  into  idolatry  ;  and  are  afflicted  by  the 
Philistines.     An  Angel  for  etelleth  the  birth  of  Samson. 

\  ND  the  children  of  Israel  did  evil  again  in  the 
*^*-  sight  of  the  Lord  :  and  he  delivered  them  into 
the  hands  of  the  Philistines  forty  years. 

2  Now  there  was  a  certain  man  of  Saraa,  and 
of  the  race  of  Dan,  whose  name  was  Manue:  and 
his  wife  was  barren. 

3  And  an  Angel  of  the  Lord  appeared  to  her,  and 
said  :  Thou  art  barren,  and  without  children  :  but 
thou  shalt  conceive,  and  bear  a  son. 


no  ways  blamed  for  it  in  scripture;  and  was  even  inspired  by  God  him- 
self to  make  the  vow  (as  appears  from  ver.  29,  30.)  in  consequence  of 
which  he  obtained  the  victory ;  and  therefore  he  reasonably  conclu- 
ded, that  God,  who  is  the  master  of  life  and  death,  was  pleased  on  this 
occasion  to  dispense  with  his  own  law ;  and  that  it  was  the  divine  will 
he  should  fulfil  his  vow. 

t  Betoail  my  virginity.  The  bearing  of  children  was  much  coveted 
under  the  Old  Testament,  when  women  might  hope  that  from  some 
child  of  theirs,  the  Saviour  of  the  world  might  one  day  spring.  But 
under  the  New  Testament  virginity  is  preferred.     1  Cor.  vii.  35. 

199 


JUDGES. 


4  Now  therefore  In-ware,  ami  drink  DO  wine  nor 
strong  drink,  and  eat  not  any  unclean  thing. 

5  Because  thou  tbah  conceive  ami  ben  a  son: 

and  no  razor  stall  touch  hti  head  :  lor  In-  .shall  be 
■  \a/aritf  of  God,  from  his  infancy,  and  from  his 
mother's  womb:  and  he  shall  begin  to  deliver  Is- 
rael from  the  hands  ot  the  Philistines. 

6  And  when  she  was  come  to  her  hushand  she 
said  to  him  :  A  man  of  God  came  to  nic,  having 
tlic  countenance  of  an  Angel,  ftrj  awful.  And 
when  I  asked  him  w  hence  he  came,  and  hy  what 
name  In    was  called,  he  would  not  tell  me. 

7  l!ut  In-  answered  thus:  Behold,  thou  shalt  con- 
cine,  and  bear  a  son:  beware  thou  drink  do  wine, 

nor  strong  drink,  nor  eat  any  unclean  thing]  for  the 
child  shall  be  a  Na/.arite  ol  God  from  his  infancy, 
from  his  mother's  womh  until  the  day  of  his  death. 

8  Then  Manue  prayed  to  the  Lord,  and  said:  I  be- 
ll ill.  i .  o  Lord,  that  the  man  of  Cod,  whom  thou 

didst  send,  may  come  again,  and  leach  us  what  we 
ought  to  do  concerning  the  child,  that  shall  he  born. 

9  Ami  the  Lord  heard  the  prayer  of  Manue:  and 
the  Angel  Of  the  Lord  appeared  again  to  his  w  ife  as 
she  was  sitting  in  the  field.  But  Mamie  her  hus- 
hand was  not  with  her.   And  when  she  saw  the  Angel, 

10  She  made  haste,  and  ran  to  her  husband; 
and  told  him,  saying :  Behold,  the  man  bath  ap- 
peared to  me,  whom  I  saw  before. 

1 1  He  rose  up,  and  followed  his  wife  :  and  corn- 
in-  to  the  man.  said  to  him  :  Art  thou  he  that  spoke 
to  the  woman?  And  he  answered  :   1  am. 

12  And  Manue  said  to  him  :  \N  hen  thy  word 
shall  come  to  pass,  what  wilt  thou  that  the  child 
should  do?  or  from  what  shall  he  keep  himself? 

13  And  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  said  to  Manue  : 
From  all  the  things  1  have  spoken  of  to  thy  w  ife, 
let  her  refrain*  herself: 

14  And  let  her  eat  nothing  that  cometb  of  the 
vine,  neither  let  her  drink  wine  or  strong  drink,  nor 
eat  any  unclean  thing :  and  whatsoever  I  have  com- 
manded her,  let  her  fulfil  and  observe. 

15  And  Manue  said  to  the  Angel  of  tin  Lord  :  I 
lu  seech  thee  to  consent  to  my  request  :  and  let  us 
dress  a  kid  for  thee. 

16  And  the  Angel  answered  him  :  If  thou  press 
me,  I  will  not  eat  of  thy  bread  :  but  if  thou  wilt  of- 
fer a  holocaust,  offer  it  to  the  Lord.  And  Manue 
knew  not  it  was  the  Angel  of  the  Lord. 

17  And  he  said  to  him:  What  is  tin  name,  that; 
if  thy  word  shall  come  to  pass,  eve  ma]  honour  thee? 

18  And  be  answered  bin:  Whj  ;i-k»i  thou  mj 
name,  which  is  wonderful  ? 

19  Then  Manue  took  a  kid  of  the  flocks  and 
the  libations,  and  put  them  upon  a  rock,  offering  to 
the  Lord,  who  doeth  wonderful  things  :  and  he  and 
his  fl  ife  looked  on. 

20  And  when  the  flame  from   the  altar  went  up 

*  Let  mar  refrain,  lf<.     Br  the  I-atintextit  if  not  clear  whether  tin. 
cribed  to  the  mother,  or  to  the  clu Id  I  I  tut  tin    II.-. 


drew  (in  which  the  verbs  relating  thereto  are  of  the  feminine  gender) 
4etem>  m  :!,  it  to  the  mother.  But  then  the  child  aim  was  to  refrain 
from  the  like  tilings,  becao—  he  waa  to  be  from  In-  infancy  a  Jfaxm- 
rite  of  God,  ver.  5.  that  U,  one  set  aside,  in  a  particular  manner,  and 
consecrated  to  God :  now  the  Nasa rites  hy  tlic  law  were  to  abstain 
torn  all  these  things. 
4  Sens  God.  Not  in  his  own  per>on,  bnt  in  Uie  person  of  hi* 


towards  beaveo,  the  .\n-<  I  of  tin;  Lord  asetnded 
also  iii  the  llame.  And  when  Manue  and  his  wife, 
saw  this,  the]  fell  flat  on  the  ground. 

21  And  th<  Angel  of  the  Lord  appeared  to  them 

no  more.  And  forthwith  Manue  understood  that  it 
M  as  an  Angel  ol  the  Lord, 

22  And  he  said  to  bis  wife  :  W«  shall  certainly 
die,  because  we  have  seen  God.f 

23  And  his  wife  answered  him:  If  the  Lord  had 
a  mind  to  kill  us,  be  would  not  have  received  a  holo- 
caust and  libations  at  our  hands,  neither  would  he 
have  showed  us  all  these  things,  nor  have  told  us 
the  things  that  are  to  come. 

24  Antl  she  bore  a  son,  and  called  his  name  Sam- 
son. And  the  child  grew,  and  the  Lord  blessed  him. 

25  And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  began  to  be  with 
him  in  the  camp  of  Dan,  between  Saraa  and  Esthaol. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

Ssss.mii  dtsireth  a  wife  of  the  Phihstinrt.  lie  killrth  a  lion :  m  whole  mouth 
he  ajli-rvardi  fmdith  honey.  Hit  marriage  feeut,  end  riddle,  which  is  dit- 
cwertd  by  his  wife,  lie  Lille  th,  and  strilifeth  thirty  1'httntmts.  His  wife 
taketh  another  man. 

HP  HEN  Samson  went  down  to  Thamnatha  ;  and 
-*-    seeing  there  a  woman  of  the  daughti  is  ot  |J;|- 
Philistines, 

2  He  came  up,  and  told  his  father  and  his  mother, 
saying:  I  saw  a  woman  in  Thaninatha,  of  the 
daughters  of  the  Philistines:  I  beseech  you,  take 
her  for  me  to  wife. 

3  And  his  father  and  mother  said  to  him  :  Is 
there  no  woman  among  the  daughters  of  thy  bre- 
thren.} or  among  all  my  people,  that  thou  w  ilt  lake 


peon] 
,  wh 


a  wife  of  the  Philistines,  who  are  imcircimn  ist d  - 
And  Samson  said  to  his  father:  Take  this  woman 
for  me;  for  she  hath  pleased  my  eyes. 

4  Now  his  parents  knew  not  that  the  thing  was 
done  by  the  Lord?  and  that  he  sought  an  occasion 
against  the  Philistines:  for  at  that  time  the  Philis- 
tines had  dominion  over  Israel. 

5  Then  Samson  went  down  with  his  father  and 
mother  to  Thamnatha.  And  when  they  were  come 
to  the  vineyards  of  the  town,  behold,  a  young  lion 
met  him  raging  and  roaring. 

6  And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came  upon  Sam- 
son :  and  he  tore  the  lion  as  be  would  have  torn  a 
kid  in  pieces,  having  nothing  at  all  in  his  hand  ;  and 
be  would  not  tell  this  to  his  father  and  mother. 

7  And  he  went  down  and  spoke  to  the  woman 
that  had  pleased  his  eves. 

8  And  after  some  days  returning  to  take  her,  h» 
went  aside  to  see  the  carcass  of  the  lion,  and  behold, 
there  was  a  swarm  of  bees  in  the  mouth  of  the  lion, 
and  a  honey-comb. 

9  And  when  he  had  takes  it  in  his  hands,  h« 
went  on  eating:  and [coming  to  his  father  and  mo- 
ther, he  ga\c  lln  m  ol  it,  and  they  ate:  but  he  would 
not  tell  them,  that  he  had  taken  the  homy  from 
the  body  of  the  lion. 


err.     The  Israelites  in  those  days,  imagined  they  should  die  it 
saw  an  Angel,  taking  occasion  perhaps  from  those  words  spoki 
the  Lord  to  Moses,  Ex.  XXXiU.  20.     Jfo  awn  shall  see  me.  and  lire.    But 
the  event  demonstrated  that  it  was  but  a  groundless  imagination. 

t   It  there  no  woman  among  Ik  davghlert  of  thy   brethren.     This  ibows 
his  parents  were  at  first  against  his  marriage  with  a  (irntil,-,  it  being 
prohibited.  Drat.  vii.  3,  but  afterward*  ttssrj  ooosanted,  km 
be  bv  the  dispensation  of  God ;  which  otherwise  would  have  been  sin- 
ful in  acting  contrary  to  the  law. 


CHAP.  XV. 


10  So  his  father  went  down  to  the  woman,  and 
made  a  feast  for  his  son  Samson :  for  so  the  young 
men  used  to  do. 

1 1  And  when  the  citizens  of  that  place  saw  him, 
they  brought  him  thirty  companions  to  be  with  him. 

12  And  Samson  said  to  them:  I  will  propose  to 
you  a  riddle,  which  if  you  declare  unto  me  within 
the  seven  days  of  the  feast,  I  will  give  you  thirty 
shirts,  and  as  many  coats: 

13  But  if  you  shall  not  be  able  to  declare  it,  you 
shall  give  me  thirty  shirts  and  the  same  number  of 
coats.  They  answered  him :  Put  forth  the  riddle 
that  we  may  hear  it. 

14  And  he  said  to  them:  Out  of  the  eater  came 
forth  meat ;  and  out  of  the  strong  came  forth  sweet- 
ness. And  they  could  not  in  three  days  expound  the 
riddle. 

15  And  when  the  seventh  day  came,  they  said  to 
the  wife  of  Samson  :  Sooth  thy  husband,  and  per- 
suade him  to  tell  thee  what  the  riddle  meaneth. 
But  if  thou  wilt  not  do  it,  we  will  burn  thee,  and 
thy  father's  house.  Have  you  called  us  to  the  wed- 
ding on  purpose  to  strip  us  ? 

16  So  she  wept  before  Samson,  and  complained, 
saying:  Thou  hatest  me,  and  dost  not  love  me : 
therefore  thou  wilt  not  expound  to  me  the  riddle 
which  thou  hast  proposed  to  the  sons  of  my  people. 
But  he  answered :  I  would  not  tell  it  to  my  father 
and  mother  ;  and  how  can  I  tell  it  to  thee  ? 

17  So  she  wept  before  him  the  seven  days  of  the 
feast :  and  at  length  on  the  seventh  day  as  she  was 
troublesome  to  him,  he  expounded  it.  And  she 
immediately  told  her  countrymen. 

18  And  they  on  the  seventh  day  before  the  sun 
went  down  said  to  him :  What  is  sweeter  than 
honey?  and  what  is  stronger  than  a  lion?  And  he 
said  to  them :  If  you  had  not  ploughed  with  my 
heifer,  you  had  not  found  out  my  riddle. 

19  And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came  upon  him  : 
and  he  went  down  U)  Ascalon,  and  slew  there  thirty 
men,  whose  garments  he  took  away,  and  gave  to 
them  that  had  declared  the  riddle.  And  being  ex- 
ceeding angry,  he  went  up  to  his  father's  house. 

20  But  his  wife  took  one  of  his  friends  and  bridal 
companions  for  her  husband. 

CHAP.  XV. 

Samson  is  denied  his  wife :  He  burns  the  corn  of  the  Philistines) 
and  kills  many  of  them. 

AND  a  while  after,  when  the  days  of  the  wheat 
harvest  were  at  hand,  Samson  came,  meaning 
to  visit  his  wife  ;  and  he  brought  her  a  kid  of  the 
'flock.     And  when  he  would   have  gone  into  her 
chamber  as  usual,  her  father  would  not  suffer  him, 
saying : 

2  I  thought  thou  hadst  hated  her,  and  therefore  I 
gave  her  to  thy  friend  :  but  she  hath  a  sister,  who  is 
younger  and  fairer  than  she  ;  take  her  to  wife  instead 
of  her. 

3  And  Samson  answered  him  :  From  this  day  I 
shall  be  blameless  in  ivhat  1  do  against  the  Philis- 
tines :  for  I  will  do  you  evils. 

c  c 


4  And  he  went  and  caught  three  hundred  foxes,* 
and  coupled  them  tail  to  tail,  and  fastened  torches 
between  the  tails : 

5  And  setting  them  on  fire,  he  let  the  foxes  go, 
that  they  might  run  about  hither  and  thither.  And 
they  presently  went  into  the  standing  corn  of  the 
Philistines  ;  which  being  set  on  fire,  both  the  corn 
that  was  already  carried  together,  and  that  which 
was  yet  standing,  was  all  burnt ;  insomuch,  that 
the  flame  consumed  also  the  vineyards  and  the 
olive^yards. 

6  Then  the  Philistines  said  :  Who  hath  done 
this  thing?  And  it  was  answered:  Samson  the  son- 
in-law  of  the  Thamnathite,  because  he  took  away  his 
wife,  and  gave  her  to  another,  hath  done  these 
things.  And  the  Philistines  went  up,  and  burnt 
both  the  woman  and  her  father. 

7  But  Samson  said  to  them  :  Although  you  have 
done  this,  yet  will  I  be  revenged  of  you,  and  then 
I  will  be  quiet. 

8  And  he  made  a  great  slaughter  of  them,  so  that 
in  astonishment  they  laid  the  calf  of  the  leg  upon  the 
thigh.  And  going  down  he  dwelt  in  a  cavern  of 
the  rock  Etam. 

9  Then  the  Philistines  going  up  into  the  land  of 
Juda,  camped  in.the  place  which  afterwards  was 
called  Lechi,  that  is,  the  Jaw-bone,  where  their  army 
was  spread. 

10  And  the  men  of  the  tribe  of  Juda  said  to  them  : 
Why  are  you  come  up  against  us  ?  They  answered  : 
We  are  come  to  bind  Samson,  and  to  pay  him  for 
what  he  hath  done  against  us. 

11  Wherefore  three  thousand  men  of  Juda  went 
down  to  the  cave  of  the  rock  Etam,  and  said  to 
Samson  :  Knowest  thou  not  that  the  Philistines  rule 
over  us  ?  Why  wouldst  thou  do  thus  ?  And  he  said 
to  them  :  As  they  did  to  me,  so  have  I  done  to  them. 

12  And  they  said  to  him,  We  are  come  to  bind 
thee,  and  to  deliver  thee  into  the  hands  of  the  Phi- 
listines. And  Samson  said  to  them  :  Swear  to  me, 
and  promise  me,  that  you  will  not  kill  me. 

13  They  said  :  We  will  not  kill  thee  :  but  we  will 
deliver  thee  up  bound.  And  they  bound  him  with 
two  new  cords,  and  brought  him  from  the  rock 
Etam. 

14  Now  when  he  was  come  to  the  place  of  the 
Jaw-bone,  and  the  Philistines  shouting  went  to 
meet  him,  the  Spirit.of  the  Lord  came  strongly  upon 
him :  and  as  the  flax  is  wont  to  be  consumed  at  the 
approach  of  fire,  so  the  bands  with  which  he  was 
bound  were  broken  and  loosed. 

15  And  finding  a  jaw-bone,  even  the  jaw-bone 
of  an  ass  which  lay  there,  catching  it  up,  he  slew 
therewith  a  thousand  men. 

16  And  he  said  :  With  the  jaw-bone  of  an  ass, 
with  the  jaw  of  the  colt  of  asses  I  have  destroyed 
them,  and  have  slain  a  thousand  men. 

17  And  when  he  had  ended  these  words  singing, 
he  threw  the  jaw-bone  out  of  his  hand  ;  and  called 


*  Foxes.     Being  judge  of  the  people  he  might  hare  many  to  assist 
him  to  catch  with  nets  or  otherwise  a  number  of  these  animals;  of 
which  there  were  great  numbers  in  that  country. 
201 


JIDGKS 


ihe  name  of  that  place  Kamathlechi,  which  is  inter- 
proted  the  lifting  upof  tin* jaw-bone. 

\iiii  being  \.r\  thirsty,  be  cried  to  the  Lord, 

and  said  :  Thou  hast   given  this  miv  great    deliwr- 

aace  and  victory  into  ma  hand  of  thy  servant:  and 
behold,  I  die  for  thirst,  and  shall  fall  into  the  hands 
of  the  unciicumcised. 

19  Then  the  Lord  opened  a  great  tooth  in  the  jaw 

of  the  ass,  and  waters  issued  out  of  it.  And  when 
he  had  drank  them  be  refreshed  his  spirit,  and   re- 

covered  his  strength.  Therefore  the  name  of  that 
i  bee  was  called,  The  Spring  of  him  that  invoked 
I  Kim  the  jaw -hone,  until  this  present  day. 

\nd  he  judged  Israel  in  the  days  of  the  Philta- 

tilles  tweutv    \e.u-. 

(II  \P.  XVI. 

Samson  is  rfrfmffrftf  /)  iliht  :  und  fdU  into  the  hands  of  the 
Philistines.      His  death. 

HE  went  also  into  ( ia/.a.  and  saw  there  a  woman 
a  harlot,  and  went  in  unto  her. 

2  \ud  when  the  Philistines  had  heard  this,  and 
it  »ih  noised  about  among  them,  that  Samson  was 
come  into  the  city,  they  surrounded  him,  .setting 
guards  at  the  gate  of  the  city,  and  watching  there  all 
the  night  in  silence,  that  in  the  morning  they  might 
kill  him  as  In-. went  out. 

3  But  Samson  slept  till  midnight :  and  then  rising 
he  took  hoth  the  doors  of  the  gate,  with  the  posts 
thereof,  and  the  bolt,  and  laying  them  on  his  shoul- 
ders, carried  them  up  to  the  top  of  the  hill,  which 
looketh  towards  Hehron. 

4  After  this  he  loved  a  woman,  who  dwelt  in  the 
valley  of  Sorec:  and  she  was  called  Dalila.* 

■  >  And  the  princes  of  the  Philistines  came  to  her, 
and  said  :  Deceive  him,  and  learn  of  him,  wherein 
hi>  meat  strength  lieth,  and  how  we  may  he  able  to 
overcome  him,  to  hind  and  afflict  him ;  which  if 
thou  shalt  do,  we  will  give  thee  every  one  of  us 
eleven  hundred  pieces  of  silver. 

G  And  Dalila  said  to  Samson  :  Tell  me,  I  be- 
seech thee,  wherein  thy  greatest  strength  lieth,  and 
what  it  is  wherewith  if  thou  were  hound  thou 
couldst  not  brake  loose. 

7  And  Samson  answered  her:  If  I  shall  be  bound 
with  seven  cords  amdeof  sinews  not  yet  dry,  but 
still  moist,  I  shall  be  weak  like  other  men  : 

8  And'the  princes  of  the  Philistines  brought  unto 
her  seven  cords,  such  as  he  spoke  of,  with  which 
she  hound  him, 

9  Men  lying  privately  in  wait  with  her.  and  in  the 
chamber  expecting  the  event  of  the  thin^  :  and  she 
cried  out  to  him:  The  Philistines  are  a\ thee. 

Samson.      And  he  broke  the  hands,  as  a  man  would 

break  a  thread  of  tow,  when  it  smcllcth  the  fire  :  so 

it  was  not  known  wherein  his  strength  la\. 

|0  Nail  Dalila  said  to  him  :  Behold,  thou  hast 
mocked  me.  and  hast  told  me  a  false  thing:  but 
HOW  at  least  tell  me  w  herewith  thoti  mavst  he  hound. 

11   And  be  answered  her:  III  shall  be  bound 

*  DaJUa.  Some  are  of  opinion  that  ihe  wa«  married  to  Salmon ; 
othert  that  the  wa»  hit  harlot.  If  the  lattrr  opinion  be  true,  we  can- 
Dot  wonder  that,  in  puimluncot  of  hit  lu»t,  the  Lord  delivered  him  up, 

BH 


with  new  ropes  that  were  never  in  work,  I  shall  be 
Wl   ik.  and  like  other  men. 

1J  Dalila  hound  him  again  with  these,  and  cri<  d 
out:   The  Philistines  are  upon  thee,  Samson;  there 

being  an  ambush  prepared  lor  him  in  the  chamber. 
But  be  broke  the  bands  like  threads  of  webs. 

19  And  Dalila  said  to  him  again  :   How  long  dost 

thou  deceive  me.  and  tell  me  bee?  show  me  where- 
with thou  mayst  be  bound.  And  Samson  answer- 
ed her  :  If  thou  plattest  the  seven  locks  of  my  head 
with  a  lace,  and  tying. them  round  about  a  nail,  fas- 
tenest  it  in  the  ground,  I  shall  he  weak. 

14  And  when  Dalila  had  done  this,  she  said  to 
him:  The  Philistines  are  upon  thee,  Samson.  And 
awaking  out  of  his  sleep,  he  drew  out  the  nail  with 
the  hairs  and  the  lace. 

15  And  Dalila  said  to  him  :  How  dost  thou  say 
thou  loves!  me,   when  thy   mind  is  not  with   me  r 

Thou  hast  told  DM  lies  these  three  times,  and  wouldst 
not  tell  me  wherein  thy  great  strength  lieth. 

16  And  when  she  pressed  him  much,  and  con- 
tinually hung  upon  him  for  many  days,  giving  him 
no  time  to  rest,  his  soul  fainted  away,  and  was 
wearied  even  until  death. 

17  Then  opening  the  truth  of  the  thing,  he  said 
to  her  :  The  razor  hath  never  come  upon  my  head  : 
fori  am  a  Nazarite,  that  is  to  say,  consecrated  to 
God  from  my  mother's  womb :  if  my  head  be  sha- 
\  i'ik  my  strength  shall  depart  from  me,  and  1  shall 
become  weak,  and  shall  be  like  other  men. 

18  Then  seeing  that  he  had  discovered  to  her  all 
his  mind,  she  scut  to  the  princes  of  the  Philistines, 
saying :  Come  up  this  once  more  ;  for  now  he  hath 
opened  his  heart  tome.  And  thev  went  00  taking 
with  them  the  money  which  they  had  promised. 

19  But  she  made  him  sleep  upon  her  knees,  and 
lay  bis  head  in  her  bosom.  And  she  called  a  bat- 
her, and  shaved  his  seven  locks;  and  began  to drive 
him  away,  and  thrust  him  from  her :  for  immediate- 
ly his  strength  departed  from  him. 

20  And  she  said  :  The  Philistines  are  upon  thee, 
Samson.  And  awaking  from  sleep,  he  said  in  his 
mind  ;  1  will  go  out  as  I  did  before,  and  shake  nnsclf 
not  knowing  that  the  Lord  was  departed  from  him. 

21  Then  the  Philistinesscized  upon  hint. and  forth- 
with pulled  out  his  I  yes,  and  led  him  bound  in  chains  to 
(  husa  :  and  shotting  him  up  in  prison,  made  him  grind. 

22  And  now  his  hair  began  to  grow  again. 

23  And  the  princes  of  the  Philistines  assembled 
together,  to  offer  great  sacrifices  to  Dagon  their  god. 
and  to  make  merry,  laving  :  Our  god  hath  delivered 
our  enemy  Samson  into  our  hands. 

21.  And  the  people  also  seeing  this,  praised  tin  ir 
Kod,  and  said  the  same  :  Our  god  hath  delivered  our 

adversarj  into  our  hands,  him  that  destroyed  our 

countrv  and  killed  very  many. 

26  And  rejoicing  in   their  leasts,  when  th<  \    had 

dow  taken  their  good  cheer,  they  commanded  thai 

Samson  should  be   called,   and   should  pla\  before 


r  mean*,  into  the  hand*  of  l.i«  i-mmir..     BowvTCr.   n    h 
guilty,  it  it  not  to  be  doubted  but  that  under  hit  afllirtiont  he  heartiU 
repented,  and  returned  to  God  and  to  obtained  forgireneta  of  bit  tin*. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


thorn.  And  being  brought  out  of  prison,  he  played 
before  them,  and  they  made  him  stand  between  two 
pillars. 

26'  And  he  said  to  the  lad  that  guided  his  steps: 
Suffer  me  to  touch  the  pillars  which  support  the 
whole  house,  and  let  me  lean  upon  them,  and  rest 
a  little. 

27  Now  the  house  was  full  of  men  and  women  ; 
and  all  the  princes  of  the  Philistines  were  there. 
Moreover,  about  three  thousand  persons  of  both  sexes 
from  the  roof  and  the  higher  part  of  the  house,  were 
oeholding  Samson's  play. 

28  But  he  called  upon  the  Lord,  saying  :  O  Lord 
God,  remember  me;  and  restore  to  me  now  my  for- 
mer strength,  O  my  God,  that  I  may  revenge  my- 
self* on  my  enemies ;  and  for  the  loss  of  my  two 
eyes  I  may  take  one  revenge. 

29  And  laying  hold  on  both  the  pillars  on  which 
the  house  rested,  and  holding  the  one  with  his  right 
hand,  and  the  other  with  his  left, 

30  He  said :  Let  me  die  f  with  the  Philistines. 
And  when  he  had  strongly  shook  the  pillars,  the 
house  fell  upon  all  the  princes,  and  the  rest  of  the 
multitude,  that  was  there  :  and  he  killed  many  more 
at  his  death,  than  he  had  killed  before  in  his  life. 

31  And  his  brethren  and  all  his  kindred,  going 
down,  took  his  body,  and  buried  it  between  Saraa 
and  Esthaol  in  the  burying-place  of  his  father 
Manue  :  and  he  judged  Israel  twenty  years. 

CHAP.  XVII. 

The  history  of  the  idol  of  Michas,  and  the  young  Levite. 

THERE  was    at  that  time  a   man   of  mount 
Ephraim  whose  name  was  Michas, 

2  Who  said  to  his  mother  :  The  eleven  hundred 
pieces  of  silver,  which  thou  hadst  put  aside  for  thy- 
self, and  concerning  which  thou  didst  swear  in  my 
hearing,  behold,  I  have,  and  they  are  with  me. 
And  she  said  to  him :  Blessed  be  my  son  by  the 
Lord. 

3  So  he  restored  them  to  his  mother,  who  said 
to  him  :  I  have  consecrated  and  vowed  this  silver  to 
the  Lord,  that  my  son  may  receive  it  at  my  hand, 
and  make  a  graven  and  a  molten  god  :  so  now  I  de- 
liver it  to  thee. 

4  And  he  restored  them  to  his  mother ;  and  she 
took  two  hundred  pieces  of  silver,  and  gave  them 
to  the  silversmith,  to  make  of  them  a  graven  and  a 
molten  god,  which  was  in  the  house  of  Michas. 

5  And  he  separated  also  therein  a  little  temple  for 
the  god  ;  and  made  an  ephod,  and  theraphim,  that 
is  to  say,  a  priestly  garment,  and  idols  ;  and  he  filled 
the  hand |  of  one  of  his  sons ;  and  he  became  his 
priest. 

6  In  those  days  there  was  no  king  in  Israel ;  but 
evepy  one  did  that  which  seemed  right  to  himself. 


*  Revenge  myself.  This  desire  of  revenue  was  out  of  zeal  for  justice 
apiiust  the  enemies  of  God  and  his  people ;  and  not  out  of  private  ran- 
cour and  malice  of  heart. 

f-  Let  me  die.  Literally,  let  my  soul  die.  Samson,  did  not  sin  on  this 
occasion,  thousrh  he  was  indirectly  the  cause  of  his  own  death.  Be- 
cause he  was  moved  to  what  he  did,  by  a  particular  inspiration  of  God 
who  also  concurred  with  him  by  a  miracle,  in  restoring  his  strength 
upon  the  spot,  in  consequence  of  his  prayer.    Samson  by  dving  in  this 


7  There  was  also  another  young  man  of  Beth- 
lehem Juda,  of  the  kindred  thereof :  and  be  was  a 
Levite,  and  dwelt  there. 

8  Now  he  went  out  from  the  city  of  Bethlehem, 
and  desired  to  sojourn  wheresoever  he  should  find 
it  convenient  for  him.  And  when  he  was  come  to 
mount  Ephraim,  as  he  was  on  his  journey,  and  had 
turned  aside  a  little  into  the  house  of  Michas, 

9  He  was  asked  by  him  whence  he  came  r  And 
he  answered:  I  am  a  Levite  of  Bethlehem  Juda  :  and 
I  am  going  to  dwell  where  I  can,  and  where  1  shall 
find  a  place  to  my  advantage. 

10  And  Michas  said  :  Stay  with  me,  and  be  unto 
me  a  father  and  a  priest :  and  I  will  give  thee  every 
year  ten  pieces  of  silver,  and  a  double  suit  of  ap- 
parel, and  thy  victuals. 

1 1  He  was  content,  and  abode  with  the  man,  and 
was  unto  him  as  one  of  his  sons. 

12  And  Michas  filled  his  hand,  and  had  the 
young  man  with  him  for  his  priest,  saying  : 

13  Now  I  know  God  will  do  me  good,  since  I  have 
a  priest  of  the  race  of  the  Levites. 

CHAP.  XVIII. 

The  expedition  of  the  men  of  Dan  against  Lais :  in  their  way 
they  rob  Michas  of  his  priest  and  his  gods. 

TN  those  days  there  was  no  king  in  Israel:  and  the 
-*-  tribe  of  Dan  sought  them  an  inheritance  to  dwell 
in:  for  unto  that  day  they  had  not  received  §  then 
lot  among  the  other  tribes. 

2  So  the  children  of  Dan  sent  five  most  valiant 
men  of  their  stock  and  family  from  Saraa  and  Es- 
thaol, to  spy  out  the  land,  and  to  view  it  diligently : 
and  they  said  to  them :  Go,  and  view  the  land.  They 
went  on. their  way,  and  when  they  came  to  mount 
Ephraim,  they  went  into  the  house  of  Michas,  and 
rested  there: 

3  And  knowing  the  voice  of  the  young  man  the 
Levite,  and  lodging  with  him,  they  said  to  him: 
Who  brought  thee  hither?  what  doest  thou  here? 
why  wouldst  thou  come  hither? 

4  He  answered  them:  Michas  hath  done  such 
and  such  things  for  me,  and  hath  hired  me  to  be  his 
priest. 

5  Then  they  desired  him  to  consult  the  Lord, 
that  they  might  know  whether  their  journey  should 
be  prosperous,  and  the  thing  should  have  effect. 

6  He  answered  them:  Go  in  peace:  the  Lord 
looketh  on  your  way,  and  the  journey  that  you  go. 

7  So  the  five  men  going  on  came  to  Lais:  and 
they  saw  how  the  people  dwelt  therein  without  an) 
fear,  according  to  the  custom  of  the  Sidonians,  secure 
and  easy,  having  no  man  at  all  to  oppose  them,  being 
very  rich,  and  living  separated,  at  a  distance  from 
Sidon  and  from  all  men. 

8  And  they  returned  to  their  brethren  in  Saraa 


mannerwas  a  figure  of  Christ,  who  by  his  death  overcame  all  his  ene- 
mies. 

|  Filled  the  hand.  That  is,  appointed  and  consecrated  him  to  the 
priestly  office. 

}  Sot  received,  fyc.  They  had  their  portions  assigned  them,  Josuc 
xix.  40.  But,  through  their  own  sloth,  possessed  as  yet  but  a  small 
part  of  it.     See  Judges  i  34 

203 


JUDGES. 


ami  Esthaol.  who  asked  them  what  they  had  done  : 
to  whom  they  answered: 

9  Arise,  :i tit t  lii  lis  ^.o  up  to  them:  for  we  bare 
i  the  land,  uliirli  is  exceeding  rich  and  fruitful: 
led  not:   lose  no  time:   let  us  go  and  possess  it; 

there  will  he  no  difficulty. 

10  We  shall  come  to  a  people  that  is  secure,  into  a 
spacious  country:  and  the  Lord  will  deliver  the  place 
to  us.  in  which  there  is  no  want  of  am  thin::,  that 
grow,  tli  on  the  earth. 

1 1  There  went  therefore  of  the  kindred  of  Dan, 
to  wit,  from  Santa  anil  Ksthaol,  six  hundred  men, 
furnished  with  arms  for  war. 

IS  And  going  npthej  lodged  in  Cariathiarim  of 
Juda;  which  place  from  that  time  is  called  the  camp 
of  I). in.  and  IS  behind  Cariathiarim. 

Id  from  thence  they  passed  into  mount  Ephraim. 
And  when  they  were  come  to  the  house  of  Michas. 

1  I  The  live  men.  that  before  had  heen  sent  to 
view  the  land  of  Lais,  said  to  the  rest  of  their  bre- 
thren: You  know  that  in  these  houses  there  is  an 
ephod,  and  theraphim,  and  a  graven  and  a  molten 
god:   see  what  \ou  are  pleased  to  do. 

15  And  when  they  had  turned  a  little  aside,  they 
went  into  the  house  of  the  young  man  the  Levite, 
who  was  in  the  house  of  Michas:  and  they  saluted 
him  with  words  of  peace. 

16  And  the  six  hundred  men  stood  before  the 
door,  appointed  with  their  arms. 

17  lint  they  that  were  gone  into  the  house  of  the 
yoUBg  man,  went  about  to  take  away  the  graven 
l'ii'I,  and  the  ephod,  and  the  theraphim,  and  the 
molten  god:  and  the  priest  stood  before  the  door, 
the  six  bandied  valiant  men  waiting  not  far  off. 

18  So  they  that  were  gone  in  took  away  the 
graven  thing,  the  ephod,  and  the  idols,  and  the 
molten  ran*.  And  the  priest  said  to  them:  What 
are  you  doing? 

19  And  thev  said  to  him:  Hold  thy  peace,  and 
put  thy  finger  on  thy  mouth,  and  come  with  us,  that 
we  may  have  thee  for  a  father. and  a  priest.  Whether 
is  better  for  thee,  to  he  a  priest  in  the  house  of  one 
man,  or  in  a  tribe  and  family  in  Israel? 

J"  When  he  had  heard  this,  he  agreed  to  their 
words;  and  took  the  ephod,  and  the  idols,  and  the 
graven  god,  and  departed  with  them. 

Jl  tad  when  they  were  goim;  forward, and  had 
put  before  them  the  children  and  the  cattle,  and  all 
that  was  valuable, 

-'.'  \nd  w.re  now  at  a  distance  from  the  house 
of  .Michas.  the  men  that  dwelt  in  the  houses  of  Mi- 
chas gathering  together  followed  them, 

.'.'.  \ in  1  began  to  shout  out  after  them.  They 
looked  hack,  and  said  to  .Michas:  What  aileth  thee"? 
Wh\  dost  thou  CTJ  ' 

\nd  he  answered:  You  have  taken  BWaj 
my  Rods  which  I  have  made  me,  and  the  priest, 
and  all  that  I  have;   and  do  \ou   say:   What  aileth 

\nd  the  children  of  Dan  said  to  him:  See 
thou  s;i\  no  more  (0  n\  lest  men  enraged  come  upon 
thee,  and  thou  perish  with  all  thv  house. 

26   And  so  thev  went  on  the  jonrnevthev  had  bc- 


Sun.  I.ut  Michas  seeing  that  thev  were  stronger 
i. m  he,  returned  to  his  house. 
Zl  And  the  si\  hundred  men  took  the  priest,  and 
the  things  we  spoke  of  before,  and  came  to  Lais,  to 
a  people  that  was  quiet  and  secure,  and  smote  them 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword :  and  the  city  was  burnt 
with  lire, 

2b"  These  being  no  man  at  all  who  brought  them 
an]  succour,  because  they  dwelt  far  from  Sidon, 
and  had  no  society  or  business  with  any  man.  And 
the  city  was  in  the  land  of  Rohob:  and  they  rebuilt 
it.  and  dwelt  therein, 

(  tiling  the  name  of  the  city  Dan  after  the 
name  of  their  father,  who  was  the  son  of  Israel, 
which  before  was  called  Lais. 

30  And  they  set  up  to  themselves  the  graven  idol : 
and  Jonathan  the  son  ol  (ieisam  the  son  of  Mo 

he  and  his  sons  in  re  priests  in  the  tribe  of  Dan,  un- 
til the  da?  el  their  captivity. 

31  And  the  idol  of  .Michas  remained  with  them 
ill  the  time,  that  the  house  of  (iod  was  in  Silo.  In 
those  days  there  was  no  king  in  Israel. 

CHAP.  XIV 

A  Levite  bringing  home  his  "riff,  is  lodged  by  an  old  man  at 
< itibaa  in  tlu  tribe  of  lit  iijuiiiin.  His  wife  is  there  abused  by 
wickttl  mi  ii  :  mill  in  the  morning  fnttntl  tit  ml.  Her  hu.shmul 
cutteth  her  body  in  pieces  ;  and  sendtth  to  every  tribe  of  Israel, 
requiring  them  to  revenge  the  wicked  fact. 

THERE  was  a  certain  Levite,  who  dwelt  on  the 
side  of  mount  Ephraim,  who  took  a  wife  of 
Bethlehem  Juda: 

2  And  she  left  him  and  returned  to  her  father's 
house  in  Bethlehem,  and  aliodewith  him  four  months. 

3  And  her  husband  followed  her.  willing  to  be 
reconciled  with  her,  and  to  speak  kindly  to  her,  and 
to  bring  her  back  with  him,  liaving  with  him  a  ser- 
vant and  two  asses:  and  she  received  him,  and 
brought  him  into  her  father's  house.  And  when  his 
father-in-law  had  heard  this,  and  had  seen  him,  he 
met  him  with  joy, 

4  And  embraced  the  man.  And  the  son-in-law 
tarried  in  the  house  of  his  father-in-law  thru  da\s. 
eating  with  him,  and  drinking  familiarly. 

5  But  on  the  fourth  day  arising  early  in  the 
morning,  he  desired  to  depart.  But  his  father-in- 
law  kept  him,  and  said  to  him:  Taste  first  a  little 
bread,  and  strengthen  thy  stomach;  and  so  thou 
shall  depart. 

6  And  they  sat  down  together,  and  ate  and  drank. 
And  the  father  of  the  young  woman  said  to  his  son- 
in-law:  I  beseech  thee  to  stay  here  to-day,  and  let 
us  make  merry  together. 

7  But  he  rising  up  began  lobe  for  departing.  And 
nevertheless  his  father-in-law  earnastfa  pressed  him. 
and  made  him  stay  with  him. 

8  But  when  morning  was  come,  the  Levite  pre- 
pared to  go  on  his  journey.  And  his  father-in-law 
said  to  him  again:  I  beseech  thee  to  take  a  little 
meat,  and  strengthening  thyself,  till  the  day  be 

farther  advanced,  afterwards  thou    majBflt    depart. 

Ami  thev  ate  together. 

9  And  the  VOUng  man  SJO  I  forward  with 
his  wile  and  Servant      And  his  father-in-law  spoke 


CHAP.  XX. 


to  him  again:  Consider  tliat  the  day  is  declining, 
and  dravveth  toward  evening:  tarry  with  me  to-day 
also,  and  spend  the  day  in  mirth;  and  to-morrow 
thou  shalt  depart,  that  thou  mayst  go  into  thy  house. 

10  His  son-in-law  would  not  consent  to  his  words: 
hut  forthwith  went  forward  and  came  over-against 
Jehus,  which  hy  another  name  is  called  Jerusalem, 
leading  with  him  two  asses  loaden,  and  his  con- 
cuhine.* 

1 1  And  now  they  were  come  near  Jebus,  and  the 
day  was  far  spent:  and  the  servant  said  to  his  mas- 
ter: Come,  I  beseech  thee,  let  us  turn  into  the  city 
of  the  Jebusites,  and  lodge  there. 

12  His  master  answered  him:  I  will  not  go  into 
the  town  of  another  nation,  who  are  not  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel;  hut  I  will  pass  over  to  Gabaa. 

13  And  when  I  shall  come  thither,  we  will  lodge 
there,  or  at  least  in  the  city  of  Rama. 

14  So  they  passed  -by  Jebus,  and  went  on  their 
journey:  and  the  sun  went  down  upon  them  when 
they  were  by  Gabaa,  which  is  in  the  tribe  of  Ben- 
jamin: 

15  And  they  turned  into  it,  to  lodge  there.  And 
when  they  were  come  in,  they  sat  in  the  street  of 
the  city,  for  no  man  would  receive  them  to  lodge. 

16  And  behold,  they  saw  an  old  man,  returning 
out  of  the  field,  and  from  his  work  in  the  evening: 
and  he  also  was  of  mount  Ephraim,  and  dwelt  as  a 
stranger  in  Gabaa;  but  the  men  of  that  country  were 
the  children  of  Jemini.f 

17  And  the  old  man  lifting  up  his  eyes,  saw  the 
man  sitting  with  his  bundles  in  the  street  of  the  city, 
and  said  to  him:  Whence  comestthou?  and  whither 
goest  thou? 

18  He  answered  him:  We  came  out  from  Beth- 
lehem Juda,  and  we  are  going  to  our  home,  which 
is  on  the  side  of  mount  Ephraim,  from  whence  we 
west  to  Bethlehem :  and  now  we  go  to  the  house  of 
God,  and  none  will  receive  us  under  his  roof: 

19  We  have  straw  and  hay  for  provender  of  the 
asses,  and  bread  and  wine  for  the  use  of  myself  and 
of  thy  handmaid,  and  of  the  servant  that  is  with  me: 
we  want  nothing  but  lodging. 

20  And  the  old  man  answered  him :  Peace  be 
with  thee:  1  will  furnish  all  things  that  are  neces- 
sary: only,  I  beseech  thee,  stay  not  in  the  street. 

21  And  he  brought  him  into  his  house,  and  gave 
provender  to  his  asses :  and  after  they  had  washed 
their  feet,  he  entertained  them  with  a  feast. 

22  While  they  were  making  merry,  and  refresh- 
ing their  bodies  with  meat  and  drink,  after  the  labour 
of  the  journey,  the  men  of  that  city,  sons  of  Belial 
(that  is,  without  yoke)  came  and  beset  the  old  man's 
house,  and  began  to  knock  at  the  door,  calling  to  the 
master  of  the  house,  and  saying:  Bring  forth  the 
man  that  came  into  thy  house,  that  we  may  abuse 
him. 

23  And  the  old  man  went  out  to  them,  and  said : 
Do  not  so,  my  brethren,  do  not  so  wickedly ;  because 


Concubine.     She  was  tiis  lawful  wife:  but  oven  lawful  wivos  are 
frequently  in  scripture  called  coacttbines.  See  above,  ch.  viii.  vcr.3l. 
'  lemin      That  i»,  \cnjainin. 


this  man  is  come  into  my  lodging :  and  cease,  I  pray 
you,  from  this  folly. 

24  I  have  a  maiden  daughter,  and  this  man  hath 
a  concubine :  I  will  bring  them  out  to  you,  and  you 
may  humble  them,  and  satisfy  your  lust:  only,  I 
beseech  you,  commit  not  this  crime  against  nature 
on  the  man. 

25  They  would  not  be  satisfied  with  his  words; 
which  the  man  seeing,  brought  out  his  concubine  to 
them,  and  abandoned  her  to  their  wickedness:  and 
when  they  had  abused  her  all  the  night,  they  let  her 
go  in  the  morning. 

26  But  the  woman,  at  the  dawning  of  the  day, 
came  to  the  door  of  the  house  where  her  lord  lodged, 
and  there  fell  down. 

27  And  in  the  morning  the  man  arose,  and  opened 
the  door,  that  he  might  end  the  journey  he  had  be- 
gun: and  behold,  his  concubine  lay  before  the  door 
with  her  hands  spread  on  the  threshold. 

28  He  thinking  she  was  taking  her  rest,  said  to 
her:  Arise,  and  let  us  be  going.  But  as  she  made 
no  answer,  perceiving  she  was  dead,  he  took  her  up, 
and  laid  her  upon  his  ass,  and  returned  to  his  house. 

29  And  when  he  was  come  home,  he  took  a 
sword,  and  divided  the  dead  body  of  his  wife  with 
her  bones  into  twelve  parts ;  and  sent  the  pieces  into 
all  the  borders  of  Israel. 

30  And  when  every  one  had  seen  this,  they  all 
cried  out :  There  was  never  such  a  thing  done  in 
Israel  from  the  day  that  our  fathers  came  up  out  of 
Egypt,  until  this  day :  give  sentence,  and  decree  in 
common  what  ought  to  be  done. 

CHAP.  XX. 

The  Israelites  warring  against  Benjamin  are  twice  defeated ; 
but  in  the  third  battle  the  Benjamites  are  all  slain,  saving  six 
hundred  men. 

THEN  all  the  children  of  Israel  went  out,  and 
gathered  together  as  one  man,  from  Dan  to 
BersabeeJ  with  the  land  of  Galaad,  to  the  Lord  in 
Maspha : 

2  And  all  the  chiefs  of  the  people,  and  all  the 
tribes  of  Israel  met  together  in  the  assembly  of  the 
people  of  God,  four  hundred  thousand  footmen  fit 
for  war. 

3  (Nor  were  the  children  of  Benjamin  ignorant 
that  the  children  of  Israel  were  come  up  to  Maspha.) 
And  the  Levite  the  husband  of  the  woman  that  was 
killed,  being  asked,  how  so  great  a  wickedness  had 
been  committed, 

4  Answered:  I  came  into  Gabaa  of  Benjamin 
with  my  wife;  and  there  I  lodged: 

5  And  behold,  the  men  of  that  city  in  the  night 
beset  the  house  wherein  I  was,  intending  to  kill  me; 
and  abused  my  wife  with  an  incredible  fury  of  lust, 
so  that  at  last  she  died. 

6  And  I  took  her  and  cut  her  in  pieces,  and  sent 
the  parts  into  all  the  borders  of  your  possession : 
because  there  never  was  so  heinous  a  crime,  and  so 
great  an  abomination  committed  in  Israel. 

7  You  are  all  here,  O  children  of  Israel:  deter- 
mine what  you  ought  to  do. 

8  And  all  the  people  standing,  answered  as  by 
tin-  voire  of  one  man :  We  will  not  return  to  om 

205 


JUDGES. 


tmts,  iH'itlirr  shall  any  one  of  us  go  into  his  own 
boos. 

9  Hut  this  w  ill  we  (In  in  common  against  Gabaa: 

10  \\  c  w  ill  lake  tea  mm  of  a  bundled  tint  of  all 

the  tribes  of  Israel,  and  a  hundred  out  of  ■  thousand, 

ami  a  thoosand  out  of  ten  thousand,  to  brum  victuals 
for  the  army  :  that  we  may  fi-ht  against  Gabaa  of 
Benjamin,  and  render  to  it  for  its  wickedness,  what 
it  deserveth. 

11  And  all  Israel  were  gathered  together  against 

the  city,  as  one  nian.w  ith  one  mind,  and  one  counsel: 

12  And  they  scut  messengers  to  all  the  tribe  of 
Benjamin, to  say  to  them:  Why  hath  so  great  an 
abomination  been  found  among;  you? 

13  Deliver  tip  the  men  of  Gabaa,  that  Inn  t  COB* 
milted  this  heinous  crime,  that  thev  may  die  and 
the  evil  may  be  taken  away  out  of  Israel.  Bui  thev 
would  not  hearken  totheproj>ositionof  then  brethren 
the  children  of  Israel : 

14  But  out  of  all  (lie  cities  which  were  of  their 
lot,  thev  gathered  themselves  together  into  Gabaa, 
to  aid  them,  and  to  fight  against  the  whole  people  of 

[trad. 

15  And  there  were  found  of  Benjamin  five  and 
twenty  thousand  men  that  drew  the  sword,  besides 
the  inhabitants  of  Gabaa, 

16  Who  were  seven  hundred  most  valiant  men, 
fighting  with  the  left  hand  as  well  as  with  the  right : 
and  slinging  stones  so  sure  that  they  could  hit  even 
a  hair,  and  not  miss  by  I  he  stone's  goim;  on  either  side. 

17  Of  the  men  Of  Israel  also,  beside  the  children 
of  Benjamin,  were  found  four  hundred  thousand 
that  drew   swords,  and  were  prepared  to  fight. 

18  And  they  arose,  and  came  to  the  bouse  of  God, 
that  i>.  to  silo:  ami  thev  consulted  God,  and  said: 
Who  Snail  be  in  our  army  the  first  to  go  to  the  battle 
against  the  children  of  Benjamin?  And  the  Lord 
answered  them  :    Let  Juda  be  your  leader 

19  And  forthwith  the  children  of  Israel  rising 
in  the  morning,  camped  by  Gabaa: 

SO  \iiil  going  out  from  thence  to  fight  against 
Benjamin,  began  to  assault  the  city. 

21  Anci  the  children  of  Benjamin  coming  out  of 
Gabaa.  slew  of  thechildren  of  Israel  thatdav  two  and 
twenty  thousand  men. 

22  Again  Israel  (resting  in  their  strength*  and 
their  number,  set  tlieir  army  in  array  in  liie  same 
place. wlierethey  had  fought  before: 

23  Yet  so  that  they  first  went  up,  and  wept  he- 
fore  the  Lord  until  night:  and  consulted  him,  and 
said:   Shall   I  no  out  any  more  to  fight  against  the 

children  of  Benjamin  my  brethren, or  nor  And  be 

answered  them  :  Go  up  against  them,  and  join  bailie. 

24  And  when  the  children  of  Israel  went  out  the 
Deal  din  to  fight  against  the  children  of  Benjamin. 

The  children  of  Benjamin  sallied  forth  out  of 

the  gates  of  Gabaa:  and  meeting  them  mad' 

it  a  slaughter  of  them,  as  to  kill  eighteen  thou- 
sand men  that  drew  the  sword. 


•  Trtutmt  in  Ikeir  ilrtngtlt.     The  Lorvl    Mitlciril  I  hem  to  be   over- 
thrown. ai«l  man\  of  tlii'in   In  be  .1.1111.  thouirh   llirir  rami;    w.<*  jn-l  . 
partly  in  punishment  of  tin-  idolatry  « bicb  tbej  even  Med  or  tol 
v<  llif  Ln'n  of  Dan,  aid  elsewhere .   UtA    partly  bveaute  they  ti 

SOS 


2C>  Wherefore  all  the  children  of  Israel  came  to 
the  house  of  God,  and  sat  and  wept  before  the 
Lord:  and  the\  fasted  thai  day  till  the  evening;  and 

offered  to  him  holocausts,  and  victims  of  peace  of- 

Icruigs, 

J7  And  inquired  of  him  concerning  their  state, 
At  that  time  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Ix>rd 
was  there, 

28  And  Phinees  the  son  of  Eleamv,  the  son 
of  Aaron,  was  over  the  house.  So  they  consulted 
the  Lord,  and  said  :  Shall  we  go  out  any  more  to 
fight  against  the  children  of  Benjamin  our  brethren, 

or  shall  we  cease?  And  the  Lord  said  to  them: 
Go  up,  for  to-morrow  I  will  deliver  them  into  your 
hands. 

29  And  the  children  of  Israel  set  ambushes  round 
about  the  tit  \  of  Gabaa : 

30  Ami  they  drew  up  their  army  against  Benja- 
min the  third  time,  as  they  had  done  the  first  and 

second. 

31  And  the  children  of  Benjamin  boldly  issued 
OUt  of  thecitv;  and  seeing  their  enemies  (foe,  pur- 
sued them  a  long  w  a\  .  so  as  to  w  omid  and  kill  some 
of  them,  as  thev  had  done  the  first  and  second  day, 
whilst  thev  lied  by  two  highwai  s.w  hereof  one  goeth 
up  to  Bethel,  and  the  other  to  Gabaa  :  and  the]  1 
about  thirty  men  : 

32  For  they  thought  to  cut  them  off,  as  thev  did 
before.  But  they  artfully  feigning  a  flight,  designed 
to  draw  them  away  from  the  City,  and  by  tlieir  seem- 
ing to  flee  to  bring  them  to  the  highways  afore- 
said. 

33  Then  all  the  children  of  Israel  rising  ttp  Ottt 
of  the  places  where thej  were,  set  their  army  in  bat- 
tle array,  in  the  place  which  is  called  Baallhaniar. 
The  ambushes  also  which  Were  about  the  city,  be- 
gan by  little  and  little  to  come  forth, 

34  And  to  march  from  the  west  side  of  the  cit\. 
And  other  ten  thousand  men  chosen  out  of  all  Israel 
attacked  the  inhabitants  of  the  city.  And  the  battle 
grew  hot  against  the  children  of  Benjamin:  and  they 
understood  not  that  present  death  threatened  them 
on  every  side. 

35  And  the  Lord  defeated  them  In-fore  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel:  anil  they  slew  of  them  in  that  da> 
five  and  twenty  thousand  and  one  hundred,  all 
fighting  men.  and  that  drew   the  sword. 

.  Iti  But  l  he  children  of  Benjainiu  w  hen  thev  saw 
themselves  to  be  too  weak,  began  to  flee.  Which 
the  children  of  Israel  seeing,  gave  them  place  to  flee, 
that  thev   might   come   to  the  ambushes  that  v. 

prepared,  which  they  had  set  near  the  city. 

37  And  they  that  were  in  ambush  arose  on  a  sud- 
den out  of  their  coverts;  and  w  hilst  Benjamin  turned 
their  backs  to  the  slayers,  wem  Into  the  city,  and 
smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

.Now  the  children  of  Israel  had  given  ;■  si-n 
to  them,  whom  they  had  laid  in  ambushes,  that  .hi.  i 
ihej    had    taken    the    city,  thev  should  make  a  In.    ; 


in  their  own  strength :  ami  therefore   tbongfe  lie  1ml  them  lipht.  he 
would  not  jrirethein  tin-  notary,  till  they  were   thoroughly   linn 
and  had  leaxocd  to  trust  in  hun  alooe. 


CHAP.  XXI. 


that  by  the  smoke  rising  on  high,  they  might  show 
that  the  city  was  taken. 

39  And  when  the  children  of  Israel  saw  this  in 
the  battle  (for  the  children  of  Benjamin  thought  they 
fled,  and  pursued  them  vigorously,  killing  thirty  men 
of  their  army) 

40  And  perceived  as  it  were  a  pillar  of  smoke 
rise  up  from  the  city ;  and  Benjamin  looking  back, 
saw  that  the  city  was  taken,  and  that  the  flames  as- 
cended on  high  : 

41  They  that  before  had  made  as  if  they  fled, 
turning  their  faces  stood  bravely  against  them. 
Which  the  children  of  Benjamin  seeing,  turned  their 
backs, 

42  And  began  to  go  towards  the  way  of  the  desert, 
the  enemy  pursuing  them  thither  also.  And  they 
that  fired  the  city  came  also  out  to  meet  them. 

43  And  so  it  was,  that  they  were  slain  on  both 
sides  by  the  enemies ;  and  there  was  no  rest  of  their 
men  dying.  They  fell,  and  were  beaten  down  on 
the  east  side  of  the  city  Gabaa. 

44  And  they  that  were  slain  in  the  same  place, 
were  eighteen  thousand  men,  all  most  valiant  soldiers. 

45  And  when  they  that  remained  of  Benjamin 
saw  this,  they  fled  into  the  wilderness,  and  made 
towards  the  rock  that  is  called  Remmon.  In  that 
flight  also  as  they  were  straggling,  and  going  dif- 
ferent ways,  they  slew  of  them  five  thousand  men. 
And  as  they  went  farther,  they  still  pursued  them, 
and  slew  also  other  two  thousand. 

46  And  so  it  came  to  pass,  that  all  that  were  slain 
of  Benjamin  in  divers  places,  were  five  and  twenty 
thousand  fighting  men,  most  valiant  for  war. 

47  And  there  remained  of  all  the  number  of  Ben- 
jamin only  six  hundred  men  that  were  able  to  escape, 
and  flee  to  the  wilderness:  and  they  abode  in  the 
rock  Remmon  four  months. 

48  But  the  children  of  Israel  returning,  put  all 
the  remains  of  the  city  to  the  sword,  both  men  and 
beasts :  and  all  the  cities  and  villages  of  Benjamin 
were  consumed  with  devouring  flames. 

CHAP.  XXI. 

The  tribe  of  Benjamin  is  saved  from  being  utterly  extinct,  by 
providing  tcivesfor  the  six  hundred  that  remained. 

NOW  the  children  of  Israel  had  also  sworn  in 
Maspha,  saying:  None  af  us  shall  give  of  his 
daughters  to  the  children  of  Benjamin  to  wife. 

2  And  they  all  came  to  the  house  of  God  in  Silo ; 
and  abiding  before  him  till  the  evening,  lifted  up 
their  voices,  and  began  to  lament  and  weep,  saying: 

3  O  Lord  God  of  Israel,  why  is  so  great  an  evil 
come  to  pass  in  thy  people,  that  this  day  one  tribe 
should  be  taken  away  from  among  us  ? 

4  And  rising  early  the  next  day,  they  built  an 
altar ;  and  offered  there  holocausts,  and  victims  of 
peace  :  and  they  said  : 

5  Who  is  there  among  all  the  tribes  of  Israel  that 
came  not  up  with  the  army  of  the  Lord  i  for  they 
had  bound  themselves  with  a  great  oath,  when  they 
were  in  Maspha,  that  whosoever  were  wanting 
should  be  slain. 

6  And  the  children  of  Israel  being  moved  with 


repentance  for  their  brother  Benjamin,  began  to  say. 
One  tribe  is  taken  away  from  Israel, 

7  Whence  shall  they  take  wives  ?  For  we  have 
all  in  general  sworn,  not  to  give  our  daughters  to 
them. 

8  Therefore  they  said  :  Who  is  there  of  all  the 
tribes  of  Israel,  that  came  not  up  to  the  Lord  to 
Maspha?  And  behold,  the  inhabitants  of  Jabes 
Galaad  were  found  not  to  have  been  in  that  army. 

9  (At  that  time  also  when  they  were  in  Silo,  no 
one  of  them  was  found  there.) 

10  So  they  sent  ten  thousand  of  the  most  valiant 
men,  and  commanded  them,  saying :  Go  and  pu 
the  inhabitants  of  Jabes  Galaad  to  the  sword,  witl 
their  wives  and  their  children. 

1 1  And  this  is  what  you  shall  observe ;  Ever 
male,  and  all  women  that  have  known  men,  you 
shall  kill :  but  the  virgins  you  shall  save. 

12  And  there  were  found  of  Jabes  Galaad  four 
hundred  virgins,  that  had  not  known  the  bed  of  a 
man :  and  they  brought  them  to  the  camp  in  Silo, 
into  the  land  of  Chanaan. 

13  And  they  sent  messengers  to  the  children  of 
Benjamin,  that  were  in  the  rock  Remmon,  and 
commanded  them  to  receive  them  in  peace. 

14  And  the  children  of  Benjamin  came  at  that  time; 
and  wives  were  given  them  of  Jabes  Galaad  :  but 
they  found  no  others,  whom  they  might  give  in  like 
manner. 

15  And  all  Israel  was  very  sorry,  and  repented 
for  the  destroying  of  one  tribe  out  of  Israel. 

16  And  the  ancients  said:  What  shall  we  do 
with  the  rest,  that  have  not  received  wives  ?  for  all 
the  women  in  Benjamin  are  dead. 

17  And  we  must  use  all  care,  and  provide  with 
great  diligence,  that  one  tribe  be  not  destroyed  out 
of  Israel. 

18  For  as  to  our  own  daughters  we  cannot  give 
them,  being  bound  with  an  oath  and  a  curse,  where- 
by we  said  :  Cursed  be  he  that  shall  give  Benjamin 
any  of  his  daughters  to  wife. 

19  So  they  took  counsel,  and  said:  Behold, 
there  is  a  yearly  solemnity  of  the  Lord  in  Silo, 
which  is  situate  on  the  north  of  the  city  of  Bethel,  and 
on  the  east  side  of  the  way,  that  goeth  from  Bethel 
to  Sichem,  and  on  the  south  of  the  town  of  Lebona. 

20  And  they  commanded  the  children  of  Ben- 
jamin, and  said  :  Go,  and  lie  hid  in  the  vineyards : 

21  And  when  you  shall  see  the  daughters  of  Silo 
come  out,  as  the  custom  is,  to  dance,  come  ye  on  a 
sudden  out  of  the  vineyards ;  and  catch  you  every 
man  his  wife  among  them,  and  go  into  the  land  of 
Benjamin. 

22  And  when  their  fathers  and  their  brethren 
shall  come,  and  shall  begin  to  complain  against  you 
and  to  chide,  we  will  say  to  them:  Have  pity  on 
them  :  for  they  took  them  not  away  as  by  the  righ' 
of  war  or  conquest ;  but  when  they  asked  to  have 
them,  you  gave  them  not,  and  the  fault  was  com- 
mitted on  your  part. 

23  And  the  children  of  Benjamin  did,  as  they  had 
been  commanded  :  and  according  to  their  number, 
they  carried  off  for  themselves  every  man  his  wif« 

207 


RUT 

of  them  ihat  wen  dancing  :  and  they  went  into  t  li«-ir 

l>ossession,and  built  up  their  cities,  and  dwell  in  them. 

The  children  of  Israel  also  returned  by  their 


tribes,  and  families,  to  tin  ir  dwellings.  In  those 
days  there  was  do  kin:;  in  Israel :  but  every  one  did 
that  which  ieenvl  right  to  himself. 


THE  BOOK  OF  RUTH. 


7'Ai'j  book  is  railed  Ihru.from  the  name  of  the  person  whose  At 
tory  is  here  recorded :  who,  bring  a  gentile,  became  a  convert 
tu  the  Inn  faith,  and  marrying  Bottz  the  great-grand-J  other 
of  David,  was  onr  of  thole  from  whom  Christ  sprung  in- 
cording  to  thi  flesh,  and  an  illustrious  figure  of  the  genlili 
church.  It  is  thought  this  book  teas  tcritten  by  the  prophet 
Samuel. 

CHAP.  I. 

F.Hmelcch  of  Bethlehem  going  with  his  wife  .Yor mi.  and  tiro  sons, 
into  the  land  of  Moab.  dii  th  there,  ilis  sons  marry  triris  of 
thit  count rij.  and  die  without  issue.  Nor  mi  returneth  home 
with  her  daughtrr-in-Liw  Ruth,  who  rrfuseth  tu  part  with  her. 

FN  the  (lays  of  one  of  the  judges,  when  the  judges 
-*■   ruled,  there  came  a  famine  in  the  land.      And  a 

certain  man  of  Bethlehem  Juda,  went  to  sojourn  in 

the  land  of  Moahwith  his  wife  and  his  two  sous. 

I  He  was  named  Llimelech,  and  his  w  ife,  Noemi; 
and  his  two  sons,  the  one  Mahalou,  and  the  other 
(  helion,  Ephrathites  of  Bethlehem  Juda  And  en- 
tering into  the  country  of  Moab,  they  abode  there. 

3  And  Elimelech  the  husband  ot  Noemi  died  : 
and  she  remained  with  her  sons. 

X  And  they  took  wives  of  the  women  of  Moab, 
of  which  one  was  called  Orpha,  and  the  other  Ruth. 
And  thej  dwelt  there  ten  years  : 

5  And  they  both  died,  to  wit,  Mahalon  and  Che- 
lion  :  and  the  woman  was  left  alone,  having  lost 
both  her  sons  and  her  husband. 

6  And  she  arose  to  go  from  the  land  of  Moab  to 
her  own  country  with  both  her  daughters-in-law  : 
for  she  had  heard  that  the  Lord  had  looked  upon 
his  people,  and  had  given  them  food. 

7  Wherefore  she  went  forth  out  of  the  place  of 
her  sojournment,  with  both  her  daughter's-tn-law  : 
and  !>eing  now  in  the  way  to  return  into  the  land  of 
Juda, 

8  She  said  to  them:  Goye  home  to  your  mo- 
thers: the  Lord  deal  merciful  with  you,  as  you  have 
dealt  with  the  dead  and  with  me. 

9  Mat  he  gram  you  to  find  rest  in  the  houses  of 
the  husbands  which  you  shall  take.  And  she  kiss- 
ed them.  And  they  lifted  up  their  voice,  and  began 
to  weep, 

10  And  to  say:  We  will  go  on  with  t'lee  to  thy 
people. 

II  But  she  answered  them:  Return,  my  daugh- 
:  why  come  \e  with  me?  have  I  any  more  ions 

in  my  womb,  that  you  may  hope  for  husbands  of  me? 

I  '   Return  again,  m\   daughters,  and  no  your 

\\a.\s:  for  I  am  now  spent  with  age,  and  no!  lit    lor 

•  T»  her  gtis,  let.  Noemi  <ti<l  not  nv  ,n  to  Mnuadfl  limb  In  n-tiini 
to  her  fake  gnK%  the  had  forrrvrlv  w. i  --!„,». I  hnt  bv  thii  SMMMrof 
•pew-  n.ai  if  abawotiMi  (jo  with  b> 

Douoc«  her  kite  pxK  and  return  lo  >'■..■  |.«  ,|  Hi.  (;««lof  I 


wedlock.     Although   I  might  conceive  this  night, 
and  bear  children, 

13  If  you  would  wait  till  thev  w  ere  CTOWn  Up,  and 
come  to  roan's  estate,  you  would  be  old  women  be- 
fore von  marry.  Do  not  so,  my  daughters,  I  be- 
seech you:  for  I  am  grieved  the  more  lor  your  dis- 
tress: and  the  band  of  the  Lord  is  gone  out  against 
me. 

14  And  they  lifted  op  their  voice,  and  began  to 
weep  again:  Orpha  kissed  her  mother-in-law,  and 
returned:  Ruth  Stuck  close  to  her  mother-in-law. 

15  And  Noemi  said  to  her:  Behold,  thy  kinswo- 
man is  returned  to  her  people,  and  toner  gods;*  go 
thou  with  her. 

lb'  She  answered:  Be  not  against  me,  to  desire 
that  I  should  leave  thee,  ami  depart  :  for  w  bitherso- 
everthou  shall  go,  I  will  go:  and  where  thou  shall 
dwell,  I  also  will  dwell.  Thy  people  shall  l><  mv 
people,  and  thy  God  ni\  God. 

17  The  land  that  shall  receive  thee  dying,  in  the 
same  will  Idie:  and  there  will  I  be  buried.  The 
Lord  do  so  and  sof  to  me,  and  add  more  also,  if 
aught  but  death  part  me  and  thee. 

18 Then  Noemi  seeing, thai  Ruth  was  stedfastly 
determined  to  go  with  her,  would  not  be  against  it, 
nor  persuade  her  any  more  to  return  to  her  friends: 

19  So  they  went  together,  and  came  to  Bethle- 
hem. And  when  they  were  come  into  the  city,  the 
report  was  quickly  spread  among  all:  and  the  wo- 
men said  :  '1  his  is  that  Noemi. 

20  But  she  said  to  them:  Call  me  not  Noemi 
(that  is,  beautiful,]  but  call  me  Mara  (that  is,  bitter;) 
for  the  Almighty  hath  quite  filled  me  with  bittern 

21  1  went  out  full;  and  the  Lord  hath  brought 
me  back  empty.  Why  then  did  \ on  call  me  Noemi, 
whom  the  Lord  hath  humbled,  and  the  Almighty 
hath  afflicted?  > 

So  Noemi  came  with  Ruth  the  Moahitess  her 
daughter-in-law,  from  the  land  of  her  sojournment; 
and  returned  into  Bi  thleln  in,  in  the  beginning  ot 
the  barlex  harvest. 

CHAP.  II. 

Ruth  glrawt',  in  the  field  of  Iiooz;  who  showcth  her  favour. 

TVTOW    her  husband  Elimelech  had  a  kinsman,  „ 
-L*    powerful  man,  and  very  rich,  w  hose  name  \ 

Boo/. 

2  And  lluth  the  Moahitess  said  to  her  moth,  r- 
in-law  '  If  thou  wilt.  I  will  go  into  the  field,  and 
dean    .ne  ears  of  corn  that  escape  the  hands  of  the 


t  7  V  l.o  A  date  rnnA  m,  l(r  A  form  of  »w.:mnir  iimal  in  tho  historr 
of  lit"  OKI  IV. lament,  bij  which  the  perrons  irithed  raofa  and  sink 
rtil.   lo  Tall   upon  them,  if  llirj,  did  not  do  *  lut  (hcv  | 


CHAP.  III. 


.reapers,  wheresoever  I  shall  find  grace  with  a  house- 
holder that  will  be  favourable  to  me.  And  she  an- 
swered her:  Go,  my  daughter. 

3  She  went  therefore,  and  gleaned  the  ears  of 
corn  after  the  reapers.  And  it  happened  that  the 
owner  of  that  field  was  Boo/.,  who  was  of  the  kin- 
died  of  Elime-lcch. 

4  And  behold,  he  came  out  of  Bethlehem,  and 
said  to  the  reapers:  The  Lord  he  with  you.  And 
ihey  answered  him:  The  Lord  bless  thee. 

5  And  Booz  said  to  the  young  man  that  was  set 
over  the  reapers:  Whose  maid  is  this? 

6  And  he  answered  him:  This  is  the  Moabitess, 
Who  came  with  Noemi,  from  the  land  of  Moab, 

7  And  she  desired  leave  to  glean  the  ears  of  corn 
that  remain,  following  the  steps  of  the  reapers:  and 
she  hath  been  in  the  field  from  morning  till  now,  and 
hath  not  gone  home  for  one  moment. 

8  And  Booz  said  to  Ruth:  Hear  me,  daughter,  do 
not  go  to  glean  in  any  other  field;  and  do  not  depart 
from  this  place;  but  keep  with  my  maids, 

9  And  follow  where  they  reap.  For  I  have 
charged  my  young  men,  not  to  molest  thee:  and  if 
thou  art  thirsty,  go  to  the  vessels,  and  drink  of  the 
waters  whereof  the  servants  drink. 

10  She  fell  on  her  face,  and  worshipping  upon 
the  ground,  said  to  him :  Whence  cometh  this  to  me, 
that  I  should  find  grace  before  thy  eyes,  and  that 
thou  shouldest  vouchsafe  to  take  notice  of  me,  a 
woman  of  another  country? 

1 1  And  he  answered  her :  All  hath  been  told  me,  that 
thou  hast  done  to  thy  mother-in-law  after  the  death 
of  thy  husband ;  and  how  thou  hast  left  thy  parents,  and 
the  land  wherein  thou  wast  born,  and  art  come  to 
a  people  which  thou  knewest  not  heretofore. 

12  The  Lord  render  unto  thee  for  thy  work; 
and  mayst  thou  receive  a  full  reward  of  the  Lord 
the  God  of  Israel,  to  whom  thou  art  come,  and  un- 
der whose  wings  thou  art  fled. 

13  And  she  said  :  I  have  found  grace  in  thy  eyes, 
my  lord,  who  hast  comforted  me,  and  hast  spoken 
to  the  heart  of  thy  handmaid,  who  am  not  like  to 
one  of  thy  maids. 

14  And  Booz  said  to  her:  At  meal-time  come 
thou  hither,  and  eat  of  the  bread,  and  dip  thy  mor- 
sel in  the  vinegar.  So  she  sat  at  the  side  of  the 
reapers;  and  she  heaped  to  herself  frumenty,  and  ate 
ana  was  filled,  and  look  the  leavings. 

15  And  she  arose  from  thence,  to  glean  the  ears 
of  corn  as  before.  And  Booz  commanded  his  ser- 
vants, saying:  If  she  would  even  reap  with  you,  hin- 
der her  not: 

16  And  let  fall  some  of  your  handfuls  of  purpose, 
and  leave  them,  that  she  may  gather  them  without 
shame:  and  let  no  man  rebuke  her  when  she  gather- 
eth  them. 

17  She  gleaned  therefore  in  the  field  till  evening: 
and  beating  out  with  a  rod,  and  threshing  what  she 
had  gleaned,  she  found  about  the  measure  ofanephi 
of  barley,  that  is,  three  bushels: 

*  Thy  latter  kindness,  viz.  to  thy  husband  deceased  in  seeking-  to 
keep  up  hit  name  and  family,  by  marrying  his  relation  according  t< 

Dd       ' 


1 8  Which  she  took  up  and  returned  into  the  city 
and  showed  it  to  her  mother-in-law:  moreover  she 
brought  out,  and  gave  her  of  the  remains  of  her  meat, 
wherewith  she  had  been  filled. 

19  And  her  mother-in-law  said  to  her:  Where 
hast  thou  gleaned  to-day,  and  where  hast  thou 
wrought?  blessed  be  he  that  hath  had  pity  on  thee. 
And  she  told  her  with  whom  she  had  wrought;  and 
she  told  the  man's  name,  that  he  was  called  Booz. 

20  And  Noemi  answered  her:  Blessed  be  he  oi 
the  Lord:  because  the  same  kindness  which  he 
showed  to  the  living,  he  hath  kept  also  to  the  dead. 
And  again  she  said:   The  man  is  our  kinsman. 

21  And  Ruth  said,  He  also  charged  me,  that  I 
should  keep  close  to  his  reapers,  till  all  the  corn 
should  be  reaped. 

22  And  her  mother-in-law  said  to  her:  It  is  bet- 
ter for  thee,  my  daughter,  to  go  out  to  reap  with  his 
maids,  lest  in  another  man's  field  some  one  may  re- 
sist thee. 

23  So  she  kept  close  to  the  maids  of  Booz;  and 
continued  to  glean  with  them,  till  all  the  barley  and 
the  wheat  were  laid  up  in  the  barns. 

CHAP.  III. 

Ruth  instructed  by  her  mother-in-law  lieth  at  Booz,sfeet,  claim- 
ing him  for  her  husband  by  the  law  of  affinity:  she  receiveth 
a  good  answer,  and  six  measures  of  barley. 

AFTER  she  was  returned  to  her  mother-in-law, 
Noemi  said  to  her:  My  daughter,  I  will  seek 
rest  for  thee,  and  will  provide  that  it  may  be  well 
with  thee. 

2  This  Booz,  with  whose  maids  thou  wast  joined 
in  the  field,  is  our  near  kinsman:  and  behold,  this 
night  he  winnoweth  barley  in  the  thrashing-floor. 

3  Wash  thy  self  therefore,  and  anoint  thee,  and 
put  on  thy  best  garments,  and  go  down  to  the  barn 
floor :  but  let  not  the  man  see  thee,  till  he  shall  have 
done  eating  and  drinking. 

4  And  when. he  shall  go  to  sleep,  mark  the  place 
wherein  he  sleepeth:  and  thou  shalt  go  in,  and  lift 
up  the  clothes  wherewith  he  is  covered  towards  his 
feet,  and  shalt  lay  thyself  down  there :  and  he  will 
tell  thee  what  thou  must  do. 

5  She  answered:  whatsoever  thou  shalt  command, 
I  will  do. 

6  And  she  went  down  to  the  barn-floor,  and  did 
all  that  her  mother-in-law  had  bid  her. 

7  And  when  Booz  had  eaten,  and  drunk,  and 
was  merry,  he  went  to  sleep  by  the  heap  of  sheaves: 
and  she  came  softly,  and  uncovering  his  feet,  laid  her- 
self down. 

8  And  behold,  when  it  was  now  midnight  the 
man  was  afraid,  and  troubled:  and  he  saw  a  woman 
lying  at  his  feet: 

9  And  he  said  to  her:  Who  art  thou?  And  she 
answered:  I  am  Ruth  thy  handmaid:  spread  thy 
coverlet  over  thy  servant, forthouartanearkinsman. 

10  And  he  said:  Blessed  art  thou  of  the  Lord, 
my  daughter;  and  thy  latter  kindness*  has  surpass 


the  law,  and  not  following  after  young  men. 
then  in  years. 

209 


For  Booz,  it  teems,  «u 


RUTH. 


ed  the  former:  because  thou  hast  not  followed  young 
men  either  poor  or  rich. 

1 1  Fear  not  therefore,  hut  whatsoever  thou  shah 
say  to  me  I  will  do  to  thee.  For  all  the  people 
that  dwell  within  the  gates  of  my  city,  know  that 
thou  art  a  virtuous  woman. 

I  J  Neither  <lo  I  deny  myself  to  be  near  of  kin; 
hut  there  is  another  nearer  than  I. 

13  Rest  thou  this  flight:  and  when  morning  is 
come,  if  he  will  take  thee  by  the  r i u. h t  of  kindled. 
all  is  well:  hut  if  he  will  not,  I"  will  undoubtedly  take 
ther.  «s  the  l.ord  livelh:   sleep  till  the  morning.  ■ 

1  i  So  she  slept  at  his  feet  till  the  night  was  going 
off.  Ami  she  arose  before  men  could  know  one 
another:  and  Boo/  said:  Beware  lest  any  man  know 
that  thou  earnest  hither. 

15  And  again  he  said:  Spread  thy  mantle,  where- 
with thou  art  covered,  and  hold  it  with  both  hands. 
And  when  she  spread  it  and  held  if,  he  measured 
six  measures  of  harley,  and  laid  it  ii|ton  her.  And 
she  carried  it,  and  went  into  the  eitv. 

16  And  came  to  her  mother-in-law.  Who  said 
to  her:  What  hast  thou  done,  daughter?  And  she 
told  her  all  that  the  man  had  done  to  her. 

17  And  she  said:  Behold,  he  hath  given  me  six 
measures  of  harley:  for  he  said:  I  will  not  hate 
thee  to  return  empty  to  thv  mother-in-law. 

18  And  Noemi  said:  Wait,  my  daughter,  till  we 
see  what  end  the  thing  will  have.  For  the  man 
w  ill  not  rest  until  he  have  accomplished  what  he 
hath  said. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Upon  the  refusal  of  I he  nrarir  kinsman,   fi'toz    marriith    Until, 
who  bring*  forth  Obnl,  the  gratuifathrr  of  Durid. 

HPHKN  Booz  went  up  to  the  gate,  and  sat  there. 
-*-  And  when  he  had  seen  the  kinsman  going  by, 
of  whom  he  had  spoken  before,  he  said  to  him,  call- 
ing him  by  his  name:  Turn  aside  for  a  little  while, 
and  sit  down  here.      He  turned  aside,  and  sat  down. 

2  And  Booz  taking  ten  men  of  the  ancients  of 
the  eitv,  said  to  them:  S'n  ye  down  here. 

3  They  sat  dow  n.  and  he  spoke  to  the  kinsman  : 
Noemi,  who  is  returned  from  the  country  of  Moah, 
a  ill  sell  a  parcel  of  land  that  belonged  to  our  brother 
Elimeh  eh. 

4  I  would  have  thee  to  understand  this,  and 
would  tell  thee  before  all  that  sit  lint,  and  liefore 
the  ancients  of  mv  people.  If  thou  wilt  take  pos- 
session of  it  by  the  right  of  kindred,  buy  it,  and  |k>s- 
sess  it.  But  if  it  please  thee  not,  tell  me  so,  that  I 
may  know  what  I  have  to  do.  For  there  is  no  near 
kinsman  l>esides  thee,  who  art  first,  and  me,  who 
am  second.      But  he  answered:  I  will  liny  the  field. 

5  And  Booz  said  to  him:    When  thou  shall  buy 
the  field  at  the  woman's  hand,  thou   must  take  also 
l!uth  the   Moabitess,  who  was  the  wife  of  the  de 
ceased;  to  raise  up  the  name  of  thy  kinsman  in  his 
inheritance 

810 


6  He  answered:  I  yield  up  my  right  of  next  akin. 
for  I  must  not  cut  offthe  posterity  of  my  own  lamib. 
Do  thou  make  use  of  my  privilege,  which  I  profess 
I  do  w  illingly  ton 

7  Now  this  in  former  times  was  the  manner  in 
Israel  between  kinsmen,  that  if  at  any  time  one 
yielded  his  right  to  another;  that  the  grant  might 
Im-  sure,  the  man  put  off  his  shoe,  and  gave  it  to  his 
neighbour:  this  was  a  testimony  of  cession  oi'  right 
in  Israel. 

8  So  Booz  said  to  his  kinsman:  Put  off  thy  shoe. 
And  immediately  he  took  it  olffrom  his  foot. 

9  And  he  said  to  the  ancients  and  to  all  the  peo- 
ple: You  are  witnesses  thisdav,  that  I  have  bought 
all  that  was  Flimclech's,  and  Che  lion's,  and  Alaha- 
lon's,  of  the  hand  of  Noemi: 

10  And  have  taken  to  wife  Ruth  the  Moabitess, 
the  will-  of  Mahalou,  to  raise  up  the  name  of  the 
deceased  in  his  inheritance,  lest  his  name  !>e  cut  otf 
from  among  his  family  and  his  hn  thren  and  Ins  peo- 
ple.     YoU]  I  say,  are  witnesses  of  this  thing. 

11  Then  all  the  people  that  were  in  the  gate,  and 
the  ancients  answered  :  We  are  witnesses:  The  Lord 
make  this  woman  who  cometh  into  thy  house,  likr 
Rachel,  and  Lia,  who  built  up  the  house  of  Israel 
that  she  may  he  an  example  of  virtue  in  Kphrata,' 
and  may  have  a  famous  name  in  Bethlehem: 

12  And  that  the  house  may  lie.  as  the  house  ol 
Phares,  whom  Thamar  bore  unto  Judn,  of  the  seed 
which  the  Ford  shall  give  thee  of  this  young  woman 

13  Booz  therefore  took  Ruth,  and  married  her, 
and  he  went  in  unto  her:  and  the  Lord  gave  her  to 
conceive,  and  to  bear  a  son. 

14  And  the  woman  said  to  Noemi:  Blessed  Ik- the 
Lord,  who  hath  not  suffered  thy  family  to  want  a 
successor;  that  his  name  should  be  preserved  in  Is- 
rael: 

15  And  thou  shouldst  have  one  to  comfort  thy 
soul,  and  cherish  thy  old  age.  For  he  is  liorn  of 
thy  daughter-in-law,  who  lo\eth  thee;  and  is  much 
hitter  to  thee,  than  if  thou  hadst  set  en  sons. 

16  And  Noemi  taking  the  child,  laid  it  in  her 
bosom  :  and  slit-  carried  it,  and  was  a  nurse  unto 
it. 

17  And  the  women  her  neighbours,  congratula- 
ting with  her,  and  saying:  There  is  a  son  l>ori)  to 
Noemi;  called  his  name  Obcd:  he  is  the  father  of 
lsai,  the  faiher  of  David. 

1 8  These  are  the  generations  of  Phares :  Phares 
he  got   Ksron: 

19  Ksron   begot  Aram:  Aram  begot  Aminadab: 

20  Aminadab  begot  Nahasson  :  Nahasson  begot 
Salmon  : 

21  Salmon  liegot  Booz :  Booz  begot  Obeil 

22  Obed  liegot  lsai:  lsai  begot  Dai  id. 


Ey+rmU.     Another 


nf  tirthieheai 


THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF  SAMUEL, 


OTHERWISE  CALLED 


ttn 


THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF  KINGS. 


This  and  thefoUowing  book  are  railed  by  the  Hebrews  the  books 
of  Samuel,  because  they  contain  the  history  of  Samuel,  and  of 
the  two  kings,  Saul  and  David,  whom  he  anointed.  They  are 
more  commonly  named  by  the  Fathers,  the  first  andsecond  book 
of  kings.  Ax  to  the  writer  of  them,  it  is  the  common  opinion 
that  Samuel  composed  the  first  book,  as  far  as  the.  twenty-fifth 
chapter  ;  and  that  the  prophets  Nathan  and  Gad  finished  the 
first,  and  urote  the  second  book.     See  1  Paralipomenon,  alias 

1  Chronicles  xix.  iy. 

CHAP.  I. 

Anna  the  wife  of  Elcana  being  barren,  by  vow  and  prayer  ob- 
taimth  a  son  ;  whom  she  callcth  Samuel:  and  presenteth  him 
to  the  service  of  God  in  Silo,  according  to  her  vow. 

T INHERE  was  a  man  of  Ramathaimsophim,  of 
-*-     mount   Ephraim,  and  his  name  whs  Elcana, 
the  son  of  Jehoram,  the  son  of  Eliu,   the  son  of 
Tliohu,  the  son  of  Suph,  an  Ephraimite  :* 

2  And  he  had  two  wives  ;  the  name  of  one  was 
Anna,  and  the  name  of  the  other  Phenenna.  Phe- 
nenna  had  children:  but  Anna  had  no  children. 

3  And  this  man  went  up  out  of  his  city  upon  the 
appointed  days,  to  adore,  and  to  offer  sacrifice  to 
the  Lord  of  hosts  in  Silo.  And  the  two  sons  of  Heli, 
Oplmi  and  Phinees,  were  there  priests  of  the 
Loid. 

4  Now  the  day  came,  and  Elcana  offered  sacri- 
fice, and  cave  to  Phenenna  his  wife,  and  to  all  her 
sons  and  daughters,  portions  : 

5  But  to  Anna  he  gave  one  portion  with  sorrow, 
because  he  loved  Anna.  And  the  Lord  had  shut  up 
her  womb. 

6  Her  rival  also  afflicted  her,  and  troubled  her 
exceedingly,  insomuch  that  she  upbraided  her,  that 
the  Lord  had  shut  up  her  womb : 

7  And  thus  she  did  every  year,  when  the  time 
returned,  that  they  went  up  to  the  temple  of  the 
Lord  :  and  thus  she  provoked  her :  but  Anna" wept, 
and  did  not  eat. 

8  Then  Elcana  her  husband  said  to  her  :  Anna, 
why  weepest  thou  ?  And  why  dost  thou  not  eat  ? 
and  why  dost  thou  afflict  thy  heart  ?  Am  not  I  bet- 
ter to  thee,  than  ten  children  ? 

9  So  Anna  arose  after  she  had  eaten  and  drunk 
in  Silo :  And  Heli  the  priest  sitting  upon  a  stool 
before  the  door  of  the  temple  of  the  Lord  : 

10  As  Anna  had  her  heart  full  of  grief,  she 
prayed  to  the  Lord,  shedding  many  tears, 

1 1  And  she  made  a  vow,  saying :  O  Lord  of 
hosts,  if  thou  wilt  look  down,  and  wilt  be  mindful 
of  me,  and  not  forget  thy  handmaid,  and  wilt  give 
to  thy  servant  a  man-child:  I  will  give  him  to  the 
Lord  all  the  days  of  his  life ;  and  no  razor  shall 
come  upon  his  head. 

*  Jtn  Ephrnimil'.     lie  wis  of  the  tribe  of  Levi,  1  Paralip.  vi.  34.  but 
is  called  an  Eph .  amite  from  dwelling  "■  mount  Ephiaim. 


12  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  she  multiplied  prajers 
before  the  Lord,  that  Heli  observed  her  mouth. 

13  Now  Anna  spoke  in  her  heart,  and  only  her 
lips  moved,  but  her  voice  was  not  heard  at  all.  Heli 
therefore  thought  her  to  be  drunk,  , 

14  And  said  to  her :  How  long  wilt  thou  be 
drunk  ?  digest  a  little  the  wine,  of  which  thou  hast 
taken  too  much. 

15  Anna  answering,  said  :  Not  so,  my  lord  :  for 
1  am  an  exceeding  unhappy  woman,  and  have  drunk 
neither  wine  nor  any  strong  drink  ;  but  I  have 
poured  out  my  soul  before  the  Lord. 

16  Count  not  thy  handmaid  for  one  of  thedaugh- 
ters  of  Belial :  for  out  of  the  abundauce  of  my  sor- 
row and  grief  have  1  spoken  till  now. 

17  Then  Heli  said  to  her :  Go  in  peace  :  and  the 
God  of  Israel  grant  thee  thy  petitiou,  which  thou 
hast  asked  of  him. 

18  And  she  said  :  Would  to  God  thy  handmaid 
may  find  grace  in  thy  eyes.  So  the  woman  went 
on  her  way,  and  ate;  and  her  countenance  was  no 
more  changed. 

19  And  they  rose  in  the  morning,  and  worship- 
ped before  the  Lord  :  and  they  returned,  and  came 
into  their  house  at  Ramatha.  And  Elcana  knew 
Anna  his  wife:  And  the  Lord  remembered  her. 

20  And  it  came  to  pass  when  the  time  was  come 
about,  Anna  conceived  and  bore  a  son,  and  called 
his  name  Samuel :f  because  she  had  asked  him  of 
the  Lord. 

21  And  Elcana  her  husband  went  up,  and  all  his 
house,  to  offer  to  the  Lord  the  solemn  sacrifice,  and 
his  vow. 

22  But  Anna  went  not  up:  but  she  said  to  her 
husband:  I  will  not  go  till  the  child  be  weaned,  and 
till  I  may  carry  him,  that  he  may  appear  before  the 
Lord,  and  may  abide  always  there. 

23  And  Elcana  her  husband  said  to  her :  Do 
what  seemeth  good  to  thee,  and  stay  till  thou  wean 
him:  and  I  pray  that  the  Lord  may  fulfil  his  word. 
So  the  woman  staid  at  home,  and  gave  her  son 
suck,  till  she  weaned  him. 

24  And  after  she  had  weaned  him,  she  carried 
him  with  her,  with  three  calves,  and  three  bushels 
of  flour,  and  a  bottle  of  wine:  and  she  brought  him 
to  the  house  of  the  Lord  in  Silo.  Now  the  child 
was  as  yet  very  young : 

25  And  they  immolated  a  calf,  and  offered  the 
child  to  Heli. 

26  And  Anna  said  :  I  beseech  thee,  my  lord,  as 
thy  soul  liveth,  my  lord :  1  am  that  woman  who 
stood  before  thee  here  praying  to  the  Lord. 


f  SamueL     This  name  imports,  Jisked  of  God. 


211 


I.  KIN*,-. 


27  For  this  child  did  I  pray:  and  the  Lord  hath 
granted  me  my  |x-tition,  which  1  asked  of  him. 

28  Therefore  I  also  have  lent  him  to  the  Lord. 
all  the  days  of  his  life.  he  shall  l>c  lent  to  the  Lord. 
And  thv\  adored  the  Lord  there.  And  Anna  prat- 
ed, and  -aid : 

i  ii  \r.  ii. 

TTkt  rantirle  of  Anna.  7 V  tricKtdnrtt  of  the  torn  of  Ilrli :  for 
»hich  they  are  not  rliil*  rorrcctcd  by  ihtir  father.  A  propter  y 
against  the  house  of  llrli. 

TVTV heart  hath  rejoiced  in  the  Lord,  and  my  horn* 
-L"-*-  is  exalted  in  my  (iod:  my  mouth  is  enlarged 
over  my  enemies  :  because  I  have  joyed  in  thy  sal- 
vation. 

J  There  is  none  holy  as  the  Lord  is:  for  there 
is  no  other  beside  thee,  and  there  is  none  Strong 
like  our  God. 

3  Do  not  multiply  to  speak  lofty  things,  boast- 
ing :  let  old  matters  depart  from  your  mouth  :  for  the 
Lord  i>  a  God  of  all  knowledge,  and  to  him  are 
thoughts  prepared. 

\  The  boW  of  the  mighty  is  overcome,  and  the 
weak  are  cirt  with  strength. 

5  They  that  w  ere  lull  Im  fore  have  hired  out  them- 
selves for  bread  :  and  the  hungry  are  Idled,  so  that 
the  barren  hath  borae  many:  and  she  that  had  many 
children  is  weakened. 

6  The  Lord  killeth,  and  maketh  alive  :  he  bring- 
eth  down  to  hell,  and  hliogetfa  back  SgHttl. 

7  The  Lord  maketh  poor,  and  maketh  rich:  be 
humbleth,  and  hccxaltclh. 

8  He  raiseth  up  the  needy  from  the  dust,  and 
bfteth  up  the  poor  from  the  dunghill:  thai  he  ma) 
sit  with  princes,  and  hold  the  throne  of  glory.  For 
the  poles  of  the  earth  are  the  Lord's;  and  upon  them 
he  hath  set  the  world. 

!'    He  will  keep  the    feet  of    his  saints:    and  the 

wicked  shall  hesitant  in  darkness,  because  no  man 

shall  prevail  bv  his  own  Strength. 

10  The  adversaries  of  the  Lord  shall  fear  him: 
and  upon  them  shall  he  thunder  in  the  heavens  : 
The  Lord  shall  judge  the  ends  of  the  earth  :  and  he 
shall  give  empire  to  his  kim;,  and  shall  exalt  the 
horn  of  his  (  iirist. 

11  And  Llcana  went  to  Ramatha,  to  his  house: 
but  the  child  ministered  in  the  siidit  of  the  Lord 
before  the  face  of  Heli  the  priest. 

12  Now  the  sons  of  Heli  were  children  of  Belial, 
nor  knowing  the  Lord, 

13  Nor  the  office  ol  the  priests  to  the  people '.  but 

w  hosoever  had  offered  s  sacrifice,  the  servant  of  the 
priest  came,  while  the  flesh  was  in  boiling,  with  a 
flesh-hook  of  three  teeth  in  his  hand, 

1  \  And  thrust  it  into  the  kettle,  or  into  the  caul- 
dron, or  into  the  |>ot,  or  into  the  pan:    and  all    that 


m  My  ktr*.  The  aora  in  the  asrtptMfM  Me/nine*  »trenjrth,  power. 
and  glory  :  ao  the  born  n  uid  to  be  exalted,  when  a  pernio  receive*  an 
iacreaae  of  «trrnrih  or  clory. 
/  t  JVa»  skmtt  •rrjr/rr  kim.  'llv  the«e  won).  Heli  would  hare  hit  nm 
aodenland.  that  by  their  wiekrd  ahme  of  «arre>l  thin**,  and  of  the 
rery  aacrificea  which  were  appointed  to  anncaw  the  Lord,  thevdepri- 
Ted  ihemaelvea  of  the  ordinary  mean*  of  reconciliation   with  God: 

SIS 


the  flesh-hook  Drought  on.  the  priest  took  to  himself 

Thus  diil  they  (<>  all  Israel  (hat  came  to  Silo. 

1.)  Also  In  lure  the]  burnt  the  fat.  the  Servant  ol 
the  priest  came,  and  said  to  the  man  that  sacrificed: 
(nve  me  flesh  to  boil  for  the  priest:  lor  I  will  not 
take  of  thee  sodden  flesh,  but  raw. 

16  And  he  that  sacrificed  said  to  him:  Let  tin  fat 
first  be  hurnt  (o-da\  according  to  the  custom;  and 
then    take    as  much    as    thy  sotd  des'mih.     But  he 

answered, and  said  to  him:  Not  mi:  but  ilmti  shall 

give  it  me  now,  or  else  I  will  take  it  by  force. 

17  Wherefore  the   sin  of  the  VOQngtneD  wa 

ceeding  great  before  the  Lord:  because  they  with- 
drew men  from  the  sacrifice  of  the  Lord. 

18  Hut  Samuel  ministered  before  the  face  of  the 
Lord:  being  a  child  girded  with  a  linen  rpbod. 

19  And  his  mother  made  him  a  little  coat,  which 
she  brought  to  him  on  the  appointed  days,  when 
she  went  up  with  her  huslr.ind,  to  oiler  the  solemn 
sacrifice. 

_'U  And  Heli  blessed  Khana  and  his  wife:  and 
he  said  him:  The  Lord  give  thee  seed  of  this  wo- 
man, for  the  loan  thou  hast  lent  to  the  Lord.  And 
they  Went  to  their  ow  n  home. 

21  And  the  Lord  visited  Anna:  and  she  conceiv- 
ed, and  bore  three  sons,  mid  twodaughtets:  and  the 
child  Samuel  became  great  before  the  Lord. 

22  Now  llrli  was  very  Old;  and  be  heard  all 
that  his  sons  did  to  all  Israel,  and  how  they  la)  with 
the  women  that  waited  at  ihe  door  of  the  taln-r- 
nacle: 

23  And  he  said  lo  them  :  Why  do  ye  these  kind 
of  things,  which  I  hear,  \cry  wicked  things,  from 
all  the  people? 

24  Do  not  so,  my  sons:  for  it  is  no  good  re|K>rt 
that  I  bear,  that  you  make  the  people  of  the  Lord 
to  traiis-n  vs. 

25  If  one  man  shall  sin  against  another,  God  may- 
be appeased    in  his  behalf:    but   if  a  man   shall  sin 
against  the   Lord,  who  shall  pray  for  him.'t      And 
they  hearkened  not  to  the  voice  of  their  rather,  be 
cause  the  Lord  would  slay  them. 

26  Hut  the  child  Samuel  advanced,  and  grew  on, 
and  phased  both  the  Lord  and  men. 

11  And  there  came  a  man  of  God  to  Heli,  ami 
said  lo  him:  Thus  saith  the  Lord:  Did  I  not  plainly 
appeal  to  thy  father's  house,  when  they  were  in 
Egypt  I"  the  house  of  Pbarao  ? 

cl\\  And  I  chose  him  out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel 
to  be  my  priest,  to  go  up  to  my  altar,  and  burn  in- 
oense  to  me,  and  to  wens  the  ephod  before  me  :  and 
I  gave  t<>  thy  father's  boose  ol  all  the  sacrifices  of 
the  children  of  Israel: 

I  Why  have  \oii  kit  kid  away  my  victims,  anil 
my  cilis  w  Inch  I  commanded  to  he  offered  in  the 
temple:    ami   thou    hast  rather   honoured   thy  sous 


whirh  wat  by  nacrificea.  The  more,  becavae  a*  they  were  the  raw/ 
prw«»,  whoas  b«aine«  it  wa»  to  intercede  for  all  otln  r»,  they  bad  wo 
oilier  to  offer  tacrince  and  to  make  atonement  far  (hi  in. 

Ibid.     Btcmmtt  tkt  Leri  vouU  tin  tktm.   In  -re  of  their  ma- 

nifold ncrilegca,  be,  wmiMnot  *>lten  their  bcarta  with  bin  cfict 
r/race,  but  wat  determined  lo  deal  I 


CHAP.  Ill,  IV. 


than  me,  to  eat  the  first-fruits  of  every  sacrifice  of 
mv  people  Israel  ? 

"30  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  the  God  of 
Israel  ■  I  said  indeed  that  thy  house,  and  the  house 
of  thy  father  should  minister  in  my  sight,  for  ever. 
Hut  now  saith  the  Lord:  Far  be  this  from  me:  but 
whosoever  shall  glorify  me,  him  will  I  glorify:  but 
they  that  despise  me,  shall  be  despised. 

3l  Heboid,  the  days  come  :  and  1  will  cut  off"  thy 
arm,  and  the  arm  of  thy  father's  house,  that  there 
shall  not  be  an  old  man  in  thy  house. 

31  And  thou  shalt  see  thy  rival*  in  the  temple, 
in  ail  the  prosperity  of  Israel :  and  there  shall  not 
be  an  old  man  in  thy  house  for  ever. 

33  However  I  will  not  altogether  take  away  a 
man  of  thee  from  my  altar;  but  that  thy  eyes  may 
faint,  and  thy  soul  be  spent :  and  a  great  part  of 
thy  house  shall  die  when  they  come  to  man's  estate. 

34  And  this  shall  be  a  sign  to  thee,  that  shall 
come  upon  thy  two  sons,  Ophni  and  Phinees:  In 
one  day  they  shall  both  of  them  die. 

35  And  I  will  raise  me  up  a  faithful  priest,  who 
shall  do  according  to  my  heart,  and  my  soul :  and  I 
will  build  him  a  faithful  house,  and  he  shall  walk 
all  days  before  my  anointed. 

36  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  whosoever 
shall  remain  in  thy  house,  shall  come  that  he  may 
lie  prayed  for,  and  shall  offer  a  piece  of  silver,  and 
a  roll  of  bread,  and  shall  say:  Put  me,  I  beseech 
thee,  to  somewhat  of  the  priestly  office,  that  I  may 
eat  a  morsel  of  bread. 

CHAP.  III. 

Samuel  is  four  times  called  by  the  Lord:  who  revealcthto  him 
the  evil  that  shall  fall  on  Heli,  and  his  house. 

NOW  the  child  Samuel  ministered  to  the  Lord 
before  Heli:  and  the  word  of  the  Lord  was 
preciousf  in  those  days;  there  was  no  manifest  vision. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass  one  day  when  Heli  lay  in 
his  place,  and  his  eyes  were  grown  dim,  that  he 
could  not  see : 

3  Before  the  lamp  of  God  went  out,  Samuel  slept 
in  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  where  the  ark.  of  God  was. 

4  And  the  Lord  called,  Samuel.  And  he  an- 
swered: Here  am  I. 

5  And  he  ran  to  Heli,  and  said:  Here  am  I:  for 
thou  didst  call  me.  He  said:  I  did  not  call;  go 
back,  and  sleep.     And  he  went,  and  slept. 

6  And  the  Lord  called  Samuel  again.  And 
Samuel  arose,  and  went  to  Heli,  and  said:  Here  am 
I ;  for  thou  calledst  me.  He  answered  :  I  did  not 
call  thee,  my  son;  return,  and  sleep. 

7  Now  Samuel  did  not  yet  know  the  Lord: 
neither  had  the  word  of  the  Lord  been  revealed  to  him. 

8  And  the  Lord  called  Samuel  again  the  third 
time.     And  he  arose  up,  and  went  to  Heli, 

9  And  said:  Here  am  I;  for  thou  didst  call  me. 


*  7Tky  rival.  A  priest  of  another  race.  This  was  partly  fulfilled, 
when  Abiathar,  of  the  race  of  Heli,  was  removed  from  the  priesthood, 
and  Saduc,  who  was  of  another  line,  was  »ubstituted  in  his  place.  But 
It  was  more  fully  accomplished  in  the  New  Testament,  when  the 
priesthood  of  Aaron  gave  place  to  that  of  Christ 


Then  Heli  understood  that  the  Lord  railed  ^he 
child:  and  he  said  to  Samuel:  Go,  and  sleep:  and 
if  he  shall  call  thee  any  more,  thou  shalt  say: 
Speak,  Lord,  for  thy  servant  hearcth.  So  Samuel 
went,  and  slept  in  his  place. 

10  And  the  Lord  came,  and  stood:  and  he  call- 
ed as  he  had  called  the  other  times,  Samuel,  Samuel. 
And  Samuel  said:  Speak,  Lord,  for  thy  servant 
heareth : 

11  And  the  Lord  said  to  Samuel:  Behold,  I  do 
a  thing  in  Israel:  and  whosoever  shall  hear  it,  both 
his  ears  shall  tingle. 

12  In  that  day  I  will  raise  up  against  Heli  all  the 
things  I  have  spoken  concerning  his  house :  I  will 
begin,  and  I  will  make  an  end. 

13  For  I  have  foretold  unto  him,  that  I  will  judge 
his  house  for  ever,  for  iniquity;  because  he  knew 
that  his  sons  did  wickedly,  and  did  not  chastise  them. 

14  Therefore  have  I  sworn  to  the  house  of  Heli, 
that  the  iniquity  of  his  house  shall  not  be  expiated 
with  victims  nor  offerings  for  ever.^ 

15  And  Samuel  slept  till  morning,  and  opened 
the  doors  of  the  house  of  the  Lord.  And  Samuel 
feared  to  tell  the  vision  to  Heli. 

16  Then  Heli  called  Samuel,  and  said:  Samuel, 
my  son.     And  he  answered  :  Here  am  I. 

17  And  he  asked  him:  What  is  the  word  that 
the  Lord  hath  spoken  to  thee  ?  I  beseech  thee,  hide 
it  not  from  me.  May  God  do  so  and  so  to  thee, 
and  add  so  and  so,  if  thou  hide  from  me  one  word 
of  all  that  were  said  to  thee. 

18  So  Samuel  told  him  all  the  words,  and  did 
not  hide  them  from  him.  And  he  answered:  It  is 
the  Lord  :  let  him  do  what  is  good  in  his  sight. 

19  And  Samuel  grew;  and  the  Lord  was  with 
him;  and  not  one  of  his  words  fell  to  the  ground. 

20  And  all  Israel  from  Dan  to  Bersebee,  knew 
that  Samuel  was  a  faithful  prophet  of  the  Lord. 

21  And  the  Lord  again  appeared  in  Silo,  for  the 
Lord  revealed  himself  to  Samuel  in  Silo,  accord- 
ing to  the  word  of  the  Lord.  And  the  word  of 
Samuel  came  to  pass  to  all  Israel. 

CHAP.  IV. 

The  Israelites  being  overcome  by  the  Philistines,  send  for  the  ark 
of  God  :  but  they  are  beaten  again  :  the  sons  of  Heli  are  kill- 
ed, and  the  ark  taken:  upon  the  hearing  of  the  news,  Heli 
falltth  backicard,  and  dieth. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  those  days,  that  the  Phi- 
listines gathered  themselves  together  to  fight : 
and  Israel  went  out  to  war  against  the  Philistines, 
and  camped  by  the  Stone  of  help.J  And  the 
Philistines  came  to  Aphec, 

2  And  put  their  army  in  array  against  Israel. 
And  when  they  had  joined  battle,  Israel  turned  their 
backs  to  the  Philistines:  and  there  were  slain  in 
that  fight  here  and  there  in  the  fields  about  four 
thousand  men. 

f  Precioui.     That  is,  rare. 

\  The  Stone  of  help.  In  Hebrew,  Eben-ezer;  so  called  from  the  help 
which  the  Lord  was  pleased  afterwards  to  give  to  his  people  Israel  in 
that  place,  by  the  prayers  of  Samuel,  chap.  vii.  12. 

*ia 


1.  KINGS. 


3  And  the  people  returned  to  the  camp:  and  the 
ancients  of  Israel  said:  VVhjj  liatli  tlie  Lord  defeat- 
ed lis  to-day  before  the  Philistines?  Let  us  fetch 
unto  ns  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  from 
Silo,  and  let  it  come  in  the  midst  <>l  us,  that  it  may 
save  us  from  the  hand  ol  our  enemies. 

4  Sc  the  |x  o|ilc  sent  to  Silo:  and  they  brought 
from  (lieuee  the  ark  oi  the  covenant  ol  the  Lord  ol 
IhMs.  sitting  ii|>on  the  Cheruhims:  and  the  two  mmi> 
of  Heli,  Ophni  and  Phinees,  w<  re  with  the  ark  of 
the  covenant  of  God. 

5  And  when  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord 
was  eome  into  the  camp,  all  Israel  shouted  with  a 
great  shout;   and  the  earth  rang  again. 

6  \nd  the  Philistines  heard  the  noise  of  the 
sholil:  and  they  said:  What  is  this  noise  of  a  treat 
shout  in  the  Camp  of  the  Hi •hrewsr  And  they  un- 
derstood that  the  ark  of  the  Lord  was  come  into 
the  camp. 

7  And  the  Philistines  were  afraid,  saying:  God 
is  come  into  the  camp.      And  sighing,  they  said: 

8  Wo  to  u.-<:  for  there  was  no  such  great  joy  yes- 
terday and  the  dav  before:  Wo  to  us.  Who  shall 
deliver  us  from  the  hand  of  these  high  Gods.'  these 
are  the  Gods  that  struck  Egypt  with  all  the  plagues 
in  the  desert. 

9  Take  courage,  and  bt  have  like  men,  ye  Phi- 
listines: lest  you  COtrM  to  he  servants  to  the  He- 
brews, as  they  have  served  you:  take  courage,  and 
right. 

10  So  the  Philistines  fought;  and  Israel  was 
overthrown:  and  every  man  fled  to  his  own  dwell- 
ing: and  there  was  an  exceeding  gnat  slaughter; 
for  there  fell  of  Israel  thirty  thousand  footmen. 

11  And  the  ark  pf  (iod  was  taken:  anil  the  two 
sons  of   Heli,  Ophuinud  Phinees,  weie  slain. 

I  J  And  there  ran  a  man  of  Benjamin  out  of  the 
armv,  and  came  to  Silo  the  same  day,  with  his 
clothes  rent,  and  his  head  strew  td  with  dust. 

13  And  when  he  was  come,  Heli.  sat  upon  a 
stool  over-against  the  way  watching.  For  his  heart 
was  fearful  for  the  ark  of  (iod.  And  when  the 
man  was  come  into  the  city,  he  told  it:  and  all  the 
city  cried  out. 

II  And  Heli  heard  the  noise  of  the  cry:. and  he 
said:  What  meaneth  the  noise  of  this  uproar?  but 
he  made  haste,  and  came,  and  told  Heli. 

15  Now  Heli  was  ninety  and  eight  \  ears  old;  and 
his  eyes  were  dim.  and  he  could  not  see. 

Ifi  And  he  said  to  Heli:  I  am  he  that  came 
from  the  battle,  and  have  fled  out  of  the  field  this 
d.n.  And  he  said  to  him  :  What  is  there  done,  my 
sou  ? 

17  And  he  that  brought  the  news  answered,  and 
said:  Israel  is  fled  before  the  Philistines;  and  there 
has  been  a  great  slaughter  of  the  people:  moreover 
thy  sons,  Ophni  and  Phinees,  are  dead:  and  the  ark 
of  <  iod  is  taken. 

lb*  And  when  he  had  named  the  ark*  of  God,  he 

•  .VmurflA*  mrk,  Ift.  There  n  (Treat  l«aaon,  by  mil  the*e  cimitn- 
•law.-v  to  hope  that  lii-h  ili.-.l  m  ihe  state  of  grave  ;  awl  by  hu  tem- 
poral punishments  e*<-ape«l  tlw  eternal. 

f  Ift  lawf      That  u,  WTurt  it  tkt  fiery  r  or,  ttm  i»  n*  g lery.     We  tee 

114 


fell  from  his  stool  backwards  by  the  door,  and  nroae 
his  neck,  and  died,  For  he  was  an  old  man,  and 
far  advanced  in  years.  And  he  judged  [trad  forty 
years. 

19  And  his  daughter-in-law  the  wile  of  Phim 
was  dig  with  child,  and  near  her  time  :  and  hearing 
the  news  that  lite  ark  ot  (itx!  was  taken,  and  her  fa- 
ther-in-law ,  anil  her  husband,  were  dead,  she  bowed 
herself,  and  fell  in  labour:  for  her  pains  come  upon 
her  on  a  sudden. 

20  And  when  she  was  upon  the  point  of  death, 
they  that  stood  about  her  said  to  her:  Fear  nor  for 
thou  hast  hoi ne  a  son.  She  answered  them  not,  nor 
ga\e  heed  lo  them. 

21  And  she  called  the  child  It  hahoil.T  saying: 
The  glory   is  gone   from   Israel,   Irccause  the  ark  ol 

(iod  was  takes*  and  for  her  father-in-law,  and  lot 
her  hushand  : 

J  J  And  she  said:  The  glory  is  departed  from  Is- 
rael, hecaiise  the  ark  of  God  was  taken. 

(HAP.  V. 

Dagon  ttrict  fnlUtk  ihitrn  U  furt  tkt  ark.     Tkt  Philistines  |  rt 
t>rinuutly  iifflirtcii,  tckcrivtr  tin  ark  comtth. 

AND  the  Philistines  took  the  ark  of  God,  and 
-£*-   carried  it  from  the  Stone  of  help  inlo   A/.olns. 

2  And  the  Philistines  took  the  ark  of  (iod,  and 
brought  it  into  the  temple  of  Dagon,  and  set  it  by 
Dagon. 

;>  And  when  the  Azotians  arose  early  liie  m  \t 
da?,  behold*  Dagon  lay  upon  his  face  on  the  ground 
before  the  ark  of  the  Lord:  and  they  took  Dagon, 
and  set  him  again  m  his  place. 

■!■  And  the  next  dav  again,  when  they  rose  in  the 
morning,  they  found  Dagon  lying  upon  his  face  on 
the  earth  hcloie  the  irk  ol  the  Lord:  and  the  head 
of  Dagon,  and  both  (ne  palms  of  his  hands,  were 
cut  oil"  upon  the  threshold  : 

5  And  only  the  stump  of  Dagon  remained  in  its 
place.  Fortius  cause  neither  the  priests  of  Dagon. 
nor  any  that  go  into  the  temple  treau  on  the  threshold 
of  Dagon  in  A/.otus  uuio  t Lis  day 

6  And  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  heavy  upon  the 
V/otians:  And  he  destroyed  them,  and  afflicted 
Azotus  and  the  coasts  thereof  with  emerods.  And 
in  the  Milages  and  fields  in  the  midst  of  that  coun- 
try, there  came  forth  a  multitude  ol  mice;  ami  there 
was  the  confusion  of  a  great  mortality  in  the  city. 

7  And  the  men  of  Azotus  seeing  this  kind  ol 
plague,  said:  The  ark  ol  the  God  of  Israel  shall  not 
slay  with  us:  for  his  hand  is  heavy  upon  us,  and 
upon  I  >agon  our  god. 

8  And  sending,  they  gathered  together  all  the 
lords  ol  the  Philistines  to  ihen..  and  said.  What 
shall  we  do  with  the  ark  of  the  God  of  Israel.  And 
the  (iethites  answered:  Let  the  ark  of  the  God  of 
Israel  he  carried  alxiut.  And  they  carried  the  ark 
of  ihe  God  of  Israel  ahout. 

9  And  while  they  wen    carrying  it   altout,    the 


Ikiw  nun  li  taal  Nrarliti-s  huMQted  tlir  Iim  of  the  ark,  wlu<  h  wan  bat 
mhol  "i  GodS  presence  amonrst  lacm.   How  mm  h  more  ought 
li  in«  ti>  lament  tlir  li*»  of  God  bap*  If,  when  by  tin  they  Wave 
■  drove  him  out  of  lhc-ir  souls  > 


CHAP.  VI,  VII. 


hand  of  the  Lord  came  upon  every  city  with  an 
exceeding  great  slaughter:  and  he  smote  the  men 
of  every  city,  both  small  and  great ;  and  they  had 
emerods  in  their  secret  parts.  And  the  Gethiles 
consulted  together,  and  made  themselves  seats  of 
skins. 

10  Therefore  they  sent  the  ark  of  God  into  Ac- 
caron.  And  when  the  ark  of  God  was  come  into 
Aeearon,  the  Aecaronites  cried  out,  saying :  They 
have  brought  the  ark  of  the  God  of  Israel  to  us,  to 
kill  us  and  our  people. 

1 1  They  sent  therefore  and  gathered  together  all 
the  lords  of  the  Philistines:  and  they  said:  Send 
away  the  ark  of  the  God  of  Israel,  and  let  it  return 
into  its  own  place,  and  not  kill  us  and  our  people. 

12  For  there  was  the  fear  of  death  in  every  city, 
and  the  hand  of  God  vyas  exceeding  heavy.  The 
men  also  that  did  not  die,  were  afflicted  with  the 
emerods:  and  the  cry  of  every  city  went  up  to 
heaven. 

CHAP.  VI. 

The  ark  is  gent  back  to  Jietfuames :  where  many  are  slain  for 
looking,  through  curiosity,  into  it. 

NOW  the  ark  of  God  was  in  the  land  of  the 
Philistines  seven  months. 

2  And  the  Philistines  cal'ed  for  the  priests  &nd 
the  diviners,  saying:  What  shall  we  do  with  the  ark 
of  the  Lord  ?  tell  us  how  we  are  to  send  it  back  to 
its  place.     And  they  said: 

3  If  you  send  back  the  ark  of  the  God  of  Israel, 
send  it  not  away  empty;  but  render  unto  him  what 
you  owe  for  sin,  and  then  you  shall  be  healed :  and 
you  shall  know  why  his  hand  departeth  not  from  you. 

4  They  answered :  What  is  it  we  ought  to  ren- 
der unto  him  for  sin?  and  they  answered: 

5  According  to  the  number  of  the  provinces  of 
the  Philistines  you  shall  make  five  golden  emerods, 
and  five  golden  mice :  for  the  same  plague  hath 
been  upon  you  all,  and  upon  your  lords.  And  you 
shall  make  the  likeness  of  your  emerods,  and  the 
likeness  of  the  mice,  that  have  destroyed  the  land : 
and  you  shall  give  glory  to  the  God  of  Israel,  to  see 
if  he  will  take  off  his  hand  from  you,  and  from  your 
gods,  and  from  your  land. 

6  Why  do  you  harden  your  hearts,  as  Egypt  and 
Pharao  hardened  their  hearts?  did  not  he,  after  he 
was  struck,  then  let  them  go,  and  they  departed  ? 

7  Now  therefore  take  and  make  a  new  cart :  and 
two  kine  that  have  calved, on  which  there  hath  come 
no  yoke,  tie  to  the  cart,  and  shut  up  their  calves  at 
home. 

8_  And  you  shall  take  the  ark  of  the  Lord,  and 
lay  it  on  the  cart:  and  the  vessels  of  gold,  which 
von  have  paid  him  for  sin,  you  shall  put  into  a  little 
box,  at  the  side  thereof:  and  send  it  away  that  it 
may  go. 

9And  you  shall  look :  and  if  it  go  up  by  the  way 
of  his  own  coasts  towards  Bethsames,  then  he  hath 
done  us  this  great  evil :  but  if  not,  we  shall  know  that 

*  Seen;  and  curiously  looked  into.     It  is  likely  this  plapne  reached 
to  all  the  neighbouring  country,  ai  w*  11  as  the  city  of  Bethsames. 


it  is  not  his  hand  hath  touched  us,  but  it  hath  happen- 
ed by  chance. 

10  They  did  therefore  in  this  manner:  and  taking 
two  kine,  that  had  sucking  calves,  they  yoked  them 
to  the  cart,  and  shut  up  their  calves  at  home. 

11  And  they  laid  the  ark  of  God  upon  the  cart, 
and  the  little  box  that  had  in  it  the  golden  mice  and 
the  likeness  of  the  emerods. 

12  And  the  kine  took  the  straight  way  that  lead- 
eth  to  Bethsames:  and  they  went  along  the  way, 
lowing  as  they  went,  and  turned  not  aside  neither 
to  the  right  hand  nor  to  the  left:  and  the  lords  of 
the  Philistines  followed  them  as  far  as  the  borders 
of  Bethsames. 

13  Now  the  Bethsamites  were  reaping  wheat  in 
the  valley :  and  lifting  up  their  eyes  they  saw  the 
ark,  arid  rejoiced  to  see  it. 

14  And  the  cart  came  into  the  field  of  Josue  a 
Bethsamite,  and  stood  there.  And  there  was  a 
great  stone,  and  (hey  cut  in  pieces  the  wood  of  the 
cart,  and  laid  the  kine  upon  it  a  holocaust  to  the  Lord. 

15  And  the  Levites  took  down  the  ark  of  God, 
and  the  little  box  that  was  at  the  side  of  it,  where- 
in were  the  vessels  of  gold;  and  they  put  them 
upon  the  great  stone.-  The  men  also  of  Bethsames 
offered  holocausts,  and  sacrificed  victims  that  day 
to  the  Lord. 

16  And  the  five  princes  of  the  Philistines  saw; 
and  they  returned  to  Accaron  the  same  day. 

17  And  these  are  the  golden  emerods,  which 
the  Philistines  returned  for  sin  to  the  Lord :  For 
Azotus  one,  for  Gaza  one,  for  Ascalon  one,  for 
Geth  one,  for  Accaron  one: 

18  And  the  golden  mice  according  to  the  num- 
ber of  the  cities  of  the  Philistines,  of  the  five  pro- 
vinces, from  the  fenced  city  to  the  village  that  was 
without  the  wall,  and  to  the  great  Abel  (the  stone) 
whereon  they  set  down  the  ark  of  the  Lord,  which 
was  till  that  day  in  the  field  of  Josue  the  Bethsamite. 

19  But  he  slew  of  the  men  of  Bethsames,  be- 
cause they  had  seen*  the  ark  of  the  Lord :  and  he 
slew  of  the  people  seventy  men,  and  fifty  thousand 
of  the  common  people.  And  the  people  lamented, 
because  the  Lord  had  smitten  the  people  with  a 
great  slaughter. 

20  And  the  men  of  Bethsames  said :  Who  shall 
be  able  to  stand  before  the  Lord  this  holy  God?  and 
to  whom  shall  he  go  up  from  us? 

21  And  they  sent  messengers  to  the  inhabitants 
of  Cariathiarim,  saying :  The  Philistines  have 
brought  back  the  ark  of  the  Lord :  come  ye  down, 
and  fetch  it  up  to  you. 

CHAP  VII. 

The  ark  is  brought  to  Cariathiarim.  By  SamueFs  exhortation, 
the  people  cast  away  their  idols,  ana'  serve  God  alone.  The 
Lord  defeateth  the  Philistines,  while  Samuel  offereth  sacrifice 

\  ND  the  men  of  Cariathiarim  came,  and  fetched 
-£*■  up  the  ark  of  the  Lord,  and  carried  it  into  the 
house  of  Abinadab  in  Gabaa:f  and  they  sanctified 
FJeazar  his  son,  to  keep  the  ark  of  the  Lord. 

f  In  Gabon.     That  is,  on  the  hill,  for  Gabaa  signifieth  a  tilt 
21 S 


2  And  it  eame  to  puss,  that  from  the  day  the  ark 
of  tin-  Lord  abode  in  (  ariathiarim  days  were  mnlti- 

ntied  (for  it  WUS  now  the  twentieth  year)  and  id  the 
house  of  Israel  reeled  following  the  Lord. 
H  Awl  Samuel  spoke  to  ■II  the  house  of  Israel, 

Mviag:  If  von  turn  to  the  Lord  with  ;dl  your  heait. 
pot  away  the  strange  cods  from  among  Jroa,  Baalim 
and  Astarotli:  anti  prepare  your  hearts  unto  the 
I  rd,  and  serve  him  only:  and  he  w  ill  deliver  you 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  Philistines. 

4  Then  the  Children  of  Israel  ptll  away  Baalim 
and  Astaroth.  and  served  the  Lord  onlv. 

5  And  Samuel  said :  GatheraM  Israel  to  Masphath. 
that  I  mav  prav  to  the  Lord  for  you. 

ti  lad  they  gathered  together  to  Masphath:  and 

lhe\  drew  water,  and  pODPed  it  out  before  the 
Lord,  and  they  fa-ted  on  that  day.  and  they  said 
tlxre:  We  have  sinned  against  the  Lord.  And 
Samuel  lodged  the  children  of  Israel  in  Masphath. 
7  \nd  the  Philistmes  heard  that  the  children  ot 
Israel  were  gathered  together  to  .Masphath  :  and  tin- 
lords  of  the  Philistines  went  up  against  Israel. 
And  when  the  children  of  Israel  heard  this,  they 
were  afraid  of  the  Philistines. 

iid  they  said  to  Samuel;  Cease  not  to  cry- 
to  the  Lord  OBrGod  for  us,  that  he  may  save  us  out 
of  the  hand  of  the  Philistines. 

9  And  Samuel  took  a  sucking  lamb,  and  offered 
it  whole  for  a  holocaust  to  the  Lord:  and  Samuel 
cried  to  the  Lord  for  Israel  :  and  the  Lord  heard 
him. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Samuel  was  of- 
fering the  holocaust,  the  Philistines  began  the  battle 
SgaJnsI  Israel  :  Imt  the  Lord  thundered  with  a  great 
thunder  on  that  day  upon  the  Philistines,  and  terri- 
fied them :  and  they  were  overthrown  before  tin 
face  of  Israel. 

I  1  And  the  men  of  Israel  going  out  of  Masphath 
pursued  after  the  Philistines,  and  made  slaughter  ol 
them  till  they  came  under  Bethchar. 

I  J  \nd  Samuel  took  a  stone,  and  laid  it  between 
Masphath  and  Sen  :  and  he  called  the  place,  The 
Stone  of  help.  And  he  said  :  Thus  far  the  Lord 
hath  helped  us. 

l.j  And  the  Philistines  were  humbled  :  and  they 
did  not  come  any  more  into  the  borders  of  Israel. 
And  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  against  the  Philis- 
tines, all  the  days  of  Samuel. 

14  And  the  cities,  which  the  Philistines  had 
taken  from  Israel,  wen'  restored  to  Israel,  from  Ae- 
raron  to  (Jeth,  and  their  borders  :  and  be  delivered 
Israel  from  the  hand  of  the  Philistines  :  and  there 
\\a>  peace  between  Israel  and  the  Amorrhites. 

15  And  Samuel  judged  Israel  all  the  days  of  his 
life  : 

16  And  be  went  every  year  about  to  Bethel  and 
to  ( ialgal  and  to  Masphath  ;  and  he  judged  Israel  in 
the  foresaid  plac 

•  Rrjtrhd,  tr<  nt  of  Israel  hitherto  ha«  tx-en  a  theoc- 

racy .  in  «  tiinwrlf  immediately  ruled,  hj   law*  which  he  had 

r  himself:  ami 

tt..  . .  tin*   that  hi*  pcoide  «r<«ctad   I iu  dmiriiu*   a 

i  of  (o»«rnineot. 


1.  KTN(.s. 

17  And  lie  returned  to  Hnmatha  :  for  there  was 
his  house,  and  there  he  judged  Israel:   he  built  also 

there  an  altar  to  the  Lord. 


CHAP.  VIII. 

Samuel  groieing  oil,  and  his  sons  not  walking  in  his  mrf*,  lit 
ptople  iltsirr  a  king. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  when  Samuel  was  old,  that 
he  appointed  his  sons  to  be  judges  owr  Israel. 

2  Now  the  name  of  his  first-born  son  was  Joel, 
and    the    name  ol  the  second   was  Abb,  judges  in 

Bersabee. 

3  And  his  sons  walked  not  in  his  ways:  but  they 
turned  aside  alter  lucre,  and  took  bribes,  and  pet- 
verted  lodgment. 

4  Then  all  the  ancients  of  Israel  Ining  assem- 
bled, came  to  Samuel  to  Bamatha. 

5  And  they  said  to  him  :  Behold,  thou  art  old  ; 
and  thy  sons  walk  not  in  thy  ways:  make  us  a 
king,  to  judge  us,  as  all  nations  have. 

<i  And  the  word  was  displeasing  in  the  eyes  of 
Samuel,  that  they  should  say  :  (.iive  us  a  king,  to 
judge  us.      And  Samuel  prayed  to  the  Lord. 

7  And  the  Lord  said  to  Samuel  :  Hearken  to  the 
voice  of  the  people  in  all  that  they  say  to  thee. 
For  they  have  not  rejected*  thee,  but  me,  that  I 
should  not  reign  over  them. 

8  According  to  all  their  works,  they  have  done 
from  the  day  that  I  brought  them  out  of  Egypt  until 
this  day  :  as  they  have  forsaken  me,  and  Served 
Strange  gods,  so  do  they  also  unto  thee. 

9  Now  therefore  hearken  to  their  voice:  hut  yet 
testify  to  them,  and  foretel  them  the  rightf  of  the 
kinu.,  that  shall  reign  over  them. 

10  Then  Samuel  told  all  the  words  of  the  Lord 
to  the  people  that  had  desired  a  king  of  him, 

11  And  said:  This  will  be  the  right  of  the  king, 
that  shall  reign  OVCI  you  :  He  will  take  your  sons, 
and  put  them  in  his  chariots,  and  will  make  them 
his  horsemen,  and  his  running  footmen  to  run  l>e- 
fore  his  chariots. 

12  And  he  w  ill  appoint  of  them  to  be  his  tribunes, 
and  centurions,  and  to  plough  his  fields. and  to  reap 
his  coin,  and  to  make  him  arms  and  chariots. 

13  Your  daughters  also  he  will  take  to  make  him 
ointments,  and  to  be  his  cooks,  and  bakers. 

14  And  he  will  take  your  fields,  and  your  vine- 
yards, and  your  best  olive-yards,  and  give  them  to 
his  servants. 

15  Moreover  he  will  take  the  tenth  of  your  corn, 
and  of  the  n\t  nm  s  of  your  vineyards,  to  give  to  lus 
eunuchl  and  servants. 

16  ^  our  servants  also  and  handmaids,  and  your 
goodliest  young  men,  and  your  asses  he  will  take 
BWay,  and  put  them  to  his  work. 

17  Your  flocks  also  he  will  tithe;  and  you  shall 
Ik-  his  servants. 


f  TV  rir*».  That  >»,  the  Mmarr  (mitfkat)  aftrr  which  he  ahaJI  pro. 
eefld.b.inog  no  one  to  control  hun,  when  he  ha.,  the  power  in  bm 
hand*. 


CHAP.  IX. 


18  And  you  shall  cry  out  in  that  day  from  the 
face  of  the  king,  whom  yon  have  chosen  to  your- 
selves: and  the  Lord  will  not  hear  you  in  that  day, 
because  you  desired  unto  yourselves  a  king. 

19  Rut  the  people  would  not  hear  the  voice  of 
Samuel,  and  they  said  :  Nay :  but  there  shall  be  a 
king  over  us  : 

20  And  we  also  will  be  like  all  nations  :  and  our 
King  shall  judge  us,  and  go  out  before  us,  and  fight 
our  battles  for  us. 

21  And  Samuel  heard  all  the  words  of  the  peo- 
ple, and  rehearsed  them  in  the  ears  of  the  Lord. 

22  And  the  Lord  said  to  Samuel :  Hearken  to 
their  voice,  and  make  them  a  king.  And  Samuel 
said  to  the  men  of  Israel :  Let  every  man  go  to 
his  city. 

CHAP.  IX. 

Saul  seeking  his  father's  asses,  cometh  to  Samuel,  by  whom  he 
is  entertained. 

TVTOW  there  was  a  man  of  Benjamin  whose  name 
-L^  was  Cis,  the  son  of  Abiel,  the  son  of  Seror, 
the  son  of  Bechorath,  the  son  of  Aphia,  the  son  of  a 
man  of  Jemini,  valiant  and  strong. 

2  And  he  had  a  son  whose  name  was  Saul,  a 
choice  and  goodly  man  :  and  there  was  not  among 
the  children  of  Israel  a  goodlier  person  than  he  : 
from  his  shoulders  and  upward  he  appeared  above 
all  the  people. 

3  And  the  asses  of  Cis,  Saul's  father,  were  lost: 
and  Cis  said  to  his  son  Saul :  Take  one  of  the 
sen  ants  with  thee,  and  arise,  go,  and  seek  the 
asses.  And  when  they  had  passed  through  mount 
Ephraim, 

4  And  through  the  land  of  Salisa,  and  had  not 
found  them,  they  passed  also  through  the  land  of 
Salim  ;  and  they  were  not  there  ;  and  through  the 
land  of  Jemini,  and  found  them  not. 

5  And  when  they  were  come  to  the  land  of 
Suph,  Saul  said  to  the  servant  that  was  with  him  : 
Come,  let  us  return,  lest  perhaps  my  father  forget 
the  asses,  and  be  concerned  for  us. 

6  And  he  said  to  him  :  Behold,  there  is  a  man  of 
God  in  this  city,  a  famous  man  :  all  that  he  saith, 
cometh  certainly  to  pass.  Now  therefore  let  us  go 
thither ;  perhaps  he  may  tell  us  of  our  way,  for 
which  we  are  come. 

7  And  Saul  said  to  his  servant:  Behold,  we  will 
go :  but  what  shall  we  carry  to  the  man  of  God  ?  the 
bread  is  spent  in  our  bags :  and  we  have  no  present 
to  make  to  the  man  of  God,  nor  any  thing  at 
all. 

8  The  servant  answered  Saul  again,  and  said  : 
Behold,  there  is  found  in  my  hand  the  fourth  part 


*  A  seer.  Because  of  his  seeing  by  divine  light  hidden  things  and 
things  to  come. 

t  A  sacrifice.  The  law  did  not  allow  of  sacrifices  in  any  other  place, 
but  at  the  tabernacle,  or  temple,  in  which  the  ark  of  the  covenant 
was  kept;  but  Samuel,  by  divine  dispensation,  offered  sacrifices  in 
other  places.  For  which  dispensation  this  reason  may  be  alleged,  that 
the  house  of  God  in  Silo,  having  lost  the  ark,  was  now  cast  off;  as  a 
figure  of  the  reprobation  of  the  Jews,  Psal.  lxxvii.  GO,  67.  And  in 
C'nriathiatim  where  the  ark  was,  there  was  neither  tabernacle,  nor 
■Mar. 


of  a  side  of  silver :  let  us  give  i   t »  the  man  of  God, 
that  he  may  tell  us  our  way. 

9  Now  in  time  past  in  Israel  when  a  man  went 
to  consult  God,  he  spoke  thus :  Come,  let  us  go  to 
the  seer.  For  be  that  is  now  called  a  prophet,  in 
time  past  was  called  a  seer.* 

10  And  Saul  said  to  his  servant:  Thy  word  is 
very  good  ;  come,  let  us  go.  And  they  went  into 
the  city,  where  the  man  of  God  was. 

11  And  when  they  went  up  the  ascent  to  the  city, 
they  found  maids  coming  out  to  draw  water:  and 
they  said  to  them:  Is  the  seer  here? 

12  They  answered,  and  said  to  them  :  He  is: 
behold,  he  is  before  you,  make  haste  now :  for  he 
came  to-day  into  the  city,  for  there  is  a  sacrifice  f 
of  the  people  to-day  in  (he  high  place.| 

13  As  soon  as  you  come  into  the  city,  you  shall 
immediately  find  him,  before  he  go  up  to  the  high 
place  to  eat :  for  the  people  'will  not  eat  till  he 
come :  because  he  blesseth  the  victim,  and  after- 
wards they  eat  that  are  invited.  Now  therefore  go 
up,  for  to-day  you  shall  find  him- 

14  And  they  went  up  into  the  city.  And  when 
they  were  walking  in  the  midst  of  the  city,  behold, 
Samuel  was  coming  out  over-against  them,  to  go 
up  to  the  high  place. 

15  Now  the  Lord  had  revealed  to  the  ear  of 
Samuel  the  day  before  Saul  came,  saying: 

16  To-morrow  about  this  same  hour  1  will  send 
thee  a  man  of  the  land  of  Benjamin  ;  and  thou  shalt 
anoint  him  to  be  ruler  over  my  people  Israel :  and 
he  shall  save  my  people  out  of  the  hand  of  the  Phi- 
listines :  fori  have  looked  down  upon  my  people, 
because  their  cry  is  come  to  me. 

17  And  when  Samuel  saw  Saul,  the  Lord  said 
to  him  :  Behold  the  man,  of  whom  I  spoke  to  thee  : 
this  man  shall  reign  over  my  people. 

18  And  Saul  came  to  Samuel  in  the  midst  of  the 
gate,  and  said  :  Tell  me,  1  pray  thee,  where  is  the 
house  of  the  seer  ? 

19  And  Samuel  answered  Saul,  saying :  I  am 
the  seer :  go  up  before  me  to  the  high  place,  that 
you  may  eat  with  me  to-day,  and  I  will  let  thee  go 
in  the  morning ;  and  tell  thee  all  that  is  in  thy 
heart. 

20  And  as  for  the  asses,  which  were  lost  three 
days  ago,  be  not  solicitous,  because  they  are  found. 
And  for  whom  shall  be  all  the  best  things  of  Israel  ? 
Shall  they  not  be  for  thee  and  for  all  thy  father's 
house  ? 

21  And  Saul  answering,  said:  Am  not  I  a  son  of 
Jemini  of  the  least  tribe  of  Israel,  and  my  kindred  the 
last  among  all  the  families  of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin? 
Why  then  hast  thou  spoken  this  word  to  me? 


Ee 


J  The  high  place.  Excelsum.  The  excelsa,  or  high  places,  so  often  men- 
tioned  in  scripture,  were  places  of  worship,  in  which  were  altars  for 
sacrifice.  These  were  sometimes  employed  in  the  service  of  the  true 
God,  as  in  the  present  case  ;  but  more  frequently  in  the  service  of 
idols ;  and  were  called  Excelsa,  which  is  commonly  (though  perhaps 
not  so  accurately)  rendered  high  places ;  not  because  they  were  always 
upon  hills,  for  the  very  worst  of  all,  which  was  that  of  Topheth  or  Gren- 
nom  (Jeremiah  \ix.)  was  in  a  valley  ;  but  because  of  the  high  altars, 
and  p'dliirs,  or  monuments  erected  there,  on  which  were  set  up  the  idol», 
or  images  of  their  deities. 

217 


I.  kings. 


•22  Thrn  Samuel  taking  Saul  and  h  i  servant, 
brought  t lu-ii i  into  (In-  parlour,  and  cave  them  a 
place  at  the  head  of  them  that  were  invited;  for 
there  win   altout  thirty  men. 

\iiil  Samuel  said  to  the  cook:  Bring  the  por- 
tion, which  I  pave  thee,  and  commanded  thee  to 
set  it  apart  by  thee. 

24  And  (he  cook  took  up  the  shoulder,  and  set  it 
before  Saul.  And  Samuel  said:  Behold  what  is 
left;  set  it  before  thee,  and  eat:  because  it  was  kepi 
of  purpose  for  thee,  when  I  invited  the  people.  And 
Saul  ate  with  Samuel  that  day. 

25  And  they  went  down  from  the  high  place  into 
the  town  :  and  he  spoke  with  Said  upon  the  top  of 
tlie  house:  and  he  prepared  a  bed  for  Saul  on  tin- 
top  of  the  house;  and  he  slept. 

26  And  w  hen  they  were  risen  in  the  morning,  and 
it  began  now  to  be  light,  Samuel  called  Saul  on  tin- 
top  of  the  house,  saying:  Arise,  that  I  may  let  thee 
go.  And  Saul  arose:  and  they  went  out  both  of 
them,  to  wit,  he  ami  Samuel. 

27  And  as  they  w<t.-  filing  down  in  the  end  of 
the  city.  Samuel  said  to  Saul:  S|>eak  to  the  servant 
to  go  lie  fore  us,  and  pass  on:  but  stand  thou  still 
a  while,  that  I  may  tell  thee  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  X. 

Saul  it  anointed.  He  propkesirtk,  ami  is  changed  into  another 
man.  Samuel  ruW  tk  the  people  together,  to  make  a  king  : 
the  lot  full,  th  on  Saul. 

AND  Samuel  took  a  little  vial  of  oil,  and  poured 
it  U|K)ti  his  head,  and  kissed  him,  and  said :  Be- 
hold, the  Lord  hath  anointed  thee  to  be  prince  over 
his  inheritance:  and  thou  shall  deliver  his  people 
out  of  the  hands  of  their  enemies,  that  are  round 
about  them.  And  this  shall  Im«  a  sign  unto  thee, 
that  God  hath  anointed  thee  to  Ik:  prince. 

2  When  thou  shalt  depart  from  me  this  day,  thou 
shalt  find  two  men  by  the  sepulchre  of  Rachel  in 
the  borders  of  Benjamin  to  the  south:  and  they  shall 
lay  to  thee  :  The  asst-s  are  found  which  thou  went- 
est  to  seek:  and  thy  father  thinking  no  more  of  the 

concerned  for  you,  and  saith:  What  shall  I 
do  for  ins  son.' 

3  And  when  thou  shalt  depart  from  thence,  and 
go  farther  on,  and  shalt  come  to  the  oak  of  Thabor, 
there  shall  meet  thee  three  men  coin:;  up  to  ( iod  to 
Bethel,*  one  carrying  three  kids,  and  another  carry- 
ing three  loaves  of  bread,  and  another  carrying  a 
bottle  oi  trine. 

4  And  they  will  salute  thee,  and  will  give  tin -e 
two  loaves;  and  thou  shalt  take  them  at  tln-ir  hand. 

5  After  that  thou  shalt  come  to  the  hill  of  God,f 
where  the  garrison  of  the  Philistines  is:  and  when 
thou  shalt  be  come  there  into  the  city,  thou  shall 
meet  a  company  of  prophets  J  toting  down  from 


*  BttktL     Where  there  war  at  that  time  an  altar  of  God  ;    it  being 

.'«  wherr  Saturn  I  jtiilcvil  Nrai'l. 

*  TV  kill  nf  God.    Gabaa,  in  which  there  »u  al«o  at  that  time,  a 
hifk  fUtt  or  oi/or. 

J.  Prfluii.     These  were  men  whose  office  it  »«  to  »ing  liymm  and 
oral-'  far  -Mill  in  tiolv  writ  *rv  c  riled  yropkrtt,  ami  their»ing- 

tnr  prane*  tn  God  i«  rallixt   pnptunrmg.     See  t    Pmralipon.  alia*    I 
CkfucUt  xt.  Tt.  and  xrv.  I.     Now  there  were  in  Umm- dart  ooIm» 

IM 


the  high  place,  with  a  psaltery  and  a  timbrel,  and  a 
pi|>e,  ami  a  harp  before  them:  and  tiny  shall  be 
prophesying. 

b  Anil  the  spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  come  upou 
thee:  and  thou  shall  prophesy  with  them,  and  shall 
be  changed  into  another  man. 

7  When  therefore  these  signs  shall  happen  to  litre, 
tlo  whatsoever  thy  hand  shall  find;  lor  the  Lord  is 
w  ith  thee. 

8  Ami  thou  shalt  go  down  before  me  to  (  ia.gal  , 
(for  1  will  come  down  to  thee,)  that  thou  mayst  oiler 
an  oblation,  and  sacrifice  victims  of  |>eace:  seven 
days  shall  thou  wait,  till  I  come  to  thee;  and  1  will 
show  thee  what  thou  art  to  do. 

9  So  when  he  had  turned  his  back  to  go  from 
Samuel,  (iod  gave  unto  him  another  heart:  and  all 
these  things  came  to  pass  that  day. 

10  Ami  they  came  to  the  foresaid  hill;  and  be- 
hold, a  company  of  prophets  met  him:  and  the  Spirit 
ol  the  Lord  came  upon  him,  and  he  prophesied  in 
the  midst  of  them. 

1 1  And  all  that  had  know  n  him  yesterday  and  the 
day    l>efore,   seeing    that  he  w  as  w  ith  the  pro|ih«  is, 

and  prophesied,  said  to  each  oilier:  \\  hat  is  this  that 
hath  happened  to  the  sou  of  Cis?  in  Saul  also  among 
the  prophets.' 

12  And  one  answered  another,  saying:  And  who 
is  their  father?  ||  therefore  it  became  a  proverb;  l> 
Saul  also  among  the  prophets? 

13  And  when  he  had  made  an  end  of  prophesy  iug, 
he  came  to  the  high  place. 

14  And  Saul's  uncle  said  to  him,  and  to  his  ser- 
vant: Whither  went  you?  Thej  answered:  Tn«eek 
the  asses:  and  not  finding  them  we  went  to  Samuel. 

15  And  his  uncle  said  to  him:  Tell  me  what 
Samuel  said  to  thee. 

16  And  Saul  said  to  his  uncle:  He  told  us  that  the 
asses  were  found.  But  of  the  matter  of  the  king- 
dom of  which  Samuel  had  spoken  to  him,  he  told 
him  not. 

17  And  Samuel  called  together  the  people  to  the 
Lord  in  Maspha: 

18  And  he  said  to  the  children  of  Israel:  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel:  I  brought  tin  Is- 
rael out  of  Egypt,  and  delivered  JfOU  from  the  hand 
of  the  Egyptians,  and  from  the  hand  of  all  the  kings 
who  afflicted  you. 

19  But  you  Ibis  day  have  rejected  your  God,  who 
only  hath  saved  you  out  of  all  your  evils  and  your 
tribulations:  and  you  have  said :  NaT!  but  sit  a  king 
out  us.  Now  therefore  stand  before  the  Lord  by 
your  trilx-s,  and  by  your  families. 

20  And  Samuel  brought  to  him  all  the  tribes  of 
Israel:  and  the  lot  fell  on  the  tribe  of  Bciyamin. 

21  And  be  brought  the  tribe  of  Benjamin  and  tin; 
kindreds  thereof ;  and  the  lot  fell  u|K>u  the  kindred 

get,  or  «cboob  for  training  up  theae  prophet*;  and  it  term*  there  tn 
mm  of  thee*  acbooU  at  thu  lull  •/  CW,  and  another  at  Maioth  in  Ka- 
inatlia.     See  I  Smrnti  m    -'".-' 

t  GmlfL     Here  alao  by  diapenaation  war  an  altar  of  (., ! 

||  Tknr  falker.  That  u,  their  teacher  or  tiipcrHM-.  A*  much  a*  to 
aay.  Who  could  bring  about  tucli  a  wonderful  change  a*  to  make  haul 
a  proohct' 


CHAr. 

of  Metri,  and  it  came  to  Saul  the  son  of  Cis.     They 
sought  him  therefore,  and  lie  was  not  found. 

22  And  after  this  they  consulted  the  Lord  whether 
he  would  come  thither.  And  the  Lord  answered: 
Behold,  he  is  hidden  at  home. 

23  And  they  ran  and  fetched  him  thence:  and  he 
stood  in  the  midst  of  the  people:  and  he  was  higher 
than  any  of  the  people  from  the  shoulders  and  up- 
ward. 

24  And  Samuel  said  to  all  the  people:  Surely 
you  see  him  whom  the  Lord  hath  chosen,  that  there 
is  none  like  him  among  all  the  people.  And  all  the 
people  cried  and  said:  God  save  the  king. 

25  And  Samuel  told  the  people  the  law  of  the 
kingdom,  and  wrote  it  in  a  book,  and  laid  it  up  be- 
fore the  Lord:  And  Samuel  sent  away  all  the  peo- 
ple, every  one  to  his  own  house. 

26  Saul  also  departed  to  his  own  house  in  Gabaa : 
and  there  went  with  him  a  party  of  the  army,  whose 
hearts  God  had  touched. 

27  But  the  children  of  Belial  said:  Shall  this 
fellow  be  able  to  save  us?  And  they  despised  him, 
and  brought  him  no  present;  but  he  dissembled,  as 
though  he  heard  not. 

CHAP.  XL 

Said  defeatcth  the  Ammonites,  and  dtlivereth  Jabes  Galaad. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  about  a  month  after  this, 
that  Naas  the  Ammonite  came  up,  and  began 
to  fight  against  Jabes  Galaad.  And  all  the  men  of 
Jabes  said  to  Naas:  Make  a  covenant  with  us,  and 
we  will  serve  thee. 

2  And  Naas  the  Ammonite  answered  them :  On 
this  condition  will  1  make  a  covenant  with  you, 
that  I  may  pluck  out  all  your  right  eyes,  and  make 
you  a  reproach  in  all  Israel. 

3  And  the  ancients  of  Jabes  said  to  him:  Allow 
us  seven  days,  that  we  may  send  messengers  to  all 
the  coasts  ol  Israel :  and  if  there  be  no  one  to  defend 
us,  we  will  come  out  to  thee. 

4  The  messengers  therefore  came  to  Gabaa  of 
Saul :  and  they  spoke  these  words  in  the  hearing  of 
the  people :  and  all  the  people  lifted  up  their  voices, 
and  wept. 

5  And  behold,  Saul  came,  following  oxen  out  of 
the  field:  and  he  said:  What  aileth  the  people  that 
they  weep?  And  they  told  him  the  words  of  the 
men  of  Jabes. 

6  And  the  spirit  of  the  Lord  came  upon  Saul, 
when  he  had  heard  these  words:  and  his  anger  was 
exceedingly  kindled. 

7  And  taking  both  the  oxen,  he  cut  them  in  pieces, 
and  sent  them  into  all  the  coasts  of  Israel  by  mes- 
sengers, saying:  Whosoever  shall  not  come  forth, 
and  follow  Saul  and  Samuel,  so  shall  it  be  done  to 
his  oxen.  And  the  fear  of  the  Lord  fell  upon  the 
people;  and  they  went  out  as  one  man. 

8  And  he  numbered  them  in  Bezee:  and  there 
were  of  the  children  of  Israel  three  hundred  thou- 
sand, and  of  the  men  of  Juda  thirty  thousand. 

9  And  they  said  to  the  messengers  that  came: 
Thus  shall  you  say  to  the  men  of  Jabes  Galaad: 
To-morrow,  when  the  sun  shall  be  hot,  you  shall 


XI,  XII. 

have  relief.     The  messengers  therefore  came,  and 
told  the  men  of  Jabes:  and  they  were  glad. 

10  And  they  said:  In  the  morning  we  will  come 
out  to  you:  and  you  shall  do  what  you  please  with 
us. 

1 1  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  morrow  was 
come,  that  Saul  put  the  people  in  three  companies: 
and  he  came  into  the  midst  of  the  camp  in  the  morn- 
ing watch,  and  he  slew  the  Ammonites  until  the  day 
grew  hot:  and  the  rest  were  scattered,  so  that  two 
of  them  were  not  left  together. 

12  And  the  people  said  to  Samuel:  Who  is  he 
that  said:  Shall  Saul  reign  over  us?  Bring  the  men, 
and  we  will  kill  them. 

13  And  Saul  said:  No  man  shall  be  killed  this 
day,  because  the  Lord  this  day  hath  wrought  salva- 
tion in  Israel: 

14  And  Samuel  said  to  the  people  :  come  and  let 
us  go  to  Galgal,  and  let  us  renew  the  kingdom  there. 

15  And  all  the  people  went  to  Galgal:  and  there 
they  made  Saul  king  before  the  Lord  in  Galgal;  and 
they  sacrificed  there  victims  of  peace  before  the 
Lord.  And  there  Saul  and  all  the  men  of  Israel  re- 
joiced exceedingly. 

CHAP.  XII. 

Samuel's  integrity  is  acknotdedgrd.     God  showeth  by  a  sign 
from  heaven  that  they  had  done  ill  in  asking  for  a  king. 

AND  Samuel  said  to  all  Israel:  Behold,  I  have 
hearkened  to  your  voice  in  all  that  you  said  to 
me,  and  have  made  a  king  over  you. 

2  And  now  the  king  goeth  before  you:  but  I  am 
old  and  grey-headed:  and  my  sons  are  with  yon: 
having  then  conversed  with  you  from  my  youth  un- 
til this  day,  behold,  here  I  am. 

3  Speak  of  me  before  the  Lord,  and  before  his 
anointed,  whether  I  have  taken  any  man's  ox,  or 
ass:  If  I  have  wronged  any  man,  if  I  have  oppressed 
any  man,  if  I  have  taken  a  bribe  at  any  man's  hand  : 
and  I  will  despise  it  this  day,  and  will  restore  it  to 
you. 

4  And  they  said:  Thou  hast  not  wronged  us,  nor 
oppressed  us,  nor  taken  aught  at  any  man's  hand. 

5  And  he  said  to  them:  The  Lord  is  witness 
against  you,  and  his  anointed  is  witness  this  day, 
that  you  have  not  found  any  thing  in  my  hand.  And 
they  said:  He  is  witness. 

6  And  Samuel  said  to  the  people:  It  is  the  Lord 
who  made  Moses  and  Aaron,  and  brought  our  fa- 
thers out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

7  Now  therefore  stand  up,  that  I  may  plead  in 
judgment  against  you  before  the  Lord,  concerning 
all  the  kindness  of  the  Lord,  which  he  hath  shown 
to  you,  and  to  your  fathers: 

8  How  Jacob  went  into  Egypt,  and  your  fathers 
cried  to  the  Lord:  and  the  Lord  sent  Moses  and 
Aaron,  and  brought  your  fathers  out  of  Egypt,  and 
made  them  dwell  in  this  place: 

9  And  they  forgot  the  Lord  their  God :  and  he  de- 
livered them  into  the  hands  of  Siscra  captain  ol  the 
army  of  Hasor,  and  into  the  hands  of  the  Philis- 
tines, and  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Moab;  and 
they  fought  against  them. 

81* 


I.  KINGS. 


10  But  afterwards  they  cried  to  the  Lord,  and 
said:  We  have  sin ned,  because  we  ha ve  forsaken 
the  Lord,  and  hate  served  Baalim  and  Astaroth : 
hut  now  Deliver  us  from  the  hand  of  our  enemies, 
and  we  w  ill  serve  thee. 

11  And  the  Lord  m  nt  Jerohaal  and  Badan,*  and 
Jephte,  and  Samuel,  and  delivered  \on  trom  the 
hand  of  your  ineniice  round  about;  and  you  dweh 
securely. 

1'2  Hut  seeing  that  Naas  kins  of  the  children  of 
Amnion  was  come  against  you,  yon  asid  to  ate:  Nay. 
hut  a  kins  shall  reign  over  us:  whereas  the  Lord 
your  ( Sod  H;b  your  king. 

13  Now  therefore  your  kins  is  hire,  whom  you 
have  chosen  and  desired  :  behold,  the  Lord  hath  given 
>ou  a  kinii. 

II  If  you  will  fear  the  Lord,  and  serve  him,  and 
hearken  to  his  voice,  and  not  provoke  the  mouth  of 
the  Lord;  then  shall  hotli  you,  and  the  king  who 
reigneth  over  you,  be  followers  of  the  Lord  your 
God. 

15  But  if  you  will  not  hearken  to  the  voice  of  the 
Ix>rd,  hut  will  rebel  against  his  words,  the  hand  of 
the  Lord  shall  be  u|>on  you,  and  upon  your  fa- 
thers. 

16  Now  then  stand,  and  see  this  great  thing  which 
the  Lord  will  do  in  your  sight. 

17  Is  it  not  wheat-harvest t  to-day?  I  will  call 
Upon  the  Lord,  and  he  shall  send  thunder  and  rain: 
and  you  shall  know  and  see  that  you  yourselves  have 
done  a  great  e\il  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  m  desiring 
a  king  over  you. 

18  And  Samuel  cried  unto  the  Lord:  and  the 
Lord  sent  thunder  and  rain  that  day. 

19  And  all  the  people  greatly  feared  the  Lord 
and  Samuel.  And  all  the  |>eople  said  to  Samuel: 
Pray  for  thy  servants  to  the  Lord  thy  God,  that  we 
may  not  die,  for  we  have  added  to  all  our  sins  this 
evil,  to  ask  for  a  kin::. 

20  And  Samuel  said  to  the  people:  Fear  not; 
yoti  have  done  all  this  evil :  but  yet  depart  not  from 
following  the  Lord,  but  serve  the  Lord  with  all  your 
heart. 

21  And  turn  not  aside  after  vain  things,  which 
shall  never  profit  you,  nor  deliver  you,  because  they 
are  tain. 

22  And  the  Lord  will  not  forsake  his  people  for 
his  great  name's  sake  :  liecause  the  Lord  hath  sworn 
to  make  \ou  his  people* 

2.3  And  far  from  me  Ik*  this  sin  against  the  Lord, 
that  I  should  eease  to  pray  for  you,  and  I  will  teach 
you  the  good  and  right  way. 

24  Therefore  fear  the  Lord,  and  serve  him  in 
truth  and  with  your  whole  heart;  for  you  have  seen 
the  great  works  which  be  hath  done  among  you. 

But   if  you  will  still  do  wickedly,  both  you 
and  your  king  shall  perish  together. 


•  Jrriimml  m*  Sadea.    That  it,  Gedeon.  and  ttameoo,  called  here 
Hid  <n  or  U.ilan,  became  he  wai  of  Dan. 

f  WW-Wrrrf.     At  whn ;h  tune  of  the  jear  it  never  thunder*  or 
raiai  in  thuec  ceuntriea. 

2.-U 


(HAP.  XIII. 

The  war  between  Saul  ami  the  I'htltstine*.  The  distress  of  tks 
Itraelitet.  Snul  offtreth  sacrifice,  before  the  coming  of  8e> 
muei  :  fur  which  he  is  rrproctJ. 

WALL  was  a  child  of  one  yearj  when  he  beeaii 
^  to  reign :  and  he  reigned  two  years  over  Israel. 

2  And  Saul  chose  him  three  thousand  men  ol  Is- 
rael :  and  two  thousand  Were  with  Saul  in  Mai  limas, 
and  in  mount  Bethel :  and  a  thousand  with  Jona- 
than in  Gahaa  ol  Benjamin:  and  the  rest  ol  the 
people  he  sent  back  every  man  to  their  tlwelln 

3  And  Jonathan  smote  the  garrison  of  the  Phi- 
listines which  was  in  Gahaa.  And  when  the  Phi- 
listines had  heard  of  it,  Saul  sounded  the  trumpet 
overall  the  land,  saving:    Let  the  Hebrews  hear. 

4  And  all  Israel  heard  this  report:  Saul  hath 
smitten  the  garrison  of  the  Philistines:  and  Israel 
took  courage  against  the  Philistines.  And  the  peo- 
ple were  called  together  alter  Saul  to  Galgal. 

5  The  Philistines  also  were  assembled  to  fight 
againM  Israel,  thirty  thousand  chariots,  ami  six 
thousand  horsemen,  and  a  multitude  of  people  Im- 
sides,  like  the  sand  on  the  sea-shore  for  number. 
And  going  up  they  camped  in  Machmas  at  the  east 
of  Bethaven. 

6  And  when  the  men  of  Israel  saw  that  they 
were  straitened  (for  the  people  were  distressed,) 
they  hid  themselves  in  caves,  and  in  thickets,  and  in 
rocks,  and  in  dens,  and  in  pits. 

7  And  some  of  thy  Hebrews  passed  over  the  Jor- 
dan into  the  land  of  Gad  and  Galaad.  And  when 
Saul  was  yet  in  Galgal,  all  the  people  that  followed 
him  were  greatly  afraid. 

8  And  he  waited  seven  days  according  to  the  a|>- 
poiut incut  of  Samuel;  and  Samuel  came  not  to 
Galgal;  and  the  people  slipt  away  from  him. 

9  Then  Saul  said:  Bring  me  the  holocaust,  and 
the  peace-olid  ings.      And  he  olfered  the  holocaust. 

10  And  when  he  had  made  an  end  of  offering 
the  holocaust,  behold,  Samuel  came:  and  Saul  went 
forth  to  meet  him,  and  salute  him. 

11  And  Samuel  said  to  him:  What  hast  thou 
done  ?  Saul  answered  :  Because  I  saw  that  tlm 
people  slipt  from  me,  and  thou  wast  not  come  ac- 
cording to  the  dayi  appointed,  and  the  Philistine. 
were  gathered  together  in  Machmas, 

12  I  said:  Now  will  the  Philistines  come  down 
upon  me  to  Galgal ;  and  I  have  not  appeased  the 
l  ice  of  the  Lord.  Forced  by  necessity,  I  offered 
the  holocaust. 

13  And  Samuel  said  to  Saul:  Thou  hast  done 
foolishly,  and  hast  not  kept  the  commandim  nts  <.| 
the  Lord  thy  God,  which  he  commanded  thee.  And 
if  thou  hadst  not  done  thus,  the  Lord  would  now 
have  established  thy  kingdom  over  Israel  lor  ever. 

14  But  thy  kingdom  shall  not  continue.  The 
Lord  hath  sought  him  a  man  according  to  his  own 


\0ftu  ftm-.     That  b.  he  wa«  Rood  and  like  an  innorent  child,  and 
for  two  jrcan  continued  in  that  innocency. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


heart,  and  him  hath  the  Lord  commanded  to  he 
prince  over  his  people,  hecanse  thou  hast  not  ob- 
served that  which  the  Lord  commanded. 

15  And  Samuel  arose,  and  went  up  from  Galgal 
to  Gahaa  of  Benjamin.  And  the  rest  of  the  people 
went  up  after  Saul,  to  meet  the  people  who  fought 
against  them,  going  from  Galgal  to  Gabaa  in  the 
hill  of  Benjamin.  And  Saul  numbered  the  people, 
that  were  found  with  him,  about  six  hundred  men. 

16  And  Saul,  and  Jonathan  his  son,  and  the 
people  that  were  present  with  them,  were  in  Gabaa 
of  Benjamin :  but  the  Philistines  encamped  in 
Machmas. 

17  And  there  went  out  of  the  camp  of  the  Phi- 
listines three  companies  to  plunder.  One  company 
went  towards  the  way  of  Ephra  to  the  land  of  Sual. 

18  And  another  went  by  the  way  of  Bethoron : 
and  the  third  turned  to  the  way  of  the  border,  above 
the  valley  of  Seboim  towards  the  desert. 

19  Now  there  was  no  smith  to  be  found  in  all  the 
land  of  Israel;  for  the  Philistines  had  taken  this 
precaution,  lest  the  Hebrews  should  make  them 
swords  or  spears. 

20  So  all  Israel  went  down  to  the  Philistines, 
to  sharpen  every  man  his  ploughshare,  and  his  spade, 
and  his  axe,  and  his  rake. 

21  So  that  their  shares,  and  their  spades,  and 
their  forks,  and  their  axes  were  blunt,  even  to  the 
goad,  which  was  to  be  mended. 

22  And  when  the  day  of  battle  was  come,  there 
was  neither  sword  nor  spear  found  in  the  hand  of 
any  of  the  people  that  were  with  Saul  and  Jona- 
than, except  Saul  and  Jonathan  his  son. 

23  And  the  army  of  the  Philistines  went  out  in 
order  to  advance  further  in  Machmas. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

Jonathan  attacketh  the  Philistines.  A  miraculous  victory. 
SanPs  unatlmsed  oath,by  which  Jonathan  is  put  in  danger  of 
his  life,  but  is  delivered  by  the  people. 

"TVTOW  it  came  to  pass  one  day  that  Jonathan  the 
-L  *  son  of  Saul  said  to  the  young  man  that  bore 
his  armour  :  Come,  and  let  us  go  over  to  the  garri- 
son of  the  Philistines,  which  is  on  the  other  side  of 
yonder  place.     But  he  told  not  this  to  his  father. 

2  And  Saul  abode  in  the  uttermost  part  of  Ga- 
baa under  the  pomegranate-tree,  which  was  in  Ma- 
gron :  and  the  people  with  him  were  about  six  hun- 
dred men. 

3  And  Achias  the  son  of  Achitob  brother  of  Icha- 
bod  the  son  of  Phinees,  the  son  of  Heli  the  priest 
of  the  Lord  in  Silo,  wore  the  ephod.  And  the  peo- 
ple knew  not  whither  Jonathan  was  gone. 

4  Now  there  were  between  the  ascents,  by  which 
Jonathan  sought  to  go  over  to  the  garrison  of  the 
Philistines,  rocks  standing  up  on  both  sides,  and 
steep  cliffs  like  teeth  on  the  one  side,  and  on  the 
other;  the  name  of  the  one  was  Boses,  and  the 
name  of  the  other  was  Sene: 

5  One  rock  stood  out  toward  the  north  over- 
against  Machmas,  and  the  other  to  the  south  over- 
against  Gabaa. 

6  Arc*  Jouathan  said  to  the  young  man  that  bore 


his  armour  :  Come,  let  us  go  over  to  the  garrison  of 
these  uncircumcised  :  it  may  be  the  Lord  will  do  fa" 
us  :  because  it  is  easy  for  the  Lord  to  save  cither  bj 
many,  or  by  few. 

7  And  his  armour-bearer  said  to  him  :  Do  all  .hat 
pleaseth  thy  mind  :  go  whither  thou  wiJt,  and  1  will 
be  with  thee  wheresoever  thou  hast  a  mind. 

8  And  Jonathan  said:  Behold,  we  will  go  over  to 
these  men.     And  when  we  shall  be  seen  by  them, 

9  If  they  shall  speak  thus  to  us:  Stay  till  we 
come  to  you :  let  us  stand  still  in  our  place,  and  not 
go  up  to  them. 

10  But  if  they  shall  say:  Come  up  to  us:  let  us 
go  up,  because  the  Lord  hath  delivered  them  into 
our  hands  :  this  shall  be  a  sign*  unto  us. 

1 1  So  both  of  them  discovered  themselves  to  the 
garrison  of  the  Philistines:  and  the  Philistines  said  : 
Behold,  the  Hebrews  come  forth  out  of  the  holes 
wherein  they  were  hid. 

12  And  the  men  of  the  garrison  spoke  to  Jona- 
than, and  to  his  armour-bearer,  and  said:  Come  up 
to  us,  and  we  will  show  you  a  thing.  And  Jona- 
than said  to  his  armour-bearer :  Let  us  go  up  ;  fol- 
low me ;  for  the  Lord  hath  delivered  them  into  the 
hands  of  Israel. 

13  And  Jonathan  went  up  creeping  on  his  hands 
and  feet,  and  his  armour-bearer  after  him.  And 
some  fell  before  Jonathan,  others  his  armour-bearer 
slew  as  he  followed  him. 

14  And  the  first  slaughter  which  Jonathan  and 
his  armour-bearer  made,  was  of  about  twenty  men, 
within  half  an  acre  of  land,  which  a  yoke  of  oxen  is 
wont  to  plough  in  a  day. 

15  And  there  was  a  miracle  in  the  camp,  through 
the  fields:  yea,  and  all  the  people  of  their  garrison, 
who  had  gone  out  to  plunder,  were  amazed,  and  the 
earth  trembled :  and  it  happened  as  a  miracle  from 
God. 

16  And  the  watchmen  of  Saul,  who  were  in  Ga- 
baa of  Benjamin,  looked,  and  behold,  a  multitude 
overthrown,  and  fleeing  this  way  and  that. 

17  And  Saul  said  to  the  people  that  were  with 
him  :  Look,  and  see  who  is  gone  from  us.  And 
when  they  bad  sought,  it  was  found  that  Jonathan 
and  his  armour-bearer  were  not  there. 

18  And  Saul  said  to  Achias:  Bring  the  ark  of 
the  Lord.  (For  the  ark  of  God  was  there  that  day 
with  the  children  of  Israel.) 

19  And  while  Saul  spoke  to  the  priest,  there 
arose  a  great  uproar  in  the  camp  of  the  Philistines: 
and  it  increased  by  degrees,  and  was  heard  more 
clearly.  And  Saul  said  to  the  priest:  Draw  in  thy 
hand. 

20  Then  Saul  and  all  the  people  that  were  with 
him,  shouted  together,  and  they  came  to  the  place  of 
the  fight :  and  behold,  every  man's  sword  was  turn- 
ed upon  his  neighbour ;  and  there  was  a  very  greal 
slaughter. 

21  Moreover  the  Hebrews  that  had  been  with 


*  This  shall  be  a  sign.  It  is  likely  Jonathan  was  instructed  by  divine 
inspiration  to  make  choice  of  this  sign :  otherwise  the  observation  ul 
omens  is  superstitions  and  sinful. 

SN 


I.  K 

the  Philistines  yesterdaj  and  tin-  day  before,  Bud 
went  tip  with  i ht-m  into  the  camp,  returned  to  I*- 
with  tin*  Israelites,  who  were  with  Said  and  Joan* 
than. 

\\m]  all  the  Israelites  that  fi;nl  hid  themselves 
in  mount  Ephrahn,  bearing  that  the  Philistines  il< -* i - 
joined  themselves  w  it  h  their  countrymen  in  the 
fight.  And  there  were  with  Saul  about  ten  thou- 
saad  men. 

23  And  the  Lord  saved  Israel  that  day.  And 
the  fight  went  on  as  far  as  lh-thaveu. 

24  And  the  men  of  Israel  were  joined  together 
that  day:  and  Saul  adjured  the  people,  saying: 
Cursed  be  the  man  that  shall  eat  food  till  evening. 
(ill  I  Ik-  revenged  of  my  enemies.  So  none  of  the 
people  tasted  any  food  : 

25  And  all  the  common  people  came  into  a 
forest,  in  which  there  was  honey  upon  the  ground. 

'2t>    And    when  the    people  came    into  the    forest, 

behold,  the   boner  dropped ;  but  no  man  put  his 

hand  to  his  mouth:  for  the  people  feared  the  oath. 

27  Hut  Jonathan  had  not  heard  when  his  father 
adjured  the  people  :  and  he  put  forth  the  end  of  the 


rod,  which  he  had  in  his  hand,  and  dipped  it  in  a 
honey -couih:  and  he  carried  bis  band  to  his  mouth, 
and  his  eyes  wen4  enlightened 


28  And  one  of  the  people  answering,  said  :  Thy 
father  hath  hound  the  people  with  an  oath,  saying: 
Cursed  he  the  man  that  shall  eat  any  food  this  day. 
(And  the  people  were  faint.) 

29  And  Jonathan  said  :  My  father  hath  troubled 
the  land:  you  have  seen  yourselves  that  my  eyes  are 
enlightened,  because  I  tasted  a  little  of  this  honey: 

30  How  much  more  if  the  people  had  eateil  of 
the  prey  of  their  enemies,  which  they  found.'  had 
there  not  been  made  a  greater  slaughter  among  the 
Philistines? 

31  So  they  smote  that  day  the  Philistines  from 
Machmas  to  Aialon.  And  the  people  Were  Wea- 
ried exceedingly. 

•  52  And  falling  ti|>on  the  spoils,  they  took  sheep, 
and  oxen,  and  calves,  and  slew  them  on  the  ground  : 
and  the  people  ate  them  with  the  blood. 

33  And  they  told  Saul  that  the  people  had  sinned 
against  the  Lord,  eating  with  the  hlood.  And  In- 
said:  You  have  transgressed;  roll  hen-  to  me  now 
a  great  stone. 

34  And  Said  said  :  Disperse  yourselves  among 
the  people,  and  tell  them  to  bring  me  everv  man  his 
OX  and  his  ram,  and  slay  them  upon  this  stone, 
and  eat;  and  you  shall  not  sin  against  the  Lonl  in 
eating  with  the  blood.  So  all  the  people  brought 
every  man  his  ox  with  him  till  the  night,  and  slew 
them  there. 

36  And  Saul  built  an  altar  to  the  Lord:  and  he 
then  first  began  to  huild  an  altar  to  the  Lord. 

36  And  Saul  said:  Let  us  fall  ii|K>n  the  Philis- 
tines by  ntgbt,  and  destroy  them  till  the  morning 
Rght:  and  let  ns  not  leave  a  man  of  them.  And  tin 
people  said:  Do  all  thai  sreineth  good  in  thv  eyes. 
And  the  priest  said:  Let  us  draw  near  hit  her  unto  ( rod. 

•  7<m«'»aa  imi  taint .  Tlinuiftl  Jonathan  traa  rxrumt  from  »m. 
thtvxh  ignorance  of  the  proliiiiitton,  t  rt  God  was  plcast  d  on  this  oc  - 

m 


37  And  Saul  consulted  the  Lord:  Shall  1  p 
after  the  Philistines i  wilt  thou  deliver  them  into 
the  hands  ot  Israel?  And  he  answered  him  not 
that  day. 

88  And  Saul  said  :  Bring  hither  all  the  comers 
of  the  people:  and  know,  and  see  by  whom  tln.s  sin 
hath  hap|K-iied  to-dav. 

1  \s  tin  Lord  liveth  who  is  the  saviour  of  Is- 
rael, if  it  was  done  by  Jonathan  my  son,  he  shall 
surely  die.    In  this  none  of  the  people  gainsaid  him. 

40  And  he  said  to  all  Israel:  lie  \ on  on  one  side, 
and  {.with  Jonathan  my  sou  will  he  outhe  other  side. 
And  the  people  answered  Saul:  Do  what  secmeth 
good  in  thy  eves. 

41  And  Saul  said  to  the  Lord:  O  Lord  God  of 
Israel,  given  sign,  by  rr/iirh  ice  may  know,  what  the 
meaning  is,  that  thou  answ crest  not  thy  servant  to- 
day: If  this  iniquity  he  in  me,  or  in  my  son  Jona- 
than, give  a  proof:  or  if  this  inimiitv  he  in  thv  peo- 
ple, give  holiness.  And  Jonathan  and  Saul  were 
taken:  and  the  people  escaped. 

42  And  Saul  said  :  Cast  lots  hetween  me,  and 
Jonathan  my  sou.      And  Jonathan  was  taken.* 

43  And  Saul  said  to  Jonathan:  Tell  me  what 
thou  hast  done.  And  Jonathan  told  him  and  said: 
I  did  but  taste  a  little  honey  with  the  end  of  tin- 
rod  which  was  in  my  hand :  aud  behold,  1  mit.^l 
die. 

41-  And  Saul  said  :  May  God  do  so  and  so  to  me, 
and  add  still  more;  for  dying  thou  shalt  die,  O  Jo- 
nathan. 

43  And  the  people  said  to  Saul:  Shall  Jonathan 
then  die,  who  hath  wrought  this  gnat  salvation  in 
Israel-  this  must  not  he.  As  the  Lord  liveth,  there 
shall  not  one  hair  of  his  head  fall  to  the  ground;  tor 
he  hath  wrought  with  God  this  day.  So  the  peo- 
ple delivered  Jonathan,  that  he  should  not  die. 

46  And  Saul  went  hack,  and  did  not  pursue  af- 
ter the  Philistines:  and  the  Philistines  went  to 
their  own  pla 

47  And  Saul  having  his  kingdom  established 
over  Israel,  fought  against  all  his  enemies  round 
aliout,  against  .JMoab,  and  against  the  children  of 
Amnion,  and  Ldoni.  aud  the  kings  of  Soha,  and  the 
Philistines:  and  whithersoever  he  turned  himself, 
he  overcame. 

48  And  gathering  together  an  army,  he  defeated 
Amalee.  ami  delivered  Israel  from  the  hand  of  them 
that  spoiled  them. 

i'.i  And  the  sons  of  Saul,  were  Jonathan,  and 
.lessni,  and  Melchisua:  and  the  names  of  his  two 
daughters,  the  name  of  the  first-born  iooi  Merob, 
and  the  name  of  the  youuci  i  Michol. 

30  And  the  name  of  Saul's  wife  was  \,  hinoam 
the  daughter  of  Achimaas;  and  the  name  of  the 
captain  of  his  anm  was  Aimer,  the  son  ofNer,  the 
consin-german  of  Saul. 

51    I  oi  (  is  was  the  father  of  Saul  :    and  \"cr  the 

father  of  Abner,  was  son  of  Abie!. 

I  And  there  was  a  great  war  against  the  Phi- 
listines   all  the  days   of    Saul.     For  whomsoever 

Canon  to  lit  tno  l"l  I. ill  u[«ui  him,  to  thew  irnlu  all  tlic  jjreat  ulilifaliua 
of  obedience  to  pnnct    and  parvBU. 


CHAP.  XV 


Saul  saw  to  be  a  valiant  man,  and  fit  for  war,  he 
took  him  to  himself. 

CHAP.  XV. 

Saul  w  sent  to  destroy  Amaltc  :  he  spareth  their  king  and  the  best 
of  their  cattle  :  for  which  disobedience  he  is  cast  off  by  the 
Lord. 

AND  Samuel  said  to  Saul  :  The  Lord  sent  me 
to  anoint  thee  kins  over  his  people  Israel  : 
now  therefore  hearken  thou  unto  the  voice  of  the 
Lord  i 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts :  I  have  reckon- 
ed up  all  that  Amalec  hath  done  to  Israel  :  how  he 
opposed  them  in  the  wav  when  they  came  up  out  of 
k&vpt; 

3  Now  therefore  go,  and  smite  Amalec,  and  ut- 
terly destroy  all  that  he  hath :  spare  him  not,  nor 
eovet  any  thing  that  is  his :  but  slay  both  man  and 
woman,  child*  and  suckling,  ox  and  sheep,  camel 
and  ass. 

4  So  Saul  commanded  the  people,  and  number- 
ed them  as  lambs  :  two  hundred  thousand  footmen, 
and  ten  thousand  of  the  men  of  Juda. 

5  And  when  Saul  was  come  to  the  city  of  Ama- 
lec, he  laid  ambushes  in  the  torrent. 

6  And  Saul  said  to  the  Cinite :  Go,  depart  and 
get  ye  down  from  Amalec:  lest  I  destroy  thee  with 
him.  For  thou  hast  shewn  kindness  to  all  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  when  they  came  up  out  of  Egypt. 
And  the  Cinite  departed  from  the  midst  of  Amalec. 

7  And  Saul  smote  Amalec  from  Hevila,  until 
thou  comest  to  Sur,  which  is  oyer-against  Egypt. 

8  And  he  took  Agag  the  king  of  Amalec  alive : 
but  all  the  common  people  he  slew  with  the  edge 
of  the  sword. 

9  And  Saul  and  the  people  spared  Agag  and  the 
best  of  the  flocks  of  sheep  and  of  the  herds,  and 
the  garments,  and  the  rams,  and  all  that  was  beau- 
tiful, and  would  not  destroy  them  :  but  every  thing 
that  was  vile  and  good  for  nothing,  that  they  de- 
stroyed. 

10  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Samuel, 
saying : 

1 1  It  repenteth  me  that  I  have  made  Saul  king : 
for  he  hath  forsaken  me,  and  hath  not  executed  my 
commandments.  And  Samuel  was  grieved;  and 
he  cried  unto  the  Lord  all  night. 

12  And  when  Samuel  rose  early,  to  go  to  Saul 
in  the  morning,  it  was  told  Samuel,  that  Said  was 
come  to  Carmel,  and  had  erected  for  himself  a  tri- 
umphant arch,  and  returning  had  passed  on,  and 
gone  down  to  Galgal.  And  Samuel  came  to  Saul : 
and  Saul  was  offering  a  holocaust  to  the  Lord  out 
of  the  choicest  of  the  spoils  which  he  had  brought 
from  Amalec. 

13  And  when  Samuel  was  come  to  Saul,  Saul 
said  to  him  :  Blessed  be  thou  of  the  Lord  :  I  have 
fulfilled  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

14  And  Samuel  said  :  What  meaneth  then  this 
bleating  of  the  flocks,  which  soundeth  in  my  ears, 
and  the  lowing  of  the  herds,  which  I  hear  ? 

*  Child.  The  great  master  of  life  and  death  (who  cuts  off  one  half 
of  all  mankind  whilst  they  are  children)  has  been  pleased  sometimes 
to  ordain  that  children  should  be  put  to  the  sword,  in  detestation  of 


15  And  Saul  said:  They  have  brought  them 
from  Amalec:  for  the  people  spared  the  best  of  the 
sheep  and  of  the  herds  that  they  might  be  sacrificed 
to  the  Lord  thy  God  :  but  the  rest  we  have  slain. 

16  And  Samuel  said  to  Saul:  Suffer  me,  and! 
will  tell  thee  what  the  Lord  hath  said  to  me  this 
night.  And  he  said  to  him  :  Speak. 

17  And  Samuel  said  :  When  thou  wast  a  little 
one  in  thy  own  eyes,  wast  thou  not  made  the  head 
of  the  tribes  of  Israel  ?  And  the  Lord  anointed  thee 
to  be  king  over  Israel : 

18  And  the  Lord  sent  thee  on  the  way.  and  said  : 
Go,  and  kill  the  sinners  of  Amalec  :  and  thou  shalt 
fight  against  them  until  thou  hast  utterly  destroyed 
them. 

19  Why  then  didst  thou  not  hearken  to  the  voice 
of  the  Lord  ;  but  hast  turned  to  the  prey,  and  hast 
done  evil  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  ? 

20  And  Saul  said  to  Samuel :  Yea  I  have  heark- 
ened to  the  voice  of  the  Lord,  and  have  walked  hi 
the  way  by  which  the  Lord  sent  me;  and  have 
brought  Agag  the  king  of  Amalec  :  and  Amalec  I 
have  slain. 

21  But  the  people  took  of  the  spoils  sheep  and 
oxen,  as  the  first-fruits  of  those  things  that  were 
slain,  to  offer  sacrifice  to  the  Lord  their  God  in 
Galgal. 

22  And  Samuel  said  :  Doth  the  Lord  desire  ho- 
locausts and  victims,  and  not  rather  that  the  voice 
of  the  Lord  should  be  obeyed  ?  For  obedience  is 
better  than  sacrifices ;  and  to  hearken  rather  than 
to  offer  the  fat  of  rams. 

23  Because  it  is  like  the  sin  of  witchcraft,  to  re- 
bel ;  and  like  the  crime  of  idolatry,  to  refuse  to  obey. 
Forasmuch  therefore  as  thou  hast  rejected  the 
word  of  the  Lord,  the  Lord  hath  also  rejected  thee 
from  being  king. 

24  And  Saul  said  to  Samuel :  I  have  sinned,  be- 
cause I  have  transgressed  the  commandment  of  the 
Lord,  and  thy  words,  fearing  the  people,  and  obey- 
ing their  voice. 

25  But  now  bear,  I  beseech  thee,  my  sin  ;  and  re- 
turn with  me,  that  I  may  adore  the  Lord. 

26  And  Samuel  said  to  Saul:  I  will  not  retort 
with  thee,  because  thou  hast  rejected  the  word  of 
the  Lord ;  and  the  Lord  hath  rejected  thee  from 
being  king  over  Israel. 

27  And  Samuel  turned  about  to  go  away  :  but 
he  laid  hold  upon  the  skirt  of  his  mantle  ;  and  it  rent. 

28  And  Samuel  said  to  him :  The  Lord  hath 
rent  the  kingdom  of  Israel  from  thee  this  day;  and 
hath  given  it  to  thy  neighbour  who  is  better  than 
thee. 

29  But  the  triumpher  in  Israel  will  not  spare, 
and  will  not  be  moved  to  repentance :  for  he  is  not 
a  man  that  he  should  repent. 

30  Then  he  said :  I  have  sinned  :  yet  honour 
me  now  before  the  ancients  of  my  people,  and  be- 
fore Israel,  and  return  with  me,  that  1  may  adore 
the  Lord  thy  God. 


the  crimes  of  their  parents,  and  that  they  might  not  live  lo  follow  the 
same  wicked  ways.  But  without  such  ordinance  of  God  it  is  not  *J 
low  able,  in  any  wars,  how  just  soever,  to  kill  children. 


I.  KING 

and  Saul 


31   So  Samuel  turned  again  after  Sail 
adored  the  Lord. 

92  And  Samuel  said  :  Bring  hither  to  me  Agag 
the  king  of  Amalec.  Anil  Acag  was  presented  to 
him  very  tat,  and  trembling.  And  Agag  said  : 
Doth  hitter  death  separate  in  this  manner.' 

33  And  Samuel  said  :  As  thy  sword  hath  made 
women  rhildless,  H  shall  thy  mother  he  childless 
among  women.  And  Samuel  hewed  him  in  pieces 
before  the  Lord  in  (inlcal. 

34  And  Samuel  departed  to  Ramaiha  :  but  Saul 
went  up  to  his  house  in  ( iahaa. 

35  And  Samuel  SEW  Saul  no  more  till  the  day  of 
his  death  :*  nevertheless  Samuel  mourned  lor  Saul, 
Im  cause  the  Lord  repeated  that  he  had  made  him 
king  over  Israel. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

Samuel  in  sent  to  Bethlthem,  where  he  anainleth  David  :  who  is 
taken  into  Saul's  family. 

AND  the  Lord  said  to  Samuel  :  How  lone  wilt 
thou  mourn  for  Saul,  whom  I  have  rejected 
from  reigning  over  Israel?  fill  thy  horn  with  oil, 
and  eome,  that  I  may  send  thee  to  Isai  the  Ilcthle- 
hemite  :  for  I  have  provided  me  a  kins  among  his 
sons. 

2  And  Samuel  said  :  How  shall  I  go  ?  for  Saul 
will  hear  of  it,  and  he  will  kill  inc.  And  the  Lord 
said:  Thou  shalt  take  with  thee  a  calf  of  the  herd, 
ami  thou  shalt  say  :  I  am  come  to  sacrifice  to  the 
Lord. 

3  And  thou  shalt  call  Isai  to  the  sacrifice:  and 
I  will  show  thee  what  thou  art  to  do;  and  thou 
shalt  anoint  him  whom  I  shall  show  to  thee. 

4  Then  Samuel  did  asthe  Lord  had  said  to  him. 
And  he  came  to  Bethlehem  ;  and  the  ancients  of 
the  city  wondered,  and  meeting  him,  they  said:  Is 
thy  coming  hither  peaceable? 

6  And  he  said:  //  U  peaceable:  I  am  come  to 
oflTer  sacrifice  to  the  Lord;  be  ye  sanctified,  and 
come  with  me  to  the  sacrifice.  And  he  sanctified 
Isai  and   his  sons,  and  called   them  to  the  sacrifice. 

6  And  when  they  were  come  in,  he  saw  Lliah, 
and  said:    Is  the  Lord'- anointed  before  him  ? 

7  And  the  Loid  -aid  to  Samuel:  Look  not  on 
his  countenance,  nor  on  the  height  of  his  stature  ; 
because  I  have  rejected  him  ;  nor  do  I  jud-e  accord- 
ing to  the  look  of  man :  lor  man  sccth  those  things 
that  appear,  but  the  Lord  beholdeth  the  heart. 

8  And  Isai  called  Ahiuadah.  and  brought  him  be- 
fore Samuel.  Ami  he  said  :  .Neither  hath  the  Lord 
chosen  this. 

9  And  Uai  brought  Sanima,  and  he  said  of  him  : 
Neither  hath  the  Lord  ehoasa  this. 

10  Isai  therefore  brooch t  his  seven  sons  before 
Samuel  :  and  Samuel  said  to  Isai  :  The  Lord  hath 
not  chosen  any  one  of  these. 

11  And  Samuel  s,,id  to  Isai:  Arc  here  all  thy 
sons  ?  He  answered  :  There  remaineth  yet  a  young 
one,  who  kccpeth  the  sheep.      And  Saturn  I  said  to 

*  Saw  Seul  n«  morr  till  ihr  4m/  aj  kit  dtttk  Thai  i»,  be  w  cnt  no  more 
to  »ee  turn :  be  mitrd  him  no  more. 


for  we   will  not  sh 


Uai  :   Send,   and    fetch    him 
dovv  n  till  he  come  hither. 

12  He  s,  ni  therefore,  and  brought  him.  Now 
he  was  ruddy  and  beautiful  to  Ik  hold,  and  of  a 
comely  face.  And  the  Lord  said:  Arise,  and 
anoint  him  ;   for  this  is  he. 

13  Then  Samuel  took  the  horn  of  oil,  and  anoint- 
ed him  in  the  midst  of  his  brethren  :  and  the  Spirit 
of  the  Lord  came  upon  David  from  (hat  da)  for- 
ward :   and  Samuel  rose  up,  and  went  to  Kamatha. 

14  But  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  departed  from 
Saul:  and  an  evil  spirit  from  the  Lordf  troubled  him. 

1">  And  the  servants  of  Saul  said  to  him  J  lb- 
hold,  noir  an  evil  spirit  from  tiod  troubleth  thee. 

10  Let  our  lord  give  orders;  and  thv  servants 
who  are  before  thee,  will  seek  out  a  man  skilful  in 
playing  on  the  harp,  that  when  the  evil  spirit  from 
the  Lord  is  upon  thee,  he  may  play  with  his  hand, 
and  thou  imivst  bear  it  more  easily. 

17  And  Saul  said  to  his  servants:  Provide  me 
then  some  man  that  can  play  well,  and  bring  him 
to  me. 

lb"  And  one  of  the  servants  answering,  said  :  He- 
hold,  I  have  seen  a  son  of  Isai  the  Betblebemite  a 
skilful  player,  and  one  of  great  strength,  and  a  man 
lit  for  war,  and  prudent  in  his  words,  and  a  comely 
person  :  and  the  Lord  is  frith  him. 

19  Then  Saul  sent  messengers  to  Isai,  saying: 
Send  me  David  thy  son,  who  is  in  the  pastures. 

20  And  Isai  took  an  ass  laden  with  bread,  and  a 
bottle  of  vv  inc,  and  a  kid  of  the  (lock,  and  sent  tin  in 
bv  the  hand  of  David  his  son  to  Saul. 

21  And  David  came  to  Saul,  and  stood  before 
him  :  and  he  loved  him  exceedingly,  and  made  hitr 
his  armour-bearer. 

22  And  Saul  sent  to  Isai,  saying :  Let  I)avi< 
stand  before  me:  for  he  hath  found  favour  in  D\| 
sight. 

23  So  whensoever  the  evil  spirit  from  the  Lord 
was  upon  Saul,  David  took  his  harp,  and  played 
with    bis  hand  :   and   Saul  was  refreshed,  and  \ 
better,  for  the  evil  spirit  departed  from  him. J 

(HAP.   Ml!. 

War  irith  the  Philistines.     Goliath  challengeth   Israel.      H>  is 
slain  by  liarul. 

1V70W  the  Philistines  gathering  together  their 
-L  '  troops  to  battle  asM  mblcd  at  SoCnO  of  .luda  ; 
and  camped  between  Socho  and  A/.eca  in  the  bor- 
ders of  I  )ommim. 

I    \nd  Saul  and  the  children  of  Israel  being 
thered  together  came  to  the  valleV  of  Terebinth : 

and  thej  set  the  army  in  airav  to  fight  against  dM 
Philistines. 

3  And  the  Philistines  stood  on  a  mountain  on 
the  one  side  ;  and  Israel  stood  on  a  mountain  on  the 
other  side  :   and  there  was  a  valley  between  tli-m. 

4  And  there  went  out  a  man  base-born  from  tin 
Camp  of  the  Philistines  named  (ioliath,  ofOetll. 
Whose  height  was  si\  cubits  and  a  span  : 

t  From  tkf  Lord.     An  evil  •piril,  by  .In  ina  prmiHWC.  9  *f  it*  *!m 

|iiiih  limint.  <  iiIht  po*««-««<Ht  or  obaeaaed  him. 

\  Det-rUdfnm  him.     Chaaed  away  by  Darkr*  dcrolioo. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


5  And  he  had  a  helmet  of  brass  upon  his  head  ; 
and  he  was  clothed  with  a  coat  of  mail  with  scales: 
and  the  freight  of  his  coat  of  mail  was  five  thousand 
sides*  of  brass  : 

6  And  he  had  greaves  of  brass  on  his  legs  ;  and 
a  buckler  of  brass  covered  his  shoulders. 

7  And  (he  staff  of  his  spear  was  like  a  weaver's 
beam ;  and  the  head  of  his  spear  weighed  six  hun- 
dred sides  of  iron  :  and  his  armour-bearer  went  be- 
fore him. 

8  And  standing  he  cried  out  to  the  bands  of  Is- 
rael, and  said  to  them  :  Why  are  you  come  out 
prepared  to  fight  ?  am  not  I  a  Philistine,  and  you 
the  servants  of  Saul  ?  Choose  out  a  man  of  you, 
and  let  him  comedown  and  fight  hand  to  hand. 

9  If  he  be  able  to  fight  with  me,  and  kill  me, 
we  will  be  servants  to  you  :  but  if  I  prevail  against 
him,  and  kill  him,  you  shall  be  servants,  and  shall 
serve  us. 

10  And  the  Philistine  said:  I  have  defied  the 
bands  of  Israel  this  day:  Give  me  a  man,  and  let 
him  fight  with  me  hand  to  hand. 

11  And  Saul  and  all  the  Israelites  hearing  these 
wr  ids  of  the  Philistine  were  dismayed,  and  great- 
ly afraid. 

12  Now  David  was  the  son  of  that  Ephrathite  of 
Bethlehem  Juda  before-mentioned,  whose  name 
was  Isai,  who  had  eight  sons,  and  was  an  old  man 
in  the  days  of  Saul,  and  of  great  age  among  men. 

13  And  his  three  eldest  sons  followed  Saul  to 
the  battle  :  and  the  names  of  his  three  sons  that 
went  to  the  battle,  were  Eliab  the  first-born,  and 
the  second  Abinadab,  and  the  third  Samma. 

14  But  David  was  the  youngest.  So  the  three 
eldest  having  followed  Said, 

15  David  went,  and  returned  from  Saul,  to  feed 
liis  father's  flock  at  Bethlehem. 

16  Now  the  Philistine  came  out  morning  and 
evening,  and  presented  himself  forty  days. 

17  And  Isai  said  to  David  his  son:  Take  for  thy 
brethren  an  ephi  of  frumenty,  and  these  ten  loaves ; 
and  run  to  the  camp  to  thy  brethren, 

18  And  carry  these  ten  little  cheeses  to  the  tri- 
bune :  and  go  see  thy  brethren,  if  they  are  well :  and 
learn  with  whom  they  are  placed. 

19  But  Saul,  and  they,  and  all  the  children  of 
Israel  were  in  the  valley  of  Terebinth  fighting  against 
the  Philistines. 

20  David  therefore  arose  in  the  morning,  and 
gave  the  charge  of  the  flock  to  the  keeper;  and  went 
away  loaded  as  Isai  had  commanded  him.  And  he 
came  to  the  place  of  Magala,  and  to  thearmy,which 
was  going  out  to  fight,  and  shouted  for  the  battle. 

21  For  Israel  had  put  themselves  in  array :  and 
the  Philistines  who  stood  against  them  were  pre- 
pared. 

22  And  David  leaving  the  vessels  which  he  had 
brought,  under  the  care  of  the  keeper  of  the  baggage, 
ran  to  the  place  of  the  battle,  and  asked  if  all  things 
went  well  with  his  brethren. 

23  And  as  be  talked  with  them,  that  base-born 
man,  whose  name  was  Goliath,  the  Philistine,  of 
Geth,  showed  himself  coming  up  from  the  camp  of 


the  Philistines:  and  he  spoke  according  to  the  same 
words;  and  David  heard  them. 

24  And  all  the  Israelites  when  they  saw  the  man, 
fled  from  his  face,  fearing  him  exceedingly. 

25  And  some  one  of  Israel  said  :  Have  you  seen 
this  man  that  is  come  up,  for  he  is  come  up  to  defy 
Israel.  And  the  man  that  shall  slay  him,  the  king 
will  enrich  with  great  riches,  and  will  give  him  his 
daughter,  and  will  make  his  father's  house  free  from 
tribute  in  Israel. 

26  And  David  spoke  to  the  men  that  stood  by 
him,  saying:  What  shall  be  given  to  the  man  that 
shall  kill  this  Philistine,  and  shall  take  away  the 
reproach  from  Israel  ?  for  who  is  this  uncircumcised 
Philistine,  that  he  should  defy  the  armies  of  the 
living  God? 

27  And  the  people  answered  him  the  same  words, 
saying:  These  things  shall  be  given  to  the  man  that 
shall  slay  him. 

28  Now  when  Eliab  his  eldest  brother  heard 
this,  when  he  was  speaking  with  others,  he  was 
angry  with  David,  and  said :  Why  earnest  thou 
hither?  and  why  didst  thou  leave  those  few  sheep 
in  the  desert  ?  I  know  thy  pride,  and  the  wickedness 
of  thy  heart ;  that  thou  art  come  down  to  see  the 
battle. 

29  And  David  said  :  What  have  I  done  ?  Is  there 
not  cause  to  speak  ? 

30  And  he  turned  a  little  aside  from  him  to  ano- 
ther, and  said  the  same  word.  And  the  people  an- 
swered him  as  before. 

31  And  the  words  which  David  spoke  were 
heard,  and  were  rehearsed  before  Saul. 

32  And  when  he  was  brought  to  him,  he  said  to 
him :  Let  not  any  man's  heart,  be  dismayed  in  him :  1 
thy  servant  will  go,  and  will  fight  against  die  Phi- 
listine. 

33  And  Saul  said  to  David  :  Thou  art  not  able  to 
withstand  this  Philistine,  nor  to  fight  against  him: 
for  thou  art  but  a  boy ;  but  he  is  a  warrior  from  his 
youth. 

34  And  David  said  to  Saul:  Thy  servant  kept 
his  father's  sheep,  and  there  came  a  lion,  or  a  bear, 
and  took  a  ram  out  of  the  midst  of  the  flock : 

35  And  I  pursued  after  them,  and  struck  them, 
and  delivered  it  out  of  their  mouth  :  and  they  rose 
up  against  me  :  and  I  caught  them  by  the  throat ; 
and  I  strangled,  and  killed  them. 

36  For  I  thy  servant  have  killed  both  a  lion  and 
a  bear:  and  this  uncircumcised  Philistine  shall  be 
also  as  one  of  them.  I  will  go  now  and  take  away 
the  reproach  of  the  people:  for  who  is  this  uncir- 
cumcised Philistine,  who  hath  dared  to  curse  the 
army  of  the  living  God? 

37  And  David  said:  The  Lord  who  delivered  me 
out  of  the  paw  of  the  lion,  and  out  of  the  paw  of  the 
bear,  he  will  deliver  me  out  of  the  hand  of  this  Phi- 
listine. And  Saul  said  to  David:  Go;  and  the  Lord 
be  with  thee. 

38  And  Saul  clothed  David  with  his  garments, 
and  put  a  helmet  of  brass  upon  his  head,  and  armed 
him  with  a  coat  of  mail. 

39  And  David  having  girded  his  sword  upon  his 

22.% 


I.  Kl 

armour,  began  to  ii>  If  be  cquM  walk  in  amour: 
for  be  was  uol  accustomed  tort.  And  Darid  s.ii<]  to 
I:  I  canuoi  go  ilms,  for  I  an  not  used  to  it 

Ik   i  iid  ilicin  oil': 

40  Ami  he  took  his  stall",  which  he  bad  alwa\.s 
in  his  hand*:  and  ebose  bun  five  smooth  stones  ma 
oi  the  brook,  and  put  them  into  the  sbepberd'sscrip, 
which  he  had  with  him:  and  betook  a  stint]  in  his 
band,  and  went  forth  against  the  Philistine. 

il    And  the  Philistine  came  on,  and  drew  nigh 

> .iim    David,  and  his  armour-bearer  before  him. 

12  Ami  when  the  Philistiue  looked,  and  beheld 
David,  he  despised  him:  lor  he  was  a  young  man, 
ruddy,  and  of  a  comeli  countenance. 

\ud  the  Philistine  said  to  David :  Am  I  a  doc, 
that  thou  comes)  to  me  with  a  stall'.'  And  the  Phi- 
listine cursed  David  by  his  gods. 

44  And  he  said  to  David:  Come  to  inc.  and  I 
will  give  thv  Beak  to  (he  birds  of  the  air,  and  to  the 
ht  ,im>  of  the  earth. 

\nd  David  said  to  the  Philistine:  Thon 
contest  to  me  with  a  SWOfd,  and  with  a  spear,  and 
with  a  shield:  but  I  come  to  thee  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord  of  ho^is.  the  God  of  the  armies  of  Israel,  which 
thon  ban  defied 

46  This  day  :  and  the  Lord  will  deliver  thee  into 
my  hand;  and  I  will  slay  thee,  and  take  away  thv 
head  from  thee  :  audi  will  give  the  carcasBes  of  the 
army  of  the  Philistines  this  day  to  the  birds  of  the 
air,  and  to  the  beasts  of  the  earth  :  that  all  the  earth 
mav  know  that  there  is  a  God  in  Israel. 

47  And  all  this  assembly  shall  know,  that  the 
Lord  saveth  not  with  sword  and  spear:  for  it  is  hi- 
battle,  and  he  will  deliver  you  into  OUT  hands. 

48  And  when  the  Philistine  arose,  and  was  com- 
ing, and  drew  sigh  to  meet  David,  David  made 
haste,  and  ran  to  the  fight  t<>  meet  the  Philistine. 

49  And  he  put  his  hand  into  his  snip,  and  took 
a  stone,  and  east  it  with  the  sling;  and  fetching  it 
about  struck  the  Philistine  in  the  forehead:  and  he 
fell  on  his  face  upon  the  earth. 

60  And  David  prevailed  over  the  Philistine,  with 
a  simg  and  a  stone  :  and  he  struck,  and  slew  the 
Philistine.    And  as  David  had  no  sword  in  his  hand. 

51  He  ran,  and  stood  over  the  Philistine,  and 
took  his  sword,  and  drew  it  out  of  the  sheath,  and 
slew  him,  and  cut  off  his  head.  Ami  the  Philistines 
seeing  that  their  champion  was  dead,  fled  aw  ay. 

62  And  the  men  Of  Israel  and  .luda  risinc  Up 
shouted,  and   pursued  after  the  Philistines  till  they 

came  to  the  valley  and  to  the  gates  of Accaron :  and 

there  fell  many  wounded  of  the   Philistines  in  the 

.wav  ot    Si  raini,    and  as  far  as  Getb,  ami  as  far  as 
\      -non. 

63  And  the  children  of  Israel  returning,  after 
they  had  pursued  the  Philistines,  fell  upon  their 
camp. 

\id  David  taking  the  bead  of  the  Philistine, 
brought  it  to  Jerusalem  .  but  his  armour  he  put  in  his 
tent. 

the  lime  that  Saul  -i\v     David  going 

out   against  the  Philistines,   he  -aid  to  Abner  the 
cantata  of  the  srmj  :  <  m  what  famili  is  this  young 


NG8. 

man  descended.  Aimer  :   And  Aimer  saKI  :    A- thv 
sold  liveth,  O  king,  I  know  not. 

■  )<;  lod  the  king  said:  Inquire  thou,  whose  sod 
this  young  man  i-. 

I  \nd  when  I  )av  id  was  returned,  after  tin-  Phi- 
listine was  .slain,  Abner  took  him.  and  brought  him 
m  before  Saul,  with  the  head  of  the  Philistine  in  his 
hand. 

68  And  Saul  said  to  him  :  Yotmg  man.  of  what 
family  art  thou?  And  David  said:  I  am  the  son  of 
thy  servant  Isai  the  Bcthlehcmite. 

CHAP.  XVIII. 

Thrfrirnihhij)  of  Jonathan  and  I),, rid.  Tlir  enry  of  Saul,  and 
!>■*  dtxign  upon  DavicTi  life.  ll<  wuariea  him  to  hit  daughter 
Mirhol. 

\  M)  it  came  to  pasv,  w  hen  he  had  made  an  end 
•CM-  of  Speaking  to  Saul,  the  soul  of  Jonathan  was 
knit  with  the  soul  of  David  :  and  Jonathan  loved  him 
as  his  ovv  n  soul. 

2  And  Saul  took  him  that  day, and  would  not  let 
him  return  to  his  father's  house. 

3  And    David    and  Jonathan    made  a  covenant 
for  he  loved  him  as  his  own  soul. 

4  And  Jonathan  stripped  himself  of  the  coat  w  itl 
which  he  was  clothed,  and  ^ave  it  to  David,  and  tin 
rest  of  his  garments,  even  to  his  sword,  and  to  hi- 
bow,  and  to  his  girdle. 

5  And  David  went  out  to  whatsoever  business 
Saul  sent  him;  and  he  behaved  himself  prudently : 
and  Saul  set  him  over  the  soldiers:  and  he  was  ac- 
ceptable in  the  eyes  of  all  the  people,  and  especially 
in  the  eves  of  Saul's  servant-. 

(i  Now  when  David  returned,  after  he  slew  the 
Philistine,  the  women  came  out  of  all  the  cities  ot 
Israel,  sinKUig  and  dancing  to  meet  king  Saul,  w  ith 
timbrels  of  joy,  and  cornets. 

7  And  the  women  suns  as  they  played :  and  tin  v 
said:  Saul  slew  his  thousands,  and  David  his  ten 
thousands. 

8  And  Saul  was  exceeding  angry,  and  this 
word  was  displeasing  in  his  eyes:  and  he  said: 
They  have  given  David  ten  thousands,  and  to  me 
thej  bavemvenottJ  a  thousand:  what  can  he  have 
more  but  the  kingdom  } 

9  And  Saul  did  not  look  on  David  with  a  good 
eye  from  that  day  and  forward. 

10  And  the  day  after  the  evil  spirit  from  Gad 
came  upon  Saul  ;  and  he  prophesied*  in  the  midst 
of  his  house.      And  David  played  with  his  hand 

at  other  times.     And  Saul  held  a  spear  in  his  hand, 

11  And  threw  it,  thinking  to  nail  David  to  the 
wall:  and  David  stepped  aside  out  of  his  presence 
twice. 

12  And  Saul    feared    David,     because   the    Lord 

was  with  him,  and  was  departed  from  himself.      « 
I.')  Then  Inn  Saul  removed   him  from   him.  and 

made  him  a  captain  over  a  thousand  nun:    and  he 

went  out  and  came  in  before  the  people. 
11-  And   David   behaved  wiselj  in  all   I 

and  the  Lord  was  w  ith  him. 


PrtfkttitJ.     Aottd  '!.■•  pr.yU'i  in  a  mad  in  i 


CHAP.  XIX. 


15  And  Saul  saw  that  he  was  exceeding  pru- 
lent,  and  began  to  beware  of  him. 

10  But  all  Israel  and  Juda  loved  David;  for  he 
came  in  and  went  out  before  them. 

17  And  Saul  said  to  David:  Behold  my  elder 
daughter  Merob,  her  will  I  give  thee  to  wife:  only 
bea  valiant  man,  and  fight  the  battles  of  the  Lord. 
Now  Saul  said  within  himself:  Let  not  my  hand 
be  upon  him;  but  let  the  hands  of  the  Philistines 
be  upon  him. 

18  And  David  said  to  Saul :  Who  am  I,  or 
what  is  my  life,  or  my  father's  family  in  Israel,  that 
1  should  be  son-in-law  of  the  king? 

19  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  time  when  Me- 
rob the  daughter  of  Saul  should  have  been  given 
to  David,  that  she  was  given  to  Hadriel  the  Mo- 
latbite  to  wife. 

'20  But  Miehol  the  other  daughter  of  Saul  loved 
David.     And  it  was  told  Saul ;  and  it  pleased  him. 

21  And  Saul  said:  1  will  give  her  to  him,  that 
she  may  be  a  stumbling-block  to  him,  and  that  the 
hand  of  the  Philistines  may  be  upon  him.  And 
Saul  said  to  David  :  In  two  things  thou  shalt  be  my 
son-in-law  this  day. 

22  And  Saul  commanded  his  servants  to  speak 
to  David  privately,  saying :  Behold,  thou  pleasest 
the  king,  and  all  his  servants  love  thee.  Now 
therefore  be  the  king's  son-in-law. 

23  And  the  servants  of  Saul  spoke  all  these  words 
in  the  ears  of  David.  And  David  said :  Doth  it 
seem  to  you  a  small  matter  to  be  the  king's  son-in- 
law  ?  But  I  am  a  poor  man,  and  of  small  ability. 

24  And  the  servants  of  Saul  told  him,  saying: 
Such  words  as  these  hath  David  spoken. 

25  And  Saul  said:  Speak  thus  to  David  :  The 
king  desireth  not  any  dowry,  but  only  a  hundred 
foreskins  of  the  Philistines,  to  be  avenged  of  the 
king's  enemies.  Now  Saul  thought  to  deliver  Da- 
vid into  the  hands  of  the  Philistines. 

26  And  when  his  servants  had  told  David  the 
words  that  Saul  had  said,  the  word  was  pleasing 
in  the  eyes  of  David,  to  be  the  king's  son-in-law. 

27  And  after  a  few  days  David  rose  up,  and 
went  with  the  men  that  were  under  him:  and  he 
slew  of  the  Philistines  two  hundred  men,  and 
brought  their  foreskins,  and  numbered  them  out  to 
(lie  king,  that  he  might  be  his  son-in-law.  Saul 
therefore  gave  him  Miehol  his  daughter  to  wife. 

28  And  Saul  saw,  and  understood  that  the  Lord 
was  with  David.  And  Miehol  the  daughter  of  Saul 
loved  him. 

29  And  Saul  began  to  fear  David  more:  and 
Saul  became  David's  enemy  continually. 

30  And  the  princes  of  the  Philistines  went  forth: 
and  from  the  beginning  of  their  going  forth,  David 
Behaved  himself  more  wisely  than  all  the  servants 
of  Saul:  and  his  name  became  very  famous. 

CHAP.  XIX. 

Other  attempts  of  Saul  upon  David's  Vfe.     He  cometh  to  Sa- 
muel.     Saul's  messengers  and  Saul  himse'f  prophesy. 

^N|)  Saul  spoke  to  Jonathan  his  son,  and  to  all 
his  servants,  that  they  should  kill  David.     But 


Jonathan  the  son  of  Saul  loved  David   exceed- 
ingly. 

2  And  Jonathan  told  David,  saying:  Saul  my 
father  seeketh  to  kill  thee:  wherefore  look  to  thy- 
self, I  beseech  thee,  in  the  morning;  and  thou  shalt 
abide  in  a  secret  place,  and  shalt  be  hid. 

3  And  1  will  go  out,  and  stand  beside  my  father 
in  the  field  where  thou  art:  and  1  will  speak  of 
thee  to  my  father;  and  whatsoever  I  shall  see,  1 
will  tell  thee. 

4  And  Jonathan  spoke  good  things  of  David,  to 
Saul  his  father;  and  said  to  him:  Sin  not,  O  king, 
against  thy  servant  David,  because  he  hath  not 
sinned  against  thee,  and  his  works  are  very  good 
towards  thee. 

5  And  he  put  his  life  in  his  hand,  and  slew  the 
Philistine:  and  the  Lord  wrought  great  salvation 
for  all  Israel.  Thou  sawest  it,  and  didst  rejoice. 
Why  therefore  wilt  thou  sin  against  innocent  blood 
by  killing  David,  who  is  without  fault? 

6  And  when  Saul  heard  this  he  was  appeased 
with  the  words  of  Jonathan,  and  swore:  As  the 
Lord  liveth,  he  shall  not  be  slain. 

7  Then  Jonathan  called  David,  and  told  him  all 
these  words:  and  Jonathan  brought  in  David  to 
Saul:  and  he  was  before  him,  as  he  had  been  yes- 
terday and  the  day  before. 

8  And  the  war  began  again:  and  David  went 
out  and  fought  against  the  Philistines,  and  defeated 
them  with  a  great  slaughter:  and  they  fled  from  his 
face. 

9  And  the  evil  spirit  from  the  Lord  came  upon 
Saul:  and  he  sat  in  his  house,  and  held  a  spear  in 
his  hand:  and  David  played  with  his  hand. 

10  And  Saul  endeavoured  to  nail  David  to  the 
wall  with  his  spear.  And  David -slipt  away  out  of 
the  presence  of  Saul:  and  the  spear  missed  him, 
and  was  fastened  in  the  wall:  and  David  fled,  and 
escaped  that  night. 

11  Saul  therefore  sent  his  guards  to  David's 
house  to  watch  him,  that  he  might  be  killed  in  the 
morning.  And  when  Miehol,  David's  wife,  had 
told  him  this,  saying:  Unless  thou  save  thyself  this 
night,  to-morrow  thou  wilt  die: 

.     12  She  let  him  down  through  a  window.     And 
he  went  and  fled  away,  and  escaped. 

13  And  Miehol  took  an  image,  and  laid  it  on 
the  bed,  and  put  the  goat  skin  with  the  hair  at  the 
head  of  it,  and  covered  it  with  clothes: 

14  And  Saul  sent  officers  to  seize  David:  and  it 
was  answered  that  he  was  sick. 

15  And  again  Saul  sent  to  see  David,  saying: 
Bring  him  to  me  in  the  bed,  that  he  may  be  slain.. 

16  And  when  the  messengers  were  come  in, 
they  found  an  image  upon  the  bed,  and  a  goat  skin 
at  its  head. 

17  And  Saul  said  to  Miehol:  Why  hast  thou 
deceived  me  so,  and  let  my  enemy  go  and  flee 
away?  And  Miehol  answered  Saul:  Because  he 
said  to  me:  Let  me  go,  or  else  I  will  kill  thee. 

18  But  David  fled,  and  escaped;  and  came  to 
Samuel  in  Ramatha,  and  told  him  all  that  Saul  had 

227 


I.  KliXi 


«](nir  to  hirn  :  and  In  .  Iwell 

in  Najoth.* 

19   And  it  w  hold. 

Di\ id  is  in  Najoth  in  Kamatha. 

5    Saul  seal  officers  t<i  t;iki-  Dai  id :  and  w  ben 

the}   ^iu   a  company   of  prophets  prophesy  iim,+ and 

Hid  presiding  <»^ *■  r  them,  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
■■•  also  upon  them:  and  they  liltewist    b<  gan  to 
prophesj  • 

2\    And  when  this  was  told  Saul,  lie  sent   otlicr 
mcsscii-.  rs :  hut  thcv  also  prophesied.     And  again 
Sattl  feem  messengers  the  third  time  :  And  they  pro- 
phesied also.     And  Saul  being  exceeding  anmy, 
Went  also  himself  to  Kamatha,  and  came  as 

far  as  the  Deal  cistern,  which  is  in  Socho:  and  lie 
asked,  and  mid:  In  what  place  an-  Samuel  and 
David  ?  And  it  was  tolil  him  :  lk-hold,  they  are  in 
Na.ioth  in  Kamatha. 

23  And  he  went  to  Najoth  in  Kamatha:  and  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord  came  anon  him  also:  and  he 
went  on,  and  prophesied  till  be  came  to  Najoth  in 
Kamatha. 

24  And  he  stripped  himself  also  of  his  garments, 
and  prophesied  with  the  rest  before  Samuel,  and  lay 

down  naked  all  that  day  and  night  This  gave 
occasion  to  a  proverb:  What  is  Saul  too  among  the 
prophets  ? 

CHAP.  X\. 

Saul  being  obttinately  bent  upon  killing  Dnri<l,he  it  trnt  array 
by  Jonathan. 

BUT  David  fled  from  Najoth,  w  huh  is  in  Kama- 
tha, and  came  and  said  to  Jonathan:  \\  hat  have 
I  doner  what  is  my  iniquity,  and  what  i$  my  sin 
against  thv  rather,  that  he  aeeketh  my  life? 

I  \ ii.  1  he  said  to  him:  God  forbid;  thou  shalt 
not  die  :  for  mv  father  will  do  nothing  ureal  or  little, 
without  first  telling  me:  hath  then  mv  father  hid 
this  word  only  from  inc.-  no,  this  shall  not  he. 

3  And  he  swore  again  to  Darid.  And  David  said: 
Thv   rather    certainly  knoweth  that  I   have  found 

e  in  tin  sight  :  and  he  will  sa\  !  Let  not  Jona- 
than know  this,  lest  be  be  grieved.  But  truly  as  the 
Lord  liveth,  and  thy  soul  livcth,  there  is  but  one 
step  (as  I  may  say)  between  me  and  death. 

4  And  Jonathan  said  to  David:  Whatsoever  thy 
soul  shall  say  to  me.  I  will  do  for  thee. 

5  And  David  said  to  Jonathan:  Behold,  to-mor- 
row is  the  new  mt)nn  :J  and  I  according  to  custom 
am  wont  to  sit  beside  the  kinu  to  eat  :  let  inc  gOthen, 
that  I  may  be  hid  in  the  field  till  tin-  evening  of  the 
third  day. 

6  If  thy  father  look  and  inquire  for  me,  thou  shalt 
answer  him  :  David  asked  me  that  he  might  run  to 
Bethlehem,  his  own  city:  because  there  are 
solemn  sacrifices  there  for  all  his  tribe. 

7  If  be   shall  say,  It  is  well:   thy  servant  shall 


*  .ViioiV     It  was  probably  a  school  or  college  of  prophets,  in  or 
near  Kamatha,  under  the  direction  of  Samoi  I. 

*  friaaiiitiif.  That  is,  tinging  praises  to  God  by  a  Hirine  impuLe 
God  was  pica md  on  this  occasion  that  hoib  Bun  MMM  and 
himself  should  experience  the  like  impulsr,  that  Ik-  might  understand, 
by  this  instance  of  lb*  iii  ,,"w  »»»n  are  thi>  designs  of  imn 
against  him  whom  God  pn  ' 


have  peace:   but  if  he  be  angry,  know  that  his  ma- 
lice is  come  to  its  height. 

8  Deal  mercifully  then  with  thy  servant  :  for  thou 
hast  bfOUgbl  me  thv  servant  into  a  covenant  of  the 
Lord  with  thee.  But  if  there  be  any  iniquity  in 
me,  do  thou  kill  me  ;  and  bring  me  not  in  to  th> 
father. 

9  And  Jonathan  said:  Far  be  this  from  thee  :  foi 
if  I  should  certainly  know  that  evil  is  determined 
by  my  father  against  thee,  I  could  do  no  otherwise 
than  tell  thee. 

10  And  David  answered  Jonathan  :  Who  shall 
brinx  me  word,  if  thy  father  should  answer  thee 
harshly  concerning  me  ? 

11  And  Jonathan  said  to  David:  Conic,  and  let 
us  go  out  into  the  field.  And  when  they  were  both 
of  them  gone  out  into  the  field, 

12  Jonathan  said  to  David:  O  Lord  God  of  Is- 
rael, if  I  .shall  discover m J  father's  mind,  to-morrow 
or  the  day  after,  and  there  be  any  ihmg  good  for 
David]  and  I  send  not  immediately  to  thee,  and 
make  it  known  to  thee, 

13  May  the  Lord  do  so  and  so  to  Jonathan,  and 
add  still  more.  But  if  my  father  shall  continue  in 
malice  against  thee,  I  will  discover  it  to  thy  ear,  and 
will  send  thee  away,  that  thou  mayst  no  in  peace, 
and  the  Lord  be  with  thee,  as  he  hath  been  with  my 
father. 

14  And  if  I  live,  thou  shalt  show  me  the  kindness 
of  the  Lord :  but  if  I  die, 

15  Thou  shalt  not  take  away  thy  kindness  from 
my  house  for  ever,  when  the  Lord  shall  have  rooted 
out  the  enemies  of  David,  everyone  of  ihcni  from 
the  earth  :  maybe  take  away  Jonathan^  from  his 
house,  and  may  the  Lord  require  it||  at  the  hands  ol 
David's  enemies. 

16  Jonathan  therefore  SSade  a  covenant  with  the 
house  of  David  :  and  the  Lord  required  it  at  the 
hands  of  David's  enemies. 

17  And  Jonathan  swore  again  to  David,  because 
he  lovetl  him:  for  he  lined  hi:n  as  bit  own  soul. 

18  And  Jonathan  said  to  him  :  To-morrow  it  the 
new  moon,  and  thou  will  be  missed  : 

19  For  thy  seat  will  be  empty  till  after  to-morrow  . 
So  thou  shalt  go  down  quickly,  and  come  to  the  place. 
where  thou  must  l>e  hid  on  the  day  when  it  is  law- 
ful to  work:  and  thou  shalt  remain  beside  the  stone, 
which  is  called  I'.y.el. 

20  And  1  will  shoot  three  arrows  near  it,  and 
will  shoot  as  if  I  were  exercising  myself  at  a 
mark. 

21  And  I  will  send  a  boy,  saying  to  him:  Go, 
and  fetch  me  the  arrows. 

22  If  I  shall  say  to  the  boy:  Behold,  the  arrows 
arc  on  this  side  of  tine  lake  them  up:  come  thou 
to  me,  because  there  is  (peace  to  tin  e.  and  there  is  no 


{  To-morrsse  it  tht  nfl»  mam.  The  neomrnU.  or  first  day  of  the  moon, 
.cording  to  the  law,  as  a  festival ;  and  therefore  Saul  feasted  on 
that  day;  and  expected  the  attendance  of  his  family. 

♦  Mof  In  lake  svsy  Jonmthan,  Sec.  It  is  a  curse  upon  himself,  if  be 
should  lint  be  faithnil  to  In-  promise. 

|  Rt quirt  u.  tt.    That  is,    rman  it   n  \  enemies   and 

upon  me,  il  I  •!>   old  tail  of  my  word  Riven  to  linn. 


CHAP.  XXI. 


evil,  as  the  Lord  liveth.  But  if  I  shall  speak  thus 
to  the  hoy:  Behold,  the  arrows  are  beyond  thee:  go 
in  peace,  for  the  Lord  hath  sent  thee  away. 

23  And  concerning  the  word  which  I  and  thou 
ba?c  spoken,  the  Lord  be  between  thee  and  inc  for 
ever. 

24  So  David  was  hid'  in  the  field :  and  the  new 
moon  came,  and  the  king  sat  down  to  eat  bread. 

25  And  when  the  king  sat  down  upon  his  chair 
according  to  custom)  which  was  beside  the  wall, 

Jonathan  arose,  and  Abner  sat  by  Saul's  side;  and 
David's  place  appeared  empty. 

26  And  Saul  said  nothing  that  day;  for  he  thought 
it  might  have  happened  to  him,  that  he  was  not 
clean,  nor  purified. 

27  And  when  the  second  day  after  the  new  moon 
was  come,  David's  place  appeared  empty  again.  And 
Saul  said  to  Jonathan  his  son  :  Why  cometh  not  the 
son  of  Isai  to  meat  neither  yesterday,  nor  to-day? 

28  And  Jonathan  answered  Saul :  He  asked  leave 
of  me  earnestly  to  go  to  Bethlehem. 

29  And  he  said  :  Let  me  go,  for  there  is  a  solemn 
sacrifice  in  the  city  ;  one  ot  my  brethren  hath  sent 
for  me  :  and  now  if  I  have  found  favour  in  thy  eyes,  1 
will  go  quickly,  and  see  my  brethren.  For  this  cause 
he  came  not  to  the  king's  table. 

30  Then  Saul  being  angry  against  Jonathan,  said 
to  him  :  Thou  son  of  a  woman  that  is  the  ravisher 
of  a  man,  do  I  not  know  that  thou  lovest  the  son  of 
Isai  to  thy  own  confusion,  and  to  the  confusion  of  thy 
shameless  mother? 

31  For  as  long  as  the  son  of  Isai  liveth  upon 
earth,  thou  shalt  not  be  established,  nor  thy  king- 
dom. Therefore  now  presently  send,  and  fetch  him 
to  me:  for  he  is  the  son  of  death.* 

32  And  Jonathan  answering  Saul  his  father,  said : 
Why  shall  he  die  ?  What  hath  he  done  ? 

33  And  Saul  caught  up  a  spear  to  strike  him. 
And  Jonathan  understood  that  it  was  determined  by 
his  father  to  kill  David. 

34  So  Jonathan  rose  from  the  table  in  great 
anger,  and  did  not  eat  bread  on  the  second  day  after 
the  new  moon.  For  he  was  grieved  for  David,  be- 
cause his  father  had  put  him  to  confusion. 

35  And  when  the  morning  came,  Jonathan  went 
into  the  field  according  to  the  appointment  with 
David,  and  a  little  boy  with  him. 

36  And  he  said  to  his  boy:  Go,  and  fetch  me  the 
arrows  which  I  shoot.  And  when  the  boy  ran,  he 
shot  another  arrow  beyond  the  boy. 

37  The  boy  therefore  came  to  the  place  of  the 
arrow  which  Jonathan  had  shot :  and  Jonathan  cried 
after  the  boy,  and  said:  Behold,  the  arrow  is  there 
further  beyond  thee. 

38  And  Jonathan  cried  againafterthc  boy,saying: 


*  The  son  of  death.  That  is,  one  that  deserveth  death,  and  shall  sure- 
ly be  put  to  death. 

t  Jfobe.  A  city  in  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  to  which  the  tabernacle 
of  the  Lord  had  been  translated  from  Silo. 

|  If  the  young  men  be  clean,  See.  If  this  cleanness  was  required  of 
them  that  were  to  eat  that  bread,  which  was  but  a  figure  of  the  bread 
of  life  which  we  receive  in  the  blessed  sacrament;  how  clean  ong-lit 
Christian*  to  be  when  they  approach  to  our  tremendous  mysteries? 
And  what  reason  hath  the  church  of  God  to  admit  none  to  be  her  mi- 


Make  haste  speedily,  stand  not.  And  Jonathan's 
boy  gathered  up  the  arrows,  and  brought  them  to  Ids 
master: 

39  And  he  knew  not  at  all  what  was  doing :  for 
only  Jonathan  and  David  knew  the  matter. 

40  Jonathan  therefore  gave  his  arms  to  the  boy, 
and  said  to  him:  Go,  and  carry  them  into  the  city. 

41  And  when  the  boy  was  gone,  David  rose  out 
of  his  place,  which  was  toward  the  south,  and  falling 
on  his  face  to  the  ground,  adored  thrice  :  and  kissing 
one  another,  they  wept  together,  but  David  more. 

42  And  Jonathan  said  to  David :  Go  in  peace : 
and  let  all  stand  that  we  have  sworn  both  of  us  in 
the  name  of  the  Lord,  saying :  The  Lord  be  be- 
tween me  and  thee,  and  between  my  seed  and  thy 
seed  for  ever. 

43  And  David  arose,  and  departed  :  and  Jonathan 
went  into  the  city. 

CHAP.  XXI. 

David  receiveth  holy  bread  of  Acldmelech  the  priest ;   and 
feigneth  himself  mad  before  Achis  king  of  Geth. 

\  ND  David  came  to  Nobef  to  Achimelech  the 
-^*-  priest:  and  Achimelech  was  astonished  at 
David's  coming.  And  he  said  to  him:  Why  art  thou 
alone,  and  no  man  with  thee  ? 

2  And  David  said  to  Achimelech  the  priest:  The 
king  hath  commanded  me  a  business,  and  said  :  Let 
no  man  know  the  thing  for  which  thou  art  sent  by 
me,  and  what  manner  of  commands  1  have  ghen 
thee  :  and  I  have  appointed  my  servants  to  such  and 
such  a  place. 

3  Now  therefore  if  thou  have  any  thing  at  hand, 
though  it  were  but  five  loaves,  give  me,  or  whatsoever 
thou  canst  find. 

4  And  the  priest  answered  David,  saying  :  I  have 
no  common  bread  at  hand,  but  only  holy  bread,  if 
the  young  men  be  clean,!  especially  from  women. 

5  And  David  answered  the  priest,  and  said  to 
him :  Truly,  as  to  what  concerneth  women,  we  have 
refrained  ourselves  from  yesterday  and  the  day  be- 
fore, when  we  came  out,  and  the  vessels^  of  the 
young  men  were  holy.  Now  this  way  is  defiled, || 
but  it  shall  also  be  sanctified  It  this  day  in  the  vessels. 

6  The  priest  therefore  gave  him  hallowed  bread : 
for  there  was  no  bread  there,  but  only  the  loaves  of 
proposition,  which  had  been  taken  away  from  be- 
fore the  face  of  the  Lord,  that  hot  loaves  might  be 
set  up. 

7  Now  a  certain  man  of  the  servants  of  Saul  was 
there  that  day,  within  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord  : 
and  his  name  was  Doeg  an  Edomite,  the  chiefest  of 
Satd's  herdsmen. 

8  And  David  said  to  the  Achimelech :  Hast  thou 
here  at  hand  a  spear,  or  a  sword?  for  I  brought  not 

nisters  to  consecrate  and  daily  receive  this  most  pure  sacrament,  but 
such  as  devote  themselves  to  a  life  of  perpetual  purity  f 

i  The  vessels,  i.  e.  the  bodies,  have  been  holy,  that  is,  have  been  kept 
from  impurity. 

II  Is  defiled.     Is  liable  to  expose  us  to  dangers  of  uncleanness. 

I  Be  sanctified  Sec.  That-is,  we  shall  take  care,  notwithstanding 
these  dangerous  circumstances,  to  keep  our  vessels  holy,  that  is,  to  keep 
our  bodies  from  every  thing  that  may  defile  us. 

229 


1.  KI.NCS 


my  own  swurd,  nor  my  own  weapons  with  me;  for 
the  kind's  butinen  required  haste. 
9  \nd  the  pries!  said:   La  here  is  the  sword  of 

i;ih  tin'  Philistine  whom  (lion  slew  est  in  die  val- 
ley of  Terebinth,  wrapped  up  in  a  cloth  behind  the 

ephod:  if  thoil  wilt  take  this,  take  it;  lor  lure  is  no 
oilier  hut  this.  Ami  I  Nil  id  said  :  There  is  none  like 
that:  give  it  me. 

Id  And  Da\id  arose,  and  lied  that  day  from  the 
Tare  of  Saul;  and  came  to  Aehis  the  knagofGeth: 

II  And  the  .sen ants  of  Aehis.  when  they  saw 
I  )a\  id,  said  to  him  :  Is  not  this  I  )av  id  the  kins  of  the 
land.'  Did  they  not  sing  to  him  in  their  dances,  say- 
ing: Saul  hath  slain   his  thousands,  and    Das  id  his 

ten  thousands? 

1J  liui  David  laid  up  these  words  in  his  heart: 
and  was  exceedingly  afraid  at  the  face  of  Aehis  the 
kinz  of  (ieth. 

13  And  In- channel!  his  countenance  before  them, 
and  slipt  down  between  their  hands:  and  he  stum- 
bled  against  the  doors  of  the  gate,  and  his  spittle 
ran  dow  n  upon  his  heard. 

14  And  Aehis  said  to  his  servants:  You  saw  the 
man  irus  mad:  why  have  yon  brought  him  to  me? 

15  Have  we  need  of  madmen,  that  von  have 
brought  in  this  ft  How,  to  play  the  madman  in  my 
presence*  shall  this  fellow  come  into  my  house? 

CHAP.  XXII. 

Many  resort  to  David.  Doeg  arcuteth  Adtimrlcch  to  Saul. 
Jlr  ordrrcth  him  and  all  the  other  prints  of  Nobe  to  be  slain. 
Abiathar  escupeth. 

DAVID  therefore  went  from  thence,  and  fled  to 
the  cave  of  Odollam.  And  w  Inn  his  brethren 
and  all  his  father's  house  had  heard  of  -it,  they  went 
down  to  him  (hither. 

2  And  all  that  wire  in  distress,  and  oppressed  with 
debt,  and  under  affliction  of  mind,  gathered  them- 
scives  unto  him:  and  he  became  their  prince:  and 
there  were  with  him  about  four  hundred  men. 

3  And  David  departed  from  thence  into  Maspha 

Of  Moab;  and  he  said  to  the  king  of  .Moali:  Lei  mv 
father  and  my  mother  tarrv  with  you,  I  beseech  thee, 
till  I  know  what  God  will  do  for  me. 

4  And  he  left  them  under  the  eyes  of  the  king  of 
Moab:  and  they  abode  with  him  all  the  days  that 
Da\  id  was  in  the  hold.* 

5  And  Gad  the  prophet  said  to  David:  Abide  not 
in  the  hold:  depart,  and  go  into  the  land  of  Juda. 
And  David  departed,  and  came  into  the  forest  of 
llaret, 

6  And  Saul  heard  that  David  was  seen,  and  the 
men  that  were  with  him.  Now  whilst  Saul  abode 
in  Gabaa,  and  was  in  the  wood,  which  is  by  Kama, 
having  his  spear  in  his  hand,  and  all  his  servants 
wen*  standing  about  him, 

7  He  -aid  to  his  servants  t1  !  about  him: 
Hear  me  now,  ye  sous  of  Jetntnij  will  the  son  of 
[sai  ;;i\.  one  of  you  beids, and  vineyards,  and 
make  noii  all  tribunes  and  centurions: 

i  iiat  all  of  yon  have  conspired  against  me,  and 


•  Tfu  koU.     The  strong  >joM,  or  fortre**  of  Ma»|  U. 


there  is  no  one  .<>  inform  me,  especially  wiim  t\?n 
mi  son  hath  entered  into  league  \\  it  h  the  son  of  li 
There  is  not  one  of  you  that  pitieth  mj  case,  nor 

that  givetfa  me   any   information:   because   mv    son 

hath  raised  up  my  servant  against  me,  plotting  against 

me  to  this  das. 

9  And  Doeg  the  Edomite  w  ho  stood  by.  and  v\  B9 

the  chief  among  the  servants  of  Saul,  answering, 

said:  I  saw  the  son  of  Isai,  in  Nobe,  with  Achime- 
lech  the  son  of  Achitob  the  priest 

10  And  he  consulted  the  Lord  for  him,  and 

him  victuals,  and  gave  him  the  swonl  ol  (.ioliah  the 
Philistine. 

1 1  Then  the  king  sent  to  call  for  Achimelech  the 
priest  the  son  of  Achitob.  and  all  his  father's  house, 
the  priests  that  were  in  Nobe:  and  the]  came  all  ol 
them  to  the  kin::. 

1J  And  Saul  said  to  Achimelech:  Hear,  thou  son 
of  Achitob.      He  answered:    Hire  I  am,   mv  lord. 

13  And  Saul  said  to  him:  Why  have  you  con- 
spired against  me,  thou,  and  the  son  of  Isai,  and 
thou  hast  given  him  bread  and  a  sword,  and  hast  con- 
sulted the  Lord  for  him,  that  he  should  rise  up 
against  me,  continuing  a  traitor  to  this  daj  - 

14  And  Achimelech  answering  the  king,  said' 
And  who  amongst  all  thy  servants  is  so  faithful  as 
David,  who  is  the  Jung's  son-in-law  ,  and  gjoetfa  forth 
at  thy  bidding,  and  is  honourable  in  thy  house: 

15  Did  I  begin  to-day  to  consult  the  Lord  for 
him?  far  be  this  from  me:  let  not  the  king  suspect 
such  a  thing  against  his  servant,  or  tun/  our  in  ah 
my  father's  house:  for  thy  servant  knew  nothing  ol 
this  matter,  either  little  or  great. 

16  And  the  king  said  :  Dytnglbou  shah  die,  Achi- 
melech, thou  and  all  thy  father's  house. 

17  And  the  king  said  to  the  messengers  that  stood 
about  him:  Turn,  and  kill  (he  priests  of  the  Lord; 
for  their  hand  is  will)  David,  because  they  knew 
that  he  was  fled,  and  they  told  it  not  to  me.  And 
the  king's  servants  would  not  put  forth  their  hands 
against  the  priests  of  the  Lord. 

18  And  the  king  suid  to  Doeg:  Turnthou,  and  fall 
upon  the  priests.  And  Doe;:  the  Ldomite  turned, 
and  fell  upon  the  priests,  and  slew  in  that  day  eight)  - 
five  men  that  wore  (he  linen  ephod. 

19  And  Nobe  the  city  of  the  priest  he  smote  with 
the  edge  of  (he  sword,  both  men  and  women,  chil- 
dren, and  sucklings,  and  ox  and  ass,  and  sheep  w  illi 
the  edge  of  the  sw  ord. 

20  But  one  of  the  sons  of  Achimelech  (he  sou  of 
Achitob,  whose  name  was  Abiathar,  escaped,  and 
fled  to  David, 

21  And  told  him  that  Saul  had  slain  the  priests 
of  the  Lord. 

22  And  David  said  to  Abiathar:  I  knew  thai  day 
when  Doeg  the  I'.douiile  was  (here,  that  williout 
doubt  be  would  tell  Saul  :  I  have  been  the  occa- 
sion of  the  death  of  all  the  souls  of  thy  father1! 

house. 

23  Abide  thou  with  me;  fear  not:  for  he  thai 
■eeketh  my  life,  Seeketh  thy  life  also;  and  with  me 
thou  shall  be  saved. 


CHAP.  XXIII. 


he  Phi- 
rob  the 


David  relicveth  Ceila,  besieged  by  the  Philistines.  He  Jlee.lh 
into  the  desert  of  Zlph.  Jonathan  and  he  confirm  their  for* 
mer  covenant.  The  Ziphites  discover  him  to  S. nil.  ivho  pur- 
suing close  after  him,  is  called  away  by  an  invasion  from  the 
Philistines. 

AND  they  told  David,  saying  :   Behold, 
listines  fight  against  Ceila ;  and  they 
barns. 

2  Therefore  David  consulted  the  Lord,  saying: 
Shall  I  go  and  smite  these  Philistines?  And  the 
Lord  said  to  David:  Go;  and  thou  shalt  smite  the 
Philistines,  and  shalt  save  Ceila. 

3  And  the  men  that  were  with  David,  said  to 
him:  Behold,  we  are  in  fear  here  in  Judea;  how 
much  more  if  we  go  to  Ceila  against  the  bands  of 
the  Philistines? 

4  Therefore  David  consulted  the  Lord  again. 
And  he  answered,  and  said  to  him:  Arise,  and  go 
to  Ceila :  for  I  will  deliver  the  Philistines  into  thy 
hand. 

5  David  therefore,  and  his  men,  went  to  Ceila, 
and  fought  against  the  Philistines,  and  brought  away 
their  cattle,  and  made  a  great  slaughter  of  them: 
and  David  saved  the  inhabitants  of  Ceila. 

6  Now  at  that  time,  when  Abiathar  the  son  of 
Achimelech  fled  to  David  to  Ceila,  he  came  down 
having  an  ephod*  with  him. 

7  And  it  was  told  Saul  that  David  was  come  to 
Ceila:  and  Saul  said:  The  Lord  hath  delivered  him 
into  my  hands ;  and  he  is  shut  up,  being  come  into  a 
city,  that  hath  gates  and  bars. 

8  And  Saul  commanded  all  the  people  to  go  down 
to  fight  against  Ceila,  and  to  besiege  David,  and  his 
men. 

9  Now  when  David  understood,  that  Saul  se- 
cretly prepared  evil  against  him,  he  said  to  Abia- 
thar the  priest:  Bring  hither  the  ephod. 

10  And  David  said:  O  Lord  God  of  Israel,  thy 
servant  hath  heard  a  report,  that  Saul  designeth  to 
come  to  Ceila,  to  destroy  the  city  for  my  sake  : 

1 1  Will  the  menof  Ceiladeliverme  into  his  bands  ? 
md  will  Saul  come  down  as  thy  servant  hath  beard? 
O  Lord  God  of  Israel,  tell  thy  servant.  And  the 
Lord  said:  He  will  come  down. 

12  And  David  said:  Will  the  men  of  Ceila  de- 
liver me,  and  my  men,  into  the  hands  of  Saul?  And 
the  Lord  said:  They  will  deliver  thee  up. 

13  Then  David  and  his  men,  who  were  about 
six  hundred,  arose;  and  departing  from  Ceila,  wan- 
dered up  and  down  uncertain  where  they  should 
stay:  and  it  was  told  Saul  that  David  was  fled 
from  Ceila,  and  had  escaped  :  Wherefore  he  forbore 
'.o  go  out. 

14  But  David  abode  in  the  desert  in  strong  holds: 
md  he  remained  in  a  mountain  of  the  desert  of 
Ziph,  in  a  woody  hill.  And  Said  sought  him  al- 
ways: but  the  Lord  delivered  him  not  into  his 
hands. 

15  And  David  saw  that  Saul  was  come  out  to  seek 


*  An  ephod,  or  the  ephod.     That  is,   the  vestment  of  the  hifrh  pries!, 
vith  the  urim  a:u!  thummim,  by  which  the  Lord  gave  his  oracles. 


CHAP.  XXIII,  XXIV. 

his  life.     And  David  was  in  the  desert  of  Ziph,  in 
a  wood. 

16  And  Jonathan  the  son  of  Saul  arose,  and 
went  to  David  into  the  wood,  and  strengthened  his 
hands  in  God:  and  he  said  to  him: 

17  Fear  not:  for  the  hand  of  my  father  Saul 
shall  not  find  thee;  and  thou  shalt  reign  over  Israel 


and  I  shall  be  next  to  thee:  yea,   and- mv  father 
knoweth  this. 

18  And  they  two  made  a  covenant  before  the 
Lord:  and  David  abode  in  the  wood:  but  Jona- 
than returned  to  his  house. 

19  And  the  Ziphites  went  up  to  Saul  in  Gabaa, 
saying:  Lo,  doth  not  David  lie  hid  with  us  in  the 
strong  holds  of  the  wood,  in  mount  Hachila,  which 
is  on  the  right  hand  of  the  desert. 

20  Now  therefore  come  down,  as  thy  soul  hath 
desired  to  come  down:  and  it  shall  be  our  business 
to  deliver  him  into  the  king's  hands. 

21  And  Saul  said:  Blessed  be  ye  of  the  Lord; 
for  you  have  pitied  my  case. 

22  Go  therefore,  I  pray  you,  and  use  all  diligence, 
and  curiously  inquire,  and  consider  the  place  where 
his  foot  is,  and  who  hath  seen  him  there:  for  he 
thinketh  of  me,  that  I  lie  craftily  in  wait  for  him. 

23  Consider  and  see  all  his  lurking  holes  where- 
in he  is  hid,  and  return  to  me  with  the  certainty  of 
the  thing,  that  I  may  go  with  you.  And  if  he  should 
even  go  down  into  the  earth  to  hide  himself,  1  will 
search  him  out  in  all  the  thousands  of  Juda. 

24  And  they  arose,  and  went  to  Ziph  before 
Saul:  and  David  and  his  men  were  in  the  desert 
of  Maon,  in  the  plain  at  the  right  hand  of  Jesimon. 

25  Then  Saul  and  his  men  went  to  seek  him : 
and  it  was  told  David;  and  forthwith  he  went  down 
to  the  rock,  and  abode  in  the  wilderness  of  Maon  : 
and  when  Saul  had  heard  of  it,  he  pursued  after  Da- 
vid in  the  wilderness  of  Maon. 

26  And  Saul  went  on  this  side  of  the  mountain: 
and  David  and  his  men  were  on  the  other  side  of  the 
mountain:  and  David  despaired  of  being  able  to 
escape  from  the  face  of  Saul:  and  Saul  and  his 
men  encompassed  David  and  his  men  round  about 
to  take  them. 

27  And  a  messenger  came  to  Saul,  saying:  Make 
haste  to  come;  for  the  Philistines  have  poured  in 
themselves  upon  the  land. 

28  Wherefore  Saul  returned,  leaving  the  pursuit 
of  David,  and  wenl  to  meetthe  Philistines.  Fortius 
cause,  they  called  that  place,  the  Rock  of  division. 

CHAP.  XXIV. 

Saul  seeketh  David  in  the  wilderness  of  Engaddi  :  he  goeth  into 
a  cave  where  David  hath  him  in  his  power. 

THEN  David  went  up  from  thence,  and  dwelt 
in  strong  holds  of  Engaddi. 

2  And  when  Saul  was  returned  from  following 
the  Philistines,  they  told  him,  saying:  Behold,  Da- 
vid is  in  the  desert  of  Engaddi. 

3  Saul  therefore  took  three  thousand  chosen  men 
out  of  all  Israel,  and  went  out  to  seek  after  David, 
and  his  men,  even  upon  the  most  craggy  rocks,  which 
are  accessible  only  to  wild  e;oats. 

2fil 


I.  KIM.s. 


)  \iul  In  came  to  the  sheep-cotes  which  w. 
ni>  way.     Ami  there  v\as  a  care,  into  which  Saul 
went, to  ease  nature :  now  David  aad  his  bnmi  lay 
bid  in  the  inner  pari  of  the  caae. 

5  Ami  iln  m  n  ana  <>t  David  arid  to  him:  Behold 
the  day,  of  which  thi>  Lord  aaid  to  thae:  I  will  de- 
liver thy  enemy  uato  thee,  that  thou  mayst  <l<»  t<> 
aim  as  it  shall  teem  |dod  in  thy  even.     Then  1  >av  id 

SO,    and    secretly    cut    oil'    the    hem    of   Saul's 

rube. 

:<  r  which  Darid'sbeart  struck  him,*  because 
In-  had  en'  oil"  the  lain  of  Saul's  lobe. 

7  And  la-  said  to  liis  men:  The  Lord  be  inerci- 
fnl  unto  mi-,  that  I  may  do  no  snrli  thing  tomv  mas- 
ter the  Loid's  anointed,  as  to  lav  in v  hand  upon  him. 

IUSC  he  is  the  Lord's  anointed. 

8  And  I  >a\  id  Mopped  DM  men  a  ith  his  words,  and 
suffered  them  not  to  rive  against  Saul.  But  Said 
rising  up  out  of  the  caw,  went  on  his  way. 

9  And  David  ifoo  rose  up  alter  him:  and  gOBM 
out  of  the  cave,  cried  alter  Saul,  saving:  My  lord 
the  king.  And  Saul  looked  behind  him:  and  Da- 
vid honing  himself  down  to  the  ground,  worship- 
ped, 

10  And  said  to  Saul:  Why  dost  thou  hear  the 
words  of  men  that  say:    David  seeketh  thy  hurt? 

1 1  Behold,  this  day  thy  eyes  have  seen,  that  the 
Lord  hath  delivered  thee  into  my  hand,  in  the  eave; 
and  I  had  a  thought  to  kill  thee;t  hut  my  eye  hath 
spared  thee.  For  I  said:  I  will  not  put  out  my 
hand  against  my  lord,  because  he  is  the  Lord's 
anointed. 

12  Moreover  see  and  know,  O  my  father,  the 
hem  of  thy  robe  in  my  hand,  that  w  inn  I  cut  off 
the  hem  of  thy  rolx>,  1  would  not  put  out  my  hand 

nist  thee.  Reflect,  and  Bee,  that  there  is  no  evil 
in  my  hand,  nor  iuquity:  neither  have  I  sinned 
against  thee:  but  thou  best  in  wait  for  my  life,  to 
take  it  away. 

13  The  Lord  judge  between  me  and  theo;  and 
the  Lord  revenge  me  of  thee 4  hut  my  hand  shall 
not  Ik?  upon  thee. 

I  )■  As  also  it  is  said  in  the  old  proverb  :  From  the 
vlcktd  shall  uickrilnrss  rami  fa  ill  :  therefore  my 
hand  shall  not  be  upon  tin  e.  After  w  horn  dost  thou 
come  out,  O  king  of  Israi  I  ? 

1")  After  whom  dost  thou  pursue?  after  a  dead 
iftcr  a  flea. 

16  But  the  Lord  judge,  and  judge  between  me 
and  ther.  and  see,  and  judge  mv  cause,  and  deliver 
me  out  of  thy  hand. 

17  And  when  David  had  made  an  end  of  speaking 
tlnse  words  to  Saul,  Saul  said  :  [i  this  thy  voice,  my 
-t>\\  David?  And  Saul  lifted  up  his  voice,  and 
wept : 

18  And  he  said  to  David  :  Thou  art  more  just 
l ban  I  :  for  thou  hast  done  good  to  me  ;  and  I  have 
rewarded  thee  with  cv  il. 

•  fltwrt  ttnxk  kirn,  »i*.  with  PHMTW.  >«  <>  urmtr  he  had  Hone  amis*. 

\  A  thought  Is  kill  tint.     That  i»,  a  tMgfl  which  I  did  not 

content. 

t  Rrmgt  me  o/lkn  or  a*  it  it  in  the  Hcbrrtr.  feill  rrrrngt  mt.     The 
meaning  a,  thai  he  refer*  hi*  whole  canw  it.  Cod,  10  judpe  and  pun 

I3t 


19   And   thou   hast   shown   this  day   what 
things  thou   hast  done  to   me;    how    the    Lord  dr- 
ib end  me  into  thy  hand,  and  thou  hast  not  killed  me. 

SO  lor  a  ho,  w  hen  he  hath  found  his  eneun ,  w  ill 
let  him  go  well  away?  But  the  Lord  reward  thee 
for  this  good  turn,  for  what  thou  hast  done  to  me 
this  day. 

Jl  And  now  as  I  know  that  thou  shah  stirelv  be 
king,  and  have  the  kingdom  of  Israel  in  thv  hand  : 

22  Swear  to  me  by  the  Lord,  that  thou  wilt  not 
destroy  my  seed  after  me,  nor  take  away  my  nanit 
from  the  house  of  my  father. 

23  And  1  )av  id  sw  on-  to  Saul.   So  Saul  went  home 
and  Dav  id  and  his  men  went  up  into  safer  plan  ^. 

(HAP.  XXV. 

The  death  of  Samuel.     David,  provoked  by  Nairn/,  threalmrth  tt 
destroy  him  ;   but  it  ujipeaxtd  by  Abigail 

AND  Samuel  died:  and  all  Israel  w  as  •gatht  -n  <! 
together,  and  they  mourned  lor  him.  and  hunt  rl 
him  in  his  house  in  Hamatba.  And  David  rose,  and 
went  down  into  the  wilderness  of  l'haran. 

2  Now  there  w  as  a  certain  man  in  the  w  iltlei  m  -> 
of  Maon,  and  his  possessions  wire  in  Carmel:  and 
the  man  was  very  great;  and  he  had  three  thousand 
sheep,  and  a  thousand  goats;  and  it  happened  that 
he  was  shearing  his  sheep  in  Carmel. 

3  Now  the  name  of  the  man  was  Nabal ;  and 
the  name  of  his  wife  was  Abigail.  And  she  was 
a  prudent  and  very  comely  woman  ;  but  her  hus- 
band was  churlish,  and  very  bad,  and  ill  natiired  : 
and  he  was  of  the  house  of  Caleb. 

4  And  when  David  beard  in  the  wilderness,  that 
Nabal  w  as  shearing  his  sheep. 

6  He  sent  ten  young  men,  and  said  to  them  :  Go 
up  to  Carmel,  and  goto  Nabal,  and  salute  him  in  Bl) 
name  with  peace. 

6  And  you  shall  sav :  Peace  be  to  my  brethren 
and  to  thee,  and  peace  to  thy  house,  and  peace  to 
all  that  thou  hast. 

7  1  heard  that  thy  shepherds  that  were  with  us 
in  the  desert  were  shearing:  We  never  molested 
them,  neither  was  there  BUght  missing  to  them  of 
the  flock  at  any  time,  all  the  while  the]  Were  with 
us  in  Carmel. 

8  Ask  thy  servants,  and  they  will  it  II  thee.  Now 
therefore  let  thy  servants  find  favour  in  thv  eyes: 
for  we  are  come  in  a  good  day:  whatsoever  thv  hand 
shall  find,  give  to  thy  servants,  and  to  thy  sou 
David. 

9  And  when  David's  st  rvanls  came,  they  spoke 
to  Nabal  all  these  words  in  David's  name  ;  and  then 
held  their  peace. 

10  But  Nabal  answering  thenervaBts  of  David, 
said  :   Who  is  David?  and  what  is  the  sou  of  I 
servants  are  multiplied  now-a-days  who  flee  from 
their  roasters. 

11  Shall    I    then  take  my  bread,  and   my  water. 
and  the  flesh  of  my  cattle,  which  I  have  killed   fiw 


ith  according;  to  hit  jmtii-f  fat  to  an  to  krep  Ihnim  If  in  the  I 
time,  from  all  pertonal  haired  to  Baal,  or  d-  -  turn 

pai«ion,  by  necking:  reren|re.  So  far  (rum  it,  llwl  »  hen  Saul  wa»  af- 
terwar  It  ►lain,  we  find,  thai  initea  !  of  1 1  juicing  at  hit  death,  he  mourn- 
ed  mutt  bitterly  for  him. 


CHAP.  XXV. 


my  shearers,  and  give  to  men  whom  I  know  not 
whence  they  are? 

12  So  the  servants  of  David  went  back  their 
way;  and  returning,  came  and  told  him  all  the 
words  that  he  said. 

13  Then  David  said  to  his  young  men :  Let  every 
man  gird  on  his  sword.  And  they  girded  on  every 
man  his  sword.  And  David  also  girded  on  his 
sword  :  and  there  followed  David  about  four  hun- 
dred men  :  and  two  hundred  remained  with  the  bag- 
gage. 

14  But  one  of  the  servants  told  Abigail  the  wife 
of  Nabal,  saying:  Behold,  David  sent  messengers 
out  of  the  wilderness,  to  salute  our  master ;  and  he 
rejected  them. 

15  These  men  were  very  good  to  us,  and  gave  us 
no  trouble  :  neither  did  we  ever  lose  any  thing  all 
the  time  that  we  conversed  with  them  in  the  desert. 

16  They  were  a  wall  unto  us  both  by  night  and 
day,  all  the  while  we  were  with  them  keeping  the 
sheep. 

17  Wherefore  consider,  and  think  what  thou  hast 
to  do ;  for  evil  is  determined  against  thy  husband, 
and  against  thy  house ;  and  he  is  a  son  of  Belial, 
so  that  no  man  can  speak  tohim. 

18  Then  Abigail  made  haste,  and  took  two  hun- 
dred loaves,  and  two  vessels  of  wine,  and  five  sheep 
ready  dressed,  and  five  measures  of  parched  corn, 
and  a  hundred  clusters  of  raisins,  and  two  hundred 
cakes  of  dry  figs,  and  laid  them  upon  asses  : 

19  And  she  said  to  her  servants  :  Go  before  me: 
behold,  I  will  follow  after  you:  but  she  told  not  her 
husband  Nabal. 

20  And  when  she  had  gotten  upon  an  ass,  and 
was  coming  down  to  the  foot  of  the  mountain,  David 
and  his  men  came  down  over-against  her,  and  she 
met  them. 

21  And  David  said  :  Truly  in  vain  have  I  kept 
all  that  belonged  to  this  man  in  the  wilderness,  and 
nothing  was  lost  of  all  that  pertained  unto  him  :  and 
he  hath  returned  me  evil  for  good. 

22  May  God  do  so  and  so,  and  add  more  to  the 
foes  of  David,  if  1  leave*  of  all  that  belong  to  him 
till  the  morning  any  that  pisseth  against  the  wall. 

23  And  when  Abigail  saw  David,  she  made  haste, 
and  lighted  off  the  ass,  and  fell  before  David,  on  her 
face,  and  adored  upon  the  ground. 

24  And  she  fell  at  his  feet,  and  said :  Upon  me 
let  this  iniquity  be,  my  lord :  let  thy  handmaid 
speak,  I  beseech,  in  thy  ears ;  and  hear  the  words 
of  thy  servant. 

25  Let  not  my  lord  the  king,  I  pray,  regard  this 
naughty  man  Nabal ;  for  according  to  his  name,f  he 
is  a  fool,  and  folly  is  with  him  :  but  I  thy  handmaid 
did  not  see  thy  servants,  my  lord,  whom  thou  sentest. 

26  Now  therefore,  my  lord,  the  Lord  liveth,  and 
thy  soul  liveth,  who  hath  withholden  thee  from 
( oming  to  blood,  and  hath  saved  thy  hand  to  thee  : 

*  If  I lame,  tec      David  certainly  sinner!  in  his  designs  against  Na- 
bal and  liis  family,    as  he   himself  was   afterwards  sensible,  when  he 
Md  (>ih1  for  hindering  him  from  executing  the  revenge  he  had 
proposed. 

t  His  name.     Nabal  ir  Hebrew  signifies  a  fool. 

G  t 


and  now  let  thy  enemies  be  as  Nabal,  and  all  they 
that  seek  evil  to  my  lord. 

27  Wherefore  receive  this  blessing,  which  thy 
handmaid  hath  brought  to  thee,  my  lord  ;  and  give 
it  to  the  young  men  that  follow  thee,  my  lord. 

28  Forgive  the  iniquity  of  thy  handmaid  :  for  the 
Lord  will  surely  make  for  my  lord  a  faithful  house; 
because  thou,  my  lord,  fightest  the  battles  of  the 
Lord  :  Let  not  evil  therefore  be  found  in  thee  all 
the  days  of  thy  life. 

29  For  if  a  man  at  any  time  shall  rise,  and  per- 
secute thee,  and  seek  thy  life,  the  soul  of  my  lord 
shall  be  kept,  as  in  the  bundle  of  the  living,  with  the 
Lord  thy  God  :  but  the  souls  of  thy  enemies  shall  be 
whirled,  as  with  the  violence  and  whirling  of  a  sling. 

30  And  when  the  Lord  shall  have  done  to  thee, 
my  lord,  all  the  good  that  he  hath  spoken  concerning 
thee,  and  shall  have  made  thee  prince  over  Israel, 

31  This  shall  not  be  an  occasion  of  grief  to  thee, 
and  a  scruple  of  heart  to  my  lord,  that  thou  hast  shed 
innocent  blood,  or  hast  revenged  thyself:  and  when 
the  Lord  shall  have  done  well  by  my  lord,  thou  shalt 
remember  thy  handmaid. 

32  And  David  said  to  Abigail :  Blessed  be  the 
Lord  the  God  of  Israel,  who  sent  thee  this  day  to 
meet  me  ;  and  blessed  be  thy  speech  : 

33  And  blessed  be  thou,  who  hast  kept  me  to-day, 
from  coming  to  blood,  and  revenging  me  with  my 
own  hand. 

34  Otherwise  as  the  Lord  liveth,  the  God  of 
Israel,  who  hath  withholden  me,  from  doing  thee 
any  evil ;  if  thou  hadst  not  quickly  come  to  meet  me, 
there  had  not  been  left  to  Nabal  by  the  morning  light 
any  that  pisseth  against  the  wall. 

35  And  David  received  at  her  hand  all  that  she 
had  brought  him  ;  and  said  to  her:  Go  in  peace  into 
thy  house;  behold,  I  have  heard  thy  voice,  and  have 
honoured  thy  face. 

36  And  Abigail  came  to  Nabal:  and  behold,  he 
had  a  feast  in  his  house,  like  the  feast  of  a  king;  and 
Nabal's  heart  was  merry  :  for  he  was  very  drunk  : 
and  she  told  him  nothing  less  or  more  until  morning. 

37  But  early  in  the  morning  when  Nabal  had 
digested  his  wine,  his  wife  told  him  these  words :  and 
his  heart  died  within  him,  and  he  became  as  a  stone 

38  And  after  ten  days  had  passed,  the  Lord  struck 
Nabal,  and  he  died. 

39  And  when  David  had  heard  that  Nabal  Mas 
dead,  he  said:  Blessed  bef  the- Lord,  who  hath 
judged  the  cause  of  my  reproach  at  the  hand  of  Na- 
bal, and  hath  kept  his  servant  from  evil :  and  the 
Lord  hath  returned  the  wickedness  of  Nabal  upon 
his  head.  Then  David  sent  and  treated  with  Abigail, 
that  he  might  take  her  to  himself  for  a  wife. 

40  And  David's  servants  came  to  Abigail  to  Car- 
mel,  and  spoke  to  her,  saying :  David  hath  sent  us 
to  thee,  to  take  thee  to  himself  for  a  wife. 

41  And  she  arose,  and  bowed  herself  down  with 

\  Blessed  be,  fyc.  David  praiseth  God,  on  this  occasion,  not  out  of 
joy  for  the  death  of  Nabal  (which  would  have  argued  a  rancour  of 
heart,)  but  because  he  saw  that  God  had  so  visibly  taken  his  cause  in 
hand,  in  punishing  the  injury  done  to  him  ;  whilst  by  a  merciful  provi- 
dence he  kept  him  from  revenging  himself. 
233 


1.  KINGS. 


her  fact  in  the  earth;  aud  said:  Behold,  let  tin  sst> 
\  :mr  or  a  handmaid,  to  w  ash  I  be  fn  t of  tbc  sen  ants 
of  ni\  lord. 

•Id  Ami  Abigail  arose,  ami  made  haste,  and  got 
ones)  an  ass:  ami  fire  damsels  went  with  her  let 
«  lit'mg  maids;  and  she  followed  the  messengers  oi 
I  tan  id,  ami  became  lus  w ifc. 

•J.)  Moreover  David  look  also  Achhioam  of 
Jr/.ralu'l :  and  they  were  both  of  them  hi^  wh 

U  Hut  S;inl  uavc  Michol  his  daughter.  David's 
wile,  to  Phalli,  the  son  of  Lais,  who  was  of  (iallhn. 

(    II  \l\    \\V|. 
Saul  goeth  out  again  nfii  r  David  :  irho  cometh  by  night  trhere 
SomJ  and  kit  men  are  asleep,  but  stiff errth  him  not  to  In  tutu  lit  </. 
Saul  again  confesseth  hit  fault,  ami  promiseth  peace. 

AM)   the  men  of  Zipli  came  |0  Saul  in  Gahaa, 
saying:   Behold,  David  is  did  in  the  hill  of 

ll.i'hihi.  which  is  our  against  the  \\  ililrrin 

2  Ami  Saul  arose,  ami  went  down  to  the  wilder- 
Mi  ofZiph,  ha\  ing  w  ith  him  three  thousand  chosen 

men  of  Israel,    to   seek  David  in  the  wilderness  of 
Zi|.h. 

3  And  Satd  camped  in  Gahaa  Hachila,  which  was 
Orer-against  the  wilderness  in  the  way  ;  and  David 
abode  in  the  wilderness.  And  seeing  that  Saul  was 
come  alter  him   into  the  wilderness, 

•V  He  sent  spies,  and  learned  that  he  was  most 
certainly  come  thither. 

5  And  I  )av  id  arose  secretly,  and  came  to  the  place 
where  Saul  was:  and  when  he  had  beheld  the  place 
wherein  Saul  slept,  and  Aimer  the  son  of  Ner,  the 
captain  of  his  armv .  and  Saul  sleeping  in  a  tent,  and 
the  rest  of  the  multitude  round  about  him, 

i'i  David  spoke  to  Aehiimlceh  the  Hethite,  and 
\!>is  ii  the  son  of  Sarv  ia  the  brother  of  Joab,  saying: 
Who  will  {jo  down  with  me  to  Saul  into  the  camp? 
And  tbisai  said:    I  will  go  with  thee. 

',  So  David  and  \lii-ii  came  to  the  people  by 
nidit.  and  found  Saul  lying  and  Bleeping  in  the  tent. 
and  his  spear  lived  in  the  ground  at  his  head;  and 
Aimer  ami  the  people  sleeping  round  about  him. 

::  \nd  Abisai  said  to  I  )av  id  :  ( Sod  hath  shut  up  thy 
enemy  this  day  into  thy  hands:  now  then  I  will  run 
him  through  with  mj  spear  even  to  the  earth  at 
once:  and    there  shall  be  no  need  of  a  second  time. 

9  \  d  David  said  t"  tbisai:  Kill  him  not;  for 
who  shall  put  forth  his  baud  against  the  Lord's 
anointed,  ami  shall  be  guiltli 

h»   An  I  David  said:   As  the  Lord  liveth,  unless 
the  Lord  shall  strike  him,  or  his  day  shall  come  to 
or  he  shall  go  doWD  to  battle,  SUM  perish: 

11     The  Lord  be  merciful  unto  me,  that  I  extend 
not  inv  hand  upon  the  Lord's  anointed.      Hut  now 
take  the  spear,  which  is  at  his  head,  ami  the  cup  of 
vv  aler:  and  let  us  go. 

I  .'  So  David  took  the  spear.and  the  cup  of  water, 
which. was  at  Saul's  head:  and  iliev  went  awav: 
and  no  man  saw  it.  or  knew  it,  or  awaked  :  but  th<  v 
Were  all  asleep,  lor  a  deep  sleep  from  the  Lord  was 
fallen  upon  them. 

13  And  when  David  was  jonf  over  to  the  other 
side,  and  stood  on  the  top  of  the  hill  afar  oil',  and  a 
good  SpTCe  W8J  between  them. 


1  1  I  )av  id  cried  to  the  people,  aud  to  Abner  ih 
of  Ner,  saying:  Wilt  thou  not  answer*  Abner  ?  Ami 
Abner  answering,  saki:  Who  an  thou*  that  cri 

and  distuibesl  the  ki: 

15  And  David  said  to  Abner:  Art  not  thou  a 
man.'  ami  who  is  like  thee  in  Israel?  win  then  ha-t 
thou  not  kept  thy  lord  the  kin::.'  toi  there  came  one 
of  the  people  in  to  kill  the  kin^  thy  lord. 

16  This  thing  is  not  pood,  that  thou  hast  done  : 
as  the   lord  liveth  you   are  the    sons  of  death,  who 
have  not    kept    your    master,    the  Lord's    anointed 
And  now  where  is  the  kind's  spear,  and  the  dip  0 
water,  which  was  at  his  head? 

17  And  Said  knew  David's  voice,  and  said:  Is 
this  thy  voice,  my  son  David?  And  David  said:  It 
is  my  voice,  my  lord  the  kin::. 

18  And  he  said:  Wherefore  doth  my  lord  perse- 
cute his  servant  ?  What  have  1  done  ?  or  w  hat  cv  il 
is  there  in  my  hand? 

19  Now  therefore  hear,  I  pray  thee,  my  lord  the 
king,  the  words  of  thy  servant:  If  the  Lord  stir 
tine  up  against  me,  let  him  accept  of  sacrifice:  but 
if  the  sons  of  men,  they  are  cursed  in  the  tight  of 
the  Lord,  who  have  cast  me  out  this  day  that  I 
should  not  dwell  in  the  inheritance  of  the  Lord, 
saving:   Go,  serve  strange  gods. 

20  And  now  let  not  my  blood  beshedupon  the  earth 
belore  the  Lord:  for  the  king  of  Israel  is  come  out  to 
se«dsanea,astdiepartridgeishunted  in  the  mountains. 

21  And  Saul  said:  I  have  sinned;  return,  my 
son  David;  for  I  will  no  more  do  thee  harm,  be- 
cause my  life  hath  been  precious  in  tbj  eves  this 
day:  far  it  appeareth  that  1  bare  done  foolishly,  and 
have  been  ignorant  in  very  many  thi 

22  And  David  answering,  said :  Behold 'the 
kings  spear;  let  one  of  the  kind's  servants  come 
over  and  letch  it, 

23  And  the  Lord  will  reward  every  one  Recording 
to  his  justice,  and  his  faithfulness:  for  the  Lord  hath 
delivered  thee  this  dav  into  inv  hand:  and  1  would 

n°ol)Ut  *ortn  my  ,i:,nn  ;i^'"ist  the  Lord's  anointed. 

24  And  as  thy  life  bath  been  much  set  by  this  dav 
in  my  eyes,  so  let  my  life  be  much  set  by  in  tin  eyes 
°f  'he  Lord,  and  let  him  deliver  me  from  all  distrt 

25  Then  Saul  said  to  David:  Blessed  art  thou. 
my  son  David:  and  truly  doing  thou  shall  do,  and 
prevailing  thou  shaft  prevail.  And  David  went  on 
his  way;  and  Saul  returned  to  bis  place. 

(II  \l\  XXVII. 

Davtd  goeth  again  to  Achu  km.  .,nd  oblaititth  <f  him  the 

rili/  •,/'  Stcrleg. 

_^ND  David  said  in  his  heart:  1  shall  one  dav 
or  other  fall  into  the  hands  of  Saul:  is  it  not 
belter  for  DM  to  Hi  e,  and  to  be  saved  in  the  laud  of 
the  Philistines,  that  Saul  may  despair  ol  me,  and 
cease  to  seek  me  in  all  the  coasts  of  Israel?  I  will 
11'  -    then  out  of  his  hands. 

\nd   David  arose,  and  went  awav.  both  he  and 
the  six  hundred  men  that  wire  with  him,  to  Achu 

n  of    Maoch,  king  of  d'eth. 
3  Ami  David  dwell  with  Adds  at  (.'.tli.  he  ami 
his  men:  everj  man  with  lus  lions,  hold,  aid   I  .'add 
with   his  two  wives.  Arhinoani  the  Jezraheliti 
and  Abigail  the  wife  of  Nabal  of  Canncl. 


CHAP.  XXVIll. 


4  And  it  was  told  Said  that  David  was  fled  to 
(irili :  and  lie  sought  no  more  after  him. 

5  And  David  said  to  Achis:  If  1  have  found  favour 
in  thy  sight,  let  a  plaee  begiven  me  in  oneof  the  cities 
ol'thiscountry,  that  I  may  dwell  there:  for  why  should 
thy  servant  dwell  in  the  royal  city  with  thee? 

6  Then  Achis  gave  him  Siceleg  that  day:  for  which 
reason  Siceleg  belongeth  to  the  kings  of  Juda  unto 
this  day. 

7  And  the  time  that  David  dwelt  in  the  country 
of  the  Philistines,  was  four  months. 

8  And  David  and  his  men  went  up,  and  pillaged 
(icssuri,*and  Gerzi,  and  the  Amaler.ifes:  lor  these 
were  of  old  the  inhabitants  of  the  countries,  as  men 
go  to  Sur,  even  to  the  land  of  Egypt. 

9  And  David  wasted  all  the  land,  and  left  neither 
man  nor  woman  alive;  and  took  away  the  sheep,  and 
the  oxen,  and  the  asses,  and  the  camels,  and  the  ap- 
parel; and  returned,  and  came  to  Achis. 

10  And  Achis  said  to  him  :  Whom  hast  thou  gone 
against  to-day  ?  David  answered:  Against  the  south 
of  Juda,  and  against  the  south  of  Jerameel,  and 
against  the  south  of  Cenir. 

1 1  And  David  saved  neither  man  nor  woman, 
neither  brought  he  any  of  them  to  Geth,  saying: 
Lest  they  should  speak  against  us.  So  did  David, 
and  such  was  his  proceeding  all  the  days  that  he 
dwelt  in  the  country  of  the  Philistines. 

12  And  Achis  believed  David,  saying:  He  hath 
done  much  harm  to  his  people  Israel:  therefore  he 
shall  be  my  servant  for  ever. 

CHAP.  XXVIll. 

The  Philistines  go  out  to  war  against  Israel.  Saul  being  for- 
saken by  God,  hath  recourse  to  a  witch.  Samuel  appeareth 
to  him. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  those  days,  that  the  Phi- 
listines gathered  together  their  armies,  to  be 
prepared  for  war  against  Israel :  and  Achis  said  to 
David  :  Knowing  now  know  thou,  that  thou  shalt  go 
out  with  me  to  the  war,  thou,  and  thy  men. 

2  And  David  said  to  Achis :  Now  thou  shalt  know 
what  thy  servant  will  do.  And  Achis  said  to  David : 
And  I  will  appoint  thee  to  guard  my  life  for  ever. 

3  Now  Samuel  was  dead :  and  all  Israel  mourned  for 
him, and  buried  him  in  Ramatha  hiscity.  And  Saul  had 

rmt  away  all  the  magicians  and  soothsayers  out  of  the 
and. 

4  And  the  Philistines  were  gathered  together,  and 
came  and  camped  in  Sunam :  and  Saul  also  gathered 
together  all  Israel,  and  came  to  Gelboe. 

5  And  Saul  saw  the  army  of  the  Philistines,  and 
was  afraid ;  and  his  heart  was  very  much  dismayed. 

G  And  he  consulted  the  Lord:  and  he  answered  him 

not,  neither  by  dreams,  nor  by  priests,  nor  by  prophets. 

7  And  Saul  said  to  his  servants :  Seek  me  a  wo- 


man thathathndiviningspirit;  and  I  will  go  to  her,  and 
inquire  by  her.  And  his  servants  said  to  him:  There  is 
a  woman  that  hath  a  divining  spirit  at  Endor. 

8  Then  he  disguised  himself,  and  put  on  other 
clothes:  and  he  went,  and  two  men  with  him;  and 
they  came  to  the  woman  by  night;  and  he  said  to 
her:  Divine  to  me  by  thy  divining  spirit,  and  bring 
me  up  him  whom  I  shall  tell  thee. 

9  And  the  woman  said  to  him:  Behold,  thou 
knowest  all  that  Saul  hath  done,  and  how  he  hath 
rooted  out  the  magicians  and  soothsayers  from  the 
land :  why  then  dost  thou  lay  a  snare  for  my  life, 
to  cause  me  to  be  put  to  death  ? 

10  And  Saul  swore  unto  her  by  the  Lord,  saying: 
As  the  Lord  liveth,  there  shall  no  evil  happen  to 
thee  for  this  thing. 

11  And  the  woman  said  to  him:  Whom  shall  I 
bring  up  to  thee  ?  And  he  said :  Bring  me  up  Samuel. 

12  And  when  the  woman  saw  Samuel,  she  cried 
out  with  a  loud  voice,  and  said  to  Saul :  Why  hast 
thou  deceived  me?  for  thou  art  Saul. 

13  And  the  king  said  to  her:  Fear  not:  what 
hast  thou  seen  ?  And  the  woman  said  to  Saul :  I 
saw  gods  ascending  out  of  the  earth. 

14  And  he  said  to  her  :  What  form  is  he  of?  And 
she  said  :  An  old  man  cometh  up,  and  he  is  covered 
with  a  mantle.  And  Saul  understood  that  it  was 
Samuel  :f  and  he  bowed  himself  with  his  face  to 
the  ground,  and  adored. 

15  And  Samuel  said  to  Saul:  Why  hast  thou 
disturbed  my  rest,  that  I  should  be  brought  up  ?  And 
Saul  said,  I  am  in  great  distress  :  for  the  Philistines 
fight  against  me  ;  and  God  is  departed  from  me,  and 
would  not  hear  me,  neither  by  the  hand  of  prophets, 
nor  by  dreams :  therefore  I  have  called  thee,  that 
thou  mayst  show  me  what  I  shall  do. 

1 6  And  Samuel  said :  Why  askest  thou  me, seeing  the 
Lord  has  departed  from  thee,  and  is  gone  over  tothy 
rival : 

17  For  the  Lord  will  do  to  thee  as  he  spoke  by 
me:  and  he  will  rend  thy  kingdom  out  of  thy  hand, 
and  will  give  it  to  thy  neighbour  David: 

18  Because  thou  didst  not  obey  the  voice  of  the 
Lord,  neither  didst  thou  execute  the  wrath  of  his  in- 
dignation upon  Amalec.  Therefore  hath  the  Lord 
done  to  thee  what  thou  sufferest  this  day. 

19  And  the  Lord  also  will  deliver  Israel  with 
thee  into  the  hands  of  the  Philistines  :  and  to-mor- 
row thou  and  thy  sons  shall  be  with  me: J  and  the 
Lord  will  also  deliver  the  army  of  Israel  into  the 
hands  of  the  Philistines. 

20  And  forthwith  Saul  fell  all  along  on  the  ground  : 
for  he  was  frightened  with  the  words  of  Samuel: 
and  there  was  no  strength  in  him  ;  for  he  had  eaten 
no  bread  all  that  day. 

21  And  the  woman  came  to  Saul  (for  he  Avas 


*  Pillaged  Gessuri,  SfC.  These  probably  were  enemies  of  the  people  of 
God ;  and  some,  if  not  all  of  them,  were  of  the  number  of  those  whom 
God  had  ordered  to  be  destroyed  ;  which  justifies  David's  proceedings 
in  their  regard-  Though  it  is  to  be  observed  here,  that  we  are  not  un- 
der an  obligation  of  justifying  every  thing  (hat  he  did  :  for  the  scripture 
in  relating  what  was  done,  doth  not  say  that  it  was  well  done.  And  even 
rich  as  are  true  servants  of  God,  are  not  to  be  imitated  in  all  they  do. 
1  Understood  'kal  it  teas  Scmuel.     It  is  the  more  common  opinion  of 


he  holy  fathers,  and  interpreters,  that  the  soul  of  Samuel  appeared  in- 
deed :  and  not,  as  some  have  imagined, an  evil  spirit  in  his  shape.  Not 
that  the  power  of  her  magic  could  bring  him  thither,  but  that  God  was 
pleased,forthe  punishment  of  Saul,that  Samuel  himself  should  denounce 
unto  him  the  evils  that  were  falling  upon  him.  See  Ecclesiasticus  xlvi.  23 
I  With  me.  That  is,  in  the  state  of  the  dead,  and  in  another  woild. 
though  not  in  the  same  place. 

23-5 


I.  KINGS. 


vrry  much  troubled]  ami  -  ii  i  to  him:  Behold,  thy1 
handmaid  bath  obeyed  thi  voice  ;  and  I  have  pul  dm 

life  in   my  hand  :   and  1  Real  kcned    unto   the  words 

which  thou  spokest  to  me. 

22  Now  therefore  heat  thou  abw  the  voire  of  thj 
handmaid;  and  let  dm  act  before  thee  a  morsel  of 
bread,  that  thou  majnt  eat  and  recover  strength, 
and  lie  able  to  go  on  thy  journev. 

23  Hut  he  refused  and  s aid  :  I  will  not  eat.  Hut 
his  s<n. mts  and  the  woman  forced  him:  and  at 
length  hearkening  to  their  voice,  he  arose  from  the 
ground,  and  set  upon  the  bed. 

24  Now  the  woman  had  a  fatted  call*  in  the 
house  ;  and  she  made  haste,  and  killed  it:  and  taking 
nn-.il  kneaded  it,  and  baked  some  unleavened  bread, 

25  And  set  it  before  Saul,  and  before  Ins  servants. 
And  when  they  had  eaten  they  rose  up,  andwalked 
ull  that  night. 

CHAP.  XXIX. 

David  going  irilh  the  Philistines  is  sent  back  by  their  prince*. 

NOW  all  the  troops  of  the  Philistines  were  ga- 
thered together  to  A  pec:  and  Israel  also  camped 
by  the  fountain  which  is  in  Jezrahcl. 

2  Anil  the  lords  of  the  Philistines  marched  with 
their  hundreds  and  their  thousands  :  but  David  and 
bis  men  were  in  the  rear  with  Achis. 

3  And  the  princes  of  the  Philistines  said  to  Achis: 
What  mean  these  Hebrews?  And  Achis  said  to  the 
princes  of  the  Philistines:  Do  you  not  know  David, 
who  was  the  servant  of  Saul  the  king  of  Israel,  and 
bath  been  with  me  many  days,  or  years:  and  I  have 
found  no  fault  in  him,  since  the  day  that  he  lied 
over  to  me  until  this  day? 

4  Hut  the  iirinces  of  the  Philistines  were  angry 
with  him  ;  and  they  said  to  him  :  Let  this  man  return. 

and  abide  in  his  place,  which  thou  hast  appointed 

him  :  and  let  him  not  go  down  with  us  to  battle,  lest 
be  be  an  adversary  to  us,  when  we  shall  begM  to 
right :  for  how  can  he  otherwise  appease  his  master, 
but  with  our  lie  I 

")   Is  not  this  David,  to  whom  they  rang  in  their 

dances,  saying:  Saul  slew  his  thousand*!  ;u,d  Dm  id 

his  ten  thousand 

6  Then  \chis  railed  I). iv  id.  and  siid  lo  him:  As 
the  Lord  liveth,  thou  art  upright  and  good  in  my 
sight:  and  so  is  thy  going  out.  and  thy  coming  in 
with  me  in  the  army:  and  I  have  not  found  auv 
evil  in  ih.  e,  since  the  day  that  thou  earnest  to  me 
Unto  tliis  dav  :    but  thou  pleasest  not  the  lords. 

7  Return  therefore,  and  go  in  peace;  and  offend 
not  tin-  eyes  of  the  princes  of  the  Philistin 

8  And  David  said  to  Achis:  But  what  have  I 
done,  and  what  hast  thou  found  in  me  thy  servant. 
from  the  day  (hat  I  have  been  in  thy  sight  until 
this  dav.  that   I    may    not    go  and    fight  agsinst   the 

iiics  of  mv  lord  the  klflgg? 
'.'     \nd  Achis  ■MWering   said  to  David:    I  know 
that  thou  art  good  m  OBJ  Sight,  MM   IngelofGod: 
but  the  princes  of  the    Philistine*  have  said:    lie 
shall  not  go  up  with  us  to  the  battle, 

10  Therefore  arise  m  the  morning,  thou, and  the 

servants  of  thy  Lord, who  came  with  thee:  and  when 

C3f 


vou  are  up  before  dav.  and  it  shall  In -in  to  be  light, 
go  on  vour  wav. 

1 1  DO  I  )av  id  and  his  men  arose  in  the  night,  that 
they  might  set  forward  in  the  morning,  and  returned 
to  the  land  of  the  Philistines:  and  the  Philistines 
went  up  to  Jezrahel. 

CHAP   XXX 

The  Amalccites  burn  Sicelcg,  and  carry  qf  the  prey  :  Daria 
purstitt/i  after  them,  and  recoccrcth  all  out  qf  their  hands. 

"VOW  when  David  and  his  men  were  come  to 
-L'  Siceleg  on  the  third  day,  the  Amalccites  had 
made  an  invasion  on  the  south  side  upon  Siceleg, 
and  had  smitten  Siceleg,  and  burnt  it  with  fire: 

2  And  had  taken  tin-  women  captives  that  were 
in  it,  both  little  and  great  :  ami  they  bad  not  killed 
any  person,  but  had  carried  them  w  it li  them,  and 
went  on  their  way. 

3  So  when  David  and  his  men  came  to  the  city 
and  found  it  burnt  with  fire,  and  that  their  wires 
and  their  sons,  and  their  daughters,  were  taken 
captives, 

4  David  and  the  people  that  were  with  him,  lifted 
up  their  voices,  and  wept  till  they  had  no  more  tears 

5  For  the  two  wives  alsoof  David  were  taken  cap- 
tives, Achinoam  the  Jezrahditess.  and  Abigail  tin 
wife  of  Nabal  of  Carmel. 

6  And  David  was  greatly  afflicted,  for  the  people 
had  a  mind  to  stone  him,  for  the  soul  of  every  man 
was  bitterly  grieved  for  his  sons  and  daughters  ;  but 
David  took  courage  in  the  Lord  his  God. 

7  And  he  said  to  Abiathar  the  priest  the  son  ot 
Ai  biinelech:  Bring  me  hither  the  epbod.  And 
Abiathar  brought  the  enhod  to  David. 

8  And  David  consulted  the  Lord,  laying  :  Shall 
I  pursue  after  these  robbers,  and  shall  I  overtake 
them,  orno?  And  the  Lord  said  to  him :  Pursue 
after  them:  for  thou  shalt  surely  overtake  them, 
anil  recover  the  pray. 

9  So  David  went,  he  and  the  six  hundred  nun 
that  were  with  him:  and  they  came  to  the  torrent 
V><  sort    and  some  being  weary  stayed  there. 

10  But  David  pursued,  he  and  four  hundred  men: 
for  two  hundred  staved,  who  being  weary  could  not 
go  OVef  the  torrent  Hcsor. 

1 1  And  they  found  an  Egyptian  in  the  field,  and 
brought  him  to  David:  anil  they  gave  him  lire  ad  to 
eat,  and  water  to  drink, 

12  As  also  a  piece  of  a  cake  ofhgS,  and  two 
bunches  of  raisins.  And  when  he  had  eaten  them. 
his  spirit  returned,  and  he  was  relit  shed  :  for  he  had 
not  eaten  bread,  nor  drunk  water,  three  days  and 
three  nights. 

13  And  David  said  to  him:  To  whom  dost  thou 
belong?  or  whence  dost  thou  come  ?  and  whither 
art   thou    going?    lie   said:    I  am   a    vouug   man  of 

■I,  the  sen  ant  of  an  Annlec'ite  :  and  my  master 

left  me.  because  I  began  to  be  sick  three  daj 

I  1-  For  we  made  an  invasion  on  the  south  sid,-  of 
'cretin, and  upon  .luda.and  upon  the  SOUthof  Caleb" 
ami  we  burnt  Sicelc:  with  lire. 

15     \n.l   David -aid  to  hi. n  :    Canst  thou  bring  me 

to  this  company?  And  he  said:  Swear  to  me  by 

I,  that  thou  wilt  not  kill  me,  nor  d<  !iv(  r  atC  into 


CHAP.  XXXI. 


the  hands  of  my   master,  and   I   w  ill  bring  thee  to 
litis  company.     And  David  swore  to  him. 

16  And  when  he  had  brought  him,  behold 
thei  were  lying  spread  upon  all  the  ground,  eating, 
and  drinking,  and  as  it  were  keeping  a  festival  day, 
for  all  the  prey,  and  the  spoils  which  they  had  taken 
out  of  the  land  of  the  Philistines,  and  out  of  the  land 
of  Juda. 

17  And  David  slew  them  from  the  evening  unto 
the  evening  of  the  next  day:  and  there  escaped  not 
a  man  of  them,  but  four  hundred  young  men,  who 
had  gotten  upon  camels,  and  fled. 

18  So  David  recovered  all  that  the  Amalecites 
had  taken  :  and  he  rescued  his  two  wives. 

19  And  there  was  nothing  missing  small  or  great, 
neither  of  their  sons  or  their  daughters,  nor  of  the 
spoils :  and  whatsoever  they  had  taken,  David  re- 
covered all. 

20  And  he  took  all  the  flocks  and  the  herds;  and 
made  them  go  before  him  :  and  they  said  :  This  is 
the  prey  of  David. 

21  And  David  came  to  the  two  hundred  men,  who 
being  weary  had  stayed,  and  were  not  able  to  follow 
David,  and  he  had  ordered  them  to  abide  at  the  tor- 
rent Besor :  and  they  came  out  to  meet  David,  and 
the  people  that  were  with  him.  And  David  coming 
to  the  people,  saluted  them  peaceably. 

22  Then  all  the  wicked  and  unjust  men  that  had 
gone  with  David,  answering,  said  :  Because  they 
came  not  with  us,  we  will  not  give  them  any  thing 
of  the  prey  which  we  have  recovered  :  but  let  every 
man  take  his  wife  and  his  children,  and  be  content- 
ed with  them,  and  go  his  way. 

23  But  David  said :  You  shall  not  do  so,  my 
brethren,  with  these  things,  which  the  Lord  bath 
given  us,  who  hath  kept  us,  and  hath  delivered  the 
robbers  that  invaded  us  into  our  hands : 

24  And  no  man  shall  hearken  to  you  in  this  matter. 
Butequal  shall  be  the  portion  of  him  that  went 
down  to  battle,  and  of  him  that  abode  at  the  bag- 
gage :  and  they  shall  divide  alike. 

25  And  this  hath  been  done  from  that  day  for- 
ward, and  since  was  made  a  statute  and  an  ordi- 
nance, and  as  a  law  in  Israel. 

26  Then  David  came  to  Siceleg,  and  sent  pre- 
sents of  the  prey  to  the  ancients  of  Juda  his  neigh- 
bours, saying  :  Receive  a  blessing  of  the  prey  of  the 
enemies  of  the  Lord. 

27  To  them  that  were  in  Bethel,  and  that  were 
in  Ramuth  to  the  south,  and  to  them  that  were 
(ii  Jether, 

28  And  to  them  that  were  in  Aroer,  and  that 
were  in  Sephamoth.  and  that  were  in  Esthamo, 


29  And  that  were  in  Rachal,  and  that  were  in  the 
cities  of  Jerameel,  and  that  were  in  the  cities  of  Ceni, 

30  And  that  were  in  Arama,  and  that  were  in 
the  lake  Asan,  and  that  were  in  Athach, 

31  And  that  were  in  Hebron,  and  to  the  rest  that 
were  in  those  places,  in  which  David  had  abode 
with  his  men. 

CHAP.  XXXI. 

Israel  is  defeated  by  the  Philistines  :  Said  and  his  sons  are  slmtt. 

\  ND  the  Philistines  fought  against  Israel :  and 
-1  *-  the  men  of  Israel  fled  from  before  the  Philis- 
tines,aud  fell  down  slain  in  mount  Gelboe. 

2  And  the  Philistines  fell  upon  Saul,  and  upon 
his  sons  :  and  they  slew  Jonathan,  and  Abinadab, 
and  Melchisua,  the  sons  of  Saul. 

3  And  the  whole  weight  of  the  battle  was  turned 
upon  Saul :  and  the  archers  overtook  him ;  and  he 
was  grievously  wounded  by  the  archers. 

4  Then  Saul  said  to  his  armour-bearer :  Draw 
thy  sword,  and  kill  me :  lest  these  uncircumcised 
come,  and  slay  me,  and  mock  at  me.  And  his  ar- 
mour-bearer would  not :  for  he  was  struck  with  ex- 
ceeding great  fear.  Then  Saul  took  his  sword, 
and  fell  upon  it. 

5  And  when  his  armour-bearer  saw  this,  to  wit, 
that  Saul  was  dead,  he  also  fell  upon  his  sw  ord,  and 
died  with  him. 

6  So  Saul  died,  and  his  three  sons,  and  his  ar- 
mour-bearer, and  all  his  men  that  same  day  together. 

7  And  the  men  of  Israel,  that  were  beyond  the 
valley,  and   beyond   the    Jordan,  seeing   that  the 
Israelites  were  fled,  and  that  Saul   was  dead,   and 
his  sons,  forsook  their  cities,  and  fled  :  and  the  Phi 
listines  came,  and  dwelt  there. 

8  And  on  the  morrow  the  Philistines  came  to 
strip  the  slain  :  and  they  found  Saul  and  his  three 
sons  lying  in  mount  Gelboe. 

9  And  they  cut  off  Saul's  head,  and  stripped  him 
of  his  armour,  and  sent  into  the  land  of  the  Philis- 
tines round  about,  to  publish  it  in  the  temples  of 
their  idols,  and  among  their  people. 

10  And  they  put  his  armour  in  the  temple  of  As- 
taroth :  buthis  body  they  hung  on  the  wall  of  Bethsan. 

11  Now  when  the  inhabitants  of  Jabes  Galaad 
had  heard  all  that  the  Philistines  hand  done  to  Saul, 

12  All  the  most  valiant  men  arose,  and  walked 
all  the  night,  and  took  the  body  of  Saul,  and  the 
bodies  of  his  sons,  from  the  wall  of  Bethsan  :  and 
they  came  to  Jabes  Galaad,  and  burnt  them  there 

13  And  they  took  their  bones,  and  buried  them 
in  the  wood  of  Jabes;  and  fasted  seven  days. 

237 


THE  SECOND  BOOK  OF  SAMUEL, 


OTHERWISE  CALLED 


THE  SECOND  BOOK  OF  KINGS. 


This  book  Ttlntes  the  transactions  from  the  death  of  Saul  until 
the  end  of  Darid't  reign,  bting  a  history  for  the  space  of  about 
40  years. 

CHAP.  I. 

Dirid  tnnurnrth  for  the  death  of  Saul  and  Jonathan  :  he  or- 
dtreth  the  nan  to  be  slain  who  pretended  he  had  killed  Saul. 

IVTOW  it  came  t<»  pats,  after  Saul  was  dead,  that 
■*»"  David  returned  from  the  slaughter  of  the  Am:i- 
mhI  abode  twodays  in  Siceleg. 
\inl  on  the  third  day,  there  appeared  a  man  who 
came  out  of  Saul's  camp,  with  his  garments  rent, 
and  dual  strewed  on  his  head  :  and  when  he  came 
to  David,  he  fell  upon  his  face,  and  adored. 

3  And  David  said  to  him  :  From  whence  comest 
thou.-  And  he  said  to  him:  I  am  fled  out  of  the 
camp  of  Israel. 

4  And  David  said  unto  him  :  What  is  the  matter 
that  is  come  to  pass  ?  tell  me.  He  said :  The  people 
are  tied  from  the  battle,  and  many  of  the  people 
are  fallen  and  dead:  moreover  Saul  and  Jonathan 
his  son  are  slain. 

5  And  David  said  tothe  voting  man  that  told  him : 
How  knowest  thou  that  Saul  and  Jonathan  his  son 
are  dead  ? 

6  And  the  voting  man  that  told  him,  said  :  I  came 
bv  chance  u|kih  mount  Gclboe,  and  Said  lean- 
ed upon  his  spear:  and  the  chariots  and  horsemen 
drew  nigh  onto  him, 

7  \nil  looking  behind  him.  and  seeing  me,  he 

called  me.      And  I  answered  :  Here  am  I. 

B<  tod  he  said  to  me:  Who  art  thou:  Audi  said 
to  him  :  I  am  an  Amaleeite. 

9  tad  he  said  tome:  Stand  over  me,  and  kill 
me:  for  anguish  is  come  upon  me,  and  as  yet  my 
whole  life  is  in  me. 

10  So  standing  over  him,  I  killed  him:*  for  I 
knew  that  he  could  not  live  after  the  fall  :  and  I  took 
the  diadem  that  was  on  his  head,  and  the  bracelet 
that  was  on  his  arm,  and  have  brought  them  hither 
to  thee  my  lord. 

1 1  Then  David  took  hold  of  his  garments  and 
vent  them,  and  likewise  all  the  men  that  were  with 
him  : 

12  And  they  mourned,  and  wept,  and  fasted  un- 
til evening  for  Saul,  and  for  Jonathan  his  son,  and 
for  the  people  of  the  Lord,  and  for  the  house  of 
Israel,  because  they  were  fallen  by  the  sword. 

IS  And  David  said  to  the  VOUUg  man  that  told 
him :  Whence  art  thou  ?  He  answered:  I  am  the 
son  of  a  stranger  of  Amalec. 

1  \  David  said  to  him  :    Whv  didst  thou  not 
to  put  out  thy  hand  to  kill  the  Lord's  anointed  ; 


'  /  kiOli  Um.      Ttii.  .torr  of  (tie  fOTag    \mnli-rilr  w»«  not  tmp,  as 
may  e»«ily  be  proved  by  comparing  it  with  the  lant   chapter  of  the 

1. 1' .  p|M   nook. 

MS 


15  And  David  calling  one  of  his  servants,  said  : 
Go  near,  and  fall  upon  him.  And  he  struck  him 
so  that  he  died. 

16  And  David  said  to  him:  Thy  blood  be  upon 
thy  own  head:  for  thy  own  mouth  hath  spoken 
against  thee.  sa\  in^:  I  haveslainthe  Lord's  anointed. 

17  And  David  made  this  kind  of  lamentation 
Over  Said,  and  over  Jonathan  his  son. 

18  (Also  he  commanded  that  they  should  teach 
the  children  of  Juda  the  use  of  the  bow,  as  it  is 
written  in  the  Hook  of  the  just.)  And  he  said  : 
Consider,  O  Israel,  for  them  that  are  dead  wound- 
ed on  thy  high  places. 

19  The  illustrious  of  Israel  are  slain  upon  thy 
mountains:  how   are  the  valiant  fallen! 

20  Tell  it  not  in  ( ieth ;  publish  it  not  in  the  streets 
of  kscaioo:  lest  the  daughters  of  the  Philistines  re- 
joice ;  lest  the  daughters  of  the  uncircumcised 
triumph. 

-M   Ye  mountains  of  Gelboe,  let  neither  dew,  nor 
rain  come  upon  you,  neither  be  they  fields  of  first 
fruits:   for  there    "as  east   away   the  shield  of  the 
valiant,  the   shield  of  Saul,  as  though  he  had   not 
been  anointed  with  oil. 

-'.'  From  the  blood  of  the  slain,  from  the  fat  ol 
the  valiant,  the  arrow  of  Jonathan  nc\er  turned 
back,  and  the  sword  of  Said  did  not  return  empty. 

23  Said  and  Jonathan,  lovely  and  comely  in  their 
life,  even  in  death  the]  were  not  divided  :  they  wt  re 
swifter  than  eagles,  stronger  than  lions. 

J  i  Ye  daughters  of  Israel,  weep  over  Saul,  who 
clothed  you  with  scarlet  in  delights,  whogaVC  orna- 
ments of  gold  for  your  attire. 

25  How  are  the  valiant  fallen  in  battle?  Jonathan 
slain  in  the  high  places  ? 

26  I  grieve   for  thee,  my  brother  Jonathan,    I 
ceeding  beautiful,  sad  amiable  man  above  the  love 
of  women.      As  the  mother  Joveth  her  only  sou,  so 
did  I  love  thee. 

27  How  are  the  valiant  fallen,  and   the  weapons 

of  war  perished  ? 

CHAP.  II. 

David  is  received  and  anointnl  king  of  Juda.  Jsbuscth  the  KM  if 
Said  n  iisni  th  over  the  nst  of  Israel.  A  battle,  between  Abui  r 
and  Joab. 

\  ND  after  these  things  David  consulted  the  Lord. 

•^*-  saying:  Shall  I  go  up  into  one  of  the  citk 
Juda?   And   the  Lord  said  to  bim:   Go  up.      And 
David  said  :  Whither  shall  I  go  up  ?  And  be  ans- 
wered him  :   Into  Hebron. 

2  So  David  went  up.  and  his  two  wives,  Aehi- 
noam  the  .le/.ralu  litest,  and  Abigail  the  Wife  ol  .Yi- 

bal  of  Car  mel : 

S  And    the  men  also  thai  were  with  him.    David 


CHAP.  III. 


brought  up  every  nan  with  his  household:  and  they 
abode  in  the  towns  of  Hebron. 

4  And  the  men  of  Juda  came,  and  anointed  David 
there,  to  lie  king  over  the  house  of  Juda.  And  it 
was  told  David,  that  the  men  of  Jabes  Galaad  had 
buried  Saul. 

5  David  therefore  sent  messengers  to  the  men  of 
Jabes  Galaad,  and  said  to  them:  Blessed  be  you  to 
the  Lord,  who  have  shown  this  mercy  to  your  mas- 
ter Saul,  and  have  buried  him. 

6  And  now  the  Lord  surely  will  render  you 
mercy  and  truth  ;  and  I  also  will  requite  you  for  this 
good  turn,  because  you  have  done  this  thing. 

7  Let  your  hands  be  strengthened,  and  be  ye  men 
of  valour :  for  although  your  master  Saul  be  dead, 
yet  the  house  of  Juda  hath  anointed  me  to  be  their 
king. 

8  But  Abner  the  son  of  Ner,  general  of  Saul's 
army,  took  Isboseth  the  son  of  Saul,  and  led  him 
about  through  the  camp, 

9  And  made  him  king  over  Galaad,  and  over 
Gessuri,  and  over  Jezrahel,  and  over  Ephraim,  and 
over  Benjamin,  and  over  all  Israel. 

10  Isboseth  the  son  of  Saul  was  forty  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign  over  Israel ;  and  he  reigned 
two  years:*  and  only  the  house  of  Juda  followed 
David. 

1 1  And  the  number  of  the  days  that  David  abode, 
reigning  in  Hebron  over  the  house  of  Juda,  was 
seven  years  and  six  months. 

12  And  Abner  the  son  of  Ner,  and  the  servants 
of  Isboseth  the  son  of  Saul,  went  out  from  the  camp 
to  Gabaon. 

13  And  Joab  the  son  of  Sarvia,  and  the  servants 
of  David  went  out,  and  met  them  by  the  pool  of  Ga- 
baon. And  when  they  were  come  together,  they  sat 
down  over-against  one  another  ;  the  one  on  the  one 
side  of  the  pool,  and  the  other  on  the  other  side. 

14  And  Abner  said  to  Joab  :  Let  the  young  men 
rise,  and  play  before  us.  And  Joab  answered  :  Let 
them  rise. 

15  Then  there  arose  and  went  over  twelve  in 
number  of  Benjamin,  of  the  part  of  Isboseth  the  son 
of  Saul,  and  twelve  of  the  servants  of  David. 

16  And  every  one  catching  his  fellow  by  the  head, 
thrust  his  sword  into  the  side  of  his  adversary;  and 
they  fell  down  together:  and  the  name  of  the  place 
was  called,  The  field  of  the  valiant,  in  Gabaon. 

17  And  there  was  a  very  fierce  battle  that  day: 
and  Abner  was  put  to  flight,  with  the  men  of  Israel, 
by  the  servants  of  David. 

1 8  And  there  were  the  three  sons  of  Sarvia  there, 
Joab,  and  Abisai,  and  Asael :  now  Asael  was  a  most 
swift  runner,  like  one  of  the  roes  that  abide  in  the 
woods. 

19  And  Asael  pursued  after  Abner,  and  turned 
not  to  the  right  hand  nor  to  the  left  from  following 
Abner. 

20  And  Abner  looked  behind  him,  and  said  :  Art 
thou  Asael  ?  And  he  answered  :  I  am. 


lie  reigned  two  years,viz.  Before  lie  began  visibly  to  decline  ;  but 
in  all  lie  reii>ned  seven  years  and  six  months  :  for  so  long  David  reigned 
n  Hebron 


21  And  Abner  said  to  him  :  Goto  the  right  hand, 
or  to  the  left,  and  lay  hold  on  one  of  the  young  men, 
and  take  thee  his  spoils.  But  Asael  would  not  leave 
off  following  him  close. 

22  And  again  Abner  said  to  Asael:  Go  off,  and 
do  not  follow  me,  lest  I  be  obliged  to  stab  thee  to 
the  ground,  and  I  shall  not  be  able  to  hold  up  my 
face  to  Joab  thy  brother. 

23  But  he  refused  to  hearken  to  him,  and  would 
not  turn  aside:  wherefore  Abner  struck  him  with 
his  spear  with  a  back  stroke  in  the  groin,  and  thrust 
him  through;  and  he  died  upon  the  spot:  and  all 
that  came  to  the  place  where  Asael  fell  down  and 
died,  stood  still. 

24  Now  while  Joab  and  Abisai  pursued  after 
Abner,  the  sun  went  down:  and  they  came  as  far 
as  the  hill  of  the  aqueduct,  that  lieth  over-against 
the  valley  by  the  way  of  the  wilderness  in  Gabaon. 

25  And  the  children  of  Benjamin  gathered  them- 
selves together  to  Abner:  and  being  joined  in  one 
body,  they  stood  on  the  top  of  a  hill. 

26  And  Abner  cried  out  to  Joab,  and  said  :  Shall 
thy  sword  rage  unto  utter  destruction?  knowest  thou 
not  that  it  is  dangerous  to  drive  people  to  despair  ? 
how  long  dost  thou  defer  to  bid  the  people  cease 
from  pursuing  after  their  brethren? 

27  And  Joab  said:  As  the  Lord  liveth,  if  thou 
hadst  spoke  sooner,  even  in  the  morning  the  people 
would  have  retired  from  pursuing  after  their  bre- 
thren. 

28  Then  Joab  sounded  the  trumpet:  and  all  the 
army  stood  still,  and  did  not  pursue  after  Israel  any 
farther,  nor  fight  any  more. 

29  And  Abner  and  his  men  walked  all  that  night 
through  the  plains:  and  they  passed  the  Jordan,  and 
having  gone  through  all  Bethoron,  came  to  the 
camp. 

30  And  Joab  returning,  after  he  had  left  Abnei 
assembled  all  the  people:  and  there  were  wanting 
of  David's  servants  nineteen  men,  beside  Asael. 

31  But  the  servants  of  David  had  killed  of  Ben- 
jamin, and  of  the  men  that  were  with  Abner,  three 
hundred  and  sixty,  who  all  died. 

32  And  they  took  Asael,  and  buried  him  in  the 
sepulchre  of  his  father  in  Bethlehem :  and  Joab,  and 
the  men  that  were  with  him,  marched  all  the  night; 
and  they  came  to  Hebron  at  break  of  day. 

CHAP.  III. 

David  groweth  daily  stronger.     Abner  cometh  over  to  him :  ht 
is  treacherously  slain  by  Joab. 

NOW  there  was  a  long  war  between  the  house  of 
Saulf  and  the  house  of  David :  David  pros- 
pering and  growing  always  stronger  and  stronger; 
but  the  house  of  Saul  decaying  daily. 

2  And  sons  were  born  to  David  in  Hebron  :  and 
his  first-born  was  Amnon  of  Achinoam  the  Jezra- 
helitess: 

3  And  his  second  Cheleab  of  Abigail  the  wife  of 
Nabal  of  Carmel :  and  the  third  Absalom  the  son 

__ . m       ' 

f  There  was  a  long  war  between  the  house  of  Saul,  SfC.  Rather  a 
strife  or  emulation  than  a  war  with  arms;  it  lasted  five  years  and  a 
half. 

230 


ii.  ki\  ;s. 


ofMaacha  tin-  daughter  of  Tholmai  king  ofG 
Mr: 

4  And  th«-  fourth  Adonias  the  son  of  Huggith: 
and  die  fifth  Saphathia  the  son  of  Abital : 

\iiii  the  sixth  Jethiaam  of  Kgla  the  wife  ot 
David:  these  were  born  to  David  in  Hebron. 

\.iw  while  there  was  war  between  the  bouse 
of  Saul  and  the  house  of  David,  Aimer  the  son  of 
Ncr  ruled  the  house  of  Saul. 

7  And  Saul  had  a  concubine  named  Respha,  thej 
daughter  of  Aia.     And  Isbosetn  said  to  Abner: 

K  Why  didst  thou  go  in  to  my  father's  concubine? 
And  he  was  exceedingly  angry  for  the  words  of  Isbo- 
seth,  and  said:  Vm  I  a  dog's  head  against  Juda 
this  day,  who  have  shown  mercy  to  the  house  of 
Saul  thy  father,  and  to  his  brethren  and  friends,  and 
have  not  delivered  thee  into  the  hands  of  David, 
and  hast  thou  .sought  this  day  against  me  to  charge 
me  vviili  a  matter  concerning  a  woman? 

9  So  do  God  to  Abner,  and  more  also,  unless  as 
the  Lord  hath  sworn  to  David,  so  I  do  to  him, 

10 That  the  kingdom  be  translated  from  the  house 
of  Said,  and  the  throne  of  David  Ik-  set  ii|>  over 
Israel,  and  over  Juda,  from  Dan  to  Bcrsahee. 

I  I  And  he  could  not  answer  him  a  word,  because 
he  feared  him. 

I  .'  Aboer  therefore  sent  tnes  -  to  David  for 

himself,  saying:  Whose  is  the  land?  and  that  they 
should  sav  :  .Make  a  league  with  me,  and  my  hand 
shall  be  with  thee  ;  and  I  will  bring  all  Israel  to  thee. 
\nd  he  said  :  Very  well ;  I  will  make  a  league 
with  thee;  but  one  thing  1  require  of  thee,  saving: 
Thou  shah  not  see  my  face  belore  thou  hring  Michol 
the  daughter  of  Saul:  and  so  thou  shalt  eome,  and 

lie. 

\nd  David  sent  messengers  to  [sboeeth  the 
sou  ot    Said,  saying:    Restore   my  wife  Michol, 

whom  I  espoused  to  me  foe  a  hundred  foreskins  of 
the  Philistines. 

15  And  jsboseth  sent,  and  took  her  from  her  hus- 
band I'haltiel,  the  son  of   Lais. 

16  And  her  husband  followed  her,  weeping,  as 
far  as  Baburim:  and  Abner  said  to  him:  Go,  and 
return.      And  he  returned. 

17  Abner  also  spoke  to  the  ancients  of  Israel, 

Both   yesterday  and  the  day  before  you 
-lit  lor  David  that  he  might  reign  over  you. 
Vow  then  do  it :  because  the  Lord  hath  spoken 

to  David,  raying:  By  the  hand  of  my  servant  David 

I  will  save  my  people!  Israel  from  tiie  hands  of  the 

riiilistines,  and  of  all  their  enemies. 

19  And  Abner  •Poke  also  to  Benjamin.     And 

he  went  to  speak  to  David  in  Hebron  all  that  seemed 

good  to  Israel,  and  to  all  Benjamin. 

H)  \nd  he  came  to  David  in  Hebron  withtwen* 

on :  and  David  made  a  least  for  Abner,  and  his 
men  that  rani'-  with  him. 

Jl   And  Abner  raid  to  David:  1  will  ris.-.  that  I 

may  gather  all  Israel  unto  the.-  mv  lord  the  kinx.  and 
mav  enter  into  a  league  with  thee,  and  that  thou 
ma\  sl  reign  over  all  as  thy  soul  desireth.  -Now  w  hen 
David  had  brought  Aimer  on    his  way,  and  he  WM 

gone  in 


I  Immediately  David's  servants  and  Joab  cai 
after  having  slain  the  robbers,  with  an  exceeding 
great  booty  :  and  Abner  was  not  with  David  in  He- 
bron, for  he   had  now  sent  him  away,  and  lie   was 
gone  in  peace. 

!  I  Joab  and  till  the  army  that  was  w  ith  him, 
came  afterwards:  and  it  was  told  Joab,  that  Abnei 
the  son  of  Ner  came  to  the  kiim;  and  he  hath  sent 
him  away:  and  he  is  gone  in  peace. 

fit  And  Joab  went  in  to  the  kins,  and  said:  What 
hast  thou  done  ?  Behold,  Abner  came  to  thee  :  \\  In 
didst  thou  send  him  aw  ay,  and  he  is  gone  aud  dp 
parted  ? 

25  Knowest  thou  not  Abner  the  son  of  Ner,  thai 
to  this  end  he  came  to  thee,  that  he  might  deceive 
thee,  and  to  know  thy  going  out,  and  thy  coming 
in,  and  to  know  all  thou  doest? 

26  Then  Joab  going  out  from   David,  sent  mes 
sengers  after  Abnei ,  and  brought  him  back  from  the 
cistern  of  Sira,  David  knowing  nothing  of  it. 

27  And  when  Abner  was  returned  to  Hebron, 
Joab  took  him  aside  to  the  middle  of  the  gate,  to 
speak  to  him  treacherously:  and  he  stabbed  him 
there  in  the  groin,  and  he  died,  in  revenge  of  the 
blood  of  Asael  his  brother. 

28  Aud  when  David  heard  of  it,  after  the  thing 
was  now  done,  he  said  :  I,  and  my  kingdom  are  in- 
nocent before  the  Lord  for  ever  of  the  blood  of  Ab- 
ner the  son  of  Ner : 

29  And  may  it  come  upon  the  head  of  Joab,  aud 
upon  all  his  father's  house  :  aud  let  there  not  fail 
from  the  house  of  Joab  one  that  hath  an  issue  of 
seed,  or  that  is  a  leper,  or  that  holdeth  the  distal)",  or 
that  falleth  by  the  sword,  or  that  wanteth  bread. 

30  So   Joab  and  Abisai  his  brother  slew   Abner, 
because  he  hath  killed  their  brother  Asael  at  I 
liaon  in  the  battle. 

31  And  David  said  to  Joab,  and  to  all  the  people 
that  were  with  him:  Rend  your  garments,  and  gird 
yourselves  with  sackcloths,  and  mourn  before  the 
funeral  of  Abner.  And  king  David  himself  fol- 
lowed the  bier. 

32  And  when  they  had  buried  Abner  in  Hebron, 
king  David  lilted  up  his  voice,  and  wept  at  the 
grave  of  Abner:  and  all  the  people  also  wept. 

33  And  the  king  mourning  and  lamenting  over 
Abner,  said:  Not  as  cowards  are  wont  to  die.  hath 
Abner  died. 

34  Thy  hands  were  not  bound,  nor  thy  feel 
loaden  with  fetters:  but  as  men  fall  before  the  chil- 
dren of  iniquity,  so  didst  thou  fall.  And  all  the 
people  repeating  it  wept  over  him. 

35  And  when  all  the  people  came  to  take  tie  n 
with  David,  while  it  was  vet  broad  day,  David 
swore,  raying:  So  do  God  to  me,  and  more  also,  il 
1  taste  bread  or  any  thing  else  before  sun-s.t. 

36  And    all    the    people   heard,   and    they    w 
pleased:  and  all  that  the  king  did  seemed  good  in 
the  sight  of  all  the  people. 

37  And  all  the  people,  and  all  lsra<  I  understood 
that  day  that  it  was  not  the  king's  doing,  that  Ab- 
ut i  the  son  of  Ner  was  slain. 

38  The  king  also  said  to  mo  servants:   Do  jron 


CHAP.  IV,  V. 


not  know  that  a  prince  and  a  great  man  is  slain  this 
day  in  Israel?  .... 

39  But  I  as  yet  am  tender,  tlwugh  anointed  king: 
and  these  men  the  sons  of  Sarvia  are  too  hard  for 
me :  the  Lord  reward  him  that  doeth  evil  according 
to  his  wickedness. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Isboseth  is  murdered  6y  two  of  his  servants  :  David  punts  heth  the 
murderer*. 

AND  Isboseth  the  son  of  Saul  heard  that  Abner 
was  slain  in  Hebron:  and  his  hands  were  weak- 
ened :  and  all  Israel  was  troubled. 

2  Now  the  son  of  Saul  had  two  men  captains  of 
his  bands;  the  name  of  the  one  was  Baana,  and 
the  name  of  the  other  Rechab,  the  sons  of  Rem- 
mon  a  Berothite  of  the  children  of  Benjamin :  for 
Beroth  also  was  reckoned  in  Benjamin. 

3  And  the  Berothites  fled  into  Gethaim,  and 
were  sojourners  there  until  that  time. 

4  And  Jonathan  the  son  of  Saul  had  a  son  that 
was  lame  of  his  feet:  for  he  was  five  years  old  when 
the  tidings  came  of  Saul  and  Jonathan  from  Jezra- 
hel.  And  his  nurse  took  him  up,  and  fled:  and  as 
she  made  haste  to  flee,  he  fell,  and  became  lame: 
and  his  name  was  Miphiboseth. 

5  And  the  sons  of  Remmon  the  Berothite,  Re- 
chab and  Baana  coming,  went  into  the  house  of 
Isboseth  in  the  heat  of  the  day :  and  he  was  sleeping 
upon  his  bed  at  noon.-  And  the  door-keeper  of 
the  house,  who  was  cleansing  wheat,  was  fallen 

6  And  they  entered  into  the  house  secretly  taking 
ears  of  corn:  and  Rechab  and  Baana  his  brother 
stabbed  him  in  the  groin,  and  fled  away. 

7  For  when  they  came  into  the  house,  he  was 
sleeping  upon  his  bed  in  a  parlour:  and  they  struck 
him,  and  killed  him:  and  taking  away  his  head, 
they  went  ofl'  by  the  way  of  the  wilderness,  walking 
all  night. 

8  And  they  brought  the  head  of  Isboseth  to  David 
to  Hebron:  and  they  said  to  the  king:  Behold  the 
head  of  Isboseth  the  son  of  Saul  thy  enemy  who 
sought  thy  life :  and  the  Lord  hath  revenged  my 
lord  the  king  this  day  of  Saul,  and  of  his  seed. 

9  But  David  answered  Rechab  and  Baana  his 
brother,  the  sons  of  Remmon  the  Berothite,  and 
said  to  them :  As  the  Lord  liveth,  who  hath  deli- 
vered my  soul  out  of  all  distress, 

10  The  man  that  told  me,  and  said:  Saul  is  dead, 
who  thought  he  brought  good  tidings,  I  apprehend- 
ed, and  slew  him  in  Siceleg,  who  should  have  been 
rewarded  for  his  news. 

1 1  How  much  more  now  when  wicked  men  have 
slain  an  innocent  man  in  his  own  house,  upon  his 
bed,  shall  I  not  require  his  blood  at  your  hand,  and 
take  you  away  from  the  earth  ? 

12  And  David  commanded  his  servants,  and 
they  slew  them  :  and  cutting  off  their  hands  and 
feet,  hanged  them  up  over  the  pool  in  Hebron:  but 
th"  head  of  Isboseth  they  took  and  buried  in  the  se- 
pulchre of  Abner  in  Hebron. 

Hh 


CHAP.  V. 


David  is  anointed  king  of  all  Israel.     He  taketh  Jerusalem,  and 
dwelleth  there.     He  difeatelh  the  Philistines. 

THEN  all  the  tribes  of  Israel  came  to  David  in 
Hebron,  saying:  Behold,  we  are  thy  bone  and 
thy  flesh. 

2  Moreover  yesterday  also  and  the  day  before, 
when  Saul  was  king  over  us,  thou  wast  he  that  did 
lead  out  and  bring  in  Israel:  and  the  Lord  said  to 
thee :  Thou  shalt  feed  my  people  Israel ;  and  thou 
shalt  be  prince  over  Israel. 

3  The  ancients  also  of  Israel  came  to  the  king  to 
Hebron  :  and  king  David  made  a  league  with  them 
in  Hebron  before  the  Lord :  and  they  anointed  Da- 
vid to  be  king  over  Israel. 

4  David  was  thirty  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign  :  and  he  reigned  forty  years. 

5  In  Hebron  he  reigned  over  Juda  seven  years 
and  six  months:  and  in  Jerusalem  he  reigned  three 
and  thirty  .years  over  all  Israel  and  Juda. 

6  And  the  king  and  all  the  men  that  weie  with 
him  went  to  Jerusalem  to  the  Jebusites  the  inhabi- 
tants of  the  land :  and  they  said  to  David :  Thou 
shalt  not  come  in  hither  unless  thou  take  away  the 
blind  and  the  lame  that  say  :  David  shall  not  come 
in  hither. 

7  But  David  took  the  castle  of  Sion ;  the  same 
is  the  city  of  David. 

8  For  David  had  offered  that  day  a  reward  to 
whosoever  should  strike  the  Jebusites,  and  get  up 
to  the  gutters  of  the  tops  of  the  houses,  and  take 
away  the  blind  and  the  lame  that  hated  the  soul  of 
David :  therefore  it  is  said  in  the  proverb :  The  blind 
and  the  lame  shall  not  come  into  the  temple. 

9  And  David  dwelt  in  the  castle,  and  called  it,  The 
city  of  David ;  and  built  round  about  from  Mello 
and  inwards. 

10  And  he  went  on  prospering  and  growing  up : 
and  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  was  with  him. 

11  And  Hiram  the  king  of  Tyre  sent  messengers 
to  David,  and  cedar  trees,  and  carpenters,  and  ma' 
sons  for  walls:  and  they  built  a  house  for  David. 

12  And  David  knew  that  the  Lord  had  confirmed 
him  king  over  Israel,  and  that  he  had  exalted  his 
kingdom  over  his  people  Israel. 

13  And  David  took  more  concubines  and  wives 
of  Jerusalem,*  after  he  was  come  from  Hebron:  and 
there  were  born  to  David  other  sons  also  and  daugh- 
ters : 

14  And  these  are  the  names  of  them,  that  were 
born  to  him  in  Jerusalem,  Samua,  and  Sobab,  and 
Nathan,  and  Solomon, 

15  And  Jebahar,  and  Elisua,  and  Nepheg, 

16  And  Japhia,  and  Elisama,  and  Elioda,  and 
Eliphaleth. 

1 7  And  the  Philistines  heard  that  they  had  anointed 
David  to  be  king  over  Israel:  and  they  all  came  to 
seek  David :  and  wht  n  David  heard  of  it,  he  went 
down  to  a  strong  hold. 


*  David  took  more  concubines  and  tcives  of  Jerusalem.  Not  harlots,  bu : 
wives  of  an  inferior  condition :  for  such  iu  scripture  are  styled  cttcu- 
bines. 

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II.  K 

18  Ami  the  Philistines  coming  spread  themselves 
in  t he  valley  "I   Raphaim. 

19  Nii'l  David  consulted  the  Lord,  saying:  shall 
!  ,  up  in  the  Philistines?  and  wilt  thou  deliver 
them  into  mv  hand?  And  the  Lord  said  to  David: 
Go  up;  for  I  will  miicU  deliver  the  Philistines  into 
thy  band. 

20  And  David  came  to  Baal  Pharisim:  and  de- 
rated thriu  there,  and  he  said:  The  Lord  hath 
divided  my  enemies  before  me.ai  waters  ire  divided. 
Therefore  the  name  of  the  place  was  called  Baal 
Pharisim. 

J I  And  they  left  there  their  idols;  which  David 
and  his  men  took  away. 

22  And  the  Philistines  came  up  ■gam,  and  spread 
themselves  in  the  valley  of  Raphaim. 

Vnd  David  consulted  the  Lord:  Shall  I  go 
up  against  the  Philistines,  and  wilt  thou  deliver  them 
into  mj  bands?  He  answered:  Go  not  np  against 
ahem;  bat  fetch  a  compass  behind  them,  and  thou 
shalt  come  upon  them  OveT-againSt  the  pear  tr< 

Vnd  when  thou  shalt  hear  the  sound  of  one 
coin;;  in  the  tops  of  the  pear  trees,  then  shalt  thou 
join  battle:  for  then  will  the  Lord  go  out  before  thy 
to  strike  the  army  of  the  PbiltStin 
25  And  David  did  as  ihe  Lord  had  commanded 
him:  and  he  smote  the  Philistines  from  Gabaa  until 
thou  come  to  Gear. 

.   CHAP.  VI. 

Darul Jetchrin  the  ark  from  (  ariathiarim.  Out  is  slrnrh  dead 
far  lunching  it.  It  is  ilrjinsitid  in  t/u  honst  of  Oliedidam : 
and  from  (hence  is  curried  to  David's  house. 

AN  I)  David  again  gathered  together  all  the  chosen 
men  Of'  Israel,  thirty  thousand. 
J  \ in  1  David  arose  and  went,  vv  ith  all  the  people 
that  were  with  him  of  the  men  of  .luda,  to  fetch  the 
ark  of  God,  upon  which  the  name  of  the  Lord  of 
ho>ts  is  invoked,  who  litteth  over  it  upon  the  clie- 
rubtoMi 

.)  And  they  laid  the  ark  of  God  upon  a  new  cart; 
and  took  it  out  oflhe  house  of  Ahinadah.  who  Was 
m  Gabaa;*  and  On  and  Ahio,  the  sons  of  Ahina- 
dah, drove  tin   new  cart. 

I  \nd  when  they  had  taken  it  out  of  the  house 
of  Abinadab,  who  was  in  Gabaa,  Ahio  having  care 
of  the  ark  Off*  God  went  before  the  ark. 

5  But  David  and  all  [trad  played  before  the 
Lord  on  all  manner  of  instruments  made  of  wood. 
on  harps  and  lutes  and  timbrels  and  comets  and 
cymbals. 

6  Anil  when  they  came  to  the  floor  of  Xachon. 
<  >/i  put  forth  his  hand  to  the  ark  of  God,  and  took 
hold  of  it:  because  the  oxen  kicked, and  made  it 
lean  aside. 

7  And  the  indignation  of  the  Lord  was  enkindled 

igainst  <)/;i:  and  he  struck  him  for  his  rashm 
and  he  died  there  before  the  ark  of  God. 

8  Ami  David  was  grieved  because  the  Lord  had 
Struck  < )/  a :  and  the  name  of  that  place  w  as  called, 
The  striking  ol  I  this  dfl 

*  Gala*.  The  hill  of  Cariathiarun.  » here  Ibe  ark  had  been  in  Ihe 
bou«c  of  Abinadab,  fmen  tbe  time  of  iU  being  restored  bmt  k  by  the 
Ikilutinw. 

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1NGS. 

9  And  David  was  afraid  of  the  Lord  that  day. 
sav  ing:    1  low  shall  the  ark  ol  the  Lord  come  lo  me? 

10  And  he  would  not  have  the  ark  of  ihe  Lord 
brought  in  to  himself  into  the  city  of  David:  but  lit 
caused  it-to  be  carried  into  the  house  of  Obedcdoai  the 
(iethite. 

11  And  the  ark  of  the  Lord  abode  in  the  house 
ofObededom  tbe  (iethite  three  months:  and  the 
Lord  blessed  ( )bededoin.aud  all  his  household. 

12  And  it  was  told  kini;  David,  that  the  Lord 
had  blessed  Obededom.  and  all  that  he  had,  because 
of  the  ark  of  God.  So  David  went,  and  brought 
away  the  ark  of  God  out  of  the  house  of  Obededom 
into  the  city  of  David  with  joy.  And  there  weie 
with  i  )a vid  seven  choirs, f  and  calv  <  %  for  victims. 

13  And  when  they  that  carried  the  ark  ol  ihe  Lord 
had  gone  six  paces,  he  sacrificed  an  o.\  and  i  ram 

14  And  David  danced  with  all  his  might  before 
the  Lord:  and  David  was  girded  with  a  linen  ephod. 

15  And  David  and  all  the  house  of  Israel  brought 
the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  with  joyful 
shouting,  and  with  sound  of  trumpet. 

16  And  when  the  ark  of  the  Lord  was  come  into 
the  city  of  David,  Michol  the  daughter  of  Saul, 
jookiag  out  through  a  window, saw  kin::  David  leap- 
ing and  dancing  before  the  Lord;  and  she  despised 
him  in  her  heart. 

17  And  they  brought  the  ark  of  the  Lord,  and 
set  it  in  its  place  in  the  midst  of  the  tabernacle, 
which  David  had  pitched  for  it:  and  David  o Hi  red 
holocausts  and  peace-offerings  before  the  Lord. 

18  And  when  he  had  made  an  end  of  offering 
holocausts  and  peace-offeringss  he  blessed  the  ; 

pie  ill  the  name  of  the  Lord  01  hosts. 

19  And  he  distributed  to  all  the  multitude  of  Israel, 
both  men  and  w  omen,  to  even  one.  a  cake  of  bread, 
and  a  piece  of  roasted  beef,  and  fine  Hour  fried  vv  it  boil: 
and  all  the    people  departed    every  OOO  to  his  house. 

20  And  David  returned  to  bless  his  own  house: 
and  Michol  the  daughter  of  Saul  coming  out  to  meet 
David,  said:  How  glorious  was  the  kirn:  of  Israel 
to-day,  uncovering  himself  before  the  handmaids  ol 
his  servants,  and  was  naked,  as  if  one  of  the  builbous 
should  be  naked. 

21  And  David  said  to  Michol  :  Before  the  Lord, 
who  chose  me  rather  than  tin  lather,  and  than  all 
his  house,  and  commanded  me  to  be  rub  r  over  the 
people  of  the  Lord  in  Israel. 

22  I  will  both  play  and  make  myself  meaner  than 
I  have  done:   and  I  will  be  little  in  mv  own   (  j 
and  with  the  handmaids,  of  whom  thou  speakest,  I 
shall  appeal  more  glorious. 

23  Therefore  Michol  the  daughter  of  Saul  had  no 
child  to  the  day  of  her  (bath. 

(   HAP.   VII. 

Darid"t  purpose  to  build  a  temple  is  mrardrd  frith  the  pramist 
of  great  blessing*  in  hit  teed:    His  prayer  midt/mnkspiriisg. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass  when  the    king  sal  in  his 
■£*- house,  and  the  Lord  hail  given  him  n  U  on  eery 

side  from  all  his  enemies, 


f  Choirs.    Or  ooropa  nim  of  BHiwciane. 


CHAP.  VIII. 


2  He  said  to  Nathan  tho  prophet :  Dost  thou  see 
that  I  dwell  in  a  house  of  cedar,  and  the  ark  of  God 
is  lodged  within  skins? 

3  And  Nathan  said  to  the  kin?:  Go,  do  all  that 
is  in  thy  heart:  Because  the  Lord  is  with  thee. 

4  But  it  came  to  pass  that  night,  that  the  word 
of  the  Lord  came  to  Nathan,  saying: 

5  Go,  and  say  to  my  servant  David  :  Thus  saith 
the  Lord:  Shalt  thou  build  me  a  house  to  dwell  in? 

6  Whereas  I  have  not  dwelt  in  a  house  from  the 
day  that  I  brought  the  children  of  Israel  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt  even  to  this  day;  but  have  walked  in 
a  tabernacle,  and  in  a  tent. 

7  In  all  the  places  that  I  have  gone  through  with 
all  the  children  of  Israel,  did  I  ever  speak  a  word  to 
any  one  of  the  tribes  of  Israel,  whom  I  commanded 
to  feed  my  people  Israel,  saying:  Why  have  you  not 
built,  me  a  house  cf  cedar? 

8  And  now  thus  shalt  thou  speak  to  my  servant 
David :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts :  I  took  thee  out 
of  the  pastures  from  following  the  sheep,  to  be  ruler 
over  my  people  Israel: 

9  And  I  have  been  with  thee  wheresoever  thou 
hast  walked,  and  have  slain  all  thy  enemies  from  be- 
fore thy  face:  And  I  have  made  thee  a  great  name,  like 
unto  the  name  of  the  great  ones  that  are  on  the  earth. 

10  And  I  will  appoint  a  place  for  my  people  Israel: 
and  I  will  plant  them,  and  they  shall  dwell  therein, 
and  shall  be  disturbed  no  more  :  neither  shall  the 
children  of  iniquity  afflict  them  any  more  as  they  did 
before, 

1 1  From  the  day  that  I  appointed  Judges  over 
my  people  Israel ;  and  1  will  give  thee  rest  from  all 
thy  enemies.  And  the  Lord  foretelleth  to  thee,  that 
the  Lord  will  make  thee  a  house. 

12  And  when  thy  days  shall  be  fulfilled,  and  thou 
shalt  sleep  with  thy  fathers,  I  will  raise  up  thy  seed 
after  thee,  which  shall  proceed  out  of  thy  bowels  : 
and  I  will  establish  his  kingdom.* 

13  He  shall  build  a  house  to  my  name;  and  I  will 
establish  the  throne  of  his  kingdom  for  ever. 

14  1  will  be  to  him  a  father,  and  he  shall  be  to 
me  a  son:  and  if  he  commit  any  iniquity,  1  will  cor- 
rect him  with  the  rod  of  men,  and  with  the  stripes 
of  the  children  of  men. 

15  But  my  mercy  I  will  not  take  away  from  him, 
as  I  took  it  from  Saul,  whom  I  removed  from  before 
my  face. 

16  And  thy  house  shall  be  faithful,  and  thy  king- 
dom for  ever  before  thy  face:  and  thy  throne  shall 
be  firm  for  ever. 

17  According  to  all  these  words,  and  according 
to  all  this  vision,  so  did  Nathan  speak  to  David 

18  And  David  went  in,  and  sat  before  the  Lord, 
and  said:  Who  am  I,  O  Lord  God,  and  what  is  my 
house,  that  thou  hast  brought  me  thus  far? 

19  But  yet  this  hath  seemed  little  in  thy  sight,  O 
Lord  God,  unless  thou  didst  also  speak  of  the  house 
of  thy  servant  for  a  long  time  to  come:  for  this  is 
the  law  of  Adam,  O  Lord  God. 


*  /  vnll  establish  his  kingdom.     This  prophecy  partly  relateth  to  Solo- 
mon;  but  much   more  to  Christ,  who  is  called  the  sod  of  David  in 


20  And  what  can  David  say  more  unto  thee?  for 
thou  knowest  thy  servant,  O  Lord  God: 

21  For  thy  word's  sake,  and  according  to  thy  own 
heart  thou  hast  done  all  these  great  things;  so  that 
thou  wouldstmake  it  known  to  thy  servant. 

22  Therefore  thou  art  magnified,  O  Lord  God, 
because  there  is  none  like  to  thee ;  neither  is  there 
any  God  besides  thee,  in  all  the  things  that  we 
have  heard  with  our  ears. 

23  And  what  nation  is  there  upon  earth,  as  thy 
people  Israel,  whom  God  went  to  redeem  for  a  people 
to  himself,  and  to  make  him  a  name,  and  to  do  for 
them  great  and  terrible  things,  upon  the  earth,  be- 
fore the  face  of  thy  people,  whom  tho^  redeemedst 
to  thyself  out  of  Egypt,  from  the  nations  and  their 
gods. 

24  Foi  thou  hast  confirmed  to  thyself  thy  people 
Israel  to  be  an  everlasting  people:  and  thou,  O  Lord 
God,  art  become  their  God. 

25  And  now,  O  Lord  God,  raise  up  for  ever  the 
word  that  thou  hast  spoken  concerning  thy  servant, 
and  concerning  his  house;  and  do  as  thou  hast  spoken, 

26  That  thy  name  may  be  magnified  for  ever,  and 
it  may  be  said :  The  Lord  of  hosts  is  God  over  Israel. 
And  the  house  of  thy  servant  David  shall  be  established 
before  the  Lord, 

27  Because  thou,  O  Lord  of  hosts,  God  of  Israel, 
hast  revealed  to  the  ear  of  thy  servant,  saying  :  1  will 
build  thee  a  house  :  therefore  hath  thy  servant  found 
in  his  heart  to  pray  this  prayer  to  thee. 

28  And  now,  O  Lord  God,  thou  art  God,  and  thy 
words  shall  be  true  :  for  thou  hast  spoken  to  thy  ser- 
vant these  good  things. 

29  And  now  begin,  and  bless  the  house  of  thy 
servant,  that  it  may  endure  for  ever  before  thee  :  be- 
cause thou,  O  Lord  God,  hast  spoken  it ;  and  with 
thy  blessing  let  .the  house  of  thy  servant  be  blessed 
for  ever. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

David's  victories;  and  his  chief  officers. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  this  thatDavid  defeated      * 
the  Philistines,  and  brought  them  down,  and 
David  took  the  bridle  of  tribute  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  Philistines. 

2  And  he  defeated  Moab,  and  measured  them  with 
a  line,  casting  them  down  to  the  earth :  and  he 
measured  with  two  lines,  one  to  put  to  death,  and 
one  to  save  alive:  and  Moab  was  made  to  serve 
David  under  tribute. 

3  David  defeated  also  Adarezer  the  son  of  Rohob 
king  of  Soba,  when  he  went  to  extend  his  dominion 
over  the  river  Euphrates. 

4  And  David  took  from  him  a  thousand  and  seven 
hundred  horsemen,  and  twenty  thousand  footmen  ; 
and  houghed  all  the  chariot-horses:  and  only  re- 
served of  them  for  one  hundred  chariots. 

5  And  the  Syrians  of  Damascus  came  to  succour 
Adarezer  the  king  of  Soba :  and  David  slew  of  the 
Syrians  two  and  twenty  thousand  men. 

6  And  David  put  garrisons  in  Syria  of  Damas- 


scripture,  and  who  is  the   builder  of  the  true  temple  which  is  th« 
church,  his  everlasting  kingdom,  which  shall  never  fail. 

243 


II.  KINGS. 


m>:  and  Syria  Wired  Dai  id  under  tribute:  and  the 
Lord  preserved  David  in  all  his  enterprises,  whither- 
soever be  went. 
7  And  David  took  the  arma  of  gold,  which  the 

servants  n|'  Adare/.er  wore,  and  brought  them  to  Je- 
rusalem. 

ft   And  out  of"   Bete,  and  out  of  Bcroth,  cities  of 
reser,  king  David  took  an  exceeding  (real  euan- 
tity  of  I): 

9  And  Thou  the  kin?  of  Emath  beard  that  David 
had  defeated  all  the  forces  of  Adare/.er, 

10  And  Thou  seal  Joram  his  son  to  kins;  David, 
to  >alute  him,  and  to  congratulate  with  him,  and  to 
return  him  thinks:  because  he  had  fought  against 
Adare/.er,  ami  hail  defeated  him.  For  Thou  was  an 
enemy  to  Adare/.er:  and  in  his  hand  were  vessels  of 

gold,  and  vessels  of  silver,  and  vessels  of  brass: 

11  And  kin?  David  dedicated  them  to  the  Lord, 
ther  with  the  stiver  and  Cjo4d  that   he  had  dedi- 
cated of  all  the  nations,  which  lie  had  subdued  : 

1 J  Of  Syria.and  of  Moan,  and  of  the  children  of 
Animon,  and  of  the  Philistines,  and  of  Amalec,  and 
of  the  s|x>ils  of  Adare/.er,  the  son  of  Kohob  king  of 
Soba. 

13  David  also  made  himself  a  name,  when  lie 
returned  after  taking  Syria  in  the  valley  of  the 
salt-pits,  killing  eighteen  thousand: 

11  And  he  |>ut  guards  in  Kdom,  and  placed  the rr 
a  garrison:  and  all  Kdom  was  made  to  serve  David: 
and  the  Lord  preserved  David  in  all  enterprises  he 
went  about. 

1")  And  David  reigned  over  all  Israel:  and  Da\id 
did  judgment  and  justice  to  all  his  people. 

It!  And  Joafa  t lie  s<»n  ol  Sania  Was  over  the 
armv:  and  Josaphat  the  sou  of  Ahilud  was  re- 
corder :* 

17  And  Sadoc  the  son  of  Achitob,  and  Aehime- 
leeh  the  son  of  Ahiathar,  were  the  priests;  and  Sa- 
raias  was  the  scribe  :f 

1ft  And  Bauaias  the  son  of  Joiada  WM  over  the 
Cerethi  and  I'helcthi  :%  and  the  sons  of  David  were 
the  prim. 

CHAP.  IX. 

David's  kiiulncit  to  Miphifmsrthfor  the  taken/  hi* father 
Jonathan. 

AND    David  said:    Is  there  am  one,  think  you, 
left  of  the  house  ofSaul,  that  I  may  show  kind- 

■ess  to  him  for  .Jonathan's  s^ke? 

2  Now  there  was  of  the  house  of  Saul,  a  ser- 
vant named  Siba:  and  when  the  kin::  had  called 
him  to  him.  he  said  to  him:  Art  thou  Siba?  And  be 
answered:  I  am  Siba  thy  servant. 

.{  And  the  kirn;  said:  Is  there  anyone  left  of  the 
house  of  Saul,  that  I  ma\  show  the  inerev  of  God 
unto  him?  And  Siba  said  to  the  kiuu:  There  is  a 
son  of  Jonathan  left,  who  is  lame  of  his  feet. 

4  Where  is  be?  said  he.  And  Siba  said  to  the 
kins:  Behold,  he  is  in  the  house  of  Machir  the  son 
of  Atnmiel  in  Lodabar. 


Mtcvrdtr:  or  Chancellor. 

Srrihe     or  Socrrtarv. 

7V  Ctrtlki  mU  PkeUtU.     The  kinjrH  fuarda. 

SM 


")  Then  kins  David  sent,  and  brought  himootc' 
the  house  of  .Machir  the  son  of  Ammiel  of  l/odaliur. 

6  And  when  Miphrhoseth  the  son  of  Jonathan  lire 
son  of  Saul  was  come  to  David,  lie  fell  on  his  lace. 
and  worshipped.  And  David  said:  Miphiboseth? 
Ami  he  answered:  Behold  thy  sertant. 

7  And  David  said  to  him:  Fear  not,  for  I  will 
surely  show  thee  mercy  for  Jonathan  ihy  father's 
sake;  and  I  will  restore  the  binds  of  Saul  thy  fa- 
ther; and  thou  shalt  eat  bread  at  ni\  table  always. 

8  He  bowed  down  to  him,  and  said:  Who  am  I 
thy  servant,  that  thou  shouldst  look  upon  such  a 
dead  dog  as  I  am? 

9  Then  the  king  called  Siba  the  servant  of  Saul, 
and  said  to  him:  All  that  belonged  to  Saul,  and  all 
his  house,  I  have  given  to  th\  master's  son. 

10  Thou  therefore  and  thy  sons  mid  thy  servants 
shall  till  theland  for  him:  and  thou  shah  bring  in 
food  for  thv  master's  son.  that  he  mn\  Ik-  maintain- 
ed: and  Miphiboseth  the  son  of  thy  master  shall  al- 
ways eat  bread  at  ui\  table.  And  Siba  bad  fifteen 
sons  and  twenty  servants. 

11  And  Siba  said  to  the  khm:  As  thou  my  lord 
the  king  hast  commanded  thy  servant,  so  w  ill  thy 
servant  do:  and  .Miphiboseth  shall  eat  at  my  table, 
as  one  of  the  sons  of  the  kins. 

12  And  Miphiboseth  had  a  young  son  whose  name 
was  Micha:  and  all  the  kindred  of  ike  house  of  .-si- 
ba served  .Miphiboseth. 

13  Bui  .Miphiboseth  dwelt  in  Jerusalem ;  because 
he  eat  always  of  the  kind's  table:  and  he  was  lame 
of  both  feet. 

(HAP.  X. 

The  Ammonites  shamrfully  abuse  thr  ambassadors  nf  David: 
thiy  hire  the  Syrian*  to  their  assistance  :  but  ,irr  overthrown 
by  thrir  allies. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that  the  king 
-^-  of  the  children  of  Amnion  diet!;  and  llauou 
his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

2  And  David  said:  I  will  show  kindness  to  Ha- 
non  the  son  of  Daas,  as  his  father  showed  kindness 
to  me.  So  David  sent  his  servants  to  comfort  him 
for  the  death  of  his  father.  But  w  hen  the  servants 
of  David  were  come  into  the  land  of  the  children  ol 
Amnion, 

3  The  princes  of  the  children  of  Ammon  said  to 
llanon  their  lord:  Thinkest  i lion  that  for  the  honour 
of  thy  father,  David  hath  sent  comforters  to  thee; 
and  hath  not  David  rather  sent  his  servants  to  thee 
to  search,  and  spy  into  the  city,  and  overthrow  it  - 

4  Wherefore  llanon  took  the  servanis  of  Da\id. 
and  shaved  off  the  one  half  of  their  beards,  and  cut 
away  one  half  of  their  garments  even  to  the  buttocks, 
and  sent  them  away. 

6  When  this  was  told  David,  he  sent  to  meet 
them:  for  the  men  wen  sadly  put  to  confusion:  ami 
David  commanded  them,  ttaytng:  Stay  at  Jericho, 
till  your  beards  begTOWBj  and  then  return. 

6  And  the   children  of  Amnion  seeing  that  they 


♦  rrine*$.     Literally,  jirittls.     t'ohrn.     Si  mlled,  by  a  title  of  be 
noar,  and  not  from  exerciaing  u*  pneaUr  raoclioaa. 


CHAP.  XI 


had  done  an  injury  to  David,  sent  and  hired  the  Sy- 
rians irf  Robot),  and  the  Syrians  of  Soha,  twenty 
thousand  footmen,  and  of  the  king  of  Maacha  a 
thousand  men,  and  of  Istoh  twelve  thousand  men. 

7  And  when  David  heard  this,  he  sent  Joab  and 
the  whole  army  of  warriors. 

8  And  the  children  of  Amnion  came  out,  and  set 
their  men  in  array  at  the  entering  in  of  the  gate: 
hut  the  Syrians  of  Soha,  and  of  Rohob,  and  of  Istob, 
and  of  Maacha  were  by  themselves  in  the  field. 

9  Then  Joab  seeing  that  the  battle  was  prepared 
against  him,  both  before  and  behind,  chose  of  all 
the  choice  men  of  Israel,  and  put  them  in  array 
against  the  Syrians: 

10  And  the  rest  of  the  people  he  delivered  to 
Abisai  his  brother,  who  set  them  in  array  against  the 
children  of  Amnion. 

11  And  Joab  said:  If  the  Syrians  are  too  strong 
for  me,  then  thou  shalt  help  me:  but  if  the  children 
of  Amnion  are  too  strong  for  thee,  then  I  will  help 
thee. 

12  Be  of  good  courage;  and  let  us  fight  for  our 
peof »le,  and  for  the  city  of  our  God :  and  the  Lord 
will  do  what  is  good  in  his  sight. 

13  And  Joab  and  the  people  that  were  with  him, 
began  to  fight  against  the  Syrians :  and  they  imme- 
diately fled  before  him. 

14  And  the  children  of  Amnion  seeing  that  the 
Syrians  were  fled,  they  fled  also  before  Abisai,  and 
entered  into  the  city:  and  Joab  returned  from  the 
children  of  Amnion,  and  came  to  Jerusalem. 

15  Then  the  Syrians  seeing  that  they  had  fallen 
before  Israel,  gathered  themselves  together. 

16  And  Adarezer  sent  and  fetched  the  Syrians, 
that  were  beyond  the  river,  and  brought  over  their 
army  :  and  Sobach,  the  captain  of  the  host  of  Ada- 
rezer, was  their  general. 

17  And  when  this  was  told  David,  he  gathered 
all  Israel  together,  and  passed  over  the  Jordan,  and 
came  to  Helam:  and  the  Syrians  set  themselves  in 
array  against  David,  and  fought  against  him. 

18  And  the  Syrians  fled  before  Israel:  and  David 
slew  of  the  Syrians  tlie  men  of  seven  hundred  cha- 
riots, and  forty  thousand  horsemen ;  and  smote  So- 
bach the  captain  of  the  army,  who  presently  died. 

19  And  all  the  kings  that  were  auxiliaries  of  Ada- 
rezer, seeing  themselves  overcome  by  Israel,  were 
afraid,  and  fled  away  eight  and  fifty  thousand  men 
before  Israel.  And  they  made  pence  with  Israel, 
and  served  them:  and  the  Syrians  were  afraid  to 
help  the  children  of  Amnion  any  more. 

CHAP.  XI. 

David  falleth  into  the  crime  of  adultery  with  Brthmbee  :  and 
not  finding  other  means  to  conceal  it,  causeth  her  husband 
Urias  to  be  slain,  then  marrieth  her,  who  beareth  him  a  son. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  at  the  return  of  the  year,  at 
the  time  when  kings  go  forth  to  war,  that  David 
sent  Joab  and  his  servants  with  him,  and  all  Israel; 
and  they  spoiled  the  children  of  Ammon,  and  be- 
sieged ttabba  :  but  David  remained  in  Jerusalem. 
2  In  the  mean  time,  it  happened  that  David  arose 
from  his  bed  after  noon,  and  walked  upon  the  roof 


of  the  king's  house:  and  he  saw  from  the  roof  of 
his  house  a  woman  washing  herself,  over-against  him. 
and  the  woman  was  very  beautiful. 

3  And  the  king  sent  and  inquired  who  the  woman 
was.  And  it  was  told  him,  that  she  was  Bethsahee 
the  daughter  of  Eliam,  the  wife  of  Urias  the  Hethite. 

4  And  David  sent  messengers,  and  took  her:  and 
she  came  in  to  him, and  he  slept -with  her:  and  pre- 
sently she  was  purified  from  her  uncleanness : 

5  And  she  returned  to  her  house  having  conceiv- 
ed. And  she  sent,  and  told  David,  and  said  :  I  have 
conceived. 

6  And  David  sent  to  Joab,  saying:  Send  me 
Urias  the  Hethite.     And  Joab  sent  Unas  to  David. 

7  And  Urias  came  to  David.  And  David  asked 
how  Joab  did,  and  the  people,  and  how  the  war  was 
carried  on. 

8  And  David  said  to  Urias:  Go  into  thy  house, 
and  wash  thy  feet.  And  Urias  went  out  from  the 
king's  house:  and  there  went  out  after  him  a  mess  of 
meat  from  the  king. 

9  But  Urias  slept  before  the  gate  of  the  king's 
house,  with  the  other  servants  of  his  lord,  and  went 
not  down  to  his  own  house. 

10  And  it  was  told  David  by  some  that  said: 
Urias  went  not  to  his  house.  And  David  said  to 
Urias:  Didst  thou  not  come  from  thy  journey?  why 
didst  thou  not  go  down  to  thy  house? 

11  And  Urias  said  to  David:  The  ark  of  God 
and  Israel  and  Juda  dwell  in  tents:  and  my  lord 
Joab  and  the  servants  of  my  lord  abide  upon  the  face 
of  the  earth:  and  shall  1  go  into  my  house,  to  eat 
and  to  drink,  and  to  sleep  with  my  wife  ?  by  thy  wel- 
fare, and  by  the  welfare  of  thy  soul,  I  will  not  do 
this  thing. 

12  Then  David  said  to  Urias:  Tarry  here  to-day, 
and  to-morrow  I  will  send  thee  away.  Urias  tar- 
ried in  Jerusalem  that  day  and  the  next. 

13  And  David  called  him  to  eat  and  to  drink  be- 
fore him:  and  he  made  him  drunk:  and  he  went  out 
in  the  evening,  and  slept  on  his  couch  with  the  ser- 
vants of  his  lord;  and  went  not  down  into  his  house. 

14  And  when  the  morning  was  come,  David 
wrote  a  letter  to  Joab;  and  sent  it  by  the  hand  of 
Urias, 

15  Writing  in  the  letter:  Set  ye  Urias  in  the  front 
of  the* battle,  whare  the  fight  is  strongest:  and  leave 
ye  him,  that  he  may  be  wounded,  and  die. 

16  Wherefore  as  Joab  was  besieging  the  city,  he 
put  Urias  in  the  place  where  he  knew  the  bravest 
men  were. 

17  And  the  men  coming  out  of  the  city,  fought 
against  Joab:  and  there  fell  some  of  the  people  of 
the  servants  of  David;  and  Urias  the  Hethite  was 
killed  also. 

18  Then  Joab  sent,  and  told  David  all  things  con- 
cerning the  battle. 

19  And  he  charged  the  messenger,  saying:  When 
thou  hast  told  all  the  words  of  the  battle  to  the  king, 

20  If  thou  see  him  to  be  angry,  and  he  shall  say: 
Why  did  you  approach  so  near  to  the  wall  to  figlu  ? 
knew  you  not  that  many  darts  are  thrown  from 
above  off"  the  wall  ? 

245 


II.  klMiS 


-'I   Who  killed  Mrimrlrrh  thr  nnn  nf  TrrnhaalF 

ciid  not  a  woman  east  ■  piece  of- a  millstone  upon 
him  from  the  wall,  anrl  slew  him  in  Thebes?  Why 
did  \nu  go  Rear  the  wall?  Thou  shalt  lay:  Thy 
servant  I  rias  the  Hetbite  is  aNo  slain. 

J  So  the  messt  neer  departed,  ami  eame  and  told 
David  all  that  Joah  had  commanded  him. 

23  And  the  iiic-i  ngt  r  said  to  David:  The  men 
prevailed  against  as  j  aodthej  came  out  to  ns  into 
the  field:  and  we  vigorouslj  charged  and  pursued 
them  even  to  the  sate  of' the  <itv . 

\nd  the  an  hers  shot  their  arrows  at  thy  ser- 
vants Ironi  oil"  tin-  wall  above:  and  sonic  of  the 
king's  servants  an-  slain:  and  thy  si  nam  I  rias  the 
IF  thhe  is  alto  dead. 

\nd  I  >av  id  said  to  thr  messenger  ■  Thus  shall 

thoa  nj  loJoab:  Let  not  this  thing  discourage  ihee: 

tor  \aiions  is  tin-  event  of  war:  and  sometimes  one, 
sometimes  another  is  consumed  by  the  sword:  en- 
courage tbv  warriors  against  the  city,  and  exhort 
them,  that  thou  mavst  overthrow  it. 

\inl  tin-  wilr  of  I  rias  heard  that  Trias  her 
husband  was  dead,  and  she  mourned  lor  him. 

1*7  Ami  tin-  mourning  being  over  David,  pent 
and  brought  her  into  his  house:  and  sin  became  his 

wile,  and  she  hore  him  a  son:  and  this  thin;;  w  hieh 
David  had  done,  was  displeasing  to  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  XII. 

Pint  kiln's  parnUr.  Dnrid  ronfrsscth  his  sin,  mid  is  fnrizircn  : 
jfrt  so  n»  tit  br  xentrmrd  tn  most  srrrrr  trmjinritl  punishment*. 
Thr  ill  nth  of  the  child.  I'hi  birth  «f  Sntonmn.  The  tithing  id 
KublMith. 

AND  tin-  Lord  sent  Nathan  to  l)a\id:  and  when 
he  was  come  to  him,  he  said  to  him:  There 
were  two  men  in  one  city,  the  one  rich,  and  the 
other  jAXir. 

J  I  In-  rich  man  had  exceeding  many  sheep  and 
oxen. 

■  '<  lint  the  poor  man  had  nothing  at  all  but  one 
little  ewe-lamb,  which  he  had  iMiunht  and  nour- 
ished up;  and  which  had  grown  up  in  his  house  to- 
S ether  with  his  children,  eating  of  his  bread,  and 
rinkim;  of  his  cup,  and  sleeping  in  his  bosom:  and 
it  was  unto  him  as  a  daughter, 

1  And  when  a  certain  Stranger  h;k  come  to  the 
rich  man,  he  spared  to  |akc  of  his  own   sheep  and 
!i,    to   make  a  least   lor  that  Stranger,   who  was 
come  to  hint,  but  took  the  poor  man's  ewe,  and  i!i 
ed  it  for  tie    man  that  watCOmc  to  him. 

'>   \inl  DavitPs anger  being  exceedingly  kindled 

list  that  man,  he  said  to  Nathan:  As  tin-    Lord 

livcth,  the  man  that  hath  done  this  is  a  child  of  death. 

6  He  shall  restore  the  ewe  four-fold;  beCSUM  he 
did  this  thin-,  and  had  no  pitv. 

7  And  Nathan  said  to  David  :  Thou  art  the  man. 
Thus  saith  the   Lord  the  God  of  Israel:  I  anointed 

the*-  king  o\cr  Israel:  and  I  delivered  thee  from  the 
band  of  Saul; 

*  I  wtU  rmMt.tft  All  tlirv  <-\il«,  nta.iniieli  a,  the*  mrrr  tmnisk- 
mli,  ram*  opuu  DavM  I>t  a  ju»t  juHirmi-nt  »f  God.  (at  hi*  »in.  and 
n>n.-fore  Ood  tay»,  /  mil  r*tu,  itc.  but  matiiiucii  w  Uae* 


8  Am!  gave  tine  thy  master's  house  and  tbv  mas- 
ter s  wim  -.  into  thy  bosom,  ami  gave  thee  the'  house 
ol  Israel  and  Juda:  and  if  these  things  he  little.  I 
shall  add  tar  greater  things  onto  thee. 

!'  Why  then  lore  hast  thou  despised  the  won! 
ot  the  Lord,  to  do  evil  in  mi  light?  Thou  hast  kill- 
ed I  rias  the  Hetbite  with  the  sword,  and  bast  taken 
hit;  wile  to  he  tbv  wife,  and  hast  slain  him  with  the 
sword  of  the  children  of  Amnion. 

10  Therefore  the  sword  shall  never  depart  from 
tbv  house,  because  thou  hast  despised  me,  and  hast 
taken  the  w  ife  of  Liias  the  llelhite  to  he  tin   W  iff. 

11  Thus  saith  the  Lord:  Heboid,  I  will  raise*  up 
evil  again*  thee  out  of  thy  own   house:  and  I  will 

take  thy    wives    before  thy   eves,  and  give  tin  in   to 

thy  neighbour:  and  he  shall  lie  with  thy  wives  in 
the  si- lit  ol  this  sun. 

\1  For  thou  didst  it  sccrctU  :  but  I  will  do  this 
thing  in  the  sight  of  all  Israel,  and  in  the  sight  of 
the  sun. 

13  And  David  said  to  Nathan:  I  Iiiiw  sinmi] 
against  the  Lord.  And  Nathan  said  to  David:  The 
Lord  hath  also  taken  aw  ay  thy  sin:  thou  shah  not  die. 

14  Nevertheless,  because  thou  hast  given  occa- 
sion to  the  enemies  of  the  Lord  to  blaspheme,  for 
this  thin^.  the  child  that  is  born  lot  bee.  shall  surch  die. 

15  And  Nathan  returned  to  his  house.  The  Lord 
also  struck  the  child  which  the  wile  of  Trias  had 
borne  to  David:  and  his  life  was  despaired  of. 

16  And  David  besought  the  Lord  for  the  child  . 
and  David  kept  a  fast,  and  going  in  1>>  himself  lay 
upon  the  ground. 

17  And  the  ancients  of  bis  house  came,  to  make, 
him  rise  from  the  ground;  hut  he  would  not: 
neither  did  he  eat  meat  with  them. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  seventh  day  that 
the  child  died  :  and  the  servants  of  David  feared  to 
tell  him,  that  the  child  was  dead.  For  thev  said  : 
Heboid,  when  the  child  was  yet  alive,  we  spoke  to 
him,  and  he  would  not  hearken  to  our  voice:  how 
much  more  will  he  alllict  himself,  if  we  tell  him 
that  the  child  is  dead  ? 

19  Hut  when  David  saw  his  servants  whispering, 
he  understood  that  the  child  was  dead  :  and  he 
said  to  his  servants  ■  Is  the  child  dead?  They  ans- 
w  en  d  him  :    He  is  dead. 

20  Then  David  arose  from  the  -round,  and  wash- 
ed, and  anointed  himself:  and  w  hen  he  had  chang- 
ed his  apparel,  he  went  into  the  house  of  the  Foul, 
and  worshipped:  and  then  he  came  into  his  own 
house,  and  he  called  for  bread,  and  ate. 

21  And  his  servants  said  to  him  :  What  thing  is 
this  that  thou  hast  done?  thou  didst  fast  and  weep 
for  the  child,  while  it  was  alive:  but  when  the  child 
WM  dead,  thou  didst  rise  up.  and  eat  bread. 

.22  And  be  said  :   While  the  child  was  vet  alive, 
I  lasted  and  wept  for  him  :   for  I  said  :    \\  bo  know 
eth  whether  the  Lord  may  not  ^.iv »•  him  to  me,  and 
the  child  mav  li\  i 


on  the  part  of  Absalom  and  hit  associate*,  God  wai  mil  On-  nun 
them,  but  only  permitted  I" 


CHAP.  XIII. 


23  But  now  that  he  is  dead,  why  should  I  fast  ? 
Shall  1  be  able  to  bring  him  back  an}'  more  ?  I  shall 
go  to  him  rather :  but  be  shall  not  return  to  me. 

24  And  David  comforted  Bethsabee  his  wife, 
and  went  in  unto  her,  and  slept  with  her:  and  she 
bore  a  son  ;  and  he  called  his  name  Solomon  :  and 
the  Lord  loved  him. 

2.5  And  he  sent  by  the  hand  of  Nathan  the  pro- 

Chet,  and  called  his  name,  Amiable  to  the  Lord,* 
ecause  the  Lord  loved  him. 

26  And  Joab  fought  against  Rabhath  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ammon,  and  laid  close  siege  tothe royal  city. 

27  And  Joab  sent  messengers  to  David,  saying: 
I  have  fought  against  Rabbath,  and  the  city  of  wa- 
ters! is  about  be  taken. 

28  Now  therefore  gather  thou  the  rest  of  the  peo- 
ple together,  and  besiege  the  city,  and  take  it :  lest 
when  the  city  shall  be  wasted  by  me,  the  victory  be 
ascribed  to  my  name. 

29  Then  David  gathered  all  the  people  together, 
and  went  out.  against  Rabbath  :  and  after  fighting, 
he  took  it. 

30  And  he  took  the  crown  of  their  king  from  his 
head,  the  weight  of  which  was  a  talent  of  gold,  set 
with  most  precious  stones;  and  it  was  put  upon 
David's  head :  and  the  spoils  of  the  city  which 
were  very  great,  he  carried  away. 

31  And  bringing  forth  the  people  thereof,  he  saw- 
ed them,  and  drove  over  them  chariots  armed  with 
iron  :  and  divided  them  with  knives,  and  made  them 
pass  through  brick-kilns  :  so  did  he  to  all  the  cities 
of  the  children  of  Ammon  :  and  David  returned 
with  all  the  army  to  Jerusalem. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

Amnon  ravisheth    Thamar :  for  which  Absalom  kitteth    him, 
andfieeth  to  Gessur. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that  Amnon  the 
-^*-  son  of  David  loved  the  sister  of  Absalom  the 
son  of  David,  who  was  very  beautiful,  and  her  name 
was  Thamar. 

2  And  he  was  exceedingly  fond  of  her,  so  that 
he  fell  sick  for  the  love  of  her :  for  as  she  was  a  vir- 
gin, he  thought  it  hard  to  do  any  thing  dishonestly 
with  her. 

3  Now  Amnon  had  a  friend,  named  Jonadab  the 
son  of  Semmaa  the  brother  of  David,  a  very  wise 
man :% 

4  And  he  said  to  him  :  Why  dost  thou  grow  so 
lean  from  day  to  day,  O  son  of  the  king  ?  why  dost 
thou  not  tell  me  the  reason  of  it?  And  Amnon  said 
to  him  :  I  am  in  love  with  Thamar  the  sister  of  my 
brother  Absalom. 

5  And  Jonadab  said  to  him  :  Lie  down  upon  thy 
bed,  and  feign  thyself  sick  :  and  when  thy  father 
shall  come  to  visit  thee,  say  to  him  :  Let  my  sister 
Thamar,  I  pray  thee,  come  to  me,  to  give  me  to  eat, 
and  to  make  me  a  mess,  that  I  may  eat  it  at  her 
hand. 

6  So  Amnon  lay  down,  and  made  as  if  he  were 
sick :  and  when  the  king  came  to  visit  him,  Am- 


*  Amiable  to  the  Lord.    Or  beloved  of  the  Lord.    In  Hebrew  Jtdiiliak. 
t  The  city  of  waters.     Rabbath  the  royal  city  of  the  Ammonites,  was 
called  tlu  city  of  waters,  from  being  encompassed  with  waters. 


non  said  to  the  king :  1  pray  thee,  let  my  sister  Tha- 
mar come,  and  make  in  my  sight  two  little  messes, 
(hat  I  may  eat  at  her  hand. 

7  Then  David  sent  home  to  Thamar,  saying : 
Come  to  the  house  of  thy  brother  Amnon,  and 
make  him  a  mess. 

8  And  Thamar  came  to  the  house  of  Amnon  her 
brother:  hut  he  was  laid  down  :  and  she  took  meal 
and  tempered  it :  and  dissolving  it  in  bis  sight,  she 
made  little  messes. 

9  And  taking  what  she  had  boiled,  she  poured  it 
out,  and  set  it  before  him  :  but  he  would  not  eat :       * 
and  Amnon   said  :  Put  out  all  persons  from  me. 
And  when  they  had  put  all  persons  out, 

10  Amnon  said  to  Thamar  :  Bring  the  mess  in- 
to the  chamber,  that  I  may  eat  at  thy  hand.  And 
Thamar  took  the  little  messes  which  she  had  made, 
and  brought  them  in  to  her  brother  Amnon  in  the 
chamber. 

11  And  when  she  had  presented  him  the  meat, 
he  took  hold  of  her,  and  said :  Come  lie  with  me, 
my  sister. 

12  She  answered  him:  Do  not  so,  my  brother, 
do  not  force  me  :  for  no  such  thing  must  be  done  in 
Israel.     Do  not  thou  this  folly. 

13  For  I  shall  not  be  able  to  bear  my  shame  ;  and 
thou  shall  be  as  one  of  the  fools  in  Israel  :  but  ra- 
ther speak  to  the  king,  and  he  will  not  deny  me  to 
thee. 

14  But  he  would  not  hearken  to  her  prayers ;  bur 
being  stronger,  overpowered  her,  and  lay  with  her. 

15  Then  Amnon  hated  her  with  an  exceeding 
great  hatred  :  so  that  the  hatred  wherewith  he  hated 
her  was  greater  than  the  love  with  which  he  had  loved 
her  before.  And  Amnon  said  to  her :  Arise,  and 
get  thee  gone. 

16  She  answered  him;  This  evil  which  now 
thou  doest  against  me,  in  driving  me  away,  is  great- 
er than  that  which  thou  didst  before.  And  he 
would  not  hearken  to  her  :  * 

17  But  calling  the  servant  that  ministered  tohim, 
he  said :  Thrust  this  woman  out  from  me ;  ana 
shut  the  door  after  her. 

18  And  she  was  clothed  with  a  long  robe:  for 
the  king's  daughters  that  were  virgins,  used  such 
kind  of  garments.  Then  his  servant  thrust  her  out, 
and  shut  the  door  after  her. 

19  And  she  put  ashes  on  her  head,  and  rent  her 
long  robe,  and  laid  her  hands  upon  her  head,  and 
went  on  crying. 

20  And  Absalom  her  brother  said  to  her :  Hath 
thy  brother  Amnon  lain  with  thee  ?  but  now,  sister, 
hold  thy  peace;  he  is  thy  brother:  and  afflict  not 
thy  heart  for  this  thing.  So  Thamar  remained 
pining  away  in  the  house  of  Absalom  her  brother. 

21  And  when  king  David  heard  of  these  things, 
he  was  exceedingly  grieved  :  and  he  would  not  af- 
flict the  spirit  of  his  son  Amnon,  for  be  loved  him, 
because  he  was  his  first-born. 

22  But   Absalom  spoke  not  to  Amnon  neithei 

\  A  very  wise  man.  That  is,  a  crafty  and  subtle  man  :  for  the  coun- 
sel tie  gave  on  this  occasion  shews  that  his  wisdom  was  but  carnal  -*nd 
worldly. 

247 


II.  KINGS. 


good  nor  evil  :  for  Absalom  bated  Ainnon  because 
be  had  ravished  his  sister  Thamar. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass  alter  two  vi -ars,  that  the 
•beep  of  tbealom  were  shorn  in  Baalhasor,  which 

is    mar    Kphraim  :    and    Absalom   invited    all   the 

lung's  -"lis  : 

24  And  hecametothr  kin-,  ami  said  to  him: 
Behold,  thy  servant's  sheep  are  ihorn  :  let  the  km-. 
]  pray,  with  his  servants:  come  to  bis  servant 

vnd  llie  king  said  to  Absalom  :  \av.  my  son, 
do  BOt  ask  that  ue  should  all  tome,  and  be  charge- 
able to  thee.  And  when  he  pressed  him,  and  he 
would  not  no,  he  Messed  him. 

Jtl  And  Ahsalom  said:  IT  thou  wilt  not  come, 
at  least  let  my  brother  Annum,  I  beseech  thee, 
come  w  ith  us.  Ami  the  king  Slid  to  him  :  It  is 
not  necessary  that  he  should  co  with  thee. 

27  But  Absalom  pressed  him,  so  that  be  let  Am- 
nOO  and  all  the  kind's  sons  zo  with  him.  And 
Absalom  made  a  least  as  it  were  the  least  of  a 
kiim. 

28  And  Absalom  had  commanded  his  servants, 
saving  :  Take  notice  when  Annum  shall  be  drunk 
with  wine,  ami  when  I  shall  say  to  you  :  Strike 
him,  and  kill  him,  tear  not:  tor  it  is  I  that  command 
vou  :   take  courage, and  1m-  valiant  men. 

29  And  the  servants  of  Ahsalom  did  to  Amnon, 
as  Ahsalom  had  commanded  them.  And  all  the 
king's  sous  arose,  and  got  up  every  man  upon  his 
mule,  and  tied. 

30  Ami  while  they  wire  yet  in  the  way,  a  rumour 
came  to  David,  saying:  Absalom  hath  slain  all  the 
king's  sons  ;   and  mere  is  not  oneofthein  left. 

31  Then  me  kin:;  rose  up,  and  rent  his  garments, 
and  fell  upon  the  ground  :  and  all  his  servants. 
thai  stood  about  him,  rent  their  varments. 

I  But  Joaadub  the  son  of  Seuunaa,  David's 
brother,  answering,  said  :  Let  not  my  lord  the  king 
think,  that  all  the  kirn:"--  sons  are  slain  :  Amnon 
only  is  dead  ;  for  lie  was  appointed  by  the  mouth 
<>l  Absalom  from  the  day  that  he  ravished  his  sister 
Thamar. 

33  Now  therefore  let  not  my  lord  the  king  take 
this  thing  into  his  heart,  saving  :  All  the  king's  sons 
are  slain  :  for  Ainnon  only  is  dead. 

34  But  Absalom  tied  awaj  :  and  the  young  man 
that  kept  the  watch,  lifted  up  his  eves,  and  looked  : 
and  behold)  there  came  much  people  by  a  by-way  on 
the  side  of  the  mountain. 

35  And  Jouadah  said  to  the  king:  Behold,  the 
king's  sous  are  come:  as  thy  servant  said,  so  it 
is. 

36  And  when  be  made  an  end  of  ■peaking, 
the  kind's  sous  also  appeared  :  and  routing  in,  iliev 
lifted  up  their  voice,  and  wept  :  and  the  kin:;  also 
and  all  his  servants  wept  very  much. 

■  '•'i  lint  Ahsalom  fled,  ami  went  to  Tholomai  the 
son  of  Amiiiiud  the  kin::  of  GeMlir.  And  David 
mourned  tor  his  Mm  even  day. 

:  And  Ahsalom  after  he  was  fled,  ami  come  in- 
fo (iessur,  was  there  three  wars.  \ml  kiim  David 
ceased  to  pursue  alter  Absalom,  because  he  was 
comforted  concerning  the  death  of  Amnon. 

248 


CHAP.  XIV. 


Joab  proevrtth  Absalom's  rtturn,  and  his  admittance  to  tht 
king's  prestnrr. 

A  ND  Joab  the  son  of  Sarvia.  understanding  that 
■**•-   the  kind's  heart  was  turned  to  Absalom, 

2  Sent  to  Thecua,  and  fetched  fromtheare  a  wise 

woman:  and  said  to  her:  Feign  thyself  to  be  a 
mourner,  and  put  on  mourning  apparel ;  and  he  not 
anointed  with  oil.  that  thou  niavst  he  as  a  woman 
that   had   a  long  time  been  mourning  lor  one  dead. 

3  And  thou  shalt  go  in  to  the  king,  and  shall 
speak  Jo  him  in  this  manner:  And  Joab  put  the 
words  in  her  mouth. 

4  And  when  the  woman  of  Thecua  was  come 
in  to  the  kin::,  she  fell  hefor,e  him  upon  the  ground, 
and  worshipped,  and  said  :    Save  me,  O  kin::. 

5  And  the  kin;:  said  to  her :  \\  hat  is  the  matter 
with  thee?  She  answered:  Alas,  I  am  a  widow 
woman  ;   for  my  husband  is  dead. 

6  And  thy  handmaid  had  two  sons  :  and  they 
quarrelled  With  each  other  in  the  field,  and  there 
was  none  to  part  them:  and  the  oue  struck  the 
other,  and  slew  him. 

7  And  behold  the  whole  kindred  rising  against 
thy  handmaid,  saith:  Deliver  him  that  hath  slain 
his  brother,  that  we  may  kill  him  lor  the  life  of  his 
brother,  whom  he  slew,  that  we  may  destroy  the 
heir :  and  they  seek  to  quench  my  spark  which  is 
left,  and  will  leave  my  husband  no  name,  nor  re- 
mainder upon  the  earth. 

8  And  the  king  said  to  the  woman  :  Go  to  thy 
house,  and  1  will  give  charge  concerning  thee. 

9  And  the  woman  of  Thecua  said  to  the  kin::  : 
Upon  me,  my  lord,  be  the  iniquity,  and  upon  the 
house  of  my  father:  but  ma\  the  king  and  his 
throne  be  guiltless. 

10  And  the  king  said  :  If  any  one  shall  say 
aught  against  thee,  bring  him  to  me;  and  he  shall 
not  touch  thee  any  more. 

11  And  she  said:  Let  the  king  remember  the 
Lord  his  God,  that  the  next  of  kin  lie  not  multiplied 
to  take  revenge j  and  that  they  may  not  kill  mv 
son.  And  he  said  :  As  the  Lord  liveth,  there  shall 
not  one  hair  of  thy  son  tall  to  the  earth. 

12  Then  the  woman  said  :  Let  thy  handmaid 
speak  one  word  to  my  lord  the  king.  And  he  said  : 
Speak. 

13  And  the  woman  said  :  Why  hast  thou  thought 
such  a  thing  against  the  people  of  Cod,  and  why 
bath  the  king  spoken  this  word,  to  sin,  and  not 
bring  home  again  his  ow  u  exile  ? 

14  We  all  die;  and  like  waters  that  return  no 
more,  we  fall  down  into  the  earth:  neither  will 
God  nave  a  soul  to  perish,  hut  recalleth,  meaning 
that  he  that  is  cast  oil' should  not  altogether  perish. 

15  Now  therefore  I  am  come  to  speak  'his  woid 
to  my  lord  the  kinj:,  before  the  people.  And  thy 
handmaid  said  :  1  will  speak  to  the  king  j  it  may 
\h-  the  king  will  perform  the  request  ol  his  hand- 
maid. 

16  And  the  king  hath  hearkened  to  me  to  deliv- 
er his  handmaid  out  of  the  hand  of  all  that  would 


ty 


23  Then  Joab  arose,  and  went  to  Gessur,  and 
brought  Absalom  to  Jerusalem. 

24  But  the  king  said :  Let  him  return  into  his 
house,  and  let  him  not  see  my  face.  So  Absalom 
returned  into  his  house,  and  saw.  not  the  king's  faee. 

25  But  in  all  Israel  there  was  not  a  man  so  come- 
ly, and  so  exceeding  beautiful  as  Absalom :  from 
the  sole  of  the  foot  to  the  crown  of  his  head  there 
was  no  blemish  in  him. 

26  And  when  he  polled  his  hair  (now  he  was 
polled  ottce  a  year,  because  his  hair  was  burden- 
some to  him)  he  weighed  the  hair  of  his  head  at  two 
hundred  sides,  according  to. the  common  weight. 

27  And  there  were'  born  to  Absalom  three  sons, 
and  one  daughter,  whose  name  was  Thamar,  and 
she  was  very  beautiful. 

28  And  Absalom  dwelt  two  years  in  Jerusalem, 
and  saw  not  the  king's  face. 

29  He  sent  therefore  to  Joab,  to  send  him  to  the 
king:  but  he  would  not  come  to  him.  And  when 
he  had  sent  the  second  time,  and  he  would  not  come 
to  him, 

30  He  said  to  his  servants:  You  know  the  field 
of  Joab  near  my  field,  that  hath  a  crop  of  barley: 
go  now  and  set  it  on  fire.  So  the  servants  of  Absa- 
lom set  the  corn  on  fire.  And  Joab's  servants  com- 
ing with  their  garments  rent,  said:  The  servants  of 
Absalom  have  set  part  of  theiield  on  fire, 

31  Then  Joab  arose,  and  came  to  Absalom  to  his 
bouse,  and  said:  Why  have  thy  servants  set  my 
corn  on  fire  ? 


*  Blttud.    That  is,  praised,  and  pave  thanks  to  the  king. 

I  i 


,   CHAP.  XV 

destroy  me  and  my  son  together  out  oT  the  inheri- 
tance of  God. 

17  Then  let  thy  handmaid  say,  that  the  word  of 
my  lord  the  king  be  made  as  a  sacrifice.  For  even 
as  an  Angel  of  God,  so  is  my  lord  the  king,  that  he 
is-neirher  moved  with  blessing  nor  cursing  :  where- 
fore the  Lord  thy  God  is  also  with  thee. 

18  And  the  king  answering,  said  to  the  woman: 
Hide  not  from  me  the  thing  that  I  ask  thee.  And 
the  woman  said  to  him  :  Speak,  my  lord  the  king. 

19  And  the  king  said  :  Is  not  the  hand  of  Joab 
with  thee  in  all  this  ?  The  woman  answered,  and 
said :  By  the  health  of  thy  soul,  lord  my  king,  it 
is  neither  on  the  left  hand,  nor  on  the  right  in  all 
these  things,  which  my  lord  the  king  hath  spoken  : 
for  thy  servant  Joab,  he  commanded  me,  and  he 
put  all  these  words  into  the  mouth  of  thy  handmaid. 

20  That  I  should  come  about  with  this  form  of 
speech,  thy  servant  Joab  commanded  this  :  but  thou, 
lord  my  king,  art  wise,  according  to  the  wisdom  of 
an  Angel  of  God,  to  understand  all  things  upon 
earth. 

21  And  the  king  said  to  Joab:  Behold,  I  am  ap- 
peased and  have  granted  thy  request :  Go,  there- 
fore, and  fetch  back  the  boy  Absalom 

22  And  Joab  falling  down  to  the  ground  upon 
his  facej  adored,  and  blessed*  the  king:  and  Joab 
said:  '1  Ids  day  thy  servant  hath  understood,  that 
I  have  found  grace  in  thy  sight,  lord  my  king  :  for 
thou  hast  fulfilled  the  request  of  thy  servant 


32  And  Absalom  answered  Joab:  I  sent  to  thee 
beseeching  thee  to  come  to  me,  that  I  might  send 
thee  to  the  king,  to  say  to  him:  Wherefore  am  I 
come  from  Gessur  ?  it  had  been  better  for  me  to  be 
there:  1  beseech  thee  therefore  that  I  may  see  the 
face  of  the  king:  and  if  he  be  mindful  of  myiniqui- 

.  let  him  kill  me. 

33  So  Joab  going  in  to  the  king,  told  him  all: 
and  Absalom  was  called  for,  and  he  went  in  to  the 
king,  and  prostrated  himself  on  the  ground  before 
him  :  and  the  king  kissed  Absalom. 

CHAP.  XV. 

Absalom's  policy  and  conspiracy.    David  is  obliged  to  flee. 

NOW  after  these  things  Absalom  made  himseli 
chariots,  and  horsemen,  and  fifty  men,  to  run 
before  him. 

2  And  Absalom  rising  up  early,  stood  by  the  en- 
trance of  the  gate:  and  when  any  man  had  business 
to  come  to  the  king's  judgment,  Absalom  called 
him  to  him,  and  said:  Of  what  city  art  thou?  He 
answered,  and  said:  Thy  servant  is  of  such  a  tribe 
of  Israel. 

3  And  Absalom  answered  him  :  Thy  words  seem 
to  me  good  and  just.  But  there  is  no  man  appoint- 
ed  by  the  king  to  hear  thee.     And  Absalom  said  . 

4  O  that  they  would  make  me  judge  over  the 
land,  that  all  that  have  business  might  come  to  me, 
that  I  might  do  them  justice. 

5  Moreover  when  any  man  came  to  him  to  saint* 
him,  he  put  forth  his  hand,  and  took  him,  and  kiss- 
ed him. 

6  And  this  he  did  to  all  Israel  that  came  for  judg- 
ment, to  be  heard  by  the  king:  and  he  enticed  the 
hearts  of  the  men  of  Israel. 

7  And  after  forty  years,  Absalom  said  to  king 
David:  Let  me  go,  and  pay  my  vows  which  1  have 
vowed  to  the  Lord  in  Hebron. 

8  For  thy  servant  made  a  vow,  when  he  was  in 
Gessur  of  Syria,  saying:  If  the  Lord  shall  bring  me 
again  into  Jerusalem,  I  will  offer  sacrifice  to  the 
Lord. 

9  And  king  David  said  to  him :  Go  in  peace. 
And  he  arose,  and  went  to  Hebron. 

10  And  Absalom  sent  spies  into  all  the  tribes  of 
Israel,  saying:  As  soon  as  you  shall  hear  the  sound 
of  the  trumpet,  say  ye:  Absalom  reigneth  in  Hebron. 

11  Now  there  went  with  Absalom  two  hundred 
men  out  of  Jerusalem  that  were  called,  going  with 
simplicity  of  heart,  and  knowing  nothing  of  the  de- 
sign. • 

12  Absalom  also  sent  for  Achitophel  the  Gilouite, 
David's  counsellor,  from  his  city  Gilo.  And  while 
he  was  offering  sacrifices,  there  was  a  strong  con- 
spiracy; and  the  people  running  together  increased 
with  Absalom. 

13  And  there  came  a  messenger  to  David,  say 
ing:  All  Israel  with  their  whole   heart    follow eth 
Absalom. 

14  And  David  said  to  his  servants  that  were  with 
him  in  Jerusalem:  Arise,  and  let  us  flee:  for  we 
shall  not  escape  else  from  the  face  of  Absalom: 
make  haste  to  go  out,   lest  he  come  and  overtake 

249 


II.  KINGS. 


lis,  and  bring  ruin  Upon  us.  ami  smite  the  city  with 
tin-  edge.  i»t  iln-  sn ord. 

I")  \ikI  tin- kin-  nits  said  to  him:  What- 

soever our  lonl  tin-  kin;:  shall  command,  w  c  thy  ser- 
ranta  will  w  illinglj  execute. 

It;  \\h\  the  kiiii  went  forth,  and  all  his  house- 
hold, M  foot!  and  the  king  left  ten  women  his  con- 
cubines* in  keep  tin  house. 

1  7  \nd  the  kirn:  going  forth  and  all  Israel  on  foot, 
stood  alar  oil'  limn  the  house  : 

18  And  all  his  servants  walked  by  him:  and  the 
hands  of  the  Cerethi,  and  the  I'hclcthi,  and  all  the 
Uutbites,  valiant  warriors.  si\  hundred  men  who 
had  followed  him  from  GetB  00  foot,  went  before 
the  kirn;. 

19  And  the  king  said  to  Kthai  the  (uthite:  Why 
comesl  thou  with  US?  return  and  dwell  with  the 
kim:,  lor  thou  art  a  Stranger,  and  art  come  out  of 
thv  ow  n  place. 

20  yesterday  thou  earnest:  and  to-day  shall  thon 
be  forced  to  go  forth  w  iih  us  ?  hut  I  shall  go  w  hither 
I  am  going:  return  thou,  and  take  hack  thy  brethren 
with  thee;  ami  the  Lord  will  show  thee  mercy,  and 
truth,  because  thou  hast  shown  grace  and  fidelity. 

21  And  Kthai  answered  the  king,  saying:  As  the 
I, ord  liveth,  and  as  my  lord  the  kinn  livelh :  in  what 
place  soever  thou  shall  he.  lord  my  king,  either  in 
death,  or  in  life,  there  w  ill  thy  servant  he. 

\iid  David  said  to  Kthai:  Come,  and  pass 
over.  And  Kthai  the  (iethite  patted,  and  all  the 
men  that  were  with  him,  and  (he  rest  of  the  people. 

2  '•  \ud  they  all  wept  with  a  loud  voice;  and  all 
the  people  passed  oxer:  the  king  also  himself  went 

over  the  hrook  Cedron:  and  all  the  people  march- 
ed towards  the  way  that  lookeih  to  the  desert. 

\nd  Sadoe  the  priest  also  came,  and  all  the 
Lei  ites  w  iih  him,  carrying  the  ark  of  the  covenant 
ol  <  iod :  ami  they  set  down  the  ark  of  ( iod :  anil 
Abiatbar  went  up,  till  all  the  people  that  was  come 
out  of  the  city  had  done  passing. 

\ ikI  the  kim;  said  to  Saooc:  Carry  hick  the 
ark  of  God  into  the  city:  ifl  shall  find  grace  in  the 
t  of  the  Lord,  he  will  bring  me  again, and  be  will 
show  me  it.  and  his  tahernacle. 

86  Bui  if  be  shall  say  to  me:  Thou  pleasest  me 
not:  I  am  ready,  let  him  do  that  which  is  »ood  be- 
fore him: 

27  And  the  kin;:  said  to  Sadoc  the  priest :  O  seer, 
return  into  the  city  in  peace:  And  let  A<  himaas  thv 
sou,  ami  Jonathan  the  son  of  Abiatbar,  tout  two 
sons,  be  with  you. 

Behold,  I  will  lie  bid  in  the  plains  of  the  vvil- 

demess,  (ill  there  come  word  from  sou  tocertilv  me. 

Sadoc  and  Abiatbar  carried  hack    the  ark 

of  God  into  Jerosalem :  ami  they  tarried  there. 

30  Hut  David  went  up  by  the  ascent  of  mount 
Olivet,  going  up  and  weeping,  walking  barefoot, 

ami  with  his  head  covered:   and  all  the  people  that 
were   with   him,  went  up  with   their  heads  covered 
ping-t 

amUmn.     Tnat  i«.  wire*  of  an  inferior  iegrer. 
t  tfWy<wg,  ir*.     Dmrid  on  Ihu  orcamun  wept  fur  ln»  MM   h  bit  li  be 
wire  Ute  oauie  of  mil  In.  ninVnng». 


il  And  it  was  told  David  that  Achitophel  also 
wis  in  the  conspiracy  wiili  Absalom,  and  David 
said:  Infatuate,  OLord,  1  beseech  thee,  the  coun- 
sel ol  Aehiiophel.  . 

.'<!  And  when  David  was  come  to  the  top  of  the 
mountain,  w  here  he  was  about  (o  adoie  ihe  Kind, 
behold  Chusai  the  Araehite,  came  to  meet  him  with 
his  garment  rent,  and  his  head  covered  with  earth 
I  And  David  said  to  him:  If  thou  come  with 
me.  thou  wilt  he  a  burden  to  me  : 

t  Hut  if  thou  return  into  the  cii\.  and  wilt 
say  to  Absalom:  I  am  I  by  servant,  (J  kin;::  as  1 
have  been  thy  father's  servant,  so  I  w  ill  be  thv  ser- 
vant: thou  shall  defeat  the  counsel  ol  Achitophel. 
i  And  thou  hast  w  iththeeSadocand  Abiathai  the 
priests:  and  what  tiling  soever  thou  shall  hear  out 
of  the  kind's  house,  thou  shall  tell  it  to  Sadoc  and 
Ahialhar  the  priests. 

3G  And  there  are  with  them  their  two  suns  Achi- 
maas ihe  sun  oi  Sadoc,  and  Jonathan  the  son  of 
Abiatbar:  and  you  shall  send  by  (hem  to  me  every 
thing  that  von  shall  hear. 

37  Then  Chusai  the  friend  of  David  went  into 
the  city,  and  Absalom  came  into  Jerusalem. 

CHAP.  Ml. 

Siba   bringeth  piMJfjotM  to  Duvitl.      Sftitr!  mrsrth  him.      Ab- 
salom (lijiltth  liix  father's  wires. 

\  y*\)  w  hen  David  w  as  a  little  past  the  (op  of  ihe 
**■  hill,  behold.  Siha  die  servant  of  Miphibosclh 
came  lo  ineii  him.  with  (wo  asses,  laden  with  two 
hundred  loaves  ol  bread,  and  a  hundred  humlu  s 
of  raisins,  a  hundred  cakes  ol  figs,  and  a  Vessel  of 
w  inc. 

2  And  the  kinesaid  to  Siba:  What  mean  th 
things?    \iul    Siba   answered:   The   as-<  s   mi    for 
the  kind's  household  losit  on:    and  the   loaves  and 
the  li^s  forth]  servants  to  eat,  and  (he  w  ine  to  drink, 
if  an]  man  be  faint  in  the  dt  sell. 

3  And  the  king  said:  Where  isth]  master'sson? 
Ami  Siha  answered  the  kink:  He  n  ma i Bed  iu  Je- 
rusalem, saying :  To-day  will  ihe  house  (1|  Israel  re- 
store me  the  kingdom  of  my  lather. 

4  And  the  khigsaid  to  Siba:  I  give  thee  all  that 
belonged  to  Miphiboselh.  And  Siba  said:  I  be- 
seech thee,  let  me  find  grace  before  I  bee.  lord  in.vkiiij:. 

6  And  king  David  came  as  far  as  liahuiim:  ami 
behold,  there  came  out  from  ihener  a  man  of  the 
kindred  of  the  house  of  Saul  named  Scinei,  the 
son  ol  ( iera  :  ami  coming  out  he  cursed  as  he  w  I'll  ton. 

6  And  he  ihrew  stones  at  David,  ami  at  all  (he 
servants  of  king  David:  and  all  the  people,  and  all 
the  warriors  walked  on  the  right,  ami  on  the  hit 
side  of  the  king. 

7  And  thus  said  Seinei  when  he  cursed  the  king: 
Come  out.  come  out,  thou  man  of  blood,  and  t 
man  of  Belial. 

8  The  Lord  hath  repaid  thee  for  all  the  blood  oi 
the  house  of  Saul:    because   thou    bast  Usurped  the 

kingdom  in  his  stead,  and  the  Lord  hath  given  the 

kingdom  into  the  hand  of  Absalom  thy  son:  sad  be- 
hold, ihv  evils  press  upon  thee,  because  ihoil  art  a 
man  of  blood. 


chap.  xvn. 


9  And  Abisai  the  son  of  Sarvia  said  to  the  kin^: 
Why  should  this  dead  dog  curse  my  lord  the  king? 
I  will  eo;  and  cut  off  his  Read. 

10  And  the  kins  said:  What  have  I  to  do  with 
you,  ye  sons  of  Sarvia  ?  Let  him  alone,  and  let  him 
curse:  for  the  Lord  hath  bid  him  curse*  David  :  and 
who  is  he  that  shall  dare  say,  why  hath  he  done  so  ? 

11  And  the  king  said  to  Abisai,  and  to  all  his  ser- 
vants: Behold,  my  son,  who  came  forth  from  my 
bowels,  seeketh  my  life:  how  much  more  now  a 
son  of  Jemini?  let  him  alone,  that  lie  may  curse  as 
the  Lord  hath  bidden  him: 

12  Perhaps  the  Lord  may  look  upon  my  afflic- 
tion; and  the  Lord  may  render  me  good  for  the 
cursing  of  this  day. 

13  And  Uavid  and  his  men  with  him  went  by 
the  way.  And  Semei  by  the  hill's  side,  went  over 
against  him,  cursing  and  casting  stones  at  him,  and 
scattering  earth. 

14  And  the  king  and  all  the  people  with  him  came 
weary,  and  refreshed  themselves  there. 

15  But  Absalom  and  all  his  people  came  into  Je- 
rusalem; and  Achitophel  was  with  him. 

16  And  when  Chusai  the  Arachite,  David's  friend, 
was  come  to  Absalom,  he  said  to  him:  God  save 
thee,  O  king;  God  save  thee,  O  king. 

17  And  Absalom  said  to  him:  Is  this  thy  kindness 
to  thy  friend  ?  why  wentest  thou  not  with  thy  friend  ? 

ltt  And  Chusai  answered  Absalom:  Nay:  for  I 
will  be  his,  whom  the  Lord  hath  chosen,  and  all 
this  people,  and  all  Israel;  and  with  him  will  I 
abide. 

19  Besides  this,  whom  shall  I  serve?  is  it  not 
the  king's  son?  as  I  have  served  thy  father,  so  will 
I  serve  thee  also. 

20  And  Absalom  said  to  Achitophel :  Consult 
what  we  are  to  do. 

21  And  Achitophel  said  to  Absalom :  Go  in  to 
the  concubines  of  thy  father,  whom  be  hath  left  to 
keep  the  house:  that  when  all  Israel  shall  hear  that 
thou  hast  disgraced  thy  father,  their  hands  may  be 
strengthened!  with  thee. 

22  So  they  spread  a  tent  for  Absalom  on  the  top 
of  the  house:  and  he  went  in  to  his  father's  concu- 
bines before  all  Israel. 

23  Now  the  counsel  of  Achitophel,  which  he  gave 
in  those  days,  was  as  if  a  man  should  consult  God  : 
so  was  all  the  counsel  of  Achitophel,  both  when  he 
was  with  David,  and  when  he  was  with  Absalom. 

chap:  xvii. 

Achitopets  counsel  is  defeated  by  Chusai;  who  snideth   intelli- 
gence to  David.     Achitophel  hangeth  himself. 

A  ND  Achitophel  said  to  Absalom:  !  will  choose 
-* ■*-  rue  twelve  thousand  men;  and  I  will  arise  and 
pursue  after  David  this  night. 

2  And  coming  upon  him  (for  he  is  now  weary, 
and  weak-handed)  I  will  defeat  him:  and  when  all 


*  Hath  bid  him  curie.  Not  that  the  Lord  was  the  author  of  Semei's 
sin,  which  proceeded  purely  from  his  own  malice,  and  the.  ahuse  of  his 
free-will;  but  that  knowing-  and  (offering  his  malicious  disposition  to 
break  out  on  this  occasion,  he  made  use  of  hun  as  his  instrument  to 
punish  David  for  his  sins. 


the  people  is  put  to  flight  that  is  with  him,  I  will  kill 
the  king  who  will  be  left  alone. 

3  And  I  will  bring  back  all  the  people,  as  if  they 
were  but  one  man:  for  thou  seekest  but  "one  man: 
and  all  the  people  shall  be  in  peace. 

4  And  his  saying  uleased  Absalom,  and  all  the 
ancieikts  of  Israel. 

5  But  Absalom  said:  Call  Chusai  the  Arachite, 
and  let  us  hear  what  he  also  saith. 

6  And  when  Chusai  was  come  to  Absalom, 'Ab- 
salom said  to  him:  Achitophel  hath  spoken  alter 
this  manner:  shall  we  do  it  or  no?  what  counsel 
dost  thou  give? 

7  And  Chusai  said  to  Absalom:  The  counsel  that 
Achitophel  hath  given  this  time  is  not  good. 

8  And  again  Chusai  said:  Thou  knowest  thy  fa- 
ther, and  themen  thatare  with  him,  that  they  are  very 
valiant,  and  bitter  in  their  mind,  as  a  bear  raging  in 
the  wood  when  her  whelps  are  taken  away:  and  thy 
father  is  a  warrior,  and  will  not  lodge  with  the  peo- 
ple. 

9  Perhaps  he  now  lieth  hid  in  pits,  or  in  some 
other  place  where  he  listeth:  and  when  any  one 
shall  fall  at  the  first,  every  one  that  heareth  it  shall 
say:  There  is  a  slaughter  among  the  people  that  fol- 
lowed Absalom. 

10  And  the  most  valiant  man  whose  heart  is  as 
the  heart  of  a  lion,  shall  melt  for  fear:  for  all  the 
people  of  Israel  know  thy  father  to  be  a  valiant 
man,  and  that  all  who  are  with  him  are  valiant. 

11  But  this  seemeth  to  me  to  be  good  counsel: 
Let  all  Israel  be  gathered  to  thee,  from  Dan  to  Ber- 
sabee,  as  the  sand  of  the  sea  which  cannot  be  num- 
bered: and  thou  shalt  be  in  the  midst  of  them. 

12  And  we  shall  come  upon  him  in  what  place 
soever  he  shall  be  found  :  and  we  shall  cover  him, 
as  the  dew  falleth  upon  the  ground  :  and  we  shall 
not  leave  of  the  men  that  are  with  him  not  so  much 
as  one. 

13  And  if  he  shall  enter  into  any  city,  all  Israel 
shall  cast  ropes  round  about  that  city;  and  we  will 
draw  it  into  the  river,  so  that  there  shall  not  be 
found  so  much  as  one  small  stone  thereof. 

14  And  Absalom  and  all  the  men  of  Israel  said  : 
The  counsel  of  Chusai  the  Arachite  is  better  than 
the  counsel  of  Achitophel :  and  by  the  will  of  the 
Lord  the  profitable  counsel  of  Achitophel  was  de- 
feated, that  the  Lord  might  bring  evil  upon  Absa- 
lom. 

15  And  Chusai  said  to  Sadoc  and  Abiathar  the 
priest:  Thus  and  thus  did  Achifophel  counsel  Ab- 
salom and  the  ancients  of  Israel :  and  thus  and  thus 
did  I  counsel  them. 

16  Now  therefore  send  quickby,  and  tell  David, 
saying:  Tarry  not  this  night  in  the  plains  of  the 
wilderness;  but  without  delay  pass  over:  lest  the 
king  be  swallowed  up,  and  all  the  people  that  is 
with  him. 


f  Their  handsmay  be  strengthened,  IfC.  The  people  miglit  appreh  n.J 
lest  Absalom  should  be  reconciled  to  his  father,  and  therefore  they 
followed  him  with  some  fear  of  hemp  left  in  the  lurch,  till  they  saw 
such  a  crime  committed  as  seemed  to  make  a  reconciliation  impos- 

J  sible. 

2M 


IT.  KINGS. 


17  And  Jonathan  and  Achiuiaas  stayed  by  the 
fountain    Road  :    and    there    treat  a  m. ml    and   told 
them  :  and  tin  \  unit  forward,  to  earn  t lie  mcssagi 
to    kins    David;    lor    thev   Slight   not   Imj   seen,    UOf 
enter  into  tin-  city. 

18  But  a  certain  boy  saw  them, and  told  Absalom: 
but  they  making  haste  went  into  tin-  Iioiim'  of  a 
certain  man  in  Mahuriin.  who  had  a  w  til  in  lii.s  court, 
and  thev   wriit  dow  n  into  it. 

19  And  a  woman  took,  and  spread  a  covering 
our  tin-  mouth  of  the  well,  as  it  were  to  dry  sudden 
harlev  :    and  mi  tlit-  tliiim  was  not    known. 

20  And  when  Absalom's  servants  wirr  come  into 
the  house,  thev  said  to  tin-  woman:  Where  is  Aehi- 
maas  and  Jonathan.'  and  the  woman  answered 
them:  The)  passed  on  in  haste,  after  they  had  tast- 
ed a  little  water,  lint  they  that  SOUghl  them,  when 
tli<\  found  them  not,  returned  into  Jerusalem. 

21  And  when  they  were  gone,  they  came  up  out 
of  the  well,  and  going  on  told  king  Dai  id,  and  said  : 
Arise,  and  pass  quickly  over  the  river  :  for  this  uiau- 
Der  of  counsel  has  Achitophel  given  against  you. 

So  David  arose,  and  all  the  people  that  were 
with  him:  and  thev  passed  over  the  Jordan,  until 
it  grew  light  :  and  not  one  of  them  was  left  that 
was  not  iionc  over  the  river. 

lint  Achitophel  seeing  that  his  counsel  was 
not  followed,  saddled  his  ass,  and  arose,  and  went 
home  to  his  house  and  to  his  city  :  and  putting  his 
house  in  order,  hanged  himself;  and  was  buried  in 
the  sepulchre  of  his  lather. 

24  lint  I  )av  id  came  to  the  camp  :*  and  Absalom 
passed  over  the  Jordan,  he  and  all  the  men  of  Is- 
rael with  him. 

25  Now  Absalom  appointed  Atnasa  in  Joab's 
Stead  over  (he  arm)  :  and  Amasa  was  the  son  of  a 
man  who  was  called  Jethra  of  Je/.rael,  w  bo  went  in 
la  Abmail  the  daughter  of  Naas.  the  sister  of  Sar- 

via  who  was  ihe   mother  of  Joab. 

\inl  Israel  camped  with  Absalom  in  the  land 
of  Gabtnd. 

J7  \nd  when  David  w  as  come  to  the  ramp,  So- 
bi  the  son  ol  Naas  of  Kabbalh  of  the  children  of 
Amnion,  and  Madia  the  son  of  Aminihel  of  Loda- 
bar,  lierzellai  the  Galaadite  of  Rogelim, 

Brought  him  beds,  and  tapestry,  and  earthen 
vessels,  and  w  heal,  and  harlev .  and  meal,  anil  parch- 
ed eorn.  and  beans,  and  lentils,  and  fried  pulse, 

29  And  honey,  and  butter,  and  sheep,  and  fat 
calves;  and  the  J  mwMh  David  and  the  people  that 
were  with  him,  to  eat:  for  thev  suspected  that 
the  people  were  faint  with  hunger  and  thirst  in  the 
wilderness. 

CHAP.  XVIII. 

Ahtnlnmiidr(tiilrd,atul  Uuin  bit  Jimb.  Ihiriii  mnnrnrth  for  him. 
A  ND    David    having   reviewed    bis   people,    ap- 
■**-  pointed  over  them  captains  ol  thousands  and 
of  hundreds, 

2  And  sent  forth  a  tlrinl  part  of  the  people  under 
the  hand  ol  Juab,  and  n  third  pari  under  the  band  of 

•    T»  tkt  emmp       Ttl  ■mi.  iKe  namf  <i(  wlii< -I.  in    Mr 

blew  .igmlir.  7\i  tamp.    It  *»>  li  itj  at  note  at  Uut  time,  a*  appear* 


Abisai  the  son  of  Sarvia.  Joah's  brother,  and  a  third 
part  under  the  band  of  Kth.ii,  who  was  of  (icth  :  and 
tin  ki  hz  said  to  the  people:  I  also  W  ill  zo  fort  ll  with  }OU. 
iJ  And  the  people  answered  :  Thon  shall  not  :.<> 
forth:  for  if  we  flee  away,  they  will  not  much  mind 
lis  •  or  if  half  of  ns  should  fall,  the)  w  ill  not  greatly 
i  an  :  for  thou  alone  an  accounted  lor  ten  thousand  : 
it  is  better  therefore  that  thou  shouldst  be  in  the  city 
to  succour  us. 

4  And  the  king  said  to  them.  AY  hat  set  melh 
good  to  you,  that  will  1  do.  And  the  kin::  .stood  by 
the  -ate:  and  all  the  people  went  forth  by  their 
troops,  by  hundreds  and  bv   thousands. 

5  And  the  king  commanded  Joab.  and  Abisai.  and 
Klhai,  saying:  Save  me  the  boy  Absalom.  And 
all  the  people  heard  the  king  giving  charge  to  all 
the  princes  concerning  Absalom. 

6  So  the  people  went  out  into  the  field  against 
Israel:  and  the  battle  was  fought  in  the  forest  of 
Kphraiin. 

7  And  the  people  of  Israel  were  defeated  there 
bv  David's  aimv  :  arid  a  great  slaughter  was  made 
that  day,  of  twenty  thousand  men. 

8  And  the  battle  there  was  scattered  over  the 
lace  of  all  the  country:  and  there  were  maiiv  more 
of  the  people  whom  the  forest  consumed  f  than 
whom  the  sword  devoured  that  day. 

9  And  it  happened  that  Absalom  met  the  servants 
of  David,  riding  on  a  mule:  and  as  the  mule  went 
under  a  thick  and  large  oak.  his  bead  stuck  in  the 
oak  :  and  while  he  hung  between  the  heaven  and 
the  earth,  the  mule  on  which  he  rode  passed  on. 

10  And  one  saw  this,  and  told  Joab,  saying:  I 
saw  Absalom  hanging  upon  an  oak. 

11  And  Joab  said  to  the  man  that  told  him  :  If 
thou  saw  est  him,  why  didst  thou  not  stab  him  to 
the  ground,  and  I  would  have  given  tine  ten  siclcs 
ol    s'dxer.  and  a    belt  ? 

12  And  he  said  to  Joab:  If  thou  wouldst  have 
paid  down  in  my  hands  a  thousand  pieces  of  silver, 
I  would  not  lay  my  hands  upon  the  king's  son:  for 
in  our  hearing  the  king  charged  tin  c.  and  Abisai, 
and   Klhai,  saying:    Save  me  the  boy   Absalom. 

13  Yea.  and  if  I  should  have  acted  boldly  against 
my  own  life,  this  could  not  have  been  hid  from  the 
kin:::   and  wouldst    thou   have  stood  bv   me.' 

14  And  Joab  said:  Not  as  thou  wilt,  but  I  will 
set  upon  him  in  thy  sight.    So  he  took  three  Ian 

in  his  hand,  and  thrust  them  into  the  heart  of  Absa- 
lom :  and  whilst  he  yet  panted  for  life,  sticking  on 
the  oak. 

15  Tea  young  men,  annour-oearen  of  Joab,  ran 

up,  and  strikim:  him  slew  him. 

1G  And  Joab  sounded  the  trumpet,  tud  kept 
back  the  people  from  pursuing  after  Israel  in  their 
flight,  being  willing  to  spare  the  multitude. 

17    And  they  took  Absalom,  and  cast  him  into  a 


but  all  Israel  ll<  d  lo 


tireat  nit  in  the  lorest  :    and    thev   laid  an  exceeding 
great  heap  of  stones  upon  him 
their  own  dwellings. 

from  il.  having  bren  rho»*n  by  hbowlli  fur  I  lie  place  of  hi*  if-tkieuoe* 
f  C«nmtmud,  vis.   by  put  ainl  precipice*. 


^  1R  Now  Absalom  had  reared  up  for  himself,  in 
his  life-time,  a  pillar,  whieh  is  in  the  king's  valley  : 
for  he  said  :  I  have  no  son  ;*  and  this  shall  be  the 
monument  of  my  name.  And  he  called  the  pillar 
by  his  own  name,  and  it  is  called  The  hand  of  Ab- 
salom, to  this  day. 

19  And  Achimaas  the  son  of  Sadoc  said  :  I  will 
run  and  tell  the  king,  that  the  Lord  hath  done  judg- 
ment for  him  from  the  hand  of  his  enemies. 

20  And  Joab  said  to  him  :  Thou  shalt  not  be  the 
messenger  this  day,  but  sha  It  hea  r  tidings  another  day : 
this  day  1  will  not  have  thee  bear  tidings  ;  because 
the  king's  son  is  dead. 

21  And  Joab  said  to  Chusi :  Go,  and  tell  the  king 
what  thou  hast  seen.  Chusi  bowed  down  to  Joab, 
and  ran. 

22  Then  Achimaas  the  son  of  Sadoc  said  to  Joab 
again :  ^V'hy  might  not  I  also  run  after  Chusi?  And 
Joab  said  to  him :  Why  wilt  thou  run,  my  son  ? 
thou  wilt  not  be  the  bearer  of  good  tidings. 

23  Heanswered:  But  what  if  I  run  ?  And  he  said 
to  him  :  Run.  Then  Achimaas  running  by  a  near- 
er way  passed  Chusi. 

24  And  David  sat  between  the  two  gates:  and 
the  watchman  that  was  on  the  top  of  the  gate  upon 
the  wall,  lifting  up  his  eyes,  saw  a  man  running 
alone. 

23  And  crying  out,  he  told  the  king :  and  the  king 
said  :  if  he  be  alone,  there  are  good  tidings  in  his 
mouth.  And  as  he  was  coming  apace,  and  draw- 
ing nearer, 

26  The  watchman  saw  another  man  running ;  and 
crying  aloud  from  above,  he  said  :  1  see  another  man 
running  alone.  Aud  the  king  said :  He  also  is  a 
good  messenger. 

27  And  the  watchman  said  :  The  running  of  the 
foremost  seemethto  me  like  the  running  of  Achimaas 
the  son  of  Sadoc.  And  the  king  said  :  He  is  a  good 
man,  and  cometh  with  good  news. 

28  And  Achimaas  crying  out,  said  to  the  king  : 
God  save  thee,  O  king.  And  falling  down  before 
the  king  with  his  face  to  the  ground,  he  said:  Bles- 
sed be  the  Lord  thy  God,  who  hath  shut  up  the  men 
that  have  lifted  up  their  hands  against  the  lord  my 
king. 

29  And  the  king  said  :  Is  the  young  man  Absa- 
lom safe?  And  Achimaas  said:  1  saw  a  great  tumult, 

0  king,  when  thy  servant  Joab  sent  me  thy  servant : 

1  know  nothing  else. 

30  And  the  king  said  to  him  :  Pass,  and  stand 
here. 

31  And  when  he  had  passed,  and  stood  still, 
Chusi  appeared:  and  coming  up  he  said  :  1  bring 
good  tidings,  lord  my  king;  for  the  Lord  hath  judged 
lor  thee  this  day  from  the  hand  of  all  that  have  risen 
up  against  thee. 

32  And  the  king  said  to  Chusi  :  Is  the  young 
man  Absalom  safe  ?  aud  Chusi  answering  him,  said  : 
Let  the  enemies  of  the  Lord  my  king,  and  all    that 


CHAP.  XIX. 

rise  against  him  unto  evil,   be  as  the  young  man 


*  Jfo  ton.  The  sons  mentioned  above,  chap,  xiv.  ver.  27.  were  dead 
when  tin,  pillar  ins  erected;  unless  we  suppose  he  raised  this  pillar 
betore  ihcy  were  born. 

t  H'ho  would,  Sfc.     Lavid  lamented  the  death  of  Absalom,  because 


IS. 

33  The  king  therefore  being  much  moved,  went 
up  to  the  high  chamber  over  the  gate,  and  wept. 
And  as  be  went  he  spoke  in  this  manner :  My  son 
Absalom,  Absalom  my  son  :  who  would  f  grant  me 
that  1  might  die  for  thee,  Absalom  my  son,  my  son 
Absalom! 

CHAP.  XIX. 

David,  at  the  remonstrances  of  Joab,  ceasrth  his  mourning.  He 
is  invited  back  and  met  by  Semei  and  Miphiboseth  :  a  strife 
between  the  men  ofJuda  and  the  men  of  Israel. 

AND  it  was  told  Joab,  that  the  king  wept  and 
mourned  for  his  son: 

2  And  the  victory  that  day  was  turned  into  mourn- 
ing unto  all  the  people:  for  the  people  heard  say 
that  day:  The  kinggrieveth  for  his  son. 

3  And  the  people  shunned  the  going;  into  the  city 
that  day,  as  a  people  would  do  that  hath  turned 
their  backs,  and  fled  away  from  the  battle. 

4  And  the  king  covered  his  head,  and  cried  with 
a  loud  voice:  O  my  son  Absalom,  O  Absalom  my 
son,  O  my  son! 

5  Then  Joab  going  into  the  house  to  the  king, 
said  :  Thou  hast  shamed  this  day  the  faces  of  all  thy 
servants,  that  have  saved  thy  life,  and  the  lives  of 
thy  sons,  and  of  thy  daughters,  and  the  lives  of  thy 
wives,  and  the  lives  of  thy  concubines. 

6  Thou  lovest  them  that  hate  thee;  and  thou 
hatest  them  that  love  thee :  and  thou  hast  shewn 
this  day  that  thou  carest  not  for  thy  nobles,  nor  for 
thy  servants:  aud  I  now  plainly  perceive  that  if  Ab- 
salom had  lived,  and  all  wc  had  been  slain,  then  it 
would  have  pleased  thee. 

7  Now  therefore  arise,  and  go  out,  and  speak  to 
the  satisfaction  of  thy  servants  :  for  I  swear  to  thee 
by  the  Lord,  that  if  thou  wilt  not  go  forth,  there 
will  not  tarry  with  thee  so  much  as  one  this  night: 
and  that  will  be  worse  to  thee  than  all  the  evils  that 
have  befallen  thee  from  thy  youth  until  now. 

8  Then  the  king  arose,  anil  sat  in  the  gate  :  and 
it  was  told  to  all  the  people  that  the  king  sat  in  the 
gate:  and  all  the  people  came  before  the  king:  but 
Israel  fled  to  their  own  dwellings. 

9  And  all  the  people  were  at  strife  in  all  the  tribes 
of  Israel,  saying:  1  he  king  delivered  us  out  of  the 
hand  of  our  enemies,  and  lie  saved  us  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  Philistines :  and  now  he  is  fled  out  of 
the  land  for  Absalom. 

10  But  Absalom,  whom  we  anointed  over  us,  is 
dead  in  the  battle:  how  long  are  you  silent,  and 
bring  not  back  the  king? 

11  And  king  David  sent  to  Sadoc  and  Abiathar 
the  priests,  saying:  Speak  to  the  ancients  of  Juda, 
saying:  Why  are  yo>"  the  last  to  bring  the  king  back 
to  his  house?  (For  ie  talk  of  all  Israel  was  conic 
to  the  king  in  his  house.) 


of  the  wretched  state  in  which  he  died ;  and  therefore  would  have 
been  glad  to  have  saved  his  life,  even  by  dying-  for  him.  In  which  he 
was  a  figure  of  Christ  weeping,  praying,  and  dying  for  his  rebellious 
children,  and  even  for  them  that  crucified  him. 

253 


ii.  kin<;s. 


1  2  You  arc  my  brethren  :  you  arc  my  lione.  ami 
my  flesh;  «  hy  arc  von  the  last  tobrmgbackthekingr 

I ■>  \iid  sav  \c  in  Amasa:  Art  not  ihou  my  hone, 
nndinv  flesh?  So  do  God  lo  inc.  ami  add  more,  it 
thou  l>e  not  ilic  chief  Cantata  o|  thcarinv  In  lore  mc 
always  in  the  place  of  Joan* 

I  V  And  lie  inclined  the  heart  of  all  the  nun  of  Ju- 
,i>  it  were  o|  one  man:  and  I  hey  sen!  to  the 
king,  saying:  Return  thou,  and  all  thy  servants. 

|0  And  the  king  relumed,  ami  came  as  far  as 
the  Jordan:  and  all  Juda  cairn-  as  far  asGalgal  to 
met  the  lung,  and  to  bring  him  over  the  Jordan. 

16  Ami  Scmcillic  sou  of  Gent  the  sonol  Jemini 
ol  Bahurim,  made  haste,  and  went  down  with  the 
men  of  Juda  to  meel  km:  I  ).i\  id, 

17  With  a  thousand  men  ol  Benjamin,  and  Siha 
ihe  servant  of  the  house  o|  Saul :  and  his  fifteen  sons, 
and  twentv  servants  were  with  him:  and  going  over 
the  Jordan, 

18  They  passed  the  fords  before  the  king,  that 
they  might  helpover  the  kind's  household,  and  do 
accord iug  to  his  commandment  And  Sinn  i  the  son 
of  G era  falling  dow  u  liefore  the  king,  when  he  was 
(nine  over  the  Jordan, 

l!>  Said  to  him:  Impute  not  to  me,  my  lord,  the 
iniquity;  nor  remember  the  injuries  of  thy  servant 
on  the  day  that  thou,  lord  my  king,  wentest  out  of 
Jerusalem;  nor  lay  it  up  in  thy  heart,  0  kin-. 

Jn  Fori  thy  teivaal  acknowledge  my  sin:  and 
therefore  I  am  come  this  day  the  first  of  all  the 
house  of  Joseph,  and  am  come  dow  u  to  meet  my 
lord  the  king. 

21  Bui  Abisai  the  son  of  San  ia  answering,  said  : 
Shall  Seinei  for  these  words  m>t  he  put  to  death,  bc- 
caiise  be  Cursed  the   Lord's  anointed.' 

tad  David  said:  What  have  I  to  do  with  you, 

sonsof  Sarvia?  why  areyou  a  satan  this  day  to 

inc.-  shall  there  any  man  he  killed  this  day  in  Israel." 

do  not  I  know   that   this  day  I   am  made  king  over 

Israel? 

\ml  the  king  said  to  S.-inei:  Thou  sbalt  not 
die.   And  he  swore  unto  him. 

24  And  Miphiboseth  the  son  of  Saul,  came  down 
to  mi  it  the  king!  and  he  had  neither  washed  his 
feet,  nor  trimmed  his  beard,  nor  Washed  his  gar- 
inenis,  from  the  da]  that  the  kin:;  wcul  out,  until 
the  dav  of  his  return  in  peace. 

\ml  when  be  met  the  king  al  Jerusalem,  the 
kim;  said  to  him:  Why  earnest  thou  not  with  mc, 
Miphihoseth  - 

26  Ami  he  answering,  said:  Lord  mj  king,  my 
-'  rvani  despised  me:  for  I  thj  servant  s|:oke  to  him 

to    saddle    mi'    an    >s  thai   I  might  gel  on.  and    go 
with  the  kin:;:  for  I  tin   sen  ant  am  lame. 

27  Moreover  he  hath  also  accused  mc  ill]  s,  r 
\aio    to    thee,   my  lord  the   kin:;:  but  thou   ni\   lord 

lillg  ail  as  an  Amnio!  ( iod;  dow  hat  pleaseth  thee. 

ill  of  im  lather's  house  were uobelter  than 

Worth]  of  death  before  my  lord   the  kin:::  and  thou 

last  set  me  thj  servant  among  the  guests  ofthj  ta- 

!.!«•:  what  just  complaint  therefore  ha\t   I'm   what 

anj  more  to  the  kii 
I      n  ihe  kin.  said  to  I,  in:  Wh\  speakesl  thou 

ZS4 


MM  more?  whal  I  have  said  is  determined:  thou  and 
Siha  divide  the  possessions. 

80  And  .Miphihoseth  answered  the  kin-  \  •  a. 
let  him  lake  all,  for  as  much  as  my  lmd  the  king  is 
returned  peaceably  into  his  house. 

•  II  lii  r/.ellai  also  the  Galaadite,  coming  down 
from  Rogelim,  brought  the  kin::  over  the  Jordan, 
beinc  ready  also  to  wait  on  him  lievond  the  river. 
I  Now  Bermttai  the  Galaadite  was  of  a  greet 
thai  is  to  saVj  fourscore  years  old  :  and  he  pro* 
vided  the  kin::  with  sustenance  when  he  abode  in 
the  camp:  for  he  was  a  man  exceeding  rich. 

-33  And  the  kim;  said  toBcrzcllai :  (  dine  with  me, 

(hat  thou  maysl  rest  secure  with  me  in  Jerusalem. 

I    And    Bcr/.cllai  said    lo  the  kin:::  How   many 

are  the  davs  of  the  \ cars  of  my  life,  that  I  should  go 

up  with  the  kin:;  to  Jerusalem? 

35  I  am  this  day  fourscore  years  old  fare  my 
senses  quick  to  discern  sweet  and  bitter?  orcanmcat 
or  drink  delight  tirj  servant.' or  can  I  hear  an\  more 
the  voice  of  singing-men  and  singing-women  ?  why 
should  thy  servant  be  a  burden  to  the  Lord  01)  king.' 

.'>(>  I  thj  servant  will  go  on  a  little  WSS  from  the 
Jordan  with  thee:  I  need  not  this  recompense. 

37  But  I  beseech  thee  let  thy  servant  return,  and 
die  in  my  own  citv.  and  he  huried  bj  the  sepulchre 
of  my  father,  and  of  my  mother,  iiut  there  is  thy 
servant  ('hamaam,  let  him  go  with  thee,  lord  my 
king;  and  do  to  him  whatsoever  scemethgood  to  thee 

38  Then  the  kin:;  said  to  him:  Let  (hamaam 
go  over  with  me;  and  I  will  do  for  him  whaisoevci 
shall  pleats  thee:  and  all  that  thou  shalt  ask  ol  ine, 
thou  shalt  obtain* 

39  And  when  all  tin-  people  and  the  king  had  pass- 
cd  over  the  Jordan,  the  king  kissed  Ber/.t  llai.  ami 
hlcssed  him:  and  he  returned  to  his  own  place. 

40  So  the  king  went  on  to  ( ialgal,  and  (  hamaam 
w  ill)  him.  Now  all  the  people  ol  Juda  had  brought 
the  king  over,  and  only  halt  of  the  people  of  Israel 
were  there. 

41  Therefore  all  the  men  of  Israel  running  to- 
gether to  the  kin::,  said  to  him :  \\  liv  have  our  brc- 
thrcnthe  men  of  Juda  stolen  thee  awav.  and  have 
brought  the  kin::  and  his  household  over  the  .Ionian, 
and  all  the  men  ot  David  with  him? 

I  J  And  all  tin-  men  of  Juda  answered  the  men 
of  Israel:  Because  ihe  kin::  is  nearci  to  me:  why 
art  thou  angry  tor  this  matter .'  have  we  eaten  any 
thing  of  the  king's,  or  have  any  gifts  been  given  USf 

43  And  the  men  of  Israel  answered  the  men  o! 
Juda.  ami  said:  I  have  ten  parts  in  the  king  more 
than  thou;  and  David  hclougcih  to  iiirimni  tnauto 
thee:  w  hy  hast  ihou  done  me  a  w  rong,  and  w  hi  was 
it  not  told  me  fust,  that  I  Blight  bring  ha<  k  my 
kin:: .'  And  the  nun  ot  Juda  answered  more  harshly 
than  (he  men  of  Isiael. 

(   MAT.    \\. 

Srl~i's  rrhilliim.    Amain  is    *laii>   l>v    Jimb.    Abrhi   in  hrsirfrd 

but  upon  the  citiitn*  casting  ova  tht  trull  ilu  In  ,;</ 

rh  ill pnrtilli  irit/i  Ins  ii'iru. 

AN  I )  there  happt  ned  to  be  iliere  a  man  of  l!i  lial, 
whose  name  was  Scba,  llie   son   ol    Bocliri,  a 


chap,  xxi. 


man  nf  Jomini:  and  he  sounded  the  trumpet,  and 
s.iid:  We  have  no  part  in  David,  nor  inheritance  hi 
the  son  oflsai:  return  to  thy  dwellings,  O  Israel. 

2  And  all  Israel  departed  from  David,  and  follow- 
ed Seba  the  son  of  Boehri:  hut  the  men  of  Juda 
stuck  to  their  kins  from  the  Jordan  unto  Jerusalem. 

3  And  when  the  king  was  come  into  his  house  at 
Jerusalem,  he  took  the  ten  women  his  concubines, 
whom  lie  had  left  to  keep  the  house,  and  put  them 
in  ward,  allowing  them  provisions:  and  he  went  not 
in  unto  them;  hut  they  were  shut  up  unto  the  day  of 
their  death,  living  in  widowhood. 

4  And  the  king  said  to  Amasa:  Assemble  to  me  all 
the  men  of  Juda  against  the  third  day;  and  he  thou 
here  present. 

5  So  Amasa  went  to  assemhle  the  men  of  Juda: 
hut  he  tarried  heyond  the  set  time  which  the  king 
had  appointed  him. 

6  And  David  said  to  Abisai:  Now  will  Seba  the 
son  of  Boehri  do  us  more  harm  than  did  Absalom: 
take  thou  therefore  the  servants  of  thy  lord,  and  pur- 
sue after  him,  lest  he  find  fenced  cities,  and  escape 
us. 

7  So  Joah's  men  went  out  with  him,  and  the  Ce- 
rethi,  and  the  Phelethi:  and  all  the  valiant  men 
went  out  of  Jerusalem  to  pursue  after  Scha  the  son 
of  Boehri. 

ii  And  when  they  were  at  the  great  stone  which 
is  in  Gabaon,  Amasa  coming  met  them.  And  Joab 
had  on  a  close  coat  of  equal  length  with  his  habit; 
and  over  it  was  girded  with  a  sword  hanging  down 
to  his  flank,  in  a  scahhard,  made  in  such  manner  as 
to  come  out  with  the  least  motion,  and  strike. 

9  And  Joab  said  to  Amasa:  God  save  thee,  my 
brother  And  he  took  Amasa  by  the  chin  with  his 
right  hand  to  kiss  him. 

10  But  Amasa  did  not  take  notice  of  the  sword, 
which  Joab  had:  and  he  struck  him  in  the  side,  and 
shed  out  his  howeis  to  the  ground,  and  gave  him  not 
a  second  wound;  and  he  died.  And  Joah,  and  Abisai 
his  brother  pursued  after  Seba  the  son  of  Boehri. 

11  In  the  mean  time  some  men  of  Joah's  com- 

tiany  stopping  at  the  dead  body  of  Amasa,  said:  Be- 
lold  he  that  would  have  been  in  Joah's  stead  the 
companion  of  David. 

12  And  Amasa  embrued  with  blood,  lay  in  the 
midst  of  the  way.  A  certain  man  saw  this  that  all 
the  people  stood  still  to  look  upon  him;  so  he  re- 
moved Amasa  out  of  the  high-way  into  the  field, 
and  covered  him  with  a  garment,  that  they  who  pass- 
ed might  not  stop  on  his  account. 

13  And  when  he  was  removed  out  of  the  way, 
all  the  people  went  on  following  Joab  to  pursue  alter 
Seba  the  son  of  Boehri. 

14  Now  he  had  passed  through  all  the  tribes  of 
Israel  unto  Abela  and  Bethma;cln:*  and  all  the 
chosen  men  were  gathered  together  unto  him. 

15  And  they  came,  and  besieged  him  in  Abela, 
and  in  Bethmaacha:  and  they  cast  up  works  round 
the  city:   and  the  city   was  besieged:   and  all   the 

*  Mela  and  BelHmaacha.     Cities  of  the  tribe  of  Neplitali. 


people  that  were  with  Joab,  laboured  to  throw  down 
tin;  walls. 

16  And  a  wise  woman  cried  out  from  the  city: 
Hear,  hear,  and  say  to  Joab:  Come  near  hither,  and 
I  will  speak  with  thee. 

17  And  when  he  was  come  near  to  her,  she  said 
to  him:  Art  thou  Joab?  And  he  answered:  I  am. 
And  she  spoke  thus  to  him:  Hear  the  words  of  thy 
handmaid.  He  answered:  I  do  hear. 

18  And  she  again  said:  A  saying  was  used  in  the 
old  proverb:  They  that  inquire,  let  them  inquire  in 
Abela:  and  so  they  made  an  end. 

19  Am  not  I  she  that  answer  truth  in  Israel,  and 
thou  seekest  to  destroy  the  city,  and  to  overthrow' a 
mother  in  Israel?  Why  wilt  thou  throw  down  the 
inheritance  of  the  Lord? 

20  And  Joab  answering,  said:  God  forbid,  God 
forbid  that  I  should;  I  do  not  throw  down,  nor  de- 
stroy. 

21  The  matter  is  not  so;  but  a  man  of  mount 
Ephraim,  Seba  the  son  of  Boehri  by  name,  hath  lift- 
ed up  his  hand  against  king  David :  deliver  him  only, 
and  we  will  depart  from  the  city.  And  the  woman 
said  to  Joab:  Behold,  his  head  shall  be  thrown  to 
thee  from  the  wall. 

22  So  she  went  to  all  the  people,  and  spoke  to 
them  wisely:  and  they  cut  off  the  head  of  Seba  the 
son  of  Boehri,  and  cast  it  out  to  Joab.  And  he  sound- 
ed the  trumpet:  and  they  departed  from  the  city, 
everyone  to  their  home:  and  Joab  returned  to  Je- 
rusalem to  the  king. 

23  So  Joab  was  over  all  the  army  of  Israel :  and 
Banaias  the  son  of  Joiada  was  over  the  Cerethites 
and  Fhelethites: 

24  But  Aduram  over  the  tributes:  and  Josaphat 
the  son  of  Ahilud  was  recorder. 

25  And  Siva  was  scribe:  and  Sadoc  and  Abia- 
thar,  priests. 

26  And  Ira  theJairite  was  the  priest  of  David. 

CHAP.  XXI. 

A  famine  of  three  yearn,  for  the  sin  of  Saul  against  the  Gaboon- 
itcs,  at  whose  desire  seven  of  Saul's  race  arc  crucified.  War 
again  with  the  Philistines. 

\  ND  there  was  a  famine  in  the  days  of  David  for 
-^*-  three  years  successively:  and  David  consulted 
the  oracle  of  the  Lord:  And  the  Lord  said  :  //  is  for 
Saul,  and  his  bloody  house,  became  he  slew  the  Ga- 
baonites. 

2  Then  the  king  calling  for  the  Gahaonites,  said 
to  them:  (Now  the  Gahaonites  were  not  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  but  the  remains  of  the  Amoirhites: 
and  the  children  of  Israel  had  sworn  to  them;  and 
Saul  sought  to  slay  them  out  of  zeal,  as  it  were  lot 
the  children  of  Israel  and  Juda.) 

3  David  therefore  said  to  the  Gahaonites  :  What 
shall  I  do  for  you?  and  what  shall  be  the  atonement 
for  you,  that  you  may  bless  tiie  inheritance  of  the 
Lord? 

4  And  the  Gahaonites  said  to  him:  We  have  no 
contest  about  silver  and  gold,  but  against  Saul  and 
against  his  house:  neither  do  we  desire  that  any  man 

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II.  KINGS 


be  slain  of  Israel.  And  ihe  king  said  lo  them  : 
Wli.it  will  miii  then  (lint  I  should  do  lor    you? 

■  \n(ltlii\  Mud.  to  tin-  king:  The  ma  uat  crush- 
ed  m  and  oppressed  us  unjustly,  we  must  destro) 

in  Mich  manner  (hat  there  Ik-  not  so  nun  h  as  one 
left  of  his  stuck  in  all  the  roast*  pf  Israel. 

6  Lei  sr\en  iik-ii  Hi  his  children  he  delivered 
unto  us,  th.it  we  uiav  erin  ifv  them  to  the  Lord 
in  Gabaa  of  Saul,  once  the  chosen  of  the  Lord. 
And  the  kiim  said:  I  will  are  them. 

7  And  the  king  spared  Miphibotetb  the  son  el" 
Jonathan  the  son  of  Saul,  became  of  the  oath  of 
the  Lord,  that  had  heen  between  David  and  Jona- 
than the  son  ol"  Saul. 

8  So  the  king  took  the  two  sons  of  Respha the 
daughter  of  Aia,  whom  she  l»ore  to  Saul,  Aruioni, 
and  Miphiboseta;  tod  the  five  sons  of  Mtcbol*  the 
daughter  of  Saul,  whom  she  bote  to  Uadriel  the  son 
of  Berzellai,  that  was  ofMoIathi, 

9  And  gave  tliem  into  the  hands  of  the  Gahaon- 
ites  ;  and  they  crucified  them  on  a  hill  before  the 
Lord  :  and  these  seven  died  together  in  the  first  days 
of  the  harvest,  when  the  barley  began  to  be  reap- 
ed. 

10  And  Respha  the  daughter  of  Aia  took  hair- 
cloth, ami  spread  it  under  her  upon  the  roek  from 
the  beginning  of  the  harvest,  till  water  dropped 
U|K)ii  them  out  of  heaven:  and  suffered  neither  the 
birds  to  tear   them  by  day,  DOT  the  beasts  by  night. 

11  And  it   was  told   David,  what  Respha   tin 
daughter   of  Aia,  the  concubine  of  Saul,  had  done. 

I  J  And  David  went  and  took  the  hones  of  Saul, 
and  the  hones  of  Jonathan  his  son  from  the  men  of 
JabesGalaad,  who  had  stolen  them  from  the  street 
of  Bethsan,  where  the  Philistines  had  hanged  them 
whin  they  had  slain  Saul  in  (icll>oe. 

13  And  he  drought  from  thence  the  hones  of  Saul, 
and  the  Ihmics  of  Jonathan  his  son:  and  i  ln\  gather- 
ed up  the  hones  of  them  that  were  crucified. 

1-*  And  they  huried  them  w  ith  the  hones  of  Saul, 
and  of  Jonathan  his  son  in  tin'  land  of  Henjainin.  in 
the  side,  in  the  sepulchre  of  (is  his  father :  and  they 
did  all  that  the  king  had  commanded:  and  God 
showed  mercy  again  to  the  land  after  these  things. 

15  And    the  Philistines  made  war  again  against 

Israel:  and   David  went  dow  n,  and  his  servants  with 

him,  ami  fought  against  the  Philistines.  And  David 

crow  ing  faint, 

16  Jeshihenob,   who  was  of  the  race  of  Arapha, 

the  iron  of  whose   spear  weighed  three  hundred 

ounces,  being  girded  with  a  new  SWOtd,  attempted 
to  kill   David: 

17  And  Abtsai  the  son  of  San  hi  rescued  him,  and 
•tricing the  Philistine  killed  him.     Then  David's 

men  sw  ore  unto  him.  sav  im: :  Thou  shall  go  no  more 
out  with  us  to  battle,  lest  thou  put  out  tin  lamp  of 
Israel. 

18  There  was  also  a  second  battle  in  Gob  against 


•  Of  Mukol.  Ther  were  the  anna  of  Memb,  who  «i<  married  to 
lladrwl :  bin  they  ire  here  called  the  ton*  of  Michnl,  became  (be 
adopted  them  and  brought  them  up  aa  bur  own 


the  Philistines:  then  Sobochaiof  llusaihi  slew  Saph 
ol  the  race  of  Arapha  of  the  fainilv  of  the  giants. 

!!•  And  there  was  a  third  battle  in  Gob  against 
the  Philistines,  in  which  Adeodatus  the  son  of  the 
Forest  f  an  embroiderer  of  Bethlehem  slew  Goliath 
the  (icthitc,  the  shall  of  whose  spear  was  like  a 
Weaver!  beam. 

SO  A  fourth  battle  was  in  Gethj  where  there  was 
a  man  of  great  stature,  that  had  six  fingers  on  each 
hand,  and  six  toes  on  each  foot,  four  and  twenty  in 
all,  and  he  was  of  the  race  of  Arapha. 

21  And  he  reproached  Israel:  and  Jonathan  the 
sou  of  Sanaa  the  brother  of  David  slew  him. 

Jl  These  four  were  born  of  Arapha  in  (ieth: 
and  they  fell  by  the  hand  of  David,  and  of  his  »er- 
vanLs. 

CHAP.  XXII. 

King  David's  ptalmqfthanksgmng  for  hit  deliveranct  from 
ail  hit  enemies. 

\  ND  David  spoke  to  the  Lord  the  words  of  this 
-^*-  canticle,  in  the  day  that  the  Lord  delivered 
him  out  of  the  hand  of  all  his  enemies,  and  out  of 
the  hand  of  Saul: 

2  And  he  said:  The  Lord  is  my  rock,  and  my 
strength,  and  my  saviour. 

3  God  is  my  strong  one;  in  him  will  I  trust :  my 
shield,  and  the  horn  of  my  salvation:  he  lifteth  me 
up,  and  if.  my  refuge:  my  saviour,  thou  wilt  deliver 
me  from  iniquity. 

4  I  will  call  on  the  Lord  who  is  worthy  to  be 
praised:   and  I  shall  be  saved  from  my  enemies. 

5  For  the  pangs  of  death  have  surrounded  me: 
the  floods  of  Beliel  have  made  me  afraid. 

6  The  cords  of  hell  compassed  me:  the  snares  of 
death  prevented  me. 

7  In  my  distress  I  will  call  upon  the  Lord;  and  I 
will  cry  to  ryy  God:  and  he  will  hear  DM  voice  out 
of  his  temple;  and  my  cry  shall  come  to  his  e;irs. 

8  The  earth  shook  and  trembled,  the  foundations 
of  the  mountains  were  moved,  and  shaken,  because 
he  was  angry  with  them. 

9  A  smoke  went  up  from  his  nostrils,  and  a  de- 
vouring fire  out  of  his  mouth:  coals  were  kindled  bv  it. 

10  fie  bowed  the  heavens,  ami  came  down:  and 
darkness  wns  under  his  feet. 

11  And  he  rode  upon  the  chcrubims,  and  flew  ; 
and  slid  upon  the  wings  of  the  wind. 

12  He  made  darkness  a  covering  round  ■bout 

him:  dropping  waters  out  of  the  clouds  of  the 
heavens. 

13  By  the  brightness  before  him,  the  coals  of  fire 
Were  kindled. 

1  I  The  Lord  shall  thtmi't  r  from  heaven:  and  the 
most  High  shall  give  forth  his  voice. 

16  He  shot  a i  row  s.  and  scattered  them;  lightning, 

and  consumed  them. 

16  And  the  overflowings  of  the  sea  appealed,  ami 


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tral,  h»  (print;  the  interpretation  of  the  Hebrew 
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CHAP.  XXIII. 


the  foundations  of  the  world  were  laid  open  at  tin;  re- 
bukeoftheLord,atthe  Wast  of  the  spirit  of  his  wrath. 

17  He  sent  from  on  high,  and  look,  me,  and  drew 
me  out  of  many  waters. 

IK  He  delivered  me  from  my  most  mighty  enemy, 
and  from  them  that  hated  me:  for  they  were  too 
strong  for  me. 

I!)  He  prevented  me  in  the  day  of  my  affliction: 
and  the  Lord  became  my  stay. 

20  And  he  brought  me  forth  into  a  large  place; 
he  delivered  me,  because  I  pleased  him. 

21  The  Lord  will  reward  me  according  to  my 
justice:  and  according  to  the  cleanness  of  my  hands 
he  will  render  to  me. 

22  Because  I  have  kept  the  ways  of  the  Lord, 
and  have  not  wickedly  departed  from  my  God. 

23  For  all  his  judgments  are  in  my  sight:  and  his 
precepts  1  have. not  removed  from  me. 

24  And  I  shall  be  perfect  with  him;  and  shall 
keep  myself  from  my  iniquity. 

25  And  the  Lord  will  recompense  me  according 
to  my  justice:  and  according  to  the  cleanness  of  my 
hands  in  the  sight  of  his  eyes. 

26  With  the  holy  one  thou  wilt  he  holy;  and  with 
the  valiant  perfect. 

27  With  the  elect  thou  wilt  be  elect:  and  with 
the  perverse  thou  wilt  be  perverted. 

28  And  the  poor  people  thou  wilt  save:  and  with 
thy  eves  thou  wilt  humble  the  haughty. 

29  For  thou  art  my  lamp,  O  Lord:  and  thou,  O 
Lord,  wilt  enlighten  my  darkness.  ^ 

30  For  in  thee  I  will  run  girded :  in  my  God  1  will 
leap  over  the  wall. 

31  God,  his  way  is  immaculate;  the  word  of  the 
Lord  is  tried  by  fire:  he  is  the  shield  of  all  that  trust 
in  him. 

32  Who  is  God  but  the  Lord:  and  who  is  strong 
but  our  God? 

33  God  who  hath  girded  me  with  strength,  and 
made  my  way  perfect. 

34  Making  my  feet  like  the  feet  of  harts,  and  set- 
ting me  upon  my  high  places. 

86  He  feaeheth  my  hands  to  war:  and  maketh 
my  arms  like  a  bow  of  brass. 

36  Thou  hast  given  me  the  shield  of  my  salvation: 
and  thy  mildness  hath  multiplied  me. 

37  Thou  shaft  enlarge  my  steps  under  me:  and 
my  ankles  shall  not  fail. 

38  I  will  pursue  after  my  enemies,  and  crush 
them  :  and  will  not  return  again  till  I  consume  them. 

39  1  will  consume  them,  and  break  them  in  pieces, 
sothattheyshall  not  rise:  theyshall  fall  under  my  feet. 

40  Thou  hast  girded  me  with  strength  to  battle: 
thou  hastmadethem  thatresisted  metobowunderme. 

41  My  enemies  thou  hast  made  to  turn  their  back 
to  me;  them  that  haled  me,  and  1  shall  destroy  them. 

*  .Is  the  liglU,  $-c.     So  shall  be  the  king-dom  of  Christ. 

•f  Neither  is  my  house,  fyc.  As  if  he  should  say  :  This  everlasting  co- 
venant was  not  due  to  my  house;  hut  pnrelv  owing  to  his  bounty,  who 
is  all  my  salvation,  and  my  will :  that  is,  who  hath  always  saved  me, 
and  granted  me  what  I  beseeched  of  him  ;  so  that  I  and  my  house, 
through  his  blessing,  have  sprung  up,  and  succeeded  in  all  thing* 

t  Jesboham,  the  son  of  Hachamooi.  For  this  w.is  the  name  of  this 
hero,  as  appears  from  1  Chron   xi.  Most  lender,  S,-c.     He  appeared  like 

Kk 


42  They  shall  cry,  and  there  shall  be  none  to  save 
to  the  Lord,  and  he  shall  not  hear  them. 

43  I  shall  beat  them  as  small  as  the  dust  of  ihc 
earth;  I  shall  crush  them,  and  spread  them  abroad 
like  the  mire  of  the  streets. 

44  Thou  wilt  save  me  from  the  contradictions  of 
my  people:  thou  wilt  keep  me  to  be  the  head  of  the 
Gentiles:  the  people  which  I  know  not,  shall  serve  me. 

45  The  sons  of  the  stranger  will  resist  me:  at  the 
hearing  of  the  ear  they  will  obey  me. 

46  The  strangers  are  melted  away,  and  shall  be 
straightened  in  their  distresses. 

47  The  Lord  liveth ;  and  my  God  is  blessed :  and 
the  strong  God  of  my  salvation  shall  be  exalted. 

48  God  who  givest  me  revenge,  and  bringest 
down  people  under  me: 

49  Who  bringest  me  forth  from  my  enemies,  and 
liftest  me  up  from  them  that  resist  me;  from  the 
wicked  man  thou  shalt  deliver  me. 

50  Therefore  will  I  give  thanks  to  thee,  O  Lord, 
among  the  Gentiles,  and  will  sing  to  thy  name; 

51  Giving  great  salvation  to  his  king,  and  showing 
mercy  to  David  his  anointed,  and  to  his  seed  for  ever. 

CHAP.  XXIII. 

27m?  last  words  of  David.  A  catalogue  of  his  valiant  men. 

NOW  these  are  David's  last  words.  David  the 
son  of  Isai  said:  The  man  to  whom  it  was  ap- 
pointed concerning  the  Christ  of  the  God  of  Jacob, 
the  excellent  psalmist  of  Israel  said : 

2  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  hath  spoken  by  me,  and 
his  word  by  my  tongue. 

3  The  God  of  Israel  said  to  me,  the  strong  one  of 
Israel  spoke,  the  ruler  of  men,  the  just  ruler  in  the 
fear  of  God. 

4  As  the  light*  of  the  morning,  when  the  sun 
riseth,  shineth  in  the  morning  without  clouds,  and 
as  the  grass  springeth  out  of  the  earth  by  rain ; 

5  Neither  is  my  housef  so  great  with  God,  that 
he  should  make  with  me  an  eternal  covenant,  firm 
in  all  things  and  assured.  For  lie  is  all  my  salvation, 
and  all  my  will:  neither  is  there  aught  thereof  that 
springeth  not  up. 

6  But  transgressors  shall  all  of  them  be  plucked 
up  as  thorns,  which  are  not  taken  away  with  hands. 

7  And  if  a  man  will  touch  them,  he  must  be  arm- 
ed with  iron,  and  with  the  staffof  a  lance  :  but  they 
shall  be  set  on  fire,  and  burnt  to  nothing. 

8  These  are  the  names  of  the  valiant  men  of  Da- 
vid. JesbahamX  sitting  in  the  chair  was  the  w  isest 
chief  among  the  three:  he  was  like  the  most  tender 
little  worm  of  the  wood,  who  killed  eight  hundred 
men  at  one  onset. 

9  After  him  was  Eleazer  the  son  of  Dodo§  the 
Ahohite,  one  of  the  three  valiant  men  that  were 
with  David  when  they  defied  the  Philistines,  and 
they  were  there  gathered  together  to  battle. 


one  tender  and  weak,  but  was  indeed  most  valiant  and  strong.  It 
seems  the  Latin  has  here  given  the  interpretation  of  the  Hebrew 
name  of  the  hero,  to  whom  Jesbahum  was  like,  instead  of  the  name  it- 
self, which  was  Mino  the  Eznite,  one  much  renowned  of  old  for  his 
valour. 

}  Dodo.     In  Latin,  Pntrui  ejus,  which   is  the  interpretation   of  the 
Hebrew  name  Dodo.     The  same  occurs  in  vcr.  M. 

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II.   Kl.\«,- 


10  And  when  the  mm  of  Israel  w  <  r«  gone  away, 
M  mimmI  .iii.I  mota  the  Philistines  (ill  hi*  band  mi 
weary,  and  grew  BtiflT  with  the  sword:  and  the  Lord 

wrought  a  great  victory  that  day:  and  the  people 
that  were  there  Bed  away,  returned  to  take  spoils  of 
them  thai  were  slain. 

1  1  And  alter  him  was  Srinnia  the  son  of  \zr  of 
Arari.  And  the  Philistines  were  leathered  together 
iua  tr(H>|»:  tor  there  was  ■  field  lull  ol"  lentils.  And 
v  hen  the  people  were  fled  from  the  face  of  the 
i'hilistii 

I  J  1 1,  -tood  in  the  midst  of  the  field,  and  defend 

edit,  and  defeated  the  Philistines:  and  the  Lord 

i  rreal  rictOI  v . 

I  ;  Moreover  also  before  this  the  three  who  were 

princes  among  the  thirty,  went  down  and  came  to 

David   in  the   harvest  time  into   the   cave  of  Odol- 

lim:    and    the  camp  ol    the    Philistines   was  in   the 

\ alley  of  the  giants. 

14  And  David  was  thru  in  a  hold  :  and  there 
w  is  a  garrison  of  the  Philistines  then  in  Bethle- 
hem. 

15  And  David  longed,  and  said  :  O  that  some 
man  would  aire  me  a  drink  of  the  water  out  ol 
the  cistern,  that  is  in  Methlelieui  by  the  gate. 

Itj  Ami  the  three  valiant  nun  broke  throimh  the 
eamp  of  the  Philistines,  and  drew  water  out  of  the 
eistern  of  Bethlehem,  that  was  hv  the  gate,  and 
brought  it  to  David:  hut  he  would  not  drink,  but  of- 
fered it  to  the  Lord, 

17  Saying:  The  Lord  he  merciful  to  me,  that  1 
may  not  do  this:  shall  I  drink  the  blood  of  these 
men  that  went,  and  the  peril  of  their  lives'  therefore 
be  would  not  drink.  These  things  did  these  three 
mighty  men. 

Musai  also  the  brother  of  .loah  the  son  of  Sal- 
via, was  chief  among  three:  and  be  lifted  up  his 
spear  against  three  hundred,  whom  he  slew:  and  he 
was  renowned  BflOOng  the  three. 

19  And  the  noblest  of  time,  and  was  their  thief: 
but  to  the  three  first  he  attained  not. 

20  And  Banaias  the  son  of  Joiada  a  most  valiant 
man,  of  meat  deeds,  ofCabscel:  he  slew  the  two 
lions  of  Moab:  and  he  went  down,  and  slett  a  lion 
in  the  midst  of  a  pit,  in  the  time  of  snow  . 

21  He  also  slew  an  Egyptian,  a  man  worthy  to 
be  ;i  sight,  baring  a  spear  in  his  hand  :  but  he  went 
down  to  him  with  a  rod,  and  forced  the  spear  out  of 
the  hand  of  the  Egyptian,  and  slew  him  with  his 
o\v  ii  spear. 

22  These  things  did  Banaias  the  son  of  Joiada. 

23  And  he  in//;  renowned  anions  ike  three  va- 
liant men,  who  wore  the  most  honourable  among 
the  thirty:  but  he  attained  not  to  the  liist  three:  and 
I  >.u  id  made  him  of  his  privy  council. 

24  Asael  the  brother  of  .loah  was  one  of  the 
thim.   I'.lehanan  the  son  of  Dodo  of  Bethlehem, 

Scminaof  llatodi,  Rlica  of  Harodi. 

16  lleles  of  Phalli,  llira  the  son  of  Acres  of 
Thecua, 

Uue/.er  of  Anathoth.  Mobonnai  ofllusati, 
Selmon  the    Ahohite,  Maharai  the  Netopha- 
thite, 


29  Heled  the  son  ofBaana,  aire  ■  \<  fw  hathrte, 

I  thai  the  son  of  Hiliai  ol  (iabaath  ol  the  children  of 

lit  njamin, 

30  Banaia  the  I'haratlionite,  lleddai  of  the  tor- 
rem  Gaaa, 

31  Abialbonthe  Arbathite,  A/.maveth  of  Ibromi, 

32  Kliahaof  Salaboui.  The  Sons  of  Jaaaea,  Jona- 
than. 

33  Scmma  of  Orori,  Aliannhe  son  of  Savsjf  the 
Arorite, 

34  Kliphclct  the  son  of  AasfJW  the  son  of  Macha- 
ti,  Kliainthc  son  of  Achitophel  the  (ielonitc, 

35  llesrai of  Carmel,  Pbarai  of  Arh'r, 

•  ■!'•  L.ial  the  son  ol  .Nathan  ol  Sobs,  I ^ . 1 1 1 1 i  of 
(iadi, 

37  Selec  of  Ammoni,  Naharai  the  Berothite,  ar- 
mour-bearer of  Joab  the  son  of  Sar\  la, 

38  Ira  the  Jethrite,  Garcbalsoa    Jethiile, 

39  Urias  the  Hethite;  thirty  and  seven  in  all. 

CHAT.  XXIV. 

David numbcrrth  the  jtrojih  :   Hod  sendt  th  a  pestilence,  trhich  it 
tUipt  by  Durid's  prayer  and  sacrifice. 

\  ND  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  Bgauj  kindled 
•*"*-  against  Israel,  and  stirred  Up*  David  among 
them,  saving:  Go,  number  Israel  and.luda. 

2  And  the  kin«  s;ii<l  to  Joab  the  general  of  his 
army  :  Go  through  all  the  tribes  of  Israel  from  I  );ui 
to  Bersabee :  and  number  ye  the  people,  that  I  mav 
know   the  number  of  tin  m. 

3  And  Joab  said  to  the  kin:::  The  Lord  thy  God 
increase  thy  people,  and  make  them  as  many  n 

as  they  are  now  :  and  again  multiply  them  a  hun- 
dred-fold in  the  sight  of  my  lord  the  kin:::  hut 
what  ineaneth  my  lord  the  king  by  this  kind  oi 
thing? 

4  But  the  king's  words  prevailed  over  the  words 
of  Joab,  and  of  the  captains  of  the  arniv  :  and  Juab, 
and  the  captains  of  the  soldiers  went  out  from  the 
presence  of  the  king,  to  number  the  people  of  Is- 
rael. 

5  And  when  they  had  passed  the  Jordan,  they 
came  to  Aroer  to  the  right  side  of  the  city ,  w  Inch  is 
in  the  vale  of  Gad. 

6  And  by  .Inzer  they  passed  into  (ialaad.  and  to 
the  lower  land  ofllodsi:and  they  came  into  the 
woodlands  of  Dan.      And  going  about  bj  Sidon, 

7  They  passed  near  the  walls  of  Tvre,  and  all 
the  land  of  the  llevite,  and  the  Chanaanite,  and 
tin  \  came  to  the  south  of  Juda  into  Bcrsahee: 

8  And  having  gone  through  the  whole  land,  af- 
ter nine  mouths  and  twentv  days,  thev  came  to  Jeru- 
salem. 

9  And  Joab  gave  up  the  sum  of  the  Dumber  of 

the  people  to  the  kin;:  :  and  there  were  found  of  Is- 
rael eight  hundred  thousand  valiant  men  thai  dn  w 
the  sword;  and  of  Juda  live  bundled  thousand  light- 
ing men. 

10  Hut   David's  heart  struck  him,  after  the  people 


•  Stitrti  up ,  Ift-     Tint  ttirrtmf  up  was  not  the  dnin£  of  God.  but  ol 
Satan;  as  it  u  expmah  declared  1  Ckrm.  xxL  I. 


CHAP.  1. 


were  numbered  :*  and  David  said  to  the  Lord:  1 
have  sinned  very  much  in  what  I  have  done  :  hut 
I  pray  thee,  0  Lord,  to  take  away  the  iniquity  of 
thy  servant,  because  [  have  done  exceeding  fool- 
ishly. 

11  And  David  arose  in  the  morning:  and  the 
word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Gad  the  prophet  and  the 
seer  of  David,  saying  : 

12  Go,  and  say  t(T  David:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  : 
1  give  thee  thy  choice  of  three  things:  choose  one  of 
them  which  thou  wilt,  that  I  may  do  it  to  thee. 

13  And  when  Gad  was  come  to  David,  he  told 
him,  saying:  Either  seven  years  of  famine  shall 
come  to  thee  in  thy  land:  or  thou  shalt  flee  three 
months  Itefore  thy  adversaries,  and  they  shall  pur- 
sue thee:  or  for  three  days  there  shall  be  a  pesti- 
lence in  thy  land.  Now  therefore  deliberate,  and 
see  what  answer  I  shall  return  to  him  that  sent  me. 

14  And  David  said  to  Gad:  I  am  in  a  great 
strait:  but  it  is  better  that  I  should  fall  into  the 
tiands  of  the  Lord  (for  his  mercies  are  many)  than 
into  the  hands  of  men. 

15  And  the  Lord  sent  a  pestilence  upon  Israel, 
from  the  morning  unto  the  time  appointed  :  and 
there  died  of  the  people  from  Dan  to  Bersabee 
seventy  thousand  men. 

16  And  when  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  had  stretched 
out  his  hand  over  Jerusalem  to  destroy  it,  the  Lord 
had  pity  on  the  affliction;  and  said  to  the  Angel  that 
slew  the  people:  It  is  enough  :  now  hold  thy  hand. 
And  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  was  by  the  thrashing- 
floor  of  Areuna  the  Jehusite. 

*  Datid's  heart  slrttck  Aim  after  the  people  were  numbered.  That  is,  he 
was  towelled  with  a  great  remorse  for  the  vanity  aad  pride  which  had 
\nX  hint  upon  numbering  the  people. 


17  And  David  said  to  the  Lord,  when  he  saw  the 
Angel  striking  the  people:  It  is  I,  I  am  he  that  have 
sinned;  I  have  done  wickedly :  these  that  are  the 
sheep,  what  have  they  done?  let  thy  hand,  1  besctch 
thee,  be  turned  against  nie,  and  against  my  father's 
house. 

18  And  Gad  came  to  David  that  day,  and  said: 
Go  up,  and  build  an  altar  to  the, Lord  in  the  thrash- 
ing floor  of  Areuna  the  Jehusite. 

19  And  David  went  up  according  to  the  word  of 
Gad,  which  the  Lord  had  commanded  him. 

20  And  Areuna  looked,  and  saw  the  king  and 
his  servants  coming  towards  him  : 

21  And  going  out  he  worshipped  the  king,  bow- 
ing with  his  face  to  the  earth,  and  said  :  Wherefore 
is  my  lord  the  king  come  to  his  servant?  And  David 
said  to  him :  To  buy  the  thrashing  floor  of  thee,  and 
build  an  altar  to  the  Lord,  that  the  plague,  which 
rageth  among  the  people,  may  cease. 

22  And  Areuna  said  to  David:  Let  my  lord  the 
king  take,  and  offer,  as  it  seemeth  good  to  him :  thou 
hast  here  oxen  for  a  holocaust,  and  the  wain,  and 
the  yokes  of  the  oxen  for  wood. 

23  All  these  things  Areuna  as  a  king  gave  to  the 
king:  and  Areuna  said  to  the  king:  The  Lord  thy 
God  receive  thy  vow. 

24  And  the  king  answered  him,  and  said  :  Nay, 
but  I  will  buy  it  of  thee  at  a  price ;  and  I  will  not 
offer  to  the  Lord  my  God  holocausts  free-cost.  So 
David  bought  the  floor,  and  the  oxen,  for  fifty  sides 
of  silver: 

25  And  David  built  there  an  altar  to  the  Lord, 
and  offered  holocausts  and  peace-offerings:  and  the 
Lord  became  merciful  to  the  land;  and  the  plague 
was  stayed  from  Israel. 


THE  THIRD  BOOK  OF  KINGS. 


This  and  the.  following  book  are  called  by  the  holy  fathers  the. 
third  and  fourth  book  of  King's  ;  but  by  the  Hebrews  the  first 
and  second.  They  contain  the  history  of  the.  kingdoms  of  Is- 
rael and  Juda,from  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  Solomon,  to 
the  captivity.  As  to  the  tcriter  of  these  books,  it  seems  most  pro- 
bable they  were  not  written  by  one  man,  nor  at  one  time  :  but  as 
there  was  alt  along  a  succession  of  prophets  in  Israel,  who  re- 
corded, by  divine  inspiration,  the  most  remarkable,  things  that 
happened  in  their  days,  these  books  seem  to  have  been  written 
by  these  prophets.  See  2  Para/ipomenon,  alias  2  Chronicles 
ix.  29-  xii.  15.  xiii.  22.  xx.  34.  xxvi.  22.  xxxii.  32. 

CHAP.  I. 

King  David  groining  old,  Abisag  a  Sunamitcss  is  brought  to 
him.  Adonias  pretending  to  reign,  Nathan  and  Bethsabee 
obtain  that  Solomon  should  be  declared  and  anointed  king. 

TVTOW  king  David  was  old,  and  advanced  in 
-*-  '  years  :  and  when  he  was  covered  with  clothes, 
he  was  not  warm. 

2  His  servants  therefore  said  to  him:  Let  us 
seek  for  our  lord  the  king  a  young  virgin  ;  and  let 
her  stand  before  the  king,  and  cherish  him,  and 
sleep  in  his  bosom,  and  warm  our  lord  the  king. 


3  So  they  sought  a  beautiful  young  woman  in  all 
the  coasts  of  Israel :  and  they  found  Abisag  a  Sun- 
amitess,  and  brought  her  to  the  king. 

4  And  the  damsel  was  exceeding  beautiful :  and 
she  slept  with  the  king,  and  served  him;  but  the 
king  did  not  know  her. 

5  And  Adonias  the  son  of  Haggith  exalted  him- 
self, saying:  I  will  be  king.  And  he  made  himself 
chariots  and  horsemen,  and  fifty  men  to  run  before 
him. 

6  Neither  did  his  father  rebuke  him  at  any  time, 
saying  :  Why  hast  thou  done  this  ?  And  he  also  was  * 
very  beautiful,  the  next  in  birth  after  Absalom. 

7  And  he  conferred  with  Joab  the  son  of  Sarvia, 
and  with  Abiathar  the  priest,  who  furthered  Ado- 
nias's  side. 

8  But  Sadoc  the  priest,  and  Banaias  the  son  of 
Joiada,  and  Nathan  the  prophet,  and  Semei,  and 
Rei,  and  the  strength  of  David's  army  was  not  with 
Adonias. 

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III.  KINGS. 


9  And  Adonias  having  slain   rams  and'eah 
and  all  fat  cattle   bj  the  stone  of  Zoheleth,  which 
was  mar  the  toti iit:iiii  Rogel,  invited  all  his  brethren 

the  kind's  mhi.s,  ami  ail  llie  men  ol  Juda  the  king's 

St  rvants  • 

K»  BittNathan  the  prophet, and  Banaias,andallthe 
valiant  men,  and  Solomon  his  brother  be  invited  nee 

II  And  Nathan  said  to  Bethsabee  the.  mother  of 
Solomon  :  Hast  thou  not  beard  thai  Adonias  iheson 
of  Ffagcith  reignetb,  and  our  lord  David  knoweth  it 
not  ? 

I J  Now  then  come,  take  my  coonsel,  and  save 

thy  life,  and  the  lit*-  of  tin  son  Solomon 

13  Go.  and  gel  thee  into  king  David,  and  say  to 
him:  Didst  thou  not,  my  lord  Oking,  swear  to  me 

thy  handmaid,  saying:  Solomon  lliv  son  shall  n  ign 
alter  nn',  and  he  shall  sit  in  my  throne  ?  whj  then 
doth  Adoni.is  reign  ? 

1 V  And  while  thou  art  yet  speaking  there  with 
the  kiim,  I  will  come  in  alter  thee,  and  will  fill  up 
thy  words. 

I")  So  Bethsabee  went  in  to  the  kin.:  into  the 
chamber:  eon  the  kin^  was  rery  old;  and  Abisag 
the  Sunamitesa  ministered  to  him. 

Iti  Bethsabei  bowed  herself,  and  worshipped  the 
kins.     And  the  king  said  to  her:    What  is  thy  w  ill  r 

17  She  answered  and  said:  My  lord,  thou  didst 
swear  to  thy  handmaid  by  the  Lord  tin  God,  say- 
ing: Solomon  thy  son  shall  reign  after  me  ;  and  he 
shall  sit  on  mv   throne. 

18  And  behold,  now  Adonias  rcigneth:  and 
thou,  my  lord  the  king,  know  est  nothing  of  it. 

19  He  hath  killed  oxen,  and  all  fat  cattle,  and 
many  rams,  and  invited  all  the  kind's  sons,  and 
Ahiathar  the  priest,  and  Joah  the  general  of  the 
army;  hut  Solomon  thy  servant  he  imited  not. 

20  Ami  now  my  lord,  Oking,  the  eves  of  all  Is- 
!  are  upon  thee,  that  thou  sbouldsi  tell  them  who 

shall  sit  on  thy  throne,  mv   lord  the  king,  after  thee. 

21  Otherwise  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  nay 
lord  the  king  slecpeth  with  his  lathers,  that  I  and 
iny  son  Solomon  shall  be  counted  olfenders. 

22  As  she  was  yet  speaking hi  ith  the  king,  Nathan 

the  prophet  came. 

23  And  they  told  the  king,  saving:  Nathan  the 
prophet  is  here.  And  when  he  was  come  in  before 
the  king,  and  had  worshipped,  how  in:;  down  to  the 
ground, 

21  Nathan    said  :    My  lord,    ()    king,  hast    thou 
!:   Let  kdopiaa  reign  after  me,  and  lei  him  ail 
upon  mv  t In i ii , 

nise  he    is  gone  down  to-day.   and    hath 

killed  oxen,  and  fatlingS,  and  many  rams,  and  invit- 

»ed  all  the  kind's  sons,  and  the  captains  ol  the  army, 

and  Ahiathar    the   priest  :  and   they   are  eating   and 

drinking  before  him,  and   saying:   God  save  king 

Adonias  : 

26  Hut  me  tin  servant,  and  Sadoc  the  priest,  and 

li.iuaias  die  son  of  Joiada,  and  Solomon  thy  servant, 
he  hath  not  invited. 

*J7  Is  this  word  eome  out  from  my  lord  the  kinc, 
and  hast  thou  not  told  me  thy  servant  w  ho  should  sii 
on  the  throne  of  my  lord  the  king  alter  him  ? 

sso 


28  And  kin.:  David  answered,  and  said  :  fall  ta 
me  Bethsabee.  And  when  she  was  COBM9  in  to 
the  kin^.  and  Stood  before  him, 

29  The  king  BWOre,  and  said  :  As  the  Lord  livcth, 
w  ho  hath  di  livi  red  my  soul  out  of  all  distress. 

30  Even  as  1  swore  to  thee  hy  the  l.oid  the 
Godof  Israel, saying:  Solomon  thy  sou  shall  rei^u 
after  me,  and  he  shall  sit  upon  my  throne  in  my 
Stead,  so  w  ill  I  do  this  day. 

31  And  Bethsabee  bowing  with  her  faee  to  the 
earth,  worshipped  the  king,  saving:  May  my  lord 
I  )av  id  live  for  ev<  r. 

32  King  David  also  said:  Call  me  Sadoc  the 
priest,  and  Nathan  the  prophet,  and  llanaias  the 
son  of  Joiada.   And  when  the)  were  come  in  before 

the  king, 

33  lie  said  to  them:  Take  with  you  the  s<  r- 
vants  of  your  lord,  and  set  my  son  Solomon  upon 
my  mule:  and  bring  him  to  Gihon. 

34  And  let  Sadoc  the  priest,  and  Nathan  the 
prophet  anoint  him  there  king  over  Israel:  and  you 
shall  sound  the  trumpet,  and  shall  say  :  God  siu' 
king  Solomon. 

35  And  you  shall  come  up  after  him:  and  he 
shall  eome,  and  shall  sit  upon  my  throne:  and  he 
shall  reign  in  my  stead:  and  I  will  appoint  him  to 
be  ruler  over  Israel  and  over  Juda^ 

36  And  Banaiai  the  son  of  Joiada  answered  the 
king,  saying :  Amen:  so  say  the  Lord  the  God  of 
my  lord  the  king. 

37  As  the  Lord  hath  been  with  my  lord  the  kin:;. 
so  he  he  With  Solomon,  and  make  his  throne  higher 
than  the  throne  of  my  lord  king  David. 

38  So  Sadoc  the  priest,  and  Nathan  the  prophet 
went  down,  and  Banaias  the  son  ol  Joiada,  and  (he 
Cercthi,  and  l'helelhi:  and  they  set  Solomon  upon 
the  mule  of  king  David,  and  brought  him  to  Gi- 
hon. 

39  And  Sadoc  the  priest  took  a  horn  of  oil  nut 
of  the  tabernacle,  and  anointed  Solomon:  and  they 
sounded  the  trumpet,  and  all  the  people  said  :  (mm! 
save  king  Solomon. 

40  And  all  the  multitude  went  up  after  him:  and 
the  people  played  with  pipes,  and  rejoiced  with  a 
great  joy:  and  the  earth  rang  with  the  noise  of 
their  cry. 

il  And  Adonias.  and  all  that  weir  invitii!  hy 
him  heard  it,  and  now  the  feast  was  at  an  end: 
Joah  also  hearing  the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  said  : 
What  incaneth  this  noise  of  the  city   in  an  uproar? 

I.'  While  he  vet  spoke,  Jonathan  the  son  of 
Ahiathar  the  priest  came:  And  Adonias  said  to 
him  :  Come  in,  because  thou  art  a  valiant  man.  ami 
bringest  good  new  s. 

I ■'<  \iid  Jonathan  answered  Adonias:  Not  BO  : 
for  our  lord  king  David  hath  appointed  Solomon 
king, 

\\  And  hath  sent  with  him  Sadoc  the  priest,  and 
Nathan  the  prophet,  and  Hanaias  the  son  of  Joiada, 
and  the  Cercthi,  and  Plu  lethi :  and  they  have  s,  | 
him  upon  the  kind's  mule. 

i     \nd  Sadoc    the   pri<  sf,  and  Nathan    the   pro- 
phet   have  anointed  him    king   in  Gihon:   and    they 


CHAP.  II. 


are  gone  up  from  thence  rejoicing,  so  that  the  city 
tang  again  :  this  is  the  noise  that  you  have  heard. 

4li  Moreover  Solomon  sitteth  upon  the  throne  of 
the  kingdom. 

47  And  the  king's  servants  going  in,  have  blessed 
our  lord  king  David,  saying  :  May  God  make  the 
name  of  Solomon  greater  than  thy  name,  and  make 
his  throne  greater  than  thy  throne.  And  the  king 
adored  in  his  bed: 

48  And  he  said:  Blessed  be  the  Lord  the  God 
of  Israel,  who  hath  given  this  day  one  to  sit  on  my 
throne,  my  eyes  seeing  it. 

49  Then  all  the  guests  of  Adonias  were  afraid  : 
and  they  all  arose,  and  every  man  went  his  way. 

50  And  Adonias  fearing  Solomon,  arose,  and 
went,  and  took  hold  on  the  horn  of  the  altar. 

51  And  they  told  Solomon,  Saying :  Behold, 
Adonias,  fearing  king  Solomon,  hath  taken  hold  of 
the  horn  of  the  altar,  saying :  Let  king  Solomon 
swear  to  me  this  day,  that  he  will  not  kill  his  ser- 
vant with  the  sword. 

52  And  Solomon  said :  If  he  be  a  good  man, 
there  shall  not  so  much  as  one  hair  of  his  head  fall 
to  the  ground  :  but  if  evil  be  found  in  him,  he  shall 
die. 

53  Then  king  Solomon  sent  and  brought  him  out 
from  the  altar :  and  going  in  he  worshipped  king 
Solomon:  and  Solomon  said  to  him:  Go  to  thy 
house. 

CHAP.  II. 

David,  after  giving  Ms  last  charge  to  Solomon,  dielh.  Adonias 
is  put  to  death :  Abiathar  is  banished :  Joab  and  Semei  are 
slain. 

AND  the  days  of  David  drew  nigh  that  he  should 
die:  and  he  charged  his  son  Solomon,  saying: 

2  I  am  going  the  way  of  all  flesh:  take  thou 
courage,  and  show  thou  thyself  a  man. 

3  And  keep  the  charge  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to 
walk  in  his  ways,  and  observe  his  ceremonies,  and 
his  precepts,  and  judgments,  and  testimonies,  as  it 
is  written  in  the  law  of  Moses:  that  thou  mayst  un- 
derstand all  thou  doest,  and  whithersoever  thou  shalt 
turn  thyself: 

4  That  the  Lord  may  confirm  his  words,  which 
he  hath  spoken  of  me,  saying  :  If  thy  children  shall 
take  heed  to  their  ways,  and  shall  walk  before  me 
in  truth,  with  all  their  heart,  and  with  all  their  sotd, 
there  shall  not  be  taken  away  from  thee"  a  man  on 
the  throne  of  Israel. 

5  Thou  knowest  also  what  Joab*  the  son  of 
Sai  via  hath  done  to  me ;  what  he  did  to  the  two 
captains  of  the  army  of  Israel,  to  Abner  the  son  of 
Ner,  and  to  Amasa  the  son.  of  Jether,  whom  he  slew, 
and  shed  the  blood  of  war  in  peace,  and  put  the 
blood  of  war  on  his  girdle  that  was  about  his  loins, 
and  in  his  shoes  that  were  on  his  feet. 

6  Do  therefore  according  to  thy  wisdom,  and  let 
not  his  hoary  head  go  down  to  hellf  in  peace. 

7  But  show  kindness  to  the  sons  of  Berzellai  the 

*  Joab.  These  instructions  (riven  by  David  to  his  son,  with  relation 
to  Joab  and  Semei,  proceeded  not  from  any  rancour  of  heart,  or  private 
pi()un,  hut  from  a  zeal  for  justice  that  crimes  so  public  and  heinous 
might  not  pass  unpunished 


Galaadite,  and  let  them  eat  at  thy  table :  for  they 
met  me  when  I  fled  from  the  face  of  Absalom  thy 
brother. 

8  Thou  hast  also  with  thee  Semei  the  son  of 
Gera,  the  son  of  Jetnini  of  Bahurim,  who  cursed  me 
with  a  grievous  curse,  when  I  went  to  the  camp ; 
but  because  he  came  down  to  meet  me  w  hen  I  pas- 
sed over  the  Jordan,  and  I  swore  to  him  by  the  Lord, 
saying :   I  will  not  kill  thee  with  the  sword  : 

9  Do  not  thou  hold  him  guiltless.  But  thou  art 
a  wise  man,  and  knowest  what  to  do  with  him  :  and 
thou  shalt  bring  down  his  grey  hairs  with  blood  to 
hell. 

10  So  David  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was 
buried  in  the  city  of  David. 

11  And  the  "days  that  David  reigned  in  Israel, 
were  forty  years:  in  Hebron  he  reigned  seven  years ; 
in  Jerusalem  thirty-three. 

12  And  Solomon  sat  upon  the  throne  of  his  father 
David:  and  his  kingdom  was  strengthened  ex- 
ceedingly. 

13  And  Adonias  the  son  of  Haggith  came  to 
Bethsabee  the  mother  of  Solomon.  And  she  said 
to  him  :  Is  thy  coming  peaceable  ?  He  answered  : 
Peaceable. 

14  And  he  added  :  I  have  a  word  to  speak  with 
thee.     She  said  to  him:  Speak.     And  he  said: 

15  Thou  knowest  that  the  kingdom  was  mine, 
and  all  Israel  had  preferred  me  to  be  their  king  :  but 
the  kingdom  is  transferred,  and  is  become  my  bro- 
ther's :  for  it  was  appointed  him  by  the  Lord. 

16  Now  therefore  I  ask  one  petition  of  thee  ;  turn 
not  away  my  face.     And  she  said  to  him  :  Say  on. 

17  And  he  said:  I  pray  thee  speak  to  king  Solo- 
mon (for  he  cannot  deny  thee  any  thing)  to  give  me 
Abisag  the  Sunamitess  to  wife. 

18  And  Bethsabee  said:  Well,  1  will  speak  for 
thee  to  the  king. 

19  Then  Bethsabee  came  to  king  Solomon,  to 
speak  to  him  for  Adonias:  and  the  king  arose  to 
meet  her,  and  bowed  to  her,  and  sat  down  upon  his 
throne  :  and  a  throne  was  set  for  the  king's  mother  : 
and  she  sat  on  his  right  hand. 

20  And  she  said  to  him  :  I  desire  one  small  peti- 
tion of  thee  ;  do  not  put  me  to  confusion.  And  the 
king  said  to  her :  My  mother  ask  :  for  I  must  not 
turn  away  thy  face. 

21  And  she  said  :  Let  Abisag  the  Sunamitess  be 
given  to  Adonias  thy  brother  to  wife. 

22  And  king  Solomon  answered,  and  said  to  his 
mother:  Why  dost  thou  ask  Abisag  the  Sunamitess 
for  Adonias?  ask  for  him  also  the  kingdom  :  for  he 
is  my  elder  brother,  and  hath  Abiathar  the  priest,  and 
Joab  the  son  of  Sarvia. 

23  Then  king  Solomon  swore  by  the  Lord,  saying: 
So  and  so  may  God  do  to  me,  and  add  more,  if 
Adonias  hath  not  spoken  this  word  against  his  own 
life. 

24  And  now  as  the  Lord  liveth,  who  hath  esta- 

f  To  hell.  This  word  hell  doth  not  here  sijrnify  the  place  or  state 
of  damnation ;  but  the  place  and  state  of  the  dead. 


2f!1 


III.  KINGS. 


nlished  me,  and  placed  mo  upon  llic  throne  of 
David  my  rather,  and  who  hath  made  me  ■  house, 
■a  In-  promised,  Monies  shall  I*-  put  to  death  this 
day. 

i    \ad  kin.;  Solomon  ••'•at   by  the   hand   <>l    Ma- 
il of  Joiada.  who  dew  him,  and  he  died. 

26  And  the  kiim  said  also  to  tbiathar  the  priest: 
Goto  ViMfhoth  to  thy  lands;  lor  indeed  thou  art 
Worthy  of  death:  l>nt  I  will  not  at  this  time  put  thee 
to  death,  because  thou  didst  carry  the  ark  of  the  Lord 
God  before  David  m?  lather,  and  hast  endured 
trouble  in  all  the  troubles  mv  lather  endured. 

27  So  Solomon  east  out  Abiathar,  from  being  the 
priest  of  the  Lord,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord  might 
Ik.*  fulfilled,  which  he  spoke  concerning  the  house 
of  Heli  in  Silo. 

28  And  the  news  came  to  Joab,  because  Joah 
had  turned  after  Adonias,  nod  had  not  turned  after 
Solomon  :  ami  Joab  lied  into  the  tabernacle  of  the 
Lord,  and  took  hold  on  the  horn  of  the  altar. 

29  And  it  was  told  kins  Solomon,  that  Joab  was 
fled  into  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord,  and  was  by  the 
altar:  and  Solomon  sent  Banaias  the  son  of  Joiada, 
- 1\  ing:  ( '">,  kill  him. 

•  ><>  Ami  Banaias  came  to  the  tabernacle  of  the 
Lord,  and  said  to  him  :  Thussaith  the  king:  Come 
forth.  And  he  said:  I  will  not  come  forth:  but  here 
I  Will  die.  Banaias  brought  word  hack  to  the  kinii, 
saying:  Tims  saith  Joah.  and  thus  he  answered  me. 

31  \nd  the  king  said  to  him :  Do  as  he  hath  said: 
and  kill  him,  and  bury  him:  and  thou  shall  remove 
the  innocent  blood  which  hath  been  shed  by  Joab, 
from  me,  and  from  the  house  of  my  father. 

32  \u  I  the  Lord  shall  return  his  blood  upon  his 
own  head,  because  he  murdered  two  men.  just  ami 
better  than  himself:  and  slew  them  with  the  sword, 
mv  father  David  not  knowing  it,  Abner  the  son  of 
Ner,  general  of  the  armv  of  Israel,  and  Amasa  the 
son  of  .lether,  general  of  the  armv  of  Juda. 

\ud  their  blood  shall  return  upon  the  head  of 
Joab,  and  upon  the  head  of  his  seed  forever.  But 
to  David,  and  his  seed,  and  his  house,  and  to  his 
throne,  be  pence  for  ever  from  the  Lord. 

So  Banaias  the  son  of  Joiada  went  up.  and 
setting  upon  him  slew  him:  and  he  was  buried  in 
his  house  in  the  desert. 

\nd  the  king  ■ppohtted  Banaias  the  son  of 
Joiada  in  his  room  over  the  armv:  and  Sadoc  the 
priest  he  put  in  the  place  of  Abiathar. 

.'>''>  The  king  also  sent,  ami  called  for  Semei,  and 
said  to  him:  Build  thee  a  house  hi  Jerusalem,  and 
d\\  c||  there:  and  go  not  out  Iron  thence  anv  whither. 

87  For  on  what  day  soever  than  shall  go  out, 

and  sh  dt  pass  over  the  hrook  Cedron,  know  that 
thou  shah  be  put  to  death  :  thy  Mood  shall  be  upon 
thy  own  head  : 

\nd  Semei  said  to  the  kins:  The  saving ia 
I :  as  mv  lord  the  kins  hath  said,  so  will  tliv  ser- 
\  mt  do.      And    Semei    dwelt    in    Jerusalem   main 
days. 


Higk  pltrn      That  iv  altar*  whnrr  IIk-v  wnrthipiwd  IbS  t^inl.  Iml 
linir  Inthr  ■•  .film  law;    which  allnwi-d  tt Ml 

for  MoriBoe  but  tin' i'ii>|>l<' •<<" '•"<      Amour  tbeae  high  i>l 


39  And  it  came  to  pass  after  tnree  years,  that  the 
Servants  of  Semei   ran   away   to   Achis   the  son    of 

Maacha  the  king  of  Geth :  and  it  was  told  Semei, 
that  his  servants  were  gone  to  Goth. 

U>  And  Semei  arose,  and  saddled  his  ass,  and 
went  to  Achis  to  Geth,  to  seek  his  servants  :  and  lie 
brought  them  out  of  Geth. 

41  And  it  was  told  Solomon  that  Semei  had 
gone  from  Jerusalem  to  Geth,  and  was  come  back. 

42  And  sending  he  called  for  him.  and  said  to 
him:  Did  I  not  protest  to  tine  by  the  Lord,  and  tell 
thee  before:  On  what  day  soever  thou  shall  go  out, 
and  walk  abroad  any  whither,  know  that  thou  shall 
die?  And  thou  answeredst  me:  The  word  that  I 
have  heard  is  good. 

43  Why  then  hast  thou  not  kept  the  oath  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  commandment  that  I  laid  upon  thee? 

4V  And  the  king  said  to  Semei:  Thou  .know est 
all  the  evil,  of  which  thy  heart  is  conscious,  which 
thou  didst  to  David  my  father:  the  Lord  hath  re- 
turned thy  wickedness  upon  thy  own  head  : 

45  And  kin:;  Solomon  shall  Ik-  blessed:  and  the 
throne  of  David  shall  be  established  before  the  Lord 
for  ever. 

46  So  the  king  commanded  Banaias  the  son  of 
Joiada :  and  he  went  out,  and  struck  him  :  and  he 
died. 

CHAP.  III. 

Solomon  marrirth  Pharao's  iliiusihtrr.  Jfr  sarn 'fires  in  Clnhaon  i 
in  the  choice  rrhich  doit  truer  him,  he  fireft  rrdh  malum.  Hit 
wise  judgment  between  the  two  horlott. 

A  ND  the  kingdom  was  established  in  the  hand 
-^*-  of  Solomon:  and  he  made  affinity  with  IMia- 
rao  the  king  of  Egypt  •"  for  he  took  his  daughter,  and 
brought  her  into  the  city  of  I  >avid  until  he  had  made 
an  end  of  building  his  own  house,  and  the  house  ot 
the  Lord,  and  the  wall  of  Jerusalem  round  about. 

2  But  yet  the  people  sacrificed  in  the  high 
placefl  :*  for  there  was  no  temple  built  to  the  name 
of  the  Lord  until  that  day. 

3  And  Solomon  loved  the  Lord,  walking  in  the 
precepts  of  David  his  father;  only  he  sacrificed  in 
the  high  places,  and  burnt  incense. 

4  He  went  therefore  to  Gabaon,  to  sacrifice  there : 
for  that  was  the  great  high  place:  a  thousand  victims 
for  holocausts  did  Solomon  offer  upon  that  altar  in 

Gabaon. 

5  And  the  Lord  appeared  to  Solomon  in  a  dream 
Ivy  night,  saying:  Ask  what  thou  wilt  (hat  I  should 
give  thee. 

6  And  Solomon  said:  Thou  hast  shewn  great 
mercy  to  thy  servant  David  my  father,  even  as  he 
walked  before  thee  in  truth,  and  justice,  ami  an 
upright  heart  with  thee:  and  thou  hast  kept  thv 
great  mercy  for  him,  and  hast  given  him  a  son  to  sit 
on  his  throne,  as  it  is  this  day. 

7  And  now,  O  Lord  God,  thou  hast  made  thy 
servant  king  instead  of  David  mv  lather  :  and  I  am 
but  a  child,  and  know  not  how  to  go  out  and 
come  in. 

iii.it  nf  Caba»n  wa»  the  chiefest,  became  there  »«  tb<  !r  >t 

(he  teatimonv,  which  bad  been  remove il  from  Silo  in  .Nobc,  and  (Vrtn 
Nobe  to  Gabaoji. 


CHAP.  IV. 


8  And  thy  servant  is  in  the  midst  of  the  people 
which  thou  hast  chosen,  an  immense  people,  which 
cannot  be  numbered  nor  counted  tor  multitude. 

9  Give  therefore  to  thy  servant  an  understanding 
heart,  to  judge  thy  people,  and  discern  between 
good  and  evil.  For  who  shall  be  able  to  judge  this 
people  thy  people  which  is  so  numerous. 

10  And  the  word  was  pleasing  to  the  Lord  that 
Solomon  had  asked  such  a  thing. 

11  And  the  Lord  said  to  Solomon:  Because  thou 
hast  asked  this  thing,  and  bast  not  asked  for  thy- 
self long  life  nor  riches,  nor  the  lives  of  thy  enemies, 
but  hast  asked  for  thyself  wisdom  to  discern  judg- 
ment, 

12  Behold,  I  have  done  for  thee  according  to  thy 
words,  and  have  given  thee  a  wise  and  understand- 
ing heart ;  insomuch  that  there  hath  been  no  one 
like  thee  before  thee,  nor  shall  arise  after  thee. 

13  Yea,  and  the  things  also  which  thou  didst  not 
ask,  I  have  given  thee  :  to  wit,  riches  and  glory,  so 
that  no  one  hath  been  like  thee  among  the  kings  in 
all  days  heretofore. 

14  And  if  thou  wilt  walk  in  my  ways,  and  keep 
my  precepts  and  my  commandments,  as  thy  father 
walked,  I  will  lengthen  thy  days. 

15  And  Solomon  awaked,  and  perceived  that  it 
was  a  dream  :  and  when  he  was  come  to  Jerusalem, 
he  stood  before  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord, 
and  offered  holocausts,  and  sacrificed  victims  of 
peace-offerings,  and  made  a  great  feast  for  all  his 
servants. 

16  Then  there  came  two  women  that  were  har- 
lots, to  the  king,  and  stood  before  him  : 

17  And  one  of  them  said:  I  beseech  thee,  my 
lord,  I  and  this  woman  dwelt  in  one  house ;  and  I 
was  delivered  of  a  child  with  her  in  the  chamber. 

18  And  the  third  day,  after  that  I  was  delivered, 
she  also  was  delivered ;  and  we  were  together,  and 
no  other  person  with  us  in  the  house,  only  we  two. 

19  And  this  woman's  child  died  in  the  night: 
for  in  her  sleep  she  overlaid  him. 

20  And  rising  in  the  dead  time  of  the  night,  she 
took  my  child  from  my  side,  while  I  thy  handmaid 
was  asleep,  and  laid  it  in  her  bosom:  and  laid  her 
dead  child  in  my  bosom. 

21  And  when  I  rose  in  the  morning  to  give  my 
child  suck,  behold,  it  was  dead  :  but  considering 
him  more  diligently  when  it  was  clear  day,  1  found 
that  it  was  not  mine  which  I  bore. 

22  And  the  other  woman  answered  :  It  is  not  so 
as  thou  sayest :  but  thy  child  is  dead,  and  mine  is 
alive.  On  the  contrary  she  said  :  Thou  best :  for 
my  child  liveth ;  and  thy  child  is  dead.  And  in 
this  manner  they  strove  before  the  king. 

23  Then  said  the  king  :  The  one  saith  :  My  child 
is  alive  ;  and  thy  child  is  dead.  And  the  other  an- 
awereth:  Nay,  but  thy  child  is  dead;  and  mine 
liveth. 

24  The  king  therefore  said  :  Bring  me  a  sword. 
And  when  they  had  brought  a  sword  before  the  king, 

•  Mialhar.  By  this  it  appears  that  Abiathar  was  not  altogether  de- 
posed from  the  high-priesthood ;  but  only  banished  to  his  country 


25  Divide,  said  he,  the  living  child  in  two;  and 
give  half  to  the  one,  and  half  to  the  other. 

26  But  the  woman,  whose  child  was  alive,  said 
to  the  king  :  (for  her  bowels  were  moved  upon  her 
child  :)  I  beseech  thee,  my  lord,  give  her  the  child 
alive,  and  do  not  kill  it.  But  the  other  said  :  Let 
it  be  neither  mine  nor  thine,  but  divide  it. 

27  The  king  answered,  and  said :  Give  the  living 
child  to  this  woman,  and  let  it  not  be  killed  ;  for  she 
is  the  mother  thereof. 

28  And  all  Israel  heard  the  judgment  which  the 
king  had  judged  :  and  they  feared  the  king,  seeing 
that  the  wisdom  of  God  was  in  him  to  do  judgment 

CHAP.  IV. 

Solomon's  chief  officers.     His  riches  and  wisdom. 

\  ND  king  Solomon  reigned  over  all  Israel : 
-^*-  2  And  these  were  the  princes  which  he  had  : 
Azarias  the  son  of  Sadoc  the  priest : 

3  Elihoreph,  and  Abia,  the  sons  of  Sisa,  scribes: 
Josaphat  the  son  of  Ahilud,  recorder  : 

4  Banaias  the  son  of  Joiada,  over  the  army  :  and 
Sadoc  and  Abiathar*  priests. 

5  Azarias  the  son  of  Nathan,  over  them  that 
were  about  the  king :  Zabud  the  sou  of  Nathan, 
priest,  the  king's  friend  : 

6  And  Ahisar  governor  of  the  house  :  and  Ado- 
niram  the  son  of  Abda  over  the  tribute. 

7  And  Solomon  had  twelve  governors  over  all 
Israel, who  provided  victuals  for  the  king  and  lor 
his  household :  for  every  one  provided  necessaries, 
each  man  his  month  in  the  year. 

8  And  these  are  their  names :  Benhur,  in  mount 
Ephraim. 

9  Bendecar,  in  Macces,  and  in  Salebim,  and  in 
Bethsames,  and  in  Elon,  and  in  Bethanan. 

10  Benhesed  in  Aruboth:  his  was  Socho,  and 
all  the  land  of  Epher. 

1 1  Benabinadab,  to  whom  belonged  all  Nephath- 
Dor  :  he  had  Tapheth  the  daughter  of  Solomon  to 
wife. 

12  Bana  the  son  of  Ahilud,  who  governed  Tha- 
nac,  and  Mageddo,  and  all  Bethsan,  which  is  by 
Sarthana  beneath  Jezrael,  from  Bethsan  unto  Abel- 
mehula  over-against  Jecmaan. 

13  Bengaber,  in  Ramoth  Galaad :  he  had  the 
towns  of  Jair  the  son  of  Manasses  in  Galaad:  he 
was  chief  in  all  the  country  of  Argob,  which  is  in 
Basan,  threescore  great  cities,  with  walls  and  brazen 
bolts. 

14  Ahinadab  the  son  of  Addo  was  chief  in  Ma- 
naim. 

15  Achimaas  in  Nephtali :  he  also  had  Basematb 
the  daughter  of  Solomon  to  wife. 

16  Baana  the  son  of  Husi,  in  Aser  and  in  Ba- 
loth. 

17  Josaphat  the  son  of  Pharue,  in  Issachar. 

18  Semei  the  son  of  Ela  in  Benjamin. 

19  Gaber  the  son  of  Uri,  in  the  land  of  Galaad,  in 
the  land  of  Sehon  the  king  of  the  Amorrhites  and  of 

house,  and  by  that  means  excluded  from   the  exercise  of  his  func- 
tions. 

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III.  KINGS. 


Or  the   kin::  of  Basan,  overall  that  were  in  that 

land. 

inil.t  unci  Israel  wen  innumerable,  as  the  -and 

of  ili.    s(  .1   in   multitude  ;   catitu  and  drinking,  and 

miim. 

J I  Vinl  Solamon  had  uvaser  him  all  the  king- 
dom! from  the  river*  to  the  land  ol    the  Philistine! 

even  io  the  border  of  Egypt  :  and  thej  brought1  him 

presents,  and  served  him  all  the  days  of  his  life. 

JJ  \inl  the  provision  of  Solomon  for  eaeh  day, 
w  i-  thing  meaMires  of  line  Hour,  and  threescore 
measures  of  meal, 

Ten  fat  oxen,  and  twenty  out  of  the  pastures, 
and  a  hundred  rams,  besides  venison  of  harts,  i 
and  bullies,  and  fatted  fowls. 

lor  he  had  all  the  country  which  wnshevond 
the  river,  from  Thaphsa  to  ( la/.an,  and  all  (he  kim:s 
ol  those  countries  :  and  he  had  peace  on  every  side 
round   about 

\ml  Juda  and  Israel  dwelt  without  any  fear, 
ever?  one  under  his  vine,  and  under  his  fig-tree, 
from  Dan  to  Bersabee,  all  the  days  of  Solomon. 

16  \nd  Solomon  had  forty  thousand  stalls  of 
chariot  home,  and  twelve  thousand  for  tin-  saddle. 

J7  And  the  foresaid  governors  of  the  king  l\t\ 
them  :   and  they  furnished    the   necessaries  also  for 

kin-  Solomon's  table,  with  great  care  in  their  time. 
Ilie\    brought   barley   also  and  straw  for  the 
horses,  and  beasts,  to  the  place  where  the  king  was, 
according  as  it  was  appointed  them. 

_".»  And  God  nave  to  Solomon  wisdom  and  un- 
deisiandinii  exceeding  much,  and  largeness  of  heart 
as  ilo-  sand  that  is  on  the  sea  shore. 

30  And  the  wisdom  of  Solomon  surpassed  the 
wisdom  of  all  the  Orientals,  and  ol  the  Egyptians: 

31  Ami  he  was  wiser  than  all  men:  wiser  than 
Ethan  the  L/.rahitc,  and  lleinan,  and  Chalcol,  and 
Dorda  the  Bona  of  mahol :  and  be  was  renowned  in 
all  nations  round  about. 

Solomon  also  spoke  three  thousand  parables:! 
and  his  poems  were  a  thousand  and  live. 

\iiil  lie  treated  about  trees  from  the  cedar 
that  is  in  Libanus,  unto  the  hyssop  thai  comelhout 
ol   the   wall:   and    he   discoursed  of  beasts,  and   of 

fowls,  and  of  creeping  things,  and  of  fishes. 

34  And  they  came  from  all  nations  to  hear  the 
wisdom  of  Solomon,  and  from  all  the  kings  of  the 
earth,  who  heard  of  his  wisdom. 

(II  \l\    \. 

Hiram  king  of  Tiire  agrnlh  to  furnish  timlxr  anil  tnirkmrn  far 
builtling  tltttmplr:  tin-   mumher  nf  imrkmrn  ami  avirtrrrs. 

AND  Hiram  kin-  of  Tyre  sent  his  servants  to 
lomon  :  for  lie  heard  that  the\  had  anointed 
him  kin-  in  the  room  of  his  father :  for  Hiram  had 
always  been  David's   friend. 

\nd  Solomon  sent  to  Hiram,  saying: 

IIioii    knowest    the    will    of    David  inv    father, 

and  thai  he  could  not  build  a  house  to  the  name  of 

the    Lord    his  God,  because  of  the  wars   that    were 

round  about  him,  until  the  Lord  put  them  under  the 

a  of  h  s  lei  t. 


•  TV  rtW.     r.m*rat«. 

4  TVm  rfcoMi— i  porubltt.  I(e-     Tlieac  work*  arc  all  lo»t,  excptinfrl 

BJM 


\    But  BOW  the  Lord  my  God  hath  given  me  i    <t 
round  abonl  :   and  there  is  no  adversary   not  evil 
currence. 

i  Wherefore  I  purpose  to  build  s  temple  to  the 

name  of  the   Lord    m\    God,  as   ihe    Lord   spoke  ro 

David  niv  father,  saying:  Thj  son.  whom  I  will 
set  upon  the  throne  in  thy  place,  he  shall  build  a 
house  u>  my  name. 

6  Give  orders  therefore  thai  thy  servants  cut  me 
down  cedar  trees  out  of  Libanus  :  and  let  my  scs- 
vants  be  with  thy  servants  :  and  I  w  ill  riff  tbi  e  the 
hire  of  thy  servants  whatsoever  thou  will  ask  :  for 
thou  knowesi  how  there  is  uol  anions  my  people  a 
man  that  has  skill  to  hew  wood  like  to  the  Sidonians. 

7  Now  w  hen  Hiram  had  heard  the  wools  ,  |" 
Solomon,  he  rejoiced  exceedingly,  and  said  :  Mes- 
sed bathe  Lord  God  this  day,  vi  hohatrh  niven  to  David 
a  very  wise  son  over  this  numerous  ppM  le. 

8  And  Hiram  sent  to  Solomon,  saying:  I  have 
heard  all  thon  hast  desired  of  me:  and  I  will  do  all 
thy  desire  concerning  cedar  trees,  and  lirtn  i  s. 

9  My  servants  shall  bring  them  down  from  Lib** 
nus  to  the  sea,  audi  will  put  them  together  in  ioats 
in  the  sea,  and  convey  them  to  the  place,  which 
thou  shalt  signify  to  me;  and  will  land  them  there, 
and  thou  shalt  receive  them:  and  thou  shalt  allow 
me  necessaries,  to  furnish  food  for  my  household. 

10  So  Hiram  nave  Solomon  cedar  trees  and  fir 
trees,  according  to  all  his  desire. 

11  And  Solomon  allowed  Hiram  twenty  thou- 
sand measures  of  wheat,  for  provision  lor  his  house, 
and  twenty  measures  of  the  purest  oil:  thus  gave 
Solomon  to  Hiram  every  vear. 

12  And  the  Lord  gave  wisdom  to  Solomon,  as  he 
promised  him:  and  there  was  peace  between  Hiram 
and  Solomon  :  and  they  two  made  a  league  togetlier. 

13  And  kins  Solomon  chose  workmen  oui  of  all 
Israel ;  and  the  levy  was  of  thirty  thousand  men. 

14  And  he  sent  tin  -in  to  Libanus,  ten  thousand 
every  month  by  turns,  so  that  two  months thej  wcie 
at  homeland  Adoniram  was  aver  this  lew. 

15  And  Solomon  had  seventy  thousand  to  carry 
burdens,  and  eighty  thousand  to  hew  stones  in  (he 
mountain : 

16  Besides  the  overseers  who  were  over  evi  i  v 
work,  in  number  three  thousand,  and  three  hundred 
that  ruled  over  the  people,  and  I  hem  that  did  the  work* 

17  And  the  king  commanded,  that  they  should 
bring  great  Stone*,  COStly  stones,  for  the  foundation 
of  the  temple,  and  should  square  them: 

18  And  the  masons  of  Solomon,  and  the  masons 
of  Hiram  hewed  (hem:  and  the  (iiblians  prepared 
timber  and  stones  to  build  the  house. 

CHAP.  vi. 

The  building  qf  Solomon's  trmpfe. 

AND  it  Came  to  pass  in  the  four  hundred  and 
eightieth  vear  after  the  children  of  Israel  came 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  ill  the  fourth  vear  of  the 
reign  of  Solomon  over  Israel,  in  the  month  Zh>  (the 


•mm  part  of  the  parable*  extant  in  tlw   hook  of  I'ruverb*  ,  and  hit 
cbiaf  puLm  chUed  th«  Canticle  of  Canticle* 


CHAP.  VI. 


same  is  the  second  month,)  he  began  to  build  a  house 
to  the  Lord. 

2  And  the  house,  which  king  Solomon  built  to 
the  Lord,  was  threescore  cubits  in  length,  and  twenty 
cubits  in  breadth,  and  thirty  cubits  in  height. 

3  And  tbere  was  a  porch  before  the  temple,  of 
twenty  cubits  in  length,  according  to  the  measure 
of  the  breadth  of  the  temple:  and  it  was  ten  cubits 
in  breadth  before  the  face  of  the  temple. 

4  And  he  made  in  the  temple  oblique  windows. 

5  And  upon  the  wall*  of  the  temple  he  built  doors 
round  about,}  in  the  walls  of  the  house  round  about 
the  temple  and  the  oracle  :J  and  he  made  sides  round 
about. 

6  The  floor  that  was  underneath,  was  five  cubits 
in  breadth;  and  the  middle  floor  was-  six  cubits  in 
breadth;  and  the  third  floor  was  seven  cubits  in 
breadth.  And  he  put  beams  in  the  house  round 
about  on  the  outside,  that  they  might  not  be  fasten- 
ed in  the  walls  of  the  temple. 

7  And  the  house  when  it  was  in  building,  was 
built  of  stones  hewed  and  made  ready  :§  so  that  there 
was  neither  hammer  nor  axe  nor  any  tool  of  iron 
heard  in  the  house  when  it  was  in  building. 

8  The  door  for  the  middle  side  wason  the  right  hand 
of  the  house:  and  by  winding  stairs  they  went  up  to 
the  middle  room,  and  from  the  middle  to  the  third. 

9  So  he  built  the  house,  and  finished  it:  and  he 
covered  the  house  with  roofs  of  cedar. 

10  And  he  built  a  floor  over  all  the  house  fivecubits  in 
height:  and  he  covered  the  house  with  timber  of  cedar. 

11  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Solomon, 
saying:  ,  ... 

12  This  house,  which  thou  buildest,  if  thou  wilt 
walk  in  my  statutes,  and  execute  my  judgments, 
and  keep  all  my  commandments,  walking  in  them, 
I  will  fulfil  my  word  to  thee,  which  I  spoke  to  Da- 
vid thy  father. 

13  And  I  will  dwell  in  the  midst  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  will  not  forsake  my  people  Israel. 

14  So  Solomon  built  the  house,  and  finished  it. 

15  And  he  built  the  walls  of  the  house  on  the  in- 
side, with  boards  of  cedar,  from  the  floor  of  the  house 
to  the  top  of  the  walls,  and  to  the  roofs,  be  covered 
it  with  boards  of  cedar  on  the  inside  :  and  he  cover- 
ed the  floor  of  the  house  with  planks  of  fir. 

16  And  he  built  up  twenty  cubits  with  boards  of 
cedar  at  the  hinder  part  of  the  temple,  from  the  floor 
to  the  top;  and  made  the  inner  house  of  the  oracle 
to  be  the  Holy  of  Holies. 

17  And  the  temple  itself  before  the  doors  of  the 
oracle  was  forty  cubits  long. 

18  And  all  the  house  was  covered  within  with  ce- 
dar, have  the  turnings,  and  the  joints  thereof  artful- 
ly wrought,  and  carvings  projecting  out:  all  was 
covered  with  boards  of  cedar :  and  no  stone  could 
be  seen  in  the  wall  at  all. 


*  Upon  the  watt,  i.  e.  joining  to  the  wall. 

f  He  built  floors  round  about.  Chambers  or  cells  adjoining  to  the  tem- 
ple, for  the  use  of  the  temple  and  of  the  priests,  so  contrived  as  to  be 
between  the  inward  and  outward  wall  of  the  temple,  in  three  stories, 
one  above  another. 

LI 


19  And  he  made  the  oracle  in  the  midst  of  the 
house,  in  the  inner  part,  to  set  there  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord. 

20  Now  the  oracle  was  twenty  cubits  in  length, 
and  twenty  cubits  in  breadth,  and  twenty  cubits  in 
height.  And  he  covered  and  overlaid  it  with  most 
pure  gold.   And  the  altar  also  he  covered  with  cedar. 

21  And  the  house  before  the  oracle  he  overlaid 
with  most  pure  gold,  and  fastened  on  the  plates  with 
nails  of  gold. 

22  And  there  was  nothing  in  the  temple  that  was 
not  covered  with  gold  :  the  whole  altar  of  the  ora- 
cle he  covered  also  with  gold. 

23  And  he  made  in  the  oracle  two  cherubims  of 
olive-tree,  of  ten  cubits  in  height. 

24  One  wing  of  the  cherub  was  five  cubits,  and 
the  other  wing  of  the  cherub  was  five  cubits : 
that  is,  in  all  ten  cubits,  from  the  extremity  of  one 
wing  to  the  extremity  of  the  other  wing. 

25  The  second  cherub  also  was  ten  cubits:  and 
the  measure,  and  the  work  was  the  same  in  both 
the  cherubims : 

26  That  is  to  say,  one  cherub  was  ten  cubits 
high,  and  in  like  manner  the  other  cherub. 

27  And  he  set  the  cherubims  in  the  midst  of  the 
inner  temple :  and  the  cherubims  stretched  forth  their 
wings  ;  and  the  wing  of  the  one  touched  one  wall ; 
and  the  wing  of  the  other  cherub  touched  the  other 
wall :  and  the  other  wings  in  the  midst  of  the  tem- 
ple touched  one  another. 

28  And  he  overlaid  the  cherubims  with  gold. 

29  And  all  the  walls  of  the  temple  round  about 
he  carved  with  divers  figures  and  carvings:  and  he 
made  in  them  cherubims  and  palm-trees,  and  divers 
representations,  as  it  were  standing  out,  and  coming 
forth  from  the  wall. 

80  And  the  floor  of  the  house  he  also  overlaid 
with  gold  within  and  without. 

31  And  in  the  entrance  of  the  oracle  he  made 
little  doors  of  olive-tree,    and  po.-ts  of  five  corners. 

32  And  two  doors  ot  olive-tree  :  and  he  carved 
upon  them  figures  of  cherubims,  and  figures  of  palm- 
trees,  and  carvings  very  much  projecting;  and  he 
overlaid  them  with  gold:  and  he  covered  both  the 
cherubims  and  the  palm-trees,  and  the  other  things 
with  gold. 

33  And  he  made  in  the  entrance  of  the  temple, 
posts  of  olive-tree  four-square  : 

34  And  two  doors  of  fir-tree,  one  of  each  side 
and  each  door  was  double,  and  so  opened  with  fold- 
ing leaves. 

35  And  he  carved  cherubims,  and  palm-trees, 
and  carved  work  standing  very  much  out :  and  lie 
overlaid  all  with  golden  plates  in  square  work  by 
rule. 

36  And  he  built  the  inner  court  with  three  rows 
of  polished  stones,  and  one  row  of  beams  of  cedar. 

|  The  oracle.  The  inner  temple  or  holy  of  holies,  where  God- gave 
his  oracles. 

{  Made  ready,  fyc.  So  the  stones  for  the  building:  of  God's  eternal 
temple  in  the  heavenly  Jerusalem,  (who  are  the  faithful)  must  first  bo 
hewn  and  polished  here  by  many  trials  and  sufferings,  before  they  can 
be  admitted  to  have  a  place  in  that  celestial  structure. 

265 


III.  KINGS 

37  In  the  fourth  mi  was  the  house  of  the  Lord 
Founded  in  the  month  Zio: 

»Aod  in  ili«-  eleventh  \.ar  in  tin-  month  Bui 
(which  is  the  eighth  month)  tin-  bouse  was  finished 
in  ;ill  tin-  works  thereof,  and  in  all  the  appurtenan- 
ces thereof:  and  he  was  m  rea  years  in  building  it. 

(HAP.  VII. 

Solomon  t  palace,  hit  house  in  the  forest,  and  the  queen's  house  : 
the  tevrk  of  the  tu-o  pillars  :  the  sea  (  or  laver)  and  other  ves- 

MttS, 


AND  Solomon  built  his  own   house  in  thirteen 
-*•-*-  years,  aud  brought  it  to  perfection. 

2  He  built  also  the  boose  of  the  forest  of  Liba- 
mis:  tl„  length oi  it  was  a  IiiiikIk  <l  cubits,  and  the 
breadth  fifti  cubits,  and  the  height  thirty  cubits; 
and  four  galleries  between  pillars  of  cedar:  for  he 
bad  cm  cedar-trees  Into  pillars. 

3  And  lie  covered  the  whole  vault  with  boards  of 
Cedar  ;  and  it  was  held  up  with  five  and  forty  pillars. 
And  one  row  had  fifteen  pillars, 

4  S<t  one  against  another, 

5  And  looking  one  upon  another,  with  equal 
space  between  the  pillars:  and  over  the  pillars  were 
square  beams  in  all  things  equal. 

6  And  he  made  a  porch  of  pillars  of  fifty  cubits 
in  length,  and  thirty  cubits  in  breadth;  and  another 
north  belore  the  greater  porch ;  and  pillars,  and 
chapiters  upon  the  pillars. 

7  He  made  also  the  porch  of  the  throne,  wherein 
is  the  seat  of  judgment;  and  covered  it  with  cedar- 
WOod  from  the  floor  to  the  fop. 

8  And  in  the  midst  of  the  porch,  was  a  small 
house  where  he  sat  in  judgment,  of  the  like  work. 
He  made  also  a  house  for  the  daughter  of  Pharao 
(whom  Solomon  had  taken  to  wife)  of  the  same 
Work  as  this  porch. 

9  \ll  of  costly  stones,  which  were  sawed  by  a 
cri ram  .rule  and  measure  both  within  and  without; 
from  the  foundation  to  the  top  of  the  walls,  and  with- 
out unto  the  great  court. 

1"  And  the  foundations  were  of  costly  stones, 
't  stones  ol  ten  cubits  or  eight  cubits: 
I  I    And  above  there  were  costly  stones  of  equal 
measure  hewed,  and  in  like  manner  of  cedar: 

12  And  the  greater  court  round  with  three  rows 
of  hewed  -tones,  and  one  row  of  planed  cedar,  more- 
over abo  m  the  inner  court  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  in  the  porch  of  the  house. 

13  And  king  Solomon  sent,  and  brought  Hiram 
from   I  vre, 

14  The  son  of  a  widow  --woman  of  the  tribe  of 
Nephtall  w-hose  lather  was  |  Tynan,  an  artificer  in 
brass,  and  lull  of  wisdom,  and  Understanding,  and 
skill  to  work  all  work  in  brass.  And  when  he  was 
come  to  king  Solomon,  he  Wrought  all  his  work. 

15  And  he  east  two  pillars  in  brass;  each  pillar 
R  si  eighteen  cubits  high :  and  a  line  of  twelve  cubits 
compassed  lioth  the  pillars. 

•  J«U»  That  is,  firml,  ^dbM  ffe.t.  That  k  m  it  it  strength 
Br  rrconJ.n*  these  nam-s  m  hot]  writ,  th,  S,„nl  of  <;..!  w„„I,i  l,arr 
us  lllinlllj  tl„-   mumiMo  urnine*  and  .tr.  ,  g.Wh.n.  on 

winch  the  true  temple  of  God,  which  •»  Um-  (  Lurch,  I.  esUhliihed. 

m 


16  He  made  also  two  chapiters  of  molten  bra-. 
to  U-  set  upon  the  tops  of  the  pillars:  the  height  of 
one  chapiter  was  live  o,ibits;  and  the  height  of  the 
Other  chapiter  was  five  cubits  j 

17  And  |  kind  of  nei-woik.  ami  chain-work 
wreathed  together    with    wonderful    ail.      Both  the 

chapiters  ol  the  pillars  were  east:  seveu   rows  of 

DetS  were  on  one   chapiter,   and  seven    n.  is  ,,n  il,e 

other  chapiter. 

18  And  he  made  the  pillars,  and  two  rows  round 
Shout  each  net-w  ork  to  cover  the  chapiters,  thai  w.  re 
upon  the  top,  with  pomegranates:  and  in  like  man- 
ner did  be  to  the  other  chapiter. 

19  And  the  chapiters  that  were  upon  the  top  of 
the  pillars,  were  ol  lily-work,  in  the  porch,  of  four 
cubits. 

20  And  again  other  chapiters  in  the  ton  of  the 
pillars  above,  according  to  the  measure  of  the  pillar 
over-against  the  net-work:  and  of  peujegraaates 
there  were  two  hundred  in  rows  round  about  the 
other  chapiter. 

21  And  he  set  up  the  two  pillars  in  the  porch  of 
the  temple:  and  when  he  had  set  up  the  pillar  on 
the  right  hand,  he  called  the  name  thereof  Jachin;* 
in  like  manner  he  set  up  the  second  pillar, and  call- 
ed the  name  thereof  liooz. 

22  And  upon  the  tops  of  the  pillars  he  made  lilv- 
W°oq  :ii°  l''e  WOrk  of,',<' Pillars  was  finished. 

23  He  made  lln  a  molten  sea  of  ten  cubits  from 
brim  to  brim,  round  all  about  ;  the  height  ol  it  was 
five  cubits;  and  a  line  of  thirty  cubits  compassed  it 
round  about. 

24  And  a  graven  work  under  the  brim  of  if  com- 
passed it,  for  ten  cubits  going  about  the  sea  :  there 
were  two  rows  cast  of  chamfered  sculptures. 

25  And  it  stood  upon  twelve  oxen,  of  which  thn  e 
looked  towards  the  north,  and  three  towards  the 
west,  and  three  towards  the  south,  and  three  towards 
the  east :  and  the  sea  was  BOOTS  upon  them  ;  and 
their  hinder  parts  were  all  hid  within. 

26  And  the  laver  was  a  hand-breadth  thick:  and 
the  brim  thereof  was  like  the  brim  of  a  cup,  or  the 
leaf  of  a  crisped  lily:  it  contained  two  thousand 
bates.f 

27  And  he  made  ten  bases  of  brass :  ever?  base 
was  four  cubits  in  length,  and  four  cubits  in  breadth, 
and  three  cubits  high. 

28  And  the  work  itself  of  the  bases,  was  inter- 
graven  :  and  there  were  gravings  between  the  join- 
ings. 

29  And  between  the  little  crowns  and  the  ledges 
were  lions,  and  oxen,  and  cheriibims  :  and  in  the 
joinings  likewise  above:  and  under  the  lions,  ami 
oxen  as  it  were  bands  of  brass  hanging  (low  n. 

30  And  every  base  had  four  wheels,  and  axle- 
trees  ol  brass:  and  at  the  four  sides  were  imdi  (set- 
ters under  the  laver  molten,  looking  one  against 
another. 


t  Two  IhtutmJ  i*let.     That  is,  about  I.  u  thousand  Rations.     Tim 
was  th>-  '|iuntitv  of  water  whirh  was  usually  put  into   it      t.ut  ,i 
capahh-,  if  Ma  full,  of  holding  3000.     See  'l  Pmratip.  iv.  i,  7. 


CHAP.  VIII. 


31  The  mouth  also  of  the  lnver  within,  was  in 
the  top  of  the  chapiter:  and  that  which  appeared 
without,  was  of  one  cubit  all  round  ;  and  together  il 
was  one  cubit  and  a  half:  and  in  the  corners  of  I  he 
pillars  were  divers  engravings  :  and  the  spaces  be- 
tween the  pillars  were  square,  not  round. 

32  And  the  four  wheels,  which  were  at  the  four 
corners  of  the  base,  were  joined  one  to  another  un- 
der the  base :  the  height  of  a  wheel  was  a  cubit  and 
a  half. 

33  And  they  were  such  wheels  as  are  used  to  he 
made  in  a  chariot:  and  their  axletrees,  and  spokes, 
and  strakes,  and  naves,  were  all  cast. 

34  And  the  four  undersetters  that  were  at  every 
corner  of  each  base,  were  of  the  base  itself  cast  and 
joined  together.  * 

35  And  in  the  top  of  the  base  there  was  a  round 
compass  of  half  a  cubit,  so  wrought  that  the  laver 
might  be  set  thereon,  having  its  gravings,  and  divers 
sculptures  of  itself. 

36  He  engraved  also  in  those  plates,  which  were 
of  brass,  ana  in  the  corners,  cherubims,  and  lions, 
and  palm-trees,  in  likeness  of  a  man  standing,  so 
that  they  seemed  not  to  be  engraven,  but  added 
round  about. 

37  After  this  manner  he  made  ten  bases,  of  one 
casting  and  measure,  and  the  like  graving. 

38  He  made  also  ten  lavers  of  brass  :  one  laver 
contained  four  bases,  and  was  of  four  cubits  :  and 
upon  every  base,  in  all  ten,  he  put  as  many  lavers. 

39  And  he  set  the  ten  bases,  five  on  the  right  side 
of  the  temple,  and  five  on  the  left:  and  the  sea  he 
put  on  the  right  side  of  the  temple  over-against  the 
east  southward. 

40  And  Hiram  made  cauldrons,  and  shovels,  and 
basins,  and  finished  all  the  work  of  king  Solomon 
in  the  temple  of  the  Lord. 

41  The  two  pillars  and  the  two  cords  of  the  cha- 
piters, upon  the  chapiters  of  the  pillars:  and  the 
two  net-works,  to  cover  the  two  cords,  that  were 
upon  the  top  of  the  pillars. 

42  And  four  hundred  pomegranates  for  the  two 
net-works  :  two  rows  of  pomegranates  for  each  net- 
work, to  cover  the  cords  of  the  chapiters,  which 
were  upon  the  tops  of  the  pillars. 

43  And  the  ten  bases,  and  the  ten  lavers  on  the 
bases. 

44  And  one  sea,  and  twelve  oxen  under  the  sea. 

45  And  the  cauldrons,  and  the  shovels,  and  the 
basins.  All  the  vessels  that  Hiram  made  for  king 
Solomon  for  the  house  of  the  Lord,  were  of  fine 
brass. 

46  In  the  plains  of  the  Jordan  did  the  king  cast 
them  in  a  clay  ground,  between  Socoth  and  Sar- 
than. 

47  And  Solomon  placed  all  the  vessels:  but  for 
exceeding  great  multitude  the  brass  could  not  be 
weighed. 

48  And  Solomon  made  all  (he  vessels  for  the 
house  of  the  Lord:  the  altar  of  gold,  and  the  table 
of  gold,  upon  which  the  loaves  of  proposition  should 
<>e  set: 

49  And  the  golden  candlesticks,  five  on  the  right 


hand,  and  five  on  the  left,  over-against  the  oracle,  of 
pure  gold  :  and  the  flowers  like  lilies,  and  the  lamps 
over  them  of  gold  :  and  golden  snuffers, 

50  And  pots,  and  flesh-hooks,  and  bowls,  and 
mortars,  and  censers,  of  most  pure  .gold  .  and  the 
hinges  for  the  doors  of  the  inner  house  of  the  holy 
of  holies,  and  for  the  doors  of  the  house  of  the 
temple,  were  of  gold. 

51  And  Solomon  finished  all  the  work  that  he 
made  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  ;  and  brought  in  the 
things  that  David  his  father  had  dedicated,  tin;  silver 
and  the  gold,  and  the  vessels;  and  laid  them  up  in 
the  treasures  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

The  dedication  of  the  temple :  Solomon's  prayer  and  sacrifices. 

IT  HEN  all  the  ancients  of  Israel  with  the  princes 
-  of  the  tribes,  and  the  heads  of  the  families  of 
the  children  of  Israel  were  assembled  to  king  Solo- 
mon in  Jerusalem  ;  that  they  might  carry  the  ark  of 
the  covenant  of  the  Lord  out  of  the  city  of  David, 
that  is,  out  of  Sion. 

2  And  all  Israel  assembled  themselves  to  king 
Solomon  on  the  festival  day  in  the  month  of  Etha- 
nim,  the  same  is  the  seventh  month. 

3  And  all  the  ancients  of  Israel  came ;  and  the 
priests  took  up  the  ark, 

4  And  carried  the  ark  of  the  Lord,  and  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  covenant,  and  all  the  vessels  of  the 
sanctuary,  that  were  in  the  tabernacle:  and  the 
priests  and  the  Levites  carried  them. 

5  And  king  Solomon,  and  all  the  multitude  of  Is- 
rael, that  were  assembled  unto  him,  went  with  him 
before  the  ark:  and  they  sacrificed  sheep  and  oxen 
that  could  not  be  counted  or  numbered. 

6  And  the  priests  brought  in  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Lord  into  its  place,  into  the  oracle  of 
the  temple,  into  the  holy  of  holies  under  the  wings 
of  the  cherubims. 

7  For  the  cherubims  spread  forth  their  wings 
over  the  place  of  the  ark,  and  covered  the  ark,  and 
the  staves  thereof  above. 

8  And  whereas  the  staves  stood  out,  the  ends  of 
them  were  seen  without  in  the  sanctuary  before  the 
oracle,  but  were  not  seen  farther  out:  and  there 
they  have  been  unto  this  day. 

9  Now  in  the  ark  there  was  nothing  else*  but 
the  two  tables  of  stone,  which  Moses  put  there  at 
Horeb,  when  the  Lord  made  a  covenant  with  the 
children  of  Israel,  when  they  came  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  priests  were 
come  out  of  the  sanctuary,  that  a  cloud  filled  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

11  And  the  priests  could  not  stand  to  minister 
because  of  the  cloud :  for  the  glory  of  the  Lord  had 
filled  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

12  Then  Solomon  said:  The  Lord  said  that  he 
would  dwell  in  a  cloud. 

♦  Nothing  eht,  SfC.  There  was  nothing  else  but  the  tables  of  the 
law  within  the  ark.  But  on  the  outside  of  the  ark,  or  near  the  ark, 
were  als.,  the  rod  of  Aaron,  and  a  golden  urn,  with  manna  lleb.  ix.  4 

267 


ill.  ki.v.s. 


13  Building  I  have  buih  a  house  for  t liy  dwell- 

in_.  to  be  thv  uiosr  firm  throne  for  evt  r. 

11  And  the  king  turned  liis  face,  and  blessed  nil 
tbe  assemblj  of  Israel:  tor  all  the  assembly  of  Israel 

<h\.  * 

16  And  Snloinoii  said:  Blessed  !><■  die  Lord  the 
God  of  Israel,  who  spoke  with  his  mouth  to  David 

iu\  father,  and  w  it li  his  own  bands hatfa  accomplish- 
ed it.  s;i\  log  : 

16  Since  the  dav  that  [brought  my  people  Israel 
out  of  Egypt*  I  chose  no  city  nut  of  all  the  tribes  of 
Israel,  for  a  house  to  be  bout,  thai  my  name  might 
l>e  there:  but  I  chose  David  to  he  over  my  people 

Israel. 

17  And  David  niv  father  would  have  built  a  house 
to  the  name  of  the  Lord  the  (iod  of  Israel  : 

18  And    tin:    Lord    said   to    David    my   father: 

Whereas  thou  hast  thought  in  thy  heart  to  build  a 
house  to  niv  name,  thou   hast   done  well  in  having 

this  same  thing  i"  thj  mind. 

19  Nevertheless  thou  shall  not  build  meahouse: 
but  thv  son,  that  shal  come  forth  out  of  thy  loins, 
he  shall  build  a  house  to  my  name. 

20  The  Lord  hath  performed  his  word  which  he 
spoke:  and  I  stand  in  the  room  of  David  my  lather, 
and  sit  upon  the  throne  of  Israel,  as  the  Lord  pro- 
mised ;  and  have  built  a  house  to  the  name  of  the 
Lord  the  God  of  Israel. 

21  And  I  have  set  there  a  place  for  the  ark 
wherein  is  the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  which  he  made 
w  ith  our  fathers,  when  they  came  out  of  the  land  of 
I  rypt. 

22  And  Solomon  stood  before  the  altar  of  the 
Lord,  in  the  sight  of  the  assembly  of  Israel,  and 
spread  forth  his  hands  towards  heaven: 

23  And  said :  Lord  (iod  of  Israel,  there  is  no 
God  like  thee  in  heaven  above,  or  on  earth  beneath : 

who  kcepest   covenant  and  mercy  with  thy  servants 
that  have  walked  before  thee  with  all  their  heart: 

24  Who  hast  kept  with  tin  servant  David  my  fa- 
ther, what  thou  hast  promised  him:  w ith  thy  mouth 
thou  didst  speak,  and  with  thy  hands  thou  hast  per- 
formed, as  this  day  provetb. 

25  Now  therefore,  O  Lord  God  of  Israel,  keep 
with  thy  servant  David  niv  father  what  thou  hast 
s|H)ken  to  him,  saying:  There  shall  not  lie  taken 
away  of  thee  a  man  in  my  si^ht,  to  sit  on  the  throne 
of  Israel:  yet  so  that  thv  children  take  heed  to  their 
way,  that  they  walk  la-fore  me  as  thou  hast  walked 
in  iu\  sight. 

2(>  And  now,  Lord  God  of  Israel,  let  thy  words 
be  established,  which  thou  hast  spoken  to  thy  ser- 
vant David  my  father. 

J/  Is  it  then  to  be  thought  that  God  should  in- 
di  ed  dwell  upon  earth?  for  if  heaven  and  theheavens 
of  heavens  cannot  contain  thee,  how  much  less  this 
house  which  I  have  built? 

i'.ut  have  regard  to  the  prayer  of  thy  servant, 
and  to  his  supplications.  <)  Lord  m\   (iod:  hear  the 

hymn  and  the  prayer,  which  thj  servant  prayeth be- 
fore thee  this  t\.i\ : 

29  That  thy  eyes  max  be  open   Upon  this  house 

night  and  day:  upon  the  house  of  which  thou  hast 


said  :  My  name  shall  be  there  :  that  thou  mayst  hear- 
ken to  the  prayer,  which  thy  servant  prayeth  in  this 
place  to  thee. 

'M  That  thou  mayst  he;u ken  to  the  supplication 
of  thy  servant,  and  of  thy  people  Israel,  whatsoever 
they  shall  pray  for  in  this  place;  and  hear  them  in 
the  |  dace  of  thy  dwelling  in  heaven;  anil  when  thou 
hearest.  show  them  ineivv. 

31  If  any  man  trespass  against  his  neighbour,  and 
have  an  oath  upon  him,  wherewith  he  is  hound,  ami 
come  because  of  the  oath,  before  thy  altar  to  thy 
house. 

12  Then  hear  thou  in  heaven,  and  do,  and  judge 
thy  servants,  condemning  the  w  icked.  and  bringiug 
his  WSJ  Upon  his  own  head;  and  justifying  thejust, 
and  rewarding  him  according  to  his  justice. 

'M  If  thv  people  Israel  shall  fly  before  their  ene- 
mies (because  they  will  sin  against  thee)  and  doing 
penance,  and  confessing  to  thy  name,  shall  come. 
and  pray,  and  make  supplications  to  thee  in  this 
house : 

34  Then  hear  thou  in  heaven,  and  forgive  the 
sin  of  thy  people  Israel,  and  bring  them  back  to 
the  land  which  thou  gavest  to  their  lathers. 

35  If  heaven  shall  be  shut  up.  and  there  shall  be 
no  rain,  because  of  their  sins,  and  they  praying  in 
this  place,  shall  do  penance  to  thy  name,  and  shall 
be  converted  from  their  sins,  by  occasion  of  their  af- 
flictions: 

36  Then  hear  thou  them  in  heaven;  and  forgive 
the  sins  of  thy  servants,  and  of  thy  people  lsrat  i : 
and  show  them  the  good  way  wherein  tiny  should 
walk,  and  give  rain  upon  thy  land,  which  thou  hast 
given  to  thv  people  in  possession. 

37  If  a  famine  arise  in  the  land,  or  a  pestilence, 
or  corrupt  air,  or  blasting,  or  locust,  or  mildew,  if 
their  enemy  afflict  them  besieging  the  gates,  what- 
soever plague,  whatsoever  inliimity, 

38  Whatsoever  curse  or  imprecation  shall  happen 
to  any  man  of  thy  people  Israel:  when  a  man  shall 
know  the  wound  of  his  own  heart,  and  shall  Spread 
forth  his  hands  in  this  house, 

39  Then  hear  thou  in  heaven,  in  the  place  of  thy 
dwelling;  and  forgive,  and  do  so  as  to  give  to  every 
one  according  to  his  ways,  as  thou  shalt  see  his 
heart,  (for  thou  only  knowest  the  heart  of  all  the 
children  of  men) 

40  That  they  may  fear  thee  all  the  dav  i  that  they 
live  upon  the  face  of  the  land,  which  thou  hast  given 
to  our  fathers. 

41  Moreover  also  the  stranger,  who  is  not  of  thy 
people  Israel,  when  he  shall  come  out  of  a  far  coon- 
trv  for  thy  name's  sake,  (for  they  shall  hear  cm  rj 
where  of  thv  great  name  and  thy  mighty  hand, 

42  And  thy  stretched-out  arm)  so  when  he  shall 
come,  and  shall  pray  inthis  place, 

43  Then  hear  thou  in  heaven  in  the  firmament  of 

thy  dwelling-place;  and  do  all  those  things,  for 

which  that  stranger  shall  call  upon  thee:  that  all 
the  people  of  the  earth  may  ham  to  fear  thy  name, 

as  do  thy  people  Israel:  and  may  prove  thai  ihi 

name  is  called  upon  on  this  house,  which  I  ha>  a 
built. 


CHAP.  IX. 


44  If  thy  people  so  out  to  war  against  their  ene- 
mies, by  what  way  soever  thou  shalt  send  them, 
they  shall  pray  to  thee  towards  the  way  of  the  city 
which  thou  hast  chosen,  and  towards  the  house  which 
I  have  built  to  thy  name: 

1  ..■")  And  then  hear  thou  in  heaven  their  prayers, 
and  their  supplications,  and  do  judgment  for  them. 

46  But  if  they  sin  against  thee  (for  there  is  no  man 
who  sinneth  not)  and  thou  being  angry  deliver  them 
up  to  their  enemies,  so  that  they  be  led  away  cap- 
tives into  the  land  of  their  enemies  far  or  near, 

47  Then  if  they  do  penance  in  their  heart  in  the 
place  of  captivity,  and  being  converted,  make  sup- 
plication to  thee  in  their  captivity,  saying:  We  have 
sinned;  we  have  done  unjustly;  we  have  commit- 
ted wickedness: 

48  And  return  to  thee  with  all  their  heart,  and  all 
their  sonl,  in  the  land  of  their  enemies,  to  which  they 
have  been  led  captives;  and  pray  to  thee  towards 
the  way  of  their  land,  which  thou  gavest  to  their  fa- 
thers, and  of  the  city  which  thou  hast  chosen,  and 
of  the  temple  which  I  have  built  to  thy  name  : 

49  Then  hear  thou  in  heaven,  in  the  firmament 
of  thy  throne,  their  prayers,  and  their  supplications, 
and  do  judgment  for  them: 

50  And  forgive  thy  people  that  have  sinned 
against  thee,  and  all  their  iniquities,  by  which  they 
have  transgressed  against  thee  :  and  gave  them 
mercy  before  them  that  have  made  them  captives, 
that  they  may  have  compassion  on  them. 

51  For  they  are  thy  people,  and  thy  inheritance, 
whom  thou  hast  brought  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
from  the  midst  of  the  furnace  of  iron. 

52  That  thy  eyes  may  be  open  to  the  supplica- 
tion of  thy  servant,  and  of  thy  people  Israel,  to  hear 
them  in  all  things  for  which  they  shall  call  upon  thee. 

53  For  thou  hast  separated  them  to  thyself  for  an 
inheritance  from  among  all  the  people  of  the  earth, 
as  thou  hast  spoken  by  Moses  thy  servant,  when 
thou  broughtest  our  fathers  out  of  Egypt,  O  Lord 
God. 

54  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Solomon  had  made 
an  end  of  praying  all  this  prayer  and  supplication  to 
the  Lord,  that  he  rose  from  before  the  altar  of  the 
Lord:  for  he  had  fixed  both  knees  on  the  ground, 
and  bad  spread  his  hands  towards  heaven. 

55  And  he  stood,  and  blessed  all  the  assembly  of 
Israel  with  a  loud  voice,  saying: 

56  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  who  hath  given  rest  to 
•his  people  Israel,  according  to  all  that  he  promised: 
there  hath  not  failed  so  much  as  one  word  of  all  the 
good  things  that  he  promised  by  his  servant  Moses. 

57  The  Lord  our  God  be  with  us,  as  he  was 
with  our  fathers,  and  not  leave  us,  nor  cast  us  off*: 

58  But  may  he  incline  our  hearts  to  himself,  that 
we  may  walk  in  all  his  ways,  and  keep  his  com- 
mandments, and  his  ceremonies,  and  all  his  judg- 
ments which  he  commanded  our  fathers. 

59  And  let  these  my  words,  wherewith  I  have 
prayed  before  the  Lord,  be  nigh  unto  the  Lord  our 
God  day  and  night,  that  he  may  do  judgment  for 
his  servant,  and  for  his  people  Israel  day  by  day: 

60  That  a"  the  people  of  the  earth  may  know 


that  the  Lord  he  is  God,  and  there  is  no  ouier  be- 
sides liim. 

61  Let  our  hearts  also  be  perfect  with  the  Lord 
our  God,  that  we  may  walk  in  his  statutes,  and  keep 
his  commandments,as  at  this  day. 

62  And  the  king,  and  all  Israel  with  him,  offer- 
ed victims  before  the  Lord. 

63  And  Solomon  slew  victims  of  peace-offerings, 
which  he  sacrificed  to  the  Lord,  two  and  twenty 
thousand  oxen,  and  a  hundred  and  twenty  thousand 
sheep:  so  the  king  and  the  children  of  Israel  dedica- 
ted the  temple  of  the  Lord. 

64  In  that  day  the  king  sanctified  the  middle  of 
the  court,  that  was  before  the  house  of  the  Lord:  for 
there  he  offered  the  holocaust,  and  sacrifice,  and 
fat  of  the  peace-offerings:  because  the  brazen  altar 
that  was  before  the  Lord,  was  too  little  to  receive 
the  holocaust,  and  sacrifice,  and  fat  of  the  peace-of- 
ferings. 

65  And  Solomon  made  at  the  same  time  a  solemn 
feast,  and  all  Israel  with  him,  a  great  multitude 
from  the  entrance  of  Emath  to  the  river  of  Egypt, 
before  the  Lord  our  God,  seven  days  and  seven  days, 
that  is,  fourteen  days. 

66  And  on  the  eighth  day  he  sent  away  the  people : 
and  they  blessed  the  king,  and  went  to  their  dwell- 
ings rejoicing  and  glad  in  heart  for  all  the  good  things 
that  the  Lord  bad  done  for  David  his  servant,  and 
for  Israel  his  people. 

CHAP.  IX. 

The  Lord  appeareth  again  to  Solomon :  he  buildeth  cities  :  he 
sendeth  ajlcetto  Ophir. 

\  ND  it  came  to  pass  when  Solomon  had  finished 
J-*-  the  building  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  the 
king's  house,  and  all  that  he  desired  and  was  pleased 
to  do, 

2  That  the  Lord  appeared  to  him  the  second 
time,  as  he  had  appeared  to  him  in  Gabaon. 

3  And  the  Lord  said  to  him :  I  have  heard  thy 
prayer  and  thy  supplication,  which  thou  hast  made 
before  me:  I  have  sanctified  this  house,  which  tho  • 
hast  built,  to  put  my  name  there  for  ever:  and  my 
eyes  and  my  heart  shall  be  there  always. 

4  And  if  thou  wilt  walk  before  me,  as  thy  father 
walked,  in  simplicity  of  heart,*  and  in  uprightness; 
and  wilt  do  all  that  1  have  commanded  thee,  and 
wilt  keep  my  ordinances,  and  my  judgments: 

5  I  will  establish  the  throne  of  thy  kingdom  over 
Israel  for  ever,  as  I  promised  David  thy  father,  say- 
ing: There  shall  not  fail  a  man  of  thy  race  upon  the 
throne  of  Israel. 

6  But  if  you  and  your  children  revolting  shall 
turn  away  from  following  me;  and  will  not  keep 
my  commandments,  and  my  ceremonies,  which  1 
have  set  before  you;  but  will  go  and  worship  strange 
gods,  and  adore  them: 

7  I  will  take  away  Israel  from  the  face  of  the 
land  which  I   have  given  them:   and   the  temple 


*  .fls  thy  father  walked,  in  simplicity  of  heart.  That  is,  in  the  sincerity 
and  integrity  of  a  single  heart,  as  opposite  to  all  iouble  dealing  and 
deceit. 

269 


III.  KIN 


which  I  hare  sanctified  to  my  name,  I  will  cast  out 
<>i  inv  sight:  and  Israel  shall  be  a  proverb,  and  a  by- 
word anion:;  all  people* 

\iiil  tins  house  shall  be  made  an  example  <>f: 
every  out-  that  shall  paasb]  it.  shall  be  astonished, 
and  sliall  hiss,  and  say  :  Why  hath  the  Lord  dour 
thus  to  tliis  land,  and  to  this  lion 

9  \nd  they  shall  answer:  Beoaaae  they  forsook 
the  Lord  theii  God,  who  brought  chow  father*,  uut  of 

the  l.uid  of  Egypt,  and  followed  strange  goda,  and 

adored  them,  and  worshipped  them  :  therefore  hath 
the  Lord  brought  npon  them  all  this  evil. 

10  And  when  twenty  years  were  ended,  after 
SokxBOfl  had  built  the  two  houses,  that  is,  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  and  the  bouseoftbe  kin.. 

11  (Hiram  the  king  of  Tyre  furnishing  Solomon 
with  cedar-trees  and  fir-trees,  and  sold  according  to 
all  he  had  need  of)  then  Solomon  gave  Hiram  twen- 
ty cities  in  the  laud  of  Galilee. 

I  J  And  Hiram  i  line  out  of  Tyre,  to  see  the  towns 
which  Solomon  had  given  him:  and  they  pleased 
hun  not : 

1-i  And  be  said:  Are  these  the  cities  which  thou 
hist   given   mc.   brother?   And  be  catted  them  the 

land  of  ('babul,*  unto  this  da\. 

1  \  And  Hiram  sent  to  king  Solomon  a  hundred 
and  twenty  talents  of  gold. 

I")  This  is  the  sum  of  the  expenses,  which  kin:; 
Solomon  offered  to  build  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and 
his  own  house,  and  Mello,  and  the  wall  of  Jerusa- 
lem, and  lleser,  and  Mageddo,  and  Gazer. 

16  i'harao  the  king  ol  Egypt  came  up  and  took 
Gazer,  and  burnt  it  with  tire:  and'  slew  the  Cha- 
naanite  that  dwelt  in  the  eity ;  and  gave  it  for  a  (low  ry 
to  his  daughter  Solomon's  wife. 

17  So  Solomon  built  Gazer,  and  Bethhoron  the 
nether, 

lb*  And  Malath,  and  Palmira  in  the  land  of  the 
wilderness. 

19  And  all  the  towns  that  belonged  to  himself, 
and  were  not  watted,  be  fortified;  the  cities  also  of 
the  chariots,  and  the  cities  of  the  horsemen,  and 
whatsoever  he  had  a  mind  to  build  in  Jerusalem, 
and  in  Libanus,  and  in  all  the  laud  of  his  dominion. 

20  All  the  people  that  were  left  of  the  Amorr- 
bttes.  and  llelhites,  and  I'here/.ites,  and  llevites, 
and  Jebusites.  that  are  not  of  the  children  of  Israel ; 

21  Their  children,  that  were  left  in  the  land,  to 
St  it.  such  as  the  children  of  Israel  had  not  been  able 
to  destroy;  Solomon  made  tributary  unto  this 
(lax . 

JJ  But  of  the  children  of  Israel  Solomon  made 
not  any  to  be  bond-men:  but  they  were  men  of  war, 
and  his  servants,  and  his  princes,  and  captains,  and 
overseen  of  the  chariots  and  hot 

\nd  there    were  five  hundred    and    fifty  chief 
ol'li  OVei  all  the  works  of  Solomon  :  and  they 

hid  people  under  them,  and  had  charge  over  the  ap- 
pointed works. 

\ud  the  daughter  of  Pharao  came  up  out  of 

the  city  of  David  to  her  house,  which  Solomon  had 
built  lor  her:  then  did  he  build  .Mello. 


CAatW. 


That  i»,  dirty  or  di«pl«uia(. 
I7Q 


i  Solomon  also  offered  three  times  every  real 
holocausts,  and  victims  of  peace-offerings  upon  the 
altar  which  he  had  built  to  the  Lord:  and  he  burnt 
incense  before  the  Lord:  and  the  temple  was 
finished. 

I  And  kirn;  Solomon  made  a  fleet  in  Asionga- 
ber.  which  is  by  Ailalh  on  the  shore  of  the  lb  d 
Sea,  in  the  land  of  Ldom. 

27  And  Hiram  sent  his  servants  in  the  licet,  sailors 
that  had  knowledge  of  the  sea,  with  the  servants  of 
Solomon. 

2b"  And  they  came  to  Opliir:  and  they  brought 
from  tin  nee  to  kins  Solomon  four  hundred  and 
twenty  talents  of  gold. 

CHAP.  X. 

'llir  qurrn  of  Saba  come  I A  to  kin  if  Salomon:  hit  richrt  and  glory. 

AND  the  queen  of  Saba,  having  heard  of  the  fame 
-£*-  of  Solomon  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  came  to 
try  him  with  hard  questions. 

2  \nd  entering  into  Jerusalem  with  a  great  train, 
and  riches,  and  camels  that  carried  spices,  and  an 
immense  quantity  of  gold,  and  precious  stones,  she 
came  to  kin;;  Solomon,  and  spoke  to  him  all  that 
she  had  in  her  heart. 

3  And  Solomon  informed  her  of  all  the  things 
she  proposed  to  him  :  there  was  not  any  word  the 
kin;;  was  ignorant  of,  and  which  he  eould  not  an- 
swer her. 

4  And  when  the  queen  of  Saba  saw  all  the  ft  i  ,- 
dom  of  Solomon,  and  the  house  which  he  had 
built, 

5  And  the  meat  of  his  table,  and  the  apartments 
of  his  servants,  and  the  order  of  his  ministers,  and 
their  apparel,  and  the  cup-lxarers,  and  the  holo- 
causts which  he  offered  in  the  house  of  die  Lord; 
she  had  no  longer  any  spirit  in  her: 

6  And  she  said  to  the  king:  The  report  is  true, 
which  I  heard  in  my  own  country, 

7  Concerning  thy  words,  and  concerning  thy  w  is- 
dom.  And  1  did  not  believe  them  that  told  me,  till 
I  came  myself,  and  saw  with  inv  OW0  eyes,  and 
have  found  that  the  half  hath  not  been  (old  me:  thy 
wisdom,  and  thy  works,  exceed  the  fame  which  I 
heard. 

8  Blessed  are  thy  men,  and  blessed  arc  thy  ser- 
vants, who  Stand  before  thee  always,  and  hear  thy 
w  isdom. 

9  Blessed  be  the  Lord  thy  God,  whom  thou  hast 
pleased,  and  who  hath  set  thee  upon  the  throne  of 
Israel;  because  the  Lord  hath  loved  Israel  lor  cur, 
and  hath  appointed  thee  king,  to  do  judgment  and 
justice. 

10  And  she  gave  the  king  a  hundred  and  twenty 
talents  of  gold,  and  of  spices  a  very  great  store,  and 
precious  stones  :  there  was  brought  no  more  such 
abundance  of  spices  as  these  which  the  queen  of 
Saba  gave  to  king  Solomon. 

1  1  (The  navy  also  of  Hiram,  which  brought  gold 
from  Ophir,  brought  from  Ophir  gnat  plenty  ol 
(liyine-trees,  and  precious  stones. 

12  And  the  king  made  of  the  fhftne-trees  the 
rails  of  the  house  of   the    Lord,   and  ol  the  king's 


CHAP.  XI. 


house,  and  citterns  and  harps  for  singers :  there 
wiic  no  such  thyiue-Ureesas  these  brought,  nor  seen 
unto  this  day.) 

1.3  And  king  Solomon  gave  the  queen  of  Saba  all 
that  she  desired,  and  asked  of  him;  besides  what  he 
offered  her  ol  himself  of  his  royal  bounty.  And  she 
returned,  and  went  to  her  own  country  with  her 
servants. 

14  And  the  weight  of  the  gold  that  was  brought  to 
Solomon  every  year,  was  six  hundred  sixty-six  ta- 
lents of  gold  : 

15  Besides  that  which  the  men  brought  him  that 
were  over  the  tributes,  and  the  merchants,  and  they 
that  sold  by  retail,  and  all  the  kings  of  Arabia,  and 
the  governors  of  the  country. 

16  And  Solomon  made  two  hundred  shields  of 
the  purest  gold:  he  allowed  six  hundred  sides  of 
gold  for  the  plates  of  one  shield  : 

17  And  three  hundred  targets  of  fine  gold  :  three 
hundred  pounds  of  gold  covered  one  target :  and  the 
king  put  them  in  the  bouse  of  the  forest  of  Libanus. 

18  King  Solomon  also  made  a  great  throne  of 
ivorv,  and  overlaid  it  with  the  finest  gold. 

19  It  had  six  steps  :  and  the  top  of  the  throne  was 
round  behind:  and  there  were  two  hands  on  either 
side  holding  the  seat:  and  two  lions  stood,  one  at 
each  hand. 

20  And  twelve  little  lions  stood  upon  the.  six 
steps  on  the  one  side  and  on  the  other:  there  was 
no  such  work  made  in  any  kingdom. 

21  Moreover  all  the  vessels,  out  of  which  king 
Solomon  drank,  were  of  gold:  and  all  the  furniture 
of  the  house  of  the  forest  of  Libanus  was  of  most 
pure  gold  :  there  was  no  silver;  nor  was  any  account 
made  of  it  in  the  days  of  Solomon : 

22  For  the  king's  navy,  once  in  three  years, 
went  with  the  navy  of  Hiram  by  sea  to  Tharsis,  and 
brought  from  thence  gold,  and  silver,  and  elephant's 
teeth,  and  apes, and  peacocks. 

23  And  king  Solomon  exceeded  all  the  kings  of 
the  earth  in  riches,  and  wisdom. 

24  And  all  the  earth  desired  to  see  Solomon's 
face,  to  hear  his  wisdom,  which  God  had  given  in 
his  heart. 

25  And  every  one  brought  him  presents,  vessels 
of  silver  and  of  gold,  garments  and  armour  and 
spices,  and  horses  and  mules  every  year. 

26  And  Solomon  gathered  together  chariots  and 
horsemen:  and  he  had  a  thousand  four  hundred  cha- 
riots, and  twelve  thousand  horsemen:  and  he  be- 
stowed them  in  fenced  cities,  and  with  the  king  in 
Jerusalem. 

27  And  he  made  silver  to  be  as  plentiful  in  Jeru- 
salem as  stones;  and  cedars  to  be  as  common  as 
sycamores  which  grow  in  the  plains. 

zo"  And  horses  were  brought  for  Solomon  out  of 
Egypt  and  Coa :  for  the  king's  merchants  brought 
them  out  of  Coa,  and  bought  them  at  a  set  price. 

29  And  a  chariot  of  four  horses  came  out  of 
Egypt,  for  six  hundred  sides  of  silver,  and  a  horse 
for  a  hundred  and  fifty.  And  after  this  manner  did 
all  the  kings  of  the  Hethites,  and  of  Syria  sell 
horses 


CHAP.  XI. 


Solomon  by  means  of  his  wircxfalleth  into  idolatry  :  God  rait' 
(ih  him  adversaries,  Adud,  Razon,  and  Jeroboam :  Solomon 
dieth. 

AND  king  Solomon  loved  many  strange  women 
besides  the  daughter  of  Pharao,  and  women  of 
Moab,  and  of  Amnion,  and  of  Edom,  and  of  Sidon, 
and  of  the  Hethites: 

2  Of  the  nations  concerning  which  the  Lord  said 
to  the  children  of  Israel:  You  shall  not  go  in  unto 
them  ;  neither  shall  any  of  them  come  in  to  yours  : 
for  they  will  most  certainly  turn  away  your  heart  to 
follow  their  gods.  And  to  these  was  Solomon  join- 
ed with  a  most  ardent  love. 

3  And  he  had  seven  hundred  wives  as  queens, 
and  three  hundred  concubines:  and  the  women 
turned  away  his  heart. 

4  And  when  he  was  now  old,  his  heart  was  turn- 
ed away  by  women  to  follow  strange  gods:  and  his 
heart  was  not  perfect  with  the  Lord  his  God,  as 
was  the  heart  of  David  his  father. 

5  But  Solomon  worshipped  Astarthe  the  goddess 
of  the  Sidonians,  and  Moloch  the  idol  of  tbe  Am- 
monites. 

6  And  Solomon  did  that  which  was  not  pleasing 
before  the  Lord,  and  did  not  fully  follow  the  Lord, 
as  David  his  father. 

7  Then  Solomon  built  a  temple  for  Chamos  the 
idol  of  Moab,  on  the  hill  that  isover-against  Jerusa- 
lem, and  for  Moloch  the  idol  of  the  children  of  Am- 
nion. 

8  And  he  did  .in  this  manner  for  all  his  wives  that 
were  strangers,  who  burnt  incense,  and  offered  sa- 
crifice to  their  gods. 

9  And  the  Lord  was  angry  with  Solomon :  be- 
cause his  mind  was  turned  away  from  the  Lord  the 
God  of  Israel,  who  had  appeared  to  him  twice. 

10  And  had  commanded  him  concerning  this 
thing,  that  he  should  not  follow  strange  gods:  but 
he  kept  not  the  things  which  the  Lord  commanded 
him. 

1 1  The  Lord  therefore  said  to  Solomon :  Because 
thou  hast  done  this,  and  hast  not  kept  my  covenant, 
and  my  precepts,  which  I  have  commanded  thee,  I 
will  divide  and  rend  thy  kingdom ;  and  will  give  it 
to  thy  servant. 

12  Nevertheless  in  thy  days  I  will  not  do  it,  for 
David  thy  father's  sake:  but  I  will  rend  it  out  of  the 
hand  of  thy  son. 

13  Neither  will  I  takeaway  the  whole  kingdom: 
but  I  will  give  one  tribe*  to  thy  son  lor  the  sake  of 
David  my  servant,  and  Jerusalem  which  1  have 
chosen. 

14  And  the  Lord  raised  up  an  adversary  to  Solo- 
mon, Adad  the  Edomite  of  the  king's  seed,  in 
Edom. 

15  For  when  David  was  in  Edom,  and  Joabthe 
general  of  the  army  was  gone  up  to  bury  them  that 
were  slain,  and  had  killed  every  male  in  Edom, 

16  (For  Joab  remained  there  six  months  with  all 
Israel,  till  he  had  slain  every  male  in  Edom,) 


*  One  tribe.  Besides  that  of  Juda,  his  own  native  tribe 

"1 


ill.  KINGS. 

17  Thru  AcJacJ  lied.  In-  ;ui<l  certain  Kdomiles  of 
his  latin t'v  s,  rvantS  wiili  linn,  it)  go  into  Egypt: 
and  Ailad  was  tht  n  a  little  hoy. 

19  \ndih>\  arose  mil  ul  .Madian.  and  came  into 
Pliaran:  and  iliev  look  men  with  them  Iroin  I'hnran. 
41  d  w.  in  into  Lgypt  l*»  IMiarao  the  kin-  ot    I   _\pt  ; 

who  gave  bin  a  home,  and  appointed  him  rictuals, 
and  assigned  him  land. 

19  And  Adad  found  EMM  favour  before  I'harao: 
insomuch  that  be  gave  him  to  w  ile,  the  own  sister  of 

ln>  w  it.-  Taphaes  the  queen. 

SO  And  the  sister  <>i  Taphaes  bore  him  his  son 
(iennliath:  and  Taphaes  brought  him  tip  in  the 
house  of  I'harao:  and  (icuuhath  dwell  With  i'ha- 
rao  among  his  children. 

21  And  when  Adad  heard  in  Egypt  that  David 
slept  with  his  fathers,  and  that  Joah  the  general  of 
the  army  was  dead,  he  said  to  I'harao:  Let  me  de- 
part, that  I  may  so  to  my  own  country. 

21  And  I'd ai  io  said  to  him:  Why  what  is  want- 
ing to  thee  with  me,  that  thou  seekest  to  go  CO  thy 
own  eoimirv  ?  But  he  answered:  Nothing:  yet  I  be- 
st cell  I  bee  lo  let  tne  go. 

God  also  raised  up  against  him  an  adversary, 

lla/.on  the   sou  of   Kliada,   who    had    lied  from  his 
master  Adarczer  the  kingofSoba 


.'  I  And  be  gathered  nun  against  him:  and  he 

■me  a  captain  of  robbers,  when  I  hu  id  slew  them 
qfSoba:  and  they  weal  lo  Damascus,  and  dwelt 
there:   and  they  made  him  kinii  in  Damascus. 

IS  And  lie  was  an  adversary  to  Israel,  all  the 
davs of  Solomon:  and  (his  is  the  evil  of  Adad,  and 
hi-  hatred  against  Israel:  and  be  reigned  in  Syria. 

K  .lerohoam  also  the  son  of  Mahal  an  Kphrathitc 
of  Sareda.a  servanl  ol  Solomon,  whose  uiotherwas 
named  Sarua,  a  widow  woman,  lifted  up  his  hand 
against  the  kinx. 

27  Anil  this  is  the  cans.-  of  hi-  rebellion  against 

him,  that  Solomon    huilt    Mello.    and    Idled  np  the 
breach  efthe  city  of  David  his  father. 

\nd  Jeroboam  a  as  a  valiant  and  mighty  man : 
and  Solomon  Seeing  him  a  young  man  ingenious  and 
industrious,  made  him  chief  over  the  tributes  of  all 

the  house  of  Joseph. 

29  So  it  came  to  pass  at  that  time,  that  .leroho- 
am went  out  of  Jerusalem  :  and  the  prophet  Ahias 
the  Silonite,  clad  wiih  anew  garment,  found  him  in 
the  way:    and  thev  two  wen    alone  in  the  field. 

30  And  Ahias  taking  his  new  garment,  where- 
with he  was  <lad.  divided  it    into  twelve  parts: 

31  And  he  said  to  .lerohoam:  Take  to  thee  ten 
pieces:  for  thus  s;iith  the  Lord  the  <iod  of  Israel: 
Behold,  I  will  rend  the  kingdom  out  of  the  hand  of 
Solomon,  and  will  give  thee  ten  trib 

32  Hut  one  tribe  shall  remain  to  him  for  the  sake 
of  im  servant  David,  and  Jerusalem  the  city,  which 
I  have  chosen  out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel : 

Because  he  hath  forsaken  me,  and  hath  adored 
tithe  the  goddess  of  the  Sidonians,  snd  ( lhamoa 
the  Vfoab,  and    Moloch  the  god  of  the  chil- 

dren of  Amnion  :  and  hath  not  walked  in  mj  W 
to  do  justice  before  roe,  and  to  keep  mj  i<ri  repts  and 
iudgmt  tits,  as  did  David  his   father. 


34  Yet  I  will  not  take  away  all  the  kingdom  out 
of  his  hand  :  hut  I  w  ill  make  him  prince  all  the  davs 
of  his  life,  for  David  my  servant's  sake,  w  horn  I 
chose,  who  kept  my  commandments  and  mv  pre- 
cepts. 

36  But  I  will  take  away  the  kingdom  out  of  his 
son's  hand. and  w ill  give  thee  tea  tribes: 

36  And  to  his  son  I  w  ill  give  one  tribe,  that  tin  re 
may  remain  a  lamp  lor  my  servant  David  before  me 
always  in  Jerusalem,  the  city  which  I  have  chosen, 
that  my  name  might  he  there. 

37  And  1  will  take  thee,  and  thou  shalt  rei^n 
ov  st  all  that  thy  soul  desireth  :  and  thou  shalt  be  king 
over  Israel. 

38  If  then  thou  wilt  hearken  to  all  that  I  shall 
command  thee,  and  wilt  walk  in  my  ways,  and  do 
w  hat  is  rkht  In  lore  me,  keeping  my  commandments 
and  my  precepts,  as  David  my  servant  did:  I  will 
be  with  thee,  and  w  ill  liuild  tine  up  a  faithful  house, 
as  I  huilt  a  house  for  David:  and  I  will  deliver  Is- 
rael u>  thee : 

39  And  I  will  for  this  afflict  the  seed  of  David, 
but  yet  not  forever. 

40  Solomon  therefore  sought  to  kill  .lerohoam: 
but  he  arose,  and  fled  into  Egypt  to  Sesac  the  king 
of  Egypt,  and  was  in  Egypt  nil  the  death  of  Solo- 
mon. 

41  And  the  rest  of  the  words  of  Solomon,  and 
all  that  he  did,  and  his  wisdom :  behold,  thev  are  all 
written  in  the  Book  of  the  words*  of  the  days  of 
Solomon. 

42  And  the  days  that  Solomon  reigned  in  Jeru- 
salem over  all  Israel,  were  forty  years. 

43  And  Solomon  slcptf  with  his  fathers,  and  was 
buried  in  the  city  of  David  his  father  :  and  Kohoam 
his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAP  XII. 

R/>ltoamfoHiiirirn;  the  cotnn.il  of  yuung  men  tiliiiia/i  th  from  Urn 
the  minds  of  tin    jteople.      1 1n  \i  mnl.r  Jin' 


tribe*  :  he  srttith  up  itliili/tni. 


trolxHim  kinx  an  ,  ten 


\  ND  Rohoam  went  to  Sichem:  for  thither  were 
•**-  all  Israel  come  together  to  make  him  king. 

2  But  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat, who  was  yet 
iu  Egypt, _a  fugitive  from  the  face  of  king  Solomon, 
hearing  of  hia  death,  returned  out  of  Egypt 

3  And  they  sent  and  called  him:  and  Jeroboam 
came,  and  all  the  multitude  of  Israel:  and  they  spoke 
to  Rohoam.  say  ing: 

4  Thy  father  laid  a  grievous  yoke  upon  us:  now 
therefore  do  thou  take  off  a  little  of  the  grievous  ser- 
viceof  thy  father,  and  of  his  most  heavy  yoke,  which 
he  put  Upon  us;  and  we  will  serve  thee. 

5  And  he  said  to  them:  Co  till  the  third  dav,  and 
come  to  me  again.    And  when  the  people  was  -one, 

6  King  Kohoam  took  counsel  with  the  old  men, 
that  stood  before  Solonion  his  father  while  he  vet 
lived  :  and  he  said:  What  counsel  do  you  give  me, 
that  I  may  answer  this  people? 


•   The  Fook  of  Ou  vordt,  tft.     Ttii»  book  is  U>*t,  hhIi   <lncr»  odiera 
meatiom  it  m  baij  writ. 

l.mumtUpt.'iet-  TlmlU.diisl.  lie  «u  Uicn  utx.ul  &8rear»oi  ag» 
having  rcigiiud  -10  yean. 


CHAP.  XIII. 


7  They  said  toliim :  If  thou  wilt  yield  to  this  peo- 
ple to-day,  and  condescend  to  them,  and  grant  their 
petition,  and  wilt  speak  gentle  words  to  them,  they 
will  he  thy  servants  always. 

8  But  he  left  the  counsel  of  the  old  men,  which 
they  had  given  him;  and  consulted  with  the  young 
men,  that  had  been  brought  up  with  him,  and 
stood  before  him. 

9  And  he  said  to  them :  What  counsel  do  you  give 
me,  that  I  may  answer  this  people,  who  have  said 
to  me:  Make  the  yoke  which  thy  father  put  upon 
us  lighter? 

10  And  the  young  men  that  had  been  broughtup 
with  him,  said:  Thus  shalt  thou  speak  to  this  peo- 
ple, who  have  spoken  to  thee,  saying :  Thy  father 
made  our  yoke  heavy;  do  thou  ease  us.  Thou  shalt 
say  to  them :  My  little  finger  is  thicker  than  the  back 
of  my  father. 

1 1  And  now  my  father  put  a  heavy  yoke  upon 
you,  but  I  will  add  to  your  yoke  :  my  father  beat 
you  with  whips ;  but  i  will  beat  you  with  scor- 
pions. 

12  So  Jeroboam  and  all  the  people  came  to  Ro- 
boam  the  third  day,  as  the  king  had  appointed,  say- 
ing :  Come  to  me  again  the  third  day. 

13  And  the  king  answered  the  people  roughly, 
leaving  the  counsel  of  the  old  men,  which  they  had 
given  him. 

14  And  he  spoke  to  them  according  to  the  coun- 
sel of  the  young  men,  saying :  My  father  made 
your  yoke  heavy;  but  I  will  add  to  your  yoke:  my 
father  beat  you  with  whips;  but  I  will  beat  you 
with  scorpions. 

15  And  the  king  condescended  not  to  the  people  : 
for  the  Lord  was  turned  away  from  him,  to  .make 
good  his  word,  which  he  had  spoken  in  the  hand  of 
Ahras   the  Silonite,  to  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat. 

16  Then  the  people  seeing  that  the  king  would 
not  hearken  to  them,  answered  him,  saying:  What 
portion  have  we  in  David  ?  or  what  inheritance  in 
the  son  of  Isai  ?  Go  home  to  thy  dwellings,  O  Is- 
rael: now,  David,  look  to  thy  own  house.  So  Is- 
rael departed  to  their  dwellings. 

17  But  as  for  all  the  children  of  Israel  that  dwelt 
in  the  cities  of  Juda,  Roboam  reigned  over  them. 

18  Then  king  Roboam  sent  Aduram,  who  was 
over  the  tribute :  and  all  Israel  stoned  him,  and  he 
died.  Wherefore  king  Roboam  made  haste  to  get 
him  up  into  his  chariot :  and  he  fled  to  Jerusalem  : 

19  And  Israel  revolted  from  the  house  of  David 
unto  this  day. 

20  And  it  came  to  pass  when  all  Israel  heard 
that  Jeroboam  was  come  again,  that  they  gathered 
an  assembly,  and  sent  and  called  him,  and  made  him 
king  over  all  Israel :  and  there  was  none  that  fol- 
lowed the  house  of  David  but  the  tribe  of  Juda 
only.* 

*  Juda  only.  Benjamin  was  a  small  tribe,  and  so  intermixed  with  the 
tribe  of  Juda  (the  very  city  of  Jerusalem  being  partly  in  Juda,  parUy 
id  Benjamin)  that  they  are  here  counted  but  as  one  tribe. 

t  Golden  calvt*.  'Tis  likely,  by  making  his  gods  in  this  form,  he  mi- 
micked the  F.gypti»ns,  among  whom  he  had  sojourned,  who  worship- 
ped their  Apis  and  their  Osiris  under  the  form  of  a  bullock. 

a  M 


21  And  Roboam  came  to  Jerusalem :  and  ga- 
thered together  all  the  house  of  Juda,  and  the  tribe 
of  Benjamin,  a  hundred  fourscore  thousand  chosen 
meuforwar,  to  fight  against  the  house  of  Israel,  and 
to  bring  the  kingdom  again  under  Roboam  the  son 
of  Solomon. 

22  But  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Semeias 
the  man  of  God,  saying  : 

23  Speak  to  Roboam  the  son  of  Solomon,  the 
king  of  Juda,  and  to  all  the  house  of  Juda,  and 
Benjamin,  and  the  rest  of  the  people,  saying ; 

24  Thus  saith  the  Lord:  You  shall  not  go  up  nor 
fight  against  your  brethren  the  children  of  Israel : 
let  every  man  return  to  his  house  ;  for  this  thing  is 
from  me.  They  hearkened  to  the  word  of  the 
Lord  ;  and  returned  from  their  journey,  as  the  Lord 
had  commanded  them. 

25  And  Jeroboam  built  Sichem  in  mount 
Ephraim,  and  dwelt  there;  and  going  out  from 
thence,  he  built  Phenuel. 

26  And  Jeroboam  said  in  his  heart:  Now  shall 
the  kingdom  return  to  the  house  of  David, 

27  If  this  people  go  up  to  offer  sacrifices  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord  at  Jerusalem  ;  and  the  heart  of 
this  people  will  turn  to  their  lord  Roboam  the  king 
of  Juda:  and  they  will  kill  me,  and  return  to  him. 

28  And  finding  out  a  device,  he  made  two  golden 
calves, t  and  said  to  them  :  Go  ye  up  no  more  to 
Jerusalem :  Behold  thy  gods,  O  Israel,  who  brought 
thee  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

29  And  he  set  the  one  in  Bethel,  and  the  other 
in  Dan  :J 

30  And  this  thing  became  an  occasion  of  sin  : 
for  the  people  went  to  adore  the  calf  as  far  as  Dan. 

31  And  he  made  temples  in  the  high  places,  and" 
priests  of  the  lowest  of  the  people,  who  were  not  of 
the  sons  of  Levi. 

32  And  he  appointed  a  feast  in  the  eighth  month, 
on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  month,  after  the  man- 
ner of  the  feast  that  was  celebrated  in  Juda.  And 
going  up  to  the  altar,  he  did  in  like  manner  in  Be- 
thel, to  sacrifice  to  the  calves,  which  he  had  made  : 
and  he  placed  in  Bethel  priests  of  the  high  places, 
which  he  had  made. 

33  And  he  went  up  to  the  altar,  which  he  had 
built  in  Bethel,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  eighth 
month,  which  he  had  devised  of  his  own  heart : 
and  he  ordained  a  feast  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
went  up  on  the  altar  to  burn  incence. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

A  prophet  sent  from  Juda  to  Bethel  foretelleth  the  birth  of  Jo- 
sias,  and  the  destruction  of  Jeroboam's  altar.  Jeroboam's 
hand  offering  violence  to  the  prophet,  withvrelh,  but  is  restor- 
ed by  the  prophet's  prayer  :  the  same  prophet  is  deceived  by 
another  prophet,  and  slain  by  a  lion. 

AND  behold,  there  came  a  man  of  God  out  of 
Juda,  by  the  word  of  the  Lord,  to  Bethel,  when 

|  Uelhsl  and  Pan.  Bethel  was  a  c  ty  of  the  tribe  of  Ephraim  in  the 
southern  part  of  the  dominions  of  Jeroboam,  about  six  leagues  from 
Jerusalem :  Dan  was  in  the  extremity  of  his  dominions  to  the  north,  in 
the  confines  ol  Syria. 


273 


III.  KINGS. 


ii  was  Rtaadiug  upon  the  alt. ir,and  burning 
incense. 

2  And  he  cried  Wit  against  the  ;il(;ir  in  I  he  word 
<»i  tin  Lord,  and  said  :  O  altar,  altar,  thus  saith  the 
lord:  Behold,  B  child  shall  be  born  to  the  house 
of  David,  Josiaa  by  name:  ami  he  shall  immolate 
upon  thee  ihe  priests  ol  the  high  places,  who  mw 
hum  incense  upon  thee  :  and  lie  shall  hum  men's 
bones  upon  thee. 

3  And  he  gave  a  si^n  the  same  <lav.  laying  :  This 
shall  Ik-  the  skit,  that  the  lord  bath  spoken  :  Be- 
hold, the  altar  shall  Ik-  rent,  aud  the  ashes  that  are 

,.  it  shall  U'  poured  out. 

4  An.l  when  the  king  had  heard  the  word  of  the 
man  of  God,  which  !»<•  had  cried  out  against  the 
altar  in  Bethel,  he  streiehed  forth  his  hand  from  the 
altar,  Baying:  La)  hold  on  him.  And  his  hand 
which  he  stretched  forth  against  him  withered  : 
and  he  was  not  able  to  draw  it  back  again  to 
him. 

')  The  altar  also  was  rent  :  and  the  ashes  were 
pound  out  from  the  altar,  according  to  the  skii 
which  the  man  of  God  had  given  before  in  the  word 
of  the  Lord. 

And  the  king  said  to  the  man  of  God  :  Intreat 
the  face  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  pray  lor  me,  that 
in s  hand  may  Ik-  restored  to  me.  And  the  man  of 
God  besought  the  face  of  the  Lord;  and  the  king's 
hand  was  restored  to  him  ;  and  it  became  as  it  wa> 
re. 

7  And  the  kin:;  said  to  the  man  of  God  :  Come 
home  with  me  to  dims  and  I  will  make  thee  pre- 
■anta. 

\ud  the  man  of  God  answered  the  king:  It 
thou  wouldst  ^i\e  me  hall  thy  house,  I  will  not  go 
with  tine,  nor  eat  bread,  nor  drink  water  in  this 
place : 

'.»  For  so  it  was  enjoined  me  by  the  word  of  the 
Lord  commanding  me  :  Thou  shall  not  eat  bread, 
nor  drink  water,  nor  return  by  the  same  way  that 
thoU  lamest. 

Id  So  he  departed  by  another  way.  and  returned 
not  l>\  the  way  that  became  into  Bethel. 

11  Nova  certain  old  prophet  dwelt  hi  Bethel: 

and  his  son-  cone  to  him  ;  and  told  him  all  the  works 
that  the  man  of  God  had  done  that  day  in  Bethel  : 
and  they  told  their  father  the  words  which  he  had 
spoken  to  the  king. 

U  And  their  father  said  to  them:  What  way 
went  he'  Hi-  sons  shewed  him  the  wa\  by  which 
the  man  of  <!od  went,  w  ho  came  out  ol  Junk 

13  And  he  said  to  his  sons:  Saddle  me  the  ass. 
Aud  when  they  had  saddled  him,  he  got  up, 

IV  And  went  after  the  man  oftiod.  and  found 
him  sitting  under  a  turpentine-ine  :  and  he  said  to 
him:  Art  thou  the  man  of  God  that  earnest  from 
J nd a  ?    He  answered  :  I  am. 

15  And  he  said  to  him:  ( 'oine  home  with  me,  to 
bread. 

•  «f»  .f*grl  tjmkt  U  mr,  tft.  Tin.  old  m»n  of  llothel  »n  indeed  a  pro- 
phet, but  be  linmil  in  iliu.  deceiving  the  man  of  God  ;  Hit-  inure  be- 
raiiw  he  nrrtrnded  •  •  ■<<  be  did. 

1   Killft  Urn.    Tho*  Ike  Lord  dftrn  pum.!*-.  hi*  acrvant*  lion-,  that 


16  But  be  said  :  I  must  not  return,  nor  go  with 
thee;  neither  will  I  eat  bread,  nor  dunk  water  in 
this  place  : 

17  Became     the  Lord  spoke    tome  in    the   word 

of  the  Lord,  saying:  Thou  sholtnot  eat  bread,  and 

thou   shall  not  drink   water  there,  nor  return  b>  ihc 
way  thou  w  cutest. 

18  He  said  to  him :  I  also  am  a  prophet  like  un- 
to thee:  and  an  Amiel  spoke  to  me*  in  the  word 
of  the  Lord,  saying  :  Brum  him  back  with  thee  in- 
to thy  house,  that  be  may  eat  bread,  and  drink  wa- 
ter.     He  deceived  him, 

19  And  brought  him  back  with  him  :  so  he  eat 
bread,  and  drank  water  in  his  havse. 

20  And  as  they  sat  at  table,  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  to  the  prophet  that  brought  him  back  : 

-'1  And  he  cried  out  to  the  man  of  Got!  who  came 
outofJuda,  saying:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Because 
thou  hast  not  been  obedient  to  the  Lord,  and  nasi 
not  kept  the  commandment  which  the  Lord  thy 
God  commanded  t Ii> 

22  And  hast  returned  and  eaten  bread,  and  drunk 
water  in  the  place  wherein  he  commanded  thee 
that  thou  shouldst  not  eat  bread,  nor  drink  water, 
thy  dead  body  shall  not  he  brought  into  the  sepul- 
chre of  thy  fathers. 

23  Ann  when  be  bad  eaten  and  drunk,  he  sad- 
dled his  ass  for  the  prophet,  whom  he  had  brought 
back. 

24  And  when  he  was  cone,  a  lion  found  him  in 
the  way,  and  killed  him  :f  and  his  bodj  was  cast  in 
the  way  :  and  the  ass  stood  by  him;  and  the  lion 
stood  by  the  dead  body. 

25  And  behold,  men  passing  by  saw  the  dead 
body  cast  in  the  w  ay,  ami  the  lion  standing  by  the 
body.  And  they  came  and  told  it  in  the  city, 
wherein  that  old  prophet  dwelt. 

9SB  And  win  n  that  prophet,  who  had  brought 
him  back  out  of  the  way,  heard  ol  it.  he  said:  It  is 
the  man  ol  (iod.  that  was  disobedient  to  the  mouth 
of  the  Lord:  and  the  Lord  hath  delivered  him  to 
the  lion  :  and  he  hath  torn  him,  and  killed  him  ac- 
cording to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  spoke  to 
him. 

27  And  he  said  to  his  sons  :  Saddle  me  an  ass. 
And  when  they  had  saddled, 

28  And  when  he  w  as  mme,  he  found  the  dcadhody 
caat  in  the  way.  and  the  ass  and  the  lion  Standing 
by  the  carcass:  the  lion  had  not  eaten  of  the  dead 
body,  nor  hurt  the  BBS. 

'  And  the  prophet  took  up  the  l>ody  of  the  man 
of  God,  and  laid  it  upon  the  a-s  :  and  going  back. 
brought  it  into  the  city  of  the  old  prophet,  to  moinn 
for  him. 

;K)  And  he  laid  his  dead  bosh  in  his  own  sepul- 
chre :  and  they  mourned  o\cr  him,  saying  :  Alas! 
alas!    my  brother. 

31  And  when  they  had  mourned  over  him,  he 
said  to  his  sons:   When  I  am  dead,  bury  me  in  the 


lie-  m.n  *JMre  tlirm  hereafter.     Kor  the 
opinion,  i hat  (In-  .in  of lhi»  prophet, 
ea,  wu  Dot  mortal. 


Iil%  of  divine*  are  ol 
with  ail  it*  circnni 


CHAP.  XIV. 


sepulchre  wherein  the  man  of  God  is  buried  :  lay 
my  hones  beside  his  hones  : 

32  For  assuredly  the  word  shall  come  to  pass 
which  he  hath  foretold  in  the  word  of  the  Lord 
against  the  altar  that  is  in  Bethel,  and  against  all  the 
temples  of  the  high  places,  that  are  in  the  cities  ol 
Samaria. 

33  After  these  words  Jeroboam  came  not  back 
from  his  wieked  way:  but  on  the  contrary  he  made 
of  the  meanest  of  the  people  priests  of  the  high  pla- 
ces :  whosoever  would,  he  filled  his  hand  ;  and  he 
was  made  a  priest  of  the  high  places. 

34  And  for  this  cause  did  the  house  of  Jeroboam 
sin,  and  was  cut  off,  and  destroyed  from  the  face  of 
the  earth. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

Ahiax  prophesieth  the  destruction  of  the  family  of  Jeroboam.  He 
dieth,  and  is  succeeded  by  his  son  Nadab.  The  King  of 
Egypt  talcclh  and  pillageth  Jerusalem.  Roboam  dieth  ;  and 
his  son  Abiain  succeedeth. 

AT  that   time  Abia   the  son  of  Jeroboam  fell 
sick. 

2  And  Jeroboam  said  to  his  wife  :  Arise,  and 
change  thy  dress,  that  thou  be  not  known  to  be  the 
wile  of  Jeroboam,  and  go  to  Silo,  where  Ahias  the 
prophet  is,  who  told  me,  that  I  should  reign  over 
this  people. 

3  Take  also  with  thee  ten  loaves,  and  cracknels, 
and  a  pot  of  honey,  and  go  to  him  :  for  he  will  tell 
thee  what  shall  become  of  this  child. 

4  Jeroboam's  wife  did  as  he  told  her  ;  and  rising 
up  went  to  Silo,  and  came  to  the  house  of  Ahias : 
but  he  eould  not  see  ;  for  his  eyes  were  dim  by  rea- 
son of  his  age. 

5  And  the  Lord  said  to  Ahias  :  Behold,  the  wife 
of  Jeroboam  cometh  in,  to  consult  thee  concerning 
her  son  that  is  sick  :  thus  and  thus  shalt  thou  speak 
to  her.  So  when  she  was  coming  in,  and  made  as 
if  she  were  another  woman, 

6  Ahias  heard  the  sound  of  her  feet  coming  in  at 
the  door;  and  said  :  Come  in,  thou  wife  of  Jero- 
boam: why  dost  thou  feign  thyself  to  be  another? 
But  I  am  sent  to  thee  with  heavy  tidings. 

7  Go,  and  tell  Jeroboam  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
the  God  of  Israel  :  Forasmuch  as  1  exalted  thee 
from  among  the  people,  and  made  thee  prince  over 
my  people  Israel : 

8  And  rent  the  kingdom  away  from  the  house 
of  David,  and  gave  it  to  thee,  and  thou  hast  not 
been  as  my  servant  David,  who  kept  my  command- 
ments, and  followed  me  with  all  his  heart,  doing 
that  which  was  well  pleasing  in  my  sight : 

9  But  hast  done  evil  above  all  that  were  before 
thee ;  and  hast  made  thee  strange  gods  and  molten 

Sods,  to  provoke  me  to  anger,  and  hast  cast  me 
ehind  thy  back  : 

10  Therefore  behold,  I  will  bring  evils  upon  the 
house  of  Jeroboam  ;  and  will  cut  off  from  Jeroboam 
him  that  pisseth  against  the  wall,  and  him  that  is 


•  The  Book  of  the  iror  /s  rf  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Israel.  This  book 
wh^ch  is  often  mentioned  in  the  book  of  ki  ir-s,  is  long-  since  lost.  For 
u  to  the  books  of  Paralipomenon  or  On  onicl.  j  ^which  the  Hebrews  call 


shut  up,  and  the  last  in  Israel:  and  I  will  sweep 
a\\iay  the  remnant  of  the  house  of  Jeroboam,  as 
dung  is  swept  away  till  all  he  clean. 

11  Them  that  shall  die  of  Jeroboam  in  the  city, 
the  dogs  shall  eat :  and  them  that  shall  die  in  the 
field,  the  birds  of  the  air  shall  devour :  for  the  Lord 
hath  spoken  it. 

12  Arise  thou  therefore,  and  go  to  thy  house  : 
and  when  thy  feet  shall  be  entering  into  the  city, 
the  child  shall  die, 

13  And  all  Israel  shall  mourn  for  him,  and  shall 
bury  him:  for  he  only  of  Jeroboam  shall  be  laid  in  a 
sepulchre:  because  in  his  regard  there  is  found  a 
good  word  from  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel,  in  the 
house  of  Jeroboam. 

14  And  the  Lord  hath  appointed  himself  a  king 
over  Israel,  who  shall  cut  off  the  house  of  Jerobo- 
am in  this  day,  and  in  this  time  : 

15  And  the  Lord  God  shall  strike  Israel  as  a  reed 
is  shaken  in  the  water:  and  he  shall  root  up  Israel 
out  of  this  good  land,  which  he  gave  to  their  fathers, 
and  shall  scatter  them  beyond  the  river:  because 
they  have  made  to  themselves  groves,  to  provoke 
the  Lord. 

16  And  the  Lord  shall  give  up  Israel  for  the  sins 
of  Jeroboam,  whohath  sinned, and  made  Israel  tosin. 

17  And  the  wife  of  Jeroboam  arose,  and  depart- 
ed, and  came  to  Thersa:  and  when  she  was  com- 
ing in  to  the  threshold  of  the  house,  the  child  died  : 

18  And  they  buried  him.  And  all  Israel  mourn- 
ed for  him  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which 
he  spokeby  thehandof  his  servant  Ahiasthe prophet. 

19  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jeroboam,  how  he 
fought;  and  how  he  reigned,  behold,  they  are  writ- 
ten in  the  Book  of  the  words  of  the  days  of  the  kings 
of  Israel.* 

20  And  the  days  that  Jeroboam  reigned,  w'ere 
two  and  twenty  years:  and  he  slept  with  his  fa- 
thers: and  Nadab  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

21  And  Roboam  the  son  of  Solomon  reigned  in 
Juda:  Roboam  was  one  and  forty  years  old  when 
he  began  to  reign :  and  he  reigned  seventeen  years 
in  Jerusalem,  the  city  which  the  Lord  chose  out  of 
all  the  tribes  of  Israel  to  put  his  name  there.  And 
his  mother's  name  was  Naama  an  Ammonitess. 

22  And  Juda  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord, 
and  provoked  him  above  all  that  their  fathers  had 
done,  in  their  sins  which  they  committed. 

23  For  they  also  built  them  altars  and  statues, 
and  groves,  upon  every  high  hill,  and  under  every 
green  tree : 

24  There  were  also  the  effeminate  f  in  the  land  : 
and  they  did  according  to  all  the  abominations  of  the 
people  whom  the  Lord  had  destroyed  before  the 
face  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

25  And  in  the  fifth  year  of  the  reign  of  Roboam, 
Sesac  king  of  Egypt  came  up  against  Jerusalem. 

26  And  he  took  away  the  treasures  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord,   and  the  king's  treasures,  and  cairied 


the  words  of  the  days)  they  were  certainly  written  after  the   book  of 
king's ;  since  they  frequently  refer  to  them.  . 

t  The  effeminate.     Catamites,  or  men  addicted  to  unnatural  lust. 

175 


III.  KINGS. 


all  o(T:  ;is  also  the  >li"uKN  of  gold  which  Solomon 
Ilk]  made : 

27  \ml  Roboam  made  shields  of  brass  instead 
of  them,  and  delivered  them  into  the  hand  of  the 
captains  of  the  shield -bearers,  itnd  of  them  that 
kept  watch  before  the  gate  of  the  king's  house. 

\ml  when  the  king  went  into  the  home  of  the 
Lord,  they  whose  office  it  was  to  ^1  before  him, 
carried  them:  and  afterwards  thej  brought  them 
back  to  the  armoury  of  the  shield-bearers. 

Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Roboam,  and  all 
thai  In- did,  behold,  they  arc  written  in  the  Hook  of 
tin-  words  of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Juda. 

30  And  there  was  war  between  Roboam  and  Je- 
roboam alwa\  s. 

.'il  And  Roboam  slept  with  Ids  fathers,  and  u;i> 
buried  with  them  in  tin- city  of  David  :  and  his  mo- 
ther's name  was  Naaroa  an  Ammonites*;  and  Abiam 
his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAP.  XV. 

The  actt  of  Abiam  ami  of  .ha  Lings  of  .huht  :  and  iff  Natlab 
mill  liana  kings  oj  lsra<  I. 

NOW  in  the  eighteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  Je- 
roboam the  sou  of  Nabat,  Abiam  reigned  ovei 

Jnda. 

1  He  reigned  three  years  in  Jerusalem:  the  name 
of  his  mother  was  Maaclia*  the  daughter  of  Abcs- 
salom. 

3  And  he  walked  in  all  the  sins  of  his  father, 
which  he  had  done  before  him:  and  his  heart  was 
not  perfect  with  the  Lord  his  God,  as  was  the  heart 
of  I  )a\  id  bis  father. 

4  But  for  David's  sake  the  Lord  his  God  gate 
him  a  lamp  in  Jerusalem,  to  set  up  his  son  alter 
him,  and  to  establish  Jerusalem  : 

5  Because  David  had  done  that  which  was  right 
in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord,  and  had  not  turned  aside 
from  any  thins  that  he  commanded  him,  all  the 
davs  ol  his  life,  except  the  matter  of  Unas  the  He- 
thite. 

6  But  there  was  war  between  Roboam  and  Je- 
roboaui  all  the  time  of  his  life. 

',  \nd  the  rest  of  the  words  of  Abiam,  and  all 
that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  Book  of  the 
words  of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Juda  ?  And  there 
was  war  between  Abiam  and  Jeroboam. 

8  And  Abiam  slept  with  his  fathers:  and  they 
buried  him  in  the  city  of  David  :  and  Asa  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

9  So  in  the  twentieth  year  of  Jeroboam  king  of 
Israel,  reigned  Asa  kins  of  Jnda, 

10  And  he  reigned  one  and  forty  years  in  Jerusa- 
lem. Mis  mother'sf  name  was  Maacha,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Abe-salom. 

1  1  And  *sa  did  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord,  as  did  David  his  father: 


*  Bfurti,  (rr      She  in  called  el«ewhcre  Michaia,  daughter  ofl  .,.  i 
but   it  wa»  common  in  tboae  day*  for  the  same  penon  to  hare  two 
I 

*  Ifu  wwtkrr,  *rt.  That  i«,  hi»  rran.linotl.rr;  nnlcaa  we  *uppo*e, 
which  i«  n<>t  improbable,  that  Maacha  here  named  ie  different  from  the 
Ma-vha  mentioned,  ver.  t. 

(  Tktkigk  /Um.    There  were  attl—  or  Ugk  placet  of  two  different 


12  And  he  took  BWBj  the   effeminate  out  of  the 
id  :  and  lit  n  mow  1 
his  fathers  bad  made. 


i\  tin 

.'lit  In- 


land :  and  he  removed  all  the  tilth  ol  the  idols,  which 


13  Moreover  he  also  removed  his  mother  Ma 
scha,  Irom  being  the  princess  in  the  sacrifices  Oi 

Fria['tis,  ami  in  the  grow  which  she  had  consecrat- 
ed to  him:  and  he  destroyed  her  den,  and  broke  in 
pieces   the    filthy  idol,   and    burnt  it   In  the   torrent 

(  i  dron: 

11  But  the  high  places}  he  did  not  take  BW8V. 
Nevertheless  the  heart  of  Asa  was  perfect  with  the 
Lord  all  his  days: 

15  Ami  he  brought  in  the  things  w  hit  h  his  father 
had  dedicated,  and  he  had  \<>w  en,  into  the  house  of 
the  Lord.  silver  and  gold,  and  \csscls. 

16  \ml  there  was  war  between  Asa,  andBaasa 
kins  of  Israel  all  their  days. 

17  Anil  Baasa  kingof Israel  went  up  against  Juda, 
and  built  Rama,  that  no  man  might  go  out  or  come 
in.  of  the  side  of  Asa  lung  of  Jnda. 

1 8  Then  Asa  took  all  the  silver  and  gold  that  re- 
mained in  the  treasures  of  the  house  ol  the  Lord, 
and  in  thetn  asim  s  (>l  the  king's  house,  and  deliver- 
ed it  into  the  hands  of  his  servants;  and  sent  tin  into 
Benadad  son  of  Tabieinon  the  son  of  He/ion,  king 
of  Syria,  who  dwelt  iu  DamaM  :US,  saving: 

15)  There  is  a  league  between  me  anil  thee,  and 
between  my  father  and  thy  father:  therefore  I  have 
sent  thee  presents  of  silver  and  gold:  anil  I  desire 
thee  to  come,  and  break  thy  league  with  Baasa 
kins  of  Israel,  that  he  may  depart  from  me. 

JO  Benaadad  hearkening  to  kins  Asa,  Bent  the 
captains  of  his  arinv  against  the  cities  of  Israel:  and 
they  smote  Ahion,  and    Dan,  and  Aheldoinnin  .Ma- 

acba,  and  all  Ceoneroth;  that  is,  all  the  land  of 
Nephtali. 

Jl    And  when  Baasa  had    heard    this,    he  left  tifl 

building  Rama,  and  returned  into  Theraa. 

-  But  king  Asa  sent  wortl  into  all  Juda,  saving: 
Let  no  man  be  BXCtSSed:  and  they  took  awa\  the 
stones  from  Bama,  and  the  timber  thereof,  whcie- 
w it h  Baasa  had  been  building:  and  with  them  king 
Asa  built  Gabaa  of  Benjamin,  and  iWasphu. 

23  But  the  rest  of  all  the  BCtfl  ol  \sa,  and  all  his 
strength, andall  that  he  did. aiidthecitiesthathe  built, 
are  they  not  written  in  the  Book  of  the  w  ords  ol  the 

days  01  the  kings  of  Juda?  But  in  the  time  of  his 

old  age,  be  was  diseased  in  hi*-  feet. 

Jl  And  he  slept  with  his  lathers,  and  was  buried 
with  them  in  the  city  of  David  his  lather.  And  Jo- 
saphat  his  son  reigned  in  his  place. 

25  But  Nadab  the  son  of  Jeroboam  reigned  over 
Israel  the  second  year  of  Asa  kingof  Juda:  and  he 
reigned  over  Israel  two  years. 

26*  And  he  did  evil  iu  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and 
walketl  111  the  wa\s  of  his  father,  and  in  his  |k)S, 
wherewith  he  made  Israel  to  mil 

UiimK  Some  were  »et  up,  and  dedicated  to  the  wi>r-0.i|>  of  idoh,  or 
■tranfre  {rods :  and  tboae  A«a  removed,  <  fWafi/xm.  nv.2. ;  olheii 
were  onlv  altar*  of  the  true  God,  but  were  creeled  contrary  to  the 
law,  winch  allowed  of  no  sacrifice,  but  in  the  temple  ;  and  time 
/  •  i."i  iht  Ijord.     Ata  bad  hi*  fault*, 

but  never  forsook  the  worship  of  the  Lord. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


27  And  Baasa  the  son  of  Ahias  of  the  house  of 
Issaehar,  conspired  against  him,  and  slew  him  in 
Gebbethon,  which  is  a  city  of  the  Philistines:  for 
Nadah  and  all  Israel  besieged  Gebbethon. 

28  So  Baasa  slew  him  in  the  third  year  of  Asa 
king  of  Juda,  and  reigned  in  his  place. 

29  And  when  he  was  king  he  cut  off  all  the  house 
Of  Jeroboam  :  lie  left  not  so  much  as  one  soul  of  his 
seed,  till  he  had  utterly  destroyed  him,  according  to 
the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  had  spoken  in  the 
hand  of  Ahias  the  Silonite  : 

30  Because  of  the  sin  of  Jeroboam,  which  he  had 
sinned,  and  wherewith  he  had  made  Israel  to  sin, 
and  for  the  offence  wherewith  he  provoked  the  Lord 
the  God  of  Israel. 

31  But  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Nadab,  and  all  that 
he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  Book  of  the 
words  of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Israel? 

32  And  there  was  war  between  Asa  and  Baasa 
the  king  of  Israel  all  their  days. 

33  In  the  third  year  of  Asa  king  of  Juda,  Baasa 
the  son  of  Ahias  reigned  all  over  Israel,  in  Thersa, 
four  and  twenty  years. 

34  And  he  did  evil  before  the  Lord,  and  walked 
in  the  ways  of  Jeroboam,  and  in  his  sins,  where- 
with he  made  Israel  to  sin. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

Jehu  prophesieth  against  Baasa.  His  son  Ela  is  slain,  and  all 
his  family  destroyed  by  Zambri.  Of  the  reign  of  A  mri  fa- 
ther of  Achab. 

THEN  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jehu  the 
son  of  Hanani,  against  Baasa,  saying  : 

2  Forasmuch  as  I  have  exalted  thee  out  of  the 
dust,  and  made  thee  prince  over  my  people  Israel, 
and  thou  hast  walked  in  the  way  of  Jeroboam,  and 
hast  made  my  people  Israel  to  sin,  to  provoke  me  to 
anger  with  their  sins  : 

3  Behold,  I  will  cut  down  the  posterity  of  Baasa, 
and  the  posterity  of  his  house  :  and  I  will  make  thy 
house  as  the  house  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat. 

4  Him  that  dieth  of  Baasa  in  the  city,  the  dogs 
shall  eat :  and  him  that  dieth  of  his  in  the  country, 
the  fowls  of  the  air  shall  devour. 

5  But  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Baasa,  and  all  that  he 
did,  and  his  battles,  are  they  not  written  in  the  Book 
of  the  words  of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Israel  ? 

6  So  Baasa  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was  bu- 
ried in  Thersa :  and  Ela  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

7  And  when  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  in  the 
hand  of  Jehu  the  son  of  Hanani  the  prophet  against 
Baasa,  and  against  his  house  and  against  all  the  evil 
that  he  had  done  before  the  Lord,  to  provoke  him 
to  anger  by  the  works  of  his  hands,  to  become  as 
the  house  of  Jeroboam  :  for  this  cause_  he  slew  him, 
that  is  to  say,  Jehu  the  son  of  Hanani,  the  prophet. 

8  In  the  nix  and  twentieth  year  of  Asa  king  of 
Juda,  £la  the  son  of  Baasa  resigned  over  Israel  in 
Thersa  two  years. 

*  In  the  one  and  thirtieth  year,  Sfc.  Amri  began  to  reign  in  the  seven 
»nd  twentieth  year  of  Asa ;  but  had  not  quiet  possession  of  the  king- 


9  And  his  servant  Zambri,  who  was  captain  of 
half  the  horsemen,  rebelled  against  him  :  now  Ela 
was  drinking  in  Thersa,  and  drunk  in  the  house  of 
Arsa  the  governor  of  Thersa. 

10  And  Zambri  rushing  in,  struck  him,  and  slew 
him  in  the  seven  and  twentieth  year  of  Asa  king  of 
Juda  :  and  he  reigned  in  his  stead. 

1 1  And  when  he  was  king,  and  sat  upon  his 
throne,  he  slew  all  the  house  of  Baasa  :  and  he  left 
not  one  thereof  to  piss  against  a  wall,  and  all  his 
kinsfolks  and  friends. 

12  And  Zambri  destroyed  all  the  house  of  Baasa, 
according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  that  he  had 
spoken  to  Baasa  in  the  hand  of  Jehu  the  pro- 
phet, 

13  For  all  the  sins  of  Baasa,  and  the  sins  of  Ela 
his  son,  who  sinned,  and  made  Israel  to  sin,  pro- 
voking the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel  with  their  vani- 
ties. 

14  But  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Ela,  and  all  that 
he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  Book  of  the  words 
of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Israel  ? 

15  In  the  seven  and  twentieth  year  of  Asa  king 
of  Juda,  Zambri  reigned  seven  days  in  Thersa : 
now  the  army  was  besieging  Gebbethon  a  city  of 
the  Philistines. 

16  And  when  they  heardthat  Zambri  hadrebelled, 
and  slain  the  king,  all  Israel  made  Amri  their  king, 
who  was  general  over  Israel  in  the  camp  that  day. 

17  And  Amri  went  up,  and  all  Israel  with  him 
from  Gebbethon  :  and  they  besieged  Thersa. 

18  And  Zambri  seeing  that  the  city  was  about 
to  be  taken,  went  into  the  palace,  and  burnt  himself 
with  the  king's  house:  ana  he  died 

19  In  his  sins,  which  he  had  sinned,  doing  evil 
before  the  Lord,  and  walking  in  the  way  of  Jero- 
boam, and  in  his  sin,  wherewith  he  made  Israel 
to  sin. 

20  But  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Zambri,  and  of  h's 
conspiracy  and  tyranny,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
Book  of  the  words  of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Is- 
rael ? 

21  Then  were  the  people  of  Israel  divided  into 
two  parts  :  one  half  of  the  people  followed  Thebni 
the  son  of  Gineth,  to  make  him  king :  and  one  half 
followed  Amri. 

22  But  the  people  that  were  with  Amri,  prevailed 
over  the  people  that  followed  Thebni  the  son  of 
Gineth :  and  Thebni  died,  and  Amri  reigned. 

23  In  the  one  and  thirtieth  year*  of  Asa  king  of 
Juda,  Amri  reigned  over  Israel,  twelve  years  :  in 
Thersa  he  reigned  six  years. 

24  And  he  bought  the  hill  of  Samaria  of  Somer 
for  two  talents  of  silver:  and  he  built  upon  it :  and 
he  called  the  city  which  he  built  Samaria  after  the 
name  of  Semer  the  owner  of  the  hill. 

25  And  Amri  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord, 
and  acted  wickedly  above  all  that  were  before  him. 

26  And  he  walked  in  all  the  ways  of  Jeroboam 
the  son  of  Nabat,  and  in  his  sins  wherewith  he 

dom  till  the  death  of  his  competitor  Thebni,  which  was  in  the  one  and 
thirtieth  year  of  Asa's  reign. 

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III.  KINGS. 


made  load  tossa;  to  provoke  ilir  Lord  the  CJtnl  of 

In  H  I  in  angCf  w  ith  I  In  ir  rank*. 

27  Now  the  rest  til  tin  iSJCtg  tit    \inri.  and  the  hat 

ilea  In-  fought,  an-  tiny  not  written  in  dm  Hook  oi 
tin-  words  of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Israel  ? 

\ ml  Aniri  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  #81 
buried  in  Samaria  :  anil  Achah  liis  son  rcLncd  in 
his  stead. 

Mow  Achah  the  sou  of  Atnri  retched  over  Is- 
rael in  the  eight  and  thirtieth  year  or  Asa  king  of 
.Inda.      And  Aeliali  the  son   of   Amri   reigned  over 

in  Vim  ii  it  iwo  and  twenty  rears. 

\ud  \i  lial)  the  son  of  Amri  did  evil  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord  above  all  that  were  before  him. 

.11  Nor  was  it  enoudi  for  him  to  walk  in  the  sins 
of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat :  but  be  also  t(H>k  to 
wife  Jeaabd  daughter  of  Ethhaal  kim;  of  the  sido- 
niant.  And  he  Went,  and  served  Baal,  and  adored 
him. 

32  knd  be  set  up  an  altar  for  Baal  in  the  temple 
of  Baal,  which  he  had  built  in  Samaria: 

\nd  be  planted  a  grove :  and  Achabdid  more 
to  provoke  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel,  than  all  the 
kiims  of  Israel  that  were  before  him. 

34  In  his  da  vs  Hiel  of  Bethel   hnilt  Jericho:   in 
Ahirain  his  liist-born   he   laid    its   foundations:  and 
in  his  vomiiiest  SOO  Beguh  he  set  tip  the  gates  (hereof; 
according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  spok 
in  the  hand  of  Josue  the  son  of  Nun. 

(HAP.  XVII. 

h'Jins  shuttrth  up  the  hravcn  from  minim:.  lie  is  frd  by  ra- 
mi*, ami  aftrrmirds  by  a  widow  of  Sun /iltta.  He  ruiseth 
thr  widow's  son  to  life. 

A  ND  Klias  the  Theshite  of  the  inhabitants  of 
-£*-  (ialaad  said  to  Aehab  :  As  the  Lord  liveth  the 
God  of  Israel,  in  whose  siiiht  I  stand,  there  shall 
not  bedew  nor  rain  these  wars,  but  according  to 
tin-  words  of  mj  month. 

I  \nd  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  bim,  saying: 

i  t  thee  hence,  and  go  towards  the  east  ;  and 
hide  thyself  by  the  torrent  of  (arith,  which  is  over- 
agaittSl  the  Jordan  : 

4  And  there  thon  shalt  drink  of  the  torrent:  and 
I  have  commanded  the  ravens  to  feed  thee  ihere. 

5  So  he  went,  and  did  according  to  the  word  of 
the  Lord:  and  going,  hedwi  It  by  the  torrent  Carith, 
which  is  over-a^ainst  the  .Ionian. 

(J  Ami  the  ravens  brought  him  bread  and  flesh  in 
the  morning,  and  bread  and  flesh  in  the  evcnini; : 
and  he  drank  of  the  torrent. 

7  But  after  some  time  the  torrent  was  dried  tip  : 
for  it  had  not  mined  ii|h)ii  the  earth. 

h*  Thin  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  him. saving: 

'.'  kltSO,  and  goto  Sarephta  ol  the  SidoniattS,t 
and  dwell  I  here  :    for  I  have  commanded  a  widow- 

Woinail  there  to  feed   thee. 

10  He  arose,  and  went  to  Sarephta.  And  when 
he  w .is  come  to  the  gate  of  the  <iiv.  be  saw  the 
widow-woman  gathering  sticks:  and  he  called  her, 


•  Ifi/*  Iktir  MnUiri. 
.liK-riiful  thing*. 


TUat  i«,  tlmir  idoU,  Uictr  giildvu  calm,  »ain, 


and  said  to  her:  Give  me  a  little  watei  in  a  vessel, 
(hat  I  mat  drink. 

II    And  when  she  was going  SO  fetch  it,  he  called 

after  ber.  saying:  Bring  ma  also,  I  beseech  tin  i 

morsel  of  bread  in  thy  hand. 

U  And  she  answered:  As  the  Lord  tin  (bid 
liveth,  I  have  no  bread,  but  only  a  handful  of  meal 
in  a  pot.  and  a  little  oil  in  a  crtlsc :  behold.  I  am 
^alluring  two  sticks,  I  hat  I  may  j:o  in  and  dress  ii, 
lor  me  and  my  son,  that  we  may  it,  and  die. 

13  And  Lbas  said  to  her:  Fear  not  ;  but  £o.  and 
do  as  thon  hast  said:  but  first  make  for  me  of  the 
same  meal  a  little  hearth-cake,  and  bring  it  to  me; 
and  after  make  for  thyself  and  thy  son. 

^  14  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel. 
The  pot  of  meal  shall  not  Waste,  nor  the  ernse  of 
oil  be  diminished,  until  the  day  wherein  the  Lord 
will  ghre  rain  upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 

15  She  went,  and  did  according  to  the  word  of 
Klias:  and  he  ate,  and  she,  and  her  house  :  and 
from  that  day 

16  The  pot  of  meal  wasted  not,  and  the  eruse  of 
oil  was  not  diminished,  according  to  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  which  he  spoke  in  the  hand  of  Klias. 

17  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that  the  son  of 
the  woman,  the  mistier  of  the  house,  fell  sick  :  and 
the  sickness  was  very  grievous,  so  that  there  was 
no  breath  left  in  him. 

18  And  she  said  to  Elias:    What   have  I    to  do 
with  thee,  thou  man  of  Cod?  art  thou  come  to  me 
that  my  iniquities  should  be  remembered,  and  that 
thon  shonldst  kill  my  son  ? 

19  And  Klias  said  to  her:  Give  me  thy  son.  Ain't 
he  took  him  out  of  her  boBOtn,  and  carried  him  into 
the  upper  chamber  when  he  abode,  and  laid  him 
upon  his  own  bed. 

20  And  he  eried  to  the  Lord,  and  said  :  O  Lord 
my  God,  hast  thou  afflicted  also  the  widow,  with 
whom  I  am  after  a  sort  maintained,  sons  to  kill 
her  son  ? 

21  And  he  stretched,  and  measured  himself  u[>on 
the  child  three  times:  and  cried  to  the  Lord,  and 
said:  O  Lord  my  God,  let  the  soul  of  this  child,  I 
beseech  thee,  return  into  his  body. 

22  And  the  Lord  heard  the  voice  of  Elias:  and 
the  soul  of  the  child  returned  into  him:  and  he  re- 
*  ived. 

23  And  Elias  took  the  child,  and  brought  him 
down  from  the  upper  chaml>cr  to  the  house  lielow  , 
and  delivered  him  to  his  mother,  and  said  to  her: 
Behold,  thy  son  liveth. 

l\  And  the  woman  said  to  Elias:  Now,  by  this  I 
know  (hat  thon  art  a  man  of  God  :  and  the  word  of 
the  Lord  in  thy  mouth  is  trie  . 

CHAP.  XVIII. 

Elias  cometh  before  Ackab.      He  ronrinrtth  ..W  fnhr  prophets 
by  bringing  firr  from  heaven  :  he  olttaineth  ram  by  his  jinn/i  r 

AFTER  many  days  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
to  Klias,  in  the  third  year,  saying:  Go,  and 

f  $<rrrpkla  qf  the  9tf*mrmi.     That  U,  a  city  of  Uie  .Sidoniaiu. 


CHAP.  XVIII. 


show  thyself  to  Achah,  that  I   may  give  rain  upon 
tlio  face  of  the  earth. 

2  And  Elias  went  to  show  himself  to  Achat) : 
and  there  was  a  grievous  famine  in  .Samaria. 

3  And  Achah  called  Abdias  the  governor  of  his 
house:  now  Abdias  feared  the  Lord  very  much. 

4  For  when  Jezabel  killed  the  prophets  of  the 
Lord,  he  took  a  hundred  prophets,  and  hid  them  by 
fifty  and  fifty  in  caves,  and  fed  them  with  bread 
and  water. 

5  And  Achah  said  to  Abdias:  Go  into  the  land 
unto  all  fountains  of  waters,  and  into  all  valleys,  to 
see  if  we  can  find  grass,  and  save  the  horses  and 
mules,  that  the  beasts  may  not  utterly  perish. 

6  And  they  divided  the  countries  between  them, 
that  they  might  go  round  about  them  :  Achah  went 
one  way,  and  Abdias  another  way  by  himself. 

7  And  as  Abdias  was  in  the  way,  Elias  met  him  : 
and  he  knew  hirn,  and  fell  on  his  face,  and  said: 
Art  thou  my  lord  Elias  ? 

8  And  he  answered :  I  am.  Go,  and  tell  thy 
master:  Elias  is  here. 

9  And  he  said:  What  have  1  sinned,  that  thou 
wouldst  deliver  me  thy  servant  into  the  hand  of 
Achah,  that  he  should  kill  me  ? 

10  As  the  Lord  thy  God  liveth,  there  is  no  nation 
or  kingdom,  whither  my  lord  hath  not  sent  to  seek 
thee  :  and  when  all  answered  :  He  is  not  here  ;  he 
look  an  oath  of  every  kingdom  and  nation,  because 
thou  wast  not  found. 

11  And  now  thou  sayest  to  me :  Go,  and  tell  thy 
master  :  Elias  is  here. 

12  And  when  I  am  gone  from  thee,  the  Spirit  of 
the  Lord  will  carry  thee  into  a  place  that  I  know 
not:  and  I  shall  go  in  and  tell  Achab,  and  he  not 
finding  thee,  will  kill  me :  but  thy  servant  feareth 
the  Lord  from  his  infancy. 

13  Hath  it  not  been  told  thee,  my  lord,  what  I 
did  when  Jazebel  killed  the  prophets  of  the  Lord  ; 
how  I  hid  a  hundred  men  of  the  prophets  of  the 
Lord,  by  fifty  and  fifty  in  caves,  and  fed  them  with 
bread  and  water  ? 

14  And  now  thou  sayest:  Go,  and  tell  thy  mas- 
ter: Elias  is  here:  that  he  may  kill  me. 

15  And  Elias  said:  As  the  Lord  of  hosts  liveth, 
before  whose  face  I  stand,  this  day  I  will  show 
myself  unto  him. 

16  Abdias  therefore  went  to  meet  Achab,  and 
told  him:  and  Achab  came  to  meet  Elias. 

17  And  when  he  had  seen  him,  he  said:  Art  thou 
he  that  troublest  Israel? 

18  And  he  said  :  I  have  not  troubled  Israel,  but 
thou  and  thy  father's  house,  who  have  forsaken  the 
commandments  of  the  Lord,  and  have  followed 
Baalim. 

19  Nevertheless  send  now,  and  gather  unto  me 
all  Israel,  unto  mount  Carmel,  and  the  prophets  of 
Baal  four  hundred  and  fifty,  and  the  prophets  of  the 
groves  lour  hundred,  who  eat  at  Jezabel's  table. 

20  Achab  sent  to  all  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
gal hered  together  the  prophets  unto  mount  Carmel. 

21  And  Elias  coming  to  all  the  people,  said:  How 
long  do  you  halt  between  two  sides  ?  If  the  Lord  be 


God,  follow  him  :   hut  if  Baal,  then   follow  him. 
And  the  people  did  not  answer  him  a  word. 

22  And  Elias  said  again  to  the  people  :  I  onlyrc- 
main  a  prophet  of  the  Lord:  but  the  prophets  of 
Baal  are  four  hundred  and  fifty  men. 

23  Let  two  bullocks  be  given  us:  and  let  them 
choose  one  bullock  for  themselves,  and  cut  it  in 
pieces,  and  lay  it  upon  wood,  but  put  no  fire  under: 
and  I  will  dress  the  other  bullock,  and  lay  it  on 
wood,  and  put  no  fire  under  it. 

24  Call  ye  on  the  names  of  your  gods;  and  I  will 
call  on  the  name  of  my  Lord  :  and  the  God  that 
shall  answer  by  fire,  let  him  be  God.  And  all  the 
people  answering,  said:   A  very  good  proposal. 

25  Then  Elias  said  to  the  prophets  of  Baal: 
Choose  you  one  bullock,  and  dress  it  first,  because 
you  are  many:  and  call  on  the  names  of  your  gods; 
but  put  no  fire  under. 

26  And  they  took  the  bullock  which  he  gave 
them,  and  dressed  it:  and  they  called  on  the  name 
of  Baal  from  morning  even  till  noon,  saying:  O 
Baal,  hear  us.  But  there  was  no  voice,  nor  any 
that  answered:  and  they  leaped  over  the  altar  that 
they  had  made. 

27  And  when  it  was  now  noon,  Elias  jested  at 
them,  saying:  Cry  with  a  louder  voice:  for  he  is  a 
god;  and  perhaps  he  is  talking,  or  is  in  an  inn,  or 
on  a  journey;  or  perhaps  he  is  asleep,  and  must  be 
awaked. 

28  So  they  cried  with  a  loud  voice;  and  cut  them- 
selves after  their  manner  with  knives  and  lancets, 
till  they  were  all  covered  with  blood. 

29  And  after  mid-day  was  past,  and  while  they 
were  prophesying,  the  time  was  come  of  offering 
sacrifice  ;  and  there  was  no  voice  heard,  nor  did  any 
one  answer,  nor  regard  them  as  they  prayed: 

30  Elias  said  to  all  the  people:  Come  ye  unto  me. 
And  the  people  coming  near  unto  him,  he  repaired 
the  altar  of  the  Lord,  that  was  Woken  down  : 

31  And  he  took  twelve  stones  according  to  the 
number  of  the  tribes  of  the  sons  of  Jacob,  to  whom 
the  word  of  the  Lord  came,  saying:  Israel  shall  be 
thy  name. 

32  And  he  built  with  the  stones  an  altar  to  the 
name  of  the  Lord :  and  he  made  a  trench  for  water, 
of  the  breadth  of  two  furrows  round  about  the  altar. 

33  And  he  laid  the  wood  in  order,  and  cut  the 
bullock  in  pieces,  and  laid  it  upon  the  wood; 

34  And  he  said :  Fill  four  buckets  with  water,  and 
pour  it  upon  the  burnt-offering,  and  upon  the  wood. 
And  again  he  said:  Do  the  same  the  second  time. 
And  when  they  had  done  it  the  second  time,  he 
said:  Do  the  same  also  the  third  time.  And  they 
did  so  the  third  time. 

35  And  the  water  ran  round  about  the  altar:  and 
the  trench  was  filled  with  water- 

36  And  when  it  was  now  time  to  offer  the  holo- 
caust, Elias  the  prophet  came  near,  and  said:  O 
Lord  God  of  Abraham,  and  Isaac,  and  Israel,  show 
this  day  that  thou  art  the  God  of  Israel,  and  I  thy 
servant;  and  that  according  to  thy  commandment  I 
have  done  all  these  things. 

37  Hear  me,  O  Lord,  hear  me;  that  this  people 

279 


III.  KINGS. 


may  learn,   thai   thou  art  the  Laid  (io<i,  and  thai 
ihouhast  turned  their  heart  again. 

38  Then  the  lire  of  the  Lord  fell;  and  consumed 

the  holocaust,  mid  die  wood,   and  the    stones,   and 

the  dust;  and  licked  up  the  water  that  was  in  the 
trench. 

39  And  when  all  the  people  saw  this,  they  fell 
on  their  laces,  and  they  said:  The  Lord  he  is  (iod, 
the  Lord  In-  is  (iod. 

1<)  And  Klias  said  to  them:  Take  the  prophets  of 
Baal ;  and  let  not  one  of  ihem  escape.  And  when 
they  had  taken  them.  Klias  brought  them  down  to 
the  torrent  Cboil,  and  killed  them  there. 

11  And  Klias  said  to  Achali:  ( ioup.eat.anddrink : 
for  there  is  a  sound  of  ahiindance  of  rain. 

Vchahwcnt  Up  to  fat  and  drink  :  and  Klias  w  eni 
up  to  the  top  ot  (armel:  and  casting  himself  down 
it|M>n  the  earth,  put  his  face  between  his  knees: 

1. !  Ami  be  Mai  to  his  servant  :  Go  up.  and  look 
toward  the  sea.  And  he  went  up,  and  looked,  and 
said:  Then'  is  nothing.  And  again  he  said  to  him: 
Return  seven  times. 

H  And  at  the  seventh  time :  Behold,  a  little  eloud 
arose  out  of  tin     sea    like   a  -mail's   foot      And   he 

said.  Go  up,  and  savtoAchab:  Prenafe  thy  chariot, 

and  ^o  down,  lest  the  rain  prevent  thee. 

45  And  while  he  turned  himself  this  way  and 
that  w  ay.  behold,  the  heavens  grew  dark  w  ill)  clouds 
and  wind;  and  there  fell  a  peal  rain.  And  Achali 
getting  up,  went  away  to  Jezrahel: 

46  And  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  upon  Klias: 
and  he  girded  up  his  loins,  and  ran  before  Aehah, 
till  he  tame  to  Jezrahel. 

CHAP.  XIX. 

in  in-;  from  JrzahJ  it  fed  bil  an  .-In?*-!  in  the  drstrt  ;  and 
Ly  the  ttrength  itf  lliatfuotl  tratkrlh  forty  duyt,  till  he  roineth 
In  ll,iri  h,  ir!i,  ri    lu  li.ilk  a  rt'WOH  of  ditii. 

AND  Achat)  told  Jeaahel  all  thai  Klias  had  done, 
and  how  he  had  slain  all  the  prophets  with  the 

sword. 

2  \nil  .le/.alxl  sent  a  messenger  to  Klias, saying: 
Such  and  such  things  mat  the  gods  do  to  me,  and 
add  still  more,  if  bj  this  hour  to-morrow  I  make  not 
thy  life  as  the  life  of  one  of  them. 

3  I  hen  dial  WM  afraid:  and  rising  up  he  went 
whithersoever  be  had  a  mind  and  he  came  to  Ber- 
sahee  of  Juda,  and  left  his  servant  there i 

4  And  he  went  forward,  one  day's  journey  into 
the  desert.  And  when  he  wa>  there,  and  sal  under 
a  juuiper-trer.    lie    requested    for    his   sonl   that    he 

might  die;*  ami  said:  It  is  enough  for  me,  Lord; 

take  aw  a\  m\  s((n| ;  for  I  am  no  hetiei  than  ni\  fathers, 
.si  himself  down,  and  slept  in  the  sha- 
dow ol  the  juniper-tree  :  and  behold,  an  Angel  of 


That  he  mtirht  Av 


c 


iiie  ntr  ' 

•he  Urn 
II..-   wit. 
<— irr  in  the  hi 

b. fried 

•  ti  wmt  to  I'm 


ID  r>  quested  In  i!h  ,  ii.l  nut  ol  nn|  alienee  or 
of  real  auain.t  tin  ;  MM  lli.it  In-  inijht  im  lixiir.r 
trie*  of  hi»  peoele,  and  I  lie  war  they  were  wag- 

lii. 

ial/i^dfl/r.     'Ill  '  ilh    which  Klias  wu 

*»   a  fltril"-  ol  'if  life  whieh  tre  IV- 

we  arc  lo 
Kracr  llimiitrli  tW  wililnmc  of  thw  wnrlil  tall 
iiiiiit.uti  <ii  <  •  •  .niuahapi".  eternity. 


the  Lord  touched  him,  and  said  to  him:  Arise,  and 
eat 

6  He  looked,  and  behold,  there  was  at  his  head  a 
hearth-cake,  and  a  vessel  ot  water:  and  he  ate  and 
drank;  and  he  fell  asleep  again. 

7  And  the  Angel  of  the  land  came  agaia  the 
second  lime,  and  touched  him,  and  said  lo  him  : 
Arise,  eat  ;    for  thou  hast  vet  a  great  way  10  go. 

8  And  he  arose,  ami  ate,  and  drank :  and  w  alk>  d 
in  the  strength  of  that  foodt  forty  days  and  forty 
nights,  unto  the  mount  of  (iod.  Iloreh. 

9  And  when  he  was  come  thither,  lie  abode  in  B 
Give:  and  beheld,  the  word  of  the  Lord  nniii  onto 
him  :   and  he   said  to  him  :   What  dot  st  thou  h 
Klias? 

10  And  he  answered:  With  zeal  have  1  been 
zealous  for  the  Load  t  «»hI  of  hosts  :  tor  the  children 

of  Israel  have  forsaken  thv  covenants  they  have 
thrown  down  thy  altars;  they  have  slain  thy  pro- 
phets with  the  sword:  and  I  alone  am  left;!  and 
they  seek  my  life  to  take  it  away, 

1 1  And  he  said  to  him :  Go  forth,  and  stand  upon 
the  mount,  before  the  Lord:  and  behold,  the  Lord 
passeth  ;  and  a  great  and  strong  wind  before  the 
Lord  overthrowing  the  mountains,  and  breaking  the 
roeks  in  pieces:  The  Lord  is  not  in  iht  wind  :  and 
after  the  wind  an  earthquake:  the  Lord  is  not  in 
the  earthquake: 

12  And  after  the  earthquake  a  lire:  the  Lord  is 
not  in  the  fire:  and  aftei  the  lire  a  whistling  of  a 
gentle  air. 

13  And  when  Klias  heard  it,  he  covered  his  face 
with  his  mantle,  and  coming  forth  stood  in  the  en- 
tering in  of  the  cave;  and  behold,  a  voice  unto  him, 
saying:  What  doest  thou  here,  Klias  r  And  he  an- 
swered : 

14  With  zeal  have  1  been  zealous  for  I  he  Lord 
(itxl  of  hosts:  because  the  children  of  Israel  ha\e 
Inrsaken  thy  covenant  :  they  have  destroyed  thv 
altars:  they  have  slain  thy  prophets  with  the  SWord, 
and  I  alone  am  left  ;  and  tliey  seek  my  life  to  take 

it  awav. 

15  And  the  Lord  said  to  him  :  Go,  anil  return  on 
thy  way  through  the  desert  to  Damascus :  and  when 
thou  art  eome  thither,  thou  shah  anoint  llazael  to 
be  king  over  Syria  : 

16  And  thou  shalt  anoint  Jehu  the  son  of  Nanisi 
to  be  king  over  Israel:  and  EKseus  the  son  ol  Sa- 
|ihat,  of  Abelmeula,  thou  shalt  anoint  to  he  prophet 
m  thy  room. 

17  And  it  shall  eome  to  pass,  that  whosoever 
shall  escape  the  sword  of  Hazael,  shall  be  slain  by 
Jehu:  ami  whosoever  shall  escape  the  swonl  of 
Jehtt,  shall  be  slain  by  Klisetis.$ 

18  And  I  will  leave  me  seven  thousand  men  in 


{  lakme  mm  left,  via.  of  the  ujofibrti  in  tin-  kingdom  of  Unci,  or  ol 
Mir  tin  tribal  :  liir  in  tin'  lniipli'in  "f  . I  u. la  religion  wa*  al  lliat  lime 
in  a  very  fionn  Inner  i  '   l'"'   king.   A»a  and  Jutaphat. 

And  even  in  lurael  there  remained  teveral  propLeta,  tbowgii  not  tix  n 
known  to  Klias     Sea  chap-  m 

I  Shall  be  itain  hy   £KmM  I    kill  urn  nfthr    Mnlaj— 

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CHAPTER  XX. 


Israel,  "whose  knees  have  not  been  bowed  before 
Baal,  and  every  mouth  that  hath  not  worshipped  him 
kissing  the  hands. 

19  And  Klias  departing  from  thence,  found  Eli- 
seus  the  son  ol  Saphat,  ploughing  with  twelve  yoke 
of  oxen  :  and  he  was  one  of  them  that  were  plough- 
ing with  twelve  yoke  of  oxen  :  and  when  Elias  came 
up  to  him,  he  cast  his  mantle  upon  him. 

20  And  he  forthwith  left  the  oxen,  and  ran  after 
Elias,  and  said:  Let  me,  I  pray  thee,  kiss  my  father 
and  my  mother;  and  then  1  will  follow  thee.  And 
he  said  to  him:  Go,  and  return  back:  for  that 
which  was  my  part,  I  have  done  to  thee. 

21  And  returning  back  from  him,  he  took  a  yoke 
of  oxen,  and  killed  them,  and  boiled  the  flesh  with 
the  plough  of  the  oxen,  and  gave  to  the  people  ;  and 
they  ate  :  and  rising  up  he  went  away,  and  followed 

%  Elias,  and  ministered  to  him. 

CHAP.  XX. 

The  Syrians  besiege  Samaria :  they  are  twice  defeated  by 
Achnb :  toko  is  reprehended  by  a  prophet  for  letting  Bena- 
dad  go. 

AND  Benadad  king  of  Syria  gathered  together 
all  his  host :  and  there  were  two  and  thirty 
kings  with  him,  and  horses,  and  chariots :  and  going 
up  he  fought  against  Samaria,  and  besieged  it. 

2  And  sending  messengers  to  Achab  king  of  Is- 
rael into  the  city, 

3  He  said:  Thus  saith  Benadad:  Thy  silver  and 
thy  gold  is  mine:  and  thy  wives  and  thy  goodliest 
children  are  mine. 

4  And  the  king  of  Israel  answered :  According 
)o  thy  word,  my  lord  O  king,  1  am  thine,  and  all 
Jhat  I  have. 

5  And  the  messengers  came  again,  and  said : 
Thus  saith  Benadad,  who  sent  us  unto  thee:  Thy 
jilver,  and  thy  gold,  and  thy  wives,  and  thy  chil- 
dren thou  shalt  deliver  up  to  me. 

6  To-morrow  therefore  at  this  same  hour  I  will 
send  my  servants  to  thee:  and  they  shall  search  thy 
house,  and  the  houses  of  thy  servants :  and  all  that 
pleascth  them,  they  shall  put  in  their  hands,  and 
cake  away. 

7  And  the  king  of  Israel  called  all  the  ancients 
of  the  land,  and  said:  Mark,  and  see  that  he  lay- 
eth  snares  for  us.  For  he  sent  to  me  for  my  wives, 
and  for  my  children,  and  for  my  silver  and  gold : 
Mini  I  said  not  nay. 

8  And  all  the  ancients,  and  all  the  people  said 
lo  him:  Hearken  not  to  him,  nor  consent  to  him. 

9  Wherefore  he  answered  the  messengers  of 
Benadad :  Tell  my  lord  the  king:  All  that  thou 
didst  send  for  to  me  thy  servant,  at  first,  1  will  do  : 
but  this  thing  I  cannot  do. 

10  And  the  messengers  returning  brought  him 
word.  And  he  sent  again,  and  said:  Such  and 
such  things  may  the  gods  do  to  me,  and  more  may 


they  add,  if  the  dust  of  Samaria  shall  suffice 
liandfuls  for  all  the  people  that  follow  me. 

1 1  And  the  king  of  Israel  answ  ering,  said  :  Tell 
him  :  Let  not  the  girded*  boast  himself  as  the  un- 
girded. 

12  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Benadad  heard 
this  word,  that  he  and  the  kings  were  drinking  in 
pavilions,  and  he  said  to  his  servants:  Beset  the 
city.     And  they  beset  it. 

13  And  behold,  a  prophet  coming  to  Achab  kin& 
of  Israel,  said  to  him:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Hast 
thou  seen  all  this  exceeding  great  multitude?  behold, 
1  will  deliver  them  into  thy  hand  this  day;  that  thou 
mayst  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

14  And  Achab  said:  By  whom?  And  he  said  to 
him:  Thus  saith  the  Lord:  By  the  servants  of  the 
princes  of  the  provinces.  And  he  said  :  Who  shall 
begin  to  fight  r  And  he  said  :  Thou. 

15  So  he  mustered  the  servants  of  the  princes  of 
the  provinces,  and  he  found  the  number  of  two 
hundred  and  thirty-two :  and  he  mustered  after 
them  the  people,  all  the  children  of  Israel,  seven 
thousand : 

16  And  they  went  out  at  noon.  But<  Benadad 
was  drinking  himself  drunk  in  his  pavilion,  and  the 
two  and  thirty  kings  with  him,  who  were  come  to 
help  him. 

17  And  the  servants  of  the  princes  of  the  pro- 
vinces went  out  first.  And  Benadad  sent.  And 
they  told  him,  saying :  There  are  men  come  out  of 
Samaria. 

18  And  he  said:  Whether  they  come  for  peace, 
take  them  alive  :  or  whether  they  come  to  fight,  take 
them  alive. 

19  So  the  servants  of  the  princes  of  the  pro- 
vinces went  out,  and  the  rest  of  the  army  followed  : 

20  And  every  one  slew  the  man  that  came 
against  him :  and  the  Syrians  fled ;  and  Israel  pur- 
sued after  them.  And  Benadad  king  of  Syria  fled 
away  on  horseback  with  his  horsemen. 

21  But  the  king  of  Israel  going  out  overthrew 
the  horses  and  chariots,  and  slew  the  Syrians  with 
a  great  slaughter. 

22  (And  a  prophet  coming  to  the  king  of  Israel, 
said  to  him  :  Go,  and  strengthen  thyself,  and  know, 
and  see  what  thou  doest :  for  the  next  year  the  king 
of  Syria  will  come  up  against  thee.) 

23  But  the  servants  of  the  king  of  Syria  said  to 
him:  Their  gods  are  gods  of  the  hills ;  therefore 
they  have  overcome  us :  but  it  is  better  that  we 
should  fight  against  them  in  the  plains ;  and  we 
shall  overcome  them. 

24  Do  thou  therefore  this  thing :  Remove  all  the 
kings  from  thy  army,  and  put  captains  in  their 
stead : 

25  And  make  up  the  number  of  soldiers  that 
have  been  slain  of  thine,  and  horses  according  to 
the  former  horses,  and  chariots  according  to  the 
chariots  which  thou  hadst  before  :  and  we  will  fight 


and  the  vengeance  he  would  execute  against  Israel ;  and  anointed  the 
latter  by  one  of  his  disciples  to  be  king  of  Israel,  with  commission  to  I 


ext'~*ate  the  house  of  Achab. 


No 


*  Let  not  the  girded,  fye.     Let  him  not  boast  before  the  victory :  it 
will  tin 'ii  be  time  to  glory  when  he  putteth  off  his  armour,  having 

281 


overcome  his  adversary. 


III.  KINGS. 


against  them  in  the  plains;  and  thou  slialt  sec  that 
ire  shall  overcome  them.  He  bettered  their  coun- 
sel, ami  (1»<! 

26  Wherefore  at  the  return  of  the  year,  Bena- 
dad mastered  the  Syrians,  and  went  up  to  Aphcc, 
to  fight  adjust  Israel. 

J7  And  the  children  of  Israel  were  mustered, 
and  taking  victuals  went  out  on  the  other  side,  and 

cimped  over-sgamst  i lii-m.  like  rwo  little  ieeka  of 

goats:   i)iit  the  Syrians  filled  the  land. 

28  (And  I  man  of  ( iod  coating,  said  to  the  king 
of  Israel:  Thus  saith  the  Lord:  Because  the 
Syrians  have  said  :  The  Lord  is(iodof  the  hills, 
but  is  not  (Jod  of  the  valleys:  I  will  deliver  all  this 
great  multitude  into  thy  hand,  and  you  shall  know 
that  I  am  the   Lord.) 

29  And   IkmIi  si, I.  >  set  their  armies  in  array  one 
inst    the  other  seven  days  :    and  on  the  seventh 

day  the  hattle  was  fought :  and  the  children  of  Is- 
rael slew  of  the  Syrians  a  hundred  thousand  foot- 
men in  one  day. 

.{<)  And  they  that  remained  fled  to  Aphec,  into  the 
city  :  and  the  w  all  fell  upon  seven  and  twenty  thou- 
sand men,  that  were  left.  And  Benadad  fleeing 
went  into  the  city,  into  a  ehamher  that  was  within 
a  chamber. 

31  And  his  servants  said  to  hiin  :  Behold,  we 
have  heard  that  the  kings  of  the  house  of  Israel  are 
merciful  :  so  let  us  put  sackcloths  on  our  loins,  and 
ropes  on  our  heads,  and  go  out  to  the  king  of  Israel : 
perhaps  he  will  save  our  lives. 

32  So  they  gilded  sackcloth  on  their  loins,   and 


Of   Is- 

lith  : 


put  ropes  on  their  heads,  and  came  the  kins 
rael,  and  said  to  him:    Thy  servant  Benadad  sa 
I  beseech  thee  let  mc  have  my  life.     And  he  said  : 
If  lie  be  \et  alive,  he  is  my  brother. 

33  The  men  took  this  for  a  sign  :  and  in  haste 
caught  the  word  out  ol  his  month,  and  said:  Tin 
brother  Benadad.  And  he  said  to  them :  Go.  and 
bring  him  to  me.  Then  Benadad  came  out  to  him  : 
and  he  lilted  him  up  into  his  chariot 

3-1  And    he  said    to  him 
father  took  from   thy  father,  I  will  restore:  and  do 
thou  make  thee  streets  in  Damascus,  as  my   father 
in  Samaria 


The  cities  which   mv 


and  having  made  a  league  I  will 
Bo  he  made  a  league  with  him, 


made 

depart  from  thee. 

and  let  him  go. 

35  Then  a  certain  man  of  the  sons  of  the   pro- 

Ehels   said  to    his  companion    in    the   word   of   the 
,onl  :    Strike  me.      But  hi-  would  not  strike. 

36  Then  he  said  to  him:  Because  thou  wouldst 
not  hearken  to  the  word  of'  the  Lord,  behold,  thou 
■hah  depart  from  me,  and  a  lion  shall  slay  thee. 
And  when  he  was  gone  a  little  from  him,  a  lion 
found  him,  and  slew  him. 

37  Then    he   found   another  man,   and   said    to 


Strike  me.     And  he  struck  him,  and  wounded 


him: 
him. 

38  So  the  prophet  went  and  met  tin-  kins  in  the 
w.n.  .mil  disguised  himself  by  sprinkling  dust  on 
his  face  and  his  ryes. 

39  And  as  the  kins  passed  by,  he  cried  to  the 
king,  ami  said:  Thy  servant  went  ()ut  to  fight  hand 

SM 


io  hand  :  and  when  a  certain  man  Jras  run  away, 
one  brought  him  to  me,  and  said:  Keep  this  man  : 
and  if  he  shall  slip  awa\.  thj  life  shall  he  foj  his 
life,  or  thou  slialt  pay  a  talent  of  silver. 

W)  And  whilst  I  in  the  hurry  turned  this  way 
and  that,  on  a  sudden  he  was  not  to  Im- seen.  And 
the  kins  of  Israel  said  to  him:  This  is  thy  judg- 
ment, which  thyself  hast  decreed. 

41  But  he  forthwith  wiped  oil  the  dust  from  his 
face:  and  the  kin»  of  Israel  knew  him,  that  he  was 
one  of  the  prophets. 

48  And  he  said  to  him':  Thus  saith  the  Lord: 
Because  thou  hast  let  go  out  of  thy  hand  a  man 
worthy  of  death,  thy  life  shall  be  for  his  life,  and 
thy  people  for  his  people. 

43  And  the  king  of  Israel  returned  to  his  home, 
slighting  to  hear,  and  raging  came  into  Samaria. 

CHAP.  XXI. 

Naboth,  for  denying  his  vineyard  to  king  Achab.  it  by  Jt-uilnl't 
command  mr  ill,  f abely  acrut  il,  and  stoned  Io  ill  nth.  For  trim  h 
rrimi  I. /in*  drnouncrth  to  Achab  the  judgment*  of  (Sod:  upon 
his  humbling  himself,  the  sentence  is  ■iflffuf 

AND  after  these  thing*,  Nabotfa  the  Je/.rahelite, 
-£*-  who  was  in  Jezraiiel,  had  at  that  time  a  \ine- 
yard  near  the  palace  of  Achab  king  of  Samaria. 

2  And  Achah  siioke  to  Nal>oth.  saving:  Give  me 
thy  vineyard,  that  I  may  make  me  a  garden  of  herbs, 
because  it  is  nigh,  and  joining  to  my  house;  and  I 
will  give  thee  for  it  a  hetter  vineyard:  or  if  thou 
think  it  more  convenient  for  thee,  I  will  give  tine 
the  worth  of  it  in  money. 

3  Naboth  answered  him:  The  Lord  be  merci- 
ful to  me,  and  not  let  me  give  thee  the  inheritance 
of  mv  lathers. 

4  And  Achab  came  into  his  house  Mgrj  and 
fretting,  because  of  the  word  that  Naboth  the  J<  /- 
rahelite  had  spoken  to  him,  saving:  I  will  not  give 

thee  the  iuliei  nanceof  my  fathers.  And  Casting  hfOt- 
Seif  upon  hjs  bed,  he  turned  away  his  lace  to  the 
wall,  and  would  eat  no  bread. 

5  And  .le/.abel  his  wife  went  in  to  him.  and  said 
to  him  :    What    is   the    matter   that    thy   soul    is    so 

grieved?  ami  why  eatest  thou  no  bread? 

6  And  he  answered  her:  I  spoke  toNuboth  the 
.le/rahelite,  and  said  to  him  :  (ii\e  me  thy  \ine\aid, 
and  take  money  for  it:  or  if  it  please  thee,  I  will 
give  thee  a  better  vineyard  for  it.      And  In;  said:   1 


w  ill  not  give  thee  my 

7    Then    .le/ahel  h 


vines  aid. 
is  wife  sai 


id  to  him:  Thou  art 
of  great  authority  indeed,  and  govatuesl  w  ell  the 
kingdom  of  Israel.  Arise,  and  eat  bread,  ami  be 
of  ^.<)(mI  cheer:  I  will  give  thee  the  vineyard  ol  Na- 
both the  Jezrahelile. 

8  So  she  wrote  letters  in  Aehah's  name,  and 
sealed  them  with  his  rini,  and  sent  them  to  the 
ancients,  and  the  chief  men  that  were  in  his  city, 
and   that  dwelt  with  Naboth. 

9  And  this  was  the  tenor  ol  the  letters  :  Proclaim 
a  last :  and  make  Naboth  sit  anion-  the  dm  I  ol'  Un- 
people: 

10  And  suborn  two  men.  sons  of  Belial,  against 
him  ;   and  lei  (hem  bear  false  witness,  (hat  he  hatb 


CHAP.  XXII. 


blasphemed  God  and  the  king:  and  then  carry  him 
out,  and  stone  him,  and  so  let.  him  die. 

11  And  the  men  of  his  city  the  ancients  and 
nobles,  that  dwelt  with  him  in  the  city,  did  as  Jeza- 
bel  had  commanded  them,  and  as  it  was  written 
in  the  letters  which  she  had  sent  to  them  : 

12  They  proclaimed  a  fast,  and  made  Naboth 
sit  among  the  chief  of  the  people. 

13  And  bringing  two  men  sons  of  the  devil,  they 
made  them  sit  against  him:  and  they,  like  men  of 
the  devil,  bore  witness  against  him  before  the  people, 
saying:  Naboth  hath  blasphemed  God  and  the 
king:  wherefore  they  brought  him  forth  without 
the  city,  and  stoned  him  to  death. 

14  And  they  sent  to  Jezabel,  saying :  Naboth 
is  stoned,  and  is  dead. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jezabel  heard 
•that  Naboth  was  stoned,  and  dead,  that  she  said  to 

Achab :  Arise,  and  take  possession  of  the  vineyard 
of  Naboth  the  Jezrahelite,  who  would  not  agree 
with  thee,  and  give  it  thee  for  money:  for  Naboth 
is  not  alive,  but  dead. 

16  And  when  Achab  heard  this,  to  wit,  that 
Naboth  was  dead,  he  arose,  and  went  down  into 
the  vineyard  of  Naboth  the  Jezrahelite,  to  take  pos- 
session of  it. 

17  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Elias  the 
Thesbite,  saying : 

18  Arise,  and  go  down  to  meet  Achab  king  of 
Israel,  who  is  in  Samaria  :  behold,  he  is  going  down 
to  the  vineyard  of  Naboth,  to  take  possession  of  it : 

19  And  thou  shalt  speak  to  him,  saying  :  Thus 
saith  the  Lord :  Thou  hast  slain,  moreover  also 
thou  hast  taken  possession.  And  after  these  words 
thou  shalt  add  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  In  this  place, 
wherein  the  dogs  have  licked  the  blood  of  Naboth, 
they  shall  lick  thy  blood  also. 

20  And  Achab  said  to  Elias :  Hast  thou  found 
me  thy  enemy.  He  said  :  I  have  found  thee,  be- 
cause thou  art  sold,  to  do  evil  in  the  sight  *  of  the 
Lord. 

21  Behold,  I  will  bring  evil  upon  thee;  and  I 
will  cut  down  thy  posterity;  and  I  will  kill  of 
Achab  him  that  pisseth  against  the  wall,  and  him 
that  is  shut  up,  and  the  last  in  Israel. 

22  And  I  will  make  thy  house  like  the  house  of 
Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat,  and  like  the  house  of 
Baasa  the  son  of  Ahias :  for  what  thou  hast  done, 
to  provoke  me  to  anger,  and  for  making  Israel  to 
sin. 

23  And  of  Jezabel  also  the  Lord  spoke,  saying  . 
The  dogs  shall  eat  Jezabel  in  the  field  of  Jezrahel. 

24  If  Achab  die  in  the  city,  the  dogs  shall  eat 
him  :  but  if  he  die  in  the  field  the  birds  of  the  air 
shall  eat  him. 

25  Now  there  was  not  such  another  as  Achab, 
who  was  sold  to  do  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  :  for 
his  wife  Jezabel  set  him  on, 

26  And  he  became  abominable  ;  insomuch  that 
he  followed  the  idols  which  the  Amorrhites   had 


+  Sold  to  do  evil  in  Ike  sight,  SfC.  That  is,  so  addicted  to  evil,  as  if 
thou  hadst  sold  thyself  to  the  devil,  to  be  his  slave  to  work  all  kind  of 
evil. 


made,  whom  the  Lord  destroyed  before  the  face  of, 
the  children  of  Israel. 

27  And  when  Achab  had  heard  these  words,  he 
rent  his  garments,  and  put  hair-cloth  upon  his  flesh, 
and  fasted,  and  sleot  in  sackcloth,  and  walked  with 
his  head  cast  down. 

28  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Eiias  the 
Thesbite,  saying  . 

29  Hast  thou  not  seen  Achab  humbled  before 
me?  therefore,  because  he  hath  humbled  himself 
for  my  sake,  I  will  not  bring  the  evtf  in  his  days; 
but  in  his  son's  days  will  I  bring  the  evil  upon  his 
house. 

CHAP.  XXII. 

Achab  believing  his  false  prophets,  rather  than  Micheas,  is  slain 
in  Ramolh-Galaad.  Ochozias  succeedeth  him.  Good  king 
Josaphat  dieth  :  and  his  son  Jorum  succeedeth  him. 

AND  there  passed  three  years  without  war  be- 
tween Syria  and  Israel. 

2  And  in  the  third  year,  Josaphat  king  of  Juda 
came  down  to  the  king  of  Israel. 

3  (And  the  king  of  Israel  said  to  his  servants : 
Know  ye  not  that  Ramoth-Galaad  is  ours,  and  we 
neglect  to  take  it  out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
Syria  ?) 

4  And  he  said  to  Josaphat:  Wilt  thou  come  with 
me  to  battle  to  Ramoth-Galaad  ? 

5  And  Josaphat  said  to  the  king  of  Israel  :  As  I 
am,  so  art  thou  :  my  people  and  thy  people  are  one  : 
and  my  horsemen,  thy  horsemen.  And  Josaphat 
said  to  the  king  of  Israel :  Inquire,  I  beseech  thee, 
this  day  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

6  Then  the  king  of  Israel  assembled  the  prophets, 
about  four  hundred  men :  and  he  said  to  them : 
Shall  I  go  to  Ramoth-Galaad  to  fight,  or  shall  I  for- 
bear ?  They  answered  :  Go  up  ;  and  the  Lord  will 
deliver  it  into  the  hand  of  the  king. 

7  And  Josaphat  said :  Is  there  not  here  some 
prophet  of  the  Lord,  that  we  may  inquire  by  him  ? 

8  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  to  Josaphat:  There 
is  one  man  left,  by  whom  we  may  inquire  of  the 
Lord  :  Micheas  the  son  of  Jemla ;  but  1  hate  him  ; 
for  he  doth  not  prophesy  good  to  me,  but  evil. 
And  Josaphat  said  :  Speak  not  so,  O  king. 

9  Then  the  king  of  Israel  called  a  eunuch,  and 
said  to  him  :  Make  haste,  and  bring  hither  Micheas 
the  son  of  Jemla. 

10  And  the  king  of  Israel,  and  Josaphat  king  of 
Juda,  sat  each  on  his  throne  clothed  with  royal 
robes,  in  a  court  by  the  entrance  of  the  gate  of 
Samaria:  and  all  the  prophets  prophesied  before 
them. 

11  And  Sedecias  the  son  of  Chanaana  made 
himself  horns  of  iron,  and  said:  Thus  saith  the 
Lord :  With  these  shalt  thou  push  Syria,  till  thou 
destroy  it. 

12  And  all  the  prophets  prophesied  in  like  man- 
ner, saying  :  Go  up  to  Ramoth-Galaad,  and  pros- 
per ;  for  the  Lord  will  deliver  it  into  the  king's 
hands. 

13  And  the  messenger,  that  went  to  call  Miche- 
as, spoke  to  him,  saying :  Behold,  the  words  of  the 

283 


III.  KINGS. 


prophets  with  one  mouth  dec. are  good  things  to  the 
king:  let  tliv  word  therefore  be  like  io  theirs,  and 

speak  that  which  is  good. 

11  But  Micheai  said  to  him  :  As  the  Lord  liveth, 
Whatsoever  the  Lord  shall  sa\  to  me,  that  w  ill  I  speak. 

15  So  he  came  to  the  king:  ami  the  king  laid 
to  him :  Micbeas,  shall  we  go  to  Ramoth-Galaad 
to  battle,  or  shall  we  forbear?  He  answered  him : 
Go  op,*  and  prosper:  and  the  Lord  shall  deliver  it 
into  the  kind's  hands. 

16  But  the  kins;  s;iid  to  him  :  I  adjure  thee  again 
and  again,  that  thou  tell  me  nothing  l»ut  that  which 
is  true  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

17  And  he  said  :  I  saw  all  Israel  scattered  upon 
the  hills,  like  sheep  that  have  no  shepherd  ;  and  the 
Lord  said:  These  ha\e  no  master:  let  every  man 
of  them  return  to  his  house  in  peace. 

18  (Then  the  kins  of  Israel  said  to  Josaphat : 
Did  I  not  tell  thee,  that  he  prophesied  no  good  to 
me,  hut  always  evil .') 

19  And  he  added,  and  said  :  Here  thou  there- 
fore the  word  of  the  Lord  :  1  saw  the  Lord  silting 
on  his  throne,  and  all  the  army  of  heaven  standing 
by  him  on  the  right  hand  and  on  the  left : 

20  And  the  Lord  said  :f  Who  shall  deceive 
Achah  kin^  of  Israel,  that  he  may  go  up,  and  fall 
at  Ramoth-Galaad  ?  And  one  spoke  words  of  this 
manner,  and  another  otherwise. 

J I  And  there  came  forth  a  spirit^  and  stood  he- 
fore  the  Lord,  and  said  :  I  will  deceive  him.  And 
the  Lord  said  to  him  :  By  what  means? 

And  he  said  :  I  will  go  forth,  and  be  a  lying 
spirit  in  the  mouth  of  all  his  prophets.  And  tin 
Lord  said  :  Thou  shalt  deceive  him,  and  shalt  pre- 
Vaii  :   go  forth,  and  do  so.J 

23  Now  therefore  heboid,  the  Lord  hath  given  a 
Kin?  spirit  in  the  mouth  of  all  thy  prophets  that 
are  here  :  and  the  Lord  hath  spoken  cvilagainst  thee. 

24  And  Sedecias  the  son  of  Chanaana  came,  and 
strut- k  Micheas  on  the  cheek;  and  said:  Hath 
then  the  spirit  of  the  Lord  left  me,  and  spoken  to 
thee  ? 

25  And  Micheas  said :  Thou  shalt  see  in  the 
day  when  thou  shalt  go  into  a  chamher§  within  a 
chamber  to  hide  thyself. 

26  And  the  king  of  Israel  said:  Take  Micheas. 
and  let  him  abide  with  Anion  the  governor  of  the 
city,  and  with  Joas  the  son  of  Atnalech  : 

27  And  tell  them:  Thus  saith  the  king:  Put 
this  man  in  prison,  and  feed  him  with  bread  of  af- 
fliction, and  water  of  distress,  till  I  return  in  peace. 

\nd  Micheas  said:  If  thou  return  in  peace, 
the  Lord  hath  not  sjM)ken  by  me.  And  he  said: 
Hear,  all  ye  people. 


•  C»  up,  Ift,  Thi«  wan  spoken  ironically,  »nd  by  way  of  jeMing  at 
Otc  flattering  »pe*chea  of  the  fal«c  prophetic  and  to  the  king  under- 
•t'»<l  it,a»  appears  by  tu»  adjuring  Mirheas,  in  the  following  verse, 
totfll  bun  iIh   truth,  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

t  Tkt  Ltd  hU,  Ift.  God  standeth  not  in  need  of  any  counsellor; 
nor  are  we  to  suppose  that  thing*  pan  in  heaven  in  the  manner  liere 
described  :  hut  this  representation  was  made  to  the  prophet,  to  be  de- 
livered by  him  in  a  manner  adapted  to  the  common  ways  and  notion* 
of  men. 

[(icjbrtk,  tmd  da  m      TIim  arte  not  a  command  |  but  a  permission 

SSI 


29  So  the  t»ins  of  Israel,  and  Josaphat  king  oi 
Juda  went  up  to  Ramoth-Galaad. 

.U)  And  the  kins  of  Israel  said  to  Josa|>hal  : 
Take  armour,  ami  so  into  the  battle,  and  put  on  ihy 
own  garments,  lint  the  king  ol  Israel  changed  his 
diess,  ;itid  wiiii  into  the  battle. 

31  And  the  king  of  Syria  had  commanded  ihe 
two  and  thirty  captains  of  his  chanots,  savin::: 
i  oil  shall  not  light  against  any,  small  or  great,  hut 
against  the  king  of  Israel  only. 

.'  So  when  the  captains  of  the  chariots  saw 
Josaphat,  they  suspected  that  he  was  the  king  of 
Israel:  and  making  a  violent  assault  they  fought 
■gainst  him  :   and  Josaphat  cried  out. 

33  And  the  captains  of  the  chariots  perceived 
that  he  was  not  the  kins  of  Israel:  ami  they  turn- 
ed away  from  him. 

34  And  a  certain  man  bent  his  bow,  shooting  ;■* 
a  venture,  and  chanced  to  strike  the  kins  Of  Israel 
between  the  lungs  and  the  stomach.  But  he  said 
to  the  driver  of  his  chariot:  Turn  thy  hand,  and 
carry  me  out  of  the  army ;  for  1  am  greviously 
wounded. 

35  And  the  battle  was  fought  that  day;  and  ihe 
king  of  Israel  stood  in  his  chariot  against  the  Sy- 
rians; and  he  died  in  the  evening:  and  the  blood 
ran  out  of  the  wound  into  the  midst  of  the  chariot. 

36  And  the  herald  proclaimed  through  all  the 
army  before  the  sun  set,  saying:  Let  every  man 
return  to  his  own  city?  and  to  his  own  country. 

37  And  the  king  died,  and  was  carried  into  >.i- 
maria:  and  they  huried  the  king  in  Samaiia. 

30  And  they  washed  his  chariot  in  the  |>ool  of 
Samaria  :  and  the  dogs  licked  up  his  blood,  and 
they  washed  the  reins,  according  to  the  word  ol 
the  Lord  which  he  had  spoken. 

39  But  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Achah,  and  all 
that  he  did,  and  the  house  of  ivory  that  he  made, 
and  all  the  cities  that  he  built,  are  thev  not  written 
in  the  Hook  of  the  words  of  the  days  of  the  k; 

of  Israel? 

40  So  Achah  slept  with  his  fathers :  and  Ocho- 
zias  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

41  But  Josaphat  the  son  of  Asa  began  to  reign 
over  Juda  in  the  fourth  year  of  Achah  king  ol  Is- 
rael. 

42  He  was  five  and  thirty  years  old  whin  be 
In  gan  to  reign  :  and  he  reigned  five  and  twenty 
years  in  Jerusalem:  the  same  of  his  mother  has 

A/uha  the  daughter  of  Salai. 

43  And  he  walked  in  all  the  way  of  Asa  his  la- 
ther: and  he  declined  not  from  it  :  and  he  did  that 
which  was  right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord. 

44  Nevertheless  he  took  not  away 8   the  high 


lor  God  never  ordainotb  lie*;  though  be  often  pemitteth  the  l\ mr 
spint  to  deceive  those  wrlio  lo\e  i»i«  llie  truth.  -'  Thtml.  li.  In  Aim- 
in  tin*  mom  it  is  »;<kI  in  the  following  verio,  Ttu  L  irti  hofh  girrn  a 
lying  tjnrtt  in  thr  mouth  of'  nil  thy  finiphrU. 

f  Go  into  n  <  hnmUr,  &■< .     This  happened  wlien  be  bran!  (h< 
was  slain,  and  justly  apurcltcndcd  that  lie  sliould  be  punisl  cd  for  his 
fitlae  propli- 1 

0  lie  took  not  rnray,  S(C    He  left  some  of  the  high  place*,  vir..  those 
in  which  they  worshipped  the  true  G<"l:  hut   t<«>k   :iway  ail  others  9 
Kja,  xvii.  6.  and  note  ver.  14:  of  chap.  xv.  3  Kin-jf. 


CHAP.  1. 


places :  for  as  yet  the  people  offered  sacrifices  and 
burnt  incense  in  the  high  places.  • 

45  And  Josaphat  had  peace  with  the  king  of 
Israel. 

46  But  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Josaphat,  and  his 
works  which  he  did,  and  his  battles,  are  they  not 
written  in  the  Book  of  the  words  of  the  days  of  the 
kings  of  Juda? 

47  And  the  remnant  also  of  the  effeminate,  who 
remained  in  the  days  of  Asa  his  father,  he  took  out 
Of  the  land. 

48  And  there  was  then  nokingappointedin  Edom. 

49  But  king  Josaphat  made  navies  on  the  sea, 
to  sail  into  Ophir  for  gold :  but  they  could  not  go  : 
for  the  ships  were  broken  in  Asiongaber. 

50  Then  Ochozias  the  son  of  Achab  said  to  Jo- 
saphat: Let  my  servants  go  with  thy  servants  in 
the  ships.     And  Josaphat  would  not.* 


51  And  Josa^  Ml  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was 
buried  with  them  in  the  city  of  David  his  father : 
and  Joram  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

52  And  Ochozias  the  son  of  Achab  began  to 
reign  over  Israel  in  Samaria,  in  the  seventeenth 
year  of  Josaphat  king  of  Juda :  and  he  reigned  over 
Israel  two  years. 

53  And  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and 
walked  in  the  way  of  his  father  and  his  mother, 
and  in  the  way  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat,  who 
made  Israel  to  sin. 

54  He  served  also  Baal,  and  worshipped  him, 
and  provoked  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel,  according 
to  all  that  his  father  had  done. 


*  Would  not.    He  had  been  reprehended  before  for  admitting  such 
a  partner ;  and  therefore  would  have  no  more  to  do  with  him. 


THE  FOURTH  BOOK  OF  KINGS. 


CHAP.  I. 

Ochozias  sendeth  to  consult  Beelzebub:  Elias  foretelleth  his 
death  :  and  causeth  fire  to  come  down  from  heaven,  upon  two 
captains  and  their  companies. 

AND    Moab  rebelled  against  Israel,   after  the 
death  of  Achab. 

2  And  Ochozias  fell  through  the  lattices  of  his 
upper  chamber  which  he  had  in  Samaria,  and  was 
sick  :  and  he  sent  messengers,  saying  to  them  :  Go, 
consult  Beelzebub  the  g_od  of  Accaron,  whether  I 
shall  recover  of  this  my  illness. 

3  And  an  Angel  of  the  Lord  spoke  to  Elias 
the  Thesbite,  saying :  Arise,  and  go  up  to  meet  the 
messengers  of  the  king  of  Samaria;  and  say  to  them: 
is  there  not  a  God  in  Israel,  that  ye  go  to  consult 
Beelzebub  the  god  of  Accaron  ? 

4  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  :  From  the  bed, 
on  which  thou  art  gone  up,  thou  shalt  not  come 
down  :  but  thou  shalt  surely  die.  And  Elias  went 
away. 

5  And  the  messengers  turned  back  to  Ochozias. 
And  he  said  to  them:  Why  are  you  come  back  ? 

6  But  they  answered  him :  A  man  met  us,  and 
said  to  us :  Go,  and  return  to  the  king  that  sent 
you ;  and  you  shall  say  to  him  :  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  r  Is  it  because  there  was  no  God  hi  Israel  that 
thou  sendest  to  Beelzebub  the  god  of  Accaron  ? 
Therefore  thou  shalt  not  come  down  from  the  bed 
on  which  thou  art  gone  up  ;  but  thou  shalt  surely  die. 

7  And  he  said  to  them  :  What  manner  of  man 
was  he  who  met  you,  and  spoke  these  words? 

8  But  they  said :  A  hairy  man,  with  a  girdle  of 
leather  about  his  loins.  And  he  said  :  It  is  Elias 
the  Thesbite. 

*  Let  fire,  SfC.  Elias  was  inspired  to  call  for  fire  from  heaven  upon 
these  captains,  who  came  to  apprehend  him ;  not  out  of  a  desire  to 
gratify  any  private  passion:  but  to  punish  the  insult  offered  to  reli- 


9  And  he  sent  to  him  a  captain  of  fifty,  and  the 
fifty  men  that  were  under  him.  And  he  went  up 
to  him  ;  and  as  he  was  sitting  on  the  top  of  a  hill, 
said  to  him  ;  Man  of  God,  the  king  hath  command- 
ed that  thou  come  down. 

10  And  Elias  answering,  said  to  the  captain  ol 
fifty :  If  I  be  a  man  of  God,  let  fire*  come  down 
from  heaven,  and  consume  thee,  and  thy  fifty.  And 
there  came  down  fire  from  heaven,  and  consumed 
him,  and  the  fifty  that  were  with  him. 

11  And  again  he  sent  to  him  another  captain  of 
fifty  men,  and  his  fifty  with  him.  And  he  said  to 
him :  Man  of  God,  thus  saith  the  king:  Make  haste, 
and  come  down. 

12  Elias  answering,  said  :  If  I  be  a  man  of  God, 
let  fire  come  down  from  heaven,  and  consume  thee, 
and  thy  fifty.  And  fire  came  down  from  heaven, 
and  consumed  him,  and  his  fifty. 

13  Again  he  sent  a  third  captain  of  fifty  men, 
and  the  fifty  that  were  with  him.  And  when  he 
was  come,  he  fell  upon  his  knees  before  Elias,  and 
besought  him,  and  said  :  Man  of  God,  despise  not 
my  life,  and  tne  lives  of  thy  servants  that  are  with 
me. 

14  Behold,  fire  came  down  from  heaven,  and  con- 
sumed the  two  first  captains  of  fifty  men,  and  the 
fifties  that  were  with  them  :  but  now  I  beseech  thee 
to  spare  my  life. 

15  And  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  spoke  to  Elias, 
saying:  Go  down  with  him;  fear  not.  He  arose 
therefore,  and  went  down  with  him  to  the  king, 

16  And  said  to  him  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Be- 
cause thou  hast  sent  messengers  to  consult  Beelze- 
bub the  god  of  Accaron,  as  though  there  were  not  a 

gion,  to  confirm  his  mission,  and  to  show  how  vain  are  the  efforts  Oi 
men  against  God,  and  his  servants,  whom  he  willeth  to  protect. 

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IV.  K  N 


find  in  Israel,  of  whom  Ihon  tnightesi  inquire  the 
word,  therefore  from  the  bed  «>n  w bieh  thou  ;irt  com 
up,  thou  shah  lit  it  ootte  down  :  but  thou  shah  surely 
die. 

17  So  he  died  according  to  the  freed  of  the 

Lord  which    Klias  spoke:    and    .lorain    his  brother 

reigned  in  his  Bead,  in  the  second  v,;ir  of  Joram* 
the  son  of  Josaphat  kin^  of Juda:  because  be  had 

no  son. 

18  Hut  the  MM  of  the  Mil  of  Ochozias  which  he 
did,  an-  they  not  written  in  the  Hook  of  the  words 
of  the  days  of  the  kitms  of  Israel  ? 

CHAP.  II. 

Eliseus  trill  not  part  from  Elins.  The  water  ofthe  Jordan  is  rli- 
viilrd  fry  KM  rlnak.  Elins  fa  taken  up  in  a  fieru  chariot, 
and  hit  double  spirit  is  firen  to  Eliseus.  FJisrus  healrth  thr 
waters  fry  casting  in  salt,  lloys  are  torn  fry  bears  for  mvcking 
Elite**. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  Lord  would  take 
U|>   Klias   into  heaveiiT  by  a  whirlwind,   that 
Elias  and  Eliseus  were  going  from  Galgal. 

2  \ mi  Klias  said  to  Kliseus  :  Stay  thou  here,  be- 
cause the  Lord  hath  sent  me  as  far  as  Bethel. 
And  Eliseus  said  to  him  :  As  the  Lord  liveth,  and 
IS  thy  soul  liveth:  I  will  not  leave  thee.  And  when 
they  wen-  come  down  to  Hethel, 

3  The  sons  of  the  prophets,!  that  were  at  P>ethcl. 
came  forth  to  EliseUS,  ;md  said  to  him  :  Dost  thou 
know  that  this  day  the  Lord  will  take  away  thv  mas- 
ter from  thee  ?  And  he  answered  :  I  also  know  it  : 
hold  your  peace. 

4  And  Klias  said  to  Eliseus  :  Stay  here,  because 
the  Lord  hath  sent  me  to  Jericho.  And  he  said: 
As  the  Lord  liveth.  and  as  thy  soul  liveth,  I  will 
not  leave  thee.  And  when  they  were  come  to  Je- 
richo, 

6  The  sons  of  the  prophets  that  were  at  Jericho, 
came  to  Eliseus,  and  said  to  him:  Dost  thou  know 
thai  this  dav  the  Lord  will  lake  away  thy  master 
from  thee;  And  hi  said  :  I  also  know  it:  hold  your 

peaee. 

6  And  Elias  said  to  him  :  Stay  here,  because 
the  Lord  hath  sent  me  as  tar  as  the  Jordan.  And  he 
said  :  As  the  Lord  liveth.  and  as  thy  soul  liveth. 
I  will  not  leave  thee.  And  they  two  went  on  to- 
gether. 

7  And  fifty  men  of  the  sons  of  the  prophets  fol- 
lowed t In-ill,  and  stood  in  siidit  at  a  distance  :  but 
they  two  stood  by  the  Jordan. 

8  And  Klias  took  his  mantle,  and  folded  it  to- 
gether, and  struck  the  waters;  and  the]  were  di- 
vided hither  and  thither:  and  they  both  passed  over 
on  drv  ground. 

9  \nd  when  thev  were  cone  (hit.  I'.li SI  said 
to  Eliseus:  Ask  what  thou  wilt  have  me  to  do  for 
thee,  before  I  be  taken  away  from  thee.      And  Eli- 

*  TW  srrcnd  »*«r  nf  Jvrmn,  tr*-  Counted  from  the  lime  that  be  was 
Macerated  Id  ill.-  limine  hv  hi.  father  Josaphat. 

♦  Btmm,  Hv  Wm  here  n  meant  the  air,  the lowest  of the  heavenly 
T*  M  aV* 

J  7V  mm  »/ Ikr  prepArf t.  That  i«.  the  ili.eiplen  of  the  pmphet.  :  who 
I  t'i  have  had  their  •rhool.,  like  roller...  nrrommiitutir.,  in  lhtli- 
el,  J  enc  ho,  and  other  place*  id  tbed»v>  >•(  Klia*  and  Kliaena. 

ISfl 


sens   s;iiil  :    I  beseech    tine  that  in  me  may  lie  Iny 
double  spirit.^ 

Ill  And  he  answered:  Thou  hast  asked  a  hard 
thing  :  nevertheless  if  thou  see  me  when  I  am  taken 
liom  thee,  thou  shall  have  what  thou  hast  asked  : 
hut  if  thou  si  i'  me  not,  thou  shall  not  have  it. 

1 1  And  as  they  went  on,  walking  and  talking  to- 
gether, behold,  a  fiery  chariot,  and  fiery  horses  part- 
ed them  both  asunder  :  and  Klias  went  up  by  a 
w  biriwmd  into  heaven. 

12  And  Eliseus  saw  him,  and  cried:  My  father, 
my  father,  the  chariot  of  Israel,  and  the  driver 
thereof.  And  he  saw  him  no  more:  and  he  took 
hold  of  his  own  garments,  and  rent  them  in  two 
pieces. 

13  And  he  took  up  the  mantle  of  Klias,  that  fell 
from  him  :  and  going  back  he  stood  upon  the  bank 
of  the  Jordan: 

14  And  be  struck  the  waters  with  the  mantle  of 
Klias,  that  had  fallen  from  him:  and  they  were  not 
divided.  And  he  said  :  Where  is  now  the  (iod  of 
Klias'  And  he  struck  the  waters,  and  they  were 
divided  hither  and  thither:  and  Eliseus  passed 
over. 

15  And  the  sons  of  the  prophets  at  Jericho,  who 
were  ovcr-against  him,  seeing  it,  said  :  The  spirit 
of  Elias  hath  rested  upon  Eliseus.  And  coming  to 
meet  him,  they  worshipped  him,||  falling  to  the 
ground. 

16  And  they  said  to  him:  Behold,  there  are 
with  thy  servants  fifty  strong  men,  that  can  go,  and 
seek  thy  master,  lest  perhaps  the  Spirit  ofthe  Kortl 
hath  taken  him  up,  and  cast  him  upon  some  moun- 
tain or  into  some  valley.  And  he  said  :  Do  not 
send. 

17  But  they  pressed  him,  till  he  consented,  and 
said  :  Send.  And  they  sent  fifty  men  :  and  they 
sought  three  days,  but  found  him  not. 

18  And  the]  came  hack  to  him  :  for  be  ahode  at 
Jericho :  and  be  said  to  them  :  Did  I  not  say  to  you  : 
Do  not  send. 

19  And  the  men  ofthe  city  said  to  Eliseus  ;  He- 
hold,  the  Situation  of  this  city  is  \crv  good,  as  thou 
my  lord  seest  :  but  the  waters  are  very  had,  autl  the 
ground  barren. 

20  And  he  said  :  Bring  me  a  new  vessel,  and 
put  salt  into  it.     And  when  they  had  brought  it, 

21  He  went  out  to  the  sprine  ofthe  waters,  and 
east  the  salt  into  it  ;  and  SBM  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord : 
I  have  healed  these  waters:  and  there  shall  he  no 
more  in  them  death  or  barrenness. 

22  And  the  waters  were  healed  unto  this  day, 
according   to  the  w ortl  of  Kliseus,  which  he  spoke. 

23  And  he  went  up  from  thence  to  Hethel  :  and 
as  he  w  is  going  np  by  the  way,  little  boys catoe out 
of  the  city,  and  mocked  him.  saying:  Co  up,  thou 
bald-head  :  go  up.  thou  bald-head. 

I  Dtiublr  spirit.  A  douhlr  portion  of  thy  spirit,  a*  thy  eldest  <nn  and 
heir;  or  thy  rpin  itcublr  iii  rornpariaoa  of  that  which  God 

u«u  illv  imparteth  to  hi.  pro; 

|  7Vy  tronhlpprd  lv  li  nn  inferior,  yet  a  relijriou.  venera 

lion,  DOt  for  am  temporal,  but  spiritual  excellency. 


CHAP. 

24  And  looking  back,  be  saw  them,  and  cursed 
them*  in  the  name  of  the  Lord:  and  there  came 
forth  two  bears  out  of  the  forest,  and  tore  of  them 
two  and  forty  boys. 

26  And  from  thence  he  went  to  mount  Carinel  ; 
mid  from  thence  he  returned  to  Samaria. 
CHAP.  III. 

The  kings  of  Israel,  Judah,  and  Edom,  fight  against  the  king  of 
Monk,  fhey  mint  inutir,iclii<h  Eliseus  procure!  It  without  rain: 
and  prophesieth  victory.  The  Icing  of  Moab  is  overthrown  : 
his  city  is  besieged :  he  sacrificeth  his  first-born  son  :  so  the 
Israelites  raise  the  siege. 

AND  Joram  the  son  of  Achab  reigned  over  Is- 
rael in  Samaria  in  the  eighteenth  year  of  Jo- 
saphat  king  of  Juda.     And  he  reigned  twelve  years. 

2  And  lie  did  evil  before  the  Lord,  but  irot  like 
his  father  and  his  mother :  for  he  took  away  the  sta- 
tues of  Baal,  which  his  father  had  made. 

3  Nevertheless  he  stuck  to  the  sins  of  Jeroboain 
the  son  of  Nabat,  who  made  Israel  to  sin  ;  nor  did 
he  depart  from  them. 

4  Now  Mesa  king  of  Moab  nourished  many 
sheep:  and  he  paid  to  the  king  of  Israel  a  hundred 
thousand  lambs,  and  a  hundred  thousand  rams  with 
their  fleeces. 

5  And  when  Achab  was  dead,  he  broke  the 
league  which  he  had  made  with  the  king  of  Israel. 

6  And  king  Joram  went  out  that  day  from  Sama- 
ria, and  mustered  all  Israel. 

7  And  he  sent  to  Josaphat  king  of  Juda,  saying: 
The  king  of  Moab  is  revolted  from  me ;  come  with 
me  against  him  to  battle.  And  he  answered:  I 
will  come  up:  he  that  is  mine,  is  thine;  my  people, 
thy  people ;  and  my  horses,  thy  horses. 

8  And  he  said  :  Which  way  shall  we  go  up  ?  But 
he  answered  :  By  the  desert  of  Edom. 

9  So  the  king  of  Israel,  and  the  king  of  Juda, 
and  the  king  of  Edom  went:  and  they  fetched  a 
compass  of  seven  days  journey  :  and  there  was  no 
water  for  the  army,  and  for  the  beasts  that  followed 
them. 

10  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  :  Alas,  alas,  alas, 
the  Lord  hath  gathered  us  three  kings  together,  to 
deliver  us  into  the  hands  of  Moab. 

1 1  And  Josaphat  said  :  Is  there  not  here  a  prophet 
of  the  Lord,  that  we  may  beseech  die  Lord  by  him  ? 
And  one  of  the  servants  of  the  king  of  Israel  answer- 
ed :  Here  is  Eliseus  the  son  of  Saphat,  who  pour- 
ed water  on  the  hands  of  Elias. 

12  And  Josaphat  said:  The  word  of  the  Lord 
is  with  him.  And  the  king  of  Israel,  and  Josaphat 
king  of  Juda,  and  the  king  of  Edom  went  down  to 
him. 

13  And  Eliseus  said  to  the  king  of  Israel :  What 
have  I  to  do  with  thee  ?  go  to  the  prophets  of  thy 
father,  and  thy  mother.  And  the  king  of  Israel 
said  to  him  :  Why  hath  the  Lord  gathered  together 
these  three  kings,  to  deliver  them  into  the  hands  of 
Moab? 

*  Cursed  them.  This  curse,  which  was  followed  by  so  visible  a  judg- 
ment of  God,  was  not  the  effect  of  passion,  or  of  a  desire  of  revenging 
himself;  but  of  zeal  for  religion,  which  was  insulted,  by  these  wjra, 
iti  the  person  of  the  prophet;  and  of  a  divine  inspiration  ;  God  pun- 
U'.iing  in  this  manner  the  inhabitants  of  Bethel  (the  chief  seat  of  (he 


111,  IV. 

14  And  Eliseus  said  to  him:  As  the  Lord  of  hosts 
liveth,  in  whose  sight  I  stand,  if  I  did  not  reverence 
the  face  of  Josaphat  king  of  Juda,  I  would  not  have 
hearkened  to  thee,  nor  looked  on  thee. 

15  But  now  bring  me  hither  a  minstrel.  And 
when  the  minstrel  played,  the  hand  of  the  Lord  came 
upon  him  ;  and  he  said  : 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Make  the  channel  ol 
this  torrent  full  of  ditches. 

17  For  thus  saith  the  Lord:  You  shall  not  see 
wind,  nor  rain  :  and  yet  this  channel  shall  be  filled 
with  waters  :  and  you  shall  drink,  you  and  your 
families,  and  your  beasts. 

18  And  this  is  a  small  thing  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord:  moreover  he  will  deliver  also  Moab  into  your 
hands. 

19  And  you  shall  destroy  every  fenced  city,  and 
every  choice  city,  and  shall  cut  down  every  fruitful 
tree,  and  shall  stop  up  all  the  springs  of  waters ;  and 
every  goodly  field  you  shall  cover  with  stones. 

20  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  morning,  when  the 
sacrifices  used  to  be  offered,  that  behold,  water  came 
by  the  way  of  Edom ;  and  the  country  was  filled 
with  water. 

21  And  all  the  Moabites  hearing  that  the  kings 


were  come  up  to  fight  against  them,  gathered  to- 
gether all  that  were  girde 
and  stood  in  the  borders. 


ith  a  belt  upon  them, 


22  And  they  rose  early  in  the  morning :  and  the 
sun  being  now  up,  and  shining  upon  the  waters,  the 
Moabites  saw  the  waters  over-against  them  red, 
like  blood. 

23  And  they  said  :  It  is  the  blood  of  the  sword: 
the  kings  have  fought  among  themselves  ;  and  they 
have  killed  one  another :  go  now,  Moab,  to  the 
spoils. 

24  And  they  went  into  the  camp  of  Israel :  but 
Israel  rising  up  defeated  Moab,w  holled  beforethem. 
And  they  being  conquerors,  went  and  smote  Moab. 

25  And  they  destroyed  the  cities  :  and  they  filled 
every  goodly  field,  every  man  casting  his  stone  :  and 
they  stopt  up  all  the  springs  of  waters  ;  and  cut  down 
all  the  trees  that  bore  fruit ;  so  that  Brick-walls 
only  remained  ;t  and  the  city  was  beset  by  the 
.•dingers,  and  a  great  part  thereof  destroyed. 

26  And  when  the  king  of  Moab  saw  this,  to  wit, 
that  the  enemies  had  prevailed,  he  took  with  him 
seven  hundred  men  that  drew  the  sword,  to  break 
in  upon  the  king  of  Edom  :  but  they  could  not. 

27  Then  betook  his  eldest  son,  that  should  have 
reigned  in  his  stead,  and  offered  him  for  a  burnt- 
offering  upon  the  wall :  and  there  was  great  indig- 
nation in  Israel  :  and  presently  they  departed  iron, 
him,  and  returned  into  their  own  country. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Miracles  of  Elisens.     He  raise.th  a  dead  child  to  life. 

NOW  a  certain  woman  of  the  wives  of  the  pro- 
phets cried  to   Eliseus,  saying  :  Thy  servant 
my  husband   is  dead:  and   thou   knowest  that  thy 

calf  worship,)  who  had  trained  up  their  children  in  a  prejudice  against 
the  true  religion  and  its  ministers. 

t  Brick-walls  only  remained :  It  was  the  proper  name  of  the  capita) 
city  of  the  Moabites.     In  Hebrew,  Kir- Iluruscth. 

2(37 


iv.  kin(;s. 


servant  was  one  that  feared  God:  and  behold,  the 
creditor  is  doom  to  take  away  my  two  sons  la  servi 

him. 

2  Arid  Eliseus  said  to  her  :  What  wilt  thou  have 
me  do  for  thee?  Tell  me,  what  hast  thou  in  thy 
house?  And  she  answered  :  1  thy  handmaid  ha\e 
nothing  in  my  bouse  but  a  little  oil,  to  anoint  me. 

3  And  he  said  to  her :  Go,  borrow  of  all  thy 
neighbours  empty  reseels  not  a  few. 

4  And  eo  in,  and  shut  thy  door,  when  thou  art 
within,  and  thy  sons  :  and  pour  out  thereof  into  all 
Uiose  vessels :  and  when  t  hey  are  lull,  take  t  hem  au  a  v. 

5  So  the  woman  went,  and  shut  the  door  upon 
her.  and  upon  her  sons:  they  brought  her  the  retsels, 
and  she  poured  in. 

6  And  when  the  vessels  wi  re  ftdl,  she  said  to  her 
son  :  Bring  me  yet  a  vessel.  And  he  answered  :  I 
have  no  more.      And  the  oil  stood. 

7  And  she  eame.  and  told  the  man  of  God.  And 
he  said  :  Go,  sell  the  oil,  and  pay  thy  creditor:  and 
thou  and  thy  sons  live  of  the  rest. 

8  And  there  was  a  day  when  Eliseus  passed  by 
Sunam  :  now  there  was  a  great  woman  there,  who 
detained  him  to  eat  bread  :  and  as  he  passed  often 
that  way,  he  turned  into  her  house  to  eat  bread. 

9  And  she  said  to  her  husband  :  I  perceive  that 
this  is  a  holy  man  of  («<>d,  who  often  passeth  by  us. 

10  Let  us  therefore  niake  him  a  little  chamber, 
and  nut  a  little  bed  in  it  for  him,  and  a  table,  and  a 
stool,  and  a  candlestick,  that  when  he  comet h  to  us 
be  mav  abide  there. 

1 1  Now  there  was  a  certain  day  when  he  came, 
and  turned  in  to  the  chamber,  and  rested  their. 

12  And  he  said  to  (iie/.i  his  servant:  ("all  this 
Sunam*tese.  And  when  he  had  called  her,  and  she 
Mood  before  him, 

13  lit;  said  to  his  servant :  Say  to  her  :  Behold. 
thou  hast  diligently  served  us  in  all  things:  what 
wilt  thou  have  me  to  do  for  thee  ?  hast  thou  an\ 
business,  and  wilt  thou  that  I  speak  to  the  king,  or 
to  the  general  of  the  army?  and  she  answered  :  I 
dwell  in  the  midst  of  mv  own  people. 

14  And  he  said  :  What  will  she  then  that  I  do 
for  her  ?  And  Gie/.i  said:  Do  not  ask;  for  she  hath 
no  son  ;   and  her  husband  is  old. 

15  Then  he  bid  him  call  her:  and  when  she  was 
called,  and  stood  In-fore  the  door, 

It!  He  said  to  her  :  At  this  time,  and  this  SBBM 
hour,  if  life  accompany,  thou  shall  have  a  son  in  thy 
womb.     But  she  answered :  Do  not,  I  beseech  thee, 

my  lord,  thou  man  oft  iod,donot  lie  to  thy  handmaid. 

17  And  the  woman  COnceirad,  and  brought  forth 
a  son  in  the  time,  and  at  the  same  hour,  that  Eliseus 
had  said. 

1H  And  the  child  crew.  And  on  a  certain  day, 
when  he  went  out  to  liis  father,  to  the  reapers, 

19  He  said  to  his  father:  My  head  acheth  ;  my 


tat.     He  (hat  i.nent  In  raiw  to  life  the  (inner  npiritu- 

n»t  Miflrr  hirmelf  to  be  railed  off,  or  diverted  from 

,  bv  the  •alntatioM  or  eeremonV*  of  the  world. 

f  St.  AofMfwia  C 0W«id an  a  (rreat  our...  !■■  wrought 

h\  the  proohet  Cliwai. tbu<    Uy  the  .  Im*  (errant  i«  figured 

the  rod  of  Mom*  or  the  Old  Law,  whirh  »»,  out  iuffi<  u-nt  to  hnng 

ssa 


head  acheth.     Hut  he  said  to  his  servant:  Take 

him,  and  carry  him  to  his  mother. 

0  And  when  he  bad  taken  him,  and  brought 
him  to  his  mother,  she  set  him  on  her  knees  until 
nOOO  :    and  then  he  died. 

Jl  And  she  went  up,  and  laid  him  upon  the  bed 
of  the  man  of  God,  and  shut  the  door:  and  going 
out, 

22  She  called  her  husband,  and  said  :  Send  with 
me,  1  beseech  the©,  one  of  thy  servants,  and  au  ass 
that  I  may  run  to  the  man  of  God,  and  come 
again. 

And  he  said  to  her:  Why  dost  thou  go  to  him  ? 
to-day  is  neither  new  moon  nor  sabbath.  She  an- 
swered :   I  will  go. 

£4  And  she  saddled  an  ass,  and  commanded  her 
servant:  Drive,  and  make  ha-te  ;  make  no  sta\  in 
going.      And  do  that  which  1  bid  thee. 

'  So  she  went  forward,  and  came  to  the  man 
of  God  to  mount  Carmel  :  and  when  the  man  of 
God  saw  her  coming  towards,  he  said  to  Giezi  his 
servant:  Behold  that SunamHess. 

26  Go  therefore  to  meet  her, and  say  to  her:  Is 
all  well  with  thee,  and  with  thv  husband,  and  with 
thy  son?  And  she  answered:  Well. 

27  And  when  she  came  to  the  man  of  God 
to  the  mount,  she  caught  hold  on  his  feet :  ami  ( lie/i 
came  to  remove  her.  And  the  man  of  God  said  : 
Let  her  alone  ;  for  her  soul  is  in  anguish  :  and  the 
Lord  hath  hid  it  from  me,  and  hath  not  told  me. 

28  And  she  said  to  him  :  Did  I  ask  a  son  of  my 
lord?  did  I  not  say  to  thee:  Do  not  deceive  me.' 

29  Then  he  said  to  (iie/.i:  Gird  up  thy  loins,  and 
take  my  staff  in  thy  hand,  and  go.  If  any  man  meet 
thee,  salute  him  not:*  and  if  any  man  salute  thee, 
answer  him  not :  and  lay  my  staff  U|K)ii  the  face  of 
the  child. 

30  Hut  the  mother  of  the  child  said  :  As  the  Lord 
liveth,  and  as  thy  soul  livcth,  I  will  not  leave  thee. 
He  arose,  therefore,  and  followed  her. 

31  Hut  (iie/.i  was  ymc  before  them,  and  laid  the 
stall' upon  the  face  of  the  child  :f  and  there  was  no 
voice  nor  sense  :  and  he  returned  to  meet  him,  and 
told  him,  saying!    The  child  is  not  risen. 

32  Eliseus  therefore  went  into  the  house  :  and 
behold,  the  child  lay  dead  on  his  bed  : 

33  Anil  going  in  he  shut  the  door  upon  him,  and 
upon  the  child,  and  pra\ed  to  the  Lord. 

St  And  he  wiiu  up.  and  lav  upon  the  child:  and 
he  put  his  moUthupOU  his  mouth,  and  his  eyesupoo 
his  eyes,  and  his  hands  upon  his  hands:  and  he 
bowed  himself  upon  him  ;  and  the  child's  flesh  trew 
warm. 

35  Then  he  returned,  and  walked  in  the  bouse, 
once  to  and  fro:  and  he  went  Up, and  lay  upon  him 
and  the  child  gaped  seven  times,  and  opened  hisej 

36  And  he  called  (iie/.i,  and  said  to  him  :    i 


mankind  to  life,  then  itfuil  in  (in. 

wlfuhouki  come,  ami  1 

fle*h,  and  rMtore  »«  to  life.     Int 

it  was  neeeaaarr  that  1 

1"  lilr,  and  re»ton   him  to  hit  mot 

a  figure  of  the  Church. 

It  « 

i 

t  him- 

otne  !um*.'lf  (t>  ' 

imw  here,  in  .»  ir 

of  oar 

n't.  ., . 

CHAP.  V. 


this  Sunamitess.     And  she  being  called,  went  in  to 
him  :  and  lie  said  :  Take  up  thy  son. 

37  She  came,  and  fell  at  his  feet,  and  worshipped 
upon  the  ground ;  and  took  up  her  son,  and  went  out. 

38  And  Eliseus  returned  to  Galgal ;  and  there 
was  a  famine  in  the  land  ;  and  the  sons  of  the  pro- 
phets dwelt  before  him.  And  he  said  to  one  of  his 
servants  :  Set  on  the  great  pot,  and  boil  pottage  for 
the  sons  of  the  prophets. 

39  And  one  went  out  into  the  field  to  gather  wild 
herbs :  and  he  found  something  like  a  wild  vine, 
and  gathered  of  it  wild  gourds  of  the  field,*  and 
filled  his  mantle ;  and  coming  back,  he  shred  them 
into  the  pot  of  pottage :  for  he  knew  not  what  it  was. 

40  And  they  poured  it  out  for  their  companions 
to  eat :  and  when  they  had  tasted  of  the  pottage,  they 
cried  out,  saying :  Death  is  in  the  pot,  O  man  of 
God.     And  they  could  not  eat  thereof. 

41  But  he  said  :  Bring  some  meal.  And  when 
they  had  brought  it,  he  cast  it  into  the  pot,  and  said : 
Pour  out  for  the  people,  that  they  may  eat.  And 
there  was  now  no  bitterness  in  the  pot. 

42  And  a  certain  man  came  from  Baalsalisa, 
bringing  to  the  man  of  God  bread  of  the  first-fruits, 
twenty  loaves  of  barley,  and  new  com  in  his  scrip. 
And  he  said :  Give  to  the  people,  that  they  may  eat. 

43  And  his  servant  answered  him :  How  much 
is  this,  that  I  should  set  it  before  a  hundred  men  ? 
He  said  again :  Give  to  the  people,  that  they  may 
eat  :  for  thus  saith  the  Lord  :  They  shall  eat ;  and 
there  shall  be  left. 

44  So  he  set  it  before  them  :  and  they  ate  ;  and 
there  was  left  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  V. 

Naaman  the  Syrian  is  cleansed  of  Ms  leprosy.  He  professeth 
kis  belief  in  one  God,  promising  to  serve  him.  Giezi  tuktth 
gifts  of  Naaman ;  and  is  struck  with  leprosy. 

NAAMAN,  general  of  the  army  of  the  king  of 
Syria,  was  a  great  man  with  his  master,  and 
honourable :  for  by  him  the  Lord  gave  deliverance 
to  Syria  ;  and  he  was  a  valiant  man,  and  rich,  but 
a  leper. 

2  Now  there  had  gone  out  robbers  from  Syria, 
and  had  led  away  captive  out  of  the  land  of  Israel 
a  little  maid  ;  and  she  waited  upon  Naaman's  wife. 

3  And  she  said  to  her  mistress  :  I  wish  my  mas- 
ter had  been  with  the  prophet  that  is  in  Samaria  ; 
he  would  certainly  have  healed  him  of  the  leprosy 
which  he  hath. 

4  Then  Naaman  went  in  to  his  lord,  and  told 
nim,  saying :  Thus  and  thus  said  the  girl  from  the 
land  of  Israel. 

5  And  the  king  of  Syria  said  to  him  :  Go,  and  I 
will  send  a  letter  to  the  king  of  Israel.  And  he 
departed  ;  and  took  with  him  ten  talents  of  silver, 
and  six  thousand  pieces  of  gold,  and  ten  changes  of 
raiment ; 

6  And  brought  the  letter  to  the  king  of  Israel,  in 

*  Wild  gourds  of  tke  field.  Colocynthidas.  They  are  extremely  bitter, 
and  therefore  are  called  the  gall  of  the  earth ;  and  are  poisonous  if  ta- 
Ken  in  a  great  quantity. 

f  Ji  bhssing.     A  present 

I  Go  in  peace.    What  the  prophet  here  allowed,  was  not  an  outward 

Oo 


these  words  :  When  thou  shalt  receive  this  letter, 
know  that  1  have  sent  to  thee  Naaman  my  servant, 
that  thou  mayst  heal  him  of  his  leprosy. 

7  And  when  the  king  of  Israel  had  read  the  let- 
ter, he  rent  his  garments,  and  said  :  Am  1  God,  to 
be  able  to  kill  and  give  life,  that  this  man  hath  sen' 
to  me,  to  heal  a  man  of  his  leprosy  ?  mark,  and  see 
how  he  seeketh  occasions  against  me. 

8  And  when  Eliseus  the  man  of  God  had  heard 
this,  to  wit,  that  the  king  of  Israel  had  rent  his  gar- 
ments, he  sent  to  him,  saying  :  Why  hast  thou  rent 
thy  garments  ?  let  him  come  to  me,  and  let  him 
know  that  there  is  a  prophet  in  Israel. 

9  So  Naaman  came  with  his  horses  and  chariots, 
and  stood  at  the  door  of  the  house  of  Eliseus. 

10  And  Eliseus  sent  a  messenger  to  him,  saying: 
Go,  and  wash  seven  times  in  the  Jordan ;  and  thy 
flesh  shall  recover  health.;  and  thou  shalt  be  clean. 

11  Naaman  was  angry,  and  went  away,  saying: 
I  thought  he  would  have  come  out  to  me,  and 
standing  would  have  invoked  the  name  of  the  Lord 
his  God,  and  touched  with  his  hand  the  place  of  the 
leprosy,  and  healed  me. 

12  Are  not  the  Abana,  and  the  Pharphar,  rivers 
of  Damascus,  better  than  all  the  waters  of  Israel, 
that  I  may  wash  in  them,  and  be  made  clean  ?  So 
as  he  turned,  and  was  going  away  with  indignation, 

13  His  servants  came  to  him,  and  said  to  him  : 
Father,  if  the  prophet  had  bid  thee  do  some  great 
thing,  surely  thou  shouldst  have  done  it :  how  much 
rather  what  he  now  hath  said  to  thee  :  Wash,  and 
thou  shalt  be  clean  ? 

14  Then  he  went  down,  and  washed  in  the  Jor- 
dan seven  times,  according  to  the  word  of  the  man 
of  God  :  and  his  flesh  was  restored,  like  the  flesh  of 
a  little  child  ;  and  he  was  made  clean. 

15  And  returning  to  the  man  of  God  with  all  his 
train,  he  came,  and  stood  before  him,  and  said  : 
In  truth  I  know  there  is  no  other  God  in  all  the 
earth,  but  only  in  Israel :  I  beseech  thee  therefore 
take  a  blessingf  of  thy  servant. 

16  But  he  answered:  As  the  Lord  liveth,  before 
whom  I  stand,  I  will  receive  none.  And  when  he 
pressed  him,  he  still  refused. 

17  And  Naaman  said:  As  thou  wilt;  but  I  be- 
seech thee,  grant  to  me  thy  servant,  to  take  from 
hence  two  mules  burden  of  earth :  for  thy  servant 
will  not  henceforth  offer  holocaust,  or  victim  to 
other  gods,  but  to  the  Lord. 

18  But  there  is  only  this,  for  which  thou  shalt 
intreat  the  Lord  for  thy  servant;  when  my  master 
goeth  into  the  temple  of  Remmon,  to  worship,  and 
he  leaneth  upon  my  hand,  if  1  bow  down  in  the  tem- 
ple of  Remmon,  when  he  boweth  down  in  the  same 
place,  that  the  Lord  pardon  me  thy  servant  for  this 
thing. 

19  And  he  said  to  him:  Go  in  peace. \  So  he 
departed  from  him  in  the  spring  time  of  the  earth. 

conformity  to  an  idolatrous  worship  ;  but  only  a  service  which  by  his 
office  he  owed  to  his  master :  who  on  all  public  occasions,  leaned  on 
him:  so  that  his  bowing  down  when  his  master  bowed  himself  down, 
was  not  in  effect  adoring  the  idols;  nor  was  it  so  understood  by  tho 
standers  by,  since  he  publicly  professed  himself  a  worshipper  of  Um 

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IV.  KINGS. 


20  But  Giezi  the  servant  of  the  man  of  God 
■aid:  My  master  bath  spared  Naamaii  ibis  Syrian, 
in  not  receiving  of  him  thai  which  be  brought :  a* 

the  Lord  liM-tli,  I  will  run  after  him,  and  lake  sunn- 
thin;  of  him. 

M  Ami  Giexi  followed  after  Maaman  :  ami  when 
he  saw  him  running  after  him,  he  leapt  down 
from  his  chariot  to  meet  him.  and  said:    Is  all  well  ? 

22  And  he  said  :  Well :  my  master  hath  sent  me 
to  thee,  sa\  in:;:  JiM  now  then  are  come  to  me  from 
mount  Kpluaiui.  two  yoUOX  nun  of  the  sons  of  the 
prophets:  give  them  a  talent  of  silver,  and  two 
changes  di  garments. 

unausaid:  It  is  hotter  that  thou  take 
two  talents.  And  he  forced  him,  and  hound  two 
talents  of  silver  in  twobaga,'  and  two  changes  of  gar- 
ments: and  laid  them  ii|>on  two  of  his  servants:  and 
the\  carried  them  before  him. 

\nd  whin  he  was  come,  and  now  it  was  the 
evening,  he  took  them  from  their  hands,  and  laid 
them  up  in  the  house,  and  sent  the  men  away;  and 
departed. 
lint  he  went  in,  and  stood  before  bis  master. 
And  Klisens  said:  Whence  corneal  thou,  Gie/ir 
II    answered  :   Thy  servant  went  no  whither. 

26  But  he  said:  Was  not  my  heart  present,  when 
the  man  lamed  back  from  bis  chariot  to  meet  thee.' 
So  now  thou  hast  received  money,  and  received  gar- 
ments, to  buy  olive-yards,  and  vineyards,  and  sheep, 
and  oxen,  and  men-servants*  and  maid-servants. 

27  But  the  leprosy  of  Naamun  shall  also  stick 
to  thee,  and  to  thy  seed  for  ever.  And  be  went  out 
from  him  a  leper  as  w  bite  as  snow. 

CHAP.  VI. 

Eliseus  mtikt'i  i/t  n  to  stcim  upin  thi  tcater :  he  leadrth  the  Sy- 
rians that  trere  srnt  tn  tipprrhind  him,  into  Siimnriii.  tr/ii  rt 
their  ryes  hi  ing  opened,  they  are  CM  ttnusly  entertained.  Tin 
Syrian*  berirge  Samaria  ;  Ihr  fam  nr  therr  causetli  a  irnman 
to  rat  hrr  otrn  child.  Upon  this  the  Icing  commandcth  Eliseus 
to  be  put  to  drath. 

AM)  the   sons  of  the  prophets  said  to  Eliseus: 
Behold,  the  place  where  we  dwell  with  thee 
is  too  strait  for  us: 

2  Let  us  go  as  far  as  the  Jordan,  and  take  out  of 
the  wood,  every  man  a  piece  of  timber,  that  wo  may 
build  us  there  a  place  to  dwell  in.    And  ho  said:  Go. 

3  And  one  of  them  s;iid  :  But  come  thou  also  with 
thy  servants.     He  answered:  I  will  come. 

4  So  he  went  with  them.  And  when  they  were 
come  to  the  Jordan,  they  cut  down  wood. 

5  And  it  happened,  as  one  was  felling  some  tim- 
ber.  thai  the  head  of  the  axe  fell  into  the  water: 
and  he  cried  out,  and  said:  Alas,  alas,  alas,  my  lord, 
for  this  same  w  as  borrowed. 

6  And  the  man  of  (Joel  said  :  Where  did  it  fall  ? 
and  he  showed  him  the  place.  Then  ho  cut  off  a 
piece  of  wood,  and  cast  it  in  thither,  and  the  iron 
swam. 


onlr  true  and  living  f»od ;  but  it  wan  no  more  than  (loin?  a  civil  office 
to  tlba  kinf  hit  master,  whose  leaning  upon  Urn  obliged  him  to  bow  at 
lb*  aame  time  that  he  bowed. 

*  JaWisVim     Tb*  blindness  her*  spoken  of  was  of  a  particular  kind, 
which  hindemd  them  from  serine;  the   obiects  that  war*  reall?  before 
aerdilerent 


thorn  ;  and  repi eaenled  other  < 


■zw 


object*  to  their  unaguiaUoQ  ;  so 


7  And  he  said:  Take  it  up.  And  he  put  out  his 
hand,  and  look  it. 

8  And  the  king  of  Syria  warred  against  Israel, 
and  took  counsel  with  his  servants,  saying :  In  such 
and  such  a  place  let  us  lay  ambush. 

9  And  the  man  of  God  sent  to  the  king  of  Israel, 
sav  ing  :  Beware  that  thou  pass  not  to  such  a  plate  : 
for  the  Syrians  are  there  in  ambush. 

10  And  the  kim:  of  Israel  sent  to  the  place  w  hioh 
the  man  of  God  had  told  him,  and  prevented  him, 
and  looked  well  to  himself  there  not  once  nor 
twice. 

1 1  And  the  heart  of  the  king  of  Syria  was  trou- 
bled for  this  thing.  And  calling  together  his  ser- 
vants, he  said:  Why  do  you  not  tell  mo  who  it  is 
that  betrays  me  to  the  king  of  Israel  ? 

12  And  one  of  bis  servants  said  :  No  one,  my 
lord  ()  king:  but  Eliseus  the  prophet,  that  is  in  Is- 
rael, telleth  the  king  ot  Israel  all  the  words  that  thou 

speakes)  in  thy  privy  chamber. 

13  And  he  said  to  them  :  Go,  and  see  where  he 
is,  that  I  may  send,  and  take  him.  And  they  told 
him.  Saying:   Behold,  he  is  in  Dothan. 

14  Therefore  be  sent  thither  horses  and  chariots, 
and  the  strength  of  an  army:  and  thev  came  by 
night,  and  beset  the  city. 

15  And  the  servant  of  the  man  of  God  rising 
early,  wont  out,  and  saw  an  army  round  about  the 
city,  and  horses  and  chariots  :  and  he  told  him,  say- 
ing:  Alas,  alas,  alas,  my  lord  ;   what  shall  we  do  ? 

16  But  he  answered:  Feat  not:  for  there  are 
more  w  ith  us  than  with  thorn. 

17  And  Eliseus  prayed,  and  said:  Lord,  open 
his  eyes,  that  he  may  see.  And  the  Lord  opened 
the  eyes  of  the  servant;  and  he  saw:  and  behold, 
the  mountain  IMS  full  of  horses,  and  chariots  of  fire 
round  about  Eliseus. 

18  And  the  enemies  came  down  to  him;  hut 
EliseUJ  prayed  to  the  Lord,  saying:  Strike,!  I>e- 
seech  thee,  this  people  with  blindness.*  And  the 
Lord  struck  them  With  blindness,  according  to  the 
word  of  Eliseus. 

19  And  Eliseus  said  to  thorn:  This  is  not  the 
way;  neither  is  this  the  city:  follow  me,  and  I  will 
show  you  the  man  whom  you  seek.  So  he  led 
them  into  Samaria. 

20  And  when  they  were  come  into  Samaria, 
Eliseus  said:  Lord,  open  the  eyes  of  these  men, 
that   they  may  see.     And  the   Lord  opened  their 

;   and  they  saw  themselves  to  be  in  the  midst 
of  Samaria. 

21  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  to  Eliseus,  when 
he  saw  them:  Mj  father,  shall  1  kill  them? 

22  And  be  said  :  Thou  shall  not  kill  them:  for 
thou  didst  not  rake  them  with  ihj   sword,  or  thy 

bow,  that  thou   mays!  kill  them:    but  set  broad  and 
water  before  them,  that  they  may  eat  and  drink,  and 

go  to  their  master. 

- 

that  they  no  longer  perceived  the  city  of  I )..(!, an.  nor  were  able  to 
know  the  person  of  EUaetU  .  but  were  e»»ily  li-d  by  him.  arhassj  iIkt 
took  to  be  another  man.  to  Samaria.  So  that  lie  truly  told  them.  tUt 
(a  nnf  fa*  «r«y,  neither  it  (hit  lh'  ri/y.  kc.  because  be  spot*  with  : 
to  tht  way,  aod  to  Uu  city,  which  wu  represented  to  them 


CHAP.  VII. 


23  And  a  great  provision  of  meats  was  set  be- 
fore them;  and  they  ate  and  drank:  and  he  let  them 
go;  and  they  went  away  to  their  master;  and  the 
robbers  of  Syria  came  no  more  into  the  land  of  Israel. 

24  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these  things,  that 
Benadad  king  of  Syria  gathered  together  all  his 
army,  and  went  up,  and  besieged  Samaria. 

25  And  there  was  a  great  famine  in  Samaria : 
and  so  long  did  the  siege  continue,  till  the  head  of 
an  ass  was  sold  for  fourscore  pieces  of  silver,  and 
the  fourth  part  of  a  cabe  of  pigeons'  dung,  for  five 
pieces  of  silver. 

26  And  as  the  king  of  Israel  was  passing  by  the 
wall,  a  certain  woman  cried  out  to  him,  saying: 
Save  me,  my  lord  O  king. 

27  And  he  said  :  If  the  Lord  doth  not  save  thee, 
how  can  I  save  thee  ?  out  of  the  barn-floor,  or  out 
of  the  wine-press  ?  And  the  king  said  to  her:  What 
aileth  thee  ?  And  she  answered  : 

28  This  woman  said  to  me:  Give  thy  son,  that 
we  may  eat  him  to-day  :  and  we  will  eat  my  son  to- 
morrow. 

29  So  we  boiled  my  son,  and  ate  him.  And  1 
said  to  heron  the  next  day:  Give  thy  son,  that  we 
may  eat  him.     And  she  hath  hid  her  son. 

30  When  the  king  heard  this,  he  rent  his  gar- 
ments, and  passed  by  upon  the  wall.  And  all  the 
people  saw  the  hair-cloth  which  he  wore  within 
next  to  his  flesh. 

31  And  the  king  said  :  May  God  do  so  and  so  to 
me,  and  may  he  add  more,  if  the  head  of  Eliseus 
the  son  of  Saphat  shall  stand  on  him  this  day. 

32  But  Eliseus  sat  in  his  house  ;  and  the  ancients 
sat  with  him.  So  he  sent  a  man  before:  and  be- 
fore that  messenger  came,  he  said  to  the  ancients: 
Do  you  know  that  this  son  of  a  murderer  hath  sent 
to  cut  off  my  head  ?  Look  then,  when  the  messen- 
ger shall  come,  shut  the  door,  and  suffer  him  not  to 
come  in  :  for  behold,  the  sound  of  his  masier's  feet 
is  behind  him. 

33  While  he  was  yet  speaking  to  them,  the  mes- 
senger appeared,  who  was  coming  to  him.  And 
he  said  :  Behold,  so  great  an  evil  is  from  the  Lord  : 
what  shall  I  look  for  more  from  the  Lord? 

CHAP.  VII. 

Elicits  propkesieth  a  great  plenty,  which  presently  ensneth  upon 
the  sudden  Jlight  of  the  Syrians  ;  of  which  four  lepers  bring 
the  news  to  the  city.  The  incredulous  nobleman  is  trod  to 
death. 

AND  Eliseus  said  :  Hear  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord : 
Thus  saith  the  Lord:  To-morrow  about  this 
time  a  bushel  of  fine  flour  shall  be  sold  for  a  stater,* 
and  two  bushels  of  barley  for  a  stater,  in  the  gate 
of  Samaria. 

2  Then  one  of  the  lords,  upon  whose  hand  the 
king  leaned,  answering  the  man  of  God,  said:  If 
the  Lord  should  make  flood-gates  in  heaven,  can 
that  possibly  be  which  thou  sayest?  And  he  said: 
Thou  shalt  see  it  with  thy  eyes ;  but  shalt  not  eat 
thereof. 

3  Now  there  were  four  lepers,  at  the  entering  in 


*  -J  ttaier.     It  is  the  same  as  a  side  or  shekel. 


of  the  gate:  and  they  said  one  to  another:  Wlut 
mean  we  to  stay  here  till  we  die  ? 

4  If  we  will  enter  into  the  city,  we  shall  die  with 
famine:  and  if  we  will  remain  here,  we  must  also 
die:  come,  therefore,  and  let  us  run  over  to  the 
camp  of  the  Syrians.  If  they  spare  us,  we  shall 
live:  but  if  they  kill  us,  we  shall  but  die. 

5  So  they  arose  in  the  evening  to  go  to  the  Sy- 
rian camp.  And  when  they  were  come  to  the  first 
part  of  the  camp  of  the  Syrians,  they  found  no  man 
there. 

6  For  the  Lord  had  made  them  hear,  in  the  camp 
of  Syria,  the  noise  of  chariots,  and  of  horses,  and 
of  a  very  great  army:  and  they  said  one  to  another: 
Behold,  the  king  of  Israel  hath  hired  against  us  the 
kings  of  the  Hethites,  and  of  the  Egyptians:  and 
they  are  come  upon  us. 

7  Wherefore  they  arose,  and  fled  away  in  the 
dark,  and  left  their  tents,  and  their  horses  and  asses 
in  the  camp;  and  fled,  desiring  to  save  their  lives. 

8  So  when  these  lepers  were  come  to  the  begin- 
ning of  the  camp,  they  went  into  one  tent,  and  ate 
and  drank :  and  they  took  from  thence  silver,  and 
gold,  and  raiment,  and  went  and  hid  it :  and  they 
came  again,  and  went  into  another  tent,  and  carried 
from  thence  in  like  manner,  and  hid  it. 

9  Then  they  said  one  to  another :  We  do  not 
well:  for  this  is  a  day  of  good  tidings.  If  we  hold 
our  peace,  and  do  not  tell  it  till  the  morning,  we  shall 
be  charged  with  a  crime:  come,  let  us  go,  and  tell 
it  in  the  king's  court. 

10  So  they  came  to  the  gate  of  the  city,  and  told 
them,  saying:  We  went  to  the  camp  of  the  Syrians; 
and  we  found  no  man  there,  but  horses,  and  asses 
tied,  and  the  tents  standing. 

1 1  Then  the  guards  of  the  gate  went,  and  told  it 
within  in  the  king's  palace^ 

.12  And  he  arose  in  the  night,  and  said  to  his  ser- 
vants: I  tell  you  what  the  Syrians  have  done  to  us: 
They  know  that  we  suffer  great  famine:  and  there- 
fore they  are  gone  out  of  the  camp,  and  lie  hid 
in  the  fields,  saying:  When  they  come  outofthecity 
we  shall  take  them  alive ;  and  then  we  may  get 
into  the  city. 

13  And  one  of  his  servants  answered :  Let  us 
take  the  five  horses  that  are  remaining  in  the  city 
(because  there  are  no  more  in  the  whole  multitude 
of  Israel,  for  the  rest  are  consumed,)  and  let  us  send, 
and  see. 

14  They  brought  therefore  two  horses,  and  the 
king  sent  into  the  camp  of  the  Syrians,  saying:  Go, 
and  see. 

15  And  they  went  after  them  as  far  as  the  Jordan: 
and  behold,  all  the  way  was  full  of  garments  and 
vessels,  which  the  Syrians  had  cast  away  in  their 
fright :  and  the  messengers  returned,  and  told  the 

ki«£- 

16  And  the  people  going  out,  pillaged  the  camp 

of  the  Syrians :  and  a  bushel  of  fine  flour  was  sold 
for  a  stater,  and  two  bushels  of  barley  for  a  stater, 
according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

17  And  the  king  appointed  that  lord  on  whose 
hand  he  leaned,  to  stand  at  the  gate :  and  the  peo- 

291 


IV.  KINGS. 


Ele  trod  upon  him  in  the  entrance  of  the  gate  ;  ami 
e  died,  as  the  man  of  God  had  said,  when  the  kin:: 

cane  down  n>  him. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass  according  to  the  word  of 
the  maiiof  God,  a  hicb  be  spoke  tothe  kins,  when  be 
said:  Two  bushels  of  barley  shall  be  for  ■  stater, 

and  a  bushel  of  fine  (lour  for  a  slater,  at  this  very  time 
to-morrow  in  the  sale  of  Samaria. 

19  When  that  lord  answered  the  man  of  God, 
and  said:  Although  the  Lord  should  make  flood- 
gates in  heaven,  could  this  come  to  |>ass which  thou 
sayest ;  And  he  said  to  him :  Thou  shah  see  with  thy 

:  and  shall  not  eat  thereof. 

20  And  so  it  fell  out  to  him  as  it  was  foretold  : 
and  the  people  trod  upon  him  in  the  gate  ;  anil  he 
died. 

CHAP..  VIII. 

Afttr  seven  years'' famine  foretold  by  Eliseus,  the  Sunamiless  re- 
turning home,  rrrorrreth  her  land*  and  revenues.  Elisen* 
foreshnwetk  the  death  of  Benadad  king  of  Syria,  and  the  rrign 
of  Hazael.  Jorum*  wicked  reign  in  Juda.  He  dirth,  and 
his  son  Ochozias  succeeiieth. 

A  ND  Eliseus  spoke  to  the  woman,  whose  son  he 

-^*-    had  restored  to  life.  sa\  ins:   Arise,  and  go  thou 

and  thy  household,  and  sojourn  whensoever  thou 
canal  find:  for  the  Lord  hath  called  a  famine;  and 
it  shall  come  upon  the  land  sewn  tears. 

2  And  she  arose,  and  did  according  to  the  word  of 
the  man  of  God:  and  going  with  her  household,  she 
sojourned  in  the  land  of  the  Philistines  many  days. 

3  And  when  the  seven  years  were  ended,  the 
woman  returned  out  of  the  hmd  of  the  Philistines: 
and  she  went  forth  to  speak  to  the  king  for  her  house, 
and  for  her  lands. 

4  And  the  king  talked  with  Giezi  the  servant  of 
the  man  of  God,  saying:  Tell  me  all  the  peat  things 
that  Eliseus  hath  done. 

5  And  when  he  was  telling  the  king  how  he  had 
raised  one  dead  to  life,  the  woman  appeared,  whose 
son  he  had  restored  to  life,  crying  to  the  king  for 
her  house,  and  her  lands.  And  Giezi  said  :  My  lord 
O  king,  this  is  the  woman,  and  this  is  her  son, 
whom  Klisens  raised  to  life. 

6  And  the  kins  asked  the  woman:  and  she  told 
him.  And  the  king  appointed  her  a  eunuch,  saying : 
Restore  her  all  that  is  hers,  and  all  the  revenues  of 
the  lands,  from  the  day  that  she  left  the  land,  to 
this  present 

7  Eliseus  also  came  to  Damascus:  and  Hcnadad 
king  of  Syria  was  sick:  and  they  told  him,  saying: 
The  man  of  God  is  come  hitln  r. 

8  And  the  kins  said  to  Hazael  :  Take  with  thee 
presents,  and  so  to  meet  the  man  of  God,  and  con- 
sult the  Lord  by  him,  saying  :  Can  I  recover  of  this 
inv  illness? 

9  And  Hazael  went  to  meet  him.  taking  with 
him  pr  ind  all  the  good  things  of  Damascus, 
the  hurdens  of  forty  camels.      Ami  when  he   stood 

*  Tilt  Aim :  I  kit  thait  ractur.  By  these  won),  the  prophet  »igm6ed 
that  the  king's  disease  was  not  mortal ;  and  that  he  would  ncovv,  if 
do  violence  were  used.  Or  he  might  only  express  himself  in  this  man- 
oer,  by  way  of  fi»"»J  Hazael  to  understand  that  be  knew  both  what 


re  him.  he  said:   Thy  son  Benadad  the  king  of 
Syria  hath  sent  me  to  thee,  saying:  Can!  recover  of 

this  inv  illness  ? 

10  And  Eliseus  said  to  him:  Go  tell  him:  Thou 
shall  recover:*  but  the  Lord  hath  shewn  me  thai  he 
shall  surely  die. 

11  And  he  stood  with  him,  and  was  troubled  so 
far  as  to  blush:  and  the  man  of  God  Wept. 

12  And  Hazael  said  to  him:  Why  doth  my  lord 
Weep  ?  And  he  said  :  Because  I  know  the  evil  that 
thou  wilt  do  to  the  children  of  Israel.  Their  strong 
cities  thou  wilt  burn  with  fire;  and  their  yoUng  men 
thou  wilt  kill  with  the  sword;  and  thou  vsilt  dash 
their  children,  and  rip  up  their  pregnant  women. 

13  And  Hazael  said:  Hut  what  am  I  thy  servant 
a  dog,  that  I  should  do  this  great  thing  r  And  Eliseus 
said:  The  Lord  hath  shown  me  that  thou  shalt  be 
kins  of  Syria. 

1  i  And  when  he  was  departed  from  Eliseus,  he 
came  to  his  master,  who  said  to  him  :  What  said 
Eliseus  to  thee  ?  And  he  answered:  He  told  me: 
Thou  shall  recover. 

15  And  on  the  next  day,  he  took  a  blanket,  and 
poured  water  on  it,  and  spread  it  upon  bis  face;  and  he 
died:  and  Hazael  reigned  in  bis  stead. 

16  In  the  fifth  year  of  Joram  son  of  Achab  king 
of  Israel,  and  of  Josaphat  f  king  of  Juda,  reigned  Jo- 
ram  son  of  Josaphat  kins  of  Juda. 

17  He  was  two  and  thirty  years  okl  when  he  be- 
gan to  reign :  and  he  reigned  eight  years  in  Jerusa- 
lem. 

18  And  he  walked  in  the  ways  of  the  kings  of 
Israel,  as  ihe  house  of  Achab  had  walked:  tor  the 
daughter  of  Achab  was  his  wife;  and  he  did  that 
w  liieh  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord. 

19  But  the  Lord  would  not  tlestroy  Judah,  for 
David  his  servant's  sake,  as  he  had  promised  him, 
to  give  him  a  light,  and  to  his  children  always. 

20  In  his  days  Edom  revolted,  from  being  under 
Juda,  and  made  themselves  a  king. 

21  And  Joram  came  to  Seira,  and  all  the  chariots 
with  him  :  and  he  arose  in  the  night,  and  defeated 
the  Edomites  that  had  surrounded  him,  and  the  cap- 
tains of  the  chariots:  but  the  people  fled  into  their 
tents. 

22  So  Edom  revolted  from  being  under  Juda, 
unto  this  day.  Then  Lobna  also  revolted  at  the 
same  time. 

23  But  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Joram,  and  all  that 
he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  Book  of  the  words 
of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Juda  ? 

24  And  Joram  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  wat 
buried  with  them  in  the  city  of  David  :  and  Ocho- 
zias his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

25  In  the  twelfth  vear  of  Joram  son  of  Achah 
king  of  Israel,  reigned  Ochozias  son  of  Joram  king 
of  Juda. 

26  Ochozias  was  two  and  twenty  years  old  when 


he  would  say  and  do;  that  he  would  indeed  tell  the  king  he  should 
corer;  hut  would  be  himself  the  instrument  of  his  death. 

t  And  «/Joiaph*t,  let      That  is,  Josaphat  bcinr;  yet  alire ;  who 
time  before  hit  death  made  hi*  too  Joram  king,  a*  David  had.  done 
(ore  by  bis  too  Solomon. 


CHAP.  IX. 


he  began  to  reign :  and  he  reigned  one  year  in 
Jerusalem :  the  name  of  his  mother  was  Athalia  the 
daughter*  of  Amri  king  of  Israel. 

27  And  he  walked  in  the  ways  of  the  house  of 
Aehab  :  and  he  did  evil  before  the  Lord,  as  did  the 
house  of  Aehab:  for  he  was  the  son-in-law  ot»the 
house  of  Aehab. 

28  He  went  also  with  Joram  son  of  Aehab,  to 
fight  against  Hazael  king  of  Syria  in  Ramoth- 
Galaad  :  and  the  Syrians  wounded  Joram  : 

29  And  he  went  baekto  be  healed,  in  Jezrahel: 
beeause  the  Syrians  had  wounded  him  in  Ramoth 
when  he  fought  against  Hazael  king  of  Syria.  And 
Oehozias  the  son  of  Joram  king  ot  Juda,  went  down 
to  visit  Joram  the  son  of  Aehab  in  Jezrahel ;  be- 
cause he  was  sick  there. 

CHAP.  IX. 

Jehu  is  anointed  king  of  Israel,  to  destroy  the  house  of  Aehab 
and  Jezabel.  He  killeth  Joram  king  of  Israel,  and  Oehozias 
king  of  Juda.     Jezabel  is  eaten  by  dogs. 

AND  Eliseus  the  prophet  called  one  of  the  sons 
of  the  prophets,  and  said  to  him  :  Gird  up  thy 
loins,  and  take  this  little  bottle  of  oil  in  thy  hand,  and 
go  to  Ramoth-Galaad. 

2  And  when  thou  art  come  thither,  thou  shalt  see 
Jehu  the  son  of  Josaphat  the  son  of  Namsi :  and 
going  in  thou  shalt  make  him  rise  up  from  amongst 
his  brethren,  and  carry  him  into  an  inner  chamber. 

3  Then  taking  the  little  bottle  of  oil,  thou  shalt 
pour  it  on  his  head,  and  shalt  say :  Thus  saith  the 
Lord:  I  have  anointed  thee  king  over  Israel.  And 
thou  shalt  open  the  door,  and  flee ;  and  shalt  not 
stay  there. 

4  So  the  young  man  the  servant  of  the  prophet 
went  away  to  Ramoth-Galaad, 

5  And  went  in  thither  :  and  behold,  the  captains 
of  the  army  were  sitting;  and  he  said :  I  have  a 
word  to  thee,  O  prince.  And  Jehu  said :  Unto 
whom  of  us  all?  And  he  said :  To  thee,  O  prince. 

6  And  he  arose,  and  went  into  the  chamber:  and 
he  poured  the  oil  upon  his  head,  and  said:  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel :  I  have  anointed  thee 
king  over  Israel,  the  people  of  the  Lord. 

7  And  thou  shalt  cut  off  the  house  of  Aehab  thy 
master:  and  I  will  revenge  the  blood  of  my  servants 
the  prophets,  and  the  blood  of  all  the  servants  of  the 
Lord  at  the  hand  of  Jezabel. 

8  And  I  will  destroy  all  the  house  of  Aehab:  and 
I  will  cut  off  from  Aehab  him  that  pisseth  against 
the  wall,  and  him  that  is  shut  up,  and  the  meanest 
in  Israel. 

9  And  I  will  make  the  house  of  Aehab  like  the 
house  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat,  and  like  the 
house  of  Baasa  the  son  of  Ahias. 

10  And  the  dogs  shall  eat  Jezabel  in  the  field  of 
Jezrahel :  and  there  shall  be  no  one  to  bury  her 
And  he  opened  the  door,  and  fled. 

1 1  Then  Jehu  went  forth  to  the  servants  of  his 
lord:  and  they  said  to  him:  Are  all  things  well  ?  why 

*  Daughter.  That  is,  grand-daughter ;  for  she  was  daughter  of 
Aehab  son  of  Amri,  vor.  18 


came  this  mad  man  to  thee  t  Ann  ne  said  to  them 
You  know  the  man,  and  what  he  said. 

12  But  they  answered:  It  is  false;  but  rather  do 
thou  tell  us.  And  he  said  to  them':  Thus  and  thus 
did  he  speak  to  me :  and  he  said  :  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  :  I  have  anointed  thee  king  over  Israel. 

13  Then  they  made  haste,  and  taking  every  man 
his  garment,  laid  it  under  his  feet,  after  the  manner 
of  a  judgment-seat :  and  they  sounded  the  trumpet, 
and  said:  Jehu  is  king. 

14  So  Jehu  the  son  of  Josaphat  the  son  of  Namsi 
conspired  against  Joram.  Now  Joram  had  besieged 
Ramoth-Galaad,  he  and  all  Israel  fighting  with  Ha- 
zael king  of  Syria : 

15  And  was  returned  to  be  healed  in  Jezrahel 
of  his  wounds;  for  the  Syrians  had  wounded  him, 
when  he  fought  with  Hazael  king  of  Syria.  And 
Jehu  said  :  If  it  please  you,  let  no  man  go  forth  or 
flee  out  of  the  city ;  lest  he  go,  and  tell  in  Jez- 
rahel. 

16  And  he  got  up,  and  went  into  Jezrahel:  for 
Joram  was  sick  there;  and  Oehozias  king  of  Juda 
was  come  down  to  visit  Joram. 

17  The  watchman  therefore,  that  stood  upon  the 
tower  of  Jezrahel,  saw  the  troop  of  Jehu  coming, 
and  said:  I  see  a  troop.  And  Joram  said:  Take 
a  chariot,  and  send  to  meet  them;  and  let  him  that 
goeth  say:  Is  all  well  ? 

18  So  there  went  one  in  a  chariot  to  meet  him, 
and  said  :  Thus  saith  the  king :  A  re  all  things  peace- 
able? And  Jehu  said:  What  hast  thou  to  do  with 
peace?  go  behind,  and  follow  me.  And  the  watch- 
man told,  saying:  The  messenger  came  to  them  ; 
but  he  returneth  not. 

19  And  he  sent  a  second  chariot  of  horses:  and 
he  came  to  them,  and  said  :  Thus  saith  the  king  : 
Is  there  peace  ?  And  Jehu  said;  What  hast  thou  to 
do  with  peace?  pass,  and  follow  me. 

20  And  the  watchman  told,  saying:  He  came 
even  to  them,  but  returneth  not:  and  the  driving  is 
like  the  driving  of  Jehu  the  son  of  Namsi;  for  he 
drives  furiously. 

21  And  Joram  said :  Make  ready  the  chariot. 
And  they  made  ready  his  chariot:  and  Joram  king 
of  Israel,  and  Oehozias  king  of  Juda  went  out,  each 
in  his  chariot:  and  they  went  out  to  meet  Jehu, 
and  met  him  in  the  field  of  Naboth  the  Jezrahelite. 

22  And  when  Joram  saw  Jehu,  he  said  :  Is  there 
peace,  Jehu?  And  he  answered:  What  peace?  so 
long  as  the  fornications  of  Jezabel  thy  mother,  and 
her  many  sorceries  are  in  their  vigour. 

23  And  Joram  turned  his  hand,  and  fleeing,  said 
to  Oehozias :  There  is  treachery,  Oehozias. 

24  But  Jehu  bent  his  bow  with  his  hand,  and 
shot  Joram  between  the  shoulders:  and  the  arrow 
went  out  through  his  heart:  and  immediately  he  fell 
in  his  chariot. 

25  And  Jehu  said  to  Badacer  his  captain:  Take 
him,  and  cast  him  into  the  field  of  Naboth  the  Jez- 
rahelite: for  1  remember,  when  I  and  thou  sitting 
in  a  chariot  followed  Aehab  this  man's  father,  that 
the  Lord  laid  this  burden  upon  him,  saying : 

26  If  I  do  not  requite  thee  in  this  field,  saith  the 

293 


IV.  KINGS. 


l^ord,  for  the  blood  of  Naboth,  ami  for  tin-  blood  of 
b'u  children,  frhkh  I  n«  yesterday,  sakh  the  Lord. 
So  now  take  him,  and  cast  hi  in  into  the  field,  ac- 
cording  tn  (be  word  of  the  Lord. 

.',  But  Ochosias  king  of  Juda  seeina  this.  Bed 
by  tin-  ua>  of  ihc  garden-house  !  and  Jena  pursued 

him,  and  said:  Strike  him  also  in  his  chariot.  And 
thei  itruck  bin  in  the  going  up  to  (Saver,  w  hich  is 
by  Jchlaam:  and  he  tied  into  Mageddo,  and  died 
there. 

28  And  his  servants  laid  him  noon  his  chariot, 
and  carried  him  to  Jerusalem:  and  tliev  buried  him 
in  his  sepulchre  w  itli  his  fathers  in  the  city  of  David. 

In  t In-  eleventh  yeai  ofJoram  the  son  of  Achah, 
Ochoaiaa  reigaed  over  Jnda: 

30  And  Jehu  came  into  Jezrahel.  But  Jezahel 
hearing  ot  liis  coming  in,  painted  her  face  with  stihic 
stone,  and  adorned   her  head;  and  looked  out  of  a 

window 

81  It  Jehu  coming  in  at  the  gate:  and  said:  Can 

there  be  peace  for  Zarnbri,thai  hath  killed  bis  master? 

\nd  Jehu  lifted  up  his  face  to  the   window, 

and  said:  Who  is  this?  And  two  or  three  eunuehs 

bowed  dow  n  to  him. 

\nd  he  said  to  them  :  Throw  her  down  head- 
long; and  they  threw  her  down  ;  and  the  wall  was 
sprinkled  with  her  blood;  and  the  hoofs  of  the  hor- 
ses trod  upon  her. 

34  And  when  he  w  as  come  in,  to  eat  and  to  drink, 
he  said  :  Go,  and  lee  after  that  cursed  woman,  and 
bury  her:  because  she  is  a  kind's  daughter. 

3o  And  when  they  went  to  bury  her,  they  found 
nothing  but  the  skull,  and  the  feet,  and  the  extremi- 
ties of  her  hands. 

36  And  coming  hack  they  told  him.  And  Jelin 
said  :  It  is  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  siioke  by 
his  servant  Klias  the  Theshite,  savin?:  In  the  field 
of  Jesrahel,  the  i\t>i->  shall  eat  the  flesh  of  Jezahel : 

37  And  the  flesh  of  Jezahel  shall  he  as  dlingopofl 
the  face  of  the  earth  in  the  field  of  Jezrahel  ;  so 
that  the?  who  pass  hy  shall  say:  Is  this  that  same 
Jezabel? 

CHAP.  X. 

Ji hit  destroyeth  the  haute  of  Arhab  ;  abolisheth  the  worship  of 
Umil  ;  ami  Ltllrth  thr  >rurshipi>eri  :  but  ttirks  to  the  coins  of 
Jeroboam.     Israel  is  afflicted  by  the  Syrians. 

AND  Achah  had  seventy  sooa  in  Samaria:  so 
Jehu  wrote  letters,  and  sent  to  Samaria,  to  the 
chief  men  of  the  city,  and  to  the  ancients,  and  to 
tin  in  that  brought  up  Achab's  children,  saying: 

2  As  soon  as  you  receive  these  letters,  ye  that 

have  your  master's  suns,  sad  «  harlots,  and  horses, 
and  fenced  cities,  and  armour, 

3  CboOSe  the  best,  and  him  that  shall  please  you 
most  of  your  master's  sons  ;  jind  set  him  on  his  fa- 
ther's throne,  and  fight  for  the  house  of  your  master. 

\  Hut  they  wire  exceedingly  afraid,  and  said  : 
Behold,  two  kin-s  could  not  stand  before  him;  and 
how    shall  We  be  able  to  resist? 

5  Therefore  the  overseers  of  the  house,  and  the 
rulers  of  the  city,  and  the  ancients,  and  the  tutors 
sent  to  Jehu,  saving:  We  are  thy  servants;  what- 
soever thou  shall  command   us  we  will  do:   neither 

SM 


w  ill  we  make  us  a  kin?  :  do  thou  all  that  pleased) 
til.  e. 

6  And  h  •  wrote  tetters  the  second  tine  to  them, 
saying:  If  yon  be  mine,  and  will  obey  me,  take  the 

heads  ot  the  sons  ot  \our  master,  and  come  to  me  to 
Jeisahej  b\  to-morrow  this  time.      Now   the   kn 
sons,  being  seventy  men,  were  brought  up  with  the 
chief  bmmi  of  the  city. 

7  And  when  the  letters  came  to  them,  they  took 
the  king's  sons,  sad  slew  seventy  persons,  and  put 
their  heads  in  baskets,  and  sent  them  to  him  to 
Jezrahel. 

8  And  a  messenger  came,  and  told  him,  SBymg  : 
They   have  brought   the  heads  of  the  kind's   sons. 

And  he  sai.l  :  La>  \e  them  in  two  heaps  by  the  en- 
tering in  of  the  gate  until  the  mornim:. 

9  And  when  it  was  light,  he  went  out,  and 
Standing  said  to  all  the  people  :  You  are  just  :  if  I 
conspired  against  m)  master,  and  slew  him,  who 
hath  slain  all  these? 

10  See  therefore  now  that  there  hath  not  fallen 
to  the  ground  any  of  the  words  of  the  Lord,  which 
the  Lord  spoke  concerning  the  house  of  Achah; 
and  the  Lord  hath  done  that  which  he  spoke  in  the 
hand  of  his  servant  Llias. 

11  So  Jehu  slew  all  that  were  left  of  the  house 
of  Achah  in  Jezrahel,  and  all  his  chief  men,  and 
his  friends,  and  his  priests,  till  there  were  no  re- 
mains left  of  him. 

12  And  he  arose,  and  went  to  Samaria  :  and 
w  hen  he  was  come  to  the  shepherd's  cabin  in  the 

wav'  .  ~ 

13  He  met  with  the  brethren  of  Ochozias  king 

of  Juda,  and  he  said  to  them  :  Who  are  you  ?  And 
they  answered  :  \\  c  are  the  brethren  of  Ochozias; 
and  are  come  down  to  salute  the  sons  of  the  king, 
and  the  sons  of  the  queen. 

I  I  And  he  said  :  Take  them  alive.  And  they 
took  them  alive,  and  killed  them  at  the  pit  by  the 
cabin,  two  and  forty  men ;  and  he  left  not  any  of 
them. 

15  And  when  he  was  departed  thence,  he  found 
Jonadab  the  son  of  Recbsb  coming  to  meet  him; 
and  he  blessed  him.  And  he  said  to  him:  Is  thy 
heart  right  as  my  heart  IS  with  thy  heart  ?  And  Jo- 
said  :    It    is.   If  it   be,   said  be,  give   me  thy 


And  he  lifted  him 


with 
made 


me,  and   s,  q 
him    ride    in 


nadah 

hand.      He  gave  him  his  baud. 

up  to  him  into  the  chariot, 

16  And  said  to  him:  Come 
m\  seal  for  the  Lord.  So  he 
his  chariot, 

17  And  brought  him  into  Samaria.  And  he 
slew  all  that  were  left  of  Achah  in  Samaria,  to  a 
man,  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord  which  he 
spoke  by  Llias. 

18  And  Jehu  gathered" together  all  the  people, 
and  said  to  them:  Achah  worshipped  Baal  a  little; 
hut  I  will  worship  him  more.* 

19  Now   therefore  call  to  me  all  the  prophets  of 


•  /  trill  wortSip  Urn  more.  Jehu  »innr.l  in  thu«  pn-trmlin|r  to  wor- 
ship H..»l.  an  I  <  »minir  «arrifice  to  bo  otTere!  u>  dim  bacMM  e»ii  m 
not  to  be  done,  tbat  good  may  coma  ol  it     Btm.  in.  8. 


CHAP.  XI. 


B;ial,  and  all  his  servants,  and  all  his  priests  :  let 
none  be  wanting ;  for  1  have  a  great  sacrifice  to 
offer  to  Baal  :  whosoever  shall  be  wanting  shall 
not  live.  Now  Jehu  did  this  craftily,  that  he  might 
destroy  the  worshippers  of  Baal. 

20  And  he  said  :  Proclaim  a  festival  for  Baal. 
And  he  called, 

21  And  he  sent  into  all  the  borders  of  Israel ; 
and  all  the  servants  of  Baal  came  :  there  was  not 
one  left  that  did  not  come.  And  they  went  into 
the  temple  of  Baal:  and  the  house  of  Baal  was 
filled,  from  one  end  to  the  other. 

22  And  he  said  to  them  that  were  over  the  ward 
robe;  Bring  forth  garments  for  all   the  servants  of 
Baal.     Ancl  they  brought  them  forth  garments. 

23  And  Jehu  and  Jonadab  the  son  of  Rechab 
went  to  the  temple  of  Baal,  and  said  to  the  wor- 
shippers of  Baal:  Search,  and  see  that  there  be 
not  any  with  you  of  the  servants  of  the  Lord,  but 
that  there  be  the  servants  of  Baal  only. 

24  And  they  went  in  to  offer  sacrifices  and  burnt- 
offerings  :  but  Jehu  had  prepared  him  four  score 
men  without,  and  said  to  them  :  If  any  of  the  men 
escape,  whom  I  have  brought  into  your  hands,  he 
that  letteih  him  go  shall  answer  life  for  life. 

25  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  burnt-offering 
was  ended,  that  Jehu  commanded  his  soldiers  and 
captains,  saying:  Go  in,  and  kill  them;  let  none 
escape.  And  the  soldiers  and  captains  slew  them 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and  cast  them  out :  and 
they  went  into  the  city  of  the  temple  of  Baal, 

26  And  brought  the  statue  out  of  Baal's  temple, 
and  burnt  it, 

27  And  broke  it  in  pieces.  They  destroyed  also 
the  temple  of  Baal,  and  made  a  jakes  in  its  place 
unto  this  day. 

28  So  Jehu  destroyed  Baal  out  of  Israel : 

29  But  yet  he  departed  not  from  the  sins  of  Je- 
roboam the  son  of  Nabat,  who  made  Israel  to  sin ; 
nor  did  he  forsake  the  golden  calves  that  were  in 
Bethel  and  Dan. 

30  And  the  Lord  said  to  Jehu :  Because  thou 
hast  diligently  executed  that  which  was  right  and 
pleasing  in  my  eyes,  and  hast  done  to  the  house  of 
Achab  according  to  all  that  was  in  my  heart :  thy 
children  shall  sit  upon  the  throne  of  Israel  to  the 
fourth  generation. 

31  But  Jehu  took  no  heed  to  walk  in  the  law  of 
the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel  with  all  his  heart :  for 
he  departed  not  from  the  sins  of  Jeroboam,  who 
had  made  Israel  to  sin. 

32  In  those  days  the  Lord  began  to  be  weary  of 
Israel  :  and  Hazael  ravaged  them  in  all  the  coasts 
of  Israel, 

33  From  the  Jordan  eastward,  all  the  land  of 
Galaad,  and  Gad,  and  Ruben,  and  Manasses,  from 
Aroer,  which  is  upon  the  torrent  Arnon,  and  Galaad, 
and  Basan. 

34  But  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jehu,  and  all  that 
he  did,  and  his  strength,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
Book  of  the  words  of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Is- 
rael ? 

35  A    J    Tehu  slept  with  his  fathers  ;  and  they 


buried  him  in  Samaria  :  and  Joachaz  his  son  reign- 
ed in  his  stead. 

36  And  the  time  that  Jehu  reigned  over  Israel, 
in  Samaria,  was  eight  and  twenty  years. 
CHAP.  XI. 

.4thaha's  usurpation  and  tyranny.     Joas  is  made  king.     Atha- 
lia  is  slain. 

A  ND  Athalia  the  mother  of  Ochozias  seeing 
-1*-  that  her  son  was  dead,  arose,  and  slew  all  the 
royal  seed. 

2  But  Josaba  the  daughter  of  king  Joram,  sister 
of  Ochozias,  took  Joas  the  son  of  Ochozias,  and 
stole  him  from  among  the  king's  sons  that  were 
slain,  out  of  the  bed-chamber  with  his  nurse;  and 
hid  him  from  the  face  of  Athalia:  so  that  he  was 
not  slain. 

3  And  he  was  with  her  six  years  hid  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord.  And  Athalia  reigned  over  the 
land. 

4  And  in  the  seventh  year  Joiada  sent,  and  tak- 
ing the  centurions  and  the  soldiers,  brought  them 
in  to  him  into  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  and  made  a 
covenant  with  them  :  and  taking  an  oath  of  them 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  showed  them  the  king's 
son  : 

5  And  he  commanded  them,  saying:  This  is  the 
thing  that  you  must  do: 

6  Let  a  third  part  of  you  go  in  on  the  sabbath, 
and  keep  the  watch  of  the  king's  house.  And  let 
a  third  part  be  at  the  gate  of  Sur :  and  let  a  third 
part  be  at  the  gate  behind  the  dwelling  of  the  shield- 
hearers  :  and  you  shall  keep  the  watch  of  the  house 
of  Messa. 

7  But  let  two  parts  of  you  all  that  go  forth  on 
the  sabbath,  keep  the  watch  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord  about  the  king. 

8  And  you  shall  compass  him  round  about,  hav- 
ing weapons  in  your  hands  :  and  if  any  man  shall 
enter  the  precinct  of  the  temple,  let  him  be  slain  ; 
and  you  shall  be  with  the  king  coming  in  and  go- 
ing out. 

9  And  the  centurions  did  according  to  all  things 
that  Joiada  the  priest  had  commanded  them  :  and 
taking  every  one  their  men,  that  went  in  on  the  sab- 
bath, with  them  that  went  out  in  the  sabbath,  came 
to  Joiada  the  priest. 

10  And  he  gave  them  the  spears,  and  the  arms 
of  king  David,  which  were  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

11  And  they  stood,  having  every  one  their  wea- 
pons in  their  hands,  from  the  right  side  of  the  tem- 
ple, unto  the  left  side  of  the  altar,  aud  of  the  tem- 
ple, about  the  king. 

12  And  he  brought  forth  the  king's  son,  and  put 
the  diadem  upon  him,  and  the  testimony,*  and  they 
made  him  king,  and  anointed  him;  and  clapping 
their  hands,  they  said:  God  save  the  king. 

13  And  Athalia  heard  the  noise  of  the  people  run- 
ning :  and  going  in  to  the  people  into  the  temple  of 
the  Lord, 

14  She  saw  the  king  standing  upon  a  tribunal,! 

*  Tht  testimony.     The  book  of  the  law. 

t  A  tribunal.     A  tribune,  or  a  place  elevated  above  the  reit. 
MS 


IV.  KINGS. 


as  the  manner  was.  and  the  singers,  and  the  trum- 
pets near  him,  and  all  the  people  of  the  land  re- 
loicing,  and  sounding  the  trumpets  :  and  she  rent 
her  garments,  and  cried:  A  conspiracy,  a  conspiracy. 
1  >  But  Joiada  commanded  the  centurioos  thai 

were  over  the  army,   and  said  to   them:    Have  her 

forth  without  the  precinct  of  the  temple;  and  who- 
rer  ihatl  follow  her,  let  him  be  slain  with  the 
>rd.    For  the  priest  had  said  :  Let  her  not  be  slain 

in  the  temple  of  the  Lord. 

It!  And  they  laid  hands  on  her;  and  thrust  Tier 

.Hit   by  the  way  by  which  the  horses  go  in,  by  the 

palace;  and  she  was  slain  there. 

17  And  Joiada  made  a  covenant  between  the 
Lord,  and  the  kin:;,  and  the  people,  that  they  should 
be  the  people  of  the  Lord,  and  between  the  king  and 
the  people. 

18  And  all  the  people  of  the  land  went  into  the 
temple  of  Baal,  and  broke  down  his  altars:  and  his 
images  they  broke  in  pieces  thoroughly;  they  slew 
also  Mathau  the  priest  of  Baal  before  the  altar. 
And  the  priest  set  guards  in  the  bouse  of  the  Lord. 

19  And  be  took  the  centurions,  and  the  bands  of 
the  Cerethi  ami  the  Pbelethi,  and  all  the  people  of 
the  land:  and  they  brought  the  king  from  the  boose 
of  the  Lord:  and  thev  came  by  the  wav  of  the  gate 
of  the  shield-bearers  into  the  palace:  and  he  sat  on 
the  throne  of  the  kiims. 

\nd  all  the  people  of  the  land  rejoiced;  and 
the  city  was  quiet :  but  Athalia  was  slain  with  the 
•word  in  the  king's  bouse. 

21  Now  Joas  was  seven  years  old  when  he  began 
to  reign. 

CHAP.  XII. 

The  temple  is  repaired.     Hnzarl  it  bought  off  from  attacking 
Jerusalem.     Joas  is  slain. 

1  \  the  seventh  year  of  Jehu,  Joas  began  to  reign: 
-*•  and  he  reigned  forty  years  in  Jerusalem.  The 
name  of  his  mother  was  Sebia  of  Bersabee. 

1  And  Joas  did  that  which  was  right  before  the 
Lord,  all  the  davs  that  Joiada  the  priest  taught  him. 

3  Bui  yet  he  took  not  away  the  high  places:  for 
the  people  still  sacrificed,  and  burnt  incense  in  the 
high  pla< 

I  \iul  Joas  said  to  the  nriesfs:  All  the  money 
of  the  sanctified*  things,  which  is  brought  into  the 
temple  of  the  Lord  l>\  those  that  pass,  which  is  of- 
ferred  for  the  price  of  a  soul, t  and  which  of  their 
own  accord,  and  of  their  own  free  heart  they  bring 
into  the  temple  of  the  Lord: 

5  Let  the  priests  take  it  according  to  their  order, 
and  repair  the  house,  wheresoever  they  shall  see  any 
thing  that  wanteth  repairing. 

6  Vow  till  the  three  and  twentieth  war  of  kim: 
loas,  the  priests  did  not  make  the  repairs  of  the 
temple. 

7  And  king  Joas  called  Joiada  the  high  priest  and 
the  priests,  saving  to  them:  Whv  do  \on  not  repair 
the  temple?  Take  you  therefore  money  no  more  ac- 

*  tsmttifiU.    That  (TodH  aerrice. 

t  7V»  priet  at  a  tout.     That  iv  (he  ordinary    oblation,  which    erery 
•out  wii  to  offer  by  the  law.     £W.  ul 

m 


cording  to  your  order;  but  restore  it  for  the  repairing 
of  the  temple. 

8  And  thepr  estswere  forbidden  to  take  any  more 
money  of  the  people,  and  to  make  the  repairs  of  the 

house. 

9  And  Joiada  the  high  priest  took  a  (best,  and 
Inired  a  hole  in  the  top,  and  set  it  by  the  altar  at 
the  right  hand  of  them  that  came  into  the  house  of 
the  Lord:  and  the  priests  that  kept  the  doors  put 
therein  all  the  mone)  that  was  brought  to  the  tem- 
ple of  the  Lord. 

10  And  when  they  saw  that  there  was  very  much 
money  in  the  chest,  the  king's  scribe,  and  tin-  high 
priest  came  up,  and  poured  it  out,  and  counted  the 
money  that  was  found  in  the  house  of  the  Lord: 

11  And  they  gawil  out  by  number  and  measure 
into  the  hands  of  them  that  were  over  the  builders 
of  the  house  of  the  Lord:  and  they  laid  it  out  to  the 
carpenters,  and  the  masons  that  w  rought  in  the  house 
of  the  Lord, 

12  And  made  the  repairs;  and  to  them  that  cut 
stones,  and  to  buy  timber,  and  stones,  to  he  hewed, 
that  the  repairs  Of  the  house  of  the  Lord  might  Ik? 
completely  finished,  wheresoever  there  was  need  of 
expenses  to  uphold  the  house. 

13  But  there  were  not  made  of  the  same  money 
for  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  bow  Is  or  flesh-hooks,  or 
censers,  or  trumpets,  or  any  vessel  of  gold  and  sil- 
ver of  the  money  that  was  brought  into  the  temple 
of  the  Lord  ; 

11  For  it  was  »i  ven  to  them  that  did  the  work,  that 
the  temple  of  the  Lord  might  be  repaired. 

15  And  they  reckoned  not  with  the  men  that  re- 
ceived the  money  to  distribute  it  to  the  workmen  ; 
but  they  bestowed  it  faithfully. 

16  But  the  money  for  trespass,  and  the  money  for 
sins,  they  brought  not  into  the  temple  of  the  Lord  : 
because  it  was  for  the  priests. 

17  Then  Ha/.ael  king  of  Syria  went  up.  and 
fought  against  (ielh,  anil  took  it,  and  set  his  face  to 
go  up  to  Jerusalem. 

18  Wherefore  Joas  king  of  Juda  took  all  the  sanc- 
tified things,  which  Josaphat.  and  Joram.  and  Ocho- 
zias,  his  fathers  the  kings  of  Juda  had  dedicated  to 
holy  uses,  and  which  be  himself  had  ofiered  :  and 
all  the  silver  that  could  be  found  in  the  treasures  of 
the  temple  of  the  Lord,  and  in  the  king's  palace; 
and  sent  it  to  Hazacl  king  of  Syria:  and  he  went 
off"  from  Jerusalem. 

19  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Joas,  and  all  that 
he  <lid,  are  they  not  written  in  the  Book  of  the  words 
of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Juda? 

20  And  his  servants  arose,  and  conspired  among 
themselves,  and  slew  Joas  in  the  house  of  Mello  in 
the  descent  of  Sella. 

21  For  Josachar  the  son  of  Semaath,  and  Jo/a- 
bad  the  son  of  Somer  his  servant  struck  him,  and  he 
died  ;  and  thev  buried  him  with  his  fathers  in  the 
city  of  David  :J  and  Amasias  his  son  reigned  in  his 

stead. 

• 

t  T**  city  of  Darid    He  wa»  buried  in  the  lame  ril\  with  lm  father*, 
but  not  in  the  ■epulchrea  of  the  kiiuri      1  Pmlif.  xir. 


CHAP. 
CHAP.  XIII. 

The  reign  of Joachaz.  and  of  Joust  kings  of  Israel.  The  last  arts 
and  death  of  Eliseus  the  prophet :  a  dead  man  is  raised  to  life 
by  the  touch  of  his  bones. 
¥N  the  three  and  twentieth  year  of  Joas  son  of 
■*-  Ochozias  king  of  Juda,  Joachaz  the  son  of  Jehu 
reigned  over  Israel  in  Samaria,  seventeen  years. 

2  And  he  did  evil  before  the  Lord,  and  followed 
the  sins  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat,  who  made 
Israel  to  sin ;  and  he  departed  not  from  them. 

3  And  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  was  kindled 
against  Israel:  and  he  delivered  them  into  the  hand 
of  Hazael  the  king  of  Syria,  and  into  the  hand  of 
Benadad  the  son  of  Hazael  all  days. 

4  But  Joachaz  besought  the  face  of  the  Lord  ; 
and  the  Lord  heard  him:  for  he  saw  the  distress  of 
Israel,  because  the  king  of  Syria  had  oppressed 
them : 

5  And  the  Lord  gave  Israel  a  saviour:  and  they 
were  delivered  outot  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Syria  : 
and  the  children  of  Israel  dwelt  in  their  pavilions  as 
yesterday  and  the  day  before. 

6  But  yet  they  departed  not  from  the  sins  of  Je- 
roboanij  who  made  Israel  to  sin,  but  walked  in 
them  :  and  there  still  remained  a  grove*  also  in  Sa- 
maria. 

7  And  Joachaz  had  no  more  left  of  the  people 
than  fifty  horsemen,  and  ten  chariots,  and  ten  thou- 
sand footmen:  for  the  king  of  Syria  had  slain  them, 
and  had  brought  them  low  as  dust  by  thrashing  in 
the  barn  floor. 

8  But  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Joachaz,  and  all 
that  he  did,  and  his  valour,  are  they  not  written  in 
the  Book  of  the  words  of  the  days  of  the  kings  of 
Israel  ? 

9  And  Joachaz  slept  with  his  fathers;  and  they 
buried  him  in  Samaria :  and  Joas  his  son  reigned  in 
his  stead. 

10  In  the  seven  and  thirtieth  year  of  Joas  king 
of  Juda,  Joas  the  son  of  Joachaz  reigned  over  Is- 
rael in  Samaria  sixteen  years. 

11  And  he  did  that  which  is  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord  :  he  departed  not  from  all  the  sins  of  Jero- 
boam the  son  of  Nabat,  who  made  Israel  to  sin  ;  but 
he  walked  in  them. 

12  But  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Joas,  and  all  that  he 
did,  and  his  valour  wherewith  he  fought  against 
Amasias  king  of  Juda,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
Book  of  the  words  of  the  days  of  the  kings  of 
Israel ? 

13  And  Joas  slept  with  his  fathers:  and  Jero- 
boam sat  upon  his  throne.  But  Joas  was  buried  in 
Samaria  with  the  kings  of  Israel. 

14  Now  Eliseus  was  sick  of  the  illness  whereof 
he  died:  and  Joas  king  of  Israel  went  down  to  him, 
and  wept  before  him,  and  said  :  O  my  father,  my 
father,  the  chariot  of  Israel  and  the  snider  thereof. 

15  And  Eliseus  said  to  him:  Bring  a  bow  and 
arrows.  And  when  he  had  brought  him  a  bow  and 
arrows, 


*  Ji  grove ;  dedicated  to  the  worship  of  idols. 

t  1/  thou  Kadit  smitten,  Src.     By  this  it  appears  that  God  had  revealed 
to  the  prophet  that  tlie  king  vhould  overcome  the  Syrian*  as  many 


XIII,  XIV. 

16  He  said  to  the  king  of  Israel :  Put  thy  hand 
upon   the  bow.      And  when   he  had   put  his  hand 
Eliseus  put  his  hands  over  the  king's  hands, 

17  And  said  :  Open  the  window  to  the  east.  And 
when  be  had  opened  it,  Eliseus  said:  Shoot  an  ar- 
row. And  he  shot.  And  Eliseus  said:  The  ar- 
row of  the  Lord's  deliverance,  and  the  arrow  of  the 
deliverance  from  Syria:  and  thou  shalt  strike  the 
Syrians  in  Aphec,  till  thou  consume  them. 

18  And  he-said  :  Take  the  arrows.  And  when 
he  had  taken  them,  he  said  to  him:  Strike  with  an 
arrow  upon  the  ground.  And  he  struck  three  times, 
and  stood  still. 

19  And  the  man  of  God  was  angry  with  him, 
and  said:  If  thou  hadst  smittenf  five  or  six  or 
seven  times,  thou  hadst  smitten  Syria  even  to  utter 
destruction:  but  now  three  times  shalt  thou  smite  it. 

20  And  Eliseus  died :  and  thev  buried  him. 
And  the  rovers  from  Moab  came  into  the  land  the 
same  year.     ' 

21  And  some  that  were  burying  a  man,  saw  the 
rovers,  and  cast  the  body  info  the  sepulchre  of 
Eliseus.  And  when  it  had  touched  the  bones  of 
Eliseus,  the  man  came  to  life,  and  stood  upon  his 
feet. 

22  Now  Hazael  king  of  Syria  afflicted  Israel  all 
the  days  of  Joachaz  : 

23  And  the  Lord  had  mercy  on  them,  and  re- 
turned to  them  because  of  his  covenant,  which  he 
had  made  with  Abraham,  and  Isaac,  and  Jacob : 
and  he  would  not  destroy  them,  nor  utterly  cast 
them  away,  unto  this  present  time. 

24  And  Hazael  king  of  Syria  died:  and  Benadad 
his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

25  Now  Joas  the  son  of  Joachaz,  took  the  ci- 
ties out  of  the  hand  of  Benadad  the  son  of  Hazael, 
which  he  had  taken  out  of  the  hand  of  Joachaz  his 
father  by  war:  three  times  did  Joas  beat  him:  and 
lie  restored  the  cities  to  Israel. 

.      .  CHAP.  XIV. 

Amasias  retgneth  in  Juda  :  he  overcometh  the  Edomites  :  but  is 
overcame  by  Joas  king  of  Israel.  Jeroboam  the  second  reign- 
eth  m  Israel. 

TN  the  second  year  of  Joas  son  of  Joachaz  king 
x  of  Israel,  reigned  Amasias  son  of  Joas  king  of 
Juda. 

2  He  was  five  and  twenty  years  old  when  he 
began  to  reign:  and  nine  and  twenty  years  he 
reigned  in  Jerusalem:  the  name  of  his  mother  was 
Joadan  of  Jerusalem. 

3  And  he  did  that  which  was  right  before  the 
Lord,  but  yet  not  like  David  his  father.  He  did 
according  to  all  things  that  Joas  his  father  did  : 

4  But  this  only,  that  he  took  not  away  the  hich 
places:  for  yet  the  people  sacrificed,  and  burnt  in- 
cense in  the  high  places. 

5  And  when  he  had  possession  of  the  kingdom, 
he  put  his  servants  to  death  that  had  slain  the  king 
his  father: 

— — — — — ^— — —  « 

times  as  he  should  then  strike  on  the  ground  ;  but  as  he  had   not  at 
the  same  time  revealed  to  him  how  often  the  king-  would  strike,  the 
prophet  was  concerned  to  see  that  he  struck  but  thrice. 
297 


I\.  KINGS. 


6  Hut  the*  children  of  the  murderers  he  did  not 

put  to  death,  according:  to  I  hat  which  is  written  in 
the  Hook  of  the  law  of  .Moses,  wherein  the  l^ord 
commanded,  savins:  The  fathers  shall  not  be  pul 
to  death  for  the  children  ;  neither  shall  the  children 
be  put  to  death  for  the  fathers:  hut  every  man  shall 
die  for  his  own  sins. 

7  He  ikm  of  Kdom  in  the  valley  of  the  Salt- 
pits  ten  thousand  nun.  and  took  the  rock  hy  war. 
and  called  the  name  thereof  Jectehel,  unto  this  day . 

8  Then  Amasias  sent  mes-  to  Joas,  son 
of  Jonchaa,  son  of  Jehu  kins  of  Israel,  saying: 
Come,  let  us  see  one  another.* 

9  Ami  .loas  kins  of  Israel  sent  again  to  Amasias 
king  of  Juda,  saying:  A  thistle  of  Lihanus  sent  to 
a  cedar- tree,  which  is  in  Libanus,  saying:  Give 
thy  daughter  to  my  son  to  wife.  And  the  beasts  of  the 
forest,  that  are  in  Lihanus,  passed  and  trod  down 
the  thistle. 

10  Thou  hast  beaten  and  prevailed  over  Edom; 
and  thy  heart  hath  lifted  thee  up:  be  content  with 
the  glory,  and  sit  at  home:  why  provokest  thou  evil, 
that  thou  shouldst  fall,  and  Juda  with  thee? 

_  11  Hut  Amasias  did  not  rest  satisfied.  So  Joas 
king  of  Israel  went  up:  and  he  and  Amasias  king  of 
Juda  saw  one  another  in  Bethsames  a  town  in  Juda. 

12  And  Juda  was  put  to  the  worse  before  Israel: 
and  they  Bed  every  man  to  their  dwellings. 

13  Hut  Joas  king  of  Israel  took  Amasias  king  of 
Juda  the  son  of  Joas,  the  son  ofOchozias,  in  Beth- 
satin a,  and  hrought  him  into  Jerusalem  :  and  he 
broke  down  the  wall  of  Jerusalem,  from  the  gate  of 
Ephraim  to  the  gate  of  the  corner,  four  hundred 
cubits. 

14  And  he  took  all  the  gold  and  silver,and  all  the 
vessels,  that  were  found  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  in  the  kins's  treasures,  and  hostages;  and  re- 
turned to  Samaria. 

15  Hut  the  reft  of  the  acts  of  Joas,  which  he  did, 
and  his  valour,  wherewith  he  fought  against  Ama- 

kins  of  Juda.  are  they  not  written  in  the  Hook 
of  the  words  of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Israel  ? 

16  And  Joas  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was 
buried  in  Samaria,  with  the  kings  of  Israel  :  and 
Jeroboam  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

17  And  Amasias  the  son  of  Joas  king  of  Juda 
lived,  alter  the  death  of  Joas  son  of  Joachas  king  of 
Israel  fifteen  years. 

18  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Amasias,  are  they 
not  written  in  the  Hook  of  the  words  of  the  days  of 
the  kings  of  Juda  ? 

VJ  Now  thev  made  a  conspiracy  against  him  in 
Jerusalem:  and  he  fled  to  Lachis.  And  they  sent 
r  him  to  Lachis,  and  killed  him  there. 

20  And  they  brought  him  away  u|>on  horses:  and 
he  was  buried  in  Jerusalem  with  his  fathers  in  the 
city  of  Dai  id. 

_'  I    And  all  the  people  of  Juda  took  A/arias,  w  ho 


*  Let  ui  —t  one  «m«Wr .     T1ii«  wa»  a  challenge  to  fif  lit. 

♦  Ophtr.     In  the  tribeof  Z;«huloo. 

J  JUurUt.     Olherwtta  called  Ouaa. 

M 


\\a^  sj\t,en  years  old,  and   made  him  king  instead 
of  his  father  Amasias. 
22  He  built  Klath,  and  restored  it  to  Juda,  after 

that  the  kins  slept  with  his  fathers. 

I  In  the  fifteenth  rear  of  Amasias  son  of  Joas 
king  of  Juda,  reigned  Jeroboam  the  son  of  J;-as 
kin::  of  Israel  in  Samaria,  one  and  forty  years: 

I  And  he  did  that  which  is  evil  before  the  Lord. 
He  departed  not  from  all  the  sins  of  Jeroboam  (he 
son  of  Nahat,  who  made  Israel   to  sin. 

25  He  restored  the  borders  of  Israel  from  the 
entrance  of  Ematb,  unto  the  sea  of  the  wilderness, 
according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord  the  God  of  Is- 
rael, which  be  spoke  hy  his  servant  Jonas  the  son 
of  Atnathi,  the  prophet,  who  was  of  Geth,  which  is 
in  Opher.t 

26  For  the  Lord  saw  the  affliction  of  Israel  that 
it  was  exceeding  bitter;  and  that  they  were  con- 
sumed even  to  them  that  were  shut  up  in  prison, 
and  the  lowest  persons  ;  and  that  there  was  no  one 
to  help  Israel. 

27  And  the  Lord  did  not  say  that  he  would  blot 
out  the  name  of  Israel  from  under  heaven:  but  he 
saved  them  by  the  hand  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of 
Joas. 

28  But  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jeroboam,  and  all 
that  he  did,  and  his  valour,  wherewith  he  fought,  and 
how  he  restored  Damascus,  and  Emath  to  Juda  in 
Israel,  are  thev  not  written  in  the  Book  of  the  words 
of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Israel? 

29  And  Jeroboam  slept  with  his  fatbits  the 
kings  of  Israel:  and  Zacharias  his  son  reigned  in 
his  stead. 

CHAP.  XV. 

The  reign  of  Azariat,  and  Joatham  in  Juda  :  and  of  ZacMariat, 
Si  Hum.  Stanahem,  Phaceia,  and  Phacer,  in  Israel. 

TN  the  seven  and  twentieth  year  of  Jeroboam  king 
-■-  of  Israel,  reigned  A/.ariasJ  son  of  Amasias,  king 
of  Juda.  » 

2  He  was  sixteen  years  old,  when  he  began  to 
reign;  and  he  reigned  two  and  fifty  vears  in  Jeru- 
salem: the  name  of  his  mother  was  Jechclia  of  Je- 
rusalem. 

3  And  he  did  that  which  was  pleasing  before  the 
Lord,  according  to  all  thai  his  father  Amasias  had 
done. 

4  But  the  high  places  he  did  not  destroy:  for  the 
people  sacrificed,  and  burnt  incense  in  the  high 
places. 

5  And  the  Lord  struck  the  king,  so  that  he  w  as 
a  leper$  unto  the  day  of  his  death;  and  he  dwelt  in 
a  free  house  apart:  but  Joatham  the  kins's  son  go- 
verned the  palace,  and  judged  ihe  peopleofthe  land. 

6  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Azarias,  and  all  that 
he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  Book  of  the 
words  of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Juda  ? 

7  And  Azarias  slept  with  his  fathers:    and  they 


I  A  leftr.     In  puDi»hmen(  of  hit  usurping  the  prie»tly  function,     t 

I'Toltf.    (XTI. 


chap.  xvi. 


ouried  him  with  his  ancestors  in  the  city  of  David  : 
and  Joatliam  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

8  In  the  eight  and  thirtieth  year  of  Azarias  king 
of  Juda,  reigned  Zacharias  son  of  Jeroboam  over 
Israel,  in  Samaria  six  months  : 

9  And  he  did  that  which  is  evil  before  the  Lord, 
as  his  fathers  had  done  :  he  departed  not  from  the 
sins  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat,  who  made  Is- 
rael to  sin. 

10  And  Sellum  the  son  of  Jabes  conspired  against 
him;  and  struck  him  publicly,  and  killed  him;  and 
reigned  in  his  place. 

1 1  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Zacharias,  are  they 
not  written  in  the  Book  of  the  words  of  the  days  of 
the  kings  of  Israel  ? 

12  This  was  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he 
spoke  to  Jehu,  saying:  Thy  children  to  the  fourth 
generation  shall  sit  upon  the  throne  of  Israel.  And 
so  it  came  to  pass. 

13  Sellum  the  son  of  Jabes  began  to  reign  in  the 
nine  and  thirtieth  year  of  Azarias  king  of  Juda ;  and 
reigned  one  month  in  Samaria. 

14  And  Manahemthe  son  of  Gadi  went  up  from 
Thersa:  and  he  came  into  Samaria,  and  struck  Sel- 
lum the  son  of  Jabes  in  Samaria,  and  slew  him,  and 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

15  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Sellum,  and  his 
conspiracy,  which  he  made,  are  they  not  written  in 
the  Book  of  the  words  of  the  days  of  the  kings  of 
Israel? 

16  Then  Manahem  destroyed  Thapsa  and  all 
that  were  in  it,  and  the  borders  thereof  from  Ther- 
sa,  because  they  would  not  open  to  him:  and  he 
slew  all  the  women  thereof  that  were  with  child, 
and  ripped  them  up. 

17  In  the  nine  and  thirtieth  year  of  Azarias  king 
of  Juda,  reigned  Manahem  son  of  Gadi  over  Israel 
ten  years  in  Samaria. 

18  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  before  the 
Lord  :  he  departed  not  from  the  sins  of  Jeroboam 
the  son  of  Nabat,  who  made  Israel  to  sin  all  his 
days. 

19  And  Phul  king  of  the  Assyrians  came  into 
the  land  ;  and  Manahem  gave  Phul  a  thousand  ta- 
lents of  silver,  to  aid  him,  and  to  establish  him  in 
the  kingdom. 

20  And  Manahem  laid  a  tax  upon  Israel,  on  all 
that  were  mighty  and  rich,  to  give  the  king  of  the 
Assyrians,  each  man  fifty  sides  of  silver:  so  the 
king  of  the  Assyrians  turned  back,  and  did  not  stay 
in  the  land. 

21  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Manahem,  and  all 
that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  Book  of  the 
words  of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Israel? 

22  And  Manahem  slept  with  his  fathers:  and 
Phaceia  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

23  In  the  fiftieth  year  of  Azarias  king  of  Juda, 
reigned  Phaceia  the  son  of  Manahem  over  Israel  in 
Samaria  two  years. 

24  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  before  the 


*  In  the  twentieth  year  of  Joatham.  That  is  in  the  twentieth  year,  from 
the  beginning  of  Joatham's  reign.     The  sacred  writer  chooses  rather 


Lord  :  he  departed  not  from  the  sins  of  Jeroboam 
the  son  of  Nabat,  who  made  Israel  to  sin. 

23  And  Phacee  the  son  of  Romelia,  his  captain, 
conspired  against  him,  and  smote  him  in  Samaria, 
in  the  tower  of  the  king's  house,  near  Argoh.  and 
near  Arie.  and  with  him  fifty  men  of  the  sons  of  the 
Galaadites:  andheslewhim,  and  reigned  in  his  stead. 

26  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Phaceia,  and  all 
that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  Book  of  the 
words  of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Israel  ? 

27  In  the  two  and  fiftieth  year  of  Azarias  king  of 
Juda  reigned  Phacee  the  son  of  Romelia  over  Israel 
in  Samaria  twenty  years. 

28  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  before  the 
Lord:  he  departed  not  from  the  sins  of  Jeroboam 
the  son  of  Nabat,  who  made  Israel  to  sin. 

29  In  the  days  of  Phacee  king  of  Israel,  came 
Theglathphalasar  king  of  Assyria,  and  took  Aion, 
and  Abel  Domum,  Maacha,  and  Janoe,  and  Cedes 
and  Asor,  and  Galaad,  and  Galilee,  and  all  the 
land  of  Nephtali ;  and  carried  them  captives  into 
Assyria. 

30  Now  Osee  son  of  Ela  conspired,  and  formed 
a  plot  against  Phacee,  the  son  of  Romelia,  and 
struck  him,  and  slew  him ;  and  reigned  in  his  stead 
in  the  twentieth  year  of  Joatham*  the  son  of  Ozias. 

31  But  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Phacee,  and  all 
that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  Book  of  the 
words  of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Israel  ? 

32  In  the  second  year  of  Phacee  the  son  of  Ro- 
melia king  of  Israel,  reigned  Joatham  son  of  Ozias 
king  of  Juda. 

33  He  was  five  and  twenty  years  old  when  he 
began  to  reign ;  and  he  reigned  sixteen  years  in 
Jerusalem  :  the  name  of  his  mother  was  Jerusa,  the 
daughter  of  Sadoc. 

34  And  he  did  that  which  was  right  before  the 
Lord:  according  to  all  that  his  father  Ozias  had 
done,  so  did  he. 

35  But  the  high  places  he  took  not  away:  the 
people  still  sacrificed,  and  burnt  incense  in  the  high 
places:  he  built  the  highest  gate  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

36  But  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Joatham,  and  all 
that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  Book  of  the 
words  of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Juda  ? 

37  In  those  days  the  Lord  began  to  send  into  Juda 
Rasin  king  of  Syria,  and  Phacee  the  son  of  Romelia. 

38  And  Joatham  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was 
buried  with  them  in  the  city  of  David  his  father: 
and  Achaz  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

The  wicked  reign  of  Achaz:  the  kings  of  Syria  and  Israel  war 
against  him :  he  hireth  the  king  of  the  Assyrians  to  assist  him  : 
he  causeth  an  altar  to  be  made  after  the  pattern  of  that  of 
Damascus. 

TN  the  seventeenth  year  of  Phacee  the  son  of  Ro- 
■*-  melia,  reigned  Achaz  the  son  of  Joatham  king 
of  Juda. 

2  Achaz  was  twenty  years  old  when  he  began  to 


to  follow  here  this  date,  than  to  speak  of  the  year*  of  Achaz,  who  had 
not  yet  been  mentioned. 

899 


IV.  KINGS. 


reign  :  and  he  reigned  sixteen  years  in  Jerusalem  : 
he  did  not  thai  which  wu  pieasinc  in  the  si-lit  of 

the  Lord  Ids  God,  as  David  his  father. 

3  Hut  he  walked  in  the  way  of  tin-  kiagsof  Israel : 
moreover  he  consecrated  also  Ins  son,  making  him. 
pass  through  the  lire  according  to  the  idols  of  the 
nations:  which  the  Lord  destroyed  before  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

4  He  sacrificed  also,  and  l)iirnt  incense  in  the 
high  places,  and  on  the  hills,  and  under  every  green 
tree. 

5  Then  Ram  king  of  Syria,  and  Phacee  son  of 
Romclia  kin:;  of  Israel,  came  up  to  •Jerusalem  to 
fight:  and  i hey  besieged  Achaz,  but  were  not  able 
to  overcome  him. 

6  At  that  time  Rasin  king  of  Syria  restored 
Aila  to  Syria,  and  drove  the  men  of  Juda  out  of 
Aila:  and  the  Kdomites  came  into  Aila,  and  dwelt 
there  unto  this  day. 

7  And  Achaz  sent  messengers  to  Theglathpha- 
lasar  king  of  the  Assyrians,  saying:  I  am  thy  ser- 
vant and  thy  son  :  come  up,  and  save  me  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  king  of  Syria,  and  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  king  of  Israel,  who  are  risen  up  together  against 
me. 

8  And  when  he  had  gathered  together  the  silver 
and  gold  that  could  be  found  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  in  the  king's  treasures,  he  sent  it  for  a 
present  to  the  king  of  the  Assyrians. 

9  And  he  agreed  to  his  desire:  for  the  king  of 
the  Assyrians  went  up  against  Damascus,  and  laid 
it  waste:  and  he  carried  away  the  inhabitants 
thereof  to  Cyrene  :  but  Rasin  he  slew. 

10  And  king  Achaz  went  to  Damascus  to  meet 
Theglathphalasar  king  of  the  Assyrians:  and  when 
he  had  seen  the  altar  of  Damascus,  king  Achaz  sent 
to  Trias  the  priest  a  pattern  of  it,  and  its  likeness 
according  to  all  the  work  thereof. 

11  And  I'rias  the  priest  built  an  altar  :  according 
to  all  tlvat  kin::  Achaz  had  commanded  from  Damas- 
cus, so  did  L'rias  the  priest,  until  king  Achaz  came 
from  Damascus. 

12  And  when  the  king  was  come  from  Damas- 
cus, he  saw  the  altar,  and  worshipped  it;  and  went 
up,  and  Offered  holocausts,  and  his  own  sacrifice; 

13  And  offered  libations,  and  poured  the  blood  of 
the  peace-offerings,  which  he  had  offered,  upon  the 
altar. 

14  Hut  the  altar  of  brass  that  was  before  the  Lord, 
lie  removed  from  the  lace  of  the  temple,  and  from 
the  place  ol  the  altar,  and  from  the  place  of  the  tem- 
ple of  the  Lord  :  and  he  set  it  at  the  side  of  the  al- 
tar toward  the  north. 

15  And  king  Achaz  commanded  Urias  the  priest. 
saying:  U|>onthe  great  altar  offer  the  morning  hol- 

Mt,  and  the  evening  sacrifice,  and  the  king's 
holocaust,  and  his  sacrifice,  and  the  holocaust  of  the 
whole  people  of  the  land,  and  their  sacrifices,  and 
their  libations;  and  all  the  blood  of  the  holocaust, 
and  all  the  blood  of  the  victim  thou  sh alt   [Miiir  out 

*  Tfctire      The  rorert,  or  pmnlion,  or  tribune  for  the  kinp . 

♦  In  tin  htil/lk  mot  •/  JdfM  king  *f  Jivi:      lie  >>«ff»n  to  ruga  be- 

m 


■KM  it :  but  the  altar  of  brass  shall  be  ready  at  my 
pleasure. 

16  So  Urias  the  priest  did  according  to  all  that 
kin::  Achaz  had  commanded  him. 

I  7  Vnd  kini;  Achaz  took  away  the  graven  bases, 
ami  the  laver  that  was  upon  them  :  anil  he  took 
down  tin  sea  from  the  brazen  OKM  that  held  it  up, 
and  put  it  upon  a  pavement  of  stone. 

18  The  Musach*  also  lor  the  sabbath,  which  he 
had  built  in  the  temple,  and  the  kind's  entry  from 
without,  he  turned  into  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  lie- 
cause  of  the  king  of  the  Assyrians. 

19  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Achaz,  which  he 
did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  Hook  of  the  words 
of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Juda  ? 

20  And  Achaz  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was 
burled  with  them  in  the  city  of  David  :  and  Eze- 
i  Idas  bis  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAP.  XVII. 

The  reign  of  Osee.  The  Israelites  for  their  sin*  are  carried  into 
captivity :  other  inhabitants  are  tent  to  Samaria,  who  make 
a  mixture  of  religion. 

IN  the  twelfth  vear  of  Achaz  king  of  Juda,f  Osee 
the  son  of  Ela  reigned  in  Samaria  over  Israel 
nine  years. 

2  And  he  did  evil  before  the  Lord :  but  not  as  the 
kings  of  Israel  that  had  been  before  him. 

3  Against  him  came  up  Salmanasar  king  of  the 
Assyrians:  and  Osee  became  his  servant  and  paid 
him  tribute. 

4  And  when  the  king  of  the  Assyrians  found  that 
Osee,  endeavouring  to  rebel,  had  sent  inessengets 
to  Sua  the  king  of  Egypt,  that  he  might  not  pay- 
tribute  to  the  king  of  the  Assyrians,  as  ne  had  done 

j    year,  he  besieged  him,  bound  him,  and  cast 
him  into  prison. 

5  And  he  went  through  all  the  land :  and  going  up 
to  Samaria,  he  besieged  it  three  years. 

6  And  in  the  ninth  year  of  Osee,  the  king  of  the 
Adrians  took  Samaria,  and  carried  Israel  awav  to 
Assyria:  and  he  placed  them  in  Hala,  and  Halior, 
by  the  river  of  Gozan,  in  the  cities  of  the  Medcs. 

7  Eor  so  it  was  that  the  children  of  Israel  had  sin- 
ned against  the  Lord  their  (iod,  who  brought  them 
out  of  tin;  land  of  Egypt,  from  under  the  hand  of 
I'haraoking  of  Egypt;  and  they  worshipped  strange 
gods. 

8  And  they  walked  according  to  the  way  of  the 
nations  which  the  Lord  had  destroyed  in  the  sight 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  of  the  kings  of  Israel 
because  they  had  done  in  like  maimer. 

9  And  the  children  of  Israel  offended  the  Lord 
their  God  with  things  thai  were  not  right;  and  built 
them  high  places  in  all  their  cities,  from  the  towel 
of  the  watchman  to  the  fenced  city. 

10  And  thev  made  them  statues  and  groves  or 
every  high  hill,  and  under  every  shady  tree: 

II  And  they  burnt  incense  there  upon  altars  af 
ter  the  manner  of  the  nations  which  the  Lord  hat 


fore  |  but  was  not  in  quiet  poeteaetoo  of  the 
yeer  of  Acta*. 


kingdom  till  tbe  t«rtftt 


CHAP.  XVII. 


removed  from  their  face :  and  they  did  wicked  things, 
nrovoking  the  Lord. 

12  And  they  worshipped  abominations,  concern- 
in?  which  the  Lord  had  commanded  them  that  they 
should  not  do  this  thing. 

13  And  the  Lord  testified  to  them  in  Israel  and 
in  Juda  by  the  hand  of  all  the  prophets  and  seers, 
saying:  Return  from  your  wicked  ways,  and  keep 
my  precepts,  and  ceremonies,  according  to  all  the 
law  which  I  commanded  your  fathers;  and  as  I 
have  sent  to  you  in  the  hand  of  my  servants  the 
prophets. 

14  And  they  hearkened  not,  but  hardened  their 
necks  like  to  the  neck  of  their  fathers,  who  would 
not  obey  the  Lord  their  God. 

15  And  they  rejected  his  ordinances  and  the  co- 
venant that  he  made  with  their  fathers,  and  the  tes- 
timonies which  he  testified  against  them:  and  they 
followed  vanities,  and  acted  vainly:  and  they  fol- 
lowed the  nations  that  were  round  about  them,  con- 
cerning which  the  Lord  had  commanded  them  that 
they  should  not  do  as  they  did. 

16  And  they  forsook  all  the  precepts  of  the  Lord 
their  God:  and  made  to  themselves  two  molten 
calves,  and  groves,  and  adored  all  the  host  of  hea- 
ven: and  they  served  Baal; 

17  And  consecrated  their  sons,  and  their  daugh- 
ters through  fire:  and  they  gave  themselves  to  divi- 
nations, and  soothsayings:  and  they  delivered  them- 
selves up  to  do  evil  before  the  Lord  to  provoke 
him. 

18  And  the  Lord  was  very  angry  with  Israel,  and 
removed  them  from  his  sight:  and  there  remained 
oidy  the  tribe  of  Juda. 

19  But  neither  did  Juda  itself  keep  the  com- 
mandments of  the  Lord  their  God:  but  they 
walked  in  the  errors  of  Israel,  which  they  had 
wrought. 

20  And  the  Lord  cast  off"  all  the  seed  of  Israel, 
and  afflicted  them,  and  delivered  them  into  the 
hand  of  spoilers,  till  he  cast  them  away  from  his 
face : 

21  Even  from  that  time,  when  Israel  was  rent 
from  the  house  of  David,  and  made  Jeroboam  son 
ofNabat  their  king;  for  Jeroboam  separated  Israel 
from  the  Lord,  and  made  them  commit  a  great 
sin. 

22  And  the  children  of  Israel  walked  in  all  the 
sins  of  Jeroboam,  which  he  had  done:  and  they  de- 
parted not  from  them, 

23  Till  the  Lord  removed  Israel  from  his  face,  as 
he  had  spoken  in  the  hand  of  all  his  servants  the 

[>rophets:  and  Israel  was  carried  away  out  of  their 
and  to  Assyria,  unto  this  day: 

24  And  the  king  of  the  Assyrians  brought  people 
from  Babylon,  and  from  Cutha,  and  from  Avah,  and 
from  Emath,  and  from  Sepharvaim ;  and  placed  them 
in  the  cities  of  Samaria  instead  of  the  children  of 
Israel:  and  they  possessed  Samaria,  and  dwelt  in 
the  cities,  thereof. 

25  And  when  they  began  to  dwell  there,  they 
feared  not  the  Lord :  and  the  Lord  sent  lions  among 
them,  which  k'Med  them. 


26  And  it  was  told  the  king  of  the  Assyrians, 
and  it  was  said  :  The  nations  which  thou  hast  re- 
moved, and  made  to  dwell  in  the  cities  of  Samaria, 
know  not  the  ordinances  of  the  God  of  the  land  : 
and  the  Lord  hath  sent  lions  among  them:  and  be- 
hold, they  kill  them,  because  they  know  not  the 
manner  of  the  God  of  the  land. 

27  And  the  king  of  the  Assyrians  commanded, 
saying:  Carry  thither  one  of  the  priests  whom  you 
brought  from  thence  captive:  and  let  him  go,  and 
dwell  with  them:  and  let  him  teach  them  the  or- 
dinances of  the  God  of  the  land. 

28  So  one  of  the  priests,  who  had  been  carried 
away  captive  from  Samaria,  came  and  dwelt  in 
Bethel,  and  taught  them  how  they  should  worship 
the  Lord. 

29  And  every  nation  made  gods  of  their  own,  and 
put  them  in  the  temples  of  the  high  places,  which 
the  Samaritans  had  made,  every  nation  in  their  ci- 
ties where  they  dwelt. 

30  For  the  men  of  Babylon  made  Sochothbenoth; 
and  the  Cuthites  made  Nergel:  and  the  men  of 
Emath  made  Asima. 

31  And  the  Hevites  made  Nebahaz  and  Tharthac. 
And  they  that  were  of  Sepharvaim  burnt  their  chil- 
dren in  fire,  to  Adramelech  and  Anamelech  the  gods 
of  Sepharvaim ; 

32  And  nevertheless  they  worshipped  the  Lord. 
And  they  made  to  themselves,  of  the  lowest  of  the 
people,  priests  of  the  high  places:  and  they  placed 
them  in  the  temples  of  the  high  places. 

35  And  when  they  worshipped  the  Lord,  they 
served  also  their  own  gods  according  to  the  cus- 
tom of  the  nations  out  of  which  they  were  brought 
to  Samaria: 

34  Unto  this  day  they  follow  the  old  manner :  they 
fear  not  the  Lord ;  neither  do  they  keep  his  ceremo- 
nies, and  judgments,  and  law,  and  the  command- 
ment which  the  Lord  commanded  the  children  of 
Jacob,  whom  he  surnamed  Israel: 

35  With  whom  he  made  a  covenant,  and  charg 
ed  them,  saying:   You  shall  not  fear  strange  gods  , 
nor  shall  you  adore  them,  nor  worship  them,  nor 
sacrifice  to  them. 

36  But  the  Lord  your  God,  who  brought  you  out 
of  t  lie  land  of  Egypt  with  great  power,  and  a  strotch- 
ed-out  arm,  him  shall  you  fear;  and  him  shall  you 
adore;  and  to  him  shall  you  sacrifice. 

37  And  the  ceremonies,  and  judgments,  and  law, 
and  the  commandment,  which  he  wrote  for  you, 
you  shall  observe  to  do  them  always  :  and  vou  shall 
not  fear  strange  gods. 

38  And  the  covenant  that  he  made  with  you,  you 
shall  not  forget:  neither  shall  ye  worship  strange 
gods. 

39  But  fear  the  Lord  your  God;  and  he  shall  de- 
liver you  out  of  the  hand  of  all  your  enemies. 

40  But  they  did  not  hearken,  but  did  according  to 
their  old  custom. 

41  So  these  nations  feared  the  Lord,  but  never- 
theless served  also  their  idols:  their  children  also 
and  grand  children,  as  their  fathers  did,  so  do  tney 
unto  this  day. 

301 


IV.  KING*. 


CHAP.  XVIII. 


The  reign  of  Kzeehias :  he  akoiishrth  idtJtttry,  and  protp>rrt/i. 
Smnaeherib  cometh  up  agttiut  him.  RabtactM  s<4t<itrth  the 
people  to  rrrolt  ;  and  hlanphcmrth  the  Isird. 

TN  the  third  year  of  Owe  the  son  of  Kla  king  of  Is- 
-*■  r;nl.  reigned  Ezechias  the  son  of  Achat  king  of 

Juda. 

2  He  was  five  and  twenty  yew  old  when  lie  be- 
gan to  reign :  and  In-  reigned  nine  and  tw  cnty  years 
in  Jerusalem:  the  name  of  his  mother  was  Am  the 
da  tighter  of  Zachaiias. 

3  And  In-  did  iliai  which  was  good  before  the 
Lord,  according  to  all  that  David  bis  father  had 
doiif. 

4  He  destroyed  the  high  places,  and  broke  the 
statues  in  pieces,  and  cut  down  the  groves,  and 
broke  the  brazen  serpent  which  Moses  bad  made: 
for  till  that  time  the  children  of  Israel  buint  incense 
to  it:   and  he  called  its  name  Nohestan.* 

5  He  trusted  in  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel:  so 
that  after  him  there  was  none  like  him  among  all 
the  kings  of  Juda,  nor  any  of  them  thai  were  before 
him  : 

6  And  he  stuck  to  the  Lord,  and  departed  not 
from  his  steps,  but  kept  his  commandments,  which 
the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

7  Wherefore  the  Lord  also  was  with  him:  and 
in  all  things,  to  which  he  went  forth,  he  behaved 
himself  wisely.  And  he  rebelled  against  the  king 
of  the  Assyrians,  and  served  him  not. 

0  He  smote  the  Philistines  as  far  as  Caza.  and 
all  their  borders,  from  the  tower  of  the  watchmen 
to  the  fenced  city. 

9  In  the  fourth  year  of  king  Ezechias,  which  was 
the  seventh  year  of  Usee  the  son  of  Ida  kin:;  of  Is- 
rael, Salmanazar  kin-  of  the  Assyrians  came  up  to 
Samaria,  and  In-sieged  it. 

10  And  took  it.  I  or  after  three  vears.  in  the  sixth 
year  of  Ezechias,  that  is,  in  the  ninth  year  of  Osce 
king  of  Israel,  Samaria  was  taken: 


1  I  And  the  ki 


ting  of  the  Assyrians  carried  away 
Israel  into  Assyria, and  placed  them  in  I  lata  and  iii 
Habor  by  the  rivers  of  (io/.an  in  the  cities  of  the 
Medes  : 

12  Because  they  hearkened  not  to  the  voice  of 
the  Lord  their  God,  but  transgressed  his  covenant : 
all  that  Moses  the  servant  of  the  Lord  commanded, 
they  would  not  hear  nor  do. 

13  In  the  fourteenth  year  of  king  Ezechias,  Sen- 
nacherib king  of  the  Assyrians  came  up  against  the 
fenced  cities  of  Juda:  and  took  them. 

14  Then  Ezechias  king  of  Juda  sent  messengers 
to  the  king  of  the  Assyrians  to  Lachis,  saying:  I 
have  oft. -uded  :  depart  from  me:  and  all  that  thou 
shalt  put  upon  me,  I  will  bear.  And  the  kiim  ol 
the  Assyrians  put  a  tax  upon  Kzeehias  kin- of  Juda. 
of  three  hundred  talents  of  silver,  and  thirty  talents 
of  gold. 

15  And  Ezechias  gave  all  the  silver  that  was  found 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  in  the  king's  treasun  s. 


•  Md  ht  ntltd  ilt  nam  JftktUm.  That  b,  Iktir  krnu,  <rr  «  HuU  hrnu- 
Bo  \m  called  it  id  conk-mot,  briauv  ihry  bad  made  ao  m1.>1  ol  it 

MM 


16  At  that  rune  Kzeehias  broke  the  doors  of  the 
temple  of  the  Lord,  and  the  plates  of  goM  which 
In;  bad  fastened  on  them,  and  gave  them  to  the  king 
of  the  Assyrians. 

17  \ml  the  king  of  the  Assyrians  sent  Tharthan, 
and  Rabsaria,  ami  Rabsaces  from  Lachis  to  king 
Ezechias  w  ith  a  strong  army  to  Jerusalem  :  and  rhei 
went  up  and  came  to  Jerusalem  :  and  the}  stood  by 
the  conduit  of  the  upper  pool,  which  is  in  the  wai 
of  the  fullers  field. 

IK  Antl  they  called  for  the  kinn:  and  there  wem 
out  to  them  Eliacim  the  son  of  Helenas  who  was 
over  the  house,  and  Sohna  the  sciibe,  and  Joahe  the 
son  of  Asaph  the  recorder. 

19  And  Rabsaces  saidtothem:  Speak  to  Es>  (bias: 
Thus  saiih  the  great  king,  the  kins  of  the  Assy- 
rians :  \\  hat  is  this  confidence,  w  herein  thou  trtisi- 
est? 

20  Perhaps  thou  hast  taken  counsel,  to  prepare 
thyself  for  battle.  On  whom  dost  thou  trust,  that 
thou  darest  to  rel>el  ? 

trust  in  Egypt,  a  staff  of  ■  broken 
Itch  If  a  man  lean,   it  will  break,  and 

fo  into  his  hand,  and  pierce  it?  so  isPharao  king  ol 
'gvpt,  to  all  that  trust  in  him. 

22  But  if  you  say  to  me:  We  trust  in  the  Lord 
our  God  :  is  it  not  lie,  whose  high  places  and  altars 
Kzeehias  hath  taken  away:  and  hath  commanded 
Juda  and  Jerusalem:  You  shall  worship  before  this 
altar  in  Jerusalem? 

23  Now  therefore  come  over  to  my  master  the 
king  of  the  Assyrians;  and  I  will  give  you  two  thou- 
sand horses,  and  see  whether  you  be  able  lo  have 
riders  for  them. 

24  And   how    can    von  stand  against  one  lord  of 

the  least  of  my  masters  servants  ?  Dost  thou  trust  in 

EgJ  pt  for  chariots  and  for  horsi •men  ? 

25  Is  it  without  the  will  of  the  Lord  that  1  am 
coine  up  to  this  place  to  destto)  It?  The  Lord  said 
to  me:  Go  up  to  this  land,  and  destroy  it. 

26'riien  Kliacim the  son  of  Hcleias,  and  Sobna, 

e  pray  thee,  speak 
we  understand  that 


21  Dost  thou 
reed,  upon  w'  ' 


and  Joahe  said  to  Kabsaces:  \\ 

to  us  thy  servants  in  Syriac:  for 

tongue :   and  speak  not  to  us  in  the  Jew  s"  language, 

in  the  hearing  of  the  people  that  are  ii|>oii  the  wall. 

27  And  Rabsaces  answered  them,  saying:  Hath 
my  master  sent  me  to  thy  master  and  to  thee,  to 
speak  these  words,  and  not  rather  to  the  men  that 
sit  upon  the  wall,  that  they  may  eat  their  own  dung, 
and  drink  their  mine  with  you? 

J"  Then  Rabsaces  stood,  and  cried  out  with  a 
loud  voice  in  the  Jews'  language,  and  said:  Hear 
the  words  of  the  great  king,  the  king  of  the  Assi  rians. 

29  Thus  saith  the  kinc:  Let  not  Kzeehias  de- 
ceive you:  for  he  shall  not  be  able  to  deliver  you 
0U1  of  my  hand. 

30  Neither  let  him  make  you  trust  in  the  Lord, 
saving:  The  Lord  will  surely  deliver  OS;  and  this 
city  shall  not  be  given  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
the  Ass\  rians. 

31  Do  not  hearken  to  Kzeehias.  ForthttS  nrith 
the  king  of  the  Assyrians:  Do  with  roe  thai  which 
is  for  your  ad\  antagc,  and  come  out  to  me :  and  cv-.-> 


CHAP.  XIX. 


man  of  you  shall  eat  of  his  own  vineyard,  and  of  his 
own  fix-tree :  and  you  shall  drink  water  of  your  own 
cisterns, 

32  Till  I  come,  and  take  you  away  to  a  land, 
like  to  your  own  land,  a  fruitful  land,  and  plentiful 
in  wine,  a  land  of  bread  and  vineyards,  a  land  of 
olives,  and  oil  and  honey;  and  you  shall  live  and  not 
die.  Hearken  not  to  Ezechias,  who  deceiveth  you, 
saying:  The  Lord  will  deliver  us. 

33  Have  any  of  the  gods  of  the  nations  deliver- 
ed their  land  from  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria? 

34  Where  is  the  god  of  Emath,  and  of  Arphad  ? 
where  is  thegod  of  Sepharvaim,  of  Ana,  and  of  Ava? 
have  they  delivered  Samaria  out  of  my  hand? 

35  Who  are  they  among  all  the  gods  of  the  na- 
tions, that  have  delivered  their  country  out  of  my 
hand,  that  the  Lord  may  deliver  Jerusalem  out  of 
my  hand? 

36  But  the  people  held  their  peace,  and  answer- 
ed him  not  a  word :  for  they  had  received  com- 
mandment from  the  king  that  they  should  not  an- 
swer him. 

37  And  Eliacim  the  son  of  Helcias,  who  was 
over  the  house,  and  Sobnathe  scrilte,  and  Joahe  the 
sun  of  Asaph  the  recorder  came  to  Ezechias,  with 
their  garments  rent ;  and  told  him  the  words  of  Rab- 
saces. 

CHAP.  XIX. 

Ezechias  is  assured  of  God's  help  by  Isaias  the  prophet.  The 
king  of  the  Assyrians  still  threateneth  and  blasphcmeth.  Eze- 
chias prayeth :  and  God  promiseth  to  protect  Jerusalem.  An 
Angel  destroyeth  the  army  of  the  Assyrians.  Their  king  re- 
turneth  to  Ninive ;  and  is  slain  by  his  own  sons. 

\  ND  when  king  Ezechias  heard  these  words,  he 
-^*-  rent  his  garments,  and  covered  himself  with 
sackcloth,  and  went  into  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

2  And  he  sent  Eliacim,  who  was  over  the  house, 
and  Sobna  the  scribe,  and  the  ancients  of  the  priests 
covered  with  sackcloths,  to  Isaias  the  prophet  the 
son  of  Amos : 

3  And  they  said  to  him:  Thus  saith  Ezechias: 
This  day  is  a  day  of  tribulation,  and  of  rebuke,  and 
of  blasphemy:  the  children  are  come  to  the  birth; 
and  the  woman  in  travail  hath  not  strength. 

4  It  may  be  the  Lord  thy  God  will  hear  all  the 
words  of  Kabsaces,  whom  the  king  of  the  Assyrians 
his  master  hath  sent  to  reproach  the  living  God,  and 
to  reprove  with  words,  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
hath  heard :  and  do  thou  offer  prayer  for  the  rem- 
nants that  are  found. 

5  So  the  servants  of  king  Ezechias  came  to 
Isaias. 

6  And  Isaias  said  to  them  :  Thus  shall  you  say 
to  your  master:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Be  not  afraid, 
forthe  words  which  thou  hast  heard,  with  which  the 
servants  of  the  king  of  the  Assyrians  have  blasphem- 
ed me. 

7  Behold,  I  will  send  a  spirit  upon  him;  and  he 
shall  hear  a  message,  and  shall  return  into  his  own 
country:  and  1  will  make  him  fall  by  the  sword  in 
his  own  country. 

8  And  Rabsaces  returned,  and  found  the  khi£  v( 


the  Assyrians  besieging  Lobna:  for  he  had   heard 
that  he  was  departed  from  Lachis. 

9  And  when  he  heard  of  Theraca  king  of  Ethio- 
pia: Behold,  he  is  come  out  to  fight  with  thee  ;  and 
was  going  against  him,  he  sent  messengers  to  Eze- 
chias, saying: 

10  Thus  shall  you  say  to  Ezechias  king  of  Juda: 
Let  not  thy  God  deceive  thee,  in  whom  thou  trustest: 
and  do  not  say  :  Jerusalem  shall  not  be  delivered 
into  the  hands  of  the  king  of  the  Assyrians. 

1 1  Behold,  thou  hast  heard  what  the  kings  of  the 
Assyrians  have  done  to  all  countries;  how  they  have 
laid  them  waste:  and  canst  thou  alone  be  delivered? 

12  Have  the  gods  of  the  nations  delivered  any  of 
them,  whom  my  fathers  have  destroyed,  to  wit,  Go- 
zan,and  Haran,  and  Reseph,  and  the  children  of 
Eden,  that  were  in  Thelassar? 

13  Where  is  the  king  of  Emath,  and  the  king  of 
Arphad,  and  the  king  of  the  city  of  Sepharvaim,  of 
Ana  and  of  Ava? 

14  And  when  Ezechias  had  received  the  letter 
of  the  hand  of  the  messengers,  and  had  read  it,  he 
went  up  to  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  spread  it  be- 
fore the  Lord. 

15  And  he  prayed  in  his  sight,  saying:  O  Lord 
God  of  Israel,  who  sittestupon  thecherubims;  thou 
alone  art  the  God  of  all  the  kings  of  the  earth-:  thou 
madest  heaven  and  earth  : 

16  Incline  thy  ear,  and  hear:  open,  O  Lord,  thy 
eyes,  and  see:  and  hear  all  the  words  of  Sennache- 
rib, who  hath  sent  to  upbraid  unto  us  the  living 
God. 

17  Of  a  truth,  O  Lord,  thekings  of  the  Assyrians 
have  destroyed  nations,  and  the  lands  of  them  all. 

18  And  they  have  cast  their  gods  into  the  fire  : 
for  they  were  not  gods,  but  the  works  of  men's 
hands,  of  wood  and  stone:  and  they  destroyed  them. 

19  Now  therefore,  O  Lord  our  God,  save  us  from 
his  hand,  that  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  may 
know,  that  thou  art  the  Lord  the  only  God. 

20  And  Isaias  the  son  of  Amos  sent  to  Ezechias, 
saying:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel:  I 
have  heard  the  prayer  thou  hast  made  to  me  con- 
cerning; Sennacherib  king  of  the  Assyrians. 

21  This  is  the  word,  that  the  Lord  hath  spoken 
of  him:  The  virgin  the  daughter  of  Sion  hath  de- 
spised thee,  and  laughed  thee  to  scorn:  the  daugh- 
ter of  Jerusalem  hath  wagged  her  head  behind  thy 
back. 

22  Whom  hast  thou  reproached,  and  whom  hast 
thou  blasphemed?  against  whom  hast  thou  exalted 
thy  voice,  and  lifted  up  thy  eyes  on  high?  against 
the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

23  By  the  hand  of  thy  servants  thou  hast  reproach- 
ed the  Lord,  and  hast  said:  With  the  multitude 
of  my  chariots  I  have  gone  up  to  the  height  of  the 
mountains,  to  the  top  of  Libanus,  and  have  cut 
down  its  tall  cedars,  and  its  choice  fir-trees.  And 
I  have  entered  into  the  furthest  parts  thereof,  and 
the  forest  of  its  Carmel.* 

♦  Carmel.  A  pleasant  fruitful  hill  in  the  forest.  These  expressions 
are  figurative,  signifying  under  Ihe  names  of  mountains  and  forest*, 
the  kings  and  provinces  whom  the  Assyrians  had  triumphed  over. 

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IV.  KINGS. 


24  I  hare  cut  down,  and  I  have  drunk  strange 
waters  ;  and  have  (triad  up  withthe  soles  of  m> 

all  the  shut  up  waters. 

25  Hast  thou  not  heard  what  I  have  done  from 
the  beginning?  from  the  days  of  old  I  have  formed 
it;*  and  now  I  have  brought  it  to  effect:  that  fenced 
cities  of  fighting  men  should  be  turned  to  heaps  of 
ruin : 

26  And  the  inhabitants  of  them  were  weak  of 
hand;  they  trembled,  and  were  confounded;  thev 
became  like  the  grass  <>f  the  field,  and  the  green  herb 
on  the  torn  of  houses,  w  hieh  withered  before  it  came 
to  maturity. 

27  Thy  dwelling  and  thy  going  out,  and  thy  com- 
ing in.  and  thy  way  I  knew  before,  and  thy  rage 
against  me. 

28  Thou  hast  been  mail  ■gainst  me;  and  thy  pride 
hathcome  up  to  my  ears:  therefore  I  will  put  a  ring 
in  thy  MOB,  and  a  bit  between  thv  lips:  and  I  will 
turn  thee  bock  by  the    way,  by  which  thou  earnest. 

29  And  to  thee,  O  Ezeehias,  this  shall  be  a  sign  : 
I'at  this  year  what  thou  shalt  find  ;  and  in  the  se- 
cond year,  such  things  as  springof  themselves  :  but 
in  the  third  year  sow  and  reap:  plant  vineyards,  and 
eat  the  fruit  of  them. 

30  And  whatsoever  shall  be  left  of  the  house  of 
Juda,  shall  take  root  downward,  and  bear  fruit  up- 
ward. 

31  For  out  of  Jerusalem  shall  go  forth  a  remnant. 
and  that  which  shall  be  saved  our  of  mount  Sion: 
the  /.rd  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  do  this. 

32  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning 
the  king  of  the  Assyrians:  He  shall  not  come  into 
this  city,  nor  shoot  an  arrow  into  it,  nor  come  be- 
fore it  wiih  shield,  nor  cast  a  trench  about  it. 

33  By  the  way  that  be  came,  he  shall  return  : 
and  into  this  city  he  shall  not  come,  saith  the  Lord. 

34  And  I  will  protect  this  city,  and  will  save  it 
for  my  own  sake,  and  lor  David  my  servant's  sake. 

•  ''">  \nd  it  came  to  pass  that  night,  that  an  Angel 
of  the  Lord  came,  ami  slew  in  the  camp  of  the  Cs- 
syrians  a  hundred  anil  eighty  five  thousand.  And 
when  he  arose  early  in  the  morning,  he  saw  all  the 
bodies  of  the  dead. 

36  And  SenittCherib  king  of  the  Assyrians  de- 
parting went  away  :  and  he  returned,  and  al>ode  in 
Ninive. 

37  And  as  he  was  worshipping  in  the  temple  of 
\i  sroch  his  nod,  Adramelech  and  Sarasa  his  sons 
slew  him  with  the  sword  ;  and  they  lied  into  the 
land  of  the  Armenians  :  and  Asarhaddon  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAP.  X\. 

Ezrrhia*  bring  tirk  it  told  bu  haias  that  hr  shall  dir  «  hut  pray- 
ing to  Hod  hr  nbtainrth  lunger  lifr  ;  anil  in  confirmation  thrrr- 
nf  rrreirrth  a  sign  by  the  tun'*  returning  bark,  Hr  thoin  th 
all  hit  trrntnrrs  In  the  mnbnttud'/rt  of  the  king  of  ftnbylon  : 
haias  reproving  him  fur  it,foretdlcth  the  Babylonish  cap- 
tirity. 

T\  those  days  Ezeehias  was  sick  unto  death  :   and 
■*■    Isaias  the  Son  of  Amos  the   prophet,   came  and 

t  Ikntfvrmti  U,ifC.  All  thy  riplmt.,  in  which  thoa  t»We*t  pride, 
are  no  more  that  what  I  hare  <tr«  reed  :  and  are  not  to  he  a*r.nhed 
(i  thy  imdom  oritraajrtli,  but  to  mv  will  and  ordinance:  who  hare 

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s aid  to  him  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Give 
charge  concerning  thy  house  ;  for  thou  shalt  die, 
and  not  live. 

2  And  he  turned  his  face  to  the  wall,  and  pray- 
ed to  the  Lord,  saying  : 

3  I  beseech  thee.  O  Lord,  rememlier  how  1  have 
walked  before  thee  in  truth,  and  with  a  perfect 
heart,  and  have  done  that  which  is  pleasing  before 
thee.     And  Kzechias  wept  with  much  Weeping. 

4  And  before  Lai  is  was  gone  out  of  the  middle 
of  the  court,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  him, 
saying  : 

5  Go  back,  and  tell  Kzechias  the  captain  of  my 
people  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  God  Of  David  thy 
father :  I  have  heard  thy  prayer,  and  I  have  seen 
thy  tears  :  and  behold,  I  have  healed  thee  :  on  the 
third  day  thou  shalt  go  unto  the  temple  of  the  Lord. 

6  And  I  will  add  to  thy  days  fifteen  yean  :  and 
I  will  deliver  thee  and  this  citv  out  of  the  hand  ir( 
the  king  of  the  Assyrians  :  and  I  will  protect  this  city 
for  my  own  sake  and  for  David  my  servant's  sake. 

7  And    Isaias   said:    Bring  me  a  Jump  of  I; 
And  when  they  had  brought  it,  and  laid  it  upon  his 
boil,  he  w  as  healed. 

8  And  Kzechias  had  said  to  Isaias:  What  shall 
l>e  the  sign  that  the  Lord  will  heal  me,  and  that  I 
shall  go  up  to  the  temple  of  the  Lord  the  third  day  ? 

9  And  Isaias  said  to  him  :  This  shall  be  the  sign 
from  the  Lord,  that  the  Lord  will  do  the  word 
which  he  hath  spoken  :  Wilt  thou  that  the  shadow 
go  forward  ten  lines,  or  that  it  go  back  so  many  de- 
gret 

10  And  Ezeehias  said  :  It  is  an  easy  matter  for 
the  shadow  to  go  forward  ten  lines:  and  I  do  not 
desire  that  this  be  done  :  but  let  it  return  back  ten 
degrees. 

1 1  And  Isaias  the  prophet  called  upon  the  Lord  : 
and  he  brought  the  shadow  ten  decrees  backwards 
l>\  the  lines,  by  which  it  had  already  gone  down 
in  the  dial  of  Achaz. 

12  At  that  time  Berodach  Baladan,  the  son  of 
Baladan,  king  of  the  Babylonians,  sent  h  Iters  and 
presents  to  Kzechias:  for  he  had  heard  that  Em  - 
chias  had  been  sick. 

13  And  Ezeehias  rejoiced  at  their  coming  :  and 
he  showed  them  the  house  of  his  aromalical  spi O  -, 
and  the  gold  andthesilver,  and  dwell  precious, hIoius, 
and  ointments,  and  the  house  of  his  vessels,  and 
all  that  he  haa  in  bis  treasures.  There  was  no- 
thing in  his  house,  nor  in  all  his  dominions  that 
Ezeehias  showed  them  not. 

14  And  Isaias  the  pronhet  came  to  king  Ezeehias, 
and  said  to  him:  What  said  then  incur,  or 
from  whence  came  they  to  thee  ?  And  Kzechias  said 
to  him  :  Krom  a  far  country  they  came  to  me.  out  of 
Babylon. 

15  And  he  said  :  What  did  they  see  in  thy  house3 
:ii;is    said  :   They  saw  all    the  things    that  are 

in  mv  house:   there  is  nothing  among  my  treasures 
that  1  have  not    shown  them. 


to  tli'-e  to  take  ami  .!•  '  ritiea,  an.l  to  rnrrr 

terror  whe'erer  tbou  corneal.     ii*f  «/  ndn.     Literally,  ntinafUlU 


CHAP.  XXI,  XXII. 


1G  And  Isaiassaid  to  Ezechias:  Hear  the  word 
of  the  Lord. 

17  Behold,  the  days  shall  eome,  that  all  that  is 
in  thy  house,  and  that  thy  fathers  have  laid  up  in 
store  unto  this  day,  shall  be  carried  into  Babylon  : 
nothing  shall  be  left,  saith  the  Lord. 

18  And  of  thy  sons  also  that  shall  issue  from 
thee,  whom  thou  shalt  beget,  they  shall  take  away  : 
and  they  shall  be  eunuchs  in  the  palace  of  the  king 
of  Babylon. 

19  Ezechias  said  to  Isaias:  The  word  of  the 
Lord,  which  thou  hast  spoken,  is  good :  let  peace 
and  truth  be  in  my  days. 

20  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Ezechias,  and  all 
his  might,  and  how  be  made  a  pool,  and  a  conduit, 
and  brought  waters  into  the  city,  are  they  not 
written  in  the  Book  of  the  words  of  the  days  of  the 
kings  of  Juda? 

21  And  Ezechias  slept  with  his  fathers:  and 
Manasses  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAP.  XXI. 

The  wickedness  of  Manasses :  God's  threats  by  his  prophets. 
His  wicked  son  Anion  succcedcth  him :  and  is  slain  by  his 
servants. 

MANASSES  was  twelve  years  old  when  he  be- 
gan to  reign:  and  he  reigned  five  and  fifty 
years  in  Jerusalem  :  the  name  of  his  mother  was 
Haphsiba. 

2  And  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  ac- 
cording to  the  idols  of  the  nations,  which  the  Lord 
destroyed  from  before  the  face  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael. 

3  And  he  turned,  and  built  up  the  high  places 
which  Ezechias  his  father  had  destroyed :  and  he 
set  up  altars  to  Baal,  and  made  groves,  as  Achab 
the  king  of  Israel  had  done:  and  be  adored  all  the 
host  of  heaven,  and  served  them. 

4  And  he  built  altars  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
of  which  the  Lord  said:  In  Jerusalem  1  will  put 
my  name. 

5  And  he  built  altars  for  all  the  host  of  heaven 
in  the  two  courts  of  the  temple  of  the  Lord. 

6  And  he  made  his  son  pass  through  fire  :  and 
he  used  divination,  and  observed  omens,  and  ap- 
pointed pythons,*  and  multiplied  soothsayers  to  do 
evil  before  the  Lord,  and  to  provoke  him. 

7  He  set  also  an  idol  of  the  grove,  which  he  had 
made,  in  the  temple  of  the  Lord :  concerning 
which  the  Lord  said  to  David,  and  to  Solomon  his 
son :  In  this  temple,  and  in  Jerusalem,  which  I 
have  chosen  out  or  all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  I  will  put 
my  name  for  ever. 

8  And  I  will  no  more  make  the  feet  of  Israel  to  be 
moved  out  of  the  land,  which  I  gave  to  their  fathers  : 
only  if  they  will  observe  to  do  all  that  I  have  com- 
manded them  according  to  the  law  which  my  ser- 
vant Moses  commanded  them. 

9  But  they  hearkened  not ;  but  were  seduced  by 
Manasses,  to  do  evil  more  than  the  nations  which 
the  Lord  destroyed  before  the  children  of  Israel. 

10  And  the  Lord  spoke  in  the  hand  of  his  ser- 
vants the  prophets,  saying : 

*  Pythons.     That  is,  diviners  by  spirits. 

Qq 


11  Because  Manasses  king  of  Juda  nam  done 
these  most  vvieked  abominations,  beyond  all  that 
the  Amorrhites  did  before  him,  and  hath  made  Ju- 
da also  to  sin  with  his  filthy  doings : 

12  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  the  God  of 
Israel :  Behold,  1  will  bring  on  evils  upon  Jerusa- 
lem and  Juda  ;  that  whosoever  shall  hear  of  them, 
both  his  ears  shall  tingle. 

13  And  I  will  stretch  over  Jerusalem  the  line  of 
Samaria,  and  the  weight  of  the  house  of  Achab : 
and  I  will  efface  Jerusalem,  as  tables  are  wont  to 
be  effaced :  and  I  will  erase  and  turn  it,  and  draw 
the  pencil  often  over  the  face  thereof. 

14  And  I  will  leave  the  remnants  of  my  inheri- 
tance, and  will  deliver  them  into  the  hands  of  their 
enemies:  and  they  shall  become  a  prey  and  a  spoil 
to  all  their  enemies. 

15  Because  they  have  done  evil  before  me,  and 
have  continued  to  provoke  me,  from  the  day  that 
their  fathers  came  out  of  Egypt,  even  unto  this  day. 

16  Moreover  Manasses  shed  also  very  much  in- 
nocent blood,  till  he  filled  Jeruaslem  up  to  the 
mouth ;  besides  his  sins,  wherewith  he  made  Juda 
to  sin,  to  do  evil  before  the  Lord. 

17  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Manasses,  and 
all  that  he  did,  and  his  sin,  which  he  sinned,  are 
they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the  words  of  the 
days  of  the  kings  of  Juda  ? 

18  And  Manasses  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
was  buried  in  the  garden  of  his  own  house,  in  the 
garden  of  Ozar :  and  Amon  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

19  Two  and  twenty  years  old  was  Anion  when 
he  began  to  reign:  and  he  •reigned  two  years  in 
Jerusalem  :  the  name  of  his  mother  was  Mcssale- 
meth  the  daughter  of  Harus  of  Jeteba. 

20  And  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  as 
Manasses  his  father  had  done. 

21  And  he  walked  in  all  the  way  in  which  his 
father  had  walked  :  and  he  served  the  abominations 
which  his  father  had  served :  and  he  adored  them, 

22  And  forsook  the  Lord  the  God  of  his  fathers, 
and  walked  not  in  the  way  of  the  Lord. 

23  And  his  servants  plotted  against  him,  and 
slew  the  king  in  his  own  house. 

24  But  the  people  of  the  land  slew  all  them  that 
had  conspired  against  king  Amon  ;  and  made  Jo- 
sias  his  son  their  king  in  his  stead. 

25  But  .the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Amon  which  he 
did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  Book  of  the  words 
of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Juda? 

26  And  they  buried  him  in  his  sepulchre  in  the 
garden  of  Oza  :  and  his  son  Joaias  reigned  iu  his 
stead. 

CHAP.  XXII. 

Josias  repaireth  the  temple.  ,  The  book  of  the  law  is  found,  up- 
on which  they  consult  the  Jj>rd  ;  and  are  told  that  great  evils 
shall  fall  upon  them,  but  not  in  the  time  ofjvsias. 

JOSIAS  was  eight  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign :  he  reigned  one  and  thirty  years  in  Je 
rusalem :  the  name  of  his  mother  was  Idida,  thn 
daughter  of  Hadaia,  of  Besecath. 

305 


IV.  KINGS. 


2  Ami  he  tliil  that  which  was  righl  in  th< 

nf  the  Lord,  and  walked  in  all  the  ways  of  Dartd 

his   lather:   he  turned  nut  a>ide  to  the   right  hand. 
or  to  the  left. 

3  And  in  the  eighteenth  year  of  kins  Josias,  the 
kin-  sent  Saphan  the  son  of  Assni.  the  son  of  M<  I* 
sulam,  the  scribe  of  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  saying 
to  him  : 

4  (Jo  to  Helcias  the  high  priest,  that  the  money 
in  iv  he  pal  together  which  is  brought  into  the  tem- 
ple of  the  Lord,  which  the  door-keepers  of  the  tem- 
ple have  gathered  of  the  people  : 

5  And  let  it  be  given  to  the  workmen  by  the 
overseers  of  the  house  of  the  Lord:  and  let  them 
distribute  it  to  those  that  work  in  the  temple  of  the 
Lord,  to  repair  the  temple: 

6  That  is,  to  carpenters  and  masons,  and  to  such 
as  mend  breaches;  and  that  timber  may  be  bought, 
and  stones  out  of  the  quarries,  to  repair  the  temple 
of  the  Lord. 

7  But  let  there  he  no  reckoning  made  with  them 
of  the  money  which  they  receive  ;  but  let  them 

it  in  their  power,  and  in  their  trust. 

8  And  Helcias  the  high  priest  said  to  Saphan 
the  Scribe  :  I  have  found  the  l>ook  of  the  law*  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord  :  and  Helcias  gave  the  book 

-  iphan  ;  and  he  read  it. 

9  And  Saphan  the  scribe  came  to  the  king,  and 
brought  him  word  again  concerning  that  which  he 
had  commanded,  and  said:  Thy  servants  have 
I  ithered  together  the  money  that  was  found  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord  :  and  they  have  given  it  to  be 
distributed  to  the  workmen,  by  the  overseers  of  the 
works  of  the  temple  of  the  Lord. 

10  And  Saphan  the  scribe  told  the  king,  saving  : 
Helcias  the  priest  hath  delivered  to  me  a  book. 
And  when  Saphan  had  read  it  before  the  king, 

1 1  And  the  king  had  heard  the  words  of  the  law 
of  the  Lord,  he  rent  his  Karments. 

12  And  he  commanded  Helcias  the  priest,  and 
Ahicain  the  son  of  Saphan,  and  Achobor  the  son  of 
Mi.  ha,  and  Saphan  the  scribe,  and  Asaia  the  king's 
servant,  saying  : 

13  Go  and  consult  the  Lord  for  me,  and  for  the 
people,  and  for  all  Juda,  concerning  the  words  of 
this  l>ook  which  is  found:  for  the  great  wrath  of 
the  Lord  is  kindled  against  us,  because  our  fathers 
have  not  hearkened  to  the  words  of  this  book,  to  do 
all  that  is  written  for  us. 

14  So  Helcias  the  priest,  and  Ahicain.  and  Acho- 
bor, and  Saphan,  and  Asaia  went  to  Holda  the  pro- 
phetess the  wife  of  Sellum  the  son  of  Thecua,  the 
son  of  Araas  keeper  of  the  wardrobe,  who  dwelt  in 
.Jerusalem  in  the  Second  ;t  and  they  spoke  to  her. 

1  ">  And  she  said  to  them:  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
the  God  of  Israel  :  Tell  the  man  that  sent  you  to 
me  : 

•16  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Behold,  I  will  bring 
evils  upon  this  place,  and  upon  the  inhabitants  there- 

•  7V.  i~k  tftht  tmt,  that  i»,  Deuteronomy. 

♦  TV  Second:  a  .t reel,  or  part  of  the  city,  to  called;  io   Hebrew, 

Minim 

30« 


'| of,  all  the  words  of  the  law  which  the  lungof  Jud.l 
hath  read  : 

17  Because  thev  have  forsaken  me,  and  have 
sacrificed  to  strange  gods,  provoking  me  by  all  tin- 
works  of  their  hands  :  therefore  mv  indignation 
shall  be  kindled  against  this  place,  and  shall  not  l>e 
quenched. 

18  But  to  the  kins  of  Juda,  who  sent  you  to 
consult  the  Lord,  thus  shall  you  say:  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel :  Forasmuch  as  thou 
hast  heard  the  words  of  the  book, 

19  And  thy  heart  hath  been  moved  to  fear,  and 
thou  hast  bumbled  thyself  before  the  Lord,  hear- 
ing the  words  against  this  place,  and  the  inhabit- 
ants thereof,  to  wit,  that  they  should  become  a  won- 
der and  a  curse :  and  thou  hast  rent  thy  cannents, 
and  wept  before  me,  I  also  have  beard  thee,  saith 
the  Lord  : 

20  Therefore  I  will  gather  thee  to  thy  fathers  : 
and  thou  shall  be  gathered  to  thy  sepulchre  in  peace, 
that  thy  eyes  may  not  see  all  the  evils  which  I  will 
bring  upon  this  place. 

CHAP.  XXIII. 

Josias  readeth  the  law  before  all  the  people :  they  promise  to  observe 
it.  He  abolishcth  all  idolatry  ;  relrbratrth  the  phase  ;  is 
slain  in  battle  by  the  king  of  Egypt.  The  short  rtigno/Jo- 
achaz,  in  whose  place  Joakim  is  marie  king. 

A  ND  they  brought  the  king  word  again  w  hat 
-^*-  she  had  said.  And  be  sent :  and  all  the  an- 
cients of  Juda  and  Jerusalem  were  assembled  to 
him. 

2  And  the  king  went  up  to  the  temple  of  the  Lord: 
and  all  the  men  of  Juda,  and  all  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem  with  him,  the  priests  and  the  prophets, 
and  all  the  people  both  little  and  great:  and  in  the 
hearing  of  them  all  he  read  all  the  words  of  the  hook 
of  the  covenant,  which  was  found  in  the  house  of 
the  Lord. 

3  And  the  king  stood  upon  the  step  :t  and  made 
a  covenant  with  the  Lord,  to  walk  after  the  Lord, 
and  to  keep  his  commandments,  and  his  testimonies 
and  his  ceremonies,  with  all  their  heart,  and  with 
all  their  soul,  and  to  perform  the  words  of  this 
covenant,  which  were  written  in  that  book  :  and 
the  people  agreed  to  the  covenant. 

4  And  the  king  commanded  Helcias  the  high 
priest,  and  the  priests  of  the  second  order,  and  the 
door-keepers,  to  east  out  of  the  temple  of  the  Lord 
all  the  vessels  that  had  been  made  for  Baal,  and  for 
the  grove,  and  for  all  the  host  of  heaven  :  and  he 
burnt  them  without  Jerusalem  in  the  valley  of  Ci  (Iron; 
and  he  carried  the  ashes  of  them  to  Bethel. 

5  And  he  destroyed  the  soothsayers,  whom  the 
kin^s  of  Juda  had  appointed  to  sacrifice  in  the  high 
places  in  the  cities  of  Juda,  and  round  a!>out  Jeru- 
salem ;  them  also  that  burnt  incense  to  Baal,  and  to 
the  sun,  and  to  the  moon,  and  to  the  twelve  si-ns. 
and  to  all  the  host  of  beaven. 

6  And  be  caused  the  grove  to  be  carried  out  from 


{  TV  king  tlooi  nptmlkt  ttep :  That  it,   hi*  tribune,  or  tribunal,  a 
more  rimm-nt  pfc*M,   (ntm  Ml  gbt  be  aceii  and  heanl  l>> 

the  people. 


CHAP.  XXIII. 


the  house  of  the  Lord  without  Jerusalem  to  the 
valley  of  Ccdron :  and  he  burnt  it  there,  and  re- 
duced it  to  dust,  and  cast  the  dust  upon  the  graves 
of  the  common  people. 

7  He  destroyed  also  the  pavilions  of  the  effemi- 
nate, which  were  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  for  which 
the  women  wove  as  it  were  little  dwellings  for  the 
grove. 

8  And  he  gathered  together  all  the  priests  out  of 
the  cities  of  Juda  :  and  he  defiled  the  high  places, 
where  the  priests  offered  sacrifice,  from  Gabaa  to 
Bersabee  :  and  he  broke  down  the  altars  of  the  gates 
that  were  in  the  entering  in  of  the  gate  of  Josue 
governor  of  the  city,  which  was  on  the  left  hand  of 
the  gate  of  the  city. 

9  However  the  priests  of  the  high  places  came 
not  up  to  the  altar  of  the  Lord  in  Jerusalem  :  but 
only  ate  of  the  unleavened  bread  among  their  bre- 
thren. 

10  And  he  defiled  Topheth,  which  is  in  the  valley 
of  the  son  of  Ennom  ;  that  no  man  should  consecrate 
there  his  son  or  his  daughter  through  fire  to  Moloch. 

1 1  And  he  took  away  the  horses  which  the  kings 
of  Juda  had  given  to  the  sun,  at  the  entering  in  of 
the  temple  of  the  Lord,  near  the  chamber  of  Na- 
thanmelech  the  eunuch,  who  was  in  Pharurim  :  and 
he  burnt  the  chariots  of  the  sun  with  fire. 

12  And  the  altars  that  were  upon  the  top  of  the 
upper  chamber  of  Achaz,  which  the  kings  of  Juda 
had  made,  and  the  altars  which  Manasses  had  made 
in  the  two  courts  of  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  the 
king  broke  down:  and  he  ran  from  thence,  and 
cast  the  ashes  of  them  into  the  torrent  Cedron. 

13  The  high  places  also  that  were  at  Jerusalem 
on  the  right  side  of  the  Mount  of  offence,  which 
Solomon  king  of  Israel  had  built  to  Astaroth  the 
idol  of  the  Sidonians,  and  to  Chamos  the  scandal 
of  Moab,  and  to  Melchom  the  abomination  of  the 
children  of  Ammon,  the  king  defiled. 

14  And  he  broke  in  pieces  the  statues,  and  cut 
down  the  groves:  and  he  filled  their  places  with  the 
bones  of  dead  men. 

15  Moreover  the  altar  also  that  was  at  Bethel, 
and  the  high  place,  which  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Na- 
bat,  who  made  Israel  to  sin,  had  made ;  both  the 
altar,  and  the  high  place  he  broke  down  and  burnt, 
and  reduced  to  powder,  and  burnt  the  grove. 

16  And  as  Josias  turned  himself,  he  saw  there 
the  sepulchres  that  were  in  the  mount :  and  he  sent 
and  took  the  bones  out  of  the  sepulchres,  and  burnt 
them  upon  the  altar,  and  defiled  it  according  to  the 
word  of  the  Lord,  which  the  man  of  God  spoke, 
who  had  foretold  these  things. 

17  And  he  said  :  What  is  that  monument  which 
I  see?  And  the  men  of  that  city  answered:  It  is 
the  sepulchre  of  the  man  of  God,  who  came  from 
Juda,  and  foretold  these  things  which  thou  hast 
done  upon  the  altar  of  Bethel. 

18  And  he  said  :  Let  him  alone,  let  no  man  move 
his  bones.  So  his  bones  were  left  untouched  with 
trie  bones  of  the  prophet,  that  came  out  of  Samaria. 

19  Moreover  all  the  temples  of  the  high  places 
which  were  in  the  cities  of  Samaria,  which  the  kings 


of  Israel  had  made  to  provoke  the  Lord,  Josias  took 
away:  and  he  did  to  them  according  to  all  the  acts 
that  he  had  done  in  Bethel. 

20  And  he  slew  all  the  priests  of  the  high  places, 
that  were  there,  upon  the  altars:  And  he  burnt 
men's  bones  upon  them  :  and  returned  to  Jerusalem. 

21  And  he  commanded  all  the  people,  saying  . 
Keep  the  phase  to  the  Lord  your  God,  according 
as  it  is  written  in  the  book  of  this  covenant. 

22  Now  there  was  no  such  a  phase  kept  from 
thedaysof  the  judges,  whojudged  Israel,  norin  all  the 
days  of  the  kings  of  Israel,  and  of  the  kings  of  Juda, 

23  As  was  this  phase  that  was  kept  to  the  Lord 
in  Jerusalem,  in  the  eighteenth  year  of  king  Josias. 

24  Moreover  the  diviners  by  spirits,  and  sooth- 
sayers, and  the  figures  of  idols,  and  the  unclean- 
nesses,  and  the  abominations,  that  had  been  in  the 
land  of  Juda  and  Jerusalem,  Josias  took  away  :  that 
he  might  perform  the  words  of  the  law,  that  were 
written  in  the  book  which  Helcias  the  priest  had 
found  in  the  temple  of  the  Lord. 

25  There  was  no  king  before  him  like  unto  him, 
that  returned  to  the  Lord  with  all  his  heart,  and  with 
all  his  soul,  and  with  all  his  strength,  according  to 
all  the  law  of  Moses :  neither  after  him  did  there 
arise  any  like  him. 

26  But  yet  the  Lord  turned  not  away  from  the 
wrath  of  his  great  indignation,  wherewith  his  anger 
was  kindled  against  Juda  :  because  of  the  provoca 
tions,  wherewith  Manasses  had  provoked  him. 

27  And  the  Lord  said  :  I  will  remove  Juda  also 
from  before  my  face,  as  1  have  removed  Israel :  and 
I  will  cast  off  this  city  Jerusalem,  which  I  chose, 
and  the  house,  of  which  I  said  :  My  name  shall  be 
there. 

28  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Josias,  and  all  that 
he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  Book  of  the  words 
of  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Juda  ? 

29  In  his  days  Pharao  Nechao  king  of  Egypt, 
went  up  against  the  king  of  Assyria  to  the  river 
Euphrates :  and  king  Josias  went  to  meet  him  ;  and 
was  slain  at  Mageddo,  when  he  had  seen  him. 

30  And  his  servants  carried  him  dead  from  Ma- 
geddo: and  they  brought  him  to  Jerusalem,  and 
buried  him  in  his  own  sepulchre.  And  the  people 
of  the  land  took  Joachaz  the  son  of  Josias :  and 
they  anointed  him,  and  made  him  king  in  his  father's 
stead. 

31  Joachaz  was  three  and  twenty  years  old  when 
he  began  to  reign :  and  he  reigned  three  months  in 
Jerusalem  :  the  name  of  his  mother  was  Amital, 
the  daughter  of  Jeremias  of  Lobna. 

32  And  he  did  evil  before  the  Lord,  according 
to  all  that  his  fathers  had  done. 

33  And  Pharao  Nechao  bound  him  at  Rebla, 
which  is  in  the  land  of  Ematb,  that  he  should  not 
reign  in  Jerusalem  :  and  he  set  a  fine  upon  the  land, 
of  a  hundred  talents  of  silver,  and  a  talent  of  gold. 

34  And  Pharao  Nechao  made  Eliacim  the  son 
of  Josias  king  in  the  room  of  Josias  his  father ;  and 
turned  his  name  to  Joakim.  And  he  took  Joachaz 
away,  and  carried  him  into  Egypt :  and  he  died 
there. 

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35  And  Joakim  save  the  silver  and  the*  ::old  to 
I'liarao.  after  lie  had  taxed  tin-  laud  lor  every  man, 
to  contrihnte  according  to  the  eominandinent  of 
Bharao:  and  be  eZKtcd  lx>th  the  silver  and  the  fold 
of  the  people  of  the  land,  of  e\ery  man  according 
to  his  abilitv,  to  ptre  to  l'harao  .\e<  hao. 

36  Joakim  was  live  and  twent\  \eais  old  when 
he  began  to  reign :  ami  he  leagued  eleven  years  in 
Jerusalem  :  the  name  of  his  mother  w  as  Zehida  the 
daughter  of  Phadaia  of  Kmna. 

37  And  he  did  evil  before  the  Lord  according  to 
all  that  his  fathers  had  done. 

CHAP.  WIV. 

The  reign  of  Joakim,  Joachin,  and  Sedecias. 

IN   his  days  Nabuchodonosor  king  of   Babylon 
eame  up;  and  Joakim  became  bJb  servant  three 
years  :  then  anain  he  rebelled  against  him. 

2  And  the  Lord  sent  against  him  the  rovers*  of 
the  Chaldees.  and  the  rovers  of  Syria,  and  the  ro\  en 
o(  Moab,  ana  the  rovers  of  the  children  of  Ammon  : 
and  he  sent  them  against  Juda,  to  destroy  it,  accord- 
ing to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  whieh  he  had  s|>okcn 
by  his  servants  the  prophets. 

3  And  this  came  by  the  word  of  the  Lord  against 
Juda,  to  remove  them  from  before  him  for  all  the 
sins  of  Manasses  which  he  did, 

4  And  for  the  innocent  blood  that  he  shed,  filling 
Jerusalem  with  innocent  bhxxl :  and  therefore  the 
Lord  would  not  be  appeased. 

5  But  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Joakim,  and  all  that 
he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  Book  of  the  words 
of  the  daya  of  the  kings  of  Juda  ?  And  Joakim  slept 
with  his  fathers: 

6  And  Joachin  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

7  And  the  kin:;  of  Egypt  came  not  again  any 
more  out  of  his  own  country  :  for  the  king  of  Main- 
Ion  had  taken  all  that  had  belonged  to  the  king  of 
Egypt,  from  the  river  of  Egypt,  unto  the  river  Ku- 
phrates. 

8  Joachin  was  eighteen  years  old  when  he  began 
to  reign :  and  he  reigned  three  months  in  Jerusalem  : 
the  name  of  his  mother  was  Nohcsta  the  daughter 
of  FJuathan  of  Jerusalem. 

9  And  he  did  evil  before  the  Lord,  according  to 
all  that  his  father  had  done. 

10  At  that  time  the  servants  of  Nabuchodonosor 
king  of  Babylon,  came  up  against  Jerusalem  :  and 
the  city  was  surrounded  with  their  forts. 

1 1  And  Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Babylon  came 
to  the  city  with  his  servants  to  assault  it. 

12  And  Joachin  king  of  Juda  went  out  to  the  king 
of  Babylon,  he  and  his  mother,  and  his  servants,  and 
his  nobles,  and  his  eunuchs  :  and  the  king  of  Bain  - 
Ion  received  him  in  the  eighth  year  of  hi^  reign. 

13  And  he  brought  out  from  thenee  all  the  trea- 
sures of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  treasures 
Of  the  kind's  house:  and  he  cut  in  pieces  ;ill  the 
ressels  of  gold  which  Solomon  king  of   Israel   had 


*  TW  Ltrd  M*(  <w«tmf  kirn  tkt  r«r*r:     t.*trunruUi.     IUnH«  or  par 
iji-.  of  men,  who  pill.igc  I  and  jmmi+rmi  wherever  the >  came. 


made  in   the  temple  of  the  Lord,  according  to  the 
word  of  the  Lord. 

14  And  he  carried  away  all  Jerusalem,  and  all 
the  princes,  and  all  the  valiant  men  of  thearmv.to 

the  Dumber  of  ten  thousand  mtocapth  itj  :  and  even 

artificer  and  smith  :  and  none  were  left  but  the  poor 
sort  of  the  people  of  the  land. 

15  And  he  carried  away  Joachin  into  Bain  Ion, 
and  the  king's  mother,  and  the  king's  wives,  ana 
his  eunuchs:  and  the  judges  of  the  land  he  carried 
into  captivity  from  Jerusalem  into  Hah) Ion  : 

16  And  all  the  strong  men  seven  thousand,  and 
the  artificers  and  the  smiths  a  thousand,  all  that 
were  valiant  men  and  fit  for  war:  and  the  king  of 
Babylon  led  them  captives  into  Babylon. 

17  And  he  appointed  Matthanias  his  uncle  in  his 
stead  ;  and  called  his  name  Sedecias. 

18  Sedecias  was  one  and  twenty  years  old  w  hen 
he  began  to  reign:  and  he  reigned  eleven  vear>  in 
Jerusalem:  the  name  of  his  mother  was  Amital, 
the  daughter  of  Jercmias  of  Lobna. 

19  And  he  did  evil  before  the  Lord,  according 
to  all  that  Joakim  had  done. 

20  For  the  Lord  was  angry  against  Jerusalem 
and  against  Juda,  till  he  east  them  out  from  his  face: 
and  Sedecias  revolted  from  the  king  of  Bain  Ion. 

CHAP.  XXV. 

Jerusalem  it  besieged  and  taken  by  Nabuchodonosor :  Srdccias 
is  taken:  the  city  and  temple  are  distrovi/l.  GtdoRas, 
who  is  left  governor,  is  slain.  Joachin  is  extdted  by  Kcil- 
merodach. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  ninth  year  of  his 
reign,  in  the  tenth  month,  the  tenth  day  of  the 
month,  that  Nabuchodonosor  kingof  Bain  Ion, came, 
he  and  all  his  army  against  Jerusalem  :  and  they 
surrounded  it,  and  mated  works  round  about  it. 

1  Ami  the  city  was  shut  up  and  licsiegcd  till  the 
eleventh  year  of  king  Sedecias, 

3  The  ninth  day  of  the  month  :  and  a  famine 
prevailed  in  the  city:  and  there  was  no  bread  for 
the  people  of  the  land. 

4  And  a  breach  was  made  into  the  city:  and  all 
the  men  of  war  lied  in  the  night  betweo  the  two 
walls  by  the  king's  garden  (now  the  Chaldees  l>e- 
sieged  the  city  round  al>out,)  and  Redefine  fled  by 
the  way  that  leadeth  to  the  plains  of  the  w ildern 

5  And  the  army  of  the  Chaldees  pursued   after 


the  king,  and  oveitook  him  in  the  plains  of  Jericho: 

\.  rs  that  were  with  ' 
lend,  and  left  him 


and  all  the  warriors  that  were 


him  wi  i.    K 


6  So  they  took  the  king,  and  brought  him  to  the 
kins  of  Babylon  to  Heblatha:  and  he  gave  Judgment 
noun  him. 

7  And  he  slew  the  sons  of  Sedecias  before  his 
face:  and  he  put  out  his  eyes,  and  bound  him  with 
chains,  and  brought  him  to  Bain  Ion. 

8  In  the  fifth  month, the  seventh  da v  ot  the  month, 
that  is,  the  nineteenth  year  of  the  kin;:  of  Bain  l<  n. 
came  Nabusarduu  commander  of  the  army,  a  ser- 
vant of  the  king  of  Babylon,  into  Jerusalem. 

9  And  he  burnt  the  house  of  tin    Loi.l,  and  thw 


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chap.  xxv. 


kind's  house,  and  l  lie  houses  oi'Ji.riuah'm,  and  every 
house  he  burst  wit ti  lire. 

10  And  all  the  army  of  the  Chaldees,  which  was 
with  the  commander  of  the  troops,  broke  down  the 
walls  of  Jerusalem  round  about. 

1 1  And  Nabuzardan  the  commander  of  the  army, 
carried  away  the  rest  of  the  people  that  remained 
in  the  city,  and  the  fugitives  that  had  gone  over  to 
the  king  of  Babylon,  and  the  remnant  of  the  com- 
mon people. 

12  But  of  the  poor  of  the  land  he  left  some  dres- 
sers of  vines  and  husbandmen. 

13  And  the  pillars  of  brass  that  were  in  the  tem- 
ple of  the  Lord,  and  the  bases,  and  the  sea  of  brass, 
which  was  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  the  Chaldees 
broke  in  pieces,  and  carried  all  the  brass  of  them 
to  Babylon. 

14  They  took  away  also  the  pots  of  brass,  and 
the  mazers,  and  the  forks,  and  the  cups:  and  the 
mortars,  and  all  the  vessels  of  brass,  with  which 
they  ministered. 

15  Moreover  also  the  censers,  and  the  bowls,  such 
as  were  of  gold  in  gold ;  and  such  as  were  of  silver 
in  silver ;  the  general  of  the  army  took  away. 

16  That  is,  two  pillars,  one  sea,  and  the  bases 
which  Solomon  had  made  in  the  temple  of  the  Lord: 
the  brass  of  all  these  vessels  was  without  weight. 

17  One  pillar  was  eighteen  cubits  high:  and  the 
chapiter  of  brass  which  was  upon  it  was  three  cubits 
high:  and  the  net-work,  and  the  pomegranates  that 
were  upon  the  chapiter  of  the  pillar,  were  all  of 
brass:  and  the  second  pillar  had  the  like  adorning. 

1 8  And  the  general  of  the  army  took  Seraias  the 
ehief  priest,  and  Sophonias  the  second  priest,  and 
three  door-keepers ; 

19  And  out  of  the  city  one  eunuch,  who  was  cap- 
tain over  the  men  of  war;  and  five  men  of  them  that 
had  stood  before  the  king,  whom  he  found  in  the 
city,  and  Sopher  the  captain  of  the  army  who  exer- 
cised the  young  soldiers  of  the  people  of  the  land, 
and  threescore  men  of  the  common  people,  who 
were  found  in  the  city. 

20  These  Nabuzardan  the  general  of  the  army 


took  away,  and  carried  them  to  the  king  of  Babylon 
to  Reblatha. 

21  And  the  king  of  Babylon  smote  them,  and 
slew  them  at  Reblatha  in  the  land  of  Emath :  so 
Juda  was  carried  away  out  of  their  land. 

22  But  over  the  people  that  remained  in  the  land 
of  Juda,  which  Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Babylon 
had  left,  he  gave  the  government  to  Godolias  the 
son  of  Ahicam  the  son  of  Saphan. 

23  And  when  all  the  captains  of  the  soldiers  had 
heard  this,  they  and  the  men  that  were  with  them, 
to  wit,  that  the  king  of  Babylon  had  made  Godo- 
lias governor,  they  came  to  Godolias  to  Maspha,  Is- 
maelthe  son  of  Nathanias,  and  Johanan  the  son  of 
Caree,  and  Saraia  the  son  of  Thanehumeth  the 
Netophatite,  and  Jezonias  the  son  of  Maachathi, 
they  and  their  men. 

24  And  Godolias  swore  to  them  and  to  their  men, 
saying:  Be  not  afraid  to  serve  the  Chaldees:  stay 
in  the  land,  and  serve  the  king  of  Babylon ;  and  it 
shall  be  well  with  you. 

25  But  it  came  to  pass  in  the  seventh  month,  that 
Ismael  the  son  of  Nathanias,  the  son  of  Elisama  of 
the  seed  royal  came,  and  ten  men  with  him; 
and  smote  Godolias  so  that  he  died  :  and  also  the 
Jews  and  the  Chaldees  that  were  with  him  in  Maspha. 

26  And  all  the  people  both  little  and  great,  and 
the  captains  of  the  soldiers,  rising  up  went  to  Egypt, 
fearing  the  Chaldees. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  seven  and  thirtieth 
year  of  the  captivity  of  Joachin  king  of  Juda,  in  the 
twelfth  month,  the  seven  and  twentieth  day  of  the 
month,  Evilmerodach  king  of  Babylon,  in  the  year 
that  he  began  to  reign,  lifted  up  the  head  of  Joachin, 
king  of  Juda  out  of  prison. 

28  And  he  spoke  kindly  to  him :  and  he  set  his 
throne  above  the  throne  of  the  kings  that  were  with 
him  in  Babylon. 

29  And  he  changed  his  garments  which  he  had 
in  prison:  and  he  ate  bread  always  before  him  all 
the  days  of  his  life. 

30  And  he  appointed  him  a  continual  allowance, 
which  was  also  given  him  by  the  king  day  by  day, 
all  the  days  of  his  life. 

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THE  FIRST 


BOOK  OF  PARALIPOMEJNON. 


Thtst  hooks  are  called  by  the  Greek  interpreters  Paralipomrnon 
(nafXuwvpn;,)  that  is,  of  lh\ng%  left  out  or  omitl.  ,|  ;  because 
then  are  a  kind  of  a  supplement  of  such  things  at  teere  passed 
over  in  the  books  of  the  kings.  The  Hebrews  call  them  DSmc 
Hajainin,  that  is,  The  words  of  the  days,  or  The  Chronicles. 
Not  that  they  are  the  books  irhirh  are  so  often  quoted  in  ISM 
kings,  under  the  title  of  The  words  of  the  d;iyi  of  tlie  kings  of 
bntf,  and  of  the  kings  of  Juda  ;  for  the  books  of  Pio-alipo- 
menon  werr  irnttrn  after  the  books  of  kings  ;  but  because  in 
all  probability  they  kare  been  abridged  from  those  an<itiit 
words  of  the  days,  by  Esdras  or  some  other  sacred  urilt  r. 

chap.  r. 

The  genealogy  of  the  patriarchs  dotcn   to  Abraham:    The  pos- 
terity of  Abraham  and  of  Esau. 

A    I*  \M.  Scili,    Knos, 
•**-  2  Caman,  .Malalccl.  Jared, 

3  Hntor,  Mafhosale,  Lantech, 

4  Nop,  Sem,  Chain,  and  Ja|)heth. 

5  Tin-  sons  of  Japheth:  Gomer,  and  Magog,  and 
Madai,  ami  Jama,  Thubal,  Mosoch,  Thiras. 

6  And  the  sons  of  Gomer:  Ascenez,  and  Riphath, 
and  Tbogorma. 

7  Ami  the  sons  of  Javan:  Elisa  aud  Tharsis,  Ce- 
tliim  and  Dodanim. 

8  The  sons  of  Cham:  Chus,  and  Mesraim,  and 
l*Ii i it .  and  Chanaan. 

9  And  the  sons  of  Chus:  Saba,  and  Hevila,  Sa- 
hatha,  and  Kcgma,  and  Sabathaca.  And  the  sons 
of  Regma  :  Saba,  and  Dadan. 

10  Now  Chus  begot  Nemrod:  he  began  to  be 
might*  ii|M>n  earth. 

1 1  But  Mesraim  begot  Ludim,  and  Anamim,  and 
Laabim,  and  Nepbtoim, 

1J  I'lietrusim  alto,  and  Casluim :  from  whom 
came  the  Philistines,  and  Caphtorim. 

13  And  Chanaan  begot  Sidon  his  first-l>om,  and 
the  Hethite. 

^  14  And  the  Jebusite,  and  the  Amorrhite,  and  the 
Gernsife, 

15  And  the  Hevite,  and  the  Aracite,  and  the 
Sinite, 

16  And  the  Aradian,  and  the  Samarite,  and  the 
Hamathite. 

1  7  The  sons  of  Sem:  Elam,  and  Asur,  and  Ar- 
pliavad,  and  Lud,  and  Aram,  and  Hus,  and  Hul, 
and  Gether,  and  Mosoch. 

18  And  Arpliaxad  begot  Sale;  and  Sale  begot 
Heber. 

•  19  And  to  Heber  were  born  two  sons;  the  name 
of  the  one  was  Phaleg,  because  in  his  days  the 
♦  arth  was  divided  ;  and  the  name  of  his  brother  was 
Jectan. 

20  And  Jectan  begot  Elmodad,  and  Saleph,  and 
Asannoth,  and  Jare, 

21  And  Adoram,  and  Usal,  and  Decla, 

22  And  Hebal,  and  Abimael,  and  Saba, 

23  And  Ophir,  and  lle\  ila.  and  Jobab.    All  these 
the  sons  of  Jectan. 

24  S*»ai    Arpha.xad,  S.i\e, 

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25  Heber,  Phaleg,  Ragaa, 

26  Serug,  Nachor,  Thate, 

27  Abram,  tins  is  Abraham. 

28  And  the  sons  of  Abraham:  Isaac  a:id  iMiinne.. 

29  And  that*  are  the  generations  of  them.  The 
first-born  of  Ismahel,  Nabaioth,  then  Cedar,  and 
Adbeel,  and  Mabsam, 

30  And  Masma,  and  Duma,  Massa,  Iladad.  and 
Thema, 

31  Jetur,  Naphis,  Cedma:  these  are  the  sow  of 
ismahel. 

32  And  the  sons  of  Cetura,  Abraham's  concu- 
bine,* whom  she  bore :  Zamran.  Jecsan,  Madan, 
Madian,  Jesboc.  and  Sue.  And  the  sons  of  Jec- 
tan, Saba,  and  Dadan.  And  the  sons  of  Dadan  : 
Assurim,  and  Latussim,  and  Laomim. 

33  And  the  sons  of  Madia :i:  Kpha,  and  Kplier, 
and  Henoch,  and  Abida,  and  Eldaa.  All  these  are 
the  sons  of  Cetura. 

34  And  Abraham  begot  Isaac:  and  his  sons  were 
Esau  and  Israel. 

35  The  sons  of  Esau:  Eliphaz,  Rahuel,  Jehus, 
Ihelorn,  and  Core. 

36  The  sons  of  Eliphaz  :  Theman,  Omar,  Sephi, 
Gathan,  Cenez,  and  by  Thamna,  Amalec. 

37  The  sons  of  Rahuel:  Nahath,  Zara,  Samma. 
Meza. 

38  The  sons  of  Seir:  Lotan,  Sobal,  Sebeon, 
Ana.  Dison,  Eser.  Disan. 

39  The  sons  of  Lotan  :  Hori,  Homam.  And  the 
sister  of  Lotan  was  Thamna. 

40  The  sons  of  Sobal :  Alian,  and  Manahath, 
and  Ebal,  Sephi,  and  Onam.  The  sons  of  Seln - 
on:  Aja  and  Ana.     The  sons  of  Ana  :  Dison. 

41  The  sons  of  Dison :  Hamram,  and  Eseban, 
and  Jethran,  and  Charan. 

42  The  sons  of  Eser  :  Balaan,  and  Zavan,  and 
Jacan.     The  sons  of  Disan:  Hus  and  Aran. 

43  Now  these  are  the  kings  that  reigned  in  the 
land  of  Edom,  before  then  was  a  kins  over  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel :  Bale  the  son  of  Beor  :  and  the  name 
of  his  city  was  Denaba. 

4i  And  Bale  died:  and  Jobab  the  son  of  Zare  of 
Bosra,  reigned  in  his  stead. 

45  And  when  Jobab  alio  was  dead,  Husam  >l 
the  land  of  the  Themanites  reigned  in  lii>  st<  ad. 

46  And  Husam  also  died:  and  Adad  the  son  ol 
Badad  reigned  in  his  stead;  and  he  defeated  the 
Madianites  in  the  land  of  Moab :  and  the  uamt  of 
his  city  was  Avith. 

47  And  when  Adad  also  was  dead,  Semla  o» 
Masreca  reigned  in  his  stead. 

48  Semla  also  died  :  and  Saul  of  Kohohoth,  M  liich 
is  near  the  river,  reigned  in  his  stead. 

49  And  when  Said  was  dead,  Balanan  the  sou 
of  Achobor,  reigned  in  his  stead. 

*  Coneulm*.     She  was  his  lawful  wife,  but  of  so  infrrior  drgrrv. 


CHAP.  II. 


50  lie  also  died:  and  Adad  reigned  ia  bis  stead: 
and  tlie  name  of  his  city  was  I'hau,  and  his  wife 
was  called  Meetabel  the  daughter  of  Mat  red,  the 
daughter  of  Mezaab. 

51  And  after  the  death  of  Adad,  there  began  to 
be  dukes  in  Edom  instead  of  kings:  Duke  Thamna, 
duke  Alva,  duke  Jetheth, 

52  Duke  Oolibama,  duke  Ela,  duke  Phinon, 

53  Duke  Cenez,  duke  Theman,  duke  Mabsar, 
51  Duke  Magdiel,  duke  Hiram.     These  are  the 

dukes  of  Edom. 

CHAP.  II. 

The  twelve  sons  of  Israel.     The  genealogy  of  Juda,  down  to  Da- 
vid.    Other  genealogies  of  the  tribe  of  Juda. 
AND  these  are  the  sons  of  Israel :  Ruben,  Sime- 
on, Levi,  Juda,  Issachar,  and  Zabulon, 

2  Dan,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Nephtali,  Gad,  and 
Aser. 

3  The  sons  of  Juda:  Her,  Onan,  and  Sela.  These 
three  were  born  to  him  of  the  Chanaanitess  the 
daughter  of  Sue.  And  Her  the 'first-bom  of  Juda, 
was  wicked  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  :  and  he  slew 
him. 

4  And  Thamar  his  daughter-in-law  bore  him 
Phares  and  Zara.  So  all  the  sons  of  Juda,  were  five. 

5  And  the  sons  of  Phares  were  Hesronand  Hamul. 

6  And  the  sons  also  of  Zara:  Zamri,  and  Ethan, 
and  Eman,  and  Chalchal,  and  Dara ;  five  in  all. 

7  And  the  sons  of  Charmi:  Achar,*  who  troubled 
Israel,  and  sinned  by  the  theft  of  the  anathema.f 

8  The  sons  of  Ethan:  Azarias, 

9  And  the  sons  of  Hesron  that  were  born  to  him : 
Jerameel,  and  Ram,  and  Calubi. 

10  And  Ram  J  begot  Aminadab:  and  Aminadab 
begot  Nahasson,  prince  of  the  children  of  Juda. 

1 1  And  Nahasson  begot  Salma,  the  father  of 
Booz. 

12  And  Booz  begot  Obed:  and  Obed  begot  lsai. 

13  And  lsai  begot  EJiab  his  first-born,  the  second 
Abinadab,  the  third  Simmaa, 

14  The  fourth  Nathanael,  the  fifth  Raddai, 

15  The  sixth  Asom,  the  seventh  David. 

16  And  their  sisters  were  Sarvia  and  Abigail. 
The  sons  of  Sarvia  :  Abisai,  Joab,  and  Asael,  three. 

17  And  Abigail  bore  Amasa,  whose  father  was 
J  ether  the  Ismahelite. 

18  And  Caleb§  the  son  of  Hesron  took  a  wife 
named  Azuba,  of  whom  he  had  Jerioth:  And  her 
sons  were  Jaser,  and  Sobab,  and  Ardon. 

19  And  when  Azuba  was  dead,  Caleb  took  to 
wife  Ephrata,  who  bore  him  Ilur. 

20  And  Hur  besot  Uri:  and  Uri  begot  Bezeleel. 

21  And  afterwards  Hesron.  went  in  to  the  daugh- 
ter of  Machir  the  father  of  Galaad;  and  took  her  to 
wife  when  he  was  threescore  years  old:  and  she 
bore  him  Segub. 

22  And  Segub  begot  Jair:  and  he  had  three  and 
twenty  cities  in  the  land  of  Galaad. 


*  Jtchar,  aiWi  Arhan    josue  vn 

S  The  anatluma:  the  tiling  devoted  or  accursed,  viz.  the  spoils  of 
Jericho. 

'  Rnin.      Ho  is  commonly  called   .Irrim.     Bill   il    is    to  he   observed 
l»re  ouou  fjr  all,  that  it  was  acotrvn  >n  thing  among  the  Hebrews   for 


23  And  he  took  Gessur,  and  Aram  the  towns  of 
Jair,  and  Canath,  and  the  villages  thereof,  three- 
score cities.  All  these,  the  sons  of  Machir  father 
of  Galaad. 

24  And  when  Hesron  was  dead,  Caleb  went  in 
to  Ephrata.  Hesron  also  had  to  wife  Abia,  who 
bore  him  Ashur  the  father  of  Thecua. 

25  And  the  sons  of  Jerameel  the  first-born  of  Hes- 
ron, were  Ram  his  first-born,  and  Buna,  and  Aram, 
and  Asom,  and  Achia. 

26  And  Jerameel  married  another  wife,  named 
Atara,  who  was  the  mother  of  Onam. 

27  And  the  sons  of  Ram  the  first-born  of  Jera- 
meel, were  Moos,  Jamin,  and  Achar. 

28  And  Onam  had  sons  Semei  and  Jada.  And 
the  sons  of  Semei:  Nadab  and  Abisur. 

29  And  the  name  of  Abisur's  wife  was  Abihail, 
who  bore  him  Ahobban  and  Molid. 

30  And  the  sons  of  Nadab  were  Saled  and  Ap- 
phaim.     And  Saled  died  without  children. 

31  But  the  son  of  Apphaim  was  Jesi:  and  Jesi 
begot  Sesan.     And  Sesan  begot  Oholai. 

32  And  the  sons  of  Jada  the  brother  of  Semei : 
Jether  and  Jonathan.  And  Jether  also  died  with- 
out children. 

33  But  Jonathan  begot  Phaleth  and  Ziza.  These 
were  the  sons  of  Jerameel. 

34  And  Sesan  had  no  sons,  but  daughters :  and  a 
servant  an  Egyptian,  named  Jeraa. 

35  And  he  gave  him  his  daughter  to  wife  :  and 
she  bore  him  Ethei. 

36  And  Ethei  begot  Nathan:  and  Nathan  begot 
Zabad : 

37  And  Zabad  begot  Ophlal :  and  Ophlal  begot 
Obed : 

38  Obed  begot  Jehu :  Jehu  begot  Azarias : 

39  Azarias  begot  Helles :  and  Helles  beget  Elasa : 

40  Elasa  begot  Sisamoi:  Sisamoi  begot  Sellum: 

41  Sellum  begot  Icamai:  and  Icamia  begot  Eli- 
sama. 

42  Now  the  sons  of  Caleb  the  brother  of  Jera- 
meel were  Mesa  his  first-born,  who  was  the  father 
of  Ziph:  and  the  sons  of  Maresa  father  of  Hebron. 

43  And  the  sons  of  Hebron,  Core,  and  Thaphua, 
and  Recem,  and  Samma. 

44  And  Samma  begot  Raham,  the  father  of  Jer- 
caam:  and  Recem  begot  Sammai. 

45  The  son  of  Sammai  Maon:  and  Maon  the 
father  of  Bethsur. 

46  And  Epha  the  concubine  of  Caleb  bore  Ha- 
ran,  and  Mosa,  and.  Gezez.  And  Haran  begot 
Gezez. 

47  And  the  sons  of  Jahaddai,  Rogom,  and  Jo- 
atham,  and  Gesan,  and  Phalet,  and  Epha,  and 
Saaph. 

48  And  Maacha  the  concubine  of  Caleb  bore  Sa- 
ber and  Tharana. 


the  sarre  persons  to  have  different  names  :  and  that  it  is  not  impossi 
b'.e  among  so  many  proper  names,  as  here  occur  in  the  first  nine  chap- 
ters of  this  book,  that  the  transcribers  of  the  ancient  Hebrew  copies 
mav  h  >ve  made  some  slips  in  the  orthography. 
{  Caleb,  alias  Calubi,  ver.  9. 
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I.   P\R\UPOMENO.\. 


49  Ami  Sasphthe  father  of  Madmena  h 

the  father  <>f  Machbeoa,  and  the  rather  of  (Jabaa. 
And  tin-  daughter  of  Caleb  was  Aches. 

50  These  were  the  was  of  Caleb,  the  son  of  Hur 

the  tir>t-born  of  Ephrata,  Sobal  the  father  of  Caria- 
thiarim, 

51  Salma  the  father  of  Bethlehem,  Hariph  the 
father  of  Mi tlmader. 

Vnd  Sobal  the  father  of  Cariathiarim  had  sons: 
He  t  tat  cur*  half  of  the  places  of  rest 

53  And  of  the  kindred  of  Cariathiarim,  the  Jeth- 
rites,  and  Aphuthites,  and  Semathites,  and  Msse* 
riies.     of  thrill  came  the  Samites  and  Iwhaolites. 

54  The  sons  of  Salma,  Bethlehem  and  Netopha- 
thi,  the  Crowns  of  the  house  of  Joab,  and  half  of 
the  place  of  rest  of  Sarai. 

55  And  the  families  of  the  scribes  that  dwell  in 
Jabrs,  singing  and  making  melody,  and  abiding  in 
tents.  These  are  the  Cinitcs,  who  came  of  Calor 
(Chamath)  father  of  the  house  of  Rechab. 

CHAP.  III. 

The  genealogy)  of  the  house  of  David. 

TYTOW  these  were  the  sons  of  David  that  were 
-L  '  born  to  him  in  Hebron:  the  first-born  Amnon 
of  Achinoam  the  Jezrahelitess;  the  second  Daniel 
of  Abigail  the  Carmelitess ; 

2  The  third  Absalom  the  son  of  Maacha  the 
daughter  of  Tolmai  king  of  Gessur;  the  fourth  Ado- 
nias  the  son  of  Aggith  ; 

3  The  fifth  Sephatias  of  Abital;  the  sixth  Jcthra- 
hem  of  Egla  his  wife. 

4  So  six  sons  were  bom  to  him  in  Hebron,  where 
he  reigned  seven  years  and  six  months.  And  in  Je- 
rusalem be  reigned  three  and  thirty  years. 

5  And  these  sons  were  born  to  him  in  Jerusalem : 
Simmaa,  and  Sobab,  and  Nathan,  and  Solomon, 
four  of  Bethaabee  the  daughter  of  Ammiel. 

6  Jebaar  also  and  Elisama, 

7  And  Eliphaleth,  and  Noge,  and  Nepheg,  and 
Japhia, 

8  Anil  Elisama, and  Eliada,  and  Elipheleth,  nine: 

9  All  these  the  sons  of  David,  beside  the  sons  of 
the  concubines  :f  and  they  had  a  sister  Thamar. 

10  And  Solomon's  son  was  Rohoam :  whose  son 
Abia  bqMl  Ass.      And  his  son  w;is  Josaphat, 

1 1  The  father  of  Joram :  and  Joram  ()cgot  Och- 
ozias,  of  whom  was  liorn  JOSS  ! 

1 1  And  his  son  Amasias  begot  Azarias.  And 
Joathan  the  son  of  Annas 

13  Begot  Achaz,  the  father  of  Ezechias,  of  whom 
was  born  .Manasses. 

14  And  Manasses  begot  Amon  the  father  of 
Josias. 

15  And  the  sons  of  Josias  were,  the  first-born  Jo- 
hanan,  the  second  Joakim,  the  third  Sedecias,  the 
fourth  Sellutn. 

1»;  ( )l  Joakim  was  born  Jechosisa  and  Sedeciss 
17    The  sons  of  Jechonias  were  Asir,  Salathiel, 


•  Hi  Ikal  m,  4*.  The  L*tin  Interpreter  teem*  to  hirr  (rirrn  u» 
bare  inttrad  oft'ie  prnnrr  nainev  t'te  meaning  nf  thoie  name*,  in  Jlw 
Hebrew.     He  has  Jooe  in  like  man"*'  rer.  SS. 

311 


18  Melchtram.  Phadata,  Benneser  and  Jecemia, 
s.im.i,  and  NadaoBL 

19  Of  Phadata  were  l>oni  Zorobabel  and  Semei. 
Zorobabel  begot  Mosollam,  llananias,  ami  Salnmith 
iluir  sister: 

20  Hasaba  also,  and  Ohol,  and  Marachias,  and 
llnsadias,  Jossbbesed.  Inc. 

21  And  the  son  of  llananias,  iras  Phaltias  the 
rather  of  Jeseias,  whose  son  was  Rapbata.  And 
his  son  was  Arnan,  of  whom  was  born  Olnlia,  whose 
son  was  Sechcuias. 

22  The  son  of  Sechenias  toss  Semeis:  whose 
sons  w  i  re  Hattus.and  Jegaal,and  Bsns,  and  Naaria, 
and  Sat  hat,  six|  in  number. 

23  The  sons  of  Naaria,  Elioenai,  and  Ezechias, 
and  Ezricam,  three. 

2  i  The  sons  of  Elioenai,  Oduia,  and  Eliasub,  and 
Pheleia,  and  Accub,  and  Johanan,  and  Dalaia,  ami 
Anani,  seven. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Other  genealogies  of  Juda  and  of  Stmeim,  and  their  rittoriet. 

THE  sons  of  Juda:  Phares,  Hesron,  and  Charmi, 
and  Hur;  and  Sobal. 

2  And  Rata  the  son  of  Sobal  begot  Jahath,  of 
whom  were  born  Ahumai  and  Laad.  These  are 
the  families  of  Sarathi. 

3  And  this  is  the  posterity  of  Etam:  Jezrahel,  and 
Jesema,  and  Jedebos:  and  the  name  of  their  sister 
was  Asalelphuni. 

4  And  Phanuel  the  father  of  Gedor,  and  Ezar 
the  father  of  Hosa,  these  are  the  sons  of  Hur  the 
first-born  of  Ephratha  the  father  of  Bethlehem. 

5  And  Assur  the  father  of  Thecua  had  two  wives, 
Halaa  and  Naara. 

6  And  Naara  bore  him  Ozam,  and  Hepher,  and 
Themani,  and  Ahastbari:  These  are  the  sons  ol 
Naara. 

7  And  the  sons  of  Halaa,  Sereth,  Isaar,  and 
Ethnan. 

8  And  Cos  begot  Anob,  and  Soboba,  and  the  kin- 
dred of  Aharehel  the  son  of  Arum. 

9  And  Jabes$  was  more  honourable  than  any  of 
his  brethren:  and  his  mother  called  his  name  Jabes, 
saying:  Because  1  bore  him  with  sorrow. 

10  And  Jabes  called  upon  the  God  of  Israel,  say- 
ing: If  blessing  thou  wilt  bless  me,  and  wilt  enlarge 
my  borders,  and  thy  hand  be  with  me,  and  thou 
save  me  from  being  oppressed  by  evil.  And  God 
granted  him  the  things  he  praved  for. 

11  And  Caleb  the  brother  of  Sua  begot  Mahir, 
who  was  the  father  of  Ksthon. 

12  And  Esthon  begot  Bethrapha,  and  Phesse,  ami 
Tehinna  father  of  the  city  of  Naas:  These  are  the 
men  of  Recha. 

1 9  \nd  the  sons  of  Ccnez,  were  Othoniel,  and 
Sarats.  And  the  sons  of  Othoniel,  Hathath,  and 
Maonathi. 

14  Maonathi   begot  Ophra  :    and   Saraia   begot 


!r 


The  inferior  wire*. 
Sis.     (  ounting  itie  father  in  llie  number. 
t  JMt      That  i«,  »err»w/W. 


CHAP.  V. 


Joab  the  father  of  the  Va.ley  of  artificers  :  for  arti- 
ficers were  there. 

15  And  the  sons  of  Caleb  the  son  of  Jephone, 
were  Hir,  and  Ela,  and  Naham.  And  the  sons  of 
Ela  :  Cenex. 

16  The  sons  also  of  Jaleleel :  Ziph,  and  Zipha, 
Tliiria,  and  Asrael. 

17  And  the  sons  of  Esra,  Jether,  and  Mered,and 
Either,  and  Jalon:  and  he  begot  Mariam,  and  Sam- 
mai,  and  Jesba  the  father  of  Esthamo. 

18  And  his  wife  Judaia  bore  Jared  the  father  of 
>  Gedor,  and  Heber  the  father  of  Socho,  and  Icuthiel 

the  father  of  Zanoe.  And  these  are  the  sons  of 
Bethia  the  daughter  of  Pharao,  whom  Mered  took 
to  wife. 

19  And  the  sons  of  his  wife  Odaia  the  sister  of 
Naham  the  father  of  Celia,  Garmi,  and  Esthamo, 
who  was  of  Machathi. 

20  The  sons  also  of  Simon,  Amnon,  and  Rinna, 
the  son  of  Hanan,  and  Thilon.  And  the  sons  of 
Jesi,  Zoheth,  and  Benzoheth. 

21  The  sons  of  Sela  the  son  of  Juda  :  Her  the 
father  of  Lecha,  and  Laada  the  father  of  Maresa, 
and  the  families  of  the  house  of  them  that  wrought 
fine  linen  in  the  House  of  oath. 

22  And  He  that  made*  the  sun  to  stand,  and  the 
men  of  Lying,  and  Secure,  and  Burning,  who  were 

Rrinces  in  Moab,  and  who  returned  into  Lahem. 
[ow  these  are  things  of  old. 

23  These  are  the  potters,  and  they  dwelt  in  Plan- 
tations, and  Hedges,!  with  the  king  for  his  works  ; 
and  they  abode  there. 

24  1  he  sons  of  Simeon:  Namuel,  and  Jamin, 
Jarib,  Zara,  Saul : 

25  Sellum  his  son,  Mapsam  his  son,  Masma  his 
son. 

26  The  sons  of  Masma  :  Hamuel  his  son,  Zachur 
his  son,  Semei  his  son. 

27  The  sons  of  Semei  were  sixteen,  and  six 
daughters :  but  his  brethren  had  not  many  sons  ;  and 
the  whole  kindred  could  not  reach  to  the  sum  of  the 
children  of  Juda. 

28  And  they  dwelt  in  Bersabee,  and  Molada,  and 
Hasarsuhal, 

29  And  in  Bala,  and  in  Asom,  and  in  Tholad, 

30  And  in  Bathuel,  and  in  Horma,  and  in  Siceleg, 

31  And  in  Bethmarchaboth,  and  in  Hasarsusim, 
and  in  Bethberai,  and  in  Saarim.  These  were  their 
cities  unto  the  reign  of  David. 

32  Their  towns  also  were  Etam,  and  Aen,  Rem- 
mon,  and  Thochen,  and  Asan,  five  cities. 

33  And  all  their  villages  round  about  these  cities 
as  far  as  Baal.  This  was  their  habitation,  and  the 
distribution  of  their  dwellings. 

34  And  Mosabab,  and  Jemlech,  and  Josa  the  son 
of  Am  isias, 

35  And  Joel,  and  Jehu  the  son  of  Josabia  the  son 
of  Saraia,  the  son  of  Asiel, 

*  He  that  miule,  Src.  viz.  Joaziir.,  the  meaning  of  whose  name  in  He- 
Ijnw.  is.  he  thai  made  the  sun  to  stand.  In  like  manner  the  following 
i  •'n™.  J-yingt  (Choz  ha,)  Secure,  (Joas,)  and  Burning:  (Saraph)  are 
%u  istiliiloi  hi  place  of  the  Hebrew  names  of  tl'«>  same  signification. 

2  B 


36  And  Elioenai,  and  Jacoba,  and  Isuhaia,  and 
Asaia,  and  Adiel,  and  Ismiel,  and  Banaia, 

37  Ziza  also  the  son  of  Sephei,  the  son  of  Allon, 
the  son  of  Idaia,  the  son  of  Semri,  the  son  of  Samaia. 

38  These  were  named  princes  in  their  kindreds, 
and  in  the  houses  of  their  families  were  multiplied 
exceedingly. 

39  And  they  went  forth  to  enter  into  Gador  as 
far  as  to  the  east  side  of  the  valley,  to  seek  pastures 
for  their  flocks. 

40  And  they  found  fat  pastures,  and  very  good, 
and  a  country  spacious,  and  quiet,  and  fruitful,  in 
which  some  of  the  race  of  Cham  had  dwelt  before. 

41  And  these  whose  names  are  written  above, 
came  in  the  days  of  Ezechias  king  of  Juda  :  and 
they  beat  down  their  tents,  and  slew  the  inhabitants 
that  were  found  there,  and  utterly  destroyed  them 
unto  this  day  :  and  they  dwelt  in  their  place  ;  be- 
cause they  found  there  fat  pastures. 

42  Some  also  of  the  children  of  Simeon  five  hun- 
dred men,  went  into  mount  Seir,  having  for  their 
captains  Phaltias,  and  Naaria,  and  Raphaia,  and 
Oziel,  the  sons  of  Jesi : 

43  And  they  slew  the  remnant  of  the  Amalecite*, 
who  had  been  able  to  escape :  and  they  dwelt  there 
in  their  stead  unto  this  day. 

CHAP.  V. 

Genealogies  of  Ruben  and  Gad  :  their  victories  over  the  Agur- 
ites  :  their  captivity- 

TVTOW  the  sons  of  Ruben  the  first-  born  of  Israel 
-*- *  (for  he  was  his  first-born  :  but  forasmuch  as  he 
defiled  his  father's  bed,  his  first  birth-right  was  given 
to  the  sons  of  Joseph  the  son  of  Israel ;  and  he  w  as 
not  accounted  for  the  first-born. 

2  But  of  the  race  of  Juda,  who  was  the  strongest 
among  his  brethren,  came  the  princes  ;  but  the  first 
birth-right  was  accounted  to  Joseph.)! 

3  The  sons  then  of  Ruben  the  first-born  of  Israel, 
were  Enoch,  and  Phallu,  Esron,  and  Charmi. 

4  The  sons  of  Joel :  Samia  his  son,  Gog  his  son, 
Semei  his  son, 

5  Micha  his  son,  Reia  his  son,  Baal  his  son, 

6  Beera  his  son,  whom  Thelgathphalnasar  king 
of  the  Assyrians  carried  away  captive  ;  and  he  was 
prince  in  the  tribe  of  Ruben. 

7  And  his  brethren,  and  all  his  kindred,  when 
they  were  numbered  by  their  families,  had  for 
princes  Jehiel  and  Zacharias. 

8  And  Bala  the  son  of  Azaz,  the  son  of  Samma, 
the  son  of  Joel,  dwelt  in  Aroer  as  far  as  Nebo  and 
Beelmeon. 

9  And  eastward  he  had  his  habitation  as  far  as 
the  entrance  of  the  desert,  and  the  river  Euphrates. 
For  they  possessed  a  great  number  of  cattle  in  the 
land  of  Galaad. 

10  And  in  the  days  of  Saul  they  fought  against 
the  Agarites,  and  slew  them,  and  dwelt  in  their  tents 


t  Plantations  and  Hedges.     These  are  the  proper  names  of  the  places 
where  they  dwelt.     In  Hebrew,  Jltharim  and  Gadira. 

|  Accounted  to  Joseph,  viz.  as  to  the  double  portion,  which  belonged 
to  the  first-born  :  but  the  princely  dignity  was  given  to  Juda,  and  l)i»' 
j  priesthood  to  Levi 

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I.  PARALIPOMENO.N. 


in  their  stead,  in  all  the  country,  that  looketb  to  tin- 
east  ofGalaad. 

11  And  the  children  of  ( lad  dwelt  ovcr-against 
them  in  the  land  of  Hasan,  as  far  as  Selcha  : 

12  Johel  the  chic  I.  and  Saplian  the  second:  and 
Janai  and  Saphat  in  Hasan. 

13  And  their  brethren  according  to  the  houses  of 
their  kindreds,  were  Michael,  and  Mosollam.  and 
Sri*-,  and  Jorai,  and  Jacan,  and  Zie,  and  Ileber, 
seven. 

11  These  were  the  sons  of  Aliihail,  the  son  of 
Hnri,  the  son  of  Jara,  the  son  of  Galaad.  the  son  of 
Michael,  the  son  ofjesesi,  the  sou  of  Jeddo,  the  son 

of  Bob. 

15  And  their  brethren  the  sons  of  Abdiel,  the  son 

ol  (iiini,  chief  of  the  house  in  their  families. 

I'i  And  tlu-v  dwelt  in  ( ial  rid,  and  in  Hasan,  ami 
in  the  towns  thereof,  and  in  all  the  suburbs  of  Sa- 
ron,  unto  the  border-. 

I  7  Ml  these  were  numbered  in  the  days  of  Joa- 
than  king  of  Juda,  and  in  the  days  of  Jeroboam  king 
of  Israel. 

18  The  sons  of  Ruben,  and  of  Gad,  and  of  the 
half  tribe  of  Manasses,  fighting  men,  bearing  shields, 
and  swords,  and  bending  the  bow,  and  trained  up 
to  battles,  four  and  forty  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  three  score  that  went  out  to  war. 

19  They  fought  against  the  Agarites:  but  the  Itu- 
reans,  and  Naphis,  and  Nodal), 

JO  Gave  them  help.  And  the  Agarites  were  de- 
livered into  their  hands,  and  all  that  were  with  them, 
because  they  called  uikmi  Got!  in  the  battle:  and  he 
heard  them,  because  they  had  put  their  faith  in  him. 

21  And  they  took  all  that  they  possessed,  of  ca- 
mels fifty  thousand,  and  of  sheep  two  hundred  and 
fifty  thousand,  and  of  asses  two  thousand,  and  of 
men  ■  hundred  thousand  souls. 

22  And  many  fell  down  slain :  for  it  was  the 
I  attleol  the  Lord.  And  they  dwelt  in  their  stead 
till  the  captivity. 

23  And  the  children  of  the  half  tribe  of  Manas- 
ses possessed  the  land,  from  the  borders  of  Hasan 
unto  Baal,  llermon,  and  Sanir,  and  mount  Her- 
mon;  for  their  number  was  great. 

24  And  these  were  the  heads  of  the  house  of 
their  kindred,  Kpher,  and  Jesi,  and  Eliel,  and  Es- 
riel,  and  Jeremia,  and  Odoia,  and  Jediel,  most  va- 
liant and  powerful  men,  and  famous  chiefs  in  their 
families. 

25  But  they  forsook  the  God  of  their  fathers, 
and  went  astray  alter  the  gods  of  the  people  of  the 
laud,  whom  God  destroyed  before  them. 

to  And  the  God  of  Israel  stirred  up  the  spirit  of 
I'hul  kiim  of  the  Assyrians,  and  the  spirit  of  Thel- 
tathphahiasar  kingof  Assur :  and  he  carried  away 
Kuben,  and  Gad,  and  the  half  tribe  of  Bfanal 
and  brought  them  to  Lahela,  and  to  Habor,  and  to 
Ara,  and  to  the  river  of  Gozan,  unto  this  day. 

CHAP.   VI. 
The  gmeahgirt  of  Lcri,  and  of  Aaron  :  the  cities  of  the  Istitc*. 

rpHK  sons  of  Levi  tcere  demon,  Cnath,  and 

•-     M#»r  ir 


ir.. 


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2  The  sous  of  (aalh:  Amram,  Isaar,  Hebron, 
and  (  )/.iel. 

3  The  children  of  Ami-am :  Aaron,  Moses,  and 
M  ilia.  The  sons  of  Aaron  :  Nadab  ami  Abiu, 
Klea/.ar  and  Itliamar. 

4  Klca/ar  begot  Phinees :  and  Phinees  begot 
Abisue. 

5  And  Abisue  begot  Bocci :  and  Bocci  begot 
Ozi. 

6  Ozi  begot  Zaraias  :  and  Zaraias  begot  Marioth. 

7  And  Marioth  begot  Amarias  :  and  Amarias  be- 
get Achitob. 

8  Achitob  begot  Sadoc:  and  Sadoc  begot  Achi- 
niaas. 

9  Achimaas  begot  Azarias :  Azarias  l>egot  Jo- 
hanan. 

10  Johanan  begot  A/arias.  This  is  he  that  ess* 
euted  the  priestly  office  in  the  house  which  Solomon 
built  in  Jerusalem. 

11  And  Azarias  begot  Amarias:  and  Amarias 
begot  Achitob. 

12  And  Achitob  begot  Sadoc:  and  Sadoc  hngol 
Selluin. 

13  Sellum  begot  Helcias :  and  lk-Icias  begot 
Azarias. 

14  Azarias  begot  Saraias  :  and  Saraias  begot  Jo- 
sedec. 

15  Now  Josedec  went  out,  when  the  Lord  car- 
ried away  Juda  and  Jerusalem  by  the  hands  of  Na- 
buchodonosor. 

16  So  the  sons  of  Levi  were  Gerson,Caath,  and 
Merari. 

17  And  these  are  the  names  of  the  sons  of  Gcr- 
son:  Lobni  and  Semei. 

18  The  sons  of  Caath:  Amram.  and  Isaar,  and 
Hebron,  and  Ozicl. 

19  The  sons  of  Merari :  Moboli  and  Musi.  And 
these  are  the  kindreds  of  Levi  according  to  their 
families. 

20  Of  Gcrson,  Lobni  his  son,  Jahath  his  son, 
Zamma  his  son, 

21  Joah  his  son,  Addo  his  son,  Zara  his  son, 
Jethrai  his  son. 

22  The  sons  of  Caath:  Aminadab  his  son,  Core 
his  son,  Asir  his  son, 

23  Elcana  his  son,  Abiasaph  his  son,  Asir  his  son, 

24  Thahath  his  son,  Uriel  bis  son.  <  >/ias  has  son, 
Saul  his  son. 

25  The  sons  of  Elcana:  Amasai,and  Achinioth, 

26  And  Elcana.  The  sons  of  Elcana  :  Bopttai 
his  son,  Nah. uli  his  son, 

27  Eliab  his  son.  Jeroham  his  son,  Elcana  his  son. 

28  The  sons  of  Samuel  :  the  first-born  Yasseni, 
and  Abia. 

29  And  the  sons  of  Merari,  Moholi:  Lobni  his 
son,  Semei  his  son,  O/.a  his  son, 

30  Saminaa  his  son,    Ha^^ia   his  son.  Asaia  his 

SOU. 

31  These  arc  thev.  whom  Da\id  s.  t  over  the 
ringing  men  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  after  that  the 
ark  was  placed. 

32  And  they  ministered  before  the  tabernaeleof 
the  testimony,  with  sincin^  until  Solomon  built  the 


chap  vi. 


nouse  of  the  Lord  in  Jerusalem:  and  they  stood  ac- 
cording to  their  order  in  the  ministry. 

33  And  these  are  they  that  stood  with  their  sons, 
of  the  sons  of  Caath,  Hemani  a  singer,  the  son  of 
Joel,  the  son  of  Samuel, 

34  The  son  of  Elcana,  the  son  of  Jeroham,  the 
son  of  Eliel,  the  son  of  Thohu, 

35  The  son  of  Suph,  the  son  of  Elcana,  the  son 
of  Mahath,  the  son  of  Amasai, 

36  The  son  of  Elcana,  the  son  of  Johel,  the  son 
of  Azarias,  the  son  of  Sophonias, 

37  The  son  of  Thahath,  the  son  of  Asir,  the  son 
of  Abiasaph,  the  son  of  Core, 

38  The  son  of  Isaar,  the  son  of  Caath,  the  son  of 
Levi,  the  son  of  Israel. 

39  And  his  brother  Asaph,  who  stood  on  his 
right  hand,  Asaph  the  son  of  Barachias,  the  son  of 
Samaa, 

40  The  son  of  Michael,  the  son  of  Basaia,  the 
son  of  Melchia, 

41  The  son  of  Athanai,  the  son  of  Zara,  the  son 
of  Adaia, 

42  The  son  of  Ethan,  the  son  of  Zamma,  the  son 
of  Semei, 

43  The  son  of  Jeth,  the  son  of  Gerson,  the  son 
of  Levi. 

44  And  the  sons  of  Merari  their  brethren,  on  the 
left  hand,  Ethan  the  son  of  Cusi,  the  son  of  Abdi, 
the  son  of  Meloch, 

45  The  son  of  Hasabia,  the  son  of  Amasia,  the 
son  of  Helcias, 

46  The  son  of  Amasia,  the  son  of  Boni,  the  son 
of  Somer, 

47  The  son  of  Moholi,  the  son  of  Musi,  the  son 
of  Merari,  the  son  of  Levi. 

48  Their  brethren  also  the  Levites,  who  were 
appointed  for  all  the  ministry  of  the  tabernacle  of 
the  house  of  the  Lord. 

49  But  Aaron  and  his  sons  "offered  burnt-offer- 
ings upon  the  altar  of  holocaust,  and  upon  the  altar 
of  incense,  for  every  work  of  the  holy  of  holies ; 
and  to  pray  for  Israel  according  to  all  that  Moses 
the  servant  of  God  had  commanded. 

50  And  these  are  the  sons  of  Aaron:  Eleazar 
his  son,  Phinees  his  son,  Abisue  his  son, 

51  Bocci  his  son,  Ozi  his  son,  Zambia  his  son, 

52  Meraioth  his  son,  Amarias  his  son,  Achitob 
his  son, 

53  Sadoc  his  son,  Achimaas  his  son. 

54  And  these  are  their  dwelling  places  by  the 
towns  and  confines,  to  wit,  of  the  sons  of  Aaron, 
of  the  families  of  the  Caathites  :  for  they  fell  to 
them  by  lot. 

55  And  they  gave  them  Hebron  in  the  land  of 
Juda,  and  the  suburbs  thereof  round  about: 

56  But  the  fields  of  the  city  and  the  villages  to 
Caleb  son  of  Jephone. 

57  And  to  the  sons  of  Aaron  they  gave  the  cities 
for  refuge  Hebron,  and  Lobna,  and  the  suburbs 
thereof; 

58  And  Jether  and  Esthemo,  with  their  suburbs; 
and  Helon  and  Dabir,  with  their  suburbs; 

59  Asan  also  and  Bethsemes,  with  their  suburbs. 


60  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin:  Gabee  an-i 
its  suburbs,  Almath  with  its  suburbs,  Anathoth  also 
with  its  suburbs:  all  their  cities  throughout  their 
families  were  thirteen. 

61  And  to  the  sons  of  Caath  that  remained  of 
their  kindred  thev  gave  out  of  the  half  tribe  of  Ma- 
nasses  ten  cities  in  possession. 

62  And  to  the  sons  of  Gerson  by  their  families 
out  of  the  tribe  of  Issachar,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of 
Aser,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Nephtali,  and  out  of 
the  tribe  of  Manasses  in  Basan,  thirteen  cities. 

63  And  to  the  sons  of  Merari  by  their  families 
out  of  the  tribe  of  Ruben,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of 
Gad,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Zabulon,  they  gave  by 
lot  twelve  cities. 

64  And  the  children  of  Israel  gave  to  the  Levites 
the  cities,  and  their  suburbs. 

65  And  they  gave  them  by  lot,  out  of  the  tribe  of 
the  sons  of  Juda,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  the  sons  of 
Simeon,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  the  sons  of  Benja- 
min, these  cities,  which  they  called  by  their  names. 

66  And  to  them  that  were  of  the  kindred  of  the 
sons  of  Caath,  and  the  cities  in  their  borders  were 
of  the  tribe  of  Ephraim. 

67  And  they  gave  the  cities  of  refuge,  Sichem 
with  its  suburbs  in  mount  Ephraim,  and  Gazer  with 
its  suburbs, 

68  Jecmaan  also  with  its  suburbs,  and  Bethho- 
ron  in  like  manner, 

69  Helon  also  with  its  suburbs,  and  Gethrem- 
mon  in  like  manner. 

70  And  out  of  the  half  tribe  of  Manasses,  Aner 
and  its  suburbs,  Baalam  and  its  suburbs:  to  wit,  to 
them,  that  were  left  of  the  family  of  the  sons  of  Caath. 

71  And  to  the  sons  of  Gersom,  out  of  the  kin- 
dred of  the  half  tribe  of  Manasses,  Gaulon  in  Ba- 
san, and  its  suburbs,  and  Astharoth  with  its  su- 
burbs. 

72  Out  of  the  tribe  of  Issachar,  Cedes  and  its 
suburbs,  and  Dabereth  with  its  suburbs, 

73  Ramoth  also  and  its  suburbs,  and  Anem  with 
its  suburbs. 

74  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Aser:  Masai  with  its 
suburbs,  and  Abdon  in  like  manner, 

75  Hucac  also  and  its  suburbs,  and  Rohob  with 
its  suburbs. 

76  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Nephtali,  Cedes  in 
Galilee  and  its  suburbs,  Hamon  with  its  suburbs, 
and  Cariathaim  and  its  suburbs. 

77  And  to  the  sons  of  Merari  that  remained:  out 
of  the  tribe  of  Zabulon,  Remmonoand  its  suburbs, 
and  Thabor  with  its  suburbs: 

78  Beyond  the  Jordan  also  over-against  Jericho, 
on  the  east  side  of  the  Jordan,  out  of  the  tribe  of 
Ruben,  Bosor  in  the  wilderness  with  its  suburbs 
and  Jassa  with  its  suburbs. 

79  Cademoth  also  andits  suburbs,  and  Mephaath 
with  its  suburbs. 

80  Moreover  also  out  of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  Ra- 
moth in  Galaad  and  its  suburbs,  and  Manaim  with 
its  suburbs, 

81  Hesebon  also  with  its  suburbs,  and  Jazer  with 
its  suburbs. 

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I.  I'aKALITOMT.NO.Y 


CHAP.  VII. 


OtHtalogiet     of    lssachar,     Benjamin,     SrphJali,    Manauts, 
I  jihraim,  and  Ater. 

NOW  the  sons  of  [aaachar  utn  Tliola,  and  Pima, 
Jasub,  and  Simcron,  lour. 

S  The  IPOS  of  Tliola:  O/.i,  and  liaphaia,  and 
Jeriel,and  Jcmai,  and  Jehscm,  and  Samuel, chiefs  of 
the  houses  of  tin  ir  kindreds.  Of  the  posterity  of 
Tlmla  wore  Misaketed  in  the  dun  of  David,  two 
and  twenty  thousand  six  bundled  moot  valiant  nun. 

3  Tin-  BOOS  of  O/.i:  T/rahia,  of  whom  were  born 
Michael,  and  Obadia,  and  Joel,  and  Jesia,  five,  all 
great  men. 

\nd  there  were  with  them  by  their  families  and 
peoples,  six  and  thirty  thousand  most  valiant  men 
n  -adv  for  war:  for  the]  had  inan\  wives  and  children. 

.")  Their  brethren  also  throughout  all  the  house  of 
Issac  liar,  were  iiumhi  red  fourscore  and  seven  thou- 
sand most  valiant  men  for  war. 

ti  The  sons  of  Benjamin  were  Bcla,and  Bechor, 
and  Jadilul,  three. 

7  The  sons  of  Bela  :  Esbon,  and  Ozi,  and  Ozial, 
and  Jerimoth  and  L'rai,  five  chiefs  of  their  families, 
and  most  valiant  warriors;  and  their  number  was 
twenty  two  thousand  and  thirty-four. 

8  And  the  sons  of  Bechor  were  Zamaria,  and 
Jnas,  and  Eliezer,  and  Elioenai,  and  Amri.  and  Je- 
rimoth, and  Abia  and  Anathoth,  and  Almath  :  all 
thi  m-  were  the  sons  of  Bechor. 

9  And  they  were  numbered  by  the  families,  heads 
ol  tluir  kindreds,  most  valiant  men  for  war,  twcnt\ 
thousand  and  two  hundred. 

10  And  the  ?ons  of  Jadihcl:  Balan.  And  the 
sons  of  Balan  :  Jehus,  and  Benjamin,  and  Aod,  and 
Chanana,  and  Zethan,  and  Tharsis,  and  Ahisahar. 

11  All  these  wen  sons  of  Jadihe],  hi  ads  of  their 
kindreds,  most  valiant  men,  seventeen  thousand 
and  two  hundred  fit  to  go  out  to  war. 

12  Sepham  also  and  Hapham  the  sons  of  Hir: 
and  Hasim  the  sons  of  Aher. 

13  And  the  sons  of  Nephtali  were  Jasiel,  and 
Guni,  and  Jezer,  and  Sellum,  sons  of  Bala. 

I  1  \  iid  the  son  ol  Manasses,  Ezriel :  and  his  con- 
cubine the  Syrian  bore  Machii  the  father  of  Galaad. 

15  And  Machii  took  wives  for  his  sons  Happhim 
and  Saphan :  and  he  had  a  sister  nam*  d  Maacha  : 
the  name  of  the  second  was  Salphaad :  and  Sal- 
phaad  had  daughters. 

\G  And  Maacha  the  wife  of  Machir  bore  a  son, 
and  she  called  his  name  i'hares:  and  the  name  of 
his  brother  wasSares:  and  his  sons  were  U lam  and 

lit  cen. 

17  And  the  son  of  Ulam,  Badan.  These  are 
the  sons  of  Galaad,  the  son  of  Machir,  the  son  of 
Manasai 

18  And  his  sister  named  Queen  bore  Goodlyman. 
and  Abie/er.  and  Molmla. 

19  And  the  sons  ol  S<  inida  were  Ainu,  and  Se- 
chem,  and  I.eci,  and  Aniam. 

Jn  \nd  the  sons  of  Ephraim  were  Sathala.Bared 

his  son,  Thabath  his  son,  Klada  his  son,  Thahath 

his  viu,  and  hit  son  Zabad. 

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21  And  his  son  Suthala,  and  his  s(,n  K/er,  an  I 
Klad  :  and  the  men  ol  Getfa  horn  in  the  land  slew 
them,  lieeause  tin  \  came  down  to  iinade  their  pos- 
•eoaons. 

22  And  Enhraim  their  father  mourned  many  da\  I : 
ami  his  brethren  came  to  comfort  him. 

23  And  he  went  in  to  his  wife:  and  she  conceiv- 
ed, and  bore  a  son;  ami  he  called  his  name  Beria,* 
because  be  was  born  when  il  went  evil  v\ith  his 
house: 

24  And  his  daughter  was  Sara,  who  built  Betho- 
ron,  the  nether  and  the  upper,  and  Ozensara. 

25  And  Kapha  was  his  son,  ami  licscph,  and 
Thole,  ol  whom  was  born  Thaan, 

26  Who  besot  Laadan:  and  hissonwasAmmiud, 
who  begol  Klisania, 

27  Of  whom  was  born  Nun,  who  had  Josuc  far 
his  son. 

28  And  their  possessions  and  habitations  were 
Bethel  with  her  daughters,  and  eastward  Noran, 
and  westward  Cia/ar  and  her  daughters,  Skin  m 
also  with  her  daughters,  as  far  as  Asa  with  hei 
daughters. 

29  And  by  the  borders  of  the  sons  of  Manas 
Bethsan  and  her  daughters, Thanach  and  her  daugh- 
ters,   Mageddo  and   her  daughters,    Dor  ami  hei 
daughters:  in  these  dwelt  the  children  of  Joseph, 
the  son  of  Israel. 

30  The  children  of  Asa  were  Jemna,  and  Jesua, 
and  Jessui,  and  Baria,  and  Sara  their  sister. 

31  And  the  sons  of  Baria:  Haberaud  Melchiel: 
he  is  the  father  of  Barsaith. 

32  And  Heber  begot  Jephlat,  and  Somer,  and 
I  lot  ham.  and  Suaa  their  sister. 

33  The  sons  of  Jephlat:  Fhotrrh,  and  Chamaal, 
and  Asoth :   these  are  the  sons  of  Jephlat. 

34  And  the  sons  of  Somer :  Alii,  and  Hoaga,  and 
llaha,  and  Aram. 

35  And  the  sons  of  Helam  his  brother:  Supha. 
and  Jemna,  and  Selles,  and  Amal. 

36  The  sons  of  Supha:  Sue,  Harnapher,  and 
Sual,  and  Beri,  and  Jamra. 

37  Bosorand  Hod,  and  Samma,  and  Salusa,  and 
Jet lii ;ni.  and  Bera. 

38  The  sons  of  Jether:  Jephone,  and  Phas|il.a, 
and  Ara. 

39  And  the  sons  of  Olla:  Aree,  and  Daniel,  and 
lit  sia. 

40  All  these  were  sons  of  Aser,  heads  of  tluir 
families,  choice  and  most  valiant  captains  of  cap- 
tains: and  the  number  of  them  that  were  of  the  age 
that  was  lit  for  war,   was  six  and  twenty  thousand. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

The  posterity  of  Benjamin  it  further  declured  down  to  Said. 
Hit  tttue. 

NOW  Benjamin  bepot  Bale  his  first-born,  Asbcl 
the  second,  Ahara  the  third, 

2  Nohaa  the  fourth,  and  Kapha  the  fifth. 

3  And  the  sons  of  Bale  were  Addar,  and  Gera, 
and  Abiud. 

*  Brrim.     Thi*  Dame  tigmfie*  in  ml,  or  m  nfflicttt*. 


CHAP.  IX. 


4  And  Abisue,  and  Naaman,  and  Ahoe, 

5  And  Gera,  and  Sephnphan,  and  Huram. 

6  These  are  the  sons  of  Ahod,  heads  of  families 
that  dwelt  in  Gabaa,  who  were  removed  into  Mana- 
hath. 

7  And  Naaman,  and  Achia,  and  Gera  he  removed 
them;  and  begot  Ozaand  Ahiud. 

8  And  Saharim  begot  in  the  land  of  Moab,  after 
he  sent  away  Husim  and  Bara  his  wives. 

9  And  he  begot  of  Hodes  his  wife  Jobab,  and 
Sebia,  and  Mosa,  and  Molohom, 

10  And  Jehus,  and  Sechia,  and  Marma.  These 
were  his  sons  heads  of  their  families. 

1 1  And  Mehusim  begot  Abitob  and  Elphaal. 

12  And  the  sons  of  Elphaal  were  Heber,  and 
Misaamand  Samad;  who  built  Ono,  and  Lod,  and 
its  daughters. 

13  And  Baria  and  Sama  wore  heads  of  their  kin- 
dreds that  dwelt  in  Aialon:  these  drove  away  the 
inhabitants  of  Geth- 

14  And  Ahio,  and  Sesac,  and  Jerimoth, 

15  And  Zabadia,  and  Arod,  and  Heder, 

'     16  And  Michael,  and  Jespha,  and  Joha,  the  sons 
of  Baria. 

17  And  Zabadia,  and  Mossollam,  and  Hezeci, 
and  Heber, 

18  And  Jesamari,  and  Jezlia,  and  Jobab  sons  of 
Ephaal: 

19  And  Jacim,  and  Zechri,  and  Zabdi, 

20  And  Elioneai,  and  Selethai,  and  Elial, 

21  And  Adaia,  and  Baraia,  and  Samareth  the 
sons  of  Semei. 

22  And  Jespham,  and  Heber,  and  Eliel, 

23  And  Abdon,  and  Zechri,  and  Hanan, 

24  And  Hanania,  and  Elam,  and  Anathothia, 

25  And  Jephdaia,and  Phanuel  the  sons  of  Sesac. 

26  And  Samsari,  and  Sohoria,  and  Otholia, 

27  And  Jersia,  and  Elia,  and  Zechri  the  sons  of 
Jcroham. 

28  These  were  the  chief  fathers  and  heads  of 
their  families  who  dwelt  in  Jerusalem. 

29  And  at  Gabaon  dwelt  Abigabaon:  and  the 
name  of  his  wife  was  Maacha  : 

30  And  his  first-born  son  Abdon,  and  Sur,  and 
Cis,  and  Baal,  and  Nadab, 

31  And  Gedor,  and  Ahio,  and  Zacher,  and  Ma- 
celloth : 

32  And  Macelloth  begot  Samaa  :  and  they  dwelt 
over-against  their  brethren  in  Jerusalem,  with  their 
brethren. 

33  And  Ner  begot  Cis:  and  Cis  begot  Saul.  And 
Saul  begot  Jonathan,  and  Melchisua,  and  Abina- 
dab,  and  Esbaal.* 

34  And  the  son  of  Jonathan  was  Meribbaal :  and 
Meribbaalf  begot  Micha. 

35  And  the  sons  of  Micha  were  Phithon,  and 
Melech,  and  Tharaa,  and  Ahaz. 

36  And  Ahaz  begot  Joada:  and  Joada  begot 
Alamath,  and  Azmoth,  and  Zamri:  and  Zamri  be- 
got Mosa : 


37  And  Mosa  begot  Banaa,  whose  son  was  Ra- 
pha,  of  whom  was  born  Elasa,  who  begot  Asel. 

38  And  Asel  had  six  sons,  whose  names  wore 
Eziicam,  Bochru,  Ismahel,  Saria,  Obdia,  and  Ha- 
nan. All  these  were  the  sons  of  Asel. 

39  And  the  sons  of  Esec  his  brother,  wore  Ulam 
the  first-born,  and  Jehus  the  second,  and  Eliphalet 
the  third. 

40  And  the  sons  of  Ulam  were  most  valiant  men, 
and  archers  of  great  strength:  and  they  had  many 
sons  and  grandsons,  even  to  a  hundred  and  fifty. 
All  these  were  children  of  Benjamin. 

CHAP.  IX. 

Tlie  Israelites,  priests,  and  Levites,  who  first  dwelt  in  Jerusalem 
after  the  captivity.  A  repetition  of  the  genealogy  of  Saul. 

AND  all  Israel  was  numbered :  and  the  sum  of 
them  was  written  in  the  Book  of  the  kings  of 
Israel  and  Juda:  and  they  were  carried  away  to 
Babylon  for  their  transgression. 

2  Now  the  first  that  dwelt  in  their  possessions, 
and  in  theircities,  were  the  Israelites,  and  the  priests, 
and  the  Levites,  and  the  Nathineans.f 

3  And  in  Jerusalem  dwelt  of  the  children  of  Juda, 
and  of  the  children  of  Benjamin,  and  of  the  children 
of  Ephraim,  and  of  Manasses. 

4  Othei  the  son  of  Ammiud,  the  son  of  Amri,  the 
son  of  Omrai,  the  son  of  Bonni,of  the  sons  of  Phares 
the  son  of  Juda. 

5  And  of  Siloni:  Asaia  the  first-born  and  his 
sons. 

6  And  of  the  sons  of  Zara :  Jehuel,  and  their 
brethren,  six  hundred  and  ninety. 

7  And  of  the  sons  of  Benjamin  :  Salo  the  son  of 
Mosollam,  the  son  of  Oduia,  the  son  of  Asana: 

8  And  Jobania  the  son  of  Jeroham  :  and  Elathe 
son  of  Ozi,  the  son  of  Modioli:  and  Mosollam  the 
son  of  Saphatias,  the  son  of  Rahuel,  the  son  of  Je- 
bania : 

9  And  their  brethren  by  their  families,  nine  hun- 
dred and  fifty-six.  All  these  were  heads  of  theii 
families  by  the  houses  of  their  fathers. 

10  And  of  thepriests:  Jedaia,  Joiarib,  andJachin  : 

11  And  Azarias  the  son  of  Helcias,  the  son  of 
Mosollam,  the  son  of  Sadoc,  the  son  of  Maraioth, 
the  son  of  Achitob,  high  priest  of  the  house  of  God. 

12  And  Adaias  the  son  of  Jeroham,  the  son  of 
Phassur,  the  son  of  Melchias :  and  Massai  the  son 
of  Adiel,  the  son  of  Jezra,  the  son  of  Mosollam,  the 
son  of  Mossallamith,  the  son  of  Emmer. 

13  And  their  brethren  heads  in  their  families  « 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  threescore,  very  strong 
and  able  men  for  the  work  of  the  ministry  in  the 
house  of  God. 

14  And  of  the  Levites:  Semeia  the  son  of  Has- 
sub  the  son  of  Ezricam,  the  son  of  Hasebia  of  the 
sons  of  Merari. 

15  And  Bacbacar  the  carpenter,  and  Galal,  and 
Mathania  the  son  of  Micha,  the  son  of  Zechri  the 
son  of  Asaph : 


*  F.shanL  alias  TnHoseth. 

\  Meribbaal,  aba*  Miphiboseth.  2  King  iv.  4. 


\  Jfathintans.     These  were  the  posterity  of  the  Oabaonites,   whoie 
office  was  to  bring  wood,  water,  fcc.  for  the  service  of  the  temple 
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I.  PARAL1POMENON. 


16  And  Ol»din  the  son  of  Semen,  the  son  ol"  ( ia- 
hi,  the  KM  of  Milium:  anil  Hnrachia  the  son  ol  \-i. 
the  son  of  Eleana,  w  ho  dwelt  in  the  suburbs  of  Ne- 
tophati. 

17  And  the  porters  wcreSellmn,  and  Aecnli,  and 
Telmon,  and  Ahimam  :  and  their  hrother  Sellum 
w  .is  the  prince, 

18  Until  that  time,  in  the  king's  gate  eastward, 
the  mmis  dI  Levi  waited  by  their  turns. 

19  Hut  Selhnn  the  son  ol  ( 'ore.  the  son  of  Abia- 
saph,  the  son  of  Core,  with  his  brethren,  and  his  fa- 
ther's house,  the  Coritcs  were  over  the  works  of 
the  service,  keepers  of  the  gates  of  the  tabernacle  ; 
and  their  families  in  turns  were  keepers  of  the  en- 
trance of  the  camp  of  the  Lord: 

80  And  Phinees  the  son  of  Kleazar  was  their 
prince  before  the  Lord: 

21  And  Zachaiias  the  son  of  Mosollamia,  was 
porter  of  the  gate  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony. 

\l|  these  that  were  chosen  to  be  porters  at  the 
gates  wire  two  hundred  and  twelve  :  and  they  wire 
registered  in  their  proper  towns;  whom  David  ami 
Samuel  the  seer  appointed  in  their  trust : 

23  As  ft  ell  them  as  their  sons,  to  keep  the  gates 
of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  tabernacle  by  their 
turns. 

JV  In  four  quarters  were  the  porters  :  that  is  to 
say.  toward  the  east,  and  west, and  north,  and  south. 

25  And  their  brethren  dwelt  in  \  illagcs,  and  came 
ni>on  their  sahhath-days  from  time  to  time. 

26  To  these  four  Levitts  were  committed  tin- 
whole  number  of  the  porters  :  and  they  were  over 
the  chambers, and  treasures,  ofthe  house  of  the  Lord. 

\nd  they  abode  ia  their  watches  round  about 
the  temple  ofthe  Lord;  that  when  it  w  as  time,  they 
might  open  the  gates  in  the  morning. 

28  And  some  of  their  Stock  had  the  charge  ofthe 
vessels  for  the  ministry  :  for  the  vessels  Were  both 
brought  in  and  carried  out  by  number. 

29  Some  of  them  also  had  the  instruments  of  the 
sanctuary  committed  unto  them,  and  the  charge  of 
the  fine  flour,  and  wine,  and  oil,  and  frankincense, 
and  spices. 

30  And  the  sons  of  the  priests  made  the  oint- 
ments of  the  spices. 

31  And  Mathathias  a  Lcvitc,  the  first-born  of 
Sellum  the  Corite,  was  overseer  of  such  things  as 
were  fried  in  the  trying-pan. 

32  And  some  of  the  sons  of  Caatn  their  brethren 
were  over  the  loaves  of  proposition,  to  prepare  al- 
ways new  for  every  sabbath. 

33  These  are  the  chief  of  the  singing  men  of  the 
families  ofthe  Levites,  who  dwelt  in  the  chambers, 
by  the  temple,  that  they  might  serve  continually  day 
and  night  in  their  ministry. 

i  The  heads  of  the  Levites,  princes  in  their 
families,  abode  in  Jerusalem. 

i  And  in  Gabaon  dwelt  Jehiel  the  father  of  Ga- 
baon:  and  the  name  of  his  wile  was  Maaeha. 

36  His  first-born  son  tbdon,  and  Sur,  and  Cis, 
and  Baal,  and  Ner,  and  .\adah, 

37  Gedof  also,   and  Ahio,  and    Zacharias,  and 

Macelloth. 

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38  And  Macelloth  begot  Samaan  :  these  dwen 
over-against  their  brethren  in  Jerusalem,  with  their 
brethren. 

^  39 Now  Ner  begot  Cis:  and  Cis  In-got  Saul:  and 
Saul  begot  Jonathan,  and  Melchisua,  and  Ahina- 
dah,  and  Lsbaal. 

40  And  the  son  of  Jonathan  was  Mcribbaal:  and 
Meribbaal  begot  Micha. 

41  And  the  sons  of  Micha,  were  Phithon,  and 
Melech,and  Thaiaa,  and  Aha/.. 

•VJ  And  Abas  begot  Jan:  and  Jan  beajot  Ala- 
math,  and  A/moth,  and  Zamri.  And  Zamri  begot 
Mosa. 

43  And  Moafl  In  'got  Hanaa  ;    whose  son   Haphaia 
■>t  Llasa;  of  w  horn  was  born  Asel. 

44  And  \mI  had  si\  sons,  whose  names  are, 
K/.ricani,  Hochru,  Ismahcl,  Saria,  OUha,  llanan  : 
these  are  the  BOBS  oi  Aael. 

CHAP.  X. 

Saul  U  ulain  for  his  sins  :  he  is  Imriul  by  thr  mm  nf  Jab 

NOW   the  Philistines  fought  against  Israel :   and 
the  men  of  Israel  lied  from  before  the  Philis- 
tines, and  fell  down  wounded  in  mount  Gelboe. 

2  And  (he  Philistines  drew  near  pursuing  aftei 
Saul,  and  his  sons:  and  they  killed  Jonathan,  and 
Abinadab,  and  Melchisua,  the  sons  of  Saul. 

3  And  the  battle  grew  hard  against  Saul:  and 
the  archers  reached  him,  and  wounded  him  with 
arrow  s. 

4  And  Saul  said  to  his  armour-bearer :  Draw  thy 
sword,  and  kill  me  :  lest  these  uncircumciscd  come, 
and  mock  me.  Hut  his  armour-bearer  would  not; 
for  he  was  struck  with  fear  :  so  Saul  took  his  sword, 
and  fell  upon  it. 

5  And  when  his  armour-bearer  saw  it,  to  wit, 
that  Saul  was  dead,  he  also  fell  upon  his  su  ord.  and 
died. 

6  So  Saul  died,  and  his  three  sons,  and  all  his 
house  fell  together. 

7  And  when  the  men  of  Israel,  that  dwelt  in  the 
plains,  saw  this,  they  fled  :  and  Saul  and  his  sons 
being  dead,  they  forsook  their  cities,  and  were  scat- 
tered up  and  down :  and  the  Philistines  came,  and 
dwelt  in  them. 

8  And  the  next  day  the  Philistines  taking  away 
the  spoils  of  them  that  were  slain,  found  Saul  and 
his  sons  lying  on  mount  Gelboe. 

9  And  when  they  had  Stripped  him,  and  cut  olT 
his  head,  and  taken  away  his  armour,  they  sent  it 
into  their  land,  to  be  carried  about,  and  show  u  in  the 
temples  ofthe  idols  and  to  the  people. 

10  And  his  armour  thev  dedicated  in  the  temple 
of  their  god:  and  his  head  they  fastened  up  in  the 
temple  of  Dagon. 

1 1  And  when  the  men  of  Jabes  Galaad  had  heard 
this,  to  wit.  all  that  the  Philistines  had  done  to  Saul 

12  All  the  valiant  men  of  tin  in  arose,  and  look 
the  bodies  of  Saul  and  of  Ins  sous,  and  brought  them 
to  Jabes.  and  buried  their  bones  under  the  oak  that 
was  in  Jabes;   and  thev  lasted  KVen  da\s. 

13  So  Saul  died  for  his  iniquities,  because  be 
Iransgn  ssi  d  the  commandment  ol  the  Lord,  w'iich 


CHAP.  XF. 


lie  had  commanded,  and  kept  it  not;  and  moreover 
consulted  also  a  witch, 

14  And  trusted  not  in  the  Lord:  therefore  he 
slew  him,  and  transferred  his  kingdom  to  David  the 
son  of  Isai. 

CHAP.  XI. 

David  is  made  king.    He  taketh  the  castle  of  Sion.  A  catalogue 
of  his  valiant  men. 

rpHEN  all  Israel  gathered  themselves  to  David 
-*-    in  Hebron,  saying:  We  are  thy  bone,  and  thy 
flesh. 

2  Yesterday  also,  and  the  day  before,  when  Saul 
was  king,  thou  wast  he  that  leddest  out  and  brought- 
est  in  Israel:  for  the  Lord  thy  God  said  to  thee 
Thou  shalt  feed  my  people  Israel ;  and  thou  shalt 
be  ruler  over  them. 

3  So  all  the  ancients  of  Israel  came  to  the  king 
to  Hebron ;  and  David  made  a  covenant  with  them 
before  the  Lord :  and  they  anointed  him  king  over 
Israel,  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord  which  he 
spoke  in  the  hand  of  Samuel. 

4  And  David  and  all  Israel  went  to  Jerusalem, 
which  is  Jehus,  where  the  Jebusites  were  the  in- 
habitants of  the  land. 

5  And  the  inhabitants  of  Jehus  said  to  David : 
Thou  shalt  not  come  in  here.  But  David  took  the 
castle  of  Sion,  which  is  the  city  of  David. 

6  And  he  said  :  Whosoever  shall  first  strike  the 
Jebusites,  shall  be  the  head  and  chief  captain.  And 
Joab  the  son  of  Sarvia  went  up  first,  ana  was  made 
the  general. 

7  And  David  dwelt  in  the  castle;  and  therefore 
it  was  called  the  City  of  David. 

8  And  he  built  the  city  round  about  from  Mello 
all  round  :  and  Joab  built  the  rest  of  the  city. 

9  And  David  went  on  growing  and  increasing ; 
and  the  Lord  of  hosts  was  with  him. 

10  These  are  the  chief  of  the  valiant  men  of  Da- 
vid, who  helped  him  to  be  made- king  over  all  Is- 
rael, according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he 
spoke  to  Israel. 

1 1  And  this  is  the  number  of  the  heroes  of  David : 
Jesbaam  the  son  of  Hachamoni  the  chief  among 
the  thirty:  he  lifted  up  his  spear  against  three  hun- 
dred wounded  by  him  at  one  time. 

12- And  after  him  was  Eleazar  his  uncle's  son 
the  Ahohite,  who  was  one  of  the  three  mighties. 

13  He  was  with  David  in  Phesdomin,  when  the 
Philistines  were  gathered  to  that  place  to  battle: 
and  the  field  of  that  country  was  full  of  barley;  and 
the  people  fled  from  before  the  Philistines. 

14  But  these  men  stood  in  the  midst  of  the  field, 
and  defended  it:  and  they  slew  the  Philistines; 
and  the  Lord  gave  a  great  deliverance  to  his  peo- 
ple. 

15  And  three  of  the  thirty  captains  went  down  to 
the  rock,  wherein  David  was,  to  the  cave  of  Odal- 
.am,  when  the  Philistines  encamped  in  the  valley  of 
Raphaim. 

16  And  David  was  in  a  hold,  and  the  garrison  of 
the  Philistines  in  Bethlehem. 

17  And  David  longed,  and  said:  O  that  some 


man  would  give  me  water  of  the  cistern  of  Bethle- 
hem, which  is  in  the  gate. 

18  And  these  three  broke  through  the  midst  of 
the  camp  of  the  Philistines,  and  drew  water  out  of 
the  cistern  of  Bethlehem,  which  was  in  the  gate, 
and  brought  it  to  David  to  drink:  and  he  would  not 
drink  of  it,  but  rather  offered  it  to  the  Lord, 

19  Saying:  God  forbid  that  I  should  do  this  in 
the  sight  of  my  God,  and  should  drink  the  blood  of 
these  men:  for  with  the  danger  of  their  lives  they 
have  brought  me  the  water.  And  therefore  he 
would  not  drink.  These  things  did  the  three  most 
valiant. 

20  And  Abisai  the  brother  of  Joab,  he  was  chief 
of  three,  and  he  lifted  up  his  spear  against  three  hun- 
dred whom  he  slew:  and  he  was  renowned  among 
the  three, 

21  And  illustrious  among  the  second  three,  and 
their  captain:  but  yet  he  attained  not  to  the  first 
three. 

22  Banaias  the  son  of  Joiada,  a  most  valiant 
man,  of  Cabseel,  who  had  done  many  acts:  he  slew 
the  two  ariels*  of  Moab:  and  he  went  down,  and 
killed  a  lion  in  the  midst  of  a  pit  in  the  time  of 
snow. 

23  And  he  slew  an  Egyptian  whose  stature  was 
of  five  cubits,  and  who  had  a  spear  like  a  weaver's 
beam :  and  he  went  down  to  him  with  a  staff",  and 
plucked  away  the  spear  that  he  held  in  his  hand, 
and  slew  him  with  his  own  spear. 

24  These  things  did  Banaias  the  son  of  Joiada, 
who  was  renowned  among  the  three  valiant  ones, 

25  And  the  first  among  the  thirty;  but  yet  to  the 
three  he  attained  not:  and  David  made  him  of  his 
council. 

26  Moreover  the  most  valiant  men  of  the  army, 
were  Asahel  brother  of  Joab,  and  Elchanan  the  son 
of  his  uncle  of  Bethlehem, 

27  Sammoth  an  Arorite,  Helles  a  Phalonite, 

28  Ira  the  son  of  Acces  a  Thecuite,  Abiezer  an 
Anathothite, 

29  Sobbochai  a  Husathite,  Ilai  an  Ahohite, 

30  Maharai  a  Netophathite,  Heled  the  son  of 
Baana  a  Netophathite, 

31  Ethai  the  son  of  Ribai  of  Gabaath  of  the  sons 
of  Benjamin,  Banaia  a  Pharathonite, 

32  Hurai  of  the  torrent  Gaas,  Abiel  an  Arbathite, 
Azmoth  a  Bauramite,  Eliaba  a  Salabonite, 

33  The  sons  of  Assem  a  Gezonite,  Jonathan  the 
son  of  Sage  an  Ararite, 

34  Ahiam  the  son  of  Sachar  an  Ararite, 

35  Eliphal  the  son  of  Ur, 

36  Hepher  a  Mecherathite,  Ahia  a  Phelonite, 

37  Hesro  a  Carmelite,  Naarai  the  son  of  Azbai, 

38  Joel  the  brother  of  Nathan,  Mibahar  the  son 
of  Agarai, 

39  Selec  an  Ammonite,  Naharai  a  Berothite,  the 
armour-bearer  of  Joab  the  son  of  Sarvia, 

40  Ira  a  Jethrite,  Gareb  a  Jethrite, 

41  Urias  a  Hethite,  Zabad  the  son  of  Oholi, 


*  Two  ariels.     That  is,  two  lions,  or  lion-like  men  ;  for  ariel  in  He- 
brew signifies  a  lion. 

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I.  PAHALIPO.MKNON. 


42  Adiua  the  son  of  Si/.;i  a  Rubenite,  the  prince 
of  the  Kubenites,  and  thirty  withliim: 

13  llanan  tin-  son  of  Maacha.  am]  Josaphat  a 
Mathanite, 

41-  O/.iaan  Astarothite,  Sainma,  and  Jchiel,  the 
sons  of  llotham  an  Aroritc, 

46  Jedibel  the  son  of  Zamri,  ami  Joha  his  brother 
a  Tliovaite, 

46  Hliel  a  Mahumite,  and  Jeribai,  and  Josaiathc 
Mins  of  Hlnaiui,  and  Jethma  a  Moabite,  Elicl,  and 
Obed,  and  Jasiel  of  Masohia. 

CHAP.  XII. 

Who  followed  Dariil  when  hi Hi  d  from  Saul:   and  who  came 
to  J Iibrun  to  make  him  king. 

"IVTOW  these  are  they  that  came  to  David  to  Sice- 

-L'  It::,  while  he  yet  lied  from  Saul  the  son  of  Cis: 
and  tin  \  were  most  valiant  and  excellent  warriors, 
J  Beading  the  Ik>\v,  and  using  either  hand  in  hurl- 
ins  stones  with  slinks,  and  shooting  arrows:  of  the 
brethren  of  Soul  of  Benjamin. 

3  1  he  chief  was  Ahia/er.  and  Joas,  the  sons  of 
Samaa  of  ( iaUiath,  and  Jaziel,  and  Phallet  the  sons 
of  \y.moth,  and  Beracha,  and  Jehu  an  Anathothitc. 

4  And  Samaias  of  Ciabaon,  the  stoutest  amongst 
the  thirty,  and  over  the  thirty.  Jeremias,  and  Jehe- 
ziel,  and  Johaiian,  and  Je/.ahad  ofGaderoth. 

5  And  Eluzai,  and  Jerimuth,  and  Baalia,  and  Sa- 
maria, ami  Saphatia  the  Haruphite. 

6  l.lcana,  and  Jesia,  and  Azareel,  and  Joezer, 
and  Jesbaam  of  Carehim  : 

7  And  Jtiela,  and  Zabadia  the  sons  of  Jeroham  of 
Gedor. 

8  From  Gaddi  also  there  went  over  to  David, 
when  he  lay  hid  in  the  wilderness  most  valiant  men, 
and  excellent  warriors,  holding  shield  and  spear: 
whose  faces  were  like  the  faces  of  a  lion,  and  they 
wen-  >wil't  like  the  roebucks  on  the  mountains. 

;•  K/.cr  the  chief,  Obdias  the  second,  Eliab  the 
third, 

10  Masmana  the  fourth,  Jeremias  the  fifth, 
I  I    Kthi  the  sixth.  Hliel  the  seventh, 

12  Johanan  the  eighth,  Kl/.diad  the  ninth, 

13  Jeremias  the  tenth,  Machhani  the  eleventh. 

1  V  The-  >f  the  sons  of  Gad,  captains  of  the 

army:  the  least  of  them  was  captain  over  a  hundred 
soldiers,  and  the  greatest  over  a  thousand. 

1")  TIicm'  are  they  who  passed  over  the  Jordan 
in  the  first  month,  when  it  is  used  to  flow  over  its 
banks:  and  they  put  to  flight  all  that  dwelt  in  the 
v allies  both  toward  the  east  and  toward  the  west. 

16  And  there  came  also  of  the  men  of  Benjamin 
and  of  Jnda  to  the  hold  in  which  David  abode. 

17  And  David  went  out  to  meet  them,  and  said: 
If  \nii  an  come  peaceably  to  me  to  help  me,  let  my 
heart  lie  joined  to  you:  but  if  you  plot  against  me 
for  my  enemies,  whereas  I  have  no  iniquity  in  in\ 
hands,  let  the  God  of  our  fathers  see,  and  judge. 

1".  But  the  spirit  came  upon  Ama>ai  ihe  chief 
anions  thirty:  and  he  said:  We  are  thine.  O  David, 
and  for  thee,  O  son  of  Isai:  peace,  peace  lie  to  thee, 
and  peace  t<>  thy  helper*.  For  thy  God  belpeth 
thee.  So  David  received  them,  and  made  them 
raptains  of  the  band. 


19  And  there  Were  some  of  Manages  thai  went 
OVei  to  David,  when   be  came  with  the  Philistines 
asainst  Saul  to  fisht :  tail  be  did  not  nghl  w  it li  them 
because  the  lords  of  the  Philistines   taking  COUM* 

sent  him  back,  sa\ins:   With  the  danger  of  om 
heads  be  will  return  to  his  master  Saul. 

20  So  when  he  went  bad  U>  Sicekg,   there  Bed 
to  him  of  Manasses,  Kdnas,  and  Jozabad,  and  Je 
dibel,  and  Michael,  and  Ednas  ami    Jo/.abad.    and 
Eliu,   and    Saiathi,   captains  of  thousands  in   Ma- 
nasses. 

21  These  helped  David  against  the  rovers  :  for 
they  were  all  most  valiant  nun,  and  were  mac1  ■ 
commanders  in  the  arniv. 

22  Moreover  day  by  day  there  came  some  to  Dc- 
vid  to  help  him,  till  they  became  a  great  mimbe  , 
like  the  army  of  God. 

23  And  tliis  is  the  number  of  the  chiefs  of  the 
army  who  came  to  David,  when  he  was  in  Hebron, 
to  transfer  to  him  the  kingdom  of  Saul,  according 
to  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

24  The  sons  of  Juda  bearingshield  and  spear,  six 
thousand  eight  hundred  well  appointed  to  war. 

25  Of  the  sons  of  Simeon  valiant  men  for  war, 
seven  thousand  one  hundred. 

26  Oftlu' sons  of  Levi,  four  thousand  six  hundred. 

27  And  Joiada  prince  of  the  race  of  Aaron,  and 
with  him  three  thousand  seven  hundred. 

28  Sadoc  also  a  young  man  of  excellent  disposi- 
tion, and  the  house  of  his  father,  twenty-two  prin- 
cipal men. 

29  And  of  the  sons  of  Benjamin  the  brethren  of 
Saul,  three  thousand:  for  hitherto  a  great  part  of 
them  followed  the  house  of  Saul. 

30  And  of  the  sons  of  Kphraim  twenty  thousand 
eight  hundred,  men  of  great  \alour,  renowned  in 
their  kindreds. 

31  And  of  the  half  tribe  of  Manasses,  eighteen 
thousand,  every  one  by  their  names  came  to  make 
David  king. 

32  Also  of  the  sons  of  Issachar,  men  of  under- 
standing, that  knew  all  times  to  order  what  Israel 
should  do,  two  hundred  principal  men:  and  all  the 
rest  of  the  tribe  followed  their  counsel. 

33  And  of  Zabulon  such  as  went  forth  to  battle, 
and  stood  in  array  well  appointed  with  armour  for 
war,  there  came  fifty  thousand  to  his  aid,  with  no 
double  heart.  % 

34  And  of  Xephtali,  a  thousand  leaders:  and  with 
them  seven  and  thirty  thousand,  furnished  with  shield 
and  spear. 

35  Of  Dan  also  twenty  eight  thousand  six  hun- 
dred prepared  for  battle. 

36  And  of  Aser  forty  thousand  going  forth  to  fight , 
and  challenging  in  battle. 

37  And  on  the  other  side  of  the  Jordan  of  the 
sons  of  Ruben,  and  of  Gad,  and  of  the  half  of  the 
tribe  of  Manatees,  ■  hundred  and  twenty  thousand. 
furnished  with  arms  lor  war. 

38  All  these  men  of  war  well  appointed  to  fight, 
came  with  a  perfect  heart  to  Hebron,  to  make  Da- 
vid king  over  all  Israel;  and  all  the  rest  also  of  Israel 
were  of  one  heart  to  make  David  king. 


CHAP.  XIII,  XIV,  XV. 


?fi*  \*id  they  were  there  with  David  three  days 
eating  and  drinking:  for  their  brethren  had  prepared 
for  them. 

40  Moreover  they  that  were  near  them  even  as 
far  as  I  ssachar,  and  Zabulon,  and  Nephtali,  brought 
loaves  on  asses,  and  on  camels,  and  on  mules,  and 
on  oxen,  to  eat:  meal,  figs,  raisins,  wine,  oil,  and 
oxen,  and  sheep,  in  abundance:  for  there  was  joy 
in  Israel. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

The  ark  >e  brought  from  Cariathiarim.     Oza  for  touching 
it  is  struck  dead. 

AND  David  consulted  with  the  captains  of  thou- 
sands, and  of  hundreds,  and  with  all  the  com- 
manders-. 

2  And  he  said  to  all  the  assembly  of  Israel  :  If 
it  please  you,  and  if  the  words  which  I  speak  come 
from  the  Lord  our  God,  let  us  send  to  the  rest  of 
out  brethren  into  all  the  countries  of  Israel,  and  to 
the  priests  and  the  Levites,  that  dwell  in  the  su- 
burbs of  the  cities,  to  gather  themselves  to  us: 

3  And  let  us  bring  again  the  ark  of  our  God  to 
us:  for  we  sought  it  not  in  the  days  of  Saul. 

4  And  all  the  multitude  answered  that  it  should 
be  so:  for  the  word  pleased  all  the  people. 

5  So  David  assembled  all  Israel  from  Sihor  of 
Egypt,  even  to  the  entering  into  Emath,  to  bring 
the  ark  of  God  from  Cariathiarim. 

6  And  David  went  up  with  all  the  men  of  Israel 
to  the  hill  of  Cariathr.irim,  which  is  in  Juda,  to  bring 
thence  the  ark  of  the  Lord  God  sitting  upon  the 
Cheruhims,  where  his  name  is  called  upon. 

7  And  they  carried  the  ark  of  God  upon  a  new 
cart,  out  of  the  house  of  Abinadab.  And  Oza  and 
his  brother  drove  the  cart. 

8  And  David  and  all  Israel  played  before  God 
with  all  their  might  with  hymns,  and  with  harps, 
and  with  psalteries,  and  timbrels,  and  cymbals,  and 
trumpets. 

9  And  when  they  came  to  the  floor  of  Chidon, 
Oza  put  forth  his  hand,  to  hold  up  the  ark:  for  the 
ox  being  wanton  had  made  it  lean  a  little  on  oneside. 

10  And  the  Lord  was  angry  with  Oza,  and  struck 
him,  because  he  had  touched  the  ark:  and  he  died 
there  before  the  Lord. 

1 1  And  David  was  troubled,  because  the  Lord 
had  divided  Oza:  and  he  called  that  place  the  Breach 
of  Oza  to  this  day. 

12  And  he  feared  God  at  that  time,  saying  :  How 
can  I  bring  in  the  ark  of  God  to  me? 

13  And  therefore  he  brought  it  not  home  to  him- 
self, that  is,  into  the  city  of  David;  but  carried  it 
aside  into  the  bouse  of  Obededom  the  Gethite. 

14  And  the  ark  of  God  remained  in  the  house  of 
Obededom  three  months :  and  the  Lord  blessed  his 
house,  and  all  that  he  had. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

David's  house,  and  children :  his  victories  over  the  Philistines. 

AND  Hiram  king  of  Tyre  sent  messengers  to 
David,  and  cedar-trees,  and  masons,  and  car- 
penters, to  build  him  a  house. 

2  And   David  perceived  that  the  Lord  had  con- 

Ss 


firmed  him  king  over  Israel,  and  that  his  kingdom 
was  exalted  over  his  people  Israel. 

3  And  David  took  other  wives  in  Jerusalem :  and 
he  begot  sons  and  daughters. 

4  Now  these  were  the  names  of  them  that  were 
born  to  him  in  Jerusalem:  Sainua,  and  Sobad,  Na- 
than, and  Solomon, 

5  Jebahar,  and  Elisua,  and  Eliphalet, 

6  And  Noga,  and  Napheg,  and  Japhia, 

7  Elisama,  and  Baaliada,  and  Eliphalet. 

8  And  the  Philistines  hearing  that  David  was 
anointed  king  over  all  Israel,  went  all  up  to  seek 
him:  and  David  heard  of  it,  and  went  out  against  them. 

9  And  the  Philistines  came,  and  spread  them- 
selves in  the  vale  of  Rapbaim. 

10  And  David  consulted  the  Lord,  saying:  Shall 
I  go  up  against  the  Philistines;  and  wilt  thou  deli- 
ver them  into  my  hand  ?  And  the  Lord  said  to  him : 
Go  up,  and  I  will  deliver  them  into  thy  hand. 

11  And  when  ihey  were  come  to  Baalpharasim, 
David  defeated  them  there:  and  he  said:  God  hath 
divided  my  enemies  by  my  hand,  as  waters  are  di- 
vided :  and  therefore  the  name  of  that  place  was 
called  Baalpharasim. 

12  And  they  left  there  their  gods:  and  David 
commanded  that  they  should  be  burnt. 

13  Another  time  also  the  Philistines  made  an  ir- 
ruption, and  spread  themselves  abroad  in  the  valley. 

14  And  David  consulted  God  again,  and  God 
said  to  him:  Go  not  up  after  them,  turn  away  from 
them,  and  come  upon  them  over-against  the  pear- 
trees. 

15  And  when  thou  shalt  hear  the  sound  of  one 
going  in  the  tops  of  the  pear-trees,  then  shalt  thou 
go  out  to  battle.  For  God  is  gone  out  before  thee,  to 
strike  the  army  of  the  Philistines. 

16  And  David  did  as  God  had  commanded  him, 
and  defeated  the  army  of  the  Philistines,  slaying  them 
from  Gabaori  to  Gazera. 

17  And  the  name  of  David  became  famous  in  all 
countries :  and  the  Lord  made  all  nations  fear  him. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

The  ark  is  brought  into  the  city  of  David,  with  great  solem- 
nity. Michol  derideth  David's  devotion. 

XTE  made  also  houses  for  himself  in  the  city  of 
-*--*-  David;  and  built  a  place  for  the  ark  of  God, 
and  pitched  a  tabernacle  for  it. 

2  Then  David  said  :  No  one  ought  to  carry  the 
ark  of  God,  but  the  Levites  ;  whom  the  Lord  hath 
chosen  tocarry  it,  and  to  minister  unto  himself  for  ever. 

3  And  he  gathered  all  Israel  together  into  Jeru- 
salem, that  the  ark  of  God  might  be  brought  into  its 
place,  which  he  had  prepared  for  it : 

4  And  the  sons  of  Aaron  also,  and  the  Levites. 

5  Of  the  children  of  Caatn,  Uriel  was  the  chief, 
and  his  brethren  a  hundred  and  twenty. 

6  Of  the  sons  of  Merari,  Asaia  the  chief;  and 
his  brethren  two  hundred  and  twenty: 

7  Of  the  sons  of  Gersom,  Joel  the  chief;  and  his 
brethren  a  hundred  and  thirty: 

8  Of  the  sons  of  Elisanhan,  Semeias  the  chief; 
and  his  brethren  two  hunched  : 

321 


i.  rwiu.iroMENON 

Klicl  the  chit  I;   ami 
Aminadah  the  chief; 


9  Of  the  sous  of  Hebron, 

his  brethren  eight)  : 

10  Of  the  mm  of  O/.id, 
ami  hi-  brethrefl  a  hundred  and  twelve. 

11  And  David  called  Sadoe,  and   Ahiathar  the 

Ericsts,  and  the  I  .<\  aee,  Uriel,  Asaia,  Joel,  Seaieia, 
dii-l,  and    Aminadah: 
I  J    \nd  hi'  said  to  ilicm:    You  tint  arc  the  h.  id- 
of  the  Leritical  families,  lie  sanctified  with  your  bre- 
tlircn.  and  bring  the  ark  of  ilic  Lord  the  Ciod  of  Is- 
rael to  the  place,  which  is  prepared  for  it : 

13    Lest  as  (he    Lord   at   firs!   struck  ti-,  because 
Ml    not  present,    the   BMM    should    now    al-<> 
come  to  pass,  by  our  doing  something  against  the 
law. 

I  I  So  the  priests  and  the  Lcvites  were  sanctified, 
to  earn  the  ark  of  the  Lord  the  (mm!  of  Israel. 

15  And  the  KIOS of  Levi  took  the  ark  of  God.  as 
Moses  had  commanded,  according  to  the  word  of 
tin-  Lord,  upon  their  shoulders,  with  the  staves. 

16  And  David  s|toketothe  chiefs  of  the  Lcvites. 
to  appoint  some  of  their  brethren  to  be  singers  with 
musical  instruments,  to  wit,  on  psalteries,  and  harps, 
and  cymbals,  that  the  joyful  noise  might  resound  on 
high. 

17  And  they  appointed  Lcvites,  Neman  the  son 
of  Joel,  and  of  his  brethren  Asaph  the  son  of  Bara- 
chiaz:  and  of  the  sons  of  .Mer.iri,  their  brethren: 
Ethan  the  son  of  Casata. 

18  And  with  them  their  brethren:  in  the  second 
rank,  Zacharias.  and  Hen,  and  Jaziel,  and  Semira- 
moth,  and  Jahiel,  and  Ani,  and  Kliab,  and  Banaias, 
and  Maasias,  and  Mathalhias,  and  Lliphalu,  and 
Macenias,  and  Obededom,  and  Jehiel,  the  porters. 

19  .Now  the  siii-ers,  Neman,  Asaph,  and  Ethan, 

sotiudrd  with  cvmbals  of  lira--. 

20  And  Zacharias,  and  O/.iel,  and  Scmiramoth. 
and  Jehiel,   and  Ani,  and  Khali,  and  Maasias,  and 

Banaias,  Mine  mysterk  i  upon  psalteries. 

21  And  Maihathias.  and  Lliphalu,  and  Maceni- 
as, and  Obededom,  and  Jehiel  and  Ozaziu,  sun-  a 
sons;  of  victor v  for  the  octaveupoa  harps. 

22  And  <  honenias  chief  of  the  Lcvites,  presided 
over  the  prophecy,  to  give  out  the  tunes:*  for  he 
was  very  skilful. 

23  And  Barachtas,and  Llcana  were  door-keepers 

of  the  ark. 

J  V  And  Sebetuas,  and  Joeaphat  and  Nathanael, 

and  \ma-ai.  and  Zacharias,  and  Benaias  mid  f ■ , | i , ■  - 
zer  the  priests,  sounded  with  trumpets,  before  the 
ark  of  God:  and  Obededom  and  Jehias  were  por- 
ter- of  the  ark. 

25  So  David  and  all  the  ancients  of  Lrael,  and 
the  captains  over  thousands,  went  to  hrin-  the  ark 
of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  out  ol  the  house  of 
( )liededom  with  joy. 

26  And  when  God  had  helped  the  LevHes  who 
carried  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  thev 
offered  in  sacrifice  seven  oxen,  ami  seven  rams. 


•  TV  rr°P*"H.  fo  fir*  ml  thr   tunt:     Sintrinjf  pr*i«<*  In  Im.Ii.  hrrr 
called  profktry  the  more,  toeaim  thcae  »ingm  were  often  inspired 

3." 


27  And  David  was  clothed  with  a  robe  of  fine 
linen,  and  all  the  Levitts  that  carried  the  ark,  and 
the  siinJiin  men,  and  (  honenias  the  ruler  of  the  pro- 
pheev  among  the  Singers:  and  David  also  hail  on 
him  an  epbod  of  linen. 

2ii  And  all  Israel  brought  the  ark  of  the  covenant 
of  the  Lord  with  joy  I  ul  shout  in-,  sad  sounding  with 
the  sound  of  the  cornet,  and  with  trumpets,  and  cym- 
bals, and  psalteries,  and  harps. 

29  And  when  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 
Lord  was  come  to  the  city  of  David,  Michol  the 
daughter  of  Saul  looking  OUtal  a  window, saw  kim; 
David  dancing  and  playing:  and  she  despised  him  in 
her  heart. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

The  ark  it  plarrd  in  the  tubrriinrlr.  S-irriftre  is  offered.  Da- 
vid blttsrth  the  people,  dispotrth  the  qfictt  of  the  fsriti  *,  and 
maheth  a  psalm  of  praise  to  God. 

CO  they  brought  the  ark  of  God.  and  set  it  in  the 

^midst  of  the  tent,  which  David  had  pitched  for 
it:  and  they  offered  holocausts  and  pcacc-offeriims 
before  Clod. 

2  And  when  David  had  made  an  end  of  offering 
holocausts,  and  peace-offerings,  he  blessed  the  pi  <;- 
pie  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

3  And  he  divided  to  all  and  every  one,  lioth  men 
and  women,  a  loaf  of  bread,  and  a  piece  of  roasted 
beef,  and  flour  fried  with  oil. 

4  And  he  appointed  Lcvites  to  minister  ln-forc 
the  ark  of  the  Lord,  and  to  remember  his  works, 
and  to  glorify,  and  praise  the  Lord  ImxI  of  Israel  : 

5  Asaph  the  chief,  and  next  alter  him  Zachari- 
as ;  moreover  Jahiel,  and  Semiramoth,  and  Jehiel, 
and  Mathalhias,  and  Kliab,  and  Banaias,  and  Obe- 
dedom ;  and  Jehiel  over  the  instruments  of  psaltery, 
and  harpSj   and  Asaph  to  sound  with  cymbals  : 

6  But  Banaias,  and  Jaziel  the  priests,  to  sound 
the  trumpet  continually  before  the  ark  Of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Lord. 

7  111  that  day  David  made  Asaph  the  chief  to 
give  praise  to  the  Lord  with  his  brethren. 

8  Praise  ye  the  Lord,  and  call  upon  his  name: 
make  known  his  doings  among  the  nations. 

9  Sing  to  him  ;  yea  sin-  prai-es  to  him  :  and  re- 
late all  his  wondrous  works. 

10  Braise  ye  his  holy  name:  let  the  heart  of 
them  rejoice,  that  seek  the  Lord. 

11  Seek  ye  the  Lord,  and  his  power:  seek  ye 
his  face  evermore. 

12  Remember  his  wonderful  works,  which  he 
hath  done  :  his  signs,  and  the  judgments  of  his 
mouth. 

13  O  ye  seed  of  Israel  his  servants,  yc  children 
of  Jacob  his  chosen. 

\\  He  is  the  Lord  our  God:  his  judgments  an 
in  all  the  earth. 

15   Remember  for  ever  his  covenant  ;  the  word, 

which  he  commanded  los  thousand  generations. 
1G   The  covenant  which  he  made  with  Abraham, 

and  his  oath  to  Isaac. 

17  And  be  appointed  the  same  to  Jacob  I  it  a 
precept;  and  to  Israel  for  an  everlasting  covenant  '• 


CHAP.  XVII. 


18  Saying  :  To  then  will  I  give  the  Ian  J  of  Cha- 
naan,  the  lot  of  your  inheritance. 

19  When  they  were  but  a  small  number;  very 
few,  and  sojourners  in  it. 

20  And  they  passed  from  nation  to  nation  ;  and 
from  a  kingdom  to  another  people. 

21  He  suffered  no  man  to  do  them  wrong:  and 
reproved  kings  for  their  sake. 

22  Touch  not  my  anointed :  and  do  no  evil  to 
my  prophets. 

23  Sing  ye  to  the  Lord,  all  the  earth:  show 
forth  from  day  to  day  his  salvation. 

21  Declare  his  glory  among  the  Gentiles ;  his 
wonders  among  all  people. 

25  For  the  Lord  is  great,  and  exceedingly  to  be 
praised  :  and  he  is  to  be  feared  above  all  gods. 

26  For  all  the  gods  of  the  nations  are  idols  :  but 
the  Lord  made  the  heavens. 

27  Praise  and  magnificence  are  before  him : 
strength  and  joy  in  his  place. 

28  Bring  ye  to  the  Lord,  O  ye  families  of  the 
nations  ;  bring  ye  to  the  Lord  glory  and  empire. 

29  Give  to  the  Lord  glory  to  his  name :  bring 
up  sacrifice,  and  come  ye  in  his  sight :  and  adore 
the  Lord  in  holy  becommgness. 

30  Let  all  the  earth  be  moved  at  his  presence  : 
for  he  hath  founded  the  world  immoveable. 

3  Let  the  heavens  rejoice,  and  the  earth  be 
glad  :  and  let  them  say  among  the  nations :  The 
Lord  hath  reigned. 

32  Let  the  sea  roar,  and  the  fullness  thereof :  let 
the  fields  rejoice,  and  all  things  that  are  in  them. 

33  Then  shall  the  trees  of  the  wood  give  praise 
before  the  Lord:  because  he  is  come  to  judge  the 
earth. 

34  Give  ye  glory  to  the  Lord,  for  he  is  good  : 
for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

35  And  say  ye  :  Save  us,  O  God  our  Saviour  : 
and  gather  us  together,  and  deliver  us  from  the  na- 
tions, that  we  may  give  glory  to  thy  holy  name,  and 
may  rejoice  in  singing  thy  praises. 

36  Blessed  be  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel  from 
eternity  to  eternity  :  and  let  all  the  people  say: 
Amen,  and  a  hymn  to  God. 

37  So  he  left  there  before  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Lord,  Asaph  and  his  brethren  to  min- 
ister in  the  presence  of  the  ark  continually  day  by 
day,  and  in  their  courses. 

38  And  Obededom,  with  his  brethren  sixty- 
eight  :  and  Obededom  the  son  of  ldithun,  and 
Hosa  he  appointed  to  be  porters. 

39  And  Sadoc  the  priest,  and  his  brethren  priests, 
before  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord  in  the  high  place, 
which  was  in  Gabaon, 

40  That  they  should  offer  holocausts  to  the  Lord 
upon  the  altar  of  holocaust  continually,  morning 
and  evening;,  according  to  all  that  is  written  in  the 
law  of  the  Lord,  which  he  commanded  Israel. 

41  And  after  him  Heman,  and  ldithun,  and  the 
rest  that  were  chosen,  every  one  by  his  name  to 
give  praise  to  the  Lord  :  because  his  mercy  en- 
dureth for  ever. 

42  And  Heman  and  ldithun  sounded  the  trum- 


pet, and  played  on  the  cymbals,  and  all  kinds  ol 
musical  instruments  to  sing  praises  to  God:  and 
the  sons  of  ldithun  he  made  porters. 

43  And  all  the  people  returned  to  their  houses  ; 
and  David  to  bless  also  his  own  house. 

CHAP.  XVII. 

David's  purpose  to  build  a  temple,  is  rewarded  by  most  ample 
promises  :  David's  thanksgiving. 

"jVTOW  when  David  was  dwelling  in  his  house, 
-1-*  he  said  to  Nathan  the  prophet:  Behold,  I 
dwell  in  a  house  of  cedar:  and  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Lord  is  under  skins. 

2  And  Nathan  said  to  David  :  Do  all  that  is  in 
thy  heart :  for  God  is  with  thee. 

3  Novv  that  night  the  word  of  God  came  to  Na- 
than, saying  : 

4  Go,  and  speak  to  David  my  servant:  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  :  Thou  shalt  not  build  me  a  house 
to  dwell  in. 

5  For  I  have  not  remained  in  a  house  from  the 
time  that  I  brought  up  Israel,  to  this  day:  but  I 
have  been  always  changing  places  in  a  tabernacle, 
and  in  a  tent 

6  Abiding  with  aH  Israel.  Did  I  ever  speak  to 
any  one,  of  aH  the  judges  of  Israel,  whom  I  charg- 
ed to  feed  my  people,  saving:  Why  have  you  not 
built  me  a  house  of  cedar  ? 

7  Now  therefore  thus  shalt  thou  say  to  my  ser- 
vant David:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  \  took 
thee,  from  the  pastures,  from  following  the  flock, 
that  thou  shouldst  be  ruler  of  my  people  Israd. 

8  And  I  have  been  with  thee  whithersoever  thou 
hast  gone ;  and  have  slain  all  thy  enemies  before 
thee;  and  have  made  thee  a  name  like  that  of  one 
of  the  great  ones  that  are  renowned  in  the  earth. 

9  And  1  have  given  a  place  to  my  people  Israel  : 
they  shall  be  planted,  and  shall  dwell  therein,  and 
shall  be  moved  no  more  :  neither  shall  the  children 
of  iniquity  waste  them,  as  at  the  beginning, 

10  Since  the  days  that  I  gave  judges  to  my  peo- 
ple Israel,  and  have  humbled  all  thy  enemies.  And 
I  declare  to  thee,  that  the  Lord  will  build  thee  a 
house. 

1 1  And  when  thou  shalt  have  ended  thy  days  to 
go  to  thy  fathers,  I  will  raise  up  thy  seed  after  thee, 
which  shall  be  of  thy  sons  :  and  I  will  establish  his 
kingdom. 

12  He  shall  build  me  a  house  :  and  I  will  esta- 
blish his  throne  for  ever. 

13  I  will  be  to  him  a  father,  and  he  shall  be  to 
me  a  son  :  and  I  will  not  take  my  mercy  away 
from  him,  as  I  took  it  from  him  that  was  before 
thee. 

14  But  I  will  settle  him  in  my  house,  and  in  my 
kingdom  for  ever:  and  his  throne  shall  be  most  firm 
for  ever. 

15  According  to  all  these  words,  and  according 
to  all  this  vision,  so  did  Nathan  speak  to  David. 

16  And  king  David  came  and  sat  before  the  Lord, 
and  said  :  Who  am  I,  O  Lord  God,  and  what  is  my 
house,  that  thou  shouldst  give  such  things  to  me? 

17  But  even  this  hath  seemed  little  in  thv  sight, 

323 


I.  PARALIPOMENON. 


and  therefore  tlmn  has!  also  spoken  concerning  the 
hooie  of  thy  servant  foi  the  time  to  rone:  and  hast 
made  Die  remarkable  nbove  all  nun.  O  Lord  God. 

18  What  can  David  add  more,  seeing  thou  haft 
tlnix  glorified  tin  servant,  and  known  him  ? 

19  o  Lord,  lor  thv  servant's  sake,  according  io 
thv  on n  heart, ihou  hast  show n ;ill  this marnrfieence, 
ana  wouldsl  have  all  the  great  things  to  be  known. 

SO  <  \  Lord,  there  is  none  like  tliee  :  and  there  is 
no  other  God  beside  thee,  oi  all  whom  we  have 
heard  of  vv  ith  our  Park. 

J!  For  what  otiier  nation  is  rhere  upon  earth  Hke 
ill  J  people  Israel,  whom  God  went  to  deliver,  and 
make  a  people  lor  himself,  and  bj  his  greatness  and 
ti  nois  nut  out  nations  before  their  lace,  whom  he 
h  id  delivered  out  of  Egypt  ? 

\nd  thou  has!  made  thy  people  Israel  to  Ik? 
thv  own  people  lor  ever  :  and  thou,  O  Lord,  alt  be- 
come their  (iod. 

23  Now  therefore,  O  Lord,  let  the  word  which 
thou  hast  spoken  to  thy  servant,  and  concerning  his 
house,  be  established  forever;  and  do  as  thou  hast 
said. 

\nd  let  thy  name  remain,  and  he  magnified  for 
e\i  r  :  and  let  it  he  said  :  The  Lord  of  hosts  is  God 
of  Israel  ;  and  the  house  of  David  his  servant  re- 
inaineih  before  him. 

25  For  thou,  O  Lord  my  God,  hast  revealed  to 
the  ear  of  thv  servant,  thai  thou  wilt  huild  him  a 
house  :  and  therefore  thy  servant  hath  found  con/i- 
denec  to  pray  before  thee. 

26  And  now,  O  Lord,  thou  art  God  :  and  thou 
h  i-t  promised  to  tin  servant  such  great  benefits. 

27  And  thou  hast  begun  to  bless  the  bouse  of  thy 
seivant,  that  it  m  i\  be  always  before  thee  :  for  see- 
ing thou  blessest  it,  O  Lord,  it  shall  l>c  blessed  for 

ever. 

(HAP.  Will. 

DamiFs  victories.      Ili.i  rliii  f  ofia  is. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that  David  de- 
-**-  feated  the  Philistines,  and  humbled  them  ;  and 
look  away  Geth  and  her  daughters  out  of  the  hand 
of  the  Philistines  : 

2  And  he  defeated  Moah:  and  the  .Moahitcs  were 

made  David's  servants,  and  brought  him  gifts. 

3  At  that  time  David  defeated  also  Adarezcr 
kim;  of  Sobn  ol  the  land  of  I  It  •math,  w  In  n  he  went 
to  extend  his  dominions  as  laras  the  river  Euphrates. 

4  And  David  look  from  him  a  thousand  chariots. 

and  seven  thousand  horsemen,  and  twenty  thousand 
footmen  :   and  he  houghed  all  the  rhariot-hon 
only  a  hundred  chariots,   which  he  reserved  for 

himself. 

5  And   the  Syrians  of  Damascus  came  also  to 

help   Adare/.er   king  of  Soba  :   and    David   slew  of 
them  likewise  two  and  tw  enty  thousand  men. 

6  And  he  put  a  garrison  in  Damascus,  that  Syria 
also  should  serve  him.  and  bring  gifts.  And  the 
Lord   assisted  him  in  all  things  to  which   he  went. 

7  And  David  took  the   golden  quivers  which  the 

nts  of  Adarezcr  had:  and  lie    brought  tin  in  to 
•«TUsah  in. 

Si* 


1!  Likewise  out  ofThcbath  and  ("bun,   titles  of 
tdareser,  be  brought  verj  much  brass,  of  which 

Solomon  made  the  brazen  sea,  and  the  pillars,  and 
the  vessels  of  brass. 

9  Now  whin  Thou  khuj  of  Ileinath  heard  that 
David  had  deflated  all  the  arm>  of  Adarezer  kin^ 
of  Soba, 

10  He  sent  Adoram  bis  son  to  king  David,  to 
desire  peace  of  him,  and  to  congratulate  him  that 
he  had  defeated  and  ov  erthrow  n  Adaiczcr:  foi  Thou 

w  as  ;iu  enemy  to  Adarezcr. 

11  And  all  the  vessels  of  gold,  and  silver,  and 
brass,  kinu  I  >av  id  consecrated  to  the  Lord,  w  ith  the 
silver  and  gold  which  he  had  taken  from  all  (he  na- 
tions, as  will  from  Ldom,  and  from  Moah,  and  from 
the  BOOBOf  Amnion, as  from  the  Philistines,  and  from 
Ainalcc. 

12  And  Ahisaithe  son  of  Sarvia  slew  of  the  Ed* 
mites  in  the  vale  ol  the  salt-pits,  eighteen  thousand. 

13  And  he  put  a  garrison  in  Ldom,  that  Edna 
should  serve  David:  and  the  Lord  preserved  David 
in  all  things  to  which  he  west. 

14  So  David  reigned  over  all  Israel,  and  execut- 
ed judgment  and  justice  anion!;  all  his  people. 

15  And  Josh  the  son  of  Sarvia  was  over  the  ar- 
my, and  Josaphat  the  son  of  Ahilud  recorder. 

16  And  Sadoc  the  SOB  of  Achitoh,  and  Ahinielccli 
the  son  of  Abinthar,  were  the  priest  ;  and  Susa,s<  rilie. 

17  And  Bamriastha  son  of.loiada  was  over  the 
bands  of  the  Cerethi,  and  the  Phclethi:  and  the  sons 
Of  David  where  chief  aliout  the  king. 

CHAP.  XIX. 

The  Ammonites  abusr  Din-id's  embassadors:  both  they  and  their 
confederate*  are  overthrown. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass  that  Naas  the  king  of  the 
children  of  Amnion  died,  and  his  son  reigned 
in  his  stead. 

2  And  Da\  id  said  :  I  will  show  kindness  to  I  la- 
non  the  son  of  Naas:  for  his  lather  did  a  favour  to 
me.  And  David  sent  messengers  to  comfort  him 
upon  the  death  of  his  father.  Put  when  thev  were 
come  into  the  land  of  the  children  of  Amnion,  to 
comfort  11  anon, 

3  The  princes  of  the  children  of  Amnion  said  to 
llanon:  Thou  thinkest  nerhaps  that  David  to  do 
honour  to  thy  father  hath  sent  comforters  to  thee  : 
and  thou  dost  not  take  notice,  thai  his  servants  aie 
come  to  thee  to  consider,  and  search,  and  spy  out 
thy  land. 

4  Wherefore  Hanon  shaved  the  heads  and  lieards 
of  the  servants  of  David,  and  cut  awa\  their  gar- 
ments from  the  buttocks  to  the  feet,  and  sent  them 

away, 

5  And  when  they  wire  gone,  the)  sent  word  to 
David,  who  sent  to  meet  them  (for  thev  had  suffer- 
ed a  great  affront)  and  ordered  them  to  stay  at  Jeri- 
cho till  their  beard*  grew,  and  then  to  return. 

6  And  when  the  children  of  Amnion  saw  that 
thev  had  done  an  injury  to  David,  llanon  and  tht 
rest  of  the  people  sent  a  thousand  talents  of  silver, 
10  hire  them  chariots  and  ImMinni  out  ol  Wesopo- 
lamia.  and  out  ol  Syria  M  ia<  ha.  and  out  ol  Soba- 


CHAP.  XX,  XXI. 


7  And  they  hired  two  and  thirty  thousand  cha- 
riots, and  the  king  of  Maacha,  with  his  people. 
And  they  came  and  camped  over-against  Medaba. 
And  the  children  of  Amnion  gathered  themselves 
together  out  of  their  cities,  and  came  to  battle. 

8  And  when  David  heard  of  it,  he  sent  Joab,  and 
all  the  army  of  valiant  men: 

9  And  the  children  of  Amnion  came  out,  and  put 
their  army  in  array  before  the  gate  of  the  city :  and 
the  kings,  that  were  come  to  their  aid,  stood  apart 
in  the  field. 

10  Wherefore  Joab  understanding  that  the  battle 
was  set  against  him  before  and  behind,  chose  out 
the  bravest  men  of  all  Israel,  and  marched  against 
the  Syrians. 

11  And  the  rest  of  the  people  he  delivered  into 
the  hand  of  Abisai  his  brother :  and  they  went  against 
the  children  of  Ammon. 

12  And  he  said:  If  the  Syrians  be  too  strong  for 
me,  then  thou  shalt  help  me:  but  if  the  children  of 
Ammon  be  too  strong  for  thee,  I  will  help  thee. 

13  Be  of  good  courage;  and  let  us  behave  ourselves 
manfully  for  our  people,  and  for  the  cities  of  our 
God:  and  the  Lord  will  do  that  which  is  good  in 
his  sight. 

14  So  Joab  and  the  people  that  were  with  him, 
went  against  the  Syrians  to  the  battle :  and  he  put 
them  to  flight. 

15  And  the  children  of  Ammon  seeing  that  the 
Syrians  were  fled,  they  likewise  fled  from  Abisai  his 
brother, and  went  into  the  city:  and  Joab  also  return- 
ed to  Jerusalem. 

16  But  the  Syrians  seeing  that  they  had  fallen 
before  Israel,  sent  messengers,  and  brought  to  them 
the  Syrians  that  were  beyond  the  river:   and  So- 

1>hach,  general  of  the  army  of  Adarezer,  was  their 
eader. 

17  And  it  was  told  David:  and  he  gathered  together 
all  Israel,  and  passed  the  Jordan,  and  came  upon 
them,  and  put  his  army  in  array  against  them,  and 
the'-'  fought  with  him. 

18  But  the  Syrians  fled  before  Israel:  and  David 
slew  of  the  Syrians  seven  thousand  chariots,*  and 
forty  thousand  footmen,  and  Sophach  the  general  of 
the  army. 

19  And  when  the  servants  of  Adarezer  saw 
themselves  overcome  by  Israel,  they  went  over  to 
David,  and  served  him :  and  Syria  would  not  help 
the  children  of  Ammon  any  more. 

CHAP.  XX. 

Rabba  is  taken  :  other  victories  over  the  Philistineg. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass  after  the  course  of  a  year, 
-^*-  at  the  time  that  kings  go  out  to  battle,  Joab 
gathered  together  an  army  and  the  strength  of  the 
troops,  and  wasted  the  laud  of  the  children  of  Am- 
mon ;  and  went  and  besieged  Rabba.  But  David 
staid  at  Jerusalem,  when  Joab  smote  Rabba,  and 
destroyed  it. 


*  Seven  thousand  chariots.     That  is,  of  men  who  fouirht  in  chariots, 
t  The  number,   tfc.     The  difference  of  the  numbers  here,  and  2 
Kings  xxiv.  is  to  be  accounted  for,  by  supposing  the  greater  number 


2  And  David  took  the  crown  of  Melchom  from 
his  head,  and  found  in  it  a  talent  weight  of  gold,  and 
most  precious  stones:  and  he  made  himself  a  diadem 
of  it:  he  took  also  the  spoils  of  the  city,  which  were 
very  great. 

3  And  the  people  that  were  therein  he  brought 
out:  and  made  barrows,  and  sleds,  and  chariots  oc 
iron  to  go  over  them,  so  that  they  were  cut  and 
bruised  to  pieces:  in  this  manner  David  dealt  with 
all  the  cities  of  the  children  of  Amnion :  and  he  re- 
turned with  all  his  people  to  Jerusalem. 

4  After  this  there  arose  a  war  at  Gazer  against 
the  Philistines;  in  which  Sabachai  the  Husathite 
slew  Saphai  of  the  race  of  Raphaim,  and  humbled 
them. 

5  Another  battle  also  was  fought  against  the  Phil- 
istines, in  which  Adeodatus  the  son  of  Saltus  a  Beth- 
lehemite  slew  the  brother  of  Goliath  the  Gethite, 
the  staff"  of  whose  spear  was  like  a  weaver's 
beam. 

6  There  was  another  battle  also  in  Geth,  in  which 
there  was  a  man  of  great  stature,  whose  fingers  and 
toes  were  four  and  twenty,  six  on  each  hand  and 
foot;  who  also  was  born  of  the  stock  of  Rapha. 

7  He  reviled  Israel:  but.  Jonathan  the  son  ol'Sa- 
maa  the  brother  of  David  slew  him.  These  were 
the  sons  of  Rapha  in  Geth,  who  fell  by  the  hand  of 
David  and  his  servants. 

CHAP.  XXI. 

David's  sin  in  numbering  the  people  is  punished  by  a  pestilence  : 
which  ceaseth  upon  his  offering  sacrifice  in  the  thrashing-Jloor. 
of  Oman. 

\  ND  Satan  rose  up  against  Israel;  and  moved 
**■  David  to  number  Israel. 

2  And  David  said  to  Joab,  and  to  the  rulers  ot 
the  people:  Go,  and  number  Israel  from  Bersabee 
even  to  Dan;  and  bring  me  the  number  of  them  that 
I  may  know  it. 

3  And  Joab  answered :  The  Lord  make  his  people 
a  hundred  times  more  than  they  are:  but,  my  lord 
the  king,  are  they  not  all  thy  servants?  why  doth 
my  lord  seek  this  thing,  which  may  be  imputed  as 
a  sin  to  Israel  ? 

4  But  the  king's  word  rather  prevailed :  and  Joab 
departed,  and  went  through  all  Israel;  and  returned 
to  Jerusalem. 

5  And  he  gave  David  the  number  f  of  them, 
whom  he  had  surveyed:  and  all  the  number  of  Is- 
rael was  found  to  be  eleven  hundred  thousand  men 
that  drew  the  sword  :  and  of  Juda  four  hundred  and 
seventy  thousand  fighting  men. 

6  But  Levi  and  Benjamin  he  did  not  number : 
for  Joab  unwillingly  executed  the  king's  orders. 

7  And  God  was  displeased  with  this  thing  that 
was  commanded  :  and  he  struck  Israel. 

8  And  David  said  to  God:  I  have  sinned  exceed 
ingly  in  doing  this:  I  beseech  thee  take  away  the 
iniquity  of  thy  servant ;  for  I  have  done  foolishly. 


to  be  that  which  was  really  found,  and  Uie  lesser  to  be  that  which 
Joab  gave  in. 

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0  Ami  the  Lord  ipoketo  Gad  the  ten  of  David, 

say  1 1  ■ 

10  I  So.  ami  •peak  |o  I  >  avid,  and  (ell  him:   Thus 
i  the  !  .'ii  I:  1  tivathce  thnchowt*  of  three  things: 

cIiih>si-  iiiic  which  thou  will,  and  I  will  do  ii  lu  tl 

11  And  when  Gad  was  come  to  I 'and,  he  said 
to  him:  Thussaith  the  Lord:  Choose  which  thou  wilt: 

1 1  Cither  three  mine;*  or  three  month* 

to  Bee  Ii oni  thy  enemies,  and  not  to  be  ahle  to  es- 
their  sword;  or  three  d  IT!  t<>  have  the  sword 
ot  die  Lord,  and  pestilence  in  the  land,  and  ihe  An- 
gel of  tin'  I  .oni  destroying  in  all  the  coasts  oj  Israel : 
theretbl  what   I   shall   answer  him   who 

sent  me. 

\.i  And  David  said  to  (hid  :  1  am  on  every  side 
in  n  ,.nt  :  hut  it  is  better  for  DM  to  Tall  into  the 

hinds  of  the  Lord,  tor  his  mercies  are  many,  than 
into  the  hands  of  men. 

1 1  So  the  Lord  sent  a  pestilence  upon  Israel. 
And  there  fell  of  Israel  seventy  thousand  men. 

1")  \nd  be  sent  an  Angel  to  Jerusalem,  lo  strike 
it  :  and  as  he  was  striking  it,  the  Lord  heheld,  and 
took  pity  for  the  greatness  of  the  aril:  and  said  to 
the  Angel  that  destroyed :  It  is  enough;  now  stop  thy 
band.  And  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  stood  by  the 
thrashing-door  of  Ornanf  the  Jebnsite. 

i ' ;  And  David  lifting  nphis  even,  saw  the  Angel 
of  the  Lord  standing  between  heaven  and  earth, 
with  a  drawn SWOfd  in  his  hand,  turned  against  Je- 
rusalem: and  both  he  and  the  ancients  clothed  in 
hair-cloth,  fell  down  Baton  the  ground. 

17  \iul  David  said  to  God  :  Am  not  I  he  that 
commanded  the  people  to  he  numbered  ?  It  is  I  that 

have  sinned:  It  is  I  that  have  done  (he  evil:  hut  as 
for  this  flock  what  hath  it  deserved?  O  Loid  my 
Qod,  let  thy  hand  he  turned,  I  beseech  thee,  upon 
me,  ami  upon  my  lather's  house:  and  let  not  thy 
people  be  destroyed. 

19  And  the  AngH  of  the  Lord  commanded  Gad 
to  tell  Druid,  to  go  up,  and  build  an  altar  to  the 
Lord(  Sod  in  the  thrashing-floor  of  Oman  the  Jebnsite. 

19  And  David  went  up,  according  to  the  word  of 

Gad.  which  he  spoke  to  him  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 
Jii  Now  when  Oman  looked  up,  and  saw  the  An- 
gel, he  and  his  four  sons  hid  themselves  :  for  at  that 
time  he  was  thrashing  wheat  in  the  Boor. 

H  And  as  David  was  coming  to  Oman,  Oman 
saw  him,  and  went  out  of  the  thrashing- floor  to  inn  t 
Warn,  and  bowed  down  to  him  with  his  face  to  the 

ground. 

22  And  David  said  to  him:  Give  me  this  place 
of  thy  thrashing-floor,  that  I  may  build  therein  an 
altar  to  the  Lord:  but  thou  shalt  lake  of  me  as  much 
money  as  it  is  worth,  that  the  plague  may  cease  from 
the  people. 

\iid  Oman  said  to  David:  Take  it,  and  let 
mv  lord  the  king  do  all  that  iilcascth  him:  and 
moreover  the  oxen  also  1   give  lor  a  holocaust,  and 


•  Tkrtt  ymrt/amme;  Which  joined  with  (he  three  fureroinjr  yean 
of  famine  mentioned  it  Kin**  U&  and  the  lerenlh  MM  of   he  land'* 
uld  make  up  the  seven  year*  proposed  by  the  ,  rochet,  3 
..  wn .  17 

386 


the  drays  for  wood,  and  the  wheat  lor  the  sacrifice: 
I    will  give  it  all  w  illiuglv. 

JV  And  kim;  David  said  to  him:  It  shall  not  lie 
so;  hut  I  will  give  thee  moue\  as  mm  h  as  ii  i- 
^\  in  ib:  for  I  must  not  lake  it  from  thee,  and  so  oiler 
to  the  Lord  holocausts  free  tost. 

26    So    David  gate    to   Oman    for   the   plan.    -i\ 

hundred  siclcsl  ot  gold  of  just  weight. 

26  And  he  Imilt  there  an  altar  lo  (he  Lord:  and 
he  offered  holocausts  and  peace-offerings:  mid  he 
called  upon  (he  Loid,  and  he  heard  him  by  sending 
fire  from  heaven  upon  the  attar  of  the  holocaust. 

27  And  the  lord  commanded  the  Angel:  and  he 
put  up  his  sword  again  into  the  sheath. 

28  And  David  seeing  thai  die  Lord  had  heard  him 
in  the  thmshing-floot  of  Oman  the  Ji  busile,  forth- 
with offered  \ictiuis  there. 

29  But  the  talx-rnacle  of  the  Lord,  which  Moses 
made  in  the  desert,  and  the  altar  of  holocausts,  was 
at  that  time  in  the  high-place  of  Gaboon* 

30  And  David  could  not  BO  to  the  altar  there  to 
pray  to  God:  for  be  was  sewed  with  an  exceeding 
great  fear,  seeing  the  sword  of  the  Angel  of  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  XXII. 

Darid  having  pripond  all  iietr.-xari* »,  chiir»t  I'i  Su'nmon   to 
build  the  It  uiple,  und  the  priiirrs  t»  ussntt  him. 

rT,HEN  David  said:   This  is  the   house  of  ( Sad  ; 
-■-   and  this  is  the  altar  for  the  holocaust  of  Israel. 

2  And  he  commanded  to  gather  together  all  (he 
proselytes  of  the  laud  of  Israel:  and  out  of  them  he 
appointed  stone-cullers  to  hew  stones  and  polish 
them,  to  build  the  house  of  God. 

3  And  David  prepared  in  abundance  iron  for  the 
nails  of  the  gates,  and  for  the  closures  and  joinings  : 
and  of  brass  an  immense  weight. 

4  And  the  cedar-trees  were  without  numlier, 
which  the  Sidonians  and  T_\  rians  drought  to  David. 

5  And  David  said  :  Solomon  my  son  is  very  \ouug 
and  tender:  and  the  house  which  I  would  BUVS  to 
be  Imilt  to  the  Lord,  must  Ik-  such  as  to  be  reiiow  ned 
in  all  countries:  therefore  I  will  prepare  him  neces- 
saries. And  therefore  before  his  death  he  prepared 
all  the  charges. 

6  And  be  called  for  Solomon  his  son  :  and  com- 
manded him  to  build  a  house  to  the  Lord  the  God 
of  Israel. 

7  And  David  said  to  Solomon  :  My  son,  it  was  mv 
di  sire  to  have  built  a  house  to  the  name  of  the  Lord 
my  God. 

8  But  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  sa\  keg  : 
Thou  hast  shed  much  blood,  and  fought  many  liat- 
tles,  so   thou  canst  not  build  a  house  to  my  name, 

after  shedding  so  much  blood  before  me: 

9  The  son  that  shall  be  bom  to  thee,  shall  be  .t 
most  quiet  man  :  for  I  will  make  him  rest  from  all 
his  enemies  round  about  :  and  therefore  he  shall  lie 
called  Peaceable:  and  I  will  give  peace  and  i|uiet- 
ni  ss  to  Israel  all  his  days. 

\  Oman;  othcrwUe  An  una. 

{  Six  kunJrtd  rirlrt,  Ifc    Thit  wat  the  price  of  the  whole  place,  on 

whicli  the  trmplo  was  afterward*  Imilt ;  but  the  price  of  the  omen  was 
fifty  mil'*  of  uilrer,  t  kingi,  hit.  J4. 


CHAP.  XXIII. 


10  He  shall  build  a  house  to  my  name,  and  he 
shall  be  a  son  to  me,  and  I  will  be  a  lather  to  him: 
and  I  will  establish  the  throne  of  his  kingdom  over 
Israel  for  ever. 

1 1  Now  then,  my  son,  the  Lord  be  with  thee,  and 
do  thou  prosper,  and  build  the  house  to  the  Lord 
thy  God,  as  he  hath  spoken  of  thee. 

12  The  Lord  also  give  thee  wisdom  ;md  under- 
standing, that  thou  mayst  be  able  to  rule  Israel,  and 
to  keep  the  law  of  the  Lord  thy  God. 

13  For  then  thou  shah  be  able  to  prosper,  if 
thou  ke^p  the  commandments  and  judgments,  which 
the  Lord  commanded  Moses  to  teach  Israel:  take 
courage  and  act  manfully;  fear  not,  nor  be  dismayed. 

14  Heboid,  I  in  my  poverty  have  prepared  the 
charges  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  of  gold  a  hundred 
thousand  talents,  and  of  silver  a  million  of  talents  : 
but  of  brass,  and  of  iron  there  is  no  weight;  for  the 
abundance  surpasseth  all  account:  timber  also  and 
stones  I  have  prepared  for  all  the  charges. 

15  Thou  hast  also  workmen  in  abundance,  hew- 
ers of  stones,  and  masons,  and  carpenters,  and  of 
all  trades  the  most  skilful  in  their  work, 

16  In  gold,  and  in  silver,  and  in  brass,  and  in  iron, 
whereof  there  is  no  number.  Arise  then,  and  be 
doing;  and  the  Lord  will  be  with  thee. 

17  David  also  charged  all  the  princes  of  Israel, 
to  help  Solomon  his  son, 

18  Saying:  You  see,  that  the  Lord  your  God  is 
with  you,  and  hath  given  you  rest  round  about,  and 
hath  delivered  all  your  enemies  into  your  hands;  and 
the  land  is  subdued  before  the  Lord,  and  before  his 
people. 

19  Give  therefore  your  hearts  and  5rour  souls,  to 
seek  the  Lord  your  God:  and  arise,  and  build  a 
sanctuary  to  the  Lord  God,  that  the  ark  of  the  co- 
venant of  the  Lord,  and  the  vessels  consecrated  to 
the  Lord,  may  be  brought  into  the  house,  which  is 
built  to  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  XXIII. 

David  appointeth  Solomon  king.     The  distribution  of  the  Le- 
vites  and  their  offices. 

AND  David  being  old  and  full  of  days,  made 
Solomon  his  son  king  over  Israel. 

2  And  he  gathered  together  all  the  princes  of  Is- 
rael, and  the  priests  and  Levites. 

3  And  the  Levites  were  numbered  from  the  age 
of  thirty  years,  and  upwards:  and  there  were  found 
of  them  thirty  eight  thousand  men. 

4  Of  these  twenty  four  thousand  were  chosen,  and 
distributed  unto  the  ministry  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord:  and  six  thousand  were  the  overseers  and 
judges. 

5  Moreover  four  thousand  were  porters:  and  as 
many  singers  singing  to  the  Lord  with  the  instru- 
ments, which  he  had  made  to  sing  with. 

6  And  David  distributed  them  into  courses  by 
the  families  of  the  sons  of  Levi,  to  wit,  of  Gerson, 
and  of  Caath,  and  of  Merari. 

7  The  sons  of  Gerson  were  Leedan  and  Semie. 

8  The  sons  of  Leedan:  the  chief  Jahiel,  and  Ze- 
than.  and  Joel,  three- 


9  The  sons  ofSemei:  Salomith,  and  Hosiel,  and 
Aran,  three:  these  were  the  heads  of  the  families  of 
Leedan. 

10  And  the  sons  of  Semei  were  Leheth,  and  Ziza, 
and  Jaus,  and  Baria :  these  were  the  sons  of  Semei, 
four. 

11  And  Leheth  was  the  first,  Ziza  the  second: 
but  Jaus  and  Baria  had  not  many  children ;  and 
therefore  they  were  counted  in  one  family,  and  in 
one  house. 

12  The  sons  of  Caath  were  Amram,  and  Isaar, 
Hebron,  and  Ozial,  four. 

13  The  sons  of  Amram,  Aaron  and  Moses.  And 
Aaron  was  separated  to  minister  in  the  Holy  of 
Holies,  he  and  his  sons  for  ever,  and  to  burn  inconse 
before  the  Lord  according  to  his  ceremonies,  and  to 
bless  his  name  for  ever. 

14  The  sons  also  of  Moses,  the  man  of  God,  were 
numbered  in  the  tribe  of  Levi. 

15  The  sons  of  Moses  were  Gersom  and  Eliezer: 

16  The  sons  of  Gersom  :  Subuel  the  first. 

17  And  the  sons  of  Eliezer  were  Rohobia  the 
first :  and  Eliezer  had  no  more  sons.  But  the  sons 
of  Rohobia  were  multiplied  exceedingly. 

18  The  sons  of  Isaar:  Salomith  the  first. 

19  The  sons  of  Hebron:  Jeriau  the  first,  Ama- 
rias  the  second,  Jahazicl  the  third,  Jecmaam  the 
fourth. 

20  The  sons  of  Oziel :  Micha  the  first,  Jesia  the 
second. 

21  The  sons  of  Merari :  Moholi,  and  Musi.  The 
sons  of  Moholi :  Eleazar  and  Cis. 

22  And  Eleazar  died,  and  had  no  sons  but 
daughters  :  and  the  sons  of  Cis  their  brethren  took 
them. 

23  The  sons  of  Musi :  Moholi,  and  Eder,  and 
Jerimoth,  three. 

24  These  are  the  sons  of  Levi  in  their  kindreds 
and  families,  princes  by  their  courses,  and  the  num- 
ber of  every  head  that  did  the  works  of  the  minis- 
try of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  from  twenty  years  old 
and  upward. 

25  For  David  said  :  The  Lord  the  God  of  Israel 
hath  given  rest  to  his  people,  and  a  habitation  in 
Jerusalem  for  ever. 

26  And  it  shall  not  be  the  office  of  the  Levites 
to  carry  any  more*  the  tabernacle,  and  all  the  vessels 
for  the  service  thereof. 

27  So  according  to  the  last  precepts  of  David, 
the  sons  of  Levi  are  to  be  numbered  from  twenty 
years  old  and  upward. 

28  And  they  are  to  be  under  the  hand  of  the  sons 
of  Aaron  for  the  service  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
in  the  porches,  and  in  the  chambers,  and  in  the  place 
of  purification,  and  in  the  sanctuary,  and  in  all  the 
works  of  the  ministry  of  the  temple  of  the  Lord. 

29  And  the  priests  have  the  charge  of  the  loaves 
of  proposition,  and  of  the  sacrifice  of  fine  flour,  and 
of  the  unleavened  cakes,  and  of  the  frying-pan,  and 
of  the  roasting,  and  of  every  weight  and  measure. 

30  And  the  Levites  are  to  stand  in  the  morning 
to  give  thanks,  and  to  sing  praises  to  the  Lord  ;  and 
in  like  manner  in  the  evening, 

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31  As  well  in  the  oblation  of  the  L  il    eusta  ol 

In-  Lord,  as  iii  the  sabbaths  and  in  the  new  moons. 

nd  the  rest  of  the  solemnities,  according  to  the 
eumberand  ceremonies  prescribed  for  every  thing, 
i  ontiaoalh  before  ilie  Lord. 

\nd  lei  then  keep  the  observances  of  the 
tabenwde  of  the  covenant,  and  the  ceremonies  i»t 

the  sanctuary,  and  the  charge  of  the  BOM  <>t  Aaron 

I beir  brethren;  that  they  may  minister  in  the  house 
of  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  XXIV. 

TKt  divisions  of  thr  prints  into  four  and  ttrenty  courses,  to  serve 
in  the  temple  :  the  chief*  of  the  ljrritrs. 

NOW  these  were  the   divisions  of  the   sons  of 
\  iron  :    The    son-    oi     Aaron  :    Xadab,    and 
Aliin,  and  L  lea /a  r,  and  Ithamar. 

ni  Nadaband  Abiu  died  before  their  father, 
and  had  no  children:  so  Klea/.ar  and  Ithamar  did 
the  office  of  the  priesthood. 

3  \ii>l  David  distributed  them,  that  is,  Sadoc  of 
the  sons  of  Eleazar,  and  Ahimelecb  of  the  bom  of 
Ithamar    according  to   their   courses    and     minis- 

4  \nd  there  were  found  many  more  of  the  sons 
of  Eleazar  among  the  principal  men,  than  of  the 

-  of  Ithamar.  And  he  divided  them  so,  that 
then-  were  of  the  sons  of  Eleazar,  sixteen  chief  men 
by  their  families  ;  and  of  the  sons  of  Ithamar,  eight 
by  their  families  and  houses. 

5  And  M  divided  both  the  families  one  with  the 
other  by  lot:  for  there  were  princes  of  the  snucluan, 
and  princes  of  God,  both  of  the  sons  of  Klca/ar, 
and  of  the  sons  of  Ithamar. 

0  And  Semt  ins  the  son  of  Nathanael  the  scribe 
a  Levite,  wrote  them  down  before  ihe  kiim  and  the 
princes,  and  Sadoc  the  priest,  and  Ahiinelech  the 
son  of  Abiathar,  and  the  princes  also  of  the  priestly 
and  Levitical  families:  one  bouse,  which  was  over 

the  rest,  ol  Llen/.ai  :   and  another  house,  which  had 
the  rest  under  it,  of  Ithamar. 

7  Now  the  first  lot  bathe  forth  to  Joiarib;  the 
second  to  Jedci ; 

8  The  third  to  llarim  ;  the  fourth  to  Seorim  ; 

9  The  fifth  to  Melchia  ;  the  sixth  to  Malthas  ; 

10  The  seventh  to  Accos ;  the  eighth  to 
A  bia: 

1  1    The  ninth  to  .lestia,  the  tenth  to  Sechenia  ; 

12  The  eleventh  to  Eliasib;  the  twelfth  to 
Jacim: 

13  Tne  mirteenth  to  Ilo|)pha;  the  fourteenth  to 
Isbaab ; 

1  V  The  fifteenth  to  IJclga:  the  sixteenth  to  Finer, 

15  The  seventeenth  to  Hezir  ;  the eightccnlu  to 
A  |  ili 

16  The  nineteenth  to  Phetcia  ;  the  twentieth  to 

HeZechiel  ; 

17  The  one  and  twentieth  to  J;.chin  ;  the  two 
and  twentieth  to  Gamut  ; 

18  The  three  and  twentieth  to  Dalaiau  ;  the  four 
and  twentieth  to  Maaziau. 

19  Thise  are  their  courses  according  to  their 
ministries,  to  conic  into  tin   bouse  of  the  Lord,  anil 

328 


according  to  their  manner  under  the  hand  :f  Aaron 
iheir  father:  m  the  Lord  the  Godot  Israel  bad 
commanded. 

J()  Now  the  rest  of  the  BOM  OB*  Levi  there 
was  of  the  sons  of  Ainram,  Subacl  :  and  ol  the  . sons 
ui  Subael,  Jehedeia. 

21  Also  of  the  sons  of  llohobia.  the  chief  Jesias. 

22  And  the  sou  of  lsaar,  Salemoth:  and  the  SOU 
of  Salemoth,  Jahnth : 

23  And  bis  son  Jeriau  the  first,  Amarius  the 
second,  . I aba/.iel  the  third,  Jis  inaain  the  fourth. 

24  The  son  of  Oziel,  Michu  :  the  son  ol  Micha, 
Sauiir. 

25  The  brother  of  Micha,  Jcsia  :  and  the  son  of 
.lesia,  Zacharias. 

26  The  sons  of  Merari :  Moholi  and  Musi :  the 
son  of  O/.iau,  Benuo. 

27  The  son  also  of  Merari  :  Oziau.  and  Soam, 
and  Zacchur,  and  Hehri. 

28  And  the  son  of  Moholi :  Eleazar,  who  had 
no  sons. 

29  And  the  sons  of  Cis,  Jeramacl. 

30  The  sons  of  Musi  :  .Moholi,  Ldcr,  and  Jeri- 
motb.  These  are  the  sons  of  Levi  according  to  the 
houses  of  their  familu  h 

31  And  they  also  cast  lots  over-against  their 
brethren,  the  sons  of  Aaron  before  David  the  king, 
and  .Sadoc,  and  Ahiinelech,  and  the  princes  ol  the 
priestly  and  Levitical  families,  both  the  elder  and 
the  younger.     The  lot  divided  all  equally. 

CHAP.   XXV. 

The  number  and  divisions  of  the  musicians. 

IITOREOVER,  David  and  the  chief  officers  of 
-*-»-■-  the  armv  separated  for  the  ministry  the  sons  of 
\  saph, and  of  1 1  cman,  and  of  Milium;  to  prophesy  with 
harps,  and  with  psalteries,  ami  with  cxmhals,  ai ■- 
corning  to  their  number  serving  in  their  oppoiated 
office. 

2  Of  the  sons  of  Asaph:  Zacchur,  and  Joseph, 
and  Natbania,  and  Asarela,  sons  of  Asaph;  under 
the  hand  of  Asaph,  prophesying  near  the  kin;:. 

3  And  of  Idithun  :  the  sons  of  Idithun.  Godolias, 
Sori,  Jeseias,  and  llasahias,  and  Malhaihias,  six, 
under  the  hand  of  their  father  Idithun,  who  prophe- 
sied with  a  harp  to  give  thanks,  and  to  praise  the 
Lord. 

4  Of  Heman  also:  the  sons  of  Heman,  Bocciau, 
Mnihaniaii,  O/.iel.  Siibuel.  and  Jerinioth,  Hananias, 
I  lanani,  Kliatha.  ( ieddclthi,  and  Komenthie/.er,  and 
Jesbacassa,  Mellothi,  Othur,  Mabazioth: 

5  All  these  were  the  sons  of  Heman  the  seer  of 
the  king  in  the  words  of  God,  to  lift  up  the  horn  : 
and  God  gave  to  Heman  fourteen  sons  and  three 
dauglm  rs. 

6  All  these  under  their  father's  hand  were  distri- 
buted to  sins  in  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  with  cym- 
bals, and  psalteries,  and  harps,  lor  the  service  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord  mar  the  king:  to  wit,  ^Asaph, 
and  Idithun,  and  Heman. 

7  And  the  number  of  them  wilh  their  brethren, 
that  taught    the  song  of  the  Lord,  all  the  teach 
win    two  hundred  and  eighty-eight. 


CHAP.  XXVI. 


8  And  they  cast  lots  by  their  courses,  the  elder 
ei|ii;illv.\vitli  the  younger,  the  learned  and  the  un- 
learned together. 

9  And  the  fust  lot  came  forth  to  Joseph,  who  was 
of  Asaph.  The  second  to  Godolias,  to  him  and  his 
sons,  and  his  brethren  twelve. 

10  The  third  to  Zacchur,  to  his  sons  and  his 
brethren  twelve. 

1 1  The  fourth  to  Isari,  to  his  sons  and  his 
brethren  twelve. 

12  The  fifth  to  Nathania,  to  his  sons  and  his 
brethren  twelve. 

13  The  sixth  to  Bocciau,  to  his  sons  and  his 
brethren  twelve. 

14  The  seventh  to.  Isrcela,  to  his  sons  and  his 
brethren  twelve. 

15  The  eighth  to  Jesaia,  to  his  sons  and  his 
brethren  twelve. 

16  The  ninth  to  Mathanaias,  to  his  sons  and  his 
brethren  twelve. 

17  The  tenth  to  Semeias,  to  his  sons  and  his 
brethren  twelve. 

18  The  eleventh  to  Azareel,  to  his  sons  and  his 
brethren  twelve. 

19  The  twelfth  to  Hasabia,  to  his  sons  and  his 
brethren  twelve.  , 

20  The  thirteenth  to  Subael,  to  his  sons  and  his 
brethren  twelve. 

21  The  fourteenth  to  Mathathias,  to  his  sons  and 
his  brethren  twelve. 

22  The  fifteenth  to  Jerimoth,  to  his  sons  and  his 
brethren  twelve. 

23  The  sixteenth  to  Hananias,  to  his  sons  and 
his  brethren  twelve. 

24  The  seventeenth  to  Jesbacassa,  to  his  sons  and 
his  brethren  twelve. 

25  The  eighteenth  to  Hanani,  to  his  sons  and 
his  brethren  twelve. 

26  The  nineteenth  to  Mellothi,  to  his  sons  and 
his  brethren  twelve. 

27  The  twentieth  to  Eliatha,  to  his  sons  and  his 
brethren  twelve. 

28  The  one  and  twentieth  to  Othir,  to  his  sons 
and  his  brethren  twelve. 

29  The  two  and  twentieth  to  Geddelthi,  to  his 
sons  and  his  brethren  twelve. 

30  The  three  and  twentieth  to  Mahazioth,  to  his 
sons  and  his  brethren  twelve. 

31  The  four  and  twentieth  to  Romemthiezer,  to 
his  sons  and  his  brethren  twelve. 

CHAP.  XXVI. 

The  divisions  of  the.  porters-      Officers  of  other  Levites. 

\  ND  the  divisions  of  the  porters:  of  the  Corites 
-^*-  Meselemia,  the  son  of  Core,  of  the  sons  of 
Asaph. 

2  The  sons  of  Meselemia:  Zaeharias  the  first- 
born, Jadihel  the  second,  Zabadias  the  third,  Ja- 
thanael  the  fourth, 

3  Elam  the  fifth,  Johanan  the  sixth,  Elioenai  the 
seventh. 


*  He  kail  not  a  first-born.     That  is,  liis  first-born  was  either  dead  or 
not  fit  to  be  chief :  and  therefore  lie  made  Semri  the  chief. 

T  I 


4  And  the  sons  of  Obededom,  Semeias  the  first- 
born, Jozabad  the  second,  Joaha  the  third,  Sachar 
the  fourth,  Nathanael  the  fifth. 

5  Ammiel  the  sixth,  Issachar  the  seventh,  Phol- 
latlii  the  eighth:  for  the  Lord  had  blessed  him. 

6  And  to  Semei  his  son  were  born  sons,  heads 
of  their  families:  for  they  were  men  of  great  valour. 

7  The  sons  then  of  Semeias  were  Othtii,  and 
Raphael,  and  Obed,  Elizabad,  and  his  brethren  most 
valiant  men  :  and  Elihu,  and  Samachias. 

8  All  these  of  the  sons  of  Obededom  :  they,  and 
their  sons,  and  their  brethren  most  able  men  for  ser- 
vice, sixty-two  of  Obededom. 

9  And  the  sons  of  Meselemia,  and  their  brethren 
strong  men,  were  eighteen. 

10  And  of  Hosa,  that  is,  of  the  sons  of  Merari : 
Semri  the  chief  (for  he  had  not  a  first-born,*  and 
therefore  his  father  made  him  chief.) 

1 1  Helcias  the  second,  Tabelias  the.  third,  Za- 
eharias the  fourth :  all  these  the  sons  and  the  brethren 
of  Hoza  were  thirteen. 

12  Among  these  were  the  divisions  of  the  por 
ters,  so  that  the  chiefs  of  the  wards,  as  well  as  their 
brethren,  always  ministered  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

13  And  they  cast  lots  equally,  both  little  and  great, 
by  their  families,  for  every  one  of  the  gates. 

14  And  the  lot  of  the  east  fell  to  Selemias.  But 
to  his  sou  Zaeharias,  a  very  wise  and  learned  man, 
the  north  gate  fell  by  lot. 

15  And  to  Obededom  and  his  sons,  that  towards 
the  south:  in  which  part  of  the  house  was  the  coun- 
cil of  the  ancients. 

16  To  Sephim  and  Hosa  towards  the  west,  by  the 
gate  which  leadeth  to  the  way  of  the  ascent;  ward 
against  ward. 

17  Now  towards  the  east  were  six  Levites  ;  and 
towards  the  north  four  a  day;  and  towards  the  south 
likewise  four  a  day ;  and  where  the  council  was,  two 
and  two. 

18  In  the  ce'lls  also  of  the  porters  towards  the 
west  four  in  the  way;  and  two  at  every  cell. 

19  These  are  the  divisions  of  the  porters  of  the 
sons  of  Core  and  of  Merari. 

20  Now  Achias  was  over  the  treasures  of  the 
house  of  God,  and  the  holy  vessels,  f 

21  The  sons  of  Ledan,  the  sons  of  Gersonni:  of 
Ledan  were  heads  of  the  families,  of  Ledan,  and 
Gersonni,  Jehieli. 

22  The  sons  of  Jehieli:  Zathan,  and  Joel  his 
brethren  over  the  treasures  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 

23  With  the  Amramites,  and  Isaarites,  and  He- 
bronites,  and  Ozielites. 

24  And  Subael  the  son  of  Gersom,  the  son  of 
Moses,  was  chief  over  the  treasures. 

25  His  brethren  also  Eliezer,  whose  son  Raha^ 
bia,  and  his  son  Isaias,  and  his  son  Joram,  and  his 
son  Zechri,  and  his  son  Selemith. 

26  Which  Selemith  and  his  brethren,  were  over 
the  treasures  of  the  holy  things,  which  king  David, 


t  Holy  vasels.  Or  vessels  of  the  holy  places,  or  of  things  holy.    Yata 

MHctorum. 

329 


I.  PAKAI.IPOMENOX. 


nu.l  the  heads  of  families,  and  llw  r;i|>t;tins  ihit 
thousands  and  out  hundreds,    and  the    captains  ol 

tin'  host  had  dedicated, 

<  )ut  of  the  wars,  and  the  spoils  won  in  battles, 
which  they  had  consecrated  to  the  building  and 
furniture  of  the  temple  of  the  Lord. 

Vn*l  all  these    things   that    Samuel    the 
and  Saul  the  sou  ol  (   is.  and  Alincr  the  son  of  Ncr, 
and    Joab  the   son   of   Salvia    had    sanctified  :   and 
whosoever  had  sanctified  those  thing*,  they  were 
under  the  hand  of  Scleuiith  and  his  hrctlni  n. 

29  Hut   (lionenias    and    his  sons   were  over  the 

huarkcs.  for  the  bustseaiahsoadover  Israel  toteacfa 
them  and  judge  them. 

30  Ami  of  the  Hehronttes  Hasabias,  and  his 

hrethren  most  abb:  men,  a  thousand  seven  hundred 
bad  the  charge  over  Israel  beyond  the  Jordan  west' 
ward,  in  all  the  works  of  the  Lord,  and  for  the 
service  of  the  king. 

31  And  the  chief  of  the  Ilebronites  was  Jeria 
according  to  their  families  and  kindreds.  In  tile 
fortieth  year  of  the  reisin  of  David  thej  were  num- 
bered :  and  there  were  found  most  valiant  men  in 
Jazar (ialaad, 

St  An. I  his  brethren  of  stronger  age,  two  thou- 
sand seven  hundred  chiefs  of  families.  And  king 
David  made  them  rulers  over  the  Hnheuites  and 
the  (iadites,  and  the  half  tribe  Of*  Manasses,  for 
all  the  service  of  God,  and  the  king. 

CHAP.  XXVII. 

The  Iwtler  enpt  i  ins  for  every  month  :  the  tieehe  princes  of  tin 
trilta.      Diiriil's  M  n  nil  nffirrn. 

NOW  the  children  of  Israel  according  to  their 
number,  the  heads  of  families,  captains  of 
thousands  and  of  hundreds,  and  officers,  that  sen  - 
cd  the  kinu  according  to  their  companies,  who 
came  in  and  went  out  every  month  in  the  year, 
under  every  chief,  were  four  and  twenty  thousand. 

2  Over  the  first  company  the  first  month  Jes- 
hoatn,  the  son  of  Zahdiel  was  chief;  and  under 
him  W0K  four  and  twenty  thousand. 

3  Of  the  sons  of  Phares.  the  chief  of  all  the 
captains  in  the  host  in  the  first  month. 

4  The  company  of  the  second  month  was  under 
Dudia,  an  Ahohite;  and  alter  him  was  another 
named  Macelloth,  who  commanded  a  part  of  the 
army  of  four  and  twenty  thousand. 

5  And  the  captain  of  the   third  company  for 

the  third  mouthi  was  Hanaias  the  son  of  .loiada 
the  priest  ;  and  in  his  division  were  four  and  twen- 
ty thousand. 

6  This  is  that  Hanaias  the  most  valiant  among 
the  thirty,  and  ahove  the  thirty.  And  Ami/.ahad 
his  son  commanded  his  company. 

7  The  fourth,  for  the  fourth  mouth,  was  Asahel 
the  brother  of  Joab,  and  Zabadias  his  s(,n  after  him: 
and  in  his  company  were  four  and  twenty  thou- 
sand. 

8  The  fifth  captain  for  the  fifth  month,  was  v  i 
maoth  a  Jezerite:  ami  hiscompanj  were  (bar  and 

twenty  thousand. 

9  The  sixth,  lor  the  sixth   month,  was  Ilira  the 


son   of  A« .  i  s   a  Thecuite :    and  in  bis  company 
w  (  n    lour  and  twenty  thousand. 

10  The  s,  irnth,  for  the  seventh  month,  was 
llelles  a  1'hallonite  of  the  sons  of  Kpluaiin  :  and 
in  his  companv   were  lour  and   twenty   thousand. 

11  The  eighth,  lor  the  eighth  month,  was  SoImv 
chai  a  llusaihite  of  the  race  of  Zaiahi :  and  in 
his  company  were  lour  and  twenty   thousand. 

I  J  The  ninth,  for  the  ninth  month.  Was  A  me- 
ter an  Anathoihilc  of  the  sons  ol  .li  mini  :  and  in 
his  companv   were  lour  and  twenty  thousand. 

Id  The  tenth,  lor  the  tenth  month,  was  .Marai, 
who  was  a  Netuphathite  of  the  race  ol  Zarai :  and 
in  his  company  were  four  and  twenty  thousand. 

14  The  eleventh,  for  the  eleventh  month,  was 
Hanaias.  a  l'harathonite  of  the  sons  of  Kphraitn  : 
and  in  his  company  were  four  and  twenty  thou- 
sand. 

15  The  twelfth*  for  the  twelfth  month,  was 
lloldai  a  Nelophathite,  of  the  race  of  (iothoiiiel  : 
and  in  his  company  were  four  and  twenty  thou- 
sand. 

16  Now  the  chiefs  over  the  tribes  of  Israel  were 
these:  over  the  Hubenites,  Eliezi  r  the  son  of  Ze- 
chri  was  ruler  ;  over  the  Siniconites,  Saphatias  the 
son  of  .Maacha  ; 

17  Over  the  Lcvites,  llasebias  the  sonofCa- 
mueJ;  over  the  Aaronites,  Sadoc  ; 

18  Over  Juda,  Eliu  the  brother  of  David ;  over 
Issachar,  Amri  the  son  of  Michael ; 

19  Over  the  Zabulonitcs,  Jesmaias  the  son  of 
Adias  ;  over  the  Nephtalites,  Jeriniolh  the  son  ol 
( )/riel ; 

20  Over  the  sons  of  Ephraim,  Osee  the  son  of 
Ozaziii  ;  over  the  half  tribe  of  Manassts,  Joel  the 
son  of  Phadaia  : 

21  And  over  the  half  tribe  of  Manasses  in  (ia- 
laad, .laddo  the  son  of  Za<  harias  ;  and  over  Ben- 
jamin, Jasiel  the  son  of  Aimer  ; 

22  And  over  Dan,  Ezrihel  the  son  of  Jeroham  : 
these  were  the  princes  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

23  But  David  would  not  number  them  from 
twenty  years  old  and  under:  because  the  laid 
had  said  that  he  would  multiply  Israel  like  the 
stars  of  heaven. 

24  Joab  the  son  of  Sarvia  began  to  number : 
but  he  finished  not;  because  upon  this  there  fell 
wrath  upon  Israel:  and  therefor*'  the  number  of 
them  that  were  numbered,  was  not  registered  in 
the  chronicles  of  king  David. 

25  And  over  the  kind's  treasures  was  Azmoth 
the  BOO  of  Adiel  :  and  over  those  stores  which 
were  in  the  cities,  and  in  the  villages,  and  in  the 
castles,  was  Jonathan  'be  son  of  Oman. 

26  And  over  the  tillage,  and  the  husbandmen, 
who  tilled  the  ground,  was  Ezri  the  son  of  Chcluh  : 

27  And  over  the  dressers  of  the  vineyards,  was 
Semeias  a  Ilomathite  :  and  over  the  w  mc-ccllais, 
Zabdias  an  Aphonite. 

28  And  over  the  olive-yards  and  the  fig-groi  • 
which  were  in  the  plains,  was  Halanam  a  (iederite  ; 
and  over  the  otl-CellaiS,  JOBS. 

29  And  over  the  herds  that  fed  in  Saron,  was 


CHAP.  XXVIII,  XXIX. 


Setrai  a  Saronite :  and  over  the  oxen  in  the  valleys, 
Saphat  the  son  of  Adli: 

30  And  over  the  camels,  Ubil  an  Ismahelite  : 
and  over  the  asses,  Jadias  a  Merouathite  : 

31  And  over  the  sheep  Jaziz  an  Agarene.  All 
these  were  the  rulers  of  the  substance  of  king 
David. 

32  And  Jonathan,  David's  uncle,  a  counsellor, 
a  wise  and  learned  man  :  he  and  Jahiel  the  son  ol 
Hachamoni  where  with  the  king's  sons.  , 

33  And  Achitophel  was  the  king's  counsellor, 
and  Chusai  the  Arachite,  the  king's  friend. 

34  And  after  Achitophel  was  Joiada  the  son  ol 
Banaias,  and  Abiathar.  And  the  general  of  the 
king's  army  was  Joab. 

CHAP.  XXVIII. 

David's  speech,  in  a  solemn  assembly  :  his  exhortation  to  Solo- 
mon.    Hegiveth  him  a  pattern  of  the  temple. 

A  ND  David  assembled  all  the  chief  men  of  Is- 
-£ *-  rael,  the  princes  of  the  tribes,  and  the  cap* 
tains  of  the  companies,  who  waited  on  the  king: 
and  the  captains  over  thousands,  and  over  hun- 
dreds, and  them  who  had  the  charge  over  the  sub- 
stance and  possessions  of  the  king,  and  his  sons 
with  the  officers  of  the  court,  and  the  men  of  power, 
and  all  the  bravest  of  the  army  of  Jerusalem. 

2  And  the  king  rising  up,  and  standing  said: 
Hear  me,  my  brethren,  and  my  people:  I  had  a 
thought  to  have  built  a  house,  in  which  the  ark  of 
the  Lord,  and  the  footstool  of  our  God  might  rest: 
and  I  prepared  all  things  for  the  building. 

3  And  God  said  to  me :  Thou  shalt  not  build  a 
house  to  my  name:  because  thou  art  a  man  of  war, 
and  hast  shed  blood. 

4  But  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  chose  me  of  all  the 
house  of  my  father,  to  be  king  over  Israel  for  ever: 
for  of  Juda  he  chose  the  princes:  and  of  the  house 
of  Juda,  my  father's  house:  and  among  the  sons  of 
my  father,  it  pleased  him  to  choose  me  king  over  all 
Israel. 

5  And  among  my  sons  (for  the  Lord  hath  given 
me  many  sons)  he  hath  chosen  Solomon  my  son,  to 
sit  upon  the  throne  of  the  kingdom  of  the  Lord  over 
Israel. 

6  And  he  said  tome:  Solomon  thy  son  shall  build 
my  house,  and  my  courts:  for  I  have  chosen  him  to 
be  my  son,  and  I  will  be  a  father  to  him. 

7  And  I  will  establish  his  kingdom  for  ever,  if 
he  continue  to  keep  my  commandments,  and  my 
judgments,asat  this  day. 

8  Now  then  before  all  the  assembly  of  Israel,  in 
the  hearing  of  our  God,  keep  ye.  and  seek  all  the 
commandments  of  the  Lord  our  God :  that  you  may 
possess  the  good  land,  and  may  leave  it  to  your  chil- 
dren after  you  for  ever. 

9  And  thou,  my  son  Solomon,  know  the  God  of 
thy  father,  and  serve  him  with  a  perfect  heart,  and 
awillina,  mind;  for  the  Lord  searcheth  all  hearts, 
and  understandeth  all  the  thoughts  of  minds.  If 
thoi'eek  him,  thou  shall  find  him:  but  if  thou  for- 
sati,j  him,  he  will  cast  thee  off  for  ever. 

10  Now  therefore   seeing  the  Lord   hath  chosen 


thee  to  build  the  house  of  the  sanctuary,  take  cour- 
age, and  do  it. 

1 1  And  David  gave  to  Solomon  his  son  a  de- 
scription of  the  porch,  and  of  the  temple,  and  of 
the  treasures,  and  of  the  upper  floor,  and  of  the  in- 
ner chambers,  and  of  the  house  for  the  mercy-seat, 

12  As  also  of  all  the  courts,  which  he  had  in  his 
thoughts,  and  of  the  chambers  round  about,  for  the 
treasures  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  for  the  trea- 
sures of  the  consecrated  things, 

13  And  of  the  divisions  ol  the  priests  and  of  the 
Levitcs,  for  all  the  works  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  for  all  the  vessels  of  the  service  of  the  temple 
of  ( he  Lord : 

14  Gold  by  weight  for  every  vessel  for  the  minis- 
try; and  silver  by  weight  according  to  the  diversity 
of  the  vessels  and  uses. 

15  He  gave  also  gold  for  the  golden  candlesticks, 
and  their  lamps,  according  to  the  dimensions  of  eve- 
ry candlestick,  and  the  lamps  thereof.  In  like  man- 
ner also  he  gave  silver  by  weight  for  the  silver  can- 
dlesticks, and  for  their  lamps,  according  to  the  di- 
versity of  the  dimensions  of  them. 

10  He  gave  also  gold  for  the  tables  of  proposition, 
according  to  the  diversity  of  the  tables;  in  like  man- 
ner also  silver  for  other  tables  of  silver. 

17  For  flesh-hooks  also,  and  bowls,  and  censers 
of  fine  gold,  and  for  little  lions  of  gold,  according 
to  the  measure  he  —  ve  by  weight,  for  every  lion. 
In  like  manner  also  for  lions  of  silver  he  set  aside 
a  different  weight  of  silver. 

18  And  lor  the  altar  of  incense,  he  gave  the  pur- 
est gold  ;  and  to  make  the  likeness  of  the  chariot  of 
the  Cherubims  spreading  their  wings,  and  covering 
the  ark  of  the  covevnant  of  the  Lord. 

19  All  these  things,  said  he,  came  to  me  written 
by  the  hand  of  the  Lord;  that  1  might  understand 
ail  the  works  of  the1  pattern. 

20  And  David  said  to  Solomon  his  son:  Act  like 
a  man,  and  take  courage,  and  do:  fear  not;  and  be 
not  dismayed  :  for  the  Lord  my  God  will  be  with 
thee,  and  will  not  leave  thee  nor  forsake  thee,  till 
thou  hast  finished  all  the  work  for  the  service  of 
the  house  of  the  Lord. 

21  Behold,  the  courses  of  the  priests  and  the  Le- 
vites,  for  every  ministry  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
standby  thee,  and  arejeady:  and  both  the  princes 
and  the  people  know  how  to  execute  all  thy  com- 
mandments. 

CHAP.  XXIX. 

David  by  word  and  example  encourageth  (he  princes  to  contri- 
bute liberally  to  the  building  of  the  temple.  His  thanksgiv- 
ing,  prayer,  and  sacrifices:  his  death. 

ND  king  David  said  to  all  the  assembly:  Solo- 
mon my  son,  whom  alone  God  hath  chosen, 
is  as  yet  young  and  tender:  and  the  work  is  great; 
for  a  house  is  prepared  not  for  man,  but  for  God. 

2  And  I  with  all  my  ability  have  prepared  the 
expenses  for  the  house  of  my  God.  Gold  for  ves- 
sels of  gold,  and  silver  for  vessels  of  silver,  brass  for 


A1 


things  of  brass,  iron  for 


things 


of 


iron. 


wood 


lor 


things  of  wood :  and  onyx-stones  and  stones  like  ala- 
baster, and  of  divers  colours,  and  all  manner  of  pre- 

331 


I.  PARALIPOMENON 
and  marble  of  Paraa  in  neat  abuud- 


nons  stones, 
aii<  i  : 

S  Now  mcr  and  above  the  things  which  I  have 
offered  into  (In-  bouse  of  m>  Gorl,  I  give  of  my  own 
proper  Roods,  solil  and  silver  for  ihe  temple  of  ni) 
God,  lii-Milculi.it  tilings  I  bave  prepared  for  the 
hol\  house: 

i  Three  thousand  talents  of  sold  of  the  gold  of 
Ophir  ;  and  seven  thousand  talents  of  refined  silver, 
tn  ouilav   the  walls  of  the  temple: 

5  \ ntl  gold  for  wheresoever  tbrre  is  need  of 
gold:  and  silver  lor  wheresoever  there  is  need  of 
silver,  lor  the  works  to  bfl  made  hv  the  hands  of  the 
artificers:  now  if  any  man  is  willing  to  oiler,  let  him 
fill  bis  hand  to-day,  and  oiler  what  he  pleaseth  to 
the  Lord. 

G  Then  the  beads  of  the  families,  and  the  prin- 
of  the  tribes  of  Israel,  and  the  captains  of  thou- 
sands, and  ot   hundreds,  and   the  overseers  of  the 
kind's  possessions  promised. 

7  \  1 1 1 1  tliev  gave  for  the  works  of  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  of  Rold  five  thousand  talents,  and  ten 
thousand  solids;  of  silver  tea  thousand  talents;  and 
of  brass  eighteen  thousand  talents;  and  of  iron  ■ 
hundred  thousand  talents. 

8  And  all  they  that  had  stones,  cava  them  to  the 
treasures  of  the  house  ot  the  Lord,  by  the  hand  of 
Jahiel  the  ( ieroiisiie. 

9  And  the  people  rejoiced,  when  they  promised 
their  offerings  willingly  :  because  they  one  red  them 
to  the  Lord  with  all  their  heart:  and  David  the  king 
rejoiced  also  with  a  great  joy. 

10  And  he  blessed  the  Lord  before  all  the  mul- 
titude; and  he  said  :  Blessed  art  thou,  O  Lord  the 
God  of  Israel,  our  father  Iroin  eternity  to  eternity. 

11  Thine,  ()  Lord,  is  magnificence,  and  power, 
and  glory,  anil  victory:  and  to  thee  is  praise:  for 
all  that  is  in  heaven,  and  in  earth,  is  thine  :  thine 
is  the  kingdom,  O  Lord,  and  thou  art  above  all 
princes. 

12  Thine  arc  riches,  and  thine  is  glory :  thou  hast 

glit ; 

ot    a 
things. 

13  Now  therefore,  our  God,  we  give  thanks  to 
thee;  and  we  praise  thy  glorious  name. 

14 Who  am  I,  and  what  is  my  people,  that  we 
should  l»c  able  to  promise  thee  all  these  things  Pall 
things  are  thine  :  and  we  bave  given  thee  what  we 
received  of  thy  hand. 

16  I  <>r  we  are  sojourners  before  thee,  and  stran- 
gers, as  icerr  all  our  fathers.  Our  days  upon  earth 
ate  as  a  shadow;  ami  there  is  no  sia\. 

16  O  Lord  our  God,  all  this  store  that  we  bave 

■SM 


dominion  over  all  :  in  thy  hand  is  power  and  mi 
in   thy    band    greatness,    and    the    empire 


prepared  to  build  tbee  a   bouse  for  thy  holy  name, 
is  Iroin  (hv  hand  ;  and  all  things  arc  thine. 

17    I   know,  mv  God,    that  thou    provest    hearts, 


Jl" 
aN 


so  in  ttie  sun 


and  |o\i  st  simplicity;  wherefore 

plicity  of  my   heart,  have  joyfully  offered  all  these 

things;  and  1  bare  seea  with  creel  joy  thy  people 

which  are  here  present,  oiler  thee  their  offerings. 

18  O  Lord  Gad  of  Abraham,  and  ot  Isaac,  and 
of  Israel,  our  fathers,  keep  for  cut  this  w  ill  ol  their 
heart;  and  let  this  mind  remain  always  for  the  wor- 
ship Of  thee. 

19  And  t:i\e  to  Solomon  my  son  a  perfect  heart, 
that  he  may  keep  thy  commandments,  thy  testimo- 
nies, and  thy  ceremonies,  and  do  all  things:  and 
build  the  bouse,  for  which  I  bave  provided  the 
charges. 

20  And  David  commanded  all  the  assembly : 
Bless  ye  the  Lord  our  God.  And  all  the  assembly 
Weasea  the  Lord  the  God  of  their  fathers  :  and  they 
bowed  themselves,  and  worshipped  God,  and  then 
the  king. 

21  And  they  sacrificed  victims  to  tiie  Lord:  and 
they  offered  holocausts  the  next  day,  ■  thousand 

bullocks,  a  thousand  rams,  a  thousand  lambs,  with 
their  libations,  and  with  everything  prescribed  most 
abundantly  for  all  Israel. 

22  And  they  ate  and  drank  before  the  Lord  that 
day  with  great  joy.  And  they  anointed  the  second 
time  Solomon  the  son  of  David.  And  they  anoint- 
ed him  to  the  Lord  to  be  prince,  aud  Sadoc  to  be 
high-priest 

23  And  Solomon  sat  on  the  throne  of  the  Lord 
as  kins  instead  of  David  his  father:  and  he  pleased 
all:  and  all  Israel  obeyed  him. 

2  )■  And  all  the  prin  es,  and  men  of  power,  and 
all  the  sons  of  king  David  gate  their  band,  and 
were  subject  to  Solomon  the  king. 

-'•')  And  the  Lord  magnified  Solomon  over  all 
Israel  ;  and  gave  him  the  glory  of  a  reign,  such  as 
noktltg  of  Israel  had  before  him. 

26  So  David  the  sonoflsai reigned  overall  Israel. 

27  And  the  days  that  he  reigned  over  Israel, 
were  forty  years:  in  Hebron  he  reigned  seven  years, 
and  in  Jerusalem  three  and  thirty  years. 

28  And  he  died  in  a  good  age,  full  of  days,  and 
riches,  and  glory.  And  Solomon  his  son  reigned  in 
his  stead. 

29  Now  the  acts  of  king  David  first  and  last  are 
written  in  the  Book  ot  >amuel  the  seer,  and  in  the 
Book  of  Nathan  the  prophet,  and  in  the  Book  ot 
Gad  the  seer: 

30  And  of  all  his  reign,  and  his  valour,  and  of 
the  times  that  passed  under  him,  either  in  Israel,  or 
in  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  countries. 


THE  SECOND 


BOOK  OF  PARALIPOMENON. 


CHAP.  I. 

Sobmon  ofcrcth  sacrifices  at  (Inbaim.     His  choicn  of  wisdom, 
which  God  givcth  him. 

AND  Solomon  the  son  of  David  was  strengthen- 
ed in  his  kingdom  :  ;ind  the  Lord  his  God  was 
frith  him,  and  magnified  him  to  a  high  degree. 

2  And  Solomon  gave  orders  to  all  Israel,  to  the 
Captains  of  thousands,  and  of  hundreds,  and  to  the 
rulers,  and  to  the  judges  of  all  Israel,  and  the  heads 
of  the  families: 

3  And  he  went  with  all  the  multitude  to  the  high 
place  of  Gabaon,  where  was  the  tahernacle  of  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord,  which  Moses  the  servant  of 
God  made,  in  the  wilderness. 

4  For  David  had  brought  the  ark  of  God  from 
Cariathiarim  to  the  place  which  he  had  prepared fcr 
it,  and  where  he  had  pitched  a  tabernacle  for  it,  that 
is,  in  Jerusalem. 

5  And  the  altar  of  brass,  which  Beseleel  the  son 
of  Uri  the  son  of  Flip  had  made,  was  there  before 
the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord:  and  Solomon  and  all 
the  assembly  sought  it. 

6  And  Solomon  went  up  thither  to  the  brazen 
altar,  before  the  tabernacle  of  the  covenant  of  the 
Lord,  and  offered  up  on  it  a  thousand  victims. 

7  And  behold,  that  night  God  appeared  to  him, 
saying  :  Ask  what  thou  wilt  that  I  should  give  thee. 

8  And  Solomon  said  to  God  :  Thou  hast  shown 
great  kindness  to  my  father  David;  and  hast  made 
me  king  in  his  stead. 

9  Now  therefore,  O  Lord  God,  let  thy  word  be 
fulfilled,  which  thou  hast  promised  to  David  my  fa- 
ther: for  thou  hast  made  me  king  over  thy  great 
people,  which  is  as  innumerable  as  the  dust  of  the 
earth. 

10  Give  me  wisdom  and  knowledge,  that  I  may 
come  in  and  go  out  before  thy  people  :  for  who  can 
worthily  judge  this  thv  people,  which  is  so  great? 

11  And  God  said  to  Solomon:  Because  this 
choice  hath  pleased  thy  heart,  and  thou  hast  not  ask- 
ed riches,  and  wealth,  and  glory,  nor  the  lives  of 
them  that  hate  thee,  nor  many  days  of  life;  but  hast 
asked  wisdom  and  knowledge,  to  be  able  to  judge 
my  people,  over  which  I  have  made  thee  king; 

12  VVisdom  and  knowledge  are  granted  to  thee: 
and  I  will  give  thee  riches,  and  wealth,  and  glory, 
so  that  none  of  the  kings  before  thee,  nor  alter  thee, 
shall  be  like    thee. 

13  Then  Solomon  came  from  the  hitdi  place  of 
Gabaon  to  Jerusalem  before  the  tabernacle  of  the 
covenant,  and  reigned  over  Israel. 

14  And  he  gathered  to  himself  chariots  and  horse- 
men: and  he  had  a  thousand  four  hundred  chariots, 
and  twelve  thousand  horsemen:  and  he  placed  them 
in  the  cities  of  the  chariots,  and  with  the  king  in 
Jerusalem. 

15  And  the  king  made  silver  and  gold  to  be  in 


Jerusalem  as  stones,  and  cedar-trees  as  sycamores, 
which  grow  in  the  plains  in  great  multitude. 

16  And  there  were  horses  brought  him  from 
Egypt,  and  from  Coa  by  the  king's  merchants,  who 
went  and  bought  at  a  price, 

17  Achariotof  four  horsesfor  six  hundred  pieces 
of  silver,  and  a  horse  for  a  hundred  and  fifty  :  in 
like  manner  market  was  made  in  all  the  kingdoms  of 
the  Hethites,  and  of  the  kings  of  Syria. 

(HAP.  II. 

Solomon's  embassage  to  Hiram,  who  sends  kirn  a  skilful  workman, 
and  limber. 

\  ND  Solomon  determined  to  build  a  house  to  the 
■£*-  name  of  the  Lord,  and  a  palace  for  himself. 

2  And  he  numbered  out  seventy  thousand  men  to 
bear  burdens,  and  eighty  thousand  to  hew  stones  in 
the  mountains,  and  three  thousand  six  hundred  to 
oversee  them. 

3  He  sent  also  to  Hiram  king  of  Tyre,  saying: 
As  thou  didst  with  David  my  father,  and  didst  send 
him  cedars,  to  build  him  a  house,  in  which  he  dwelt: 

4  So  do  with  me,  that  I  may  build  a  house  to  the 
name  of  the  Lord  my  God,  to  dedicate  it  to  burn 
incense  before  him,  and  to  perfume  with  aromatical 
spices,  and  for  the  continual  setting  forth  of  bread, 
and  for  the  holocausts,  morning  and  evening,  and 
on  the  sabbaths,  and  on  the  new-moons,  and  the 
solemnities  of  the  Lord  our  God  forever,  which  are 
commanded  for  Israel. 

5  For  the  house  which  I  desire  to  build,  is  great: 
for  our  God  is  great  above  all  gods. 

6  Who  then  can  be  able  to  build  him  a  worthy 
house  ?  if  heaven,  and  the  heavens  of  heavens  can- 
not contain  him  ;  who  am  I,  that  I  should  be  able  to 
build  him  a  house?  but  to  this  end  only,  that  incense 
may  be  burnt  before  him. 

7  Send  me  therefore  a  skilful  man,  that  knoweth 
how  to  work  in  gold,  and  in  silver,  in  brass,  and  in 
iron,  in  purple,  in  scarlet  and  in  blue,  and  that  hath 
skill  in  engraving,  with  the  artificers,  which  I  have 
with  me  in  Judea  and  Jerusalem,  whom  David  my 
father  provided. 

8  Send  me  also  cedars,  and  fir-trees,  and  pine- 
trees  from  Libanus  :  for  I  know  that  thy  servants  are 
skilful  in  cutting  timber  in  Libanus;  and  my  ser- 
vants shall  be  with  thy  servants. 

9  To  provide  me  timber  in  abundance.  For  the 
house  which  I  desire  to  build,  is  to  be  exceeding 
great  and  glorious. 

10  And  1  will  give  thy  servants  the  workmen  that 
are  to  cut  down  the  trees,  for  their  food  twenty 
thousand  cores  of  wheat,  and  as  many  cores  of  bar- 
ley, and  twenty  thousand  measures  of  wine,  and 
twenty  thousand  measures  of  oil. 

11  And  Hiram  kingofTyre  sent  a  letter  to  Solo- 
mon, saying:  Because  the  Lord  hath  loved  his  peo- 
ple, therefore  he  hath  made  thee  king  over  them 

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TI.  PARAL1P0MEN0N. 


12  And  he  added,  saving :J3tessnd  be  the  Lord 
the  God  of  Israel,  who  made  heaven  and  earth,  who 
hath  given  to  king  David  a  wise  and  knowing  son. 
endued  with  understanding  and  prudence,  to  build 

a  house  l<>  tin-  Lord,  and  a  |>;dacc  tor  liiniM'If. 

13  I  therefore  have  sent  thee  my  rather  Hiram,  a 
and  most  skilful  man, 

1 V  Tlii-  son  of  a  woman  of  the  daughters  of  Dan, 
whose  father  was  a  Tyriau,  who  knoweth  how  to 
work  in  gold,  and  in  Silver,  in  brass,  and  in  iron, 
and  in  marble,  and  in  timber,  in  purple  also,  and 
violet,  and  silk,  and  scarlet  :  and  who  knoweth  to 
■rave  all  sort  otgrat  ing.  and  to  devise  ingeniously  all 

that  there  may  he  need  of  in  the  work  with  thy  arti- 
ficers, and  with  the  artificers  of  my  lord  David  tin 
father. 

|6  The  wheat  therefore,  and  the  bailey,  and  the 
oil,  and  the  wine,  which  thou,  my  lord,  hast  promis- 
ed, «.end  to  thy  servants. 

1*1  \nd  we  will  eut  down  as  many  trees  out  of 
LibantlS  as  thou  shall  want,  and  will  convey  them 
in  floats  by  sea  to  .Joppe  :  and  it  will  be  thy  part  to 
bring  them  thence  to  Jerusalem. 

17  \nd  Solomon  numbered  all  the  proselytes  in 
the  land  of  Israel,  alter  the  numbering  which  David 
his  rather  had  made  :  and  they  were  found  a  hun- 
dred fifty-three  thousand  and  six  hundred. 

18  And  he  set  seventy  thousand  of  them  to  earn 
burdens  on  their  shoulders,  and  eights  thousand  to 
hew  stones  in  the  mountains  ;  and  three  thousand 
and  six  hundred  to  be  overseers  of  the  work  of  the 
people. 

CHAP.  111. 

The  plan  and  ornament*  nfthr  temple:  the  chrnibim*,  the  rril. 
and  the  pdlurt. 

\  ND  Solomon  began  to  build  the  bouse  of  the 
j.  JL  Lord  in  Jerusalem,  in  mount  Moria,  which  had 
been  shown  to  David  his  father,  in  the  place  which 
David  had  prepared  in  the  thrashing-floor  of  Oman 
the  Jebiisite. 

2  And  he  began  tn  build  in  the  second  month,  in 
the  fourth  \e;ir  of  his  reign. 

■  '•  Now  these  are  the  foundations,  u  hich  Solomon 
laid,  to  build   the  house  of  God,  the  length   by  the 

first  ■annate  sixty  cubits,  the  breadth  twenty  cubits. 

4  Ami  the  porch  in  the  front,  which  was  ex- 
tended in    length  according  to   the  measure    of   the 

breadth  of  the  house,  twenty  dibits  :and  the  height 

Was  a  hundred  and  twenty  cubits  :  and  he  overlaid 
it  within  with  pure  gold. 

5  And  the  greater  house  he  ceiled  with  deal 
boards,  and  overlaid  them  with  plaits  of  fine  gold 
throughout  :  and  he  graved  in  them  palm-trees,  and 
like  little  chains  interlaced  with  one  another. 

0  He  paved  also  the  floor  of  the  temple  w  ith  most 
precious  marble,  of  great  beauty. 

7  Anil  the  gold  of  the  plates  with  which  be  over- 
laid the  house,  and  the  beams  thereof,  and  the  posts. 
and  the  a  alK.  :md  the  doors,  was  of  the  finest  ■  and 
he  graved  eheruhinis  on  the  walls. 

B  He  made  also  the  house  of  the  holy  of  holies: 

the  length  of  it  according  to  the  breadth  of  the 
temple,  tweiiU  cubits,  and    the  breadth  of  it  in  like 

SJ4 


manner  twenty  cubits  :  nun  nc  overlaid  it  with  plates 
of  gold,  amounting  to  about  six  hundred  talents. 

!»  He  made  also  nails  of  gold  ;  and  the  weight  of 
every  nail  was  fifty  sides  :  the  Upper  chambers  also 
he  overlaid  with  gold. 

10  He  made  also  in  the  house  of  the  holy  of  holies 
two  eheruhinis  of  image-work:  and  he  overlaid 
them  w  ith  gold. 

11  The  wings  of  the  eheruhinis  were  extended 
twenty  cubits,  so  that  one  wing  was  fivecubits  long, 
and  reached  to  the  wall  of  the  house:  and  the  other 
was  ;i|so  five  cubits  long,  and  reached  to  the  wing 
of  the  other  cherub. 

I  .  In  like  manner  the  wins;  of  the  other  cherub 
was  live  cubits  long,  and  reached  to  the  wall  :  and 
his  other  wing  u;,s  five  cubits  long,  and  touched 
the  w  ing  of  the  other  cherub. 

Id  So  the  wings  of  the  two  eheruhinis  were  spread 
forth,  and  were  extended  twenty  rooks :  and  they 
stood  upright  on  their  feet  :  and  their  faces  were 
turned  toward  the  house  without. 

14  He  made  also  a  veil  of  violet,  purple,  scarlet, 
and  silk  ;  and  wrought  in  if  eheruhinis. 

lfi  He  made  also  before  the  doors  of  the  ti  tuple 
two  pillars,  which  were  five  and  thirty  cubits  high  : 
and  their  chapiters  were  fivecubits. 

1G  He  made  also  as  it  were  little  chains  in  the 
oracle  :  and  he  put  them  on  the  heads  of  ihe  pillars  ; 
and  a  hundred  pomegranates,  which  he  put  between 
the  little  chains. 

17  These  pillars  he  put  at  the  entrance  of  the 
temple,  one  on  the  right  hand,  and  theothei  on  the 
left  :  that  which  was  on  the  right  hand,  he  called 
Jachin;  and  that  on  the  left  hand.  Boo/. 

CHAP.  IV. 

The  altar  of  brass  ;  the  molten  sra  upon  ttrrlre  orrn  ;  the  ten 
Innrs  j  t'u  nindli  sti,k*,  and  other  ve*sih,  and  ornaments  of 
the  temple. 

TJTL'  made  also  an  altar  of  brass  twenty  cubits  long, 
-*--■-  and  twenty  cubits   broad,  and  ten  cubits  high. 

2  Also  |  molten  sea  of  ten  cubits  from  brim  to 
brim,  round  in  compass  :  it  was  five  cubits  high  : 
and  a  line  of  thirty  cubts  compassed  it  round    about. 

3  And  under  it  there  was  the  likeness  of  oxen, 

and  certain  engravings  on  (he  outside  often  cubits 
compassed  the  belly  of  the  sea,  as  it  were  with  two 
rows. 

4  And  the  oxen  were  cast  :  and  the  sea  itself  was 
set  upon  the  twelve  oxen,  three  of  which  looked 
toward  the  north  :  and  other  three  toward  the  west  ■ 
and  other  three  toward  the  south;  and  the  other 
three  that  remained  toward  the  east  ;  and  the  sea 
stood  upon  them:  and  the  hinder  parts  of  the  oxen 
were  inward  under  the  sea. 

6  Now  the  thickness  of  it  was  a  hand-breadth, 
and  the  brim  of  it  w  as  like  the  brim  of  a  cup,  or  of 
a  crisped  lily:  and  it  held  three  thousand  measures. 

6  He  made  also  ten  lavers :  and  he  set  five  on 
the  right  hand,  and  liveon  the  left,  to  wash  u,  thm* 
all  such  things  as  they  were  to  olfir  lor  holocaust  j 
but  the  sea  was  for  the  priests  to  wash  in. 

7  And  he  made  ten  golden  candlesticks,  accord- 
'iug  to    the  form  which   tln\  were  commanded  to 


CHAP.  V,  VI 


be   made  by :  and  he  sot  them  in  the  temple,  five 
on  the  right  hand,  and  live  on  the  left. 

8  Moreover  also  ten  tallies:  and  lie  set  them  in 
the  temple,  five  on  the  rif;ht  side,  and  five  on  the 
left  ;  also  a  hundred  howls  of  gold. 

9  He  made  also  the  court  of  the  priests,  and  a 
great  hall,  and  doors  in  the  hall,  which  he  coveted 
with  brass. 

10  And  he  set  the  sea  on  the  right  side  over- 
against  the  east  toward. the  south. 

11  And  Hiram  made  caldrons,  and  flesh-hooks, 
and  howls;  and  finished  all  the  king's  work  in  the 
house  of  God  : 

12  That  is  to  say,  the  two  pillars,  and  the  pom- 
mels, and  the  chapiters,  and  the  net-work,  to  cover 
the  chapiters  over  the  pommels:     , 

13  And  four  hundred  pomegra'nates,  and  two 
Wreaths  of  net-work  ;  so  that  two  rows  of  pome- 
granates were  joined  to  each  wreath,  to  cover  the 
pommels,  and  the  chapiters  of  the  pillars. 

14  He  made  also  bases,  and  lavers,  which  he 
Bet  upon  the  bases. 

15  One  sea,  and  twelve  oxen  under  the  sea. 

16  And  the  caldrons,  and  llesh-hooks,  and 
bowls.  All  the  vessels  did  Hiram  his  father  make 
for  Solomon  inthe  house  of  the  Lord,  of  the  finest 
brass. 

17  In  the  country  near  the  Jordan  did  the  king 
rast  them,  in  a  clay-ground  between  Sochot  and 
Saredatha. 

18  And  the  multitude  of  vessels  was  innumera- 
ble, so  that  the  weight  of  the  brass  was  not  known. 

19  And  Solomon  made  all  the  vessels  for  the 
house  of  God,  and  the  golden  altar,  and  the  tables, 
upon  which  were  the  loaves  of  proposition, 

20  The  candlesticks  also  of  most  pure  gold 
with  their  lamps  to  give  light  before  the  oracle,  ac- 
cording to  the  manner. 

21  And  certain  flowers,  and  lamps,  and  golden 
torus:  all  were  made  of  the  finest  gold. 

Zi  The  vessels  also  lor  the  perfumes  and  the  cen- 
sers, and  the  howls,  and  the  mortars,  of  pure  gold. 
And  he  graved  the  doors  of  the  inner  temple,  that  is, 
for  the  holy  of  holies:  and  the  doors  of  the  temple 
without  were  of  gold.  And  thus  all  the  work  was 
finished,  which  Solomon  made  in  the  bouse  of  the 
Lord. 

CHAP.  V. 

The  ark  is  brought  with  great  solemnity  into  the  temple  :  the 
temple  is/illed  icith  the  glory  of  Got/. 

^THIEN  Solomon  brought  in  all  the  things  that 
-*-     David    his  father  had  vowed,  the   silver,  and 
the  gold,  and  all  the  vessels  he  put  among  the  treas- 
ures of  the  house  of  God. 

2  And  after  this  he  gathered  together  the  an- 
cients of  Israel,  and  all  the  princes  of  the  tribes, 
and  the  hands  of  the  families,  of  the  children  of 
Und  to  Jerusalem,  to  bring  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Lord  out  of  the  city  of  David,  which 
*s  bton. 

3  And  all  the  men  of  Israel  came  to  the  king  in 
the  solemn  day  of  the  seventh  month. 


4  And  w  hen  all  the  ancients  of  Israel  were  come, 
the  Levites  took  up  the  ark; 

5  And  brought  it  in,  together  with  all  the  furni- 
ture of  the  tabernacle.  And  the  priests  with  the 
Levites  carried  the  vessels  of  the  sanctuary,  which 
Were  in  the  tabernacle. 

6  And  king  Solomon,  and  all  the  assembly  of  Is- 
rael, and  all  that  were  gathered  together  before  the 
ark,  sacrificed  rams  and  oxen  without  number;  so 
great  was  the  multitude  of  the  victims. 

7  And  the  priests  brought  in  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Lord  into  its  place,  that  is,  to  the  ora- 
cle of  the  temple,  into  the  holy  of  holies  under  the 
wings  of  the  chei  ubims  : 

8  So  that  the  cherubims  spread  their  wings  over 
the  place,  in  which  the  ark  was  set,  and  covered 
the  ark  itself  and  its  staves. 

9  Now  the  ends  of  the  staves  wherewith  theaik 
was  carried,  because  they  were  something  longer, 
were  seen  before  the  oracle:  but  if  a  man  were  a 
little  outward,  he  could  not  see  them.  So  the 
ark  has  been  there  unto  this  day. 

10  And  there  was  nothing  else  in  the  ark  but 
the  two  tables  which  Moses  put  there  at  Horeb 
when  the  Lord  gave  the  law  to  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, at  their  coming  out  of  Egypt* 

11  Now  when  the  priests  were  come  out  of  the 
sanctuary  (for  all  the  priests  that  coujd  be  found 
there,  were  sanctified  :  and  as  yet  at  that  time  the 
courses  and  order  of  the  ministries  were  not  divi- 
ded among  them.) 

12  Both  the  Levites  and  the  singing  men,  that 
is,  both  they  that  were  under  Asaph,  and  they  that 
were  under  H  email,  and  they  that  were  under  Idi- 
ihnn,  with  their  sons,  and  their  brethren,  clothed 
with  fine  linen,  sounded  with  cymbals,  and  psalte- 
ries, and  harps,  standing  on  the  east  side  of  the  altar, 
and  with  them  a  hundred  and  tw  cnty  priests,  sound- 
ing with  trumpets. 

13  So  when  they  all  sounded  together,  both  with 
trumpets,  and  voice,  and  cymbals,  and  organs,  and 
with  divers  kinds  of  musical  instruments,  and  lilted 
up  their  voice  on  high;  the  sound  was  heard  afar 
off,  so  that  when  they  began  to  praise  the  Lord, 
and  to  say  :  Give  glory  to  the  Lord,  for  he  is  good, 
for  his  mercy  enduretb  forever;  the  house  of  God 
was  filled  with  a  cloud. 

14  Nor  could  the  priests  stand  and  minister  by 
reason  of  the  cloud.  For  the  glory  ol  the  Lord 
had  filled  the  house  of  God. 

CHAP.  VI. 

Solomon's  blessings  and  prayer. 

HP  HEN  Solomon  said:   The  Lord  promised  that 
-*-     he  would  dwell  in  a  cloud. 

2  But  I  have  built  a  house  to  his  name,  that  be 
might  dwell  there  for  ever. 

3  And  the  king  turned  his  face,  and  blessed  all 
the  multitude  of  Israel  (for  all  the  multitude  stood 
attentive)  and  he  said  : 

4  Blessed  be  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel,  who 
hath  accomplished  in  deed  that  which  he  spoke  tc 
David  my  father,  saying  : 

335 


II.  PARAMroMKXON. 


6  From  the  day  thai  I  broaghl  my  people  out  of 

tin-  land  of  Egypt,  1  chose  no  city  anion:;  all  the 
(lilies  of  Israel,  lor  a  house-  to  be  built  in  it  to  my 
name:    neither   cBOM    I  any  other   iii.ni,  to  be  DM 

Tiller  Of  111V    people   Israel. 

t»  lint  I  chose  Jerusalem,  that  my  name  might 
Ite.  there:  and  1  chose  Da\id  ti>  set  him  over  m\ 
ix-ople  Israel. 

7  And  whereas  D;i\id  my  father  had  a  mind  to 
build  a  house  to  the  name  of  the  Lord  the  God  of 
Diai'l, 

8  The  Lord  said  to  him  :  Forasmuch  as  it  w;is 
thy  will  to  build  a  house  to  my  name,  thou  hast 
done  well  indeed  in  having  such  a  will  : 

9  But  thou  shall  not  build  the  house,  but  thy  sou, 
who  shall  come  out  of  thy  loins,  he  shall  build  a 
house  to  my  name. 

10  The  Lord  therefore  hath  accomplished  his 
word  which  he  spoke:  and  I  am  risen  up  in  the 
place  of  David  ni\  rather,  and  sit  upon  the  throne 
of  Israel,  as  the  Lord  promised;  and  have  built  a 
botHa  10  the  name  of  the  Lord  God  of  Israel. 

I  1  And  I  have  put  in  it  the  ark,  wherein  is  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord,  which  he  made  with  the 
children  of  Israel. 

IJ  And  he  stood  before'  the  altar  of  the  Lord,  in 
presence  o!  all  the  multitude  of  Israel,  and  stretched 
forth  his  hands. 

13  For  Solomon  had  made  a  brazen  scaffold,  and 
had  set  it  in  the  midst  of  the  temple,  w  Inch  was  five 
cubits  long,  and  li\e  cubits  broad,  and  three  cubits 
high:  and  he  stood  upon  it  :  then  kneeling  down  in 
the  presence  of'  all  I  he  multitude  of  Israel,  and  lift- 
ing up  his  hands  towards  heaven, 

14  He  said :()  Lord  Ge>el  of  Israel,  there  is  no 
God  like  thee  in  heaven  nor  in  earih:  who  kecpest 
covenant  and  mercy  with  thy  servants,  tlmt  walk 
before  thee  with  all  their  hearts: 

|.'»  W  ho  hast  pel  turned  to  thv  servant  David  my 
father  all  that  thou  hast  promised  him:  and  hast  ac- 
complished in  fact,  what  thou  hast  spoken  with  the 
mouth,  as  also  the  present  time  proveth. 

16 NoiV  then,()  Lord  God  of  Israel,  fulfil  to  thy 
servant  David  my  father,  whatsoever  thou  hast 
promised  him,  savin;;:  There  shall  not  fail  thee  a 
man  in  my  sight,  to  sit  upon  the  throne  of  Israel: 
vet  so  that  thy  children  lake  heed  to  their  wavs, and 
walk  in  my  law.  as  thou  hast  vv;ilked   before  me. 

17  And  now.  Lord  God  of  Israel,  let  thy  Word  be 
established  which  thou  hasl  spoken  to  thv  seivaut 
I  >avid. 

18  Is  it  credible  then  that  God  should  dwell  with 
men  on  the  earth?  If  heaven  and  the  heavens  of 
heavens  do  not  contain  thee,  how  much  less  this 
house,  whieh  |  have  built? 

19  Hut  to  this  end  only  it  is  made,  that  thou 
mavst  regard  the  praver  of  thv  servant,  and  his  sup- 
plication, <)  Lord  niv  ( iod  :  and  majrSt  hear  the  pray- 
ers which  thy  servant  poureth  out  before  thee. 

20  That  thou  mavst  open  thv  eves  upon  this 
house  dav  and  nicht,  upon  the  place  wherein  thou 
bast  promisee    that  thv   name  should  be  called  upon  : 

-'I   Am   that  thou  would*!  beat  the  praver  which 

us 


thv  servantprayeth  in  it :  hearken  then  to  the  prayer* 
of  'thv  servant,  and  of  thy  people  Israel.  \\  h« 
ever  shall  pray  in  this  place,  hear  thou  from  thy 
dvv  elling-place,  that  is,  from  heav  en,  and  show  mercy. 
.'  It  any  man  sin  against  his  neighbour,  and 
conic  to  swear  against  him,  and  bind  himself  with 
a  curse  before  the  altar  in  tins  house  : 

-'•!  Then  bear  thou  from  heaven,  and  do  justice 
to  thy  servants,  se>  as  to  requite-  the  Wicked  by 
Unking  his  w  ieke  elncss  fall  upon  his  oft  I  In  ael,  and 
to  revenge  the-. iust,  rewarding  him  according  to  I  is 

justice'. 

Jl  If  thy  people  Israel  be  overcome  by  their  cue 
mies,  (for  they  will  sin  against  thee)  and  bekig  e-on- 
verte-d  shall  do  pe-nancc.   and   call  ttpon   tin  name, 
and  pray  lei  the  e-  in  this  place, 

Eo  Then  hear  thou  from  heaven,  and  forgive  the 
sin  ofihy  people  Israel,  and  bring  them  back  into 
the  land,  which  them  gavest  to  them,  and  their 
lathers. 

26  If  the-  heavens  be  shut  up,  and  there  fall  no 
rain  by  reason  of  the  sins  of  the  people,  and  tin  \ 
shall  pray  to  thee  in  this  place,  and  confeas  te>  thy 
name,  ami  be-  converted  from  their  sins,  w  hen  thou 
eieist  afflict  thein  ; 

27  Then  hear  thou  from  heaven?  O  Lord,  and 
forgive  the-  sins  of  thy  servants  anil  of  thv  people 
Israel,  anil  teach  them  the  gooel  way,  in  which  they 
in  iv  walk:  and  give  rain  to  thy  land,  which  thou 
hast  given  to  thy  people  to  possess. 

28  If  a  famine-  arise  in  the  land,  or  a  pestilence, 
or  blast  ins,  or  mildew,  or  locusts,  or  caterpillars , 
or  il  their  cm  mies  waste  the  country,  ami  besiege 
the-  cities,  whatsoever  scourge  or  infirmity  shall  Be 
upon  them: 

29  Then  if  any  of  thy  people'  Israel,  know  bag  bis 
own  scourge  and  infiumtv,  shall  pray,  and  shall 
spread  forth  his  hands  in  tins  house'; 

30  Hear  thou  from  beavea,fron  thy  high  dwell- 
ing-place, ami  forgpvo,  and  render  te>  eve  rv  one1  ac- 
cording to  his  wavs.  whieh  them  know  est  him  te> 
have-  in  his  beart  :  (lor  thou  only  know  est  the  he  at  is 
of  the-  children  e>l  limn  :) 

31  That  they  may  fear  thee,  and  walk  in  thy 
ways  all  the  days  that  the]  live  upon  the  blOS  ofths 
land,  whieh  them  hast  given  to  our  fathers. 

32  If  the  Stranger  also,  who  is  not  of  thy  people 
Israel,  COOM  bom  a  far  country,  for  the-  sake'  of  thy 
great  name,  ami  thy  strong  band,  and  thj  stretch*  el- 
out  arm.  and  aelorc  in  this  pMCC  : 

33  Hear  them  from  heaven  thy  firm  dwelling- 
(dace,  and  deiall  thai  which  that  stranger  shall  call 

upon  thee  for;  that  all  ihe'  people  of  the-  earth    may 

know  th\  Dame,  and  may  fear  thee,  as  ihj  people 

Israel,  and  may   know  .  that  thv  name  is  invoked  up- 
on this  house,  which  1  have  built. 

3i  If  thy  people  K'»  out  tei  war  against  their  ene- 
mies, bl   tin'  way   thai    thou   shall    senel    them,   anel 

adore  thee  towards  the  waj  of  this  chy,  which  thou 

hast  chosen,  anil  the  house  w  hit  h  I  have'  built  (o  thy 
name  : 

.    Then  hear  thou  from  heaven  then  pr»yc  .    aiX 
their  supplications,  and  ii  reoge  flu  in. 


CHAP.  VII,  VIII. 


36  And  if  they  sin  against  thee  (for  there  is  no 
man  that  sinneth  not)  and  thou  he  angry  with  them, 
and  deliver  them  up  to  their  enemies,  and  they  lead 
them  away  captive  to  a  land  either  afar  off,  or  near 
at  hand,  • 

37  And  if  they  he  converted  in  their  heart,  in  the 
land  to  which  they  were  led  captive,  and  do  penance, 
and  pray  to  thee  in  the  land  or  their  captivity,  say- 
ing: We  have  sinned;  we  have  done  wickedly;  we 
have  dealt  unjustly : 

38  And  return  to  thee  with  all  their  heart,  and 
with  all  their  soul,  in  the  land  of  their  captivity,  to 
which  they  were  led  away,  and  adore  thee  towards 
the  way  of  their  own  land  which  thou  gavest  their 
fathers,  and  of  the  city,  which  thou  hast  chosen, and 
the  house  which  I  have  built  to  thy  name: 

39  Then  hear  thou  from  heaven,  that  is,  from  thy 
firm  dwelling-place,  their  prayers,  and  do  judgment, 
and  forgive  thy  people,  although  they  have  sinned : 

40  For  thou  art  my  God :  let  thy  eyes,  I  beseech 
thee,  be  open,  and  let  thy  ears  be  attentive  to  the 
prayer,  that  is  made  in  this  place. 

41  Now  therefore  arise,  O  Lord  God,  into  thy 
resting-place,  thou  and  the  ark  of  thy  strength  :  let 
thy  priests,  O  Lord  God,  put  on  salvation,  and  thy 
saints  rejoice  in  good  things. 

42  O  Lord  God,  turn  not  away  the  face  of  thy 
.-inointed :  remember  the  mercies  of  David  thy  servant. 

CHAP.  VII. 

Fire  from  heaven  consumeth  the  sacrifices.  The  solemnity  of 
the  dedication  of  the  temple.  God  signifieth  his  having  heard 
Solomon's  prayer  ;  yet  so  if  he  continue  to  serve  him. 

\  ND  when  Solomon  had  made  an  end  of  his 
-^*-  prayer,  fire  came  down  from  heaven,  and  con- 
sumed the  holocausts  and  the  victims:  and  the  ma- 
jesty of  the  Lord  filled  the  house. 

2  Neither  could  the  priests  enter  into  the  temple 
of  the  Lord ;  because  the  majesty  of  the  Lord  had 
filled  the  temple  of  the  Lord. 

3  Moreover  all  the  children  of  Israel  saw  the  fire 
coming  down,  and  the  glory  of  the  Lord  upon  the 
house :  and  falling  down  with  their  faces  to  the 
ground,  upon  the  stone  pavement,  they  adored,  and 
praised  the  Lord;  because  he  is  good,  because  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

4  And  the  king  and  all  the  people  sacrificed  vic- 
tims before  the  Lord. 

5  And  king  Solomon  offered  a  sacrifice  of  twenty- 
two  thousand  oxen,  and  one  hundred  and  twenty 
thousand  rams:  and  the  king  and  all  the  people 
dedicated  the  house  of  God. 

6  And  the  priests  stood  in  their  offices  ;  and  the 
Leyites  with  the  instruments  of  music  of  the  Lord, 
which  king  David  made  to  praise  the  Lord ;  be- 
causehis  mercy  endureth  for  ever,  singing  the  hymns 
of  David  by  their  ministry  :  and  the  priests  sounded 
with  trumpets  before  them,  and  all  Israel  stood. 

7  Solomon  also  sanctified  the  middle  of  the  court 
belore  the  temple  of  the  Lord  :  for  he  offered  there 
the  holocausts,  and  the  fat  of  the  peace-offerings : 
because  the  brazen  altar,  which  he  had  made,  could 
not  n°ld  the  holocausts  and  the  sacrifices  and  the  fat: 

8  And  Solomon  kept  the  solemnity  at  that  time 

2U 


seven  days,  and  all  Israel  with  him,  a  very  great 
congregarion,  from  the  entrance  of  Emath  to  the 
torrent  of  Egypt. 

9  And  he  made  on  the  eighth  day  a  solemn  as- 
sembly, because  he  had  kept  the  dedication  of  the 
altar  seven  days,  and  had  celebrated  the  solemnity 
seven  days. 

10  So  on  the  three  and  twentieth  day  of  the  se- 
venth month  he  sent  away  the  people  to  their  dwell- 
ings, joyful  and  glad  for  the  good  that  the  Lord  had 
done  to  David,  and  to  Solomon,  and  to  all  Israel 
his  people. 

1 1  And  Solomon  finished  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  king's  house,  and  all  that  he  had  designed 
in  his  heart  to  do,  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  in 
his  own  house;  and  he  prospered. 

12  And  the  Lord  appeared  to  him  by  night,  and 
said :  I  have  heard  thy  prayer ;  and  I  have  chosen 
this  place  to  myself  for  a  house  of  sacrifice. 

13  If  I  shut  up  heaven,  and  there  fall  no  rain,  or 
if  I  give  orders,  and  command  the  locust  to  devour 
the  land,  or  if  I  send  pestilence  among  my  people: 

14  And  my  people,  upon  whom  my  name  is  call- 
ed, being  converted,  shall  make  supplication  to  me, 
and  seek  out  my  face,  and  do  penance  for  their  most 
wicked  ways  :  then  will  I  hear  from  heaven,  and 
will  forgive  their  sins,  and  will  heal  their  land. 

15  My  eyes  also  shall  be  open,  and  my  ears  at- 
tentive tothe  prayerof  himthatshall  pray  inthis  place. 

16  For  I  have  chosen,  and  have  sanctified  this 
place,  that  my  name  may  be  there  for  ever,  and  my 
eyes  and  my  heart  may  remain  there  perpetually. 

17  And  as  for  thee,  if  thou  walk  before  me,  as 
David  thy  father  walked,  and  do  according  to  all 
that  I  have  commanded  thee,  and  keep  my  justice 
and  my  judgments: 

18  I  will  raise  up  the  throne  of  thy  kingdom,  as 
I  promised  to  David  thy  father,  saying:  Theie  shall 
not  fail  thee  a  man  of  thy  stock  to  be  ruler  in  Israel. 

19  But  if  you  turn  away,  and  forsake  my  justi- 
ces, and  my  commandments,  which  I  have  set  be- 
fore you,  and  shall  go  and  serve  strange  gods,  and 
adore  them, 

20  I  will  pluck  you  up  by  the  root  out  of  my  land 
which  I  have  given  you:  and  this  house  which  I 
have  sanctified  to  my  name,  I  will  cast  away  from 
before  my  face,  and  will  make  it  a  by-word  and  an 
example  among  all  nations. 

21  And  this  house  shall  be  for  a  proverb  to  all 
that  pass  by:  and  they  shall  be  astonished,  and  say: 
Why  hath  the  Lord  done  thus  to  this  land,  and  to 
this  house  ? 

22  And  they  shall  answer:  Because  they  forsook 
the  Lord  the  God  of  their  fathers,  who  brought  them 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  laid  hold  on  strange 
gods, and  adored  them,  and  worshipped  them :  there- 
fore all  these  evils  are  come  upon  them. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

Solomon's  buildings  and  other  acts. 

AND  at  the  end  of  twenty  years  after  Solomon 
had  built  the  house  of  the  Lord  and  his  own 
house  ; 

2  He  built  the  cities  which  Hiram  had  given  to 

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II.  lWKAI.iro.MENON. 


Solomon,  :inil  cans,  d  the  children  of  Israel  to  dw<  II 

there. 

3  Ho  went  alao  into  K  mat  hSuba, and  possessed  it. 
\nd  he  built  Palmira  in  the  desert:  and  he 

built  other  strong  cities  in  Kinath. 

5  And  he  built  Betttoron  the  upper,  and  Bctho- 
nui  the  mtlur,  walled  eities  w  it  li  gales  and  har.s  and 

koeka  j 

6  Balaath  also  and  all  the  Strong  <iti<  -s  that  were 
Solomon's,  anil  all  the  cities  of  the  chariots,  and  the 
Cities  of  the  horsemen.  All  that  Solomon  had  a 
mind,  and  designed,    he  buill  in  Jerusalem  and  in 

Lihanns.  and  in  all  the  land  of  his  dominion. 

7  All  the  people  that  were  left  of  the  Hethites. 
and  the    Amorrhitcs.    and  the    l'heie/ites,    and  the 

Hevites,  and  the  Jebusites,  that  wore  not  of  the 
stoek  oi  Israel: 

8  Of  their  children,  and  of  the  posterity,  whom 
the  children  of  Israel  had  not  slain,  Solomon  made 
to  be  tributaries  until  this  day. 

9  But  of  the  children  of  Israel  he  set  none  to 
st  r\e  in  the  kind's  works:  '(,r  'hey  were  men  of 
war,  and  chief  captains,  and  rulers  of  his  chariots 
and  horsemen. 

10  And  all  the  chief  captains  of  king  Solomon's 
army  were  two  hundred  and  fifty,  who  taught  the 
people. 

1 1  And  he  removed  the  daughter  of  Pharao  from 
the  city  of  David,  to  the  house  which  he  had  built 
for  her.  For  the  sing  said:  My  wife  shall  not  dwell 
in  the  house  of  I  )a\  ici  kim;  of  Israel;  for  it  is  sanc- 
tified; because  the  ark  of  the  Lord  came  into  it. 

12  Then  Solomon  offered  holocaust*  to  the  Lord 
upon  the  altar  of  the  Lord,  which  he  had  built  be- 
fore the  porch, 

13  That  every  day  an  offering  might  be  made  on 
it  according  to  the  ordinance  ot  Moses,  in  the  Sab- 
baths, and  on  the  new  moons,  and  on  the  festival 
davs  three  times  a  year:  that  is  to  say.  in  the  feast 
of  unleavened  bread,  and  in  the  feast  Of  weeks,  and 
in  the  feast  of  tabernacles. 

14  And  he  appointed  according  to  the  ord-"  ~r 
David  his  father  the  offices  of  the  priests  in  .  . 
ministerics  ;  and  the  Levites  in  their  order  to  give 
praise,  and  minister  before  the  priests  according  to 
the  duty  of  every  day ;  and  the  porters  in  their  di- 
n-dons by  gate  and  gate:  for  so  David  the  man  of 
God  had  commanded. 

15  And  the  priests  and  Levites  departed  not  from 
the  king's  commandments,  as  to  any  thing  that  he 
had  commanded,  and  as  to  the  keeping  of  the  trea- 
sun 

16  Solomon  had  all  chances  prepared,  from  the 
day  that  he  founded  the  house  of  the  Lord,  until  the 
daj  u  herein  he  finished  it. 

17  Then  Solomon  went  to  AsMBgaber.  and  to 
Ailath  on  the  coast  of  the  Red  Sea,  which  is  in  the 
land  of  Kdom. 

\nd  Hiram  sent  him  ships  by  the  hands  of 
his  servants,    and  skilful    mariners:    and  thev  vv  <nt 
with  Solomon's    servants  to  Ophir:   and  they  took 
thence  four  hundred    and  fifty  talents  of  gold,   and 
brought  it  to  king  Solomon. 


(  HAP.  IX. 

The  queen  of  Saba  admirrth  the  wiadom  qf  Holomok.     I  lis  i . 
anil  gioi  y.      His  tit  atlt. 

AND  w  hen  the  queen  of  Saba  beard  of  the  fame 
of  Soloman,  she  came  to  trv  him  with  hard 
questions  at  Jerusalem,  with  great  riches,  and  ca- 
mels, which  carried  spices,  and  abundance  of  gold, 
and  precious  stones.  And  when  she  was  come  to 
Solomon,  she  proposed  to  him  all  that  was  in  lit  r 
heart. 

2  And  Solomon  explained  to  her  all  that  she 
proposed  :  and  there  was  not  anything  that  he  did 
not  make  clear  unto  her. 

3  And  when  she  had  seen  these  things,  to  wit, 
the  w  isdom  of  Solomon,  and  the  house  which  he 
had  built, 

4  And  the  meats  of  his  table,  and  the  dwelling 
places  of  his  servants,  and  the  attendance  of  hisol'ii- 
eers,  and  their  apparel,  his  cup-bearers  also,  and 
their  garments,  and  the  victims  which  he  offered 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord  ;  there  was  no  more  spirit 
in  her,  she  was  so  astonished. 

5  And  she  said  to  the  Ling:  The  word  :s  *rue 
which  I  heard  in  my  country  of  thy  virtues  and 
wisdom. 

6  I  did  not  believe  them  that  told  it.  until  I  came, 
and  my  eyes  had  seen,  and  1  had  proved  that  scarce 
one  half  of  thy  wisdom  had  been  told  me  :  thou 
hast  exceeded  thy  fame  with  thy  virtues. 

7  Hapny  are  thy  men, and  happy  are  thy  servants, 
who  stand  always  before  thee,  and  hear  thy  w  isdom. 

8  Blessed  be  the  Lord  thy  God,  who  hath  been 
pleased  to  set  thee  on  his  throne,  king  of  the  Lord 
thy  God.  Because  God  loveth  Israel,  and  will 
pii  serve  them    for  ever:   therefore   hath   he   made 

thee  king  ov  er  them,  to  do  judgment  and  justice. 

9  And  she  gave  to  the  king  a  hundred  and  twenty 
talents  of  gOM,  and  spices  in  meat  abundance,  and 
most    precious  stones:   there   wire   no  such   ap» 
as   these  which  the  queen  of  Saba  gave  to  king 
Solomon. 

10  Ami  tin-  servants  also  of  Hiram,  with  the 
servants  of  Solomon,  brought  gold  from  Ophir,  and 
thvine-trces.  nnd  most  precious  stones  : 

11  And  the  king  made  of  the  tbvine-trees  stairs 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  in  the  king's  house, 
and  harps  and  psalteries  for  the  sin^iiiii  men  :  never 
\v<  ie  there  seen  such  trees  in  the  land  of  Juda. 

12  And  king  Solomon  gave  to  the  queen  ot 
Saba  all  that  she  desired,  and  that  she  asked,  and 
many  more  things  than  she  brought  to  him  :  so  she 
returned,  and  went  to  her  own  country  with  her 

Ml  \  Milts. 

13  And  the  Weight  of  the  gold,  that  was  brought 
to  Solomon  every  year,  was  §a  hundred  and  si\ty- 
m\  talents  of  gold  : 

11   Beside  the  sum  which   the  deputies  of  divers 

nations,  and  the  merchants  were  accustomed  to 

bring,  and  all  the  kings  of  Arabia,  and  the  lords  ol 

the  lands,  who  brought  gold  and  silver  to  Solomon. 

1.")    \nd  king  Solomon  made  two  hundred  Balden 

spears,  of  the  sum  of  in  hundred  pie©  s  df  |old 

which  went  to  ev<  rv  sjiear  ■ 


CHAP.  X,  XI. 


16  And.  three  hundred  golden  shields  of  three 
hundred  pieces  of  gold,  which  went  to  the  covering 
of  every  shield  :  and  the  king  put  them  in  the  ar- 
moury, which  was  compassed  with  a  wood. 

17  The  king  also  made  a  great  throne  of  ivory, 
and  overlaid  it  with  pure  gold  ; 

18  And  six  steps  to  go  up  to  the  throne,  and  a 
\botstool  of  gold,  and  two  arms  one  on  either  side, 
uid  two  lions  standing  hy  the  arms  : 

19  Moreover  twelve  other  little  lions  standing 
ipon  the  steps  on  hoth  sides  :  there  was  not  such  a 
throne  in  any  kingdom. 

20  And  all  the  vessels  of  the  king's  table  were 
of  sold  ;  and  the  vessels  of  the  house  of  the  forest 
of  Libanus  were  of  the  purest  gold.  For  no  ac- 
count was  made  of  silver  in  those  days. 

21  For  the  king's  ships  went  to  Tharsis  with  the 
servants  of  Hiram,  once  in  three  years :  and  they 
brought  thence  gold  and  silver,  and  ivory,  and  apes, 
and  peacocks. 

22  And  Solomon  was  magnified  above  all  the 
kings  of  the  earth  for  riches  and  glory. 

23  And  all  the  kings  of  the  earth  desired  to  see 
the  face  of  Solomon,  that  they  might  hear  the  wis- 
dom which  God  had  given  in  his  heart. 

24  And  every  year  they  brought  him  presents, 
vessels  of  silver  and  of  gold,  and  garments,  and  ar- 
mour, and  spices,  and  horses,  and  mules. 

23  And  Solomon  had  forty  thousand  horses  in 
the  stables,  and  twelve  thousand  chariots,  and 
horsemen :  and  he  placed  them  in  the  cities  of  the 
chariots,  and  where  the  king  was  in  Jerusalem. 

26  And  he  exercised  authority  over  all  the  kings 
from  the  river  Euphrates  to  the  land  of  the  Philis- 
tines, and  to  the  borders  of  Egypt. 

27  And  he  made  silver  as  plentiful  in  Jerusalem 
as  stones ;  and  cedars  as  common  as  the  sycamores, 
which  grow  in  the  plains. 

28  And  horses  were  brought  to  him  out  of  Egypt, 
and  out  of  all  countries. 

29  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Solomon  first  and 
last  are  written  in  the  words  of  Nathan  the  prophet, 
and  in  the  books  of  Ahias  the  Silonite,  and  in  the 
vision  of  Addo  the  seer,  against  Jeroboam  the  son 
of  Nabat. 

30  And  Solomon  reigned  in  Jerusalem  over  all 
Israel  forty  years. 

31  And  he  slept  with  his  fathers  :  and  they  bu- 
ried him  in  the  city  of  David  :  and  Roboam  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAP.  X. 

Roboam  answereth  the  people  roughly :  upon  tchich  ten  tribes 

revolt. 

\  ND  Roboam  went  to  Sichem :  for  thither  all 
J •*-  Israel  were  assembled,  to  make  him  king. 

2  And  when  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat,  who 
was  in  Egypt  (for  he  was  fled  thither  from  Solomon) 
heard  it,  forthwith  he  returned. 

3  And  they  sent  for  him ;  and  he  came  with  all 
srael ;  and  they  spoke  to  Roboam,  saying : 

4  Thy  father  oppressed  us  with  a  most  grievous 
toke :  do  thou  govern  us  with  a  lighter  hand  than 


thy  father,  who  laid  upon  us  a  heavy  servitude,  and 
ease  something  of  the  burden,  that  we  may  serve. 
thee. 

5  And  he  said  to  them  :  Come  to  me  again  after 
three  days.     And  when  the  people  were  gone, 

6  He  took  counsel  with  the  ancients,  who  had 
stood  before  his  father  Solomon,  while  he  yet  lived, 
saying  :  What  counsel  give  you  to  me,  that  1  m;\y 
answer  the  people  ? 

7  And  they  said  to  him  :  If  thou  please  this  peo- 
ple, and  soothe  them  with  kind  words,  they  will  be 
thy  servants  for  ever. 

8  But  he  forsook  the  counsel  of  the  ancients,  and 
began  to  treat  with  the  young  men,  that  had  been 
brought  up  with  him,  and  were  in  his  train. 

9  And  he  said  to  them :  What  seemeth  good  to 
you  ?  or  what  shall  I  answer  this  people,  who  have 
said  to  me :  Ease  the  yoke  which  thy  father  laid 
upon  us  ? 

10  But  they  answered  as  young  men,  and  brought 
up  with  him  in  pleasures,  and  said  :  Thus  shalt  thou 
speak  to  the  people,  that  said  to  thee  :  Thy  father 
made  our  yoke  heavy;  do  thou  ease  it:  thus  shalt 
thou  answer  them  :  My  little  finger  is  thicker  than 
the  loins  of  my  father. 

1 1  My  father  laid  upon  you  a  heavy  yoke  ;  and 
I  will  add  more  weight  to  it :  my  father  beat  you 
with  scourges  ;  but  I  will  beat  you  with  scorpions. 

12  So  Jeroboam  and  all  the  people  came  to  Ro- 
boam the  third  day,  as  he  commanded  them. 

13  And  the  king  answered  roughly,  leaving  the 
counsel  of  the  ancients. 

14  And  he  spoke  according  to  the  advice  of  the 
young  men  :  My  father  laid  upon  you  a  heavy  yoke, 
which  I  will  make  heavier  :  my  father  beat  you  with 
scourges ;  but  I  will  beat  you  with  scorpions. 

15  And  he  condescended  not  to  the  people's  re- 
quests :  for  it  was  the  will  of  God,  that  his.  word 
might  be  fulfilled  which  he  had  spoken  by  the  hand 
of  Ahazias  the  Silonite  to  Jeroboam  the  son  of 
Nabat. 

16  And  all  the  people  upon  the  king's  speaking 
roughly,  said  thus  unto  him :  We  have  no  part  in 
David,  nor  inheritance  in  the  son  of  Isai.  Return  to 
thy  dwellings,  O  Israel:  and  do  thou,  O  David,  feed 
thy  own  house.  And  Israel  went  away  to  their 
dwellings. 

17  But  Roboam  reigned  over  the  children  of  Is- 
rael that  dwelt  in  the  cities  of  Juda. 

18  And  king  Roboam  sent  Aduram,  who  was 
over  the  tributes,  and  the  children  of  Israel  stoned 
him,  and  he  died:  and  king  Roboam  made  haste  to 
get  up  into  his  chariot,  and  fled  into  Jerusalem. 

19  And  Israel  revolted  from  the  house  of  David 
unto  this  day. 

CHAP.  XI. 

Roboam's  reign.  His  kingdom  is  strengthened. 

\  ND  Roboam  came  to  Jerusalem,  and  called  to 
-^*-  gether  all  the  house  of  Juda  and  of  Benjamin, 
a  hundred  and  fourscore  thousand  chosen  men  and 
warriors,  to  fight  against  Israel,  and  to  bring  back 
his  kingdom  to  him. 

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II.  PARALIPOMENON. 


2  And  the  word  of  tin-  Lord  came  to  Semcias  the 
man  ot  ( Sod,  raving: 

-  peak  to  Roboam  the  son  of  Solomon  the  king 
of  Juda,  and  to  all  Israel,  in  Jnda  and  Benjamin: 

•V  Tims  saith  tin-  Lord:  Von  skill  not  go  up,  nor 
fight  against  your  brethren:  let  every  man  return  to 
his  own  house;  lor  by  my  will  this  thing  has  been 
done.  And  when  tlnv  heard  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
they  returned,  ami  did  not  pjo  against  Jeroboam. 

6  And  Kol>oam  dwelt  in  Jerusalem,  and  built 
walled  cities  in  Jnda. 

6  And  he  built  Bethlehem,  and  Etam,  and  The- 
cue, 

7  And  Bethsur,  and  Socho,  and  Odollam, 

8  And  (ieth.and  .Maresa,  and  Ziph, 

9  And  Adurain,  and  Lathis,  and  Azecha, 

10  Sana  also,  and  Aialon,  and  Hebron,  Watch  are 
'»  Juda  and  Benjamin,  well  fenced  cities. 

1 1  And  when  he  had  enclosed  them  with  walls,  he 
put  in  them  governors  and  store-houses  of  provisions, 
that  is,  of  oil  and  of  wine. 

12  Moreover  in  every  city  he  made  an  armotirv 
of  shields  and  spears;  and  he  fortified  them  frith 

at  diligence;  and  he  reigned  over  Juda  and  Ben- 
jamin. 

13  And  the  priests  and  Levites,  that  were  in  all 
Israel,  came  to  hjm  out  of  all  their  seats, 

14  Leaving  their  suburbs,  and  their  possessions, 
and  passing  over  to  Juda,  and  Jerusalem,  because 
Jeroboam  and  his  sons  had  cast  them  off,  from  exe- 
cuting  the  priestly  office  to  the  Lord. 

15  And    he  made  to  himself  priests  for  the  high 

Clares,  and  for  the  devils, and  for  the  calves  which 
i  had  made. 

16  Moreover  out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  w  hoso- 
ever  gave  tin  ir  heart  to  seek  the  Lord  the  God  of 
Israel,  came  into  Jerusalem  to  sacrifice  their  victims 
before  the  Lord  the  God  of  their  fathers. 

17  And  they  Strengthened  the  kingdom  of  Jnda, 
and  established  Roboam  the  son  of  Solomon  for 
three  years:  for  they  walked  in  the  ways  of  David 
and  of  Solomon,  only  three  years. 

18  And  Roboam  took  to  wife  Mahalath,  the 
daughter  of  Jerimoth  the  son  of  David:  and  Airmail 
the  daughter  of  Eliab  the  son  of  Isai. 

19  And  they  bore  him  sons  Jehus,  and  Somorias, 
and  Zoom. 

20  And  after  her  he  married  Maaeha  the  daugh- 
ter of  Absalom,  who  bore  him  Abia,  and  Ethai,  and 
Zi/a,  and  Salomitll. 

21  And  Roboam  loved  Maaeha  the  daughter  of 
Absalom  above  all  his  wives,  and  concubines:  for 
he  had  married  eighteen  wives,  and  time  score  con- 
enhines: and  he  Ingot  tight  and  twentj  sons,  and 
three  score  danghti  i-. 

22  lint  he  pal  at  the  head  of  them  Abia  the  son 
of  Maaeha  to  be  the  chief  ruler  over  all  his  brethren  : 
for  he  m«  ant  to  make  him  king 

23  Because  he  was  wiser  and  mightier  than    all 

lii>  sons,   and  in    all   the  countries  of  Jnda,  and  of 

Uenjamin,  and  in  all  the  walled  cities:  and  he  gave 

them  provisions  in  abundance:  and  he  sought  mam 

wives. 

340 


CHAP.   Ml. 


Roboam  for  hi*  sin*  is.  drlirrrrd  up  into  the  hands  of  the  king 
of  Egypt :  who  carritth  ateay  alt  the  treasure*  of  the  temple. 

\  \  I  >  vv  henthe  kingdom  of  Koboam  vv  as  strength* 
-1*-  ened  and  fortified,  he  forsook  the  law  of  the 
Lord,  and  all  Israel  with  him. 

2  And  in  the  fifth  year  of  the  reign  of  Koboam, 
Sesac  king  of  Egypt  came  up  against  Jerusalem 
(because  they  had  sinned  against  the  Lord) 

3  With  twelve  hundred  chariots,  and  three  score 
thousand  horsemen:  and  the  people  were  without 
number  that  came  with  him  out  of  Egypt,  to  wit, 
Lybians,  and  Troglodites,  and  Ethiopians. 

4  And  he  took  the  strongest  cities  in  Juda,  and 
came  to  Jerusalem. 

5  And  Semeias  the  prophet  came  to  Roboam,  and 
to  the  princes  of  Juda,  that  were  gathered  together 
in  Jerusalem,  fleeing  from  Sesac,  and  he  said  to 
them:  Thus  saith  the  Lord:  You  have  It  It  me;  and 
I  have  left  you  in  the  hand  of  Sesac. 

6  And  the  princes  of  Israel,  and  the  king,  being 
in  a  consternation,  said:  The  Lord  is  in-t. 

7  And  when  the  Lord  saw  that  they  were  hum- 
bled, the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  §M  imeias,  sit- 
ing: Because  they  are  humbled,  I  will  not  destroy 
them;  and  I  will  give  them  a  little  help;  and  my 
vv  rath  shall  not  fall  upon  Jerusalem  by  the  hand  of 
Sesac. 

8  But  yet  they  shall  serve  him,  that  they  may 
know  the  difference  between  my  service,  and  the 
service  of  a  kingdom  of  the  earth. 

9  So  Sesac  king  of  Egypt  departed  from  Jerusa- 
lem, taking  away  the  treasures  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  of  the  lung's  bouse:  and  he  tot>k  all  with 

him,  and  the  golden  shields  that  Solomon  had  made; 

10  Instead  of  which  the  king  made  brazen  ones, 
and  delivered  them  to  the  captains  of  the  shield- 
bearers,  who  guarded  the  entrance  of  the  palace. 

11  And  when  the  king  entered  into  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  the  shield-bearers  came,  and  took  them, 
and  brought  them  back  again  to  their  armoury. 

12  But  yet  because  they  were  humbled,  the 
wrath  of  the  Lord  turned  away  from  tin  in.  and  they 
were  not  utterly  destroyed:  for  even  in  Juda  there 
were  found  good  works. 

13  King  Rolxinm  therefore  was  strengthened  in 
Jerusalem,  and  reigned:  he  was  one  and  forty  years 
old  when  lie  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  seven- 
teen years  in  .It  :ns;il«  m.  i  he  city  whit  lithe  Lord 
chose  out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  to  establish  his 
name  there:  and  the  name  of  his  mother  was  Naa- 
ma  an  Ammonite--. 

14  But  be  did  evil,  and   did  not  prepare  his  heart 
k  the  Lord. 

15  Now  the  acts  of  Roboam  first  ami  last  are 
written    in  the  books  of  Bemeias  the  prophet,  ano 

ni   \dtlo  the  si  'i.  and  diligentlj  recorded:  and  tin  re 

was  war  between  Koboam  and  Jeroboam    all  their 

days. 

lfi  And  Roboam  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was 
burietl  iii  the  citv  <>l  I»avid.  And  Abia  his -on  n  igu- 

ed  in  his  stead. 


*  MitiMl,  alias  Maacha.     Her  father  had  also  two  names,  viz.  Ab- 
salom  or  * ^vssalom,  aud  Uriel. 


CHAP.  XIII,  XIV. 
CHAP.  XIII. 

Abia's  reign :  his  victory  over  Jeroboam. 

rN  the  eighteenth  year  of  king  Jerohoam,  Abia 
reigned  over  Juda. 

2  Three  years  he  reigned  in  Jerusalem:  and  his 
mother's  name  was  Michaia,*  the  daughter  of  Uriel 
of  Gabaa :  and  there  was  war  between  Abia  and  Je- 
roboam. 

3  And  when  Abia  had  begun  battle,  and  had  with 
him  four  hundred  thousand  most  valiant  and  chosen 
men ;  Jeroboam  put  his  army  in  array  against  him, 
eight  hundred  thousand  men,  who  were  also  chosen 
and  most  valiant  for  war. 

4  And  Abia  stood  upon  mount  Semeron,  which 
was  in  Ephraim,  and  said:  Hear  me,  O  Jeroboam, 
and  all  Israel: 

5  Do  you  not  know  that  the  Lord  God  of  Israel 
gave  to  David  the  kingdom  over  Israel  for  ever,  to 
him  and  to  his  sons  by  a  covenant  of  salt.f 

6  And  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat,  the  servant  of 
Solomon  the  son  of  David,  rose  up :  and  rebelled 
against  his  lord. 

7  And  there  were  gathered  to  him,  vain  men,  and 
children  of  Belial:  and  they  prevailed  against  Ro- 
boam  the  son  of  Solomon:  for  lloboam  was  unexpe- 
rienced, and  of  a  fearful  heart,  and  could  not  resist 
them. 

8  And  now  you  say  that  you  are  able  to  with- 
stand the  kingdom  of  the  Lord,  which  he  possesseth 
by  the  sons  of  David:  and  you  have  a  great  multi- 
tude of  people,  and  golden  calves,  which  Jeroboam 
hath  made  you  for  gods. 

9  And  you  have  cast  out  the  priests  of  the 
Lord,  the  sons  of  Aaron,  and  the  Levites:  and  you 
have  made  you  priests,  like  all  the  nations  of  the 
earth:  whosoever  cometh  and  consecrateth  his  hand 
with  a  bullock  of  the  herd,  and  with  seven  rams,  is 
made  a  priest  of  those  who  are  no  gods. 

10  But  the  Lord  is  our  God,  whom  we  forsake 
not:  and  the  priests  who  minister  to  the  Lord  are 
the  sons  of  Aaron,  and  the  Levites  are  in  their 
order. 

1 1  And  they  offer  holocausts  to  the  Lord,  every 
day  morning  and  evening,  and  incense  made  accord- 
ing' to  the  ordinance  of  the  law :  and  the  loaves 
*re  set  forth  on  a  most  clean  table :  and  there  is  with 
us  the  golden  candlestick,  and  the  lamps  thereof,  to 
be  lighted  always  in  the  evening:  for  we  keep  the 
precepts  of  the  Lord  our  God,  whom  you  have  for- 
saken. 

12  Therefore  God  is  the  leader  in  our  army,  and 
his  priests  who  sound  with  trumpets,  and  resound 
against  you:  O  children  of  Israel,  fight  not  against 
the  Lord  the  God  of  your  fathers,  for  it  is  not  good 
for  you. 

13  While  he  spoke  these  things,  Jeroboam  caused 
an  ambush ment  to  come  about  behind  him.  And 
while  he  stood  facing  the  enemies,  he  encompassed 
Juda,  who  perceived  it  not,  with  his  army. 

14  And  when  Juda  looked  back,  they  saw  the 


battle  coming  upon  them  both  before  and  behind, 
and  they  cried  to  the  Lord :  and  the  priests  began 
to  sound  with  the  trumpets. 

15  And  all  the  men  of  Juda  shouted:  and  be- 
hold, when  they  shouted,  God  terrified  Jeroboam, 
and  all  Israel  that  stood  against  Abia  and  Juda. 

16  And  the  children  of  Israel  fled  before  Juda: 
and  the  Lord  delivered  them  into  their  hand. 

17  And  Abia  and  his  people  slew  them  wilh  a 
great  slaughter :  and  there  fell  wounded  of  Israel 
live  hundred  thousand  valiant  men. 

18  And  the  children  of  Israel  were  brought  down 
at  that  time :  and  the  children  of  Juda  were  ex- 
ceedingly strengthened,  because  they  had  trusted  in 
the  Lord  the  Gbd  of  their  fathers. 

19  And  Abia  pursued  after  Jeroboam,  and  took 
cities  from  him,  Bethel  and  her  daughters,  and  Je- 
sana  with  her  daughters,  Ephron  also  and  her 
daughters. 

20  And  Jeroboam  was  not  able  to  resist  any 
more,  in  the  days  of  Abia :  and  the  Lord  struck  him ; 
and  he  died. 

21  But  Abia,  being  strengthened  in  his  kingdom, 
took  fourteen  wives;  and  begot  two  and  twenty  sons 
and  sixteen  daughters. 

22  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Abia,  and  of  his 
ways  and  works,  are  written  diligently  in  the  book 
of  Addo  the  prophet. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

The  reign  of  Asa  :  his  victory  over  the  Ethiopians. 

\  ND  Abia  slept  with  his  fathers:  and  they  buried 
-^*-  him  in  the  city  of  David:  and  Asa  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead :  in  his  days  the  land  was  quiet 
ten  years. 

2  And  Asa  did  that  which  was  good  and  pleas- 
ing in  the  sight  of  his  God  :  and  he  destroyed  the 
altars  of  foreign  worship,  and  the  high  places, 

3  And  broke  the  statues,  and  cut  down  the  groves. 

4  And  he  commanded  Juda  to  seek  the  Lord  the 
God  of  their  fathers,  and  to  do  the  law,  and  all  the 
commandments. 

5  And  he  took  away  out  of  all  the  cities  of  Juda, 
the  altars,  and  temples,  and  rei§ned  in  peace. 

6  He  built  also  strong  cities  in  Juda,  for  he  was 
quiet,  and  there  had  no  wars  risen  in  his  time,  the 
Lord  giving  peace. 

7  And  he  said  to  Juda  :  Let  us  build  these  cities, 
and  compass  them  with  walls,  and  fortify  them  with 
towers,  and  gates,  and  bars,  while  all  is  quiet  from 
wars  ;  because  we  have  sought  the  Lord  the  God 
of  our  fathers,  and  he  hath  given  us  peace  round 
about.  So  they  built,  and  there  was  no  hindrance 
in  building. 

8  And  Asa  had  in  his  army  of  men  that  bore 
shields  and  spears,  of  Juda  three  hundred  thousand, 
and  of  Benjamin  ihat  bore  shields  and  drew  bows, 
two  hundred  and  eighty  thousand  :  all  these  were 
most  valiant  men. 

9  And  Zara  the  Ethiopian  came  out  against  them 
with  his  army  of  ten  hundred  thousand  men,  and 


t  A  covenant  of  salt.     That  is,  a  firm  and  perpetual  covenant.  See 
Numb,  xviii.  19. 

3-11 


II.  PARALIPOMKNOX. 


with  three  hundred  chariots*  and  he  came  as  far  as 
Mate*  t. 

10  And  in  Went  OOt  to  meet  him,  and  set  his 
army  in  array  Cor   battle   in  tin-   rale  of  Sephata, 

which  is  near  Mares  i  : 

1 1  Ami  be  called  upon  the  Lord  God,  and  said : 
Lord,  there  is  do  difference  with  thee,  \\  In-therthou 
help  with  \\'\v,  or  with  many  :  help  ns,  O  Lord  our 
God  :  for  w  it li  confidence  in  thee,  and  in  thy  name. 
we  are  come  against  this  multitude.  O  Lord,  thou 
art  our  God;  let  not  man  prevail  against  thee. 

I  J  And  the  Lord  terrified  the  Ethiopians  before 
\- 1  and  Joda  :  and  the  Ethiopian!  fled. 

13  And  Asa  and  the  people  that  were  with  him, 
pursued  them  to  Gerara  :  and  the  Ethiopians  fell 
>  ren  to  utter  destruction;  for  the  Lord  slew  them: 
and  his  army  fought  against  them  ;  and  they  were 
destroyed.      And  they  took  abundance  of  spoils. 

II  And  they  took  all  the  cities  round  about  Ge- 
rara: lor  |  great  fear  was  come  upon  all  men:  and 
they  pillaged  the  cities,  and  carried  off  much  booty. 

I  5  Viitl  they  destroyed  the  sheep-cotes,  and  took 
an  infinite  multitude  of  cattle  and  of  camels  :  and 
returned  to  Jerusalem. 

CHAP.  XV. 

The  prophecy  qf  Azarias.     Asa's  utvrnanl  with  God.     lie  <k 
poteth  hit  mother. 

AND  the  Spirit  of  God  came  upon  Asanas  the 
son  of  Oded  : 

2  And  he  went  out  to  meet  Asa,  and  said  to  him  : 
Hear  ye  me,  Asa,  and  all  Juda  and  Benjamin  :  The 

Lord  is  with  you  ;  because  you  have  been  with  him. 
If  you  seek  him,  you  shall  find  :  but  if  you  forsake 
him,  lit;  will  forsake  you. 

3  And  many  days  shall  pass  in  Israel  without  the 
true  God,  and  without  spriest  a  teacher,  and  with- 
out the  law. 

4  And  when  in  their  distress  they  shall  return  to 
the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel,  and  shall  sick  him,  they 
shall  find  him. 

.">  \t  that  time  there  shall  be  no  peace  to  him  that 
goeth  out  and  cometfa  in,  but  terrors  on  every  side, 
amOM  all  tin;  inhabitants  of  the  earth. 

tl  Tor  nation  shall  light  against  nation,  and  citv 
against  city;  for  the  Lord  will  trouble  them  with  all 
disti 

7  I  )o  you  therefore,  take  courage,  and  let  not  your 
hands  be  weakened  :  for  there  shall  be  a  reward  for 
your  work 

8  \nil  when  Asa  had  heard  the  words  and  the 
prophecy  of  A/arias  the  »on  of  Oded  the  prophet,  he 
took  courage,  and  took  away  the  idols  out  of  all  the 
land  of  Juda,  and  out  of  Benjamin,  and  out  of  the 
rities  of  mount  Ephraim.  which  he  had  taken  :  anil 
he  dedicated  the  altar  or  the  Lord,  which  was  be- 
fore the  porch  of  the  Lord. 

9  \  ni  he  gathered  together  all  Juda  and  Benja- 
min, and  the  strangers  with  them  o!  Ephraim,  and 
[VfanaSSt  -.  and  Simeon  :  for  manv  wen-  come  over 
to  him  out  of  I  eing  that  the  Lord  his  God 
w  is  with  him. 

10  And  when  they  were  route  to  Jerusalem  in 

34< 


the  third  month,  in  the  fifteenth  year  of  the  reign 
of  Asa. 

1  1  Tiny  sacrificed  to  the  Lord  in  that  day  of  the 
spoils,  and  of  the  prey,  that  tiny  had  brought]  seven 
hundred  oxen,  and  seven  thousand  rams. 

12  And  he  went  in  to  confirm  as  usual  the  cove- 
nant, that  they  should  seek  the  Lord  the  God  of  their 
fathers  with  all  their  heart,  and  with  all  their  soul. 

13  And  if  any  one,  said  he,  seek  not  the  Lord 
the  God  of  Israel,  let  him  die,  whether  little  or 
great,  man  or  woman. 

14  And  they  swore  to  the  Lord  with  a  loud  voice, 
with  joyful  snouting,  and  with  sound  of  Crumpet, 
and  sound  of  cornets, 

15  All  that  were  in  Juda  with  a  curse:  for  with 
all  their  heart  they  swore,  and  with  all  their  will  they 
Sought  him  ;  and  they  found  him:  and  the  Lord  gave 
tin  in  rest  round  about. 

16  Moreoi  ei  Maacha  the  mother  of  king  Asa  he 
deposed  from  the  royal  authority,  because  she  had 
made  in  a  grove  an  idol  of.  Priapus:  and  he  entirely 
destroyed  it,  and  breaking  it  into  pieces,  burnt  it  at 
the  torrent  Cedron. 

17  But  high  places  were  left  in  Israel  :  never- 
thelesa  the  heart  of  Asa  was  perfect  all  his  dav-.. 

IB  And  the  things  which  his  father  had  rowed, 
and  he  himself  had  \o\\ed,  he  brought  into  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  gold  and  silver,  and  ressela  of  divers 

19  And  there  was  no  war  unto  tiie  five  and  thir- 
tieth year  of  the  kingdom  of  Asa. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

Asa  is  reproredfor  seeking  hrlp  from  the  Syrians  :  his  last  arts 
and  (!((ith. 

AND  in  the  sixth  and  thirtieth  vear  of  his  king- 
dom,* Baasa  the  king  of  Israel  came  up  against 
Juda,   and  built  a    wall   about  Katun,    that    no   one 

might  saferj  spout  or  come  in  of  the  kingdom  of  Asa. 

2  Then  Asa  brought  out  silver  and  gold,  out  of 

the  treasures  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  of  the 
kind's  treasures,  and  sent  to  Benadad  king  of  Syria, 
who  dwelt  in  Damascus,  saying: 

3  There  is  a  league  between  me  and  thee,  as 
there  w  as  between  my  father  and  thy  father  ;  w  here- 
fore  I  have  sent  thee  silver  and  gold,  that  thou 
mayst  break  thy  league  with  Baaaa  king  of  Israel. 

and  make  him  depart  from  me. 

4  And  when  Uenadad  heard  this,  he  sent  the 
captains  of  his  armies  against  the  cities  of  Israel: 
and  the)  took  Ahion.  and  Dan,  and  Akhnaim,  and 
all  the  walled  cities  ol  Xci.hthali. 

6  \ru\  when  Baasa  heard  of  it,  he  left  offthebuild- 
ingof  Kama,  and  interrupted  his  work. 

Then  king  Asa  took  all  Juda.  and  they  carried 
awaj  from  Kama,  the  stones  and  the  timber  that 
Baasa  bad  prepared  for  the  building:  and  he  built 
with  them  Gabaa  and  Maspha. 

7  At  that  time  llanani  the  prophet  came  to  Asa 
k'nm  of  Juda.  anil  said  to  him  :  Because  thou  hast 
had  confidence  in  the  king  of  Syria,  and  not   in  the 


•  Sir  and  Mrtittk  ftor  tf  his  IdngtUmt.     That  i«,   of  Hip  kinp.lom  o. 
Juda,  taking-  the  date  of  it  from  the  begtonmf  of  the  rri(jn  of  Hoboa* 


CHAP.  XVII,  XVIII. 


Lord  thy  God,  therefore  hath  the  army  of  the  king 
of  Syria  escaped  out  of  thy  hand. 

8  Were  not  the  Ethiopians,  and  the  Libyans 
much  more  numerous  in  chariots,  and  horsemen,  and 
an  exceeding  great  multitude  :  yet  because  thou 
trustedst  in  the  Lord,  he  delivered  them  into  thy 
hand  ? 

9  For  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  behold  all  the  earth, 
and  give  strength  to  those  who  with  a  perfect  heart 
trust  in  him.  Wherefore  thou  hast  done  foolishly; 
and  for  this  cause  from  this  time  wars  shall  arise 
against  thee. 

10  And  Asa  was  angry  with  the  seer,  and  com- 
manded him  to  be  put  in  prison  :  for  he  was  greatly 
enraged  because  of  this  thing :  and  he  put  to  death 
many  of  the  people  at  that  time. 

11  But  the  works  of  Asa  the  first  and  last  are 
written  in  the  Book  of  the  kings  of  Juda  and  Israel. 

12  And  Asa  fell  sick  in  the  nine  and  thirtieth  year 
of  his  reign,  of  a  most  violent  pain  in  his  feet :  and 
yet  in  his  illness  he  did  not  seek  the  Lord,  but  ra- 
ther trusted  in  the  skill  of  physicians. 

13  And  he  slept  with  his  fathers  :  and  he  died  in 
the  one  and  fortieth  year  of  his  reign. 

14  And  they  buried  him  in  his  own  sepulchre, 
which  he  had  made  for  himself  in  the  city  of  David  : 
and  they  laid  him  on  his  bed  full  of  spices  and  odo- 
riferous ointments,  which  were  made  by  the  art  of 
the  perfumers  :  and  they  burnt  them  over  him  with 
very  great  pomp. 

CHAP.  XVIlf 

Jusaphafs  reign  :  his  care  for  the  instruction  of  his  people  :  his 
numerous  forces. 

AND  Josaphat  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead,  and 
grew  strong  against  Israel. 

2  And  he  placed  numbers  of  soldiers  in  all  the 
fortified  cities  of  Juda.  And  he  put  garrisons  in 
the  land  of  Juda,  and  in  the  cities  of  Ephraim, 
which  Asa  his  father  had  taken. 

3  And  the  Lord  was  with  Josaphat ;  because  he 
Walked  in  the  first  ways  of  David  his  father,  and 
trusted  not  in  Baalim, 

4  But  in  the  God  of  his  father,  and  walked  in  his 
commandments,  and  not  according  to  the  sins  of 
Israel. 

5  And  the  Lord  established  the  kingdom  in  his 
hand  ;  and  all  Juda  brought  presents  to  Josaphat : 
ami  he  acquired  immense  riches,  and  much    glory. 

6  And  when  his  heart  had  taken  courage  for  the 
ways  of  the  Lord,  he  took  away  also  the  high  places 
and  the  groves  out  of  Juda. 

7  And  in  the  third  year  of  his  reign,  he  sent  of 
his  princes  Benhail,  and  Abdias,  and  Zacharias, 
and  Nathanael,  and  Micheas,  to  teach  in  the  cities 
of  Juda : 

8  And  with  them  the  Lcvites,  Semeias,  and  Na- 
thanias,  and  Zabadias,  and  Asael,  and  Scmiranioth, 
and  Jonathan,  and  Adonias,  and  Tobias,  and  Tho- 
hadonias  Levites,  and  with  them  Elisama  and 
J oram  priests. 

9  And  they  taught  the  people  in  Juda,  having 
with  them  the  book  of  the  law  of  the    Lord:    and 


(hey  went  about  all  the  cities  of  Juda,  and  instructed 
the  people. 

t  10  And  the  fear  of  the  Lord  came  upon  all  the 
kingdoms  of  the  lands  that  were  round  about  Juda: 
and  they  durst  not  make  war  against  Josaphat. 

1 1  The  Philistines  also  brought  presents  to  Josa- 
phat, and  tribute  in  silver:  and  the  Arabians  brougbt 
him  cattle,  seven  thousand  seven  hundred  rams,  and 
as  many  he-goats. 

12  And  Josaphat  grew,  and  became  exceeding 
great :  and  he  built  in  Juda  houses  like  towers,  and 
walled  cities.   " 

13  And  he  prepared  many  works  in  the  cities  of 
Juda  :  and  he  had  warriors  and  valiant  men  in  Je- 
rusalem : 

14  Of  whom  this  is  the  number  of  the  houses 
and  families  of  every  one  :  in  Juda  captains  of  the 
army,  Ednas  the  chief;  and  with  him  three  hun- 
dred thousand  most  valiant  men. 

15  After  him  Johanan  the  captain;  and  with  him 
two  hundred  and  eighty  thousand. 

16  And  after  him  was  Amasias  the  son  of  Ze- 
chri,  consecrated  to  the  Lord  ;  and  with  him  were 
two  hundred  thousand  valiant  men. 

17  After  him  was  Eliada  valiant  in  battle  ;  and 
with  him  two  hundred  thousand  armed  with  bow 
and  shield. 

18  After  him  also  was  Jozabad  ;  and  with  him 
a  hundred  and  eighty  thousand  ready  for  war. 

19  All  these  were  at  the  hand  of  the  king,  beside 
others,  whom  he  had  put  in  the  walled  cities  in  all 
Juda. 

CHAP.  XVIII. 

Josaphat  accompanies  Achab  in  his  expedition  against  Ramoih  : 
where  Achab  is  slain,  as  Micheas  had  foretold. 

TVTOW  Josaphat  was  rich  and  very  glorious,  and 
-L*    was  joined  by  affinity  to  Achab.    ■ 

2  And  he  went  down  to 'him  after  some  years  to 
Samaria:  and  Achab  at  his  coming  killed  sheep  and 
oxen  in  abundance  for  him  and  the  people  that 
came  with  him :  and  he  persuaded  him  to  go  up  to 
Ramoth  Galaad. 

3  And  Achab  king  of  Israel  said  to  Josaphat  king 
of  Juda:  Come  with  me  to  Ramoth  Galaad.  And 
he  answered  him :  Thou  art  as  I  am,  and  my  peo- 
ple as  thy  people:  and  we  will  be  with  thee  in  the 
war. 

4  And  Josaphat  said  to  the  king  of  Israel:  In- 
quire, I  beseech  thee^  at  present  the  word  of  the 
Lord. 

5  So  the  king  of  Israel  gathered  together  of  the 
prophets  four  hundred  men:  and  he  said  to  them: 
Shall  we  goto  Ramoth  Galaad  to  fight, or  shall  we 
forbear?  But  they  said:  Go  up;  and  God  will  de- 
liver it  into  the  king's  hand. 

6  And  Josaphat  said  :  Is  there  not  here  a  pro- 
phet of  the  Lord,  that  we  may  inquire  also  of  him  ? 

7  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  to  Josaphat:  There 
is  one  man,  of  .whom  we  may  ask  the  will  of  the 
Lord:  but  I  hate  hirfi;  for  he  never  propliesiclh  good 
tome,  but  always  evil:  and  it  is  Micheas  the  son 
of  Jemla.  And  Josaphat  said  :  Speak  not  thus,  O 
king. 

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8  And  the  king  of  Israel  called  one  of  the  no- 

liuclis.  and  said  to  him:  (  all  quicklv  Michcas  the 
son  of  Jemla. 

9  Now  the  king  of  Israel,  and  Joaanhal  kin-  of 
Jnda,  both  sat  on  their  thrones,  clothed  in  royal 
robes:  and  they  sal  in  I  lie  open  court  by  the  gate  of 
Samaria;  and  all  the  prophets  prophesied  before 
them. 

10  And  Sedecias  the  son  of  Chanaana  made  him 
horns  of  iron,  and  said  :  'I'lnis  saith  the  Lord  :  Willi 
these  slialt  thou  push  Syria,  till  thou  destroy  it. 

!  1  And  all  the  prophets  prophesied  in  like  man- 
ner, and  said  :    Go  DO  to  lianioth  (ialaad,  and  tlion 

shah  prosper:  and  the  Lord  will  deliver  them  into 

the  kind's  hand. 

IJ  And  the  messenger  that  went  to  call  Micheas, 

said  to  him  :  Behold,  the  words  of  all  the  prophets 
with  one  month  declare  good  to  the  king:  I  beseech 
thee  therefore  let  not  thy  word  disagree  with  them, 
and  speak  thou  also  good  success. 

13  And  Michcas  answered  him  :  As  the  Lord 
liveth,  whatsoever  my  God  shall  say  to  me,  that 
will  I  speak. 

I  )  So  he  came  to  the  king:  and  the  king  said  to 
him:  Michcas,  shall  we  go  to  Hamoth  Galaad  to 
fight,  or  forbear?  And  he  answered  him:  Go  up; 
for  all  shall  succeed  prosperously:  and  the  enemies 
shall  be  delivered  into  your  hands. 

15  And  the  king  said:  1  adjure  thee  again  and 

iv   nothing   but  the  truth  to  me,  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord. 

16  Then  he  said:  I  saw  all  Israel  scattered  in 
the  mountains,  like  sheep  without  a  shepherd:  and 
the  Lord  said:  These  have  no  masters:  let  every 
man  return  to  his  own  house  in  peace. 

17  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  toJosaphat:  Did 
I  not  tell  thee  that  this  man  would  not  prophesy  me 
any  good,  but  evil  ? 

It)  Then  he  said:  Hear  ye  therefore  the  word 
of  tin-  Lord:  I  saw  the  Lord  sitting  on  his  throne, 
and  all  the  army  of  heaven  standing  by  him  on  the 
right  hand  and  on  the  left. 

19  And  the  Lord  said:  Who  shall  deceive* 
Achab  king  of  Israel,  that  he  may  go  up,  and  fall  in 
Ramotb  <  ialaad  ?  And  when  one  spoke  in  this  man- 
ner, and  another  Otherwise  ! 

20  There  came  forth  a  spirit,  and  stood  before  the 
Lord,  and  said  :  I  will  deceive  him.  And  the  Lord 
said  to  him  :  Bj  w  hat  means  wilt  thou  deceive  him? 

21  And  he  answered:  I  will  go  our,  and  be  a 
lying  spirit  in  the  mouth  of  all  his  prophets.  And 
the  Lord  said:  Thou  shalt  deceive,  and  shall  pre- 
vail :   -«'  oat,  and  do  so. 

22  Now  therefore  behold,  the  Lord  hath  put  a 
spirit  of  lying  in  the  mouth  of  all  thy  prophets  ;.and 
the  Lord  hath  spoken  evil  against  thee. 

23  And  Sedecias  the  son  of  Chanaana  came, 
and  struck  Michcas  on  the  cheek,  and  said  :  Which 
way  went  the  spirit  of  the  Lord  from  me,  to  speak 
to  th 

24  Ami  Ificheai  -aid:  Thou  thyself  shall  seein 


•  U'/U  tkcli  itttirt,  tfc    See  ibe»nn<ii..ii..ii  ,  .;  *...*•,  txE 

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that  day,  when  ihou  shall  go   in  from   chamber  to 
chamber,  to  hide  thyself. 

>  And  the  kirn;  of  Israel    c< minded,   savin.  : 

Take  .Michcas,  and  carry  him  to  Anion  the  gover- 
nor of  the  cit\ .  and  to  Joas  I  In-  son  of  \uie|ech, 

26  And  say:  Thus  saith  the  kin::  :  I'ut  this  fel- 
low in  prison,  and  give  him  bread  and  water  in  a 
small  quantity  till  I  return  in  pern 

I  And  Michcas  said :  If  thou  return  in  peace, 
the  Lord  hath  not  spoken  by  mc.  And  he  said  : 
Hear,  all  ve  people. 

28  So  the  king  of  Israel  and  Josaphat  king  ol 
Juda  went  up  to  Hamoth  (ialaad. 

29  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  to. Josaphat  :  I  will 
change  my  dress,  and  so  I  will  go  to  the  battle  ;  but 
put  thou  on  thy  own  -ai  incuts.  And  the  king  of  Is- 
rael having  changed  his  dress,  went  to  the  battle. 

30  .Now  the  king  of  Syria  had  commanded  the 
captains  of  his  cavalry,  saving:  Fight  ve  not  with 
small  or  great,  but  with  the  king  of  Israel  only. 

31  So  w  hen  the  captains  of  the  cavalry  saw  Jo- 
saphat, they  said:  This  is  the  king  of  Israel.  And 
they  surrounded  him  to  attack  him:  but  be  cried  to 
i  lie  Lord,  and  he  helped  him,  and  turned  them  aw  a> 
from  him. 

32  For  when  the  captains  of  the  cavalry  saw  that 
he  was  not  the  king  of  Israel,  they  left  him. 

33  And  it  happened  that  one  of  the  people  shot 
an  arrow  at  a  venture,  and  struck  the  king  of  Israel 
between  the  neck  and  the  shoulders:  and  he  said 
to  his  chariot-man  :  Turn  thy  hand,  and  carry  me 
out  of  the  battle;  for  I  am  wounded. 

34  And  the  fight  was  ended  that  day:  but  the 
king  of  Israel  stood  in  his  chariot  against  the  Sy- 
rians until  the  evening,  and  died  at  the  sun  set 

CHAP.  XIX. 

iphaf's  rhargr  to  thr  judges  and  to  the  Isritct. 

A  ND  Josaphat  king  of  Juda  relumed  to  his  house 
■£*-  in  peace  to  Jerusalem. 

2  And  Jehu  the  son  of  Hanani  the  seer  met  him, 
and  said  to  him:  Thou  helped  the  ungodly,  and 
thou  art  joined  in  friendship  with  them  that  hate  the 
Lord;  and  therefore  tl 
wrath  of  the  Lord  : 


in  w  III 

didst  ( 


teserve    indeed  the 


3  But  good  works  are  found  in  thee,  because 
thou  hast  taken  away  the  troves  out  of  the  land 
of  Juda,  and  hast  prepared  th]  heart  SO  seek  the 
Lord  the  God  of  thy  lathers. 

4  And  Josaphat  dweh  at  Jerusalem  :  and  he  w  eat 

out  again  to  the  people  from  llersahee  to  mount 
Kphraim,  and  brought  them  back  to  tin;  Lord  tin- 
God  of  their  fathers. 

5  And  he  set  judges  of  the  land  in  all  the  fenced 
cities  of  Juda,  in  even   place. 

6  And  charging  tin*  judges,  he  said  :  Take  heed 
what  vou  do:  for  j'ou  exercise  not  the  judgment  ol 
man,  but  of  the  Lord:  and  whatsoever  yon  .indue, 

it  shall  redound  to  you. 

7  Let  the  fear  of  the  Lord  lie  with  yon,  and  do 

all  things  w  ith  diligence:  for  there  is  no  ini<|uilv  with 
tin'  Lord  our  (iod,  nor  n  spect  of  |  I  rVOna,  nor  de- 
sire of  |ifts. 

:;  Iii  Jerusalem  also  Josaphat  appointed  Levitos, 


CHAP.  XX. 


and  priests,  and  chiefs  of  the  families  of  Israel,  to 
judge  the  judgment  and  the  cause  of  the  Lord  for 
the  inhabitants  thereof. 

9  And  he  charged  them,  saying :  Thus  shall  you 
do  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord  faithfully,  and  with  a  per- 
fect heart. 

10  Every  cause  that  shall  come  to  you  of  your 
brethren,  that  dwell  in  their  cities,  between  kin- 
dred and  kindred,  wheresoever  there  is  question 
concerning  the  law,  the  commandment,  the  cere- 
monies, the  justifications:  show  it  them,  that  they 
may  not  sin  against  the  Lord,  and  that  wrath  may 
not  come  upon  you  and  your  brethren :  and  so  do- 
ing you  shall  not  sin. 

11  And  Amariasthe  priest  your  high  priest  shall 
be  chief  in  the  things  which  regard  God :  and  Za- 
badias  the  son  of  Ismahel,  who  is  ruler  in  the  house 
of  Juda,  shall  be  over  those  matters  which  belong  to 
the  king's  office  :  and  you  have  before  you  the  Le- 
vites  for  masters:  take  courage  and  do  diligently; 
and  the  Lord  will  be  with  you  in  good  things. 

CHAP.  XX. 

'flte  Ammonites,  Moabites,  and  Syrians,  combine  against  Josa- 
phat.  He  seeketh  God's  help  by  public  prayer  and  fasting. 
A  prophet  foretelleth  that  God  trill  fight  for  his  people  :  the 
enemies  destroy  one  another.  Josaphat  with  his  men  gather 
the  spoils.  He  reigneth  in  peace:  but  his  navy  perisheth,for 
his  society  with  wicked  Ochozias. 

AFTER  this  the  children  of  Moab,  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Ammon,  and  with  them  of  the  Ammo- 
nites, were  gathered  together  to  fight  against  Josa- 
phat. 

2  And  there  came  messengers,  and  told  Josaphat, 
saying:  There  cometh  a  great  multitude  against 
thee  from  beyond  the  sea,  and  out  of  Syria :  and  be- 
hold, they  are  in  Asasonthamar,  which  is  Engaddi. 

3  And  Josaphat  being  seized  with  fear,  betook 
himself  wholly  to  pray  to  the  Lord  :  and  he  pro- 
claimed a  fast  for  all  Juda. 

4  And  Juda  gathered  themselves  together  to  pray 
to  the  Lord  :  and  all  came  out  of  their  cities  to  make 
supplication  to  him. 

5  And  Josaphat  stood  in  the  midst  of  the  assem- 
bly of  Juda  and  Jerusalem,  in  the  house  of  the  Lord 
before  the  new  court ; 

6  And  said  :  O  Lord  God  of  our  fathers,  thou  art 
God  in  heaven,  and  rulest  over  all  the  kingdoms 
and  nations:  in  thy  hand  is  strength  and  power; 
and  no  one  can  resist  thee. 

7  Didst  not  thou,  our  God,  kill  all  the  inhabitants 
of  this  land  before  thy  people  Israel,  and  gavest  it 
to  the  seed  of  Abraham  thy  friend  for  ever? 

8  And  they  dwelt  in  it,  and  built  in  it  a  sanctua- 
ry to  thy  name,  saying: 

9  If  evils  fall  upon  us,  the  sword  of  judgment,  or 

(>estilence,  or  famine,  we  will  stand  in  thy  presence 
>efore  this  house,  in  which  thy  name  is  called  upon  : 
and  we  will  cry  to  thee  in  our  afflictions;  and  thou 
wilt  hear,  and  save  us. 

10  Now  therefore  behold  the  children  of  Am- 
mon, and  of  Moab,  and  mount  Seir,  through  whose 
lands  thou  didst  not  allow  Israel  to  pass,  when  they 
rame  out  of  Egypt,  but  they  turned  aside  from  them, 
and  slew  them  not: 

2X 


11  Do  the  contrary,  and  endeavour  to  cast  us 
out  of  the  possession  which  thou  hast  delivered  to 
us. 

12  O  our  God,  wilt  not  thou  then  judge  them  Pas 
for  us,  we  have  not  strength  enough,  to  be  able  to 
resist  this  multitude,  which  cometh  violently  upon 
us.  But  as  we  know  not  what  to  do,  we  can  only 
turn  our  eyes  to  thee. 

13  And  all  Juda  stood  before  the  Lord,  with  their 
little  ones,  and  their  wives,  and  their  children. 

14  And  Jahaziel  the  son  of  Zacharias,  the  son  of 
Banaias,  the  son  of  Jehiel,  the  son  of  Mathanias,  a 
Levite  of  the  sons  of  Asaph,  was  there;  upon  whom 
the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came  in  the  midst  of  the  mul- 
titude. 

15  And  he  said :  Attend  ye,  all  Juda,  and  you 
that  dwell  in  Jerusalem,  and  thou  king  Josaphat : 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  to  you:  Fear  ye  not,  and  be 
not  dismayed  at  this  multitude  :  for  the  battle  is  not 
yours,  but  God's. 

16  To-morrow  you  shall  go  down  against  them  ; 
for  they  will  come  up  by  the  ascent  named  Sis ;  and 
you  shall  find  them  at  the  head  of  the  torrent,  which 
is  over-against  the  wilderness  of  Jeruel. 

17  It  shall  not  be  you  that  shall  fight;  but  only 
stand  with  confidence,  and  you  shall  see  the  help  of 
the  Lord  over  you,  O  Juda,  and  Jerusalem :  fear 
ye  nof, 'nor  be  you  dismayed  :  to-morrow  you  shall 
go  out  against  them,  and  the  Lord  will  be  with  you. 

18  Then  Josaphat,  and  Juda,  and  all  the  inhabi- 
tants of  Jerusalem,  fell  flat  on  the  ground  before  the 
Lord,  and  adored  him. 

19  And  the  Levites  of  the  sons  of  Caath,  and  of 
the  sons  of  Core,  praised  the  Lord  the  God  of  Is- 
rael with  a  loud  voice,  on  high. 

20  And  they  rose  early  in  the  morning,  and  went 
out  through  the  desert  of  Thecua:  and  as  they  were 
marching,  Josaphat  standing  in  the  midst  of  them, 
said  :  Hear  me,  ye  men  of  Juda,  and  all  the  inha- 
bitants of  Jerusalem  :  believe  in  the  Lord  your  God, 
and  you  shall  be  secure :  believe  his  prophets,  and 
all  things  shall  succeed  well. 

21  And  he  gave  counsel  to  the  people,  and  ap- 
pointed the  singing  men  of  the  Lord,  to  praise  him 
by  their  companies,  and  to  go  before  the  army,  and 
with  one  voice  to  say:  Give  glory  to  the  Lord; 
for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

22  And  when  they  began  to  sing  praises,  the 
Lord  turned  their  ambushments  upon  themselves, 
that  is  to  say,  of  the  children  of  Ammon,  and  of 
Moab,  and  of  mount  Seir,  who  were  come  out  to 
fight  against  Juda  :  and  they  were  slain. 

23  For  the  children  of  Ammon  and  of  Moab  rose 
up  against  the  inhabitants  of  mount  Seir,  to  kill 
and  -destroy  them :  and  when  they  had  made  an 
end  of  them,  they  turned  also  against  one  another, 
and  destroyed  one  another. 

24  And  when  Juda  came  to  the  watch  tower, 
that  looked  towards  the  desert,  they  saw  afar  of] 
all  the  country,  for  a  great  space,  full  of  dead  bo- 
dies, and  that  no  one  was  left  that  could  escape 
death. 

25  Then   Josaphat   came,   and  all  the   people 


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with  him,  to  take  away  ihe  sptib  of  the  dead : 
and  they  found  anion:  the  dead  bodies,  Muff  of  nh 
rious  kinds,  and  garments,  and  most  precious  res- 
scls :  and  they  took  them  lor  themselves;  inso- 
much that  tiny  could    not  carrv  all,   nor   in  three 

days  take  away  the  .spoils,  the  booty  was  m  great 
\ it •  I  on  the  fourth  day  the;  were  assembled 

in  the  \ alley  of  Blessing:  for  there  they  blesaed  the 
Lord  :  and  therefore  they  called  that  place  the  I  al- 
ii s  of  Blessing  until  this  day. 

27  And  every  man  of  .hula,  and  the  inhabitants 

of  Jerusalem  returned,  and  Josaphat  at  their  head. 
into  Jerusalem  with  great  joy;  because  the  Lord 

had  made  them  rejoice  over  their  enemies. 

28  Ami  thej  cane  into  Jerusalem  with  psalte- 
ries, and  harps,  and  trumpets,  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

29  And  the  fear  of  the  Lord  fell  upon  all  the 
kingdoms  of  the  lands,  when  they  heard  that  the 
Lord  had  fought  against  the  enemies  of  Israel. 

30  And  the  kingdom  of  Josaphat  was  quiet: 
and  God  cave  him  peace  round  about 

31  And  Josaphat  reigned  over  Juda:  and  he 
was  fa,,  and  thirty  \  cars  old  when  lie  began  to  reign: 
and  be  reigned  ii% «•  and  twenty  years  in  Jerusalem: 
and  the  name  of  his  mother  w  as  Azuha  the  daugh- 
ter of  Selahi. 

32  And  he  walked  in  the  way  of  his  father  Asa, 
and  departed  not  from  it,  doing  the  things  that 
were  pteasing  before  the  Lord. 

33  But  yet  he  took  not  away  the  high  places: 
and  the  people  had  not  vet  turned  their  heart  to  the 
Lord  the  God  of  their  fathers. 

31  But  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Josaphat  first  and 
last,  are  written  in  t lit;  words  of  Jehu  the  son  of 
llanaui.  which  be  digested  into  the  Books  of  the 
kiims  of  Israel. 

After  these  things  Josaphat  king  of  Juda 
made  friendship  with  Ocho/.ias  king  of  Israel, 
whose  works  were  very  wicked. 

3(>  And  he  was  partner  with  him  in  making 
ships, to  goto  Tharsig  :  and  they  made  the  ships  in 
Asiongaber. 

\ud  Lliezcr  the  son  of  Dodau  of  Mare* 
prophesied  to  Josaphat.  saying:  Because  thou  hast 
made  a  league  with  Ochozias,  the  Lord  hath  de- 
stroyed thy  works ;  and  tire  ships  are  broken;  and 

tiie\  could  not  go  to  Thaisis. 

<    II  \|\   XXI. 

Jtramft  trlcknl  nigU  :    hi*  jwnixhmrnt  anil  tlfftth. 
A  \ I)  Josaphat   slept  with  hi*   fathers,  and    was 

■**-  buried  with  them  in  the  city  of  David:  and 

Jorain  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

2  And  he  had  brethren,  the  sons  of  Josaphat. 
V/ .h'i .is,  and  Jahiel.  and  Zacharias.  and  A/aria, 
and  Michael,  and  Saphatias  :  all  these  were  the 
sons  of  Josaphat  king  of  Juda. 

3  And  their  father  gave  them  great  gifts  of  sil- 
ver, and  of  gold,  and  pensions,  with  Strong  cities 
in  Juda:  hut  the  kingdom  he  gave  to  Joram;  be- 
cause In-  was  the  eldest. 

4  So  Joram  rose  up  over  the  kingdom  of  his  fa- 
ther :  and  when  he  had  established  himself,  he  slew 


all  his  brethren  with  the  sword,  and  some  of  the 
princes  of  Israel. 

5  Joram  was  two  and  thirty  years  old  when  he 
in  to  reign:    and  he  reigned  eight  years  in  Je- 
rusalem. 

6  And  he  walked  in  the  wavs  of  the  kings  of 
Israel,  as  the  house  of  Achah  had  done;  for  his 
wife  was  a  daughter  of  Achab:  and  he  did  evil  in 
the  Bight  of  the  Lord. 

7  But  the  Lord  would  not  destroy  the  house  of 
David,  because  of  the  covenant  which  he  had  made 
with  him  ;  and  because  he  had  promised  to  give  a 
lamp  to  him,  and  to  his  sons  for  ever. 

8  In  those  days  Edom  revolted,  from  being  sub- 
ject to  Juda,  and  made  themselves  a  king. 

9  And  Joram  went  over  with  his  princes,  ana 
all  his  cavalry  with  him,  and  rose  in  the  night,  and 
defeated  the  Edomitcs  who  had  surrounded  him, 
and  all  the  captains  of  his  cavalry. 

10  However  Edom  revolted,  from  being  under 
the  dominion  of  Juda  unto  this  day  :  at  that  time 
Lobna  also  revolted,  from  being  under  his  hand: 
for  he  had  forsaken  the  Lord  the  God  of  his  fathers: 

11  Moreover  he  built  also  high  places  in  the 
cities  of  Juda  :  and  he  made  the  inhabitants  of  Je- 
rusalem to  commit  fornication,  and  Juda  to  trans- 
gress. 

12  And  there  was  a  letter  brought  him  from 
Elias  the  prophet,  in  which  it  was  written:  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  David  thy  father:  Be- 
cause thou  hast  not  walked  in  the  ways  of  Josa- 
phat thy  father,  nor  in  the  ways  of  Asa  kiii- 
Juda, 

13  But  hast  walked  in  the  ways  of  the  kin^s  ol 
Israel,  and  hast  made  Juda  and  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem  to  commit  fornication,  imitating  die  for- 
nication of  tin-  house  of  Achab:  moreover  also  thou 
hast  killed  thy  brethren,  the  house  of  thy  father, 
better  men  than  thyself; 

14  Behold,  the  Lord  will  strike  thee  with  a 
ureal  plague,  with  all  thy  people,  and  thy  children, 
and  thy  wives,  an(]  all  thy  substance* 

15  And  thou  sbalt  be  sick  of  a  \ery  grievous 
disease  of  thy  bowels,  till  thy  vital  parts  come  out 
by  little  and  little  every  day. 

16  And  the  Lord  stirred  up  against  Joram  the 
spirit  of  the  Philistines,  and  of  the  Arabians,  who 
border  on  the  Ethiopians. 

17  And  they  came  up  into  the  laud  of  Juda,  and 
wasted  it:  and  the]  carried  away  all  the  substance 
that  was  found  in  the  king's  house,  his  sons  also. 
and  his  wives:  so  that  there  was  no  son  left  him 
but  Joaehaz,*  who  was  the  jmiBgnst 

18  And  besides  all  this  the  Lord  struck  him 
with  an  incurable  disease  in  his  boweis 

19  And  as  day  came  after  day,  and  lime  rolled 
on,  two  whole yi  us  passed  ■  then  after  being  wast- 
ed With  a  long  consumption,  so  as  to  void  Ins  vi  iv 
bowels,  his  disease  ended  wiili  his  life.  And  In- 
died  ol  a  most  w  i  itched  illness:  and  the  people  did 


*  Jfthsz,  »lia»,   Ocktxim. 


CHAP.  XXII,  XXIII. 


not  make  a  funeral  for  him  according  to  the  man- 
ner of  burning,  as  they  had  done  for  his  ancestors. 
20  He  was  two  and  thirty  years  old  when  he 
began  his  reign  :  and  he  reigned  eight  years  in  Je- 
rusalem. And  he  walked  not  rightly:  and  they 
buried  him  in  the  city  of  David,  but  not  in  the  se- 
pulchres of  the  kings. 

CHAP.  XXII. 

The  reign  and  death  of  Ochozias.  The  tyranny  of  Athalia. 
\  ND  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  made  Ocho- 
-*■*-  zias  his  youngest  son  king  in  his  place  :  for  the 
rovers  of  the  Arabians,  who  had  broke  in  upon  the 
camp,  had  killed  all  that  were  his  elder  brothers.. 
So  Ochozias  the  son  of  Joram  king  of  Juda  reigned. 

2  Ochozias  was  forty-two*  years  old  when  he 
began  to  reign :  and  he  reigned  one  year  in  Jerusa- 
lem; and  the  name  of  his  mother  was  Athalia  the 
daughter  of  Amri. 

3  He  also  walked  in  the  ways  of  the  house  of 
Achab:  for  his  mother  pushed  him  on  to  do  wick- 
edly. 

4  So  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  as  the 
house  of  Achab  did:  for  they  were  his  counsellors 
after  the  death  of  his  father,  to  his  destruction. 

5  And  he  walked  after  their  counsels.  And  he 
went  with  Joram  the  son  of  Achab  king  of  Israel, 
to  fight  against  Hazael  king  of  Syria,  at  Ramoth 
Galaad:  and  the  Syrians  wounded  Joram. 

6  And  he  returned  to  be  healed  in  Jezrahel ;  for 
he  received  many  wounds  in  the  foresaid  battle. 
And  Ochozias  the  son  of  Joram  king  of  Juda,  went 
down  to  visit  Joram  the  son  of  Achab  in  Jezrahel 
where  he  lay  sick. 

7  For  it  was  the  will  of  God  against  Ochozias, 
that  he  should  come  to  Joram;  and  when  he  was 
come,  should  go  out  also  against  Jehu  the  son  of 
Namsi,  whom  the  Lord  had  anointed  to  destroy  the 
house  of  Achab. 

8  So  when  Jehu  was  rooting  out  the  house  of 
Achab,  he  found  the  princes  of  Juda,  and  the  sons 
pi  the  brethren  of  Ochozias,  who  served  him:  and 
he  slew  them. 

9  And  he  sought  for  Ochozias  himself,  and  took 
him  lying  hid  in  Samaria :  and  when  he  was  brought 
to  him,  he  killed  him:  and  they  buried  him;  be- 
cause he  was  the  son  of  Josaphat,  who  had  sought 
the  Lord  with  all  his  heart.  And  there  was  no  more 
hope  that  any  one  should  reign  of  the  race  of  Ocho- 
zias. 

10  For  Athalia  his  mother,  seeing  that  her  son 
was  dead,  rose  up,  and  killed  all  theroval  family  of 
the  house  of  Joram. 

11  But  Josabeth  the  king's  daughter  took  Joas 
the  son  of  Ochozias,  and  stole  him  from  among  the 
king  s  sons,  that  were  slain.  And  she  hid  him  with 
his  nurse  in  a  bed-chamber:  now  Josabeth  that  hid 
him,  was  daughter  of  king  Joram,  wife  of  Joiada  the 
high  priest,  and  sister  of  Ochozias :  and  therefore 
Athalia  did  not  kill  him. 

12  And  he  was  with  them  hid   in  the  house  of 


4  Lo^vuT'lf*'  D'VerS  GrCek  b'bleS  'e;  d  lwmty-lwo'  a£reeably  to 


God  six  years,  during  which  Athalia  reigned  over 
the  land 

CHAP.  XXIII. 

Joiada  the  high  priest  causeth  Joas  to  be  made  king  ;  Athalia  to 
be  slain  ;  and  idolatry  to  be  destroyed. 

\  ND  in  the  seventh  year  Joiada  being  encouraged, 
-£*■  took  the  captains  of  hundreds,  to  wit,  Azarias 
the  son  of  Jeroham,  and  Ismahel  the  son  of  Johanan, 
and  Azarias  the  son  of  Obed,  and  Maasias  the  son 
of  Adaias,  and  Elisaphat  the  son  of  Zechri ;  and 
made  a  covenant  with  them. 

2  And  they  went  about  Juda,  and  gathered  to- 
gether the  Levites  out  of  all  the  cities  of  Juda,  and 
the  chiefs  of  the  families  of  Israel:  and  they  came 
to  Jerusalem. 

3  And  all  the  multitude  made  a  covenant  with 
the  king  in  the  house  of  God:  and  Joiada  said  to 
them:  Behold,  the  king's  son  shall  reign,  as  the 
Lord  hath  said  of  the  sons  of  David. 

4  And  this  is  the  thing  that  you  shall  do: 

5  A  third  part  of  you  that  come  to  the  sabbathf 
of  the  priests,  and  of  the  Levites,  and  of  the  porters, 
shall  be  at  the  gates ;  and  a  third  part  at  the  king's 
house ;  and  a  third  at  the  gate  that  is  called  the 
Foundation :  but  let  all  the  rest  of  the  people  be  in 
the  courts  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

6  And  let  no  one  come  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  but  the  priests,  and  they  that  minister  of  the 
Levites:  let  them  only  come  in,  because  they  are 
sanctified :  and  let  all  the  rest  of  the  people  keep 
the  watches  of  the  Lord. 

7  And  let  the  Levites  be  round  about  the  king, 
every  man  with  his  arms:  (and  if  any  other  come 
into  the  temple,  let  him  be  slain)  and  let  them  be 
with  the  king  both  coming  in,  and  going  out. 

8  So  the  Levites,  and  all  Juda  did  according  to 
all  that  Joiada  the  high  priest  had  commanded:  and 
they  took  every  one  his  men  that  were  under  him, 
and  that  came  in  by  the  course  of  the  sabbath,  with 
those  who  had  fulfilled  the  sabbath,  and  were  to  go 
out.  For  Joiada  the  high  priest  permitted  not  the 
companies  to  depart,  which  were  accustomed  to 
succeed  one  another  every  week. 

9  And  Joiada  the  priest  gave  to  the  captains  the 
spears,  and  the  shields,  and  targets  of  king  David, 
which  he  had  dedicated  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

10  And  he  set  all  the  people  with  swords  in  their 
hands  from  the  right  side  of  the  temple,  to  the  left 
side  of  the  temple,  before  the  altar,  and  the  temple, 
round  about  the  king. 

11  And  they  brought  out  the  king's  son,  and  put 
the  crown  upon  him,  and  the  testimony,  and  gave 
him  the  law  to  hold  in  his  hand;  and  they  made  him 
king  :  and  Joiada  the  high  priest  and  his  sons  anoint- 
ed him :  and  they  prayed  for  him,  and  said :  God 
save  the  king. 

12  Now  when  Athalia  heard  the  noise  of  the 
people  running  and  praising  the  king,  she  came  in 
to  the  people,  into  the  temple  of  the  Lord. 

13  And  when  she  saw  the  king  standing  upon 


t  To  the  sabbath.     That  is,  to  perform  in  your  weeks  the  functions 
of  your  office,  or  the  weekly  walches. 


11.  I'AKAI.iroMKNOX. 


the  step  in  the  entrance,  and  the  princes,  and  the 
companies  about  him,  and  all  the  people  ofthe  land 
rejoicing,  and  sounding  with  trumpets,  and  playing 
on   in>t riiiiit-iit s  of  diven  kinds,  and    the  voice    of 

those  that  praised,  she  rent  her  garments,  and  said: 
Treason,  treason. 

11  And  Joiaila  the  hLh  priest  coins  out  to  the 
captains,  and  the  chiefs  of  the  army,  said  to  them: 
Take  her  forth  without  the  prccinrt  of  the  temple; 
and  when  she  is  without,  let  her  be  killed  writh  the 
sword.  For  the  priest  commanded  that  she  should 
not  lie  killed  in  the  boOOB  of  the  Lord. 

16  And  they  laid  hold  on  her  In  the  neck:  and 
when  she  was  come  within  the  horse-sate  of  the 
palace,  they  killed  her  there. 

It!  And  Joiada  made  a  covenant  between  himself 
and  all  the  people,  and  the  king,  that  they  should  be 
the  people  of  the  Lord. 

17  And  all  the  people  went  into  the  house  of 
I'aal,  and  destroyed  it:  and  they  broke  down  his 
altars  and  his  idols:  and  they  slew  Mathan  the  priest 
of  Baal  before  the  altars. 

18  And  Joiada  appointed  overseers  in  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  under  tin-  hands  of  the  priests,  and  the 
Le\ites,  whom  David  had  distributed  in  the  house 
of  the  Lord  :  to  offer  holocausts  to  the  Lord,  as  it  is 
written  in  the  law  of  Moses,  with  joy  and  singing, 
according  to  the  disposition  of  David. 

19  He  appointed  also  porters  in  the  gates  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  that  none  who  was  unclean  in 
anv  thing  should  enter  in. 

20  And  he  took  the  captains  of  hundreds,  and 
the  most  valiant  men,  and  the  chiefs  of  the  people, 
and  all  the  people  of  the  land  :  and  they  brought 
down  the  king  from  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and 
brought  him  through  the  upper  sate  into  the  king's 
house,  and  set  him  00  the  roval  throne. 

21  And  all  the  people  of  the  land  rejoiced,'  and 
the  city   was  quiet:  but  Athalia  was  slain  with  the 

■wosri. 

CHAP.  XXIV. 

Joas-reignrth  mil  all  t /ir  day*  nfji/itirla  :  nftenrards  falhlh  into 
idolntru.  mill  ruuxrlh  Ziirlmrius  to  or.  slain.  lie  is  sluin  him- 
self by  his  urrants. 

JOAS  was  seven  years  old  w  hen  he  began  to  reign: 
and    he    reigned  forty   years  in  Jerusalem :    the 
name  of  his  mother  was  SelVia  of  Ib-rsahee. 

1  \nd  he  did  that  which  is  good  before  the  Lord 
all  the  days  of  Joiada  the  priest. 

3  And  Joiada  took  for  him  two  wives,  by  whom 
he  had  sons  and  daughters. 

V  After  this  Joas  had  a  mind  to  repair  the  house 
of  the  Lord. 

.')  And  he  assembled  the  priests,  and  the  Le- 
vites, and  said  to  them:  Go  out  to  the  cities  of  Juda. 
and  gather  of  all  Israel  money  to  repair  the  temple 
of  your  God,  from  year  to  year,  and  do  this  with 
speed:  but  the  Levites  win   negligent 

ml  the  kins  called  Joiada  the  chief,  and  said 
to  him:  Why  hast  thou  not  taken  care  to  oblige  the 
Levites  to  bring  in  OUt  of  Juda    and  Jerusalem  the 

money  that  was  appointed  l>\  .Moses,  the  servant  ol 

Ml 


the  Lord,  for  all  the  multitude  of  Israel  to  bring  into 
the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony  : 

7  For  that  wicked  woman  Athalia  and  her  chil- 
dren have  destroyed  the  house  of  ( iod,  and  adorned 

the  temple  of  Baal  with  all  the  things  that  had  l»t  1 1 
dedicated  in  the  temple  of  the  Lord. 

8  And  the  king  commanded,  and  they  made  a 
cheat  j  and  set  it  by  the  gate  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord  on  the  outside. 

9  And  they  made  a  proclamation  in  Juda  and  Je- 
rusalem, that  every  man  should  bring  to  the  Lord, 
the  money  which  Moses  the  servant  of  God  appoint- 
ed for  all  Israel,  in  the  desert. 

,  10  And  all  the  princes,  and  all  the  people  rejoiced  : 
and  going  in  they  contributed  and  east  so  much 
into  the  chest  of  the  Lord,  that  it  was  fdled. 

11  And  when  it  was  time  to  bring  the  chest  be- 
fore the  king  by  the  hands  of  the  Levites  (for  they 
MW  there  was  much  money,)  the  king's  scribe,  and 
he  whom  the  high  priest  had  appointed,  went  in: 
and  they  poured  out  the  money  that  was  in  the  cheat : 
and  they  carried  back  the  chest  to  its  place:  and 
thus  they  did  from  day  today;  and  there  was  gath- 
ered an  immense  sum  of  money. 

12  And  the  king  and  Joiada  gave  it  to  those  w  ho 
were  over  the  works  of  the  house  of  the  Lord:  but 
they  hired  with  it  stone-cutters,  and  artificer*  ol 
every  kind  of  work  to  repair  the  house  of  the  Lord  : 
and  such  as  wrought  in  iron  and  brass,  to  uphold 
what  began  to  be  falling. 

13  And  the  workmen  were  diligent;  and  the 
breach  of  the  walls  was  closed  up  by  their  hand-: 
and  they  set  up  the  house  of  the  Lord  in  its  former 
state,  and  made  it  stand  firm. 

14  And  w  hen  they  had  finished  all  the  works, 
they  brought  the  rest  of  the  money  before  the  kinu 
and  Joiada:  and  with  it  were  made  vessels  for  the 
temple  for  the  ministry,  and  for  holocausts  and 
howls,  and  other  vessels  of  gold  and  silver:  and  ho- 
locausts were  offered  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  con- 
tinually, all  the  days  of  Joiada. 

15  liut  Joiada  grew  old,  and  was  full  of  days, 
and  died  when  he  was  a  hundred  and  thirtv  \ears 
old. 

16  And  they  buried  him  in  the  city  of  David 
among  the  kings,  because  he  had  done  good  to  Is- 
rael, and  to  his  house.  • 

17  And  after  the  death  of  Joiada,  the  princes  of 
Juda  went  in,  and  worshipped  the  kin:::  and  he  was 
soothed  by  their  services,  and  hearkened  to  them. 

18  And  they  forsook  the  temple  of  the  Lord  the 
God  of  their  fathers,  and  served  groves  and  idols: 
and  Wrath  came  upon  Juda  and  Jerusalem  for  thissin 

19  And  be  sent  prophets  to  them  to  bring  them 
back  to  the  Lord,  and  they  would  not  give  ear  w  Ik n 
tin  \  testified  against  them. 

20  The  Spirit  of  God  then  came  upon  Zacharne. 
the  son  of  Joiada  the  priest,  and  he  stood  in  the 
Bight  of  the  people,  ami  said  to  them:  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God:  Why  transgress  you  the  command- 
ment of  the  Lord,  which  will  not  be  for  vour  good, 
and  have  forsaken  the  Lord,  to  make  him  forsake 
you  ? 


CHAP.  XXV. 


21  And  they  gathered  themselves  together  against 
him,  and  stoned  him  at  the  king's  commandment  in 
the  court  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

22  And  king  Joas  did  not  remember  the  kindness 
that  Joiada  his  father  had  clone  to  him,  but  killed  his 
son.  And  when  he  had  died,  he  said:  The  Lord 
see,  and  require  it. 

23  And  when  a  year  was  come  about,  the  army 
of  Syria  came  up  against  him:  and  they  came  to 
Juda  and  Jerusalem,  and  killed  all  the  princes  of 
the  people :  and  they  sent  al  the  spoils  to  the  king 
to  Damascus. 

24  And  whereas  there  came  a  very  small  num- 
ber of  the  Syrians,  the  Lord  delivered  into  their 
hands  an  infinite  multitude,  because  they  had  for- 
saken the  Lord  the  God  of  their  fathers:  and  on 
Joas  they  executed  shameful  judgments. 

25  And  departing  they  left  him  in  great  diseases : 
and  his  servants  rose  up  against  him,  for  revenge  of 
the  blood  of  the  son  of  Joiada  the  priest:  and  they 
slew  him  in  his  bed  ;  and  he  died;  and  they  buried 
him  in  the  city  of  David,  but  not  in  the  sepulchres 
of  the  kings: 

26  Now  the  men  that  conspired  against  him  were 
Zabad  the  son  of  Semmaath  an  Ammonitess,  and 
Jozabad  the  son  of  Semarith  a  Moabitess. 

27  And  concerning  his  sons,  and  the  sum  of  money, 
which  was  gathered  under  him,  and  the  repairing 
the  house  of  God,  they  are  written  more  diligently 
in  the  book  of  Kings:  and  Amasias  his  son  reigned 
in  his  stead. 

CHAP.  XXV. 

A  mamas' s  reign :  he  beginneth  well :  but  endeth  ill.     He  is  over- 
thrown by  Joas  ;  and  slain  by  his  own  people. 

A  MASIAS  was  five  and  twenty  years  old  when 
-^*-  he  began  to  reign :  and  he  reigned  nine  and 
twenty  years  in  Jerusalem :  the  name  of  his  mo- 
ther was  Joadan  of  Jerusalem. 

2  And  he  did  what  was  good  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord ;  but  yet  not  with  a  perfect  heart. 

3  And  when  he  saw  himself  strengthened  in  his 
kingdom,  he  put  to  death  the  servants  that  had 
slain  the  king  his  father. 

4  But  he  slew  not  their  children  ;  as  it  is  written 
in  the  book  of  the  law  of  Moses,  where  the  Lord 
commanded,  saying:  The  fathers  shall  not  be  slain 
for  the  children,  nor  the  children  for  their  fathers; 
but  every  man  shall  die  for  his  own  sin. 

5  Amasias  therefore  gathered  Juda  together,  and 
appointed  them  by  families,  and  captains  of  thou- 
sands, and  of  hundreds,  in  all  Juda  and  Benjamin  : 
and  he  numbered  them  from  twenty  years  old 
and  upwards,  and  found  three  hundred  thousand 
young  men  that  could  go  out  to  battle,  and  could 
hold  the  spear  and  shield. 

6  He  hired  also  of  Israel  a  hundred  thousand 
valiant  men,  for  a  hundred  talents  of  silver. 

7  But  a  man  of  God  came  to  him,  and  said:  O 
king,  let  not  the  army  of  Israel  go  out  with  thee ; 
for  the  Lord  is  not  with  Israel,  and  all  the  children 
of  Ephraim: 

8  And  if  thou  think  that  battles  consist  in  the 
strength  of  the  army,   God  will  make  thee  to  be 


|  overcome  by  the  enemies :   for  it  belongeth  to  God 
both  to  help,  and  to  put  to  flight. 

9  And  Amasias  said  to  the  man  of  God  :  What 
will  then  become  of  the  hundred  talents  which  I 
have  given  to  the  soldiers  of  Israel  ?  and  the  man 
of  God  answered  him :  The  Lord  is  rich  enough  to 
be  able  to  give  thee  much  more  than  this. 

10  Then  Amasias  separated  the  army,  that  came 
to  him  out  of  Ephraim,  to  go  home  again  :  but  they 
being  much  enraged  against  Juda,  returned  to  their 
own  country. 

1 1  And  Amasias  taking  courage  led  forth  his  peo- 
ple, and  went  to  the  vale  of  salt  pits,  and  slew  of 
the  children  of  Seir,  ten  thousand. 

12  And  other  fen  thousand  men  the  sons  of  Juda 
took,  and  brought  to  the  steep  of  a  certain  rock, 
and  cast  them  down  headlong  from  the  top  ;  and 
they  all  were  broken  to  pieces. 

13  But  that  army  which  Amasias  had  sent  back, 
that  they  should  not  go  with  him  to  battle,  spread 
themselves  among  the  cities  of  Juda,  from  Samaria 
to-  Bethhoron,  and  having  killed  three  thousand, 
took  away  much  spoil. 

14  But  Amasias  after  he  had  slain  the  Edomites, 
set  up  the  gods  of  the  children  of  Seir,  which  he 
had  brought  thence,  to  be  his  gods,  and  adored 
them,  and  burnt  incense  to  them. 

15  Wherefore  the  Lord  being  angry  against  Ama- 
sias, sent  a  prophet  to  him,  to  say  to  him:  Why 
hast  thou  adored  gods  that  have  not  delivered  their 
own  people  out  of  thy  hand? 

16  And  when  he  spoke  these  things,  he  answered 
him  :  Art  thou  the  king's  counsellor  r  be  quiet,  lest 
I  kill  thee.  And  the  prophet  departing,  said :  I 
know  that  God  is  minded  to  kill  thee  ;  because  thou 
hast  done  this  evil,  and  moreover  hast  not  hearkened 
to  my  counsel. 

17  Then  Amasias  king  of  Juda  taking  very  bad 
counsel,  sent  to  Joas  the  son  of  Joachaz  the  son  of 
Jehu,  king  of  Israel,  saying  :  Come,  let  us  see  one 
another. 

18  But  he  sent  back  the  messengers,  saying:  The 
thistle  that  is  in  Libanus  sent  to  the  cedar  in  Liba- 
nus,  saying  :  Give  thy  daughter  to  my  son  to  wife  : 
and  behold,  the  beasts  that  were  in  the  wood  of  Li- 
banus passed  by,  and  trod  down  the  thistle. 

19  Thou  hast  said  :  I  have  overthrown  Edom  , 
and  therefore  thy  heart  is  lifted  up  with  pride  :  stay 
at  home ;  why  dost  thou  provoke  evil  against  thee, 
that  both  thou  shouldst  fall,  and  Juda  with  thee? 

20  Amasias  would  not  hearken  to  him  ;  because  it 
was  the  Lord's  will  that  he  should  be  delivered  into 
the  hands  of  enemies,  because  of  the  gods  of  Edom. 

21  So  Joas  king  of  Israel  went  up;  and  they  pre- 
sented themselves  to  be  seen  by  one  another:  and 
Amasias  king  of  Juda  was  in  Bethsames  of  Juda  : 

22  And  Juda  fell  before  Israel,  and  they  fled  to 
their  dwellings. 

23  And  Joas  king  of  Israel  took  Amasias  kingot 
Juda,  the  son  of  Joas,  the  son  of  Joachaz,  in  Beth- 
sames, and  brought  him  to  Jerusalem ;  and  broke 
down  the  walls  thereof  from  the  gate  of  Ephraim, 
to  the  gate  of  the  corner,  four  hundred  cubits. 

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24  And  he  took  all  the  gold,  and  siher.  tad  nil 
the  vi'-m  K,  tint  be  found  in  the  house  of  God,  end 
with  Obededom,  end  in  the  treasures  of  the  king's 

house;  moreover  alto  ihr  MM  of  the  hostages,  be 
brought  hack  to  Samaria. 

25  And  Amasias  the  son  of  Joas  king  of  .Inda 
lived,  alter  the  death  of  Joas  the  son  of  Joachaz 
king  of  Israel,  fifteen  \eais. 

26  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Amasias  the  first 
and  last,  are  written  in  the  Book  of  the  kings  of 
Juda  and  Israel. 

27  And  alter  he  revolted  from  the  Lord,  they 
made  a  conspiracy  against  him  in  Jerusalem.  And 
he  Bed  intoLachu;  and  they  sent,  and  killed  him 
there. 

28  And  they  brought  him  back  upon  horses,  and 
buried  him  with  his  lathers  in  the  eity  of  David. 

CHAP.  XXVI. 

Oziat  rdgnrlh  protperoudy  tilt  he  inradtth  the  priests'  office  : 
upon  tchich  he  is  utrurk  with  a  It  prosy. 

AND  all  the  people  of  Juda  took   his  son  Ozias 
who  was  sixteen  years  old,  and  made  hitn  king 
in  the  room  of  Amasias  his  father. 

2  He  Imilt  Ailath,  and  restored  it  to  the  domin- 
ion of  Juda,  after  that  the  king  slept  with  his  fathers. 

3  O/.ias  was  sixteen  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign;  and  be  reigned  two  and  fifty  years  in  Jerusa- 
lem: the  name  of  his  mother  was  Jeehelia  of  Je- 
rusalem. 

4  And  he  did  that  which  was  right  in  the  eyes  of 
the  Lord,  according  to  all  that  AmasJM  his  father 
had  done. 

5  And  he  sought  the  Lord  in  the  days  of  Zacha- 
rias  that  understood  and  saw  (iod  :  and  as  long  as 
lie  soqghl  the  Lord  he  directed  him  in  all  things. 

»;  .Moreover,  he  went  forth, and  fought  against  the 
Philistines,  and  broke  down  the  wall  of  Geth,  and 
the  wall  of  Jabnta,  and  the  wall  of  Azotus:  and  he 
built  tow ns  in  Azotus,  and  among  the  Philistines. 

7  And  God  helped  him  against  the  Philistines, 
and  against  the  Arabians  that  dwelt  in  Gurhaal,  and 
against  the  Ammonites. 

8  And  the  Ammonites  gave  gifts  to  Ozias  :  and 
his  name  was  spread  abroad  even  to  the  entrance 
of  Lgypt  for  his  frequent  victories. 

0  And  Ozias  built  towers  in  Jerusalem  over  the 
gate  of  the  corner,  and  over  the  gate  of  the  \  alley, 
and  the  rot,  in  the  same  side  of  the  wall,  and  for- 
tified them. 

10  And  he  built  towers  in  the  wilderness,  and 
dug  many  cisterns  :  for  he  had  much  cattle  both  in 
the  plains,  and  in  the  waste  of  the  desert:  he  had 
also  vineyards  and  dressers  of  vines  in  the  moun- 
tains, and  inCarmcl;  for  he  was  a  man  that  loved 
husbandry. 

11  And  the  army  of  his  fighting  men  that  went 
out  to  War,  U  as  under  the  hand  of  Jehiel  the  scribe, 

and Masias  the doctor,  and  under  the  hand  of  Ha 
nanias,  w  ho  was  one  of  the  king's  captains. 

I  J  \nd  the  whole  number  Of  the  chiefs  by  the  fa- 
milies ol  valiant  men.  were  two  thousand  six  hundred : 

13  And  the  whole  army  under  them  three  hun- 
dred and  seven  thousand  five  hundred;  who  wen 

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fit  for    war,  and  fought  for   the  king  against    the 
enemy* 

1  1  And  Ozias  prepared  for  them,  that  is,  for  the 
whole  army,  shields,  and  spears,  and  helmets,  md 
coats  of  mail,  and  bows,  and  slings  to  cast  Bttaa 

15  And  he  made  in  Jerusalem  engines  of  divers 
kinds,  which  he  placed  in  the  towers,  and  in  the 
corners  of  the  walls,  to  shoot  arrows  and  great 
stones:  and  his  name  went  forth  far  abroad;  lor 
the  Lord  helped  him.  and  had  strengthened  him. 

16  But  when  he  was  made  strong,  his  hem  was 
lifted  up  to  his  destruction:  and  he  neglected  the 
Lord  his  God;  and  going  into  the  temple  of  the 
Lord,  he  had  a  mind  to  burn  incense  upon  the  altai 
of  incense. 

17  And  immediately  Azarias  the  priest  going  in 
after  him,  and  with  him  fourscore  priests  of  the 
Lord,  most  valiant  men, 

18  Withstood  the  king,  and  said  :  It  doth  not  lie- 
long  to  thee,  Ozias,  to  burn  incense  to  the  Lord, 
but  to  the  priests,  that  is,  to  the  sons  of  Aaron,  who 
are  consecrated  for  this  ministry :  go  out  of  the  sanc- 
tuary, do  not  despise  :  for  this  thing  shall  not  be  ac- 
counted to  thy  glory  by  the  Lord  God. 

19  And  Ozias  was  angry ;  and  holding  in  his  hand 
the  censer  to  burn  incense,  threatened  the  prii 
And  presently  there  rose  a  leprosy  in  his  forehead 
before  the  priests,  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  at  the 
altar  of  incense. 

20  And  Azarias  the  high  priest,  and  all  the  rest 
of  the  priests,  looked  upon  him,  and  saw  the  lepro- 
sy in  his  forehead :  and  they  made  haste  to  thrust 
him  out.  Yea,  himself  also  being  frightened,  hast- 
ed to  go  out,  because  he  had  quickly  felt  the  stroke 
of  the  Liord. 

21  And  Ozias  the  king  was  a  leper  unto  the  dav 
of  his  death  :  and  he  dwelt  in  a  house  apart,  being 
full  of  the  leprosy,  for  w  bicfa  he  had  been  cast  out  of 
the  house  ot  the  Lord.  And  Joatham  his  son  go- 
verned the  king's  house,  and  judged  the  people  of 
tlie  land. 

22  But  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Ozias  first  and 
last  were  written  by  Isaias  the  son  of  Amos,  the 
prophet. 

23  And  Ozias  slept  with  his  fathers:  and  they 
buried  him  in  the  field  of  the  royal  sepulchres,  l>e- 
cause  he  was  a  leper:  and  Joatham  his  son  reigned 
in  his  stead. 

CHAP.  XXVII. 

Joatham's  good  reign. 

TOATHAM  was  live  and  twenty  years  old  when 

y    he  began  to  reign  :  and  he  reigned  sixteen  \ears 

in  Jerusalem:  the  name  of  his  mother  was  J<  insa 

the  daughter  of  Sadoc. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  was  right  before  the 
Lord,  according  toaM  thai  <  hnaa  his  father  had  done; 

only  that  he  entered  not  into  the  temple  of  tin   Lord  ; 

and  the  people  still  transgressed. 

3  He  built  the  high  gate  of  the  bouse  of  the  Lord; 
and  on  the  wall  of  Ophel  he  built  much. 

i  Moreover  he  built   cities    in    the   mountains  of 

Juda.  and  castles  and  lowers  in  the  forests. 

5  He  fought  against  the  king  of  the  <  bUdreu  ol 


CHAP.  XXVIII. 


Amnion,  and  overcame  them :  and  the  children  of 
Amnion  gave  him  at  that  time  a  hundred  talents  of 
silver,  and  ten  thousand  measures  of  wheat,  and  as 
many  measures  of  barley:  so  much  did  the  children 
of  Amnion  give  him  in  the  second  and  third  year. 

G  And  Joatham  was  strengthened,  because  he 
had  his  way  directed  before  the  Lord  his  God. 

7  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Joatham,  and  all  his 
wars,  and  his  works,  are  written  in  the  Book  of 
the  kings  of  Israel  and  Juda. 

8  He  was  five  and  twenty  years  old  when  he  be- 
gan to  reign ;  and  he  reigned  sixteen  years  in  Jeru- 
salem. 

9  And  Joatham  slept  with  his  fathers:  and  they 
buried  him  in  the  city  of  David:  and  Achaz  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAP.  XXVIII. 

The  wicked  and  unhappy  reign  of  Achaz. 

\  CHAZ  was  twenty  years  old  when  he  began  to 
-^*-  reign  :  and  he  reigned  sixteen  years  in  Jerusa- 
lem :  he  did  not  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  as  David  his  father  had  done ; 

2  But  walked  in  the  ways  of  the  kings  of  Israel  ; 
moreover  also  he  cast  statues  for  Baalim. 

3  It  was  he  that  burnt  incense  in  the  valley  of 
Benennom,  and  consecrated  his  sons  in  the  fire  ac- 
cording to  the  manner  of  the  nations,  which  the 
Lord  slew  at  the  coming  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

4  He  sacrificed  also,  and  burnt  incense  in  the 
high  places,  and  on  the  hills,  and  under  every 
green  tree. 

5  And  the  Lord  his  God  delivered  him  into  the 
hands  of  the  king  of  Syria,  who  defeated  him,  and 
took  a  great  booty  out  of  his  kingdom,  and  carried 
it  to  Damascus:  he  wasalso  delivered  into  the  hands 
of  the  king  of  Israel,  who  overthrew  him  with  a 
great  slaughter. 

6  For  Phacee  the  son  of  Romelia  slew  of  Juda  a 
hundred  and  twenty  thousand  in  one  day,  all  valiant 
men:  because  they  had  forsaken  the  Lord  the  God 
of  their  fathers. 

7  At  the  same  time  Zechri  a  powerful  man  of 
Ephraim,  slew  Maasias  the  king's  son,  and  Ezri- 
cam  the  governor  of  his  house,  and  Elcana  who  was 
next  to  the  king. 

8  And  the  children  of  Israel  carried  away  of  their 
brethren  two  hundred  thousand  women,  boys,  and 
girls,  and  an  immense  booty:  and  they  brought  it 
to  Samaria. 

9  At  that  time  there  was  a  prophet  of  the  Lord 
there,  whose  name  was  Oded  :  and  he  went  out  to 
meet  the  army  that  came  to  Samaria,  and  said  to 
them:  Behold,  the  Lord  the  God  of  your  fathers  be- 
ing angry  with  Juda,  hath  delivered  them  into  your 
hands:  and  you  have  butchered  them  cruelly,  so 
that  your  cruelty  hath  reached  up  to  heaven. 

1 0  Moreover  you  have  a  mind  to  keep  under  the 
(  hildren  of  Juda  and  Jerusalem  for  your  bond-men 
and  bond-women,  which  ought  not  to  be  done:  for 
you  have  sinned  in  this  against  the  Lord  your  God. 

1 1  But  hear  ye  my  counsel,  and  release  the  cap- 
ites, that  you  have  brought  of  your  brethren;  be- 


cause a  great  indignation  of  the  Lord  hangeth  ovei 
you. 

12  Then  some  of  the  chief  men  of  the  sons  oi 
Ephraim,  Azarias  the  son  of  Johanan,  Barachias 
the  son  of  Mosollamoth,  Ezechias  the  son  of  Sel- 
lum,  and  Amasa  the  son  of  Adali,  stood  up  against 
them  that  came  from  the  war. 

13  And  they  said  to  them:  You  shall  not  bring  in 
the  captives  hither,  lest  we  sin  against  the  Lord. 
Why  will  you  add  to  our  sins,  and  heap  up  upon  our 
former  offences  ?  for  the  sin  is  great ;  and  the  fierce 
anger  of  the  Lord  hangeth  over  Israel. 

14  So  the  soldiers  left  the  spoils,  and  all  that  they 
had  taken,  before  the  princes  and  all  the  multitude. 

1 5  And  the  men,  whom  we  mentioned  above,  rose 
up  and  took  the  captives,  and  with  the  spoils  cloth- 
ed all  them  that  were  naked :  arid  when  they  had 
clothed  and  shod  them,  and  refreshed  them  with 
meat  and  drink,  and  anointed  them  because  of  their 
labour,  and  had  taken  care  of  them;  they  set  such 
of  them  as  could  not  walk,  and  were  feeble,  upon 
beasts,  and  brought  them  to  Jericho  the  city  of 
palm-trees,  to  their  brethren:  and  they  returned  te 
Samaria. 

16  At  that  time  king  Achaz  sent  to  the  king  ol 
the  Assyrians  asking  help. 

17  And  the  Edomites  came,  and  slew  many  ol 
Juda,  and  took  a  great  booty. 

18  The  Philistines  also  spread  themselves  among 
the  cities  of  the  plains,  and  to  the  south  of  Juda : 
and  they  took  Bethsames,  and  Aialon,  and  Gade- 
roth,  and  Socho,  and  Thamnan,  and  Gamzo,  with 
their  villages :  and  they  dwelt  in  them. 

19  For  the  Lord  had  humbled  Juda  because' of 
Achaz  the  king  of  Juda ;  for  he  had  stripped  it  of 
help,*  and  had  contemned  the  Lord. 

20  And  he  brought  against  him  Thelgathphalna- 
sar  king  of  the  Assyrians,  who  also  afflicted  him, 
and  plundered  him  without  any  resistance. 

21  And  Achaz  stripped  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  house  of  the  kings,  and  of  the  princes,  and 
gave  gifts  to  the  king  of  the  Assyrians:  and  yet  it 
availed  him  nothing. 

22  Moreover  also  in  the  time  of  his  distress  he 
increased  contempt  against  the  Lord,  king  Achaz 
himself  by  himself, 

23  Sacrificed  victims  to  the  gods  of  Damascus 
that  struck  him  :  and  he  said  :  The  godsof  the  kings 
of  Syria  help  them;  and  1  will  appease  them  with 
victims;  and  they  will  help  me;  whereas  on  the 
contrary  they  were  the  ruin  of  him,  and  of  all  Israel. 

24  Then  Achaz  having  taken  away  all  the  ves- 
sels of  the  house  of  God,  and  broken  them,  shut  up 
the  doors  of  the  temple  of  God,  and  made  himself 
altars  in  all  the  corners  of  Jerusalem. 

25  And  in  all  the  cities  of  Juda  he  built  altars  to 
burn  frankincense :  and  he  provoked  the  Lord  the 
God  of  his  fathers  to  wrath. 

26  But  the  rest  of  his  acts,  and  all  his  works  first 


*  For  he  had  stripped  il  of  help  :  that  is,  Achaz  stripped  the  kingdom 
of  Juda  of  the  divine  assistance  by  his  wickedness,  and  by  his  intro- 
ducing idolatry. 

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II.  PAKALII'OMENON. 

■ad  last  are  written  in  the  Book  of  the  kings  of 
Juda  aiul  Israel. 

\111l  Achas  slept  with  his  fathers:  and  the] 
buried  him  in  the  chj  of  Jerusalem  :  for  they  receiv- 
ed him  nut  into  the  sepulchres  of  the  kings  of  Israel. 
A 11. 1  L/.ct  bias  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAP.  XX! \. 

hint  pttrifieth  the  temple,  and  restnreth  religion. 

N<  >\\  Esechiaj  began  to  reign,  when  he  «as  five 
and  twenty  \  ears  old:  and  he  reigned  nine  and 
twenty  Tears  in  Jerusalem:  the  name  of  his  mother 

was  Abia,  the  daughter  of  Zacharias. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  was  pleasing  in  the 
sight  uf  the  Lord,  according  to  all  that  David  liis 
lather  had  done. 

3  In  the  first  vt-ar  and  month  of  his  reign  he  open- 
ed the  doors  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  repaired 
them. 

4  And  he  brought  the  priests  and  the  Levitcs, 
and  assembled  them  in  the  east-street. 

5  And  he  said  to  them:  Hear  me,  ye  Levitcs, 
and  lie  sanctified ;  purify  the  house  of  the  Lord  the 
God  of  your  fathers ;  and  take  away  all  filth  out  of 
the  sanctuary. 

6  Our  fathers  have  sinned,  and  done  evil  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord  God,  forsaking  him  :  they  have 
tinned  away  their  faces  from  the  tabernacle  of  the 
Lord,and  turned  their  backs. 

7  They  have  shut  up  the  doors  that  were  in  the 
porch,  and  put  out  the  lamps,  and  have  not  burnt 
incense,  nor  offered  holocausts  in  the  sanctuary  of 
the  God  of  Israel. 

8  Therefore  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  hath  been 
stirred  un  against  Juda and  Jerusalem: and  he  hath 

delivered  them  to   trouble,   and   to  destruction,  and 
to  be  biased  at,  as  von  see  w  it  1 1  four  eyes. 

9  Behold,  our  fathers  are  fallen  by  the  sword: 
our  sons,  and  our  daughters,  and  wives  are  led  aw  ay 
captives  for  1 1 1 i~-  w  ickedness. 

10  Now  therefore  I  have  a  mind  that  we  make  a 
covenant  with  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel;  and  he 
will  turn  away  the  wrath  of  his  indignation  from  US. 

11  My  sons,  be  not  negligent:  the  Lord  hath 
chosen  yon  to  stand  before  him,  and  to  minister  to 
him,  and  to  worship  him,  and  to  burn  incense  to 
him. 

12  Then  the  Levitcs  arose :  Mahath  the  son  of 
Amasai,  and  Joel  the  son  of  A/arias,  of  the  sons  of 
Caath;  and  of  the  sons  of  Merari,  (is  the  son  of 
Abdi,  and  A/arias  the  son  of.lalaleel;  and  of  the 
sons  of  Gerson,  Joah  the  son  of  Zemma,  and  Eden 
the  son  of  Joah : 

13  And  of  the  sons  of  Elisaphan.  Samri  and  Jc- 
hiel :  also  of  the  sons  of  Asaph,  Zacharias  and  Ma- 
thauias; 

1  \  And  of  the  sons  of  I  leman,  Jahiel  and  Scmei; 
and  of  the  sons  of  Iditlmn.  Semeias  and  <  >/.iel. 
1")  And  they  gathered   together  their  brethren, 

and  sanctified  themselves,  and  went  in  BCCOrdin 
the  commandment  of  die  kin::,  and  the  precept  of 

Lord,  to  purity  the  house  of  God. 

16  Ami  tin-  priests  went  into  the  temvile  of  the 
Lord  to  sann ii\  it  ;  ami  brought  out  all  the  uncl<  m 


m  ss,  that  they  found  within  to  the  entrance  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord:  and   the   Levitcs  took  it  awav 
and  carried  it  out  abroad  to  the  torrent  (  fdron. 

17  Anil  they  began  to  cleanse  on  the  first  day  ol 
tlie  first  month:  and  on  the  eighth  day  of  the  same 
month  they  came  into  the  porch  of  the  temple  of  the 
Lord:  ana  they  purified  the  temple  in  eight  days;  and 
on  the  sixteenth  day  of  the  same  month  thev  finished 
what  they  had  begun. 

18  And  thev  went  in  to  kins  Iv/.t -chias.  and  said 
to  him:  \\  <■  have  sanctified  all  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  altar  of  holocaust,  and  the  vessels 
thereof,  and  the  table  of  proposition  with  all  its 
vessels. 

19  And  all  the  furniture  of  the  temple,  which 
king  Achaz  in  his  reign  had  defiled,  after  his  trans- 
-nssion;  and  behold,  they  are  all  set  forth  before 
the  altar  of  the  Lord. 

20  And  king  Ezechias  rising  early,  assembled  all 
the  rulers  of  the  city,  ami  went  up  into  the  house  of 
the  Lord: 

21  And  they  offered  together  seven  bullocks,  ami 
seven  rams,  and  seven  lambs,  and  seven  be-goats 
for  sin,  for  the  kingdom,  for  the  sanctuary,  for  Juda  : 
and  he  spoke  to  the  priests  the  sons  of  Aaron,  to 
offer  them  upon  the  altar  of  the  Lord. 

22  Therefore  they  killed  the  bullocks:  and  the 
priests  took  the  blood,  and  poured  it  upon  the  altar: 
they  killed  also  the  rams,  and  their  blood  they  pour- 
ed also  upon  the  altar:  and  they  killed  the  iambs, 
and  poured  the  blood  upon  the  altar. 

23  And  they  brought  the  he-goats  for  am  before 
the  king,  and  the  whole  multitude:  and  they  laid 
their  hands  upon  them  : 

24  Ami  the  priests  immolated  them,  ami  sprink- 
led their  blood  before  the  altar  for  an  expiation  of 
all  Israel :  for  the  king  had  commanded  that  the  ho- 
locaust and  the  sin-offering  should  be  made  for  all 
Israel. 

25  And  he  set  the  Levitts  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord  with  cymbals,  and  psalteries,  and  harps,  ac- 
cording to  the  regulation  of  David  the  king,  and  of 
Gad  the  seer,  and  of  Nathan  the  prophet:  for  it 
\yas  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  by  the  band  of 
his  prophets. 

26  And  the  Levites  stood  with  the  instruments 
Of  David,  and  the  priests  with  trumpets. 

27  And  Ezechias  commanded  that  they  should 
offer  holocausts  upon  the  altar:  and  when  the  holo- 
causts were  offered,  they  began  to  sing  praises  ti 
the  Lord,  and  to  sound  w  ith  trumpets,  and  divers 
instruments  which  David  the  king  of  Israel  had  pre- 
pared. 

28  And  all  the  multitude  adored  :  and  the  sin»- 
ers,  and  the  trumpeters  were  in  their  olhec,  till  the 
holocaust  was   finished. 

29  And  when  the  (dilation  was  ended,  the  kinz. 
and  all  that  wt  re  with  him  bowed  down, and  adored. 

30  And  L/.echias  and  the  princes  commanded 
the  Lerhea  t<>  praise  the  Lord  with  the  words  ol 

David,    and  Asaph  the  seer:  and  thev  praised  him 
with  peal  joy,  and  bowing  tin-knee  adored. 

31  And  E/.ct  In. is  added,  and  said:  You  have  fill- 


CHAP.  XXX. 


ed  your  hands  to  the  Lord;  come  and  offer  victims, 
and  praises  in  the  house  of  the  Lord.  And  all  the 
multitude  offered  victims,  and  praises,  and  holo- 
causts, with  a  devout  mind. 

32  And  the  number  of  the  holocausts  which  the 
multitude  offered,  was  seventy  bullocks,  a  hundred 
rams,  and  two  hundred  lambs. 

33  And  they  consecrated  to  the  Lord  six  hun- 
dred oxen,  and  three  thousand  sheep. 

34  But  the  priests  were  few,  and  were  not 
enough  to  flay  the  holocausts:  wherefore  the  Le- 
vites  their  brethren  helped  them,  till  the  work  was 
ended,  and  priests  were  sanctified  ;  for  the  Levites 
are  sanctified  with  an  easier  rite  than  the  priests. 

35  So  there  were  many  holocausts,  and  the  fat 
of  peace-offerings,  and  the  libations  of  holocausts  : 
and  the  service  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  was  com- 
pleted. 

36  And  Ezechias  and  all  the  people  rejoiced, 
because  the  ministry  of  the  Lord  was  accomplish- 
ed. For  the  resolution  of  doing  this  thing  was 
taken  suddenly. 

CHAP.  XXX. 

Ezechias  inviteth  all  Israel  to  celebrate  thepasch  :  the  solemni- 
ty is  kept  fourteen  days. 

AND  Ezechias  sent  to  all  Israel  and  Juda  :  and 
he  wrote  letters  to  Ephraim  and  Manasses, 
that  they  should  come  to  the  house  of  the  Lord  in 
Jerusalem,  and  keep  the  phase  to  the  Lord  the 
God  of  Israel. 

2  For  the  king  taking  counsel,  and  the  princes, 
and  all  the  assembly  of  Jerusalem,  decreed  to  keep 
the  phase  the  second  month. 

3  For  they  could  not  keep  it  in  its  time  :  be- 
cause there  were  not  priests  enough  sanctified,  and 
the  people  was  not  as  yet  gathered  together  to  Je- 
rusalem. 

4  And  the  thing  pleased  the  king,  and  all  the 
people. 

5  And  they  decreed  to  send  messengers  to  all 
Israel  from  Bersabee  even  to  Dan,  that  they  should 
come,  and  keep  the  phase  to  the  Lord  the  God  of 
Israel  in  Jerusalem:  for  many  had  not  kept  it  as 
it  is  prescribed  by  the  law. 

6  And  the  posts  went  with  letters  by  command- 
ment of  the  king,  and  his  princes,  to  all  Israel  and 
Juda  proclaiming  according  to  the  king's  orders  : 
Ye  children  of  Israel,  turn  again  to  the  Lord  the 
God  of  Abraham,  and  of  Isaac,  and  of  Israel  :  and 
he  will  return  to  the  remnant  of  you  that  have  es- 
caped the  hand  of  the  king  of  the  Assyrians. 

7  Be  not  like  your  fathers,  and  brethren,  who 
departed  from  the  Lord  the  God  of  their  fathers ; 
and  he  hath  given  them  up  to  destruction,  as  you 
see. 

8  Harden  not  your  necks,  as  your  fathers  did  : 
yield  yourselves  to  the  Lord,  and  come  to  his  sanc- 
tuary, which  he  hath  sanctified  for  ever  :  serve  the 
Lord  the  God  of  your  fathers ;  and  the  wrath  of 
his  indignation  shall  be  turned  away  from  you. 

9  For  if  you  turn  again  to  the  Lord,  your  bre- 
thren and  children  shall  find  mercy  before  their  mas- 

2  x 


ters,  that  have  led  them  away  captive ;  and  they 
shall  return  into  this  land  :  for  the  Lord  your  God 
is  merciful,  and  will  not  turn  away  his  face  from 
you,  if  you  return  to  him. 

10  So  the  posts  went  speedily  from  city  to  city, 
through  the  land  of  Ephraim,  and  of  Manasses, 
even  to  Zabulon  ;  whilst  they  laughed  at  them,  and 
mocked  them. 

1 1  Nevertheless  some  men  of  Aser,  and  of  Ma- 
nasses, and  of  Zabulon,  yielding  to  the  counsel, 
came  to  Jerusalem. 

1,2  But  the  hand  of  God  was  in  Juda,  to  give 
them  one  heart  to  do  the  word  of  the  Lord,  accord- 
ing to  the  commandment  of  the  king,  and  of  the 
princes. 

13  And  much  people  were  assembled  to  Jeru- 
salem to  celebrate  the  solemnity  of  the  unleaven- 
ed bread  in  the  second  month  : 

14  And  they  arose,  and  destroyed  the  altars 
that  were  in  Jerusalem,  and  took  away  all  things 
in  which  incense  was  burnt  to  idols,  and  cast  them 
into  the  torrent  Cedron. 

15  And  they  immolated  the  phase  on  the  four- 
teenth day  of  the  second  month.  And  the  priests 
and  the  Levites  being  at  length  sanctified,  offered 
holocausts  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

16  And  they  stood  in  their  order,  according  to 
the  disposition  and  law  of  Moses  the  man  of  God: 
but  the  priests  received  the  blood  which  was  to  be 
poured  out,  from  the  hands  of  the  Levites, 

17  Because  a  great  number  was  not  sanctified  : 
and  therefore  the  Levites  immolated  the  phase  for 
them  that  came  not  in  time  to  be  sanctified  to  the 
Lord. 

18  For  a  great  part  of  the  people  from  Ephraim, 
and  Manasses,  and  Issachar,  and  Zabulon,  that  had 
not  been  sanctified,  ate  the  phase,  otherwise  than 
it  is  written  :  and  Ezechias  prayed  for  them,  saying: 
The  Lord  who  is  good,  will  show  mercy  . 

19  To  all  them,  who  with  their  whole  heart 
seek  the  Lord  the  God  of  their  fathers;  and  will 
not  impute  it  to  them  that  they  are  not  sanctified. 

20  And  the  Lord  heard  him,  and  was  merciful 
to  the  people. 

21  And  the  children  of  Israel  that  were  found 
at  Jerusalem,  kept  the  feast  of  unleavened  bread 
seven  days  with  great  joy,  praising  the  Lord  every 
day  :  the  Levites  also  and  the  priests  with  instru- 
ments, that  agreed  to  their  office. 

22  And  Ezechias  spoke  to  the  heart  of  all  the 
Levites,  that  had  good  understanding  concerning  . 
the  Lord  :  and  they  ate  during  the  seven  days  of 
the  solemnity,  immolating  victims  of  peace-of- 
ferings, and  praising  the  Lord  the  God  ot  their  fa- 
thers. 

23  And  it  pleased  the  whole  multitude  to  keep 
other  seven  days  ;  which  they  did  with  great  joy. 

24  For  Ezechias  the  king  of  Juda  had  given  to 
the  multitude  a  thousand  bullocks,  and  seven  thou- 
sand sheep :  and  the  princes  had  given  the  people 
a  thousand  bullocks,  and  ten  thousand  sheep  :  and 
a  great  number  of  priests  was  sanctified. 

25  And  all  the  multitude  of  Juda  with  the  priests 

353 


II.  PARALIPOMENON 


and  Lcvitrs.  and  all  the  assembly  thai  came  out  of 
Israel ;  and  the  proselytes  of  the  land  of  Israel,  and 

thai  dwelt  in  .linla  were  lull  of  joy. 

V ml  there  was  a  great  solemnity  in  Jerusa- 
lem, such  a*  had  not  been  in  that  fit \  since  the  time 
of  Solomon  the  son  of  David  k\uz  of  Israel. 

27  And  the  priests  and  the  Levhes  rote  up,  and 
Messed  the  people:  and  their  voice  was  beard: 
and  their  prayer  came  to  the  holy  dwelling  place  of 
heaven. 

CHAP.  XXXI. 

Idolatry  it  abolished  ;  and  provision*  made  for  the  ministers. 

AND  when  these  things  had  been  duly  celebrat- 
ed, all  Israel  that  were  found  in  the  cities  of 
Juda  went  out,  and  they  broke  the  idols,  and  cut 
down   the   groves,  demolished  the  high  place-,  and 

destroyed  the  altars,  not  only  out  of  all  Juda  and 
Beniamm,  but  out  of  Ephraim  also  and  Manasses, 

till  they  had  utterly  destroyed  them  :  then  all  the 
children  of  Israel  returned  to  their  possessions  and 
fir  i 

2  And  Kzechias  appointed  companies  of  the 
priests,  and  trie  Lc\ites,  hv  their  courses,  every  man 
in  his  own  office,  to  wit,  both  of  the  priests,  and  of 
the  Levites,  for  holocausts,  and  for  peace-offerings, 
to  minister,  and  to  praise,  and  to  Slug  in  the  gates 
of  the  camp  of  the  Lord. 

3  And  the  kind's  part  was.  that  of  his  proper 
substance  the  holocaust  should  be  offered  always 
morning  and  evening,  and  on  the  sabbaths,  and  the 
new  moons,  and  the  other  solemnities,  as  it  is  writ- 
ten in  the  law  of  Musis. 

4  He  commanded  also  the  people  that  dwelt  in 
Jerusalem,  to  give  to  the  priests  and  the  Levites 
their  portion,  that  they  mig'it  attend  to  the  law  of 
the  Lord. 

5  Which  when  it  was  noised  abroad  in  the  ears 
of  the  people,  the  children  <H'  Israel  offered  in  abun- 
dance the  first-fruits  of  com,  wine,  and  oil,  and 
honey  :  and  brought  the  tithe  of  all  things  which  the 
ground  bringing  forth. 

6  Moreo\erthe  children  of  Israel  and  Juda,  that 
dwelt  in  the  cities  of  Juda.  brought  in  the  tithes  of 
oxen,  and  sheep,  and  the  tithes  of  holy  things,  which 
they  had  vowed  to  the  Lord  their  God;  and  carry- 
ing them  all,  made  many  heaps. 

7  In  the  third  mouth  they  began  to  lay  the  foun- 
dations of  the  heaps  ;  and  in  the  >e\  cut h  mouth  they 
finished  them. 

8  Ami  when  Czechias  and  his  princes  came  in. 
they  saw  the  heaps;  and  they  blessed  the  Lord  and 
the  people  of  Israel. 

9  And  Czechias  asked  the  priests  and  the  Lei  ito. 
why  the  heaps  lay  so. 

10  A/arias  the  chief  priest  of  the  race  of  Sadoc 
answered  him,  saying:  Since  the  first  fruits  began 
to  lw  offered  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  we  have 

eaten,  and  have  been  filled,  and  abundance  is  left; 
because  the  Lord  hath  blessed  his  people:  and  of 
that  w  hich  is  left  is  this  treat  stoic  w  Inch  thou  seest 

11  Then  Ecechiaa  commanded  to  prepare  store- 
houses in  the  house  of  the  Lord  And  when  the\ 
had  done  so, 

354 


12  They  brought  in  faithfully  l>oth  the  first-fruits, 
and  the  tithes,  and  all  the)  Bad  VOWfd.  And  the 
overseer  of  them  was  Chonenias  the   Levite,  and 

Semei  bis  brother  was  the  second. 

I.!  And  alter    him  Jchiel,    and  Azarias.  and  Na- 
hath,  ami  Asahcl,  and  Jer'unoih,  and  Jozabad,  and 
I'.liel.  and  Jesinachias.   and    Mahath,  and    Hani 
overseers  under  the  hand  of  Chonenias.  and  Scmci 
his  brother,  by  the  commandment  of    K/cchias  the 

king,  and  Azarias  the  high  priest  of  the  bouse  of 
God,  to  whom  all  things  appertained. 

1  I  Hut  (ore  the  son  of  Jemna  the  Levite,  tin- 
port  er  of  the  east-gate,  was  overseer  of  the  things 
which  were  freely  offered  to  the  Lord,  and  of  the 
first-fruits,  and  the  things  dedicated  lor  the  holies  <>t 
holies. 

15  And  under  his  charge  were  Lden,  and  Ben- 
jamin, Jcsuc,  ami  Semt  ias,  and  Amarias,  and  Se- 
clienias,  in  the  cities  of  the  priests,  lo  distribute 
faithfully  portions  to  their  brethren,  both   little   and 

great: 

Iti  Besides  the  males  from  three  \ears  old  and 
upward,  to  all  that  went  into  the  temple  of  the  Lord, 
and  whatsoever  there  was  need  of  in  the  ministry, 
and  their  offices  according  to  their  eours<  s,  day  by 
day. 

17  To  the  priests  by  their  families,  and  to  the  Le- 
vites from  the  twentieth  year  and  upward,  by  their 
classes  ami  companies. 

18  And  to  all  the  multitude,  both  to  their  wives, 
and  to  their  children  of  both  sixes,  victuals  were 
given  faithfully  out  of  the  things  that  had  been  sanc- 
tified. 

19  Also  of  the  sons  of  Aaron  who  were  in  the 
fields  and  in  the  suburbs  of  each  city,  tin  ic  wi ire 
men  appointed,  to  distribute  portions  loall  the  males, 
among  the  priests  and  the  Levites. 

20  So  Czechias  did  all  things  which  we  have  said, 
in  all  Juda;  and  wrought  that  which  was  good  ami 
right  and  truth  before  the  Lord  his  God, 

21  In  all  the  service  of  the  ministry  of  the  house 
of  tin;  Lord  according  to  the  law  and  the  ceremo- 
nies, desiring  toseeknis  God  with  all  his  heart:  and 
he  did  it,  and  prospered. 

CHAP.  XXXII. 

Sennnrherih  invadeth  Juda  :  hit  army  it  destroyed  by  an  Angel, 
hias  remit  nth  from  his  sickness  :  kit  "th<  r  m  t%. 

A  FTKIl  these  things,  and  this  truth,  Sennache- 

**-  rib  king  of  the  Assyrians  <aine  and  entered  in- 
to Juda,  and  besieged  the  fenced  cities,  desiring  to 
take  them. 

2  And  when  Ezechias  saw  that  Sennacherib  was 
come,  and  that  the  whole  force  ol  the  war  was  turn- 
ing against  Jerusalem, 

3  lie   took  counsel    with    the    princes,    and    the 
most  valiant  men,  to  stop  up  the  heads  of  the  iprii 
that  were  without  the  city:  and  as  they  were  '.ill  of 
this  mind, 

4  He  gathered  together  a  very  great  multitude: 
ami  they  stopped  up  all  the  Springs,  and  the  brook, 
that  ran  through  the  midst  ol  the  laud,  saying:  Lest 

I  the  kin-s  ol    the    Assyrians  should  come,  and   Imd 
I  abundance  of  water. 


CHAP.  XXXFII. 


5  He  built  up  also  with  great  diligence  all  the 
Wall  that  had  been  broken  down,  and  built  towers 
upon  it7and  another  wall  without:  and  he  repaired 
Mello  in  the  city  of  David,  and  made  all  sort  of 
arms  and  shields: 

6  And  he  appointed  captains  of  the  soldiers  of 
the  army:  ana  he  called  them  all  together  in  the 
street  of  the  gate  ofthe'eity,  and  spoke  to  their 
heart,  saying: 

7  Behave  like  men,  and  take  courage:  be  not 
afraid  nor  dismayed  for  the  king  of  the  Assyrians, 
nor  for  all  the  multitude  that  is  with  him:  for  there 
are  many  more  with  us  than  with  him. 

8  For  with  him  is  an  arm  of  flesh;  with  us  the 
Lord  our  God,  who  is  our  helper,  and  fighteth  for  us. 
And  the  people  were  encouraged  with  these  words 
of  Ezechias  king  of  Juda. 

9  After  this  Sennacherib  king  of  the  Assyrians 
sent  his  servants  to  Jerusalem,  (for  he  with  all  his 
army  was  beseiging  Lachis,)  to  Ezechias  king  of 
Juda,  and  to  all  the  people  that  were  in  the  city, 
saying: 

10  Thus  saith  Sennacherib  king  of  the  Assyrians: 
In  whom  do  you  trust,  that  you  sit  still  besieged  in 
Jerusalem. 

11  Doth  not  Ezechias  deceive  you,  to  give  you 
up  to  die  by  hunger  and  thirst,  affirming  that  the 
Lord  your  God  shall  deliver  you  from  the  hand  of 
the  king  of  the  Assyrians? 

12  Is  it  not  this  same  Ezechias,  that  hath  de- 
stroyed his  high  places,  and  his  altars,  and  com- 
manded Juda  and  Jerusalem,  saying:  You  shall 
worship  before  one  altar;  and  upon  it  you  shall  burn 
incense  ? 

13  Know  you  not  what  I  and  my  fathers  have 
done  to  all  the  people  of  the  lands?  have  the  gods 
of  any  nations  and  lands  been  able  to  deliver  their 
country  out  of  my  hand? 

14  Who  is  there  among  all  the  gods  of  the  nations, 
which  my  fathers  have  destroyed,  that  could  deliver 
his  people  out  of  my  hand,  that  your  God  should 
be  able  to  deliver  you  out  of  this  hand? 

15  Therefore  let  not  Ezechias  deceive  you,  nor 
delude  you  with  a  vain  persuasion;  and  do  not  be- 
lieve him.  For  if  no  god  of  all  the  nations  and 
kingdoms,  could  deliver  his  people  out  of  my  hand, 
and  out  of  the  hand  of  my  fathers;  consequently 
neither  shall  your  God  be  able  to  deliver  you  out 
of  my  hand. 

1G  And  many  other  things  did  his  servants  speak 
against  the  LordGod,and  against  Ezechias  his  servant. 

17  He  wrote  also  letters  full  of  blasphemy  against 
the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel;  and  he  spoke  against 
him :  As  the  gods  of  other  nations  could  not  deliver 
their  people  out  of  my  hand,  so  neither  can  the  God 
of  Ezechias  deliver  his  people  out  of  this  hand. 

18  Moreover  he  cried  out  with  a  loud  voice,in 
the  Jew's  tongue,  to  the  people  that  sat  on  the  walls  of 
Jerusalem,  that  he  might  frighten  them,  and  take 
the  city. 

19  And  he  spoke  against  the  God  of  Jerusalem, 
as  against  the  gods  of  the  people  of  the  earth,  the 
works  of  the  hands  of  men. 


20  And  Ezechias  the  king,  and  Isaias  the  prophet 
the  son  of  Amos,  prayed  against  this  blasphemy,  and 
cried  out  to  heaven. . 

21  And  the  Lord  sent  an  Angel,  who  cut  off  all 
the  stout  men  and  the  warriors,  and  the  captains  of 
the  army  of  the  king  of  the  Assyrians :  and  he  re- 
turned with  disgrace  into  his  own  country.  And 
when  he  was  come  into  the  house  of  his  god,  his 
sons  that  came  out  of  his  bowels,  slew  him  with 
the  sword. 

22  And  the  Lord  saved  Ezechias  and  the  inha- 
bitants of  Jerusalem,  out  of  the  hand  of  Sennache- 
rib king  of  the  Assyrians,  and  out  of  the  hand  of 
all ;  and  gave  them  treasures  on  every  side. 

23  Many  also  brought  victims  and  sacrifices  to 
the  Lord  to  Jerusalem,  and  presents  to  Ezechias 
king  of  Juda :  and  he  was  magnified  thenceforth 
in  the  sight  of  all  nations. 

24  In  those  days  Ezechias  was  sick  even  to  death : 
and  he  prayed  to  the  Lord  :  and  he  heard  him,  and 
gave  him  a  sign. 

25  But  he  did  not  render  again  according  to  the 
benefits  which  he  had  received;  for  his  heart  vyas 
lifted  up :  and  wrath  was  enkindled  against  him, 
and  against  Juda  and  Jerusalem. 

26  And  he  humbled  himself  afterwards,  because 
his  heart  had  been  lifted  up,  both  he  and  the  inha- 
bitants of  Jerusalem  :  and  therefore  the  wrath  of 
the  Lord  came  not  upon  them  in  thedaysof  Ezechias. 

27  And  Ezechias  was  rich,  and  very  glorious, 
and  he  gathered  himself  great  treasures  of  silver, 
and  of  gold,  and  of  precious  stones,  of  spices,  and 
of  arms  of  all  kinds,  and  of  vessels  of  great  price  ; 

28  Store-houses  also  of  corn,  of  wine,  and  of  oil, 
and  stalls  for  all  beasts,  and  folds  for  cattle. 

29  And  he  built  himself  cities  :  for  he  had  flocks 
of  sheep,  and  herds  without  number;  for  the  Lord 
had  given  him  very  much  substance. 

30  This  same  Ezechias  was  he  that  stopped  the 
upper  source  of  the  waters  of  Gihon,  and  turned 
them  away  underneath  toward  the  west  of  the  city 
of  David  :  in  all  his  works  he  did  prosperously  what 
he  would. 

31  But  yet  in  the  embassy  of  the  princes  of  Ba- 
bylon, that  were  sent  to  him,  to  inquire  of  the  won- 
der that  had  happened  upon  the  earth,  God  left 
him  that  he  might  be  tempted,  and  all  things  might 
be  made  known  that  were  in  his  heart. 

32  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Ezechias,  and  of 
his  mercies,  are  written  in  the  Book  of  the  kings  of 
Juda  and  Israel. 

33  And  Ezechias  slept  with  his  fathers:  and  they 
buried  him  above  the  sepulchres  of  the  sons  of  Da- 
vid :  and  all  Juda,  and  all  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem celebrated  his  funeral :  and  Manasses  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAP.  XXXIII. 

Manasses  for  Ms  manifold  wickedness  is  led  captive  to  Baby- 
lon :  he  repenteth  ;  and  if  restored  to  kit  kingdom;  and  de- 
stroyed idolatry:  his  successor  Anion  is  slain  by  his  servants. 

MANASSES  was  twelve   years  old  when  he 
began  to  reign  :  and  he  reigned  fifty-five  years 
in  Jerusalem. 

356 


ii.  pahalimomlnoy 


2  And  be  diil  evil  before  the  Lord,  Recording  to 
all  the  abominations  uf  the  nations,  which  the  Lord 
i  ast  out  before  the  children  of  Israel : 

3  And  In-  turned,  and  built  again  the  high  places 
which  Elaechias  bis  rather  had  destroyed:  and  be 
built  altars   to    Ma  dim,   and    made   groves,  and    he 

adored  all  the  host  ot  heaven,*  ami  worshipped 
them. 

V  Hi-  liuilt  abo  altars  in  the  house  of  tin'  Lord, 
whereof  the  Lord  had  said:  In  Jerusalem  shall  my 
nana'  be  lor  ever. 

\nd  he  built  them  for  all  the  host  of  heaven 
in  the  two  courts  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

\nd  be  made  liis  sons  to  pass  through  the  lire, 
in  the  valley  of  Buneuupm:  lie  observed  dreams, 
followed  divinations,  pave  himself  up  to  magic  arts, 
had  with  him  magicians,  and  enchanters :  and  he 
wrought  many  r\  ils  before  the  Lord,  to  provoke  him 
to  anger. 

/  He  set  also  a  graven  and  a  molten  statue  in  the 
house  of  God,  of  which  God  had  said  to  David, 
and  to  Solomon  his  son:  In  this  house,  and  in  Je- 
rusalem, which  I  have  chosen  out  of  all  the  tribes 
oi  Israi  I,  will  I  |iut  mv  name  for  ever. 

!!  \ lid  I  will  not  make  the  loot  of  Israel  to  he 
removed  out  of  the  laud  which  I  have  delivered  to 
their  fathers:  yel  so  if  they  will  take  heed  to  do 
what  I  have  commanded  them,  and  all  the  law, 
and  the,  ceremonies,  and  judgments,  by  the  hand  of 

Mos 

9  So  Manassas  seduced  Juda,  and  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem,  to  do  evil  beyond  all  the  uatious, 
which  the  Lord  had  destroyed  before  the  face  of  the 

children  of  Israel. 

10  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  him,  and  to  his  people: 
and  they  would  not  hearken. 

11  Therefore  he  brought  upon  them  the  captains 
of  the  army  of  the  kim;  of  the  Assyrians:  and  they 
took  Mtmatnrtt  and  carried  him  hound  with  chains 
and  letters  to  Babylon. 

12  And  after  that  he  was  in  distress,  he  prayed 
to  the  Lord  his  (io<l  ;  ami  did  penance  exceedingly 
before  the  God  of  his  fathers. 

13  And  he  entreated  him,  and  besought  him 
earnestly  :  end  be  heard  his  prayer,  and  brought  him 

again  to  Jerusalem  into  his  kingdom:  and  Maun 
knew  that  the  Lord  was  God. 

1  I  After  this  he  built  a  wall  without  the  city  of 
David,  on  the  west  side  of  (iiliou  in  the  \ alley,  from 

the  entering  in  of  the  fish-gate  round  about  to  Ophel. 

and  raised  it  up  to  a  great  height  :  and  he  appointed 
captains  of  the  army  in  all  the  fenced  cities  of  Juda  : 

1")  And  he  took  away  the  strange  cods  ;,|U|  rJie 
idol  out  of  the  house  of  the  Lord;  the  altars  also 
which  he  had  made  in  the  mount  ol  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  in  Jerusalem  :  and  he  cast  tin  in  all  out 
of  the  city. 

16  And  he  repaired  the  altar  of  the  Lord,  and 
ificed  upon  it  victims,  ;in<l  peace-ofierings.  ami 
praise  :  and  he  commanded  Suds  to  serve  the  Lord 
the  (tod  of  Israel. 


Tkt  halt  o/  ktar in. 


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17  Nevertheless  the  people  still  sacrificed  in  the 

high  places  to  the  Lord  their  God. 

Mut  the  rest  of  the  net-,  of  Manasses,  and  his 
prayer  t<>  his  God.  and  the  words  of  the  seers  that 
spoke  to  him  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  the  ( .'oil  of 
Israel,  are   contained    in  the  words  ol  the   kings  of 

Ll.l.    |. 

I!»  His  prayer  also.  and«his  being  heard,  ami  nil 

his  -ins,  ;in,|  contempt,  and  places  wherein  lie  built 
high  places,  and  set  up  groves  ami  statin's,  before 
he  diil  penance,  are  written  in  the  words  of  llo/ai. 

20  And  Manasses  slept  with  his  fathers  :  ami 
tbej  buried  him  in  his  house  ;  and  his  .son  Amon 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

J I  Amon  was  two  and  twenty  years  old  when  he 
began  to  reign  :  and  he  reigned  two  years  in  Jeru- 
salem. 

Vnd  he  did  evil  in  the  sij;ht  of  the  Lord,  as 
Manasses  his  father  had  done  :  ami  he  sncrifii  cd  to 
all  the  idols  w  Inch  Manasses  his  father  had  made, and 
served  them. 

;  Vnd  he  did  not  humble  himself  before  the  Lord, 
is  Vfanasses  his  father  had  humbled  himself,  but 
committed  far  greater  sins. 

JV  Vnd  his  servants  conspired  against  him,  and 
slew   him  iii  his  own  house. 

-'">  Mut  the  rest  of  the  multitude  of  the  people 
slew  them  that  had  killed  Anion,  and  made  Josias 
his  son  king  in  his  stead. 

CHAM.   \\\IV. 

Josias  dittrfiiiith  idolatry  ;  rrpmreti  tfir  Irmfih  ;  and  rtnnrrth 
thv  Covenant  between  God  and  tin  j>  upU. 

TOSIAS  was  eight  years  old  when  he  began  to 
*'  reign:  and  he  reigned  one  and  thirty  years  in 

Jerusalem. 

2  And  be  did  that  which  was  rijdit  in  the  sight  ot 
the  Lord,  ami  walked  in  the  ways  of  David  his  fa- 
ther: he  dei  lined  not,  neither  to  the  right  hand,  nor 
to  the  left. 

3  And  in  the  eighth  year  of  his  reign,  when  he 
was  yet  a  boy,  he  began  to  se<  k  the  God  of  his  fa- 
ther David  :  and  in  the  twelfth  year  after  he  Regan 
to  reign,  he  cleansed  Juda  and  Jerusalem  from  the 
high  places,  and  the  gloves,  and  the  idols,  and  the 
graven  things. 

V  And  they  broke  down  before  him  the  altars  of 
Baalim,  and  demolished  the  idols  that  had  been  set 

upon  them :  and  he  cut  down  the  groves  and  the 

craven  things,  and  broke  them  in  pieces  ;  and  strew- 
ed the  fragments  upon  the  gravis  of  them  that  had 
sacrificed  to  them. 

5  And  he  burnt  the  bonesof  the  priests  on  the  al- 
tars ofthe  idols:  and  be  cleansed  Juda  and  Jerusalem. 

(>  And  in  the  cities  of  Manasses,  and  of  Lphraim, 
and  of  Simeon, even  to  Nephthali.  he  demolished  all. 

7  And  when  he  had  destroyed  the  altars,  and  tlie 
troves,  and  had  broken  the  idols  in  pieces,  and  had 
demolished  all  profane  temples  throughout  all  the 
land  of  Israel,  he  returned  lo  Jerusalem. 

!'.  Now  in  the  eighteenth  \ ear  of  his  reign,  when 
he  had   cleansed  the  land,  and    the   temple    of    the 

Lord,  he  s,  nt  Saphan  the  son  of  ETselias,  and  Maa- 
siai  the  governor  ofthe  citv,  John  the  son  of  Joa- 


CHAP.  XXXV. 


chaz  the  recorder,  to  repair  the  bouse  of  the  Lord 
his  God. 

9  And  they  came  to  Helcias  the  high  priest ;  and 
received  of  him  the  money  which  had  been  brought 
into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  Which  the  Levites 
Nid  porters  had  gathered  together  from  Manasses, 
rt-nd  Epbraim,  and  all  the  remnant  of  Israel,  and 
from  all  Juda,  and  Benjamin,  and  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem, 

10  Which  they  delivered  into  the  hands  of  them 
that  were  over  the  workmen  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  to  repair  the  temple,  and  mend  all  that  was 
weak. 

11  But  they  gave  it  to  the  artificers,  and  to  the 
masons,  to  buy  stones  out  of  the  quarries,  and  tim- 
ber for  the  couplings  of  the  building,  and  to  rafter 
the  houses,  which  the  kings  of  Juda  had  destroy- 
ed. 

12  And  they  did  all  faithfully.  Now  the  over- 
seers of  the  workmen  were  Jahath  and  Abdias  of 
the  sons  of  Merari,  Zacbarias  and  Mosollamof  the 
sons  of  Caath,  who  hastened  the  work ;  all  Levites 
skilful  to  play  on  instruments. 

13  But  over  them  that  carried  burdens  for  divers 
uses,  were  scribes  and  masters,  of  the  number  of 
the  Levites,  and  porters. 

14  Now  when  they  carried  out  the  money  that 
had  been  brought  into  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  Hel- 
cias the  priest  found  the  book  of  the  law  of  the 
Lord,  by  the  hand  of  Moses. 

15  And  he  said  to  Saphan  the  scribe:  I  have 
found  the  book  of  the  law,  in  the  house  of  the  Lord: 
and  he  delivered  it  to  him. 

16  But  he  carried  the  book  to  the  king,  and  told 
him,  saying:  Lo,  all  that  thou  hast  committed  to 
thy  servants,  is  accomplished. 

17  They  have  gathered  together  the  silver  that 
was  found  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  :  and  it  is  given 
to  the  overseers  of  the  artificers,  and  of  the  work- 
men, for  divers  works. 

1 8  Moreover  Helcias  the  priest  gave  me  this  book. 
And  he  read  it  before  the  king. 

19  And  when  he  had  heard  the  words  of  the  law, 
he  rent  bis  garments: 

20  And  he  commanded  Helcias,  and  Ahicam 
the  son  of  Saphan,  and  Abdou  the  son  of  Micha, 
and  Saphan  the  scribe,  and  Asaa  the  king's  servant, 
saying: 

21  Go,  and  pray  to  the  Lord  for  me,  and  for  the 
remnantof  Israel,  and  Juda,  concerning  allthe  words 
of  this  book  which  is  found :  for  the  great  wrath  of 
the  Lorjl  hath  fallen  upon  us,  because  our  fathers 
have  not  kept  the  words  of  the  Lord,  todo  all  things 
that  are  written  in  this  book. 

22  And  Helcias  and  they  that  were  sent  with  him 
by  the  king,  went  to  Olda  the  prophetess,  the  wife 
of  Sellum  the  son  of  Thecuath,  the  son  of  Hasra 
keeper  of  the  wardrobe,  who  dwelt  in  Jerusalem 
in  the  Second  part:  and  they  spoke  to  her  the  words 
above-mentioned. 

23  And  she  answered  them:  Thus  saiththe  Lord 
(he  God  of  Israel:  Tell  the  man  that  sent  you  to 
me: 


24  Thus  saith  the  Lord :  Behold,  I  will  bring 
evils  upon  this  place,  and  upon  the  inhabitants 
thereof,  and  all  the  curses  that  are  written  in  this 
book  which  they  read  before  the  king  of  Juda. 

25  Because  they  have  forsaken  me,  and  have  sa- 
crificed to  strange  gods,  to  provoke  me  to  wrath 
with  all  the  works  of  their  hands,  therefore  my 
wrath  shall  fall  upon  this  place,  and  shall  not  be 
quenched. 

26  But  as  to  the  king  of  Juda  that  sent  you  to 
beseech  the  Lord,  thus  shall  you  say  to  him:  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel :  Because  thou  hast 
heard  the  words  of  this  book, 

27  And  thy  heart  was  softened,  and  thou  hast 
humbled  thyself  in  the  sight  of  God  tor  the  things  that 
are  spoken  against  this  place,  and  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem, ana  reverencing  my  face,  hast  rent  thy  gar- 
ments, and  wept  before  me:  I  also  have  heard  thee, 
saith  the  Lord. 

28  For  now  I  will  gather  thee  to  thy  fathers: 
and  thou  shalt  be  brought  to  thy  tomb  in  peace  :  and 
thy  eyes  shall  not  see  all  the  evil  that  1  will  bring 
upon  this  place,  and  the  inhabitants  thereof.  They 
therefore  reported  to  the  king  all  that  she  had  said. 

29  And  he  called  together  all  the  ancients  of  Ju- 
da and  Jerusalem, 

30  And  went  up  to  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  all 
the  men  of  Juda,  and  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  the 
priests  and  the  Levites,  and  all  the  people  from  the 
least  to  the  greatest.  And  the  king  read  in  their 
hearing  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  all  the  words  of 
the  book. 

*31  And  standing  up  in  his  tribunal,  he  made  a 
covenant  before  the  Lord  to  walk  after  him,  and 
keep  his  commandments,  and  testimonies,  and  jus- 
tifications, with  all  his  heart,  and  with  all  his  soul, 
and  to  do  the  things  that  were  written  in  that  book 
which  he  had  read. 

32  And  he  adjured  all  that  were  found  in  Jeru- 
salem and  Benjamin,  to  do  the  same  :  and  the  in- 
habitants of  Jerusalem  did  according  to  the  covenant 
of  the  Lord  the  God  of  their  fathers. 

33  And  Josias  took  away  all  the  abominations 
out  of  all  the  countries  of  the  children  of  Israel  ,• 
and  made  all  that  were  left  in  Israel,  to  serve  the 
Lord  their  God.  As  long  as  he  lived,  they  depart- 
ed not  from  the  Lord  the  God  of  their  fathers. 

CHAP.  XXXV. 

Josias  celebralcth  a  most  solemn  patch.     He  is  slain  by  the  king 
of  Egypt, 
\  ND  Josias  kept  a  phase  to  the  Lord   in  Jerusa- 
-*■*-  lem ;  and  it  was  sacrificed  on  the  fourteenth 
day  of  the  first  month. 

2  And  he  set  the  priests  in  their  offices,  and  ex- 
horted them  to  minister  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

3  And  he  spoke  to  the  Levites,  by  whose  instruc- 
tion all  Israel  was  sanctified  to  the  Lord,  saying : 
Put  the  ark  in  the  sanctuary  of  the  temple,  which 
Solomon  the  son  of  David  king  of  Israel  built :  for 
you  shall  carry  it  no  more:  but  minister  now  to  the 
Lord  your  God,  and  to  his  people  Israel, 

4  And  prepare  yourselves  by  your  houses  and 
families,  according  to  your  courses,  as  David    king 

357 


11.  PARALIPOMENON. 

of  Israel  commanded,  and  Solomon  his  son  hath 
written. 

5  And  mtvi'  ye  in  the  sanctuary  by  the  families 
and  companies  of  Lei  i: 

\nd  being  sanctified  kill  the  phase,  and  prepare 
your  brethren,  thai  they  may  <lo  according  lo  the 

words  which  the  Lord  spoke  by  the  hand  ofMoseS. 

7  And  Josias  gav<  to  all  the  people  that  were  found 

there  in  the  solemnity  oftfae  phase,  of  lambs,  and  of 
kills  of  the  (locks,  and  of  other  small    cattle,   thirty 

thousand:  ind  of  oxen  three  thousand:  all  these 

were  of  the  king's  substance. 

8  And  his  princes  willingly  offered  what  they  had 

vowed,  Initli  to  the  people,  and  to  the  priests  and 
the  1  .elites.  Moreover  rielcias,  and  Zacharias, 
and  Jahiel,  riders  of  the  house  of  the  Lord.  gave  lo 
the  priests  to  keep  the  phase,  two  thousand  six  hun- 
dred small  cattle,  and  three  hundred  oxen. 

9  And  Chonenias,  and  Semeias,  and  \athanael, 
his  brethren,  HasabaiS,  and  Jehiel,  and  Jozahad. 
princes  of  the  Levites,  gave  to  the  rest  of  the  Le- 
vin* to  celebrate  the  phase,  five  thousand  small  cat- 
tle, and  t'wr  hundred  oxen. 

In  And  the  ministry  was  prepared, and  the  priests 
stood  in  their  office;  the  Levitts  also  in  fkerV  com- 
panies, according  to  the  kind's  commandment. 

I  I  And  the  phase  w  as  immolated  :  and  the  priests 
sprinkled  the  hlood  with  their  hand:  and  the  Le- 
v  ill  >  flayed  the  holocausts: 

12  And  they  separated  them  to  give  them  hv  the 
hon>es  and  families  of  every  one,  and  to  be  offered 
to  the  Lord,  as  it  is  written  in  the  book  of  Moses  ! 
and  wiih  the  o\rn  tiny  did  in  like  manner.  » 

13  And  they  roasted  the  phase  with  fire,  accord- 
ing to  that  which  is  written  in  the  law:  but  the  vic- 
tims of  peace-offerings  they  boiled  in  caldrons,  and 
keitlcs,  and  pots:  and  thejj  distributed  them  speedily 
among  all  the  people. 

1  l  And  afterwards  they  made  ready  for  them- 
selves, and  for  the  priests:  for  the  priest  wire  hu- 

sii  d  in  offering  of  holocausts  and  the  fat  until  night: 
wherefore  the  Levins  prepared  for  themselves, and 
for  the  priests  the  sons  of  Aaron  last. 

15  And  the  singers  the  sons  of  Asaph  stood  in 
their  order,  according  to  the  commandment  of  Da- 
vid,  and    Asaph,    and    Ileman,    and    Milium,    the 

prophets  of  the  king:  and  the  pollers  kept  guard  at 

ev  en  -ate.  so  as  no!  io  depart  one  moment  from  their 
sen  iei •  :  and  therefore  their  brethren  the  Levites 
prepared  meats  for  them. 

16"  So  all  the  service  of  the   Lord    \v:is   dul\    ar 
eomplished  that  day,  both  in  keeping  the  phase,  and 
Offering  holocausts  upon  the  altar  ol  the  Lord,   ac- 
cording to  the  commandment  of  kin^  Josias. 

17  And  the  children  of  Israel  thai  were  fptmd 

there,  kept  the  phase  at  that  time,  and  the  least  pf 
unleavened  bread  -even  days. 

]>'•  There  was  no  phase  like  to  this  in  Ltai  I,  from 
the  days  of  Samuel  the  prophet:  neither  did  an>  of 
all  the  kin:;s  ol  Lrael  keep  such  a  phase  as  Josias 
kept,  with  the  priests,  and  the  Lev  iles.  and  all  .Itula, 

3 lid  Israel  that  Were  found,  and    the   inhabitant  ol 
enis.d.ir 


19  In  the  eighteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  Josias 
w:is  this  phase  celebrated. 

20  After  that  Josias  had  repaired  the  temple, 
Nechao  king  of  Egypt  came  up  to  fight  in  Cbarca- 
mis  by  (he Euphrates:  and  Josias  went  OUt  IO  meet 
him. 

21  But  he  sent  messengers  td  him,  saying:  What 
have  I  to  do  with  thee,  0  kin;:  of  Ju.la-  I  come  not 
against  thee  this  day;  but  1  fight  against  another 
house,  to  which  God  hath  commanded    me  to  go  in 

baste:  forbear  to  do  against  God,  who  is  with  me, 

lest  he  kill  thee. 

22  Josias  would  not  return,  but  prepared  to  fight 
against  him,  and  hearkened  not  to  the  words  of  Ne- 
chao from  the  month  ol'  God,  but  went  to  fight  in 
i  In-  field  of  Mageddo. 

23  And _  there  he  was  wounded  by  the  auhcrs  : 
and  he  said  to  his  servants:  Cain  me  out  of  the 
battle:  fori  am  grievously  wounded. 

24  And  they  removed  him  from  the  chariot  into 
another,  that  followed  him  after  the  manner  of  kings  : 
and  they  carried  him  away  to  Jerusalem;  and  In- 
died,  and  was  buried  in  the  monument  ol  his  fa- 
thers: and  all  Jnda  and  Jerusalem  mourned  for  him, 

25  Particularly  Jeremias:  whose  lamentations 
for  Josias  all  the  singing  men  and  sin^in^  Women 
repeat  unto  this  day,  and  it  became  like  a  law  in 
Israel :  Behold,  H  is  found  written  in  the  Lamen- 
tations. 

26  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Josias  and  of  his 
mercies,  according  to  what  was  commanded  by  tin- 
law  of  the  Lord: 

27  And  his  works  first  and  last,  are  written  in  the 
Book  of  (he  kings  of  Jnda  and  Israel 

CHAP.  XXXVI, 

The  reigns  nfjonchtiz,  Juukim,  Jofirhin,  and  Stilerias  :  the  rnp 

tirily  nf  B  ibylmi  rtlttisi  (I  nl  huuth  f>u  Ct/rici. 
HPHEN  the  people  ol  the  land  look    Joachaz  the 
-*-     son  of  Josias.  and   made   him  king   instead  of 
his  father  in  Jerusalem. 

2  Joachaz  was  three  and  twenty  years  old,  when 
he  began  to  reign:  and  he  reigned  three  months  in 
Jerusalem. 

3  And  the  king  of  Egypt  came  to  Jerusalem,  and 
deposed  him,  and  condemned  the  land  in  a  hundred 
talents  of  silver,  and  a  talent  of  gold* 

4  And  he  made  l.liakim  his  brother  kin-  in  his 
stead,  over  Jnda  and  Jerusalem  :  and  he  turned  his 
name  to  Joakim:  blithe  took  Joachaz  with  him, 
and  carried  him  away  into  Egypt 

5  Joakim  Was  five  and  twenty  years  old  when 
he  began  to  reign:  and  he  reigned  eleven  vears  in 
Jerusalem:  and  he  did  evil  before  the  Lord  histoid. 

6  Against  him  came  up  Nabuchodonosor  kin.  ol 
the  Chaldeans,  and  led  him  hound  in  chains  into 
Babylon. 

7  And  he  carried  also  thither  the  m  -m  Is  of  the 
Lord,  and  put  them  in  his  temple. 

8  But  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Joakim.  and  his 
abominations,  which  he  wrought,  and  the  things 
that  were  found  in  him,  are  contained  in  (he  Hook 
ol  the  k'm-s  ol  Jnda  and  Israel.  And  Joachin  his 
son  reigned  in  his  stead 


CHAP.  I. 


*  Joachin  was  eight  years  old*  when  he  began  to 
kOigu  :  and  he  reigned  three  months  and  ten  days  in 
Jerusalem :  and  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord. 

10  And  at  the  return  of  the  year,  king  Nabucho- 
donosor  sent,  and  brought  him  to  Babylon,  carrying 
away  at  the  same  time  the  most  precious  vessels  of 
the  house  of  the  Lord:  and  he  made  Sedecias  his 
uncle  king  over  Juda  and  Jerusalem. 

11  Sedecias  was  one  and  twenty  years  old  when 
he  began  to  reign:  and  he  reigned  eleven  years  in 
Jerusalem. 

12  And  he  did  evil  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  his 
God,  and  did  not  reverence  the  face  of  Jeremias  the 

Erophet  speaking  to  him  from  the  mouth  of  the 
.ord. 

13  He  also  revolted  from  king  Nabuchodonosor, 
who  had  made  him  swear  by  God:  and  he  hardened 
his  neck  and  his  heart,  from  returning  to  the  Lord 
the  God  of  Israel. 

14  Moreover  all  the  chief  of  the  priests,  and  the 
people  wickedly  transgressed  according  to  all  the 
abominations  of  the  Gentiles:  and  they  defiled  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  which  he  had  sanctified  to  him- 
self in  Jerusalem. 

15  And  the  Lord  the  God  of  their  fathers  sent  to 
them,  by  the  hand  of  his  messengers,  rising  early, 
and  daily  admonishing  them:  because  he  spared  his 
people  and  his  dwelling  place. 

16  But  they  mocked  the  messengers  of  God,  and 
despised  his  words,  and  misused  the  prophets,  until 


*  Eight  years  old.  He  was  associated  by  his  father  to  the  kingdom, 
when  be  was  but  eight  years  old  :  but  after  his  father's  death,  when 
be  reijned  alone,  he  was  eighteen  years  old,  4  Kmgs  xxiv.  8. 


the  wrath  of  the  Lord  arose  against  his  people;  and 
there  was  no  remedy. 

17  For  ht:  brought  upon  them  the  king  of  the 
Chaldeans:  and  he  slew  their  young  men  with  the 
sword  in  the  house  of  his  sanctuary:  he  had  no  com- 
passion on  young  man,  or  maiden,  old  man,  or  even 
him  that  stooped  for  age:  but  he  delivered  them  all 
into  his  hands. 

18  And  all  the  vessels  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
great  and  small,  and  the  treasures  of  the  temple,  and 
of  the  king,  and  of  the  princes,  he  carried  away  to 
Babylon. 

19  And  the  enemies  set  fire  to  the  house  of  God, 
and  broke  down  the  wall  of  Jerusalem,  burnt  all 
the  towers;  and  whatsoever  was  precious  they  de- 
stroyed. 

20  Whosoever  escaped  the  sword,  was  led  into 
Babylon,  and  there  served  the  king  and  his  sons, 
till  the  reign  of  the  king  of  Persia; 

21  That  the  word  of  the  Lord  by  the  mouth  of 
Jeremias  might  be  fulfilled,  and  the  land  might 
keep  her  sabbaths:  for  all  the  days  of  the  desolation 
she  kept  a  sabbath,  till  the  seventy  years  were 
expired. 

22-  But  in  the  first  year  of  Cyrus  king  of  the  Per 
sians,  to  fulfil  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  had 
spoken  by  the  mouth  of  Jeremias,  the  Lord  stirred 
up  the  heart  of  Cyrus  king  of  the  Persians:   who 
commanded  it  to  be  proclaimed  through  all  his  king 
dom,  and  by  writing  also,  saying: 

23  Thus  saith  Cyrus  king  of  the  Persians:  All 
the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  hath  the  Lord  the  God 
of  heaven  given  to  me;  and  he  hath  charged  me  to 
build  him  a  house  in  Jerusalem,  which  is  in  Judea: 
who  is  there  among  you  of  all  his  people  ?  The 
Lord  his  God  be  with  him;  and  let  him  go  up. 


THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF  ESDRAS. 


This  book  taketh  its  name  from  the  teriter:  who  was  a  holy 
priest,  ami  doctor  of  the  law.  He  is  called  by  the.  Hebrews 
Ezra. 

CHAP.  I. 

Cyrus  king  of  Persia  releaseth  GorFs  people  from  their  captivi- 
ty, icith  license  to  return  and  build  the  temple  in  Jerusalem  : 
and  restoreth  the  holy  vessels  which  Nabuchodonosor  had  taken 
from  thence. 

Ii\  the  first  year  of  Cyrus  king  of  the  Persians, 
that  the  word  of  the  Lord  by  the  mouth  of  Jere- 
mias might  be  fulfilled,  the  Lord  stirred  up  the  spirit 
of  Cyrus  king  of  the  Persians  :  and  he  made  a  pro- 
clamation throughout  all  his  kingdom,  and  in  writ- 
ing also,  saying: 

2  Thus  saith  Cyrus  king  of  the  Persians:  The 
Lord  the  God  of  heaven  hath  given  to  me  all  the 
kingdoms  of  the  earth  :  and  he  hath  charged  me  to 
build  him  a  house  in  Jerusalem,  which  is  in  Judea. 

3  Who  is  there  among  you  of  all   his  people? 


His  God  be  with  hi.rn.  Let  him  go  up  to  Jerusalem, 
which  is  in  Judea,  and  build  the  house  of  the  Lord 
the  God  of  Israel ;  he  is  the  God  that  is  in  Jerusalem. 

4  And  let  all  the  rest  in  all  places  wheresoever 
they  dwell,  help  him  every  man  from  his  place,  with 
silver,  and  gold,  and  goods,  and  cattle,  besides  that 
which  they  offer  freely  to  the  temple  of  God,  which 
is  in  Jerusalem. 

5  Then  rose  up  the  chief  of  the  fathers  of  Juda 
and  Benjamin,  and  the  priests,  and  Levites,  and 
every  one  whose  spirit  God  hath  raised  up,  to  go  up 
to  budd  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  which  was  in  Je- 
rusalem. 

6  And  all  they  that  were  round  '  -  Ht,  helped  their 
hands  with  vessels  of  silver,  and  ^d,  with  goods, 
and  with  beasts,  and  with  furnitui",  beside?  what 
they  had  offered  on  their  own  accord. 

7  And  king  Cyrus  brought  forth  the  yesse|s  of 

??9  


I.   ESDKAS. 


the  temple  of  the  I^ml,  which  Nabuchodonosor  had 
taken  from  Jerusalem,  and  dm  put  tin  m  in  the 
temple  of  bis  god. 

Cyrus  king  of  Peisia  brought  then  forth. 
l>\  the  hand  of  Mitbridates  the  son  ofGasabar,  and 
hiiiiiImtiiI  them  to  Sassabasar  the  prince  of  Juoa. 

.'    \nil  this  is  the  number  of  them:  thirty  bowk 

gold,  ;i  thousand  bowls  of  silver,  nine  ami  twenty 
kiim -^.  thirtj  cups  of  gold. 

|u  Silver  cups  of  ;i  second  sort,  four  hundred  and 
ten  :  other  vessels;!  thousand. 

1 1  All  the  vessels  of  gold  and  silver,  fire  thousand 
four  hundred:     All  these  Sassabasar  brought  with 

them  that  came  up  from  the  captivity  of.Babylon 

to  Jerusalem. 

CHAP.  II. 

The  number  of  them  that  returned  toJudea  I  their  oblation*. 

NOW  these  are  the  children  of  the  province,  thai 
went  out  of  the  captivity,  which  Nabuchodono- 
sor k'um  of  Babylon  had  carried  awaj  to  Babylon, 
and  who  returned  to  Jerusalem  and  Juoa,  every  man 
to  lii»  city  : 

1  Who  came  with  Zorobabel.  Jotue,  Nehemia, 
iia.  Rahclaia,  Mardochai,  Belsan,  Mesphnr,  Be- 
&uai,  Kehiiin,  Baana.     The  number  of  the  men  of 
the  people  of  Israel: 

.  |  The  children  of  Pharos,  two  thousand  one  hun- 
dred seventy-two. 

V  The  children  of  Sephatia,  three  hundred  se- 
ventv-two. 

6    The  children  of  Area,  seven  hundred  seventy - 

fire. 

6  The  children  of  Phahath  Moab,  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Josue  :  Joab,  two  thousand  eight  hundred 
twelve. 

7  The  children  of  Klam,  a  thousand  two  hun- 
dred fifty-four. 

;;  The  children  of  Zethua,  nine  hundred  forty- 
five. 

9  The  children  of  Zachai,  seven  hundred  sixty. 

10  Thechildren  of  Hani,  six  hundred  forty-two. 
1  1    The  children  of  Bcbai,  six  hundred  twenty- 
three. 

\Z  Tin-  children  ol  Azgad,  a  thousand  two  hun- 
dred twenty-two. 

13  The  children  of  Adonicam,  six  hundred  six- 

t\    MX. 

14  The  children  of  Beguai,  two  thousand  fifty- 


six. 


fifty- 


15  The  children  of  Adin,  four  hundred 
four. 

16  Thechildren  of  Ather,  who  were  of  Ezechi- 
as.  ninety-eight. 

17  The  children  of  Besai,   three  hundred  and 
twi  nty-three, 

18  Thechildren  of  Jora,  a  hundred  and  twelve. 

19  The  children  of  Ilasum,  two  hundred  twen- 
ty-th 

20  The  children  ofGebbari  ninetv-fivr. 

21  The  children  of  Bethlehem,  a  hundred  twen- 

ly-tli 

22  Tin   unn  of  Netuphn,  fifty-six. 


The   men  of  Anathoth,   a   hundred  twenty 
eight. 

The  children  of  A-/.ina\eth,  forty-two 
i  The  children  of  Cariathiarim,  Cephira,  and 
Heroth.  seven  hundred  forty-din 

26  Th«  children  of  Kama  and  Gabaa,  six  hun- 
dred twenty-one. 

27  Tin'  men  of  Machinas,  a  hundred  twenty- 
two. 

28  The  men  of  Bethel  and  Hai,  two  hundred 
twenty-three. 

'     The  children  of  Nebo.  fifty-two. 
0   The  children  ol    Megbts,  a  hundred  filly-six 
31    The  children  of  the  oilier  Klam,  a  thousand 
two  hundred  fifty-four. 

■  <2  The  children  of  llarim,  three  hundred  and 
tu  enty. 

33  The  children  of  Lod,  Madid,  and  Ono,  sev<  n 
hundred  twenty- five. 

34  The  children  of  Jericho,  three  hundred  forty- 
five. 

35  The  children  of  Senaa,  three  thousand  six 
hundred  thirty. 

30  The  priests:  The  children  of  Jadaia  of  the 
house  of  Jostle,  nine  hundred  seventy-three. 

37  The  children  of  Conner,  a  thousand  fifty-two. 

3b*  The  children  of  Phe.shur,  a  thousand  two 
hundred  forty-seven. 

39  The  children  of  llarim,  a  thousand  and  se- 
renteeu. 

40  The  Levites :  The  children  of  Josue  and  of 
Cedmihel,  the  children  of  Odovia,  seventy-four 

41  The  singing  men:  The  children  ol  Asaph,  a 
hundred  twenty-eight. 

I J  The  children  of  the  porters:  The  children 
of  Sellum.  the  children  of  Aler,  the  children  ol 
Telmon,  the  children  of  Accub,  the  children  of 
Hatita,  the  children  of  Sobai :  in  all  a  hundred 
tbklv-uine. 

43  The  Nathinites:  The  children  of  Siha,  the 
children  of  Ilasiipha,  the  children  of  Tabbaoih, 

44  The  children  of  Ceroe,  the  children  of  Sia, 
the  children  of  Phadon. 

45  The  children  of  I.chaii:i,1hc  children  of  Ha- 
gaba,  thechildren  of  Accub, 

46  The  children  of  Ilagah,  the  children  of  Sem- 
lai,  the  children  of  llauan. 

47  The  children  of,  Gaddel,  the  children  of  Ga- 

ber,  the  children  of  llaaia, 

48  The  children  of  IJasin,  the  children  of  Ne- 
coda,  the  children  of  (ia/.ain. 

49  The  children  of  Aza,  the  children  of  Phasea, 
the  children  of  Best 

50  The  children  of  Asena,  the  children  of  Mil- 
ium, the  children  of  Nephiisiin. 

51  The  children  of  Bacbuc,  the  children  of  Ha- 
cupha,  the  children  of  Harhor, 

52  The  children  of  Besluth,  the  children  ol 
Mahida.  the  children  ol  Ilarsa, 

The  children  of  Bercos,  the  children  of  Sisa 
ra.  the  children  of  Thi  n 

54  The  children  of  .Yim.i,  the   children  of  \lo 
tiphu, 


CHAP. 

55  The  children  of  the  servants  of  Solomon,  tlie 
children  of  Sotai,  the  children  of  Sopheret,  the 
children  of  Pharuda, 

56  The  children  of  Jala,  the  children  of  Der- 
con,  the  children  of  Geddel, 

57  The  children  of  Saphatia,  the  children  of 
Hatil,  the  children  of  Phochereth,  which  were  of 
Asehaim,  the  children  of  Ami, 

58  All  the  Nathinites,  and  the  children  of  the 
servants  of  Solomon-,  three  hundred  ninety-two. 

59  And  these  are  they  that  came  up  from  Thel- 
mela,  Thelharsa,  Cherub,  and  Adon,  and  Enter. 
And  they  could  not  show  the  house  of  their  fathers 
and  their  seed,  whether  they  were  of  Israel. 

60  The  children  of  Dalaia,  the  children  of  To- 
bia,  the  children  of  Necoda,  six  hundred  fifty-two. 

61  And  of  the  children  of  the  priests:  The  chil- 
dren of  Hobia,  the  children  of  Accos,  the  children 
of  Berzellai,  who  took  a  wife  of  the  daughters  of 
BerzelIaitheGalaaditc,and  w-as  called  by  their  name: 

62  These  sought  the  writing  of  their  genealogy, 
and  found  it  not :  and  they  were  cast  out  of  the 
priesthood. 

63  And  Athersatha  said  to  them,  that  they 
should  not  eat  of  the  Holy  of  Holies,  till  there  arose 
a  priest  learned  and  perfect. 

64  All  the  multitudes  as  one  man,  were  forty- 
two  thousand*  three  hundred  and  sixty  : 

65  Besides  their  men-servants,  and  women-ser- 
vants, of  whom  there  were  seven  thousand  three 
hundred  and  thirty-seven  ;  and  among  them  sing- 
ing men,  and  singing  women  two  hundred. 

66  Their  horses  seven  hundred  thirty-six ;  their 
mules  two  hundred  forty-five  ; 

67  Their  camels  four  hundred  thirty-five ;  their 
asses  six  thousand  seven  hundred  and  twenty. 

68  And  some  of  the  chief  of  the  fathers,  vvhen 
they  came  to  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  which  is  in 
Jerusalem,  offered  freely  to  the  house  of  the  Lord 
to  build  it  in  its  place. 

69  According  to  their  ability,  they  gave  towards 
the  expenses  of  the  work,  sixty-one  thousand  solids 
of  gold,  five  thousand  pounds  of  silver,  and  a  hun- 
dred garments  for  the  priests. 

70  So  the  priests,  and  the  Levites,  and  some  of 
the  people,  and  the  singing  men,  and  the  porters, 
and  the  Nathinites,  dwelt  in  their  cities,  and  all 
Israel  in  their  cities. 

CHAP.  III. 

An  altar  is  built  for  sacrifice  :  the  feast  of  tabernacles  is  solemn- 
ly celebrated  :  and  the  foundations  of  the  temple  are  laid. 

AND  now  the  seventh  month  was  come;  and 
the  children  of  Israel  were  in  their  cities  :  and 
the  people  gathered  themselves  together  as  one 
man  to  Jerusalem. 

2  And  Josuef  the  son  of  Josedec  rose  up,  and  his 
brethren  the  priests,  and  Zorobabel  the  son  of  Sa- 

*  Forty  two  thousand,  Sfc.  Those  who  arc  reckoned  op  above  of  the 
tribes  of  Juiia,  Benjamin,  and  Levi,  fall  short  of  this  number.  The 
rest,  who  must  be  taken  in  to  make  up  the  whole  sum,  were  of  the 
other  tribes. 

(•  Jostu  :  or  Jesus,  (Jestiua,)  the  son  of  Josedec  ;  he  was  the  high 
priest,  at  that  lime. 

Zz 


111,  IV. 

Iathiel,and  his  brethren:  and  they  built  the  altar  of 
the  God  of  Israel,  that  they  might  offer  holocausts 
upon  it,  as  it  is  written  in  the  law  of  Moses  the  man 
of  God. 

3  And  they  set  the  altar  of  God  upon  its  basis, 
while  the  people  of  the  lands  round  about  put  them 
in  fear:  and  they  offered  upon  it  a  holocaust  to  the 
Lord  morning  and  evening. 

4  And  they  kept  the  feast  of  tabernacles,  as  it  is 
written,  and  offered  the  holocaust  every  day  orderly 
according  to  the  commandment,  the  duty  of  the  day 
in  its  day. 

5  And  afterwards  the  continual  holocaust,  both 
on  the  new-moons,  and  on  all  the  solemnities  of 
the  Lord,  that  were  consecrated,  and  on  all  in  which 
a  free-will-offering  was  made  to  the  Lord. 

6  From  the  hist  day  of  the  seventh  month  they 
began  to  offer  holocausts  to  the  Lord:  but  the  tem- 
ple of  God  was  not  yet  founded. 

7  And  they  gave  money  to  hewers  of  stones,  and 
to  masons:  and  meat  and  drink,  and  oil  to  the  Sido- 
nians  and  Tyrians,  to  bring  cedar-trees  from  Liba- 
mis  to  the  sea  of  Joppe,  according  to  the  orders 
which  Cyrus   king  of  the  Persians  had  given  them. 

8  And  in  the  second  year  of  their  coming  to  the 
temple  of  God  in  Jerusalem,  the  second  month,  Zo- 
robabel the  son  of  Salathiel,  and  Jostle  the  son  of 
Josedec,  and  the  rest  of  their  brethren  the  priests, and 
the  Levites,  and  all  that  were  come  from  the  captivi- 
ty to  Jerusalem,  began;  and  they  appointed  Leviies 
from  twenty  years  old  and  upward,  to  hasten  for- 
ward the  work  of  the  Lord. 

9  Then  Josue  and  his  sons  and  his  brethren, 
Cedmihel,  and  his  sons,  and  the  children  of  Juda, 
as  one  man,  stood  to  hasten  them  that  did  the  work 
in  the  temple  of  God :  the  sons  of  Henadad,  and 
their  sons,  and  their  brethren  the  Levites. 

10  And  when  the  masons  laid  the  foundations  of 
the  temple  of  the  Lord,  the  priests  stood  in  their  or- 
naments with  trumpets;  and  the  Levites  the  sons  of 
Asaph  with  cymbals,  to  praise  God  by  the  hands  of 
David  king  of  Israel. 

11  And  they  sung  togt^her  hymns,  and  praise  to 
the  Lord:  because  he  is  good,  for  his  mercy  endu- 
reth  for  ever  towards  Israel.  And  all  the  people 
shouted  with  a  great  shout,  praising  the  Lord,  be- 
cause the  foundations  of  the  temple  of  the  Lord 
were  laid. 

12  But  many  of  the  priests  and  the  Levites,  and 
the  chief  of  the  fathers  and  the  ancients,  that  had 
seen  the  former  temple;  when  they  had  the  founda- 
tion of  this  temple  before  their  eyes,  wept  with  a 
loud  voice:  and  many  shouting  for  joy,  lifted  up 
their  voice. 

13  So  that  one  could  not  distinguish  the  voice  ot 
the  shout  of  joy,  from  the  noise  of  the  weeping  of 
the  people:  lor  one  with  another  the  people  shouted 
with  a  loud  shout,  and  the  voice  was  heard  afar  off 

CHAP.  IV. 

The  Samaritans  by  their  letter  to  the  king  hinder   the  bhilding 

NOW  the  enemies  of  Juda   and    Benjamin  heard 
that  the  children  of  the  captivity  were  building 
a  temple  to  the  Lord  the  "God  of  Israel. 


3C1 


T.  ESDRAS. 


2  And  they  came  to  Zorobaln-1,  and  (he  rhief  of 
the  fathers,  and  said  to  them:  Lei  lis  build  with  von, 
tor  hc  M'lk  Minr  God  as  ye  do:  behold,  we  have 
sacrificed  to  him,  since  the  days  of  Asor  Haddan 
kins  of  Assyria,  who  brought  us  hither. 

But  Zoiohahel,  and  Josue,  and  the  rest  of  the 
chief  of  the  fathers  of  Israel  said  to  them:  You  have 
nothing  to  do  with  ns  to  build  a  house  to  our  (jiod: 
hm  we  ourselves  alone  will  luiild  lo  the  Lord  dim 
God,  OS  Cyrus  king  of  the  Persians  hath  command- 
ed lis. 

4  Then  the  people  of  the  laud  hindered  the  hands 
of  the  people  of  .luda,  and  (rotlliled  them  in  building. 
\nd  the)  hired  counsellors  against  them,  to 
frustrate  their  design  all  the  days  of  Cyrus  kin::  of 
I'ersia.  even  until  the  reign  of  Darius  king  of  the 
Persians. 

6  And  in  the  reign  of  Assuerus,*  in  the  beginning 
of  his  reign,  they  wrote  an  accusation  against  the  in 
habitants  of  Juda  and  Jerusalem. 

7  And  in  the  days  of  Artaxc-rxes,  Hcm  lam,  Mith- 
ridates,  and  Thabeel,  and  the  rest  that  were  in  the 
council,  wrote  to  Artaxcixes  king  of  the  Persians: 
and  the  letter  of  accusation  was  written  in  Syriac, 
and  was  read  in  the  Syrian  tongue. 

8  Ileum  Beelteem,  and  Samsai  the  scribe  wrote  a 
letter  from  Jerusalem  to  king  Artaxerxes,  in  this 
manner: 

9  ileum  Beelteem,  and  Samsai  the  scribe,  and 
the  rest  of  their  counsellors,  the  Dinites,  and  the 
Apharsathaeites,  the  Therphalites,  the  Apharsites, 
the  Krchuites,  the  Bahvloniaus,  the  Susiinechites, 
the  Dieviiis,  and  the  Kdamites, 

10  And  the  rest  of  the  nations,  whom  the  great 
and  glorious  Asenaphar  brought  over,  and  made  to 
dwell  in  the  cities  of  Samaria  and  in  the  rest  of  the 
countries  on  this  side  of  the  river  in  peace. 

1 1  (This  is  the  copy  of  the  letter,  which  they  sent 
to  him)  To  Arta\i  i\cs  the  king,  thy  servants,  tin- 
men that  are  on  this  side  of  the  river, send  greeting. 

12  Be  it  known  to  the  king,  that  the  Jews,  who 
came  up  from  thee  to  u>.  arc  conic  to  Jerusalem  a 
rebellious  and  wicked  city,  which  they  are  building, 
setting  up  the  ramparts  thereof,  and  repairing  the 
walls. 

13  And  now  be  it  known  to  the  king,  that  if  this 
citv  be  built  up,  and  the  walls  thereof  repaired, they 
will  not  pay  tribute,  nor  toll,  or  yearly  revenue-,; 
and  this  loss  will  fall  upon  the  kings. 

1  |  I » 1 1 r  we  remembering  the  salt  that  we  have 
eaten  in  the  palace,  and  because  we  count  it  a  crime 
to  see  the  king  wronged,  have  therefore  sent  and 
certified  the  king, 

15  That  search  may  be  made  in  the  books  of  the 
histories  of  thy  fathers,  and  thou  shall  find  written  in 
the  records:  and  shalt  know,  that  this  city  is  |  re- 
bellious city,  and  hurtful  to  the  kings  and  prov  inces  ; 
and  that  wars  were  raised  therein  of  old  time:  for 
w  Inch  cause  also  the  city  was  destroy)  d. 


..f 

by   a 


snriM  called  Cambytea,  the  aon  and 
Oyni«.     He  i»  alto  in   the  following  vtnt  named  Artaxerxea, 
name  common  to  almuat  all  (Ik-  km<>  of  Portia. 

.10 : 


16  We  certify  the  king,  that  if  this  city  Ik?  built, 
and  the  walls  thereof  repaired,  thou  shalt  have  no 
(Kisscssion  on  this  side  of  the  river. 

17  The  king  sent  word  to  Ileum  Beelteem,  and 
Samsai  the  scribe,  and  to  the  rest  that  wen-  in  ilieir 
council,  inhabitants  of  Samaria,  and  to  the  rest  be- 
yond the  river,  sending  gre<  liug  and  pe;nc. 

18  The  accusation,  which  you  have  sent  to  u<. 
hath  been  plainly  read  Ik  lore  me. 

19  And  1  commanded;  ami  search  hath  been 
made;  and  it  is  found,  that  this  city  of  old  time 
hath  rebelled  against  kings;  and  seditions  ami  wais 
have  been  raised  therein. 

20  For  there  have  been  powerful  kings  in  Jerusa- 
lem, who  have  had  dominion  over  all  the  country 
that  is  beyond  the  river;  and  have  received  tribute, 
and  toll,  and  rev. 

21  Now  therefore  hear  the  sentence:  Hinder 
those  men,  that  this  city  be  not  built,  till  further 
orders  Ik?  given  by  me. 

22  See  that  you  be  not  negligent  in  executing 
this;  lest  by  little  and  little  the  evil  giow  to  the  hurt 
of  the  kings. 

23Now  the  copy  of  the  edict  of  king  Arta\.i\  es 
w  as  read  Im  fore  Keiiin  Beelteem.  and  Samsai  the 
scribe,  and  their  counsellors:  and  they  went  up  in 
haste  to  Jerusalem  to  the  Jews,  and  hindered  them 
with  arm  and  power. 

24  Then  the  work  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  in 
Jerusalem  was  interrupted,  and  <  cased  till  the  se- 
cond year  of  the  reign  of  Darius  king  of  the  Persians. 

chap.  y. 

Hi/  the  rxhnrtation  of  Aggrus,  and  Y.ncharint,  the  people  proceed 
in  building  the  temple :  which  their  enemies  strict  in  ruin  to 
hinilrr. 

TVTOW  Aggeus  the  prophet, and  Zachariasthe  son 
■*-*  of  Addo,  prophesied  to  the  Jews,  that  were  in 
Judea  and  Jerusalem,  in  the  name  of  the  God  ol 
ImicI. 

2  Then  rose  up  Zorohabel  the  son  of  Salathiel. 
and  Josue  the  son  of  Josedec,  and  began  to  luiild 
the  temple  of  God  in  Jerusalem ;  and  with  them 
were  the  prophets  of  God  helping  them. 

3  And  at  the  same  time  came  to  them  Thathanai, 
who  was  governor  beyond  the   river,  and   Stharbu 
y.auai,  and  their  counsellors:  and  said  thus  to  (hem 
Who  hath  given  TOO  0000004  to  huild  this  house,  ai.il 
to  repair  the  walls  thereof.' 

4  In  answer  to  which  we  gave  them  the  names 
of  the  men  who  were  the  promoters  of  ilia!  building. 

5  But  the  eye  ol  their  God  was  upon  the  ancients 
of  the  Jews;  and  they  could  not  hinder  them.  Aial 
it  was  agreed  that  the  matter  should  Im-  referred 
to  Darius:  and  then  they  should  give  satisfaction 
concerning  that  accusation. 

(>  The  copy  of  the  letter  that  Thathanai  governor 

of  the  country  beyond  the  river,  and  Stliaraucanai, 
and  his  counsellors  the  Arphasachites;  who  dwelt 
beyond  the  river,  sent  to  Darius  the  king. 

7  The  letter  which  they  sent  him,  was  wiilten 
thus:  To  Darius  the  king  all  peace. 

;;  Be  it  known  to  the  king,  that  we  went  to  the 
province  ol  Judea,  to  the    hOMBS   of  the  great  God, 


CHAP.  VI. 


which  they  :ne  nuilding  with  unpolished  stones,  and 
timber  is  laid  in  the  walls:  and  this  work  is  carried 
on  diligently,  and  advanceth  in  their  hands. 

9  And  we  asked  those  ancients,  and  said  to  them 
thus:  Who  hath  given  yon  authority  to  build  this 
house,  and  to  repair  these;  walls? 

10  We  asked  also  of  them  their  names,  that  we 
might  give  thee  notice :  and  we  have  written  the 
names  of  the  men  that  are  the  chief  among  them. 

11  And  they  answered  us  in  these  words,  saying  : 
We  are  the  servants  of  the  God  of  heaven  and  earth: 
and  we  are  building  a  temple  that  was  built  these 
many  years  ago,  and  which  a  great  king  of  Israel 
built  and  set  up. 

12  But  after  that  our  fathers  had  provoked  the 
God  of  heaven  to  wrath,  he  delivered  them  into  the 
hands  of  Nabuchodonosor  the  king  of  Babylon  the 
Chaldean :  and  he  destroyed  this  house,  and  cai- 
ried  away  the  people  to  Babylon 

13  But  in  the  first  year  of  Cyrus  the  king  of  Ba- 
bylon, king  Cyrus  set  forth  a  decree,  that  this  house 
of  God  should  be  built. 

14  And  the  vessels  also  of  gold  and  silver  of  the 
temple  of  God,  which  Nabuchodonosor  had  taken 
out  of  the  temple,  that  was  in  Jerusalem,  and  had 
brought  them  to  the  temple  of  Babylon,  king  Cyrus 
brought  out  of  the  temple  of  Babylon,  and  they  were 
delivered  to  one  Sassabasar,  whom  also  be  appoint- 
ed governor :  9 

15  And  said  to  him:  Take  these  vessels,  and  go 
and  put  them  in  the  temple  that  is  in  Jerusalem  ; 
and  let  the  house  of  God  be  built  in  its  place. 

16  Then  came  this  same  Sassabasar,  and  laid  the 
foundations  of  the  temple  of  God  in  Jerusalem ;  and 
from  that  time  until  now  it  is  in  building,  and  is  not 
yet  finished. 

17  Now  therefore  if  it  seem  good  to  the  king,  let 
him  search  in  the  king's  library,  which  is  in  Baby- 
lon, whether  it  hath  been  decreed  by  Cyrus  the 
king,  that  the  house  of  God  in  Jerusalem  should  be 
built :  and  let  the  king  send  his  pleasure  to  us  con- 
cerning this  matter. 

CHAP.  VI. 

Kin?  Darius  favoureth  the  building,  and  rontribufeth  to  it. 

HP  HEN    king    Darius  gave     orders:     and    they 
-*     searched  in  rhe  library  of  the   books  that  were 
laid  tip  in  Babylon. 

2  And  there  was  found  in  Ecbatana,  which  is  a 
castle  in  the  province  of  Media,  a  book  in  which 
this  record  was  written. 

3  In  the  first  year  of  Cyrus  the  king:  Cyrus  the 
king  decreed,  that  the  house  of  God  should  be  built, 
which  is  in  Jerusalem,  in  the  place  where  they  may 
offer  sacrifices,  and  that  they  lay  the  foundations 
that  may  support  the  height  of  threescore  cubits, 
and  the  breadth  of  threescore  cubits, 

4  Three  rows  of  unpolished  stones,  and  so  rows 
of  new  timber:  and  the  charges  shall  be  given  out 
of  the  king's  house. 

5  And  also  let  the  golden  and  silver  vessels  of  the 
temple  of  God,  which  Nabuchodonosor  took  out  of 
the  temple  of  Jerusalem,  and  brought  to  Babvlon, 
W.  restored,  and  carried  back  to  the  temple  of  Je- 


rusalem to  their  place,  which  also  were  placed  in 
the  temple  of  God. 

6  Now  therefore  Thathanai  governor  of  the  coun- 
try, beyond  the  river,  Stharbuzanai,  and  your  coun- 
sellors the  Apharsachites.  who  are  beyond  the  river, 
depart  far  from  them  : 

7  And  let  that  temple  of  God  be  built  by  the 
governor  of  the  Jews,  and  by  their  ancients,  that 
they  may  build  that  house  of  God  in  its  place. 

8  1  also  have  commanded  what  must  be  done  by 
those  ancients  of  the  Jews,  that  the  house  of  God 
may  be  built;  to  wit,  that  of  the  king's  chest,  that 
is,  of  the  tribute  that  is  paid  out  of  the  country  be- 
yond the  river,  the  charges  be  diligently  given  to 
those  men,  lest  (he  work  be  hindered. 

9  And  if  it  shall  be  necessary,  let  calves  also,  and 
lambs,  and  kids,  for  holocausts  to  the  God  of  hea- 
ven, wheat,  salt,  wine,  and  oil,  according  to  the 
custom  of  the  priests  that  are  in  Jerusalem,  be  given 
them  day  by  day,  that  there  be  no  complaint  in 
any  thing. 

10  And  let  them  offer  oblations  to  the  God  of 
heaven,  and  pray  for  the  life  of  the  king,  and  of 
his  children. 

1 1  And  I  have  made  a  decree  :  That  if  any  who- 
soever shall  alter  this  commandment,  a  beam  be  ta- 
ken from  his  house,  and  set  up ;  and  he  be  nailed 
upon  it ;  and  his  house  be  confiscated. 

12  And  may  the  God,  that  hath  caused  his  name 
to  dwell  there,  destroy  all  kingdoms,  and  the  peo- 
ple that  shall  put  out  their  hand  to  resist,  and  to  de- 
stroy the  house  of  God,  that  is  in  Jerusalem.  I 
Darius  have  made  the  decree,  which  I  will  have 
diligently  complied  with. 

13  So  then  Thathanai  governor  of  the  country 
beyond  the  river,  and  Stharbuzanai,  and  his  coun- 
sellors, diligently  executed  what  Darius  the  king 
had  commanded. 

14  And  the  ancients  of  the  Jews  built,  and  pros- 
pered according  to  the  prophecy  of  Aggeus  the  pro- 
phet, and  of  Zacharias  the  son  of  Addo:  and  they 
built  and  finished,  by  the  commandment  of  the  God 
of  Israel,  and  by  the  commandment  of  Cyrus,  and 
Darius,  and  Artaxerxes  kings  of  the  Persians. 

15  And  they  were  finishing  this  house  of  God, 
until  the  third  day  of  the  mouth  of  Adar,  which  was 
in  the  sixth  year  of  the  reign  of  king  Darius. 

16  And  the  children  of  Israel,  the  priests  and 
the  Levites,  and  the  rest  of  the  children  of  the  cap- 
tivity kept  thededicationof  the  houseof'God  with  joy. 

17  And  they  offered  atthededicationof  the  house 
of  God,  a  hundred  calves,  two  hundred  rams,  four 
hundred  lambs,  and  for  a  sin-offering  for  all  Israt  I 
twelve  he-goats,  according  to  the  number  of  the 
tribes  of  Israel. 

18  And  they  set  the  priests  in  their  divisions,  and 
the  Levites  in  their  courses  over  the  works  of  God 
in  Jerusalem,  as  it  is  written  in  the  book  of  Moses. 

19  And  the  children  of  Israel  of  the  captivity 
kept  the  phase,  on  the  fourteenth,  day  of  the  first 
month. 

20  For  all  the  priests  and  the  Levites  were  puri- 
fied as  one  man  :  all  were  clean  to  kill  the  phase  for 


I.  ESDKAS. 


all  the  children  of  the  captivity,  and    for  their   bre- 
thren tin-  priests,  and  themselves. 

Jl  \ud  the  children  of  Israel  that  were  returned 
from  captivity,  and  all  that  had  separated  themselves 
from  the  nlthinessot  the  natiousot  the  earth  to  them, 

to  -ri-k  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel,  (lid  eat. 

\ ml  thev  kept  the  feast  Of"  unleavened  bread 
seven  da vs  with  joy;  lor  the  Lord  had  made  them 
joyful,  and  had  turned  the  heart  of  the  king  of  Ks- 
svria  to  them,  that  he  should  bell)  their  hands  in 
the  work  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel. 

(II  \l\  VII. 

Esdras  forth  up  to  Jtrnsali-m  to  triuk.  and  assist  the  people, 
with  a  gracious  decree  of  .Irlaxerxe*. 

NOW  after  these  things  in   the    reign  of  Artax- 
•  hh  kin:;  of  the  Persians,  Esdras  the  son  of 
S.oaias.  the  son  of    A/arias,   the  son    of    Helens, 

I  I'iie  son  nl  Sellum,  the  son  of  Zadoc,  the  son 
of  Aehitoh, 

3  The  son  of  Amarias,  the  son  of  Azarias,  tin- 
son  of  Maraioth, 

4  The  son  of  Zarahias,  the  son  of  Ozi,  the  son  of 
Bocci, 

')  The  son  of  Ahisue,  the  son  of  Phinees,  the  .nn 
of  Klea/.ar,  the  BOD  of  Aaron  the  priest  from  the 
beginning. 

6  This  Ksdras  went  up  from  Bah)  Ion;  and  he 
VMS  ready  Sfiliha  in  the  law  of  Moms,  w  hieh  the 
Lord  <  iod  had  siven  to  Lrai  I:  and  the  king  granted 
him  all  his  request,  according  to  the  hand  of  the 
Lord  his  ( iod  upon  him. 

7  And  there  went  up  some  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, and  of  the  ehildren  of  the  priests,  anil  of  the 
children  oi' the  Le\  iies.  and  of  the  singing  men, 
and  of  the  porters,  and  of  the  Nathinites,  to  Jerota- 
lem  ia  the  seventh  jreor  of  Aftaserxes  the  king. 

\  id  they  came  to  Jerusalem  in  the  tilth  month, 
in  the  seventh  \car  of  the  king. 

!>  1'or  upon  the  first  day  of  the  first  month  he  be- 
gan to  so  up  from  Bah)  Ion:  and  on  the  first  day  of 
the  filth  month  he  eame  to  Jerusalem,  according  to 
the  coed  hand  ol  his  <  iod  upon  him. 

Id  I  or  Esdras  liad  prepared  his  heart  to  seek  tin- 
law  ol  tin-  Lord,  and  to  do  and  to  teach  in  Israel 
the  commandments  and  judgment. 

II  And  I  his  is  die  copy  of  the  letter  of  the  edict, 
which  kins;  Artaxerves  gave  to  Ksdras  the  priest, 
the  Kcril>e«iustructed  in  the  words  and  command- 
ment ot  the  Lord,  and  MS  ceremonies  in  Israel. 

IJ  \rti\er\es  king  of  kings  to  Ksdras  t  he priest, 
the  most  learned  scribe  of  the  law  of  the  (.iod  of 
heaven,  greeting. 

Id  ll  is  decreed  liv  me.  that  all  thev  ol  the  people 
ol  Israel,  and  of  the  priests  and  of  the  Levites  in 
mv  realm,  that  are  minded  to  so  into  Jerusali  in, 
should  so  with  thee. 

1  \  For  thou  art  sent  from    before  the 


kin:;,  and 
Jerusalem 

is    iii    th\ 


his  seven  counsellors,  to  visit  .India  and 

Rccordine  to  the    law  of  thy  God  which 
and: 

15  And  to  earrv  the  silver  and  sold,  which  the 
kins  and  hi-  counsellors  have  freely  Ottered  to  the 
(iod  of  Israel,  w  hose  tabernacle  is  in  Jerusalem. 

• 


16  And  all  the  silver    and   sold    that    thou    shall 
lad  in  all  the  province  of  Babylon,  and    that    the 
people   is  willing  to  oiler,  and  that  the   i  hall 
ofl.i  of  their  own  accord  lo  the  house  of  their  God 
w  lech  is  in  Jerusalem, 

17  Take  Irei  l\  :  and  buy  diligently  with  this  mo- 
no calves,  rams,  lambs,  with  the  sacrifices  and  lihn- 
tious  of  them,  and  oiler  ihem  upon  the  altar  of  the 
temple  of  vour  God,  that  is  in  Jerusalem. 

IK  And  if  it  seem  good  to  thee,  and  lo  thy  bre- 
thren, to  do  any  thins  w  uh  the  rest  of  the  silver  and 
sold,  do  it  according  to  the  h  ill  of  your  God. 

19  The  ressela  also,  that  are  riven  that  for  tin? 
sacrifice  of  the  house  of  thy  (iod,  deliver  thou 
in  the  sisht  efOod  in  Jerusalem. 

20  And  whatsoever  more  there  shall  Im*  need  of 
for  the  house  of  thy  God,  how  much  soever  ihou 
shah  have  occasion  to  s|  end,  it  shall  Ik-  given  out 
of  the  treasury, and  the  king's  exchequer,  ami  by 
me. 

21  I  Artaxerxes  the  king  have  ordered  and  de- 
creed to  all  the  keepers  of  the  public  dust,  thai  are 
lievond  the  river,  that  whatsoever  Ksdras  the  priest, 
the  scribe  of  the  law  of  ihe  (iod  of  heaven,  shall 
require  of  you,  you  sive  it  without  delay, 

22  Unto  a  hundred  talents  of  silver,  and  unto  a 
hundred  cores  of  wheat,  and  unto  a  hundred  hales  of 
wine,  and  unto  a  hundred  hates  of  oil,  and  salt  w  ith- 
out  measure.  1 

23  All  that  heloneeth  to  the  rites  of  the  God  of 
heaven,  let  it  he  given  diligently  in  the  house  of  the 
God  of  heaven:  lest  his  wrath  should  he  enkindled 
against  the  realm  of  the  king,  and  of  his  sons. 

J  i  We  sive  \ on  also  to  understand  concerning  all 
the  priests,  and  the  Levites. and  the  singers,  and  the 
porters,  and  the  Xathinitcs.  and  ministers  of  the 
house  of  this  God,  that  \ou  have  no  million!)  to 
impose  toll,  or  tribute,  or  custom  upon  tin  in. 

25  And  thou.  Ksdras.   according  to  the  wisdom 
of  thy  (iod,  which  is  in    th\   hand     appoint  jut] 
and  magistrates,  that  may  judge  all  the  people,  that 
is  beyond  the  river,  that  is,  for  them  who  know  the 
law  of  thy  (iod. yea.  and  iheisnorant  teach  ve  freely, 

26  And  whosoever  will  not  do  the  law  of  thy 
God,  and  the  law  of  the  king  dilisently,  judsuient 
shall  be  executed  upon  hint,  either  unto  death,  as 
unto  banishment,  or  to  the  confiscation  of  goods,  or 
al  least  to  prison. 

27  Blessed  he  the  Lord  the  God  of  our  fathers, 
who  hath  put  this  in  the  kins's  heart,  to  gloiify  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  which  is  in  Jerusalem  ; 

25!  And  hath  i in  lined  his  mercy  toward  me  before 
the  kins  and  his    counsellors,    and   all    the    mighty 

nrinees  of  the  king:  and  I  being  strengthened  by  t  fie 
hand  of  the  Lord  mv  (iod.  which  was  upon  me, 


men  to   so  up 


alhered  together  out  of  Israel  chief 
with  me. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

The  companions  of  Ksdras.    Tht  fast  which  ir  nppoinletl.  Titty 
bring  thr  halt/  rrssrli  into  ll"  trn  | 

NOW  these   aie  the  chit  Is  of  families,   and    the 
of  ihem,   w  ho   came  up    w  iih    me 
from  Bah)  Ion  in  the   reign  of  Aitaxerxes  the  king. 


CHAP    VIII. 


2  Of  the  sons  of  Phinees,  Gersom.  Of  the 
sons  of  Ithamar,  Daniel.  Of  the  sons  of  David, 
Haltns. 

3  Of  the  sons  of  Seclienias,  the  son  of  Pharos, 
Zacharias,  and  with  him  were  numbered  a  hun- 
dred and  fifty  men. 

4  Of  the  "sons  of  Phahath  Moab,  Eleoenai  the 
son  of  Zareha,  and  with  him  two  hundred  men. 

5  Of  the  sons  of  .Scehenias,  the  son  of  Ezeehiel, 
and  with  him  three  hundred  men. 

G  Of  the  sons  of  Adan,  Abed  the  son  of  Jona- 
than, and  with  him  fifty  men. 

7  Of  the  sous  of  Alam,  Isaias  the  son  of  Atha- 
lias,  and  with  him  seventy  men. 

8  Of  the  sons  of  Saphatia,  Zebedia  the  son  of 
Michael,  and  with  him  eighty  men. 

9  Of  the  sons  of  Joab,  Obedia  the  son  of  Ja- 
hiel,  and  with  him  two  hundred  and  eighteen  men. 

10  Of  the  sons  of  Selomith,  the  son  of  Josphia, 
and  with  him  a  hundred  and  sixty  men. 

11  Of  the  sons  of  Bebai,  Zacharias  the  son  of 
Bebai,  and  with  him  eight  and  twenty  men. 

12  Of  the  sons  of  Azgad,  Joanan  the  son  of  Ec- 
cetan,  and  with  him  a  hundred  and  ten  men. 

13  Of  the  sous  of  Adonicam,  who  were  the  last: 
and  these  are  their  names:  Eiiphelet,  and  Jehiel, 
and  Samaias,  and  with  them  sixty  men. 

14  Of  the  sons  of  Begui,  Uthai  and  Zachur,  and 
with  theiTLseventy  men. 

15  And  I  gathered  them  together  to  the  river, 
which  runneth  down  to  Ahava,  and  we  stayed  there 
three  days :  and  I  sought  among  the  people  and 
among  the  priests,  for  the  sons  of  Levi ;  and  found 
none  there. 

16  So  I  sent  Eliezer,  and  Ariel,  and  Semeias, 
and  Elnathan,  and  Jarib,  and  another  Elnathan, 
and  Nathan,  and  Zacharias,  and  Mosollam,  chief 
men  ;  and  Joiarib  and  Elnathan,  wise  men. 

17  And  I  sent  them  to  Eddo,  who  is  chief  in 
the  place  of  Chasphia :  and  I  put  in  their  mouth 
the  words  that  they  should  speak  to  Eddo,  and  his 
brethren  the  Nathinites  in  the  place  of  Chasphia, 
that  they  should  bring  us  ministers  of  the  house  of 
our  God. 

18  And  by  the  good  hand  of  our  God  upon  us, 
they  brought  us  a  most  learned  man  of  the  sons  of 
Moholi  the  son  of  Levi  the  son  of  Israel,  and  Sara- 
bias  and  his  sons,  and  his  brethren  eighteen, 

19  And  Hasabias,  and  with  him  isaias  of  the 
sons  of  Merari,  and  his  brethren,  and  his  sons 
twenty. 

20  And  of  the  Nathinites,  whom  David  and  the 
princes  gave  for  the  service  of  the  Levites,  Nathin- 
ites two  hundred  and  twenty  all  these  were  call- 
ed by  their  names. 

21  And  I  proclaimed  there  a  fast*  by  the  river 
Ahava,  that  we  might  afflict  ourselves  before  the 
Lord  our  God,  and  mixht  ask  of  him  a  right  way 
for  us  and  for  our  children,  and  for  all  our  sub- 
stance. 

♦  .iiid  [proclaimed  there  a  fast.  It  is  DOl  enough  lo  part  from  Baby- 
lon, that  is,  fururatirely,  from  sin,  but  wc  must  alsi  do  works  of  pe- 
nance :  and  therefore  Esdras  here  proclaimed  an  extraordinary  fast  to 


22  For  I  was  ashamed  to  ask  the  king  for  aid 
and  for  horsemen,  to  defend  us  from  the  enemv  in 
the  way:  because  we  had  said  to  the  king:  The 
hand  of  our  God  is  upon  all  them  that  seek  him  in 
goodness  ;  and  his  power  and  strength,  and  wrath 
upon  all  them  that  forsake  him. 

23  And  we  fasted,  and  besought  our  God  for 
this  ;  and  it  fell  out  prosperously  unto  us. 

24  And  I  separated  twelve  of  the  chief  of  the 
priests,  Sarabias,  and  Hasabias,  and  with  them  ten 
of  their  brethren. 

25  And  I  weighed  unto  them  the  silver  and 
gold,  and  the  vessels  consecrated  for  the  house  of 
our  God,  which  the  king  and  his  counsellors,  and 
his  princes,  and  all  Israel  that  were  found,  had 
offered. 

26  And  I  weighed  to  their  hands  six  hundred 
and  fifty  talents  of  silver,  and  a  hundred  vessels 
of  silver,  a  hundred  talents  of  gold, 

27  And  twenty  cups  of  gold,  of  a  thousand 
solids,  and  two  vessels  of  the  best  shining  brass, 
beautiful  as  gold. 

28  And  1  said  to  them  :  You  are  the  holy  ones 
of  the  Lord  ;  and  the  vessels  are  holy,  and  the  sil- 
ver and  gold,  that  is  freely  offered  to  the  Lord  the 
God  of  our  fathers. 

29  Watch  ye,  and  keep  them,  till  you  deliver 
them  by  weight  before  the  chief  of  the  priests,  and 
of  the  Levites,  and  the  heads  of  the  families  of  Is- 
rael in  Jerusalem,  into  the  treasure  of  the  house  of 
the  Lord. 

30  And  the  priests  and  the  Levites  received  the 
weight  of  the  silver  and  gold,  and  the  vessels,  to 
carry  them  to  Jerusalem  to  the  house  of  our  God. 

31  Then  we  set  forward  from  the  river  Ahava 
on  the  twelfth  day  of  the  first  month  to  go  to  Je- 
rusalem :  and  the  hand  of  our  God  was  upon  us, 
and  delivered  us  from  the  hand  of  the  enemy,  and 
of  such  as  lay  in  wait  by  the  way. 

32  And  we  came  to  Jerusalem,  and  we  stayed 
there  three  days. 

33  And  on  the  fourth  day  the  silver,  and  the 
gold,  and  the  vessels,  were  weighed  in  the  house 
of  our  God  by  the  hand  of  Meremoth  the  son  of 
Urias  the  priest,  and  with  him  was  Ehazer  the 
son  of  Phinees,  and  with  them  Jozabad  the  son  of 
Josue,  and  Noadaia  the  son  of  Bennoi,  Levites  : 

34  According  to  the  number  and  Weight  of  eve- 
ry thing :  and  all  the  weight  was  written  at  thai 
time. 

35  Moreover  the  children  of  them  that  had 
been  carried  away  that  were  come  out  of  the  captivi- 
ty, offered  holocausts  to  the  God  of  Israel,  twelve 
calves  for  all  the  people  of  Israel,  ninety-six  rams, 
seventy-seven  lambs,  and  twelve  he-goats  for  sin: 
all  for  a  holocaust  to  the  Lord. 

36  And  they  gave  the  king's  edicts  to  the  lords 
that  were  from  the  king's  court,  and  the  governors 
beyond  the  river,  and  they  furthered  the  people  and 
the  house  of  God. 


those  that  were  come  from  captivity.     This  snows  that  fasting  win 
commanded  and  practised  from  the  earliest  limes. 

365  • 


(  li  \l\    IV 

Etdrat  mourne  k  for  the  ttamtgrrssion  »f  the  people  :  Ms  c*»l- 
ftssioH  and  pro], 

AM)  after  these  things  u.  re  accomplished,  the 
priii"  is  came  lo  me,  The    people   pi 

l>r;i>  I,  anii  the  pri«>t»>  ami  Leviles,  have  not  sepa- 
rated themselves  from  the  people  of  the  hinds,  and 
from  their  ahouiinaliniis,  namely,  of  the  (  hauaan- 
iiev.  and  the  Hethites,  and  the  I'here/.ites,  and  the 
Jchusites,  and  the  Ajumonilcs,  and  the  Moabilcs, 
and  the  Lg.vpliaus,  and  the  Ainorrhiies  : 

I  lor  they  have  taken  of  their  daughters  for 
themselves,  and  for  theu  sons:  and  ibei  hare  min- 
gled the  holy  seed  with  the  people  of  the  lands. 
And  the  hand  ot 'the  princes  and  magistrate!  hath 
bet  n  first  in  thi*  transgn  WtOtt.* 

\nd  when  I  had  heard  this  word.  I  rent  mv 
mantle  and  my  coat,  and  plucked  oil  the  hairs  ol 
my  head  and  ins  beard:  and  I  sal  down  mourning. 

4  And  then  wen  assembled  to  me  all  that  (eared 
the  God  ot  Israel,  because  of  the  transgression  of 
those,  'hat  were  mine  Irom  the  captivity  :  and  1  sat 
sorrowful,  until  the  evening  sacrifice. 

5  \nd  at  the  evening  sacrifice  I  rose  tip  from  my 
affliction;  and  having  rent  mv  mantle  and  ma  gar- 
inenl.  1  It'll  upon  my  knees,  and  spiead  out  m>  hands 
to  the  Lord  uiv  God  ; 

6  And  said  :  My  God,  I  am  confounded,  and 
ashamed  to  lift  up  my  lace  lo  thee:  for  our  iniqui- 
tiea  are  multiplied  over  our  beads ;  and  our  sins  an' 
grown  up  even  onto  heaven, 

7  Prom  the  days  of  our  fathers:  and  we  our- 
sslves  also  have  tinned  grievouslj  unto  this  daj  : 

and  for  onr  iniquities   we   and   our    kim:s.   and   our 

1>rie»i>  have  been  delivered  into  the  hands  of  till 
.ings  of  the  lands,  and  to  the  sword,  and  to  cap- 
livitv,  and  lo  s|>oil,  and  to  confusion  of  lace,  as  it  is 
at  this  day. 

8  And  now  as  a  little,  and  for  a  moment  has  qui 
prayer  been  made  Inline  die  I  and  our  ( iod,  to  It  av  e 
us  ,i  remnant,  and  zive  u>  a  pint  m  his  holy  place  ; 
and  that  onr  God  would  enlighten  onr  eyes,  and 
would  nive  ns  a  little  life  in  onr  bondage. 

'.i  For  we  are  bondmen:  and  in  our  oondageour 

God  halh  not  forsaken  us.  hut  haih  extended  mercy 
upon  us  before  the  k'nm  of  the  Persians,  to  ^ive  us 
life,  and  to  set  up  the  house  of  our  (iod,  and  to  re- 
build the  desolation*  I  hereof,  and  u»  pre  us  a  fence 
in  .luda  and  Jerusalem, 

1(1  And  now,  O  our  God,  whit  shall  we  Sfl) 
after  this?  for  we  have  forsaken  thy  co tandments, 

11  Which  thou  hisi  commanded  by  the  hand  ol 
thy  servants  the  prophet**  saying  :  The  laud  which 
v<ui  go  m  possess,  is  an  anclean  land,  according  to 
the  uneleaiiii'ss  of  the  people,  and  of  other  lands, 
with  their  abominations  who  have  filled  it  from 
■OUth  t outh  w  nil  their  filth. 

12  Now  therefore  nive  noi  your  daughters  to  their 
sons;   and  take  not   their  daughters  for  your  sons: 


i   i  ;duas. 

and    s,  ek    not    their 


ever;    thai   von 


heir   peace,   nor  their  prosperity  for 
mav  be  strengthened,  and  dmtj  eat 

the    mod    things   ol    ihe    land,  and    may    have   your 
children  jour  heirs  for  ever. 

I.I  And  alier  all  that  is  come  upon  us,  for  om 
most  wicked  deeds,  and  our  great  mil  teeing  thai 
thou  our  dod  hast  s;i\M|  us  from  our  iniquity,  ana 
hast  given  us  a  deliverance  as  at  this  da  v. 

14  That  we  should  not  turn  aw  ay ,  nor  break  thy 
commandments,  nor  join  in  marriage  with  the  peo- 
ple ol  these  abominations.  Art  thou  angry  with  us 
unto  utler  destruction,  not  to  leave  us  a  remnant  to 
lie  s;im  d  .' 

15  ()  Lord  God  of  Israel,  thou  art  just  :   for  w< 
remain  yet  to  he  saved  as  at  this  day.      Behold,  we 
arc  before  thee   in   onr   sin  ;   for   there   can   be  no 
standing  before  thee  in  ihis  matter. 

CHAP.  X. 

(htltr  ixliiLni  for  discharging  strange  vmnen  :  thr  names  of 

the  guilty. 
TV'  OW   when    Ksdras  was  thus  pray  in::,  and  fce- 
-L*    seeching,  and  weeping,  and  lying  before  the 

temple  of  God,  there  was  -allured  to  him  of  Israel 
an  exceeding  great  assembly  of  men  and  women 
and  children :  and  the  people  wept  with  much 
lamentation. 

2  And  Seehenias  the  son  of  Jchie!  of  thr  sons  of 
Klam.  answered,  and  said  to  Csdras :  We  have 
sinned  against  our  God,  and  have  take^i  strange 
wives  of  the  people  of  the  land:  and  now,  if  there 
l>e  repentance  in  Israel  concerning  this, 

3  Let  us  make  a  covenant  with  the  Lord  oui 
God,  to  put  awaj  all  the  w  ive*.  and  such  as  are  horn 
o(  them,  according  to  the  will  of  the  Lord,  and  of 
litem  that  (ear  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  our 
(iod  :    let  it  he  done  according  to  the  law. 

4  Arise;  it  is  thy  part  to  give  orders,  and  wo  w  ill 
he  w  ill)  thee:  take  courage,  and  do  it. 

6  So  Ksdras  arose,  anil  made  tin-  chiefs  of  the 
priests,  and  of  the  Levites,  and  all  Israel,  to  swear 
ihat  the)  would  do  according  to  this  Word:  and  they 
swore. 

6  And  l.sdras  rose  im  from  before  the  house  ol 
God.  and  went  to  the  chamber  of  Johanan  the  son 
of  Kliasih,  and  entered    in  thither:  he  ale  no  bread, 

and  drank  no  water:  for  be  mourned  for  the  traaa- 

-ression  of  them  that  w  ere  come  out  of  the  captiv  tiv. 

7  And  proclamation  was  made  in  .luda  and  Je- 
rusalem lo  all  the  children  of  ihe  captivity,  that  they 
should  assemble  together  into  Jerusalem: 

8  And  that  whottoever  would  not  come  within 
three  days,  according  to  ihe  counsel  of  ihe  prim's 

and  the  ancients,  all  liis  tubstance  should  lie  taken 
away;  and  he  should  he  casi  out  of  the  company  ol 
them  that  were  returned  from  captivity. 

9  Then  all  the  men  of  .luda  and  Benjamin  ga- 
thered themselves  together  to  Jerusalem  within  three 
days,  in  the  ninth  mouth,  the  twentieth  day  of  the 
month:    and   all  the   people  sal  in  the  stint  «.(    the 


♦Thit   »how«  how  •infill  it    i>    '"   mtrrmarrv  with   iIhmc  thai   ll.ii 
cbarctt  forbids  u«,  on  account  of  Die  dinger  of  pcrroruoo,  and  foiling 
off  from  the  true  I 

SM 


*  .1  fin  nrnnl.  In  n-   »lf Hi  »  — M    •Mtilrincnt  or  holding  ;  « 
Ltdnu  brm  Mr,  to  prraenrr  rrrn  a  purt  of  thr  |Kii|.lr,  who,  'n    their 
i  gn-at  iiii.|hih,  had  incurred  Um  auger  ul  Cud. 


CHAP.  I. 


house  of  God,  trembling  because  of  the  sin,  and  the 
rain. 

10  And  Esdras  the  priest  stood  up,  and  said  to 
them:  You  have  transgressed,  and  taken  strange 
wives,  to  add  to  the  sins  of  Israel. 

1 1  And  now  make  confession  to  the  Lord  the 
God  of  your  fathers,  and  do  his  pleasure:  and  se- 
parate yourselves  from  the  people  of  the  land,  and 
from  your  strange  wives. 

12  And  all  the  multitude  answered  and  said  with 
a  loud  voice:  According  to  thy  word  unto* us,  so  be 
it  done. 

13  But  as  the  people  are  many,  and  it  is  time  of 
rain,  and  we  are  not  able  to  stand  without,  and  it  is 
not  a  work  of  one  day  or  two  (lor  we  have  exceed- 
ingly sinned  in  this  matter) 

14  Let  rulers  be  appointed  in  all  the  multitude: 
and  in  all  our  cities,  let  them  that  have  taken  strange 
wives  come  at  the  times  appointed)  and  with  them 
the  ancients  and  the  judges  of  every  city,  until  the 
wrath  of  our  God  be  turned  away  from  us  for  this 
sin. 

15  Then  Jonathan  the  son  of  Azahel,  and  Jaasia 
the  son  of  Thecua  were  appointed  over  this  ;  and 
Mesollam  and  Sebethai  Levites  helped  them: 

16  And  the  children  of  the  captivity  did  so.  And 
Ksdras  the  priest,  and  the  men  heads  of  the  families 
in  the  houses  of  their  fathers,  and  all  by  their  names, 
went  and  sat  down  in  the  first  day  of  the  tenth 
month  to  examine  the  matter. 

17  And  they  made  an  end  with  all  the  men  that 
had  taken  strange  wives,  by  the  first  day  of  the  first 
month. 

18  And  there  were  found  among  the  sons  of  the 
priests  that  had  taken  strange  wives.  Of  the  sons 
of  Josue  the  son  of  Josedec,  and  his  brethren,  Maa- 
sia,  and  Eliezer,  and  Jarib,  and  Godolia. 

19  And  they  gave  their  hands  to  put  away  their 
wives,  and  to  offer  for  their  offence  a  ram  of  the 
Hock. 

20  And  of  the  sons  of  Emmer,  Uanaiii,  and  Ze- 
oedia. 


21  And  of  the  sons  of  Harim,  Maasia,  and  Elia 
and  Semeia,  and  Jehiel,  and  Ozias. 

22  And  of  the  sons  of  Pheshur,  Klioenai,  Maasia, 
Ismael,  Nathanael,  Jozabed,  and  Elasa. 

23  And  of  the  sons  of  the  Levites,  Jozabed,  and 
Semei,  and  Celaia,  the  same  is  Calita,  Phataia, 
Juda,  and  Eliezer. 

24  And  of  the  singing  men,  Eliasib  :  and  of  the 
porters,  Sellum,  and  Telem,  and  Uri. 

25  And  ot  Israel,  of  the  sons  of  Pharos,  Remeia, 
and  Jezia,  and  Malchia,  and  Miamin,  and  Eliezer, 
and  Melehia,  and  Banea. 

26  And  of  the  sons  of  Elam,  Mathania,  Zacha- 
rias,  and  Jehiel,  and  Abdi,  and  Jerimoth,  and  Elia. 

27  And  of  the  sons  of  Zethua,-Elioenai,  Eliasib, 
Mathania,  Jc-rimuth,  and  Zabad,  and  Aziza. 

28  And  of  the  sons  ofBebai,  Johanan,  Hanania, 
Zabbai,  Athalai: 

29  And  of  the  sons  of  Bani,  Mosollam,  and  Mol- 
luch,and  Adaia,  Jasub,  and  Saal,  and  Ramoih. 

30  And  of  the  sons  of  Phahath  Moab,  Edna  and 
Chalal,  Banaias,  and  Maasias,  Mathanias,  Beseleel, 
Bennui,  and  Manasse. 

31  And  of  the  sons  of  Herem,  Eliezer,  Josue, 
Melchias,  Semeias,  Simeon. 

32  Benjamin,  Maloch,  Samarias. 

33  And  of  the  sons  of  Hasom,  Mathanai,  Matha- 
tha,  Zabad,  Eliphelet,  Jermai,  Manasse,  Semei. 

34  Of  the  sons  of  Bani,  Maaddi,  Amram,  and 
Uel, 

35  Baneas,  and  Badaias,  Cheliau, 

36  Vania,  Marimuth,  and  Eliasib, 

37  Mathanias,  Mathania,  and  .Jasi, 

38  And  Bani,  and  Bennui,  Semei, 

39  And  Sahnias,  and  Nathan,  and  Adaias, 

40  And  Mechnedebai,  Sisai,  Sarai, 

41  Ezrel,  and  Selemiau,  Semeria, 

42  Sellum,  Amaria,  Joseph. 

43  Of  the  sonsofNebo,  Jehiel,  Mathathias,  Za- 
bad, Zabina,  Jeddu,  and  Joel,  and  Banaia. 

44  All  these  had  taken  strange  wives:  and  there 
were  among  them  women  that  had  borne  children. 


THE  BOOK  OF  NEHEMIAS, 

WHICH  IS  CALLED 

THE  SECOND  OF  ESDRAS. 


This  booh  takes  its  name  from  the  writer,  who  was  r.up-bearer  to 
Artaxerxes  (sitrnamed  Longimnnus)  king  (if  Persia,  ami  was 
sent  by  him  with  a  commission  to  ri  build  the  walls  of  Jerusa- 
lem. It  is  also  called  the  second  book  of  F.sHras  ;  because  it  is 
a  continuation  of  the  history,  begun  by  Esdras,  of  the  state,  of 
the  people  of  God  after  their  return  from  captivity. 

CHAP.  I. 

Nehcmias  hearing  the  miserable  state  of  his  countrymen  in  Jude.a, 
lamenteth,fasteth,  and  prayeth  to  (Sod  for  their  relief. 

HP  HE  words  of  Nehemias  the  son  of  Helchias. 
-*-    And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  month  of  Casleu,in 
the  twentieth  year,  as  I  was  in  the  castle  of  Susa, 


2  That  Hanani  one  of  my  brethren  came,  he  and 
some  men  of  Juda  ;  and  I  asked  them   concerning 
the  Jews,  that  remained  and  were  left  of  the  cap-, 
tivity,  and  concerning  Jerusalem. 

3  And  they  said  to  me :  They  that  have  remained, 
and  are  left  of  the  captivity  there  in  the  province, 
are  in  great  affliction,  and  reproach:  and  the  wall 
of  Jerusalem  is  broken  down  ;  and  the  gates  thereof 
are  burnt  with  fire. 

4  And  when  1  had  heard  these  words,  I  sat  down, 
and  wept,  and  mourned  for  many  days:  and  I  fasted, 
and  prayed  before  the  face  of  the  God  of  heaven. 

3C7 


II.  ESDRAS. 


5  Ami  I  said:  |  beseech  thee,  O  Lord  God  of 
heaven,  strong,  great,  and  terrible,  who  kee|>est  co- 
■v  '-11:1111  :intl  mercy  wkh  those  thai  lore  thee,  and 
p  tin  commandments  : 

t!  Let  thy  ears  be  attentive,  and  thy  pyes  open, 
to  hear  the  pnjtX  of  tin  MrvM,  which  I  pray  be- 
fore thee  now,  night  mm  day,  for  the  children  of  Is- 
iai-1  t  It  v  servants:  and  I  confess  the  sins  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  by  which  thej  have  sinned  against 
thee:  1  and  mj  father's  house  have  tinned. 

7  Wc  have  been  seduced  bj  vanity,  snd  have 

not  kepi   thv  commandments,  and  ceremonies,  mid 

i'udgmentS,  which  thou  hast  commanded  thy  servant 
rtos 

H    Keinember  the  word  that  thou  eommandedst  to 

Moses  thy  servant,  saj ins:  li  yon  shall  truosgn  ss,  I 
will  scatter  you  abroad  among  the  nations: 

9  Hut  if  JOB  return  to  me,  and  keep  my  com- 
mandments,  and  do  them,  though  yon  should  he  led 

awav   to  the    Utter Si  parts   of   die    w  orld,    I  will 

gather  you  from  thence,  and  bring  you  hack  to  the 
place  which  I  have  chosen  for  my  name  tod  well  there. 

10  And  these  arc  tin  servants,  and  thy  people. 
w  horn  thou  hast  redeemed  by  thy  great  Strength,  and 
In  tin  mighty  hand. 

Ill  beseech  thee.  O  Lord,  let  thy  ear  he  atten- 
tive to  the  prayer  of  thy  servant,  and  to  the  prayer 

of  thy  servants,  who  desire  to  fear  thy  name:  and 
direct  thv  servant  this  day,  and  give  him  mercy  be- 
fore this  man.  For  I  was  the  king's  cup-hearer. 

CHAP.  II. 

Krhrmiat  with  enmmixtinn  from  Ling  ■irta.rrrxrs  rnmrth  to  Jcrii- 
nd<m  ;  ami  rxhorteth  thr  Jew*  to  rebuild  the  wall* 

A XI)  it  came  to  pass  in  the  month  of  N.sati,  in 
the  twentieth  \ear  of  Arta\er\es  the  king, that 
wine  was  before  him:  and  I  took  up  the  wine,  and 
Cave   it  to  the  king:    and  I  was  as  one    languishing 

away  before  his  face. 

2  And  the  king  said  to  me:  Why  is  thy  counte- 
nance sad.  seems  thou  dost  not  appear  to  he  sick  ? 
this  is  not  without  cause:  hut  some  e\  il,  I  know  not 
what,    is   in  ids   heart.      And  I   WM  seized  with   an 

exceeding  great  fear : 

3  And  I  said  to  the  kin:::  ()  kin:;,  live  for  ever: 
win    should   not   nn  coilillenance  he  sot  row  fill,    see- 

ing  the  city  of  the  place  of  the  sepulchres  of  my  fa- 
thers is  desolate,  and  the  gates  thereof  are  burnt  w ' it li 

lire? 

4  Then  the  kins  said  tome:  Tor  what  dost  thou 
make  request?    \nd  I  prayed  to  the  God  of  heaven ; 

')    \  1  n  i  I  said  to  the  kins:  If  it  seem  good  to  the 

kins,  and  if  tin    servant    hath    found  favour  in    thv 

Bight,  thai  thou    Would*!  scud   me  into  .ludea  to  the 

citv  of  the  sepulchreof  my  father;  and  I  will  build  It. 

ii    \ud  the  king  -aid  to  me.  and  the  queen  that 

sat  In  him  :  For  how  long  shall  thy  journev  he,  and 
when  wilt  thou  return'  And  it  pleased  the  kin::  : 
and  he  sent  me:  and  I  fi\cd  him  a  time. 

3  \nd  I  said  to  the  kins:  If  il  se<  in  good  to  the 
kin::,  let  him  give  me  letters  to  tin-  governors  of  the 

count i\  beyond  the  river,  that  thev  convej  me  over, 

till   I  come  into  Jlldl 

8  And  a  knu  to  Asauh  the  keeper  of  the  kind's 

jtt 


forest,  to  ^ive  me  timber  thai  I  maj  .  ..v.  1  fhe  sates 

of  the  tower  of  the  house,  and  the  walls  of  tic  citv, 
and  the  house  that  I  shall  enter  into.  And  the  kin* 
save  me  according  to  the  good  hand  of  m\  God 
w  itli  me. 

9  And  I  came  to  the  governors  of  the  country  be- 
yond the  river,  and  save  them  the  king's  letters. 
And  the  kins  had  sent  w  ith  me  captains  of  soldiers, 
anil  horsemen. 

10  And  Sanahallat  (he  Horonite,  and  Tobias  the 
servant  the  Ammonite  heard  it:  and  it  grieved  them 

exceedingly, that  a  man  was  come,  who  sought  the 

prosperity  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

1 1  And  1  came  to  Jerusalem,  and  was  there  three 

dav  s. 

I  -'  And  I  arose  in  the  night,  I  and  some  few  men 
with  me:  and  I  told  not  any  man  what  God  had  put 
in  my  heart  to  do  in  .Jerusalem;  and  there  was  no 
beast  with  me,  hut  the  beast  that  I  rode  upon. 

13  Audi  went  out  by  night  bj  the  gate  of  the  val- 
ley, and  before  the  drason-fountain,  and  to  the  duns- 
sate:  and  I  viewed  the  wall  of  Jerusalem  which 
was  broken  down,  and  the  ^ates  thereof  which  w  1  re 
consumed  with  lire. 

14  And  I  passed  to  the  gate  of  the  fountain,  and 
to  the  king's  aqueduct;  and  there  was  no  place  lor 
the  l>east  on  which  I  rode  to  pass. 

15  And  I  went  up  in  the  nislit  by  the  torrent, 
and  viewed  the  wall;  and  goins  back  I  came  to  the 
gate  of  the  valley,  and  returned. 

16  But  the  magistrates  knew  not  whither  I  went, 
or  what  1  did  :  neither  had  I  as  vet  told  any  thing 
to  the  Jews,  or  to  the  priests,  or  to  the  nobles,  or  to 
the  magistrates,  or  to  the  rest  that  did  the  work. 

17  Then  1  said  to  them:  Von  know  the  affliction 
wherein  we  are,  because  Jerusalem  IS  desolate,  and 
the  gates  thereof  are  consumed  w  ith  lire  :  come,  and 
li  t  us  build  up  the  walls  of  Jerusalem  ;  and  let  us 
be  no  longer  a    reproach. 

18  And  I  showed  them  how  the  hand  of  my  God 
Wasgood  with  me,  and  the  king's  words,  which  he 
bad  spoken  to  me:  and  I  said:  Let  us  rise  up  and 
build.    And  their  hands  were  strengthened  in  good. 

19  But  Sanahallat  the  Horonite,  and  Tobias  the 
servant  the  Ammonite,  and  GoBsem  the  Arabian 
beard  of  ii:  and  they  scoffed  at  us,  mid  despised  us, 
and  said  :  What  is  this  thing  that  you  do:  are  \  on 
aoins  to  rebel  asainsl  the  kins.' 

20  And  I  answered  lucm.  and  said  to  them  :  The 
God  ol  heaven  he  helpelh  us,  and  we  an-  his  ser- 
vants: let  us  rise  up,  ami  build:  but  you  have  uo 
part,  nor  justice,   nor  remembrance  in  .Iciusal.  111. 

CHAP.  III. 

They  begin  to  build  thr  wall*:  thr  names  and  ordtr  qf  the 

Imilili  r*. 

THEN  Kliasib  the  hish  priest  arose,  and  his  bre- 
thren the  priests:  and  thev  built  the  flock-sate 
they  sanctified  it.  am!  set  up  the  doors  thereof, even 

unto  the  tower  ol'  a  bundled  cubits  thev  sanctified 
it  unto  the  tower  of  llananci  1. 

\nd  ne\!  lo  him  the  m<  II  of  Jericho  built  :  and 

next  to  them  built  Zachtir  the  son  of  Amri. 
3  Bui  the  fish-gate  the  sonsof  Asnaa  built  •  thev 


CHAP.  IV. 


( overed  it,  and  set  up  the  doors  thereof,  and  the 
locks,  and  the  bars.  And  next  totliem  built  Mari- 
muth  the  son  of  Urias  the  son  of  Accus. 

4  And  next  to  him  built  Mosollam  the  son  of 
Barachias,  the  son  of  Merezebel :  and  next  to  them 
built  Sadoc  the  son  of  Baana. 

5  And  next  to  them  the  Thecuites  built :  but  their 
great  men  did  not  put  their  necks  to  the  work  of 
heir  Lord. 

6  And  Joiada  the  son  of  Phasea,  and  Mosollam  the 
son  of  Besodia  built  the  old  gate  :  they  covered  it, 
uul  set  up  the  doors  thereof,  and  the  locks,  and  the 
bars. 

7  And  next  to  them  built  Meltias  the  Gabaonite, 
md  Jadon  the  Meronathite,  the  men  of  Gabaon  and 
Maspha,  for  the  governor  that  was  in  the  country 
beyond  the  river. 

8  And  next  to  him  built  Eziel  the  son  of  Araia  the 
goldsmith  :  and  next  to  him  built  Ananias  the  son  of 
the  perfumer:  and  they  left  Jerusalem  unto  the 
wall  of  the  broad-street. 

9  And  next  to  him  built  Raphaia  the  son  of  Hur, 
lord  of  the  street  of  Jerusalem. 

10  And  next  to  him  Jedaia  the  son  of  Haromaph 
over-against  his  own  house  :  and  next  to  him  built 
Hattus  the  son  of  Hasebonia. 

11  Melchias  the  son  of  Herem,  and  Hasubtheson 
of  Phahath  Moab,  built  half  the  street,  and  the  tow- 
er of  the  furnaces. 

12  And  next  to  him  built  Sellumtheson  of  Alo- 
hes,  lord  of  half  the  street  of  Jerusalem,  he  and  his 
daughters. 

13  And  the  gate  of  the  valley  Hanun  built,  and  the 
inhabitants  of  Zanoe :  they  built  it,  and  set  up  the 
doors  thereof,  and  the  locks,  and  the  bars,  and  a  thou- 
sand cubits  in  the  wall  unto  the  gate  of  the  dunghill. 

1 4  And  the  gate  of  the  dunghill  Melchias  the  son 
of  Rechab  built,  lord  of  the  street  of  Bethacharam : 
he  built  it,  and  set  up  the  doors  thereof,  and  the 
locks,  and  the  bars. 

15  And  the  gate  of  the  fountain  Sellum  the  son  of 
Cholhoza  built,  lord  of  the  street  of  Maspha :  he 
built  it,  and  covered  it,  and  set  up  the  doors  thereof, 
and  the  locks,  and  the  bars,  and  the  walls  of  the 
pool  of  Siloe  unto  the  king's  guard,  and  unto  the 
steps  that  go  down  from  the  city  of  David. 

16  After  him  built  Nehemias  the  son  of  Azboc, 
lord  of  half  the  street  of  Bethsur,  as  far  as  over- 
against  the  sepulchre  of  David,  and  to  the  pool, 
that  was  built  with  great  labour,  and  to  the  house 
of  the  mighty. 

17  After  him  built  the  Levites,  Rehum  the  son  of 
Benni.  After  him  built  Hasebias,  lord  of  half  the 
street  of  Ceila  in  his  own  street. 

18  After  him  built  their  brethren  Bavai  the  son 
oi  Enadad,  lord  of  half  Ceila. 

19  And  next  to  him  Aser  the  son  of  Josue,  lord 
of  Maspha,  built  another  measure,  over-against  the 
going  up  of  the  strong  corner. 

20  After  him  in  the  mount  Baruch  the  son  of 
Zachai  built  another  measure,  from  the  corner  to 
.he  door  of  the  house  of  Eliasib  the  high  priest. 

21  After  him  Merimuth  the  son  of  Urias  the  son 

3  A 


of  Haccus,  built  another  measure,  from  the  door 
of  the  house  of  Eliasib,  to  the  end  of  the  house  of 
Eliasib. 

22  And  after  him  built  the  priests,  the  men  of  the 
plains  of  the  Jordan. 

23  After  him  built  Benjamin  and  Hasub,  over- 
against  their  own  house  :  and  after  him  built  Aza- 
rias  the  son  of  Maasias  the  son  of  Ananias  over- 
against  his  house. 

24  After  him  built  Bennui  the  son  of  Hanadad 
another  measure,  from  the  house  of  Azarias  unto  the 
bending,  and  unto  the  corner. 

25  rhalel  the  son  of  Ozi  over-against  the  bending 
and  the  tower,  which  lieth  out  from  the  king's  high 
house,  that  is,  in  the  court  of  the  prison:  after  him 
Phadaia  the  son  of  Pharos. 

26  And  the  Nathinites  dwelt  in  Ophei,  as  far  as 
over-against  the  water-gate  toward  the  east,  and  the 
tower  that  stood  out. 

27  After  him  the  Thecuites  built  another  mea- 
sure over-against,  from  the  great  tower  that  standeth 
out  unto  the  wall  of  the  temple. 

28  And  upward  from  the  horse-gate  the  priests 
built,  every  man  over-against  his  house. 

29  After  them  built  Sadoc  the  son  of  Emmer 
over-against  his  house.  And  after  him  built  Semaia 
the  son  of  Sechenias,  keeper  of  the  east-gate. 

30  After  him  built  Hanania  the  son  of  Selemia, 
and  Hanun  the  sixth  son  of  Seleph,  another  measure : 
after  him  built  Mosollam  the  son  of  Barachias,  over- 
against  his  treasury.  After  him  Melchias  the  gold- 
smith's son  built  unto  the  house  of  the  Nathinites, 
and  of  the  sellers  of  small  wares,  over-against  the 
judgment-gate,  and  unto  the  chamber  of  the  corner. 

31  And  within  the  chamber  of  the  corner  of  the 
flock-gate  the  goldsmiths  and  the  merchants  built. 

CHAP.  IV. 

The  building  is  carried  on,  notwithstanding  the  opposition  oj 
their  enemies. 

\  ND  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  Sanaballat  heard 
J-*-  that  we  were  building  the  wall,  he  was  angry: 
and  being  moved  exceedingly,  he  scoffed  at  the  Je  ws ; 

2  And  said  before  his  brethren,  and  the  multitude 
of  the  Samaritans:  What  are  the  silly  Jews  doing? 
Will  the  Gentiles  let  them  alone?  will  they  sacrifice 
and  make  an  end  in  a  day?  are  they  able  to  raise 
stones  out  of  the  heaps  of  the  rubbish,  which  are 
burnt? 

3  Tobias  also  the  Ammonite  who  was  by  him 
said:  Let  them  build:  if  a  fox  go  up,  he  will  leap 
over  their  stone  wall. 

4  Hear  thou  our  God,  for  we  are  despised:  turn 
their  reproach  upon  their  own  head,  and  give  them 
to  be  despised  in  a  land  of  captivity. 

5  Cover  not  their  iniquity,  and  let  not  their  sin  be 
blotted  out  from  before  thy  face;  because  they  have 
mocked  thy  builders. 

6  So  we  built  the  wall,  and  joined  it  all  together 
unto  the  half  thereof:  and  the  heart  of  the  people 
was  excited  to  work. 

7  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Sanaballat,  and  To- 
bias, and  the  Arabians,  and  the  Ammonites,  and  the 
Azotians  heard  that  the  walls  of  Jerusalem  weie 

369 


11.   KSDKAS. 


made  up,  and  the  breaches  be:;  in  to  lie  closed,  thai 
they  wen- exceeding!)  imtt. 

8  And  ilicv  all  assembled  themselves  togetner,  to 
come  an. I  to  ti-lit  against  Jerusalem,  and  to  prepare 
ambushes, 

9  And  we  prayed  to  our  God,  and  set  watchmen 
upon  the  wall  day  and  night  against  them. 

1<»  And  Juda  s;iid  Tin-  strength  of  the  hearer  of 
Durdeas  is  decayed  ;  and  the  rubbish  is  v<  rj  much; 
and  we  shall  nut  be  able  to  build  t In*  wall 

11  And  our  enemies  said:  Let  them  not  know, 
nor  understand,  till  we  come  in  the  midst  of  them, 
and  kill  them,  and  cause  the  work  to  cease. 

12  And  it  tame  to  pass,  that  when  the  Jews  that 
dwell  by  them,  came  and  told  us  ten  times,  out  of 
all  the  places  from  whence  they  came  to  us, 

l>  I  set  the  people  in  the  place  behind  the  wall 
round  about  in  order,  with  their  swords,  and  spears, 
ami  l>n\\  -. 

11  And  I  linked,  and  rose  up:  and  I  said  to  the 
Chief  men,  and  the  magistrates,  and  to  the  rest  of  the 
common  people:  Be  not  ■/ran  of  them.  Remeaa 
ber  the  Lord  who  is  great  and  terrible;  and  fight  for 
your  brethren,  your  sons,  and  your  daughters,  and 
\otir  WFfeBj  and  your  houses. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  our  enemies  heard 
that  the  thing  had  been  told  us,  that  God  defeated 
their  counsel.  Anil  we  returned  all  of  us  to  the 
walls  every  man  to  his  work. 

16  And  it  tame  to  pass  from  that  day  forward, 
that  half  of  their  young  men  did  the  work:  and  half 
were  ready  for  to  fight  with  spears,  and  shields, 
end  bows,  and  eoats  ..I"  mail;  and  the  rulers  were 
Miiud  them  in  all  the  house  of  Juda. 

17  Of  them  that  built  on  the  wall,  and  that  car- 
ried hardens,  and  that  laded  ;  with  one  of  his  hands 
he  ditl  the  work,  and  with  the  other  he  held  a  sword. 

18  For  ever]  one  of  the  builders  was  girded  with 
a  sword  alxnit  his  reins.  And  they  built,  and 
sounded  with  a  trumpet  by  me. 

19  And  I  said  to  the  nobles,  and  to  the  magis- 
trates, and  to  the  real  of  the  common  people:  'The 
work  is  great  and  wide;  and  we  are  separated  on 
the  wall  one  far  from  another : 

20  In  what  place  eoevei  you  shall  hear  the  sound 
of  the  trum|M't,  run  all  thither  unto  us  :  our  God 
will  fight  for  us. 

21  And  let  us  do  the  work  :  and  let  one  half  of 
tut  hold  our  spears  from  the  rising  of  the  morning, 
till  the  stars  appear. 

22  At  that  time  also  I  said  to  the  people  :  Let 
ry  one  with  hi-  servant  stay  in  the  midst  of  Je- 
rusalem :  and  let  us  take  our  turns  in  the  night,  and 
Sy  day,  to  work. 

23  Now  I  and  my  brethren, and  my  servants,  and 
the  watchmen,  that  followed  me,  did  not  put  off  our 
clothes  :  only  every  man  stript  himself  when  he  was 
to  be  washed. 

CHAP.  V. 

NeAemai  btamtth  the  rich,  fnr.lhcir  HBfKWimM  the  poor.     Hit 
exhort nt ion.  'i,i/l  haunty  to  hit  eaitntrymrn. 

"|V"0\V  there  was  a  great  cry  of  the  people,  and  of 
-1-™   their  wives,  against  their  brethren  the  Jews. 

370 


2  And  there  were  some  that  said  :  Our  sons  and 
our  daughters  are  rerj  maaj  :  let  us  take  up  corn 
for  the  price  of  them  ;  and  let  us  eat  and  live. 

3  And  there  were  tome  that  said:    Let  us  mort- 
our  lands,  and  our  vineyards,  and  on r  In n 

and  let  us  take  corn  because  of  the  famine. 

4,  And  others  said  :  Let  us  borrow  money  for  t  1m* 
king's  tribute  ;  and  let  us  give  up  our  fields  and 
vineyards: 

5  And  now  our  flesh  is  as  the  flesh  of  our  brethren; 
and  our  children  as  their  children.  Behold,  we  bring 
into  bondage  our  sons  and  our  daughters j  and  some 
of  our  daughters  are  bond-women  already;  neither 
tun  e  we  w  herein  ith  to  redeem  them  ;  and  our  fields 
and  our  vineyards  other  men  possess. 

6  And  I  was  exceeding  angry,  when  I  heard  their 
cry  according  to  these  words. 

7  And  my  heart  thought  with  myself:  and  I  re- 
buked the  nobles  and  magistrates,  and  said  to  them  : 
Do  \ou  every  one  e\aet  usury  of  your  brethren ? 
And  I  gathered  together  a  great  assembly  against 
them. 

8  And  I  said  to  them  :  We.  as  you  know,  have 
redeemed  according  to  our  ability  our  brethren  the 
Jews,  that  were  sold  to  the  Gentiles :  and  will  vou 
then  sell  your  brethren,  for  US  to  redeem  them?  And 
they  held  their  peace,  and  found  not  what  to  answer 

9  And  1  said  to  them :  The  thing  you  do  is  not 
good  :  why  walk  you  not  in  the  fear  of  our  God, 
that  we  be  not  exposed  to  the  reproaches  of  the 
Gentiles  our  enemies  ? 

10  Both  I  and  my  brethren,  and  my  servants, 
have  lent  money  and  corn  to  many :  le.'  us  all  agree 
not  to  call  for  it  again ;  let  us  forgive  the  debt  that 
is  owing  to  us. 

11  Restore  ye  to  them  this  day  their  fields,  and 
their  vineyards,  and  their  oli\e-yards,  and  their 
houses:  and  the  hundredth  part  of  the  money,  and 
of  the  corn,  the  wine,  and  the  oil.  which  you  were 
wont  to  exact  of  them,  give  it  rather  for  them. 

12  And  they  said  :  We  will  restore,  and  we  will 
require  nothing  of  them  :  and  we  will  do  so  as  thou 
sayest.  And  I  called  the  priests,  and  took  an  oath 
of  them,  to  do  according  to  what  1  had  said. 

13  Moreover  I  shook  my  Ian,  and  said  :  So  may 
God  shake  even  man  that  shall  not  accomplish  this 
word,  out  of  his  house,  and  out  of  his  labours  ;  thus 
may  he  be  shaken  out,  and  become  empty.  And 
all  the  multitude  said  :  Amen.  And  they  praised 
God.  And  the  people  did  according  to  what  was 
said. 

1  \  And  from  the  day,  in  which  the  king  com- 
manded me  to  be  governor  in  the  land  of  Juda.  from 
the  twentieth  rear  even  to  the  two  and  thirtieth  year 

of  Artaxerxes  the  kin::,  for  twelve  years,  I  a  no  my 
brethren  did  not  eat  the  \  early  allowance  that  was 
due  tt)  the  governors. 

15  Bui  the  former  governors  thai  had  been  before 
me,  were  chargeable  to  the  people;  and  took  of 
them  in  bread,  and  wine,  and  in  money  every  day 
forty  sides:  and  their  officers  also  oppressed  the 
people.     Bui  I  tlitl  not  so  for  the  fearoTGod. 

1G  Moreover  I  built  in  the  work  of  the  wall;  ano 


CHAP.  VI,  VII. 


I  bought  no  land  ;  and  all  my  servants  were  gather- 
ed together  to  the  work. 

17  The  Jews  also  and  the  magistrates  to  the 
number  of  one  hundred  fifty  men,  were  at  my  table, 
besides  them  that  came  to  us  from  among  the  na- 
tions that  were  round  about  us. 

18  And  there  was  prepared  for  me  day  by  day 
one  ox,  and  six  choice  rams,  besides  fovyls :  and 
once  in  ten  clays  I  gave  store  of  divers  wines,  and 
many  other  things  :  yet  I  did  not  require  my  yearly 
allowance  as  governor:  for  the  people  were  very 
much  impoverished. 

19  Remember  me,  O  my  God,  for  good  according 
to  all  that  I  have  done  for  this  people. 

CHAP.  VI. 

The  enemies  seek  to  terrify  Nehemias.     He   proceedeth  and 
Jinisheth  the  wall. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  Sanaballat,  and  To- 
bias, and  Gossern  the  Arabian,  and  the  rest  of 
our  enemies,  heard  that  I  had  built  the  wall,  and 
that  there  was  no  breach  left  in  it  (though  at  that 
time  I  had  not  set  up  the  doors  in  the  gates,) 

2  Sanaballat  and  Gossem  sent  to  me,  saying: 
Come,  and  let  us  make  a  league  together  in  the 
villages,  in  the  plain  of  Ono.  But  they  thought  to 
do  me  mischief. 

3  And  I  sent  messengers  to  them,  saying :  I  am 
doing  a  great  work  ;  and  1  cannot  come  down,  lest 
it  be  neglected  whilst  I  come,  and  go  down  to  you. 

4  And  they  sent  to  me  according  to  this  word, 
four  times :  and  I  answered  them  after  the  same 
manner. 

5  And  Sanaballat  sent  his  servant  to  me  the  fifth 
time  according  to  the  former  word,  and  he  had  a 
letter  in  his  hand  written  in  this  manner : 

6  It  is  reported  amongst  the  Gentiles,  and  Gos- 
sem hath  said  it,  that  thou  and  the  Jews  think  to 
rebel;  and  therefore  thou  buildestthe  wall,  and  hast 
a  mind  to  set  thyself  king  over  them  :  for  which  end 

7  Thou  hast  also  set  up  prophets,  to  preach  of 
thee  at  Jerusalem,  saying:  There  is  a  king  in  Judea. 
The  king  will  hear  of  these  things  :  therefore  come 
now,  that  we  may  take  counsel  together. 

8  And  I  sent  to  them,  saying :  There  is  no  such 
thing  done  as  thou  sayest :  but  thou  feignest  these 
things  out  of  thy  own  heart. 

9  For  all  these  men  thought  to  frighten  us,  think- 
ing that  our  hands  would  cease  from  the  work,  and 
that  we  would  leave  off.  Wherefore  I  strengthened 
my  hands  the  more: 

10  And  I  went  into  the  house  of  Samaia  the  son 
of  Delaia  the  son  of  Metabeel  privately.  And  he 
said  :  Let  us  consult  together  in  the  house  of  God 
in  the  midst  of  the  temple  :  and  let  us  shut  the  doors 
of  the  temple,  for  they  will  come  to  kill  thee ;  and 
in  the  night  they  will  come  to  slay  thee. 

1 1  And  I  said :  Should  such  a  man  as  I  flee  ? 
and  who  is  there  that  being  as  I  am,  would  go  into 
the  temple,  to  save  his  life  ?  I  will  not  go  in. 

12  And  I  understood  that  God  had  not  sent  him, 
but  that  he  had  spoken  to  me  as  if  he  had  been  pro- 
phesying; and  Tobias  and  Sanaballat  had  hired  him. 

13  For  lie  had  taken  money,  that  I  being  afraid 


should  do  this  thing,  and  sin,  and  they  might  have 
some  evil  to  upbraid  me  withal. 

14  Remember  me,  O  Lord,  for  Tobias  and  Sa- 
naballat, according  to  their  works  of  this  kind;  and 
Noadias  the  prophet,  and  the  rest  of  the  prophets 
that  would  have  put  me  in  fear. 

15  But  the  wall  was  finished  the  five  and  twenti- 
eth day  of  the  month  of  Elul,  in  two  and  fifty  days. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass  when  all  our  enemies 
heard  of  it,  that  all  nations  which  were  round  about 
us,  were  afraid,  and  were  cast  down  within  them- 
selves :  for  they  perceived  that  this  work  was  the 
work  of  God. 

17  Moreover  in  those  days  many  letters  were  sent 
by  the  principal  men  of  the  Jews  to  Tobias  ;  and 
from  Tobias  there  came  letters  to  them. 

18  For  there  were  many  in  Judea  sworn  to  him, 
because  he  was  the  son-in-law  of  Sechenias  the  son 
of  Area;  and  Johanan  his  son  had  taken  to  wife 
the  daughter  of  Mosollam  the  son  of  Barachias. 

19  And  they  praised  him  also  before  me;  and 
they  related  my  words  to  him  :  and  Tobias  sent  let- 
ters to  put  me  in  fear. 

CHAP.  VII. 

Nehemias  appointeth  watchmen  in  Jerusalem.     The  list  of  those 
who  came  first  fr 07ii  Babylon.    » 

IVTOW  after  the  wall  was  built,  and  I  had  set  up 
^  '  the  doors,  and  numbered  the  porters,  and  sing- 
ing men,  and  Levites, 

2  I  commanded  Hanani  my  brother,  and  Hana- 
nias  ruler  of  the  house  of  Jerusalem  (for  he  seemed 
as  a  sincere  man,  and  one  that  feared  God  above 
the  rest.) 

3  And  I  said  to  them  :  Let  not  the  gates  of  Je- 
rusalem be  opened  till  the  sun  be  hot.  And  while 
they  were  yet  standing  by,  the  gates  were  shut,  and 
barred :  and  I  set  watchmen  of  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem,  every  one  by  their  courses,  and  every 
man  over-against  his  house. 

4  And  the  city  was  very  wide  and  great,  and  the 
people  few  in  the  midst  thereof;  and  the  houses 
were  not  built. 

5  But  God  had  put  in  my  heart,  and  I  assembled 
the  princes,  and  magistrates,  and  common  people, 
to  number  them  :  and  I  found  a  book  of  the  num- 
ber of  them  who  came  up  at  the  first,  and  tlterein  it 
was  found  written : 

6  These  are  the  children  of  the  province,  who 
came  up  from  the  captivity  of  them  that  had  been 
carried  away,  whom  Nabuchodonosor  the  king  of 
Babylon  had  carried  away,  and  who  returned  into 
Judea,  every  one  into  his  own  city : 

7  Who  came  with  Zorobabel,  Josue,  Nehemias, 
Azarias,  Raamias,  Nahamani,  Mardochai,  Belsam, 
Mespharath,  Begoai,  Nahum,  Baana.    The  numb 
of  the  men  of  the  people  of  Israel : 

8  The  children  of  Pharos,  two  thousand  one 
hundred  seventy-two. 

9  The  children  of  Sephatia,  three  hundred  se- 
venty-two. 

10  The  children  of  Area,  six  hundred  fifty-two 

1 1  The  children  of  Phahath  Moab  of  the  children 

371 


II.  ESDRAS. 


of  Josue  and  Juab,  two  thousand  I  Sghl  hundred 
eighteen. 

I  J  The  children  of  Elam,  one  thousand  two  huii- 
tln  d  fifty-four. 

IS  Tho  children  of  Zethua,  eight  hundred  forty- 

l'|\r. 

1 V  The  children  of  ZachaL  teven  hundred  sixty. 

I  ■  >Tliechildien  olT>annui,.MX  hundred  fort  y-»  tight. 

lb'  The  children  ol  Bebai,  six  hundred  twenty* 
elghti 

17  The  children  of  Azgad,  two  thousand  three 
hundred  twenty-two. 

lit  The  children  of  Adouicain,  six  hundred : si \tv- 
sevcn.         * 

19  The  children  of  Bcguai,  two  thousand  sixty  - 

M. 

rhe  children  of  Ailin,  six  hundred  fifty-five. 
J I  The  children  ol '  Ater,  children  of  Hezecias, 
■linrty-eiiilit. 

JJ  The  children  of  Hascm,  three  hundred  twen- 
\-«  i-ht. 

23  The  children  of  Besai,  three  hundred  twenty- 
our. 

24  The  children  of  Hareph,  a  hundred  and  twelve. 

25  The  children  of  Gaboon,  ninety-live. 

26  The  children  of  Bethlehem,  and  Netupha,  a 
lundred  eighty-eight. 

27  The  men  of  Anathoth,a  hundred  twenty-eight. 

28  The  mcuof  Bcthazmoth,  forty-two. 

29  The  men  of  Cariathiarim,  Cephira,  and  Be- 
roth,  seven  hundred  forty-three. 

30  The  men  of  Kama  and  Geba,  six  hundred 
twenty-one. 

31  The  men  of  Machmas,  a  hundred  twenty-two. 

32  The  men  of  Bethel  and  llai,  a  hundred  twen- 
ty-three. 

33  The  men  of  the  other  Nebo,  fifty-two. 

34  The  men  of  the  other  Elam,  one  thousand 
two  hundred  fifty-four. 

35  The  children  of  Harem,  three  hundred  and 
twenty. 

36  The  children  of  Jericho,  three  hundred  forty- 
five. 

37  The  children  of  Lod,  of  Hadid  and  Ono,  se- 
ven hundred  twenty-one. 

38  The  children  of  Senaa,  three  thousand  nine 
hundred  thirty. 

39  The  priests:  The  children  of  Idaia  in  tin- 
house  of  Josue.  nine  hundred  and  seventy-three. 

40  The  children  of  Emmer,  one  thousand  fifty- 
two. 

41  The  children  of  Phashur,  one  thousand  two 
hundred  forty-seven. 

42  The  (hildreu  of  Arcm,  one  thousand  and 
seventeen  :  The  l.ev'm  >. 

43  The  children  of  Josue  and  Cedmihel,  the 
sons 

I  )f  Odtiia.   seventy-four :  The  ringing  men: 

45  The  children  of  Asaph,  a  hundred  forty-eidit. 

46  The  porters:  The  children  of  Sellum,  the 
children  of  Ater,  the  children  of  Telmon,  the  chil- 
dren of  Accub,  the  children  of  Hatha,  the  children 
of  Sobai:  a  hundred  th'uU  e'mht. 


47  The  Nathinites :  The  children  of  Soha,  the 
children  of  HaMipha,  the  children  of  Tebhaoth. 

48  The  children  of  C'eros,  the  children  of  Siaa, 
the  children  of  Pbadon,  the  children  of  Lebana,  the 

children  of  1 1 a^aba,  the  children  of  Sehnai. 

19  The  children  of  Hainan,  the  children  of  Ged- 
del,  the  children  of  Gaher, 

50  The  children  of  Kaaia,  the  children  of  Rasin, 
the  children  of  Neooda* 

51  The  children  of  Gezem,  the  children  of  A 
the  children  of  l'hasea. 

The  children  of  Besai,  the  children  of  Munim, 
the  children  of  Nephussim, 

53  The  children  of  Bacbuc,  the  children  of  II a- 
cupha,  the  children  of  Harhur, 

54  The  children  of  Besloth,  the  children  of  Ma- 
hida,  the  children  of  Ilarsa, 

55  The  children  of  Bercos,  the  children  of  Sisara, 
the  children  of  Thema, 

50  The  children  of  Nasia,  the  children  of  Hatipha, 
.")7  The  children  of  the  servants  of  Solomon,   the 

children  of  Sotbat,  the  children  of  Sophereth,  the 

children  of  Pharida, 

58  The  childreu  of  Jahala,  the  children  of  Dar- 
con,  the  children  of  Jeddel. 

59  The  children  of  Saphatia,  the  children  of  Ila- 
til.  the  children  of  Phochereth,  who  was  born  of 
Sal iniin.  the  son  of  Anion. 

60  All  the  Nathinites,  and  the  children  of  the 
servants  of  Solomon,  three  hundred  ninety-two. 

61  And  these  are  they  that  came  up  from  Telme- 
la,  Thelharsa,  Cherub,  Addon,  and  Emmer:  and 
could  not  show  the  house  of  their  fathers,  nor  theii 

!.  w  hether  they  were  of  Israel. 

62  The  children  of  Dalaia,  the  children  of  Tobia, 
the  children  of  Necoda,  six  hundred  forty-two. 

63  And  of  the  priests,  the  children  of  I  labia,  the 
children  of  Accos,  the  children  of  Berzellai,  who 
took  a  wife  of  the  daughters  of  Berzellai  the  Gala- 
adite,  and  he  was  called  by  their  name. 

64  These  sought  their  writing  in  the  record,  and 
found  it  not :  and  they  were  cast  out  of  the  priest- 
hood. 

65  And  Athersatha  said  to  them,  that  they  should 
not  eat  of  the  Holies  of  Holies,  until  there  stood  up 
a  priest  learned  and  skilful. 

66  All  the  multitude  as  it  were  one  man,  forty 
two  thousand  three  hundred  sixty, 

67  Beside  their  men-servants  and  women-ser- 
vants, who  were  seven  thousand  three  hundred 
thirty-seven;  and  among themsinging  uicn,  andsin-- 
ing  women,  two  hundred  forty-!i\e. 

68  Their  horses,  seven  hundred  thirty-six:  theii 
mules.  tWO  hundred    for!\-live: 

69  Their  camels,  lour    hundred  thirty-five,  theii 

Bases,  six  thousand  seven  hundred  and  twenty . 
Hitherto  it  related  what  was  written  in  the  record 
M  th  is  place  forward  ftodh  on  the  history  oj 

\iln  mius. 

70  And  SOtne 6f  the  heads  of  the  familii 
iintothe  work.     Athersatha*  gave  into  the  tr<  asure  a 


•  .Itktrtmtkm.     Tliali*,  NcbciniM;  a*  appcara  from  chap,  xn    Kill,.- 


CHAP.  VIII,  IX. 


thousand  drams  of  gold,  fifty  bowls,  and  five  hun- 
dred and  thirty  garments  for  priests. 

71  And  some  of  the  heads  of  families  save  to  the 
treasure  of  the  work,  twenty  thousand  drams  of 
Sold,  and  two  thousand  two  hundred  pounds  of 
silver. 

72  And  that  which  the  rest  of  the  people  s:*ve, 
was  twenty  thousand  drams  of  s°ld,  and  two  thou- 
sand pounds  of  silver,  and  sixty-seven  garments  for 
priests. 

73  And  the  priests,  and  the  Levites,  and  the  por- 
ters, and  the  singing  men,  and  the  rest  of  the  com- 
mon people,  and  the  Nathinites,  and  all  Israel,  dwelt 
in  their  cities. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

Esdras  readeth  the  law  before  the  people.     Nehemias  comfort- 
eth  them.     They  celebrate  the  feast  of  tabernacles. 

A  ND  the  seventh  month  came :  and  the  children 
-^*-of  Israel  were  in  their  cities.  And  all  the 
people  were  sphered  together  as  one  man  to  the 
street  which  is  before  the  water-sate:  and  they  spoke 
to  Esdras  the  scribe,  to  brins  the  book  of  the  law  of 
Moses,  which  the  Lord  had  commanded  to  Israel. 

2  Then  Esdras  the  priest  brought  the  law  before 
the  multitude  of  men  and  women,  and  all  those  that 
could  understand,  in  the  first  day  of  the  seventh 
month. 

3  And  he  read  it  plainly  in  the  street  that  was 
before  the  water-gate,  from  the  mornins  until  mid- 
day, before  the  men,  and  the  women,  and  all  those 
that  could  understand  :  and  the  ears  of  all  the  peo- 
ple were  attentive  to  the  book. 

4  And  Esdras  the  scribe  stood  upon  a  step  of 
wood,  which  he  had  made  to  speak  upon  :  and  there 
stood  by  him  Mathathias,  and  Semeia,  and  Ania, 
and  Uria,  and  Helcia,  and  Maasia,  on  his  right 
hand  ;  and  on  the  left,  Phadaia,  Misael,  and  Mel- 
chia,  and  Hasum,  and  Hasbadana,  Zacharia  and 
Mosollam  f 

b  And  Esdras  opened  the  book  before  all  the 

Eeople  :  for  he  was  above  all  the  people  :  and  when 
e  had  opened  it,  all  the  people  stood. 

6  And  Esdras  blessed  the  Lord  the  great  God  : 
and  all  the  people  answered  :  Amen,  amen,  lifting 
up  their  hands  :  and  they  bowed  down,  and  adored 
God  with  their  faces  to  the  ground. 

7  Now  Josue,  and  Bani,  and  Serebia,  Jamin, 
Accub,  Septhai,  Odia,  Maasia,  Celita,  Azarias, 
Jozabed,  Hanan,  Phalaia,  the  Levites,  made  silence 
among  the  people  to  hear  the  law :  and  the  people 
stood  in  their  place. 

8  And  they  read  in  the  book  of  the  law  of  God 
distinctly  and  plainly  to  be  understood  :  and  they 
understood  when  it  was  read. 

9  And  Nehemias  (he  is  Athersatha)  and  Esdras 
the  priest  and  scribe,  and  the  Levites  who  inter- 
preted to  all  the  people,  said  :  This  is  a  holy  day  to 
the  Lord  our  God  :  do  not  mourn,  nor  weep  :  for 

*hat  he  was  so  called  at  the  court  of  the  king  of  Persia,  where  he 
was  cup-bearer :  or  that,  as  some  think,  this  name  signifies  governor  ■ 
and  he  was  at  that  time  governor  of  Judea 


all  the  people  wept,  when  they  heard  the  words  of 
the  law. 

10  And  he  said  to  them  :  Go,  eat  fat  meats,  and 
drink  sweet  wine,  and  send  portions  to  them  tha 
have  not  prepared  for  themselves  :  because  it  is  the 
holy  day  of  the  Lord,  and  be  not  sad  :  for  the  joy  o. 
the  Lord  is  our  strength. 

1 1  And  the  Levites  stilled  all  the  people,  saying. 
Hold  your  peace,  for  the  day  is  holy ;  and  be  no 
sorrowful. 

12  So  all  the  people  went  to  eat  and  drink,  and 
to  send  portions,  and  to  make  sreat  mirth  :  because 
they  understood  the  words  that  he  had  tausht  them. 

13  And  on  the  second  day  the  chiefs  of  the  fami- 
lies of  all  the  people,  the  priests,  and  the  Levites 
were  gathered  together  to  Esdras  the  scribe,  that  he 
should  interpret  to  them  the  words  of  the  law. 

14  And  they  found  written  in  the  law,  that  the 
Lord  had  commanded  by  the  hand  of  Moses,  that 
the  children  of  Israel  should  dwell  in  tabernacles, 
on  the  feast,  in  the  seventh  month  : 

15  And  that  they  should  proclaim  and  publish 
the  word  in  all  their  cities,  ana  in  Jerusalem,  saying: 
Go  forth  to  the  mount,  and  fetch  branches  of  olive, 
and  branches  of  beautiful  wood,  branches»of  myrtle, 
and  branches  of  palm,  and  branches  of  thick  trees, 
to  make  tabernacles,  as  it  is  written. 

16  And  the  people  went  forth,  and  brought.  And 
they  made  themselves  tabernacles  every  man  on  the 
top  of  his  house,  and  in  their  courts,  and  in  the 
courts  of  the  house  of  God,  and  in  the  street  of  the 
water-sate,  and  in  the  street  of  the  sate  of  Ephraim. 

17  And  all  the  assembly  of  them  that  were  re- 
turned from  the  captivity,  made  tabernacles,  and 
dwelt  in  tabernacles  :  for  since  the  days  of  Josue 
the  son  of  Nun,  the  children  of  Israel  had  not  done 
so,  until  that  day :  and  there  was  exceedins  great  joy. 

18  And  he  read  in  the  book  of  the  law  of  God 
day  by  day,  from  the  first  day  till  the  last :  and  they 
kept  the  solemnity  seven  days,  and  in  the  eighth 
day  a  solemn  assembly  according  to  the  manner. 

CHAP.  IX. 

The  people  repent  with  fasting  and  sackcloth.  The  Levites  con- 
fess God's  benefits,  and  the  people's  ingratitude  :  they  pray 
for  them  ;  and  make  a  covenant  with  God. 

A  ND  in  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of  the  month, 
J^  the  children  of  Israel  came  together  with 
fasting  and  with  sackcloth,  and  earth  upon  them. 

2  And  the  seed  of  the  children  of  Israel  separa- 
ted themselves  from  every  stranger :  and  they  stood, 
and  confessed  their  sins,  and  the  iniquities  of  their 
fathers. 

3  And  they  rose  up  to  stand :  and  they  read  in  the 
book  of  the  law  of  the  Lord  their  God,  four  times 
in  the  day,  and  four  times  they  confessed,  and 
adored  the  Lord  their  God. 

4  And  there  stood  up  upon  the  step  of  the  Levites 
Josue,  and  Bani,  and  Cedmihel,  Sabania,  Bonni, 
Sarebias,  Bani,  and  Chanani:  and  they  cried  with 
a  loud  voice  to  the  Lord  their  God. 

5  And  the  Levites  Josue  and  Cedmihel,  Bonni, 
Hasebnia,  Serebia,  Odaia,  Sebnia,  and  Phathahia, 
said  :  Arise,  bless  the  Lord  your  God  from  eternity 

373 


II.  ESDRAS. 


to  etcrnitv  :  and  blessed  be  the  high  name  of  thy 
glory  with  all  blessing  and  pcatl 

6  Thou  thyself,  O  Lord,  alone,  thou  hast  Dade 
he.ixcn.  and  the  heaven  of  hea\ ens,  and  all  the  host 
thereof;  the  earth  and  all  things  that  are  in  it  ;  the 
s.;in  and  all  that  are  therein:  and  thou  niw  st  life 
10  all  these  things  ;  and  the  host  of  heaven  adoreth 

the*. 

7  Thou,  O  Lord  God,  art  he  who  chosest  Abram, 
and  broughtest  him  forth  out  of  the  fire  of  the  Chal- 
dean-,* and  gavest  him  the  name  of  Abraham. 

8  And  thou  didst  find  his  heart  faithful  before 
thee  :  and  thou  madesi  a  covenant  with  him,  to 
give  him  the  land  of  the  C'hanaanite,  of  the  Hethite, 
and  of  the  Amorrhite,  and  of  the  Pherezite,  and  of 
the  Jebushe,  and  of  the  ( ler-esite,  to  give  it  to  his 

I:  and  thou  hast  fulfilled  thy  words,  because 
thou  art  just. 

9  And  thou  saucst  the  affiietion  of  our  fathers 
in  Egypt  :  and  thou  didst  hear  their  cry  by  the  Red 

Sea. 

10  And  thou  showedst  signs  and  wonders  upon 
IMiarao,  and  upon  all  his  servants,  and  upon  the 
people  of  his  land  :  for  thou  knowest  that  they  dealt 
proudly  against  them  :  and  thou  madcst  thyself  a 
name,  as  it  is  at  this  day. 

1 1  And  thou  didst  divide  the  sea  before  them  ; 
and  thev  passed  through  the  midst  of  the  sea  on  dry 
luid  :  but  their  persecutors  thou  threwest  into  the 
depth,  as  a  stone  into  mighty  waters. 

I  J  And  in  a  pillar  of  a  cloud  thou  wast  their 
hader  by  day,  and  in  a  pillar  of  fire  by  night,  that 
thev  might  see  the  way  by  which  they  went. 

13  Thou  earnest  down  also  to  mount  Sinai,  and 
didst  speak  with  them  from  heaven  :  and  thou 
_.i\est  t In  in  right  judgments,  and  the  law  of  truth, 
ceremonies,  and  good  precepts. 

14  Thou  madest  known  to  them  thy  holy  sab- 
hath,  and  didst  prescribe  to  them  commandments, 
and  eereinonies,  and  the  law  hy  the  hand  of  Moses 
thy  servant. 

15  And  thou  gavest  them  bread  from  heaven  in 
their  hunger,  and  broughtest  forth  water  for  them 
out  of  the  rock  in  their  thirst :  and  thou  saidst  to 
them  that  thev  shouid  go  in.  and  possess  the  land, 
upon  which  thou  hadst  lifted  up  thy  hand  to  give  it 
them. 

16  But  thev  and  our  fathers  dealt  proudly,  and 
hardened  their  necks,  and  hearkened  not  to  thy 
commandments. 

17  And  they  would  not  hear;  and  they  remem- 
bered not  thy  wonders  which  thou  hadst  done  for 
them.  And  thev  hardened  their  necks,  and  gave 
the  headf  to  return  to  their  bondage,  as  it  were  by 
contention.  Hut  thou,  a  forgiving  God,  gracious, 
and  merciful,  long-suffering  and  full  of  companion. 
didst  not  forsake  them. 

I  ■  i  when  thev  had  made  also  to  themselves 
a  molten  calf,  and  had  said:   This  is  thy  God,  that 

•  Tktfir*  o/  Iht  CkaUtmu.  The  city  of  ( V  I  i  <  haldea,  the  name  of 
whU  h  »iifnittr«  firt.  Or  out  of  the  fire  of  the  tribulations  and  tempta- 
tion*, to  which  tie  was  there  exposed.    The  ancient  Rabbins  urulcr- 

374 


brought  thee  out  of  EgJ  pt ;  and  had  committed  great 

blasphemies: 

19  Vet  thou,  in  thy  many  mercies,  didst  not  leave 
them  in  the  desert  :  the  pillar  of  (he  cloud  depart- 
ed not  from  them  by  day  to  lead  them  in  the  way, 
and  the  pillar  of  fire  by  night  to  show  them  the  \\a\ 
liv  which  thev  should  go. 

20  And  thou  i:a\est  them  thv  good  Spirit  to  teach 
them;  and  thy  manna  thou  didst  not  withhold  from 
their  mouth;  and  thou  gavest  them  water  for  their 
thirst. 

21  Forty  years  didst  thou  feed  them  in  the  desert, 
and  nothing  was  wanting  to  them:  their  garments 
did  not  grow  old,  and  their  feet  were  not  worn. 

22  And  thou  gavest  them  kingdoms,  and  nations. 
and  didst  divide  lots  for  tin  m  :  and  they  po-si  sst  d 
the  land  of  Sehon,  and  the  land  of  the  king  of  Hese- 
bon,  and  the  land  of  Og  king  of  Basan. 

23  And  thou  didst  multiply  their  children  as  the 
stars  of  heaven,  and  broughtest  them  to  the  land 
concerning  which  thou  hadst  said  to  their  fade 
that  they  should  go  in  and  |>ossess  it. 

i  24  And  the  children  came  and  possessed  the  land : 
and  thou  didst  humble  before  them  the  inhabitants 
of  the  land,  the  (lianaanites,  and  gavest  them  into 
their  hands,  with  their  kings,  and  the  people  of  the 
land,  that  they  might  do  with  them  as  it  pleased 
them. 

25  And  they  took  strong  cities  and  a  fat  land,  and 
possessed  houses  full  of  all  goods;  cisterns  made  bj 
others,  vineyards,  and  olive-yards,  and  fniit-treea 
inabundance:  andtheyate,  and  w  ere  filled,  and  be- 
came fat,  and  abounded  with  delight  in  thy  great 
goodness. 

26  But  they  provoked  thee  to  wrath,  and  depart- 
ed from  thee,  and  threw  thy  law  behind  their  backs: 
and  they  killed  thy  prophets,  who  admonished  tin  m 
earnestly  to  return  to  thee:  and  they  were  guilty  of 
great  blasphemies. 

27  And  thou  gavest  them  into  the  hands  of  their 
enemies,  and  tiny  afflicted  them.  And  in  the  time 
of  their  tribulation  they  cried  to  tine,  and  thou 
heardest  from  heaven;  and  according  to  the  multi- 
tudeof  thy  tender  mercies  thou  gavest  them  sn\  lours, 
U)  save  them  from  the  hands  of  their  cnc.-ii 

28  But  after  they  had  rest,  they  returned  to  do 
e\il  in  thy  sight:  and  thou  leftest  them  in  the  hand 
of  their  enemies;  and  they  had  dominion  o\er  tin  -in. 
Then  they  returned,  and  cried  to  thee:  and  thou 
heardest  from  hea\en,  and  deliw xedst  them  many 
times  in  thy  mercies. 

29  And  thou  didst  admonish  them  to  return  to 
thy  law.  But  they  dealt  proudly,  and  hearkened 
not  to  thy  commandments,  but  sinned  against  thy 
judgments,  which  if  ■  man  do,  be  shall  li\  e  in  them  • 

and  thev  withdrew  the  shoulder,  and  hardened  tin  ir 
neck,  and  would  not  hear. 

30  And  thou  didst  forbear  with  them  for  many 
years,  and  didst  testify  against  them  bj  thj  spirit  by 

■tood  tlii«  literally,  affirming  that  Abram  wax  cast  into  the  fire  by  the 
idolaters,  and  brought  out  by  a  miracle  witliout  anv  hurt. 

t  Jlni  for*  Ikt  ktad.     That  is,  they  tt  their  head,  or  were  bent  to 
II  return  to  Egypt. 


CHAP.  X. 


the  hand  of  thy  prophets :  and  they  heard  not,  and 
thou  didst  deliver  them  into  the  hand  of  the  people 
of  the  lands- 
Si  Yet  in  thy  very  many  mercies  thou  didst  not 
utterly  consume  them,  nor  forsake  them:  because 
thou  art  a  merciful  and  gracious  God. 

32  Now  therefore  our  God,  great,  strong,  and 
terrible,  who  keepest  covenant  and  mercy,  turn  not 
away  from  thy  face  all  the  labour  which  hath  come 
upon  us,  upon  our  kings,  and  our  princes,  and  our 
priests,  and  our  prophets,  and  our  fathers,  and  all 
the  people,  from  the  days  of  the  king  of  Assur,  un- 
til this  day. 

33  And  thou  art  just  in  all  things  that  have  come 
upon  us  :  because  thou  hast  done  truth;  but  we  have 
done  wickedly. 

34  Our  kings,  our  princes,  our  priests,  and  our 
fathers  have  not  kept  thy  law,  and  have  not  minded 
thy  commandments,  and  thy  testimonies  which  thou 
hast  testified  among  them. 

35  And  they  have  not  served  thee  in  their  king- 
doms, and  in  thy  manifold  goodness,  which  thou 
gavest  them,  and  in  the  large  and  fat  land  which 
thou  deliveredst  before  them;  nor  did  they  return 
from  their  most  wicked  devices. 

3Q  Behold,  we  ourselves  this  day  are  bondmen  : 
and  the  land,  which  thou  gavest  our  fathers,  to  eat 
the  bread  thereof,  and  the  good  things  thereof,  and 
we  ourselves  are  servants  in  it. 

37  And  the  fruits  thereof  grow  up  for  the  kings, 
whom  thou  hast  set  over  us  for  our  sins:  and  they 
have  dominion  over  our  bodies,  and  over  our  beasts, 
according  to  their  will ;  and  we  are  in  great  tribu- 
lation. 

38  And  because  of  all  this  we  ourselves  make  a 
covenant,  and  write  it;  and  our  princes,  our  Levites, 
Hnd  our  priests  sing  it. 

CHAP.  X. 

The  names  of  the  subscribers  to  the  covenant,  and  the  con- 
tents of  it. 

AND  the  subscribers  were  Nehemias,  Athersatha 
£*•  the  son  of  Hachelai,  and  Sedecias, 

2  Saraias,  Azarias,  Jeremias, 

3  Pheshur,  Amarias,  Melchias, 

4  Hattus,  Sebenia,  Melluch, 

5  Harem,  Merimoth,  Obdias, 

6  Daniel,  Genthon,  Baruch, 

7  Mosollam,  Abia,  Miamin, 

8  Maazia,  Belgia,  Semeia:  these  were  priests. 

9  And  the  Levites,  Josue  the  son  of  Azanias,  Ben- 
l.ui  of  the  sons  of  Henadad,  Cedmihel, 

10  And  their  brethren,  Sebenia,  Odaia,  Celita, 
Phalaia,  Hanan, 

11  Micha,  Rohob,  Hasebia, 

12  Zachur,  Serebia,  Sabania, 

13  Odaia,  Bani,  Baninu. 

14  The  heads  of  the  people,  Pharos,  Phahath- 
moab,  Elam,  Zethu,  Bani, 

15  Bonni,  Azgad,  Bebai, 

16  Adonia,  Begoai,  Adin, 

17  Ater,  Hezecia,  Azur, 

18  Odaia,  Hasum,  Besai, 


19  Hareph,  Anathoth,  Nebai, 

20  Megphias,  Mosollam,  Hazir, 

21  Mesizabel,  Sadoc,  Jeddua, 

22  Pheltia,  Hanan,  Anaia, 

23  Osee,  Hanania,  Hasub, 

24  Alohes,  Phalea,  Sobec, 

25  Rehum,  Hasebna,  Maasia, 

26  Echaia,  Hanan,  Anan, 

27  Melluch,  Haran,  Baana: 

28  And  the  rest  of  the  people,  priests,  Levites, 
porters,  and  singing-men,  Nathinites,  and  all  that 
had  separated  themselves  from  the  people  of  the 
lands  to  the  law  of  God,  their  wives,  their  sons,  and 
their  daughters, 

29  All  that  could  understand  promising  for  their 
brethren,  with  their  chief  men,  and  they  came  to 
promise  and  swear  that  they  would  walk  in  the  law 
of  God,  which  he  gave  in  the  hand  of  Moses  the 
servant  of  God,  that  they  would  do  and  keep  all  the 
commandments  of  the  Lord  our  God,  and  his  judg- 
ments and  his  ceremonies: 

30  And  that  we  would  not  give  our  daughters  to 
the  people  of  the  land,  nor  take  their  daughters  for 
our  sons: 

31  And  if  the  people  of  the  land  bring  in  things 
to  sell,  or  any  things  for  use,  to  sell  them  on  the 
sabbath-day,  that  we  would  not  buy  them  of  them 
on  the  sabbath,  or  on  the  holy  day :  and  that  we 
would  leave  the  seventh  year,  and  the  exaction  of 
every  hand. 

32  And  we  made  ordinances  for  ourselves,  to  give 
the  third  part  of  a  side  every  year  for  the  work  of 
the  house  of  our  God, 

33  For  the  loaves  of  proposition,  and  for  the 
continual  sacrifice,  and  for  a  continual  holocaust  on 
the  sabbaths,  on  the  new  moons,  on  the  set  feasts, 
and  for  the  holy  things,  and  for  the  sin-offering  :  that 
atonement  might  be  made  for  Israel,  and  for  every 
use  of  the  house  of  our  God. 

34  And  we  cast  lots  among  the  priests,  and  the 
Levites,  and  the  people,  for  the  offering  of  wood, 
that  it  might  be  brought  into  the  house  of  our  God 
by  the  houses  of  our  fathers  at  set  times,  from  year 
to  year;  to  burn  upon  the  altar  of  the  Lord  our  God, 
as  it  is  written  in  the  law  of  Moses  : 

35  And  that  we  would  bring  the  first-fruits  of  our 
land,  and  the  first-fruits  of  all  fruit  of  every  tree, 
from  year  to  year,  in  the  house  of  our  Lord  : 

36  And  the  first-born  of  our  sons,  and  of  our  cat- 
tle, as  it  is  written  in  the  law,  and  the  firstlings 
of  our  oxen,  and  of  our  sheep,  to  be  offered  in  the 
house  of  our  God,  to  the  priests  who  minister  in  the 
house  of  our  God : 

37  And  that  we  would  bring  the  first-fruits  of 
our  meats,  and  of  our  libations,  and  the  fruit  of 
every  tree,  of  the  vintage  also,  and  of  oil  to  the 
priests,  to  the  store-house  of  our  God,  and  the  tithes 
of  our  ground  to  the  Levites.  The  Levites  also 
shall  receive  the  tithes  of  our  works  out  of  all  the 
cities. 

38  And  the  priest  the  son  of  Aaron  shall  be  with 
the  Levites  in  the  tithes  of  the  Levites*  and  the  Le- 
vites shall  offer  the  tithe  of  their  tithes  in  the  house 

376 


II.  ESDHAS. 
into    tilt*   treasurc- 


of  our  God,  to  the  store-room 
house. 

39  For  the  children  of  [mal  and  the  children  of 
Levi  shall  carry  to  the  treasury  the  first-fruits  of 
corn,  of  wine,  and  of  oil:  and  the  sanctified  wssels 
shall  he  there,  and  the  priests,  and  the  tinging  men, 
and  the  porters,  and  ministers:  and  we  will  uot  for- 
sake the  house  of  our  God. 

CHAP.  XI. 

Wmowere  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  and  the  other  cities. 

AND  the  princes  of  the  people  dwelt  at  Jerusa- 
lem :  hut  the  rest  of  the  people  cast  lots,  to 
take  one  part  in  ten  to  dwell  in  Jerusalem  the  holy 
city,  and  nine  purls  in  the  oilier  cities. 

J   \ nil  the  people  blessed  all  the  men   that  wil- 

lindv  offered  tbetnserrefl  to  dwell  in  JefnsaJem< 

9  rhese  therefore  are  the  chief  men  of  the  pro- 
vince, who  dwelt  in  Jerusalem,  and  in  the  cities  of 
Juda.  And  every  one  dwelt  in  his  possession,  in 
their  cities:  Israel,  the  priests,  the  Levites.  the  Na- 
thinites,  and  the  children  of  the  servants  of  Solomon. 
4  And  in  Jerusalem  there  dwelt  some  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Juda,  and  some  of  the  children  of  Benja- 
min: of  the  children  of  Juda,  Athaias  the  son  of 
A/iam,  the  son  of  Zacharias,  the  son  of  Amarias. 
the  son  of  Saphatias,  the  son  of  Malaleel:  of  the 
sous  of  Phares, 

">  Maasia  the  sonof  Baruch,  the  son  of  Cholhoza, 
the  son  of  lla/.ia,  the  son  of  Adaia,  the  son  of  Joia- 
rih.  the  son  of  Zacharias,  the  sonof  the   Silonite: 

6  All  these  the  sons  of  Phares,  who  dwelt  in  Je- 
rusalem, were  four  hundred  sixty-eight  valiant  men. 

7  And  these  are  the  children  of  Benjamin:  Sel- 
lum  the  son  of  Mosollam,  the  son  of  Joed,  the  son 
of  Phadaia,  the  son  of  Colaia,  the  son  of  Masia,  the 
son  of  l.theel,  the  son  of  Isaia, 

8  And  after  him  Gebbai,  Sellai,  nine  hundred 
twenty-eight. 

9  And  Joel  the  son  of  Zechri  their  nder,  and  Ju- 
das the  sou  of  Senna  was  second  over  the  city. 

10  And  of  the  priests  ldaia  the  son  of  Joarih,  Ja- 
chin, 

11  Saraia  the  son  of  llelcias,  the  son  of  Mosollam, 
the  sou  of  Sadoc,  the  son  of  Mcraioth,  the  son  of 
Acbitob  the  prince  of  the  house  of  God, 

12  And  their  brethren  that  do  the  works  of  the 
temple:  eight  hundred  twenty-two.  And  Adaia 
the  son  of  Jcroham,  the  son  ol  Phelelia,  the  son  of 
Anisi,  the  son  of  Zacharias,  the  son  of  Pheshur, 
the  son  of  Melchias, 

13  And  his  brethren  the  chiefs  of  the  fathers: 
two  hundred  forty-two.  And  Amassai  the  son  of 
A/ni  I,  the  son  of  Aha/i,  the  son  of  Mosollamoth, 
the  son  of  Kmmer, 

I  I  \nil  their  brethren  who  were  very  mighty,  a 
hundred  twenty-eight:  and  their  ruler  Zabaiel  son 
of  the  aright] . 

15  And  of  I  In  Levites  Semeia  the  son  ol  I  lasub. 
the  son  of  A /a  i  ieam,  the  sonof  Ilasaliia,  the  son  of 
Boni, 

16  And  Saliathai  and  Jozabed,  who  were  over 
all  the  outward  bttsinessof  the  house  of  God,  of  the 
princes  of  the  Levites. 

316 


17  And  Mathania  the  son  of  Micha,  the  son  ol 
Zebedei,  the  son  of  Asaph  was  the  principal  man  to 
praise,  and  to  gb«  idory  in  praver,  and  Becbeek 
the  second,  one  of  his  brethren,  and  Alula  the  son  o! 
Samua,  the  son  of  Galal,  the  son  of  Idithun. 

18  All  the  l.e\itesin  the  holy  city  were  two  hun- 
dred eighty-four. 

19  And  the  porters,  Accuh.  Tclmon,  and  their 
brethren,  who  kept  the  loots,  a  hundred  lesonty-two. 

>  20  And  the  rest  of  Israel,  the  priests  and  the  Le- 
vites were  in  all  the  cities  of  Juda,  sects  man  in 
his  possession. 

21  And  the  Nathinites, that  dwelt  in  Ophel,  and 
Siaha,  and  Gaspha  of  the  Nathiniti 

22  And  the  overseer  of  the  Levites  in  Jerusalem, 
was  Azzi  the  son  of  Bani,  the  son  of  llasahia,  the 
son  of  Mathania,  the  son  of  Micha.  Of  the  sons  of 
Asaph,  wire  the  singing  men  in  the  ministry  of  the 
house  of  God. 

23  For  the  king's  commandment  was  concerning 
them,  and  an  order  ■mOBg  the  singing  men  dav  by 
day. 

24  And  Phathahia,  the  son  of  Mese/ebel  of  the 
children  of  Zara  the  son  of  Juda  was  at  the  hand 
of  the  king,  in  all  matters  concerning  the  people. 

25  And  in  the  houses  through  all  their  countries. 
Of  the  children  of  Juda  some  dwelt  at  Cariatharbe, 
and  in  the  villages  thereof;  and  at  Dihon.  and  in  the 
villages  thereof;  and  at  Cabscel,  and  in  the  villages 
thereof; 

26  And  at  Jesue,  and  at  Molada,  and  at  Bethpha- 
leth, 

27  And  at  Hasersual,  and  at  Bersabee,  and  in 
the  villages  thereof; 

28  And  at  S* -cleg,  and  at  Mochona,  and  in  the 
villages  thereof; 

29  And  at  Bemmon,andat  Saraa,and  at  Jerimuth, 

30  Zanoa,  Odollam,  and  in  their  Tillages;  at  La- 
chis  and  its  dependencies;  and  at  Aseca  and  the 
villages  thereof.  And  they  dwelt  from  Bersabee 
unto  the  valley  of  Ennom. 

31  And  the  children  of  Beninmin.  from  Geba,  at 
Mechmas,  and  at  Hai,  and  at  Bethel,  and  in  the  vil- 
lages thereof, 

32  At  Anathoth,  Nob,  Anania, 

33  Asor,  Kama,  Gethaim, 

34  lladid,  Seboim,  and  Neballat,  lJod, 

35  And  Ono  the  valley  of  craftsmen. 

36  And  of  the  Levites  were  portions  of  Juda  and 
Benjamin. 

CHAP.  XII. 

The  priests,  and  Levites  that  came  up  with  ZarobabeL    The  sue 
cvskion  of  high  priests  :  the  solemnity  of  the.  dedication  of  th* 

trull. 

NOW  these  are  the  priests  and  the  Levites,  that 
went  up  with  Zorobabel  the  son  of  Sahuhiel, 

and  Josue:  Saraia,  .leicinias,  Esdras, 

2  Amaria,  Melluch,  Harms, 

3  Sclieuias,  Khcuin,  Meriinuth, 

4  Addo,  Genthon,  Abia, 

5  rMiamin,  Madia.  Bel 

6  Semeia,  and  Joiarib,  ldaia,  Selluin,  Amoc, 
llelcias, 


CHAP.  XII. 


7  Idaia.  These  were  the  chief  of  the  priests,  and 
of  their  brethren  in  the  days  of  Josue. 

8  And  the  Levites,  Jesua,  Bennui,  Cedmihel, 
Sarebia,  Juda,  Mathanias,  they  and  their  brethren 
were  over  the  hymns  : 

9  And  Becbecia,  and  Hanni  and  their  brethren 
<  very  one  in  his  office. 

10  And  Josue  begot.  Joacim;  and  Joacim  begot 
Eliasib;  and  Eliasib  begot  Joiada  ; 

1 1  And  Joiada  begot  Jonathan ;  and  Jonathan 
begot  Jeddoa. 

12  And  in  the  days  of  Joacim  the  priests  and 
heads  of  the  families  were :  Of  Saraia,  Maraia  :  of 
Jeivmias,  Hanania ; 

13  Of  Esdras,  Mosollam  ;  and  of  Amaria,  Jo- 
lianan  ; 

14  Of  Milicho,  Jonathan  ;  of  Sebenia,  Joseph  ; 

15  Of  Haram,  Edna  ;  of  Marioth,  Helci : 

16  Of  Adaia,  Zacharia ;  of  Genthon,  Mosollam; 

17  Of  Abia,  Zechri ;  ofMiamin  and  Moadia, 
Phelti; 

18  Of  Belga,  Sammua;  of  Semaia,  Jonathan; 

19  Of  Joiarib,  Mathanai:  of  Jodaia,  Azzi ; 

20  Of  Sellai,  Celai;  of  Amoc,  Heber  ; 

21  Of  Helcias,  Hasebia  ;  of  ldaia,  Nathanael. 

22  The  Levites  the  chiefs  of  the  families  in  the 
days  of  Eliasib,  and  Joiada,  and  Johanan,  and  Jed- 
doa, were  recorded,  and  the  priests  in  the  reign  of 
Darius  the  Persian. 

23  The  sons  of  Levi,  heads  of  the  families  were 
written  in  the  book  of  Chronicles,  even  unto  the 
days  of  Jonathan  the  son  of  Eliasib. 

24  Now  the  chief  of  the  Levites  were  Hasebia, 
Serebia,  and  Josue  the  son  of  Cedmihel:  and  their 
brethren  by  their  courses,  to  praise  and  to  give 
thanks  according  to  the  commandment  of  David  the 
man  of  God,  and  to  wait  equally  in  order. 

25  Mathania,  and  Becbecia,  Obedia,  and  Mosol- 
lam, Telmon,  Accub,  were  keepers  of  the  gates  and 
of  the  entrances  before  the  gates. 

26  These  were  in  the  days  of  Joacim  the  son  of 
Josue,  the  son  of  Josedec,  and  in  the  days  of  Nehe- 
mias  the  governor,  and  of  Esdras  the  priest  and  scribe. 

27  And  at  the  dedication  of  the  wall  of  Jerusa- 
lem they  sought  the  Levites  out  of  all  their  places, 
to  bring  them  to  Jerusalem,  and  to  keep  the 
dedication,  and  to  rejoice  with  thanksgiving,  and 
with  singing,  and  with  cymbals,  and  psalteries  and 
harps. 

28  And  the  sons  of  the  singing  men  were  gather- 
ed together  out  of  the  plain  country  about  Jerusalem, 
and  out  of  the  villages  of  Nethuphati, 

29  And  from  the  house  of  Galgal,  and  from  the 
countries  of  Geba  and  Azmaveth  :  for  the  singing 
men  had  built  themselves  villages  round  about  Je- 
rusalem. 

30  And  the  priests  and  the  Levites  were  purified : 
and  they  purified  the  people,  and  the  gates,  and  the 
wall. 

31  And  1  made  the  princes  of  Juda  go  up  upon 
the  wall ;  and  I  appointed  two  great  choirs  to  give 
praise.  And  they  went  on  the  right  hand  upon  the 
wall  toward  the  dunghill-gate. 

3  B 


32  And  after  them  went  Osaias,  and  half  of  the 
princes  of  Juda, 

33  And  Azarias,  Esdras,  and  Mosollam,  Judas, 
and  Benjamin,  and  Semeia,  and  Jeremias. 

34  And  of  the  sons  of  the  priests  with  trumpets, 
Zacharias  the  son  of  Jonathan,  the  son  of  Semeia, 
the  son  of  Mathania,  the  son  of  Michaia,  the,  son 
of  Zechur,  the  son  of  Asaph, 

35  And  his  brethren  Semeia,  and  Azareel,  Mala- 
lai,  Galalai,  Maai,  Nathanael,  and  Judas,  and  Ha- 
nani,  with  the  musical  instruments  of  David  the 
man  of  God  :  and  Esdras  the  scribe  before  them  at 
the  fountain-gate. 

36  And  they  went  up  over-against  them  by  the 
stairs  of  the  city  of  David,  at  the  going  up  of  the 
wall  of  the  house  of  David,  and  to  the  water-gate 
eastward :» 

37  And  the  second  choir  of  them  that  gave  thanks 
went  on  the  opposite  side,  and  I  after  them,  and  the 
half  of  the  people  upon  the  wall,  and  upon  the  tow- 
er of  the  furnaces,  even  to  the  broad  wall, 

38  And  above  the  gate  of  Ephraim,  and  above 
the  old  gate,  and  above  the  fish-gate,  and  the  tower 
of  HananeeJ,  and  the  tower  of  Emath,  and  even  to 
the  flock-gate  :  and  they  stood  still  in  the  watch- 
gate. 

39  And  the  two  choirs  of  them  that  gave  praise 
stood  still  at  the  house  of  God,  and  I  and  the  half 
of  the  magistrates  with  me. 

40  And  the  priests,  Eliachim,  Maasia,  Miamin, 
Michea,  Elioenai,  Zacharia,  Hananiawith  trumpets. 

41  And  Maasia,  and  Semeia,  and  Eleazar,  and 
Azzi,  and  Johanan,  and  Melehia,  and  Elam,  and 
Ezer.  And  the  singers  sung  loud ;  and  Jezraia  was 
their  overseer : 

42  And  they  sacrificed  on  that  day  great  sacri- 
fices, and  they  rejoiced  ;  for  God  had  made  them 
joyful  with  great  joy:  their  wives  also  and  their 
children  rejoiced ;  and  the  joy  of  Jerusalem  was 
heard  afar  off. 

43  They  appointed  also  in  that  day  men  over  the 
store-houses  of  the  treasure,  for  the  libations,  and 
for  the  first-fruits,  and  for  the  tithes,  that  the  rulers 
of  the  city  might  bring  them  in  by  them  in  honour 
of  thanksgiving,  for  the  priests  and  Levites:  for 
Juda  was  joyful  in  the  priests  and  Levites  that  as- 
sisted. 

44  And  they  kept  the  watch  of  their  God,  and 
the  observance  of  expiation,  and  the  singing  men, 
and  the  porters,  according  to  the  commandmeut  of 
David,  and  of  Solomon  his  son. 

45  For  in  the  days  of  David  and  Asaph  from  the 
beginning  there  were  chief  singers  appointed,  to 
praise  with  canticles,  and  give  thanks  to  God. 

46  And  all  Israel,  in  the  days  of  Zorobabel,  and 
in  the  days  of  Nehemias,  gave  portions  to  the  sing- 
ing men,  and  to  the  porters,  day  by  day:  and  thev 
sanctified  the  Levites ;  and  the  Levites  sanctified* 
the  sons  of  Aaron 


*  Sanctified.     That  is,  they  gave  them  that  which  by  the  law  was  Ml 
aside,  and  sanctified  for  their  use. 

377 


CHAP.  XIII, 

Dicers  abuses  are  reformed. 


A  ND  on  that  day thev  road  in  the  book  of  M 

■**-  in  tlu-  hearing  of  toe  people:  and  therein  was 
fbund  written,  that  the  Ammonites  and  the  Moab- 

ites  should  not  come  in  to  tin-  church  of  <  Sod  forever ! 

2  Be<  ausc  they  met  not  the  children  of  Israel 
with  bread  and  water:  and  thev  hired  against  them 

Balaam,  to  curse  them:  and  oar  God  turned  the 

curse  into  blessing. 

3  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  had  heard'the 
law.  that  thev  separated  even  stranger  from  Israel. 

id  over  this  ihin^*  was  Kliasib  the  priest,  w  ho 
was  set  over  the  treason  <>l  the  house  of  our  God, 
and  was  m;ir  akin  to  Tobias. 

5  And  he  made  him  a  sreat  store-room,  where  be- 
fore him  thev    laid  up  gifts,  and  frankincense,  and 

isels,  and  the  tithes  of  the  com,  of  the  trine,  and 
of  the  oil,  the  portions  of  the  Levites,  and  or  the 
sinsins  men,  and  of  the  porters,  and  the  first-fruits 
of  the  priests. 

6  But  in  all  this  time  1  was  not  in  Jerusalem  ;  be- 
cause in  the  two  and  thirtieth  year  of  Artaxervs 
kins;  of  Babylon  I  went  to  the  kin?;,  aird  after  cer- 
tain days  I  asked  the  kin:; : 

7  And  I  came  to  Jerusalem,  and  I  understood  the 
evil  that  Eliasib  had  done  for  Tobias,  to  make  him 
a  store-house  in  the  courts  of  the  house  of  Ciod. 

8  And  it  seemed  to  me  exceeding  evil.  And  I  cast 
forth  the  vessels  of  the  house  of  Tobias  out  of  the 
store-house. 

!*  And  I  commanded,  and  they  cleansed  the  store- 
houses :  and  I  brought  thither  again  the  reasels of 
the  houseofGod,  the  sacrifice,  and  the  frankincense. 

10  And  I  perceived  that  the  portions  of  the  l.t  - 
rites  had  not  been  given  them ;  and  that  the  Levites, 
and  the  singing  men,  and  they  that  minister,  d. 
were  fled  awai  everv  man  to  his  own  country: 

11  And  I  pleaded  the  matter  against  the  magis- 
trates, and  said  :  Why  have  we  forsaken  the  house 
of  God  ?  And  I  gathered  them  together,  and  I  made 
ihein  to  stand  in  their  places. 

12  And  all  .luda  brought  the  tithe  of  the  corn, 
and  the  wine,  and  the  oil  into  the  Store-houses. 

\3  And  we  set  over  the  store-houses  Selemias  the 

tiriest,  and  Sadoc  the  scribe,  and  of  the  Levites 
'liadaia,  and  next  to  them  Hauan  the  son  of  Xa- 
chUT.  the  son  of  Mathauia  :  for  thev  w ere  approved 
as  faithful  ;  and  to  them  wr-rc  committed  the  por- 
tions of  their  brethren. 

1  X  Remember  me,  O  my  God,  for  this  thing,  and 
wipe  not  out  my  kindnesses,  which  I  have  done  re- 
lating to  the  house  of  my  God,  and  his  ceremonies. 
15  In  those  days  I  saw  in  .luda  some  treading  the 
presses  oa  the  BBObath,  and  earn  in:;  sheaves,  and  la- 
ding asses  with  wine,  and  crapes,  and  I'lSs.  and  all 
manner  of  burdens,  and  bringing  them  into  Jerusa- 


II.  ESDRAS. 

lem  on  the  sabbath-day.  And  I  charged  them  that 
tbej  should  sell  on  a  day  on  which  it  was  lawful  to 


<ni  I. 


*W  Hit  Uflng,  t(e.    Or,  he  waa  faulty  in  this  thing,  or  in  (hit 
378 


none 


sell. 

16  SomeTwians  also  dwelt  there,  w 1m> brousht 
lish,  and  all  manner  ol  wares:  and  the]  soldthemon 
the  sabbaths  t„  the  children  of  Jmla  in  Jerusalem. 

1/  Audi  rebuked  the  chief  men  of  Juda,  and 
said  to  them  :  \\  hat  is  this  e\  il  thing  that  you  a..-  do- 
ing, profaning  the  sabbath-day? 

18  Did  not  our  fathers  do  these  things,  and  our 
liod  brought  all  this  evil  upon  us,  and  upon  this  cili  - 
And  you  bring  more  wrath  upon  Israel  by  violating 
the  sabbath. 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  the  gates  of  Je- 
rusalem were  at  rest  00  the  sabbath-day.  1  spoke- 
and  they  shut  the  sates,  and  I  commanded  that  thev 
should  not  open  them  till  after  the  sabbath  :  and  1 
set  some  oi  naj  servants  at  the  gates,  that 
should  bring  in  burdens  on' the  sabbath-dav. 

20  So  the  merchants  and  the\  that  sold  all  kind 
°f  wares,  stayed  without  Jerusalem  once  or  twice. 

21  And  I  charged  them,  and  I  said  to  them  :  \\  hv 
stay  j  on  before  the  wall  ?  il  von  do  so  another  time, 
I  will  lay  hands  on  you.  And  from  that  time  thev 
came  no  more  on  the  sabbath. 

22  I  spoke  also  to  the  Levites,  that  they  should 
be  purified,  and  should  come  to  keep  the  sates,  ami 
to  sanctify  the  sabbath-day:  for  this  also  remember 
"•"  i  mX  God,  and  spare  me  according  to  the  mul- 
titude of  thy  tender  mercies. 

23  In  those  days  also  I  saw  Jews  that  ma  rricdw  ives, 
women  of  A/otus,  and  ofAmmon,andofMoab. 

24  And  their  children  spoke  half  in  the  speech  of 
Azotns,  and  could  not  speak  the  Jews'  language; 
but  they  spoke  according  to  the  language  of  this 
and  that  people. 

25  And  I  chid  them,  and  laid  mvciirse  upon  them. 
And  I  beat  some  of  them,  and  shaved  off* their  haii. 
and  made  tin  in  swear  by  God  that  they  would  not 
give  their  daughters  to  their  sons,  nor  take  their 
daughters  for  their  sons,  nor  for  themselves,  saying: 

2b  Did  not  Solomon  kins  ol  Israel  sin  in  this  kind 

of  thing  r  and  surely  ai is  many  nations  there  was 

not  a  kins  like  him;  and  lie  was  beloved  of  his  God, 
and  God  made  him  king  over  all  Israel:  and  ret 
women  of  other  countries  brought  even  him  io  sin. 

27  And  shall  We  also  he  disobedient  and  do  all  this 

si  eat  evil,  totransgn  list  our  God,  and  marry 

strange  women? 

28  And  one  of  the  sons  of  Joiada  the  son  of  FJi- 
asib  the  btgh  priest,  was  son-in-law  to  Sanaballat 
the  Hnronitc:  and  1  drove  him  from  me. 

29  Remember  them,  ()  Lord  mj  God.  that  defile 
the  priesthood,  and  the  law  of  priests  ami  Levites. 

30  So  I  separated  from  them  all  Strangers:  and  I 
appointed  theCOWSesof  the  priests  and  the  Levites 
<  \<  iv  man  in  his  miuisti 

31  And  for  the  offering  of  wood  at  times  appoint- 
ed, and  for  the  fuat-f rut's :   remember  m»-   0  ra 

(  rod,  unto  good.   Amen. 


THE  BOOK  OF  TOBIAS. 


flu  bonk  takes  its  name  from  the  holy  man  Tobias,  whose  won- 
derful virlius  arc  herein  recorded.  It  contains  most  excel- 
lent documents  of  great  piety,  extraordinary  patience,  and  of 
a  perfect  resignation  to  the  will  of  God.  His  humble  prayer 
was  heard  :  and  the  Angel  Raphael  was  sent  to  relieve  him. 
lie  it  thankful,  and  praises  the  Lord,  calling  on  the  children 
of  Israel  to  do  the  same.  Having  lived  to  the  age  of  one 
hundred  and  two  years,  he  exhorts  his  son  and  grandsons  to 
piety  ;  foretels  the  destruction  of  Ninive,  and  the  rebuilding 
of  Jerusalem  :  lie  dies  happily. 

CHAP.  I. 

Tobias's  early  piety  ;  his  works  of  mercy,  particularly  in  bury- 
ing the  dead. 

rpOBIAS  of  the  tribe  and  city  of  Nephthali  (which 
•*-    is  in  the  upper  parts  of  Galilee  above  Naasson, 
beyond  the  way  that  leadeth  to  the  west,  having  on 
the  right  hand  the  city  of  Sephet,) 

2  When  he  was  made  captive  m  the  days  of  Sal- 
manasar  king  of  the  Assyrians,  even  in  his  captivity, 
forsook  not  the  way  of  truth ; 

3  But  every  day  gave  all  he  could  get  to  h„s  bre- 
thren his  fellow-captives,  that  were  of  his  kindred. 

4  And  when  he  was  younger  than  any  of  the 
tribe  of  Nephthali,  yet  did  he  no  childish  thing  in  his 
work. 

5  Moreover,  when  all  went  to  the  golden  calves 
which  Jeroboam  king  of  Israel  had  made,  he  alone 
fled  the  company  of  all, 

6  And  went  to  Jerusalem  to  the  temple  of  the 
Lord,  and  there  adored  the  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
offering  faithfully  all  his  first-fruits  and   hi^  tithes: 

7  So  that  in  the  third  year  he  gave  all  his  tithes  to 
the  proselytes,  and  strangers. 

8  These  and  such  like  things  did  he  observe  when 
but  a  boy,  according  to  the  law  of  God. 

9  But  when  he  was  a  man,  he  took  to  wife  Anna 
of  his  own  tribe,  and  had  a  son  by  her,  whom  he 
called  after  his  own  name  : 

10  And  from  his  infancy  he  taught  him  to  fear 
God,  and  to  abstain  from  all  sin. 

1 1  And  when  by  the  captivity  he  with  his  wife 
and  his  son  and  all  his  tribe  was  come  to  the  city 
of  Ninive, 

12  (When  all  ate  of  the  meats  of  the  Gentiles)  he 
kept  his  soul,  and  never  was  defiled  with  their  meats. 

13  And  because  he  was  mindful  of  the  Lord  with 
all  his  heart,  God  gave  him  favour  in  the  sight  of 
Salmanasar  the  king. 

14  And  he  gave  him  leave  to  go  whithersoever 
he  would,  with  liberty  to  do  whatever  he  had  a 
mind. 

15  He  therefore  went  to  all  that  were  in  captivity, 
and  gave  them  wholesome  admonitions. 

16  And  when  he  was  come  to  Rages  a  city  of  the 
Medes,  and  had  ten  talents  of  silver,  of  that  with 
which  he  had  been  honoured  by  the  king: 

17  And  when  amongst  a  great  multitude  of  his 
Kindred,  he  saw  Gabelus  in  want,  who  was  one  of 
lis  tribe,  taking  a  note  of  his  hand  he  gave  him  the 
foresaid  sum  of  money. 

18  But  after  a  long  time,   Salmanasar  the  king 


being  dead,  when  Sennacherib  his  son,  who  reigned 
in  his  place,  had  a  hatred  for  the  children  of  Israel: 

19  Tobias  daily  went  among  all  his  kindred,  and 
comforted  them,  and  distributed  to  every  one  as  he 
was  able,  out  of  his  goods: 

20  He  fed  the  hungry,  and  gave  clothes  to  th** 
naked,  and  vyas  careful  to  bury  the  dead,  and  they 
that  were  slain. 

21  And  when  king  Sennacherib  was  come  back 
fleeing  from  Judea  by  reason  of  the  slaughter  that 
God  had  made  about  him  for  his  blasphemy,  and 
being  angry  slew  many  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
Tobias  buried  their  bodies. 

22  But  when  it  was  told  the  king,  he  commanded 
him  to  be  slain,  and  took  away  all  his  substance. 

23  But  Tobias  fleeing  naked  away  with  his  son 
and  with  his  wife,  lay  concealed ;  for  many  loved  him. 

24  But  after  forty-five  days,  the  king  was  killed 
by  his  own  sons. 

25  And  Tobias  returned  to  his  house  ;  and  all  his 
substance  was  restored  to  him. 

CHAP.  II. 

Tobias  leaveth  his  dinner  to  bury  the  dead :  he  loseth  his  sight  by 
God's  permission,  for  manifestation  of  his  patience. 

T?  UT  after  this,  when  there  was  a  festival  of  the 
■*«*  Lord,  and  a  good  dinner  was  prepared  in  To- 
bias's house, 

2  He  said  to  his  son:  Go,  and  bring  some  of  our 
tribe,  that  fear  God,  to  feast  with  us. 

3  And  when  he  had  gone,  returning  he  told  him, 
that  one  of  the  children  of  Israel  lay  slain  in  the 
street.  And  he  forthwith  leaped  up  from  his  place 
at  the  table,  and  left  his  dinner,  and  came  fasting 
to  the  body: 

4  And  taking  it  up,  carried  it  privately  to  his  house, 
that  after  the  sun  was  down,  he  might  bury  him 
cautiously. 

5  And  when  he  had  hid  the  body,  he  ate  bread 
with  mourning  and  fear, 

6  Remembering  the  word  which  the  Lord  spoke 
by  Amos  the  prophet:  Your  festival  days  shall  be 
turned  into  lamentation  and  mourning. 

7  So  when  the  sun  was  down,  he  went  and  bu- 
ried him. 

8  Now  all  his  neighbours  blamed  him,  saying : 
Once  already  commandment  was  given  for  thee 
to  be  slain  because  of  this  matter:  and  thou  didst 
scarce  escape  the  sentence  of  death,  and  dost  thou 
again  bury  the  dead/ 

9  But  Tobias  fearing  God  more  than  the  king, 
carried  off  the  bodies  of  them  that  were  slain,  and 
hid  them  in  his  house,  and  at  midnight  buried  them 

10  Now  it  happened  one  day,  that  being  wearied 
with  burying,  he  came  to  his  house,  and  cast  him 
self  down  by  the  wall,  and  slept. 

1 1  And  as  he  was  sleeping,  hot  dung  out  of  a 
swallow's  nest  fell  upon  his  eyes;  and  he  was  made 
blind. 

12  Now  this  trial  the  Lord  therefore  permitted  to 

379 


TOBIAS. 


nappon to  him,  that  an  example  might  be  (riven  to 

posterity  of  his  patience,  of  holy  .lob. 

I.!  por whereas  he  had  always  feared  (iod  from 
/lis  infancy,  and  kept  his  commandments,  be  repioed 
not  against  (iod  because  ilie  evil  of  blindness  had 
befallen  him; 

1  I  Bui  continued  immoveable  in  the  fear  of  God, 
giving  thanks  to  tiod  all  the  days  of  ek  life. 

1")  For  as  the  kings*  insulted  over  holy  Job,  so 
his  relations  and  kinsmen  moched  at  his  life,  saying: 

lb'    \\h<  re    is    thy  hope,    for   which  thou  _ 
alms,  and  l»uried>t  the  dead? 

I  7  Hut  Tobias  rebuked  them,  saying:  Speak 
not 

18  lor  we  are  the  children  of  saints,  and  look 
for  that  life  w  Inch  Ciod  will  give  to  those  that  never 
change  their  faith  from  him. 

ID  Now  Anna  his  wife  went  daily  to  weaving 
work:  and  she  brought  home  what  she  could  get 
for  their  living  by  the  labour  of  her  hands. 

20  Whereby  it  came  to  pass,  that  she  received  I 
young  kid,  and  brought  it  home: 

21  And  when  her  husband  heard  it  bleating,  he 
Raid:  Take  heed,  lest  perhaps  it  he  stolen;  restore 
ye  it  to  its  owners;  for  it  is  not  lawful  for  us  either 
to  cat  or  to  touch  any  thing  that  comet h  by  theft* 

21  At  these  words  his  wife  being  angry  answer- 
ed: It  is  evident  thy  hope  is  come  to  nothing,  and 
thy  alms  now  appear. 

23  And  with  these,  and  other  such  like  words 
she  upbraided  him. 

CHAP.  III. 

The  prayer  of  Tobias,  and  of  Sara,  in  their  several  afflictions, 
are  heard  by  God :  and  the  Angel  Raphael  is  sent  to  relieve 

i  >.  a.. 

11  HEN  Tobias  sighed,  and  began  to  pray  with 
tears, 

2  Saying:  Thou  art  just,  O  Lord;  and  all  thy 
judgment!  arejiist,  and  all  thy  wa\s  niercv,  ami 
truth,  and  judgment: 

3  And  now,  O  Lord,  think  of  me,  and  take  not 
revenge  of  my  tins;  neither  remember  my  offences, 
nor  those  of  my  parents. 

4  For  we  have  not  obeyed  thy  commandments; 
thtrS few  are  we  delivered  to  spoil  and  to  captivity, 
and  death,  and  are  made  a  fable,  and  a  reproach  to 
all  nations,  amongst  which  thou  hast  scattered  us. 

5  And  now,  O  Ford,  meat  are  thy  judgments,  be- 
cause we  have  not  done  according  to  thy  precepts. 
and   have  not  walked  Sincerely  before  thee; 

6  And  now,  O  Lord,  do  with  me  according  to  thy 
will,  and  command  my  spirit  to  be  received  in  peace: 

for  it  is  better  for  sse  to  die.  than  to  lire. 

7  Now  it  happened  on  the  same  day.  that  Sara 
daughter  of  Raguet,  in  Raeest  a  city  oi  the  Medea, 
received  a  reproach  from  one  of  her  father's  servant- 
maids-, 

Because  she  had  been  niveu  to  seven  husbands; 
and  a  devi!  named  \smodeus  had  killed  them,  at 
their  first  going  in  unto  her. 

•  Kim*  S..I..V,  e,-,<-  fncn-1.  are  here  called,  became  they  were 
priro-M  in  their  rwprctire  ternloriea. 

\   Rum.     la  to  •  Greek  it  n  EeUlatu,  winch  wai  abw  called  Ra- 

sso 


9  So  when  she  reproved  the  maid  for  In  r  fault, 
she  answered  her.  saying:  Mag  <w  nevei  see  son, 

or  daughter  of  thee   upon  the    earth,  thou  uiunh 
of  thy  husbands. 

10  Wilt  thou  kill  me  also,  as  thou   hast  already 
killed   seven   husbands?   At  these  words   she   went 
into   an  Upper  chamber  of  her  house:    and  lor  tine, 
days  and  three  eights  did  neither  eat  nor  drink: 

11  Hut  continuing  in  prayer  with  tears  besought 
(jod,  that  he  would  deliver  her  from  this  reproach. 

12  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  third  day.  when 
she  was  making  an  end  of  her  prayer,  blessing  the 
Ford, 

\li  She  said:  Blessed  is  thy  name,  O  God  of 
our  fathers;  who  when  thou  hast  been  angry,  wilt 
show  mercy,  and  in  the  time  of  tribulation  forgives) 
the  sins  of  them  that  call  upon  thee. 

14  To  thee,  O  Lord,  I  turn  my  face;  to  thee  I 
direct  mv  eyes. 

15  I  beg,  O  Lord,  that  thou  loose  me  from  the 
bond  of  this  reproach,  or  else  take  me  awa\  from 
the  earth. 

16  Thou  knowest,  O  Lord,  that  I  neves  now  ted 
a  husband,  and  have  kept  my  soul  clean  from  all 
lust. 

17  Never  have  I  joined  myself  with  them  that 
play:  neither  have  I  made  myself  partaker  with 
them  that  walk  in  lightm 

18  But  a  husband  I  consented  to  take,  with  thy 
fear,  not  with  my  lust. 

19  And  either  I  was  unworthy  of  them,  or  they 
perhaps  were  not  worthy  of  me :  because  perhaps 

thou  hast  kept  me  for  another  man. 

20  For  thy  counsel  is  not  in  man's  power. 

21  But  tbneverj  one  is  sure  of  that  worshippeth 
thee,  that  his  life,  if  it  be  under  trial,  shall -be 
crowned:  and  if  it  be  under  tribulation,  it  shall  lie 
delivered:  and  il  it  be  under  correction,  it  shall  be 
allowed  to  come  to  thy  mercy. 

22  For  thou  art  not  delighted  in  our  being  lost  : 
because  altera  storm  thou  makest  a  calm:  and  after 
tears  and  weeping  thou  pourest  mjoyfulness. 

23  Be  thy  name,  (J  (iod  of  Israel,  blessed  for 
ever. 

24  At  that  time  the  prayers  of  them  both  wne 
heard  in  the  sight  of  the  tJory  of  the  most  high  God: 

25  And  the  holy  Angel  ol  the  Lord  Raphael  was 
sent  to  heal  them  both,  whose  prayers  at  one  time 
were  rehearsed  in  the  sight  of  the  Ford. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Tobias  thinking  he  ninth  die,  girrth  his  $nn  godly  admonitions 
and 1 1 Hi tli  him  of  money  he  hud  lent  In  nfrunil. 

THEREFOR F  when  Tobias  thought  that  his 
prayer  was  heard,  that    he  might  die,  he  called 
to  him  'Tobias  bis  son  ; 

2  And  said  to  him:  Hear,  my  SOU,  the  words  ol 
my  mouth,  and  lay  them  as  a  foundation  in  thy 
heart. 


gW.     Forthere  were  twocilM- in  M.  .h  i  ufthp  n»nM>ol  Kafreii.      IU- 
fuel  dwelt  in  ooe  of  ihcm,  and  Gain-Ins  in  Am  other 


CHAP.  V. 


3  When  God  shall  take  my  soul,  thou  shalt  bury 
my  body:  and  thou  shalt  honour  thy  mother  all  the 
days  of  her  life  : 

4  For  thou  must  he  mindful  what  and  how  great 
perils  she  suffered  for  thee  in  her  womb. 

5  And  when  she  also  shall  have  ended  the  time 
of  her  life,  bury  her  by  me. 

6  And  all  the  days  of  thy  life  have  God  in  thy 
mind:  and  take  heed  thou  never  consent  to  sin,  nor 
transgress  the  commandments  of  the  Lord  our  God. 

7  Give  alms  out  of  thy  substance,  and  turn  not 
away  thy  face  from  any  poor  person :  for  so  it  shall 
come  to  pass  that  the  lace  of  the  Lord  shall  not  be 
turned  from  thee. 

8  According  to  thy  ability  be  merciful. 

9  If  thou  have  much,  give  abundantly:  if  thou 
have  little,  take  care  even  so  to  bestow  willingly  a 
little. 

10  For  thus  thou  storest  up  to  thyself  a  good  re- 
ward for  the  day  of  necessity. 

1 1  For  alms  deliver  from  all  sin,  and  from  death, 
and  will  not  suffer  the  soul  to  go  into  darkness. 

,   12  Alms  shall  be  a  great  confidence  before  the 
most  high  God,  to  all  them  that  give  it. 

13  Take  heed  to  keep  thyself,  my  son,  from  all 
fornication,  and  beside  thy  wife  never  endure  to 
know  a  crime. 

14  Never  suffer  pride  to  reign  in  thy  mind,  or 
in  thy  words  :  for  from  it  all  perdition  took  its  be- 
ginning. 

15  If  any  man  hath  done  any  work  for  thee,  im- 
mediately pay  him  his  hire ;  and  let  not  the  wages 
of  thy  hired  servant  stay  with  thee  at  all. 

16  See  thou  never  do  to  another  what  thou 
wouldst  hate  to  have  done  to  thee  by  another. 

17  Eat  thy  bread  with  the  hungry  and  the  needy; 
and  with  thy  garments  cover  the  naked. 

18  Layout  thy  bread  and  thy  wine  upon  the  bu- 
rial of  a  just  man;  and  do  not  eat  and  drink  thereof 
with  the  wicked. 

19  Seek  counsel  always  of  a  wise  man. 

20  Bless  God  at  all  times:  and  desire  of  him  to 
direct  thy  ways,  and  that  all  thy  counsels  may  abide 
in  him. 

21  I  tell  thee  also,  my  son,  that  I  lent  ten  talents 
of  silver,  while  thou  wast  yet  a  child,  to  Gabelus, 
in  Rages  a  city  of  the  Medes,  and  1  have  a  note  of 
his  hand  with  me : 

22  Now  therefore  inquire  how  thou  mayst  go  to 
him,  and  receive  of  him  the  aforesaid  sum  of  mo- 
ney, and  restore  to  him  the  note  of  his  hand. 

23  Fear  not,  my  son :  we  lead  indeed  a  poor  life; 
but  we  shall  have  many  good  things  if  we  fear  God, 
and  depart  from  all  sin,  and  do  that  which  is  good. 

CHAP.  V. 

Young'  Tobias  seeking  a  guide  for  Ins  journey,  the  Angel  Ra- 
phael in  shape  of  a  man,  undertaketh  this  office. 

THEN  Tobias  answered  his  fattier,  and  said:  I 
will  do  all  things,  father,  which  thou  hast  com- 
manded me. 

2  But  how  I  shall  get  this  money,  I  cannot  tell : 
he  knoweth  not  me,  and  1  know  not   him:  what 


token  shall  I  give  him?  nor  did  I  ever  know  the  way 
which  leadeth  thither. 

3  Then  his  father  answered  him,  and   said : 
have  a  note  of  his  hand  with  me,  which  when  thou 
shalt  show  him,  he  will  nresently  pay  it. 

4  But  go  now,  and  seek  thee  out  some  faithful 
man,  to  go  with  thee  for  his  hire:  that  thou  mayst 
receive  it,  while  1  yet  live. 

5  Then  Tobias  going  forth,  found  a  beautiful 
young  man,  standing  girded,  and  as  it  were,  ready 
to  walk. 

6  And  not  knowing  that  he  was  an  Angel  of  God, 
he  saluted  him,  and  said:  From  whence  art  thou, 
good  young  man  ? 

7  But  he  answered :  Of  the  children  of  Israel. 
And  Tobias  said  to  him:  Knowest  thou  the  way 
that  leadeth  to  the  country  of  the  Medes  ? 

8  And  he  answered:  I  know  it:  and  I  have 
often  walked  through  all  the  ways  thereof:  and  1 
have  abode  with  Gabelus  our  brother,  who  dwelleth 
at  Rages  a  city  of  the  Medes,  which  is  situate  in  the 
mount  of  Ecbatana. 

9  And  Tobias  said  to  him :  Stay  for  me,  I  beseech 
thee,  till  I  tell  these  same  things  to  my  father. 

10  Then  Tobias  going  in  told  all  these  things  to 
his  father.  Upon  which  his  father  being  in  ad- 
miration, desired  that  he  would  come  in  unto  him. 

11  So  going  in  he  saluted  him,  and  said:  Joy  be 
to  thee  always. 

12  And  Tobias  said :  What  manner  of  joy  shall 
be  to  me,  who  sit  in  darkness,  and  see  not  the  light 
of  heaven  ? 

13  And  the  young  man  said  to  him:  Be  of  good 
courage;  thy  cure  from  God  is  at  hand. 

14  And  Tobias  said  to  him:  Canst  thou  conduct 
my  son  to  Gabelus  at  Rages  a  city  of  the  Medes  ? 
and  when  thou  shalt  return,  I  will  pay  thee  thy  hire. 

15  And  the  Angel  said  to  him:  1  will  conduct  him 
thither,  and  bring  him  back  to  thee. 

16  And  Tobias  said  to  him:  I  pray  thee,  tell  me, 
of  what  family,  or  what  tribe  art  thou? 

17  And  Raphael  the  Angel  answered :  Dost  thou 
seek  the  family  of  him  thou  hirest,  or  the  hired  ser- 
vant himself  to  go  with  thy  son? 

18  But  lest  I  should  make  thee  uneasy,  I  am 
Azarias*  the  son  of  the  great  Ananias. 

19  And  Tobias  answered :  Thou  art  of  a  great 
family.  But  I  pray  thee  be  not  angry  that  I  de- 
sired to  know  thy  family. 

20  And  the  Angel  said  to  him:  I  will  lead  thy 
son  sale,  and  bring  him  to  thee  again  safe. 

21  And  Tobias  answering,  said  :  May  you  have 
a  good  journey,  and  God  be  with  you  in  your  way 
and  his  Angel  accompany  you. 

22  Then  all  things  being  ready,  that  were  to  be 
carried  in  their  journey,  Tobias  bid  his  father  and 
his  mother  farewell ;  and  they  set  out  both  together. 

23  And  when  they  were  departed,  his  mother  be- 
gan to  weep,  and  to  say  :  Thou  hast  taken  the  stafl 
of  our  old  age,  and  sent  him  away  from  us. 

*  Azarias.  The  angel  took  the  form  of  Azarias ;  and  therefore 
might  call  himself  by  the  name  of  the  man  whom  he  personated.  Aza> 
Has  in  Hebrew  signifies  the  help  of  God,  and  Ananias  the  grace  of  God. 

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TOBIAS. 


JV  I  w  ish  the  mono)  forwhich  thou  hast  sent  him. 
ri;id  never  been. 

25  For  our  poverty  was  sufficient  torus,  thai  we 
might  account  it  ;is  riches,  that  u.    viw  our  son. 

26  And  Tobias  said to  her:  Weep  not;  our  son 
will  arrive  thither  sate,  and  will  return  safe  to  us; 
ami  thv  eyes  shall  see  him. 

27  for  I  believe  that  the  good  Angel  of  God  doth 
accompany  him,  and  doth  order  all  things  well  that 
are  done  about  him,  so  that  he  shall  return  to  us 
with  jov . 

28  At  these  words  his  mother  ceased  weeping, 
and  held  her  peace. 

CHAP.  VI. 

By  the  AngeTs  tulrirr  young  Tobias  takelh  hold  on  a  fish  that 
tusaultcth  him:  rrserrcth  the  heart,  the  (.'all,  and  the  lifer,  for 
medicines.  They  lodge  at  the  housr  if  Ixagvel,  whose  daugh- 
/,  r  Sura  Tobias  is  to  marry  ;  the  had  before  been  married  to 
serin  husbandf,  trho  were  all  slain  by  a  dtril. 

AND  Tobias  went  forward,  and  the  dog  follow- 
ed him :  andhe.lodgcd  the  first  night  by  the  river 
of  Tigris. 

2  And  he  went  out  to  wash  his  feet ;  and  behold, 
a  monstrous  fish  came  up  to  devour  him. 

3  And  Tobias  being  afraid  of  him,  cried  out  with 
a  loud  voice,  saving:  Sir,  hecometh  upon  me. 

#  4  And  the  Angel  said  to  him  :  take  him  by  the 
gill,  and  draw  him  to  thee.  And  when  he  had  done 
so,  he  drew  him  out  upon  the  land ;  and  he  began 
to  pant  before  his  feet. 

5  Then  the  Angel  said  to  him  :  Take  out  the  en- 
trails of  this  fish,  and  lay  up  his  heart,  and  his  gall, 
and  his  liver,  for  thee  :  for  these  are  necessary  for 
Useful  medicines. 

6  And  when  he  had  done  so,  he  roasted  the  flesh 
thereof,  and  they  took  it  with  them  in  the  way  :  the 
rest  they  salted  as  much  as  might  serve  them,  till 
thev  came  to  Rages  the  city  of  the  Medes. 

7  Then  Tobias  asked  the  Angel,  and  said  to  him : 
I  beseech  thee,  brother  Azarias,  tell  mc  what  reme- 
dies are  these  things  good  for,  which  thou  hast  bid 
me  keep  of  the  fish  ? 

8  And  the  Angel  answering,  said  to  him:  If  thou 
put  a  little  piece  of  its  heart*  upon  coals,  the  smoke 
thereof  driveth  away  all  kind  of  devils,  either  from 
man  or  from  woman,  so  that  they  come  no  more  to 
them. 

9  And  the  gall  is  good  for  anointing  the  eyes,  in 
which  then-  is  a  white  speck, and  they  shall  be  cured. 

10  And  Tobias  said  to  him :  Where  wilt  thou 
that  we  lodge? 

11  And  the  Angel  answering,  said:  Here  is  one 
whose  name  is  RagneLa  near  kinsman  of  thy  tribe  ; 
ami  he  hath  a  daughter  named  Sara;  but  he  hath  no 
son  nor  any  other  daughter  beside  her. 

I  J  All  his  substance  is  due  to  thee,  and  thou  must 
take  her  to  wife. 

13  Ask  her  therefore  of  her  father,  and  he  will 
give  her  thee  to  wife. 


•  Hi  krarl,  fft.  Tht  liver,  Tpr.  19.  God  wan  plca*ed  to  frire  to 
MM  thinpn  a  virtue  apainM  (hows  proud  »piril%  to  make  them,  who 
•fleeted  to  be  like  tbe  MoM  High,  Mihjcct  to  rnicli  mean  corporeal  crca- 
•irea,  a*  instrument!  of  hi*  power. 

3nj 


11  Then  Tobias  answered,  and  said:  I  hear  that 
the  hath  been  given  to  seven  husbands,  and  thev 
all  died:  moreover  I  have  heard,  that  a  devil  killed 
them. 

15  Now  I  am  afraid,  lest  the  same  thing  should 
happen  to  me  also:  and  w  henas  I  am  the  only  child 
of  my  parents,  I  should  bring  down  their  old  age 
with  sorrow  to  hell.f 

16  Then  the  Angel  Raphael  said  to  him:  Hear 
me,  and  1  will  show  thee  who  thev  are,  over  whom 
the  devil  can  prevail. 

17  For  they  who  in  such  manner  receive  matri- 
mony, as  toshutoutGod  from  themselves,  and  from 
their  mind,  and  to  give  themselves  to  their  lust.  ;is 
the  horse  and  mule,  which  have  not  understand- 
ing, over  them  the  devil  hath  power. 

18  But  thou  when  thou  shalt  take  her,  go  into  the 
chamber,  and  for  thru'  days  keep  thyself  continent 
from  her,  and  give  thysell  to  nothing  else  but  to 
prayers  with  her. 

19  And  on  that  night  lay  the  liver  of  the  fish  on 
the  fire;  and  the  devil  shall  he  driven  away. 

20  But  the  second  night  thou  shalt  be  admitted 
into  the  society  of  the  holy  Patriarchs. 

21  And  the  third  night  thou  shalt  obtain  a  blessing 
that  sound  children  may  be  born  of  you. 

22  And  when  the  third  night  is  past,  thou  shalt 
take  the  virgin  with  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  moved 
rather  for  love  of  children  than  for  lust,  that  in  the 
seed  of  Abraham  thou  mayst  obtain  a  blessing  in 
children. 

CHAP.  VII. 

They  are  kindly  entertained  by  Ragurl.       Tobiat  demandeth 

Sura  to  wife. 

AND  they  went  in  to  Raguel:    and  Raguel  re- 
ceived them  with  joy. 
_  2  And  Raguel  looking  upon  Tobias,  said  to  Anna 
his  wife:  How  like  is  this  voung  man  to  niv  cousin  ? 

3  And  when  he  had  spoken  these  words,  he  said : 
Whence  are  ye,  young  men  our  brethren? 

4  But  they  said  :  We  are  of  the  tribe  of  Neph- 
thali,  of  the  captivity  of  Ninive. 

5  And  Raguel  said  to  them  :  Do  you  know  To 
bias  my  brother?  And  they  said  :  We  know  him. 

6  And  when  he  was  speaking  manygood  things 
of  him,  the  Angel  said  to  Raguel:  Tobias,  eon- 
ceruing  whom  thou  inquire^,  is  this  young  man's 
father. 

7  And  Raguel  went  to  him,  and  kiss,  d  |mu  with 
tears,  and  weeping  upon  his  neck,  said  :  A  blessing 
be  upon  thee,  my  son,  because  thou  art  the  son  of  a 
goorl  and  most  virtuous  man. 

8  And  Anna  hiswife.  and  Sara  theirdaiighterwcpt. 

9  And  after  they  bad  spoken,  Raguel  commanded 
a  sheep  to  be  killed,  and  a  ii  &st  to  be  prepared. 
And  when  he  desired  them  to  sit  dow  n  to  dinner. 

10  Tobias  said  :    I   will  not  eat  nor  drink  here 


f  To  htU.    That  i«,  to  the  place  where  the  iouU  of  the  good  wer» 
kept  before  the  coming  of  t'hriit 


CHAP.  VI11,  IX. 


this  day,  unless  thou  first  grant  me  my  petition,  and 
promise  to  give  me  Sara  thy  daughter. 

11  Now  when  Raguel  heard  this  he  was  afraid, 
knowing  what  had  happened  to  those  seven  hus- 
bands, that  went  in  unto  her:  and  he  began  to  fear 
lest  it  might  happen  to  him  also  in  like  manner : 
and  as  he  was  in  suspense,  and  gave  no  answer  to 
his  petition, 

12  The  Angel  said  to  him  :  Be  not  afraid  to  give 
her  to  this  man ;  for  to  him  whofeareth  God  is  thy 
daughter  due  to  be  his  wife  :  therefore  another  could 
not  have  her. 

13  Then  Raguel  said  :  I  doubt  not  but  God  hath 
regarded  my  prayers  and  tears  in  his  sight. 

14  And  I  believe  he  hath  therefore  made  you  come 
to  me,  that  this  maid  might  be  married  to  one  of 
her  own  kindred,  according  to  the  law  of  Moses: 
and  now  doubt  not  but  I  will  give  her  to  thee. 

15  And  taking  the  right  hand  of  his  daughter,  he 
gave  it  into  the  right  hand  of  Tobias,  saying :  The 
God  of  Abraham,  and  the  God  of  Isaac,  and  the 
God  of  Jacob  be  with  you  ;  and  may  he  join  you 
together,  and  fulfil  his  blessing  in  you. 

1 6  And  taking  paper  they  made  a  writing  of  the 
marriage. 

17  And  afterwards  they  made  merry,  blessing 
God. 

18  And  Raguel  called  to  him  Anna  his  wife,  and 
bid  her  prepare  another  chamber. 

19  And  she  brought  Sara  her  daughter  in  thither  ; 
and  she  wept. 

20  And  she  said  to  her:  Be  of  good  cheer,  my 
daughter:  the  Lord  of  heaven  give  thee  joy  for  the 
trouble  thou  hast  undergone. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

Tobias  burnetii  part  of  the  fish's  liver  ;  and  Raphael  bindeth  the 
devil.     Tobias  and  Sara  pray. 

\  ND  after  they  had  supped,  they  brought  in  the 
-*•  *-  young  man  to  her. 

2  And  Tobias  remembering  the  Angel's  word, 
took  out  of  his  bag  part  of  the  liver,  and  laid  it  upon 
burning  coals. 

3  Then  the  Angel  Raphael  took  the  devil,  and 
bound  him  in  the  desert  of  upper  Egypt. 

4  Then  Tobias  exhorted  the  virgin,  and  said  to 
her :  Sara,  arise,  and  let  us  pray  to  God  to-day,  and 
to-morrow,  and  the  next  day:  because  for  these 
three  nights  we  are  joined  to  God :  and  when  the 
third  night  is  over,  we  will  be  in  our  own  wedlock. 

5  For  we  are  the  children  of  saints ;  and  we  must 
not  be  joined  together  like  heathens  that  know  not 
God. 

6  So  they  both  arose,  and  prayed  earnestly  both 
together  that  health  might  be  given  them. 

7  And  Tobias  said :  Lord  God  of  our  fathers, 
may  the  heavens,  and  the  earth,  and  the  sea,  and  the 
fountains,  and  the  rivers,  and  all  thy  creatures  that 
are  in  them,  bless  thee. 

8  Thou  madest  Adam  of  the  slime  of  the  earth, 
and  gavest  him  Eve  for  a  helper. 

9  And  now,  Lord,  thou  knowest,  that  not  for 
fleshly  lust  do  I  take  my  sister  to  wife,  but  only  for 


the  love  of  posterity,  in  which  thy  name  may  ue 
blessed  for  ever  and  ever. 

10  Sara  also  said  :  Have  mercy  on  us,  O  Lord, 
have  mercy  on  us ;  and  let  us  grow  old  both  toge- 
ther in  health. 

1 1  And  it  came  to  pass  about  the  cock  crowing, 
Raguel  ordered  his  servants  to  be  called  for ;  and 
they  went  with  him  together  to  dig  a  grave. 

12  For  he  said :  Lest  perhaps  it  may  have  hap- 
pened to  him,  in  like  manner  as  it  did  to  the  othei 
seven  husbands,  that  went  in  unto  her. 

13  And  when  they  had  prepared  the  pit,  Raguel 
went  back  to  his  wife,  and  said  to  her : 

14  Send  one  of  thy  maids,  and  let  her  see  if  he 
be  dead,  that  I  may  bury  him  before  it  be  day. 

15  So  she  sent  one  of  her  maid  servants,  who 
went  into  the  chamber,  and  found  them  safe  and 
sound,  sleeping  both  together. 

16  And  returning  she  brought  the  good  news:  and 
Raguel  and  Anna  his  wife  blessed  the  Lord  ; 

17  And  said  :  We  bless  thee,  O  Lord  God  of  Is- 
rael, because  it  hath  not  happened  as  we  suspected. 

1 8  For  thou  hast  shown  thy  mercy  to  us,  and  hast 
shut  out  from  us  the  enemy  that  persecuted  us. 

19  And  thou  hast  taken  pity  upon  two  only  chil- 
dren. Make  them,  O  Lord,  bless  thee  more  fully: 
and  to  offer  up  to  thee  a  sacrifice  of  thy  praise,  and 
of  their  health,  that  all  nations  may  know,  that  thou 
alone  art  God  in  all  the  earth. 

20  And  immediately  Raguel  commanded  his  ser- 
vants, to  fill  up  the  pit  they  had  made,  before  it  was 
day. 

21  And  he  spoke  to  his  wife  to  make  ready  a 
feast,  and  prepare  all  kind  of  provisions  that  are  ne- 
cessary for  such  as  go  a  journey. 

22  He  caused  also  two  fat  kine,  and  four  wethers 
to  be  killed,  and  a  banquet  to  be  prepared  for  all  his 
neighbours,  and  all  his  friends. 

23  And  Raguel  adjured  Tobias,  to  abide  with 
him  two  weeks. 

24  And  of  all  things  which  Raguel  possessed,  he 
gave  one  half  to  Tobias,  and  made  a  writing,  that 
the  half  that  remained  should  after  their  decease 
come  also  to  Tobias. 

CHAP.  IX. 

The  Angel  Raphael  goeth  to  Gabelus,  receiveth  the  money,  and 
bringeth  him  to  the  marriage. 

THEN  Tobias  called  the  Angel  to  him,  whom 
he  took  to  be  a  man,  and  said  to  him  :  Brother 
Azarias,  I  pray  thee,  hearken  to  my  words: 

2  If  I  should  give  myself  to  be  thy  servant  I  should 
not  make  a  worthy  return  for  thy  care. 

3  However,  1  beseech  thee,  to  take  with  thee 
beasts  and  servants,  and  to  goto  Gabelus  to  Rages  the 
city  of  the  Medes  ;  and  to  restore  to  him  his  note  of 
hand,  and  receive  of  him  the  money,  and  desire 
him  to  come  to  my  wedding. 

4  For  thou  knowest  that  my  father  numbereth 
the  days  :  and  if  I  stay  one  day  more,  his  soul  will 
be  afflicted. 

5  And  indeed  thou  seest  how  Raguel  hath  ad- 
jured me   whose  adjuring  I  cannot  despise. 

383 


TOBIAS 


6  Then  Raphael  look  four  of  Ragucl's  servants, 
«nd  two  camels,  and  went  to  Rages  the  city  of  the 
M  :  b;  and  finding  Gabelus,  gave  him  his  note  of 
hand,  and  received  of  him  all  the  money. 

\iid  lie  told  him  concerning  Tobias  the  ><ui  <it 
Tobias,  all  thai  bad  been  dose ;  and  made  him  come 
n  iili  him  to  the  wedding) 

8  Am)  when  he  was  come  into  Raguel's  house, 
Se  found  Tobias  sitting  at  the  table:  and  he  leaped 
ti|»,  and  they  kissed  each  other  :  and  Gabelus  wept, 
and  blessed  God, 

9  And  said  :  The  God  of  Israel  hless thee, because 
thou  art  the  son  of  a  very  good  and  just  man,  and 
that  tcartth  God,  and  doeth  alms-deeds  : 

10  And  may  a  blessing  come  upon  thy  wife,  and 
upon  your  parents. 

1 1  And  may  you  see  your  children,  and  your  chil- 
dren's children,  unto  the  third  and  fourth  generation : 
and  may  your  seed  be  hlessed  by  the  God  of  Israel, 
w  ho  reigneth  for  ever  and  ever. 

12  Aud  when  all  had  said,  Amen;tiioy  went  to 
the  feast:  but  the  marriage  feast  they  celebrated 
also  with  the  fear  of  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  X. 

The  parrnls  lament  the  long  absence  of  their  son  Tobias.  He  sets 
out  to  return. 

DIT  as  Tobias  made  longer  stay  upon  occasion 
-"-*  of  the  marriage,  Tobias  his  father  was  solicit- 
on-.  Baying:  Why;thinkest  thou,  doth  my  son  tarry, 
liy  is  he  detained  there  ? 

2  Is  Gabelus  dead,  thinkest  thou,  and  no  man 
will  pay  him  the  money? 

;>  And  he  began  to  be  exceeding  sad,  both  he  and 
Anna  his  wife  with  him:  and  tliev  began  lioth  to 
weep  together;  because  their  son  did  not  return  to 
them  on  the  day  appointed. 

I  I  Jut  hi-  mother  wept,  and  was  quite  disconso- 
late, and  said:  Wo.  we  is  me,  my  son  ;  tj  In  did  we 
■end  thee  to  ^o  to  ;i  strange  country,  the  light  of  our 
-,  the  stall'  of  our  old  age,  the  comfort  of  our 
lift*,  the  hope  of  our  posterity. 

5  We  having  all  things  together  in  thee  alone, 
ought  not  to  have  let  thee  go  from  us. 

t»  And  Tobias  said  to  her  :  Hold  thy  peace,  and 
be  not  troubled:  our  sou  is  safe:  that  man  with  whom 
we  sent  him  is  very  trusty. 

7  But  she  could  by  no  means  be  comforted,  but 
daily  running  out  looked  round  about,  and  w  ent  into 
all  the  ways  by  which  there  seemed  any  hope  he 
might  return,  that  she  might  if  possible  see  him 
coming  afar  off. 

::  Cut  Raguel  said  to  his  son-in-law  :  Stay  here, 
and  I  will  send  a  messenger  to  Tobias  thy  father, 
that  thou  art  in  health. 

9  Ami  Tobias  said  to  him:  I  know  that  my  fa- 
ther and  mother  now  count  the  days;  and  their  spirit 
i-  grievously afflieted  within  them. 

10  And  when  Raguel  had  pressed  Tobias  with 
many  words,  and  he  by  no  means  would  hearken  to 

*  Thidog,  tft.  Thii  may  ieeni  a  verv  minutr  <  ir<  um.tance  to  be  re- 
corded in  tacrvd  hutorj  :  but  a.  wr  letirn  fmtn  rair  Sa\  lour.  M.  M*U. 
tr.  18.  there  are  ioUu  and  I1/1//1  in  the  won!  of  God  ;   tli.it  is  to  aay, 

381 


him,  he  delivered  Sara  unto  him,  and  half  of  all  his 

substance  in  men-servants,  and  women-servant-,  in 
cattle,  in  camels,  and  in  kitie,  and  in  much  money, 
and  sent  him  away  safe  and  jovful  from  him, 

11  Saying:  The  holy  Angel  of  the  Lord  he  with 
you  in  your  journey,  and  bring  you  through  sale, 
and  that  you  may  find  all  things  well  about  yoin 
parents,  and  my  eves  may  BOO  VOW  children  before 
1    die. 

12  And  the  parents  taking  their  daughter,  ki- 
ller, and  let  lit  r  go: 

13  Admonishing  her  to  honour  her  father  and 
mother-in-law,  to  love  her  husband,  to  take  care  ol 
the  family,  to  govern  the  house,  and  to  behave  her- 
self irreprehensibly. 

CHAP.  XI. 

Tobias  anointcth  his  father's  eves  with  the  fish's  gall:  and  he 
recovereth  his  sight. 

\  ND  as  they  were  returning  they  came  to  Cln- 
-*-*-  ran,  which  is  in  the  midway  to  Ntnive,  tin  ele- 
venth day. 

2  And  the  Angel  said  :  Brother  Tobias,  thou 
knowest  how  thou  didst  leave  thy  father. 

3  If  it  please  thee  therefore,  let  us  go  before,  and 
let  the  family  follow  softly  after  us,  together  with 
thy  wife,  and  with  the  beasts. 

4  And  as  this  their  going  pleased  him,  Raphael 
said  to  Tobias:  Take  with  thee  of  the  call  of  tin: 
fish,  for  it  will  lie  necessary.  So  Tobias  took  BOme 
of  that  gall,  and  departed. 

5  But  Anna  sat  beside  the  way  daily,  on  the  top 
of  a  hill,  from  whence  she  might  see  afar  oft. 

6  And  while  she  watched  his  ooming  from  that 
place,  she  saw  him  afar  oil",  and  presently  perceived 
it  was  her  son  coming:  and  returning  she  told  In  r 
husband.  Baying'   Behold,  thy  son  cometh. 

7  And  Raphael  said  to  Tobias :  As  soon  as  thou 
shall  come  into  thy  house,  forthwith  adore  the  Lord 
thy  God:  and  giving  thanks  to  him,  go  to  thy  father, 
and  kiss  him, 

8  And  immediately  anoint  his  eves  with  this  call 
of  the  fish,  which  thou  earnest  with  thee.  For  be 
assured  that  his  eyes  shall  be  presently  opened :  and 
thy  father  shall  see  the  light  of  heaven,  and  shall 
rejoice  in  the  sight  of  thee. 

9  Then  the  dog,*  which  had  been  with  them  in 
the  way,  ran  before, and  coming  as  if  he  had  brought 
the  news,  showed  his  joy,  by  his  fawning  and  w 
ging  his  tail. 

10  And  his  fatherthat  was  blind  rising  up,  began 
to  run  stumbling  with  his  feet;  and  giving  a  servant 
his  hand,  went  to  meet  his  son. 

1 1  And  receiving  him,  kissed  him,  as  did  also  his 
wife:  and  they  began  to  weep  for ■joy. 

12  And  when  they  had  adored  God,  and  given 
him  thanks,  they  sat  down  together. 

13  Then  Tobias  taking  of  the  gall  of  the  fish, 
anointed  'tis  father's  eyes. 

14  And  he  Btayed  about  half  an  hour :  and  a  white 


thing*  that  appear  minute,  but  which  have  indeed  a  deep  ami  tm  Wo 
nun,  meaning  in  tin  in. 


CHAP.  XII,  XIII. 


skin  began  to  come  out  of  his  eyes,  like  the  skin  of 
an  egg. 

15  And  Tobias  took  hold  of  it,  and  drew  it  from 
his  eyes:  and  immediately  he  recovered  his  sight. 

16  And  they  glorified  God,  hotli  he  and  his  wife, 
and  all  that  knew  him. 

17  And  Tobias  said  :  I  bless  thee,  O  Lord  God 
of  Israel,  because  thou  hast  chastised  me,  and  thou 
hast  saved  me  :  and  behold,  I  see  Tobias  my  son. 

18  And  after  seven  days  Sara  his  son's  wife,  and 
all  the  family  arrived  safe,  and  the  cattle,  and  the  ca- 
mels, and  an  abundance  of  money  of  his  wife's;  and 
that  money  also  which  he  had  received  of  Gabelus: 

19  And  he  told  his  parents  all  the  benefits  of 
God,  which  he  had  done  to  him  by  the  man,  that 
conducted  him. 

20  And  Achior  and  Nabath  the  kinsmen  of  To- 
bias came,  rejoicing  for  Tobias,  and  congratulating 
with  him  for  all  the  good  things,  that  God  had  done 
for  him. 

21  And  for  seven  days  they  feasted  and  rejoiced 
all  with  great  joy. 

CHAP  XII. 

Raphael  maketh  himself  known. 

THEN  Tobias  called  to  him  his  son,  and  said  to 
him:  What  can  we  give  to  this  holy  man,  that 
is  come  with  thee  ? 

2  Tobias  answering,  said  to  his  father :  Father, 
what  wages  shall  we  give  him  ?  or  what  can  be  wor- 
thy of  his  benefits  ? 

3  He  conducted  me,  and  brought  me  safe  again; 
he  received  the  money  of  Gabelus,  he  caused  me  to 
have  my  wife;  and  he  chased  from  her  the  evil 
spirit:  he  gave  joy  to  her  parents;  myself  he  deli- 
vered from  being  devoured  by  the  fish  ;  thee  also  he 
hath  made  to  see  the  light  of  heaven  ;  and  we  are 
filled  with  all  good  things  through  him.  What  can 
we  give  hiin  sufficient  for  these  things? 

4  But  I  beseech  thee,  my  father,  to  desire  him, 
that  he  would  vouchsafe  to  accept  of  one  half  of  all 
things  that  have  been  brought. 

5  So  the  father  and  the  son  calling  him,  took  him 
aside;  and  began  to  desire  him  that  he  would 
vouchsafe  to  accept  of  half  of  all  things  that  they  had 
brought. 

6  Then  he  said  to  (hem  secretly:  Bless  ye  the 
God  of  heaven  ;  give  glory  to  him  in  the  sight  of  all 
that  live;  because  he  hath  shown  his  mercy  to  you. 

7  For  it  is  good  to  hide  the  secret  of  a  king ;  but 
honourable  to  reveal  and  confess  the  works  of  God. 

8  Prayer  is  good  with  fasting  and  alms,  more  than 
to  lay  up  treasures  of  gold  : 

9  For  aim  delivereth  from  death;  and  the  same 
is  that  which  purgeth  away  sins,  and  maketh  to  find 
mercy  and  life  everlasting. 

10  But  they  that  commit  sin  and  iniquity,  are 
enemies  to  their  own  soul. 

Ill  discover  then  the  truth  unto  you  :  and  I  will 
not  hide  the  secret  from  you. 

*  JtrmtleM.  What  is  prophetically  delivered  here,  and  in  the  fol- 
Jowinff  chapter,  with  relation  to  Jerusalem,  is  partly  to  be  understood 
the  rebuilding  of  the  city  after  the  captivity ;  and  partly  of  the  spirit- 

3  C 


12  When  thou  didst  pray  with  tears,  and  didst 
bury  the  dead,  and  didst  leave  thy  dinner,  and  hide 
thedead  by  day  in  thy  house,  and  bury  them  by  night, 
I  offered  thy  prayer  to  the  Lord. 

13  And  because  thou  wast  acceptable  to  God,  it 
was  necessary  that  temptation  should  prove  thee. 

14  And  now  the  Lord  hath  sent  me  to  heal  thee, 
and  to  deliver  Sara  thy  son's  wife  from  the  devil. 

15  For  I  am  the  Angel  Raphael,  one  ofthe  seven, 
who  stand  before  the  Lord. 

16  And  when  they  had  heard  these  things,  they 
were  troubled  ;  and  being  seized  with  fear,  they  fell 
upon  the  ground  on  their  face. 

17  And  the  Angel  said  to  them:  Peace  be  to  you ; 
fear  not. 

18  For  when  I  was  with  you,  I  was  there  by  the 
will  of  God:  bless  ye  him,  and  sing  praises  to  him. 

19  I  seemed  indeed  to  eat  and  to  drink  with  you: 
but  I  use  an  invisible  meat  and  drink,  which  cannot 
be  seen  by  men. 

20  It  is  time  therefore  that  I  return  to  him,  that 
sent  me:  but  bless  ye  God,  and  publish  all  his  won- 
derful works. 

21  And  when  he  had  said  these  things,  he  was  ta- 
ken from  their  sight;  and  they  could  see  him  no  more. 

22  Then  they  lying  prostrate  for  three  hours  upon 
their  face,  blessed  God:  and  rising  up,  they  told  all 
his  wonderful  works. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

Tobias  the  father  praiseth  God,  exhorting  all  Isr^d  tndotht 
same.  Prophesieth  the  restoration  and  better  slate  of  Jew 
salem. 

\  ND  Tobias  the  elder  opening  his  mouth,  bless- 
-^*-  ed  the  Lord,  and  said  :  Thou  art  great,  O  Lord, 
for  ever,  and  thy  kingdom  is  unto  all  ages: 

2  For  thou  scourgest,  and  thou  savest :  thou  lead- 
est  down  to  hell,  and  bringest  up  again  :  and  there 
is  none  that  can  escape  thy  hand. 

3  Give  glory  to  the  Lord,  ye  children  of  Israel, 
and  praise  him  in  the  sight  of  the"  Gentiles: 

4  Because  he  hath  therefore  scattered  you  among 
the  Gentiles,  who  know  not  him,  that  you  may  de- 
clare his  wonderful  works,  and  make  them  know 
that  there  is  no  other  almighty  God  besides  him. 

5  He  hath  chastised  us  for  our  iniquities:  and  he 
will  save  us  for  his  own  mercy. 

6  See  then  what  he  hath  done  with  us,  and  with 
fear  and  trembling  give  ye  glory  to  him:  and  extol 
the  eternal  King  of  worlds  in  your  works. 

7  As  for  me,  I  will  praise  him  in  the  land  of  my 
captivity :  because  he  hath  shown  his  majesty  toward 
a  sinful  nation. 

8  Be  converted  therefore,  ye  sinners,  and  do  jus- 
tice before  God,  believing  that  he  will  show  his 
mercy  to  you. 

9  And  I  and  my  soul  will  rejoice  in  him. 

10  Bless  ye  the  Lord,  all  his  elect,  keep  days  ot 
joy,  and  give  glory  to  him. 

11  Jerusalem*  city  of  God,  the  Lord  hath  chas- 
tised thee  for  the  works  of  thy  hands. 


ual  Jerusalem,  which  is  the  church  ot  Christ,  and  the  eternal  Jeruut 
lem  in  heaven. 

395 


ji:niTH. 


12  Give  dory  to  the  Lord  for  thy  good  tilings 
nnd  bless  the  God  eternal,  tli.it  h<-  maj  rebuild  Ins 
tabernacle  in  thee,  and  may  *-n  1 1  back  all  the  cap- 
ti\t  s  tot  bee,  and  thou  maysfl  rejoice  for ever and < 

19  Thou  shah  shine  with  a  glorious  light :  and 
all  the  ends  of  the  earth  shall  worship  thee. 

14  Nations  from  alar  shall  come  to  thee:  and 
shall  bring  gifts,  and  shall  adore  the  Lord  in  thee. 
and  shall  esteem  tin  land  as  holy. 

15  For  ther  shall  call  upon  the  great  name  in  thee. 

16  They  shall  be  cursed  that  shall  despise  thee  : 
nnd  they  shall  Ik*  condemned  thai  shall  blaspheme 
thee:  and  blessed  shall  they  In- that  shall  build  thee  up. 

17  But  thou  shah  rejoice  in  thy  children;  because 
they  shall  all  be  blessed,  and  shall  be  gathered  to- 
gether to  the  Lord. 

18  Blessed  are  all  they  that  love  thee,  and  that 
rejoice  in  thy  peace. 

19  My  soul,  bless  thou  the  Lord;  because  the 
Lord  our  God  hath  delivered  Jerusalem  his  city  from 
all  her  troubles. 

10  Happy  shall  I  be  if  there  shall  remain  of  my 
.  to  see  the  glory  of  Jerusalem. 

.  I  The  gates  of  Jerusalem  shall  be  built  of  Sap- 
phire, and  Of  Emerald,  and  all  the  walls  thereof 
round  about  of  precious  stones. 

22  All  its  streets  shall  be  paved  with  white  and 
clean  stones:  and  Alleluia  shall  be  sung  in  its  streets. 

23  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  who  hath  exalted  it ;  and 
may  he  reign  over  it  for  ever  and  ever;  Amen. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

Old  Tobtas  dieth  at  the  age  of  a  hundred  and  tiro  years,  afttr  ex- 
horting his  son   and  grandsons   to  piety,  foreshowing   that 

•lire  shall  br  destroyed,  and  J, •■rusidem  rebuilt.   The  pot 
Tobias  rrtiimeth  irith  hit  family  to  Raguel ;  and  dieth  'hapjdly 
as  he  had  lived. 

AND  the  words  of  Tobias  were  ended.  And  after 
-1*-  Tobias  was  restored  to  his  sight,  he  lived  two 
and  forty  years,  and  saw  the  children  of  his  grand- 
children. 

2  And  alter  he  had  lived  a  hundred  and  two 
years,  be  was  buried  honourably  in  Ninive. 

3  For  he  was  six  and  fifty  years  old  when  he  lost 
the  sight  of  his  eyes,  and  sixty  when  he  recovered 
it  again 


4  And  the  rest  of  his  rife  was  in  joy  ;  and  with 
great  increaseot' the  fear  ol  God  he  departed  in  peace. 

6  And  at  the  hour  of  bis  death  he  called  unto  linn 
his  son  Tobias  anil  his  children,  seven  young  men, 
Ins  .: rand-sons,  and  said  to  them  : 

6  The  destruction  of  Ninive  is  at  hand  for  the 
word  ol  the  Lord  must  lie  fulfilled:  and  our  bre- 
thren, thai  are  scattered  abroad  from  the  land  ol  Is- 
rael, s|i;l||  return  to  it. 

7  And  all  the  land  thereof  that  is  desert  shall  l>e 
filled  with  people;  and  the  house  of  God  which  is 
burnt  in  it,  shall  again  he  rebuilt:  and  all  that  fear 
God  shall  return  thither. 

8  And  the  Gentiles  shall  leave  their  idols,  and 
shall  come  into  Jerusalem,  and  shall  dwell  in  it. 

9  And  all  the  kints  of  the  earth  shall  rejoice  in  it, 
ndorillg  the  kinc  ol   Israel. 

Id  Heaikcn  therefore,  my  children,  to  your  fa- 
ther: serve  the  Lord  in  truth,  and  seek  to  do  ihe 
things  that  please  him  : 

1 1  And  command  vour  children  that  they  do  jus- 
tice and  alms-deeds,  and  that  they  be  mindful  of 
God,  and  bless  him  at  all  limes  in  Hull),  and  with 
all  their  power. 

12  And  now,  children,  hear  me,  and  do  not  stay- 
here:  but  as  soon  as  yon  shall  bury  your  mother  by 
me  in  one  sepulchre,  without  delay  direct  your  steps 
to  depart  hence : 

13  For  I  seethat  its  iniquity  will  bring  it  todestruc- 
tion. 

14  And  it  came  to  pass  that  after  the  death  of  his 
mother,  Tobias  departed  out  of  Ninive  w  it  li  his  w  ile, 
and  children,  and  children's  children,  and  returned 
to  his  father  and  mother-in-law. 

15  And  he  found  them  in  health  in  a  good  old  age  : 
and  he  took  care  of  them,  and  he  closed  their  eyes: 
and  all  the  inheritance  of  BagoeFs  house  came  to 
him  :  and  he  saw  his  children's  children  to  (he  fifth 
generation. 

16  And  after  he  had  lived  ninetv-nine  years  in 
the  fear  of  the  Lord,  with  joy  they  buried  him. 

17  And  all  his  kindred,  and  all  his  generation 
continued  in  good  life,  and  in  holy  conversation,  so 
that  they  were  acceptable  both  to  God,  and  to  men, 
and  to  all  that  dwelt  in  the  land. 


THE  BOOK  OF  JUDITH. 


The  Barred  writer  of  this  hook  is  generally  hrliered  to  he  the  high 
priest  Eliaehim  railed  oho  Joachim.  The  transaclitms  hire- 
in  related,  mint  pmhahly  huppi nrd  in  his  day*,  and  in  the 
reign  qf  Ma.iatscs,  after  his  repentant  t  nnd  n  turn  from  cap- 
tivity.  It  takes  its  name  from  that  illustrious  woman,  by  whose 
virtue  and  fw'.itiidt  ■  and  armed  irith  prayer,  the  rhildnn  ol 
Israel  wert  preserved  from  the  destruction  t/iniitrm  tl  tin  m  In/ 
Htil'ifernes  and  his  great  army.  It  finishes  with  her  canticli 
qf  thanksgiving  to 

CHAP.  I. 

babii.hndontjiur  king  of  the   Assyrians  overeometh  Arphaxad 

kinir  tfthf  Mrdts 
"IYTOW  Arphaxad*  king  of  the  Medes  had  brought 

■»-"    many  nations   under  his  dominions  :  and   be 

SM 


built  a  very  strong  city,  which  he  called  Ecliatnna, 

2  Of  stones  squared  and  hewed:  he  made  the 
walls  thereof  seventy  cubits  broad,  and  thirty  cubits 
high:  and  the  towers  thereof  he  made  a  hundred 
cubits  high.  But  on  the  square  of  them,  each  side 
was  exiended  the  space  of  twent\  bet. 

3  And  he  made  the  gates  thereof  according  to  the 
height  of  the  towers : 


*  Jlrpkaxsd  He  was  probably  Ibe  tame  u  n  railed  Dtjtxti  by  1  \e 
mdotns  ;  to  wbotn  be  attribute*  tbc  buiUliug  of  Ecbataoa,  tbe  cafuUk 
city  of  Media. 


CHAP.  II,  III. 


<f  And  he  gloried  as  a  mighty  one  in  the  force  of 
his  army  and  in  the  glory  of  his  chariots. 

5  Now  in  the  twelfth  year  of  his  reign,  Nabu- 
chodonosor*  king  of  the  Assyrians,  who  reigned  in 
Ninive  the  great  city,  fought  against  Ar[>haxad,and 
overcame  him, 

6  In  the  great  plain  which  is  called  Ragau,  about 
the  Euphrates,  and  the  Tigris,  and  the  Jadason,  in 
the  plain  of  Erioch  the  king  of  the  Elicians. 

7  Then  was  the  kingdom  of  Nabuchodonosor  ex- 
alted, and  his  heart  was  elevated  :  and  he  sent  to 
all  that  dwelt  in  Cilicia,  and  Damascus,  and  Liba- 
u  us, 

8  And  to  the  nations  that  are  in  Carmelus,  and 
Cedar,  and  to  the  inhabitants  of  Galilee  in  the  great 
plain  of  Esdrclon, 

9  And  to  all  that  were  in  Samaria,  and  beyond  the 
river  Jordan  even  to  Jerusalem,  and  all  the  land  of 
Jesse  till  you  come  to  the  borders  of  Ethiopia. 

10  To  all  these  Nabuchodonosor  king  of  the  As- 
syrians sent  messengers: 

1 1  But  they  all  with  one  mind  refused,  and  sent 
them  hack  empty,  and  rejected  them  without  honour. 

12  Then  king  Nabuchodonosor  being  angry 
against  all  that  land,  swore  by  his  throne  and  king- 
dom that  he  would  revenge  himself  of  all  those  coun- 
tries. 

CHAP.  11. 

Nabuchodonosor  sendrth  Holof ernes  to  waste  the  countries  of  the 

west. 

IN  the  thirteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  Nabuchodo- 
nosor,  the  two  and  twentieth  day  of  the  first 
month,  the  word  was  given  out  in  the  house  of  Na- 
oucbodonosor  king  of  the  Assyrians,  that  he  would 
revenge  himself. 

2  And  he  called  all  the  ancients,  and  all  the  go- 
vernors, and  his  officers  of  war,  and  communicated 
to  them  the  secret  of  his  counsel: 

3  And  be  said  that  his  thoughts  were  to  hring  all 
the  earth  under  his  empire. 

4  And  when  this  saying  pleased  them  all,  Nahu- 
chodonosor  the  king  called  Holofernes  the  general 
of  his  armies, 

5  And  said  to  him :  Go  out  against  all  the  king- 
doms of  the  west,  and  against  them  especially  that 
despised  my  commandment. 

6  Thy  eye  shall  not  spare  any  kingdom  ;  and  all 
the  strong  cities  thou  shalt  bring  under  my  yoke. 

7  Then  Holofernes  called  the  captains  and  offi- 
cers of  the  power  of  the  Assyrians :  and  he  mus- 
tered men  for  the  expedition,  as  the  king  command- 
ed him,  a  hundred  and  twenty  thousand  fighting  men 
on  foot,  and  twelve  thousand  archers,  horsemen. 

8  And  he  made  all  his  warlike  preparations  to  go 
before  with  a  multitude  of  innumerable  camels,  with 
all  provisions  sufficient  for  the  armies  in  abundance, 
and  herds  of  oxen,  and  flocks  of  sheep,  without 
number. 

9  He  appointed  corn  to  be  prepared  out  of  all  Sy- 
ria in  his  passage. 

*  Nabuchodonosor.  P>ot  the  king  of  Babylon,  who  took  and  destroy- 
ed Jerusalem,  but  another  of  the  same  name,  who  reigned  in  Ninive  ; 
•ad  is  called  by  profane  historians  Sootducliin.     lie  succeeded  Asar- 


10  But  gold  and  silver  he  took  out  of  the  king's 
house  in  great  abundance. 

11  And  he  went  forth,  he  and  all  the  army,  with 
the  chariots,  and  horsemen,  and  archers,  who  co- 
vered the  face  of  the  earth,  like  locusts. 

12  And  vvhen  he  had  passed  through  the  borders 
of  the  Assyrians,  he  came  to  the  great  mountains  ol 
Ange,  which  are  on  the  left  of  Cilicia  :  and  he  went 
up  to  all  their  castles,  and  took  all  the  strong  places. 

13  And  he  took  by  assault  the  renowned  city  of 
Melothus,  and  pillaged  all  the  children  of  Tharsis, 
and  the  children  oflsmahel,  who  were  over-against 
the  face  of  the  desert,  and  on  the  south  of  the  land 
of  Cellon. 

14  And  he  passed  over  the  Euphrates,  and  came 
into  Mesopotamia:  and  he  forced  all  the  stately 
cities  that  were  there,  from  the  torrent  of  Mambre, 
till  one  comes  to  the  sea  : 

15  And  he  took  the  borders  thereof,  from  Cilicia 
to  thecoasts  of  Japhetb,  which  are  towardsthe  south. 

16  And  he  carried  away  all  the  children  of  Ma- 
dian,  and  stripped  them  of  all  their  riches :  and  all 
that  resisted  bun  he  slew  with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

17  And  after  these  things  he  went  down  into  the 
plains  of  Damascus  in  the  days  of  the  harvest ;  and 
he  set  all  the  corn  on  fire  ;  and  he  caused  all  the  trees 
and  vineyards  to  be  cut  down 

18  And  the  fear  of  him  fell  upon  all  the  inhabit- 
ants of  the  land. 

CHAP.  III. 

Mam     ubmit  themselves  to  Holofernes.     He  destroyeth  their 
cities,  and  their"  gods,  that  Nabuchodonosor  only  might  be  call- 
ed god. 
^TMJFN  the  kings  and  the  princes  of  all  the  cities 
-*-     and    provinces  of  Syria,    Mesopotamia,  and 
Syria  Sobal,  and  Libya,  and  Cilicia,  sent  their  am- 
bassadors, who  coming  to  Holofernes,  said  : 

2  Let  thy  indignation  towards  us  cease:  for  it  is 
better  for  us  to  live  and  serve  Nabuchodonosor  the 
great  king,  and  be  subject  to  thee,  than  to  die  and  to 
perish,  or  suffer  the  miseries  of  slavery. 

3  Allourcities  and  our  possessions,  all  mountains', 
and  hills,  and  fields,  and  herds  of  oxen,  and  flocks  of 
sheep,  and  goats,  and  horses,  and  camels,  and  all 
our  goods,  and  families,  are  in  thy  sight: 

4  Let  all  we  have  be  subject  to  thy  law. 

5  Both  we  and  our  children  are  thy  servants. 

6  Come  to  us  a  peaceable  lord,  and  use  our  ser- 
vice as  it  shall  please  thee. 

7  Then  he  came  down  from  the  mountains  with 
horsemen  in  great  power,  and  made  himself  master 
of  every  city,  and  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  land. 

8  And  from  all  the  cities  he  took  auxiliaries  va- 
liant men,  and  chosen  for  war. 

9  And  so  jgreat  a  fear  lay  upon  all  those  provin- 
ces, that  the  inhabitants  of  all  the  cities,  both  princes 
and  nobles,  as  well  as  the  people,  went  out  to  meet 
him  at  his  coming. 

10  And  received  him  with  garlands,  and  lights,  and 
dances,  and  timbrels,  and  flutes. 


haddon  in  the  kingdom  of  the  Assyrians,  and  ivas  cotemporary  with 
Manasses  king  of  Judah. 

387 


JUDITH. 


11  And  thoudi  they  did  these  th'mzv  thej  coald 
not  lor  all  that  mitigate  the  fierceness  <'t  bin  heart : 

12  For  In-  lx>th  destroyed  their  cities,  and  cut 

clown  their  groves. 

I>  For  Nabucbodonosor  the  kins;  liail  command- 
ed him  to  il<  stray  all  the  gods  of  the  earth,  that  he 
nnlj  might  be  called  god  bi  those  nations  which 
could  l>c  brought  under  him  by  the  power  of  Holo- 
fei 

14  Ami  wlnn  he  had  passed  through  all  Syria 
Sobal,  and  all  Apauna,  and  all  .Mesopotamia,  be 
cone  to  the  Iduineans  into  the  land  of  Cmbaa  : 

I")  Ami  he  took  possession  oftheir  cities,  and  stav- 
ed there  foi  thirty  days,  in  whieh  days  he  command- 
ed all  the  troops  Of  his  arms  to  he  united. 

chap,  iv. 

The  children  of  Israel  prepare  ihrmf  Ivri  to  resist  Holofcrnet. 
They  cry  to  the  Ijitrdfor  help. 

THEN  the  children  of  Israel,  who  dwelt  in  the 
land  of  Juda,   hearing  these  things,  were  ex- 
lingly  afraid  of  him. 

J  Dread  and  horror  seized  upon  their  minds;  lest 
lie  should  do  the  same  to  Jerusalem  and  to  the  tem- 
ple of  the  Lord,  that  he  had  done  toother  cities, 
and  their  temples. 

3  And  ibej  sent  into  all  Samaria  round  about,  as 
far  as  Jericho,  and  seized  upon  all  the  lops  of  the 
mountains  : 

)  And  they  compassed  their  towns  with  walls. 
and  gathered  together  com  for  provision  for  war. 

5  And  Eliachim  the  priest  wrote  to  all  that  wen 
over-against  Esdrelon,  which  faeetfa  the  great  plain 
near  Dothain,  and  to  all  by  whom  there  might  be  a 
passage  of  way  ;  that  they  should  take  possession  of 
the  a>ccnts  of  the  mountains,  by  which  there  might 
be  an]  way  to  Jerusalem,  and  should  keep  watch 
where  the  way  was  narrow  between  the  mountain-. 

ti  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  as  the  priest  of 
the  Lord,  Eliachim,  had  appointed  them. 

7  And  all  the  people  cried  to  the  Lord  with  preat 
earnestness:  ana  the)  bumbled  their  souls  in  fast- 
ings, and  prayers,  Inith  they  and  their  wives. 

8  And  tin  priests  put  on  hair-cloths;  and  they 
caused  the  little  children  to  lie  prostrate  before  the 
temple  of  the  Lord  :  and  the  altar  of  the  Lord  they 
covered  with  hair-cloth. 

9  And  they  cried  to  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel 
with  one  accord,  that  their  children  might  not  lie 
made  a  prey,  and  their  wives  carried  off,  and  their 
cities  destroyed,  and  their  holj  things  profaned  ;  and 
that  t  he  v  m  khi  not  be  made  a  reproach  to  the  Gentiles. 

10  Then  Eliachim  the  high  priest  of  the  Lord 
Went  about  all  Israel,  and  spoke  to  them. 

11  Saying  :  Know  ye  that  the  Lord  will  hear  J 

prayers,  if  you  continue  with  perseverance  in  fast- 
ings and  prayers  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord. 

12  Remember  .Moses  the  servant  of  the  Lord, 
who  own  aim-  Amalee  that  trusted  in  his  rjWU 
strength,  and  in  his  power,  and  in  his  army,  and  in 
his  shields,  and  in  his  chariots,  and  in  his  horsemen, 
not  by  fighting  with  the  sword,  but  by  holy  prayers: 

13  So  shall  all  the  enemies  of  Israel  be,  'if  you  per- 
severe in  this  work  which  W>U  have  begun. 


14  Bo  the]  being  mo*  edb\  this  exhortation  of  his, 
prayed  to  the  Lord,  and  continued  in  the  sight  ot 
the  Lord. 

J6  So  that  even  they  who  offered  the  holocausts 
to  the  Lord,  offered  the  sacrifices  to  the  Lord  gird- 
ed with  hair-cloths,  and  with  ashes  upon  their  head. 

16  And  they  all  begged  of  God  with  all  tin  ir 
heart,  that  he  would  \isit  Ins  people  Israel. 

(   HAP.  V. 

Achinr  fires  Hotofernet  tin  a<  cnunt  of  the  people  of  Israel. 

AND  it  was  told  liolofernet  the  general  of  the 
army  of  the  Assyrians,  that  the  children  of  Is- 
rael prepared  themselves  to  resist,  and  had  shut  up 
the  wa\s  of  the  mountains. 

2  And  he  was  transported  with  exceeding  great 
furv  and  indignation:  and  he  called  all  the  princes 
of  Moab  and  the  leaders  of  Amnion, 

3  And  he  said  to  them :  Tell  me  w  hat  is  this  peo- 
ple that  hesetteth  the  mountains  ;  or  w  hat  are  tin  ir 
cities,  and  of  what  sort,  ami  how  great ;  also  w  hat  is 
their  power,  or  what  is  their  multitude;  or  who  is 
the  kinu  o*er  their  warfare: 

4  Ami  why  they  shove  all  that  dwell  in  the  east, 
have  despised  us,  and  have  not  come  out  to  uieet  us, 
that  they  might  receive  us  with  peace? 

5  Then  Achior  captain  of  all  the  children  of  Ani- 
mon  answering,  said:  If  thou  vouchsafe,  my  lord, 
to  hear,  I  will  tell  the  truth  in  thy  sight  concerning 
this  people,  that  dwelleth  in  the  mountains;  and 
there  shall  not  a  false  word  come  out  of  my  mouth. 

6  This  people  is  of  the  offspring  of  the  Chal- 
deans. 

7  They  dwelt  first  in  Mesopotamia,  because  they 
would  not  follow  the  gods  of  their  fathers,  who 
were  in  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans. 

8  Wherefore  forsaking  the  ceremonies  of  their 
fathers,  which  consisted  in  the  worship  of  many  gods, 

9  They  worshipped  one  God  of  heaven,  who  also 
commanded  them  to  depart  from  thence,  and  lo 
dwell  in  Charan.  And  when  there  was  a  famine 
over  all  the  land,  they  went  down  into  Egypt ;  and 
there  for  four  hundred  years  were  so  multiplied, 
that  the  army  of  them  could  not  be  numbered. 

10  And  when  the  lung  of  Egypt  oppressed  them, 
and  made  slaves  of  them  to  labour  in  clay  and  brick, 
in  the  building  of  his  cities,  they  cried  to  their  Lord; 
and  he  struck  the  whole  land  of  Egypt  with  divers 
plagues. 

1 1  And  when  the  Egyptians  had  cast  them  put 
from  them,  and  the  plague  had  ceased  from  them, 
and  they  had  a  mind  to  take  (hem  again,  and  bring 
them  back  to  their  sen  M 

12  The  God  of  heaven  opened  the  sea  to  them 
in  their  lliidit.  so  that  the  waters  were  made  to  stand 
firm  as  a  wall  on  either  side;  and  they  walked 
through  the  bottom  of  the  sea.  and  passed  it  dn  foot. 

13  And  when  an  innumerable  arm]  of  the  Egyp* 
tians  pursued  alter  them  in  that  place,  they  were 
so  overwhelmed  with  the  waters,  that  there  wis 
not  one  left,  to  tell  w  hat  had  happened,  to  posterity. 

14  And  after  they  came  out  ot  the  Ked  Sea,  they 
abode  in  the  deserts  o!  mount  Sim,  in  which  never 
man  could  dwell,  or  son  of  man  rested. 


CHAP.  VI. 


15  There  bitter  fountains  were  made  sweet  for 
chem  to  drink:  and  for  forty  years  they  received 
food  from  heaven. 

16  Wheresoever  they  went  in  without  how  and 
arrow,  and  without  shield  and  sword,  their  God 
fought  for  them,  and  overcame. 

17  And  there  was  no  one  that  triumphed  over 
this  people,  but  when  they  departed  from  the  wor- 
ship of  the  Lord  their  God. 

18  But  as  often  as  beside  their  own  God,  they 
worshipped  any  other,  they  were  given  to  spoil,  and 
to  the  sword,  and  to  reproach. 

19  And  as  often  as  they  were  penitent  for  having 
revolted  from  the  worship  of  their  God,  the  God  of 
heaven  gave  them  power  to  resist. 

20  So  they  overthrew  the  king  of  the  Chanaan- 
ites,  and  of  the  Jebusites,  and  of  the  Pherezites, 
and  of  the  Hethites,  and  of  the  Hevites,  and  of  the 
Amorrhites,  and  all  the  mighty  ones  in  Hesebon: 
and  they  possessed  their  lands,  and  their  cities : 

21  And  as  long  as  they  sinned  not  in  the  sight  of 
their  God,  it  was  well  with  them:  for  their  God 
riateth  iniquity. 

22  And  even  some  years  ago  when  they  had  re- 
volted from  the  way  which  God  had  given  them 
♦o  walk  therein,  they  were  destroyed  in  battles  by 
many  nations;  and  very  many  of  them  were  led  away 
captive  into  a  strange  land. 

23  But  of  late  returning  to  the  Lord  their  Go.d, 
from  the  different  places  wherein  they  were  scatter- 
ed, they  are  come  together,  and  are  gone  up  into 
all  these  mountains,  and  possess  Jerusalem  again, 
where  their  holies  are. 

24  Now  therefore,  my  lord,  search  if  there  be  any 
iniquity  of  theirs  in  the  sight  of  their  God ;  let  us  go 
uj)  to  them,  because  their  God  will  surely  deliver 
them  to  thee,  and  they  shall  be  brought  under  the 
yoke  of  thy  power  : 

25  But  if  there  be  no  offence  of  this  people  in 
the  sight  of  their  God,  we  cannot  resist  them;  be- 
cause their  God  will  defend  them;  and  we  shall  be 
a  reproach  to  the  whole  earth. 

26  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Achior  had  ceased 
to  speak  these  words,  all  the  great  men  of  H,olo- 
fernes  were  angry:  and  they  had  a  mind  to  kill  him, 
saying  to  each  other : 

27  Who  is  this,  that  saith  the  children  of  Israel 
can  resist  king  Nabnchodonosor,  and  his  armies, 
men  unarmed,  and  without  force,  and  without  skill 
in  the  art  of  war? 

28  That  Achior  therefore  may  know  that  he  de- 
ceiveth  us,  let  us  go  up  into  the  mountains :  and 
when  the  bravest  of  them  shall  be  taken,  then  shall 
he  with  them  be  stabbed  with  the  sword  : 

29  That  every  nation  may  know  that  Nabncho- 
donosor is  god  of  the  earth,  and  besides  him  there 
is  no  other. 

CHAP.  VI. 

Holofernes  in  great  rage  sendeth  Arhinr  to   BetJiulia,  there  to 
be  slain  with  the  Israelites. 

A  ND  it    came    to   pass  when  they  had  left  off 
■**  speaking,  that   Holofernes   being    in  a  violent 
passion,  said  to  Ach« 


2  Because  thou  hast  prophesied  unto  us,  saying 
that  the  nation  of  Israel  is  defended  by  their  God, 
to  show  thee  that  there  is  no  God,  but  Nabuchodo- 
nosor : 

3  When  we  shall  slay  them  all  as  one  man,  then 
thou  also  shalt  di<>  with  them  by  the  sword  of  the 
Assyrians:  and  all  Israel  shall  perish  with  thee: 

4  And  thou  shalt  find  that  Nahuchodonosoi  is 
lord  of  the  whole  earth  :  and  then  the  sword  of  my 
soldiers  shall  pass  through  thy  sides:  and  thou  shaft 
be  stabbed,  and  fall  among  the  wounded  of  Israel; 
and  thou  shalt  breathe  no  more  till  thou  be  destroyed 
with  them. 

5  But  if  thou  think  thy  prophecy  true,  let  not  thy 
countenance  sink,  and  let  the  paleness  that  is  in  thy 
face,  depart  from  thee,  if  thou  imaginest  these  my 
words  cannot  be  accomplished. 

6  And  that  thou  mayst  know  that  thou  shalt  ex- 
perience these  things  together  with  them,  behold, 
from  this  hour  thou  shalt  be  associated  to  their  peo- 
ple ;  that  when  they  shall  receive  the  punishment 
they  deserve  from  my  sword,  thou  mayst  fall  under 
the  same  vengeance. 

7  Then  Holofernes  commanded  his  servants  to 
take  Achior,  and  to  lead  him  to  Bethulia,  and  to 
deliver  him  into  the  hands  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

8  And  the  servants  of  Holofernes  taking  him, 
went  through  the  plains:  but  when  they  came  near 
the  mountains,  theslingers  came  out  against  them. 

9  Then  turning  out  of  the  way  by  the  side  of  the 
mountain,  they  tied  Achior  to  a  tree  hand  and  foot  ; 
and  so  left  him  bound  with  ropes,  and  returned  to 
their  master. 

10  And  the  children  of  Israel  coming  down  from 
Bethulia,  came  to  him.  And  loosing  him,  they 
hrought  him  to  Bethulia,  and  setting  him  in  the 
midstof  the  people,  asked  him  what  was  the  mat- 
ter that  the  Assyrians  had  left  him  bound. 

11  In  those  days  the  rulers  there  were  Ozias  the 
son  ofMicha  of  the  tribe  of  Simeon,  and  Charmi, 
called  also  Gothoniel. 

12  And  Achior  related  in  the  midst  of  the  an- 
cients, and  in  the  presence  of  all  the  people,  all  that 
he  had  said,  being  asked  by  Holofernes:  and  how 
the  people  of  Holofernes  would  have  killed  him  for 
this  word : 

13  And  how  Holofernes  himself  being  angry  had 
commanded  him  to  be  delivered  for  this  cause  to  the 
Israelites;  that  when  he  should  overcome  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  then  he  might  command  Achior  also 
himself  to  be  put  to  death  by  divers  torments,  for 
having  said :  The  God  of  heaven  is  their  defender. 

14  And  when  Achior  had  declared  all  these  things, 
all  the  people  fell  upon  their  faces,  adoring  the  Lord, 
and  all  of  them  together  mourning  and  weeping 
poured  out  their  prayers  with  one  accord  to  the 
Lord, 

15  Saying:  O  Lord  God  of  heaven  and  earth, 
behold  their  pride,  and  look  on  our  low  condition, 
and  have  regard  to  the  face  of  thy  saints*,  and  show 
that  thou  forsakest  not  them  that  trust  on  thee,  and 
that  thou  humblest  them  that  presumeof  themselve*. 
and  glory  in  their  own  strength. 

380 


jriMTii. 


16  So  wlun  their  weeping  was  ended,  and  the 
people's  prayer,  in  wbkh  they  continued  all  the  day, 
m  concluded,  they  comforted  Achior, 

17  Saying  :  Tie  God  <>f  our  fathers,  whose  power 

thou  hast  set  loith.  will  make  this  return  to  thee, 
thai  thou  rather  shah  see  their  destruction. 

18  And  when  the  Lord  our  God  shall  give  t li i>« 
liberty  to  his  servants,  let  God  be  with  thee  also  in 
the  miilst  of  us:  that  as  it  shall  please  thee,  so  thou 
with  all  thine  maw  converse  with  as. 

19  Then  Ozias,  after  the  assembly  was  broken 
up,  received  him  into  his  house,  and  made  him  a 

it  supper. 

\n(l  all  the  ancients  were  invited;  and  they 
refreshed  themselves  together  after  their  fast  was 
o?er. 

21  And  afterwards  all  the  people  wen  railed  to- 
gether; and  they  prayed  all  the  night  long  within 
the  church,*  desiring  help  of  the  God  of  Israel. 

(HAP.  VII. 

Holafrmet  hesiegeth  Bethulia.      The  dixtres*  nf  the  besieged. 

"I>l.'T  Hoiofernes  on  the  oexi  day  jave  orders  to 
•*-*  his  army  logo  up  against  Bcthnha. 

J  Now  there  were  in  his  troops  a  hundred  and 
twent]  thousand  footmen, and  two  and  twenty  thou- 
sand horsemen,  besides  the  preparations  of  those 
men  who  had  been  taken,  and  who  had  been  brought 
away  out  of  the  provinces  and  cities,  of  all  the  youth. 

3  All  these  prepared  themselves  together  to  fight 
against  the  children  of  Israel,  and  they  came  by  the 
hill  side  to  the  top,  which  lookelh  toward  Dotliain, 
from  the  place  which  is  called  Belma,  unto  C'hel- 
mon,  which  is  over-aga'mst  Ksdrelon. 

4  But  the  children  of  Israel,  when  they  saw  the 
multitude  of  them,  prostrated  themselves  Upon  the 
ground,  putting  ashes  upon  their  heads,  praying 
with  one  accord,  that  the  Godof  Israel  would  show 
bis  mercy  upon  his  people. 

5  \nd  taking  their  arms  of  war,  they  posted  them- 
selves  at  the  places,  which  by  a  narrow  path-wav 
led  directly  between  the  mountains  ;  and thev  guard- 
ed them  all  day  and  night. 

6 Now  Hoiofernes,  in  goiug  round  al>out  found  that 
the  fountain  which  supplied  them  with  water,  ran 
through  an  aqueduct  without  the  city  on  the  south 
sid":  and  he  commanded  their  aqueduct  to  lie  cut  off. 

7  Nevertheless  there  were  springs  not  far  from 
the  w  alls,  out  of  which  they  were  seen  secretlj  to 
draw  water,  to  refresh  themselves  a  little  rather 
than  lo  drink  their  I'll. 

8  lint  the  children  of  Ammon  and  Moah  came 
to  Hoiofernes,  saying:  The  children  of  Israel  trust 
not  in  their  spears,  nor  in  their  arrows:  but  the 
mountains  are  their  defence,  and  the  steep  hills  and 
precipices  guard  them. 

9  l\  berefore  thai  thou  mays!  overcome  them  with- 
out joining  battle,  set  guards  at  the  springs,  that  the; 
tin\  not  draw  water  out  of  them  ;  and  thou  shall 
destroy  them  without  sword;  or  it  least  being  wea- 
ried out  they  will   yield   np  their  city,  which    the) 


*  TVcWch. 
pr»»er. 


Th»t  u,  the  tjnafof tie  or  place  where  they  met  t»r 

M 


suppose,  l>erause  it  is  situate  iu  the  mountains,  to 
be  impregnable. 

10  And  these  words  pleased  Hoiofernes.  and  his 
officers:  and  be  placed  all  round  about  a  hundred 
men  at  every  spring. 

11  \nd  wheuthej  had  kept  this  watch  for  full 
twenty  (la\s.  the  cisterns,  and  tf,c  reserve  of  wa- 
ters failed  anion:;  all  the  inhabitants  of  Hethulia; 
so  that  there  was  not  within  the  city,  enough  to 
tisfv  them,  no  not  for  one  day  :  for  water  was  daily 
given  out  to  the  people  by  measure. 

1  J  Then  all  the  men  and  women.  frOODg  men, 
and  children,  gathering  themselvestogetner  to  ( teias, 
all  together  wrth  one  mice, 

18  Said:  God  be  judge  between  ns  and  thee: 
for  thou  hast  done  evil  against  us.  in  that  thou  wonldst 
not  speak  peaceablj  with  the  Assyrians:  and  lor 
this  cause  (iod  hath  sold  us  into  their  hands. 

14  And  therefore  there  is  no  one  to  help  us, 
while  we  are  cast  down  before  their  eyes  in  thirst, 
and  sad  destruction. 

15  And  now  assemble  ye  all  that  are  in  the  city 
that  we  may  of  our  own  accord  yield  OUTSetves  all 
up  to  the  people  of  Hoiofernes. 

16  For  it  is  better,  that  being  captives  we  should 
live  and  bless  the  Lord,  than  that  we  should  die, 
and  be  a  reproach  to  all  flesh,  after  We  have  seen 
our  wives  and  our  infants  die  before  our  cms. 

t!7  We  call  to  witness  thisda)  heaven  and  earth, 
and  the  (iod  of  our  fathers,  who  taketh  vengeance 
upon  us  according  to  our  sins,  conjuring  you  to  de- 
liver now  the  city  into  the  hand  of  the  army  of  Holo- 
lemes,  that  our  end  may  be  short  by  the  edge  of  the 
sword,  which  is  made  longer  by  the  drought  of  thirst. 

18  And  when  they  had  said  these  things,  there 
was  ma!  weeping  and  lamentation  of  all  in  the  as- 
sembly; and  for  many  hours  with  one  voice  they 
cried  to  God,  sa\  ing: 

1!*  We  have  sinned  with  our  fathers:  we  hjrre 
done  unjustly:  we  have  committed  imqertj  : 

J<>  Have  thou  mercy  on  us,  because  thou  art 
good  ;  or  punish  our  iniquities  by  chastising  us  thy- 
self, and  deliver  not  them  that  trust  iu  thee  to  a  peo- 
ple that  knoweth  not  thee, 

21  That  they  may  not  say  among  the  Gentiles: 
Where  is  their  God? 

'  And  when   being    wearied    with    these  cries, 
and  tired  with  these  w  t  ttfjttgs,  they  held  their  peace, 

23  Ozias  rising  Up  all  in  tears,  said  :  He  ol   p 
courage,  my   brethren:  and    let   us  wait   these  five 
days  for  mercy  from  the  Lord. 

2  V  For  perhaps  he  will  put  a  stop  to  his  indigna- 
tion, and  will  »\\r  glory  to  his  own  name. 

#  25  Hut  if  aftet    ive  davs  be  past,  there  come  no 
aid,  we  will  do  the  things  which  you  have  spoken. 
CHAP.  VIII. 

The  character  ■>/  Judith  :  her  discourse  to  the  anrirnt$. 

TVTOW  it  came  m  pass,  when  Judith  a  widow  had 

-L'  heard  these  words,  who  was  the  daughter  of 
Merari,  the  son  of  IdoX.  the  son  of  Joseph,  the  son 
of  Ozias,  the  son  of  l-.lai,  tin  sou  of  Jainnor,  the 
sou  of  (iedeon.  the  sou  of  Haphaim,  the  son  of 
Achitob,  the  son  of  Mekhias,  the  son  of  Enan,  the 


CHAP.  IX. 


son  of   Nathanias,  the  son  of  Salathiel,  the  son  of 
Simeon,  the  son  of  Ruben  :* 

2  And  her  husband  was  Manasses,  who  died  in 
the  time  of  the  barley  harvest: 

3  For  he  was  standing  over  them  that  hound 
sheaves  in  the  field  ;  and  the  heat  came  upon  his 
head;  and  he  died  in  Bcthulia  his  own  city,  and 
was  buried  there  with  his  fathers. 

4  And  Judith,  his  relict  was  a  widow  now  three 
years  and  six  months.       • 

5  And  she  made  herself  a  private  chamber  in  the 
upper  part  of  her  house,  in  which  she  abode,  shut 
up  with  her  maids. 

6  And  she  wore  hair-cloth  upon  her  loins,  and 
fasted  all  the  days  of  her  life,  except  the  sabbaths, 
and  new-moons,  and  the  feasts  of  the  houseof  Israel. 

7  And  she  was  exceedingly  beautiful :  and  her 
husband  left  her  great  riches,  and  very  many  ser- 
vants, and  large  possessions  of  herds  of  oxen,  and 
flocks  of  sheep. 

8  And  she  was  greatly  renowned  among  all,  be- 
cause she  feared  the  Lord  very  much  ;  neither  was 
there  any  one  that  spoke  an  ill  word  of  her. 

9  When  therefore  she  had  heard  that  Ozias  had 
promised  that  he  would  deliver  up  the  city  after  the 
lifth  day,shesentto  the  ancients  Chabri  andCharmi. 

10  And  they  came  to  her;  and  she  said  to  them  : 
What  is  this  word,  by  which  Ozias  hath  consented 
to  give  up  the  city  to  the  Assyrians,  if  within  five  days 
there  come  no  aid  to  us? 

1 1  And  who  are  you  that  tempt  the  Lord  ? 

12  This  is  not  a  word  that  may  draw  down  mercy, 
hut  rather  that  may  stir  up  wrath,  and  enkindle 
indignation. 

1 3  You  have  set  a  time  for  the  mercy  of  the  Lord ; 
and  you  have  appointed  him  a  day,  according  to 
rour  pleasure. 

14  But  forasmuch  as  the  Lord  is  patient,  let  us 
be  penitent  for  this  same  thing;  and  with  many  tears 
let  us  beg  his  pardon  : 

15  For  God  will  not  threaten  like  man,  nor  be 
inflamed  to  anger  like  the  son  of  man. 

16  And  therefore  let  us  humble  our  souls  before 
him;  and  continuing  in  an  humble  spirit,  in  his  service, 

1 7  Let  us  ask  the  Lord  with  tears,  that  according 
to  his  will  so  he  would  show  his  mercy  to  us;  that 
as  our  heart  is  troubled  by  their  pride,  so  also  we 
may  glorify  in  our  humility: 

18  For  we  have  not  followed  the  sins  of  our 
father*,  who  forsook  their  God,  and  worshipped 
strange  gods. 

19  For  which  crime  they  were  given  up  to  their 
enemies,  to  the  sword,  and  to  pillage,  and  to  con- 
fusion :  but  we  know  no  other  God  but  him. 

2f  Let  us  humbly  wait  for  his  consolation;  and 
the  Lord  our  God  will  require  our  blood  of  the 


*  Simeon  the  son  of  Ruben.  In  the  Greek  it  is  the  son  of  Israel.  For 
Simeon  the  patriarch,  from  whom  Judith  descended,  was  not  the  son, 
b.il  the  brother  of  Ruben.  It  seems  more  probable  that  the  Simeon 
and  the  Ruben  here  mentioned  are  not  the  patriarchs  ;  but  two  of  the 
descendants  of  the  patriarch  Simeon  :  and  that  the  genealogy  of  Ju- 
dith, lecorded  in  this  place,  is  not  carried  up  so  high  as  the  patriarchs. 
No  more  than  that  of  Elcana  the  father  of  Samuel,  1  Kings  i,  1.  and 
that  of  king  Saul,  I  Kings  ix    1, 


afflictions  of  our  enemies  :  and  he  will  humble  all 
the  nations  that  shall  rise  up  against  us,  and  bring 
them  to  disgrace. 

21  And  now,  brethren,  as  you  are  the  ancients 
among  the  people  of  God,  and  their  very  soul  restcth 
upon  you;  comfort  their  hearts  by  your  speech,  that 
they  may  be  mindful  how  our  fathers  were  tempted, 
that  they  might  be  proved,  whether  they  worshipped 
their  God  truly. 

22  They  must  remember  how  our  father  Abra- 
ham was  tempted,  and  being  proved  by  many  tribu- 
lations, was  made  the  friend  of  God. 

23  So  Isaac,  so  Jacob,  so  Moses,  and  all  that 
have  pleased  God,  passed  through  many  tribulations, 
remaining  faithful. 

24  But  they  that  did  not  receive  the  trials  with 
the  fear  of  the  Lord,  but  uttered  their  impatience 
and  thereproachof  their  murmuringagainstthe  Lord, 

25  Were  destroyed  by  the  destroyer,  and  perished 
by  serpents. 

26  As  for  us  therefore  let  us  not  revenge  ourselves 
for  these  things  which  we  suffer, 

27  But  esteeming  these  very  punishments  to  be 
less  than  our  sins  deserve,  let  us  believe  that  these 
scourges  of  the  Lord,  with  which  like  servants  we 
are  chastised,  have  happened  for  our  amendment, 
and  not  for  our  destruction. 

28  And  Ozias  and  the  ancients  said  to  her:  All 
things  which  thou  hast  spoken  are  true ;  and  there 
is  nothing  to  be  reprehended  in  thy  words. 

29  Now  therefore  pray  for  us;  for  thou  art  a  holy 
woman,  and  one  fearing  God. 

30  And  Judith  said  to  them  :  As  you  know  that 
what  I  have  been  able  to  say  is  of  God : 

31  So  that  which  I  intend  to  do,  prove  ye  if-  it 
be  of  God,  and  pray  that  God  may  strengthen  my 
design. 

32  You  shall  stand  at  the  gate  this  night,  and  I 
will  go  out  with  my  maid-servant :  and  pray  ye,  that 
as  you  have  said,  in  five  days  the  Lord  may  look 
down  upon  his  people  Israel. 

33  But  I  desire  that  you  search  not  into  what  I 
am  doing;  and  till  1  bring  you  word  let  nothing  else 
be  done  but  to  pray  for  me  to  the  Lord  our  God. 

34  And  Ozias  the  prince  of  Juda  said  to  her  :  Go 
in  peace,  and  the  Lord  be  with  thee  to  take  revenge 
of  our  enemies.     So  returning  they  departed. 

CHAP.  IX. 

Judith's  prayer,  to  beg  of  God  to  fortify  her  in  her  undertaking. 

\  ND  when  they  were  gone,  Judith  went  into  her 
-^*-  oratory ;  and  putting  on  hair-cloth,  laid  ashes 
on  her  head  :  and  falling  down  prostrate  before  the 
Lord,  she  cried  to  the  Lord,  saying : 

2  O  Lord  God  of  my  father  Simeon,  who  gavest 
him  a  sword t  to  execute  vengeance  against  stran- 

f  Gavest  him  a  sward,  fyc.  The  justice  of  God  is  here  praised,  in 
punishing  by  the  sword  of  Simeon  the  crime  of  the  Sichemites  :  and 
not  the  fact  of  Simeon,  which  was  justly  condemned  by  his  father, 
Gen-  xlix.  5.  Though  even  with  regard  to  this  fact,  we  may  distin- 
guish between  his  *eal  against  the  crime  committed  by  the  ravishers 
of  his  sister,  which  aeal  may  be  considered  just  i  and  "the  manner  of 
his  punishing  that  crim«,  which  was  irregular  and  excessive. 

391 


JUDITH. 


gers,  who  bad  defiled  l>y  iheir  unclcanucss,  tod  un- 
red  tlit-  \ir^in  unto  c-oiifusioii  : 
\iid  wlio  gavest  their  \\  ives  to  Ik-  made  a  prey, 
;iui I  their  daughters  into  captivity  :   and  all  their 
Spoilt  to  lie  divided  to  thy  sen  ants,  who  W<  re  Ei  B 
lous  with  th>  Seal  :   assist,  1  beseech  lliee,  ()  Lord 
n  idow. 

V  For  thou  nasi  done  the  things  of  old,  and  bast 
devised  one  thing  alter  another  :  and  what  thou  hast 
design*  d  hath  been  d -. 

5  Tor  all  thy  w  a\  s  are  prepared,  and  in  thy  provi- 
denee  thou  hast  placed  thy  judgments. 

•  '.  Look  upon  the  camp  of  the  Assyrians  now,  as 
thou   wast   pleased   to  look   upon   the  camp  ot    the 

Egyptians,  when  they  pursued  armed  after  thy  ser- 
\  nits,  trusting  in  their  chariots,  and  in  their  horse- 
men, and  in  a  multitude  of  warriors. 

7  Hut  thou  loofcedst  over  their  camp,  and  dark- 
ness wearied  them. 

0  The  deep  held  their  feet,  and  the  waters  over- 
whelmed them. 

9  So  may  it  lx-  with  these  also,  O  Lord,  who 
trust  in  their  multitude,  and  in  their  chariots,  and  in 
tluir  pikes,  and  in  their  shields,  and  in  their  arrows, 
and  glorj  in  their  spears, 

Id  And  know  not  that  thou  art  our  God,  who 
destroyesi  wars  from  the  beginning,  and  the  Lord 
is  thy  name. 

11  Lift  up  thy  arm  as  from  the  beginning,  and 
crush  their  power  with  thy  power:  let  their  power 
tall  in  their  wrath,  w  ho  promise  themselves  to  violate 
thy  sanctuary,  and  defile  the  dwelling-place  of  th\ 
name,  and  to  beat  down  with  their  sword  the  horn 
of  thy  altar. 

1  1  lirim-  to  pass,  O  Lord,  that  his  pride  may  be 
tut  oflT  with  his  own  sword. 

1.)  Let  him  be  caught  in  the  net  of  his  own  eyes 
in  m\  regard;  arfd  do  thou  strike  him  by  the  gra 

of  the  words  of  my   lips. 

14  Give  me  constancy  in  my  mind,  that  I  may 
despise  him;  and  fortitude  that  I  may  overthrow  him. 

1")  For  this  will  be  a  glorious  monument  for  thy 
name,  when  he  shall  fall  by  the  hand  of  a  wo- 
man. 

1  ti  For  thy  power,  O  Lord,  is  not  in  a  multitude, 
nor  is  thy  pleasure  in  the  Btrength  of  horses;  nor 
from  the  beginning  have  the  proud  been  acceptable 
to  thee  :  but  the  prayer  of  the  humble  and  the  meek 
bath  always  pleased  tin 

17  ()  (iod  of  the  heavens,  ( 'rcator  of  the  waters, 
and    Lord  of  the    whole   creation,  hear   me   a  poor 

w  nidi,  making  supplication  to  thee,  and  presuming 
of  thy  mere) . 

18  Remember,  O  Lord,  thy  covenant,  and  put 
thou  words  in  my  mouth,  ami  strengthen  the  re- 
solution in  my  heart,  that  thy  house  may  continue 
in  thy  Imlim 

1!'  And  all  nations  may  acknowledge  that  thou 
art  God,  and  there  is  no  other  besides  thee. 

*  Brtoun  Iknrv.  1ft.  In  tla«  Bad  the  following  chanter,  «4nnr  thine* 
*r*  related  to  have  hern  »aid  bv  Judith,  whir*  *eem  hard  to  reconcile 
mih  truth.     But  all  that  it  related  in  ~  nntore  of  theaervanti  of  God 

MS 


CHAP.  X. 

Judith  goeth  out  totrardu  the  ramp,  and  it  taken,  and  brmtgkt 
to    IhtliUrnts. 
\   N I )  it  came  to  pass,  w  hen  she  had  ceased  to  cry 
■**-  to    the    Lord,   that    she    rose   from    the    place 
wherein  she  lay  prostrate  before  the  Lord. 

2  And  she  called  her  maid  :  and  going  down  into 
her  house,  she  took  off  her  haircloth,  and  put  away 
the  garments  of  her  w  idow  hood. 

3  And  she  washed  her  body,  and  anointed  her- 
self with  the  best  ointment,  and  plaited  the  hair 
of  her  head,  and  put  a  Ixninet  upon  her  head,  and 
clothed  herself  with  the  garments  of  her  gladness, 
and  put  sandals  on  her  feel,  and  took  her  bracelets, 
and  lilies,  and  eailels.  and  rings,  and  adorned  her- 
self with  all  her  ornaments. 

4  And  the  Lord  also  gave  her  more  beat*}  :  be- 
cause all  this  dressing  up  did  not  proceed  from  sen- 
suality, but  from  virtue:  and  therefore  the  Lord  in- 
creased this  her  beauty,  so   that  she  appealed  to  all 

men's  eyes  incomparablj  lovely. 

5  And  she  gave  to  her  maid  a  bottle  of  wine  to 
carry,  and  a  vessel  of  oil,  and  parched  corn,  and  dry 
tigs,  and  bread  and  cheese;  and  went  out. 

6  And  w  hen  they  came  to  the  gate  of  the  city,  they 
found  O/.ias  and  the  ancients  of  the  city  Waiting. 

7  And  when  they  saw  her,  the\  were  astonished, 
and  admired  bet  heautx  exceedingly. 

8  But  they* asked  her  no  question;  only  they  let 

her  pass,  saying  :    The  ( iod  of  our  fathers  give  thee 

grace,  and  may  be  strengthen  all  the  counsel  of  thy 

heart  wirh  his  power,  that  Jerusalem  ma\  glory  in 
thee,  and  thy  name  may  be  in  the  number  of  the 
liolv  and  just. 

9  And  they  that  were  there  said,  all  with  one 

voice  :    So  be  it,  so  lie  it. 

10  But  Judith  praying  to  the  Lord,  passed 
through  the  gates,  SM  and  her  maid. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  she  went  down 
the  hill,  about  break  of  day,  that  the  watchmen  of 
the  Assyrians  met  her,  and  Stopped  her,  sa\ing: 
Whence  contest  thou?  or  whither  goest  thour 

12  And  she  answered  :  1  am  a  daughter  of  the 
Hebrews, and  I  am  fled  from  them,  because  I  knew  * 
they  would  be  made  a  prey  to  you,  because  they 
despised  you,  and  would  not  of  their  own  accord 
Meld  theuisehes,  that  they  might  find  uure\  in  \our 
sight. 

13  For  this  reason  I  thought  with  myself,  saying: 
I  will  go  to  the  presence  of  the  prince  Hololerm  s, 
that  I  may  tell  him  their  secrets,  and  show  him  by 
what  way  he  may  take  them,  without  the  losi  of 
one  man  of  his  army. 

14  And  when  the  men  had  heard  her  words,  they 
beheld  her  face,  and  their  ayes  were  amazed  ;  lor 
they  wondered  exceedingly  at  her  beauty. 

15  And  they  said  to  her :  Thou  hast  saved  thy 
life  by  taking  this  resolution,  to  come  don  n  to  our  lord. 

16  And  be  assured  of  this,  that  when  thou  shall 


U  not  approved  bv  the  acrinturc  :  and  eren  the  tainU  in  tttc-ir  food  en 
terpriae*  may  •ocnetimea  (lip  into  venial  am*. 


CHAP.  XI,  XII. 


rfand  before  liim,  he  will  treat  thee  well,  and  thou 
wilt  be  most  acceptable  to  his  heart.  And  they 
L.ought  her  to  the  tent  of  Holofernes,  telling  him 
of  her. 

1"  And  when  she  was  come  into  his  presence, 
forthwith  Holofernes  was  caught  by  his  eyes. 

18  An  1  his  officers  said  to  him  :  Who  can  despise 
the  peopl 5  of  the  Hebrews,  who  have  such  beautiful 
women,  tiiat  we  should  not  think  it  worth  our  while 
for  their  sakes  to  fight  against  them  ? 

19  And  Judith  seeing  Holofernes  sitting  under 
a  canopy,  which  was  woven  of  purple  and  gold,  with 
emeralds  and  precious  stones, 

20  After  she  had  looked  on  his  face,  bowed  down 
to  him,  prostrating  herself  to  the  ground.  And  the 
servants  of  Holofernes  lifted  her  up,  by  the  com- 
mand of  their  master. 

CHAP.  XI. 

Judith's  speech  to  Holofernes. 

THEN  Holofernes  said  to  her  :  Be  of  good  com- 
fort, and  fear  not  in  thy  heart :  for  1  have  never 
hurt  a  man  that  was  willing  to  serve  Nabuchodono- 
sor  the  king. 

2  And  if  thy  people  had  not  despised  me,  I  would 
never  have  lifted  up  my  spear  against  them. 

3  But  now  tell  me,  for  what  cause  hast  thou  left 
them,  and  why  it  hath  pleased  thee  to  come  to  us  ? 

4  And  Judith  said  to  him  :  Receive  the  words  of 
thy  handmaid;  for  if  thou  wilt  follow  the  words  of 
thy  handmaid,  the  Lord  will  do  with  thee  a  perfect 
thing. 

5  For  as  Nabuchodonosor  the  king  of  the  earth 
liveth,  and  his  power  liveth  which  is  in  thee  for  chas- 
tising of  all  straying  souls  :  not  only  men  serve  him 
through  thee,  but  also  the  beasts  of  the  field  obey  him. 

6  For  the  industry  of  thy  mind  is  spoken  of 
among  all  nations:  and  it  is  told  through  the  whole 
world,  that  thou  only  art  excellent  and  mighty  in  all 
his  kingdom ;  and  thy  discipline  is  cried  up  in  all 
provinces. 

7  It  is  known  also  what  Achior  said;  nor  are  we 
ignorant  of  what  thou  hast  commanded  to  be  done 
to  him. 

8  For  it  is  certain  that  our  God  is  so  offended 
with  sins,  that  he  hath  sent  word  by  his  prophets  to 
the  people,  that  he  will  deliver  them  up  for  their  sins. 

9  And  because  the  children  of  Israel  know  they 
have  offended  their  God,  thy  dread  is  upon  them. 

10  Moreover  also  a  famine  hath  come  upon  them; 
and  for  drought  of  water  they  are  already  to  be  count- 
ed among  the  dead. 

11  And  they  have  a  design  even  to  kill  their  cat- 
tle, and  to  drink  the  blood  of  them. 

12  And  the  consecrated  things  of  the  Lord  their 
God  which  God  forbid  them  to  touch,  in  corn,  wine, 
and  oil,  these  have  they  purposed  to  make  use  of: 
anr1  they  design  to  consume  the  things  which  they 
ought  not  to  touch  with  their  hands:  therefore  be- 
cause they  do  these  things,  it  is  certain  they  will  be 
given  up  to  destruction. 

13  And  I  thy  handmaid  knowing  this,  am  fled 
from  them ;  and  the  Lord  hath  sent  me  to  tell  thee 
ihese  very  things. 

3D 


14  For  I  thy  handmaid  worship  God  even  now 
that  I  am  with  thee;  and  thy  handmaid  will  go  out, 
and  I  will  pray  to  God  : 

15  And  he  will  tell  me  when  he  will  repay  them 
for  their  sins:  and  I  will  ^ome  and  tell  thee,  so  that 
I  may  bring  thee  hrouf,  .  the  midst  of  Jerusalem ; 
and  thou  shalt  ha\  2  all  tne  people  of  Israel,  as  sheep 
that  have  no  shepierd;  and  there  shall  not  so  much 
as  one  dog  bark  against  thee: 

1G  Because  these  things  are  told  me  by  the  pro- 
vidence of  God. 

17  And  because  God  is  angry  with  them,  I  am 
sent  to  tell  these  very  things  to  thee. 

18  And  all  these  words  pleased  Holofernes,  and 
his  servants;  and  they  admired  her  wisdom  ;  and 
they  said  one  to  another: 

19  There  is  not  such  another  woman  upon  earth 
in  look,  in  beauty,  and  in  sense  of  words. 

20  And  Holofernes  said  to  her:  God  hath  done 
well  who  sent  thee  before  the  people,  that  thou 
Brightest  give  them  into  our  hands: 

21  And  because  thy  promise  is  good,  if  thy  God 
shall  do  this  for  me,  he  shall  also  be  my  God  ;  and 
thou  shalt  be  great  in  the  house  of  Nabuchodonosor, 
and  thy  name  shall  be  renowned  through  all  the  earth. 

CHAP.  XII. 

Judith  goeth  out  in  the  night  to  pray  :  she  is  invited  to  a  ban- 
quet with  Holofernes. 

^T^HEN  he  ordered  that  she  should  go  in  where 
-■-     his  treasures  were  laid  up,  and  bade  her  tarry 
there :  and  he  appointed  what  should  be  given  her 
from  his  own  table. 

2  And  Judith  answered  him,  and  said:  Now  I 
cannot  eat  of  these  things  which  thou  command)  st 
to  be  given  me,  lest  sin  come  upon  me:  but  I  will 
eat  of  the  things  which  I  have  brought. 

3  And  Holofernes  said  to  her:  If  these  things 
which  thou  hast  brought  with  thee  fail  thee,  what 
shall  we  do  for  thee? 

4  And  Judith  said:  As  thy  soul  liveth,  my  lord, 
thy  handmaid  shall  not  spend  all  these  things  till 
God  do  by  my  hand  that  which  1  have  purposed. 
And  his  servants  brought  her  into  the  tent  which  he 
had  commanded. 

5  And  when  she  was  going  in,  she  desired  that 
she  might  have  liberty  to  go  out  at  night  and  before 
day,  to  prayer,  and  to  beseech  the  Lord. 

6  And  he  commanded  his  chamberlains,  that  she 
might  go  out  and  in,  to  adore  her  God  as  she  pleas- 
ed, for  thrae  days. 

7  And  she  went  out  in  the  nights  into  the  valley 
of  Bethulia,  and  washed  herself  in  a  fountain  of 
water. 

8  And  as  she  came  up,  she  prayed  to  the  Lord 
the  God  of  Israel,  that  he  would  direct  her  way  to 
the  deliverance  of  his  people. 

9  And  going  in,  she  remained  pure  in  the  tent, 
until  she  took  her  own  meat  in  the  evening. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  fourth  day,  that 
Holofernes  made  a  supper  for  his  servants;  and  said 
to  Vagao  his  runuch:  Go,  and  persuade  thai  He 
brew  woman,  to  consent  of  her  own  accord  to  dwell 
with  me. 

393 


jrnmi. 


11  For  it  is  looked  upon  shameful  among  the 
rttan*,  it  a  w  out. in  mock  a  man,  In  doing  so  as 

to  pass  free  from  him. 

12  Then  Vagao  went  in  to  Judith,  ami  mid:  Let 
not  my  good  in. ml  he  afraid  to  go  in  to  my  lord,  that 
she  may  bt'  honoured  before  his  face,  that  she  ma\ 
eal  with  him,  and  drink  w  ine,  and  M  incrrv. 

13  And  Judith  sjlssWflcd  him:  Who  am  I,  that  1 
should  gaitisav  m\  lord? 

1  i-  Ml  that  shall  be  good  and  best  before  his  eyes, 
I  will  do.  And  whatsoever  shall  please  him,  diat 
shall  b«'  best  to  me  all  the  days  of  my  life. 

15  And  she  arose,  and  dressed  herself  out  with 
her  garments;  and  going  in  she  stood  before  his  face. 

hi  And  the  heart  of  llolofernes  was  smitten,  for 
he  was  burning  with  the  desire  of  her. 

17  Anil  Holofernes  said  to  her :  Drink  now,  and 
sit  down,  and  he  merry;  for  thou  hast  found  favour 
before  me. 

18  And  Judith  said:  I  will  drink,  my  lord;  be- 
cause im  life  is  magnified  thisday  above  all  my  days, 

19  And  she  took  and  ate  and  drank  before  him 
what  her  maid  had  prepared  for  her. 

20  And  Holofernes  was  made  merry  on  her  occa- 
sion, and  drank  exceeding  much  wine,  so  much  as 
he  had  never  drunk  in  his  life. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

Judith  cutteik  off  the  head  of  Holofernes,  and  retumeth  to 
Itcthulia. 

\  NT)  when  it  was  grown  late,  his  servants  made 
-^*-  bMtC  to  their  lodgings;  and  Vagao  shut  the 
chamber-doors,  and  went  his  way. 

2  And  they  were  all  overcharged  with  wine: 

3  And  Judith  was  alone  in  the  chamber. 

4  Hut  Holofernes  lay  on  his  bed,  fast  asleep,  bring 
exceedingly  drunk.  • 

5  And  Judith  spoke  to  her  maid,  to  stan  1  with- 
out before  the  chamber,  and  to  watch: 

6  \ml  Judith  stood  before  the  bed,  praying  with 
tears,  ami  the  motion  of  her  lips  in  silence, 

lying:  Strengthen  me,  O  Lord  God  of  Israel; 
and  in  this  hour  look  on  the  works  of  my  hands,  that 
as  thou  hast  promised,  thou  mayst  raise  up  Jerusa- 
lem thy  city:  and  that  I  maj  bring  to  pass  that  which 
I  have  piir|>osed,  having  a  belief  that  it  might  be 
done  bj    thee. 

8  And  whin  she  had  said  this,  she  went  to  the 
pillar  that  was  at  kit  bed's  head,  and  loosed  his 
sword  that  hung  tied  upon  it. 

9  And  when  she  had  drawn  it  out,  she  took  him 
In  the  hair  of  his  he.nl,  ;iml  said:  Strengthen  me, 
0  Lord  <  o>d,  at  this  hour. 

10  And  she  struck  twice  upon  his  neck,  and  cut 
ofl"  his  head,  and  took  oil'  his  cauoity  from  the  pillars, 
and  rolled  awa\  his  headless  body. 

11  And  alter  a  while  she  went  out,  ami  deliver- 
ed the  head  of  Holofernes  to  her  maid,  and  bade  her 
put  it  into  het  wallet. 

1  J  And  ihe\  two  went  out  according  to  their  cus- 
tom, as  if  it  wen    to  prayer:  and   they  passed  the 

camp,  and  having  compassed  the  valley,  the)   came 
to  the  gate  of  the  city. 

3M 


13  And  Judith  from  afar  off  cried  to  the  wau.tl- 
meii  upon  the  walls:  Open  the  for  God  is 
with  us,  who  hath  show  n  his  power  in  Israel. 

14  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  men  had  beard 
her  voice,  that  they  called  the  ancients  <>|   the  citv. 

|6  tad  all  ran  to  meet  her  from  the  least  to  thr 
greatest:  for  thej  had  now  no  hopes  that  she  would 
come 

16  And  lighting  up  lights  they  all  gathered  round 
about  her:'  and  she  went  up  to  a  higher  place,  and 
commanded  silence  to  be  made.  And  when  all  had 
held  their  peace, 

17  Judith  said:  Praise  ye  the  Lord  our  God,  w  ho 
hath  not  forsaken  them  that  hope  in  him. 

18  And  by  tne  his  handmaid  he  hath  fulfilled  his 
mercy,  which  be  promised  to  the  house  of  Ism  I: 
and  he  hath  killed  the  enemy  of  his  people  bj  my 
hand  this  night. 

19  Then  she  brought  forth  the  head  of  Holofernes 
out  of  the  wallet,  ami  showed  it  them,  saying:  Be- 
hold the  head  of  Holofernes  the  general  of  the  army 
of  the  \ss\  i  ians:  and  behold  his  canopy,  w  herein  he 
lay  in  his  drunkenness,  where  the  Lord  our  God 
slew  him  bj  the  hand  of  a  woman. 

20  But  as  the  same  Lord  li\eth,  his  angel  hath 
been  m\  keeper  both  going  hence,  and  abiding  there, 
and  returning  from  thence  hither:  and  the  Lord  hath 
not  suffered  me  his  handmaid  to  be  defiled :  but  h  i  h 
brought  me  back  to  you  without  pollution  of  sin, 
rejoicing  for  bis  victory,  for  my  escape,  and  for  your 
deliverance. 

21  Give  all  of  you  glory  to  him,  because  be  is 
good,  because  his  mens  endureth  lor  ever. 

22  And  they  all  adored  the  Lord,  and  said  to  her: 
The  Lord  hath  blessed  thee  by  bis  power;  because 

by  thee  he  hath  brought  our  enemies  to  nought. 

23  And  O/ias  the  prince  of  the  people  of  Isiai  I, 
said  to  her:  Blessed  art  thou,  O  (laughter,  by  tin- 
Lord  the  most  high  God,  above  all  women  upon  the 
earth. 

24  Blessed  be  the  Lord  who  made  heaven  and 
earth,  who  hath  directed  thee  to  the  cutting  olT  the 
head  of  the  prince  of  our  enemies. 

23  Because  he  hath  so  magnified  thy  name  this 
da]  .  that  thy  praise  shall  not  depart  out  of  the  mouth 
of  men,  who  shall  be  mindful  of  the  power  of  the 
Lord  forever:  for  that  thou  hast  not  spared  t  li\  life, 
bt  reason  of  the  distress  and  tribulation  of  tin  peo- 
ple; but  hast  prevented  our  ruin  in  the  presence  of 
our  God. 

26  And  all  the  people  said :  So  l>c  it,  so  be  it. 

27  And  Axhior  being  called  for  came;  and  Jurli  h 
said  to  him:  The  God  of  Israel,  to  whom  thou 
..in  si  testimony,  that  be  reveugeth  himself  of  his 
enemies,  he  hath  cut  oft  the  head  of  all  the  unbe- 
lievers this  night  by  my  hand. 

J.'!  And  that  thou  mays!  find  that  it  is  so,  behold 
the  head  of  Holofernes,  who  in  the  contempt  of  ilil 
pride  despised  the  God  of  Israel;  and  threatened 
thee  with  death.  sa\ing:  When  the  people  of  Israel 
shall  be  taken,  I  will  command  thy  sides  to  bepii  n  <  d 
w  ith  a  sword. 

29  Then  Achior  seeing  the  head  of  Holofernes, 


CHAP. 

being  seized  with  a  great  fear,  he  fell  on  his  face 
upon  the  earth,  and  his  soul  swooned  away. 

30  But  after  he  had  recovered  his  spirits  he  fell 
Jown  at  her  feet,  and  reverenced  her,  and  said  : 

31  Blessed  art  thou  by  thy  God  in  every  taberna- 
cle of  Jacob,  for  in  every  nation  which  shall  hear 
thy  name,  the  God  of  Israel  shall  be  magnified  on 
occasion  of  thee. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

The  Israelites  assault  the  Assyrians,  who,  finding  their  general 
slain,  are  seized  with  a  panic  fear. 

AND  Judith  said  to  all  the  people:  Hear  me,  my 
brethren,  hang  ye  up  this  head  upon  our  walls  : 

2  And  as  soon  as  the  sun  shall  rise,  let  every  man 
take  his  arms,  and  rush  ye  out,  not  as  going  down 
beneath,  but  as  making  an  assault. 

3  Then  the  watchmen  must  needs  run  to  awake 
their  prince  for  the  battle. 

4  And  when  the  captains  of  them  shall  run  to  the 
tent  of  Holofernes,  and  shall  find  him  without  his 
head  wallowing  in  his  blood,  fear  shall  fall  upon 
them. 

5  And  when  you  shall  know  that  they  are  fleeing, 
go  after  them  securely;  for  the  Lord  will  destroy 
them  under  your  feet. 

6  Then  Achior  seeing  the  power  that  the  God  of 
Israel  had  wrought,  leaving  the  religion  of  the  Gen- 
tiles, he  believed  God,  and  circumcised  the  flesh  of 
his  foreskin,  and  was  joined  to  the  people  of  Israel, 
with  all  the  succession  of  his  kindred  until  this  pre- 
sent day. 

7  And  immediately  at  break  of  day,  they  hung  up 
the  head  of  Holofernes  upon  the  walls:  and  every 
man  took  his  arms,  and  they  went  out  with  a  great 
noise  and  shouting. 

8  And  the  watchmen  seeing  this,  ran  to  the  tent 
of  Holofernes. 

9  And  they  that  were  in  the  tent  came,  and 
made  a  noise  before  the  doorof  the  chamberto  awake 
him,  endeavouring  by  art  to  break  his  rest,  that 
Holofernes  might  awake,  not  by  their  calling  him, 
but  by  their  noise. 

10  For  no  man  durst  knock,  or  open  and  go  into 
the  chamber  of  the  general  of  the  Assyrians. 

1 1  But  when  his  captains  and  tribunes  werecome, 
and  all  the  chiefs  of  the  army  of  the  king  of  the 
Assyrians,  they  said  to  the  chamberlains: 

12  Go  in,  and  awake  him;  for  the  mice  coming 
out  of  their  holes,  have  presumed  to  challenge  us  to 
fight. 

13  Then  Vagao  going  into  his  chamber,  stood  be- 
fore the  curtain,  and  made  a  clapping  with  his  hands : 
for  he  thought  that  he  was  sleeping  with  Judith. 

14  But  when  with  hearkening,  he  perceived  no 
motion  of  one  lying,  he  came  near  to  the  curtain,  and 
lifting  it  up,  and  seeing  the  body  of  Holofernes, 
lying  upon  the  ground,  without  the  head,  weltering 
in  his  blood,  he  cried  out  with  a  loud  voice,  with 
weeping,  and  rent  his  garments. 

15  And  he  went  into  the  tent  of  Judith,  and  not 
finding  her,  he  ran  out  to  the  people, 

16  And  said:  One  Hebrew  woman  hath  made 
confusion  in  the  house  of  king  Nabuchodonosor ;  for 


XIV,  XV. 

behold,   Holofernes  lieth  upon  the  ground,  and  his 
head  is  not  upon  him. 

17  Now  when  the  chiefs  of  the  army  of  the  As- 
syrians had  heard  this,  they  all  rent  their  garments; 
and  an  intolerable  fear  and  dread  fell  upon  them,  and 
their  minds  were  troubled  exceedingly. 

18  And  there  was  a  very  great  cry  in  the  midst 
of  their  camp. 

CHAP.  XV. 

The  Assyrians  fee :  the  Hebrews  pursue  after  them,  and  are 
enriched  by  their  spoils. 

A  ND  when  all  the  army  heard  that  Holofernes 
x  *-  was  beheaded,  courage  and  counsel  fled  from 
them :  and  being  seized  with  trembling  and  fear,  they 
thought  only  to  save  themselves  by  flight : 

2  So  that  no  one  spoke  to  his  neighbour,  but 
hanging  down  the  head,  leaving  all  things  behind, 
they  made  haste  to  escape  from  the  Hebrews,  w  ho, 
as  they  heard,  were  coming  armed  upon  them,  and 
fled  by  the  ways  of  the  fields,  and  the  paths  of  the 
hills. 

3  So  the  children  of  Israel  seeing  them  fleeing, 
followed  after  them.  And  they  went  down  sound- 
ing with  trumpets,  and  shouting  after  them. 

4  And  because  the  Assyrians  were  not  united  to- 
gether, they  went  without  order  in  their  flight;  but 
the  children  of  Israel  pursuing  in  one  body,  de- 
feated all  that  they  could  find. 

5  And  Ozias  sent  messengers  through  all  the 
cities  and  countries  of  Israel. 

6  And  every  country,  and  every  city,  sent  their 
chosen  young  men  armed  after  them  :  and  they  pur- 
sued them  with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  until  they 
came  to  the  extremities  of  their  confines. 

7  And  the  rest  that  were  in  Bethulia  went  into 
the  camp  of  the  Assyrians,  and  took  away  the  spoils, 
which  the  Assyrians  in  their  flight  had  left  behind 
them  ;  and  they  were  loaden  exceedingly. 

8  But  they  that  returned  conquerers  to  Bethulia, 
brought  with  them  all  things  that  were  theirs,  so 
that  there  was  no  numbering  their  cattle,  and  beasts, 
and  all  their  moveables,  insomuch  that  from  the  least 
to  the  greatest  all  were  made  rich  by  their  spoils. 

9  And  Joachim  the  high  priest  came  from  Jeru- 
salem to  Bethulia  with  all  his  ancients  to  see  Judith. 

10  And  when  she  was  come  out  to  him,  they  all 
blessed  her  with  one  voice,  saying :  Thou  art  the 
glory  of  Jerusalem  ;  thou  art  the  joy  of  Israel ;  thou 
art  the  honour  of  our  people  : 

1 1  For  thou  hast  done  manfully,  and  thy  heart  has 
been  strengthened;  because  thou  hast  loved  chastity, 
and  after  thy  husband  hast  not  known  any  other  : 
therefore  alsothehand  of  the  Lord  hath  strengthened 
thee,  and  therefore  thou  shalt  be  blessed  for  ever. 

12  And  all  the  people  said  :  So  be  it,  so  be  it. 

13  And  thirty  days  were  scarce  sufficient  for  the 
people  of  Israel  to  gather  up  the  spoils  of  the  As- 
syrians. 

14  But  all  those  things  that  were  proved  to  be 
the  peculiar  goods  of  Holofernes,  they  gave  to  Judith, 
in  gold,  and  silver,  and  garments,  and  precious 
stones,  and  all  household  stuff";  and  they  all  were 
delivered  to  her  by  the  people. 


395 


F>TUER. 


15  And  all  the  people  rejoiced]  w ith  the  women, 
and  v  u-^in-,,  sod  young  men,  playing  on  instruments 

and  harps. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

The  canticle  qfjuduk:  ktr  rirtuoun  life  and  death. 

'TMIF.N  Judith  sung  this  canticle  to  the  Lord, 

o    S,jr,.U*: 

2  Beau  ye  to  the  Lord  with  timbrels ;  sing  veto 

the  Lord  withcjmbals;  tune  unto  him  a  new  psalm; 
extoUind  rail  upon  his  name. 

3  The  Lord  pulteth  an  end  to  wars,  the  Lord  is 
his  name. 

4  He  hath  set  his  camp  in  the  midst  of  his  people, 
to  deliver  ns  from  the  hand  of  all  our  enemies. 

5  The  Assyrian  came  out  of  the  mountains  from 
the  north  in  the  multitude  of  his  strength:  his  mul- 
titude  stopped   up  the  torrents;  and  their  In 
covered  the  valleys. 

6  He  bragged  that  he  would  set  my  borders  on 
fire,  and  kill  my  young  men  with  the  sword,  to 
make  my  infants  a  prey,  and  my  virgins  captives. 

7  But  the  almighty  Lord  hath  struck  him,  and 
hath  delivered  him  into  the  hands  of  a  woman,  and 
hath  slain  him. 

8  For  their  mighty  one  did  not  fall  by  young  men ; 
neither  did  the  sons  of  Titan  Strike  him,  DOT  tall 
giants  oppose  themselves  to  him  :  bat  Judith  the 
daughter  of  Merari  weakened  him  with  the  beauty 
ol  her  face. 

9  For  she  put  off  her  the  garments  of  widow- 
hood, and  put  on  her  the  garments  of  joy,  to  give 
JOJ  to  I  lit:  children  of  Israel. 

10  She  anointed  her  face  with  ointment,  and  hound 
up  her  locks  with  a  crown  ;  she  took  a  new  robe  to 

ive  him. 

11  Her  sandals  ravished  his  eyes;  her  beauty 
made  his  soul  her  captive;  with  a  sword  she  out  off 

his  head. 

12  The  Persians  quaked  at  her  constancy,  and  the 
Mcdes  at  her  hold  in 

13  Then  the  ramp  of  the  Assyrians  howled,  when 
mj  lowly  ones  appeared,  parched  with  thirst. 

11  The  sons  of  the  damsels  have  pierced  them 
through;  and  they  have  killed  them  like  children 
fleeing  away  :  they  perished  in  battle  before  the  luce 
of  the  Lord  my  (iod. 

15  Let  us  sing  a  hymn  to  the  Lord  let  us  sing 
a  new  hymn  to  our  God. 


It>  O  Adonai  Lord,  great  art  thou,  and  glorioui 
m  thy  power;  and  no  one  can  Overcome  th< 

17  Let  all  thy  creatines  serve  i h.  e  :  because  thou 
h:ist  spoken,  and  the\  w.  re  made:  thou  didst  send 
forth  ihy  Spirit,  and  the]  were  created  ;  and  there 
is  no  one  that  can  resist  thy  voice. 

18  The  mountains  shall  be  moved  from  the  foun 
datmns  with  the  waters:  the  rocks  shall  melt  as 
was  before  thy  bee. 

19  But  they  that  fear  thee,  shall  Ik-  great  with 
thee  m  all  things. 

20  Wo  be  to  the  nation  that  riseth  up  against  my 
people:  for  the  Lord  almighty  will  take  revenge  on 
them;  m  the  day  of  judgment  he  will  vis.it  them. 

21  For  he  will   give  tire  and   worms   into   their 

o«  t,,(V  "KIN   m,rn'  aml  n,:iv  ,*'t'1  'or  ever. 

22  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these  things,  that  all 
the  people,  alter  the  victory,  came  to  Jerusalem,  to 
adore  the  Lord  :  and  as  soon  as  ihe\  were  purified, 
they  all  offered  holocausts,  and  vows,  and  their 
promises. 

,  23  And  Judith  offered  for  an  anathema  of  obli- 
vion* all  the  arms  of  Holoferues,  which  the  people 
gave  her,  and  the  canopy  that  she  had  takes  away 
out  of  his  chamber. 

24  And  the  people  were  joyful  in  the  sight  of  the 
sanctuary  ;  and  for  three  months  the  joy  of  this  vic- 
tory was  celebrated  with  Judith. 

.  25  And  after  those  days  every  man  returned  to 
his  house:  and  Judith  was  made  great  in  Bethulia, 
and  she  was  most  renow  ned  in  all  the  land  of  Israel. 

26  And  chastity  was  joined  to  her  virtue,  so  that 
she  knew  no  man  all  the  days  of  her  life,  after  the 
death  of  Mauasses  her  husband. 

27  And  on  festival  days  she  came  forth  w  ith  great 
glory. 

28  And  she  abode  in  her  husband's  house  a  hun- 
dred and  five  years,  an. I  made  her  handmaid  free  ; 
and  she  died,  and  was  buried  with  her  husliand  iu 
Bethulia. 

29  And  all  the  people  mourned  for  seven  days. 

30  And  all  the  time  of  her  life  there  was  none 
th.it  troubled  Israel,  nor  many  years  after  her  death. 

31  But  the  day  of  the  festivity  of  this  victor)  is 
received  by  the  Hebrews  in  the  number  of  bolj  days, 
and  is  religiously  observed  by  the  Jews  from  thai 
time  until  this  day. 


.Umalkttnt  o/oWirio*.  That  a,  a  gift  or  offering  made  to  God, 
by  way  of  an  everla^inp  monument,  to  prevent  the  oblivion  or  for- 
getting' so  great  a  benefit. 


THE  BOOK  OF  ESTHER. 


Tkit  book  takes  itt  name  from  queen  Esther ;  whose  history  is 
here  reenrdrd.  'I'hr  pr-iurrd  opinion  of  id  most  all  commenta- 
tors em  the  Holv  Srripturr  mnkrs  Mardorhai  the  writer  of  it: 
tekicn  alto  map  be  collected  Mote  from  chap.  ii.  per.  20. 

CHAP.  1. 

King  Astntms  makrth  a  great  feast.  Queen  I'asthi  being 
sent  for,  refuuth  to  come :  for    tekicM  disobedience  stu  u 

M 


FN  the  days  of  Assuerus,  who  reigned  from  India 
*•  to  Klhiopia  over  a  hundred  ami  twent>  s<  \.  n 
provinces  i 

~  When  he  sat  on  the  throne  of  his  kinedom,  the 
citj   Susan  was  the  capital  of  his  kingdom. 

3  Now  in  the  third  year  of  his  reign  he  made  a 
great  feast  for  all  the  princes,  and  for  his  servants. 


CHAP.  II. 


for  th-j  most  mighty  of  the  Persians,  and  the  nobles 
of  the  Medes,  and  the  governors  of  the  provinces  in 
his  sight, 

4  That  he  might  show  the  riches  of  the  glory  of 
his  kingdom,  and  the  greatness,  and  boasting  of  his 
power,  for  a  long  time,  to  wit,  for  a  hundred  and 
fourscore  days. 

5  And  when  the  days  of  the  feast  were  expired, 
he  invited  all  the  people  that  were  found  in  Susan, 
from  the  greatest  to  the  least :  and  commanded  a 
feast  to  be  made  seven  days  in  the  court  of  tin;  gar- 
den, and  of  the  wood,  which  was  planted  by  the 
care  and  the  hand  of  the  king. 

6  And  there  were  hung  up  on  every  side  sky- 
coloured,  and  green,  and  violet  hangings,  fastened 
with  cords  of  silk,  and  of  purple,  which  were  put 
into  rings  of  ivory,  and  were  held  up  with  marble 
pillars.  The  beds  also  were  of  gold  and  silver,  pla- 
ced in  order  upon  a  floor  paved  with  porphyry  and 
white  marble  :  which  was  embellished  with  painting 
of  wonderful  variety. 

7  And  they  that  were  invited,  drank  in  golden 
rups  ;  and  the  meats  were  brought  in  divers  vessels 
one  after  another.  Wine  also  in  abundance,  and 
of  the  best  was  presented,  as  was  worthy  of  a  king's 
magnificence. 

8  Neither  was  there  any  one  to  compel  them  to 
drink  that  were  not  willing,  but  as  the  king  had  ap- 
pointed, who  set  over  every  table  one  of  his  nobles, 
that  every  man  might  take  what  he  would. 

9  Also  Vasthi  the  queen  made  a  feast  for  the  women 
in  the  palace,  where  king  Assuerus  was  used  tod  well. 

10  Now  on  the  seventh  day,  when  the  king  was 
merry,  and  after  very  much  drinking  was  well 
wanned  with  wine,  he  commanded  Mauman,  and 
Bizatha,  and  Harbona,  and  Bagatha,  and  Abgatha, 
and  Zethar,  and  Charcas,  the  seven  eunuchs  that 
served  in  his  presence, 

1 1  To  bring  in  queen  Vasthi  before  the  king,  with 
the  crown  set  upon  her  head,  to  show  her  beauty  to 
all  the  people  and  the  princes  :  for  she  was  exceed- 
ing beautiful. 

12  But  she  refused,  and  would  not  come  at  the 
kins's  commandment,  which  he  had  signified  to  her 
by  the  eunuchs.  Whereupon  the  king,  being  angry, 
and  inflamed  with  a  very  great  fury, 

13  Asked  the  wise  men,  who  according  to  the  cus- 
tom of  the  kin^s,  were  always  near  his  person,  and 
all  he  did  was  by  their  counsel,  who  knew  the  laws, 
and  judgments,  of  their  forefathers: 

14  (Now  the  chief  and  nearest  him  were,  Char- 
sena,  and  Sethar,  and  Ad  mat  ha,  and  Tliarsis,  and 
Mares,  and  Marsana,  and  Mamnchan,  seven  princes 
of  the  Persians,  and  of  the  Medes,  who  saw  the  face 
of  the  king,  and  were  used  to  sit  first  after  him:) 

15  What  sentence  ought  to  pass  upon  Vasthi  the 
queen,  who  had  refused  to  obey  the  commandment 
of  king  Assuerus,  which  he  had  sent  to  her  by  the 
eunuchs? 

16  And  Mamuchan  answered,  in  the  hearing  of 
the  king  and  the  princes:  Queen  Vasthi  hath  not 
only  injured  the  king,  but  also  all  people  and  princes 
that  are  in  all  the  provinces  of  king  Assuerus. 


17  For  this  deed  of  the  queen  will  go  abroad  to 
all  women,  so  that  they  will  despise  their  husbands, 
and  will  say:  King  Assuerus  commanded  that  queen 
Vasthi  should  come  in  to  him,  and  she  would  not. 

18  And  by  this  example  all  the  wives  of  the 
princes  of  the  Persians  and  the  Medes  will  slight 
the  commandments  of  their  husbands:  wherefore 
the  king's  indignation  is  just. 

19  It  it  please  thee,  let  an  edict  go  out  from  thy 
presence,  and  let  it  be  written  according  to  the  law 
of  the  Persians  and  of  the  Medes,  which  must  not 
be  altered,  that  Vasthi  come  in  no  more  to  the  king; 
but  another  that  is  better  than  her,  be  made  queen 
in  her  place. 

20  And  let  this  be  published  through  all  the  pro- 
vinces of  thy  empire  (which  is  very  wide)  and  let 
ajl  wives,  as  well  of  the  greater  as  of  the  lesser, 
give  honour  to  their  husbands. 

21  His  counsel  pleased  the  king,  and  the  princes: 
and  the  king  did  according  to  the  counsel  of  Ma- 
muchan. 

22  And  he  sent  letters  to  all  the  provinces  or  nis 
kingdom,  as  every  nation  could  hear  and  read,  in 
divers  languages  and  characters,  that  the  husbands 
should  be  rulers  and  masters  in  their  houses:  and 
that  this  should  be  published  to  every  people. 

CHAP.  II, 

Esther  is  advanced  to  be  queen.     Mnrdochai  detecteth  a  plot 
against  the  king: 
A  FTER  this,  when  the  wrath  of  king  Assuerus 
-£*■•  was   appeased,   he  remembered    Vasthi,   and 
what  she  had  done,  and  what  she  had  suffered  : 

2  And  the  king's  servants  and  his  officers  said  : 
Let  young  vvoaien  be  sought  for  the  king,  virgins 
and  beautiful  : 

3  And  let  some  persons  be  sent  through  all  the 
provinces  to  look  for  beautiful  maidens  and  virgins: 
and  let  them  bring  them  to  the  city  of  Susan,  and  put 
them  into  the  house  of  the  women,  under  the  hand 
of  Egeus  the  eunuch,  who  is  the  overseer  and  keeper 
of  the  king's  women :  and  let  them  receive  w  omen's 
ornaments,  and  other  things  necessary  for  their  use. 

4  And  whosoever  among  them  all  shall  please  the 
king's  eyes,  let  her  be  queen  instead  of  Vasthi. 
The  word  pleased  the  king:  and  he  commanded 
it  should  be  done  as  they  had  suggested. 

5  There  was  a  man  in  the  city  of  Susan,  a  Jew, 
named  Mardochai,  the  son  of  Jair,  the  sou  of  Se- 
mei,  the  son  of  Cis,  of  the  race  of  Jemini, 

6  Who  had  been  carried  away  from  Jerusalem 
at  the  time  that  Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Bab}lou 
carried  away  Jechonias  king  of  Jurla, 

7  And  he  had  brought  up  his  brother's  daughter 
Edissa,  who  by  another  name  was  called  Esther:  now 
she  had  lost  both  her  parents,  and  was  exceeding  fair 
and  beautiful.  And  her  father  and  mother  being 
dead,  Mardochai  adopted  her  for  his  daughter. 

8  And  when  the  king's  ordinance  was  noised 
abroad,  ami  according  to  his  commandment  many 
beautiful  virgins  were  brought  to  Susan,  and  were 
delivered  to  Egeus  the  eunuch  :  Esther  also  among 
the  rest  of  the  maidens  was  delivered  to  him  to  be 
kept  in  the  number  of  the  women. 

J7 


9  And  she  pleased  him.  and  found  favour  in  hi* 
Sight.  And  he  commanded  (he  eunuch  to  hasti  n 
the  women's  ornaments,  and  lo  deliver  to  hi  r  her 
part,  and  seven  of  the  most  beautiful  maidens  ol  the 
Ling's  I  id    to  adorn  and  deck  out  Iwith  her 

and  her  waiting-maids. 

In  \nd  she  would  not  tell  him  her  people  nor 
her  country  !  for  Mardochai  had  charged  her  to  BBJ 
nothing  at  all  of  that. 

11  And  lie  walked  every  day  before  the  court  of 
the  house,  in  which  the  chosen  \  ir_'ii^  were  kept, 
having  a  care  for  Esther's  welfare,  and  desiring  to 
know  what  would  befall  her. 

12  Now  when  every  virgin's  turn  came  to  go  in 
to  the  kin:;,  alter  all  hail  been  done  for  setting  them 
off  to  advantage,  it  was  the  twelfth  month  :  so  that 
faff  six  months  tln\  were  anointed  w  if  li  oil  of  myrrh  : 
and  for  Other  SIX  mouths  they  used  certain  perfumes 
and  sweet  spi< 

13  And  when  they  w ere  going  in  to  the  king, 
whatsoever   they  asked  to    adorn   themselves   thev 

mil:  and  being  decked  out.  as  it  pleased  tin  in. 
they  passed  from  the  chamber  of  the  women  to  the 
king's  chamber. 

I  I  And  she  that  went  in  at  evening,  came  out  in 
the  morning;  and  from  thence  she  was  conducted 
to  the  second  bouse,  that  was  under  ihe  hand  of  Sil- 
sagaz  the  eunuch,  who  had  the  charge  over  the 
king's  concubines:  neither  could  she  return  anv 
more  to  tiie  king,  unless  the  king  desired  it,  and  had 
ordered  her  by  name  to  come. 

I  ')  tad  as  the  time  came  orderly  about,  the  da\ 
was  at  hand,  when  Esther  the  daughter  of  Abihail 
the  brother  of  Mardochai,  whom  he  had  adopted  for 
his  daughter,  was  to  go  in  10  the  king.  But  sin 
sought  not  women's  ornaments,  but  what  soever 
Egeus  the  eunuch  the  keeper  of  the  virgins  had  a 
mind,  he  gave  her  to  adorn  her.  For  she  w;is  ,  \ 
reeding  fair,  and  her  incredible  beauty  made  her  ap- 
pear agreeable  and  amiable  in  the  exes  of  all. 

Iti  So  she  was  brought  to  the  chamber  of  king 
Assuerus  the  tenth  month,  which  is  called  Tebeth, 
in  the  seventh  vear  of  his  reiga. 

17  And  the  king  loved  her  more  than  all  the  wo- 
men :  and  she  had  favour  and  kindness  In-fore  him 
above  all  the  women  :  and  lie  set  the  royal  crown  on 
her  head,  and  made  her  QOeen  instead  ol  Vasthi. 

18  And  he  commanded  a  magnificent  feast  to  lie 
prepared  for  all  the  princes,  «k|  for  his  servants,  for 
the  marriage  and  wedding  of  Esther.  And  he  gave 
rest  to  all  the  provinces,  and  bestowed  uilts  accord- 
ing to  princely  magnificence. 

19  And  wlnnthe  virgins  were  sought  the  second 
time,  and  gathered  together,  Mardocliai  Stayed  at 
the  king'-  gate  : 

SO  Neither  had  Ksther  as  yet  declared  her  coun- 
trv.aud  people,  according  to  his  commandment. 
For  whatsoever  be  commanded,  Esther  observed  : 
and  she  did  all  things  in  die  BB0M  manner  as  s|M 
was  wont  at  that  time  when  he  brought  her  up  a 
little  one. 

'21  At  that  time  therefore,  when  Mardochai  abode 

at  th<- king's  gate.  |;  i  at  ban  and  Thares,  two  of  the 

iaa  ■ 


kingN  eunuchs,  who  were  porters,  and  presided  in 
the  liist  entrv  of  the  pain  e.  were  angry:  and  they 
designed  to  rise  up  against  the  king,  and  to  kill  him. 
-'  And  Mardochai  had  notice  of  it,  and  iniinc- 
diaieU  he  told  it  to  queen  Esther  :  and  she  to  the 
king  in  Mardochai's  name,  who  had  reported  the. 
thing  unto  her. 

23  It  was  inquired  into,  and  found  out  ;  and  they 
were  both  hanged  on  a  gibbet.  And  it  was  put  in 
the  histories,  and  recorded  in  the  chronicles  before 
the  king. 

CHAP.  III. 

Iiiuni  advanced  hit  the  king,  it  tffrnded  at  Marditrhni  :  and 
therefore  proruritk  the  king's  decree  to  destroy  the  tehuie  na- 
tion of  the  Jihm. 

A  FTER  these  things,  king  Assuerus  advanced 
-^■Amaii  the  son  of  Amadalhi,  w  ho  was  of  the 
race  ol  A  gag:  and  he  set  his  throne  above  all  the 
princes  that  were  with  him. 

2  And  all  the  kind's  servants,  that  were  at  the 
doors  of  the  palace,  bent  their  knees,  and  worship- 
ped Aman  :  lor  so  the  emperor  had  commanded 
them  :  onh  Mardochai  did  not  bend  his  knee,  nor 
worship  him. 

3  And  the  king's  servants  that  were  chief  at 
the  doors  of  the  palace,  said  to  him  :  Why  dost  thou 
alone  not  observe  the  king's  commandment  ? 

4  And  when  they  were  saying  this  often,  and  he 
would  not  hearken  to  them,  thev  told  Aman.  desi- 
rous to  know  whether  he  would  continue  in  his  re- 
solution :  for  he  had  lold  them  that  he  was  a  Jew. 

5  Now  when  Aman  had  heard  this,  and  had  prov- 
ed In  experience  that  Mardochai  did  not  bend  his 
knee  to  him,  nor  worship  him,  he  was  exceedingly 
angry. 

6  And  he  counted  it  as  nothing  to  lay  his  hands 
upon  Mardochai  alone:  for  he  had  heard  that  he 
was  of  the  nation  of  the  Jews;  and  he  chose  rather 
to  destroy  all  the  nation  of  the  Jews  that  were  in  the 
kingdom  of  AsMiern 

7  In  the  first  month  (which  is  called  Nisan)in  the 
twelfth  \<ar  of  the  reign  of  Assuerus,  the  lot  was 
east  into  an  urn,  w  inch  in  Hebrew  is  called  I'hur, 
before  Aman,  on  what  day  and  what  mouth  the  na- 
tion of  the  .lews  should  Im'  destroyed:  and  there 
came  out  the  twelfth  month,  which  is  called  Adar. 

8  And  Aman  said  to  king  Asauensi:  There  is  a 

[>eople  scattered  through  all  the  provinces  of  thy 
iingdom,  and  separated  one  liom  another,  that  use 
new  law  s  and  ct  teutonics,  and  monov  er  despise  the 
king's  ordinances  :  and  thou  knowest  ver.v  well  that 
it  is  not  expedient  for  thy  kingdom  that  the}  should 
grow  insolent  bv  impiiuiiv. 

9  If  it  please  thee,  decree  that  they  ma>  lie  de- 
stroyed; and  I  will  pa)  ten   thousand  talents  to  thy 

MUIT8. 

10  And  the  king  took  the  ring  that  he  used,  from 
his  own  hand,  and  ga\e  it  to  Aman  the  son  ol  Ama- 
dalhi of  the  race  ol    Igag,   the  eiicniN  of  the  Jena. 

11  Ami  he  said  to  him  :  As  to  the  monev  which 
thou    promisi  s|,    keep   it  lor    thyself  :  and  as  to  the 

ile,  do  with  them  as  s,  ,  mi  ih  good  to  thee. 


peo| 


12    \nd  the  km,'>  scribes  wen    called  in  the  iir»l 


chap,  iv,  v. 


month  Nisan,  on  the  thirteenth  day  of  the  same 
month  :  and  they  wrote,  as  Aman  had  commanded, 
to  all  the  king's  lieutenants,  and  to  the  judges  of  the 
provinces,  and  of  divers  nations,  as  every  nation 
could  read  and  hear  accord  ins;  to  their  different  lan- 
guages, in  the  name  of  king  Assuerus  :  and  the  let- 
ters sealed  with  his  ring 

13  Were  sent  by  the  king's  messengers  to  all  pro- 
vinces, to  kill  and  destroy  all  the  Jews,  both  young 
and  old,  little  children  and  women,  in  one  day,  that 
is,  on  the  thirteenth  of  the  twelfth  month,  which  is 
called  Adar,  and  to  make  a  spoil  of  their  goods. 

14  And  the  contents  of  the  letters  were  to  this 
effect,  that  all  provinces  might  know,  and  be  ready 
against  that  day. 

15  The  couriers  that  were  sent  made  haste  to 
fulfil  the  king's  commandment.  And  immediately 
the  edict  was  hung  up  in  Susan,  the  king  and  Aman 
feasting  together,  and  all  the  Jews  that  were  in  the 
city  weeping. 

CHAP.  TV. 

Mardochai  desireth   Esther  to  petition  the  king  for  the  Jews. 
They  join  in  fasting  and  prayer. 

NOW  when  Mardochai  had  heard  these  things, 
he  rent  his  garments,  and  put  on  sackcloth, 
strewing  ashes  on  his  head  :  and  he  cried  with  a 
loud  voice  in  the  street  in  the  midst  of  the  city,  show- 
ing the  anguish  of  his  mind. 

2  And  he  came  lamenting  in  this  manner  even  to 
the  gate  of  the  palace  :  for  no  one  clothed  with  sack- 
cloth might  enter  the  king's  court. 

3  And  in  all  provinces,  towns,  and  places,  to 
which  the  king's  cruel  edict  was  come,  there  was 
great  mourning  among  the  Jews,  with  fasting,  wail- 
ing, and  weeping,  many  using  sackcloth  and  ashes 
for  their  bed. 

4  Then  Esther's  maids  and  her  eunuchs  went  in, 
and  told  her.  And  when  she  heard  it  she  was  in  a 
consternation  :  and  she  sent  a  garment  to  clothe  him, 
and  to  take  away  the  sackcloth  :  but  he  would  not 
receive  it. 

5  And  she  called  for  Athach  the  eunuch,  whom  the 
king  had  appointed  to  attend  upon  her  :  and  she 
commanded  him  to  go  to  Mardochai,  and  to  learn  of 
him,  why  he  did  this. 

6  And  Athach  going  out  went  to  Mardochai, 
who  was  standing  in  the  street  of  the  city,  before 
the  palace-gate: 

7  And  Mardochai  told  him  all  that  had  happened, 
how  Aman  had  promised  to  pay  money  into  the 
king's  treasures,  to  have  the  Jews  destroyed. 

8  He  gave  him  also  a  copy  of  the  edict  which 
was  hanging  up  in  Susan,  that  he  should  slnw  it  to 
the  queen,  and  admonish  her  to  go  in  to  the  king, 
and  to  entreat  him  for  her  people. 

9  And  Athach  went  back,  and  told  Esther  all  that 
Mardochai  had  said. 

10  She  answered  him,  and  bade  him  say  to  Mar- 
dochai : 

1 1  All  the  king's  servants,  and  all  the  provinces 
that  are  under  his  dominion,  know,  that  whosoever, 
whether  man  or  woman,  cometh  into  the  king's  in- 
ner court,  who  is  not  called  for,  is  immediately  to 


be  put  to  death  without  any  delay  except  the  king 
shall  hold  out  the  golden  sceptre  to  him,  in  token 
of  clemency,  that  so  he  may  live.  How  then  can  I 
go  in  to  the  king,  who  for  these  thirty  days  now 
have  not  been  called  unto  him  ? 

12  And  when  Mardochai  had  heard  this, 

13  He  sent  word  to  Esther  again,  saying  :  Think 
not  that  thou  mayst  save  thy  life  only,  because  thou 
art  in  the  king's  house,  more  than  all  the  Jews  : 

14  For  if  thou  wilt  now  hold  thy  peace,  the  Jews 
shall  be  delivered  by  some  other  occasion  :  and  thou 
and  thy  father's  house  shall  perish.  And  who 
knoweth  whether  thou  art  not  therefore  come  to  the 
kingdom,  that  thou  mightest  be  ready  in  such  a  time 
as  this  ? 

15  And  again  Esther  sent  to  Mardochai  in  these 
words  : 

16  Go,  and  gather  together  all  the  Jews  whom 
thou  shalt  find  in  Susan,  and  pray  ye  for  me.  Nei- 
ther eat,  nor  drink  for  three  days  and  three  nights  : 
and  1  with  my  handmaids  will  fast  in  like  manner  : 
and  then  I  will  go  in  to  the  king,  against  the  law, 
not  being  called,  and  expose  myself  to  death  and  to 
danger. 

17  So  Mardochai  went,  and  did  all  that  Esther 
had  commanded  him. 

CHAP.  V. 

Esther  is  graciously  received :  she  inviteth  the  ling  and  Aman 
to  dinner.      Aman  prcparelh  a  gibbet  for  Mardochai. 

AND  on  the  third  day  Esther  put  on  her  royal 
apparel,  and  stood  in  the  inner  court  of  the 
king's  house,  over-against  the  king's  hall:  now  he 
sat  upon  his  throne  in  the  hall  of  the  palace,  over- 
against  the  door  of  the  house. 

2  And  when  he  saw  Esther  the  queen  standing, 
she  pleased  his  eyes,  and  he  held  out  toward  her  the 
golden  sceptre,  which  he  held  in  his  hand:  and  she 
drew  near,  and  kissed  the  top  of  his  sceptre. 

3  And  the  king  said  to  her:  What  wilt  thou, 
queen  Esther?  what  is  thy  request  ?  if  thou  shouldsv 
even  ask  one  half  of  the  kingdom,  it  shall  be  given 
to  thee. 

4  But  she  answered  :  If  it  please  the  king,  I  be- 
seech thee  to  come  to  me  this  day,  and  Aman  with 
thee,  to  the  banquet  which  I  have  prepared. 

5  And  the  king  said  forthwith:  Call  ye  Aman 
quickly,  that  he  may  obey  Esther's  will.  So  the 
king  and  Aman  came  to  the  banquet  which  the 
queen  had  prepared  for  them. 

6  And  the  king  said  to  her,  after  he  had  drunk 
wine  plentifully  :  what  dost  thou  desire  should  he 
given  thee  ? and  for  what  thing  askest  thou? although 
thou  shouldst  ask  the  half  of  my  kingdom,  thou  shalt 
have  it. 

7  And   Esther  answered  :  My  petition  and   re 
quest  is  this: 

8  If  I  have  found  favour  in  the  king's  sight,  and 
if  ir  please  the  king  to  give  me  what  I  ask,  and  to 
fulfil  my  petition;  let  the  king  and  Aman  come  to 
the  banquet  which  1  have  prepared  them  ;  and  to- 
morrow I  will  open  my  mind  to  the  king. 

9  So  Aman  went  out  that  day  joyful  and  merry. 
And  when  he  saw  Mardochai  sitting  before  the  gata 

399 


ESTIIKR. 


of  the  palace,  anl  ili:it  ho  not  only  did  not  rise  up  to 
honour  him,  hut  did  not  so  much  as  move  from  the 
place  where  he  sat,  he  was  exceeding!)  angry: 

10  But  dissembling  his  auger,  and  returning  into 
his  house,  ho  rafted  (ogetncr  tolinu  his  friends,  and 
Zares  his  \mIi-: 

1 1  And  he  declared  to  them  the  greatness  of  his 
riches,  and  the  multitude  of  his  children,  and  with 
how  great  glory  the  kins  had  advanced  him  above 
all  his  princes  and  sen  ants. 

12  And  after  this  he  said:  Qceen  Father  also 
hath  invited  no  other  to  the  banquet  uiththe  king, 
lint  mo:  and  with  her  1  am  also  lo  dine  to-morrow 
with  the  king. 

13  And  whereas  1  have  all  these  things,  I  think 
1  have  nothing.  so  loBKM  I  MM  .Mardochai  the  Jew 
sitting  before  the  kind's  gate. 

IV  Then  Zares  his  wile,  and  the  rest  of  his  friends 
answered  him.  Order  a  great  beam  to  be  prepared, 
titty  cubits  high  :  and  in  the  morulas  speak  to  the 
king,  that  Mardochai  may  be  hanged  upon  it ;  and 
mi  thou  shall  go  full  of  JOJ  w  it li  the  kiiiii  lo  the  ban- 
quet. The  counsel  pleased  him  ;  and  he  commanded 
a  high  gibbet  to  be  prepared. 

CHAP.  VI. 

The  king  hearing  of  the  good  service  tlnnr  him  hy  Mardochai, 
command/ tli  Aman  to  honour  him  next  to  the  king  which  he 
prrformrth 

HP  HAT  night  the  king  passed  without  sleep  :  and 
-*     be  eommaudi  d  the  histories  and  chronicles  of 
former  times  to  Ik;  brought  him.      And  when  they 
■71  re  reading  them  before  him, 

2  They  came  to  that  place  where  it  was  written, 
how  Mardochai  had  discovered  the  treason  of  Hana- 
than  and  Thnrcs  the  eunuchs,  who  sought  to  kill 
king  Assuenis. 

3  And  when  the  kins:  heard  this,  he  said  :  A\  hat 
honour  aod  reward  hath  Mardochai  received  for  this 
fidelity ?  His  servants  and  ministers  said  to  him  : 
He  hath  received  no  reward  at  all.* 

4  And  the  king  said  immediately:  'Who  is  in  the 
court?  for  Aman  was  coming  in  to  the  inner  court 
of  the  king's  noose,  to  sneak  to  the  king,  that  he 
might  onlei  Mardochai  to  be  hanged  upon  thegib- 

ln  t  which  was  prepared  for  him. 

5  The  servants  answered:   kman  standeth  in  the 

court.     And  toe  king  said :  Let  him  conn- in. 

6  And  when  be  was  come  in,  he  said  to  him: 
What  Ottght  10  Ik'  done  to  the  man  whom  the  king 
is  desirous  to  honour  .'  But  Aman  thinking  in  his 
heart,  and  supposing  that  the  king  would  honour  no 
other   but    himself, 

7  Answered:  The  man  whom  the  king  desireth 
to  honour, 

::  (  >ught  to  be  clothed  With  the  kinz's  apparel. 
and  to  Im-  set  upon  the  horse  that  the  king  ridelh 
upon,  and  to  have  the  royal  crown  upon  his  head. 

9  And  let  the  first  of  the  king's  princes  and  nobles 
hold  his  horse,  and  going  through  the  street  of  the 

•  .Va  rrvsW  «4  all  lie  received  tome  prrvnW  from  ihe  kine.  chap- 
»ii.  5.  hut  taeae  wrre  to  incomiderahle  in  the  n|iimua  of  the  courticn, 
that  lh«v  et loomed  the/n  as  uutliinf  at  all. 


(itv.  proclaim  before  him,  and  say.  Thus  shall  he 
lie  honoured.  v\  hom  tin-  king  hath  a  mind  to  honour. 
It)  And  the  king  said  to  him:  .Make  baste,  ana 
take  the  robe,  and  the  horse;  and  do  as  thou  hast 
spoken  to  Mardochai  the  Jew,  who  sitleth  before 
the  gates  of  the  palace.   Beware  thou  pass  over  any 

of  those  things wbk'h  thou  hast  spoken. 

11    >o  Aman  took  the  robe,  and    the  horse,   and 

arraying  Mardochai  in  the  street  of  the  city,  and 

Betting  him  on  the  horse,  went  Before  him,  and  pro- 
claimed: This  honour  is  he  worthy  of,  whom  the 
king  hath  a  mind  to  honour. 

\1  And  Mardochai  returned  to  the  palace-gate  : 
and  A  man  made  haste  to  go  to  his  house,  mounting 
and  having  his  head  covered  : 

13  And  he  told  Zares  his  wife,  and  his  friends 
all  that  had  In-fallen  him.  And  the  wise  men  whom 
he  had  in  counsel,  and   his  wile  answered    liim  :    it 

Mardochai  be  of  the  seed  of  the  Jews,  before  whom 
thou  hast  begun  to  fall,  thou  canst  not  resist  him, 
but  thou  shall  fall  in  his  sight. 

14  As  ihev  were  vet  speaking,  the  king's  eunuchs 

came,  and  compelled  him  to  1:0  quicklv  to  the  ban- 
quet which  the  queen  had  prepared. 

CHAP.  VII. 

i'.ttht  r's  petition  for  ht-rsi  If  and  her  people  :  Aman    is  hinged 
upon  the  RiUitt  he  had  prepared  for  Mardochai. 

SO  the  king  and  Aman  w  cut  in,  to  drink  w  it h  the 
queen* 

2  And  the  kins  said  to  her  again  the  second  day. 
after  he  was  warm  w  ith  w  ine  :  \\  hat  is  thy  petition, 
Esther,  that  it  may  be  granted  thee:  and  what  wilt 
thou  have  done.'  although  thou  ask  the  half  of  my 
kingdom,  thou  shall  have  it. 

•  i  Thin  she  answered  :  If  I  have  found  favour  in 
tliv  sight.  O  king,  and  if  it  please  thee,  give  me  my 
life  for  which  1  ask,  and  my  people  for  which  1  re- 
quest. 

4  For  we  are  given  up,  I  and  mv  people,  to  be 
destroyed,  to  Ik-  slain,  anil  to  perish.  And  would 
God  we  were  sold  for  bondmen  and  bondwomen  : 
the  evil  might  he  borne  with,  and  1  would  have 
mourned  in  silence:  but  MOW  we  have  an  enemy 
whose  cruelty  redoundcth  upon  the  king. 

5  And  king  Assuerus  answered,  and  said:  Who 

is  this,  and  of  what  power,  that  he  should  do  these 

ihinf 

6  And  Esther  said:  It  is  this  Aman  that  is  our 
adversary  and  most  wicked  enemy.  Aman  hearing 
this  was  forthwith  astonished,  not  bring  able  to  Inar 
tlie  countenance  of  the  king  and  of  the  queen. 

7  Bui  the  king  ileum  angry  rose  up,  and  went 
from  the  place  Off  the  banquet  into  the  garden  set 
w  ith  trees.  Aman  also  rose  up  to  entreat  Esther  the 
queen  for  his  life;    for   he  understood  that  evil  was 

prepared  for  him  bj  the  kin:;. 

0  And  when  the  king  I  miic  back  out  of  the  tar- 
den  srt  with  trees,  and  entered  into  the  place  of  the 

banquet,  he  found  Aman  was  [alien  upon  the  bed  on 
which  Esther  lav  :  and  he  said:  He  will  force  the 
queen  also  in  my  presence,  in  im  own  house.     The 

word  was  111.1    v.  t  gone  out  of  the  kind's  mouth,  and 

—1 


immediately  thev  covered  his  face. 


CHAP.  VIII,  IX. 


9  And  Harbona,  one  of  the  eunuchs  that  stood 
waiting  on  the  kins,  said  :  Behold,  the  gibbet  which 
he  hath  prepared  for  Mardochai,  who  spoke  for 
the  king,  standeth  in  Aman's  house,  being  fifty  cu- 
bits high.  And  the  king  said  to  him :  Hang  him 
upon  it. 

10  So  Aman  was  hanged  on  the  gibbet  which  lie 
had  prepared  for  Mardochai:  and  the  king's  wrath 
ceased. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

Mardochai  is  advanced:  Aman's  letters  are  reversed. 

ON  that  day  king  Assuerus  gave  the  house  of 
Aman,  the  Jews' enemy,  to  queen  Esther:  and 
Mardochai  came  in  before  the  king.  For  Esther  had 
confessed  to  him  that  he  was  her  uncle. 

2  And  the  king  took  the  ring  which  he  had  com- 
manded to  be  taken  again  from  Aman,  and  gave  it 
to  Mardochai.  And  Esther  set  Mardochai  over  her 
bouse. 

3  And  not  content  with  these  things,  she  fell 
down  at  the  king's  feet  and  wept;  and  speaking  to 
him  besought  him,  that  he  would  give  orders  that 
the  malice  of  Aman  the  Agagite,  and  his  most  wick- 
ed devices  which  he  had  invented  against  the  Jews, 
should  be  of  no  effect. 

4  But  he,  as  the  manner  was,  held  out  the  golden 
sceptre  with  his  hand,  which  was  the  sign  of  cle- 
mency: and  she  arose  up,  and  stood  before  him, 

5  And  said:  If  it  please  the  king,  and  if  I  have 
found  favour  in  his  sight,  and  my  request  be  not  dis- 
agreeable to  him,  I  beseech  thee,  that  the  former 
letters  of  Aman  the  traitor  and  enemy  of  the  Jews, 
by  which  he  commanded  that  they  should  be  de- 
stroyed in  all  the  king's  provinces,  may  be  reversed 
by  new  letters. 

6  For  how  can  I  endure  the  murdering  and  slaugh- 
ter of  my  people  ? 

7  And  king  Assuerus  answered  Esther  the  queen, 
and  Mardochai  the  Jew:  I  have  given  Aman's  house 
to  Esther;  and  I  have  commanded  him  to  be  hang- 
ed on  a  gibbet,  because  he  durst  lay  hands  on  the 
Jews. 

8  Write  ye  therefore  to  the  Jews,  as  it  pleaseth 
you,  in  the  king's  name,  and  seal  the  letters  with 
my  ring.  For  this  was  the  custom,  that  no  man 
durst  gainsay  the  letters  which  were  sent  in  the 
king's  name,  and  were  sealed  with  his  ring. 

9  Then  the  king's  scribes  and  secretaries  were 
called  for  (now  it  was  the  time  of  the  third  month 
which  is  called  Siban)  the  three  and  twentieth  day 
of  the  month ;  and  letters  were  written,  as  Mardo- 
chai had  a  mind,  to  the  Jews,  and  to  the  governors, 
and  to  the  deputies,  and  to  the  judges,  who  were 
rulers  over  the  hundred  and  twenty-seven  provinces, 
from  India  even  to  Ethiopia;  to  province  and  pro- 
vince, to  people  and  people,  according  to  their  lan- 
guages and  characters,  and  to  the  Jews,  according 
as  they  could  read  and  hear. 

10  And  these  letters  which  were  sent  in  the  king's 


•  To  revenge,  &c.     The  Jews  on  this  occasion  by  authority  from  the 
king,  were  made  executioners  of  the  public  justice,  for  punishing  by 

3E 


name,  were  sealed  with  bis  ring,  and  sent  oy  posts 
who  were  to  run  through  all  the  provinces,  to  pre- 
vent the  former  letters  with  new  messages. 

11  And  the  king  gave  orders  to  them,  to  speak 
to  the  Jews  in  every  city,  and  to  command  them  to 
gather  themselves  together,  and  to  stand  for  their 
lives,  and  to  kill  and  destroy  all  their  enemies  with 
their  wives  and  children  and  all  their  houses,  and 
to  take  their  spoil. 

12  And  one  day  of  revenge  was  appointed  through 
all  the  provinces,  to  wit,  the  thirteenth  of  the  twelfth 
month  Adar. 

13  And  this  was  the  content  of  the  letter,  that  it 
should  be  notified  in  all  lands  and  peoples  that  were 
subject  to  the  empire  of  king  Assuerus,  that  the  Jews 
were  ready  to  be  revenged  of  their  enemies. 

14  So  the  swift  posts  went  out,  carrying  the  mes- 
sages ;  and  the  king's  edict  was  hung  up  in  Susan. 

15  And  Mardochai  going  forth  out  of  the  palace, 
and  from  the  king's  presence,  shone  in  royal  apparel, 
to  wit,  of  violet  and  sky  colour,  wearing  a  golden 
crown  on  his  head,  and  clothed  with  a  cloak  of  silk 
and  purple.  And  all  the  city  rejoiced,  and  was  glad. 

16  But  to  the  Jews  a  new  light  seemed  to  rise, 
joy,  honour,  and  dancing. 

17  And  in  all  peoples,  cities,  and  provinces, 
whithersoever  the  king's  commandments  came,  there 
was  wonderful  rejoicing,  feasts  and  banquets,  and 
keeping  holy-day:  insomuch  that  many  of  other  na- 
tions and  religion,  joined  themselves  to  their  wor- 
ship and  ceremonies.  For  a  great  dread  of  the  name 
of  the  Jews  had  fallen  upon  all. 

CHAP.  IX. 

The  Jews  kill  their  enemies  that  would  have  killed  them.  The  day 
of  Phurim  are  appointed  to  be  kept  holy. 

SO  on  the  thirteenth  day  of  the  twelfth  month, 
which  as  we  have  said  above  is  called  Adar, 
when  all  the  Jews  were  designed  to  be  massacred, 
and  their  enemies  were  greedy  after  their  blood,  the 
case  being  altered,  the  Jews  began  to  have  the  upper 
hand,  and  to  revenge*  themselves  of  their  adversa- 
ries. 

2  And  they  gathered  themselves  together  in  every 
city,  and  town,  and  place,  to  lay  their  hands  on  theii 
enemies,  and  their  persecutors.  And  no  one  durst 
withstand  them;  for  the  fear  of  their  power  had  gone 
through  every  people. 

3  And  the  judges  of  the  provinces,  and  the  go- 
vernors, and  lieutenants,  and  every  one  in  dignity, 
that  presided  over  every  place  and  work,  extolled 
the  Jews  for  fear  of  Mardochai : 

4  For  they  knew  him  to  be  prince  of  the  palace, 
and  to  have  great  power  :  and  the  fame  of  his  name 
increased  daily,  and  was  spread  abroad  through  all 
men's  mouths.  . 

5  So  the  Jews  made  a  great  slaughter  of  their 
enemies,  and  killed  them,  repaying  according  to 
what  they  had  prepared  to  do  to  them : 

6  Insomuch  that  even  in  Susan  they  killed  five 
hundred  men,  besides  the  ten  sons  of  Aman  the 


death  a  crime  worthy  of  death,  viz.  A  malicious  conspiracy  for  extur 
pating  their  whole  nation. 


401 


ESTHr.K. 


Agagite,  the  enemy  of  the  Jews :  whose  mm  ere 
lhe> 

7  Pharsandatha,  and  Pelphon,  and  Esphatha, 

8  And  Phoratha,  and  Adalia,  and  Aridaiha, 

9  And  Phermesta,  and  Arisai,  and  Aridai,  and 
Jezatlia. 

10  And  when  they  had  slain  them,  they  would 
not  touch  the  spoils  of  their  goods. 

1 1  And  presently  the  number  of  them  that  were 
killed  in  Susan  was  brought  to  the  king. 

12  And  lie  said  to  the  queen  :  The  Jews  have 
killed  five  hundred  men  in  the  city  of  Susan,  besides 
the  ten  sons  of  Aman  :  how  many  dost  thou  think 
they  have  slain  in  all  the  provinces?  What  askest 
thou  more,  anil  uh  at  wilt  thou  have  me  to  command 
10  be  done? 

13  And  she  answered:  If  it  please  the  king,  let 
it  be  granted  to  the  Jews,  to  do  to-morrow  in  Susan 
as  they  have  done  to-day,  and  that  the  ten  sons  of 
A  man  mav  l>e  banged  upon  gibbets. 

14  And  the  kins  commanded  that  it  should  be 
so  done.  And  forthwith  the  edict  was  bttttg  up  in 
Susan,  and  the  ten  sons  of  Aman  were  banged. 

15  And  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  the  month 
Adar,  the  Jews  gathered  themselves  together,  and 
they  killed  in  Susan  three  hundred  men:  but  they 
took  not  their  substance. 

16  Moreover  through  all  the  provinces  which 
were  subject  to  the  king's  dominion  the  Jews  stood 
for  their  lives,  and  slew  their  enemies  and  persecu- 
tors; insomuch  that  the  number  of  them  that  wire 
killed  amounted  to  seventy-five  thousand,  and  no 
man  took  any  of  their  goods. 

17  Now  the  thirteenth  day  of  the  month  Adar 
was  the  first  day  with  them  all  of  the  slaughter,  and 
on  the  fourteenth  day  they  left  off.  Which  they  or- 
dained to  l)C  kept  holy-day,  so  that  all  times  hereaf- 
ter they  should  celebrate  it  with  feasting,  joy,  and 
banquets. 

lb  But  they  that  were  killing;  in  the  city  of  Susan. 
were  emplo\ed  in  the  slaughter  on  the  thirteenth  and 
fourteenth  day  of  the  same  month:  and  on  the  fif- 
teenth day  they  rested.  And  therefore  they  appointed 
that  dav  to  lie  a  holy-day  of  feasting  and  gladness. 

19  But  those  Jews  that  dwelt  in  towns  not  wall- 
ed, and  in  villages,  appointed  the  fourteenth  day  of 
the  month  Adar  lor  banquets  and  gladness,  so  as  to 
rejoice  on  that  dav,  and  send  one  another  portions  of 
their  banquets  and  meats. 

20  And  Mardochai  wrote  all  these  things,  and 
sent  them  comprised  in  letters  to  the  Jews  that 
abode  in  all  the  king's  provinces,  both  those  that  lav 
near  and  those  alar  off, 

21  That  they  should  receive  the  fourteenth  and 
fifteenth  day  of  the  month  Adar  for  holv-days.  and 
always  at  the  return  of  the  year  should  celebrate 
them  with  solemn  honour: 

22  Because  on  those  days  the  Jews  revenged 
themselves  of  their  enemies,  and  their  mourning  and 
sorrow  were  turned  into  mirth  and  joy,  and  that 
these  Should  he  days  of  feasting  and  gladness,  in 
which  they  should   send  one  to  another  portions  of 

meats,  and  should  give  gifts  to  the  poor. 

en 


23  And  the  Jews  undertook  to  ohscrve  with  so- 
lemnity all  thei  hail  begun  to  do  at  that  time,  which 
Mardochai  by  letters  had  commanded  to  U-  done 

I  or  Aman,  the  son  of  Aniatlalhi  of  the  race  of 

Agag,  the  enemy  and  adversan  of  the  Jews,   had 

devised  evil  against  them,   to  kill  them  and  destroy 
them  :  and  had  cast  Phur,  that  is,  the  lot. 

25  And  afterwaids  Esther  went  in  to  the  king, 
beseeching  him  that  bb  endeavours  might  he  made 
void  by  the  kind's  letters:  and  the  evil  that  he  had 
intended  against  the  Jews,  might  return  upon  his 
own  head.  And  so  both  he  and  his  sons  w 
hanged  upon  gibbets, 

26  And  since  that  time  these  days  are  called 
Phurim,  that  is,  of  Lots:  because  l'hur,  that  is,  the 
lot,  was  cast  into  the  urn.  And  all  things  that  were 
done,  are  contained  in  the  volume  of  this  epistle, 
that  is,  of  this  hook  : 

27  And  the  things  that  they  suffered,  and  tnat 
were  afterwards  changed,  the  Jews  took  upon  them 
selves  and  their  seed,  and  upon  all  that  had  a  mind 
to  be  joined  to  their  religion,  so  that  it  should  \n> 
lawful  for  none  to  pass  these  days  w  ithout  soleinnilv  : 
which  the  writing  testifieth,  and  certain  times  re- 
quire, as  the  years  continually  succeed  one  another. 

28  These  are  the  days  which  shall  never  be  for- 
got: and  which  all  provinces  in  the  whole  world 
shall  celebrate  throughout  all  generations^  neither  is 
there  any  city  wherein  the  days  of  l'hurim,  that  is, 
of  lots,  must    not   he  observed   by  the  Jews,  and  by 

their  posterity,  which  is  hound  to  these  ecu  monies. 

29  And  Esther  the  queen  the  daughter  of  Ahi- 
hail,  and  Mardochni  the  Jew  wrote  also  a  second 
epistle,  that  with  all  diligence  this  day  should  be 
established  a  festival  for  the  time  to  come. 

30  And  they  sent  to  all  the  Jews  that  were  in 
the  hundred  and  twenty-seven  prov  inces of  king  As- 
Mieriis.thai  they  should  have  peace,  and  receive  truth, 

31  And  observe  the  days  of  lots,  and  celebrate 
them  with  joy  in  their  proper  time,  ^  Mardochai 
and  Esther  had  appointed:  and  (hey  undertook  them 
to  be  observed  by  themselves  and  by  their  seed, 
fasts,  and  cries,  and  the  days  of  lots. 

32  And  all  things  which  sre  contained  in  the  histo- 
ry of  this  book,  which  is  called  Ksther. 

CHAP.  X. 

Assuerus's  greatness.     Mardochafs  dignity. 

AND  king   Assuerus  made  all  the  laud,  and  all 
the  islands  of  the  sea  tributary. 

2  And  his  strength  and  his  empire,  and  the  digni- 
ty and  greatness  wherewith  he  exalted  Mardochai, 
are  written  in  the  !>ooks  of  the  Modes,  and  of  the 
Persians : 

3  And  how  Mardochai  of  the  race  of  the  Jews, 
was  next  after  king  Assuerus :  and  great  among 
the  Jews,  and  acceptable  to  the  people  of  his  bre- 
thren, seeking  the  good  of  his  people,  and  speaking 
those  things  which  were  for  the  welfare  of  his  seed. 

4  Then  Mardochai*  said  :  God  hath  done  these 
things. 

*  Tktn   Mardochai,  Ift.      II'  D     M     J«NM   arlvertivth   the  IM 

that  what  fcUowi  is  not  in  the  Hebrew  ■  but  u  (uuad  in  the  ttptuafiot 


CHAP.  XI,  XII,  XIII. 


5  I  remember  a  dream  that  I  saw,  which  signified 
these  same  things:  and  nothing  thereof  hath  failed. 

6  The  little  fountain  which  grew  into  a  river, 
and  was  turned  into  a  light,  and  into  the  sun,  and 
abounded  into  many  waters,  is  Esther,  whom  the 
king  married,  and  made  queen. 

7  But  the  two  dragons:   are  I,  and  Aman. 

8  The  nations  that  were  assembled  :  are  they  that 
endeavoured  to  destroy  the  name  of  the  Jews. 

9  And  my  nation '  is  Israel,  who  cried  to  the  Lord, 
and  the  Lord  saved  his  people:  and  he  delivered 
us  from  all  evils,  and  hath  wrought  great  signs 
and  wonders  among  the  nations: 

10  And  he  commanded  that  there  should  be  two 
lots,  one  of  the  people  of  God,  and  the  other  of  all 
tiie  nations. 

11  And  both  lots  came  to  the  day  appointed  al- 
ready from  that  time  before  God  to  all  nations: 

12  And  the  Lord  remembered  his  people,  and 
had  mercy  on  his  inheritance. 

13  And  these  days  shall  be  observed  in  the  month 
of  Adar  on  the  fourteenth,  and  fifteenth  day  of  the 
same  month,  with  all  diligence,  and  joy  of  the  people 
gathered  into  one  assembly,  throughout  all  the  gene- 
rations hereafter  of  the  people  of  Israel. 

CHAP  XI. 

The  dream  of Mardochai  which  in  the  ancient  Greek  and  Latin 
bibles  was  in  the  beginning  of  the  book,  but  was  detached  by 
St.  Jrrome,  and  put  in  this  place. 

IN  the  fourth  year  of  the  reign  of  Ptolemy  and 
Cleopatra,  Dositheus,  who  said  he  was  a  priest, 
and  of  the  Levitical  race,  and  Ptolemy  his  son 
brought  this  epistle  of  Phurim,  which  they  said  Ly- 
simachus  the  son  of  Ptolemy  had  interpreted  in  Je- 
rusalem. 

2  In  the  second  year  of  the  reign  of  Artaxerxes 
the  great,  in  the  first  day  of  the  month  Nisan,  Mar- 
dochai the  son  of  Jair,  the  son  of  Semei,  the  son  of 
Cis,  of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin: 

3  A  Jew  who  dwelt  in  the  city  of  Susan,  a  great 
man  and  among  the  first  of  the  king's  court,  had  a 
dream. 

4  Now  he  was  of  the  number  of  the  captives, 
whom  Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Babylon  had  carried 
away  from  Jerusalem  with  Jechonias  king  of  Juda : 

5  And  this  was  his  dream  :*  Behold,  there  were 
voices,  and  tumults,  and  thunders,  and  earthquakes, 
and  a  disturbance  upon  the  earth. 

6  And  behold,  two  great  dragons  came  forth 
ready  to  fight  one  against  another. 

7  And  at  their  cry  all  nations  were  stirred  up  to 
fight  against  the  nation  of  the  just. 

8  And  that  was  a  day  of  darkness  and  danger,  of 
tribulation  and  distress,  and  great  fear  upon  the  earth. 

9  And  the  nation  of  the  just  was  troubled,  fearing 
their  own  evils,  and  was  prepared  for  death. 

10  And  they  cried  to  God :  and  as  they  were 
crying,  a  little  fountain  grew  into  a  very  great  river, 
and  abounded  into  many  waters. 

1 1  The  light  and  the  sun  rose  up,  and  the  hum- 
ble were  exalted,  and  they  devoured  the  glories. 


I J  reek  edition,  which  the  72  interpreters  translated  out  of  the  Hebrew, 
«-  added  by  the  inspiration  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 


12  And  when  Mardochai  had  seen  this,  and  arose 
out  of  his  bed,  he  was  thinking  what  God  would 
do:  and  he  kept  it  fixed  in  his  mind,  desirous  to 
know  what  the  dream  should  signify  ? 

CHAP.  XII. 

Mardochai  detects  the  conspiracy  of  the  two  eunuchs. 

AND  he  abode  at  that  time  in  the  king's  court 
with  Bagatha  and  Thara  the  king's  eunuchs, 
who  were  porters  of  the  palace. 

2  And  when  he  understood  their  designs,  and 
had  diligently  searched  into  their  projects,  he  learn- 
ed that  they  went  about  to  lay  violent  hands  on  king 
Artaxerxes,  and  he  told  the  king  thereof. 

3  Then  the  king  had  them  both  examined,  and 
after  they  had  confessed,  commanded  them  to  be 
put  to  death. 

4  But  the  king  made  a  record  of  what  was  done : 
and  Mardochai  also  committed  the  memory  of  the 
thing  to  writing. 

5  And  the  king  commanded  him  to  abide  in  the 
court  of  the  palace,  and  gave  him  presents  for  the 
information. 

6  But  Aman  the  son  of  AmadathitheBugite  was 
in  great  honour  with  the  king,  and  sought  to  hurt 
Mardochai  and  his  people,  because  of  the  two 
eunuchs  of  the  king  who  were  put  to  death. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

A  copy  of  a  letter  sent  by  Aman  to  destroy  the  Jews.  MardochaPs 
prayer  for  the  people* 

AND  this  was  the  copy  of  the  letter.  Artaxerx- 
es the  great  king  who  reigneth  from  India  to 
Ethiopia,  to  the  princes  and  governors  of  the  hun- 
dred and  twenty-seven  provinces,  that  are  subject 
to  his  empire,  greeting. 

2  Whereas  1  reigned  over  many  nations,  and  had 
brought  all  the  world  under  my  dominion,  1  was 
not  willing  to  abuse  the  greatness  of  my  power,  but 
to  govern  my  subjects  with  clemency  and  lenity, 
that  they  might  live  quietly  without  any  terror,  and 
might  enjoy  peace,  which  is  desired  by  all  men. 

3  But  when  I  asked  my  counsellors  how  this 
might  be  accomplished,  one  that  excelled  the  rest 
in  wisdom  and  fidelity,  and  was  second  after  the 
king,  Aman  by  name, 

4  Told  me  that  there  was  a  people  scattered 
through  the  whole  world,  which  used  new  laws,  and 
acted  against  the  customs  of  all  nations,  despised 
the  commandments  of  kings,  and  violated  by  their 
opposition  the  concord  of  ail  nations. 

5  Wherefore  having  learned  this,  and  seeing  one 
nation  in  opposition  to  all  mankind  using  perverse 
laws,  and  going  against  our  commandments,  and 
disturbing  the  peace  and  concord  of  the  provinces 
subject  to  us, 

6  We  have  commanded  that  all  whom  Aman  shall 
mark  out,  who  is  chief  oyer  all  the  provinces,  and 
second  after  the  king,  and  whom  we  honour  as  a 
father,  shall  be  utterly  destroyed  by  their  enemies, 

*  A  dream.     This  dream  was  prophetical  and  extraordinary  :  other- 
wise the  general  rule  is  not  to  observe  dreams. 
403 


ESTHER. 


with  then  wives  and  children,  and  that  none  shall 
have  pity  on  iln-m,  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  the 
twelfth  month  Adar  of  this  present  war: 

7  That  these  wicked  men  point?  down  to  hell  in 
one  day,  may  restore  ID  our  empire  the  peace  which 
they  had  disturbed. 

8  But  Mardochai  besought  the  Lord,  remember- 
ing all  his  works, 

9  And  nid:  0  Lord,  Lord,  almighty  king,  lor 
all  things  are  in  thy  power,  and  there  is  none  thai 
can  r.sist  thy  will,  if  thou  determine  to  save  Israel. 

10  Thou  hast  made  heaven  and  earth,  and  all 
things  that  are  under  the  cope  of  heaven. 

1  I  Thou  art  Lord  of  all,  and  there  is  none  that 
can  resist  thy  majesty. 

1  -!  Thou  knowc-t  nil  things,  and  thou  knowest 
that  it  was  not  out  of  pride  and  contempt,  or  any 
desire  of  glory  that  I  refined  to  worship  the  proud 
Am  in. 

1  ;    For  I  would  willingly  and  readily  for  tin 
ration  of  Israel  have  kissed  even  the  steps  of  his  fi 

1  \-  Hut  I  reared  lest  I  should  transfer  the  honour 
of  my  God  to  a  man,  and  lest  1  should  adore  any 
one  except  my  God. 

1 6  \m\  now,  O  Lord,  O  King,  O  God  of  Abra- 
ham, have  mercy  on  thy  people,  because  our  enemies 
resolve  to  destroy  us,  and  extinguish  thy  inheritance. 

16  Despise  not  thy  portion,  which  thou  hast  re- 
deemed for  thyself  out  of  Egypt 

17  Hear  my  supplication,  and  he  merciful  to  thy 
lot  and  inheritance,  and  turn  our  mourning  into 
joy,  that  we  may  live  and  praise  thv  name,  O  Lord, 
and  shut  not  the  mouths  of  them  that  sing  to   thee. 

18  And  all  Israel  with  like  mind  and  supplication 
cried  to  the  Lord,  because  they  saw  certain  death 
hanging  over  their  heads. 

(HAP.  XIV. 

The  proper  of  Esther  for  hertclf  and  her  people. 

Ql    LL.\  Ksihei  also,  fearing  the  danger  that  was 
at  hand,  had  recourse  to  the  Lord. 

2  And  when  she  had  laid  away  her  royal  apparel, 
she  put  on  garments  suitable  for  weepiugand  mourn- 
ing, instead  of  divers  precious  ointments,  she  cover- 
ed her  head  with  ashes  and  dung,  and  she  humbled 
her  body  with  rastt  :  and  all  the  places  in  w  Inch  be- 
fore she  was  accustomed  to  rejoice,  she  filled  with 
her  torn  hair. 

3  And  she  prayed  to  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel, 
saying:  O  my  Lord,  who  alone  art  our  king,  help 
me  a  desolate  woman,  and  who  have  no  other  help- 
er but  thee. 

4  My  danger  is  in  my  hands. 

6  I  have  heard  of  my  father  that  thou,  O  Lord, 
didst  take  Israel  from  among  all  nations,  and  our  la- 
thers from  all  their  predecessors,  to  possess  them  as 
an  everlasting  inheritance,  and  thou  hast  done  to 
them  as  thou  hast  promised. 

»;  We  have  sinned  in  thy  sight,  and  therefore 
thou  hast  delivered  us  into  the  hands  of  our  enemies: 

7  For  we  have  worshipped  their  gods.  Thou 
srtjust,  0  Lord. 

8  And  now  they  are  not  content  to  oppress  us 

404 


with  most  hard  bondage,  but  attributing  the  strep£*h 
of  their  hands  to  the  power  of  their  idols, 

9  They  design  to  change  thy  proaiises.  : ■  1 1 <  1  de- 
stroy thy  inheritance, and  shut  the  mouths  of  them 
that  praise  thee,  and  extinguish  the  -lory  of  thy  tem- 
ple and  altar, 

10  That  they  may  open  the-  mouths  of  Gentiles, 
and  praise  the  strength  of  idols,  mid  magnify  lor 
ever  a  carnal  kin 

11  Give  not,  O  Lord,  thy  sceptre  to  them  that 
are  not,  lest  they  laugh  at  our  ruin:  but  Hun  their 
counsel  upon  themselves,  and  destroy  him  that  hath 
begun  to  rage  against  Us. 

12  Remember,  O  Lord,  and  show  thyself  to  us 

in  the  time  of  our  tribulation,  and  give  me  bold;. 
O  Lord.  King  of  gods,  and  of  all  power: 

\S  dive  me  a  well  ordered  speech  in  my  mouth 
in  the  presence  of  the  lion,  and  turn  his  heart  to  the 

hatred  of  our  enemy,  that  both  he  himself  maj  pe- 
rish, and  the  rest  that  consent  to  him. 

1  \-  Hut  deliver  us  by  thy  hand,  and  help  me.  who 
have  no  other  helper,  but  thee,  O  Lord,  who  hast 
the  knowledge  of  all  things. 

15  And  thou  know  est  that  I  hate  the  glory  of  the 
wicked,  and  abhor  the  bed  of  the  uncircumcisi  I. 
and  of  every  stranger. 

16  Thou  know  est  my  necessity,  that  I  abominate 
the  sign  of  my  pride  and  glory,  which  is  upon  my 
head  in  the  days  of  my  public  appearance,  and  de- 
test it  as  a  niiustruous  rag,  and  wear  it  not  in  the 
days  of  my  silence. 


17  And  that    I  have  not   eaten  at    Amaii's  table 
nor  hath  the  king's  banquet  pleased  me.  and  that  J 
have  not  drunk  the  wine  of  the  drink-offerings; 

18  And  that  thy  handmaid  hath  never  rejoiced, 
since  I  was  brought  hither  unto  this  day,  but  in  thee, 
O  Lord,  the  God  of  Abraham. 

19  O  God,  who  art  mighty  above  all,  hear  the 
voice  of  them  that  have  no  other  hope,  and  deliver 
us  from  thehaudof  the  wicked,  and  deliver  me  from 
my  fear. 

CHAP.  XV. 

Esther  comet  into  the  king's  pretence  :  she  it  terrified,  hut  (I'd 
turns  hit  heart. 

AND   he  commanded   her  (no  doubt  but  he  was 
Mardochai)  to  goto  the  king,  and  petition    for 
her  people,  and  for  her  country. 

2  Rcmemlier  (said  he)  the  days  of  thy  low  estate, 
how  thou  wast  brought  up  by  my  hand,  because 
Aman  the  second  after  the  king  hath  spoken  against 
us  unto  death. 

3  And  do  thou  call  upon  the  Lord,  and  speak  to 
the  king  for  us,  and  deliver  us  from  death. 

4  And  on  the  third  day  she  laid  away  tie 
mentsshe  wore,  and  put  on  her  glorious  apparel. 

5  And  glittering  in  royal  robes,  after  she  had  call- 
ed upon  God  the  ruler  and  saviour  of  all.  she  took 
two  maids  with  her, 

6  And  upon  one  of  them  she.  leaned,  as  if  for  de- 
licatencss  and  overmuch  tenderness,  she  were  not 
able  to  l>ear  up  her  own  InmIv: 

7  And  the  other  maid  followed  her  lady,  bearing 
up  her  train  flowing  on  the  ground. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


8  But  she  with  a  rosy  colour  in  her  face,  and 
with  gracious  and  bright  eyes,  hid  a  mind  full  of  an- 
guish, and  exceeding  great  fear. 

9  So  going  in  she  passed  through  all  the  doors  in 
order,  and  stood  before  the  king,  where  he  sat  upon 
nis  royal  throne,  clothed  with  his  royal  robes,  and 
glittering  with  gold,  and  precious  stones,  and  he  was 
terrible  to  behold. 

10  And  when  he  had  lifted  up  his  countenance, 
and  with  burning  eyes  had  shown  the  wrath  of  his 
heart,  the  queen  sunk  down,  and  her  colour  turned 
pale,  and  she  rested  her  weary  head  upon  her  hand- 
maid. 

11  And  God  changed  the  king's  spirit  into  mild- 
ness, and  all  in  haste  and  in  fear  he  leaped  from  his 
throne,  and  holding  her  up  in  his  arms,  till  she  came 
to  herself,  caressed  her  with  these  words  : 

12  What  is  the  matter,  Esther?  I  am  thy  brother, 
fear  not. 

13  Thou  shalt  not  die:  for  this  law  is  not  made 
for  thee,  but  for  all  others. 

14  Come  near  then,  and  touch  the  sceptre. 

15  And  as  she  held  her  peace,  he  took  the  golden 
sceptre,  and  laid  it  upon  her  neck,  and  kissed  her, 
and  said  :  Why  dost  thou  not  speak  to  me? 

16  She  answered:  I  saw  thee,  my  lord,  as  an 
Angel  of  God,  and  my  heart  was  troubled  for  fear 
of  thy  majesty. 

1 7  For  thou,  my  lord,  art  very  admirable,  and  thy 
face  is  full  of  graces. 

18  And  while  she  was  speaking,  she  fell  down 
again,  and  was  almost  in  a  swoon. 

19  But  the  king  was  troubled,  and  all  his  servants 
comforted  her. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

A  copy  of  the  Icings  Utter  in  favour  of  the  Jews. 

'T'HE  great  king  Artaxerxes,  from  India  to  Ethi- 
-■-    opia,*  to  the  governors  and  princes  of  a  hun- 
dred and  twenty-seven  provinces,  which  obey  our 
command,  sendeth  greeting. 

2  Many  have  abused  unto  pride  the  goodness  of 
princes,  and  the  honour  that  hath  been  bestowed  up- 
on them : 

3  And  not  only  endeavour  to  oppress  the  king's 
subjects,  but  not  bearing  the  glory  that  is  given  them, 
take  in  hand  to  practice  also  against  them  that  gave  it. 

4  Neither  are  they  content  not  to  return  thanks 
for  benefits  received,  and  to  violate  in  themselves 
the  laws  of  humanity,  but  they  think  they  can  also 
escape  the  justice  of  God  who  seeth  all  things. 

5  And  they  break  out  into  so  great  madness,  as  to 
endeavour  to  undermine  by  lies  such  as  observe  dili- 
gently the  offices  committed  to  them,  and  do  all 
things  in  such  manner  as  to  be  worthy  of  all  men's 
praise, 

6  While  with  crafty  fraud  they  deceive  the  ears 
of  princes  that  are  well-meaning,  and  judge  of  others 
by  their  own  nature. 

7  Now  this  is  proved  both  from  ancient  histories, 
and  by  the  things  which  are  done  daily,  how  the  good 

•  From  India  to  Ethiopia.     That  is,  who   reigneth   from   India   to 
Ethiopia 


designs  of  kings  uie  depraved  by  the  evil  suggestions 
of  certain  men. 

8  Wherefore  we  must  provide  for  the  peace  of  all 
provinces. 

9  Neither  must  you  think,  if  we  command  differ- 
ent things,  that  it  cometh  of  the  levity  of  our  mind, 
but  that  we  give  sentence  according  to  the  quality 
and  necessity  of  times,  as  the  profit  of  the  common- 
wealth requireth. 

10  Now  that  you  may  more  plainly  understand 
what  we  say,  Aman  the  son  of  Amadathi,  a  Mace- 
donian both  in  mind  and  country,  and  having  no- 
thing of  the  Persian  blood,  but  with  his  cruelty  stain- 
ing our  goodness,  was  received  being  a  stranger  by 
us : 

1 1  And  found  our  humanity  io  great  towards  him, 
that  he  was  called  our  father,  and  was  worshipped 
by  all  as  the  next  man  after  the  king: 

12  But  he  was  so  far  puffed  up  with  arrogancy,  as 
to  go  about  to  deprive  us  of  our  kingdom  and  life. 

13  For  with  certain  new  and  unheard-of  devices 
he  hath  sought  the  destruction  of  Mardochai,  by 
whose  fidelity  and  good  services  our  life  was  saved, 
and  of  Esther  the  partner  of  our  kingdom,  with  all 
their  nation : 

14  Thinking  that  after  they  were  slain,  he  might 
wrork  treason  against  us  left  alone  without  friends, 
and  might  transfer  the  kingdom  of  the  Persians  to 
the  Macedonians. 

15  But  we  have  found  that  the  Jews,  who  were 
by  that  most  wicked  man  appointed  to  be  slain,  are 
in  no  fault  at  all,  but  contrariwise  use  just  laws, 

16  And  are  the  children  of  the  highest  and  the 
greatest,  and  the  ever-living  God,  by  whose  benefit 
the  kingdom  was  given  both  to  our  fathers  and  to  us, 
and  is  kept  unto  this  day. 

17  Wherefore  know  ye  that  those  letters  which 
he  sent  in  our  name,  are  void  and  of  no  effect. 

18  For  which  crime  both  he  himself  that  devis- 
ed it,  and  all  his  kindred  hang  on  gibbets,  before  the 
gates  of  this  city  Susan  :  not  we,  but  God  repaying 
him  as  he  deserved. 

19  But  this  edict,  which  we  now  send,  shall  be 
published  in  all  cities,  that  the  Jews  may  freely  fol- 
low their  own  laws. 

20  And  you  shall  aid  them  that  they  may  kill  those 
who  had  prepared  themselves  to  kill  them,  on  the 
thirteenth  day  of  the  twelfth  month,  which  is  called 
Adar. 

21  For  the  almighty  God  hath  turned  this  day  of 
sadness  and  mourning  into  joy  to  them. 

22  Wherefore  you  shall  also  count  this  day  among 
other  festival  days,  and  celebrate  it  with  all  joy,  that 
it  may  be  known  also  in  times  to  come, 

23  That  all  they  who  faithfully  obey  the  Persians, 
receive  a  worthy  reward  for  their  fidelity :  but  they 
that  are  traitors  to  their  kingdom,  are  destroyed  for 
their  wickedness. 

24  And  let  every  province  and  city,  that  will  not 
be  partaker  of  this  solemnity,  perish  by  the  sword 
and  by  fire,  and  be  destroyed  in  such  manner  as  to 
be  made  unpassable  both  to  men  and  beasts,  for  an 
example  of  contempt,  and  disobedience. 

405 


THE  BOOK  OF  JOB. 


This  b-tok  takes ./»  name  from  the  holy  man.  of  whom  it  trrats  : 
who,  according  to  the  more  probable  opinion,  was  of  the  rare 
of  Esau  ;  and  the  tame  as  Jobab,  king  of  Edom,  mentioned 
Gen.  xxivi.  3A.  It  is  uncertain  tcho  teas  the  writ,r  ni  it. 
Some  attributt  it  to  Job  himself ;  others  to  Moses,  or  some  out 
of  the  pr„phrt».  In  the  Hebrew  it  is  written  in  pert*,  from 
the  beginning  of  the  third  chapter  to  the  forty-second 
chapter. 

CHAP.  I. 

Job's  rirtue  and  riches.     Satan,  by  permission  from  God,  strip- 
peth  him  of  all  his  substance.     His  patience. 

'TMIKIIK  was  a  man  in  tin-  land  of  II us,*  whose 
•*■  name  was  Job,  and  diat  man  was  simplef  and 
upright,  and  fearing  God,  and  avoiding  evil. 

J  \ud  then  were  born  lo  him  seven  sons  and 
three  daudiu  i 

>  \ml  his  possession  was  seven  thousand  sheep, 
and  three  thousand  camels,  and  li\e  hundred  yoke 
of  oxen,  and  five   hundred   she-asses,  and  a  family 

.  cdiiii  greal  :  and  this  man  was  great  among  ail 
the  people  <>f  the  east. 

4  And  his  sons  went,  and  made  a  feast  by  hous- 
es,! every  one  in  his  day.  And  lending  they  called 
their  three  sisters,  to  eat  and  drink  with  them. 

5  And  when  the  days  of  their  feasting  were  gone 
about,  Job  sent  to  them,  and  sanctified  them :  and 
rising  up  early  offered  holocausts  for  every  one  of 
them.  For  he  said  :  Lest  perhaps  my  sons  have  sin- 
ned, and  have  blesscd||  God  in  their  hearts.  So  did 
Jol  all  days. 

6  Now  on  a  certain  dav  when  the  sons  of  God$ 
came  to  stand  before  the  Lord,  Satan  alsoll  WU 
present  anion-  them. 

7  And  the  Lord  said  to  him:  Whenre  contest 
thon  p  And  he  answered  and  said:  I  have  gone 
round  about  the  earth,  and  walked  through  it. 

H  And  the  Lord  said  to  him:  Hast  thou  consi- 
dered my  servant  Job,  that  there  is  none  like  him  in 
the  earth,  a  simple  and  Upright  man,  and  fearing 
G<»d,  and  avoiding  evil  ? 

9  And  Satan  answering,  said :  Doth  Job  fear 
God  in  vain  ? 


10  Hast  not  thou  made  a  fence  for  him,  and  his 
house,   and   alibis   substance  round  about,  blessed  I 
the  works  of  his  hands,  and  his  possession  hath  in- 
creased on  the  earth  ? 

1 1  Hut  stretch  forth  thy  hand  a  little,  and  touch  all 
that  hehath,  and  seeif  he  blesseth  theenot  to  tbv  face. 

12  Then  the  Lord  said  to  Satan  :  Heboid,  all 
that  he  hath  is  in  thv  hand  :  only  put  not  forth  thy 
hand  upon  his  person.  And  Satan  went  forth  from 
the  presence  of  the  Lord. 

13  Now  upon  a  certain  day  when  his  sons  and 


*  Hut.     The  land  of  tins  was  a  part  of  Edom :  as  appear*  from 
msnt.  iv.  SI. 

\  mmplt.     Thai  is.  innocent,  sincere,  and  without  iruilr 
.Ind  malt  •  /ml  ky  It— to.     Thai  it,  each  made  a  frail  in  hi»  own 
•  and  bad  his  day,  inviting  the  others  ami  their  »i«trr«. 
I  BUttd      For  (rrealrr  horror  of  the  very  HwftH  of  hlaaphemv,  the 
srni>lure  both  here  and  ver.  II    and  in  the   following  chapter,  ver.  5. 
tod  9.  utn  (ha  word  »Uu  to  signify  it«  contrary. 


daughters  were  eating  and  drinking  wine  in  tin 
house  of  their  eldest  brother, 

l  )  There  came  a  messenger  to  Jon.  and  said:  Tim 
oxen  were  ploughing,  and  the  asses  feeding  inside 
them, 

15  And  the  Baheans  rushed  in,  and  took  all 
away,  and  slew  the  servants  with  the  sword,  and  I 
alone  have  escaped  to  tell  thee. 

16  And  while  he  was  ret  Speaking,  another  came, 
and  said:  The  tire  of  God  fell  from  heaven,  and 
striking  the  sheep  and  the  servants,  hath  consumed 
them,  and  I  alone  have  escaped  to  tell  thee. 

17  And  while  bealsovras  vet  speaking,  there  came 

another,  and  said:  The(  haldeansmade  threetroops, 
and  have  fallen  upon  the  camels,  ant)  taken  them, 
morem  er  they  hare  slain  the  sen  ants  with  the  sword, 
■nd  I  alone  have  escaped  to  tell  thee. 

#  18  He  was  yet  speaking, and  heboid  another  catre 
in,  and  said  :  Thy  sons  anil  daughters  were  eating 
and  drinking  nrtne  in  the  house  of  their  elder  brother. 

19  A   violent   wind  came  on  a  sudden  from    thr- 
side  of  the  desert,  and  shook  the  four  corners  of  thr 
house,   and  it  fell  upon  thy  children,  and  thev  an 
dead,   and  1  alone  have  escaped  to  tell  ihee. 

20  Then  Job  rose  up,  and  tent  bis  garments,  ant 
having  shaven  his  head,  fell  down  upon  the  ground 
and  worshipped. 

21  And  said:  Naked  came  I  out  of  my  mother's 
womb,  and  naked  shall  I  return  thiilur:  the  Lord 
gave*  and  the  Lord  hath  taken  away:  as  it  hath 
pleased  the  Lord,  so  it  is  done:  blessed  be  the  name 
of  the   Lord. 

22  In  all  these  thing!  Job  sinned  not  by  his  lips, 
nor  spoke  he  any  foolish  thing  against  God. 

CHAP.  II. 

Satan,  by  GotT*  permission,  sfriketh  Job  trith  ulcers  from  head 

to  foot  :  lb  patience  is  still  invincible. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass  w  hen  M  a  certain  dav   the 

-£*-  sous  of  God  came,  and  stood  before   the  Lord, 

and  Satan  came  IHOtl  them,  anil  stood  in  his  sight, 

2Tbat  the  Lord  said  to  Satan:  Whence    comest 

thou?    and    he  answered,  and   said:  I  have    gone 

roundabout  the  earth,  and  walked  throudi  it. 

3  And  the  Lord  said  to  Satan:  Hast  thou  con- 
sidered my  servant  Job,  that  there  is  none  like  him 
in  the  earth,  a  man  simple  and  upright,  and  feaiing 

God,  and  avoiding  evil,  and  still  keeping  his  inno- 
cence? But  thou  hast  mofed  me  against  him,  that 
I  should  afflict  him  without  cause. 

4  And  Satan  answered,  and  said:  Skin  for  skin, 
and  all  that  a  man  hath  he  w  ill  gfve  for  his  life. 

5  Hut  put  forth  thy  hand,  and  touch  his  bone  and 

l7VK.it/  0*4.    The  anr.  I«. 

1  Smlmn  also,  tic.  This  passage  represents  to  m  in  a  fieure.  accom- 
modated to  the  wajri  and  understandings  of  men.  I .  The  restless  en- 
deavour* of  Satan  against  the  servants  of  God  ;  %.  That  be  can  da 
nothing;  without  God's  permisaioo  ;  3.  Thai  Qad  doth  Dal  permit  l.nn 
to  attempt  them  above  their  strength:  but  aiM«t>  them  In  Ins  ilivina 
graj  <■  in  such  manner,  that  the  vain  efforts  of  the  a 
illustrate  their  virtue  and  increase  their  merit. 


I  wmy  only  serve  la 


CHAP.  Ill,  IV. 


his  flesh,  and  then  thou  shalt  see  that  he  will  hless 
thee  to  thy  face. 

6  And  the  Lord  said  to  Satan:  Behold  he  is  in 
thy  hand,  but  yet  save  his  life. 

1  So  Satan  went  forth  from  the  presence  of  the 
Lord,  and  struck  Job  with  a  very  grievous  ulcer, 
from  the  sole  of  the  foot  even  to  the  top  of  his  bead : 

8  And  he  took  a  potsherd  and  scraped  the  cor- 
rupt matter,  sitting  on  a  dunghill. 

9  And  his  wife  said  to  him  :  Dost  thou  still  con- 
tinue in  thy  simplicity?  bless  God  and  die. 

10 -And  he  said  to  her:  Thou  hast  spoken  like 
one  of  the  foolish  women  :  if  we  have  received  good 
things  at  the  hand  of  God,  why  should  we  not  re- 
ceive evil  ?  In  all  these  things  Job  did  not  sin  with 
his  lips. 

1 1  Now  when  Job's  three  friends  heard  all  the 
evil,  that  had  befallen  him,  they  came  every  one 
from  his  own  place,  Eliphaz  the  Themanite,  and 
Baldad  the  Suhite,  and  Sophar  the  Naamathite. 
For  they  had  made  an  appointment  to  come  to- 
gether and  visit  him,  and  comfort  him. 

12  And  when  they  had  lift  up  their  eyes  afar  off, 
they  knew  him  not,  and  crying  out  they  wept,  and 
rending  their  garments  they  sprinkled  dust  upon 
their  heads  toward  heaven. 

13  And  they  sat  with  him  on  the  ground  seven 
days  and  seven  nights,  and  no  man  spoke  to  him  a 
word  :  for  they  saw  that  his  grief  was  very  great. 

CHAP.  III. 

Job' expresseth  his  sense  of  the  miseries  of  man's  life,  by  cursing 
the  day  of  his  birth. 

\  FTER  this  Job  opened  his  mouth,  and  cursed 
-L*-  his  day,* 

2  And  he  said  : 

3  Let  the  day  perish  wherein  I  was  born,  and  the 
night  in  which  it  was  said:  a  man-child  isconceived. 

4  Let  that  day  be  turned  into  darkness,  let  not 
God  regard  it  from  above,  and  let  not  the  light  shine 
upon  it. 

5  Let  darkness,  and  the  shadow  of  death  cover 
it,  let  a  mist  overspread  it,  and  let  it  be  wrapped 
up  in  bitterness. 

6  Let  a  darksome  whirlwind  seize  upon  that 
night,  let  it  not  be  counted  in  the  days  of  the  year, 
nor  numbered  in  the  months. 

7  Let  that  night  be  solitary,  and  not  worthy  of  praise. 

8  Let  them  curse  it  who  curse  the  day,  who  are 
ready  to  raise  up  a  Leviathan. 

9  Let  the  stars  be  darkened  with  the  mist  there- 
of: let  it  expect  light  and  not  see  it,  nor  the  rising 
of  the  dawning  of  the  day  : 

10  Because  it  shut  not  up  the  doors  of  the  womb 
that  bore  me,  nor  took  away  evils  from  my  eyes. 

11  Why  did  I  not  die  in  the  womb,  why  did  1 
not  perish  when  I  came  out  of  the  belly  ? 

12  Why  received  upon  the  knees?  why  suckled 
at  the  breasts  ? 

13  For  now  I  should  have  been  asleep  and  still, 
and  should  have  rest  in  my  sleep  : 

*  Cursed  his  day.     Job  cursed  the  day   of  his  birth,   not   by  way  of 
wishing  evil  to  any  thing  of  God's  creation  ;  but  only  to  express  in  a 


14  With  kings  and  consuls  of  the  earth,  who 
build  themselves  solitudes  : 

15  Or  with  princes,  that  possess  gold,  and  fill 
their  houses  with  silver: 

16  Or  as  a  hidden  untimely  birth  I  should  not  be, 
or  as  they  that  being  conceived  have  not  seen  the 
light. 

17  There  the  wicked  cease  from  tumult,  and 
there  the  wearied  in  strength  are  at  rest. 

18  And  they  sometime  bound  together  without 
disquiet,  have  not  heard  the  voice  of  the  oppressor. 

19  The  small  and  great  are  there,  and  the  servant 
is  free  from  his  master. 

20  Why  is  light  given  to  him  that  is  in  misery, 
and  life  to  them  that  are  in  bitterness  of  soul  ? 

21  That  look  for  death,  and  it  comelhnot,  as  they 
that  dig  for  a  treasure. 

22  And  they  rejoice  exceedingly  when  they  have 
found  the  grave. 

23  To  a  man  whose  way  is  hidden,  and  God 
hath  surrounded  him  with  darkness? 

24  Before  I  eat  1  sigh  :  and  as  overflov\  ing  wa- 
ters, so  is  my  roaring: 

25  For  the  fear  which  I  feared,  hath  come  upon 
me  ;  and  that  which  I  wasafraidof,  hath  befallen  me. 

26  Have  I  not  dissembled?  have  I  not  kept  si- 
lence? have  I  not  been  quiet?  and  indignation  is 
come  upon  me. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Eliphaz  charges  Job  with  impatience,  and  pretends  that  God 
never  afflicts  the  innocent. 

THEN  Eliphaz  the  Themanite  answered,  and 
said: 

2  If  we  begin  to  speak  to  thee,  perhaps  thou  wilt 
take  it  ill,  but  who  can  withhold  the  words  he  hath 
conceived  ? 

3  Behold,  thou  hast  taught  many,  and  thou  hast 
strengthened  the  weary  hands: 

4  Thy  words  have  confirmed  them  that  were  stag- 
gering, and  thou  hast  strengthened  the  trembling 
knees: 

5  But  now  the  scourge  is  come  upon  thee,  and 
thou  faintest :  it  hath  touched  thee,  and  thou  art 
troubled. 

6  Where  is  thy  fear,  thy  fortitude,  thy  patience, 
and  the  perfection  of  thy  ways? 

7  Remember,  I  pray  thee,  who  ever  perished  be- 
ing innocent?  or  when  were  the  just  desfrcwed? 

8  On  the  contrary  I  have  seen  those  who  work 
iniquity,  and  sow  sorrows,  and  reap  them, 

9  Perishing  by  the  blast  of  God,  and  consumed 
by  the  spirit  of  his  wrath. 

10  The  roaring  of  the  lion,  and  the  voice  of  the 
lioness,  and  the  teeth  of  the  whelps  of  lions  are 
broken: 

1 1  The  tiger  hath  perished  for  want  of  prey,  and 
the  young  lions  are  scattered  abroad. 

12  Now  there  was  a  word  spoken  to  me  in  pri- 
vate, and  my  ears  by  stealth  as  it  were  received  the 
veins  of  its  whisper. 


stronger  manner  his  sense  of  human  miseries  in  general,  and  of  his  own 
calamities  in  particular. 

407 


JOB. 


13  In  tin-  horror  of  ;i  vision  by  night,  when  deep 
sleep  is  wont  to  liolil  MM, 

I  \  I  /c.l  ii|M)n  me,  and  trembling,  and  all 

mv  Itones  were  affrighted: 

1  ")  \nd  when  a  spirit  passed  before  me,  the  hail 
of  my  flesh  stood  up. 

h;  Then  stood  one  whose  countenance  I  knew 

not.  an  Man  befotC  nn  <\,s,  audi  heard  the  N  ice 
as  it  were  of  a  gentle  wind  : 

17  Shall  man  lie  justified  in  comparison  of  <  Jod.* 
or  shall  a  man  1h:  more  pure  than  his  maker? 

18  Behold,  thev  (hat  serve  him  are  not  steadfast, 
and  in  his  angels  he  found  wickedness: 

19  How  much  more  shall  they  that  dwell  m 
houses  of  clay,  who  have  an  earthly  foundation,  be 
consumed  a>  with  the  modi  ? 

20  From  morning  till  evening  they  shall  l>e  cut 
down:  and  because  no  our  imdeistaudelh,  they 
shall  perish  for  ever. 

J I  And  they  that  shall  be  left,  shall  be  taken 
away  from  them:  thev  shall  die,  and  not  in  wisdom. 

CHAP.  V. 

EJiphaz  proceeds  in  his  charge,  and  exhorts  Job  to  acknoieltdgt 

his  sins. 

CALL  now  if  there  l>e  any  that  will  answer  thee, 
and  turn  to  some  of  the  saints. 

I  Vnser  indeed  killeth  the  foolish,  and  envy  slav- 
eth  the  little  one. 

3  I  have  seen  a  fool  with  a  strong  root,  and  I 
cursed  his  l>eauty  immediately. 

4  His  children  shall  be  far  from  safety,  and  shall 
be  destroyed  in  the  gate,  and  there  shall  l>e  none  to 
deliver  them. 

.")  \\  hose  harvest  the  hungry  shall  eat,  and  the 
armed  man  shall  take  him  by  violence,  and  the 
thirttt  shall  drink  up  his  riches. 

6  Nothing  ii|M>n  earth  is  done  without  a  cause, 
and  sorrow  doth  not  spring  out  of  the  ground. 

7  Man  is  bom  to  labour,  and  the  bird  to  fly. 

8  Wherefore  1  will  pray  to  the  Lord,  and  address 
my  speech  to  God  : 

!>  Who  doeth  great  things,  and  unsearchable  and 
wonderful  things  without  number: 

10  Who  givcth  rain  upon  the  face  of  the  earth, 
and  watereth  all  things  with  waters:  _ 

II  Who  seiteth  up  the  humble  on  high,  and  com- 
forteth  wi(h  health  those  that  mourn. 

1  J  Who  hringeth  to  nought  the  designs  of  the 
malignant,  so  that  their  hands  cannot  accomplish 
what  thev  had  begun: 

13  Who  catcheth  the  wise  in  their  craftiness  and 
disappointed!  the  counsel  of  the  wicked  : 

I  I  They  shall  meet  with  darkness  in  the  day, 
and  grope  at  noon-day  as  in  the  light. 

16  But  he  shall  save  the  needy  from  the  sword 
of  their  mouth,  and  the  poor  from  the  hand  of  the 

Violent. 

16  And  to  the  needy  there  shall  be  hope,  but  ini- 
quity shall  draw  in  her  mouth. 


*  Shall  mm  irjuttifui  >*  companion  of  (ioj.  Sic.  Itww  are  the  wonW 
>!n<  I>  Kliphax  had  lxninl  (run  an  Angel,  which,  »er.  I&.  be  caiU  a 


Mi  sims,  ttc. 


He  doe*  not  mean  to  compare  tin  ni  Seringa  with 

10. 


17  Blessed    is   the  man  whom  God   rorrccfeth 
refuse  not  therefore  the  chastising  of  the  Lord: 

18  For  he  woundcdi,  and  curcth,  he  striked]  and 
his  hands  shall  heal. 

19  In  si\  troubles  he  shall  dt  liver  thee,  and  in 
the  seventh,  evil  shall  not  touch  tin 

20  In  famine  he  shall  deliver  thee  from  death-, 
and  in  hattle  from  the  hand  of  the  sword. 

21  Thou  shall  In;  hidden  from  the  scourge  of  the 
tongue:  and  thou  shall  not  tear  calamity  when  it 
coineth. 

22  In  destruction  and  famine  thou  shah  laugh  : 
and  thou  shalt  not  be  afraid  of  the  heasts  of  the  earth. 

23  But  thou  shalt  have  a  cov  enant  vv  ith  the  sioin  s 
of  the  lands,  and  the  beasts  of  the  earth  shall  l>e  at 
peace  with   thee. 

24  And  thou  shalt  know  that  thy  tal>ernacle  is 
in  peace,  and  visiting  thy  beauty  thou  shalt  not  sin. 

23  Thou  shalt  know  also  that  thy  seed  shall  be 
multiplied,  and  thy  offspring  like  the  grass  of  the  earth. 

26  Thou  shall  enter  into  the  grave  in  abundance, 
as  a  heap  of  wheat  is  brought  in  its  season. 

27  Behold,  this  is  even  so.  as  we  have  searched 
out :  which  thou  having  heard,  consider  it  thorough- 
ly in  thy  mind. 

CHAP.  VI. 

Job  maintains  his  innoci  ure,  ami  tuinphiiiis  of  hit  friends. 

BUT  Job  answered  and  said  : 
J   ()  that  my  sins,f  wherehv  I  have  deserved 
wrath,  and  the  calamity  that  I  suffer,  were  weighed 
in  a  balance. 

3  As  the  sand  of  the  sea  this  would  appeal 
heavier:  therefore  my  words  are  full  of  sorrow  : 

4  For  the  arrows  of  the  Lord  are  in  me,  the  rage 
w  hereof  driuketh  up  my  spirit,  and  the  terrors  of  the 
Lord  war  against  me. 

5  Will  the  wild   ass   bray  when   he  hath  gra- 
or  will  the  ox  low  when   he  standeth  before  a  full 
manger? 

6  Or  can  an  unsavoury  thing  be  eaten,  that  is 
not  seasoned  with  salt  ?  or  can  a  man  taste  that 
which  when  tasted  hringeth  death? 

7  The  things  which  before  my  soul  would  not 
touch,  now  through  anguish  are  my  meats. 

8  Who  will  grant  thai  mv  request  may  come:  and 
that  God  tnav  give  me  what  I  look  for? 

9  And  that  he  that  hath  begun  may  destroy  me, 
that  he  may  let  loose  his  hand,  and  cut  sse  oiT? 

10  And  that  this  may  be  my  comfort,  that  afflict- 
ing me  with  sorrow,  he  span  not,  nor  I  contradict 
the  words  of  the  Holy  one. 

11  For  what  is  mv  strength,  that  I  can  hold  out? 
or  what  is  my  end  that  I  shoulil  keep  patience  f 

12  .My  strength  is  not  the  stiengih  of  stones,  nor 
is  mv  flesh  of  bra 

13  Behold,  there  is  no  help  for  me  in  tnvself,  and 
my  familiar  friends  also  are  departed  from  im i. 

14  He  thai  taketh  away  menv  from  his  friend, 
forsaketh  the  fear  of  the  Lord. 

hit  real  tins ;  but  the  imaginary  crimes  which  hit  friend,  imputed  to 
him  :  and  etpiyially  with  hit  «r«U,  or jrirf.  rxprettcd  in  the  third 
chapter,  which  they  so  much  accused.  Though,  at  lie  ti-llt  litem  her*, 
it  bore  no  proportion  with  the  |,naUl—  of  hw  calamity 


CHAP.  VII,  VIII. 


15  My  brethren  have  passed  by  me,  as  the  tor- 
rent that  passeth  swiftly  in  the  valleys. 

16  They  that  fear  the  hoary  frost,  the  snow  shall 
fall  upon  them. 

17  At  the  time  when  they  shall  be  scattered  they 
shall  perish  :  and  after  it  groweth  hot  they  shall  be 
melted  out  of  their  place. 

18  The  paths  of  their  steps  are  entangled  :  they 
shall  walk  in  vain,  and  shall  perish. 

19  Consider  the  paths  of  Thema,  the  ways  of 
Saba,  and  wait  a  little  while. 

20  They  are  confounded,  because  I  have  hoped : 
they  are  come  also  even  unto  me,  and  are  covered 
with  shame. 

21  Now  you  are  come  :  and  now  seeing  my  if- 
fliction  you  are  afraid. 

22  Did  I  say  :  Bring  to  me,  and  give  me  of  your 
substance  ? 

23  Or  deliver  me  from  the  hand  of  the  enemy, 
and  rescue  me  out  of  the  hand  of  the  mighty  ? 

24  Teach  me,  and  I  will  hold  my  peace :  and 
if  I  have  been  ignorant  in  any  thing,  instruct  me. 

25  Why  have  you  detracted  the  words  of  truth, 
whereas  there  is  none  of  you  that  can  reprove  me  ? 

26  You  dress  up  speeches  only  to  rebuke,  and 
you  utter  words  to  the  wind. 

27  You  rush  in  upon  the  fatherless,  and  you  en- 
deavour to  overthrow  your  friend. 

28  However,  finish  what  you  have  begun  :  give 
ear  and  see  whether  I  lie. 

29  Answer,  I  beseech  you,  without  contention : 
and  speaking  that  which  is  just,  judge  ye. 

30  And  you  shall  not  find  iniquity  in  my  tongue, 
neither  shall  folly  sound  in  my  mouth. 

CHAP.  VII. 

Job  declares  the  miseries  of  man's  life :  and  addresses  him- 
self to  God. 

HPHE  life  of  man  upon  earth  is  a  warfare,  and  his 
-*-    days  are  like  the  days  of  a  hireling. 

2  As  a  servant  longeth  for  the  shade,  as  the  hire- 
ling looketh  for  the  end  of  his  work, 

3  So  I  also  have  had  empty  months,  and  have 
numbered  to  myself  wearisome  nights. 

4  If  I  lie  down  to  sleep,  I  shall  say :  When  shall 
I  arise?  and  again  I  shall  look  for  the  evening,  and 
shall  be  filled  with  sorrows  even  till  darkness. 

5  My  flesh  is  clothed  with  rottenness  and  the 
filth  of  dust,  my  skin  is  withered  and  drawn  together. 

6  My  days  have  passed  more  swiftly  than  the 
web  is  cut  by  the  weaver,  and  are  consumed  without 
any  hope. 

7  Remember  that  my  life  is  but  wind,  and  my 
eyes  shall  not  return  to  see  good  things. 

8  Nor  shall  the  sight  of  man  behold  me:  thy  eyes 
are  upon  me,  and  I  shall  be  no  more- 

9  As  a  cloud  is  consumed,  and  passeth  away: 
so  he  that  shall  go  down  to  hell  shall  not  come  up. 

10  Nor  shall  he  return  any  more  into  his  house, 
neither  shall  his  place  know  him  any  more. 

11  Wherefore  I  will  not  spare  mv  mouth,  I  will 

speak  in  the  affliction  of  my  spirit:  f  will  talk  with 

the  bitterness  of  my  soul. 

3  F 


12  Am  I  a  sea,  or  a  whale,  that  thou  hast  en- 
closed me  in  a  prison  ? 

13  If  I  say  :  My  bed  shall  comfort  me,  and  I  shall 
be  relieved  speaking  with  myself  on  my  couch: 

14  Thou  wilt  frighten  me  with  dreams,  and  ter- 
rify me  with  visions. 

15  So  that  my  soul  rather  chooseth  hanging,  and 
my  bones  death. 

16  I  have  done  with  hope,  I  shall  now  live  no 
longer:  spare  me,  for  my  days  are  nothing. 

17  What  is  a  man  that  thou  shouldst  magnify 
him?  or  why  dost  thou  set  thy  heart  upon  him? 

18  Thou  visitest  him  early  in  the  morning,  and 
thou  provest  him  suddenly. 

19  How  long  wilt  thou  not  spare  me,  nor  suffer 
me  to  swallow  down  my  spittle? 

20  I  have  sinned,  what  shall  I  do  to  thee,  O 
keeper  of  men?  why  hast  thou  set  me  opposite  to 
thee,  and  I  am  become  burdensome  to  myself? 

21  Why  dost  thou  not  remove  my  sin,  and  why 
dost  thou  not  tak«  awa"  mine  iniquity?  Behold  now, 
I  shall  sleep  in  the  dust:  and  if  thou  seek  me  in  the 
morning,  I  shall  not  be. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

Baldad,  under  pretence  of  di fending  the  justice  of  God,  accuses 
Job,  and  exhorts  him  to  return  to  God. 

HP  H  EN  Baldad  the  Suhite  answered,  and  said  : 

■-  2  How  long  wilt  thou  speak  these  things,  and 
how  long  shall  the  words  of  thy  mouth  be  like  a  strong 
wind? 

3  Doth  God  pervert  judgment,  or  doth  the  Al- 
mighty overthrow  that  which  is  just? 

4  Although  thy  children  have  sinned  against  him, 
and  lie  hath  left  them  in  the  hand  of  their  iniquity  : 

5  Yet  if  thou  wilt  arise  early  to  God,  and  wilt 
beseech  the  Almighty: 

6  If  thou  wilt  walk  clean  and  upright,  he  will 
presently  awake  unto  thee,  and  will  make  the 
dwelling  of  thy  justice  peaceable: 

7  In  so  much,  that  if  thy  former  things  were 
small,  thy  latter  things  would  be  multiplied  exceed- 
ingly- 

8  For  inquire  of  the  former  generation,  and 
search  diligently  into  the  memory  of  the  fathers: 

9  (For  we  are  but  of  yesterday,  and  are  ignorant 
that  our  days  upon  earth  are  but  a  shadow  :) 

10  And  they  shall  teach  thee:  they  shall  speak 
to  thee,  and  utter  words  out  of  their  hearts. 

11  Can  the  rush  be  green  without  moisture?  or 
a  sedge-bush  grow  without  water? 

12  When  it  is  yet  in  flower,  and  is  not  plucked 
up  with  the  hand,  it  withereth  before  all  herbs. 

13  Even  so  are  the  ways  of  all  that  forget  God, 
and  the  hope  of  the  hypocrite  shall  perish  : 

14  His  folly  shall  not  please  him,  and  his  trust 
shall  be  like  the  spider's  web. 

15  He  shall  lean  upon  his  house,  and  it  shall  not 
stand ;  he  shall  prop  it  up,  and  it  shall  not  rise  : 

16  He  seemeth  to  have  moisture  before  the  sun 
cometh,  and  at  his  rising  his  blossom  shall  shoot 
forth. 

17  His  root  shall  be  thick  upon  a  heap  of  stones, 
J  and  among  the  stones  he  shafl  abide. 

409 


9  Who  maketh  Arcturus,*  and  Orion,  and  Hy- 
ades,  and  the  inner  parts  of  the  south. 

\0  Who  doeth  things  great  and  incomprehensi- 
ble, ;in.l  wonderful,  of  which  there  is  no  number. 

11  If  he  come  to  me,  I  shall  not  see  him:  if  he 
depart  I  shall  not  understand. 

12  If  he  examine  on  a  sudden,  who  shall  answer 
him.'  or  w  ho  can  say:  Why  doest  thou  SO? 

13  Ciod,  whose  wrath  no  man  can  resist,  and  un- 
der w  horn  they  stoop  that  hear  up  the  world. 

1  I  What  am  I  then,  that  1  should  answer  him. 
and  have  words  with  him? 

15  I,  who  although  I  should  have  any  just  thing, 
wool. I  not  answer,  hut  would  make  supplication  m 
my  judge. 

1 1 '>  \  nd  if  he  should  hear  me  u  hen  I  call,  I  should 
not  believe  thai  be  had  beard  my  voice. 

17  For  he  shall  crush  DC  in  a  whirlwind,  and 
multiply  mv  wounds  even  without  cause. f 

lb  He  allowed)  not  my  spirit  to  rest,  and  he  All- 
ot h  me  w  ith  bitterness. 

19  [/strength  !><•  demandeil,  he  is  most  strong:  if 
equity  of  judgment,  no  mandare  bear  witness  for  me. 

J<»  If  I  would  justify  myself,  my  own  mouth 
shall  condemn  me:  if  I  would  show  myself  inno- 


ke,l. 
simple,  even  this  mv  soul 


cent,  he  shall  prove  me  wic 

21     Although  I  shouldlx 
shall  lx-  ignorant  of,  and  I  shall  DC  weary  of  mi)  life. 
One  thing   there  is  that  I  have    spoken,   both 

the  innocent  and  the  wicked  be  eoosometh. 

let    him  kill  at   once,  and  not 
laugh  ;n  the  pains  of  the  innocent. 

*  Jhttwru;  kr.    Theaa  are  name*  of  »Ura  or  comU-llstion*.     In 
Hebrew,  Atb,  Cecil,  and  Cimah.     Hen  mite  ch.  xxariii.  rer.  31. 

410 


JOB. 

10  If  one  swallow  him  up  out  of  his  place,   he  I 
shall  deny  him,  and  shall  say  :  I  know  thee  not. 

19  Fof  this  is  the  joy  of  his  wa\,that  others  m a\ 
spring  agoia  out  of  the  earth. 

;  will  not  cast  away  the  simple,  nor  reach 
out  his  hand  to  the  evil  doer  : 

21  Until  thy  mouth  be  filled  with  laughter,  and 
tin  lips  w  ith  rejoicing 

11  l'liev  that  hate  thee,  shall  be  clothed  with 
contusion  :  and  the  dwelling  of  the  wicked  shall 
not  .stand. 

CHAP  IX. 

Job  acknowledges  God's  justice  ;  although  he  often  afflicts  the 
innocent. 

\  \  I )  Job  answered  and  said  : 
-**-  2  Indeed  I  know  it  is  so,  and  that  man  cannot 
be  justified,  compared  with  God. 

oil  he  w  ill  contend  w  ith  him,  he  cannot  answer 
him  one  for  a  thousand. 

4  He  is  wise  in  heart,  and  mighty  in  strength  : 
who  hath  resisted  him,  and  hath  had  peace? 

5  Who  hath  removed  mountains,  and  they  whom 
he  overthrew  in  his  wrath,  knew  it  not. 

6  Who  shaketh  the  earth  out  of  her  place,  and 
the  pillars  thereof  tremble. 

7  Who  commandeth  the  sun  and  it  riseth  not  : 
and  slum,  ih  up  the  stars  as  it  were  under  a  seal. 

b*  Who  alone  spreadeth  out  the  heavens,  and 
Walked)  upon  the  waves  ol"  the  sea. 


can- 


go  my 
the  bit- 


2-1  The  earth  is  given  into  the  hand  of  tnr  wick- 
ed, he  eorereth  the  face  of  the  judges  thereof:    and 

if  it  Ih-  not  he,  who  is  it  then? 

-'.">  M\  days  have  been  swifter  than  a  post  :  they 
have  tied  away  and  haw  not  seen  good. 

26    They  have  passed  by  as  ships  earning  fruits 

a>  an  eagle  Hying  to  the  psey. 

rj  If  I  say:  I  will  not  speak  so:  I  change  my 
race  and  am  tormented  with  sorrow. 

28  I  feared  all  my  w  orks,  know  ing  that  thou  didst 
not  spare  the  oilender. 

88  But  if  so  also  I  am  wicked,  why  have  I  la- 
boured in  vain  ? 

30  If  1  be  washed  as  it  were  with  snow-waters, 
and  mv  hands  shall  shine  ever  so  clean  : 

31  Vet  thou  shall  plunge  me  in  filth,  and  my 
garments  shall  abhor  me. 

32  For  I  shall  not  answer  a  man  that  is  like  my- 
self: nor  one  that  may  be  heard  with  me  equally  in 
judgment. 

33  There  is  none  that  may  be  able  to  reprove 
both,  and  tojuit  his  hand  between  both. 

34  Let  him  take  his  rod  aw  ay  from  me,  and  let 
not  his  fear  terrify  me. 

33  I  will  speak,  and  will  not  fear  him  :  for  1 
not  answer  while  I  am  in  fear. 

CHAP.  X. 

Job  laments  hit  afflictions,  and  beg<  to  be  delivered. 

"JV/TY  soul  is  weary  of  my  life,  I  will  let 
-L"-*-  speech  against  myself,  I  will  speak  in 
terness  of  my  soul. 

2  I  will  say  to  God  :  Do  not  condemn  me :  tell 
DM  why  thou  judgest  me  so. 

3  Doth  it  seem  good  to  thee  that  thou  shouldst 
calumniate  me,  and  oppress  me,  the  work  ol  th\  own 
hands,  and  help  the  counsel  of  the  Wicked  ? 

4  Hast  thou  eyes  of  flesh:  or  shall  thou  see  as 
man  seeth  ? 

5  Are  thy  days  as  the  days  of  man,  and  are  thy 
yean  as  the  times  of  men: 

6  That  thou  shouldst  inquire  after  my  iniquity, 
and  search  after  my  sin  ? 

7  And  shouldst  know  that  I  have  done  no  wick- 
ed thing,  whereas  there  is  no  man  that  can  tfefivei 
out  of  thy  hand. 

8  Thy  hands  have  made  me,  and  fashioned  me 
wholly  round  about,  and  dost  thou  thus  cast  me 
down  headlong  on  a  sudden' 

9  Remember,  I  beseech  thee,  that  thou  hast  made 
me  as  the  clay,  and  thou  Wilt  bring  me  into  dust 
again. 

10  Hast  thou  not  milked  me  asmilk,  and  curdled 
me   like  cheese  .' 

11  Thou  hast  clothed  me  with  skin  and  flesh: 
thou  hast  put  me  together  with  bones  and  sinews* 

12  Thou  hast  granted  me  life  and  mercy,  and  thy 
visitation  hath  preserved  my  spirit. 

13  Although  thou  conical  these  things  in  thy 
heart,  yet  I  know   that  thou  icmemberest  all  thil 

14  If  I  have  sinned  and  thou  hast  spared  me  lot 

f  WilkmU  cause.     Ttmt  »,  wiiImjuI  my  kix  wmj  lite  value  :  or  wilb 
out  any  crime  of  mine. 


chap,  xi,  xir. 


an  hour:  why  dost  thou  not  suffer  me  to  be  clean 
from  my  iniquity? 

15  And  if  I  be  wicked,  wo  unto  me:  and  if  just,  I 
shall  not  lift  Up  my  head,  being  filled  with  affliction 
and  misery. 

16  And  for  pride  thou  wilt  take  me  as  a  lioness, 
and  returning  thou  tormentest  me  wonderfully. 

17  Thou  renewest  thy  witnesses  against  me,  and 
multipliest  thy  wrath  upon  me,  and  pains  war  against 
me. 

18  Why  didst  thou  bring  me  forth  out  of  the 
womb  ?  O  that  I  had  been  consumed,  that  eye  might 
not  see  me! 

19  I  should  have  been  as  if  I  had  not  been,  car- 
ried from  the  womb  to  the  grave. 

20  Shall  not  the  fewness  of  my  days  be  ended 
shortly  ?  suffer  me,  therefore,  that  l  may  lament  my 
sorrow  a  little: 

21  Before  I  go  and  return  no  more,  to  a  land  that 
is  dark  and  covered  with  the  mist  of  death: 

22  A  land  of  misery  and  darkness,  where  the 
shadow  of  death,  and  no  order,  but  everlasting  hor- 
ror dwelleth. 

CHAP.  XI. 

Sophar  reprooeth  Job  for  justifying  himself ,  and  inviteth  him 
to  repentance. 

HP  HEN  Sophar  the  Naamathite  answered,  and 
■*-    said : 

2  Shall  not  he  that  speaketh  much,  hear  also?  or 
shall  a  man  full  of  talk  be  justified? 

3  Shall  men  hold  their  peace  to  thee  only?  and 
when  thou  hast  mocked  others,  shall  no  man  con- 
fute fehee? 

4  For  thou  hast  said :  My  word  is  pure,  and  I  am 
clean  in  thy  sight. 

5  And  I  wish  that  God  would  speak  with  thee, 
and  would  open  his  lips  to  thee, 

6  That  he  might  show  thee  the  secrets  of  wis- 
dom and  that  his  law  is  manifold,  and  thou  mightest 
understand  that  he  exacteth  much  less  of  thee,  than 
thy  iniquity  deserveth. 

7  Peradventure  thou  wilt  comprehend  the  steps 
of  God,  and  wilt  find  out  the  Almighty  perfectly? 

8  He  is  higher  than  heaven,  and  what  wilt  thou 
do?  He  is  deeper  than  hell,  and  how  wilt  thou 
know  ? 

9  The  measure  of  him  is  longer  than  the  earth 
and  broader  than  the  sea. 

10  If  he  shall  overturn  all  things,  or  shall  press 
them  together,  who  shall  contradict  him  ? 

11  For  he  knowcth  the  vanity  of  men.  and  when 
he  seeth  iniquity,  doth  he  not  consider  it  ? 

12  A  vain  man  is  lifted  up  into  pride,  and  thinketh 
himself  born  free  like  a  wild  ass's  colt. 

13  But  thou  hast  hardened  thy  heart,  and  hast 
spread  thy  hands  to  him. 

14  If  thou  wilt  put  away  from  thee  the  iniquity 
that  is  in  thy  hand,  and  let  not  injustice  remain  in 
thy  tabernacle : 

15  Then  mayst  thou  lift  up  thy  face  without  spot, 
and  thou  shalt  be  steadfast,  and  shah  not  fear. 

16  Thou  shalt  also  forget  misery,  and  remember 
it  only  as  waters  that  are  passed  away. 


17  And  brightness  like  that  of  the  noon-day,  shall 
arise  to  thee  at  evening;  and  when  thou  shall  think 
thyself  consumed,  thou  shalt  rise  as  the  day-star. 

18  And  thou  shalt  have  confidence,  hope  being  set 
before  thee ;  and  being  buried  thou  shalt  sleep  secure. 

19  Thou  shalt  rest,  and  there  shall  be  none  to 
make  thee  afraid:  and  many  shall  entreat  thy  face. 

20  But  the  eyes  of  the  wicked  shall  decay,  and 
the  way  to  escape  shall  fail  them,  and  their  hope  the 
abomination  of  the  soul. 

CHAP.  XII. 

JoVs  reply  to  Sophar.    He    extols      God's  power  and  wisdom. 

HP  HEN  Job  answered,  and  said : 
-*-      2  Are  you  then  men  alone,  and  shall  wisdom 
die  with  your 

3  I  also  have  a  heart  as  well  as  you:  for  who  is 
ignorant  of  these  things,  which  you  know? 

4  He  that  is  mocked  by  his  friend  as  I,  shall  call 
upon  God  and  he  will  hear  him :  for  the  simplicity 
of  the  just  man  is  laughed  to  scorn. 

5  The  lamp  despised  in  the  thoughts  of  the  rich, 
is  ready  for  the  time  appointed. 

6  The  tabernacles  of  robbers  abound,  and  they 
provoke  God  boldly,  whereas  it  is  he  that  hath 
given  all  into  their  hands : 

7  But  ask  now  the  beasts,  and  they  shall  teach 
thee :  and  the  birds  of  the  air  and  they  shall  tell  thee. 

8  Speak  to  the  earth  and  it  shall  answer  thee  : 
and  the  fishes  of  the  sea  shall  tell. 

9  Who  is  ignorant  that  the  hand  of  the  Lord  hath 
made  all  these  things? 

10  In  whose  hand  is  the  soul  of  every  living  thing, 
and  the  spirit  of  all  flesh  of  man. 

1 1  Doth  not  the  ear  discern  words,  and  the  palate 
of  him  that  eateth,  the  taste? 

12  In  the  ancient  is  wisdom,  and  in  length  of 
days  prudence. 

13  With  him  is  wisdom  and  strength,  he  haih 
counsel  and  understanding. 

14  If  he  pull  down,  there  is  no  man  that  can  build 
up:  if  he  shut  up  a  man,  there  is  none  that  can  open. 

15  If  he  withhold  the  waters,  all  things  shall  be 
dried  up:  and 'if  he  send  them  out  they  shall  over- 
turn the  earth. 

16  With  him  is  strength  and  wisdom  :  he  know- 
eth both  the  deceiver,  and  him  that  is  deceived. 

17  He  bringeth  counsellors  to  a  foolish  end,  and 
judges  to  insensibility. 

18  He  looseth  the  belt  of  kings,  and  girdeth  their 
loins  with  a  cord. 

19  He  leadeth  away  priests  without  glory,  and 
overthroweth  nobles. 

20  He  changeth  the  speech  of  the  true  speakers, 
and  taketh  away  the  doctrine  of  the  aged. 

21  He  poureth  contempt  upon  princes,  and  re- 
lieveth  them  that  were  oppressed. 

22  He  disco\ereth  deep  things  out  of  darkness, 
and  bringeth  up  to  light  the  shadow  of  death. 

23  He  multiplieth  nations,  and  destroyeth  them, 
and  restoreth  them  again  after  they  were  overthrown. 

24  He  changeth  the  heart  of  the  princes  of  (he 
people  of  the  earth,  and  deceiveth  them  that  they 
walk  in  vain  where  there  is  no  way. 

411 


JOB. 


t!i 


Phev  shall   grope  as  in  the  <l:«rk,  and  not  in 


that  art 


ht  :  and  he  -hall  make  them  Maggot  like  men 
•hunk. 

CHAP.  Mil. 

Job  persists  in  maintaining  *u  innocence  ;  and  reproves  kit 

HlU. 

BI.HOLD  niv  eve  hatli  seen  all  these  things  »nd 
mv  ear  hath   heard   then,  and  I 


stood  tlirin  all. 
2  According 
neither  am  I  infei 


have  under- 

to  your  knowledge  I  aba  know: 


3  But  vet  I  will  speak  to  the  Almighty,  and  I  de- 
sire to  reason  with  (iod. 

4  Having  first  shown  that  yon  are  forgers  of  lies, 
and  niaintainers  of  perverse  opinions. 

5  And  I  wish  von  would  hold  yonr  peace,  that 
you  might  be  thought  to  Ik.-  wise  men. 

6  Hear  ye  then  fore  my  reproof,  and  attend  to  the 
judgment  of  mj  lips. 

7  Hath  God any  need  of  your  lie,  that  you  should 
speak  decehfullj   for  him  .' 

8  Do  you  accept  his  person,  and  do  you  endea- 
vour to  judge  for  ( >od  ? 

9  Or  shall  it  please  him,  from  whom  nothing  can 
be  CODCealed?  <>r  shall  he  be  deceived  as  a  man, 
with  \our  deceitful  dealings? 

10"  He  shall  reprove  urn,  because  in  secret  yeu 
ace -ept  his  person. 

1 1  As  soon  as  he  shall  move  himself,  he  shall 
trouble  you:  and  his  dread  shall  fall  upon  you. 

I  J  Your  remembrance  shall  he  compared  to  ash- 
es, and  vour  necks  shall  he  bronchi  to  clay. 

13  Hold  your  peace  a  little  while,  that  I  may  speak 
whatsoever  in v  mind  shall  irnfgfTl  to  me. 

1  i  Why  do  I  tear  my  flesh  with  my  teeth,  and 
earn  mv  soul  in  my  hands? 

15  Although  he  should  kill  me,  I  will  trust  in 
him:   but  yet    I  will  reprove  niv   ways  in  his  sight. 

16  And  he  shall  be  my  saviour:  lor  no  hypocrite 
shall  come  In-fore  his  presence. 

17  Hear  ye  my  speech,  and  receive  with  your 
ears  hidden  truths. 

18  If  1  shall  be  judged,  I  know  that  I  shall  be 
found  just  . 

19  Who  is  he  that  will  plead  against  me  r  let  him 
come:  why  am  I  consumed  holding  mj  peace? 

I'uo  things  only  do  not  to  me,  and  then  from 
th\  face  1  shall  not  lie  hid: 

21  Withdraw  thy  hand  far  from  me,  and  let  not 
thy  dread  terrify  me. 

.'J  (all  me,  and  I  will  answer  thee:  or  else  I  will 
speak,  and  do  thou  answer  me. 

29  How  manv  are  niv  iniquities  and  sins?  make 
me  know   mv  crimes  and  offences. 

24  Why  hidest  thou  thy  face,  and  thinkesi  me 
th\  enemy? 

'25  Against  a  leaf,  that  is  carried  awav  with  the 
wind,  thou  showest  thy  |>ower;  and  thou  pursues! 
a  dn  straw. 

Jii  lor  thou  writes!  hitter  things  against  me,  ami 
will  consume  me  for  the  sins  of  my  votith. 


*  Tktt  thou  auytf  pnUct  ms  in  ktll.     That  i«,"in  the  ttate  of  the  dead, 
•r.|  ii,  uh  place  when  the  tout*  an  krpt  waiting  Tor  U.tir  Hedeemcr. 

41-' 


27  Thou  hast  put  my  feet  in  the  stocks,  ami  hast 
observed  all  my  paths,  and  hast  considered  the  steps 
of  mv  feet : 

28  \\  ho  am  to  be  consumed  as  rottenness,  and 

as  a  garment  that  is  moth-eaten. 
CHAP.  XIV. 

Job  declares  the  shortness  of  man's  days  ;  ami  professes  his  be- 
lief of  a  resurrection. 

MAN  born  of  a  woman,  living  for  a  short  time, 
is  filled  with  many  miseries. 

2  Who  Cometh  forth  like  a  Ilower,  and  is  de- 
stroyed, and  lleeth  as  a  shadow,  and  never  conti- 
nueth  in  the  same  state. 

3  And  dost  thou  think  it  meet  to  open  thy  eyes 
upon  such  a  one,  and  to  bring  him  into  judgment 
wilh  thee? 

4  Who  can  make  him  clean  that  is  conceived  of 
unclean  seed?  is  it  not  thou  who  only  art? 

5  The  days  of  man  are  short,  and  the  number  of 
liis  months  is  with  thee:  thou  hast  appointed  his 
bounds  which  cannot  lie  passed. 

6  Depart  a  little  fiom  him,  that  he  may  rest,  un- 
til his  wished  for  day  come,  as  that  of  the  hireling. 

7  A  tree  hath  hope  :  if  it  be  cut,  it  groweth  green 
again,  and  the  1m>iij:I)s  thereof"  sprout. 

8  If  its  root  be  old  in  the  earth,  and  its  stock  be 
dead  in  the  dust, 

9  At  the  scent  of  water  it  shall  spring,  and  bring 
forth  leaves,  as  w  hen  it  was  first  planted. 

10  But  man  when  he  shall  be  dead,  and  strip- 
ped and  consumed,  1  pray  you  where  is  he? 

11  As  if  the  w  ali  rs  should  depart  out  of  the  sea, 
and  an  emptied  river  should  be  dried  up: 

12  So  man  when  he  is  fallen  asleep  shall  not  rise 
again  till  the  heavens  lie  broken:  he  shall  not  awake, 
nor  rise  up  out  of  his  sleep. 

13  Who  will  Kraut  me  this,  that  thou  mavst  pro- 
le ct  me  in  hell,*  and  hide  me  till  thy  wrath  pass, 
and  appoint  me  a  time  w'hen  thou  wilt  remember 
me? 

14  Shall  man  that  is  dead,  thinkrst  thou,  live 
again  ?  all  the  days,  in  which  I  am  now  in  warfare, 
1  expect  until  mv  change  come. 

15  Thou  shall  call  me,  and  I  will  answer  thee: 
to  the  work  of  thy  hands  thou  shall  reach  out  thy 
right  hand. 

16  Thou  indeed  hast  numbered  my  steps,  but 
spare  niv  sins. 

17  Thou  hast  sealed  up  my  offences  as  it  were 
in  a  has,  but  hast  cured  my  iniquity. 

18  A  mountain  falling  Cometh  to  nought,  and  a 
rock  is  removed  out  of  its  place. 

I',)  Waters  wear  away  the  stones,  and  with  in- 
undation the  DOUnd  by  little  and  little  is  w  ashed 
awav  :    so  in  like  niaiint  r  thou  shah  destrO)  man. 

20  Thou  hast  st lengthened  him  for  a  little  wh'vje, 
that  he  may  pass  away  lor  ever:  thou  shall  change 
his  face,  and  shalt  semi  him  awav. 

.'1  \\  bother  his  children  conic  to  honour  or  dis- 
honour, he  shall  not  understand. 

22  Hut  yet  his  flesh,  w  hile  he  shall  live,  shall  havs 
I>aiu,  and  his  soul  shall  mourn  over  him. 


CHAP.  XV,  XVI. 


CHAP.  XV. 

Eliphaz  returns  to  the  charge  against  Job,  and  describes  the 
wretched  stale  of  the  wicked. 

AND   Eliphaz   the   Thetnanite   answered,   and 
said: 

2  Will  a  wise  man  answer  as  if  he  were  speaking 
ir  the  wind,  and  fill  his  stomach  with  burning  heat? 

3  Thou  reprovest  him  by  words,  who  is  not  equal 
to  thee,  and  thou  speakest  that  which  is  not  good 
for  thee. 

4  As  much  as  in  thee,  thou  hast  made  void  fear,* 
and  hast  taken  away  prayers  from  before  God. 

5  For  thy  iniquity  hath  taught  thy  mouth,  and  thou 
imilatest  the  tongue  of  blasphemers. 

6  Thy  own  mouth  shall  condemn  thee,  and  not  I  : 
and  thy  own  lips  shall  answer  thee. 

7  Art  thou  the  first  man  that  was  born,  or  wast 
thou  made  before  the  hills  ? 

8  Hast  thou  heard  God's  counsel,  and  shall  his 
wisdom  be  inferior  to  thee  ? 

9  What  knowest  thou  that  we  are  ignorant  ofr 
what  dost  thou  understand  that  we  know  not? 

10  There  are  with  us  also  aged  and  ancient  men, 
much  elder  than  thy  fathers. 

11  Is  it  a  great  matter  that  God  should  comfort 
thee  ?  but  thy  wicked  words  hinder  this. 

12  Why  doth  thy  heart  elevate  thee,  and  why  dost 
thou  stare  with  thy  eyes,  as  if  thou  wert  thinking 
great  things? 

13  Why  doth  thy  spirit  swell  against  God,  to  ut- 
ter such  words  out  of  thy  mouth? 

14  What  is  man  that  he  should  be  without 
spot,  and  he  that  is  born  of  a  woman  that  he  should 
appear  just? 

15  Behold,  among  his  saints,  none  is  unchange- 
able: and  the  heavens  are  not  pure  in  his  sight. 

16  How  much  more  is  man  abominable,  and  un- 
profitable, who  drinketh  iniquity  like  water? 

17  1  will  show  thee,  hear  me:  and  I  will  tell  thee 
what  I  have  seen. 

1 8  Wise  men  confess,  and  hide  not  their  fathers :f 

19  To  whom  alone  the  earth  was  given,  and  no 
stranger  hath  passed  among  them. 

20  The  wicked  man  is  proud  all  his  days:  and 
the  number  of  the  years  of  his  tyranny  is  uncertain. 

21  The  sound  of  dread  is  always  in  his  ears :  and 
when  there  is  peace,  he  always  suspecteth  treason. 

22  He  believeth  not  that  he  may  return  from 
darkness  to  light,  looking  round  about  for  the  sword 
on  every  side. 

23  When  he  moveth  himself  to  seek  bread,  he 
knoweth  that  the  day  of  darkness  is  ready  at  his 
hand. 

24  Tribulation  shall  terrify  him;  and  distress  shall 
surround  him,  as  a  king  that  is  prepared  for  the 
battle. 

25  For  he  hath  stretched  out  his  hand  against 
God,  and  hath  strengtheued  himself  against  the  Al- 
mighty. 


*  Tlum  host  made  void  fear. 
God 


That  is,   cast  off  the   fear  of  offending- 


26  He  hath  run  against  him  with  his  neck  raised 
up,  and  is  armed  with  a  fat  neck. 

27  Fatness  hath  covered  his  face;  and  the  fat 
hangeth  down  on  his  sides. 

28  He  hath  dwelt  in  desolate  cities,  and  in  de- 
sert houses  that  are  reduced  into  heaps. 

29  He  shall  not  be  enriched ;  neither  shall  his 
substance  continue;  neither  shall  he  push  his  root 
in  the  earth. 

30  He  shall  not  depart  out  of  darkness:  the  flame 
shall  dry  up  his  branches,  and  he  shall  be  taken 
away  by  the  breath  of  his  own  mouth. 

31  He  shall  not  believe,  being  vainly  deceived  by 
error,  that  he  may  be  redeemed  with  any  price. 

32  Before  his  days  be  full,  he  shall  perish:  and 
his  hands  shall  wither  away. 

33  He  shall  be  blasted  as  a  vine  when  its  grapes 
are  in  the  first  flower,  and  as  an  olive-tree  that  cast- 
eth  its  flower. 

34  For  the  congregation  of  the  hypocrite  is  bar- 
ren, and  fire  shall  devour  their  tabernacles,  who 
love  to  take  bribes. 

35  He  hath  conceived  sorrow,  and  hath  brought 
forth  iniquity,  and  his  womb  prepareth  deceits. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

Job  expostulates  with  Ms  friends  ;  and  appeals  to  the  judg~ 
ntent  of  God. 

HP  HEN  Job  answered,  and  said  : 
-■-      2  1  have  often  heard  such  things  as  these ; 
you  are  all  troublesome  comforters. 

3  Shall  windy  words  have  no  end  ?  or  is  it  any 
trouble  to  thee  to  speak  ? 

4  I  also  could  speak  like  you :  and  would  God 
your  soul  were  for  my  soul. 

5  I  would  comfort  you  also  with  words,  and  would 
wag  my  head  over  you. 

6  I  would  strengthen  you  with  my  mouth,  and 
would  move  my  lips  as  sparing  you. 

7  But  what  shall  I  do?  If  I  speak,  my  pain  will 
not.  rest :  and  if  I  hold  my  peace,  it  will  not  depart 
from  me. 

8  But  now  my  sorrow  hath  oppressed  me,  and  all 
my  limbs  are  brought  to  nothing. 

9  My  wrinkles  bear  witness  against  me,  and  a  false 
speaker  riseth  up  against  my  face,  contradicting  me. 

10  He  hath  gathered  together  his  fury  against  me, 
and  threatening  me  he  hath  gnashed  with  his  teeth 
upon  me  :  my  enemy  hath  beheld  me  with  terrible 
eyes. 

1 1  They  have  opened  their  mouths  upon  me,  and 
reproaching  me  they  have  struck  me  on  the  cheek; 
they  are  filled  with  my  pains. 

12  God  hath  shut  me  up  with  the  unjust  man, 
and  hath  delivered  me  into  the  hands  of  the  wicked. 

13  1  that  was  formerly  so  wealthy,  am  all  on  a 
sudden  broken  to  pieces  :  he  hath  taken  me  by  my 
neck  ;  he  hath  broken  me,  and  hath  set  me  up  to  be 
his  mark. 

14  He  hath  compassed  me  round  about  with  his 

f  Wise  men  confess,  and  hide  not  their  fatliers.  That  is,  the  knowledge 
and  documents  they  liave  received  from  their  fathers  they  are  not  asha. 
med  to  own. 

413 


.inn. 


lances;  he  hath  wounded  my  loins;  lit-  kadi  not 
apnrt'il.  ami  h.nli  poured  out  my  bowels  on  the  earth. 

15  He  bath  torn  me  w  ith  wound  upon  wound: 
he  hath  rushed  in  upon  me  like  a  giant. 

It'.  I  have  sowed  sackcloth  ti|K>n  my  skin,  and  have 
covered  my  flesh  with  ashes. 

17  M>  t.ii  v  is  swoln  with  weeping, and  m>  eye- 
lids  arc  dim. 

18  TbeM  things  have  I  safleted  without  the  ini- 
quitvof  my  hand,  when  I  offered  pure  pra  vers  to  God. 

19  0  earth,  core*  not  thou  mv  blood,  neither  let 
ni\  cry  find  I  hiding  place  in  tli 

20  For  behold,  m\  nritaeas  is  in  heaven,  and  he 
that  knowetli  m>  conscience  is  on  high. 

21  My  friends  arte  full  of  words:  my  eye  poureth 
out  ttar»  to  God. 

22  And  O  tliat  a  man  Bight  so  Ik?  judged  with 
God.  ;is  the  son  of  own  b  judged  withhiscompanion! 

For  behold,  short  years  pass  away,  and  I  am 
walking  in  a  path  by  which  I  shall  not  return. 

CHAP.   XVII. 

Job's  hope  in  God  :  he  expects  reti  in  death. 

MY   spirit  shall  be  wasted  :   my   days  shall   be 
shortened;  and  only  the  crave  remainclh  tor  me. 

2  I  have  not  sinned,*  and  my  eye  abide! h  in  bit- 
terness. 

3  Deliver  me,  0  Lord,  and  set  me  beside  thee, 
and  let  any  man's  hand  fight  against  me. 

4  Thou  hast  set  their  heart  Far  from  understand- 
in.  :  therefore  they  shall  not  be  exalted. 

5  He  promise!  h  a  prey  to  his  companions ;  and 
the  eyes  of  his  children  shall  fail. 

6  \\c  hath  made  me  as  it  were  a  by-word  of  the 
people  :  and  I  am  an  example  before  them. 

7  .My  eve  is  dim  through  indignation ;  and  my 
limbs  are  brought  as  it  were  to  nothing. 

8  The  just  shall  be  astonished  at  this  :  and  the 
innocent  shall  be  raised  up  against  the  hypocrite. 

9  And  thejtist  man  shall  hold  on  his  way  :  and  he 
that  hath  clean  hands  shall  be  stronger  and  stronger. 

Ki  Wherefore  be  you  all  converted,  and  come, 
and  I  shall  not  find  anions  you  any  wise  man. 

1 1  My  days  have  passed  away  ;  my  thoughts  are 
dissipated,  tormenting  m\  heart. 

1 2  They  have  turned  nigh  I  into  day  ;  and  after 
darkness  I  hope  for  licht  again. 

13  If  I  wait.  he||T  is  m\  house;  and  I  have  made 

my  bed  in  darktx 

14  I  have  said  to  rottenness:  Thou  art  my  father: 
to  worms:  my  mother  and  tn\  sister. 

15  Where  is  now  thru  m\  expectation,  and  who 
considered!  mi  patience ' 

16  All  that  I  have  shall  go  down  info  the  deepest 
pit:}  thinkest  that  there  at  least  1  shall  bare  rest? 

CH\I\  Will. 

Raldad  again  reproves  Job  ;  and  ilescribts  the  miseries  of  the 

wirkrd. 

THEN  Baldad  the  Suhite  answered,  and  said: 
.'    Mow  long   will   ye  throw  out  words?  un- 
dersfan  !  I  rst,  and  so  let  us  speak. 


me  with. 


That  it,  I  am  not  puilty  of  tucb  tint  m  they  charge 


414 


3  rVfcj  are  we  reputed  as  beasts,  and  counted 
vile  before  you? 

4  Thou  that  deetroyeet  thy  soul  in  thy  fury,  shall 

the  earth   be  forsaken  for  thee,  and    shall   rocks  be 
removed  out  of  their  pfaw 

5  Shall  not  the  hgbl  of  the  wicked  be  extin- 
guished, and  the  ll.inie  of  his  lire  not  shine - 

b*  The  light  shall  be  dark  in  his  la)>ernaclc .  and 
the  lamp  that  is  over  him,  shall  be  put  out. 

7  The  step  of  his  strength  shall  Ik-  straightened: 
and  his  own  counsel  shall  cast  him  down  headlong. 

8  For  he  hath  thrust  his  feet  into  a  net,  and  walk- 
eth  in  its  meshes. 

9  The  sole  of  his  foot  shall  be  held  in  a  snare; 
and  thirst  shall  burn  against  him. 

10  \  gin  is  hidden  lor  him  in  the  earth,  and  his 
trap  upon  the  path. 

1 1  Fears  shall  terrify  him  on  every  side,  and  shak' 
entangle  his  feet. 

12  Let  his  strength  be  wasted  with  famine,  and 
let  hunger  invade  his  rihs. 

13  Let  it  devour  the  beauty  of  bis  skin,  let  the 
first-born  death  consume  his  arms. 

14  Let  his  confidence  be  rooted  out  of  his  taber- 
nacle,  and  let  destruction  treatl  upon  him  like  a  kins. 

16  Let  the  companions  of  him  that  is  not,  dwell 
in  bis  tabernacle:  let  brimstone  !>e  sprinkled  in  his  tent. 

16  Let  his  roots  he  dried  up  beneath,  and  his 
harvest  destroyed  alnwe. 

17  Let  the  memory  of  him  perish  from  the  earth, 
and  let  not  his  name  be  renowned  in  the  streets. 

18  He  shall  drive  him  out  of  light  into  darkness, 
and  shall  remove  him  out  of  the  world. 

ID  His  seed  shall  not  subsist,  nor  his  offspring 
among  his  people,  nor  any  remnants  in  his  country. 

20  They  that  come  alter  him  shall  be  astonished 
at  his  day:  and  horror  shall  fall  upon  them  that  went 
before. 

21  These  then  are  the  tabernacles  of  the  wicked, 
and  this  the  place  of  him  that  knowcth  not  God. 

CHAP.  XIX. 

Job  complain*  of  the  (  rmllu  of  his  fritmk  :  he  describes  his  own 
sufferings,  and  his  Iteluf  of  a  future  resurri  ttiun. 

rlMIFN  Job  answered,  and  said: 
-■-    2  How   Ion:;  do  you afflict  m\   soul,  ;ind  break 
me  in  pieces  with  words. - 

8  Heboid,  these  tea  times  you  confound  me,  and 
are  not  ashamed  to  oppress  inc. 

4  For  if  I  bare  been  ignorant,  my  ignorance  shall 
be  with  me. 

5  Hut  yon  set  yourselres  np  sgainsl  ma,  and  re- 
prove me  w  ith  my  reproaches. 

6  At  least  now  understand,  that  God  hath  not  af- 
flicted me  with  an  equal  judgment.'  and  compass- 
ed me  with  his  scour 

7  Behold.  I  shall  <i  \  Suffering  \  iolence,  and  noone 
will  hear:  I  shall  cry  aloud,  and  there  is  none  to  judge. 

8  He  hath  hedged  in  my  path  round  about,  an.' 
I  cannot  pass:  and  inmywa\   he  hath  set  darkm 


,  M      t  of  the  < 

II 
♦  With  n  rqual  jiUgmmL     St.  Gregory  explains  theso  worda  Unit 


CHAP.  XX. 


9  He  hath  stript  me  of  my  glory,  and  hath  taken 
the  crown  from  my  head. 

10  He  liaih  destroyed  me  on  every  side,  and  I  am 
lost:  and  be  hath  taken  away  my  hope,  as  from  a 
tree  that  is  plucked  up. 

1 1  His  wrath  is  kindled  against  me:  and  he  hath 
counted  me  as  his  enemy. 

12  His  troops  have  come  together,  and  have  made 
themselves  a  way  hy  me,  and  have  besieged  my  ta- 
bernacle round  about. 

13  He  hath  put  my  brethren  far  from  me:  and 
my  acquaintance  like  strangers  have  departed  from 
me. 

14  My  kinsmen  have  forsaken  me;  and  they  that 
knew  me  have  forgotten  me. 

15  They  that  dwell  in  my  house,  and  my  maid- 
servants have  counted  me  as  a  stranger;  and  I  have 
been  like  an  alien  in  their  eyes. 

16  I  called  my  servant,  and  he  gave  me  no  an- 
swer: 1  entreated  him  with  my  own  mouth. 

17  My  wife  hath  abhorred  my  breath:  and  I  en- 
treated the  children  of  my  womb. 

18  Even  fools  despised  me:  and  when  I  was 
gone  from  them,  they  spoke  against  me. 

19  They  that  were  some  time  my  counsellors, 
have  abhorred  me :  and  he  whom  I  loved  most,  is 
turned  against  me. 

20  The  flesh  being  consumed,  my  bone  hath 
cleaved  to  my  skin:  and  nothing  but  lips  are  left 
about  my  teeth. 

21  Have  pity  on  me,  have  pity  on  me,  at  least 
you  my  friends;  because  the  hand  of  the  Lord  hath 
touched  me. 

22  Why  do  you  persecute  me  as  God,  and  glut 
yourselves  with  my  flesh? 

23  Who  will  grant  me  that  my  words  may  be 
written?  who  will  grant  me  that  they  may  be  mark- 
ed down  in  a  book, 

24  With  an  iron  pen,  and  in  a  plate  of  lead,  or 
else  be  graven  v\ it h  an  instrument  in  flint-stone? 

25  *  For  I  know  that  my  Redeemer  liveth;  and 
in  the  last  day  I  shall  rise  out  of  the  earth: 

26  And  1  shall  be  clothed  again  with  my  skin, 
and  in  my  flesh  I  shall  see  my  God; 

27  Whom  I  myself  shall  see,  and  my  eyes  shall 
behold,  and  not  another:  this  my  hope  is  laid  up  in 
my  bosom. 

28  Why  then  do  you  say  now  :  Let  us  persecute 
him;  and  let  us  find  occasion  of  word  against  him? 

29  Flee  then  from  the  face  of  the  sword,  for  the 
sword  is  the  revenger  of  iniquities:  and  know  ye 
that  there  is  a  judgment. 

CHAP.  XX. 

Sophar  declares  the  shortness  of  the  prosperity  of  the  wicked, 
and  their  sudden  downfall. 

rpHEN  Sophar  the  Naamathite  answered,  and 
-*-   said : 

Job  being  a  just  man,  and  truly  considering  his  own  life,  thought  that 
his  affliction  was  greater  than  his  sins  deserved ;  and  in  that  respect. 
fcat  the  punishment  was  not  equal:  yet  it  was  just,  as  coming  from 
God,  who  gives  a  crown  of  justice  to  those  who  sulfer  for  righteousness' 
lake,  and  proves  the  just  with  tribulations,  as  gold  is  tried  by  fire. 
*  Vkjl  25,  26,  and  27,  show  Job's  explicit  belief  in  his  Redeemer 


2  Therefore  various  thoughts  succeed  one  ano 
ther  in  me;  and  my  mind  is  hurried  away  to  differ- 
ent things. 

3  The  doctrine  with  which  thou  reprovest  me,  I 
will  hear;  and  the  spirit  of  my  understanding  shall 
answer  for  me. 

4  This  I  know  from  the  beginning,  since  man 
was  placed  upon  the  earth, 

5  That  the  praise  of  the  wicked  is  short,  and  the 
joy  of  the  hypocrite  but  for  a  moment. 

6  If  his  pride  mount  up  even  to  heaven,  and  his 
head  touch  the  clouds: 

7  In  the  end  he  shall  be  destroyed  like  a  dnng- 
hill:  and  they  that  had  seen  him,  shall  say:  Where 
is  he? 

8  As  a  dream  that  fleeth  away  he  shall  not  be 
found;  he  shall  pass  as  a  vision  of  the  night: 

9  The  eyes  that  had  seen  him,  shall  see  him  no 
more ;  neither  shall  his  place  any  more  behold  him. 

10  His  children  shall  be  oppressed  with  want; 
and  his  hands  shall  render  to  him  his  sorrow. 

11  His  bones  shall  be  filled  with  the  vices  of  his 
youth;  and  they  shall  sleep  with  him  in  the  dust. 

12  For  when  evil  shall  be  sweet  in  his  mouth, 
he  will  hide  it  under  his  tongue. 

13  He  will  spare  it,  and  not  leave  it;  and  will 
hide  it  in  his  throat. 

14  His  bread  in  his  belly  shall  be  turned  into  the 
gall  of  asps  within  him. 

15  The  riches  which  he  hath  swallowed,  he  shall 
vomit  up:  and  God  shall  draw  them  out  of  his  belly. 

16  He  shall  suck  the  head  of  asps;  and  the  vi- 
per's tongue  shall  kill  him. 

17  (Let  him  not  see  the  streams  of  the  river,  the 
brooks  of  honey  and  of  butter.) 

18  He  shall  be  punished  for  all  that  he  did,  and 
yet  shall  not  be  consumed:  according  to  the  multi- 
tude of  his  devices,!  so  also  shall  he  suffer. 

19  Because  he  broke  in  and  stript  the  poor:  he 
hath  violently  taken  away  a  house  which  he  did  not 
build. 

20  And  yet  his  belly  was  not  filled  :  and  when  he 
hath  the  things  he  coveted,  he  shall  not  be  able  to 
possess  them. 

21  There  was  nothing  left  of  his  meat :  and  there- 
fore nothing  shall  continue  of  his  goods: 

22  When  he  shall  be  filled,  he  shall  be  straiten- 
ed, he  shall  burn,  and  every  sorrow  shall  fall  upon 
him. 

23  May  his  belly  be  filled,  that  God  may  send 
forth  the  wrath  of  his  indignation  upon  him,  and 
rain  down  his  war  upon  him. 

24  He  shall  flee  from  weapons  of  iron,  and  shall 
fall  upon  a  bow  of  brass. 

25  The  sword  is  drawn  out,  and  cometh  forth 
from  its  scabbard,  and  glittereth  in  his  bitterness: 
the  terrible  ones  shall  go  and  come  upon  him. 


and  also  of  the  resurrection  of  the  flesh  :  not  as  one  tree  riseth  in  place 
of  another,  but  that  the  self-same  flesh  shall  rise  at  the  last  day,  by  the 
power  of  God,  changed  in  quality  but  not  in  substance,  every  one  to 
receive  sentence  according  to  his  works  in  this  life. 

t  According  to  the  multitude  of  his  devices.     That  is,  his  stratagems  to 
gratify  his  passions,  and  to  oppress  and  destroy  the  poor. 

415 


JOB. 


26  All  darkness  is  hid  in  his  stent  places:  ;i  fur 
that  is  not  kindled  shaH  devour  him :  In-  shall  be 
afflicted  when  left  in  his  tabernacle. 

27  The.  heavens  shall  reveal  his  iniquity,  and  the 
earth  shall  rise  up  against  him. 

2b"  The  offspring  ot  his  house  shall  Ik*  expos- 
ed, be  shallbe  pulled  now  u  in  the  del  ot  ( rod*sn  rath. 

29  This  is  the  portion  of  a  wicked  man  from 
God,  and  the  inheritance  of  his  doings  Iron  the 
Lord. 

CHAT.   XXI. 

Joh  shotrs  that  the  trit  knl  tfftm  prosper  in  thin  world,  em  to 
the  end  qf  their  l\fe  ;  but  that  their  judgment  is  in  another 
world. 

r|^  II  l.\  Job  answered,  and  said: 
-■-      2  Bear,  1  beaeeco  >ou,  my  words,  and  do 
penance. 

3  Suffer  me,  and  I  will  speak;  and  after,  if  you 
please,  laugh  at  my  words. 

4  Is  niv  debate  against  man,  that  I  should  not 
have  just  reason  to  be  troubled? 

5  Hearken  to  me  and  Ih*  astonished;  and  lay 
vour  tinner  on  \our  mouth. 

6  As  lor  me,  when  I  remember,  I  am  afraid,  and 
trembling  taketh  hold  on  my  flesh. 

7  W  kj  then  do  the  wicked  live,  arc  they  advan- 
ced, and  strengthened  with  riches? 

heir  seed  eoutiuueth  before  them,  a  multitude 
of  kinsmen,  and  of  children's  children  in  their  sight. 
.9  Their  houses  are  secure  and  peaceable:  and 
the  rod  of  God  is  not  upon  them. 

10  Their  cattle  ha\e  conceived,  and  failed  not: 
their  cow  hath  calved,  and  is  not  deprived  of  her 
fruit. 

I  I  Their  little  ones  go  out  like  a  flock;  and  their 
children  dance  and  play. 

1  _'  They  take  the  timbrel, and  the  harp,  and  re- 
joice at  the  sound  of  the  organ. 

13  They  spend  their  days  in  wealth,  and  in  a 
moment  (hey  go  down  to  hell: 

14  Who  nave  said  to  God  :  Depart  from  us,  we 
desire  not  the  knowledge  oi  tin  ways. 

15  Who  is  the  Almighty,  that  we  should  serve 
him  ?    and  what  doth  it  profit  ns   if  we  pray  to  him  ? 

1 6 Yet  because  their  (mod  things  are  not  in  their 
hand,  ma}  the  counsel  ol  the  wicked  be  far  from  me. 

17  How  often  shall  the  lamp  of  the  wicked  be 
put  out,  and  a  deluge  i  otne  upon  them,  and  he  sball 
distribute  the  sorrows  of  his  wrath? 

18  They  shall  fie ai chaff  before  the  face  of  the 

«ind,  and  as  ashes  which  the  whirlwind  scattered). 

19  God  shall  la\  up  the  sorrow  of  the  father  for 
his  children  :  and  w  hen  he  shall  repay,  then  shall  he 
know  . 

20  His  eyes  shall  see  his  own  destruction,  and  he 
shall  drink  of  the  wrath  of  the  Almighty. 

21  For  what  is  it  to  him  what  befallelh  his  house 
after  him  :  and  it  the  number  of  his  months  be  di- 
minished by  one  half? 


22  Shall   any  que  teach   God   knowledge,    who 
judgeth  those  that  are  high? 

1  hie  man  dieth  strong  and  hale,  rich  and  hap- 
RJ  : 

2  V  His  bowels  are  full  of  fat,  and  his  bones  are 
moistened  w  ith  marrow. 

25  But  another  dieth  in  bitterness  of  soul  with- 
out any  richest 

26  And  yet  they  shall  sleep  together  in  the  dust, 
and  worms  shall  covet  them. 

27  Surely  I  know  your  thoughts,  and  your  un- 
just judgments  against  me. 

2J!  For  you  saj :  Where  hi  the  house  of  the  prince? 

and  w  here  are  the  dwelling-places  of  the  w  icked? 

29  Ask  any  one  of  them  that  go  by  the  way, and 
you  shall  perceive  that  he  knowcth  these  same 
thines. 

30  Because  the  wicked  man  is  reserved  to  the 
day  of  destruction,  and  he  shall  be  brought  to  tin- 
day  of  w  rath. 

31  Who  shall  reprove  his  way  to  his  face?  and 
who  shall  repay  him  what  he  hath  done? 

32  He  shall  be  brought  to  the  graves,  and  shall 
watch  in  the  heap  of  the  dead. 

33  He  hath  been*  acceptable  to  the  gravel  ofCo- 
cytur*  and  he  shall  draw  every  man  alter  him,  and 
there  are  innumerable  before  him. 

34  How  then  dove  comfort  me  in  vain,  whereas 
your  answer  is  shown  to  be  repugnant  to  truth? 

CHAP.  XXII. 

Eliphaz  falsely  imputes  many  Crime*  t»  Job:  but  promises  him 

prosperity  if  he  trill n pint. 

■TMIEN  Eliphaz  the  Tbemanite  answered,  and 

-*-    said : 

2  (an  man  be  compared  with  God,  even  though 
be  were  of  perfect  know  ledgi 

3  What  doth  it  profit  God  if  thou  be  just '  or  w  hat 
dost  thou  give  him  if  thy  way  be  unspotted  ? 

4  Shall  he  reprove  thee  for  fear,  and  come  with 
thee  intojudgmenl : 

5  And  not  for  thy  manifold  wickedness,  and  thy 
infinite  iniquities? 

(!  For  thou  hast  taken  away  the  pledge  of  thy 
brethren  w  itlioul  cause,  and  slript  the  naked  of  their 
clothing. 

7  Thou  hast  not  given  water  to* the  weary;  thou 

hast  withdrawn  bread  from  the  hungry. 

8  lii  the  Strength   of  thy  arm  thou  didst  post 
the  land:  and  being  the  most  mighty  thou  boldest  it. 

9  Thou  hast  sent  willows  away  empty,  and  the 
arms  of  the  fatherless  thou  hast   broken  in  pieces. 

in  Therefore  art  thou  surrounded  with  snares, 
and  sudden  fear  troubh  th  thee. 

11  And  didst  thou  think  that  thou  shouldst  not 
see  darkness,  and  that  thou  shouldst  not  lie  covered 
w  ith  the  violence  of  ovei  flowing  w  at- 

12  I  >ost  not  thou  think  that  God  is  higher  than 
beaven,  and  u  elevated  above  the  height  of  the  stars? 


!l»  lb  freer'  •/  Cory/us.     Thr    Hebrew  wi.nl.  which  St. 
i  bare  rendered  liv  Ihr   namr  rVw/u,  (whi<  h  Um 
.  at  a  rirpr  in  liell.)  iifinfiea  a   M&y  or  a  larrmt .    arnl   in   tbU  |m 
place,  u  taken  for  the  low  rrgi..n  of  death  and  lull    which  willingly,  J 


rkrd  at  their  death  ;  win  are  uabered  in  by 
ive  gone  before  them,  and  are  followed  by 


uitiluui'ft  iitxiYC  nuinDcr. 


CHAP.  XXII I,  XXIV. 


13  And  thousayst:  What  doth  God  know?  and 
he  judgeth  as  it  were  through  a  mist. 

14  The  clouds  are  his  covert ;  and  he  doth  not 
consider  our  things ;  and  he  walketh  about  the  poles 
of  heaven.. 

15  Dost  thou  desire  to  keep  the  path  of  ages, 
which  wicked  men  have  trodden  ? 

16  Who  were  taken  away  before  their  time,  and 
a  flood  hath  overthrown  their  foundation: 

17  Who  said  to  God:  Depart  from  us;  and  look- 
ed upon  the  Almighty  as  if  he  could  do  nothing: 

18  Whereas  he  had  filled  their  houses  with  good 
things;  whose  way  of  thinking  be  far  from  me. 

19  The  just  shall  see,  and  shall  rejoice:  and  the 
innocent  shall  laugh  them  to  scorn. 

20  Is  not  their  exaltation  cut  down,  and  hath  not 
fire  devoured  the  remnants  of  them  ? 

21  Submit  thyself  then  to  him,  and  be  at  peace: 
and  thereby  thou  shalt  have  the  best  fruits. 

22  Receive  the  law  of  his  mouth  ;  and  lay  up  his 
words  in  thy  heart. 

23  If  thou  wilt  return  to  the  Almighty,  thou  shalt 
be  built  up,  and  shalt  put  away  iniquity  far  from 
thy  tabernacle. 

24  He  shall  give  for  earth  flint,  and  for  flint  tor- 
rents of  gold. 

25  And  the  Almighty  shall  be  against  thy  ene- 
mies; and  silver  shall  be  heaped  together  for  thee. 

26  Then  shalt  thou  abound  in  delights  in  the  Al- 
mightv,  and  shalt  lift  up  thy  face  to  God. 

27  Thou  shalt  pray  to  him,  and  he  will  hear  thee; 
and  thou  shalt  pay  vows. 

28  Thou  shalt  decree  a  thing,  and  it  shall  come 
to  thee;  and  light  shall  shine  in  thy  ways. 

29  For  he  that  hath  been  humbled  shall  be  in 
glory :  and  he  that  shall  bow  down  his  eyes,  shall  be 
saved. 

30  The  innocent  shall  be  saved ;  and  he  shall  be 
saved  by  the  cleanness  of  his  hands. 

CHAP.  XXIII. 

Job  wishes  to  be  triedat  God's  tribunal. 

nn  HEN  Job  answered,  and  said  : 
-■-    2  Now  also  my  words  are  in  bitterness  :  and 
the  hand  of  my  scourge  is  more  grievous  than  my 
mourning. 

3  Who  will  grant  me  that  I  might  know  and  find 
him,  and  come  even  to  his  throne? 

4  I  would  set  judgment  before  him,  and  would 
fill  my  mouth  with  complaints. 

5  That  I  might  know  the  words  that  he  would 
answer  me,  ana  understand  what  he  would  say  to 
me. 

6  I  would  not  that  he  should  contend  with  me 
with  much  strength,  nor  overwlielm  me  with  the 
weight  of  his  greatness. 

7  Let  him  propose  equity  against  me,  and  let  my 
judgment  come  to  victory. 

8  But  if  I  go  to  the  east,  he  appeareth  not;  if  to 
the  west,  I  shall  not  understand  him. 

9  If  to  the  left  hand,   what  shall  I  do?  I  shall 

not  take  hold  on  him  :   if  I  turn  myself  to  the  right 

hand,  I  shall  not  see  him. 

3G 


10  But  he  knowcth  my  way,  and  has  tried  me 
as  gold  that  passeth  through  the  fire: 

11  My  foot  hath  followed  his  steps.  I  have  kept 
his  way,  and  have  not  declined  from  it. 

12  I  have  not  departed  from  the  commandments 
of  his  lips:  and  the  words  of  his  mouth  I  have  hid 
in  my  bosom. 

13  For  he  is  alone,  and  no  man  can  turn  away 
his  thought :  and  whatsoever  his  soul  hath  desired, 
that  hath  he  done. 

14  And  when  he  shall  have  fulfilled  his  will  in  me, 
many  other  like  things  are  also  at  hand  with  him. 

15  And  therefore  I  am  troubled  at  his  presence; 
and  when  I  consider  him  I  am  made  pensi/e  with 
fear. 

16  God  hath  softened  my  heart,  and  the  Almighty 
hath  troubled  me. 

17  For  I  have  not  perished  because  of  the  dark- 
ness that  hangs  over  me,  neither  hath  the  mist 
covered  my  face. 

CHAP.  XXIV. 

God's  providence  often  suffers  the  wicked  to  go  on  a  long  lime  in 
their  sins  ;  but  punisheth  them  in  another  life. 

'XHMES  are  not  hid  from  the  Almighty  :  but  they 
-*-    that  know  him,  know  not  his  days. 

2  Some  have  removed  land-marks,  have  taken 
away  flocks  by  force,  and  fed  them. 

3  They  have  driven  away  the  ass  of  the  father- 
less, and  have  taken  away  the  widow'sox  forapledge. 

4  They  have  overturned  the  way  of  the  poor,  and 
have  oppressed  together  the  meek  of  the  earth. 

5  Others  like  wild  asses  in  the  desert  go  forth  to 
their  work  :  by  watching  for  a  prey,  they  get  bread 
for  their  children. 

6  They  reap  the  field  that  is  not  their  own,  and 
gather  the  vintage  of  his  vineyard  whom  by  violence 
they  have  oppressed. 

7  They  send  men  away  naked,  taking  away  their 
clothes  who  have  no  covering  in  the  cold  : 

8  Who  are  wet  with  the  showers  of  the  mountains, 
and  having  no  covering  embrace  the  stones. 

9  They  have  violently  robbed  the  fatherless  and 
stript  the  poor  common  people. 

10  From  the  naked  and  them  that  go  without 
clothing,  and  from  the  hungry  they  have  taken  away 
the  ears  of  corn. 

1 1  They  have  taken  their  rest  at  noon  among  the 
stores  of  them,  who  after  having  trodden  the  wine- 
presses suffer  thirst. 

12  Out  of  the  cities  they  have  made  men  to  groan; 
and  the  soul  of  the  wounded  hath  cried  out ;  and  God 
doth  not  suffer  it  to  pass  unrevenged. 

13  They  have  been  rebellious  to  the  light;  they 
have  not  known  his  ways ;  neither  have  they  return- 
ed by  his  paths. 

14  The  murderer  risethatthe  very  break  of  dav: 
he  killeth  the  needy,  and  the  poor  man  :  but  in  the 
night  he  will  be  as  *  thief. 

15  The  eye  of  the  adulterer  observeth  darkness, 
saying:  No  eye  shall  see -me:  and  he  will  cover 
his  face. 

16  He  diggeth  through  houses  in  the  dark  as  in 

417 


JOB. 


the  day  they  had  appointed  for  themselves,  and  they 
have  not  known  the  light. 

17  If  th«.>  morning  suddenly  appear,  it  is  to  them 
the  shadow  of  death:  and  they  walk  in  darkness  i- 
if  it  were  in  light. 

18  He  is  light  upon  the  face  of  the  water:  curs- 
ed be  his  portion  on  the  caith  :  let  him  not  walk  !>\ 
the  way  of  the  rinejaida. 

19  Let  him  pass  froiu  the  snow  waters  to  exces- 
Un  heat,  and  his  sin  even  to  hell. 

20  Let  mercy  forget  hint  :  may  worms  he  his 
sweetness;  ht  him  be  rememhered  no  more,  but  be 
broken  in  pieces  a>  an  unfruitful  tree. 

_M  For  he  hath  fed  the  barren  that  Ixareth  not : 
and  to  the  widow  he  hath  done  no  good. 

He  hath  pulled  down  the  strong  by  Ids  might: 
and  when  lie  sjandeth  up,  lie  shall  uot  trust  to  his 
life. 

23  God  hath  given  him  place  for  penance,  and 
he  abuseth  it  unto  pride  :  but  his  eyes  are  upon  his 
wa 

24  They  are  lifted  up  for  a  little  while,  and  shall 
not  stand,  and  shall  be  brought  down  as  all  thugs, 
and  shall  betaken  away  :  and  as  the  lops  of  the  ears 
of  corn  they  shall  be  broken. 

26  And  if  it  be  not  so,  who  can  convince  me  that 
I  have  lied,  and  set  my  words  before  God? 

CHAP.  XXV. 

Baidad  represents  the  justice  of  Cod,  brfure  whom  no  man   can 
be  justified. 

HP  HEN  Baidad  the  Suhite  answered,  and  said  : 

»■     2  Power  and  terror  are  with  him,  who  inaketh 
peace  in  his  high  places.  _ 

3  Is  there  any  numbering  of  his  soldiers?  and  up- 
on whom  shall  not  his  light  arise? 

4  Can  man  be  justified  compared  with  God,  or 
he  that  is  l>orn  ol  a  woman  appear  clean  ? 

5  Behold,  even  the  moon  doth  not  shine,  and  the 
stars  are  not  pure  in  his  sight. 

6  How  much  less  man  that  is  rottenness,  and  the 
son  of  man  w  ho  is  a  worm  ? 

CHAP.  XXVI. 

Job  derlarts  his  sentiments  of  the  wisdom  and  power  of  God. 

THEN  Job  answered,  and  said: 
2  Whose  helper  art  thou?  is  it  of  him   that  is 
weak?  and  dost  thou  hold  up  the  arm  of  him  that 
has  no  strength  ? 

3  To  whom  hast  thou  given  counsel?  perhaps  to 
him  that  hath  no  wisdom;  and  thou  hast  shown  thy 
very  great  prudence. 

4  Whom  hast  thou  desired  to  teach  ?  was  it  not 
him  that  made  life  ?. 

5  Behold,  the  giants  groan  under  the  waters,  and 
thevthat  dwell  with  them. 

6  Hell  is  naked  before  him,  and  there  is  noco- 
vcring  for  destruction. 

7  He  stretched  out  the  north  oner  the  empty  space, 
and  hangctli  the  earth  upon  nothing. 

•  Hit  tksUtrit  hand   rrvugkl  forth  the   vindinf  trrprnt.     That  i»,  the 
'  iotM>t  power  of  God,  which  brought  fortli  all   iluoo  created  in 
but  conceived   in    the   Diwne  mir  d  frofp   C   XWOtU.     The 
418 


8  He  bindeth  up  the  waters  in  his  clouds,  so  that 
they  break  not  out  ami  fall  down  together. 

9  He  withholdcth  the  face  of  his  throne,  and 
spreadeth  his  cloud  over  it. 

10  He  hath  set  Ixiunds  about  the  waters,  till  light 
and  darkness  come  to  an  end. 

11  The  pillars  ol  heaven  tremble,  and  dread  at 
his  heck. 

12  By  his  power  the  seas  are  suddenly  gathered 
together,  and  his  wisdom  has  .struck  the  proud  one. 

li  His  spirit  hath  adorned  the  heavens,  and  his 
obstetric  hand  brought  forth  the  winding  serpent.* 

14  Lo,  these  things  are  said  in  part  of  his  wa\s  : 
and  seeing  we  have  heard  scarce  a  little  drop  of  his 
word,  who  shall  be  able  to  behold  the  thunder  of 
his  great  lie- 

CHAP.  XXVII. 

Job  persists  in  asserting  his  oirn  innocence,  and  that  hypocrites 
will  be  punished  in  the  end. 

JOB  also  added,  taking  op  his  parable,  and  said: 
2  As  God  liveth,  who  hath  taken  away  my 
judgment, and  the  Almighty,  who  hath  brought  my 
soul  to  bitterness  : 

\s  long  as   breath   remaineth   in  me,  and   the 
Spirit  of  God  in  my  nostrils, 

4  My  lips  shall  not  speak  iniquity,  neither  shall 
my  tongue  contrive  King. 

5  God  forbid  that  I  should  judge  you  to  be  just: 
till  I  die  I  will  not  depart  from  my  innocence. 

6  My  justification,  which  I  have  begun  to  hold. 
I  will  not  forsake:  for  my  heart  doth  not  reprehend 
me  in  all  my  life. 

7  Let  my  enemy  be  as  the  ungodly,  and  my  ad 
versary  as  the  wicked  one. 

8  For  w  hat  is  the  hop*:  of  the  hypocrite,  if  through 
copiousness  be  take  by  violence,  and  God  deliver 
not  his  soul. 

9  Will  God  hear  his  cry,  when  distress  shall  come 
upon  him  ? 

10  Or  can  he  delight  himself  in  the  Almighty, 
and  call  upon  God  at  all  times? 

1 1  I  will  teach  you  by  the  hand  of  God,  what  the 
Almighty  hath;  and  I  will  not  conceal  it. 

12 Behold  you  all  know  it  :  and  why  do  you 
speak  vain  things  without  cause  ? 

13  This  is  the  portion  of  a  w  icked  man  w  ith  God. 
and  the  inheritance  of  the  violent,  which  they  shall 
receive  of  the  Almighty. 

14  If  his  sons  be  multiplied,  they  shall  he  for  the 
sword,  and  his  grandsons  shall  not  lie  filled  with 
bread. 

15  They  that  shall  remain  of  him,  shall  lie  buried 
in  death,  and  his  widows  shall  not  weep. 

16  If  he  shall  heap  together  silver  as  earth,  ami 
prepare  raiment  as  clay  : 

17  He  shall  prepare  indeed;  but  the  just  man 
shall  he  clothed  with  it,  and  the  innocent  shall  divide 
the  silver. 

tcin<hng  serpent,  a  conMell- '  •>'■•  S  fued  »iir.  winding  round  th*  north 
pole,  called  Ih-ru-o.  '«  few  *f0  '  *  'eotr  IV  i  i  rtej  j-u-t  of  ihe  ta*ie 
rerie  i  Hit  spirit  /Ui   tit  ■'•'**,. 


CHAP.  XXV III,  XXIX. 


18  He  hath  built  his  house  as  a  moth ;  and  as  a 
eeper  he  hath  made  a  booth. 

19  The  rich  man  when  he  shall  sleep  shall  take 
awaj'  nothing  with  him:  he  shall  open  his  eyes, 
and  find  nothing. 

20  Poverty  like  water  shall  take  hold  on  him,  a 
tempest  shall  oppress  him  in  the  night: 

21  A  burning  wind  shall  take  him  up,  and  carry 
him  away,  and  as  a  whirlwind  shall  snatch  him 
from  his  place. 

22  And  he  shall  cast  upon  him,  and  shall  not 
spare:  out  of  his  hand  he  would  willingly  flee. 

23  He  shall  clasp  his  hands  upon  him,  and  shall 
hiss  at  him,  beholding  his  place. 

CHAP.  XXVIII. 

Man's  industry  searcheth  out  many  things;    true  wisdom  is 
taught  by  God  alone. 

SILVER  hath  beginnings  of  its  veins;  and  gold 
hath  a  place  wherein  it  is  melted. 

2  Iron  is  taken  out  of  the  earth  ;  and  stone  melted 
with  heat  is  turned  into  brass. 

3  He  hath  set  a  time  for  darkness,  and  the  end 
of  all  tilings  he  considereth,  the  stone  also  that  is 
in  the  dark,  and  the  shadow  of  death. 

4  The  flood  divideth  from  the  people  that  are  on 
their  journey,  those  whom  the  foot  of  the  needy  man 
hath  forgotten,  and  who  cannot  be  come  at. 

5  The  land  out  of  which  bread  grew  in  its  place, 
hath  been  overturned  with  fire. 

6  The  stones  of  it  are  the  place  of  sapphires,  and 
the  clods  of  it  are  gold. 

7  The  bird  hath  not  known  the  path,  neither  hath 
the  eve  of  the  vulture  beheld  it. 

8  The  children  of  the  merchants  have  not  trod- 
den it ;   neither  hath  the  lioness  passed  by  it. 

9  He  hath  stretched  forth  his  hand  to  the  flint: 
he  hath  overturned  mountains  from  the  roots. 

10  In  the  rocks  he  hath  cut  out  rivers,  and  his 
eye  hath  seen  every  precious  tiling. 

11  The  depths  also  of  rivers  he  hath  searched  : 
and  hidden  things  he  hath  brought  forth  to  light. 

12  But  where  is  wisdom  to  be  found,  and  where 
is  the  place  of  understanding  ? 

13  Man  knoweth  not  the  price  thereof,  neither 
is  it  found  in  the  land  of  them  that  live  in  delights. 

14  The  depth  saith  :  It  is  not  in  me:  and  the  sea 
saith  :  It  is  not  with  me. 

15  The  finest  gold  shall  not  purchase  it :  neither 
shall  silver  be  weighed  in  exchange  for  it. 

16  It  shall  not  be  compared  with  the  dyed  colours 
of  India,  or  with  the  most  precious  stone  sardonyx, 
or  the  sapphire. 

17  Gold  or  crystal  cannot  equal  it;  neither  shall 
any  vessels  of  gold  be  changed  for  it. 

18  High  and  eminent  things  shall  not  be  men- 
tioned in  comparison  of  it :  but  wisdom  is  drawn 
out  of  secret  places. 

19  The  topaz  of  Ethiopia  shall  not  be  equal  to 
it;  neither  shall  it  be  compared  to  the  cleanest  dying. 

,20  Whence  then  cometh  wisdom  ?  and  where  is 
the  place  of  understanding  ? 

21  It  is  hid  from  the  eyes  of  all  living,  and  the 
fowls  of  the  air  know  it  not. 


22  Destruction  and  death  have  said  :  With  otu 
ears  we  have  heard  the  fame  thereof. 

23  God  understandeth  the  way  of  it;  and  he 
knoweth  the  place  thereof. 

24  For  he  beholdeth  the  ends  of  the  world :  and 
looketh  on  all  things  that  are  under  heaven. 

25  Who  made  a  weight  for  the  winds,  and  weigh- 
ed the  waters  by  measure. 

26  When  he  gave  a  law  for  the  rain,  and  a  way 
for  the  sounding  storms. 

27  Then  he  saw  it,  and  declared,  and  prepared, 
and  searched  it. 

28  And  he  said  to  man  :  Behold  the  fear  of  the 
Lord,  that  is  wisdom ;  and  to  depart  irom  evil  is 
understanding. 

CHAP.  XXIX. 

Job  relates  his  former  happiness,  and  the  respect  that  all  mm 
showed  him. 

TOB  also  added,  taking  up  his  parable,  and  said : 
**  2  Who  will  grant  me,  that  I  might  be  accord- 
ing to  the  months  past,  according  to  the  days  in 
which  God  kept  me  ? 

3  When  his  lamp  shined  over  my  head,  and  1 
walked  by  his  light  in  darkness  ? 

4  As  1  was  in  the  days  of  my  youth,  when  God 
was  secretly  in  my  tabernacle  ? 

5  When  the  Almighty  was  with  me,  and  my  ser- 
vants round  about  me  ? 

6  When  I  washed  my  feet  with  butter,  and  the 
rock  poured  me  out  rivers  of  oil  ? 

7  When  1  went  out  to  the  gate  of  the  city,  and 
in  the  street  they  prepared  me  a  chair  ? 

8  The  young  men  saw  me,  and  hid  themselves : 
and  the  old  men  rose  up  and  stood. 

9  The  princes  ceased  to  speak,  and  laid  the  finger 
on  their  mouth. 

10  The  rulers  held  their  peace,  and  their  tongue 
cleaved  to  their  throat. 

1 1  The  ear  that  heard  me  blessed  me  ;  and  the 
eye  that  saw  me  gave  witness  to  me : 

12  Because  I  had  delivered  the  poor  man  that 
cried  out,  and  the  fatherless  that  had  no  helper. 

13  The  blessing  of  him  that  was  ready  to  perish 
came  upon  me :  and  I  comforted  the  heart  of  the 
widow. 

14  I  was  clad  with  justice:  and  I  clothed  myself" 
with  my  judgment,  as  with  a  robe  and  a  diadem. 

15  1  was  an  eye  to  the  blind,  and  a  foot  to  the  lame 

16  I  was  the  father  of  the  poor:  and  the  cause 
which  I  knew  not,  I  searched  out  most  diligentl 

17  1  broke  the  jaws  of  the  wicked  man  :  and  out 
of  his  teeth  I  took  away  the  prey. 

18  And  I  said :  I  shall  die  in  my  nest,  and  as  a 
palm-tree  shall  multiply  my  da  vs. 

19  My  root  is  opened  beside  the  waters ;  and 
dew  shall  continue  in  my  harvest. 

20  My  glory  shall  always  be  renewed  :  and  my 
bow  in  my  hand  shall  be  repaired. 

21  They  that  heard  me,  waited  for  my  sentence, 
and  being  attentive  held  their  peace  at  my  counsel. 

22  To  my  words  they  durst  add  nothing:  and 
my  speech  dropped  upon  them. 

419 


JOB. 


23  They  waited  for  me  as  for  rain ;  and  thej 
opened  their  mouth  as  tor  a  latter  shower. 

24  If  at  anv  time  I  laughed  on  them,  they  believt  d 
not :  and  the  light  of  my  countenance  fell  not  on  the 
earth. 

25  It  I  had  a  mind  to  go  to  them,  I  sat  first  :  and 
when  I  sat  as  a  kin:;,  with  his  army  standing  about 
him,  yet  I  was  a  comforter  of  them  that  mourned. 

CHAP.  XXX. 

Job  skews  the  wonderful  change  of  hit  temporal  estate,  from  wcl- 
fart  to  great  calamity. 

BUT  now  the  younger  in  time*  scorn  me,  whose 
fathers  I  would  not  have  set  with  the  dogs  of 
my  flock  : 

2  The  strength  of  whose  hands  was  to  me  as 
nothing  :  and  they  were  thought  unworthy  of  life 

itself. 

3  Barren  with  want  and  lumper,  who  gnawed  in 
the  wilderness,  disfigured  with  calamity  and  miserj  ■ 

4  And  they  ate  crass,  and  harks  of  trees  :  and 
the  rout  of  junipers  was  their  food. 

5  Who  snatched  up  these  things  out  of  the  valleys : 
and  when  they  had  found  any  of  them,  they  ran  to 
them  with  a  cry. 

6  They  dwelt  in  the  desert  places  of  torrents,  and 
in  caves  of  the  earth,  or  upon  the  gravel. 

7  They  pleased  themselves  among  these  kind  of 
things,  and  counted  it  delightful  to  he  under  the 
briars. 

8  The  children  offboKsh  and  base  men,  and  not 
appearing  at  all  upon  the  earth  : 

9  Now  I  am  turned  into  their  song,  and  am  he- 
come  their  by-word. 

10  They  abhor  me,  and  flee  far  from  me,  and 
are  not  afraid  to  spit  in   my  face. 

1 1  For  he  hath  opened  his  ipi'iver.  and  hath  afflict- 
ed me,  and  hath  put  a  bridle  into  my  mouth. 

1  2  \t  the  right  hand  of  mv  lis'uii:,  nn  calamities 
forthwith  arose  :  they  have  overthrown  mv  feet,  and 
have  overwhelmed  me  with  their  paths  as  with 
waves. 

13  They  bare  destroyed  my  ways;  tbej  have  lain 

in  wait  against  me  ;   and  thev    ha\e  prevailed  ;   and 
there  \v;is  none  to  help. 

14  They  have  rushed  in  upon  me,  as  when  a  wall 
is  broken,  and  a  gate  opened,  and  have  rolled  them- 
selves down  to  my  miseries. 

15  I  am  brought  to  nothing  :  as  a  wind  thou  hast 
taken  aw  ay  my  desire :  and  my  prosperity  hath 
passed  away  like  a  cloud. 

16  And  now  my  soul  fadeth  within  myself;  and 
the  days  of  affliction  possess  me. 

17  In  the  night  mv  hone  is  pierced  with  sorrows  : 
and  they  that  feed  upon  me,  do  not  sleep. 

18  With  the  multitude  of  them  mv  garment  is  con- 
sumed :  and  they  have  girded  me  about,  as  with  the 
collar  of  my  coat. 

19  I  am  compared  to  dirt,  and  am  likened  to  em- 
bers and  ashes. 

•  Bui  tkt  fuugtr  m  txmu  :  that  i«.  yoangrr  than  I  am,  and  is  a.  it 
were  oUcurr.  when  1  tu  cooapicuutu  and  in  magnificence  ,  the)  now 
look  down  on  me. 

420 


20  I  cry  to  thee,  and   thou  hearest  mc  not :  I 

stand  up,  and  thou  dost  not  regard  me. 

'J  I  Thou  art  changed  to  be  cruel  toward  me,  and 
in  the  hardness  of  thv  hand  thou  art  against  me. 

22  Thou  hast  lifted  me  up,  and  set  me  as  it  were 
upon  the  wind  :  and  thou' hast  mightily  dashed  me. 

23  I  know  that  thou  wilt  deliver  me  to  death, 
where  a  house  is  appointed  for  every  one  that  liveth. 

24  But  yet  thou  stretches!  not  forth  thy  hand  to 
their  consumption  :  and  if  they  shall  fall  down,  tholi 
wilt  save. 

25  I  wept  heretofore  for  him  that  was  afflicted  ; 
and  my  soul  had  compassion  on  the  poor. 

26  I  expected  good  things,  and  e\ils  are  conn-  up- 
on me  :  I  waited  for  light,  and  darkness  broke  out 

J7  Mv  inner  parts  have  boiled  without  any  rest  ■ 
the  days  of  affliction  have  prevented  me. 

28  f  went  mourning  without  indignation  ;  I  rose 
up  and  cried  in  the  crowd. 

29  I  was  the  brothel  of  dragons,f  and  companion 
of  ostriches. 

30  My  skin  is  become  black  upon  me,  and  my 
bones  are  dried  up  with  heat. 

31  My  harp  is  turned  to  mourning,  and  my  organ 
into  the  voice  of  those  that  weep. 

CHAP.  XXXI. 

Job,  to  defend himself  from  the  unjust  judgments  of  his  friends, 
give*  a  sincere  account  of  his  otcn  virtues. 

I  MADE  a  covenant  w  ith  my  eyes,  that  I  would 
not  so  much  as  think  upon  a  virgin. 

2  For  w  hat  part  should  Ciod  from  above  have  in 
me,  and  what  inheritance  the  Almighty  from  on  high ? 

3  Is  not  destruction  to  the  wicked,  and  aversion 
to  them  that  work  iniquity? 

4  Doth  not  he  consider  my  ways,  and  number  all 
my  steps  ? 

'5  If  1  have  walked  in  vanity,  and  my  foot  hath 
made  haste  to  deceit : 

ti  Let  him  weigh  me  in  a  jusl  balance  ;  and  let 
God  know  my  simplicity. 

7  If  my  step  hath  turned  out  of  the  way.  and  if  my 
heart  hath  followed  my  eves,  and  if  a  spot  hath  ( -leav- 
ed to  my  hands  : 

8  Then  let  me  SOW.  and  let  another  eat :  and  let 
my  offspring  be  rooted  out 

9  If  my  heart  hath  been  deceived  upon  a  woman, 
and  if  1  have  laid  wait  at  my  friend's  door: 

10  Let  my  wife  be  the  harlot  ol  another,  and  let 
other  men  lie  with  her. 

1 1  For  this  is  a  heinous  crime,  and  a  most  griev- 
ous iniquity. 

I  J  It  is  a  fire  that  devoured)  even  to  distinction, 
and  rooteth  up  all  things  that  spring. 

13  If  I  have  despised  to  abide  judgment  w  ith  my 
mail-servant,  or  mv  maid-servant,  w  hen  they  had 
anv  controversy  against  me: 

14  For  what  shall  I  do  when  (iod  shall  rise  to 
judge?  and  when  he  shall  examine,  what  shall  I 
answer  him? 


}  SrvHirr  of  Draft**,  ItC. 

at.lc  I 


Imitating  theae  creature-  n  their  hwent- 


CHAP.  XXXII. 


15  Did  not  he  that  made  me  in  the  womb  make 
nim  also:  and  did  not  one  and  the  same  form  me  in 
the  womb? 

16  If  I  have  denied  to  the  poor  what  they  desir- 
ed, and  have  made  the  eyes  of  the  widow  wait: 

17  If  I  have  eaten  my  morsel  alone,  and  the  fa- 
therless hath  not  eaten  thereof: 

18  (For  from  my  infancy  mercy  grew  up  with 
me :  and  it  came  out  with  me  from  my  mother's 
womb:) 

19  If  I  have  despised  him  that  was  perishing  for 
want  of  clothing,  and  the  poor  man  that  had  no  co- 
vering : 

20  If  his  sides  have  not  blessed  me,  and  if  he 
were  not  warmed  with  the  fleece  of  my  sheep  : 

21  If  I  have  lifted  up  my  hand  against  the  fa- 
therless, even  when  I  saw  myself  superior  in  the 
gate : 

22  Let  my  shoulder  fall  from  its  joint :  and  let 
my  arm  with  its  bones  be  broken. 

23  For  I  have  always  feared  God  as  waves  swell- 
ing over  me,  and  his  weight  I  was  not  able  to  bear. 

24  If  I  have  thought  gold  my  strength,  and  have 
said  to  fine  gold  :  My  confidence  : 

25  If  1  have  rejoiced  over  my  great  riches,  and 
because  my  hand  had  gotten  much  : 

26  If  I  beheld  the  sun*  when  it  shined,  and  the 
moon  going  in  brightness: 

27  And  my  heart  in  secret  hath  rejoiced,  and  I 
have  kissed  my  hand  with  my  mouth : 

28  Which  is  a  very  great  iniquity,  and  a  denial 
against  the  most  high  God; 

29  If  I  have  been  glad  at  the  downfall  of  him  that 
hated  me,  and  have  rejoiced  that  evil  had  found 
him.- 

30  For  I  have  not  given  my  mouth  to  sin,  by 
wishing  a  curse  to  his  soul. 

31  If  the  men  of  my  tabernacle  have  not  said  : 
Who  will  give  us  of  his  flesh  that  we  may  be  filled? 

32  The  stranger  did  not  stay  without;  my  door 
was  open  to  the  traveller. 

33  If  as  a  man  I  have  hid  my  sin,  and  have  con- 
cealed my  iniquity  in  my  bosom: 

34  If  I  have  been  afraid  at  a  very  great  multi- 
tude, and  the  contempt  of  kinsmen  hath  terrified 
me  :  and  I  have  not  rather  held  my  peace,  and  not 
gone  out  of  the  door : 

35  Who  would  grant  me  a  hearer,  that  the  Al- 
mighty may  hear  my  desire :  and  that  he  himself 
that  judgeth  would  write  a  book  : 

36  That  I  may  carry  it  on  my  shoulder,  and  put 
it  about  me  as  a  crown  ? 

37  At  every  step  of  mine,  I  would  pronounce  it, 
and  offer  it  as  to  a  prince. 

38  If  my  land  cry  against  me,  and  with  it  the 
furrows  therrof  mourn; 

39  If  I  have  eaten  the  fruits  thereof  without  mo- 
ney, and  have  afflicted  the  soul  of  the  tillers  thereof: 


*  If  I  beheld  the  sun,  &c.  If  I  behold  the  sun  and  moon  with  adinira- 
boc,  knowing-  them  to  be  created  and  governed  by  the  power  of  God, 
I  call  on  my  adversaries  to  produce  any  thing  against  me,  whereby  I 
could  be  charged  with  worshipping  the  sun  or  moon. 

f  J  will  not  Uvel  God  with  man.     Here  £<iu  considers  that  Job  hath 


40  Let  thistles  grow  up  to  me,  instead  of  wheat, 
and  thorns  instead  of  barley. 

Tlie  words  of  Job  are  ended. 

CHAP.  XXXII. 

Eliu  is  angry  both  with  Job  and  his  friends.  He  boasts  of  himself 

SO  these  three  men  ceased  to  answer  Job,  because 
he  seemed  just  to  himself. 

2  And  Eliu  the  son  of  Barachel  the  Buzite,  of 
the  kindred  of  Ram,  was  angry  and  was  moved  to 
indignation:  now  he  was  angry  against  Job,  because 
he  said  he  was  just  before  God. 

3  And  he  was  angry  with  his  friends,  because 
they  had  not  found  a  reasonable  answer,  but  only 
had  condemned  Job. 

4  So  Eliu  waited  while  Job  was  speaking,  be- 
cause they  were  his  elders  that  were  speaking. 

5  But  when  he  saw  that  the  three  were  not  able 
to  answer,  he  was  exceedingly  angry. 

6  Then  Eliu  the  son  of  Barachel  the  Buzite  an- 
swered, and  said  :  I  am  younger  in  days,  and  you 
are  more  ancient;  therefore  hanging  down  my  head, 
I  was  afraid  to  show  you  my  opinion. 

7  For  I  hoped  that  greater  age  would  speak,  and 
that  a  multitude  of  years  would  teach  wisdom. 

8  But,  as  I  see,  there  is  a  spirit  in  men,  and  the 
inspiration  of  the  Almighty  giveth  understanding. 

9  They  that  are  aged  are  not  the  wise  men ;  nei- 
ther do  the  ancients  understand  judgment. 

10  Therefore  I  will  speak:  Hearken  to  me:  I  also 
will  show  you  my  wisdom. 

11  For  1  have  waited  for  your  words :  I  have 
given  ear  to  your  wisdom,  as  long  as  you  were  dis- 
puting in  words. 

12  And  as  long  as  I  thought  you  said  something. 
I  considered  :  but,  as  I  see,  there  is  none  of  you  that 
can  convince  Job  and  answer  his  words. 

13  Lest  you  should  say:  We  have  found  wisdom : 
God  hath  cast  him  down,  not  man. 

14  He  hath  spoken  nothing  to  me,  and  I  will  not 
answer  him  according  to  your  words. 

15  They  were  afraid,  and  answered  no  more,  and 
they  left  off  speaking. 

16  Therefore  because  I  have  waited,  and  they 
have  not  spoken;  they  stood  and  answered  no  more. 

17  I  also  will  answer  my  part,  and  will  show  my 
knowledge. 

1 8  For  I  am  full  of  matter  to  speak  of,  and  the 
spirit  of  my  bowels  straiteneth  me. 

19  Behold,  my  belly  is  as  new  wine  which  want- 
eth  vent,  which  bursteth  the  new  vessels. 

20  I  will  speak,  and  take  breath  a  little:  I  will 
open  my  lips,  and  will  answer. 

21  I  will  not  accept  the  person  of  man ;  and  I  will 
not  level  God  with  man.f 

22  For  I  know  not  how  long  I  shall  continue, 
and  whether  after  a  while  my  maker  may  take 
me  away. 


put  himself  on  a  level  with  God,  by  the  manner  he  assumed  to  justify 
his  own  life  in  speaking  to  God  as  if  he  spoke  to  an  equal  :  Eliu  ex- 
presses in  the  following  ver.  22.  his  fear  of  punishment  hereafter  for 
such  an  attempt. 

421 


JOB. 


CHAP.  XXXIII. 

hlamrt  Job  for  rutcrtirur  his  otcn  innocent*. 

IT  K  A  It  therefore,  O  Joh,  my  speeches,  and  hear- 
ken  to  all  my  word-. 
|   Behold,  now  I  have  opened  my  mouth  let  my 
tongue  speak  within  my  jaws. 

3  Mv  words  are  from  my  upright  heart,  and  my 
lips  shall  speak  a  pun-  sentence. 

4  The  Spirit  of  God  made  me,  and  the  breath 
of  the  almighty  gave  me  life. 

5  If  thou  canst,  answer  me,  and  stand  up  against 
mv  face. 

ti  Behold,  God  hath  made  me  as  well  as  thee; 
and  uf  the  same  clay  I  ;•!-<>  was  formed. 

7  Hut  >et  lit  not  my  wonder  terrify  thee,  and  let 
not  -in \  eloquence  be  burdensome  to  thee. 

::  Now  thou  hast  said  in  my  hearing, and  I  have 
heard  (lie  voice  of  thy  words: 

'.»  I  am  clean,  and  without  sin:  I  am  unspotted, 
and  there  is  no  iniquity  in  me. 

10  Because  he  hath  found  complaints  against 
me,  therefore  be  hath  counted  me  for  his  enemy. 

11  He  hath  put  my  feet  in  the  stocks,  he  hath 
observed  all  my  paths. 

IJ  Now  this  is  the  thins  in  which  thou  art  not 
justified:  I  will  answer  thee,  that  God  is  greater 
than  man. 

13  Dost  thou  strive  against  him,  because  he  hath 
not  answered  thee  to  all  words? 

11  tiod  speaketh  once  and  repeateth  not  the 
self  same  thing  the  .second  time. 

15  By  a  dream  in  a  vision  by  night)  when  deep 
sleep  falleth  upon  men,  and  they  are  sleeping  in 
their  beds: 

lb"  Then  he  openeth  the  ears  of  men,  and  teach- 
ing instrucieth  them  in  what  they  are  to  lenm. 

17  That  he  may  withdraw  a  man  from  the 
things  lie  is  doiilft.  and  may  deliver  him  from  pride. 

HI  Rescuing  his  soul  from  corruption:  and  his 
life  from  parsing  to  the  sword. 

19  lie  rebuketh  also  hy  sorrow  in  the  bed,  and 
he  inakelh  all  his  hones  to  wither. 

I  Wead  becometh  abominable  to  him  in  his  life, 
and  to  his  soul  the  in<  at  which  before  he  desired. 

21  His  flesh  shall  he  consumed  away,  and  his 
bones  that  were  covered,  shall  be  made  bare. 

His  soul  hath  drawn  near  to  corruption,  and 
his  life  to  the  destroyers. 

J  '.   It  there  shall  he  an  Angel  speaking  for  him, 

one  among  thousands,  to  declare  man's  uprightness. 

lie  shall  have   mercy  on  him,  and   shall  say: 

I  K  liver  him,  that  he  may  not  ^o  down  to  corruption: 

I  have  found  wherein  I  may  he  merciful  to  bun. 

Hi-  flesh  i-  consumed  with  punishments,  let 
jt  return  to  the  nays  of  his  youth. 

He   shall   pray  to   God,   and   he   will  b. 
cious  to  him:   and  he  shall  see  his  fact  with  joy, 
and  he  will  render  to  man  bis  justice. 

_'7  He  shall  look  noon  men,  and  shall  say:  ] 
have  sinned,  and  indeed  I  have  offended;  and  I 
have  not  received   what  I  have  deserved. 

He  hath  delivered   his  soul   from  noiug  into 
destruction,  that  it  may  live  and  see  the  light. 


20  Behold,  all  these  things  God  worketh  three 
times  within  every  one. 

0  That  he  may  withdraw  their  souls  from  cor- 
ruption, and  eiilkliten  them  with  the  light  of  the 
living. 

31  Attend,  Job,  and  hearken  to  me:  and  hold 
thy  peace,  whilst  I  speak. 

1  But  if  thou  hast  any  thing  to  s;iy,  answer 
me,  speak:  for  I  would  have  thee  to  appear  just. 

.l>  And  if  thou  have  not,  hear  me:  hold  thy 
peace,  and  1  will  teach  line  wisdom. 

CHAP.  XXXIV. 

Klin  charge*  Job  teith  blnyjhemi/  ;  and  sets  forth  the  power  and 
justice  of  God. 

j\ND  Fliu  continued  his  discourse,  and  said: 

2  Hear,  ye  wise  men,  my  words:  anil  ye  learn- 
ed, hearken  to  me: 

3  For  the  ear  trieth  words,  and  the  mouth  dis- 
cerneth  meats  hy  the  taste. 

4  Let  us  choose  to  us  judgment,  and  let  us  see 
anion?  ourselves  what  is  the  best. 

5  for  Job  hath  said:  I  am  just;  and  God  hath 
overthrown  my  judgment. 

_  6  For  in  judging  me,  there  is  a  lie:  my  arrow  is 
violent  without  any  sin. 

7  What  man  is  there  like  Job,  who  drinketh  up 
scorning  like  water? 

8  Who  goeth  in  company  with  them  that  work 
iniquity,  and  waJketh  with  wicked  men? 

9  For  he  hath  said:  .Man  shall  not  please  Cod, 
although  he  run  with  him. 

10  Therefore,  ye  men  of  understanding,  hear 
me;  far  from  Cod  l>e  wickedness,  and  iniquity  from 
the  Almighty. 

11  For  he  will  render  to  a  man  his  work:  and 
according  to  the  ways  of  every  one  he  will  reward 
them. 

I I  For  in  very  deed  Cod  will  not  condemn  with- 
out cause:  neither  will  the  Almighty  pervert  judg- 
ment 

13  What  other  hath  he  appointed  over  the  earth.' 
or  whom  hath  beset  over  the  world  which  he  made? 

14  If* he  turn  his  heart  to  him,  he  shall  draw  his 
spirit  and  breath  unto  himself. 

15  All  flesh  shall  perish  together:  and  man  shall 
return  into  ashes. 

16  If  then  thou  hast  understanding,  hear  what 
is  said,  and  hearken  to  the  voice  of  mv  words. 

17  Can  lie  he  healed  that  loveth  not  judgment? 
and  how  dost  thou  so  far  condemn  him  thai  is  just? 

III  Who  saith  to  the  kin^:  Tho*  art  an  apos- 
tate; who  calleth  rulers  ungodly: 

19  Who  accepteth  not  the  persons  of  princes;  nor 
hath  regarded  the  tyrant,  w  hen  he  contended  against 
the  poor  man:  for  all  are  the  work  of  his  hands. 

20  They  shall  Suddenly  die,  and  the  people  shall 
be  troubled  at  midnight]  and  they  shall  pass,  ami 
take  away  the  violent  without  hand. 

21  For  his  eyes  are  upon  the  ways  of  men,  and 
he  eonsidereth  all  their  steps. 

There  is  no  darkness,  and  there  is  no  shadow  of 
death,  where  they  may  Ik-  hid  who  work  iniquity. 


CHAP.  XXXV,  XXXVI. 


23  For  it  is  no  longer  in  the  power  of  man  to  en- 
ter into  judgment  with  God. 

24  He  shall  break  in  pieces  many  and  innumera- 
ble; and  shall  make  others  to  stand  in  their  stead. 

25  For  he  knoweth  their  works:  and  therefore 
he  shall  bring  night  on  them;  and  they  shall  be  de- 
stroyed. 

26  He  hath  struck  them  as  being  wicked,  in  open 
sight. 

27  Who  as  it  were  on  purpose  have  revolted  from 
him,  and  would  not  understand  all  his  ways: 

28  So  that  they  caused  the  cry  of  the  needy  to 
come  to  him,  and  he  heard  the  voice  of  the  poor. 

29  For  when  hegranteth  peace  vyho  is  there  that 
can  condemn?  When  he  hideth  his  countenance, 
who  is  there  that  can  behold  him,  whether  it  regard 
nations,  or  all  men? 

30  Who  maketh  a  man  that  is  a  hypocrite  to 
reign  for  the  sins  of  the  people? 

31  Seeing  then  I  have  spoken  of  God,  I  will  not 
hinder  thee  in  thy  turn. 

32  If  I  have  erred,  teach  thou  me:  if  1  have  spo- 
ken iniquity,  I  will  add  no  more. 

33  Doth  God  require  it  of  thee,  because  it  hath 
displeased  thee?  for  thou  begannest  to  speak,  and 
not  I :  but  if  thou  know  any  thing  better,  speak. 

34  Let  men  of  understanding  speak  to  me ;  and 
let  a  wise  man  hearken  to  me. 

35  But  Job  hath  spoken  foolishly,  and  his  words 
sound  not  discipline. 

36  My  father,  let  Job  be  tried  even  to  the  end : 
cease  not  from  the  man  of  iniquity. 

37  Because  he  addeth  blasphemy  upon  his  sins, 
let  him  be  tied  fast  in  the  mean  time  among  us  :  and 
then  let  him  provoke  God  to  judgment  with  his 
speeches. 

CHAP.  XXXV. 

Eliu  declares  that  the  good  or  evil  done  by  man  cannot  reach  God. 

IVrOREOVER,  Eliu  spoke  these  words: 

±Y_I_  2  Doth  thy  thought  seem  right  to  thee,  that 

thou  shouldst  say:  I  am  more  just  than  God? 

3  For  thou  saidst :  That  which  is  right  doth  not 
please  thee :  or  what  will  it  profit  thee  if  I  sin  ? 

4  Therefore  I  will  answer  thy  words,  and  thy 
friends  with  thee. 

5  Look  up  to  heaven,  and  see,  and  behold  the 
sky,  that  it  is  higher  than  thee. 

6  If  thou  sin,  what  shalt  thou  hurt  him  ?  and  if 
thy  iniquities  be  multiplied,  what  shaltthou  do  against 
him? 

7  And  if  thou  do  justly,  what  shalt  thou  give  him, 
or  what  shall  he  receive  of  thy  hand  ? 

8  Thy  wickedness  may  hurt  a  man  that  is  like 
thee  :  and  thy  justice  may  help  the  son  of  man. 

9  By  reason  of  the  multitude  of  oppressors  they 
shall  cry  out ;  and  shall  wail  for  the  violence  of  the 
arm  of  tyrants. 

10  And  he  hath  not  said  :  Where  is  God,  who 
made  me,  who  hath  given  songs  in  the  night? 


*Out  of  the  narrow  mouth.  That  is,  out  of  hell,  whose  entrance  is  nar- 
row, and  its  depth  bottomlesg,  but  6gurativclv  meant  here,  that  is, 
from  his  miseries  and  calamity  to  be  restored  to  his  former  state  of 
happiness. 


1 1  Who  teacheth  us  more  than  the  beasts  of  the 
earth,  and  instructeth  us  more  than  the  fowls  of  the 
air. 

12  There  shall  they  cry,  and  he  will  not  hear, 
because  of  the  pride  of  evil  men. 

13  God  therefore  will  not  hear  in  vain:  and  the 
Almighty  will  look  into  the  causes  of  every  one. 

14  Yea  when  thou  shalt  say:  Heconsidereth  not : 
be  judged  before  him,  and  expect  him. 

15  For  he  doth  not  now  bring  on  his  fury:  neither 
doth  he  revenge  wickedness  exceedingly. 

16  Therefore  Job  openeth  his  mouth  in  vain, 
and  multiplieth  words  without  knowledge. 

CHAP.  XXXVI. 

Eliu  proceeds  in  setting  forth  the  justice  andpotcer  of  God. 

T^  LIU  also  proceeded,  and  said: 

<*-*  2  Suffer  me  a  little,  and  I  will  show  thee:  for 

I  have  yet  somewhat  to  speak  in  God's  behalf. 

3  1  will  repeat  my  knowledge  from  the  beginning, 
and  I  will  prove  my  maker  just. 

4  For  indeed  my  words  are  without  a  lie:  and 
perfect  knowledge  shall  be  proved  to  thee. 

5  God  doth  not  cast  away  the  mighty,  whereas 
he  himself  also  is  mighty. 

6  But  he  saveth  not  the  wicked:  and  he  giveth 
judgment  to  the  poor. 

7  He  will  not  take  away  his  eyes  from  the  just: 
and  he  placeth  kings  on  the  throne  for  ever,  and 
they  are  exalted. 

8  And  if  they  shall  be  in  chains,  and  be  bound 
with  the  cords  of  poverty, 

9  He  shall  show  them  their  works,  and  their 
wicked  deeds,  because  they  have  been  violent. 

10  He  also  shall  open  their  ear,  to  correct  them; 
and  shall  speak,  that  they  may  return  from  iniquity. 

11  If  they  shall  hear  and  observe,  they  shall  ac- 
complish their  days  in  good,  and  their  years  in  glory. 

12  But  if  they  hear  not,  they  shall  pass  by  the 
sword,  and  shall  be  consumed  in  folly. 

13  Dissemblers  and  crafty  men  prove  the  wrath 
of  God :  neither  shall  they  cry  when  they  are  bound. 

14  Their  soul  shall  die  in  a  storm,  and  their  life 
among  the  effeminate- 

15  He  shall  deliver  the  poor  out  of  his  distress, 
and  shall  open  his  ear  in  affliction. 

16  Therefore  he  shall  set  thee  at  large  out  of  the 
narrow  mouth,*  and  which  hath  no  foundation  un- 
der it:  and  the  rest  of  thy  table  shall  be  full  of  fatness. 

17  Thy  cause  hath  been  judged  as  that  of  the 
wicked  :  cause  and  judgment  thou  shalt  recover. 

18  Therefore  let  not  anger  overcome  thee,  to  op- 
press any  man:  neither  let  multitude  of  gifts  turn 
thee  aside. 

19  Lay  down  thy  greatness  without  tribulation, 
and  all  the  mighty  of  strength. 

20  Prolong  not  the  night,  that  people  may  come 
up  for  them. 

21  Beware  thou  turn  not  aside  to  iniquity:  for 
this  thou  hast  begun  to  follow  after  misery. f 


t  For  this  thou  hast  begun  to  follow  after  mitery,     Eliu  charges  Joh, 
that  notwithstanding  his  misery,   he  does  not  fear  God  as  he  ought 
but  in  his  judgment,  falls  into  iniquity. 

423 


JOB 


22  Beno.n,  Ci.nl  is  high  in  his  strength  :  and  none 
is  like  him  among  the  lawgivers. 

23  Who  cm  search  out  his  ways?  or  who  can 
say  to  him :  Thou  hast  wrought  iniquity  ? 

I  Remember  that  thou  knowest  not  hit  work, 
concerning  which  men  have  sun 

\ll  men  tee  bin:  ever]  onebebeMethaiaxofT. 
26  Behold,  God   is  great,  ex<*eeding  our  know- 
ledge: the  number  of  his  years  is  inestimable. 

11  He  lit'teth  up  the  drops  of  rain,  and  poureth 
out  showers  like  floods: 

I  Which  flow  from  the  clouds  that  rover  all  above. 

29  It"  he  will  spread  out  clouds  ;is  his  tent, 

30  And  lighten  with  his  li^ht  from  above,  he  shall 
covet  also  the  ends  of  the  sea. 

31  For  by  these  he  judgeth  people,  and  giwth 
food  to  many  mortals. 

32  In  his  hands  he  hideth  the  light,  and  com- 
mandeth  it  to  come  again. 

33  He  show  ctli  his  friend  concerning  it,  that  it 
is  his  possession,  and  that  he  may  come  up  to  it. 

CHAP.  XXXVII. 

FJiu  got*  on  in  his  discourse,  shotting  (loti's  wisdom  and  power, 
by  his  wonderful  works. 

AT  this  my  heart  trembleth,  and  is  moved  out  of 
its  place. 

I  Hi  ar  ye  attentively  the  terror  of  his  voice,  and 
the  sound  that  cometh  out  of  his  mouth. 

3  He  beholdctli  under  all  the  heavens;  and  his 
bght  is  upon  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

4  \lirr  it  a  noise  shall  roar:  he  shall  thunder 
with  the  voice  of  his  majesty,  and  shall  not  be  found 
out,  wheai  his  roiee  shall  be  heard. 

5  God  shall  thunder  wonderfully  with  his  voice, 
he  that  doeth  great  and  unsearchable  things. 

G  He  commandeth  the  snow  to  go  down  upon  the 
earth,  and  the  winter  rain,  and  the  shower  of  his 
Strength. 

7  lb  sealeth  up*  the  hand  of  all  men,  thai  every 
one  may  know  his  works. 

8  Then  the  beast  shall  go  into  his  covert,  and 
shall  abide  in  his  den. 

9  Out  of  the  inner  parts  shall  a  tempest  come,  and 
cold  out  of  the  north. 

10  When  God  blowt  th,  there  cometh  frost ;  and 
again  the  waters  are  poured  out  abundantly. 

I I  Corn  desireth  clouds,  and  the  clouds  spread 
their  liicht : 

1 1  Which  go  round  about,  whithersoever  the  w  ill 
of  him  that  governeth  them  shall  lead  them,  to  what- 
soever he  shall  command  them  U|k>ii  the  face  of  the 
whole  earth  : 

13  Whether  in  one  tril>e,  or  in  his  own  land,  or 
in  what  place  soever  of  his  men  y  he  shall  command 
them  to  be   found. 

I  \  Hearken  to  these  things,  Job:  Stand,  and  con- 
sider the  wondrous  works  of  God. 


*  lit  utlttk  tat,  fas.  Whrn  be  tend*  tkatt  ttmnn  of  Us  t&rnttk. 
that  ta,  those  ttorm*  of  rain,  kt  mats  up,  that  is,  he  shut-  up  the  l. ..ml. 
of  am  from  their  mtual  work*  abroad,  and  confine*  Um-iii  wittun  door*. 


to  consider  kit  work*;  or  to  forecast  Ikm  work*,  that  it,   what  Hmj 

tl.i'in«  !»•.  .ir.    t.<  do 


16  Dost  thou  know  when  God  commanded  tlie 
rains,  to  show  the  lijdit  of  his  clouds 

16  Knowest  (huii  the  great  paths  of  the  clouds, 
and  the  perfect  kaowledgi 

17  Are  not  thy  garments  hot,  whea  the  south 
wind  blows  upon  the  earth  ? 

18  Thou  perhaps  hast  made  the  hea\(  ns  with 
him,  which  are  most  strong,  as  if  they  were  of  mol- 
ten brass. 

19  Show  us  what  we  may  say  to  him  :  for  we 
are  wrapped  up  in  darkness: 

20  Who  shall  tell  him  the  things  I  Speak  .'  <\<  n 
if  a  man  shall  speak,  he  shall  Ik-  swallow  ed  up.f 

21  But  now  they  see  not  the  light,  the  air  on  a 
sudden  shall  lie  thickened  into  clouds,  and  the  w  ind 
shall  pass  and  drive  them  away. 

22  Gold  cometh  out  of  the  north,  and  to  God 
praise  with  fear. 

23  We  cannot  find  him  worthily  :  he  is  great  in 
Strength,  and  in  judgment,  and  in  justice,  ami  he  is 
ineffable. 

24  Therefore  men  shall  fear  him  :  and  all  that 
seem  to  themselves  to  be  w  is< ,  shall  not  dare  to  be- 
hold him. 

CHAP.  XXXVIII. 

God  interposes  ;  and  shows  from  the  things  he  hath  made,  that 
limn  canniit  comprehend  his  jmiriT  und  oitdmu. 

HP  HEN  the  Lord}  answered  Job  out  of  a  whirl- 
A    wind,  and  said  : 

2  Who  is  this  that  wrappeth  up  sentences  in  un- 
skilful words  ? 

3  Gird  up  thy  loins  like  a  man  :  1  will  ask  thee, 
and  answer  thou  me. 

4  Where  Wast  thou  when  I  laid  the  foundations 
of  the  earth?  tell  me  if  thou  hast  understanding. 

5  Who  hath  laid  the  measures  thereof,  if  thou 
knowest?  or  who  hath  stretched  the  line  upon  it  ? 

6  I'pon  what  are  its  bases  grounded?  or  who  laid 
the  coiner  stone  thereof, 

7  When  the  morning  stars  praised  me  together, 
and  all  the  sons  of  God  made  a  joyful  melody  ? 

8  Who  shut  up  the  sea  with  doors  w  hen  it  broke 
forth  as  issuing  out  of  the  Womb: 

9  When  I  made  a  cloud  the* varment  thereof,  and 
wrapped  it  in  a  mist  as  in  swaddling  bands? 

10  1  set  my  bounds  around  it,  and  made  it  bars 
and  doors; 

11  And  I  said:  Hitherto  thou  shall  come,  and 
shalt  go  no  further:  and  here  thou  shalt  break  thy 
swelling  waves. 

12  Didst  thou  since  thy  birth  command  the  morn- 
ing, and  show  the  dawning  of  the  day  its  place' 

13  And  didst  thou  hold  the  extremities  of  the 
earth  shaking  them,  and  hast  thou  shaken  the  un- 
godlv  out  of  it .' 

14  The  seal    shall  be  restored  as  clay,  and  shall 

stand  as  a  garment : 


4    lit  shall  kt  nrtlUtrtd  up.     All  that  man  can  ui  whrn  he  speaks  of 
■  mi  little  and  inconsiderable  in  comparison  with  tin-  subject, 
that  man  H  lost  and  a*  it  were  .wallowed  up  m  so  immriw  an  ocean 
|    7bM     That  la,  an  angel  aoeukmg  in  the  name  of  U.e  !x>rd. 


•I  .'I 


CHAP.  XXXIX. 


15  From  the  wicked  their  light  shall  be  taken 
away,  and  the  high  arm  shall  be  broken. 

16  Hast  thou  entered  into  the  depths  of  the  sea, 
and  walked  in  the  lowest  parts  of  the  deep? 

17  Have  the  gates  of  death  been  opened  to  thee, 
and  hast  thou  seen  the  darksome  doors? 

18  Hast  thou  considered  the  breadth  of  the  earth ? 
tell  me,  if  thou  knowest  all  things? 

19  Where  is  the  way  where  light  dwelleth,  and 
where  is  the  place  of  darkness: 

20  That  thou  mavst  bring  every  thing  to  its  own 
bounds,  and  understand  the  paths. of  the  house 
thereof. 

21  Didst  thou  know  then  that  thou  shouldst  be 
born?  and  didst  thou  know  the  number  of  thy  days? 

22  Hast  thou  entered  into  the  storehouses  of  the 
snow,  or  hast  thou  beheld  the  treasures  of  the  hail : 

23  Which  I  have  prepared  for  the  time  of  the  en- 
emy, against  the  day  of  battle  and  war? 

24  By  what  way  is  the  light  spread,  and  heat  di- 
vided upon  the  earth? 

25  Who  gave  a  course  to  violent  showers,  or  a  way 
for  noisy  thunder: 

26  That  it  should  rain  on  the  earth  without  man 
in  the  wilderness,  where  no  mortal  dwelleth: 

27  That  it  should  fill  the  desert,  and  desolate  land, 
and  should  bring  forth  green  grass  ? 

28  Who  is  the  father  of  rain?  or  who  begot  the 
drops  of  dew? 

29  Out  of  whose  womb  came  the  ice?  and  the 
frost  from  heaven  who  hath  gendered  it? 

30  The  waters  are  hardened  like  a  stone,  and 
the  surface  of  the  deep  is  congealed. 

31  Shalt  thou  be  able  to  join  together  the  shining 
stars  the  Pleiades,*  or  canst  thou  stop  the  turning 
about  of  Arcturus  ? 

32  Canst  thou  bring  forth  the  day-star  in  its  time, 
and  make  the  evening-star  to  rise  upon  the  children 
of  the  earth  ? 

33  Dost  thou  know  the  order  of  heaven,  and 
canst  thou  set  down  the  reason  thereof  on  the  earth? 

34  Canst  thou  lift  up  thy  voice  to  the  clouds, 
that  an  abundance  of  waters  may  cover  thee  ? 

35  Canst  thou  send  lightnings,  and  will  they  go, 
and  will  they  return,  and  say  to  thee  :  Here  we  are? 

36  Who  hath  put  wisdom  in  the  heart  of  man, 
or  who  gave  the  cock  understanding  ?f 

37  Who  can  declare  the  order  of  the  heavens,  or 
who  can  make  the  harmony  of  heaven  to  sleep  ? 

38  When  was  the  dust  poured  on  the  earth,  and 
the  clods  fastened  together  ? 

39  Wilt  thou  take  the  prey  for  the  lioness,  and 
satisfy  the  appetite  of  her  whelps, 

40  When  they  couch  in  the  dens,  and  lie  in  wait 
in  holes  ? 

41  Who  provideth  food  for  the  raven,  when  her 
young  ones  cry  to  God,  wandering  about,  because 
they  have  no  meat  ? 


*  Pleiades.  Hebrew,  Cinuh  A  cluster  of  seven  stars  in  the  constel- 
lation Taurus,  or  the  Bull.  Arcturus  a  bright  star  in  the  constellation 
Bootes.  The  Hebrew  name  Cesil  is  variously  interpreted ;  by  some 
Orion;  by  others,  the  rreal  Bear  is  understood. 

3H 


CHAP.  XXXIX. 

TJie  wonders  of  the.  power  and  providence  of  God  in  many  ofhtt 
creatures. 

KNOWEST  thou  the  time  when  the  wild  goats 
bring  forth  among  the  rocks,  or  hast  thou  ob- 
served the  hinds  when  they  fawn  ? 

2  Hast  thou  numbered  the  months  of  their  con- 
ceiving, or  knowest  thou  the  time  when  they  bring 
forth  ? 

3  They  bow  themselves  to  bring  forth  young,  and 
they  east  them,  and  send  forth  roarings. 

4  Their  young  are  weaned,  and  go  to  feed  :  they 
go  forth,  and  return  not  to  them. 

5  Who  hath  sent  out  the  wild-ass  free,  and  who 
hath  loosed  his  bonds  ? 

6  To  whom  1  have  given  a  house  in  the  wilderness, 
and  his  dwellings  in  the  barren  land. 

7  He  seorneth  the  multitude  of  the  city,  he  hear- 
eth  not  the  cry  of  the  driver. 

8  He  looketh  round  about  the  mountains  of  his 
pasture,  and  seeketh  for  every  green  thing. 

9  Shall  the  rhinoceros  be  willing  to  serve  thee,  or 
will  he  stay  at  thy  crib  ? 

10  Canst  thou  bind  the  rhinoceros  with  thy  thong 
to  plough,  or  will  he  break  the  clods  of  the  valleys 
after  thee  ? 

1 1  Wilt  thou  have  confidence  in  his  great  strength, 
and  leave  thy  labours  to  him  ? 

12  Wilt  thou  trust  him  that  he  will  render  thee 
the  seed,  and  gather  it  into  thy  barn-floor? 

13  The  wing  of  the  ostrich  is  like  the  wings  of 
the  heron,  and  of  the  hawk. 

14  When  she  leaveth  her  eggs  on  the  earth,  thou 
perhaps  wilt  warm  them  in  the  dust. 

15  She  forgetteth  that  the  foot  may  tread  upon 
them,  or  that  the  beast  of  the  field  may  break  them. 

16  She  is  hardened  against  her  young  ones,  as 
though  they  were  not  hers :  she  hath  laboured  in 
vain,  no  fear  constraining  her. 

17  For  God  hath  deprived  her  of  wisdom,  neither 
hath  he  given  her  understanding. 

18  When  time  shall  be,  she  setteth  up  her  wings 
on  high  :  she  seorneth  the  horse  and  his  rider. 

19  Wilt  thou  give  strength  to  the  horse,  or  clothe 
his  neck  with  neighing  ? 

20  Wilt  thou  lift  him  up  like  the  locusts  ?  the 
glory  of  his  nostrils  is  terror. 

21  He  breaketh  up  the  earth  with  his  hoof,  he 
pranccth  boldly,  he  goeth  forward  to  meet  armed 
men. 

22  He  despiseth  fear,  he  turneth  not  his  back  to 
the  sword. 

23  Above  him  shall  the  quiver  rattle,  the  spear 
and  shield  shall  glitter. 

24  Chasing  and  raging  he  swalloweth  the  ground : 
neither  doth  he  make  account  when  the  noise  of  the 
trumpet  soundeth. 

25  When  he  heareth  the  trumpet,  he  saith  .  Ha, 


t   Understanding.     That  instinct  by  which  he  distinguishes  the  timet 
of  crowing  in  the  night. 


4*5 


jon. 


ha!  be  sm<  Hctli  the  bottle  afar  off,  the  encouraging 
of  the  cairfains,  and  the  shouting  of  the  fumy. 

26  l)oth  the  hawk  was  feathered  by  thy  wisdom, 
spreading  her  wings  to  the  south  ? 

Will  the eagle roouiii  upal  thy  command,  and 
make  her  ncs|  in  high  plan 

28  She  abideth  among  the  rocks,  and  dwelled) 
HKMa; ctagfjed  dims,  and  Moaj  hills,  where  there 
is  no  ;irccs>. 

29  From  thence  she  looketh  for  the  prey,  and 
her  eyes  behold  alar  oil". 

30  1 1 t-r  _\niin:i  ours  shall  suck  up  blood  :  and 
whensoever  the  carcass  shall  be,  she  is  immediate- 
ly there. 

.  i|    And  the  Lord  went  on,  and  said  to  Job: 
Shall  he  thai  contendeth  w  ith  God  be  so  easi- 
ly silenced  ?  surely  be  thai  reproved)  God  ought  to 
auswer  him. 

33  Then  Job  answered  the  Lord,  and  said  : 
What  can  I  answer,  who  have  spoken  incon- 
siderately .'*  I  will  lay  my  hand  upon  my  month. 

35  One  thing.  1  have  spoken,  which  I  wish  I  had 
not  said  :  and  another,  to  w  Inch  1  will  add  no  more. 

CHAP.  XL. 

Of  the  potter  nf  Gini  in  the  Im  hi  moth  and  theJtviathan. 

AND  the  Lord  answering  Job  out  of  the  whirl- 
wind, said  : 

2  (iird  up  thy  loins  like  a  man:  I  will  ask  thee, 
anil  do  thou  tell  me. 

3  Wilt  thou  make  void  my  judgment :  and  con- 
demn me,  that  thou  mayst  be  justified? 

4  And  hast  thou  an  arm  like  God,  and  canst  thou 
thunder  with  a  voice  like  him? 

iothe  thyself  with  beauty,  and  set  thyself  up 
on  high,  and  be  glorious,  anil  put  on  goodly  garments. 
Scatter  the   proud  in  thv  indignation,  and  be- 
hold every  arrogant  man,  ami  humble  him. 

7  Look  on  all  that  are  proud,  and  confound  them, 
and  crush  the  w  icked  in  their  place. 

8  Hide  them  in  the  dust  together,  and  plunge 
their  faces  into  the  pit. 

9  Then  I  will  confess  that  thy  right  hand  is  able 
to  save  thee. 

10  Behold  behemotht  whom  I  made  with  thee. 
he  eateth  grass  like  an  ox. 

11  His  strength  is  in  his  loins,  and  his  force  in 
the  navel  of  bis  belly. 

12  He  setteth  up  his  tail  like  a  cedar,  the  sinews 
of  liis  testicles  are  wrapped  together. 

13  His  bones  are  like  pipes  of  brass,  his  gristle 
like  plates  of  iron. 

14  He  is  the  beginning  of  the  ways  of  God,  who 
made  him  :    he  will  apply  his  sworil.J 

16  To  him  the  mountains  bring  forth  grass:  there 
all  the  benatl  of  the  field  shall  play. 

lt>  lie  sleepeth  under  the  shadow,  in  the  covert 
of  the  reed,  and  in  moist  pfcv 


fnxT 


•  Sfktn  {iwwuUrratWy.  If  we  dracnM  all  Job*i  worth  (tmtk  81.  Grt- 
r*.)  we  «hall  find  nothing  impiously  spoken;  as  may  be  ralhcrrd 
.  lite  wunl«  <>f  the  l»nl  Ininvlf,  chap.  xlii.  rer.  7.  k  II.  but  what 
tii  reprehensible  in  turn,  »»«  the  manner  of  exnrrssinr;  himself  at 
time),  tpeakinr;  too  much  of  hi«  own  affliction,  and  too  little  ol  Gofi 
towards  him,  which  here  he  acknowledge*  aa  wMeajulrrafa. 


17  The  shades  cover  his  shadow,  the  willows  of 
the  brook  shall  compass  him  aliout. 

18  Behold,  be  "ill  drink  up  a  river,  and  not 
Wonder:  and  be  trustcth  thai  'he  Jordan  may  run 
into  bis  mouth. 

I!'  In  his  cm-  as  with  a  hook  he  shall  take  him, 
and  bore  through  his  nostrils  with  stakes. 

20  Canst  thou  draw  out  the  leviathan^  with  a 
hook,  or  canst  thou  tie  his  tongue  with  a  cord  ? 

21  Canst  thou  put  a  ring  in  his  nose,  or  boic 
through  his  jaw  with  a  buckle.' 

22  Will  he. make  liiiinv  supplications  to  thee,  or 
speak  soft  words  to  thee? 

-'. >  W  ill  he  make  a  covenant  with  thee,  and  wilt 
thou  take  him  to  be  a  servant  for  ever.' 

24  Shall  thou  play  wilh  him  as  with  a  bin),  or 
tie  him  up  for  thy  handmaids? 

25  Shall  friends  cut  him  in  pieces,  shall  mer- 
chants divide  him? 

'J*!  Wilt  thou  till  nets  with  his  skin,  and  the  ca- 
bins of  fishes  with  his  head: 

27  Lay  thy  hand  upon  him:  remember  the  bat- 
tle, and  speak  no  more. 

28  lb-hold  his  hope  shall  fail  him,  and  in  the 
sight  of  all  he  shall  be  cast  down. 

CHAP.  XLL 

A further  description  qf  the  leviathan. 

I  WILL  not  stir  him  up, like  one  that  is  cruel:  for 
,   who  can  resist  my  countenance? 

2  Who  hath  given  me  before  that  I  should  repay 
him?  All  things  that  are  under  heaven  aie  mine. 

3  I  will  not  spare  him,  nor  his  mighty  w  onls.  and 
framed  to  make  supplication. 

4  Who  can  discover  the  face  of  his  raiment?  or 
who  can  go  into  the  midst  of  his  month? 

5  Who  can  open  the  doors  of  his  face?  his  teeth 
are  terrible  round  aliout. 

6  His  ImmIv  is  like  molten  shields,  shut  close  up 
with  scales  pressing  upon  one  another. 

7  One  is  joined  to  another,  and  not  so  much  as 
any  air  can  come  between  them: 

8  Thev  slick  one  to  another,  and  they  hold  one 
another  fast,  ami  shall  not  be  separated. 

9  His  snee/.iim  is  like  the  shining  of  fire,  and  his 
eyes  like  the  eye- lids  of  the  morning. 

10  Out  of  his  mouth  go  forth  lamps,  like  torches 
of  lighted  tire. 

1 1  Out  of  his  nostrils  goeth  smoke,  like  that  of  a 
|>ot  heated  and  boilings 

12  His  breath  kindle th  coals,  and  a  flame  cometh 
forth  out  of  his  mouth. 

13  In  bk  neck  strength  shall  dwell,  and  want 
goeth  before  his  face. 

1  \  The  members  of  his  flesh  cleave  one  to  ano- 
ther: be  shall  send  lightnings  against  him,  am)  they 
shall  not  be  carried  to  another  place. 


f  Bfkrmotk.  in  Hebrew  fearaw,  which  »i|rnine»  in  rrneral  an 
but  m:mv  authors  explain,  that  here  it  i»  pill  f»r  (lie  Klrphmnl. 

I  llr  vill  tpply  hit  nemd  This  test  is  rariously  explained  tome  ex- 
plain the  nrard,  th*  liorn  given  to  the  animal  for  lii»  defence  :  oilier* 
the  power  that  Cod  hath  fired  to  man  to  slay  him,  iiotwuh  lauding  hn 
p^eat  »i/.e  and  strength. 

I  Lnimlkm*.     Tlie  while,  or  totne  tea  monster. 


CHAP. 

15  His  heart  shall  be  as  hard  as  a  stone,  and  as 
firm  as  a  smith's  anvil. 

16  When  he  shall  raise  him  up, the  angels*  shall 
fear,  and  being  affrighted  shall  purify  themselves. 

17  When  a  sword  shall  lay  at  him,  it  shall  not 
be  able  to  hold,  nor  a  spear,  nor  a  breast-plate. 

1 8  For  he  shall  esteem  iron  as  straw,  and  brass 
as  rotten  wood. 

19  The  archer  shall  not  put  him  to  flight,  the 
stones  of  the  sling  to  him  are  like  stubble. 

20  As  stubble  will  he  esteem  the  hammer,  and 
ne  will  laugh  him  to  scorn  who  shaketh  the  spear. 

21  The  beams  of  the  sun  shall  be  under  hnn,t 
and  he  shall  strew  gold  under  him  like  mire. 

22  He  shall  make  the  deep  sea  to  boil  like  a  pot, 
and  shall  make  it  as  when  ointments  boil. 

23  A  path  shall  shine  after  him,  he  shall  esteem 
the  deep  as  growing  old.  J 

24  There  is  no  power  upon  earth  that  can  be 
compared  with  him  who  was  made  to  fear  no  one. 

25  He  beholdeth  every  high  thing,  he  is  kiug§ 
over  all  the  children  of  pride. 

CHAP.  XLII. 

Job  submits  himself.      God  pronounces  in  his  favour.  Job  offers 
sacrifice  for  his  friends.    He  is  blessed  with  riches  and  chil- 
.  dren,  and  dies  happy. 

THEN  Job  answered  the  Lord, and  said: 
2  I  know  that  thou  canst  do  all  things,  and  no 
thought  is  hid  from  thee. 

3  Who  is  this  that  hideth  counsel  without  know- 
ledge? Therefore  1  have  spoken  unwisely,  and 
things  that  above  measure  exceeded  my  knowledge. 

4  Hear,  and  I  will  speak :  1  will  ask  thee,  and 
do  thou  tell  me. 

5  With  the  hearing  of  the  ear  I  have  heard  thee, 
but  now  my  eye  seeth  thee. 

6  Therefore  1  reprehend  myself,  and  do  penance 
in  dust  and  ashes. 

7  And  after  the  Lord  had  spoken  these  words  to 


*  .ingcls.  Elim,  Hebrew:  which  signifies  here,  the  mighty,  the  most 
valiant,  shall  fear  this  monstrous  fish,  and  in  their  fear  shall  seek  to 
be  purified. 

f  Under  him.  He  shall  not  value  the  beams  of  the  sun ;  and  gold  to 
him  shall  be  like  mire. 


XLII. 

Job,  he  said  to  Eliphaz  the  Themanite :  My  wrath 
is  kindled  against  thee,  and  against  thy  two  friends, 
because  you  have  not  spoken  the  thing  that  is  right 
before  me,  as  my  servant  Job  hath. 

8  Take  unto  you  therefore  seven  oxen,  and  se- 
ven rams,  and  go  to  my  servant  Job,  and  offer  for 
yourselves  a  holocaust:  and  my  servant  Job  shall 
pray  for  you:  his  face  1  will  accept,  that  folly  be  not 
imputed  to  you:  for  you  have  not  spoken  right  things 
before  me,  as  my  servant  Job  hath. 

9  So  Eliphaz  the  Themanite,  and  Baldad  the 
Suhite,  and  Sophar  the  Naamathite,  went,  and  did 
as  the  Lord  had  spoken  to  them:  and  the  Lord  ac- 
cepted the  face  of  Job. 

10  The  Lord  also  was  turned  at  the  penance  of 
Job,  when  he  prayed  for  his  friends.  And  the 
Lord  gave  Job  twice  as  much  as  he  had  before. 

11  And  all  his  brethren  came  to  him,  and  all  his 
sisters,  and  all  that  knew  him  before,  and  they  eat 
bread  with  him  in  his  house  :  and  bemoaned  him,  and 
comforted  him  upon  all  the  evil  that  God  had  brought 
upon  him.  And  every  man  gave  him  one  ewe,  and 
one  ear-ring  of  gold. 

12  And  the  Lord  blessed  the  latter  end  of  Jol 
more  than  his  beginning.  And  he  had  fourteen 
thousand  sheep,  and  six  thousand  camels,  and  a 
thousand  yoke  of  oxen,  and  a  thousand  she-asses. 

13  And  he  had  seven  sons  and  three  daughters. 

14  And  he  called  the  name  of  one  Dies,  and  the 
name  of  the  second  Cassia,  and  the  name  of  the 
third  Cornustibij. 

15  And  there  were  not  found  in  all  the  earth  wo- 
men so  beautiful  as  the  daughters  of  Job :  and 
their  father  gave  them  inheritance  among  their  bre- 
thren. 

16  And  Job  lived  after  these  things,  a  hundred 
and  forty  years,  and  he  saw  his  children,  and  his 
children's  children,  unto  the  fourth  generation:  and 
he  died  an  old  man,  and  full  of  days. 


|  The  deep  as  growing  old.  Grow  ing  hoary,  as  it  were,  with  the  froth 
wliich  he  leaves  behind  him. 

i  He  is  king,  &c.  He  is  superior  in  strength  to  all  that  are  great  and 
strong  amongst  living  creatures :  mvstically  it  is  understood  of  the 
devil,  who  is  king  over  all  the  proud. 


THE  BOOK  OF  PSALMS. 


The  Psalms  are  called  by  the  Hebrews  tehillim,  that  is,  hymns 
of  praise.  The  author,  of  a  great  part  of  them  at  lea<t,  was 
king  David:  but  many  are  of  opinion  that  some  of  them  were 
made  by  Asaph,  and  others,  whose  ttames  are  prefixed  in  the 
titles. 

PSALM  I. 

Beatus  vir. 

The  happiness  of  the  just  :  and  the  evil  state  of  the  wicked. 

BLESSED  is  the  man  who  hath  not  walked  in 
the  counsel  of  the  ungodly,  nor  stood  in  the  way 
of  sinners,  nor  sat  in  the  chair  of  pestilence. 


2  But  his  will  is  in  the  law  of  the  Lord,  and  on 
his  law  he  shall  meditate  day  and  night. 

3  And  he  shall  be  like  a  tree  which  is  planted 
near  the  running  waters,  which  shall  bring  forth  its' 
fruit,  in  due  season. 

And  his  leaf  shall  not  fall  off:  and  all  whatsoever 
he  shall  do  shall  prosper. 

4  Not  so  the  wicked,  not  so  :  but  like  the  dust 
which  the  wind  driveth  from  the  face  of  the  earth. 

5  Therefore  the  wicked  shall  not  rise  again  in 
judgment :  nor  sinners  in  die  council  of  the  just 

427 


PSALMS. 


6  For  the  Lord  knoweth  the  way  of  tin*  just :  and 
the  way  of  the  wricked  shall  perish. 

PSALM  II. 

Quart'  fremut-riiut. 
The  rain  effort*  of  persecutors  against  Chrint  anil  his  church. 

WHY  have  the  gentiles  raged,  and  the  people  de- 
viled \aiu  things? 

2  The  kings  of  (he  earth  stotxl  up,  and  the  prin- 
ces met  together,  against  tin-  Lord,  and  against  his 
Christ 

3  Let  us  break  their  honds  asunder  :  and  let  us 
cast  awaj  their  yoke  from  us. 

4  He  that  dw  clleth  in  hea\  en  shall  laugh  at  them  : 
and  the  Lord  shall  deride  them. 

5  Then  shall  lie  speak  to  them  in  his  anger,  and 
trouble  them  in  his  rage. 

6  But  I  am  appointed  kin^  by  him  over  Sion  his 
holy  mountain,  preaching  his  commandment. 

7  The  Lord  hath  saidto  me :  Thou  art  my  son, 
this  day  have  1  begotten  tin  .-. 

8  Ask  of  me,  and  I  w  ill  give  thee  the  gentiles  for 
thy  inheritanee,  and  the  utmost  |>arts  of  the  earth 
for  thv  possession. 

'.'  ' ("In ui  sh;i|t  rule  them  with  a  rod  of  iron,  and 
shalt  break  them  in  pieees  like  a  potter's  vessel. 

10  And  now,  ()  ye  kin^s,  understand  :  receive  in- 
struction you  that  judge  the  earth. 

1 1  Serve  ye  the  Lord  with  fear:  and  rejoice  unto 
him  with  trembling. 

12  Embrace  discipline,  lrst  at  any  time  the  Lord 
be  angry,  and  \ou  perish  from  the  just  way. 

13  When  his  wrath  shall  be  kindled  in  a  short 
time,  blessed  are  all  thev  that  trust  in  him. 

PSALM  III. 

Domine,  quid  multiplicati. 

Tne  prophet's  danger  anil  delivery  from  his  ton  Abtalom:  nyx- 

tiriilly  the  pnuitm  and  resurrection  of  Christ. 

1  The  psalm  of  David  when  he  lied  from  the  face 
of  his  son  Absalom.     [-  Kings  w.J 

2  \\THV;  ()  Lord,  are  they  multiplied  that  afflict 

"    me  '  many  are  thev  who  rise  up  against  me. 

.'?  Many  say  to  my  soul :  There  is  no  salvation  for 
him  in  his  God. 

4  But  thou,  O  Lord,  art  my  protector,  my  glory, 
and  the  lifter  up  of  my  head. 

F,  I  have  cried  to  the  Lord  with  my  voice  :  and  he 
hath  heard  me  from  his  holy  hill. 

t!  I  have  slept  and  have  taken  my  rest  :  and  I 
have  risen  up,  because  the  Lord  hath  protected  me. 

7  I  will  not  fearthoiisandsoftlie  people,  surround- 
ing me  :  arise.  ( )  Lord  :  save  me,  O  m\  <  Sod. 

8  For  thou  hast  struck  all  them  who  are  my  ad- 
versaries without  cause  :  thou  bast  broken  the  teeth 
of  sinners. 

9  Salvation  is  of  the  Lord  :   and  thy  blessing  is 

ui»on  tin  people. 

*  l'»ta  the  nU.  Or,  ai  Si.  Jerome  render,  it,  rtrlori,  /•  Urn  that  orer- 
tMfU;  which  tome  understand  of  lit  chief  sssuicim ;  to  whom  thc\ 
suppose  the  pwlmv  which  tx-ar  ih  ,i  title,  were  given  to  he  mmjj:  we 
rather  unlerMand  Ihe  patlm  il.  ped  to  refer  l«  Christ.   » 

Um  end  of  Ik*  law.  and  I  lie  great  conqueror  of  death  and  hell,  and  to  the 
New  Testament. 

Ibid.      Interiet.incarmtlmhut.    In  the  Hebrew  it  it  n/ghinotk,  suppo- 

m 


PSALM   IV. 
Cum  invocarem. 


The  prophet  ttocheth  u*  to  fUe  to  Hod  in  tribulation,  with  conjl- 

I    Into  the  end,  *    in  verses.      A  psalm  for    David. 

1   \\     III..N   I  called  U|K)ii  him,  the  (  Sod  of  my  JUS- 

»  *  tice  heard  ine  ;  when  I  was  in  distress,  llioil 

hast  enlarged  me. 

Haas  mercy  on  me,  and  hear  my  prayer. 

3  O  ye  sons  of  men,  how  long  will  vou  be  dull 
of  heart?   why  do  \ou  love  vanity,  and  seek  alter 

Ijmf 

4  Know  ye  also  that  the  Lord  hath  made  his  holy 
one  wonderful:  the  Lord  will  hear  me  when  I  shall 
cry  unto  him. 

5  Be  ye  angry,  and  sin  not:  the  things  you  s;,\ 
in  vour  hearts,  be  sorry  for  them  upon  >our  In-ds. 

6  Offer  up  the  sacrifice  of  justice,  and  trust  in  the 
Lord  :   many  say,  Who  showeth  us  good  thii. 

7  The  light  of  thy  countenance,  O  Lord,  is  signed 
itiKiii  us:   thou  hast  given  gladness  in  m\  heart. 

8  By  the  fruit  of  their  corn,  their  Wine,  ami  oil, 
they  are  multiplied. 

9  In  peace  in  the  self  same  I  will  sleep,  and  I 
will  rest : 

10  For  thou,  O  Lord,  singularly  hast  settled  me 
in  hope. 

PSALM  V. 

Verba  una  auribus. 

A  prayer  to  (1ml  agoiiut  the  iniquities  of  men. 

1  Unto  tne  end,  for  her  that  obtaineth  the  inherit* 

ance.f     A  psalm  for  David. 

2  f~^  IVE  ear,  O  Lord,  to  my  words,  understand 
^*~  my  cry. 

3  Hearken  to  the  voice  of  my  prayer,  O  my  king 
and  my  God. 

4  For  to  thee  will  1  pray :  O  Lord,  in  the  morn- 
ing thou  shalt  hear  my  voice. 

5  In  the  morning  I  will  stand  before  thee,  and 
will  see:  because  thou  art  not  a  God  that  wiliest 
iniquity. 

b  Neither  shall  the  wicked  dwell  near  thee:  nor 
shall  the  unjust  abide  before  thy  eyes. 

7  Thou  bates!  all  the  workers  of  iniquity:  thou 

will  destroy  all  that  speak  a  lie. 

The  bloody  and  the  deceitful  man  the  Lord  will 
abhor. 

8  But  as  forme  in   the  multitude  of  thy  mercy, 
I  will  come  into  thy  house;  1  will  worship  tow;, 
thy  holy  temple,  in  thv  fear. 

9  Conduct  me,  O  Lord,  in  thy  justice:  because 
of  mv  enemies,  direct  my  way  in  thy  si-ht. 

Ki  For  there  is  no  truth  in  their  mouth:  their 
heart  is  vain. 

1 1  Their  throat  is  an  open  sepulchre:  thev  dealt 
deceitfully  with  their  tongues:  judge  them,  0  Goo. 

Let  them  fall  from  their  devices:  according  to 

acd  by  wmr  to  be  a  musical  instrument,  with  which  this  psalm  wa*  to 
Ih'  aunt?* 

!.     For  Dmwid,  or  U  Dmwid,  rS  W,  Uut  i»,  inspired  to   David 
.  ur  ti>  l>e  .u.ir. 
i  rV  her  thai  obtaineth  the  mkeriUmtt.     That  i»,   for   the  church   ut 
f'hrist. 


PSALMS  VI,  VII,  VIII. 

the.multitude  of  their  wickednesses  cast  them  out: 
for  they  have  provoked  thee,  O  Lord. 

12  Hut  let  all  them  he  glad  that  hope  in  thee: 
they  shall  rejoiee  for  ever,  and  thou  shalt  dwell  in 
them. 

And  alt  they  that  love  thy  name  shall  glory  in 
thee: 

13  For  thou  wilt  hless  the  just. 
O  Lord,  thou  hast  crowned  us,  as  with  a  shield 

of  thy  good  will. 

PSALM  VI. 
Domine,  ne  in  furore. 

A  prayer  of  a  penitent  sinner,  under  the  scourge  of  God.     The 
first  penitential  Psalm. 

1  Unto  the  end,  in  verses,  a  psalm   for  David,  for 

the  octave.* 
2/~\  LORD,  rebuke  me  not  in  thy  indignation, 
^^  nor  chastise  me  in  thy  wrath. 

3  Have  mercy  on  me,  U  Lord,  for  I  am  weak: 
heal  me,  O  Lord,  for  my  bones  are  troubled. 

4  And  my  soul  is  troubled  exceedingly:  but  thou, 

0  Lord,  how  long? 

5  Turn  to  me,  O  Lord,  and  deliver  my  soul:  O 
save  me  for  thy  mercy's  sake. 

6  For  there  is  no  one  in  death,  that  is  mindful  of 
thee:  and  who  shall  confess  to  thee  in  hell? 

"7  I  have  laboured  in  my  groanings,  every  night  I 
will  wash  my  bed:  I  will  water  my  couch  with  my 
tears. 

8  My  eye  is  troubled  through  indignation :  I  have 
grown  old  amongst  all  my  enemies. 

9  Depart  from  me  all  ye  workers  of  iniquity:  for 
the  Lord  hath  heard  the  voice  of  my  weeping. 

10  The  Lord  hath  heard  my  supplication:  the 
Lord  hath  received  my  prayer. 

1 1  Let  all  my  enemies  be  ashamed,  and  be  very 
much  troubled:  let  them  be  turned  back,  and  be 
ashamed  very  speedily. 

PSALM  VII. 

Domine  Deus  meus. 

David,  trusting  in  the  justice  of  his  cause,  prayeth  for  God's 

help  against  his  enemies. 

1  The  psalmof  David  which  he  sungtothe  Lord,  forthe 

words  of  Chusi  the  son  of  Jemini.  [2  Kings  xvi.] 
2^"\  LORD  my  God,  in  thee  have  I  put  my  trust: 
^-*  save  me  from  all  them  that    persecute   me, 
and  deliver  me. 

3  Lest  at  any  time  he  seize  upon  my  soul  like  a 
lion,  while  there  is  no  one  to  redeem  me,  nor  to  save. 

4  O  Lord  my  God,  if  I  have  done  this  thing,  if 
there  be  iniquity  in  my  hands 


5  If  I  have  rendered  to  them  diat  repaid  me  evils, 
let  me  deservedly  fall  empty  before  my  enemies. 

6  Let  the  enemy  pursue  my  soul,  and  take  it,  and 
tread  down  my  life  on  the  earth,  and  bring  down  my 
glory  to  the  dust. 

7  Rise  up,  O  Lord,  in  thy  anger :  and  be  thou 
exalted  in  the  borders  of  my  enemies. 

*  For  the  octave.  Thatis,  to  besungon  an  instrumentof  eight  strings. 
St.  Augustine  understands  it  mystically,  of  the  last  resurrection,  and 
the  world  to  come;  which  is,  as  it  were,  the  octave,  or  eighth  dav, 

after  the  seven  days  of  this  mortal  life:  and  for  this  octave,  sinners!!      \  The  presses.     In  Hebrew  Gillith,  supposed-  to  be  a  musical  inslrti 

11  ment. 

439 


And  arise,  O  Lord  my  God,  in  the  precept  which 
thou  hast  commanded:  8  And  a  congregation  of 
people  shall  surround  thee. 

And  for  their  sakes  return  thou  on  high.  9  The 
Lord  iudgeth  the  people. 

Judge  me,  O  Lord,  according  to  my  justice,  and 
according  to  my  innocence  in  me. 

10  The  wickedness  of  sinners  shall  be  brougbt 
to  nought;  and  thou  shalt  direct  the  just :  the  search- 
er of  hearts  and  reins  is  God. 

Just  11  is  my  help  from  the  Lord:  who  saveth 
the  upright  of  heart. 

12  God  is  a  just  judge,  strong  and  patient:  is  he 
angry  every  day? 

13  Except  you  will  be  converted,  he  will  bran- 
dish his  sword:  he  hath  bent  his  bow,  and  made  it 
ready. 

14  And  in  it  he  hath  prepared  the  instruments  of 
death,  he  hath  made  ready  his  arrows  for  them  that 
burn.f 

15  Behold,  he  hath  been  in  labour  with  injustice: 
he  hath  conceived  sorrow,  and  brought  forth  iniquity. 

16  He  hath  opened  a  pit  and  dug  it :  and  he  is 
fallen  into  the  hole  he  made. 

17  His  sorrow  shall  be  turned  on  his  own  head  : 
and  his  iniquity  shall  come  down  upon  his  crown. 

18  I  will  give  glory  to  the  Lord  according  to  his 
justice :  and  will  sing  to  the  name  of  the  Lord  the 
most  high. 

PSALM  VIII. 

Domine  Dominus  noster. 

God  is  wonderful  in  his  works :  especially  in  mankind,  singu- 
larly exalted  by  the  incarnation  of  Christ. 

1  Unto  the  end,  for  the  presses  :f  a  psalm  for  David. 

2  f\  LORD  our  Lord,  how  admirable  is  thy  name 
^f    in  the  whole  earth! 

For  thy  magnificence  is  elevated  above  the 
heavens. 

3  Out  of  the  mouth  of  infants  and  of  sucklings 
thou  hast  perfected  praise,  because  of  thy  enemies, 
that  thou  ma v st  destroy  the  enemy  and  the  avenger. 

4  For  I  will  behold  thy  heavens,  the  works  of  thy 
fingers:  the  moon  and  the  stars  which  thou  hast 
founded. 

5  What  is  man  that  thou  art  mindful  of  him?  or 
the  son  of  man  that  thou  visitest  him? 

6  Thou  hast  made  him  a  little  less  than  the  An- 
gels, thou  hast  crowned  him  with  glory  and  ho- 
nour: 7  and  hast  set  him  over  the  works  of  thy  nands. 

8  Thou  hast  subjected  all  things  under  his  feet, 
all  sheep  and  oxen:  moreover  the  beasts  also  of  the 
fields. 

9  The  birds  of  the  air  and  the  fishes  of  the  sea, 
that  pass  through  the  paths  of  the  sea. 

10  O  Lord  our  Lord,  how  admirable  is  thy  name 
in  all  the  earth! 


must  dispose  themselves  like  David,  by  bewailing  thcirsins,  whilst  they 
are  here  upon  earth. 

f  For  them  that  burn.     That  is,  arrain9t  the  persecutors  ofliis  Saints 


PSALM-. 


PSALM  IV 

I     ufitcbor   til)i,   Domine. 
The  ekttrek  praiselk  God  for  kit  protection  against  ker  enemies 

1  Unto  the  end,  for  the  hidden  things  of  the  son.* 

A  psalm  lor  I  )a\id. 

2  T  Will  give  praise  to  thee.  0  Lord,  witli  m\  whole 
•■-  heart:  I  will  relate  all  thj  wonders. 

3  I  will  be  clad  and  rejoice  in  thee:  I  will  sing 
to  thv  name,  0  thou  inosi  high. 

1  when  mv  enemi  shall  be  turned  back:  they 
shall  be  weakened,  and  perish  before  thy  face. 

m  tin. u  bast  maintained  m>  judgment  and  mv 
cause:  thou  hast  sal  on  the  throne,  who  judges! 
justi  •         . 

6  I'liou  hast  rebuked  the  gentiles,  and  the  wick- 
ed one  bath  perished:  thou  bast  blotted  out  their 
name  for  ever  and  ex  er.  . 

7  The  swords  of  the  enemy  have  railed  unto  the 

end:  and  their  titles  thou  hast  destroyed. 

Tin  ir  memory  hath  perished  with  a  noise:  8  But 
the  Lord  remained)  for  ever. 

He  hath  prepared  his  throne  in  judgment:  9  and 
he  shall  judge  the  world  in  equity,  lie  shall  judge  the 
people  in  justice. 

10  And  the  Lord  U  become  a  refuge  for  the  poor: 
a  helper  in  due  time  in  tribulation. 

1  1  And  let  them  trust  in  thee  whokuow  thy  name: 
for  thou  hast  not  forsaken  them  that  seek  thee,  O 
Lord.  .  ' 

12  Sing  ye  to  the  l,ord,  who  dwelled)  in  bion: 
declare  his  ways  among  the  ^.«ntil«> : 

l.i  For  requiring  their  blood  be  hath  remembered 
them:  he  hath  not  forgotten  the  cry  of  the  poor. 

14  Have  menv  on  me,  O  Lord:  see  my  humilia- 
tion uhirh  I  suffer  from  my  enemies. 

I")  Thou  that  liftest  roe  up  from  the  gates  ol 
d.ath,  that  I  may  declare  all  thy  praises  in  the  gales 
of  the  daughter  of  Siou. 

16  I  will  rejoice  in  thy  salvation:  the  gentiles  have 
stuck  fast  in  the  destruction  which  they  prepared. 

Their  foot  hath  been  taken  in  tin:  wry  antra 
which  they  bid. 

17  The  Lord  shall  be  known  when  he  e\c(  uteth 

judgments:  theaianei  bath  been  caught  in  the  works 
of  his  own  bands. 

18  The  wicked  shall  !«■  turned  into  hell,  all  the 
nations  thai  forget  God. 

19  For  the  poor  man  shall  not  be  forgotten  to 
the  end:  the  patience  of  the  |>oor  .shall  not  perish  for 
ever.  _ 

20  Arise,  O  Lord,  let  not  man  be  strengthened: 
let  the  -entiles  be  judged  in  thy  sight. 

i\  Appoint,  <)  Lord,  a  law-giver  over  them,  that 
the  gentiles  may  know  themselves  to  l>e  but  men.f 

Psalm  X.  according  to  Ike  Hebrew*. 
1    Whv,  0  Ixml,  hast  thou  retired  afar  off5  why 
dost  thou  slight  MM  our  wants,  in  fAc /jot*  (/trouble  .- 

•  TV  h'JJ—  things  of  the  —*.     The  humility  awl  «unorinjr«  of  Chri»l, 
the  Son of  (Jod ;  and  of  jp»"d  rhri«tian».  who  nrt  tii«  mm  hv  adoption; 
HuUtn  things,  with  rrfjr.l  in  tin-  children  of  tlm  world,  wfco 
ktxiw  Dot  «nd  iwnt  of  itiroi. 

e  late  Hebrew  doctor-  d.»rfe  tliit  p»altn  into  two,  making, 
49S 


Whilst  the  w  icked  man  is  proud,  the  poor  is  set 
on  lire;  they  are  caught  in  the  counsels  which  they 
(lev; 

3  For  the  sinner  is  praised  in  the  desires  of  his 
soul:  and  the  unjust  man  is  blessed. 

)  The  sinner  hath  provoked  the  Lord:  according 
to  the  multitude  of  his  wrath  he  will  not  seek  him 

5  God  is  not  before  hk  eyes:  bis  ways  are  filmy 
at  all  times. 

Thy  Judgments  are  removed  from  his  sight;  he 
shall  rule  over  all  his  enemies. 

6  For  be  hath  said  in  his  heart:  I  shall  not  '<c 
moved  from  generation  to  generation,  and  shall  6c 
without  e\  il. 

7  His  mouth  is  full  of  eVTSag,  and  of  bittei  at  m  . 
and  of  deceit :  under  htstoagueart  labourand  sorrow . 

8  He  sitteth  in  ambush  wiih  the  rich  in  private 
places,  that  he  may  kill  the  innocent. 

9  His  e\es  an-  upon  the  poor  man:  he  lieu  in  wait 
in  secret  like  a  lion  in  his  den. 

He  lieth  in  ambush  that  he  may  catch  the  poor 
man  :  tocatchthe  |xx>r,  whilst  he  draw  eth  him  to  him. 

10  In  his  in  t  he  will  bring  him  down:  he  will 
crouch  and  fall,  when  he  shall  have  powefOVei  ihe 
poor. 

11  For  he  hath  said  in  his  heart:  God  hath  for- 
gotten, he  hath  turned  away  his  face  not  to  see  to 
the  end. 

12  Arise,  O  Lord  God,  let  thy  hand  lie  exalted: 
forget  not  the  |x>or. 

l.i  Wherefore  hath  the  wicked  provoked  God?  for 
he  hath  said  in  his  heart:  He  will  not  require  it, 

11  Thou  seest  it.  tor  thou  considerest  lalxmi  and 
sorrow  :  that  thou  ma\st  deliver  them  into  thy  hands. 

To  thee  is  the  poor  man  left:  thou  wiltbea  helper 
to  the  orphan. 

15  Break  thou  the  arm  of  the  sinner  and  of  the 
malignant:  his  sin  shall  be  sought,  and  shall  not  be 
found. 

1G  The  Lord  shall  reign  to  eternity,  yea  for  e\rr 
and  ever:  ye  gentiles  shall  perish  from  his  land. 

17  The  Lord  hath  heard  the  desire  of  the  |xx>r: 
thy  ear  hath  heard  the  preparation  of  their  heart, 

18  To  judge  for  the  fatherless  and  for  the  humble. 
that  man  may  no  more  presume  to  magnify  himsrlt 
upon  earth. 

I'SXLM  X. 
In  Domino  conlido. 

Tke  jutl  mnn*  confidence  in  <iod  in   Ike  midst  of  persecution*. 

1   Into  the  end.      A  psalm  for  David. 
2  TN  the  Lord  1  put  my  trust:  how  then  do  you  say 
-■-   to  my  soul:   Get  thee  away  from  hence  tothe 


mountain 


like; 


a  sparrow 


3  For  lo,  the  wicked  have  bent  their  lx>u  :  tbey 
have  prepared  their  arrows  in  the  quiver;  to  shoot 
in  the  dark  the  upright  oi  heart. 

4  For  the\  have  destroyed  the  things  which  thou 
hast  made:  but  what  has  thejttst  man  done? 


ver.  «  the  he«inninfr  of  paalm  «•  And  ajrain  they  join  tine  pralm* 
<\U\.  A;  rxlvn.  into  one,  in  order  that  the  whole  numher  of  pnJmt 
•hould  not  exceed  150.  And  in  tlm  maimer  U*  ptalou  arc  uuinberad 
in  the.  proteaUnt  luhlc. 


PSALMS  XI,  XII,  XIII,  XIV,  XV 

5  TheLordts  in  liisholy  temple:  the  Lord's  throne 
is  in  heaven. 

His  eyes  look  on  the  poor  man:  his  eye-lids  ex- 
amine the  sons  of  men. 

6  The  Lord  trieth  the  just  and  the  wicked:  hut 
he  that  loveth  iniquity  hateth  his  own  soul. 

7  He  shall  rain  snares  upon  sinners:  fire  and  brim- 
stone  and  storms  of  winds  shall  be  the  portion  of 
their  cup. 

8  For  the  lord  is  just,  and  hath  loved  justice:  his 
countenance  hath  beheld  righteousness. 

PSALM  XI. 

Salvum  me  fac. 
The  prophet  calls  for  Cod  s  help  against  the  wicked. 

1  Unto  the  end:  for  the  octave,  a  psalm  for  David- 

2  C  AVE  me,  O  Lord,  for  there  is  now  no  Saint; 
^  truths  are  decayed  from  among  the  children 

of  men. 

3  They  have  spoken  vain  things  every  one  to  his 
neighbour :  with  deceitful  lips,  and  with  a  double 
heart  have  they  spoken. 

4  May  the  Lord  destroy  all  deceitful  lips,  and  the 
tongue  that  speaketh  proud  things. 

5  Who  have  said  :  we  will  magnify  our  tongue  ; 
our  lips  are  our  own  ;  who  is  Lord  over  us? 

6  By  reason  of  the  misery  of  the  needy,  and  the 
groans  of  the  poor,  now  will  I  arise,  saith  the  Lord. 

I  will  set  hi  in  in  safety ;  1  will  deal  confidently 
in  his  regard. 

7  The  words  of  the  Lord  are  pure  words  :  OS  sil- 
ver tried  by  the  fire,  purged  from  the  earth  refined 
seven  times. 

8  Thou,  O  Lord,  wilt  preserve  us  and  keep  us 
from  this  generation  for  ever. 

9  The  wicked  walk  round  about;  according  to 
thy  highness,  thou  hast  multiplied  the  children  of  men. 

PSALM  XII. 

Usquequo,  Domine. 
A  prayer  in  tribulation. 

1   Unto  the  end,  a  psalm  for  David. 

HOW  long,  O  Lord,  wilt  thou  forget  me  unto  the 
end  ?  how  long  dost  thou  turn  away  thy  face 


from  me  i 

2  How  long  shall  I  take  counsels  in  my  soul,  sor- 
row in  my  heart  all  the  day  ? 

3  How  long  shall  my  enemy  be  exalted  over  me  ? 

4  Consider,  and  hear  me,  O  Lord  my  God. 
Enlighten  my  eyes,  that  I  never  sleep  in  death  : 

5  lest  at  any  time  my  enemy  say :  I  have  prevailed 
against  him. 

They  that  trouble  me  will  rejoice  when  I  am 
moved :  6  but  I  have  trusted  in  thy  mercy. 

My  heart  shall  rejoice  in  thy  salvation  :  I  will  sins 
*o  the  Lord,  who  giveth  me  good  things :  yea  I  will 
sing  to  the  name  of  the  Lord  the  most  high- 

PSALM  XIII. 

Dixit  insipiens.  1. 

The  general  corruption  of  man  before  our  redemption  by  Christ. 

1   Unto  the  end,  a  psalm  for  David. 

TH  E  fool  hath  said  in  his  heart :  There  is  no 
God. 


They  are  corrupt,  and  are  become  abominable  in 
their  ways:  there  is  none  that  doeth  good,  no  not 
one. 

2  The  Lord  hath  looked  down  from  heaven  up- 
on the  children  of  men,  to  see  if  there  be  any  that 
understand  and  seek  God. 

3  They  are  all  gone  aside,  they  are  become  un- 
profitable together  :  there  is  none  that  doeth  grvod, 
no  not  one. 

Their  throat  is  an  open  sepulchre;  with  their 
tongues  they  acted  deceitfully  ;  the  poison  of  asps  is 
under  their  lips. 

Their  mouth  is  full  of  cursing  and  bitterness; 
their  feet  are  swift  to  shed  blood. 

Destruction  and  unhappiness  in  their  ways;  and 
the  way  of  peace  they  have  not  known:  there  is  no 
fear  of  God  before  their  eyes. 

4  Shall  not  all  they  know  that  work  iniquity, 
who  devour  my  people  as  they  eat  bread  ? 

5  They  have  not  called  upon  the  Lord :  there  have 
they  trembled  for  fear,  where  there  was  no  fear. 

6  For  the  Lord  is  in  the  just  generation  :  yon 
have  confounded  the  counsel  of  the  poor  man,  but 
the  Lord  is  his  hope. 

7  Who  shall  give  out  of  Sion  the  salvation  of  Is- 
rael ?  when  the  Lord  shall  have  turned  away  the 
captivity  of  his  people,  Jacob  shall  rejoice,  and  Is- 
rael shall  be  glad. 

PSALM  XIV. 

Domine,  quis  habitabit. 
What  kind  of  men  shall  dwell  in  the  heavenly  Sion. 

1   A  psalm  for  David. 
ORD,  who  shall  dwell  in  thy  tabernacle  ? 
-"    who  shall  rest  in  thy  holy  hill? 

2  He  that  walketh  without  blemish,  and  worketh 
justice : 

3  He  that  speaketh  truth  in  his  heart,  who  hath 
not  used  deceit  in  his  tongue : 

Nor  hath  done  evil  to  his  neighbour:  nor  taken 
up  a  reproach  against  his  neighbours. 

4  In  bis  sight  the  malignant  is  brought  to  nothing: 
but  he  glorifietb  them  that  fear  the  Lord. 

He  that  sweareth  to  his  neighbour,  and  deceiveth 
not,  5  he  that  hath  not  put  oui  his  money  to  usury, 
nor  taken  bribes  against  the  innocent: 

He  that  doeth  these  things  shall  not  be  moved 
for  ever. 

PSALM  XV. 
Conserva  me,  Domine 

;  Clirist's  future  victory  and  triumph  over  the  world,  and  death. 

1  The  inscription  of  a  title*  to  David  himself. 

PRESERVE  me,  O  Lord,  for  I  have  put  my  trust 
in  thee.  2  1   have  said  to  the  Lord,   thou  art 
my  God,  for  thou  hast  no  need  of  my  goods. 

3  To  the  saints  who  are  in  his  land,  he  hath  made 
wonderful  all  my  desires  in  them. 

4  Their  infirmities  were  multiplied  :  afterwards 
they  made  haste. 


or 


*  The  inscription  of  a  title.  That  is,  of  a  pillar  or  monument,  rv*°rt*- 
0«i :  which  is  as  much  as  to  say,  that  this  psalm  is  most  worthy  to  be 
engraved  on  an  everlastinjr  monument. 


PSALMS. 

I  will  not  Rather  together _  their  meetings  forblood- 
oferinzs :  nor  will  I  lie  mindful  of  their  names  li\ 
my  lii>*. 

5  The  Lord  is  the  portion  of  my  inheritance  and 
of  my  cup:  it  is  thou  that  wilt  restore  mv  inherit- 
ance to  me. 

6  The  lines  are  fallen  unto  me  in  goodly   pi 
for  mv  inheritanee  is  goodly  to  me. 

7  f  will  bfotttbe  Cord,  who  hath  given  me  un- 
derstanding :  moreover  my  reins  al-o  have  corrected 
me  even  till  night 

3  I  Set  the  Lord  always  in  mv  night :  for  he  is  at 
my  right  hand,  that  I  be  not  moved. 

9  Therefore  mv  heart  hath  lieen  glad,  and  mv 
tlMJglM  hath  rejoiced:  moreover  mj   flesh  also  shall 

rest  in  hope. 

10  Because  thou  wilt  not  leave  my  soul  in  hell  ; 
nor  wilt  thou  give  thy  holy  one  to  see  corruption. 

I I  Thon  hast  made  known  to  me  the  ways  of  life, 
thou  shah  (ill  me  w  it H  joy  with  thy  countenance  :  at 
thy  right  hand  are  delights  even  to  the  end. 

PSALM  XVI. 

Exaudi,  Domine,  justitiam. 

A  just    mm'i    prayer  in   tribulation   against    the  malice  of 
his  enemies. 

1  The  prayer  of  David. 

HEAR,  O  Lord,  my  justice:   attend  to  my  sup- 
plication. 
Give  ear  unto  my  prayer,  xohich  proceedeth  not 
from  deceitful  lips. 

2  Let  my  judgment  come  forth  from  thy  counte- 
nance: let  thy  eyes  behold  the  things  that  are 
equitable. 

3  Thou  hast  proved  my  heart,  and  visited  it  by 
night;  thou  hast  tried  me  by  fire:  and  iniquity  hath 
not  been  found  in  me: 

4  That  my  mouth  may  not  speak  the  works  of 
men:  for  the  sake  of  the  words  of  thy  lips,  I  have 
kept  hard  wavs 

that  mv 


in 


to 


•pi 

5  Perfect  thon  my  goings  in  thy  paths 
footsteps  be  not  moved. 

f>  I  have  cried  to  ther,  for  thou,  O  God,  hast 
heard  me:  O  incline  ihj  eat  unto  me,  and  hear 
my  words. 

7  Show  forth  thy  wonderful  mercies  ;  thou  who 
savest  them  that  trust  in  thee. 

r)  From  them  that  resist  thy  right  hand  keep  me, 
as  the  apple  of  thy  eye. 

Protect  me  under  the  shadow  of  thy  wings.  9 
From  the  face  of  the  wicked  w  ho  h:i\  e  afflicted  me. 

My  enemies  have  surrounded  my  soul  :  10  they 
have  shut  up  their  fat:*   their  mouth  hath   spoken 

proudly. 

1 1  They  have  cast  me  forth,  and  now  they  have 
surrounded  me:  they  have  set  their  eyes  bowing 
down  to  the  earth. 

12  They  have  taken  me,  as  a  lion  prepared  for  the 
prey;  and  as  a  young  lion  dwelling  in  secret  places. 


*  Tfcrir  fit.     That   it,  their  bowels  of  companion :   for  tiny  have 
nun*  for  me. 

t   Piridt  Ikrmfrom  thr  frit.  SB.     Tli:it  is.  ml  thrtn  ofTfrom  Ike  rurlh, 
and  the  fne  triri  ir«  >•>  |>r..n,l  af,  <.r  *%■ 

rvU  tktm  frtm.  Ik-  it  Ih.-v 

way  no  longer  have  it  in  their  powrr  tn  opprcai  tin  m     It  k  not 

432 


13  Arise.  O  Lord,  disappoint  htm. and  supplant 
htm;  deliver  my  soul  from  the  wicked  one;  thv 
■word  1 V  from  the  enemies  of  lb)  hand. 

O  Lord,  divide  them  from  the' few  +  ol  the  earth 
in   their   life:    their   bellj    is   filled  from  th\  hidd 
stort*.% 

They  are  full  of  children  :    and  thev  have   hit 
their  little  0068  the  rest  ,,/'  thrir  snlistiince. 

15  But  as  for  me,  I  will  appear  before  thv  sight 

injustice:  1  shall  be  satisfied  when  thy  glory  shall 

appear. 

PSALM  M  II. 
Diliiiam  te.  Domine. 
David's  thanks  to  God  for  his  delivery  from  all  his  enemies. 
I    Into  the  end,  for  David  the  servant  of  the  Lord, 
who  spoke  to  the  Lord  the  words  of  this  canticle, 
in  the  day  that  the  Lord  delivered  him  from    the 
hand   of  all    his   enemies,   and  from  the  hand  of 
Saul.     [2  King*  wii.) 

T  Will  love  thee.  O  Lord,  my  strength  : 
■*■     3  The  Lord  is  my  firmament,  ray  refuge, 
and  my  deliverer. 

\l\    God   is   pay  helper,  and  in  him  will   I    put 
my  trust. 

My  protector  and  the  horn  of  my  salvation,  and 
my  support 

4  Praising  I  will  call  upon  the  Lord  :  and  I  shall 
be  saved  from  mv  enemies. 

5  The  sorrows  of  death  surrounded  me:  and  the 
torrents  of  iniquity  troubled  me. 

6  The  sorrows  of  he||  encompassed  me:  and  the 
snares  of  death  prevented  me.     • 

7  In  my  affliction  I  called  upon  the  Lord,  and  I 
cried  to  my  (iod  : 

And  he  heard  my  voice  from  his  holy  temple:  and 
mv  civ  before  him  came  into  his  ears. 

8  'The  earth  shook  and  tremhled  :  the  foundations 
Of  the  mountains  were  troubled  and  were  moved. 
In  cause  he  was  angry  w  ith  them. 

9  There  went  up  a  smoke  in  his  wrath:  and  a 
fire  flamed  from  his  face:  coals  wire  kindled  hy  it. 

10  He  bowed  the  heavens,  and  came  down  :  and 
darkness  iras  under  his  feet. 

11  And  In-  ascended  upon  the  cherubim,  and  he 

flew  upon  the  wings  of  the  winds. 

12  And  be  made  darkness  his  covert,  his  pavilion 
round  aboul  him:  dark  waters  in  the  clouds  of  the  air. 

13  At  the  brightness  thut  was  before  him  the 
clouds  passed,  hail  and  coals  of  lire. 

1  V  And  the  Lord  thundered  from  heaven,  and  the 
highest  gave  his  voice:  hail  and  coals  of  lire. 

15  And  lie  sent  forth  his  arrow  s,  ;,|l(]  |,(>  scattered 
them:  he  multiplied  lightnings,  and  trouhled   them. 

16  Then  the  fountains  of  waters  appeared,  and  the 
foundations  of  the  world  were  discovered: 

At  thy  rebuke,  O  Lord,  at  the  Mast  of  the  spirit 
of  thy  wrath, 


by  way  of  a  carte  or  imprecation  ;  hut,  as  many  other  the  like  pama 
er«  in'thi-  p»alm«,  by  wav  ..'  bSBJ  »f  what  thouid 

come  Opoa  thrm.  in  ptiniUirnMt  of  their  «  if-knlneM. 

J  7'Av  hiMrn  ilortt:  thy  wcrrt  treasure.,  "in  of  wlilrh  Ihon  fnrimli- 
ih,i  il.ox-  rarthlv  (rood*,  whi<  ti  with  a  bountiful  hand  ihuu  ha*t  diatri 
'>uted  lx>Ui  to  th>-  gtmd  and  the  bad. 


PSALM  XVIII. 


.7  lie  sent  from  on  high,  aud  took  me:  and  re- 
ceived me  out  of  many  waters. 

18  He  delivered  ine  from  my  strongest  enemies, 
and  from  them  that  hated  me:  for  they  were  too 
strong  for  me. 

19  They  prevented  me  in  the  day  of  my  afflic- 
tion :  and  the  Lord  became  my  protector. 

20  And  he  brought  me  forth  into  a  large  place: 
he  saved  me,  because  he  was  well  pleased  with  me. 

21  And  the  Lord  will  reward  me  according  to  my 
justice;  and  will  repay  me  according  to  the  clean- 
ness of  my  hands: 

22  Because  1  have  kept  the  ways  of  the  Lord; 
and  have  not  done  wickedly  against  my  Cod. 

23  For  all  his  judgments  are  in  my  sight:  and  his 
justices  I  have  not  put  away  from  me. 

24  And  I  shall  he  spotless  with  him:  and  shall 
keep  myself  from  my  iniquity. 

25  And  the  Lord  will  reward  me  according  to 
my  justice:  and  according  to  the  cleanness  of  my 
hands  before  his  eyes. 

26  With  the  holy,  thou  wilt  be  holy;  and  with  the 
innocent  man  thou  wilt  be  innocent: 

27  And  with  the  elect  thou  wilt  be  elect:  and  with 
the  perverse  thou  wilt  be  perverted. 

28  For  thou  wilt  save  the  humble  people ;  but  wilt 
brine  down  the  eyes  of  the  proud. 

29  For  thou  lightest  my  lamp,  O  Lord:  O  my 
God,  enlighten  my  darkness. 

30  For  by  thee  I  shall  be  delivered  from  tern pta- 
tion:  and  through  my  God  I  shall  go  over  a  wall. 

31  As  for  my  God,  his  way  is  undefiled :  the  words 
of  the  Lord  are  fire-tried :  he  is  the  protector  of  all 
that  trust  in  him.  • 

32  For  who  is  God  but  the  Lord?  or  who  is  God 
but  our  God  ? 

33  God  who  hath  girt  me  with  strength;  and  made 
my  way  blameless. 

34  Who  hath  made  my  feet  like  the  feet  of  harts: 
and  who  settetb  me  upon  high  places. 

35  Who  teacheth  my  hands  to  war:  and  thou  hast 
made  my  arms  like  a  brazen  bow. 

36  And  thou  hast  given  me  the  protection  of  thy 
salvation:  and  thy  right  hand  hath  held  me  up: 

Andthy  discipline  hath  corrected  me  unto  the  end: 
and  thy  discipline  the  same  shall  teach  me. 

37  Thou  hast  enlarged  my  steps  under  me ;  and 
my  feet  are  not  weakened. 

38  I  will  pursue  after  my  enemies,  and  overtake 
them:  and  1  will  not  turn  again  till  they  are  con- 
sumed. 

39  I  will  break  them,  and  they  shall  not  be  able 
to  stand:  they  shall  fall  under  my  feet. 

40  And  thou  hast  girded  me  with  strength  unto 
battle ;  and  hast  subdued  under  me  them  that  rose 
up  against  me. 

41  And  thou  hast  made  my  enemies  turn  their 
back  upon  me,  and  hastdestroyed  them  that  hated  me. 

42  They  cried,  but  there  was  none  to  save  them: 
to  the  Lord,  but  he  heard  them  not. 

43  And  I  shall  beat  them  as  small  as  the  dust  be- 
fore the.  wind;  I  shall  bring  them  to  nought,  like  the 
dirt  in  the  streets. 

31 


44  Thou  wilt  deliver  me  from  the  contradictions 
of  the  people:  thou  wilt  make  me  head  of  the  gentiles. 

45  A  people,  which  I  knew  not,  hath  served  me: 
at  the  hearing  of  the  ear  they  have  obeyed  me. 

46  The  children  that  are  strangers  have  lied  to 
me:  strange  children  have  faded  away,  and  have 
halted  from  their  paths. 

47  The  Lord  liveth,  and  blessed  be  my  God:  aud 
let  the  God  of  my  salvation  be  exalted. 

48  O  God,  who  avengest  me,  and  subduest  the 
people  under  me,  my  deliverer  from  my  enemies. 

49  And  thou  wilt  lift  me  up  above  them  that  rise 
up  against  me:  from  the  unjust  man  thou  wilt  de- 
liver me. 

50  Therefore  will  I  give  glory  to  thee,  O  Lord, 
among  the  nations,  and  I  will  sing  a  psalm  to  thy 
name. 

51  Givinggreat  deliverance  tohisking,  and  show- 
ing mercy  to  David  his  anointed:  and  to  his  seed 
for  ever. 

PSALM  XVIII. 

Coeli  enarrant. 

The  works  of  God  show  forth  his  glory  :  his  law  is  greatly  to  be 
esteemed  and  loved. 

1  Unto  the  end.     A  psalm  for  David. 
2  'T'HE  heavens  show  forth  the  glory  of  God,  and 
-*-   the  firmamentdeclareth  the  workof  his  hands. 

3  Day  to  day  uttereth  speech,  and  night  to  night 
showeth  knowledge. 

4  There  are  no  speeches  nor  languages  where 
their  voices  are  not  heard. 

5  Their  sound  hath  gone  forth  into  all  the  earth: 
and  their  words  unto  the  ends  of  the  world. 

6  He  hath  set  his  tabernacle  in  the  sun  :  and  he 
as  a  bridegroom  coming  out  of  his  bride-chamber, 

Hath  rejoiced  as  a  giant  to  run  the  way  :  7  His 
going  out  is  from  the  end  of  heaven, 

And  his  circuit  even  to  the  end  thereof:  and  there 
is  no  one  that  can  hide  himself  from  his  heat. 

8  The  law  of  the  Lord  is  unspotted,  converting 
souls :  the  testimony  of  the  Lord  is  faithful,  giving 
wisdom  to  little  ones. 

9  The  justices  of  the  Lord  are  right,  rejoicing 
hearts  :  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  is  lightsome, 
enlightening  the  eyes. 

10  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  holy,  enduring  foi 
ever  and  ever :  the  judgments  of  the  Lord  are  true, 
justified  in  themselves, 

11  More  to  be  desired  than  gold  and  many  pre- 
cious stones :  and  sweeter  than  honey  and  the 
honey-comb. 

12  For  thy  servant  keepeth  them,  and  in  keeping 
them  there  is  a  great  reward. 

13  Who  can  understand  sins  ?  from  my  secret 
ones  cleanse  me,  O  Lord :  14  and  from  those  of 
others  spare  thy  servant. 

If  they  shall  have  no  dominion  over  me,  then  shall 
I  be  without  spot :  and  I  shall  be  cleansed  from  the 
greatest  sin. 

15  And  the  words  of  my  mouth  shall  be  such  as 
may  please  :  and  the  meditation  of  my  heart  always 
in  thy  sight. 

O  Lord,  my  helper,  and  mv  redeemer. 

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PSALMS. 


PSALM  XIX. 
E&xaudiai  te  Dominus. 

Aprayrrfor  the  king. 

1    I'nto  the  end.      A  psalm  lor  David. 
2  7\I   X^i   ili«'  Lord  hear  thee  in  the  dav  of  trihula- 

-L"-1-  tion :  may  the  name  of  the  God  of  Jacob 
protect  thee. 

3  May  he  send  thee  help  from  the  sanctuary  :  and 
defend  thee  out  of  Sum. 

i  \l;i\  hfl  l»e  mindful  of  all  thy  sacrifices  :  and 
man  thy  whole  Inu an  offering  be  made  rat. 

5  Mm  he  ^ive  thee  according  to  thy  own  heart ; 
and  confirm  all  thy  counsels. 

6  We  will  rejoice  in  thy  salvation;  and  in  the 
name  of  our  God  we  shall  he  exalted. 

7  I'll.-  Lord  fulfil  all  thy  petitions :  now  have  I 

known  that  the  Lord  hath  saved  his  anointed. 

He  will  hear  him  from  his  holy  heaven  :  the  sal- 
vation of  his  right  hand  is  in  powers.* 

^onie  trust  in  chariots,  and  some  in  horses  :  but 
we  will  call  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord  our  God. 

9  They  are  hound,  and  have  fallen :  but  we  are 
mm  n,  and  are  set  upright. 

O  Lord,  save  the  king:  and  hear  us  in  the  day 
that  we  shall  call  upon  thee. 

PSALM  XX. 
Domine,  in  virtute. 

Praise  to  God  for  Christ's  exaltation  after  his  passion. 

1   Unto  the  end.     A  psalm  for  David. 

2  TN  thy  strength,  O  Lord,  the  kiug  shall  joy ;  and 

-*-  in  thy  salvation  he  shall  rejoice  exceedingly. 

3  Thou  hast  men  him  his  heart's  desire  :  and 
hast  not  wiihhnldeii  from   him  the  will  of  his  lips. 

4  For  thou  hast  prevented  him  with  blessings  of 
etness  :  thou  hast  set  on  his  head  a  crown  of 

precious  stones. 

He  asked  life  of  thee  :  and  thou  hast  given  him 
length  of  days  for  ever  and  ever. 

6  His  glory  is  great  in  thy  salvation  :  glory  and 
great  beauty  shalt  thou  lay  upon  him. 

7  For  thou  shalt  give  him  to  be  a  blessing  for 
ever  and  ever  :  thou  shalt  make  him  joyful  in  glad- 
ness with  thy  countenance. 

8  For  the  king  hopeth  in  the  Lord  :  and  through 
the  mercy  of  the  most  High  be  shall  not  be  moved. 

9  Let  thy  hand  be  found  by  all  thy  enemies:  let 
thy  right  hand  find  out  all  them  that  hate  thee. 

10  Thou  shalt  make  them  as  an  oven  of  fire,  in 
the  time  of  thy  anger:  the  Lord  shall  trouble  them 
in  his  wrath,  and  fire  shall  devour  them. 

1 1  Their  fruit  shalt  thou  destroy  from  the  earth  : 
and  their  seed  from  among  the  children  of  men. 

12  For  they  have  intended  evils  against  thee  :  they 
have  devised  counsels  which  they  have  not  been 
able  to  establish. 


•  The  tahation  tf  Us  right  hand  is  in  jmrtrt.  That  »,  in  strength. 
Hii  right  hand  ia strong  ami  mighty  to  sare  them  that  tni»t  in  him. 

\  In  thy  rtrnnmnt$  thou  skull  ftmtrt  their  fart :  or  thnti  .halt  «<t  th\ 
rrmnanti  againM   thnr  Tare*.     That  tv   BM   «h  ill  makr  lliem  see 

i  ,  uuiahmcnti  nsssiii  fur  1hrm  Vrrnft-r  f 1  Ihr  j  r  ti   ~      In.tiail 

of  i mita*4\  St.  Jerome  render*  it  /««/••,  thai  ia  cards  or  string*,  i 


13  For  thou  shalt  make  them  turn  their  back  :  in 
thy  remnants  thou  shalt  prepare  then  face.t 
I  i  I'm  thou  exalted)  < )  Lord,  in  ihj  own  strength : 

we  will  sing  and  praise  thv  power. 

PSALM  XXI. 
Dens  I  reus  mens. 

Christ's  paSltOH  :  and  the  cm,  '  l'ir  (',,  ntilrs. 

1  Unto  the  end,  for  the  morning  protection,  a  psalm 

for  David. 

2  ff\  God  my  God,  look  upon  me  :  why  hast  thou 
Vr  forsaken  me? 

Fir  from  my  salvation  are  the  words «.  f  my  sins.J 

3  O  my  God,  I  shall  cry  by  day,  and  thou  wilt 
not  hear:  and  by  night,  and  it  shall  not  be  reputi  d 
as  follv  in  me. 

4  But  thou  dwellcst  in  the  holy  place,  the  praise 
of  Israeh 

5  In  thee  have  our  fathers  hoped:  they  have 
hoped,  and  thou  hast  delivered  them. 

6  They  cried  to  thee,  and  they  were  saved  :  they 
trusted  in  thee,  and  were  not  confounded. 

7  But  I  am  a  worm,  and  no  man:  the  reproach 
of  men,  and  the  outeast  of  the  people. 

8  All  they  that  saw  me  have  laughed  me  to  scorn : 
they  have  spoken  with  the  lips,  and  wagged  the 
head. 

9  He  hoped  in  the  Lord,  let  him  deliverliim  :  hi 
him  save  him,  seeing  he  delighteth  in  him. 

10  For  thou  art  he  that  hast  drawn  me  out  of  the 
womb  :  my  hope  from  the  breasts  of  my  mother. 

Ill  was  cast  upon  thee  from  the  womb. 

From  my  mother's  womb  thou  art  my  God,  12 
depart  not  from  me. 

«For  tribulation  is  very  near :  for  there  is  none  to 
help  me. 

13  Many  calves  have  surrounded  me :  fat  bulls 
have  besieged  me. 

14  They  have  opened  their  mouths  against  me, 
as  a  lion  ravening  and  roaring. 

15  I  am  poured  out  like  water;  and  all  my  boo 
are  scattered. 

My  heart  is  become  like  wax  melting  in  the  midst 
of  my  Iwwels. 

16  My  strength  is  dried  up  like  a  potsherd,  and  my 
tongue  hath  cleaved  to  my  jaws:  and  thou  bast 
brought  me  down  into  the  dust  of  death. 

17  For  many  dogs  have  encompassed  me;  the 
council  of  the  malignant  hath  besieged  me. 

They  have  dug  my  hands  and  feet.  18  They 
have  numbered  all  my  bones. 

And  they  have  looked  and  stared  upon  me.  19 
They  parted  my  garments  amongst  them;  and  upon 
my  vesture  they  cast  lots. 

20  But  thou,  O  Lord,  remove  not  thy  help  to  a 
distance  from  me  ;  look  towards  my  defence. 

21  Deliver,  O  God,  my  son]  from  the  sword: 
my  only  one  from  the  hand  of  the  dog. 


/• 


the  bow  of  divine  justice,  from  which  God  directs  hit  arrasd  against  the 
"  cm  of  hu  eoetniea. 

t  7V  wards  of  an  tins.     That  i«.  tlw  «in«  o^thr  wnrl.l,  which  1  hnve 
lakrn  upon  rnvvolf,   cry  out  ag:iin»t  IK,  and  arc  the  canae  of  all  my 

mi  IIV  rings. 


PSALMS  XXII,  XXIII,  XXIV. 


22  Save  me  from  the  lion's  mouth;  and  my  low- 
ness  from  the  horns  of  the  unicorns. 

23  I  will  declare  thy  name  to  my  brethren:  in  the 
midst  of  the  church  will  I  praise  thee. 

24  Ye  that  fear  the  Lord  praise  him:  all  ye  the 
seed  of  Jacob  glorify  him. 

23  Let  all  the  seed  of  Israel  fear  him:  because 
he  hath  not  slighted  nor  despised  the  supplication  of 
the  poor  man. 

Neither  hath  he  turned  away  his  face  from  me: 
and  when  I  cried  to  him  he  heard  me. 

26  With  thee  is  my  praise  in  a  great  church  :  I 
will  pay  my  vows  in  the  sight  of  them  that  fear  him. 

27  The  poor  shall  eat  and  shall  be  filled  ;  and 
they  shall  praise  the  Lord  that  seek  him :  their  hearts 
shall  live  for  ever  and  ever. 

28  All  the  ends  of  the  earth  shall  remember,  and 
shall  be  converted  to  the  Lord: 

And  all  the  kindreds  of  the  Gentiles  shall  adore 
in  his  sight. 

29  For  the  kingdom  is  the  Lord's;  and  he  shall 
have  dominion  over  the  nations. 

30  All  the  fat  ones  of  the  earth  have  eaten  and 
have  adored :  all  they  that  go  down  to  the  earth  shall 
fall  before  him. 

31  And  to  him  my  soul  shall  live  :  and  my  seed 
shall  serve  him. 

32  There  shall  be  declared  to  the  Lord  a  gene- 
ration to  come :  and  the  heavens  shall  show  forth 
his  justice  to  a  people  that  shall  be  born,  which 
the  Lord  hath  made. 

PSALM  XXII. 
Dominus  regit  me. 

God's  spiritual  benefits  to  faithjul  souls. 

1  A  Psalm  for  David. 

THE  Lord  ruleth  me:*  and  I  shall  want  nothing. 
2  He  hath  set  me  in  a  place  of  pasture. 
He  hath  brought  me  up,  on  the  water  of  refresh- 
ment: 3  he  hath  converted  my  sonl. 

He  hath  led  me  on  the  paths  of  justice,  for  his 
own  name's  sake. 

4  For  though  I  should  walk  in  the  midst  of  the 
shadow  of  death,  I  will  fear  no  evils,  for  thou  art 
with  me. 

Thy  rod  and  thy  staff,  they  have  comforted  me. 

5  Thou  hast  prepared  a  table  before  me,  against 
then?  that  afflict  me. 

Thou  hast  anointed  my  head  with  oil;  and  my 
chalice  which  inebriateth  me  how  goodly  is  it! 

6  And  thy  mercy  will  follow  me  all  the  days  of 
my  life. 

And  that  I  may  dwell  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
unto  length  of  days. 

PSALM  XXIII. 
Domini  est  terra. 

Who  are  they  that  shall  ascend  to  heaven  ;  Christ's  triumphant 
ascension  thither. 

1  On  the  first  day  of  the  week,  a  psalm  for  David. 
rT^HE  earth  is  the  Lord's  and  the  fulness  thereof: 
-1-    the  world  and  all  they  thabdwell  therein. 

+  Rulelh  me.  In  Hebrew,  Is  my  shepherd,  viz.  to  feed,  guide,  and  go-  I 

rprn  nrwv 


2  For  he  hath  founded  it  upon  the  seas.  a<id 
hath  prepared  it  upon  the  rivers. 

3  Who  shall  ascend  into  the  mountain  ot  the 
Lord  :  or  who  shall  stand  in  his  holy  place  ? 

4  The  innocent  in  hands,  and  clean  of  heart,  whe 
hath  not  taken  his  soul  in  vain,  nor  swon  d(  ceitful 
ly  to  his  neighbour. 

5  He  shall  receive  a  blessing  from  the  Lord,  anc 
mercy  from  God  his  Saviour. 

6  This  is  the  generation  of  them  that  seek  him. 
of  them  that  seek  the  face  of  the  God  of  Jacob. 

7  Lift  up  your  gates,  O  ye  princes,  and  be  ye  lift- 
ed up,  O  eternal  gates  ;  and  the  King  of  Glory  shall 
enter  in. 

8  Who  is  this  King  of  Glory?  the  Lord  who  is 
strong  and  mighty  :  the  Lord  mighty  in  battle. 

9  Lift  up  your  gates,  O  ye  princes,  and  be  ye  lifted 
up,  O  eternal  gates  :  and  the  King  of  Glory  shall 
enter  in. 

10  Who  is  this  King  of  Glory  ?  the  Lord  of  hosts 
he  is  the  King  of  Glory. 

PSALM  XXIV. 

Ad  te,  Domine,  levavi. 
A  prayer  for  grace,  mercy,  and  protection  against  our  enemies 

1  Unto  the  end,  a  psalm  for  David. 
nnO  thee,  O  Lord,  have  I  lifted  up  my  soul. 
■*■    2  In  thee,  O  my  God,  I  put  my  trust ;  let  me 
not  be  ashamed. 

3  Neither  let  my  enemies  laugh  at  me  :  for  none 
of  them  that  wait  on  thee  shall  be  confounded. 

4  Let  all  them  be  confounded  that  act  unjust 
things  without  cause. 

Show,  O  Lord,  thy  ways  to  me,  and  teach  me 
thy  paths. 

5  Direct  me  in  thy  truth,  and  teach  me  ;  for  thou 
art  God  my  Saviour ;  and  on  thee  have  I  waited  all 
the  day  long. 

6  Remember,  O  Lord,  thy  bowels  of  compassion ; 
and  thy  mercies  that  are  from  the  beginning  of  the 
world. 

7  The  sins  of  my  youth  and  my  ignorances  do 
not  remember. 

According  to  thy  mercy  remember  thou  me  :  for 
thy  goodness'  sake,  O  Lord. 

8  The  Lord  is  sweet  and  righteous  :  therefore  he 
will  give  a  law  to  sinners  in  the  way. 

9  He  will  guide  the  mild  in  judgment :  he  will 
teach  the  meek  his  ways. 

10  All  the  ways  of  the  Lord  are  mercy  and  truth, 
to  them  that  seek  after  his  covenant  and  his  testi- 
monies. 

1 1  For  thy  name's  sake,  O  Lord,  thou  wilt  par- 
don my  sin  :  for  it  is  great. 

12  Who  is  the  man  that  feareth  the  Lord?  He 
hath  appointed  him  a  law  in  the  way  he  hath  chosen. 

13  His  soul  shall  dwell  in  good  things:  and  his 
seed  shall  inherit  the  land. 

14  The  Lord  is  a  firmament  to  them  that  fear 
him  :  and  his  covenant  shall  be  made  manifest  to 
them. 

15  My  eyes  are  ever  towards  the  Lord:  for  he 
shall  pluck  my  feet  out  of  the  snare. 

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1'SAI.MS. 


16  Look  thou  ujion  DM  :  Bad  km  imrcv  on  im-  ; 
for  I  urn  alone  and  poor. 

17  The  troubles  of  my  heart  are  multiplied  :  deli- 
ver me  from  my  necessities. 

18  See  my  abjection  ;iml  my  labour  :  and  forgive 
me  all  my  sins. 

19  Consider  my  enemies,   lor  thev  are  multipli- 
ed, ;ind  have  hated  me  with  an  unjust  hatred. 

20  Keep  thou  my  soul,  and  deliver  me  :  1  shall 
not  be •  ashamed,  fori  have  hoped  in  thee. 

f]    The  innocent  and  the   upright  have  adhered 
to  me:  became  I  have  waited  on  thee. 

-2  Deliver  Israel,  O  God,  from  all  his  tribulations. 

PSALM  XXV. 

.Indira  me,  Domine. 

David'*  prayer  to  God  in  hit  distress,  to  be  delirered,  that  he 
May  come  to  worship  him  in  his  tabernacle. 

1  Unto  the  end,  a  psalm  for  David. 

JUDGE  me,  O  Lord,  for  I  have  walked  in  my 
innocence  :  and  I  have  put  my  trust  in  the  Lord, 
and  shall  not  be  weakened. 

2  Prove  me,  O  Lord,  and  try  me  ;  burn  my  reins 
and  my  heart. 

•  !  For  thy  mercy  is  before  my  eyes:  and  I  am 
well  pleased  with  thy  truth. 

4 1  have  not  sat  with  the  council  of  vanity  :  nei- 
ther will  1  go  in  with  the  doers  of  unjust  things. 

5  I  have  hated  the  assembly  of  the  malignant ; 
and  with  the  wicked  I  will  not  sit. 

6  I  will  wash  my  hands  among  the  innocent ;  and 
will  compass  thy  altar,  O  Lord, 

7  That  I  may  hear  the  voice  of  thy  praise  :  and 
tell  of  all  thy  wondrous  works. 

8  I  have  loved,  O  Lord,  the  beauty  of  thy  house; 
and  the  place  where  thy  glory  dwclleth. 

9  Take  not  away  my  soul,  O  God,  with  the  wick- 
ed :  nor  my  life  with  bloody  men. 

10  In  whose  hands  arc  iniquities :  their  right  hand 
is  filled  with  gift*. 

1 1  But  as  for  me,  I  have  walked  in  my  innocence: 
redeem  me,  and  have  mercy  on  me. 

12  My  foot  hath  stood  in  the  direct  way :  in  the 
churches  I  will  bless  thee,  O  Lord. 

PSALM  XXVI. 

Dominus  illuminatio. 
David'i faith  and  hope  in  God. 

The  psalm  of  David  before  he  was  anointed. 
rPHE  Lord  is  my  light  and  my  salvation,  whom 
-*-    shall  I  fear  ? 

The  Lord  is  the  protector  of  my  life  ;  of  whom 
shall  I  be  afraid  ? 

2  Whilst  the  wicked  draw  near  against  me,  to  eat 
my  flash. 

My  enemies  thattrouble  me,  have  themselves  been 
weakened,  and  have  fallen. 

3  If  armies  in  camp  should  stand  together  against 
me,  my  heart  shall  not  fear. 

It  |  battle  should  rise  up  against  me,  in  this  will 
I  be  confident. 

4  One  thins  I  have  asked  of  the  Lord,  this  will 
I  seek  after;  that  I  may  dwell  in  the  beose  "I  tin- 
Lord,  all  the  days  of  my  life. 

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That  I  may  MS  the  delight  of  the  Lord,  and  may 
\isit  his  temple. 

5  For  he  hath  hidden  me  in  his  tabernacle :  in  the 
day  of  evils,  he  hath  protected  me  in  the  secret  plai  e 
of  his  tabernacle.  i, 

6  lie  bath  exalted  me  upon  a  rock:  and  now  he 
hath  lifted  up  my  head  above  my  eiicnm  », 

I  have  gone  round,  and  hare  offered  up  in  his  ta- 
liernacle  a  sacrifice  of  jubilation:  I  will  sing,  and 
recite  a  psalm  to  the  Lord. 

7  Hear,  O  Lord,  my  voice,  with  which  1  have 
cried  to  thee:  have  mercy  on  me.  and  hear  inc. 

8  My  heart  hath  said  to  thee:  Mj  face  hath  sought 

thy  face,  O  Lord,  will  I  still  seek. 

9  Turn  not  away  thy  face  from  me:  decline  not 
in  thy  wrath  from  thy  servant. 

Be  thou  my  helper,  forsake  me  not ;  do  not  thou 
despise  me,  O  God  my  Saviour. 

10  For  my  father  and  my  mother  have  left  me. 
but  the  Lord  hath  taken  me  up. 

11  Set  me.  O  Lord,  a  law  in  thy  way,  and  guide 
me  in  the  right  path,  because  of  my  enemies. 

12  Deliver  me  not  over  to  the  will  of  them  that 
trouble  me:  forunjust  witnesses  have  risen  upagainst 
me;  and  iniquity  hath  lied  to  itself. 

13  1  believe  to  see  the  good  things  of  the  Lord  in 
the  land  of  the  living. 

14  Expect  the  Lord,  do  manfully,  and  let  thy 
heart  take  courage,  and  wait  thou  for  the  Lord. 

PSALM  XXVII. 

Ad  te,  Domine,  clamabo. 

David's  prayer  that  his  enemies  may  not  prevail  over  him. 

1  A  psalm  for  David  himself. 
TTNTO  thee  will  1  cry,  O  Lord:  O  my  God,  be 
^    not  thou  silent  to  me:  lest  j/thou  be  silent  to 
me,  I  become  like  them  that  go  down  into  the  pit. 

2  Hear,  O  Lord,  the  voice  of  my  supplication 
when  I  pray  to  thee;  when  I  lift  up  my  hands  to  1 1 1  v 
holy  temple. 

3  Draw  me  not  away  together  with  the  wicked; 
and  with  the  workers  at  iniquity  destroy  me  not  : 

Who  speak  peace  with  their  neighbour,  but  Si  ils 
are  in  their  hearts. 

4  Give  them  according  to  their  works,  and  acrord 
ing  to  the  wickedness  Of  their  inventions. 

According  to  the  works  of  their  hands  give  thou  to 
them:  render  to  them  their  reward. 

5  Because  they  have  not  understood  the  works  of 
the  Lord,  and  the  operations  of  his  hands;  thou  shall 
destroy  them  and  shalt  not  build  them  up. 

6  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  for  he  hath  beard  the:  voice 
of  my  supplication. 

_  7  The  Lord  is  my  In  Iper  and  my  protector  :   in 
him  hath  my  heart  confided,  and  I  bare  been  helped. 
Ami  niv  ilesh  hath  nourished  again,  and  with  my 
will  I  will  give  praise  to  him. 

8  The  Lord  ■  the  strength  of  bis  people,  and  the 

protector  of  the  salvation  Of  his  anointed. 

9  Save.  ()  Lord,  thy  people,  anil  Mess  thy  inherit- 
.  and  rule  them  and  exalt  them  foi  evi  r. 


PSALMS  XXVIU,  XXIX,  XXX. 


PSALM  XXVIII. 

Afferte  Domino. 

An  invitation  to  glorify  God,  mth  a  commemoration  of  his 
mighty  works. 

1  A  psalm  for  David,  at  the  finishing  of  the  taber- 
nacle. 
BRING  to  the  Lord,  O  ye  children  of  God;  bring 
to  the  Lord  the  offspring  of  rams. 

2  Bring  to  the  Lord  glory  and  honour;  bring  to 
the  Lord  glory  to  his  name:  adore  ye  the  Lord  in 
his  holy  court. 

3  The  voice  of  the  Lord  is  upon  the  waters;  the 
God  of  majesty  hath  thundered,  the  Lord  upon 
many  waters. 

4  The  voice  of  the  Lord  is  in  power;  the  voice  of 
the  Lord  in  magnificence. 

5  The  voice  of  the  Lord  breakcth  the  cedars:  yea, 
the  Lord  shall  break  the  cedars  of  Libanus. 

6  And  shall  reduce  them  to  pieces,*  as  a  calf  of 
Libanus,  and  as  the  beloved  son  of  unicorns. 

7  The  voice  of  the  Lord  divideth  the  flame  of  fire: 
8  The  voice  of  the  Lord  shaketh  the  desert:  and 
the  Lord  shall  shake  the  desert  of  Cades. 

9  The  voice  of  the  Lord  prepareth  the  stags:  and 
he  will  discover  the  thick  woods:  and  in  his  temple 
all  shall  speak  his  glory. 

10  The  Lord  maketh  the  flood  to  dwell:  and  the 
Lord  shall  sit  king  for  ever. 

The  Lord  will  give  strength  to  his  people:  the 
Lord  will  bless  his  people  with  peace. 
PSALM  XXIX. 
Exaltabo  te,  Domine. 

David  praiseth  God  for  his  deliverance,  and  his  merciful  deal- 
ings with  him. 

1  A  psalm  of  a  canticle,  at  the  dedication  of  David's 

house. 

2  "  [  WILL  extol  thee,  O  Lord,  for  thou  hast  up- 
-*-  held  me  :    and  hast  not  made  my  enemies  to 

rejoice  over  me. 

3  O  Lord  my  God,  I  have  cried  to  thee,  and  thou 
hast  healed  me. 

4  Thou  hast  brought  forth,  O  Lord,  my  soul  from 
hell :  thou  hast  saved  me  from  them  that  go  down 
into  the  pit. 

5  Sing  to  the  Lord,  O  ye  his  saints :  and  give 
praise  to  the  memory  of  his  holiness. 

6  For  wrath  is  in  his  indignation  ;  and  life  in  his 
good  will.    . 

In  the  evening  weeping  shall  have  place,  and  in 
the  morning  gladness. 

7  And  in  my  abundance  I  said  :  I  shall  never 
be  moved. 

8  O  Lord,  in  thy  favour,  thou  gavest  strength  to 
my  beauty. 

Thou  turnedst  away  thy  face  from  me,  and  I  be- 
came troubled. 

9  To  thee,  O  Lord,  will  I  cry ;  and  I  will  make 
supplication  to  my  God. 

*  Shall  reduce  them  to  pieces,  &c.  In  Hebrew,  Shall  make  tliem  to  skip 
like  a  calf.  The  psalmist  here  describes  the  effects  of  thunder  (which 
he  calls  th»  voice  of  the  Lord)  which  sometimes  breaks  down  the  tall- 
est auj  strongest  trees:  and  makes  their  broken  brandies  strip,  tx. 


10  What  profit  is  there  in  my  blood,  whilst  I  go 
down  to  corruption  ? 

Shall  dust  confess  to  thee,  or  declare  thy  truth  ? 

1 1  The  Lord  hath  heard,  and  hath  had  mercy  on 
me  :  the  Lord  became  my  helper. 

12  Thou  hast  turned  for  me  my  mourning  into 
joy  :  thou  hast  cut  my  sackcloth,  and  hast  compass- 
ed me  with  gladness  : 

13  To  the  end  that  my  glory  may  sing  to  thee, 
and  I  may  not  regret :  O  Lord  my  God,  1  will  give 
praise  to  thee  for  ever. 

PSALM  XXX. 
In  te,  Domine,  speravi. 

A  prayer  of  a  just  man  under  affliction. 

1  Unto  the  end,  a  psalm  for  David,  in  an  ecstacy. 
2   "IN  thee,   O  Lord,   have  I  hoped,  let  me  never 
-*-  be  confounded  :  deliver  me  in  thy  justice. 

3  Bow  down  thy  ear  to  me  :  make  haste  to  deli- 
ver me. 

Be  thou  unto  me  a  God,  a  protector,  and  a  house 
of  refuge  to  save  me. 

4  For  thou  art  my  strength  and  mv  refuge ;  and 
for  thy  name's  sake  thou  wilt  lead  me,  «md  nourish 
me. 

5  Thou  wilt  bring  me  out  of  this  snare,  which 
they  have  hidden  for  me  :  for  thou  art  my  protector. 

6  Into  thy  hands  I  commend  my  spirit:  thou  hast 
redeemed  me,  O  Lord,  the  God  of  truth. 

7  Thou  hast  hated  them  that  regard  vanities,  to 
no  purpose. 

But  I  have  hoped  in  the  Lord  :  8  I  will  be  glad 
and  rejoice  in  thy  mercy. 

For  thou  hast  regarded  my  humility,  thou  hast 
saved  my  soul  out  of  distresses. 

9  And  thou  hast  not  shut  me  up  in  the  hands  of 
the  enemy :  thou  hast  set  my  feet  in  a  spacious  place 

10  Have  mercy  on  me,  O  Lord,  for  I  am  afflict 
ed  :    my  eye  is  troubled  with  wrath,  my  soul,  and 
my  belly. 

1 1  For  my  life  is  wasted  with  grief:  and  my  years 
in  sighs. 

My  strength  is  weakened  through  poverty :  and 
my  bones  are  disturbed. 

12  I  am  become  a  reproach  among  all  my  ene- 
mies, and  very  much  to  my  neighbours  ;  and  a  fear 
to  my  acquaintance. 

They  that  saw  me  without  fled  from  me.  13 1  am 
forgotten  as  one  dead  from  the  heart. 

I  am  become  as  a  vessel  that  is  destroyed.  14  For 
I  have  heard  the  blame  of  many  that  dwell  round 
about. 

While  they  assembled  together  against  me,  they 
consulted  to  take  away  my  life. 

15  But  I  have  put  my  trust  in  thee,  O  Lord  :  I 
said:  Thou  art  myGod.  16  My  lots  are  in  thy  hands. 

Deliver  me  out  of  the  hands  of  my  enemies;  and 
from  them  that  persecute  me. 

17  Make  thy  face  to  shine  upon  thy  servant;  save 
me  in  thy  mercy. 


All  this  is  to  be  understood  mystically,  of  the  powerful  voice  of  God's 
word  in  his  church  :  which  has  broke  the  pride  of  the  great  ones  ot 
ibis  world,  and  brought  many  of  them  meekly  and  joyfullv  to  suhn.it 
their  necks  to  the  sweet  yoke  of  Christ. 
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PSALMS. 


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17  The  troubles  ol'  my  heart  are  multiplied 
vcr  tne  from  my  necessities. 

18  See  my  abjection  ami  mv  labour  :  ami  torsive 
me  all  my  sins. 

19  Consider  my  enemies,  for  they  are  multipli- 
ed, and  have  hated  me  with  an  unjust  hatred. 

20  Keep  thou  my  soul,  and  deliver  me  :  1  shall 
not  be  ashamed,  for  1  bar* hoped  in  thee. 

SI    The  innocent  and  the  upright  have  adhered 
to  me:  because  I  have  waited  on  thee. 

22  Deliver  Israel,  O  God,  from  all  his  tribulations. 

PSALM  XXV. 

Judica  me,  Domine. 

David1*  prayer  to  God  in  his  distress,  to  be  delivered,  that  he 
may  come  to  worship  him  in  his  tabernaclt. 

1  Unto  the  end,  a  psalm  for  David. 

JUDGE  me,  O  Lord,  for  I  have  walked  in  mv 
innocence  :  and  I  have  put  my  trust  in  the  Lord, 
ami  shall  not  be  weakened. 

2  Prove  me,  O  Lord,  and  try  me  ;  burn  my  reins 
and  my  heart. 

3  For  thy  mercy  is  before  my  eyes :  and  I  am 
well  pleased  with  thy  truth. 

4 1  have  not  sat  with  the  council  of  vanity  :  nei- 
ther will  1  go  in  with  the  doers  of  unjust  things. 

5  I  have  hated  the  assembly  of  the  malignant; 
and  with  the  wicked  I  will  not  sit. 

6  I  will  wash  mv  hands  among  the  innocent ;  and 
•vill  compass  thy  altar,  O  Lord, 

7  That  1  may  hear  the  voice  of  thy  praise  :  ami 
ii  II  of  all  thy  wondrous  works. 

8  I  have  loved,  O  Lord,  the  beauty  of  thy  house ; 
and  the  place  where  thy  glory  dwclleth. 

9  Take  not  away  my  soul,  O  God,  with  the  wick- 
ed :  nor  mv  life  with  bloody  men. 

1 0  In  whose  hands  arc  iniquities  :  their  right  hand 
is  filled  with  gifts. 

1 1  But  as  for  me,  I  have  walked  in  my  innocence: 
redeem  me,  and  have  mercy  on  me. 

12  My  foot  hath  stood  in  the  direct  way  :  in  the 
churches  I  will  bless  thee,  O  Lord. 

PSALM  XXVI. 

Dominus  illuminatin. 
David's  faith  and  hope  in  God. 

The  psalm  of  David  before  he  was  anointed. 

THE  Lord  is  my  light  and  my  salvation,  whom 
shall  I  fear? 
The  Lord  is  the  protector  of  my  life  ;  of  whom 
shall  I  be  afraid  ? 

2  Whilst  the  wicked  draw  near  against  me,  to  eat 
my  flesh. 

My  enemies  that  trouble  me,  have  themselves  been 
•rettOMd,  and  have  fallen. 

3  If  armies  in  camp  should  stand  together  against 
in-  .  mv  heart  shall  not  fear. 

If  a  battle  should  rise  up  against  me,  in  this  will 
I  be  confident. 

4  One  thing  I  have  asked  of  the  Lord,  this  will 
I  seek  after;  that  I  m  iv  dwell  in  the  house  of  (he 
Lord,  all  the  days  of  mv  life. 

4' 


That  I  may  set-  the  delight  of  the  Lord,  and  may 

visit  his  temple. 

5  For  he  hath  hidden  me  in  his  tabernacle :  in  the 
day  of  evils,  he  hath  protected  me  in  the  secret  puu  a 
of  his  tabernacle. 

6  lie  hath  exalted  me  upon  a  rock:  and  now  lie 
hath  lifted  Up  my  head  above  m\  cueum  I, 

I  have  gone  round,  and  bare  offered  up  in  his  ta- 
bernacle a  sacrifice  of  jubilation:  I  will  sin:;,  and 
recite  a  psalm  to  the  Lord. 

7  Hear,  O  Lord,  my  voice,  with  which  1  ham 
cried  to  thee:  have  mercy  on  me,  and  hear  me. 

8  Mv  heart  hath  said  to  thee:  .Mv  face  hath  sought 
thee:  thy  face,  O  Lord,  will  I  still  seek. 

9  Turn  not  away  thy  face  from  me:  decliuc  not 
in  thy  wrath  from  thy  servant. 

Be  thou  my  helper,  forsake  me  not;  do  not  thou 
despise  me,  O  God  my  Saviour. 

10  For  my  father  and  my  mother  have  left  me. 
but  the  Lord  hath  taken  me  up. 

11  Set  me.  O  Lord,  a  law  in  thy  way,  and  guide 
me  in  the  right  path,  because  of  my  enemies. 

12  Deliver  me  not  over  to  the  will  of  them  that 
trouble  me:  forunjust  witnesses  have  risen  upagainst 
me;  and  iniquity  hath  lied  to  itself. 

13  1  believe  to  see  the  good  things  of  the  Lord  in 
the  land  of  the  living. 

14  Expect  the  Lord,  do  manfully,  and  let  thy 
heart  take  courage,  and  wait  thou  for  the  Lord. 

PSALM  XXVII. 

Ad  tc,  Domine,  clamabo. 

David's  prayer  that  his  enemies  may  not  prevail  over  him. 

1  A  psalm  for  David  himself. 

UNTO  thee  will  I  cry,  O  Lord:  O  my  God,  be 
not  thou  silent  to  me:  lest  {/thou  be  silent  to 
me,  I  become  like  them  that  go  down  into  the  pit. 

2  Hear,  O  Lord,  the  voice  of  my  supplication 
when  I  pray  to  thee;  w  hen  I  lift  up  my  bauds  to  tliv 
holy  temple. 

3  Draw  me  not  away  together  with  the  wicked; 
and  with  the  workers  of  iniquity  destroy  me  not : 

Who  speak  peace  with  their  neighbour,  but  evils 
are  in  their  hearts. 

4  Give  them  according  to  their  works, and  accord 
ing  to  the  wickedness  of  their  inventions. 

According  to  the  works  of  their  hands  d\c  thou  to 
them:  render  to  them  their  reward. 

5  Because  they  have  not  understood  the  works  of 
the  Lord,  and  the  operations  of  his  hands;  thou  shall 
destroy  tnem  and  shalt  not  build  them  up. 

6  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  for  he  hath  heard  the  voice 
of  my  supplication. 

t  7  The  Lord  is  my  helper  and  my  protector  :    in 
him  hath  my  heart  confided,  and  I  have  been  helped. 
And  mv   fletfa  hath  llouiished  again,  and  with  mv 
w  ill  I  will  give  praise  to  him. 

8  The  Lord  is  the  strength  of  his  people,  and  tile 

protector  of  the  salvation  Of  his  anointed. 

9  Sare«0  lord,  tin  people, and  Mess  thy  inherit- 

:  and  rule  them  ami  exalt  them  foi  evt  r. 


PSALMS  XXVIU,  XXIX,  XXX. 


PSALM  XXVIII. 

Afferte  Domino. 

An  invitation  to  glorify  God,  leith  a  commemoration  of  his 
mighty  works. 

1  A  psalm  for  David,  at  the  finishing  of  the  taber- 
nacle. 
BRING  to  the  Lord,  O  ye  children  of  God;  bring 
to  the  Lord  the  offspring  of  rams. 

2  Bring  to  the  Lord  glory  and  honour;  bring  to 
the  Lord  glory  to  his  name:  adore  ye  the  Lord  in 
his  holy  court. 

3  The  voice  of  the  Lord  is  upon  the  waters;  the 
God  of  majesty  hath  thundered,  the  Lord  upon 
manv  waters. 

4  The  voice  of  the  Lord  is  in  power;  the  voice  of 
the  Lord  in  magnificence. 

5  The  voice  of  the  Lord  breakcth  the  cedars :  yea, 
the  Lord  shall  break  the  cedars  of  Libanus. 

6  And  shall  reduce  them  to  pieces,*  as  a  calf  of 
Libanus,  and  as  the  beloved  son  of  unicorns. 

7  The  voice  of  the  Lord  divideth  the  flame  of  fire: 
8  The  voice  of  the  Lord  shaketh  the  desert:  and 
the  Lord  shall  shake  the  desert  of  Cades. 

9  The  voice  of  the  Lord  prepareth  the  stags:  and 
he  will  discover  the  thick  woods:  and  in  his  temple 
all  shall  speak  his  glory. 

10  The  Lord  maketh  the  flood  to  dwell:  and  the 
Lord  shall  sit  king  for  ever. 

The  Lord  will  give  strength  to  his  people:  the 
Lord  will  bless  his  people  with  peace. 
PSALM  XXIX. 
Exaltabo  te,  Domine. 

David  praiseth  God  for  Ma  deliverance,  and  his  nicrciful  deal- 
ings with  him. 

1  A  psalm  of  a  canticle,  at  the  dedication  of  David's 

house. 

2  T  WILL  extol  thee,  O  Lord,  for  thou  hast  up- 
-*-  held  me  :    and  hast  not  made  my  enemies  to 

rejoice  over  me. 

3  O  Lord  my  God,  I  have  cried  to  thee,  and  thou 
hast  healed  me. 

4  Thou  hast  brought  forth,  O  Lerd,  my  soul  from 
hell :  thou  hast  saved  me  from  them  that  go  down 
into  the  pit. 

5  Sing  to  the  Lord,  O  ye  his  saints :  and  give 
praise  to  the  memory  of  his  holiness. 

6  For  wrath  is  in  his  indignation  ;  and  life  in  his 
good  will. 

In  the  evening  weeping  shall  have  place,  and  in 
the  morning  gladness. 

7  And  in  my  abundance  I  said  :  I  shall  never 
be  moved. 

8  O  Lord,  in  thy  favour,  thou  gavest  strength  to 
my  beauty. 

Thou  turnedst  away  thy  face  from  me,  and  I  be- 
came troubled. 

9  To  thee,  O  Lord,  will  I  cry ;  and  I  will  make 
supplication  to  my  God. 

*  Shall  reduce  them  to  pieces,  &c.  In  Hebrew,  Shall  make  tltem  to  skip 
like  a  calf.  Th  8  psalmmt  here  describes  tlie  effects  of  thunder  (which 
he  calls  th"  voice  of  the  Lord)  which  sometimes  breaks  down  the  tall- 
est and  strungist  trees:  and  makes  their  broken  branches  drip,  tic. 


10  What  profit  is  there  in  my  blood,  whilst  I  go 
down  to  corruption  ? 

Shall  dust  confess  to  thee,  or  declare  thy  truth  ? 

11  The  Lord  hath  heard,  and  hath  had  mercy  on 
me  :  the  Lord  became  my  helper. 

12  Thou  hast  turned  for  me  my  mourning  into 
joy  :  thou  hast  cut  my  sackcloth,  and  hast  compass- 
ed me  with  gladness : 

13  To  the  end  that  my  glory  may  sing  to  thee, 
and  I  may  not  regret:  O  Lord  my  God,  1  will  give 
praise  to  thee  for  ever. 

PSALM  XXX. 
In  te,  Domine,  speravi. 

A  prayer  of  a  just  man  under  affliction. 

1  Unto  the  end,  a  psalm  for  David,  in  an  ecstacy. 
2  "IN  thee,   O  Lord,   have  I  hoped,  let  me  never 
-*-  be  confounded  :  deliver  me  in  thy  justice. 

3  Bow  down  thy  ear  to  me  :  make  haste  to  deli- 
ver me. 

Be  thou  unto  me  a  God,  a  protector,  and  a  house 
of  refuge  to  save  me. 

4  For  thou  art  my  strength  and  mv  refuge ,'  and 
for  thy  name's  sake  thou  wilt  lead  me,  and  nourish 
me. 

5  Thou  wilt  bring  me  out  of  this  snare,  which 
they  have  hidden  for  me  :  for  thou  art  my  protector. 

6  Into  thy  hands  I  commend  my  spirit:  thou  hast 
redeemed  me,  O  Lord,  the  God  of  truth. 

7  Thou  hast  hated  them  that  regard  vanities,  to 
no  purpose. 

But  I  have  hoped  in  the  Lord  :  8  I  will  be  glad 
and  rejoice  in  thy  mercy. 

For  thou  hast  regarded  my  humility,  thou  hast 
saved  my  soul  out  ot  distresses. 

9  And  thou  hast  not  shut  me  up  in  the  hands  of 
the  enemy :  thou  hast  set  my  feet  in  a  spacious  place 

10  Have  mercy  on  me,  O  Lord,  for  I  am  afflict 
ed :    my  eye  is  troubled  with  wrath,  my  soul,  and 
my  belly. 

1 1  For  my  life  is  wasted  with  grief:  and  my  years 
in  sighs. 

My  strength  is  weakened  through  poverty :  and 
my  bones  are  disturbed. 

12  I  am  become  a  reproach  among  all  my  ene- 
mies, and  very  much  to  my  neighbours  ;  and  a  fear 
to  my  acquaintance. 

They  that  saw  me  without  fled  from  me.  131  am 
forgotten  as  one  dead  from  the  heart. 

I  am  become  as  a  vessel  that  is  destroyed.  14  For 
I  have  heard  the  blame  of  many  that  dwell  round 
about. 

While  they  assembled  together  against  me,  they 
consulted  to  take  away  my  life. 

15  But  I  have  put  my  trust  in  thee,  O  Lord  :  I 
said:  Thou  art  myGod.  16  My  lots  are  in  thy  hands. 

Deliver  me  out  of  the  hands  of  my  enemies;  and 
from  them  that  persecute  me. 

17  Make  thy  face  to  shine  upon  thy  servant;  save 
me  in  thy  mercy. 


All  this  is  to  be  understood  mystically,  of  the  powerful  voice  of  God's 
word  in  his  church  :  which  has  broke  the  pride  of  the  great  ones  ot 
this  world,  and  brought  many  of  them  meekly  and  joyful] v  to  sulni.it 
their  necks  to  the  sweet  yoke  of  Christ. 
4'J- 


PSALMS. 


18  Lit  DM  not  !»•  confounded.  <  )  I  ,ord,  for  I  have 
oiled  upon  thee. 

Let  tin-  wicked  be  ■shamed,  and  be  brought  down 
to  lull.  19  Let  deceitful  lips  be  made  dumb. 

Which  speak  iniquity  against  theju-t,  \\  ith  pride 
and  abuse. 

20  O  how  great  is  the  multitude  of  thy  sweetness, 
O  Lord,  which  thou  hast  hidden  for  them  that  fear 
thee  ! 

Which  thou  hast  wrought  for  them  that  hope  in 
thee,  in  the  sight  of  the  sons  of  men. 

21  Thou  shalt  hide  them  in  the  secret  of  thy  face, 
from  the  disturbance  of  men. 

Thou  shalt  protect  them  in  thy  tabernacle  from 
the  contradiction  of  tongues. 

Zl  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  for  he  hath  shown  his 
wonderful  mercy  tome  ins  fortified  city. 

23  But  I  said  in  the  excess  of  my  mind :  I  am 
tw  i\  from  before  thy  eyes. 

Therefore  thou  hast  heard  the  voice  of  my  prayer, 
when  I  cried  to  thee. 

I V  O  love  the  Lord,  all  ye  his  saints:  for  the 
Lord  will  require  truth,  and  will  repay  them  abun- 
dantly that  act  proudly. 

25  Do  \e  manfully,  and  let  your  heart  be  strength- 
ened, all  ye  that  hope  in  the  Lord. 

PSALM  XXXI. 

Bead  quorum. 

The  second  penitential  psalm. 

1  To  David  himself,  understanding. 

BLESSED  are  they  whose  iniquities  are  forgiv- 
en, and  whose  sins  are  covered. 
1   Blessed  is  the  man  to  whom  the  Lord  hath  not 
imputed  sin,  and  in  whose  spirit  there  is  no  guile. 
.)  Because  I  was  silent,*  my  bones   grew   old  ; 
whilst  1  cried  out  all  the  day  long. 

)  I  or  day  and  night  thy  hand  was  heavy  upon 
me  :  1  am  turnedf  in  my  anguish,  whilst  the  thorn  is 
fastened. 

5  I  have  acknowledged  my  sin  to  thee,  and  my 
injustice  I  have  not  c sealed. 

I  said  I  will  confess  against  myself  my  injustice 
to  the  Lord;  and  thou  bast  forgiven  the  wickedness 
of  mv  sin. 

6  For  this  shall  every  one  that  is  holy  pray  to 
thee,  in  a  seasonable  time. 

And  yet  in  a  flood  of  many  waters,  they  shall  not 
come  nigh  unto  him. 

7  Thou  art  my  refuge  from  the  trouble  which  hath 
encompassed  me:  my  joy,  deliver  me  from  them 
that  surround  me. 

81  will  ui\c  thee  understanding,  and  I  will  in- 
struct thee  in  this  way,  in  which  thou  shalt  go :  I 
w  ill  fix  my  eyes  upon  thee. 

!»  Do  not  become  like  the  horse  and  the  mule, 
who  have  no  understanding. 

With  bit  and  bridle  bind  fast  their  jaws,  who 
come  not  near  unio  thee. 

•  haw  /»u  <Ural  ftc.  That  i«,  wlnM  I  krnt   »il.>n< <\  by  eoncral- 
inr.  or  rWuuof;  to  ctmfen  my  mm,  il>v  lianH  wa>  heavj  "|x>n  mc,  tw. 

f  /  <rmturiui   tw..    I  ||  n,  iq,   >.. 

far  ease  in  m»  pain,  »ln!.i  ll.«-   lUirn  of  tin   ju,in-.-  nuTcci  rnv  flesli, 

4J8  ' 


10  Many  arc  the  scourges  of  the  sinner,  but  mcr- 
(\  shall  encompass  him  that  hopeth  in  the  Lord. 

11  Be  glad  in  the  Lord,  and  rejoice  ye  just,  and 
glory  all  re  right  of  heart. 

PSALM  XXXII. 
Exultatejueti. 

An  exhortation  to  praise  Hod,  and  to  trust  in  him. 

\  A  psalm  for  David. 
"D  EJOICE  in  the  Lord,  O  ye  just:  praise  becom- 
-■-*'  eth  the  upright. 

2  Give  praise  to  the  Lord  on  the  harp;  sing  to 
him  with  the  psaltery,  the  instrument  of  ten  strin- 

3  Sing  to  him  a  new  canticle,  sing  well  unto  him 
with  a  loud  noise. 

4  For  the  word  of  the  Lord  is  right,  and  all  his 
works  are  done  with  faithfulness. 

5  He  loveth  mercy  and  judgment;  the  earth  is 
full  of  the  mercy  of  the  Lord. 

6  By  the  wind  of  the  Lord,  the  heavens  were  es- 
tablished:  and  all  the  |x>wer  of  them  by  the  spirit 
of  his  mouth  : 

7  Gathering  together  the  waters  of  the  sea,  ap  in 
a  vessel;  laying  up  the  depths  in  store-houses. 

8  Let  all  the  earth  fear  the  Lord,  and  let  all  the 
inhabitants  of  the  world  be  in  awe  of  him. 

9  For  he  spoke,  and  they  were  made  :  he  com- 
manded, and  they  were  created. 

10  The  Lord  bringeth  to  nought  the  counsels  of 
nations;  and  he  rejecteth  the  devices  of  people,  and 
casteth  away  the  counsels  of  princes. 

1 1  But  the  counsel  of  the  Lord  standeth  for  ever: 
the  thoughts  of  his  heart  to  all  generations. 

12  Blessed  is  the  nation  whose  God  is  the  Lord  : 
the  people  whom  he  hath  chosen  for  his  inheritance. 

13  The  Lord  hath  looked  from  heaven :  he  hath 
beheld  all  the  sons  of  men. 

14  From  his  habitation  which  he  hath  prepared, 
he  liath  looked  upon  all  that  dwell  on  the  earth. 

15  He  who  hath  made  the  hearts  of  every  one  ot 
them  :  who  understandeth  all  their  works. 

16  The  king  is  not  saved  by  a  great  army:  nor 
shall  the  giant  be  saved  by  his  own  great  strength. 

17  Vain  is  the  horse  for  safety  :  neither  shall  he  be 
Bared  by  the  abundance  of  his  strength. 

18  Behold,  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  on  them 
that  fear  him  :  and  on  them  that  hope  in  his  mercy. 

19  To  deliver  their  souls  from  death:  and  feed 
them  in  famine. 

20  Our  sold  w  aiteth  for  the  Lord  :  for  he  is  our 
helper  and  protector. 

21  For  in  him  our  heart  shall  rejoice  :  and  in  his 
holy  name  we  have  trusted. 

22  Let  thy  mercy,  O  Lord,  !>c  upon  us,  as  wc 
have  hoped  in  tbt 

PSALM  XXXIII. 
Beaedicam  Dominum. 

An  exhortation  io  thr  jiraisr.  and  n  rwtt*   <>/ fiod. 

1  For  David  when  be  changed  bis  countenance  oe- 

fore   Achimelech.   who    dismissed    him,   and   hf 
went  his  ua\.      [I    King* XXI.] 


ami  lUckl  fa«t  in  mc.    Or,  lam  hmt<l;  tin 

nn  Ged,  t.\  Mag  1'nnnriit  in  a  better  mi 

mrnU.      In  tlic  llrlirvw  il  is,  my  woulwrr  i 


retted  to  thee. 

linir  h\  till 

into  Ihr  Jrmif,  A/l  ■/  Iht 


PSALM  XXXIV. 


i  1    WILL  bless  the  Lord  at  all  times,  his  praise 
J-  shall  be  always  in  my  mouth. 

3  In  tlit?  Lord  shall   my  soul  be  praised;  let  the 

.neck  hear  and  rejoin'. 

4  O  magnify  the  Lord  with  me:  and  let  us  extol 
iiis  name  together. 

5  1  sought  the  Lord,  and  he  heard  me;  and  he 
delivered  me  from  all  my  troubles. 

6  Come  ye  to  him  and  be  enlightened  :  and  your 
faces  shall  not  be  confounded. 

7  This  poor  man  cried  ;  and  the  Lord  heard  him, 
and  saved  him  out  of  all  his  troubles. 

8  The  angel  of  the  Lord  shall  encamp  round 
about  them  that  fear  him,  and  shall  deliver  them. 

9  O  taste,  and  see  that  the  Lord  is  sweet :  bless- 
ed is  the  man  that  liopeth  in  him. 

10  Fear  the  Lord,  all  ye  his  saints  :  for  there 
is  no  want  to  them  that  fear  him. 

1 1  The  rich  have  wanted,  and  have  suffered  hun- 
ger :  But  they  that  seek  the  Lord  shall  not  be  de- 
prived of  any  good. 

12  Come,  children,  hearken  to  me  :  I  will  teach 
you  the  fear  of  the  Lord. 

13  Who  is  the  man  that  desireth  life  ;  who  loveth 
to  see  good  days  ? 

14  Keep  thy  tongue  from  evil,  and  thy  lips  from 
speaking  guile. 

15  Turn  away  from  evil,  and  do  good:  seek 
after  peace,  and  pursue  it. 

16  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  upon  the  just,  and 
his  ears  unto  their  prayers. 

17  But  the  countenance  of  the  Lord  is  against 
(hem  that  do  evil  things  ;  to  cut  off  the  remembrance 
of  them  from  the  earth. 

18  The  just  cried;  and  the  Lord  heard  them, 
nnd  delivered  them  out  of  all  their  troubles. 

19  The  Lord  is  nigh  unto  them  that  are  of  a 
contrite  heart:  and  he  will  save  the  humble  of  spirit. 

20  Many  are  the  afflictions  of  the  just ;  but  out 
of  them  all  will  the  Lord  deliver  them. 

21  The  Lord  keepeth  all  their  bones  :  not  one  of 
them  shall  be  broken. 

22  The  death  of  the  wicked  is  very  evil :  and  they 
(hat  hate  the  just  shall  be  guilty. 

23  The  Lord  will  redeem  the  souls  of  his  ser- 
vants :  and  none  of  them  that  trust  in  him  shall  of- 
fend. 

PSALM  XXXIV. 

Judica,  Domine,  nocentes  me. 

Dtrirl,  in  the  person  of  Christ,  prayeth  against  his  persecutors ; 
prophetically  foreshowing  the  punishments  that  shall  fall 
upon  them. 

1  For  David  himself. 
FUDGE  thou,  O  Lord,  them  that  wrong  me:  over- 
•^    throw  them  that  fight  against  me: 

2  Take  hold  of  arms  and  shield  ;  and  rise  up  to 
help  me. 

3  Bring  out  thesword,and  shutupthe  wayagainst 
them  that  persecute  me  :  say  to  my  soul :  I  am  thy 
salvation. 

4  Let  them  he  confounded  and  ashamed  that  seek 
a(Vr  my  som 


Let  them  be  turned  back,  and  be  confounded, 
that  devise  evil  against  me. 

5  Let  them  become  as  dust  before  the  wind:  and 
let  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  straiten  them. 

6  Let  their  way  become  dark  and  slippery ;  and 
let  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  pursue  them. 

7  For  without  cause  they  have  hidden  their  net 
for  me  unto  destruction :  without  cause  they  have 
upbraided  my  soul. 

8  Let  the  snare  which  he  knoweth  not  come  up- 
on him  :  and  let  the  net  which  he  hath  hidden  catch 
him  :  and  into  that  very  snare  let  him  fall. 

9  But  my  soul  shall  rejoice  in  the  Lord;  and 
shall  be  delighted  in  his  salvation. 

10  All  my  bones  shall  say  :  Lord,  who  is  like  to 
thee  ? 

Who  deliverest  the  poor  from  the  hand  of  them 
that  are  stronger  than  he  ;  the  needy  and  the  poor 
from  them  that  strip  him. 

11  Unjust  witnesses  rising  up  have  asked  me 
things  I  knew  not. 

12  They  repaid  me  evil  for  good  :  to  the  depriv- 
ing me  of  my  soul. 

13  But  as  for  me  when  they  were  troublesome 
to  me,  I  was  clothed  with  hair-cloth. 

I  humbled  my  soul  with  fasting :  and  my  prayer 
shall  be  turned  into  my  bosom. 

14  As  a  neighbour  and  asan  own  brother,  so  did  I 
please  :  as  one  mourning  and  sorrowful,  so  was  1 
humbled. 

15  But  they  rejoiced  against  trie,  and  came  to- 
gether :  scourges  were  gathered  together  upon  me, 
and  I  knew  not. 

16  They  were  separated,  and  repented  not :  they 
tempted  me,  they  scoffed  at  me  with  scorn  :  they 
gnashed  upon  me  with  their  teeth. 

17  Lord,  when  wilt  thou  look  upon  me?  rescue 
thou  my  soul  from  their  malice  ;  my  only  one  from 
the  lions. 

18  I  will  give  thanks  to  thee  in  a  great  church  ; 
I  will  praise  thee  in  a  strong  people. 

19  Let  not  them  that  are  my  enemies  wrongfully 
rejoice  over  me;  who  have  hated  me  without  cause, 
and  wink  with  the  eyes. 

20  For  they  spoke  indeed  peaceably  to  me:  and 
speaking  in  the  anger  of  the  earth  they  devised  guile. 

21  And  they  opened  their  mouth  wide  against 
me  ;  they  said  :  Well  done,  well  done,  our  eyes  have 
seen  it. 

22  Thou  hast  seen,  O  Lord,  be  not  thou  silent  : 
O  Lord,  depart  not  from  me. 

23  Arise,  and  be  attentive  to  my  judgment ;  to 
my  cause,  my  God  and  my  Lord. 

24  Judge  me,  O  Lord  my  God,  according  to  thy 
justice  ;  and  let  them  not  rejoice  over  me. 

25  Let  them  not  say  in  their  hearts :  It  is  well,  it 
is  well,  to  our  mind  :  neither  let  them  say :  We 
have  swallowed  them  up. 

26  Let  them  blush,  and  be  ashamed  together, 
who  rejoice  at  my  evils.  ■ 

Let  them  be  clothed  with  confusion  and  shame, 
who  speak  great  things  against  me. 

27  Let  them  rejoice   and  he  glad,  who  are  well 

439 


PSALMS. 


pleased  with  my  justice  :  and  let  them  myatony*  : 
riic  Lord  be  magnified,  who  delight  in  the  i 
of  his  servant 

\inl    my  tongD6   shall   meditate   thy  justice, 
thy  praise  all  the  dav  long 

PSALM   XXXV. 
Dixit  injiistiis. 

The  malice  of  tinners,  and  the  Roodnrts  of  God. 

1  Unto  the  end,  for  the    servant  of  God  David 

himself. 

2  rIMIL  unjust  hath  said   within  himself,  that  he 

-■-     would  sin:  there  is  no  fear  of  Cod  before 
his  ejJPS. 

3  For  in  his  sidit  he  hath  done  deceitfully,  that 
his  iniquity  may  be  found  unto  hatred.* 

4  The  word-,  of  his  mouth  are  iniquity  and  guile: 
he  would  not  understand  that  he  might  do  well. 

5  He  hath  devised  iniquity  on  his  bed:  he  hath 
pet  himself  on  every  way  that  is  not  good,  but  evil 
he  hath  not  hated. 

6  O  l^ord,  thy  mercy  is  in  heaven:  and  thy  truth 
rtacheih  even  to  the  clouds. 

7  Thy  justice  is  as  the  mountains  of  God:  thy 
judgments  are  a  great  deep. 

Men  and  beasts  thou  w  ill  preserve,  O  Lord:  8  O 
how  hast  thou  multiplied  thy  mercy,  O  God! 

But  the  children  of  men  shall  put  their  trust  un- 
der the  covert  of  thy  wings. 

9  They  shall  he  inebriated  with  the  plenty  of  thy 
house:  and  thou  shall  make  them  drink,  of  the  tor- 
rent of  thy  pleasure. 

10  For  with  thee  is  the  fountain  of  life:  and  in 
thy  light  we  shall  see  light. 

1 1  Extend  thy  mercy  to  them  that  know  thee,  and 
thy  justice  to  them  that  are  right  in  heart. 

12  Let  not  the  foot  of  pride  come  to  me:  and  let 
got  the  hand  of  the  sinner  move  me. 

13  There  the  workers  of  iniquity  are  fallen:  they 
are  east  out,  and  could  not  stand. 

PSALM  XXX \  I. 

Noli  annulari.  . 

An  exhortation  to  demise  thin  trorld,  and  the  short  prosperity 
iff  thv  wiemd  ;  and  to  trust  in  providenet. 

1  A  psalm  for  David  himself. 

BE  not  emulous  of  evil  doers;  nor  envy  ihem  that 
work  iniquity. 

2  For  they  snail  shortly  wither  aw  ay  as  grass:  and 
as  the  green  herbs  shall  quickly  fall. 

3  Trust  in  the  Lord,  and  do  good,  and  dwell  in 
the  land,  and  thou  shaft  he  fed  with  its  riches. 

4  Delight  in  the  Lord,  and  he  will  give  thee  the 
requests  of  thy  heart. 

5  Commit  thy  way  to  the  Lord,  and  trust  in  him, 
and  he  will  do  it. 

\nd  he  will  bring  forth  thy  justice  as  the  light, 
and  thv  jmlgllMllll  as  the  noon  day.  7  He  Mbjecl 
to  the  Lord,  and  pray  to  him. 

I.iu  v  not  the  man  who  prospercth  in  his  way:  the 
man  w  ho  doetli  unjust  thin 


*  "nttUlrtd. 


,  hateful  i 


;:  ( lease  nom  anger,  and  have  nge;  have  do  em- 
ulation to  do  evil. 

9  1  or  evil  doers  shall  1m>  cut  off:  but  they  that 
wait  upon  the  Lord,  thev  shall  inherit  the  land. 

10  For  yet  a  little  while,  and  the  w  ieked  shall  not 
lie:  and  thou  shalt  seek  his  place  and  shah  nut 
find  it. 

11  Hut  the  meek  shall  inherit  the  land,  and  shall 
delight  in  abundance  of  peace. 

12  The  sinner  shall  watch  the  just  man ;  and  shall 
gnash  upon  him  with  his  teeth. 

13  But  the  Lord  shall  laugh  at  him:  for  he  fore- 
seeth  that  his  day  shall  come. 

14  The  wicked  have  drawn  out  the  sword:  they 
have  bent  their  Ik>w, 

To  cast  down  the  poor  and  needy,  to  kill  the  up- 
right of  heart. 

15  Let  their  sword  enter  into  their  own  hearts; 
and  let  their  bow  he  broken. 

16  Better  is  a  little  to  the  just,  than  the  great  riches 
of  the  wicked. 

17  For  the  arms  of  the  wicked  shall  be  broken  in 
pieces:  but  the  Lord  strengtheneth  the  just. 

18  The  Lord  knoweth  the  days  of  the  undelilcd; 
and  their  inheritance  shall  be  for  ever. 

19  They  shall  not  be  confounded  in  the  evil  time; 
and  in  the  days  of  famine  they  shall  be  Idled:  20 
because  the  wicked  shall  perish. 

And  the  enemies  of  the  Lord,  presently  after  they 
shall  be  honoured  and  exalted,  shall  come  to  nothing, 
and  vanish  like  smoke. 

21  The  sinner  shall  l>orrow,  and  not  pay  again  ■ 
but  thejustshoweth  mercy,  and  shall  give. 

22  For  such  as  bless  him  shall  inherit  the  land: 
but  such  as  curse  him  shall  perish. 

23  With  the  Lord  shall  the  steps  of  a  man  be  di- 
rected, and  he  shall  like  well  his  way. 

24  When  he  shall  fall,  he  shall  not" be  bruised;  for 
the  Lord  putteth  his  band  under  him. 

26  I  have  he»n  young,  and  now  am  old:  and  1 
have  not  seen  the  just  forsaken,  nor  his  seed  seeking 
bread. 

26  He  sboweth  mercv,  and  lendeth  all  the  day 
long:  and  his  seed  shall  be  in  Messing. 

J7  Decline  from  evil,  and  do  good,  and  dwell  for 
ever  and  ever. 

28  For  the  Lord  loveth  judgment,  and  will  not 
forsake  his  saints:  they  shall  be  preserved  forever. 

The  unjust  shall  be  punished,  and  (he  seed  of  the 
wicked  shall  perish. 

29  But  the  just  shall  inherit  the  land,  and  shall 
dwell  therein  for  evermore. 

30  The  mouth  of  the  jvfj  shall  meditate  w  tsdom ; 
and  his  tongue  shall  speak  judgment. 

31  The  law  of  his  God  is  in  bis  heart,  and  bis 
steps  shall  not  be  supplanted. 

M  The  wii  ked  wateheth  the  just  man,  and  seek 
etb  to  put  him  to  (bath. 

33  Hut  the  Lord  will  not  leave  him  in  hatbands; 

nor  condemn  him  when  he  shall  be  judged. 

34  Exped  the  Lord,  and  keep  his  way:  and  he 
will  exalt  thee  to  inherit  the  land  :  when  the  sim..  i, 
shall  perish  thou  shtlt  s, 


PSALMS  XXXVII,  XXXVIII,  XXXIX. 


85 
lifted 

36 


ami 


I  have  seen   (he  wicked  highly  exalte 
tip  like  the  cedars  of  Lihanus. 

And  I  passed  by,  and  lo,  lie  was  not:  and  1 
sought  him,  and  his  place  was  not  found. 

37  Keep  innocence,  and  behold  justice  ;  for  there 
are  remnants  for  the  peaceable  man. 

38  But  the  unjust  shall  be  destroyed  together : 
the  remnants  of  the  wicked  shall  perish. 

39  But  the  salvation  of  the  just  is  from  the  Lord  : 
and  he  is  their  protector  in  the  time  of  trouble. 

40  And  the  Lord  will  help  them  and  deliver 
them  :  and  he  will  rescue  tliem  from  the  wicked, 
•and  save  them,  because  they  have  hoped  in  him. 

PSALM  XXXVII. 

Domine,  ne  in  furore. 

/prayer  of  a  penitent  for  the  remission  of  his  sins 
penitential  psalm. 

1  A  psalm  for  David,  for  a  remembrance*  of  the 

sabbath. 

2  "13  EBUKE  me  not,  O  Lord,  in  thy  indignation, 
CV  nor  chastise  me  in  thy  wrath. 

and  thy 


The  third 


3  For  thy  arrows  are  fastened  in  me 
MHiid  hath  been  strong  upon  me. 

4  There  is  no  health  in  my  flesh,  because  of  thy 
wrath  •  there  is  no  peace  for  my  bones,  because  of 
my  sins. 

5  For  my  iniquities  are  gone  over  my  head  ;  and 
as  a  heavy  burden  are  become  heavy  upon  me. 

6  My  sores  are  putrefied  and  corrupted,  because 
of  my  foolishness. 

7  I  am  become  miserable,  and  am  bowed  down 
even  to  the  end:  I  walked  sorrowful  all  the  day  long. 

8  For  my  loins  are  filled  with  illusions ;  and 
there  is  no  health  in  my  flesh. 

9  I  am  afflicted,  and  humbled  exceedingly :  I 
roared  with  the  groaning  of  my  heart. 

10  Lord,  all  my  desire  is  before  thee:  and  my 
groaning  is  not  hidden  from  thee. 

1 1  My  heart  is  troubled,  my  strength  hath  left 
me  :  and  the  light  of  my  eyes  itself  is  not  with  me. 

12  My  friends  and  my  neighbours  have  drawn 
near,  and  stood  against  me. 

And  they  that  were  near  me  stood  afar  off :  13  and 
they  that  sought  my  soul  used  violence. 

And  they  that  sought  evils  to  me  spoke  vain 
things,  and  studied  deceits  all  the  day  long. 

I  l  But  I,  as  a  deaf  man,  heard  not :  and  as  a 
dumb  man  not  openiug  his  mouth. 

15  And  I  became  as  a  man  that  heareth  not,  and 
that  hath  no  reproofs  in  his  mouth. 

16  For  in  thee,  O  Lord,  have  I  hoped  :  thou  wilt 
hear  me,  O  Lord  my  God. 

17  For  I  said  :  Lest  at  any  time  my  enemies  re- 
j  lice  over  me  ;  and  whilst  my  feet  are  moved,  they 
speak  great  things  against  me. 

1 8  For  I  am  ready  for  scourges :  and  my  sorrow 
is  continually  before  me. 

19  For  I  will  declare  my  iniquity;  and  I   will 

think  for  my  sin. 

• 

*  For  a  remembrance,  viz.  of  our  miseries  and  sins  ;  and  to  be  sung  on 
11 -e  Bulibath  dity 

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20  But  my  enemies  live,  and  are  stronger  than  I 
and  tlie\  that,  hate  me  wrongfully  are  multiplied. 

21  They  that  render  evil  for  good,  have  detract 
ed  me,  because  I  followed  goodness. 

22  Forsake  me  not,  O  Lord   my  God :  do  not 
thou  depart  from  me. 

23  Attend  unto  my  help,  O  Lord,  the  God  of  my 
salvation. 

PSALM  XXXVIII. 
Dixi,  custodiam. 

A  just  man's  peace  and  patience  in  his  sufferings  ;  considering 
the  vanity  of  the  world,  and  the  providence  of  God. 

1  Unto  the  end,  for  Idithun   himself,  a  canticle  ol 

David. 

2  T  SAID:  I  will  take  heed  to  my  ways,  that  I 
-*-  sin  not  with  my  tongue. 

I  have  set  a  guard  to  my  mouth,  when  the  sinner 
stood  against  me. 

3  I  was  dumb,  and  was  humbled,  and  kept  si- 
lence from  good  things:  and  my  sorrow  was  renewed. 

4  My  heart  grew  hot  within  me,  and  in  my  medi- 
tation a  fire  shall  flame  out. 

5  I  spoke  with  my  tongue :  O  Lord,  make  me 
know  my  end. 

And  what  is  the  number  of  my  days  :  that  I  may 
know  what  is  wanting  to  me. 

6  Behold,  thou  hast  made  my  days  measurable  . 
and  my  substance  is  as  nothing  before  thee. 

And  indeed  all  things  are  vanity,  every  man  living. 

7  Surely  man  passeth  as  an  image :  yea,  and  he 
is  disquieted  in  vain. 

He  storeth  up  :  and  he  knoweth  not  for  whom  he 
shall  gather  these  things. 

8  And  now  what  is  my  hope  ?  is  it  not  the  Lord  ? 
and  my  substance  is  with  thee. 

9  Deliver  thou  me  from  all  my  iniquities  :  thou 
hast  made  me  a  reproach  to  the  fool. 

10  1  was  dumb,  and  I  opened  not  my  mouth, 
because  thou  hast  done  it.  1 1  Remove  thy  scourges 
from  me, 

The  strength  of  thy  hand  hath  made  me  faint  in 
rebukes :   12  thou  hast  corrected  man  for  iniquity. 

And  thou  hast  made  his  soul  to  waste  away  like  a 
spider  :  surely  in  vain  is  any  man  disquieted. 

13  Hear  my  prayer,  O  Lord,  and  my  supplication  : 
give  ear  to  my  tears. 

Be  not  silent ;  for  I  am  a  stranger  with  thee,  and 
a  sojourner  as  all  my  fathers  were. 

14  O  forgive  me,  that  I  may  be  refreshed,  before 

1  go  hence,  and  be  no  more. 

PSALM  XXXIX. 

Expectans  expectavi. 

Christ's  coming,  and  redeeming  mankind. 

1   Unto  the  end,  a  psalm  for  David  himself. 

2  \M/TTH  expectation  I  have  waited  for  the  Lord  , 
▼  T    and  he  was  attentive  to  me. 

3  And  he  heard  my  prayers,  and  brought  me  out 
of  the  pit  of  misery  and  the  mire  of  dregs. 

And  he  set  my  feet  upon  a  rock,  and  directed  my 
steps. 

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PSALMS. 


.    \mi  be  put  ■  pew  canticle  into  my   month,  | 
I  in  our  God. 

Mail}  shall  Bee,  and  shall  fear:  and  they  shall 
BOM  m  the  Lord. 

Uessed  is  the  man  whoM  trn-t  i-  in  tin-  MUM 
of  the  Lord  ;  and  who  hath  not  had  regard  to  vani- 
ties, and  lying  lolh' 

t".  Thou  bast  multiplied  thy  wonderful  works,  O 
Lord  my  God:  and  in  thy  thoughts  there  is  no  one 
(ike  to  thee. 

I  have  deelared,  and  I  have  spoken :  they  are 
multiplied  above  lumber. 

icrifice  and  oblation  thou  didst  not  desire;  hut 
thou  haH  pierced  ears  for  me. 

Burnt-offering  and  sin-offering  thou  didst  not  re- 
quire  :  >'>  then  said  I :  Behold,  1  come. 

In  the  head  of  the  hook  it  is  w  ritten  of  me  9  that 

1  should  do  thy  will  :  ()  my  God,  I  have  desired  it, 
and  thv  law  in  the  midst  of  my  heart. 

10  (  have  deelared  thy  justice  in  a  great  church  : 
lo,I  will  not  restrain  myllpsrO  Lord  thou  knowest  it. 

II  I  have  not  hid  thy  justice  within  my  heart:  1 
bstre  deelared  thy  truth  and  thy  salvation. 

I  have  not  concealed  thy  mercy  and  thy  truth 
from  a  tireat  council. 

1 J  Withhold  not  thou,  O  Lord,  thy  tender  mer- 
CHN  from  me  :  thy  mercy  and  thy  truth  have  always 

Upheld  me. 

13  For  evils  without  number  have  surrounded  me  : 
my  iniquities*  have  overtaken  me,  and  1  was  not 
able  to  see. 

They  are  multiplied  above  the  hairs  of  my  head  : 
and  mi  heart  hath  forsaken  me. 

14  Be  pleased,  O  Lord,  to  deliver  me:  look 
dow  n.  ()  Lord,  to  help  me. 

15  Let  them  be  confounded  and  ashamed  toge- 
ther, that  seek  alter  my  soul  to  take  it  away. 

I..t  them  be  turned  backward,  and  be  ashamed 
that  desire  evils  to  me. 

16  Let  them  immediately  bear  their  confusion, 
that  say  to  me  :  'lis  well,  'tis  well.f 

17  Let  all  that  seek  thee  rejoice  and  be  glad  in 
thee  :  and  let  Mich  as  love  thy  salvation  say  always: 
The  Lord  be  magnified. 

18  But  1  am  a  and  poor;  the  Lord  is 
careful  for  me. 

Thou  art  my  helper  and  my  protector;  O  my 
(Jod,  be  not  slack. 

PSALM  XL. 
lb  atus  qui  intelligit. 

The  happiness  nf him  that  shall  brlirrr  in  Christ ;  notwithstand- 
ing the  humility  ami  poverty  in  which  he  shttll  come  :  the  ma- 
in i  of  his  enemies,  especially  of  the  truilnr  J  mint. 
1    Unto  the  end,  a  psalm  for  David  himself. 

2  T>LI'.ss|.|)  is  he  that  understaodetb  concern- 
-*-*  inj  the  needy  and  the  poor:   the   Lord    will 

deliver  him  in  the  evil  day. 

.;  The  Lonl  preserve  him  and  give  him  life,  and 
make  him  blessed  upon  the  earth:  and  deliver  him 
not  up  10  the  w  ill  01  his  cneini' 

ie  Lord  help  him  on  his  bed  of  sorrow :  thou 
bast  turned  all  his  couch  in  his  sickness. 

*  My  iniiuilus.  That  it,  (ho  tin*  of  all  mankind,  which  |  dare  taken 
upon  DM 


5  I  said:  ()  Lord,  be  thou  merciful  to  me;  heal 
my  soul,  for  I  have  unned  against  tin  e. 

6  My  enemies  ha\e  spoken  e\  ils  against  me: 
when  shall  he  die,  and  his  name  perish  ? 

7  And  if  be  came  in  to  see  un .  he  spoke  vain 
duMS;  his  heart  gathered  together  iniquity  to  itself. 

lb-  went  out, and  spoke  to  the  same  purpi- 

8  All  my  enemies  whispered  together  against  me : 
thev  devised  evils  to  me. 

9  They  determined  against  me  an  unjust  word  : 
shall  he  that  sleepeth  rise  again  no  more? 

10  Lor  even  the  man  of  my  peace,  in  whom  I 
trusted,  who  ate  my  bread,  hath  greatly  supplanted 
me. 

11  But  thou,  O  Lord,  have  mercy  on  me,  and 
raise  me  up  again  :  and  1  w  ill  requite  them. 

12  By  this  I  know  that  thou  hast  had  a  good  w  ill 
for  me  :  because  my  enemy  shall  not  rejoice  over  me. 

13  But  thou  hast  upheld  me  by  reason  of  my  in- 
nocence ;  and  hast  established  me  in  thy  sight  for 
ever. 

14  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel,  from 
eternity  to  eternity.     So  be  it.     So  be  it. 

PSALM  XLI. 

Quemadmodum  desidcrat. 
The  fervent  desire  of  the  just  after  God:  hope  in  affliction* 

1  Unto  the  end,  understanding  for  the  sons  of  Core. 

2  \  S  the  hart  panteth  after  the  fountains  of  wa- 
-f*-  tert;  BO  my  soul  panteth  after  thee,  O  God. 

3  My  soul  hath  thirsted  after  the  strong  living 
God;  when  shall  1  come,  and  appear  belore  the 
lace  of  God? 

X  .M\  tears  have  been  my  bread  day  and  night, 

whilst  it  is  said  to  me  dail\  :    Where  is  thy  God? 

5  These  things  I  remembered,  and  poured  out 
mj  soul  in  me:  lor  I  shall  go  over  into  the  place  of 
the  wonderful  tabernacle,  even  to  the  house  of  God, 

With  the  voice  of  joy  and  praise;  the  noise  of 
one  feasting. 

6  Why  an  thou  sad,  O  my  soul?  and  why  dost 
thou  trouble  me? 

Hope  in  God,  for  I  will  still  give  praise  to  him : 
the  salvation  t>f  my  countenance,  7  and  my  God. 

My  soul  is  troubled  within  myself:  therefore 
will  I  remember  thee  from  the  land  of  Jordan  and 
Hcrntoniim,  from  the  little  hill. 

8  Deep  calleth  on  deep,  at  the  noise  of  thy  flood- 
gates. 

All  thy  heights  and  thy  billows  have  passed  over 
me. 

9  In  the  day  time  the  Lord  hath  commanded  his 
mercy,  and  a  canticle  to  him  in  the  night. 

\\  nh  me  is  prayer  to  the  God  of  my  life,  10  1 
will  say  to  God  :   Thou  art  my  support. 

Why  hast  thou  forgotten  me:  and  why  go  I 
mourning,  whilst  my  enemy  afflictcth  me? 

II   Whilst  my  bones   are    broken,  my  enem 
who  trouble  me  have  reproached  me. 

Whilst  tin  \  sa\  tome  da\  by  day:  Where  is  thy 
God?» 


t  'TV.  irrH      The  II  .    ,.  ;,„  iiii.rjcctioo  of  insult  arid  deri. 

■ion. like  the  Vah.     M<tl   xxvii.  40. 


PSALMS  XLT1,  XLIII,  XLIV 


12  Why  art  thou  cast  down,  O  my  soul?  and 
A'hy  dost  thou  disquiet  me? 

Mope  thou  in  God,  for  1  will  still  give   praise  to 
him :  the  salvation  of  my  countenance,  and  my  God. 
PSALM  XLII. 
Judica  me,  Deus. 

The  prophet  aspireth  after  the  temple  nn/1  altar  of  God. 

1  A  psalm  for  David. 

JUDGE  me,  0  God,   and  distinguish  my  cause 
from  the  nation  that  is   not   holy:  deliver  me 
from   the  unjust  and  deceitful  man. 

2  For  thou  art  God  my  strength :  why  hast  thou 
cast  me  off?  and  why  do  I  go  sorrowful  whilst  the 
enemy  afflicteth  me  ? 

3  Send  forth  thy  light  and  thy  truth :  they  have 
conducted  me,  and  brought  me  unto  thy  holy  hill, 
and  into  thy  tabernacles. 

4  And  I  will  go  in  to  the  altar  of  God,  to  God 
who  giveth  joy  to  my  youth. 

5  To  thee,  O  God  my  God,  1  will  give  praise 
upon  the  harp:  why  art  thou  sad,  O  my  soul?  and 
why  dost  thou  disquiet  me? 

6  Hope  in  God,  for  1  will  still  give  praise  to  him: 
the  salvation  of  my  countenance,  and  my  God. 

PSALM  XLIII.. 
Deus,  auribus  nostris. 

The  church  commemorates  former  favours,  and  present  afflic- 
tions ;  under  which  she  prays  for  succour. 

1  Unto  the  end,  for  the  sons  of  Core  to  give  under- 
standing. 
2\I7"E  have  heard,  O  God,  with  our  ears  :  our  fa- 

»  *    thers  have  declared  to  us, 

The  work  thou  hast  wrought  in  their  days,  and 
in  the  days  of  old. 

3  Thy  hand  destroyed  the  gentiles,  and  thou 
plantedst  them:  thou  didst  afflict  the  people  and 
cast  them  out. 

4  For  they  got  not  the  possession  of  the  land  by 
their  own  sword :  neither  did  their  own  arm  save 

them,  j    ,      i-  , 

But  thy  right  hand  and  thy  arm,  and  the  light  of 
thy  countenance :  because  thou  wast  pleased  with 

them.  *■'***<'-* 

5  Thou.art  thyself  my  king  and  my  God  ;  who 
commandest  the  saving  of  Jacob. 

6  Through  thee  we  will  push  down  our  enemies 
with  the  horn:  and  through  thy  name  we  will  de- 
spise them  that  rise  up  against  us. 

7  For  I  will  not  trust  in  my  bow  :  neither  shall 
my  sword  save  me. 

"8  But  thou  hast  saved  us  from  them  that  afflict 
us ;  and  hast  put  them  to  shame  that  hate  us. 

9  In  God  shall  we  glory  all  the  day  long:  and 
in  thy  name  we  will  give  praise  for  ever. 

10  But  now  thou  hast  cast  us  off,  and  put  us  to 
shame :  and  thou,  O  God,  wilt  not  go  out  with  our 
armies. 

1 1  Thou  hast  made  us  turn  our  back  to  our  ene- 
mies :  and  they  that  hated  us  plundered  for  them- 
selves. 

12  Thou  hast  given  us  up  like  sheep  to  be  eaten: 
thou  hast  scattered  us  among  the  nations. 

13  Thou  hast  sold  thy  people  for  no  price:  and 
there  was  no  reckoning  in  the  exchange  of  them. 


14  Thou  hist  made  us  a  reproach  to  our  neigh 
hours,  a  scoff  and  derision  to  them  that  arc  round 
about  us. 

15  Thou  hast  made  us  a  by-word  among  the 
gentiles;  a  shaking  of  the  head  among  the  peoples. 

16  All  the  day  long  mv  shame  is  belore  me  :  and 
the  confusion  of  my  face  hath  covered  me, 

17  At  the  voice  of  him  that  reproacheth  and  de- 
tracted me;  at  the  face  of  the  enemy  and  persecu- 
tor. 

18  All  these  things  have  come  upon  us,  yet  we 
have  not  forgotten  thee :  and  we  have  not  done 
wickedly  in  thy  covenant. 

19  And  our  heart  hath  not  turned  back;  neither 
hast  thou  turned  aside  our  steps  from  thy  way. 

20  For  thou  hast  humbled  us  in  the  place  of  af- 
fliction :  and  the  shadow  of  death  hath  covered  us. 

21  If  we  have  forgotten  the  name  of  our  God, 
and  if  we  have  spread  forth  our  hands  to  a  strange 
god  : 

22  Shall  not  God  search  out  these  things  ?  for 
he  knoweth  the  secrets  of  the  heart. 

Because  for  thy  sake  we  are  killed  all  the  day 
long  :  we  are  counted  as  sheep  for  the  slaughter. 

23  Arise,  why  sleepest  thou,  O  Lord  ?  arise,  and 
cast  us  not  off  to  the  end. 

24  Why  turnest  thou  thy  face  away  ?  and  forget- 
test  our  want  and  our  trouble? 

25  For  our  soul  is  humbled  down  to  the  dust : 
our  belly  cleaveth  to  the  earth. 

26  Arise,  O  Lord,  help  us :  and  redeem  us  for 
thy  name's  sake. 

PSALM  XLIV. 

Eructavit  cor  meum. 

The  excellence  of  Christ's  kingdom,  and  the  endowments  of  his 

church. 

1  Unto  the  end,  for  them  that  shall  be  changed,*  for 
the  sons  of  Core,  for  understanding  :  A  canticle 
for  the  beloved.f 

2  TVfY  heart  hath  uttered  a  good  word  :  I  speak 
-L™JL  my  works  to  the  king  : 

My  tongue  is  the  pen  of  a  scrivener  that  writeth 
swiftly. 

3  Thou  art  beautiful  above  the  sons  of  men:  grace 
is  poured  abroad  in  thy  lips;  therefore  hath  God 
blessed  thee  for  ever. 

4  Gird  thy  sword  upon  thy  thigh,  O  thou  most 
mighty. 

5  With  thy  comeliness  and  thy  beauty  set  out,  pro- 
ceed prosperously,  and  reign. 

Because  of  truth  and  meekness  and  justice:  and 
thy  right  hand  shall  conduct  thee  wonderfully. 

6  Thy  arrows  are  sharp  :  under  thee  shall  people 
fall,  into  the  hearts  of  the  king's  enemies. 

7  Thy  throne,  O  God,  is  for  ever  and  ever  :  the 
sceptre  of  thy  kingdom  is  a  sceptre  of  uprightness. 

8  Thou  hast  loved  justice,  and  hatedst  iniquity : 
therefore  God,  thy  God  hath  anointed  thee  with  the 
oil  of  gladness  above  thy  fellows. 


*  For  the m  that  shall  be  changed,  i.  e.    For  souls  happily  changed  by 
hciwr  converted  to  God. 

■f  Tlu  betuved,  viz.  Our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 
413 


and  didst  I  ittditl  agaiiusl  tin  mot  hi 

these thiueH  hast  tlrau  done,  and  1  was  silent. 

Thou  Utoughtesi   unjustly  thai  I  shall  be  like  to 
llu-r:  hut  I  irtll  reprove  thee,  and  aetbefore  thy  face. 
Understand  theae  things  you  thai  forget  God; 
leal  In-  snatch  yon  atony,  and  there  beaoaa  to  deli- 
ver KM. 

[  rifioe  of  praise  shall  (doriry  me:  and 

then'  is  tin-  way  by  which  I  will  show  him  the  sal- 
vation of  (iod. 

PSALM  L 

Miserere 

The  repentance  and  confession  of  David  after  Ait  tin.     The 
fourth  penitential  ptalm. 

1  Unto  the  end.  a  psalm  of  David,  2  when  Nathan 

the  prophet  earn.-  to  him.  after  he  had  sinned  with 

Betnsabee.     |  J  kings  xii.] 
3  1  I  W  I.  men  \  on  me,  O  God,  according  to  thy 

-■--■-  greal  bm  rcj . 

And  according  to  the  multitude  of  thy  tender  mer- 

~,  tint  out  niv  iniquity. 

4  Wash  me  yet  more  from  my  iniquity,  and 
cleans.-  me  from  my  sin. 

For  I  know  my  iniquity,  and  my  sin  is  always 
before  me. 

6  To  thee  only  have  I  sinned,  and  have  done  evil 
before  thee;  thatthou  mayst  be  justified  in  thy  words, 
and  mayst  overcome  when  thou  art  judged. 

7  For  behold,  I  was  conceived  in  iniquities ;  and 
in  sins  did  my  mother  conceive  me. 

8  For  behold,  thou   hast   loved  truth:   the  uncer- 
tain anil  hidden  things  of  thy  wisdom  thou  hast  in  id 
manifest  to  me. 

9  Thou  shalt  sprinkle  me  with  hyssop,  and  1 
shall  he  cleansed:  thou  shalt  wash  me,  and  1  shall 
he  made  whiter  than  snow. 

10  To  my  hearing  thou  shalt  give  joy  and  glad- 
-:  and  the  bones  that  have   been  humbled  shall 

rejoice. 

11  Turn  away  tin 
out  all  my  iniquities. 

12  ('irate  a  clean  heart  in  me,  O  God 
new  a  right  spirit  within  mv  bowels. 

13  Cast  me  not  away  from  thy  face;  and  take 
not  thy  holy  spirit  from  me. 

14Restore  unto  me  the  joy  of  thy  salvation,  and 
strengthen  me  with  a  perfect  spirit. 

15  I  will  teach  the  unjust  thy  ways:  and  the 
wicked  shall  be  converted  loth 

16  Deliver  me  from  blood,  <)  (iod,  thou  (Iod  of 
mv  salvation:  and  my  tongue  shall  extol  thy  justice. 

17  O  Lord,  thou  wilt  open  my  lips :  and  my 
mouth  shall  declare  thy  peak 

18  For  if  thou  hadst  desired  sacrifice,  I  would 
indeed  bttvegive&it:  svith  burnt-offerings  thou  will 
not  be  delighted. 

19  \  sacrifice  to  God  is  an  afflicted  spirit :  a  coo- 
trite  and  bumbled  heart,  o  (iod,  thou  will  not  de- 
spis< 

*  MtMk,  or  Marhalalh.     A   mn.ieal   instrument,  or  a  charm  of 
t>mici»iw  :  for  8«.  Jerome  render*  it.  frr  tknrum. 

I  Cat  k*th  uall'rcd  tmt  bvntt.  Sir.     That   e,  »i««i  ha*  brought  In  no. 


PSALMS 

:  Jl 


face  from  my  sins,  and  blot 
and  re- 


20  Deal  favourably.  ()  Lord,  in  thy  good-will 
with  Sion;  that  the  walls  <>!  Jerusalem  may  lie  built 
up. 

Jl  Then  shalt  thou  accept  the  sacrifice  of  justice, 
oblations  ami  w  hole  burnt-offerings:  then  shall  the] 
lay  calves  upon  thy  altar. 

PSALM*  LI. 

Quid  gloriaris. 

David  condemnrth  the  nrktdnrn  of  Doeg,  and  foretcllrth  An 

ill  strurtiim. 

1  Unto  the  end,  understanding  for  David,  2  when 
Doeg  the  Kdomite  came  and  (old  Saul:  David 
went  to  the  house  of  Achimelech.  [1  njngs 
xxii.  !».] 

3\^HV  dost  thou  glory  in  malice,  thou  that  art 
▼  »     mighty  in  iniqtiit\  ? 

4  All  the  day  long  thy  tongue  hath  devised  in- 
justice: as  a  sharp  razor,  thou  hast  wrought   deceit 

5  Thou  hast  loved  malice,  more  than  goodm  M 
and  iniquity  rather  than  to  speak  rightcousm 

6  Thou  hast  loved  all  the  words  of  ruin,  O  de- 
ceitful tongue. 

7  Therefore  will  God  destroy  thee  for  ever :  he 
will  pluck  thee  out,  and  remove  thee  from  thy  dwell- 
ing place;  and  th\  root  out  of  the  land  of  the  liviog. 

8  The  just  shall  see  and  fear,  and  shall  laugh  at 
him,  and  say:  0  Behold  the  man  that  made  not  (iod 
his  helper: 

hut  trusted  in  the  abundance  of  his  riches,  and 
prevailed  in  his  vanity. 

Id  Hut  I,  as  a  fruitful  olive-tree  in  the  house  of 
God,  have  hoped  in  the  mercy  of  God  for  ever,  yea 
lor  ever  and  ever. 

1  I  I  will  praise  thee  for  ever,  because  thou  bast 
done  it:  and  I  will  wait  on  thy  name,  for  it  is  good 
in  the  sight  of  ih.v  saints. 

PSALM  LI  I. 

Dixit  insipiens. 

Tl-e  Sim  ml  rorriipt'mn  of  man  before  the  coming  of  Christ. 

1  Unto  the    end,   for   Maeleth*  understandings  to 
David. 

THE  fool  said  in  his  heart:  There  is  no  God. 
2  They  are  corrupted,  and  become   al>ominn- 
ble  in  iniquities:  there  is  none  that  doethgood. 

3  God  looked  down  from  heaven  on  the  children 
of  men.  to  see  if  there  w  en-  an\  that  did  understand, 
or  ditl  seek  God. 

4  All  have  none  aside,  they  are  become  unprofit- 
able together:  there  is  none  that  doethgood,  no  not 
one. 

5  Shall  not  all  the  workers  of  iniquity  know,  who 
rat  nil  my  people  as  thev  eat  bread  f 

6  They  ha\e  not  called  upon  God:  there  have 
they  trembled  for  fear,  where  there  was  QO  fear. 

For  (iod  hath  scattered  the  boOOSf  of  them  that 
please  men:    the\ha\e    been    confounded,    because 

God  hath  despised  them. 

7  Who  will  give  out  of  Sion  the  salvation  of  Is- 
rael:   when  (iod  shall  bring    back  the  captivity  ni 


tlimjr  the  •trrnrth  of  all  theae  that  aeck  to  pie— 8  men,  to  the  |  ri  ji> 
ili.  ir  Hut;  to  !'>>  ir  maker 


PSALMS  LIII,  LI\,  L.V. 


Ins  pcoi)lc,  Jacob  shall  rejoice,  and  Israel  shall  be 
glad. 

PSALM  LIII. 
Deus,  in  nomine  tuo. 

A  prayer  for  help  in  distress. 

I  Unto  the  end,  in  verses,  understanding  for  David. 
2  When  the  men  of  Ziph  had  come,  and  said  to 
Saul:  Is  not  David  hidden  with  us?  [1  Kings 
xxiii.  19.] 

3 CAVE  me,  O  God,  by  thy  name,  and  judge  me 
^  in  thy  strength. 

4  O  God,  hear  my  prayer:  give  ear  to  the  words 
of  my  mouth. 

5  For  strangers  have  risen  up  against  me;  and 
the  mighty  have  sought  after  my  soul;  and  they 
have  not  set  God  before  their  eyes. 

6  For  behold,  God  is  my  helper:  and  the  Lord 
is  the  protector  of  my  soul. 

7  Turn  back  the  evils  upon  my  enemies:  and 
cut  them  off  in  thy  truth. 

8  I  will  freely  sacrifice  to  thee,  and  will  give 
praise,  O  God,  to  thy  name :  because  it  is  good : 

9  Fo'rthou  hast  delivered  me  out  of  all  trouble: 
and  my  eye  hath  looked  down  upon  my  enemies. 

PSALM  LIV. 
Exaudi,  Deus. 

A  prayer  of  a  just  man  under  persecution  from  the  wicked.  It 
agrees  to  Christ  persecuted  by  the  Jews,  and  betrayed  by 
Judas. 

1  Unto  the  end,  in  verses,  understanding  for  David. 

2  T-IEAR,  O  God,  my  prayer,  and  despise  not  my 
-tJ-  supplication :    3  be  attentive  to  me,  and 

Var  me. 

I  am  grieved  in  my  exercise ;  and  am  troubled, 
4  at  the  voice  of  the  enemy,  and  at  the  tribulation 
of  the  sinner. 

For  they  have  cast  iniquities  upon  me :  and  in 
wrath  they  were  troublesome  to  me. 

5  My  heart  is  troubled  within  me  ;  and  the  fear 
of  death  is  fallen  upon  me. 

6  Fear  and  trembling  are  come  upon  me ;  and 
darkness  hath  covered  me. 

7  And  I  said :  Who  will  give  me  wings  like  a 
dove,  and  I  will  fly,  and  be  at  rest  ? 

8  Lo,  1  have  gone  far  off  flying  away;  and  I  abode 
in  the  wilderness. 

9  I  waited  for  him  that  hath  saved  me  from  pu- 
sillanimity of  spirit,  and  a  storm. 

10  Cast  down,  O  Lord,  and  divide  their  tongues; 
for  I  have  seen  iniquity  and  contradiction  in  the  city. 

II  Day  and  night  shall  iniquity  surround  it  upon 
its  walls  ;  and  in  the  midst  thereof  are  labour,  12 
and  injustice. 

And  usury  and  deceit  have  not  departed  from 
its  streets. 


*  Let  death,  Sx.  This,  and  such  like  imprecations,  which  occur  in 
the  psalms,  are  delivered  prophetically;  that  is,  by  way  of  foretelling 
the  punishments  which  shall  fall  upon  the  wicked  from  divine  justice, 
nn<\  approving  the  righteous  ways  of  God:  but  not  by  way  of  ill  will, 
or  uncharitable  curses,  which  the  law  of  God  disallows. 

t  .9mnniT  mini/,  top.  That  is,  they  that  drew  near  to  attack  me  were 
namj  in  company,  all  combining  to  fight  against  me. 


13  For  if  my  enemy  had  reviled  me,  I  would 
verily  have  borne  with  it. 

And  if  he  that  hated  me  had  spoken  great  things 
against  me :  I  would  perhaps  have  hidden  myself 
from  him. 

14  But  thou  a  man  of  one  mind,  my  guide,  and 
my  familiar. 

15  Who  didst  take  sweet  meats  together  with  me* 
in  the  house  of  God  we  walked  with  consent. 

16  Let  death*  come  upon  them,  and  let  them  go 
down  alive  into  hell. 

For  there  is  wickedness  in  their  dwellings  in  the 
midst  of  them. 

17  But  1  have  cried  to  God:  and  the  Lord  will 
save  me. 

1 8  Evening  and  morning,  and  at  noon  1  will  speak 
and  declare ;  and  he  shall  hear  my  voice. 

19  He  shall  redeem  my  soul  in  peace  from  them 
that  draw  near  to  me  :  for  among  manyf  they  were 
with  me. 

20  God  shall  hear,  and  the  Eternal  shall  humble 
them. 

For  there  is  no  change  with  them,  and  they  have 
not  feared  God  ;  21  he  hath  stretched  forth  his  hand 
to  repay. 

They  have  defiled  his  covenant :  22  they  are  di- 
vided! by  the  wrath  of  his  countenance ;  and  his 
heart  hath  drawn  near. 

His  words  are  smoother  than  oil,  and  the  same 
are  darts. 

23  Cast  thy  care  upon  the  Lord,  and  he  shall  sustain 
thee  ;  he  shall  not  suffer  the  just  to  waver  for  ever. 

24  But  thou,  O  God,  shalt  bring  them  down  into 
the  pit  of  destruction. 

Bloody  and  deceitful  men  shall  not  live  out  half 
their  days :  but  I  will  trust  in  thee,  O  Lord. 

PSALM  LV. 

Miserere  mej  Deus. 

A  prayer  of  David  in  danger  and  distress. 

1  Unto  the  end,  for  a  people  that  is  removed  at  a 
distance  from  the  sanctuary :  for  David,  for  an 
inscription  of  a  title  (or  pillar)  when  the  Philis- 
tines held  him  in  Geth. 

2  XT  AVE  mercy  on  me,  O  God,  for  man  hath 
■*--*-  trodden  me  under  foot:  all  the  day  long  he 

hath  afflicted  me  fighting  against  me. 

3  My  enemies  have  trodden  on  me  all  the  day 
long  ;  for  they  are  many  that  make  war  against  me. 

4  From  the  height  of  the  day||  I  shall  fear;  but 
I  will  trust  in  thee. 

5  In  God  I  will  praise  my  words  ;§  in  God  I 
have  put  my  trust:  I  will  not  fear  what  flesh  can  do 
against  me. 

6  All  the  day  long  they  detested  my  words  :  all 
their  thoughts  were  against  me  unto  evil. 

7  They  will  dwell  and  hide  themselves :  they  will 
watch  my  heel. 


J  They  are  divided,  &c.  Dispersed,  scattered,  and  brought  to  nothing, 
by  the  wrath  of  God  :  who  looks  with  indignation  on  their  wicked  and 
deceitful  ways. 

||  The  height  of  the  day.  That  is,  even  at  noon  day,  when  the  sun  is 
the  highest,  I  am  still  in  danger. 

{  Jtfi/  words.    The  words  or  promises  God  has  made  in  my  favour. 


PSALM-. 


they  li:t \  t-  waited  for  my  soul,  8  for  nothing 
shah  ilnm  save  them  :*  in  th)  anger  thou  shah  break 
the  people  in  pieces. 

<  »  <  iod,  !»  1  haw  declared  to  thee  my  life!  tliou 
hast  m  t  m\  tears  in  tliv  Bight, 

\  dao  in  thy  promise.  10  Then  shall  my  ene- 
mies he  turned  hack. 

In  what  day  soewr  I  shall  call  upon  thee,  behold, 
I  kuow  thou  art  my  God. 

11  In  God  will  I  praise  the  word;  in  the  Lord 
will  I  praise  hit  speech.  In  God  have  1  hoped:  I 
will  not  fear  what  man  can  do  to  me. 

12  In  me,  0  God,  are  rows  to  thee,  which  I  will 
pay,  praises  to  thee. 

IS  Because  thou  hast  delivered  my  soul  from 
(huh.  my  feet  from  falling:  that  I  may  please  in 
the  sight  of  God,  in  the  light  of  the  living. 

PSALM  L\  I. 
Miserere  met,  Dens. 

The  prnphrt  prays  in   his  aMirtion,  and  praises    G»d  for  his 

delivery. 
I    Into  the  end,  destroy  not,t  for  David,  for  an  in- 
scription of  a  title,  When  he  fled  from  Saul   into 
the  cave.  [1  Kings  xxiv.] 
-II  ^  ''  mt'riV  (,n  mP>  ^  God,  have  mercy  on 
Mm.  me:  for  mv  soul  trus'.eth  in  thee. 
And  in  the  shadow  of  thy  wiugs  will  I  hope,  until 
iniquity  pass  away. 

a  1  w  ill  cry  to  God  the  most  High;  to  God  who 
hath  done  good  to  inc. 

4  He  hath  scut  from  heaven,  and  delivered  me: 
he  hath  made  them  a  reproach  that  trod  upon  me. 

I  hath  sent  his  mercy  and  his  truth:  5  and  he 
hath  delivered  mv  soul  from  the  midst  of  the  JOttDg 
lions.     I  slept  troubled. 

The  sons  of  men,  whose  teeth  are  weapons,  and 
arrows,  anil  their  tongue  a  sharp  sword. 

6  Me  thou  exalted,  ( )  <  iod,  above  the  heavens,  and 
thy  Khxy  abo\e  all  the  earth. 

7  1  'iirv  prepared  a  snare  for  my  feet;  and  they 
bowed  down  mv  soul. 

They  dug  a  pit  before  my  face,  and  they  arc 
fallen  into  it. 

:i  Mv  heart  is  ready,  O  God,  my  heart  is  ready: 
I  will  sitm.  and  rehearse  a  psalm. 

9  Arise,  O  my  (lory;  arise,  psaltery  and  harp:  I 
will  arise  early. 

1()  I  will  give  praise  to  thee,  O  Lord,  among  the 
people:  I  will  sing  a  psalm  to  thee  among  the  nations. 

11  For  thy  mercy  is  magnified  even  to  the  Ina- 
w  us;  ami  thy  truth  unto  the  clouds. 

U  Be  thou  exalted.  O  God.  above  the  heavens; 
and  thv  glory  above  all  the  earth. 

PSALM  TAIL 

Si  vere  uliqiie. 
/  reprorrth  the  wicked,  and  foretrttrth  thrir  punishment. 

1  Unto  the  end.  destrov  not.f   for  David,  for  an  in- 
scription of  I  title. 

*  Ft  mtUnr  •*•*  •*•«  *■**  '*•"••     That  i\  rinc*  the>  In-  in  wail  to 
riin  ■  "I  »halt  for  no  ron.idcralion  6m  our  or  inM  tlirm,  bnt 

■«m  Ihfin. 
•  ■rm,  n/il      S.ilf.r  me  nnl  In  be  deatrored. 
I  B^frrt  awrr  Itonu.  If.  Tint  i«,  b.-firv  joor  thornt  gnm  up,  ao  »« 

II  . 


II   in  rerj  deed  you  speak  justice: 
things,  ye  son-,  of  men. 


right 


judge 

your  hands 


3  For  in  \our  heart  you  work  iniquity  : 
forge  injustice  in  the  earth. 

4  The  wicked  are  alienated  from  the  womh;  tiny 
have  cone  astray  from  the  womb:  they  haw  spoken 
false  things. 

5  Their  iiiadm  ss  is  according  to  the  likeness  of 
a  serpent;  like  the  deaf  asp  that  stoppeth  her  ears: 

6  Which  will  not  hear  the  voice  ol  the  channels; 
nor  of  the  wizard  that  charmeth  wisely. 

7  God  shall  break  in  pieces  their  teeth  in  their 
mouth:  the  Lord  shall  break  the  grjadefs  of  the  lions. 

8  They  shall  come  to  nothing,  like  water  naming 
down:  he  hath  bent  his  how  till  they  be  weakened. 

9  Like  wax  that  melteth  the\  shall  he  taken 
away  :  lire  hath  fallen  on  them,  and  they  shall  not 
see  the  sun. 

10  Before  your  ihoriisj  could  know  the  briar;  he 
sw  allow eth  thenf  up,  as  alive,  in  his  wrath. 

11  The  just  shall  rejoice  when  he   shall  see  the 

revenge:  Jie  shall  wash  his  hands$  in  the  blood  of 
the  sinner. 

1  J  And  man  shall  say:  If  indeed  there  be  frun 
to  the  just :  there  is  indeed  a  God  that  judgeth  them 
on  the  earth. 

PSALM  LVMI. 

Kripc   me. 

.  /  prat/rr  to  hr  delivered  from  the  tricked,  tcith  eonfuhtice  in 
Cod'n  ht/n  and  protection.  Jt  agrees  to  Christ  and  hi*  me- 
mil  s  the  Jetm. 

1  Unto  the  end,  destroy  not,  for  David,  for  an  in- 
scription of  a  title,  when  Saul  sent  and  watched 
his  house  to  kill  him.     [I   kinus  \\\.) 

-  \\  ELIVER  me  from  my  enemies,  O  my  (iod; 
*-*    and    defend    me    from    them   that    rise   up 

against  me. 

3  Deliver  me  from  them  that  work  iniquity,  and 
save  me  from  bloody  men. 

4  For  behold,  they  have  caught  my  soul :  the  migh 
ty  have  rushed  in  upon  me: 

5  Neither  is  it  my  iniquity,  nor  my  sin,  O  Lord; 
without  iniquity  have  I  run,  and  directed  mv  steps. 

6  Rise  Up  thou  to  meet  me,  and  behold:  even 
thou,  O  Lord  the  God  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel. 

Attend  to  visit  all  the  nations  :  have  no  mercy  on 
all  them  that  work  iniquity. 

7  They  shall  return  at  evening,  and  shall  suffei 
hunger  like  dogs;  and  shall  p>  round  about  the  city. 

8  Behold,  they  shall  speak  With  their  mouth,  and 
a  sword  is  in  their  lips :  for  who,  my  ilnu.  hath 
heard  us? 

9  But  thou,  O  Lord,  shah  laugh  at  tin  in:  thou 
shall  brin-  all  the   nations  to  nothing. 

10  I  will  keep  mv  strength  to  thee :  lor  thou  art 
myprotector:  11  My  God,  his  mercy  shall  prevent 
me. 

12  God  shall  lei  DM  BflC  oxer  my  enemies:    slay 

them  not,  lest  at  any  time  my  people  fori 


to  become  itronr  briar*,  they  aball  be  orertaken  and  cotwumed  by  di 
\  mi-  illowinjr  them  up,  a*  i(  wcrr,  mlm  m  kit  tmlk. 

♦   Skmll  trash  *ii  hands,  kr.     Shall  applaud  tin  I   Col.  and 

take,  nrnwmn  from  the  oo«»«ler-.il i-mi  of  ilip  pmiatraent  of  tin-  » i<  ki  J 
lo  wa»h  and  ol— .nit  hie  h—di  from  etc 


Scatter  them  uythy  power ;  and  bring  them  down, 
O  Lord  my  protector. 

13  For  the  sin  of  their  mouth,  and  the  word  of 
their  lips  :  and  let  them  be  taken  in  their  pride. 

And  for  their  cursing  and  lying  they  shall  be  talk- 
ed of,  14  when  they  are  consumed  ;  when  they  are 
consumed  by  thy  wrath,  and  they  shall  be  no  more. 

And  they  shall  know  that  God  will  rule  Jacob, 
and  all  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

15  They  shall  return  at  evening,  and  shall  suffer 
hunger  like  dogs  ;  and  shall  go  round  about  the  city. 

16  They  shall  be  scattered  abroad  to  eat,  and 
shall  murmur  if  they  be  not  filled. 

17  But  I  will  sing  thy  strength  ;  and  will  extol 
thy  mercy  in  the  morning. 

For  thou  art  become  my  support,  and  my  refuge, 
in  the  day  of  my  trouble. 

18  Unto  thee,  O  my  helper,  will  I  sing  ;  for  thou 
art  God  my  defence  ;  my  God  my  mercy. 

PSALM  LIX. 

Deus,  repulisti  nos. 

After  many  afflictions,  the  church  of  Christ  shall  prevail. 

1  Unto  the  end,  for  them  that  shall  be  changed, 
for  the  inscription  of  a  title,  to  David  himself, 
for  doctrine,  2  when  he  set  fire  to  Mesopotamia 
of  Syria  and  Sobal ;  and  Joab  returned  and  slew 
of  Edom,  in  the  vale  of  the  salt-pits,  twelve 
thousand  men. 

3  (~\  GOD,  thou  hast  cast  us  off,  and  hast  destroy- 
^S  ed  us  ;  thou  hast  been  angry,  and  hast  had 

mercy  on  us. 

4  Thou  hast  moved  the  earth,  and  hast  troubled 
it :  heal  thou  the  breaches  thereof;  for  it  has  been 
moved. 

5  Thou  hast  shown  thy  people  hard  things;  thou 
hast  made  us  drink  the  wine  of  sorrow. 

6  Thou  hast  given  a  warning  to  them  that  fear 
thee  ;  that  they  may  flee  from  before  the  bow  ; 

That  thy  beloved  may  be  delivered.  7  Save  me 
with  thy  right  hand,  and  hear  me. 

8  God  hath  spoken  in  his  holy  place  :  T  will  re- 
joice, and  I  will  divide  Sichem  ;  and  will  mete  out 
the  vale  of  tabernacles. 

9  Galaad  is  mine,  and  Manasses  is  mine  :  and 
Ephraim  is  the  strength  of  my  head. 

Juda  is  my  king  :  10  Moab  is  the  pot  of  my  hope.* 
Into  Edom   will  I  stretch  out  my  shoe  :  to  me 
the  foreigners!  are  made  subject. 

11  Who  will  bring  me  into  the  strong  city  ?  who 
will  lead  me  into  Edom  ? 

12  Wilt  not  thou,  O  God,  who  hast  cast  us  off? 
and  wilt  not  thou,  O  God,  go  out  with  our  armies  r 

13  Give  us  help  from  trouble  :  for  vain  is  the 
salvation  of  man. 

14  Through  God  we  shall  do  mightily  :  and  he 
shall  bring  to  nothing  them  that  afflict  us. 


PSALMS  LIX,  LX,  LXI. 

PSALM  LX. 


*  The  pot  of  my  hope ;  or,  my  watering  pot.  That  is,  a  vessel  for 
meaner  U9es,  by  being  reduced  to  serve  me,  even  in  the  meanest  em- 
ployments. 

t  Foreigners.  So  the  Philistines  are  called  who  had  no  kindred  with 
the  Israelites ;  whereas  the  Edomites,  Moabites,  &c.  were  originally 
of  the  same  family. 

3L 


Exaudi,  Deus. 

A  prayer  for  the  coming  of  the  kingdom  of  Christ,  which  shall 

have  no  end. 

1   Unto  the  end,  in  hymns,  for  David. 
2  TTEAR,  O  God,  my  supplication  :  be  attentive 

-1--*-  to  my  prayer. 

3  To  thee  have  I  cried  from  the  ends  of  the 
earth  ;  when  my  heart  was  in  anguish,  thou  hast 
exalted  me  on  a  rock. 

Thou  hast  conducted  me ;  4  for  thou  hast  been 
my  hope ;  a  tower  of  strength  against  the  face  of 
the  enemy. 

5  In  thy  tabernacle  I  shall  dwell  for  ever  :  I  shall 
be  protected  under  the  covert  of  thy  wings. 

6  For  thou,  my  God,  hast  heard  my  prayer : 
thou  hast  given  an  inheritance  to  them  that  fear  thy 
name. 

7  Thou  wilt  add  days  to  the  days  of  the  king ; 
his  years  even  to  generation  and  generation. 

8  He  abideth  for  ever  in  the  sight  of  God  :  his 
mercy  and  truth  who  shall  search  r 

9  So  will  I  sing  a  psalm  to  thy  name  for  ever 
and  ever :  that  I  may  pay  my  vows  from  day  to 
day. 

PSALM   LXI. 

Nonne  Deo. 

The  prophet  encourageth  himself  and  all  others  to  trust  in  God, 
and  serve  him. 

I  Unto  the  end,  for  Idithun,  a  psalm  of  David. 

2  ©HALL  not  my  soul  be  subject  to  God  ?  lor 
^   from  him  is  my  salvation. 

3  For  he  is  my  God  and  my  saviour  :  he  is  my 
protector  ;  I  shall  be  moved  no  more. 

4  How  long  do  you  rush  in  upon  a  man  ?  you  all 
kill,  as  if  you  were  thrusting  down  a  leaning  wall, 
and  a  tottering  fence. 

5  But  they  have  thought  to  cast  away  my  price :  I 
ran  in  thirst:  they  blessed  with  their  mouth,  but 
cursed  with  their  heart. 

6  But  be  thou,  O  my  soul,  subject  to  God  :  for 
from  him  is  my  patience. 

7  For  he  is  my  God  and  my  saviour :  lie  is  my 
helper,  I  shall  not  be  moved. 

8  In  God  is  my  salvation  and  my  glory :  he  is 
the  God  of  my  help,  and  my  hope  is  in  God. 

9  Trust  in  him  all  ye  congregation  of  people: 
pour  out  your  hearts  before  him:  God  is  our  helper 
for  ever. 

10  But  vain  are  the  sons  of  men,  the  sons  of  men 
are  liars  in  the  balances:!  that  by  vanity  they  may 
together  deceive. 

I I  Trust  not  in  iniquity,  and  cover  not  robbe- 
ries: if  riches  abound,  set  not  your  heart  upon  them 

12  God  hath  spoken  once,  these  two  things  ha\e 
I  heard,  that  power  belongeth  to  God,  13  and  mercy 


I  Are  liars  in  the  balances,  &c.  They  are  so  vain  and  ligltt,  that  if 
they  are  put  into  the  scales,  they  will  be  found  to  be  of  no  weight ; 
and  to  be  mere  lies,  deceit,  and  vanity.  Or,  They  are  liars  in  their  ba- 
lances, by  weighing  things  by  false  weights,  and  preferring  the  temuo- 
ral  before  the  eternal. 

440 


PSALMS. 


to  thee,  0  Lord:  for  thou  wilt  render  to  every  man 
•rding  to  his  works. 

PSALM  I, XII. 
Deus  Deus  meus,  ad  te. 

The  prophet  atpirtlh  after  God. 

]    A  psiilin  of  David  when  he  was  in  the  desert  of 

Kiloin. 

2f\  GOD  my  God,  to  thee  do  I  watch  at  break  of 
^  day. 

For  thee  my  soul  bath  thirsted  ;  for  thee  my  flesh, 
0  how  nianv  ways! 

3  In  a  (It  m  rt  land,  and  where  there  is  no  way, 
ami  no  water:  so  in  the  SBOCtnar*1  have  I  come  be- 
fore thee,  to  see  thy  power  ami  thy  glory. 

4  For  thy  mercj  is  better/than  lives:  thee  my  lips 
shall  praise. 

5  Thus  will  I  Mess  thee  all  my  life  long  :  and  in 
thy  name  I  will  lift  up  my  hands. 

6  Let  my  soul  l>e  filled  as  with  marrow  and  fat- 
aeat:  and  my  mouth  shall  praise  thee  with  joy  liil 
lips. 

7  If  I  have  remembered  thee  upon  my  bed,  I  will 
meditate  on  thee  in  the  morning:  8  because  thou 
hast  been  niv  helper. 

And  I  will  rejoice  under  the  covert  of  thy  wings: 
9  My  soul  hath  stuck  close  to  thee  :  thy  right  hand 
hath  received  me. 

10  But  they  have  sought  mv  soul  in  vain,  they 
shall  go  into  the  lower  parts  of  the  earth: 

11  They  shall  be  delivered  into  the  hands  of  the 
■M  ord,  they  shall  be  the  portions  of  foxes. 

I  J  Hut  the  king  shall  rejoice  in  God,  all  thev 
shall  Ik-  praised  that  swear  by  him  :  because  the 
mouth  is  stopped  of  them  that  speak  wicked  things. 

PSALM  LXI1I. 

I •'. \audi.  Deus,  orationcm. 

A  prayer  in  affliction,  uith  confidence  in  Qsni  that  he.  will  bring 
tit  nought  the  machinations  of  persecutors. 

1    Unto  the  end,  a  psalm  for  David. 
2  TJTEAR,  O  God,  my  prayer,  when  I  make  stip- 
-■--*■  plication  to  thee  :  deliver  my  soul  from  the 
fear  of  the  enemy. 

3  Thou  hast  protected  me  from  the  assembly  of 
the  malignant;  from  the  multitude  of  the  workers 
of  iniquity. 

4  For  they  have  whetted  their  tongues  like  a 
sword;  they  have  bent  their  bow  a  bitter  tiling,  5  to 
shoot  in  secret  the  undefiled. 

6  They  will  shoot  at  him  on  a  sudden,  and  will 
not  fear:  they  are  resolute  in  wickedness. 

Thev  have  talked  of  hiding  snares:  they  have  said: 
Who  shall    see    them? 

7  They  have  searched  after  iniquities:  they  have 
failed  in  their  search. 

M  in  shall  come  to  a  deep  heart:*  8  and  God 
shall  be  exalted. 

•  .1  drtp  Krmrt.  Thai  i«,  crafty,  subt If,  deep  project!  and  design.  ; 
which  n<  rertbeless  shall  not  socceed ;  for  God  skull  b*  exmllrd  in  bring- - 
nr  thern  to  noujrbl  bv  hit  wi»dnm  and  power. 

>  TW  mm  ffddUrm  art  tkrir  wunis.  That  it.  the  wound*,  stripes, 
or  blow*,  they  aeek  to  inflict  upon  the  just,  are  but  like  the  weak  ef- 

460 


The  arrows  of  children  are  their  wounds:f  0  and 
their  tongues  against  them  are  made  weak. 

All  that  saw  them  were  troubled;  10  and  every 
man  was  afraid. 

And  i  hey  declared  the  works  of  God :  and  under- 
stood his  (loin-s. 

11  The  just  shall  rejoice  in  the  Lota\  and  shall 
hope  in  him:  and  all  the  upright  in  heart  shall  be 
praised. 

PSALM  LXIV. 

Te  decet. 

God  is  to  be  praised  in  his  church,  to  which  ail  notions  shall  be 

died. 

1  To  the  end,  a  psalm  til    David.    The  canticle  of 

.lereinias  and  F./.echiel  to  the  people  ol  the  capti- 
vitv.t  when  thev  began  to  go  out. 

2  \  HYMN,  O  God,  becomcth  thee  in  Sion  :  and 
-^*-  a  \ow  shall  be  paid  to  thee  in  Jerusalem. 

3  O  hear  mv  prayer :   all  llesh  shall  come  to  thee. 

4  The  words  of  the  wicked  have  prevailed  ovei 
us:  and  thou  wilt  pardon  our  transgressions. 

5  Bleated  is  he  whom  thou  hast  chosen,  and  ta- 
ken to  thee  :  he  shall  dwell  in  thy  coin! 

We  shall  1m-  filled  with  the  good  things  of  thy 
Irouse  ;  holy  is  thy  temple,  t>  wonderful  injustice. 

Hear  us,  O  God  our  saviour,  Nafta  ail  the  hope  of 
all  the  ends  of  the  earth,  and  in  the  sea  afar  off. 

7  Thou  who  pieparest  the  mountains  by  thy 
sti-emiih.  befog  girded  with  power:  8  who  troublesl 
the  depth  of  the  sea.  the  noise  of  its  Wares. 

The  gentiles  shall  he  troubled,  9  and  thev  that 
dwell  in  the  uttermost  borders  shall  be  afraid  at 
thy  signs:  thou  sbalt  make  the  outgoings  of  the 
DBOrnrocand  of  the  evening  to  be  joyful: 

10  Thou  hast  risked  the  earth,  and  hast  plenti- 
ful! v  watered  it  :  thou  hast  many  w  ays  enriched  it. 

The  river  of  (iod  is  filled  with  water,  thou  bast 
prepared  their  food  :  for  so  is  its  preparation. 

11  Fill  up  plentifully  the  streams  thereof,  multi- 
ply its  fruits  ;  it  shall  spring  up  and  rejoice  in  its 
showers. 

12  Thou  shall  bless  the  crown  of  the  year  of  thy 
goodness  :  and  thy  fields  shall  be  filled  with  plenty. 

IS  The  beautiful  places  of  the  wilderness  shall 
grow  fat:  and  the  bills  shall  be  girded  about  with 
joy. 

14  The  rams  of  the  flock  are  clothed,  and  the 
\ales  shall  abound  with  corn  :  they  shall  shout,  yea, 
they  shall  sing  a  hymn. 

PSALM  LXV. 

Jubilate  Deo. 

An  invitation  to  praise  God. 

1  Unto  the  end,  a  canticle  of  a  psalm  of  the  resnr 

rection. 
CHOUT  with  joy  to  God,   all   the  earth,  2  sing 
^  ye  a  psalm  to  his  name  ;  give  glory  to  his  praise. 

forU  of  child  renS  arrows,  which  can  do  do  execution :  and  fkrir  tansy**, 
that  in,  their  speeches  against  them,  come  to  nothing-. 

1  Of  llu  captivity.  That  is.  The  people  of  the  captirity  of  Bah,  loo. 
Tim  is  not  in  the  Hebrew,  but  is  found  in  the  ancient  translation  <4 
the  SeptuafinL 


PSALMS  LXVI,  LXVH. 


S  Say  unto  God,  How  terrible  are  thy  works,  O 
Lord!  in  the  multitude  of  thy  strength  thy  enemies 
shall  lie  to  thee. 

4  Let  all  the  earth  adore  thee,  and  sing  to  thee : 
let  it  sing  a  psalm  to  thy  name. 

5  Come  and  see  the  works  of  God:  who  is  terri- 
ble in  his  counsels  over  the  sons  of  men. 

6  Who  turneth  the  sea  into  dry  land,  in  the  river 
they  shall  pass  on  foot :  there  shall  we  rejoice  in 
him. 

7  Who  by  his  power  ruleth  for  ever  :  his  eves  be- 
hold the  nations ;  let  not  them  that  provoke  him  be 

'exalted  in  themselves. 

8  O  bless  our  God,  ye  gentiles  ;  and  make  the 
voice  of  his  praise  to  be  heard. 

9  Who  hath  set  my  soul  to  live :  and  h»th  not 
suffered  my  feet  to  be  moved. 

10  For  thou,  O  God,  hast  proved  us  :  thou  hast 
tried  us  by  fire,  as  silver  is  tried. 

1 1  Thou  hast  brought  us  into  a  net,  thou  hast  laid 
afflictions  on  our  back:  12  thou  hast  set  men  over 
our  heads. 

We  have  passed  through  fire  and  water,  and  thou 
hast  brought  us  out  into  a  refreshment. 

13  I  will  go  into  thy  house  with  burnt-offerings: 
I  will  pay  thee  my  vows,  14  which  my  lips  have  ut- 
tered, 

And  my  mouth  +ath  spoken,  when  I  was  in 
trouble. 

15  I  will  offer  up  to  thee  holocausts  full  of  mar- 
row, with  burnt-offerings  of  rams :  I  will  offer  to 
thee  bullocks  with  goats. 

16  Come  and  hear,  all  ye  that  fear  God  :  and  I 
will  tell  you  what  great  things  he  hath  done  for  my 
soul. 

17  I  cried  to  him  with  my  mouth :  and  I  extolled 
him  with  my  tongue. 

18  If  I  have  looked  at  iniquity  in  my  heart,  the 
Lord  will  not  hear  me. 

19  Therefore  hath  God  heard  me,  and  hath  at- 
tended to  the  voice  of  my  supplication. 

20  Blessed  be  God,  who  hath  not  turned  away 
my  prayer,  nor  his  mercy  from  me. 

PSALM  LXVI. 

Deus  misereatur. 

A  prayer  for  the  propagation  of  the  church. 

1  Unto  the  end,  in  hymns,  a  psalm  of  a  canticle  for 

David. 

2  TVTAY  God  have  mercy  on  us,  and  bless  us: 
-L'A  may  he  cause  the  light  of  his  countenance 

to  shine  upon  us,  and  may  he  have  mercy  on  us. 

*  Who  ascendeth  upon  the  west.  Super  occasum.  St.  Gregory  under- 
stands it  of  Christ,  who  after  his  going  down,  like  the  sun,  in  the  west, 
by  his  passion  and  death,  ascended  more  glorious,  and  carried  all  be- 
fore him.  St  Jerome  renders  it,  who  ascendeth,  or  cometh  up,  through 
the  deserts. 

+  Of  one  manner.  That  is,  agreeing  in  faith,  unanimous  in  We,  and 
following  the  same  manner  of  discipline.  It  is  verified  in  the  servants 
of  God  living  together  in  his  house,  which  is  the  church.   1  Tim.  iii.  1 5. 

1  Them  that  were  bound,  &c.  The  power  and  mercy  of  God  appears, 
in  his  bringing  out  of  their  captivity  those  that  were  strongly  bound  in 
their  sins:  and  in  restoring  to  his  grace  those  whose  behaviour  had 
been  most  provoking;  and  who  by  their  evil  habits  were  not  only  dead, 
Cut  buried  in  their  sepulchres. 


3  That  we  may  know  thy  way  upon  earth  :  thy 
salvation  in  all  nations. 

4  Let  people  confess  to  thee,  O  God  :  let  all  peo- 
ple give  praise  to  thee. 

5  Let  the  nations  be  glad  and  rejoice  :  for  thou 
judgest  the  people  with  justice,  and  directest  the 
nations  upon  earth. 

6  Let  the  people,  O  God,  confess  to  thee:  let  all 
the  people  give  praise  to  thee:  7  the  earth  hath  yield- 
ed her  fruit. 

May  God  our  God  bless  us,  8  may  God  bless  us* 
and  all  the  ends  of  the  earth  fear  him. 

PSALM  LXVI  I. 

Exurgat  Deus. 

The  glorious  establishment  of  the  church  of  the  new  Testament, 
prefigured  by  the  benefits  bestowed  on  the  people  of  Israel. 

1  Unto  the  end,  a  psalm  of  a  canticle  for  David 

himself. 

2  1     ET  God  arise,  and  let  his  enemies  be  scat- 
-L^   tered  :  and  let  them  that  hate  him  flee  from 

before  his  face. 

3  As  smoke  vanisheth,  so  let  them  vanish  away ; 
as  wax  melteth  before  the  fire,  so  let  the  wicked  pe- 
rish at  the  presence  of  God. 

4  And  let  the  just  feast,  and  rejoice  before  God: 
and  be  delighted  with  gladness. 

5  Sing  ye  to  God,  sing  a  psalm  to  his  name: 
make  a  way  for  him  who  ascendeth  upon  the  west:* 
the  Lord  is  his  name. 

Rejoice  ye  before  him:  but  the  ivicked  shall  be 
troubled  at  his  presence,  6  who  is  the  father  of  or- 
phans, and  the  judge  of  widows. 

God  in  his  holy  place:  7  God  who  maketh  men 
of  one  mannerf  to  dwell  in  a  house: 

Who  bringeth  out  them  that  were  boundj  in 
strength;  in  like  manner  them  that  provoke,  that 
dwell  in  sepulchres. 

8  O  God,  when  thou  didst  go  forth  in  the  sight 
of  thy  people,  when  thou  didst  pass  through  the 
desert : 

9  The  earth  was  moved,  and  the  heavens  drop- 
ped at  the  presence  of  the  God  of  Sina.  at  the  pre- 
sence of  the  God  of  Israel. 

10  Thou  shalt  set  aside  for  thy  inheritance  a  free 
rain,  11  O  God  :  and  it  was  weakened,  but  thou  hast 
made  it  perfect. 

11  In  it$  shall  thy  animals  dwell;  in  thy  sweet- 
ness, O  God,  thou  hast  provided  for  the  poor. 

12  The  Lord  shall  give  the  word  to  them  that 
preach  good  tidings II  with  great  power. 

||  A  free  rain.  The  manna,  which  rained  plentifully  from  heaven,  in 
favour  of  God's  inheritance,  that  is,  of  his  people  Israel :  which  wot 
weakened  indeed  under  a  variety  of  afflictions,  but  was  made  perfect  bv 
God,  that  is,  was  still  supported  by  divine  providence,  and  brought  on 
to  the  promised  land.  It  agrees  particularly  to  the  church  of  Christ, 
his  true  inheritance,  which  is  plentifully  watered  with  the/r«  rain  of 
heavenly  grace;  and  through  many  infirmities,  that  is,  crosses  and  tribu- 
lations, is  made  perfect,  and  fitted  for  eternal  glory. 

{  In  it,  &c.  That  is,  in  this  church,  which  is  thy  fold  and  thy  inhe- 
ritance, shall  thy  animals,  thy  sheep,  dwell:  where  thou  hast  plentifully 
provided  for  them. 

IT  To  them  that  preach  good  tidings.  Evangeliztmtibus.  That  is,  to  the 
preachers  of  the  gospel ;  who  receiving  the  word  from  the  Lord  shall 
451 


PSALMS. 


I?  Tli.  khii  of  powers*  m  of  the  beloved,  uf 
the  beloved  ;  and  the  beauty  of  tin  bouae  abaJJ  di- 
vide spoils. 

1  \  If  \ou  steep  HMM  the  midst  of  lots;f  you 
sit  ill  be  as  the  yrings  of  ■  dmc  DOTered  with  sil- 
ver, and  the  hinder  parts  of  her  I  Kick  with  the  pale- 
Beta  of  gold. 

15  when  he  thai  is  in  heaven  appotateth  kin^s 

over  hrr.t  'hey  shall  Ik-  whiled  wiili  snow  in  -Si- 
mon, lti  The  Mountain  of  Ciod,||  is  a  fat  moun- 
tain. 

A  curdled  mountain,  a  fat  mountain.  17  Why 
suspect  ye  curdled  mountain- 

A  mountain  in  which  CjihI  is  well  pleased  to 
dwell:  for  there  the  lord  shall  dwell  unto  the  end: 

18  The  chariot  ofGodl  is  attended  by  ten  thou- 
sands :  thousand*,  ot  'them  that  rejoice:  the  Lord  is 
among  them  in  Sina,  in  the  holy  place. 

19  Thou  hast  ascended  on  high,  thou  hast  led 
captivity  captive;**  thou  hast  received  gifts  in  men. 

\  for  those  also  that  do  not  believe,  the  dwel- 
ling of  the  Lord  (Jod. 

20  Blessed  be  the  Lord  day  by  day:  the  God 
of  our  salvation  will  make  our  journey  prosperous 
tons. 

21  Our  God  is  the  God  of  salvation  :  and  of  the 
Lord,  of  the  Lord  are  the  issues  from  death. ft 

22  But  God  shall  break  the  heads  of  his  enemies  : 

the  baby  crown  of  them  thai  walk  on  in  their  sins. 

23  The  Lord  said:  I  will  turn  them  from  Ba- 
san,tt  I  w'll  turn  tli  m  into  the  depth  of  the  sea: 

24  That  thy  foot  may  be  dipped   in  the  blood  of 


with  great  power  and  efficacy  preach  tlirotijjl.oiil  tlie  world  llie  glad 
Mir,  and  of  eternal  »:ilvn  urn  through  Mm. 

•  Tke  king  tf  passers.  That  i«,  the  might y  Kmtr.  the  Ixml  of  hosts, 
u  e>/  tke  kW  of  tkt  betottd  :  that  i»,  11  on  the  side  of  Christ  kit  moil  be- 
booed  tun:  ami  lu«  beautiful  house,  vi/..  the  church,  in  which  God  dwells 
\  bar  spiritual  conquests  divide  tkt  tpoilt  of  many  na- 
tions. The  Hebrew  (as  it  now  standi  pointed)  is  thus  rendered,  TV 
Magi  of  annul  kortfied,  Ikeu  km  fUd  tmd  tkt  tkat  dvrlh  at  ho.ne  (or  the 
beauty  of  tkt  koute)  ikall  dituU  tkt  tpoUt 

f  tf  you  tieep  tmongit  tkt  midit  of  lots,  (inter  nudiot  clrrnt,  tye.)  viz. 
In  such  dangers  and  persecutions,  as  if  your  enemies  were  casting 
bii  for  vour  goods  and  persons :  or  in  the  midst  of  tkt  loll  (inter  mediot 
terminal,  a-  Si  Jerome  renders  it;  that  is,  uihiii  the  very  bounds  or 
borders  of  the  dominions  of  your  ctiuilliw  i  you  shall  be  secure  never- 
tbelea*  under  the  .livino  protection;  and  shall  be  enabled  to  fly  away, 
like  a  dore,  with  glittering  wings,  and  feather*  shining  like  the  palest 
and  most  precious  gold ;  that  is,  with  great  increase  of  virtue,  and 
glowing  with  tho  ferrour  of  charity. 

J  A\n*io»*r  ker.  That  is,  pastors  and  rulers  over  his  church,  viz. 
the  apostles  and  their  successors.  Then  by  their  ministry  shall  men 
he  made  whiter  than  the  snow  which  lies  on  the  top  of  the  high 
mountain  Selmon. 

|  Tkt  mtunlttn  tf  Qod.  The  church,  which,  lotiak  ii.  4.  is  called 
Tkt  mountain  tf  Ike  smn  •/  tkt  ljrrd  upon  Ike  too  of  mountains.  It  is 
here  called  a  fat  and  «  eurdttd  mounUin ;  that  is  to  sav.  most  fruitful, 
and  enriched  bv  the  spiritual  gifts  and  graces  of  the  Holy  Qfcaet, 

i  Why  turoett  yr  curdled  mount  tint  f  Why  do  ye  suppose  or  imagine 
then  may  beany  oilier  such  curdled  mom  iken: 

the  mountain  thus  favoured  by  God  is  but  one ;  and  this  same  be  has 
chosen  for  his  dwelling  for  ever. 

1  Tkt  tkoriot  of  Gcd,  descending  to  give  his  law  on  Mount  Sina :  as 
also  of  Jesus  (  S.in.  ascending  into  heaven,  to  tend  from 

a  the  II  .It  Ghost,  to  publish  Ins  new  law,  is  attended  with  ten 
thousands,  that  is,  with  an  innumerable  multitude  of 

**  Ltd  otptinly  eaptire.  Car  rung  away  with 
who  before  had  been  the  captives  of  Satan ;  and  res  • 
the  Father  gifts  to  be  distributed  to  men ;  even  to  thoae  who  were  be- 
fore unbelievers. 

461 


thy  enemies;   the  toniaic  ol   ihy  dogs  lx:  red   with 
the  same. 

i  They  have  seen  thy  gD,0gS,|!|j  ()  Clod,  the 
goings  of  my  God:  of  nag  king  who  is  m  his 
■aoctuan . 

26'  lYuices'/,  went  before  joined  with  singers,  in 
the  midst  of  young  damsels  playing  on  timbrels. 

i    In  the  churches  bless  ye  God  the  Lord,  from 
the  fountains  of  larael.ll 

28  There  is  Benjamin  a  youth,  in  testacy  of  mind. 
The  princes  of  Juda  ore  their  leaders:    the  prin- 
ces of  Zabulon,  the  princes  of  Nephtali. 

29  Command  thy  strength,***  O  God  :  confirm,. 
O  God,  what  thou  hast  wrought  in  us. 

30  From  th\  temple  in  Jerusalem,  kings  shall 
Offer  pies,  nis  10  thee. 

31  Rebuke  the  wild  beasts  of  the  reed&vHi  the 
cougregation  of  bulls  with  the  kJaeof  the  people; 
who  teat  to  exclude  them  who  are  tried  with  silver. 

Scatter  thou  the  nations  that  delight  in  wars:  32 
embassadors  shall  comeJtJ  out  of  Lgypt:  Ethiopia 
shall  soon  stretchout  her  hands  to  God. 

S3  Sina  to  God,  ye  kingdoms  of  the  earth:  sing 
ye  to  the  Lord: 

Siugyc  to  God,  ->V  w  ho  mounteth  above  the  lea- 
ven of  heavens,  to  the  east.|||||| 

Behold,  he  will  give  to  his  \oicetlic  voice  of  pow- 
er,^ 36  give  jte  glorj  to  God  for  Israel,  bie  mag- 
nificence, and  his  power  is  in  the  clouds. 

36  Gtxl  is  wonderful  in  his  saints:  the  God  of 
Israel  is  he  who  w  ill  give  power  and  strength  to  his 
people.  Blessed  he  God. 


ft  Tkt  inuet  from  dratk.  The  Lord  alone  is  master  of  the  ism**,  by 
which  we  may  escape  from  death. 

JJ    I  trill' turn  them  from  Bason,  tic.  I  will  cast  ml  sty  enemies  from 
their  rkh  possessions,   signified   by  Patau,  a  fruitful   country:  and    I 
will  drive  them  into  tkt  depth  of  Ike  ttt:  aod  make  such  a  slaughter  of 
!.at  tlic  feet  of  my  servants  may  be  dyed  in  their  blood 

1 1{  Tky  goings.  Thy  ways,  thy  proceeding',  bv  which  thou  didtl  for- 
merly take  possession  of  the  promised  land  in  throw  of   tli v    p. . 
and  shall  afterwards  of  the  whole  world,  which   thou  shall  subdue  to 
thy  Son. 

il  Pnnni.  The  apostle*,  the  first  converters  of  nation*;  attended 
by  numbers  of  perfect  souls,  singing  the  divine  praises,  and  virgins 
consecrated  to  God. 

Tl  Frew  the  fountain*,  of  Irrael.  From  whom  both  Christ  and  his  apos- 
tles sprung.  By  Honjamin,  the  holy  fathers  on  this  place  understand 
St.  I'. ml.  who  was  of  that  tribe,  named  here  •  ftulk,  because  he  was 
the  last  called  to  the  apostleship.  Ily  ttie  princes  of  Juda,  Zabulon, 
nnd  Nephtali,  we  may  understand  the  other  a|«.«tlos,  who  were  of  the 
tribe  of  Juda;  orof  the  tribes of  Zabulon  and  .Nephtali,  where  our 
Lord  began  Id  pram  h.  Matt.  iv.  13.  kr. 

*•"  Command  thy  ttrengik.  Give  orders  that  Ihy  strength  may  be  al- 
ways with  us. 

Ttt  Rebuke  tke  wild  befit  of  tkt  rtedt :  or  tkt  triU  btottt,  which  lie  hid  in 
Ike  rtedt.  That  is,  the  devils,  who  hide  themselves  in  order  to  surprise 
their  prey.  Or  by  wild  betttt,  are  here  understood  persecutors,  who, 
for  all  their  attempts  against  tlie  Church,  arc  hut  as  wttkretdt,  whi<  h 
i -aiuiol  prevail  against  ibetn  who  are  supi>orted  by  the  strength  of  the 
Almighty.  The  tame  are  also  called  the  congregation  of  built  r 
tin  ir  rage  against  the  Church)  who  assemble  together  all  their  kuu, 
that  is,  the  people,  tin  .  to  exclude,  if  they  ran,  from  < 

ami  lus  inheritance,  his  constant  confessors,  who  are  like  si! 
by  fire. 

\'t\  F.mbattadori  iktll  eomt.  aft.  It  is  a  prophecy  of  the  conversion  at 
tiles,  and  bv  name  ol  ians  and  Ethiopians. 

Ul  To  tke  tail.  From  Mount  Olivet,  which  is  on  the  east  side  ot 
Jerusalem. 

Ml  Tkt  roiee  of  potter.  That  is,  he  will  make  hit  roie*  to  be  t  poverful 
by  calling  from  death  to  life,  such  as  were  dead  in  mortal  sin  l 


TSALMS  LXV1I1,  LX1X 

PSALM  LXVIII. 

Salvuin  me  fac,  Deus. 

Chr7.1l  in  his  pastion  declarelh  the  greatness  of  his  sufferings, 
and  the  malice  of  his  persecutors  tlu  Jews  ;  and  foretellelk 
their  t  eprobation. 

1   Unto  the  end,  for  them  that  shall  he  changed  ;* 
for  David 


eliver  it :  save  me 


2   OAVE  me,  0  God:  for  the  watersf  are  come 
>3  in  even  unto  my  soul. 

3  I  stick  fast  in  the  mire  of  the  deep  :  and  there 
is  no  sure  standing. 

I  am  come  into  the  depth  of  the  sea ;  and  a  tem- 
pest hath  overwhelmed  me. 

4  I  have  laboured  with  crying  ;  my  jaws  are  be- 
come hoarse  :  my  eyes  have  failed,  whilst  I  hope  in 
my  God. 

5  They  are  multiplied  above  the  hairs  of  my  head, 
who  hate  me  without  cause. 

My  enemies  are  grown  strong  who  have  wrong- 
fully persecuted  me  :  then  did  I  pay  that  which  I 
took  not  away.J 

6  O  God,  thou  knowest  my  foolishness ;  and  my 
oflfences||  are  not  hidden  from  thee. 

7  Let  not  them  be  ashamed  for  me,  who  look  for 
thee,  O  Lord  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

Let  them  not  be  confounded  on  my  account,  who 
seek  thee,  O  God  of  Israel. 

8  Because  for  thy  sake  I  have  borne  reproach ; 
shame  hath  covered  my  face. 

9  I  am  become  a  stranger  to  my  brethren,  and  an 
alien  to  the  sons  of  my  mother. 

10  For  the  zeal  of  thy  house  hath  eaten  me  up: 
and  the  reproaches  of  them  that  reproached  thee  are 
fallen  upon  me. 

1 1  And  I  covered  my  soul  in  fasting  ;  and  it  was 
made  a  reproach  to  me. 

12  And  I  made  hair-cloth  my  garment :  and  I  be- 
came a  by-word  to  them. 

13  They  that  sat  in  the  gate  spoke  against  me  : 
and  they  that  drank  wine  made  me  their  song. 

14  But  as  for  me,  my  prayer  is  to  thee,  O  Lord; 
for  the  time  of  thy  good  pleasure,  O  God. 

In  the  multitude  of  thy  mercy  hear  me,  in  the 
truth  of  thy  salvation. 

15  Draw  me  out  of  the  mire,  that  I  may  not  stick 
fast :  deliver  me  from  them  that  hate  me,  and  out 
of  the  deep  waters. 

16  Let  not  the  tempest  of  water  drown  me,  nor 
the  deep  swallow  me  up  :  and  let  not  the  pit  shut 
her  mouth  upon  me. 

1 7  Hear  me,  O  Lord,  for  thy  mercy  is  kind  ;  look 
upon  me  according  to  the  multitude  of  thy  tender 
mercies. 

18  And  turn  not  away  thy  face  from  thy  servant: 
for  I  am  in  trouble,  hear  me  speedily. 

as  «t  the  last  day  he  will  by  the  power  of  his  voice  call  all  the  dead 
from  their  graves. 

*  For  ikrm  that  shall  he  changed.  A  psalm  for  Christian  converts,  to 
remember  the  passion  of  Christ. 

t  The  vcatert ;  of  afflictions  and  sorrows.  My  soul  is  sorrowful  even  unto 
death.  Malt.  xxvi. 

\  I  pay  that  which  I  took  not  away.  Christ  in  his  passion  made  restitu- 
tion of  what  he  had  not  taken  away,  by  suffering  the  punishment  due 
lo  our  sins,  and  so  repairing  the  injury  we  had  done  to  God. 


19  Attend  to  my  soul,  and'd 
because  of  my  enemies. 

20  Thou  knowest  my  reproach,  and  my  confu- 
sion, and  my  shame. 

21  In  thy  sight  are  all  they  that  afflict  me  :  my 
heart  hath  expected  reproach  and  misery. 

And  I  looked  for  one  that  would  grieve  together 
with  me,  but  there  was  none  :  and  for  one  that 
would  comfort  me,  and  1  found  none. 

22  And  they  gave  me  gall  for  my  food:  and  in 
my  thirst  they  gave  me  vinegar  to  drink. 

23  Let  their  tabled  become  as  a  snare  before 
them,  and  a  recompense,  and  a  stumbling-block. 

24  Let  their  eyes  be  darkened  that  they  see  not; 
and  their  back  bend  thou  down  always. 

25  Pour  out  thy  indignation  upon  them:  and  let 
thy  wrathful  anger  take  hold  of  them. 

26  Let  their  habitation  be  made  desolate;  and  let 
there  be  none  to  dwell  in  their  tabernacles. 

27  Because  they  have  persecuted  him  whom  thou 
hast  smitten  ;  and  they  have  added  to  the  grief  of 
my  wounds. 

28  Add  thou  iniquity  upon  their  iniquity :  and 
let  them  not  come  into  thy  justice. 

29  Let  them  be  blotted  out  of  the  book  of  the  liv- 
ing :  and  with  the  just  let  them  not  be  written. 

30  But  I  am  poor  and  sorrowful :  thy  salvation, 
O  God,  hath  set  me  up. 

31  1  will  praise  the  name  of  God  with  a  canticle . 
and  I  will  magnify  him  with  praise. 

32  And  it  shall  please  God  better  than  a  youn^ 
calf,  that  bringeth  forth  horns  and  hoofs. 

33  Let  the  poor  see  and  rejoice ;  seek  ye  God, 
and  your  soul  shall  live. 

34  For  the  Lord  hath  heard  the  poor,  and  hath 
not  despised  his  prisoners. 

35  Let  the  heavens  and  the  earth  praise  him ; 
the  sea,  and  every  thing  that  creepeth  therein. 

36  For  God  will  save  Sion,H  and  the  cities  of 
Juda  shall  be  built  up. 

And  they  shall  dwell  there,  and  acquire  it  by  in- 
heritance. 

37  And  the  seed  of  his  servants  shall  possess 
it :  and  they  that  love  his  name  shall  dwell  therein. 

PSALM  LXIX. 

Dens,  in  adjutorium. 

A  prayer  in  persecution. 

1  Unto  the  end,  a  psalm  for  David,  to  bring  to  re- 

membrance that  the  Lord  saved  him. 

2  (~\   GOD,  come  to  my  assistance ;    O  Lord, 
^^    make  haste  to  help  me. 

3  Let  them  be  confounded  and  ashamed  that 
seek  my  soul : 

4  Let  them  be  turned  backward,  and  Lusn  for 
shame  that  desire  evils  to  me  : 


||  My  foolishness  and  my  offences ;  which  my  enemies  impute  to  me : 
or  the  follies  and  sins  of  men,  which  I  have  taken  upon  mvself. 

}  Let  their  table,  &c.  What  here  follows  in  the  style  of  an  impreca- 
tion, is  a  prophecy  of  the  wretched  state  to  which  the  Jews  should 
be  reduced  in  punishment  of  their  wilful  obstinacy. 

U  Sion.  The  catholic  church.  The  cities  of  Judah,  &c.  her  places  nf 
worship,  which  shall  be  established  throughout  the  world.  And  there, 
viz.  in  this  church  of  Christ,  shall  his  servants  dwell,  &.c 

453 


l'SAI.MS. 


v  turned  awav  blushing  for 

•  Pis  well,  'tis  well  * 


Let  them  be  present 
shame  tiiai  s;i\  |q  me  : 

5  Let  all  that  seek  thee  njonr.  ami  In-  dad  in 
fine:    and  let  Such  SB  kite  tbj  saltation  say  aluavs: 

'I'll-  Lord  Ik-  magnified. 

But  I  am   needy  and    |>oor ;  O  God,  help  me. 

TIiimi  an  my  helper  am!  my  deliverer:  O  Lord, 
nmke  no  delav. 

i'SALM  LXX. 
In  le  I  Nxnine. 

A  prayer  for  per  severance. 

1   A  psalm  for   David.     Of  the  sous  of  Jonadab.f 

and  the  former  captive*. 

IN  thee*  O  Lord,  I  have  hoped,  let  me  new  b. 
put  to  cDuiiiNH.ii :  J  deliver  me  in  thy  justice, 

and  risen-  me. 

Incline  thy  ear  unto  me,  and  save  me. 

3  Be  thou  unto  me  ■  God,  r  protector,  and  a 
place  of  >t  i  tii-t  li :   that  thou  mavst  make  me  safe. 

For  thou  art  mv  firmament  and  my  refuge. 

4  Deliver  me,  0  my  God,  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
sinner,  and  out  of  the  hand  of  the  transgressor  of 
the  law  and  of  the   unjust. 

5  For  thou  art  my  patience,  0  Lord:  my  hope, 
O  Lord,  from  my  youth. 

(5  By  thee  have  \  been  confirmed  from  the  womb: 
from  my  mother's  womb  thou  art  my  protector. 

Of  thee  shall  I  continuallv  sing:  7  I  am  In-come 
unto  many  as  a  wonder,  hut  thou  art  a  strong  helper. 

8  Let  my  mouth  be  filled  with  praise,  that  I  may 
sing  thy  glory  ;  thy  greatness  all  the  day  long. 

9  Cast  me  not  oil"  in  the  time  of  old  age:  when 
my  strength  shall  tail,  do  not  thou  forsake  me. 

10  For  my  enemies  have  spoken  again*  me ;  and 
they  that  watched  mv  soul  have  consulted  together. 

1  1  Saving:  God  hath  forsaken  him;  pursue  and 
take  him,  for  there  is  none  to  deliver  him. 

1  2  O  God,  be  not  thou  far  from  me  :  O  my  God, 
make  haste  to  my  help. 

13  Let  them  be  confounded,  and  come  to  nothing 
that  detract  my  soul ;  let  them  lie  covered  with  con- 
fusion and  shame  that  seek  my  hurt. 

14  But  I  will  always  hope;  and  will  add  to  all 
thy  praise. 

lo  My  mouth  shall  show  forth  thy  justice;  thy 
salvation  all  the  day  long. 

Because  I  have  not  known  learning.!  16  I  will 
enter  into  the  powers  of  ihe  Lord:  O  Lord,  I  will 
be  mindful  of  thy  justice  alone. 

17  Thou  hast  taught  me,  ()  God,  from  my  youth  : 
and  till  now  I  will  declare  thy  wonderful  works, 

18  And  unto  old  age  and  grey  hairs  :  O  God,  for- 
sake me  not, 

Until  I  show  forth  thy  arm  to  all  the  generation 
that  is  to  come  : 

Thy  power,   10  and  thy  justice,  O  God,  even  to 

*  'T.<  irtll  '/uwv//  F.un.  r»r»-  St.  Jerome  render*  it,***.  r«*  .' 
which  is  theroice  of  one  insiiltinr  an*  deriding.  Some  understand 
it  a*  a  deteatalion  of  deceitful  flatterer* 

f  Of  tkeitmi  •/  Jotudmh.  The  ltr<  hahites,  of  whom  aee  Jeremiai 
xnv.  Us  this  addition  of  the  seventy-two  interpreters,  we  gather 
that  tlm  psalm  vaa  usually  sung  in  tlir'avnagoguc,  in  the  person  of  tin 

4M 


the   highest   great  things  thou  hast  dont .   O  God, 

who  is  like  to  tin 

20  How  great  troubles  hast  thou  shown  me, 
many  and  grievous:  and  turning  thou  hast  brought 
to  lite,  and  hast  brought  me  back  again  from  the 
depths  ol  the  earth  : 

21  Thou  hast  multiplied  thy  Magnificence  :  and 
turningto  He  (BOO  hast  comforted  me. 

22  For  I  will  also  confess  to  line  lh\  truth  with 
the  instruments  ol  psaltery  :  O  God.  I  will  sing  to 
thee  with  the  harp,  thou  nolj  one  of  Israel. 

23  My  lips  shall  greatly  rejoice,  when  1  shall 
siim  to  thee:  and  my  soul  which  thou  hast  re- 
deemed. 

24  Yea,  and  my  tongue  shall  meditate  on  thy  jus- 
tice all  the  day  :  w  hen  they  shall  he  confounded  and 
put  to  shame  that  seek  evils  to  me. 

PSALM  1AM. 
Deus,  judicium  tuum. 

A  prophecy  of  I  he  coming  of  Christ,  and  if  his  kingdom  :  pre- 
figured  by  SmmWtm  mid  hit  floppy  reign. 
1  A  psalm  on  Solomon. 
2  (~*  IVE  to  the  king  thy  judgment,  O  God  :   and 
^-*~  to  the  king's  son  thy  justice  : 
To  judge  thy  people  with  justice,  and  thy   poof 
w iih  judgment. 

3  Let  the  mountains  receive  peace  for  the  peo- 
ple, and  the  hills  justice. 

4  He  shall  judge  the  poor  of  the  people:  and  he 
shall  save  the  children  of  the  poor :  and  he  shah 
humble  the  oppressor. 

5  And  he  shall  continue  with  the  sun,  and  befort 
the  moon,  throughout  all  generations. 

6  He  shall  come  down  like  rain  upon  the  fleece 
and  as  showers  falling  gently  upon  the  earth. 

7  In  his  days  shall  justice  spring  up,  and  abun 
dance  of  peace,  till  the  moon  he  taken  aw  ay. 

8  And  he  shall  rule  from  sea  to  sea,  and  from  the 
river  unto  the  ends  ol  the  earth. 

9  Before  him  the  Ethiopians  shall  fall  down  :  ana 
his  enemies  shall  lick  the  ground. 

10  The  kings  of  Tharsis  and  the  islands  shall  of- 
fer presents  :  the  kings  of  the  Arabians  and  of  Sab? 
shall  bring  gifts  : 

11  Ana  all  kings  of  the  earth  shall  adore  him:  all 
nations  shall  serve  him. 

12  For  he  shall  deliver  the  |>oor  from  the  mighty 
and  the  needy  that  had  no  helper. 

13  He  shall  spare  the  poor  and  needy:  and  he 
shall  save  the  SOuls  of  the  |ioor. 

14  He  shall  redeem  their  souls  from  usuries  and 
iniquity  :  and  their  name  shall  be  honourable  in  his 
sight. 

15  And  he  shall  live,  and  to  him  shall  be  given  of 
the  gold  of  Arabia  ;  for  him  they  shall  always  adon  , 
they  shall  bless  him  all  the  day. 

16  Ami  there  shall  he  a  firmament  on  the  earth, || 

Rechahitea.  and  of  those  who  were  first  carried  away  into  raptu  \U  . 

t  LmtwSsw.  As  much  as  to  say,  I  build  not  u|h*i  human  learning, 
Imt  oiil>  mi  the  power  and  justice  of  God 

|  Jfirmmmnt  on  Ikt —rtk.  Arc.  Tin.  may  he  understood  of  thecliurch 
of  Christ,  ever  firm  and  risible;  and  of  the  flourishing  condition  of  its 
coogregatioa. 


*  Are  ended.  By  this  it  appears  that  this  psalm,  though  placed  here, 
was  in  order  of  time  the  last  of  those  which  David  composed. 

f  Fatness.  Abundance,  and  temporal  prosperity,  which  hath  en- 
couraged them  in  their  iniquity  ;  and  made  them  give  themselves  up 
to  their  irregular  affections. 

t  Return  here ;  or  hither.  The  weak  among  the  servants  of  Ood, 
will  be  apt  oftpn  to  return  to  this  thought,  and  will  be  shocked  when 
they  consider  the /uU  days,  that  is,  the  long  and  prosperous  life  of  the 
wicked;  and  will  ho  tempted  to  make  the  reflections  against  provi- 
dence which  are  set  down  in  the  following  verses. 


PSALMS  LXXIl 

on  the  tops  of  mountains  :  above  Lihanus  shall  the 
fruit  thereof  be  exalted:  and  they  of  the  city  shall 
flourish  like  the  grass  of  the  earth. 

17  Let  his  name  be  blessed  for  evermore:  his 
name  continueth  before  the  sun. 

And  in  him  shall  all  the  tribes  of  the  earth  be 
blessed  :  all  nations  shall  magnify  him. 

18  Blessed  be  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel,  who 
alone  doeth  wonderful  things. 

19  And  blessed  be  the  name  of  his  majesty  for 
eVer :  and  the  whole  earth  shall  be  filled  with  his 
majesty.     So  be  it.     So  be  it. 

20  The  praises  of  David  the  son  of  Jesse  are  end- 
ed.* 

PSALM  LXXII. 
Quam  bonus  Israel  Deus. 

The  temptation  of  the  weak,  upon  seeing  the  prosperity  of  the 
tricked,  is  overcome  by  the  consideration  of  the  justice  of  God, 
who  will  quickly  render  to  every  one.  according  to  his  works. 

1  A  psalm  for  Asaph. 

HOW  good  is  God  to  Israel,  to  them  that  are  of 
a  right  heart! 

2  But  my  feet  were  almost  moved;  my  steps  had 
Well  nigh  slipt. 

3  Because  I  had  a  zeal  on  occasion  of  the  wick- 
ed, seeing  the  prosperity  of  sinners. 

4  For  there  is  no  regard  to  their  death;  nor  is 
there  strength  in  their  stripes. 

5  They  are  not  in  the  labour  of  men:  neither  shall 
they  be  scourged  like  other  men. 

6  Therefore  pride  hath  held  them  fast :  they  are 
covered  with  their  iniquity  and  their  wickedness. 

7  Their  iniquity  hath  come  forth,  as  it  were  from 
fatness  :f  they  have  passed  into  the  affection  of  the 
heart. 

8  They  have  thought  and  spoken  wickedness: 
they  have  spoken  iniquity  on  high. 

9  They  have  set  their  mouth  against,  heaven  :  and 
their  tongue  hath  passed  through  the  earth. 

10  Therefore  will  my  people  return  here:  J  and 
full  days  shall  be  found  in  them. 

1 1  And  they  said  :  How  doth  God  know  ?  and  is 
there  knowledge  in  the  Most  High? 

12  Behold,  these  are  sinners  ;  and  yet  abounding 
in  the  world  they  have  obtained  riches. 

13  And  I  said  :  Then  have  I  in  vain  justified  my 
heart,  and  washed  my  hands  among  the  innocent. 

14  And  I  have  been  scourged  all  the  day  :  and 
my  chastisement  hath  been  in  the  mornings. 

15  If  I  said  :  ||  I  will  speak  thus  ;  behold,  I  should 
condemn  the  generation  of  thy  children. 

16  I  studied  that  I  might  know  this  thing,  it  is  a 
labour  in  my  sight : 


17  Until  I  go  into  the  sanctuary  of  God,  and 
understand  concerning  their  last  ends. 

18  But  indeed  for  deceits  thou  hast  put  it  to  thorn  :$ 
when  they  were  lifted  up,  thou  hast  cast  them  down. 

19  How  are  they  brought  to  desolation  !  they 
have  suddenly  ceased  to  be  :  they  have  perished  by 
reason  of  their  iniquity. 

20  As  the  dream  of  them  that  awake,  O  Lord  ;  so 
in  thy  city  thou  shalt  bring  their  image  to  nothing. 

21  For  my  heart  hath  been  inflamed,  and  my 
reins  have  been  changed  :  22  and  I  am  brought  to 
nothing,  and  I  knew  not. 

23  1  am  become  as  a  beast  before  thee  :  and  I 
am  always  with  thee. 

24  Thou  hast  held  me  by  my  right  hand  :  and  by 
thy  will  thou  hast  conducted  me,  and  with  thy  glory 
thou  hast  received  me. 

25  For  what  have  I  in  heaven  ?  and  besides  thee 
what  do  I  desire  upon  earth  ? 

26  For  thee  my  flesh  and  my  heart  hath  fainted 
away  ;  thou  art  the  God  of  my  heart  and  the  God 
that  is  my  portion  for  ever. 

27  For  behold,  they  that  go  far  from  thee  shall 
perish  :  thou  hast  destroyed  all  them  that  are  dis- 
loyal to  thee. 

28  But  it  is  good  for  me  to  adhere  to  my  God,  to 
put  my  hope  in  the  Lord  God  : 

That  I  may  declare  all  thy  praises,  in  the  gates 
of  the  daughter  of  Sion. 

PSALM  LXXIII. 

Ut  quid,   Deus. 
A  prayer  of  the  church  under  grievous  persecutions. 

1  Understanding  for  Asaph. 
f\   GOD,  why  hast  thou  cast  us  off  unto  the  end  ? 
^-*  why  is  thy  wrath  enkindled  against  the  sheep 
of  thy  pasture  ? 

2  Remember  thy  congregation,  which  thou  hast 
possessed  from  the  beginning; 

The  sceptre  of  thy  inheritance  which  thou  hast 
redeemed;  mount  Sion  in  which  thou  hast  dwell. 

3  Lift  up  thy  hands  against  their  pride  unto  the 
end  ;  see  what  things  the  enemy  hath  done  wicked- 
ly in  the  sanctuary. 

4  And  they  that  hate  thee  have  made  their  boasts, 
in  the  midst  of  thy  solemnity. 

They  have  set  up  their  ensigns  H  for  signs  :  5  ana 
they  knew  not  both  in  the  going  out,  and  on  the 
highest  top. 

As  with  axes  in  a  wood  of  trees,  6  they  have  cnl 
down  at  once  the  gates  thereof:  with  axe  and  hatchet 
they  have  brought  it  down. 

7  They  have  set  fire  to  thy  sanctuary  :  they  have 
defiled  the  dwelling  place  ofthy  name  on  the  earth 


||  If  I  said,  Sic.    That  is,  if  I  should  indulge  such  thoughts  as  theiie. 

}  Thou  hast  put  it  to  them.  In  punishment  of  their  deceits,  or  for  de- 
ceiving them,  thou  hast  brought  evils  upon  them  in  their  last  end 
which  in  their  prosperity  they  never  apprehended. 

H  Their  ensigns,  Sic.  They  have  fixed  their  colours  for  signs  and 
trophies,  both  on  the  gates,  and  on  the  highest  top  of  the  temple  :  am) 
they  knew  not,  that  is,  they  regarded  not  the  sanctity  of  the  place. 
This  psalm  manifestly  foretells  the  time  of  the  Machabees,  and  the 
profanation  of  the  temple  by  Antiochus. 

455 


PSALMS. 


8  They  s:iid  in  their  heart,  tin-  whole  kindred  of 

them  together:  Let  us  abolish  all  the  festival   days 
ol  i  i<nl  Irom  ilif  land. 

9  Our  m^iis  we  have  not  seen,  there  is  now  no 
prophet  :  and  he  will  know  us  nomoie. 

1<>  How  long,  ()  (iod.  shall  the  enemy  reproach  ? 
tA  the  adversary  to  provoke  thy  name  tor  ever  ? 

1  I  Why  dost  thou  turn  away  thv  hand  ?  and  thy 
right  hand  out  of  the  midst  of  thy  Imisoiii  for  ever.' 

I  J  Hut  (iod  is  our  king  before  ages;  he  hath 
wrought  salvation  in  the  midst  of  the  earth. 

l.>  Thou  by  thv  strength  didst  make  the  sea  firm  :* 
thoudidst  crush  the  hcadsof thcdrngonsinlhc  waters. 

14  Thou  hast  broken  the  heads  of  the  dragon  : 
thou  hast  given  him  to  lie  meat  for  the  people  of  the 
Ethiopia  ns. 

1")  Thou  hast  broken  up  the  fountains  and  the 
torrents:  thou  hast  dried  up  the  Ethan  rivers. f 

16  Thine  is  the  day,  and  thine  is  the  night :  thou 
hast  made  the  morning  light  and  the  sun. 

17  Thou  hast  made  all  the  borders  of  the  earth  : 
the  summer  and  the  spring  were  formed  by  thee. 

18  RememlxT  this,  the  enemy  hath  reproached 
the  Lord  :  and  a  foolish  people  hath  provoked  thy 
naiin  . 

19  Deliver  not  up  to  beasts  the  souls  that  confess 
to  thee  :  and  forget  not  to  the  end  the  souls  of  thy 
poor. 

20  Have  regard  to  thy  covenant :  for  they  that 
are  the  obscure  of  the  earthf  have  been  filled  with 
dwellings  of  iniquity. 

21  Let  not  the  humble  be  turned  away  with  con- 
fusion :  the  poor  and  needy  shall  praise  thy  name. 

22  Arise,  O  God,  judge  thv  own  cause  :  remem- 
ber thy  reproaches  with  which  the  foolish  man  hath 
reproached  thee  all  the  day. 

23  Forget  not  the  voices  of  thv  enemies:  the 
pride  of  them  that  bate  thee  ascenrjeth  continually. 

PSALM  LWIV. 

Conlitebiiiiur  tibi. 

There  is  a  just  judgment  to  come:  therrforelet  the  tricked  take 

i  an-. 

1  Unto  the  end,  corrtipt  not,||  a  psalm  of  a  canticle 

for  Asaph. 

2  VM7*E  will  praise  thee,  ()  (iod  :  we  will  praise, 

▼  T     and  we  will  call  upon  thy  name. 
We  will   relate  thy  wondrous  works :  3  when  I 
shall  take  a  time,<$  I  will  judge  justici  s. 

4  The  earth  is  united,  ami  all  that  dwell  therein  : 
1  have  established  the  pillars  thereof. 

5  I  said  to  the  wicked:  Do  not  act  wickedly  : 
and  to  the  sinners  :    Lift  not  up  the  horn. 

6  Lift  not  up  your  horn  on  nigh  :  speak  not  ini- 
quity against  God. 

•  TW  —jam.  By  making  ibe  waters  of  the  Red  sea  stand  like  firm 
wall*.  whiUt  Israel  Desaed  tlirouirti ;  and  destroying  the  Egyptian*, 
called  here  aVafMU  Irom  their  cruelty,  in  the  same  water*,  with  their 
kin*  ;  casUna;  op  their  hodiea  on  the  shore  to  be  stript  by  the  Ethio- 
pian*, inhahilinr  in  those  days  the  coast  of  Arabia. 

T  Ktkmn  risers.  That  i».  Htm  tekick  ran  teith  tlremr  sfrMau.  This 
was  verified  in  Jordan,  Jome  in.  and  in  Arnnn,  .Mm*.  xx<.   1 t. 

t  TV  ssssars  a/  Ike  tarla  Mean  and  if  noble  wretches  asaw  area  fill- 
ed, thai  i«,  enriched,  with  kmttt*  tf  aasfsasy,  that  is,  with  our  estates  and 


aooa,  which  they  ha»i- uiijii. (U  u<murr<l. 
B    Cerruat  tut.     Tls   believed  lo  base  been   the  beginning  of  some 


7   For  neither  from  Hit  nor  from  the  west, 

nor  from  the  desert  hills  :   8  for  God  is  the  fudge. 

One  he  putteth  down,  and  another  he  Irfteth  up: 
!»  for  in  the  hand  ol  the  Lord  thire  is  a  cup  ol 
strong  wine  full  of  mixture. 

And  he  hath  poured  it  out  from  this  to  that  :  but 
the  dugs  thereof  are  not  emptied  :  all  the  sinners 
ol  the  earth  shall  drink. 

10  Hut  I  will  declare  forever  :  I  will  sing  to  the 
Got!  of  Jacob. 

11  And  I  will  break  all  the  horns  of  sinners: 
but  the  horns  of  the  just  shall  be  exalted. 

PSALM  l.\\v. 

Status  in  Judaa. 
(Sod  is  knotrn  in  his  i  hiirrh  :  am!  i  .verts  his  jtnirrr  in  protecting 
it.      It  alludes  to  the  slaughter  of  the  Assyrians,  in  the  duys 
of  Icing  Ezechois. 

1  Unto  the  end,   in   praises,  a  psalm   for  Asaph  :  a 

canticle  lo  the  Assyrians. 

2  TN  Judea  (iod  is  know  n  :   his  name  is  great  in 
-*-   Israel  : 

3  And  his  place  is  in  peace:  and  his  abode  in 
Sion  : 

4  There  hath  he  broken  the  powers  of  bows,  the 
shield,  the  sword,  and   the  battle. 

6  Thou  enjigbtenesl  wonderfully  from  the  ever- 
lasting hills  :  6  All  the  foolish  of  heart  w  ere  troubled. 

They  have  slept  their  sleep  :  and  all  the  men  of 
riches  have  found  nothing  in  tin  ir  hands. 

7  At  thy  rebuke,  ()  God  of  Jacob,  the]  have  all 
slumbered  (hat  mounted  on  horseback. 

8  Thou  art  terrible,  and  who  shall  resist  thee  j 
from  that  timeU  thy  wrath 

9  Thou  hast  caused  judgment  to  Ik-  heard  from 
heaven  :   the  earth  trembled,  and  was  still, 

10  When  (iod  arose   in  judgment   to  save  all  the 

poeek  of  the  earth. 

11  For  the  thought  of  man  shall  give  praise  to 
thee  :  and  the  remainders  of  the  thoughts  shall  keep 
holvdny  to  thee. 

12  Vow  ye,  and  pay  to  the  Lord  your  God  :  all 
you  that  round  about  him  bring  presents. 

To  him  that  is  terrible,  13  even  to  him  whotaketh 
away  the  spirit  of  princes  :  to  the  terrible  with  the 
kings  of  the  earth. 

PSALM  LXXVI. 
Voce  mea. 

The  faithful  hare  recourse  to  Cod  in  trouble  of  mind,  teith  con- 
fidence in  his  merry  and  piiterr. 

1  Unto  the   end,  for  Idifhun,  a   psalm  of  Asaph. 
2  ¥  Cried  to  the  Lord  with  tn\  voice  ;  to  (iod  with 
M.  my  voice  ;   and  he  gave  ear  lo  me. 
3  In  the  day  of  my  trouble  I  sought  God,  with 

ode  or  hymn,  to  the  tune  of  which  this  psalm  was  to  be  sung.  St.  An- 
(niitine  and  other  fathers  take  it  to  he  an  admonition  of  the  Spirit  of 
God,  not  to  faint  or  fail  in  our  nana  |  >>ut  to  persevere  with  ronstancy 
in  (rood;  because  God  will  not  fail  in  his  due  time  to  reader  to  every 
man  according  to  his  work*. 

»  When  I  tkall  take  a  Nav.  In  proper  timet:  particularly  at  the  last 
day,  when  la*  tart*  shall  mrtt  awav  at  the  presence  of  (he  cretit  jixlpe  : 
ilic  .amr  »  I*,  originally  laid  the  foundation!  of  it,  and  as  it  were  est*. 
hlrshed  its  pillars. 

1  f'rsm  laW  time,  he.  From  the  time  that  thy  wrath  shall  break 
out 


PSALM  LXXV1I. 


my  hands  lifted  up  to  him  in  the  night :  and  I  was 
not  deceived. 

My  soul  refused  to  be  comforted  :  4  I  remember- 
ed God,  and  was  delighted,  and  was  exercised  : 
and  my  spirit  swooned  away. 

5  My  eyes  prevented  the  watches  :  I  was  trou- 
bled, and  I  spoke  not. 

6  I  thought  upon  the  days  of  old  :  and  I  had  in 
my  mind  the  eternal  years. 

7  And  I  meditated  in  the  night  with  my  own 
heart :  and  I  was  exercised,  and  I  swept  my  spirit. 

8  Will  God  then  cast  off  for  ever  ?  or  will  he 
never  be  more  favourable  again  ? 

9  Or  will  he  cut  off  his  mercy  for  ever,  from  gene- 
ration to  generation  ? 

10  Or  will  God  forget'to  show  mercy?  or  will 
he  in  his  anger  shut  up  his  mercies  ? 

11  And  I  said,  Now  have  I  begun:  this  is  the 
change  of  the  right  hand  of  the  most  High. 

12  I  remembered  the  works  of  the  Lord  :  for  I 
will  be  mindful  of  thy  wonders  from  the  beginning. 

13  And  I  will  meditate  on  all  thy  works:  and 
will  be  employed  in  thy  inventions. 

14  Thy  way,  O  God,  is  in  the  holy  place  :  who 
is  the  great  God  like  our  God  ?  15  Thou  art  the 
God  that  doest  wonders. 

Thou  hast  made  thy  power  known  among  the 
nation:  16  with  thy  arm  thou  hast  redeemed  thy 
people  the  children  of  Jacob  and  of  Joseph. 

17  The  waters  saw  thee,  O  God  :  the  waters 
saw  thee  :  and  they  were  afraid,  and  the  depths 
were  troubled. 

1 8  Great  was  the  noise  of  the  waters :  the  clouds 
sent  out  a  sound. 

For  thy  arrows  pass  ;  19  the  voice  of  thy  thun- 
der in  a  wheel. 

Thy  lightnings  enlightened  the  world :  the  earth 
shook  and  trembled. 

20  Thy  way  is  in  the  sea,  and  thy  paths  in  many 
waters:   and  thy  foot-steps  shall  not  be  known. 

21  Thou  hast  conducted  thy  people  like  sheep, 
by  the  hand  of  Moses  and  Aaron. 

PSALM  LXXVII. 

Attendite. 

God's  great  benefits  to  the  people  of  Israel,  notwithstanding 
their  ingratitude. 

1  Understanding  for  Asaph. 
A  TTEND,  O  my  people,   to  my  law :  incline 
-t*-  your  ears  to  the  words  of  my  mouth. 

2  I  will  open  my  mouth  in  parables  :  I  will  utter 
propositions*  from  the  beginning. 

3  How  great  things  have  we  heard  and  known, 
and  our  fathers  have  told  us. 

4  They  have  not  been  hidden  from  their  children, 
in  another  generation. 

Declaring  the  praises  of  the  Lord,  and  his  powers, 
and  his  wonders  which  he  hath  done. 

5  And  he  set  up  a  testimony  in  Jacob:  and  made 
a  law  in  Israel. 

*  Proposition.  Deep  and  mysterious  sayings.  By  this  it  appears  that 
(lie  historical  facts  of  ancient  times,  commemorated  in  this  psalm,  were 

Sli 


How  great  things  he  commanded  our  fathers, 
that  they  should  make  the  same  known  to  their 
children  :  6  that  another  generation  might  know 
them. 

The  children  that  should  be  born,  and  should  rise 
up,  and  declare  them  to  their  children  ; 

7  That  they  may  put  their  hope  in  God,  and  may 
not  forget  the  works  of  God  :  and  may  seek  his 
commandments. 

8  That  they  may  not  become  like  their  fathers,  a 
perverse  and  exasperating  generation. 

A  generation  that  set  not  their  hrart  aright ;  and 
whose  spirit  was  not  faithful  to  God. 

9  The  sons  of  Ephraim  who  head  and  shoot 
with  the  bow:  they  have  turned  back  in  the  day  of 
battle. 

10  They  kept  not  the  covenant  of  God:  and 
in  his  law  they  would  not  walk. 

11  And  they  forgot  his  benefits,  and  his  wonders 
that  he  had  shown  them. 

12  Wonderful  things  did  he  do  in  the  sight  of 
their  fathers,  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  in  the  field  of 
Tanis. 

13  He  divided  the  sea, and  brought  them  through: 
and  he  made  the  waters  to  stand  as  in  a  vessel. 

14  And  he  conducted  them  with  a  cloud  by  day, 
and  all  the  night  with  a  light  of  fire. 

15  He  struck  the  rock  in  the  wilderness:  and 
gave  them  to  drink,  as  out  of  the  great  deep. 

16  He  brought  forth  wa^er  out  of  the  rock:  and 
made  streams  run  down  as  rivers. 

17  And  they  added  yet  more  sin  against  him  : 
they  provoked  the  most  High  to  wrath  in  the  place 
without  water. 

18  And  they  tempted  God  in  their  hearts,  by 
asking  meat  for  their  desires. 

19  And  they  spoke  ill  of  God:  they  said:  Can 
God  furnish  a  table  in  the  wilderness  ? 

20  Because  he  struck  the  rock,  and  the  waters 
gushed  out,  and  the  streams  overflowed. 

Can  he  also  give  bread,  or  provide  a  table  for  his 
people  ? 

21  Therefore  the  Lord  heard,  and  was  angry  : 
and  a  fire  was  kindled  against  Jacob,  and  wrath 
came  up  against  Israel. 

22  Because  they  believed  not  in  God,  and  trusted 
not  in  his  salvation. 

23  And  he  had  commanded  the  clouds  from 
above,  and  had  opened  the  doors  of  heaven. 

24  And  had  rained  down  manna  upon  them  to 
eat,  and  had  given  them  the  bread  of  heaven. 

25  Man  ate  the  bread  of  angels  :  he  sent  them 
provisions  in  abundance. 

26  He  removed  the  south-wind  from  heaven  ;  ind 
by  his  power  brought  in  the  south-west  wind. 

27  And  he  rained  upon  them  flesh  as  dust ;  and 
feathered  fowls  like  as  the  sand  of  the  sea. 

28  And  they  fell  in  the  midst  of  their  camp, 
round  about  their  pavilions. 

29  So  they  did  eat,  and  were  filled  exceedingly, 


deep  and  mysterious;  as  being  figures  of  great  truths  appertaining  to 
the  time  of  the  new  testament.  ,.  „ 

45T 


PSALMS. 


and  lie  gave  them  their  desire  :  SO  tiny  were  not  de- 
frauded ol  that  which  they  cra\ed. 

As  yet  their  meat  was  in  their  mouth:  ;>1  ami  the 
wrath  of  (  IimI  came  upon  them. 

And  In-  slew  tiic  tat  ones  amount  them,  ami 
brought  down  tin-  chosen  men  ol  Israel. 

32  In  nil  these  things  they  sinned  still:  and  they 
believed  not  for  his  wondrous  works. 

33  And  their  days  were  consumed  in  vanity,  and 
their  years  in  haste. 

34  When  be  slew  them,  then  they  sought  him: 
and  they  returned,  and  came  to  him  early  in  the 
morning. 

35  And  they  rememl>ered  that  Got!  was  their  help- 
er; and  the  most  high  ( iod  their  redeemer. 

36  And  they  loved  him  with  their  mouth:  and 
with  their  tongue  they  lied  unto  him  : 

37  But  their  heart  was  not  right  with  him:  nor 
were  they  counted  faithful  in  his  covenant. 

38  But  he  is  merciful,  and  will  forgive  their  sins; 
and  will  not  destroy  them. 

And  many  a  time  did  he  turn  away  his  anger; 
and  did  not  kindle  all  his  wrath. 

39  And  he  remembered  that  they  are  flesh;  a 
wind  that  goeth  and  retumeth  not. 

40  How  often  did  they  provoke  him  in  the  desert; 
and  move  him  to  wrath  m  the  place  without  wa- 
ter ? 

41  And  they  turned  back  and  tempted  God  ;  and 
grieved  the  holy  one  of  Israel. 

18  Thev  remembered  not  his  hand  in  the  day 
that  he  redeemed  them  from  the  hand  of  him  that 
afflicted  them : 

43  How  he  wrought  his  signs  in  Egypt,  and  his 
bonders  in  the  field  of  Tanis. 

44  And  he  turned  their  rivers  into  blood,  and 
their  showers  that  they  might  not  drink. 

45  He  sent  amongst  tlieni  divers  sorts  of  flies, 
which  devoured  them  ;  and  frogs  which  destroy  i  id 
them. 

46  And  he  gave  up  their  fruits  to  the  blast,  and 
their  labours  to  the  locust. 

47  And  lie  destroyed  their  vineyards  with  hail, 
and  their  niull>erry-trccs  with  hoar  frost. 

48  And  he  gave  up  their  cattle  to  the  hail,  and 
their  stock  to  the  fire. 

#  49  And  he  scut  upon  them  the  wrath  of  his  in- 
dignation: indignation  and  \\  rath  and  trouble,  which 
he  sent  by  evil  angels. 

30  lie  made  a  way  for  a  path  to  his  anger:  he 
spand  not  their  souls  from  death  ;  and  their  cattle 
he  shut  up  in  death. 

51  And  he  killed  all  the  first-born  in  the  land  of 
Egypt :  the  first-fruits  of  all  their  lalxmr  in  the 
tabernacles  of  Cham. 

62  And  In-  took  away  his  own  people  as  sheep; 
and  guided  them  in  the  wilderness  like  a  Hock. 

63  And  he  brought  them  out  in  hope,  and  they 
feared  not :   and  the  sea  overwhelmed  their  enemies. 

.')!■    And  he  brought  them  into  the  mountain  of  his 


Jt jf  Minm.     Tlial  i«,  firm  »"  1  «lr..n -,  like  the  Ix-rn  of  lUv  wm 
TbM  m  ooa  of  the  chietnt  of  tbe  fropottittri  of  thii  [Malm,  for.  - 

4S8 


sanctuary  :   the  mountain  which  his  right  hand  had 
purchased. 

Vnd  he  cast  out  the  gentiles  before  them  :  and  by 
lot  du  hied  to  them  (heir  land  by  a  line  of  distribution. 
i    \inl  he  made  the  tribes  of  Israel  to  dwell  in 
their  tabernacles. 

.')*;  ^  tt  they  tempted,  and  provoked  the  most  high 
God  :   and  they  kept  not  his  testimonies. 

57  And  they  turned  away,  and  kept  not  tlw  co- 
venant :  even  like  their  fathers  tiny  wne  turned 
aside  as  a  CfOohed  1k)W. 

58  They  provoked  him  to  anger  on  their  hills ; 
and  moved  him  to  jealousy  with  their  graven  things. 

59  God  heard,  and  despised  than:  and  he  reduced 
Israel  exceedingly  as  it  in  rr  to  nothing. 

60  And  he  put  away  flit-  tabernacle  of  Silo,  his 
tabernacle  where  he  dwelt  among  men. 

61  And  he  delivered  their  strength  into  captivity, 
and  their  beauty  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy. 

62  And  he  shut  up  his  people  under  the  sword. 
and  he  despised  his  inheritance. 

63  1-  ire  <  on.Mimed  their  young  men  :  and  their 
maidens  were  not  lamented. 

64  Their  priests  fell  by  the  sword :  and  theit 
widows  did  not  mourn. 

65  And  the  Lord  was  awaked  as  one  out  of  sleep, 
and  like  a  mighty  man  that  hath  been  surfeited  with 
wine. 

66  And  he  smote  his  enemies  on  the  hinder  parts . 
he  put  them  to  an  everlasting  reproach. 

67  And  he  rejected  the  tabernacle  of  Joseph  ;  and 
chose  not  the  tribe  of  Ephraim  : 

68  But  he  chose  the  tribe  of  Juda,  mount  Sion 
which  he  loved. 

69  And  he  built  his  sanctuary  as  of  unicorns,*  in 
the  land  which  he  founded  for  ever. 

70  And  he  chose  his  servant  David,  and  took  him 
from  the  flocks  of  sheep  :  he  brought  him  from  fol- 
lowing the  ewes  great  with  young, 

71  To  feed  Jacob  bis  servant,  and  Israel  his  in 
heritance. 

72  And  he  fed  them  in  the  innocence  of  his  heart 
and  conducted  them  by  the  skilfulness  of  his  hands 

PSALM  LXXVIH. 

Deus,  venerunt  gentcs. 

The  ckttrch  in  time  of  persecution  prnyeth  for  relief.  It  seems  to 
belong  to  tki  time  of  the  Mttci  abets. 

1  A  psalm  for  Asaph. 

OGOD,  the  heathens  are  come  into  thy  inherit- 
ance, liny  have  defiled  thy  holy  temple:  they 
have  made  Jerusalem  as  a  place  to  keep  fruit. 

2  They  have  nvea  the  dead  bodies  of  thy  ser- 
vants to  be  meat  for  the  fowls  of  the  ail ;  the  flesh 
of  thy  saints  for  the  beasts  of  the  earth. 

3  They  have  poured  out  their  blood  as  water, 
round  altout  Jerusalem  ;  and  there  was  none  to  bury 
the in. 

4  We  are  beeOUM  a  reproach  to  our  neighbours 
a  scorn  and  derision  to  them  that  are  round  about  us 


«1m.wiii(j  tin-  firm  rMaolMlimentoflbe one,  true,  and  crcriaslmg  tunc 
tiiary  of  God  and  hucliun  li. 


PSALMS  LXXIX,  LXXX. 


5  How  long,  O  Lord,  wilt  thou  be  angry  for 
ever;  shall  thy  zeal  he  kindled  like  a  fire? 

6  Pour  out  thy  wrath  upon  the  nations  that  iiave 
not  known  thee;  and  upon  the  kingdoms  that  have 
not  called  upon  thy  name. 

7  Because  they  have  devoured  Jacob;  and  have 
laid  waste  his  place. 

8  Remember  not  our  former  iniquities:  let  thy 
mercies  speedily  prevent  us,  for  we  are  become  ex- 
ceeding poor. 

9  Help  us,  O  God  our  Saviour:  and  for  the  glory 
of  thy  name,  O  Lord,  deliver  us:  and  forgive  us  our 
sins  for  thy  name's  sake : 

10  Lest  they  should  say  among  the  gentiles: 
Where  is  their  God?  And  let  him  be  made  known 
among  the  nations  before  our  eyes, 

By  the  revenging  the  blood  of  thy  servants,  which 
hath  been  shed  :  11  let  the  sighing  of  the  prisoners 
come  in  before  thee. 

According  to  the  greatness  of  thy  arm,  take  pos- 
session of  the  children  of  them  that  have  been  put 
to  death. 

12  And  render  to  our  neighbours  seven-fold  in 
their  bosom,  the  reproach  wherewith  they  have  re- 
proached thee,  O  Lord. 

13  But  we  thy  people,  and  the  sheep  of  thy  pas- 
ture, will  give  thanks  to  thee  for  ever. 

We  will  show  forth  thy  praise,  unto  generation 
and  generation. 

PSALM  LXXIX. 

Qui  regis  Israel. 

A  prayer  for  the  church  in  tribulation,  commemoratinp  God's 
former  favours. 

1  Unto  the  end,  for  them  that  shall  be  changed,  a 

testimony  for  Asaph,  a  psalm. 

2  f"1  IVE  ear,  O  thou  that  rulest  Israel;  thou  that 
^*"  leadest  Joseph  like  a  sheep. 

Thou  that  sittest  upon  the  cherubims,  shine  forth 

3  before  Ephraim,  Benjamin,  and  Manasses. 

Stir  up  thy  might,  and  come  to  save  us. 

4  Convert  us,  O  God:  and  show  us  thy  face,  and 
We  shall  be  saved. 

5  O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  how  long  wilt  thou  be 
angry  against  the  prayer  of  thy  servant? 

6  How  long  wilt  thou  feed  us  with  the  bread  of 
tears:  and  give  us  for  our  drink  tears  in  measure? 

7  Thou  hast  made  us  to  be  a  contradiction  to  our 
neighbours:  and  our  enemies  have  scoffed  at  us. 

8  O  God  of  hosts,  convert  us:  and  show  thy  face, 
and  we  shall  be  saved. 

9  Thou  hast  brought  a  vineyard  out  of  Egypt : 
thou  hast  cast  out  the  gentiles,  and  planted  it. 

10  Thou  wast  the  guide  of  its  journey  in  its 
sight :  thou  plantedst  the  roots  thereof,  and  it  filled 
the  land. 

1 1  The  shadow  of  it  covered  the  hills  :  and  the 
branches  thereof  the  cedars  of  God. 

*   Things  set  on  fire,  Sic.  So  this  vineyard  of  thjne,  almost  consumed 
already,  must  perish  if  thou  continue  tny  rebukes. 


ITht  man  of  thy  right  hand.     Christ. 
For  the  wine- presses,  Sic   lorcularibus. 


It  either  signifies  a  musical 


12  It  stretched  forth  its  branches  unto  the  sea, 
and  its  boughs  unto  the  river. 

13  Why  hast  thou  broken  down  the  hedge  there- 
of; so  that  all  they  who  pass  by  the  way  do  pluck  it. 

14  The  boar  out  of  the  wood  hath  laid  it  waste* 
and  a  singular  wild  beast  hath  devoured  it. 

15  Turn  again,  O  God  of  hosts ;  look  down  from 
heaven,  and  see,  and  visit  this  vineyard: 

16  And  perfect  the  same  which  thy  right  hand 
hath  planted;  and  upon  the  son  of  man  whom  thou 
hast  confirmed  for  thyself. 

17  Things  set  on  fire*  and  dug  down  shall  perish 
at  the  rebuke  of  thy  countenance. 

18  Let  thy  hand  be  upon  the  man  of  thy  right 
hand;f  and  upon  the  son  of  man  whom  thou  hast 
confirmed  for  thyself. 

19  And  we  depart  not  from  thee,  thou  shalt 
quicken  us:  and  we  will  call  upon  thy  name. 

20  O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  convert  us  :  and  show 
thy  face,  and  we  shall  be  saved. 

PSALM  LXXX. 

Exultate  Deo. 

An  invitation  to  a  solemn  praising  of  God. 

1  Unto  the  end,  for  the  wine-presses,J  a  psalm  for 

Asaph  himself. 

2  T>  EJOICE  to  God  our  helper:  sing  aloud  to  the 
-*-*'  God  of  Jacob. 

3  Take  a  psalm,  and  bring  hither  the  timbrel : 
the  pleasant  psaltery  with  the  harp. 

4  Blow  up  the  trumpet  on  the  new  moon,  on  the 
noted  day  of  your  solemnity. 

5  For  it  is  a  commandment  in  Israel,  and  a  judg- 
ment to  the  God  of  Jacob. 

6  He  ordained  it  for  a  testimony  in  Joseph, 
when  he  came  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt :  he  heard  a 
tongue  which  he  knew  not. 

7  He  removed  his  back  from  the  burdens:  his 
hands  had  served  in  baskets. 

8  Thou  calledst  upon  me  in  affliction,  and  I  de- 
livered thee  :  1  heard  thee  in  the  secret  place  of  tem- 
pest :||  I  proved  thee  at  the  waters  of  contradiction. 

9  Hear,  O  my  people,  and  I  will  testify  to  thee: 

0  Israel,  if  thou  wilt  hearken  to  me,  10  there  shall 
be  no  new  god  in  thee  :  neither  shalt  thou  adore  a 
strange  god. 

1 1  For  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  who  brought  thee 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt :  open  thy  mouth  wide,  and 

1  will  fill  it. 

12  But  my  people  heard  not  my  voice:  and  Is- 
rael hearkened  not  to  me. 

13  So  I  let  them  go  according  to  the  desires  of 
their  heart :  they  shall  walk  in  their  own  inventions. 

14  If  my  people  had  heard  me;  if  Israel  had 
walked  in  my  ways ; 

15  1  should  soon  have  humbled  their  enemies, 
and  laid  my  hand  on  them  thai  troubled  them. 


instrument,  or  that  this  psalm  was  to  be  sung  at  the  feast  of  the  taber- 
nacles after  the  gathering  in  of  the  vintage. 

||  In  the  secret  place  of  tempest.  Heb.  Of  thunder.  When  thou 
soughtrsttoAuk  thyself  from  the  tempest  :  or,  when  I  came  down  ta 
mount  bina,  hidden  from  thy  eves  in  a  storm  u(  thunder. 

"4*2 


PSALMS. 


16  The  enemies  of  the  Lm  nave  lied  to  him: 
*ind  their  time  shall  \n>  for  ever.* 

17  And  he  fed  them  with  the  fat  of  wheat,  and 
filled  them  with  lionev  out  of  the  nick. 

PSALM  l.\\\i. 
Deus  Nut  it. 

An  exhortation  to  judge*  and  men  in  potter. 

1  A  Pate  for  Asaph. 

(T^.OD  hath  stood  in  the  congregation  of  gods:  and 
^-*"  being  in  the  midst  qf tin  m.  he  judgeth  cods. 

2  How  long  will  you  judge  unjustly;  ami  accept 
the  |>ersons  of  the  wicked  ? 

3  Judge  for  the  needy  and  fatherless:  do  justice 
to  the  hmnhle  and  the  |>oor. 

4  Rescue  the  poor;  and  deliver  the  needy  out  of 
the  hand  of  the  sinner. 

5  They  have  not  known  nor  understood;  they 
walk  on  in  darkness:  all  the  foundationsof  the  earth 
.shall  be  moved. 

6  I  have  said  :  you  are  gods,  and  all  of  you  the 
sons  of  the  most  High. 

7  But  you  like  men  shall  die;  and  shall  fall  like 
one  of  the  princes. 

8  Arise^  O  God,  judge  thou  the  earth  :  for  thou 
shah  inherit  among  all  the  nations. 

PSALM  LXXXII. 

Deus,  quis  similis. 

A  prayer  again*!  the  enetniet  of  God's  church. 

1    A  canticle  of  a  psalm  for  Asaph. 
2  f\  GOD,  who  shall  be  like  to  thee?  hold  not 
^-'  thv  peace;  neither  be  thou  still,  O  God. 

3  For  lo,  thy  enemies  have  made  a  noise:  and  they 
that  hate  thee  ha\e  lifted  up  the  head. 

4  They  have  taken  a  malicious  counsel  against 
thy  people,  and  have  consulted  against  thy  saints. 

5  They  have  said:  Come  and  let  us  dtiMMj 
them,  so  that  they  Im>  not  a  nation  :  and  let  the  name 
of  Israel  he  remembered  no  more. 

6  For  they  have  contrived  with  one  consent:  they 
have  made  a  covenant  together  against  thee,  7  the 
tabernacles  of  the  Bdotnites,  and  the  Ishmaeliti 

Moah,  andthe  Agnrens,8Gebal,  and  Ammon.  and 
Amalec:the  Philistines,  \\  iththe  inhabitantsof  Tyre. 

9  Yea,  and  the  Insyraa  also  is  joined  with  them: 
they  are  come  to  the  aid  of  the  sons  of  Lot. 

10  Do  to  them  as  thou  didst  to  Madian  and  to 
Sisara;  as  to  Jahin  at  the  brook  of  Cisson: 

1 1  Who  perished  at  Endor;  and  became  as  dung 
for  the  earth. 

12  Make  their  princes  like  Oreb,  and  Zeb,  and 
Zehee,  and  Salmana. 

All  their  princes,  13  who  have  said  |  Let  us  pos- 
sess the  sanctuary  of  God  for  an  inheritance. 

1  V  O  mv  God,  make  them  like  a  wheel  ;  and  as 
stubble  In-fore  the  wind  : 

\~>  As  fire  which  burnetii  the  wood ;  and  as  a 
flame  burning  mountains: 


•  Ttuir  limr  iWI  bt  for  mtr.     Invienitpnt  'inner*  thall  unffer  forever. 

t  In  kit  ktmrt  k*  k*tk  dim— 4  I*  *****  ky  tlrpt.  Su-.  mention**  in  cord, 
M  Mmtnuit.  A«  *y  ■(/•pi  won  mttndtd  lo  the  tample  of  lid.  Miiuii  .1 
d  a  lull  :  to  the  good  christian  atcmJt  inward*  the  eternal  temple  bv 

460 


16  So  shah  thou  pursue  them  with  thy  tempest 
and  shall  trouble  them  in  thy  wrath. 

17  hill   their  faces  with  shame:    and   they  shall 
seek  thy  name.  ()  Lord. 

18  Let  them  lie  ashamed  and  troubled    for   BVW 
and  ever:  and  let  them  lie  confounded  and  perish. 

19  And  let  then  know  thai  the  Lord  is  thy  name: 
thou  alone  art  the  most  High  over  all  the  earth. 

PSALM  LWMIL 

Quam  dilecla. 

The  soul  aspirith  aftir  hcacrn  :  i>jnning  in  the  mean  time,  in 

being  in  the  commtinitin   of  Gad's  church  upon  earth. 

1   L'nto  the  end,  for  the  wine-presses,  a  psalm  for 

the  sons  of  Core. 
~  XX OW  lovely  are  thy  tabernacles,  O  Lord  oi 

■*-■*-  hosts!  3  mv  soul  longeth  and  fainteth  for  the 
courts  of  the  Lord. 

My  heart  and  my  flesh  have  rejoiced  in  ihe  living 
God. 

4  For  the  sparrow  hath  found  herself  a  house, 
and  the  turtle  a  nest  for  herself  where  she  ma\  lay 
heryouug  ones: 

Thy  altars,  O  Lord  of  hosts,  my  king  and  my 
God. 

5  Blessed  are  they  that  dwell  in  thv  house,  O 
Lord:  they  shall  praise  thee  for  ever  ana  ever. 

6  Blessed  is  the  man    whose  help  is  from  tie 

in  his  heart  he  hath  disposed  to  ascend  by  steps, t  7 
in  the  vale  of  tears,  in  the  place  which  he  hath   set. 

8  For  the  lawgiver  shall  give  a  blessing;  they 
shall  go  from  virtue  to  virtue  :  the  God  of  gods  shall 

■  11  in  Sion. 

9  O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  hear  my  prayer:  give  ear, 
O  God  of  Jacob. 

10  Behold,  O  God,  our  protector;  and  look  on 
the  face  of  thy  Christ. 

1 1  For  better  is  one  day  in  thy  courts  above  thou- 
sands. 

I  have  chosen  to  be  an  abject  in  the  house  of  my 
God,  rather  than  to  dwell  in  the  tabernacles  of  sin- 
ners. 

12  For  God  loveth  mercy  and  truth:  the  Lord 
will  give  grace  and  glon . 

13  He  will  not  deprive  of  good  things  them  that 
walk  in  innocence:  O  Lord  of  hosts,  bleated  is  the 
man  that  trusted)  in  thee. 

PSALM  LXXXIV. 

Benedixisti,  Domine. 
The  coming  of  Christ  to  bring  peace  and  salvation  to  man. 
1    l'nto  the  end,  for  the  sons  of  (ore,  a  psalm. 

OKD,  thou  hast  blessed  thy  land  :    thou  hast 
•XJ    turned  away  the  captivity  ot  Jacob. 

3  Thou  hast  rbrnVea  the  iniquity  ofilsj  people: 

thou  bast  covered  all  their  sins. 

4  Thou  hast  initiated  all  thv  ingei  :  thou  hast 
turned  away  from  the  wrath  of  thy  indignation. 

5  Convert  us,  O  God  our  saviour:  and  III  u  oft* 
thy  anger  from  us. 

certain*****  of  »irtue  dufttd  or  ordered  within  Ihe  heart.  ■ad'Unawhikl 
helirota*  yp|  in  the  lx«l\ .  in  \h\\rau  ojlirrt,  Ike  fdtt  which  man  knthtd 
that  i»,  which  lie  hath  brought  luiiwlf  to  ;  bring  cast  out  of  paradise 
fi.r  hi*  tin. 


PSALM  LXXXV,  LXXXVI,  LXXXVIf. 


6  Wilt  thou  be  angry  with  us  for  ever :  or  wilt  thou 
extend  tli  v  wrath  from  generation  to  generation  _? 

7  Thoii  wilt  turn,  0  God,  and  hrmg  us  to  life  : 
and  thy  people  shall  rejoice  in  thee. 

8  Show  us,  O  Lord,  thy  mercy;  and  grant  us  thy 
salvation. 

9  I  will  hear  what  the  Lord  God  will  speak  m 
me :  for  he  will  speak  peace  unto  his  people  : 

And  unto  his  saints  :  and  unto  them  that  are  con- 
verted to  the  heart. 

10  Surely  his  salvation  is  near  to  them  that  fear 
him  :  that  glory  may  dwell  in  our  land. 

1 1  Mercy  and  truth  have  met  each  other :  justice 
and  peace  have  kissed. 

12  Truth  is  sprung  out  of  the  earth  :  and  justice 
-hath  looked  down  from  heaven. 

13  For  the  Lord  will  give  goodness:  and  our 
earth  shall  yield  her  fruit. 

14  Justice  shall  walk  hefore  him  ;  and  shall  set 
his  steps  in  the  way. 

PSALM  LXXXV. 

Inclina,  Domine. 

A  prayer  for  God's  grace  to  assist  us  to  the  end. 

1  A  prayer  for  David  himself. 

INCLINE  thy  ear,  O  Lord,  and  hear  n^  :  for  1 
am  needy  and  poor. 

2  Preserve  my  soul,  for  I  am  holy  :*  save  thy  ser- 
vant, O  my  God,  that  trusteth  in  thee. 

3  Have  mercy  on  me,  O  Lord,  for  I  have  cried 
to  thee  all  the  day.  4  Give  joy  to  the  soul  of  thy 
servant,  for  to  thee,  O  Lord,  I  have  lifted  up  my  soul. 

5  For  thou,  O  Lord,  art  sweet  and  mild ;  and 
plenteous  in  mercy  to  all  that  call  upon  thee. 

6  Give  ear,  O  Lord,  to  my  prayer  :  and  attend  to 
the  voice  of  my  petition. 

7  1  have  called  upon  thee  in  the  day  of  my  trouble; 
because  thou  hast  heard  me. 

8  There  is  none  among  the  gods  like  unto  thee, 
O  Lord  :  and  there  is  none  according  to  thy  works. 

9  All  the  nations  thou  hast  made  shall  come  and 
adore  before  thee,  O  Lord  :  and  they  shall  glorify 
thy  name. 

10  For  thou  art  great,  and  doest  wonderful  things: 
thou  art  God  alone. 

11  Conduct  me,  O  Lord,  in  thy  way,  and  I  will 
walk  in  thy  truth :  let  my  heart  rejoice  that  it  may 
fear  thy  name. 

12  I  will  praise  thee,  O  Lord  my  God,  with  my 
whole  heart :  and  I  will  glorify  thy  name  for  ever: 

13  For  thy  mercy  is  great  towards  me  :  and  thou 
hast  delivered  my  soul  out  of  the  lower  hell. 

14  O  God,  the  wicked  are  risen  up  against  mc ; 
and  the  assembly  of  the  mighty  have  sought  my  soul : 
and  they  have  not  set  thee  before  their  eyes. 

15  And  thou,  O  Lord,  art  a  God  of  compassion, 
and  merciful,  patient,  and  of  much  mercy,  and  true. 

*  l  am  holy.     I  am  by  my  office  and  profession  dedicated  to  thy  ser- 
»ice. 

tThe  holy  mountains.     The  apostles  and  prophet?.    Eph.  ii.  20. 
Rahab.     Egypt,  &c.     To  this  Sion,  which  is  the  church  of  God, 
many  shall  resort  from  all  nations. 

||  Shall  not  Sion  say,  &c.  The  meaning  is,  tha<  Sion,riz.  the  church, 
■hall  not  only  be  able  to  commemorate  this  or  that ;  articular  person  of 


16  O   look  upon   me,  and   have  mercy  on  me 
give  thy  command  to  thy  servant,  and  save  the  son 
of  thy  handmaid. 

17  Show  me  a  token  for  good  :  that  they  who 
hate  me  may  see,  and  be  confounded,  beeause  thou, 

0  Lord,  hast  helped  me,  and  hast  comforted  me. 

PSALM  LXXXVI. 

Fundamenta  ejus. 

The  glory  of  the  church  of  Christ. 

1  For  the  sons  of  Core,  a  psalm  of  a  canticle. 

THE  foundations  thereof  are  in  the  holy  moun- 
tains:! 

2  The  Lord  loveth  the  gates  of  Sion  above  all  the 
tabernacles  of  Jacob. 

3  Glorious  things  are  said  of  thee,  O  city  of  God. 

4  1  will  be  mindful  of  Rahabf  and  of  Babylon 
knowing  me. 

Behold  the  foreigners  and  Tyre,  and  the  people 
of  the  Ethiopians,  these  were  there. 

5  Shall  not  Sion  say:||  This  man  and  that  man  is 
born  in  her?  and  the  Highest  himself  hath  found- 
ed her. 

6  The  Lord  shall  tell  in  his  writings  of  peoples 
and  of  princes,  of  them  that  have  been  in  her. 

7  The  dwelling  intheeisas  it  were  of  all  rejoicing. 

PSALM  LXXXVI  I. 

Domine  Deus  salutis. 

A  prayer  of  one  under  grievous  affliction :  it  agrees  to  Christ 

in  his  passion,   and  alludes  to  his  death  and  burial. 

1  A  canticle  of  a  psalm  for  the  sons  of  Core :  unto  the 

end,  for  Maheleth,§   to  answer,  understanding"! 
of  Eman  the  Ezrahite. 

2  C\  LORD  the  God  of  my  salvation :  1  have  cried 
^-^  in  the  day,  and  in  the  night  before  thee. 

3  Let  my  prayer  come  in  before  thee:  incline  thy 
ear  to  my  petition. 

4  For  my  soul  is  filled  with  evils;  and  my  life  hath 
drawn  nigh  to  hell. 

5  I  am  counted  among  them  that  go  down  to  the 
pit:  I  am  become  as  a  man  without  help,  6  free 
among  the  dead. 

Like  the  slain  sleeping  in  the  sepulchres,  whom 
thou  reniemberest  no  more :  and  they  are  cast  off 
from  thy  hand. 

7  They  have  laid  me  in  the  lower  pit ;  in  the  dark 
places,  and  in  the  shadow  of  death. 

8  Thy  wrath  is  strong  over  me :  and  all  thy  waves 
thou  hast  brought  in  upon  me. 

9  Thou  hast  put  away  my  acquaintance  far  from 
me:  they  have  set  mean  abomination  to  themselves. 

I  was  delivered  up, and  came  not  forth;  10  my 
eyes  languished  through  poverty. 

All  the  day  I  cried  to  thee,  0  Lord:  I  stretched 
out  my  hands  to  thee. 

I I  Wilt  thou  show  wonders  to  the  dead  ?  or  shall 
physicians  raise  to  life,  and  give  praise  to  thee? 

renown  born  in  her,  but  also  to  glory  in  great  multitudes  of  people  anj 
princes,  of  her  communion  ;  who  have  been  foretold  in  the  writing* 
of  the  prophets,  and  registered  in  the  writings  of  the  apostles. 

{  Maheleth.     A  musical  instrument,  or  chorus  of  musicians,  to  an- 
swer one  another. 

11  Understanding.    Or  a  psalm  of  instruction  composed  by  Eman  tht 
Ezrahite,  or  by  David,  in  his  name. 

461 


PSALMS. 


12  Shall  any  one  in  the  sepulchre  declare  thy  mer- 
cy, and  thv  truth  in  destruction? 

13  Shall  thy  wonders  be  known  in  tin- dark;  and 
tin  justice  in  the  land  of  IbrgetfuIlK 

1  I  Hut  I,  O  Lord.  ba?«  cried  to  thee;  and  in  the 
morning  my  prayer  shall  prevent  thee. 

1  ")  Lord,  why  ca-tcth  thou  off  mv  prayer:  why 
turnest  thou  away  thy  lace  from  me ? 

16  I  am  poor,  and  in  labours  from  my  youth:  and 
bciii£  exalted  hare  bean  humbled  and  troubled. 

17  Thy  wrath  hath  come  upon  me:  and  tin  ter- 
rors have  trouhled  me. 

18  They  bate  CMM  round  about  me  like  water 
allthedav  :  they  ha vc  compassed  me  about  together. 

19  Friend  aiid  neighbour  tl hast  put  far   from 

me;  and  my  acquaintance,  because  ol  misery 

PSALM   L\ XXVIII. 
Misericord ias  Domini. 
The  perytrtuitu  of  the  church  of  Christ,  in  consequence  of  the 
promises  of  God  ;  whirh  notwithstmuling,  God  permits  her  to 
infer  sometimes  most  grievous  affliitiont. 

1  Of  understanding,  for  Kthan  the  K/.rahite. 
2  FTMIK  mercies  of  the  Lord  I  will  sing  for  ever. 
JL       1  will  show  forth  thy  truth  with  my  mouth 
to  generation  and  generation. 

3  For  thou  hast  said  :  .Mercy  shall  he  built  up  for 
r  in  tin'  heavens:  thy  truth  shall  be  prepared  in 

them. 

4  I  have  made  a  covenant  with  my  elect:  I  have 
sworn  to  David  my  servant :  5  Thy  seed  will  1  set- 
tle f«>r  ever. 

And  I  will  build  up  thy  throne  unto  generation  and 
generation. 

fi  The  heavens  shall  confess  thv  wonders, O  Lord: 
and  thy  truth  in  the  church  of  the  saints. 

7  For  who  in  the  clouds  can  be  compared  to  the 
Lord:  or  who  anions  the  sons  of  Ciod  shall  be  like 
to  God? 

8  God  who  is  glorified  in  the  assembly  of  the 
saints:  0Otf  and  terrible  above  all  them  that  are 
about  him. 

'.)  ( )  Lord  (iod  of  hosts,  who  is  like  to  thee?  thou 
art  mighty,  O  Lord,  and  thy  truth  is  round  about 
thee. 

10  Thou  rulest  the  power  ol  the  sea:  and  ap- 
peasest  the  motion  of  the  waves  thereof. 

1  I  Thou  hast  bumbled  the  proud  one.  as  our  that 
is  slain  :  w  ith  the  arm  of  thy  strength  thou  hast  scat- 
tered thv  enemies. 

I  1  Thine  are  the  heavens,  and  thine  is  the  earth  : 
the  world  and  I  he  fulness  thereof  thou  hast  founded  : 
1.;  the  north  and  the  sea  thou  hast  created. 

Thabor  and  Mention  shall  rejoice  in  thy  name: 
14  thy  arm  is  with  might. 

Let  thv  hand  be  strengthened,  and  thy  right  hand 
Ited  :  15  justice  and  judgment  are  the  prepara- 
tion of  thy  throne. 

Mercj  and  truth  shall  go  before  thy  face:  1 6 bless- 
ed is  the  people  thai  kaoweth  jubilation. 

They  shall   walk,  ()   Lord,  in  the  light  of  thy 

•  Orrrtkrotn  the  mennt.  kc.      All  the  term*  lo  rrlile  to  thr  time 
•f  the  raplivity  of  B.a.,h>n,  m  which,  for  ll*  lint  of  the  reoj>lc  and 

^  m 


countenance  :    17  and  in  thy  name  they  shall  rejoice 
all  the  dav  ;    and  in  thv  justice  they  shall  l»e  exalted. 

18  For  thou  art  the  glory  of  their  strength  :  and 
in  thy  good  pleasure  shall  our  horn  be  exalted. 

19  1  or  our  protection  is  of  the  Lord,  and  of  our 
king  the  holv  one  of  Israel. 

W  Then  thou  s|H.kest  in  a  vision  to  thy  saints, 
and  saidst :  I  have  laid  help  upon  one  that  is  mighty, 
and  have  exalted  one  chosen  out  of  my  people. 

21  I  have  found* Dav  id  my  servant  :  with  mv  holy 
oil  I  have  anointed  him. 

22  For  my  hand  shall  help  him  :  and  mv  arm 
shall  strengthen  him. 

I  The  enemj  shall  have  no  advantage  over  him  : 
nor  the  son  of  iniquity  have  power  to -hurt  him. 

;  And  I  will  cut  down  bis  enemies  before  his 
fact  :   end  them  (hat  bate  him  I  will  put  to  flight. 

25  And  my  truth  ami  my  mercy  shafl  be  with  him: 
and  in  my  name  shall  his  horn  be  exalted. 

26  And  I  will  set  his  hand  in  the  sea;  and  his 
rLht  hand  in  the  rivers. 

27  He  shall  cry  out  to  me  :  Thou  art  my  father; 
my  God,  and  the  support  of  my  salvation. 

28  And  1  will  make  him  my  iirst-born,  high  above 
the  kings  of  the  earth. 

29  I^ill  keep  my  mercy  for  him  for  ever:  and 
my  covenant  faithful  to  him. 

30  And  I  will  make  his  seed  to  endure  for  ever- 
more; and  his  throne  as  the  days  of  heaven. 

31  And  if  his  children  forsake  mv  law ,  and  walk 
not  in  my  judgments  : 

32  If  they  profane  my  justices  :  and  keep  not  my 
commandments  : 

33  I  will  visit  their  iniquities  with  a  rod  ;  and 
their  sins  with  stripes. 

34  Hut  my  mercj  1  will  not  take  away  from  him  : 
nor  will  I  sutler  mv  truth  to  fail. 

!"i  Neither  will  I  profane  my  covenant:  and  the 
words  that  proceed  from  mj  mouth  I  will  not  make 
void. 

36  Once  have  I  sworn  by  mv  holiness:  I  will  not 
lie  unto  David:   37  his  seed  shall  endure  for  ever. 

38  And  his  throne  as  the  sun  before  me  ;  and  as 
the  moon  perfect  for  ever,  and  a  faithful  witness  jn 
Ik  BVen. 

31)  Hut  thou  hast  rejected  and  despised :  thou  hast 
been  angry  n  Ufa  thy  anointed. 

40    Thou   hast   overthrow  n  the  covenant*  of  thy 


thou  hast  profaned  his  sanctuary  on  the 

thou 
he 


servant 
earth. 

41  Thou  hast  broken  down  all  his  hedges: 
hast  made  his  strength  fear. 

42  All  that  pass  by  (he  way  have  robbed  him 
is  become  a  reproach  to  his  neighbours. 

43  Thou  hast  set  up  the  ri^ht  hand  of  them  that 
oppress  him  :  thou  hast  made  all  his  enemies  lo  re- 
joice. 

■VI  Thou  hast  turned  away  the  help  of  his  swortl ; 
and  hast  not  assisted  him  in  battle. 

45  Thou  hast  made  his  purification  to  cease  :  and 

thou  hast  cast  his  throne  (town  to  the  ground. 

;  'inrn,  God  mm  mod  to  have  art  aside  lor  a  while  the  covenM> 
he  made  with  David. 


PSALMS  LXXXIX,  XC. 


46  Thou  hast  shortened  the  days  of  his  time :  thou 
hast  cou-nd  liini  with  confusion. 

47  How  Ibng,  O  Lord,  turnest  thou  away  unto 
the  end  ?  shall  thy  anger  burn  like  fire? 

48  Remember  what  my  substance  is :  for  hast 
thou  made  all  the  children  of  men  in  vain  ? 

49  Who  is  the  man  that  shall  live,  and  not  see 
death*  that  shalldeliverhissoul  from  the  hand  of  hell? 

50  Lord,  where  are  thy  ancient,  mercies,  accord- 
ing to  what  thou  didst  swear  to  David  in  thy  truth  ? 

51  Be  mindful,  O  Lord,  of  the  reproach  of  thy 
servants  (which  I  have  held  in  my  bosom)  of  many 
nations  : 

52  Wherewith  thy  enemies  have  reproached,  O 
Lord  ;  wherewith  they  have  reproached  the  change 
of  thy  anointed. 

53  Blessed  be  the  Lord  for  evermore.  So  be  it, 
so  be  it. 

PSALM  LXXXIX. 
Domine,  refugium. 

A  prayer  for  the  mercy  of  God  ;  recounting  the  shortness  and 
miseries  of  the  days  of  num. 

1  A  prayer  of  Moses,  the  man  of  God. 

LORD,  thou  hast  been  our  refuge  from  genera- 
tion to  generation. 

2  Before  the  mountains  were  made,  or  the  earth 
and  the  world  was  formed ;  from  eternity  and  to 
eternity  thou  art  God. 

3  Turn  not  man  away*  to  be  brought  low :  and 
thou  hast  said  :  Be  converted,  O  ye  sons  of  men. 

4  For  a  thousand  years  in  thy  sight  are  as  yester- 
day, which  is  past. 

And  as  a  watch  in  the  night,  5  things  that  are 
counted  nothing,  shall  their  years  be. 

6  In  the  morning  man  shall  grow  up  like  grass; 
in  the  morning  he  shall  flourish  and  pass  away  ;  in 
the  evening  he  shall  fall,  grow  dry,  and  wither. 

7  For  in  thy  wrath  we  have  fainted  away ;  and 
are  troubled  in  thy  indignation- 

8  Thou  hast  set  our  iniquities  before  thy  eyes  ; 
our  life  in  the  light  of  thy  countenance. 

9  For  all  our  days  are  spent;  and  in  thy  wrath 
we  have  fainted  away. 

Our  years  shall  be  considered  as  a  spiderf  :  10 
the  days  of  our  years  in  them  are  threescore  and 
ten  years. 

But  if  in  the  strong  they  be  fourscore  years  :  and 
what  is  more  of  them  is  labour  and  sorrow. . 

For  mildness  is  come  upon  us  :{  and  we  shall  be 
corrected. 

11  Who  knoweth  the  power  of  thv  anger,  and 
for  thy  fear  12  can  number  thy  wrath  ? 

So  make  thy  right  hand  known,  and  men  learned 
in  heart  in  wisdom. 

13  Return,  O  Lord,  how  long  ?  and  be  entreated 
in  favour  of  thy  servants. 

14  We  are  filled  in  the  morning  with  thy  mercy  : 
and  we  have  rejoiced,  and  are  delighted  all  our  days. 

*  Turn  not  man  atony,  Sic.  Suffer  him  not  quite  to  perish  from  thee, 
«nce  thou  art  pleased  to  call  upon  him  to  be  converted  to  thee. 

T  «9s  o  spider.  As  frail  and  weak  as  a  tpider's  web  ;  and  miserable 
irithal,  whilst,  like  a  spider,  we  spend  our  bowels  in  weaving  webs  to 
■;atch  flies. 


15  We  have  rejoiced  for  the  days  in  which  thou 
hast  humbled  us  ;  lor  theyears  in  which  we  have  seen 
evils. 

16  Look  upon  thy  servants  and  upon  their  works; 
and  direct  their  children. 

17  And  let  the  brightness  of  the  Lord  our  God 
be  upon  us  :  and  direct  thou  the  works  of  our  hands 
over  us  ;  yea  the  work  of  our  hands  do  thou  direct. 

PSALM  XC. 

Qui  habitat. 

Thejust  is  secure  under  the  protection  of  God- 

1   The  praise  of  a  canticle  for  David. 
T-TE  that  dwelleth  in  the  aid  of  the  Most  High, 
-■--*-  shall  abide  under  the  protection  of  the  Godot 
Jacob. 

2  He  shall  say  to  the  Lord  :  thou  art  my  protec- 
tor, and  my  refuge  :    my  God,  in  him  will  I  trust. 

3  For  he  hath  delivered  me  from  the  SHareof  the 
hunters,  and  from  the  sharp  word. 

4  He  will  overshadow  thee  with  his  shoulders: 
and  under  his  wings  thou  shalt  trust. 

5  His  truth  shall  compass  thee  with  a  shield:  thou 
shalt  not  be  afraid  of  the  terror  of  the  night; 

6  Of  the  arrow  that  flieth  in  the  day  ;  of  the  bu- 
siness that  walketh  about  in  the  dark  ;  of  invasion, 
or  of  the  noon-day  devil. 

7  A  thousand  shall  fall  at  thy  side,  and  ten  thou- 
sand at  thy  right  hand:  but  it  shall  not  come  nigh  thee. 

8  But  thou  shalt  consider  with  thy  eyes  ;  and 
shalt  see  the  reward  of  the  wicked. 

9  Because  thou,  O  Lord,  art  my  hope  :  thou  hast 
made  the  Most  High  thy  refuge. 

10  There  shall  no  evil  come  to  thee  :  nor  shall 
the  scourge  come  near  thy  dwelling. 

1 1  For  he  hath  given  his  Angels  charge  over  thee ; 
to  keep  thee  in  all  thy  ways. 

12  In  their  hands  they  shall  bear  thee  up  ;  lest 
thou  dash  thy  foot  against  a  stone. 

13  Thou  shalt  walk  upon  the  asp  and  the  basilisk, 
and  thou  shalt  trample  under  foot  the  lion  and  the 
dragon. 

14  Because  he  hoped  in  me,  1  will  deliver  him  : 
I  will  protect  him,  because  he  hath  known  my  name. 

15  He  shall  cry  to  me,  and  I  will  hear  him  :  I 
am  with  him  in  tribulation  :  1  will  deliver  him,  and 

1  will  glorify  him. 

16  1  will  fill  him  with  length  of  days  :  and  1  will 
show  him  my  salvation. 

PSALM  XCI. 

Bonum  est  confiteri. 

God  is  to  be  praised  for  his  wondrous  irorks. 

1  A  psalm  of  a  canticle  on  the  sabbath-day. 

2  TT  is  good  to  give  praise  to  the  Lord  ;   and  to 
■*-  sing  to  thy  name,  O  Most  High: 

3  To  show  torth  thy  mercy  in  the  morning,  and 
thy  truth  in  the  night : 

4  Upon  an  instrument  of  ten  strings,  upon  the 
psaltery  ;  with  a  canticle  upon  the  harp. 


f  Mildness  is  come  upon  us,  &c.  God's  mildness  corrects  us ;  inasmuch 
as  he  deals  kindly  with  us,  in  shortening  the  days  of  this  miserable 
life;  and  so  weaning  our  affections  from  all  its  transitory  enjoyment* 
and  teaching  us  true  wisdom. 

463 


PSALMS. 

5  For  thou  hast  given  me,  O  Lord,  a  delight  in 
thy  doings:  and  iu  the  works  of  thy  hands  1  shall  re- 
join. 

6  O  Lord,  how  great  are  thy  works!  thy  thoughts 
are  exceeding  deep. 

7  The  senseless  man  shall  not  know:  nor  \\  ill 
the  fool  understand  these  things. 

8  When  the  wicked  shall  spring  up  as  grass:  and 
all  the  workers  of  iniquity  shall  appear, 

That  they  may  perish  tor  ever  and  ever:  9  but 
thou,  O  Lord,  art  .Most  High  for  evermore. 

10  For  Ixhold,  thy  enemies,  <)  Lord,  for  behold 
thj[  enemies  shall  perish  :  and  all  the  workers  of  ini- 
quity shall  be  scattered. 

11  Hut  inv  horn  shall  be  exalted  like  that  of  the 
unicorn  :  and  my  old  age  in  plentiful  mercy. 

1J  M\  eye  also  hath  looked  down  upon  my  ene- 
mies: and  my  ear  shall  \u-.\r  of  the  downfall  of  the 
malignant  that  rise  up  against  me. 

I.!  The  just  shall  flourish  like  the  palm-tree  :  he 
shall  grow  up  like  the  cedar  of  Libanus. 

\\  They  that  are  planted  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  shall  flourish  iu  the  courts  of  the  house  of  our 
God. 

15  They  shall  still  increase  in  a  fruitful  old  age ; 
and  shall  be  well  treated,  16  that  they  may  show, 

That  the  Lord  our  God  is  righteous,  and  there  is 
no  iniquity  in  him. 

PSALM  XC1I. 
Hominus  regnavit. 

The  glory  and  stability  of  thr  kingdom,  that  is  of  the  church  of 

Christ. 
Praise  in  the  way  of  a  canticle,  for  David  himself, 

on  the  day  before  the  sabbath,  when  the  earth  was 

founded. 
1    MM  UK  Lord  hath  reigned:  he  is  clothed  with 
-*■     beauty  :   the   Lord  is  clothed  with  strength, 
and  hath  girded  himself. 

For  he  hath  established  the  world  which  shall  not 
he  moved. 

2  Thy  throne  is  prepared  from  of  old  :  thou  art 
from  everlasting. 

3  The  floods  have  lifted  up,  O  Lord  ;  the  floods 
have  lifted  np  their  voire. 

The  Hoods  have  lifted  up  their  waves,  !■  with  the 
noise  of  many  waters. 

Wonderful  are  the  surges  of  the  sea  :  wonderful 
is  the  Lord  on  high. 

5  Thy  testimonies  are  become  exceedingly  credi- 
ble :  holiness  becometh  thy  house,  O  Lord,  unto 
length  of  days. 

PSALM  XCIII. 

Dens   iiltionum. 

God  shall  judge  and  punish  thr  oppressors  of  hi*  people. 

A  psalm  for  David  himself,  on  the  fourth  day  of  the 

week. 

I     rpilF.  Lord  is  the  God  to  whom  revenue  belong- 
•*-     eth  :   the  God  of  revenge  hath  acted  freely. 

•  Re*  ferns  Ik*  nil  dmuu  That  thou  mavM  mitigate  the  >orr«iw«,  to 
whiih  he  i«  expovd,  during  the  «Wt  and  eril  da\»  <>(  tu«  Mortality. 

|  I'hIiI  juiliet  h,  turned  into  judgment,  kc.  Bv  heing  put  in  execu- 
tion ;  which  will  be  agreeable  to  mil  Ike  upright  in  ktmrt- 

J  Oort  tkt  stmt  *f  Mfwtty  stick  to  ike,,  fcc.  That  ■-,  will  thou,  O  God, 


2  Lift  upthxself,  thou  that  judgest  the  earth  :  rpn- 
<ler  a  reward  to  the  proud. 

•  >  How  long  shall  sinners,  O  Lord,  how  long  shall 
sinners  glory  t 

4  Shall  they  utter,  and  speak  iniquity  :  shall  all 
speak  who  work  injustice? 

6  Thy  people,  ()  Lord,  they  have  brought  low  : 
and  they  have  afflicted  thy  inheritani 

G  They  have  slain  the  widow  and  the  Stranger  ! 
and  thej   have  murdered  the  fatherless. 

7  And  thej   kavfl  said  :   The  Lord  shall  not  v 
neither  shall  tbeGod  of  Jacob  understand. 

8  Understand,  ye  senseless  among  the  people  : 
and  you  tools,  be  u  ise  at  last. 

9  He  that  planted  the  ear,  shall  he  "not  hear?  or 
he  that  formed  the  eye,  doth  he  not  consider.' 

10  lie  that  chastiseth  nations,  shall  he  not  rebuke  : 
he  that  tencheth  man  knowledge? 

11  The  Lord  know  eth  the  thoughts  of  men,  that 
they  are  vain. 

12  Blessed  is  the  man  whom  thou  shalt  instruct, 

0  Lord:   and  shalt  teach  him  out  of  thy  law. 

13  That  thou  mayst  give  him  rest  from  the  evil 
days:*  till  a  pit  be  dug  for  the  wicked. 

14  For  the  Lord  will  not  cast  off  his  people : 
neither  will  he  forsake  his  own  inheritance. 

15  Until  justice  be  turned  into  judgment  if  and 
they  that  are  near  it  are  all  the  upright  iu  heart. 

1G  Who  shall  rise  up  for  me  against  the  evil  doers? 
or  who  shall  stand  With  me  against  the  workers  of 
iniquity. 

17  Unless  the  Lord  had  been  my  helper;  my 
soul  had  almost  dwelt  iu  hell. 

18  If  I  said  :  My  foot  is  moved;  thy  mercy,  O 
Lord,  assisted  me. 

19  According  to  the  multitude  of  my  sorrows  in 
my  heart,  thy  comforts  have  given  joy  to  my  soul. 

20  Doth  the  seat  of  iniquity  stick  to  thee,!  who 
framest  labour  in  commandment  ? 

21  They  will  hunt  after  the  soul  of  the  just,  and 
will  condemn  innocent  blood. 

22  But  the  Lord  is  my  refuge  ;  and  my  God  the 
help  of  my  hope. 

23  And  he  will  render  them  their  iniquity  :  and 
in  their  malice  he  will  destroy  them:  the  Lord  our 
God  will  destrov  them. 

PSALM   XCIV. 
Venite,  exultemus. 

An  inritatinn  to  adorr  and  srrre  God,  and  to  hear  his  voice. 
Praise  of  a  canticle  for  David  himself. 

1  /^OMK,  let  lis  praise  the  Lord  with  joy:   letus 
^  joyfully  siim  to  God  our  Saviour. 

2  Let  us  come  before  his  prcseiier  w  ith  thanks- 
giving ;  and  make  a  joyful  noise  to  him  w  ith  psalms. 

3  For  the  Lord  is  a  great  God,  and  a  great  King 
above  all  gods. 

4  For  in  his  hand  are  all  the  ends  of  the  earth  : 
and  the  heights  of  the  mountains  are  his. 


Iwar*  ju»t,  admit  of  the  —t  mf  iniauit*  ;  that  i«.  of  injuMicr, 
..   to  hare    any  partnership  with  thee  ?     TIm>u   vk» 


who  art  al way 
or   unjust  , 

frmmetl,   <<r  make*!,  Uimr  in  camnundmrnl.  that   i«,  thou  wlio  oblige*! 
ut  to  Imbour  with  all  diligence  to  keep  thy  c*nm*ndmnlt. 


PSALMS  XCV,  XCVI,  XCVII,  XCVIII. 


5  For  the  sea  is  his,  and  he  made  it :  and  his 
hands  formed  the  dry  land. 

6  Come,  let  us  adore  and  fall  down,  and  weep 
before  the  Lord  that  made  us. 

7  For  he  is  the  Lord  our  God :  and  we  are  the 
people  of  his  pasture  and  the  sheep  of  his  hand. 

8  To-day  if  you  shall  hear  his  voice,  harden  not 
your  hearts : 

9  As  in  the  provocation,  according  to  the  day  of 
temptation  in  the  wilderness :  where  your  fathers 
tempted  me,  they  proved  me,  and  saw  my  works. 

10  Forty  years  long  was  I  offended  with  that 
generation,  and  I  said :  These  always  err  in  heart. 

1 1  And  these  men  have  not  known  my  ways  : 
so  I  swore  in  my  wrath  that  they  shall  not  enter 
into  my  rest. 

PSALM  XCV. 

Cantate  Domino. 

An  exhortation  to  praise  God  for  the  coming  of  Christ  and 

his  kingdom. 

1   A  canticle  for  David  himself,  when  the  house 
was  built*  after  the  captivity. 

SING  ye  to  the  Lord  a  new  canticle  :  sing  to  the 
Lord,  all  the  earth. 

2  Sing  ye  to  the  Lord,  and  bless  his  name  :  show 
forth  his  salvation  from  day  to  day. 

3  Declare  his  glory  among  the  gentiles;  his  won- 
ders among  all  people. 

4  For  the  Lord  is  great,  and  exceedingly  to  be 
praised:  he  is  to  be  feared  above  all  gods. 

5  For  all  the  gods  of  the  gentiles  are  devils:  but 
the  Lord  made  the  heavens. 

6  Praise  and  beauty  are  before  him ;  holiness  and 
majesty  in  his  sanctuary. 

7  Bring  ye  to  the  Lord,  O  ye  kindreds  of  the 
gentiles,  bring  ye  to  the  Lord  glory  and  honour : 

8  bring  to  the  Lord  glory  unto  his  name. 
•Bring  up  sacrifices,  and  come  into  his  courts: 

9  adore  ye  the  Lord  in  his  holy  court. 

Let  all  the  earth  be  moved  at  his  presence.  10 
Say  ye  among  the  gentiles  :  The  Lord  hath  reigned. 

For  he  hath  corrected  the  world,  which  shall  not 
be  moved  :  he  will  judge  the  people  with  justice. 

1 1  Let  the  heavens  rejoice,  and  let  the  earth  be 
glad  :  let  the  sea  be  moved,  and  the  fulness  thereof: 
12  the  fields  and  all  things  that  are  in  them  shall 
be  joyful. 

Then  shall  all  the  trees  of  the  woods  rejoice  13 
before  the  face  of  the  Lord,  because  he  cometh ; 
because  he  cometh  to  judge  the  earth. 

He  shall  judge  the  world  with  justice,  and  the 
people  with  his  truth. 

PSALM  XCVI. 

Dominus  regnavit. 

AR  are  invited  to  rejoice  at  the  glorious  coming  and  reign  of 

Christ. 

1  For  the  same  David,  when  his  land  was  restored 

again  to  him. 
HP  HE  Lord  hath  reigned;  let  the  earth  rejoice: 
-*-    let  many  islands  be  glad. 


*  When  the  house  was  built,  Slc.  Alluding  to  that  limp,  and  then  or- 
derM  to  be.  sung:  but  principally  relating  to  the  building  of  the 
church  of  Christ,  after  our  redemption  from  the  captivitv  of  satan. 

3N 


2  Clouds  and  darknessf  are  round  about  him : 
justice  and  judgment  are  the  establishment  of  his 
throne. 

3  A  fire  shall  go  before  him,  and  shall  burn  his 
enemies  round  about. 

4  His  lightnings  have  shone  forth  to  the  world  ■ 
the  earth  saw,  and  trembled. 

5  The  mountains  melted  like  wax,  at  the  pre- 
sence of  the  Lord  ;  at  the  presence  of  the  Lord,  all 
the  earth. 

6  The  heavens  declared  his  justice :  and  all 
people  saw  his  glory. 

7  Let  them  be  all  confounded  that  adore  graven 
things,  and  that  glory  in  their  idols. 

Adore  him,  all  you  his  Angels :  8  Sion  heard, 
and  was  glad. 

And  the  daughters  of  Juda  rejoiced,  because  of 
thy  judgments,  0  Lord. 

9  For  thou  art  the  most  high  Lord  over  all  the 
earth  :  thou  art  exalted  exceedingly  above  all  gods. 

10  You  that  love  the  Lord,  hate  evil :  the  Lord 
preserveth  the  souls  of  his  saints :  he  will  deliver 
them  out  of  the  hand  of  the  sinner. 

1 1  Light  is  risen  to  the  just,  and  joy  to  the  right 
of  heart. 

12  Rejoice,  ye  just,  in  the  Lord  :  and  give  praise 
to  the  remembrance  of  his  holiness. 

PSALM  XCVII. 

Cantate  Domino 
All  are  again  invited  to  praise  the  Lord,  fm  ..he  victories  of 

Christ. 

*  1  A  psalm  for  David  himself. 

SING  ye  to  the  Lord  a  new  canticle  :  because  he 
hath  done  wonderful  things. 
His  right  hand  hath  wrought  for  him  salvation, 
and  his  arm  is  holy. 

2  The  Lord  hath  made  known  his  salvation :  he 
hath  revealed  his  justice  in  the  sight  of  the  gentiles. 

3  He  hath  remembered  his  mercy  and  his  truth 
toward  the  house  of  Israel. 

All  the  ends  of  the  earth  have  seen  the  salvation 
of  God. 

4  Sing  joyfully  to  God,  all  the  earth:  make  melo- 
dy, rejoice  and  sing. 

5  Sing  praise  to  the  Lord  on  the  harp,  on  the 
harp,  and  with  the  voice  of  a  psalm  :  6  with  long 
trumpets,  and  sound  of  cornet, 

Make  a  joyful  noise  before  the  Lord  our  king  : 
7  let  the  sea  be  moved,  and  the  fulness  thereof; 
the  world,  and  they  that  dwell  therein. 

8  The  rivers  shall  clap  their  hands,  the  moun- 
tains shall  rejoice  together  9  at  the  presence  of  the 
Lord  ;  because  he  cometh  to  judge  the  earth. 

He  shall  judge  the  world  with  justice,  and  the 
people  with  equity. 

PSALM  XCVIII. 

Dominus  regnavit. 

The  reign  of  the   Lord  in  Sion;   that  is,  of  Chiist  in  his 

Church. 

1  A  psalm  for  David  himself. 

f  Clouds  and  darkness.  The  coming  of  Christ  in  the  clouds  w  ith 
great  terror  and  majesty  to  judge  the  world,  is  here  prophesied. 

4« 


PSALMS. 


Til  E  Lord  hath  reigned,  l<  t  the  people  be  engrj  :* 
he  thai  ntteth  oa  the  cherubim* :  let  the  earth 

moved. 

J  The  Lord  is  great  in  Sion,  and  high  above 
all  people. 

3  Let  them  give  praise  to  ihy  treat  name:  for  it 
i>  terrible  and  holy  :  4  and  the  King*!  honour  lovetfa 
judjonenuf 

Thoo  bast  prepared  directions:}  thou  hast  done 
judgment  and  justice  in  Jacob. 

5  Exalt  ye  the  Lord  our  God,  and  adore  his 
foot-stool, ||  for  it  is  holy. 

6  Mosea  and  Aaron  among  his  priests  :$  and 
Samuel  among  them  that  call  upon  his  name. 

They  called  upon  the  Lord,  and  he  heard  them: 
7  lw  spoke  to  them  in  the  pillar  of  the  cloud. 

They  kept  his  testimonies,  and  the  command- 
ment which  lie  gave  them. 

8  Thou  didst  hear  them,  O  Lord  our  God  :  thou 
«,hi  a  merciful  God  to  them,  and  taking  vengeance 
on  all  their  inventions.! 

9  Exalt  ye  the  Lord  our  God,  and  adore  at  his 
holy  mountain  :  for  the  Lord  our  God  is  holy. 

PSALM  XCIX 

Juhilate  Deo. 

All  are  incited  to  rejoice  in  God  the  Creator  of  all. 

1   A  psalm  of  praise. 
2  WING  joyfully  to  God,  all  the  earth:  serve  ye 
^  the  Lord  with  gladness. 
Come  in  before  his  presence  with  exceeding  great 

joy- 

3  Know  ye  that  the  Lord  he  is  God  :  he  made 
us,  and  not  we  ourselves. 

rVe  are  his  people  and  the  sheep  of  his  pasture. 
4  Go  ye  into  his  gates  with  praise,  into  his  courts 
u  it  li  hymns  :  and  give  glory  to  him. 

Pram  ye  his  name:  5  for  the  Lord  is  sweet, 
\n>  mercy  endureth'  for  ever,  and  his  truth  to  gene- 
ration and  generation. 

PSALM  C. 
Misericordiam  &t  judicium. 

The  prophet  exhortcth  all  by  his  example,  to  follow  mercy  and 

justice. 

1  A  psalm  for  David  himself. 

MERCY  and  judgment  I  will  sing  to  thee,  O 
Lord: 
1  \\  ill  sing,  2  and  I  will  understand**  in  the  un- 
spotted way,  when  thou  shalt  come  to  me. 


•  Let  the  profit  ht  angry.  Though  many  enemies  res*,  and  the 
whole  earth  be  stirred  up  to  oppose  the  reign  of  Christ,  he  shall  still 
prevail. 

JL—ttk  judgment.  Requireth  discretion. 
DirmHtmt.  Most  right  and  iust  laws  to  dirttt  mm. 
Aiort  his  foot-stooL  The  ark  of  the  covenant  was  called,  in  the 
testament,  God's  fool-stool:  over  which  he  was  understood  to  sit, 
on  his  propitiatory,  or  mercy-seat,  as  on  a  throne,  between  tlie  wings 
of  the  cherubim*',  in  the  sanctuary :  to  which  the  children  of  Israel 
paid  a  great  veneration.  But  as  this  psalm  evidently  relates  to  Christ, 
and  the  new  testament,  where  the  ark  has  no  place,  the  holy  fathers 
understand  this  text,  of  the  worship  paid  by  the  church  to  the  body 
and  blood  of  Chn»t  in  the  sacred  mysteries:' inasmuch  as  the  humam- 
iv  of  (  brut  is. as  it  were,  the  foot  stool  of  the  divinity.     So  St.  Am- 

.f,.. 


I  walked  in  the  innocence  ol  my  heart,  in  the 
midst  of  my  house. 

15  I  did  not  set  before  my  cms  any  unjust  thing: 
I  hated  tin:  workers  of  iniquities. 

4  The  perverse  heart  did  not  cleave  to  me  :  and 
the  malignant,  that  turned  aside  from  me,  1  would 
not  know. 

5  The  man  that  in  private  detracted  his  ncigh- 
bour;  him  did  I  persecute. 

\\  ith  him  that  had  a  proud  eye,  and  an  unsala- 
ble heart,  1  would  not  eat. 

6  My  eyes  were  upon  the  faithful  of  the  earth, 
to  sit  with  me:  the  man  that  walked  in  the  perfect 

ma .  lie  served  me. 

7  He  that  workcth  pride  shall  not  dwell  in  the 
midst  of  my  house  :  he  that  speaketh  unjust  tilings 
did  not  prosper  before  my  eyes. 

8  In  the  morning  I  put  to  death  all  the  wicked 
of  the  land  ;  that  I  might  cut  off  all  the  workers  of 
iniquity  from  the  chj  of  the  Lord. 

PSALM  CI. 

Domine,  exaudi. 
A  prayer  for  one  in  affliction  :  the  fifth  penitential  psalm. 

1  The  prayer  of  the poor  man.  when  lie  was  anxious, 
andpoured  out  his  supplication  before  the  Lord. 

2  TJEAR,  O  Lord,  my  prayer:  and  let  my  cry 
•*--»-  come  to  thee. 

3  Turn  not  away  thy  face  from  me:  in  the  day 
when  I  am  in  trouble,  incline  thy  ear  to  me. 

In  what  day  soever  1  shall  call  upon  thee,  hear 
me  speedily. 

4  Eor  my  days  are  rarusbfld  like  smoke,  and  my 
hones  are  grown  dry  like  fuel  for  the  fire. 

5  I  am  smitten  as  grass,  and  my  heart  is  wither- 
ed :  because  I  forgot  to  eat  my  bread. 

6  Through  the  voice  of  my  groaning,  my  bone 
hath  cleaved  to  my  flesh. 

7  I  am  become  like  to  a  pelicanft  of  the  wilder- 
ness:   1  am  like  a  night-raven  in  the  boast* 

8  I  have  watched,  and  am  become  as  a  sparrow, 
all  alone  on  the  house-top. 

9  All  the  day  long  my  enemies  reproached  me : 
and  they  that  praised  me  did  swear  against  me. 

10  I  'it  I  did  eat  ashes  like  bread,  and  mingled 
my  drink  with  weeping. 

11  Because  of  thy  anger  and  indignation:  for 
bavine  lifted  me  up  thou  hast  thrown  me  down. 

12  My  days  have  declined  like  a  shadow,  and  I 
am  withered  like  grass. 


brose,  L.  3.  de  Spiritu  Sancto,  c.  IS;  and  St.  Augustine  upon  this 
psalm. 

I  Mosts  rmi  Jlanm  among  his  musts.  By  this  it  is  evident,  that  Mo- 
Ma  also  was  a  priest,  and  indeed  the  chief  priest,  inasmuch  as  he  cow- 
secrated  Aaron,  anil  offered  sacrifice  for  him.  Leviticus  viii.  So  that 
his  pre-eminence  over  Aaron  makes  nothing  for  lay-church  headship. 

T  .111  their  inventions.  That  is,  all  the  enterprises  of  their  cnemiea 
against  tin  m,  as  in  the  case  of  Core,  Dailian  anil  Abiron. 

**  I  inli  mndtrttml,  fcc.  That  is,  I  will  apply  my  mind,  I  will  do 
my  endeavour,  to  know  and  to  follow  ilie  perfect  tray  o'f  thy  command- 
ments :  not  trusting  to  my  own  strength,  but  relting  on  Uiv  toming 
to  me  bv  thy  grace. 

it  A  ptiiemn,  kc.  I  am  become,  through  grief,  like  birds  that  affect 
solilude  and  darkness. 


PSALMS  en,  cm 


13  But  thou,  0  Lord,  endurest  for  ever;  and  thy 
memorial  to  all  generations. 

14  Thou  shaft  arise,  and  have  mercy  on  Sion: 
for  it  is  time  to  have  mercy  on  it ;  for  the  time  is 
come.  , 

15  For  the  stones  thereof  have  pleased  thy  ser- 
vants :  and  they  shall  have  pity  on  the  earth  thereof. 

16  And  the  Gentiles  shall  fear  thy  name,  O  Lord, 
and  all  the  kings  of  the  earth  thy  glory. 

17  For  the  Lord  hath  built  up  Sion  :  and  he  shall 
be  seen  in  his  glory. 

1 8  He  hath  had  regard  to  the  prayer  of  the  hum- 
ble :  and  he  hath  not  despised  their  petition. 

19  Let  these  things  be  written  unto  another  gene- 
ration :  and  the  people  that  shall  be  created  shall 
praise  the  Lord : 

20  Because  he  hath  looked  forth  from  his  high 
sanctuary  :  from  heaven  the  Lord  hath  looked  upon 
the  earth : 

21  That  he  might  hear  the  groans  of  them  that 
are  in  fetters :  that  he  might  release  the  children  of 
the  slain : 

22  That  they  may  declare  the  name  of  the  Lord 
in  Sion,  and  his  praise  in  Jerusalem. 

23  When  the  people  assembled  together,  and  kings 
to  serve  the  Lord, 

24  He  answered  him  in  the  way  of  his  strength  ;* 
Declare  unto  me  the  fewness  of  my  days. 

25  Call  me  not  away  in  the  midst  of  my  days : 
thy  years  are  unto  generation  and  generation. 

26  In  the  beginning,  O  Lord,  thou  foundedst  the 
earth  :  and  the  heavens  are  the  works  of  thy  hands. 

27  They  shall  perish,  but  thou  remainest :  and  all 
of  them  shall  grow  old  like  a  garment : 

And  as  a  vesture  thou  shalt  change  them,  and  they 
shall  be  changed.  28  But  thou  art  always  the  self- 
same, and  thy  years  shall  not  fail. 

29  The  children  of  thy  servants  shall  continue  : 
and  their  seed  shall  be  directed  for  ever. 

PSALM  CII. 

Benedic,  anima. 

Thanksgiving  to  God  for  his  mercies. 

1  For  David  himself. 

BLESS  the  Lord,  O  my  soul :  and  let  all  that  is 
within  me  bless  his  holy  name. 

2  Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul,  and  never  forget 
all  he  hath  done  for  thee. 

3  Who  forgiveth  all  thy  iniquities :  who  healeth 
all  thy  diseases : 

4  Who  redeemeth  thy  life  from  destruction  :  who 
crowneth  thee  with  mercy  and  compassion : 

5  Who  satisfieth  thy  desire  with  good  things :  thy 
vouth  shall  be  renewed  like  the  eagle's. 

6  The  Lord  doeth  mercies  and  judgment  for  all 
that,  suffer  wrong. 

7  He  hath  made  his  ways  known  to  Moses ;  his 
wills  to  the  children  of  Israel. 


*  He  answered  him  in  the  way  of  his  strength.  That  is,  the  people  men- 
tioned in  the  foregoing  verse,  or  the  penitent,  in  whose  person  this  psalm 
i^  ivhvered,  answered  the  Lord  in  the  way  of  his  strength ;  that  is,  accord- 
in?  to  the  hest  of  hi«  power  and  strength ;  or  when  he   was  in  the 


8  The  Lord  s  compassionate  and  merciful  long 
suffering  and  plenteous  in  mercy. 

9  He  will  not  always  be  angry :  nor  will  he 
threaten  for  ever. 

10  He  hath  not  dealt  with  us  according  to  our 
sins ;  nor  rewarded  us  according  to  our  iniquities. 

11  For  according  to  the  height  of  the  heaven 
above  the  earth ;  he  hath  strengthened  his  mercy 
towards  them  that  fear  him. 

12  As  far  as  the  east  is  from  the  west,  so  far  hath 
he  removed  our  iniquities  from  us. 

13  As  a  father  hath  compassion  on  his  children, 
so  hath  the  Lord  compassion  on  them  that  few  him  : 
14  for  he  knoweth  our  frame. 

He  remembereth  that  we  are  dust:  15  man's 
days  are  as  grass,  as  the  flower  of  the  field  so  shall 
he  flourish. 

16  For  .the  spirit  shall  pass  in  him,  and  he  shall 
not  be :  and  he  shall  know  his  place  no  more. 

17  But  the  mercy  of  the  Lord  is  from  eternity  and 
unto  eternity  upon  them  that  fear  him  : 

And  his  justice  unto  children's  children,  18  to 
such  as  keep  his  covenant, 

And  are  mindful  of  his  commandments  to  do  them. 

19  The  Lord  hath  prepared  his  throne  in  heaven  : 
and  his  kingdom  shall  rule  over  all. 

20  Bless  the  Lord,  all  ye  his  angels  :  you  that  are 
mighty  in  strength,  and  execute  his  word,  hearken- 
ing to  the  voice  of  his  orders. 

21  Bless  the  Lord,  all  ye  his  hosts  :  you  ministers 
of  his  that  do  his  will. 

22  Bless  the  Lord,  all  his  works  :  in  every  place 
of  his  dominion,  O  my  soul,  bless  thou  the  Lord, 

PSALM  CHI. 

Benedic,  anima. 

God  is  to  be  praised  for  his  mighty  works,  and  wonderful  provi- 
dence. 

1  For  David  himself. 

BLESS  the  Lord,  O  my  soul :  O  Lord  my  God, 
thou  art  exceedingly  great. 
Thou  hast  put  on  praise  and  beauty  :  2  and  art 
clothed  with  light  as  with  a  garment. 

Who  stretchiest  out  the  heaven  like  a  pavilion  : 
3  who  coverest  the  higher  rooms  thereof  with  water: 
Who  makest  the  clouds  thy  chariot :  who  walk- 
est  upon  the  wings  of  the  winds. 

4  Who  makest  thy  Angels  spirits  ;  and  thy  minis- 
ters a  burning  fire : 

5  Who  hast  founded  the  earth  upon  its  own  bases: 
it  shall  not  be  moved  for  ever  and  ever. 

6  The  deep  like  a  garment  is  its  clothing :  above 
the  mountains  shall  the  waters  stand. 

7  At  thy  rebuke  they  shall  flee :  at  the  voice  of 
thy  thunder  they  shall  fear. 

8  The  mountains  ascend,  and  the  plains  descend 
into  the  place  which  thou  hast  founded  for  them. 

9  Thou  hast  set  abound  which  they  shall  not  pass 
over :  neither  shall  they  return  to  cover  the  earth. 


flower  of  his  age  and  strength  ;  inquiring  after  the  fewness  of  his  dayt; 
to  know  if  he  should  live  long  enough  to  see  the  happy  restoration  of 
Sion,  &c. 

467 


10  Thou  nudes*  forth  springs  in  the  vales:  !><•- 
tweea  tin-  midst  of  the  bills  the  waters  snail  pa 

1 1  All  the  beasts  of  the  field  shall  drink:  the  wild 
s  shall  expect  in  their  thirst. 

I  j<  >ver  them  the  birds  of  the  air  shall  dwell:  from 
the  midst  of  the  rocks  they  shall  give  forth  their  voi 

13  rhou  wateresl  the  hills  from  thv  upper  rooms: 
tli 


..rtl.  shall  ho  filK-d  with  the  fruit  ol  thj  works: 

1  i  Bringing  forth  grass  for  cattle,  and  herb  lor  the 

service  of  men.  >    ■.- 

That  Ukm  maw  bring  bread  out  of  the  earth:  to 

and  thai  wine  maj  cheer  the  heart  of  man. 
Thai  he  may  make  the  face  cheerful  with  oil:  and 

that  bread  maj  strengthen  man's  heart. 

[Tie  trees  of  the  field  shall  be  filled,  and  the 

i  Libanus  which  he  hath  planted :  17  there 

the  sparrows  shall  make  their  nests. 

The  highest  of  them  is  the  house  of  the  heron. 
18  The  high  hills  are  a  refuge  for  the  harts,  the  rock 
I.M  the  in  hins. 

19  He  bath  made  the  moou  for  seasons :  the  sun 
knoweth  his  going  down.  ..... 

2H  i  Thou  hast  appointed  darkness,  and  it  is  night : 
in  it  shall  all  the  beasts  of  the  woods  go  about. 

21  The  young  lions  roaring  alter  their  prey,  and 
seeking  their  meat  from  God. 

::  The  sun  ariseth,  and  they  are  gathered  toge- 
ther: and  thev  shall  lie  down  in  their  dens. 

I  Man  shall  go  forth  to  his  work,  and  to  his  la- 
bour until  the  evening. 

24  How  great  are  thv  works,  O  Lord  !  thou  hast 
made  all  things  in  wisdom ;  the  earth  is  filled  with 
ibv  riches. 

23  So  is  this  great  sea,  which  stretcheth  wide  its 
arms:  there  are  creeping  things  without  number; 
itures  little  and  great.     26  There  the  ships 

shall  go.  , 

This  sea-dragon  which  thou  hast  formed  to  play 
therein.  27  All  expect  of  thee  that  thou  give  them 
food  in  season. 

28  What  thou  givest  to  them  they  shall  gather  up: 
when  thou  opencst  thy  hand,  they  shall  all  be  filled 

29  But  if  thou  turnest  away  thy  face,  they  shall 
be  troubled  ;  thou  shalt  take  away  their  breath,  and 
thev  shall  fail,  and  shall  return  to  their  dust. 

30  Thou  shalt  send  forth  thy  spirit,  and  they  shall 
be  created  :  and  thou  shall  renew  the  face  ol  the  earth. 

31  May  the  glory  of  the  Lord  endure  for  ever; 
the  Lord  shall  rejoice  in  his  works. 

lb  lookcth  upon  the  earth,  and  inakcth  it 
i  remble :  he  toucheth  the  mountains,  and  thej  smoke. 

I  u  ill  sum  to  the  Lord  as  Long  as  1  live  : 
■'tug  praise  to  mj  <i<>d  while  I  have  my  bein 
,  Lei  my  speech  be  acceptable  to  him 
will  take  delight  in  the  Lord. 

1  ,<t  sinners  be  consumed  out  of  the  earth,  and 
the  rnriusL  so  that  they  be  »<>  more:  O  my  soul,  bless 
thou  the  Lord. 


rSALMS. 

PSALM  CIV. 

Coiifitemiui  Domino. 
A  thanksgiving  to  (iwlfur  hi*  benefits  to  Ais  people  Israel 

Alleluia. 

Gl\  E  glon  to  the  Lord,  and  call  upon  his  name  : 
ill  i  I, ire  his  deeds  anion;;  the  gntil 

2  Sins  to  him,  fee  sin:;  praises  to  him  :   relate  all 
his  wondrous  works. 

3  Glory  ye  in  his  hob  name:  let  the  heart  of  them 
rejoice,  that  seek  the  Lord. 

4  Seek  ye  the  Lord,  and  be  strengthened  :  seek 
his  face  evermore. 

5  Remember  his  marvellous  works  which  he  hath 
done;  his  wonders,  and  the  judgment!  of  bis  mouth. 

6  O  ye  seed  of  Abraham  hii  servant ;  ye  sons  of 
Jacob  his  chosen. 

7  I  le  is  the  Lord  our  God  ;  his  judgments  arc  in 
all  the  earth. 

8  He  hath  remembered  his  covenant  forever:  the 
w<wd  which  he  commanded  lo  a  thousand  generations: 

9  Which  be  made  to  Abraham  ;  and  his  oath  to 
1  saac. 

10  And  he  appointed  the  same  to  Jacob  for  a  law, 
and  to  Israel  for  an  everlasting  testament : 

11  Saying  :  To  thee  will  1  gi\c  the  land  of  Cha- 
naan,  the  lot  of  your  inheritance. 

12  When  they  were  but  a  small  number,  yea  very 
lew  and  sojourners  therein  : 

13  And  they  passed  from  nation  to  nation,  and 
from  one  kingdom  to  another  people. 

14  He  suffered  no  man  to  hurt  them  :  and  he  re- 
proved kings  for  their  takes. 

15  Touch  ye  not  my  anointed  :  and  do  no  evil  to 
my  prophi  is. 

16  And  he  called  a  famine  upon  the  land:  and 
he  broke  in  pieces  all  the  support  of  bread. 

17  He  sent  a  man  before  tliem  ;  Joseph,  who  was 
sold  for  a  slave. 

18  They  humbled  his  feet  in  fetters:  the  iron 
pierced  his  soul,     19  until  his  word  came. 

The  word  of  the  Lord  inflamed  him.  20  The 
king  sent,  and  he  released  him ;  the  ruler  of  the 
people,  and  he  set  him  at  liberty. 

21  He  made  him  master  of  his  house,  and  rulei 
of  all  his  possession. 

22  That  he  might  instruct  his  princes  as  himself, 
and  teach  his  ancients  u  iadoB). 

23  And  Israel  went  into  Egypt;  and  Jacob  was 
a  sojourner  in  the  land  of  Cham. 

24  And  he  increased  his  people  i  jo  i  dingly;  and 
strengthened  them  over  their  enemies. 


but  1 


•   )U  twnui  Uuii  html,  tw..     Not  tfaal  Ood  (who  ■  never  the  author 
of  tin)  rmired  the  Kcrptiai"   to  bate  and  pei>.  .ople  ;  but 

thai  tlie  I  »>k«n.o—ioi  of  bfttiaf  K"'l   •■"»  J'inf  litem,  from 

ihe  tifht  of  the  benefit*  win.  h  God  b«-.towr.l  npM  them. 


25  He  turned  their  heart*  to  hate  his  people  ; 
and  to  deal  deceitfully  with  his  servants. 

26  He  sent  Moses  his  servant  ;    Aaron  the  man 
w  bom  he  had  chosen. 

27  He  gave  them  power  to  show  his  signs,  and 
his  wonders  in  the  land  of  (ham. 

28  He  sent  darkness,  and  made  it  obscure  :  and 
grieved  not  his  words,  t 


f   Grirrrd  net  kil  teordt  :     That    i»,   he  «»  not  wanting  to  fulfil   lii< 
word-  !   not  rrier*  Uimnu,  tint  i»,  hi,  mni,  thr  c-hildn-n  ol 

.  njoyed   liffht  whilst  tin-  I  i  '>p|>ni*cd  wit> 

darknea*. 


M . 


PSALM  CV. 


29  He  turned  their  waters  into  blood,  and  de- 
stroyed their  fish. 

30  Their  land  brought  forth  frogs,  in  the  inner 
chambers  of  their  kings. 

31  He  spoke,  and  there  came  divers  sorts  of  flies, 
and  cinifes*  in  all  their  coasts. 

32  He  gave  them  hail  for  rain,  a  burning  fire  in 
their  land. 

33  And  he  destroyed  their  vineyards  and  their  fig- 
trees:  and  he  broke  in  pieces  the  trees  of  their  coasts. 

34  He  spoke,  and  the  locust  came,  and  the  bru- 
chus,t  of  which  there  was  no  number. 

35  And  they  devoured  all  the  grass  in  their  land, 
and  consumed  all  the  fruit  of  their  ground. 

36  And  he  slew  all  the  first  born  in  their  land  ; 
the  first  fruits  of  all  their  labour. 

37  And  he  brought,  them  out  with  silver  and 
gold  :  and  there  was  not  among  their  tribes  one 
that  was  feeble. 

38  Egypt  was  glad  when  they  departed  :  for 
the  fear  of  them  lay  upon  them. 

39  He  spread  a  cloud  for  their  protection,  and 
fire  to  give  them  light  in  the  night. 

40  They  asked,  and  the  quail  came  :  and  he  fill- 
ed them  with  the  bread  of  heaven. 

41  He  opened  the  rock,  and  waters  flowed  :  ri- 
vers ran  down  in  the  dry  land. 

42  Because  he  remembered  his  holy  word,  which 
he  had  spoken  to  his  servant  Abraham. 

43  And  he  brought  forth  his  people  with  joy, 
and  his  chosen  with  gladness. 

44  And  he  gave  them  the  lands  of  the  gentiles  : 
and  they  possessed  the  labours  of  the  people  : 

45  That  they  might  observe  his  justifications, t 
and  seek  after  his  law. 

PSALM  CV. 

Confitemini  Domino. 
A  confession  of  the  manifold  sins  and  ingratitudes  of  the  Israelites. 

Alleluia. 

GIVE  glory  to  the  Lord,  for  he  is  good  :  for  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

2  Who  shall  declare  the  powers  of  the  Lord  ? 
who  shall  set  forth  all  his  praises  ? 

3  Blessed  are  they  that  keep  judgment,  and  do 
justice  at  all  times. 

4  Remember  us,  O  Lord,  in  the  favour  of  thy 
people  :  visit  us  with  thy  salvation. 

5  That  we  may  see  the  good  of  thy  chosen,  that 
we  may  rejoice  in  the  joy  of  thy  nation  :  that  thou 
mayst  be  praised  with  thy  inheritance. 

6  We  nave  sinned  with  our  fathers :  we  have 
acted  unjustly  :  we  have  wrought  iniquity. 

7  Our  fathers  understood  not  thy  wonders  in 
Egypt :  they  remembered  not  the  multitude  of  thy 
mercies. 

*  Cinifes.  See  the  annotation,  Exod.  viii.  16. 

!Bruchus,  an  insect  of  the  locust  kind. 
His  justifications.  That  is,  his  commandments ;  which  here  and 
in  many  other  places  of  the  scripture,  are  called  justifications,  hecause 
the  keeping  of  them  makes  man  just.  The  Protestants  render  it  hy 
the  word  statutes,  in  favour  of  their  doctrine,  which  does  not  allow 
good  works  to  justify. 


And  they  provoked  to  wrath  going  up  to  the  sep 
even  the  Red  sea. 

8  And  he  saved  them  for  his  own  name's  sake, 
that  he  might  make  his  power  known. 

9  And  he  rebuked  the  Red  sea,  and  it  was  dried 
up ;  and  he  led  them  through  the  depths  as  in  a 
wilderness. 

10  And  he  saved  them  from  the  hand  of  them 
that  hated  them  :  and  he  redeemed  them  from  the 
hand  of  the  enemy. 

11  And  the  water  covered  them  that  afflicted 
them  :  there  was  not  one  of  them  left. 

12  And  they  believed  his  words  :  and  they  sang 
his  praises. 

13  They  had  quickly  done:  they  forgot  his 
works  :  and  they  waited  not  for  his  counsel. 

14  And  they  coveted  their  desire  in  the  desert: 
and  they  tempted  God  in  the  place  without  water. 

15  And  he  gave  them  their  request:  and  sent  ful- 
ness into  their  souls. 

16  And  they  provoked  Moses  in  the  camp,  Aaron 
the  holy  one  of  the  Lord. 

17  The  earth  opened  and  swallowed  up  Dathan ; 
and  covered  the  congregation  of  Abiron. 

18  And  a  fire  was  kindled  in  their  congregation  : 
the  flame  burned  the  wicked. 

19  They  made  also  a  calf  in  Horeb :  and  they 
adored  the  graven  thing. 

20  And  they  changed  their  glory  into  the  likeness 
of  a  calf  that  eateth  grass. 

21  They  forgot  God,  who  saved  them,  who  had 
done  great  things  in  Egypt,  22  wondrous  works  in 
the  land  of  Cham  :  terrible  things  in  the  Red  sea. 

23  And  he  said  that  he  would  destroy  them  ;  had 
not  Moses  his  chosen  stood  before  him  in  the  breach, 

To  turn  away  his  wrath  lest  he  should  destroy 
them.  24  And  they  set  at  nought  the  desirable 
land. 

They  believed  not  his  word :  25  and  they  mur- 
mured in  their  tents :  they  hearkened  not  to  the 
voice  of  the  Lord. 

26  And  he  lifted  up  his  hand  over  them,  to  over- 
throw them  in  the  desert : 

27  And  to  cast  down  their  seed  among  the  na- 
tions, and  to  scatter  them  in  the  countries. 

28  They  also  were  initiated||  to  Beelphegor;  and 
ate  the  sacrifices  of  the  dead. 

29  And  they  provoked  him  with  their  inventions : 
and  destruction  was  multiplied  among  them. 

30  Then  Phinees  stood  up,  and  pacified  him ; 
and  the  slaughter  ceased. 

31  And  it  was  reputed  to  him  unto  justice,  to 
generation  and  generation  for  evermore. 

32  They  provoked  him  also  at  the  waters  of  con- 
tradiction :  and  Moses  was  afflicted  for  their  sakes ; 
33  because  they  exasperated  his  spirit. 

And  he  distinguished  with  his  lips.§     34  They 

||  Initiated.  That  is,  they  dedicated,  or  consecrated  themselves  to 
the  idol  of  the  Moabites  and  Madianites,  called  Beelphegor,  or  Baal- 
Peor.     Numb.  xxv.  3. 

Ibid.     The  dead,  viz.  idols  without  life. 

?  He  distinguished  with  his  lips.  Moses,  by  occasion  of  the  people'* 
rebellion  and  incredulity,  was  guilty  of  distinguishing  with  his  lips, 
when,  instead  of  speaking  to  the  rock,  as  God  had  commanded,  he  said 
4P9 


PSALMS. 


did  not  destroy  the  nations  of  which  the  Lord  spoke 
unto  thrm. 

35  And  they  wore  mingled  among  the  heathens, 
■nd  learned  their  works  ;  96  ;uni  served  their  idols: 
ami  it  became  ■  stumbling  block  to-them  . 

37  And  they  sacrificed  their  sons  and  their  daugh- 
ters to  devils. 

38  And  they  shed  innocent  Mood;  the  blood  of 
their  sons  and  of  their  daughters  which  they  sacri- 
ficed  to  the  idols  of  Chanaan. 

And  the  land  was  polluted  with  blood,  39  and 
\\  as  defiled  H  ith  their  works  :  and  they  went  aside 
alter  their  own  inventions. 

40  And  the  Lord  was  exceedingly  angry  with 
his  people  :  and  he  abhorred  his  inheritance. 

41  And  he  delivered  them  into  the  Hands  of  the 
nations:  and  they  that  hated  them  had  dominion 
over  them. 

42  And  their  enemiesafflicted  them:  and  they  were 
bumbled  under  their  hands:  43  many  times  did  he 

deliver  them. 

Hut  they  provoked  him  with  their  counsel :  and 
they  were  brought  low  by  their  iniquities. 

M  And  he  saw  when  they  were  in  tribulation  : 
and  he  heard  their  prayer. 

45  And  he  was  mindful  of  his  covenant;  and  re- 
pented according  to  the  multitude  of  his  mercies. 

46  And  he  gave  them  unto  mercies,  in  the  sight 
of  all  those  that  had  made  them  captives. 

47  Save  us,  O  Lord,  our  God:  and  gather  us 
from  among  the  nations: 

That  we  may  give  thanks  to  thy  holy  name,  and 
mav  glory  iii  thy  praise. 

48  Blessed  be  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel  from 
everlasting  to  everlasting:  and  let  all  the  people  say: 
So  be  it,  so  be  it. 

PSALM  CVI. 

Conliteinini  Domino. 
All  are  invited  to  give  thanks  to  God  for  hit  perpetual  provi- 
dence over  men. 

Alleluia. 

GIVE  glory  to  the  Lord,  for  he  is  good:  for  his 
mercy  endureth  forever. 

2  Let  them  say  so  that  have  been  redeemed  by 
the  Lord,  whom  he  hath  redeemed  from  the  hand 
of  the  enemy,  and  gathered  out  of  the  countries, 

3  From  the  rising  and  from  the  setting  of  the  sun, 
from  the  north  and  from  the  sea. 

4  They  wandered  in  a  wilderness,  in  a  place 
without  water:  they  found  not  the  way  of  a  city  for 
their  habitation. 

5  They  were  hungry  and  thirsty  :  their  soul  faint- 
ed in  them. 

6  And  they  cried  to  the  Lord  in  their  tribulation: 
and  he  delivered  them  out  of  their  distresses. 

I  \nd  he  led  them  into  the  right  wav,  that  they 
might  go  to  a  city  of  habitation. 

.  t  the  mercies  of  the  Lord  give  glorj  to  him; 
and  his  wonderful  works  to  the  children  of  men. 


lo  the  people,  with  a  certain  hesitation  in  kit  faith,  Hr*r,  v  rrktllitu, 
m»4  ineniulma  :  Cam  mn  /rem  Ikit  nek  bring  out  tcaltr  Jot  yott  1  Numb. 
xx.  10. 

470 


9  For  he  hath  satisfied  the  empty  soul;  and  hath 
filled  the  hungry  soul  with  good  things. 

Ill  Such  as  sat  in  darkness  and  in  the  shadow  of 
death,  hound  in  want  and  in  iron. 

11  Because  they  had  exasperated  the  words  of 
God;  and  provoked  the  counsel  of  the  .Most  High. 

12  And  their  heart  was  humbled  with  labours  : 
they  were  weakened,  and  there  was  none  to  help 
them. 

13  Then  they  cried  to  the  Lord  in  their  affliction 
and  he  delivered  them  out  of  their  distresses. 

14  And  he  brought  them  out  of  darkness,  and  the 
shadow  of  death;  and  broke  their  bonds  in  sunder. 

15  Let  the  mercies  of  the  Lord  ghre  glon  to  him, 
and  his  wonderful  works  to  the  children  of  men. 

16  Because  he  hath  broken  gates  of  brass,  and 
burst  iron  bars. 

17  He  took  them  out  of  the  way  of  their  iniquity  : 
for  they  were  brought  low  for  their  injusiic.  ft. 

18  Their  soul  abhorred  all  manner  of  meat:  and 
they  drew  nigh  even  to  the  gates  of  death. 

19  And  they  cried  to  the  Lord  in  their  affliction: 
and  he  delivered  them  out  of  their  distress,  s. 

20  He  sent  his  word,  and  healed  tin  in :  and  de- 
livered them  from  their  destructions. 

21  Let  the  mercies  of  the  Lord  give  glorv  to  him, 
and  his  wonderful  works,  to  the  children  of  men. 

22  And  let  them  sacrifice  the  sacrifice  of  praise : 
and  declare  his  works  with  joy. 

23  They  that  go  down  to  the  sea  in  ships,  doing 
business  in  the  great  waters : 

1\  These  have  seen  the  works  of  the  Lord,  and 
his  wonders  in  the  deep. 

25  He  said  the  word,  and  there  atOM  a  storm  of 
wind  :  and  the  waws  thereof  were  lifted  up. 

26  They  mount  up  to  the  heavens,  ana  they  go 
down  to  the  depths:  their  soul  pined  away  with  evils. 

27  They  were  troubled,  and  reeled  like  a  drunk- 
en man  :  and  all  their  wisdom  was  swallowed  up. 

28  And  they  cried  to  the  Lord  in  their  affliction: 
and  he  brought  them  out  of  their  distresses. 

29  And  he  turned  the  storm  into  a  breeze:  and 
its  waves  were  still. 

30  And  they  rejoiced  because  they  were  still:  and 
he  brought  them  to  the  haven  which  they  wished  for. 

31  Let  the  mercies  of  the  Lord  give  glory  to  him, 
and  his  wonderful  works  to  the  children  of  men. 

32  And  let  them  exalt  him  in  the  church  of  the 
people:  and  praise  him  in  the  chair  of  the  ancients. 

83  He  hath  turned  rivers  into  a  wilderness,  and 
the  sources  of  waters  into  dry  ground  : 

34  A  fruitful  land  into  barrenness,  for  the  wick- 
edness of  them  that  dwell  therein. 

35  He  hath  turned  a  wilderness  into  pools  of  wa- 
ters, anil  a  dry  land  into  water  sprin 

36  And  hath  placed  there  the  hungry:  and  they 
made  a  city  for  their  habitation. 

37  And  the]  sowed  fields,  and  planted  vine-yards: 
and  they  yielded  fruit  of  birth. 

38  And  he  blessed  them,  and  they  were  multiplied  * 
exceedingly:  and  their  cattle  he  sull'ered  not  to  de- 
crea 

39  Then  they  were  brought  to  be  few :  and  thev 


PSALMS  CVII,  CV1II. 


my 


were  afflicted  through  thetrouhleof  evils  and  sorrow. 

40  Contemnt  was  poured  forth  upon  their  princes: 
and  he  caused  them  to  wander  where  there  was  no 
passing,  and  out  of  the  way. 

41  And  he  helped  the  poor  out  of  poverty  ;  and 
made  him  families  like  a  flock  of  sheep. 

42  The  just  shall  see,  and  shall  rejoice  :  and  all 
iniquity  shall  stop  her  mouth. 

43  Who  is  wise,  and  will  keep  these  things,  and 
will  understand  the  mercies  of  the  Lord  ? 

PSALM  CVII. 
Paratum  cor  meum. 

The  prophet  praiseth  God  for  benefits  received. 
1   A  canticle  of  a  psalm  for  David  himself. 
2  1VTY  heart  is  ready,  O  God,  my  heart  is  ready 
±T_L  J  wjii  smg}  and  will  give  praise,  with  m; 
glory. 

3  Arise,  my  glory ;  arise,  psaltery  and  harp  :  I 
will  arise  in  the  morning  early. 

4  I  will  praise  thee,  0  Lord,  among  the  people  : 
and  I  will  sing  unto  thee  among  the  nations. 

5  For  thy  mercy  is  great  above  the  heavens :  and 
thy  truth  even  unto  the  clouds. 

6  Be  thou  exalted,  O  God,  above  the  heavens, 
and  thy  glory  over  all  the  earth  :  7  that  thy  beloved 
may  be  delivered. 

Save  with  thy  right  hand,  and  hear  me.  8  God 
hath  spoken  in  his  holiness  : 

I  will  rejoice,  and  I  will  divide  Sichem :  and  I 
will  mete  out  the  vale  of  tabernacles. 

9  Galaad  is  mine,  and  Manasses  is  mine  :  and 
Ephraim  the  protection  of  my  head. 

Juda  is  my  king  :  10  Moab  the  pot  of  my  hope. 

Over  Edom  I  will  stretch  out  my  shoe  :  the  aliens 
are  become  my  friends. 

I I  Who  will  bring  me  into  the  strong  city  ?  who 
will  lead  me  into  Edom  ? 

12  Wilt  not  thou,  O  God,  who  hast  cast  us  off. 
and  wilt  not  thou,  O  God,  go  forth  with  our  armies r 

13  O  grant  us  help  from  trouble  :  for  vain  is  the 
help  of  man. 

14  Through  God  we  shall  do  mightily:  and  he 
will  bring  our  enemies  to  nothing. 

PSALM  CVIII. 

Deus  laudem  meam. 

David  in  the  person  of  Christ  prayeth  against  his  persecutors  ; 
more  especially  the  traitor  Judas  :  foretelling  and  approving 
his  just  punishment  for  his  obstinacy  in  sin,  and  final  impeni- 
tence. 

1   Unto  the  end,  a  psalm  for  David. 
2  /"\  GOD,  be  not  thou  silent  in  my  praise  :  for 

^-^  the  mouth  of  the  wicked  and  the  mouth  of 
the  deceitful  man  is  opened  against  me. 

3  They  have  spoken  against  me  with  deceitful 
tongues ;  and  they  have  compassed  me  about  with 
words  of  hatred ;  and  have  fought  against  me  with- 
out cause. 


*  Set  thou  the  sinner  over  him,  &c.     Give  to  the  devil,  that  arch-sin 
ner,  power  over  him  :  let  him  enter  into  him,  and  possess  him.     The 
imprecations,  contained  in  the  thirty  verses  of  this  psalm,  are  opposed 
to  the  thirty  pieces  of  silver  for  which  Judas  betrayed  our  Lord  ;  and 
are  to  be  taken  as  prophetic  denunciations  of  the  evils  that  should  be- 


4  Instead  of  making  me  a  return  of  love,  they  de- 
tracted me  :  but  I  gave  myself  to  prayer. 

5  And  they  repaid  me  evil  for  good,  and  hatred 
for  my  love. 

6  Set  thou  the  sinner  over  him  :*  and  may  the 
devil  stand  at  his  right  hand. 

7  When  he  is  judged,  may  he  go  out  condemned , 
and  may  his  prayer  be  turned  to  sin. 

8  May  his  days  be  few  :  and  his  bishopric  let  an- 
other take. 

9  May  his  children  be  fatherless,  and  his  wife  a 
widow. 

10  Let  his  children  be  carried  about  vagabonds, 
and  beg  :  and  let  them  be  cast  out  of  their  dwellings. 

1 1  May  the  usurer  search  all  his  substance  :  and 
let  strangers  plunder  his  labours. 

12  May  there  be  none  to  help  him  ;  nor  none  to 
pity  his  fatherless  offspring. 

13  May  his  posterity  be  cut  off;  in  one  genera-' 
tion  may  his  name  be  blotted  out. 

14  May  the  iniquity  of  his  fathers  be  remember- 
ed in  the  sight  of' the  Lord  :  and  let  not  the  sin  of 
his  mother  be  blotted  out. 

15  May  they  be  before  the  Lord  continually,  and 
let  the  memory  of  them  perish  from  the  earth  :  16 
because  he  remembered  not  to  show  mercy  : 

17  But  persecuted  the  poor  man  and  the  beggar, 
and  the  broken  in  heart  to  put  him  to  death. 

18  And  he  loved  cursing,  and  it  shall  come  unto 
him  :  and  he  would  not  have  blessing,  and  it  shall 
be  far  from  him. 

And  he  put  on  cursing  like  a  garment :  and  it  went 
in  like  water  into  his  entrails,  and  like  oil  in  his 
bones. 

19  May  it  be  unto  him  like  a  garment  which  co- 
vereth  him;  and  like  a  girdle  with  which  he  is  gird- 
ed continually. 

20  This  is  the  work  of  them  who  detract  me  be- 
fore the  Lord,  and  who  speak  evils  against  my  soul. 

21  But  thou,  O  Lord,  do  with  me  for  thy  name's 
sake  :  because  thy  mercy  is  sweet. 

Do  thou  deliver  me,  22  for  I  am  poor  and  needy, 
and  my  heart  is  troubled  within  me. 

23  I  am  taken  away  like  the  shadow  when  it  de- 
clineth ;  and  I  am  shaken  off  as  locusts. 

24  My  knees  are  weakened  through  fasting  :  and 
my  flesh  is  changed  for  oil.f 

25  And  I  am  become  a  reproach  to  them  :  they 
saw  me,  and  they  shaked  their  heads. 

26  Heli)  nie>  O  Lord  my  God  :  save  me  accord- 
ing to  thy  mercy. 

27  And  let  them  know  that  this  is  thy  hand  ;  and 
that  thou,  O  Lord,  hast  done  it. 

28  They  will  curse,  and  thou  wilt  bless  :  let  them 
that  rise  up  against  me  be  confounded  :  but  thy  ser- 
vant shall  rejoice. 

29  Let  them  that  detract  me  be  clothed  with 
shame  :  and  let  them  be  covered  with  their  confu- 
sion as  with  a  double  cloak. 

fall  the  traitor  and  his  accomplices  the  Jews  ;   and  not  properly  as 
curses. 

t  For  oil,  propter  oleum.  The  meaning-  is,  my  flesh  is  changed,  being 
perfectly  emaciated  and  dried  up,  as  having  lost  all  its  oil  or  fatness. 

471 


PSALMS. 


30  I  will  give  great  thanks  to  the  Lord  with  my 
mouth  :  and  in  the  midst  of  many  I  will  praise  him. 

81  Because  be  hath  stood  at  the  right  hand  of  the 
poor,  to  save  my  soul  from  persecutors. 
PSALM  (  IV 

1  >ixil  Doiiiiiius. 
Christ's  exalt.it  mn.  and  rvrri, sting  priesthood. 

1  A  psalm  of  David. 
fr*  1 1 E  I  ion]  said  to  my  Lord  :  Sit  thou  at  my  right 
-*■     hand  : 

Until  I  make  thy  enemies  thy  footstool. 

1  The  Lord  will  send  forth  the  sceptre  of  thy 
power  out  of  Sion :  rule  thou  in  the  midst  of  thy 
•  - 1 1 1  ■  1 1 1  i  ■ 

3  With  thee  is  the  principality  in  the  day  of  thy 
strength  ;  in  the  brightness  of  the  saints:  from  the 
womb  before  the  day-star  I  begot  thee. 

V  The  Lord  hath  sworn,  and  he  will  not  repent : 
Thou  art  a  priest  for  ever  according  to  the  order  of 
M<  Ichisedech. 

5  The  Lord  at  thy  right  hand  hath  broken  kings 
in  the  day  of  his  wrath. 

6  He  shall  judge  among  nations;  he  shall  fill 
ruins  :  he  shall  crush  the  heads  in  the  land  of  many. 

7  He  shall  drink  of  the  torrent  iu  the  way: 
therefore  shall  he  lift  up  the  head. 

PSALM  CX. 

Confitebor  tibi,  Domine. 

God  it  to  be  praised  for  his  grace*,  and  benefits  to  hit  church. 

Alleluia. 
WILL  praise  rheCj  O  Lord,  with  my  whole 
•*■  heart ;  iu  the  councd  of  the  just,  and  in  the  con- 
gregation. 

1  (mat  are  the  works  of  the  Lord;  sought  out 
according  to  all  his  wills. 

3  His  work,  is  praise  and  magnificence:  and  his 
justice  eontinueth  for  ever  and  ever. 

•4  He  hath  made  a  remembrance  of  his  wondrr- 
ful  works,  being  a  merciful  and  gracious  Lord:  5 
he  hath  given  food  to  them  that  fear  him. 

He  will  be  mindful  for  ever  of  his  covenant  :  6  he 
will  show  forth  to  his  people  the  power  of  his  works: 

7  That  he  may  give  them  the  inheritance  of  the 
gentiles  :  the  works  of  his  hands  are  truth  and  judg- 
ment. 

8  All  his  commandments  are  faithful  :  confirmed 
for  ever  and  ever,  made  in  truth  ami  equity. 

(J  He  hath  sent  redemption  to  his  people:  he 
hath  commanded  his  covenant  for  ever. 

Holy  and  terrible  is  his  name:  10  the  fear  of  the 
Lord  is  the  beginning  of  wisdom. 

A  good  understanding  to  all  that  00  it  :  his  praise 
eontinueth  for  ever  and  ever. 

PSALM   CXI. 
ItUS  \  ir. 
The  gimd  man  is  happy. 

Alleluia,  of  the  returning  -  and  Zacharias. 

DLESSEDisthe  man  that  feareth  the  Lord: 
-*-*  he  shall  delight  exceeding!;  in  his  command- 
ments. 

•  Of  Ikt  Tttmrrumg ,  lie.  Tin.  i,  in  1 1,.-  Ort-ek  and  I  .atin.  but  not  in  the 
llclrrw.  It  ugnine*  that  thn  p*alrn  wi«  proper  to  be  rang  at  the 
Linear  the  return  of  the  people  from  their  caplmty  ,  to  inculcate  to 

< 


2  His  seed  shall  be  mighty  upon  earth  :  the  gene 
ration  of  the  righteous  shall  be  blessed. 

3  (.dory  and  wealth  shall  br  iu  his  bouse:  and 
his  justice  remaineth  for  ever  and  ever. 

4  To  the  righteous  a  light  is  risen  up  in  dark- 
ness :  he  is  merciful,  and  compassionate  and  just. 

5  Acceptable  is  the  man  that  showeth  mercy  and 
leudcth  :  he  shall  order  his  words  with  judgment : 
6  because  he  shall  not  be  moved  for  ever. 

7  The  just  shall  be  in  everlasting  remembrance: 
he  shall  not  fear  the  evil  hearing. 

His  heart  is  ready  to  hoiie  in  the  Lord  :  8  his 
heart  is  strengthened,  he  shall  not  be  mowd  until 
he  look  over  his  enemies. 

9  He  hath  distributed,  he  hath  given  to  the  poor  : 
his  justice  remaineth  for  ever  and  ever  :  his  horn 
shall  be  exalted  iu  glory. 

10  The  wicked  shall  see,  and  shall  be  angry  : 
he  shall  gnash  with  his  teeth,  and  pine  awa\  :  the 
desire  of  the  wicked  shall  perish. 

PSALM  CXI  I. 

Laudate,  pueri. 

God  is  to  be  praised,/or  hit  regard  to  the  poor  and  humble. 

Alleluia. 

TJ>  RAISE  the  Lord,  ye  children:  praise  ye  th« 

-*-     name  of  the  Lord. 

2  Blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord,  from  hence 
forth  now  and  for  ever. 

3  From  the  rising  of  the  sun  unto  the  going  down 
of  the  same,  the  name  of  the  Lord  is  worthy  ol 
praise. 

4  The  Lord  is  high  above  all  nations  :  and  his 
glory  above  the  heavens. 

5  Who  is  as  the  Lord  our  God,  who  dwelleth 
on  high,  6  and  looketfa  down  on  the  low  things  in 
heaven  and  in  earth  ? 

7  Raising  up  the  needy  from  the  earth,  and  lift- 
in.:  up  the  |>oor  out  of  the  dunghill: 

8  That  he  may  place  him  With  princes,  with  the 
princes  of  his  people. 

9  Who  maketh  a  barren  woman  to  dwell  iu  a 
house,  the  joyful  mother  of  children. 

PSALM  CXI  1 1. 

In  c.xitu  Israel. 

God  hath  shown  hit  potrer  in  delivering  his  people:  idols  are 

vain.      The  Hebrews  divide  this  into  two  Psalms. 

Alleluia. 

WHEN  Israel  went  out  of  Egypt,  the  house  of 
Jacob  from  a  barbarous  people  : 

2  Judea  was  made  his  sanctuary,  Israel  his  do- 
minion. 

3  The  sea  saw, and  fled :  Jordan  was  turned  back. 

4  The  mountains  skipped  like  rams,  and  the 
hills  like  the  lambs  of  the  flock. 

5  What  aileththee,  O  thou  sea,  that  thou  didst 
flee;  and  thou, OJordan, thai  thou  wast  turned  back? 

6  Ye  mountains,  that  ye  skipped  like  rams,  and 
ye  hills,  like  lambs  of  the  fl<x:k  ? 

7  At  the  presence  of  the  Lord  the  earth  was 
moved,  at  the  presence  of  the  <  iod  of  Jacob  : 


them,  how  happy  they  might  be,  if  they  would  be  constant  in  the  aar. 
»ice  of  Uod. 


PSALMS  CXIV,  CXV,  CXVI,  CXVII. 


8  Who  turned  the  rock  into  pools  of  water,  and 
the  stony  hill  into  fountains  of  water. 

1  Not  to  us,  O  Lord,  not  to  us ;  but  to  thy  name 
give  glory. 

2  For  thy  mercy,  and  for  thy  truth's  sake:  lest 
the  gentiles  should  say:  Where  is  their  God? 

3  But  our  God  is  in  heaven :  he  hath  done  all 
things  whatsoever  he  would. 

4  The  idols  of  the  gentiles  are  silver  and  gold, 
the  works  of  the  hands  of  men. 

5  They  have  mouths,  and  speak  not :  they  have 
eyes,  and  see  not : 

6  They  have  ears,  and  hear  not:  they  have  noses, 
and  smell  not: 

7  They  have  hands,  and  feel  not:  they  have  feet, 
and  walk  not;  neither  shall  they  cry  out  through 
their  throat. 

8  Let  them  that  make  them  become  like  unto 
them,  and  all  such  as  trust  in  them. 

9  The  house  of  Israel  hath  hoped  in  the  Lord : 
he  is  their  helper  and  their  protector. 

10  The  house  of  Aaron  hath  hoped  in  the  Lord: 
he  is  their  helper  and  their  protector. 

1 1  They  that  fear  the  Lord  have  hoped  in  the 
Lord  :  he  is  their  helper  and  their  protector. 

12  The  Lord  hath  been  mindful  of  us,  and  hath 
blessed  us. 

He  hath  blessed  the  house  of  Israel:  he  hath 
blessed  the  house  of  Aaron. 

13  He  hath  blessed  all  that  fear  the  Lord,  both 
little  and  great. 

14  May  the  Lord  add  blessings  upon  you;  upon 
ynu,  and  upon  your  children. 

15  Blessed  be  you  of  the  Lord,  who  made  heaven 
and  earth. 

16  The  heaven  of  heaven  is  the  Lord's:  but  the 
earth  he  hath  given  to  the  children  of  men. 

17  The  dead  shall  not  praise  thee,  O  Lord  ;  nor 
any  of  them  that  go  down  to  hell. 

18  But  we  that  live  bless  the  Lord,  from  this 
time  now  and  for  ever. 

PSALM  CXIV. 

Dilexi. 
The  prayer,  of  a  just  man  in  affliction,  with  a  lively  confidence 

in  God. 

Alleluia. 
r  HAVE  loved,  because  the  Lord  will  hear  the 
-*-  voice  of  my  prayer. 

2  Because  he  hath  inclined  his  ear  unto  me  :  and 
in  my  days  1  will  call  upon  him. 

3  The  sorrows  of  death  have  compassed  me: 
and  the  perils  of  hell  have  found  me. 

I  met  with  trouble  and  sorrow :  4and  I  called  upon 
the  name  of  the  Lord. 

O  Lord,  deliver  my  souk  5  The  Lord  is  mer- 
ciful and  just,  and  our  God  showeth  mercy. 

6  The  Lord  is  the  keeper  of  little  ones:  I  was 
humbled,  and  he  delivered  me. 

7  Turn,  O  my  soul,  into  thy  rest:  for  the  Lord 
hath  been  bountiful  to  thee. 

8  For  he  hath  delivered  my  soul  from  death  ;  my 
eyes  from  tears;  my  feet  from  falling. 

9  I  will  please  the  Lord  in  the  land  of  the  livmc 

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PSALM  CXV. 

Credidi. 

This  in  the  Hebrcto  is  joined  with  the  foregoing  Psalm,  and  cor* 
tinues  to  express  the  faith  and  gratitude  of  the  Psalmist. 

Alleluia. 
10  T  HAVE  believed,  therefore  have  I  spoken: 
-*-  but  I  have  been  humbled  exceedingly. 
Ill  said  in  my  excess  :  Every  man  is  a  liar. 

12  What  shall  I  render  to  the  Lord,  for  all  the 
things  that  he  hath  rendered  to  me  ? 

13  I  will  take  the  chalice  of  salvation:  and  I 
will  call  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

14  I  will  pay  my  vows  to  the  Lord,  before  all  his 
people:  15  precious  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  is  the 
death  of  his  saints. 

16  O  Lord,  for  I  am  thy  servant:  I  am  thy  ser- 
vant, and  the  son  of  thy  handmaid. 

Thou  hast  broken  my  bonds:  17  I  will  sacrifice 
to  thee  the  sacrifice  of  praise,  and  I  will  call  upon 
the  name  of  the  Lord. 

18  1  will  pay  my  vows  to  the  Lord  in  the  sight 
of  all  his  people  :  19  in  the  courts  of  the  house  oi 
the  Lord,  in  the  midst  of  thee,  O  Jerusalem. 

PSALM  CXVI. 

Laudate  Dominum. 

All  nations  are  called  upon  to  praise  God  for  his  mercy  ana 

truth. 

Alleluia. 
f\  PRAISE  the  Lord,  all  ye  nations :  praise  him, 
^^   all  ye  people. 

•   2  For  his  mercy  is  confirmed  upon  us:  and  the 
truth  of  the  Lord  remaineth  for  ever. 

PSALM  CXVII. 

Confitemini  Domino. 

The  psalmist  praiseth  God  for  his  delivery  from  evils;  putteth 
his  whole  trust  in  him;  and  foretelleth  the  coming  of  Christ. 

Alleluia. 
/^  IVE  praise  to  the  Lord,  for  he  is  good:  for  his 
*~*  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

2  Let  Israel  now  say,  that  he  is  good;  that  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

3  Let  the  house  of  Aaron  now  say,  that  his  mercy 
endureth  for  ever. 

4  Let  them  that  fear  the  Lord  now 'say,  that  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

5  In  my  trouble  I  called  upon  the  Lord:  and  the 
Lord  heard  me,  and  enlarged  me. 

6  The  Lord  is  my  helper:  I  will  not  fear  what 
man  can  do  unto  me. 

7  The  Lord  is  my  helper:  and  I  will  look  over 
my  enemies. 

8  It  is  good  to  confide  in  the  Lord,  rather  than  to 
have  confidence  in  man. 

9  It  is  good  to  trust  in  the  Lord,  rather  than  to 
trust  in  princes. 

10  All  nations  compassed  me  about:  and  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord  I  have  been  revenged  on  them. 

1 1  Surrounding  me,  they  compassed  me  about . 
and  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  I  have  been  revenged 
on  them. 

12  They  surrounded  me  like  bees,  and  they  burn- 
ed likefire  amongthorns:  and  inthenameof  the  Lord 
I  was  revenged  on  them. 

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PSALMS. 


13  Being  pushed,  1  was  overturned  that  I  might 
fall:  hut  the  Lord  supported  me. 

14  The  Lord  is  my  strength  and  my  praise:  and 
In-  is  become  my  salvation. 

15  The  voire  of  rejoicing  and  of  salvation  is  in 
the  tabernacles  of  the  just 

16  The  right  hand  of  the  Lord  hath  wrought 
Strength:  the  light  hand  of  the  Lord  hath  exalted 
me:  the  right  hand  of  the  Lord  hath  wrought  strength. 

17  I  shall  not  die,  hut  live:  and  shall  declare  the 
works  of  (he  Lord. 

18  The  Lord  chastising  hath  chastised  me:  but 
he  hath  not  delivered  ne  over  to  death. 

19  Oirmi  ye  to  me  the  gates  of  justice:  I  will  go 

in  to  them,  and  give  praise  to  the  Lord.     20  This 

is  the  gale  of  the  Lord,  the  just  shall  enter  into  it. 

2]  I  will  uive  glory  to  thee,  because  thou  hast 
heard  me.  and  ait  heroine  my  salvation. 

The  stone   which  the   huilders  rejected;   the 
same  is  become  the  head  of  the  corner. 

23  This  is  die  Lord's  doing:  and  it  is  wonderful 
in  our  e 

24  This  is  the  day  which  the  Lord  hath  made  :  let 
us  be  glad,  and  rejoice  therein. 

26  O  Lord,  save  me:  O  Lord,  give  good  success. 

26  Blessed  be  he   that  cometh  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord. 

We  have  blessed  you  out  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

27  The  Lord  is  God,  and  he  hath  shone  upon  us. 
Appoint  a  solemn  day,  with  shady  boughs,  even 

to  the  horn  of  the  altar. 

28  Thou  art  my  God,  and  1  will  praise  thee:  thou 
art  my  God,  and  I  will  exalt  thee. 

1  will  praise  thee,  because  thou  hast  heard  me, 
and  art  become  my  salvation. 

29  O  praise  ye  the  Lord,  for  he  is  good:  for  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

PSALM  CXVIII. 

Beati  immaculati. 

Of  the  exctllenrr  of  wirtm  consisting  in  the  lore  and  observance 

of  the  commandments  of  God. 

Alleluia. 

ALEPH.- 

BLESSED  are  the  undefiled  in  the  way,  who 
walk  in  the  law  of  the  Lord. 

2  Blessed  are  they  that  search  his  testimonies  ;t 
that  seek  him  with  their  whole  heart. 

3  For  they  that  work  iniquity,  have  not  walked 
in  his  ways. 

4  Thou  hast  commanded  thy  commandments  to 
be  kept  most  diligently. 

5  O!  that  my  ways  m.i.v  hi'  din  <  t t-cl  to  keep  thy 
justifications. 

6  Then  shall  I  not  be  confounded,  when  T  shall 
look  into  all  thy  commandments. 

7  I  will   praise   thee   with   uprightness  of  heart. 

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when  I  shall  have  (earned  the  judgments  ol  thy 

justice. 

8  I  will  keep  thy  justifications:  O!  do  not  thou 
utterly  forsake  me. 

B£TH. 

9  By  w  hat  doth  a  joung  man  correct  his  w  .w  ?  by 
oils,  rvrog  thy  words. 

10  With  my  whole  heart  have  1  sought  after  tliee  : 
let  me  not  stray  from  tin  commandments. 

11  Thy  words  have  I  hidden  in  m\  heart,  that  1 
may  not  sin  against  thee. 

12  Blessed  art  thou,  O  Lord:  teach  me  thy  jus- 
tifications. 

13  "\ V i 1 1 1  my  lips  I  have  pronounced  all  the  judg- 
ments of  thy  mouth. 

14  I  have  been  delighted  in  the  way  of  thy  testi- 
monies, ;is  in  all  riches. 

15  I  will  meditate  on  thy  commandments:  and  1 
will  consider  thy  ways. 

16  I  will  think  of  thy  justificalions:  I  will  not 
forget  thy  words. 

G1MEL. 

17  Give  bountifully  to  thy  servant;  enliven  me, 
and  I  shall  keep  thy  words. 

18  Open  thou  my  eyes :  and  I  will  consider  the 
wondrous  things  of  thy  law  . 

19  I  am  a  sojourner  on  the  earth :  hide  not  thy 
commandments  from  me. 

20  My  soul  hath  coveted  to  long  for  thy  justifica- 
tions, at  all  times. 

21  Thou  hast  rebuked  the  proud  :  they  are  cursed 
w  ho  decline  from  thy  commandments. 

22  Remove  from  me  reproach  and  contempt: 
because  I  have  sought  after  thy  testimonies. 

23  For  princes  sat,  and  sooke  against  me:  but 
thy  servant  was  employed  in  thy  justifications. 

24  For  thy  testimonies  are  my  meditation  :  and 
thy  justifications  my  counsel. 

DALLTIL 

25  My  soul  hath  cleaved  to  the  pavement:  quicken 
thou  me  according  to  thy  word. 

26  I  have  declared  my  w  av  s.  and  thou  hast  heard 
me:  teach  me  thy  justifications. 

27  Make  me  to  understand  tin-  way  of  thy  justi- 
fications: and  1  shall  be  cm  rcised  in  thy  Wondrous 
works. 

28  My  soul  hath  slumbered  through  heaviness: 
strengthen  thou  me  in  thy  words. 

29  Remove  from  me  tin  wav  of  iniquity  :  and 
out  of  thy  law  have  mercy  on  nu. 

30  I  have  chosen  the  way  of  truth :  thy  judg- 
ments I  have  not  forgotten. 

31  I  have  stuck  to  ihv  testimonies,  O  Lord:  put 
me  not  to  shame. 

32  I  have  run  the  wav  of  tliv  commandments, 
when  thou  didst  enlarge  my  heart. 

verses  of  this  psalm  in  the  original  be-     qnentlv  with  what  humility,  and  submission  to  the  Church  Uiey  are  U 
name  of  '  ew  I]  \h-  man. 

\  llii  Utlimtmhi.     The  commandments  of  God  are  called  his  ImJuss- 
Iphahet:  ami  so  to  tbeendof  the  whole     sin,  becau»<  boll  will  untota,     N,,ir  here,  that  in  al 

each  Ice  eight  Terse*.  1  most  cverj  verse  of  this  psalm  (shn  h  in  nutnlxr  are  176)  Ike  word  and 

-;    which     law  of  God,  and  the  lore  and  obaervanceof  it.  i-  perpetual!*  inculca 
■  res,  and  cunse-  II  ted,  under  a  variety  of  denominations,  all  njrnifuiig  \ he  same  usiu|;. 


PSALM  CXV1II. 


HE. 


33  Set  before  me  for  a  law  the  way  of  thy  justifi- 
cations, 0  Lord :  and  I  will  always  seek  after  it. 

34  Give  me  understanding,  and  I  will  search  thy 
law  ;  and  I  will  keep  it  with  my  whole  heart. 

35  Lead  me  into  the  path  of  thy  commandments; 
for  this  same  I  have  desired. 

36  Incline  my  heart  unto  thy  testimonies,  and  not 
to  covetousness. 

37  Turn  away  my  eyes  that  they  may  not  be- 
hold vanity  :  quicken  me  in  thy  way. 

38  Establish  thy  word  to  thy  servant,  in  thy  fear. 

39  Turn  away  my  reproach,  which  I  have  ap- 
prehended: for  thy  judgments  are  delightful. 

40  Behold,  1  have  longed  after  thy  precepts: 
quicken  me  in  thy  justice. 

VAU. 

41  Let  thy  mercy  also  come  upon  me,  O  Lord  ; 
thy  salvation  according  to  thy  word. 

42  So  shall  1  answer  them  that  reproach  me  in 
any  thing;  that  I  have  trusted  in  thy  words. 

43  And  take  not  thou  the  word  of  truth  utterly 
out  of  my  mouth :  for  in  thy  words  I  have  hoped 
exceedingly. 

44  So  shall  I  always  keep  thy  law,  for  ever  and  ever. 

45  And.  I  walked  at  large,  because  I  have  sought 
after  thy  commandments. 

46  And  I  spoke  of  thy  testimonies  before  kings ; 
and  I  was  not  ashamed. 

47  I  meditated  also  on  thy  commandments,  which 
1  loved. 

48  And  I  lifted  up  my  hands  to  thy  command- 
ments, which  I  loved :  and  I  was  exercised  in  thy 
justification. 

ZAIN. 

49  Be  thou  mindful  of  thy  word  to  thy  servant, 
in  which  thou  hast  given  me  hope. 

50  This  hath  comforted  me  in  my  humiliation  : 
because  thy  word  hath  enlivened  me. 

51  The  proud  did  iniquitously  altogether  :  but  1 
declined  not  from  thy  law. 

52  I  remembered,  O  Lord,  thy  judgments  of 
old  :  and  I  was  comforted. 

53  A  fainting  hath  taken  hold  of  me,  because  of 
the  wicked  that  forsake  thy  law. 

54  Thy  justifications  were  the  subject  of  my  song, 
in  the  place  of  my  pilgrimage. 

55  In  the  night  I  have'  remembered  thy  name,  O 
Lord  ;  and  have  kept  thy  law. 

56  This  happened  to  me,  because  I  sought  after 
thy  justifications. 

HETH. 

57  O  Lord,  my  portion,  I  have  said,  I  would 
keep  thy  law. 

58  I  entreated  thy  face  with  all  my  heart :  have 
mercy  on  me  according  to  thy  word. 

59  I  have  thought  on  my  ways  ;  and  turned  my 
feet  unto  thy  testimonies. 

60  I  am  ready,  and  am  not  troubled  ;  that  I  may 
keep  thv  commandments. 

61  The  cords  of  the  wicked  have  encompassed 
me  :  but  I  hwe  not  forgotten  thy  law. 


62  I  rose  at  midnight  to  give  praise  to  thee,  for 
the  judgments  of  thy  justification. 

63  I  am  a  partaker  with  all  them  that  fear  thee, 
and  that  keep  thy  commandments. 

64  The  earth,  O  Lord,  is  full  of  thy  mercy  :  teach 
me  thy  justifications. 

TETH. 

65  Thou  hast  done  well  with  thy  servant,  O  Lord, 
according  to  thy  word. 

66  Teach  me  goodness  and  discipline  and  know- 
ledge ;  for  I  have  believed  thy  commandments. 

67  Before  I  was  humbled,  I  offended ;  therefore 
have  I  kept  thy  word. 

68  Thou  art  good ;  and  in  thy  goodness  teach  me 
thy  justifications. 

69  The  iniquity  of  the  proud  hath  been  multipli- 
ed over  me  :  but  I  will  seek  thy  commandments 
with  my  whole  heart. 

70  Their  heart  is  curdled  like  milk  :  but  I  have 
meditated  on  thy  law. 

71  It  is  good  for  me  that  thou  hast  humbled  me, 
that  I  may  learn  thy  justifications. 

72  The  law  of  thy  mouth  is  good  to  me,  above 
thousands  of  gold  and  silver. 

JOD. 

73  Thy  hands  have  made  me  and  formed  me  : 
give  me  understanding,  and  1  will  learn  thy  com- 
mandments. 

74  They  that  fear  thee  shall  see  me,  and  shall  be 
glad  ;  because  I  have  greatly  hoped  in  thy  words. 

75  I  know,  O  Lord,  that"  thy  judgments  are 
equity:  and  in  thy  truth  thou  hast  humbled  me. 

76  O !  let  thy  mercy  be  for  my  comfort,  accord- 
ing to  thy  word  unto  thy  servant. 

77  Let  thy  tender  mercies  come  unto  me,  and  I 
shall  live  :  for  thy  law  is  my  meditation. 

78  Let  the  proud  be  ashamed,  because  they  have 
done  unjustly  towards  me:  but  I  will  be  employed 
in  thy  commandments. 

79  Let  them  that  fear  thee,  turn  to  me,  and  they 
that  know  thy  testimonies. 

80  Let  my  heart  be  undefiled  in  thy  justifications, 
that  I  may  not  be  confounded. 

CAPH. 

81  My  soul  hath  fainted  after  thy  salvation :  and 
in  thy  word  I  have  very  much  hoped. 

82  My  eyes  have  failed  for  thy  word,  saying : 
When  wilt  thou  comfort  me  ? 

83  For  I  am  become  like  a  bottle  in  the  frost : 
I  have  not  forgotten  thv  justifications. 

84  How  many  are  the  days  of  thy  servant:  when 
wilt  thou  execute  judgment  on  them  that  persecute  me? 

85  The  wicked  have  told  me  fables,  but  not  as 
thy  law. 

86  All  thy  statutes  are  truth:  they  have  perse- 
cuted me  unjustly  :  do  thou  help  me. 

87  They  had  almost  made  an  end  of  me  upon 
earth  :  but  I  have  not  forsaken  thy  commandments. 

88  Quicken  thou  me  according  to  thy  mercy  :  and 
I  shall  Keep  the  testimonies  of  thy  mouth. 

LAMED. 

89  For  ever,  O  Lord,  thy  word  standeth  firm  in 
heaven : 

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VL.MS. 


90  Thy  truth  unto  all  generations  :  thou  bast 
founded  tin'  earth,  ami  it  coutiimcth. 

91  Bj  thy  ordinance  tin-  da  !i  on :  for  all 
thinjcB  serve  th 

92  Unless  thy  law  bad  been  my  meditation,  I  had 
then  perhaps  perished  in  my  abjection. 

93  Thy  justifications  I  will  never  forget;  for  by 
them  thou  hast  given  me  life.  " 

94  I  am  thine,  save  thou  me  :  for  I  have  sought 
thj  justifications. 

The  wicked  have  waited  for  me,  todestroj 
me  :  but  I  have  understood  thy  testimonies* 

'.'(I  I  have  seen  an  end  of  all  perfection:  thy  com- 
mandment is  exce<  dins  broad. 

HEM. 

97  ()  how  have  I  bred  thy  law,  O  Lord!  it  is 
1 1 1 >   meditation  all  the  day. 

98  Throimh  thy  commandment,  thou  hast  made 
me  wiser  than  my  enemies:  for  it  is  ever  with  me. 

99  I  have  understood  more  than  all  my  teachers  ; 
tuse  thy  testimonies  are  my  meditation. 

100  I  have  had  understanding  above  ancients; 
because  I  have  sought  thv  commandments. 

101  I  have  restrained  my  feet  from  every  evil 
WU  :  that  I  may  keen  thv  words. 

103  I  have  not  declined  from  thy  judgments;  be- 
cause thou  hast  set  me  a  law. 

Kl.5  How  sweet  arc  thy  words  to  my  palate! 
more  than  honey  to  my  mouth. 

104  By  thy  command nts  1  have  had  under- 
standing: therefore  have  I  hated  every  way  of  iniquity. 

NUN. 

105  Thy  word  is  a  lamp  to  my  feet,  and  a  light 
to  my  paths. 

106  I  have  sworn,  and  am  determined  to  keep  the 
judgments  of  thy  justice. 

107  I  have  been  humbled,  O  Lord,  exceeding- 
ly :  quicken  thou  me  according  to  thy  word. 

108  The  free  offerings  of  my  mouth  make  ac- 
ceptable. ()  Lord:  and  teach  me  thy  judgments. 

109  My  soul  is  continually  in  my  hands  :  and  I 
bate  not  forgotten  thy  law. 

1 10  Sinners  have  laid  a  snare  for  me :  but  I  have 
not  erred  from  thy  precepts. 

111  I  bate  purchased  thy  testimonies  for  an  in- 
heritance for  ever ;  because  they  are  the  joy  of  my 
heart. 

II—   I  have  inclined  my  heart  to  do  thy  justifica- 
tions for  ever,  for  the  reward. 
SAMKCH. 

113  I  have  hated  the  unjust;  and  have  loved  tin- 
law. 

1  14  Thou  art  my  helper  and  my  protector:  and 
in  thv  word  I  have  greatly  hoped. 

1 1")  Depart  from  me,  ye  malignant :  and  I  will 
search  the  commandments  of  my  God. 

lit'.  Uphold  me  according  to  thy  word,  and  I 

shall   live  :  and  let    me   not  be  confounded    in   my 
expectation. 

117  Help  me  and  I  fthall  be  s;n  ,<1:  and  1  will 
meditate  alwavs  on  thy  justifications. 

118  Thou  hast  despised  all  them  that  fall  oil 
from  thy  judgments;  lor  their  thought  is  unjust. 

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11!'  I  have  accounted  all  the  sinners  of  the  earth 
prevaricators  :  therefore  have  I  loved thyteatisaoaaas. 

1 20  Pierce  thou  my  flesh  with  thy  fear :  for  I  am 
afraid  of  thy  iudgmei 

A  IN. 

121  I  have  done  judgment  and  jusfj  .  :  give  me 

not  up  to  them  that  slander  me. 

122  Uphold  thj  servant  unto  pood:  lit  not  the 

proud  calumniate  me. 

123  Mye\eshave  fainted  after  thy  salvation,  and 
for  the  word  of  thv  justice. 

12 1  Dial  with  thy  servant  according  to  thy  mer- 
CJ  :    and  teach  me  thy  justifications. 

IJ.'j  1  am  thy  servant:  give  mc  understanding 
that  I  may  know  thy  testimonies. 

126  It  is  time  0  Lord,  to  do:  they  have  dissi- 
pated thi  law. 

127  Therefore  have  I  loved  thy  commandments 
above  gold  and  the  topaz. 

128  Therefore  was  I  directed  to  all  thy  command- 
ments :   I  have  hated  all  wicked  wavs. 

1*11  II- 

129  Thy  testimonies  are  wonderful  :  therefore 
my  soul  hath  sough!  them. 

130  The  declaration  of  thy  words  giveth  light: 
and  jdveth  understanding  to  little  ones. 

1 31  I  opened  my  mouth,  and  panted*:  because 
I  longed  for  thy  commandments. 

132  Look  thou  upon  me,  and  have  mercy  on  me, 
according  to  the  judgment  of  them  that  love  thy 
name. 

133  Direct  my  steps  according  to  thy  word  :  and 
let  no  iniquity  have  dominion  over  me. 

134  Redeem  me  from  the  calumnies  of  men:  that 
I  may  keep  thy  commandments. 

l3.5  Make  thy  face  to  shine  upon  thy  servant : 
and  teach  me  thy  justifications.  ^0 

136  My  eyes  have  sent  forth  springs  of  water: 
because  they  have  not  kept  thy  law. 

SADE. 

137  Thou  art  just,  O  Lord  :  and  thy  judgment 
is  right. 

138  Thou  hast  commanded  justice  thy  testimo- 
nies, and  thy  truth  exceedingly. 

!.!'.»  My  zeal  hath  made  nie  pine  away;  because 
my  enemies  forgot  thy  words. 

140  Thy  word  is  exceedingly  refined  ;  and  thy 
servant  hath  loved  it. 

141  I  am  very  young  and  despised  ;  6m/  I  forgot 
not  thy  justifications. 

142  Thy  justice  is  justice  forever:  and  thy  law 
is  the  truth. 

143  Trouble  and  anguish  have  found  mc  ;  thy 
commandments  are  mj  meditation. 

144  Thy  testimonies  ate  justice  forever;  give 
me  understanding,  and  I  shall  live. 

corn. 

145  I  cried  with  my  whole  heart,  hear  me,  O 
Lord  :  I  will  seek  thy  justifications. 

146  I    cried   unto   tin.,  save    me:    that    I    BjJSjj 

keep  thj  commandnx  nts. 

I  i7  I  prevented  the  daw  nitm  of  the  day,  and  cri- 
ed :   because  in  'hy  words  1  iciy  min  h  hop  d. 


PSALMS  CXIX,  CXX,  CXXI. 


1 48  My  eyes  to  thee  have  prevented  the  morning : 
that  I  might  meditate  on  thy  words. 

149  Hear  thou  my  voice,  O  Lord,  according  to 
thy  mercy  ;  and  quicken  me  according  to  thy  judg- 
ment. 

150  They  that  persecute  me  have  drawn  nigh  to 
iniquity  ;   but  they  are  gone  far  off  from  thy  law. 

151  Thou  art  near,  O  Lord  :  and  all  thy  ways 
are  truth. 

152  I  have  known  from  the  beginning  concern- 
ing thy  testimonies ;  that  thou  hast  founded  them 
for  ever. 

RES. 

153  See  my  humiliation,  and  deliver  me  :  for  1 
have  not  forgotten  thy  law. 

154  Judge  my  judgment  and  redeem  me:  quick- 
en thou  me  for  thy  word's  sake. 

155  Salvation  is  far  from  sinners;  because  they 
have  not  sought  thy  justifications. 

156  Many,  O  Lord,  are  thy  mercies :  quicken 
me  according  to  thy  judgment. 

157  Many  are  they  that  persecute  me,  and  afflict 
me  ;  but  I  have  not  declined  from  thy  testimonies. 

158  I  beheld  the  transgressors,  and  I  pined 
away ;  because  they  kept  not  thy  word. 

159  Behold,  I  have  loved  thy  commandments, 
O  Lord  :  quicken  me  thou  in  thy  mercy. 

160  The  beginning  of  thy  words  is  truth:  all 
the  judgments  of  thy  justice  are  for  ever. 

SIN. 

161  Princes  have  persecuted  me  without  cause  : 
and  my  heart  hath  been  in  awe  of  thy  words. 

162  I  will  rejoice  at  thy  words,  as  one  that  hath 
found  great  spoil. 

163  1  have  hated  and  abhorred  iniquity:  but  I 
have  loved  thy  law. 

164  Seven  times  a  day  I  have  given  praise  to 
thee,  for  the  judgments  of  thy  justice. 

1 65  Much  peace  have  they  that  love  thy  law  : 
and  to  them  there  is  no  stumbling-block. 

166  I  looked  for  thy  salvation,  O  Lord:  and  I 
loved  thy  commandments. 

167  My  soul  hath  kept  thy  testimonies,  and  hath 
loved  them  exceedingly. 

168  1  have  kept  thy  commandments  and  thy  tes- 
timonies: because  all  my  ways  are  in  thy  sight. 

TAU. 

169  Let  my  supplication,  O  Lord,  come  near  in 
thy  sight;  give  me  understanding  according  to  thy 
word. 

170  Let  my  request  come  in  before  thee:  deliver 
thou  me  according  to  thy  word. 

171  My  lips  shall  utter  a  hymn,  when  thou  shalt 
teach  me  thy  justifications. 

172  My  tongue  shall  pronounce  thy  word:  be- 
cause all  thy  commandments  are  justice. 

173  Let  thy  hand  be  with  me  to  save  me;  for  I 
have  chosen  thy  precepts. 


*  The  following  psalms,  in  number  fifteen,  are  called  gradual  psalms 
or  canticles,  from  the  word  gradus,  signifying  steps,  ascensions,  or  dc- 
.  grees  :  either  because  they  were  appointed  to  be  sung  on  the  fifteen 
slept,  by  which  the  people  ascended  to  the  temple;  or  tint  in  the  sing- 
ing of  them  tin-  voice  was  to  be  raised  by  certain  steps  or  ascensions  :  or 
that  they  were  to  be  su  ig  by  the  people' returning  from  their  cuplivi- 


174  I  have  longed  for  thy  salvation,  O  Lord:  and 
thy  law  is  my  meditation. 

175  My  soul  shall  live,  and  shall  praise  thee;  and 
thy  judgments  shall  help  me. 

176  1  have  gone  astray  like  a  sheep  that  is  lost: 
seek  thy  servant,  because  I  have  not  forgotten  thy 
commandments. 

PSALM  CXIX. 
Ad  Dominum. 

A  prayer  in  tribulation. 

A  gradual  canticle.* 
TN  my  trouble  I  cried  to  the  Lord  ;  and  he  heard 
-*-  me. 

2  O  Lord,  deliver  my  soul  from  wicked  lips,  and 
a  deceitful  tongue. 

3  What  shall  be  given  to  thee,  or  what  shall  be 
added  to  thee,  to  a  deceitful  tongue? 

4  The  shnrp  arrows  of  the  mighty,  with  coals  that 
lay  waste. 

5  Wo  is  me,  that  my  sojourning  is  prolonged!  I 
have  dwelt  with  the  inhabitants  of  Cedar:  6  my  soul 
hath  been  long  a  sojourner. 

7  With  them  that  hated  peace  I  was  peaceable  : 
when  I  spoke  to  them  they  fought  against  me  with- 
out cause. 

PSALM  CXX. 

Levavi  oculos. 

God  is  the  keeper  of  his  servants. 

A  gradual  canticle. 
T  HAVE  lifted  up  my  eyes  to  the  mountains,  from 
-*-  whence  help  shall  come  to  me. 

2  My  help  is  from  the  Lord,  who  made  heaven 
and  earth. 

3  May  he  not  suffer  thy  foot  to  be  moved:  neither 
let  him  slumber  that  keepeth  thee. 

4  Behold,  he  shall  neither  slumber  nor  sleep,  that 
keepeth  Israel. 

5  The  Lord  is  thy  keeper:  the  Lord  is  thy  pro- 
tection upon  thy  ri^ht  hand. 

6  The  sun  shall  not  burn  thee  by  day;  nor  the 
moon  by  night. 

7  The  Lord  keepeth  thee  from  all  evil :  may  the 
Lord  keep  thy  soul. 

8  May  the  Lord  keep  thy  coming  in  and  thy  going 
out ;  from  'henceforth  now  and  for  ever. 

PSALM  CXXI. 
Laetatus  sum  in  his. 

The  desire  avd  hope  of  the  just  for  the  coming  of  the  kingdom 

of  God,  and  the  peace  of  his  church. 

A  gradual  canticle. 

I  REJOICED  at  the  things  that  were  said  to  me: 
We  shall  go  into  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

2  Our  feet  were  standing  in  thy  courts,  O  Je- 
rusalem. 

3  Jerusalem,  which  is  built  as  a  city,  which  is 
compact  together. 

4  For  thither  did  the  tribes  go  up,  the  tribes  of 
the  Lord ;  the  testimony  of  Israel,  to  praise  the  name 
of  the  Lord. 

ty  and  ascending  to  Jerusalem  which  was  seated  amongst  mountains 
The  holy  fathers,  in  a  mystical  sense,  understand  these  steps,  or  ascen- 
sions, of  the  degrees  bv  wliieh  Christiana  BuirituaAv  attend  to  virtut 
and  perfection  ;  and  to  tin  true  temple  of  God  in  the  heavenly  Jeru 

ah  m. 

477 


PSALMS. 


5  Because  their  seats  have  sat  in  judgment,  s« 
upon  the  house  of  David. 

6  Pray  \e  foi  the  things  that  are  lor  the  peace  of 
Jerusalem;  and  ahiindanee  for  them  that  love  thee. 

7  Let  peace  be  in  thy  .strength:  and  abundance 
in  thy  towers. 

8  For  the  sake  of  my  brethren  and  of  my  neigh- 
bours I  spoke  peace  of  C li • 

9  Because  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  our  God,  I 
have  sought  good  tiling  for  thee. 

P8ALM  CXXII. 

Ad  te  levavi. 
A  prayer  in  affliction  with  confidence  in  God. 

\    gradual  canticle. 

TO  thee  have  I  lifted  up  my  cms,  who  dwellest 
in  heaven. 

•  .hold,  as  the  eyes  of  servants  are  on  the  hands 
of  their  mad 

As  the  eyes  of  the  hand-maid  are  on  the  hands  of 
her  mistress :  so  are  our  e\  es  unto  the  Lord  our  God, 
until  he  have  mercy  upon  us. 

3  Have  mepcy  on  us.  O  Lord,  have  mercy  on  us; 
for  we  are  greatly  filled  with  contempt. 

4  lor  our  soul  is  greatly  filled:  we  are  a  reproach 
to  the  rich,  and  contempt  to  the  proud. 

PSALM  CXX11I. 

Nisi  quia  Dominus. 

The  church  giveth  glory  to  God  far  her  deliverance  fro*  the 

hands  of  her  enemies. 

A  gradual  canticle. 

IF  it  had  not  been  that  the  Lord  was  with  us,  let 
Israel  now  say :  2  If  it  had  not  been  that  the  Lord 
was  with  us, 

When  men  rose  tip  against  us,  3  perhaps  they  had 
■wallowed  us  up  alive. 

When  their  fury  was  enkindled  anainst  us,  4  per- 
haps the  water  had  swallowed  us  up. 

»ur  soul  hath  passed  through  a  torrent;  per- 
haps our  soul  had  pasted  through  I  water  insupport- 
able. 

6  Blessed  Ikj  the  Lord,  who  hath  not  given  us  to 
be  a  prey  to  their  teeth. 

7  Our  soul  hath  been  delivered,  as  a  sparrow  out 
'of  the  snare  of  the  fowlers. 

The  snare  is  hroken,  and  we  are  delivered. 

8  Our  help  is  in  the  name  Of"  the  Lord,  who 
made  heaven  and  earth. 

PSALM  CXXIV. 


Sui  confiduut. 
\rayt  un 


The  just  are  always  under  GWj  protection. 
A    gradual  canticle. 

I^IIKY  that  trust  in  the  Lord  shall  be  as  mount 
-    Sion:   he  shall   not  l>e    moved    for  ever  that 
dwelled!  2  in  Jerusalem. 

.Mountains  are  round  about  it  :  so  the  Lord  is 
round  about   his   people    from  henceforth  now  and 

lor  e\er. 

3  For  the  Lord  will  not  leave  the  rod  of  sinners 

U[>on  the  lot  of  the  ju>i ;  thai  the jum  may  not  stretch 
forth  their  hands  to  iniquity. 

1  Do  fOOd,  <)  Lord.  tO  those  tfaal  are  good,  and 
to  the  upright  of  heart. 

5  But  such  as  turn  aside  into  bonds,  the  Lord 

47H 


shall  lead  out   with  the  workers  of  iniquity  :  peace 
upon  Israel. 

PSALM  exxv. 

In  convertendo. 
The  people  of  God  rejoice  at  their  dtlircryfrom  captivity. 

A    gradual   canticle. 
TiniK.N  the  Lord  brought  hack  the  captivity  ol 

**    sion,  we  became  like  men  comforted. 

2  Then  w.iv  our  mouth  tilled  with  gladness;  and 
our  tongue  with  joy. 

Then  shall  they  say  amonc  the  p  utiles:  The 
Lord  hath  done  great  things  for  them. 

3  The  Lord  hath  done  great  things  for  us:  we 
are  become  joyful. 

4  Turn  again  our  captivity,  O  Lord,  as  a  stream 
in  the  south. 

5  They  that  sow  in  tears  shall  reap  in  joy. 

6  Going  they  went  and  wept,  casting  their  seeds. 

7  But  coming,  they  shall  come  with  jo\!iilnt ISS, 
carrying  their  sheai 

PSALM  CXXVI. 

Nisi  Dominus. 

Nothing  can  be  done  without  Qo$T»  grace  and  blessing. 
A  gradual  canticle  of  Solomon. 

TNLESS  the  Lord  build  rhe  house,  they  labour 
*-'  in  vain  that  build  it. 

Unless  the  Lord  keep  the  city,  he  watehetb  in 
lain  that  keepcth  it. 

2  It  is  vain  for  you  to  rise  before  light  :*  rise  ye 
after  you  have  sitten,  you  that  eat  the  Head  of  sor- 
row. 

When  he  shall  give  sleep  to  his  beloved  :  .'>  He- 
hold,  the  inheritance  of  the  Lord  are  children  ,  the 
reward,  the  fruit  of  the  womb. 

4  As  arrows  in  the  hand  of  the  mighty,  so  the 
children  of  them  that  have  been  shaken. 

5  Blessed  is  the  man  that  hath  tilled  his  desire 
with  them;  he  shall  not  be  confounded  w  hen  he 
shall  speak  to  his  enemies  in  the  gate. 

PSALM  CXXVIL 

Beati  omues. 
The  fear  of  God  is  the  way  to  happiness. 

A   gradual  canticle. 

BLESSED  are  all  they  that  fear  the  Lord  ;  that 
walk  in  his  uaw. 

2  For  thou  shaft  eat  the  labours  of  thy  hands. 
I  blessed  art  thou,  and  it  shall  he  well  with  tine. 

3  Thy  wife  as  a  fruitful  vine,  on  the  sides  of  thy 
house. 

Thy  children  as  olive  plants,  round  about  thy 
table.' 

4  Behold,  thus  shall  the  man  be  blessed  that  fear 
eth  the  Lord. 

5  May  the  Lord  blew  thee  out  of  Sion  :  and 
mayst  thou  see  the  good  things  of  Jerusalem  all  the 
days  of  thy  life. 

6  And  ssayat  thou  see  thy  children's  children, 

peace  upon  Israel. 

•   It  u  r«m  Jtr  fan  U  tit  htf"*  ****-     That   •*.  v««r  «"arl\    ifcfclf, 

font  l-t»»ir,  and  woridly  anlicitod*,  will   he  mm,  that  i«.  will  avail 
von  nothing,  with?  it  lb*  Itffhl,  grace,  and  bleating  of  God. 


PSALMS  CXXVIII,  CXXIX,  CXXX,  CXXXI,  CXXX11,  CXXXIII. 


PSALM  CXXVIII. 

Same   expugnaverunt. 
The  church  of  God  is  invincible  ;  her  persecutors  come  to  nothing. 

A  gradual  canticle. 

OFTEN  have  they  fought  against  me  from  my 
youth,  let  Israel  now  say. 

2  Often  have  they  fought  against  me  from  my 
youth:  but  they  could  not  prevail  over  me. 

3  The  wicked  have  wrought  upon  my  back : 
they  have    lengthened  their  iniquity. 

4  The  Lord  ivho  is  just,  will  cut  the  necks  of 
sinners  :  5  Let  them  all  be  confounded  and  turned 
back,  that  hate  Sion. 

6  Let  them  be  as  grass  upon  the  tops  of  houses, 
which  withereth  before  it  be  plucked  up: 

7  Wherewith  the  mower  filleth  not  his  hand  ;  nor 
he  that  gathereth  sheaves,  his  bosom. 

8  And  they  that  passed  by  have  not  said:  The 
blessing  of  the  Lord  be  upon  you :  we  have  blessed 
you  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

PSALM  CXXIX. 
De  profundis. 

A  prayer  of  a  sinner,  trusting  in  the  mercies  of  God.     The  6th 
penitential  psalm.    % 

A  gradual  canticle. 
fiUT  of  the  depths  I  have  cried  to  thee,  O  Lord  : 
^-J  2  Lord,  hear  my  voice. 

Let  thy  ears  be  attentive  to  the  voice  of  my  sup- 
plication. 

3  If  thou,  O  Lord,  wilt  mark  iniquities,  Lord, 
who  shall  stand  it  ? 

4  For  with  thee  there  is  merciful  forgiveness :  and 
by  reason  of  thy  law,  I  have  waited  for  thee,  O  Lord. 

My  soul  hath  relied  on  his  word  :  5  My  soul  hath 
hoped  in  the  Lord. 

6  From  the  morning  watch  even  until  night,  let 
(srael  hope  in  the  Lord. 

7  Because  with  the  Lord  there  is  mercy ;  and 
with  him  plentiful  redemption. 

8  And  he  shall  redeem  Israel  from  all  his  iniqui- 
ties. 

PSALM  CXXX. 
Domine,  non  est. 

The  prophet's  humility. 

A  gradual  canticle  of  David. 

LORD,  my  heart  is  not  exalted  :  nor  are  my  eyes 
lofty. 
Neither  have  I  walked  in  great  matters,  nor  in 
wonderful  things  above  me. 

2  If  I  was  not  humbly  minded,  but  exalted  my 
soul : 

As  a  child  that  is  weaned  is  towards  his  mother, 
so  reward  in  my  soul. 

'  3  Let  Israel  hope  in  the  Lord,  from  henceforth 
now  and  for  ever. 

PSALM  CXXXI. 
Memento,  Domine. 

A  prayer  for  the  fulfilling  of  the  promise  made  to  David. 
A  gradual  canticle. 
f\   LORD,  remember  David,  and  all  his  meek- 
^-^    ness : 

*  We  have  heard  of  it  in  Ephrata.  When  I  was  young1,  and  lived  in 
riethelem,  otherwise  called  Ephrata,  I  heard  of  God's  tabernacle  and 
.ik.  ind  had  a  devout  desire  of  seeking  it ;  and  accordingly  I  found 


2  How  he  swore  to  the  Lord :  he  vowed  a  vow 
to  the  God  of  Jacob. 

3  If  I  shall  enter  into  the  tabernacle  of  my  house ; 
if  I  shall  go  up  into  the  bed  wherein  I  lie ; 

4  If  1  shall  give  sleep  to  my  eyes,  or  slumber  to 
my  eye-lids, 

5  Or  rest  to  my  temples  ;  until  I  find  out  a  place 
for  tlu>  Lord,  a  tabernacle  for  the  God  of  Jacob. 

6  Behold,  we  have  heard  of  it  in  Ephrata  :*  we 
have  found  it  in  the  fields  of  the  wood. 

7  We  will  go  into  his  tabernacle :  we  will  adore 
in  the  place  where  his  feet  stood. 

8  Arise,  O  Lord,  into  thy  resting  place ;  thou  and 
the  ark,  which  thou  hast  sanctified. 

9  Let  thy  priests  be  clothed  with  justice  :  and  let 
thy  saints  rejoice. 

10  For  thy  servant  David's  sake,  turn  not  awav 
the  face  of  thy  anointed. 

11  The  Lord  hath  sworn  truth  to  David  ;  and  he 
will  not  make  it  void :  of  the  fruit  of  thy  womb  I 
will  set  upon  thy  throne. 

12  If  thy  children  will  keep  my  covenant,  and 
these  my  testimonies  which  I  shall  teach  them  : 

Their  children  also  for  evermore  shall  sit  upon  thy 
throne. 

13  For  the  Lord  hath  chosen  Sion  :  he  hath  cho- 
sen it  for  his  dwelling. 

14  This  is  my  rest  for  ever  and  ever :  here  will  I 
dwell,  for  I  have  chosen  it. 

15  Blessing  I  will  bless  her  widow  ;  I  will  satis- 
fy her  poor  with  bread. 

16  I  will  clothe  her  priests  with  salvation:  and 
her  saints  shall  rejoice  with  exceeding  great  joy. 

17  There  will  I  bring  forth  a  horn  to  David :  I 
have  prepared  a  lamp  for  my  anointed. 

18  His  enemies  I  will  clothe  with  confusion  :  but 
upon  him  shall  my  sanctification  flourish. 

PSALM  CXXXII. 

Ecce,  quam  bonum. 
The  happiness  of  brotherly  love  and  concord* 

A  gradual  canticle  of  David. 
"DEHOLD,  how  good  and  how  pleasant  it  is  for 
-*-*  brethren  to  dwell  together  in  unity : 

2  Like  the  precious  ointment  on  the  head,  that 
ran  down  upon  the  beard,  the  beard  of  Aaron, 

Which  ran  down  to  the  skirt  of  his  garment :  3  as 
the  dew  of  Hermon,  which  descendeth  upon  mount 
Sion. 

For  there  the  Lord  hath  commanded  blessing,  and 
life  for  evermore. 

PSALM  CXXXIII. 

Eece,  nunc  benedicite. 

An  exhortation  to  praise  God  continually. 

A  gradual  canticle. 
T5EH0LD,  now,  bless  ye  the  Lord,  all  ye  ser- 
-*-*   vants  of  the  Lord, 

Who  stand  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  in  the  courts 
of  the  house  of  our  God. 

2  In  the  nights  lift  up  your  hands  to  the  holy 
places,  and  bless  ye  the  Lord. 

it,  at  Cariathiarim,  the  city  of  the  woods :  where  it  was  till  it  was  re- 
moved to  Jerusalem.     See  1  Paralipom.  xiii. 

479 


psalm:. 


3  May  the  Lord  out  of  Sion  bless  thee,  he  that 
made  heaven  and  earth. 

PSALM  ( AWIV. 
Laudaie  nomeu. 
An  exhortation  to  praise  God :  the  amity  of  idol*. 
I    Alleluia. 

PRAISE  ye  the   name  of  the  Lord  :   0  you  his 
servants,  praise  the  Lord. 

2  You  that  stand  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  in  the 
courts  of  the  house  of  our  God, 

3  Praise  ye  the  Lord,  for  the  Lord  is  good  :  sing 
ye  to  his  name,  for  it  is  BWeeL 

4  lor  the  Lord  hath  chosen  Jacob  unto  himself  : 
Israel  for  his  own  possession. 

.">  For  I  have  known  that  the  Lord  is  great,  and 
our  God  is  above  all  gods. 

o*  Whatsoever  the  Lord  pleased  be  hath  done,  in 
heaven,  in  earth,  in  the  sea.  and  in  all  the  deeps. 

7  lie  brinseth  Dp  clouds  from  the  end  of  the 
earth  :   he  hath  made  lightnings  for  the  rain. 

He  briogeth  forth  winds  out  of  his  stores.  8  He 
slew  the  first-born  of  Egypt,  from  man  even  unto 

DflsMsl 

'.'  II.  s,nt  forth  si^ns  and  wonders  in  the  midst 
of  thee,  ( )  Egypt ;  upon  Pharao,  and  upon  all  his 
servants. 

10  He  smote  many  nations;  and  slew  mighty 
kinss : 

1  1  Sehon,  king  of  the  Amorrhites,  and  Og,  king 
of  Basan,  and  all  the  kingdoms  of  Chanaan  : 

12  And  gave  their  land  for  an  inheritance,  for 
an  inheritance  to  his  people  Israel. 

13  Thy  name,  O  Lord,  is  for  ever:  thy  memo- 
rial, O  Lord,  unto  all  generations. 

1  V  For  the  Lord  will  judge  his  people,  and  will 
be  entreated  in  favour  of  his  servants. 

15  The  idols  of  the  gentiles  are  silver  and  gold, 
the  works  of  men's  hands. 

16  They  have  B  mouth,  hut  they  speak  not:  they 
have  eyes,  but  they  see  not 

17  They  have  ears,  but  they  hear  not :  neither  is 
there  any  breath  in  their  mouths. 

18  Let  them  that  make  them  be  like  to  them  : 
and  everyone  that  trnsteth  in  them. 

19  Bless  the  Lord,  O  house  of  Israt  1  :  bless  the 
Lord,  O  house  of  Aaron. 

20  Bless  the  Lord,  ()  house  of  Levi:  you  that 
fear  the  Lord,  bless  the  Lord. 

21  Blessed  be  the  Lord  out  of  Sion,  who  dwell- 
ed in  Jerusalem. 

PSALM  (WW. 

Conliiemini  Domino. 

God  it  to  be  praised  fur  his  irondi  if  id  work*. 

Mui,,. 

PRAISE  the  Lord,*  for  he  is  good:  for  his  men  y 
endureth  for  ever. 

J  Praise  re  the  God  of  gods:  for  his  mercy  en- 
dureth for  ever. 

3  Praise  ye  the  Lord  of  lords  :  for  his  merry  en- 
»\ireth  for  ever.  

•  prmttths  I*rd.    By  tin.  bi  itatkn  >>■  prai«e  the  I /rint,  thrice  ro- 
l*iie.l.  wr  prnfot  the Blawed  Trioily.  One  fSod  in  three  dwUm  iPer- 
r,  and  the  Son,  .•!»!  the  Holj  <;iio»t. 

i-u 


4  Who  alone  <iocth  great  wonders  :  for  his  mercy 
endureth  for  ever. 

Who    made  the  heavens  in  understanding:  for 
his  nil  rev  endureth  for  ever. 

<>   \\  ho  established  the  earth  aline  the   waters  : 
for  his  mercy  endureth  forever. 

7  Who  made  the  aval  lidiis  :    lor  his  mercy  en- 
dureth for  ever. 

8  The  sun  to  rule  the  day  :  for  his  mercy  endureth 
forever. 

9  The  noon  and  the  stars  to  rule  the  night  :  for 
his  BSerei  endureth  for  e\er. 

10  Who   smote  Egypt  with  their  first-born :    for 
his  mercy  endureth  lor  ever. 

11  Who  broudit  out    Israel  from  anions  them  • 
for  his  mercy  endureth  foi  <\er: 

\1    With  a  mighty   hand  and  with  a  stretched- 
out  arm:  for  his  mercy  •  ndureth  for  ever. 

13  Who  divided    the  Red  sea  into  parts  :   for  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

14  And    brought  out   Israel  through   the  midst 
thereof:  for  his  mercy  endureth  tor  ever: 

15  And    overthrew   l'harao  and   his   host  in  the 
Red  sea  :    for  his'  mercy  endureth  tor  ever. 

16  Who  led  his   people  through  the  desert  :   for 
his  mercy  endureth  forever. 

17  Who  smote  great  kings:  for  his  mercy  endu- 
reth for  ever. 

18  And  slew  strong  kings:  for  his  mercy  endu- 
reth for  ever. 

19  Sehon  king  of  the  Amorrhites  :  for  his  mercy 
endureth  for  ever. 

20  And  Og  king  of  Basan  :  for  his  mercy  endu- 
reth for  ever. 

21  And  be  gave  their  land  for  an  inheritance  : 
for  his  mercy  endureth  tor  ever. 

22  For  an  inheritance  to  his  servant  Israel:   for 
his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

23  For  be  was  mindful  of  us  in  our  affliction : 
for  his  merev  endureth  forever. 

24  And  he  redeemed  us  from  our  enemies :  for 
his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

25  Who  giveth  food  to  all  flesh :  for  his  mercy 
endureth  for  ever. 

26  Give  glory  to  the    God  of  Heaven:  for  his 
mercy  endureth  tor  ever. 

27  Give  glory  to  the  Lord  of  lords:  for  his  mercy 
endureth  for  ever.. 

PSALM   (  XXXVI. 

Super  tlumina. 

The  lamentation  of  the  pmpti    «/    <hhI  in  thiir  mjitirity  in 

li<ilii/lon. 

A  psalm  of  David,  for  Jeremias.f 

UPON  the  rivers  of   Babylon,  there  we  sat  and 
wept:   when  we  renumbered  Sion: 
2  On  the  willows  in  the  midst  thereof  we  hung 
up  our  instruments.     3  For  there  they  thai    led  US 
into  captivity,  required  of  us  the  words  d  sot 

And  they  thai  carried  us  away,  said:   Sing  ye  to 

us  a  hymn  of  the  son  on. 

f  F*r  JtrtmUs      I'   r  ihr  turn-  of  Jrrcmiat,  and  Uie  captivity  of  Ba 
by  Ion. 


PSALMS  CXXXVII,  CXXXVIII,  CXXXIX. 


4  How  shall  we  sing  the  song  of  the  Lord  in  a 
strange  land  ? 

5  If  I  forget  thee,  O  Jerusalem,  let.  my  right  hand 
be  forgotten. 

6  Let  my  tongue  cleave  to  my  jaws,  if  I  do  not 
remember  thee : 

If  I  make  not  Jerusalem  the  beginning  of  my  joy. 

7  Remember,  O  Lord,  the  children  of  Edom,  in 
the  day  of  Jerusalem: 

Who  say:  Rase  it,  rase  it,  even  to  the  foundation 
thereof. 

8  O  daughter  of  Babylon  miserable:  blessed  shall 
he  be  who  shall  repay  thee  thy  payment  which  thou 
hast  paid  us. 

9  Blessed  he  that  shall  take  and  dash  thy  little 
ones*  against  the  rock. 

PSALM  .CXXXVII. 

Confltebor  tibi. 

Thanksgiving  to  God  for  hit  benefits. 
For  David  himself. 

I  WILL  praise  thee,   O   Lord,  with  my  whole 
heart :   for  thou  hast  heard  the  words  of  my 
mouth. 

I  will  sing  praise  to  thee  in  the  sight  of  the  Angels: 
2  I  will  worship  towards  thy  holy  temple,  and  I 
will  give  glory  to  thy  name  : 

For  thy  mercy,  and  for  thy  truth :  for  thou  hast 
magnified  thy  holy  name  above  all. 

3  In  what  day  soever  I  shall  call  upon  thee,  hear 
me  :  thou  shalt  multiply  strength  in  my  sold. 

4  May  all  the  kings  of  the  earth  give  glory  to 
thee:  for  they  have  heard  all  the  words  of  thy  mouth. 

5  And  let  them  sing  in  the  ways  of  the  Lord : 
for  great  is  the  glory  of  the  Lord. 

6  For  the  Lord  is  high,  and  looketh  on  the  low: 
and  the  high  he  knoweth  afar  off. 

7  If  I  shall  walk  in  the  midst  of  tribulation,  thou 
wilt  quicken  me:  and  thou  hast  stretched  forth  thy 
hand  against  the  wrath  of  my  enemies:  and  thy 
right  hand  hath  saved  me. 

8  The  Lord  will  repay  for  me:  thy  mercy,  O 
Lord,  endureth  for  ever:  O  despise  not  the  works 
of  thy  hands. 

PSALM  CXXXVIII. 

Domine,  probasti. 

God's  special  providence  over  his  servants 

1   Unto  the  end,  a  psalm  of  David. 

LORD,  thou  hast  proved  me,  and  known  me  : 
2  thou  hast  known  my  sitting  down,  ind  my 
risingup. 

3  Thou  hast  understood  my  thoughts  afar  off: 
my  path  and  my  line  thou  hast  searched  out. 

4  And  thou  hast  foreseen  all  my  ways:  for  there 
is  no  speechf  in  my  tongue. 

5  Behold,  O  Lord,  thou  hast  known  all  things, 


*  Dash  thy  little  ones,  Sic.  In  the  spiritual  sense,  we  dash  the  little  ones 
ofBabylon  against  the  rock,  when  we  mortify  ourpassions,  and  stifle  the 
fiist  motions  of  them,  by  a  speedy  recourse  to  the  rock,  which  is  Christ. 
\  There  is  ne  speech,  fee.  viz.  unknown  to  'See  :  or  when  there  is  no 
•peech  in  my  tongue  ;  yet  my  whole  interior  and  my  most  secret 
•Jioujrlit'.  are  kpown  to  thee. 

I  Be. a'  st  yo .  t  ,j  '*  tkavgh/,  fr ;.    Depart  from  me  you  wicked,  who 
J* 


the  last  and  those  of  old  :  thou  hast  formed  me,  and 
hast  laid  thy  hand  upon  me. 

6  Thy  knowledge  is  become  wonderful  to  me 
it  is  high,  and  I  cannot  reach  to  it. 

7  Whither  shall  I  go  from  thy  spirit?  orwhithet 
shall  I  flee  from  thy  face? 

8  If  I  ascend  into  heaven,  thou  art  there :  if  I 
descend  into  hell,  thou  art  present. 

9  If  I  take  my  wings  early  in  the  morning,  and 
dwell  in  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  sea, 

10  Even  there  also  shall  thy  hand  lead  me;  and 
thy  right  hand  shall  hold  me. 

11  And  1  said:  Perhaps  darkness  shall  cover  me: 
and  night  shall  be  my  light  in  my  pleasures. 

12  But  darkness  shall  not  be  dark  to  thee ;  and 
night  shall  be  light  as  the  day :  the  darkness  thereof, 
and  the  light  thereof,  are  alike  to  thee. 

13  For  thou  hast  possessed  my  reins  :  thou  hast 
protected  me  from  my  mother's  womb. 

14  1  will  praise  thee,  for  thou  art  fearfully  magni- 
fied :  wonderful  are  thy  worlds,  and  my  soul  know- 
eth right  well. 

15  My  bone  is  not  hidden  from  thee,  which  thou 
hast  made  in  secret ;  and  my  substance  in  the  lower 
parts  of  the  earth. 

16  Thy  eyes  did  see  my  imperfect  being,  and  in 
thy  book  all  shall  be  written  :  days  shall  be  formed, 
and  no  one  in  them. 

17  But  to  me  thy  friends,  O  God,  are  made  ex- 
ceedingly honourable  :  their  principality  is  exceed- 
ingly strengthened. 

18  1  will  number  them,  and  they  shall  be  multi- 
plied above  thesand  :  I  rose  up,andam  still  w:.ththee. 

19  If  thou  wilt  kill  the  wicked,  O  God :  ye  men 
of  blood,  depart  from  me  : 

20  Because  you  say  in  thought :  J  They  shall  re- 
ceive thy  cities  in  vain. 

21  Have  I  not  hated  them,  O  Lord,  that  hated 
thee  ;  and  pined  away  because  of  thy  enemies  ? 

22  I  have  hated  them§  with  a  perfect  hatred  : 
and  they  are  become  en<  mies  to  me. 

23  Prove  me,  O  God,  and  know  my  heart:  ex- 
amine me,  and  know  my  paths: 

24  And  see  if  there  be  in  me  the  way  of  iniquity: 
and  lead  me  in  the  eternal  way. 

PSALM  CXXXIX. 

Eripe  me,  Domine. 

A  prayer  to  be  delivered  from  the  tricked. 

1  Unto  the  end,  a  psalm  of  David. 
2T\ELIVER  me,  O  Lord,  from  the  evil  man: 
■*~*  rescue  me  from  the  unjust  man. 

3  Who  have  devised  iniquities  in  their  hearts: 
all  the  day  long  they  designed  battles. 

4  They  have  sharpened  their  tongues  like  a  ser- 
pent: the  venom  of  asps  is  under  their  lips. 


plot  against  the  servants  of  God,  and  think  to  cast  them  out  of  tr.e 
cities  of  their  habitation  ;  as  if  they  have  received  them  in  vain,  and  to  no 
purpose. 

♦  /  have  haled  them.  Not  with  an  hatred  of  malice,  but  a  zeal  for  tne 
observance  of  God's  commandments  ;  which  he  saw  were  despised  b» 
the  wicked,  who  aFe  to  be  considered  enemies  to  God. 

481 


PSALM> 


5  Keep  mc,  O  Lord,  from  the  hand  of  tin 
id:    and  from  unjust  men  deliver  inc. 

Wlui  have  promised  to  supplant  my  steps:  G  the 
proud  have  hidden  a  net  lor  inc. 

And  the}  have  stretched  out  cords  for  a  snare:  thej 
have  laid  tor  mc  a  stumbling-block  bj  tbewaj  tide. 

7  I  said  to  the  Lon):  Thou  art  my  God:  hear, 
O  Lord,  the  voice  of  mv  supplication. 

8  O  Lord,  Lord,  the  strength  of  my  salvation. 
thou  hast  overshadowed  mv  head  in  the  (lav  of  battle 

9  *  ■  iv c  mc  not  tip,  O  Lord,  from    mv    desire    to 

the  wricked:  they  have  plotted  against  me;  do  not 
thou  forsake  me,  lestthej  should  triumph. 

10  The  bead  of  them  compassing  ma  about:  the 
labour  of  their  lipa  shall  overwhelm  them. 

1  I  Burning  coals  shall  fall  upon  them:  thon  will 
oast  them  down  into  the  lire:  in  miseries  they  shall 
not  be  (ihlt  to  stand. 

\2  A  oaaa  full  of  tongue  shall  not  be  established 
in  the  earth:  evils  .shall  catch  the  unjust  man  unto 
destruction. 

li  I  know  that  the  Lord  will  do  justice  to  the 
needy,  and  will  revenge  the  ["oor. 

11  Hut  ;i-  fo i  the  just,  they  shall  give  glory  to 
thy  name:  and  the  upright  shall  dwell  with  thy 
countenance. 

PSALM  CXL. 

Domine,  clamavi. 

4 prayer  aguhtst  sinful  words,  and  di  a  itf id  flatterer*. 

A  psalm  of  David. 

I  HAVE  cried  to  thee, ()  Lord,  bear  me:  hearken 
to  mj  voice,  when  I  cry  to  thee. 

2  Let  my  prayer  be  directed  as  incense  in  thy 
sight ;  the  lifting  up  of  raj  hands,  as  evening  sacrifice. 

3  Set  a  watch,  O  Lord,  before  my  mouth;  and 
a  door  round  about  my  lips. 

V  Incline  not  my  heart  to  evil  words;,  to  make 
excuses,  m  sins. 

With  men  that  work  iniquity:  and  1  will  not 
communicate  with  the  choicest  of  them. 

6  The  just  man  sh;dl  correct  me  in  mercy,  and 
shall  reprove  me:  but  let  not  the  oil  of  the  sinner* 
fatten  my  head. 

For  my  pra.verf  aUo.s7i«//.s/i///)r  against  the  things 
with  which  the]  are  well  pleased  :  ti  their  judges! 
falling  upon  the  rock  have  been  swallowed  up. 

They  shall  hear  my  words,  lor  the.v  have  prevail- 
ed :  7  as  when  the  thickness  of  the  earth  is  broken 
up  upon  the  ground  : 

Our  bones  are  scattered  by  the  side  of  hell.  8 
Bill  to  thee,  ()  Lord.  Lord,  arc  BJ)  eyes:  in  thee 
have  I  put  my  trust,  take  not  awav   ni\  soul. 

'J  keep  Be  from  the  snare,  which  they  have  laid 
for  me,  and  from  the  stumbling-blocks  of  then 
that  work  iniquity. 

lit  The  wicked  shall  fall  in  his  net  :  I  am  alone$ 
until  I  pass. 

•  IM  nM  tkt  otl  *j  the  miur,  Sc.  That  «,  the  flatter;,  or  deceitful 
praise.  . 

f  f  ar  aw  araarr,  fcr.  So  far  from  roretmir  their  prai«e«,  who  are 
never  well  otaaaed  but  with  0ni.tr-  that  are  evil.  I  »hall  continuallv 
pray  to  be  preaorred  from  tocb  thin|r»  a*  tbcv  are  delighted  will, 

,  fcc.     Their   ruler*,   or   chick   quickly  Tanith   and 
4  I 


I  Tktir  ju*g",< 


PSALM  CXLL 

I       B  uiea. 
A  prayer  of  Dawid  M  r.itrtmity  of  danger. 

1  Of  understanding  lor  David.     Aprayei  when  he 

was  in  the  cave.     1  Kin  us  wiv. 
2T  CRIED  to  the  Lord  with  mv  voice:  with  my 

-*-  voice  I  made  supplication  to  the  Lord. 

3  In  his  sight  I  |M>ur  out  my  prayer;  and  be- 
fore him  I  declare  mv  trouble. 

4  When  my  spirit  laded  me,  then  thou  kuewesl 
my  paths. 

In  this  way  wherein  I  walked,  they  have  hidden 
a  snare  lor  inc. 

5  I  looked  on  nj right  hand,  and  k-held  :  and 
them  was  no  one  that  would  know  me. 

Flight  hath  failed  me:  and  then;  is  no  one  that 
hath  regard  to  my  soul. 

6  1  cried  to  thee,  O  Lord;  I  said:  Thou  art  my 
hope,  mv  portion  in  the  land  of  the  1  i x  in::. 

7  Attend  to  my  supplication  :  for  1  am  brought 
vers   low. 

Deliver  me  from  my  j>crsecutors ;  for  they  are 
stronger  than  I. 

8  Bring  my  soul  out  of  prison,  thai  I  may  praise 

thy  name:  thejiist  wait  for  tne, until  thou  reward  inc. 

PSALM  CXLII. 

Domine,  e.xaudi. 

The  psalmist  in   tribulation  colli  th  upon  Ctxl  for  hit  dilirery. 
'I'lu-  srrcnlh  prnitt -iitiut  psalm. 

1  A  psalm  of  David,  when  his  son  Absalom  pursued 

him.     2  Kmgt  xvii. 
T1TEAR,  O  Lord,  my  pravi  i  :   give  ear  to  my  sup 
-1--1-  plication  in  thy  truth:   hear  me  in  tin  justice, 

2  And  enter  not  into  judgment  with  th\  servant: 
for  in  thy  sight  no  man  living  shall  be  justified. 

3  For  the  enemy  hath  persecuted  my  soul:  he 
hath  Draught  down  my  life  to  the  earth. 

He  hath  made  me  to  dwell  in  darkness  as  tho>r 
that  have  been  dead  of  old  :  4  and  mv  spirit  is  in 
anguish  within  tne:  my  heart  within  me  is  troubled 

5  1  remembered  the  davs  of  old  :  I  meditated  on 
all  thy  works:  I  meditated  u|K>n  the  works  of  thy 
hands. 

6  I  stretched  forth  my  hands  to  thee:  my  soul  is 
as  earn  without  water  unto  thee. 

7  Hear  me  speedily,  O  Lord:  my  spirit  hath 
fainted  away. 

Turn  not  away  thy  face  from  me,  lest  I  be  like 
unto  them  that  go  down  into  the  pit. 

8_  Cause  me  to  hear  thy  mercy  in  the  inornii 
for  in  thee  have  1  hoped. 

Make  the  way  known  to  inc.  wherein  I  should 
walk  :    for  I  have  lilted  up  my  soul  to  thee. 

9  Deliver  me  from  my  enemies,  O  Lord,  to  thee 
have  I  fled  :  10  teach  mc  to  do  thy  will,  for  thou  art 
my  God. 

Thy  good  spirit  shall  lead  me  into  the  ridit  land  . 


pcri»h,  like  ship*  dashed  Bfraintt  lhe  rock*,  and  swallowed  up  hr  the 
ware*.  Let  (bom  then  bear  mv  word*,  for  they  are  powerful  and 
will  prevail  ;  or,  a*  it  i.  in  the  ft. ■/,*<,  ftrtkty  art  nrrtl. 

»   /  m  mlone,  fcc.      Singularly  p-  .       ,7/  J.      Ak.ug.ily,  imfi/ /»af 
alt  their  ucU  and  tuarea. 


PSALMS  CXLIII,  CXLIV,  CXLV. 


1 1  for  thy  name's  sake,  0  Lord,  tliou  wilt  quicken 
we  in  thy  justice. 

Thou  wilt  bring  my  soul  out  of  trouble  :  12  and 
in  thy  mercy  thou  wilt  destroy  my  euemies. 

And  thou  wilt  cut  off  all  them  that  afflict  my  soul : 
for  I  am  thy  servant. 

PSALM  CXLIII. 
Benedictus  Dominus. 
The  prophet  praiseth  God,  and  prayeth  to  be  delivered  from  his 
enemies.     No  worldly  happiness  is  to  be  compared  with  that  of 
serving-  God. 

A  psalm  of  David  against  Goliath. 

BLESSED  be  the  Lord  my  God,  who  teacheth 
my  hands  to  fight,  and  my  fingers  to  war. 

2  My  mercy,  and  my  refuge ;  my  support,  and  my 
deliverer; 

My  protector,  and  I  have  hoped  in  him  ;  who  sub- 
dueth  my  people  under  me. 

3  Lord,  what  is  man,  that  thou  art  made  known 
to  him  ?  or  the  son  of  man,  that  thou  makest  ac- 
count of  him  ? 

4  Man  is  like  to  vanity :  his  days  pass  away  like 
a  shadow. 

5  Lord,  t*»w  down  thy  heavens,  and  descend : 
touch  the  mountains,  and  they  shall  smoke. 

6  Send  forth  lightning,  and  thou  shalt  scatter 
them :  shoot  out  thy  arrows,  and  thou  shalt  trouble 
them. 

7  Put  forth  thy  hand  from  on  high  ;  take  me  out, 
and  deliver  me  from  many  waters :  from  the  hand 
of  strange  children : 

8  Whose  mouth  hath  spoken  vanity :  and  their 
right  hand  is  the  right  hand  of  iniquity. 

9  To  thee,  O  God,  I  w'ill  sing  a  new  canticle: 
on  the  psaltery  and  an  instrument  of  teu  strings  I 
will  sing  praises  to  thee : 

10  Who  givest  salvation  to  kings:  who  hast  re- 
deemed thy  servant  David  from  the  malicious  sword : 
11  deliver  me, 

And  rescue  me  out  of  the  hand  of  strange  children ; 
whose  mouth  hath  spoken  vanity:  and  their  right 
hand  is  the  right  hand  of  iniquity  : 

12  Whose  sons  are  as  new  plants  in  their  youth: 
Their  daughters  decked  out,  adorned  roundabout 

after  the  similitude  of  a  temple  : 

13  Their  storehouses  full,  flowing  out  of  this  into 
that. 

Their  sheep  fruitful  in  young,  abounding  in  their 
goings  forth  :   14  their  oxen  fat. 

There  is  no  breach  of  wall,  nor  passage,  nor  cry- 
ing out  in  their  streets. 

15  They  have  called  the  people  happy,  that  hath 
these  things  :  but  happy  is  that  people  whose  God  is 
the  Lord. 

PSALM  CXLIV. 

Exaltabo  te,  Delis. 

A  psalm  of  praise,  to  the  infinite  majesty  of  God. 

Praise,  for  David  himself. 

["  WILL  extol  thee,  O  God  my  king:  and  I  will 

■*-  bless  thy  name  for  ever,  yea  for  ever  and  ever. 

2  Every  day  will  I  bless  thee :  and  I  will  praise 
thy  name  for  ever,  yea  for  ever  and  ever. 

3  Great  is  the  Lord,  and  greatly  to  be  praised  : 
and  of  his  greatness  there  is  no  end. 


4  Generation  and  generation  shall  praise  thy  works, 
and  they  shall  declare  thy  power. 

5  They  shall  speak  of  the  magnificence  of  the 
glory  of  thy  holiness ;  and  shall  tell  thv  wondrous 
works. 

6  And  they  shall  speak  of  the  might  of  thy  terri- 
ble acts  ;  and  shall  declare  thy  greatness. 

7  They  shall  publish  the  memory  of  the  abun- 
dance of  thy  sweetness ;  and  shall  rejoice  in  thy  jus- 
tice. 

8  The  Lord  is  gracious  and  merciful ;  patient  and 
plenteous  in  mercy. 

9  The  Lord  is  sweet  to  all :  and  his  tender  mer- 
cies are  over  all  his  works. 

10  Let  all  thy  works,  O  Lord,  praise  thee  :  and 
let  thy  saints  bless  thee. 

11  They  shall  speak  of  the  glory  of  thy  kingdom; 
and  shall  tell  of  thy  power  : 

12  To  make  thy  might  known  to  the  sons  of  men  ; 
and  the  glory  of  the  magnificence  of  thy  kingdom. 

13  Thy  kingdom  is  a  kingdom  of  all  ages  :  and 
thy  dominion  endureth  throughout  all  generations. 

The  Lord  is  faithful  in  all  his  words  :  and  holy  in 
all  his  works. 

14  The  Lord  lifteth  up  all  that  fall;  and  setteth 
up  all  that  are  cast  down. 

15  The  eyes  of  all  hope  in  thee,  O  Ldrd  :  and 
thou  givest  them  meat  in  due  season. 

16  Thou  openestthy  hand,  and  fillest  with  bless- 
ing every  living-creature. 

17  The  Lord  is  just  in  all  his  ways,  and  holy  in 
all  his  works. 

18  The  Lord  is  nigh  unto  all  them  that  call  upon 
him  ;  to  all  that  call  upon  him  in  truth. 

19  He  will  do  the  will  of  them  that  fear  him  :  and 
he  will  hear  their  prayer,  and  save  them. 

20  The  Lord  keepeth  all  them  that  love  him : 
but  all  the  wicked  he  will  destroy. 

21  My  mouth  shall  speak  the  praise  of  the  Lord- 
and  let  all  flesh  bless  his  holy  name  for  ever,  yea 
for  ever  and  ever. 

PSALM  CXLV.# 

Lauda,  anima. 
We  are  not  to  trust  in  men,  but  ill  God  alone. 

1   Alleluia,  of  Aggeus  and  Zacharias. 
2  T> RAISE  the  Lord,  O  my  soul :  in  my  life  I 

-*-  will  praise  the  Lord  :  I  will  sing  to  my  God 
as  long  as  I  shall  be. 

Put  not  your  trust  in  princes,  3  in  the  children  of 
men,  in  whom  there  is  no  salvation. 

4  His  spirit  shall  go  forth ;  and  he  shall  return 
into  his  earth  :  in  that  day  all  their  thoughts  shall 
perish. 

5  Blessed  is  he  who  hath  the  God  of  Jacob  for 
his  helper,  whose  hope  is  in  the  Lord  his  God :  6 
who  made  heaven  and  earth,  the  sea,  and  all  things 
that  are  in  them  : 

7  Who  keepeth  truth  for  ever ;  who  executeth 
judgment  for  them  that  suffer  wrong  ;  who  giveth 
food  to  the  hungry. 

The  Lord  looseth  them  that  are  fettered :  8  the 
Lord  eulighteneth  the  blind. 

483 


PSALMS. 


The  Lord  liftifli  up  them  that  arr  cast  (low  I :  the 
F,(.ni  loveth  tin-  just. 

i  u  Locd  keepetfa  the  strangers:  be  will  sop- 
port  the  fatherless  and  the  widow :  and  the  wsjfi  oi 

sinners  he  w  ill  destroy. 

lo  The  Lord  shall  reign  for  ever;  thy  God,  O 
Sion,  unto  generation  and  generation. 
PSALM  CXLVI. 
Laudate  I  tominum. 

An  exhortation  to  prniit  Cud  for  hit  benejili. 

Alleluia. 

PK  \  tin'  Lord,  because  pnhn  is  good:  to 

our  God  hi'  joyful  and  comely  pra: 

2  Thf  Lord  buildeth  up  Jerusalem  :  hr  will  ga- 
ther together  the  dispersed  of  I  sraeL 

3  Who  bealeth  the  broken  of  heart,  and  bindeth 
up  their  bruises. 

4  Who  telleth  the  number  of  the  stars;  and  call- 
eth  them  all  by  their  names. 

.real  i>  our  Lord,  and  peal  is  his  power:  and 
of  his  wisdom  there  is  no  Dumber. 

6  The  Lord  liftetb  up  the  meek;  and  bringeth 
the  wicked  down  even  to  the  ground. 

7  Suis ye  to  the  Lord  with  praise:    sing  to  our 
God  upon  the  harp. 

0  Who  covereth  the  heaven  with  clouds;  and 
prepared!  rain  for  the  earth. 

Who  maketli  grass  to  grow  on  the  mountains,  and 
herbs  for  the  sen  ice  of  men. 

9  Who  giveth  to  beasts   their  food ;  and   to  the 
young  ravens  that  call  upon  him. 
.     10  He  shall  not  delight  in  the  strengthof  the  horse; 

nor  take  pleasure  in  the  l> £S  of  I  man. 

11    The  Lord  taketh  pleasure   in  them    that  fear 
him  ;  and  in  them  that  hope  in  his  mercy. 
PSALM  CXLVI  I. 
Lauda,  Jerusalem. 

The  rhurch  is  calld  upnn  (>i  pruisr  Q  >7  far  hit  nernH V  trrnn, 
and  ffW'inrt  tn  his  people.  In  the  Hebrew  this  ptal.n  it  join  ■ 
ed  to  the  foregoing. 

Alleluia. 
12  "pRAIsK  the  Lord,  O  Jerusalem:  praise  thy 
-t     God,  (i  Sion. 

13  Because  he  hath  strengthened  the  l>olts  of  thy 
gates:  he  hath  blessed  thy  children  within  thee. 

14  Who  hath  placed  peace  in  thy  borders;  and 
fillet h  thee  with  the  fat  Of  corn. 

15  Who  sendeth  forth  his  speech  to  the  earth  : 
his  word  runneth  swiftly. 

16  Whogiveth  snow  like  wool ;  scattereth  mists 
like  ashes. 

17  He  sendeth  his  crystal*  like  morsels:  who 
shall  stand  before  the  face  of  his  cold  ? 

18  He  shall  send  out  his  word,  and  shall  melt 
them  :  his  wind  shall  blow,  and  the  waters  shall  run. 

19  Who  deelareth  his  word  to  Jacob;  his  justi- 
ces and  his  judgments  to  Israel. 

20  He  hath  not  done  in  like  manner  to  every  na- 
tion :  and  his  judgments  he  hath  not  made  manifest 
to  them.      Alleluia. 


PSALM  CXLVIII. 

Laudate  I  louiinum  de  coelis. 


he  hath  made  a  decree,  and  it  shall  not  pass 
from  the  earth,  ye  dragons, 


*   He  tmirtk  kit  cryifi.     That  i*  hi*  in.     Shim-  undrntaikj  it  ui  kail. 
which  i*  u  it  wcr*  ict,  divided  into  particle*  or  meruit 


All  creatures  arr  invited  tn  prmst  t/nir  Creator. 
Alleluia. 

PK  USE  re  the  Lord  from  the  heavens:  praise 
ye  him  in  the  high  plat 

2  Praise  ye  him,  all  his  Angels:  praise  ye  him,  all 
his  ho>t^- 

3  Praise  ye  him,  O  sun  and  moon:  praise  him,  all 
ye  stars  and  light. 

4  Praise  him,  ye  heavens  of  heavens  :  and  let 
all  the  waters  that  are  above  the  heavens,  5  praise 
the  name  of  the  Lord. 

For.be  spoke, and  they  were  made  :  he  command- 
ed, and  they  were  created. 

6  He  hath  established  them  for  e\  er.  and  for  Sgl  I 
of  ages : 
aw  a\ . 

7  Praise   the  Lord 
and  all  ye  deeps  : 

c\  Fire,  hail,  snow,  ice,  stormy  w inds,  w Inch  ful- 
fil his  word  : 

9  Mountains,  and  all  hills,  fruitful  trees,  and  all 
eedais:  • 

10  Beasts,  and  all  cattle:  serpents,  and  feathered 
low  ]s  : 

1 1  Kings  of  the  earth,  and  all  people  :  princes 
and  all  judges  of  the  earth  : 

12  Young  men,  and  maidens  :  let  the  old  with 
the  younger  praise  the  name  of  the  Lord:  13  for 
his  name  alone  is  exalted. 

14  The  praise  of  him  is  above  heaven  and  earth  : 
and  lie  hath  exalted  the  horn  of  his  people* 

A  hymn  to  all  his  saints  :  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
a  people  approaching  to  him.      Alleluia. 
PSALM  CXLIX. 

Cantate  Domino. 

The  church  is  particularly  bound  to  praitc  God. 

Alleluia. 

SING  ye  to  the  Lord  a  new  canticle:  let  his  praise 
be  in  the  church  of  the  saints. 

2  Let  Israel  rejoice  in  him  that  made  him:  and 
let  the  cbildraa  of  Sion  be  joyful  in  their  king. 

3  Let  them  praise  his  name  in  choir  :  let  them 
sing  to  him  with  the  timbrel  and  the  psaltery. 

4  For  the  Lord  is  well  pleased  with  his  people  : 
and  he  will  exalt  the  meek  unto  salvation. 

5  The  saints  shall  rejoice  in  glory  :  they  shall  be 
joyful  in  their  beds. 

6  The  high  praises  of  God  shall  be  in  their  mouth  : 
and  tWO-edged  swords  in  their  hands: 

7  To  execute  rengeance  upon  the  nations,  chas- 
tisements among  the  people  :  | 

8  To  bind  their  kings  with  fetters,  and  their  no- 
bles with  manacles  of  iron. 

9  To  execute  upon  them  the  judgment  that  is 
written:  this  glory  is  to  all  his  saints.      Alleluia. 

PSALM  CL. 

Laudate  Doininuin  in  Sanctis. 

An  exhortation  to  prut sr  ( ltd  irilh  all  sorts  r-f  instruments. 

Alleluia. 

places  :  praise 
s  power. 


.in*    nun. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord  in  his  holy 
ye  him  in  the  firmament  of  his 


CHAP.  I,  II. 


2  Praise  ye  him  for  his  mighty  acts :   praise  ye 
him  according  to  the  multitude  of  his  greatness. 

3  Praise  him  with  sound  of  trumpet :  praise  him 
with  psaltery  and  harp. 


4  Praise  him  with  timhrel  and  choir:  praise  him 
with  strings  and  organs. 

5  Praise  him  on  high-sounding  cymbals:  praise 
him  on  cymbals  of  joy:  let  every  spirit  praise  the 
Lord.     Alleluia. 


THE  BOOK  OF  PROVERBS. 


This  book  is  so  called,  because  it  consists  of  wise  and  weighty 
sentences,  regulating  the  morals  of  men,  and  directing  them 
to  wisdom  and  virtue.  And  these  sentences  are  also  called 
parables  ;  because  great  truths  are  often  couched  in  them 
under  certain  figures  and  similitudes. 

CHAP.  I. 

The  use  and  end  of  the  proverbs.  An  exhortation  to  flee  the 
company  of  the  wicked:  and  to  hearken  to  the  voice  of  wis- 
dom. 

THE   parables  of  Solomon,  the  son  of  David» 
king  of  Israel, 

2  To  know  wisdom,  and  instruction  : 

3  To  understand  the  words  of  prudence,  and  to 
receive  the  instruction  of  doctrine,  justice,  and  judg- 
ment, and  equity: 

4  To  give  subtilty  to  little  ones,  to  the  young 
man  knowledge  and  understanding. 

5  A  wise  man  shall  hear,  and  shall  be  wiser 
and  he  that  understandeth,  shall  possess  govern- 
ments. . 

6  He  shall  understand  a  parable,  and  the  inter- 
pretation, the  words  of  the  wise,  and  their  myste- 
rious sayings. 

7  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  beginning  of  wis- 
dom.    Fools  despise  wisdom  and  instruction. 

8  My  son,  hear  the  instruction  of  thy  father,  and 
forsake  not  the  law  of  thy  mother : 

9  That  grace  may  be  added  to  thy  head,  and  a 
chain  of  gold  to  thy  neck.  \ 

10  My  son,  if  sinners  shall  entice  thee,  consent 
not  to  them. 

11  If  they  shall  say :  Come  with  us;  let  us  lie 
In  wait  for  blood ;  let  us  hide  snares  for  the  inno- 
cent without  cause  :  ' 

12  Let  us  swallow  him  up  alive  like  hell,  and 
whole  as  one  that  goeth  down  into  the  pit. 

13  We  shall  find  all  precious  substance;  we  shall 
fill  our  houses  with  spoils. 

14  Cast  in  thy  lot with  us;  let  us  all  have  one  purse. 

15  My  son,  walk  not  thou  with  them:  restrain 
thy  foot  from  their  paths. 

16  For  their  feet  run  to  evil,  and  make  haste  to 
shed  blood. 

17  But  a  net  is  spread  in  vain  before  the  eyes 
of  them  that  have  wings. 

18  And  they  themselves  lie  in  wait  for  their  own 
blood,  and  practise  deceits  against  their  own  souls. 

19  So  the  ways  of  every  covetous  man  destroy 
the  souls  of  the  possessors. 

20  Wisdom  preacheth  abroad :  she  uttereth  her 
voice  in  the  streets  : 

21  At  the  head  of  multitudes  she  crieth  out :  in 


the  entrance  of  the  gates  of  the  city  she  uttereth  her 
words,  saying  : 

22  O  children,  how  long  will  you  love  childish- 
ness, and  fools  covet  those  things  which  are  hurtful 
to  themselves,  and  the  unwise  hate  knowledge. 

23  Turn  ye  at  my  reproof:  behold,  I  will  utter 
my  spirit  to  you,  and  will  show  you  my  words. 

24  Because  I  called,  and  you  refused:  I  stretched 
out  my  hand ;  and  there  was  none  that  regarded. 

25  You  have  despised  all  my  counsel,  and  have 
neglected  my  reprehensions. 

26  I  also  will  laugh  in  your  destruction ;  and  will 
mock  when  that  shall  come  to  you  which  you  feared. 

27  When  sudden  calamity  shall  fall  on  you,  and 
destruction,  as  a  tempest,  shall  be  at  hand ;  wht<a 
tribulation  and  distress  shall  come  upon  you; 

28  Then  shall  they  call  upon  me,  and  I  will  not 
hear :  they  shall  rise  in  the  morning,  and  shall  not 
find  me : 

29  Because  they  have  hated  instruction,  and  re- 
ceived not  the  fear  of  the  Lord, 

30  Nor  consented  to  my  counsel,  but  despised 
all  my  reproof. 

31  Therefore  they  shall  eat  the  fruit  of  their  own 
way,  and  shall  be  filled  with  their  own  devices. 

32  The  turning  away  of  little  ones  shall  kill  them 
and  the  prosperity  of  fools  shall  destroy  them. 

33  But  he  that  shall  hear  me,  shall  rest  without 
terror,  and  shall  enjoy  abundance,without  fear  of  evils. 

CHAP.  II. 

The  advantages  of  wisdom  ;  and  the  evils  from  which  it  delivers. 

MY  son,  if  thou  wilt  receive  my  words,  and  wilt 
hide  my  commandments  with  thee, 

2  That  thy  ear  may  hearken  to  wisdom :  incline 
thy  heart  to  know  prudence. 

3  For  if  thou  shalt  call  for  wisdom,  and  incline 
thy  heart  to  prudence  ; 

4  If  thou  shalt  seek  her  as  money,  and  shalt  dig 
for  her  as  for  a  treasure  ; 

5  Then  shalt  thou  understand  the  fear  of  the 
Lord,  and  shalt  find  the  knowledge  of  God  : 

6  Because  the  Lord  giveth  wisdom :  and  out  of 
his  mouth  cometh  prudence  and  knowledge. 

7  He  will  keep  the  salvation  of  the  righteous,  and 
protect  them  that  walk  in  simplicity  : 

8  Keeping  the  paths  of  justice,  and  guarding  the 
ways  of  saints.     * 

9  Then  shalt  thou  understand  justice,  and  judg- 
ment, and  equitv,  and  every  good  path. 

10  If  wisdom  shall  enter  into  thy  heart,  and 
knowledge  please  thy  soul : 

485 


morons. 


11  Conned  shall  keep  thee,  :uid  prudence  shall 
preserve  tine, 

1J     That  (lion   maw  be  delivered  from   th< 

n ,i\  .ami  from  the  man  thai  speaketh  perverse  things: 

I  '•  \\  ho  leave  the  right  wax  .and  walk l>\  darkwsj  b: 

I I  Who  are  glad  when  the]  hare  done  evil,  and 
rejoice  in  most  w  icked  thin 

15  Whose  ways  art  perverse,  and  their  steps 
infamous. 

lt">  That  thou  mayst  be  delivered  from  the  strange 
woman,  and  from  the  stranger,  who  softened)  her 

words  ; 

17  And  fbrsaketh  the  rjiide  of  her  youth, 

18  Ami  hath  forgotten  the  covenant  of  her  God  t 
for  her  noose  inclineth  unto  death,  and  her  path* 
to  hell. 

1!>  None  thai  zn  in  unto  her,  shall  return  again, 
neither  shall  they  take  hold  of  the  paths  of  life. 

That   thou  mayst  walk  in  a  good  way,  and 
mayst  keep  the  paths  of  the  just. 

J I  For  they  that  are  upright,  shall  dwell  in  the 
earth  :  and  the  simple  shall  continue  in  it. 

J  J  Hut  the  wicked  shall  be  destroyed  from  the 
earth:  and  they  that  do  unjustly  shall  he  taken  away 
from  it. 

CHAP.  III. 

An  exhortation  to  tht  practice  of  virtue. 

MY  son,  forget  not  my  law ,  and  let  thy  heart  keep 
my  commandments. 

2  For  they  shall  add  to  thee  length  of  days,  and 
years  of  fife,  and  peace, 

3  Let  not  mercy  and  truth  leave  thee:  nut  them 
about  thy  neck,  and  write  them  in  the  tables  of  thj 
heart : 

\  nd  thou  shall  find  grace,  and  good  understand- 
ing before  God  and  men. 

5  Have  confidence  in  (he  Lord  with  all  thy  heart; 
and  lean  not  upon  thy  own  prudence. 

6  In  all  thy  ways  think  on  him,  and  he  will  di- 
rect thy  steps. 

7  lie  not  wise  in  thy  own  conceit :  fear  God,  and 
depart  from  evil  : 

K  For  it  shall  be  health  to  thy  navel,  and  moist- 
ening to  thy  bones. 

9  Honour  the  Lord  with  thy  substance,  and  give 
him  of  the  first  of  all  thy  fruits: 

10  And  thy  barns  shall  be  filled  with  abundance; 
and  thy  presses  shall  run  over  with  wine. 

J  J  i\l\  sou.  reject  not  the  correction  of  the  Lord: 
and  do  not  faint  when  thou  art  chastised  by  him: 

12  For  whom  the  Lord  lovetbbe  chastiseth:  and 
as  a  father  in  the  son  hepleateth  himself. 

13  Blessed  i»  the  man  that  lindeth  wisdom,  and  is 
rich  in  prudence. 

1  I  The  purchasing  thereof  is  better  than  the 
merchandise  of  silver, and  ber frail  than  tbechiefest 
and  pme>t  gold  : 

16  She  is  more  precious  than  all  riches:  and  all 
the  things  that  are  desired,  arc  not  to  be  Compared 
with  her. 

|ti  Length  of  days  is  in  her  ri^ht  hand:  and  in 
her  hit  hand  riches  and  j;h.rx. 

48« 


17  Her  ways  are  beautiful  ways:  and  all  her  paths 
are  peaceable. 

IK  She  is  ;i  tree  of  life  to  them  that  lay  hold  on 
her:   and  he  that  shall  retain  her  is  blessed. 

19  The  Lord  by  wisdom  hath  founded  the  earth, 
hath  established  the  heavens  by  prudence: 

20  By  bis  wisdom  the  depths  have  broken  out; 
and  the  clouds  STOW  thick  with  dew. 

21  My  son.  let  not  these  things  depart  from  thy 
:    keep  the  law  and  council  : 

E2  And  there  shall  be  life  to  thy  soul,  and  grace 
to  thx  mouth. 

23  Then  shall  thou  walk  confidently  in  thy  way  ; 
and  thv  foot  shall  not  stumble  : 

24  If  thou  sleep,  thou  shall  not  fear:  thou  shall 
rest,  nnd  thv  sleep  shall  be  sw  eet. 

25  He  not  afraid  of  sedf-Cu  fear,  nor  of  the  power 
of  the  wicked  railing  upon  thee. 

26  For  the  Lord  will  beat  lliy  side,  and  will  keep 
thy  loot  that  thou  be  not  taken. 

27  Do  not  withhold  him  from  doing  good,  who 
is  able  :  if  thou  art  able,  do  good  I  by  self  also. 

28  Say  not  to  thy  friend  :  Go,  and  come  again  : 
and  to-morrow  1  will  give  to  thee:  when  thou  canst, 
give  at  present. 

29  Practise  not  evil  against  thy  friend,  when  he 
hath  confidence  in  thee. 

30  Strive  not  against  a  man  without  cause,  when 
he  hath  done  thee  no  exil. 

31  Fnvy  not  the  unjust  man,  and  do  not  follow 
bis  ways  ; 

32  For  every  mocker  is  an  abomination  to  the 
Lord:    and  his  communication  is  with  the   simple 

.'».)  Want  is  from  the  Lord  in  the  house  ol  the  wick- 
ed ;  but  the  habitations  of  the  just  shall  be  blessed. 

•  >1  He  shall  scorn  the  scorned  ;  and  to  the  meek, 
he  w  ill  rive  grace. 

3o  The  w  ise  shall  possess  glory  :  the  promotion 
of  fools  is  disgrace 

CHAP.  IV. 

A further  exhortation  to  seek  after  wisdom. 

TJTF.AH,  ye  children,  the  instruction  of  a  father; 
-*--*■   and  attend  that  you  may  know  prudence. 

2  I  will  give  you  a  good  sift ;  forsake  not  my  law. 

3  For  I  also  was  my  father's  son.  tender  and  as 
an  only  son  in  the  sight  of  my  mother  : 

4  And  he  taught  me,  and  said  :  Let  thy  heart  re- 
ceive my  words;  keep  mv  commandments,  and  thou 

shah  Ine. 

b  Get  wisdom  :  net  prudence :  forget  not,  neither 
decline  from  the  words  of  my  mouth. 

6  Forsake  her  not;  and  sin 
her;  and  she  shall  preserve  t" 

7  The  beginning  of  wisdom,  get  wisdom 
with  all  thy  possession  purchase  prudence* 

8  Take  hold  on  her,  and  she  shall  exalt  thee: 
thou  shalt  be  glorified  by  her,  when  thou  shall  em- 
brace her. 

!•  She  shall  j;ive  to  thy  head  increase  of -races, 
and  protect  thee  with  a  noble  crown. 

lit  II.  II.  ( )  mv  son.  and  receive  mv  words,  that 
years  of  life  maj  be  multiplied  to  thee. 


shall  keep  thee:  lo\e 

iee. 


and 


CHAP.  V,  VI. 


1 1  I  will  show  thee  the  way  of  wisdom  :  I  will 
lead  thee  by  the  paths  of  equity  : 

12  Which  when  thou  shalt  have  entered,  thy  steps 
shall  not  be  straitened:  and  when  thou  runnest  thou 
shalt  not  meet  a  stumbling-block. 

13  Take  hold  on  instruction;  leave  it  not:  keep 
it,  because  it  is  thy  life. 

14  He  not  delighted  in  the  paths  of  the  wicked: 
neither  let  the  way  of  the  evil  men  please  thee. 

15  Flee  from  it ;  pass  not  by  it :  go  aside,  and  for- 
sake it. 

16  For  they  sleep  not,  except  they  have  done 
evil  :  and  their  sleep  is  taken  away  unless  they  have 
made  some  to  fait. 

17  They  eat  the  bread  of  wickedness,  and  drink 
the  wine  of  iniquity. 

18  But  the  path  of  the  just,  as  a  shining  light, 
goeth  forwards,  and  increaseth  even  to  perfect  day. 

19  The  way  of  the  wicked  is  darksome:  they 
know  not  where  they  fall. 

20  My  son,  hearken  to  my  words ;  and  incline 
thy  ear  to  my  sayings. 

21  Let  them  not  depart  from  thy  eyes :  keep 
them  in  the  midst  of  thy  heart : 

22  For  they  are  life  to  those  that  find  them,  and 
health  to  all  flesh. 

23  With  all  watchfulness  keep  thy  heart,  be- 
cause life  issueth  out  from  it. 

24  Remove  from  thee  a  froward  mouth  :  and  let 
detracting  lips  be  far  from  thee. 

25  Let  thy  eyes  look  straight  on :  and  let  thy 
eye-lids  go  before  thy  steps. 

26  Make  strait  the  path  for  thy  feet ;  and  all 
thy  wavs  shall  be  established. 

27  Decline  not  to  the  right  hand,  nor  to  the  left : 
turn  away  thy  foot  from  evil.  For  the  Lord  know- 
eth  the  ways  that  are  on  the  right  hand  :  but  those 
are  perverse  which  are  on  the  left  hand.  But  he 
will  make  thy  courses  straight :  he  will  bring  for- 
ward thy  ways  in  peace. 

CHAP.  V. 

An  exhortation  to  fly  unlawful  lust,  and  the  occasions  of  it. 

"1VTY  son,  attend  to  my  wisdom,  and  incline  thy 
_LTJ_  ear  j0  n,y  prudence, 

2  That  thou  mayst  keep  thoughts,  and  thy  lips 
may  preserve  instruction.  Mind  not  the  deceit  of 
a  woman. 

3  For  the  lips  of  a  harlot  are  like  a  honey  comb 
dropping  :  and  her  throat  is  smoother  than  oil. 

4  But  her  end  is  bitter  as  wormwood,  and  sharp 
as  a  two-edged  sword. 

5  Her  feet  go  down  into  death ;  and  her  steps  go 
in  as  far  as  hell. 

6  They  walk  not  by  the  path  of  life ;  her  steps 
are  wandering,  and  unaccountable. 

7  Now  therefore,  my  son,  hear  me;  and  depart 
not  from  the  words  of  my  mouth. 

3  Remove  thy  way  far  from  her  ;  and  come  not 
nigh  the  doors  of  her  house. 

9  Give  not  thy  honour  to  strangers,  and  thy  years 
to  the  cruel. 

10  Lest  strangers  be  filled  with  thy  strength, 
and  thy  labours  be  in  another  man's  house, 


11  And  thou  mourn  at  the  last,  when  thou  shalt 
have  spent  thy  ilesh  and  thy  body,  and  say : 

12  Why  have  I  hated  instruction,  and  my  heart 
consented  not  to  reproof; 

13  And  have  not  heard  the  voice  of  them  that 
taught  me,  and  have  not  inclined  my  ear  to  masters  ? 

14  I  have  almost  been  in  all  evil,  in  the  midst  of 
the  church  and  of  the  congregation. 

15  Drink  water  out  of  thy  own  cistern,  and  the 
streams  of  thy  own  well. 

16  Let  thy  fountains  be  conveyed  abroad:  and 
in  the  streets  divide  thy  waters. 

17  Keep  them  to  thyself  alone  :  neither  let  stran- 
gers be  partakers  with  thee. 

18  Let  thy  vein  be  blessed;  and  rejoice  with 
the  wife  of  thy  youth. 

19  Let  her  be  thy  dearest  hind,  and  most  agree- 
able fawn :  let  her  breasts  inebriate  thee  at  all 
times  :  be  thou  delighted  continually  with  her  love. 

20  Why  art  thou  seduced,  my  son,  by  a  strange 
woman,  and  art  cherished  in  the  bosom  of  another  ? 

21  The  Lord  beholdeth  the  ways  of  man,  and 
considereth  all  his  steps. 

22  His  own  iniquities  catch  the  wicked  :  and  he 
is  fast  bound  with  the  ropes  of  his  own  sins. 

23  He  shall  die,  because  he  hath  not  received  in- 
struction ;  and  in  the  multitude  of  his  folly  he  shall 
be  deceived. 

CHAP.  VI. 

Documents  on  several  heads. 

1VTY  son,  if  thou  be  surety  for  thy  friend,  thou  hast 
-L"-*-  engaged  fast  thy  hand  to  a  stranger  : 

2  Thou  art  ensnared  with  the  words  of  thy  mouth, 
and  caught  with  thy  own  words. 

3  Do  therefore,  my  son,  what  I  say,  and  deliver 
thyself:  because  thou  art  fallen  into  the  hand  of 
thy  neighbour.  Run  about,  make  haste,  stir  up 
thy  friend  : 

4  Give  not  sleep  to  thy  eyes,  neither  let  thy  eye- 
lids slumber. 

5  Deliver  thyself  as  a  doe  from  the  hand,  and  as 
a  bird  from  the  hand  of  the  fowler. 

6  Go  to  the  ant,  O  sluggard,  and  consider  her 
ways,  and  learn  wisdom  : 

7  Which,  although  she  hath  no  guide,  nor  mas- 
ter, nor  captain, 

8  Provideth  her  meat  for  herself  in  the  summer, 
and  gathereth  her  food  in  the  harvest. 

9  How  long  wilt  thou  sleep,  O  sluggard  ?  when 
wilt  thou  rise  out  of  thy  sleep  ? 

10  Thou  wi|t  sleep  a  little,  thou  wilt  slumber  a 
little,  thou  wilt  fold  thy  hands  a  little  to  sleep  : 

11  And  want  shall  come  upon  thee,  as  a  travel- 
ler, and  poverty  as  a  man  armed.  But  if  thou  be 
diligent,  thy  harvest  shall  come  as  a  fountain  ;  and 
want  shall  flee  far  from  thee. 

12  A  man  that  is  an  apostate,  an  unprofitable  man 
walketh  with  a  perverse  mouth. 

13  He  winketh  with  the  eyes;  presseth  with  the 
foot ;  sneaketh  with  the  finger, 

14  With  a  wicked  heart  he  deviseth  evil*  and  at 
all  times  he  soweth  discord. 

15  To  such  a  one  his  destruction  shall  presently 

487 


PROVERBS. 


come:    and  be   shall   suddenly  be  destroyed,  and 
shall  no  looker  have  any  remedy. 

16  Six  tilings  there  sre,  which  the  Lord  hateth, 
and  the  seventh  hi-  bouI  delesteth  : 

17  Haughti  eyes,  ■  lying  tongue,  hands  that  abed 
UWOCeot  blood, 

I".  A  heart  ihat  devi-eth  wicked  pints,  feet  thai 
■n  -wilt  to  rim  into  mi-chief, 

19  A  deceitful  witness  ihat  uttereth  lies,  and  him 
that  soweth  diseord  among  brethren. 

20  .Ms  son,  keep  the  eommandments  of  thy  la- 
ther, and  forsake  not  the  law  of  thy  mother. 

21  Bind  them  in  thy  heart  continually,  and  put 
them  about  thy  neck. 

When  thou  walke-t.  let  them  go  with  thee: 
when  thou  -leepe-t,  lei  them  keep  thee  :  and  when 
thou  awakest.  talk  with  them. 

23  Because  the  commandment  is  a  lamp,  nnd  the 
law  a  fight,  and  reproofs  of  instruction  are  the  way 
of  life  : 

That  they  mav  keep  thee  from  the  evil  wo- 
man, and  from  the  flattering  tongue  of  the  stranger. 

Lei  not  thy  heart  covet  her  hcauty;  be  not 
caught  with  her  winks: 

for  the  price  of  a  harlot,  is  scarce  one  loaf: 
but  the  woman  catcheth  the  precious  soul  of  a  man. 

27  Can  a  man  hide  fire  in  his  hosom,  and  his 
garments  not  hum  ' 

28  Or  can  he  walk  u|>on  hot  coals,  and  his  feel 
not  be  hurnt  ? 

29  So  he  that  cocth  in  to  his  neiKh!>our's  wife, 
shall  not  Im-  clean  when  he  shall  touch  her. 

30  The  fault  is  not  so  meat*  when  a  man  hath 
stolen  :  for  he  stealeth  to  fill  his  hungry  soul  : 

31  And  if  he  he  taken,  he  shall  restore  sevenfold, 
and  -hall  u.\\f  up  all  the  -uh-taiice  of  his  house. 

lint  he  thai  is  an  adulterer,  for  the  folly  of  his 
heart  shall  destroy  his  own  soul: 

33  He  gathered!  to  himself  shame  and  dishonour: 
and  his  reproach  shall  not  he  blotted  out. 

34  Because  the  jealoii-v  and  rage  ol  the  husband 
will  not  spare  in  the  dav  of  revenue. 

35  Nor  will  he  yield  to  any  man's  prayers;  nor 
will  he  accept  for  satisfaction  ever  so  many  gifts. 

CHAP.  VII. 

Tie  love  of  icisdom  it  the  bent  preservative  from  being  led  astray 
by  trmptatiim. 

MY  son,  keep  my  words,  and  lay  up  my  precepts 
with  thee.      Son, 

2  Keep  my  commandments,  and  thou  shalt  live; 
and  mv  law  as  the  apple  of  thy  eye: 

3  Bind  it  upon  thy  bogeri :  w  rite  it  u|>on  the  ta- 
ble- of  thv  heart. 

- 1\  to  wisdom :  Thou  art  my  titter:  and  call 


prudence  thy  friend 

That  she  ma\   keep  tin  e 
is  not  thine,  and  from  the  stranger  who  sweetencth 
her  words. 


DM1   keep  thee   from  the  woman  t hat 


•  TU  ftmlt  u  not  to  gr—t,  tic..  TV  tin  of  theft  ia  not  m>  great  a*  to 
be  compared  with  adultery :  especially  when  a  peraon  preaaed  with 
hungrr  (which  »  tlx>  raw  here   apokrn  of)   «t.  iture. 

Murmur  Un  damage  doii'  inch  more  eaaily  be  repair 


6  For  I  looked  out  of  the  window  of  my  house 
through  the  lattice. 

7  And  I  see  little  ones,  I  lahold  a  foolish  young 
man, 

Who  passe  th  through  the  street  by  the  corner, 
and  HMdl  Btgh  the  way  of  her  house, 

9  lu  the  dark,  when  it  crow-  late,  in  the  dark- 
ness and  obscurity  of  the  night. 

10  And  lieholti.  a  woman  meeteth  him  in  harlot's 
attire,  prepared  to  deceive  soul.-;  talkative  and  vvan- 
dcrini:. 

1 1  Not  bearing  to  be  quiet,  not  able  to  abide  still 
at  home, 

12  Now  ahroad,  now  in  the  streets,  now  lying  in 
wait  near  the  corners. 

I.!  And  catching  the  young  man  she  kisseth  him; 
and  with  an  impudent  face,  tlattereth,  saying: 

14  1  vowed  victims  for  prosperity ;  this  day  1  have 
paid  mv  vow  -. 

15  Therefore  I  am  come  out  to  meet  thee,  desi- 
ioii-  to  see  thee,  and  1  have  found  thee. 

16  I  haTe  Proven  my  bed  with  cords:  I  have  co- 
vered it  with  painted  mpeetiy,  brought  from  Egypt. 

17  I  have  perfumed    my  bed  with   myrrh,  al» 
and  cinnamon. 

18  Come,  let  OS  be  inebriated  with  the  hreasts  : 
and  let  us  enjoy  the  desired  embraces,  till  the  day 
appear: 

19  For  my  husband  is  not  at  home:  he  is  gone 
a  very  long  journey. 

20  He  took  with  him  a  bag  of  money:  he  will 
return  home  the  day  of  the  full  moon. 

21  She  entangled  him  with  many  words;  and 
drew  him  BWaj   with  the  (lattery  of  her  lip-. 

22  Immediately  he  lollowcth  her  as  an  ox  led  to 
be  a  victim,  and  as  a  lamb  playing  the  wanton,  and 
not  knowing  that  he  is  drawn  like  a  fool  to  Umd-. 

23  Till  the  arrow  pierce  his  liver  :  as  if  a  hird 
should  make  haste  to  the  snare,  and  knoweth  not 
that  his  life  is  in  danger. 

24  Now  therefore,  my  son,  hear  me,  and  attend 
to  the  words  of  my  mouth. 

25  Let  not  thy  mind  be  drawn  away  in  her  ways : 
neither  be  thou  deceived  with  her  paths. 

26  For  she  hath  east  down  many  wounded,  and 
the  Strongest  have  been  slain  by  her. 

27  Her  house  is  the  way  to  hell,  reaching  even 
to  the  inner  chambers  of  death. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

The  preaching  of  tcitdum.     Her  excellence. 

P\OTH  not  wisdom  cry  aloud,  and  prudence  put 
-*-'    forth  her  voice  ? 

2  Standing  in  the  top  of  the  highest  places  by  the 
way,  in  the  midst  of  the  paths, 

3  Beside  the  gates  of  the  city,  in  the  very  doors, 
-he  ipeaketh,  saying: 

4  O  ye  nit  ii,  to  you  I  call,  and  mv  voice  is  to  the 
sons  of  men. 


•  <l.  than  the  wrong  done   by  adultery.     Out  thi»  doe*  not  Ml    haat 
ihat  theft  alto  u  a  mortal  tin,  forbidden  by  ooe  of  the  tcr     otniiwixt- 

ini-nla. 


CHAP.  IX,  X. 


5  O  little  ones,  understand  subtilty ;  and  ye  un- 
wise, take  notice. 

6  Hear,  for  I  will  speak  of  great  things  :  and  my 
lips  shall  be  opened  to  preach  right  things. 

7  My  mouth  shall  meditate  truth;  and  my  lips 
shall  hate  wickedness. 

8  All  my  words  are  just:  there  is  nothing  wick- 
ed, nor  perverse  in  them. 

9  They  are  right  to  them  that  understand,  and 
just  to  them  that  mid  knowledge. 

10  Receive  my  instruction,  and  not  money : 
choose  knowledge  rather  than  gold. 

1 1  For  wisdom  is  better  than  all  the  most  precious 
things :  and  whatsoever  may  be  desired  cannot  be 
compared  to  it. 

12  I  wisdom  dwell  in  counsel,  and  am  present 
in  learned  thoughts. 

13  The  fear  of  the  Lord  hateth  evil :  1  hate  arro- 
gance, and  pride,  and  every  wicked  way,  and  a 
mouth  with  a  double  tongue. 

14  Counsel  and  equity  is  mine;  prudence  is  mine; 
strength  is  mine. 

15  By  me  kings  reign,  and  lawgivers  decree  just 
things. 

16  By  me  princes  rule,  and  the  mighty  decree 
justice. 

17  I  love  them  that  love  me  :  and  they  that  in  the 
morning  early  watch  for  me,  shall  find  me. 

18  With  me  are  riches  and  glory,  glorious  riches 
and  justice. 

19  For  my  fruit  is  better  than  gold  and  the  pre- 
cious stone,  and  my  blossoms  than  choice  silver. 

20  I  walk  in  the  way  of  justice,  in  the  midst  of 
the  paths  of  judgment. 

21  That  I  may  enrich  them  that  love  me,  and 
may  fill  their  treasures. 

22  The  Lord  possessed  me  in  the  beginning  of  his 
ways,  before  he  made  any  thing  from  the  beginning. 

23  I  was  set  up  from  eternity,  and  of  old  before 
the  earth  was  made. 

24  The  depths  were  not  as  yet,  and  1  was  alrea- 
dy conceived  ;  neither  had  the  fountains  of  waters 
as  yet  sprung  out : 

25  The  mountains  with  their  huge  bulk  had  not 
as  yet  been  established :  before  the  hills  I  was  brought 
forth : 

26  He  had  not  yet  made  the  earth,  nor  the  rivers, 
nor  the  poles  of  the  world. 

27  When  he  prepared  the  heavens,  I  was  present; 
when  with  a  certain  law  and  compass  he  enclosed 
the  depths : 

28  When  he  established  the  sky  above,  and  pois- 
ed the  fountains  of  waters  : 

29  When  he  compassed  the  sea  with  its  bounds, 
and  set  a  law  to  the  waters  that  they  should  not  pass 
their  limits :  when  he  balanced  the  foundations  of 
the  earth  : 

30  I  was  with  him  forming  all  things;  and  was 
delighted  every  day,  playing  before  him  at  all  times  ; 

31  Playing  in  the  world:  and  my  delights  were 
to  be  with  the  children  of  men. 

32  Now  therefore,  ye  children,  hear  me  :  Blessed 
are  they  that  keep  my  ways. 

i  3Q 


33  Hear  instruction,  and  be  wise,  and  refuse  it 
not. 

34  Blessed  is  the  man  that  heareth  me,  and  that 
watchefh  daily  at  my  gates,  and  waiteth  at  the  posts 
of  my  doors. 

35  He  that  shall  find  me,  shall  find  life,  and  shall 
have  salvation  from  the  Lord: 

36  But  he  that  shall  sin  against  me,  shall  hurt 
his  own  soul.     All  that  hate  me  love  death. 

CHAP.  IX. 

Wisdom  invites  all  to  her  feast.     Folly  calls  another  way. 

WISDOM  hath  built  herself  a  house:   she  hath 
hewn  out  her  seven  pillars. 

2  She  hath  slain  her  victims,  mingled  her  wine, 
and  set  forth  her  table. 

3  She  hatTi  sent  her  maids  to  invite  to  the  tower, 
and  to  the  walls  of  the  city  : 

4  Whosoever  is  a  little  one,  let  him  come  to  me. 
And  to  the  unwise  she  said  : 

5  Come,  eat  my  bread,  and  drink  the  wine  which 
I  have  mingled  for  you. 

6  Forsake  childishness,  and  live,  and  walk  by  the 
ways  of  prudence. 

7  He  that  teacheth  a  scorner,  dqeth  an  injury  to 
himself;  and  he  that  rebuketh  a  wicked  man,  get- 
teth  himself  a  blot. 

8  Rebuke  not  a  scorner,  lest  he  hate  thee.  Re- 
buke a  wise  man,  and  he  will  love  thee. 

9  Give  an  occasion  to  a  wise  man,  and  wisdom 
shall  be  added  to  him.  Teach  a  just  man,  and  he 
shall  make  haste  to  receive  it. 

10  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  beginning  of  wis 
dom  :  and  the  knowledge  of  the  holy  is  prudence. 

11  For  by  me  shall  thy  days  be  multiplied;  and 
years  of  life  shall  be  added  to  thee. 

12  If  thou  be  wise,  thou  shalt  be  so  to  thyself; 
and  if  a  scorner,  thou  alone  shalt  bear  the  evil. 

13  A  foolish  woman  and  clamorous,  and  full  of 
allurements,  and  knowing  nothing  at  all, 

14  Sat  at  the  door  of  her  house,  upon  a  seat,  in  a 
high  place  of  the  city, 

15  To  call  them  that  pass  by  the  way,  and  go  on 
their  journey : 

16  He  that  is  a  little  one,  let  him  turn  to  me. 
And  to  the  fool  she  said  : 

17  Stolen  waters  are  sweeter,  and  hidden  bread 
is  more  pleasant. 

18  And  he  did  not  know  that  giants  are  there, 
and  that  her  guests  are  in  the  depths  of  hell. 

THE  PARABLES  OF  SOLOMON. 
CHAP.  X. 

In  the  twenty  following  chapters  are  contained  many  wise  say- 
ings and  axioms,  relating  to  wisdom  and  folly,  virtue  and  vice. 

A  WISE   son   maketh   the   father  glad:  but   a 
foolish  son  is  the  sorrow  of  his  mother. 

2  Treasures  of  wickedness  shall  profit  nothing  : 
but  justice  shall  deliver  from  death. 

3  The  Lord  will  not  afflict  the  soul  of  the  just 
with  famine  :  and  he  will  disappoint  the  deceitful 
practices  of  the  wicked. 

4  The  slothful  hand  hath  wrought  poverty:  but 
the  hand  of  the  industrious  getteth  riches. 

489 


PROVERBS. 


Ho  that  tmstcth  to  lies  feedeth  the  winds:  and 
the  satin-  runneth  after  birds,  ihat  lly  away. 

5  He  that  gathereth  in  the  han  wise  mm: 

but  he  that  snorieth  in  the  summer,   is  tin'  son  of 
confusion. 

6  The  blessing  of  the  Lord  is  ti|x>n  the  head  ol 
the  just:  hut  iniquity  covcreth  tin-  motiih  ol  the 
wicked. 

7  The  memory  of  the  just  u  with  praises :  and 
tin- Dame  of  the  wicked  shall  rot. 

8  The  win  ol  heart  reeeivelh  precepts:  a  fool  is 
beaten  with  lips. 

9  He  that  walketh  sincerely,  walketh  confidently: 
but  he  that  pervert eth  his  ways,  shall  he  manifest. 

11)  He  that  winketh  w  ith  the  e\e  shall  cause  sor- 
row :  and  the  foolish  in  lips  shall  he  beaten. 

1  I  The  mouth  of  the  just  is  a  vein  of  life:  and 
the  mouth  of  the  inched  covereth  iniquity. 

1  J  Hatred  stirreih  up  strifes:  and  charity  cover- 
eth all  sins. 

13  In  the  lips  of  the  w  ise  is  wisdom  found  :  and 
a  rod  on  the  hack  of  him  that  wanteth  sense. 

14  Wise  men  lay  up  knowledge:  but  the  mouth 
of  the  fool  is  next  to  confusion. 

15  The  nibetance  of  a  rich  man,  is  the  city  of 
his  strength :  the  fear  of  the  poor  is  their  poverty. 

It!  The  work  of  the  just  if  unto  life:  but  the 
fruit  of  the  wicked  unto  sin. 

17  The  way  of  life  to  him  that  observeth  cor- 
rection :  hut  he  that  forsaketh  reproofs  goctli  astray. 

18  Lying  lips  hide  hatred:  he  that  uttereth  re- 
proach is  foolish. 

19  In  the  multitude  of  words  there  shall  not 
want  sin:  hut  he  that  refraiuetli  his  lips  is  most 
w  ise. 

20  Tin?  tongue  of  the  just  is  as  choice  silver:  but 
the  heart  of  the  wicked  is  nothing  worth. 

21  The  lip*  of  the  just  teach  many:  hut  they  that 
are  ignorant,  shall  die  in  the  want  ol  understanding. 

The  blessing  of  the  Lord  makelli  men  rich: 
neither  shall  affliction  he  joined  to  them. 

\  fool  worketb  mischief  as  it  were  for  sport: 
but  wisdom  is  prudence  to  a  man. 

1\  That  which  the  wicked  feareth,  shall  come 
ti|M>n  him:  to  the  just  tin  ir  desire  shall  be  given. 

it  a  tempest  thai  passeth,  so  the  wicked 
shall  be  no  more:  but  the  just  is  as  an  everlasting 
foundation. 

\s  vinegar  to   the  teeth,   and  smoke    to   the 
-.  m>  is  the  sluggard  to  them  that  sent  him. 

The  tear  of  the  Lord  shall  prolong  days:  and 
the  rears  of  the  wicked  shall  be  shortened. 

28  The  expectation  of  the  just  is  joy  :  but  the 
hope  of  the  wicked  shall  perish. 

29  The  strength  of  the  upright  if  the  way  of  the 
l.ord:   and  fear  to  them  that  Work  evil. 

.'.<)  The  just  shall  never  Ik-  moved  :  hut  the  wicked 
shall  not  dwell  on  the  earth. 

.;i  The  mouth  of  the  just  shall  bring  forth  wis- 
dom :  the  tongue  of  the  perverse  shall  perish 

32  The  lips  of  the  JU81  consider  what  is  accepta- 
ble: and  the  mouth  ol  the  wicked  uttereth  perverse 
things 

m 


CHAP.  XI. 

ADECFITFl'L  balance  is  an  aliominafion  be 
•  fore  the  Lord  :  and  a  just  weight  U  his  will. 
2  Where  pride  is,  then- also  shall  he  reproach 
hut  where  humility  is,  there  also  is  wisdom. 

.'$  The  Simplicity  of  the  just  shall  guide  them:  and 

the  deceufulness  of  the  wicked  shall  destroy  them. 

4  Riches  shall  not  profit  in  the  day  of  reveuf 

hut  justice  shall  deliver  from  death. 

5  The  justice  Ol  the  Upright  shall  make  his  way 
prosperous:  and  the  wicked  man  shall  fall  by  his 
own  wickedness. 

6  The  justice  of  the  righteous  shall  deliver  them: 
and  the  unjust  shall  be  caught  in  their  own  snares. 

7  When  the  wicked  man  is  dead,  there  shall  be 
no  hope  any  more:  and  the  expectation  of  the  so- 
licitous shall  perish. 

8  The  just  is  delivered  out  of  distress:  and  the 
w  icked  shall  be  nvea  up  for  him. 

9  The  dissembler  with  his  mouth  deceiveth  his 
friend:  but  the  just  shall  be  delivered  h\  knowledge. 

10  When  it  goeth  well  with  the  just  the  city 
shall  rejoice:  and  when  the  wicked  perish  there 
shall  be  praise. 

11  By  the  blessing  of  the  just  the  city  shall  be 
exalted:  and  by  the  mouth  of  the  wicked  it  shall 
be  overthrown. 

12  He  that  despiset Ii  his  friend,  is  mean  of  hcait: 
but  the  wise  man  will  hold  his  peace. 

13  He  that  walketh  deceitfully,  revealetk   - 

<  rets:   but  he  that    is  faithful,  concealetb  the  thing 
commuted  to  him  by  his  friend. 

14  Where  there  is  no  governor,  the  people  shall 
fall :  but  there  is  safety  where  there  is  mm  h  counsel. 

15  He  shall  Ik;  afflicted  with  evil,  that  is  surety 
lor  a  stranger:  but  he  that  is  aware  ol  the  shims, 
shall  be  secure. 

16  A  gracious  woman  shall  find  glory:  and  the 
Strong  shall  have  riches. 

17  A  merciful  man  ddeth  good  to  his  own  soul: 
hut  he  that  is  cruel  casleth  oil'  even  his  ow  n  kin- 
dred. 

18  The  wicked  maketh  an  unsteady  work:  but 
to  him  that  soweth  justice,  there  is  a  faithful  reward. 

19  Clemency  prcparelh  life;  and  the  pursuing  of 
evils  death. 

20  A  perverse  heart  is  abominable  to  the  Lord  : 
and  his  will  is  in  them  that  walk  sincerely. 

21  Hand  in  hand  the  evil  man  shall  not  lie  inno- 
cent:   but  the  seed  of  the  just  shall  be  saved. 

22  As  a  golden  ring  in  a  swine's  snout,  so  is  a 
woman  fair  and  foolish. 

23  The  desire  of  the  just  is  all  ^<kh1  :  the  expec- 
tation of  the  wicked  is  indignation. 

24  Some  distribute  their  own  goods,  and  RTOSW 
richer:  others  take  away  what  is  not  tln-ir  own, 
and  an-  always  in  want. 

25  The  soul  which  bleeseth,  shall  be  made  I'at. 
and  he  that  inebriateth,  shall  be  inebriated  also  him- 
self. 

26  He  that  hidelhiipcorn,  shall  he  cursed  anion:; 

the  people:  but  a  blessing  upon  the  head  of  them 
that 


peopl 

sell. 


CHAP.  XII,  XIII. 


27  Well  doth  he  rise  early  who  seeketh  good 
things:  but  he  that  seeketh  alter  evil  things  shall 
be  oppressed  by  them. 

28  He  that  trusteth  in  his  riches  shall  fall :  but 
the  just  shall  spring  up  as  a  green  leaf. 

29  He  that  troubleth  his  own  house,  shall  inhe- 
rit the  winds:  and  the  fool  shall  serve  the  wise. 

30  The  fruit  of  the  just  man  is  a  tree  of  life: 
and  he  that  gaineth  souls,  is  wise. 

31  If  the  just  man  receive  in  the  earth,  how  much 
more  the  wicked  and  the  sinner? 

CHAP.  XII. 

HE  that  loveth  correction,   loyeth  knowledge: 
but  he  that  hateth  reproof  is  foolish. 

2  He  that  is  good,  shall  draw  grace  from  the 
Lord  :  but  he  that  trusteth  in  his  own  devices,  doeth 
wickedly. 

3  Man  shall  not  be  strengthened  by  wickedness  ; 
and  the  root  of  the  just  shall  not  be  moved. 

4  A  diligent  woman  is  a  crown  to  her  husband  : 
and  she  that  doeth  things  worthy  of  confusion,  is  as 
rottenness  in  his  bones. 

5  The  thoughts  of  the  just  are  judgments  :  and 
the  counsels  ol  the  wicked  are  deceitful. 

6  The  words  of  the  wicked  lie  in  wait  for  blood: 
the  mouth  of  the  just  shall  deliver  them. 

7  Turn  the  wicked,  and  they  shall  not  be :  but 
the  house  of  the  just  shall  stand  firm. 

8  A  man  shall  be  known  by  his  learning :  but  he 
that  is  vain  and  foolish,  shall  be  exposed  to  con- 
tempt 

9  Better  is  the  poor  man  that  provideth  for  him- 
self, than  he  that  is  glorious  and  wanteth  bread. 

10  The  just  regardeth  the  lives  of  his  beasts: 
but  the  bowels  of  the  wicked  are  cruel. 

11  He  that  tilleth  his  land  shall  be  satisfied  with 
bread  :  but  he  that  pursueth  idleness  is  very  foolish. 

He  that  is  delighted  in  passing  his  time  over 
wine,  leavetb  a  reproach  in  his  strong-holds. 

12  The  desire  of  the  wicked  is  the  fortification 
of  evil  men  :   but  the  root  of  the  just  shall  prosper. 

13  For  the  sins  of  the  lips  ruin  draweth  nigh  to 
the  evil  man  :  but  the  just  shall  escape  out  of  distress. 

14  By  the  fruit  of  his  own  mouth  shall  a  man  be 
filled  with  good  things:  and  according  to  the  works 
of  his  hands  it  shall  be  repaid  him. 

15  The  way  of  a  fool  is  right  in  his  own  eyes: 
but  he  that  is  wise  hearkeneth  unto  counsels. 

16  A  fool  immediately  shovyeth  his  anger:  but  he 
that  dissembleth  injuries  is  wise. 

17  He  that  speaketh  that  which  he  knoweth, 
showeth  forth  justice:  but  he  that  lieth,  is  a  deceit- 
ful witness. 

18  There  is  that  promiseth,  and  is  pricked  as  it 
were  with  a  sword  of  conscience:  but  the  tongue  of 
the  wise  is  health. 

19  The  lip  of  truth  shall  be  steadfast  for  ever; 
but  he  that  is  a  hasty  witness,  frameth  a  lying 
tongue. 

20  Deceit  is  in  the  heart  of  them  that  think  evil 
things:  but  joy  followeth  them  that  take  counsels  of 
peace. 

21  Whatsoever  shall  '  efall  the  just  man,  it  shall 


not  make  him  sad:  but  the  wicked  shall  be  filled 
with  mischief. 

22  Lying  lips  are  an  abomination  to  the  Lord: 
but  they  that  deal  faithfully  please  him. 

23  A  cautious  man  concealeth  knowledge :  and 
the  heart  of  fools  publisheth  folly. 

24  The  hand  of  the  valiant  shall  bear  rule  :  but 
that  which  is  slothful,  shall  be  under  tribute. 

26  Grief  in  the  heart  of  a  man  shall  bring  him  low: 
but  with  a  good  word  he  shall  be  made  glad. 

26  He  that  neglecteth  a  loss  for  the  sake  of  a 
friend,  is  just:  but  the  way  of  the  wicked  shall  de- 
ceive them. 

27  The  deceitful  man  shall  not  find  gain :  but 
the  substance  of  a  just  man  shall  be  precious  gold. 

28  In  the  path  of  justice  is  life:  but  the  by-way 
leadeth  to  death. 


Awi 


CHAP.  XIII. 

ise  son  heareth  the  doctrine  of  his  father : 
but  he  that  is  a  scorner,  heareth  not  when  he  is 
reproved. 

2  Of  the  fruit  of  his  own  mouth  shall  a  man  be 
filled  with  good  things  :  but  the  soul  of  transgress- 
ors is  wicked. 

3  He  that  keepeth  his  mouth,  keepeth  his  soul: 
but  he  that  hath  no  guard  on  his  speech  shall  meet 
with  evils. 

4  The  sluggard  willeth  and  willeth  not :  but  the 
soul  of  them  that  work,  shall  be  made  fat. 

5  The  just  shall  hate  a  lying  word:  but  the  wick- 
ed confoundeth,  and  shall  be  confounded. 

6  Justice  keepeth  the  way  of  the  innocent :  but 
wickedness  overthroweth  the  sinner. 

7  One  is  as  it  were  rich,  when  he  hath  nothing: 
and  another  is  as  it  were  poor,  when  he  hath  great 
riches. 

8  The  ransom  of  a  man's  life  are  his  riches:  but 
he  that  is  poor,  beareth  not  reprehension. 

9  The  light  of  the  just  giveth  joy  :  but  the  lamp 
of  the  wicked  shall  be  put  out. 

10  Among  the  proud   there  are  always  conten- 
tions :  but  they  that  do  all  things  with  counsel,  are  ■ 
ruled  by  wisdom. 

11  Substance  got  in  haste  shall  be  diminished  : 
but  that  which  by  little  and  little  is  gathered  with 
the  hand  shall  increase. 

12  Hope  that  is  deferred  afflicteth  the  soul :  de- 
sire when  it  cometh,  is  as  a  tree  of  life. 

13  Whosoever  speaketh  ill  of  any  thing,  bindeth 
himself  for  the  time  to  come  :  but  he  that  feartth 
the  commandment,  shall  dwell  in  peace. 

Deceitful  souls  go  astray  in  sins :  the  just  are 
merciful,  and  show  mercy. 

14  The  law  of  the  wise  w  a  fountain  of  life,  that 
he  may  decline  from  the  ruin  of  death. 

15  Good  instruction  shall  give  grace  :  in  the  way 
of  scorners  is  a  deep  pit. 

16  The  prudent  man  doeth  all  things  with  coun- 
sel :  but  he  that  is  a  fool,   layeth  open  his  folly. 

17  The  messenger  of  the  wicked  shall  fall  into 
mischief:   but  a  faithful  ambassador  is  health. 

18  Poverty  and  shame  to  him  that  refuseth  in- 

491 


PROVKRHS. 


■miction:  hut  he  that  yieldcth  to  reproof,  shall  be 
glorified. 

19  The  desire  that    is  accomplished,  delighteth 

the  soul :  tooK  hate  them  that  lee  from  evil  thiugs. 

I  Ir  that  w  alkcth  with  tin-  u  is,  ,  shall  be  vv  ise : 
a  friend  of  tools  shall  In-come  like  to  tin  in. 

'Jl  Evil  pursueth  siniuTs:  and  10  the  just  good 
shall  In-  repaid. 

Tin'  ^<mm1  man  Iravrth  heirs,  sons,  anil  grand- 
sons: and  the  subs  t  the  sinner  is  kept  for 
tin-  just. 

Much  food  is  iii  the  tillage  of  fathers:  but  for 
others  it  is  Dithered  inthout judgment. 

24  He  that  spareth  the  r< k!  hateth  his  son:  hut 
he  (hat  loveth  him  correcteth  him  betimes. 

25  The  just  ealeth  and  lilltth  his  soul:  but  the 
belly  of  the  wicked  is  never  to  he  Idled. 

(HAP.   Xl\. 

AW  ISK  woman  buildeth    her   house:    but  the 
foolish  will  pull  dow  n  with  her  hands  that  also 
which  is  built 

_'  lie  that  walketh  in  the  right  way,  and  feareth 
God,  is  despised  by  him  that  goeth  by  an  infamous 

3  In  the  mouth  of  a  fool  is  the  rod  of  pride  :  but 
the  lips  of  the  wise  preserve  them. 

4  Where  there  are  no  o\en.  the  crib  is  empty  : 
but  where  there  is  much  corn,  there  the  strength  of 
the  o\  is  manliest 

5  A  faithful  witness  will  not  lie:  but  a  deceitful 
w  ituess  uttereth  a  lie. 

6  A  scorner  seeketh  wisdom,  and  fmdeth  it  not: 
the  learning;  of  the  wise  is  easy< 

7  Go  against  a  foolish  man,  and  he  knoweth  not 
the   lii »-»  of  prudence. 

8  The  w  isdom  of  a  discreet  man  is  to  understand 
his  way:  ami  the  imprudence  of  fools  ertreth. 

9  A  fool  will  laugh  at  sin:  hut  among  the  just 
grace  shall  abide. 

10  The  heart  that  knoweth  the  bitterness  of  his 
own  soul,  in  his  jnv  the  Strang  r  shall  not  inter- 
meddle. 

11  The  house  of  the  wicked  shall  be  destroyed: 
but  the  talMTiiaclcs  o!  the  iust  shall  flourish. 

IJ  There  is  a  wav  which  s,  ,  until  just  to  a  man  : 
but  the  rinis  thereof  lead  to  diath. 

13  Laughter  shall  he  mingled  with  sorrow:  and 
mourning  taketfa  hold  of  the  end  of  joy. 

1  V  A  fool  shall  be  filled  wiili  his  own  ways  :  and 
the  good  man  shall  be  above  him. 

1 5  I'hi' innocent  believeth  every  word  :  the  dis- 
creet man  considereth  his  steps. 

No  good  shall  come  to  the  deceitful  son  :  but  the 
wise  servant  shall  pros|>er  in  hid  dealings,  and  his 
wav  sh;il|  Iw  made  straight. 

16  A  wise  man  feareth  and  declineth  from  evil: 
the  fool  lea  pet  h  oxer,  and  is  confident. 

17  Tin-  impatient  man  shall  work  folly:  and  the 
( -rail v  man  is  hateful. 

18  The  childish  shall  possess  folly  ;  and  the  pru- 
dent shall  look  for  knowledge. 

19  The  evil  shall  fall  down  before  the  good;  and 
the  wit  kid    before  the  gate*  of  the  just. 


i  The  poor  man  shall  he  hateful  even  to  his  own 
neighbour:  but  the  friends  of  the  rich  me  many. 

ft  He  that  riesptseth  his  in  ighbour,  s'niueih  :  but 
he  (bat  shovveth  mercy  to  the  pom,  shall  be  blessed. 

He  that  believeth  in  the  Lord,  loveth  mercy. 

J2  Thej  err  thai  work  evil:  but  inerev  and  (rutli 

prepare  good  things. 
23  In  much  work  there  shall  be  abundance:  but 

w  here  there  are   many  words,    there    is   oftentimes 
want. 

84  The  crown  of  the  wise  is  their  riches  :  the 
folly  of  fools,  imprudence. 

25  A  faithful  witness  delivereth  souls:  and  the 
double  dealer  utientli  lies. 

26  In  the  fearofthe  Lord  is  confidence  of  strength; 

and  (here  shall  be  hope  for  his  children. 

J7  The  tear  of  the  Lord  If  a  fountain  of  life,  to 
decline  from  the  ruin  of  death. 

28  In  the  multitude  of  people  is  the  dignity  of 
the  king  :  and  in  the  small  number  of  people  the  dis- 
honour of  the  prince. 

29  He  (hat  is  patient,  is  governed  with  much  wis- 
dom :  but  he  that  is  impatient,  exahetfa  his  folly. 

30  Soundness  of  heart  is  the  life  of  the  flc.'i:  but 
envy  if  the  rottenness  of  the  bones. 

31  He  that  oppresseth  the  poor,  Dpbfaideth  his 
maker  :  but  he  that  hath  pity  on  the  poor,  honouieili 
him. 

32  The  wicked  man  shall  be  driven  out  in  his 
wickedness:  but  (he  just  hath  hope  in  his  death. 

33  In  the  heart  of  the  prudent  resteth  wisdom; 
and  it  shall  instruct  all  the  ignorant 

34  Justice  exalteth  a  nation  :  but  sin  makeih  na- 
tions miserable. 

35  A  wise  servant  is  acceptable  to  the  king:  he 
that  is  good  for  nothing  shall  feel  his  anger. 

(HAP.  XV. 
A    MILD  answer  breaketh  wrath:   but  a  harsh 
-£*-  word  stirrelh  up  fury.^ 

2  The  tongue  of  the  wise  adornelh  knowledge  : 
but  (he  mouth  of  fools  bubblethout  folly. 

3  The  eves  of  the  Lord  in  every  place  behold  the 
good  and  the  evil. 

4  A  peaceable  tongue  is  a  tree  of  life:  but  that 
which  is  immoderate,  shall  crush  the  spirit. 

5  A  fool  laugheth  at  the  instruction  ot  his  father. 
hut  he  that  regardeth  re  proofs  shall  become  prudent 

In  abundant  justice  there  is  tin  greatest  ttiengtb. 
but  the  devices  of  the  w  icked  shall  be  rooted  out. 

6a The  house  of  the  just   is   \.n   much  strength 
and  in  the  fiuits  of  the  wicked  is  trouble. 

7  The  lips  of  the  wise  shall  disperse  know  led. 

the  heart  of  fools  shall  be  unlike. 

8  The  victims  of  the  wicked  are  abominable  to 
the  Lord:  the  vows  ofthejusi  sre acceptable. 

9  The  way  of  the  wicked  is  an  abomination  to 
the  Lord  :  he  thai  follow  ith  justice  is  beloVt  il  In  him 

10  Instruction  is  grievous  to  him  that  lorsaketh 
the  wav  of  life:  he  thai  hateth  reproof  shall  die. 

11  Hell  and  destruction  are  before  the  Lord: 
how  much  more  the  hearts  of  the  children  of  men? 

12  A  corrupt  man  loveth  not  i  in  that  reproveth 
him :  nor  w  ill  he  go  to  the  w  is(-. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


13  A  glad  heart maketh  a  cheerful  countenance: 
but  by  grief  of  mind  the  spirit  is  cast  down. 

14  The  heart  of  the  wise  seeketh  instruction: 
and  the  mouth  of  fools  feedeth  on  foolishness. 

15  All  the  days  of  the  poor  are  evil:  a  secure 
mind  is  like  a  continual  feast. 

16  Better  is  a  little  with  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  than 
great  treasures  without  content. 

17  It  is  better  to  be  invited  to  herbs  with  love, 
than  to  a  fatted  calf  with  hatred. 

18  A  passionate  man  stirreth  up  strifes:  he  that 
is  patient  appcaseth  those  that  are  stirred  up. 

19  The  way  of  the  slothful  is  as  a  hedge  of 
thorns  :  the  way  of  the  just  is  without  offence. 

20  A  wise  son  maketh  a  father  joyful:  but  a  fool- 
ish man  despiseth  his  mother. 

21  Folly  is  joy  to  the  fool:  and  the  wise  man 
maketh  straight  his  steps. 

22  Designs  are  brought  to  nothing  where  there 
is  no  counsel :  but  where  there  are  many  counsel- 
lors, they  are  established. 

23  A  man  rejoiceth  in  the  sentence  of  his  mouth  : 
and  a  word  in  due  time  is  best. 

24  The  path  of  life  is  above  for  the  wise,  that  he 
may  decline  from  the  lowest  hell. 

25  The  Lord  will  destroy  the  house  of  the  proud ; 
and  will  strengthen  the  borders  of  the  widow. 

26  Evil  thoughts  are  an  abomination  to  the  Lord : 
and  pure  words  most  beautiful  shall  be  confirmed 
by  him. 

27  He  that  is  greedy  of  gain  troubleth  his  own 
house:  but  he  that  hateth  bribes  shall  live. 

By  mercy  and  faith  sins  are  purged  away  :  and  by 
the  fear  of  the  Lord  every  one  declineth  from  evil. 

28  The  mind  of  the  just  studieth  obedience  :  the 
mouth  of  the  wicked  overfloweth  with  evils. 

29  The  Lord  is  far  from  the  wicked  :  and  he  will 
hear  the  prayers  of  the  just. 

30  The  light  of  the  eyes  rejoiceth  the  soul :  a 
good  name  maketh  the  bones  fat. 

31  The  ear  that  heareth  the  reproofs  of  life,  shall 
abide  in  the  midst  of  the  wise. 

32  He  that  rejecteth  instruction,  despiseth  his 
own  soul:  but  he  that  yieldeth  to  reproof  posscsseth 
understanding. 

33  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  lesson  of  wisdom : 
and  humility  goeth  before  glory. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

IT  is  the  part  of  man*  to  prepare  the  soul :  and  of 
the  Lord  to  govern  the  tongue. 

2  All  the  ways  of  a  man  are  open  to  his  eyes: 
the  Lord  is  the  weigher  of  spirits. 

3  Lay  open  thy  works  to  the  Lord:  and  thy 
thoughts  shall  be  directed. 

4  The  Lord  hath  made  all  things  for  himself:  the 
wicked  also  for  the  evil  day. 

5  Every  proud  man  is  an  abomination  to  the 
Lord  :  though  hand  should  be  joined  to  hand,  he  is 
not  innocent. 

*  It  is  the  part  of  man,  &c.  That  is,  a  man  should  prepare  in  his 
heart  and  soul  what  he  is  to  say :  but  after  all  it  must  he  the  Lord  that 
must  govern  his  tongue,  to  speak  to  the  purpose.  Not  that  we  can 
think  any  thing  of  good  without  God's  grace ;  but  that  after  we  have 


The  beginning  of  a  good  way,  is  to  do  justice, 
and  this  is  more  acceptable  with  God,  than  to  offer 
sacrifices. 

6  By  mercy  and  truth  iniquity  is  redeemed:  and 
by  the  fear  ot  the  Lord  men  depart  from  evil. 

7  When  the  ways  of  man  shall  please  the  Lord 
he  will  convert  even  his  enemies  to  peace. 

8  Better  is  a  little  with  justice,  than  great  reve 
nues  with  iniquity. 

9  The  heart  of  man  disposeth  his  way  :  but  the 
Lord  must  direct  his  steps. 

1 0  Divination  is  in  the  lips  of  the  king :  his  mouth 
shall  not  err  in  judgment. 

1 1  Weight  and  balance  are  judgments  of  the 
Lord  :  and  his  work  all  the  weights  of  the  bag. 

12  They  that  act  wickedly  are  abominable  to 
the  king:  for  the  throne  is  established  by  justice. 

13  Just  lips  are  the  delight  of  kings:  he  that 
speaketh  right  things  shall  be  loved. 

14  The  wrath  of  a  king  is  as  messengers  of  death: 
and  the  wise  man  will  pacify  it. 

15  In  the  cheerfulness  of  the  king's  countenance 
is  life:  and  his  clemency  is  like  the  latter  rain. 

16  Get  wisdom,  because  it  is  better  than  gold: 
and  purchase  prudence,  for  it  is  more  precious  than 
silver. 

17  The  path  of  the  just  departeth  from  evils:  he 
that  keepeth  his  soul  keepeth  his  way. 

1 8  Pride  goeth  before  destruction  :  and  the  spirit 
is  lifted  up  before  a  fall. 

19  It  is  better  to  be  humbled  with  the  meek, 
than  to  divide  spoils  with  the  proud. 

20  The  learned  in  word  shall  find  good  things : 
and  he  that  trusteth  in  the  Lord  is  blessed. 

21  The  wise  in  heart  shall  be  called  prudent: 
and  he  that  is  sweet  in  words  shall  attain  to  greater 
things. 

22  Knowledge  is  a  fountain  of  life  to  him  that 
possesseth  it :  the  instruction  of  fools  is  foolish- 
ness. 

23  The  heart  of  the  wise  shall  instruct  his  mouth  : 
and  shall  add  grace  to  his  lips. 

24  Well-ordered  words  are  as  a  honey-comb, 
sweet  to  the  soul,  and  health  to  the  bones. 

25  There  is  a  way  that  seemeth  to  a  man  right : 
and  the  ends  thereof  lead  to  death. 

26  The  soul  of  him  that  laboureth,  laboureth  for 
himself,  because  his  mouth  hath  obliged  him  to  it. 

27  The  wicked  man  diggeth  evil,  and  in  his  lips 
is  a  burning  fire. 

28  A  perverse  man  stirreth  up  quarrels:  and  one 
full  of  words  separateth  princes. 

29  An  unjust  man  allureth  his  friend:  and  lead- 
eth  him  into  a  way  that  is  not  good. 

30  He  that  with  fixed  eyes  deviseth  wicked 
things,  biting  his  lips  bringeth  evil  to  pass. 

31  Old  age  is  a  crown  of  dignity,  when  it  is 
found  in  the  ways  of  justice. 

32  The  patient  man   is  better  than  the  valiant: 

(with  God's  grace)  thought  and  prepared  within  our  souls  what  we 
could  speak ;  if  God  does  not  govern  our  tongue,  we  shall  not  suc- 
ceed in  what  we  speak. 

493 


PBorKRBa 

ruleth  his  spirit,  than  he  that  takcth 
hut   they  arc  dis- 


iiml   he  that 
cities. 

33  LoO  an-  cast  into  tin1  lap  ; 
posed  of  by  tin-  Lord. 

CHAP.   Wll. 

BETTER  is  a  drj  morsel  with  joy,  than  a  boose 
lull  of  victims  with  strife. 

2  A  wise  sen  ant  shall  rule  iivit  foolish  son-,  ami 
shall  divide  the  inheritance  among  the  brethren. 

3  As  silver  is  died  by  fire,  and  u.< >lri  in  the  fur- 
nace; so  the  Lord  tricth  the  hearts. 

4  The  evil  man  obeyeth  an  unjust  tongue.:  and 
the  deceitful  bearkeneth  to  lying  lips. 

5  He  that  despiseth  tin-  poor,  reproae-heth  his" 
maker:  and  he  that  rejoiceth  at  another  man's  ruin, 
shall  not  he  unpunished. 

6  Children's  children  are  the  crown  of  old  men: 


ire  their  fathers. 
not  beeome  a  fool, 


nor 


and  the  glorj  of  children 

7  Eloquent   words  do 
lying  lips  a  prime. 

8  The  expectation  of  him  that  cxpecteth,  is  a 
most  acceptable  jewel :  whithersoever  he  turneth 
himself,  he  understandetli  wisely. 

!•  He  that  cpncealeth  a  transgression,  seeketh 

friendships:   he  that  repeated)  it  again,  separated) 
friends. 

10  A  reproof  availeth  more  with  a  wise  man. 
than  a  hundred  stripes  with  a  fool. 

11  An  evil  man  always  seeketh  quarrels:  but  a 
cruel  angel  shall  he  sent  against  him. 

1 J  It  is  better  to  meet  a  hear  robbed  of  her 
whelps,  than  a  fool  trusting  in  his  own  folly. 

13  He  that  rendered!  evil  for  good,  evil  shall  not 
depart  from  his  house. 

1 V  Tin'  beginning  of  quarrels  has  when  onelet- 
teth  out  water:  hefore  he  stilTercth  reproach,  he  for- 
siketh  judgment 

15  He  that  justifieth  the  wicked,  and  he  that 
condemned]  the  just,  both  are  abominable  before 
God. 

16  What  doth  it  avail  a  fool  to  have  riches,  see- 
ing he  cannot  buy  wisdom? 

Tie  that  tnakeih  his  house  high,  seeketh  a  down- 
full:  and  he  that  reftiscth  to  learn,  shall  fall  intoevfl. 

17  He  that  is  a  friend  loveth  at  all  times:  and  a 
brother  is  proved  in  distress. 

18  A  foolish  m, in  will  clap  hands,  when  he  is 
surety  for  his  friend. 

I!)  lie  that  studied)  discords,  loveth  quarrels: 
and  he  that  exalted)  his  door,  seeketh  ruin. 

Jn  He  that  is  of  a  perverse  heart,  shall  not  find 
pood  ;  and  he  that  perverteth  his  tongue,  shall  fall 
into  evil. 

21  A  fool  is  horn  to  his  own  disgrace  :  and  even 
hi-  lather   sh;i||  not  rejoice  in  a  tool. 

Jl  t  joyful  mind  maketh  age  nourishing:  a  sor- 
rowful spirit  drieth  up  the  hones. 

The  wicked  man  takcth  gifts  out  of  the 
som,  that  he  may  pervert  the  paths  of  judgment 
Wisdom  shineth  in  the  face  ofthewise: 
are  in  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

2")    A   foolish  son  is  the  aimer  of  the  father 
the  sorrow  of  the  mother  thai  bore  him. 

4M 


bo- 

the 
,  and 


8   It  is  no  good  tiling  to  do  hurt  to  the  just  ;  nor 
:ike  the  prince,  whojudgeth  right. 
27  He  that  setteth  bounds  to  his  words,  is  know* 

in- and  wise:  and  the  man  of  Understanding  is  of  a 
precious  spirit. 

Even  a  fool,  if  he  will  hold  Iris  peace,  shall  l>e 
counted  w  isc  ;  and  if  he  close  his  lips,  a  man  of  un- 
derstanding. 


TTE    that 

iJ-   seeketh 


CHAP.  XVIII. 

hath  a   mind  to   depart    from  a   friend 
occasions:   he  shall  ever  he  BUbjecl  to 
reproach. 

J  A  fool  rcceiveth  not  the  words  of  prudence  ; 
Unless  thou  say  those  thiims  which  are  in  his  heart. 

3  The  wicked  man  w  hen  In-  is  come  into  the 
depth  of  sins,  contcmuetli  :  hut  ignominy  ami  re- 
proach follow  him. 

4  Words  from  the  mouth  of  a  man  art  as  deep 
water  ;  and  the  fountain  of  w  isdom  as  an  overflow- 
ing stream. 

5  It  is  not  good  to  accept  the  person  of  the  wick- 
ed, to  decline  from  the  truth  of  judgment. 

6  The  lips  of  a  fool  intermeddle  with  strife:  and 
his  mouth  provoked)  quarrels. 

7  The  mouth  of  a  fool  is  his  destruction  :  and 
his  lips  are  the  ruin  of  his  soul. 

8  The  words  of  the  double-tongued  areas  if  they 
were  harmless;  and  they  reach  even  to  the  inner 
parts  of  the  bowels,    l'ear  casteth  down  the  slothful 

and  the  souls  of  the  effeminate  shall  be  hungry. 

9  He  that  is  loose  and  slack  in  his  work,  is  the 
brother  of  him  that  wasteth  his  own  works. 

10  The  name  of  the  Lord  is  a  Strong  tower:  the 
just  runneth  to  it,  and  shall  he  exalted. 

11  The  Substance  of  the  rich  man  is  the  city  ol 
his  Strength,  and  as  a  strong  Wall  compassing  him 
about. 

1  2  Hefore  destruction,  the  heart  of  I  man  is  ex- 
alted :  and  hefore  he  he  glorified,  it  is  humbled. 

13  He  that  aiiswercth  hefore  he  heaieth.  showed) 
himself  to  he  a  fool,  and  worthy  of  confusion. 

1  I  The  spirit  of  a  man  tipholdeth  his  infirmity: 
hut  a  spirit  that  beastly  angered,  who  can  bear/ 

15  A  wise  heart  shall  acquire  knowledge :  and 
the  ear  of  the  wise  seeketh  instruction: 

16  A  man's  gift  enlargeth  his  way,  and  maketh 
him  room  hefore  prin 

17  The  just  is  first  accuser  of  himself:  his  friend 
cometh.  and  shall  search  him. 

18  The  lot  SUppresseth  contentions,  and  deter- 
mined! even  between  the  mighty. 

19  A  brother  that  is  helped  by  his  brother,  is  like 
a  strong  city  :  and  judgments  art  like  the  hars  of 
cities. 

JO  Of  the  fruit  of  a  man's  mouth  shall  his  belly 
I'islied:  and  the  offspring  of  his  lips  shall  fill 
him. 

21  Death  and  life  are  in  the  power  of  the  tOttgue: 
the)  that  love  it  shall  eat  the  fruits  thereof. 

'  He  that  huh  found  a  good  wife,  hath  found  a 

food   thing,   and  shall    receive   a  pleasure  from  the 
„ord.     He  that  drivcth  away  a  good  wife,  driveth 


CHAP.  XIX,  XX. 


a  good  thing:  but  he  that  kecpeth  an  adulteress,  is 
foolish  and  wicked. 

23  The  poor  will  speak  with  supplications  ;  and 
the  rich  will  speak  roughly. 

24  A  man  amiable  in  society,  shall  be  more 
friendly  than  a  brother. 

CHAP.  XIX. 

BETTER  is  the  poor  man,  that  vvalketh  in  his 
simplicity,  than  a  rich  man  that  is  perverse   in 
bis  lips,  and  unwise. 

2  Where  there  is  no  knowledge  of  the  soul,  there 
is  no  good  :  and  he  that  is  hasty  with  his  feet  shall 
si  nmble. 

3  The  folly  of  a  man  supplanteth  his  steps  :  and 
he  fretteth  in  bis  mind  against  God. 

4  Riches  make  many  friends  :  but  from  the  poor 
man,  even  they  whom  he  had,  depart. 

5  A  false  witness  shall  not  be  unpunished  :  and 
be  that  speaketh  lies,  shall  not  escape. 

6  Many  honour  the  person  of  him  that  is  mighty, 
and  are  friends  of  him  that  giveth  gifts. 

7  The  brethren  of  the  poor  man  hate  him  :  more- 
over also  his  friends  have  departed  far  from  him. 

He  that  followeth  afterwords  only,  shall  have 
nothing. 

8  But  he  that  possesseth  a  mind,  loveth  his  own 
soul  ;  and  he  that  keepeth  prudence  shall  find  good 
things. 

9  A  false  witness  shall  not  be  unpunished  :  and 
he  that  speaketh  lies,  shall  perish. 

10  Delicacies  are  not  seemly  for  a  fool  ;  nor  for 
a  servant  to  have  rule  over  princes. 

1 1  The  learning  of  a  man  is  known  by  patience  : 
and  his  glory  is  to  pass  over  wrongs. 

12  As  the  roaring  of  a  lion,  so  also  is  the  anger 
of  a  king  ■  and  his  cheerfulness  as  the  dew  upon 
the  grass. 

13  A  foolish  son  is  the  grief  of  his  father :  and  a 
wrangling  wife  is  like  a  roof  continually  dropping 
lb  rough. 

14  House  and  riches  are  given  by  parents  :  but  a 
prudent  wife  is  properly  from  the  Lord. 

15  Slothfulness  casteth  into  a  deep  sleep  :  and 
an  idle  soul  shall  suffer  hunger. 

16  He  that  keepeth  the  commandment,  keepeth 
his  own  soul  :  but  he  that  neglecteth  his  own  way, 
shall  die. 

17  He  that  hath  mercy  on  the  poor,  lendeth  to 
the  Lord  :  and  he  will  repay  him. 

18  Chastise  thy  son,  despair  not :  but  to  the  kill- 
ing of  him  set  not  thy  soul. 

19  He  that  is  impatient,  shall  suffer  damage:  and 
when  he  shall  take  away  he  shall  add  another  thing. 

20  Hear  counsel,  and  receive  instruction,  that 
thou  mayst  be  wise  in  thy  latter  end. 

21  There  are  many  thoughts  in  the  heart  of  a 
man:  but  the  will  of  the  Lord  shall  stand  firm. 

22  A  needy  man  is  merciful  :■  and  better  is  the 
poor  than  the  lying  man. 

23  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  unto  life :  and  he 
shall  abide  in  fulness  without  being;  visited  with  evil. 

24  The  slothful  hideth  his  hand  under  his  arm- 
pit, and  will  not  so  much  as  bring  it  to  bis  mouth. 


25  The  wicked  man  being  scourged,  the  fool 
shall  be  wiser  :  but  if  thou  rebuke  a  wise  man  he 
will  understand  discipline. 

26  He  that  afilicteth  his  father,  and  chaseth 
away  his  mother,  is  infamous  and  unhappy. 

27  Cease  not,  O  my  son,  to  hear  instruction,  and 
be  not  ignorant  of  the  words  of  knowledge. 

28  An  unjust  witness  scorneth  judgment :  and 
the  mouth  of  the  wicked  devoureth  iniquity. 

29  Judgments  are  prepared  lor  scorners  :  and 
striking  hammers  for  the  bodies  of  fools. 

CHAP.  XX. 
"Y17TNE  is  a  luxurious  thing,  and  drunkenness  ri- 
^*    otous  :  whosoever  is  delighted  therewith  shall 
not  be  wise. 

2  As  the  roaring  of  a  lion,  so  also  is  the  dread  of 
a  king  :  he  that  provoketh  him,  sinneth  against  his 
own  soul. 

3  It  is  an  honour  for  a  man,  to  separate  himself 
from  quarrels  :  but  all  fools  are  meddling  with  re- 
proaches. 

4  Because  of  the  cold  the  sluggard  would  not 
plough  :  he  shall  beg  therefore  in  the  summer,  and 
it  shall  not  be  given  him. 

5  Council  in  the  heart  of  a  man  is  like  deep  wa- 
ter :  but  a  wise  man  will  draw  it  out. 

6  Many  men  are  called  merciful :  but  who  shall 
find  a  faithful  man  ? 

7  The  just  that  walketh  in  his  simplicity  shall 
leave  behind  him  blessed  children. 

8  The  king  that  sitteth  on  the  throne  of  judgment, 
scattereth  away  all  evil  with  his  look. 

9  Who  can  say :  My  heart  is  clean,  I  am  pure 
from  sin  ? 

10  Diverse  weights  and  diverse  measures,  both 
are  abominable  before  God. 

11  By  his  inclinations  a  child  is  known,  if  his 
works  be  clean  and  right. 

12  The  hearing  ear,  and  the  seeing  eye,  the 
Lord  hath  made  them  both. 

13  Love  not  sleep,  lest  poverty  oppress  thee ; 
open  thy  eyes,  and  be  filled  with  bread. 

14  It" is  naught,  it  is  naught,  saith  every  buyer: 
and  when  he  is  gone  away  then  he  will  boast. 

15  There  is  gold  and  a  multitude  of  jewels  :  but 
the  lips  of  knowledge  are  a  precious  vessel. 

16  Take  away  the  garment  of  him  that  is  surety 
for  a  stranger ;  and  take  a  pledge  from  him  for  stran- 
gers. 

17  The  bread  of  lying  is  sweet  to  a  man  :  but 
afterwards  his  mouth  shall  be  filled  with  gravel. 

18  Designs  are  strengthened  by  counsels  :  and 
wars  are  to  be  managed  by  governments. 

19  Meddle  not  with  him  that  revealeth  secrets 
and  walketh  deceitfully,  and  openeth  wide  his  lips. 

20  He  that  curseth  his  father  and  mother,  hi? 
lamp  shall  be  put  out  hi  the  midst  of  darkness. 

21  The  inheritance  gotten  hastily  in  the  begin- 
ning, in  the  end  shall  be  without  a  blessing. 

22  Say  not :  I  will  return  evil  :  wait  for  the  Lord, 
and  he  will  deliver  thee. 

23  Diverse  weights  are  an  abomination  before 

the  Lord  :  a  deceitful  balance  is  not  good. 

Ml 


PROVERDS. 


21  Tin-  steps  of  man  arc  guided  bj  the  Lord  : 
and  who  is  tin-  man  that  (an  understand  his  OWn 
w  | 

It  ifl  min  to  |  man  to  devour  holy  ones,  and 
after  \DHs  to  retract. 

V  w  ise  kirn:  scattered]  the  w  icked,  and  briog- 
cth  over  them  tin-  wheel. 

11    The  spirit   ol  a  man  is  the  lamp  of  the  Lord, 
w  Inch  searched)  all  the  bidden  things  of  the  bowels. 
ml  truth   preserve  the  kin:;  :   and  his 
throne  is  strengthened  by  clemency. 

29  The  joy  of  voting  men  is  their  strength  ;  and 
the  dignity  ot  old  men,  their  gray  hairs. 

The    bkMMaot    a  wound    shall  wipe  away 
e\ils;   and  stripes  in  the  more  inward  parte  of  the 

belly. 

CHAP.  \\l. 

A  S  the  divisions  of  waters,  so  the  heart  of  the 
■•  *-  kirn:  is  in  the  hand  of  the  Lord  :  whithersoever 
he  will  he  shall  turn  it. 

I  Everj  way  of  a  man  seemeth  right  to  himself : 

hilt  the  Lord  weinheth  the  hearts. 

•  >  To  do  mercy  and  judgment,  pleaseth  the  Lord 
more  than  victim-. 

4  Haughtiness  of  the  eyes  is  the  enlarging  of  the 
heart:   the  lamp  of  the  wicked  is  sin. 

5  The  thoughts  of  the  industrious  always  bring 
forth  abundance  :  but  every  sluggard  is  always  in 
want. 

»J    He  that  eathercth  treasures  by  a  lying  tongue, 
i in  and  foolish,  and  shall  stumble  upon  the  snares 
»f  death. 

7  The  robberies  of  the  wicked  shall  be  their 
downfall;  because  they  would  not  do  Judgment. 

8  The  perverse  way  of  a  man  is  arrange  !  but  as 
for  Hi  in  that  is  pure,  his  work  is  right. 

9  It  is  better  to  sit  in  a  corner  of  the  house-top. 
than  with  a  brawTuiu,  woman,  and  in  a  common 
bon 

10  The  soul  of  the  wicked  desinth  e\  il  :  he  will 
not  have  pity  on  his  neighbour. 

II  When  a  pestilent  man  is  punished,  the  little 
one  will  bswiaer:  and  il  be  follow  the  wise,  he 
will  receive  know  ledge. 

1J  The  iust  considereth  seriously  the  house  of 
the  wicked,  that  he  may  withdraw  the  wicked  from 
ev  il. 

13  He  that  stoppeth  his  ear  against  the  cry  of 
the  poor,  shall  also  cry  himself,  ami  shall  not  be 
beard. 

14  A  secret  present  quencheth  anger ;  and  a  gift 
in  the  bosom  the  greatest  wrath. 

15  It  is  joy  to  the  just  to  do  judgment  ;  and 
dread  to  them  that  work  iniquity. 

It!  A  man  that  shall  wander  out  of  the  way  of 
doctrine,    shall  abide  in  the  company  of  the  giants. 

17  He  that  loveth  good  cheer,  shall  be  in  want  : 
he  that  loveth  w  inc.  and  lat  things,  shall  not  be  rich. 

18  The  wicked  is  delivered  up  lor  the  just  ;  and 
the  unjust  for  the  righteous. 

Ill  It  is  better  to  dwell  in  a  wilderness,  than 
with  a  quarrelsome  and  passionate  woman. 

is  a  treasure   to  be  desired,  and  oil  in 

an 


the  dwelling  of  the  just:  and  the  foolish  man  shall 
spend  it. 

21    lie  that    followeth  justice   and    mercy,  shall 
find  life,  justice,  and  glory. 

I  The  wise  man  hath  scaled  the  city  of  the 
Strong,  and  hath  cast  down  the  strength  of  the  con- 
fidence thereof. 

29    He  that    keepetb  his   mouth   and  his  tongue, 
keepeth  his  soul  from  distress. 

24  The  proud  and  the  arrogant  is  called  ignorant, 
w  ho  iii  anger  w  orketh  pride. 

Desires  kill  the   slothful :  for  his  hands  have 
refused  to  work  at  all. 

26  Helongeth  and  desireth  all  the  day:  but  he 
that  isjiist.  will  give,  and  will  not  cease. 

J.    The  s;i,|jfices  of  the  w  icked  are  abominable  ; 
because  thev   are  offered  of  wickedness. 

28  A   lying    witness  shall    perish:  an  obedient 
man  shall  speak  of  victory. 

29  The   wicked  man  impudently   hardenelh    his 
face:   but  he  that  is  righteous,  correcteth  his  way. 

30  There   is   no  wisdom,  there    is  no  prudence, 
there  is  no  counsel  against  the  Lord. 

31  The  horse    is  prepared  for  the  day  of  battle  : 
but  the  Lord  givetb  safety, 

CHAP.  XXII. 
\    GOOD  name  is  better  than  great  riches  :  and 
-^*-   good  favour  is  above  silver  and  gold. 

2  The  rich  and  |>oor  have  met  one  another :  the 
Lord  is  the  maker  of  them  both. 

3  The  prudent    man  saw  the  evil,  and   hid   him- 
self: the  simple  passed  on  and  Buffered  loss. 

4  The  fruit  of  humility  is   the    fear  of  the  Lord, 
riches  mid  glory  and  life. 

5  Arms  and    swords  are  in  the  way  of  the  pcr- 
:    hut  he  that  keepeth  his   own  soul  departeth 

far  from  them. 

6  It  is  a  proverb  :   A  young  man  according  to  his 
way.  even  when  he  is  old,  he  will  not  depart  from  it. 

7  The  rich    rulcth  over  the  poor  :   and    the  bor- 
rower is  servant  to  him  that  lendeth. 

8  He  that  sow  eth  iniquity,  shall  reap  evils:   and 
with  the  rod  of  his  anger  he  shall  he  consumed. 

9  He  that  is  inclined  to  mercy,    shall  be  blessed  : 
for  of  his  bread  he  hath  given  to  the  poor. 

He  that  maketh  presents  shall  purchase  victory 
and  honour:  but  he  carried)   awav   the  souls  of  the 

receivers. 

10  Cast  out  the  scoffer,  and  contention  shall  go 
out  with  him:  and  quarrels  and  reproaches  shall  cease. 

1 1  He  that  loveth  cleanness  of  heart,  for  the  grace 
of  bis  lips  shall  have  the  kin::  for  his  friend. 

12  The  eyes  of  the    Lord  pi  (serve   knowledge: 
and  the  words  of  the  unjust  arc  overthrown. 

13  Tie-  slothful  man  saith  :  There  is  a  lion  w  itb- 
out :  1  shall  be  slain  in  the  midst  of  the  stret 

1  J    The  mouth  of  a  strange  woman  is  a  deep  pit : 
he  whom  the  Lord  is  angry  with  shall  fall  into  it. 

15   Lolly  is  bound  up  in  the  heart  of  a  child :  and 
the  rod  of  correction  shall  drive  it  away. 

Iti    He  that   opprcsseth   the    poor  to  increase    his 
own  riches,  shall  himself  give  to  one  that  is  richer 
and  shall  be  in  need. 


CHAP.  XXIII,  XXIV. 


17  Incline  thy  car,  and  licar  the  words  of  the 
wise  :  and  apply  thy  heart  to  my  doctrine  : 

18  Which  shall  be  beautiful  for  thee,  if  thou  keep 
it  in  thy  bowels,  and  it  shall  flow  in  thy  lips : 

19  That  thy  trust  maybe  in  the  Lord,  wherefore 
I  have  also  shown  it  to  thee  this  day. 

20  Behold,  I  have  described  it  to  thee  three  man- 
ner of  ways,  in  thoughts  and  knowledge: 

21  That  I  might  show  thee  the  certainty  and  the 
words  of  truth,  to  answer  out  of  these  to  them  that 
sent  thee. 

22  Do  no  violence  to  the  poor,  because  he  is  poor; 
and  do  not  oppress  the  needy  in  the  gate  : 

23  Because  the  Lord  will  judge  his  cause  :  and 
will  afflict  them  that  have  afflicted  his  soul. 

24  Be  not  a  friend  to  an  angry  man  ;  and  do  not 
walk  with  a  furious  man  : 

25  Lest  perhaps  thou  learn  his  ways,  and  take 
scandal  to  thy  soul. 

26  Be  not  with  them  that  fasten  down  their  hands, 
and  that  offer  themselves  sureties  for  debts  : 

27  For  if  thou  have  not  wherewith  to  restore, 
what  cause  is  there,  that  he  should  take  the  cover- 
ing from  thy  bed  ? 

28  Pass  not  beyond  the  ancient  bounds  which 
thy  fathers  have  set. 

29  Hast  thou  seen  a  man  swift  in  his  work  ?  he 
shall  stand  before  kings,  and  shall  not  be  before 
those  that  are  obscure. 

CHAP.  XXIII. 

WHEN  thou  shaltsitto  eat  with  a  prince,  con- 
sider diligently  what  is  set  before  thy  face  : 

2  And  put  a  knife  to  thy  throat,  if  it  be  so  that 
thou  have  thy  soul  in  thy  own  power. 

3  Be  not  desirous  of  his  meats,  in  which  is  the 
bread  of  deceit. 

4  Labour  not  to  be  rich  :  but  set  bounds  to  thy 
prudence. 

5  Lift  not  up  thy  eyes  to  riches  which  thou  canst 
not  have:  because  they  shall  make  themselves  wings 
like  those  of  an  eagle,  and  shall  fly  towards  heaven. 

6  Eat  not  with  an  envious  man,  and  desire  not 
his  meats : 

7  Because  like  a  soothsayer,  and  diviner,  he  think- 
eth  that  which  he  knoweth  not.  Eat  and  drink,  will 
he  say  to  thee :  and  his  mind  is  not  with  thee. 

8  The  meats  which  thou  hadst  eaten,  thou  shalt 
vomit  up  :  and  shall  lose  thy  beautiful  words. 

9  S|>eak  not  in  the  ears  of  fools :  because  they 
will  despise  the  instruction  of  thy  speech. 

10  Touch  not  the  bounds  of  little  ones:  and  en- 
ter not  into  the  field  of  the  fatherless. 

11  For  their  near  kinsman  is  strong:  and  he  will 
judge  their  cause  against  thee. 

12  Let  thy  heart  apply  itself  to  instruction  :  and 
thy  ears  to  words  of  knowledge. 

13  Withhold  not  correction  from  a  child  :  for  if 
thou  strike  him  with  the  rod,  he  shall  not  die. 

14  Thou  shalt  beat  him  with  the  rod,  and  deliver 
his  soul  from  hell. 

15  My  son,  if  thy  mind  be  wise,  my  heart  shall 
'ejoice  with  thee; 

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16  And  my  reins  shall  rejoice,  when  thy  lips  shall 
speak  what  is  right. 

17  Let  not  thy  heart  envy  sinners  :  but  be  thou 
in  the  fear  of  the  Lord  all  the  day  long  : 

18  Because  thou  shalt  have  hope  in  the  latter  end; 
and  thy  expectation  shall  not  be  taken  away. 

19  Hear  thou,  my  son,  and  be  wise:  and  guide 
thy  mind  in  the  way. 

20  Be  not  in  the  feasts  of  great  drinkers,  nor  in 
their  revellings,  who  contribute  flesh  to  eat  : 

21  Because  they  that  give  themselves  to  drink- 
ing, and  that  club  together,  shall  be  consumed;  and 
drowsiness  shall  be  clothed  with  rags. 

22  Hearken  to  thy  father,  that  begot  thee  :  and 
despise  not  thy  mother  when  she  is  old. 

23  Buy  truth ;  and  do  not  sell  wisdom,  and  in- 
struction, and  understanding. 

24  The  father  of  the  just  rejoiceth  greatly:  he  that 
hath  begotten  a  wise  son,  shall  have  joy  in  him. 

25  Let  thy  father  and  thy  mother  be  joyful ;  and 
let  her  rejoice  that  bore  thee. 

26  My  son,  give  me  thy  heart:  and  let  thy  eyes 
keep  my  ways. 

27  For  a  harlot  is  a  deep  ditch  :  and  a  strange 
woman  is  a  narrow  pit. 

28  She  lieth  in  wait  in  the  way  as  a  robber  :  aiu" 
him  whom  she  shall  see  unwaryj  she  will  kill. 

29  Who  hath  wo?  whose  father  hath  wo?  who 
hath  contentions?  who  falls  into  pits?  who  harli 
wounds  without  cause  ?  who  hath  redness  of  eyes  ? 

30  Surely  they  that  pass  their  time  in  wine,  and 
study  to  drink  on  their  cups. 

31  Look  not  upon  the  wine  when  it  is  yellow, 
when  the  colour  thereof  shineth  in  the  glass:  it  goetli 
in  pleasantly : 

32  But  in  the  end,  it  will  bite  like  a  snake,  and 
will  spread  abroad  poison  like  a  basilisk. 

33  Thy  eyes  shall  behold  strange  women  :  and 
thy  heart  shall  utter  perverse  things  : 

34  And  thou  shalt  be  as  one  sleeping  in  the  midst 
of  the  sea,  and  as  a  pilot  fast  asleep,  when  the  stern 
is  lost. 

35  And  thou  shalt  say :  They  have  beaten  me, 
but  I  was  not  sensible  of  pain  :  they  drew  me,  and 
I  felt  not:  when  shall  I  awake,  and  find  wine  again? 

CHAP.  XXI V. 

SEEK  not  to  be  like  evil  men ;  neither  desire  to 
be  with  them  : 

2  Because  their  mind  studieth  robberies ;  and 
their  lips  speak  deceits. 

3  By  wisdom  the  house  shall  be  built :  and  by 
prudence  it  shall  be  strengthened. 

4  By  instruction  the  store-rooms  shall  be  filled 
with  all  precious  and  most  beautiful  wealth. 

5  A  wise  man  is  strong :  and  a  knowing  man 
stout  and  valiant. 

6  Because  war  is  managed  by  due  ordering:  and 
there  shall  be  safety  where  there  are  many  counsels 

7  Wisdom  is  too  high  for  a  fool :  in  the  gate  ht 
shall  not  open  his  mouth. 

8  He  that  deviseth  to  do  evils,  shall  be  called  a 
fool. 

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9  The  thought  of  a  fool  is  sin  :  mm 
is  the  abominatiou  of  men. 

10  It  lliou  lose  hope  Ix-ing  weary  in  t lit'  dav  of 
distress,  thy  strength  (ball  be  diminished. 

1 1  Deliver  them  that  an-  led  to  death  :  and  those 
that  are  drawn  to  death  forbear  not  to  deliver. 

\2  If  thou  say;  I  haw  not  strength  enough:  he 
that  seelh  into  I  lie  heart,  lit-  understand*  th,  and  no- 
thing deeetveth  the  keeper  of  thj  soul,  and  he  shall 
render  to  a  man  according  to  his  works. 

13  Eat  honey,  my  son,  because  it  is  good,  and 
the  honey-comb  most  swei  i  to  thv  throat  : 

14  So  aKo  m  the  doctrine  of  wisdom  to  thy  soul: 
which  whea  thou  hast  found,  thou  shall  have  hope 
in  the  end,  and  thy  hope  shall  not  perish. 

\~>  Lie  not  in  wait,  nor  seek  after  wickedoen  in 

the  house  of  the  just,  nor  spoil  his  rest. 

16  For  a  just  man  shall  Tall  seven  times  and  shall 
rise  again  :  mil  the  wicked  shall  fall  down  into  evil. 

17  When  thy  enemy  shall  fall,  l»e  not  glad  :  and 
in  his  ruin  let  not  thy  heart  rejoice; 

18  Lest  the  Lord  see,  and  it  displease  him.  and 
he  turn  away  his  wrath  from  him. 

19  Contend  not  with  the  wicked,  nor  seek  to  be 
like  the  ungodly : 

20  For  evil  men  have  no  hope  of  things  to  come  : 
and  the  lamp  of  the  wicked  shall  he  nut  out. 

21  Ml  son,  fear  the  Lord,  and  the  king;  and 
have  nothing  to  do  with  detractors. 

22  For  their  destruction  shall  rise  suddenly  :  and 
W  ho  know  eth  the  ruin  of  both  ? 

23  These  things  tin  to  the  w  ise  :  It  is  not  good 
to  have  respect  to  persons  in  judgment. 

•  24  They  that  say  to  the  wicked  man :  Thou  art 
just ;  shall  Ik*  cursed  by  the  people  ;  and  the  tribes 
shall  abhor  them. 

25  They  that  rebuke  him,  shall  be  praised  :  and 
a  blessing  shall  come  upon  them. 

26  He  shall  kiss  the  lips,  who  answered)  right 
words. 

27  Prepare  thy  work  without,  and  diligently  till 
thy  ground,  that  afterwards  thou   mayst   build  thy 

hollar. 

28  Be  not  witness  without  cause  against  thy 
neighbour;  and  deceive  not  any  man  with  thy  lips. 

Say  not  :  I  will  do  to  him  as  be  hath  done  to 
me:  I  will  render  to  every  one  according  to  his  work. 

30  I  passed  by  the  field  of  the  slothful  man,  and 
by  the  vineyard  of  the  foolish  man  : 

31  Ami  behold,  it  was  all  tilled  with  nettles  ;  and 
thorns  had  covered  the  face  thereof:  and  the  stone 
wall  was  broken  down. 

32  Which,  whin  I  had  seen,  I  laid  it  up  in  my 
hc«rt:  and  by  the  example  I  received  instruction. 

33  Thou  wilt  sleep  a  little,  said  I  :  thou  wilt  slum- 
ber a  little  ;  thou  wilt  fold  thy  hands  a  little  to  rest  : 

34  And  poverty  shall  come  to  thee  as  a  runner, 
and  In-ggary  as  an  armed  man. 

(HAP.   XXV. 

THESE  are  also  parables  of  Solomon,  which  the 
men  of  l./.ei  bias  king  of  Juda  copied  out  : 
2  It  is  the  glory  of  God  to  conceal  the  word,  and 
the  glory  of  kings  to  search  out  the  speech. 


3  The  heaven  above,  and  the  earth  beneath,  and 
the  heart  of  kin^s  is  unsearchable. 

4  Take  away  the  rust  from  silver,  and  there 
shall  come  forth  a  most  pure  vessel  : 

6  Take  away  wickedness  from  the  face  of  the 
king;  and  his  throne  shall  be  established  w  it li justice. 

ti  Appear  not  glorious  before  the  kin;;;  and  stand 
not  in  the  place  of  great  men. 

7  For  it  is  better  that  it  should  be  said  to  tine  . 
Cone  up  hither  ;  than  that  thou  sbouldst  be  humbled 
before  the  prince. 

8  The  things  which  th]  eves  have  seen,  Utter  not 
hastily  in  a  quarrel :  lest  afterwards  ihou  mavst  not 
be  able  to  make  amends,  when  thou  hast  dishorn  ur- 
ed  thv  friend. 

9  Treat  thy  cause  with  thy  friend;  and  discover 
not  the  secret  lo  a  stranger: 

10  Lest  be  insult  over  thee,  when  he  hath  heard 
it,  and  cease  not  to  upbraid  tin  e. 

Grace  and  friendship  deliver  a  man:  keep  these 
for  thyself,  lest  thou  fall  under  reproach. 

11  To  speak  a  word    in  due  time,  i.s  like  apples 

of  gold  on  beds  of  silver* 

12  As  an  ear-ring  of  gold  and  a  bright  pearl,  so  is 
he  that  repruvclh  the  Wise,  and  the  oUdient  car. 

13  As  the  cold  of  snow  in  the  time  of  haivcsl.  so 
is  a  faithful  messenger  to  him  that  scut  him; ./or  he 
refresheih  his  soul. 

14  As  clouds,  and  wind,  when  no  rain  follow  eth, 
-•>  is  the  man  that  boastcth,  and  doth  not  fulfil  his 
promises. 

15  By  patience  a  prince  shall  l>e  appeased  ;  and 
a  soft  tongue  shall  break  hardness. 

16  Thou  hast  found  honey  ;  eat  what  is  sufficient 
for  thee,  lest  being  glutted  therewith,  thou  vomit  it 
up. 

17  Withdraw  thy  foot  from  the  house  of  thy 
neighbour,  lest  having  his  fill,  he  hate  thee. 

18  A  man  that  beareth  false  witness  against  his 
neighbour,  is  like  a  dart  and  a  sword  and  a  sharp 
arrow. 

19  To  trust  to  an  unfaithful  man  in  the  time  of 
trouble,  is  like  a  rotten  tooth,  and  weary  foot, 

20  And  one  that  loscth  his  garment  in  cold  wea- 
ther. 

As  vinegar  upon  nitre,  so  is  he  that  singeth  songs 
toa  very  evil  heart.  As  a  moth  doeth  bj  a  garment, 
and  a  worm  by  the  wood  ;  so  the  sadness  ol  a  man 
c  otisiimeth  the  heart. 

21  If  tin  enemy  be  hungry?  give  him  to  eat :  if 
he  thirst,  give  him  water  to  drink  : 

22  For  thou  shah  heap  hot  coals  upon  his  head, 
and  the  Lord  will  reward  thee. 

23  The  north  wind  drivcth  away  rain,  as  doth  a 
sad  countenance  a  backbiting  tongue. 

24  It  is  better  to  sit  in  a  comer  of  the  house- 
top, than  with  a  brawling  woman,  and  in  a  common 

house. 

25  yfxcold  water  to  a  thirsty  soul,  so  is  good  tidings 
from  a  far  country. 

26  A  just  man  railing  down  before  the  wicked, 

is  as  a  fountain  troubled   with  the  foot,  and  a  cor 
rup'.ed  spring. 


CHAP.  XXVI,  XXVII. 


27  As  it  is  not  good  for  a  man  to  eat  much  honey, 
so  he  that  is  a  searcher  of  majesty,*  shall  be  over- 
whelmed by  glory. 

28  As  a  city  that  lieth  open,  and  is  not  compass- 
ed with  walls,  so  is  a  man  that  cannot  refrain  his 
own  spirit  in  speaking. 

CHAP.  XXVI. 

AS  snow  in  summer,  and  rain  in  harvest ;  so  glo- 
ry is  not  seemly  for  a  fool. 

2  As  a  birdf  flying  to  other  places,  and  a  spar- 
row going  here  or  there ;  so  a  curse  uttered  with- 
out cause  shall  come  upon  a  man. 

3  A  whip  for  a  horse,  and  a  snaffle  for  an  ass, 
and  a  rod  for  the  back  of  fools. 

4  Answer  not  a  foolf  according  to  his  folly,  lest 
thou  be  made  like  him. 

5  Answer  a  fool  according  to  his  folly,  lest  he 
imagine  himself  to  be  wise. 

6  He  that  sendeth  words  by  a  foolish  messenger, 
is  lame  of  feet,  and  drinketh  iniquity. 

7  As  a  lame  man  hath  fair  legs  in  vain  ;  so  a  pa- 
rable is  unseemly  in  the  mouth  of  fools. 

8  As  he  that  castcth  a  stone  into  the  heap  of  Mer- 
cury ;  so  is  he  that  giveth  honour  to  a  fool. 

9  As  if  a  thorn  should  grow  in  the  hand  of  a 
niunkard  ;  so  is  a  parable  in  the  month  of  fools. 

10  Judgment  determineth  causes:  and  he  that 
putteth  a  iool  to  silence,  appeaseth  anger.. 

1 1  As  a  dog  that  returneth  to  his  vomit ;  so  is  the 
fool  that  repeateth  his  folly. 

12  Hast  thou  seen  a  man  wise  in  his  own  conceit  ? 
there  shall  be  more  hope  of  a  lool  than  of  tikri. 

13  The  slothful  man  saith :  There  is  a  lion  in  the 
ivay,  and  a  lioness  in  the  roads. 

14  As  the  door  turneth  upon  its  hinges,  so  doth 
He  slothful  upon  his  bed. 

15  The  slothful  hideth  his  hand  under  his  armpit ; 
and  it  grieveth  him  to  turn  it  to  his  mouth. 

16  The  sluggard  is  wiser  in  his  own  conceit,  than 
seven  men  that  speak  sentences. 

17  As  he  that  taketh  a  dog  by  the  ears,  so  is  he 
that  nasseth  by  in  anger,  and  meddleth  with  another 
man's  quarrel. 

18  As  he  is  guilty  that  shooteth  arrows  and  lances 
Unto  death  : 

19  So  is  the  man,  that  hurteth  his  friend  deceit- 
fully :  and  when  he  is  taken,  saith  :  I  did  it  in  jest. 

20  When  the  wood  faileth,  the  fire  shall  go  out : 
and  when  the  tale-bearer  is  taken  away,  conten- 
tions shall  cease. 

21  As  coals  are  to  burning  coals,  and  wood  to 
fire,  so  an  angry  man  stirreth  up  strife. 

22  The  words  of  a  tale-bearer  are  as  it  were 
simple ;  but  they  reach  to  the  innermost  parts  of 
the  belly. 

23  Swelling  lips  joined  with  a  corrupt  heart,  are 
like  an  earthen  vessel  adorned  with  silver  dross. 


*  Mnjtsly,  viz.  of  God.  For  to  search  into  that  incomprehensible 
Majesty,  and  to  pretend  to  sound  the  depths  of  the  wisdom  of  God,  is 
exmiMttjr  our  weak  understanding-  to  be  blinded  with  an  excess  of 
li<r'it  and  irlon',  which  it  cannot  comprehend. 

I  .Is  a  bird,  &c.  The  meaning  is,  that  a  curse  uttered  without  cause 


24  An  enemy  is  known  by  his  lips,  when  in  his 
heart  he  entertaineth  deceit. 

25  When  he  shall  speak  low,  trust  him  not:  be- 
cause there  are  seven  mischiefs  in  his  heart. 

26  He  that  covereth  hatred  deceitfully,  his  ma- 
lice shall  be  laid  open  in  the  public  assembly. 

27  He  that  diggeth  a  pit,  shall  fall  into  it:  and 
he  that  rolleth  a  stone,  it  shall  return  to  him. 

28  A  deceitful  tongue  loveth  not  truth :  and  a 
slippery  mouth  worketh  ruin. 

CHAP.  XXVII. 

BOAST  not  for  to-morrow ;  for  thou  knowest  not 
what  the  day  to  come  may  bring  forth. 

2  Let  another  praise  thee,  and  not  thy  own 
mouth  ;  a  stranger  and  not  thy  own  lips. 

3  A  stone  is  heavy,  and  sand  weighty  :  but  the 
anger  of  a  fool  is  heavier  than  them  both. 

4  Anger  hath  no  mercy,  nor  fury  when  it  break- 
eth  forth :  and  who  can  bear  the  violence  of  one 
provoked  ? 

5  Open  rebuke  is  better  than  hidden  love. 

6  Better  are  the  wounds  of  a  friend,  than  the  de- 
ceitful kisses  of  an  enemy. 

7  A  soul  that  is  full  shall  tread  upon  the  honey- 
comb :  and  a  soul  that  is  hungry  shall  take  even 
bitter  for  sweet. 

8  As  a  bird  that  wandereth  from  her  nest,  so  is 
a  man  that  leaveth  his  place. 

9  Ointment  and  perfumes  rejoice  the  heart :  and 
the  good  counsels  or  a  friend  are  sweet  to  the  soul. 

10  Thy  own  friend,  and  thy  father's  friend  for- 
sake not :  and  go  not  into  thy  brother's  house  in  the 
day  of  thy  affliction. 

Better  is  a  neighbour  that  is  near,  than  a  brother 
afar  off. 

11  Study  wisdom,  my  son,  and  make  my  heart 
joyful,  that  thou  mayst  give  an  answer  to  him  that 
reproacheth. 

12  The  prudent  man  seeing  evil  hideth  himself: 
little  ones  passing  on  have  suffered  losses. 

13  Take  away  his  garment  that  hath  been  surety 
for  a  stranger :  and  take  from  him  a  pledge  for 
strangers. 

14  He  that  blesseth  his  neighbour  with  a  loud 
voice,  rising  in  the  night,  shall  be  like  to  him  that 
curseth. 

15  Roofs  dropping  through  in  a  cold  day,  and  a 
contentious  woman,  are  alike. 

16  He  that  retaineth  her,  is  as  he  that  would  hold 
the  wind,  and  shall  call  in  the  oil  of  his  right  hand. 

17  Iron  sharpeneth  iron  ;  so  a  man  sharpeneth 
the  countenance  of  his  friend. 

18  He  that  keepeth  the  fig-tree,  shall  eat  the 
fruit  thereof:  and  he  that  is  the  keeper  of  his  master, 
shall  be  glorified. 

19  As  the  faces  of  them  that  look  therein,  shine 
in  the  water  ;  so  the  hearts  of  men  are  laid  open  to 
the  wise. 


shall  do  no  harm  to  the  person  that  is  cursed,  but  will  return  upon 
him  that  curseth  ;  as,  whithersoever  a  bird  flics,  it  returns  to  its  own 
nest. 

I  Answer  not  a  Jool,  &c.     Viz.  so  as  to  imitate  him,  but  only  so  as  to 
reprove  his  folly. 

499 


PROVERBS. 


20  Hell  and  destruction  are  never  filled  :  so  the 
eyes  of  men  are  never  satisfied. 

21  As  silver  ia  tried  in  the  fining  pot.  and  gold  in 
the  furnace  ;  so  I  man  is  tried  by  the  mouth  of  him 
that  praiscth. 

The  heart  of  the  wicked  seeketh  after  evils;  but 
the  righteous  heart  seeketh  alter  knowledge. 

rhough  thou  shouhlst  bray  a  fool  in  the  mor- 
tar, as  w  hen  a  pestle  striketh  upon  sodden  barley, 
his  folly  would  not  be  taken  from  him. 

23  Re  diligent  to  know  the  countenance  of  thy 
cattle;  and  consider th)  own  flocks: 

24  For  thou  shall  not  always  have  power:  but  a 
crown  shall  be  given  to  generation  and  generation. 

25  The  meadows  are  open,  and  the  green  herbs 
have  appeared,  and  the  hay  is  gathered  out  of  the 
mountains. 

I  .ambs  are  for  thy  clothing  ;  and  kids  for  the 
price  of  the  fi'ld. 

27  Let  the  milk  of  the  goats  be  enough  for  tin 
food,  and  for  the  necessities  of  thy  house,  and  for 
maintenance  For  thy  handmaids. 

CHAP.  XXVIII. 

'I'MIF  wicked  man  fleeth,  when  no  man  pursued) : 
*■    but  the  just,  hold  as  a  lion,  shall  be  without 
dread. 

2  For  the  sins  of  the  land  many  are  the  princes 
thereof:  and  for  the  wisdom  of  a  man,  and  the 
knowledge  of  those  things  that  are  said,  the  life  of 
the  prince  shall  be  prolonged. 

3  A  |>oor  man  that  oppressed)  the  poor,  is  like  a 
violent  shower,  which  bnngeth  a  famine. 

4  They  that  forsake  the  law,  praise  the  Wicked 
man;  they  thai  keep  it,  are  incensed  against  him. 

5  Evil  men  think  not  on  judgment:  hut  they 
that  seek  after  the  Lord,  fake  notice  of  all  things. 

6  Better  is  the  poor  man  walking  in  his  simpli- 
city, than  the  rich  in  crooked  ways. 

7  He  that  keepelh  the  law,  is  a  wise  son  :  but 
be  that  feedeth  gluttons,  shamed)  his  father. 

!{  He  thai  heapeth  together  riches  by  usury  and 
loan,  gathered]  them  for  him  that  will  be  bountiful 
to  the  poor. 

9  He  that  turneth  aw  ay  his  ears  from  hearing  the 
law,  his  prayer  shall  In1  an  abomination. 

10  He  that  deceiveth  the  just  in  a  wicked  wav, 
shall  fall  in  his  own  destruction  !  and  the  upright 
shall  possess  his  goods. 

11  The  rich  man  seemeth  to  himself  wise  :  but 
the  poor  man  that  is   prudent  shall  search  him  out. 

12  In  the  joy  of  the  just  there  is  -teat  glory: 
.\\\<  u  the  wicked  reign,  men  are  mined. 

13  He  that  hided]  his  sins,  shall  not  prosper:  but 
he  that  shall  confess,  and  forsake  them,  shall  obtain 
mercy. 

1  V  I  Messed  is  the  man  that  is  alwa\s  fearful  :  but 
he  thai  is  hardened  in  mind,  shall  fall  into  evil. 

15  visa  roaring  lion,  and  a  hungry  bear,  jo  it  a 
wicked  prince  over  the  |w>or  people. 

16  A  prince  void  of  prudence  shall  oppress  mam 
by  calumny  :  but  be  that  hatcth  tovetoaaneas,  shall 
prolong  his  days. 


17  A  man  that  doeth  violence  to  the  blood  of  a 
person,  if  he  flee  even  to  the  pit,  no  man  will  stay 
him. 

II?  He  thai  walketh  uprightly,  shall  be  saved  ;  he 
that  is  perverse  In  his  ways,  shall  fall  at  once. 

19  He  that  tilleth  his  ground,  shall  »>c  tilled  with 
bread  :  but  he  that  followed]  idleness,  shall  be  filled 
with  poverty. 

20  A  faithful  man  shall  be  much  praised:  but  he 
that  maketh  haste  to  he  rich,  shall  not  be   innocent. 

21  He  that  hath  respect  toa  person  ia  judgment, 

doeth  not  well:  such  a  man  even  for  a  morsel  oi 
bread  forsakedi  the  truth. 
>  22  A  man,  that  maketh  haste  to  be  rich,  and  en- 
\ieth  others,  is  ignorant  that  poverty  shall  come  up- 
on him. 

23  He  that  rebuketh  a  man,  shall  afterward  find 
lavour  with   him,  more  than  he  that  bj  a    flattering 

tongue  deceiveth  him. 

J't  He  that  stealeth  any  thing  from  his  father,  or 
from  his  mother,  and  sailh:  This  is  no  sin,  is  the 
partner  of  a  murderer. 

25  He  that  housteth,  and  puffeth  up  himself,  stir- 
reth  up  Quarrels:  but  he  that  trusted]  in  the  Lord, 
shall  lie  healed. 

26  He  that  trusteth  in  his  own  heart,  is  a  fool: 
but  he  that  walketh  wisely,  he  shall  lie  saved. 

27  He  that  giyeih  to  the  poor,  shall  not  want :  he 
that  despisedi  his  entreaty,  shall  suffer  indigence 

J!!  When  the  wicked  rise  up,  men  shall  hide 
themselves  :  when  they  perish,  the  ju.st  shall  be  mul- 
tiplied. 

CHAP.  XXIX. 
rpHL  man  that    with  a  si  ill"  neck  despiseth    him 
-1-  that  reproveih  him,  shall  suddenly  be  destioycd: 
and  health  shall  not  follow  him. 

2  When  just  men  increase,  the  people  shall  re- 
joice: when  the  wicked  shall  hear  rule,  the  people 
shall  mourn. 

3  A  man   that   loved)  wisdom,  rejoiceth  his  fa 
ther:  but  he  that  maintained!  harlots,  shall  squander 
away  his  substance. 

4  A  JUSt  King  setted)  ap  the  land  :a  com  tons  man 
shall  destroy  it. 

5  A  man  that  speakethto  his  friend    with  flatter 
ing  and  dissembling  words,  sprcadcth  a  net  lor  his 
feet 

6  A  snare  shall  entangle  the  w  ickc.l  man  when  he 
sinneth  :  and  the  just  shall  praise  and  rejoice. 

7  The  just  taketh  notice  of  the  cause  of  the  poor: 
the  wicked  is  void  of  knowledge. 

8  Corrupt  men  bring  a  city  to  ruin  :  but  wise 
men  turn  away  wrath. 

9  If  a  w  ise  man  contend  wilh  a  fool,  whether  he 
be  angry,  or  laugh,  be  shall  find  no  rest. 

10  Blood-thirsty  men  hate  the  upright :  but  just 
men  seek  his  soul. 

1 1  A  fool  uttcreih  all  his  mind  :  a  wise  man  de- 
ferreth.  and  keepeth  it  till  afterwards. 

12  A  prince  thai  gladly  heart  ih  lying  words,  hath 
all  his  servants  w  icki  d. 

13  The  |x>or  man  and  the  creditor  have  met  one 
another  :  the  Lord  is  the  enlightener  of  them  both. 


CHAP.  XXX. 


1 1  The  king  that  judgeth  the  poor  in  truth,  his 
t|ir(.»,  shall  be  established  for  ever. 

15  The  rod  and  reproof  give  wisdom:  but  the  child 
that  is  left  to  his  own  will  bringeth  his  mother  to  shame. 

16  Wtieu  the  wicked  are  multiplied,  crimes  shall 
be  multiplied  :  but  the  just  shall  see  their  downfall. 

17  Instruct  thy  son :  and  he  shall  refresh  thee, 
and  shall  give  delight  to  thy  soul. 

18  When  prophecy  shall  fail,  the  people  shall  be 
scattered  abroad :  but  he  that  keepeth  the  law,  is 
blessed. 

19  A  slave  will  not  be  corrected  by  words :  be- 
cause he  understandeth  what  thou  sayest,  and  will 
not  answer. 

20  Hast  thou  seen  a  man  hasty  to  speak  ?  folly 
is  rather  to  be  looked  for,  than  his  amendment. 

21  He  that  nourished]  his  servant  delicately  from 
his  childhood,  afterwards  shall  find  him  stubborn. 

22  A  passionate  man  provoketh  quarrels :  and 
he  that  is  easily  stirred  up  to  wrath,  shall  be  more 
prone  to  sin. 

23  Humiliation  followeth  the  proud  :  and  glory 
shall  uphold  the  humble  of  spirit. 

24  He  that  is  partaker  with  a  thief,  hateth  his 
own  soul :  he  heareth  one  putting  him  to  his  oath, 
and  discovereth  not. 

25  He  that  feareth  man,  shall  quickly  fall :  he 
that  trusteth  in  the  Lord,  shall  be  set  on  high. 

26  Many  seek  the  face  of  the  prince  :  but  the 
judgment  of  every  one  cometh  forth  from  the  Lord. 

27  The  just  abhor  a  wicked  man :  and  the  wicked 
loathe  them  that  are  in  the  right  way. 

The  son  that  keepeth  the  word,  shall  be  free  from 
destruction. 

CHAP.  XXX. 

The  wise  man  thinketk  humbly  of  himself.     His  prayer,  and 
sentiments  upon  certain  virtues  and  vices. 

THE  words  of  Gatherer*  the  son  of  Vomiter. 
The  vision  which  the  man  spoke,  with  whom 
God  is,  and  who  being  strengthened  by  God,  abi- 
ding with  him,  said  : 

2  I  am  the  most  foolish  of  men :  and  the  wisdom 
of  men  is  not  with  me. 

3  I  have  not  learned  wisdom,  and  have  not  known 
the  science  of  saints. 

4  Who  hath  ascended  up  into  heaven,  and  de- 
scended ?  who  hath  held  the  wind  in  his  hands  ? 
who  hath  bound  up  the  waters  together  as  in  a  gar- 
ment ?  who  hath  raised  up  all  the  borders  of  the 
earth  ?  what  is  his  name,  and  what  is  the  name  of 
his  son,  if  thou  knowest  ? 

5  Every  word  of  God  is  fire-tried  :f  he  is  a 
buckler  to  them  that  hope  in  him. 

6  Add  not  any  thing  to  his  words,  lest  thou  be 
reproved,  and  found  a  liar: 

7  Two  things  1  have  asked  of  thee;  deny  them 
not  to  me  before  I  die. 

*  Gatherer,  &c.  or,  as  it  is  in  the  Latin,  Congregant  the  son  of  Vontent. 
The  Latin  interpreter  has  given  us  in  this  place  the  signification  of 
the  Hebrew  names,  instead  of  the  names  themselves,  which  are  in 
the  Hebrew,  Agur  the  son  of  Jakeh.  But  whether  this  Agur  he  the 
lame  person  as  Solomon,  as  many  think,  or  a  < li lie  rent  person,  whose 
doctrine  was  adopted  by  Solomon,  and  inserted  among  his  parables  or 
proverbs  <s  uncertain. 


8  Remove  far  from  me  vanity  and  lying  words 
Give  me  neither  beggary,  nor  riches :  give  me  only 
the  necessaries  of  life  : 

9  Lest  perhaps  being  filled,  I  should  be  tempted 
to  deny,  and  say  :  Who  is  the  Lord  ?  or  being  com- 
pelled by  poverty,  1  should  steal,  and  forswear  the 
name  of  my  God. 

10  Accuse  not  a  servant  to  his  master,  lest  he 
curse  thee,  and  thou  fall. 

11  There  is  a  generation  that  curseth  their  fa- 
ther, and  doth  not  bless  their  mother. 

12  A  generation,  that  are  pure  in  their  own  eyes, 
and  yet  are  not  washed  from  their  filthiness. 

13  A  generation  whose  eyes  are  lofty,  and  their 
eye-lids  lifted  up  on  high. 

14  A  generation,  that  for  teeth  hath  swords,  and 
grindeth  with  their  jaw-teeth,  to  devour  the  needy 
from  off  the  earth,  and  the  poor  from  among  men. 

15  The  horse-leeehj  hath  two  daughters  that 
say:   Bring,  bring. 

There  are  three  things  that  never  are  satisfied  : 
and  the  fourth  never  saith :  It  is  enough. 

16  Hell,  and  the  mouth  of  the  womb,  and  the 
earth  which  is  not  satisfied  with  water  :  and  the  fire 
never  saith  :   It  is  enough. 

17  The  eye  that  mocketh  at  his  father,  and  that 
despiseth  the  labour  of  his  mother  in  bearing  him, 
let  the  ravens  of  the  brooks  pick  it  out,  and  the 
young  eagles  eat  it. 

18  Three  things  are  hard  to  me;  and  the  fourth 
I  am  utterly  ignorant  of. 

19  The  way  of  an  eagle  in  the  air,  the  way  of  a 
serpent  upon  a  rock,  the  way  of  a  ship  in  the  midst 
of  the  sek,  and  the  way  of  a  man  in  youth. 

20  Such  is  also  the  way  of  an  adulterous  woman, 
who  eateth,  and  wipeth  her  mouth,  and  saith :  1 
have  done  no  evil. 

21  By  three  things  the  earth  is  disturbed  :  and 
the  fourth  it  cannot  bear: 

22  By  a  slave  when  he  reigneth  ;  by  a  fool  when 
he  is  filled  with  meat ; 

23  By  an  odious  woman  when  she  is  married ; 
and  by  a  bond-woman  when  she  is  heir  to  her 
mistress. 

24  There  are  four  very  little  things  of  the  earth; 
and  they  are  wiser  than  the  wise  : 

25  The  ants,  a  feeble  people,  which  provide 
themselves  food  in  the  harvest:  4 

26  The  rabbit,  a  weak  people,  which  maketh 
its  bed  in  the  rock  : 

27  The  locust  hath  no  king,  yet  they  all  go  out 
by  their  bands : 

28  The  stellio§  supporteth  itself  on  hands,  and 
dwelleth  in  kings'  houses. 

29  There  are  three  things,  which  go  well,  and 
the  fourth  that  walketh  happily  : 

30  A  lion,  the  strongest  of  beasts,  who  hath  no 
fear  of  any  thing  he  meeteth  ; 


t  /»  fire-tried:  that  is,  most  pure,  like  gold  purified  by  fire. 

|  The  horie-leech.  Concupiscence,  which  hath  two  daughters  that 
are  never  satisfied,  viz.  lust  and  avarice. 

♦  The  shllio.  A  kind  of  house-lizard  marked  with  spots  like  stars, 
from  whence  it  has  its  name. 


601 


ECCLES 

■ad  I  rain 


31  A  cock  (tided  about  the  loins 
and  a  kin:;,  whom  none  can  resist. 

1'here  is  lhat  lialli  appeared  a  fool  after  he 
was  lilted  up  on  high  :  lor  if  he  had  understood, 
he  would  have  laid  his  hand  U|k>u  his  mouth. 

33  And  he  that  strongly  sqtieey.cth  the  paps  to 
bring  out  milk,  straineth  out  liutter :  and  he  that 
violently  bloweth  his  nose,  bringeth  out  blood :  and 
he  lhat  provoketh  wrath,  bringeth  forth  strife. 

CHAP.  XXXI. 

An  exportation  to  chastitn.  f<  ■«/>.  run  re,  ami  works  of  mercy  ; 
with  the  pr,ii>r  r,/'  n  trisr  woman. 

'ItHE   words   of  king    Lemuel.*      The   vision 
-*-    wherewith  his  mother  instructed  him. 

2  What.O  ins  beloved  :  what,  ()  the  beloved  of 
my  womb;  whit.  O  the  beloved  of  nsj  vows? 

3  Give  not  thy  substance  to  women,  and  thy  rich- 
es to  d<  atroj  kiims. 

4  Give  not  to  kin^.s,  o  Lemuel,  pre  nut  wine  to 

kin^s  :  be.  aiis.  their  i>  no  .secret  wheredrunkeunrss 
reigneth  : 

lad  lest  they  drink  and  forget  judgments,  and 
pervert  the  cause  of  the  children  of  the  poor. 

t!  Give  stroni;  drink  to  them  that  are  sad,  and 
wine  to  them  that  are  grieved  in  mind  : 

7  Let  them  drink,  and  forget  their  want,  and  re- 
member their  sorrow  no  more. 

8  OjM'n  thy  mouth  for  the  dumb,  and  for  the 
causes  of  all  the  children  that  pas^. 

9  Ojh-'H  thy  mouth;  decree  that  which  is  just ;  and 
do  justice  to  Oie  needy  and  poor. 

10  Who  shall  find  a  valiant  woman 
the  uttermost  coasts  is  the  price  of  her. 

11  The  heart  of  her  husband  tiusuth  in  her; 
he  shall  have  no  need  of  spoils. 

1 1  She  will  render  him  good,  and  not  evil,  all 
the  da\s  of  her  life. 

13  She  hath  sought  wool  and  flax,  and  hath 
wrought  by  the  counsel  of  her  hands. 

*   Lmtmtl     Tim   name  «i<»nifiM  God  with   turn,  and  U  »u,>(x»ed  to 
hare  been  one  of  tbc  name*  of  Solomon 


;  far,  and  from 
and 


|4  She  is  like  the  merchant's  ship;  she  bringctb 
her  bread  from  afar. 

If  \ud  she  halh  risen  in  the  night,  and  giveo  a 
pre\  to  her  household,  and  victuals  to  her  maidens. 

|6  She  huh  considered  a  field,  and  bought  it: 
with  the  fruit  of  her  hands  the  hath  pi. mud  a 
\  iinvard. 

17  She  hath  girded  her  loins  with  strength,  and 

hath  strengthened  her  arm. 

18  She  hath  tasted  and  seen  that  her  traffic  is 
good  :   her  lamp  shall  not  lie  put  out  in  the  nighl. 

19  She  hath  put  out  her  hand  to  strong  things: 
and  her  fingers  have  taken  hold  of  the  spindle. 

20  She  hath  opened  her  hand  to  the  needy,  and 
stri  tcheil  out  her  hands  to  the  poor. 

21  She  shall  not  fear  for  her  house  in  the  told  of 
snow  :  for  all  In  i  -domestics  are  clothed  with  double 

garments : 

.    She  hath  made  for  herself  clothing  of  tap 
try  :  tine  linen  and  purple  is  her  covering* 

23  ller  husband  is  honourable  in  the  gates,  when 
he  sittelh  anion-  the  senators  of  the  land. 

24  She  made  fine  linen,  and  sold  it  ;  and  deli- 
vered a  girdle  to  the  ('liaiiauitcf 

25  Strength  and  beauty  are  her  clothing:  and 
she  shall  laugh  in  the  latter  day. 

26  She  hath  opened  her  mouth  to  wisdom,  and 
the  law  of  clemency  is  on  her  tongue. 

27  She  halh  looked  well  to  the  paths  of  her 
house,  and  hath  not  eaten  her  bread  idle. 

28  Her  children  rose  up,  and  called  her  blessed  : 
her  husband,  and  he  praised  her. 

29  Many  daughters  have  gathered  together  rich- 

I  |  :    thou  hast  surpassed  them  all. 

30  Favour  is  deceitful,  and  beauty  is  vain  :  the 
wouianthat  lean  -th  the  Lord,  she  shall   be  praised. 

31  (Jive  her  of  the  fruit  of  her  hands:  and  let 
her  works  praise  her  in  flic  gates. 




f    The  CkmumUe, 
a  merchant. 


the   merchant :  for  Ckmumitt  in  Hebrew  Mi,ni.ic 


ECCLESIASTES. 


This  book  it  called  Eccletiiwtes,  or  tin-  Prt-nrlwr,  (in  Hebrew, 
Cohclrth,)  because  in  it  Solomon,  at  tin  rxcellrtit  pn-arlirr, 
trtteth  forth  the  canity  of  tlte  thingt  »f  this  irorld ;  to  with- 
draw the  hearts  and  affections  of  men  from  such  empty  toys. 

(HAP.  I. 

The  vanity  of  all  temporal  thingt. 

r¥l HE  words  of  Ecclesrapteii  the  son  of  David, 

■*■    king  of  Jerusalem. 

2  Vanity  of  vanities,  said  F.cclesiastes  :  vanity  of 
vanities,  and  all  is  vanity. 

3  What  hath  a  man  more  of  all  his  lalmur,  that  he 
taketh  under  the  sun  ? 

4  One  Z'  aeration  passeth  awav,  and  another  ge- 
neration eometh:    but  the  earth  standeth  for  evi 

Ml 


5  The  sun  riscth,  and  goeth  down,  and  rcturncth 
to  his  place:  and  there  risinz  azain, 

6  Maketh  his  round  by  the  South,  and  turneih 
again  to  the  North  :  the  spirit  ttocth  forward  siirve\- 
iim  all  pkiees  round  about,  and  rcturncth  to  his  cir- 
cuits. 

7  All  the  rivers  run  into  the  sea  ;  vet  the  sea  doth 
not  overflow  :  unto  the  place  from  wlience  the  rivers 
come,  they  return,  to  How  again. 

8  All  things  are  hard  :  man  cannot  explain  them 
bj  word.  The  eve  is  not  filled  w  ith  s,  ,  jng,  mil  lit  r 
is  the  ear  filled  with  hearin 

9  What  is  it  that  hath  lx  en  ?  the  same  thine  that 
shall  Ih\  What  is  it  that  hath  been  done  ?  the  same 
that  shall  lx-  done. 


chap.  n.  in. 


10  Nothing  under  the  sun  is  new  :  neither  in  any 
man  able  to  say :  Behold,  this  is  new :  for  it  hath 
already  gone  before,  in  the  ages  that  were  before  us. 

1 1  There  is  no  remembrance  of  former  things  : 
nor  indeed  of  those  things  which  hereafter  are  to 
come,  shall  there  be  any  remembrance  with  them 
that  shall  be  in  the  latter  end. 

12 1  Eeclesiastes  was  king  over  Israel  in  Jerusalem: 

13  And  I  proposed  in  my  mind  to  seek  and  search 
out  wisely  concerning  all  things  that  are  done  under 
the  sun.  This  painful  occupation  hath  God  given 
to  the  children  of  men,  to  be  exercised  therein. 

14  I  have  seen  all  things  that  are  done  under  the 
sun  :  and  behold,  all  is  vanity,  and  vexation  of  spirit. 

15  The  perverse  are  hard  to  be  corrected;  and 
the  number  of  fools  is  infinite. 

16  I  have  spoken  in  my  heart,  saying  :  Behold,  I 
am  become  great, -and  have  gone  beyond  all  in  wis- 
dom, that  were  before  me  in  Jerusalem :  and  my 
mind  hath  contemplated  many  things  wisely,  and  I 
have  learned. 

17  And  I  have  given  my  heart  to  know  prudence, 
and  learning,  and  errors,  and  folly :  and  I  have  per- 
ceived that  in  these  also  there  was  labour,  and  vex- 
ation of  spirit ; 

18  Because  in  much  wisdom  there  is  much  in- 
dignation :  and  he  that  addeth  knowledge,  addeth 
also  labour. 

CHAP.  II. 

The  vanity  of  pleasures,  riches,  and  worldly  labours. 

SAID  in  mv  heart :  I  will  go,  and  abound  with 
-*-  delights,  and  enjoy  good  things.  And  I  saw  that 
this  also  was  vanity. 

2  Laughter  I  counted  error :  and  to  mirth  I  said : 
Why  art  thou  vainly  deceived  ? 

3  I  thought  in  my  heart,  to  withdraw  my  flesh 
from  wine,  that  I  might  turn  my  mind  to  wisdom, 
and  might  avoid  folly,  till  I  might  see  what  was 
profitable  for  the  children  of  men  :  and  what  they 
ought  to  do  under  the  sun,  all  the  days  of  their  life. 

4  I  made  me  great  works :  I  built  me  houses, 
and  planted  vineyards: 

5  I  made  gardens  and  orchards,  and  set  them  with 
trees  of  all  kinds : 

6  And  I  made  me  ponds  of  water,  to  water  there- 
with the  wood  of  the  young  trees  : 

7  I  got  me  men-servants,  and  maid-servants;  and 
had  a  great  family,  and  herds  of  oxen,  and  great 
flocks  of  sheep,  above  all  that  were  before  me  in  Je- 
rusalem : 

8  I  heaped  together  for  myself  silver  and  gold, 
and  the  wealth  of  kings,  and  provinces  :  I  made  me 
singing  men,  and  singing  women,  and  the  delights 
of  the  sons  of  men,  cups  and  vessels  to  serve  to  pour 
out  wine : 

9  And  I  surpassed  in  riches  all  that  were  before 
me  in  Jerusalem :  my  wisdom  also  remained  with  me. 

10  And  whatsoever  my  eyes  desired,  I  refused 
them  not:  and  I  withheld  not  my  heart  from  enjoy- 
ing every  pleasure,  and  delighting  itself  in  the  things 
which  I  had  prepared  ;  and  esteemed  this  my  por- 
tion, to  make  use  of  my  own  labour. 

11  And  when  I  turned  myself  to  all  the  works 


which  my  hands  had  wrought,  and  to  the  .abours 
wherein  I  had  laboured  in  vain,  I  saw  in  all  things 
vanity,  and  vexation  of  mind,  and  that  nothing  was 
lasting  under  the  sun. 

12  I  passed  further  to  behold  wisdom,  and  errors, 
and  folly :  (What  is  man,  said  I,  that  he  can  follow 
the  king  his  master?) 

13  And  I  saw  that  wisdom  excelled  folly,  as  much 
as  light  differeth  from  darkness. 

14  The  eyes  of  a  wise  man  are  in  his  head  :  the 
fool  walketh  in  darkness:  and  1  learned  that  they 
were  to  die  both  alike. 

15  And  I  said  in  my  heart:  If  the  death  of  the 
fool  and  mine  shall  be  one,  what  doth  it  avail  me, 
that  I  have  applied  myself  more  to  the  study  of  wis- 
dom ?  And  speaking  with  my  own  mind,  1  perceived 
that  this  also  was  vanity. 

16  For  there  shall  be  no  remembrance  of  the  wise 
no  more  than  of  the  fool  for  ever :  and  the  times  to 
come  shall  cover  all  things  together  with  oblivion  : 
the  learned  dieth  in  like  manner  as  the  unlearned. 

17  And  therefore  I  was  weary  of  my  life,  when 
I  saw  that  all  things  under  the  sun  are  evil,  and  all 
vanity  and  vexation  of  spirit. 

18  Again  1  hated  all  my  application  wherewith  I 
had  earnestly  laboured  under  the  sun  ;  being  like  to 
have  an  heir  after  me, 

19  Whom  I  know  not  whether  he  will  be  a  wise 
man  or  a  fool:  and  he  shall  have  rule  over  all  my 
labours  with  which  I  have  laboured  and  been  soli- 
citous :  and  is  there  any  thing  so  vain  ? 

20  Wherefore  1  left  off,  and  my  heart  renounced 
labouring  any  more  under  the  sun. 

21  For  when  a  man  laboureth  in  wisdom,  and 
knowledge,  and  carefulness,  he  leaveth  what  he  hath 
gotten  to  an  idle  man  :  so  this  also  is  vanity,  and  a 
great  evil. 

22  For  what  profit  shall  a  man  have  of  all  his 
labour,  and  vexation  of  spirit,  with  which  he  hath 
been  tormented  under  the  sun  ? 

23  All  his  days  are  full  of  sorrows  and  miseries: 
even  in  the  night  he  doth  not  rest  in  mind :  and  is 
not  this  vanity  ? 

24  Is  it  not  better  to  eat  and  drink,  and  to  show 
his  soul  good  things  of  his  labours  ?  and  this  is  from 
the  hand  of  God. 

25  Who  shall  so  feast  and  abound  with  delights 
as  I  ? 

26  God  hath  given  to  a  man  that  is  good  in  his 
sight,  wisdom,  and  knowledge,  and  joy  :  but  to  the 
sinner  he  hath  given  vexation,  and  superfluous  care, 
to  heap  up  and  to  gather  together,  and  to  give  it  to 
him  that  hath  pleased  God  :  but  this  also  is  vanity, 
and  a  fruitless  solicitude  of  the  mind. 

CHAP.  III. 

All  human  things  art  liable  to  perpetual  changes.      We  are  to 
rest  on  God's  providence,  and  cast  away  fruitless  cares. 

ALL  things  have  their  season  :  and  in  their  times 
all  things  pass  under  heaven. 

2  A  time  to  be  born,  and  a  time  to  die.  A  time 
to  plant,  and  a  time  to  pluck  up  that  which  is  planted 

3  A  time  to  kill,  and  a  time  to  heal  A  time  to 
destroy,  and  a  time  to  build. 


time  to  gather. 
from 


A  time  to 
A  time  to 


A  time 


ECCLF, 

4  A  time  to  weep,  and  a  time  to  laugh.     A  n 
to  mourn,  ami  a  time  to  (I;iiut. 

5  A  t  it  lit-  to  scatter  stones,  ;nul  a 
A  time  to  embrace,  ami  a  time  to  be  far  i 
braces. 

6  A  time  to  {jet,  ami  a  time  to  lose. 

keep,  and  a  time  to  <a>.t  away. 

7  A  time  to  rend,  and  a  time  to  sew 
ketp  sill-nee,  and  a  time  to  speak. 

8  A  time  of  love,  ami  a  time  of  hatred. 
of  war,  and  a  time  of  pea 

9  What  had)  man  more  of  his  labour? 

10  I  have  seen  the  trouble,  which  God  hath  given 
the  sons  of  men,  to  be  e\<  rcised  in  it. 

11  He  hath  made  all  things  good  in  their  time, 
ami  hith  delivered  the  world  to  their  consideration  : 
so  that  man  cannot  find  out  the  work  which  God 
hath  made  from  the  beginning  to  the  end. 

12  And  1  have  known  that  there  was  no  better 
thins  than  to  rejoice,  and  todowell  in  his  life. 

13  for  every  man  that  eateth  and  driuketh,  and 
seetfa  iiood  ot  h\>  la!>oiir,  this  is  the  sift  of  God, 

1  1-  I  have  learned  that  all  the  works  which  God 
hath  made,  continue  for  ever :  we  cannot  add  any 
thins,  HOC  take  away  from  those  things  which  God 
hath  made  that  he  may  he  feared. 

15  That  which  haih  been  made,  the  same  con- 
tinucth  :  the  things  that  shall  he,  have  already  been  : 
and  (iod  rotorcih  that  which  is  past. 

16  I  saw  under  the  sun  in  the  place  of  judgment 
wickedness,  and  in  the  place  of  justice  iniquity. 

17  And  I  said  in  my  heart  :  God  shall  judge  both 
the  just  and  the  wicked,  and  then  shall  be  the  time  of 

i  thing. 
1"  I  said  in  my  heart  concerning  the  sons  of  men, 
that  God  would  prove  them,  and  .show  them  to  be 
like  beasts. 

19  Therefore  the  death  of  man,  and  of  beasts  is 
one:  and  the  condition  of  them  both  is  equal  :  as 
man  dicth,  so  they  also  die  :  all  things  breathe  alike  ; 
and  man  hath  nothing  more*  than  beast  :  all  things 
are  subject  to  vanitj , 

20  And  all  things  so  to  one  place  :  of  earth  they 
Were  made,  and  into  earth  they,  return  together. 

21  Who  knowetht  if  the  spirit  of  the  children  of 
Adam  ascend  upward,  and  if  the  spirit  of  the  beasts 
descend  downward  ? 

22  And  I  have  found  that  nothing  is  better  than 
for  a  man  to  rejoice  in  hil  work  ;  and  that  this  U 
his  portion.  For  who  shall  bring  him  to  know  the 
thins*  that  shall  be  after  him  : 

CHAP.  IV. 

Other  inxtanrt  t  of  human  misrrir*. 

ITUBNF.I)  myself  to  other  things  ;  and  I  saw  the 
oppressions  that  are  done  under  the  sun,  and  the 
trar>  of  the  innocent;  and  they  had  no  comforter: 
and  they  Were  not  able  to  resist  tlnir  violence,  being 
destitute  of  help  from  any. 

2  And  I  praised  the  dead  rather  than  the  living. 

3  And  I  judged  him  happier  than  them  both,  that 


♦  Mm  tola  ntMng  mer*.  tic.  via.  u  to  tlir  life  of  the  ' 
f  W\a  hunrrlk.  ki  .  rir..  trp<rimmt«ll<) ;  tint*  no  one  in  thw  lite  ran 
•ee  m  »i  int.     But  mi  to  the  »i>mt  of  the  heaati  which  U  merely  wriwt, 

104 


is  not  \et  born,  nor  hath  seen  the  evils  that  are  done 
under  the  sun. 

4  Again  I  considered  all  the  lalmtirs  of  men  :  and 
I  remarked  that  their  industries  are  exposed  to  the 
envy  of  their  neighbour:  so  in  this  also  there  u  va- 
nitv  and  fruitless  care. 

5  The  fooi  foldeth  his  hands  together,  and  eateth 

his  ow  u  flesh,  say  in  . 

6  Better  is  a  handful  with  rest,  than  both  hands 
full  with  labour,  and  vexation  of  mind. 

7  Considering  I  found  also  another  vanity  under 
the  sun  : 

8  There  is  but  one,  and  he  hath  not  a  second,  no 
child,  no  brother :  and  vet  be  ccaseth  not  to  labour; 
neither  are  his  eyes  satisfied  with  riches;  neither 
doth  be  reflect,  saying:  For  whom  do  I  labour, and 
defraud  my  soul  01  good  things?  in  this  also  is  va- 
nity, and  a  grievous  vexation. 

9  It  is  better  therefore  that  two  should  be  to| 
ther,  than  one  :   for  the)  have  the  advantage  of  tin  ir 
society  : 

10  If  one  fall,  he  shall  be  supported  by  tin-  other : 
wo  to  him  that  is  alone;  for  when  he  falleth,  he 
hath  none  to  lilt  him  up. 

11  And  if  two  lie  together,  they  shall  warm  one 
another:   how  shall  one  alone  be  warmed? 

12  And  if  a  man  prevail  against  one,  two  shall 
Withstand  him:  a  threefold  cord  is  not  easily  broken. 

18  Better  is  a  child  that  is  poor  and  wise,  than  a 
kins  that  is  old  and  foolish,  who  know  etli  not  to 
fotcsee  lor  hereafter. 

14  Because  out  of  prison  and  chains  sometimes 
a  man  cometh  forth  to  a  kingdom:  and  another 
born  kins  is  consumed  with  poverty. 

1.5  I  saw  all  men  livhlg,  that  walk  under  the  sun 
with  the  second  young  man,  who  shall  rise  up  in  his 
place. 

16  The  number  of  the  people,  of  all  that  were 
before  him  is  infinite:  and  they  that  shall  come  af- 
terwards, shall  not  rejoice  in  him :  but  this  also  is 
ranjty.  and  vexation  of  spirit. 

17  Keep  thy  foot,  when  thou  goest  into  the  house 
of  God,  and  draw  oigb  to  hear.  For  much  better 
is  obedience,  than  the  victims  of  fools,  who  know 
not  w  hat  evil  they  do. 

CHAP.  V. 

Caution  in  word*.     Votes  are  to  be  paid.     Riches  art  often 

firrnirinut  :  the  math-rate  use  of  them  ii  the  gift  of  (iod. 
'I.  \K  not  any  thins  rashly,  and  let  not  thy  heart 
be  hasty  to  utter  a  word  Before  ( iod.     For  God 


therefore  let  thy 


is  in  heaven,  and  thou  upon  earth  : 
words  be  few. 

2  Dreams  follow  many  cares:  and  in  many  words 
shall  be  found  folly. 

3  If  thou  bast  VOWed  any  thing  to  God.  defer  not 

to  pay  it :  for  an  unfaithful  and  foolish  promise  dis- 
pleased] him:  but  whatsoever  thou  hast  vowed, 
paj  it : 

4  And  it  is  much  better  not  to  VOW,  than  after  a 
vow  not  to  perform  the  things  promised. 


and  become*  extinct  bv  the  <l«-atli  of  llie  heMt,  who  ran  tell  the  man- 
ner it  acbao  a«  to  give,  life  and  motion,  Bad  by  death  to  descend  down- 
ward, that  u.  to  be  do  more? 


CHAP.  VI,  VII. 


5  Give  not  thy  mouth  to  cause  thy  flesh  to  sin  : 
and  say  not  before  the  angel :  There  is  no  provi- 
dence :  lest  God  he  angry  at  thy  words,  and  destroy 
all  the  works  of  thy  hands. 

6  Where  there  are  many  dreams,  there  are  mftny 
vanities,  and  words  without  number:  but  do  thou 
fear  God. 

7  If  thou  shalt  see  the  oppressions  of  the  poor. 
and  violent  judgments,  and  justice  perverted  in  the 
province,  wonder  not  at  this  matter:  for  he  that  is 
nigh  hath  another  higher :  and  there  are  others  still 
higher  than  these. 

8  Moreover  there  is  the  king  that  reigneth  over 
all  the  land  subject  to  him. 

9  A  covetous  man  shall  not  be  satisfied  with 
money  :  and  he  that  loveth  riches  shall  reap  no  fruit 
from  them :  so  this  also  is  vanity. 

10  Where  there  are  great  riches,  there  are  also 
many  to  eat  them.  And  what  doth  it  profit  the 
owner,  but  that  he  seeth  the  riches  with  his  eyes? 

11  Sleep  is  sweet  to  a  labouring  man,  whether 
he  eat  little  or  much  :  but  the  fulness  of  the  rich  will 
not  suffer  him  to  sleep. 

12  There  is  also  another  grievous  evil  which  I 
have  seen  under  the  sun  :  riches  kept  to  the  hurt  of 
the  owner. 

13  For  they  are  lost  with  very  great  affliction  :  he 
hath  begotten  a  son,  who  shall  be  in  extremity  of 
want. 

14  As  he  came  forth  naked  from  his  mother's 
womb,  so  shall  he  return,  and  shall  take  nothing 
away  with  him  of  his  labour. 

15  A  most  deplorable  evil :  as  he  came,  so  shall 
he  return.  What  then  doth  it  profit  him  that  he  hath 
laboured  for  the  wind  ? 

16  All  the  days  of  his  life  he  eateth  in  darkness, 
<nd  in  many  cares,  and  in  misery,  and  sorrow. 

17  This  therefore  hath  seemed  good  to  me,  that 
a  man  should  eat,  and  drink,  and  enjoy  the  fruit  of 
his  labour,  wherewith  he  hath  laboured  under  the 
sun,  all  the  days  of  his  life,  which  God  hath  given 
him  :  and  this  is  his  portion. 

18  And  every  man  to  whom  God  hath  given  riches, 
and  substance,  and  hath  given  him  power  to  eat 
thereof,  and  to  enjoy  his  portion,  and  to  rejoice  of 
his  labour;  this  is  the  gift  of  God. 

19  For  he  shall  not  much  remember  the  days  of 
his  life,  because  God  entertaineth  his  heart  with  de- 
light. 

CHAP.  VI. 

The.  misery  of  the  covetous  man. 

HP  HERE  is  also  another  evil,  which  I  have  seen 
•*-    under  the  sun,  and  that  frequent  among  men. 

2  A  man  to  whom  God  hath  given  riches,  and 
substance,  and  honour,  and  his  soul  wanteth  nothing 
of  all  that  he  desireth :  yet  God  doth  not  give  him 
power  to  eat  thereof,  but  a  stranger  shall  eat  it  up. 
This  is  vanity  and  a  great  misery. 

3  If  a  man  beget  a  hundred  children,  and  live 
many  years,  and  attain  to  a  great  age,  and  his  soul 
make  no  use  of  the  goods  of  his  substance,  and  he 
be  without  burial ;  of  this  man  I  pronounce,  that  the 
untimely  born  is  better  than  he. 

3  S 


4  For  he  came  in  vam,  and  goeth  to  darkness ; 
and  his  name  shall  be  wholly  forgotten. 

5  He  hath  not  seen  the  sun,  nor  known  the  dis- 
tance of  good  and  evil : 

6  Although  he  lived  two  thousand  years,  and  hath 
not  enjoyed  good  things :  do  not  all  make  haste  to 
one  place  ? 

7  All  the  labour  of  man  is  for  his  mouth  :  but  his 
soul  shall  not  be  filled. 

8  What  hath  the  wise  man  more  than  the  fool? 
and  what  the  poor  man,  but  to  go  thither,  where 
there  is  life  ? 

9  Better  it  is  to  see  what  thou  mayst  desire, 
than  to  desire  that  which  thou  canst  not  know.  J3ut 
this  also  is  vanity,  and  presumption  of  spirit. 

10  He  that  shall  be,  his  name  is  already  called: 
and  it  is  known,  that  he  is  man,  and  cannot  contend 
in  judgment  with  him  that  is  stronger  than  himself. 

1 1  There  are  many  words  that  have  much  vanity 
in  disputing. 

CHAP.  VII. 

Prescriptions  against  worldly  vanities  :  mortification,  patienee, 
and  seeking  wisdom. 

X1/"HAT  needeth  a  man  to  seek  things  that  are 
*  ™  above  him,  whereas  he  knoweth  not  what  is 
profitable  for  him  in  his  life,  in  all  the  days  of  his 
pilgrimage,  and  the  time  that  passeth  like  a  shadow? 
Or  who  can  tell  him  what  shall  be  alter  him  under 
the  sun  ? 

2  A  good  name  is  better  than  precious  ointments 
and  the  day  of  death  than  the  day  of  one's  birth. 

3  It  is  better  to  goto  the  house  of  mourning,  than 
to  the  house  of  feasting:  for  in  that  we  are  put  in 
mind  of  the  end  of  all;  and  the  living  thinketh  what 
is  to  come. 

4  Anger*  is  better  than  laughter :  because  by 
the  sadness  of  the  countenance  the  mind  of  the  of- 
fender is  corrected. 

5  The  heart  of  the  wise  is  where  there  is  mourn- 
ing, and  the  heart  of  fools  where  there  is  mirth. 

6  It  is  better  to  be  rebuked  by  a  wise  man,  than 
to  be  deceived  with  the  flattery  of  fools. 

7  For  as  the  crackling  of  thorns  burning  under 
a  pot,  so  is  the  laughter  of  a  fool ;  now  this  also  is 
vanity. 

8  Oppression  troubleth  the  wise,  and  shall  de- 
stroy the  strength  of  his  heart. 

9  Better  is  the  end  of  a  speech,  than  the  begin- 
ning. Better  is  the  patient  mail  than  the  presump- 
tuous. 

10  Be  not  quickly  angry:  for  anger  restetb  in 
the  bosom  of  a  fool. 

1 1  Say  not:  What  thinkest  thou  is  the  cause  that 
former  times  were  better  than  they  are  now?  for 
this  manner  of  question  is  foolish. 

12  Wisdom  with  riches  is  more  profitable,  and 
bringeth  more  advantage  to  them  that  see  the  sun. 

13  For  as  wisdom  is  a  defence,  so  money  is  a 
defence  :  but  learning  and  wisdom  excel  in  this,  that 
they  give  life  to  him  that  possesseth  them. 

14  Consider  the  works  of  God,  that  no  man  can 
coirect  whom  he  hath  despised. 


A>tgtr. 


That  is,  correction,  or  just  wrath  an  J  zeal  against  evil 
50 


I  <  CLESIASTES. 


15  In  the  Rood  day  enjoy  good  things,  and  l>e- 
^^  ir«>  beforehand  ol  the  evil  day:  for  God  hath 
made  Ixiih  ihe  one  ami  the  other,  that  man  may  not 
(ind  against  him  any  just  complaint. 

16  I'hese  things  also  I  s.tw  in  the  days  of  my 
vanity:  A  just  man  pcrisheth  in  his  justice:  and  a 
Wicked  man  livetlia  long  time  ill  his  U'irkedness. 

17  Be  not  over  just  ;*  ami  !*•  not  more  w  iae  than 
is  necessary,  list  thon  lieeome stupid. 

18  lie  not  overmuch  wicked:!  and  be  not  foolish, 
lest  thou  die  before  thy  time. 

I'.'  h  is  good  that  thou  shouldst  hold  up  the  just. 
JTOa  and  from  him  withdraw  not  tin  hand:  for  he 
that  feareth  God,  neglecteth  nothing. 

Wisdom    hath    strengthened    the   wise  more 
than  ten  princes  of  the  city. 

J I  For  there  is  no  just  man  upon  earth,  that  do- 
eth  good,  and  siuneth  not. 

11  Hut  do  not  apply  thy  heart  to  all  words  that 
are  spoken  :  lest  perhaps  thou  hear  thy  servant  re- 
viling thee. 

For  thy  conscience  knoweth,  that  thou   also 
hoot  often  spoken  evil  of  others. 

24  I  have  tried  all  things  in  wisdom.  I  have  said: 
I  will  be  arise:  and  it  departed  farther  from  me, 

26  Much  more  than  it  was  ;  it  is  a.  great  depth  ; 
who  shall  find  it  out  ? 

26*  1  have  surveyed  all  things  with  my  mind,  to 
know,  and  consider,  and  seek  out  wisdom,  and  rea- 
son ;  ami  to  know  the  wickedness  of  the  fool,  and 
the  error  of  the  imprudent  : 

27  And  I  have  found  a  woman  more  bitter  than 
death,  who  is  the  hunter's  snare,  and  her  heart  is  a 
net,  and  her  hands  are  bands.  He  that  pleaseth  God 
shall  escape  from  her:  but  he  that  is  a  sinner  shall 
Ik*  caught  by  her. 

1  I  Lothis  have  I  found,  said  EccleOHMtoa.  weigh- 
ing one  thing  alter  another,  that  1  might  find  out 
the  account, 

29  Which  yet  my  soul  seeketh,  and  I  h'ivp  not 
found  it.  One  man  among  a  thousand  I  have  found: 
a  woman  among  them  all  I  have  not  found. 

30  Only  this  I  have  found,  that  God  made  man 
right:  ami  he  hath  intangled  himself  with  an  infini- 
ty  of  questions.  Who  is  as  the  wise  man?  and 
who  hath  known  the  resolution  of  the  word  ? J 

CHAP.  Vlll. 

True  wisdom  it  to  obtrrtr  Ciitd'i  commandments.      The  way*  of 
(lint  arr  unsrarrhablr. 

r|^IIF  wisdom  of  a  man  shim-th    in    his   counte- 
-■-    nance,   and  the  most  mighty  will   change  his 
face. 

2  I  observe  the  mouth  of  the  king,  and  the  com- 
mandments of  the  oath  of  God. 

3  Be  not  hasty  to  depart  from  his  face,  and  do 
not  continue  in  an  evil  work:  for  he  will  do  all 
that  pleaseth  him  : 

*  Omt  juU,  rut,     Bv  tut  excessive  rifoar  in  censuring  tbe  ways  of 

Col  in  bcnrvig  with  the  tricked. 

{  Ht  not  ntTMutk  rietud.     That  M,  le»t  by  the  greatness  of  your  sin 
you  leave  mo  iw«n  f.ir  merer. 

!Of  tkt  irvrd      That  i«,  of  tin*  obvure  and  difficult  matter. 
.*»•  food  far  a  mm.  k'  ■    .mmrntatwi  think  the  wiv  man 

here  speak*  in  the  pe-  on  of  the   libertine;  representing  the  • 


4  And  his  word  is  full  of  power,  neither  cat 
any   man  say  to  him  :    Whydorst  thon  mi: 

0  lb  that  keepeth  the  commandment,  shall  fuu 
no  e\il.  The  heart  of  a  wise  man  uuderslandetli 
time  and  answer. 

tl  I  here  is  a  time  and  opportunity  for  every  busi- 
ness, ;ind  great  affliction  for  man: 

7  Because  he  is  ignorant  of  things  past  :  and 
things  to  come  he  cannot  know    bj  any   messenger. 

8  It  is  not  in  man's  power  to  stop  the  spirit  ;  ma- 
tin r  hath  he  power  in  the  day  of  death  ;  neither  is 
be  suffered  to  rest  when  war  is  at  hand:  neither 
shall  wickedness  save  the  wicked. 

9  All  these  things  I  have  considered,  and  applied 
my  heart  to  all  the  works  that  are  done  under  the 
sun.  Sometimes  one  man  ruleth  over  another  to 
liis  of)  n  hurt. 

10  1  saw  the  wicked  buried  ;  who  also  when  they 
were  yet  living  were  in  the  holy  place,  and  were 
praised  in  the  city  as  men  of  just  works  :  but  this 
also  is  vanity. 

11  For  because  sentence  is  not  speedily  pro- 
nounced against  the  evil,  the  children  of  men  com- 
mit evils  without  any  tear. 

12  But  though  a  sinner  do  evil  a  hundred  times, 
and  by  patience  be  borne  withal,  I  know  from 
thence  that  it  shall  be  well  with  them  that  fear  God, 
who  dread  his  face. 

13  But  let  it  not  be  well  with  the  wicked,  nei- 
ther let  his  days  lie  prolonged  :  but  as  a  shadow  let 
them  pass  away  that  fear  not  the  face  ol  the  Lord. 

14  There  is  also  another  vanity,  which  is  done 
upon  the  earth.  There  are  just  men  to  whom  evils 
happen,  as  though  they  had  done  the  works  ol  the 
w  icked  ;  and  there  are  w  icked  men,  who  are  as  s,  - 
i  ine,  as  though  they  had  the  deeds  of  the  jnst  : 
but  this  also  I  judge  most  vain. 

15  Therefore  I  commended  mirth,  because  there 
was  no  good  for  a  man$  under  the  sun,  but  to  eat, 
and  drink,  and  lie  merry  :  and  that  he  .should  take 
nothing  else  with  him  of  his  labour  in  the  days  of 
his  life,  which  God  hath  given  him  under  the  sun. 

16  And  1  applied  my  heart  to  know  w  isdoin.  ami 
to  understand  the  distraction  that  is  BSMM  earth: 
for  there  are  some  (hat  day  and  night  take  no  sh  ep 
with  their  eves. 

17  And  1  understood  that  man  can  find  no  rea- 
son of  all  those  works  of  God  that  are  done  under 
the  sun  :  and  the  more  he  shall  labour  to  seek,  so 
much  the  less  shall  he  find:  yea  though  the  wise 
man  should  say,  that  he  knoweth  it,  he  shall  not 
Im-  aide  to  find  it. 

CHAP.  IX. 

Man  know*  not  certainly  that  he  if  in  (iixTt  tract.   Aft<  r  di  nth 
no  morr  work  or  mi  nt. 

ALL  these  things  have  I  considered  in  my  heart, 
that  I  might  carefully  umh  island  them  :  Tin  ic 


■  •(  these  men  against  dirine  providence,  and  tl»o  infer, 
draw  from  thence,  which  he  take*  care  afterwanU  t>>  refute       Rut  it 

mav  alio  beaatd,  that  hi*  meaning  i-  In  inim (  tbe  mmirct. 

Ibe  good*  of  thi*  world,  preferably  to  the  care*  and  solicitude*  of  wotU 
lings,  Ibcir  attachment    to  vanity   ami  curiosity,  and  |    "iMiiplUuUs* 
l\  iln  mr   into  the  unsearchable  ways  of  divine  providence 


CHAP.  X. 


are  just  men  and  wise  men,  and  their  works  are  in 
the  hand  of  God  :  and  yet  man  knoweth  not  whether 
he  he  worthy  of  love,  or  hatred. 

2  But  all  things  are  kept  ascertain  for  the  time 
to  come ;  because  all  things  equally  happen  to  the 
just  and  to  the  wicked,  to  the  good  and  to  the  evil, 
to  the  clean  and  to  the  unclean,  to  him  that  of- 
fereth  victims,  and  to  him  that  despiseth  sacrifices. 
As  the  good  is,  so  also  is  the  sinner  ;  as  the  perjur- 
ed, so  he  also  that  sweareth  truth. 

3  This  is  a  very  great  evil  among  all  things  that 
are  done  under  the  sun,  that  the  same  things  happen 
to  all  men  :  wherehy  also  the  hearts  of  the  children 
of  men  are  filled  with  evil,  and  with  contempt  while 
they  live  :  and  afterwards  they  shall  he  brought 
down  to  hell. 

4  There  is  no  man  that  liveth  always,  or  that  ho- 
peth  for  this  :  a  living  dog  is  better  than  a  dead  lion. 

5  For  the  living  know  that  they  shall  die :  but 
the  dead  know  nothing  more,*  neither  have  they 
a  reward  any  more  :  for  the  memory  of  them  is 
forgotten. 

6  Their  love  also,  and  their  hatred,  and  their  en- 
vy are  all  perished  ;  neither  have  they  any  part  in 
this  world,  and  in  the  work  that  is  done  under 
the  sun. 

7  Gothen,andeatthybreadwithjoy,and  drinkthy 
wine  with  gladness  :  because  thy  works  please  God. 

8  At  all  times  let  thy  garments  be  white;  aud 
let  not  oil  depart  from  thy  head. 

9  Live  joyfully  with  the  wife  whom  thou  lovest, 
all  the  days  of  thy  unsteady  life,  which  are  given  to 
,hee  under  the  sun,  all  the  time  of  thy  vanity:  for 
this  is  thy  portion  in  life,  and  in  thy  labour  where- 
with thou  labourest  under  the  sun. 

10  Whatsoever  thy  hand  is  able  to  do,  do  it  ear- 
nestly: for  neither  work,  nor  reason,  nor  wisdom, 
nor  knowledge,  shall  be  in  hell,  whither  thou  art 
hastening. 

Ill  turned  me  to  another  thing ;  and  I  saw  that 
under  the  sun,  the  race  is  not  to  the  swift,  nor  the 
battle  to  the  strong,  nor  bread  to  the  wise,  nor  riches 
to  the  learned,  nor  favour  to  the  skilful :  but  time 
and  chance  in  all. 

12  Man  knoweth  not  his  own  end  :  but  as  fishes 
are  taken  with  the  hook,  and  as  birds  are  caught 
with  the  snare,  so  men  are  taken  in  the  evil  time, 
when  it  shall  suddenly  come  upon  them. 

13  This  wisdom  also  I  have  seen  under  the  sun, 
and  it  seemed  to  me  to  be  very  great : 

14  A  little  city,  and  few  men  in  it:  there  came 
against  it  a  great  king,  and  invested  it,  and  built 
bulwarks  round  about  it:  and  the  siege  was  perfect. 

15  Now  there  was  found  in  it  a  man  poor  and 
wise,  and  he  delivered  the  city  by  his  wisdom  :  and 
no  man  afterwards  remembered  that  poor  man. 

16  And  I  said  that  wisdom  is  better  than  strength: 
how  then  is  the  wisdom  of  the  poor  man  slighted, 
and  his  words  not  heard  ? 


*  Know  nothing  more,  viz.  As  to  tlie  transactions  of  this  world,  in 
which  they  have  now  no  part,  unless  it  be  revealed  to  them ;  neither 
n»re  they  any  knowledge  or  power  now  of  doing  any  thing  to  secure 


17  The  words  of  the  wise  are  heard  in  silence, 
more  than  the  cry  of  a  prince  among  fools. 

18  Better  is  \yisdom,  than  weapons  of  war  :  and 
he  that  shall  offend  in  one.  shall  lose  many  good 
things. 

CHAP.  X. 

Observations  on  wisdom  and  folly,  ambition  and  detraction. 

PAYING  flies  spoil  the  sweetness  of  the  ointment. 
U  Wisdom  and  glory  is  more  precious  than  a  small 
and  short-lived  folly. 

2  The  heart  of  a  wise  man  is  in  his  right  hand  : 
and  the  heart  of  a  fool  is  in  his  left  hand. 

3  Yea  and  the  fool  when  he  walketh  in  the  way, 
whereas  he  himself  is  a  fool,  esteemeth  all  men  fools. 

4  If  the  spirit  of  him  that  hath  power,  ascend  up- 
on thee,  leave  not  thy  place:  because  care  will  make 
the  greatest  sins  to  cease. 

5  There  is  an  evil  that  I  have  seen  under  the  sun, 
as  it  were  by  an  error  proceeding  from  the  face  of 
the  prince : 

6  A  fool  set  in  high  dignity,  and  the  rich  sitting 
beneath. 

7  I  have  seen  servants  upon  horses;  and  princes 
walking  on  the  ground  as  servants. 

8  He  that  diggeth  a  pit,  shall  fall  into  it :  and  he 
that  breaketh  a  hedge,  a  serpent  shall  bite  him. 

9  He  that  removeth  stones,  shall  be  hurt  by  them: 
and  he  that  cutteth  trees,  shall  be  wounded  by  them. 

10  If  the  iron  be  blunt,  and  be  not  as  before,  but 
be  made  blunt,  with  much  labour  it  shall  be  sharp- 
ened :  and  after  industry  shall  follow  wisdom 

11  If  a  serpent  bite  in  silence,  he  is  nothing  bet- 
ter that  backbiteth  secretly. 

12  The  words  of  the  mouth  of  a  wise  man  arc 
grace  :  but  the  lips  of  a  fool  shall  throw  him  down 
headlong. 

13  The  beginning  of  his  words  is  folly  :  and  the 
end  of  his  talk  is  a  mischievous  error. 

14  A  fool  multiplied)  words.  A  man  cannot  tell 
what  hath  been  before  him  :  and  w  hat  shall  be  after 
him,  who  can  tell  him  ? 

15  The  labour  of  fools  shall  afflict  them  that 
know  not  how  to  go  to  the  city. 

16  Wo  to  thee,  O  land,  when  thy  king  is  a  child, 
and  when  thy  princes  eat  in  the  morning. 

17  Blessed  is  the  land,  whose  king  is  noble,  and 
whose  princes  eat  in  due  season  for  refreshment, 
and  not  for  riotousness. 

18  By  slothfulness  a  building  shall  be  brought 
down  :  and  through  the  weakness  of  hands,  the 
house  shall  drop  through. 

19  For  laughter  they  make  bread,  and  wine  that 
the  living  may  feast :  and  all  things  obey  money. 

20  Detract  not  the  king,  no  not  in  thy  thought  ; 
and  speak  not  evil  of  the  rich  man  in  thy  private 
chamber :  because  even  the  birds  of  the  air  will 
carry  thy  voice,  and  he  that  hath  wings  will  tell 
what  thou  hast  said. 


their  eternal  state,  (if  they  have  not  taken  care  of  il  in  their  life 
time;)  nor  can  thev  now  procure  themselves  any  good,  as  the  living 
always  may  do,  by  the  grace  of  flod. 

507 


THE  CANTICLE  OF  CANTICLES. 


CHAP.  XI. 

Exhortation  to  works  of  mercy,   white  we  httre  timr,  to  diligence 
in  gixxt,  and  to  the  remembrance  of  death  and  judgment. 

CAST  tin  bread  upon  the  running  waters:  for 
after  ■  long  time  thou  shall  find  it  again. 

2  (Jive  a  portion  to  mm  ii,  ami  alsotoeight:  for 
tliou  knowest  not  what  evil  shall  be  upoo  the  earth. 

3  If  the  clouds  be  lull,  the?  will  pouf  out  rain 
naoa  the  earth.    It'  the  tree  tall*  to  the  south  or  to 

tin-  north,  in  what  plan    soever  it  shall  fall,  there 
shall  it  be. 

4  He  thatobservetb  the  wind,  shall  not  sow:  and 
be  that  considereth  the  clouds,  shall  never  reap. 

5  As  thou  know,  st  not  what  is  tin-  way  of  the 
spirit,  nor  how  the  bones  are  joined  together  in  the 
evomb  of  her  that  is  with  child  :  so  thou  know  est 
ihK  the  works  of  pod,  who  is  the  maker  of  all. 

6'  In  the  morning  sow  thy  seed,  and  in  the  eve- 
ning let  not  thy  hand  cease:  for  thou  know  est  not 
which  may  rather  sprim;  up,  this  or  that :  and  if  both 
together,  it  shall  Ik-  the  better. 

7  The  light  is  sweet,  and  it  is  delightful  for  the 
eyes  to  see  the  sun. 

8  If  a  man  live  many  wars,  and  have  rejoiced  in 
them  all,  In-  must  remember  the  darfcsonu  Mine,  and 
the  many  days:  which  when  they  shall  co/ne,  the 
things  passed  shall  lie  accused  of  vanity. 

9  Rejoice  therefore,  O  young  man,  in  thy  youth: 
and  let  thy  heart  he  in  that  which  is  good  in  the 
days  of  thy  youth,  and  walk  in  the  ways  of  thy  heart, 
and  in  tin-  sight  of  thy  eyes:  and  know  that  for  all 
these  God  will  brim;  tint-  into  judgment. 

10  Remove  anger  from  thy  heart,  and  put  away 
evil  from  thy  flesh.    For  \outh  and  pleasure  arc  vain. 

CHAP.  XII. 

The  Creator  it  to  be  rrmemberrd  in  the  days  of  our  youth  :  all 
worldly  things  are  rain  :  we  should  fear  Liod,  and  keep  hi* 
command merits. 

REMEMBER  thy  Creator  in  the  days  of  thy 
youth,  before  the  time  of  aflliction  come,  and 
the  years  draw  nigh  of  which  thou  shalt  say  :  They 
please  me  not  \ 

•  If  the  Ins  jslL,  kc.     The  stale  of  the  soul  u  unchangeable,  when 
lo  heaven  or  lull :  and  a  vml  that  departs  this  life  in  a 


state  of  grace,  shall  never  fall  from  grace  ,  a*  on  (he  other  side,  a  soul 
that  dies  oat  aif  the  state  of  %  rare,  .hall  never  come  to  it.  But  Mi 
doe*  not  exclude  a  place  of  temporal  punUhmcnts  for  such  souls  as 
die  La  the  slate  of  grace  j  yet  not  so  as  to  be  entire! y  pure  i  and  tliere- 


'2  Before  the  sun,t  and  the  light,  and  the  moon, 
and  the  stars  be  darkened,  and  the  clouds  return 
after  the  rain  : 

3  When  the  keepers  of  the  house  shall  tremble, 
and  the  strong  men  shall  stagger,  and  t lit:  grinders 
shall  be  idle  in  a  small  number,  and  they  that  look, 
through  the  holes  shall  be  darkened  : 

4  And  they  shall  shut  the  doors  in  the  street,  w  hen 
the  grinder's  voice  shall  be  low,  and  the]  shall  n-e 
up  at  the  voi<  e  of  the  bird,  and  all  the  daughters  ol 
Motif  shall  grow  deaf. 

5  And  tiny  shall  fear  high  things,  and  they  shall 
!>e  afraid  in  the  way;  the  almond-tree  shall  flourish  ; 
the  locust  shall  be  made  fat;  and  the  caper-tree  shall 
be  destroyed:  because  man  shall  go  into  the  house 
of  his  eternity,  and  the  mourners  shall  go  round 
about  in  the  street. 

6  Before  the  silvercord  lie  broken, and  the  golden 
fillet  shrink  back,  and  the  piieher  be  Stashed  at  the 
fountain,  and  the  wheel  be  broken  upon  the  cistern, 

7  And  the  dust  return  into  its  earth,  from  whence 
it  srns*aad  the  spirit  return  lo  God,  who  gave  it. 

8  Vanity  of  vanities,  said  Ecelesiastes,  and  all 
things  are  \anity. 

9  And  whereas  Ecelesiastes  was  \«r\  arise,  he 
taught  the  people,  and  declared  the  things  that  he 
had  done:  and  seeking  out,  he  set  forth  many  parables. 

10  He  BOSJght  profitable  words,  and  wrote  words 
most  right,  and  full  of  truth. 

1 1  The  words  of  the  w  i  scare  as  goads. and  as  nails 
deeply  fastened  in,  which  by  the  counsel  of  masters 
are  given  from  one  shepherd. 

12  More  than  these,  my  son,  require  not.  Of 
making  many  books  there  is  no  end:  and  much 
study  is  an  affliction  of  the  flesh. 

13  Let  us  all  hear  together  the  conclusion  of  the 
discourse.  Eear  God,  and  keep  his  commandments  : 
for  this  is  all  man. J 

14  And  all  things  that  are  done,  God  will  bring 
into  judgment  for  every  error,§  whether  it  be  good 
or  evil. 

fore  they  shall  ke  saved,  indeed,  yt   «•  «>  fcy  fire.      1  Csv.  iii.  13,  I4.  IS* 
t   Before  Ike  tuu,  kc.     Thai  is,  before  old  age  :   the  eSects  of  which 
upon  all  the  senses  and  faculties  are  described  in  the  following  verses, 
under  a  variety  of  figures. 

IJtll  Man.     The  wliolc  business  and  duty  of  man. 
£rror.     Or  hidden  and  secret  Uiing. 


SOLOMON'S 

CANTICLE  OF  CANTICLES. 


This  book  is  called  Tiir.  Can  Tin.*  or  CANTIci.rs,  that  it  to  tan. 
the  mail  exrellent  of  all  Canticles  :  because  it  is  full  of  high 
mysteries,  relating  to  the  happy  union  of  Christ  and  his  spouse: 
which  is  here  In  nun  by  lore,  and  is  to  be  eternal  in  hearrn. 
The  srocts;  of  Christ  is  the  chiirrh  :  more  f specially  <i>  to  tin 
happiest  part  of  it ,  n':.  perfect  souls,  ecrry  one  of  which  is  kit 
beloned  ;  but,  altove  all  others,  the  immaculate  and  eticr-bless- 
ml  virgin  mother. 

MM 


CHAP.  I. 

The  spouse  aspire*  to  an  union  icith  Christ:  their  mutual  lovt 
for  one  another. 

LET  him  kiss  me*  with  the  kiss   of  his  mouth  . 
for  i by  breasts  are  better  than  wine, 

♦  1st  kirn  kiss  me.     The  Church  the  spouse  of  Christ  prays,  that  he 
may  love  and  have  peace  with  nor,  wntcb  Use  spouse  prefers  to  ever* 


CHAP.  II,  III. 


2  Smelling  sweet  of  the  best  ointments.  Thy 
name  is  as  oil  poured  out;  therefore  young  maidens 
have  loved  thee. 

3  Draw  me  :*  we  will  run  after  thee  to  the  odour 
of  thy  ointments.  The  kins  hath  brought  me  into 
bis  store-rooms:  we  will  be  glad  and  rejoice  in  thee, 
remembering  thy  breasts  more  than  wine :  the  right- 
eous love  thee. 

4  I  am  black  but  beautiful, t  O  ye  daughters  of 
Jerusalem,  as  the  tents  of  Cedar,  as  the  curtains  of 
Solomon. 

5  Do  not  consider  me  that  I  am  brown,  because 
the  sun  hath  altered  my  colour  :  the  sons  of  my  mo- 
ther have  fought  against  me :  they  have  made  me 
the  keeper  in  the  vineyards:  my  vineyard  I  have  not 
kept. 

6  Show  me,  O  thou  whom  my  soul  loveth,  where 
thou  feedest,  where  thou  best  in  the  mid-day,  lest  1 
ocgin  to  wander  after  the  flocks  of  thy  companions. 

7  If  thou  know  not  thyself,!  O  fairest  among 
women,  go  forth,  and  follow  alter  the  steps  of  the 
flocks,  and  feed  thy  kids  beside  the  tents  of  the 
shepherds. 

8  To  my  company  of  horsemen,  in  Pharao's  cha- 
riots, have  I  likened  thee,  O  my  love. 

9  Thy  cheeks  are  beautiful  as  the  turtle  dove's; 
thy  neck  as  jewels. 

10  We  will  make  thee  chains  of  gold,  inlaid  with 
silver. 

1 1  While  the  king  was  at  his  repose,  my  spike- 
nard sent  forth  the  odour  thereof. 

12  A  bundle  of  myrrh  is  my  beloved  to  me  :  he 
shall  abide  between  my  breasts. 

13  A  cluster  of  cypress  my  love  is  to  me,  in  the 
vineyards  of  Engaddi. 

14  Behold,  thou  art  fair,  0  my  love:  behold,  thou 
art  fair  ;  thy  eyes  are  as  those  of  doves. 

15  Behold,  thou  art  fair,  my  beloyed,  and  come- 
ly.    Our  bed  is  flourishing. 

16  The  beams  of  our  houses  are  of  cedar,  our 
rafters  of  cypress  trees. 

CHAP.  II. 

Christ  caresses  his  spouse :  lie  invites  her  to  him. 

I  AM  the  flower  of  the  field,§  and  the  lily  of  the 
rallies. 

2  As  the  lily  among  thorns,  so  is  my  love  among 
the  daughters. 

3  As  the  apple-tree  among  the  trees  of  the  woods, 


thin£  howsoever  delicious  :  and  therefore  expresses  (ver.  2)  thai 
young   maidens,  that  is,  the  souls  of  the  faithful,  have  loved  thee. 

*  Draw  me.  That  is,  with  thy  gTace  ;  otherwise  I  should  not  be  able 
to  come  to  thee.  This  metaphor  shows  that  we  cannot  of  ourselves 
come  to  Christ  our  Lord,  unless  he  draws  us  by  his  grace,  which  in- 
laid up  in  his  store-rooms :  that  is,  in  the  mysteries  of  Faith,  which  Goit 
in  his  goodness  and  love  for  mankind  hath  rerealcd,  first  by  his  servanl 
Moses  in  the  Old  Law  in  figure  only,  and  afterwards  in  reality  by  his 
only  beg-often  Son  Jesus  Christ. 

r  I  am  otack  but  beautiful.  That  is,  the  Church  of  Christ,  founded  in 
humility,  appearing  outwardly  afflicted  and  as  it  were  black  and  con- 
temptible; but  inwardly,  that  is,  in  its  doctrine  and  morality,  fair  and 
beautiful. 

J  If  thou  know  not  thyself,  &c.  Christ  encourages  his  spouse  to  follow 
and  watch  her  flock ;  and  though  she  know  not  entirely  the  power  at 
hand  to  assist  her,  he  tells  her,  ver.  8.  my  company  of  horsemen,  that  is, 
his  Angels,  are  always  watching- and  protecting  her.  And  in  the  fol- 
lowing verses  he  reminds  her  of  the  virtues  and  gifts  with  which  he 
his  endowc*1  her. 


so  is  my  beloved  among  the  sons.  I  sat  down  undei 
his  shadow,  whom  I  desired  :  and  his  fruit  was 
sweet  to  my  palate. 

4  He  brought  me  into  the  cellar  of  wine  :  he  set 
in  order  charity  in  me. 

5  Stay  me  up  with  flowers ;  compass  me  about 
with  apples  :  because  I  languish  with  love. 

6  His  left  hand  is  under  my  head  ;  and  his  right 
hand  shall  embrace  me. 

7  I  adjure  you,  O  ye  daughters  of  Jerusalem,  by 
the  roes,  and  the  harts  of  the  fields,  that  you  stir  not 
up,  nor  make  the  beloved  to  awake,  till  she  please. 

8  The  voice  of  my  beloved  ;||  behold,  he  enmeth 
leaping  upon  the  mountains,  skipping  over  the  hills. 

9  My  beloved  is  like  a  roe,  or  a  young  hart.  Be- 
hold, he  standeth  behind  our  wall,  looking  through 
the  windows,  looking  through  the  lattices. 

10  Behold,  my  beloved  speaketh  to  me:  Arise, 
make  haste,  my  love,  my  clove,  my  beautiful  one, 
and  come. 

1 1  For  winter  is  now  past :  the  rain  is  over  and 
gone. 

12  The  flowers  have  appeared  in  our  land  ;  the 
time  of  pruning  is  come  :  the  voice  of  the  turtle  is 
heard  in  our  land  : 

13  The  fig-tree  bath  put  forth  her  green  figs: 
the  vines  in  flower  yield  their  sweet  smell.  Arise, 
my  love,  my  beautiful  one,  and  come  : 

14  My  dove  in  the  clifts  of  the  rock,  in  the  hol- 
low places  of  the  wall,  show  me  thy  face  ;  let  thy 
voice  sound  in  my  ears  :  for  thy  voice  is  sweet  and 
thy  face  comely. 

15  Catchusthe  littlefoxesll  that  destroy  the  vines: 
for  our  vineyard  hath  flourished. 

16  My  beloved  to  me,  and  I  to  him,  who  feedeth 
among  the  lilies, 

17  Till  the  day  break,  and  the  shadows  retire. 
Return  :  be  like,  my  beloved,  to  a  roe,  or  to  a  young 
hart  upon  the  mountains  of  Bether. 

CHAP.  III. 

The  spouse  seeks  Christ.      The  glory  of  his  humanity. 

TN  my  bed  by  night**  I  sought  him  whom  my  soul 
■*-  loveth  :  1  sought  him,  and     found  him  not. 

2  I  will  rise,  and  will  go  about  the  city:'  in  the 
streets  and  the  broad  ways  I  will  seek  him  wliniu 
my  soul  loveth  :  1  sought  him  and  1  found  him  not. 

3  The  watchmen  who  keep  the  city,  found  me* 
Have  you  seen  him   whom  my  soul  loveth? 

i  I  am  the  flmcer  of  the  field.  Christ  professes  himself  the  flower  of 
mankind,  yea,  the  Lord  of  all  creatures  :  and  ver.  2.  declares  the  ex- 
cellence of  his  spouse,  the  true  Church,  above  all  other  societies, 
which  are  to  be  considered  a*  thorns. 

||  The  voice  of  my  beloved:  that  is,  the  preaching  of  the  'Gospel  nir- 
immnting  difficulties,  figuratively  here  expressed  by  mountain},  and  little 
hills. 

IT  Catch  us  the  little  foxes.  Christ  commands  his  pastors  to  catch  falso 
teachers,  by  holding  forth  their  fallacy  and  erroneous  doctrine,  which 
like  foxes  would  bite  and  destroy  the  vines. 

**  In  my  bed  by  night,  Sic.  The  Gentiles  as  in  the  dark,  and  seeking- 
in  heathen  delusion  what  they  could  not  find,  the  true  God,  until 
Christ  revealed  his  doctrine  to  them  by  his  watchmen,  (ver.  3,)  that  is, 
by  the  Apostles  and  teachers,  by  whom  they  were  converted  to  the 
true  faith;  and  holding  that  faith  firmly,  the  spouse,  the  Catholic 
Church,  declares,  ver.  4.  That  she  will  not  let  him  go.  tilhhc  bring  Aim 
into  her  mother's  house,  fee.  that  is,  till  at  last,  the  Jews  also  shall  find 
him. 

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Till:  CANTICLK  01    f  \\TI('[J>. 


4  When  I  had   a  little  passed   by  them.  I   found 

him  whom  mv  soul  loveth:  I  held  him:  and  I  will  not 
let  him  co,  till  1  bring  him  into  mv  mother's  house, 
and  into  the  chamber  of  her  that  bote  inc. 

.')  I  adjnrr  v on,  ()  daughters  of  Jerusalem,  by  the 
roes  and  the  haris  of  tin-  fields,  that  jrou  stir  not  up, 
nor  awake  mv  beloved,  till  she  please. 

6  Who  is  she  that   goeth  up  by  the  desert,  as  a 

fiillar  of  smoke  of  aromalical  spices,  of  myrrh,  and 
rankincense,and  of  all  tin-  powders  of  the  perfumer? 

7  Behold,  threescore  valiant  ones  of  the  most  va- 
liant of  Israel,  surround  tin-  bed  of  Solomon. 

8  All  holding  swords,  and  most    expert  in  war  : 
iv  man's  sword  upon  bis  thigh,  he<  ause  of  Tears 

in  the  night 

?'  Kim:  Solomon  hath  made  him  a  litter  of  the 
wood  of  Lihanus : 

10  The  pillars  thereof  he  made  of  silver,  the  seat 
of  gold,  the  going  tip  of  purple  :  the  midst  he  cover- 
ed with  chanty  for  the  daughters  of  Jerusalem. 

1 1  (Jo  forth,  ye  daughters  of  Sion  :  and  see  king 
Solomon  in  the  diadem,  wherewith  his  mother 
crowned  him  in  the  day  of  his  espousals,  and  in  the 
dav  of  the  joy  of  his  heart. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Christ  sets  forth  the  graces  of  his  spouse  :  and  declare*  his  love 

for  her. 

HOW  beautiful  art  thou,*  my  love,  how  beauti- 
ful art  thou!  thy  eyes  are  doves'  eyes,  besides 
what  is  hid  within.  Thy  hair  is  as  flocks  of  goat*, 
whieh  come  up  from  mount  tialaad. 

I  Thy  teeth  as  flocks  of  sheep,  that  are  shorn, 
whieh  come  up  from  the  washing,  all  with  twins; 
and  there  is  none  barren  among  them. 

:i  Tliv  lips  areas  a  scarlet  lace  ;  and  thy  speech 
sweet.  Thy  checks  areas  a  piece  of  a  |M>uiegranate, 
besides  that  which  lieth  hid  within. 

i  Thf  neck  is  as  the  tower  of  David,  which  is 
built  with  bulwarks:  a  thousand  bucklers  hang  up- 
oii  it,  all  the  armour  of  valiant  men. 

">  Thy  two  lirea-i^r  like  two  voting  roes  that  are 
twins,  which  feed  among  the  lilies. 

ti  Till  the  dft]  break,  and  the  shadows  retire,  I 
will  go  to  the  mountain  of  myrrh,  and  to  the  hill  of 
frankincense. 

7  Thou  art  all  fair,  O  my  love ;  and  there  is  not 
a  snot  in  thee. 

8  Come  from  Lrbanits,  my  s|>onse  ;  come  from 
Lihanus,  come:  thou  shall  lie  crowned  from  the  top 
of  Amana,  from  the  top  of  Sanir,  and  lleimon,  from 
the  deal  of  the  lions,  from  the  mountains  of  the 
leopards. 

9  Thou   hast  wounded   my  heart,  my  sMcr,  my 

•  A*  mruulifut  art  tknn.  Christ  again  prat**  the  beauties  of  his 
Church,  which  lliro.ijrh  t »>#-  wlmlc  <if  this  chapter  arc  exemplified  by 
a  Tandy  of  ineUj'h  in,  setting  f.»rtt«  her  purity,  ber  simplicity,  and  bcr 
■lability. 

f  Thy  If*  tofuti.  kc.    Mvstioallv  to  be  understood  I  the  loi-e  of  God 
and  the  love  nf  our  neighbour,  which  are  so  united  as  twins  «■*«•*  Jttd 
tmnne  Ifcr  '<'«•«;  "'at  »'•  ''"*  l,,v«*  "*  ***'  »nd  °*  our  nci|rhl«mir,  fe. 
the  ■'.  vnei  and  the  bolv  sacrament*,  left  oy  Cl>n-i  in  hi. 

spouse,  to  feed  and  nourish  her  cbiU 

t  Jsf*  stater,  br..  •  fsrsVsi  inelaud.  t'hrirativcK  tl.e  Church  i.  in- 
closed,  containing  only  the  faithful.     .*  /■"•  '  «f  •     T'1*'  n""*' 

can  drink  <<(  i<«  wateri.  th»l  iv  '  ut-fil*  of  the 

holy  sacrament*,  but  those  wboarr  wilhin  ii-  walla. 

'  610 


spouse  :  thou  hast  wounded  ny  heart  ivith  one  of 
tflj  I  res,  and  with  one  hair  of  thy  neck. 

10  How  beautiful  are  thy  breast*,  my  sister,  wit; 
ipoose!  thy  breasts  are  more  beautiful  than  wine, 
and  the  sweet  smell  of  thy  ointments  above  all  aio- 
matical  spices. 

11  Thy  lips,  my  spouse,  are  as  a  dropping  honey- 
comb :  honey  and  milk  are  under  iliy  tongue  :  and 
die  sroellof  thy  garments,  astbesnieilcf  frankincense. 

12  My  sister,  styspoose;  is  a  garden  inclosed,  J 
a  garden  inclosed,  a  fountain  scaled  up. 

13  Thy  plants  area  paradise  of  |>oinegranate3 
with  the  mm  of  the  orchard.  Cyprus  with  spike- 
nard. 

14  Spikenard  and  saffron,  sweet  cane  and  cin- 
namon, with  all  the  trees  Of  Lihanus,  myrrh  and 
aloes,  with  all  the  chief  perfumes. 

15  The  fountain  ol 'garden*  :  the  well  of  living 
waters,  w  hichrun  w  iih  a  strong  stream  from  Libanus. 

16  Arise,  O  north  wind,  and  come.  ()  south 
wind  :  blow  through  mv  garden  ;  and  let  the  aro- 
matical  spices  thereof  flow. 

CHAP.  V. 

Christ  calls  his  spouse :  she  languishes  with  love  :  and  describes 
him  oy  his  graces. 

ET  my  beloved  come  into  his  garden. ||  and  eat 
-■— ^  the  fruit  of  his  apple  trees.  I  am  come  into 
my  garden,  O  my  sister,  uni  spouse  :  I  have  gaiher- 
eo my  myrrh,  with  my  aromatical  spices:  1  h 

eaten  the  honey-comb  with  my  honey  :  I  have  drunk 
m\  wine  with  ni.v  milk  :  cat,  ()  friends,  and  drink, 
and  lw  inebriated,  my  dearly  beloved. 

J    I  sleep,  and    inv  heart  walchclh:   the   voice  of 

my  beloved  knocking  ;  open  to  me,  mj  sister,  my 

love,  my  dove,  my  undeliled  :  for  my  head  is  full  of 
dew  ,  and  mv  locks  of  the  drops  ol  the  nigi.ts. 

3  I  have  put  off  mj  carmen!  :  how  shall  I  put  it 
on?  I  have  washed  my  feet,  how  shall  I  defile  them? 

4  My  beloved  put  his  hand  through  the  fcey-bole,§ 
and  mv   bowels  were  mov  ed  at  his  touch. 

5  I  arose  up  to  open  10  my  beloved  :  my  hands 
dropped  with  invrrli,  and  my  lingers  were  lull  of  the 
choicest  myrrh. 

6  I  opened  the  bolt  of  mv  door  to  my  beloved  ■ 
but  be  had  turned  aside,  and  was  rone.  My  smil 
melted,  when  he  spoke  :  I  sought  him,  and  found 
him  not  :    I  called,  and  he  tlid  not  answer  me. 

7  The  keepers  thai  go  about  the  city  found  me  : 

they  siruck  me,  and  wounded  me:  the  keepers  of 

the  walls  look  awav   mv   veil  from  me. 

8  I  adiure  you,  (>  daughtirs  (,|  .Jerusalem,  if  von 
find  my  beloved,  that  you  tell  him  that  I  languish 
with  love. 


|  Ijtt  my  telortd  cmnt  into  hit  garden,  tir.      Garden,  rm.iii  all)  llie 
'  Ii  of  Christ,  abuondiiiff  »Hli  Jruil.  thai  in,  Uie  good  works  of  the 
rlcel. 

I  Ma  beloved  put   kit  hand  through  the  kry-kete,  iic.      Tlie   spouse   til 
Christ,  his  Cliurrh,  at  times  a.  it  were  |»  unci   ii|i  bj  iton, 

snd  in  fears,  expeetinp  llw  divine  ssaaitanee,  here  .irnifwsl  b\  Ait 
lumd:  and  ver.  6.  hul  kt  k*d  turned  undt  and  was  syne,  thai  i«,  Christ  per- 
mittint;  a  farther  (rial  mp     AihI  airain.  rer.  7.   Tkt  ktnrn, 

he.  sijtiifvinf  the  violent  ami  rrml  pefaacutori  (if  the  Church  lakinr 
her  util,  de.podmr  the  Church  ol  its  places  of  worthif  and  < 
f<.r  i lie  divine  i 


I 


rnovr.nns. 


9  What  manner  of  one  is  thy  beloved  of  the  he- 
loved,  O  thou  most  beautiful  among  women?  what 
m  inner  of  one  is  thy  beloved  of  the  beloved,  that 
thou  hast  so  adjured  us  ? 

10  My  beloved*  is  white  and  ruddy,  ehosen  out 
of  thousands. 

11  His  head  is  as  the  finest  gold :  his  loeks  as 
branches  of  palm-trees,  black  as  a  raven. 

12  His  eyes  as  doves  upon  brooks  of  waters, 
which  are  washed  with  milk,  and  sit  beside  the 
plentiful  streams. 

13  His  cheeks  are  as  beds  of  aromatical  spices 
set  by  the  perfumers.  His  lips  are  as  lilies  drop- 
ping choice  myrrh. 

14  His  hands  are  turned  and  as  of  gold,  full  of 
hyacinths.     His  belly  as  of  ivory,  set  with  sapphires. 

15  His  legs  as  pillars  of  marble,  that  are  set  upon 
bases  of  gold.  His  form  as  of  Libauus,  excellent 
as  the  cedars. 

16  His  throat  most  sWeet,  and  he  is  all  lovely  : 
such  is  my  beloved,  and  he  is  my  friend,  O  ye 
daughters  of  Jerusalem. 

17  Whither  is  thy  beloved  gone,  O  thou  most 
beautiful  among  women  ?  whither  is  thy  beloved 
t  lined  aside,  and  we  will  seek  him  with  thee  ? 

CHAP.  VI. 

The  spouse  of  Christ  is  but  one.:  she.  is  fair  and  terrible. 

MY  beloved  is  gone  down  into    his  garden,t  to 
the  bed   of  aromatical   spices,  to  feed  in  the 
gardens,  and  to  gather  lilies. 

2  I  to  my  beloved,  and  my  beloved  to  me,  who 
feedeth  among  the  lilies. 

3  Thou  art  beautiful,  O  my  love,  sweet  and 
comely  as  Jerusalem  ;  terrible  as  an  army  set  in  ar- 
ray. 

4  Turn  away  thy  eyes  from  me ;  for  they  have 
made  me  flee  away.  Thy  hair  is  as  a  flock  of 
goats,  that  appear  from  Galaad. 

5  Thy  teeth  as  a  flock  of  sheep,  which  come  up 
from  the  washing,  all  with  twins,  and  there  is  none 
barren  among  them. 

6  Thy  cheeks  are  as  the  bark  of  a  pomegranate, 
beside  what  is  hidden  within  thee. 

7  There  are  threescore  queens,  and  fourscore 
concubines,  and  young  maidens  withour  number. 

8  One  is  my  dove  ;J  my  perfect  one  is  but  one  ; 
she  is  the  only  one  of  her  mother,  the  chosen  of  her 
that  bore  her.  The  daughters  saw  her,  and  de- 
clared her  most  blessed  ;  the  queens  and  concu- 
bines, and  they  praised  her. 

9  Who  is  she||  that  cometh  forth  as  the  morning 
rising,  fair  as  the  moon,  bright  as  the  sun,  terrible 
as  an  army  set  in  array  ? 

10  1  went  down  into  the   garden  of  nuts,  to  see 

*  My  beloved,  &r.  In  this  and  the  following  verses  the  Church  mysti- 
cally describes  Christ  to  those  who  know  him  not,  that  is,  lo  infidel-, 
in  order  to  convert  them  to  the  true  faith. 

f  My  beloved  is  gone  down  into  his  garden.  Christ,  pleased  with  the 
pood  works  of  his  holv  and  devout  servants  labouring  in  his  pardon,  is 
alwavs  present  with  them  :  hut  the  words  is  gone  down  are  to  be  under- 
itoori'  that  after  trying  his  Church  by  permitting  persecution,  he  comes 
to  her  assistance,  and  she  rejoiceth  at  his  coming. 

t  O-.ie  is  my  dove,  Sic.  That  is,  my  Church  is  one,  and  she  only  is  per- 
V*  and  biased 


the  fruits  of  the  vallies,  and  to  look  if  the  vineyard 
had  flourished,  and  the  pomegranates  budded. 

1 1  I  knew  not :  my  soul  troubled  me  for  the 
chariots  of  Aminatlab. 

12  Return,  return,  O  Sulamitess  :  return,  return, 
that  we  may  behold  thee. 

CHAP.  VII. 

A  further  description  of  the  graces  of  the  church  the  spouse  of 

Christ. 
V^THAT  shalt  thou  see  in  the  Sulamitess  but  the 
"  "  companies  of  camps  ?  How  beautiful  are  thy 
steps§  in  shoes,  O  prince's  daughter !  The  joints  of 
thy  thighs  are  like  jewels,  that  are  made  by  the  liana 
of  a  skilful  workman. 

2  Thy  navel  is  like  a  round  bowl  never  wanting 
cups.  Thy  belly  is  like  a  heap  of  wheat,  set  about 
with  lilies. 

3  Thy  two  breasts  are  like  two  young  roes  that 
are  twins. 

4  Thy  neck  as  a  tower  of  ivory.  Thy  eyes  like 
the  fish-pools  in  Hesebon,  which  are  in  the  gate  of 
the  daughter  of  the  multitude.  Thy  nose  is  as  the 
tower  of  Libauus,  that  looketh  towards  Damascus. 

5  Thy  head  is  like  Carmel  ;11  and  tin;  hairs  of 
thy  head  as  the  purple  of  the  king  bound  in  the 
channel. 

6  How  beautiful  art  thou,  and  how  comely,  my 
dearest,  in  delights  ! 

7  Thy  stature  is  like  to  a  palm-tree,  and  thy 
breasts  to  clusters  of  grapes. 

8  I  said  :  I  will  go  up  into  the  palm-tree,  and 
will  take  hold  of  the  fruit  thereof:  and  thy  bieasts 
shall  be  as  the  clusters  of  the  vine  ;  and  the  odour  of 
thy  mouth  like  apples. 

9  Thy  throat  like  the  best  wine,  worthy  for  my 
beloved  to  drink,  and  for  his  lips  and  his  teeth  to  ru- 
minate. 

10  I  to  my  beloved,  and  his  turning  is  towards  me. 

1 1  Come,  my  beloved,  let  us  go  forth  into  the 
field  :   let  us  abide  in  the  villages. 

12  Let  us  get  up  early  to  the  vineyards  :  let  us 
see  if  the  vineyard  flourish,  if  the  flowers  be  ready 
to  bring  forth  fruits,  if  the  pomegranates  flourish  : 
there  will  I  give  thee  my  breasts. 

13  The  mandrakes  give  a  smell.  In  our  gates 
are  all  fruits:  the  new  and  the  old,  my  beloved,  1 
have  kept  for  thee. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

The  lore  of  the  church  to  Christ :  his  love  to  her. 

\\THO  shall  give  thee  to  me  for  my  brother,  suck- 
™  *     ing  the  breasts  of  my  mother,  that  I  may  find 
thee  without,  and  kiss  thee,  and  now  no  man  may 
despise  me  ? 

2  I  will  take  hold  of  thee,   and    bring  thee  into 

||  Who  is  she,  &c.  Here  is  a  beautiful  metaphor  describing  the 
Church  from  the  beginning.  As,  the  morning  rising,  signifying  the 
Church  before  the  written  Law  :  fair  as  the  moon,  showing  her  under 
the  written  law  of  Moses :  bright  as  the  sun,  under  the  light  of  the  gos- 
pel ;  and  Jerr>6/e  as  an  army,  the  power  of  Christ's  Church  against  its 
enemies. 

{  How  beautiful  are  thy  steps.  &c.  Bv  these  metaphors  are  sicriified 
the  power  and  mission  of  the  Church  in  propagating  the  true  faith. 

H  Thy  head  is  like  Carmel.  Christ  the  invisible  head  of  his  Church  it 
here  signified 

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WISDOM. 


my  mother's  house:  there  tliou  shall  teach  me,  and 
I  will  •aim-  thee  a  cup  of  spiced  wine,  and  new  \\  me 
ol  im 

3  His  lefi  hand*  under  m\  head,  and  his  right 
hind  shall  enilir.ice  nie. 

I-   I  adjure   you,    0  daughters  of  Jerusalem,  that 
fOU  >t ir  not  ii|>,  uorawake  niv  hue  till  she  please. 
\hois!hi>f  that  eouielh  up  h'oin    the   dcscil. 

flowing  with  delights,  leaning  upon  her   beloved? 

I  n<h  i  the  apple-lice  I  laised  lineup:  there  thy 
mother  was  corrupted  ;   there  she  was  dclloiircd  thai 

bore  thee. 

t!  I'm  me  as  a  seal  U|>on  thy  heart,  as  a  seal  upoa 
thy  arm:  for  love  M  strong  m  death:  jealousy  ia 
hard  as  hell;   the  lamps  thereof  art  lire  and  llames. 

7  Man v  waters  cannoi  quench  charilv  :  neither 
.-in  the  (foods  drown  it  :  il  a  man  should  give  all 
the  sti'istance  of  his  house  lor  love,  he  shall  despise 
it  as  nothing. 

8  Our  siMer  is  linle.J  and  hath  no  hreasts.   What 

•  HitU/l  krnni,  kc.     Wonlt  of  ihe  Church  to  CM*,      llis  left  Kami 
■qraifvmif  ihe  Old  Testament,  and  his  right  hand  the  New. 

U'so  is  this,  itc.  The  AngvU  with  admiration  behold  the  Grn- 
til»"»  converted  Hi  the  faith:  coming  up  from  Ike  desert,  that  is,  cotninir 
from  Heathenism  and  false  worship  ;  living  teitk  delights,  thai  i*. 
-Standing  with  pood   work*  wl  lot   are    pleasnnr    to  God  :   lining  on 

•  Wms,OD  the  promise  of  Christ  to  In-  <  hnrch,  ;/..  I    Ike  gates        he: 
I  mot  prevail  against  it ,  and  supportc  I  by  his  grace,  conferred  by 


shall  we  do  to  out  sister,  in  the  day  when  she  is  to 
be  s|Mikeu  ii 

9  It  she  he  a  wall,  let  us  huild  upon  it  bulwarks 
of  silver:  il  she  he  a  dooi.  hi  us  join  it  together  with 
l>nanls  of  cedar. 

10  I  am  a  wall  :  and  my  hreasts  are  as  a  tower, 
since  I  am  become  in  his  presence,  as  one  rinding 
peace. 

11  The  peaceahle  had  a  \ine\ard,  in  that  which 
hath  people:  he  let  out  the  same  to  keepers,  every 
man  hringeth,  lor  the  fruit  thereof,  a  thousand 
pieces  of  silver. 

12  My  vineyard  is  Ix-fore  me.  A  thousand  arc 
lor  thee,  the  peaceahle;  and  two  hundred  for  iht  in 
that  keep  the  fruit  thereof. 

13  Thou  that  dwelled  in  the  gardens,  the  friends 
hearken  :   make  me  hear  thy  voice. 

14  Flee  away,  O  m\  li  loved:  and  lie  like  to  the 
me.  and  to  the  young  hart  upon  the  mountains  ot 
aroniaiical  apices. 


the  sacraments.  T 'niter  the  apple-tree  I  raited  thet  vp  I  lhat  i«.  that 
ChriM  redeemed  the  OauUTeS  at  tlie  foot  of  tlie  cross,  where  fne  svna- 
■QgM  of  Ihe  Jews  (tlie  mother  Church)  seat  corrupted  by  tlieir  deny- 
ing him,  and  crocifv  ing  him. 

{  Our  titter  it  tilth  .  ,V<  .  M>  ttioafl*  siiMiifjes  tl»e  Jews,  who  are  to 
he  tp-tlcen  to;  that  Is,  eonverled  towards  the  end  of  tltc  wortd;  and 
tbea  shall  become  a  irnlt.  that  is,  a  part  of  tlie  building,  tlie  Church 
of  Chn-t. 


THE  BOOK  OF  WISDOM. 


Thin  book  MM  railed,  b  mute  il  treats  of  the  excellence  of  Wi  - 
in  i m,  the  meant  to  iibt  tin  it-  anil  the  happy  fruits  it  produces. 
It  is  written  in  the  person  of  Solomon,  antl  nmtaint  his  tent' 
mi  nit.  Hut  it  it  uncertain  irho  urns  t he  trriler.  It  olmiinds 
trith  instruction*  and  exhortations  In  kings  anil  all  magistral, 
to  minister  Justice  in  the  <  ummontrralth,  teaching  all  kinds  nt 
virtue*  uiiilrr  the  general  numt  of  justice  and  tritdom.  It 
conliiint  also  many  jiropherics  of  Christ'*  coming,  passion,  n  ■ 
tirrrrrtion.  and  other  christian  miislerirs.  The  irhole  may  l,e 
divided  into  three  parts  :  In  I  he  six  first  rhapirrs,  the  author 
admonishes  all  tupcrioet  to  lore  anil  noerritr  j-atice  ond  in.,- 
dam.  In  the  next  three,  he  tan  heth  that  irisdom  prorinlif/i 
only  from  fiifl,  and  is  procur,  d  hi,  pTtlffi  r  and  a  good  life.  hi 
the  other  ten  rhaplirt,  he  shointh  the  ejiillnit  iffrct*  and 
mtilily  of  tritdom  and  jvttirc. 

CHAP.  I. 

An  exhortation   tn  seek  (iinl  sinei  rely,  trho  cannot  be  dicc.ivcd, 
and  di  sin  th  not  our  death. 

LOVE  justice,  \ on  thai  arc  the  judges  of  the 
earth.     Think  of  the  Lord  in  goodness,  and 

si  .  k  him  in  simplicity  of  heart : 

2  For  he  is  found  by  them  that  tempt   him  not: 
and  he  showeth  himsell  tothein  that  have  faith  in  him. 

3  For  perverse  thoughts  separate  from  (iod  :  and 
his  power,  when  it  is  tried,  reproveth  ihe  unwise: 

X  For  wisdom   will    not   enter  into  a   malicious 

soul,  nor  dwell  in  a  body  sullied  to  mus. 

or  the  Holy  Spirit  of  discipline  will  flee  from 

the    deceitful,    and    will    withdraw    himself   from 

thoughts  that   are  without    understanding ;   and    he 

shall  not  abide  when  iniquity  corneth  in. 

fi  For  the  spirit  of  wisdom   i^  beuevolcnt,  and 

Hi 


will  not  acquit  the  evil  Speaker  from  his  lips;  for 
( iod  isvv  knew  of  his  it  ins;  ;uul  he  is  a  true  seaicher 
of  his  heart,  and  a  hearer  of  his  tongue. 

7  For  the  spirit  of  the  Lord  bath  filled  the  whole 
world:  and  that,  w  hich  contaiueih  all  things,  hath 
know  ledge  of  the  voice. 

8  Therefore  be  that  sneaketh  unjust  things,  can- 
not he  hid:  neither  shall   the  chastising  judgment 

pass  him  by. 

9  For  inquisition  shall  he  made  into  the  thoughts 
of  the  ungodly:  and  the  hearing  of  his  vvonls  sliall 
i  ome  to  God,  to  the  chastising  of  his  iniquities. 

10  For  the  ear  of  jealousy  heareth  all  things;  and 
the  tumult  of  murmuring  shall  not  he  hid. 

1!   Keep  yourselves  therefore  from  murmuring, 
which    profile!  h   nothing;   and   refrain  vour  ton 
from  detraction  :  for  an  obscure  speech  shall  not  -i> 
lor  noiighl  :  ami  the  mouth  that  hclicth,  kilhth  the 
soul. 

12  Seek  not  death  in  the  error  of  vour  life: 
neither  procure  ye  destruction  h\  ihewoiks  of  your 
hands. 

13  For  God  made  not  death,  neither  hath  he 
pleasure  in  the  destruction  of  the  living. 

I  V  For  he  created  all  things  that  t In  v  might  Im-  : 
and  he  made  the  nations  of  the  earth  for  health: 
and  there  is  no  poison  of  destruction  in  them,  nor 
kingdom  of  hell  upon  the  earth. 

to  For  justice  is  perpetual  and  immoital. 


CHAP.      II,      III. 


16  But  (he  wicked  with  works  and  words  have 
called  it  to  them  :  and  esteeming  it  a  friend,  have 
fallen  away,  and  have  made  a  covenant  with  it :  be- 
cause they  are  worthy  to  be  of  the  part  thereof. 

CHAP.  II. 

The  vain  reasonings  of  the  wicked  :  their  persecuting  the  just, 
especially  the  Son  of  God. 

FOR  they  have  said,  reasoning  with  themselves, 
but  not  right :  The  time  of  our  life  is  short  and 
tedious  ;  and  in  the  end  of  a  man  there  is  no  remedy ; 
and  no  man  hath  been  known  to  have  returned  from 
hell  : 

2  For  we  are  born  of  nothing  ;  and  after  this  we 
shall  be  as  if  we  had  not  been :  for  the  breath  in 
our  nostrils  is  smoke  :  and  speech  a  spark  to  move 
our  heart, 

3  Which  being  put  out,  our  body  shall  be  ashes  ; 
and  our  spirit  shall  be  poured  abroad  as  soft  air  ; 
and  our  life  shall  pass  away  as  the  trace  of  a  cloud, 
and  shall  be  dispersed  as  a  mist,  which  is  driven 
away  by  the  beams  of  the  sun,  and  overpowered 
with  the  heat  thereof : 

4  And  our  name  in  time  shall  be  forgotten  :  and 
no  man  shall  have  any  remembrance  of  our  works. 

5  For  our  time  is  as  the  passing  of  a  shadow; 
and  there  is  no  going  back  of  our  end  :  for  it  is  fast 
sealed,  and  no  man  retumeth. 

6  Come  therefore,  and  let  us  enjoy  the  good 
things  that  are  present,  and  let  us  speedily  use  the 
creatures  as  in  youth. 

7  Let  us  fill  ourselves  with  costly  wine,  and  oint- 
ments: and  let  not  the  flower  of  the  time  pass  by  us. 

8  Let  us  crown  ourselves  with  roses,  before  they 
be  withered  :  let  no  meadow  escape  our  riot. 

9  Let  none  of  us  go  without  bis  part  in  luxury: 
let  us  every  where  leave  tokens  of  joy:  for  this  is 
our  portion,  and  this  our  lot. 

10  Let  us  oppress  the  poor  just  man,  and  not 
spare  the  widow,  nor  honour  the  ancient  gray  hairs 
of  the  aged. 

11  But  let  our  strength  be  the  law  of  justice  :  for 
that  which  is  feeble,  is  found  to  be  nothing  worth. 

12  Let  us  therefore  lie  in  wait  for  the  just;  be- 
cause he  is  not  for  our  turn  ;  and  he  is  contrary  to 
our  doings,  and  upbraideth  us  with  transgressions 
of  the  law,  and  divulgeth  against  us  the  sins  of  our 
way  of  life. 

13  He  boasteth  that  he  hath  the  knowledge  of 
God,  and  calleth  himself  the  son  of  God. 

14  He  is  become  a  censurer  of  our  thoughts. 

15  He  is  grievous  unto  us,  even  to  behold:  for 
his  life  is  not  like  other  men's,  and  his  ways  are 
very  different. 

i6  We  are  esteemed  by  him  as  triflers;  and  he 
abstaineth  from  our  ways  as  from  filthiness ;  and 
he  preferreth  the  latter  end  of  the  just,  and  glorieth 
that  he  hath  God  for  his  father. 

17  Let  us  see  then  if  his  words  be  true;  and 
let  us  prove  what  shall  happen  to  him ;  and  we 
shall  know  what  his  end  shall  be. 

18  For  if  he  be  the  true  son  of  God,  he  will  de- 
fend him,  and  will  deliver  him  from  the  hands  of 
his  enemies. 

3  T 


19  Let  us  examine  him  by  outrages  and  tortures, 
that  we  may  know  his  meekness  and  try  his  patience. 

20  Let  us  condemn  him  to  a  most  shameful  death  : 
for  there  shall  be  respect  had  unto  him  by  his  words. 

21  These  thingsthey  thought,  and  were  deceived  : 
for  their  own  malice  blinded  them. 

22  And  they  knew  not  the  secrets  of  God,  nor 
hoped  for  the  wages  of  justice,  nor  esteemed  the 
honour  of  holy  souls. 

23  For  God;  created  man  incorruptible,  and  to  the 
image  of  his  own  likeness  he  made  him. 

24  But  by  the  envy  of  the  devil,  death  came  in- 
to the  world  : 

25  And  they  follow  him  that  are  of  his  side. 

CHAP.  III. 

The  happiness  of  the yist  ;  and  the  unhappiness  of  the  wicked. 

DUT  the  souls  of  the  just  are  in  the  hand  of  God  ,- 
■*■*   and  the  torment  of  death  shall  not  touch  them. 

2  In  the  sight  of  the  unwise  they  seemed  to  die  : 
and  their  departure  was  taken  for  misery  : 

3  And  their  going  away  from  us,  for  utter  de- 
struction :  but  they  are  in  peace. 

4  And  though  in  the  sight  of  men  they  suffered 
torments,  their  hope  is  full  of  immortality. 

5  Afflicted  in  few  things,  in  many  they  shall  be 
well  rewarded  :  because  God  hath  tried  them,  and 
found  them  worthy  of  himself. 

6  As  gold  in  the  furnace  he  hath  proved  them  ; 
and  as  a  victim  of  a  holocaust,  he  hath  received 
them  ;  and  in  time  there  shall  be  respect  had  to 
them. 

7  The  just  shall  shine,  and  shall  run  to  and  fro 
like  sparks  among  the  reeds. 

8  They  shall  judge  nations,  and  rule  over  people ; 
and  their  Lord  shall  reign  for  ever. 

9  They  that  trust  in  him,  shall  understand  the 
truth:  and  they  that  are  faithful  in  love  shall  rest 
in  him  :  for  grace  and  peace  is  to  his  elect. 

10  But  the  wicked  shall  be  punished  according 
to  their  own  devices;  who  have  neglected  the  just, 
and  have  revolted  from  the  Lord. 

11  For  he  that  rejecteth  wisdom  and  discipline,  is 
unhappy :  and  their  hope  is  vain,  and  their  labours 
without  fruit,  and  their  works  unprofitable. 

12  Their  wives  are  foolish,  and  their  children 
wicked. 

13  Their  offspring  is  cursed :  for  happy  is  the 
barren  ;  and  the  undefiled,  that  hath  not  known  bed 
in  sin :  she  shall  have  fruit  in  the  visitation  of 
holy  souls. 

14  And  the  eunuch,  that  hath  not  wrought  ini- 
quity with  his  hands,  nor  thought  wicked  things 
against  God  :  for  the  precious  gift  of  faith  shall  be 
given  to  him,  and  a  most  acceptable  lot  in  the  tem- 
ple of  God. 

15  For  the  fruit  of  good  labours  is  glorious ;  and 
the  root  of  wisdom  never  faileth. 

16  But  the  children  of  adulterers  shall  not  come 
to  perfection  ;  and  the  seed  of  the  unlawful  bed  shall 
be  rooted  out. 

17  And  if  they  live  long,  they  shall  be  nothing 
regarded ;  and  their  last  old  age  shall  be  without 
honour. 

513 


Wis  I). 


I!'.  And  if  they  die  quickly,  they  ^h;ii I  have  no 
hope,  nnr  speech  of  comfort  in  tin  day  of  trial. 
19  For  dreadful  arc  the  ends  of  a  tricked  race 


CHAP.  IV. 

The  diJT, irnre  hettreen  the  chaste  and  the  adulterous  genera- 
tion* :  mmd  b -tun-en  the  death  of  the  just  and  the  tricked. 

/"|  HOW  beautiful  is  the  chaste  generation  with 
^-J  glory  !  for  the  memory  thereof  is  immortal :  be- 
catrse  it  is  knows  both  with  God  and  with  men. 

J  When  it  is  pretest)  they  imitate  it:  and  they 
desire  it  whoa  it  hath  withdrawn  itself:  and  it  tn- 
umjiheth  crowned  for  ever,  winning  the  reward  of 
undefiled  conflicts. 

3  Hut  the  multiplied  brood  of  the  wicked  shall 
not  thrive:  and  bastard  slips  shall  not  take  deep 
root,  nor  any  fast  foundation. 

)  And  if  they  flourish  in  branches  for  a  time,  yet 
standing  not  fast,  they  shall  be  shaken  with  the 
wind:  and  through  the  force  of  the  winds  they 
shall  be  rooted  out. 

5  For  the  branches  not  being  perfect,  shall  be 
broken:  and  their  fruits  shall  l>e  unprofitable,  and 
sour  to  eat  and  lit  for  nothing. 

ti  For  the  children  that  arc  born  of  unlawful 
beds,  are  witnesses  of  wickedness  against  their  pa- 
rents in  their  trial. 

7  But  the  just  man,  if  he  be  prevented  with 
death,  shall  be  in  teat 

8  For  venerable  old  age  is  not  that  of  Ions,  time, 
nor  counted  by  the  number  of  years:  but  the  un- 
dcrstanding  of  a  man  is  gray  hairs; 

9  And  a  spotless  life  is  old  age. 

10  lie  pleased  God,  and  was  beloved, and  living 
BBOflg  sinners,  he  was  translated. 

11  He  was  taken  away  lest  wickedness  should 
alter  his   understanding,  or  deceit  beguile  his  soul. 

12  For  tin*  bewitching  of  vanity  obscoreth  good 
things:  and  the  wandering  of  concupiscence  over- 
turned! the  innocent  mind. 

13  Being  made  perfect  in  a  short  space,  he  ful- 
filled a  long  time  : 

1  I  For  his  too]  pleased  God  :  therefore  he 
hastened  to  brine  him  out  of  the  midst  of  iniquities  : 
but  the  people  see  this,  and  understand  not,  nor  lay 
up  such  things  in  their  hearts: 

15  That  the  grace  of  God,  and  his  mercy  is  with 
his  saints,  and  that  he  hath  respect  to  his  chosen. 

16  Bui  the  just  that  is  dead,  condemned-  the 
wicked  that  arc  Irving  ;  and  youth  soon  ended,  the 
long  life  of  the  unjust. 

17  For  they  shall  see  the  end  of  the  wise  man. 
and  shall  not  understand  what  God  hath  designed 
for  him.  and  why  the  Lord  bath  set  him  in  safety. 

18  They  shall  sec  him,  and  shall  despise  him  :  but 
die  Lord soall  laugh  them  to  scorn: 

19  And  they  shall  fall  after  this  without  honour, 
and  liea  reproach  among  the  dead  for  ever:  fi>r  lii- 
shall  burst  them  puffed  up  and  speechless,  and  shall 

shake  them  from  the  ft datkms  :  and  they  shall  be 

utterly  laid  Waste:   they  shaU   be  in  sorrow  ;   and 
their  memory  shall  perish. 

**rt  Thev  shall  come  with  fear  at  the  thought  of 

514 


their  sins  :   and  their  iniquities  shall   stand   against 

them  to  earn  id  them* 

CHAP.  \. 

The  fruitless  repentance  of  the  icicbd  in  another  world:  the 

•  reward  of  the  in*!. 

rI^IIEN  shall  the  just  stand  with  greal  constancy 
-*-    against  those  that  have  afflicted  them,  and 

taken  away  their  labours. 

2  These  seeing  it.  shall  be  troubled  with  terrible 
fear,  and  shall  be  amazed  at  the  suddenness  of  tin  ir 
unexpected  salvation, 

3  Saying  within  themselves,  repenting  and  groan- 
ing for  anguish  of  spirit :  These  are  they,  w  bom  we 
had  sometime  in  derision,  and  for  a  parable  o' 
reproach. 

4  We  fools  esteemed  their  life  madness,  and 
their  end  without  honour. 

6  Behold,  how  they  are  numbered  among  the 
children  of  God,  and  their  lot  is  anions  the  saints. 

6  Therefore  we  have  erred  from  the  wav  of 
truth;  and  the  light  of  justice  bath  not  sinned  unto 
us;  and  the  sun  of  understanding  hath  not  risen 
upon  us. 

7  We  wearied  ourselves  in  the  way  of  iniquity 
and  destruction,  and  have  walked  through  hard 
ways  :  but  the  way  of  the  Lord  we  have  not  known. 

8  What  hath  pride  profited  us;  or  what  advan- 
tage hath  the  boasting  of  riches  brought  us? 

9  All  those  things  arc  passed  away  like  a  sha 
dow,  and  like  a  post  that  runneth  on, 

In  And  as  a  ship  that  passeth  through  the  wivi 
vv  hereof  when  it   is  gone  by,  the  trace  cannot  be 
found,  nor  the  path  of  its  keel  in  the  waters  : 

11  Or  as  when  a  bird  flicth  through  the  air;  of 
the  passage  of  which  no  mark  can  be  found,  but 
only  the  sound  of  the  wings  beating  the  light  air. 
and  parting  it  by  the  force  of  her  (light  ;  she  moved 
her  wings,  and  hath  down  through;  and  there  i* 
no  mark  found  afterwards  of  her  way: 

12  Or  as  when  an  arrow  is  shot  at  a  mark,  the 
divided  air  presently  cometh  together  again,  so  thai 
the  passage  thereof  is  not  known: 

13  So  we  also  being  born,  forthwith  ceased  to 
be  ;  and  have  been  able  to  show  no  mark  of  virtue; 
but  are  consumed  in  our  wickedness. 

14  Such  things  as  these  the  sinners  said  in  hell : 

15  For  the  hope  of  the  w  ieked  is  as  dust,  which 
is  blown  away  with  the  wind  ;  and  as  a  thin  froth 
which  is  dispersed  by  the  storm;  and  as  smoke 
that  is  scattered  abroad  by  the  w  hid  ;  and  as  the 
remembrance  of  a  guest  of  one  day  that  passeth  by. 

16  But  the  just  shall  live  for  evermore:  and  their 
reward  is  with  the  Lord,  and  the  care  of  them  with 
the  nio^t  High. 

17  Therefore  shall  they  receive  a  kingdom  of 
glory,  and  a  crown  of  beauty  at  the  hand  of  the 
Lord:  for  with  bis  right  hand  he  will  cover  them; 
and  with  his  holy  aim  he  will  defend  them. 

18  And  bis  leal  will  take  armour:  and  he  will 
arm  the  creature  for  the  revenge  ol  bis  enemii  •». 

19  He  will  put  on  jasticeas  a  breast-plate:  and 

will  take  true  judgment  instead  of  a  helmet: 

'JO   He  will  take  equity   lor  an   invincible  shield  • 


CHAP. 

Sil  And  he  will  sharpen  his  severe  wrath  for  a 
spear :  and  the  whole  world  shall  fight  with  him 
against  the  unwise. 

22  Then  shafts  of  lightning  shall  go  directly 
from  the  clouds ;  as  from  a  bow  well  bent,  they 
shall  be  shot  out,  and  shall  fly  to  the  mark. 

23  And  thick  hail  shall  be  cast  upon  them  from 
the  stone-casting  wrath:  the  water  of  the  sea  shall 
rage  against  them ;  and  the  rivers  shall  run  together 
in  a  terrible  manner. 

24  A  mighty  wind  shall  stand  up  against  them, 
and  as  a  whirlwind  shall  divide  them  ;  and  their 
iniquity  shall  bring  all  the  earth  to  a  desert;  and 
wickedness  shall  overthrow  the  thronesof  the  mighty. 

CHAP.  VI. 

An  address  to  princes  to    seek  after  xoisdom :    she  is    easily 
found  by  those  that  seek  her. 

WISDOM  is  better  than   strength :  and  a  wise 
man  is  better  than  a  strong  man. 

2  Hear  therefore  ye  kings,  and  understand;  learn 
ye  that  are  judges  of  the  ends  of  the  earth; 

3  Give  ear,  you  that  rule  the  people,  and  that 
please  yourselves  in  multitudes  of  nations: 

4  For  power  is  given  you  by  the  Lord,  and 
strength  by  the  most  High,  who  will  examine  your 
works,  and  search  out  your  thoughts  : 

5  Because  being  ministers  of  his  kingdom,  you 
have  not  judged  rightly,  nor  kept  the  law  of  justice, 
nor  walked  according  to  the  will  of  God. 

6  Horribly  and  speedily  will  he  appear  to  you  : 
for  a  most  severe  judgment  shall  be  for  them  that 
bear  rule. 

7  For  to  him  that  is  little,  mercy  is  granted:  but 
the  mighty  shall  be  mightily  tormented. 

8  For  God  will  not  accept  any  man's  person ; 
neither  will  he  stand  in  awe  of  any  man's  great- 
ness: for  he  made  the  little  and  the  great;  and  he 
hath  equally  care  of  all. 

9  But  a  greater  punishment  is  ready  for  the 
more  mighty. 

10  To  you  therefore,  O  kings,  are  these  my 
words,  that  you  may  learn  wisdom,  and  not  fail 
from  it. 

11  For  they  that  have  kept  just  things  justly, 
shall  be  justified :  and  they  that  have  learned  these 
things,  shall  find  what  to  answer. 

12  Covet  ye  therefore  my  words,  and  love  them, 
and  you  shall  have  instruction. 

13  Wisdom  is  glorious,  and  never  fadeth  away, 
and  is  easily  seen  by  them  that  love  her,  and  is 
found  by  them  that  seek  her. 

14  She  preventeth  them  that  covet  her,  so  that 
she  first  showeth  herself  unto  them. 

15  He  that  awaketh  early  to  seek  her,  shall  not 
labour:  for  he  shall  find  her  sitting  at  his  door. 

16  To  think  therefore  upon  her,  is  perfect  un- 
derstanding: and  he  that  watcheth  for  her,  shall 
quicklv  be  secure. 

17  For  she  goeth  about  seeking  such  as  are  wor- 
thy of  her :  and  she  showeth  herself  to  them  cheer- 
fully in  the  ways,  and  mectcth  them  with  all  pro- 
vidence. 


VI,  VII. 

18  For  the  beginning  of  her  is  the  most  true  de- 
sire of  discipline: 

19  And  the  care  of  discipline  is  love:  and  love 
is  the  keeping  of  her  laws  :  and  the  keeping  of  her 
laws  is  the  firm  foundation  of  incorrnption  : 

20  And  incorruption  bringeth  near  to  God. 

21  Therefore  the  desire  of  wisdom  bringeth  to 
the  everlasting  kingdom. 

22  If  then  your  delight  be  in  thrones  and  scep- 
tres, O  ye  kings  of  the  people,  love  wisdom,  that 
you  may  reign  for  ever. 

23  Love  the  light  of  wisdom,  all  ye  that  bear 
rule  over  peoples. 

24  Now  what  wisdom  is,  and  what  was  her  ori- 
gin, I  will  declare :  and  I  will  not  hide  from  you 
the  mysteries  of  God,  but  will  seek  her  out  from 
the  beginning  of  her  birth,  and  bring  the  knowledge 
of  her  to  light,  and  will  not  pass  over  the  truth: 

25  Neither  will  I  go  with  consuming  envy  :  for 
such  a  man  shall  not  be  partaker  of  wisdom. 

26  Now  the  multitude  of  the  wise  is  the  welfare 
of  the  whole  world  :  and  a  wise  king  is  the  uphold- 
ing of  the  people. 

27  Receive  therefore  instruction  by  my  words ; 
and  it  shall  be  profitable  to  you. 

CHAP.  VII. 

The  excellence  of  unsdom  :  how  she  is  to  be  found. 

I  MYSELF  also  am  a  mortal  man,  like  all  others, 
and  of  the  race  of  him,  that  was  first  made  of 
the  earth :  and  in  the  womb  of  my  mother  I  was 
fashioned  to  be  flesh, 

2  In  the  time  of  ten  months  I  was  compacted  in 
blood,  of  the  seed  of  man,  and  the  pleasure  of  sleep 
concurring. 

3  And  being  born  I  drew  in  the  common  air, 
and  fell  upon  the  earth,  that  is  made  alike:  and 
the  first  voice  which  I  uttered  was  crying,  as  all 
others  do. 

4  I  was  nursed  in  swaddling  clothes,  and  with 
great  cares. 

5  For  none  of  the  kings  had  any  other  beginning 
of  birth. 

6  For  all  men  have  one  entrance  into  life,  and 
the  like  going  out. 

7  Wherefore  I  wished,  and  understanding  was 
given  me:  and  I  called  upon  God,  and  the  spirit 
of  wisdom  came  upon  me : 

8  And  I  preferred  her  before  kingdoms  and 
thrones,  and  esteemed  riches  nothing  in  comparison 
of  her. 

9  Neither  did  I  compare  unto  her  any  precious 
stone :  for  all  gold  in  comparison  of  her,  is  as  a 
little  sand  :  and  silver  in  respect  to  her  shall  be 
counted  as  clay. 

10  I  loved  her  above  health  and  beauty,  and 
chose  to  have  her  instead  of  light :  for  her  light 
cannot  be  put  out. 

1 1  Now  all  good  things  came  to  me  together  with 
her,  and  innumerable  riches  through  her  hands. 

12  And  I  rejoiced  in  all  these:  for  this  wisdom 
went  before  me,  and  I  knew  not  that  she  was  the 
mother  of  them  all : 

13  Which  I  have  learned  without  guile,  and  oom- 

515 


WMJU.M. 


municate  without  envy  ;  and  bet  ricba  I  hide  not 

14  For  she  is  an  infinite  treasure  to  men  :  which 
they  that  OH  become  the  friends  of  Goil,  being  com- 
llieildrd  lor  the  gift  of  discipline. 

15  A nd .God  hath  Riven  to  me  tos|>eak  as  1  would, 
and  to  conceive  thoughts  worthy  of  those  things  that 
arc  given  me  :  because  he  is  the  guide  ot  wisdom, 
and  the  director  of  the  wise. 

16  For  in  his  hand  are  Inith  we,  and  our  words. 
and  all  w  isdom,and  the  know  ledge  and  skillol  works. 

17  For  be  hath  given  DM  the  true  knowledge  ol 
the  things  that  are  ;  to  know  the  disposition  ot  the 
whole  world,  and  the  virtues  ol  the  elements, 

18  The  beginning,  and  ending,  and  midst  of  the 
times,  the  alterations  ot  their  courses,  and  the  chan- 
ges of  seasons, 

19  The  revolutions  of  the  year,  and  the  disposi- 
tions ot"  the  stars, 

20  The  natures  of  living  creatures,  and  rage  of 
wild  beasts,  the  force  of  winds,  and  reasonings  of 
men, the  diversities  of  plants,  and  the  virtuesof  roots: 

J I  And  all  such  things  as  are  hid  and  not  fore- 
seen, I  have  learned  :  for  wisdom,  which  is  the 
worker  of  all  things,  taught  me. 

22  For  in  her  is  the  spirit  of  understanding;  holy, 
one,  manifold,  subtile,  eloquent,  active,  undented, 
sure,  sweet,  loving  that  which  is  good, quick,  which 
nothing  hindereth,  beneficent, 
.  J- !  <  ientle,  kind.  steadfast,  assured, secure, having 
all  power,  overseeing  all  things,  and  containing  all 
spirits  :  intelligible,  pure,  subtile. 

24  For  wisdom  is  more  active  than  all  active 
things;  and  rcacheth  everywhere  by  reason  of  her 
purity. 

25  For  she  is  a  vapour  of  the  power  of  God,  and 
i  rain  pure  emanation  of  the  glory  of  the  almighty 

God  ;  and  therefore  no  defiled  thing  cometh  into  her. 

26  For  she  is  the  brightness  of  eternal  light,  and 
the  unspotted  mirror  of  God's  majesty,  and  the 
image  of  his  goodness. 

\nd  being  but  one,  she  can  do  all  things:  and 
remaining  in  herself  the  same,  she  renewed)  all 
things,  and  through  nations  conveyetfa  herself  into 
holy  souls,  she  makcth  the  friends  of  God  and 
pronli 

28  For  God  loveth  none  but  him  that  dwelleth 
with  wisdom. 

29  For  she  is  more  beautiful  than  the  sun,  and 
■hove  all  the  order  of  the  stars:  being  compared 
with  the  light,  she  is  found  before  it. 

30  For  after  this  cometh  night;  but  no  evil  can 
overcome  wisdom. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

Further  praises  of  wisdom  ;  and  hrr  fruit*. 

SI  1 1 .  rcacheth  therefore  from  end  toend  mightily, 
and  ordereth  all  things  sweetly. 
2   Her  have  I  loved,  and  have  sought  her  out  from 
my  youth,  and   have  desired   to  take   her  for  my 
spouse  :  and  I  became  a  lover  of  her  beauty. 

3he  glorinetb.  her  nobility  by  being  vcrsant  with 

God:  yea,  and  the  Lord  of  all  things  hath  loved  her. 

4   For  it  is  she  that  teaeheth   the    knowledge  of 

Goil,  and  i>  the  ehoOW  t  Of  his  works. 

Ill 


5  And  if  riches  be  desired  in  life,  what  is  richer 
than  wisdom,  which  maketh  all  things? 

t>  And  if  sense  do  work,  who  is  a  more  artful 
worker  than  she  of  those  things  that  I 

7  And  if  a  man  love  justice,  her  labours  have  great 
virtues:  for  she  teacluth  temperance,  and  prudence, 

and  justice,  and  fortitude,  which  are  such  things  as 
men  can  have  nothing  more  profitable  in  life. 

8  And  if  a  man  desire  much  know  ledge,  she  know- 
eth  things  past,  and  judgeth  of  things  to  come:  the 
knoweth  the  subtilties  of  speeches,  and  the  solutions 
ot  arguments:  she  knoweth  signs  and  wonders  be- 
fore they  be  done,  and  the  events  of  times  and  ai 

9  I  purposed  therefore  to  take  her  to  me  to  uve 
ajptfa  me;  knowing  that  she  will  communicate  to 
me  of  her  good  things,  and  will  be  a  comfort  iu  my 
cares  and  grief. 

10  For  her  sake  1  shall  have  glory  among  the 
multitude,  and  honour  with  the  ancients  though  I 
be  young : 

11  And  I  shall  be  found  of  a  quick  conceit  in 
judgment,  and  shall  be  admired  in  the  sight  of  the 
mighty:  and  the  faces  of  princes  shall  wonder 
at  me. 

12  They  shall  wait  for  me  when  I  hold  my  peace; 
and  they  shall  look  upon  me  when  1  speak:  and  if 
I  talk  much  they  shall  lay  their  hands  on  their  mouth. 

13  Moreover  by  the  means  of  her  1  shall  have 
immortality;  and  shall  leave  behind  me  an  ever- 
lasting memory  to  them  that  come  after  me. 

14  I  shall  set  the  people  in  order :  and  nations 
shall  be  subject  to  me. 

15  Terrible  kings  hearing  shall  be  afraid  of  me: 
among  the  multitude  I  shall  be  found  good,  and 
valiant  iu  war. 

16  When  I  go  into  my  house,  1  shall  repose  myself 
with  her:  for  her  conversation  hath  no  bitterness,  nor 
her  company  any  tediousness,  but  joy  and  gladiu  BS. 

17  Thinking  thete  things  with  myself,  and  pon- 
dering them  in  my  heart,  that  to  be  allied  to  wis- 
dom is  immortality, 

18  And  that  there  is  great  delight  in  her  friend- 
ship, and  inexhaustible  riches  in  the  works  of  her 
hands,  and  in  the  exercise  of  conference  with  her. 
wisdom,  and  glory  in  the  communication  of  her 
words:  I  went  about  seeking,  that  I  might  take 
her  to  myself. 

19  And  I  was  a  witty  child,  and  had  received 
a  good  soul. 

20  And  whereas  I  was  more  good,  I  came  to  a 
body  undefiled. 

21  And  as  I  knew  that  I  could  not  otherw  ise  be 
continent,  except  God  gave  it,  and  this  also  was  a 
point  of  w  imIoui.  to  know  w  hose  gift  it  was;  I  went 
to  the  Lord,  and  besought  him,  and  said  with  my 
whole  heart : 

CHAP.  IX. 

Solomon'1 's  prayer  for  wisdom, 

GOD  of  my  fathers,  and  Lord  of  mercy,  who 
hast  made  all  things  with  thy  word, 
2   Ami  bj  thy  wisdom  hast  appointed  man,  that 
be  should  have  dominion  o\  er  the  creatine  I  hat  was 
made  by  thee, 


CHAP.  X. 


3  That  he  should  order  the  world  according  to 
equity  and  justice,  and  execute  justice  with  an  up- 
right heart : 

4  Give  me  wisdom,  that  sitteth  by  thy  throne, 
and  cast  me  not  off  from  among  thy  children: 

5  For  I  am  tliy  servant,  and  the  son  of  thy  hand- 
maid, a  weak  man,  and  of  short  time,  and  falling 
short  of  the  understanding  of  judgment  and  laws. 

6  For  if  one  be  perfect  among  the  children  of 
men,  yet  if  thy  wisdom  be  not  with  him,  he  shall 
be  nothing  regarded. 

7  Thou  hast  chosen  me  to  be  king  of  thy  people, 
and  a  judge  of  thy  sons  and  daughters  : 

8  And  hast  commanded  me  to  build  a  temple  on 
thy  holy  mount,  and  an  altar  in  the  city  of  thy  dwell- 
ing-place, a  resemblance  of  thy  holy  tabernacle, 
which  thou  hast  prepared  from  the  beginning : 

9  And  thy  wisdom  with  thee,  which  knoweth 
thy  works,  which  then  also  was  present  when  thou 
madest  the  world,  and  knew  what  was  agreeable  to 
thy  eyes,  and  what  was  right  in  thy  commandments. 

10  Send  her  out  of  thy  holy  heaven,  and  from 
the  throne  of  thy  majesty,  that  she  may  be  with  me, 
and  may  labour  with  me,  that  I  may  know  what  is 
acceptable  with  thee : 

1 1  For  she  knoweth  and  understandeth  all  things, 
and  shall  lead  me  soberly  in  my  works,  and  shall 
preserve  me  by  her  power. 

12  So  shall  my  works  be  acceptable,  and  T  shall 
govern  thy  people  justly,  and  shall  be  worthy  of  the 
throne  of  my  father. 

13  For  who  among  men  is  he  that  can  know  the 
counsel  of  God  ?  or  who  can  think  what  the  will 
of  God  is  ? 

14  For  the  thoughts  of  mortal  men  are  fearful, 
and  our  counsels  uncertain. 

15  For  the  corruptible  body  is  a  load  upon  the 
soul,  and  the  earthly  habitation  presseth  down  the 
mind  that  museth  upon  many  things. 

16  And  hardly  do  we  guess  aright  at  things  that 
are  upon  earth :  and  with  labour  do  we  find  the 
things  that  are  before  us.  But  the  things  that  are 
in  heaven,  who  shall  search  out  ? 

17  And  who  shall  know  thy  thought,  except  thou 
give  wisdom,  and  send  thy  holy  Spirit  from  above : 

18  And  so  the  ways  of  them  that  are  upon  earth 
may  be  corrected,  and  men  may  learn  the  things 
that  please  thee  ? 

19  For  by  wisdom  they  were  healed,  whosoever 
have  pleased  thee,  O  Lord,  from  the  beginning. 

CHAP.  X. 

What  wisdom  did  for  Adam,  Noe,  Abraham,  Lot,  Jacob,  Jo- 
seph, and  the  people  of  Israel. 

CHE  preserved  him,  that  was  first  formed  by  God, 
^  the  father  of  the  world,  when  he  was  created 
atone: 


*  Tlu  tmjusl.  Cain. 

}For  whose  cause,  viz.    For  the  wickedness  of  the  race  of  Cain. 
The  Just.    Noe. 

♦  She  knew  the  just.     She  found  out  and  approved  Abraham. 

|  And  kept  him  strong.  kc.  Gave  him  strength  to  stand  firm  against 
the  efforts  of  his  natural  tenderness,  when  he  was  ordered  to  sacrifice 
his  son 


2  And  she  brought  him  out  of  his  sin,  and  gave 
him  power  to  govern  all  things. 

3  But  when  the  unjust*  went  away  from  her  in 
his  anger,  he  perished  by  the  fury  wherewith  he 
murdered  his  brother. 

4  For  whose  cause,t  when  water  destroyed  the 
earth,  wisdom  healed  it  again,  directing  the  course 
of  the  just!  by  contemptible  wood. 

5  Moreover,  when  the  nations  had  conspired  to- 
gether to  consent  to  wickedness,  she  knew  the  just,§ 
and  preserved  him  without  blame  to  God,  and  kept 
him  strongjl  against  the  compassion  for  his  son. 

6  She  delivered  the  just  manll  who  fled  from  the 
wicked  that  were  perishing,  when  the  fire  came 
down  upon  Pentapolis:** 

7  Whose  land,  for  a  testimony  of  their  wicked- 
ness, is  desolate,  and  smoketh  to  this  day ;  and  the 
trees  bear  fruits  that  ripen  not;  and  a  standing  pillar 
of  salt  is  a  monument  of  an  incredulous  soul. 

8  For  regarding  not  wisdom,  they  did  not  only 
slip  in  this,  that  they  were  ignorant  of  good  things, 
but  they  left  also  unto  men  a  memorial  of  their  folly, 
so  that  in  the  things  in  which  they  sinned,  they 
could  not  so  much  as  lie  hid. 

9  But  wisdom  hath  delivered  from  sorrow  them 
that  attend  upon  her. 

10  She  conducted  the  just,ft  when  he  fled  from 
his  brother's  wrath,  through  the  right  ways;  and 
showed  him  the  kingdom  of  God,  and  gave  him  the 
knowledge  of  the  holy  things;  made  him  honourable 
in  his  labours,  and  accomplished  his  labours. 

1 1  In  the  deceit  of  them  that  over-reached  him, 
she  stood  by  him,  and  made  him  honourable. 

12  She  kept  him  safe  from  his  enemies  :  and  she 
defended  him  from  seducers,  and  gave  him  a  strong 
conflict,!}  that  he  might  overcome,  and  knew  that 
wisdom  is  mightier  than  all. 

13  She  forsook  not  the  just  when  he  was  sold,^; 
but  delivered  him  from  sinners:  she  went  down 
with  him  into  the  pit. 

14  And  in  bands  she  left  him  not,  till  she  brought 
him  the  sceptre  of  the  kingdom,  and  power  against 
those  that  oppressed  him  ;  and  showed  them  to  be 
liars  that  had  accused  him,  and  gave  him  everlasting 
glory. 

15  She  delivered  the  just  people  and  blameless 
seed,  from  the  nations  that  oppressed  them. 

16  She  entered  into  the  soul  of  the  servant  of 
God;j|||  and  stood  against  dreadful  kings  in  wonders 
and  signs. 

17  And  she  rendered  to  the  just  the  wages  of 
their  labours,  and  conducted  them  in  a  wonderful 
way :  and  she  was  to  them  for  a  covert  by  day,  and 
for  the  light  of  stars  by  night : 

1 8  And  she  brought  them  through  the  Red  sea, 
and  carried  them  over  through  a  great  water. 

19  But  their  enemies  she  drowned  in  the  sea. 


V  The  just  man.     Lot. 

**  Pentapolis.    The  land  of  the  five  cities,  Sodom,  Gomorrha  be 


H  Tlujust.  Jacob. 


\\  Conflict,  viz.     With  the  Angel. 
H  The  just  when  he  was  sold,  viz.  Joseph. 
The  servant  of  God,  viz.     Moses. 

517 


WISDOM. 


and  from  the  depth  of  hell  she  brought  them  out. 
Therefore  the  just  took  the  spoils  of  the  wicked. 

20  Ami  they  sung  to  thy  holy  name,  O  Lord,  and 
they  praised  with  one  accord  thy  victorious  hand. 

Jl  lor  wisdom  opened  the  mouth  of  the  dumh, 
and  made  the  tongues  of  infants  eloquent. 

CHAP.  XI. 

Other  benefits  of  wisdom  to  the  people  of  (»'.*/. 

SHE  prospered  tluir  works  in  the   hands  of  the 
holy  prophet.* 

I  I  )  went  through  wildernesses  that  were  not 
inhabited  :  and  in  desert  places  they  pitched  llieir 
ten 

3  Tliev  stood  against  their  enemies,!  and  re- 
renged  themselves  of  their  adversarial. 

i  he)  were  thirst\,  and  tliev  called  upon  thee: 
and  wafer  was  ni\en  them  out  of  the  high  rock, and 
a  refreshment  of  their  thirst  out  of  the  hard  stone. 

■    I  or  bj  what  things]  their   enemies    were  pu- 
nished, when    their   drink    failed    them,  while   the 
children  of  Israel  abounded  therewith  and  rejoiced: 
uiie  things  they  in  their  need   were 

lienefited. 

7  For  instead  of  a  fountain  of  an  ever-running 
river,  tboogavesl  human  hlood  to  the  unjust. 

8  And  whilst  they  wire  diminished  for  a  mani- 
fest reproof  of  their  murdering  the  infants,  thou 

si  to  thine  abundant  water  unlooked  for: 

9  Showing  hy  the  thirst  that  was  then,  how  thou 
didst  exalt  thine,  and  didst  kill  their  adversaries. 

lit  For  when  they  were  tried,  and  chastised  with 
mercy,  tliev  knew  how  the  wicked  were  judged  with 
wrath,  and  tormented. 

I I  for  thou  didst  admonish  and  try  them  as  a 
father:  hut  the  others  as  a  severe  king,  thou  didst 

nine  and  condemn. 

I  2  For  w diet  her  absent  or  present,  they  were  tor- 
mented alike. 

I  '>  For  a  double  affliction  came  upon  them,  and 
a  groaning  for  the  remembrance  of  things  past. 

I  |  for  when  they  heard  that  by  their  punish- 
ments} the  others  were  benefited,  they  remembered 
the  Lord,  wondering  at  the  end  of  what  was  come 
to  pass. 

I  j  I 'or  whom  they  scorned  before,  when  he  was 
throw  n  out  at  the  time  of  his  being  wickedly  ex- 
posed to  perish,  him  they  admired  in  the  end,  when 
they  s;iw  the  event;  their  thirsting  being  unlike  to 
that  of  the  just. 

1G  Hut  lor  the  foolish  devices  of  their  iniquity, 
mse  some  being  deceived  worshipped  dumb  ser- 
pents, and  worthless  beasts,  t hoi i  didst  send  U|>on 
them  a  multitude  of  dumb  beasts||  for  veimeain 

17  That  they  might  know  that  by  what  things  a 
man  sinueih.  bl  the  SBUM  also  he  is  tormented. 

For  thy  almighty  hand,  w  Inch  made  the  world 

•   Tkt  k**i  prophet.     Mom*. 

f   Thrimimtrt.      The  Amaleritc*. 

|  By  mkUlkimgt.  fcc  The  meaning  i«,  thai  God,  who  wrought  a 
miracle  to  puni.h  the  repliant  hy  thiraf,  when  lie  turned  all  iheir 
water*  into  Wood,  (at  who  Israelite*,  who  were  exempt  from 

Ihoae  plagnea.  bad  plenty  of  water)  wrought  another  mirarle  in  favour 
of  hi* 'own  people  in  their  thirtt,  hy  g-iung  tbem  water  utit  of  ibc  nx  It. 


Of  matierw  ithout  form,  was  not  unable  to  send  upon 
them  a  multitude  of  bears,  or  fierce  lions, 

19  Or  iinknow  n  beasts  of  a  new  kind. lull  of  rage: 
either  breathing  out  a  fiery  vapour,  or  sending  forth 

a  stinking  smoke,  or  shooting  horrible  sparks  out  of 
their  evt 

20  Whereof  not  only  the  hurt  might  be  able  to 
destroy  them,  but  also  the  rerj  sidit  might  kill 
them  through  fear. 

21  Yea  and  without  these,  they  might  have  been 
slain  with  one  blast,  persecuted  by  their  own  deeds, 
and  scattered  by  the  breath  of  thy  power:  but  thou 
bast  ordered  all  things  in  measure  and  number,  and 
weight 

.'J  For  great  power  always  belonged  to  thee 
alone:  and  who  shall  resist  the  Strength  of  thy  arm' 

-'•  !  For  the  whole  world  before  thee  is  as  the  least 
grain  of  the  balance,  and  as  a  drop  of  the  morning 
dew,  that  railed)  down  upon  the  earth. 

-  i  l!ut  thou  hast  mercy  upon  all,  because  thou 
canst  do  all  things,  and  overlookest  the  sins  of  men 
for  the  sake  of  repentance. 

25  For  thou  lovest  all  things  that  are,  and  hatest 
none  of  the  things  which  thou  hast  made:  for  thou 
didst  not  appoint  or  make  any  thing,  hating  it. 

26  And  how  could  any  thing  endure,  if  thou 
wouldst  not?  or  be  preserved,  if  not  called  by  thee? 

27  Hut  thou  sparest  all:  because  they  are  thine, 
O  Lord,  who  lovest  souls. 

CHAP.  XII. 

God's  irifdom  and  merry  in  hi*  proceeding*  with  the  Chananiles. 

OI  M)W  good  and  sweet  is  thy  spirit,  O  Lord,  in 
all  things! 

2  And  therefore  thou  chastises!  them  that  err,  by 
little  and  little;  and  admonishest  them,  and  speak- 
est  to  them,  concerning  the  things  wherein  they  of- 
fend; that  leaving  their  wickedness,  they  may  be- 
lieve in  thee,  O  Lord. 

3  For,  those  ancient  inhabitants  of  thy  holy  laud, 
whom  thou  didst  abhor, 

4  Because  they  did  works  hateful  to  thee  by  their 
sorceries,  and  wicked  sacrifices. 

5  And  those  merciless  murderers  of  their  ow  u 
children,  and  eaters  of  men's  bowels,  and  dc  voiirers 
of  blood  from  the  midst  of  thy  consecration, H 

6  And  those  parents  sacrificing  with  their  own 
hands  helpless  souls,  it  was  thy  will  to  destroy  by 
the  hands  of  our  parents, 

7  That  the  land,  which  of  all  is  most  dear  to 
thee,  might  receive  a  worthy  colony  of  the  children 
of  God. 

8  Yet  even  those  thou  sparedst  as  men,  and  didst 
send  wasps  forerunners  of  thy  host,  to  destroy  them 
by  little  and  little. 

9  Not  that  thou  Waal  unable  to  bring  the  wicked 
under  the  just  by  war,  or  bv  cruel  beasts,  or  with 
one  rough  word  to  destroy  them  at  once: 

I  Hy  Ikeir  puniikmrnt;  kc.  That  »,  that  (lie  I.rulitr*  had  been 
benefited  and  miraculously  favoured  in  the  tame  kind,  in  wliirh  they 
had  been  punished. 

tlhimi  brut:  «iz.  Frogs,,  ariniph*,  flie*,  and  locnats. 
From  the  midtt   f  Iky  eon$eeralion.      I  .ill-rally,  uenment.     That  is, 
the  land  sacred  to  thee,  in  winch  thy  temple  wa«'lo  be  established ,  and 
maji'»  redemption  to  be  wrought. 


CHAP.  XIII. 


iO  But  executing  thy  judgments  by  degrees  thou 
gavestthem  place  of  repentance,  not  being  ignorant 
that  they  were  a  wicked  generation,  and  their  malice 
natural ,  and  that  their  thought  could  never  be  changed. 

1 1  For  it  was  a  cursed  seed  from  the  beginning: 
neither  didst  thou  for  fear  of  any  one  give  pardon 
to  their  sins. 

12  For  who  shall  say  to  thee:  What  hast  thou 
done?  or  who  shall  withstand  thy  judgment  ?  or  who 
shall  come  before  thee  to  be  a  revenger  of  wicked 
men  ?  or  who  shall  accuse  thee,  if  the  nations  perish, 
which  thou  hast  made? 

13  For  there  is  no  other  God  but  thou,  who  hast 
care  of  all,  that  thou  shouldst  show  that  thou  dost 
not  give  judgment  unjustly. 

14  Neither  shall  king  nor  tyrant  in  thy  sight  in- 
quire about  them  whom  thou  hast  destroyed. 

15  For  so  much  then  as  thou  art  just,  thou  order- 
est  all  things  justly  ;  thinking  it  not  agreeable  to  thy 
power,  to  condemn  him  who  deserveth  not   to  be 

punished.  ,         -'.''. 

16  For  thy  power  is  the  beginning  of  justice  : 
and  because  thou  art  Lord  of  all,  thou  makest  thy- 
self gracious  to  all. 

17  For  thou  showest  thy  power,  when  men  will 
not  believe  thee  to  be  absolute  in  power  :  and  thou 
convincest  the  boldness  of  them  that  know  thee  not. 

1 8  But  thou  being  master  of  power,  judgest  with 
tranquillity,  and  with  great  favour  disposest  of  us  : 
for  thv  power  is  at  hand  when  thou  wilt. 

19  'But  thou  hast  taughtthy  people  by  such  works, 
that  they  must  be  just  and  humane,  and  hast  made 
thy  children  to  be  of  a  good  hope  :  because  in  judg- 
ing thou  givest  place  for  repentance  for  sins. 

20  For  if  thou  didst  punish  the  enemies  of  thy 
servants,  and  that  deserved  to  die,  with  so  great  de- 
liberation, giving  them  time  and  place  whereby  they 
might  be  changed  from  their  wickedness  : 

21  With  what  circumspection  hast  thou  judged 
thy  own  children,  to  whose  parents  thou  hast  sworn, 
and  made  covenants  of  good  promises  ? 

22  Therefore  whereas  thou  chastisest  us,  thou 
scourgest  our  enemies  very  many  ways,  to  the  end 
that  when  we  judge  we  may  think  on  thy  goodness  : 
and  when  we  are  judged,  we  may  hope  for  thy  mercy. 

23  Wherefore  thou  hast  also  greatly  tormented 
them  who  in  their  life  have  lived  foolishly  and  un- 
justly, by  the  same  things  which  they  worshipped. 

24  For  they  went  astray  for  a  long  time  in  the 
ways  of  error,  holding  those  things  for  gods  which 
are  the  most  worthless  among  beasts,  living  after 
the  manner  of  children  without  understanding. 

25  Therefore  thou  hast  sent  a  judgment  upon 
them  as  senseless  children  to  mock  them. 

26  But  they  that  were  not  amended  by  mock- 
eries and  reprehensions,  experienced  the  worthy 
judgment  of  God. 

27  For  seeing  with  indignation  that  they  suffered 
by  those  very  things  which  they  took  for  gods,  when 
they  were  destroyed  by  the  same,  they  acknowledged 
him  the  true  God,  whom  in  time  past  they  denied 
that  they  knew:  for  which  cause  the  end  also  of 
I  heir  condemnation  came  upon  them. 


CHAP.  XIII. 


Idolaters  are  inexcusable  :  and  those  most  if  all  that  worship 
for  gods  the  works  of  the  hands  of  men- 

BUT  all  men  are  vain,  in  whom  there  is  not  the 
knowledge  of  God  ;  and  who  by  these  good 
things  that  are  seen,  could  not  understand  him  that 
is,  neither  by  attending  to  the  works  have  acknow- 
ledged who  was  the  workman  : 

2  But  have  imagined  either  the  fire,  or  the  wind, 
or  the  swift  air,  or  the  circle  of  the  stars,  or  the 
great  water,  or  the  sun  and  moon,  to  be  the  gods 
that  rule  the  world  : 

3  With  whose  beauty  if  they  being  delighted, 
took  them  to  be  gods  ;  let  them  know  how  much  the 
Lord  of  them  is  more  beautiful  than  they  :  for  the 
first  author  of  beauty  made  all  those  things. 

4  Or  if  they  admired  their  power  and  their  ef- 
fects, let  them  understand  by  them,  that  he  that 
made  them,  is  mightier  than  they  : 

5  For  by  the  greatness  of  the  beauty,  and  of  the 
creature,  the  creator  of  them  may  be  seen,  so  as  to 
be  known  thereby. 

6  But  yet  as  to  these  they  are  less  to  be  blamed. 
For  they  perhaps  err,  seeking  God,  and  desirous  to 
find  him. 

7  For  being  conversant  among  his  works,  they 
search  :  and  they  are  persuaded  that  the  things  are 
good  which  are  seen. 

8  But  then  again  they  are  not  to  be  pardoned. 

9  For  if  they  were  able  to  know  so  much,  as  to 
make  a  judgment  of  the  world  ;  how  did  they  not 
more  easily  find  out  the  Lord  thereof? 

10  But  unhappy  are  they,  and  their  hope  is  among 
the  dead,  who  have  called  gods  the  works  of  the 
hands  of  men,  gold  and  silver,  the  inventions  of  art, 
and  the  resemblances  of  beasts,  or  an  unprofitable 
stone,  the  work  of  an  ancient  hand. 

1 1  Or  if  an  artist  a  carpenter  hath  cut  down  a 
tree  proper  for  his  use  in  the  wood,  and  skilfully 
taken  off  all  the  bark  thereof,  and  with  his  art,  dili- 
gently forme  th  a  vessel  profitable  for  the  common 
uses  of  life, 

12  And  useth  the  chips  of  his  work  to  dress  his 
meat : 

13  And  taking  what  was  left  thereof,  which  is 
good  for  nothing,  being  a  crooked  piece  of  wood,  and 
full  of  knots,  carveth  it  diligently  when  he  hath 
nothing  else  to  do,  and  by  the  skill  of  his  art  fashion- 
eth  it,  and  maketh  it  like  the  image  of  a  man; 

14  Or  the  resemblance  of  some  beast,  laying  it 
over  with  vermilion,  and  painting  it  red,  and  cover- 
ing every  spot  that  is  in  it : 

15  And  maketh  a  convenient  dwelling-place  for 
it,  and  setting  it  in  a  wall,  and  fastening  it  with  iron, 

16  Providing  for  it,  lest  it  should  fall,  knowing 
that  it  is  unable  to  help  itself:  for  it  is  an  image, 
and  hath  need  of  help. 

17  And  then  maketh  prayer  to  it,  inquiring  con- 
cerning his  substance,  and  his  children,  or  his  mar- 
riage. And  he  is  not  ashamed  to  speak  to  that 
which  hath  no  life  : 

18  And  for  health  he  maketh  supplication  to  the 
weak  :  and  lor  life  prnyeth   to  that  which  is  dead 

310 


\\IH>OM. 


and  for  belp  t  alU-th  upon  that  wh'u  h  is  unprofitable  : 
19  And  lor  a  good  journey  lit-  pethioneth  him 
that  cannot  walk  :  and  tor  pttffig,  and  for  Working, 
and  for  tin-  e\. - i it  of  all  things,  nc  askcth  him  that 
is  unable  to  do  any  thin 

CHAP.  XIV 

Thr  beginning  of  worshipping  iduls  ;  and  the  effects  thereof. 

AGAIN,  another  opening  to  sail,  and  beginning 
to  make  hw  voyage  through  the  ragmt.  waves, 
calleth  upon  |  piece  of  wood,  more  frail  than  the 
wood  that  earricth  him. 

J   For  this  the  desire  of  gain  devised ;  and  the 
knum  built  it  by  his  skill. 

3  Hut  thy  providenee,  ()  Father,  governeth  it: 

for  thou    bast  made  a  way  even   in   the  sea,  and   a 

most  Mire  path  ■rnong  the  waves, 

Showing  that  thou   art  ahle  to  save  out  of  all 
things,  yea  though  a  man  went  to  sea  without  art. 

.')  Bui  that  the  works  of  thy  wisdom  might  not 
be  idle:  therefore  men  also  trust  their  Irveseyen  to 
a  little  wood,  and  passing  over  the  sea  by  ship  are 

vived. 

6  And  from  the  l>eginning  also  when  the  proud 
giants  perished,  the  hope  of  the  world  fleeing  to  a 
vessel,  which  was  governed  by  thy  hand,  left  to  the 
world  seed  of  generation. 

7  For  blessed  is  the  wood,  by  which  justice 
eometh. 

■  lit  the  idol  that  is  made  by  hands,  is  cursed, 
as  well  it,  as  he  that  made  it:  be,  because  he  made 
it  :  and  it,  because  being  frail,  it  is  called  a  god. 

9  But  to  God  the  wicked  and  his  wickedness  are 
hateful  alike. 

Hi  For  that  which  is  made,  together  with  him 
that  made  it,  shall  suffer  torments. 

11  Therefore  there  shall  be  no  respect  had  even 

to  the  idols  of  the  gentiles  :    because  the  creatures  of 

!  are  turned  to  an  abomination,  and  a  temptation 

to  the  souls  of  men,  and  a  snare  to  the  feet  of  the 

UI1W 

1 1  For  the  beginning  of  fornication  isthe  devising 
of  idols  :  and  the  invention  of  them  is  the  corrup- 
tion of  life. 

13  For  neither  were  they  from  the  beginning: 
neither  shall  they  be  for  ever. 

14  For  by  the  vanity  of  men  they  came  into  the 
world  :  and  therefore  they  shall  be  found  to  come 
shortly  to  an  end. 

For  a  father  being  afflicted  with  bitter  grief, 
Dade  to  himself  the  image  of  his  son  who  w;is 
quickly  taken  away  :  and  him  who  then  hail  died  as 
a  mill,  he  began  now  to  worship  as  ;i  god,  and 
appointed  him  rheanndsacrificesamonghis  servants. 

16  Then  in  process  of  time,  wicked  custom  pre- 
vailing, this  error  was  kept    as   a  law  :    and   statues 

wen-  worshipped  by  the  commandment  of  tyrants. 

17  And  those  whom  men  could   not  honour  in 

presence,  because  the\  dwelt  far  ofT,  they  brought 
their  resemblance  from  alar,  and  made  an  express 
image  of  the  kins  whom  they  had  a  mind  to  ho- 
nour :  that  by  this  their  diligence,  they  might  honour 
H*  present,  him  that  was  absent. 

[8  And  to  the  worshipping  of  these,  the  singu- 
ssa 


lar  diligence  also  of  the  artificer  hel|K-d  to   set  for- 
ward the  ignorant 

19  For  he  being  willing  to  phase  him  that  em- 
ployed him,  laboured  with  all  his  art  to  make  the 
resemblance  in  the  best  manner. 

20  And  the  multitude  pf  men,  carried  away  by 
the  beauty  of  the  work,  took  him  now  lor  a  god, 
that  a  little  before  was  but  honoured  as  a  man. 

21  And  this  was  the  occasion  of  deceiving  human 
life:  for  men  serving  either  their  affection,  or  their 
kings,  gave  the  incommunicable  name  to  stones  and 
wood. 

22  And  it  was  not  enough  for  them  to  err  about 
the  knowledge  of  God;  but  whereas  they  li\e  in  a 
great  war  of  ignorance,  they  call  SO  many  and  so 
pn  ;it  evils  peace. 

23  For  either  they  sacrifice  their  ow  n  children  or 
use  hidden  sacrifices,  or  keep  Witches  lull  of  mad- 

24  So  that  now  they  neither  keep  life,  nor  mar- 
riage iimli  tiled  :  but  one  kilh-th  another  through 
envy,  or  grievetfa  him  by  adultery  : 

25  And  all  things  are  mingled  together,  blood, 
murder,  theft,  and  dissimulation,  corruption  and  un- 
faithfulness, tumults  and  perjury,  disquieting  of  the 
good, 

26  Forget  fulness  of  God,  defiling  of  souls,  chang- 
ing of  nature,  disorder  in  marriage,  and  the  irregu- 
larity of  adultery  anoTuncleanneas. 

27  For  the  worship  of  abominable  idols  is  die 
cause,  and  the  beginning  and  end  of  all  e\  il. 

28  For  either  they  are  mad  when  they  are  mer- 
ry,or  they  prophesy  lies  ;  or  they  live  unjustly,  or 
easily  forswear  themselves. 

29  For  whilst  they  trust  in  idols,  which  are  with- 
out life,  though  thej  sweat  amiss,  they  look  not  to 
be  hurt. 

30  But  for  two  things  they  shall  be  justly  pu- 
nished, because  they  bare  thought  not  well  of  God, 
giving  heed  to  idols,  and  have  sworn  unjustly,  in 
guile  despising  justice. 

31  For  it  is  not  the  power  of  them,  by  whom 
they  swear  :  but  the  just  vengeance  of  sinners  al- 
ways puuislieth  the  transgression  of  the  unjust. 

CHAP.  XV. 

The  terpants  of  God  praise  him  who  hath  delivered  them  from 
idolatry  ;  condemning  both  the  makers  and  the  worshippers  of 
idnh. 

BUT  thou,  our  God,  art  gracious  and  true,  pa- 
tient, and  ordering  all  things  in  mercy. 

2  For  if  we  sin,  we  are  thine,  knowing  thy  great- 
ness :  and  if  we  sin  not,  we  know  that  we  are  count- 
ed with  thee. 

3  For  to  know  thee,  is  perfect  justice:  and  to 
know  thy  justice,  and  thy  power,  is  the  root  of  im- 
mortality. 

4  For  the  invention  of  mischievous  men  hath  not 
deceived  us,  nor  the  shadow  of  a  picture,  a  fruitless 
labour,  a  graven  figure  with  divers  ooJoun, 

.5  The  sight  whereof  entketh  the  fool  to  lust 

alter  it:  and  he  lovcth  the  lid  less  figure  of  a  dead 

image. 

li   The  lovers  of  evil   things  dtsene  to    ha\e  no 


CHAP.  XVI. 


better  things  to  trust  in,  botli  they  that  make  them, 
and  they  that  love  them,  and  they  that  worship  them. 

7  The  potter  also  tempering  soft  earth,  with  la- 
bour fashioneth  every  vessel  for  our  service:  and  of 
the  same  clay  he  maketh  both  vessels  that  are  for 
clean  uses,  and  likewise  such  as  serve  to  the  con- 
trary :  but  what  is  the  use  of  these  vessels,  the  pot- 
ter is  the  judge. 

8  And  of  the  same  clay  by  a  vain  labour  he  maketh 
a  god :  he  who  a  little  before  was  made  of  earth 
himself,  and  a  little  after  returneth  to  the  same  out 
of  which  he  was  taken,  when  his  life  which  was 
lent  him  shall  be  called  for  again. 

9  But  his  care  is,  not  that  he  shall  labour,  nor 
that  his  life  is  short  ;  but  he  striveth  with  the  gold- 
smiths and  silversmiths  :  and  he  endeavourelh  to  do 
like  the  workers  in  brass;  and  counteth  it  a  glory  to 
make  vain  things. 

10  For  his  heart  is  ashes,  and  his  hope  vain 
earth,  and  his  life  more  base  than  clay: 

1 1  Forasmuch  as  he  knew  not  his  maker,  and 
him  that  inspired  into  him  the  soul  that  worketh, 
and  that  breathed  into  him  a  living  spirit. 

12  Yea,  and  they  have  counted  our  life  a  pastime, 
and  the  business  of  life  to  be  gain,  and  that  we 
must  be  getting  every  way,  even  out  of  evil. 

13  For  that  man  knoweth  that  he  offendeth  above 
all  others,  who  of  earthly  matter  maketh  brittle  ves- 
sels, and  graven  gods. 

14  But  all  the  enemies  of  thy  people  that  hold 
them  in  subjection,  are  foolish,  and  unhappy,  and 
proud  beyond  measure  : 

15  For  they  have  esteemed  all  the  idols  of  the 
heathens  for  gods,  which  neither  have  the  use  of 
eyes  to  see,  nor  noses  to  draw  breath,  nor  ears  to 
hear,  nor  fingers  of  hands  to  handle,  and  as  for  their 
leet,  they  are  slow  to  walk. 

16  For  man  made  them:  and  he  that  borroweth 
his  own  breath,  fashioned  them.  For  no  man  can 
make  a  god  like  to  himself. 

17  For  being  mortal  himself,  he  formeth  a  dead 
thing  with  his  wicked  hands.  For  he  is  better  than 
they  whom  he  worshippeth  ;  because  he  indeed  hath 
lived,  though  he  were  mortal,  but  they  never. 

18  Moreover,  they  worship  also  the  vilest  crea- 
tures :  but  things  without  sense  compared  to  these, 
are  worse  than  they. 

19  Yea,  neither  by  sight  can  any  man  see  good  of 
these  beasts.  But  they  have  fled  from  the  praise  of 
God,  and  from  his  blessing. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

God's  different  dealings  with  the  Egyptians,  and  with  his  own 

people. 

T^OR  these  things,  and  by  the  like  things  to 
-*-  these,  they  were  worthily  punished,  and  were 
destroyed  by  a  multitude  of  beasts. 

2  Instead  of  which  punishment,  dealing  well  with 
thy  people,  thou  gavest  them  their  desire  of  delicious 

*  They  indeed  desiring  food,  &c.  He  means  the  Egyptians  :  who 
were  restrained  even  from  that  food  which  was  necessarv,  by  the  frogs 
and  the  flies  that  were  sent  amongst  them,  and  spoiled  all  their  meats. 

f  But  these,  viz.     The  Israelites. 

3U 


food,  of  a  new  taste,  preparing  for  them  quails  for 
their  meat : 

3  To  the  end  that  they  indeed  desiring  food,*  by 
means  of  those  things  that  were  shown  and  sent 
among  them,  might  loathe  even  that  which  was  ne- 
cessary to  satisfy  their  desire.  But  these,!  after 
suffering  want  for  a  short  time,  tasted  a  new  meat. 

4  For  it  was  requisite  that  inevitable  destruction 
should  come  upon  them  that  exercised  tyranny:  but 
to  these  it  should  only  be  shown  how  their  enemies 
were  destroyed. 

5  For  when  the  fierce  rage  of  beasts  came  upon 
these,  they  were  destroyed  with  the  bitings  of  crook- 
ed serpents. 

6  But  thy  wrath  endured  not  for  ever;  but  thev 
were  troubled  for  a  short  time  for  their  correction, 
having  a  sign  of  salvationj  to  put  them  in  remem- 
brance of  the  commandment  of  thy  law. 

7  For  he  that  turned  to  it,  was  not  healed  by  that 
which  he  saw,  but  by  thee  the  Saviour  of  all. 

8  And.  in  this  thou  didst  show  to  our  enemies, 
that,  thou  art  he  who  deliverest  from  all  evil. 

9  For  the  bitings  of  locusts,  and  of  flies  killed  them : 
and  there  was  found  no  remedy  for  their  life:  be- 
cause they  were  worthy  to  be  destroyed  by  such  things. 

10  But  not  even  the  teeth  of  venomous  serpents 
overcame  thy  children:  for  thy  mercy  came,  and 
healed  them. 

1 1  For  they  were  examined  for  the  remembrance 
of  thy  words,  and  were  quickly  healed,  lest  falling 
into  deep  forgetfulness,  they  might  not  be  able  to  use 
thy  help. 

12  For  it  was  neither  herb,  nor  mollifying  plaster 
that  healed  them,  but  thy  word,  O  Lord,  which 
healeth  all  things. 

13  For  it  is  thou,  O  Lord,  that  hast  power  of  life 
and  death,  and  leadest  down  to  the  gates  of  death,- 
and  bringest  back  again : 

14  A  man  indeed  killeth  through  malice ;  and 
when  the  spirit  is  gone  forth,  it  shall  not  return  ; 
neither  shall  he  call  back  the  soul  that  is  received : 

15  But  it  is  impossible  to  escape  thy  hand. 

16  For  the  wicked  that  denied  to  know  thee, 
were  scourged  by  the  strength  of  thy  arm,  being 
persecuted  by  strange  waters,  and  hail,  and  rain, 
and  consumed  by  fire. 

17  And  which  was  wonderful,  in  water,  which 
extinguisheth  all  things,  the  fire  had  more  force  :§ 
for  the  world  fighteth  for  the  just. 

18  For  at  one  time,  the  fire  was  mitigated,  that 
the  beasts  which  were  sent  against  the  wicked  might 
not  be  burnt,  but  that  they  might  see  and  perceive 
that  they  were  persecuted  by  the  judgment  of  God. 

19  And  at  another  time  the  fire,  above  its  own 
power,  burnt  in  the  midst  of  water,  to  destroy  the 
fruits  of  a  wicked  land. 

20  Instead  of  which  things  thou  didst  feed  thy 
people  with  the  food  of  Angels,  and  gavest  them 
bread  from  heaven  prepared  without  labour;  having 


|  Sign  of  salvation.     The  brazen  serpent,  an  emblem  of  Christ  our 
Saviour. 

}   The  fire  had  more  force,  viz.     When  the  fire  and  hail  mingled  to 
gethcr  laid  waste  the  land  of  Egypt.  Exod.  ix. 

521 


\\I>|M)M. 


in  it  nil  that  is  delicious,  ami  the  sweetness  of  every 

t\  For  thy  sustenance  showed  thy  sweetness  to 
thy  ehildren.  and  serving  (  very  man's  will,  it  was 
(timed  to  wliat  evei  v  man  liked. 

I  tut  snow  ami  ice  endured  the  force  of  fire, 
and  melted  not  :  that  they  might  know  that  tire 
burning  in  the  hail  and  Hashing  in  the  rain  destroy- 
ed the  fruits  of  the  enemii M. 

lint  this  same  a^ain,  that  the  just  might  be 
nourished,  did  even  forget  its  own  strength. 

I  m  the  creature  serving  thee  the  Creator,  is 
made  fierce  against  tlie  unjust  for  their  punishment; 
and  sbsteth  its  strength  for  the  benefit  of  them  that 
trust  in  thee. 

Then-lore  even  then  it  was  transformed  into 
all  things,  and  was  obedient  to  tliv  grans  that  nou- 
risbeth  all,  according  to  the  will  of  them  that  desired 
it  of  ili 

26  That  thy  children,  O  Lord,  whom  thou  lovedst, 
■right  know  that  it  is  not  the  growing  of  fruits  that 
nourishtth  men,  but  thy  word  preserveth  them  that 
believe  in  thee. 

J7  For  that  which  could  not  be  destroyed  by  fire, 
being  warmed  with  a  little  sun-beam  presently  melt- 
•  .1  awav  : 

28  That  it  might  be  known  to  all,  that  we  ought 
to  prevent  the  sun  to  bless  thee,  and  adore  thee  at 
the  dawning  of  the  light. 

29  For  the  hope  of  the  unthankful  shall  melt 
\   is  the  winter's  ice, and  shall  run  ofFas  unpro- 
fitable water. 

CHAP.  XVII. 

The  Et/ptian  darkness. 

FOR  thy  judgments,  O  Lord,  are  great;  and  thy 
words  cannot  he  expressed  :  therefore  undisci- 
•  plined  souls  have  erred. 

_'  For  while  the  wicked  thought  to  lie  able  to 
have  dominion  over  the  holy  nation,  they  themselves 
being  lettered  with  the  bonds  of  darkness,  and  a 
long  light)  shut  up  in  their  houses,  lay  th ere  exiled 
from  the  eternal  providence. 

3  And  while  they  thought  to  lie  hid  in  their  ob- 
scure -ins.  they  were  scattered  under  a  dark  veil  of 
forset  fulness,  being  horribly  afraid,  and  troubled 
with  exceeding  great  astonishment. 

i  I  or  neither  did  the  den  that  held  them,  keep 
them  from  fear:  for  noises  coming  down  troubled 
them :  and  sad  visions  appearing  to  them,  affrighted 
them. 

5  And  no  power  of  fire  could  give  them  light : 
neither  could  the  bright  llames  of  the  stars  enlighten 
that  horrible  night. 

6  But  there  appeared  to  them  a  sudden  fire,  very 
dreadful:  and  being  struck  with  the  fear  of  that 

which  was  not  seen,  they  thought  the  things 

Which  tliev   s;iu    to  lie   worse: 

7  And  the  delusions  of  their  magic  art  were  put 
down;  and  their  boosting  of  wisdom  was  reproach- 
fully relinked. 

I  or  they  who  promised  to  drive  aw  as  fears 
and  troiililes  fiom  a  sick  soul,  were  sick  themselves 
of  a  fear  worthy  to  be  laughed  at 


9  For  though  no  terrible  thin-  disturbed  them  . 

ibf  ing  scared  with  the  passing  by  of  beasts,  and 
lissing  of  serpents,  they  died  for  fear;  and  denying 
that  they  saw  the  air,  which  could  l>\  DO  means  be 
■voided. 

Id  For  whereas  wickedness  is  fearful,  it  beareth 
witness  of  its  condemnation  :  for  a  troubled  con- 
science always  forecasteth  grievous  thuu 

1 1  For  fear  is  nothing  else  but  a  yielding  up  of 
the  succours  from  thought. 

12  And  while  there  is  less  expectation  from  with- 
in, the  greater  doth  it  count  the  ignorance  of  that 
cause  which  bringeth  the  torment. 

13  But  they  that  during  that  night,  in  which  no- 
thing could  be  done,  and  which  came  upon  them 
from  the  lowest  ami  deepest  hell,  slept  the  same 
sleep, 

14  Were  sometimes  molested  with  the  fear  of 
monsters,  sometimes  fainted  away,  their  soul  failing 
them :  for  a  sudden  and  unlooked-for  fear  was  come 
upon  them. 

15  Moreover,  if  any  of  them  had  fallen  down,  he 
was  kept  shut  up  in  prison  without  irons. 

16  For  if  any  one  were  a  husbandman,  or  a 
shepherd,  or  a  labourer  in  the  field,  and  was  sud- 
denly overtaken,  he  endured  a  necessity  from  w  hich 
he  could  not  fly. 

17  For  they  were  all  bound  together  with  one 
chain  of  darkness.  Whether  it  were  a  whistling 
wind,  or  the  melodious  voice  of  birds,  among  the 
spreading  branches  of  trees,  or  a  fall  of  water  run- 
ning down  with  violence, 

18  Or  the  mighty  noise  of  stones  rambling  down, 
or  the  running  that  could  not  be  seen  of  beasts 
playing  together,  or  the  roaring  voice  of  wild  beasts, 
or  a  rebounding  echo  from  the  highest  mountains ; 
these  tilings  made  them  to  swoon  for  fear. 

19  For  the  whole  world  was  enlightened  with  a 
clear  light;  and  none  were  hindered  in  their  labours. 

20  But  over  them  only  was  spread  a  bear]  night, 
an  image  of  that  darkness  which  was  to  come  upon 
them.  But  they  were  to  themselves  more  grievous 
than  the  darkness. 

CHAP.  XVIII. 

The  slaughter  of  the  first-born  in  Egypt:  the  efheacy  of  Aaron's 
intercession,  in  the  sedition  on  occasion  if  Cor* 

BUTthy  saints  had  a  very  great  light ;  and  they 
heard  their  voice  indeed,  but  did  not  see  their 
shape.  And  because  they  also  did  not  suffer  the 
same  things,  they  glorified  thee: 

2  And  they  that  before  had  been  wronged,  gave 
thanks,  because  they  were  not  hurt  now;  and  asked 
this  gift,  that  there  might  be  a  difference. 

3  Therefore  they  received  a  braving  pillar  of 
fire  for  a  guide  of  the  way  which  they  knew  not  ; 
and  thou  gavest  them  a  harmless  sun*  of  a  good 
entertainment. 

4  The  others  indeed  were  a  orthy  to  l»e  deprived 
of  light,  and  imprisoned  in  darkness,  who  kept  thy 
children  shut  up,  l>\  whom  the  pore  light  Of  the 
law    w  as  to  be  given  to  the  world. 


*  A  kmmhm  ma.     A  lipt.t  that  thoukl  not  hurl  or  molc»t  Una ;  but 
that  thoukl  be  an  agreeable  (uett  to  III— l 


€liAF.   XIX. 


5  And  whereas  they  thought  to  kill  the  bahes  of 
the  just;  one  child*  being  cast  forth,  and  saved,  to 
reprove  them,  thcu  tookest  away  a  multitude  of  their 
children,  and  destroyedst  them  altogether  in  a  migh- 
ty water. 

6  For  that  night  was  known  before  by  our  fa- 
thers, that  assuredly  knowing  what  oaths  they  had 
trusted  to,  they  might  be  of  better  courage. 

7  So  thy  people  received  the  salvation  of  the 
just,  and  destruction  of  the  unjust. 

8  For  as  thou  didst  punish  the  adversaries ;  so 
thou  didst  also  encourage  and  glorify  us. 

9  For  the  just  children  of  good  menf  were  of- 
fering sacrifice  secretly:  and  they  unanimously  or- 
dered a  law  of  justice  ;  that  the  just  should  receive 
both  good  and  evil  alike,  singing  now  the  praises  of 
the  fathers. 

10  But  on  the  other  side  there  sounded  an  ill- 
according  cry  of  the  enemies:  and  a  lamentable 
mourning  was  heard  for  the  children  that  were  be- 
wailed. 

11  And  the  servant  suffered  the  same  punish- 
ment as  the  master;  and  a  common  man  suffered  in 
like  manner  as  the  king. 

12  So  all  alike  had  innumerable  dead,  with  one 
kind  of  death.  Neither  were  the  living  sufficient 
to  bury  them :  for  in  one  moment  the  noblest  ofT- 
springl  of  them  was  destroyed. 

13  For  whereas  they  would  not  believe  any  thing 
before  by  reason  of  the  enchantments,  tluen  first 
upon  the  destruction  of  the  first-born,  they  acknow- 
ledged the  people  to  be  of  God. 

14  For  while  all  things  were  in  quiet  silence,  and 
the  night  was  in  the  midst  of  her  course, 

15  Thy  almighty  word  leapt  down  from  heaven 
from  thy  royal  throne,  as  a  fierce  conqueror  into 
the  midst  of  the  land  of  destruction, 

16  With  a  sharp  sword  carrying  thy  unfeigned  com- 
mandment: and  he  stood  and  filled  all  things  with 
death,  and  standing  on  the  earth  reached  even  to 
heaven. 

17  Then  suddenly  visions  of  evil  dreams  troubled 
them,  and  fears  unlooked-for  came  upon  them. 

1 8  And  one  thrown  here,  another  there,  half  dead, 
showed  the  cause  of  his  death. 

19  For  the  visions  that  troubled  them  foreshow- 
ed these  things,  lest  they  should  perish,  and  not 
know  why  they  suffered  these  evils. 

20  But  the  just  also  were  afterwards  touched  by 
an  assault  of  death;  and  there  was  a  disturbance  of 
the  multitude  in  the  wilderness:  but  thy  wrath  did 
not  long  continue. 

21  For  a  blameless  man  made  haste  to  pray  for 
the  people,  bringing  forth  the  shield  of  his  ministry, 
prayer,  and  by  incense  making  supplication,  with- 
stood the  wrath,  and  put  an  end  to  the  calamity, 
showing  that  he  was  thy  servant. 

22  And  he  overcame  the  disturbance,  not  by 
strength  of  body,    nor  with    force  of    arms:    but 


*  One  child,  viz.  Moses. 

t  Of  good  men,  viz.  of  the   patriarchs.     Their  child  ten,  the  Israel- 
ites,  offered  in  private  the  sacrifice  of  the  Paschal  lamb;  and  were 


with  a  word  he  subdued  him  that  punished  them, 
alleging  the  oaths  and  covenant  made  with  the  fa- 
thers. 

23  For  when  they  were  now  fallen  down  dead 
by  heaps  one  upon  another,  he  stood  between,  and 
stayed  the  assault,  and  cut  off  the  way  to  the  living. 

24  For  in  the  priestly  robe  which  he  wore,  was 
the  whole  world :  and  in  the  four  rows  of  the  stones 
the  glory  of  the  fathers  was  graven:  and  thy  ma- 
jesty was  written  upon  the  diadem  of  his  head. 

25  And  to  these  the  destroyer  gave  place,  and 
was  afraid  of- them:  for  the  proof  only  of  wrath 
was  enough. 

CHAP.  XIX. 

Why  God  showed  no  mercy  to  the  Egyptians.  His  favour  to 
the  Israelites.  All  creatures  obey  God's  orders  for  the  ser- 
vice of  the  good,  and  the  punishment  of  the.wicked. 

BUT  as  to  the  wicked,  even   to  the  end  there 
came  upon  them  wrath  without  mercy.     For 
he  knew  before  also  what  they  would  do : 

2  For  when  they  had  given  them  leave  to  de- 
part, and  had  sent  them  away  with  great  care,  they 
repented  and  pursued  after  them. 

3  For  whilst  they  were  yet  mourning,  and  la- 
menting at  the  graves  of  the  dead,  they  took  up  ano- 
ther foolish  device;  and  pursued  them  as  fugitives 
whom  they  had  pressed  to  be  gone: 

4  For  a  necessity,  of  which  they  were  worthy, 
brought  them  to  this  end :  and  they  lost  the  re- 
membrance of  those  things  which  had  happened, 
that  their  punishment  might  fill  up  what  was  want- 
ing to  their  torments: 

5  And  that  thy  people  might  wonderfully  pass 
through,  but  they  might  find  a  new  death. 

6  For  every  creature  according  to  its  kind  was 
fashioned  again  as  from  the  beginning,  obeying  thy 
commandments,  that  thy  children  might  be  kept 
without  hurt. 

7  For  a  cloud  overshadowed  their  camp;  and 
where  water  was  before,  dry  land  appeared ;  and 
in  the  Red  sea  a  way  without  hinderance,  and  out 
of  the  great  deep  a  springing  field: 

8  Through  which  all  the  nation  passed  which 
was  protected  with  thy  hand,  seeing  thy  miracles 
and  wonders. 

9  For  they  fed  on  their  food  like  horses;  and 
they  skipped  like  lambs,  praising  thee,  O  Lord,  who 
hadst  delivered  them. 

10  For  they  were  yet  mindful  of  those  things 
which  had  been  done  in  the  time  of  their  sojourn- 
ing, how  the  ground  brought  forth  flies  instead  of 
cattle,  and  how  the  river  cast  up  a  multitude  of 
frogs  instead  of  fishes. 

1 1  And  at  length  they  saw  a  new  generation  of 
birds,  when  being  led  by  their  appetite  they  asked 
for  delicate  meats. 

12  For  to  satisfy  their  desire,  the  quail  came  up 
to  them  from  the  sea;  and  punishments  came  upon 
the  sinners,  not  without  foregoing  signs  by  the  force 


regulating-  what  they  were  to  do  in  their  journey,  when  that  last  and 
most  dreadful  plague  was  coining  upon  their  enemies. 
t   The  noblest  offspring.     That  is,  the  first-born. 
523 


FX(  LESIASTICUS. 


of  thunders:    for  they  Suffered  justly   according   to 
their  own  wickedness. 

13  For  they  exercised  a  mora  detestable  mhos- 

pkalky Ikttn aay:  others  indeed  received  not  stran- 

-  unknown  in  them,  but   these  brought  their 

-ts  into  bondage  that  had  deserved  will  of  them. 

IV  And  not  only  so,  but  in  another   respect   also 

they  were  worse:  tor  the  others  against  their  "ill 
ived  the  strangers. 
Ifi   Hut   these   grievously    afflicted   them    whom 
they  had  received  with  joy,   and  who  lived   under 

the  same  la  • 

It)  Hut  they  were  struck  with  blindness:  as 
those  other-;  were  at  the  doors  of  (In-  just  man,  when 
they  were  covered  with  sudden  darkness,  and  ewry 
one  sought  the  passage  of  his  ow  n  door. 

*  Eimuntt  an  cmangti,  he.     The  meaning  i«,  that  whatever  rhanga 
*  rough!  in  tin-  element*  b*  miracle*  in  favour  of  hit  people,  lliey 
•till  kept  their  harmony  by  obeying  bu  will. 


17   For  while  the  elements  are  changed  in  them- 

as  in  an  instrument  the  sound  of  the  qiiali- 

t>   is  changed,  yet  all  keep  their  sound:  whieh  mav 

clearly  lie  perceived  by  the  trerj  ^ii:ht 


things  of  the  land  wen-  turned  into 

before 


18Tor  the 

things   of  the   water:    and   the   things  that 
BWam  in  the  water  passed  upon  the  land. 

19  The  tire  had  power  in  water  alxive  its  own 
virtue;  and  the  water  forgot  its  quenching  nature. 

20  On  the  other  side,  the  flames  wasted  not  tin- 
flesh  of  corruptible  animals  walking  therein;  neither 
did  they  melt  that  good  food,t  which  was  apt  to 
null  as  ice.  For  in  all  things  thou  didst  magnify 
thy  people,  O  Lord,  and  didst  honour  them,  and 
didst  not  despise  them,  but  didst  assist  lliein  at  all 
times,  and  in  every  place. 


f  Tkmt  good  food.    The  Manna. 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


TTtis  book  is  <n  called  from  a  Greek  word  that  signifies  a  Preacher : 
because,  like  an  excellent  preacher,  it  gives  admirable  lessons 
of  all  virtues.  The  author  was  Jesus  the  son  ofSirach  of  Jeru- 
salem, who  Nourished  about  two  hundred  years  befort  Christ. 
As  it  was  written  after  the  time  of  Esdras,  it  is  not  in  the 
Jewish  Canon :  but  is  received  as  canonical  and  dirine 
by  the  catholic  church,  instructed  bp  apostolical  tradition, 
and  directed  by  the  Spirit  of  (Sod.  It  was  first  wrote  in  the 
11-  brew,  hut  afterwards  translated  into  (ireek  by  another  Je- 
sus, the  grandson  of  the  author  ;  whose  prologue  to  this  book 
is  the  following: 

THE  PROLOGUE. 

TUP"  knowledge  of  many  and  great  things  hath 
been  shown  us  bv  the  law,  and  the  prophets, 
and  othersthat  bare  followed  them  :  for  which  things 
Israel  is  to  be  commended  for  doctrineand  wisdom  : 
liecause  not  only  thev  that  sneak  must  needs  be  skil- 
ful, but  strangers  also  both  speaking  and  writing, 
mav  In/  their  means  become  most  learned.  My 
grandfather  Jesus,  after  he  had  much  given  him- 
self to  a  dilkent  reading  of  the  law,  and  the  pro- 
phets, and  other  books,  that  were  delivered  to  lis 
from  our  fathers,  had  a  mind  also  to  write  something 
himself,  pertaining  to  doctrine  and  wisdom  ;  that 
such  as  are  desirous  to  learn,  and  are  made  know- 
ing in  these  things,  may  be  more  and  more  at- 
tentive in  mind,  and  b«-  Strengthened  to  live  accord- 
ing to  the  law.  I  entreat  you  therefore  to  come 
with  benevolence,  and  to  read  with  attention,  and  to 
pardon  us  for  those  things  wherein  we  mav  seem. 
while  we  follow  the  image  of  wisdom,  to  come 
short  in  tin-  composition  of  words:  for  the  Hebrew 
words  have  not  the  same  force  in  them  when  trans- 
lated into  another  tongue.     And  not  only  these,  but 

the  law  also  itself,  and  the  prophets,  and  the  rest  of 
the  books,  have  no  small  difference,  when  thev  are 
ken  in  their  own  language,  lor  in  the  eighth 
and  thirtieth  year  eoming  into  Egypt,  when  Ptolemy 
Evergetes  was  king,  and  continuing  there  a  Ion:; 

6*4 


time,  I  found  there  books  left,  of  no  small  nor  con- 
temptible learning.  Therefore  I  thought  it  good, 
and  necessary  for  me  to  bestow  some  diligence  and 
labour  to  interpret  this  book  :  and  with  much  watch- 
ing and  study  in  some  space  of  time,  I  brought  the 
book  to  an  end,  and  set  it  forth  for  the  service  ot 
them  that  are  willing  to  apply  their  mind,  and  to 
learn  how  they  ought  to  conduct  themselves,  who 
purpose  to  lead  their  life  according  to  the  law  of  the 
Lord. 

CHAP.  I. 

--///   Wisdom  is  from  God,  and  is  given  to  them  that  fear  and 

lore  ('mil. 

ALL  Wisdom  is  from  the  Lord  God,  and   hath 
been  always  with  him,  and  is  before   all   time. 

2  Who  hath  numbered  the  sand  of  the  sea,  and 
the  drops  of  rain,  and  the  days  of  the  world  ? 
Who  hath  measured  the  height  of  heaven,  and  the 
breadth  of  the  earth,  and  the  depth  of  the  abyss  ? 

3  Who  hath  searched  out  the  wisdom  of  God  that 
goeth  before  all  things  ? 

4  Wisdom  hath  been  created  before  all  things, 
and  the  understanding  of  prudence  from  everlasting. 

5  The  word  of  God  on  high  is  the  fountain  of 
wisdom  ;  and  her  ways  arc  everlasting  command- 
ments. 

6  To  whom  hath  the  root  of  wisdom  lx-en  reveal- 
ed, and  who  hath  known  her  wise  counsels? 

7  To  whom  hath  the  discipline  of  wisdom  been 
revealed  ami  made  manifest  ?  and  who  hath  under- 
stood the  multiplicity  of  her  Bte| 

8  There  is  one  most  high  Creator  Almighty,  and 
a  powerful  Kin::,  and  greatly  to  be  feared,  who  sit- 
teth  UDOn  his  throne,  and   is  tin-  ( Sod  of  dominion. 

!•  He  created  her  in  tin-  Holy  Ofaost,  and  SSW 
her,  and  numbered  her,  and  measured  her. 

10  And  In-  poured  her  out  upon  all  his^vorks  and 


CHAP.  II. 


upon  all  flesh  according  to  his  gift,  and  hath  given 
her  to  them  that  love  him. 

1 1  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  honour,  and  glory,  and 
gladness,  and  a  crown  of  joy. 

12  The  fear  of  the  Lord  shall  delight  the  heart, 
and  shall  give  joy,  and  gladness,  and  length  of  days. 

13  With  him  that  feareth  the  Lord,  it  shall  go 
well  in  the  latter  end,  and  in  the  day  of  his .  death 
he  shall  be  blessed. 

14  The  love  of  God  is  honourable  wisdom. 

15  And  they  to  whom  she  shall  show  herself, 
love  her  by  the  sight,  and  by  the  knowledge  of  her 
great  works. 

16  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  beginning  of  wis- 
dom, and  was  created  with  the  faithful  in  the  womb : 
it  walketh  with  chosen  women,  and  is  known  with 
the  just  and  faithful. 

1 7  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  religiousness  of 
knowledge. 

18  Religiousness  shall  keep  and  justify  the  heart : 
it  shall  give  joy  and  gladness. 

19  It  shall  go  well  with  him  that  feareth  the  Lord; 
and  in  the  days  of  his  end  he  shall  be  blessed. 

20  To  fear  God  is  the  fulness  of  wisdom ;  and 
fulness  is  from  the  fruits  thereof. 

21  She  shall  fill  all  her  house  with  her  increase, 
and  the  storehouses  with  her  treasures. 

22  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  a  crown  of  wisdom, 
filling  up  peace  and  the  fruit  of  salvation : 

23  And  it  hath  seen,  and  numbered  her :  but  both 
are  the  gifts  of  God. 

24  Wisdom  shall  distribute  knowledge,  and  un- 
derstanding of  prudence  ;  and  exalteth  the  glory  of 
them  that  hold  her. 

25  The  root  of  wisdom  is  to  fear  the  Lord :  and 
the  branches  thereof  are  long  lived. 

26  In  the  treasures  of  wisdom  is  understanding, 
and  religiousness  of  knowledge  :  but  to  sinners  wis- 
dom is  an  abomination. 

27  The  fear  of  the  Lord  driveth  out  sin  : 

28  For  he  that  is  without  fear  cannot  be  justified  : 
for  the  wrath  of  his  high  spirits  is  his  rain. 

29  A  patient  man  shall  bear  for  a  time  :  and  af- 
terwards joy  shall  be  restored  to  him. 

30  A  good  understanding  will  hide  his  words  for 
a  time:  and  the  lips  of  many  shall  declare  his  wis- 
dom. 

31  In  the  treasures  of  wisdom  is  the  signification 
of  discipline : 

32  But  the  worship  of  God  is  an  abomination  to 
a  sinner. 

33  Son,  if  thou  desire  wisdom,  keep  justice,  and 
God  will  give  her  to  thee. 

34  For  the  fear  of  the  Lord  is  wisdom  and  disci- 
pline :  and  that  which  is  agreeable  to  him, 

35  Is  faith,  and  meekness  :  and  he  will  fill  up  his 
treasures. 

36  Be  not  incredulous  to  the  fear  of  the  Lord; 
and  come  not  to  him  with  a  double  heart. 

37  Be  not  a  hypocrite  in  the  sight  of  men  :  and 
let  nor  thy  lips  be  a  stumbling-block  to  thee. 

38  Watch  over  them,  lest  thou  fall,  and  bring  dis- 
honour upon  thy  soul, 


39  And  God  discover  thy  secrets,  and  cast  thee 
down  in  the  midst  of  the  congregation  : 

40  Because  thou  earnest  to  the  Lord  wickedly : 
and  thy  heart  is  full  of  guile  and  deceit. 

CHAP.  II. 

God's  servants  must  look  for  temptations  :  and  must  arm  them- 
selves with  patience  and  confidence  in  God. 

SON,  when  thou  comest  to  the  service  of  God, 
stand  in  justice  and  in  fear,  and  prepare  thy 
soul  for  temptation. 

2  Humble  thy  heart,  and  endure:  incline  thy  ear, 
and  receive  the  words  of  understanding  :  and  make 
not  haste  in  the  time  of  clouds. 

3  Wait  on  God  with  patience:  join  thyself  to  God, 
and  endure,  that  thy  life  may  be  increased  in  the 
latter  end. 

4  Take  all  that  shall  be  drought  upon  thee :  and 
in  thy  sorrow  endure,  and  in  thy  humiliation  keep 
patience : 

5  For  gold  and  silver  are  tried  in  the  fire,  but 
acceptable  men  in  the  furnace  of  humiliation. 

6  Believe  God,  and  he  will  recover  thee  :  and 
direct  thy  way,  and  trust  in  him.  Keep  his  fear, 
and  grow  old  therein. 

7  Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  wait  for  his  mercy  :  and 
go  not  aside  from  him,  lest  ye  fall. 

8  Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  believe  him  :  and  your 
reward  shall  not  be  made  void. 

9  Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  hope  in  him  :  and  mer- 
cy shall  come  to  you  for  your  delight. 

10  Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  love  him ;  and  your 
hearts  shall  be  enlightened. 

1 1  My  children,  behold  the  generations  of  men . 
and  know  ye  that  no  one  hath  hoped  in  the  Lord, 
and  hath  been  confounded. 

12  For  who  hath  continued  in  his  commandment, 
and  hath  been  forsaken  ?  or  who  hath  called  upon 
him,  and  he  despised  him  ? 

13  For  God  is  compassionate  and  merciful,  and 
will  forgive  sins  in  the  day  of  tribulation  :  and  he 
is  a  protector  to  all  that  seek  him  in  truth. 

14  Wo  to  them  that  are  of  a  double  heart,  and  to 
wicked  lips,  and  to  the  hands  that  do  evil,  and  to 
the  sinner  that  goeth  on  the  earth  two  ways. 

15  Wo  to  them  that  are  faint-hearted,  who  be- 
lieve not  God  :  and  therefore  they  shall  not  he  pro- 
tected by  him. 

16  Wo  to  them  that  have  lost  patience,  and  that 
have  forsaken  the  right  ways,  and  have  gone  aside 
into  crooked  ways. 

17  And  what  will  they  do,  when  the  Lord  shall 
begin  to  examine  ?  . 

18  They  that  fear  the  Lord,  will  not  be  incredu- 
lous to  his  word  :  and  they  that  love  him,  will  keep 
his  way.  ; 

19  They  that  fear  the  Lord,  will  seek  after  the 
things  that  are  well  pleasing  to  him  :  and  they  that 
love  him,  shall  be  filled  with  his  law.  . 

20  They  that  fear  the  Lord,  will  prepare  their 
hearts,  and  in  his  sight  will  sanctify  their  souls. 

21  They  that  fear  the  Lord,  keep  his  command- 
ments, and  will  have  patience  even  until  his  visitation, 

22  Saying:  If  we  do  not  penance,  we  shall  lall 

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ECCLESIASTICUS. 


into  the  hands  of  the  Lord,  and  mil  into  the  hands 
of  nun. 

23  For  according  to  his  greatness,  so  aU<>  is  his 
incrc\  w  ith  him. 

CHAP    111. 

Lesions  concerning  the  honour  of  parents,  and  humility,  and 
avoiding  curiosity. 

Tl  I E  sons  of  wisdom  an  die  church  of  the  just ; 
and  their  cent-ration,  obedience  and  low. 

2  Children,  hear  the  judgment  ofyouf  father,  and 
SC  do  that  you  may  he  sa\ed. 

3  For  God  hath  made  the  father  honourable  to 
the  children:  and  seeking  the  judgment  of  the  mo- 
thers, hath  confirmed  it  U|K>n  the  children. 

4  He  that  lovcth  God  shall  obtain  pardon  for  his 
sins  In  nrayer,  ami  shall  refrain  himself  from  them, 
and  shall  be  heard  in  the  prayer  of  days. 

5  And  he  that  honourelh  his  mother  is  as  one 
that  laveth  up  a  trcaMire. 

»»  lie  that  honoureth  his  father  shall  have  joy  in 
his  oir/i  children:  and  in  the  day  of  his  prayer  he 
shall  Ik; heard. 

7  He  that  honoureth  his  father  shall  enjoy  along 
life  :  and  he  that  oheyelh  the  father  shall  he  acomfort 
to  his  mother. 

8  He  that  feareth  the  Lord  honoureth  his  pa- 
rents, and  will  serve  them  as  his  masters  that  brought 
him  into  the  world. 

9  Honour  thy  father,  in  work  and  word,  and  all 
patience. 

10  That  a  blessing  may  come  upon  thee  from 
him,  and  his  blessinn  may  remain  in  the  latter  end. 

11  The  father's  DKMUIg  <  stablisheth  the  houses 
of  the  children  :  but  the  mother's  curse  rootcth  up 
the  foundation. 

12  (.lory  not  in  the  dishonour  of  thy  father:  for 
bis  shame  is  no  glory  to  thee. 

13  For  the  don  of  a  man  is  from  the  honour  of 
his  father  :  and  a  father  without  honour  is  the  dis- 
grace of  the  son. 

14  Son,  support  the  old  age  of  thy  father;  and 
grieve  him  not  in  his  life: 

15  And  if  his  understanding  fail,  have  patience 
with  him,  and  despise  him  not  w  hen  thou  art  in  thy 
Strength:  for  the  relieving  of  the  father  shall  not 
be  forgotten. 

16  For  good  shall  be  repaid  to  thee  for  the  sin 
of  thy  mother : 

1/  And  in  justice  thoa shall  be  built  up.and  inthc 
d a\  ofatllictionthoiishalt  Im- remembered  :aud  thysins 
shall  melt  away  as  the  ice  in  the  fair  warm  weather. 

18  Of  what  an  evil  fame  is  he  that  forsaketh  his 
father  ?  and  he  is  cursed  of  God  that  angereth  his 
molher. 

19  Mv  son.  do  thy  works  in  meekness,  and  thou 
shalt  be  beloved  above  the  dory  of  men. 

_'i»  The  greater  thouart.ihe  more  humble  thyself 
in  all  things ;  and  thou  shalt  I'm. I  -race  before  God: 

-M     I  it  is  the  DOW(  r  ol  (  rod  slOM  !  and  he 

is  honoured  by  the  humble. 

k  not  the  things  that  arc-  too  high  for  thee, 
and    si  arch    not    into  things  above  thy  ability  !    but 

the  things  that  God  hath  commanded  thee,  think 


on  them  always  :  and  in  many  of  his  works  be  not 
curious. 

23  For  it  is  not  necessary  for  thee  to  see  with 
thy  eyes  those  things  that  are  hid. 

.  In  unnecessary  matters  be  not  over-curious; 
and  in  many  of  his  woiks  thou  shalt  not  he  in- 
quisitive. 

25  For  many  things  arc  shown  to  thee  above  the 
understanding  of  men. 

Jo'  And  the  suspicion  of  them  hath  deceived 
many,  and  hath  detained  their  minds  in  vanity. 

2/  A  hard  heart  shall  fare  evil  at  the  last  :  and 
he  that  lovcth  danger  shall  perish  in  it. 

28  A  heart  thatgoeth  two  ways  shall  not  have 
success:  and  the  perverse  of  heart  shall  be  scan- 
dalized therein. 

29  A  wicked  heart  shall  be  laden  with  sorrows, 
and  the  sinner  will  add  sin  to  sin. 

30  The  congregation  of  the  proud  shall  not  be 
healed  :  for  the  plant  of  wickedness-shall  take  root 
in  them,  and  it  shall  not  be  |>crceived. 

31  The  heart  of  the  wise  is  understood  in  w  is- 
dom  :  and  a  good  ear  will  hear  wisdom  with  all 
desire. 

32  A  wise  heart,  and  which  hath  understanding, 
will  abstain  from  sins,  and  in  the  works  of  justice 
shall  have  success. 

33  Water  quencheih  a  flaming  fire :  and  alms 
resisteth  sins : 

34  And  God  provideth  for  him  that  showeth  fa- 
vour: he  remembereth  him  afterwards:  and  in  the 
time  of  his  fall  he  shall  find  a  sure  stay. 

CHAP.  IV. 

.■In  exhortation  to  works  of  mercy,  and  to  the.  love  oftrixdoni. 

SON,  defraud  not  the  poor  of  alms;  and  turn  not 
away  thy  eyes  from  the  poor. 

2  Despise  not  the  hungry  soul :  and  provoke  not 
the  poor  in  his  want. 

3  Afflict  not  the  heart  of  the  needy:  and  defer 
not  to  give  to  him  that  is  in  disti 

4  Reject  not  the  petition  of  the  afflicted  :  and 
turn  not  away  thy  face  from  the  needy. 

5  Turn  not  away  thy  eyes  from  the  poor  for  real 
of  anger :  and  leave  not  to  them  that  ask  of  thee  to 
CUrse  thee  behind  thy  back. 

6  For  the  prayer  of  him  that  eurseth  thee  in  the 
bitterness  of  his  soul,,  shall  be.  heard:  for  he  that 
made  him  will  hear  him. 

7  Make  thyself  affable  to  the  congregation  of  the 
poor ;  and  humble  thy  soul  to  the  ancient ;  and  bow 
thy  bead  t<>a  meat  man. 

8  How  down  thy  ear  cheerfully  to  the  poor ;  and 
pay  what  thou  owest;  and  answer  htm  peaceable 
words  with  mildness. 

9  Deliver  him  that  suffered)  wrong  out  of  the 
hand   of  the  proud  ;  and    be  not    faint -heaited    in 

lll\    sOlll. 

10  In  judging  be  merciful  to  the  fatherlesi 

father,  and  as  a  husband  to  tin  ir  mother : 

11  And  thou  shall  be  as  the  obedi- nt  son  of  the 

most  High,  and  he  will  haw  mere]  ea  (bee  more 

than  a  mother. 

12  Wisdom  insotreth  life  into  bei  children,  and 


CHAP.  V,  VI. 


protceteth  them  that  sock  after  her,  and  will  go  be- 
fore them  in  the  way  of  justice. 

13  And  he  that  loveth  her,  loveth  life  :  and  they 
that  watch  for  her,  shall  embrace  her  sweetness. 

14  They  that  hold  her  fast,  shall  inherit  life  :  and 
whithersoever  she  entereth,  God  will  give  a  blessing. 

15  They  that  serve  her,  shall  be  servants  to  the 
holy  one  :  and  God  loveth  them  that  love  her. 

16  He  that  hear  keneth  to  her,  shall  judge  nations  : 
and  he  that  looketh  upon  her,  shall  remain  secure. 

17  If  he  trust  to  her,  he  shall  inherit  her,  and  his 
generation  shall  be  in  assurance. 

18  For  she  walketh  with  him  in  temptation  ;*  and 
at  the  first  she  chooseth  him. 

19  She  will  bring  upon  him  fear,  and  dread,  and 
trial :  and  she  will  scourge  him  with  the  affliction 
of  her  discipline,  till  she  try  him  by  her  laws,  and 
trust  his  soul. 

20  Then  she  will  strengthen  him,  and  make  a 
straightway  to  him,  and  give  him  joy. 

21  And  will  disclose  her  secrets  to  him,  and  will 
heap  upon  him  treasures  of  knowledge  and  under- 
standing of  justice. 

22  But  if  he  go  astray,  she  will  forsake  him,  and 
deliver  him  into  the  hands  of  his  enemy. 

23  Son,  observe  the  time,  and  fly  from  evil. 

24  For  thy  soul  be  not  ashamed  to  say  the  truth. 

25  For  there  is  a  shame  that  bringeth  sin  :  and 
there  is  a  shame  that  bringeth  glory  and  grace. 

26  Accept  no  person  against  thy  own  person, 
nor  against  thy  soul  a  lie. 

27  Reverence  not  thy  neighbour  in  his  fall : 

28  And  refrain  not  to  speak  in  the  time  of  salva- 
tion.    Hide  not  thy  wisdom  in  her  beauty. 

29  For  by  the  tongue  wisdom  is  discerned  ;  and 
understanding,  and  knowledge,  and  learning,  by  the 
word  of  the  wise,  and  steadfastness  in  the  works  of 
justice. 

30  In  no  wise  speak  against  the  truth  :  but  be 
ashamed  of  the  lie  of  thy  ignorance. 

31  Be  not  ashamed  to  confess  thy  sins  ;  but 
submit  not  thyself  to  every  man  for  sin. 

32  Resist  not  against  the  face  of  the  mighty,  and 
do  not  strive  against  the  stream  of  the  river. 

33  Strive  for  justice  for  thy  soul ;  and  even  unto 
death  fight  for  justice,  and  God  will  overthrow  thy 
enemies  for  thee. 

34  Be  not  hasty  in  thy  tongue  :  and  slack,  and 
remiss  in  thy  works. 

35  Be  not  as  a  lion  in  thyhouse,  terrifying  them  of 
thy  household,  and  oppressing  them  that  are  under 
thee. 

36  Let  not  thy  hand  be  stretched  out  to  receive, 
and  shut  when  thou  shouldst  give. 

CHAP.  V. 

We  must  not  presume  on  our  wealth  or  strength  ;  nor  on  the  mer- 
cy of  God  to  goon  in  sin:  we  must  be  steadfast  in  virtue  and 
truth. 

SET  not  thy  heart  upon  unjust  possessions;  and 
say  not :    I  have  enough  to  live  on  :  for  it  shall  be 
of  no  service  in  the  time  of  vengeance  and  darkness. 


*  In    temptation,  &c.     The   meaning  is,   that   before   wisdom  will 
choose  any  for  her  fav  •  jrite,  she  will  try  them  by  leading  them  through 


2  Follow  not  in  thy  strength  the  desires  of  thy 
heart: 

3  And  say  not :  How  mighty  am  I  ?  and  who 
shall  bring  me  under  for  my  deeds  ?  for  God  will 
surely  take  revenge. 

4  Say  not :  I  have  sinned,  and  what  harm  hath 
befallen  me  ?  for  the  most  High  is  a  patient  re- 
warder. 

5  Be  not  without  fear  about  sin  forgiven  ;  and 
add  not  sin  upon  sin  : 

6  And  say  not  :  The  mercy  of  the  Lord  is  great : 
he  wijl  have  mercy  on  the  multitude  of  my  sins. 

7  For  mercy  and  wrath  quickly  come  from  him  : 
and  his  wrath  looketh  upon  sinners. 

8  Delay  not  to  be  converted  to  the  Lord,  and  de- 
fer it  not  from  day  to  day. 

9  For  his  wrath  shall  come  on  a  sudden  ;  and  in 
the  time  of  vengeance  he  will  destroy  thee. 

10  Be  not  anxious  for  goods  unjustly  gotten  :  for 
they  shall  not  profit  thee  in  the  day  of  calamity  and 
revenge. 

1 1  Winnow  not  with  every  wind,  and  go  not  in- 
to every  way  :  for  so  is  every  sinner  proved  by  a 
double  tongue. 

12  Be  steadfast  in  the  way  of  the  Lord,  and  in 
the  truth  of  thy  judgment,  and  in  knowledge  :  and 
let  the  word  of  peace  and  justice  keep  with  thee. 

13  Be  meek  to  hear  the  word,  that  thou  mayst 
understand  :  and  return  a  true  answer  with  wis- 
dom. 

14  If  thou  have  understanding,  answer  thy  neigh- 
bour:  but  if  not,  let  thy  hand  be  upon  thy  mouth, 
lest  thou  be  surprised  in  an  unskilful  word,  and  be 
confounded. 

15  Honour  and  glory  is  in  the  word  of  the  wise, 
but  the  tongue  of  the  fool  is  his  ruin. 

16  Be  not  called  a  whisperer  :  and  be  not  taken 
in  thy  tongue  and  confounded : 

17  For  confusion  and  repentance  is  upon  a  thief, 
and  an  evil  mark  of  disgrace  upon  the  double- 
tongued,  but  to  the  whisperer  hatred  and  enmity, 
and  reproach. 

18  Justify  alike  the  small  and  the  great. 

CHAP.  VI. 

Of  true  and  false  friends  :  and  of  the  fruits  of  wisdom. 

TNSTEAD  of  a  friend  become  not  an  enemy  to 
■*-  thy  neighbour:  for  an  evil  man  shall  inherit  re- 
proach and  shame  :  so  shall  every  sinner  that  is  en- 
vious and  double-tongued. 

2  Extol  not  thyself  in  the  thoughts  of  thy  soul  like 
a  bull ;  lest  thy  strength  be  quashed  by  folly, 

3  And  it  eat  up  thy  leaves  and  destroy  thy  fruit, 
and  thou  be  left  as  a  dry  tree  in  the  wilderness. 

4  For  a  wicked  soul  shall  destroy  him  that  hath 
it,  and  maketh  him  to  be  a  joy  to  his  enemies,  and 
shall  lead  him  into  the  lot  of  the  wicked. 

5  A  sweet  word  multiplieth  friends,  and  appeas- 
eth  enemies:  and  a  gracious  tongue  in  a  good  man 
aboundeth. 

6  Be  in  peace  with  many :  but  let  one  of  a  thou- 
sand be  thy  counsellor. 


contradictions,  afflictions,  and  temptations,  the  usual  noviceship  of  the 
children  of  God. 

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7  If  thou  wouldst  get  a  friend,  try  him  before 
thou  takes!  him,  tnd  do  mm  credit  bin  easily. 

8  For  there  is  ;i  friend  for  his  own  occasion:  and 
he  will  not  abide  in  the  day  of  thy  trouble. 

9  And  there  is  ■  friend  that  tumuli  to  enmity: 

and  there  is  ;i  friend   that  will  disclose  hatred,  and 
strife,  and  reproach 

10  And  then'  is  a  friend  a  companion  at  tin-  ta- 
ble; and  he  will  not  abide  in  the  day  of  distress. 

1 1  A  friend  if  he  continue  steadfast  thai]  lie  to 
thee  H  thyself,  and  shall  act  with  confidence  among 
them  of  thy  household. 

I-!  If  he  humble  himself  before  thee,  and  hide 
himself  from  thy  lire,  thou  shah  have  unanimous 
friendship  for  good. 

13  Separate  thyself  from  thy  enemies,  and  take 
Ik  (  d  of  thy  friends. 

14  A  faithful  friend  is  a  strong  defence:  and  he 
that  hath  found  him,  hath  found  a  treasure. 

1  )  Nothing  can  he  compared  to  a  faithful  friend: 
and  no  Weight  of  gold  ami  silver  is  able  to  counter- 
vail the  goodness  of  his  fidelity. 

16  A  faithful  friend  is  the  medicine  of  life  and 
immortality:  and  they  that  fear  the  Lord,  shall 
find   him. 

17  1 1 e  that  feareth  God,  shall  likewise  have  good 
friendship:  because  according  to  him  shall  his 
friend   lie. 

18  My  son,  from  thy  youth  up  receive  instruc- 
tion; and  even  to  thy  gray  hairs  thou  shalt  find 
wisdom. 

19  Come  to  her  as  one  that  plougheth,  and  sow 
eth.  and  wait  for  her  good  fruits. 

J"  For  in  working  about  her  thou  shalt  labour  a 
little,  and  shalt  quickly  eat  of  her  fruits. 

21  How  rerj  unpleasant  is  wisdom  to  the  un- 
learned P  and  the  unwise  will  not  continue  w  ith  her. 

22  She  shall  he  to  them  as  a  inizhty  stone  of 
trial:  and  they  will  cast  her  from  theui  before  it 
be  long. 

23  For  the  wisdom  of  doctrine  is  according  to 
her  name-  and  sin?  is  not  manifest  unto  many;  but 
with  them  to  whom  she  is  known,  she  continued] 
(\en  to  the  right  of  God. 

24  ( iive  ear,  my  sou.  and  take  wise  counsel,  and 
cast  not  away  mj  ad  rice. 

25  Pot  thy  feet  into  her  fetters,  and  thy  neck 
into  her  chains: 

26  Bow  down  thy  shoulder,  and  bear  her;  and 
be  not  grieved  with  her  bands. 

('omc  to  her  with  all  thy  mind  ;  and  keep  her 
wavs  with  all  thy  power. 

9earch  for  her,  and  she  shall  be  made  known 
to  thee;  and  when  thou  hast  gotten  In  r,  let  her  not  go: 
29   For   in  the  latter  end   thou   shalt  find  rest  in 
her.  and  she  shall  be  turned  to  thy  joy. 

Then  shall  her  fetters  be  a  strong  defence  for 
thee,  and  a  firm  foundation,  and  her  chain  a  rol>e 
of  dorr : 

.  ;i  I  or  in  her  is  the  beauty  of  life,  and  her  bands 
are  a  healthful  binding. 

Thou  shalt  put  her  on  as  a  robe  of  elorv  :  and 
thou  shalt  set  her  upon  the.   .i.   i  CTOWn  "l    icy. 


33  My  son,  if  thou  wilt  attend  to  me,  thou  shah 
learn:  and  if  thou  wilt  apply  thy  mind,  thou  shall 
be  wise. 

34  If  thou  w  ilt  iiK  line  thy  ear.  thou  shalt  receivt 
instruction:  and  if  thou"  love  to  hear,  thou  shah 
he  w  ise. 

35  Stand  in  the  multitude  of  ancients  that  are 
wise,  and  join  thyself  from  thv  heart  to  their  wis- 
dom, that  thou  mayst  hear  even  discourse  of  God, 
and  the  savings  of  praise  may  not  escape  ll 

36  And  if  thou  see  a  man  of  understanding,  go 
to  him  early  in  the  morning;  and  let  thy  foot  wear 
the  steps  of  his  doors. 

37  Let  thy  thoughts  l>e  upon  tin  precepts  of  Got!, 
and  meditate  continually  on  his  commandments: 
and  he  will  give  thee  a  heart,  and  the  desire  of  wis- 
dom shall  be  given  to  thee. 

CHAP.  VII. 

Religious  and  moral  duties. 
r\0  no  evils,  and  no  evils  shall  lav  hold  of  thee. 
-^   2  Depart  from  the  unjust :  and  evils  shall  de- 
part from  thee. 

3  My  son,  sow  not  evils  in  the  furrow  s  of  injus- 
tice:  and  thou  shalt  not  reap  them  sevenfold. 

4  Seek  not  of  the  Lord  a  pre-eminence,  nor  of 
the  king  the  seat  of  honour. 

6  Justify  not  thyself  before  God,  for  he  know  eth 
the  heart :  and  desire  not  to  appear  wise  before  the 
kin-. 

6  Seek  not  to  be  made  a  judge,  unless  thou  have 
strength  enough  to  extirpate  iniquities:  hst  thou 
fear  the  person  of  the  powerful,  and  lay  a  stum- 
bling-block for  thy  integrity. 

7  Offend  not  against  the  multitude  of  a  city 
neither  cast  thyself  in  upon  the  people, 

8  Nor  bind  sin  to  sin:  for  even  in  one  thou  shalt 
not  lie  unpunished. 

9  Be  not  faint-hearted  in  thy  mind: 

10  Neglect  not  to  pray,  and  to  give  alms. 

11  Say  not:  God  will  have  respect  to  the  mul- 
titude of  my  gifts,  and  when  1  ones  to  the  most 
high  God,  be  will  accept  my  oflcrin. 

12  Laugh  no  man  to  scorn  in  the  bitterness  of 
his  soul:  for  there  is  one  that  hiinihleth  and  ezaltetb, 
God  who  seeth  all. 

13  Devise  not  a  lie  against  thy  brother:  neither 
do  the  like  against  thy  friend. 

14  Be  not  willing  to  make  any  manner  of  lie: 
for  the  custom  thereof  is  not  good. 

15  Be  not  full  of  words  in  a  multitude  of  ancients: 
and  repeat  not*  the  word  in  thy  prayer. 

16  Hate  not  laborious  works,  nor  husbandry  or- 
dained by  the  most  High. 

17  Number  not  thyself  among  the  multitude  of 
the  disorderly. 

18  Remember  wrath  ;    for  it  will  not  tarry  long. 

19  Humble  thv  spirit  very  much:  for  the  ven- 
geance on  the  flesfi  of  the  ungodly  is  fire  and  worms. 

20  Do  not  transgress  against  thy  friend  deferring 
money;  nor  despise  thy  dear  brother  for  the  sake bl 
gold. 


•  Rrprct  not,  he.     Make   not  nun-h  babbling    by   repetition  of 
wunl. :  but  aim  more  at  fervour  of  heart. 


CHAP.  VIII,  IX. 


21  Depart  not  from  a  wise  and  good  wife,  whom 
thou  hast  gotten  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord:  for  the 
grace  of  her  modesty  is  above  gold. 

22  Hurt  not  the  servant  that  worketh  faithfully, 
nor  the  hired  man  that  giveth  thee  his  life. 

23  Let  a  wise  servant  be  dear  to  thee  as  thy  own 
soul :  defraud  him  not  of  liberty,  nor  leave  him 
needy. 

24  Hast  thou  cattle?  have  an  eye  to  them:  and 
if  they  be  for  thy  profit,  keep  them  with  thee. 

25  Hast  thou  children?  instruct  them,  and  bow 
down  their  neck  from  their  childhood. 

26  Hast  thou  daughters?  have  a  care  of  their 
nody :  and  show  not  thy  countenance  gay  towards 
the  in. 

27  Marry  thy  daughter  well;  and  thou  shalt  do  a 
great  work,  and  give  her  to  a  wise  man. 

28  If  thou  hast  a  wife  according  to  thy  soul,  cast 
her  not  off:  and  to  her  that  is  hateful,  trust  not  thy- 
self. With  thy  whole  heart, 

29  Honour  thy  father,  and  forget  not  the  groan- 
ings  of  thy  mother: 

30  Remember  that  thou  hadst  not  been  born  but 
through  them  :  and  make  a  return  to  them  as  they 
have  done  for  thee. 

31  With  all  thy  soul  fear  the  Lord ;  and  reve- 
rence his  priests. 

32  With  all  thy  strength  love  him  that  made  thee : 
and  forsake  not  his  ministers. 

33  Honour  God  with  all  thy  soul;  and  give  ho- 
nour to  the  priests,  and  purify  thyself  with  thy 
arms.* 

34  Give  them  their  portion,  as  it  is  commanded 
thee,  of  the  first-fruits  and  of  purifications:  and  for 
thy  negligences  purify  thyself  with  a  few. 

35  Offer  to  the  Lord  the  gift  of  thy  shoulders, 
and  the  sacrifice  of  sanctification,  and  the  first-fruits 
of  the  holy  things: 

36  And  stretch  out  thy  hand  to  the  poor,  that  thy 
expiation  and  thy  blessing  may  be  perfected. 

37  A  gift  hath  grace  in  the  sight  of  all  the  living; 
and  restrain  not  grace  from  the  dead. f 

38  Be  not  wanting  in  comforting  them  that  weep; 
and  walk  with  them  that  mourn. 

39  Be  not  slow  to  visit  the  sick :  for  by  these 
things  thou  shalt  be  confirmed  in  love. 

40  In  all  thy  works  remember  thy  last  end ;  and 
thou  shalt  never  sin. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

Other  lessons  of  wisdom  and  virtue. 

STRIVE  not  with  a  powerful  man;  lest  thou  fall 
into  his  hands. 

2  Contend  not  with  a  rich  man  ;  lest  he  bring  an 
action  against  thee. 

3  For  gold  and  silver  hath  destroyed  many,  and 
hath  reached  even  to  the  heart  of  kings,  and  pervert- 
ed them. 

4  Strive  not  with  a  man  that  is  full  of  tongue  ; 
and  heap  not  wood  upon  his  fire. 

*  Thy  arms.  That  is,  with  all  thy  power  :  or  else,  by  arms  (brachiis) 
are  here  signified  the  right  shouldert  of  the  victims,  which  by  the  law 
fell  to  the  share  <<(  the  priests.     See  ver.  35. 

f  And  restrain  not  grace  from  the  dead.     That  is.   withhold  not    from 

3  X 


an  ignorant  man:  lesi 


5  Communicate  not  with 
he  speak  ill  of  thy  family. 

6  Despise  not  a  man  that  turneth  away  from  sin, 
nor  reproach  him  therewith:  remember  that  we  are 
all  worthy  of  reproof. 

7  Despise  not  a  man  in  his  old  age  :  for  we  also 
shall  become  old. 

8  Rejoice  not  at  the  death  of  thy  enemy  :  know- 
ing that  we  all  die,  and  are  not  willing  that  others 
should  rejoice  at  our  death. 

9  Despise  not  the  discourse  of  them  that  are  an- 
cient and  wise;  but  acquaint  thyself  with  their  pro- 
verbs. 

10  For  of  them  thou  shalt  learn  wisdom,  and  in- 
struction of  understanding,  and  to  serve  great  men 
without  blame. 

1 1  Let  not  the  discourse  of  the  ancients  escape 
thee ;  for  they  have  learned  of  their  fathers : 

12  For  of  them  thou  shalt  learn  understanding, 
and  to  give  an  answer  in  time  of  need. 

13  Kindle  not  the  coals  of  sinners  by  rebuking 
them  5  lest  thou  be  burnt  with  the  flame  of  the  fire 
of  their  sins. 

14  Stand  not  against  the  face  of  an  injurious  per- 
son ;  lest  he  sit  as  a  spy  to  entrap  thee  in  thy  words. 

15  Lend  not  to  a  man  that  is  mightier  than  thy- 
self: and  if  thou  lendest,  count  it  as  lost. 

16  Be  not  surety  above  thy  power  :  and  if  thou 
be  surety,  think  as  if  thou  wert  to  nay  it. 

1 7  Judge  not  against  a  judge  ;  for  he  judgeth  ac- 
cording to  that  which  is  just. 

18  Go  not  on  the  way  with  a  bold  man,  lest  he 
burden  thee  with  his  evils  :  for  he  goeth  according 
to  his  own  will ;  and  thou  shalt  perish  together 
with  his  folly. 

19  Quarrel  not  with  a  passionate  man,  and  go 
not  into  the  desert  with  a  bold  man  :  for  blood  is  as 
nothing  in  his  sight ;  and  where  there  is  no  help  he 
will  overthrow  thee. 

20  Advise  not  with  fools ;  for  they  cannot  love 
but  such  things  as  please  them. 

21  Before  a  stranger  do  no  matter  of  counst  I : 
for  thou  knowest  not  what  he  will  bring  forth. 

22  Open  not  thy  heart  to  every  man  ;  lest  he  re- 
pay thee  with  an  evil  turn,  and  speak  reproachfully 
to  thee. 

CHAP.  IX. 

Cautions  with  regard  to  women,  and  dangerous  conversations. 

BE  not  jealous  over  the  wife  of  thy  bosom  ;  lest 
she  show  in  thy  regard  the  malice  of  a  wicked 
lesson. 

2  Give  not  the  power  of  thy  soul  to  a  woman  ; 
lest  she  enter  upon  thy  strength,  and  thou  be  con 
founded. 

3  Look  not  upon  a  woman  that  hath  a  mind  for 
many  ;  lest  thou  fall  into  her  snares. 

4  Use  not  much  the  company  of  her  that  is  a 


them  the  benefit  of  alms,  prayers,  and  sacrifices.  Such  was  the  doc- 
trine and  practice  of  the  church  of  God,  even  in  the  time  of  the  old 
testament.  And  the  same  has  always  been  continued  from  the  day*  c4 
the  apostles  in  the  church  of  the  new  testament. 

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(l.iiui  r.  and  hearken  not  to  her  ;  lest  thou  parish  bj 
the  force  of  ber  charms. 

not  upon  I  maiden  :  bat  her  beaut] 
stumbling-block  to  tin 

6  Give  DOl  thy  soul  to  harlots  in  any  point  :  lest 
thou  destroy  thyself  and  thy  inheritance. 

7  Look  not  round  about  thee  in  the  ways  of  the 
citv,  nur  wander  up  and  down  in  the  Street!  thereof. 

8  Turn  away  thy  face  from  a  woman  dressed 
up  :  and  gaze  not  ahout  upon  another's  beauty. 

9  For  ■any  hare  perished  by  tins  beauty  of  a 
woman  ;   and  herein  lust  is  enkindled  as  a  fire. 

lit  Every  woman  that  is  a  harlot,  shall  be  trod- 
den upon  as  dun:;  in  the  way. 

1 1  Many    hy  admiring  the    beauty  of    another 
man's  wife,  have  become  reprobate ;  for  her  con- 
cation  burnetii  as  lire. 

12  Sit  not  at  all  with  another  man's  wife,  nor  re- 
|K>se  upon  the  bed  with  her : 

13  And  strive  not  with  her  over  wine  ;  lest  thy 
heart  decline  towards  her,  and  by  thy  blood  thou 
fall  into  destruction. 

14  Forsake  not  an  old  friend;  for  the  new  will 
not  lie  like  to  him. 

1)  A  new  friend  is  as  new  wine  :  it  shall  grow 
old  ;  and  thou  shalt  drink  it  with  pleasure. 

16  Envy  not  the  glory  and  riches  of  a  sinner: 
for  thou  knowesl  not  what  his  ruin  shall  be. 

17  Be  not  pleased  with  the  wrong  done  by  the 
unjust,  knowing  that  even  to  hell  the  wicked  shall 
not  please. 

1 8  Keep  thee  far  from  the  man  that  hath  power 
to  kill ;  so  thou  shalt  not  suspect  the  fear  of  death. 

19  And  if  thou  come  to  him,  commit  no  fault ; 
lest  he  take  away  thy  life. 

20  Know  it  to  be  a  communication  with  death  : 
for  thou  art  going  in  the  midst  of  snares,  and  walk- 
ing upon  the  arms  of  them  that  are  grieved. 

J 1  According  to  thy  power  beware  of  thy  neigh- 
boor  ;  and  treat  with  the  wise  and  prudent. 

22  Let  Just  men  be  thy  guests :  and  let  thy  glory 
be  in  the  fear  of  God. 

23  And  let  the  thought  of  God  be  in  thy  mind, 
and  all  thy  discourse  oil  the  commandments  of  the 
High 

24  Works  shall  be  praised  for  the  hand  of  the  ar- 
tificers, and  the  prince  of  the  people  for  the  wisdom 
of  his  speech  ;  but  the  word  of  the  ancients  for  the 
sense. 

25  A  man  full  of  tongue  is  terrible  in  his  city : 
and  he  that  is  rash  in  his  word  shall  be  hateful. 

(HAP.  X. 

The  virtue i  and  ricei  of  men  in  power:  the  great  evil  of pride. 

A  WISE  judge  shall  judge  his  peonle  :*  ana  the 
-**-  government  of  a  prudent  man  shall  be  steady. 
\s  the  judge  of  the  people  is  himself,  so  also 
are  his  ministers:  and  what  manner  of  man  the 
ruler  of  a  city  is,  such  alsoare  they  that  dwell  therein. 
3  An  unwise  king  shall  be  the  ruin  of  bit  people: 
and  cities  shall  be  inhabited  through  the  prudence 
of  the  rulers. 

•   ■/..<!«•'  *m  ri>lr.      In  ll.r  Cm  U  n  ...  t>w.*r<  hi*  people. 
\    Tkt  itriit.     Thai  it.  the  iy  and  learned   in  Ibe  Ifctr. 

ISO 


4  The  power  of  the  earth  is  in  the  hand  of  God  . 
and  in   his  time  he  will   raise  up  a    profitable  rulei 

over  it. 

5  The  prosperity  of  man  is  in  the  hand  of  God  . 
and  upon  the  person  of  the  scribcf  he  shall  lay  his 
honour. 

6  Remember  not  any  anjury  done  tin  r  hy  thy 
neighbour  ;#  and  do  thou  nocningbj  deeds  off  injury. 

I  Pride  is  hateful  before  God  and  men  :  and  all 
iniquity  of  nations  is  execrable. 

8  A  kingdom  is  translated  from  one  people  to 
another,  because  of  injustices,  and  wrongs,  and  in- 
juries, and  divers  deceits. 

9  But  nothing  is  more  wicked  than  the  covetous 
man.      Why  is  earth  and  ashes  proud  ? 

10  There  is  not  a  more  wicked  thing  than  lo 
love  money  :  for  such  a  one  setteth  even  his  on  n 
soul  to  sale :  because  while  he  liveth  he  hath  cast 
away  his  bowels. 

II  All  power  is  of  short  life.  Along  sickness 
is  troublesome  to  the  physician. 

12  The  physician  cutteth  orT  a  short  sickness  : 
so  also  a  king  is  to-day  ;  and  to-morrow  he  shall 
die. 

13  For  when  a  man  shall  die,  be  shall  inherit 
serpents,  and  beasts,  and  worms. 

14  The  beginning  of  the  pride  of  man,  is  to  fall 
off  from  God  : 

15  Because  his  heart  is  departed  from  him  that 
made  him  :  for  pride  is  the  beginning  of  all  sin  : 
he  that  holdeth  it.  shall  be  filled  with  malediction-*  : 
and  it  shall  ruin  nim  in  the  end. 

16  Therefore  hath  the  Lord  disgraced  the  assem- 
blies of  the  wicked,  and  hath  utterly  destroyed 
them. 

17  God  hath  overturned  the  thrones  of  proud 
princes,  and  hath  set  up  the  meek  in  their  stead. 

18  God  hath  made  the  roots  of  proud  nations  to 
wither,  and  hath  planted  the  humble  of  these  na- 
tions. 

19  The  Lord  hath  overthrown  the  lands  of  the 
Gentiles,  and  hath  destroyed  them  even  to  the  foun- 
dation. 

20  He  hath  made  some  of  them  to  wither  away, 
and  hath  destroyed  them,  and  hath  made  the  me- 
mory of  them  to  cease  from  the  earth. 

21  God  hath  abolished  the  memory  of  the  proud, 
and  hath  preserved  the  memory  of  them  that  are 
humble  in  mind. 

22  Pride  was  not  made  for  men  ;  nor  wrath  for 
the  race  of  women. 

23  That  seed  of  men  shall  be  honoured,  which 
feareth  God  :  but  that  seed  shall  be  dishonoured. 
which  transgresseth  the  commandments  of  tin- 
Lord. 

24  In  the  midst  of  brethren  their  chief  is  honoura- 
ble :  so  shall  they  that  fear  the  Lord,  be  m  his 
eyes. 

25  The  fear  of  God  is  the  glory  of  the  rich,  ana 
of  the  honourable,  and  of  the  poor  : 

26  Despise  not  a  just  man  that  is  poor ;  and  do 
notmagnrrj  s sinful  man  that  is  rich. 

I  real  man,  and  the  judge,  and  the  mighty 


CHAP.  XI,  XII. 


is  iii  honour  :   and  there  is  none  greater  than  he  that 
fen  ret  h  God. 

28  Tliey  that  are  free  shall  serve  a  servant  that 
is  wise  :  and  a  man  that  is  prudent  and  well-instruct- 
ed will  not  murmur  when  he  is  reproved  :  and  he 
thai  is  ignorant,  shall  not  be  honoured. 

29  Extol  not  thyself  in  doing  thy  work ;  and 
linger  not  in  the  time  of  distress  : 

30  Better  is  he  that  laboureth,  and  aboundeth  in 
all  things,  than  he  that  boasteth  himself,  and  want- 
eth  bread. 

31  My  son,  keep  thy  soul  in  meekness,  and  give 
it  honour  according  to  its  desert. 

32  Who  will  justify  him  that  sinneth  against  his 
own  soul  ?  and  who  will  honour  him  that  dishonour- 
ed) his  own  soul  ? 

33  The  poor  man  is  glorified  by  his  discipline 
and  fear:  and  there  is  a  man  that  is  honoured  for 
his  wealth. 

34  But  he  that  is  glorified  in  poverty,  how  much 
more  in  wealth  ?  and  he  that  is  glorified  in  wealth, 
let  him  fear  poverty. 

CHAP.  XI. 

Lessons  of  humility  and  moderation  in  all  things. 

HP  HE  wisdom  of  the  humble  shall  exalt  his  head, 
-*-    and  shall  make  him  sit  in  the  midstof  great  men. 

2  Praise  not  a  man  for  his  beauty;  neither  de- 
spise a  man  for  his  look. 

3  The  bee  is  small  among  flying  things  ;  but  her 
fruit  hath  the  chiefest  sweetness. 

4  Glory  not  in  apparel  at  anytime,  and  be  not 
exalted  in  the  day  of  thy  honour  :  for  the  works  of 
the  Highest  only  are  wonderful :  and  his  works  are 
glorious,  and  secret,  and  hidden. 

5  Many  tyrants  have  sat  on  the  throne :  and  he 
whom  no  man  would  think  on,  hath  worn  the  crown. 

6  Many  mighty  men  have  been  greatly  brought 
down  :  and  the  glorious  have  been  delivered  into 
the  hand  of  others. 

7  Before  thou  inquire,  blame  no  man  :  and  when 
thou  hast  inquired,  reprove  justly. 

8  Before  thou  hear,  answer  not  a  word  :  and  in- 
terrupt not  others  in  the  midst  of  their  discourse. 

9  Strive  not  in  a  matter  which  doth  not  concern 
thee  ;  and  sit  not  in  judgment  with  sinners. 

10  My  son,  meddle  not  with  many  matters:  and 
if  thou  be  rich,  thou  shalt  not  be  free  from  sin  :  for 
if  thou  pursue  after,  thou  shalt  not  overtake:  and 
if  thou  run  before,  thou  shalt  not  escape. 

1 1  There  is  an  ungodly  man  that  laboureth,  and 
maketh  haste,  and  is  in  sorrow,  and  is  so  much  the 
more  in  want. 

12  Again,  there  is  an  unactive  man  that  wanteth 
help,  is  very  weak  in  ability,  and  full  of  poverty  : 

13  Yet  the  eye  of  God  hath  looked  upon  him  for 
good,  and  hath  lifted  him  up  from  his  low  estate, 
and  hath  exalted  his  head  :  and  many  have  wonder- 
ed at  him,  and  have  glorified  God. 

14  Good  things  and  evil,  life  and  death,  poverty 
and  riches,  are  from  God. 

15  Wisdom  and  discipline,  and  the  knowledge  of 
the  law  are  with  God.  Love  and  the  ways  of  good 
things  are  with  him. 


16  Error  and  darkness  are  created  with  shiners: 
and  they  that  glory  in  evil  things,  grow  old  in  evil. 

17  The  gift  of  God  abideth  with  the  just:  and 
his  advancement  shall  have  success  for  ever. 

18  There  is  one  that  is  enriched  by  living  sparing- 
ly :  and  this  is  the  portion  of  his  revvard, 

19  In  that  he  saith  :  I  have  found  me  rest,  and 
now  I  wiH  eat  of  my  goods  alone  : 

20  And  he  knoweth  not  what  time  shall  pass,  and 
that  death  approacheth,  and  that  he  must  leave  all 
to  others,  and  shall  die. 

21  Be  steadfast  in  thy  covenant ;  and  be  conver- 
sant therein  ;  and  grow  old  in  the  work  of  thy  com- 
mandments. 

22  Abide  not  in  the  works  of  sinners.  But  trust 
in  God,  and  stay  in  thy  place. 

23  For  it  is  easy  in  the  eyes  of  God  on  a  sudden 
to  make  the  poor  man  rich. 

24  The  blessing  of  God  maketh  haste  to  reward 
the  just :  and  in  a  swift  hour  his  blessing  beareth  fruit. 

25  Say  not :  What  need  I,  and  what  good  shall  I 
have  by  this  ? 

26  Say  not:  I  am  sufficient  for  myself:  and  what 
shall  I  be  made  worse  by  this  ? 

27  In  the  day  of  good  things  be  not  unmindful  of 
evils :  and  in  the  day  of  evils  be  not  unmindful  of 
good  things  : 

28  For  it  is  easy  before  God  in  the  day  of  death  to 
reward  every  one  according  to  his  ways. 

29  The  affliction  of  an  hour  maketh  one  forget 
great  delights ;  and  in  the  end  of  a  man  is  the  dis- 
closing of  his  works. 

30  Praise  not  any  man  before  death  ;  for  a  man 
is  known  by  his  children. 

31  Bring  not  every  man  into  thy  house  ;  for  many 
are  the  snares  of  the  deceitful. 

32  For  as  corrupted  bowels  send  forth  stinking 
breath,  and  as  the  partridge  is  brought  into  the  cage, 
and  as  the  roe  into  the  snare  ;  so  also  is  the  heart 
of  the  proud,  and  as  a  spy  that  looketh  on  the  fall 
of  his  neighbour. 

33  For  he  lieth  in  wait,  and  turneth  good  into 
evil :  and  on  the  elect  he  will  lay  a  blot. 

34  Of  one  spark  cometh  a  great  fire,  and  of  one 
deceitful  man  much  blood :  and  a  sinful  man  lieth  in 
wait  for  blood. 

35  Take  heed  to  thyself  of  a  mischievous  man  ; 
for  he  worketh  evils  ;  lest  he  bring  upon  thee  re- 
proach for  ever. 

36  Receive  a  stranger  in  :  and  he  shall  overthrow 
thee  with  a  whirlwind,  and  shall  turn  thee  out  of 
thy  own. 

CHAP.  XII. 

We  are  to  be  liberal  to  the  just :  and  not  to  trust  the  ictckrd. 

TF  thou  do  good,   know  to  whom  thou  doest  it ; 
-*-  and  there  shall  be  much  thanks  for  thy  good  deeds. 

2  Do  good  to  the  just;  and  thou  shalt  find  great  re- 
compense: and  if  not  of  him,  assuredly  of  i  he  Lord. 

3  For  there  is  no  good  for  him  that  is  alwavs  oc- 
cupied in  evil, and  that  giveth  no  alms: -for  the  High- 
est hateth  sinners,  and  hath  mercy  on  the  penitent. 

4  Give  to  the  merciful ;  and  uphold  not  the  sin- 
ner :  God  will  repay  vengeance  to  the  ungodly  and 

531 


r.(  (  u>i  writ  i  s. 


to  sinners,  and  keep  then  against  the  day  of  vcn- 

5  Give  to  the  good  ;  ami  receixe  not  a  sinner. 
(I    DogOOd   to  the  humble;    ami  uhe   not  to  the 

ungodly:  Bold  back  thj  bread, ud  (ire  it  not  to  ban; 
l«>t  thereby  be  over-master  th< 

7  For  thou  shalt  receive  twice  as  much  evil  for 
all  the  good  thou  shalt  have  done  to  bin  :  for  the 
1 1  ighi  stalso  hatcth  sinners,  and  will  repay  vengeance 
to  the  ungodly. 

8  A  friend  shall  not  be  known  in  prosperity:  and 
an  enemy  shall  not  he  hidden  in  adversity. 

9  In   the   prosperity  of  a  man.  his  enemies  are 

grieved:  and  a  friend  is  known  iii  his  adversity. 

10  Never  trust  thy  enemy  ;  for  as  a  hrass  pot  his 
wickedness  rusteth : 

11  Though  he   humble  himself,  and  go  crouch - 


et  lake  Rood  heed,  and  beware  of  him 
to   Bel   him  not  hv  thee:   neither  let  him   sit  on 
thy  ri^ht  hand ;  lest  he  turn  into  thy  place,  and  seek 


intake  thy  seat  :  and  at  the  last  thou  acknowledge 
my  words,  and  lie  pricked  with  my  saying*. 

1.!  Who  will  pity  an  enchanter  struck  hy  a  ser- 
pent, or  any  that  come  near  wild  beasts  ?  so  is  it 
with  him  that  keepeth  company  with  a  wicked  man. 
and  is  involved  in  his  sins. 

11  For  an  hour  he  will  abide  with  thee:  but  if 
thou  begin  to  decline,  he  will  not  endure  it. 

15  An  enemv  speaketh  sweetly  with  his  lips:  but 
in  his  heart  he  Victh  in  wait,  to  throw  thee  into  a  pit. 

16  An  enemy  weepeth  with  his  eves:  but  if  he 
find  an  opportunity,  he  will  not  be  satisfied  wit  h  Mood : 

17  And  if  evils  come  upon  thee,  thou  shalt  find 
him  there  first. 

18  An  enemy  hath  tears  in  his  eyesj  and  while 
he  prctendeth  to  help  thee,  will  undermine  thy  feet. 

19  He  will  shake  his  head,  and  clap  his  hands, 
and  whisper  much,  and  change  his  countenance. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

Cautions  in  the  choice  of  company. 

HE  that  touched)  pitch,  shall  be  defiled  with  it: 
and  he  that  hath  fellowship  with  the   proud, 
shall  put  on  nride. 

2  He  shall  take  a  burden  Upon  him  that  hath  fel- 
lowship with  one  more  honourable  than  himself. 
And  have  no  fellowship  w  ith  one  that  is  richer  than 
thyself. 

3  What  agreement  shall  the  earthen  pot  have  with 
the  kettle  ?  for  if  they  knock  one  against  the  other, 
it  shall  be  broken. 

4  The  rich  man  hath  done  wrong,  and  yet  he  will 
fume  :  but  the  poor  is  wronged,  and  must  hold  his 
peace. 

6  If  thou  give,  he  will  make  use  of  thee:  and  if 
thou  hate  nothing,  he  will  forsake  thi 

6  If  thou  have  any  thin::,  he  will  live  with  thee, 
and  will  make  thee  hare  :  and  he  will  not  be  sorry 
for  tl 

7  If  be  btVe   Bead  ofthee.be   will   deceive  thee. 


will  speak  thee  lair,  and  will  say:  What  wanted 


and  smiling  upon  thee  will  put  thee  in  hope:  he 
will  sneak   thee  fair,  and  will 

111!  ••' 

.  i!  be  will  shame  thee  tn  his  meats,  till  be 

i 


have  drawn  thee  dry  twice  or  thrice,  and  at  last  he 

Will    laugh  at    thee:    and    afterward  w  hen  he    seeih 
thee, h«  Will  forsake  thee,  and  shake  Itis  head  at  I  her. 

'.'  Humble  thyself  to  God,  and  wait  lor  his  hands. 

10  Beware  that  thou  be  not  deceived  into  foil}, 
and  be  humbled. 

1 1  Be  not  lowly  in  thy  wisdom  :  lest  being  hum- 
bled thou  Ik-  deceived  into  folly. 

12  If  thou  be  invited  by  one  that  is  mightier,  with- 
draw thyself:  for   so  he  will  invite   ihee  the   more. 

13  Be  not  troublesome  tu  him  ;  lest  thou  be  put 
back:  and  keep  not  far  from  him;  lest  thou  be  for- 
gotten. 

14  AlTcct  not  to  speak  with  him  as  an  equal: 
and  believe  not  his  many  words:  for  hv  much  talk  he 
will  sift  thee,  and  smiling  w  ill  examine  thee  concern- 
ing thv  secrets. 

15  Bis  cruel  mind  w  ill  lay  opt  bywords:  and  hew  ill 
not  spare  to  da  thee  hurt, and  to  cast  thee  into  prison. 

Iti  Take  heed  to  thyself,  and  attend  diligently  to 

what  thou  nearest:  for  thou  waikest  in  danger  of  thy 

ruin. 

17  When  thou  hearest  those  things,  see  as  it  were 
in  sleep,  and  thou  shalt  awake. 

18  Cove  Ciod  all  thy  life,  ami  call  upon  him  for 
ih\  salvation. 

19  Ever]  beast  loveth  its  like:  so  also  every  man 
him  that  is  nearest  to  himself. 

20  All  flesh  shall  consort  with  the  like  to  itself: 
and  every  man  shall  associate  himself  to  his  like. 

21  If  the  wolf  shall  at  any  time  have  fellowship 
with  the  lamb,  so  the  sinner  with  the  just. 

22  What  fellowship  hath  a  holy  man  with  a  dog; 
or  what  part  hath  the  rich  with  the  poor? 

23  The  wild  ass  is  the  lion's  prey  in  the  desert 
so  also  the  poor  are  devoured  by  the  rich. 

24  Andashumility  is  an  abomination  to  the  proud 
so  also  the  rich  man  abhorreth  the  poor. 

25  When  a  rich  man  is  shaken,  he  is  kept  up  bi 
his  friends :  but  when  a  poor  man  is  fallen  down,  h»t 
is  thrust  away  even  by  his  acquaintance. 

26  When  a  rich  man  hath  been  deceived,  be  harti 
many  helpers  :  he  hath  spoken  proud  things,  and  they 
have  justified  him. 

27  The  poor  man  was  deceived,  and  he  is  rebuked 
also:  he  hath  spoken  wisely,  and  could  have  noplace. 

28  The  rich  man  spoke  ;  and  all  held  then  peace  : 
and  what  he  said  they  extol  even  to  the  clouds. 

29  The  poor  man  spoke,  and  they  say  :  Who  is 
this?  and  if  he  stumble,  they  will  overthrow  him. 

30  Riches  are  good  to  him  that  hath  no  sin  in  his 
conscience  :  and  poverty  is  very  wicked  in  the  mouth 
of  the  ungodly. 

31  The  heart  of  a  man  changeth  his  countenance, 
either  for  good,  or  for  evil. 

32  The  token  of  a  good  heart,  and  a  nod  coun- 
tenance thou  shalt  hardlv  find,  and  wilh  labour. 

(HAP.   \IV. 

The  evil  of  ararice :  works  of  mercy  arc  recommended,  and  the 

MM  of  triidnm. 

BLESSED  is  the    man  that  hath  BOtstipt  by  a 
word  out  of  his  mouth,  and  is  not  pricked  with 
I'the  remorse  of  sin. 


CHAP.  XV. 


i  Happy  is  be  that  hath  had  no  sadness  of  his 
mind,  and  who  is  not  fallen  from  his  hope. 

3  Riches  are  not  comely  for  a  covetous  man  and  a 
niggard  :  and  what  should  an  envious  man  do  with 
gold  ? 

4  He  that  gathereth  together  by  wronging  his 
own  soul,  gathereth  for  others  :  and  another  will 
squander  away  his  goods  in  rioting. 

5  He  that  is  evil  to  himself,  to  whom  will  he  be 
good  ?  and  he  shall  not  take  pleasure  in  his  goods. 

6  There  is  none  worse  than  he  that  envieth  him- 
self:  and  this  is  the  reward  of  his  wickedness  : 

7  And  if  he  do  good,  he  doeth  it  ignorantly,  and 
unwillingly:  and  at  the  last  he  discovereth  his  wicked- 
ness. 

8  The  eye  of  the  envious  is  wicked  :  and  he  turn- 
eth  away  his  face,  and  despiseth  his  own  soul. 

9  The  eye  of  the  covetous  man  is  insatiable  in  his 
portion  of  iniquity :  he  will  not  be  satisfied  till  he 
consume  his  own  soul,  drying  it  up. 

10  An  evil  eye  is  towards  evil  filings  :  and  he  shall 
not  have  his  fill  of  bread,  but  shall  be  needy  and  pen- 
sive at  his  own  table. 

1 1  My  son,  if  thou  have  any  thing,  do  good  to 
thyself,  and  offer  to  God  worthy  offerings. 

12  Remember  that  death  is  not  slow,  and  that  the 
covenant  of  hell*  hath  been  shown  to  thee  :  for  the 
covenant  of  this  world  shall  surely  die. 

13  Do  good  to  thy  friend  before  thou  die:  and 
according  to  thy  ability  stretching  out  thy  hand  give 
to  the  poor. 

14  Defraud  not  thyself  of  the  good  day:  and  let 
not  the  part  of  a  good  gift  overpass  thee. 

15  Shalt  thou  not  leave  to  others  to  divide  by  lot 
thy  sorrows  and  labours? 

16  Give  and  take,  and  justify  thy  soul. 

17  Before  thy  death  work  justice:  for  in  hell 
there  is  no  finding  food. 

18  All  flesh  shall  fade  as  grass,  and  as  the  leaf 
that  springeth  out  on  a  green  tree. 

19  Some  grow  and  some  fall  off:  so  is  the  gene- 
ration of  flesh  and  blood:  one  cometh  to  an  end,  and 
another  is  born. 

20  Every  work  that  is  corruptible  shall  fail  in 
the  end :  and  the  worker  thereof  shall  go  with  it. 

.21  And  every  excellent  work  shall  be  justified  : 
and  the  worker  thereof  shall  be  honoured  therein. 

22  Blessed  is  the  man  that  shall  continue  in 
wisdom,  and  that  shall  meditate  in  his  justice, 
and  in  his  mind  shall  think  of  the  all-seeing  eye  of 
God. 

23  He  that  considereth  her  ways  in  his  heart, 
and  hath  understanding  in  her  secrets,  who  goeth 
after  her  as  one  that  traceth,  and  stayeth  in  her 
ways : 

24  He  who  looketh  in  at  her  windows,  and 
hcarkeneth  at  her  door : 

25  He  that  lodgeth  near  her  house,  and  fastening 
a  pin  in  her  walls  shall  set  up  his  tent  nigh  unto 
her,  where  good  things  shall  rest  in  his  lodging 
for  ever : 

*    The  covenant  of  hell.     The  decree  by  which  all  are  to  g»  down  to 
the  regions  of  death. 


26  He  shall  set.  his  children  under  her  shelter, 
and  shall  lodge  under  her  branches: 

27  He  shall  be  protected  under  her  covering  from 
the  heat,  and  shall  rest  in  her  glory. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

Wisdom  embraceth  them  that  fear  God.     God  u  not  the  author 

of  si?i. 

XTE  that  feareth  God,  will  do  good:  and  he  that 
-*--*-  possesseth  justice,  shall  lay  hold  on  her: 

2  And  she  will  meet  him  as  an  honourable  mother, 
and  will  receive  him  as  a  wife  married  of  a  vir- 
gin. 

3  With  the  bread  of  life  and  understanding,  she 
shall  feed  him,  and  give  him  the  water  of  wholesome 
wisdom  to  drink  :  and  she  shall  be  made  strong  in 
him  ;  and  he  shall  not  be  moved  : 

4  And  she  shall  hold  him  fast :  and  he  shall  not 
be  confounded:  and  she  shall  exalt  him  among  his 
neighbours. 

5  And  in  the  midst  of  the  church  she  shall  open 
his  mouth;  and  shall  fill  him  with  the  spirit  of 
wisdom  and  understanding;  and  shall  clothe  him 
with  a  robe  of  glory. 

6  She  shall  heap  upon  him  a  treasure  of  joy  and 
gladness  ;  and  shall  cause  him  to  inherit  an  ever- 
lasting name. 

7  But  foolish  men  shall  not  obtain  her;  and  wise 
men  shall  meet  her;  foolish  men  shall  not  see  her: 
for  she  is  far  from  pride  and  deceit. 

8  Lying  men  shall  not  be  mindful  of  her :  but 
men  that  speak  truth  shall  be  found  with  her,  and 
shall  advance,  even  till  they  come  to  the  sight  of 
God. 

9  Praise  is  not  seemly  in  the  mouth  of  a  sinner : 

10  For  wisdom  came  forth  from  God:  For  praise 
shall  be  with  the  wisdom  of  God,  and  shall  abound 
in  a  faithful  mouth:  and  the  sovereign  Lord  will 
give  praise  unto  it. 

11  Say  not:  It  is  through  God,  that  she  is  not 
with  me:  for  do  not  thou  the  things  that  he  hateth. 

12  Say  not:  He  hath  caused  me  to  err;  for  he 
hath  no  need  of  wicked  men. 

13  The  Lord  hateth  all  abomination  of  error: 
and  they  that  fear  him  shall  not  love  it. 

14  God  made  man  from  the  beginning,  and  left 
him  in  the  hand  of  his  own  counsel. 

15  He  added  his  commandments  and  precepts. 

16  If  thou  wilt  keep  the  commandments  and 
perform  acceptable  fidelity  for  ever,  they  shall  pre- 
serve thee. 

17  He  hath  set  water  and  fire  before  thee  : 
stretch  forth  thy  hand  to  which  thou  wilt. 

18  Before  man  is  life  and  death,  good  and  evil : 
that  which  he  shall  choose  shall  be  given  him  : 

19  For  the  wisdom  of  God  is  great;  and  he  is 
strong  in  power,  seeing  all  men  without  ceasing. 

20  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  towards  them  tha* 
fear  him,  and  he  knoweth  all  the  work  of  man. 

21  He  hath  commanded  no  man  to  do  wickedly 
and  he  hath  given  no  man  licence  to  sin. 

22  For  he  desireth  not  a  multitude  of  faithless 
;n  d  unprofitable  children. 

'  6J3 


ECCLESI  wncus. 


CHAP.  XVI. 

It  it  better  to  hare  none  than   many  wicked  children.      Of  the 
justice  and  mercy  qf  C.*i.     His  if  ay*  are  unsearchable. 

REJOICE  not  in  ungodly  children,  If  they  be 
multiplied:  neither  be  w  lighted  in  them,  if  the 

fear  of  God  be  not  with  them. 

J    Trust  nut  to  their  life;  and   respect  not  tin  ir 
an. 

3  For  better  is  one.  that  feareth  God,  than  a 
thousand  ungodly  children. 

4  Ami  it  is  better  to  die  without  children,  than 
to  leave  ungodly  children. 

i  Mv  one  that  is  wise,  a  country  shall  be  inha- 
bited: the  tril>eofthe  ungodly  shall  become  deso- 
late. 

b'  Mmv  such  thing!  hath  my  eyes  seen;  and 
greater  things  than  these,  my  ear  hath  heard. 

7  In  the  congregation  of  sinners,  a  fire  shall  be 
kindled,  and  in  an  unbelieving  nation  wrath  shall 
llaine  out. 

! 'he  ancient  giants  did  not  obtain  pardon  for 
theii  sins;  who  were  destroyed,  trusting  to  their  own 
strength. 

9  And  he  spared  not  the  place  where  Lot  so- 
journed; but  abhorred  them  for  the  pride  of  their 
word. 

10  He  had  not  pity  on  them,  destroying  the 
whole  nation,  that  extolled  themselves  in  their  sins. 

1 1  So  did  he  with  the  six  hundred  thousand  foot- 
men.* who  were  gathered  together  in  the  hardness 
of  their  heart:  and  if  one  had  been  stiff-necked,  it 

wonder  if  he  had  escaped  unpunished: 

12  For  mercy  and  wrath  are  with  him.  He  is 
mighty  to  forgive,  and  to  pour  out  indignation  : 

13  According  as  his  mercy  is,  so  his  correction 
judgeth  a  man  according  to  his  works. 

14  The  sinner  shall  not  escape  in  his  rapines: 
and  the  patience  of  him,  thatshovveth  mercy,  shall 
not  Im-  put  off. 

15  All  mercy  shall  make  a  place  for  every  man, 
according  to  the  merit  of  his  works,  and  according 
to  the  wisdom  of  his  sojournment. 

16  Say  not:  I  shall  be  hidden  from  God:  and 
who  shall  remember  me  from  on  high  ? 

17  In  such  a  multitude  I  shall  not  be  known:  for 
what  is  my  soul  in  such  an  immense  creation? 

18  Heboid,  the  heaven,  and  the  heavens  of  hea- 
vens, the  deep,  and  all  the  earth,  and  the  things 
that  are  in  them,  shall  be  moved  in  his  sight; 

19  The  mountains  also,  and  the  hills,  and  the 
foundations  of  the  earth:  when  God  shall  look  upon 
them,  thev  shall  be  shaken  with  trembling. 

20  And  in  all  these  things,  the  heart  is  senseless: 
and  every  heart  is  understood  by  him: 

21  Ana  bis  ways  who  shall  understand,  and  the 
storm,  which  no  eye  of  man  shall  see? 

For  many  of  his  works  are  hidden:  but  the 
Works  of  his  justice,  who  shall  declare?  or  who 
shall  endure'  for  the  testament  is  far  from  some; 
and  the  examination  of  all  is  in  the  end. 

•  S,t  ImtUrrd  IhcfitnJ  Jeotmrr  kr.  »ir.  lUr  chiMn  ■  of  UlMl,  whom 
be  MOtraced  to  J*  in  t!>«  wilJ«nim«.     .VWmk   ur. 

»    4 


23  He  that  waiiteth  understanding,  thinketh  vain 
things  :  and  the  foolisl',  and  erring  man,  thinketh 
foolish  things. 

24  Hearken  to  me,  my  son,  and  learn  the  disci- 
pline of  understanding,  and  attend  to  my  words  in 
thy  heart. 

25  And  I  will  show  forth  good  doctrine  in  equity, 
and  will  seek  to  declare  wisdom  :  and  attend  to  my 
words  in  thy  heart,  whilst  with  equity  of  spirit  1 
tell  thee  the  virtues  that  God  hath  put  upon  his  woiks 
from  the  beginning,  and  I  show  forth  in  truth  his 
knowledge. 

26  The  works  of  God  .ire  done  in  judgment  from 
the  beginning:  and  from  the  ainhina  of  them  he 
distinguished  their  parts,  and  their  beginnings  in 
their  generations. 

27  He  beautified  their  works  for  ever :  they  have 
neither  hungered,  nor  laboured,  and  they  have  not 
ceased  from  their  works. 

28  Nor  shall  any  of  them  straiten  his  neighbour 
at  any  time.  * 

29  Be  not  thou  incredulous  to  his  word. 

30  After  this  God  looked  upon  the  earth,  and 
filled  it  with  his  goods. 

31  The  soul  of  every  living  thing  hath  shown 
forthf  before  the  face  thereof;  and  into  it  they  re- 
turn again. 

CHAP.  XVII.. 

The  creation  and  favour  of  God  to  man.     An  exhortation  to 
turn  to  God. 

GOD  created  man  of  the  earth;  and  made  him 
after  his  own  image. 

2  And  he  turned  him  into  it  again ;  and  clothed 
him  with  strength  according  to  himself. 

3  He  gave  him  the  number  of  his  days  and  time; 
and  gave  him  power  over  all  things  that  are  upon 
the  earth. 

4  He  put  the  fear  of  him  upon  all  flesh  :  and  he 
had  dominion  over  beasts  and  fowls. 

5  He  created  of  him  a  helpmate  like  to  him- 
self: he  gave  them  counsel,  and  a  tongue,  and 
eyes,  and  ears,  and  a  heart  to  devise  :  and  he  filled 
them  with  the  knowledge  of  understanding. 

6  He  created  in  them  the  science  of  the  spirit : 
he  filled  their  heart  with  wisdom,  and  showed  them 
both  good  and  evil. 

7  He  set  his  eye  upon  their  hearts  to  show 
them  the  greatness  of  his  works: 

8  That  they  might  praise  the  name  w  Inch  be  hath 
sanctified;  and  glory  in  his  wondrous  acts,  that  they 
might  declare  the  glorious  things  of  his  works. 

9  Moreover,  he  gave  them  instructions,  and  the 
law  of  life  for  an  inheritance. 

10  He  made  an  everlasting  covenant  with  them  : 
and  he  showed  them  bit  justice  and  judgments. 

1 1  And  their  eye  sawi  the  majesty  of  his  glory  . 
and  their  ears  heard  his  Morions  voice;  and  he  said 
to  them:   Beware  of  all  iniquity. 

12  And  he  gave  to  even  one  of  them  command- 
ment concerning  his  neighbour. 

♦  Star*  fniky  rir..  tke  (ftorv  tnd  po»«r  of  Q<vl  ii|>f>n  tl*  Mrth. 

*  TMr  rye  tarn,  fcc.  »t«  when  be  p»ve  lite  law  on  mouut  BBM. 


chap,  xviir. 


13  Their  ways  are  always  before  him  :  they  are 
not  hidden  from  his  eyes. 

14  Over  every  nation  he  set  a  ruler. 

15  And  Israel  was  made  the  manifest  portion  of 
God. 

16  And  all  their  works  are  as  the  sun  in  the 
sight  of  God :  and  his  eyes  are  continually  upon 
their  ways. 

1 7  Their  covenants  were  not  hid  by  their  iniquity  : 
and  all  their  iniquities  are  in  the  sight  of  God. 

1 8  The  alms  of  a  man  is  as  a  signet  with  him  ; 
and  shall  preserve  the  grace  of  a  man  as  the  apple 
of  the  eye : 

19  And  afterward  he  shall  rise  up,  and  shall 
render  them  their  reward,  to  every  one  upon  their 
own  head,  and  shall  turn  them  down  into  the  bowels 
of  the  earth. 

20  But  to  the  penitent  he  hath  given  the  way  of 
justice  :  and  he  hath  strengthened  them  that  were 
fainting  in  patience,  and  hath  appointed  to  them 
the  lot  of  truth. 

21  Turn  to  the  Lord,  and  forsake  thy  sins : 

22  Make  thy  prayer  before  the  face  of  the  Lord, 
and  offend  less.* 

23  Return  to  the  Lord,  and  turn  away  from  thy 
injustice,  and  greatly  hate  abomination. 

24  And  know  the  justices  and  judgmentsof  God: 
and  stand  firm  in  the  lot  set  before  thee,  and  in  prayer 
to  the  most  high  God. 

25  Go  to  the  sidef  of  the  holy  age,  with  them 
that  live  and  give  praise  to  God. 

26  Tarry  not  in  the  error  of  the  ungodly:  give 
glory  before  death.  Praise  perisheth  from  the  dead 
as  nothing. 

27  Give  thanks  whilst  thou  art  living  :  whilst 
thou  art  alive  and  in  health  thou  shalt  give  thanks, 
and  shalt  praise  God,  and  shalt  glory  in  his  mercies. 

28  How  great  is  the  mercy  of  the  Lord,  and  his 
forgiveness  to  them  that  turn  to  him ! 

29  For  all  things  cannot  be  in  men  ;  because 
the  son  of  man  is  not  immortal ;  and  they  are  de- 
lighted with  the  vanity  of  evil. 

30  What  is  brighter  than  the  sun  ?  yet  it  shall  be 
eclipsed.  Or  what  is  more  wicked  than  that  which 
flesh  and  blood  hath  invented  ?  and  this  shall  be 
reproved. 

31  He  beholdeth  the  power  of  the  height  of 
heaven  :  and  all  men  are  earth  and  ashes. 

CHAP.  XVIII. 

God's  works  are  wonderful :  we  must  serve  him,  and  not  our 

lusts. 

HE  that  liveth  for  ever  created  all  things  together. 
God  only  shall  be  justified :   and  he  remaineth 
an  invincible  king  for  ever. 

2  Who  is  able  to  declare  his  works  ? 

3  For  who  shall  search  out  his  glorious  acts  ? 

4  And  who  shall  show  forth  the  power  of  his 
majesty  ?  or  who  shall  be  able  to  declare  his  mercy  ? 

5  Nothing  maybe  taken  away,  nor  added  ;  neither 


*  Offend  less  :  minue  nffendicula.  That  is,  remove  sins  and  the  occa- 
sions of  sins. 

f  Go  to  the  side  &c.  Flv  from  the  side  of  Satan  and  sm,  and  join 
/rith  the  holy  ones,  that  follow  God  and  godliness. 


is   it  possible    to    find   out   the  glorious  works  of 
God  : 

6  When  a  man  hath  done,  then  shall  he  begin  :J 
and  when  he  leaveth  off,  he  shall  be  at  a  loss. 

7  What  is  man,  and  what  is  his  grace  ?  and 
what  is  bis  good,  or  what  is  his  evil  ? 

8  The  number  of  the  days  of  men  at  the  most  are 
a  hundred  years  ;  as  a  drop  of  water  of  the  sea  are 
they  esteemed  :  and  as  a  pebble  of  the  sand,  so  are 
a  fewyears,  compared  to  eternity. 

9  Therefore  God  is  patient  in  them,  andpoureth 
forth  his  mercy  upon  them. 

10  He  hath  seen  the  presumption  of  their  heart, 
that  it  is  wicked,  and  hath  known  their  end,  that  it. 
is  evil. 

1 1  Therefore  hath  he  filled  up  his  mercy  in  their 
favour,  and  hath  shown  them  the  way  of  justice. 

12  The  compassion  of  man  is  toward  his  neigh- 
bour :  but  the  mercy  of  God  is  upon  all  flesh. 

13  He  hath  mercy,  andteacheth,  and  corrected), 
as  a  shepherd  doth  his  flock. 

14  He  hath  mercy  on  him  that  receiveth  the  dis- 
cipline of  mercy,  and  that  maketh  haste  in  his  judg- 
ments. 

15  My  son,  in  thy  good  deeds,  make  no  complaint : 
and  when  thou  givest  anything,  add  not  grief  by  an 
evil  word. 

16  Shall  not  the  dew  assuage  the  heat  ?  so  also 
the  good  word  is  better  than  the  gift.  • 

17  Lo,  is  not  a  word  better  than  a  gift  ?  but 
both  are  with  a  justified  man. 

1 8  A  fool  will  upbraid  bitterly  :  and  a  gift  of  one 
ill  taught  consumeth  the  eyes. 

19  Before  judgment  prepare  thee  justice :  and 
learn  before  thou  speak. 

20  Before  sickness  take  a  medicine:  and  before 
judgment  examine  thyself ;  and  thou  shalt  find 
mercy  in  the  sight  of  God. 

21  Humble  thyself  before  thou  art  sick :  and  in  the 
time  of  sickness  show  thy  conversation. 

22  Let  nothing  hinder  thee  from  praying  always  ; 
and  be  not  afraid  to  be  justified  even  to  death  :  for 
the  reward  of  God  continueth  for  ever. 

23  Before  prayer  prepare  thy  soul :  and  be  not 
as  a  man  that  tempteth  God. 

24  Remember  the  wrath  that  shall  be  at  the  last 
day,  and  the  time  of  repaying  when  he  shall  turn 
away  his  face. 

25  Remember  poverty  in  the  time  of  abundance, 
and  the  necessities  of  poverty  in  the  day  of 
riches. 

26  From  the  morning  until  the  evening  the  time 
shall  be  changed  ;  and  all  these  are  swift  in  the  eyes 
of  God. 

27  A  wise  man  will  fear  in  every  thing,  and  in 
the  days  of  sins  will  beware  of  sloth. 

28  Everyman  of  understanding  knoweth  wisdom, 
and  will  give  praise  to  him  that  findeth  her. 

29  They  that  were  of  good  understanding  in 
words,  have  also  done  wisely  themselves;  and  nave 

I  Then  shall  he  begin.  God  is  so  great  and  incomprehensible,  that 
when  man  has  done  all  that  he  can  to  find  out  his  greatness  and  houfid- 
less  perfections,  he  is  still  to  begin  :  for  what  he  has  found  out,  is  but 
a  mere  nothing  in  comparison  with  bis  infinity. 

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r.( rw.si.wm  i  s. 


understood  truth  and  justice',  and  have  poured  forth 
proverbs  and  judgments. 

30  Go  not  alter  thy  lusts:  but  turn  away  from 
thy  own  will. 

31  If  thou  give  to  thy  soul  her  desires,  she  will 
make  thee  a  joy  to  thy  enemies. 

32  Take  no  pleasure   in  riotous  assemblies,  be 
i    tli-  to  small:  fortheireoiiccrtatioii  M  eontintial. 

'33  Make  not  thyself  |>oor  by  borrowing  to  con- 
tribute to  feasts  when  thou  hast  nothing  in  thy  purse: 
for  thou  shah  be  an  enemy  to  thy  own  life. 

CHAP.  XIX. 

Admonitions  against  tundry  rices. 

A  WORKMAN  that  isa.lruiikar.lshallnot  be  rich: 
and  lie  that  coniemneth  small  things,  shall  fall 
bv  little  and  little. 

J  W  toe  and  women  make  wise  men  fall  off,  and 
shall  rebuke  the  prudent  : 

3  And  he  that  joined)  himself  to  harlots,  will  be 
wicked.  Rottenness  and  worms  shall  inherit  him: 
and  he  shall  be  lifted  up  for  a  greater  example;  and 
his  mmiI  shall  be  taken  away  out  of  the  number. 

4  He  that  is  hasty  to  give  credit,  is  light  of  heart, 
and  shall  he  lessened  :  and  he  that  sinueth  against 
his  own  soul,  shall  be  despised. 

5  He  that  rejoiceth  in  iniquity,  shall  be  censured: 
and  he  that  hateth  chastisement,  shall  have  less  life: 
and  lie  tji.it  hateth  babbling,  extinguished  evil. 

6  He  that  sinneth  against  his  own  soul,  shall  re- 
pent :  and  he  that  is  delighted  with  wickedness, 
shall  be  condemned. 

7  Rehearse  not  again  a  wicked  and  harsh  word; 
and  thou  shalt  not  fare  the  worse. 

8  Tell  not  thy  mind  to  friend  or  foe:  and  if  there 
he  a  sin  with  thee,  disclose  it  not. 

9  For  he  will  hearken  to  thee,  and  will  watch 
thee;  and  as  it  were  defending  thy  sin  he  will  hate 
thee,  and  so  will  be  be  with  thee  always. 

10  Hast  thou  heard  a  word  against  thy  neigh- 
bour ?  let  it  die  within  thee,  trusting  that  it  will  not 
burst  thee. 

1 1  At  the  hearing  of  a  word  the  fool  is  in  travail, 
as  a  woman  groaning  in  the  bringing  forth  a  child. 

12  As  an  arrow  that  sticketh  in  a  man's  thigh ; 
so  is  a  word  in  the  heart  of  a  fool. 

13  Reprove  a  friend,  lest  he  may  not  have  under- 
stood, and  say,  I  did  it  not :  or  if  he  did  it,  that  he 
may  do  it  no  more. 

1 1  Reprove  thy  neighbour,  for  it  may  be  he  hath 
not  said  it  :  and  if  he  hath  said  it,  that  he  may  not 
say  it  Main. 

I")  Admonish  thy  friend  :  for  there  is  often  a  fault 
committed. 

16  And  believe  not  every  word.  There  is  one, 
that  tlippeth  with  the  tongue,  but  not  from  his  heart. 

17  For  who  is  there  that  hath  not  olVended  with 
his  tongue?  Admonish  thy  neighbour  be  fore  thou 
threaten  him. 

18  And  Live  place  tothe  fearof  the  most  lli^h  :  for 
the  fear  of  <  !od  is  all  u  isdom,  and  therein  is  to  bar 
God,  sad  the  disposition  of  the  law  is  mall  wisdom. 

|9   Rut  the  lea  nil  112  of  St  irked  ne>s  is  not  \\  i  doll 

•<nd  the  device  of  sinners  is  not  nrudca 

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IS 


20  There  is  a  subtle   wickedness,  and  the  same 
detestable  :    and  there  is  a  man  thai  is  foolish, 


wanting  in  wisdom 

21  Better   is  a  man  that  hath  less  wisdom,  and 
wanteth  uuderstandiu;:,  with  the  (ear  of  dud,  than 
he  that  aboundeth  in  understanding,  and  transgress 
eth  the  law  of  the  most  High. 

22  There  is  an  exquisite  subtility,  and  the  same 
is  unjust. 

23  And  there  is  one  that  uttereth  an  exact  word 
telling  the  truth.  There  is  one  that  humblelh  him- 
self wickedly,  and  his  interior  is  full  of  dec  tit. 

24  And  there  is  one  that  submitted)  himself  ex- 
ceedingly with  a  great  lowliness  :  and  there  is  one 
that  casteth  down  his  countenance,  and  makelh  as 
if  he  did  not  see  that  w hich  is  unknown  : 

23  And  if  he  be  hindered  from  sinning  for  want 
of  power,  if  he  shall  find  opportunity  to  do  evil,  lie 
will  do  it. 

26  A  man  is  known  by  his  look  :  and  a  w  ise  man, 
when  thou  meet<  st  him,  is  know  a  by  his  countenance. 

27  The  attire  of  the  body,  and  the  laughter  ol 
the  teeth,  and  the  §ait  of  the  man.  show  what  he  is 

28  There  is  a  lying  rebuke  in  the  anger  of  an  in- 
jurious man  :  and  there  is  a  judgment  that  is  not  al- 
lowed to  be  good  :  and  there  is  one  that  holdeth  his 
peace  :  he  is  wise. 

CHAP.  XX. 

Rule*  teith  regard  to  correction,  discretion,  and  avoiding  .ies. 

HOW  much  better  is  it    to  reprove,  than  to  be 
angry,  and  not  to  hinder  him  that  confesseth  in 
prayer? 

2  The  lust  of  an  eunuch  shall  deflour  a  young 
maiden: 

3  So  is  he  that  by  violence  executeth  unjust 
judgment. 

4  How  good  is  it,  when  thou  art  reproved,  to 
show  repentance!  for  so  thou  shaltescape  wilful  sin. 

5  There  is  one  that  holdeth  his  peace,  that  is 
found  wise  :  and  there  is  another  that  is  hateful, 
that  is  bold  in  speech. 

6  There  is  one  that  holdeth  his  peace,  because 
he  know  eth  not  what  to  say  :  and  there  is  another 
that  holdeth  his  peace,  knowing  the  proper  time. 

7  A  wise  man  will  hold  his  peace  till  he  see  op- 
portunity: but  a  babbler,  and  a  fool,  will  regard  no 
time. 

8  He  that  useth  many  words  shall  hurt  his  own 
soul:  and  he  that  taketh  authority  to  himself  un- 
justly, shall  be  hated. 

9  There  is  success  in  evil  things  to  a  man  w  ithont 
discipline  ;  and  there  is  i  finding  thai  turneth  to  loss. 

10  There  is  a  gift  that  is  not  profitable:  and  there 
is  a  giftj  the  recompense  of  which  is  double. 

11  There  is  an  abase  mint  because  of  glory :  and 
there  is  one  that  shall  lift  up  his  in  an  from  a  low 

estate. 

12  There  is  that  buy  eth  much  for  a  small  price, 
and  restored)  the  same  sevenfold. 

13  A  man  wise  in  words  shall  make  hinisvlf  1m- 
lo\ed  ;    but  the  graces  of  tools  shall  be    pourt  d  onl 

14  The    gift  of  the  fool    shall  do  In-e    nn  gi,od 

for  his  eyes  are  sevenfold. 


CHAP.  XXI. 


15  He  will  give  a  few  tilings,  and  upbraid  much  : 
and  the  opening  of  his  mouth  is  the  kindling  of  a  fire. 

16  To-day  a  man  lendeth  ;  and  to-morrow  he 
asketh  it  again  :  such  a  man  as  this  is  hateful. 

17  A  fool  shall  have  no  friend;  and  there  shall 
be  no  thanks  for  his  good  deeds. 

18  For  they  that  eat  his  bread  are  of  a  false 
tongue.  How  often,  and  how  many  will  laugh  him 
to  scorn  ? 

19  For  he  doth  not  distribute  with  right  under- 
standing that  which  was  to  be  had  :  in  like  man- 
ner also  that  which  was  not  to  be  had. 

20  The  slipping  of  a  false  tongue  is  as  one  that 
fallefb  on  the  pavement:  so  the  fall  of  the  wicked 
shall  come  speedily. 

21  A  man  without  grace  is  as  a  vain  fable  :  it 
shall  be  continually  in  the  mouth  of  the  unwise. 

22  A  parable  coming  out  of  a  fool's  mouth  shall 
he  rejected  :  for  he  doth  not  speak  it  in  due  season. 

23  There  is  that  is  hindered  from  sinning  through 
want :  and  in  his  rest  he  shall  be  pricked. 

24  There  is  that  will  destroy  his  own  soul  through 
shamefacedness  :  and  by  occasion  of  an  unwise  per- 
son he  will  destroy  it :  and  by  respect  of  person  he 
will  destroy  himself. 

23  There  is  that  for  bashfulness  promiseth  to  his 
friend,  and  maketh  him  his  enemy  for  nothing. 

26  A  lie  is  a  foul  blot  in  a  man  :  and  yet  it  will  be 
continually  in  the  mouth  of  men  without  discipline. 

27  A  thief  is  better  than  a  man  that  is  always 
lying:   but  both  of  them  shall  inherit  destruction. 

28  The  manners  of  lying  men  are  without  ho- 
nour :  and  their  confusion  is  with  them  without 
ceasing. 

29  A  wise  man  shall  advance  himself  with  his 
words  :  and  a  prudent  man  shall  please  the  great 
ones. 

30  He  that  tilleth  his  land  shall  make  a  high 
heap  of  corn  :  and  he  that  worketh  justice  shall  he 
exalted  ;  and  he  that  pleaseth  great  men  shall  escape 
iniquity. 

31  Presents  and  gifts  blind  the  eyes  of  judges, 
and  make  them  dumb  in  the  mouth,  so  that  they 
cannot  correct. 

32  Wisdom  that  is  hid,  and  treasure  that  is  not 
seen  ;  what  profit  is  there  in  them  both  ? 

33  Better  is  he  that  hideth  his  folly,  than  the  man 
that  hideth  his  wisdom. 

CHAP.  XXI. 

Cautions  against  sin  in  general,  and  some  sins  in  particular. 

MY  son,  hast  thou  sinned  ?  do  so  no  more  :  but 
for  thy  former  sins  also  pray  that  they  may  be 
forgiven  thee. 

2  Flee  from  sins  as  from  the  faceof  a  serpent :  for 
if  thou  comest  near  them,  they  will  take  hold  of  thee. 

3  The  teeth  thereof  are  the  teeth  of  a  lion,  kill- 
ing the  souls  of  men. 

4  All  iniquity  is  like  a  two-edged  sword ;  there  is 
no  remedy  for  the  wound  thereof. 

5  Injuries  and  wrongs  will  waste  riches  :  and 
the  house  that  is  very  rich  shall  be  brought  to  no- 
thing by  pride:  so  the  substance  of  the  proud  shall 
be  ••noted  on 

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6  The  prayer  out  of  the  mouth  of  the  poor  shall 
reach  the  ears  of  God;  and  judgment  shall  come 
for  him  speedily. 

7  He  that  hateth  to  be  reproved  walketh  in  the 
trace  of  a  sinner  :  and  he  that  feareth  God  will  turn 
to  his  own  heart. 

8  He  that  is  mighty  by  a  bold  tongue  is  known 
afar  off:  but  a  wise  man  knoweth  to  slip  by  him. 

9  He  that  buildeth  his  house  at  other  men's  char- 
ges, is  as  he  that  gathereth  himself  stones  to  build 
in  the  winter. 

10  The  congregation  of  sinners  is  like  tow  heap- 
ed together ;  and  the  end  of  them  is  a  flame  of  fire. 

1 1  The  way  of  sinners  is  made  plain  with  stones : 
and  in  their  end  is  hell  and  darkness,  and  pains. 

12  He  that  keepeth  justice  shall  get  the  under- 
standing thereof. 

13  The  perfection  of  the  fear  of  God  is  wisdom 
and  understanding. 

14  He  that  is  not  wise  in  good,  will  not  be  taught. 

15  But  there  is  a  wisdom  that  aboundeth  in 
evil :  and  there  is  no  understanding  where  there  is 
bitterness. 

16  The  knowledge  of  a  wise  man  shall  abound 
like  a  flood  :  and  his  counsel  continueth  like  a  foun- 
tain of  life. 

17  The  heart  of  a  fool  is  like  a  broken  vessel ; 
and  no  wisdom  at  all  shall  it  hold. 

18  A  man  of  sense  will  praise  every  wise  word 
he  shall  hear,  and  will  apply  it  to  himself:  the  luxu- 
rious man  hath  heard  it,  and  it  shall  displease  him  , 
and  he  will  cast  it  behind  his  back. 

19  The  talking  of  a  fool  is  like  a  burden  in  the 
way :  but  in  the  lips  of  the  wise,  grace  shall  be  found. 

20  The  mouth  of  the  prudent  is  sought  after  in 
the  church  :  and  they  will  think  upon  his  words 
in  their  hearts. 

21  As  a  house  that  is  destroyed,  so  is  wisdom  to 
a  fool :  and  the  knowledge  of  the  unwise  is  as  words 
without  sense. 

22  Doctrine  to  a  fool  is  as  fetters  on  the  feet, 
and  like  manacles  on  the  right  hand. 

23  A  fool  lifteth  up  his  voice  in  laughter  :  but  a 
wise  man  will  scarce  laugh  low  to  himself. 

24  Learning  to  the  prudent  is  as  an  ornament  of 
gold,  and  like  a  bracelet  upon  his  right  arm. 

25  The  foot  of  a  fool  is  soon  in  his  neighbour's 
house  :  but  a  man  of  experience  will  be  abashed  at 
the  person  of  the  mighty. 

26  A  fool  will  peep  through  the  window  into  the 
house  :  but  he  that  is  well  taught,  will  stand  without. 

27  It  is  the  folly  of  a  man  to  hearken  at  the  door  : 
and  a  wise  man  will  be  grieved  with  the  disgrace. 

28  The  lips  of  the  unwise  will  be  telling  foolish 
things  :  but  the  words  of  the  wise  shall  be  weighed 
in  a  balance. 

29  The  heart  of  fools  is  in  their  mouth  :  and  the 
mouth  of  wise  men  is  in  their  heart. 

30  While  the  ungodly*  curseth  the  devil,  hecurs- 
eth  his  own  soul. 

*  Wiile  the  ungodly.  &c.  He  condemneth  and  curseth  himself:  i»  an 
much  as  by  sin  he  takes  part  with  the  devil,  and  is,  as  it  tveie  \m 
member  aud  subject. 

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81  The  talc-bearer  shall  defile  his  own  soul,  and 
shall  be  hated  by  all  :  and  he  that  shall  abide  with 
him  shall  lie  hateful  :  the  silent  and  wise  man  shall 
be  honoured. 

CHAP.  XXII. 

Witt  laying*  on  divert  tubjtrtt. 

HP  HE  sluggard  ii  palled  with  a  dirty  stone;  and 
■■    all  men  will  apeak  of  his  disgrace. 

2  The  sluggard  is  pelted  with  the  dung  of  oxen: 
ami  e\i  n  OBC  that  tOUCheth  him  will  shake  his 
hands. 

3  A  son  ill  taught  is  the  confusion  of  the  father; 
and  a  foolish  daughter  shall  Ik*  to  his  loss. 

\  arise  daughter  shall  bring  an  inheritance  to 
her  husband  :  but  the  that  conloundeth,  becometh 
a  disgrace  to  her  father. 

5  She  that  is  l>old  shamed)  both  her  father  and 
haehaadj  Bid  will  not  be  inferior  to  the  ungodly: 
and  shall  be  disgraced  by  them  Itoth. 

6  A  tale  out  of  time  is  like  music  in  mourning  : 
bui  the  Stripes  and  instruction  of  wisdom  are  never 
out  of  time. 

7  He  that  teacheth  a  fool,  is  like  one  that  glueth 
a  potsherd  together. 

8  He  that  telleth  a  word  to  him  that  heareth  not, 
is  like  one  that  waketh  a  man  out  of  a  deep  sleep. 

'.'  IK-  spcaketh  with  one  that  is  asleep,  w  ho  utter- 
ad)  wisdom  to  a  fool:  and  in  the  end  of  the  dis- 
course he  saith  :  Who  is  this  ? 

10  Weep  for  the  dead,  for  his  light  hath  failed  : 
and  weep  for  the  fool,*  for  his  understanding  fail- 
ed). 

1 1  Weep  but  a  little  for  the  dead,  for  he  is  at  rest. 
1  J  lot  the  wicked  life  of  a  w  icked  fool  is  worse 

than  death. 

13  The  mourning  for  the  dead  is  seven  days: 
but  for  a  fool  and  an  ungodly  man  all  the  days  of 
their  life. 

1  V  Talk  not  much  with  a  fool;  and  go  not  with 
him  that  hath  DO  sense. 

|fi  Keep  thyself  from  him,  that  thou  mayst  not 
hare  trouble  ;  and  thou  shalt  not  be  defiled  with 
his  sin. 

16  Turn  away  from  him, and  thou  shall  find  rest, 
and  shalt  not  be  wearied  out  with  his  folly. 

17  What  is  heavier  than  lead?  and  what  other 
name  hath  he  but  fool  ? 

IB  Sand  and  salt  and  a  mass  of  iron  is  easier  to 
bear,  than  a  man  without  sense,  that  is  both  foolish 
and  wicked. 

19  A  frame  of  wood  l>ound  together  in  the  foun- 
dation of  a  building,  shall  not  Ik-  loosed  :  so  neither 
shall  the  heart  that  is  established  by  ad\  ised  coun- 
sel. 

20  The  thouzhtof  him  that  is  wise  at  all  times, 
shall  not  be  depraw  d  by  fear. 

1\  As  pales  set  in  high  places,  and  plastcrings 
made  without  cost,  will  not  stand  against  the  face 
of  the  wind  : 

•  For  IW/M.  In  the  Ungwure  ofihr  Holy  Ohott,  he  it  »tvl«<l  a  fact 
thai  tarn*  »w»y  from  Ood  to  follow  ratiitr  mad  tin.  And  what  it  ukl 
b  v  th"  wiw  man  ajrainit  /Mi  i»  meant  or  tuch  fooU  at  theee. 

/»» tW    tix.     The  tongue   and  the  tip*,  mentioned  in    the  latt 
rerte  ofUkt  foregoing  chapter. 

IN 


22  So  also  a  fearful  heart  in  the  imagination  of 
a  fool  shall  not  resist  against  the  violence  of  fear. 

23  Asa  fearful  heart  in  the  thought  of  a  fool  at 
all  times  will  not  fear,  so  neither  shall  he  that  con- 
tinued! always  in  the  commandments  of  God. 

24  He  that  prieketh  the  eye,  bringeth  OUt  tears  . 
and  he  that  prieketh  the  heart  bringeth  forth  resent- 
ment. 

25  He  that  flingeth  a  stone  at  birds,  shall  drive 
them  away:  so  he  that  upbraideth  his  friend,  break- 
eth  friendship. 

26  Although  thou  hast  drawn  a  sword  at  a  friend, 
despair  not  :  for  there  may  be  a  returning.     'J 
friend 

27  If  thou  hast  opened  a  sad  mouth,  fear  not.  for 
there  may  be  a  reconciliation  :  except  upbraiding, 
and  reproach,  and  pride,  and  disclosing  of  secrets, 
or  a  treacherous  wound:  for  in  all  these  cases  a 
friend  will  the  away. 

28  Keep  fidelity  with  a  friend  in  his  poverty,  that 
in  his  nrosperity  also  tliou  mayst  rejoice. 

29  In  the  time  of  his  trouble  continue  faithful  to 
him,  that  thou  mayst  also  be  heir  with  him  in  his 
inheritance. 

30  As  the  vapour  of  a  chimney,  and  the  smoke 
of  the  fire  goeth  up  before  the  fire  ;  so  also  injurious 
words,  and  reproaches,  and  threats,  before  blood. 

31  I  will  not  be  ashamed  to  salute  a  friend  ;  nei- 
ther will  I  hide  myself  from  his  face:  and  if  any  evil 
happen  to  me  by  him,  I  will  bear  it. 

32  But  everyone  that  shall  hear  it,  will  beware 
of  him. 

33  Who  will  seta  guard  before  my  mouth,  and  a 
sure  seal  upon  my  lips,  that  I  fall  not  by  them,  ane 
that  my  tongue  destroy  me  not? 

CHAP.  XXIII. 

A  prayer  for  grace  toJUe  tin  :  caution*  againtt  profane  twear 
ing  and  other  rices. 

f\  LORD  father,  and  sovereign  ruler  of  my  life. 
^*  leave  me  not  to  their  counsel .  nor  suffer  me  u 
fall  by  them.f 

2  Who  will  set  scourges  over  mv  thoughts,  ami 
the  discipline  of  wisdom  over  my  heart,  that  tiny 
spare  me  not  in  their  ignorances,}  and  that  their 
sins  may  not  appear : 

3  Lest  my  ignorances  increase,  and  my  often ■ 
be  multiplied,  and  my  sins  abound,  and  I  fall  before 
my  adversaries,  and  my  enemies  rejoice  over  me  ? 

4  O  Lord  father,  and  God  of  my  life,  leave  me  not 
to  their  devices. 

5  Give  me  not  haughtiness  of  my  eyes  ;  and  turn 
away  from  me  all  coveting. 

6  Take  from  me  the  greediness  of  the  belly  :  and 
let  not  the  lusts  of  the  flesh  take  hold  of  me  :  and 
give  me  not  over  to  a  shameless  and  foolish  mind. 

7  Hear,  O  ye  children,  the  discipline  of  the 
month  :  and  he  that  will  keep  it,  shall  not  perish  by 
liis  lips,  nor  be  brought  to  fall  into  most  wicked 
works. 


|  Tkatthm  nmrt  aw  not  in  Uttir  ignorancri.  fcc.  That  u,  that  tlie 
econrgee  and  eWiplioe  of  witdoni  mar  restrain  the  irnor<mct$.  that 
i»,  the  tlipt  and  oSeocet  which  are  otuallj  committed  by  the  tongue 
and  tbelipe. 


CHAP.  XXIV. 


8  A  sinner  is  caught  in  his  own  vanity :  and  the 
proud  and  the  evil  speakers  shall  fall  therehy. 

9  Let  not  thy  mouth  be  accustomed  to  swearing  : 
for  in  it  there  are  many  falls. 

10  And  let  not  the  naming  of  God  be  usual  in 
thy  mouth;  and  meddle  not  with  the  names  of  saints; 
for  thou  shalt  not  escape  free  from  them. 

1 1  For  as  a  slave  daily  put  to  the  question,  is  ne- 
ver without  a  blue  mark  :  so  every  one  that  svvear- 
eth,  and  nameth,  shall  not  be  wholly  pure  from  sin. 

12  A  man  that  sweareth  much,  shall  be  filled  with 
iniquity  ;  and  a  scourge  shall  not  depart  from  his 
house. 

13  And  if  he  make  it  void,  his  sin  shall  be  upon 
him  :  and  if  he  dissemble  it,  he  offendeth  double  :  ^ 

14  And  if  he  swear  in  vain,  he  shall  not  be  justi- 
fied :  for  his  house  shall  be  rilled  with  his  punish- 
ment. 

15  There  is  also  another  speech  opposite  to  death ; 
let  it  not  be  found  in  the  inheritance  of  Jacob. 

16  For  from  the  merciful  all  these  things  shall  be 
taken  away  ;  and  they  shall  not  wallow  in  sins. 

17  Let  not  thy  mouth  be  accustomed  to  indiscreet 
speech  :  for  therein  is  the  word  of  sin. 

18  Remember  thy  father  and  thy  mother  ;  for 
thou  sittest  in  the  midst  of  great  men  : 

19  Lest  God  forget  thee  in  their  sight,  and  thou, 
by  thy  daily  custom,  be  infatuated,  and  suffer  re- 
proach ;  and  wish  that  thou  hadst  not  been  born, 
and  curse  the  day  of  thy  nativity. 

20  The  man  that  is  accustomed  to  opprobrious 
words,  will  never  be  corrected  all  the  days  of  his  life. 

21  Two  sorts  of  men  multiply  sins  :  and  the  third 
bringeth  wrath  and  destruction. 

22  A  hot  soul  is  a  burning  fire  :  it  will  never  be 
quenched,  till  it  devour  something. 

23  And  a  man  that  is  wicked  in  the  mouth  of  his 
flesh,  will  not  leave  off  till  he  hath  kindled  a  fire. 

24  To  a  man  that  isa  fornicator  all  bread  is  sweet : 
he  will  not  be  weary  of  sinning  unto  the  end. 

25  Every  man  that  passeth  beyond  his  own  bed, 
despising  bis  own  soul,  and  saying  :  Who  seeth  me  ? 

26  Darkness  compasseth  me  about ;  and  the 
walls  cover  me  ;  and  no  man  seeth  me  :  whom  do  1 
fear  ?  the  most  High  will  not  remember  my  sins. 

27  And  he  understandeth  not  that  his  eye  seeth 
all  things;  for  such  a  man's  fear  driveth  from  him 
the  fear  of  God,  and  the  eyes  of  men  fearing  him: 

28  And  he  knoweth  not  that  the  eyes  of  the 
Lord  are  far  brighter  than  the  sun,  beholding  round 
about  all  the  ways  of  men,  and  the  bottom  of  the 
deep,  and  looking  into  the  hearts  of  men,  into  the 
most  hidden  parts. 

29  For  all  things  were  known  to  the  Lord  God, 
before  they  were  created  :  so  also  after  they  were 
perfected,  he  beholdeth  all  things. 

30  This  man  shall  be  punished  in  the  streets  of 
the  city ;  and  he  shall  be  chased  as  a  colt :  and 
where  he  suspected  not,  he  shall  be  taken. 

31  And  he  shall  be  in  disgrace  with  all  men, 
because  he  understood  not  the  fear  of  the  Lord. 

32  So  every  woman  also  that  leaveth  her  hus- 
band, and  bringeth  in  an  heir  by  another: 


33  For  first  she  hath  been  unfaithful  to  the  law 
of  the  most  High  :  and  secondly,  she  hath  offended 
against  her  husband  :  thirdly,  she  hath  fornicated  in 
adultery,  and  hath  gotten  herchildrenofanotjierman. 

34  This  woman  shall  be  brought  into  the  assem- 
bly ;  and  inquisition  shall  be  made  of  her  children. 

35  Her  children  shall  not  take  root;  and  her 
branches  shall  bring  forth  no  fruit. 

36  She  shall  leave  her  memory  to  be  cursed  ;  and 
her  infamy  shall  not  be  blotted  out. 

37  And  they  that  remain  shall  know,  that  there 
is  nothing  better  than  the  fear  of  God :  and  that 
there  is  nothing  sweeter  than  to  have  regard  to  the 
commandments  of  the  Lord. 

38  It  is  great  glory  to  follow  the  Lord  :  for  length 
of  days  shall  be  received  from  him. 

CHAP.  XXIV. 

Wisdom  praiseth  herself:   her  origin,  her  dwelling;  her  dig- 
nity, and  her  fruits. 

WISDOM  shall  praise  her  own  self,  and  shall 
be  honoured  in  God,  and  shall  glory  in  the 
midst  of  her  people ; 

2  And  shall  open  her  mouth  in  the  churches  of 
the  most  High ;  and  shall  glorify  herself  in  the 
sight  of  his  power : 

3  And  in  the  midst  of  her  own  people  she  shall 
be  exalted,  and  shall  be  admired  in  the  holy  as- 
sembly : 

4  And  in  the  multitude  of  the  elect  she  shall 
have  praise ;  and  among  the  blessed,  she  shall  be 
blessed,  saying  : 

5  1  came  out  of  the  mouth  of  the  most  High, 
the  first-born  before  all  creatures  : 

6  1  made  that  in  the  heavens  there  should  rise 
light  tli.it  never  faileth ;  and  as  a  cloud  I  covered 
all  the  earth  : 

7  I  dwelt  in  the  highest  places  :  and  my  throne 
is  in  a  pillar  of  a  cloud. 

8  I  alone  have  compassed  the  circuit  of  heaven, 
and  have  penetrated  into  the  bottom  of  the  deep, 
and  have  walked  in  the  waves  of  the  sea, 

9  And  have  stood  in  all  the  earth  :  and  in  every 
people, 

10  And  in  every  nation  I  have  had  the  chief  rule: 

1 1  And  by  my  power  I  have  trodden  under  my 
feet  the  hearts  of  all  the  high  and  low  :  and  in  all 
these  I  sought  rest,  and  I  shall  abide  in  the  inherit- 
ance of  the  Lord. 

12  Then  the  creator  of  all  things  commanded, 
and  said  to  me :  and  he  that  made  me,  rested  in 
my  tabernacle. 

13  And  he  said  to  me :  Let  thy  dwelling  be  in 
Jacob,  and  thy  inheritance  in  Israel,  and  take  root 
in  my  elect. 

14  From  the  beginning,  and  before  the  world, 
was  I  created ;  and  unto  the  world  to  come  I 
shall  not  cease  to  be;  and  in  the  holy  dwelling-place 
I  have  ministered  before  him. 

15  And  so  was  I  established  in  Sion,  and  in  the 
holy  city  likewise  I  rested:  and  my  power  was  in 
Jerusalem. 

16  And  I  toik  root  in  an  honourable  peorle,  and 

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ECCLESIASTICUS. 


in  the  portion  of  my  God  his  inheritance:  and  my 
abode  is  in  the  full  assembly  of  saints. 

17  I  was  exalted  like  a  cedar  in  Libamis,  antl 
as  a  cvyjus-trec  on  mount  Sion. 

18  I  was  exalted  like  a  |talm-tree  in  Cades,  and 
as  a  rose-plant  in  Jericho: 

19  As  a  fair  olive-tree  in  the  plains,  and  as  a 
plane-tree  by  the  inter  in  the  streets,  was  I  exalted. 

20  I  gave  a  sweet  smell  like  cinnamon,  and  aro- 
matical  balm:  1  yielded  a  sweet  odour  like  the 
best  mvrrh : 

21  And  I  perfumed  my  dwelling  as  storax,  and 
galbanum,  and  onyx,  and  uoes,  and  as  the  frank- 
incense not  cut :  ami  my  odour  is  as  the  purest  halm. 

I  have  stretched  out  my  branches  as  the  tur- 
pentine-tree, and  111  y  branches  are  of  honour  and 

gnu 

23  As  the  vine  I  have  brought  forth  a  pleasant 
odour:  and  niv  lion  us  are  the  fruit  of  honour  and 

rich 

1  am  the  mother  of  fair  love,  and  of  fear,  and 
of  knowledge,  and  of  holy  hope. 

25  In  iiu  is  all  grace  of  the  way  and  of  the 
truth  :  in  me  is  all  hope  of  life  and  of  virtue. 

26  Come  over  to  me,  all  ye  that  desire  mc,  and 
be  filled  with  niv  fruits. 

27  For  my  spirit  is  sweet  alxwe  honey,  and  my 
inheritance  above  honey  and  the  honey-comb. 

28*  Mv  memory  is  unto  everlasting  generations. 

29  They  that  eat  me,  shall  yet  hunger:  and  they 
that  drink  me,  shall  yet  thirst. 

50  He  that  hearkeneth  to  me,  shall  not  be  con- 
founded :  and  they  that  work  by  me,  shall  not  sin. 

31  They  that  explain  me,  shall  hare  life  everlast- 
ing. 

32  All  these  things  are  the  book  of  life,  and  the 
covenant  ofthe  most  High,  and  the  knowledge  of 
truth. 

Mom  commander]  a  law  in  the  precepts  ni 

justices,  and  an  inheritance  to  the  house  of  Jacob, 
and  the  promises  to  Israel. 

.'-V  He  appointed  to  David  his  servant  to  raise  up 
of  him  a  most  mighty  king,*  and  sitting  on  the 
throne  el  glory  for  ever  : 

Who  filletb  up  wisdom  as  the  Phison,  and  as 
ihe  Tigris  in  the  days  of  the  new  fruits  : 

36  Who  uiaktth  understanding  to  abound  as  the 
Euphrates,  who  multiplied!  it  as  the  Jordan  in  the 
lime  of  harvest  : 

37  Who  scndtth  knowledge  as  thelight,  and  riseth 
up  as  Genoa  in  the  time  of  the  vintage  : 

Who  fust   hath  perfect   knowledge  of  her  :f 

and  a  weaker  shall  not  search  her  out  : 

.:'.•   Tor  her  thoughts  are  more  vast  than  the  sea, 

and  her  councils  more  deep  than  the  great  ocean. 
40  I  wisdom  have  poured  out  rivers.^ 
\\  I  like  a  brook  out  of  a  river  of  i  mighty  water, 

I  like  a  channel  of  a    riser,  and  like  an  aqueduct, 

came  out  of  paradise. 

I  s.,id  :  I  will  water  my  garden  of  plants ;  and 

I  will  water  abundantly  the  fruits  of  my  meadow. 

*  .ImtHmiKkl^kin,  ■  i«l,  who  by   hit  KOipcl,  like   no  urtr- 

fluwiur  rirer,  ba*  enncbed  Ibe  mrlb  with  beaveoljr  w  adorn. 

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43  And  behold,  my  brook  became  a  great  river 
and  mv  river  came  near  to  a  sea  : 

44  For  I  make  doctrine  t<>  shine  forth  to  all  as 
the  morning  light  :  and  1  will  declare  it  afar  off. 

45  1  will  penetrate  to  all  the  lower  parts  of  the 
earth  ;  and  will  behold  all  that  sleep,  and  will  en- 
lighten all  that  hope  in  the  Lord. 

46  I  will  yet  nour  out  doctrine  as  prophecy :  and 
will  leave  it  to  them  that  seek  wisdom  ;  ami  will  not 
cease  to  instruct  their  offspring  even  to  the  1k,1\  ., 

47  See  ye  that  I  have  not  laboured  lor  mysell 
only,  but  for  all  that  seek  out  the  truth. 

CHAP.  XXV. 

Documents  of  wisdom  on  several  subjects. 

ITU  three  things  my  spirit  is  pleased,  which 
are  approved  before  Ciod  and  men  : 

2  The  concord  of  brethren,  and  the  love  of  neigh- 
bours, and  man  and  wife  that  agree  well  together. 

3  Three  sorts  my  soul  hateth,  and  I  am  greatly 
grieved  at  their  life  : 

4  A  poor  man  that  is  proud  ;  a  rich  man  that  is  a 
liar;  an  old  man  that  is  a  fool,  and  doting. 

5  The  things  that  thou  hast  not  gathered  in  thy 
youth,  how  shalt  thou  find  them  in  thy  old  age? 

6  O  how  comely  is  judgment  for  a  gray  head,  and 
for  ancients  to  know  counsel! 

7  O  how  comely  is  wisdom  for  the  aged,  and  un- 
derstanding and  counsel  to  men  of  honour! 

8  Much  experience  is  the  crown  of  old  men  ;  and 
the  fear  of  Ciod  is  their  glory. 

9  Nine  things  that  are  not  to  be  imagined  by  the 
heart  have  1  magnified  ;  and  the  tenth  1  will  utter  to 
men  with  my  tongue. 

10  A  man  that  hath  joy  of  his  children  ;  and  he 
that  liveth,  and  seeth  the  fall  of  his  enemies. 

1 1  Blessed  is  he  that  dwelled)  with  a  wise  woman, 
and  that  hath  not  (lipped  with  his  tongue,  and  that 
hath  not  served  such  as  are  unworthy  of  him. 

12  Blessed  is  he  that  lindelh  a  true  friend  ;  and 
that  deelareth  justice  to  an  ear  that  heareth. 

13  How  great  is  he  that  findetfa  wisdom  and 
know  ledge  !  but  there  is  none  above  him  that  fear- 
eth  the  Lord. 

14  The  fear  of  God  hath  set  itself  above  all  thin. 

15  Blessed  is  the  mapi  to  whom  it  is  given  to  have 
the  fear  of  God  :  he  that  holdeth  it,  to  whom  shall 
he  Im'  likened  ? 

16  The  fear  of  God  is  the  beginning  of  his  love: 
and  the  beginning  of  faith  is  to  he  fastjoined  onto  it. 

17  The  sadness  of  the  heart  is  every  plague  :  and 
the  wickedness  of  a  woman  is  all  evil. 

18  And  a  man  will  choose  any  plague,  but  the 
plague  of  the  heart ; 

19  And  any  wickedness,  but  the  wickednessof  a 
woman  ; 

Jo  And  any  affliction,  but  the  affliction  from  them 
that  hate  him  : 

21  tod  any  revenge,  but  the  revenge  of  enemies. 

22  There  is  no  bead  WOfSe  than  the  head  of  a 
serpent : 

•  HkofirM  kmlk  ftrfert  ImeuUdgt »f  kfr.  Mm.l  w  <u  the  Grit  that  bad 
perfect  kiiuwlcJj-e  of  b».m»<^lv  wmImii. 


CHAP.  XXVI,  XXVII. 


23  And  there  is  no  anger  above  the  anger  of  a 
woman.  It  will  be  more  agreeable  to  abide  with  a 
lion  and  a  dragon,  than  to  dwell  with  a  wicked  wo- 
man. 

24  The  wickedness  of  a  woman  changeth  her 
face  :  and  she  darkeneth  her  countenance  as  a  bear, 
and  showeth  it  like  sackcloth.  In  the  midst  of  her 
neighbours, 

25  Her  husband  groaned;  and  hearing  he  sighed 
a  little. 

26  All  malice  is  short  to  the  malice  of  a  woman  : 
let  the  lot  of  sinners  fall  upon  her. 

27  As  the  climbing  of  a  sandy  way  is  to  the  feet 
of  the  aged,  so  is  a  wife  full  of  tongue  to  a  quiet  man. 

28  Look  not  upon  a  woman's  beauty ;  and  de- 
sire not  a  woman  for  beauty. 

29  A  woman's  anger,  and  impudence,  and  con- 
fusion is  great. 

30  A  woman,  if  she  have  superiority,  is  contrary 
to  her  husband. 

31  A  wicked  woman  abateth  the  courage,  and 
maketh  a  heavy  countenance,  and  a  wounded  heart. 

32  Feeble  hands,  and  disjointed  knees,  a  woman 
that  doth  not  make  her  husband  happy. 

33  From  the  woman  came  the  beginning  of  sin  ; 
and  by  her  we  all  died. 

34  Give  no  issue  to  thy  water,  no  not  a  little  : 
nor  to  a  wicked  woman  liberty  to  gad  abroad. 

35  If  she  walk  not  at  thy  hand,  she  will  con- 
found thee  in  the  sight  of  thy  enemies. 

36  Cut  her  off  from  thy  flesh,  lest  she  always 
abuse  thee. 

CHAP.  XXVI. 

Of  good  and  bad  women. 

HAPPY  is  the  husband  of  a  good  wife  :  for  the 
number  of  his  years  is  double. 

2  A  virtuous  woman  rejoiceth  her  husband,  and 
shall  fulfil  the  years  of  his  life  in  peace. 

3  A  good  wife  is  a  good  portion  ;  she  shall  be 
given  in  the  portion  of  ihem  that  fear  God,  to  a  man 
for  /<is  good  deeds:  > 

4  Rich  or  poor,  if  his  heart  is  good,  his  counte- 
nance shall  be  cheerful  at  all  times. 

5  Of  three  things  my  heart  hath  been  afraid  ;  and 
at  the  fourth  my  face  hath  trembled  : 

6  The  accusation  of  a  city,  and  the  gathering  to- 
gether of  the  people, 

7  And  a  false  calumny,  all  are  more  grievous 
than  death. 

8  A  jealous  woman  is  the  grief  and  mourning  of 
the  heart. 

9  With  a  jealous  woman  is  a  scourge  of  the 
tongue  which  communicateth  with  all. 

10  As  a  yoke  of  oxen  that  is  moved  to  and  fro, 
so  also  is  a  wicked  woman  :  he  that  hath  hold  of 
her,  is  as  he  thattaketh  hold  of  a  scorpion. 

11  A  drunken  woman  is  a  great  wrath  :  and  her 
reproach  and  shame  shall  not  be  hid. 

12  The  fornication  of  a  woman  shall  be  known 
by  the  haughtiness  of  her  eyes,  and  by  her  eyelids. 

*  From  negligence.  That  is,  from  the  neglect  of  the  service  of  God  : 
because  the  eager  pursuit  of  the  mammon  of  this  world,  is  apt  to 
iiialco  men  of  that  calling  forget  the  great  duties  of  loving  God  above 
all  things,  and  their  neighbours  as  themselves. 


13  On  a  daughter  that  turneth  not  away  herself 
set  a  strict  watch  :  lest  finding  an  opportunity,  she 
abuse  herself. 

14  Take  heed  of  the  impudence  of  her  eves,  and 
wonder  not  if  she  slight  thee. 

15  She  will  open  her  mouth  as  a  thirsty  travel- 
ler to  the  fountain,  and  will  drink  of  every  water 
near  her  ;  and  will  sit  down  by  every  hedge,  and 
open  her  quiver  against  every  arrow,  until  she  fail. 

16  The  grace  of  a  diligent  woman  shall  delight 
her  husband,  and  shall  fat  his  bones. 

1 7  Her  discipline  is  the  gift  of  God. 

1 8  Such  is  a  wise  and  silent  woman  :  and  there 
is  nothing  so  much  worth  as  a  well  instructed  soul. 

19  A  holy  and  shamefaced  woman  is  grace  upon 
grace. 

20  And  no  price  is  worthy  of  a  continent  soul. 

21  As  the  sun  when  it  riseth  to  the  world  in  the 
high  places  of  Gorl,  so  is  the  beauty  of  a  good  wife 
for  (he  ornament  of  her  house. 

22  As  the  lamp  shining  upon  the  holy  candle- 
stick, so  is  the  beauty  of  the  face  in  a  ripe  age. 

23  As  golden  pillars  upon  bases  of  silver,  so  are 
the  firm  feet  upon  the  soles  of  a  steady  woman. 

24  As  everlasting  foundations  upon  a  solid  rock, 
so  the  commandments  of  God  in  the  heart  of  a  holy 
woman. 

25  At  two  things  my  heart  is  grieved,  and  the 
third  bringeth  anger  upon  me  : 

26  A  man  of  war  fainting  through  poverty ;  and 
a  man  of  sense  despised  ; 

27  And  he  that  passeth  over  from  justice  to  sin  • 
Gorl  hath  prepared  such  an  one  for  the  sword. 

28  Two  sorts  of  callings  have  appeared  to  me 
hard  and  dangerous  :  a  merchant  is  hardly  free  from 
negligence  :*  and  a  huckster!  shall  not  be  justified 
from  the  sins  of  the  lips. 

CHAP.  XXVII. 

Dangers  of  sin  from  several  heads  :  the.  fear  of  God  is  the  best 
preservative.     He  that  diggeth  a  pit,  shall  fall  into  it. 

'XHIROUGH  poverty  many  have  sinned  :  and  he 
■*■    that  seeketh  to  be  enriched,  turneth  away  his 
eye. 

2  As  a  stake  sticketh  fast  in  the  midst  of  the 
joining  of  stones,  so  also  in  the  midst  of  selling  and 
buying,  sin  shall  stick  fast. 

3  Sin  shall  be  destroyed  with  the  sinner. 

4  Unless  thou  hold  thyself  diligently  in  the  fear 
of  the  Lord,  thy  house  shall  quickly  be  overthrown. 

5  As  when  one  sifteth  with  a  sieve,  the  dust 
will  remain  :  so  will  the  perplexity  of  a  man  in  his 
thoughts. 

6  The  furnace  trieth  the  potter's  vessels,  and  the 
trial  of  affliction  just  men. 

7  As  the  dressing  of  a  tree  showeth  the  fruit 
thereof;  so  a  word  out  of  the  thought  of  the  heart 
of  man. 

8  Praise  not  a  man  before  he  speaketh  ;  for  this 
is  the  trial  of  men. 

9  If  thou  followest  justice,  thou  shalt  obtain  her, 


f  A  huckster  ;  or  a  retailer  of  wine.  Men  of  that  nrofe«ion  are 
both  greatly  exposed  to  danger  of  sin  them'selves,  ana  are  too  ofte* 
accessary  to  the  sins  of  others. 

Ml 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


and  shalt  put  hyr  on  as  a  long  robo  of  honour:  and 
thou    shalt   dwell  With    her:    and  she  .shall  protect 

thee  !<>r  ever:  ami  in  the  day  of  acknowledgment 

thou  shalt  find  a  strong  foundation. 

ID  Birds  resort  unto  their  like:  so  truth  will  re- 
turn to  them  that  practise  her. 

11  The  lion  alwa\s  licih  in  wait  for  prey:  so  do 
sins  for  ihem  that  work  iniquities. 

1  J  A  holy  man  contintieth  in  wisdom  as  the  sun: 
hut  a  fool  is  changed  as  the  moon. 

13  In  the  midst  ol  the  unwise  keep  in  the  word 
till  its  time:  but  be  continually  among  men  that 
think. 

1  \  The  divo'ii-e  of  sinners  is  hateful;  and  their 
lauehter  is  at  the  pleasures  of  sin. 

I  >  The  speech  that  sweareth  much  shall  make 
the  hair  of  the  head  stand  upright:  and  its  irreu- 
renee  shall  make  one  stop  his  ears. 

It",  la  the  quarrels  of  the  proud  is  the  shedding 
of  Mood  :  and  their  cursing  is  a  grievous  hearing. 

17  He  that  disclosed)  the  secret  of  a  frit-nd, 
loseth  his  credit,  anil  shall  never  find  a  friend  to 
his   mind. 

18  Love  thy  neighbour,  and  be  joined  to  him 
w  iih  fidelity. 

19  But  if  thou  discover  his  secrets,  follow  no 
more  alter  him. 

For  as  ■  man  that  destroyeth  his  friend,  so 
also  it  be  that  destroyeth  the  friendship  of  his 
miiihlMHir. 

I I  And  as  one  that  letteth  a  bird  go  out  of  his 
hand,  so  hast  thou  let  thy  neighbour  go,  and  thou 
shah  not  get  him  again. 

Follow  after  him  no  more,  for  he  is  gone  afar 
ofi  :   he  is  fled,  as  a  roe  escaped    out  of  the  snare: 
lis  soul  is  wounded. 
I'hou  canst  no  more   bind   him  up.     And  of 
I  curst-  there  is  reconciliation:* 

21  But  to  disclose  the  secrets  of  a  friend,  leav- 
t  ih  no  haaa  to  an  unhappy  soul. 

i  le  that  winketh  with  the  eve,   forgcth    wick- 
ed things;  and  no  man  will  cast  him  oil": 

26  In  the  sight  of  thy  eyes  he  will  sweeten  his 
mouth,  and  will  admire  thy  words:  but  at  the  last 
he  will  writhe  his  mouth;  and  on  thy  words  he 
will  lav  a  stumbling-block. 

27  1  have  haled  many  things,  but  not  like  him; 
and  the  Lord  will  hate  him. 

28  If  one  cast  a  stone  on  high,  it  will  fall  upon 
his  own  head :  and  the  deceitful  stroke  will  wound 
tlie  deceitful. 

29  He  that  diggeth  a  pit,  shall  fall  into  it :  and 
he  that  settetha  stone  for  his  neighbour,  shall  stum- 
ble upon  it:  and  he  that  layeth  a  snare  for  another, 
shall  perish  in  it. 

30  A  mischievous  counsel  shall  be  rolled  hack 
u|H)ti  the  author:  and  he  shall  not  know  from 
whence  it  cometh  to  him. 

31  Mockery  ami  reproach  are  of  the  proud:  and 
vengeance  as  a  lion  shall  lie  in  wait  for  him. 

*  And  of  «  cart*  tktrt  U  rtmntilUHan.  That  iv  it  i.  ca.ier  to  obtain 
a  recooc  if  taboo  after  a  cane,  than  after  disclosing  a 

MJ 


I  Tiiev  shall  perish  in  a  snare,  the  JH  . I. -light- 
ed with  the  fall  ol  the  just  :  and  sorrow  shall  con- 
sume them  In  lore  lhe\  die. 

33  Aimer  and  fury  are  hoth  of  I  hem  aliominable  : 
and  the  sinful  man  shall  be  subject  to  them. 

CHAP.  XXVIII. 

Lrtson*  against  revenge  and  quarrels.  ITie  evils  of  the  tongue.. 
T1JE  that  sceketh  to  revenge  himself,  shall  find 
-*--«-  vengeance  from  the  Lord:  and  he  will  surely 
keep  his  sins  in  remembrance. 

2  Forgive  thy  neighbour  if  he  hath  hurt  thee: 
and  then  shall  thy  sins  be  forgiven  to  thee  when 
thou  pnraseti 

3  Man  toman  reserveth  anger;  and  doth  he  seek 
remedy  of  God  ? 

4  He  hath  BO  mercy  on  a  man  like  himself;  and 
doth  he  entreat  for  his  own  sins? 

5  He  that  is  but  flesh  nourisheth  anger:  ami 
doth  he  ask  forgiveness  of  God  ?  who  shall  ohtain 
pardon  for  his  sins  ? 

6  Kememlier  thy  last  things,  and  let  enmity  COM 

7  For  corruption  and  death  hang  over  in  his 
commandmeiits.t 

8  Remember  the  fear  of  God  ;  and  be  not  an- 
gry with  thy  neighbour. 

9  Remember  the  covenant  of  the  most  High,  and 
overlook  the  ignorance  ol  thy  ncighhour. 

10  Refrain  from  strife;  and  thou  shalt  diminish 
tin/  sins : 

11  For  a  passionate  man  kindled)  strife:  and  a 
sinful  man  will  trouble  his  friends,  and  bring  in  de- 
bate in  the  midst  of  them  that  are  at  peace. 

12  For  as  the  wood  of  the  forest  is,  so  the  fire 
burnetii :  and  as  a  man's  strength  is,  so  shall  his 
anger  be :  and  according  to  his  riches  he  shall  in- 
crease his  anger. 

13  A  hasty  contention  kindleth  a  fire:  and  a 
hasty  quarrel  sheddeth  blood:  and  a  tongue  that 
beared)  witness  briogeth  death. 

14  If  thou  blow  the  spark,  it  shall  burn  as  a  fire: 
ami  if  thou  spit  upon  it,  it  shall  be  quenched  :  both 
come  out  of  the  mouth. 

15  The  whisperer  and  the  doubled-tongued  is 
accursed :  for  he  hath  troubled  many  that  were  at 
peace. 

16  The  tongue  of  a  third  person  hath  disquieted 
many,  ami  scattered  them  from  nation  to  nation. 

17  It  hath  destroyed  the  strong  cities  of  the  rich, 
and  hath  overthrown  the  houses  of  great  men. 

18  It  hath  cut  in  pieces  the  forces  of  people,  and 
undone  strong  nations. 

19  The  tongue  of  a  third  person  hath  cast  out 
valiant  women,  and  deprived  them  of  their  labours. 

20  He  that  hearkened)  to  it,  shall  never  have 
rest;  neither  shall  he  have  a  friend  in  w  horn  he  may 
repose. 

21  The  stroke  of  a  whip  naked)  a  blue  mark: 
but  the  stroke  of  the  tongue  will  break  the  bone-.. 

22  Many  have  fallen  by  the  edge  of  the  sword; 


\  In  kit  ctmmsnAmtnts.     Supply  the  sentence  out  of  the  Greek  thus  I 
Remember  corruption  and  death,  and  tiiit  ta  Ikt  i 


CHAP.  XXIX,  XXX. 


but  not  so  many  as  have  perished  by  their  own 
tongue. 

23  Blessed  is  he  that  is  defended  from  a  wicked 
tongue,  that  hath  not  passed  into  the  wrath  thereof, 
and  that  hath  not  drawn  the  yoke  thereof,  and  hath 
not  been  bound  in  its  bands: 

24  For  its  yoke  is  a  yoke  of  iron :  and  its  bands 
are  bands  of  brass. 

25  The  death  thereof  is  a  most  evil  death  ;  and 
hell  is  preferable  to  it. 

26  Its  continuance  shall  not  be  for  a  long  time; 
but  it  shall  possess  the  ways  of  the  unjust :  and  the 
just  shall  not  be  burnt  with  its  flame. 

27  They  that  forsake  God  shall  fall  into  it:  and 
it  shall  burn  in  them,  and  shall  not  be  quenched : 
and  it  shall  be  sent  upon  them  as  a  lion ;  and  as  a 
leopard  it  shall  tear  them. 

28  Hedge  in  thy  ears  with  thorns;  hear  not  a 
wicked  tongue :  and  make  doors  and  bars  to  thy 
mouth. 

29  Melt  down  thy  gold  and  silver,  and  make  a 
balance  for  thy  words,  anda  just  bridle  for  thy  mouth : 

30  And  take  heed  lest  thou  slip  with  thy  tongue, 
and  fall  in  the  sight  of  thy  enemies  who  he  in  wait 
for  thee,  and  thy  fall  be  incurable  unto  death. 

CHAP.  XXIX. 

Of  charity  in  lending  money,  and  justice  in  repaying.     Of  alms, 
and  of  being  surety. 

HE  that  showeth  mercy  lendeth  to  his  neighbour : 
and  he  that  is  stronger  in  hand,*  keepeth  the 
commandments. 

2  Lend  to  thy  neighbour  in  the  time  of  his  need; 
and  pay  thou  thy  neighbour  again  in  due  time. 

3  Keep  thy  word,  and  deal  faithfully  with  him  : 
and  thou  shaft  always  find  that  which  is  necessary 
for  thee. 

4  Many  have  looked  upon  a  thing  lent  as  a  thing 
found,  and  have  given  trouble  to  them  that  helped 
them. 

5  Till  they  receive,  they  kiss  the  hands  of  the 
lender;  and  in  promises  they  humble  their  voice: 

6  But  when  they  should  repay,  they  will  ask 
time,  and  will  return  tedious  and  murmuring  words, 
and  will  complain  of  the  time  : 

7  And  if  he  be  able  to  pay,  he  will  stand  off,  he 
will  scarce  pay  one  half,  and  will  count  it  as  if  he 
had  found  it: 

8  But  if  not,  he  will  defraud  him  of  his  money, 
and  he  shall  get  him  for  an  enemy  without  cause : 

9  And  he  will  pay  him  with  reproaches  and  curs- 
es :  and  instead  of  honour  and  good  turn  will  re- 
pay him  injuries. 

10  Many  have  refused  to  lend,  not  out  of  wicked- 
ness, but  they  were  afraid  to  be  defrauded  without 
cause. 

11  But  yet  towards  the  poor  be  thou  more  hearty ; 
and  delay  not  to  show  him  mercy. 

12  Help  the  poor  because  of  the  commandment: 
and  send  him  not  away  empty-handed  because  of 
his  poverty. 


*  Jind  he  that  is  stronger  in   hand.     That  is,   he  that  is  hearty  and 
bountiful  in  lending  to  his  neighbour  in  his  necessity. 


13  Lose  thy  money  for  thy   brother    and  t\ 
friend:  and  hide  it  not  under  a  stone  to  be  lost. 

14  Place  thy  treasure  in  the  commandments  « I 
the  most  High:  and  it  shall  bring  thee  more  proi.t 
than  gold. 

15  Shut  up  alms  in  the  heart  of  the  poor;  and  it 
shall  obtain  help  for  thee  against  all  evd. 

16  Better  than  the  shield  of  the  mighty,  and  bet- 
ter than  the  spear; 

17  It  shall  fight  for  thee  against  thy  enemy. 

18  A  good  man  is  surety  tor  his  neighbour:  and 
he  that  hath  lost  shame,  will  leave  him  to  himself. 

19  Forget  not  the  kindness  of  thy  surety  :  for  he 
hath  given  his  life  for  thee. 

20  The  sinner  and  the  unclean  fleeth  from  his 
surety. 

21  A  sinner  attributeth  to  himself  the  goods  of 
his  surety  :  and  he  that  is  of  an  unthankful  mind 
will  leave  him  that  delivered  him. 

22  A  man  is  surety  for  his  neighbour:  and  when 
he  hath  lost  all  shame,  he  shall  forsake  him. 

23  Evil  suretyship  hath  undone  many  of  good 
estate,  and  hath  tossed  them  as  a  wave  of  the  sea. 

24  It  hath  made  powerful  men  to  go  from  place 
to  place  round  about ;  and  they  have  wandered  in 
strange  countries. 

25  A  sinner  that  transgresseth  the  command- 
ment of  the  Lord,  shall  fall  into  an  evil  suretyship  : 
and  he  that  undertaketh  many  things  shall  fall  into 
judgment. 

26  Recover  thy  neighbour  according  to  thy  pow- 
er :  and  take  heed  to  thyself  that  thou  fall  not. 

27  The  chief  thing  for  man's  life  is  water  and 
bread,  and  clothing,  and  a  house  to  cover  shame. 

28  Better  is  the  poor  man's  fare  under  a  roof  of 
boards,  than  sumptuous  cheer  abroad  in  another 
man's  house. 

29  Be  contented  with  little  instead  of  much  ; 
and  thou  shalt  not  hear  the  reproach  of  going  abroad. 

30  It  is  a  miserable  life  to  go  as  a  guest  from 
house  to  house :  for  where  a  man  is  a  stranger,  he 
shall  not  deal  confidently,  nor  open  his  mouth. 

31  He  shall  entertain  and  feed,  and  give  drink  to 
the  unthankful :  and  moreover  he  shall  hear  bitter 
words. 

32  Go,  stranger,  and  furnish  the  table :  and  give 
others  to  eat  what  thou  hast  in  thy  hand. 

33  Give  place  to  the  honourable  presence  of  my 
friends  :  for  I  want  my  house,  my  brother  being  to 
be  lodged  with  me. 

34  These  things  are  grievous  to  a  man  of  under- 
standing :  the  upbraiding  of  house-room,  and  the 
reproaching  of  the  lender. 

CHAP.  XXX. 

Of  correction  of  children.     Health  is  better  than  wealth.     Ex 
cessive  grief  is  hurtful. 

HE  that  loveth  his  son,  frequently  chastiseth  him 
that  he  may  rejoice  in  his  latter  end,  and  not 
grope  after  the  doors  of  his  neighbours. 

2  He  that  instructeth  his  son  shall  be  praised  in 
him,  and  shall  glory  in  him  in  the  midst  of  them  ol 
his  househould. 

]     3  He  that  teacheth  his  son,  maketh  his  enemy 

Mi 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


jealous:  and  in  the  inid>t  of  his  friends  he  shall 
glory  in  him. 

4  His  father  is  dead,  and  hfl  ■  as  if  be  were  not 
drad  :  lor  he  bath  left  one  behind  him  that  is  like 
himself. 

While  he  lived  be  WW  and  rejoiced  in  him  :  and 

when  be  died  be  era  not  lonowful :  neither  was  he 

eonfoiindi'd  before  his  eiiemn  B. 

6  I  or  be  left  behind  him  ■  defender  of  his  house 
■I  mist  his  enemies,  and  one  that  will  requite  kind- 
neM  to  his  friends. 

Off  the  souls  of  his  sons  he  shall  bind  up  his 
wounds  :  and  at  ever*  erv  his  bowels  shall  be  trou- 
bled. 

8  A  horse  not  broken  berometh  stubborn :  and  a 
child  left  to  himself  will  become  headstrong. 

9  Give  thy  son  his  way.  and  he  shall  make  thee 
afraid  :  play  with  him,  and  he  shall  make  thee  sor- 
row fid. 

10  Laugh  not  with  him,  lest  thou  have  sorrow, 
Ud  at  the  last  thy  teeth  be  set  on  edge. 

11  Give  him  not  liberty  in  his  youth;  and  wink 
not  at  his  devie. 

\2  How  down  his  neck  while  he  is  young,  and 
beat  his  sides  while  he  is  a  child,  lest  he  grow  Stub- 
l>orn,  and  regard  thee  not,  and  so  be  a  sorrow  of 
heart  to  thee. 

13  Instruct  thy  son,  and  labour  about  him,  lest 
his  lewd  behaviour  be  an  offence  to  thee. 

14  Better  is  a  poor  man  who  is  sound,  and  strong 
of  constitution,  than  a  rich  man  who  is  weak,  and 
afflicted  with  evils. 

1.)  Health  of  the  soul  in  holiness  of  justice,  is  bet- 
ter than  all  gold  and  silver  ;  and  a  sound  body, 
than  immense  revenues. 

If!  There  is  no  riches  aliove  the  riches  of  the 
health  of  the  body  :  and  there  is  no  pleasure  above 
the  joy  of  the  heart. 

17  Better  M  death  than  a  bitter  life;  and  everlast- 
ing rest,  than  continual  sicklies*. 

18  Good  things  that  are  hidden  in  a  mouth  that 
is  -duii,  are  as  messes  of  meat  set  about  a  grave. 

19  What  good  shall  an  offering  do  to  an  idol  ? 
for  it  can  neither  eat  nor  smell : 

JO  So  is  he  that  is  persecuted  by  the  Lord,  bear- 
ing the  reward  of  his  iniquity  : 

21  He  seeth  with  his  eyes,  and  groancth,  as  an 
eunuch  embracing  a  virgin  and  sighing. 

22  Give  not  up  thy  soul  to  sadness  :  and  afflict 
not  thyself  in  thv  own  counsel. 

23  The  joy  fulness  of  the  heart  is  the  life  of  a  man, 
and  a  never-failing  treasure  of  holiness  :  and  the  joy 
of  a  man  is  length  of  life. 

24  Have  pity  on  thy  own  soul,  plotting  God,  and 
contain  thyself:  gather  up  thv  heart  in  his  holiness : 
and   drive  away  sadness  far  from  thee. 

I  or  sadness  hath  killed  many  ;  and  there  is  no 
profit  in  it. 

Envy  and  an^er  shorten  a  man's  days  :  and 
pensiveness  will  bring  old  age  before  the  time. 

27  A  cheerful  and  good  In-art  is  stt  ^ting: 

for  his  banquets  are  prepared  with  diligence. 


(II  \I'.  XWI. 

Ofthr  dt  sirr  of rirhtt,  and  of Moderation  in  fating  and  drinking 

WATCHING    for  r'u  lies  consumed!  the   flesh  : 
and  the  thought  thereof  drivelh  nway  sleep. 

2  The  thinking  beforehand  turaeta  away  the  un- 
derstanding :   and  a  grievous  sickness  makethtbe 

soul  sober.  , 

3  The  rich  man  hath  laboured  in  pathcrin;.  rich- 
es together  :  and  when  he  resit  th  he  shall  l>e  filled 
with  his  goods. 

4  The  jioor  man  hath  laboured  in  his  low  way  of 
life:  and  in  the  end  be  is  still  poor. 

5  He  that  loveth  Bold,  shall  not  be  justified :  and 
he  that  followeth  after  corruption,  shall  be  filled 
with  it. 

6  Many  have  been  brought  to  fall  for  gold  ;  and 
the  beauty  thereof  hath  been  their  ruin. 

7  Gold  is  a  stumbling-block  to  them  that  sacrifice 
to  it:  wo  to  them  that  eagerly  follow  alter  it;  and 
every  fool  shall  perish  by  it. 

8  Blessed  is  the  rich  man  that  is  found  without 
blemish  :  and  that  hath  not  gone  after  gold,  nor  put 
his  trust  in  money  nor  in  treasures. 

9  Who  is  he,  and  we  will  praise  him  ?  for  he 
hath  done  wonderful  things  in  his  life. 

10  Who  hath  been  tried  thereby,  and  made  |>er- 
fect,  he  shall  have  glorv  everlasting.  He  that  could 
have  transgressed,  and  hath  not  transgressed:  and 
could  do  evil  things,  and  hath  not  done  them  : 

1 1  Therefore  are  his  goods  established  in  the 
Lord  :  and  all  the  church  of  the  saints  shall  declare 
his  alms. 

12  Art  thou  set  at  a  great  table?  be  not  tin- 
first  to  open  thy  mouth  upon  it. 

13  Say  not:  There  are  many  things  which  are 
upon  it. 

14  Remember  that  a  wicked  eye  h  evil. 

15  What  is  created  more  wicked  than  nne\e; 
therefore  shall  it  weep  over  all  the  face  when  it 
shall  see. 

16  Stretch  not  out  thy  hand  first,  lest  being  dis- 
graced with  envy  thou  be  put  to  confusion. 

17  Be  not  hasty  in  a  least. 

1 8  Judge  of  the  disposition  of  thy  neighbour  by 
thyself. 

19  Use  as  a  frugal  man  the  things  that  are  eel 
U-forc  thee  :  lest  if  thou  eatcst  much,  thou  be  haft  d. 

20  Leave  off  first,  for  manners'  sake  :  and  ex- 
ceed not,  lest  thou  offend. 

21  And  if  thou  sittest  amongst  many,  reach  not 
thy  hand  out  first  of  all  :  and  be  not  the  first  to  ask 
for  drink. 

22  How  sufficient  is  a  little  wine  for  a  man  well 
taught:  and  in  sleeping  thou  shalt  not  be  uneasy 
w  ith  it  :  and  thou  shalt  feel  no  pain. 

23  Watching,  and  choler,  and  gripes,  are  with 
an  intemperate  man  : 

24  Sound  and  w  holcsomc  sleep  with  a  moderate 
man  :  be  shall  sleep  till  morning  ;  and  his  soul  shall 
be  delighted  with  him. 

23  And  if  thou   hast  been  forced  to  eel  much, 
arise,  co  out,  and  vomit :  and  it  shall  refresh  thee 
and  thou  shalt  not  bring  sickness  upon  thy  body 


CHAP.  XXXII,  XXXIII. 


26  Hear  me,  my  son,  and  despise  me  not :  and 
in  the  end  thou  shaft  rind  my  words. 

27  In  all  thy  works  be  quick  ;  and  no  infirmity 
shall  come  to  thee. 

28  The  lips  of  many  shall  bless  him  that  is  liberal 
of  his  bread  :  and  the  testimony  of  bis  truth  is  faithful. 

29  Against  him  that  is  niggardly  of  his  bread,  the 
city  will  murmur;  and  the  testimony  of  his  niggard- 
liness is  true. 

30  Challenge  not  them  that  love  wine  :  for  wine 
hath  destroyed  very  many. 

31  Fire  trieth  hard  iron  :  so  wine  drunk  to  ex- 
cess shall  rebuke  the  hearts  of  the  proud. 

32  Wine  taken  with  sobriety  is  equal  life  to  men  : 
if  thou  drink  it  moderately,  thou  shalt  be  sober. 

33  What  is  his  life,  who  is  diminished  with  wine? 

34  What  taketh  away  life  ?  death. 

35  Wine  was  created  from  the  beginning  to 
make  men  joyful,   and  not  to'  make  them  drunk. 

36  Wine  drunken  with  moderation  is  the  joy  of 
the  soul  and  the  heart. 

37  Sober  drinking  is  health  to  soul  and  body. 

38  Wine  drunken  with  excess  raiseth  quarrels, 
and  wrath,  and  many  ruins. 

39  Wine  drunken  with  excess  is  bitterness  of  the 
soul. 

40  The  heat  of  drunkenness  is  the  stumbling- 
Mock  of  the  fool,  lessening  strength  and  causing 
wounds. 

41  Rebuke  not  thy  neighbour  in  a  banquet  of 
wine :  and  despise  him  not  in  his  mirth. 

42  Speak  not  to  him  words  of  reproach:  and 
press  him  not  in  demanding  again. 

CHAP.  XXXII. 

Lessons  for  superiors  and  inferiors.     Advantages  of  fearing 
God,  and  doing  nothing  without  counsel. 

HAVE    they  made  thee  ruler  ?  be  not  lifted  up  : 
be  among  them  as  one  of  them. 

2  Have  care  of  them,  and  so  sit  down  :  and 
when  thou  hast  acquitted  thyself  of  all  thy  charge, 
take  thy  place  : 

3  That  thou  mayst  rejoice  for  them,  and  receive 
a  crown  as  an  ornament  of  grace,  and  get  the  honour 
of  the  contribution. 

4  Speak,  thou  thatartelder:  for  it  becomeththee, 

5  To  speak  the  first  word  with  careful  know- 
ledge, and  hinder  not  music. 

6  Where  there  is  no  hearing,  pour  not  out  words; 
and  be  not  lifted  up  out  of  season  with  thy  wisdom. 

7  A  concert  of  music  in  a  banquet  of  wine  is  as 
a  carbuncle  set  in  gold. 

8  As  a  signet  of  an  emerald  in  a  work  of  gold  : 
so  is  the  melody  of  music  with  pleasant  and  mode- 
rate wine. 

9  Hear  in  silence  ;  and  for  thy  reverence  good 
grace  shall  come  to  thee. 

10  Young  man,  scarcely  speak  in  thy  own  cause. 

1 1  If  thou  be  asked  twice,  let  thy  answer  be  short. 

12  In  many  things  be  as  if  thou  wert  ignorant ; 
and  hear  in  silence,  and  withal  seeking. 

13  In  the  company  of  great  men  take  not  upon 
thee  :  and  when  the  ancients  are  present,  speak 
not  much. 

3Z 


14  Before  a  storm  gocth  lightning  :  and  before 
shamefaced  ness  gocth  favour  :  and  for  thy  reverence 
good  grace  shall  come  to  thee. 

15  And  at  the  time  of  rising  be  not  slack :  but 
be  first  to  run  home  to  thy  house  ;  and  there  with- 
draw thyself;  and  there  take  thy  pastime. 

16  And  do  what  thou  hast  a  mind,  but  not  in 
sins  or  proud  speech. 

17  And  for  all  these  things  bless  the  Lord,  that 
made  thee,  and  that  replenisheth  thee  with  all  his 
good  things. 

1 8  He  that  feareth  the  Lord,  will  receive  his  dis- 
cipline :  and  they  that  will  seek  him  early,  shall 
find  a  blessing. 

19  He  that  seeketh  the  law,  shall  be  filled  with 
it :  and  he  that  dealeth  deceitfully,  shall  meet  with 
a  stumbling-block  therein. 

20  They  that  fear  the  Lord,  shall  find  just  judg- 
ment, and  shall  kindle  justice  as  a  light. 

21  A  sinful  man  will  flee  reproof,  and  will  fii.i 
an  excuse  according  to  his  will. 

22  A  man  of  counsel  will  not  neglect  understanu- 
ing :  a  strange  and  proud  man  will  not  dread  fear : 

23  Even  after  he  hath  done  with  fear  without 
counsel,  he  shall  be  controlled  by  the  things  of  his 
own  seeking. 

24  My  son,  do  thou  nothing  without  counsel:  and 
thou  shalt  not  repent  when  thou  hast  done. 

25  Go  not  in  the  way  of  ruin,  and  thou  shalt  not 
stumble  against  the  stones  :  trust  not  thyself  to  a 
rugged  way,  lest  thou  set  a  stumbling-block  to  thy 
soul. 

26  And  beware  of  thy  own  children;  and  take 
heed  of  them  of  thy  household. 

27  In  every  work  of  thine  regard  thy  soul  in 
faith:*  for  this  is  the  keeping  of  the  command- 
ments. 

28  He  that  believeth  God,  taketh  heed  to  the 
commandments :  and  he  that  trusteth  in  him,  shall 
fare  never  the  worse. 

CHAP.  XXXIII. 

The  fear  of  God  is  the  best  security.  Times  and  men  arc  in  the 
hands  of  God.  Take  care  of  thyself  as  long  as  thou  livest, 
and  look  to  thy  servants. 

NO  evils  shall  happen  to  him  that  feareth   the 
Lord :  but  in  temptation  God  will  keep  him, 
and  deliver  him  from  evils. 

2  A  wise  man  hateth  not  the  commandments 
and  justices :  and  he  shall  not  be  dashed  in  pieces 
as  a  ship  in  a  storm. 

3  A  man  of  understanding  is  faithful  to  the  law 
of  God  :  and  the  law  is  faithful  to  him. 

4  He  that  cleareth  up  a  question,  shall  prepare 
what  to  say  :  and  so  having  prayed  he  shall  be  heard, 
and  shall  keep  discipline;  and  then  he  shall  answer. 

5  The  heart  of  a  fool  is  as  a  wheel  of  a  cart : 
and  his  thoughts  are  like  a  rolling  axle-tree. 

6  A  friend  that  is  a  mocker,  is  like  a  stallion- 
horse  :  he  neigheth  under  every  one  that  sitteth  up- 
on him. 

7  Why  doth  one  day  excel  another,  and  one  light 

*  In  failh.     That  is,  follow  sincerely  thy  soul  .n  her  faith  and  con- 
science. 

545 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


another,  and  our  year  another  year,  when  all  come 
of  the  MIM  ? 

Bj  the  know  ledge  of  the  Lord  they  arete  dis- 

tmguisned,   the  miii    i>ciiig   made,   and  keeping  his 

command  meat. 

'.'  And  In-  ordered  the  seasons,  and  li  Ay-dayeof 

them  :    and  ill    I  In  in  they  celebrated  |<  >ti\al>  at  an 
hour. 

li»  Some  of  then  God  made  high  and  ::rcat  days: 
and  some  of  than  be  pat  in  the  numlx  i  of  ordinan 
days.  And  all  m«n  are  from  the  ground,  and  out 
of  the  earth,  from  nrheace  Adam  was  created. 

1 1  With  much  knowledge  the  Lord  hath  divi- 
ded them,  and  diversified  their  \\a\-. 

12  Some  of  them  hath  he  Messed,  and  exalted  : 
and  some  of  them  hath  he  sanctified,  and  set  near 
himself:  and  some  ot  'them  hath  he  cursed,  and  brought 
low.  and  turned  them  from  their  station  : 

13  As  the  |  otter's  clay  is  in  his  hand,  to  fashion 
ami  order  it. 

I  I  All  his  ways  are  according  to  his  ordering: 
so  man  is  in  the  hand  of  him  that  made  him;  and  he 
will  render  to  him  according  to  his  judgment. 

15  Good  is  set  against  evil,  and  life  against  death  : 
mi  also  is  the  sinner  against  a  just  man.  And  so 
look,  upon  all  the  works  of  the  most  High.  Two 
and  tWO,  and  one  against  another. 

16  And  I  awaked  last  of  all,  and  as  one  that  ga- 
thcreth  after  the  grape  ■gatherers. 

17  In  the  Messing  of  Ciod  I  also  have  hoped:  and 
as  one  that  gathereth  grapes,  have  1  filled  the  wine- 
press. 

18  See  that  I  have  not  laboured  for  myself  only, 
hut  for  all  that  seek  discipline. 

19  Hear  me,  ye  great  men,  and  all  ye  people  : 
and  hcai  ken  \\  ith  your  ears,  ye  rulers  ol'  the  church. 

20  Give  not  to  son  or  wife,  brother  or  friend, 
power  o\.-r  thee  while  thou  I  i  vest  ;  and  give  not  thy 
estate  to  another  :  lest  thou  repent,  and  thou  entreat 
for  the  same. 

21  As  bof  as  thou  livest,  and  hast  breath  in  thee, 
]<  t  no  man  change  thee.* 

22  For  it  is  better  that  thy  children  should  ask 
of  thee,  than  that  thou  look  toward  the  hands  of 
thy  children. 

In  all  ihv  works  keep  the  prc-emiuence.t 
J I   Let   no  slain   sully  thy  dory.      In   the   time 
When  thou  shall  end  the  days  of  thy  life,  and  in  the 
time  of  thy  decease,  distribute  thy  inheritance. 

25  Fodder,  and  a  wand,  ami  a  burden  arc  for  an 
ass:  bread,  and  correction,  and  work  foi  a  slave. 

26  He  worketh  under  correction,  and  secketh  to 
rest  :   jet  his  h amis  be  idle,  and  he    seekeih  liberty. 

27  The  yoke  and  the  thoag  bend  a  still' neck: 
and  continual  lalioms  bow  a  slave. 

28  Torture  ami  fetters  ;ire  for  a  malicious  slave  : 
send  him  to  work,  that  he  Ix;  not  idle  : 

29  For  idleness  hath  taught  much  evil. 

30  Set  him  to  work:  for  so  it  is  fit  for  him.  And 
if  he  lie  not  obedient,  briag  him  down  with  fetters; 

*   Chang*  '*"•     That  u,mulo  hare  (hi*  power  orrr  the*, 
r   7V  fre-tmmmrt.  Tint  la,  be  nwlir   in  ll,v  own  hotuo,  and  part 
not  with  thy  authority. 

Ml 


but  be  not  excessive  towards  any  one  :  and  do  no 
griexoiis  thing  without  judgment. 

31  If  thou  have  a  faithful  servant,  let  him  be  to 
thee  as  thy  own    soul:   tr<;it   him  as  a  brother;  he* 

cause  iu  the  blood  of  thv  soul  thou  hast  gotten  bun. 

32  If  thou  hint  him  uujusilv,  he  will  run  away  : 

33  And  if  be  rise  up  and  depart,  thou  knowi  st 
not  whom  to  ask,   and    in    what  way  to  seek  him. 

CHAP.  XXXIV. 

The  vanity  of  dreams.    The  adrantiige  <tf  experience,  and  of tit* 
fear  of  Goal 

rl^IIF  hopes  of  a  man  that  is  void  of  understainl- 
-*-     ing,  art:   vain   and   deceitful  :    and  dreams  lift 
up  fools. 

2  The  man  that  giveth  heed  to  lying  visions,  is 
like  to  him  that  catcheth  at  a  shadow,  and  follow  elh 
after  the  wind. 

•  3  The  risen  of  dreams  is  the  resemblance  of 
one  thing  to  another:  as  when  a  man's  likeness  is 
before  the  face  of  a  man. 

4  What  can  be  made  clean  by  the  unclean  ?  ami 
what  troth  can  come  from  that  which  isfdse? 

5  Deceiilul  divinations  and  l.ving  omens,  and 
the  dreams  of  evil  doers,  are  vanity. 

6  And  the  heart  fancieth  as  that  of  a  woman  in 
travail :  except  it  lie  a  vision  sent  forth  from  the 
most  High]  set  not  lliy  heart  upon  them. 

7  For  dreams  have  deceived  many:  and  they 
have  tailed  that  put  their  trust  in  them. 

8  The  word  of  the  law  shall  be  fulfilled  without 
a  lie  :  and  w  isdom  shall  be  made  plain  iu  the  mouth 
of  the  faithful. 

9  What  doll)  he  know,  that  bath  not  been  tried? 
A  man  that  hath  much  experience,  shall  think  of 
many  things:  and  he  that  bath  learned  many  things, 

shall  show  forth  understanding. 

10  He  thai  hath  no  experience,   knoweth  little: 

and  he  that  hallibeen  experienced  in  many  things, 
multiplied!  prudence. 

11  He  that  hath  not  been  trird,  what  manner  of 
things  doth  he  know?  he  that  hath  been  surprised, 
shall  abound  with  subtlety. 

12  I  have  seen  many  things  by  travelling,  and 
many  customs  of  things. 

13  Sometimes  I  have  been  in  danger  of  death  for 

these  things:  and  1  have  been  delivered  by  the  grace 
of  God. 

1  \  The  spirit  of  those  that  fear  God,  is  sought 
after,  and  by  his  regard  shall  be  blessed. 

15  For  their  hope  is  on  him  that  saveth  them  : 
and  the  eyes  of  God  are  upon  them  that  love  him. 

16  He  that  feareth  the  Lord  shall  tremble  at  no- 
thing, and  shall  not  be  afraid:  for  he  is  his  hope. 

17  The  soul  of  him  that  feareth  the  Lord  w 
blessed. 

18  To  whom  doth  he  look,  and  who  is  his 
strength  ? 

19  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  arc  upon  them  that  fear 
him:  he  is  their  powerful  protector,  ami  Krone  "tap, 
a  defence  from  the  heat,  and  a  cover  from  the  sun 
at  noon, 

20  A  preservation  from   stumbling,   aud  a   heb/ 


CHAP.  XXXV,  XXXVI. 


from  falling:  he  raisoth  up  the  soul,  and  cnlighteneth 
the  eyes,  and  giveth  health,  and  life,  and  Messing. 

21  The  offering  of  him  that  sacrificed!  of  a  thing 
wrongfully  gotten,  is  stained  :  and  the  mockeries  of 
the  unjust  are  not  acceptable. 

22  The  Lord  is  only  for  them  that  wait  upon  him 
in  the  way  of  truth  and  justice. 

23  The  most  High  approveth  not  the  gifts  of  the 
wicked:  neither  hath  he  respect  to  the  oblations  of 
the  unjust :  nor  will  he  be  pacified  for  sins  by  the 
multitude  of  their  sacrifices. 

21.  He  that  offereth  sacrifice  of  the  goods  of  the 
poor,  is  as  one  that  sacrificeth  the  son  in  the  presence 
of  his  father. 

25  The  bread  of  the  needy  is  the  life  of  the  poor: 
he  that  defraudeth  them  thereof,  is  a  man  of  hlood. 

26  He  that  taketh  away  the  bread  gotten  by 
sweat,  is  like  him  that  killeth  his  neighbour. 

27  He  that  sheddeth  blood,  and  he  that  defraud- 
eth the  lahourer  of  his  hire,  are  brothers. 

28  When  one  buildeth  up,  and  another  pulleth 
down  ;  what  profit  have  they  but  the  labour  ? 

29  When  one  prayeth,  and  another  curseth ; 
whose  voice  will  God  hear? 

30  He  that  washeth  himself  after  touching  the 
dead,  if  he  toucheth  him  again,  what  doth  his  wash- 
ins  avail  ? 

31  So  a  man  that  fasteth  for  his  sins,  and  doeth 
the  same  again,  what  doth  his  humbling  himself 
profit  him  ?  who  will  hear  his  praver? 

CHAP.  XXXV 

What  sacrifices  are  pleasing  to  God. 

HE  that  keepeth  the  law,  multiplieth  offerings. 
2  It  is  a  wholesome  sacrifice  to  take  heed  to 
the  commandments,  and  to  depart  from  all  iniquity. 

3  And  to  depart  from  injustice,  is  to  offer  a  pro- 
pitiatory sacrifice  for  injustices,  and  a  begging  of 
pardon  for  sins. 

4  He  shall  return  thanks,  that  offereth  fine  flour : 
and  he  that  doeth  mercv,  offereth  sacrifice. 

5  To  depart  from  iniquity  is  that  which  pleaseth 
the  Lord  ;  and  to  depart  from  injustice,  is  an  en- 
treaty for  sins. 

6  Thou  shalt  not  appear  empty  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord. 

7  For  all  these  things  are  to  be  done  because  of 
the  commandment  of  God. 

8  Theoblationof  the  just  maketh  the  altarfat,  and 
is  an  odourof  sweetness  in  the  sight  of  the  mostHigh. 

9  The  sacrifice  of  the  just  is  acceptable  :  and  the 
Lord  will  not  forget  the  memorial  thereof, 

10  Give  glory  to  God  with  a  good  heart :  and 
diminish  not  the  first-fruits  of  thy  hands. 

11  In  every  gift  show  a  cheerful  countenance  ; 
and  sanctify  thy  tithes  with  joy. 

12  Give  to  the  most  High  according  to  what  he 
hath  given  to  thee  :  and  with  a  good  eye  do  accord- 
ing to  the  ability  of  thy  hands  : 

13  For  the  Lord  maketh  recompense,  and  will 
give  thee  seven  times  as  much. 

14  Do  not  offer  wicked  gifts;  for  such  he  will 
not  receive. 

15  And  look  not  upon  an  unjust  sacrifice  ;  for 


the  Lord  is  judge :  and  there  is   not  with  him  re- 
spect of  person. 

16  The  Lord  will  not  accept  any  person  against 
a  poor  man  :  and  he  will  hear  the  prayer  of  him 
that  is  wronged. 

17  He  will  not  despise  the  prayers  of  the  father- 
less ;  nor  the  widow,  when  she  poureth  out  her 
complaint. 

18  Do  not  the  widow's  tears  run  down  the  cheek, 
and  her  cry  against  him  that  causeth  them  to  fall  r 

19  For  from  the  cheektheygoupeven  to  heaven: 
and  the  Lord  that  heareth  will  not  be  delighted 
with  them. 

20  He  that  adoreth  God  with  joy,  shall  be  ac- 
cepted ;  and  his  prayer  shall  approach  even  to  the 
clouds. 

21  The  prayer  of  him  that  humbleth  himself, 
shall  pierce  the  clouds  :  and  till  it  come  nigh  he 
will  not  be  comforted  :  and  he  will  not  depart  till 
the  most  High  behold. 

22  And  the  Lord  will  not  be  slack,  but  will  judge 
for  the  just,  and  will  do  judgment :  and  the  Almighty 
will  not  have  patience  with  them,  that  he  may  crush 
their  back  : 

23  And  he  will  repay  vengeance  to  the  gentiles, 
till  he  have  taken  away  the  multitude  of  the  proud, 
and  broken  the  sceptres  of  the  unjust ; 

24  Till  he  have  rendered  to  men  aceordingto 
their  deeds:  and  according  to  the  works  of  Adam, 
and  according  to  his  presumption  ; 

25  Till  he  have  judged  the  cause  of  his  people, 
and  he  shall  delight  the  just  with  his  mercy. 

26  The  mercy  of  God  is  beautiful  in  the  time  of 
affliction,  as  a  cloud  of  rain  in  the  time  of  drought 

CHAP.  XXXVI. 

A  prayer  for  the  church  of  God.     Of  a  good  heart,  and  a  good 

wife. 
TJTAVE  mercy  upon  us,  O  God  of  all ;  and  behold 
-*--*-  us,  and  show  us  the  light  of  thy  mercies. 

2  And  send  thy  fear  upon  the  nations,  that  have 
not  sought  after  thee  :  that  they  may  know  that 
there  is  no  God  beside  thee,  and  that  they  may 
show  forth  thy  wonders. 

3  Lift  up  thy  hand  over  the  strange  nations,  that 
they  may  see  thy  power. 

4  For  as  thou  hast  been  sanctified  in  us  in  their 
sight,  so  thou  shalt  be  magnified  among  them  in 
our  presence, 

5  That  they  may  know  thee,  as  we  also  have 
known  thee,  that  there  is  no  God  beside  thee,  O 
Lord. 

6  Renew  thy  signs,  and  work  new  miracles. 

7  Glorify  thy  hand,  and  thy  right  arm. 

8  Raise  up  indignation,  and  pour  out  wrath. 

9  Take  away  the  adversary,  and  crush  the 
enemy. 

10  Hasten  the  time,  and  remember  the  end, 
that  they  may  declare  thy  wonderful  works. 

11  Let  him  that  escapeth  be  consumed  by  the 
rage  of  the  fire  :  and  let  them  perish  that  oppress 
thy  people. 

12  Crush  the  head  of  the  princes  of  the  enemies 
that  say  :  There  is  no  other  beside  us. 

647 


Jacob 

icsidcs  thee, 
Hid    thou  shall 


13  Gather  together  all  the  trilm  of 

they  ma\   know  thai  there  M  M  C  •  <>«! 

ami  mat  declare thy  great  works 
inherit  them  as  from  the  heginning. 

14  Bare  mercj  oa  thy  people,  upon  whom  thy 

name  is  invoked  ;  and  upon  Israel,  whom  llioii  hast 

raised  an  to  be  thy  first-Dora. 

16  Hare  mercy  on  Jerusalem,  the  city  which 
thou  hast  sanctified,  the  city  of  thy  rest. 

It!  Kill  Sion  with  thy  unspeakable  words,  and 
thy  people  with  thy  glory. 

17  Give  testimony  to  them  that  arc  thy  creatures 
Irom  the  beginning;  and  raise  up  the  prophecies 
which  the  former  prophets  spoke  in  thy  name. 

18  Reward  them  that  patiently  wait  for  thee, 
that th\  prophets  may  Im«  round  faithful :  and  hear 
the  prayers  of  thj  servants, 

I!*    Iccordmg  to  the  blessing  of  Aaron  over  thy 

Iieople,  and  direct  us  into  the  way  of  justice  :   and 
et  all    know  that   dwell  upon    the  earth,  that  thou 
an  (iod  the  beholder  of  all  ages. 

Jo  The  belly  will  devour  all  meat:  yet  one  is 
letter  than  another. 

21  The  palate  tasteth  venison :  and  the  wise 
heart  false  speeches. 

22  A  perverse  heart  will  cause  grief:  and  a  man 
of  experience  w  ill  resist  it. 

J.{  A  woman  will  receive  every  man:*  yet  one 
daughter  is  better  than  another. 

The  beauty  of  a  woman  cheereth  the  coun- 
tenance of  her  husband :  and  a  man  desireth  nothing 
more. 

If  she  have  a  tongue  that  can  cure,  and  like- 
w  i>e  mitigate  and  show  mercy  ;  her  husband  is  not 
like  other  men. 

26  He  that  |M)ssesseth  a  good  wife,  beginneth  a 
possession  :  she  is  a  help  like  to  himself,  and  a  pil- 
lar of  rest. 

11  Where  there  is  no  hedge,  the  possession  shall 
he  spoiled  :  and  where  there  is  no  wife,  he  mourneth 
that  is  in  want. 

Who  will  trust  him  that  hath  no  rest,  and  that 
lodgeth  wheresoever  the  night  taketh  him,  as  a  rob- 
ber  well  appointed,  that  skippeth  from  city  to  city  ? 
CHAP.  XXXVII. 

Of  the  rhoict  of friends  and  counsellors. 

E7VERY  friend  will  say:  I  also  am  his  friend: 
J-i  hut  there  is  a  friend  that  is  only  a  friend  in 
name.     Is  not  this  a  grief  even  to  death  ? 

J  lint  a  companion  and  a  friend  shall  he  turned 
to  an  enemy. 

. !  < )  w  icked  presumption,  whence  earnest  thou  to 
cover  the  earth  with  th\  malice  and  deceitfulnt 

4  There  is  a  companion  who  rcjoiceih  with  his 
friend  in  his  joys:  hut  in  the  time  of  trouble,  he 
will  In-  against  him. 

■  There  is  ■companioa  who  condoleth  with  his 

friend   for   his  belly's  sake  :   and  he  will  take  up  a 

shield  against  the  enemy. 


ECCLES1AS  riCl 

that 


That  it.  anv  man  (hat  her  parent! 
I..  Ii.t  to  marry,  though  «he  doea  not  likr  him,  hut  narriea  to 
•bofdieace  to  her  parent*  who  make  ttw  rhuiee  for  her. 


6  Forget  not  thy  friend  in  thy  mind  :  and  he  not 
unmindful  of  him  in  thy  riches. 

7  Consult  not  with  him  that  layeth  a  snare  for 
thee  :  and  hide  thy  counsel  from  them  that  enw  tin  c 

8  Kvery  counsellor  giveth  out  counsel :  hut  there 
is  one  that  is  a  counsellor  lor  himself. 

9  Beware  of  a  counsellor.  And  know  before 
what  need  he  hath:  for  he  will  devise  to  his  own 
mind : 

10  Lest  he  thrust  a  stake  into  the  ground,  and 
say  to  thee : 

1 1  Thy  way  is  good  ;  and  then  stand  on  the  other 
side  to  see  what  shall  befal    thee. 

12  Treat  not  with  a  man  without  religion  con- 
cerning holiness  ;  nor  with  an  unjust  man  concern- 
ing justice  j  nor  with  a  woman  touching  her  of 
w  in  mi  she  is  jealous  ;  nor  with  a  coward  concerning 
war;  nor  with  a  merchant  ahout  traffic;  nor  with 
a  buyer  of  selling;  nor  with  an  envious  man  of 
giving  thanks  ; 

13  Nor  with  the  ungodly  of  piety  ;  nor  with  the 
dishonest  of  honesty  ;  nor  with  the  held  labourer  of 
every  work ; 

1  l  Nor  with  him  that  workcth  by  the  year  of 
the  finishing  of  the  year;  nor  with  an  idle  servant 
of  much  husiness  :  give  no  heed  to  these  in  any 
matter  of  counsel. 

But  Ik'   continually  with  a  holy  man,  whom- 


15 


soever  thou  shah  know  to  observe  the  fear  of  Hod  ; 

16  Whose  soul  is  according  Jo  thy  own  soul  ; 
and  who,  when  thou  shalt  stumble  in  the  dark,  will 
he  sorry  for  tine. 

17  And  establish  within  thyself  a  heart  of  good 
counsel:  for  there  is  no  other  thing  of  more  worth 
to  thee  than  it. 

18  The  soul  of  a  holy  man  discovered)  some- 
times true  things,  more  than  seven  watchmen  that 
sit  in  a  high  place  to  watch. 

19  But  above  all  these  things  pray  to  the  most 
High,  that  he  may  direct  thy  way  in  truth. 

20  In  all  thy  works  let  the  true  word  go  before 
tine,  and  steady  counsel  before  every  action. 

21  A  wicked  word  shall  change  the  heart  :  out 
of  which  four  manner  of  things  arise,  good  and  evil, 
life  and  death:  and  the  tongue  is  continually  the 
ruler  of  them.  There  is  a  man  thai  is  subtle  and  a 
teacher  of  many,  and  yet  is  unprofitable  to  his  ov\  u 
soul. 

22  A  skilful  man  hath  taught  many,  and  is  sweet 
to  his  own  soul. 

23  1  le  that  speaketh  sophistically,  is  hateful :  he 
shall  be  destitute  of  every  thing. 

24  Grace  is  not  given  him  from  the  Lord :  for 
he  is  deprived  of  all  wisdom. 

25  There  is  a  wise  man  that  is  wise  to  his  own 
soul :  and  the  fruit  of  his  understanding  is  com- 
mendable. 

26  A  wise  man  instracteth  his  own  people:  and 
the  fruits  of  his  understanding  an-  faithful. 

27  A  wise  man  shall  lie  filled  with  blessings' 
anil  thej  that  KC  shall  praise  him. 

28  The  life  of  a  man.  is  in  the  number  of  his 
davs  :  but  the  days  of  Israel  an'  innumerable. 


CHAP.  XXXVIII,  XXXIX. 

29  A  wise  man  shall  inherit  honour  among  his 
people :  and  his  name  shall  live  for  ever. 

30  My  son,  prove  thy  soul  in  thy  life :  and  if  it 
be  wicked,  give  it  no  power  : 

31  For  all  things  are  not  expedient  for  all :  and 
every  kind  pleaseth  not  every  soul. 

32  Be  not  greedy  in  any  feasting,  and  pour  not 
out  thyself  upon  any  meat : 

33  For  in  many  meats  there  will  he  sickness; 
and  greediness  will  turn  to  choler. 

34  By  surfeiting  many  have  perished :  hut  he 
that  is  temperate,  shall  prolong  life. 

CHAP.  XXXVIII. 

Of  physicians  and  medicines  :  what  is  to  be  done  in  sickness  ; 
and  how  we  are  to  mourn  for  the  dead.  Of  the  employments 
of  labourers  and  artificers. 

IJONOUR  the  physician  for  the  need  thou  hast 
•*--*•  of  him;   for  the  most  High  hath  created  him. 

2  For  all  healing  is  from  God :  and  he  shall  re- 
ceive gifts  of  the  king. 

3  The  skill  of  the  physician  shall  lift  up  his  head: 
and  in  the  sight  of  great  men  he  shall  he  praised 

4  The  most  High  hath  created  medicines  out  of 
the  earth :  and  a  wise  man  will  not  abhor  them. 

5  Was  not  bitter  water  made  sweet  with  wood  ? 

6  The  virtue  of  these  things  is  come  to  the  know- 
ledge of  men  :  and  the  most  High  hath  given  know- 
ledge to  men,  that  he  may  be  honoured  in  his 
wonders. 

7  By  these  he  shall  cure,  and  shall  allay  their 
pains:  and  of  these  the  apothecary  shall  make  sweet 
confections,  and  shall  make  up  ointments  of  health: 
and  of  his  works  there  shall  be  no  end. 

8  For  the  peace  of  God  is  over  all  the  face  of 
the  earth. 

9  My  son,  in  thy  sickness  neglect  not  thyself; 
but  pray  to  the  Lord,  and  he  shall  heal  thee. 

10  Turn  away  from  sin,  and  order  thy  hands 
aright,  and  cleanse  thy  heart  from  all  offence. 

Give  a  sweet  savour,  and  a  memorial  of  fine 


11 

flour;  and  make  a  fat  offering,  and  then  give  place 
to  the  physician. 

12  For  the  Lord  created  him  :  and  let  him  not 
depart  from  thee,  for  his  works  are  necessary. 

13  For  there  is  a  time  when  thou  must  fall  into 
their  hands : 

14  And  they  "shall  beseech  the  Lord,  that  he 
would  prosper  what  they  give  for  ease  and  remedy, 
for  their  c  onversation. 

15  He  that  sinneth  in  the  sight  of  his  Maker, 
shall  fall  into  the  hands  of  the  physician. 

16  My  son,  shed  tears  over  the  dead;  and  begin 
to  lament  as  if  thou  hadst  suffered  some  great  harm, 
and  according  to  judgment  cover  his  body,  and  ne- 
glect not  his  burial. 

.  17  And  for  fear  of  being  ill  spoken  of,  weep 
bitterly  for  a  day ;  and  then  comfort  thyself  in  thy 
sadness. 

18  And  make  mourning  for  him  according  to  his 
merit  for  a  day,  or  two,  for  fear  of  detraction. 

19  For  of  sadness  cometh  death;  and  it  over- 
whelmed the  strength  :  and  the  sorrow  of  the  heart 
boweth  down  the  neck. 


20  In  withdrawing  aside  sorrow  remaineth  :  and 
the  substance  of  the  poor  is  according  to  his  heart. 
.    21   Give  not  up  thy  heart  to  sadness,  but  drive 
it  from  thee :  and  remember  the  latter  end. 

22  Forget  it  not ;  for  there  is  no  returning :  and 
thou  shalt  do  him  no  good,  and  shall  hurt  thyself. 

23  Remember  my  judgment:  for  thine  also  shall 
be  so :  yesterday  for  me,  and  to-day  for  thee. 

24  When  the  dead  is  at  rest,  let  his  remembrance 
rest,  and  comfort  him  in  the  departing  of  his  spirit. 

25  The  wisdom  of  a  scribe*  cometh  by  his  time 
of  leisure :  and  he  that  is  less  in  action,  shall  re- 
ceive wisdom. 

26  With  what  wisdom  shall  he  be  furnished  that 
holdeth  the  plough,  and  that  glorieth  in  the  goad, 
that  driveth  the  oxen  therewith,  and  is  occupied  in 
their  labours,  and  his  whole  talk  is  about  the  off- 
spring of  bulls  ? 

27  He  shall  give  his  mind  to  turn  up  furrows; 
and  his  care  is  to  give  the  kine  fodder. 

28  So  every  craftsman  and  workmaster  that  la- 
boureth  night  and  day,  he  who  maketh  graven  seals, 
and  by  his  continual  diligence  varieth  the  figure : 
he  shall  give  his  mind  to  the  resemblance  of  the 
picture,  and  by  his  watching  shall  finish  the  work. 

29  So  doeth  the  smith  sitting  by  the  anvil  and 
considering  the  iron  work.  The  vapour  of  the  fire 
wasteth  his  flesh :  and  he  fighteth  with  the  heat  of 
the  furnace : 

30  The  noise  of  the  hammer  is  always  in  his 
ears :  and  his  eye  is  upon  the  pattern  of  the  vessel 
he  maketh. 

31  He  setteth  his  mind  to  finish  his  work,  and 
his  watching  to  polish  them  to  perfection. 

32  So  doth  the  potter  sitting  at  his  work,  turn- 
ing the  wheel  about  with  his  feet,  who  is  always 
carefully  set  to  his  work,  and  maketh  all  his  work 
by  number: 

33  He  fashioneth  the  clay  with  his  arm,  and 
boweth  down  his  strength  before  his  feet : 

34  He  shall  give  his  mind  to  finish  the  glazing, 
and  his  watching  to  make  clean  the  furnace. 

35  All  these  trust  to  their  hands :  and  every  one 
is  wise  in  his  own  art. 

36  Without  these  a  city  is  not  built. 

37  And  they  shall  not  dwell,  nor  walk  about  there- 
in :  and  they  shall  not  go  up  into  the  assembly. 

38  Upon  the  judge's  seat  they  shall  not  sit ;  and 
the  ordinance  of  judgment  they  shall  not  under- 
stand ;  neither  shall  they  declare  discipline  and 
judgment :  and  they  shall  not  be  found  where  para- 
bles are  spoken : 

39  But  they  shall  strengthen  the  state  of  the 
world  :  and  their  prayer  shall  be  in  the  work  of  their 
craft,  applying  their  soul,  and  searching  in  the  law 
of  the  most  High. 

CHAP.  XXXIX.       * 

The  exercises  of  the  wise  man.     The  Lord  is  to  be  glorified  for 

his  works. 
HP  HE  wise  man  will  seek  out  the  wisdom  of  all 
-*-     the   ancients,  and   will   be  occupied    in  the 
prophets. 


*  M  scribe. 


That  is,  a  doctor  of  the  law,  or  a  learned  man. 
519 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


i  I  ]r  will  keen  the  sa\  inga  of  renowned  men,  ami 
will  enter  «  ithal  into  the  suhtilties  of  parabl. s. 

.;  He  will  search  oat  the  bidden  meaning!  of 
proverbs.  ;ni.|  will  be  conversant  ill  the  secret*  of 
parables. 

4  Hi-  shall  serve  among  great  1MB,  aiui  appear 
before  the  governor. 

5  He  shall  pass  into  strange  countries;  for  he 
shall  try  good  and  evil  among  men. 

6  Hi*  will  rire  his  heart  to  resort  early  to  the 
Lord,  that  made  him:  and  lie  will  pray  in  the  sight 
of  the  most  High. 

7  lit-  will  open  his  mouth  in  prayer,  and  prill 
matte  supplication  for  his  sins. 

8  For  if  it  shall  please  the  great  Lord,  he  will 
fill  him  with   the  spirit  of  understanding : 

9  And  he  will  |x>ur  forth  the  words  of  his  wis- 
dom as  showers:  and  in  his  prayer  he  will  confess 

to  the  Lord* 

1 i  >   \iiil  be  shall  direct  his  counsel,  and  his  know- 
:   and  in  his  secrets  shall  he  meditate. 

11  He  shall  show  forth  the  discipline  he  hath 
learned,  and  shall  glory  in  the  law  of  the  covenant 
of  the  Lord. 

12  Mmrj  shall  praise  his  wisdom;  and  it  shall 
never  be  forgotten. 

13  The  memory  of  him  shall  not  depart  away: 
and  his  name  shall  be  in  request  from  generation 
to  generation. 

14  Nations  shall  declare  his  wisdom;  and  the 
church   shall  show   forth  his  praise. 

1")  It  he  continue,  he  shall  leave  a  name  above  a 
thousand  :   and  if  he  rest,  it  shall  !>e  to  his  advantage. 

16  I  will  yet  meditate  that  I  may  declare*  for 
I  am  filled  as  with  a  holy  trans|>ort. 

17  By  a  eoice  he  saith:  Hear  me,  ye  divine  off- 
spring;" and  bud  forth  as  the  rose  planted  by  the 
brooks  of  waters. 

18  (rive  ye  a  sweet  odour  as  frankincense. 

19  Send  forth  (lowers,  as  the  lily,  and  yield  a 
smell,  and  bring  forth  leaves  in  grace,  and  praise 
with  canticles,  and  bless  the  Lord  in  his  works. 

20  Magnify  his  name,  and  give  glory  to  him  with 
the  voice  of  your  lips,  and  with  the  canticles  of  your 
mouths,  and  with  harps:  and  in  praising  him,  you 
shall  my  in  this  manner  : 

21  All  the  works  of  the  Lord  are  exceeding 
good. 

22  At  his  word  the  waters  stood  as  a  heap:  and 
at  the  words  of  his  mouth  the  receptacles  of  waters : 

23  For  at  his  commandment  favour  is  shown  : 
and  there  is  no  diminishing  of  his  salvation. 

24  The  works  of  all  flesh  an-  before  him;  and 
there  is  nothing  hid  from  his  eyes. 

25  He  teeth  from  eternity  to  eternity;  and  then- 
is  nothing  wonderful  before  him. 

There  is  no  Baring:    What  is  this,  or  what  is 
that?  for  all  things  shall  be  MMght  in  their  time. 
His  blessing  hath  overflowed  like  a  river. 

\uil  as  a  flood  hath  watered  the  earth ;  so 


•  Y.  M«  4rVfe<. 
pleoTOud;  wboahe 


<-ak«  »o  thw  rhil-'rrn  of  lira*!,  the  peo- 
e»bort»  to  boH  Awth  ami  IVxiriah  with  virtue. 


shall  his  wrath    inherit    the    nations,  that   have  hot 
sought  alter  him  : 

1  Even  as  he  turned  the  waters  into  a  dry  land, 
and  the  earth  was  made  dry.  and  his  ways  were 
made  plain  tor  their  journey  :  so  to  sinners  (aeyave 
stumbling-blocks  in  his  wrath. 

30  Good  thing!  were  created  for  the  good  from 
the  beginoiag*  so  lor  the  wicked,  Bjnau  and  evil 
things. 

31  The  principal  thnien  necessary  for  the  life  of 
men,  are  water,  lire,  and  iron,  salt,  milk,  and  bread 
of  flour,  and  honey,  and  the  cluster  of  the  grape, 
and  oil,  and  clothing. 

32  All  these  things  shall  be  for  good  to  the  holy  ; 
so  to  the  sinners  and  the  ungodly  the)  shall  be  turn- 
ed into  evil. 

33  There  are  spirits  that  are  created  for  ven- 
geance, and  in  their  furv  the  \  la)  on  grievous  torments: 

34  In  the  time  of  destruction  they  shall  pour  out 
their  force:  and  they  shall  appease  the  wrath  of  him 
that  made  them. 

35  Fire,  hail,  famine,  and  death,  all  these  were 
created   for  vengeance. 

36  The  teeth  of  In-asts.  and  scorpions,  and  ser- 
pents, and  the  sword  taking  vengeance  ii|K>n  the 
ungodlv  unto  destruction. 

37  In  his  commandments  they  shall  feast  ;  and 
they  shall  be  ready  upon  earth  when  need  is  :  and 
when  their  time  is  come  they  shall  not  transgress 
iiis  word. 

38  Therefore  from  the  beginning  I  was  resolved  : 
and  I  have  meditated,  and  thought  on  these  things, 
and  left  them  in  writing. 

39  All  the  works  of  the  Lord  are  good  :  and  he 
will  furnish  every  work  in  due  time. 

40  It  is  not  to  be  said  :  This  is  worse  than  that : 
for  all  shall  lie  well  approved  in  their  time. 

41  Now  therefore  with  the  whole  heart  and  mouth 
praise  ye  him,  and  bless  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

CHAP    XL. 

The  miseries  of  the  life  of  man  are  relieved  by  the  grace  of  (ind 
and  his  ft'iir. 

f*  REAT  labour  is  created  for  all  men,  and  a 
^-*~  heavv  voke  is  upon  the  children  of  Adam,  from 
the  day  of  their  comiim  out  of  their  mother's  womb, 
until  the  day  of  their  burial  into  the  mother  of  all. 

2  Their  thoughts,  and  fears  of  the  heart,  their 
imagination  of  things  to  come,  and  the  day  of  their 
end : 

3  From  him  that  sitteih  on  a  glorious  throne, 
unto  him  that  is  humbled  in  earth  and  ashes: 

4  From  him  that  wenreth  purple,  and  Uareth 
the  crown,  even  to  him  that  is  covered  with  rough 
linen:  wrath,  envy,  trouble,  unquiet  ness.  and  the 
fear  of  death,  continual  aimer,  and  strife  : 

5  And  in  the  time  of  rest  upon  his  bed,  the  sleep 
of  the  nicht  changeth  his  know  led 

6  A  little  and  as  nothing  is  his  test,  and  afterward 
in  sleep,  as  in  the  day  of  keeping  watch. 

7  lie  is  troubled  in  the  vision  of  his  heart,  as  if  he 
had  escaped  in  the  day  of  battle.  In  the  time  of  his 
safety  he  rose  up,  and    wondcrclh  (hat  there   is  no 


CHAP.  XLI. 


8  Such  things  happen  tc  all  flesh,  from  man  even 
to  beast;  and  upon  sinners  are  sevenfold  more. 

9  Moreover,  death,  and  bloodshed,  strife,  and 
sword,  oppressions,  famine,  and  affliction,  and 
scourges: 

10  All  these  things  are  created  for  the  wicked: 
and  for  their  sakes  came  the  flood. 

11  All  things  that  are  of  the  earth,  shall  turn  to 
the  earth  again,  and  all  waters  shall  return  to  the  sea. 

12  All  bribery  and  injustice  shall  be  blotted  out; 
and  fidelity  shall  stand  for  ever. 

13  The  riches  of  the  unjust  shall  be  dried  up  like 
a  river,  and  shall  pass  away  with  a  noise  like  a 
great  thunder  in  ram. 

14  While  he  openeth  his  hands  he  shall  rejoice: 
but  transgressors  shall  pine  away  in  the  end. 

15  The  offspring  of  the  ungodly  shall  not  bring 
forth  many  branches,  and  make  a  noise  as  unclean 
roots  upon  the  top  of  a  rock. 

16  The  weed  growing  over  every  water,  and  at 
the  bank  of  the  river,  shall  be  pulled  up  before  all 
grass. 

17  Grace  is  like  a  paradise  in  blessings;  and 
mercy  remaineth  for  ever. 

18  The  life  of  a  labourer  that  is  content  with 
what  he  hath,  shall  be  sweet ;  and  in  it  thou  shalt 
find  a  treasure. 

19  Children,  and  the  building  of  a  city  shall  esta- 
blish a  name:  but  a  blameless  wife  shall  be  counted 
above  them  both. 

20  Wine  and  music  rejoice  the  heart:  but  the 
love  of  wisdom  is  above  them  both. 

21  The  flute  and  the  psaltery  make  a  sweet  me- 
lody :  but  a  pleasant  tongue  is  above  them  both. 

22  Thy  eye  desireth  favour  and  beauty,  but  more 
than  these  green  sown  fields. 

23  A  friend  and  companion  meeting  together  in 
season  ;  but  above  them  both  is  a  wife  with  her 
husband. 

24  Brethren  are  a  help  in  the  time  of  trouble : 
but  mercy  shall  deliver  more  than  they. 

25  Gold  and  silver  make  the  feet  stand  sure  :  but 
wise  counsel  is  above  them  both. 

26  Riches  and  strength  lift  up  the  heart:  but 
above  these  is  the  fear  of  the  Lord. 

27  There  is  no  want  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord ; 
and  it  needeth  not  to  seek  for  help. 

28  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  like  a  paradise  of 
blessing:  and  they  have  covered  it  above  all  glory. 

29  My  son  in  thy  life-time  be  not  indigent:  for 
it  is  better  to  die  than  to  want. 

30  The  life  of  him  that  looketh  toward  another 
man's  table  is  not  to  be  counted  a  life :  for  he  feed- 
eth  his  soul  with  another  man's  meat. 

31  But  a  man  well  instructed  and  taught,  will 
look  to  himself. 

32  Begging  will  be  sweet  in  the  mouth  of  the 
unwise:  but  in  his  belly  there  shall  burn  a  fire. 

CHAP.  XLI. 

Of  the  remembrance  of  death  :  of  an  evil  and  of  a  good  name  : 
of  what  things  we  ought  to  be  ashamed. 

/~\  DEATH,   how  bitter  is  the  remembrance  of 
"  *  thee  to  a  man  that  hath  peace  in  his  possessions. 


2  To  a  man  that  is  at  rest,  and  whose  ways  are 
prosperous  in  all  things,  and  that  is  yet  able  to  take 
meat ! 

3  O  death,  thy  sentence  is  welcome  to  the  man 
that  is  in  need,  and  to  him  whose  strength  failcth, 

4  Who  is  in  a  decrepit  age,  and  that  is  in  caie 
about  all  things,  and  to  the  distrustful  that  loseth 
patience ! 

5  Fear  not  the  sentence  of  death.  Remember 
what  things  have  been  before  thee,  and  what  shall 
come  after  thee :  this  sentence  is  from  the  Lord 
upon  all  flesh. 

6  And  what  shall  come  upon  thee  by  the  good 
pleasure  of  the  most  High?  whether  ten,  or  a  hun- 
dred, or  a  thousand  years. 

7  For  among  the  dead  there  is  no  accusing  of 
life. 

8  The  children  of  sinners  become  children  of 
abominations,  and  they  that  converse  near  the  houses 
of  the  ungodly. 

9  The  inheritance  of  the  children  of  sinners  shall 
perish :  and  with  their  posterity  shall  be  a  perpetual 
reproach. 

10  The  children  will  complain  of  an  ungodly  fa- 
ther; because  for  his  sake  they  are  in  reproach. 

1 1  Wo  to  you  ungodly  men,  who  have  forsaken 
the  law  of  the  most  high  Lord. 

12  And  if  you  be  born,  you  shall  be  born  in  ma- 
lediction :  and  if  you  die,  in  malediction  shall  be 
your  portion. 

13  All  things  that  are  of  the  earth,  shall  return 
into  the  earth ;  so  the  ungodly  shall  from  maledic- 
tion to  destruction. 

14  The  mourning  of  men  is  about  their  body :  but 
the  name  of  the  ungodly  shall  be  blotted  out. 

15  Take  care  of  a  good  name;  for  this  shall  con- 
tinue with  thee,  more  than  a  thousand  treasures 
precious  and  great. 

16  A  good  life  hath  its  number  of  days:  but  a 
good  name  shall  continue  for  ever. 

17  My  children,  keep  discipline  in  peace:  for 
wisdom  that  is  hid,  and  a  treasure  that  is  not  seen, 
what  profit  is  there  in  them  both  ? 

18  Better  is  the  man  that  hideth  his  felly,  than 
the  man  that  hideth  his  wisdom. 

19  Wherefore  have  a  shame*  of  these  things  I  am 
now  going  to  speak  of. 

20  For  it  is  not  good  to  keep  all  shamefacedness: 
and  all  things  do  not  please  all  men  in  opinion. 

21  Be  ashamed  of  fornication  before  father  and 
mother :  and  of  a  lie  before  a  governor  and  a  man  in 
power ; 

22  Of  an  offence  before  a  prince,  and  a  judge ; 
of  iniquity  before  a  congregation  and  a  people  ; 

23  Of  injustice  before  companion  and  friend;  and 
in  regard  to  the  place  where  thou  dwellest, 

24  Of  theft,  and  of  the  truth  of  God,  and  the 
covenant;  of  leaning  with  thy  elbow  over  meat;, 
and  of  deceit  in  giving  and  taking  ; 


*  Hare,  a  shame    &c.     That   is  to  say,   Be  ashamed  of  doing  any  of 
these  things  which  I  am  now  going  to  mention  :  for  though  sometime* 
shamefacedness  is  not  to  be  indulged  !  yet  it  is  often  good  and  nece« 
sarv  ;  as  in  ttie  following  cases. 

'  551 


ECCFFSIASTICUS. 


Of  silence  1*  fore  them  that  salute  tht'C  ;  of 
looking  ii|M)ii  a  harlot;  ami  of  turning  away  thy  l.tcc 
from  thy  kinsman. 

rum  mil  nwsythj  fare  from  thv  neighbour, 
and  of  taking  .iw.iv  a  portion  and  not  restoring. 

<  rase  imi  upon  another  in. in'-,  w  ile  :  and  be 
not  inquisitive  after  his  handmaid,  and  approach  not 
I.  r  bed. 

fie  ashamed  of  upbraiding  speeches  before 
friends  :  and  alter  thou  hast  gives,  upbraid  not. 

(II  \T.    \l.ll. 
Of  what  tkingt  te  ought  not  to  br  atkomrd.      Caution*  teitk  rr- 
l  In  ir.nitrn.      The  trorhuami  greatness  nf  (lint. 

RI.I'F  \T  not  tin-  word  which  thou  hast  heard; 
and  disclose  not  the  thing  that  is  secret  ;  so 
shalt  thou  Im-  trulv  without  contusion,  and  shalt  find 
favour  before  all  men  :  be  not  ashamed  of  any  of 
these  things:  and  accept  no  person  to  sin  thereby. 
J  <  rfthe  law  of  the  st  nigh,  and  of  his  cove- 
nant, and  of  judgment  to  justify  the  ungodly  : 

M  the  affair  of  companions  and  travellers,  and 
of  the  gift  of  the  inheritance  of  friends : 

\  Of  exactness  of  balance  and  weights,  of  get- 
ting much  or  little  : 

5  Of  the  corruption  of  buying,  and  of  merchants, 
and  of  much  correction  of  children,  and  to  make 
the  side  of  a  wicked  slave  to  bleed. 

6  Sure  keeping  is  good  over  a  wicked  wife. 

7  Where  there  are  man]  hands,  shut  up  and  de- 
liver all  things  in  number,  and  weight:  and  put  all 
in  w  riting  that  thou  nivest  out  or  receives!  in. 

H  Be  not  ashamed  to  inform  the  unw  ise  and  fool- 
ish, and  the  aged,  that  are  jinked  by  young  men  : 
and  thou  shalt  be  well  instructed  in  all  things,  and 
well  approved  in  the  sight  of  all  men  living. 

!•  I  he  father  waketh  for  the  daughter  when  no 
man  knoweth  :  and  the  care  fat  In  r  taketh  away  his 
sleep  when  she  is  young,  list  she  pass  away  the 
flower  of  her  age;  and  when  she  is  married,  lest 
she  should  be  hateful. 

H»  In  her  virginity,  lest  she  should  1m?  corrupted, 
and  he  found  with  child  in  her  lather's  house:  and 
having  a  husband,  lest  she  should  misbehave  herself, 
or  at  the  least  In-come  liarren. 

1 1  keep  a  sure  w  atch  o\  er  a  shameless  daughter ; 
lest  tf  any  tine  she  make  thee  become  i  laughing 
stock  to  thy  enemies,  and  a  by-word  in  the  city,  and 
a  reproach  among  the  people,  and  she  make  thee 
ashamed  before  all  the  multitude. 

12  Heboid  not  everybody's  beauty:  and  tarry 
not  among  women. 

I.J  For  from  garments  cometh  a  moth,  and  from 
a  woman  the  iniquity  of  a  man. 

I  t  For  better  is  the  iniquity*  of  a  man.  lhan  a 
woman   doii  od  nun,  and  a  woman  bringing 

shame  and  reproach. 

I  .">  I  will  now  remember  the  works  of  the  Ford: 
and  1  w  ill  declare  the    things  I    have  seen, 
wools  ol  the  Lord  are  his  works. 

|ii  The  sun  giving  light  hath  looked  upon  .ill 
things:  and  full  Of  the  glory  of  the  Ford  is  his  work. 

*  tlrttrr  it  tkt  taifaUf  kr    T'i  it  i>,  llirrr  i«,  oomnw.nh  «|»'»kinr,  !«"•» 

daufrr  to  be  appfMoudol  to  UwmniI  fmm  tMobariMin  M,orinhirie* 

M 


Uy  th. 


17  Hath  not  the  Ford  made  the  saints  to  drctat- 
all  his  wonderful  works,  which  the  Ford  almighty 
hath  firmly  settled  to  Im-  established  for  bis  glory  ? 

18  He  hath  searched OIM  the  deep,  and  the  heart 
of  men  :   and  considered  their  craft]  devices. 

19  For  the  Lord  knoweth  all  knowledge,  and 
hath  beheld  ihe  signs  of  the  world:  he  declareth  the 
things  that  are  past,  and  the  things  that  aie  tocome, 
and  revealeih  the  traces  of  hidden  thn 

20  No  thought  escapeth  him  :  and  no  word  can 
hide  itself  from  him. 

21  He  hath  beautified  the  glorious  works  of  his 
window  :  and  he  is  from  eternity  to  eternity  ;  and 
to  him  nothing  may  be  added, 

22  Nor  can  he  he  diminished:  and  he  bath  no 
need  of  any  counsellor. 

23  O  bow  desirable  are  all  his  works  ;  and  what 
we  can  know  is  hut  as  a  spark  ! 

24  All  these  things  live,  and  remain  for  ever; 
and  fbf  every  Use  all  thing*  obey  him. 

25  All  things  arc  double,  one  against  another; 
and  he  hath  made  nothing  defective. 

26  He  hath  established  the  good  things  of  every 
one.  And  who  shall  l>e  filled  with  beholding  his 
glory? 

CHAP.  XFHF 

The  works  of  God  are  rxcertliiialy   ■.•/annus  ami  iconderfui :  no 
MM  it  able  tujjicicntly  to  praise  him. 

rpPHF.  firmament  on  high  is  his  beauty,  the  beauty 
-*-    of  heaven  with  its  glorious  show. 

2  The  sun  when  hesppesreth  showing  forth  at 
his  rising,  an  admirable  instrument,  the  w  <>i  k  of 
the  most  High. 

3  At  noon  he  burnetii  the  earth;  and  who  can 
abide  bis  burning  beat  ?  Asaua  keeping  a  furnace 
in  works  of  heat : 

4  The  sun  three  times  as  much,  burnetii  the 
mountains,  breathing  out  fiery  vapours,  and  shining 
with  his  beams,  he  blindeth  the  cm  s. 

5  Great  is  the  Lord  that  made  him;  and  at  his 
words  he  hath  hastened  his  course. 

6  And  the  moon  in  all  her  season,  is  lor  a 
declaration  of  times  and  a  sign  of  the  world. 

7  From  the  moon  is  the  sigB  of  the  festival  day, 
alight  that  decreaseth  in  her  perfection. 

8  The  month  is  called  alter  her  name,  increasing 
wonderfully  in  her  perfection. 

9  Being  an  instrument  of  the  armies  on  high, 
shining  gloriously  in  the  firmament  of  heaven. 

10  The  iiloi  v  Of  the  stars  is  the  beauty  of  heaven  : 
the  Lord  enlightened)  the  world  on  high. 

11  Uy  the  words  of  the  holy  one  they  shall  stand 
in  judgment,  and  shall  sever  tail    in  their  watches. 

12  Look  upon  the  rainbow,  and  bless  him  that 
made  it:    it  is  very  beautiful  in  its  brightness. 

13  It  encompasseth  the  heaven  shout  with  the 

circle  of  its  glory  :  the  hands  of  the  most  High  have 
displayed  it. 

14  By  his  commandment  he  maketh  the  snow- 
to  fall  apace,  :md  sendeth  forth  swiftly  the  light- 
nings of  his  judgment. 


we  receive  from  men.  limn  fmm  the  flattering  favour,  and  familiarity 
of  women. 


CHAP.  XLIV. 


15  Through  this  are  the  treasures  opned,  and 
the  clouds  fly  out  like  birds. 

16  By  his  greatness  he  hath  fixed  th  clouds; 
and  the  hailstones  are  broken. 

17  At  his  sight  shall  the  mountains  be  shaken: 
and  at  his  will  the  south  Wind  shall  blow. 

18  The  noise  of  his  thunder  shall  strike  the  earth, 
so  doth  the  northern  storm,  and  the  whirlwind: 

19  And  as  the  birds  lighting  upon  the  earth,  he 
scattereth  snow:  and  the  falling  thereof,  is  as  the 
coming  down  of  locusts. 

20  The  eye  admireth  at  the  beauty  of  the  white- 
ness thereof:  and  the  heart  is  astonished  at  the 
shower  thereof. 

21  lie  shall  pour  frost  as  salt  upon  the  earth  : 
and  when  it  freezeth,  it  shall  become  like  the  tops 
of  thistles. 

22  The  cold  north  wind  bloweth  ;  and  the  wa- 
ter is  congealed  into  crystal:  upon  every  gathering 
together  of  waters  it  shall  rest,  and  shall  clothe  the 
waters  as  a  breast-plate. 

23  And  it  shall  devour  the  mountains,  and  burn 
the  wilderness,  and  consume  all  that  is  green  as 
with  fire. 

24  A  present  remedy  of  all  is  the  speedy  coming 
of  a  cloud  ;  and  a  dew  that  meeteth  it,  by  the  heat 
that  cometh,  shall  overpower  it. 

25  At  his  word  the  wind  is  still ;  and  with  his 
thought  he  appeaseth  the  deep,  and  the  Lord  hath 
planted  islands  therein. 

26  Let  them  that  sail  on  the  sea,  tell  the  dangers 
thereof:  and  when  we  hear  with  our  ears,  we  shall 
admire. 

27  There  are  great  and  wonderful  works  ;  a  va- 
riety of  beasts,  and  of  all  living  things,  and  the  mon- 
strous creatures  of  whales. 

28  Through  him  is  established  the  end  of  their 
•ourney:  and  by  his  word  all  things  are  regulated. 

29  We  shall  say  much,  and  vet  shall  want  words: 
but  the  sum  of  our  words  is,  He  is  all. 

30  What  shall  we  be  able  to  do  to  glorify  him  ? 
for  the  Almighty  himself  is  above  all  his  works. 

31  The  Lord  is  terrible,  and  exceeding  great, 
and  his  power  is  admirable. 

32  Glorify  the  Lord  as  much  as  ever  you  can  :  for 
he  will  yet  far  exceed,  and  his  magnificence  is 
wonderful. 

33  Blessing  the  Lord,  exalt  him  as  much  as  you 
can :  for  he  is  above  all  praise. 

34  When  you  exalt  him,  pot  forth  all  your  strength, 
and  be  not  weary  :  for  you  can  never  go  far  enough. 

35  Who  shall  see  him,  and  declare  him?  and 
who  shall  magnify  him  as  he  is  from  the  beginning? 

36  There  are  many  things  hidden  from  us  that 
are  greater  than  these  :  for  we  have  seen  but  a  few 
of  his  works. 

37  But  the  Lord  hath  made  all  things :  and  to 
the  godly  he  hath  given  wisdom. 

CHAP.  XLIV. 

The  praises  of  the  holy  fathers  ;  in  particular  of  Henoch,  Koe, 
Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Jacob. 

LET  us    now   praise  men  of  renown,  and   our 
fathers  in  their  generation. 
4  A 


2  The  Lord  hath  wrought  great  glory  through 
his  magnificence  from  the  beginning. 

3  Such  as  have  borne  rule  in  their  dominions, 
men  of  great  power,  and  endued  with  their  wis- 
dom, showing  forth  in  the  prophet!  the  dignity  of 
prophets, 

4  And  riding  over  the  present  people,  and  by  the 
strength  of  wisdom  instructing  the  people  in  most 
holy  words. 

5  Such  as  by  their  skill  sought  out  musical  tunes, 
and  published  canticles  of  the  scriptures. 

6  Rich  men  in  virtue,  studying  beautifulness . 
living  at  peace  in  their  houses. 

7  All  these  have  gained  glory  in  their  genera- 
tions, and  were  praised  in  their  days. 

8  They  that  were  born  of  them  have  left  a  name 
behind  them,  that  their  praises  might  be  related  : 

9  And  there  are  some,  of  whom  there  is  no  me- 
morial ;  who  are  perished,  as  if  they  had  never 
been  ;  and  are  born,  as  if  they  had  never  been  born, 
and  their  children  with  them. 

10  But  these  were  men  of  mercy,  whose  godly 
deeds  have  not  failed  : 

1 1  Good  things  continue  with  their  seed, 

12  Their  posterity  are  a  holy  inheritance:  and 
their  seed  hath  stood  in  the  covenants  : 

13  And  their  children  for  their  sakes  remain  for 
ever :  their  seed  and  their  glory  shall  not  be  for- 
saken. 

14  Their  bodies  are  buried  in  peace:  and  their 
name  liveth  unto  generation  and  generation. 

15  Let  the  people  show  forth  their  wisdom,  and 
the  church  declare  their  praise. 

16  Henoch  pleased  God,  and  was  translated 
into  paradise,  that  he  may  give  repentance  to  the  na- 
tions. 

17  Noe  was  found  perfect,  just ;  and  in  the  time 
of  wrath  he  was  made  a  reconciliation. 

18  Therefore  was  there  a  remnant  left  to  the 
earth,  when  the  flood  came. 

19  The  covenants  of  the  world  were  made  with 
him,  that  all  flesh  should  no  more  be  destroyed  with 
the  flood. 

20  Abraham  was  the  great  father  of  a  multitude 
of  nations  :  and  there  was  not  found  the  like  to 
him  in  glory,  who  kept  the  law  of  ihe  most  High, 
and  was  in  covenant  with  him. 

21  In  his  flesh  he  established  the  covenant :  and 
in  temptation  he  was  found  faithful. 

22  Therefore  by  an  oath  he  gave  him  glory  in 
his  posterity,  that  he  should  increase  as  the  dust  of 
the  earth, 

23  And  that  he  would  exalt  his  seed  as  the  stars  • 
and  they  should  inherit  from  sea  to  sea,  and  from  the 
river  to  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

24  And  he  did  in  like  manner  with  Isaac  for  the 
sake  of  Abraham  his  father. 

25  The  Lord  gave  him  the  blessingof  all  nations, 
and  confirmed  his  covenant  upon  the  head  of  Jamb. 

26  He  acknowledged  him  in  his  blessings,  and 
gave  him  an  inheritance,  and  divided  him  his  por- 
tion in  twelve  tribes. 

553 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


27  And  ho  pr.*s.i  rvcd  for  him  men  of  mercy,  thai 
foil!  in  the  i\«s  of  all  llesh. 

(II  IP.    \l.\. 
Thr  ftraift  of  Mutt:  if  .4«r  m.  ami  of  Phintrs. 

M<  >M  ^  tea*  beloved  of  God,  and  men;  whose 
1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 > i  \  is  in  Ik  nediction. 
J    lit-  made    him    like-  the   saints  in    glory,    ami 
magnified  him  in  flic  fear  of  his  enemies  :    and  w  illi 
hi-  words  In-  maili'  prodigies  la  cease. 

3  He  glorified  him  inlln-  sighlof  kings,  and  gave 
him  ( (iiiim  anduients  in  the  sight  of  bit  people,  and 
shovvi-il  him  his  glory. 

I  He  sanctified  him  in  his  faith  and  meekness, 
and  chose  him  out  of  all  flesh. 

I  or  lit-  heard  him,  and  his  voice,  and  brought 
him  into  a  cloud. 

6  And  he  gave  him  commandments  before  his 
face,  and  a  law  of  life  and  instruction,  that  he 
might  teach  Jacoh  his  covenant,  and  Israel  his  judg- 
ments. 

7  He  exalted  Aaron  his  brother,  and  like  to  him- 
self of  the  trilie  of  Levi  : 

8  He  made  an  everlasting  covenant  with  him. 
and  gave  him  the  priesthood  of  the  nation,  and 
made  him  blessed  in  dory. 

9  And  he  girded  him  al>oiit  with  a  glorious  girdle, 
and  clothed  him  with  a  rohe  of  glory,  and  crowned 
him  with  majestic  attire. 

10  He  put  upon  him  a  garment  to  the  feet,  and 
breeches,  and  an  ephod  ;  and  he  compassed  him 
with  many  little  l>.  lis  of  sold  all  round  aliout, 

II  Tlwl  as  he  went  there  might  be  a  sound,  and 
a  noise  made,  that  might  be  heard  in  the  temple, 
for  a  Memorial  to  the  children  of  his  people. 

1J  II.  gave  him  a  holy  robe  of  gold,  and  hhie, 
and  purple,  a  woven  work,  of  a  wise  man,  endued 
w  nh  judgment  and  truth  : 

13  Ol  twisted  scarlet,  the  work  of  an  artist, 
with  precious  stones  cut  and  set  in  -old,  and  graven 
by  the  work  of  a  lapidarv  for  a  memorial,  according 
to  the  numlM-r  of  the  trilies  of  Israel. 

14  And  a  crown  of  gold  upon  his  mitre,  w  herein 
was  engraved  Holiness,  an  ornament  of  honour,  a 
work  of  |K)wer,  and  delightful  to  the  eyes  for  its 
beauty. 

15  Before  him  there  were  none  so  beautiful,  em 
from  the  beginning. 

16  No  stranger  wai  ever  clothed  with  them,  but 
only  his  children  alone,  and  bis  grandchildren  for 

ever. 

17  His  sacrifices  w .  re  consumed  with  lire  every- 
day. 

18  Moses  filled  his  hands,  and  anointed  him 
with  luilv  oil. 

19  This   was   made   to    him   for  an   everlasting 
testament,  and  to  his  seed  as    the   davs   of  heaven. 
o>  . -\ei  nte  the  office  of  the  priesthood,  and  to  li.tv  < 
praise,  and  to  glorify  his  people  in  his  name. 

lie  chose  him  out  of  all  men  living,   to  ofT.i 
ifice  to  God,  incense,  and  a  good  savour,  foi    a 
memorial  to  make  reconciliation  for  bis  people: 

•  Jrtut  tkt  im  tf  .Vinw      So  Jomio   i*  name  I  i  i  i   •-  > .  i .  i  W 
Fur  Jtm  auJ  Jutu  Mguily  Ik--  »«m«-  lliinj,  » ■  •    a 


21  And  he  gave  him  power  in  his  commandments 
in  the  covenants  of  his  judgments,   (hat    he   should 

h  Jacob  his  testimonies,  and  give  ligjil  to  Israe 
in  his  law. 

22  And  strangers  stood  up  against  him  :  ami 
through  envy  the  men  that  were  with  Dalban  and 
Abiron,  compassed  him  about  in  (he  wilderness,  and 
the  congregation  of  Core  in  their  wrath. 

23  The  Lord  God  saw,  and  it  pleased  him  not: 
and  thev  were  consumed  in  his  wrathful  indignation 

24  He  wrought  wonders  upon  them, and  consumeu 
them  w  ith  a  llame  of  fire. 

25  And  he  added  glory  to  Aaron,  and  gave  him 
an  inheritance,  and  divided  unto  him  the  first-fruits 
of  the  increase  of  the  earth. 

20  He  prepared  ihem  bread  in  the  first  place  unto 
fulness  :  for  the  sacrifices  also  of  the  Lord  they  shall 
eat.  w  Inch  he  gave  to  him,  and  to  his  seed. 

27  But  he  shall  not  inherit  among  the  people  in 
the  land,  and  he  hath  no  portion  among  the  people  : 
for  he  himself  is  his  portion  and  inheritance. 

28  Phinees  the  son  of  Klea/.ar  is  the  third  in 
glory,  by  imitating  him  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord: 

29  And  he  stood  up  in  the  shameful  fall  of  the 
people:  in  the  good uess  and  readiness  of  his  soul 
he  appeased  Ciod  for  Israel. 

30  riierefoie  he  made  to  him  a  covenant  of  peace, 
to  lie  the  prince  of  the  sanctuary,  and  of  his  people, 
that  the  dignity  of  priesthood  should  be  to  him  and 
to  his  seed  lor  ever. 

31  And  a  covenant  to  David  the  king,  the  son 
of  Jesse  of  the  tribe  of  Juda,  an  inheritance  to  him 
and  to  his  seed,  that  he  might  give  wisdom  into  out 
heart  to  judge  his  people  injustice,  that  their  good 
things  might  not  be  abolished:  and  he  made  llieil 
glorv   in  their  nation  everlasting. 

CHAP.  XLVI. 

Thr  praitr  if  Jiaue,  if  Ctdrb,  and  if  Samuel. 

VALIANT  in  war  was  Jesus  die  son  of  Nave,* 
who  was  successor  of  Moses  among  the  prophets, 
wlu)  was  great  according  to  his  name. 

2  Very  great  for  the  saving  the  elect  of  God,  to 
overthrow  the  enemies  that  rose  op  against  them, 
that  he  might  get  the  inheritance  for  Israel. 

3  How  great  glory  did  be  gain  when  he  lifted  up 
his  hands,  and  stretched  out  swords  against  thecit. 

4  Who  before  him  hath  so  resisted  ?  for  the  Lord 
himself  brought  the  enemies. 

5  Was  not  the  sun  stopped  in  his  anger,  and  one 
dav   made  as  two? 

G  He  called  upon  (he  mosl  High  sovereign  win  u 
the  enemies  assaulted  him  on  every  sub:  and  the 
great  and  holy  God  beard  him  by  bail-stones  d 
exceeding  great  force. 

7  He  made  a  violent  assault  against  the  nation  of 
his  enemies:  and  ill  the  descent  f  he  destroyed  the 
adversaries, 

8  That  the  nations  might  know  his  poutr,  that 
it  is  not  easy  to  light  against  God.  And  be  followed 
the  mighty  one  : 

9  And  in  the  davs  of  Moses  he  did   a   w  ( rk   of 


t  .IhJih  14c  iltKinl  nl  Uc-lWuo  (Juaite,  cU.   X.) 


CHAP.  XLVII. 


mercy,  he  and  Caleb  the  son  of  .Tephone,  in  standing 
against  the  enemy,  and  withholding  the  people  from 
sins,  and  appeasing  the  wicked  murmuring. 

10  And  they  two  being  appointed,  were  delivered 
out  of  the  danger  from  among  the  number  of  six 
hundred  thousand  men  on  foot,  to  bring  them  into 
their  inheritance,  into  the  land  that  iloweth  with 
milk  and  honey. 

11  And  the  Lord  gave  strength  also  to  Caleb: 
and  his  strength  continued  even  to  his  old  age,  so 
that  he  went  up  to  the  high  places  of  the  land:  and 
his  seed  obtained  it  for  an  inheritance: 

12  That  all  the  children  of  Israel  might  see,  that 
it  is  good  to  obey  the  holy  God. 

13  Then  all  the  judges,  every  one  by  name,  whose 
heart  was  not  corrupted;  who  turned  not  away  from 
the  Lord, 

14  That  their  memory  might  be  blessed,  and 
their  bones  spring  up  out  of  their  place, 

15  And  their  name  continue  for  ever,  the  glory 
of  the  holy  men  remaining  unto  their  children. 

16  Samuel  the  prophet  of  the  Lord,  the  beloved 
of  the  Lord  his  God,  established  a  new  government, 
and  anointed  princes  over  his  people. 

17  By  the  law  of  the  Lord  he  judged  the  con- 
gregation :  and  the  God  of  Jacob  beheld  ;  and  by 
bis  fidelity  he  was  proved  a  prophet. 

18  And  he  was  known  to  be  faithftd  in  his 
words,  because  he  saw  the  God  of  light : 

19  And  called  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord  Al- 
mighty, in  lighting  against  the  enemies  who  beset 
him  on  every  side,  when  he  offered  a  lamb  without 
blemish. 

20  And  the  Lord  thundered  from  heaven  ;  and 
with  a  great  noise,  made  his  voice  to  be  heard  : 

21  And  he  crushed  the  princes  of  the  Tyrians, 
and  all  the  lords  of  the  Philistines  : 

22  And  before  the  time  of  the  end  of  his  life  in 
the  world,  he  protested  before  the  Lord,  and  his 
anointed  :  money  or  any  thing  else,  even  to  his  shoe, 
he  had  not  taken  of  any  man  :  and  no  man  did  ac- 
cuse him. 

23  And  after  this  he  slept :  and  he  made  known 
to  the  king,  and  showed  him  the  end  of  his  life ; 
and  he  lifted  up  his  voice  from  the  earth  in  prophecy 
to  blot  out  the  wickedness  of  the  nation. 

CHAP.  XLVII. 

The  praise  of  Nathan,  of  David,  and  of  Solomon  ;  of  his  fall 
and  punishment. 

THEN  Nathan  the  prophet  arose  in  the  days  of 
David. 

2  And  as  the  fat  taken  away  from  the  flesh,  so 
was  David  chosen  from  among  the  children  of  Israel. 

3  He  played  with  lions  as  with  lambs  :  and  with 
bears  he  did  in  like  manner  as  with  the  lambs  of 
the  flock,  in  bis  youth. 

4  Did  not  he  kill  the  giant,  and  take  away  re- 
proach from  his  people  ? 

5  In  lifting  up  his  hand,  with  the  stone  in  the 
sling  he  beat  down  the  boasting  of  Goliah  : 

6  For  he  called  upon  the  Lord  the  Almighty  : 
and  he  gave  strength   in   his  right  hand,   to  take 


away  the  mighty  warrior,  and  to  set  up  the  horn  of 
his  nation. 

7  So  in  ten  thousand  did  he  glorify  him,  and 
praised  him  in  the  blessings  of  the  Lord,  in  offering 
to  him  a  crown  of  glory  : 

8  For  he  destroyed  the  enemies  on  every  side, 
and  extirpated  the  Philistines  the  adversaries  unto 
this  day:  he  broke  then  born  for  ever. 

9  In  all  his  works  he  gave  thanks  to  the  holy 
One,  and  to  the  most  High,  with  words  of  glory. 

10  With  his  whole  heart  he  praised  the  Lord, 
and  loved  God  that  made  him :  and  he  gave  him 
,  ower  against  his  enemies  : 

11  And  he  set  singers  before  the  altar :  and  by 
their  voices  he  made  sweet  melody. 

12  And  to  the  festivals  he  added  beauty,  and  set 
in  order  the  solemn  times  even  to  the  end  of  his 
life,  that  they  should  praise  the  holy  name  of  the 
Lord,  and  magnify  the  holiness  of  God  in  the 
morning. 

13  The  Lord  took  away  his  sins,  and  exalted  his 
horn  forever:  and  he  gave  him  a  covenant  of  the 
kingdom,  and  a  throne  of  glory  in  Israel. 

14  After  him  arose  up  a  wise  son,  and  for  his 
sake  he  cast  down  all  the  power  of  the  enemies. 

15  Solomon  reigned  in  days  of  peace,  and  God 
brought  all  his  enemies  under  him,  that  he  might 
build  a  house  in  his  name,  and  prepare  a  sanctuary 
for  ever  :  O  how  wise  wast  thou  in  thy  youth. 

16  And  thou  wast  filled  as  a  river  with  wisdom, 
and  thy  soul  covered  the  earth. 

17  And  thou  didst  multiply  riddles  in  parables: 
thy  name  went  abroad  to  the  islands  far  off,  and 
thou  wast  beloved  in  thy  peace. 

18  The  countries  wondered  at  thee  for  thy  canti- 
cles, and  proverbs,  and  parables,  and  interpretations, 

19  And  at  the  name  of  the  Lord  God,  whose 
surname  is,  God  of  Israel. 

20  Thou  didst  gather  gold  as  copper,  and  didst 
multiply  silver  as  lead, 

21  And  thou  didst  bow  thyself  to  women  :  and  by 
thy  body  thou  wast  brought  under  subjection, 

22  Thou  bast  stained  thy  glory,  and  defiled  thy 
seed,  so  as  to  bring  wrath  upon  thy  children,  and  to 
have  thy  folly  kindled, 

23  That  thou  shouldst  make  the  kingdom  to  be 
divided,  and  out  of  Ephraim  a  rebellious  kingdom 
to  rule. 

24  But  God  will  not  leave  off  his  mercy,  and  he 
will  not  destroy  nor  abolish  his  own  works,  neither 
will  he  cut  up  by  the  roots  the  offspring  of  his  elect : 
and  he  will  not  utterly  take  away  the  seed  of  him 
that  loveth  the  Lord. 

25  Wherefore  he  gave  a  remnant  to  Jacob,  and 
to  David  of  the  same  stock. 

26  And  Solomon  had  an  end  with  his  fathers. 

27  And  he  left  behind  him  of  his  seed,  the  folly 
of  the  nation, 

28  Even  Roboam  that  had  little  wisdom,  who 
turned  away  the  people  through  his  counsel  : 

29  And  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat,  who  caused 
Israel  to  sin,  and  showed  Ephraim  the  way  of  sin, 
ami  their  sins  were  multiplied  exceedingly. 

655 


KCCLESIASTICUS. 


30  They  removed  them  far  away  from  their  land. 

31  And  tin  >   sought  out  all  iniquities,  till  ren- 

Seaiu •«•    (Mine    U|m)ii    iIk  in,   and    put    an    «  nil  to  all 
nir  sms. 

CUM'.   \I.VII1. 

The  praise  of  FJlas,  iff  FJisruM,  of  Exrcti  i*.  nml  of    Uaiai. 

a  fire,  and 


AM)  EUias  thr  prophet  stood  ii|>.  as 
his  word  l)iimt  like  a  torch. 

I  llr  brought  a  famine  upon  tin-in,  and  they  that 
provoked  him  in  their  envy,  were  redueeil  10  a 
small  iiuiiiIm  r,  for  the\  could  OOt  endure  the  com- 
mandments of  the  Lord. 

S  Bjf  the  word  of  the  Lord  he  shut  up  the  heaven, 
and  he  brought  down  lire  from  heaven  thrice. 

4  Thus  Wai  I  .lias  magnified  in  his  wondrous 
works.      An. I  who  can   -'orv    like  to  thee  ? 

5  Who  raisedsl  up  a  dead  man  from  below,  from 
the  lot  of  death,  by  the  word  of  the  Lord  God. 

ii  Who  broughtest  down  kings  to  destruction, 
and  hrokist  easily  their  power  in  pieces,  and  the 
glorious  from  their  bed, 

7  Who  nearest  judgment  iu  Sina,  and  in  I  Ion  h 
the  judgments  of  vengeance. 

8  Who  anointest  Kings  U)  penance,  and  makest 
prophets  successors  after  thee. 

'.»  \\ 'ho  was  taken  up  in  a  whirlwind  of  fire,  iu  a 
chariot  of  fury  horses. 

10  Who  art  registered  in  the  judgments  of  times 

to  appease  the  wrath  of  the  Lord,  to  reconcile  the 
heart  of  the  father  to  the  son,  and  to  restore  the 
tribes  of  Jacob. 

I I  Blessed  are  they  that  saw  thee,  and  were 
honoured  with  thy  friendship. 

12  For  we  live  only  in  our  life,  but  after  death 
our  name  shall  not  be  such. 

13  I  lias  was  indeed  covered  with  the  whirlwind, 
and  his  spirit  was  filled  up  iu  Kliseus  :  in  his  days 
he  feared  not  the  prince,  and  no  man  was  more 
powerful  than  he. 

14  No  word  could  overcome  him,  and  after  death 
his  body  prophesied. 

I ")  Iu  his  life  he  did  great  w  onders,  and  in  death 
he  wrought  miracles. 

16  Tor  all  this  the  people  repented  not,  neither 
did  thej  depart  from  their  sins,  till  they  were  cast 
out  of  their  laud,  and  were  scattered  through  all 
the  earth. 

17  And  there  was  left  but  a  small  people,  and  a 
of  David. 

tat  which  pleased  God  : 
ins 


prince  in  the  hoiisi 

18  Some  of  these   did  t 
hut  others  committed  many  s 

19  K/.echias  fortified   his 


<itv,   and 


brought  iu 
jpsd  a  rock 


water  into  the  midst  thereof,  and  he  ill 

with  iron,  and  made  a  well  tor  water. 

20   In  his    davs  Sennacherih   came  up,  and  KM 

Kah  mil  lifted  up  his  hand  against  them,  and 

stretched  out  his  hand  against  5km,  and  became 

proud  through  his  power. 

Jl   Then  their  hearts  and  hands  trembled  :  and 

tlit- >  were  in  pain  as  women  iu  travail. 

\nd  they  called  upon  the  Lord  who  is  m.  i 
ciful,  and  sprcadiug  iheii    hands,  tbcjf  lilted  them 


pleased  Godj 
David  his  fa 


tm  ■  i _■» .   f  i r i 

Tin: 
J-  of  a 


up  to  heaven  :  and  the  holy  Lord  God  quickly  beard 
their  voice. 

II.  was  not  mindful  of  their  sin-.,  neither  did 
be  deliver  them  up  to  their  enemies,  but  be  purified 
them  bj  the  hand  of  Isaias  the  holy  prophet 

|  He  ovet threw  tbearmj  of  the  Assyrians,  and 
the  Ansel  of  the  Lord  destroyed  them. 

25    For  K/.cchias    did    that  which 
and  walked  valiantly  in    the    wa\  of 
ther,  which  Isaias,    the  great  prophet,  and    faithful 
in  tin-  sight  of  God,  had  commanded  him. 

26'  In  his  days  the  sun  went  backward,  and  he 
lengthened  the  sing's  life. 

27  With  a  great  spirit  he  saw  the  things  that  are 
come  to  pass  at  last,  and  comforted  the  mourners  iu 
Sion. 

28  He  showed  what  should  come  to  pass  for 
ever,  and  secret  things  before  thev  came. 

CHAP.  XL1X. 

The  praue  nfjosian.  of  Jrremias,  Ezrehicl,  ami  the  ttoelvr  pro- 
phets.     .Ilso  of  'Zorohohtl,  .It  sin  the    ton  of  Joseiltch,  St  he 
miiis.  I  It  not  It.  .lost  ph,  Srth.Srm,  unit  Adam. 

memory  of  Josias  is  like  the  composition 
sweet  smell  made  by  the  art  of  a  perfumer. 

2  His  remembrance  shall  be  sweet  as  honej  in 
every  mouth,  and  as  music  at  a  banquet  of  Wine. 

3  He  was  directed  by  God  unto  the  repentance 
of  the  nation,  and  he  took  away  the  abominations  of 
wickedness. 

4  And  he  directed  his  heart  towards  the  Lord, 
and  in  the  days  of  sinners  he  strengthened  godliness. 

5  Except  David,  and  Ezechias,  and  Josias,  all 
committed  sin. 

6  For  the  kings  of  Juda  forsook  the  law  of  the 
most  High,  and  despised  the  fear  of  God. 

7  So  they  gave  their  kingdom  to  others,  and  their 
glory  to  a  strange  nation. 

8  They  burnt  the  chosen  city  of  holiness,  and 
made  the  streets  thereof  desolate  according  to  the 
prediction  of  Jeremias. 

9  For  tnej  treated  him  evil,  who  was  cdDM  cra- 
ted a  prophet  from  his  mother's  womb. to  overthrow, 
and  pluck  up,  and  destroy,  and  to  build  again,  and 
renew . 

10  It  was  F./echicl  WHO  Saw  the  gtorioUS  vision, 
which  was  shown  him  Upon  the  chariot  of  clieruhinis. 

11  For  he  made  mention  of  the  enemies  under 
the  figure  of  rain,  and  of  doing  good  to  them  that 
showed  i Llit  ways. 

12  And  may  the  lwnies  of  the  twelve  prophets 
spring  up  out  of  their  place  :  for  they  strengthened 
Jacob,  and  redeemed  themselves  by  stroll-  _  faith. 

13  How  shall  we  magnify  Zorobabcl  ?  for  he 
was  asasignetonth  •  right  hand  ; 

14  In  like  manner  Jesiisthe  son  of  Josedec  f  w  ho 
in  their  da\s  built  the  house,  and  set  up  a  holy  temple 
to  the  Lord,  prepared  for  everlasting  glory. 

15  And  let  Nehemhu  be  a  loajgtime  remembered, 

w  ho  raised  Up  for  us  our  walls  that  were  cast  dow  n. 
and  set  up  the  gates  and  the  bars,  who  rebuilt  our 
hoic 

16  No  man  was  born  upon  earth  like  Henoch: 
for  he  also  was  taken  up  from  tin  earth. 


CHAP.  L,  LI. 


17  Nor  as  Joseph,  who  was  a  man  horn  prince 
of  his  brethren,  the  support  of  his  family,  the  ruler 
of  his  brethren,  the  stay  of  the  people  : 

IB  And  his  hones  were  visited,  and  after  death 
they  prophesied.* 

19  Seth,  and  Sem  obtained  glory  anions  men: 
and  above  every  soul  Adam  in  the  beginning. 

CHAP.  L. 

The  pr nixes  of  Simon  the  high  priest.      The  conclusion. 

CIMON  the  high  priest,  the  son  of  Onias,  who  in 
^  his  life  propped  up  the  house,  and  in  his  days 
fortified  the  temple. 

2  By  him  also  the  height  of  the  temple  was  found- 
ed, the  double  building  and  the  high  walls  of  the 
temple. 

3  In  his  days  the  wells  of  water  flowed  out,  and 
they  were  filled  as  the  sea  above  measure. 

4  He  took  care  of  his  nation,  and  delivered  it 
from  destruction. 

5  He  prevailed  to  enlarge  the  city,  and  obtained 
glory  in  his  conversation  with  the  people :  and  en- 
larged the  entrance  of  the  house,  and  the  court. 

6  He  shone  in  his  days  as  the  morning  star  in  the 
midst  of  a  cloud,  and  as  the  moon  at  the  full. 

7  And  as  the  sun  when  it  shineth,  so  did  he 
shine  in  the  temple  of  God. 

8  And  as  the  rainbow  giving  light  in  the  bright 
clouds,  and  as  the  flower  of  roses  in  the  days  of  the 
spring,  and  as  the  lilies  that  are  on  the  brink  of  the 
water,  and  as  the  sweet  smelling  frankincense  in  the 
time  of  summer. 

9  As  a  bright  fire,  and  frankincense  burning  in 
the  fire. 

10  As  a  massy  vessel  of  gold,  adorned  with  every 
precious  stone. 

1 1  As  an  olive-tree  budding  forth,  and  a  cypress- 
tree  rearing  itself  on  high,  when  he  put  on  the 
robe  of  glory,  and  was  clothed  with  the  perfection 
of  power.f 

12  When  he  went  up  to  the  holy  altar,  he  ho- 
noured the  vesture  of  holiness. 

13  And  when  he  took  the  portions  out  of  the 
hands  of  the  priests,  he  himself  stood  by  the  altar, 
and  about  him  was  the  ring  of  his  brethren:  and  as 
the  cedar  planted  in  mount  Libanus, 

14  And  as  branches  of  palm-trees,  they  stood 
round  about  him,  and  all  the  sons  of  Aaron  in  their 
glory. 

15  And  the  oblation  of  the  Lord  was  in  their 
hands,  before  all  the  congregation  of  Israel  :  and 
finishing  his  service,  on  the  altar,  to  honour  the  of- 
fering of  the  most  High  king, 

16  He  stretched  forth  his  hand  to  make  a  libation, 
and  offered  of  the  blood  of  the  grape. 

17  He  poured  out  at  the  foot  of  the  altar  a  divine 
odour  to  the  most  high  Prince. 

18  Then  the  sons  of  Aaron  shouted,  they  sound- 
ed with  beaten  trumpets,  and  made  a  great  noise  to 
be  heard  for  a  remembrance  before  God. 

*  They  prophesied.  That  is,  by  their  being  carried  out  of  Egypt  they 
verified  the  prophetic  prediction  of  Joseph,  Gen.  L. 

f  Ctotlied  with  the  perfection  of  pmcer.  That  is,  with  all  the  vestments 
denoting  his  dignity  and  authority. 


19  Then  all  the  people  together  made  haste,  and 
fell  down  to  the  earth  upon  their  faces,  to  adore  trie 
Lord  their  God,  and  to  pray  to  the  Almighty  God 
the  most  High. 

20  And  the  singers  lifted  up  their  voices,  and  in 
the  great  house  the  sound  of  sweet  melody  was  in- 
creased. 

21  And  the  people  in  prayer  besought  the  Lord 
the  most  High,  until  the  worship  of  the  Lord  was 
perfected,  and  they  had  finished  their  office. 

22  Then  coming  down,  he  lifted  up  his  hands 
oyer  all  the  congregation  of  the  children  of  Israel,  to 
give  glory  to  God  with  his  lips,  and  to  glory  in  his 
name: 

23  And  he  repeated  his  prayer,  willing  to  show 
the  power  of  God. 

24  And  now  pray  ye  to  the  God  of  all,  who  hath 
done  great  things  in  all  the  earth,  who  hath  increas- 
ed our  days  from  our  mother's  womb,  and  hath 
done  with  us  according  to  his  mercy : 

25  May  he  grant  us  joyfulness  of  heart,  and  that 
there  be  peace  in  our  days  in  Israel  for  ever. 

26  That  Israel  may  believe  that  the  mercy  of  God 
is  with  us,  todeliverus  in  his  days. 

27  There  are  two  nations  which  my  soul  abhor- 
reth:$  and  the  third  is  no  nation,  which  I  hate: 

28  They  that  sit  on  mount  Seir,  and  the  Philis- 
tines, and  the  foolish  people  that  dwell  in  Sichern. 

29  Jesus  the  son  of  Sirach,  of  Jerusalem,  hath 
written  in  this  book  the  doctrine  of  wisdom  and  in- 
struction, who  renewed  wisdom  from  his  heart. 

30  Blessed  is  he  that  is  conversant  in  these  good 
things:  and  he  that  layeth  them  up  in  his  heart,  shall 
be  wise  always. 

31  For  if  he  do  them,  he  shall  be  strong  to  do  all 
things:   because  the  light  of  God  guideth  his  steps 

CHAP.  LI. 

A  prayer  of  praise  and  thanksgiving. 

\  PRAYER  of  Jesus  the  son  of  Sirach.  I  will 
-^  give  glory  to  thee,  O  Lord,  O  king,  audi  will 
praise  thee,  O  God  my  saviour. 

2  I  will  give  glory  to  thy  name:  for  thou  hast 
been  a  helper  and  protector  to  me. 

3  And  hast  preserved  my  body  from  destruction, 
from  the  snare  of  an  unjust  tongue,  and  from  the 
lips  of  them  that  forge  lies,  and  in  the  sight  of  them 
that  stood  by,  thou  hast  been  n»y  helper. 

4  And  thou  hast  delivered  me,  according  to  the 
multitude  of  the  mercy  of  thy  name,  from  them  that 
did  roar,  prepared  to  devour. 

5  Out  of  the  hands  of  them  that  sought  my  life, 
and  from  the  gates  of  afflictions,  which  compassed 
me  about : 

6  From  the  oppression  of  the  flame  which  sur- 
rounded me,  and  in  the  midst  of  the  fire  I  was  not 
burnt. 

7  From  the  depth  of  the  belly  of  hell,  and  from  an 
unclean  tongue,  and  from  lying  words,  from  an  un- 
just king,  and  from  a  slanderous  tongue  : 


\  Jlblunreth.  viz.  With  a  holv  indignation,  as  enemies  of  God  and 
persecutors  of  his  people.  Such  were  then  the  Edomites  who  abodo 
in  mount  Seir,  the  Philistines,  and  the  Samaritans  who  dwelt  in 
Sichern,  awl  had  their  schismatical  temple  in  that  neighbourhood, 

SS7 


ISA1AS 

8My  soul  shall  praise  tin-  Lord  even  to  death. 

9  And  my  lite  was  drawing  mar  to  In  II  beneath. 

10  The)   compassed  me  mi  run     side,   .tint    there 

was  no  one  (hat  would    help  uir.      I  looked  lor  the 
succour  of  men,  and  there  was  none. 

11  I    reiuemhi  red   thy     iiich»,  ()    l.oid,    and    thy 

•rarkik  urhien  era  from  the  beginning  oJ  the  world". 

\  J.  I lo\s  (Iuhi  delivcrcst  them  dial  wait  lor  thee, 
<)  Lord,  and  saves!  ihem  out  of  (he  hands  of  (lit- 
nations. 

13  Thou  hart  exalted  my  dwelling-place  upon  the 

earth,  and  I  have  prayed  lor  death  to  pass  aw  a  v. 

1 1  I  oatled  u|K>n  the  Lord,  the  fat  her  of  at j  Lord, 
that  he  would  not  leave  me  in  the  day  of  mj  trouble, 
and  in  the  time  ol  the  proud,  wiihoiit  help. 

15  I    will  praise   tliv  name    ( •ouihiually,  and  will 

tiraise    it    with   thank^'uing,    and  my   prayer  was 
u-ard. 

16  tod  thou  bast  saved  na  from  destruction,  and 
hast  delivered  me  from  the  evil  time. 

17  Therefore  I  will  give  thanks,  and  praise  tlice, 
and  tilo-,  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

18  Winn  I  araa  yet  young,  before  I  wandered 
about.  I  KWghl  fo?  wisdom  openly  in  my  prayer. 

19  I  prayed  for  her  before  the  temple,  and  unto  the 
very  end  I  will  seek  alter  her,  and  she  flourished  as 

ipe  soon  tipe. 

20  M)  heart  delighted  in  her,  my  foot  walked  in 
the  right  Way,  Ik. iii  m\  youth  lip  I  sought  after  her. 

l\  I  bowed  down  my  ear  a  little,  and  received 
her. 

22  I  found  much  wisdom  in  myself,  audi  profited 
much  therein. 


23  To  him  that  givcth  me  wisdom,  will  I  five 
gbty. 

24  For  I  have  determined  to  follow  her:  I  have 
had  a  zeal  for  good,  and  shall  not  be  confounded. 

25  My  soul  hath  wrest Icil  lor  her,  and  in  doing 
it  I  have  been  continued. 

2b'  1  stietched  forth  my  hands  on  high,  and  I  be- 
wailed inv  ignorance  of  her. 

27  I  directed  my  soul  to  her,  and  in  knowledge 
I  found  her. 

:  |  possessed  niy  heart    with  her  from  the  be- 
ginning:  therefore  I  shall  not  Ik-  forsaken. 

-J  .My  entrails  were  troubled  in  seeking  her: 
therefore  shall  I  possess  a  good  POSSesaioa. 

30  The  Lord  hath  given  me  a  tongue  for  my  i<  - 
ward:  and  with  it  I  will  praise  him. 

31  Draw  near  to  me,  ye  unlearned,  and  grthef 
yourselves  together  into  the  house  of  discipline. 

.!-!  Why  are  ye  slow?  and  what  do  you  say  ot 
these  things?  your  souls  are  exceeding  thirsty. 

33  1  have  opened  my  mouth,  and  have  spoken  : 
boy  her  for  yourselves  without  silver, 

34  And  submit  your  neck  to  the  yoke,  and  let 
your  soul  receive  discipline  :  for  she  is  near  at  hand 
to  be  found. 

35  Behold  with  your  eyes  how  I  have  laboured 
a  little,   and  have  found  much  rest  to  myself. 

.'JG  Receive  ye  discipline  as  a  great  sum  of  mo- 
ney, and  possess  abundance  of  gold  by  her. 

37  Let  your  soul  rejoice  in  his  mercy,  and  you 
shall  not  be  confounded  in  his  praise. 

SR  W  org  your  work  before  the  time,  and  he  will 
give  you  your  reward  in  his  time. 


THE  PROPHECY  OF  ISAIAS. 


Thii  inspired  trritrr,  is  called  by  thr  Holy  Ghost,  F.rrlpsia  tic. 
xlviii.  23.  (be  IIWil  |ir.'pl»i;  from  tfir  greatness  of  his  pro- 
phetic spirit,  Of  irhirh  he  hath forrtnla,  so  long  before,  nvrl 
in  so  clear  o  manner,  the  coming  of  Christ,  thr  mysteries  nf 
our  redemption,  the  rolling  ol  thr  Gentiles,  and  thr  glorious 
ihlishnunt,  and  I"  rpttmml  Ihniiishing  of  the  church  of 
Christ:  insomuch  that  he  man  term-to  harr  hrrn  rat  lor  on 
evangelist  than  a  pro'phi  t.  Hit  n  r  ti  name  is  not  without  mys- 
trry :  for  twins  in  Hebrew  signiji'-t  tin'  ««lvntion  "f  the 
I  lit.  or.  Jrtin  h  thr  l.oril.  II'-  mat,  according  to  thr  tra- 
dition aj  thr  llil,  ■  N'fnl  roi/ol  nf thr  kings  of  Judo  : 
and  after  a  most  holu  life,  rnd-d  his  dans  by  o  glorious  mar- 
tgrdnm  |  ftn'af  sairrd  in  tiro,  at  thr  command  of  his  wicked 
son  indaic,  long  Monases.  for  reproving  hit  evil  mint. 
(    II  \l\    I. 

Thr  prophet  complains  of  thr  sin*  of  Judo  and  .Irrnsalrm  :  and 
rrhnrlf  them  to  a  sinrrrr  ronrrrsinn. 

'I1  UK  vision  of  Isaias  the  son  nf   \mos.  which  he 

■     saw  concerning  Joda  and  Jerusalem  in  the 
■  (.(  <  tzias,  Joathan,  Achax,  and  Eaechba,  kings 
of   Imta. 

Hear,  0  ye  heavens,  and  give  ear.  O  earth, 
for  the  Lord  hath  spoken.  I  have  brought  up  chil- 
dren, and  I  salted  them  :    but  ihe\  have  despised  me. 

5*8 


3  The  ox  knoweth    his  owner,  and  the  ass  his 

master's  crib:    but  Israel  hath  not  known  nie.   and 

my  people  hath  not  understood. 

4  Wo  to  the  linful  nation,  a  people  laden  with 
iniqttity(  a  wicked  seed,  ungracious  children  :  they 
have  forsaken  (he  Lord,  they  have  blasphemed  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel,  they  are  gone  away   backwards. 

5  l'or  what  shall  I  strike  yon  any  more,  you  that 
increase  transgression.'  the  w  hole  head  is  sick,  and 
the  w  hole  heart  is  sad. 

6  From  the  sole  of  the  foot  unto  the  top  of  th« 
luad,  there  is  no  soundness  therein:  wounds  ami 
bruises  ami  swelling  sons:  they  aie  not  bound  up, 
nor  dressed,  nor  fomented  with  oil. 

7  Your  land  is  desolate,  your  cities  are  burnt 
with  fire  :  your  country  strangers  devour  before  your 
face,  and  it  shall  be  desolate  as  when  wasted  by 
enemies. 

R  And  the  daughter  of  Sion  shall  lie  left  ;h  i 
covert  in  a  vineyard,  and  as  a  lodge  in  a  gardeu  ot 
CUCUmbers,  and  as  a  city   that  is  laid  waste. 


CHAP.  II. 


9  Except  thfe  Lord  of  hosts  had  loft  us  seed,  toe 
had  been  as  Sodom,  and  we  should  have  heen  like 
to  Gomorrha. 

10  Hear  l lie  word  of  the  Lord,  ye  rulers  of  So- 
dom, give  ear  to  the  law  of  our  God,  ye  people  of 
Gomorrha. 

1 1  To  what  purpose  do  you  offer  me  the  multi- 
tude of  your  victims,  saith  the  Lord  ?  1  am  full,  I 
desire  not  holocausts  of  rams,  and  fat  of  fallings, 
and  Mood  of  calves,  and  lambs,  and  buck-goats. 

12  When  you  came  to  appear  before  me,  who 
required  these  things  at  your  hands,  that  you  should 
walk  in  my  courts ? 

13  Offer  sacrifice  no  more  in  vain:  incense js  an 
abomination  to  me.  The  new  moons,  and  the  sab- 
baths, and  other  festivals,  I  will  not  abide,  your 
assemblies  are  wicked. 

14  My  soul  hateth  your  new  moons,  and  your 
solemnities :  they  are  become  troublesome  to  me,  I 
am  weary  of  bearing  them. 

15  And  when  you  stretch  forth  your  hands,  I 
will  turn  away  my  eyes  from  you  :  and  when  you 
multiply  prayer,  I  will  not  hear:  for  your  hands  arc- 
full  of  blood. 

16  Wash  yourselves,  be  clean,  take  away  the 
evil  of  your  devices  from  my  eyes :  cease  to  do 
perversely, 

17  Learn  to  do  well :  seek  judgment,  relieve  the 
oppressed,  judge  for  the  fatherless,defendthewidow. 

18  And  then  come,  and  accuse  me,  saith  the 
Lord  :  if  your  sins  be  as  scarlet,  they  shall  be  made 
as  white  as  snow:  and  if  they  be  red  as  crimson, 
they  shall  be  white  as  wool. 

19  If  you  be  willing,  and  will  hearken  to  me, 
you  shall  eat  the  good  things  of  the  land. 

20  But  if  you  will  not,  and  will  provoke  me  to 
wrath  :  the  sword  shall  devour  you,  because  the 
mouth  of  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

21  How  is  the  faithful  city,  that  was  full  of  judg- 
ment, become  a  harlot?  justice  dwelt  in  it,  but  now 
murderers. 

22  Thy  silver  is  turned  into  dross:  thy  wine  is 
mingled  with  water. 

23  Thy  princes  are  faithless,  companions  of 
thieves  :  they  all  love  bribes,  they  run  after  rewards. 
They  judge  not  for  the  fatherless  :  and  the  widow's 
cause  cometh  not  in  to  them. 

24  Therefore  saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  hosts, 
the  mighty  one  of  Israel :  Ah  !  I  will  comfort  my- 
self over  my  adversaries  :  and  I  will  be  revenged  of 
my  enemies. 

25  And  I  will  turn  my  hand  to  thee,  and  I  will 
clean  purge  away  thy  dross,  and  1  will  take  away 
all  thy  tin. 

26  And  I  will  restore  thy  judges  as  they  were 
before,  and  thy  counsellors  as  of  old.  After  this 
thou  shalt  be  called  the  city  of  the  just,  a  faithful  city. 

27  Sion  shall  be  redeemed  in  judgment,  and  they 
shall  bring  her  back  in  justice. 

28  And  he  shall  destroy  the  wicked,  and  the  sin- 

*  Tlie  last  dmjs.  The  whole  time  of  the  new  law  from  the  cominp 
of  Christ  till  the  end  of  the  world,  is  called  in  the  scripture  the  Inst  duys  ; 
because  no  other  age  or  time  shall  couie  after  it,  but  only  eternity. 


neistogother  :  and  they  that  have  forsaken  the  Lord 
shall  be  consumed. 

29  For  they  shall  be  confounded  for  the  idols,  ti 
which  they  have  sacrificed  :  and  you  shall  be  asha- 
med of  the  gardens  which  you  had  chosen. 

30  When  you  shall  be  as  an  oak  with  the  leaves 
falling  off:  and  as  a  garden  without  water. 

31  And  your  strength  shall  be  as  tl»-  ashes  of 
tow,  and  your  work  as  a  spark  :  and  both  -.ball  burn 
together,  and  there  shall  be  none  to  quench  it. 

CHAP.  H. 

All  nations  shall flow  to  the  church  of  Christ.     The    feu*  sha? 
be  rejected  for  their  sins.     Idolatry  shall  be  destroyed. 

HP  HE  word  that  Isaias  the  son  of  Amos  sav-  con 
*-    cerning  Juda  and  Jerusalem. 

2  And  in  the  last  days,*  the  mountain  of  theL'USo 
of  the  Lord  shall  be  prepared,  on  the  top  of  m  -un 
tains,f  and  it  shall   be  exalted  above  the  hills*  mM 
all  nations  shall  flow  unto  it. 

3  And  many  people  shall  go,  and  say:  Come 
and  let  us  go  up  to  the  mountain  of  the  Lord,  and  to 
the  house  of  the  God  of  Jacob,  and  he  will  teach  u$> 
his  ways,  and  we  will  walk  in  his  paths  :  for  the  law 
shall  come  forth  from  Sion,  and  the  word  of  the 
Lord  from  Jerusalem. 

4  And  he  shall  judge  the  Gentiles,  and  rebuke 
many  people  :  and  they  shall  turn  their  swords  intr 
ploughshares,  and  their  spears  into  sickles  :  nation 
shall  not  lift  up  sword  against  nation,  neither  shah 
they  be  exercised  any  more  to  war. 

5  O  house  of  Jacob,  come  ye,  and  let  us  walk  in 
the  light  of  the  Lord. 

6  For  thou  hast  cast  off  thy  people,  the  house  oJ 
Jacob  :  because  they  are  filled  as  in  times  past,  and 
have  had  soothsayers  as  the  Philistines,  and  have 
adhered  to  strange  children. 

7  Their  land  is  filled  with  silver  and  gold  :  and 
there  is  no  end  of  their  treasures. 

8  And  their  land  is  filled  will)  horses  :  and  their 
chariots  are  innumerable.  Their  land  also  is  full  o( 
idols  :  they  have  adored  the  work  of  their  owu  hands 
which  their  own  fingers  have  made. 

9  And  man  hath  bowed  himself  down,  and  man 
hath  been  debased:  therefore  forgive  them  not. 

10  Enter  thou  into  the  rock,  and  hide  thee  in  the 
pit,  from  the  face  of  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  frorv 
the  glory  of  his  majesty. 

11  The  lofty  eyes  of  man  are  humbled,  and  the" 
haughtiness  of  men  shall  be  made  to  stoop:  and  the 
Lord  alone  shall  be  exalted  in  that  day. 

12  Because  the  day  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  be 
upon  every  one  that  is  proud  and  high-minded,  and 
upon  everv  one  that  is  arrogant,  and  he  shall  be  hum 
bled. 

13  And  upon  all  the  tall  and  lofty  cedars  of  Li- 
banus,  and  upon  all  the  oaks  of  Basaii. 

14  And  upon  all  the  high  mountains,  and  upon 
all  the  elevated  hills. 

15  And  upon  every  high  tower,  and  every  fenced 
wall. 


f  On  the  top  of  mountains.  &c.  This  shows  the  perpetual  visibility 
of  the  church  of  Christ  :  for  a  mouDtain  upon  the  top  of  mountain! 
cannot  be  hid. 

659 


ISA:  \-. 


16  And  MM  :ill  tin-  ships  of  Thirds,  anil  U|K)ii 
all  that  is  fair  to  behold. 

17  Ami  the  loftiness  of  dm   shall  be  beared 

down,  anil  thr  haughtiness  of  nun    shall  be   hum- 
bled, ami  tin  Lord  alone  shall  be  exalted  in  that  dag  • 
I  idols  shall  be  urterlj  destroyed.* 

1!'  Wul  they  shall  go  into  the  holes  of  rocks,  and 
into  the  caves  oi  (In  Null,  from  the  face  of  the  fear 
of  tbfl  Lord,  and  from  the  glory  of  his  majesty,  when 
be  shall  rise  up  to  strike  the  earth. 

Ji»  In  that  daj  a  man  ■hall  east  away  his  idols  of 
silver,  and  his  idols  o|  -old.  which  he  had  made  lor 
himself  to  adore,  umli  -  .mil  hats. 

21  And  he  shall  go  into  the  cliffs  of  rocks,  and 
into  the  holes  of  >toiiis,  fiomthe  face  of  the  fear  ol 
the  Lord,  and  from  the  glory  of  his  majesty,  when 
In    shall  rbe  1 1 1 >  to  strike  the  earth. 

i  ease  ye  tin  refine,  from  the  man  w  hose  breath 
is  in  his  nostrils,  for  he  is  reputed  high* 
CHAP.  III. 

Tie  confi.'i  m  anil  nth  r  rrils  thai  thall  ciimr  upon  thr  Jeirg  for 
Uk  ir  sin*.    'I'hr  priile  of  Ihrir  teamen  shall  If  punishril. 

Ft  )|{  !»  hold  the  sovereign  tin-  Lord  of  hostsshall 
take  awa\  from  Jerusalem,  and  from  Jnda  the 
valiant  and  the  strong,  the  whole  strength  of  bread, 
•.tin I  the  whole  strength  of  water. 

J  I'lii-  strom;  man,  and  the  inanof  war,  the  judge, 
lnd  the  prophet,  and  the  cunning  man,  and  tiie  an- 
cient. 

3  The  captain  over  fifty,  and  the  honourable  in 
Countenance,  and  the  counsellor,  and  the  architect, 
ami  the  skilful  in  eloquent  speech. 

i  \nd  I  will  give  children  to  he  their  princes, 
and  the  effeminate  shall  ride  over  them. 

5  And  the    people  shall  rush   one  upon  another, 
and  even   man  against  his  neighbour :  the  child 
shall    make  a  tumult    against  the  ancient,  and  the 
i_  linsl  the  honourable. 

6*  1  or  a  man  shall  take  hold  of  his  brother,  one 
of  the  house  of  his  father,  saying:  Thou  hast  a  gar- 
ment, be  thou  our  ruler,  and  lei  this  ruin  be  under 
thy  hand. 

7  In  thai  day  he  shall  answer,  saying:  I  am  no 
heahr,  and  in  my  house  there  is  no  bread,  nor 
clothing:  make  me  not  ruler  of  the  people. 

lor  Jerusalem  is  ruined}  and  Juda  is  fallen: 
In  cause  their  tongue,  and  their  devices  are  agaiust 
i      Lord,  to  provoke  the  cms  of  his  majesty. 

9  The  show  of  their  countenance  hath  answered 
them:  and  they  have  proclaimed  abroad  their  sin  as 
om,  and  tiny  have  not  hid  it  :  wo  to  their  Soul, 
foi  i  \  ils  are  rendered  to  them. 

|u  s.,iv  i„  thejiisi  man  that  it  is  Well,  for  he  shall 
eat  the  I'ruit  of  his  doings. 

I  1  Wo  to  the  wicked  unto  evil:  for  the  reward 
of  Ids  hands  shall  he  liven  him. 

I  J  As  for  in)  people,  their  oppressors  ha\e  strip- 
ped them,  and  women  have  ruled  Over  tin  in.  (J 
m\  people,  they  that  call  thee  Messed,  the  same  de- 
ceive thee,  and  destroj  the  waj  of  thj  steps. 


*    /Job  tkmlt  W    ullrrtf  itttnyi  ;     or    «(/<•./»  />  u»   away,       lb..    •»    « 

\n  I  l.\  ii.m  and  oOmt 
the  wtl«l  M<iiin  <>l  ««ii<    iii'.l.  in  teclarioti* 


lr»t»i»< 


13  The  Lord  standeth  up  to  judge,  and  he  stand- 

eth     to  (UiL'e   the    people. 

14  The  Lord  will  enter  into  judgment  with  the 
ancients  of  his  people,  and  its  princes  !  for  von  have 
di  roared  Uie  vineyard,  and  the  spoil  of  the  poor  is 
in  your  house. 

15  Why  do  you  consume  my  people,  and  grind 
the  laces  of  the  poor,  wiithtbe  Lord  the  God  ofhosts? 

16  And  the  Lord  mid  :  Because  the  daughters  of 

Sum  are  haughty,  and  have  walked  with  stietehed- 
out  necks,  and  wanton  glances  of  their  eyes,  and 
made  a  noise  as  they  walked  with  their  feet,  and 
moved  in  a  set  pace  : 

17  The  Lord  will  make  bald  the  crown  of  the 
head  of  the  daughters  of  Sion,  and  the  Lord  will 
discover  their  hair. 

18  latitat  daj  the  Lord  will  take  away  the  orna- 
ments of  shoes,  and  little  moons, 

19  And  chains  and  necklaces,  and  bract  lets,  and 
bonnets, 

20  And  bodkins,  and  ornaments  of  the  legs,  and 
tablets,  and  street  halls,  and  ear-rin.-. 

21  And  rings,  and  jew  els  banging  oa  the  forehead, 

22  And  changes  of  apparel,  and  short  cloaks, 
and  fine  linen,  and  crisping  pins, 

23  And  looking-glasses,  and  lawns,  and  head- 
hands,  and  fine  veils. 

-'  i  And  instead  of  a  sweet  smell  there  shall  be 
stench,  and  instead  of  a  girdle  a  cord,  and  insie.id 
ol  curled  hair  baldness,  and  in.stead  of  a  sloinachei 
hair-cloth. 

25  Thy  fairest  men  also  shall  fall  by  the  sword, 
and  thy  valiant  ones  in  battle. 

26*  And  her  gates  shall  lament  and  mourn,   and 
she  shall  sit  desolate  on  the  ground, 
(HAT.   IV. 

After  an  extremity  of  n-ils  that  rhall  fall  upon  fhrjnr$,a  rem- 

unnt  \ha!l  In  rumf'irtiil  liy  Christ. 

A  ND  in  that  day  seven  wimihii  shall  take  hold  of 
**•  one  man,  sayrag :  We  will  eat  our  own  bread, 
and  wear  our  own  apparel  :  only  let  us  he  called  by 
thy  name,  take  away  our  reproach. 

2  In  that  day  the  hud  of  the  Lordf  shall  he  in 
magnificence  and  glory,  and  the  fruit  of  the  earth 
thall  be  high,  and  a  great  joy  to  them  thai  shall  have 

escaped  of  Israel. 

.'?  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  even  one  that 
shall  he  left  in  Sion,  and  that  shall  remain  in  Jeru- 
salem, shall  he  called  holy,  every  one  that  is  written 
in  life  in  Jerusalem. 

4  If  the  Lord  shall  wash  away  the  filth  of  the 
daughters  ol  Sion,  and  shall  wash  away  ihe  blood 
of  Jerusalem  out  of  the  midst  thereof,  by  (he  spirit  of 
judgment,  mid  by  the  spirit  of  burning. 

\ud  the  Lord  will  create  upon  every  place  of 
mount  Sion,  and  where  he  is  called  upon,  a  cloud 
by  day  :  and  a  smoke  and  the  brightness  of  a  (laming 
lire  in  the  night  :  for  over  all  the  glon  .shall  he  a  pro- 
n-ction. 

•  >   And  there  shall  he  a  taheruacle  for  a  shade  in 

•ibuntlantlj    coofated,  who   Charge  Ok-  whole  cluuti.-incfcurch  witb 

i.inr  hlnl-.for  main  .. 

i  n.  bud  oj  ike  Urd.    i  rut 


CHAP.  V,  VI. 


die  day-time  from  the  heat,  and  for  a  security  and 
covert  from  the  whirlwind,  and  from  rain. 
CHAP.  V. 

The  reprobation  of  the  Jews  is  foreshown  under  the  parable,  of  a 
vim  i/ord.  A  wo  is  pronounced  against  sinners  :  the  army 
God  shall  send  against  them. 

I  WILL  sing  to  my  heloved  the  canticle  of  my  cou- 
sin* concerning  his  vineyard.  My  beloved  had  a 
vineyard  on  a  hillf  in  a  fruitful  place. 

2  And  he  fenced  it  in,  and  picked  the  stones  out 
of  it,  and  planted  it  with  the  choicest  vines,  and  built 
a  tower  in  the  midst  thereof,  and  set  up  a  wine-press 
therein:  and  he  looked  that  it  should  bring  forth 
grapes,  and  it  brought  forth  wild  grapes. 

3  And  now,  O  ye  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  and 
ye  men  of  Juda,  judge  between  me  and  my  vineyard. 

4  What  is  there  that  I  ought  to  do  more  to  my 
vineyard  that  I  have  not  done  to  it?  was  it  that  I 
looked  that  it  should  bring  forth  grapes,  and  it  hath 
brought  forth  wild  grapes? 

5  And  now  I  will  show  you  what  I  will  do  to 
my  vineyard.  I  will  take  away  the  hedge  thereof, 
and  it  shall  be  wasted :  I  will  break  down  the  wall 
thereof,  and  it  shall  be  trodden  down. 

6  And  1  will  make  it  desolate :  it  shall  not  be 
pruned,  and  it  shall  not  be  digged  :  but  briers  and 
thorns  shall  come  up ;  and  I  will  command  the  clouds 
to  rain  no  rain  upon  it. 

7  For  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  is  the 
ho'jse  of  Israel :  and  the  man  of  Juda,  his  pleasant 
plant :  and  I  looked  that  he  should  do  judgment, 
and  behold  iniquity :  and  do  justice,  and  behold  a  cry. 

8  VVo  to  you  that  join  house  to  house,  and  lay 
field  to  field,  even  to  tin  end  of  the  place:  shall  you 
alone  dwell  in  the  midst  of  the  earth  ? 

9  These  things  are  in  my  ears,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts;  Unless  many  great  and  fair  houses  shall 
become  desolate,  without  an  inhabitant. 

10  For  ten  acres  of  vineyard  shall  yield  one  little 
measure:  and  thirty  bushels  of  seed  shall  yield  three 
bushels. 

1 1  Wo  to  you  that  rise  up  early  in  the  morning 
to  follow  drunkenness,  and  to  drink  till  the  evening, 
to  be  inflamed  with  wine. 

12  The  harp,  and  the  lyre,  and  the  timbrel,  and 
the  pipe,  and  wine  are  in  your  feasts:  and  the  work 
of  the  Lord  you  regard  not;  nor  do  you  consider  the 
works  of  his  hands. 

13  Therefore  is  my  people  led  away  captive, 
because  they  had  not  knowledge;  and  their  nobles 
have  perished  with  famine ;  and  their  multitude 
were  dried  up  with  thirst. 

14  Therefore  hath  hell  enlarged  her  soul,  and 
opened  her  mouth  without  any  bounds:  and  their 
strong  ones,  and  their  people,  and  their  high  and 
glorious  ones  shall  go  down  into  it. 

15  And  man  shall  be  brought  down,  and  man 
shall  be  humbled:  and  the  eyes  of  the  lofty  shall 
be  brought  low. 

16  And  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  be  exalted  in 


*  My  cousin.     S>  the  prophet  calls  Chrisf,  as  being' of  his  family  and 
kindred,  by  descending  from  the  house  of  David. 

i    On  a  kill    Si".     Literallv,  in  Ike  hum,  the  son  of  oil. 

4  8  • 


judgment,  and  the  holy  God  shall  be  sanctified   m 
justice. 

17  And  the  lambs  shall  feed  according  to  their 
order;  and  strangers  shall  eat  the  deserts  turned 
into  fruitfulness. 

18  Wo  to  you  that  draw  iniquity  with  cords  of 
vanity,  and  sin  as  the  rope  of  a  cart. 

19  That  say:  Let  him  make  haste,  and  let  his 
work  come  quickly,  that  we  may  see  it:  and  let  the 
counsel  of  the  holy  one  of  Israel  come,  that  we  may 
know  it. 

20  Wo  to  you  that  call  evil  good,  and  good  evil, 
that  put  darkness /or  light,  and  light  for  darkness; 
that  put  bitter  for  sweet,  and  sweet  for  bitter. 

21  Wo  to  you  that  are  wise  in  your  own  eyes, 
and  prudent  in  your  own  conceits. 

22  Wo  to  you  that  are  mighty  to  drink  wine,  and 
stout  men  at  drunkenness; 

23  That  justify  the  wicked  for  gifts,  and  take 
away  the  justice  of  the  just  from  him. 

24  Therefore  as  the  tongue  of  the  fire  devoureth 
the  stubble,  and  the  heat  of  the  flame  consumeth 
it;  so  shall  their  root  be  as  ashes,  and  their  bud  shall 
go  up  as  dust :  for  they  have  cast  away  the  law  of 
the  Lord  of  hosts,  and  have  blasphemed  the  word 
of  the  holy  one  of  Israel. 

25  Therefore  is  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  kindled 
against  his  people :  and  he  hath  stretched  out  his 
hand  upon  them,  and  struck  them  :  and  the  moun- 
tains were  troubled,  and  their  carcasses  became  as 
dung  in  the  midst  of  the  streets.  For  all  this  hisanger 
is  not  turned  away  :  but  his  hand  is  stretched  outstill. 

26  And  he  will  lift  up  a  sign  to  the  nations  afar 
off,  and  will  whistle  to  them  from  the  ends  of  the 
earth:  and  behold,  theyshallcomewithspeedswiftly. 

27  There  is  none  that  shall  faint,  nor  labour 
among  them  :  they  shall  not  slumber,  nor  sleep; 
neither  shall  the  girdle  of  their  loins  be  loosed,  nor 
the  latchet  of  their  shoes  be  broken. 

28  Their  arrows  are  sharp;  and  all  their  bows  are 
bent.  The  hoofs  of  their  horses  shall  be  like  the 
flint,  and  their  wheels  like  the  violence  of  a  tempest. 

29  Their  roaring  like  that  of  a  lion;  they  shall 
roar  like  young  lions:  yea  they  shall  roar,  and  take 
hold  of  the  prey ;  and  they  shall  keep  fast  hold  of 
it;  and  there  shall  be  none  to  deliver  it. 

30  And  they  shall  make  a  noise  against  them 
that  day,  like  the  roaring  of  the  sea:  we  shall  look 
towardsthe  land,  and  behold, darknessof tribulation, 
and  the  light  is  darkened  with  the  mist  thereof. 

CHAP.  VI. 

A  glorious  vision,  in  which  the  prophet's  lips  are  cleansed:  he 
foretelleth  the  obstinacy  of  the  Jews. 

IN  the  year  that  king  Ozias  died,  I  saw  the  Lord 
sitting  upon  a  throne  high  and  elevated:  and  his 
train  filled  the  temple. 

2  Upon  it  stood  the  seraphims:  the  one  had  six 
wings;  and  the  other  had  six  wings:  with  two  they 
covered  his  face;  and  with  two  they  covered  his 
feet;  and  with  two  they  flew. 

3  And  they  cried  one  to  another,  and  said:  Holy, 
holy,  holy,  the  Lord  God  of  hosts;  all  the  earth  is 
full  of  his  glory. 


IS  MAS. 


4  And  the  lintels  of  the  doors  were  moved  at  the 
voice  of  htm  tlmt  cried;  and  the  hone  was  filled 

with  smoke. 

\u>l  I  nidi  Wo  m  mo,  because  I  have  held 
my  peace;  because  I  am  a  man  of  unclean  lip*: 
and  I  dwell  in  the  nidsl  of  a  people  thai  hath  un- 
clean lips;  and  1  have  s,  ,n  w  ilh  m\   e\es  the  King 

the  Lord  of  boats. 

6  And  one  of  the  seraphim*  flew  tome:  and  in 

his  hand  was  a  life  coal,  which  he  had  taken  with 

the  tongs  off  the  altar. 

7  And  be  touched  my  month,  and  said:  Behold. 
this  hath  touched  thy  hps:  and  thy  iniquities  shall 
be  taken  awa\,  and th\  sin  shall  he  cleansed. 

\nd  I  heard    the    voice  of   the    I. old.  savin:;: 

Whom  shall  I  send:  and  who  shall  go  for  us?   And 

!.  Lo.  here  am  I ;  send  me. 

1    \nd   he  said:  Go,  and  tfiou  shalt  say  to  this 

people:   Hearing  hear,  and  understand  not:  and  see 

tlie  vision,  and  know  it  not. 

Id  Blind  the  heart  of  this  people,  and  make  their 

-  beery,  and  shut  their  eyes;  lest  they  see  with 
their  eyes, and  hear  with  their  ears,  and  understand 
with  their  heart,  and  be  converted,  and  I  heal  them. 

II  And  I  said:  How  long,  O  Lord?  And  he 
said  :  Until  the  cities  lie  wasted  without  inhabitant, 
ami  the  houses  without  man,  and  the  land  shall  be 
h  it  deeolatn. 

1J  And  the  Lord  shall  remove  men  faraway: 
and  slu-  shall  be  multiplied  that  was  left  in  the  midst 
of  the  earth. 

1>  And  there  shall  be  still  a  tithing  therein  :  and 
she  shall  turn,  and  shall  he  made  a  show  as  a  tur- 
IK-ntiue-tree.and  as  an  oak  that  sprcadcth  its  branch- 
es :  that  which  shall  stand  therein,  shall  be  a  holy 
seed. 

CHAP.  VII. 

The  prop  >  king  Achat  that  thr  tiro  lings  his  enemies 

ahull  not  take  Jerusalem.     A  virgin  shall  conceive  and  bear 

AM)  it  came  to  pass  in  the  days  of  Achaz  the 
i  of  Joathan,  the  son  of  Ozias  king  of  Juda, 
that  Kasin  kinu.  ol  Syria,  and  I'haeee  the  sun  of  Ro- 
tnelia  kiiu  ol  Israel,  came  up  to  Jerusalem,  to  fight 
against  it  :   but  they  could  not  prevail  over  it. 

\ud    they  told    the    house  ol'   David,   saying: 

i  hath  rested  upon  Ephraim  :  and  his  heart  was 

moved,  and  the   heart  of  his  people,  as  the  trees  of 

■  "is  an-  moved  with  the  w hid. 

3  And  the  Lord  said  tolsaias:  Go  forth  to  meet 
Achaz,  thou  and  Jasuh  thy  sou  that  is  left,  to  the 
« luit  of  the  upper  pool,  in  the  way  of  the  Fullers 

field. 

4  And  thou  shall  say  to  him  :  See  thou  be  <|tiirt  : 
fear  n-rf.  and  let  not  thy  hearts  he  afraid  ol  the  two 

tails  .i  tins,  firebrands, smoking  with  the  wrath  of 

the  fury  of  Rasin  kin-    ol  Syria,  and  of  the   sou  ol 
i 

i  hath  taken  counsel  ngainst  thee, 
til  ol  Ephraim  and  the  son  ol    Komclia, 


unto  the  < 

up 

us.   and    mak 

king  in  the  midsi  .i". 

I :  .• 


to  Juda,   and  r 


it  lip,  ai 
of    Tali- 


and 
el 


7  Thus  sait'n  the  Lord  God:  It  shall  not  stand, 
and  this  shall  not  he. 

:;  lint  the  head  of  Syria  is  Damascus,  and  the 
head  of  Damascus  is  Rastn:  and  within  threescore 
and  li\e  Tears,  Ephraim  shall  cease  to  be  ■  people: 

9  And  the  head  of  Ephraim  is  Samaria,  and  the 
head  of   Samaria  the    sun  of  Koiuelia.    If  you    will 

not  believe,  you  shall  not  continue. 

10  And  the  Lord  spoke  again  to  Achaz,  saying: 

1  1  Ask  thee  a  si^n  of  the  Lord  th\  God,  either 
unto  the  depth  of  hell,  or  unto  the  height  above. 

12  And  Achaz  said  :  1  will  not  ask  :  and  I  will 
not  tempt  the  Lord. 

!•!  And  he  said:  Hear  ye  therefore,  O  house 
of  David:  Is  it  a  small  thing  for  you  to  be  grievous 
to  men,  that  you  are  grievous  to  my  (iodalso? 

14  Therefore  the  Lord  himself  shall  give  you  a 
sign.  Behold,  a  virgin  shall  conceive,  and  bear  a 
son  :  and  his  name  shall  be  called  Emmanuel. 

15  He   shall  eat  butter  and  honey,    that  he  may  ■ 
know  to  refuse  the  evil,  and  to  choose  the  good. 

16  For  before  the  child  know  to  refuse  the  evil, 
and  to  choose  the  good,  the  land  w  Inch  thou  abhor- 
rest  shall  be  forsaken  of  the  face  of  her  two  kings. 

17  The  Lord  shall  bring  upon  thee,  and  upon  thy 
people,  and  upon  the  house  of  thy  father,  days  that 
nave  not  come  since  the  time  or  the  separation  of 
Ephraim  from  Juda,  with  the  king  of  the  Assvrians. 

18  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  the 
Lord  shall  hiss  for  the  fly,  that  is  in  the  uttermost 
parts  of  the  rivers  of  Egypt,  and  for  the  bee  that  is 
in  the  land  of  Assyria. 

19  And  they  shall  come,  and  shall  all  of  them  rest 
in  the  torrents  of  the  vallies,  and  in  the  holes  of  the 
rocks,  and  upon  all  places  set  with  shrubs,  and  in 
all  hollow  places. 

20  In  that  day  the  Lord  shall  shave  with  a  razor 
that  is  hired  by  them  that  are  beyond  the  river,  by 
the  king  of  the  Assyrians,  the  head  and  the  hairs  ol 
the  feet,  and  the  whole  beard. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  a 
man  shall  nourish  a  young  cow,  and  two  sheep, 

22  And  for  the  abundance  of  milk  he  shall  cat 
butter:  for  butler  and  honey  shall  everyone  eat, 
that  shall  be  left  in  the  midst  of  the  land. 

J.»  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that 
everyplace  where  there  were  a  thousand  vines,  at  ■ 
thousand  pieces  of  silver,  shall  become  thorns  and 
briars. 

24  With  arrows  and  with  bows  they  shall  go  in 
thither:  for  briars  and  thorns  shall  be  in  all  the  land. 

25  And  as  lor  all  the  hills  that  shall  be  raked 
with  a  rake,  the  fear  of  thorns  and  briars  shall  not 
come  thither:  but  they  shall  be  for  the  o\  to  U  id 
"ii.  and  the  leaser  cattle  to  tread  upon. 

CHAP.  V1I1. 

The  name,  of  a  child  that  is  to  Itc  bom  :   many  evils  shall  come 
upon  the  Ji  IM  fur  their  tins. 

A  ND  the  Lord  said  to  me:  Take  thee  a  gnat 
-f*-  book,  and  write  in  it  with  a  man's  pen.  Take 
awaj  the  spoils  with  speed  ;  aukklj  take  the  pi 

v    I  I  took  unto  me  faithful  witnesses,  Urias 
the  priest,  and  Zacharias  the  son  ol  Bam  bias. 


CHAP.  IX. 


3  And  1  went  to  the  prophetess ;  and  she  con- 
ceived, and  bore  a  son.  And  the  Lord  said  tome: 
Call  his  name,  Hasten  to  take  away  the  spoils : 
Make  haste  to  take  away  the  prey. 

4  For  before  the  child  know  to  call  his  Father 
and  his  mother,  the  strength  of  Damascus,  and  the 
spoils  of  Samaria  shall  be  taken  away  before  the 
kmy;  of  the  Assyrians. 

5  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  me  again,  saying  : 

6  Forasmuch  as  this  people  hath  cast  away  the 
waters  of  Siloe,  that  go  with  silence,  and  hath 
rather  taken  llasin,  and  the  son  of  Romelia  : 

7  Therefore  behold,  the  Lord   will  bring  upon 


them  the  waters  of  the  river  strong  and  many,  the 
king  of  the  Assyrians,  and  all  his  glory:  and  he 
shall  come  up  over  all  his  channels,  and  shall  over- 
flow all  his  banks, 

8  And  shall  pass  through  Juda,  overflowing ; 
and  going  over,  shall  reach  even  to  the  neck.  And 
the  stretching  out  of  his  wings  shall  fill  the  breadth 
of  thy  land,  O  Emmanuel. 

9  Gather  yourselves  together,  O  ye  people,  and 
be  overcome  :  and  give  ear,  all  ye  lands  afar  off: 
strengthen  yourselves,  and  be  overcome;  gird  your- 
selves, and  be  overcome. 

10  Take  counsel  together,  and  it  shall  be  defeat- 
ed :  speak  a  word,  and  it  shall  not  be  done  :  because 
God  is  with  us  : 

11  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  to  me:  As  he  hath 
taught  me,  with  a  strong  arm,  that  I  should  not  walk 
in  the  way  of  this  people,  saying  : 

12  Say  ye  not:  A  conspiracy :  for  all  that  this 
people  speaketh,  is  a  conspiracy;  neither  fear  ye 
their  fear,  nor  be  afraid. 

13  Sanctify  the  Lord  of  hosts  himself  :  and  let 
him  be  your  fear,  and  let  him  be  your  dread. 

14  And  he  shall  be  a  sanctification  to  you  :  hut 
for  a  stone  of  stumbling,  and  for  a  rock  of  offence 
to  the  two  houses  of  Israel,  for  a  snare  and  a  ruin 
to  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem. 

1 5  And  very  many  of  them  shall  stumble  and  fail, 
and  shall  be  broken  in  pieces,  and  shall  be  snared, 
and  taken. 

16  Bind  up  the  testimony  :  seal  the  law  among 
my  disciples. 

17  And  1  will  wait  for  the  Lord,  who  hath  hid 
his  face  from  the  house  of  Jacob :  and  I  will  look 
for  him. 

18  Behold,  land  my  children,  whom  the  Lord 
hath  given  me  for  a  sign,  and  for  a  wonder  in  Israel 
from  the  Lord  of  hosts,  who  dwelleth  in  mount 
Sjon. 

19  And  when  they  shall  say  to  you  :  Seek  of 
pythons,*  and  of  diviners,  who  mutter  in  their  en- 
chantments :  should  not  the  peoole  seek  of  their 
God,  for  the  living  of  the  dead  ? 

20  To  the  law  rather,  and  to  the  testimony.  And 
if  they  speak  not  according  to  this  word,  they  shall 
not  have  the  morning  light. 


21  And  they  shall  pass  by  it:  they  shall  fall,  and 
be  hungry:  and  when  they  shall  be  hungry,  they 
will  he  angry,  and  curse  their  king,  and  their  God, 
and  look  upwards. 

22  And  they  shall  look  to  the  earth;  and  behold, 
trouble  and  darkness,  weakness  and  distress,  and  a 
mist  following  them :  and  they  cannot  fly  away  from 
their  distress. 

CHAP.  IX. 

What  joy  shall  come  after  afflictions  by  the  birth  and  Icingdnm  of 
Christ :  tehich  shall flourish  for  ever.    Judgments  upon  Israel 
for  their  sins. 

A  T  the  first  time  the  land  of  Zabulon,  and  the 
-£*-  land  of  Nephthali  was  lightly  touched :  and  at 


*  Sick  of  pythons.  That  is,  people  pretending  to  tell  future  tinners 
hy  a  prophesying  spirit.  Should  not  the  people  seek  of  their  God  for  the 
thing  of  the  dead  I  Here  is  signified,  thn(  it  i'  to  God  we  should  p  a»-  ti- 


the  last  the  way  of  the  sea  beyond   the  Jordan  of 
the  Galilee  of  the  Gentiles  was  heavily  loaded. 

2  The  people  that  walked  in  darkness,  have  seen 
a  great  light:*  to  them  that  dwelt  in  the  region  of 
the  shadow  of  death,  light  is  risen. 

3  Thou  hast  multiplied  the  nation,  and  hast  not 
increased  the  joy.  They  shall  rejoice  before  thee, 
as  they  that  rejoice  in  the  harvest,  as  conquerors  re- 
joice after  taking  a  prey,  when  they  divide  the  spoils. 

4  For  the  yoke  of  their  burden,  and  the  rod  of 
their  shoulder,  and  the  sceptre  of  their  oppressor 
thou  hast  overcome,  as  in  the  day  of  Madian. 

5  For  every  violent  taking  of  spoils,  with  tumult, 
and  garment  mingled  with  blood,  shall  be  burnt, 
and  be  fuel  for  the  fire. 

6  For  a  child  is  born  to  us;  and  a  son  is  given 
to  ns;  and  the  government  is  upon  his  shoulder: 
and  his  name  shall  be  called,  Wonderful,  Counsel- 
lor, God  the  Mighty,  the  Father  of  the  world  to 
come,  the  Prince  of  peace. 

7  His  empire  shall  be  multiplied;  and  there  shall 
he  no  end  of  peace  :  he  shall  sit  upon  the  throne  of 
David,  and  upon  his  kingdom  ;  to  establish  it  and 
strengthen  it  with  judgment  and  with  justice,  from 
henceforth  and  for  ever :  the  zeal  of  the  Lord  of 
hosts  will  perform  this. 

8  The  Lord  sent  a  word  into  Jacob ;  and  it  hath 
lighted  upon  Israel. 

9  And  all  the  people  of  Ephraim  shall  know,  and 
the  inhabitants  of  Samaria  that  say  in  the  pride  and 
haughtiness  of  their  heart: 

10  The  bricks  are  fallen  down:  but  we  will  build 
with  square  stones :  they  have  cut  down  the  syca- 
mores, but  we  will  change  them  for  cedars. 

1 1  And  the  Lord  shall  set  up  the  enemies  of  Ra- 
sin  over  him,  and  shall  bring  on  his  enemies  in  a 
crowd  : 

12  The  Syrians  from  the  east,  and  the  Philis- 
tines from  the  west :  and  they  shall  devour  Israel 
with  open  mouth.  For  all  this  his  indignation  is 
not  turned  away;  but  his  hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

13  And  the  people  are  not  returned  to  him  who 
hath  struck  them,  and  have  not  sought  after  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 

14  And  the  Lord  shall  destroy  out  of  Israel  tin 


be  directed,  and  not  to  seek  of  the  dead,  (that  is,  of  fortune-tellers  dead 
in  sin,)  for  the  health  of  the  living. 


563 


I- MAS. 


bead  and  the  tail,  bin  that  bendeth  dovva,  ami  him 
ili, tt  holdeth  back,  in  one  day. 

l.)  The  aged  and  honourable,  be  b  ihe  head: 
ami  tin-  prophet  tliat  teacheth  lies,  he  is  the  tail. 

lii  Ami  they  that  call  this  people  blessed,  shall 
cause  then  to  err  .-and  they  that  are  called  blessed, 

shall  he  thrown  down  headlong. 

17  Therefore  the  Lord  >,hall  have  bo  joy  in  ihejr 
young  men:   neither  shall  be  have  mere]  on  their 

fatherless  ami  widows:  for  everj  one  i>  a  hypocrite 

ami  w  irked,  and  every  month  hath  tookee  Wiy.  For 
all  this  his  indignation  ia  not  turned  away;  but  his 
hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

18  I 'or  arickednesa  is  kindled  as  a  fire,  it  shall 
devour  the  brier  and  the  thorn;  and  shall  kindle  in 
the  thicket  of  the  forest: and  it  shall  he  wrapped  up 
in  smoke  ascending  on  high. 

19  By  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  land  is 
troubled,  and  the  people  shall  he  as  fuel  for  the  lire: 
no  man  shall  spare  his  hrother. 

\ml  he  shall  turn  to  the  right  hand,  and  shall 
be  hungry  :  and  shall  eat  on  the  hit  hand,  and  shall 
not  Ik-  tilled:  every  oiii' shall  eat  the  llesh  of  his  own 
arm  :  Manasses  L'phraim,  and  Ephraim  Manasses, 
(//(</  thej  together  shall  he  against  Juda. 

21    After  all    these   things  his   indignation  is  not 
turned  away,  but  his  hand  is  stretched  out  still. 
CHAP.  X. 

'«  the  makers  of  tricked  law*.  The  Assyrians  shall  be  a  rod 
/or  punishing  Israel :  but  for  their  pride  they  shall  be  de- 
stroyed :  and  a  remnant  of  Israel  saved. 

WO  to  them  that  make  wicked  laws;  and  when 
they  w  rite,  write  injustice: 
2  To  oppress  the  poor  in  judgment,  and  do  vio- 
lence lo   the  cause  of    the    humble    of    my  people: 
that    widows  might   be   their   prey,  and  that  they 
might  roh  the  fatherl 

. '.  What  will  you  do  in  the  day  of  visitation,  and 
of  the  calamity  which  eoiueth  from  afar  ?  to  whom 
will  you  flee  lor  help  ?  and  where  will  ye  leave  your 
gioi 

I  iiat  you  Ik-  not  bowed  down  under  the  bond, 

and  fall  wiih  the  slain:  In  all  these  things  his  anger 

is  not  turned  away,  hut  his  hand  is  stretched  out  si  ill. 

>   Wo  to  the  Assyrian,  lie  is  the  rod  and  tin'  staff 

of  my  anger,  ami  my  indignation  is  in  their  hands. 

6  I  will  send  him  to  a  deceitful  nation,  and  I  will 
■    him  a  charge  against  ihe  people  of  my  wrath, 

ike  away  the  spoils,  and  to  lav  hold  on  the  prey, 
and  to  tread  them  down  like  the  mire  of  the  streets. 

7  Hut  he  shall  not  take  it  so,  and  his  heart  shall 
not  think  so:  hut  his  heart  shall  he  set  to  destroy, 
ami  to  cut  off  nations  not  a  few. 

>r  lie  shall  s.,\  : 
'.'    We  not    my  princes  as  so  many  kiims  :  is  not 
<  harcamis:  ami   Kmaih  as    kiphadfia 
ii  it  S  I  Damascus  ? 

IK  W  ins  hand  hath  found  the  kingdoms  of  the 
idi  '  their  idols  of  Jerusalem, ana  ol  Samaria. 


I  rnanl  tfthrm  thill  it  eoirrrttd.  Tim  w»  , 
rhildi  I 

.remount  .ifii.r  .low*  i  ']»i. 


11  Shall  I  not,  as  I  have  done  to  Sam;. /i  and 
her  idols,  so  do  to  Jerusalem  and  her  idol*! 

I  1  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  when  tlir  Lord 
shall  have  performed  all  his  works  in  mpOBJ  Sion, 
ami  in  Jerusalem,  1  will  visit  the  fruit  of  the  proud 
heart  of  the  king  of  Assyria,  and  the  glory  of  the 
haughtiness  of  bis  eyes. 

Li  For  he  bath  said  :  By  the  strength  of  mv  own 
hand  I  have  done  it.  and  by  mv  own  wisdom  I  have 
understood:  and  I  have  removed  the  hounds  of  Un- 
people, and  have  taken  the  spoils  of  their  prim 
and  as  a  mighty  man  have  pulled  down  them  that 
silt  on  high. 

II  And  my  hand  hath  found  the  strength  of  the 
people  as  a  nest  :  and  as  eggs  are  gathered,  that  an 
left,  so  have  I  gathered  all  the  earth:   and  there  was 
none  that  moved  the  wing,  or  opened  the  mouth,  or 
made  the  least  noise. 

15  Shall  the  axe  boast  itself  against  him  that 
etittcth  with  it.'  or  shall  the  saw  exalt  itself  against 
him  by  whom  it  is  drawn'  as  if  a  rod  should  lift  it- 
self up  against  him  that  lifleth  it  up,  and  a  stall' ex- 
alt itself,  which  is  hut  wood. 

16  Therefore  the  sovereign  Lord  the  Lord  of 
hosts  shall  send  leanness  among  his  fat  ones:  and 
under  his  glory  shall  he  kindled  a  burning  as  it  were 
the  burning  oi  a  fire. 

17  And  the  light  of  [area]  shall  he  as  a  fire,  and 
the  holy  One  thereof  as  a  llame:  and  his  thorns  ami 
his  briars  shall  he  set  on  tire,,  and  shall  he  devoured 
in  one  day. 

18  And  the  glory  of  bis  forest,  and  of  his  beauti- 
ful hill  shall  he  consumed  from  the  soul  even  to  the 
llesh,  and  he  shall  run  away  through  fear. 

19  And  they  that  remain  of  tin  of  his  forest 
shall  be  so  few.  that  they  shall  easily  be  numbered, 
ami  a  child  shall  write  them  down. 

20  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that 
the  remnant  of  Israel,  and  they  that  shall  escape  of 
the  house  of  Jacob,  shall  lean  no  more  upon  him 
that  striked)  them  :  but  they  shall  lean  ui>oii  the 
Lord  the  holy  one  of  Israel,  in  truth. 

21  The  remnant  shall  be  converted,  the  remnant, 
1  say,  of  Jacob,  to  the  mighty  God. 

22  For  if  thy  people,  O  Israel,  shall  he  as  the 
s and  of  the  sea,  a  remnant  of  them  shall  be  convert- 
ed,* the  consumption  abridgedf  shall  overflow  with 
justice. 

23  For  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  shall  make  I  con- 
sumption, and  an  abridgment  in  the  midst  of  all 
the  land. 

21  Therefore,  thus  saith  the  Lord  the  God  ot 
hosts:  O  my  people  thai  dwellest  in  Sion,  be  not 

afraid  of  the  Assyrian  :  he  shall  strike  thee  with  his 
rod,  and  he  shall  lift  up  his  staff  over  thee  in  the 
wa\  of  Egypt 

25  For  yet  a  little  and  a  very  little  while,  and 
my  indignation  shall  cease,  ami  my  wrath  shall  be 

upon  their  wickedness. 

f  7V  remntmition  »  '  i»,  tlir  numtir  of  (Ami  nit  tkml, 

mmi  re  uini  /e  Jr>-,  -.lia!!  floliruh  in  ahtin<laiirr  of  jil*!:- 


CHAP.  XI,  XII,  XIII. 


20  And  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  raise  up  a  scourge 
against  him,  according  to  the  slaughter  of  Madian 
in  the  rock  of  Orel),  and  his  rod  over  the  sea,  and 
he  shall  lift  it  up  in  the  way  of  Egypt. 

27  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  his 
burden  shall  he  taken  away  from  off  thy  shoulder, 
and  his  yoke  from  off  thy  neck,  and  the  yoke,  shall 
putrefy  at  the  presence  of  the  oil.* 

28  He  shall  come  into  Aiath,f  he  shall  pass  into 
Magron:  at  Machmas  he  shall  lay  up  his  carriages. 

29  They  have  passed  in  haste,  Gaba  is  our  lodg- 
ing: Rama  was  astonished,  Gahaath  of  Saul  lied 
..way. 

30  Lift  up  thy  voice,  O  daughter  of  Gallim,  at- 
tend, O  Laisa,  poor  Anathoth. 

31  Medemena  is  removed  :  ye  inhabitants  of  Ga- 
bim,  take  courage. 

32  It  is  yet  day  enough,  to  remain  in  Nobe:  he 
shall  shake  his  hand  against  the  mountain  of  the 
daughter  of  Sion,  the  hill.of  Jerusalem. 

33  Behold  the  sovereign  Lord  of  hosts  shall 
break  the  earthen  vessel  with  terror,  and  the  tall 
of  stature  shall  be  cut  down,  and  the  lofty  shall  be 
humbled. 

34  And  the  thickets  of  the  forest  shall  be  cut 
down  with  iron,  and  Libanus  with  its  high  ones 
shall  fall. 

CHAP.  XI. 

Of  the  spiritual  kingdom  of  Christ,  to  which  all  nations  shall 

repair. 

AND  there  shall  come  forth  a  rod  out  of  the  root 
of  Jesse,  and  a  flower  shall  rise  up  out  of  his 
root. 

2  And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  rest  upon  him  : 
the  spirit  of  wisdom,  and  of  understanding,  the 
spirit  of  counsel,  and  of  fortitude,  the  spirit  of  know- 
ledge, and  of  godliness, 

3  And  he  shall  be  filled  with  the  spirit  of  the 
fear  of  the  Lord.  He  shall  not  judge  according  to 
the  sight  of  the  eyes,  nor  reprove  according  to  the 
healing  of  the  ears. 

4  But  he  shall  judge  the  poor  with  justice,  and 
shall  reprove  with  equity  for  the  meek  of  the  earth: 
and  he  shall  strike  the  earth  with  the  rod  of  his 
mouth,  and  with  the  breath  of  his  lips  he  shall  slay 
the  wicked. 

5  And  justice  shall  be  the  girdle  of  his  loins:  and 
faith  the  girdle  of  his  reins. 

6  The  wolf  shall  dwell  with  the  lamb:  and  the 
leopard  shall  lie  down  with  the  kid:  the  calf  and  the 
lion,  and  the  sheep  shall  abide  together,  and  a  little 
child  shall  lead  them. 

7  The  calf,  and  the  bear  shall  feed  :  their  young 
ones  shall  rest  together:  and  the  lion  shall  eat  straw 
like  the  ox 

8  And  the  sucking  child  shall  play  on  the  hole 
of  the  asp:  and  the  weaned  child  shall  thrust  his 
hand  into  the  den  of  the  basilisk. 

9  They  shall  not  hurt,  nor  shall  they  kill  in  all 

*  .it  the  presence  of  the  oil-     That  is,  by  Hie  sweet  unction  of  divine 
mercy. 

|  Jnlo  Aialh  &r      Here  the  prophet  describes  the  march  of  the  As- 


my  holy  mountain,  for  the  earth  is  filled  with  the 
knowledge  of  the  Lord,  as  the  covering  waters  of 
the  sea. 

10  In  that  day  the  root  of  Jesse,  who  standeth 
for  an  ensign  of  people,  him  the  Gentiles  shall  be- 
seech, and  his  sepulchre  shall  be  glorious. 

1 1  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  the 
Lord  shall  set  his  hand  the  second  time  to  possess 
the  remnant  of  his  people,  .which  shall  be  left  from 
the  Assyrians,  and  from  Egypt  and  from  Phetros, 
and  from  Ethiopia,  and  from  Elam,  and  from  Sen- 
naarand  from  Emath,and  from  the  islands  of  the  sea. 

12  And  he  shall  set  up  a  standard  unto  the  na- 
tions, and  shall  assemble  the  fugitives  of  Israel,  and 
shall  gather  together  the  dispersed  of  Juda  from  the 
four  quarters  of  the  earth. 

13  And  the  envy  of  Ephraim  shall  be  taken 
away, and  the  encmiesof  Juda  shall  perish:  Ephraim 
shall  not  envy  Juda,  and  Juda  shall  not  fight  against 
Ephraim. 

14  But  they  shall  fly  upon  the  shoulders  of  the 
Philistines  by  the  sea,  they  together  shall  spoil  the 
children  of  the  east:  Edom,  and  Moab  shall  be  un- 
der the  rule  of  their  hand,  and  the  children  of  Am- 
nion shall  be  obedient. 

15  And  the  Lord  shall  lay  waste  the  tongue  of 
the  sea  of  Egypt,  and  shall  lift  up  his  hand  over  the 
river  in  the  strength  of  his  spirit:  and  he  shall  strike 
it  in  the  seven  streams,  so  that  men  may  pass 
through  it  in  their  shoes. 

16  And  there  shall  be  a  high-way  for  the  remnant 
of  my  people,  which  shall  be  left  from  the  Assyri- 
ans: as  there  was  for  Israel  in  the  day  that  he 
came  up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

CHAP.  XII. 

A  canticle  of  thanksgiving  for  the  benefits  of  Christ. 

\  ND  thou  shalt  say  in  that  day :  I  will  give 
-*■*-  thanks  to  thee,  O  Lord,  for  thou  wast  angry 
with  me  :  thy  wrath  is  turned  away,  and  thou  hast 
comforted  me. 

2  Behold,  God  is  my  saviour,  I  will  deal  confi- 
dently, and  will  not  fear:  because  the  Lord  is  my 
strength,  and  my  praise,  and  he  is  become  my  sal- 
vation. 

3  You  shall  draw  waters  with  joy  out  of  the  sa- 
viour's fountains : 

4  And  you  shall  say  in  that  day  :  Praise  ye  the 
Lord,  and  call  upon  his  name:  make  his  works 
known  among  the  people:  remember  that  his  name 
is  high. 

5  Sing  ye  to  the  Lord,  for  he  hath  done  great 
things  :  show  this  forth  in  all  the  earth. 

6  Rejoice,  and  praise,  O  thou  habitation  of  Sion  : 
for  great  is  he  that  is  in  the  midst  of  thee,  the  holy 
one  of  Israel. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

The  desolation  of  Babylon. 

rrHlE  burden  of  Babylon, J  which  Isaias  the  son 
-■-    of  Amos  saw. 


svrians  under  Sennacherib;  and  the  terror  they  should  carry  with 
them  ;  and  how  thev  should  suddenly  be  destroyed. 

t  The  burden  of  Babylon.     That  is,  a  prophesy  against  Babyltn. 

565 


ISAIAS. 


2  Upon  the  dark  Mountain  lilt  je  up  a  bnnner, 
Ice,  lift  up  the  band,  and  let  the  mien 
go  into  the  -  iti  i< 
.;  I   nave  commanded  my  nnctified  ones,  and 

n.iv  <■  called  my  Strong  onei  in  m>  w  i.nli.  them  that 

rejoice  in  my  dory. 

I  The  noise  <>t'  a  multitude  in  the  mountaioa,  aa 
it  hi  re  of  many  people,  tin-  noise  of  the  sound  of 
lungs,  of  nations  |atneced  together;  the  Lord  of 
hosts  hath  given  charge  t<>  the  troopa  of  war. 

[.i  them  that  come  from  a  country  alar  oft, 
from  the  end  of  heaven:  the  Lord  and  the  instru- 
ments of  hia  wrath,  to destroj  the  whole  land. 

t;  Howl  ye,  for  the  day  of  the  Lord  is  near:  it 
shall  come  aa  a  destruction  from  the  Lord. 

;    rherefore  shall  all  bands  be  faint,  and  every 

:  of  man  shall  melt, 

8  Ami  shall  be  broken.  Gripingsand  pain*  shall 

take  bold  of  them,  they  shall  l>e  in  pain  as  a  woman 
in  lalniur.  Lv.iv  one  shall  be  amazed  at  his  neigh- 
bour, their  countenances  shall  be  as  faces  burnt. 

9  Behold,  the  day  of  the  Lord  shall  come,  a  cruel 
.  and  full  of  indignation,  and  of  wrath,  and  fury, 

lolaj  the  land  desolate,  and  to  destroy  the  sinners 
thereof  out  of  it.  . 

Hi   Tor  the  stars  of  heaven,  and  their  brightness 
shall  not  display  their  light  :  the  sun  shall  be  dark- 
1  in  his   rising,   and    the  moon  shall   not  shine 
with  her  light 

II  And  I  will  visit  the  evils  of  the  world,  and 
ii^t  the  wicked  for  their  iniquity,  and  I  will 
..■  the  pride  of  infidels  to  cease,  and  will  bring 

down  the  arrogancy  of  the  mighty. 

1  J  A  man  shall  he  more  mecious  than  gold,  yea 
a  man  than  the  finest  of  gold. 

IS  For  this  I  will  trouble  the  heaven:  and  the 
i  shall  he  moved  out  of  her  place,  for  the  indig- 

..II  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  and  for  the  day  of  his 

w  rath. 

I  i.  And  they  shall  be  as  a  doe  fleeing  nway,  and 

.mil  there  shall  be  none  to  gather  them 

,.  r>  man  shall  turn  to  his  own  people, 

and  ever)  one  shall  llee  to  his  own  land. 

I  ')  I  ,\  ery  one  that  shall  he  found,  shall  he  slain  : 
and  ne  that  shall  come  to  their  aid,  shall  lall 

by  tip'  sword. 

Iti  Their  infants  shall  he  dashed  in  pieces  before 
ill,.  their  bouses  shall  he  pillaged,  and  their 

w  ives  -hi!!  i"  ravished. 

1 7  Behold  I  will  stir  up  the  \I.  .!■  I  against  them, 
who  shall  not  seek  silver,  DOr desire  -old: 

19    But  with  their  ai  rows  they  shall  kill  the  chil- 

d and  shall    ha\e    no  pity  upon  the  sucklings  ol 

the  WOOlb.  and  their  eye  shall  not  span- their  sons. 

19  And  that  Babylon,  glorious  among  kingdoms, 
the  famous  pride  of  the  Chaldeans,  shall  he  even  as 
Lord  destroyed  Sodom  and  Gomorrha. 

It  shall  no  more  he  inhabited  lor  ever,  and  it 
diall  not  he  founded  unto  generation  and  gent  ra- 
tion :  neither  shall  the  Arabian  pitch  his  tents  tie  re, 
nor  shall  sheple  I  there. 

21  Bui  wild  h.  asts  s|,,iil  nst  there,  and  their 
houses  shall  be  Idled  with   serpent*,  and  ostriches 


shall   dwell  tnere,   and  the    hairy  ones  shall  dance 
then 

I    And  owls  shall  answer  one  another  tin  r<  .  in 
the  houses  thereof,  and  sirens     in  the   temples    ol 

pleasure. 

<  HAP.  XIV. 


TV  Trituration  nf  hr.nl  iiftrr  thrir  r</;</iriV«. 
or  tang  itumltvu;  unr  the  king  of  llahylon. 
against  the  I'hilistiiun. 

||KII 


The  parahle 
A   iir< 


time  is  near  at   hand,  and  her  days  shaL 
not  be  prolonged.     For  the  Lord  will  have 

meicy  <>n  Jacob,  and  will  vet  choose  out  ol  Israel, 
and  will  make  them  rest  upon  their  own  ground  : 
ami  the  Strangers  shall  be  joined  with  them,  and 
shall  adhere  to  the  house  of  Jacob. 

And  the  pnopk  shall  take  them,  and  bring  them 
into  their  place:  and  the  house  of  Israel  shall 
possess  them  in  the  land  of  the  Lord  for  servants 
and  handmaids  :  and  they  shall  make  them  captives 
that  bad  taken  them,  and  shall  subdue  their  op- 
pressors. 

3  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that 
when  God  shall  give  thee  rest  from  thy  labour,  and 
from  thy  vexation, and  from  the  hard  bondage  w  here- 
with thou  didst  serve  before, 

4  Thou  shalt  take  up  this  parable  against  the 
king  of  Babylon,  and  shalt  say:  How  is  the  op- 
pressor come  to  nothing,  the  tribute  hath  ceased  :  . 

5  The  Lord  hath  bioken  the  staff  of  the  wicked, 
the  rod  of  the  rulers, 

6  That  struck  the  people  in  wrath  with  an  un- 
curable  wound,  that  brought  nations  under  in  fury, 
that  persecuted  in  ■  cruel  manner. 

7  The  w  hole  earth  is  quiet  and  still,  it  is  glad 
and  hath  rejoiced. 

8  The  fir-trees  also  have  rejoiced  over  thee,  and 
the  cedars  of  Libanus,  sin/iiiLr:  Since  thou  hast  slept, 
there  hath  none  come  up  to  cut  us  down. 

9  Hell  below  was  in  an  uproar  to  meet  thee  at 
thy  coming,  it  stirred  up  the  giants  for  thee.  All 
the  princes  of  the  earth  are  risen  up  from  their 
thrones,  all  the  princes  of  nations. 

10  All  shall  answer,  and  say  to  thee:  Thou  also 
art  wounded  as  well  as  we,  thou  art  become  like 
unto  ii-. 

1 1  Thy  pride  is  brought  down  to  hell,  thy  carcass 
is  fallen  down  :  under  thee  shall  the  moth  bestrew- 
ed, and  worms  shall  be  thy  covering. 

I  J  How  an  thou  fallen  irom  heaven,  O  Lucifer,* 
who  didst  rise  in  the  morning  ;  how  art  thou  fallen 
to  the  earth,  that  didst  wound  the  nations? 

13  And  thou  saidst  in  thy  heart  :  I  will  ascend 
into  heaven,  I  will  exalt  my  throne  above  the  stars 
of  God,  I  will  sit  in  the  mountain  of  the  covenant, 
in  the   sides  of  the  north. 

1 V  1  will  ascend  above  the  height  ol  the  clouds, 
I   will  be  like  the  most  High. 

15  But  yet  thou  shall  be  brought  down  to  hell, 
into  the  depth  of  the  pit. 


*  O  l.wjfrr.  O  da\-»t.ir.  All  this  according  to  UM  letter,  ii  ipokem 
oflhckiugul  B.lnliw-  l«it  ii  IMJ  alto  b«  applied,  io  a  •pirilual  i    ~ 
tj  Lut  of  dcT.U 


CHAP.  XV,  XVI. 


16  They  that  shall  see  thee,  shall  turn  toward 
thee,  and  behold  thee:  Is  this  the  man  that  troubled 
the  earth,  thai  shook  kingdoms, 

17  That  made  the  world  a  wilderness,  and  de- 
stroyed the  cities  thereof,  that  opened  not  the  prison 
to  his  prisoners? 

18  All  the  kings  of  the  nations  have  all  of  them 
slept  in  glory,  every  one  in  his  own  house. 

19  But  thou  art  cast  out  of  thy  grave,  as  an  un- 
profitable branch  defiled,  and  wrapped  up  among 
them  that  were  slain  by  the  sword,  and  are  gone 
down  to  the  botton  of  the  pit,  as  a  rotten  carcass. 

20  Thou  shalt  not  keep  company  with  them, 
even  in  burial  :  for  thou  hast  destroyed  thy  land, 
thou  hast  slain  thy  people  :  the  seed  of  the  wicked 
shall  not  be  named  for  ever. 

21  Prepare  his  children  for  slaughter  for  the  ini- 
quity of  their  fathers :  they  shall  not  rise  up,  not 
inherit  the  land,  nor  fill  the  face  of  the  world  with 
cities. 

22  And  I  will  rise  up  against  them,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts :  and  I  will  destroy  the  name  of  Ba- 
bylon, and  the  remains,  and  the  bud,  and  the  off- 
spring, saith  the  Lord. 

23  And  I  will  make  it  a  possession  for  the  er'cius 
and  pools  of  waters,  and  I  will  sweep  it  and  wear 
it  out  with  a  besom,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

24  The  Lord  of  hosts  hath  sworn,  saying  :  Sure- 
ly as  1  have  thought,  so  shall  it  be :  And  as  I  have 
purposed, 

25  So  shall  it  fall  out:  That  I  will  destroy  the 
Assyrian  in  my  land,  and  upon  my  mountains  tread 
him  under  foot :  and  his  yoke  shall  be  taken  away 
from  them,  and  his  burden  shall  be  taken  off  their 
shoulder. 

26  This  is  the  counsel  that  I  have  purposed  upon 
all  the  earth,  and  this  is  the  hand  that  is  stretched 
out  upon  all  nations. 

27  For  the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  decreed,  and  who 
can  disannul  it  ?  and  his  hand  is  stretched  out :  and 
who  shall  turn  it  away  ? 

28  In  the  .year  that  king  Achas  died,  was  this 
burden : 

29  Rejoice  not  thou,  whole  Philistia,  that  the  rod 
of  him  that  struck  thee  is  broken  in  pieces:  for  out 
of  the  root  of  the  serpent  shall  come  forth  a  basilisk, 
and  his  seed  shall  swallow  the  bird. 

30  And  the  first-born  of  the  poor  shall  be  fed, 
and  the  poor  shall  rest  with  confidence :  and  I  will 
make  thy  root  perish  with  famine,  and  I  will  kill 
thy  remnant. 

31  Howl,  O  gate,  cry,  O  city:  all  Philistia  is 
thrown  down:  for  a  smoke  shall  come  from  the 
north,  and  there  is  none  that  shall  escape  his  troop. 

32  And  what  shall  be  answered  to  the  messen- 
gers of  the  nations  ?  That  the  Lord  hath  founded 
Sion,  and  the  poor  of  his  people  shall  hope  in  him. 

CHAP.  XV. 

Aprophery  of  the  desolation  of  the  Moabitis. 

HP  HE  burden  of  Moab.     Because  in  the  night  Ar 

-■-    of  Moab  is  laid  waste,  it  is  silent:  because  the 

wall  of  Moab  is  destroyed  in  the  night,  it  is  silent. 

2  The  house  is  gone  up,  and  Dibon  to  the  high 


places  to  mourn  over  Nabo,  and  over  Medaba,  Moan 
hath  howled:  on  all  their  heads  shall  be  baldness, 
and  every  beard  shall  be  shaven. 

3  In  their  streets  they  are  girded  with  sackcloth : 
on  the  tops  of  their  houses,  and  in  their  streets,  all 
shall  howl  and  come  down  weeping: 

4  Hesebon  shall  cry,  and  Eleale,  their  voice  is 
heard  even  to  Jasa.  For  this  shall  the  well-appoint- 
ed men  of  Moab  howl,  his  soul  shall  howl  to  itself. 

5  My  heart  shall  cry  to  Moab,  the  bars  thereoi 
shall  fee  unto  Segor,  a  heifer  of  three  years  old  : 
for  by  the  ascent  of  Luith  they  shall  go  up  weeping: 
and  in  the  way  of  Oronaim  they  shall  lift  up  a  cry 
of  destruction. 

6  For  the  waters  of  Nemrim  shall  be  desolate, 
for  the  grass  is  withered  away,  the  spring  is  faded, 
all  the  greenness  is  perished. 

7  According  to  the  greatness  of  their  work,  is  their 
visitation  also:  they  shall  lead  them  to  the  torrent  ot 
the  willows.* 

8  For  the  cry  is  gone  round  about  the  border  ot 
Moab :  the  howling  thereof  unto  Gallim,  and  unto 
the  well  of  Elim  the  cry  thereof. 

9  For  the  waters  of  Dibon  are  filled  with  blood: 
for  I  will  bring  more  upon  Dibon:  the  lion  upon 
them  that  shall  flee  of  Moab,  and  upon  the  remnant 
of  the  land. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

The  prophet  praye.th  for   Christ's  coming.     The  affliction  of 
the  Moabites  for  their  pride. 

SEND  forth,  O  Lord,  the  lamb,  the  ruler  of  the 
earth,  from  Petra  of  the  desert,  to  the  mount  of 
the  daughter  of  Sion. 

2  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  as  a  bird  fleeing 
away,  and  as  young  ones  flying  out  of  the  nest,  so 
shall  the  daughters  of  Moab  be  in  the  passage  of 
Arnon. 

3  Take  counsel,  gather  a  council :  make  thy  sha- 
dow as  the  night  in  the  mid-day:  hide  them  that 
flee,  and  betray  not  them  that  wander  about. 

4  My  fugitives  shall  dwell  with  thee:  O  Moab, 
be  thou  a  covert  to  them  from  the  face  of  the  de- 
stroyer: for  the  dust  is  at  an  end,  the  wretch  is  come 
to  naught:  he  hath  failed,  that  trod  the  earth  under 
foot. 

5  And  a  throne  shall  be  prepared  in  mercy,  and 
one  shall  sit  upon  it,  in  truth  in  the  tabernacle  of 
David,  judging  and  seeking  judgment,  and  quickly 
rendering  that  which  is  just. 

6  We  have  heard  of  the  pride  of  Moab,  he  is 
exceedingly  proud:  his  pride  and  his  arrogancy  and 
his  indignation  is  more  than  his  strength. 

7  Therefore  shall  Moab  howl  to  Moab,  every  one 
shall  howl :  tothem  that  rejoice  upon  the  brick  walls, 
tell  ye  their  stripes. 

8  For  the  suburbs  of  Hesebon  are  desolate,  and 
the  lords  of  the  nations  have  destroyed  the  vine- 
yard of  Sabama :  the  branches  thereof  have  reached 
even  to  Jazer:  they  have  wandered  in  the  wilder- 
ness, the  branches  thereof  are  left,  they  are  gone 
over  the  sea. 


*  Torrent  of  tlie  willows.     That  is,  as  some  say,  the  waters  of  Baby- 
lon :  others  render  it  a  vallev  of  the  Arabians. 
567" 


I- MAS. 


9   Therefore   I   will  lament  with  DM  weeping  "I 
r  the  rineyard  of  Sabama:  I  will  water  thee 
wuli  nij  tears,  0  Hcsclion,  and  Elcale:  for  the  voice 
of  the  hath  nulled  in  upon  thy  vim 

and  upon  (h\   I; 

In  \n  I  gladueM  ami  joy  shall  be  taken  aw  ay  from 

mi  1.*  anil  thru  shall  l>e  no  rejoicing  nor  >hmit- 

IBfl  in  ih«'  vim-yards,      lit-  shall  not  triad  out  \\  ine 

in  the  press  that  was  wont  to  tread  it  out:  the  voice 

ol  the  tnailt  rs  I  have  taken  aua\ . 

1  I  \\  heretore  my  bowels  shall  sound  like  a  harp 
tor  Moab,  and  m\  inward  parts  for  the  brick  wall. 

I  J  Vint  it  shall  come  to  pass,  w  hen  it  is  seen  that 
Moib  is  weaned  on  his  high  plares,  that  he  shall 
go  into  his  sanetuaries  to  pray,  anil  shall  not  pre\  ail. 

13  I  i-  a  the  word  thai  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moab 
from  that  time: 

1  \  Ami  son  tin'  Lord  hath  spoken,  nying:  In 
three  \ears.  as  the  yean  of  a  hireling,  the  filt>r_\  of 
Moab  shall  he  taken  awa\  for  all  the  multitude  of 
the  people,  and  it  shall  he  left  small  and  feeble,  not 
main. 

(II  W.   WII. 

Judgments  upon  Damascus  anil  S, anuria.      The  overthrow  of 
the  Assyrians. 

TIIK  burden  of  Damascus.     Behold  Damascus 
shall  .ease  to  be  a  CftJ ,  and  shall  be  as  a  ruin- 
ous heap  of  stones. 

I  The  cities  of  Aroer  shall  be  lel\for  flocks,  and 
h<v  shall   rest  there,   and   there   shall  be   none  to 
make  them  afraid. 

3  And  aid  shall  cease  from   Ephraini,  and  the 
kingdom  from  I  Damascus:  and  the  remnant  of  Syria 
shall  be  as  the  {dory  of  the  children  of  Israel:  saith 
In-  land  of  hosts. 

I   And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day.  that  the 

dory  of  Jacob  shall  be  made  thin,  and  the  fatness  of 

his  Bestl  shall  grow  lean. 

5  And  it  shall  be  as  w  hen  one  gathered!  10  the 
harvest  that  which  reniaineth,  and  his  arm  shall 
gather  the  ears  of  corn  :  and  it  shall  be  as  he  that 
seeketh  ears  in  the  rale  of   liaphaim. 

•  I  \nd  the  fail  tin  rent  that  shall  be  left  upon  it, 
shall  be  as  one  cluster  of  crapes,  and  as  the  shaking 
of  the  olive-tree,  two  or  thn  e  berries  in  the  top  ol  a 
bough,  or  four  or  five  upon  the  top  of  the  tree,  saith 
the  Lord  the  (iod  of  Israel. 

7  In  that  i!a\  man  shall  bow  down  himself  to  his 
Maker, and  his  eyes  shall  look  to  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel 

8  And  he  shall  not  look  to  the  altars  which  his 
hands  made  :  and  he  shall  not  ha\e  respect  to  the 
things  that  his  fingers  Wrought,  such  as  groves  and 
temples  a/  toVWff. 

'.'  In  that  day  his  strons  cities  shall  be  forsaken, 
as  the  ploughs,  and  the  com  that  were  leftt  before 
the  face  ol  the  children  of  Isiai  |.  and   timn    slialt  lie 

10  i  thou  hast  forgotten  God  thy  Saviour, 


•  Ctrmil     Thw  DM 
lull.,  t.  win 

t  TkitKtrt  Uf: 
came  luto  tbeir  land. 


Uir  and  fruitful 
diIgs,  when  the  children  of  I  .rati 


and  hast  not  remembered  tin  Strong  helper  i    ..ivre- 

foie  shall    thou    plant  good   |ilants,  and    shah    - 

strange  seed. 

II  In  the  day  of  thy  planting  shall  be  the  wild 
grape, and  in  the  morning  thi  seed  shall  flourish: 
the  harvest  is  taken  away  in  the  day  of  inheritance, 

and  shall  grieve  thee  much. 

1J  Wo  m  toe  multitude?  of  many  people,  like 
the  multitude  of  the  roaring  sea:  and  the  tumult  of 

crowds,  like  the  noise  of  many  waters. 

13  .Nations  shall  make  a  noise  like  the  noise  of 
waters  overflowing,  but  he  shall  rebuke  him,  and 
he  shall  lite  far  off:  and  he  shall  be  carried  awav 
as  the  dust  of  the  mountains  before  the  wind,  and  as 

a  whirlwind  before  a  tempest. 

14  III  the  time  of  the  evening,  behold  there  shall 

he  trouble:  the  morning  shall  come,  and  he  shall 
not  be:  ttrku  the  portion  of  them  thai  have  wasted 

ii-.  and  the  lot  of  them  that  spoiled  Us. 
CHAP.  XVIII. 

A  wo  to  the  Ethiopians,  who  fid  ltrarl  with  rain  hopes  ;  their 

futiirr  vonremion. 

TM7"0  to  the  land  the  winged  cj  mbal,  w  huh  is  be- 
*  "     yopd  the  rivers  of  Ethiopia, 

2  That  sentleth  ambassadors  by  the    sea,  anil  in 

vessels  of  bulrushes  upon  the  waters.  Go,  ye  swift 
angels,Tt0  a  nation  rent  and  torn  in  pieces  :  to  a 
terrible  ppople,  after  which  there  is  no  other  :  to  a 
nation  expecting  and  trodden  underfoot,  whose  land 
the  rivers  have  spoiled  : 

3  All  ye  inhabitants  of  the  world]  who  dwell  on 
the  earth,  when  the  sign  shall  be  lilted  up  on  the 
mountains,  you  shall  see,  and  you,  shall  hear  the 
sound  of  the  trumpet : 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  to  me  :  I  will  take  my 
I'  -i.  and  consider  in  my  plate,  as  the  noon  light  is 
clear,  ami  as  a  cloud  of  dew  in  the  day  of  ban  est. 

5  For  before  the  harvest  it  was  all  flourishing, 
and  it  shall  bud  without  perfect  ripeness,  ami  the 
sprigs  thereof  shall  be  cut  off  with  pruning  hooks  : 
and  what  is  left  shall  be  cut  a\\a\  and  shaken  out. 

6  And  (hey  shall  be  left  together  tff  the  birds  of 
the  mountains,  and  the  beasts  of  the  earth  :  and  the 
fouls  shall  he  upon  them  all  the  summer,  ami  all 
the  beasts  of  the  earth  shall  winter  upon  them. 

7  At  that  time  shall  a  present  be  brought  to  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  from  a  people  rent  and  torn  in  pie. 
from  a  terrible  people,  alter  which  there  hath  been 
no  other,  from  a  nation  expecting,  expecting  and 
Hodden  under  foot,  whose  laud  the  rivers  have 
spoiled,  to  the  place  of  the  name  of  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  to  mount  Sinn. 

CHAP.  XIX 

The  punishment  of  Bgfpt  ;  tlmriall  to  the  rhurrh. 

nPHL   burden  of  Egypt:  Behold  the  Lord  will 

•*■    ascend  upon  s  swift  cloud,  and  will  enter  into 

pt,  and  the  idols  of  Egypt  shall  he  moved  at 
his  presence,  anil  the  heart  of  Egypt  shall  melt  in 
the  midst  thereof. 


J  The  mulhluil'.   A  I    ,i»  and  all  thai  folUrt  ■  nd   of  the 

liapUT.  retain  to  the  Auyrian  arm;,  uiuIit  Sennacherib. 
I  .tngtlt.     Or  niiwamcr*, 


CHAP.  XX,  XXI. 


2  And  I  will  set  the  Egyptians  to  fight  against 
the  Egyptians  :  and  they  shall  fight  brother  against 
brother,  and  friend  against  friend,  city  against  city, 
kingdom  against  kingdom. 

3  And  the  spirit  of  Egypt  shall  be  broken  in  the 
bowels  thereof,  and  I  will  cast  down  their  counsel ; 
and  they  shall  consult  their  idols,  and  their  diviners, 
and  their  wizards,  and  soothsayers. 

4  And  I  will  deliver  Egypt  into  the  hand  of  cruel 
mastera,  and  a  strong  king  shall  rule  over  them,  saith 
the  Lord  the  God  of  hosts. 

5  And  the  water  of  the  sea  shall  be  dried  up;  and 
the  river  shall  be  wasted  and  dry. 

6  And  the  rivers  shall  fail:  the  streams  of  the 
banks  shall  be  diminished,  and  be  dried  up.  The 
reed  and  the  bulrush  shall  wither  away.^ 

7  The  channel  of  the  river  shall  be  laid  bare  from 
its  fountain,  and  every  thing  sown  by  the  water  shall  be 
dried  up;  it  shall  wither  away,  and  shall  be  no  more. 

8  The  fishers  also  shall  mourn,  and  all  that  cast  a 
hook  into  the  river  shall  lament:  and  they  that  spread 
nets  upon  the  waters  shall  languish  away. 

9  They  shall  be  confounded  that  wrought  in  flax, 
combing    and   weaving  fine  linen. 

10  And  its  watery  places  shall  be  dry;  all  they 
shall  mourn  that  made  pools  to  take  fishes. 

11  The  princes  of  Tanis  are  become  fools,  the 
wise  counsellors  of  Pharao  have  given  foolish  coun- 
sel :  how  will  you  say  to  Pharao :  I  am  the  son  of 
the  wise,  the  son  of  ancient  kings  ? 

12  Where  are  now  thy  wise  men  ?  let  them  tell 
thee,  and  show  what  the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  purpos- 
ed upon  Egypt. 

13  The  princes  of  Tanis  are  become  fools;  the 
princes  of  Memphis  are  gone  astray;  they  have  de- 
ceived Egypt,  the  stay  of  the  people  thereof. 

14  The  Lord  hath  mingled  in  the  midst  thereof 
the  spirit  of  giddiness  :  and  they  have  caused  Egypt 
to  err  in  all  its  works,  as  a  drunken  man  staggereth 
and  vomiteth. 

15  And  there  shall  be  no  work  for  Egypt,  to  make 
head  or  tail,  him  that  bendeth  down,  or  that  holdeth 
back. 

16  In  that  day  Egypt  shall  be  like  unto  women: 
and  they  shall  be  amazed,  and  afraid,  because  of 
the  moving  of  the  hand  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  which 
he  shall  move  over  it. 

17  And  the  land  of  Juda  shall  be  a  terror  to 
Egypt:  every  one  that  shall  remember  it  shall  trem- 
ble, because  of  the  counsel  of  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
which  he  hath  determined  concerning  it. 

18  In  that  day  there  shall  be  five  cities  in  the 
land  of  Egypt,  speaking  the  language  of  Chanaan, 
and  swearing  by  the  Lord  of  hosts  :  one  shall  be 
called  the  city  of  the  sun. 

19  In  that  day  there  shall  be  an  altar  of  the  Lord 
in  the  midst  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  a  monument 
of  the  Lord  at  the  borders  thereof: 

20  It  shall  be  for  a  sign,  and  for  a  testimony  to 

the  Lord  of  hosts  in  the  land  of  Egypt.     For   they 

shall  cry  to  the  Lord  because  of  the  oppressor:  and 

he  shall  send  them  a  saviour  and  a  defender  to  de- 

liverthem. 

4  c 


21  And  the  Lord  shall  be  known  by  Egypt-,  and 
the  Egyptians  shall  know  the  Lord  in  that  day,  and 
shall  worship  him  with  sacrifices  and  offerings  :  and 
they  shall  make  vows  to  the  Lord,  and  perform  them. 

22  And  the  Lord  shall  strike  Egvpt  with  a 
scourge,  and  shall  heal  it;  and  they  shall  return  to 
the  Lord,  and  he  shall  be  pacified  towards  them, 
and  heal  them. 

23  In  that  day  there  shall  be  a  way  from  Egypt  to 
the  Assyrians,  and  the  Assyrian  shall  enter  into 
Egypt,  and  the  Egyptian  to  the  Assyrians:  and 
the  Egyptians  shall  serve  the  Assyrian. 

24  In  that  day  shall  Israel  be  the  third  to  the 
Egyptian  and  the  Assyrian  :  a  blessing  in  the  midst 
of  the  land, 

25  Which  the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  blessed,  saying : 
Blessed  be  my  people  of  Egypt,  and  the  work  of 
my  hands  to  the  Assyrian  :  but  Israel  is  my  inherit- 


ance. 


CHAP.  XX. 


The  ignominious  captivity  of  the  Egyptians,  and  the  Ethiopians. 

TN  the  year  that  Tharthan  entered  into  Azotus, 
-^-  when  Sargon  the  king  of  the  Assyrians  had  sent 
him,  and  he  had  fought  against  Azotus,  and  had 
taken  it : 

2  At  that  same  time  the  Lord  spoke  by  the  hand 
oflsaias  the  son  of  Amos,  saying  :  Go,  and  loosethe 
sackcloth  from  off  thy  loins,  and  take  off  thy  shoes 
from  thy  feet.  *  And  he  did  so,  and  went  naked, 
and  barefoot. 

3  And  the  Lord  said  :  As  my  servant  Isaias  hath 
walked  naked  and  barefoot,  it  shall  be  a  sign  and 
a  wonder  of  three  years  upon  Egypt,  and  upon 
Ethiopia, 

4  So  shall  the  king  of  the  Assyrians  lead  away 
the  prisoners  of  Egypt,  and  the  captivity  of  Ethio- 
pia, young  and  old,  naked  and  barefoot,  with  their 
buttocks  uncovered  to  the  shame  of  Egypt. 

5  And  they  shall  be  afraid,  and  ashamed  of  Ethio- 
pia their  hope,  and  of  Egypt  their  glory. 

6  And  the  inhabitants  of  this  isle  shall  say  in 
that  day  :  Lo,  this  was  our  hope,  to  whom  we 
fled  for  help,  to  deliver  us  from  the  face  of  the  king 
of  the  Assyrians  :   and  how  shall  we  be  able  to 


escape i 


CHAP.  XXI. 


The  destruction  of  Babylon  by  the  Medes  and  Persians  ;  a  pro- 
phecy against  the  Edomites   and  the  Arabians. 

HPHE  burden  of  the  desert  of  the  sea.*  As  whirl- 
*-   winds   come   from  the  south,  it  cometh   from 
the  desert,  from  a  terrible  land. 

2  A  grievous  vision  is  told  me  :  he  that  is  un- 
faithful dealeth  unfaithfully:  and  he  that  is  a  spoil- 
er, spoileth.  Go  up,  O  Elam,t  besiege,  O  Mede  : 
1  have  made  all  the  mourning  thereof  to  cease. 

3  Therefore  are  my  loins  filled  with  pain;  an- 
guish hath  taken  hold  of  me,  as  the  anguish  of  a 
woman  in  labour :  I  fell  down  at  the  hearing  of  it; 
I  was  troubled  at  the  seeing  of  it. 


*  The  desert  of  the  sea.     So  Babylon  is  here  called,  because,  from  a 
city  as  full  of  people  as  the  sea  is  with  water,  it  was  become  a  desert. 
+  0  Elam.    That  is,  O  Persia. 

669 


1SAIAS. 


I  My  heart  failed,  darkness  amazed  me:  Baby- 

lon  mv  beloved  is  becomei  womlrr  i<>  me. 

>  Prepare  the  table,  behold  in  the  watch-tower 
them  thai  eat  an.l  drink  :  arise,  ft  princCSi  take  up 
tlie  shield. 

6    I  "or   thus  hath  the  Lord  said  t<>  me:    (in,  and 

i  watchman:  and  whatsoever  lie  shall  set 
him  tell. 

;  \ud  he  saw  a  chariot  with  two  horsemen,  a 
rider  upon  an  ass,*  and  a  rider  upon  a  camel :  anil  he 
beheld  them  diligently  with  much  heed. 

8  And  a  lion  cried  OUt:t  1  am  upon  the  watch- 
tower  ol  the  Lord  standing  continually  by  day:  and 
I  am  upon  my  ward,  Btandtnc  whole  nights. 

9  1  It  hold,  t his  man  cometh,  the  rider  upon  the 
chariot  with  two  horsemen,  and  he  answered,  and 
said:  Hahvlon  is  fallen,  slit  is  fallen,  and  all  die  gra- 
ven nods  thereof  are  broken  uotothe  ((round. 

10  0  my  threshing,  and  the  children  of  my  floor, 

that  which  I  have  heard  of  the   Lord    of  hosts  the 
God  of  Israeli  I  have  declared  unto  you. 

II  The  burden  of  Duma}  calletn  to  mc  out  of 
Seh:  Watchman,  what  of  the  night?  watchman, 
w  hat  of  the  night  ? 

12  The  watchman  said:  The  morning  cometh, 
also  the  night:   if  you  seek,  seek:  return,  come. 

_  13  The  burden    in  Arabia.    In  the  forest  at  eve- 
ning you  shall  sleep, in  the  paths  of  IVdanim. 

14  Meeting  the  thirsty  bring  him  water,  you  that 
inhabit  the  laud  of  the  south,  meet  with  bread  him 

thai    lleetll. 

16  For  they  are  fled  from  l>efore  the  swords, 
from  the  sword  that  hung  over  them,  from  the  bent 
bow,  from  the  face  of  a  grievous  battle. 

h;  For  thussaith  the  Lord  to  me:  Within  ■  year, 
Recording  to  the  years  of  a  hireling,  all  the  glory  of 
(  Vdai  §  shall  be  taken  away. 

I  7  \ml  the  residue  of  the  number  of  strong  arch- 
ers of  the  children  of  f  "edar  shall  he  diminished  : 
for  the  Lord  the  God  of   Israel  hath  spoken  it. 

CHAP.  XXII. 

The  prnphrl  laments  the  flrrnstiition  nf  Juda.  He  foretells  the 
iit)iriration  of  Subnet,  and  the  tmSttUmtion  if  Eltaciin,  a 
Jigureof  Chi 

THE  burden  of  the  valley  of  vbion.|   Whataileth 
thee  aNo.  that  thou  too  art  wholly  gone  up  to 
the  bouse  tops? 

ill  of  clamour,  a  populous  city,  a  joyous  city  : 
thy  slain  are  not  slain  by  the  sword,  nor  dead  in 
battle. 

3  All  thy  princes  are  Bed  together,  and  are  bound 
hard  :  all  that  wets  found,  are  bound  together,  they 
are  Bed  far  off. 

V  Therefore  have  I  said:  Depart  from  me;  I 
will  weep  bitterly:  labour  not  to  comfort  me,  for 
the  devastation  of  the  daughter  of  my  people. 

For  it  is   a    day    of  slaughter,  and  Of   treading 


tnult  upor 


rfiwm.    Jeruaalem.    The  temple  of  Jeruaalem  w*« 
/  ,nn,  <>r  llic  mountain  of  tiiion.     But  tin 

i  .ton ;  ritlxr  bccau«c  it  im  lower  than  tl* 
irmple,  or  becauje  of  the  low  condition  to  which  it  waa  to  be  re- 


down,  and  of  weeping  to  the  Lord  the  God  of  hi 

in  the  \  alley  of  vision,  searching  the  wall,  and  m 
u  i  lit  cut  upon  the  mountain. 

6  And  Flam  took  the  tpiiver,  the  chariot  of  the 
horseman,  anil  the  shield  was  taken  down  from  tho 
wall. 

7  Andihy  choice  valleys  shall  Im-  full  of  chariots, 
and  the  horsemen  shall  place  themselves  in  the  gate. 

!l  And  the  covering  of  Juda  shall  be  discovered, 
and  thou  shah  st  e  m  that  day  the  armoury  of  the 
house  of  the  forest. 

9  And  you  shall   see  the   breaches  of  the  city  of 

David,  that  they  are  many :  and  you  have  gathered 
together  the  waters  of  the  lower  pool, 

10  Anil  have   numbered  the  houses  of  Jerusalem. 

and  broken  down  houses  to  fortify  the  wall. 

I  1  And  you  made  a  ditch  between  the  (wo  walls 
for  the  water  of  the  old  |>ool:  and  you  bare  not 
looked  up  to  the  maker  (hereof,  nor  regarded  him 
even  at  ■  distance,  that  wrought  it  long  ago. 

12  And  the  Lord  tho  Clod  of  boats   in   that  day 
shall  call  to  w  eeping,  and  to   mourning,  to  baldn 
ami  to  girding  with  sackcloth: 

13  And  behold,  joy  and  gladness,  killim;  call 
and  slaying  rams,  eating  flesh,  and  drinking  wine: 
Let  Us  tat.  and  drink;   for  to-morrow  we  shall  die. 

14  And  the  voice  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  was  re- 
vealed in  my  ears:  Surely  this  iniquity  shall  not  be 
forgiven  you  till  voudie.saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts. 

1")  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts:  Go,  gt  I 
thee  in  to  him  that  dwelleth  in  the  tabernacle,  to 
Sohna  who  is  o\er  the  temple:  and  thou  shall  si> 
to  him: 

]G  What  dost  thou  here,  or  as  if  thou  Weft  some 
liody  here?  for  thou  bast  hewed  thee  out  a  sepul 
ehre  here,  thou  hast  hewed  out  a  monument  cart 
fully  in  a  high  place,  ■  dwelling  for  thyself  in  a  rod  . 

17  Heboid,  the  Lord  will  cause  thee  to  be  carr'u  d 
away,  as  a  cock  is  carried  away,  and  be  will  lift 
thee  up  as  a  raiment 

18  He  will  crown  thee  with  a  crown  of  tribula- 
tion, he  will  toss  thee  like  a  ball  into  a  large  and  spa- 
cious country:  there  shalt  thou  die,  and  there  shall 
the  chariot  of  thy  glory  be,  the  shame  of  the  house 
of  thy  Lord. 

19  And  1  will  drive  thee  out  from  thy  station,  and 
depose  thee  from  thy  ministry . 

20  And  it  shall  come  io  pass  in  ihat  day,  that 
I  will  call  my  servant  Eliacim  the  son  ofHelcias, 

21  And  I  will  clothe  him  with  thy  robe,  ami  will 
strengthen  him  with  thy  girdle,  and  will  give  thy 

power  into  his  hand:  ami  he  shall  be  as  a  lather  to 
the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  and  to  the  house  ol 
Juda. 

22  Audi  will  lay  the  key  of  the  house  of  Davjd 
upon  his  shoulder:  ami  he  shall  open,  and  none 
shall  shut:  anil  he  shall  shut,  and  none   shall  open. 

2J  Ami  I  will  fasten  him  as  i    pi  |  in  a  mih 


Tbeao  two  rider*  are  the  king*  of  tlie 
aproacluny 


Pcroam  and  Med 

t  And  a  twn  rritd  out.  Set.  That  i«,  I,  Iaaiaa,  arcing  tlie 
turn  of  Babylon,  hare  cried  out  a»  a  boo  roaring. 

t  Dwma.    That  n,  ldamea,  or  Edom.  ♦  Ctdar.    Arabia. 

y.o 


CHAP.  XXIII,  XXIV. 


and  he  shall  be  for  a  throne  of  glory  to  the  house 
of  his  father. 

24  A»nd  they  shall  hang  upon  him  all  the  glory  of 
his  father's  house,  divers  kinds  of  vessels,  every 
little  vessel,  from  the  vessels  of  cups  even  to  every 
instrument  of  music. 

25  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  shall  the 
peg  be  removed,  that  was  fastened  in  the  sure  place  : 
and  it  shall  be  broken  and  shall  fall:  and  that 
which  hung  thereon,  shall  perish,  because  the  Lord 
hath  spoken  it. 

CHAP.  XXIII. 

The  destruction  of  Tyre.    It  shall  be  repaired  again  after  se- 
•  venty  years. 

THE  burden  of  Tyre.  Howl,  ye  ships  of  the  sea, 
for  the  house  is  destroyed,  from  whence  they 
were  wont  to  come:  from  the  land  of  Cethim  it  is 
revealed  to  them. 

2  Be  silent,  you  that  dwell  in  the  island :  the  mer- 
chants of  Sidon  passing  over  the  sea,  have  filled  thee. 

3  The  seed  of  the  Nile  in  many  waters,  the  har- 
vest of  the  river  is  her  revenue :  and  she  is  become 
the  mart  of  the  nations. 

4  Be  thou  ashamed,  O  Sidon:  for  the  seaspeak- 
eth,  even  the  strength  of  the  sea,  saying:  I  have  not 
been  in  labour,  nor  have  I  brought  forth,  nor  have 
I  nourished  up  young  men,  nor  brought  up  virgins. 

5  When  it  shall  be  heard  in  Egypt,  they  will  be 
sorry  when  they  shall  hear  of  Tyre: 

6  Pass  over  the  seas,  howl,  ye  inhabitants  of  the 
island, 

7  Is  not  this  your  city,  which  gloried  from  of  old 
in  her  antiquity  ?  her  feet  shall  carry  her  afar  off  to 
sojourn. 

8  Who  hath  taken  this  counsel  against  Tyre  that 
was  formerly  crowned,  whose  merchants  were 
princes,  and  her  traders  the  nobles  of  the  earth  ? 

9  The  Lord  of  hosts  hath  designed  it,  to  pull 
down  the  pride  of  all  glory,  and  bring  to  disgrace  all 
the  glorious  ones  of  the  earth. 

10  Pass  thy  land  as  a  river,  O  daughter  of  the 
sea,  thou  hast  a  girdle  no  more. 

11  He  stretched  out  his  hand  over  the  sea,  he 
troubled  kingdoms:  the  Lord  hath  given  a  charge 
against  Chanaan,  to  destroy  the  strong  ones  thereof. 

12  And  he  said:  Thou  shalt  glory  no  more,  O 
virgin  daughter  of  Sidon,  who  art  oppressed :  arise, 
and  sail  over  to  Cethim,  there  also  thou  shalt  have 
no  rest. 

13  Behold  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans;  there  was 
not  such  a  people;  the  Assyrian  founded  it :  they 
have  led  away  the  strong  ones  thereof  into  captivity ; 
they  have  destroyed  the  houses  thereof;  they  have 
brought  it  to  ruin. 

14  Howl,  O  ye  ships  of  the  sea  ;  for  your  strength 
is  laid  waste. 

15  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  thou, 
O  Tyre,  shalt  be  forgotten,  seventy  years,  accord- 
ing to  the  days  of  one  king:  but  after  seventy  years, 
•here  shall  be  unto  Tyre  as  the  song  of  a  harlot. 

16  Take  a  harp;  go  about  the  city,  thou  harlot 
that  hast  been  forgotten;  sing  well,  sing  many  a 
song,  that  thou  mayst  be  remembered. 


17  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  after  seventy  years, 
that  the  Lord  will  visit  Tyre,  and  will  bring  her 
back  again  to  her  traffic;  and  she  shall  commit  for- 
nication again  with  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  world 
upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 

18  And  her  merchandise  and  her  hire  shall  be 
sanctified  to  the  Lord:*  they  shall  not  be  kept  in 
store,  nor  laid  up:  for  her  nierchandise  shall  be  for 
them  that  shall  dwell  before  the  Lord,  that  they 
may  eat  unto  fulness,  and  be  clothed  for  a  continu- 
ance. 

CHAP.  XXIV. 

The  judgments  of  God  upon  all  the  sinners  of  the  world.    A 
remnant  shall  joyfully  praise  him. 

BEHOLD,  the  Lord  shall  lay  waste  the  earth, 
and  shall  strip  it,  and  shall  afflict  the  face  there- 
of, and  scatter  abroad  the  inhabitants  thereof. 

2  And  it  shall  be  as  with  the  people,  so  with  the 
priest;  and  as  with  the  servant,  so  with  his  master: 
as  with  the  handmaid,  so  with  her  mistress;  as  with 
the  buyer,  so  with  the  seller;  as  with  the  lender,  so 
with  the  borrower;  as  with  him  that  calleth  for  his 
money,  so  with  him  that  oweth. 

3  With  desolation  shall  the  earth  be  laid  waste  ; 
and  it  shall  be  utterly  spoiled;  for  the  Lord  hath 
spoken  this  word. 

4  The  earth  mourned,  and  faded  away,  and  is 
weakened .  the  world  faded  away :  the  height  of 
the  people  of  the  earth  is  weakened. 

5  And  the  earth  is  infected  by  the  inhabitants 
thereof:  because  they  have  transgressed  the  laws : 
they  have  changed  the  ordinance;  they  have  broken 
the  everlasting  covenant 

6  Therefore  shall  a  curse  devour  the  earth;  and 
the  inhabitants  thereof  shall  sin:  and  therefore  they 
that  dwell  therein  shall  be  mad:  and  few  men  shail 
be  left. 

7  The  vintage  hath  mourned ;  the  wine  hath 
languished  away;  all  the  merry  hearted  have  sighed. 

8  The  mirth  of  timbrels  hath  ceased :  the  noise 
of  them  that  rejoice  is  ended;  the  melody  of  the 
harp  is  silent. 

9  They  shall  not  drink  wine  with  a  song :  the 
drink  shall  be  bitter  to  them  that  drink  it. 

10  The  city  of  vanity  is  broken  down;  every 
house  is  shut  up;  no  man  cometh  in. 

1 1  There  shall  be  a  crying  for  wine  in  the  streets : 
all  mirth  is  forsaken  :  the  joy  of  the  earth  is  gone 
away. 

12  Desolation  is  left  in  the  city;  and  calamity 
shall  oppress  the  gates. 

13  For  it  shall  be  thus  in  the  midst  of  the  earth, 
in  the  midst  of  the  people,  as  if  a 'few  olives,  that 
remain,  should  be  shaken  out  of  the  olive-tree;  or 
grapes,  when  the  vintage  is  ended. 

14  These  shall  lift  up  their  voice,  and  shall  give 
praise;  when  the  Lord  shall  be  glorified,  they  shall 
make  a  joyful  noise  from  the  sea. 

15  Therefore  glorify  ye  the  Lord  in  instruction ; 
the  name  of  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  in  the  islands 
of  the  sea. 

*  Sanctified  to  the  Lord.  This  alludes  to  the  conversion  of  the  Gentiles. 
571 


IS  MAS. 


16  From  tlif  mils  of  the  earth  we  have  beard 
praises,  tlic  glory  of  the  just  ana*  Ami  I  said:  Mj 
secret  to  myself,  mv  secret  to  myself,  wo  is  me  :  the 
peeyiricaton  have  prevaricated:  and  with  the  pre- 
varication of  transgressor!  the]  have  prevaricated. 

17  Fear,  ami  die  pit,  ami  the  sns  upon 
thee,  O  thou  inhabitant  of  the  earth. 

1!!  Ami  it  .shall  come  to  pate,  that  he  thai  shall 
flee  from  the  noise  of  the   liar,   shall   fall   into  the 

I  lit:  and  he  that  shall  rid  himself  out  uf  the  pit,  shall 
le  taken  in  the  snare:  lor  the  flood-gates  from  on 
high  are  opened;  and  the  foundations  of  the  earth 
shall  be  shaken. 

19  W it li   breaking  shall  the  earth  be  broken; 

with  crushing  shall  the  earth  be  ciusht  d;  w  itb  trem- 
bling shall  the  earth  he  moved. 

20  With  •baking  shall  the  earth  he  shaken  as  ■ 
drunken  man,  and  shall  be  removed  as  the  tent  of 

one  night:  and  the  iniquity  thereof  shall  be  baavj 

upon  it:   and  it  shall  fall  and  not  rise  again. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  in  that  day  tin- 
Lord  shall  visit  upon  the  host  of  heaven  on  high,* 
and  upon  the  kinus  of  the  earth,  on  the  earth. 

\nd  they  shall  be  gathered  together  as  in  the 

§athering  of  one  bundle  into  the  pit ;  and  they  shall 
e  shut  up  there  in  prison:  and  after  many  days 
they  shall  he  visited. 

23  And  the  moon  shall  blush,  and  the  sun  shall 
be  ashamed,  when  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  reign  in 
mount  Sion,  and  in  Jerusalem,  and  shall  be  glorified 
in  the  sight  of  his  ancients. 

CHAP.  XXV. 

A  canticle  nf  thanksgiving  for  CMPtJHdgWUHtl  and  In  nr  fits. 

i\  LOR  I),  thou  art  my  God;  I  will  exalt  thee. 
^-^  and  give  glory  to  thy  name:  for  thou  hast  done 
wonderful  things,  thy  designs  of  old,  faithful,  amen. 

2  For  thou  hast  reduced  the  city  to  a  heap,  the 
Strong  city  to  ruin,  the  house  of  strangers:  to  be  no 
city,  and  to  be  no  more  built  up  for  ever: 

3  Therefore  shall  a  strong  people  praise  thee: 
the  city  of  mighty  nations  shall  fear  thee. 

4  Because  thou  hast  been  a  strength  to  the  poor, 
a  strength  to  the  needv  in  his  distress;  a  refuge  from 
the  whirlwind,  a  shadow  from  the  heat.  For  the 
Mast  of  the  mighty  is  like  a  whirlwind  beating 
against  a  wall. 

5  Thou  shalt  brittg  down  the  tumult  of  strangers, 
as  heat  in  thirst  :  anil  as  with  heat  under  a  burning 
cloud,  thou  shalt  make  the  branch  of  the  mighty  to 
wither  awav. 

6  And  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  make  unto  all 
people  in  this  mountain,  a  feast  of  fat  things,!  feast 
of  wine,  offal  things  full  of  marrow,  of  wine  purified 
from  the  lees. 

7  And  he  shall  destroy  in  this  mountain  the  face 
of  the  band  with  which  all  people  were  tied,  and  the 
web  that  he  began  over  all  nations. 

::  He  shall  < -ast  death  down  headlong  for  ever: 
and  the  Lord  God  shall  wipi  awa]  teara  from  every 


TVWrts/ 
Scripture  are  to 
t  signify  the 


•a  Ugh.  The  itmn,  which  in  many  places  of  the 
Some  commentators  explain  that  these  word, 
of  the  air. 

67* 


I. ir.   :    and  the  reproach  of  his  people  he  shall   take 
away  from  oil"  the  whole  earth:    lor  the  Lord  hath 

spoken  it. 

9  And  they  shall  say  in  that  day  :  Lo,  this  is  our 
Godj  we  have  waited  for  him.  and  be  will  sevens: 

this  is  the  Lord;  we  have  patiently  waited  for  him; 
we  shall  njoice  and  be  joyful  in  dm  salvation. 

10  For  the  hand  of  the  Lord  shall  rest  in  this 
mountain:  and  Moabfshall  be  trodden  down  under 
him, as  straw  is  broken  in  pieces  with  the  wain. 

11  And  he  shall  stretch  forth  his  hands  under 
him,  as  he  that  sw  immeth  stretcln  th  forth  his  hands 
to  swim:  and  he  shall  bring  down  his  glorv  with 
the  dashing  of  his  hands. 

I  2  And  the  bulwarks  of  thy  high  walls  shall  fall 
and  be  brought  low ,  and  shall  he  pulled  down  to 
the  ground,  even  to  the  dust. 

CHAP.  XXVI. 

A  canticle  of  thanks  for  the  deliverance  nf  Cod's  people. 
FN  that  da\  shall  this  canticle  be  sun;:  in  the  land  of 
•*- Juda.     Sion  the  cit\  of  OUT  strength,  a  saviour,  a 
wall  and  a  bulwark  shall  be  set  therein. 

2  Open  ye  the  gates;  and  let  the  just  nation  that 
keepeth  the  truth  enter  in. 

3  The  old  error  is  passed  away:  thou  wilt  keep 
peace:  peace,  because  we  ha\e  hoped  in  tin  e. 

4  You  have  hoped  in  the  Lord  for  evermore,  in 
the  Lord  God  mighty  for  ever. 

#  5  For  be  shall  bring  down  them  that  dwell  on 
high  :  the  high  city  he  shall  lay  low.  He  shall  bring 
it  down  even  to  the  ground;  he  shall  pull  it  down 
even  to  the  dust. 

6  The  foot  shall  tread  it  down,  the  feet  of  the 
poor,  the  steps  of  the  needy. 

7  The  way  of  the  just  is  right;  the  path  of  the 
just  is  right  to  walk  in. 

8  And  in  the  way  of  thy  iudgments,  O  Lord, 
we  have-  patiently  wailed  for  thee:  thy  name  and 
thy  remembrance  are  the  desire  of  the  soul. 

"9  My  soul  hath  desired  thee  in  the  night :  yea, 
and  with  my  spirit  within  me  in  the  morning,  early 
I  will  watch  to  thee.  When  thou  shalt  do  thy 
judgments  on  the  earth,  the  inhabitants  of  the  world 
shall  learn  justice. 

10  Let  us  have  pity  on  the  wicked,  but  he  will 
not  learn  justice:  in  the  land  of  the  saints  he  hath 
done  wicked  things;  and  he  shall  not  see  the  glory 
of  the  Lord. 

II  Lord,  let  thy  hand  be  exalted,  and  let  them 
not  see;  let  the  envious  people  see.  and  be  con- 
founded: and  let  fire  devour  th>  enemies. 

12  Lord,  thou  Wilt  give  u  :  for  thou  hast 
wrought  all  our  works  for  us. 

13  O  Lord  our  God,  other  lords  besides   thee 
have  had  dominion  over  us ;  only  in  thee  let  us 
member  thy  name. 

14  Let  not  the  dead  live;  let  not  the  ghmta  rise 
again:  therefore  hasi  thou  \  isit<  d  and  destroyed  them, 
and  hast  destroyed  all  their  memory. 

f  Moat.  That  i»,  the  reprobate,  whose  eternal  iniiii.Kiii.nl,  front 
which  thcr  can  no  way  escape,  is  described  under  these  figures. 


CHAP.  XXVII,  XXVIII. 


15  Thou  liast  been  favourable  to  the  nation,  O 
Lord;  thou  hast  been  favourable  to  the  nation:  art 
thou  glorified?  thou  hast  removed  all  the  ends  of 
the  earth  far  off. 

16  Lord,  they  have  sought  after  thee  in  distress; 
in  the  tribulation  of  murmuring  thy  instruction  was 
with  them. 

17  As  a  woman  with  child,  when  she  draweth 
near  the  time  of  her  delivery,  is  in  pain,  and  crieth 
out  in  her  pangs :  so  are  we  become  in  thy  pre- 
sence, O  Lord. 

1 8  We  have  conceived,  and  been  as  it  were  in 
labour,  and  have  brought  forth  wind :  we  have  not 
wrought  salvation  on  the  earth  ;  therefore  the  inha- 
bitants of  the  earth  have  not  fallen. 

19  Thy  dead  men  shall  live;  my  slain  shall  rise 
again:  awake  and  give  praise,  ye  that  dwell  in  the 
dust :  for  thy  dew  is  the  dew  of  the  light :  and  the 
land  of  the  giants  thou  shalt  pull  down  into  ruin. 

20  Go,  my  people,  enter  into  thy  chambers:  shut 
thy  doors  upon  thee;  hide  thyself  a  little  for  a  mo- 
ment, until  the  indignation  pass  away. 

21  For  behold,  the  Lord  will  come  out  of  his 
place,  to  visit  the  iniquity  of  the  inhabitants  of  the 
earth  against  him:  and  the  earth  shall  disclose  her 
blood,  and  shall  cover  her  slain  no  more.* 

CHAP.  XXVII. 

The  punishment  of  the  oppressors  of  God's  people.     The  Lord's 
favour  to  his  church. 

JN  that  day  the  Lord  with  his  hard,  and  great 
and  strong  sword  shall  visit  Leviathanf  the  bar 
serpent,  and  Leviathan  the  crooked  serpent;  and 
shall  slay  the  whale  that  is  in  the  sea. 

2  In  that  day  there 'shall  be  singing  to  the  vine- 
yard! of  pure  wine. 

3  I  am  the  Lord  that  keep  it;  I  will  suddenly 
give  it  drink  :§  lest  any  hurt  come  to  it,  I  keep  it 
night  and  day. 

4  There  is  no  indignation  inme;||  who  shall 
make  me  a  thorn  and  a  brier  in  battle;  shall  I  march 
against  it,  shall  I  set  it  on  fire  together  ? 

5  Or  rather  shall  it  take  hold  of  my  strength, 
shall  it  make  peace  with  me,  shall  it  make  peace 
with  me? 

6  When  they  shall  rush  inTT  unto  Jacob,  Israel 
shall  blossom  and  bud;  and  they  shall  fill  the  face 
of  the  world  with  seed. 

7  Hath  he  struck  him**  according  to  the  stroke 
of  him  that  struck  him  ?  or  is  he  slain,  as  he  killed 
them  that  were  slain  by  him  ? 


*  Shall  cover  her  slain  no  more.  This  is  said  with  relation  to  the  mar- 
tyrs, and  their  happy  resurrection. 

t  Leviathan.  That  is,  the  devil,  the  great  enemy  of  the  people  of 
God.  He  is  called  the  bar  serpent  from  his  strength ;  and  the  crooked 
terpenl  from  his  wiles ;  and  the  whale  of  the  sea,  from  the  tyranny  he  ex- 
ercises in  the  sea  of  this  world.  He  was  spiritually  slain  by  the  death 
ol  Christ,  when  nis  power  was  destroyed. 

|  Tht  vineyard.  Sic.     The  church  of" Christ. 

t  /  mil  suddenly  give  it  drink.  Or,  as  the  Hebrew  may  also  be  ren- 
4ered,  I  will  continually  water  it. 

||  JVj  indignation  in  me,  &c.  viz.  against  the  church  :  n>r  shall  I  he- 
?ome  as  a  thorn  or  brier  in  its  regard  ;  or  march  against  it,  or  set  it  on 
(irt:  but  it  shall  always  take  fast  hold  of  me,  and  keep  an  everlasting 
peace  with  me. 

1  YVhen lliey  shall  msh  in,  &c.     Some  understand  this  of  the  enemies  I 


8  In  measure  against  measure,  when  it  shall  be 
cast  off, ft  thou  shalt  judge  it.  He  hath  meditatedJJ 
with  his  severe  spirit  in  the  day  of  heat. 

9  Therefore  upon  this  shall  the  iniquity  of  the 
house  of  Jacob§§  be  forgiven :  and  this  is  all  the 
fruit,  that  the  sin  thereof  should  be  taken  away, 
when  he  shall  have  made  all  the  stones  of  the  altar, 
as  burnt  stones  broken  in  pieces,  the  groves  and 
temples  shall  not  stand. 

10  For  the  strong  city  ||||  shall  be  desolate;  the 
beautiful  city  shall  be  forsaken,  and  shall  be  left  as 
a  wilderness-:  there  the  calf  shall  feed:  and  there 
shall  he  lie  down,  and  shall  consume  its  branches. 

11  Its  harvest  shall  be  destroyed  with  drought, 
women  shall  come  and  teach  it :  for  it  is  not  a  wise 
people ;  therefore  he  that  made  it,  shall  not  have 
mercy  on  it:  and  he  that  formed  it,  shall  not  spare  it. 

12  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  in  that  day  the 
Lord  will  strike  from  the  channel  of  the  river  even 
to  the  torrent  of  Egypt ;  and  you  shall  be  gathered 
together  one  by  one,  O  ye  children  of  Israel. 

13  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  in  that  day  a  noise 
shall  be  made  with  a  great  trumpet;HH  and  they  that 
were  lost,  shall  come  from  the  land  of  the  Assy- 
rians, and  they  that  were  outcasts  in  the  land  of 
Egypt :  and  they  shall  adore  the  Lord  in  the  holy 
mount  in  Jerusalem. 

CHAP.  XXVIII. 

The  punishment  of  the  Israelites,  for  their  pride,  intemperance, 
and  contempt  of  religion.     Christ  the  corner-stone. 

\J\fO  to  the  crown  of  pride,  to  the  drunkards  of 
*  *    Ephraim,***  and  to  the  fading  flower  the  glory 
of  his  joy,  who  were  on  the  head  of  the  fat  val- 
Jey,ftt  staggering  with  wine. 

2  Behold,  the  Lord  is  mighty  and  strong,  as  a 
storm  of  hail;  a  destroying  whirlwind,  as  the  vio- 
lence of  many  waters  overflowing,  and  sent  forth 
upon  a  spacious  land. 

3  The  crown  of  pride  of  the  drunkards  of 
Ephraim  shall  be  trodden  under  feet. 

4  And  the  fading  flower  the  glory  of  his  joy,  who 
is  on  the  head  of  the  fat  valley,  shall  be  as  a  hasty 
fruit  before  the  ripeness  of  autumn ;  which  when 
he  that  seeth  it  shall  behold,  as  soon  as  he  taketh 
it  in  his  hand,  he  will  eat  it  up. 

5  In  that  day  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  be  a  crown 
of  glory,  and  a  garland  of  joy  to  the  residue  of  his 
people : 

6  And  a  spirit  of  judgment  to  him  that  sitteth 
in  judgment,  and  strength  to  them  that  return  out 
of  the  battle  to  the  gate. 

of  the  true  Israel,  that  shall  invade  it  in  vain.  Others  of  the  spiritual 
invasion  made  by  the  apostles  of  Christ. 

**Halh  he  struck  him.  &c.  Hath  God  punished  the  carnal  persecuting 
Jews,  in  proportion  to  their  doings  against  Christ  and  his  saints? 

ft  When  it  shall  be  cast  off,  &c.  When  the  synagogue  shall  be  cast  off, 
thou  shalt  judge  it  in  measure,  and  in  proportion  to  its  crimes. 

It  He  hath  meditated,  &c.  God  hath  designed  severe  punishments  in 
the  day  of  his  wrath. 

H  Of  the  house  of  Jacob,  viz.  of  such  of  them  as  shall  be  convei  ted. 

fThe  strong  city.    Jerusalem. 
IT  A  great  trumpet.    The  preaching  of  the  gospel  for  the  conversion 
of  the  Jews. 

***  Ephraim.     That  is,  the  kingdom  of  the  ton  bribes. 
ftt  The  head  of  the  fit  valley.    Samaria,  situate  on  a  hill,  having  un- 
der it  a  most  fertile  vallev. 

673 


ISA!  \S. 


7  But  these  also*  have  been  ignorant  through 
wine,  and  through  drunkenness  have  erred  :  the 
pri«*st  and  the  prophet  liave  been  ignorant  through 
drunkenness:  they  are  swallowed  up  with  wine: 
they  have  gone  astray  in  drunkenness  ;  they  have 
not  known  him  that  seeth;  they  have  been  igno- 
rant of  judgment. 

8  For  all  tables  were  full  of  vomit  and  filth,  so 
that  there  was  no  more  place. 

9  Whom  shall  he  teach  knowledge!1  and  whom 
shall  he  make  to  understand  the  hearing?  them  that 
are  weaned  from  the  milk,  that  are  drawn  away 
from  the  breasts. 

10  For  command,  command  again,t  command, 
command  again  :  expect,  expect  again  ;  expect,  ex- 
pect agon  :  a  little  there,  a  little  there. 

1 1  For  with  the  speech  of  lips,  and  with  another 
tongue  be  w  ill  speak  to  this  people. 

\2  To  whom  he  said:  '1  his  is  my  rest,  refresh 
the  weary,  and  this  is  my  refreshing:  and  they 
would  not  hear. 

13  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  shall  be  to  them  : 
Command,  command  again,  command,  command 

tin;  expect,  expect  again,  expect,  expect  Ogata  : 
a  little  there,  a  little  there:  that  they  may  go,  and 
fall  backward,  and  be  broken,  and  snared  and  taken. 

I  »  Wherefore  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord.  ye 
scornful  men,  who  rule  over  my  people  that  is  in 
Jerusalem. 

15  For  you  have  said  :  We  have  entered  into  a 
league  with  death;  and  we  have  made  a  cove- 
nant with  hell.  When  the  overflowing  scourge  shall 
pass  through,  it  shall  not  come  upon  ns  :  tor  we 
have  placed  our  hope  in  lies:  and  by  falsehood  we 
are   protected. 

It!  Therefore  thussaith  the  Lord  God  :  Behold, 
I  will  lay  a  stone  in  the  foundations^  of  Sion,  a  tried 
stone,  a  corner  stone,  I  precious  stone,  founded  in 
the  foundation.  He  that  believeth,  let  him  not 
hasten.) 

17  And  I  will  set  judgment  in  weight,  and  jus- 
tice in  measure  :  and  nail  shall  overturn  the  hope  of 
falsehood  :  and  waters  shall  overflow  its  protection. 

18  And  your  league  with  death  shall  be  abolished; 
and  your  covenant  with  hell  shall  not  stand  :  when 
the  overflowing  scourge  shall  pass,  you  shall  be 
trodden  down  by  it. 

19  Whensoever  it  shall  pass  through,  it  shall  take 
you  away  :  because  in  the  morning  early  it  shall  pass 
through,  in  the  day  and  10  the  night  ;  and  vexation 
alone  shall  make  you  understand  w  hat  you  hear. 

Jn  For  the  bed  is  straitened. ||  so  that  one  must 
fall  out  :  and  a  short  covering  cannot  COVei  both. 

.'I  I  or  the  Lord  shall  stand  up  asinthe  mountain*! 
of  divisions:  he  shall  be  nngr>  ;is  in  the  valle\ 
which  is  in  (iabaon;  that  he  ma\  do  his  work,  his 

•  7Vi/  alt*      The  kingdom  of  .1 
I  oauunU,  ammmni  ftm,  k.r.    Thi«  i«  «ai  I  in  1h«  prv>n  of  the 
Jew*,  routing  the  repeated  command*  of  God,  and  still  putting  him 
#.tf. 

t  A  **m  in  tU  J*auUHm$.  viz.  Christ 

\  1st  Urn  nl  k*4m,  he.     Let  him  eipcct  till  coming  with  patienee. 

jlVMil  Mrmtttud.  S.C.     It  n  too  narrow  to  hold  two:  God  Will 
hare  the  bod  of  our  heart  all  to  him..  If. 

KM 


strange  work  :  that  he  may  perform  his  work  ;   his 
work  is  strange  t«>  him. 

22  And  now  do  not  mock,  lest  your  bonds  be  tW 
strait.  Fori  have  In  aril  ot  "the  Lord  the  God  of  hosts 
a  Consumption  and  a  catting  short  upon  all  the  earth 

89  Give  ear.  and  hear  my  voice;  hearken,  and 
hear  mv  speech. 

24  Shall  the  ploughman  plough  all  the  day  to  sow  ; 
shall  be  open  and  harrow  his  ground? 

25  Will  he  not,  when  he  hath  made  plain  the 
surface  thereof,  sow  gith.  and  scatter  cummin,  and 
put  wheat  in  order,  and  barley,  and  millet,  and 
vetches  in  their  bounds  ? 

2b*  For  he  will  instruct  him  in  judgment  :  his 
God  will  teach  him. 

27  For  git h  shall  not  Ik*  threshed  with  saw-, 
neither  shall  the  cart-wheel  turn  about  upon  enor- 
mia :  but  gith  shall  be  beaten  out  with  a  rod,  and 
cummin  with  a  staff. 

28  But  bread-corn  shall  be  broken  small  :  but  the 
thresher  shall  not  thresh  it  forever;  neither  shall 
tin    cart-wheel  hurt  it,  nor  break  it  with  its  teeth. 

29  This  also**  is  come  forth  from  the  Ford  God 
of  hosts,  to  make  his  counsel  wonderful,  and  in 
nify  jus:, 

CHAP.  XXIX. 

<  Wj  heavy  judgments  upon  Jerusalem, for  their  hl'tirf  oj  rfnua. 
ry  :   with  a  prophecy  of  the  conrersion  of  the  (iuililis. 

X\fO  to  Ariel, ft  to  Ariel  the  city  which  David 
•™     took:  year  is  added  to  year  :  the  solemnities 
are  at  an  end. 

2  And  I  will  make  a  trench  about  Ariel:  and  it 
shall  be  in  sorrow  and  mourning  ;  and  it  shall  be 
to  me  as  Ariel. 

3  And  I  will  make  a  circle  round  al  out  thee,  and 
will  cast  op  a  rampart  against  thee,  and  raise  up 
bulwarks  to  besiege  thee. 

4  Thou  shalt  be  brought  down:  thotishalt  sneak 
out  of  the  earth;  and  thy  speech  shall  be  beard  em 
of  the  ground  :  and  thy  voice  shall  be  from  the  earth 
like  that  of  the  Python  ;  and  out  of  the  ground  thy 
speech  shall  mutter. 

5  And  the  multitude  of  them  that  fan  thee,  shall 
be  like  small  dust:  and  as  ashes  passing  awax.fhe 
multitude  of  them  that  have  prevailed  against  U 

6  And  it  shall  be  at  an  instant  suddenly.  A 
visitation  shall  come  from  the  Lord  of  hosts  in 
thunder,  and  with  earthquake,  and  with  a  great 
noise  of  w  hirlwind  and  tempest,  and  with  the  flame 
of  devouring  fire. 

7  And   the   multitude   of  all   nations  that    have 
fought   Bgaiosl    Ariel,  shall   be  as  the  dream  of  a 
vision  b\   night  :   and  all  that  ha\e    fought,  Rod  be 
sieged,  and  prevailed  against  it. 

8  And  as  he  that  is  lummy  dreamed),  and  eaterh, 
but  when  he  is  awake,  his  soul   is  emptj  :  and  as 


'  M  in  iht  mouiUiin .&.<•.     A*  Um  Lord  (bogfct  against  lh<   p 
in  Bi>l  Pharasim,  S  Kingi  *.  and  against  the  Chan..anitr-,  in  Ika   I 
of  Oihaon.     Jontx. 

**  Thit  six,  fcc    Surh  also  is  the  proceeding  of  the  Lord  wild  hi. 
had,  ami  llir  divers  seeds  be  tows  therein. 

t)  .IruL    Tins  word  signifies,  Ou  lion  o/  Cod,  and  here  is  tale 
the  strong  city  of  Jerusalem 


I.HAP.  XXX. 


he  that  is  thirst}  drcameth,  anu  nrinkcth,  and  after 
lie  is  awake,  is  >et  taint  with  tliirst,  and  his  soul  is 
empty  :  so  shall  be  the  multitude  of  all  the  gentiles 
that  have  fought  against  mount  Sion. 

9  Be  astonished,  and  wonder,  waver,  and  stagger  : 
be  drunk,  and  not  with  wine ;  stagger,  and  not 
with  drunkenness. 

10  For  the  Lord  hath  mingled  for  you  the  spirit 
of  a  deep  sleep ;  he  will  shut  up  your  eyes  ;  he  will 
cover  your  prophets  and  princes,  that  see  visions. 

11  And  the  vision  of  all  shall  be  unto  you  as  the 
words  of  a  book  that  is  sealed,  which  when  they 
shall  deliver  to  one  that  is  learned,  they  shall  say  : 
Read  this :  and  he  shall  answer :  I  cannot ;  for  it 
is  sealed. 

.  12  And  the  book  shall  be  given  to  one  that 
knoweth  no  letters ;  and  it  shall  be  said  to  him : 
Read  :  and  he  shall  answer  :  1  know  no  letters. 

13  And  the  Lord  said:  Forasmuch  as  this  people 
draw  near  me  with  their  mouth,  and  with  their 
lips  glorify  me,  but  their  heart  is  far  from  me,  and 
they  have  feared  me  with  the  commandment  and 
doctrines  of  men  : 

14  Therefore  behold,  I  will  proceed  to  cause  an 
admiration  in  this  people,  by  a  great  and  wonderful 
miracle :  for  wisdom  shall  perish  from  their  wise 
men;  and  the  understanding  of  their  prudent  men 
shall  be  hid. 

1 5  Wo  to  you  that  are  deep  of  heart,  to  hide  your 
counsel  from  the  Lord  :  and  their  works  are  in  the 
dark  :  and  they  say  :  Who  seeth  us,  and  who  know- 
eth us  ? 

16  This  thought  of  yours  is  perverse:  as  if  the 
clay  should  think  against  the  potter,  and-  the  work 
should  say  to  the  maker  thereof:  Thou  madest  me 
not ;  or  the  thing  framed  should  say  to  him  that 
fashioned  it :  Thou  understandest  not. 

17  Is  it  not  yet  a  very  little  while,  and  Libanus 
shall  be  turned  into  charmel,*  and  channel  shall  be 
esteemed  as  a  forest  ? 

18  And  in  that  day  the  deaf  shall  hear  the  words 
of  the  book  ;  and  out  of  darkness  and  obscurity  the 
eyes  of  the  blind  shall  see. 

19  And  the  meek  shall  increase  their  joy  in  the 
Lord :  and  the  poor  men  shall  rejoice  in  the  holy 
One  of  Israel. 

20  For  he  that  did  prevail  hath  failed  ;  thescom- 
er  is  consumed  ;  and  they  are  all  cut  off  that  watch- 
ed for  iniquity  : 

21  That  made  men  sin  by  word,  and  supplanted 
him  that  reproved  them  in  the  gate,  and  declined 
in  vain  from  the  just. 

22  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  to  the  house  of 
Jacob,  he  that  redeemed  A  bra  ham  :  Jacob  shall 
not  now  be  confounded  ;  neither  shall  his  counte- 
nance now  be  ashamed  : 

23  But  when  he  shall  see  his  children,  the  work 
of  my  hands  in  the  midst  of  him  sanctifying  my 
name,  and  they  shall  sanctify  the  holy  One  of  Ja- 
cob, and  shall  glorify  the  God  of  Israel  : 

24  And  they  that  erred  in   spirit,  shall  know  un- 


♦  Charmel     This  word  signifies  a  fruitful  field. 


derstanding,  and  they  that  murmured,  sh  di  learn  the 
law. 

CHAP.  XXX. 

The  people  are  blamed  for  their  confidence  in  Egypt.     God't 
mercies  towards  his  church  :  the  punishment  of  sinners. 

\J\fO  to   you  apostate  children,  saith  the  Lord, 
T  '     that  you  would  take  counsel,  and  not  of  me ; 
and  would  begin  a  web,  and  not  by  my  spirit,  that 
you  might  adcf  sin  upon  sin  : 

2  Who  walk  to  go  down  into  Egypt,  and  have 
not  asked  at  my  mouth,  hoping  for  help  in  the 
strength  of  Pharao,  and  trusting  in  the  shadow  of 
Egypt. 

3  And  the  strength  of  Pharao  shall  be  to  your 
confusion,  and  the  confidence  of  the  shadow  of 
Egypt  to  your  shame. 

4  For  thy  princes  were  in  Tanis,  and  thy  messen- 
gers came  even  to  Hanes. 

5  They  were  all  confounded  at  a  people  that 
could  not  profit  them  :  they  were  no  help,  nor  to  any 
profit,  but  to  confusion  and  to  reproach. 

6  The  burden  of  the  beasts  of  the  south.  In  a 
land  of  trouble  and  distress,  from  whence  come  the 
lioness,  and  the  lion,  the  viper  and  the  flying  basi- 
lisk, they  carry  their  riches  upon  the  shoulders  of 
lieasts,  and  their  treasures  upon  the  bunches  of 
camels  to  a  people  that  shall  not  be  able  to  profit  them. 

7  For  Egypt  shall  help  in  vain,  and  to  no  purpose : 
therefore  have  I  cried  concerning  this  :  It  is  pride 
only  :  sit  still. 

8  Now  therefore  go  in  and  write  for  them  upon 
box,  and  note  it  diligently  in  a  book  ;  and  it  shall 
be  in  the  latter  days  for  a  testimony  for  ever. 

9  For  it  is  a  people  that  provoketh  to  wrath,  and 
lying  children,  children  that  will  not  hear  the  law  of 
God: 

10  Who  say  to  the  seers  :  See  not :  and  to  them 
that  behold  :  Behold  not  for  us  those  things  that  are 
right :  speak  unto  us  pleasant  things  ;  see  errors 
for  us. 

1 1  Take  away  from  me  the  way  ;  turn  away  the 
path  from  me  ;  let  the  holy  One  of  Israel  cease  from 
before  us. 

12  Therefore  thus  saith  the  holy  One  of  Israel : 
Because  you  have  rejected  this  word,  and  have  trust- 
ed in  oppression  and  tumult,  and  have  leaned  upon  it: 

13  Therefore  shall  this  iniquity  be  to  you  as  a 
breach  that  falleth,  and  is  found  wanting  in  a  high 
wall;  for  the  destruction  thereof  shall  come  on  a 
sudden,  when  it  is  not  looked  for. 

14  And  it  shall  be  broken  small,  as  the  potter's 
vessel  is  broken  all  to  pieces  with  mighty  breaking  : 
and  there  shall  not  a  shred  be  found  of  the  pieces 
thereof,  wherein  a  little  fire  may  be  carried  from 
the  hearth,  or  a  little  water  be  drawn  out  of  the  pit. 

15  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  the  holy  One 
of  Israel  :  If  you  return,  and  be  quiet,  you  shall  he 
saved  :  in  silence  and  in  hope  shall  your  strength  he. 
And  jou  would  not : 

16  Buthavesaid:  No,  but  we  will  flee  to  horses- 
therefore  shall  you  flee.  And  we  will  mount  upon 
swift  ones  :  therefore  shall  they  be  swifter  that  shall 
pursue  after  you. 

f.75 


ISA  IAS. 


17  A  thousand  men  shall  flee  for  fear  of  one  : 
■ad  tor  frar  of  five  shall  you  flee,  lill  you  lie  1 1 •  I r  a- 
the  mast  of  a  ship  on  tin-  top  of  a  mountain,  ami  aa 
an  ensura  upon  a  hill. 

18  Therefore  the  Lord  waitcth  that  In-  may  have 
mercy  on  you:  and   therefore   shall  lie  he  exalted 

i  ii  ii  von:  because  the  Lord  is  the  God  of  judg- 
ment :   blessed  are  all  they  that  wait  for  him. 

19  For  the  people  of  5km  shall  dwell  ia  Jerusa- 
lem: weeping  thou  shalt  not  weep,  he  will  surely 
hive  pity  on  thee:  at  the  voice  of  thy  cry,  as  soon 
as  h<-  shall  hear,  he  will  answer  th< 

20  And  tin-  Lord  will  give  you  spare  bread,  and 
short  water;   and  will  not  cause  thytearher  to  flee 

iv  fiom  thee  any  more  :  and  thy  eyes  shall 
th\  teacher. 

J I    And  thy  ears   shall  hear  the  word  of  one  ad- 
moaishiai  thee  behind  thy  hack  :   This  is  the  way  ; 
walk  ye  in  it ;  and  go  not  aside  neither  to  the  right 
I  nor  to  the  hit. 

22  And  thou  shah  defile  the  plates  of  thy  graven 
things  of  silver,  and  tin ■  garment  of  thy  molten  things 
oi  gold \, and  shalt  cast  them  away  as  the  anclean- 

-  of  a  menstruous  woman.  Thou  shalt  say  to  it : 

(  let  thee  hence. 

23  And  rain  shall   he  men  to  thy  seed,  where- 
I  cr  thou  shalt  sow  in  the  land  :   and  the  bread  of 

the  corn  of  the  land  shall  be  most  plentiful  and  fat. 
The  lamb  in  that  day  shall  feed  at  large  in  thypos- 
ion : 

-'i  And  thy  oxen,  and  the  ass-colts  that  till  the 
{round,  shall  eat  mingled  provender  as  it  was  win- 
nowed in  the  floor. 

Vnd  there  shall  be  upon  every  high  mountain, 
and  upon  every  elevated  hill,  rivers  of  running 
waters  in  the  day  of  the  slaughter  of  many,  whin 
the  tower-,  shall  fall. 

26  And  the  light  of  the  moon  shall  lie  as  the 
light  of  the  sun;  and  the  light  of  the  sun  shall  be 
sevenfold,  as  the  light  of  seven  days,  in  the  day 
when  the  Lord  shall  hind  up  the  wound  of  his  peo- 
ple, and  shall  heal  the  stroke  of  their  wound. 

'7  Behold, the  name  of  the  Lord  cometh  from 

afar;  his  wrath  burnetii,  and  is  heavy  to  hear:  his 
lips  are  filled  w  it li  indignation,  and  his  tongue  a>  a 
devouring  lire. 

His  breath  as  a  torrent  overflowing  even  to 

the  midst  of  the  neck,  to  destroy  the  nations  unto 
nothing,  and  the  bridle  of  error  that  was  in  the 
j.iu  s  oi'  t in-  people. 

Von  shall  have  ■  song  as  in  the  night  of  the 
Sanctified  solemnity,  and  joy  of  heart,  as  when  one 
th  with  a  pipe,  to  come  into  the  mountain  of  the 
Lord,  to  the  mighty  One  of  Israel. 

\nd  the  Lord  ^lt:ill  make  the  glory  of  his 
voice  to  he  heard,  and  shall  show  the  terror  of  his 
arm,  in  the  threatening  of  wrath,  and  the  flame  of 
devouring  fire  :  he  shall  crush  to  pieces  with  whirl- 
wind ami  hail-stones. 

at    the  voice    of  the    Lord  the    \ 
ill  fear,  being  struck  with  the  rod. 


\nd  the  passage   of  the  rod  - 
w  Inch  the  Lon 


•  Tipbtk.    TU  the  «mp  a»  C'Vmim,  »uJ  u  taken  for  hell. 

678 


hall  make  to   rest   upon 
d  in  great  battles  he 


ground?* 

him  with  timhrels  and  harp 
shall  overthrow  them. 

For  Topheth*  is  prepared  from  vesterdav. 
prepared  by  the  kin::,  deep  anil  wide.  The  nourish- 
ments  thereof  are  lire  and  much  wood  :  the  breath 
of  the  Lord  as  a  torrent  of  brimstone  hindliue  it. 

en  \r.  \\\i. 

The  folly  of  trusting  to  Egypt,  ,nul  forgetting  G„d.     lie  trill 

fight  for  hit  p<  ojil,  agaitut  the  Assyrians. 
YM^Otothem  that  go  down  to  Egypt  for  help, 
"  trusting  hi  horses,  and  putting  their  confi- 
dence in  chariots,  because  they  are  man\  ;  and  in 
horsemen,  because  they  are  verj  strong  :  and  have 
not  trusted  in  the  hol\  One  of  Israel,  and  have  not 
soueht  alter  the  Lord. 

2  13 ut  he  that  is  the  wise  one  hath  brought  evil, 
and  hath  not  removed  his  words  :  an(]  he  will  rise 
up  against  the  noose  of  the  wicked,  and  against  the 
aid  of  them  that  work  iniquity. 

3  Egypt  is  man,  and  not  ('.'od  ;  and  their  hoi 
flesh,  and  not  spirit  :  and  the  Lord  shall  put  down 
his  hand;    and  the  helper  shall  fall  ;   and  he  that  is 
helped    shall  fall;   and  they  shall  all  he  confounded 
together. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  tome:  Like  as  the 
lion  roareth,  and  the  lion's  whelp  upon  his  prey, 
and  when  a  multitude  of  shepherds  shall  coilie 
against  him,  he  will  not  fear  at  their  voice,  nor  In- 
afraid  of  their  multitude  :  so  shall  the  Lord  bfhosts 
come  down  to  fight  DOM  mount  Son,  and  upon 
the  hill  thereof. 

5  As  birds  flying,  so  will  the  Lord  of  hosis  pro- 
tect Jerusalem,  protecting  and  delivering,  passing 
OVer  and  sa\  ing. 

6  Return  as  you  had  deeply  rev  oiled.  O  children 
of  Israel. 

7  For  in  that  day  a  man  shall  cast  aw  ay  his  idols 
of  Silver,  and  his  idols  of  gold,  which  vour  hands 
have  made  for  \ou  to  sin. 

8  And  the  Assyrian  shall  fall  by  the  sword,  not 
of  a  mail :  and  the  sword  not  of  a  man  shall  devour 
him:  and  he  shall  flee  not  at  the  face  of  the  sword 
and  his  young  men  shall  be  tribular'x  I  : 

9  And  his  strength  shall  pass  away  with  dread  : 
and  his  princes  fleeing  shall  he  afraid  :  the  Lord 
hath  said  it,  whose  lire   is  in   SlOB,  and  his  (urn 

in  Jerusalem. 

ciim'.  \\\ii. 

The   ble.stingf  nf  the   rrign  uf  Chrint.      The  ill  tolatio*  if  the 
Jrtrs.  and  prosperity  of  the  church  of  Christ. 

Bl°.  1 1  OLE),   a   kin::   shall  reign  in  justice;   and 
princes  shall  rule  in  judgment. 

2  And  a  man  shall  he  as  when  one  is  bid  from 
the  wind,  and  hideth  himself  from  astorm,  asrii  r> 
ol Waters  in  drought,  and  the  shadow  ol  ,i  ,,.,  k  n.il 
Btandeth  OUl  in  a  desert  land. 

3  The  eyes  of  them  that  see  shall  not  be  dim  : 
and  the  ears  of  taem  that  heir  shall  hearken  dili- 
gently. 

4  And  the  heart  of  fools  shall  understand  know- 

aud  the   tongue  of  stammerers  shall  speak 
lir»  and  olain. 


CHAP.    XXXIII. 


6  The  fool  shall  no  more  be  called  prince:  nei- 
ther shall  the  deceitful  be  called  great : 

6  For  the  fool  will  speak  foolish  things  :  and  his 
heart  will  work  iniquity,  to  practise  hypocrisy,  and 
speak  to  the  Lord  deceitfully,  and  to  make  empty 
the  soul  of  the  hungry,  and  take  away  drink  from 
the  thirsty. 

7  The  vessels  of  the  deceitful  are  most  wicked : 
for  he  hath  framed  devices  to  destroy  the  meek,  with 
lying  words,  when  the  poor  man  speaketh  judgment. 

8  But  the  prince  will  devise  such  things  as  are 
worthy  of  a  prince ;  and  he  shall  stand  above  the 
rulers. 

9  Rise  up,  ye  rich  women,  and  hear  my  voice  : 
ye  confident  daughters,  give  ear  to  my  speech. 

10  For  after  days  and  a  year,  you  that  are  confi- 
dent shall  be  troubled  :  for  the  vintage  is  at  an  end, 
the  gathering  shall  come  no  more. 

11  Be  astonished,  ye  rich  women;  be  troubled, 
ye  confident  ones  :  strip  you,  and  be  confounded  ; 
gird  your  loins. 

12  Mourn  for  your  breasts,  for  the  delightful 
country,  for  the  fruitful  vineyard. 

13  Upon  the  land  of  my  people  shall  thorns  and 
Briers  come  up  :  how  much  more  upon  all  the  houses 
of  joy,  of  the  city  that  rejoiced? 

14  For  the  house  is  forsaken,  the  multitude  of 
the  city  is  left,  darkness  and  obscurity  are  come 
upon  its  dens  for  ever.  *  A  joy  of  wild  asses,  the 
nastures  of  flocks, 

15  Until  the  spirit  be  poured  upon  us  from  on 
rtigh :  and  the  desert  shall  be  as  a  charmel ;  and 
iharmel  shall  be  counted  for  a  forest. 

16  And  judgment  shall  dwell  in  the  wilderness; 
md  justice  shall  sit  in  charmel. 

17  And  the  work  of  justice  shall  be  peace,  and 
the  service  of  justice  quietness,  and  security  for  ever. 

18  And  my  people  shall  sit  in  the  beauty  of 
peace,  and  in  the  tabernacles  of  confidence,  and  in 
wealthy  rest. 

19  But  hail  shall  be  in  the  descent  of  the  forest; 
and  the  city  shall  be  made  very  low. 

20  Blessed  are  ye  that  sow  upon  all  waters,  send- 
ing thither  the  foot  of  the  ox  and  the  ass. 

CHAP.  XXXIII. 

God's  revenge  against  the  enemies  of  his  church.    The  happiness 
of  the  heavenly  Jerusalem. 

WO  to  thee  that  spoilest;*  shalt  not  thou  thy- 
self also  be  spoiled  ?  and  thou  that  despisest, 
shalt  not  thyself  also  be  despised?  when  thou  shalt 
have  made  an  end  of  spoiling,  thou  shalt  be  spoiled: 
when  being  wearied,  thou  shalt  cease  to  despise, 
thou  shalt  be  despised. 

2  O  Lord,  have  mercy  on  us ;  for  we  have  wait- 
ed for  thee:  be  thou  our  arm  in  the  morning,  and 
our  salvation  in  the  time  of  trouble. 

3  At  the  voice  of  the  Angel  the  people  fled :  and 
at  the  lifting  up  thyself  the  nations  are  scattered. 

4  And  your  spoils  shall  be  gathered  together  as 

*  Thai  spoilest,  &c.     This  is  particularly  directed  to  Sennacherib, 
f  The  angels  of  peace.    The  messengers  or  deputies  sent  to  negociate 
A  peace. 

t  (1/  rivers.     He  speaks  of  the  rivers  of  endless  joys  that  flow  from 

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the  locust  is  gathered,  as  when  the  ditches  are  full 
of  them. 

5  The  Lord  is  magnified  ;  for  he  hath  dwelt  on 
high:  he  hath  filled  Sion  with  judgment  and  justice. 

6  And  there  shall  be  faith  in  thy  times ;  riches 
of  salvation,  wisdom  and  knowledge:  the  fear  of 
the  Lord  is  his  treasure. 

7  Behold,  they  that  see  shall  cry  without :  the 
angels  of  peacef  shall  weep  bitterly. 

8  The  ways  are  made  desolate ;  no  one  passeth 
by  the  road ;  the  covenant  is  made  void :  he  hath  re- 
jected the  cities;  he  hath  not  regarded  the  men. 

9  The  land  hath  mourned,  and  languished:  Li- 
banus  is  confounded,  and  become  foul:  and  Saron 
is  become  as  a  desert :  and  Basan  and  Carmel  are 
shaken. 

10  Now  will  I  rise  up,  saith  the  Lord  :  now  will 
I  be  exalted,  now  will  I  lift  up  myself. 

1 1  You  shall  conceive  heat;  you  shall  bring  forth 
stubble:  your  breath  as  fire  shall  devour  you. 

1 2  And  the  people  shall  be  as  ashes  after  a  fire : 
as  a  bundle  of  thorns  they  shall  be  burnt  with  fire. 

13  Hear,  you  that  are  far  off,  what  1  have  done ; 
and  you  that  are  near,  know  my  strength. 

14  The  sinners  in  Sion  are  afraid;  trembling 
hath  seized  upon  the  hypocrites.  Which  of  you 
can  dwell  with  devouring  fire  ?  which  of  you  shall 
dwell  with  everlasting  burnings  ? 

15  He  that  walketh  in  justices,  and  speaketh 
truth,  that  casteth  away  avarice  by  oppression,  and 
shaketh  his  hands  from  all  bribes,  that  stoppeth  his 
ears  lest  he  hear  blood,  and  shutteth  his  eyes  that 
he  may  see  no  evil : 

16  He  shall  dwell  on  high;  the  fortifications  of 
rocks  shall  be  his  highness;  bread  is  given  him  ;  his 
waters  are  sure. 

17  His  eyes  shall  see  the  king  in  his  beauty;  they 
shall  see  the  land  far  off. 

18  Thy  heart  shall  meditate  fear  :  where  is  the 
learned  ?  where  is  he  that  pondereth  the  words  of 
the  law?  where  is  the  teacher  of  little  ones? 

19  The  shameless  people  thou  shalt  not  see,  the 
people  of  profound  speech  :  so  that  thou  canst  not 
understand  the  eloquence  of  his  tongue,  in  whom 
there  is  no  wisdom. 

20  Look  upon  Sion  the  city  of  our  solemnity  : 
thy  eyes  shall  see  Jerusalem,  a  rich  habitation,  a  ta- 
bernacle that  cannot  be  removed:  neither  shall  the 
nails  thereof  be  taken  away  for  ever;  neither  shall 
any  of  the  cords  thereof  be  broken  : 

21  Because  only  there  our  Lord  is  magnificent  : 
a  place  of  rivers,t  very  broad  and  spacious  streams 
no  ship  with  oars  shall  pass  by  it;  neither  shall  the 
great  galley  pass  through  it. 

22  For  the  Lord  is  our  judge  ;  the  Lord  is  our 
lawgiver  :  the  Lord  is  our  king :  he  will  save  us. 

23  Thy  tacklings§  are  loosed  ;  and  they  shall  be 
of  no  strength:  thy  mast  shall  be  in  such  condition, 
that  thou  shalt  not  be  able  to  spread  the  flag.  Then 


the  throne  of  God,  to  water  the  heavenly  Jerusalem,  where  no  o«ie- 
my's  ship  can  come,  &c. 

t  Thy  tacklings.     He  speaks  of  the  enemies  of  the  church,  aadot 
the  allegory  of  a  ship  that  is  disabled. 

5»1 


ISAJ  iS. 

the  lam 


•hall  the  spoils  ol  inuch  prey  be  divided 
shall   take  (lie   BDOil. 

24  Neither  snail  be  thai  is  mar.  say:  [an  feeble. 
Tin-  people  that  dwell  therein,  shall  bare  their  ini- 
quity taken  avva.v   Itom  them. 

<  HAP.  XXXIV. 

The  general  judgment  of  the  teirktd. 

/^OMI".  aear,  ye  gentiles,  ami  bear;  ami  hearken, 
^-^    m  people:    let   tin-  earth    hear,  and  all  that   is 

therein,  the  world,  and  every  thing  that  cometfa 
forth  <>t'  it. 

.'  I  or  the  indignation  of  the  Lord  is  ti|>on  all  na- 
tions, and  his  liny  upon  all  their  armies  :  he  hath 
killed  them,  and  delivered  them  to  slaughter. 

Ilu  ir  slain  shall  be  east  forth  ;  and  out  of 
their  carcasses  shall  rise  a  stink  :  the  mountains 
shall  he  melted  with  their  blood, 

4  And  all  the  host  of  the  heavens*  shall  pine 
away:  and  the  heavens  shall  be  folded  together  as 

a  bonk  :   and    all  their  host   shall  fall  down    as  the 
leaf  failed)  from  the  vine,  and  from  the  fig-tree. 

I  or  my  sword  is  inebriated  in  heaven  ;  behold 
it  shall  come    down    upon    ldumea,t  and  upon  the 
■Ir  oi'  my  slaughter  unto  judgment 

6  The  sword  of  the  Lord  is  tilled  with  blood;  it 
is  made  thick  with  the  blood  of  lambs  and  buck- 
goata,  with  the  blood  of  rams  full  of  marrow:  for 

-  a  victim  of  the  Lord  in  Bosra,  and  a  great 
■laughter  in  the  land  of  Kdom. 

7  \ml  tin-  unicorns]  shall  go  down  with  them, 
and  the  bulls  with  the  mighty:  their  land  shall  be 
soaked  with  blood,  and  their  ground  with  the  fat  of 
fat  ones. 

8  For  it  is  the  day  of  the  vengeance  of  the  Lord, 
the  >ear  of  recompenses^  of  the  judgment  of  Siou. 

9  And  tin'  streams  thereof  shall  be  turned  into 
pitch,  and  (he  ground  thereof  into  brimstone:  and 
the  land  thereof  shall  become  burning  pitch. 

10  Night  and  day  it  shall  not  be  quenched;  the 
smoke  thereof  shall  go  up  forever:  from  genera- 
tion to  generation  it  shall  lie  waste;  none  shall  pass 
through  it  for  ever  and  ever. 

1 1  The  bittern  and  ericius  shall  possess  it:  and 
the  ibis  and  the  raven  shall  dwell  in  it  :  and  a  line 
shall  be  stretched  out  upon  it;  to  bring  it  to  nothing, 
and  a  plummet,  unto  desolation. 


U 


I 


The  nobles  thereof  shall  not  he  there:  they 
shall  call  rather  upon  the  king;  and  all  the  princes 
thereof  shall  be  nothing. 

13  And  thorns  and  nettles   shall   crow   up  in  its 
houses,  and  the  thistle  in  the  fortresses  thereof:  ami 
it    shall    be  the   habitation   of  dragons,  and  the  pas 
lure  of  ostriches. 

11  And  demons  and  monsters  sh  ill  meet  :  and 
the  hairy  ones  shall  Cty  Ottt  to  one  another:  there 
hath  the  lamia  lain  dow  n,  and  found  rest  for  herself 

1.')  There  hath  the  ericius  hail  its  hole,  and 
brought  up  its  jrooagonea,  ami  hathdug  round  ahoui, 

•  .ltd  all  llu  torft of  ikt  ktmtm.    Thai  i«,  the  tun, moon,  and  Man 
t  limnta.     Under  tb<i  name  of  U*mt*  or  Edmn,  a  people  that  were 

•nemiei  of  the  Jew*,  are  bat*  understood  the  wicked  in  faoaral,  tbe 

eoemie*  of  God  and  hi*  church. 

•78 


and  cherished  them  in  the  shadow  thereof:  thither 
an  the  kites  gathered  together  one  to  another. 

1G  Search  ye  diligently  in  the  book  of  the  Lord. 

and  read:  not  one  of  them  was  wanting;  one  hath 

Bought  for  the  other:    for  that -which  moceedelh 

out  of  my  mouth,  he  hath  commanded;  and  his 

spirit  it  hath  gathered  them. 

17  And  he  hath  cast  the  lot  for  them  ;  and  his 
hand  hath  divided  it  to  them  b\  line:  they  shall 
possess  it  lor  ever:  from  generation  to  generation 
they  shall  dwell  therein. 

chap.  xxxv. 

The  joyful  flourishing  nf  Christ's  Hwfdvm  ;  in  hit  church  shall 

lit-  a  holy  and  Ktriirr  u-ny. 
r|^IIK  land  that  was  desolate  and  im passable  shall 
-*-     be  glad  ;   and  the  wilderness  shall  rejoice,  aial 
shall  flourish  like  the  lily. 

2  It  shall  bud  forth  and  blossom,  and  shall  rejoice 
with  joy  and  praise  :  the  glory  of  Libanus  is  given 
to  it :  the  beauty  of  Carmel,  and  Saron  ;  they  shall 
see  theglorj  of  the  Lord,  and  the  beautv  ofourGod. 

3  Strengthen  ye  the  feeble  hands,  and  confirm 
the  weak  km  is. 

4  Say  to  the  faint-hearted:  Take  courage,  and 
fear  not:  behold,  your  God  will  bring  the  revenge 
of  recompence:  Cod  himself  will  come,  and  will 
save  ypu. 

5  Then  shall  tbe  eyes  of  the  blind  be  opened ;  and 
thecals  of  the  deaf  shall  be  unstopped. 

6  Then  shall  the  lame  man  leap  as  a  hart;  and  the 
tongue  of  the  dumb  shall   be    free:    lor  waters  are' 
broken  out  in  the  desert,  and  streams  in  the  wil- 
derness. 

7  And  that  which  was  dry  land  shall  become  a 
pool,  and  the  thirsty  land  springs  of  water.  In  the 
dens  where  dragons  dwelt  before,  shall  rise  up  the 
verdure  of  the  reed  and  the  bulrush. 

8  And  a  path  and  a  way  shall  be  there:  and  it 
shall  be  called  the  holy  way:  the  unclean  shall  not 
pass  over  it;  and  this  shall  be  unto  you  a  straight 
Way,  so  that  fools  shall  not  err  therein. 

9  No  lion  shall  be  there;  nor  shall  any  mis- 
chievous beast  go  Up  by  it,   nor  be  found  there:  but 

i in  i  shall  walk  there,  that  shall  be  delivered. 

10  And  the  redeemed  of  the  Lord  shall  return, 
and  shall  come  into  Sion  with  praise;  and  rv«  i- 
lastinn  joy  shall  be  upon  their  heads:  they  shall  ob- 
tain joy  and  gladness;  and  sorrow  and  mourning 
shall  flee  away. 

CHAP.  XXXVI. 

Sennacherib  incudes  Juda :  his  blasphemies. 

AND    it  came  to  pass  in  the  fourteenth  year  of 
•  king  Ezekias,  that  Sennacherib  king  of  the 
\ Syrians  came  up  against  all  the  fenced  cities  of 
Juda,  and  took  them. 

2  And  the  kiim  of  the  Assyrians  sent  Ivabsaces 
from  Lachis  to  Jerusalem,  to  kin::  K/ekias  with  a 
great  army:  and  he  stood  by  the  conduit  of  the  up- 
:*?r  pool  in  the  way  of  the  Fuller's  field. 


is 


t  TV«  unicorns.     That  in,  the  preat  and  miphty. 

I  TTu  for  •/  rwwwiun,  Jlc.     When  tbe  pertecaton  of  Sion,  thai 

of  the  church,  thall  receive  Ibeir  reward. 


CHAP.  XXXVII. 


3  And  there  went  out  to  him  Eliacim  the  son  of 
Helcias,  who  was  over  the  house,  and  Sohna  the 
scribe,  and  Joahe  the  son  of  Asaph  the  recorder. 

4  And  Rabsaces  said  to  them:  Tell  Ezekias: 
Thussaith  the  great  king,  the  king  of  the  Assyrians: 
What  is  this  confidence  wherein  thou  trustcst? 

5  Or  with  what  counsel  or  strength  dost  thou 
prepare  for  war?  on  whom  dost  thou  trust,  thatthou 
art  revolted  from  me  ? 

6  Lo,  thou  trustest  upon  this  broken  staff  of  a 
reed,  upon  Egypt:  upon  which  if  a  man  lean,  it  will 
go  into  his  hand,  and  pierce  it:  so  is  Pharao  king  of 
Egypt  to  all  that  trust  in  him. 

7  But  if  thou  wilt  answer  me:  We  trust  in  the 
Lord  our  God :  is  it  not  he  whose  high  places  and 
altars  Ezechias  hath  taken  away,  and  hath  said  to 
Juda  and  Jerusalem:  You  shall  worship  before  this 
altar  ? 

8  And  now  deliver  thyself  up  to  my  lord  the  king 
of  the  Assyrians,  and  I  will  give  thee  two  thousand 
horses,  and  thou  wilt  not  be  able  on  thy  part  to  find 
riders  for  them. 

9  And  how  wilt  thou  stand  against  the  face  of  the 
judge  of  one  place,  of  the  least  of  my  master's  ser- 
vants? But  if  thou  trust  in  Egypt,  in  chariots  and 
in  horsemen : 

10  And  am  I  now  come  up  without  the  Lord 
against  this  land  to  destroy  it?  The  Lord  said  to 
me:  Go  up  against  this  land,  and  destroy  it. 

11  And  Eliacim,  and  Sobna,  and  Joahe  said  to 
Rabsaces :  Speak  to  thy  servants  in  the  Syrian 
tongue:  for  we  understand  it:  sneak  not  to  us  in  the 
Jews'  language  in  the  hearing  ot  the  people,  that  are 
upon  the  wall. 

12  And  Rabsaces  said  to  them:  Hath  my  master 
sent  me  to  thy  master  and  to  thee,  to  speak  all  these 
words;  and  not  rather  to  the  men  that  sit  on  the 
wall;  that  they  may  eat  their  own  dung,  and  drink 
their  urine  with  you? 

13  Then  Rabsaces  stood,  and  cried  out  with  a 
loud  voice  in  the  Jews'  language,  and  said:  Hear  the 
words  of  the  great  king,  the  king  of  the  Assyrians. 

14  Thus  saith  the  king:  Let  not  Ezechias  de- 
ceive you:  for  he  shall  not  be  able  to  deliver  you. 

15  And  let  not  Ezechias  make  you  trust  in  the 
Lord,  saying:  The  Lord  will  surely  deliver  us;  and 
this  city  shall  not  be  given  into  the  hands  of  the 
king  of  the  Assyrians. 

16  Do  not  hearken  to  Ezechias;  for  thus  said  the 
king  of  the  Assyrians:  Do  with  me  that  which  is  for 
your  advantage;  and  come  out  to  me,  and  eat  ye 
every  one  of  his  vine,  and  every  one  of  his  fig-tree; 
and  drink  ye  every  one  the  water  of  his  cistern, 

17  Till  I  come  and  take  you  away  to  a  land,  like 
to  your  own,  a  land  of  corn  and  of  wine,  a  land  of 
bread  and  vineyards. 

1 8  Neither  let  Ezechias  trouble  you,  saying :  The 
Lord  will  deliver  us.  Have  any  of  the  gods  of  the 
nations  delivered  their  land  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
king  of  the  Assyrians? 

19  Where  is  the  god  of  Emath,  and  of  Arphad? 
where  is  the  god  of  Sepharvaim?  have  they  deliver- 
ed Samaria  out  of  my  hand  ? 


20  Who  is  there  among  all  the  gods  of  these  lands 
that  hath  delivered  his  country  out  of  my  hand,  that 
the  Lord  may  deliver  Jerusalem  out  of  my  hand? 

21  And  they  held  their  peace,  and  answered  him 
not  a  word.  For  the  king  had  commanded,  saying : 
Answer  him  not. 

22  And  Eliacim  the  son  of  Helcias,  that  was  over 
the  house,  and  Sobna  the  scribe,  and  Joahe  the  son 
of  Asaph  the  recorder,  went  in  to  Ezechias  with 
their  garments  rent,  and  told  him  the  words  of  Rab- 
saces. 

CHAP.  XXXVII. 

Ezechias,  his  mourning  and  prayer.     God's  promise  of  protec- 
tion.   The  Assyrian  army  is  destroyed.   Sennacherib  is  slain. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  king  Ezechias  had 
heard  it,  that  he  rent  his  garments,  and  cover- 
ed himself  with  sackcloth,  and  went  in  to  the  house 
of  the  Lord. 

2  And  he  sent  Eliacim  who  was  over  the  house, 
and  Sobna  the  scribe,  and  the  ancients  of  the  priests 
covered  with  sackcloth,  to  Isaias  the  son  of  Amos 
the  prophet. 

3  And  they  said  to  him:  Thus  saith  Ezechias: 
This  day  is  a  day  of  tribulation,  and  of  rebuke,  and 
of  blasphemy ;  for  the  children  are  come  to  the  birth, 
and  there  is  not  strength  to  bring  forth. 

4  It  may  be  the  Lord  thy  God  will  hear  the  words 
of  Rabsaces,  whom  the  king  of  the  Assyrians  his 
master  hath  sent  to  blaspheme  the  living  God,  and 
to  reproach  with  words  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
hath  heard :  wherefore  lift  up  thy  prayer  for  the  rem- 
nant that  is  left. 

5  And  the  servants  of  Ezechias  came  to  Isaias. 

6  And  Isaias  said  to  them:  Thus  shall  you  say 
to  your  master:  Thus  saith  the  Lord:  Be  not  afraid 
Of  the  words  that  thou  hast  heard,  with  which  the 
servants  of  the  king  of  the  Assyrians  have  blas- 
phemed me. 

7  Behold,  I  will  send  a  spirit  upon  him;  and  he 
shall  hear  a  message,  and  shall  return  to  his  own 
country:  and  I  will  cause  him  to  fall  by  the  sword 
in  his  own  country. 

8  And  Rabsaces  returned,  and  found  the  king  of 
the  Assyrians  besieging  Lobna.  For  he  had  heard 
that  he  was  departed  from  Lachis. 

9  And  he  heard  say  about  Tharaca  the  king  of 
Ethiopia:  He  is  come  forth  to  fight  against  thee. 
And  when  he  heard  it,  he  sent  messengers  to  Eze- 
chias, saying: 

10  Thus  shall  you  speak  to  Ezechias  the  king  of 
Juda,  saying:  Let  not  thy  God  deceive  thee,  in 
whom  thou  trustest,  saying  :  Jerusalem  shall  not  be 
given  into  the  hands  of  the  king  of  the  Assyrians. 

11  Behold,  thou  hast  heard  all  that  the  kings  of 
the  Assyrians  have  done  to  all  countries  which  they 
have  destroyed;  and  canst  thou  be  delivered? 

12  Have  the  gods  of  the  nations  delivered  them 
whom  my  fathers  have  destroyed,  Gozam,  and  Ha- 
ram,  and  Reseph,  and  the  children  of  Eden,  that 
were  in  Thalassar? 

13  Where  is  the  king  of  Emath,  and  the  king  of 
Arphad,  and  the  king  of  the  city  of  Sepharvaim,  ot 
Ana,  and  of  Ava  ? 

579 


ISAIAS. 


IV  And  Em  bias  took  tlir  letter  from  the  hand 
of  the  mess  iikI  read  it,  and  went  up  to  the 

house  of  tfafl  LOra:  anil  Kzcchias  spread  it  before 
the  Lord. 

I")    And  Kzcchias  prayed  to  the  Lord,  saving: 

16  O  Ixjrd  of  hosts,  God  of  Israel,  who  sittest 
upon  the  Cherubims;  thou  alone  art  the  Ciod  of  all 
the  kingdoms  of  the  earth;  thou  bast  made  heaven 
and  earth. 

17  Im  line,  ()  Lord,  thy  ear,  and  hear:  open,  O 
Lord,  thy  eves,  ami  see,  and  hear  all  the  words  of 
Sennacherib)  which  he  nth  sent  to  blaspheme  the 
living  (jod. 

18  For  of  a  truth,  O  Lord,  the  kings  of  the  Assy- 
rians have  laid  waste  lands,  and  their  countries. 

19  And  they  have  catt  their  gods  into  the  fire; 
for  they  were  not  gods,  but  the  works  of  men's 
hands,  of  wood  and  stone:  and  they  broke  them  in 
pieces. 

20  And  now,  O  Lord  our  God,  save  in  out  of  his 
hand:  and  let  all  the  kingdom  of  the  earth  know, 
that  thou  only  art  the  Lord. 

Jl  And  haias  the  son  of  Amos  sent  to  Ezechias. 
saying:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  Ciod  of  Israel :  For 
the  prayer  thou  hast  made  to  me  concerning  Senna- 
cherib the  king  of  the  Assyrians: 

This  is  the  word  which  the  Lord  hath  spoken 
of  him:  The  virgin  the  daughter  of  Sion  hath   de- 
id  thee,  and  laughed  thee  to  scorn :  the  daughter 
of  Jerusalem  hath  wagged  the  head  alter  (Inc. 

23  Whom  hast  thou  reproached,  and  whom  hast 
thou  blasphemed,  and  against  whom  hast  thou  ex- 
alted thy  roice,  and   lifted  up  thy   eyes  on  high? 

ust  the  holy  One  of  Israel. 

24  By  the  hand  of  thy  servants  thou  hast  reproach- 
ed the  Lord:  and  hast  said:  With  the  multitude  of 
liiv  chariots  I  have  -one  up  to  the  height  of  the  moun- 
tains, to  the  top  of  Libanus:  and  I  will  out  down 
its  tall  cedars,  and  its  choice  fir-trees,  and  will  enter 
to  the  top  of  its  height,  to  the  forest  of  its  Carmel.* 

I  have  digged,  and  drunk  water,  and  have 
dried  up  with  the  sole  of  my  foot  all  the  rivers  shut 
up  in  banks. 

26  Hast  thou  not  heard  what  I  have  done  to  him 
of  old?  from  the  dsrjl  of  old  I  have  formed  it:  and 
now  I  have  brought  it  to  effect  :  and  it  hath  come 
to  pass  that  hills  fighting  together,  and  fenced  cities 
should  be  destroyed. 

J7  The  inhabitants  of  them  were  weak  of  hand; 
they  trembled,  and  were  confounded:  they  became 
like  the  pasoef  the  field,  and  the  herb  of  the  pas- 
ture,and  like  the  »rassol  the  house-tops,  which  w  ith- 
(ii  (I  before  it  was  ripe. 

I  know  thy  dwelling,  and  thv  ioing  out,  and 
thy  coming  in,  and  thj  rage  against  trie. 

29  When  thou  wast   mad  against    me,   thy  pride 
le  up  to  ui\  ears:  therefore  I  will  put  a  ring  in  thv 
nose,  and  I  bit  between  thv  lips:  and  I  will  turn  thee 
hark  by  the  wav  1>\   which  thou  earnest. 

Mut  to  thee  this  shall  be  a  sign:  Kat  ihisyear 
the  things  that  spring  of  themselves:  and  in  these- 

*  CarmeL  See  Ihete  figurative  expreannn*  explained  in  the  anaoU- 
ttoat  on  the  sixth  chapter  of  the  Fourth  Bo>k  of  Kion. 


cond  \ear  eat  fruits  :  but  in  the  third  year  sow  and 
reap,  and  plant  vineyards,  and  eat  the  fruit  of  them. 


pi; 
d  tl 


31  And  that  which  shall  l>e  saved  of  the  house 
of  Juda.  and  which  is  left,  shall  take  root  down- 
waid,  and  shall  bear  fruit  upward: 

32  For  out  of  Jerusalem  shall  »o  forth  a  remnant, 
and  salvation  from  mount  Sinn:  the  zeal  of  the 
Lord  of  hosts  shall  do  this. 

33  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  the 
king  of  the  Assyrians:  He  shall  not  come  into  this 
city,  nor  shoot  an  arrow  into  it,  nor  come  btfoTC  it 
with  .shield,  nor  cast  a  trench  80001  it. 

34  li\  the  way  that  be  came,  he  shall  return  : 
and  into  this  city  he  shall  not  conic,  saith  the  Lord. 

35  And  I  will  protect  this  city,  and  will  save  it 
for  my  own  sake,  and  for  the  sake  of  David  my 
H  n  ant. 

36  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  went  out,  and  slew 
in  the  camp  of  the  Assyrians  a  hundred  and  eighty- 
five  thousand.  And  they  arose  in  the  morning,  and 
behold,  they  were  all  dead  corpl 

37  And  Sennacherib  the  king  of  the  Assyrians 
went  out,  and  departed,  and  returned,  and  dwelt  in 
Xinive. 

38  And  it  came  to  nnss,  as  he  was  worshipping  in 
the  temple  of  Ncsroch  his  god,  that  Adramclcch  and 
Sarasar  his  sons  slew  him  w  its  the  s\\  old  :  and  they 
lied  into  the  land  nf  Ararat:  and  Asarhaddon  his 
son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAP.  XXXVIII. 

Ezechias  being  adrertircd  thtit  he  shall  die,  obtains  bp  prayer  a 
prolongation  of  hi*  life:  in   confirmation  nf  which  the  sum 
gotstuck.     Thti  canticle  of  Ezechias. 

FN  those  days  Ezechias  was  sick  even  to  death  : 
-*-  and  Isaias  the  sun  of  Amos  the  prophet  came 
unto  him,  and  said  to  him:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  : 
Take  order  with  thy  house;  for  thou  shalt  die,  and 
not  li\c. 

2  And  Ezechias  turned  his  face  toward  the  wall, 
and  prayed  to  the  Lord  ; 

3  And  said  :  I  beseech  thee,  O  Lord,  remember 
how  I  have  walked  before  thee  in  tuith,  and  with 
a  perfect  heart,  and  have  done  that  which  is  good 
in  thy  sight.    And  Ezechias  wept  with  great  weepim:. 

4  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Isaias, 
saying: 

6  Go  and  say  to  Ezechias:  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
the  ( Sod  of  David  thy  father:  I  have  heard  thy  nraycr, 
and  I  ha\e  seen  thy  tears:  behold,  I  will  add  to  thy 
days  fifteen  years ; 

6  And  1  will  deliver  thee  and  this  city  out  ol 
the  hand  of  the  king  of  the  Assyrians :  and  I  w  ill 
protect  it. 

7  And  this  shall  be  a  sign  to  thee  from  the  Lord, 
that  the  Lord  will  do  this  word  w  Inch  he  hath  spoken  : 

8  Behold,  I  will  bring  again  the  shadow  of  the 
lines,  by  which  it  is  now  gone  down  in  the  sun-dial 
ol  Achaz  with  the  sun,  ten  lines  backward.  And 
the  sun  returned  ten  lines  by  the  degrees  by  which 
it  was  gone  down. 

9  The  writing  of  Ezerhias  king  of  Juda.  when 
he  had  been  sick,  and  was  recovered  ol  his  sickness. 

10  1  said  :  In  the  midst  of  mv  days  I  shall  goto 


CHAP.  XXXIX,  XL 

the  gates  of  hell:*  I  sought  for  the  residue  of  my 
vears. 

11  I  said:  1  shall  not  see  the  Lord  God  in  the 
land  of  the  living.  I  shall  behold  man  no  more,  nor 
the  inhabitant  or  rest. 

12  My  generation  is  at  an  end ;  and  it  is  rolled 
away  from  me,  as  a  shepherd's  tent.  My  life  is 
cut  off.  as  by  a  weaver:  whilst  1  was  yet  but :  begin- 
nig,  be  cut  me  off:  from  morning  even  to  night  thou 
wih  make  an  end  of  me. 


13  1  hoped  till  morning;  as  a  lion  so  hath  he 
broken  all  my  bones:  from  morning  even  to  night 
thou  wilt  make  an  end  of  me. 

14  I  will  cry  like  a  young  swallow;  I  will  me- 
ditate like  a  dove:  my  eyes  are  weakened  looking 
upward:  Lord,  I  suffer  violence:  answer  thou  for  me. 

15  What  shall  I  say,  or  what  shall  he  answer  for 
me,  whereas  he  himself  hath  done  ir  ?  I  will  recount 
to  thee  all  my  years  in  the  bitterness  of  my  soul. 

16  0  Lord,  if  man's  life  be  such,  and  the  life  of 
my  spirit  be  in  such  things  as  these,  thou  shalt 
correct  me,  and  make  me  to  live. 

17  Behold,  in  peace  is  my  bitterness  most  bitter: 
but  thou  hast  delivered  my  soul  that  it  should  not 
perish:  thou  hast  cast  all  my  sins  behind  thy  back. 

18  For  hell  shall  not  confess  to  thee;  neither 
shall  death  praise  thee:  nor  shall  they  that  go  down 
into  the  pit,  look  for  thy  truth. 

19  The  living,  the  living,  he  shall  give  praise  to 
thee,  as  I  do  this  day:  the  father  shall  make  thy 
truth  known  to  the  children. 

20  O  Lord,  save  me,  and  we  will  sing  our  psalms 
all  the  days  of  our  life  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

21  Now  Isaias  had  ordered  that  they  should  take 
a  lump  of  figs,  and  lay  it  as  a  plaster  upon  the  wound, 
and  that  he  should  be  healed. 

22  And  Ezechias  had  said :  What  shall  be  the 
sign  that  I  shall  go  up  to  the  house  of  the  Lord? 

CHAP.  XXXIX. 

Ezechias  shows  all  his  treasures  to  the  embassadors  of  Babylon  : 
upon  which  Isaias  forelels  the  Babylonish  captivity. 

AT  that  time  Merodach  Baladan,  the  son  of  Ba- 
ladan  king  of  Babylon,  sent  letters  and  pre- 
sents to  Ezechias:  for  he  had  heard  that  he  had  been 
sick,  and  was  recovered. 

2  And  Ezechias  rejoiced  at  their  coming:  and 
he  showed  them  the  storehouse  of  his  aromatical 
spices,  and  of  the  silver,  and  of  the  gold,  and  of  the 
sweet  odours,  and  of  the  precious  ointment,  and  all 
the  store-houses  of  his  furniture,  and  all  things  that 
were  found  in  his  treasures.  There  was  nothing 
in  his  house,  nor  in  all  his  dominion  that  Ezechias 
showed  them  not. 

3  Then  Isaias  the  prophet  came  to  king  Ezechias, 
and  said  to  him:  What  said  these  men,  and  from 
whence  came  they  to  thee?  And  Ezechias  said  : 
From  a  far  country  they  came  to  me,  from  Babylon. 

4  And  he  said:  What  saw  they  in  thy  house? 
And  Ezechias  said  :  All  things  that  are  in  my  house 
have  they  seen:  there  was  not  any  thing  which  I 
have  not  shown  them  in  my  treasures. 


♦  HrU     Shpol  or  Hades,  the  region  of  the  dead. 


5  And  Isaias  said  to  Ezechias :  Hear  the  woid 
of  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

6  Behold,  the  days  shall  come,  that  all  that  is  in 
thy  house,  and  that  thy  fathers  have  laid  up  in  store 
until  this  day,  shall  be  carried  away  into  Babylon : 
there  shall  not  anything  be  left,  saith  the  Lord. 

7  And  of  thy  children,  that  shall  issue  from  thee, 
vyhom  thou  shalt  beget,  they  shall  take  away:  and 
they  shall  be  eunuchs  in  the  palace  of  the  king  of 
Babylon. 

8  And  Ezechias  said  to  Isaias:  The  word  of  the 
Lord,  which  he  hath  spoken,  is  good.  And  he  said  : 
Only  let  peace  and  truth  be  in  my  days. 

CHAP.  XL. 

The  prophet  comforts  the  people  with  the  promise  of  the  coming 
of  Christ  to  forgive  their  sins.  God's  almighty  power  and 
majesty. 

T>E  comforted,   be  comforted,  my  people,  saith 

-XJ  your  God. 

2  Speak  ye  to  the  heart  of  Jerusalem,  and  call 
to  her:  for  her  evil  is  come  to  an  end  ;  her  iniquity 
is  forgiven :  she  hath  received  of  the  hand  of  the 
Lord  double  for  all  her  sins. 

3  The  voice  of  one  crying  in  the  desert:  Pre- 
pare ye  the  way  of  the  Lord;  make  straight  in  tho 
wilderness  the  paths  of  our  God. 

4  Every  valley  shall  be  exalted  :  and  every  moun- 
tain and  hill  shall  be  made  low:  and  the  crooked 
shall  become  straight,  and  the  rough  ways  plain. 

5  And  the  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  be  revealed; 
and  all  flesh  together  shall  see,  that  the  mouth  of  the 
Lord  hath  spoken. 

6  The  voice  of  one,  saying:  Cry.  And  I  said  : 
What  shall  1  cry?  All  flesh  is  grass,  and  all  the  glory 
thereof  as  the  flower  of  the  field. 

7  The  grass  is  withered,  and  the  flower  is  fallen, 
because  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  hath  blown  upon  it. 
Indeed  the  people  is  grass: 

8  The  grass  is  withered,  and  the  flower  is  fallen : 
but  the  word  of  our  Lord  endureth  for  ever. 

9  Get  thee  up  upon  a  high  mountain,  thou  that 
bringest  good  tidings  to  Sion  :  lift  up  thy  voice  with 
strength,  thou  that  bringest  good  tidings  to  Jerusa- 
lem :  lift  it  up  ;  fear  not.  Say  to  the  cities  of  Juda : 
Behold  your  God : 

10  Behold,  the  Lord  God  shallcome  with  strength; 
and  his  arm  shall  rule:  behold,  his  reward  is  with 
him,  and  his  work  is  before  him. 

11  He  shall  feed  his  flock  like  a  shepherd:  he 
shall  gather  together  the  lambs  with  his  arm,  and 
shall  take  them  up  in  his  bosom:  and  he  himself 
shall  carry  them  that  are  with  young. 

12  Who  hath  measured  the  waters  in  the  hollow 
of  bis  hand,  and  weighed  the  heavens  with  his 
palm?  who  hath  poised  with  three  fingers  the  bulk 
of  the  earth,  and  weighed  the  mountains  in  scales, 
and  the  hills  in  a  balance  ? 

13  Who  hath  forwarded  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord? 
or  who  hathbeenhiscounsellor,  and  hath  taught  him? 

14  With  whom  hath  he  consulted?  and  who 
hath  instructed  him,  and  taught  him  the  path  of  jus- 
tice, and  taught  him  knowledge,  and  showed  bin) 
the  way  of  understanding  ? 

581 


ISAIAS. 


1")  Behold,  tin'  Gcntilrs  nn-  as  a  drop  of  a  bucket, 
mil  are  counted  as  (lie  smallest  grain  of  a  balance: 
behold,  the  islands  an- as  a  little  iln-t. 

Ill  And  Libanus  shall  not  be  enough  to  burn,  nor 
tin*  beasts  thereof  sufficient  tor  a  burut-offering. 

17  All  nations  art1  before  him  as  if  they  had  no 
being  at  all,  and  are  counted  to  him  as  nothing,  and 
vanity. 

18  To  whom  then  have  you  likened  God?  or 
what  image  will  you  make  for  him? 

19  Haih  the  workman  cast  a  graven  statue?  or 
hith  the  goldsmith  formed  it  with  gold,  or  the  sil- 
\ ,  i  - : 1 1 i t li  W  llll   |ilatrs  of  silver  ' 

20  He  hath  chosen  Strong  wood,  and  that  will 
not  rot:  tin-  skilful  workman  set  kith  how  he  max 
sit  up  an  idol  that  may  not  lie  moved. 

21  Do  you  not  know-  bath  it  not  been  beard  ? 
hath  it  pot  been  told  you  from  the  beginning?  hate 
you  not  Understood  the  foundations  of  the  earth? 

It  is  be  that  sitteth  u|ioa  the  globe  of  the 

earth;  and  the  inhaliitanls  thereof  are  as  locusts  : 
he  that  stretcheth  out  the  heavens  as  nothing,  and 
spreadeth  them  out  as  a  tent  to  dwell  in. 

23  He  that  bringeth  the  searchers  of  secrets  to 
nothing,  that  hath  made  tlie  judges  of  the  earth  as 
vanit] . 

24  And  surelv  their  stock  was  neither  planted, 
nor  sown,  nor  rooted  in  the  earth  :  suddenly  he  hath 
blown  upon  them;  and  they  are  withered,  and  a 
whirlwind  shall  take  them  away  as  stubble. 

25  And  to  whom  have  ye  likened  me,  or  made 
me  equal,  saith  tin-  holy  One? 

26  Lift  up  your  eyes  on  high,  and  see  who  hath 
created  these  things;  WOO  bringeth  out  their  host 
by  BUIttber,  ami  calleth  them  all  by  their  names: 
bj  the  greatness  of  his  might,  and  strength,  and  pow- 
er, not  one  of  them  was  missing. 

27  Why  s;i\e>t  thou,  <)  Jacob,  and  speakcst,  O 
Israel  :  My  w  i\  is  hid  from  the  Lord :  and  my  judg- 
ment is  passed  over  from  my  God  ? 

28  Knowest  thou  not,  or  hast  thou  not  heard  ? 
the  Lord  is  the  everlasting  God,  who  bath  created 
the  ends  of  the  earth  :  he  shall  not  faint,  nor  labour  ; 
neither  is  there  any  searching  out  of  his  wisdom. 

29  It  is  he  that  giveth  strength  to  the  weary,  and 
increased)  force  and  might  to  them  that  are  not. 

30  Youths  shall  faint  and  labour ;  and  young  men 
shall  fall  by  infirmity. 

.'■I  But  tiny  that  bojie  in  the  Lord  shall  renew 
their  strength  ;  they  shall  take  w  nigs  as  eaglet  ; 
thev  shall  run,  and  not  be  weary  ;  they  shall  walk 
and  not  taint. 

Cll  IP.  \LI. 

Thf  rrign  of  the  just  one  :  the  vanity  of  idols. 

LET  the  islands  keep  silence  before  me,  and  the 
nations  take  new  strength:  ht  them  come  near, 
a  ml  I  hen  speak  :  let  iiseome  near  to  judgment  together. 
J  Who  hath  raised  up  the  just  ( )ne  from  the  east, 
bath  called  him  to  follow  him  ?  he  shall  give  the  na- 
tions in  his  sight,  and  he  shall  rule  over  kings  ;  he 
shall  give  them  as  the  dust  to  his  sword,  as  stubble 
driven  by  the  wind  to  his  how. 


3  He  shall  pursue  them  :  he  shall  pass  in  peace; 
no  path  shall  appear  after  his  feet. 

4  Who  hath  wrought  and  done  these  things,  call 
ing  the  general  ions  from  the  beginning?  I  the  Lord 

I  am  the  fust  and  the  last. 

6  The  islands  saw  it  and  feared  ;  the  ends  of  the 
earth  were  astonished  :    they  drew   near,  and  came. 

6  Every  one  shall  help  his  neighliour,  and  shall 
say  to  his  brother  :    lie  of  good  coinage. 

7  The  coppersmith  Striking  with  the  hammer 
encouraged  him  that  forged  at  that  time,  saving:  It 
is  readv  for  Soldering:  and  he  strengthened  it  with 
nails,  that  it  should  not  be  moved. 

8  But  thou,  Israel,  art  my  servant,  Jacob  whom 
I  have  chosen.  I  he  seed  of  Abraham  my  friend. 

9  In  whom  I  have  taken  thee  from  the  ends  ol  the 
earth,  and  from  the  remote  parts  thereof  have  call- 
ed thee,  and  said  to  thee  :  Thou  art  my  servant:  I 
have  chosen  thee,  and  have  not  cast  thee  aw  av. 

10  Fear  not.  for  I  am  with  thee  :  turn  not  aside, 
for  I  am  thy  God:  I  have  strengthened  thee,  and 
have  helped  thee  ;  and  the  right  hand  of  my  just 
One  hath    upheld  thee. 

1 1  Heboid  all  that  fight  against  thee  shall  be  con- 
founded and  ashamed:  the]  shall  be  as  nothing, 
and  the   men  shall    perish    that   strive  against  thee. 

12  Thou  shall  seek  them,  and  shall  not  find,  the 
men  that  resist  thee  :  thev  shall -lie  as  nothing;  and 
as  a  thing  consumed  the  men  that  war  against  thee. 

I.)  For  I  am  the  Lord  thv  God,  who  take  thee  by 
the  hand,  and  sav  tothee:  Fear  not,  I  have  helped  thee. 

14  Fear  not,  thou  worm  of  Jacob,  von  that  are 
dead  of  Israel:  I  have  helped  thee,  saith  the  Lord, 
and  thv  redeemer  the  holy  One  of  Israel. 

15  1  have  made  thee  as  a  new  threshing  wain, 
with  teeth  like  a  saw  :  thou  shall  thresh  the  moun- 
tains, and  break  them  in  pieces  ;  and  shalt  make  the 
hills  as  chair. 

16  Thou  shalt  fan  them  :  and  the  wind  shall 
carry  them  away,  and  the  whirlwind  shall  scatter 
them  :  and  thou  shalt  rejoice  in  the  Lord;  in  the  holy 
One  of  Israel  thou  shalt  be  joyful. 

17  The  needy  and  the  poor  seek  for  waters,  and 
there  are  none  :  their  tongue  hath  been  drv  with 
thirst.  I  the  Lord  will  hear  them  :  I  the  God  of 
Israel  will  not  forsake  them. 

18  I  will  open  rivers  in  the  high  hills,  and  foiin 
tains  in  the  midst  of  the  plains:  I  will  turn  the  tie 
sert  into  pools  of  waters,  and  the    impassable   land 
into    streams  of  waters. 

19  I  will  plant  iu  the  wilderness  the  cedar,  ami 
the  thorn,*  and  the  myrtle,  and  the  olive-tree:  I 
will  set  in  the  desert  the  fir-tree,  the  elm,  and  the 
box-tree  together : 

20  That  they  may  see  and  know,  and  eonsidei 
and  understand  together  that  the  hand  of  the  Lord 
hath  done  this,   and  the  holy  One  of  Israel  bath 

ited  it. 

21  Bring  your  cause  near,  saith  the  Lord  :  bring 
hither,  if  you  have  any  thing  to  allege,  said  the  King 
of  Jacob. 


*  TV  thorn,     la  Hebrew,  tlie  tkuu  at  tttm,  a  tree  resembling  tk» 
white  Utorn. 


CHAP.  XLII,  XL1II 


22  Let  them  come,  and  tell  us  all  things  that  are 
to  come  :  tell  us  the  former  things  what  they  were  : 
;tnd  we  will  set  our  heart  upon  them,  and  Shall 
know  the  latter  end  of  them,  and  tell  us  the  things 
that  are  to  come. 

23  Show  the  things  that  are  to  come  hereafter  ; 
and  we  shall  know  that  ye  are  gods.  Do  ye  also 
good  or  evil,  if  you  can  :  and  let  us  speak  and  see 
together. 

24  Behold,  you  are  of  nothing,  and  your  work 
of  that  which  hath  no  being:  he  that  hath  chosen 
you  is  an  abomination. 

25  I  have  raised  up  one  from  the  north  :  and  he 
shall  come  from  the  rising  of  the  sun  :  he  shall  call 
upon  my  name ;  and  he  shall  make  princes  to  be 
as  dirt,  and  as  the  potter  treading  clay. 

26  Who  hath  declared  from  the  beginning,  that 
we  mav  know  ;  and  from  time  of  old,  that  we  may 
say  :  Thou  art  just  ?  There  is  none  that  showeth, 
nor  that  foretelieth,  nor  that  heareth  your  words. 

27  The  first  shall  say  to  Sion  :  Behold,  they  are 
here,  and  to  Jerusalem  I  will  give  an  evangelist. 

28  And  I  saw,  and  there  was  no  one  even  among 
them  to  consult,  or  who,  when  I  asked,  could  an- 
swer a  word. 

29  Behold,  they  are  all  in  the  wrong,  and  their 
works  are  vain  :   their  idols  are  wind  and  vanity. 

CHAP.  XLII. 

The  office  of  Christ.     The  preaching  of  the  gospel  to  the  Gen- 
tiles.    The  blindness  and  reprobation  of  the  Jews. 

OEHOLD  my  servant;*  I  will  uphold  him: 
-^-*  my  elect,  my  soul  delighteth  in  him  :  I  have 
given  my  spirit  upon  him  ;  he  shall  bring  forth 
judgment  to  the  Gentiles. 

2  He  shall  not  cry,  nor  have  respect  to  person  ; 
neither  shall  his  voice  be  heard  abroad. 

3  The  bruised  reed  he  shall  not  break :  and 
smoking  flax  he  shall  not  quench  :  he  shall  bring 
forth  judgment  unto  truth. 

4  He  shall  not  be  sad,  nor  troublesome,  till  he 
set  judgment  in  the  earth  :  and  the  islands  shall  wait 
for  his  law. 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  that  created  the  hea- 
vens, and  stretched  them  out :  that  established  the 
earth,  and  the  things  that  spring  out  of  it :  that 
giveth  breath  to  the  people  upon  it,  and  spirit  to 
them  that  tread  thereon. 

6  I  the  Lord  have  called  thee  in  justice,  and  taken 
thee  by  the  hand,  and  preserved  thee.  And  I  have 
given  thee  for  a  covenant  of  the  people,  for  a  light 
of  the  Gentiles : 

7  That  thou  mightest  open  the  eyes  of  the  blind, 
and  bring  forth  the  prisoner  out  of  prison,  and  them 
that  sit  in  darkness  out  of  the  prison  house. 

8  I  the  Lord,  this  is  my  name  :  I  will  not  give 
my  glory  to  another,  nor  my  praise  to  graven  things. 

9  The  things  that  were  first,  behold,  they  are 
come :  and  new  things  do  I  declare :  before  they 
spring  forth,  1  will  make  you  hear  them. 

10  Sing  ye  to  the  Lord  a  new  song  ;  his  praise 
is  from  the  ends  of  the  earth:  you  that  go  down  to 


*  My  servant.    Christ,  who,  according  to  his  hunu  siity,  is  the  servant 
qi  God. 


the  sea,  and  all  that  are  therein:  ye  islands,  and 
ye  inhabitants  of  them. 

1 1  Let  the  desert  and  the  cities  thereof  be  exalt- 
ed :  Cedar  shall  dwell  in  houses  :  ye  inhabitants 
of  Petra,+  give  praise  ;  they  shall  cry  from  the  top 
of  the  mountains 

12  They  shall  give  glory  to  the  Lord,  and  shall 
declare  his  praise  in  the  islands. 

13  The  Lord  shall  go  forth  as  a  mighty  man:  as 
a  man  of  war  shall  he  stir  up  zeal :  he  shall  shout 
and  cry:  he  shall  prevail  against  his  enemies. 

14  I  have  always  held  my  peace;  I  have  kept 


silence;  I  have  been  patient;  I  will  speak   now  as 
a  woman  i 
up  at  once. 


a  woman  in  labour 


n  pane 
;  I  wi 


ill  destroy,  and  swallow 


15  1  will  lay  waste  the  mountains  and  hills,  and 
will  make  all  their  grass  to  wither :  and  I  will  turn 
rivers  into  islands,  and  will  dry  up  the  standing  pools. 

16  And  I  will  lead  the  blind  into  the  way  which 
they  know  not :  and  in  the  paths  which  they  were 
ignorant  of,  I  will  make  them  walk :  1  will  make 
darkness  light  before  them,  and  crooked  things 
straight :  these  things  have  I  done  to  them,  and 
have  not  forsaken  them. 

17  They  are  turned  back  :  let  them  be  greatly 
confounded,  that  trust  in  a  graven  thing,  that  say  to 
a  molten  thing  :  You  are  our  gods. 

18  Hear,  ye  deaf;  and  ye  blind,  behold,  that 
you  may  see. 

19  Who  is  blind,  but  my  servant  ?  or  deaf,  but 
he  to  whom  I  have  sent  my  messengers?  Who  is 
blind  but  he  that  is  sold  ?  or  who  is  blind,  but  the 
servant  of  the  Lord. 

20  Thou  that  seest  many  things,  wilt  thou  not 
observe  them  ?  thou  that  hast  ears  open,  wilt  thou 
not  hear  ? 

21  And  the  Lord  was  willing  to  sanctify  him, 
and  to  magnify  the  law,  and  exalt  it. 

22  But  this  is  a  people  that  is  robbed  and  wast- 
ed :  they  are  all  the  snare  of  young  men  :  and  they 
are  hid  in  the  houses  of  prisons  :  they  are  made  a 
prey ;  and  there  is  none  to  deliver  them :  a  spoil,  and. 
there  is  none  that  saith  :  Restore. 

23  Who  is  there  amongyou  that  will  give  ear  to  this, 
that  will  attend  and   hearken  for  times  to  come? 

24  Who  hath  given  Jacob  for  a  spoil,  and  Israel 
to  robbers  ?  hath  not  the  Lord  himself,  against 
whom  we  have  sinned  ?  And  they  would  not  walk 
in  his  ways:  and  they  have  not  hearkened  to  his  law. 

25  And  he  hath  poured  out  upon  him  the  indig- 
nation of  his  fury,  and  a  strong  battle,  and  hath 
burnt  him  round  about;  and  he  knew  not;  and  set 
him  on  fire  ;  and  he  understood  not. 

CHAP.  XLTII. 

God  comforts  his  church,  promising  to  protect  her  for  ever:  he 
expostulates  with  the  Jews  for  their  ingratitude. 

\  ND  now  thus  saith  the  Lord  that  created  thee, 
-£*■  O  Jacob,  and  formed  thee,  O  Israel :  Fear  nor, 
for  I  have  redeemed  thee,  and  called  thee  by  thy 
name:   thou  art  mine. 

f  Petra.     A  city  that  gives  name  to  Arabia  Fetraa. 
583 


f  When  thou  shah  pass  through  the  waters  I  will 
be  with  thee:  ud  the  riven  shall  not  covet  thee: 

when  thou  shall  walk  in  the    fire,   thou  shall  not  \n- 
burnt:   and   the  llaines  shall  not  luirn  in  tin.  : 

.r  I   am  the  Lord  thy  God.  the  holy  One  of 
Israel,  thj  Saviour:  I  have  given  Egypt  for  thy  atone- 
ment, Ethiopia,  and  Saba  for  thee. 
4  Since  thou  becamest  boeourable  in  mv  eyes 

thou  an  glorious:    I  have  loved  thee,  and  1   will  give 
men  for  lint,  and  people  tor  thv  life. 

'»  l'cat  not.  lor  lam   with  thee:    I  will  bring   thy 
I  from  the  eaat,  and  gather  thee  from  the  west. 

6  I  will  say  to  the  north:  Give  up:  and  to  the 
south:  Keep  not  bark:  bring  my  sons  from  alar, 
and  mv  daughters  Irom  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

,  \iiii  even  one  that  ealleth  upon  my  name,  I 
have  (Hated  him  lor  my  glory  :  I  have  formed  him 
and  made  him. 

!'.  Bring  forth  the  people  that  are  blind,  and  have 
;    that  are  deaf,  and  have  ears. 

9  All  the  nations  are  assembled  together,  and  the 
triU's  are  gathered:  who  among  you  can  declare 
this,  and  shall  make  its  hear  the  former  things?  let 
them  bring  forth  th«ir  witnesses:  let  them  be  justi- 
fied, and    hear,  and  say:  It  is  truth. 

10  You  are  my  Witnesses,  saith  the  Lord,  and 
m\  si  r\ ant  whom  I  have  ehosen;  that  you  may  know, 
and  believe  me,  and  understand  that  I  myself  am. 
Before  me  there  was  no  God  formed,  and  after  me 
there  shall  be  none. 

11  1  am,  I  am  tin-  Lord:  and  there  is  no  saviour 
besides  me. 

11  I  have  declared* and  have  saved:  I  have  made 
it  heard:  and  there  was  no  strange  one  among  you. 

You  are  my  w  'mioses,  saith  the  Lord,  and  I  am  Ciod. 

13  And  from  the  beginning  I  am  the  same:  and 
lure  is  none  that  can  deliver  out  of  my  hand:  1  will 
vork.  and  who  shall  turn  it  away? 

1  V  Thus  s;iitli  the  Lord  your  redeemer,  the  holy 
One  of  Israel :  For  your  sake  I  sent  t<>  Babj  Ion,  and 
have  brought  down  all  (heir  bars,  and  the  Chaldeans 
glorying  in  their  ships. 

l.i  1  dm  the  Lord  your  holy  One,  the  Creator  of 
Israel,  your  King. 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  who  made  a  way  in  the 
sea,  and  a  path  in  the  mighty  waters: 

17  Who  brought  forth  the  chariot  and  the  horse, 
the  army  and  the  strong:  they  lay  down  to  sleep 
together,  and  they  shall  not  i  in:  they  are 
broken  as  flax,  and  are  extinct. 

18  Remember  not  former  things,  and  look  not  on 
things  of  old. 

18  Behold,  1  do  new  things:  and  now  they  shall 
spring  forth:  verily  you  shall  know  them:  I  will 
make  a  «  a\  in  the  wilderness,  and  rivers  in  the  desert. 

20  The  beast  of  the  in  Id  shall  glorify  me,  the 
dragons  and  the  ostriches :  because  1  have  Riven 
waters  in  the  wilderness;  rivers  in  the  desert,  to 
give  drink  to  my  people,  to  my  chosen. 

Jl  This  people  have  I  formed  for  myself:  they 
shall  show   forth  my  praise. 

Hut  thou  hast  not   <alled  upon  me,  O  Jacob; 
neither  hast  thou  laboured  about  me,  <>  Liael. 

604 


ISAIAS, 

23  Thou  hast  not  offered  me  the  ram  of  thy  ho 
locaUSt,  nor  hast  thou  glorified  DM  with  thy  victims. 
1  have  not  caused  thee    to  serve  with  oblations,  nor 
wearied  thee  with  iuccn 

24  Thou  hast  bought  DM  DO  SWCet  cane  with 
money  ;  neither  hast  thou  tilled  DM  with  the  fat  of 
thy  victims.  Hut  thou  hast  made  me  to  serve  with 
thy  sins;  thou  hast    wearied  me  with  thy  hi'ujuiticv 

25  I  am,  I  am  he  that  blot  out  thv  iniquities  |',,r 
my  own  sake:  and  I  will  not  remember  thy  sins. 

26  Put  me  in  remembrance,  and  let  us  plead  to- 
gether: tell  if  thou  hast  any  thing  to  justify  thyself. 

27  Thy  first  father  sinned:  and  thy  teachers 
have  transgressed  against  me. 

28  And  1  have  profaned  the  holy  princes:  I  have 
given  Jaeob  to  slaughter,  and  Israel  to  reproach 

CHAP.  XLIV. 


\ 


tldd**  favour  to  liis  rhurrh.     Tin  Jolly  qf  idolatry.     The  people 
shall  be  delivered  from  eaptiritu. 

AND  now  hear,  O  Jaeob  my  servant,  and  Israel 
w  horn  I  have  chosen. 

2  Thus  saith  the    Lord  that   made  and    formed 
thee,  thy  helper  from  the   womb:    Fear  not,  ()  m 
servant   Jacob,  and   thou   most   righteous   whom 
Dave  chosen. 

3  For  I  will  pour  out  waters  upon  the  thirsty 
ground, and  streams  upon  the  dry  land:  I  will  pour 
out  my  spirit  upon  thy  seed,  and  my  blessing  upon 
thy  stoek. 

4  And  they  shall  spring  up  among  the  herbs,  as 
willows  beside  the  running  waters. 

5  One  shall  say:  I  am  the  Lord's:  and  another 
shall  call  himself  by  the  name  of  Jacob;  and  another 
shall  suliserilK-  with  his  hand,  To  the  Lord,  and 
surname  himself  by  the  name  Of  Israel. 

6  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  king  of  Israel,  and 
his  redeemer  the  Lord  of  hosts:  I  am  the  first  and 
I    am  the  last  :    and    besides  me   there  is  no  gctd. 

7  Who  is  like  to  me?  let  him  call  and  declare. 
and  let  him  set  before  me  the  order  since  I  appointed 
the  ancient  people:  and  the  things  to  come,  and 
that    shall  be    hereafter,  let  them  show    unto  them. 

8  Fear  ye  not;  neither  be  ye  troubled,  from  that 
time  1  have  made  thee  to  hear,  and  have  declared: 
you  are  my  witnesses.  Is  there  a  God  l*  sides  tin, 
a  maker,  whom  I  have  not  known? 

9  The  makers  of  idols  are  all  of  them  nothing  ; 
and  their  best  beloved  things,  shall  not  profit  tin  in. 

They  are  their  WJtBCBSCB,  that  they  do  not  see,  nor 
understand,  that  they  may  be  ashamed. 

10  Who  hath  formed  a  god,  and  made  a  grat<  n 
thing  that  is  profitable  for  nothing? 

11  Behold,  all  the  partakers  thereof  shall  be  con- 
founded: for  the  makers  are  men:  they  shall  all  as- 
semble together:  they  shall  stand  and  fear,  and 
shall  be  confounded  together* 

12  The  smith  hath  wrought  with  his  file:  with 
coals  and  with  hammers  he  hath  formed  it,  and  hath 
wrought  with  the  Strength  of  his  arm:  he  shall  hun- 
ger and  faint:  he  shall  drink  no  water,  and  shall  l>e 
weary. 

13  The  carpenter  hath  stretched  out  his  rule;  hv 


CHAP.  XLV. 


hath  formed  it  with  a  plane  :  he  hath  made  it  with 
comers,  and  hath  fashioned  it  round  with  the  com- 
pass: and  he  hath  made  the  image  of  a  man  as  it 
were  a  beautiful  man  dwelling  in  a  house. 

14  He  hath  cut  down  cedars,  taken  the  holm,  and 
the  oak  that  stood  among  the  trees  of  the  forest  : 
he  hath  planted  the  pine-tree,  which  the  rain  hath 
nourished. 

15  And  it  hath  served  men  for  fuel:  he  took 
thereof,  and  warmed  himself:  and  he  kindled  it,  and 
baked  bread :  but  of  the  reist  he  made  a  god,  and 
adored  it :  he  made  a  graven  thing,  and  bowed  down 
before  it. 

16  Part  of  it  he  burnt  with  fire;  and  with  part  of 
it  he  dressed  his  meat :  he  boiled  pottage,  and  was 
filled,  and  was  warmed,  and  said :  Aha,  I  am  warm ; 
1  have  seen  the  fire. 

17  But  the  residue  thereof  he  made  a  god,  and  a 
graven  thing  for  himself:  he  boweth  down  before  it, 
and  adoreth  it  and  prayeth  unto  it,  saying  :  Deliver 
me  ;   for  thou  art  my  God. 

18  They  have  not  known,  nor  understood:  for 
their  eyes  are  covered  that  they  may  not  see,  and 
that  they  may  not  understand  with  their  heart. 

19  They  do  not  consider  in  their  mind,  nor  know, 
nor  have  the  thought  to  say:  I  have  burnt  part  of  it 
in  the  fire,  and  1  have  baked  bread  upon  the  coals 
thereof:  1  have  broiled  flesh,  and  have  eaten ;  and 
of  the  residue  thereof  shall  I  make  an  idol?  shall  I 
fall  down  before  the  stock  of  a  tree? 

20  Part  thereof  is  ashes:  his  foolish  heart  adoreth 
it:  and  he  will  not  save  his  soul,  nor  say:  Perhaps 
there  is  a  lie  in  my  right  hand. 

21  Remember  these  things,  O  Jacob,  and  Israel : 
for  thou  art  my  servant.  I  have  formed  thee;  thou 
art  my  servant,  O  Israel ;    forget  me  not. 

22  I  have  blotted  out  thy  iniquities  as  a  cloud, 
and  thy  sins  as  a  mist:  return  to  me,  for  I  have  re- 
deemed thee. 

23  Give  praise,  O  ye  heavens,  for  the  Lord  hath 
shown  mercy :  shout  with  joy,  ye  ends  of  the  earth : 
ye  mountains,  resound  with  praise;  thou,  O  forest, 
and  every  tree  therein :  for  the  Lord  hath  redeemed 
Jacob;  and  Israel  shall  be  glorified. 

24  Thus  saith  the  Lord  thy  redeemer,  and  thy 
maker,  from  the  womb:  lam  the  Lord,  that  make 
all  things,  that  alone  stretch  out  the  heavens,  that 
establish  the  earth:  and  there  is  none  with  me: 

25  That  make  void  the  tokens  of  diviners,  and 
make  the  soothsayers  mad :  that  turn  the  wise  back- 
ward, and  that  make  their  knowledge  foolish  : 

26  That  raise  up  the  word  of  my  servant,  and 

Serform  the  counsel  of  my  messengers,  who  say  to 
erusalem:  Thou  shalt  be  inhabited:  and  to  the  ci- 
ties of  Juda  :  You  shall  be  built;  and  I  will  raise 
up  the  wastes  thereof: 

27  Who  say  to  the  deep  :  Be  thou  desolate,  and  I 
will  dry  up  thy  rivers: 

28  Who  say  to  Cyrus  :  Thou  art  my  shepherd, 
and  thou  shalt  perform  all  my  pleasure:  Who  say 
to  Jerusalem  :Thou  shalt  be  built :  and  to  the  tem- 
ple •  Thv  foundations  shall  be  laid. 

4E 


CHAP.  XLV. 

A  prophecy  of  Cyrus,  as  a  figure  of  Christ,  the  great  deliverer 
of  God's  people. 

HPHUS  saith  the  Lord  to  my  anointed  Cyrus, 
-1-  whose  right  hand  I  have  taken  hold  of,  to  sub- 
due nations  before  his  face,  and  to  turn  the  backs 
of  kings,  and  to  open  the  doors  before  him  ;  and  the 
gates  shall  not  be  shut. 

2  I  will  go  before  thee,  and  will  humble  the 
great  ones  of  the  earth:  1  will  break  in  pieces  the 
gates  of  brass,  and  will  burst  the  bars  of  iron. 

3  And  I  will  give  thee  hidden  treasures,  and  the 
concealed  riches  of  secret  places :  that  thou  mayst 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord  who  call  thee  by  thy  name, 
the  God  of  Israel. 

4  For  the  sake  of  my  servant  Jacob,  and  Israel 
my  elect,  I  have  even  called  thee  by  thy  name:  I 
have  made  a  likeness  of  thee;  and  thou  hast  not 
known  me. 

5  I  am  the  Lord,  and  there  is  none  else :  there  is 
no  God  besides  me :  I  girded  thee ;  and  thou  hast 
not  known  me : 

6  That  they  may  know  who  are  from  the  rising 
of  the  sun,  and  they  who  are  from  the  west,  that 
there  is  none  besides  me.  1  am  the  Lord,  and  there 
is  none  else  : 

7  I  form  the  light,  and  create  darkness.  I  make 
peace,  and  create  evil  :*  I  the  Lord  that  do  all  these 
things. 

8  Drop  down  dew,  ye  heavens,  from  above,  and 
let  the  clouds  rain  the  just:  let  the  earth  be  opened, 
and  bud  forth  a  saviour:  and  let  justice  spring  up 
together:  I  the  Lord  have  created  him. 

9  Wo  to  him  that  gainsayeth  his  Maker,  a  sherd 
of  the  earthen  pots:  shall  the  clay  say  to  him  that 
fashioneth  it:  What  art  thou  making;  and  thy  work 
is  without  hands? 

10  Wo  to  him  that  saith  to  his  father:  Why  be- 
gettest  thou  ?  and  to  the  Woman :  Why  dost  thou 
bring  forth  ? 

1 1  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  holy  One  of  Israel, 
his  Maker:  Ask  me  of  things  to  come,  concerning 
my  children,  and  concerning  the  work  of  my  hands 
give  ye  charge  to  me. 

12  1  made  the  earth:  and  I  created  man  upon  it : 
my  hand  stretched  forth  the  heavens;  and  I  have 
commanded  all  their  host. 

13  I  have  raised  him  up  to  justice,  and  I  will  di- 
rect all  his  ways:  he  shall  build  my  city,  and  let  go 
my  captives,  not  for  ransom,  nor  lor  presents,  saith 
the  Lord  the  God  of  hosts. 

14  Thus  saith  the  Lord:  The  labour  of  Egypt, 
and  the  merchandise  of  Ethiopia,  and  of  Sabaim, 
men  of  stature  shall  come  over  to  thee,  and  shall  be 
thine :  they  shall  walk  after  thee ;  they  shall  go  bound 
with  manacles:  and  they  shall  worship  thee,  and 
shall  make  supplication  to  thee:  only  in  thee  is  God; 
and  there  is  no  God  besides  thee. 

15  Verily  thou  art  a  hidden  God,  the  God  of  Israe 
the  saviour. 

*  Create  evil  ,  ifc.  The  evils  of  afflictions  and  punishments,  but  ml 
the  evil  of  sin. 

685 


1SAIAS. 


even 


16  They  are  all  confounded,  and  ■shamed:  the 
forgers  of  errors  ire  gone  together  into  confusion. 

1  7  Israel  is  saved  in  the  Lord  with  an  eternal  sal- 
ration:  yon  shall  not  be  confounded;  and  yon  shall 
not  be  ashamed  for  ever  and  ever. 

18  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  that  ereated  the  hea- 
vens, God  himself  that  formed  the  earth,  and  made 
it,  the  very  maker  thereof:  lie  did  not  create  it  in 
vain  :  In-  formed  it  to  be  inhabited.  I  <///«  the  Lord, 
and  there  is  no  other. 

19  I  here  not  spoken  in  secret,  in  a  dark  place  of 
the  earth:  I  have  not  said  to  the  seed  of  Jacob:  Seek 
me  in  vain.  I  am  the  Lord  that  speak  justice,  that 
declare  right  thil 

20  Assemble  yourselves,  and  come,  and  draw 
near  together,  ye  that  are  eared  of  the  gentiles:  they 
have  no  knowledge  thai  set  up  the  wood  of  their 
graven  work,  and  pray  to  a  god  that  cannot  save. 

SI  Tell  fe,  and  come,  and  consult  together:  who 
hath  declared  this  from  the  beginning,  who  hath 
foretold  this  from  that  time?  Have  not  I  the  Lord, 
and  there  is  no  God  else  besides  me?  A  just  God 
and  a  Bariour;  there  is  none  besides  mc. 

Be  converted  to  me,  and  you  shall  be  saved, 
all  re  ends  of  the  earth:  for  I  am  God,  and  there  is 
no  other. 

23  I  have  sworn  by  myself,  the  word  of  justice 
•hall  no  out  of  my  mouth,  and  shall  not  return: 

lor  every  knee  shall  be  bowed  to  me,  and 
tongue  shall  swear. 

Therefore  shall  he  say:  in  the  Lord  are  my 
justices  and  empire:  they  shall  come  to  him;  and 
all  that  resist  him,  shall  be  confounded. 

26*  In  the  Lord  shall  all  the  seed  of  Israel  be  justi- 
fied and  praised. 

CHAP.  XLVI. 

The  iilolf  oj  Bdhylan  tltiill  he  Histr'iii-il.    Snlruliun  is  prnmiterl 
thyiis't  Christ. 

BEL  is  broken  :    Nairn   is  destroyed:   their  idols 
are  put  upon  beasts  and  cattle:  yom  burdens  of 
heavy  weight  even  unto  weariness. 

I  |'he\  are  consumed,  and  are  broken  together: 
they  could  not  save  him  that  carried  them;  and  the] 
themselves  shall  go  into  captivity. 

•  I  Hearken  unto  me.  O  house  of  Jacob,  nil  the 
remnant  of  the  house  of  Israel,  who  are  carried  by 
my  bowels,  are  l>orn  up  by  mv  womb. 

4  Even  to  '/"»'  old  age  I  am  the  same;  and   to 

your  gray  hairs  1  will  canv  mm:  I  have  made  you, 
and  I  will  bear:    I  will  earn,  and  will  save. 

5  To  whom  have  you  likened  me,  and  made  me 
equal,  and  compared  me,  and  made  me  1  i k i •  ' 

t>    Vou  that  contribute  Bold  out  of  the    bag,  and 
ih  out  silver  in  the  scales:  and  hire  a  goldsmith 
to  make  a  rod:  and  thev  tall  down,  and  Worship. 

7  Thev  bear  him  on  their  shoulders,  and  carry 
him.  and  set  him  in  his  place:  and  he  shall  stand. 
and  shall  not  stir  out  of  his  place.  Yea.  when  they 
shall  crv  also  unto  him.  he  shall  not  hear  :  he  shall 
not  save  them  from  tribulation. 

8  Remember  this,  and  be  ashamed:  return,  ye 
transgressors,  to  the  heart. 

9  Remember  the  former  ajp;  for  I  am  God,  and 

m 


there  is  no  God  beside,  neither  is  th  re  the  like  to 
me  : 

10  Who  show  from  the  he-inning  the  things  that 
I  be  at    last,  and  from   ancient  times  the  things 

that  as  yet  are  not  done,  taring  :  Mj  counsel  -hah 
stand:  and  all  my  will  shall  be  done: 

11  Who  call  a  bird  from  the  east,  and  from  a  fat 
Country  the  man  of  my  own  w  ill ;  and  I  have  spoken, 
and  will  bring  it  to  pass:  1  have  created, and  I  will 
do  it.  Hear  me,  O  ye  hard-hearted,  who  arc  far 
from  justice. 

12  I  have  brought  my  justice  near:  it  shall  not  In- 
far  off:  and  my  salvation  shall  not  tarry.  I  will 
give  salvation  in  Sion,  and  mv  glory  in  Israel. 

CHAP.  XLVII.  ' 

CofTs  judgment   upon  lluhyhn. 

/^OME  down:  sit  in  the  dust,  o  \  irgin  daughter 

yJ  of  Babylon,  sit  on  the  ground  :  there  is  no  ihrone 
for  the  daughter  of  the  Chaldeans;  for  thou  shall  no 
more  be  called  delicate  and  tender 

2  Take  a  mill-stone,  and   grind   meal;   UBCOrei 
thy  shame,    strip  thy  shoulder,  make  bare  thy  I 
pass  over  the  rivers. 

3  Thy  nakedness  shall  be  discovered :  and  thy 
shame  shall  be  seen:  I  will  take  vengeance,  and 
no  man  shall  resist  me. 

4  Our  redeemer,  the  Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name, 
the  holy  One  of  Israel. 

5  Sit  thou  silent,  and  get  thee  into  darkness.  O 
daughter  of  the  Chaldeans:  for  thou  shah  no  more 
be  called  tiie  lady  of  kingdoms. 

6  1  was  angry  with  my  people:  I  have  polluted 
my  inheritance,  and  have  given  them  into  thy  hand. 
thou  hast  shown  no  mercy  to  them:  upon  the  an- 
cient thou   hast  laid  thy  yoke  exceeding  heavy. 

7  And  thou  hast  said:  I  shall  he  a  lady  lor  ever: 
thou  hast  not  laid  these  things  to  thv  heart;  iieilhci 

hast  thou  remembered  thj  latter  end. 

8  And  now  hear  these;  things,  thou  that  art  deli- 
cate, and  dwellest  confidently,  that  savestin  thy 
heart:  I  am,  and  there  is  none  else  besides  me:  I 
shall  not  sit  as  a  widow,  and  I  shall  not  know  har- 
rennt 

9  These  two  things  shall  come  upon  thee  sud- 
denly in  one  day.  barrenness  and  w  idow  hood.  All 
things  are  come  upon  thee,  because  of  the  multitude 
of  thy  sorceries,  and  for  the  great  hardness  of  thy 
enchanters. 

10  And  thou  hast  trusted  in  thy  wickedness,  and 
hast  said:   There  is  none  that  seeth  inc.      Thv  wis 
dom,  and   thy  knowledge,  this  hath  deceived  line. 
And  thou  hast  said  in  thy  heart :  I  am;  and  besides 
me  there  is  no  other. 

11  Evil  shall  come  upon  thee;  and  thou  shall  not 
know  the  rising  thereof:  and  calamity  shall  fall  v  io- 
Icntlv  upon  thee,  which  thou  canst  not  keep  oil": 
misery  shall  come  upon  thee  suddenly,  which  thou 
shall  not  know. 

I  J  Stand  now  with  thy  enchanters,  ami  w  ith  the 
inultitudeof tin  sorceries,  in  which  thou  hast  labour- 
ed from  thy  youth,  if  so  be  it    mav   profit    thee  any 

thins;,  or  iftnou  mavst  become  stronger, 

13  Thou  hast  failed  in  the  multitude  of  thy  couo 


CHAP.  XLVIII,  XLIX. 


sels:  let  now  the  astrologers  stand  and  save  thee, 
they  that  gazed  at  the  stars,  and  counted  the  months, 
that  from  them  they  might  tell  the  things  that  shall 
come  to  thee. 

14  Behold,  they  are  as  stuhble ;  fire  hath  burnt 
them;  they  shall  not  deliver  themselves  from  the 
power  of  the  flames:  there  are  no  coals  wherewith 
they  may  be  warmed,  nor  fire  that  they  may  sit 
thereat. 

1 5  Such  are  all  the  things  become  to  thee,  in  which 
thou  hast  laboured  :  thy  merchants  from  thy  youth, 
every  one  hath  erred  in  his  own  way;  there  is  none 
that  can  save  thee. 

CHAP.  XLVIII. 

He  reproaches  the  Jews  for  their  obstinacy :  he  will  deliver  them 
out  of  their  captivity,  for  his  own  name's  sake. 

HEAR  ye  these  things,  O  house  of  Jacob,  you 
that  are  called  by  the  name  of  Israel,  and  are 
come  forth  out  of  the  waters  of  Juda,  you  who 
swear  by  the  name  of  the  Lord,  and  make  mention 
of  the  God  of  Israel,  but  not  in  truth,  nor  in  justice. 

2  For  they  are  called  of  the  holy  city,  and  are 
established  upon  the  God  of  Israel :  the  Lord  of 
hosts  is  his  name. 

3  The  former  things  of  old  I  have  declared;  and 
they  went  forth  out  of  my  mouth  ;  and  I  have  made 
them  to  be  heard  :  I  did  them  suddenly,  and  they 
came  to  pass. 

4  For  I  knew  that  thou  art  stubborn,  and  thy  neck 
is  an  iron  sinew,  and  thy  forehead  of  brass. 

5  I  foretold  thee  of  old  :  before  they  came  to  pass 
I  told  thee;  lest  thou  shouldst  say:  My  idols  have 
done  these  things:  and  my  graven  and  molten  things 
have  commanded  them. 

6  See  now  all  the  things  which  thou  hast  heard : 
but  have  you  declared  them  ?  I  have  shown  thee  new 
things  from  that  time  ;  and  things  are  kept  which 
thou  knowest  not : 

7  They  are  created  now,  and  not  of  old  ;  and  be- 
fore thexiay,  when  thou  heardestthem  not;  lest  thou 
shouldst  say  :  Behold,  I  knew  them. 

8  Thou  hast  neither  heard,  nor  known,  neither 
was  thy  ear  opened  of  old.  For  I  know  that  trans- 
gressing thou  wilt  transgress;  and  I  have  called  thee 
a  transgressor  from  the  womb. 

9  For  my  name's  sake  1  will  remove  my  wrath 
far  off:  and  for  my  praise  I  will  bridle  thee,  lest 
thou  shouldst  perish. 

10  Behold,  I  have  refined  thee,  but  not  as  silver: 
I  have  chosen  thee  in  the  furnace  of  poverty. 

1 1  For  my  own  sake,  for  my  own  sake  will  I  do 
it,  that  I  may  not  be  blasphemed :  and  I  will  not  give 
my  glory  to  another. 

12  Hearken  to  me,  O  Jacob,  and  thou  Israel, 
whom  I  call :  I  am  he  ;  I  am  the  first,  and  I  am  the 
last. 

13  My  hand  also  hath  founded  the  earth,  and  my 
right  hand  hath  measured  the  heavens:  I  shall  call 
them,  and  they  shall  stand  together. 

14  Assemble  yourselves  together,  all  you,  and 
hear :  who  among  them  hath  declared  these  things  ? 
the  Lord  hath  loved  him  :  he  will  do  his  pleasure  in 
Babylon,  and  his  arm  shall  be  on  the  Chaldeans. 


15  I,  even  I  have  spoken,  and  called  him  :  1 
have  brought  him,  and  his  way  is  made  prosperous. 

16  Come  ye  near  unto  me,  and  hear  this  :  I  have 
not  spoken  in  secret  from  the  beginning :  from  the 
lime  before  it  was  done,  I  was  there  :  and  now  the 
Lord  God  hath  sent  me,  and  his  spirit. 

17  Thus  saith  the  Lord  thy  redeemer,  the  holy 
one  of  Israel :  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  that  teach 
thee  profitable  things,  that  govern  thee  in  the  way 
that  thou  walkest. 

18  0  that  thou  hadst  hearkened  to  my  command- 
ments !  thy  peace  had  been  as  a  river,  and  thy  jus- 
tice as  the  waves  of  the  sea  ; 

19  And  thy  seed  had  been  as  the  sand,  and  the 
offspring  of  thy  bowels  like  the  gravel  thereof:  his 
name  should  not  have  perished,  nor  have  been  de- 
stroyed from  before  my  face. 

20  Come  forth  out  of  Babylon  ;  flee  ye  from  the 
Chaldeans  ;  declare  it  with  the  voice  of  joy  :  make 
this  to  be  heard,  and  speak  it  out  even  to  the  ends 
of  the  earth.  Say  :  the  Lord  hath  redeemed  his 
servant  Jacob. 

21  They  thirsted  not  in  the  desert,  when  he  led 
them  out :  he  brought  forth  water  out  of  the  rock 
for  them  :  and  he  clove  the  rock,  and  the  waters 
gushed  out. 

22  There  is  no  peace  to  the  wicked,  saith  the 
Lord. 

CHAP.  XLIX. 

Christ  shall  bring  the  Gentiles  to  salvation.   God's  love  to  his 
church  is  perpetual. 

f1  IVE  ear,  ye  islands  ;  and  hearken,  ye  people 
^-*~  from  afar.  The  Lord  hath  called  me  from 
the  womb  :  from  the  bowels  of  my  mother  he  hath 
been  mindful  of  my  name. 

2  And  he  hath  made  my  mouth  like  a  sharp 
sword  :  in  the  shadow  of  his  hand  he  hath  protect- 
ed me,  and  hath  made  me  as  a  chosen  arrow  :  in 
his  quiver  he  hath  hidden  me. 

3  And  he  said  to  me  :  Thou  art  my  servant 
Israel ;  for  in  thee  will  I  glory. 

4  And  I  said  :  I  have  laboured  in  vain  :  I  have 
spent  my  strength  without  cause  and  in  vain  :  there- 
fore my  judgment  is  with  the  Lord,  and  my  work 
with  my  God. 

5  And  now,  saith  the  Lord,  that  formed  me 
from  the  womb  to  be  his  servant,  that  I  may  bring 
back  Jacob  unto  him,  and  Israel  will  not  be  ga- 
thered together  :  and  1  am  glorified  in  the  eyes  of  the 
Lord ;  and  my  God  is  made  my  strength. 

6  And  he  said  :  It  is  a  small  thing  that  thou 
shouldst  be  my  servant  to  raise  up  the  tribes  of  Ja- 
cob, and  to  convert  the  dregs  of  Israel.  Behold,  I 
have  given  thee  to  be  the  light  of  the  Gentiles,  that 
thou  may st  be  my  salvation  even  to  the  farthest  part 
of  the  earth. 

7  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  redeemer  of  Israel, 
his  holy  One,  to  the  soul  that  is  despised,  to  the  na- 
tion that  is  abhorred,  to  the  servant  of  rulers  : 
Kings  shall  see,  and  princes  shall  rise  up,  and  adore 
for  the  Lord's  sake  ;  because  he  is  faithful,  and  for 
the  holy  One  of  Israel,  who  hath  chosen  thee. 

8  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  In  an  acceptable  time  I 

5G7 


ISAIAS. 


have  heard  thee  :  and  in  the  day  of  salvation  1  have 
helped  thee!  and  I  have  preserved  thee,  and  given 
thee  to  heacovenant  of  thc|>cople.  thai  thou  mightest 
raise  HP  tin'  cartli.  and  possess  the  inheritances  that 
were  destroyed  : 

9  Thai  thou  mightestsaj  to  them  thai  arebomd: 
Cotne  forth  :  and    to  them    thai    are   in   darkness: 

Show  yourselves.  The;  thnM  feed  in  tlie  treys, 
and  their  pastures  shall  l>c  in  every  plain. 

1<»  Thej  shall  n. >t  hunger,  nor  t hirst  :  neither 
shall  the  heal  nor  the  mil  strike  them  :  for  he  that 
is  merciful  to  them.  ahaH  he  their  shepherd  :  and 
at  the  fountain^  of  waters  lie  shall  give  then  drink. 

1  1  And  I  w  ill  make  all  my  mountains  a  way,  and 
my  paths  shall  he  exalted. 

12  Behold,  these  shall  come  from  afar,  and  he- 
hold,  these  from  the  north  and  from  the  sea,  and 
these  from  the  south  country. 

13  Give  praise,  O  ye  heavens,  and  rejoice,  O 
earth  :  ye  mountain*  give  praise  with  jubilation  : 
I),  cause  the  Lord  hath  comforted  his  people,  and 
will  have  mercy  on  his  jioor  ones. 

14  And  Sion  said  :  The  Lord  hath  forsaken  me, 
and  the  Lord  hath  forgotten  me. 

15  Can  a  woman  forget  her  infant,  so  as  not  to 
have  pitv  on  the  son  of  her  womb  ?  and  if  she 
should  forget  yet  will  not  1  forget  thee. 

16  Behold,  I  have  graven  thee  in  my  hands  :  thy 
walls  are  always  before  my  eyes. 

17  Thy  builders  are  come:  they  that  destroy 
thee,  and  make  thee  waste  shall  go  out  of  thee. 

18  Lift  up  thy  eyes  round  al>oiit,  and  see  all 
fhese  are  gathered  together ;  they  are  come  to  thee  : 
A»\  live,  saith  the  Lord,  thou  shalt  be  clothed  with 
all  these  as  with  an  ornament;  and  as  a  bride  thou 
shalt   put  them  about  thee. 

19  For  thy  deserts,  and  thy  desolate  places,  and 
the  land  of  thy  destruction  shall  now  be  too  narrow 
by  reason  of  the  inhabitants:  and  they  that  swal- 
lowed thee  up  shall  be  chased  far  away. 

20  The  children  of  thy  barrenness  shall  still  sa\ 
in  thy  ears:  The  place  is  too  strait  for  me;  make 
me  room  to  dwell  in. 

21  And  thou  shalt  say  in  thy  heart :  Who  hath 
begotten  these  ?  I  was  barren,  and  brought  not  forth, 


and  w  ho  hath  brought  up 
and  these  where 


led  away,  and  captive 

-  I  UXU  destitute  and  alone: 
wen-  they  ? 

22  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  lb-hold,  I  will 
lift  un  my  hand  to  the  (ientiles,  and  will  set  up  my 
standard  to  the  jx-ople.  And  they  shall  bring  thy 
sons  in  their  arms,  and  carry  thy  daughters  upon 
their  shoulders. 

.'■ '.  And  kinfJ  shall  he  thv  nursing  fathers. 
and  qoeepa  thy  nurses  :  they  shall  Worship  thee 
with  their  face  toward  the  earth:  and  they  shall 
lick  up  the  dust  of  thv  feet.  And  thou  shalt  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord  ;  for  they  shall  not  be  confound- 
ed that  wait  for  him. 

Shall  the  prey  be  taken  from  the  strong?  or 
can  that  w  hich  Was  taken  bj  the  might]  he  delivered? 

thus  saith  the  Lord  :   Yea,  verily, 
the  captivity  shall  Ik*  taken  away  from  the  strong  : 


and  that  Which  was  taken  by  the  mighty,  shall  be 
delivered.  Hut  I  will  judge  those  that  have  judged 
the.';   and  thy  children  I  will  save. 

86  Ami  I  will  feed  thy  enemies  with  their  own 

flesh:  and  they  shall  be  made  drunk  with  their  ow  n 
blood,  a>  with  new  wine  :  and  all  flesh  shall  know, 
that  I  am  the  Lord  that  save  thee,  and  thy  Re- 
deemer the  mighty  One  of  Jacob. 

(  HAP.  L. 

The  synagogue  *h<ill  he  dirorcrd for  her  iniquities.     Christ  for 
her  sake  will  endure  ignominious  affliction*. 

nnilUS  saith  the  Lord:  What  is  this  bill  of  the 
•*■  divorce  of  your  mother,  with  which  I  have 
put  her  away?  or  who  is  mv  creditor,  to  whom  I 
sold  you  r  behold,  you  are  sold  for  your  iniquities :  and 
for  your  wicked  deeds  have  I  put  your  mother  BWBj  . 

2  Because  I  came,  and  there  was  not  a  man:  I 
called,  and  there  was  none  that  would  hear.  Is 
my  hand  shortened  and  become  little,  that  I  cannot 
redeem  ?  or  is  there  no  strength  in  me  to  deliver? 
Behold,  at  my  rebuke  I  will  make  the  sea  a  desert ; 
I  will  turn  the  rivers  into  dry  land:  the  fishes  shall 
rot  for  want  of  water,  and  shall  die  for  thirst. 

3  I  will  clothe  the  heavens  with  darkness,  and 
will  make  sackcloth  their  covering. 

4  The  Lord  hath  given  me  a  learned  tongue,  that 
I  should  know  how  to  uphold  by  word  him  that  is 
weary:  he  wakeneth  in  the  morning;  in  the  morning 
he  wakeneth  my  ear,  that  I  may  hear  him  as  a  master. 

5  The  Lord  God  hath  opened  my  eai,  and  I  do 
not  resist:   I  have  not  gone  back. 

6  1  have  given  my  body  to  the  strikers,  and  my 
cheeks  to  them  that  plucked  them :  I  have  not 
turned  away  my  face  from  them  that  rebuked  me. 
and  spit  upon  me. 

7  The  Lord  God  is  my  helper,  therefore  am  I 
not  confounded  :  therefore  have  1  set  my  face  as  a 
most  hard  rock ;  and  I  know  that  1  shall  not  be 
confounded. 

8  He  is  near  that  justifieth  me:  who  will  con- 
tend with  me?  let  us  stand  together:  who  is  my 
adversary?  let  him  come  near  to  me. 

9  Behold,  the  Lord  God  is  my  helper:  who  is 
he  that  shall  condemn  me?  Lo,  they  shall  all  be  de- 
stroyed as  a  garment :  the  moth  shall  eat  them  up. 

10  Who  is  there  among  you  that  tea  ret h  the 
Lord,  that  heareth  the  voice  of  his  s.  i  \  ,i ?it.  that 
hath  walked  in  darkness,  and  hath  no  light?  jet  him 
hope  in  the  name  of  the  Lord, and  lean  unonhisGod. 

11  Behold,  all  \ou  that  kindle  a  ore,  encom- 
passed with  flames,  walk  in  the  light  of  your  fire, 
and  in  the  flames  which  yon  have  Kindled:  this  is 
done  to  you  by  my  band  ;  you  shall  sleep  in  s<tiow  s. 

CHAP.  LI. 

An  exhortation   to  trust  in  Christ.     He  shall  protect  the  chil- 
dren of  his  church. 

GIVE  ear  to  me,  you  thai  follow  that  which  is 
just,  and  \ou  that  seek  the  Lord:  look  unto 
the  took  w  hence  you  are  hewn,  and  to  the  hole  ol 
the  pit  from  w  hich  you  are  dug  out. 

2  Look  unto  Abraham  your  father,  and  to  Sara 


CHAP.  I  II. 


that  bore  you  :  for  I  called  him  alone,  and  blessed 
him,  and  multiplied  him. 

3  The  Lord  therefore  will  comfort  Sion,  and 
will  comfort  all  the  ruins  thereof:  and  he  will  make 
her  desert  as  a  place  of  pleasure,  and  her  wilderness 
as  the  garden  of  the  Lord.  Joy  and  gladness  shall 
l>e  found  therein,  thanksgiving,  and  the  voice  of praise. 

4  Hearken  unto  me,  O  my  people;  and  give  ear 
to  me,  O  my  tribes  :  for  a  law  shall  go  forth  from 
me;  and  my  judgment  shall  rest  to  be  a  light  of 
the  nations. 

5  My  just  one  is  near  at  hand ;  my  Saviour  is 
gone  forth;  and  my  arms  shall  judge  the  people: 
the  islands  shall  look  for  me,  and  shall  patiently 
wait  for  my  arm. 

6  Lift  up  your  e3'es  to  heaven,  and  look  down  to 
the  earth  beneath  :  for  the  heavens  shall  vanish  like 
smoke  ;  and  the  earth  shall  be  worn  away  like  a  gar- 
ment; and  the  inhabitants  thereof  shall  perish  in  like 
manner :  but  my  salvation  shall  be  for  ever,  and 
my  justice  shall   not  fail. 

7  Hearken  to  me,  you  that  know  what  is  just, 
my  people  who  have  my  law  in  your  heart :  fear 
ye  not  the  reproach  of  men;  and  be  not  afraid  of 
their  blasphemies. 

8  For  the  worm  shall  eat  them  upas  a  garment: 
and  the  moth  shall  consume  them  as  wool :  but  my 
salvation  shall  be  for  ever,  and  my  justice  from 
generation  to  generation. 

9  Arise,  arise,  put  on  strength,  O  thou  arm  of 
the  Lord:  arise  as  in  the  days  of  old,  in  the  ancient 
generations.  Hast  not  thou  struck  the  proud  one, 
and  wounded  the  dragon  ? 

10  Hast  not  thou  dried  up  the  sea,  the  water  of 
the  mighty  deep,  who  madest  the  depth  of  the  sea 
a  way,  that  the  delivered  might  pass  over? 

1 1  And  now  they  that  are  redeemed  by  the  Lord, 
shall  return,  and  shall  come  into  Sion  singing  prais- 
es ;  and  joy  everlasting  shall  be  upon  their  heads  : 
they  shall  obtain  joy  and  gladness  ;  sorrow  and 
mourning  shall  flee  away. 

12  I,  I  myself  will  comfort  you:  who  art  thou, 
that  thou  shouldst  be  afraid  of  a  mortal  man,  and  of 
the  son  of  man,   who  shall  wither  away  like  grass  ? 

13  And  thou  hast  forgotten  the  Lord  thy  maker, 
who  stretched  out  the  heavens,  and  founded  the 
earth:  and  thou  hast  been  afraid  continually  all  the 
day  at  the  presence  of  his  fury  who  afflicted  thee, 
and  had  prepared  himself  to  destroy  thee:  where 
is  now  the  fury  of  the  oppressor  ? 

14  He  shall  quickly  come  that  is  going  to  open 
unto  you:  and  he  shall  not  kill  unto  utter  destruc- 
tion :  neither  shall  his  bread  fail. 

15  But  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  who  trouble  the 
sea,  and  the  waves  thereof  swell:  the  Lord  of 
hosts  is  my  name. 

16  1  have  put  my  words  in  thy  mouth,  and  have 
protected  thee  in  the  shadow  of  my  hand,  that  thou 
mightest  plant  the  heavens;  and  found  the  earth; 
and  mightest  say  to  Sion :  Thou  art  my  people. 

17  Arise,  arise,  stand  up,  O  Jerusalem,  which 
hast  drunk  at.  the  hand  of  the  Lord  the  cup  of  his 
wrath:  thou  hast  drunk  even  to  the  bottom  of  the 


cup  of  dead  sleep ;  and  thou  hast  drunk  even  to 
the  dregs. 

18  There  is  none  that  can  uphold  her  among  all 
the  children  that  she  hath  brought  forth  :  and  there 
is  none  that  taketh  her  by  the  hand  among  all  the 
children  that  she  hath  brought  up. 

19  There  are  two  things  that  have  happened  "to 
thee:  who  shall  be  sorry  for  thee?  desolation,  and 
destruction,  and  the  famine,  and  the  sword :  who 
shall  comfort  thee? 

20  Thy  children  are  cast  forth ;  they  have  slept 
at  the  head  of  all  the  ways,  as  the  wild  ox  that  is 
snared ;  full  of  the  indignation  of  the  Lord,  of  the 
rebuke  of  thy  God. 

21  Therefore  hear  this,  thou  poor  little  one,  and 
thou  that  art  drunk  but  not  with  wine. 

22  Thus  saith  thy  Sovereign  the  Lord,  and  thy 
God,  who  will  fight  for  his  people  :  Behold,  I  have 
taken  out  of  thy  hand  the  cup  of  dead  sleep,  the 
dregs  of  the  cup  of  my  indignation,  thou  shalt  not 
drink  it  again  any  more. 

23  And  I  will  put  it  in  the  hand  of  them  that 
have  oppressed  thee,  and  have  said  to  thy  soul : 
Bow  down,  that  we  may  go  over:  and  thou  hast 
laid  thy  body  as  the  ground,  and  as  a  way  to  them 
that  went  over. 

CHAP.  LII 

Under  the  figure  of  the  deliverance  from  the  Babylonish  cap- 
tivity, the  church  is  invited  to  rejoice  for  her  redemption  from 
sin.     Christ's  kingdom  shall  be  exalted. 

A  RISE,  arise,  put  on  thy  strength,  O  Sion  ;  put 
-^*-  on  the  garments  of  thy  glory,  O  Jerusalem,  the 
city  of  the  holy  One  :  for  henceforth  the  uncircum- 
cisedand  unclean  shall  no  more  pass  through  thee. 

2  Shake  thyself  from  the  dust;  arise,  sit  up,  O 
Jerusalem  :  loose  the  bonds  from  off  thy  neck,  O 
captive  daughter  of  Sion. 

3  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  :  You  were  sold  gra 
tis;  and  you  shall  be  redeemed  without  money. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  My  people  wen! 
down  into  Egypt  at  the  beginning  to  sojourn  there  : 
and  the  Assyrian  hath  oppressed  them  without  any 
cause  at  all. 

5  And  now  what  have  I  here,  saith  the  Lord  ;  for 
my  people  is  taken  away  gratis  ?  They  that  rule 
over  them  treat  them  unjustly,  saith  the  Lord  :  and 
my  name  is  continually  blasphemed  all  the  day  long. 

6  Therefore  my  people  shall  know  my  name  in 
that  day:  for  I  myself  that  spoke,  behold,  I  am  here. 

7  How  beautiful  upon  the  mountains  are  the 
feet  of  him  that  brin^eth  good  tidings,  and  that 
preacheth  peace;  of  him  that  showeth  forth  good, 
that  preacheth  salvation,  that  saith  to  Sion:  Thy 
God  shall  reign! 

8  The  voice  of  thy  watchmen :  they  have  lifted 
up  their  voice,  they  shall  praise  together:  for  they 
shall  seeeye  to  eye  when  the  Lord  shall  cob  vert  Sion. 

9  Rejoice,  and  give  praise  together,  O  ye  deserts 
of  Jerusalem :  for  the  Lord  hath  comforted  his 
people:  he  hath  redeemed  Jerusalem. 

10  The  Lord  hath  prepared  his  holy  arm  in  the 
sight  of  all  the  gentiles:  and  all  the  ends  of  the 
earth  shall  see  the  salvation  of  our  God. 

688 


rSAlAS. 


11  Depart,  depart,  co  ye  out  from  thence;  touch 
no  unclean  thing:  go  out  of  the  midsl  of  her:  be 
ye  clean,  you  thai  cam  the  vessels  of  the  Lord. 

1 2  For  you  vli.ill  not  uo  out  in  a  tiiimilt ;  neither 
shall  you  make  haste  In  flight  :   lor  the    Lord  will 

before  you;  and  (he  God  of  Israel  will  gather 
Mm  together. 

13  Behold,  ni)  mi  \  ant  shall  understand:  he  shall 
l>e  exalted,  and  extolled,  and  shall  he  <  xi ceding 
high. 

I  V  As  tnanv  have  been  astonished  at  thee,  so 
shall  his  visage  Ik?  inglorious  among  men,  and  his 
form  among  the  sons  of  men. 

15  He  shall  sprinkle  many  nations:  kiims  shall 
shut  their  mouth  at  him:  lor  they  to  whom  it  arai 
not  told  of  him.  have  seen:  and  i  hey  that  heard  not, 
have  beheld. 


(   ll\l\    I. IV. 


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(HAP.   I. HI. 

A  prnphtcy  of  the  passion  of  Christ. 

HO  hath  believed  our  report?  and  to  whom  is 

the  arm  of  the  Lord  revealed? 

2  And  he  ■hall  grow  up  as  a  tender  plant    before 

him,  and  as  B  root  out  of  a  thirst  v  around  :   there  is 

no  beauty  in  him,  nor  eometinees :  and   we  have 

ii    him,   and   ihere  was  no    sightliness,   that  we 

should  he  desirous  of  him  : 

.;  Despised,  and  the  most  abject  of  men,  a  man 
of  sorrows  and  acquainted  with  infirmity  :  and  his 
look  UWt as  it  Wen  hidden  and  despised:  u  hereupon 

we  esteemed  him  not. 

4  Surely  be  hath  l>orne  our  infirmities,  and  car- 
ried our  sorrows:  and  WO  have  thought  llilll  as  ii 
were  a  leper,  and  as  one  struck  by  God,  and  afflicted. 

5  But  he  was  wounded  for  our  iniquities,  be  was 
bruised  for  our  sins:  the  chastisement  pf  oar  peace 

UXU Upon  liiui.  and  bj  his  bruises  we  are  healed. 

6  Ml  we  like  sheep  have  gone  astray,  every  one 
hath  turned  aside  iuto  his  own  way:  and  the  Lord 
hath  laid  on  him  the  iniquity  of  us  all. 

7  He  was  offered  because  ii  was  his  own  will. 
and  he  opened  not  his  mouth  :  he  shall  be  led  as  a 
sheep  to  the  slaughter,  and  shall  be  dumb  as  a  lamb 
before  his  shearer,  and  he  shall  not  open  his  mouth. 

8  He  was  taken  away  from  distress,  and  from 
judgment:  who  shall  declare  his  generation?  bet 
cause  be  is  cut  otl'out  of  the  land  or  the  living:  for 
the  wickedness  of  my  people  have  I  struck  him. 

9  And  lie  shall  give  the  ungodly  for  his  burial, 
and  the  rich  for  his  death  :  because  he  hath  done 
no  iniquity,  neither  was  there  deceit  in  his  mouth. 

10  And  the  Lord  was  pleased  to  bruise  him  iu 
infirmity  :  if  he  shall  lay  down  his  life  for  sin,  he 
shall  s,e  a  long-lived  seed,  and  the  will  of  the  Lord 
shall  be  prosperous  in  his  hand. 

11  Because  his  soul  hath  laboured,   he  shall    see 

and  be  filled  :  by  bis  knowledge  shall  this  my  just 

servant  justifi  many,  and  he  shall  bear  their  iniquities. 

1 1  Therefore  will  I  distribute  to  him  verj  many, 

and  he  shall  divide  the  spoils  of  the  strong,  because 

lie  hath  delivered  his  soul  unto  death,  and  was  re- 
puted with  the  wicked  :  and  he  hath  borne  the  sins 
of  many,  and  hath  prayed  for  the  u  an s pressors. 

an 


I'hr  (irntilrs,  teho  terre  barrtn  hrforr,  shall  multiply  in  the  rhirrh 
qf  Christ  :  from  ir/nrh  Uoii's  mirry  tliall  neeir  d<purt. 

Z""1  IVK  praise,  O  thou  barren  that  liearest  not; 
^J  sins:  forth  praise,  and  make  a  joyful  noise,  thou 

that  didst  not  travail  w  ith  child  :  for  many  are  the 
children  of  the  desolate,  more  than  of  her  that  hath 
a  husband,  saith  the  Lord. 

2  Enlarge  the  place  of  thy  tent,  and  stretch  out 
the  skins  of  thy  tabernacles,  spare  not:  lengthen 
thy  coids.  and  siren-then  thy  stakes. 

3  For  thou  shall  pass  on  to  the  ri- lit  hand,  and  to 
(he  left:  and  thy  seed  shall  inherit  the  Gentiles,  and 
shall  inhabit  the  desolate  cit'n  B. 

4  Fear  not,  for  thou  shall  not  be  confounded,  nor 
blush:  for  thou  shalt  not  be  put  to  shame,  because 
thou  shalt  forget  the  shame  of  thy  youth,  and  shall 
remember  no  more  the  reproach  of  thy  widowhood. 

5  For  he  that  made  thee  shall  rule  over  thee,  the 

Lord  of  heats  is  his  name:  and  thy  Redeemer,  the 

holy  One  of  Israel,  shall  be  called  the  God  of  all  the 
earth. 

6  For  the  Lord  hath  called  thee  as  a  woman  for- 
saken, and  mourning  in  spirit,  and  as  a  wile  cast 
oil' from  her  youth,  said  thy  God. 

7  For  a  small  moment  have  1  forsaken  thee,  but 
with  pea!  mercies  will  I  gather  thee. 

\\  In  a  moment  of  indignation  have  I  bid  my  face 
a  little  while  from  thee,  but  with  everlasting  kind- 
ness have  I  had  mercy  ou  thee,  said  the  Lord  thy 
Redeemer. 

9  This  thing  is  to  mc  as  in  the  days  of  Xoe,  to 
whom  I  swore,  that  I  would  no  more  bring  in  the 
waters  ofNoe  upon  the  earth  :   BO  have  I  sworn  not 

be  angry  with  thee,  and  not  to  rebuke  thee. 

10  For  the  mountains  shall  be  moved,  and  the 
hills  shall  tremble  :  but  my  mercy  shall  not  depart 
from  line,  and  the  covenant  of  my  peace  shall    no) 

be  moved  :  said  the  Lord  that  hath  mercy  on  thee. 

1 1  O  poor  little  one.  tossed  a  it!i  tempest,  without 
all  comfort,  behold,  I  will  la\  thy  stones  in  order, 
and  will  lay  thy   foundations  with  sapphires, 

12  And  I  will  make  thy  bulwarks  of  jasper:   and 

thy  gates  of  graven  stones,  and  all  thy  borders  of 
desirable  stones. 

13  All  thy  children  shall  be  taught  of  the  Lord  : 
and  great  shall  be  the  peace  ol  thy  children. 

I  i  \ndthou  shall  be  founded  in  justice  :  depart 
far  from  oppression,  for  thou  shall  not  fear  ;  and 
from  terror,  for  it  shall  not  come  near  tin  B, 

lb    Behold,  an    inhabitant    shall  come,  w  ho  w 
not  with  me,  he  that  was  a  stranger  to  thee  bete 
shall  be  joined  to  thee. 

16  Behold.  I  have  created  the  smith  that  blow- 
eth  the  eo. ils  in  the  lire,  and  bfingetO  forth  an  instru- 
ment for  his  work  :   and  I  have  created  the  killer  to 

destroy. 

17  No  weapon  that  is  formed  afBMBSl  thre  shall 
prosper:  and  every    tongee  that  resisteth  thee  in 

judgment,  thou   shall  condemn.      This  is   the  inhe- 
ritance 01  the  servants  of  the  Lord,  and  their  justice 

with  mc,  saith  the  Lord. 


CHAP.  LV,  LV1,  LVI1. 


CHAP.  LV. 

God  promises  abundance  of  spiritual  graces  to  the  faithful, 
that  shall  believe  in  Christ  out  of  all  nations,  and  sincerely 
serve  him. 

ALL  you  that  thirst,  come  to  the  waters:  and 
you  that  have  no  money,  make  haste,  buy,  and 
eat :  come  ye,  buy  wine  and  milk,  without  money, 
and  without  any  price. 

2  Why  do  you  spend  money  for  that  which  is  not 
bread,  and  your  labour  for  that  which  doth  not 
satisfy  you?  Hearken  diligently  to  me,  and  eat 
that  which  is  good,  and  your  soul  shall  be  delighted 
in  fatness. 

3  Incline  your  ear,  and  come  to  me:  hear,  and 
your  soul  shall  live,  and  I  will  make  an  everlasting 
covenant  with  you,  the  faithful  mercies  ol  David. 

4  Behold,  I  have  given  him  for  a  witness  to  the 
people,  for  a  leader  and  a  master  to  the  Gentiles. 

5  Behold,  thou  shalt  call  a  nation,  which  thou 
knewest  not;  and  the  nations  that  knew  not  thee 
shall  run  to  thee,  because  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and 
for  the  holy  One  of  Israel,  for  he  hath  glorified  thee. 

6  Seek  ye  the  Lord,  while  he  may  be  found : 
call  upon  him,  while  he  is  near. 

7  Let  the  wicked  forsake  his  way,  and  the  un- 
just man  his  thoughts,  and  let  him  return  to  the 
Lord,  and  he  will  have  mercy  on  him,  and  to  our 
God,  for  he  is  bountiful  to  forgive. 

8  For  my  thoughts  are  not  your  thoughts :  nor 
your  ways  my  ways,  saith  the  Lord. 

9  For  as  the  heavens  are  exalted  above  the 
earth,  so  are  my  ways  exalted  above  your  ways, 
and  my  thoughts  above  your  thoughts. 

10  And  as  the  rain  and  the  snow  come  down 
from  heaven,  and  return  no  more  thither,  but  soak 
the  earth,  and  water  it,  and  make  it  to  spring,  and 
give  seed  to  the  sower,  and  bread  to  the  eater  : 

'  1 1  So  shall  my  word  be,  which  shall  go  forth 
from  my  mouth :  it  shall  not  return  to  me  void,  but 
it  shall  do  whatsoever  I  please,  and  shall  prosper 
in  the  things  for  which  I  sent  it.  ,  ,    " ,    , 

12  For  you  shall  go  out  with  joy,  and  be  led 
forth  with  peace  :  the  mountains  and  the  hills  shall 
sing  praise  before  you,  and  all  the  trees  of  the 
country  shall  clap  their  hands. 

13  Instead  of  the  shrub  shall  come  up  the  fir- 
tree,  and  instead  of  the  nettle,  shall  come  up  the 
myrtle-tree :  and  the  Lord  shall  be  named  tor  an 
everlasting  sign,  that  shall  not  be  taken  away. 

Go  Ai .  Li V I. 

God  invites  all  to  keep  his  commandments :  the  Gentiles  that 
keep  tliem  shall  be  the  people  of  God:  the  Jewish  pastors 
are  reproved.  .     .  , 

THUS  saith  the  Lord :  Keep  ye  judgment,  and 
do  justice  ;  for  my  salvation  is  near  to  come, 
and  my  justice  to  be  revealed.  ,      ,     , .  ,    , 

2  Blessed  is  the  man  that  doeth  this,  and  the 
son  of  man  that  shall  lay  hold  on  this  :  that  keepeth 
the  sabbath  from  profaning  it,  that  keepeth  his 
hands  from  doing  any  evil. 

3  And  let  not  the  son  of  the  stranger,  that  ad- 
hereth  to  the  Lord,  speak,  saying:  The  Lord  will 
divide  and  separate  me.  from  his  people.  And  let 
not  the  eunuch  say  •  Behold,  I  am  a  dry  tree. 


4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  to  the  eunuchs  :  They 
that  shall  keep  my  sabbaths,  and  shall  choose  the 
things  that  please  me,  and  shall  hold  fast  my  co- 
venant : 

5  1  will  give  to  them  in  my  house,  and  within 
my  walls,  a  place,  and  a  name  better  than  sons  and 
daughters :  I  will  give  them  an  everlasting  name, 
which  shall  never  perish. 

6  And  the  children  of  the  stranger  that  adhere 
to  the  Lord,  to  worship  him,  and  to  love  his  name, 
to  be  his  servants ;  every  one  that  keepeth  the  sab- 
bath from  profaning  it,  and  that  holdeth  fast  my 
covenant : 

7  1  will  bring  them  into  my  holy  mount,  and  will 
make  them  joyful  in  my  house  of  prayer  ;  their  ho- 
locausts, and  their  victims  shall  please  me  upon  my 
altar :  for  my  house  shall  be  called  the  house  of 
prayer  for  all  nations. 

8  The  Lord  God,  who  gathereth  the  scattered 
of  Israel,  saith:  I  will  still  gather  unto  him  his 
congregation. 

9  All  ye  beasts  of  the  field  come  to  devour,  all 
ye  beasts  of  the  forest. 

10  His  watchmen  are  all  blind,  they  are  all  ig- 
norant :  dumb  dogs  not  able  to  bark,  seeing  vain 
things,  sleeping  and  loving  dreams. 

11  And  most  impudent  dogs,  they  never  had 
enough  :  the  shepherds  themselves  knew  no  under- 
standing :  all  have  turned  aside  into  their  own  way, 
every  one  after  his  own  gain,  from  the  first  even 
to  the  last. 

12  Come,  let  us  take  wine,  and  be  filled  with 
drunkenness :  and  it  shall  be  as  to-day,  so  also  to- 
morrow, and  much  more. 

CHAP.  LVII.  i    M 

The  infidelity  of  the  Jews:  their  idolatry.     Promises  to  humble 
penitents. 

THE  just  perisheth,  and  no  man  layeth  it  to 
heart,  and  men  of  mercy  are  taken  away,  be- 
cause there  is  none  that  understandeth,  for  the  just 
man  is  taken  away  from  before  the  face  of  evil. 

2  Let  peace  come,  let  him  rest  in  his  bed  that 
hath  walked  in  his  uprightness. 

3  But  draw  near  hither,  you  sons  of  the  sor- 
ceress, the  seed  of  the  adulterer,  and  of  the  harlot. 

4  Upon  whom  have  you  jested  ?  upon  whom 
have  you  opened  your  mouth  wide,  and  put  out  your 
tongue  ?  are  not  you  wicked  children,  a  false  seed: 

5  Who  seek  vour  comfort  in  idols  under  every 
green  tree,  sacrificing  children  in  the  torrents,  under 
the  high  rocks?  .         ... 

6  In  the  parts  of  the  torrent  is  thy  portion,  this 
thv  lot :  and  thou  hast  poured  out  libations  to  them, 
thou  hast  offered  sacrifice.     Shall  I  not  be  angry 
at  these  things  ?  ,        .  . 

7  Upon  a  high  and  lofty  mountain  thou  hast  lam 
thy  bed,  and  hast  gone  up  thither  to  offer  vtctims 

8  And  behind  the  door,  and  behind  the  post  thoo 
hast  set  up  thy  remembrance  :  for  thou  hast  disco- 
vered thyself  near  me,  and  hast  received 1  au  adul- 
terer :  thou  hast  enlarged  thy  bed,  and  made  a  cove- 
nant with  them:  thou  hast  loved  their  bed  with 
open  hand.  g9] 


I-\1  *s. 


9  And  thou  hast  adorned  thyself  for  the  kin- 
w ith  ointment.  ;iikI  hast  multiplied  thy  perfumes. 

Thou  ha>i  sent  thy  mesi  iar  off,  and  wast  de- 

based even  to  bell. 

10  Thou  hast  been  wearied  in  the  multitude  of 
thy  ways  :  ytl  I  lion  saidst  not  :  I  will  rest  :  thou  hast 

found  lite  of  thy  hand,  therefore  thou  bad  not 
asked. 

11  For  whom  hast  thou  been  solicitous  and 
afraid,  that  thou  hast  lied,  and  hast  not  been  mindful 
of  me,  nor  thought  on  me  in  thy  heart  ?  for  I  am 
silent,  and  as  one  that  seeth  not,  and  thou  hast  for- 
gotten me. 

12  1  will  declare  thy  justice,  and  thy  works  shall 
not  profit  thee. 

1.5  When  thou    shall  cry,  let  thy   companies  de- 
liver thee,  hut  the  winds  shall  carry  them  all  off,  a 
breeze    shall  take   them  away  :  but  he   that  putteth 
his  trust  in  me,  shall  inherit  the  land,  and  shall  pos- 
,iiy  holy  mount. 

1  \  And  1  will  say  :  .Make  a  way  :  give  free  pas- 
sage, turn  out  of  the  path,  take  away  the  stumbling- 

-  out  of  the  way  of  my  people. 

15  For  thus  saith  the  High  and  the  Eminent  that 
inhahiteth  eternity:  and  his  name,  is  Holy,  who 
dw  elleth  in  the  high  and  holy  place,  and  with  a  con- 
trite and  humble  spirit  :  to  revive  the  spirit  of  the 
humble,  and  to  revive  the  heart  of  the  contrite. 

16  For  I  will  not  contend  forever,  neither  will  I 
be  angry  unto  the  end  :  because  the  spirit  shall  go 
forth  from  my  face,  and  breathings  I   will  make. 

17  For  the  inimhty  of  his  covetousness  I  was  ajt- 
*ry,  and  1  struck  him  :  I  hid  my  face  from  thee, 
and  was  angry  :  and  he  went  away  wandering  in 
his  ow  n  heart. 

18  1  saw  his  ways,  and  I  healed  him,  and  brought 
him  back,  and  restored  comforts  to  him,  and  to 
them  that  mourn  for  him. 

1!)  I  created  the  fruit  of  the  lips,  peace,  peace  to 
him  that  is  far  olT.  and  to  him  that  is  near,  said  the 
Lord,  ami  I  healed  him. 

20  Hut  the  wicked  an  like  the  rasing  sea.  which 
cannot  rest,  ami  the  wares  thereof  cast  up  dirt  and 
mire. 

21  There  is  no  peace  to  the  wicked,  saith  the 
Lord  Ciod. 

CHAP.  I. VIll. 

God  rrjtcti  the  hi/porritiral/attt  of  the  Jrtrt  ;  recommend*  work? 
of  merry,  nnrl  tinrrrr  godlinets. 

Z""1  RV,  case  not,  lift  up  thy  voi.r  like  a  trumpet, 
^  and  show  my  people  their  wicked  doings,  and 
the  house  of  Jacob   their  sins. 

2  For  they  seek  me  from  day  to  day,  and  desire 
to  know  niv  w  |  |  nation  that  hath  done  jus- 
tice, and  bath   not   forsaken  the  judgment  of  their 

1  :  they  ask  of  me  the  judgments  of  justi<  i  :  they 
arc  willing  to  approach  to  ( lod. 

3  \\  h\  have  we  fasted,  and  thou  hast  not  regard- 
ed ;  bare  we  bumbled  our  souls,  and  thou  hast  not 
taken  notice  -  Behold,  in  the  d.iv  of  vour  fast  vour 
ow  n  will  is  found  :  and  you  exact  of  all  vour  debt 

)  Behold,  you  rest  for  debate!  and  suite,  md 
strike  with  the  list  wickedly.      Do   n»i  fastas 

tea 


have  done  until  this  day,  to  make  your  cry  to  l>e 

heard  on  high. 

5  Is  this  such  a  fast  as  I  have  chosen  ;  for  a  man 
to  afflict    his  soul  for  ■   day  }  is  this  it,    to  wind   his 
head   about    like  a   circle,    and  to  spread    sackcloth 
and  ashes  }  wilt  thou  (all  this  a  fast,  and  a  da\ 
eeptable  to  the  Lord  ? 

6  Is  not  this  rather  the  fast  that  I  have  chosen  ? 
loose  the  bands  of  w  ickedness  :  undo  the  bundles 
that  oppress  ;  let  them  that  are  broken,  go  free  ;  and 
break  asunder  everv  burden. 

7  Deal  thy  bread  to  the  hungry;  and  bring  the 
needy  and  the  harliourlcss  into  thy  house:  w  hen 
thou  shalt  see  one  naked,  cover  him  and  despise  not 
thy  own  flesh. 

8  Then  shall  thy  light  break  forth  as  the  morn- 
ing :  and  thy  health  shall  speedily  arise  ;  and  thy 
justice  shall  go  before  thy  face  ;  and  the  glory  of  the 
Ford  shall  gather  thee  up. 

9  Then  shalt  thou  call,  and  the  Lord  shall  hear: 
thou  shalt  cry,  and  he  shall  say:  Here  I  am.  If 
thou  wilt  take  away  the  chain  out  of  the  midst  of 
thee,  and  cease  to  stretch  out  the  finger,  and  to 
speak  that  which  proliteth  not. 

10  When  thou  shalt  pour  out  thy  soul  to  the  hun- 
gry, and  shalt  satisfy  the  afflicted  soul,  then  shall 
thy  light  rise  up  in  darkness,  and  thy  darkness  shall 
be  as  the  noon-day. 

11  And  the  Lord  will  give  thee  rest  continually, 
and  will  fill  thy  soul  with  brightness,  nui  deliver 
thy  bones;  and  thou  shalt  be  like  a  watered  garden, 
and  like  a  fountain  of  water,  whose  waters  shall 
not  fail. 

12  And  the  places  that   have  been  desolate  for 
.  shall  be  built  in  thee  :  thou  shalt  raise  up  the 

foundations  of  generation  and  generation  :  and  thou 
shall  be  called  the  repairer  of  the  fences,  turning 
the  paths  into  rest. 

13  If  thou  turn  away  thy  foot  from  the  sabbath, 
from  doing  thv  own  will  in  my  holy  day.  and  call 
the  sahbath  delightful,  and  the  holy  Of  the  Ford 
glorious,  and  glorify  him,  while  thou  dost  not  thy 
own  ways,  and  thy  own  will  is  not  found,  to  speak 
a  word  : 

14  Then  shalt  thou  be  delighted  in  the  Ford; 
and  I  will  lift  thee  up  above  the  high  places  of  the 
earth,  and  will  feed  thee  with  the  inheritance  of  Ja- 
cob thy  father.  For  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  hath 
spoken  it. 

CHAP.  LIX. 

Thr  dreadful  evil  of tin  is  display d,  at  Iht  great  obttarle  to  oh 
good  from  (irxf:  yrt  he  irilt  tend  a  Redeemer,  and  make  an 
everlasting  eovrnant  irith  his  rhurch. 

BFIIOLD,  the  hand  of  the  Ford  is  not  shorten- 
ed, that  it  cannot  save;  neither  is  his  car  heavy, 
that  it  cannot  hear. 

2  But  your  iniquities  have  divided  between  you 
and  your  6od  :  and  vour  sins  have  hid  his  face  from 
jrou,  thai  be  should  not  hear. 

3  For  your  bands  are  defiled  with  blood,  and 
vour  fingers  with  iniquity:  your  lips  have  s|x>ken 
lias,  aad  jour  tongue  uttereth  iniquity. 

4  There  is  none  who  calleth  upon  justice;   nei- 


CHAP.  LX. 


thei  is  there  any  one,  who  judgeth  truly:  but  they 
trust  in  a  men;  nothing,  and  speak  vanities:  they 
have  conceived  labour,  and  brought  forth  iniquity. 

5  They  have  broken  the  eggs  of  asps,  and  have 
woven  the  webs  of  spiders :  he  who  shall  eat  of 
their  eggs  shall  die:  and  that  whieh  is  brought  out 
shall  be  hatched  into  a  basilisk. 

G  Their  webs  shall  not  be  for  clothing ;  neither 
shall  they  cover  themselves  with  their  works:  their 
works  are  unprofitable  works,  and  the  work  of  ini- 
quity is  in  their  hands. 

7  Their  feet  run  to  evil,  and  make  haste  to  shed 
innocent  blood  their  thoughts  are  unprofitable 
thoughts:  wasting  and  destruction  arc  in  their  ways. 

!>  Tliev  have  not  known  the  way  of  peace  :  and 
there  is  no  judgment  in  their  steps  :  their  paths  are 
become  crooked  to  them:  everyone  that  treadethin 
them,  knoweth  no  peace. 

9  Therefore  is  judgment  far  from  us,  and  justice 
shall  not  overtake  us.  We  looked  for  light,  and 
behold,  darkness;  brightness  and  we  have  walked 
in  the  dark. 

10  We  have  groped  for  the  wall:  and  like  the 
blind  we  have  groped,  as  if  we  had  no  eyes  :  we 
have  stumbled  at  noon-day  as  in  darkness :  we  are 
in  dark  places  as  dead  men. 

11  We  shall  roar  all  of  us  like  bears,  and  shall 
lament  as  mournful  doves.  We  have  looked  for 
judgment,  and  there  is  none  ;  for  salvation  and  it  is 
far  from  us. 

12  For  our  iniquities  are  multiplied  before  thee; 
and  our  sins  have  testified  against  us  :  for  our  wick- 
ed doings  are  with  us,  and  we  have  known  our 
iniquities, 

13  In  sinning  and  lying  against  the  Lord  :  and 
we  have  turned  away,  so  that  we  went  not  after 
our  God,  but  spoke  calumny  and  transgression:  we 
have  conceived,  and  uttered  from  the  heart,  words 
of  falsehood. 

14  And  judgment  is  turned  away  backward  :  and 
justice  hath  stood  far  off:  because  truth  hath  fallen 
down  in  the  street,  and  equity  could  not  come  in. 

15  And  truth  hath  been  forgotten:  and  he  that 
departed  from  evil,  lay  open  to  be  a  prey :  and  the 
Lord  saw,  and  it  appeared  evil  in  his  eyes,  because 
there  is  no  judgment. 

16  And  he  saw  that  there  is  not  a  man  :  and  he 
stood  astonished,  because  there  is  none  to  oppose 
himself:  and  his  own  arm  brought  salvation  to  him, 
and  his  own  justice  supported  him. 

17  He  put  on  justice  as  a  breast-plate,  and  a  hel- 
met of  salvation  upon  his  head :  he  put  on  the  gar- 
ments of  vengeance,  and  was  clad  with  zeal  as  with 
a  cloak. 

18  As  unto  revenge,  as  it  were  to  repay  wrath  to 
his  adversaries:  and  a  reward  to  his  enemies:  he 
will  repay  the  like  to  the  islands. 

19  And  they  from  the  west,  shall  fear  the  name 
of  the  Lord ;  and  they  from  the  rising  of  the  sun, 
his  glory :  when  he  shall  come  as  a  violent  stream, 
which  the  spirit  of  the  Lord  driveth  on: 

*  This  is  my  covenant,  kc.     Note  here  a  clear  promise  of  perpetual 
3\hodoxy  to  the  church  of  Chris'. 

4F 


20  And  there  shall  come  a  redeemer  to  Sion, 
and  to  them  that  return  from  iniquity  in  Jacob,  saith 
the  Lord. 

21  This  is  my  covenant*  with  them,  saith  the 
Lord:  My  spirit  that  is  in  thee,  and  my  words  that 
I  have  put  in  thy  mouth,  shall  not  depart  out  of  thy 
mouth,  nor  out  of  the  mouth  of  thy  seed,  nor  out  of 
the  mouth  of  thy  seed's  seed,  saith  the  Lord,  from 
henceforth  and  for  ever. 

CHAP.  LX. 

The  light  of  true  faith  shall  shine  forth  in  the  church  of  Christ, 
and  shall  be  spread  through  all  nations,  and  continue  for  all 
ages. 

ARISE,  be  enlightened,  O  Jerusalem:   for  thy 
light  is  come,  and  the  glory  of  the  Lord  is 
risen  upon  thee. 

2  For  behold  darkness  shall  cover  the  earth,  and 
a  mist  the  people :  but  the  Lord  shall  arise  upon 
thee,  and  his  glory  shall  be  seen  upon  thee. 

3  And  the  Gentiles  shall  walk  in  thy  light,  and 
kings  in  the  brightness  of  thy  rising. 

4  Lift  up  thy  eyes  round  about,  and  see :  all  these 
are  gathered  together,  they  are  come  to  thee :  thy 
sons  shall  come  from  afar,  and  thy  daughters  shall 
rise  up  at  thy  side. 

5  Then  shalt  thou  see,  and  abound,  and  thy 
heart  shall  wonder  and  be  enlarged,  when  the  mul- 
titude of  the  sea  shall  be  converted  to  thee,  the 
strength  of  the  Gentiles  shall  come  to  thee. 

6  The  multitude  of  camels  shall  cover  thee,  the 
dromedaries  of  Madian  and  Epha:  all  they  from 
Saba  shall  come,  bringing  gold  and  frankincense, 
and  showing  forth  praise  to  the  Lord. 

7  All  the  flocks  of  Cedar  shall  be  gathered  toge- 
ther unto  thee;  the  rams  of  Nabaioth  shall  minister  to 
thee:  they  shall  be  offered  upon  my  acceptable  al- 
tar, and  l  will  glorify  the  house  of  my  majesty. 

8  Who  are  these,  that  fly  as  clouds,  and  as  doves 
to  their  windows? 

9  For,  the  islands  wait  for  me,  and  the  ships  of 
the  sea  in  the  beginning ;  that  I  may  bring  thy  sons 
from  afar;  their  silver,  and  their  gold  with  them, 
to  the  name  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  to  the  holy 
One  of  Israel,  because  he  hath  glorified  thee. 

10  And  the  children  of  strangers  shall  build  up 
thy  walls;  and  their  kings  shall  minister  to  thee:  for 
in  my  wrath  have  I  struck  thee,  and  in  my  recon- 
ciliation have  I  had  mercy  upon  thee. 

1 1  And  thy  gates  shall  be  open  continually  :  they 
shall  not  be  shut  day  nor  night,  that  the  strength  of 
the  Gentiles  may  be  brought  to  thee,  and  their  kings 
may  be  brought. 

12  For  the  nation  and  the  kingdom  that  will  not 
serve  thee,  shall  perish:  and  the  Gentiles  shall  be 
wasted  with  desolation. 

13  The  glory  of  Libanus  shall  come  to  thee,  the 
fir-tree,  and  the  box-tree,  and  the  pine-tree  together, 
to  beautify  the  place  of  my  sanctuary;  and!  will 
glorify  the  place  of  my  feet. 

14  And  the  children  of  them  that  afflict  thee, 
shall  come  bowing  down  to  thee,  and  all  that  slan- 
dered thee,  shall  worship  the  steps  of  thy  feet,  and 

f.!)S 


I -MAS 

shall  call  thee  tin-  city  <>l  the  Lord,  the  Sion  of  the 
holy  Oncol'  Israel. 

15  Became  ihoa  wast  forsaken,  and  hated,  and 

dicri'  was  none  that  passed  through  thee,  twill  make 
line  to  be  an  everlasting  story,  a  joy  unto  genera* 
lion  and  generation: 

It!  And  thou  shall  sink  the  milk  of  the  Gentiles, 

tad  thou  shalt  be  nursed  with  tin-  breaal  of  kings: 

and  thou  shalt  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  tliv  Sa- 
viour, and  thy  Redeemer,  the  might]  One  of  Jacob. 

17  For  brass  1  will  bring  cold,  and  lor  iron  I  will 
bring  silver ;  and  lor  wood  brass,  and  for  stones 
iron:  and  I  will  make  thj  notation  j)eace,  and  thy 
orereeers  justice. 

18  Iniquity  shall  no  more  be  heard  in  thy  land, 
wasting  DOT  destruction  in  thy  borders;  and  salva- 
tion shall  possess  thy  walls,  and  praise  thy  gates 


19  Thou  shalt  no  more*  have  the  sun  for  thy 
light  by  day,  neither  shall  the  brightness  of  the 
moon  enlighten  thee:  but  the  Lord  shall  be  unto 
thee  for  an  everlasting  light,  and  thy  God  for  thy 
Jorv. 

Jo  Thy  sun  shall  go  down  no  more,  and  thy  moon 
shall  not  decrease:  for  the  Lord  shall  be  unto  thee 
lor  an  everlasting  light,  and  the  days  of  thy  mourn- 
shall  be  ended. 

21  And  thy  people  shall  be  all  just ;  they  shall 
inherit  the  land  for  ever,  the  branch  of  my  planting, 
the  work  of  my  hand  to  glorify  me. 

22  The  least  shall  become  a  thousand,  and  a  lit- 
tle one  a  most  strong  nation:  I  the  Lord  will  sud- 
lenlv  do  this  thing  in  its  time. 

CHAP.  LXL 

The  ojice  of  Christ  :  the  mission  of  the  Apostles  :  the  happi- 
ness of  their  converts. 

r|"MlE  Spirit  of  the  Lord  is  upon  me,  because  the 
-*-  Lord  hath  anointed  me :  he  hath  sent  me  to 
preach  to  tin"  meek,  to  heal  the  contrite  of  heart, 
and  to  preach  a  release  to  the  captjves,  and  deli- 
verance to  them  that  are  shut  up: 

I'o  proclaim  the  acceptable  year  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  day  of  vengeance  of  our  God;  to  comfort  all 
that  mourn : 

3  To  appoint  to  the  mourners  of  Sion,  and  to 
e  them   a  crown   for  ashes,   the  oil  of  joy  for 

mourning,  a  garment  of  praise  for  the  spirit  of  grief: 
i nd  they  shall  be  called  in  it  the  mighty  ones  of 
justice,  the  planting  of  the  Lord  to  glorify  him. 

4  And  they  shall  build  the  places  that  have  been 
waste  from  of  old,  and  shall  raise  up  ancient  ruins, 
and  shall  repair  the  desolate  cities,  that  were  de- 
stroved  for  generation  and  generation. 

5  And  strangers  shall  stand  and  shall  feed  your 
llo«  ks:  and  the  sons  of  strangers  shall  be  your  hus- 
bandmen, and  the  dressers  M  1  our  vines. 

t;  lint  \ou  shall  be  called  the  priests  of  the  Lord: 
to  you  it  "shall  be  said:  Ye  ministers  of  our  God  : 
you  shall  eat  the  riches  of  the  Gentiles,  and  you 
shall  pride  yourselves  in  their   dory. 

7  For  your  double  contusion  and  shame,  they 
shall  praise  their  part:  therefore  shall  they  receive 

*  7Vw  tkttil  M  mart,  *c.  In  tl>l»  latter  part  of  ll.r  chapter,  tin-  pro- 
phot  \mmn*  from  Oh*  illuMrioni  promiv*  made  to  the  church  militant 
•n  earth,  to  the  (lory  of  thcrlmn  l   triumphant  in  heaven. 

SM 


double  in  their  land,  everlasting  joy  shall  be  unto 
them. 

8  For  I  am  the  Lord  that  love  judgment,  and 
hate  robbery  in  a  holocaust:  and  I  will  make  thtir 
work  in  truth,  and  I  will  make  a  perpetual  cove- 
nant with  them. 

9  And  thev  shall  know  their  seed  among  the 
Gentiles,  anq  their  offspring  in  the  midst  of  peo- 
ples: all  that  shall  see  them,  shall  know  them,  thai 
these  are  the  seed  which  the  Lord  hath  bless,  ,|. 

10  I  will  greath  rejoice  in  the  Lord,  and  my 
soul  shall  be  joyful  in  my  God  :  for  he  hath  cloth- 
ed me  with  the  garments  of  salvation  :  and  with  the 
robe  of  justice  he  hath  covered  me.  as  a  bride- 
groom decked  with  a  crown,  and  as  a  bride  adorn- 
ed with  her  jewels. 

11  For  as  the  earth  bringetfa  forth  her  bud,  and 
as  the  garden  causeth  her  seed  to  shoot  forth;  so 
shall  the  Lord  God  make  justice  to  spring  forth,  and 
praise  before  all  the  nations. 

CHAP.  LXII. 

The  prophet  trill  not  cease  from  preaching  Christ:  to  trhom  all 
nations  shall  be  converted :  and  whose  church  shall  continue 
fur  rrer. 

FOR  Sion's  sake,  I  will  not  hold  my  peace,  and 
for  the  sake  of  Jerusalem.  I  will  not  rest,  till 
her  just  One  come  forth  as  brightness,  and  her  sa- 
viour be  lighted  as  a  lamp. 

2  And  the  Gentiles  shall  see  thy  just  One,  and 
all  kings  thy  glorious  One;  and  thou  shalt  be  called 
by  a  new  name,  which  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  shall 
name. 

3  And  thou  shalt  be  a  crown  of  glory  in  the  hand  cf 
the  Lord,  and  a  royal  diadem  in  the  hand  ol  thy  God. 

4  Thou  shalt  no  more  be  called  Forsaken:  and 
thy  land  shall  no  more  be  called  Desolate:  but  thou 
shalt  be  called  My  pleasure  in  her,  and  thy  land  in- 
habited. Because  the  Lord  hath  been  well  pleased 
with  thee:  and  thy  land  shall  be  inhabited. 

5  For  the  young  man  shall  dwell  with  the  vir- 
gin, and  thy  children  shall  dwell  in  thee.  And  the 
bridegroom  shall  rejoice  over  the  bride,  and  thy 
God  shall  rejoice  over  thee. 

C  Upon  tbv  walls,  O  Jerusalem,  I  have  appointed 
watchmen  all  the  day,  and  all  the  night,  ihev  shall 
never  hold  their  peace.  You  that  are  mindful  of 
the  Lord,  hold  not  your  peace, 

7  And  give  him  no  silence  till  he  establish,  and 
till  he  make  Jerusalem  a  praise  in  the  earth. 

8  The  Lord  hath  sworn  by  bis  right  band,  and 
by  the  arm  of  his  Strength:  surely  I  will  no  more 
give  thy  corn  to  be  meat  for  thy  enemies:  and  the 
sons  of  the  Strangers  shall  not  drink  thy  wine,  for 
which  thou  hast  laboured. 

9  For  they  that  gather  it  shall  eat  it,  and  shall 
praise  the  Lord:  and  they  that  bring  it  together, 
shall  drink  it  in  my  holy  courts. 

10  Go  through,  go  through  the  WtotHy  prepare  the 
way  for  the  people,  make  the   road  plain,  pick  out 

.ties,  and  lilt  up  the  standard  to  the  people. 

11  Behold,  tin;  Lord  hath  made  it  to  be  heard  in 
the  ends  of  the  earth,  tell  the  daughter  of  Sion:  Be- 
hold, thj  Saviour  cometh:  behold,  his  reward  is 
with  him.  and  his  work  before  him. 


CHAP.  LXI1I,  LXIV 


12  And  they  shall  call  them:  The  holy  people, 
The  redeemed  of  the  Lord.  But  thou  shalt  be  call- 
ed: A  city  sought  after,  and  not  forsaken. 

CHAP.  LX1II. 

Christ's  victory  over  his  enemies :  his  mercies  to  his  people  : 
their  complaint. 

WHO  is  this  that  cometh  from  Edom,*  with  dyed 
garments  from  Bosra,  this  beautiful  one  in  his 
robe,  walking  in  the  greatness  of  his  strength  ?  I,  that 
speak  justice,  and  am  a  defender  to  save. 

2  Why  then  is  thy  apparel  red,  and  thy  garments 
like  theirs  that  tread  in  the  wine-press  ? 

3  I  have  trodden  the  wine-press  alone,  and  of  the 
Gentiles  there  is  not  a  man  with  me:  I  have  tram- 
pled on  them  in  my  indignation,  and  have  trodden 
them  down  in  my  wrath,  and  their  blood  is  sprinkled 
upon  my  garments,  and  I  have  stained  all  my  apparel. 

4  For  the  day  of  vengeance  is  in  my  heart :  the 
year  of  my  redemption  is  come. 

5  I  looked  about,  and  there  was  none  to  help  :  I 
sought,  and  there  was  none  to  give  aid  :  and  my  own 
arm  hath  saved  for  me,  and  my  indignation  itself 
hath  helped  me. 

6  And  I  have  trodden  down  the  people  in  my 
wrath,  and  have  made  them  drunk  in  my  indigna- 
tion, and  have  brought  down  their  strength  to  the 
earth. 

7  I  will  remember  the  tender  mercies  of  the  Lord, 
the  praise  of  the  Lord  for  all  the  things  that  the 
Lord  hath  bestowed  upon  us,  'and  for  the  multitude 
of  his  good  things  to  the  house  of  Israel,  which  he 
hath  given  them  according  to  his  kindness,  and  ac- 
cording to  the  multitude  of  his  mercies. 

8  And  he  said:  Surely  they  are  my  people,  chil- 
dren that  will  not  deny:  so  he  became  their  saviour. 

9  In  all  their  affliction  he  was  not  troubled,  and 
the  angel  of  his  presence  saved  them  :  in  his  love, 
and  in  his  mercy,  he  redeemed  them,  and  he  carried 
them  and  lifted  them  up  all  the  days  of  old. 

10  But  they  provoked  to  wrath,  and  afflicted  the 
spirit  of  his  holy  One:  and  he  was  turned  to  be  their 
enemy,  and  he  fought  against  them. 

11  And  he  remembered  the  days  of  old  of  Moses, 
and  of  his  people:  Where  is  he  that  brought  them 
up  out  of  the  sea,  with  the  shepherds  of  his  flock  ? 
where  is  he  that  put  in  the  midst  of  them  the  spirit 
of  his  holy  One  ? 

12  He  that  brought  out  Moses  by  the  right  hand, 
by  the  arm  of  his  majesty:  that  divided  the  waters 
before  them,  to  make  himself  an  everlasting  name. 

13  He  that  led  them  out  through  the  deep,  as  a 
horse  in  the  wilderness  that  stumble th  not. 

14  As  a  beast  that  goeth  down  in  the  field,  the 
spirit  of  the  Lord  was  their  leader:  so  didst  thou 
lead  thy  people  to  make  thyself  a  glorious  name. 

*  Edom.  Edom  and  Bosra  fa  strong  city  of  Edom)  are  here  taken 
n  a  mystical  sense  for  the  enemies  of  Christ  and  his  church. 

f  They  have  held  back,  &c.  This  is  spoken  by  the  prophet  in  the  per- 
son of  the  Jews  at  the  time  when  for  their  sins  they  were  (riven  up  to 
their  enemies. 

t  Abraham  hath  not  knovn  ui,  &c.  That  is,  Abraham  will  not  now 
acknowledge  us  for  his  children,  bv  reason  of  our  degeneracy :  but 
thou,  O  Lord,  art  our  true  lather  and  our  redeemer,  and  no  other  can 
be  called  our  parcnl  in  comparison  with  thee. 


15  Look  down  from  heaven,  and  behold  from 
thy  holy  habitation  and  the  place  of  thy  glory  : 
where  is  thy  zeal,  and  thy  strength,  the  multitude 
of  thy  bowels,  and  of  thy  mercies  ?  they  have  held 
backf  themselves  from  me. 

16  For  thou  art  our  father,  and  Abraham  hath 
not  known  us,f  and  Israel  hath  been  ignorant  of 
us  :  thou,  O  Lord,  art  our  father,  our  redeemer,  from 
everlasting  is  thy  name. 

17  Why  hast  thou  made  us  to  err,§  O  Lord,  from 
thy  ways  ?  why  hast  thou  hardened  our  heart,  that 
we  should  not  fear  thee?  return  for  the  sake  of  thy 
servants,  the  tribes  of  thy  inheritance. 

18  They  have  possessed  thy  holy  people  as  no- 
thing: our  enemies  have  trodden  down  thy  sanctuary. 

19  We  are  become  as  in  the  beginning,  when  thou 
didst  not  rule  over  us,  and  when  we  were  not  called 
by  thy  name. 

CHAP.   LXIV. 

The  prophet  prays  for  the  release  of  his  people,  and  for  the 
remission  of  their  sins. 

f~\  THAT  thou  wouldst  rend  the  heavens,  and 
*»•*  wouldst  come  down:  the  mountains  would 
melt  away  at  thy  presence. 

2  They  would  melt  as  at  the  burning  of  fire,  the 
waters  would  burn  with  fire,  that  thy  name  might 
be  made  known  to  thy  enemies;  that  the  nations 
might  tremble  at  thy  presence. 

3  When  thou  shalt  do  wonderful  things,  we  shall 
not  bear  them :  thou  didst  come  down,  and  at  thy 
presence  the  mountains  melted  away. 

4  From  the  beginning  of  the  world  they  have  not 
heard,  nor  perceived  with  the  ears :  the  eye  hath 
not  seen,  O  God,  besides  thee,  what  things  thou 
hast  prepared  for  them  that  wait  for  thee. 

5  Thou  hast  met  him  that  rejoiceth,  and  doeth 
justice:  in  thy  ways  they  shall  remember  thee :  be- 
hold, thou  art  angry,  and  we  have  sinned:  in  them 
we  have  been  always,  and  we  shall  be  saved. 

6  And  we  are  all  become  as  one  unclean,  and  all 
our  justices||  as  the  rag  of  a  menstruous  woman: 
and  we  have  all  fallen  as  a  leaf,  and  our  iniquities, 
like  the  wind,  have  taken  us  away. 

7  There  is  none  that  calleth  upon  thy  name;  that 
riseth  up,  and  taketh  hold  of  thee:  thou  hast  hid  thy 
face  from  us,  and  hast  crushed  us  in  the  hand  of 
our  iniquit)*. 

8  And  now,  O  Lord,  thou  art  our  father,  and  we 
are  clay:  and  thou  art  our  maker,  and  we  all  are 
the  works  of  thy  hands. 

9  Be  not  very  angry,  O  Lord,  and  remember  no 
longer  our  iniquity :  behold,  see  we  are  all  thy  people. 

10  The  city  of  thy  sanctuary  is  become  a  desert* 
Sion  is  made  a  desert;  Jerusalem  is  desolate. 

1 1  The  house  of  our  holiness,  and  of  our  glory, 


*  Made  us  to  err,  &c.  hardened  our  heart,  Sic.  The  meaning  is,  that 
God  in  punishment  of  their  great  and  manifold  crimes,  and  their  long 
abuse  of  his  mercy  and  grace,  had  withdrawn  his  graces  from  them, 
and  so  given  them  up  to  error  and  hardness  of  heart. 

||  Our  justices,  &c.  That  is,  the  works  by  which  we  pretended  to 
make  ourselves  just.  This  js  spoken  particularly  of  the  sacrifices, 
sacraments  and  ceremonies  of  the  Jews  after  the  death  of  Christ,  and 
the  promulgation  of  the  new  law. 

101 


ISAlAa. 


where  cot  fathers  praised  thee,  is  burnt  with  fire, 

and  all  our  lovely  thing!  arc  turned   into  ruins. 

\1  Wilt  thou  "refrain  thyself,  <>  Lard,  upon  ,!""M' 
things?  "ill  thou  hold  thy  and  allhct  us  ve- 

hemently? 

CHAP.    IA\. 

The  Grntilrs  shall  seek  and  find  Christ  :  but  the  Jnrs  tnll  per- 
Mrrute  him,  and  b<  oily  a  remnant  shall  If  reserved. 

church  shall  multiply,  and  abound  iritk  graces. 

THEY  have  sought  me  that  before  asked  not 
forme,  then  have  found  me,  that  sought  me 
not.  '  I  s.iid  :  Behold  me,  behold  me,  toa  nation  that 
did  not  tall  tij>on  my  name. 

8   I  bate  spread  forth  my  hands  all  the  day  to  an 
uobeuering  people,  irho  walk  in  a  way  that  is  not 
I,  after  their  own  thoughts; 
3  A  people  that  continually  provoke  me  to  aimer 
In-fore  my  See  ;  that  immolate  in  gardens,  and  sa- 
crifice upon  bricks ; 

V  That  dwell  in  sepulchres,  and  sleep  in  the  tem- 
ple of  idols;  that  eat  sw  im  "s  flesh,  and  profane  broth 
is  in  their  resseli : 

5  That  say :  Depart  from  me,  come  not  near  me, 

because  thou  art  unclean:  these  shall  be  smoke  in 

anger,  a  fire  burning  all  the  day. 

r.   Behold,  it  is  written  before  me:  I  will  not  be 

silent,  but  1  will  render  and  repay  into  their  bosom, 

7  Your  iniquities,  and  the  iniquities  of  your  fa- 
thers together,  saith  the  Lord,  who  have  sacrificed 
upon  the  mountains,  and  have  reproached  DM  upon 
the  hills :  and  I  will  measure  back  their  first  work 
in  their  bosom. 

8  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  As  if  a  grain  be  found 
in  a  cluster,  and  it  be  said  :  Destroy  it  not,  because 
it   is  a   blessing:  so  will  I  do  for  the  sake  of  my 

nits,  that  I  may  not  destroy  the  whole. 

9  And  I  will  bring  forth  a  seed  out  of  Jacob, 
and  out  of  Juda  a  possessor  of  my  mountaius:  and 
my  elect  shall  inherit  it,  and  my  servants  shall 
dwell  there. 

10  And  the  plains  shall  be  turned  to  folds  of 
tlixks,  and  the  valley  of  Achor  into  a  place  for  the 
herds  to  lie  down  in,  for  my  people  that  have 
sought  me. 

11  And  you,  that  have  forsaken  the  Lord,  that 
have  forgotten  my  holy  mount,  that  set  a  table  for 
fortune,  and  offer  libations  upon  it : 

12  I  will  number  you  in  the  sword,  and  vou  shall 
all  fall  by  slaughter:  because  I  called,  and  you  did 
not  answer :  I  spoke,  and  you  did  not  hear  :  and 
m.ii  did  evil  in  my  eyes,  and  you  have  chosen  the 
things  that  displease  me. 

15  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Behold, 
my  servants  shall  eat,  and  you  shall  be  hungry:  be- 
hold, mvservants  shall  drink, «nd  vou  shall  be  thirsty. 

14  Behold,  my  servants  shall  rejoice,  and   vou 

shall   be  confounded:   behold,   my   servants   shall 

praise  for  joyfulness  of  heart,  and  vou  shall  cry  for 

v  of  heart,  and  shall  howl  for  grief  of  spirit. 

*  rTTUi  it  this  hnm,  Ik.  Thi»  U  a  prophecy  that  the  temple  tbould 
he  rant  off. 

f  !l,  ilul  %*erifirrtk  mar.  ttr.  Thia  n  a  prophecy,  that  U*  aarriSOM 
whirh  wrrr  <inVre«l  in  ihr  old  law  ahould  be  aboluhcd  in  the  new;  and 
that  the  offcrinf  of  them  tbould  be  a  r  rime. 


15  And  you  shall  leave  your  name  for  an  exe- 
cration to  my  elect  :  and  the  Lord  ( iod  shall  slay 
thee,  and  call  his  servants  by  another  name: 

16  In  which  be  that  is  blessed  upon  the  earth, 
shall  be  blessed  in  God,  amen  :  and  he  that  swear- 
eth  in  the  earth,  shall  swear  by  God,  amen  :  because 
the  former  distresses  are  forgotten,  and  because  they 
are  hid  from  m\  <  \.  I. 

17  For  behold,  I  create  new  heavens,  and  a  new 
earth  :  and  the  former  thlags  shall  not  be  in  remem- 
brance, and  they  shall  not  come  upon  the  heart. 

18  But  you  shall  lie  glad  and  reioicc  for  ever  in 
these  things,  which  1  create:  for  behold,  I  create 
Jerusalem  a  rejoicing,  and  the  people  thereof  joy. 

19  And  I  will  rejoice  in  Jerusalem,  and  joy  in 
my  people  :  and  the  voice  of  Weeping  shall  no  more 
be  heard  in  her.  nor  the  voice  of  crying. 

20  There  shall  no  more  be  an  infant  of  daysthero, 
nor  an  old  man  that  shall  not  fill  up  his  days:  lor 
the  child  shall  die  a  hundred  wars  old,  and  the  sin- 
ner l>ciiig-a  hundred  Mars  old  shall  be  accursed. 

21  And  they  shall  build  houses,  and  inhabit 
them:  and  they  shall  plant  vineyards,  and  eat  the 
fruits  of  them. 

22  They  shall  not  build  and  another  inhabit : 
they  shall  not  plant,  and  another  eat  :  for  as  the  dart 
of  a  tree,  so  shall  be  the  days  of  my  people,  and  tli< 
works  of  their  hands  shall  l>e  of  long  continuance. 

23  My  elect  shall  not  labour  in  vain,  nor  brine 
forth  in  trouble  :  for  they  are  the  seed  of  the  blessed 
of  the  Lordj  and  their  posterity  with  them. 

24  And  it  shall  come  to  past,  that  before  tin  v 
call,  I  will  bear:  as  they  are  yet  speaking,  I  will  hear. 

25  The  wolf  and  the  lamb  shall  feed  together: 
the  lion  and  the  ox  shall  cat  straw  :  and  dirtt  shall 
be  the  serpent's  food  :  they  shall  not  hurt,  nor  kill 
in  all  my  holy  mountain,  saith  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  LXVI. 

More  of  the  reprobation  of  the  Jews,  and  of  the  call  of  the 

(!<  utiles. 

THIS  saith  the  Lord:  Heaven  is  my  throne, 
and  the  earth  my  footstool  :  w  hat  is  this  house* 
that  you  will  build  to  me  ?  and  what  is  this  place 
of  my  rest  ? 

2  My  hand  made  all  these  things,  and  all  these 
things  were  made,  saith  the  Lord.  But  to  whom  shall 
1  have  respect,  but  to  him  that  is  poor  and  little,  and 
of  a  contrite  spirit,  and  that  trembleth  at  my  words? 

3  He  that  saerificcth  an  ox,t  is  as  if  he  slew  a 
man:  he  that  killeth  a  sheep  in  sacrifice,  as  if  he 
should  brain  a  dog  :  he  that  oflereth  an  oblation,  as 
if  he  should  oiler  swine's  blood:  he  that  reniem- 
berelh  incense,}  as  if  he  should  bless  an  idol.  All 
these  thing!  have  they  chosen  in  their  ways,  and 
their  soul  is  delighted  in  their  abominations. 

4  Wherefore  I  slso  will  choose  their  mockeries;( 
and  will  bring  upon  them  the  things  they  fean t 1 : 
because  I  called,  and  there  was  ,„,ne  that  would 
answer:    I   ha\e   spoken,  and  they  heard  not  :   and 


iRemtmitrttk  mttnu.  rix.  To  ofivr  it  in  the  way  of  a  sacrifice. 
I  will  tktnt  Ikeir  anW    I  will  turn  their  mockeries  upon  thrm 
•elrea  i  and  will  caute  thorn  to  be  mocke  I  by  their  enctniaa. 


CHAP.  LXVI. 


they  have  done  evil  in  my  eyes,  and  have  chosen 
the  things  that  displease  me. 

5  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  you  that  tremble 
at  his  word  :  Your  brethren  that  hate  you,  and  cast 
you  out  for  my  name's  sake,  have  said :  Let  the 
Lord  be  glorified,  and  we  shall  see  in  your  joy :  but 
they  shall  be  confounded. 

6  A  voice  of  the  people  from  the  city,  a  voice 
from  the  temple,  the  voice  of  the  Lord  that  render- 
eth  recompence  to  his  enemies. 

7  Before  she  was  in  labour,*  she  brought  forth  : 
before  her  time  came  to  be  delivered  she  brought 
forth  a  man-child. 

8  Who  hath  ever  heard  such  a  thing  ?  and  who 
hath  seen  the  like  to  this  ?  shall  the  earth  bring 
forth  in  one  day  ?  or  shall  a  nation  be  brought 
forth  at  once,  because  Sion  hath  been  in  labour,  and 
hath  brought  forth  her  children  ? 

9  Shall  not  I  that  make  others  to  bring  forth 
children,  myself  bring  forth,  saith  the-Lord?  shall 
I,  that  give  generation  to  others,  be  barren,  saith 
the  Lord  thy  God  ? 

10  Rejoice  with  Jerusalem,  and  be  glad  with 
her,  all  you  that  love  her  :  rejoice  for  joy  with  her, 
all  you  that  mourn  for  her. 

1 1  That  you  may  suck,  and  be  filled  with  the 
breasts  of  her  consolations  :  that  you  may  milk 
out,  and  flow  with  delights  from  the  abundance  of 
her  glory. 

12  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Behold,  I  will  bring 
upon  her  as  it  were  a  river  of  peace,  and  as  an 
overflowing  torrent  the  glory  of  the  Gentiles,  which 
you  shall  suck  :  you  shall  be  carried  at  the  breasts, 
and  upon  the  knees  they  shall  caress  you. 

13  As  one  whom  the  mother  caresseth,  so  will  I 
comfort  you,  and  you  shall  be  comforted  in  Je- 
rusalem.  • 

14  You  shall  see,  and  your  heart  shall  rejoice, 
and  your  bones  shall  flourish  like  an  herb  ;  and  the 

*  Before  she  was  in  labour,  &c.  This  relates  to  the  conversion  of  the 
Gentile?,  who  were  born,  as  it  were  all  on  a  sudden  to  the  church  of 
God. 


hand  of  the  Lord  shall  be  known  to  his  servants  . 
and  he  shall  be  angry  with  his  enemies. 

15  For  behold,  the  Lord  will  come  with  fire,  and 
his  chariots  arelike  a  whirlwind,  to  render  his  wrath 
in  indignation,  and  his  rebuke  with  flames  of  fire. 

16  For  the  Lord  shall  judge  by  fire,  and  by  his 
sword  unto  all  flesh  :  and  the  slain  of  the  Lord 
shall  be  many. 

17  They  that  were  sanctified,  and  thought  them- 
selves clean  in  the  gardens  behind  the  gate  within, 
they  that  did  eat  swine's  flesh,  and  the  abomination, 
and  the  mouse  :  they  shall  be  consumed  together, 
saith  the  Lord. 

18  But  I  know  their  works,  and  their  thoughts  : 
I  come  that  I  may  gather  them  together  with  all 
nations  and  tongues :  and  they  shall  come,  and 
shall  see  my  glory. 

19  And  1  will  set  a  sign  among  them,  and  I  will 
send  of  them,  that  shall  be  saved,  to  the  Gentiles 
into  the  sea,  into  Africa,  and  Lydia,  them  that  draw 
the  bow ;  into  Italy,  and  Greece,  to  the  islands 
afar  off",  to  them  that  have  not  heard  of  me,  and  have 
not  seen  my  glory.  And  they  shall  declare  my 
glory  to  the  Gentiles  : 

20  And  they  shall  bring  all  your  brethren  out  of 
all  nations  for  a  gift  to  the  Lord,  upon  horses,  and 
in  chariots,  and  in  litters,  and  on  mules,  and  in 
coaches,  to  my  holy  mountain  Jerusalem,  saith  the 
Lord,  as  if  the  children  of  Israel  should  bring  an 
offering  in  a  clean  vessel  into  the  house  of  the  Lord 

21  And  I  will  take  of  them  to  be  priests  and 
Levites,  saith  the  Lord. 

22  For  as  the  new  heavens,  and  the  new  earth, 
which  I  make  to  stand  before  me,  saith  the  Lord  ; 
so  shall  your  seed  stand,  and  your  name. 

23  And  there  shall  be  month  after  month,  and 
sabbath  after  sabbath  :  and  all  flesh  shall  come  to 
adore  before  my  face,  saith  the  Lord. 

24  And  they  shall  go  out,  and  see  the  carcasses 
of  the  men  that  have  transgressed  against  me :  their 
worm  shall  not  die,  and  their  fire  shall  not  be  quench- 
ed :  and  they  shall  be  a  loathsome  sight  to  all  flesh. 


THE  PROPHECY  OF  JEREMIAS. 


jeremias  was  a  priest,  a  native  of  Anatlwth,  a  priestly  city  in 
the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  and  was  sanctified  from  his  mother's 
womb,  to  be  a  prophet  of  God  ;  tohich  office  he  began  to  exe- 
cute when  he  was  yet  a  child  in  age.  He  was  in  his  whole 
life,  according  to  the  signification  of  his  name,  great  before 
the  Lord  ;  and  a  special  figure  of  Jesus  Christ,  in  the  per- 
secutions he  underwent  for  discharging  his  duty  ;  in  his  chari- 
ty for  his  persecutors  ;  and  in  the  violent  death  he  suffered  at 
their  hands  :  it  being  an  ancient  tradition  of  the  Hebrews, 
that  he  was  stoned  to  death  by  the  remnant  of  the  Jews  who 
had  retired  into  Egypt. 

CHAP.  I. 

The.lime,  and  the  calling,  of  Jeremias  ;  his  prophetical  visions. 

God  encouro^pshim. 
HPHE  words  of  Jer<  rnias  the  son  of  Helcias,  of 
-*-    the  priests  that  wtre  in  Anathoth,  in  the  land 
of  Benjamin. 


2  The  word  of  the  Lord  which  came  to  him  in 
the  days  of  Josias  the  son  of  Amon  king  of  Juda,  in 
the  thirteenth  year  of  his  reign. 

3  And  which  came  to  him  in  the  days  of  Joakim 
the  son  of  Josias  king  of  Juda,  unto  the  end  of  the 
eleventh  year  of  Sedecias  the  son  of  Josias  king  of 
Juda,  even  unto  the  carrying  away  of  Jerusalem 
captive,  in  the  fifth  month. 

4  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  tome,  saying: 

5  Before  I  formed  thee  in  the  bowels  of  thy  mo- 
ther, I  knew  thee,  and  before  thou  earnest  forth  out 
of  the  womb,  I  sanctified  thee,  and  made  thee  a 
prophet  unto  the  nations. 

6  And  I  said  :  Ah,  ah,  ah,  Lord  God :  behold,  I 
cannot  speak,  for  I  am  a  child. 

507 


JKKEMIAS 


7  And  the  Lord  said  to  me:  Say  not  :  I  am  a 
child  :  for  llioii  shalt  go  to  all  that  I  shall  send  thee : 
and  \vh  r  I  shall  command  tint',  thou  shalt 
speak. 

8  Be  not  afraid  at  their  ptUMW!  for  I  am  with 
thee  to  deliver  thee,  saith  tin-  Lord. 

9  And  the  Lord  nut  forth  his  hand,  and  touched 
my  mouth :  and  the  Lord  said  to  mo:  behold,  I 
line  ghres  my  words  in  thy  mouth  : 

10  Lo,  I  have  set  thee  this  day  over  the  nations, 
and  over  kingdoms,  to  root  up,  and  to  pull  down, 
and  tow  aste,  and  to  destroy,  and  to  build,  and  to  plant. 

1  I  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  say- 
ins  :  What  s«  est  thou,  Jeremias?  And  I  said:  I  see 
a  rod  watching. 

1  J  And  the  Lord  said  to  me:  Thou  hast  seen 
well  :  for  I  will  watch  o\er  my  word  to  perform  it. 

13  llld the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me  I  se- 
cond time,  savins:  What  seest  thou?  And  I  said: 
I  see  ■  boiling  caldron,  and  the  face  thereof  from 
the  face  of  the  north. 

IV  And  the  Lord  said  to  me:  From  the  north 
shall  an  i  \  il  break  forth  upon  all  the  inhabitants 
of  the  land. 

I")  For  behold,  I  will  call  together  all  the  families 
of  the  kingdoms  of  the  north,  saith  the  Lord:  and 
they  shall  come,  and  shall  set  every  one  his  throne 
in  the  entrance  of  the  gates  of  Jerusalem,  and  upon 
all  the  walls  thereof  round  about,  and  upon  all  the 
cities  of  Juda. 

16  And  I  will  pronounce  my  judgments  against 
them,  touching  all  their  wickedness,  who  have  for- 
saken  me,  and  have  sacrificed  to  strange  gods,  and 
have  adored  the  work  of  their  own  hands. 

17  Thou  therefore  eird  up  thy  loins,  and  arise, 
and  Beak  to  them  all  that  1  command  thee.  Be 
not  atraid  at  their  presence:  fori  will  make  thee 
not  to  tear  their  countenance. 

1M  For  behold,  I    have  made  thee  this  day  a  for- 

t it'n  <1  city,  and  a  pillar  of  iron,  and  a  wall  of  brass, 

over  all  the  land,  to  the  kings  of  Juda,  to  the  prin- 

r  hereof,  and  to  the  priests,  and  to  the  people  of 

tin  laud. 

19  And  they  shall  fight  against  thee,  and  shall 
not  prevail :  lor  1  am  with  thee,  saith  the  Lord,  to 
deliver  tine. 

CHAP.  IF. 

God  txpottuLtlrt  with  the  Jetes  for  their  ingratitude   and 
infidelity. 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me.  saying : 
2  Go,  and  cry  in  the  ears  of  Jerusalem,  say- 
ing ;  Thus  saith  the  Lord:  I  have  remembered 
thee,  pitying  thy  youth,  and  the  love  of  thy  espou- 
sals, when  thou  followcdst  me  in  tint  desert,  in  a 
laud  that  is  not  sown. 

.'?  Israel  is  holy  to  the  Lord,  the  first-fruits  of  his 
increase:  all  thev  that  devour  him  offend:  evils 
shall  come  upon  them,  saith  the  Lord. 

Heat   M'  the    word    of  the    Lord,.  ()  house  of 
Jacob,   and  all  ye  families  of  the  house  of  Israel  : 
I  bus  s;iiib  the  Lord  :    What  iniquity  have  pour 


I'tnv1      Thai  it,  a  fruitful,  |  l>  ntilu! 


fathers  found  in  me,  that  they  are  gone  far  from  me, 
and  have  walked  after  vanity,  and  are  become  vain.1' 

6  And  they  have  not  said  :  Where  is  the  Lord, 
that  made  us  come  up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 
that  led  us  through  the  desert,  through  a  land  unin- 
habited and  impassable,  through  a  land  of  drought, 
and  the  image  of  death,  through  a  land,  wherein  no 
man  walked,  nor  any  man  dwelt? 

7  And  I  brought  you  into  the  land  of  CanneL* 
to  eat  the  fruit  thereof  and  the  best  things  thereof: 
and  when  ye  entered  in,  you  defiled  my  land,  and 
made  my  inheritance  an  abomination. 

8  The  priests  did  not  say  :  Where  is  the  Lord  ? 
and  they  that  held  the   law  knew    DM  not,  and  the 

pastors  transgressed  against  me:  and  the  prophets 

prophesied  in  Baal,  and  followed  idols. 

9  Therefore  will  I  yet  contend  in  judgment  with 
you,  saith  the  Lord,  and  1  will  plead  with  your  chil- 
dren. 

10  Pass  over  to  the  isles  of  Cethim;  and  see  :  and 
send  into  Cedar,  and  consider  diligently  :  and  n  e 
if  there  hath  been  done  any  thing  like  this. 

11  If  a  nation  hath  changed  their  gods,  and  in- 
deed they  are  not  gods  :  but  my  people  nave  changed 
their  glory  into  an  idol. 

12  Be  astonished,  O  ye  heavens,  at  this:  and 
ye  nates  thereof,  be  very  desolate,  saith  the  Lord. 

13  For  my  people  have  done  two  evils.  The] 
have  forsaken  me,  the  fountain  of  living  water,  and 
have  digged  to  themselves  cisterns,  broken  cisterns, 
that  can  hold  no  water. 

14 Is  Israel  a  bondman,  or  a  home-born  slave ? 
why  then  is  he  become  a  prey  ? 

(5  The  lions  have  roared  upon  him,  and  have  made 
a  noise:  they  have  made  his  land  a  wilderness:  his 
cities  are  burnt  down,  and  there  is  none  to  dwell  in 
them. 

16  The  children  also  of  Memphis  and  of  Tanhnes 
have  defloured  thee,  even  to  the  crown  of  the  head. 

17  Hath  not  this  been  done  to  thee,  because  thou 
hast  forsaken  the  Lord  thy  God  at  that  time,  when 
he  led  thee  by  the  wav? 

18  And  now  what  Last  thou  to  do  in  the  way  of 
Egypt,  to  drink  the  troubled  water  ?  And  what  bast 
thou  to  do  with  the  way  of  the  Assyrians,  to  drink 
the  water  of  the  river  ? 

19  Thy  own  wickedness  shall  reprove  thee  ;  and 
thy  apostacy  shall  rebuke  thee.  Know  thou,  and 
see,  that  it  is  an  e\  il  ami  a  bitter  thing  for  thee,  to 
have  left  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  that  my  fear  is  not 
with  thee,  saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  hosts. 

20  Of  old  time  thou  hast  broken  my  yoke,  thou 
hast  burst  my  bands,  and  thou  saidst  :  1  will  not 
serve.  For  on  every  high  hill,  and  under  every 
green  tree  thou  didst  prostitute  thyself. 

21  Yet  I  planted  thee  ■  chosen  vineyard,  all  true 
seed:  how  then  art  thou  turned  unto  mc  into  thai 
which  is  good  for  nothing,  O  strange  vineyard  ? 

22  Though  thou  wash  thyself  with  nitre,  and 
multiply  to  thyself  the  herb  borith.t  thou  art  staib- 
ed  in  thy  iniquity  before  me,  saith  the   Lord  God. 

t  florilk.    An  licrb  u*cd U»  clean  clothe*,  ami  Ukeout  »|*>U  kttl  dirt 


CHAP.  HI. 


iS  How  anstthou  say:  I  am  nol  polluted,  I  have 
lot  walked  after  Baalim  ?  see  the  ways  in  the  val- 
ley,  know  what  thou  hast  done  :  as  a  swift  runner 
pursuing  his  course. 

24  A  wild  ass  accustomed  to  the  wilderness  in 
the  desire  of  his  heart,  snuffed  up  the  wind  of  his 
love  .  none  shall  turn  her  away :  all  that  seek  her 
shall  not  fail :  in  her  monthly  filth  they  shall  find 
her. 

25  Keep  thy  foot  from  being  bare,  and  thy  throat 
from  thirst.  But  thou  saidst:  I  have  lost  all  hope, 
I  will  not  doit:  fori  have  loved  strangers,  and  1 
will  walk  after  them. 

26  As  the  thief  is  confounded  when  he  is  taken, 
so  is  the  house  of  Israel  confounded,  they  and  their 
kings,  their  princes  and  their  priests,  and  their  pro- 
phets, 

27  Saying  to  a  stock  :  Thou  art  my  father :  and 
to  a  stone  :  Thou  hast  begotten  me:  they  have  turn- 
ed their  back  to  me,  and  not  their  face  :  and  in  the 
time  of  their  affliction  they  will  say  :  Arise,  and  de- 
liver us. 

28  Where  are  the  gods,  whom  thou  hast  made 
thee  ?  let  them  arise  and  deliver  thee  in  the  time  of 
thy  affliction:  for  according  to  the  number  of  thy 
cities  were  thy  gods,  O  Juda. 

29  Why  will  you  contend  with  me  in  judgment? 
you  have  all  forsaken  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

30  In  vain  have  I  struck  your  children,  they 
have  not  received  correction  :  your  sword  hath  de- 
voured your  prophets,  your  generation  is  like  a  ra- 
vaging lion. 

31  See  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord  :  Am  I  become 
l  wilderness  to  Israel,  or  a  lateward  springing  land  ? 
why  then  have  my  people  said  :  We  are  revolted, 
we  will  come  to  thee  no  more  ? 

32  Will  a  virgin  forget  her  ornament,  or  a  bride 
her  stomacher  ?  but  my  people  hath  forgotten  me 
days  without  number. 

33  Why  dost  thou  endeavour  to  show  thy  way 
good  to  seek  my  love,  thou  who  hast  also  taught  thy 
malices  to  be  thy  ways, 

34  And  in  thy  skirts  is  found  the  blood  of  the 
souls  of  the  poor  and  innocent  ?  not  in  ditches  have 
I  found  them,  but  in  all  places,  which  I  mentioned 
before. 

35  And  thou  hast  said  :  I  am  without  sin,  and 
am  innocent :  and  therefore  let  thy  anger  be  turned 
away  from  me.  Behold,  I  will  contend  with  thee 
in  judgment,  because  thou  hast  said  :  I  have  not 
sinned. 

36  How  exceeding  base  art  thou  become,  going 
the  same  ways  over  again  !  and  thou  shalt  be  asha- 
med of  Egypt,  as  thou  wast  ashamed  of  Assyria. 

37  For  from  thence  thou  shalt  go,  and  thy  hand 
shall  be  upon  thy  head  :  for  the  Lord  hath  destroyed 
thy  trust,  and  thou  shalt  have  nothing  prosperous 
therein. 

CHAP.  III. 

God  invite*  the  rebel  Jews  to  return  to  him,  with  a  promise  to 
receive  them  :  he  foretells  the  conversion  of  the  Gentiles. 

IT  is  commonly  said  :   If  a  man  put  away  his  wife, 
and  she  go  from  him,   and  marry  another  man, 


shall  he  return  to  her  any  more  ?  shall  nol  that 
woman  be  polluted,  and  defiled  ?  but  thou  hasi 
prostituted  thyself  to  many  lovers  :  nevertheless  re- 
turn to  me,  saith  the  Lord,  and  I  will  receive  thee. 

2  Lift  up  thy  eyes  on  high  :  and  see  where  thou 
hast  not  prostituted  thyself :  thou  didst  sit  in  the 
ways,  waiting  for  them  as  a  robber  in  the  wilder- 
ness :  and  thou  hast  polluted  the  land  with  thy 
fornications,  and  with  thy  wickedness. 

3  Therefore  the  showers  were  withholden,  and 
there  was  no  lateward  rain  :  thou  hadst  a  harlot's 
forehead,  thou  wouldst  not  blush. 

4  Therefore  at  the  least  from  this  time  call  to 
me  :  Thou  art  my  father,  the  guide  of  my  virginity: 

5  Wilt  thou  be  angry  for  ever,  or  wilt  thou  con- 
tinue unto  the  end  ?  Behold,  thou  hast  spoken,  and 
fiast  done  evil  things,  and  hast  been  able. 

6  And  the  Lord  said  to  me  in  the  days  of  king 
Josias  :  Hast  thou  seen  what  rebellious  Israel  hath 
done  ?  she  hath  gone  of  herself  upon  every  higli 
mountain,  and  under  every  green  tree,  ana  hath 
played  the  harlot  there. 

7  And  when  she  had  done  all  these  things,  I 
said  :  Return  to  me  :  and  she  did  not  return.  And 
her  treacherous  sister  Juda  saw, 

8  That  because  the  rebellious  Israel  had  played 
the  harlot,  I  had  put  her  away,  and  given  her  a  bill 
of  divorce  :  yet  her  treacherous  sister  Juda  was  not 
afraid,  but  went  and  played  the  harlot  also  herself. 

9  And  by  the  facility  of  her  fornication  she  de- 
filed the  land,  and  played  the  harlot  with  stones  and 
with  stocks. 

10  And  after  all  this,  her  treacherous  sister  Juda 
hath  not  returned  to  me  with  her  whole  heart,  but 
with  falsehood,  saith  the  Lord. 

11  And  the  Lord  said  tome:  The  rebellious 
Israel  hath  justified  her  soul,  in  comparison  of  the 
treacherous  Juda. 

12  Go,  and  proclaim  these  words  towards  the 
north,  and  thou  shalt  say :  Return,  O  rebellious 
Israel,  saith  the  Lord,  and  I  will  not  turn  away  my 
face  from  you  :  for  1  am  holy,  saith  the  Lord,  and  1 
will  not  be  angry  for  ever. 

13  But  yet  acknowledge  thy  iniquity,  that  thou 
hast  transgressed  against  the  Lord  thy  God :  and 
thou  hast  scattered  thy  ways  to  strangers  under  every 
green  tree,  and  hast  not  heard  my  voice,  saith  the  Lord . 

14  Return,  O  ye  revolting  children,  saith  the 
Lord  :  for  I  am  your  husband  :  and  I  will  take  you, 
one  of  a  city,  and  two  of  a  kindred,  and  will  bring 
you  into  Sion. 

15  And  I  will  give  you  pastors  according  to  my 
own  heart,  and  they  shall  feed  you  with  knowledge 
and  doctrine. 

16  And  when  you  shall  be  multiplied,  and  in- 
creased in  the  land  in  those  days,  saith  the  Lord, 
they  shall  say  no  more  :  The  ark  of  the  covenant 
of  the  Lord  :  neither  shall  it  come  upon  the  heart 
neither  shall  they  remember  it,  neither  shall  it  be 
visited,  neither  shall  that  be  done  any  more. 

17  At  that  time  Jerusalem  shall  be  called  the 
throne  of  the  Lord  :  and  all  the  nations  shall  be 
gathered  together  to  it,  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  to 


Jerusalem,  and  tlw  y  thai]  not  walk  after  the  perver- 
sity of  their  mo-t  w  icked  heart. 

IN  It  those  days  the  house  of  Juda  shall  goto 
the  house  of  Israel,  and  they  shall  come  together  out 
of  the  land  of  the  north  to  the  land  which  1  gave  to 
vour  fathers. 

I!>  lint  I  said  :  How  shall  I  pot  thee  anion:;  the 
children,  and  givfl  thee  a  lovely  land,  the  goodly  in- 
heritance of  the  armies  of  the  Gentiles?  And  I  said: 
Thou  shalt  call  tnc  father,  and  shalt  not  cease  to 
walk  alter  me. 

20  lint  as  a  woman  that  despiscth  her  lover, 
so  hath  the  house  of  Israel  despised  me,  saith  the 
Lord. 

J I  A  voice  was  heard  in  the  high  ways,  weeping 
and  how  ling  of  the  children  of  Israel :  because  they 
have  made  their  way  wicked,  they  have  forgotten 
the  Lord  their  God. 

RetUfth  )(iu  rebellious  children,  and  I  will 
heal  four  rebellions.  Behold,  we  come  to  thee  : 
for  thou  art  the  Lord  our  God. 

in  \.  ry  deed  the  hills  were  liars,  and  the  mul- 
titude of  the  mountains  :  truly  in  the  Lord  our  God 
is  the  salvation  of  Israel. 

Jl  Confbsion  hath  devoured  the  labour  of  our 
fathers  from  our  youth,  their  flocks  and  their  herds, 
their  sons  and  their  daughters. 

16  We  shall  sleep  inour  confusion,  andour  shame 
shall  cover  us,  because  we  have  sinned  against  the 
Lord  our  God,  we  and  our  fathers  from  our  youth 
even  to  this  day  :  and  we  have  not  hearkened  to  the 
voice  of  the  Lord  onr  God. 

CHAP.  IV. 

An  admonition  to  tineere  repentance,  and  eirrumcisiim  oftht 
heart,  with  threat*  of  grievous  punishment  to  those  that  ]>er- 
sist  in  tin. 

IK  thou  wilt  return,  O  Israel,  saith  the  Lord,  re- 
turn to  me:   if  thou  wilt  take  aw  ay  thy  stumbling- 
blocks  out  of  my  light,  thou  shalt  not  be  moved. 

.'  \nd  thou  shalt  swear :  As  the  Lord  liveth,  in 
truth,  and  In  judgment,  and  injustice  :  and  the  Gen- 
tiles shall  hless  him,  and  shall  praise  htm. 

9  lor  tliiis  saith  the  Lord  to  the  men  of  Juda, 
and  Jerusalem  :  Break  up  anew  your  fallow  ground, 
and  sow  not  ii|K>n  thorns  : 

4  Be  circumcised  to  the  Lord,  and  take  away 
the  foreskins  of  your  hearts,  ye  men  of  Juda,  and  yc 
Inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  :  lest  my  indignation  come 
forth  like  fire,  and  hum,  and  there  be  none  that  can 
quench  it:  becaaseofthewickednessofyourthoughts. 

5  Declare  ye  in  Juda,  and  make  it  heard  in  Je- 
rusalem :  speak,  and  sound  with  the  trumpet  in  the 
land  :  cry  aloud,  and  say:  Assemble  yourselves,  and 
let  us  so  into  strong  cities. 

6  Setup  the  standard  in  Sion.  Strengthen  your- 
\. -|\es,  stay  not  ;  for  I  bring  evil  from  the  north  and 
great  destruction. 

7  The  lion  is  come  up  out  of  his  den,  and  the 
robber  of  nations  hath  roused  himself:  he  is  come 
forth  out  of  his  place,  to  make  thy  mud  desolate  : 
thy  cities  shall  be  laid  waste,  remaining  without  an 
inhabitant 

U  For  this  nird  yoursdve*  with  hair-cloth, Liment 

m 


JEREMIAS. 

1 


for  the  fierce  auger  of  the  Lord  is  not 


and  how  1 

turned  awav  from  us. 

9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  saith  the 
Lord  :  That  the  heart  of  the  king  shall  perish,  and 
the  heart  of  the  princes:  and  the  priests  shall  be 
astonished,  and  the  prophets  shall  be  amazed. 

10  And  I  said:  Alas,  alas,  alas,  O  Lord  God, 
hast  thou  then  deceived  this  people  and  Jerusalem, 
saving:  You  shall  have  peace:  and  behold  the  sword 
reacheth  even  to  the  soul  ? 

11  At  that  time  it  shall  be  said  to  this  people, 
and  to  Jerusalem  :  A  burning  wind  is  in  the  ways 
that  are  in  the  desert  of  the  way  of  the  daughter  ol 
my  people,  not  to  fan,  nor  to  cleanse. 

12  A  full  wind  from  these  places  shall  come  to 
me :  and  now  1  will  speak  my  judgments  With  them. 

13  Behold,  be  shall  come  up  as  a  cloud,  and  his 
chariots  as  a  tempest  :  his  horses  ore, swifter  than 
eagles:  wo  unto  us,  for  we  are  laid  waste. 

l\  Wash  thy  heart  from  wickedness,  ()  Jerusa- 
lem, that  thou  mayst  be  saved:  how  long  shall 
hurtful  thoughts  abide  in  thee  ? 

15  For  a  voice  of  one  declaring  from  Dan,  and 
giving  notice  of  the  idol  from  mount  Kphraim. 

16  Say  ye  to  die  nations:  Behold,  it  is  heard  in 
Jerusalem,  that  guards  arc  coming  from  a  far  coun- 
try, and  give  out  their  voice  against  the  cities  of  Juda. 

17  They  are  set  round  about  her,  as  keepers  of 
fields:  because  she  hath  provoked  me  to  wrath, 
saith  the  Lord. 

18  Thy  ways,  and  thy  devices  have  brought 
these  things  upon  thee  :  this  is  thy  w  ickedness,  be- 
cause it  is  bitter,  because  it  hath  touched  thy  heart. 

19  My  bowels,  my  bowels  are  in  pain,  the  senses 
of  my  heart  are  troubled  within  me.  I  will  not  hold 
my  peace,  for  my  soul  hath  heard  the  sound  of  the 
trumpet,  the  cry  of  battle. 

20  Destruction  upon  destruction  is  called  for, 
and  all  the  earth  is  laid  waste :  my  tents  are  de- 
stroyed on  a  sudden,  and  my  pavilions  in  a  moment. 

21  How  long  shall  I  see  men  fleeing  awav,  how 
long  shall  I  hear  the  sound  of  the  trumpet? 

22  For  mv  foolish  people  have  not  known  me: 
they  are  fooiish  and  senseless  children  :  they  are 
wise  to  do  evils,  but  to  do  good  they  have  no 
knowledge. 

23  I  beheld  the  earth,  and  lo  it  was  void,  and 
nothing:  and  the  heavens,  and  there  was  no  ligb 
in  them. 

24  I  looked  upon  the  mountains,  and  behold  they 
trembled  :   and  all  the  hills  wire  troubled. 

25  I  beheld,  and  lo  there  was  no  man:  and  all 
the  birds  of  the  air  were  gonp. 

26  I  looked,  and  behold  (armel  was  a  wilder- 
ni^v  and  all  its  cities  were  destroyed  at  the  pre- 
sence of  the  Lord,  and  at  the  presence  of  the  wrath 
of  his  indignation. 

27  For  thus  saith  the  Lord:  All  the  land  shall 
be  desolate,  but  yet  1  will  not  utterly  destroy, 

28  The  earth  shall  mourn,  and  the  In  .iven-  shall 
lament  from  above:  because  1  have  spoken.  I  have 
purposed,  and  I  have  not  repented,  neither  am  I 
turned  away  from  it. 


CHAP.  V. 


29  At  the  voice  of  the  horsemen,  and  the  archer, 
all  the  city  is  fled  away:  they  have  entered  into 
thickets  and  have  climbed  up  the  rocks  :  all  the  ci- 
ties are  forsaken,  and  there  dwelleth  not  a  man 
ill  them. 

30  But  when  thou  art  spoiled  what  wilt  thou  do? 
though  thou  clothest  thyself  with  scarlet,  though 
thou  deckest  thee  with  ornaments  of  gold,  and  paint- 
est  thy  eyes  with  stihick-stone,  thou  shalt  dress  thy- 
self out  in  vain  :  thy  lovers  have  despised  thee,  they 
will  seek  thy  life. 

31  For  I  have -heard  the  voice  as  of  a  woman 
in  travail,  anguishes  as  of  a  woman  in  lahour  of  a 
child.  The  voice  of  the  daughter  of  Sion,  dying 
away,  spreading  her  hands  :  Wo  is  me,  for  my  soul 
hath  fainted  because  of  them  that  are  slain. 

CHAP.  V. 

The  judgments  of  God  shall  fall  upon  the  Jews  for  their  mani- 
fold sins. 

GO  about  through  the  streets  of  Jerusalem,  and 
see,  and  consider,  and  seek  in  the  broad  places 
thereof,  if  you  can  find  a  man  that  executeth  judg- 
ment, and  seeketh  faith :  and  1  will  be  merciful 
unto  it. 

2  And  though  they  say :  The  Lord  liveth  ;  this 
also  they  will  swear  falsely. 

3  O  Lord,  thy  eyes  are  upon  truth  :  thou  hast 
struck  them,  and  they  have  not  grieved  :  thou  hast 
bruised  them,  and  they  have  refused  to  receive  cor- 
rection :  they  have  made  their  faces  harder  than 
the  rock,  and  they  have  refused  to  return. 

4  But  I  said:  Perhaps  these  are  poor  and  fool- 
ish, that  know  not  the  way  of  the  Lord,  the  judg- 
ment of  their  God. 

5  I  will  go  therefore  to  the  great  men,  and  will 
speak  to  them :  for  they  have  known  the  way  of 
the  Lord,  and  the  judgment  of  their  God :  and 
behold  these  have  altogether  broken  the  yoke  more, 
and  have  burst  the  bonds. 

6  Wherefore  a  lion  out  of  the  wood  hath  slain 
them,  a  wolf  in  the  evening  hath  spoiled  them,  a 
leopard  watcheth  for  their  cities:  every  one  that 
shall  go  out  thence  shall  be  taken,  because  their 
transgressions  are  multiplied,  their  rebellions  are 
strengthened. 

7  How  can  I  be  merciful  to  thee  ?  thy  children 
have  forsaken  me,  and  swear  by  them  that  are  not 
gods :  I  fed  them  to  the  full,  and  they  committed 
adultery,  and  rioted  in  the  harlot's  house. 

8  They  are  become  as  amorous  horses,  and  stal- 
lions :  every  one  neighed  after  his  neighbour's  wife. 

9  Shall  I  not  visit  for  these  things,  saith  the 
Lord  ?  and  shall  not  my  soul  take  revenge  on  such 
a  nation  ? 

10  Scale  the  walls  thereof,  and  throw  them  down, 
but  do  not  utterly  destroy:  take  away  the  branches 
thereof,  because  they  are  not  the  Lord's. 

11  For  the  house  of  Israel  and  the  house  of 
Juda  have  greatly  transgressed  against  me,  saith 
the  Lord. 

12  They  have  denied  the  Lord,  and  said,  It  is 
not  he:  and  the  evil  shall  not  come  upon  us:  we 
shall  not  see  the  sword  and  famine. 

4  G 


13  The  prophets  have  spoken  in  the  Wind,  and 
there  was  no  word  of  God  in  them  :  these  things 
therefore  shall  befall  them. 

14  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  hosts :  Because 
you  have  spoken  this  word  :  behold,  I  will  make  my 
words  in  thy  mouth  as  fire,  and  this  people  as  wood, 
and  it  shall  devour  them. 

15  Behold,  I  will  bring  upon  you  a  nation  from 
afar,  O  house  of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord :  a  strong 
nation,  an  ancient  nation,  a  nation  whose  language 
thou  shalt  not  know,  nor  understand  what  they  say. 

16  Their  quiver  is  as  an  open  sepulchre,  they  are 
all  valiant. 

17  And  they  shall  eat  up  thy  corn,  and  thy  bread: 
they  shall  devour  thy  sons,  and  thy  daughters:  they 
shall  eat  up  thy  flocks,  and  thy  herds  :  they  shall  eat 
thy  vineyards,  and  thy  figs:  and  with  the  sword  they 
shall  destroy  thy  strong  cities,  wherein  thou  trustest. 

18  Nevertheless,  in  those  days,  saith  the  Lord, 
I  will  not  bring  you  to  utter  destruction. 

19  And  if  you  shall  say:  Wliy  hath  the  Lord 
our  God  done  all  these  things  to  us  ?  thou  shalt  say 
to  them  :  As  you  have  forsaken  me,  and  served  a 
strange  god  in  your  own  land,  so  shall  you  serve 
strangers  in  a  land  that  is  not  your  own. 

20  Declare  ye  this  to  the  house  of  Jacob,  and 
publish  it  in  Juda,  saying : 

21  Hear,  O  foolish  people,  and  without  under- 
standing :  who  have  eyes,  and  see  not :  and  ears, 
and  hear  not. 

22  Will  not  you  then  fear  me,  saith  the  Lord  : 
and  will  you  not  repent  at  my  presence?  I  have  set 
the  sand  a  bound  for  the  sea,  an  everlastingordinance, 
which  it  shall  not  pass  over  :  and  the  waves  thereof 
shall  toss  themselves,  and  shall  not  prevail :  they 
shall  swell,  and  shall  not  pass  over  it. 

23  But  the  heart  of  this  people  is  become  hard 
of  belief  and  provoking,  they  are  revolted  and  gone 
away. 

24  And  they  have  not  said  in  their  heart :  Let 
us  fear  the  Lord  our  God,  who  giveth  us  the  early 
and  the  latter  rain  in  due  season :  who  preserveth 
for  us  the  fulness  of  the  yearly  harvest. 

25  Your  iniquities  have  turned  these  things  away, 
and  your  sins  have  withholden  good  things  from  you. 

26  For  among  my  people  are  found  wicked  men, 
that  lie  in  wait  as  fowlers,  setting  snares  and  traps 
to  catch  men. 

27  As  a  net  is  full  of  birds,  so  their  houses  are 
full  of  deceit:  therefore  are  they  become  great  and 
enriched. 

28  They  are  grown  gross  and  fat :  and  have  most 
wickedly  transgressed  my  words.  They  have  not 
judged  the  cause  of  the  widow,  they  have  not  ma- 
naged the  cause  of  the  fatherless,  and  they  have  not 
judged  the  judgment  of  the  poor. 

29  Shall  I  not  visit  for  these  things,  saith  the 
Lord  ?  or  shall  not  my  soul  take  revenge  on  such  a 
nation  ? 

30  Astonishing  and  wonderful  things  have  been 
done  in  the  land. 

31  The  prophets  prophesied  falsehood,  and  the 
priests  clapped  their  hands :  and  my  people  loved 

GUI 


JLIIF.MIAS. 


■■eh  things:  what  i  hen  shall  bo  done  in  tin;  end 
thereof? 

C11AP.VI. 

The  evils  that  threaten  Jerusalem-  She  it  invited  tn  riturn.  and 
walk  in  the  good  way,  and  not  to  rely  on  tacr\Jiees  without 
obedience. 

SI  KKXGTHKX  yourselves,  vc  sons  of  Ben- 
jamin, in  tlu:  midst  of  Jerusalem,  and  sound  tin- 
trumpet  in  Thecua,  and  set  up  the  standard  over 
Bcthacarcm:  for  evil  is  seen  out  of  the  north,  and 
a  great  destruction. 

J  I  have  likened  tlie  daughter  of  Sion  to  a  Beau- 
tiful and  delicate  woman. 

.'<  The  shepherds  shall  come  to  her  with  their 
flocks  :  the?  have  pitched  their  tents  against  her 
round  ehaafl  I  every  one  shall  feed  them  that  are 
under  his  hand. 

4  Prepare  ye  war  against  her:  arise,  and  let  pago 
up  at  mid-day:  WO  unto  ns.  for  the  day  is  declined, 
or  the  shadows  of  the  evening  are  gTOWa  longer, 

5  Arise,  and  k't  us  go  up  in  the  eight,  and  destroy 
her  houses. 

6  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  :  Hew  down 
her  trees,  cast  up  a  trench  about  Jerusalem  :  this 
is  the  city  to  be  visited,  all  oppression  is  in  the 
midst  of  her. 

7  As  a  cistern  maketh  its  water  cold,  so  hath 
she  made  her  wickedness  cold  :  violence  and  spoil 
■hall  be  heard  in  her,  infirmity  and  stripes  are  con- 
tinually before  me. 

8  Be  thou  instructed,  O  Jerusalem,  lest  my  soul 
depart  from  thee,  lest  1  make  thee  desolate,  a  land 
uninhabited. 

i»  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  they  shall  gather 
the  remains  of  Israel,  as  in  a  vine,  even  to  one 
cluster:  turn  back  thy  hand,  as  a  grape-gatherer 
into  the  basket. 

1<»  To  whom  shall  I  speak?  and  to  whom  shall 
I  testify,  that  he  may  hear?  behold,  their  ears  are 
uncircumcised,  and  they  cannot  bear;  behold,  the 
word  o!  the  Lord  is  become  unto  them  a  reproach: 
and  they  will  not  receive  it. 

11  Therefore  am  I  full  of  the  fury  of  the  Lord, 
I  am  weary  with  holding  in:  pom  it  out  upon  the 
child  abroad,  and  upon  the  council  of  the  young 
men  together:  lor  mankind  woman  shall  be  taken, 
the  ancient  and  he  that  is  full  of  days. 

12  And  their  houses  shall  he  turned  over  toothers, 
with  their  lands  and  their  wives  together:  for  1 
will  sireteh  forth  mv  hand  uj>on  the  inhabitants  of 
the  land,  saith  the  Lord. 

13  For  from  the  least  of  them  even  to  the  great- 
est, all  are  gtvefl  to  eovetousness  :  and  from  the 
prophet  even  to  the  oriest,  all  are  guilty  of  deceit. 

I  i  And  they  healed  the  breach  of  the  daughter 
of  say  people  disgracefully,  saving:  Peace,  peace: 
ami  there  was  no  peace. 

[6  They  were  confounded,  because  thev  com- 
mitted abomination  :  yea,  rather  thev  were  not  con- 
founded with  confusion,  and  they  knew  not  how 
to  Mush:  wherefore  thev  shall  fall  annum  them  thai 
fall:  in   the   time  of  their  visitation   they  shall  fall 

down,  kaith  the  Lord. 

an 


1G  Thus  saith  the  Lord:  Stand  ye  on  the  ways, 
and  sec,  and  ask  for  the  old  paths,  which  is  the 
good  way,  and  walk  ye  in  if  and  you  shall  find 
refreshment  for  your  souls.  And  they  said:  We 
w  ill  not  walk. 

17  And  1  appointed  watchmen  over  you.  saying: 
Hearken  ye  to  the  sound  ol  the  trumpet.  And  thev 
said:   We  will  not  hearken. 

18  Therefore  hear,  ye  nations,  and  know,  O 
congregation,  what  great  things  I  will  do  to  them. 

l'J  Hear,  O  earth:  Behold,  1  will  bring  evils 
upon  this  people,  the  fruits  of  their  own  thoughts  : 
because  they  have  not  beard  my  words,  and  thev 
have  cast  away  my  law. 

20  To  what  purpose  do  you  bring  me  frankin- 
cense from  Saba,  and  the  sweet-smellim:  cane  from 
a  far  country?  your  holocausts  are  not  acceptable, 
nor  are  your  sacrifices  pleasing  to  me. 

21  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord:  Behold,  I 
will  bring  destruction  upon  this  people,  by  which 
fathers  and  sons  together  shall  fall,  neighbour  and 
kinsman  shall  perish. 

22  Thus  saith  the  Lord :  Behold,  a  people  comcth 
from  the  land  of  the  north,  and  a  great  nation 
shall  rise  up  from  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

23  They  shall  lay  hold  on  arrow  and  shield: 
they  are  cruel  and  will  have  no  mercy.  Their 
voice  shall  roar  like  the  sea:  and  thev  shall  mount 
upon  horses,  prepared  as  men  for  war,  against  thee, 
O  daughter  of  Sion. 

21  We  have  heard  the  fame  thereof,  our  hands 
grow  feeble :  anguish  hath  taken  hold  of  us,  as  a 
woman  in  labour. 

25  Go  not  out  into  the  fields,  nor  walk  in  the 
high  way:  for  the  sword  of  the  enemy,  ami  l<  ar  is 
on  every  side. 

26  Gird  thee  with  sackcloth,  O  daughter  of  my 
peoplcj  and  sprinkle  thee  with  ashes:  make  thee 
mourning  as  for  an  only  son.  a  bitter  lamentation, 
because  the  destroyer  shall  suddenly  come  upon  us. 

27  1  have  set  thee  for  a  strong  trier  among  mv 
people:  and  thou  shalt  know,  and  prove  their  way. 

28  All  these    princes    go    out  of  the  way.   thev 
walk  deceitfully,  they  arc  brass  and  iron;  the]   en 
all  corrupted. 

29  The  bellows  have  failed,  the  lead  is  consumed 
in  the  fire,  the  founder  hath  melted  in  vain :  for 
their  wicked  deeds  are  not  consumed. 

30  Call  them  reprobate  silver,  for  the  Lord  hath 
rejected  them. 

CHAP.  VII. 

The  trmplr  of  God  shall  not  protrrt  a  sinful  people,  without  a 
sincere  conversion.  The  Jjiinl  trill  not  receive  the  prayers  oj 
the  prophet  for  them  ;  because  they  are  obstinate  in  their  - 

rPHE  word   that   came   to   Jeremias   from  the 
-■-     Lord,  saying : 

2  Stand  in  the  gate  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
and  proclaim  there  this  word,  and  H]  :  Hear  ye 
the  word  of  the  Lord,  all  ye  men  of  Juda,  that  en- 
ter in  at  these  eates,  to  adore  the  Lord. 

:'.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  God  of  Israel  : 
Make  vour  wavsand  your  doings  good  :  and  I  will 
dwell  vv  ith  you  ill  this  pi  > 


chap.  vin. 


4  Trust  not  in  lying  words,  s;i}*ing:  The  temple 
of  the  Lord,  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  it  is  the  tem- 
ple of  the  Lord. 

5  For  if  you  will  order  well  your  ways,  and  your 
doings ;  if  you  will  execute  judgment  between  a 
man  and  his  neighbour; 

6  If  you  oppress  not  the  stranger,  the  fatherless, 
and  the  widow,  and  shed  not  innocent  blood  in  this 
place,  and  walk  not  after  strange  gods  to  your  own 
hurt; 

7  I  will  dwell  with  you  in  this  place :  in  the  land, 
which  1  gave  to  your  fathers  from  the  beginning 
and  for  evermore. 

8  Behold,  you  put  your  trust  in  lying  words, 
which  shall  not  profit  you  : 

9  To  steal,  to  murder,  to  commit  adultery,  to 
swear  falsely,  to  offer  to  Baalim,  and  to  go  after 
strange  gods,  which  you  know  not. 

10  And  you  have  come  and  stood  before  me  in 
this  house,  in  which  my  name  is  called  upon,  and 
have  said  :  We  are  delivered,  because  we  have  done 
all  these  abominations. 

11  Is  this  house  then,  in  which  my  name  hath 
been  called  upon,  in  your  eyes  become  a  den  of 
robbers?  I,  I  am  he  :  1  have  seen  it,  saith  the  Lord. 

12  Go  ye  to  my  place  in  Silo,  where  my  name 
dwelt  from  the  beginning  :  and  see  what  I  did  to  it 
for  the  wickedness  of  my  people  Israel : 

13  And  now,  because  you  have  done  all  these 
works,  saith  the  Lord  :  and  I  have  spoken  to  you 
rising  up  early,  and  speaking,  and  you  have  not 
heard:  and  I  have  called  you,  and  you  have  not 
answered : 

14  1  will  do  to  this  house,  in  which  my  name  is 
called  upon,  and  in  which  you  trust,  and  to  the  place 
which  I  have  given  you  and  your  fathers,  as  I  did 
to  Silo. 

15  And  I  will  cast  you  away  from  before  my 
face,  as  I  have  cast  away  all  your  brethren,  the 
whole  seed  of  Ephraim. 

16  Therefore  do  not  thou  pray  for  this  people, 
nor  take  to  thee  praise  and  supplication  for  them, 
and  do  not  withstand  me :  for  I  will  not  hear  thee. 

17  Seest  thou  not  what  they  do  in  the  cities  of 
Juda,  and  in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem  ? 

18  The  children  gather  wood,  and  the  fathers 
kindle  the  fire,  and  the  women  knead  the  dough,  to 
make  cakes  to  the  queen  of  heaven,*  and  to  offer 
libations  to  strange  gods,  and  to  provoke  me  to 
anger. 

19  Do  they  provoke  me  to  anger,  saith  the  Lord  ? 
is  it  not  themselves  to  the  confusion  of  their  own 
countenance  ? 

20  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Behold, 
my  wrath,  and  my  indignation  is  enkindled  against 
this  place,  upon  men  and  upon  beasts,  and  upon 
the  trees  of  the  field,  and  upon  the  fruits  of  the  land, 
and  it  shall  burn,  and  shall  not  be  quenched. 

21  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  God  of  Is- 


+  The  queen  of  heaven.     That  is,  the  moon,  which  they  worshipped 
un'ler  that  name. 

t  1  commanded  them  not,  viz.  Such  sacrifices  a?  the  Jews  at  this  time 


rael :  Add  your  burnt-offerings  to  your  sacrifices,  and 
eat  ye  the  flesh. 

22  For  I  spoke  not  to  your  fathers,  and  I  com- 
manded themf  not,  in  the  day  that  I  brought  them 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  concerning  the  matter  ol 
burnt-offerings  and  sacrifices. 

23  But  this  thing  I  commanded  them,  saying : 
Hearken  to  ray  voice,  and  I  will  be  your  God,  and 
you  shall  be  my  people :  and  walk  ye  in  all  the 
way,  that  I  have  commanded  you,  that  it  may  be 
well  with  you. 

24  But  they  hearkened  not,  nor  inclined  their 
ear  :  but  walked  in  their  own  will,  and  in  the  per- 
versity of  their  wicked  heart ;  and  went  backward 
and  not  forward, 

25  From  the  day  that  their  fathers  came  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt,  even  to  this  day.  And  I  have 
sent  to  you  all  my  servants  the  prophets  from  day 
to  day,  rising  up  early,  and  sending. 

26  And  they  have  not  hearkened  to  me,  nor  in- 
clined their  ear  :  but  have  hardened  their  neck,  and 
have  done  worse  than  their  fathers. 

27  And  thou  shalt  speak  to  them  all  these  words, 
but  they  will  not  hearken  to  thee :  and  thou  shalt 
call  them,  but  they  will  not  answer  thee. 

28  And  thou  shalt  say  to  them:  This  is  a  nation 
which  hath  not  hearkened  to  the  voice  of  the  Lord 
their  God,  nor  received  instruction :  faith  is  lost, 
and  is  taken  away  out  of  their  mouth. 

29  Cut  off  thy  hair,  and  cast  it  away  :  and  take 
up  a  lamentation  on  high :  for  the  Lord  hath  reject- 
ed, and  forsaken  the  generation  of  his  wrath. 

30  Because  the  children  of  Juda  have  done  evil 
in  my  eyes,  saith  the  Lord.  They  have  set  their 
abominations  in  the  house  in  which  my  name  is 
called  upon,  to  pollute  it : 

31  And  they  have  built  the  high  places  of  To- 
pheth,  which  is  in  the  valley  of  the  son  of  Ennom, 
to  burn  their  sons,  and  their  daughters  in  the  fire  : 
which  I  commanded  not,  nor  thought  on  in  my  heart. 

32  Therefore  behold  the  days  shall  come,  saith 
the  Lord,  and  it  shall  no  more  be  called  Tonheth, 
nor  the  Valley  of  the  son  of  Ennom :  but  the  Valley 
of  slaughter:  and  they  shall  bury  in  Topheth,  be- 
cause there  is  no  place. 

33  And  the  carcasses  of  this  people  shall  be  meat 
for  the  fowls  of  the  air,  and  for  the  beasts  of  the 
earth,  antl  there  shall  be  none  to  drive  them  away. 

34  And  I  will  cause  to  cease,  out  of  the  cities  of 
Juda,  and  out  of  the  streets  of  Jerusalem,  the  voice 
of  joy,  and  the  voice  of  gladness,  the  voice  of  the 
bridegroom,  and  the  voice  of  the  bride  :  for  the  land 
shall  be  desolate. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

Other  evils  that  shall  fall  upon  the  Jews  for  their  impenitence' 

\  T  that  time,  saith  the  Lord,  they  shall  cast  out 
-^*-  the  bones  of  the  kings  of  Juda,  and  the  bones 
of  the  princes  thereof,  and  the  bones  of  the  priests, 


offered,  without  obedience;  which  was  the  tiling  principally  com- 
manded :  so  that  in  comparison  with  it,  the  offering-  of  the  holocausts 
and  sacrifices  was  of  small  account. 
603 


.ir.UKMIAS. 


and  the  lumps  of  tin- prophets,  ;nnl  the  bones  of  the 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  out  of  their  pi 

\iiil  they  sli;ill  spread  them  abroad  to  tin-  MID, 
and  the  BOOB,  and  all  the  host  of  heave n,  whom  they 
have  loved,  and  whom  they  have  served,  and  after 
w  hom the;  ha\  e  walked,  and  whom  they  have  sought, 
and  adored:  they  shall  not  be  fathered,  and  they 
shall  not  he  buried  :  they  shall  be  as  dung  u|»on  the 

e  of  the  earth. 

3  And  death  shall  l>e  chosen  rather  than  life,  by 
all  that  shall  remain  of  this  wicked  kindred  in  all 
places,  which  are  left,  to  which  1  have  cast  them 
OUt,  saith  the  Lord  of  BOStS. 

V  fend  thou  shah  sav  to  them:  Thus  saith  the 
Lord:  Shall  not  he  that  falleth,  rise  again?  and  he 
that  is  turned  away,  shall  he  not  turn  auain? 

6  \\  liv  then  is  this  people  in  Jerusalem  turned 
aw  av  with  a  stuhhorn  revolting?  they  have  laid  hold 
on  lying,  and  have  refused  to  return. 

6  I  attended  and  hearkened  :  no  man  speaketh 
what  is  good, tbefe  is  none  that  doeth  penance  for 
his  sin.  saying  :  \\  hat  have I  done?Theyare  allturn- 
ed  totheir  own  course,  ass  horse  rushing  to  the  battle. 

7  The  kite  in  the  air  hath  known  her  time:  the 
turtle,  and  the  swallow,  and  the  stork  have  observ- 
ed the  time  of  their  coming:  but  my  people  have  not 
known  the  judgment  of  the  Lord. 

8  How  do  you  say:  We  are  wise,  and  the  law  of 
the  Lord  is  with  us?  Indeed,  the  lying  pen  of  the 
scribes  hath  wrought  falsehood. 

9  The  wise  men  are  confounded,  they  are  dis- 
iiKived.  and  taken:  for  they  have  cast  away  the  word 
of  the  Lord,  and  there  is  no  wisdom  in  them. 

10  Therefore  will  I  give  their  women  to  stran- 
s,  their  fields  to  others  for  an  inheritance  :   l>e- 

eause  from  the  least  even  to  the  greatest  all  follow 
covetousness  :  from  the  prophet  even  to  the  priest 
all  deal  deceitfully. 

1  I  And  they  healed  the  breach  of  the  daughter 
of  my  people  disgracefully,  saying:  Peace,  peace; 
when  then   was  no  peace. 

12  They  are  confounded,  because  they  have 
<  oinuiitted  abomination:  yea  rather  they  are  not 
confounded  with  contusion,  and  they  have  not 
know  n  how  to  blush:  therefore  shall  they  fall  among 
then  that  fall,  in  the  time  of  their  visitation  they 
shall  fall,  saith  the  Lord. 

13  Gathering  1  will  gather  them  together,  saith 
the  Lord,  there  is  no  grape  on  the  \incN,  and  there 
are  do  figs  on  the  fig-tree,  the  leaf  is  fallen  :  and  I 
have  men  them  the  things  that  are  passed  away. 

14  Why  do  we   sit  still  ?  assemble   yoursi 

and  let  us  enter  into  the  fenced  eitv.  and  let  us  be 
silent  there:  for  the  Lord  our  (i«xl  hath  put  us  to 
silt  nee,  and  hath  gi\en  us  water  of  gall  to  drink  : 
for  we  bare  sinned  against  the  Lord. 

1~>  We  looked  for  peace,  and  no  good  came : 
for  a  time  of  healing,  and  behold  fear. 

1(>  The  ■Hotting  of  his  horses  was  heard  from 
Dan.  all  the  laud  was  mo\ed  at  the  sound  of  the 
aeighing  of  his  warriors:  and  they  came  and  de- 
toured  the  land,  and  all  that  was  in  it  ;  the  eitv  and 
its  inhabitants. 

M4 


17  For  behold  I  will  send  among  you  serpents. 
haMlisks.  againtt  which  there  is  DO  charm:  and  they 
shall  bite  you,  saith  the  Lord. 

18  M\  sorrow  is  above  sorrow,  in\  heart  mourn- 
t  th  within  me. 

19  Behold  the  voice  of  the  daughter  of  my  peo- 
ple from  a  far  country  :  Is  not  the  Lord  in  Sion,  or 
is  nut  her  king  in  her?  why  then  have  they  pro- 
voked me  to  wrath  with  their  idols  and  strange 
sanities? 

20  The  harvest  is  past,  the  summer  is  ended, 
and  we  are  not  saved. 

21  For  the  affliction  of  the  daughter  of  my  people 
lam  afflicted,  and  made  sorrowful,  astonishment 
hath  taken  hold  on  me. 

22  Is  there  no  balm  in  Galaad  ?  or  is  there  no 
physician  there  ?  Why  then  is  not  the  wound  ot 
the  daughter  of  my  people  closed  ? 

CHAP.  IV 

The  prophet  laments  the  miseries  of  his  people,  and  their  sins, 
which  are  the  cause  of  them.  He  exhorts  them  to  repentance. 

\J^rilOw'\\\  give  water  to  my  head,  and  a  foun- 
**     tain  of  tears  to   my  eves?    and  I  will  weep 
day  and  night  for  the  slain  of  the  daughter  of  my 
people. 

2  Who  will  give  me  in  the  wilderness  a  lodg- 
ing-place of  wayfaring  men,  and  1  will  leave  my 
people,  and  depart  from  them  ?  because  they  are 
all  adulterers,  an  assembly  of  transgressor. 

3  And  they  have  bent  their  tongue,  as  a  bow  .  for 
lies,  and  not  for  truth  :  they  have  strengthened 
themselves  upon  the  earth,  for  they  have  proceeded 
from  evil  to  evil,  and  me  they  have  not  known,  saith 
the  Lord. 

4  Let  every  man  take  heed  of  his  ncighl>our,and 
let  him  not  trust  in  any  brother  of  bis  :  for  avers 
brother  will  utterly  supplant,  and  every  friend  will 
walk  deceitfully. 

5  And  a  man  shall  mock  his  brother,  and  they 
will  not  speak  the  truth  :  for  they  have  taught  then 
tongue  to  speak  lies:  they  have  laboured  to  com- 
mit iniquity. 

6  Thy  habitation  is  in  the  midst  of  deceit  : 
through  deceit  they  have  refused  to  know  me,  saith 
the  Lord. 

7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  ;  Be- 
hold 1  will  melt,  and  try  them  :  for  what  else  shall 
I  do  before  the  daughter  of  my  people  ? 

8  Their  tongue  is  a  piercing  arrow  ;  it  hath 
spoken  deceit :  with  his  mouth  one  speaketh  peace 
with  his  friend,  and  secretly  he  lieth  in  wait  for 
him. 

9  Shall  I  not  visit  (hem  for  these  things,  saith 
the  Lord  ?  or  shall  not  my  soul  be  revenged  on 
such  a  nation  ? 

10  For  the  mountains  I  will  take-  Dp  weeping 
and  lamentation,  and  for  the  beautiful  places  o|  the 
desert,  mourning  :  l><  eauee  they  arc  burnt  on,  for 
that  there  is  not  a  man  that  passeth  through  them  : 
and  they  have  not  heard  the  voice  of  the  owner  ' 
from  the  fowl  of  the  air  to  the  beasts  they   are   -one 

away  and  departed. 

11  And  I  will  make  Jerusalem  to  he    heaps  oi 


chap.  x. 


sand,  and  dens  of  dragons  :  and  I  will  make  the 
cities  of  J uda  desolate,  for  want  of  an  inhabitant. 

12  Whoisthe  wiseman,  that  may  understand  this, 
and  to  whom  the  word  of  the  mouth  of  the  Lord 
may  come  that  he  may  declare  this,  why  the  land 
hath  perished,  and  is  burnt  up  like  a  wilderness, 
which  none  passeth  through  ? 

13  And  the  Lord  said  :  Because  they  have  for- 
saken my  law,  which  I  gave  them,  and  have  not 
heard  my  voice,  and  have  not  walked  in  it. 

14  But  they  have  gone  after  the  perverseness  of 
their  own  heart,  and  after  Baalim,  which  their  fa- 
thers taught  them. 

15  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the 
God  of  Israel :  Behold,  I  will  feed  this  people  with 
wormwood,  and  give  them  water  of  gall  to  drink. 

16  And  I  will  scatter  them  among  the  nations, 
which  they  and  their  fathers  have  not  known :  and 
I  will  send  the  sword  after  them,till  they  be  consumed. 

17  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  God  of  Israel: 
Consider  ye,  and  call  for  the  mourning  women,  and 
let  them  come:  and  send  to  them  that  are  wise 
women,  and  let  them  make  haste : 

18  Let  them  hasten  and  take  up  a  lamentation 
for  us  :  let  our  eyes  shed  tears,  and  our  eyelids  run 
down  with  waters. 

19  For  a  voice  of  wailing  is  heard  out  of  Sion  : 
How  are  we  wasted  and  greatly  confounded  ?  be- 
cause we  have  left  the  land,  because  our  dwellings 
are  cast  down. 

20  Hear  therefore,  ye  women,  the  word  of  the 
Lord :  and  let  your  ears  receive  the  word  of  his 
mouth  :  and  teach  your  daughters  wailing;  and  every 
one  her  neighbour  mourning. 

21  For  death  is  come  up  through  pur  windows: 
it  is  entered  into  our  houses,  to  destroy  the  children 
from  without,  the  young  men  from  the  streets. 

22  Speak:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Even  the  car- 
cass of  man  shall  fall  as  dung  upon  the  face  of  the 
country,  and  as  grass  behind  the  back  of  the  mower, 
and  there  is  -none  to  gather  it. 

23  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Let  not  the  wise  man 
glory  in  his  wisdom,  and  let  not  the  strong  man 
glory  in  his  strength,  and  let  not  the  rich  man  glory 
in  his  riches : 

24  But  let  him  that  glorieth  glory  in  this,  that 
he  understandeth  and  knoweth  me,  for  I  am  the  Lord 
that  exercise  mercy,  and  judgment,  and  justice  in 
the  earth  :  for  these  things  please  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

25  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  and 
I  will  visit  upon  every  one  that  hath  the  foreskin 
circumcised, 

26  Upon  Egypt,  and  upon  Juda,  and  upon  Edom, 
and  upon  the  children  of  Ammon,  and  upon  Moab, 
and  upon  all  that  have  their  hair  polled  round,  that 
dwell  in  the  desert :  for  all  the  nations  are  uncircum- 
cised  in  the  flesh :  but  all  the  house  of  Israel  are 
uncircumcised  in  the  heart. 

CHAP.  X. 

Neither  stars  nor  idols  are  to  be  f carrel,  but  the  great  Creator  of 
all  things.     The  chastisement  of  Jerusalem  for  her  tint. 

TTEAR  ye  the  word  which  the  Lord  hath  spoken 
■■■-■■  concerning  you,  O  house  of  Israel. 


2  Thus  saith  the  Lord :  Learn  not  according  to 
the  ways  of  the  Gentiles  :  and  be  not  afraid  of  the 
signs  of  heaven,  which  the  heathens  fear  : 

3  For  the  laws  of  people  are  vain :  for  the 
works  of  the  hand  of  the  workman  hath  cut  a  tree 
out  of  the  forest  with  an  axe. 

4  He  hath  decked  it  with  silver  and  gold  :  he 
halh  put  it  together  with  nails  and  hammers,  that 
it  may  not  fall  asunder. 

5  fhey  are  framed  after  the  likeness  of  a  palm- 
tree,  and  shall  not  speak :  they  must  be  carried  to 
be  removed,  because  they  cannot  go.  Therefore 
fear  them  not,  for  they  can  neither  do  evil  nor  good. 

6  There  is  none  like  to  thee,  O  Lord  :  thou  art 
great,  and  great  is  thy  name  in  might. 

7  Who  shall  not  fear  thee,  O  king  of  nations  ? 
for  thine  is  the  glory  :  among  all  the  wise  men  of  the 
nations,  and  in  all  their  kingdoms  there  is  none  like 
unto  thee. 

8  They  shall  be  all  proved  together  to  be  senseless 
and  foolish  :  the  doctrine  of  their  vanity  is  wood. 

9  Silver  spread  into  plates  is  brought  from  Thar- 
sis,  and  gold  from  Ophaz:  the  work  of  the  artificer, 
and  of  the  hand  of  the  coppersmith:  violet  and 
purple  is  their  clothing;  all  these  things  are  the 
work  of  artificers. 

10  But  the  Lord  is  the  true  God  :  he  is  the  living 
God,  and  the  everlasting  king:  at  his  wrath  the 
earth  shall  tremble,  and  the  nations  shall  not  be 
able  to  abide  his  threatening. 

11  Thus  then  shall  you  say  to  them:  The  gods 
that  have  not  made  heaven  and  earth,  let  them 
perish  from  the  earth,  and  from  among  those  [laces 
that  are  under  heaven. 

12  He  that  maketh  the  earth  by  his  power,  that 
prepareth  the  world  by  his  wisdom,  and  stretcheth 
out  the  heavens  by  his  knowledge. 

13  At  his  voice  he  giveth  a  multitude  of  waters 
in  the  heaven,  and  lifteth  up  the  clouds  from  the 
ends  of  the  earth :  he  maketh  lightnings  for  rain, 
and  bringeth  forth  the  wind  out  of  his  treasures. 

14  Every  man  is  become  a  fool  for  knowledge, 
every  artist  is  confounded  in  his  graven  idol:  for 
what  he  hath  cast  is  false,  and  there  is  no  spirit  in 
them. 

15  They  are  vain  things,  and  a  ridiculous  work : 
in  the  time  of  their  visitation  they  shall  perish. 

16  The  portion  of  Jacob  is  not  like  these:  for  it 
is  he  who  formed  all  things:  and  Israel  is  the  rod, 
of  his  inheritance  :  the  Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name. 

17  Gather  up  thy  shame  out  of  the  land,  thou 
that  dwellest  in  a  siege. 

18  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Behold,  I  vyill  cast 
away  far  off  the  inhabitants  of  the  land  at  this  time  : 
and  I  will  afflict  them  so,  that  they  may  be  found. 

19  Wo  is  me  for  my  destruction,  my  wound  is 
very  grievous.  But  1  said  :  Truly  this  is  my  own 
evil,  and  I  will  bear  it. 

20  My  tabernacle  is  laid  waste,  all  my  cords  ait. 
broken  :  my  children  are  gone  out  from  me,  and 
they  are  not  :  there  is  none  to  stretch  forth  my  tent 
any  more,  and  to  set  up  my  curtains. 

21  Because  the  pastors  have  done  foolishly,  and 

f.05 


JLREM1  VS. 


have  not  sought  the  Lord  :   therefore  have  tiny  not 
understood,  and  all  their  dock  is  weltered. 

22  Behold,  the  sound  of  a  noise  comet!).  • 
commotion  out  of  the  land  of  the  north:  to  make 
the  cities  of  Juda  a  desert,  and  a  d\\  elling  fordragons. 
I  knew,  O  Lord,  that  the  w  a\  of  a  man  is  not 
his:*  neither  is  it  in  a  man  to  walk,  and  to  direct 
his  -.tens. 

(I  Coned  me,  ()  Lord,  hut  vet  with  judgment: 
and  not  in  thy  tun,  lest  thou  bring  me  to  nothing. 

Tour  out  thy  indignation  upon  the  nations 
that  bare  not  known  thee,  and  upon  the  provinces 
that  have  not  called  upon  thy  name:  because  they 
have  eaten  up  .lacoh,  and  devoured  him,  and  con- 
sumed him,  and  have  destroyed  his  glory. 

CHAP.  XI. 

The  prophet  proclaims  the  con  mint  of  (!ml  :  and  denounces 
evils  to  the  nh-tinate  transgressor*  of  it.  The  conspiracy  of 
the  Jeics  against  him,  a  Jigure  of  their  conspiracy  again  ft 

Or 

rl^  1 1  E  word  that  came  from  the  Lord  to  Jeremias, 
-*-    saying: 

2  1 1  ear  ye  the  words  of  this  covenant,  and  speak 
to  the  men  of  Juda,  and  to  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 

alem, 

3  And  thou  shah  say  to  them  :  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  the  God  of  Israel:  Cursed  is  the  man  that 
shall  not  hearken  to  the  words  of  this  covenant, 

4  Which  I  commanded  your  fathers  in  the  day 
that  I  brought  them  out  of  the  land  of  Fgypt,  from 
the  iron  furnace,  Saying :  Hear  ye  my  voice,  and  do 
all  things  that  I  command  you  :  and  you  shall  be 
my  people,  and  I  will  be  your  God  : 

5  That  I  may  accomplish  the  oath  which  I  swore 
to  your  fathers,  to  give  them  a  land  flowing  with 
milk  and  honey,  as  it  is  this  day.  And  I  answered, 
and  said  :    Amen.  ()  Lord. 

G  And  the  Lord  said  to  me:  Proclaim  aloud  all 
these  WDffdl  in  the  cities  of  Juda,  and  in  the  Street! 
of  Jerusalem,  saying:  Hear  ye  the  words  of  this 
covenant,  and  do  them  : 

7  For  protesting  1  conjured  your  fathers  in  tin- 
day  that  1  brought  them  out  of  the  laud  of  Egypt 
even  to  this  day  :  risiim  early  I  conjured  them,  and 
said:   Hearken  veto  my  voice: 

8  And  they  obeyed  not,  nor  inclined  their  ear: 
but  walked  every  one  in  the  pervcrscness  of  his  own 
wicked  heart:  and  I  brought  upon  them  all  the 
words  of  this  covenant,  which  I  commanded  them 
to  do,  hut  they  did  them  not. 

9  And  the  Lord  said  to  me:  A  conspiracy  is 
found  amonz  the  men  of  Juda,  and  among  the  in- 
habitants of  Jerusalem. 

10  They  are  returned  to  the  former  iniquities  of 
their  fathers,  who  refused  to  hear  my  words:  mi 
these  likewise  have  pine  after  strange  u<>il>.  to  sen  e 
them:  the  house  of  Israel,  and  the  house  of  Juda 
have  made  void  my  covenant  which  I  made  w  it 1 1 
their  fathers. 


TV  w«j  •/«  ■ 

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«tiI  without  In.  prmiiMinn.     S.  that,  n 


in.:  man  | 


liiHltu.     The   meaning  |«,  dial  rn.twitliMaii.l- 
he  can  do  no  fc*ood  without  QodS  beta,  DOT 
iw,  nil  tin 
whi«-h    Nabvctiodonosor  *M  about   to  briaf  iij-.ii   Jrnttala-rn,  i 
not  hare  come  but  by  the  u  ill  ol  I 

64.6 


11  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Behold.] 
will  bring  in  evils  Upon  them,  which  they  shall  not 
be  able  to  escape  :  and  they  shall  civ  to  me,  and  I 
will  not  hearken  to  them. 

12  And  the  cities  of  Juda,  and  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem  shall  go,  and  cry  to  the  nods  to  whom 
the]  oflfef  sacrifice,  and  they  shall  not  save  them  in 
the  time  of  their  affliction. 

13  For  according  to  the  number  of  thycitics  w  en- 
tity gods,  O  Juda  :   and    according   to  the   number 
of  the  streets  of  Jerusalem  thou  hast  set  up  alia: 
confusion,  altars  to  offer  sacrifice  to  Baalim. 

14  Therefore  do  not  thou  pray  for  this  people, 
and  do  nol  take  up  praise  and  prayer  for  them  :  for 
I  will  not  hear  them  in  the  time  of  their  cry  to  me, 
in  the  time  of  their  affliction. 

15  What  is  the  meaning  that  my  beloved  hath 
wrought  much  wickedness  in  tin  house?  shall  the 
holy  Mesh  bike  away  from  thee  thy  crimes  in  which 
thou  hast  boasted? 

16  The  Lord  called  thy  name,  a  plentiful  olive- 
tree,  fair,  fruitful,  and  beautiful:  at  the  noise  of  a 
word, a  great  fire  was  kindled  in  it, and  the  branches 
thereof  are  burnt. 

17  And  the  Lord  of  hosts  that  planted  thee  hath 
pronounced  evil  against  thee:  for  the  evils  of  the 
house  of  Israel,  and  of  the  house  of  Juda,  which 
they  have  done  to  themselves,  to  provoke  me,  offer- 
ing sacrifice  to  Baalim. 

18  But  thou,  O  Lord,  hast  shown  me,  and  I  have 
known  :  then  thou  showedst  me  their  doings. 

19  And  I  was  as  a  meek  lamb,  that  is  carried  to 
be  a  victim:  and  1  knew  not  that  they  had  devised 
counsels  against  me,  saving:  Let  us  put  wood  on 
his  bread, and  cut  him  off  from  the  land  of  the  living, 
and  let  his  name  be  remembered  no  more. 

0  But  thou,  O  Lord  of  Sabaoth,t  whojudgest 
justly,  and  triestthe  reins  and  the  hearts,  let  me  see 
tin  revengc{  on  them  :  for  to  thee  have  1  revealed 
my  cause. 

21  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  to  the  men  of 
Anathoth,  who  seek  thy  life,  and  say:  Thou  shall 
not  prophesy  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  and  thou  shah 
not  die  in  our  hands. 

22  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts :  lb- 
hold  I  will  visit  upon  them:  their  young  men  shall 
die  by  the  sword,  their  sons  and  their  daughters 
shall  die  by  famine. 

23  And  there  shall  be  no  remains  of  them  :  for 
I  will  bring  in  evil  upon  the  men  of  Anathoth,  the 
year  of  their  visitation. 

(HAP.  XII. 

The  prosperity  of  the  wicked  shall  hr  but  for  a  ihort  time.  The 
desolation  of  the  Jew*  for  their  gins.  Their  r<  turn  from  their 
captivitw. 

r|M10U  indeed,  O  Lord,  art  just,  if  I  plead  w  it ii 
-*-     thee,  but  vet  I  will  speak  what  is  iust  to  thee: 

why  doth  the  way  of  the  wicked    prosper  :   w  hv  is 

itwell  withall  them  that  transgress. and  (low  ickeJly? 

f  BetaifH  That  is,  of  hosts  or  anniri,  a  name  frequently  gircn  to 
God  in  tlir  S.n|.tiire». 

J  Tfty  rrrenzt.  This  was  raitirr  a  prfsintion  of  what  was  to  happen, 
with  an  approbation  of  the  di\  im-  jiutice,  than  an  imprecation. 


CHAP.  XIII. 


2  Thou  hast  planted  them,  and  they  have  taken 
root :  they  prosper,  and  brins  forth  fruit :  thou  art 
near  in  their  mouth  and  far  from  their  reins. 

3  And  thou,  O  Lord,  hast  known  me,  thou  hast 
seen  me,  and  proved  my  heart  with  thee  ?  gather 
them  together  as  sheep  for  a  sacrifice,  and  prepare 
them  for  the  day  of  slaughter. 

4  How  long  shall  the  land  mourn,  and  the  herb 
of  every  field  wither  for  the  wickedness  of  them 
that  dwell  therein  ?  The  beasts  and  the  birds  are 
consumed  :  because  they  have  said  :  He  shall 
not  see  our  last  end. 

5  If  thou  hast  been  wearied  with  running  with 
footmen,  how  canst  thou  contend  with  horses  ?  and 
if  thou  hast  been  secure  in  a  land  of  peace,  what 
wilt  thou  do  in  the  swelling  of  the  Jordan  ? 

6  For  even  thy  brethren,  and  the  house  of  thy 
father,  even  they  have  fought  against  thee,  and 
have  cried  after  thee  with  full  voice  :  believe  them 
not  when  they  speak  good  things  to  thee. 

7  I  have  forsaken  my  house,  I  have  left  my  in- 
heritance :  I  have  given  my  dear  soul  into  the  hand 
of  her  enemies. 

8  My  inheritance  is  become  to  me  as  alion  in  the 
wood  :  it  hath  cried  out  against  me,  therefore  have 
I  hated  it. 

9  Is  my  inheritance  to  me  as  a  speckled  bird  ?  is 
it  as  a  bird  dyed  throughout  ?  come  ye,  assemble 
yourselves,  all  ye  beasts  of  the  earth,  make  haste  to 
devour. 

10  Many  pastors  have  destroyed  my  vineyard, 
they  have  trodden  my  portion  under  foot  :  they 
have  changed  my  delightful  portion  into  a  desolate 
wilderness. 

1 1  They  have  laid  it  waste,  and  it  hath  mourned 
for  me.  With  desolation  is  all  the  land  made  de- 
solate :  because  there  is  none  that  considereth  in 
the  heart. 

12  The  spoilers  are  come  upon  all  the  ways  of 
the  wilderness,  for  the  sword  of  the  Lord  shall  de- 
vour from  one  end  of  the  land  to  the  other  end 
thereof:  there  is  no  peace  for  all  flesh. 

13  They  have  sown  wheat,  and  reaped  thorns : 
they  have  received  an  inheritance,  and  it  shall  not 
profit  them  :  you  shall  be  ashamed  of  your  fruits, 
because  of  the  fierce  wrath  of  the  Lord. 

14  Thus  saith  the  Lord  against  all  my  wicked 
neighbours,  that  touch  the  inheritance  that  I  have 
shared  out  to   my  people    Israel  :   Behold,  I    will 

Eluck  them  out  of  their  land,  and  I  will  pluck  the 
ousc  of  Juda  out  of  the  midst  of  them. 

15  And  when  I  shall  have  plucked  them  out,  I 
will  return,  and  have  mercy  on  them  ;  and  I  will 
bring  them  back,  every  man  to  his  inheritance,  and 
every  man  into  his  land. 

16  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  they  will  be 
taught,  and  will  learn  the  ways  of  my  people,  to 
swear  by  my  name  :  The  Lord  liveth,  as  they  have 
taught  my  people  to  swear  by  Baal :  that  they  shall 
be  built  up  in  the  midst  of  my  people. 

17  But  if  they  will  not  hear,  1  will  utterly  pluck 
out  and  destroy  that  nation,  saith  the  Lord. 


CHAP.  XIII. 


Under  the  figure  of  a  linen  girdle  in  foretold  the  destruction  of 
the  Jews.  Their  obstinacy  in  sin  brings  all  miseries  »^>.^i 
them. 

HP  II  US  saith  the  Lord  to  me  :  Go  and  get  thee  a 
-1-    linen  girdle,  and   thou  shalt  put  it  about  thy 
loins,  and  shalt  not  put  it  into  water. 

2  And  I  got  a  girdle  according  to  the  word  ol 
the  Lord,  and  put  it  about  my  loins. 

3  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me  the 
second  time,  saying : 

4  Take  the  girdle  which  thou  hast  got,  which  is 
about  thy  loins,  and  arise,  go  to  the  Euphrates,  and 
hide  it  there  in  a  hole  of  the  rock. 

5  And  I  went,  and  hid  it  by  the  Euphrates,  as 
the  Lord  had  commanded  me. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass  after  many  days  that  the 
Lord  said  to  me :  Arise,  go  to  the  Euphrates,  and 
take  from  thence  the  girdle  which  I  commanded 
thee  to  hide  there. 

7  And  I  went  to  the  Euphrates,  and  digged  and 
took  the  girdle  out  of  the  place  where  I  had  hid  it : 
and  behold  the  girdle  was  rotten  so  that  it  was  fit 
for  no  use. 

8  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me, 
saying : 

9  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  After  this  manner  will 
I  make  the  pride  of  Juda,  and  the  great  pride  ol 
Jerusalem  to  rot. 

10  This  wicked  people  that  will  not  hear  my 
words,  and  that  walk  in  the  perverseness  of  their 
heart,  and  have  gone  after  strange  gods  to  serve 
them,  and  to  adore  them  :  and  they  shall  be  as  this 
girdle,  which  is  fit  for  no  use. 

1 1  For  as  the  girdle  sticketh  close  to  the  loins  of 
a  man,  so  have  I  brought  close  to  me  all  the  house 
of  Israel,  and  all  the  house  of  Juda,  saith  the  Lord : 
that  they  might  be  my  people,  and  for  a  name,  and 
for  a  praise,  and  for  a  glory :  but  they  would  not  hear. 

12  Thou  shalt  speak  therefore  to  them  this  word: 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel :  Every  bot- 
tle shall  be  filled  with  wine.  And  they  shall  say  to 
thee :  Do  we  not  know  that  every  bottle  shall  be 
filled  with  wine  ? 

13  And  thou  shalt  say  to  them  :  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  :  Behold,  I  will  fill  all  the  inhabitants  of  this 
land,  and  the  kings  of  the  race  of  David  that  sit 
upon  his  throne,  and  the  priests,  and  the  prophets, 
and  all  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  with  drunk- 
enness. * 

14  And  I  will  scatter  them  every  man  from  his 
brother,  and  fathers  and  sons  in  like  manner,  saith 
the  Lord  :  I  will  not  spare,  and  I  will  not  pardon  : 
nor  will  I  have  mercy,  but  to  destroy  them. 

15  Hear  ye,  and  give  ear.  Be  not  proud,  for  the 
Lord  hath  spoken. 

16  Give  ye  glory  to  the  Lord  your  God,  before 
it  be  dark,  and  before  your  feet  stumble  upon  the 
dark  mountains :  you  shall  look  for  light,  and  he 
will  turn  it  into  the  shadow  of  death,  and  into 
darkness. 

17  But  if  you  will  not  hear  this,  my  soul  shall 
weep  in  secret  for  your   pride :  weeping   it   shall 

607 


JEREMIA.S 


weep,  and  my  eves  shall  run  down  with  tears.  !><•- 
isc  the  Hock  of  the  l.onl  is  carried  away  captive. 

18  Say  to  tin;  kins,  and  to  the  queen:  Humble 
yourselves,  sit  down  ■  for  tin*  crown  of  your  glorj 

■  •me  down  from  your  head. 

19  Tin'  cities  of  tin-  south  arc  shut  up,  and  there 
is  none  to  open  them  :  all  Juda  is  carried  away  cap- 
tive wiih  an  entire  captivitv. 

20  Lift  up  your  eyes,  and  see,  you  that  come 
from  the  north  :  w  here  is  the  flock  that  is  given 
thee.  th\  beautiful  cattle  ? 

21  What  wilt  thou  say  when  he  shall  visit  thee? 
for  thou  hast  taught  them  against  thee,  and  instruct- 
ed tin  in  against  thy  own  head:  shall  not  sorrows 
lav  hold  on  thee,  as  a  woman  in  labour? 

\nd  if  thou  shalt  say  in  thy  heart  :  Why  arc 
these  things  come  upon  me?  For  the  greatness,  of 
tin  iniquity,  thy  nakedness  is  discovered,  the  soles 
of  thy  feet  axe  defiled. 

'25  If  the  Ethiopian  can  change  his  skin,  or  the 
leopard  his  spots;  JOU  al-o  may  do  well,  when  you 
have  learned  e\  il. 

JV  Ami  I  will  scatter  them  as  stubhle,  which  is 
carried  away  by  the  wind  in  the  desert. 

thy  lot,  and  the  portion  of  thy  mea- 
sure from  me,  saith  the  Lord,  because  thou  hast 
jot  ten  inc.  anil  hast  trusted  in  falsehood. 

Wherefore  I  have  also  bared  thy  thighs  against 
thy  face,  and  thy  shame  hath  appeared. 

27  I  have  seen  thy  adulteries,  and  thy  neighing, 
the  wickedness  of  thy  fornication,  and  thy  abomi- 
nations, upon  the  hills  in  the  field.  Wo  to  thee. 
Jerusalem,  wilt  thou  not  be  made  clean  after  me  ? 
how  long  Mir 

CHAP.  XIV. 

A  grirrous  famine  :  ami  llir  prophet's  prayer  on  that  occasion. 
•  uncvd  tofaUr  prophets.      The  prophet  mourns  for 
hi*  people. 

rpilL  word  of  the  Lord  that  came   to  Jeremias 
J-   concerning  the  words  of  the  drought. 

1  Judea  bath  mourned,  and  the  gates  thereof  are 
fallen,  and  are  become  obscure  on  the  ground,  and 
the  erv  of  Jerusalem  is  gone  up. 

;>  The  treat  ones  sent  their  inferiors  to  the  wa- 
ter: they  came  to  draw,  they  found  no  water,  they 
carried  back  their  vessels  empty:  they  were  con- 
founded and  afflicted,  and  covered  their  heads. 

\  for  the  destruction  of  the  land,  because  there 
came  no  rain  upon  the  earth,  the  husbandmen  were 
confounded,  they  covereS  their  beads. 

5  Yea  the  hind  also  brought  forth  in  the  field, 
and  left  it:    because  there  was  no  grass. 

6  And  the  w - ■  1(1  asses  stood  upon  the  rocks  :  thev 
Snofied  up  the  wind  like  dragons  :  their  eves  failed, 
because  there  was  no  urate. 

7  If  our  iniquities  have  testified  against  us,  O 
Lord,  do  thou  it  for  thy  name's  sake;  for  our  re- 
bellions are  many,  we  have  sinned  against  thee. 

8  O  expectation  of  Israel,  the  Saviour  thereof  in 
time  of  trouble:  why  w  ilt  thou  be  as  a  stranger  in  the 
land,  and   as  a  wayfaring  man  turning  in  tolod 

1    \\h\  wilt    thou   be  as  a  wandering  man. 
mighty  man  tint  cannot  save  ?  Hut   thou, O  Lord, 


art  among  us,  arid  thy  name  is  called  upon  us  ;  for- 
sake us  not. 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  to  this* people,  that  have 
loved  to  move  their  feet,  and  have  not  rested.  ;1nd 
have  not  pleased  the  Lord  :  lie  will  now  remember 
their  in* quities,  and  visit  their  sins. 

11  And  the  Lord  said  to  me:  Pray  not  for  this 
people  for  tlitir  good. 

12  When  they  fast  I  will  not  hear  their  pra\ers  ■ 
and  if  they  offer  holocausts  and  victims,  I  will  not 
receive  them  :  for  I  will  consume  them  bj  the  sword, 
and  by  famine,  and  by  the  pestilence. 

13  And  1  sail!  ■  Ah,  ah,  ah,  O  Lord  God  :  the 
prophets  say  to  them  :  You  shall  not  see  the  sword. 
and  there  shall  be  no  famine  among  you  ;  but  he  u  ill 
give  you  true  peace  in  this  place. 

14  And  the  Lord  said  to  DM  :  The  prophets  pro- 
phesy falsely  in  my  name  :  I  sent  (hem  not.  neither 
have  I  commanded  them,  nor  have  I  spoken  to  them: 
they  prophesy  unto  you  a  lying  vision,  and  divina- 
tion and  deceit,  and  the  seduction  oftheirown,  heart 

15  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  the 
prophets  that  prophesy  in  my  name,  whom  I  did  not 
send,  that  say:  Sword  and  famine  shall  not  be  m 
this  land  :  By  sword  and  famine  shall  those  prophets 
lie  consumed. 

16  And  the  people  to  whom  they  prophesy,  shall 
be  cast  out  in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem  because  of 
the  famine  and  the  sword,  and  there  shall  be  none 
to  bury  them  :  they  and  their  wires,  their  sons  and 
their  daughters,  and  1  will  pour  out  their  own  wick- 
edness upon  them. 

17  And  thou  shalt  speak  this  word  tothem  :   Let 
my  eyes  shed  down  tears  night  and  day.  and  let  them 
not  cease,  because  the  virgin  daughter  of  my  nee 
pie  is  afflicted  with  a  meat  aflliction,  with  an  exceed 
nig  grievous  evil. 

18  If  I  go  forth  into  the  fields,  behold  the  slain 
with  the  sword  :  and  if  I  enter  into  tin-  city,  behold 
them  that  are  consumed  with  famine.  'The  pro- 
phet also  and  the  priest  are  gone  into  a  land  which 
they  knew   not. 

19  Hast  thou  uttei  |y  cast  aw  ay  Jnda.  or  hath  thv 
soul  abhorred  Sion  ?  why  then  bast  thou  struck  us. 
so  that  there  is  no  healing  for  US?  We  have  looked 
for  peace,  and  there  is  no  good  :  and  for  the  time 
of  healing,  and  behold  trouble. 

20  We  acknowledge,  O  Lord,   our  wickedn. 
the  iniquities  of  our  fathers,  because  we  bare  sinned 
against  thee. 

21  Give  us  not  to  be  a  reproach,   for  thy  nam 
sake,  and  do  not  disgrace  in  us  the  throne  of  thy 
glory  :   remember,  break  not  thy  covenant  with  us. 

22  Arc  there  any  among  the  graven  things  of  the 
Gentiles    that   can    send   rain.'  or  can  the  heavens 
Live    showers f  Art   not  thou  the    Lord    our  Qod 
whom  we  have  looked  for?  for  thou  hast  made  all 
these  things. 

CHAP.  XV. 

God  is  determined  tn  pnni>h  thr  .lursfor   their  tins.      Tttepro- 
plot's  eomjtlaint,  and  (iird's  promise  to  him. 

AN  I )  the  Lord  said  to  me  :    If  .Moses  and  Samuel 
shall  stand  before  me,  mv  soul  is  not  towards 


CHAP.  XVI. 


this  people  :  cast  them  out  from  my  sight,  and  let 
them  CO  forth. 

2  And  if  they  shall  say  unto  thee:  Whither  shall 
we  ko  forth  ?  thou  shalt  say  to  them:  Thus  saiththe 
Lord  :  Such  as  are  for  death,  to  death  :  and  such  as 
are  for  the  sword,  to  the  sword  :  and  such  as  are 
for  famine,  to  famine:  and  such  as  are  for  captivity,  to 
captivity. 

3  And  I  will  visit  them  with  four  kinds,  saith 
the  Lord  :  The  sword  to  kill,  and  the  dogs  to  tear, 
and  the  fowls  of  the  air,  and  the  beasts  of  the  earth 
to  devour  and  to  destroy. 

4  And  I  will  give  them  up  to  the  rage  of  all  the 
kingdoms  of  the  earth:  because  of  Manasses  the  son 
of  Ezechias  the  king  of  Juda,  for  all  that  he  did  in 
Jerusalem. 

5  For  who  shall  have  pity  on  thee,  O  Jerusalem? 
or  who  shall  bemoan  thee?  or  who  shall  go  to  pray 
for  thv  peace? 

6  Thou  hast  forsaken  me,  saith  the  Lord,  thou 
art  gone  backward  :  and  I  will  stretch  out  my  hand 
against  thee,  and  I  will  destroy  thee  :  I  am  weary 
ol  entreating  thee. 

7  And  I  will  scatter  them  with  a  fan  in  the  gates 
of  the  land  :  1  have  killed  and  destroyed  my  people, 
and  yet  they  are  not  returned  from  their  ways. 

8  Their  widows  are  multiplied  unto  me  above 
the  sand  of  the  sea :  I  have  brought  upon  them 
against  the  mother  of  the  young  man  a  spoiler  at 
noon-day :  I  have  cast  a  terror  on  a  sudden  upon 
the  cities 

9  She  that  hath  borne  seven  is  become  weak, 
her  soul  hath  fainted  away:  her  sun  is  gone  down, 
while  it  was  yet  day  :  she  is  confounded,  and  asham- 
ed: and  the  residue  of  them  I  will  give  up  to  the 
sword  in  the  sight  of  their  enemies,  saith  the  Lord. 

10  Wo  is  me,  my  mother:  why  hast  thou  borne 
me  a  man  of  strife,  a  man  of  contention  to  all  the 
earth?  I  have  not  lent  on  usury,  neither  hath  any 
man  lent  to  me  on  usury,  yet  all  curse  me. 

11  The  Lord  saith  to  me:  Assuredly  it  shall  be 
well  with  thy  remnant,  assuredly  I  shall  help  thee  in 
the  time  of  affliction,  and  in  the  time  of  tribulation 
against  the  enemy. 

12  Shall  iron  be  allied*  with  the  iron  from  the 
north,  and  the  brass? 

13  Thy  riches  and  thy  treasures  I  will  give  unto 
spoil  for  nothing,  because  of  all  thy  sins,  even  in  all 
thy  borders. 

14  And  I  will  bring  thy  enemies  out  of  a  land 
which  thou  knowest  not :  for  a  fire  is  kindled  in  my 
rage,  it  shall  burn  upon  you. 

15  O  Lord,  thou  knowest,  remember  me,  and  vi- 
sit me,  and  defend  me  from  them  that  persecute  me, 
do  not  defend  me  in  thy  patience  :f  know  that  for 
thy  sake  1  have  suffered  reproach. 

16  Thy  words  were  found,  and  T  did  eat  them, 
and  thy  word  was  to  me  a  joy  and  gladness  of  my 


*  Shall  iron  be  allied.  Sic.  Shall  the  iron,  that  is,  the  strength  of  Judea, 
stand  against  the  stronger  iron  of  the  north,  that  is,  of  Babylon  :  or 
enter  into  an  alliance  upon  equal  footing  with  it  ?  no  certainly :  but  it 
must  be  broken  by  it. 

'  4  H 


heart :  for  thy  name  is  called  upon  me,  O  Lord  God 
of  hosts. 

17  I  sat  not  in  the  assembly  of  jesters,  nor  did  I 
make  a  boast  of  the  presence  of  thy  hand  :  1  sat 
alone,  because  thou  hast  filled  me  with  threats. 

1 8  Why  is  my  sorrow  become  perpetual,  and  my 
wound  desperate  so  as  to  refuse  to  be  healed  ?  it  is 
become  to  me  as  the  falsehood  of  deceitful  waters 
that  cannot  be  trusted. 

19  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord:  If  thou  wilt 
be  converted,  I  will  convert  thee,  and  thou  shalt 
stand  before  my  face  :  and  if  thou  wilt  separate  the 
precious  from  the  vile,  thou  shalt  be  as  my  mouth  : 
they  shall  be  turned  to  thee,  and  thou  shalt  not  be 
turned  to  them. 

20  And  I  will  make  thee  to  this  people  as  a  strong 
wall  of  brass  :  and  they  shall  fight  against  thee,  and 
shall  not  prevail:  for  I  am  with  thee  to  save  thee, 
and  to  deliver  thee,  saith  the  Lord. 

21  And  I  will  deliver  thee  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
wicked,  and  1  w  ill  redeem  thee  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  mighty. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

The  prophet  is  forbid  to  marry.  The  Jews  shall  be  vtterly  ruin- 
ed for  their  idolatry  :  but  shall  at  length  be  released  from  their 
captivity,  and  the  Gentiles  shall  be  converted. 

A  ND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying  : 
-^*-  2  Thou  shalt  not  take  thee  a  wife,  neither 
shalt  thou  have  sons,  and  daughters  in  this  place. 

3  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  the  sons 
and  daughters,  that  are  born  in  this  place,  and  con- 
cerning their  mothers  that  bore  them :  and  concerning 
their  fathers,  of  whom  they  were  born  in  this  land  : 

4  They  shall  die  by  the  death  of  grievous  ill- 
ness; they  shall  not  be  lamented,  and  they  shall  not 
be  buried,  they  shall  be  as  dung  upon  the  face  of 
the  earth:  and  they  shall  be  consumed  with  the 
sword,  and  with  famine:  and  their  carcasses  shall 
be  meat  for  the  fowls  of  the  air,  and  for  the  beasts 
of  the  earth. 

5  For  thus  saith  the  Lord:  Enter  not  into  the 
house  of  feasting,  neither  go  thou  to  mourn,  nor  to 
comfort  them :  because  I  have  taken  away  my  peace 
from  this  people,  saith  the  Lord,  my  mercy  and 
commiserations. 

6  Both  the  great  and  the  little  shall  die  in  this 
land :  they  shall  not  be  buried  nor  lamented,  and 
med  shall  not  cut  themselves,  nor  make  themselves 
bald  for  them. 

7  And  they  shall  not  break  bread  among  them  to 
him  that  mourneth,  to  comfort  him  for  the  dead  : 
neither  shall  they  give  them  to  drink  of  the  cup,  to 
comfort  them  for  their  father  and  mother. 

8  And  do  not  thou  go  into  the  house  of  feasting, 
to  sit  with  them,  and  to  eat  and  drink : 

9  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of 
Israel :  Behold,  I  will  take  away  out  of  this  plate  in 
your  sight,  and  in  your  days  the  voice  of  mirth,  and 


t  Do  not  defend  me  in  thy  patience.     That  is,  let  not  thy  patience  and 
loop-suffering-,   which   thou  usest    towards  sinners,  keep  thee  firm 
making  haste  to  my  assistance- 
SOS 


JF.RF.MIAS. 


llm  voice  of  gladness,  tin-  voice  of  the  bridegroom, 
and  t Ik*  voice  of  the  bride. 

lit  Ami  when  thou  shah  tell  this  people  all  these 

words,  and  they  shall  say  to  tine:  Wherefore  liatli 

the  Lord  prooouaced  against  us  all  this  meat  evil  ? 

what  i>our  iniquity  .'  and  what  is  our  sin,  that  we 

sinned  against  the  Lord  our  God? 

11  Thou  shah  say  to  them:  lb  ■<  nr  fathers 

forsook  me,  saith  the  Lord  :  and  went  alter  strange 
tods,  and  served  them,  and  adored  them  :  and  tin  > 
forsook  me,  and  kept  not  my  law. 

I  J  And  yon  also  have  done  worse  than  your  fa- 
thers :  for  behold  every  one  of  you  walketh  after  the 
|nr\  M  of  his  evil  heart,  so  as  not  to  hearken 

to  aw. 

13  So  I  will  cast  you  forth  out  of  this  land,  into 
a  land  which  von  know  not,  nor  your  lathers  :  and 
there  \ou  'shall  serve  strange  gods  day  and  night, 
which  shall  not  give  you  any  rest. 

1  V  Therefore  behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the 
Lord,  when  it  shall  he  said  no  more:  The  Lord 
liveth,  that  brought  forth  the  children  of  Israel  out 
of  the  land  of  F.gvpt: 

15  But,  The  Lord  liveth,  that  brought  the  children 
of  Israel  out  of  the  land  of  the  north,  and  out  of  all 
the  lands  to  which  1  cast  them  out:  and  1  will 
bring  them  again  into  their  land,  which  I  gave  to 
their  lathers. 

16  Behold,!  will  send  many  fishers,  saith  the  Lord, 
and  they  shall  lish  them  :  and  alter  this  I  will  send 
then)  many  hunters,  and  they  shall  hunt  them  from 
every  mountain,  and  from  every  hill,  and  out  of  the 
holes  of  the  rocks. 

17  For  my  eyes  are  upon  all  their  ways  :  they  arc 
not  hid  from  my  face,  and  their  iniquity  hath  not 
Keen  hid  from  my  eyes. 

18  And  I  will  repay  first  their  double  iniquities, 
ami  their  sins  :  because  they  have  defiled  my  land 
with  the  carcasses  of  their  idols,  and  they  have  fill- 
ed my  inheritance  with  their  abominations. 

19  0  Lord,  my  might,  ami  m\  strength,  and  my 
refuge  in  the  day  of  tribulation  :  to  thee  the  Gen- 
tiles shall  come  from  tin' ends  of  the  earth,  and  shall 

:    Surely  our  fathers  have  possessed    lies,  a  va- 
nitv  which  hath  not  profited  them. 

20  Shall  a  man  make  gods  unto  himself,  and  they 
are  no  gods  ? 

21  Therefore  behold,  I  will  this  once  cause  them 
to  know,  I  will  show  them  my  hand  and  mv power: 
and  they  shall  know  that  mv  name  is  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  XVII. 

For  their  obstinacy  in  tin  the  Jews  shall  be  led  captire.  He  is 
cursed  that  trusteth  in  fiesh  :  God  alone  searrhtth  the  heart, 
giving  to  every  one  a*  he  deserve*.  The  prophet  pmyrth  to 
be  delivered  from  his  enemies :  and  preachtth  up  the  obser- 
vance  of  the  sabbath. 

THE  sin  of  Juda  is  written  with  a  pen  of  iron, 
with  the  j>oint  of  a  diamond,  it  is  graven  upon 
the  table  of  their  heart,  upon  the  horns  oft  heir  altars. 


*  Twtrif  A  barren  throb  that  groin  in  the  driest  parti  of  the  wil- 
aVrneaa. 

f  Lrt  lira  W  Mi0nW,  kr.  Foch  exprewiow  a*  tbeae  in  the 
w:itirn.iof  il*  |  ropbet.,  are  not  i"br  u nderttood  a»  imprecation*  pm- 

f.jo 


2  When  their  children  shall  remember  tin  if 
altars,  and  their  groves,  and  their  green  trees  upon 
the    high  mountains. 

3  Sacrificing  in  the  field:  1  will  z'uc  ihj  strength, 
and  all  thy  treasures  to  tin;  ipoU,  and  thy  high  pla- 

eea  for  sin  in  all  thy  borders. 
.  4  And  thou  shaft  be  left  stript  of  thy  inheritance, 
which  1  gave  thee:  and  I  will  make  thee  serve  thy 
enemies  in  a  land  which  thou  know  est  not  :  U-cause 
thou  hast  kindled  a  fire  in  my  wrath,  it  shall  burn 
for  ever. 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Cursed  be  the  man  that 
trusteth  in  man,  and  maketli  flesh  his  arm,  and 
whose  heart  departeth  from  the  Lord. 

6  For  be  shall  be  like  tamaric*  in  the  desert,  and 
he  shall  not  see  when  good  shall  come  :  but  he  shall 
dwell  in  dryness  in  the  desert,  in  a  salt  laud,  and 
not  inhabited. 

7  Blessed  be  the  man  that  trusteth  in  the  Lord 
and  the  Lord  shall  be  his  confidence. 

8  And  he  shall  be  as  a  tree  that  is  planted  by  tho 
waters,. that  spreadeth  out  its  roors  towards  mois- 
ture:  and  it  shall  not  fear  when  the  heat  cometh. 
And  the  leaf  thereof  shall  be  green,  and  in  the  time 
of  drought  it  shall  not  be  solicitous,  neither  shall  it 
cease  at  any  time  to  bring  forth  fruit. 

9  The  heart  is  perverse  above  all  things,  and 
unsearchable,  who  can  know  it? 

10  I  am  the  Lord  who  search  the  heart,  and 
prove  the  reins :  who  give  to  every  one  according 
to  his  way,  and  according  to  the  fruit  of  bis  de- 

1 1  As  the  partridge  bath  batched  eggs  which 
she  did  not  lay:  so  is  he  that  hath  gathered  riches. 
and  not  by  right:  in  the  midst  of  bis  days  he  shall 
leave  them,  and   in  his  latter  end  he  shall  be  a 

lool. 

12  A  high  and  glorious  throne  from  the  begin- 
ning is  the  place  ol  our  sanctification  : 

13  O  Lord,  the  hope  of  Israel :  all  that  forsake 
thee  shall  be  confounded:  they  that  depart  from 
thee,  shall  be  written  in  the  earth  :  because  they 
have  forsaken  the  Lord  the  vein  of  living  waters. 

14  Heal  me,  O  Lord,  and  I  shall  be  healed  :  save 
me,  and  I  shall  be  saved:  for  thou  art  my  praise. 

15  Behold  they  say  to  me :  Where  is  the  word 
of  the  Lord  ?  let  it  come. 

16  And  1  am  not  troubled,  following  thee  for  my 
pastor,  and  I  have  not  desired  the  day  of  man, 
thou  knowcst.  That  which  went  out  of  my  lips, 
hath  been  right  in  thy  sight. 

17  Be  not  thou  a  terror  unto  me,  thou  art  my 
hope  in  the  day  of  affliction. 

18  Let  them  be  confoundedf  thai  persecute  me, 
and  let  not  me  be  confounded:  let  them  be  afraid, 
and  let  not  me  be  afraid:  bring  upon  them  the  day 
of  affliction,  and  with  a  double  destruction,  de- 
stroy them. 

cecding  from  malica  or  de»ire  of  rercnire;  but  ai  propbeti?  predic- 
tions of  erils  that  were  about  to  fall  ii|*"i  unpenitent  nwitn,  and  ap 
probation*  of  the  ways  of  dirine  justice. 


<  HAP.  XVIII. 


19  Thus  saith  the  Lord  to  me:  Go,  and  stand 
in  the  gate  of  the  children  of  the  people,  by  which 
the  kings  of  Juda  come  in,  and  go  out,  and  in  all 
the  gates  of  Jerusalem  : 

20  And  thou  shalt  say  to  them:  Hear  the  word 
of  the  Lord,  ye  kings  of  Juda,  and  all  Juda,  and  all 
the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  that  enter  in  by  these 
gates. 

21  Thus  saith  the  Lord :  Take  heed  to  your 
souls,  and  carry  no  burdens  on  the  sabbath-day  :  and 
bring  them  not  in  by  the  gates  of  Jerusalem. 

22  And  do  not  bring  burdens  out  of  your  houses 
du  the  sabbath-day,  neither  do  ye  any  work  :  sanc- 
tify l  he  sabbath-day,  as  I  commanded  your  fathers. 

23  But  they  did  not  hear,  nor  inclined  their  ear: 
hut  hardened  their  neck,  that  they  might  not  hear 
me,  and  might  not  receive  instruction. 

24  And  it  shall  come  to  pass :  if  you  will  hear- 
ken to  me,  saith  the  Lord,  to  bring  in  no  burdens 
by  the  gates  of  this  city  on  the  sabbath-day:  and 
it  you  will  sanctify  the  sabbath-day,  to  do  no  work 
therein: 

25  Then  shall  there  enter  in  by  the  gates  of  this 
city  kings  and  princes,  sitting  upon  the  throne  of 
David,  and  riding  in  chariots  and  on  horses,  they 
and  their  princes,  the  men  of  Juda,  and  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Jerusalem:  and  this  city  shall  be  inhabited 
for  ever. 

26  And  they  shall  come  from  the  cities  of  Juda, 
and  from  the  places  round  about  Jerusalem,  and 
from  the  land  of  Benjamin,  and  from  the  plains, 
and  from  the  mountains,  and  from  the  south,  bring- 
ing holocausts,  and  victims,  and  sacrifices,  and  frank- 
incense, and  they  shall  bring  in  an  offering  into  the 
bouse  of  the  Lord. 

27  But  if  you  will  not  hearken  to  me,  to  sanc- 
tify the  sabbath-day,  and  not  to  carry  burdens,  and 
not  to  bring  them  in  by  the  sates  of  Jerusalem  on 
the  sabbath-day,  1  will  kindle  a  fire  in  the  gates 
thereof,  and  it  shall  devour  the  houses  of  Jerusa- 
lem, and  it  shall  not  be  quenched. 

CHAP.  XVIII. 

As  day  in  the  hand  of  the  potter,  so  is  Israel  in  God's  hand. 
He  pardoncth  penitents,  and  punishelh  the  obstinate.  They 
conspire  against  Jeremias,  for  which  he  denounceth  to  them 
the  miseries  that  hang  over  them. 

^T^HE  word  that  came  to  Jeremias  from  the  Lord, 
-*-    saying: 

2  Arise,  and  go  down  into  the  potter's  house, 
and  there  thou  shalt  hear  my  words. 

3  And  I  went  down  into  the  potter's  house,  and 
behold  he  was  doing  a  work  on  the  wheel. 

4  And  the  vessel  was  broken  which  he  was  ma- 
king of  clay  with  his  hands:  and  turning  he  made 
another  vessel,  as  it  seemed  good  in  his  eyes  to 
make  it.     • 

5  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  say- 
ing: 

6  Cannot  1  do  with  you,  as  this  potter,  O  house 
of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord?  behold,  as  clay  is  in  the 
hand  of  the  potter,  so  are  you  in  my  hand,  O  house 
M'  Israel. 

7  I  will  suddenly  speak  against  a   nation,    and 


against  a  kingdom,  to  root  out,  and   to  pull  dou  r 
and  to  destroy  it. 

8  If  that  nation  against  which   I  have  spoken 
shall  repent  of  their  evil,  1  also  will  repent  of  the 
evil  that  I  have  thought  to  do  to  them. 

9  And  I  will  suddenly  speak  of  a  nation  and  of 
a  kingdom,  to  build  up  and  plant  it. 

10  If  it.  shall  do  evil  in  my  sight,  that  it  obey  not 
my  voice:  I  will  repent  of  the  good  that  I  have  spo- 
ken to  do  unto  it. 

11  Now  therefore  tell  the  men  of  Juda,  and  the 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  saying:  Thus  saith  the 
Lord:  Behold,  I  frame  evil  against  you,  and  devise 
a  device  against  you  :  let  every  man  of  you  return 
from  his  evil  way,  and  make  ye  your  ways  and 
your  doings  good. 

12  And  they  said:  We  have  no  hopes:  for  we 
will  go  after  our  own  thoughts,  and  we  will  doevery 
one  according  to  the  perverseness  of  his  evil  heart. 

13  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord:  Ask  among 
the  nations  :  Who  hath  heard  such  horrible  things, 
as  the  virgin  of  Israel  hath  done  to  excess? 

14  Shall  the  snow  of  Libanus  fail  from  the  rock 
of  the  field?  or  can  the  cold  waters  that  gush  out 
and  run  down,  be  taken  away  ? 

15  Because  my  people  have  forgotten  me,  sacri- 
ficing in  vain,  and  stumbling  in  their  ways,  in  an- 
cients paths,  to  walk  by  them  in  a  way  not  trodden : 

16  That  their  land  might  be  given  up  to  desola- 
tion, and  to  a  perpetual  hissing:  every  one  that 
shall  pass  by  it,  shall  be  astonished,  and  wag  his 
head. 

17  As  a  burning  wind  will  I  scatter  them  before 
the  enemy:  I  will  show  them  the  back,  and  not 
the  face  in  the  day  of  their  destruction. 

18  And  they  said :  Come,  and  let  us  invent  de- 
vices against  Jeremias:  for  the  law  shall  not  perish 
from  the  priest,  nor  counsel  from  the  wise,  nor  the 
word  from  the  prophet:  come,  and  let  us  strike 
him  with  the  tongue,  and  let  us  give  no  heed  to  all 
his  words. 

19  Give  heed  to  me,  O  Lord,  and  hear  the  voice 
of  my  adversaries. 

20  Shall  evil  be  rendered  for  good,  because  they 
have  digged  a  pit  for  my  soul?  Remember*  that  I 
have  stood  in  thy  sight,  to  speak  good  for  them, 
and  to  turn  away  thy  indignation  from  them. 

21  Therefore  deliver  up  their  children  to  fa 
mine,  and  bring  them  into  the  hands  of  the  sword: 
let  their  wives  be  bereaved  of  children,  and  widows: 
and  let  their  husbands  be  slain  by  death :  let  their 
young  men  be  stabbed  with  the  sword  in  battle. 

22  Let  a  cry  be  heard  out  of  their  houses  :  for 
thou  shalt  bring  the  robber  upon  them  suddenly: 
because  they  have  digged  a  pit  to  take  me,  and  have 
hid  snares  for  my  feet. 

23  But  thou,  O  Lord,  knowest  all  their  counsel 
against  me  unto  death  :  forgive  not  their  iniquity, 
and  let  not  their  sin  be  blotted  out  from  thy  sight : 


♦  Remember,  &c.    This  is  spoken  in  the  person  of  Christ,  persecuted 
by  the  Jews,  and  prophetically  denouncing  the  evils  that  should  fall 
upon  them  in  punishment  of  their  crimes. 
611 


JEREMI  VS. 


let  them  lw  overthrown  before  thy  eyes,  in  the  time 
of  th\  wrath  do  thou  destroj  (lit  in. 

(II  \l\  \l\. 

Under  the  twpe  ij  breaking  a  potter's  vessel,  the  prophet  fore- 

ihiMCtth  the  (I,  l  the  Jews  for  thrir  tin*. 

T  HI'S  saith  tin-  Lord:   Go,   ;iiul   take  a  potter's 
(.in  Inn  Untie,  (tad  take  of  the  ancients  of  tlu- 
people,  and  of  the  ancients  of  the  priests  : 

nil  CO  forth  into  the  Valley  of  the  son  of   I 
noil),  vv  hich  is  bv  the  entrv  of  the  earthen  gate  :  ami 
there  thou  shalt  proclaim  the  words,  that  1  shall 
tell  thee. 

3  Ami    thou  shah    sa\  :    Hear   the   word  of  the 

Lord,  O  ye  kings  of  Juda,  and  ye  inhabitants  of 

usalem:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  CJod 

of  Israel:  Behold  I  will  bring  an affliction  upon  this 

plaee:  SO  that  whosoever  shall  hear  it,  his  cars  shall 
tingle: 

I  Because  they  have  forsaken  me,  and  have  pro- 
faned this  place:  and  bare  sacrificed  therein  to 
straage  gods,  whom  neither  they,  nor  their  fathers 
knew,  nor  the  kings  of  Juda:  and  they  have  filled 
this  place  with  the  blood  of  innocents. 

\nd  they  have  built  the  high  nlaccs  of  Baalim, 
to  burn  their  children  with  fire  for  a  holocaust  to 
Baalim:  which  I  did  not  command,  nor  speak  of, 
neither  did  it  once  come  into  my  mind. 

6  Therefore  behold  the  days  come,  saith  the 
Lord,  that  this  place  shall  no  more  be  called  To- 
pheth,  nor  the  valley  of  the  son  of  Ennom,  but  the 
valley  of  slaughter. 

7  Ami  I  will  defeat  the  counsel  of  Juda  and  of 
Jerusalem  in  this  place:  and  I  will  destroy  them 
\\  ith  the  sword  in  the  sight  of  their  enemies,  and  by 
the  hands  of  them  thai  seek  their  lives:  anil  [will 
(ire  their  carcasses  to  be  meat  for  the  fowls  of  the 
air.  ami  for  the  Inasts  of  the  earth. 

8  And  I  will  make  this  city  an  astonishment,  and 
a  hissing:  event  one  that  shall  pass  by  it,  shall  be 
astonished,  and  shall  hiss  because  of  all  the  plaguj  I 
thereof. 

!»  And  I  will  feed  them  with  the  flesh  of  their  sons. 
and  with  the  flesh  of  their  daughters:  and  they  shall 
eat  t\rr\  one  (he  flesh  of  his  friend  in  the  sieue,  and 
in  the  distress  wherewith  their  enemies,  anil  they 
that  seek  their  lives,  shall  straiten  them. 

10  Anil  thou  shall  break  the  bottle  in  the  sight  of 
the  nun  that  shall  go  with  thee. 

II  And  thou  shall  saj  to  them:  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts  :  Even  so  will  I  break  this  people, 
and  this  city,  as  the  potter's  vessel  is  broken,  which 
cannot  be  made  whole  again:  and  they  shall  be 
buried  in  Topheth,  because  there  is  no  other  place 
to  bury  in. 

I  J    Thus  w  ill  I  do  to  this  place,  saith  the  Lord. 

and  to  the  inhabitants  thereof:  ami  1  will  make  this 

is  Topheth. 


3  And  the  houses  of  Jerusalem,  and  the  homes 


Thi«  i 


fore  it  here 


•  atajjfaj 


and  printlmmUtt  l  and  there- 


to JHmgtr  MUmM,  or  Fur  snnrrf  suit  i  to  de- 
note the  erili  that  «houW  come  upon  bim  in  punuhmrnt  of  hit  op- 

The  meaning  of  the  prophet,  »  Dot  to 
fiU 


pminr  the  word  of  <  ■ 
f   7Vw  JUjI  ituwtd,  he. 


of  the  kin^s  of  Juda  shall  be  DUCll  an  as  the  place  of 
Topheth:  all  the  houses  upon  w  hose  roots  they  have 
i  ilieetl  to  all  the  host  ol  heaven,  and  ha\e  poun  d 
out  drink-offerings  to  sti 

14  Then  Jereiuias  came  from  Topheth,  whither 
the  Loid  had  sent  him  to  prophesy,  ami  he  stood  in 
the  court  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  said  to  all 
the  people  : 

15  'I  Inis  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Is- 
rael: Behold  I  will  brim;  in  upon  this  city,  mid  upon 
ail  the  cities  thereof  all  the  evils  that  I  have  spoken 
against  it:  because  they  have  hardened  their  necks, 
that  thev  nii^lit  not  hear  my  words. 

CHAP.  XX. 

The  prophet  is  persecuted  :  he  denounces  captivity  to  his  per- 
secutors, and  bemoans  himself. 

"jVTOW  Phassur  the  son  of  Einmer  the  priest,  w  ho 
-L^l  was  appointed  chief  in  tin;  house  of  the  Lord, 
heard  Jereiuias  prophesying  tlrrsc  words. 

2  And  Phassur  struck  Jeiemias  the  prophet,  ami 
put  him  in  the  stocks,  that  were  in  the  upper  gate 
of  Benjamin,  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

3  And  when  it  was  li-ht  the  next  day,  Pbaasur 
brought  Jeremias  out  of  the  stocks.  And  Jeremiai 
saitl  to  him:  The  Lord  hath  not  called  thy  name 
Phassur,*  but  Fear  on  every  side. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Behold,  I  will  deliver 
thee  up  to  fear,  thee  and  all  thy  friends:  and  they 
shall  fall  by  the  sword  of  their  enemies,  ami  thy 
eyes  shall  see  it,  and  I  will  give  all  Juda  into  Un- 
hand of  the  king  of  Babylon:  and  he  shall  carrv 
them  away  to  Babylon,  and  shall  strike  them  with 
the  sword. 

5  And  I  will  give  all  the  substance  of  this  city, 

and  all  its  labour,  and  even  precious  thing^tbereof, 

and  all  the  treasures  of  the  kings  of  Juda  will  1  ^iv  e 
into  the  hands  of  their  enemies:  and  they  shall  pil- 
lage them,  aud  take  them  away,  and  carrv  them  to 
Babylon. 

6  But  thou,  Phassur,  ami  all  that  dwell  in  thy 
house,  shall  go  into  captivity,  and  thou  shah  go  'a 
Babylon,  andthere  thou  shalt  die,  and  there  thou 
shall  be  buried,  thou  and  all  thy  friends,  to  whom 
thou  hast  prophesied  a  lie. 

7  Thou  hast  deceived  ine,t  O  Lord,  ami  I  am 
deceived:  thou  hast  been  Stronger  than  1,  ami  thou 
hast  prevailed:  I  am  become  a  laughing-stock  all 


the  day,  all  scoff  at  me. 

8  For  I  am  speaking  now  tins  lone  0 
out  against  iniquity,  and  1  often  proclaim  devasta- 


8  For  I  am  speaking  now  this  long  time,  crying 


tion:  and  the  wora  of  the  Lord  is  made  areproaci, 
to  me,  and  a  derision  all  the  day. 

9  Then  I  said:  I  will  not  make  mention  of  him 
nor  speak  any  more  in  his  name:  ami  there  came  in 
inv  heart  as  a  burning  lire,  shut  up  in  uiv  bonea,  am. 
I  was  wearied,  not  being  able  to  bear  it. 

10  For  I  heard  the  reproaches  of  many,  and  ter 
ror  on  every  side  :    Persecute  him,  and  let  us  perse- 


charjre  Ood  with  any  untruth  :  hut  what  he  call*  deeriring,  wu  only 
the  ooaceaJirur  from  him,  when  he  accepted  of  the  prophetical  com 
miwiim,  the  irreatne**  of  the  eril«  which  It  a  of  that  com 

■JMaioa  wa»  to  bring  upon  him. 


CHAP.  XXI,  XXII. 


CUte  nim  :  fiom  all  the  men,  (hat  were  my  familiars, 
and  continued  at  my  side  :  if  by  any  means  he  may 
be  deceived,  and  we  may  prevail  against  him,  and 
be  revenged  on  him. 

11  But  the  Lord  is  with  me  as  a  strong  warrior  : 
therefore  they  that  persecute  me  shall  fall,  and 
shall  be  weak  :  they  shall  be  greatly  confounded, 
because  they  have  not  understood  the  everlasting  re- 
proach, which  never  shall  be  effaced. 

12  And  thou,  O  Lord  of  hosts,  proverof  the  just, 
who  seest  the  reins  and  the  heart :  let  me  see,*  I 
beseech  thee,  thy  vengeance  on  them  :  for  to  thee 
I  have  laid  open  my  cause. 

13  Sing  ye  to  the  Lord,  praise  the  Lord  :  be- 
cause he  hath  delivered  the  soul  of  the  poor  out  of 
the  hand  of  the  wicked. 

14  Cursed  be  the  day,f  wherein  I  was  born  : 
let  not  the  day  in  which  my  mother  bore  me,  be 
blessed. 

15  Cursed  be  the  man  that  brought  the  tidings 
to  my  father,  saying  :  A  man-child  is  born  to  thee  : 
and  made  him  greatly  rejoice. 

16  Let  that  man  be  as  the  cities  which  the  Lord 
hath  overthrown,  and  hath  not  repented  :  let  him 
hear  a  cry  in  the  morning,  and  howling  at  noon- 
tide : 

17  Who  slew  me  not  from  the  womb,  that  my 
mother  might  have  been  my  grave,  and  her  womb 
an  everlasting  conception. 

1 8  Why  came  I  out  of  the  womb,  to  see  labour 
and  sorrow,  and  that  my  days  should  be  spent  in 
confusion  ? 

CHAP.  XXI. 

The  prophet's  answer  to  the  messengers,  of  Sedecias,  when  Jeru- 
salem was  besieged. 

THE  word  that  came  to  Jeremias  from  the  Lord, 
when  king  Sedecias  sent  unto  him  Phassur  the 
son  of  Melchias,  and  Sophonias  the  son  of  Maasias 
the  priest,  saying : 

2  Inquire  of  the  Lord  for  us,  for  Nabuchodono- 
sor  king  of  Babylon  maketh  war  against  us  :  if  so 
be  the  Lord  will  deal  with  us  according  to  all  his 
wonderful  works,  that  he  may  depart  from  us. 

3  And  Jeremias  said  to  them  :  Thus  shall  you 
say  to  Sedecias  : 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel  :  Be- 
hold, I  will  turn  back  the  weapons  of  war  that  are 
in  your  hands,  and  with  which  you  fight  against  the 
king  of  Babylon,  and  the  Chaldeans,  that  besiege 
you  round  about  the  walls  :  and  I  will  gather  them 
together  in  the  midst  of  the  city. 

5  And  I  myself  will  fight  against  you  with  an 
outstretched  hand,  and  with  a  strong  arm,  and  in 
fury,  and  in  indignation,  and  in  great  wrath. 

6  And  1  will  strike  the  inhabitants  of  this  city, 
men  and  beasts  shall  die  of  a  great  pestilence. 

7  And  after  this,  saith  the  Lord,  I  will  give  Se- 

*  Let  me  see.  Sic.  This  prayer  proceeded  not  from  hatred  or  ill-will, 
but  zpal  of  justice. 

f  Cursed  be  the  day,  &c.  In  these  and  the  following  words  of  the 
prophet,  there  is  a  certain  figure  of  speech  to  express  with  more  ener- 
gy the  greatness  of  the  evils  to  which  his  birth  had  exposed  him. 

J  To  thee  that  dwellest,  &c.     He  speaks  to   Jerusalem,  confiding  in 


decias  the  king  of  Juda,  and  his  servants,  and  his 
people,  and  such  as  are  left  in  this  city  from  the 
pestilence,  and  the  sword,  and  the  famine,  into  the 
hand  of  Nabuchodonosor  the  king  of  Babylon,  and 
into  the  hand  of  their  enemies,  and  into  the  hand  of 
them  that  seek  their  life,  and  he  shall  strike  them 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and  he  shall  not  be 
moved  to  pity,  nor  spare  them,  nor  show  mercy  to 
them. 

8  And  to  this  people  thou  shaltsay  :  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  :  Behold,  I  set  before  you  the  way  of  life, 
and  the  way  of  death. 

9  He  that  shall  abide  in  this  city,  shall  die  by 
the  sword,  and  by  the  famine,  and  by  the  pesti- 
lence :  but  he  that  shall  go  out,  and  flee  over  to 
the  Chaldeans,  that  besiege  you,  shall  live,  and  his 
life  shall  be  to  him  as  a  spoil. 

10  For  I  have  set  my  face  against  this  city  for 
evil,  and  not  for  good,  saith  the  Lord  :  it  shall  be 
given  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  he 
shall  burn  it  with  fire. 

1 1  And  to  the  house  of  the  king  of  Juda  ;  Hear 
ye  the  word  of  the  Lord , 

12  O  house  of  David,  thus  saith  the  Lord  : 
Judge  ye  judgment  in  the  morning,  and  deliver  him 
that  is  oppressed  by  violence  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
oppressor  :  lest  my  indignation  go  forth  like  a  fire, 
and  be  kindled?  and  there  be  none  to  quench  it,  be- 
cause of  the  evil  of  your  ways. 

13  Behold  I  come  to  thee  that  dwellestf  in  a  val- 
ley upon  a  rock  above  a  plain,  saith  the  Lord  :  and 
you  say  :  Who  shall  strike  us  ?  and  who  shall  enter 
into  our  houses  ? 

14  But  I  will  visit  upon  you  according  to  the 
fruit  of  your  doings,  saith  the  Lord  :  and  I  will 
kindle  a  fire  in  the  forest  thereof:  and  it  shall  de- 
vour all  things  round  about  it. 

CHAP.  XXII. 

An  exhortation  both  to  king  and  people  to  return  to  God.     The 
sentence  of  God  upon  Joachaz,  Joakim,  and  Jechonias. 

rf^HUS  saith  the  Lord  :  Go  down§  to  the  house 
-*-    of  the  king  of  Juda,   and  there  thou  shalt 
speak  this  word. 

2  And  thou  shalt  say :  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
O  king  of  Juda,  that  sittest  upon  the  throne  of  Da- 
vid :  thou  and  thy  servants :  and  thy  people,  who 
enter  in  by  these  gates. 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Execute  judgment  and 
justice,  and  deliver  him  that  is  oppressed  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  oppressor :  and  afflict  not  the  stranger, 
the  fatherless  and  the  widow,  nor  oppress  them  un- 
justly ;  and  shed  not  innocent  blood  in  this  place. 

4  For  if  you  will  do  this  thing  indeed,  then  shall 
there  enter  in  by  the  gates  of  this  house,  kings  of 
the  race  of  David  sitting  upon  his  throne,  and  riding 
in  chariots  and  on  horses,  they  and  their  servants, 
and  their  people. 


the  strength  of  her  situation  upon  rocks,  surrounded  with  a  deep 
valley. 

4  Go  down,  &c.  The  contents  of  this  chapter  are  of  a  more  ancient 
date  than  those  of  the  foregoing  chapter ;  for  the  order  of  time  is  not 
always  observed  in  the  writings  of  the  prophets. 

613 


J  K  REM  IAS. 


b  But  if  ton  will  not  In  ;irkm  to  these  words:  I 
-\m  ,ir  liv  myself,  saith  the  Lord,  tli.it  this  house 
•hail  become  a  desolation. 

•  I  lor  thus  earth  the  Lord  to  the  boose  of  the  kin?: 
of Juda:  Thou  art  tonic  (ialaad  the  head  of  Liba 
nus:*  yet  surely  1  will  make  thee  a  wilderness,  and 
c  hies  not  habitable 

7  And  I  will  preparef  against  tine  thedestrover 
and  his  weapons:  andthev  shall  cot  down  thy  cho- 
se.i  cedars,  and  shall  east  then  headlong  iutotne  fire. 

8  And  many  naiions  shall  pass  by  this  city  :  and 
they  shall  my  every  man  to  his  neighbour:  Why 
hath  the  Lord  done  so  to  this  great  city  ? 

9  And  they  shall  answer :  Because  they  have  for- 
saken the  covenant  of  the  Lord  their  God,  and  have 
adored  strange  gods, and  served  them. 

10  Weep  not  for  him  that  is  dead,  J  nor  bemoan 
him  with  vour  tears;  lament  him  that  goeth  away,$ 
for  he  shall  return  no  more,  nor  see  his  native  country. 

1 1  For  ihns  taith  the  Lord  to  Sellum  the  son  of 
Josmi  the  kin::  of  Juda,  who  reigned  instead  of  his 
father,  who  went  forth  out  of  this  place:  He  shall 
return  hither  no  inon  : 

12  11  nt  in  the  place  to  which  I  have  removed 
nim,  there  shall  he  die,  and  he  shall  not  see  this 
land  anv  more. 

13  Wo  to  him  that  htiildcth  up  his  house  by  in- 
justice, and  his  chambers  not  in  judgment:  that 
will  oppress  his  friend  without  cause,  and  will  not 
pm  him  bis  wages. 

14  Who  saith :  I  will  build  me  a  wide  house, 
and  large  chambers  :  who  opeueth  to  himself  win- 
dows, and  maketh  roofs  of  cedar,  and  paiuteth  them 
with  vermilion. 

I  ■'>  Shalt  thou  reign,  because  thou  comparcst 
thyself  to  the  cedar.'  did  not  thy  father  eat  and  drink, 
and  do  judgment  and  justice,  and  it  was  then  well 
with  him? 

ItJ  He  judged  the  cause  of  the  poor  and  needy 
for  his  own  Band  :  was  it  not  therefore  because  he 
knew  me,  sailh  the  Lord  ? 

17  But  thy  eyes  and  thy  heart  are  set  upon  covet- 
oti-itess,  and  upon  shedding  innocent  blood,  and 
upon  oppression,  and  running  after  evil  works. 

18  Therefore  thus  saith  I  he  Lord  concerning 
Joakim,  the  son  of  Josias  king  of  Juda  :  They  shall 
not  mourn  for  him,  Alas,  my  brother,  and  alas,  sis- 
ter :  they  shall  not  lament  for  him,  Alas,  my  lord, 
or  alas,  the  noble  one. 

19  He  shall  be  buried  with  the  burial  of  an  ass, 
rattan  and  cast  forth  without  the  gates  of  Jerusalem. 

20  Go  up  to  Libauus,  and  cry  :  and  lift  up  thy 
voice  in  Basan,  and  cry  to  them  that  pass  by,  for 
all  thy  lovers  are  destroyed. 

21  I  spoke  to  thee  in  thv  prosperity  i and  thou 
sniast:  I  will  not  hear:  this  hath  been  thy  way  from 
thy  youth,  because  thou  hast  not  heard  my  voice. 

•G»U*4  Ik,  ktm4tf  UUnt.    By  Oalaad,  a  rich  and  fruitful  rountrr. 
the  rorml  paJac*« ' 


royal  palace  of  the  kino  «f  the  home  of  David 
bl  l.iKanu*.  a  high  mountain  abounding  in  cedar-Ire**,  the  populou* 
nli  »(  J.Tuaalera. 

f  rVaaar*.  Li'arallr,  wndifr. 

;  Wt,p  net  fvrkimtktt  it  4n4,  lie.     H«  mean*  the  fuod  kin;  Joaia*, 

614 


22  The  wind  shall  feed  all  thy  pastors,  and  thy 
lovers  shall  go  into  captivity:  and  then  shall  thou  be 
confounded,  and  ashamed  of  all  th\   wickedly 

23  Thou  that  sittest  in  Libanus,  ;ind  makest  thy 
nest  in  the  cedars,  how  hast  thou  mourned  when 
sorrows  came  upon  thee,  as  the  pains  of  a  woman 
in  labour? 

24  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord,  if  Jechonias  the  son 
of  Joakim  the  king  of  Juda  were  a  ring  on  my  right 
hand,  I  would  pluck  him  thence. 

25  And  I  will  give  thee  into  the  hand  of  them 
that  seek  thy  life,  and  into  the  hand  of  them  whose 
face  thou  barest,  and  into  the  hand  of  ISabucho- 
donosor  king  of  Babylon,  and  into  the  hand  of  the 
Chaldeans. 

26  And  Twill  send  thee  and  thy  mother  that  bore 
thee,  into  a  strange  country,  in  which  you  were  not 
born,  and  there  you  shall  die  : 

27  And  they  shall  not  return  into  the  land,  w  In  ie- 
unto  they  lift  up  their  mind  to  return  thither. 

28  Is  this  man  Jechonias  an  earthen  and  a  bro- 
ken vessel  ?  is  he  a  vessel  wherein  is  no  pleasure  ? 
why  are  they  cast  out,  he  and  his  seed,  ami  are  cast 
into  a  land  which  they  know  not  ? 

29  Oearth,  earth,  earth,  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

30  Thus  saith  the  Lord :  Write  this  man  bar- 
ren,If  a  man  that  shall  not  prosper  in  his  days  :  for 
there  shall  not  be  a  man  of  his  seed  that  shall  sit 
upon  the  throne  of  David,  and  have  power  any 
more  in  Juda. 

CHAP.  XXIII. 

God  reproves  evil  governor}  ;  and  promises  to  send  good  pat- 
tors  ;  and  Christ  himself  the  prinee  of  the  pastors,  lie  inveighs 
against  false  prophets  preaching  teithout  being  sent. 

WO  to  the  pasfors,  that  destroy  and   tear  the 
sheep  of  my  pasture,  saith  the  Lord. 

2  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  Is- 
rael to  the  pastors  that  feed  my  people :  You  have 
scattered  my  flock,  and  driven  them  away,  and 
have  not  visited  them  :  behold  I  will  visit  upon 
you  for  the  evil  of  your  doings,  saith  the  Lord. 

3  And  I  will  gather  together  the  remnant  of  my 
flock,  out  of  all  the  lands  into  which  1  have  cast 
them  out:  and  I  will  make  them  return  to  their 
mvn  fields, and  they  shall  increase  and  be  multiplied. 

4  And  I  will  set  up  pastors  over  them,  and  they 
shall  feed  them:  they  shall  fear  no  more,  and  they 
shall  not  be  dismayed  :  and  none  shall  be  wanting 
of  their  number,  saith  the  Lord. 

5  Behold  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  and  I 
will  raise  up  to  David  a  just  branch:  and  a  king 
shall  reign,  and  shall  be  wise:  and  shall  execute 
judgment  and  Justice  in  the  earth. 

6  In  those  days  shall  Juda  lie  saved,  and  Israel 
shall  dwell  confidently  :  and  this  is  the  name  that 
thej  shall  call  him:   The  Lord  our  just  one. 

7  Therefore   behold   the  days  come,   saith   the 


who  by  death  waa  taken  away,  to  a*  not  to  tee  the  miaeriea  of  hia 
country. 

1  fhm  tkat  gftk  away,  TUt  flitl—,  alia*  Juacliax,  who  wu  carried 
captive  into  r-rrpt. 

1  Writ*  this  a»aa  hn-raa.  That  i».  childleat :  not  that  he  had  no  elm. 
dren,  bul  laal  Ml  children  abould  never  tit  uii  lU  throne  of  J.J... 


CHAP.  XXIII. 


Lord,  and  they  shall  say  no  more  :  The  Lord  liveth, 
who  brought  up  the  children  of  Israel  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt : 

8  But,  The  Lord  liveth,  who  hath  brought  out, 
and  brought  hither,  the  seed  of  the  house  of  Israel 
from  the  land  of  the  north,  and  out  of  all  the  lands, 
to  which  I  had  cast  them  forth :  and  they  shall 
dwell  in  their  own  land. 

9  To  the  prophets :  My  heart  is  broken  within 
me,  all  my  bones  tremble  :  I  am  become  as  a 
drunken  man,  and  as  a  man  full  of  wine,  at  the 

Kresence  of  the  Lord,  and  at  the  presence  of  his 
oly  words. 

10  Because  the  land  is  full  of  adulterers,  because 
the  land  hath  mourned  by  reason  of  cursing,  the 
fields  of  the  desert  are  dried  up :  and  their  course 
is  become  evil,  and  their  strength  unlike. 

1 1  For  the  prophet  and  the  priest  are  defiled : 
and  in  my  house  I  have  found  their  wickedness, 
saith  the  Lord. 

12  Therefore  their  way  shall  be  as  a  slippery 
way  in  the  dark  :  for  they  shall  be  driven  on,  and 
fall  therein :  for  1  will  bring  evils  upon  them,  the 
year  of  their  visitation,  saith  the  Lord. 

13  And  I  have  seen  folly  in  the  prophets  of  Sa- 
maria :  they  prophesied  in  Baal,  and  deceived  my 
people  Israel. 

14  And  I  have  seen  the  likeness  of  adulterers, 
and  the  way  of  lying  in  the  prophets  of  Jerusalem  : 
and  they  strengthened  the  hands  of  the  wicked,  that 
no  man  should  return  from  his  evil  doings ;  they 
are  all  become  unto  me  as  Sodom,  and  the  inhabit- 
ants thereof  as  Gomorrha. 

15  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  to  the 
prophets :  Behold,  1  will  feed  them  with  worm- 
wood, and  will  give  them  gall  to  drink :  for  from 
the  prophets  of  Jerusalem  corruption  is  gone  forth 
into  all  the  land. 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  Hearken  not 
to  the  words  of  the  prophets  that  prophesy  to  you, 
and  deceive  you  :  they  speak  a  vision  of  their  own 
heart,  and  not  out  of  the  mouth  of  the  Lord. 

17  They  say  to  them  that  blaspheme  me:  The 
Lord  hath  said :  You  shall  have  peace ;  and  to 
every  one  that  walketh  in  the  perverseness  of  his 
own  heart,  they  have  said:  No  evil  shall  come 
upon  you. 

1 8  For  who  hath  stood  in  the  counsel  of  the 
Lord,  and  hath  seen  and  heard  his  word :  Who 
hath  considered  his  word  and  heard  it  ? 

19  Behold,  the  whirlwind  of  the  Lord's  indigna- 
nation  shall  come  forth,  and  a  tempest  shall  break 
out  and  come  upon  the  head  of  the  wicked. 

20  The  wrath  of  the  Lord  shall  not  return  till 
he  execute  it,  and  till  he  accomplish  the  thought  of 
his  heart :  in  the  latter  days  you  shall  understand 
his  counsel. 

21  I  did  not  send  prophets,  yet  they  ran  :  1  have 
not  spoken  to  them,  yet  they  prophesied. 

22  If  they  had   stood   in  my  counsel,  and  had 


*  Burden  of  the  Lord.  This  expression  is  here  rejected  and  disallow- 
ed, at  least  for  those  times:  because  it  was  then  used  in  mockery  and 


made  my  words  known  to  my  people,  1  should  have 
turned  them  from  their  evil  way,  and  from  their 
wicked  doings. 

23  Am  I,  think  ye,  a  God  at  hand,  saith  the 
Lord,  and  not  a  God  afar  off? 

24  Shall  a  man  be  hid  in  secret  places,  and  1 
not  see  him,  saith  the  Lord  ?  do  not  I  fill  heaven 
and  earth,  saith  the  Lord  ? 

25  I  have  heard  what  the  prophets  said,  that 
prophesy  lies  in  my  name,  and  say  :  I  have  dream- 
ed, I  have  dreamed. 

26  How  long  shall  this  be  in  the  heart  of  the 
prophets  that  prophesy  lies,  and  that  prophesy  the 
delusions  of  their  own  heart  ? 

27  Who  seek  to  make  my  people  forget  my  name 
through  their  dreams,  which  they  tell  every  man 
to  his  neighbour :  as  their  fathers  forgot  my  name 
for  Baal. 

28  The  prophet  that  hath  a  dream,  let  him  tell  a 
dream  :  and  he  that  hath  my  word,  let  him  speak 
my  word  with  truth :  what  hath  the  chaff  to  do  with 
the  wheat,  saith  the  Lord  ? 

29  Are  not  my  words  as  a  fire,  saith  the  Lord  : 
and  as  a  hammer  that  breaketh  the  rock  in  pieces  ? 

30  Therefore  behold,  I  am  against  the  prophets, 
saith  the  Lord :  who  steal  my  words  every  one 
from  his  neighbour. 

31  Behold,  1  am  against  the  prophets,  saith  the 
Lord :  who  use  their  tongues,  and  say  :  The  Lord 
saith  it. 

32  Behold,  I  am  against  the  prophets  that  have 
lying  dreams,  saith  the  Lord:  and  tell  them,  and 
cause  my  people  to  err  by  their  lying,  and  by  their 
wonders  :  when  I  sent  them  not,  nor  commanded 
them,  who  have  not  profited  this  people  at  all,  saith 
the  Lord. 

33  If  therefore  this  people,  or  the  prophet,  or  the 
priest  shall  ask  thee,  saying  :  What  is  the  burden  of 
the  Lord?  thou  shalt  say  to  them:  You  are  the 
burden:  for  I  will  cast  you  away,  saith  the  Lord. 

34  And  as  for  the  prophet,  and  the  priest,  and 
the  people  that  shall  say  :  The  burden  of  the  Lord  :* 
1  will  visit  upon  that  man,  and  upon  his  house. 

35  Thus  shall  you  say  every  one  to  his  neigh- 
bour and  to  his  brother  :  What  hath  the  Lord  an- 
swered ?  and  what  hath  the  Lord  spoken  ? 

36  And  the  burden  of  the  Lord  shall  be  men- 
tioned no  more,  for  every  man's  word  shall  be  his 
burden :  for  you  have  perverted  the  words  of  the 
living  God,  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  our  God. 

37  Thus  shalt  thou  say  to  the  prophet :  What 
hath  the  Lord  answered  thee?  and  what  hath  the 
Lord  spoken  ? 

38  But  if  you  shall  say:  The  burden  of  the  Lord : 
therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Because  you  have 
said  this  word:  The  burden  of  the  Lord:  and  1 
have  sent  to  you,  saying:  Say  not,  The  burden  of 
the  Lord  : 

39  Therefore  behold,  I  will  take  you  away  car- 
rying you,  and  will  forsake  you,  and  the  city  which 


contempt  by  the  false  prophets,  and  unbelieving  people,  who  ridiculed 
the  repeattd  threats  of  Jercmias  unrler  the  name  of  his  burdent. 

615 


JEREMIAS. 


I  gave  to  you,  and  to  your  fathers,  out  of  my  pre- 

40  And  I  will  bring  an  everlasting  reproach  upon 
.  and  a   perpetual  shame,  which  shall  never  be 

CH  \r.  wiv. 

Under  the  type  of  good  and  bad  fig*,  he  foretells  the  restoration 
of  the  Jiirs  that  had  been  camul  airay  captire  with  Jcchoni- 
as,  and  the  deflation  of  those  that  tcrre  left  behind. 

THE  Lord  showed  me:  ami  bebokU  two  baskets 
full  of  tigs.  Ml  before  tin-  temple  of  the  Lord: 
after  that  NabuchodoDoaor  king  of  Babylon  had  car- 
ried  away  Jechonias  the  son  of  Joakim  the  king  of 
Juda.  and  his  chief  men,  and  the  ( -raftsmen,  and  en- 
gravers of  Jerusalem,  and  had  brought  them  to 
Babylon. 

2  One  basket  had  very  good  figs,  like  the  I 
the  first  season:  and  the  other  basket  had  very  had 
tigs,  which  could  not  be  eaten,  because  they  were 
bad. 

;  \iid  the  Lord  said  to  me:  What  seest  thou,  Je- 
remiai  r  And  1  said  :  Figs,  the  good  figs,  very  good: 
and  the  had  ti_-.  wn  had.  wliich  cannot  be  eaten 
because  thej  an-  had. 

\ml  tlie  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  savins: 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel :  Like 
these  good  figs,  so  will  I  regard  the  captives  of 
Juda,  whom  I  have  sent  forth  out  of  this  place  into 
the  land  of  the  Chaldeans,  for  their  good. 

6  And  I  will  set  my  eyes  upon  them  to  be  pad- 
tin),  and  I  will  bring  them  again  intothis  land:  and 
I  will  build  them  up,  and  not  pull  them  down:  and 
I  will  plant  them,  and  not  pluck  them  up. 

7  And  I  will  give  them  a  heart  to  know  me,  that 
I  am  the  Lord:  and  they  shall  be  my  people,  ami  I 
will  1h-  their  God  :  because  they  shall  return  to  m» 
w  it ti  their  whole  heart. 

8  Anil  as  tin-  mt\  bad  figs,  that  cannot  he  eaten 
because  they  are  had  :  thus  saith  'he  Lord  :  So  will 
I  gin  5«  s  the  king  of  Juda,  and  his  princes, 
and  the  residue  of  Jerusalem,  that  haw  remained  in 
this  city,  and  that  dwell  in  the  land  of  Egypt. 

9  And  1  will  deliver  them  up  to  vexation,  and 
affliction,  to  all  the  kingdoms  o|  (he  earth:  to  be  a 
reproach, and  a  by-word,  and  a  proverb,  and  to  be 
a  curse  in  all  places  to  which  I  have  cast  them  out. 

10  And  I  will  send  among  them  the  sword,  and 
the  famine,  and  the  pestilence  :  till  they  lie  consumed 
out  of  the  land  which  I  gave  to  theiii,  and  their  la- 
thers. 

CHAP.  XXV. 

The  prophet  foretell*  the  tevrnty  years  captirity  :  andufler  that 
the  destruction  <f  Babylon,  and  nlhi  r  nation*. 

THE  word  that  came  to  Jeremias  concerning  all 
the  people  of  Juda,  in  the  fourth  year  ol  .l<u 
kim,  the  son  of  Josias.  king  of  Juda  (the  same  is  the 
first  year  of  Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Babylon.) 

I  Which  Jeremias  the  prophet  spoke  to  all  the 
people  of  Juda.  and  to  all  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem.  s;i\  m_  : 


o/  my  wrttnt* 

L«   Mill    ml    M 


That  i»,  tlw   l-ord  ilrHam  that   mil 
litem,  and  brinf  diem  tu  csiuti»  it y  far  their  tram- 

m 


3  From  the  thirteenth  year  of  Josiaa  the  son   of 

Amnion,  kim;  of  Juda,  until  this  »la\  :  this  is  the 
three  and  twentieth  \ car,  the  word  of  the  Lord  hath 
come  to  me,  and  I  hare  spoken  to  you  rising  he- 
tore  day.  and  speaking, and  m>u  ha\e  not  hearkened. 

4  And  the  Lord  hath  sent  to  \  on  all  his  ten  ant* 
the  prophets,  rising  early,  and  sending,  and  you 
have  not  hearkened,  nor  inclined  your  ears  to  hear 

5  When  he  said  :  Return  \e,  c\ery  one  from  his 
evil  way,  and  from  your  wicked  devices,  and  urn 
shall  dwell  in  the  land  whit  lithe  Lord  hath  given 
to  you,  and  your  fathers  for  ever  anil  evt  r. 

6  And  go  not  after  strange  gods  to  serve  them, 
and  atlore  them:  nor  provoke  me  to  wrath  by  the 
works  of  your  hands,  and  1  will  not  afflict  you. 

7  And  you  have  not  heard  me,  saith  the  Lord, 
that  you  might  provoke  me  to  anger  with  the  w orks 
of  \ our  hands,  to  your  own  hurt. 

8  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  be- 
cause you  have  not  beard  my  words  : 

9  Behold,  I  will  send,  and  take  all  the  kindreds 
of  the  north,  saith  the  Lord,  aud  Nabuchodonosor 
the  king  ol  bain  Ion  my  servant  :f  and  I  will  brio*: 
them  against  this  laud,  and  against  the  inhabitants 
thereof,  and  against  all  the  nations  that  are  around 
about  it  :  and  1  will  destroy  them,  and  make  tin  in 
an  astonishment  and  a  hissing,  and  perpetual  deso- 
lations. 

10  And  I  will  take  away  from  them  the  voice  of 
mirth,  and  the  voice  of  gladness,  the  voice  of  the 
bridegroom,  and  the  voice  of  the  bride,  the  sound  of 
the  mill,  and  the  light  of  the  lamp. 

11  And  all  this  land  shall  be  a  desolation,  and 
an  astonishment  :  and  all  these  nations  shall  serve 
the  king  of  babylon  seventy  years. 

12  And  when  the  seventy  years  shall  be  expired, 
I  will  punish}  the  king  of  bab\  Ion,  and  that  nation, 
saith  the  Lord,  for  their  iniquity,  and  the  land  of 
the  Chaldeans:  and  1  will  make  it  perpetual  deso- 
lations. 

13  And  1  will  bring  upon  that  land  all  my  words, 
that  I  have  spoken  against  it,  all  that  is  written  in 
this  book,  all  that  Jeremias  hath  prophesied  against 
all  nations  : 

14  For  they  have  served  them,  whereas  they 
were  many  nations,  and  great  kings  :  and  I  will  re- 
pay them  according  to  their  deeds,  and  according  to 
the  works  of  their  hands. 

15  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  Cod  of 
Israel:  Take  the  cup  of  wine  of  this  fury  at  mv 
hand  :  and  thou  shall  make  all  the  nations  to  drink 
thereof,  unto  which  I  shall  send  thee. 

16  And  they  shall  drink,  and  lie  troubled,  and  be 
mad  because  of  the  sword,  which  I  shall  send 
among  them 

17  Aud  1  took  the  cup  at  the  hand  ol  the  Lord, 
and  I  presented  it  to  all  the  nations  to  drink  of  it, 
to  w  hirh  the  Lord  sent  me  : 

18  To  wit,  Jerusalem,  and  the  citi.  s  of  Juda. 
and  the  kings  thereof,    and   the  princes  thereof:    to 

t  Mf  servant     80  tiiii  wickr<l   liinr  •   ill.-,!  :    hwau»e  (iod 

made  him  hi.  instrument  in  punialuug  the  »iu«  ul  lu<  pt-u{ilc. 
t  Punish.  Literally,  visit  -pm. 


CHAP.  XXVI. 


make  them  a  desolation,  and  an  astonishment,   and 
a  hissing,  and  a  curse,  as  it  is  at  this  day. 

19  Pharaothe  king  of  Egypt,  and  his  servants, 
and  his  princes,  and  all  his  people, 

20  And  all  in  general :  all  the  kings  of  the  land 
of  Ausitis,  and  all  the  kings  of  the  land  of  the 
Philistines,  and  Ascalon,  and  Gaza,  and  Accaron, 
and   the  remnant  of  Azotus, 

21  And  Edom,  and  Moab,  and  the  children  of 
Am  mon, 

22  And  all  the  kings  of  Tyre,  and  all  the  kings 
of  Sidon  :  and  the  kings  of  the  land  of  the  islands 
that  are  beyond  the  sea. 

23  And  Dedan,  and  Thema,  and  Buz,  and  all 
that  have  their  hair  cut  round. 

24  And  all  the  kings  of  Arabia,  and  all  the  kings 
of  the  west,  that  dwell  in  the  desert. 

25  And  all  the  kings  of  Zambri,  and  all  the 
kings  of  Elam,  and  all  the  kings  of  the  Medes  : 

26  And  all  the  kings  of  the  north  far  and  near, 
every  one  against  his  brother:  and  all  the  kingdoms 
of  the  earth,  which  are  upon  the  face  thereof:  and 
the  king  of  Sesac*  shall  drink  after  them. 

27  And  thou  shalt  say  to  them  :  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts  the  God  of  Israel :  Drink  ye,  and  be 
drunken,  and  vomit :  and  fall,  and  rise  no  more, 
because  of  the  sword,  which  I  shall  send  among  you. 

28  And  if  they  refuse  to  take  the  cup  at  thy  hand 
to  drink,  thou  shalt  say  to  them:  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts:  Drinking  you  shall  drink  : 

29  For  behold,  I  begin  to  bring  evil  on  the  city 
wherein  my  name  is  called  upon,  and  shall  you  be 
as  innocent  and  escape  free  ?  you  shall  not  escape 
free ;  for  I  will  call  for  the  sword  upon  all  the  in- 
habitants of  the  earth,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

30  And  thou  shalt  prophesy  unto  them  all  these 
w  oids,  and  thou  shalt  say  to  them  :  The  Lord  shall 
roar  from  on  high,  and  shall  utter  his  voice  from  his 
holy  habitation:  roaring  he  shall  roar  upon  the  place 
of  his  beauty :  the  shout  as  it  were  of  them  that 
tread  grapes  shall  be  given  out  against  all  the  in- 
habitants of  the  earth. 

31  The  noise  is  come  even  to  the  ends  of  the 
earth:  for  the  Lord  entereth  into  judgment  with 
the  nations  :  he  entereth  into  judgment  with  all 
flesh,  the  wicked  I  have  delivered  up  to  the  sword, 
saith  the  Lord. 

32  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  Behold,  evil 
shall  go  forth  from  nation  to  nation  :  and  a  great 
whirlwind  shall  go  forth  from  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

33  And  the  slain  of  the  Lord  shall  be  at  that 
day  from  one  end  of  the  earth  even  to  the  other  end 
thereof:  they  shall  not  be  lamented,  and  they  shall 
not  be  gathered  up,  nor  buried :  they  shall  lie  as 
dung  upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 

34  Howl,  ye  shepherds,  and  cry;  and  sprinkle 
yourselves  with  ashes,  ye  leaders  of  the  flock  :  for 
the  days  of  your  slaughter  and  your  dispersion  are 
accomplished,  and  you  shall  fall  like  precious  vessels. 

•*  Sesad     Tliat  is  Babel,  or  Babylon  :  which  after  bringing  all  these 
people  under  her  yoke,  should  quickly  fall  and  be  destroyed  herself. 

t  The  tlnvf.  This  is  commonly  understood  of  Nabuchodonosor, 
whose  military  staudarJ,  thev  sav,  was  a  dove.  Bat  the  Hebrew  word 

"4   I 


35  And  the  shepherds  shall  have  no  way  to  flee, 
nor  the  leaders  of  the  flock  to  save  themselves. 

36  A  voice  of  the  cry  of  the  shepherds,  and  a 
howling  of  the  principal  of  the  flock:  because  the 
Lord  hath  wasted  their  pastures. 

37  And  the  fields  of  peace  have  been  silent  be- 
cause of  the  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord. 

38  He  hath  forsaken  his  covert  as  the  lion,  for 
their  land  is  laid  waste  because  of  the  wrath  of  the 
dove,f  and  because  of  the  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  XXVI. 

The  prophet  is  apprehended  and  accused  by  the  priests :  but 
discharged  by  the  princes. 

TN  the  beginning  c4'  the  reign  of  Joakim  the  son 
-*-  of  Josias  king  of  Juda,  came  this  word  from  the 
Lord,  saying : 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Stand  in  the  court  of 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  speak  to  all  the  cities 
of  Juda,  out  of  which  they  come,  to  adore  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  all  the  words  which  I  have  com- 
manded thee  to  speak  unto  them ;  leave  not  out  one 
word. 

3  If  so  be  they  will  hearken  and  be  converted 
every  one  from  his  evil  way ;  that  I  may  repent  me 
of  the  evil  that  I  think  to  do  unto  them  for  the 
wickedness  of  their  doings. 

4  And  thou  shalt  say  to  them:  Thus  saith  the 
Lord:  If  you  will  not  hearken  to  me  to  walk  in 
my  law,  which  I  have  given  you, 

5  To  give  ear  to  the  words  of  my  servants  the 
prophets,  whom  1  sent  to  you  rising  up  early,  and 
sending,  and  you  have  not  hearkened: 

6  I  vyill  make  this  house  like  Silo,  and  I  will 
make  this  city  a  curse  to  all  the  nations  of  the  earth. 

7  And  the  priests,  and  the  prophets,  and  all  the 
people  heard  Jeremias  speaking  these  words  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

8  And  when  Jeremias  had  made  an  end  of  speak- 
ing all  that  the  Lord  had  commanded  him  to  speak 
to  all  the  people  :  the  priests,  and  the  prophets,  and 
all  the  people,  laid  hold  on  him,  saying:  Let  him 
be  put  to  death. 

9  Why  hath  he  prophesied  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord,  saying  :  This  house  shall  be  like  Silo:  and 
this  city  shall  be  made  desolate,  without  an  inha- 
bitant ?  And  all  the  people  were  gathered  together 
against  Jeremias  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

10  And  the  princes  of  Juda  heard  these  words  : 
and  they  went  up  from  the  king's  house  into  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  sat  in  the  entry  of  the  new 
gate  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

11  And  the  priests  and  the  prophets  spoke  to 
the  princes,  and  to  all  the  people,  saying:  The  Judg- 
mentofdeathisforthisman  :  because  he  hath  prophe- 
sied against  this  city,  asyou  have  heard  withyourears. 

12  Then  Jeremias  spoke  to  all  the  princes,  and 
to  all  the  people,  saying:  The  Lord  sent  me,  to 
prophesy  concerning  this  house,  and  concerning  this 
city  all  the  words  that  you  have  heard. 

Jonah,  which  is  here  rendered  a  dove,  may  also  signify  a  waster  or  op- 
pressor, which  name  better  agrees  to  that  unmerciful  prince;  or  by 
comparison,  as  a  dove's  flight  is  the  swiftest,  so  would  their  destruc 
tion  come  upon  them. 

617 


JEREMIAS. 


13  Now  therefore  amend  your  ways,  ami  your 
doings,  ami  hearken  to  the  voice  of  the   Lord   your 

Got! :  ami  the  Lord  will  repeal  him  of  ike  evil  thai 

lie  hath  spoken  against  TOO. 

14  But  as  for  me,  behold,  I  am  in  your  hands: 
do  with  DM  what  is  good  ami  right  in  your  eyes. 

15  But  know  ye,  and  understand,  that  it'  y on  put 
me  to  death,  you  will  shed  innocent  blood  against 
vonr  own  selves,  nnd  against  this  citv,  and  tin-  in- 
habitants tin  riot.  For  in  truth  the  Lord  sent  me 
to  yoiij  to  speak  all  these  words  in  your  hearing. 

16  Then  the  princes,  and  all  the  people  said  to 
the  priests,  and  to  the  prophets:  There  is  DO  judg- 
ment of  death  for  this  man  :  4or  he  hath  spoken  to 
us  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  our  God. 

17  And  some  of  the  ancients  of  the  land  rose  up: 
and  they  spoke  to  all  the  assembly  of  the  people, 
saying: 

18  Mieheas  of  Morasthi  was  a  prophet  in  the 
days  of  Ezeehias  king  of  Juda.  and  he  spoke  to  all 
the  people  of  Juda,  say  ing  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts  :  Sion  shall  l>e  ploughed  like  a  field,  and  Je- 
rusalem shall  be  a  heap  ot  stones:  and  the  moun- 
tain of  the  house  the  high  places  of  woods. 

19  Did  Ezeehias  king  of  Juda,  and  all  Juda, 
condemn  him  to  death?  did  they  not  fear  the  Lord, 
and  beseeeh  the  face  of  the  Lord  :  and  the  Lord 
repented  of  the  evil  that  he  had  spoken  against 
them?  therefore  we  are  doing  a  great  evil  ngnhwrl 
our  souls. 

20  There  was  also  a  man  that  prophesied  in  the 
n  one  of  the  Lord,  Urias  the  son  of  Semei  of  Cari- 
athiarim:  and  he  prophesied  against  this  city,   and 

nst  this  laud,  according  to  all  the  words  of  Je- 

remias. 

21  And  Joakim,  and  all  his  men  in  power,  and 
his  primes  heard  these  words  :  and  the  kins  sought 
to  put  him  to  death.  And  Urias  heard  it,  and  was 
afraid,  and  fled,  and  went  into  Egypt 

\nd  kim:  Joakim  sent  men  into  Egypt  Elna- 
than  the  son  of  Achobor,  and  men  with  him  into 
Egypt 

23  And  thev  brought  Urias  out  of  Egypt,  and 
brought  him  to  king  Joakim:  and  he  slew  him  with 
the  sword;  and  he  east  his  dead  body  into  the  graves 
of  the  common  people. 

24  So  tin;  hand  of  Ahieam  the  son  of  Senium 
was  with  Jeremias,  that  be  should  not  be  delivered 
into  the  hands  of  the  people,  to  put  him  to  death. 

CHAP.  XXVII. 

The  prophet  sends  chain*  In  dicirs  king*,  signifying  Ihnt  thry 
must  hrnd  their  necks,  under  the  yob  at  llu-  faftf  nt'  li.itiylon. 
The  vessels  of  the  temple  shall  not  be  brought  buck  till  ull 
the  rest  are  carried  away. 

IN  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  Jnikim*  the  sod 
of  Josias  king  of  Juda,  this  word  eaine  to  Jere- 
iiii  is  from  the  Lord.  MTHlg  ! 

1  Thus  saith  the  Lord  to  me:  Make  thee  bands, 
and  chains:  and  thou  shalt  put  them  on  thy  neck. 


*  Joakim.  Toij  rereUtion  wu  maitr  tu  tin-  prophet  in  tin-  beginnine; 
sf  (be  reijpi  of  Joakim  I  but  ill*  band*  were  not  tent,  lo  the  p 
here  nmid,  before  the  reign  of  Sedectai,  t.  3. 

618 


3  And  thou  shall  send  them  to  the  kim:  of  l'.dom. 
and  to  the  king  of  Moab,  and  to  the  kim:  of  tin 
children  of  Amnion,  and  to  the  king  ot  I  and 
to  the  king  of  Sidon,  by  the  hand  of  the  messenger 
that  are  come  to  Jerusalem  to  Sedecias  the  kiugo- 
Juda. 

4  And  thou  shalt  command  them  to  speak  to  thei/ 
masters:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  <  iod  <» 
Israel:  Thus  shall  you  say  to  your  mast. 

5  I  made  the  earth,  and  the  men,  and  the  beastr 
that  are  upon  the  face  of  the  earth,  by  im  great 
power,  and  by  my  stretched  out  aim:  and  I  iia\< 
given  it  to  whom  it  seemed  good  in  my  ey< 

6  And  now  1  have  given  all  these  lands  into  the 
hand  of  Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Baby  Ion  my  ser- 
vant: moreover  also  the  beasts  of  the  field  1  bavi 
given  him  to  serve  him. 

7  And  all  nations  shall  serve  him,  and  his  100,1 
and  his  son's  son,  till  the  time  come  for  his  land  and 
himself:  and  many  nations  and  great  kings  shall 
serve  him. 

8  But  the  nation  and  kingdom  that  will  not  serve 
Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Babylon,  and  trbosoevef 
will  not  bend  his  neck  under  the yoKe  of  the  king 
of  Babylon;  I  will  visit  upon  that  nation  with  the 
sword,  and  with  famine,  and  with  pestilence,  saith 
the  Lord  ;  till  I  consume  them  by  his  hand. 

9  Therefore  hearken  not  to  your  prophets,  and 
dinners,  and  dreamers,  and  soothsayers,  and  sor- 
cerers, that  say  to  you:  Vou  shall  not  serve  the  king 
of  Babylon. 

10  For  they  prophesy  lies  to  you,  to  remove  you 
far  from  your  country,  and  cast  you  out,  and  to  make, 
you  perish. 

1 1  But  the  nation  that  shall  bend  down  their  ne<  k 
under  the  yoke  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  shall 
serve  him ;  I  will  let  them  remain  in  their  own  land, 
saith  the  Lord  :  and  thev  shall  till  it,  and  dwell  in  ii. 

12  And  I  spoke  to  Sedecies  the  king  of  Juda  ac- 
cording to  all  these  words,  saying:  Bend  down  yoiu 
necks  under  the  yoke  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and 
serve  him,  and  his  people;  and  you  shall  live. 

13  Why  will  you  die,  thou  and  thy  people  hv  the 
sword,  and  by  (amine,  and  by  the  pestilence,  as  the 
Lord  hath  spoke  against  the  nation  that  will  not 
serve  the  king  of  Babylon  ? 

1  i  Hearken  not  to  the  words  of  the  prophets  that 
say  to  you:  You  shall  not  sene  the  king  of  Babylon  : 
for  thev  tell  you  ■  lie. 

15  For  I  have  not  sent  them,  saith  the  Lord  :  am' 
they  prophesy  in  my  name  falsely,  to  drive  you  out. 
and  that  you  may  perish,  both  you,  and  ihe  pro- 
phets that  prophesy  to  you. 

16  I  spoke  also  to  the  priests,  and  to  this  people. 
Hying:  Thus  saith  the  Lord:    Hearken  not    to  tin. 

words  of  your  prophets,  that  prophesy  to  you,  i 

ing:  Behold,  the  vessels  of  the  Lord  shall  now  in  a 
short  time  be  brought  again  from  Babylon:  lor  they 
prophesy  ■  lie  unto  \ou. 

•  • 

f  llu  ton,  tit..  ^dach;  and  hit  «onS  ton,  »i/..  Nalmnylm, 

or  rtelwilil.  the  BnlUtH.r  of  Daiuel,  chap.  v.  aud  the  Isut  of  (he 
Chaldeaa  kings. 


CHAP.  XXVIII,  XXIX. 


17  Therefore  hearken  not  to  them,  but  serve  the 
kins  of  Babylon,  that  you  may  live.  Why  should 
this  eity  be  given  up  to  desolation  ? 

18  But  if  they  be  prophets,  and  the  word  of  the  Lord 
be  in  them,  let  them  interpose  themselves  before  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  that  the  vessels  which  were  left  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  in  the  house  of  the  king 
of  Juda,  and  in  Jerusalem,  may  not  go  to  Babylon. 

19  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  to  the  pillars, 
and  to  the  sea,  and  to  the  bases,  and  to  the  rest  of 
the  vessels  that  remain  in  this  city  : 

20  Which  Nabuchodonosor  the  king  of  Babylon 
did  not  take,  when  he  carried  away  Jechonias  the 
son  of  Joakim  the  king  of  Juda,  from  Jerusalem  to 
Babylon,  and  all  the  great  men  of  Juda  and  Jerusa- 
lem : 

21  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  God  of 
Israel,  to  the  vessels  that  are  left  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  in  the  house  of  the  king  of  Juda  and  Je- 
rusalem : 

22  They  shall  be  carried  to  Babylon  ;  and  theie 
they  shall  be  until  the  day  of  their  visitation,  saith 
the  Lord  :  and  I  will  cause  them  to  be  brought,  and 
to  be  restored  in  this  place. 

CHAP.  XXVIII. 

The  false  prophecy  of  Hananias  :  he  dies  that,  same  year,  as 
Jeremias  foretold. 

\  ND  it  came  to  pass  in  that  year,  in  the  begin- 
a  *-  ning  of  the  reign  of  Sedecias  king  of  Juda,  in 
the  fourth  year,  in  the  fifth  month,  that  Hananias 
the  son  of  Azur  a  prophet  of  Gabaon  spoke  to  me, 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord  before  the  priests,  and  all 
the  people,  saying : 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  God  of  Is- 
rael :  1  have  broken  theyokeof  the  king  of  Babylon. 

3  As  yet  two  years  of  days,  and  I  will  cause  all 
the  vessels  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  to  be  brought 
back  into  this  place,  which  Nabuchodonosor  king 
of  Babylon  took  away  from  this  place,  and  carried 
them  to  Babylon. 

4  And  I  will  bring  back  to  this  place  Jechonias 
the  son  of  Joakim  king  of  Juda,  and  all  the  captives 
of  Juda,  that  are  gone  to  Babylon,  saith  the  Lord  : 
for  I  will  break  the  yoke  of  the  king  of  Babylon. 

5  And  Jeremias  the  prophet  said  to  Hananias 
the  prophet  in  the  presence  of  the  priests,  and  in 
the  presence  of  all  the  people  that  stood  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord  : 

6  And  Jeremias  the  prophet  said  :  Amen,  the 
Lord  do  so :  the  Lord  perform  thy  words,  which  thou 
hast  prophesied  :  that  the  vessels  may  be  brought 
again  into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  all  the  cap- 
tives may  return  out  of  Babylon  to  this  place. 

7  Nevertheless  hear  this  word,  that  I  speak  in 
thy  ears,  and  in  the  ears  of  all  the  people  : 

8  The  prophets  that  have  been  before  me,  and 
before  thee  from  the  beginning,  and  have  prophesied 
concerning  many  countries,  and  concerning  great 
kingdoms,  of  war,  and  of  affliction,  and  of  famine. 

9  The  prophet  that  prophesied  peace  :  when 
his  word  shall  come  to  pass,  the  prophet  shall  be 
Icnown,  whom  the  Lord  hath  sent  in  truth. 


10  And  Hananias  the  prophet  took  the  chain  from 
the  neck  of  Jeremias  the  prophet,  and  broke  it. 

11  And  Hananias  spoke  in  the  presence  of  all 
the  people,  saying:  Thus  saith  the  Lord:  Even  so 
will  I  break  the  yoke  of  Nabuchodonosor  the  king 
of  Babylon  after  two  full  years  from  off  the  neck 
of  all  the  nations. 

12  And  Jeremias  the  prophet  went  his  way. 
And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jeremias,  after 
that  Hananias  the  prophet  had  broken  the  chain 
from  off  the  neck  of  Jeremias  the  prophet,  saying  : 

13  Go,  and  tell  Hananias:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  : 
Thou  hast  broken  chains  of  wood,  and  thou  shalt 
make  for  them  chains  of  iron. 

14  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of 
Israel :  I  have  put  a  yoke  of  iron  upon  the  neck  of 
all  these  nations,  to  serve  Nabuchodonosor  king  of 
Babylon;  and  they  shall  serve  him:  moreover  also 
I  have  given  him  the  beasts  of  the  earth. 

15  And  Jeremias  the  prophet  said  to  Hananias 
the  prophet:  Hea/  now,  Hananias:  the  Lord  hath 
not  sent  thee,  and  thou  hast  made  this  people  to 
trust  in  a  lie. 

16  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord:  Behold,  I 
will  send  thee  away  from  off  the  face  of  the  earth  : 
this  year  shalt  thou  die:  for  thou  hast  spoken  against 
the  Lord. 

17  And  Hananias  the  prophet  died  in  that  year, 
in  the  seventh  month. 

CHAP.  XXIX. 

Jeremins  writeth  to  the  captives  in  Babylon,  exhorting  them  to 
be  ea.ty  there,  and  not  to  hearken  to  false  prophets :  that  they 
shall  be  delivered  after  seventy  years.  But  those  that  remain 
in  Jerusalem  shall  perish  by  the  sicord,  famine,  and  pesti- 
lence. And  that  Achab,  Sedecias,  and  Semeias,  false  pro- 
phets, shall  die  miserably. 

1VTO  W  these  are  the  words  of  the  letter  which  Je- 
-L  '  remias  the  prophet  sent  from  Jerusalem  to  the 
residue  of  the  ancients  that  were  carried  into  cap- 
tivity, and  to  the  priests,  and  to  the  prophets,  and  to 
all  the  people  whom  Nabuchodonosor  had  carried 
away  from  Jerusalem  to  Babylon  : 

2  After  that  Jechonias  the  king,  and  the  queen, 
and  the  eunuchs,  and  the  princes  of  Juda,  and  of  Je- 
rusalem, and  the  craftsmen,  and  the  engravers  were 
departed  out  of  Jerusalem  : 

3  By  the  hand  of  Elasa  the  son  of  Saphan,  and 
Gamarias  the  son  of  Helcias,  whom  Sedecias  kjng 
of  Juda  sent  to  Babylon  to  Nabuchodonosor  king 
of  Babylon,  saying: 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  God  of  Israel, 
to  all  that  are  carried  away  captives,  whom  I  have 
caused  to  be  carried  away  from  Jerusalem  to  Baby- 
lon. 

5  Build  ye  houses,  and  dwell  in  them  :  and  plant 
orchards,  and  eat  the  fruit  of  them. 

6  Take  ye  wives,  and  beget  sons  and  daughters: 
and  take  wives  for  your  sons,  and  give  your  daugh- 
ters to  husbands,  and  let  them  bear  sons  and  daugh- 
ters: and  be  ye  multiplied  there,  and  be  not  few  in 
number. 

7  And  seek  the  peace  of  the  city,  to  which  I  have 
caused  you  to  be  carried  away  captives :  and  prav 


619 


ji:i;i  mi  \s. 


to  the  Loid  for  it :  for  in  the  peace  thereof  shall  he 
Mtur  peace. 

8  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  tin-  God  of 
Lrael  :  I, tt  not  votir  prophets  that  are  in  the  midst 
of  you,  tad  your  dinnera  deceive  >ou:  and  give  no 
heed  to  your  dwMM  which  you  dream  : 

9  For  they  prophesy  falsely  to  you  in  my  name  : 
and  I  have  not  sent  them,  saith  the  Lord. 

10  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  :  When  the  seventy 
years  shall  hegiu  to  he  accomplished  in  Babylon. 
I  will  visit  you  :  and  I  will  perform  my  good  word 
in  your  favour,  to  brine;  you  again  to  this  place. 

11  Fori  know  the  thoughts  that  I  think  towards 
you,  saith  the  Lord,  thoughts  of  peace,  and  not  of 
affliction!  to  give  you  an  end  and  patience. 

12  And  you  shall  call  upon  me,  and  you  shall  go: 
and. vou  shall  may  to  me,  and  I  will  hear  you. 

13  You  shall  seek  me,  and  shall  find  me,  when 
you  shall  seek  DM  with  all  your  heart. 

14  And  I  will  l>e  found  by  you,  saith  the  Lord  : 
and  I  will  bring  back  your  captivity,  and  1  will  ga- 
ther vou  out  of  all  nations,  and  from  all  the  places 
to  which  1  have  driven  you  out.  saith  the  Lord  :  and 
I  will  bring  you  hack  from  the  place  to  which  I  caus- 
ed you  to  be  carried  away  captive. 

15  Because  you  have  said  :  The  Lord  hath  rais- 
ed us  up  prophets  in  Babylon  : 

16  For  thus  saith  tin'  Lord  to  the  king  that  sit- 
teth  upon  the  throne  of  David,  and  to  all  the  people 
that  dwell  in  this  city,  to  your  brethren  that  are  not 
gone  forth  with  you  into  captivity  : 

17  Thus  saith  the  Lord  o!  hosts :  Behold,  I  will 
send  upon  them  the  sword,  and  the  famine,  and  the 
pestilence:  and  I  will  make  them  like  had  figs  that 
cannot  he  eaten,  because  they  are  very  had. 

18  Ami  1  will  persecute  them  with  the  sword, 
and  with  famine,  and  with  the  pestilence  :  and  I  will 
pre  then  up  unto  mHicfion  to  all  the  kingdoms  of 

the  earth  ;  to  be  a  curse,  and  an  astonishment,  and 
a  hissing,  and  a  reproach  to  all  the  nations  to  which 
I  have  driven  them  out : 

I'.'  Became  they  have  not  hearkened  to  my  words, 
saith  the  Lord  ;  which  I  sent  to  them  by  my  servants 
the  prophets  risim;  by  night,  and  sending':  and  you 
have  not  heard,  saith  the  Lord. 

20  Hear  ye  therefore  the  word  of  the  Lord,  all 
re  of  tin'  captivity,  whom  I  have  sent  out  from  Je- 
rusalem to  Babylon. 

21  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  God  of  Israel, 
Vhah  the  son  ofColias,  and  to  Sedeciasthe  son 

of  .Maasias,  who  prophesy  unto  vou  in  my  name 
falsely:  Behold.  I  will  deliver  them  up  into  the 
hands  of  Nabuchodonosor  the  kinii  of  Bain  Ion  :  and 
he  shall  kill  them  before  your  eyes. 

22  And  of  them  shall  he  taken  up  a  rttrse  by  all 
the  captivity  of  Juda,  that  are  in  Babylon,  saving: 
The  Lord  make  thee  like  Sedecias,  and  like  Achat), 
whom  the  kin-  of  Main  Ion  fried  in  the  fire: 

mse  they  have  acted  folly  in  Israel,  and 
have  committed  adultery  with  the  wives  of  their 
friend-.,  and  have  spoken  lying  words  in  inv    name. 

which  [commanded  them  not  :  I  am  the  judge  a  nd 
the  witness,  saith  the  Lord. 


24  And  to  Semeias  the  Nehelamite  thou  shall  say 

25  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  boStSthe  <  iod  of  Israel  . 
Because  thou  hast  sent  letters  in  thy  name  to  all 
the  people  that  are  in  Jerusalem,  and  to  Sophonias 
the  son  of  Maasias  the  priest,  and  to  all  the  pri< 

BBJ  ing  : 

26  The  Lord  hath  made  thee  priest  instead  of 
Joiada  the  priest,  that  thou  shouldst  Ik:  ruler  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  oyer  every  man  that  raveth 
and  prophesied!,  to  put  him  in  the  slocks,  and  into 
prison. 

27  And  now  why  hast  thou  not  rebuked  Jeremias 
the  Auathothite,  who  propht  sietfa  to  you  ? 

28  For  he  hath  also  sent  to  us  in  Babylon,  say- 
ing :  It  is  a  long  time  :  huild  ye  houses,  and  dwell 
in  them  :  and  plant  gardens,  and  eat  the  fruits  of 
them. 

29  So  Sophonias  the  priest  read  this  letter  in  the 
hearing  of  Jeremias  the  prophet. 

30  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jeremias, 
say  ing : 

31  Send  to  all  them  of  the  captivity,  saying: 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  to  Semeias  the  .Nehelamite  : 
Because  Semeias  hath  prophesied  to  you,  and  I  sent 
him  not,  and  hath  caused  you  to  trust  in  a  lie: 

32  Therefore  thus  saith' the  Lord  :  Beheld,  I  will 
visit  upon  Semeias  the  Nehelamite,  and  u|>on  his 
seed  :  he  shall  not  have  a  man  to  sit  in  the  midst  of 
this  people  :  and  he  shall  not  see  the  good  that  I  will 
do  to  my  people,  saith  the  Lord  :  because  he  hath 
spoken  treason  against  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  XXV 

God  will  deliver  his  people  from  their  roptirity  :  Christ  shall  be 
their  king  :  and  his  rhurrh  shall  be  glorious  for  erer. 

rTUUS  is  the  word  that  came  to  Jeremias  from 
-■-    the  Lord,  saying  : 

2  Thus  saitn  the  Lord,  the  Got!  of  Israel,  say  ing  : 
Write  thee  all  the  words  that  1  have  spoken  to  thee, 
in  a  hook. 

3  For,  behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord, 
and  I  will  bring  again  the  captivity  of  my  people 
Israel  and  Juda,  saith  the  Lord  :  and  I  will  cause 
them  to  return  to  the  land  which  I  gave  to  their  fa- 
thers :  and  they  shall  possess  it. 

4  And  these  are  the  words  that  the  Lord  hath 
spoken  to  Israel  and  to  Juda  : 

5  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  :  We  have  heard  a 
voice  of  terror  :  there  is  fear,  and  no  peace. 

6  Ask  ye,  and  see  if  a  man  l>ear  children  ?  why 
then  have  I  seen  every  man  with  his  hands  on  his 
loins,  like  a  woman  in  labour,  and  all  fares  are  tinn- 
ed yellow  ? 

7  Alas,  for  that  day  is  great,  neither  is  there  the 
like  to  it  :  and  it  is  the  time  of  tribulation  to  Jacob, 
hut  he  shall  be  saved  out  of  it. 

8  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day.  sap  lit  he 
Lot  dot'  hosts. that  I  will  break  his  yoke  from  off 
thy  neck,  and  will  burst  his  hands  :  and  strangers 
shall  no  more  rule  over  him  : 

9  But  they  shall  serve  the  Lord  their  God.  nun 
David*  their  king,   whom  I  will  raise  up  to  them. 

•  DmJ.     That  i«,  Cliriit,  of  the  boim  of  David. 


CHAP.  XXXI. 


10  Therefore  fear  thou  not,  my  servant  Jacob, 
sa-th  the  Lord  ;  neither  be  dismayed,  O  Israel  :  for 
behold,  I  will  save  thee  from  a  country  afar  off,  and 
thy  seed  from  the  land  of  their  captivity  ;  and  Jacob 
shall  return,  and  be  at  rest,  and  abound  with  all 
good  things  :  and  there  shall  be  none  whom  he 
may  fear  : 

11  For  I  am  with  thee,  saith  the  Lord,  to  save 
thee  :  for  I  will  utterly  consume  all  the  nations, 
among  which  I  have  scattered  thee  :  but  I  will  not 
utterly  consume  thee  :  but  I  will  chastise  thee  in 
Judgment,  that  thou  mayst  not  seem  to  thyself  in- 
nocent. 

12  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Thy  bruise  is  incu- 
rable, thy  wound  is  very  grievous. 

13  There  is  none  to  judge  thy  judgment  to  bind 
it  up  :  thou  hast  no  healing  medicines. 

14  All  thy  lovers  have  forgotten  thee,  and  will 
not  seek  after  thee  :  for  I  have  wounded  thee  with 
the  wound  of  an  enemy,  with  a  cruel  chastise- 
ment :  by  reason  of  the  multitude  of  thy  iniquities, 
thy  sins  are  hardened. 

15  Why  criest  thou  for  thy  affliction  ?  thy  sorrow 
is  incurable  :  for  the  multitude  of  thy  iniquity,  and 
for  thy  hardened  sins  I  have  done  these  things  to 
thee. 

16  Therefore  all  they  that  devour  thee,  shall  be 
devoured  :  and  all  thy  enemies  shall  be  carried  into 
captivity  :  and  they  that  waste  thee  shall  be  wasted  : 
and  all  that  prey  upon  thee  will  I  give  for  a  prey. 

17  For  I  will  close  up  thy  scar,  and  will  heal 
thee  of  thy  wounds,  saith  the  Lord.  Because  they 
have  called  thee,  O  Sion,  an  outcast :  This  is  she 
that  hath  none  to  seek  after  her. 

18  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Behold,  I  will  bring 
back  thecaptivity  of  the  pavilions  of  Jacob,  and  will 
have  pity  on  his  houses  :  and  the  city  shall  be  built 
in  her  high  place  :  and  the  temple  shall  be  founded 
according  to  the  order  thereof. 

19  And  out  of  them  shall  come  forth  praise,  and 
the  voice  of  them  that  play :  and  I  will  multiply 
them,  and  they  shall  not  be  made  few  :  and  I  will 
glorify  them,  and  they  shall  not  be  lessened. 

20  And  their  children  shall  be  as  from  the  be- 
ginning :  and  their  assembly  shall  be  permanent 
before  me  :  and  I  will  visit  against  all  that  afflict 
them. 

21  And  their  leader  shall  be  of  themselves  :  and 
their  prince  shall  come  forth  from  the  midst  of 
them  :  and  I  will  bring  him  near,  and  he  shall  come 
to  me  :  for  who  is  this  that  setteth  his  heart  to  ap- 
proach to  me,  saith  the  Lord  ? 

22  And  you  shall  be  my  people  :  and  I  will  be 
your  God. 

23  Behold,  the  whirlwind  of  the  Lord,  his  fury 
going  forth,  a  violent  storm,  it  shall  rest  upon  the 
head  of  the  wicked. 

24  The  Lord  will  not  turn  away  the  wrath  of  his 
indignation,  till  he  have  executed  and  performed  the 
thought  of  his  heart  :  in  the  latter  days  you  shall 
understand  these  things. 


CHAP.  XXXI. 


The  restoration  of  Israel.     Rarhel  shall  cease  from  mourning 
The  new  covenant.     The  church  shall  never  fail. 

A  T  that  time,  saith  the  Lord,  I  will  be  the  God 
-LM-  of  all  the  families  of  Israel  :  and  they  shall  be 
my  people. 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  The  people  that  were 
left  and  escaped  from  the  sword,  found  grace  in  the 
desert  :  Israel  shall  goto  his  rest. 

3  The  Lord  hath  appeared  from  afar  to  me. 
Yea  I  have  loved  thee  with  an  everlasting  love  ; 
therefore  have  I  drawn  thee,  taking  pity  on  thee. 

4  And  I  will  build  thee  again,  and  thou  shalt  be 
built,  O  virgin  of  Israel  :  thou  shalt  again  be  adorn- 
ed with  thy  timbrels,  and  shalt  go  forth  in  the  dances 
of  them  that  make  merry. 

5  Thou  shalt  yet  plant  vineyards  in  the  moun- 
tains of  Samaria  :  the  planters  shall  plant,  and  they 
shall  not  gather  the  vintage  before  the  time  : 

6  For  there  shall  be  a  day,  in  which  the  watch- 
men on  mount  Ephraim  shall  cry  :  Arise,  and  let 
us  go  up  to  Sion  to  the  Lord  our  God. 

7  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Rejoice  ye  in  the  joy 
of  Jacob,  and  neigh  before  the  head  of  the  Gen- 
tiles :  shout  ye,  and  sing,  and  say  :  Save,  O  Lord, 
thy  people,  the  remnant  of  Israel. 

8  Behold,  I  will  bring  them  from  the  north  coun- 
try, and  will  gather  them  from  the  ends  of  the 
earth  :  and  among  them  shall  be  the  blind  and  the 
lame,  the  woman  with  child,  and  she  that  is  bring- 
ing forth  together,  a  great  company  of  them  returning 
hither. 

9  They  shall  come  with  weeping  :  and  I  will 
bring  them  back  in  mercy  :  and  I  will  bring  them 
through  the  torrents  of  waters  in  a  right  way,  and 
they  shall  not  stumble  in  it :  for  I  am  a  father  to 
Israel,  and  Ephraim  is  my  first-born. 

10  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  O  ye  nations, 
and  declare  it  in  the  islands  that  are  afar  off,  and 
say  :  He  that  scattered  Israel  will  gather  him  :  and 
he  will  keep  him  as  the  shepherd  doth  his  flock. 

1 1  For  the  Lord  hath  redeemed  Jacob,  and  de- 
livered him  out  of  the  hand  of  one  that  was  migh- 
tier than  he. 

12  And  they  shall  come,  and  shall  give  praise  in 
mount  Sion  :  and  they  shall  flow  together  to  the 
good  things  of  the  Lord,  for  the  corn,  and  wine,  and 
oil,  and  the  increase  of  cattle  and  herds  :  and  their 
soul  shall  be  as  a  watered  garden  ;  and  they  shall 
be  hungry  no  more. 

13  Then  shall  the  virgin  rejoice  in  the  dance, 
the  young  men  and  old  men  together:  anu  I  will 
turn  their  mourning  into  joy,  and  will  comfort  them, 
and  make  them  joyful  after  their  sorrow. 

14  And  I  will  fill  the  soul  of  the  priests  with 
fatness  :  and  my  people  shall  be  filled  with  my 
good  things,  saith  the  Lord. 

15  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  A  voice  was  heard 
on  high  of  lamentation,  of  mourning,  and  weeping, 
of  Rachel  weeping  for  her  children,  and  refusing  to 
be  comforted  for  them,  because  they  are  not. 

16  Thus    saith  the  Lord  :  Let  thy  voice  cease 

en 


J!-;!iKMIAS. 


from  weeping,  and  iby  eyes  from  tears  :  for  then  is 
a  reward  i»»r  thj  work,  nitli  th«-  Lord:  and  they 

shall  return  out  of  the  land  of  (lie  enemy. 

17  And  there  is  hope  for  lliy  last  end.  saitli  the 
Lord:  and  the  children  shall  return  to  their  own 
borders. 

18  Hearing  I   heard   Ephraim  when  he  went 

into  captivity  :  Thou  hast  chastised  me,  and  I  was 
instructed,  as  a  \oung  bullock  unaccustomed  to  the 
yoke*  Convert  me,  and  I  shall  he  converted:  for 
thou  art  the  Lord  my  (Jod. 

19  For  after  thou  diilst  convert  me.  I  did  penance : 
and  after  thou  didst  show  unto  me,  I  struck  m\ 
thigh  :  I  am  confounded  and  ashamed,  because  I 
have  home  the  reproach  of  my  \oiith. 

20  Surely  Ephraim  is  an  honourable  son  to  me, 
surely  he  is  a  tender  child  :  for  since  I  spoke  of  him, 
I  will  still  remember  him.  Therefore  are  my  bowels 
troubled  for  him  :  pitying  I  will  pity  him,  saitb  the 
Lord. 

Jl  Set  thee  tip  a  watch-tower,  make  to  thee 
bitterness  :  direct  thy  heart  into  the  right  way. 
wherein  thou  Jia>t  walked:  return,  O*  virgin  of 
Israel,  return  to  these  thy  cities. 

How  long  wilt  thou  be  dissolute  in  delicious- 
ness,  ()  wandering  daughter?  for  the  Lord  hath 
created  a  new  thing  upon  theearth  ;  a  woman  shall 

COMPASS  A    MAN. 

23  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  Israel : 
As  yet  shall  they  say  this  word  in  the  land  of  Juda, 
and  in  the  cities  thereof,  when  I  shall  bring  back 
their  captivity  :  The  Lord  bless  thee,  the  beauty  of 
justice,  the  holy  mountain. 

\nd  Juda  and  all  his  cities  shall  dwell  there- 
in together;  the  husbandmen  and  they  that  drive  the 
flocks. 

25  For  I  have  inebriated  the  weary  sold  :  and  I 
have  filled  every  hungry  soul. 

-'<'>  UpOfl  this  1  was  as  it  were  awaked  out  of  a 
p:   and  1  saw,  and  my  sleep  was  sweet  to  me. 

J7  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord  :  and 
I  will  sow  the  house  of  Israel  and  the  house  of 
Judawiththeseedof  men,  and  with  the  seed  of  beasts. 

28  And  as  I  have  watched  over  them,  to  pluck 
up  and  to  throw  down,  and  to  scatter,  and  destroy, 
and  afflict  :  so  will  I  watch  over  them,  to  build  up, 
and  to  plant  them,  saith  the  Lord. 

29  In  those  days  they  shall  say  no  more  :  The 
fathers  have  eaten  a  sour  grape,  and  the  teeth  of  the 
children  are  set  on  edge. 

30  But  every  one  snail  die  for  his  own  iniquity  : 
every  man  that  shall  cat  the  sour  grape,  his  teeth 
shall  l»e  set  on  edge. 

31  Behold,  the  days  shall  come,  saith  the  Lord, 
and  I  will  make  a  new  covenant  with  the  house  of 
Israel,  and  with  the  house  ol  Juda  : 

Not  according  to  the  covenant  which  I  made 
with  their  fathers,  in  the  day  that  I  took  them  by  the 
baud  to  brine  them  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  :   the 
renant  which  thei  made  void,  and  I   had  domi- 
nion over  them,  saith  the  I «ord. 

•lilt  this  shall  be  the  covenant,  that  I  will  make 
with  the  house  of  Israel  after   those  d.i\s.  saith  the 

MS 


Lord:!  will  give  m>  law  in  their  bowels,  and  1  will 
write  it  in  their  heart  :  and  I  will  be  their  God,  and 
thev  shall  be  my  people. 

34  And  the\  Spall  teach  no  more  every  man  his 
neighbour,  and  every  man  his  brother,  saying:  Know 
the  Lord  :  for  all  shall  know  me  from  the  least  ol 
them  even  to  the  greatest,  saith  the  Lord  :  lor  1 
will  forgive  their  iniquity,  and  1  will  remember  their 
sin  no  more. 

36  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  who  giveth  the  sun  for 
the  light  of  the  da v,  the  order  of  the  moon  and 
of  the  stars,  for  the  light  of  the  night ;  w  ho  stirreth 
up  the  sea,  and  the  waves  thereof  roar;  the  Lord  of 
hosis  i>  hiN  name. 

36  If  these  ordinances  shall  fail  In-fore  me.  saith 
the  Lord;  then  also  the  seed  of  Israel  shall  tail,  so 
as  not  to  be  a  nation  before  me  for  ever. 

37  Thus  saith  the  Lord:  If  the  heavens  aho\c 
can  be  measured,  and  the  foundations  of  the  earth 
-i  arched  out  beneath  :  I  alsow  ill  cast  awa\  all  the. seed 
of  Israel,  for  all  that  they  havedone.  saitli  the  Lord. 

38  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord: thai 
the  city  shall  Ik- built  to  the  Lord  Gram  the  lower  ol 
Ilananieel  even  to  the  gate  of  the  comer. 

<  39  And  the  measuring  line  shall  go  out  farther  in 
his  sight  upon  the  hill  Gareb  :  and  it  shall  com; 
Goatha. 

40  And  the  whole  valley  of  dead  bodies,  and  ol 
ashes,  and  all  the  country  of  death,  even  to  the  tor- 
rent Cedron,  and  to  the  corner  of  the  tone-gate  to- 
wards the  east,  the  Holy  of  the  Lord:  it  shall  not  lie 
plucked  up,  and  it  shall  not  be  destroyed  anj  more  for 
ever. 

CHAP.  XXXII. 

Jeremias  by  God,s  commandment,  purchases  a  fit  Id  of  hi*.  Lint 
mail ;  'and  prophesies  the  return  of  the.  people  out  o/roptirity 
and  the  everlasting  covenant  God  trill  make  with  his  church. 

T^HE  word  that  came  to  Jeremias  from  the  Lord 

-*-     in  the-  tenth   year  of  Sedecias   king  of  Juda  : 

the  same  is  the  eighteenth  year  of  Nabucnodooosor. 

2  At  that  time  the  army  of  the  king  of  Babylon 


besieged  Jerusalem:  and  Jeremias  the  prophet  wa» 
shut  up  in  the  court  of  tin 
house  of  the  king  of  Juda. 


is  the  nrop 
,  which  w; 


is  in  the 


3  For  Sedecias  king  of  Juda  had  shut  him  up, 
sa\ing:   Why   dost    thou    prophesy,   saying:    Tim-, 
saith  the  Lord:  Behold,  I  will  give  this  city  into  tin 
hand  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  he  shall  take  it  ? 

4  And  Sedecias  king  of  Juda  shall  not  escapt 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  (  haldeans:  but  he  shall  he  de- 
livered into  the  bands  of  the  king  of  Babylon  :  and 
he  shall  speak  to  him  mouth  to  mouth,  and  Ins  <  \,  > 
shall  sec  his  eye8. 

5  And  he  shall  lead  Sedecias  to  Babylon:  and 
he  shall  be  there  till  I  visit  him,  saith  the  Lord. 
But  if  you  will  light  against  the  ( 'haldeans,  you 
shall  have  no  success. 

6  And  Jeremias  said:  The  word  of  the  Lord  came 
to  me,  saj  in 

7  Behold,  Ilananieel  the  son  of  Sclhim  thy 
cousin  shall  come  to  thee,  saying:  Bin  thee  my 
field,  which  is  in  Anathoth  :  for  it  is  thj  right  to  buy 
it,  being  next  akin. 


CHAP.  XXXII. 


8  And  Hanameel  my  uncle's  son  came  to  me, 
according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  to  the  entry  of 
the  prison,  and  said  to  me  :  Buy  my  field,  which  is 
in  Anathoth  in  the  land  of  Benjamin :  for  the  right 
of  inheritance  is  thine,  and  thou  art  next  of  kin  to 
possess  it.  And  I  understood  that  this  was  the 
word  of  the  Lord. 

9  And  1  bought  the  field  of  Hanameel  my  uncle's 
son,  that  is  in  Anathoth:  and  I  weighed  him  the 
money,  seven  staters,  and  ten  pieces  of  silver. 

10  And  I  wrote  it  in  a  book  and  sealed  it,  and 
took  witnesses  :  and  I  weighed  him  the  money  in 
the  balances. 

11  And  I  took  the  deed  of  the  purchase  that  was 
sealed,  and  the  stipulations,  and  the  ratifications 
with  the  seals  that  were  on  the  outside. 

12  And  1  gave  the  deed  of  the  purchase  to  Baruch 
the  son  of  Neri  the  son  of  Maasias  in  the  sight  of 
Hanameel  my  uncle's  son,  in  the  presence  of  the 
witnesses  that  subscribed  the  book  of  the  purchase, 
and  before  all  the  Jews  that  sat  in  the  court  of  the 
prison. 

13  And  I  charged  Baruch  before  them,  saying: 

14  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  God  of  Is- 
rael :  Take  these  writings,  this  deed  of  the  purchase 
that  is  sealed  up,  and  this  deed  that  is  open :  and  put 
them  in  an  earthen  vessel,  that  they  may  continue 
many  days. 

15  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  God  of 
Israel :  Houses,  and  fields,  and  vineyards  shall  be 
possessed  again  in  this  land. 

16  And  after  I  had  delivered  the  deed  of  purchase 
to  Baruch  the  son  of  Neri,  I  prayed  to  the  Lord, 
saying : 

17  Alas,  alas,  alas,  O  Lord  God,  behold,  thou 
hast  made  heaven  and  earth  by  thy  great  power, 
and  thy  stretched  out  arm:  no  word  shall  be  hard  „o 
thee: 

18  Thou  showest  mercy  unto  thousands,  and  re- 
turnest  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers  into  the  bosom  of 
their  children  after  them:  O  most  mighty,  great, 
and  powerful,  the  Lord  of  hosts  is  thy  name: 

19  Great  in  counsel,  and  incomprehensible  in 
thought:  whose  eyes  are  open  upon  all  the  ways  of 
the  children  of  Adam,  to  render  unto  every  one  ac- 
cording to  his  ways,  and  according  to  the  fruit  of  his 
devices : 

20  Who  hast  set  signs  and  wonders  in  the  land  of 
Egypt  even  until  this  day,  and  in  Israel,  and  amongst 
men,  and  hast  made  thee  a  name  as  at  this  day  ; 

21  And  hast  brought  forth  thy  people  Israel  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt,  with  signs,  and  with  wonders, 
and  with  a  strong  hand,  and  a  stretched  out  arm, 
and  with  great  terror; 

22  And  hast  given  them  this  land  which  thou  didst 
swear  to  their  fathers  to  give  them,  a  land  flowing 
with  milk  and  honey. 

23  And  they  came  in,  and  possessed  it :  but  they 
obeyed  not  thy  voice;  and  they  walked  not  in  thy 
law  :  and  they  did  not  any  of  those  things  that  thou 
didst  command  them  to  do ;  and  all  these  evils  are 
:',ome  upon  them. 

94  Behold,  works  are  built  up  against  the  city  to 


take  it :  and  the  city  is  given  into  the  hand  of  the 
Chaldeans,  who  fight  against  it,  by  the  sword,  and 
the  famine,  and  the  pestilence:  and  what  thou  hast 
spoken,  is  all  come  to  pass,  as  thou  thyself  seest. 

25  And  sayest  thou  to  me,  O  Lord  God  :  Buy  a 
field  for  money,  and  take  witnesses,  whereas  the  city 
is  given  into  the  hands  of  the  Chaldeans? 

26  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jeremias 
saying : 

27  Behold,  I  am  the  Lord  the  God  of  all  flesh: 
shall  any  thing  be  hard  for  me? 

28  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Behold  I  will 
deliver  this  city  into  the  hands  of  the  Chaldeans,  and 
into  the  hands  of  the  king  of  Babylon  ;  and  they  shall 
take  it. 

29  And  the  Chaldeans  that  fight  against  this  city, 
shall  come  and  set  it  on  fire,  and  burn  it,  with  the 
houses  upon  whose  roofs  they  offered  sacrifice  to 
Baal,  ana  poured  out  drink-offerings  to  strange  gods, 
to  provoke  me  to  wrath. 

30  For  the  children  of  Israel,  and  the  children 
of  Juda,  have  continually  done  evil  in  my  eyes  from 
their  youth :  the  children  of  Israel  who  even  till  now 
provoke  me  with  the  work  of  their  hands,  saith  the 
Lord. 

31  For  this  city  hath  been  to  me  a  provocation 
and  indignation  from  the  day  that  they  built  it,  until 
this  day,  in  which  it  shall  be  taken  out  of  my  sight 

32  Because  of  all  the  evil  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, and  of  the  children  of  Juda,  which  they  have 
done,  provoking  me  to  wrath,  they  and  their  kings, 
their  princes,  and  their  priests,  and  their  prophets, 
the  men  of  Juda,  and  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem. 

33  And  they  have  turned  their  backs  to  me, 
and  not  their  faces :  when  I  taught  them  early  in 
the  morning,  and  instructed  them,  and  they  would 
not  hearken  to  receive  instruction. 

34  And  they  have  set  their  idols  in  the  house,  in 
which  my  name  is  called  upon,  to  defile  it. 

35  And  they  have  built  the  high  places  of  Baal, 
which  are  in  the  valley  of  the  son  of  Ennom,  to  con- 
secrate their  sons  and  their  daughters  to  Moloch  : 
which  I  commanded  them  not,  neither  entered  it 
into  my  heart,  that  they  should  do  this  abomination, 
and  cause  Juda  to  sin. 

36  And  now  therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  the 
God  of  Israel  to  this  city,  whereof  you  say  that  it 
shall  be  delivered  into  the  hands  of  the  king  of  Ba- 
bylon by  the  sword,  and  by  famine,  and  by  pestilence : 

37  Behold,  I  will  gather  them  together  out  of  all 
the  lands  to  which  I  have  cast  them  out  in  my  an- 
ger, and  in  my  wrath,  and  in  my  great  indignation: 
and  I  will  bring  them  again  into  this  place,  and  will 
cause  them  to  dwell  securely. 

38  And  they  shall  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be 
their  God. 

39  And  I  will  give  them  one  heart,  and  one  way, 
that  they  may  fear  me  all  days  ;  and  that  it  may  be 
well  with  them,  and  with  their  children  after  them. 

40  And  I  will  make  an  everlasting  covenant  with 
them,  and  will  not  cease  to  do  them  good:  and  I 
will  give  my  fear  in  their  heart,  that  they  may  not 
revolt  from  me. 

623 


JF.KKM1A! 


41  And  I  will  rejoice  over  them,  wlirn  I  shall 
do  (hem  gOOlh  and  1  will  plant  them  in  this  land 
in  truth,  with  my  whole  ht-art.  and  with  all  mv  sonl. 

48  Fof  thus  saith  the  Lord:  \s  I  have  brought 
upon  this  people  all  this  great  e\il:  so  will  I  bring 
upon  them  all  the  good  that  I  now  speak  to  them. 

43  And  fields  shall  he  purchased  in  this  land; 
wheri'of  \on  say  that  it  is  desolate,  heeause  there 
remaineth  neither  man  norheast,  and  it  is  given  into 
the  hands  of  (he  ( "haldcaiis. 

44  Fields  shall  he  bought  for  money,  and  deeds 
shall  Im-  written,  and  sealed,  and  witnesses  shall  be 
taken  in  the  land  of  Benjamin,  and  round  about  Je- 
rusalem,  in  the  cities  ot  Jnda,  and  in  the  cities  on 
'he  mountains,  and  in  the  cities  of  the  plains,  and 
in  the  cities  ihat  are  towards  the  south:  for  1  will 
bring  back  their  captivitv,    saith  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  WXIII. 

God  promise*  reduction  from  eaptiritp,  and  other  binning* :  es- 
pecially tkr  coming  of  Christ,  whose  reign  in  his  church  shall 
be  glorious  and  perpetual. 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  rame  to  Jeremias  (he 
second  time,  while  he  was  \et  shut  up   in  the 
OMIri  of  the  prison,  saying  : 

1  Tims  saith  the  Ford,  who  will  do,  and  will 
form  it.  and  prepare  it;  The  Lord  is  his  name. 

3  Cry  to  me,  and  1  will  hear  thee :  and  I  will 
show  thee  great  things,  and  sure  thins;*  which  thou 
knowest  not. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel  to 
the  houses  of  this  city,  and  to  the  houses  of  the  king 
of  Juda,  which  are  destroyed,  and  to  the  bulwarks, 
and  to  the  sword. 

5  Of  them  that  come  to  fight  with  the  Chal- 
deans, and  to  till  them  with  the  (had  bodies  of  the 
men  whom  I  have  slain  in  mv  wrath,  and  in  my  in- 
dignation hiding  my  lace  from  this  city,  because  of 
all  their  wickedness. 

tj  Behold.  I  will  close  their  wounds  and  givethem 
health,  and  I  will  cure  them:  and  I  will  reveal  to 
them  the  prayer  of  peace.*  and  truth. 

7  And  I  will  brim:  back  the  captivity  of  Juda, 
and  the  captivity  of  Jerusalem  :  and  1  will  build 
them  as  from  the  beginning. 

8  And  I  will  cleanse  them  from  all  their  iniquity, 
whereby  they  have  sinned  against  me:  and  I  will 
forgive  all  their  iniquities,  whereby  they  have  sin- 
neil  against  me,  and  despised  me. 

9  And  it  shall  be  to  me  a  name,  and  a  joy,  and  a 
praise,  and  a  gladness  before  all  the  nations  of  the 
earth,  that  shall  hear  of  all  the  good  things  which  I 
will  do  to  them:  and  they  shall  fear  and  be  troubled 
for  all  the  good  things,  and  for  all  tin:  peace,  that 
I  will  make  for  them. 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord:  There  shall  be  heard 
again  in  this  place  (which  yon   s;n    is  desolate,  be- 

»e  there  is  neither  man  nor  beast,   in  the  cities 

of  .Inda,  and  without  Jerusalem,  which  are  desolate 

*  TV  araasv  »/  ftmt.  That  is,  the  peace  mod  welfare  wbtcli  tktj 
pray  for 

\  Tkrrt  sfcatt  m(  U  cut  tf  from  Parid,  ttc.  This  was  TPnfied  in 
Christ,  who  it  of  (he  house  of  David;  and  wboae  kingdom  in  hia 
church  (ball  hare  no  end. 

J  .S'ttthtr  shall  tktr*  k*  rai  off  from  Ik*  srwrtt,  kr.      Thu  i.innnw  re. 

6-4 


without  man,  and  without  inhabitant,  and  without 
beasi) 

11  The  voice  of  joy  and  the  voire  of  dadness 
the  voice  of  the  bride-room  and  the  \oice  of  the 
bride,  the  voice  of  them  that  shall  say:  tine  \c  glory 
to  the  Lord  of  hosts,  for  the  Lord  is  good,  for  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever:  and  of  them  that  shul 
bring  their  vows  into  the  house  of  the  Lord  :  lor  I 
will  bring  back  the  captivity  of  the  land  as  at  the 
first,  saith  the  Lord. 

12  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  There  shall  be 
again  in  this  place  that  is  desolate  without  man.  and 
without  beast,  and  in  all  the  cities  thereof,  an  habi- 
tation of  shepherds  causing  their  flocks  to  lie  down. 

13  And  in  the  cities  on  the  mountains,  and  in  the 
cities  of  the  plains,  and  in  the  cities  that  are  tow  aids 
the  south:  and  in  the  land  of  Benjamin,  and  round 
abott  Jerusalem,  and  in  the  cities  of  Juda  shall  the 
flocks  pass  again  under  the  hand  of  him  that  nuuiber- 
eth  them,  saith  the  Lord. 

14  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  1 
will  perform  the  good  word  that  1  have  spoken  to 
the  house  of  Israel,  and  to  the  house  of  Juda. 

15  In  those  days,  and  at  that  time,  I  will  make 
the  bud  of  justice  to  spring  forth  unto  David:  and 
he  shall  do  judgment  and  justice  in  the  earth. 

16  In  those  days  shall  Juda  be  saved,  and  Jeru- 
salem shall  dwell  securely:  and  this  is  the  name 
that  they  shall  call  him,  The  Lord  our  just  one. 

17  For  thus  saith  the  Lord:  There  shall  not  In- 
cut off"  from  Davidf  a  man  to  sit  upon  die  throne  ol 
the  house  of  Israel. 

18  Neither  shall  there  be  cut  off  from  the  priests} 
and  Levitesa  man  before  my  face,  to  offer  holocausts, 
and  to  burn  sacrifice,  and  to  kill  victims  continually 

19  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jeremias, 
saying: 

20  Thus  saith  the  Lord:  If  my  covenant  with 
the  day  can  be  made  void,  and  mv  covenant  with 
the  night,  that  there  should  not  be  day  and  night  in 
their  season : 

21  Also  my  covenant  with  David  my  servant  may 
be  made  void,  that  he  should  not  have  a  son  to  reign 
upon  his  throne,  and  with  the  Levites  and  pr* 
my  ministers. 

22  As  the  stars  of  heaven  cannot  be  numbered, 
nor  the  sand  of  the  sea  be  measured :  so  will  I  mul- 
tiply the  seed  of  David  my  servant,  and  the  Levites 
my  ministers. 

23  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jeremias, 
taring: 

_'V  Hast  thou  not  seen  w  hat  this  people  hath  spo- 
ken, saying:  The  two  families1^  which  the  Lor  I 
had  chosen,  are  cast  off :  and  they  have  despised  mv 
people,  so  that  it  is  no  more  a  nation  before  them.' 

25  Thus  saith  the  Lord:  If  I  have  not  set  m> 
covenant  between  day  and  night  and  laws  toht-avcu 
aim  earth: 

late*  to  the  Christian  priesthood  ;  w  huh  shall  also  continue  for  erer  ; 
the  fiinrlioni  of  whirh,  (more  especially  the  great  sacrifice  of  the  al- 
tar) are  here  expressed  by  the  name  of  holocausts,  and  other  offering* 
of  the  law,  which  were  to  many  figures  of  the  Christian  sacrifice. 
t  Tu>»  Jmmdlut,  be  six.  The  families  of  the  kings  and  priests. 


CHAP.  XXXIV,  XXXV. 


26  Surely  I  will  also  cast  off  the  seed  of  Jacob, 
and  of  David  my  servant,  so  as  not  ro  take  any  of  his 
seed  to  he  rulers  of  the  seed  of  Abraham,  Isaac,  and 
Jacob:  for  I  will  bring  hack  their  captivity,  and  will 
have  mercy  on  them. 

CHAP.  XXXIV. 

The  prophet  foretells  that  Sedecias  shall  fall  into  the  hands  of 
Nnbuchodonosor :  God's  sentence  upon  the  princes  and  peo- 
ple that  had  broken  his  covenant. 

^THIE  word  that  came  to  Jeremias  from  the  Lord, 
-*-  (when  Nahuchodonosor  king  of  Babylon,  and 
all  his  army,  and  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  that 
were  under  the  power  of  his  hand,  and  all  the  peo- 
ple fought  against  Jerusalem  and  against  all  the  ci- 
ties thereof,)  saying: 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel:  Go, 
and  speak  to  Sedecias  king  of  Juda,  and  say  to  him : 
Thus  saith  the  Lord:  Behold,  I  will  deliver  this 
city  into  the  hands  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  he 
shall  burn  it  with  fire. 

3  And  thou  shalt  not  escape  out  of  his  hand :  but 
ihou  shalt  surely  be  taken,  and  thou  shalt  he  de- 
livered into  his  hand  :  and  thy  eyes  shall  see  the 
eyes  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  his  mouth  shall 
speak  with  thy  mouth,  and  thou  shalt  go  to  Babylon. 

4  Yethearthe  word  of  the  Lord,  O  Sedecias  kins 
of  Juda:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  to  thee:  Thou  shalt 
not  die  by  the  sword : 

5  But  thou  shalt  die  in  peace,*  and  according  to 
the  burnings  of  thy  fathers,  the  former  kings  that 
were  before  thee,  so  shall  they  burn  thee  :  and  they 
shall  mourn  for  thee,  saying:  Alas,  Lord:  for  I 
have  spoken  the  word,  saith  the  Lord. 

6  And  Jeremias  the  prophet  spoke  all  these 
words  to  Sedecias  the  king  of  Juda  in  Jerusalem. 

7  And  the  army  of  the  kjng  of  "Babylon  fought 
against  Jerusalem,  and  against  all  the  cities  of  Juda 
that  were  left,  against  Lachias,  and  against  Aze- 
cha :  for  these  remained  of  the  cities  of  Juda, 
fenced  cities. 

8  The  word  that  eame  to  Jeremias  from  the 
Lord,  after  that  king- Sedecias  had  made  a  cove- 
nant with  all  the  people  in  Jerusalem,  making  a 
proclamation : 

9  That  every  man  should  let  his  man-servant, 
and  every  man  his  maid-servant,  being  a  Hebrew 
man,  or  a  Hebrew  woman,  go  free :  and  that  they 
should  not  lord  it  over  them,  to  wit,  over  the  Jews 
their  brethren. 

10  And  all  the  princes, ^nd  all  the  people  who 
entered  into  the  covenant,  heard  that  every  man 
should  let  his  man-servant,  and  every  man  his  maid- 
servant go  free,  and  should  no  more  have  dominion 
over  them  :  and  they  obeyed,  and  let  them  go  free. 

11  But  afterwards  they  turned ;  and  brought 
back  again  their  servants,  and  their  handmaids, 
whom  they  had  let  go  free,  and  brought  them  into 
subjection  as  men-servants,  and  maid-servants. 

12  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jeremias 
from  the  Lord,  saying  : 

*  Die  in  prate.     That  is,  by  a  Datural  death. 

4K 


13  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel :  i 
made  a  covenant  with  your  fathers  in  the  day  ;hat 
1  brought  them  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  out  of  the. 
house  of  bondage,  saying : 

14  At  the  end  of  seven  years,  let  ye  go  every 
man  his  brother  heing  a  Hebrew,  who  hath  been 
sold  to  thee,  so  he  shall  serve  thee  six  years :  and 
thou  shalt  let  him  go  free  from  thee  :  and  your  fa- 
thers did  not  hearken  to  me,  nor  did  they  incline 
their  ear. 

15  And  you  turned  to-day,  and  did  that  which 
was  right  in  my  eyes,  in  proclaiming  liberty  every 
one  to  his  brother  :  and  you  made  a  covenant  in  my 
sight,  in  the  house  upon  which  my  name  is  invocated. 

16  And  you  are  fallen  back,  and  have  defiled 
my  name  :  and  you  have  brought  back  again  every 
man  his  man-servant,  and  every  man  his  maid-ser- 
vant, whom  you  had  let  go  free,  and  set  at  liberty : 
and  you  have  brought  them  into  subjection  to  he 
your  servants  and  handmaids. 

17  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  :  You  have  not 
hearkened  to  me,  in  proclaiming  liberty  every  man 
(o  his  brother,  and  every  man  to  his  friend  :  behold, 
I  proclaim  a  liberty  for  you,  saith  the  Lord,  to  the 
sword,  to  the  pestilence,  and  to  the  famine :  and  I 
will  cause  you  to  be  removed  to  all  the  kingdoms  of 
the  earth. 

18  And  I  will  give  the  men  that  have  trans- 
gressed my  covenant,  and  have  not  performed  the 
words  of  the  covenant  which  they  agreed  to  in  my 
presence,  when  they  cut  the  calf  in  two,  and  passed 
between  the  parts  thereof: 

19  The  princes  of  Juda,  and  the  princes  of  Jcru 
salem,  the  eunuchs,  and  the  priests,  and  all  the 
people  of  the  land  that  passed  between  the  parts  of 
the  calf. 

20  And  I  will  give  them  into  the  hands  of  their 
enemies,  and  into  the  hands  of  them  that  seek  their 
life  :  and  their  dead  bodies  shall  be  for  meat  to  the 
fowls  of  the  air,  and  to  the  beasts  of  the  earth. 

21  And  Sedecias  the  king  of  Juda,  and  his  prin- 
ces, I  will  give  into  the  hands  of  their  enemies,  and 
into  the  hands  of  them  that  seek  their  lives,  and  into 
the  hands  of  the  armies  of  the  king  of  Babylon, 
which  are  gone  from  you. 

22  Behold,  I  will  command,  saith  the  Lord,  and 
I  will  bring  them  again  to  this  city  ;  and  they  shall 
fight  against  it,  and  take  it,  and  burn  it  with  fire: 
and  I  will  make  the  cities  of  Juda  a  desolation, 
without  an  inhabitant. 

CHAP.  XXXV. 

The  obedience  of  the  RechalAtes  condemns  the  disobedience  of  the 
Jews.     The  reward  of  the  Rechabites. 

HP  HE  word  that  came  to  Jeremias  from  the  Lord 
-*-    in  the  days  of  Joakim  the  son  of  Josias  king 
of  Juda,  saying : 

2  Go  to  the  house  of  the  Rechabites  :f  and  speak 
to  them,  and  bring  them  into  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
into  one  of  the  chambers  of  the  treasures,  and  thou 
shalt  give  them  wine  to  drink. 


t  Rechabites.     These  were  of  the  race  of  Jethro,  father-in-law  U> 
Moses. 

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JEREMIAS. 


3  Ami  I  took  Jesoaias  the  son  of  Jeremias  the 
son  of  ll.ili-iiii.iv.  and  liis  brethren,  ami  all  his  sous, 
and  the  whole  house  of  the  Rechabil 

.  \nd  I  brought  them  into  the  house  <>i"  the  Lord, 
to  the  ueasure-nouse  of  the  ^mis  of  Ilanan,  the  son 
of  Jegedeiias  tin-  man  ol'  God,  which  was  l>y  the 

tsure-bouse  of  the  princes,  abore  the  treasure 
of  Ma  i-i  i>  tin;  son  of  Sellum,  who  was  keeper  of 
the  entry. 

5  And  I  set  before  the  sons  of  the  house  of  the 
bftbhes  pots  full  of  wine,  and  cups  :   and  I  said 

to  then  :  Drink  ye  wine. 

6  Ami  they  um  end  :  We  will  not  drink  wine  : 
because  Jonadab  the  son  of  Rechab.  our  father, 
<  amiiiaiuh  (1  us,  savin-:  Vou  shall  drink  no  wine, 
neither  you,  nor  your  children,  for  evi  r: 

7  Neither  shall  ye  build  houses,  nor  sow  seed,  nor 
plant  vinivards,  nor  have  any:  but  you  shall  dwell 
in  tents  all  \onr  days,  that  you  may  live  many  days 
upon  the  tact  of  the  earth,  in  which  you  are  strangers. 

8  Therefore  we  have  oheyed  the  voice  of  Jona- 
dab the  sou  of  Rechab,  our  father,  in  all  things  that 
be  commanded  us,  so  as  to  drink  no  wine  all  our 
days,  neither  we,  nor  our  wives,  nor  our  sons,  nor 


our  daughters : 

9  Nor  to  luiild  houses  to  dwell  in,  nor  to  have 
vinevard,  or  field,  or  seed  : 

10  But  we  have  dwelt  in  tents,  and  have  been 
obedient  according  to  all  that  Jonadab  our  father 
commanded  us. 

1 1  But  when  Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Babylon 
came  up  to  our  land,  we  said  :  Come,  let  us  go  into 
Jerusalem  from  tin:  face  of  the  army  of  the  Chal- 
deans, and  from  the  face  of  the  army  of  Syria  :  and 
we  have  remained  in  Jerusalem. 

12  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jeremias, 
saying : 

13  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  God  of  Is- 
rael: Go,  and  say  to  the  men  of  Juda,  and  to  the 
inhabitant!  of  Jerusalem:  Will  you  not  receive  in- 
struction, to  obey  my  words,  saith  the  Lord  ? 

14  The  words  of  Jonadab  the  son  of  Rechab, 
by  which  he  commanded  his  sons  not  to  drink  wine, 
have  prevailed  :  and  they  have  drunk  none  to  this 
day,  oecanse  they  have  obeyed  the  commandment 
of  their  father :  but  I  have  spoken  to  you.  rising 
early  and  speaking,  and  you  have  not  oheyed  me. 

15  And  I  have  sent  to  you  all  my   servants  the 

ffophets,  rising  early,  and  sending,  and  saying: 
{eturn  ye  every  man  from  his  wicked  way,  and 
make  your  ways  good  :  and  follow  not  strange  gods, 
nor  worship  them  :  and  you  shall  dwell  in  the  land. 
which  I  save  you  and  your  fathers:  and  you  have 
oot  inclined  your  ear,  nor  hearkened  tome. 

16  So   the  sons    of  Jonadab  the  son  of  Rechab 

have  constantly  kept  the  commandment  of  their 
father,  which  he  commanded  them :  but  this  people 
hath  not  obeyed  me. 

17  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the 
God  of  Israel  :  Behold,  I  will  brim:  upon  Juda,  and 
upon  all  the  inhabitanti  of  Jerusalem  all  the  evil 

that  I  have  pronounced  ag  mist  them,  because  I  have 

spoken  to  tin  in.  and  thev   hive    not    heard:    I  have 

I  .6 


called  to  them,   and  they  have  not  answered  in.  . 

18  And  Jeremias  said  to  the  house  of  the  Recha- 
!>it.  s :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  God  of 
Israel:  Because  yen  have  obeyed  the  command- 
ment of  Jonadab  your  father,  and  have  kept  all  his 
precepts,  and  have  done  all  that  be  commanded  you: 

19  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts'  the 
God  of  Israel:  There  shall  not  be  wanting  a  man 
of  the  race  of  Jonadab  the  son  of  Rechab,  standing 
before  me  for  ever. 

CHAP.  XXXVI. 

Jeremias  sends  Raruch  to  read  his  prophecies  in  the  temple  :  the 
book  is  brought  to  king  Joakim,  vho  burns  it.  The  prophet 
denounces  kit  judgment  :  and  causes  Baruch  to  urite  a  neu> 
copy. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fourth  year  of  Joa- 
-£*-  kim  the  son  of  Josias  king  of  Juda,  that  this 
word  came  to  Jeremias  by  the  Lord,  saying : 

2  Take  thee  a  roll  of  a  book,   and   thou    shall. 
write  in  it  all  the  words  that  I  have  spoken  to  thee 
against  Israel  and  Juda,  and  against  all  the  nations 
from  the  day  that  I  spoke  to  thee,  from  the  days  of 
Josias  even  to  this  day. 

3  If  so  be,  when  ihe  house  of  Juda  shall  hear 
all  the  evils  that  I  purpose  to  do  unto  them,  that 
thev  may  return  every  man  from  his  wicked  way: 
and  I  will  forgive  their  iniquity,  and  their  sin. 

4  So  Jeremias  called  Baruch  the  son  of  Nerias : 
and  Baruch  wrote  from  the  mouth  of  Jeremias  all 
the  words  of  the  Lord,  which  he  spoke  to  him,  upon 
the  roll  of  a  book. 

5  And  Jeremias  commanded  Baruch,  saying:  lam 
shut  up,*  and  cannot  go  into  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

G  Go  thou  in  therefore,  and  read  out  of  the  vo- 
lume, which  thou  hast  written  from  my  mouth,  the 
words  of  the  Lord,  in  the  bearing  of  all  the  people 
in  the  bouse  of  the  Lord  on  the  fasting  day  :  and 
also  thou  shalt  read  them  in  the  hearing  of  all  Juda 
that  come  out  of  their  cities: 

7  If  so  be  they  may  present  their  supplication 
before  the  Lord,  and  may  return  every  one  from  his 
wicked  way  :  for  great  is  the  wrath  and  indigna- 
tion which  the  Lord  bath  pronounced  against  this 
people. 

8  And  Baruch  the  son  of  Nerias  did  according 
to  all  that  Jeremias  the  prophet  had  commanded 
him,  reading  out  of  the  volume  the  words  of  the 
Lord  in  the  nouse  of  the  Lord. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fifth  year  of  Joakim 
the  son  of  Josias  king  of  Juda.  in  the  ninth  month, 
that  they  proclaimed  a  fast  ImIoic  the  Lord  to  all 
the  people  in  Jerusalem,  and  to  all  the  people  that 
were  come  together  out  of  the  cities  of  Juda  to 
Jerusalem. 

10  And  Baruch  read  out  of  the  volume  the  words 
of  Jeremias  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  in  the  treasury 
of  Gamarias  the  SOU  of  Saphan  the  scribe,  in  the 
upper  court,  in  the  entry  of  the  in  vv  gate  of  the 
bouse  of  the  Lord,  in  the  hearing  of  all  the  people. 

11  And  when  tticheai  the  SOU  of  (lamarias   the 

•  Skul  up.     Not  thmt  the  prophet  wu  now  in  prison  ;  for  the  con. 
Irmrjr  mppeart  from  r.  19.  bat  thai  he  kept  him.,  If  .hut  up, 
of  the  pertecutiom  he  had  lately  met  with.     See  chap  xxri. 


CHAP.  XXXVII. 


son  of  Saphan   had  heard  out  of  the   book  all  the 
words  of  the  Lord. 

12  He  went  down  into  the  king's  house  to  the 
secretary's  chamber :  and  behold,  all  the  princes 
sai  there,  Elisaina,  the  scribe,  and  Dalaias  the  son 
of  Semeias,  and  Elnathan  the  son  of  Achobor, 
and  Gamarias  the  son  of  Saphan,  and  Sedecias  the 
son  of  llananias,  and  all  the  princes. 

13  And  Micheas  told  them  all  the  words  that  he 
had  heard,  when  Baruch  read  out  of  the  volume  in 
the  hearing  of  the  people. 

14  Therefore  all  the  princes  sent  Judi  the  son  of 
Nathanias,  the  son  of  Selemias,  the  son  of  Chusi, 
to  Baruch,  saying  :  Take  in  thy  hand  the  volume 
in  which  thou  hast  read  in  the  hearing  of  the  people, 
and  come.  So  Baruch  the  son  of  Nerias  took  the 
volume  in  his  hand,  and  came  to  them. 

15  And  they  said  to  him:  Sit  down,  and  read 
these  things  in  our  hearing.  And  Baruch  read  in 
their  hearing. 

16  And  when  they  had  heard  all  the  words,  they 
looked  upon  one  another  with  astonishment,  and  they 
said  to  Baruch:  We  must  tell  the  king  all  these 
words. 

17  And  they  asked  him  saying:  Tell  us  how 
didst  thou  write  all  these  words  from  his  mouth  ? 

18  And  Baruch  said  to  them:  With  his  mouth 
he  pronounced  all  these  words  as  if  he  were  read- 
ing to  me :  and  1  wrote  in  a  volume  with  ink. 

19  And  the  princes  said  to  Baruch,  Go,  and 
hide  thee,  both  thou  and  Jeremias,  and  let  no  man 
know  where  you  are. 

20  And  they  went  in  to  the  king  into  the  court: 
but  they  laid  up  the  volume  in  the  chamber  of  Eli- 
sama  the  scribe  :  and  they  told  all  the  words  in  the 
hearing  of  the  king. 

21  And  the  king  sent  Judi  that  he  should  take 
the  volume;  who  bringing  it  out  of  the  chamber  of 
Elisama  the  scribe,  read  it  in  the  hearing  of  the 
king,  and  of  all  the  princes  that  stood  about  the  king. 

22  Now  the  king  sat  in  the  winter-house,  in  the 
ninth  month :  and  there  was  a  hearth  before  him 
full  of  burning  coals. 

23  And  when  Judi  had  read  three  or  four  pages, 
he  cut  it  with  the  penknife,  and  he  cast  it  into  the 
fire,  that  was  upon  the  hearth,  till  all  the  volume 
was  consumed  with  the  fire  that  was  on  the  hearth. 

24  And  the  king  and  all  his  servants  that  heard 
all  these  words  were  not  afraid,  nor  did  they  rend 
their  garments. 

25  But  yet  Elnathan,  and  Dalaias,  and  Gamarias 
spoke  to  the  king,  not  to  burn  the  book :  and  he 
heard  them  not. 

26  And  the  king  commanded  Jeremiel  the  son  of 
Amelech,  and  Saraias  the  son  of  Ezriel,  and  Sele- 
mias the  son  of  Abdeel,  to  take  up  Baruch  the  scribe, 
mid  Jeremias  the  prophet :   but  the  Lord  hid  them. 

27  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jeremias 
the  prophet,  after  that  the  king  had  burnt  the  vo- 
lume, and  the  words  that  Baruch  had  written  from 
the  mouth  of  Jeremias,  saying: 

28  Take  thee  again  another  volume:  and  write 
in  it  all  the  former  words  that  were  in  the   first 


volume  which  Joakim  the  king  of  Juda  hath  burnt. 

29  And  thou  shalt  say  to  Joakim  the  king  of 
Juda:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Thou  hast  burnt  that 
volume,  saying:  Why  hast  thou  written  therein,  and 
said  :  The  king  of  Babylon  shall  come  speedily,  and 
shall  lay  waste  this  land  ;  and  shall  cause  to  cease 
from  thence  man  and  beast  ? 

30  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  against  Joakim 
the  king  of  Juda  :  He  shall  have  none*  to  sit  upon 
the  throne  of  David  :  and  bis  dead  body  shall  be 
cast  out  to  the  heat  by  day,  and  to  the  frost  by  night. 

31  And  I  will  punish  him,  and  his  seed,  and  his 
servants,  for  their  iniquities  :  and  I  will  bring  upon 
them,  and  upon  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  and 
upon  the  men  of  Juda  all  the  evil  that  I  have  pro- 
nounced against  them,  but  they  have  not  heard. 

32  And  Jeremias  took  another  volume,  and  gave 
it  to  Baruch  the  son  of  Nerias  the  scribe ;  who 
wrote  in  it  from  the  mouth  of  Jeremias  all  the  words 
of  the  book  which  Joakim  the  king  of  Juda  had 
burnt  with  fire  :  and  there  were  added  besides  many 
more  words  than  had  been  before. 

CHAP.  XXXVII. 

Jeremias  prophecies  that  the  Chaldeans,  who  had  drparted 
from  Jerusalem,  would  return  and  burn  the  city.  He  is 
cast  into  prison.     His  conference  with  Sedecias. 

NOW  king  Sedecias  the  son  of  Josias  reigned 
instead  of  Jechonias,  the  son  of  Joakim;  whom 
Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Babylon  made  king  in  the 
land  of  Juda. 

2  But  neither  he,  nor  his  servants,  nor  the  peo- 
ple of  the  land  did  obey  the  words  of  the  Lord, 
that  he  spoke  in  the  hand  of  Jeremias  the  prophet. 

3  And  king  Sedecias  sent  Juchal  the  son  of  Se- 
lemias, and  Sophonias  the  son  of  Maasias  the  priest 
to  Jeremias  the  prophet,  saying :  Pray  to  the  Lord 
our  God  for  us. 

4  Now  Jeremias  walked  freely  in  the  midst  of 
the  people :  for  they  had  not  as  yet  cast  him  into 
prison.  And  the  army  of  Pharao  was  come  out  of 
Egypt :  and  the  Chaldeans  that  besieged  Jerusalem, 
hearing  these  tidings,  departed  from  Jerusalem.  _ 

5  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jeremias 
the  prophet,  saying : 

6  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel :  Thus 
shall  you  say  to  the  king  of  Juda,  who  sent  you  to 
inquire  of  me  :  Behold,  the  army  of  Pharao,  which 
is  come  forth  to  help  you,  shall  return  into  their 
own  land  into  Egypt. 

7  And  the  Chaldeans  shall  come  again,  and  fight 
against  this  city,  and  take  it,  and  burn  it  with  fire. 

8  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Deceive  not  your  souls, 
saying :  The  Chaldeans  shall  surely  depart  and  go 
away  from  us :  for  they  shall  not  go  away. 

9  But  if  you  should  even  beat  all  the  army  of  the 
Chaldeans  that  fight  against  you,  and  there  should  be 
left  of  them  some  wounded  men  ;  they  shall  rise  up, 
every  man  from  his  tent,  and  burn  this  city  with  fire. 

10  Now  when  the  army  of  the  Chaldeans  was 
gone  away  from  Jerusalem,  because  of  Pharao'sarmy, 

*  He  shall  have  none,  &c.  Because  his  son  Joachin  or  Jechonias, 
within  three  months  after  the  death  of  his  father,  was  carried  away 
to  Babylon,  so  that  his  reign  is  not  worthy  to  be  taken  notice  of. 

627 


J  KH  KM  I  AS. 


1 1  .'  -  wriit  forth  out  i'l  Jerusalem  t"  po 

into  the  land  of  Henjamin,  audio  divide  a   poj 
sion  there  in  the  presence  of  the  citizen. 

I  J  And  wlirn  In'  u.i-  come  to  tin  gate  <>!  Benia- 
inin,  the  captain  of  the  gate,  who  was  there  in  his 
turn,  was  one  named  Jerias,  tin'  son  of  St'lemias, 
the  .son  of  llananias  :  and  he  took  hold  of  Jeremias 
the  prophet,  saying  :  Thou  art  fleeing  tothe  Chal- 
deans. 

19  And  Jeremias  answered  :  It  is  not  so  ;  I  am 
DOC  fleeing  to  the  Chaldeans.  Bui  he  hearkened 
not  to  him  :  SO  Jerias  took  Jeremias,  and  btOUghl 
him  to  the   prim 

I  1  Wherefore  the  princes  were  an  pry  with  Jere- 
mias ;  and  they  heat  him,  and  east  him  into  the  pri- 
son that  was  in  the  house  of  Jonathan  the  scribe: 
for  he  was  chief  over  the  prison. 

16  So  Jeremias  went  into  the  house  of  the  prison, 
and    into    tin*    dungeon  :  and   Jeremias    remained 

"there  many  il 

It!  Then  Sedecias  the  kin?  sending,  took  him, 
and  asked  him  Merely  in  bis  house,  and  said:  Is 
there,  thinkest  thou,  any  word  from  the  Lord  ? 
And  Jeremias  said :  There  is.  And  he  said:  Thou 
shah  be  delivered  into  the  hands  of  the  king  of 
Babylon. 

17  And  Jeremias  said  to  kin?  Sedecias:  In 
what  have  I  offended  against  thee,  or  tflj  servants. 
<  i   thj  people,  that  thou    hast  east    me   into  prison  ' 

18  Where  are  vour  prophets  that  prophesied  to 
you.  and  said  :  The  king  of  Babylon  shall  not  come 
againsl  you,  and  against  this  land  ? 

19  Now  therefore  hear,  1  beseech  thee,  my  lord 
the  king  :  ht  m\  petition  be  accepted  in  thy  sight  : 
and  send  me  not  back  into  the  house  of  Jonathan 
the  Scribe,  h  Si    I   die  there. 

I  "Inn  king  Sedecias  commanded  that  .1.  re- 
tinas should  he  committed  into  the  entry  of  the  pri- 
son :  and  that  thev  should  give  him  daily  a  piece 
of  bread,  beside  broth,  till  all  the  bread  in  tin'  cit) 
were  spenl  :  and  Jeremias  remained  in  the  entry  of 
the  prison. 

Cll  \l".   WWIII. 

The  propki  I  tit  the  instance  nf  the  grt  at  m<  ;i  it  rant  into  a  filthy 
dungeon  :  hr  it  ilrmrn  uut  b§  Audi nu  I.  ih,and  has  another 
conference  irith  the  kin?. 

NOW  Saphatias  the  son  of  Alathan,  and  Gi 
lias    the  son  of   PhaSSUr,    and  Juchel   the  sou 
of  Si  lemias,    and    Phnssiir    the    son    of    Melchias, 
Inard   the  words   that    Jen  mias   .spoke    to  all    the 
v.  raj ii 

I  luis  saith  the  Lord  :  WhotOt  ret  shall  remain 
in  this  city,  shall  die  by  the  sword,  and  by  famine, 
and  by  pestilence  :  hut  he  that  shall  BO  forth  to  the 
Chaldeans,  shall  live,  and  his  life  shall  he  safe,  and 
Iw  shall  live. 

i  lius  saitfl  the  Lord  :  This  city  shall  surely 
be  delivered  into  the  hand  of  the  army  of  the  king 
of  Babylon,  and  he  shall  take  it. 

I  \nd  the  princes  said  to  the  kin:; :  We  beseech 
thee  that  this  man  may  be  pul  in  death  :  for  on  pur- 
pose be  weakeneth  the  hands  of  the  nun  ol  w  sr  that 
remain   in   this  city,  anil  the   hands  "I  the   peoplo. 


sneaking  to  them  according  to  these  words  :   for  this 
man  seeketh  not  peace  to  this  people,  but  evil. 

5  And  kin-  Sedecias  said :  behold,  he  is  in 
your  hands  :  for  it  is  not  lawful  for  the  kin::  to  deny 
yon  any  thing. 

6  Then  they  took  Jeremias,  and  cast  him  into 
the  dungeon  of  .Melchias  the  son  of  Atnelecli.  v\  liich 
Wai  in  the  entry  of  the  prison  :  and  they  let  down 
I.  remias  by  ropes  into  the  dungeon,  wherein  there 
was  no  water,  but  mire.  And  Jeremias  Mink  into 
the  mire. 

7  Now Abdemelech  the  Ethiopian,  an  eunuch 
that  was  in  the  kill's  house,  heard  that  they  hail 
put  Jeremias  in  the  dungeon:  but  the  king  was 
sitting  in  the  gate  of  Benjamin. 

8  And  Abdemelech  went  out  of  the  king's  house, 
and  spoke  to  the  kiin;,  sa\ing: 

9  My  lord  the  kin::,  these  men  have  done  evil  in 
all  that  they  have  done  against  Jeremias  the  prophet, 
Casting  him  into  the  dungeon  to  die  there  w  it li  hun- 
ger ;   for  there  is  no  more  bread  in  the  city. 

10  Then  the  kin-  commanded  Abdemelech  the 
Ethiopian,  saving:  Take  from  hence  thirty  nun 
with  thee,  and  draw  up  Jeremias  the  prophet  out  of 
the  dungeon,  before  be  die. 

11  So  Abdemelech  taking  the  men  with  him, 
went  into  the  king's  house  that  was  under  the  store- 
house :  and  he  took  from  thence  old  ra^s,  and  old 
rotten  things,  and  lie  let  them  down  by  cords  to 
Jeremias  into  the  dungeon. 

12  \\\i\  Abdemelech  the  Ethiopian  said  to  Jere- 
mias :  Put  these  old  rau.s,  and  these  nut  and  rotten 
things  under  thy  arms,  and  upon  the  cords:  ami 
Jeremias  did   so. 

13  And  they  drew  tip  Jeremias  with  the  cords, 
and  brought  him  forth  out  of  the  dungeon.  And 
Jeremias  remained  in  the  entry  of  the  prison. 

14  And  kin-  Sedecias  sent,  and  took  Jeremias 
the  prophet  to  him  to  the  third  gate,  that  was  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord  :  and  the  kin::  said  to  Jere- 
mias :  I  will  ask  thee  a  thing,  hide  nothing  from  me. 

15  Then  Jeremias  said  to  Sedecias  :  If  1  shall 
declare  it  to  thee,  wilt  thou  not  put  me  to  death? 
and  if  I  give  thee  counsel,  thou  wilt  not  hearken 
to  me. 

It!  Then  king  Sedecias  swore  to  Jeremias,  in 
private,  saying:  As  the  Lord  li  vet  h,  that  made  us  this 
soul,  1  will  not  put  thee  to  death,  nor  will  I  deliver 
tine  into  the  hands  of  these  men  that  seek  thy  life. 

17  And  Jeremias  said  to  Sedecias:  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  of  hosts  the  C«od  of  Israel:  If  thou  wilt 
take  a  resolution,  and  go  OUl  to  the  princes  of  the 
kin-  of  lialnlon,  thy  soul  shall  live,  and  this  city 
shall  not  be  burnt  with  lire:  and  thou  shalt  be  s .. 
and  thy  lion 

lf{  But  if  thou  wilt  not  go  out  to  the  princes  of 
the  kin- of  Babylon,  this  city  shall  be  delivered  into 
the  hands  of  the  Chaldeans,  and  they  shall  burn  it 
w  ith  lire:  and  thou  shalt  not  esi  ape  out  of  their  hands. 

19    And  king   S  *   said  to   Jeremias:    |    am 

afraid  because  of  the   Jews  that  are    fled   over    to 

the  Chaldeans :  lest  |  should  be  delivered  into  the'r 

hands,  and  tln-v  should  abuse  me. 


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CHAP.  XLII,  XLI1I. 


Went  back  to  Masphath :  and  they  returned  and  went 
to  Johanan  the  son  of  Caree. 

15  But  Ismahel  the  son  of  Nathanias  fled  with 
eight  men,  from  the  face  of  Johanan,  and  went  to 
the  children  of  Amnion. 

16  Then  Johanan  the  son  of  Caree,  and  all  the 
captains  of  the  soldiers  that  were  with  him,  took  all 
the  remnant  of  the  people  whom  they  had  recover 
ed  from  Ismahel  the  son  of  Nathanias,  from  Mas 
phath,  after  that  he  had  slain  Godolias  the  son  of 
Ahicam  :  valiant  men  for  war,  and  the  women,  and 
the  children,  and  the  eunuchs,  whom  he  had  brought 
back  from  Gabaon: 

17  And  they  departed,  and  sat  as  sojourners  in 
Chamaam,  which  is  near  Bethlehem ;  in  order  to 
go  forward,  and  enter  into  Egypt, 

18  From  the  face  of  the  Chaldeans:  for  they  were 
afraid  of  them,  because  Ismahel  the  son  of  Natha- 
nias had  slain  Godolias  the  son  of  Ahicam,  whom 
the  king  of  Babylon  had  made  governor  in  the  land 
of  Juda. 

CHAP.  XLII. 

feremias  assures  the  remnant  of  the  people,  that  if  they  will 
stay  in  Juda,  they  shall  be  safe :  but  if  they  go  down  into 
Egypt,  they  shall  perish. 

r|^HEN  all  the  captains  of  the  warriors,  and  Jo- 
-*-    hanan  the  son  of  Caree,  and  Jezonias  the  son 
of  Osaias,  and  the  rest  of  the  people  from  the  least 
'.o  the  greatest  came  near. 

2  And  they  said  to  Jeremias  the  prophet:  Let  our 
supplication  fall  before  thee:  and  pray  thou  for  us 
to  the  Lord  thy  God  for  all  this  remnant,  for  we 
are  left  but  a  few  of  many,  as  thy  eyes  do  behold  us. 

3  And  let  the  Lord  thy  God  show  us  the  way  by 
which  we  may  walk,  and  the  thing  that  we  must  do. 

4  And  Jeremias  the  prophet  said  to  them:  I  have 
heard  you:  behold,  I  will  pray  to  the  Lord  your  God 
according  to  your  words:  and  whatsoever  thing  he 
shall  answer  me,  I  will  declare  it  to  you:  and  I  will 
hide  nothing  from  you. 

5  And  they  said  to  Jeremias:  the  Lord  be  wit- 
ness between  us  of  truth  and  faithfulness,  if  we  do 
not  according  to  every  thing  for  which  the  Lord  thy 
God  shall  send  thee  to  us. 

6  Whether  it  be  good  or  evil,*  we  will  obey  the 
voice  of  the  Lord  our  God,  to  whom  we  send  thee: 
that  it  may  be  well  with  us  when  we  shall  hearken 
to  the  voice  of  the  Lord  our  God. 

7  Now  after  ten  days,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
to  Jeremias. 

8  And  he  called  Johanan  the  son  of  Caree,  and  all 
the  captains  of  the  fighting  men  that  were  with  him, 
and  all  the  people  from  the  least  to  the  greatest, 

9  And  he  said  to  them  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
the  God  of  Israel,  to  whom  you  sent  me,  to  present 
your  supplications  before  him  : 

10  If  you  will  be  quiet  and  remain  in  this  land, 
I  will  build  you  up,  and  not  pull  you  down  :  I  will 
plant  you,  and  not  pluck  you  up  :  for  now  I  am  ap- 
peased for  the  evil  that  1  have  done  to  you.* 

1 1  Fear  not  because  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  of 

*  Good  or  evil.     That  is.  nirreeable  or  disagreeable. 

♦  /  am  appeased  for  the  evil  that  i  have  done  to  you.      That  is,  I  am  ap 


whom  you  are  greatly  afraid  :  fear  him  not,  saith 
the  Lord  :  for  I  am  with  you,  to  save  you,  and  to 
deliver  you  from  his  hand. 

12  And  I  will  show  mercies  to  you,  and  will  take 
pity  on  you,  and  will  cause  you  to -dwell  in  your 
own  land. 

13  But  if  you  say:  We  will  not  dwell  in  this 
land,  neither  will,  we  hearken  to  the  voice  of  the 
Lord  our  God, 

14  Saying :  No,  but  we  will  go  into  the  land  of 
Egypt ;  where  we  shall  see  no  war,  nor  hear  the 
sound  of  the  trumpet,  nor  suffer  hunger  :  and  there 
we  will  dwell. 

15  For  this  now  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye 
remnant  of  Juda :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the 
God  of  Israel :  If  you  set  your  faces  to  go  into 
Egypt,  and  enter  in  to  dwell  there  : 

16  The  sword  which  you  fear,  shall  overtake 
you  there  in  the  land  of  Egypt :  and  the  famine, 
whereof  you  are  afraid,  shall  cleave  to  you  in  Egypt : 
and  there  you  shall  die. 

1 7  And  all  the  men  that  set  their  faces  to  go  in- 
to Egypt,  to  dwell  there,  shall  die  by  the  sword, 
and  by  famine,  and  by  pestilence ;  none  of  them 
shall  remain,  nor  escape  from  the  face  of  the  evil 
that  I  will  bring  upon  them. 

1 8  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  God  of 
Israel :  As  my  anger  and  my  indignation  hath  been 
kindled  against  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  ■  so 
shall  my  indignation  be  kindled  against  you,  when 
you  shall  enter  into  Egypt :  and  you  shall  be  an 
execration,  and  an  astonishment,  and  a  curse,  and 
a  reproach  :  and  you  shall  see  this  place  no  more. 

19  This  is  the  word  of  the  Lord  concerning  you, 
O  ye  remnant  of  Juda  :  Go  ye  not  into  Egypt : 
know  certainly  that  I  have  adjured  you  this  day. 

20  For  you  have  deceived  your  own  souls :  for 
you  sent  me  to  the  Lord  our  God,  saying  :  Pray 
for  us  to  the  Lord  our  God,  and  according  to  all  that 
the  Lord  our  God  shall  say  to  thee,  so  declare  unto 
us,  and  we  will  do  it. 

21  And  now  I  have  declared  it  to  you  this  day ; 
and  you  have  not  obeyed  the  voice  of  the  Lord  your 
God,  with  regard  to  all  the  things  for  which  he  hath 
sent  me  to  you. 

22  Now  therefore  know  certainly  that  you  shall 
die  by  the  sword,  and  by  famine,  and  by  pestilence 
in  the  place  to  which  you  desire  to  go  to  dwell 
there. 

CHAP.  XLIII. 

The  Jews,  contrary  to  the  orders  of  God  by  the  prophet,  go  into 
Egypt,  carrying  Jeremias  with  them.  He  foretells  the  devasta- 
tion of  that  land  by  the  king  of  Babylon. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  Jeremias  had 
made  an  end  of  speaking  to  the  people  all  the 
words  of  the  Lord  their  God,  for  which  the  Lord 
their  God  had  sent  him  to  them,  all  these  words : 
2  Azarias  the  son  of  Osaias,  and  Johanan  the  son 
of  Caree,  and  all  the  proud  men,  made  answer,  saying 
to  Jeremias:  Thou  tellest  a  lie  :  the  Lord  our  God 


peased,  as  I  have  sufficiently  punished  you,  and  now  I  am  reconciled 
with  you. 

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.1 1. 1;  KM  IAS. 


hath  not  sent  thee,  saying:  Go  not  into  Egypt,  to 
dwell  il' 

iitt  Barueh  the  son  of  Nerias  s.  ttttli  thee  on 
against  us,  to  deliver  us  into  tin-  bands  of  the  Coal* 
deans,  to  kill  us.  mill  u>  cause  us  to  be  carried  away 
captives  to  Babylon. 

;  ^..  Jobanan  the  son  of  Cane,  and  ;ill  the  cap- 
tains of  the  soldiers,  and  all  the  people,  obeyed  not 
the  voice  of  the  Lora\tn  remain  in  tbelandof  Juda. 

5  But  Johanaa  the  son  of  Caree,  and  all  the 

captains  ol'jhe  soldiers  took  all  the  remnant  of  Ju- 
da, that  were  returned  out  of  all  nations,  to  which 
they  hail  before  been  scattered,  to  dwell  in  the  land 

of  Juda: 

6  Men,  and  women,  ami  children,  and  the  kind's 
daughters,  and  even  soul,  which  Nabusardan  the 

teral    had    left  with  Goooliaa  the  son  of  Ahicaui 

the  mm  nfSaphan,  and  Jeremias  the  prophet,  and 

lJaiuch  the  son  <>l  .Vrias. 

7  And  they  went  into  the  land  of  Egypt;  for 
they  obeyed  not  the  voice  of  the  Lord:  and  they 

came  as  tar  as  Taphnis. 

8  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jeremias  in 
T !    mis,  saying  : 

I  ike  ureal  stones  in  thy  hand  ;  and  thou  shah 
hid.-  them  in  the  vault  that  is  under  the  brick  wall 
at  the  gate  of  Pharao's  house  in  Taphnis,  in  the 
sight  of  the  men  of  Juda: 

1<)  And  thou  shalt  say  tothem:  Thus  saith  the 
Load  offcasts  the  God  of  Israel:  Behold,  I  will  send, 
and  take  Nabuchodonosojr  the  kins  of  Babylon  my 

Servant  :  and  I  will  set  his  throne  over  these  stones 
which  I  have  hid  ;  and  he  shall  set  his  throne  over 
(hem. 

1 1  And  he  shall  come  and  strike  the  land  of 
pt;  such  as  are  for  death,  to  death:  and  such  Bfl 
for  captivity,  to  captivity;  and  such  as  are  for 
the  IWOrd,  to  the  sword. 

I  .'  \ tul  he  shall  kindle  a  fire  in  the  temples  of 
the  gods  ol  Egypt:  and  be  shall  hum  them,  and  he 
shall  carry  them  away  captives  :  and  be  shall  array 
himself  with  the  land  of  Egypt,  as  a  shepherd  puttcth 
on  his  earment:  and  he  shall  ko  foith  from  thence 


garment:  and  lie  snail  go 
in  peace. 

13  And  be  shall  break  the  statues  of  the   house 
of  the  sun.  that  are  in   the  land  of  Egypt:   and   the 
temples  of  the  gods  of  Egypt  be  shall  hum  with  fire. 
<  IIAl".  XLIV. 

The  prnphft't  lulmnvitiim  tnthr  J"r<   in   Effptmrmmt   iiLlu- 
tni  it  nut  regitrdrd  :  he  denouncrt  to  them  their  distructum. 

THE  word  that  came  to  Jeremias  concerning  all 
the  .lews  that  dwelt  in  the  land  of  Egypt  dwell- 
ing in  Magdaljmd  in  Taphnis,  and  in  Memphis,  and 

in  the  land  of  IMiatmes.  s;i\n 

I  ThttS  s.iith  the  Lord  Of  hosts  the  God  of  Is- 
rael: Vou  bare  seen  all  this  evil  that  I  have  brought 
UpOfl  .I'  i  usiliin,  and  UpOfl  all  the  cities  of  Juda :  and 
behold.  the>  are  desolate  this  day;  ami  there  is  not 
an  inhabitant  in  them: 

mseof  the  wickedness  which  they  have 
committed  to  provoke  me  to  wrath,  and  to  go  and 
■•fler  sacrifice,  and  worship  other  gods,  which  mi- 

they,  nor  yon.  nor  your  lathers  knew. 


4  And  I  sent  to  you  all  my  servants  the  prophets, 
rising  early,  and  sending,  and  paying:  Do  not  com- 
mit this  abominable  thing,  which  I  hate. 

5  But  they  heard  not,  nor  inclined  their  ear  to 
turn  from  thoir  evil  ways,  and  not  to  sacrifice  to 
■trance  gods. 

6  Wherefore  my  indignation  and  my  fury  was 
poured  forth,  and  was  kindled  in  the  cities  ol  Juda, 
and  in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem  :  and  they  are  turned 
to  desolation  and  waste,  as  at  this  das . 

7  And  now  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  God 
of  Israel :  Why  do  you  commit  this  great  evil  against 
your  own  souls,  that  there  should  die  of  you  man 
and  woman,  child  and  suckling  out  of  the  midst  of 
Juda,  and  no  remnant  should  be  left  you: 

8  In  that  you  provoke  me  to  wrath  with  the 
works  of  your  hands,  by  sacrificing  to  other  gods 
in  the  land  of  Egypt,  into  which  you  are  come  to 
dwell  there:  and  that  you  should  perish,  and  be  a 
curse,  and  a  reproach  to  all  the  nations  of  the  earth? 

9  Have  you  forgotten  the  evils  of  your  fathers, 
and  the  evils  of  the  kings  of  Juda,  and  the  evils  of 
their  wives,  and  your  evils,  and  the  evils  of  your 
wives,  that  they  have  done  in  the  land  of  Juda,  and 
in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem? 

10  They  are  not  cleansed  even  to  this  day:  nei- 
ther have  they  feared,  nor  walked  in  the  law  of  the 
Lord,  nor  in  my  commandments,  which  1  set  be- 
fore you  and  your  fathers. 

11  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  tin- 
God  of  Israel:  Behold,  I  will  set  my  face  upon  you 
for  evil:  and  I  will  destroy  all  Juda. 

12  And  I  will  take  the  remnant  of  Juda  that 
bare  set  their  faces  to  go  into  the  land  of  Egypt, 
and  to  dwell  there:  and  they  shall  be  all  consumed 
in  the  land  of  Egypt;  they  shall  fall  by  the  sword, 
and  by  the  famine:  and  they  shall  be  consumed 
from  the  least  even  to  the  greatest:  by  the  sword, 
and  by  the  famine  shall  they  die:  and  they  shall  be 
for  an  execration,  and  for  a  wonder,  and  for  a  curse, 
and  for  a  reproach. 

13  And  t  will  visit  them  that  dwell  in  the  land 
of  Egypt,  as  I  have  visited  Jerusalem,  by  the  sword, 
and  li\  (amine,  and  by  pestilence. 

14  And  there  shall  be  none  that  shall  escape  and 
remain  of  the  remnant  of  the  Jews  that  are  gone  to 
sojourn  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  that  shall  return 
into  the  land  of  Juda,  to  which  they  have  a  desire 
to  return  to  dwell  there :  there  shall  none  return  but 
they  that  shall  flee. 

15  Then  all  the  men  that  knew  that  their  wives 
sacrificed  toother  gods,  and  all  the  women  of  w  horn 
there  stood  by  a  great  multitude, and  all  the  people 
of  them  that  dwelt  in  the  land  of  Egypt  in  l'ha- 
lures,  answered  Jeremias,  saving: 

16  As  for  the  word  which  thou  hast  spoken  to  us 
in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  we  will  not  hearken  to  rbi 

17  But  we  will  certainl]  do  every  word  that 
shall  proceed  out  of  our  own  mouth,  to  sacrifice  to 
the  queen  of  heaven,*  and  to  pour  out  drink-offer- 
ings to  her.  as  we  and  our  father!  have   done,  our 

*   Thr  qntnt  of  ktmn.     The  moon,  which  the)   worshipped  under 
tliU 


CHAP.  XLV,  XLV1. 


kings,  and  our  princes  in  the  cities  of  Juda,  and 
in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem:  and  we  were  filled 
with  bread,  and  it  was  well  with  us,  and  we  saw  no 
evil. 

18  But  since  we  left  off  to  offer  sacrifice  to  the 
queen  of  heaven,  and  to  pour  out  drink-offerings 
to  lier,  we  have  wanted  all  things,  and  have  been 
consumed  by  the  sword,  and  by  famine. 

19  And  if  we  offer  sacrifice  to  the  queen  of  hea- 
ven, and  pour  out  drink-offerings  to  her  j  did  we 
make  cakes  to  worship  her,  to  pour  out  drink-offer- 
ings to  her,  without  our  husbands? 

20 -And  Jeremias  spoke  to  all  the  people,  to  the 
men,  and  to  the  women,  and  to  all  the  people  which 
had  given  him  that  answer,  saying  : 

21  Was  it  not  the  sacrifice  that  you  offered  in 
the  cities  of  Juda,  and  in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem, 
you  and  your  fathers,  your  kings,  and  your  princes, 
and  the  people  of  the  land,  which  the  Lord  hath  re- 
membered, and  hath  it  not  entered  into  his  heart? 

22  So  that  the  Lord  could  no  longer  bear,  be- 
cause of  the  evil  of  your  doings,  and  because  of  the 
abominations  which  you  have  committed  :  there- 
fore your  land  is  become  a  desolation,  and  an 
astonishment,  and  a  curse,  without  an  inhabitant, 
as  at  this  day. 

23  Because  you  have  sacrificed  to  idols,  and  have 
sinned  against  the  Lord,  and  have  not  obeyed  the 
voice  of  the  Lord,  and  have  not  walked  in  his  law, 
and  in  his  commandments,  and  in  his  testimonies : 
therefore  are  these  evils  come  upon  you,  as  at  this 
day. 

21  And  Jeremias  said  to  all  the  people,  and  to 
all  the  women :  Hear  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord,  all 
Juda,  you  that  dwell  in  the  land  of  Egypt: 

25  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  God  of  Israel, 
saying :  You  and  your  wives  have  spoken  with 
your  mouth,  and  fulfilled  with  your  hands,  saying  : 
Let  us  perform  our  vows  which  we  have  made  to 
offer  sacrifice  to  the  queen  of  heaven,  and  to  pour 
out  drink-offerings  to  her :  you  have  fulfilled  your 
vows,  and  have  performed  them  indeed. 

26  Therefore  hear  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord,  all 
Juda,  you  that  dwell  in  the  land  of  Egypt :  Behold, 
I  have  sworn  by  my  great  name,  saith  the  Lord  ; 
that  my  name  shall  no  more  be  named  in  the  mouth 
of  any  man  of  Juda,  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  saying : 
The  Lord  God  liveth. 

27  Behold,  I  will  watch  over  them  for  evil,  and 
not  for  good :  and  all  the  men  of  Juda  that  are  in 
the  land  of  Egypt,  shall  be  consumed,  by  the  sword, 
and  by  famine,  till  there  be  an  end  of  them. 

28  And  a  kw  men  that  shall  flee  from  the 
sword,  shall  return  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  into  the 
land  of  Juda  :  and  all  the  remnant  of  Juda  that  are 
gone  into  the  land  of  Egypt  to  dwell  there,  shall 
know  whose  word  shall  stand,  mine,  or  theirs. 

29  And  this  shall  be  a  sign  to  you,  saith  the 
Lord,  that  I  will  punish  you  in  this  place ;  that  you 
may  know  that  my  words  shall  be  accomplished  in- 
deed against  you  for  evil. 

30  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Behold,  I  will  deliver 
Pharao  Ephree  king  of  Egynt  into  'he  hand  of  his 

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enemies,  and  into  the  hand  of  them  that  seek  his 
life  ;  as  I  delivered  Sedecias  king  of  Juda  into  the 
hand  of  Nabuchodonosor  the  king  of  Babylon,  his 
enemy,  and  that  sought  his  life. 

CHAP.  XLV. 

The  prophet  comforts  Baruch  in  his  affliction. 

HP  HE  word  that  Jeremias  the  prophet  spoke  to 
-*-  Baruch  the  son  of  Nerias,  when  he  had  writ- 
ten these  words  in  a  book,  out  of  the  mouth  of  Jere- 
mias, in  the  fourth  year  of  Joakim  the  son  of  Josias 
king  of  Juda,  saying  : 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel  to  thee, 
Baruch : 

3  Thou  hast  said  :  Wo  is  me,  wretch  that  I  am; 
for  the  Lord  hath  added  sorrow  to  my  sorrow  :  I 
am  wearied  with  my  groans,  and  I  find  no  rest. 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Thus  shalt  thou  say  to 
him  :  Behold,  them  whom  I  have  built,  I  do  de- 
stroy :  and  them  whom  I  have  planted,  I  do  pluck 
up,  and  all  this  land. 

5  And  dost  thou  seek  great  things  for  thyself  ? 
Seek  not :  for  behold,  I  will  bring  evil  upon  all 
flesh,  saith  the  Lord :  but  1  will  give  thee  thy  life, 
and  save  thee  in  all  places  whithersoever  thou  shalt 
go- 

CHAP.  XLVI. 

A  prophecy  against  Egypt.     The  Jews  shall  return  from  cap- 
tivity. 

rpHE  word  of  the  Lord  that  came   to  Jeremias 
-*-    the  prophet  against  the  Gentiles, 

2  Against  Egypt,  against  the  army  of  Pharao 
Nechao  king  of  Egypt,  which  was  by  the  river 
Euphrates  in  Charcamis,  whom  Nabuchodonosor 
the  king  of  Babylon  defeated,  in  the  fourth  year  of 
Joakim  the  son  of  Josias  king  of  Juda. 

3  Prepare  ye  the  shield  and  buckler,  and  go 
forth  to  battle. 

4  Harness  the  horses,  and  get  up,  ye  horsemen: 
stand  forth  with  helmets,  furbish  the  spears,  put  on 
coats  of  mail. 

5  What  then  ?  I  have  seen  them  dismayed,  and 
turning  their  backs,  their  valiant  ones  slain:  they 
fled  apace,  and  they  looked  not  back  :  terror  was 
round  about,  saith  the  Lord. 

6  Let  not  the  swift  flee  away,  nor  the  strong 
think  to  escape  :  they  are  overthrown,  and  fallen 
down,  towards  the  north  by  the  river  Euphrates. 

7  Who  is  this  that  cometh  up  as  a  flood  :  and 
his  streams  swell  like  those  of  rivers? 

8  Egypt  riseth  up  like  a  flood,  and  the  waves 
thereof  shall  be  moved  as  rivers,  and  he  shall  say  : 
I  will  go  up,  and  will  cover  the  earth  :  I  will  de- 
stroy the  city  and  its  inhabitants. 

9  Get  ye  up  on  horses,  and  glory  in  chariots  : 
and  let  the  valiant  men  come  forth,  the  Ethiopians, 
and  the  Lybians  that  hold  the  shield,  and  the  Ly- 
dians  that  take  and  shoot  arrows. 

10  For  this  is  the  day  of  the  Lord  the  God  of 
hosts,  a  day  of  vengeance,  that  he  may  revenge 
himself  of  his  enemies  :  the  sword   shall  devour 

633 


jkiikmixs. 


and  shall  1h>  filled,  ami  shall  l>e  drunk  with  their 
nlood  :  for  there  is  a  sacrifice  of  the  Lord  God  of 
hosts  in  the  north  country,  by  the  river  Kuphratcs. 

II  Go  up  into  GeJead,  and  take  balm,  O  virgin 
daughter  of  Egypt :  in  vain  dost  toon  multiply 
medicines;  tin-re  iball  be  no  cure  for  thee. 

1  2   The  nations   have   heard  of  thy  (I  .  and 

thy  howling  hath  filled  (he  land  :  lor  the  BtlOM  hath 
stumbled  against  the  strong,  and  Inithare  fallen  to- 
gether. 

13  The  word  that  the  Lord  spoke  to  Jereinias 
the  prophet,  how  Nabochodonosor  kin?  of  Babylon 

should  come  and  strike  the  land  of  Egypt  : 

1  I  Declare  ye  to  Egypt,  and  publish  it  in  Mazdal, 
and  let  it  he  known  in  Memphis  and  in  Taphnis  : 
SB]  ve  :  Stand  tip,  and  prepare  thyself  :  for  the 
sword  shall  devour  all  round  about  thee. 

1")  Why  are  thy  valiant  men  come  to  nothing? 
they  Stood  BOt  :  because  the  Lord  hath  overthrown 
them. 

16  He  hath  multiplied  them  that  fall,  and  one 
hath  fallen  upon  another,  and  they  shall  say  :  Arise, 
and  let  us  return  to  our  own  people, and  to  the  land 
of  our  nativity,  from  the  sword  of  the  dove.* 

17  Call  ye  the  name  of  Pharao  king  of  Egypt,  a 
tumult  time  hath  brought. 

18  As  I  live  (saith  the  king,  whose  name  is  the 
Lord  of  hosts)  as  Thabcf  is  anion?  the  mountains, 
am!  as  ( 'armel  by  the  sea.  SO  shall  he  come. 

19  Furnish  thyself  to  go  into  captivity,  thou 
daughter  inhabitant  nfEgypt  :  for  Memphis  shall  be 
rnadedesolate,  and  shall  be  forsaken  anduninhahitcd. 

_*' »  Egypt  islike  a  fair  and  beautiful  heifer:  there 
shall  come  from  the  north  one  that  shall  goad  her. 

SI  Her  hirelings  also  that  lived  in  the  midst  of 
her,  like  fatted  calves  are  turned  hack,  and  are  fled 
away  together,  and  they  could  not  stand:  for  the 
day  of  their  slaughter  is  come  upon  them,  the  time 
of  their  visitation. 

Her  void-  shall  sound  like  brass;  for  tbev 
shall  hasten  with  an  armv  ;  and  w  ith  axes  they  shall 
come  against  her,  as  hewers  of  wood. 

23  They  have  cut  down  her  forest,  saith  the 
Lord,  which  cannot  be  counted  :  thev  are  multiplied 
above  locusts,  and  are  without  number. 

24  The  daughter  of  Egypt  is  confounded,  and 
delivered  into  the  hand  ot  the  people  of  the  north. 

The  Lord  of  hosts  the  God  of  Israel  hath  said  : 
Behold,  I  will  visit  BpOnfthfl  tumult  of  Alexandria, 
and  upon  I'harao.  and  upon  Egypt,  and  upon  her 
Bjoda,  and  upon  her  kiniis,  and  U|K)n  Pharao,  and 
upon  them  that  trust  in  him. 

26  And  Iwilldeliver  them  into  the  hand  of  them 
that  seek  their  lives,  and  into  the  hand  ol  Nabucho* 
donosor  kiiii  of  Babylon,  and  into  the  hand  of  his 
Servants  I    and  afterwards  it  shall  be  inhabited  as  iii 

the  days  of  old,  saith  the  Lord. 

27  And  thou.  BU  sen  ant  Jacob,  fear  not.  and  be 
not  thou  dismaved,0  Israel  :  for  behold,  I  will  save 
tine  from  afar  off,  and    thy  seed  out  of  the  land  of 


*  Tht  dtm.     See  the  annotation  on  chap.  xx».  rcr.  36. 
t  VIM  upon.    Tliat  n.  |>uni«h. 

Ibid,  .liar— drie.    In  the  Hebrew,  A/V,  which  waa  the  ancient 

SM 


thy  captivity  :  and  Jacob  shall  return,  and  be  at  rest, 
and  prosper:  and  there  shall  be  none  to  terrify  him. 
I  And  thou,  my  servant  Jacob,  fear  not.  saith 
the  Lord  :  because  I  am  with  thee  ;  for  I  will  con- 
sume all  the  nations  to  which  I  have  cast  thee  out: 
but  thee  I  will  not  consume  ;  but  I  will  correct  thee 
in  judgment,  neither  will  I  spare  thee  as  if  thou  wert 

innocent 

CHAP.  XLVI1. 

A prophecy  of the  desolation  of  the  I'hilistinrs,  of  Tyre,  Sidon, 
Gaza,  and  Ascalon. 

nPUL  word  of  the  Lord   that  came  to  Jeremias 
-*•    the  prophet  against   the   people  of  Palestine, 
before  I'harao  took  Gaza  : 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Behold,  there  come  up 
waters  out  of  the  north,  and  they  shall  be  as  an  over- 
llow  in-  torrent,  and  they  shall  cover  the  land,  and 
all  that  is  therein,  the  city  and  the  inhabitants  there- 
of: then  the  men  shall  cry,  and  all  the  inhabitants 
of  the  land  shall  howl, 

3  At  the  noise  of  the  marching  of  arms,  and  of 
his  soldiers,  at  the  rushing  of  his  chariots,  and  the 
multitude  of  his  wheels.  The  fathers  have  not 
looked  back  to  the  children,  for  feebleness  of  hands, 

4  Because  of  the  coming  of  the  day,  in  which  all 
the  Philistines  shall  be  laid  waste,  and  Tyre,  and 
Sidon  shall  be  destroyed  with  all  the  rest  of  their 
helpers.  For  the  Lord  hath  wasted  the  Philistines, 
the  remnant  of  the  isle  of  Cappadocia  : 

5  Baldness  is  come  upon  Gaza  :  Ascalon   hath 
held  her  peace,  with  the  remnant  of  their  valley 
how  long  shalt  thou  cut  thyself? 

6  O  thou  sword  of  the  Lord,  how  long  wilt  thou 
notbequiet  ?  Go  into  thy  scabbard,  rest,  and  be  still. 

7  How  shall  it  bequict,  when  the  Lord  hath  giv.  u 
it  a  charge  against  Ascalon,  and  against  the  coun- 
tries thereof  !>y  the  sea  side,  and  there  hath  made  an 
appointment  for  it  ? 

CHAP.  XLVIII. 

Aprpphtcy  of  the  drsulation  if  Moabfor  their  pride  :  but  their 
rajitirity  ahull  at  last  be  released. 

AGAINST  Moab  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts 
the  God  of  Israel :  Wo  to  Nabo;  for  it  is  laid 
waste,  and  confounded  :  Cariathaim  is  taken  :  the 
strong  city  is  confounded,  and  hath  trembled. 

2  There  is  no  more  rejoicing  in  Moab  over 
lbs,  bon:  they  have  devised  evil.  Come,  and  let 
us  cut  it  off  from  being  I  nation.  Therefore  shalt 
thou  in  silence  hold  thy  peace,  and  the  sword  shall 
follow  thee. 

3  A  voice  of  crying  from  Oronaim  :  waste,  and 
great  destruction. 

4  Moab  is  destroyed  :  proclaim  a  cry  for  her  lit- 
tle ones. 

5  For  by  the  ascent  of  Luith  shall  the  mourner 
go  Up  with  Weeping:  fbf  in  the  descent  of  Oronaim 
the  enemies  have  heard  a  bowling  of  destruction  : 

6  Flee,  save  your  lives  :  and  be  as  heath  in  the 
wilderness. 


of  the  city,  to  which  Alexander  (are  afterward*  (he  name  of  Alexan- 
dria. 


CHAP.  XLVIII. 


7  For  because  thou  hast  trusted  in  thy  bulwarks, 
and  in  thy  treasures,  thou  also  shalt  be  taken  :  and 
Chamos*  shall  go  into  captivity,  his  priests,  and  his 
princes  together. 

8  And  the  spoiler  shall  come  upon  every  city; 
and  no  city  shall  escape  :  and  the  valleys  shall  perish, 
and  the  plains  shall  be  destroyed  ;  for  the  Lord  hath 
spoken : 

9  Give  a  flower  to  Moab,  for  in  its  flower  it  shall 
go  out :  and  the  cities  thereof  shall  be  desolate,  and 
uninhabited. 

10  Cursed  be  he  that  doeth  the  work  of  the  Lord 
deceitfully  :f  and  cursed  be  he  that  withholdeth  his 
sword  from  blood. 

1 1  Moab  hath  been  fruitful!  from  his  youth,  and 
hath  rested  upon  his  lees ;  and  hath  not  been  pour- 
ed out  from  vessel  to  vessel,  nor  hath  gone  into  cap- 
tivity: therefore  his  taste  hath  remained  in  him,  and 
his  scent  is  not  changed. 

12  Therefore  behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the 
Lord,  and  I  will  send  him  men  that  shall  order  and 
overturn  his  bottles  :  and  they  shall  cast  him  down, 
and  shall  empty  his  vessels,  and  break  their  bottles 
one  against  another. 

13  And  Moab  shall  be  ashamed  of  Chamos,  as 
the  house  of  Israel  was  ashamed  of  Bethel,^  in 
which  they  trusted. 

14  How  do  you  say  :  We  are  valiant,  and  stout 
men  in  battle? 

15  Moab  is  laid  waste,  and  they  have  cast  down 
her  cities  ;  and  her  choice  young  men  are  gon?  down 
to  the  slaughter ;  saith  the  king,  whose  name  is  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 

16  The  destruction  of  Moab  is  near  to  come : 
the  calamity  thereof  shall  come  on  exceeding 
swiftly. 

17  Comfort  him,  all  you  that  are  round  about  him, 
and  all  you  that  know  his  name,  say :  How  is  the 
strong  staff  broken,  the  beautiful  rod  ? 

18  Come  down  from  thy  glory,  and  sit  in  thirst, 
O  dwelling;  of  the  daughter  of  Dibon:  because  the 
spoiler  of  Moab  is  come  up  to  thee  ;  he  hath  destroy- 
ed thy  bulwarks. 

19  Stand  in  the  way,  and  look  out,  O  habitation 
of  Aroer :  inquire  of  him  that  fleeth  :  and  say  to  him 
that  hath  escaped  :  What  is  done  ? 

20  Moab  is  confounded,  because  he  is  over- 
thrown :  howl  ye,  and  cry:  tell  ye  it  in  Anion, that 
Moab  is  wasted. 

21  And  judgment  is  come  upon  the  plain  coun- 
try, upon  Helon,  and  upon  Jasa,and  upon  Mephaath. 

22  And  upon  Dibon,  and  upon  Nabo,  and  upon 
the  house  of  Deblathaim. 

23  And  upon  Cariathaim,  and  upon  Bethgamul, 
and  upon  Bethmaon. 

24  And  upon  Carioth,  and  upon  Bosra,  and  upon 
all  the  cities  of  the  land  of  Moab,  far  or  near. 


*  Chamos.     The  idol  of  the  Moabites. 

\  Deceitfully.  In  the  Greek,  negligently.  The  work  of  God  here 
spoken  of  is  the  punishment  of  the  Moabites. 

\  Moab  hath  been  fruitful.  That  is,  rich  and  flourishing1.  And  hath 
rested  upon  his  lees  :  That  is,  remained  in  its  bad  morals  :  as  wine  not 
decanted  has  its  lees  mixt,  am)  remains  muddy. 


25  The  horn  of  Moab  is  cut  oiF,||  and  his  arm  is 
broken,  saith  the  Lord. 

26  Make  him  drunk,  because  he  lifted  up  him- 
self against  the  Lord:  and  Moab  shall  dash  his  hand 
in  his  own  vomit .   and  he  also  shall  be  in  derision. 

27  For  Israel  hath  oeen  a  derision  unto  thee,  as 
though  thou  hadst  found  him  amongst  thieves  :  for 
thy  words  therefore,  which  thou  hast  spoken  against 
him,  thou  shalt  be  led  away  captive. 

28  Leave  the  cities,  and  dwell  in  the  rock,  you 
that  dwell  in  Moab:  and  be  ye  like  the  dove  that 
maketh  her  nest  in  the  mouth  of  the  hole  in  the 
highest  place. 

29  We  have  heard  the  pride  of  Moab:  he  is  ex- 
ceeding proud;  his  haughtiness,  and  his  arrogancy, 
and  his  pride,  and  the  loftiness  of  his  heart. 

30  I  know,  saith  the  Lord,  his  boasting;  and  that 
the  strength  thereof  is  not  according  to  it;  neither 
hath  it  endeavoured  to  do  according  as  it  was  able. 

31  Therefore  will  I  lament  for  Moab,  and  I  will 
cry  out  to  all  Moab,  for  the  men  of  the  brick-wall 
that  mourn. 

32  O.  vineyard  of  Sabama,  I  will  weep  for  thee, 
with  the  mourning  of  Jazer :  thy  branches  are  gone 
over  the  sea :  they  are  come  even  to  the  sea  of  Ja- 
zer :  the  robber  hath  rushed  in  upon  thy  harvest  and 
thy  vintage. 

33  Joy  and  gladness  is  taken  away  from  Carmel, 
and  from  the  land  of  Moab:  and  I  have  taken  away 
the  wine  out  of  the  presses :  the  treader  of  the  grapes 
shall  not  sing  the  accustomed  cheerful  tune. 

34  From  the  cry  of  Hesebon  even  to  Eleale,  and 
to  Jasa,  they  have  uttered  their  voice;  from  Segor 
to  Oronaim  as  a  heifer  of  three  years  old:  the  waters 
also  of  Nemrim  shall  be  very  bad. 

35  And  I  will  take  away  from  Moab,  saith  the 
Lord,  him  that  offereth  in  the  high  places,  and  that 
sacrificeth  to  his  gods. 

36  Therefore  my  heart  shall  sound  for  Moab  like 
pipes  :  and  my  heart  shall  sound  like  pipes  for  the 
men  of  the  brick-wall :  because  he  hath  done  more 
than  he  could,  therefore  they  have  perished. 

37  For  every  head  shall  be  bald,  and  every  beard 
shall  be  shaven':  all  hands  shall  be  tied  together,  and 
upon  every  back  there  shall  be  haircloth. 

38  Upon  all  the  house-tops  of  Moab,  and  in  the 
streets  thereof  general  mourning :  because  1  have 
broken  Moab  as  an  useless  vessel,  saith  the  Lord. 

39  How  is  it  overthrown,  and  they  have  howled  ? 
How  hath  Moab  bowed  down  the  neck,  and  is  con- 
founded ?  And  Moab  shall  be  a  derision  and  an  ex- 
ample to  all  round  about  him. 

40  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Behold,  he  shall  fly  as 
an  eagle,  and  shall  stretch  forth  his  wings  to  Moab. 

41  Carioth  is  taken,  and  the  strong-holds  are 
won  :  and  the  heart  of  the  valiant  men  of  Moab  in 
that  day  shall  be  as  the  heart  of  a  woman  in  labour. 

i  Of  Bethel.  That  is,  of  their  golden  calf,  which  they  worshipped  in 
Bethel. 

||  The  horn  of  Moab  is  cutoff.  That  is,  the  strength  of  Moab  is  cut 
off.  A  metaphor  drawn  from  animals  whose  strength  is  in  their  horns. 


635 


JEKKMIVS. 


42  And  Miuli  shall  ci  asc  to  be  a  people  ;  because 
ho  bath  iJoried  against  the  Lord. 

ir,*  ana  tin-  i>it,  and  the  snare  come  upon 
thee.  ()  iobabhaal  of  Moah,  saith  tin-  Lord. 

U  Hi'  dial  shall  Bee  final  the  fear,  shall  fall  into 

the  pit  :  ami  lie  that  .shall  get  up  out  of  the  pit .  shall 

bo  taken  in  the  snare:  for  I  will  bring  upon  Moan 

he  \i«ar  of  their  \  isitation,  saith  tin-  Lord. 

45  The*  that  led  own  the  Mian-  stood  in  the 
shadow  oi  Hi  v,  bun:  hut  there  came  ■  tire  out  of 
HeeeboBj  and  ■  Bame  oafl  of  the  midst  of  Soon:  and 

it  .shall  devour  part  of  Moah.  ami  the  erown  of  the 
head  of  the  children  of  tumult. 

46  Wo  to  the.,  .Moah;  thou  hast  perished.  O 
people  of  Chamos;  (bff  thy  sons  and  thy  daughters 
are  taken  capti\<  I, 

47  And  I  xx  ill  bring  hack  the  captivity  of  Moah 
in  the  last  davs,  saith  the  Lord.  Hitherto  the  judg- 
ments of  .Moah. 

CHAP.  XLIX. 

Thi  like  desolation  of  Amnion,  of  Idumea,  of  the  Syrians,  of  (he 
Agarenes,  and  of  the  Elamites. 

AGAINST  the  children  of  Amnion.  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  :  Hath  Israel  no  sons  ?  or  hath  he  no 
heir?  Why  then  hath  Melchomf  inherited  Gad, 
and  his  people  dwelt  in  his  cities? 

J2  Therefore  hehold,  the  days  come,  saith  the 
I  rd,  and  I  will  cause  the  noise  of  war  to  be  heard 
in  Rabbath  of  the  children  of  Ammon  :  and  it  shall 
be  destroyed  into  aheap;  and  her  daughters  shall  he 
burnt  with  fire:  and  Israel  shall  possess  them  that 
have  posst  ssed  him,  saith  the  Lord. 

Howl,  O  Hesebon,  for  Hai  is  wasted.     Cry, 
daughters  of  Hahhath,  gird  yourselves  with  hair- 
cloth :  mourn  and  go  about  by  the  hedges:  forMel- 
ehom  shall  be  carried  into  captivity,  his  priests,  and 
his  princes  together. 

4  Why  doriest  thou  in  the  valleys?  thy  valley 
hath  flowed  away,  O  delicate  daughter,  that  tiasl 
trusted  in  thy  treasures,  and  hast  said  :  Who  shall 
come  to  Hi 

5  lii  hold,  I  will  bring  a  fear  upon  thee,  saith  the 
Lord  (iod  of  hosts,  from  all  that  are  round  about 
thee:  am!  you  shall  he  scattered  every  one  out  of 
one  another's  sight:  neither  shall  there  be  any  to 
gather  together  them  that  flee. 

6  \iid  afterwards  I  will  cause  the  captives  of  the 
children  of  Amnion  to  return,  saith  the  Lord. 

7  Against  Fdom.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts: 
Is  wisdom  no  more  iuThctnan?  counsel  is  perished 
from  her  children:  their  wisdom  is  become  unprofit- 
alile. 

6  Flee  and  turn  your  hacks:  go  down  info  the 
deep  hole,  ye  inhabitants  of  Dedan  :  for  I  have 
brought  the  destruction  of  Esau  upon  him,  the  time 
of  his  visitation. 

9  If  grape-gatherers  had  come  to  thee,  would 
they  not  have  hit  a  hunch?  If  thieves  in  the  night, 
they  would  hive  taken  a  hat  was  enough  for  them. 

•  FW.   That  i«,  ilic  >«r..rd  nflhc  momx.    Tin  pit.  That   it  onforc- 
«een  calamine.   7V  mmiy.  That  i«.  the  arnhu.hc*  laid  by  the  cotmv. 
|  MtUkam.    The  idol  of  tbe  Ammonite*. 

l.J.6 


_  10  But  I  have  made  F.sau  hire  :  I  have  revealed 
his  secrets,  and  he  cannot  he  hid:  hi^  m  .  d  is  laid 
waste,  and  his  hrethren,  and  his  neighbours,  and  he 
shall  not  he. 

11  Leave  thy  fatherless  children:  I  will  make 
them  live  :  and  thv   widows  shall  hope  in  me. 

1  J  For  thus  saith  tin  Lord  :  Hehold,  they  whose 
judgment  was  not  to  drink  of  the  cupshall  certainly 
drink:  and  shall  thou  come  oil" as  innocent.'  thou 
shall  not  come  off  as  innocent,  hut  driukiug  thou 
shaft  drink. 

V.i  I'  or  I  have  sworn  by  myself,  saith  the  Lord, 
that  Basra  shall  become  a  desolation, and  a  reproach, 
and  a  desert,  and  a  curse  :  and  all  her  cities  shall  be 
everlasting  wastes. 

14  I  have  heard  a  rumour  from  the  Lord,  and  an 
ambassador  is  sent  to  tbe  nations:  Gather  your- 
selves together,  and  come  against  her;  and  lei  us 
rise  up  to  battle. 

15  For  hehold,  I  have  made  thee  a  little  one 
among  the  nations,  despicable  anions  men. 

16  Thy  arrogancy  hath  deceived  thee,  and  the 
pride  of  thy  heart:  O  thou  that  dweUestin  theclifts  ot 
the  rock,  and  endeavourest  to  lay  hold  on  the  height 
of  the  hill :  but  though  thou  shouldst  make  thy  nest 
as  high  as  an  eagle,  I  will  bring  thee  down  from 
thence,  saith  the  Lord. 

17  And  Edom  shall  be  desolate  :  every  one  that 
shall  pass  by  it,  shall  be  astonished,  and  shall  hiss 
at  all  its  plagues. 

18  As  Sodom  was  overthrown,  and  Gomorrha, 
and  the  neighbours  thereof,  saith  the  Lord  :  there 
shall  not  a  man  dwell  there,  and  there  shall  no  son 
of  man  inhabit  it. 

19  Behold,  one  shall  come  up  as  a  lion  from  the 
sw  elling  of  the  Jordan,  against  the  strong  and  beau- 
tiful; for  I  will  make  him  run  suddenly  upon  her: 
and  who  shall  be  the  chosen  one  w  horn  1  may  ap- 
point over  her?  for  who  is  like  to  me?  and  who 
shall  abide  me?  and  who  is  that  shepherd  that  can 
w  ithstand  my  countenance  ? 

20  Therefore  hear  ye  the  counsel  of  the  Lord, 
which  he  hath  taken  concerning  Edom;  and  his 
thoughts,  which  he  hath  thought  concerning  the 
inhabitants  of  Theman:  surely  the  little  ones  of  the 
dock  shall  cast  them  down;  of  a  truth  they  shall 
destroy  them  with  their  habitation. 

21  The  earth  is  moved  at  the  noise  of  their  fall: 
the  <ry  of  their  voice  is  heard  in  the  Bed  sea. 

22  Behold,  he  shall  come  up  as  an  eagle,  and  llv  : 
and  he  shall  spread  his  wings  over  Boers  :  and  in 
that  day  the  heart  of  the  valiant  ones  of  Edom  shall 
be  as  the  heart  of  a  woman  in  lahour. 

23  Against  Damascus.  Final h  is  confounded, 
and  Arphad  :  for  they  have  heard  very  had  tidings, 
tin  v  are  troubled  as  in  the  sea :  through  care  tin y 
could  not  rest. 

i  Damascus  is  undone:  she  is  put  to  flight: 
trembling  hath  seized  on  her:  anguish  and  sorrow  s 
have  taken  her  a^  I  w  miian  in  labour. 

25  How  have  they  forsaken  the  city  of  renown. 
the  citv  of  j<> 

26  Therefore  her  young  men  shall    fall    in  her 


CHAP.  L. 


streets :  and  all  the  men  of  war  shall  be  silent  in 
that  dav,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

27  And  I  will  kindle  a  fire  in  the  wall  of  Da- 
mascus, and  it  shall  devour  the  strong-holds  of 
Benadad. 

28  Against  Cedar,*  and  against  the  kingdoms  of 
Asor,  which  Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Babylon  de- 
stroyed. Thus  saitli  the  Lord:  Arise,  and  go  ye  up 
to  Cedar,  and  waste  the  children  of  the  east. 

29  They  shall  take  their  tents,  and  their  flocks  : 
and  shall  carry  off  for  themselves  their  curtains,  and 
all  their  vessels,  and  their  camels :  and  they  shall 
call  fear  upon  them  round  about. 

30  Flee  ye,  get  away  speedily,  sit  in  deep  holes, 
you  that  inhabit  Asor,  saith  the  Lord :  for  Nabu- 
chodonosor king  of  Babylon  hath  taken  counsel 
against  you,  and  hath  conceived  designs  against  you. 

31  Arise,  and  go  up  to  a  nation  that  is  at  ease, 
and  that  dwelleth  securely,  saith  the  Lord :  they 
have  neither  gates,  nor  bars  :  they  dwell  alone. 

32  And  their  camels  shall  be  for  a  spoil,  and  the 
multitude  of  their  cattle  for  a  booty  :  and  I  will  scat- 
ter into  every  wind  them  that  have  their  hair  cut 
round,  and  I  will  bring  destruction  upon  them  from 
all  their  confines,  saith  the  Lord. 

33  And  Asor  shall  be  a  habitation  for  dragons, 
desolate  for  ever  :  no  man  shall  abide  there,  nor  son 
of  man  inhabit  it. 

34  The  word  of  the  Lord  that  came  to  Jcremias 
the  prophet  against  Elam,t  in  the  beginning  of  the 
reign  of  Sedecias  king  of  Juda,  saying  : 

35  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  :  Behold,  I  will 
break  the  bow  of  Elam,  and  their  chief  strength. 

36  And  I  will  bring  upon  Elam  the  four  winds  from 
I  he  four  quarters  of  heaven:  and  I  will  scatter  them 
into  all  these  winds:  and  there  shall  be  no  nation, 
to  which   the   fugitives   of  Elam  shall  not  come. 

37  And  I  will  cause  Elam  to  be  afraid  before 
their  enemies,  and  in  the  sight  of  them  that  seek 
their  life :  and  I  will  bring  evil  upon  them,  my 
fierce  wrath,  saith  the  Lord  :  and  I  will  send  the 
sword  after  them,  till  I  consume  them. 

38  And  I  will  set  my  throne  in  Elam,  and  de- 
stroy kings  and  princes  from  thence,  saith  the  Lord. 

39  But  in  the  latter  days  I  will  cause  the  cap- 
tives of  Elam  to  return,  saith  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  L. 

Babylon,  which  hath  afflicted  the  Israelites,  after  their  restora- 
tion, shall  be  utterly  destroyed. 

THE  word  that  the  Lord  hath  spoken  against 
Babylon,  and  against  the  land  of  the  Chal- 
deans, in  the  hand  of  Jeremias  the  prophet. 
■  2  Declare  ye  among  the  nations,  and  publish  it, 
lift  up  a  standard:  proclaim,  and  conceal  it  not: 
say:  Babylon  is  taken,  BelJ  is  confounded,  Mero- 
dach  is  overthrown,  their  graven  things  are  con- 
founded, their  idols  are  overthrown. 

3  For  a  nation^    is  come  up  against  her  out   of 

*  Cedar  and  .*sorwere  parts  of  Arabia:  which  with  Moab,  Ammon, 
Iviorn,  &c.  were  all  brought  under  the  yoke  of  Nabuchodonosor. 

•f  Elam.     A  part  of  Persia. 

\  Bel,  &c.  Bel  and  Mcrodach  were  worshipped  for  gods  bj  the  men 
of  lV>S-lon. 


the  north,  which  shall  make  her  land  desohue  :  and 
there  shall  be  none  to  dwell  therein,  from  man  even 
to  beast :  yea  they  are  removed,  and  gone  away. 

4  In  those  days,  and  at  that  time,  saith  the  Lord, 
the  children  of  Israel  shall  come,  they  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Juda  together :  going  and  weeping  they 
shall  make  haste,  and  shall  seek  the  Lord  their  God. 

5  They  shall  ask  the  way  to  Sion,  their  faces 
are  hitherward.  They  shall  come,  and  shall  be 
joined  to  the  Lord  by  an  everlasting  covenant,  which 
shall  never  be  forgotten. 

6  My  people  hath  been  a  lost  flock  :  their  shep- 
herds have  caused  them  to  go  astray,  and  have  made 
them  wander  in  the  mountains :  they  have  gone 
from  mountain  to  hill:  they  have  forgotten  their 
resting  place. 

7  All  that  found  them,  have  devoured  them  :  and 
their  enemies  said  :  We  have  not  sinned  in  so  do- 
ing :  because  they  have  sinned  against  the  Lord 
the  beauty  of  justice,  and  against  the  Lord  the  hope 
of  their  fathers. 

8  Remove  out  of  the  midst  of  Babylon  ;  and  go 
forth  out  of  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans:  and  be  ye 
as  kids  at  the  head  of  the  flock. 

9  For  behold,  I  raise  up,  and  will  bring  against 
Babylon  an  assembly  of  great  nations  from  the  land 
of  the  north:  and  they  shall  be  prepared  against  her; 
and  from  thence  she  shall  be  taken  :  their  arrows, 
like  those  of  a  mighty  man,  a  destroyer,  shall  not 
return  in  vain. 

10  And  Chaldea  shall  be  made  a  prey:  all  that 
waste  her  shall  be  filled,  saith  the  Lord. 

11  Because  you  rejoice,  and  speak  great  things, 
pillaging  my  inheritance:  because  you  are  spread 
abroad  as  calves  upon  the  grass,  and  have  bellowed 
as  bulls. 

12  Your  mother  is  confounded  exceedingly;  and 
she  that  bore  you  is  made  even  with  the  dust:  be- 
hold, she  shall  be  the  last  among  the  nations,  a  wil- 
derness unpassable,  and  dry. 

13  Because  of  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  it  shall  not 
be  inhabited,  but  shall  be  wholly  desolate  :  every 
one  that  shall  pass  by  Babylon,  shall  be  astonished, 
and  shall  hiss  at  all  her  plagues. 

14  Prepare  yourselves  against  Babylon  round 
about,  all  you  that  bend  the  bow:  fight  against  her; 
spare  not  arrows  :  because  she  hath  sinned  against 
the  Lord. 

15  Shout  against  her ;  she  hath  every  where  given 
her  hand  ;  her  foundations  are  fallen,  her  walls  are 
thrown  down  ;  for  it  is  the  vengeance  of  the  Lord. 
Take  vengeance  upon  her :  as  she  hath  done,  so  do 
to  her. 

16  Destroy  the  sower  out  of  Babylon,  and    him 
that  holdeth  the  sickle  in  the  time  of  harvest :  for 
fear  of  the  sword  of  the  dove||  every  man  shall  re 
turn  to  his  people,  and  every  one  shall  flee  to  his 
own  land. 

}  Ji  ■nation,  &c.  viz.  The  Medes. 

||  The  Dove,  or  the  destroyer;  for  the  Hebrew  word  signifies  either 
the  one  or  the  other. 


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JEREM1AS. 


17  Israel  is  |  scattered  flock,  the  lions  have 
driven  him  aw  a\  :  first  the  kins  of  Assyria  devour- 
ed him:  ami  last  this  .Nahuchodonosor  king  of  Ba- 
h\lon  hath  broke*  his  Ixmes. 

18  Therefore  thus  saith  the   Lord  of  hosts   the 
God  of  Israel  :    Behold,  1  will  visit  the  kin:;  of    l» a 
bylon  and  his  laud,  as   1    have   visited    the  king  of 
Assyria. 

19  And  I  will  bring  Israel  ■gain  to  his  habitation: 
and  be  shall  feed  on  Carmel,  and  Bason;  and  hit 
soul  shall  be  satisfied  in  mount  Ephraim,  and  Ga- 
laad. 

20  In  those  days, and  at  that  time,  saith  the  Lord, 
the  iniquity  of  Israel  shall  be  Sought  for,  and  tin  re 
shall  be  none  ;  and  the  sin  of  Juda,  and  there  shall 
none  be  found  :  lor  I  will  be  merciful  to  them,  whom 
I  shall  leave. 

_M  Go ap  against  the  land  of  the  rulers,  and 
punish  the  inhabitants  thereof;  waste,  and  destroy 
all  Ik  hind  them,  saith  the  Lord  ;  and  do  according 
to  all  that  I  have  commanded  thee. 

1 1  A  noise  of  war  in  the  land,  and  a  great  de- 
struction. 

23  How  is  the  hammer  of  the  whole  earth  bro- 
ken, and  destroyed  ?  bow  is  Babylon  turned  into 
a  desert  among  the  nations? 

JV  1  have  caused  thee  to  fall  into  a  snare,  and 
thou  art  taken,  O  Babylon;  and  thou  wast  not  aware 
of  it:  thou  art  found  and  caught,  because  thou  hast 
provoked  the  Lord. 

25  The  Lord  hath  opened  his  armory,  and  hath 
brought  forth  the  weapons  of  his  wrath  :  for  the 
Lord  the  God  of  hosts  hath  a  work  to  be  done  in 
the  land  of  the  Chaldeans. 

26  Comeyeagainst  In  -r  from  the  uttermost  borders: 
open  that  they  in  ay   00  forth    that    shall    tread    her 

down:  taketnestoneaout  oftbeway,  and  make  heaps, 

and  destroy  her:   and  let    nothing  of  her  he  left. 

27  Destroy  all  her  valiant  men ;  let  them  go 
down  to  the  slaughter :  wo  to  them,  for  their  day 
is  come,  the  time  of  their  visitation. 

28  The  voice  of  them  that  flee,  and  of  them  that 
have  escaped  out  of  the  laud  of  Main  Ion  :  to  declare 
in  Sion  the  revenge  of  tbe  Lord  our  God,  the  re- 
venc«"  of  his  temple. 

29  Declare  to  many  against  Babylon,  to  all  that 
bead  the  bow:  stand  together  against  her  round 

about,  and  let  none  escape:  pay  her  according  to 
her  work  :  according  to  all  that  she  hath  done,  do 
\e  to  her:  for  she  hath  lifted  up  herself  against  the 
Lord,  against  the  holy  One  of  Israel. 

30  Therefore  shall  her  young;  men  fall  in  her 
Hn  eta:  and  all  her  men  of  war  shall  hold  their  peace 
in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord. 

51  Behold,  1  come  again*  thee,  O  proud  one, 
saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  hosts:  for  thy  day  is 
come,  the  time  of  thy  visitation. 

32  And  the  proud  one  shall  fall,  he  shall  fall 
down,  and  there  shall  be  none  to  lift  him  up:  and 
I  will  kindle  a  fire  in  his  cities,   and  it  shall  de- 

\otir  all  round  SDOUl  him. 

ihhtbe  Lord  of  hosts:   The  children 

of  Israel,  and  the  children  of  Jllds  are  oppressed  to- 

S3S 


aether  :   all  that    have    taken   them   captives,   hold 

then)  fast  ;    they  will  not  let  them  cu. 

31  Their  Redeemer  is  strong,  the  Lord  of  hosts 
is  his  name:  be  wall  defend  their  cause  in  judgment, 
to  terrify  the  laud,  and  to  disquiet  the  inbabitanti  of 
Bab]  Ion. 

3d  A  sword  is  upon  the  Chaldeans,  saith  the 
Lord,  and  upon  the  inhabitants  of  Babylon,  and 
upon  her  princes,  and    upon  her  wise  men. 

36  A  sword  upon  her  diviners,  and  they  shall  be 
foolish  :  a  sword  U|»on  her  valiant  ones,  and  they 
shall  be  dismayed. 

37  A  sword  upon  their  horses,  and  upon  then 
chariots,  and  upon  all  the  people  that  are  in  the 
midst  of  her:  and  they  shall  become  as  women:  a 
sword  upon  her  treasures,  and  they  shall  be  made  a 
spoil. 

38  A  drought  upon  her  waters,  and  they  shall  be 
dried  up:  because  it  is  a  land  of  idols,  and  they 
glory  in  monstrous  things. 

39  Therefore  shall  dragons  dwell  there  with  the 
fig-fauns  :*  and  ostriches  shall  dwell  therein :  and 
it  shall  be  no  more  inhabited  for  ever,  neither  shall 
ii  be  built  up  from  generation  to  generation. 

40  As  the  Lord  overthrew  Sodom  and  Gomor- 
rha,  and  their  neighbour  cities,  saith  the  Lord  :  No 
man  shall  dwell  there;  neither  shall  the  son  of  man 
inhabit  it. 

41  Behold,  a  people  cometh  from  the  north,  and 
a  great  nation;  and  many  kings  shall  rise  up  from 
the  ends  of  the  earth. 

42  They  shall  take  the  bow,  and  the  shield  : 
they  are  cruel  and  unmerciful :  their  voice  shall  roar 
like  the  sea:  and  they  shall  ride  upon  horses,  like  a 
man  prepared  for  battle  against  thee,  O  daughter  of 
Babylon. 

43  The  king  of  Babylon  hath  heard  the  report  of 
them,  and  his  hands  are  grOtR  n  feeble  :  anguish  hath 
taken  hold  of  him,  pangs  as  of  a  woman  in  labour. 

44  Behold,  he  shall  come  up  like  a  lion  from 
the  swelling  of  the  Jordan  to  the  strong  and  beauti- 
ful :  for  I  will  make  him  run  suddenly  upon  her: 
and  who  shall  be  the  chosen  one  whom  I  may  ap- 
point over  her?  for  who  is  like  to  me?  and  who  shall 
bear  up  against  me?  and  who  is  that  shepherd  thai 

can  withstand  my   countenance? 

45  Therefore  hear  ye  the  counsel  of  the  Lord, 
which  he  hath    taken    against    Bain  Ion;    and    his 

thoughts  which  he  bath  thought  against  the  land  of 

the  Chaldeans:  surely  the  little  ones  of  the  flocks 
shall  pull  them  (low  n  :  of  a  truth  their  habitation 
shall  be  destroyed  with  them. 

46  At  the  noise  of  the  taking  of  Babylon  tin- 
earth  is  moved,  and  the  en  is  heard  amongst  the 
nations. 

CHAP.  LI. 

The  miseries  that  shall  Ml  upon  Bahvlnn  from  the  Meiiet  :    the 
ih  sti  in  tinn  of  her  idols. 

T  IIl'S   saith  the  Lord  :     Behold,  I  will  raise  Op 
as  it  were  a  pestilential  wind  against  Babylon 


•  Fig-fmtmt.  Mounter*  «T  the  nWrt.  .>rili-ino«n  in  n»"ii»tn.ii» -limpet: 
.ailed   Fount  ami  Saiyr,:  «nd  ».•  the?  imn 
llirm  to  livr  upon  wild  fiftthey  ctlted  them  >.imjjU*ni,  or  Fifr-fauna- 


CHAP.  LI. 


and  against  tlie  inhabitants  thereof,  who  have  lift- 
ed up  their  heart  against  me. 

2  And  I  will  send  to  Babylon  fanners,  and  they  shall 
fan  her,  and  shall  destroy  her  land :  for  they  are  come 
upon  her  on  every  side  in  the  day  of  her  affliction. 

3  Let  not  him  that  bendeth,  bend  his  bow,  and 
let  not  him  go  up  that  is  armed  with  a  coat  of  mail: 
spare  not  her  young  men  ;  destroy  all  her  army. 

4  And  the  slain  shall  fall  in  the  land  of  the 
Chaldeans,  and  the  wounded  in  the  regions  thereof. 

5  For  Israel  and  Juda  have  not  been  forsaken  by 
their  God  the  Lord  of  hosts  :  but  their  land  hath 
been  filled  with  sin  against  the  holy  One  of  Israel. 

6  Flee  ye  from  the  midst  of  Babylon,  and  let 
every  one  save  his  own  life  :  be  not  silent  upon  her 
iniquity  :  for  it  is  the  time  of  revenge  from  the 
Lord  ;  he  will  render  unto  her  what  she  hath  de- 
served. 

7  Babylon  hath  been  a  golden  cup  in  the  hand 
of  the  Lord,  that  made  all  the  earth  drunk  :  the 
nations  have  drunk  of  her  wine,  and  therefore  they 
have  staggered. 

8  Babylon  is  suddenly  fallen  and  destroyed : 
howl  for  her,  take  balm  for  her  pain,  if  so  she  may 
be  healed. 

9  We  would  have  cured  Babylon,  but  she  is  not 
healed  :  let  us  forsake  her,  and  let  us  go  every  man 
to  his  own  land  :  because  her  judgment  hath 
reached  even  to  the  heavens,  and  is  lifted  up  to 
the  clouds. 

10  The  Lord  hath  brought  forth  our  justices : 
come,  and  let  us  declare  in  Sion  the  work  of  the 
Lord  our  God. 

1 1  Sharpen  the  arrows,  fill-the  quivers  :  the  Lord 
hath  raised  up  the  spirit  of  the  kings  of  the  Medes: 
and  his  mind  is  against  Babylon  to  destroy  it,  be- 
cause it  is  the  vengeance  of  the  Lord,  the  ven- 
geance of  his  temple. 

12  Upon  the  walls  of  Babylon  set  up  the  stand- 
ard, strengthen  the  watch  :  set  up  the  watchman, 
prepare  the  ambushes  :  for  the  Lord  hath  both  pur- 

Cosed,  and  done  all  that  he  spoke  against  the  inha- 
itants  of  Babylon. 

13  O  thou  that  dwellest  upon  many  waters,  rich 
in  treasures,  thy  end  is  come  for  thy  entire  destruc- 
tion. 

14  The  Lord  of  hosts  hath  sworn  by  himself, 
saying :  I  will  fill  thee  with  men  as  with  locusts, 
and  they  shall  lift  up  a  joyful  shout  against  thee. 

15  He  that  made  the  earth  by  his  power,  that 
hath  prepared  the  world  by  his  wisdom,  and  stretch- 
ed out  the  heavens  by  his  understanding. 

16  When  he  uttereth  his  voice  the  waters  are  mul- 
tiplied in  heaven:  he  lifteth  up  the  clouds  from  the 
ends  of  the  earth :  he  hath  turned  lightning  into  rain, 
and  hath  brought  forth  the  wind  out  of  his  treasures. 

17  Every  man*  is  become  foolish  by  his  know- 
ledge: every  founder  is  confounded  by  his  idol  ;  for 
what  he  hath  cast  is  a  lie,  and  there  is  no  breath  in 
them. 

*  Erery  man,  &c.  That  is.  everv  maker  of  idols,  however  he  boasts 
of  his  knowledge  and  skill,djes  but  show  himself  a  fool  in  pretend- 
ing to  make  a  God. 


18  They  are  vain  works,  and  worthy  to  ».* 
laughed  at:  in  the  time  of  their  visitation  they  shall 
perish. 

19  The  portion  of  Jacob  is  not  like  them:  for  he 
that  made  all  things  he  it  is,  and  Israel  is  the  scep- 
tre of  his  inheritance:  The  Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name. 

20  Thou  dashest  together  for  me  the  weapons  oi 
war ;  and  with  thee  I  will  dash  nations,  together, 
and  with  thee  I  will  destroy  kingdoms: 

21  And  with  thee  I  will  break  in  pieces  the  horse, 
and  his  ruler:  and  with  thee  I  will  break  in  pieces 
the  chariot,  and  him  that  getteth  up  into  it: 

22  And  with  thee  1  will  break  in  pieces  man  and 
woman ;  and  with  thee  I  will  break  in  pieces  the 
old  man  and  the  child;  and  with  thee  I  will  break 
in  pieces  the  young  man  and  the  virgin: 

23  And  with  thee  I  will  break  in  pieces  the  shep- 
herd and  his  flock;  and  with  thee  I  will  break  in 
pieces  the  husbandman  and  his  yoke  of  oxen ;  and 
with  thee  I  will  break  in  pieces  captains  and  rulers. 

24  And  1  will  render  to  Babylon,  and  to  all  the 
inhabitants  of  Chaldea  all  their  evil,  that  they  have 
done  in  Sion,  before  your  eyes,  saith  the  Lord. 

25  Behold,  1  come  against  thee,  thou  destroying 
mountain,  saith  the  Lord,  which  corruptest  the 
whole  earth:  and  I  will  stretch  out  my  hand  upon 
thee,  and  will  roll  thee  down  from  the  rocks,  and  will 
make  thee  a  burnt  mountain. 

26  And  they  shall  not  take  of  thee  a  stone  for  the 
corner,  nor  a  stone  for  foundations ;  but  thou  shalt 
be  destroyed  for  ever,  saith  the  Lord. 

27  Set  ye  up  a  standard  in  the  land:  sound  with 
the  trumpet  among  the  nations:  prepare  the  nations 
against  her:  call  together  against  her  the  kings  of 
Ararat,  Menni,  and  Ascenez:  number  Taphsar 
against  her;  bring  the  horse  as  the  slinging  locust. 

28  Prepare  the  nations  against  her,  the  kings 
of  Media,  their  captains,  and  all  their  rulers,  and 
all  the  land  of  their  dominion. 

29  And  the  land  shall  be  in  a  commotion,  and 
shall  be  troubled :  for  the  design  of  the  Lord 
against  Babylon  shall  awake,  to  make  the  land  of 
Babylon  desert  and  unhabitable. 

30  The  valiant  men  of  Babylon  have  forborne 
to  fight,  they  have  dwelt  in  holds :  their  strength 
hath  failed,  and  they  are  become  as  women  :  her 
dwelling-places  are  burnt,  her  bars  are  broken. 

31  One  running  post  shall  meet  another,  and 
messenger  shall  meet  messenger,  to  tell  the  king  of 
Babylon  that  his  city  is  taken  from  one  end  to  the 
other : 

32  And  that  the  fords  are  taken,  and  the 
marshes  are  burnt  with  fire,  and  the  men  of  war  are 
affrighted. 

33  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  God  of 
Israel :  The  daughter  of  Babylon  is  like  a  thresh- 
ing-floor; this  is  the  time  of  her  threshing:  yet  a 
little  while,  and  the  time  of  her  harvest  shall  come. 

34  Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Babylon  hath  eaten 
me  up;  he  hath  devoured  me  :  he  hath  made  me 
as  an  empty  vessel  :  he  hath  swallowed  me  up  like 
a  dragon  :  he  hath  filled  his  belly  with  my  delicate 
meats,  and  he  hath  cast  me  out. 

639 


JKRKMIAS. 


35  Tin*  wrong  done  to  me,  and  mv  flesh  he  up- 
on Babylon,  saith  the  habitation  of  Sion  :  and  m\ 
blood  upon  tin:  inhabitants  ofC'haldca.  saith  Jerusa- 
lem. 

36  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Behold.  I 
will  judge  thy  cause,  and  will  take  Mii-canet*  for 
thee,  and  I  will  make  her  sea  desolate,  and  will  dry 
Up  her  s|uinu. 

37  And  Babylon  shall  be  reduced  to  heaps,  a 
dwelling  place  lor  dfSgOM,  an  astonishment,  and 
a  hissing,  because  there  is  no  iidiahitant. 

38  They  shall  roar  together  like  lions:  they  shall 
shake  their  manes  like  young  lions. 

39  In  their  heat  1  will  set  them  drink  :  and  I  will 
make  them  drunk,  that  thev  may  similiter,  and 
sleep  an  e\  Sftasting  sleep,  and  awake  00  more,  saith 
the  Lord. 

40  I  will  bring  them  down  like  lambs  to  the 
slaughter,  and  like  nuns  with  kids. 

41  I  low  is  s  s;k  h  taken,  and  the  renowned  one 
of  all  the  earth  surprised  ?  How  is  Babylon  become 
an  astonishment  among  the  nations? 

42  The  tea  is  come  up  over  Babylon:  she  is 
covered  with  the  multitude  of  the  waves  thereof. 

43  Hereities  are  become  an  astonishment,  a  land 
uninhabited  and  desolate,  a  land  wherein  none  can 
dwell,  nor  son  of  man  pass  through  it. 

H  And  I  will  visit  against  Bel  in  Babylon,  and 
I  will  bring  forth  out  of  his  mouth  that  which  he 
had  swallowed  down  :  and  the  nations  shall  no 
more  (low  toother  to  him,  for  the  wall  also  of  Baby- 
lon shall  fall. 

45  Go  out  of  the  midst  of  her,  my  people,  that 
rv  man  may  save  his  life  from  the  fierce  wrath 

of  the  Lord. 

46  And  lest  your  hearts  faint,  and  ye  fear  for  the 
rumour  that  shall  be  heard  in  the  land:  and  a  ru- 
mour shall  come  in  one  year,  and  after  this  year 
another  rumour :  and  iniquity  in  the  land,  and  ruler 
upon  rider. 

47  Therefore  behold,  the  days  come,  and  I  will 
visit  the  idols  of  Babylon:  and  her  whole  land  shall 
be  confounded*  and  all  her  slain  shall  fall  in  the 
midst  of  her. 

48  And  the  heavens  and  the  earth,  and  all  things 
that  are  in  them  shall  rive  praise  for  Babylon  :  for 
spoilers  shall  come  to  her  from  the  north,  saith  the 
Lord. 

i'.*  And  as  Babylon  caused  that  there  should  fall 
dain  in  Israel:  so  of  Babylon  there  shall  fall  slain 
in  all  the  earth. 

50  You  that  have  escaped  the  sword,  come  away, 
stand  not  still  :  remember  the  Lord  afar  off,  and  let 

Jerusalem  come  into  your  mind. 

>l    We  are  confounded,  because  we  have  heard 
reproach:   shame  hath  covered  OUT  faces:    because 
i-i  rs  are  come  upon  the  sanctuaries  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord. 

Therefore  behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the 
Lord,  and  I  will  visit  her  graven  things,  and  in  all 
her  land  the  wounded  shall  groan. 

53  If   Babylon  should   mount  up  to  heaven,  and 

(to 


establish  her  strength  on  high:  from  me  there  should 
come  spoilers  upon  her,  saith  the  Lord. 

h\  The  noise  of  a  en  I i  Babylon,  and  great 

destruction  from  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans: 

55  Because  the  Lord  hath  laid    Babylon   waste, 

and  destroyed  col  of  her  the  greet  voice:  and  their 

waxes  shall  roar  like  many  waters:  their  voice  hath 
made  a  noise  : 

56  Because  the  ■poller  is  come  upon  her,  that  is. 
ti|)on  Babylon,  and  her  valiant  men  are  taken,  and 
their  bow  is  weakened,  because  the  Lord  who  is 
a  strong  revenger  will  surely  repay. 

57  And  I  will  make  her  princes  drunk,  and  her 
wise  men,  and  her  captains,  and  her  rulers,  and 
her  valiant  men  :  and  they  shall  Bleep  an  everlasting 
sleep,  and  shall  awake  no  more,  saith  the  kin::. 
w  hose  name  is  Lord  of  hosts. 

58  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  That  broad 
wall  of  Babylon  shall  be  utterly  broken  down;  and 
her  high  gates  shall  be  burnt  with  lire  :  and  the  la- 
bours of  the  people  shall  come  to  nothing;  and  of 
the  nations  shall  go  to  the  lire,  and  shall  perish. 

59  The  word  that  Jcremias  the  prophet  com- 
manded Saraias  the  son  of  Nerias,  the  son  of  Rlaa- 
sias,  when  he  went  with  kin::  Sedeciaa  to  Babylon, 
in  the  fourth  year  of  his  reign:  now  Saraias  was 
chief  over  the  prophecy. 

60  And  Jeremias  wrote  in  one  book  all  the  evil 
that  was  to  come  upon  Babylon  ;  all  these  words 
that  are  written  against  Babylon. 

61  And  Jeremias  said  to  Saraias:  When  thou 
shalt  come  into  Babylon,  and  shalt  see,  and  shall 
read  all  these  words, 

62  Thou  shalt  say :  O  Lord,  thou  hast  spoken 
against  this  place  to  destroy  it  :  so  that  there  should 
be  neither  man  nor  beast  to  dwell  therein,  and  that 
it  should  be  desolate  tor  ever. 

G.'5  And  when  thou  shalt  have  made  an  end  of 
reading  this  book,  thou  shalt  tie  a  stone  to  it,  and 
shalt  throw  it  into  the  midst  of  the  Euphrates: 

t'.l   And  thou  shall  sa\  :  Thus  shall  Babylon  sink: 
and  she  shall  not  rise  up  from  the  affliction  thai  I  ' 
will  bring  upon  her ;  and   she  shall    be  utterly  de- 
stroyed.    Thus  far  arc  the  words  of  Jcrem: 

CHAP.  LI  I. 

A  recapitulation  of  thv  riiz,riiof  Sidirin*.  and  thr  dcttruction 
of  .li  nifidriii.      'I'/it  unmix  r  of  thr  captirct. 

SLDKCIAS  was  one  and  tw  enty  years  old  when 
he  began  to  reign:  and  be  reined  eleven  yeara 
in  Jerusalem  :  and  the  name  of  his  mother  was 
Amital,  the  daughter  of  Jeremias  of  Lobna. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  eyes  of 
the  Lord,  according  to  all  that  Joakim  had  done. 

3  For  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  was  against  Jerusa- 
lem, and  Bgainst  Juda,  till  be  Cast  them  OUt  from  his 
presence  :  and  Sedecias  revolted  from  the  kin:;  of 
Balis  loii. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  ninth  yea?  of  his 
reign,  in  the  tenth  month,  the  tenth  day  of  the 
month,  that  Nahuchodonosor  the  kin::  of  Babylon 
came,  he  and  all  his  army  Against  Jerusalem  :  and  they 
besieged  it,  and  built  fort*  against  it  round  about. 


CHAP.  LII. 


5  And  the  city  was  besieged  until  the  eleventh 
year  of  king  Sedecias. 

6  And  in  the  fourth  month,  the  ninth  day  of  the 
month,  a  famine  overpowered  the  city :  and  there 
was  no  food  for  the  people  of  the  land. 

7  And  the  city  was  broken  up;  and  the  men  of 
war  fled,  and  went  out  of  the  city  in  the  night  by 
the  way  of  the  gate  that  is  between  the  two  walls, 
and  leadeth  to  the  king's  garden,  (the  Chaldeans 
besieging  the  city  round  about,)  and  they  went  by 
the  way  that  leadeth  to  the  wilderness. 

8  But  the  army  of  the  Chaldeans  pursued  after 
the  king :  and  they  overtook  Sedecias  in  the  desert 
which  is  near  Jericho:  and  all  his  companions  were 
scattered  from  him. 

9  And  when  they  had  taken  the  king,  they  car- 
ried him  to  the  king  of  Babylon  to  Reblatha,  which 
is  in  the  land  of  Emath  :  and  he  gave  judgment 
upon  him. 

10  And  the  king  of  Babylon  slew  the  sons  of  Se- 
decias before  his  eyes :  and  he  slew  all  the  princes 
of  Juda  in  Reblatha. 

11  And  he  put  out  the  eyes  of  Sedecias,  and 
bound  him  with  fetters:  and  the  king  of  Babylon 
brought  him  to  Babylon,  and  he  put  him  in  prison 
till  the  day  of  his  death. 

12  And  in  the  fifth  month,  the  tenth  day  of  the 
month,  the  same  is  the  nineteenth  year  of  Nabu- 
chodonosor  king  of  Babylon,  came  Nabuzardan  the 
general  of  the  army,  who  stood  before  the  king  of 
Babylon  in  Jerusalem. 

13  And  he  burnt  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  the 
king's  house,  and  all  the  houses  of  Jerusalem,  and 
every  great  house  he  burnt  with  fire. 

14  And  all  the  army  of  the  Chaldeans  that  were 
with  the  general  broke  down  all  the  wall  of  Jeru- 
salem round  about. 

15  But  Nabuzardan  the  general  carried  away 
captives  some  of  the  poor  people,  and  of  the  rest  of 
the  common  sort  who  remained  in  the  city,  and  of 
the  fugitives  that  were  fled  over  to  the  king  of  Ba- 
bylon, and  the  rest  of  the  multitude. 

16  But  of  the  poor  of  the  land,  Nabuzardan  the 
general  left  some  for  vine-dressers,  and  for  hus- 
bandmen. 

17  The  Chaldeansalso  broke  in  pieces  the  brazen 
pillars  that  were  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  the 
bases,  and  the  sea  of  brass  that  was  in  the  house  of 
the  Lord :  and  they  carried  all  the  brass  of  them 
to  Babylon. 

18  And  they  took  the  cauldrons,  and  the  flesh- 
hooks,  and  the  psalteries,  and  the  bowls,  and  the 
little  mortars,  and  all  the.  brazen  vessels  that  had 
been  used  in  the  ministry  :  and 

19  The  general  took  away  the  pitchers,  and  the 
censers,  and  the  pots,  and  the  basins,  and  the  can- 
dlesticks, and  the  mortars,  and  the  cups  :  as  many 

4M 


as  were  of  gold,  in  gold  ;  and  as  many  as  were  ol 
silver,  in  silver: 

20  And  the  two  pillars,  and  one  sea,  and  twelve 
oxen  of  brass  that  were  under  the  bases,  which 
king  Solomon  had  made  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  ; 
there  was  no  weight  of  the  brass  of  all  these  vessels. 

21  And  concerning  the  pillars,  one  pillar  was 
eighteen  cubits  high  :  and  a  cord  of  twelve  cubits 
compassed  it  about:  but  the  thickness  thereof  was 
four  fingers,  and  it  was  hollow  within. 

22  And  chapiters  of  brass  were  upon  both  :  the 
height  of  one  chapiter  was  five  cubits  :  and  net- 
work, and  pomegranates  were  upon  the  chapiters 
round  about,  all  of  brass.  The  same  of  the  second 
pillar,  and  the  pomegranates. 

23  And  there  were  ninety-six  pomegranates  hang- 
ing down  :  and  the  pomegranates  being  a  hundred  in 
all,  were  compassed  with  net-work. 

24  And  the  general  took  Saraias  the  chief  priest, 
and  Sophonias  the  second  priest,  and  the  three  keep- 
ers of  the  entry. 

25  He  also  took  out  of  the  city  one  eunuch  that 
was  chief  over  the  men  of  war;  and  seven  men  of 
them  that  were  near  the  king's  person,  that  were 
found  in  the  city ;  and  a  scribe  an  officer  of  the 
army,  who  exercised  the  young  soldiers  ;  and  three- 
score men  of  the  people  of  the  land,  that  were  found 
in  the  midst  of  the  city. 

26  And  Nabuzardan  the  general  took  them,  and 
brought  them  to  the  king  of  Babylon  to  Reblatha. 

27  And  the  king  of  Babylon  struck  them,  and 
put  them  to  death  in  Reblatha  in  the  land  of  Emath  : 
and  Juda  was  carried  away  captive  out  of  his  land. 

28  This  is  the  people  whom  Nabucho  Joaosor 
carried  away  captive  :  In  the  seventh  year,  three 
thousand  and  twenty-three  Jews. 

29  In  the  eighteenth  year  of  Nabuchodonosnr, 
eight  hundred  and  thirty-two  souls  from  Jerusalem 

30  In  the  three  and  twentieth  year  of  Nabucho- 
donosor,  Nabuzardan  the  general  carried  away  of 
the  Jews  seven  hundred  and  forty-five  souls.  Sc 
all  the  souls  were  four  thousand  six  hundred. 

31  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  seven  and  thirtieth 
year  of  the  captivity  of  Joachin  king  of  Juda,  in  the 
twelfth  month,  the  five  and  twentieth  day  of  the 
month,  that  Evil-Merodach  king  of  Babylon,  in  the 
first  year  of  his  reign,  liftedup  the  head  of  Joachin  king 
of  Juda,  and  brought  him  forth  out  of  prison. 

32  And  he  spoke  kindly  to  him,  and  he  set  his 
throne  above  the  thrones  of  the  kings  that  were  with 
him  in  Babylon. 

33  And  he  changed  his  prison-garments;  and  he 
ate  bread  before  him  always  all  the  days  of  his  life. 

34  And  for  his  diet  a  continual  provision  was  al- 
lowed him  by  the  king  of  Babylon,  every  day  a 
portion,  until  the  day  of  his  death,  all  the  'ays  of 
his  life. 

641 


THE 


LAMENTATIONS  OF  JEREMIAS. 


7*  these  Jerk  mi  as  laments  in  a  most  pathetiral  manner  the  mise- 
ries of hi*  people,  and  the  0  'i  of  Jercsalem  and  the 
templr,  in  II,  hri ir  treses,  beginning  with  different  U tiers  ac~ 
((inline  to  the  order  of  the  Iltbrrtr  alphabet. 

'    \nil  ii  came  to  pass,  after  Israel  was  carried  into 
iptivity,  and  Jerusalem  was  desolate,  thatjere- 
anas  the  prophet  sat  weeping,  and  mourned  with 
tliis  Lameotatioa  over  Jerusalem,  and  with  a  sor- 
rowful mind,  sighing  ami  mourning,  he  said: 

CHAP.  I. 

.I/i/i/i.TTOW  doth  the  city  sit  solitary  that  was 
-■-•*•  lull  of  people!  how  is  the  mistress  of  the 
Gentries  become  as  the  widow:  the  princes  of  pro- 
\  inces  made  tributary! 

/{>di.  Weeping  sin- hath  wept  in  the  night,  and 
bar  tears  are  on  her  clucks:  there  is  none  to  com- 
fort ber  among  alt  then  that  were  dear  to  her:  all  her 
friends  have  despised  her. and  are  heroine  her  enemies. 

3  Ghimrl.  Juda  hath  removed  her  dwelling  place, 
because  of  bet  affliction,  and  the  greatness  of  her 
bondage:  she  hath  dwelt  among  the  nations,  and 
she  hath  found  no  rest:  all  her  persecutors  have 
taken  her  in  the  midst  of  straits. 

l  I lultlli.  The  wa\  sol' Sion  mourn,  herausethcre 
are  none  that  come  to  the  solemn  feast:  all  her  gates 
are  broken  down:  ber  priests  sigh:  her  virgins  are  in 
affliction,  and  she  is  oppressed  w  ith  bittern 

6  //'.  Her  adversaries  are  become  ber  lords:  her 
enemies  are  enriched:  because  the  Lord  hath  spo- 
ken against  her  for  the  multitude  of  her  iniquities: 
her  children  arc  led  into  captivity,  before  the  face 
of  the  oppressor. 

6  Vau.  And  from  the  daughter  of  Sion  all  her 
heauty  is  departed:  her  princes  are  Income  like; 
runs  that  find  bo  pastures:  and  they  are  gone  awaj 
without  Strength  before  the  face  of  the  pursuer. 

7  Zttin.  Jerusalem  hatjj  remembered  the  days  of 
her  affliction,  and  prevarication  ol  all  her  desirable 
things  which  she  had  from  the  davs  of  old,  when 
her  people  fell  in  the  enems  's  hand,  and  there  was 
no  helper:  the  enemies  have  seen  her,  and  have 
mocked  at  her  sabbath* 

8  lirth.  Jerusalem  hath  grievously  sinned  ;  there- 
fore is  she  become  unstable  :  all  that  honoured  her, 
have  despised  her,  because  thev  hive  seen  her  shame: 
hut  she  rigbed,  and  turned  backward. 

9  Teth.  Her  fiithinesi  is  on  her  feet  j  and  she  hath 
jot  remembered  her  end:  she  is  wonderfully  cast 
don  a.  not  having  a  comforter :  behold,  U  Lord,  im 
afiln'ion.  because  the  enemy  is  lifted  up. 

10  Joil.    The  enemy  hath  put  out  his  hand  to  all 

•  I  hit  preface  arts  not  written  bv  Jercmiaa,  bill  added  b?  tbe  aevrn- 
tr  interpreter*,  to  five  tbe  reader  to  understand  upon  what  occasion 
tLe  Lainootatiw  were  published. 

HI 


her  desirable  things:  for  she  hath  seen  the  Gentiles 

enter  into  her  sauetuarv,  of  w  horn  thou  £a\  est  com- 
mandment that  they  should  not  enter  into  thy  church. 

11  Caph.  All  her  people  sigh,  they  sees  bread  . 
they  have  given  all  their  precious  things  for  food  to 
relieve  the  soul:  see,  O  Lord,  and  consider,  for  I 
am  become  vile. 

12  Lamed,  O  all  ye  that  pass  by  the  way,  attend, 
ainl  sec  if  there  he  any  sorrow  like  to  my  sorrow  ; 
for  he  hath  made  a  vintage  of  me,  as  the  Lord  spoke 
in  the  day  of  his  fierce  anger. 

13  Mem.  From  above  he  hath  sent  fire  into  my 
l>ones,  and  hath  chastised  me:  he  hath  spread  a  net 
for  my  feet;  Ik;  hath  turned  me  hack  :  he  hath  made 
me  desolate,  wasted  with  sorrow  all  the  da\    long. 

14  Nun.  The  yoke  of  my  iniquities  hath  watch- 
ed :  they  are  folded  together  in  his  hand,  and  put 
upon  my  neck:  my  strength  is  weakened  :  the  Lord 
hath  delivered  me  into  a  hand,  out  of  which  I  am 
not  ahle  to  rise. 

15  Satnech  The  Lord  hath  taken  away  all  my 
mighty  men  out  of  the  midst  of  me  :  he  hath  called 
against  me  the  time,  to  destroy  my  chosen  men  :  tin- 
Lord  hath  trodden  the  wine-press  for  the  virgin- 
daughter  of  Juda. 

lb'  Jin.  Therefore  do  I  weep,  and  my  eyes  run 
down  with  water:  because  the  comforter,  the  relief 
of  my  sold,  is  far  from  me  :  my  children  are  desolate, 
hecause  the  enemy  hath  prevailed. 

17  Phe.  Sion  hath  spread  forth  her  hands ;  then- 
is  none  to  comfort  her:  the  Lord  hath  commanded 
against  Jacob,  his  enemies  are  round  about  him :  Je- 
rusalem is  as  a  nienstiuoiis  woman  among  them. 

18  Sade.  The  Lord  is  just,  for  1  have  provokt  d 
his  mouth  to  wrath:  hear,  I  pray  you,  all  ye  people, 
and  see  my  sorrow  :  my  virgins,  and  my  young  nun 
are  gone  into  captivity. 

19  Copk.  1  called  for  my  friends,  hut  they  de- 
ceived me:  my  priests  and  my  ancients  pined  away 
in  the  city;  while  they  sought  their  food,  to  relieve 
their  souls. 

20  Res.  Behold,  O  Lord,  for  I  am  in  distress,  my 
bowels  are  troubled:  my  heart  is  turned  within  me, 
for  lam  ftdl  of  bitterness:  abroad  the  sword  destroy  - 
eth.and  at  home  there  is  death  alike. 

Jl    iSlMla  They  have  heard  that   1  si^h,  and    then- 
is  none  to  comfort  me:   all  my  enemies  have  heard 


of  my  evil;  they  have  rejoiced  that  thou  hast  (lone 
|ht  a  da 

shall  he  like  unto  inc. 


it:  thou  hast  brought  a  day  of  consolation,  and  they 


22    TIiiui.     Let    all    their    evil  he    present  before 

thee:  and  make  vintage  of  them,  as  thou  hast  made 

vintage  of  me  for  all  my  iniquities:  lor  my  sighs  are 

many,  and  my  heart  is  sorrowful. 


CHAP. 


CHAP.  11. 


Alepk.  TTOW  hath  the  Lord  covered  with  obscu- 
-n  rity  the  daughter  of  Sion  in  his  wrath ! 
how  hath  he  cast  down  from  heaven  to  the  earth  the 
glorious  one  of  Israel,  and  hath  not  remembered  his 
footstool  in  the  day  of  his  anger. 

2  Beth.  The  Lord  hath  cast  down  headlong,  and 
hath  not  spared,  all  that  was  beautiful  yi  Jacob :  he 
hath  destroyed  in  his  wrath  the  strong-holds  of  the 
virgin  of  Juda,  and  brought  them  down  to  the 
ground:  he  hath  made  the  kingdom  unclean,  and  the 
princes  thereof. 

3  Ghimel.  He  hath  broken  in  his  fierce  anger  all 
the  horn  of  Israel:  he  hath  drawn  back  his  right 
hand  from  before  the  enemy:  and  he  hath  kindled 
in  Jacob  as  it  were  a  flaming  fire  devouring  round 
about.  . 

4  Dahth.  He  hath  bent  his  bow  as  an  enemy :  he 
hath  fixed  his  right  hand  as  an  adversary:  and  he 
hath  killed  all  that  was  fair  to  behold  in  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  daughter  of  Sion;  be  hath  poured  out 
his  indignation  like  fire. 

5  He.  The  Lord  is  become  as  an  enemy:  he  hath 
cast  down  Israel  headlong;  he  hath  overthrown  all 
the  walls  thereof:  he  hathdestroyedthe  strong-holds, 
and  hath  multiplied  in  the  daughter  of  Juda  the  af- 
flicted both  men  and  women. 

6  Vau.  And  he  hath  destroyed  his  tent  as  a  gar- 
den, he  hath  thrown  down  his  tabernacle:  the  Lord 
hath  caused  feasts  and  sabbaths  to  be  forgotten  in 
Sion;  and  hath  delivered  up  king  and  priest  to  re 
proach,  and  to  the  indignation  of  his  wrath. 

7  Zain.  The  Lord  hath  cast  off  his  altar ;  he  hath 
cursed  his  sanctuary:*  he  hath  delivered  the  walls 
of  the  towers  thereof  into  the  hand  ol  the  enemy: 
they  have  made  a  noise  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
as  in  the  day  of  a  solemn  feast. 

8  Heth.  The  Lord  hath  purposed  to  destroy  the 
wall  of  the  daughter  of  Sion:  he  hath  stretched  out 
his  line,  and  hath  not  withdrawn  his  hand  from  de- 
stroying: and  the  bulwark  hath  mourned,  and  the 
wall  hath  been  destroyed  together. 

9  Teth.  Her  gates  are  sunk  into  the  ground:  he 
hath  destroyed,  and  broken  her  bars:  her  king  and 
lier  princes  are  among  the  Gentiles:  the  law  is  no 
more,  and  her  prophets  have  found  no  vision  from  the 
Lord. 

10  Jod.  The  ancients  of  the  daughter  of  Sion  sit 
upon  the  ground;  they  have  held  their  peace:  they 
have  sprinkled  their  heads  with  dust;  they  are  girded 
with  hair-cloth,  the  virgins  of  Jerusalem  hang  down 
their  heads  to  the  ground. 

11  Caph.  My  eyes  have  failed  with  weeping; 
my  bowels  are  troubled :  my  liver  is  poured  out  upon 
the  earth,  for  the  destruction  of  the  daughter  of  my 
people,  when  the  children,  and  the  sucklings,  faint- 
ed away  in  the  streets  of  the.  city. 

12  Lamed.  They  said  to  their  mothers:  Where 
is  corn  and  wine?  when  they  fainted  away  as  the 
wounded   in    the  streets  of  the  city;  when  they 


*  He  hath  cursed  his  sanctuary.     That  is,  he  permitted  his  sanctuary 
to  be  destroyed,  as  if  it  had  not  been  consecrated,  but  execrable 


II,    III. 

breathed   out  their  souls  in  the  bosoms  of  then 
mothers- 

13  Mem.  To  what  shall  I  compare  thee,  or  to 
what  shall  I  liken  thee,  O  daughter  of  Jerusalem? 
to  what  shall  1  equal  thee,  that  1  may  comfort  thee, 
O  virgin  daughter  of  Sion  ?  for  great  as  the  sea  is 
thy  destruction  :  who  shall  heal  thee? 

14  Nun.  Thy  prophets  have  seen  false  and  fool- 
ish things  for  thee  :  and  they  have  not  laid  open  thy 
iniquity,  to  excite  thee  to  penance:  but  they  have 
seen  for  thee  false  revelations  and  banishments. 

15  Samech.  All  they  that  passed  by  the  way  have 
clapped  their  hands  at  thee:  they  have  hissed,  and 
wagged  their  heads  at  the  daughter  of  Jerusalem, 
saying :  Is  this  the  city  of  perfect  beauty,  the  joy  of 
all  the  earth? 

16  Phe.  All  thy  enemies  have  opened  th^ir  mouth 
against  thee:  they  have  hissed,  and  gnashed  with 
the  teeth,  and  have  said:  We  will  swallow  her  up: 
lo,  this  is  theday  which  we  looked  for :  we  have  found 
it ;  we  have  seen  it. 

17  Ain.  The  Lord  hath  done  that  which  he  pur- 
posed; he  hath  fulfilled  his  word,  which  he  com- 
manded in  the  days  of  old:  he  hath  destroyed,  and 
hath  not  spared:  and  he  hath  caused  the  enemy  to 
rejoice  over  thee,  and  hath  set  up  the  horn  of  thy 
adversaries. 

18  Sade.  Their  heart  cried  to  the  Lord  upon  the 
walls  of  the  daughter  of  Sion :  Let  tears  run  down 
like  a  torrent  day  and  night:  give  thyself  no  rest, 
and  let  not  the  apple  of  thy  eye  cease. 

19  Coph.  Arise,  give  praise  in  the  night,  in  the 
beginning  of  the  watches:  pour  out  thy  heart  like 
water  before  the  face  of  the  Lord  :  lilt  up  thy  hands 
to  him  for  the  life  of  thy  little  children,  that  have 
fainted  for  hunger  at  the  top  of  all  the  streets. 

20  Res.  Behold,  O  Lord,  and  consider  whom 
thou  hast  thus  dealt  with  :  shall  women  then  eat 
their  own  fruit,  their  children  of  a  span  long  ?  shall 
the  priest,  and  the  prophet  be  slain  in  the  sanctuary 
of  the  Lord  ? 

21  Sin.  The  child  and  the  old  man  lie  witnout 
on  the  ground  :  my  virgins  and  my  young  men  are 
fallen  by  the  s\^ord  :  thou  hast  slain  them  in  the 
day  of  thy  wrath  :  thou  hast  killed,  and  shown  the  m 
no  pity.  •  .     , 

22  Thau.  Thou  hast  called,  as  to  a  festival, 
those  that  should  terrify  me  round  about :  and  mere 
was  none  in  the  day  of  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  that 
escaped  and  was  left  :  those  that  1  brought  up,  and 
nourished,  my  enemy  hath  consumed  them. 

CHAP.  III. 

Ateph.  T  Am  the  man  that  see  my  poverty  by  tne 
-l  rod  of  his  indignation. 

2  Aleph.  He  hath  led  me,  and  brought  me  into 
darkness,  and  not  into  light. 

3  Aleph.  Only  against  me  he  hath  turned,  and 
turned  again  his  hand  all  the  day. 

4  Beth.  My  skin  and  my  flesh  he  hath  made  old 
he  hath  broken  my  bones. 

5  Belli.  He  hath  built  round  about  me,  and  n* 
hath  compassed  me  with  gall,  and  labour 

643 


LAMIATATIONS. 


6  lirth.  lie  hath  set  me  in  daik  places,  as  those 
iliat  ne  dead  i«>r  ever. 

7  (ihinul.  He  halh  built  against  mc  round  alxmt. 
iliat  1  may  not  get  out  :  he  liath  made  inv  fetters 
heavy. 

8  GhimiL  Tea,  and  when  I  cry,  and  entreat,  lie 
bath  shut  OUt  mv    praver. 

9  Ghiiml.    He   bath  slmt   op    my  ways  with 
ire  stones  :    lie  liath  turned    my  paths   upside 

down. 

10  Dahth.  Be  is  heconie  to  me  as  a  bear  lying 
in  wait  :   as  a  lion  in  vet-ret  pla. 

11  Dahth.  He  hath  turned  aside  pry  paths,  and 
hath  broken  me  in  pieces  :  he  hath  made  me  d 

. 

12  Dahth.  He  hath  bent  bis  bow,  and  set  me  as 

a  mark  lor  his  arrow  >. 

13  //'.  Id  hath  shot  into  my  reins  the  daughters 
of  his  quiver. 

1  X  lb .  I  am  made  a  derision  to  all  my  people, 
their  son:;  all  the  day  Ion::. 

15  /A.  Il<  hath  filled  me  with  bitterness:  he 
hath  inebriated  me  with  wormwood. 

16  Win.  And  he  hath  hroken  my  teeth  one  by- 
one  :   In-  hath  fed  me  with  ashes. 

17  I'au.    And  my  soul  is  removed  far  off  from 

I  have  forgotten  good  things. 

18  1'an.   And  1  said  :   My    end  and  my   hope  is 
hed  from  the  Lord. 

19  Zain.  Remember  my  poverty,  and  transgres- 
i.  the  wormwood, and  the  gall. 

20  Zain.  1  will  be  mindful  and  remember;  and 
ni\  soul  shall  languish  within  me. 

21  Zain.  These  things  1  shall  think  over  in  my 
heart,  therefore  will  1  hope. 

22  Helh.  The  mercies  of  the  Lord  that  we  are 
not  consumed  ;  because  his  commiserations  have 
not   failed. 

23  Huh.  Th<  y  are  new  every  morning  :  great  is 
thy  faithfulness. 

21  Huh.  The  Lord  is  my  portion,  said  my  soul : 
there  tore  will  1  wait  for  him. 

T< '//.  The  Lord  is  good  to  them  that  hope  in 
him.  to  the  soul  that  seeketh  him.  • 

Tnh.  It  is  good  to  wait  with  silence  for  the 
salvation  of  Uod. 

Trlh.  It  is  good  for  a  man,  when  lie  hath 
home  the  yoke  from  his  youth. 

28  Jod.  He  shall  sit  solitary,  and  hold  his  peace: 
because  he  hath  taken  it  up  u|m>ii  himself. 

29  Jod.  He  shall  put  his  mouth  in  the  dust,  if  so 
be  there  may  be  hope. 

30  Jod.  He  shall  give  his  cheek  to  him  that 
strikcth  him  :   he  shall  he  filled  with  reproaches. 

■  >]   Caph.  Fvthe  Lord  will  not  cast  off*  for  ever. 
32  Caph.  For  if  be  hath  cast  oiV.he  will  ;ils<>  have 

m«  online  to  the  multitude  ol  his  mercies. 

'     /</;.   For  he  hath  not  willingly  »Micted,  nor 
ofTthe  children  of  men. 
.'<)    Lamed,    To  crush  under  his  feet  all  the  pri- 
m  mi  i  s  of  the  land. 

35  Lamed,  To  turn  aside  the  judgment  of  a  man 
before  the  face  of  the  moat  High. 


jpened    their 


36  Lamed.  To  destroy  a  man  wrongfully  in  his 
judgment,  ihe  Lord  hath  not  approved. 

1A///.  Who  is  he  that  hath  commanded  a 
thing  to  be  done,  when  the  Lord  commandeth  it 
not  ? 

38  Mem.  Shall  not  both  evil  and  good  proceed 
out  of  the  mouth  of  the  Highest  : 

39  Mtm.  Why  hatha  living  man  murmured,  man 
suffering  for*  his  sins. 

40  Nun.  Let  us  search  our  ways,  and  seek,  and 
return  to  the  Lord. 

41  Aun.  Let  us  lift  up  ourhcarts  with  our  hands 
to  the  Lord  in  the  heavens. 

»2  \un.  We  have  done  wickedly,  and  provoked 
thee  to  wrath  :  therefore  thou  art  inexorable. 

43  Samech.  Thou  hast  covered  in  thy  wrath,  and 
bast  struck  us  :  thou  hast  killed,  and  hast  not  spa- 
red. 

44  Samech.  Thou  hast  set  a  cloud  before  thee, 
that  OUT  prayer  may  not  pass  through. 

45  Samech.  Thou  hast  made  me  as  an  outcast, 
and  refuse  in  the  midst  of  the  people. 

46  lJhe.    All  our  enemies  have    or 
mouths  against  u». 

47  Phe.  Prophecy  is  become  to  us  a  fear,  and  a 
snare,  and  destruction. 

48  Phe.  My  eye  hath  rundown  with  streams  of 
water,  for  the  destruction  of  the  daughter  of  mv 
people. 

49  Ain.  My  eye  is  afflicted,  and  hath  not  been 
quiet,  because  there  was  no  real  i 

50  Ain.  Till  the  Lord  regarded  and  looked  down 
from  the  heavens. 

51  Ain.  My  eye  hath  wasted  my  soul  because  ol 
all  the  daughters  of  my  city. 

62  Sade.  My  enemies  have  chased  me  and  caught 
me  like  a  bird,  without  cause. 

53  Sade,  My  life  is  fallen  into  the  pit,  and  tin  \ 
have  laid  a  stone  over  me. 

64  Sade.  Waters  have  flowed  over  my  head :  I 
said  :  I  am  cut  off. 

65  Coph.  I  have  called  upon  thy  name,  O  Lord, 
from  the  lowest  pit. 

66  Coph.  Thou  hast  heard  my  voice  :  turn  not 
away  thy  ear  from  my  sighs,  and  cri' 

6/  Coph.  Thou  drewest  near  in  the  day,when  1 
called  upon  thee:  thou  saidst :  Fear  not. 

58  Res.  Thou  hast  judged,  O  Lord,  the  cause 
of  my  soul,  thou  the  Redeemer  of  my  life. 

59  Res.  Thou  hast  seen,  O  Lord,  their  iniquity 
against  me  :  judge  thou  my  judgment. 

60  Res.  Thou  hast  seen  all  their  fury,  and  all 
their  thoughts  against  mc. 

61  Sin.  Thou  hast  heard  their  reproach,  O  Lord, 
all  their  imaginations  against  me. 

62  Sin.  The  lips  of  them  that  rise  up  against 
me:  and  their  devices  against  me  all  the  da  v. 

63  Sin.  Behold  their  sitting  down,  and  tlu-ir  ri- 
sing up,  I  am  their  sons. 

64  Thau.   Thou  shall  reuderlhema  recompei 

i »  I  .nrd.  according  to  the  works  of  their  hands. 

■    'Thau.   Thou    shall    -ive    tin  in    a    l-iu  klci  ol 
heart  thy  labour. 


CHAP. 

66  Thau.  Thou  shalt  persecute  them  in  anger,  and 
shalt  destroy  them  from  under  the  heavens,  O  Lord. 

CHAP.  IV 

Aleph.TJfOW  is  the  gold  become  dim,  the  finest 
-■--*-  colour  is  changed,  the  stonesof  the  sanc- 
tuary are  scattered  in  the  top  of  every  street  ? 

2  Beth.  The  noble  sons  of  Sion,  and  they  that 
were  clothed  with  the  best  gold  :  how  are  they  es- 
teemed as  earthen  vessels,  the  work  of  the  potter's 
hands? 

3  Ghimel.  Even  the  sea-monsters  have  drawn 
out  the  breasts,  they  have  given  suck  to  their  young, 
the  daughter  of  my  people  i*>  cruel,  like  the  ostrich 
in  the  desert. 

4  Daleth.  The  tongue  of  the  suckling  child  hath 
stuck  to  the  roof  of  his  mouth  for  thirst :  the  little 
ones  have  asked  for  breaTL  and  there  was  none  to 
break  it  unto  them. 

5  He.  They  that  were  fed  delicately  have  died 
m  the  streets :  they  that  were  brought  up  in  scarlet, 
have  embraced  the  dung. 

6  Vau.  And  the  iniquity  of  the  daughter  of  my 
people  is  made  greater  than  the  sin  of  Sodom,  which 
was  overthrown  in  a  moment,  and  hands  took  no- 
thing in  her. 

7  Zain.  Her  Nazarites  were  whiter  than  snow, 
purer  than  milk,  more  ruddy  than  the  old  ivory, 
fairer  than  the  sapphire. 

8  HetR.  Their  face  is  now  made  blacker  than 
coals,  and  they  are  not  known  in  the  streets  :  their 
skin  hath  stuck  to  their  bones,  it  is  withered,  and  is 
become  like  wood. 

9  Teth.  It  was  better  with  them  that  were  slain 
by  the  sword,  than  with  them  that  died  with  hunger : 
for  these  pined  away,  being  consumed  for  want  of  the 
fruits  of  the  earth. 

10  Jod.  The  hands  of  the  pitiful  women  have 
sodden  their  own  children  :  they' were  their  meat  in 
the  destruction  of  the  daughter  of  my  people. 

11  Caph.  The  Lord  hath  accomplished  his  wrath, 
he  hath  poured  out  his  fierce  anger  :  and  he  hath 
kindled  a  fire  in  Sion,  and  it  hath  devoured  the 
foundations  thereof. 

12  Lamed.  The  kings  of  the  earth,  and  all  the 
inhabitants  of  the  world  would  not  have  believed, 
that  the  adversary  and  the  enemy  should  enter  in  by 
the  gates  of  Jerusalem. 

13  Mem.  For  the  sins  of  her  prophets,  and  the 
iniquities  of  her  priests,  that  have  shed  the  blood  of 
the  just  in  the  midst  of  her. 

14  Nun.  They  have  wandered  as  blind  men  in 
the  streets,  they  were  defiled  with  blood  :  and  when 
they  could  not  help  walking  in  it,  they  held  up  their 
skirts. 

15  Samech.  Depart,  you  that  are  defiled,  they 
cried  out  to  them  :  Depart,  get  ye  hence,  touch  not : 
for  they  quarrelled,  and  being  removed,  they  said 
among  the  Gentiles  :  He  will  no  more  dwell  among 
them. 

16  Phe.  The  face  of  the  Lord  hath  divided  them, 

*  Christ,  &c.  This  according  to  the  letter,!*  spoken  of  their  king, 
who  i9  called  the  Christ   that  is,  the  Anointed  of  the  Lord.     But  ital- 


IV,  V. 

he  will  no  more  regard  them :  they  respected  not 
the  persons  of  the  priests,  neither  had  they  nity.on 
the  ancient. 

17  Ain.  While  we  were  yet  standing,  our  eyes 
failed,  expecting  help  for  us  in  vain,  when  we  looked 
attentively  towards  a  nation  that  was  not  able  to 
save. 

18  Sade.  Our  steps  have  sjipped  in  the  way  ol 
our  streets,  our  end  draweth  near:  our  days  art 
fulfilled,  for  our  end  is  come. 

19  Coph.  Our  persecutors  were  swifter  than  the 
eagles  of  the  air:  they  pursued  us  upon  the  moun- 
tains, they  lay  in  wait  for  us  in  the  wilderness. 

20  Res.  The  breath  of  our  moulh  Christ*  the 
Lord  is  taken  in  our  sins  :  to  whom  we  said  :  Un- 
der thy  shadow  we  shall  live  among  the  Gentiles. 

21  Sin.  Rejoice,  and  be  glad,  O  daughter  of 
Edom,  that  dwellest  in  the  land  of  Hus:  to  thee 
also  shall  the  cup  come,  thou  shalt  be  made  drunk 
and  naked. 

22  Thau.  Thyiniquityis  accomplished,  O  daugh- 
ter of  Sion,  he  will  no  more  carry  thee  away  into 
captivity  :  he  hath  visited  thy  iniquity,  O  daughter 
of  Edom,  he  hath  discovered  thy  sins. 

THE  PRAYER  OF  JEREMIAS  THE  PROPHET. 
CHAP.  V. 

REMEMBER,  O  Lord,  what  is  come  upon  us : 
consider  and  behold  our  reproach. 

2  Our  inheritance  is  turned  to  aliens  :  our  houses 
to  strangers. 

3  We  are  become  orphans  without  a  father :  our 
mothers  are  as  widows. 

4  We  have  drunk  our  water  for  money  •  we  have 
bought  our  wood. 

5  We  were  dragged  by  the  necks,  we  were  weary, 
and  no  rest  was  given  us. 

6  We  have  given  our  hand  to  Egypt,  and  to  the 
Assyrians,  that  we  might  be  satisfied  with  bread. 

7  Our  fathers  have  sinned,  and  are  not:  and  we 
have  borne  their  iniquities. 

8  Servants  have  ruled  over  us  :  there  was  none 
to  redeem  us  out  of  their  hand. 

9  We  fetched  our  bread  at  the  peril  of  our  lives, 
because  of  the  sword  in  the  desert. 

10  Our  skin  was  burnt  as  an  oven,  by  reason  of 
the  violence  of  the  famine. 

11  They  oppressed  the  women  in  Sion,  and  the 
vi rains  in  the  cities  of  Juda. 

12  The  princes  were  hanged  up  by  their  hand :  they 
did  not  respect  the  persons  of  the  ancient. 

13  They  abused  the  young  men  indecently  :  and 
the  children  fell  under  the  wood. 

14  The  ancients  have  ceased  from  the  gates :  the 
young  men  from  the  quire  of  the  singers 

15  The  joy  of  our  heart  is  ceased,  our  dancing  is 
turned  into  mourning. 

16  The  crown  is  fallen  from  our  head  :  wo  to  us, 
because  we  have  sinned. 

17  Therefore  is  our  heart  sorrowful;  therefore 
are  our  eyes  become  dim, 

so  relates,  in  the  spiritual  sense,  to  Christ  our  Lord,  suffering  foroui 
sins. 

646 


BARUCH. 


J8  For  mount  sion,  became  it  is<l( sinntil,  finei 
bare  walked  upon  it. 

19  Rut  thou,  (J  Lonl.  shah  remain  forever,  thy 
throoe  from  generation  to  generation. 

20  Why  wilt  thou  forget  us  for  e\cr.?  tchy  wilt 
thou  forsake  us  for  a  long  time  ? 


'Jl  Convert  us,  O  Lord,  to  thee  ;  and  we  shal 
be  converted:  renew  our  days,  u  from  the  begin 
nine. 

22  Rut  thou  baal  utterly  rejected  us :  thou  an 
angry  against  us. 


THE  PROPHECY  OF  BARUCH. 

BanichiMua  manofnobir  txtrartwn,  mdjmmmi  in  the  law,  n      \o  And  that  the  Lord  may  give  us  strength,  and 

secretary  and  di>ri,,h  to  th  ,„„,>h,t  Jrremmt,  and  a  thorn-    „ni:„  Ufnn     ,»,r    ..v..*      tl-»    «,«.     «»«„  K—    ....I..-'    .1.. 


in  Ai*  labours  and  persecutions  :  irhiih  is  the  reason  i 
ancient  fathers   hart  considered  this  book  as  a  part 
prophecy  of  Jeremias,  and  have  usually  quoted  it  under  his 

CHAP.  I. 

The  Jews  of  Babylon  send  the  book  of  Baruch,  with  money  to 
Jerusalem,  requesting  thtir  brethren  there  to  offer  sacrifice, 
and  to  pray  for  the  king  and  for  them,  acknowledging  their 
mam  f ,id  sins. 

A  ND  these  are  the  words  of  the  l>ook  which  Ra- 
-^*-  ruch  the  son  of  Nerias,  the  son  of  Maasias, 
the  son  of  Sedecias,  the  son  of  Sedei,  the  son  of 
Helcias,  wrote  in  Babylonia, 

2  In  the  filth  year,  in  the  seventh  dav  of  the  month, 
at  the  time  that  the  Chaldeans  took  Jerusalem,  and 
burnt  it  with  fire. 

3  And  Raruch  read  the  words  of  this  l>ook  in  the 
hearing  of  Jechonias  the  sou  of  Joakim  king  of 
Juda,  and  in  the  hearing  of  all  the  people  that  came 
to  hear  the  l>ook, 

4  And  in  the  hearing  of  the  nobles,  the  sons  of 
the  kings,  and  in  the  hearing  of  the  ancients,  and 
in  the  hearing  of  the  people,  from  the  least  e\en  to 
the  greatest  of  them,  that  dwelt  in  Rah)  Ionia,  by 
the  rivi t  Sodi. 

5  And  when  they  heard  it,  they  wept,  and  fasted, 
and  prayed  before  the  Lord. 

G  And  they  made  a  collection  of  money,  accord- 
ing to  e\ery  man's  power. 

7  And  thty  sent  it  to  Jerusalem  to  Joakim  the 
priest,  the  son  ol  Helcias,  the  son  of  Salom,  and  to 
the  priests,  and  to  all  the  people,  that  were  found 
with  him  in  Jerusalem  \ 

8  At  the  time  when  he  received  the  vessels  of 
the  temple  of  the  Lord,  which  hud  been  taken  away 
out  ol  the  temple,  to  return  then  into  the  land  of 
Juda  the  tenth  day  of  the  month  Sivan.  the  silver 
vessels,  which  Sedecias  the  son  of  Josias  king  of 
Juda  had  made, 

9  Afwr  that  Nabuchodonosor  the  king  of  Raby- 
lon  had  carried  away  Jechonias,  ;md  the  princes, 
and  all  the  powerful  men,  and  the  people  of  the  land, 
from  Jerusalem,  and  brought  them  bound  to  Bab)  Ion. 

10  And  thev  said  :  Behold,  we  have  snit  you  mo- 
ney :  hu\  witli  it  holocausts,  and  frankiin  ense.  and 
make  meat-offerings  and  offerings  lor  sin  at  the  al- 
tar of  the  Lord  our  Cod  : 

11  Andprav\e  lor  the  life  of  Nabochodonosor 
the  king  of  Babyloo,  and  for  the  life  of  Halihassarhis 
son.  that  their  dan  may  be  upon  earth  as  the  da\s 
of  heaven  : 

Ml 


IfAy/A*   rnM&nten    °«,r,  eyes,    thwt  we    may  live  u 
■t  of  the    »haaoWi  of NahuchodonoMir  the  king  of 

ar  bis 


nder    the 

Rahylon, 

and  under  the  shadow  of  Rait  hassar  bis  son;  and 

may  serve  them  many  days,  and  may  find  favour  in 

their  sight. 

13  And  pray  ye  for  us  to  the  Lord  our  God  :  for 
we  have  sinned  against  the  Lord  our  God  ;  and  his 
w  rath  is  not  turned  away  from  us  e\  en  to  this  day. 

11  And  read  ye  this  book,  which  we  have  sent  to 
you  to  be  read  in  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  on    fee 
and  proper  days. 

15  And  you  shall  say  :  To  the  Lord  our  God 
/Wfo/i.'v/// justice,  but  to  us  confusion  of  our  fa 
as  it  is  come  to  pass  at  this  day  to  all  Juda,  and  to 
the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem, 

16  To  our  kings,  and  to  our  princes,  and  to  our 
priests,  and  to  our  prophets,  and  to  our  fathers. 

17  We  have  sinned  before  the  Lord  our  God, 
and  have  not  bettered  hiss,  aor  pot  oar  trust  in  him  : 

18  And  we  were  not  obedient  to  him.  and  we  have 
not  hearkened  to  the  voice  ol  the  Lord  our  God,  to 
walk  in  his  commandments,  which  he  hath  gi\en  us. 

19  From  the  day  that  be  brought  our  fathers 
out  of  the  land  of  Kgypt,  even  to  this  day,  we  were 
disobedient  to  the  Lord  our  God  :  and  going  astray 
we  turned  away  from  hearing  his  voice. 

20  And  many  evils  have  cleared  to  us.  and 
the  curses  which  the  Lord  foretold  by  Moses  his  ser- 
vant:  who  brought  our  fathers  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  to  give  us  a  land  Sowing  with  milk  and  ho- 
ney, as  at  this  day. 

21  And  we  hare  not  hearkened  to  the  voice  of 
the  Lord  our  God  according  to  all  the  words  of  the 
prophets  whom  he  sent  to  us : 

22  And  \M' have goneawavevery  man  after  the  in- 
clinations of  his  own  wicked  heart  to  serve  strange 
gods,  and  to  do  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  our  God. 

(HAP.  II. 

A  further  confession  of  the  tins  of  the  people,  and  of  the  justice 

of  God. 

\\7"HEREFORE  the  Lord  our  God  hath  made 
"  ™     good   his  word,  that  he  spoke  to  us,  and  to 
our  judges  that  have  judged  Israel.  ;ind  to  our  kings, 
and  to  our  princes,  and  to  all  Israel  andliida  : 

2  That  the  Lord  would  bring  upon  us  great  evils, 
such  as  never  happened  under  heaven. ssthej  hare 
come  to  past  in  Jerusalem,  according  to  the  things 

that  are  written  in  the  law  of  MoSBS  : 

3  Thai  a  man  should  cat  the  llesh  of  disown 
son,  and  the  llesh  of  his  o\\  n  daughtt  i. 


CHAP.  HI. 


4  And  he  bath  delivered  diem  up  to  be  under  the 
hand  of  all  the  kings  that  are  round  about  us,  to  be 
a  reproach,  and  desolation  among  all  the  people, 
among  whom  the  Lord  hath  scattered  us. 

5  And  we  are  brought  under,  and  are  not  upper- 
most :  because  we  have  sinned  against  the  Lord 
our  God,  by  not  obeying  his  voice. 

6  To  the  Lord  our  God  belongeth  justice  :  but  to 
us,  and  to  our  fathers  confusion  of  face,  as  at  this  day. 

7  For  the  Lord  hath  pronounced  against  us  all 
these  evils  that  are  come  upon  us  : 

8  And  we  have  not  entreated  the  face  of  the 
Lord  our  God,  that  we  might  return  everyone  of  us 
from  our  most  wicked  ways. 

9  And  the  Lord  hath  watched  over  us  for  evil, 
and  hath  brought  it  upon  us  :  for  the  Lord  is  just 
in  all  his  works  which  he  hath  commanded  us  : 

10  And  we  have  not  hearkened  to  his  voice,  to 
walk  in  the  commandments  of  the  Lord  which  he 
hath  set  before  us. 

1 1  And  now,  O  Lord  God  of  Israel,  who  hast  brought 
thy  people  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  with  a  strong 
hand,  and  with  signs,  and  with  wonders,  and  with 
thy  great  power,  and  with  a  mighty  arm,  and  hast 
made  thee  a  name  as  at  this  day. 

12  We  have  sinned,  we  have  done  wickedly,  we 
have  acted  unjustly,  O  Lord  our  God,  against  all 
thy  justices. 

13  Let  thy  wrath  be  turned  away  from  us  :  for 
we  are  left  a  few  among  the  nations,  where  thou 
hast  scattered  us. 

14  Hear,  O  Lord,  our  prayers,  and  our  petitions, 
and  deliver  us  for  thy  own  sake  :  and  grant  that  we 
may  find  favour  in  the  sight  of  them  that  have  led  us 
away  ; 

15  That  alJ  the  earth  may  know  that  thou  art 
the  Lord  our  God,  and  that  thy  name  is  called  upon 
Israel,  and  upon  his  posterity. 

16  Look  down  upon  us,  O  Lord,  from  thy  holy 
house,  and  incline  thy  ear,  and  hear  us. 

17  Open  thy  eyes,  and  behold  :  for  the  dead  that 
are  in  hell,  whose  spirit  is  taken  away  from  their 
bowels,  shall  notgive  glory  and  justice*  to  the  Lord  : 

1 8  But  the  soul  that  is  sorrowful  for  the  greatness 
of  evil  she  hath  done,  and  goeth  bowed  down,  and 
feeble,  and  the  eyes  that  fail,  and  the  hungry  soul 
giveth  glory  and  justice  to  thee  the  Lord. 

19  For  it  is  not  for  the  justices  of  our  fathers 
that  we  pour  out  our  prayers,  and  beg  mercy  in  thy 
sight,  O  Lord  our  God  : 

20  But  because  thou  hast  sent  out  thy  wrath,  and 
thy  indignation  upon  us,  as  thou  hast  spoken  by  the 
hand  of  thy  servants  the  prophets,  saying: 

21  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Bow  down  your  shoul- 
der, and  your  neck,  and  serve  the  king  of  Babylon: 
and  you  shall  remain  in  the  land  which  I  have  given 
to  your  fathers. 

22  But  if  you  will  not  hearken  to  the  voice  of 
the  Lord  your  God,  to  serve  the  king  of  Babylon  ; 


*  Justice,  &c.  They  that  are  in  hell  shall  not  give  justice  to  God  ; 
that  is,  they  shall  not  acknowledge  and  glorify  his  justice,  as  peni- 
tent sinners  do  ui.ou  earth. 


I  will  cause  you  to  depart  out  of  the  cities  of  Juda. 
and  from  without  Jerusalem. 

23  And  I  will  take  away  from  you  the  voice  of 
mirth,  and  the  voice  of  joy,  and  the  voice  of  the 
bridegroom,  and  the  voice  of  the  bride,  and  all  the 
land  shall  be  without  any  footstep  of  inhabitants. 

24  And  they  hearkened  not  to  thy  voice,  to  serve 
the  king  of  Babylon  :  and  thou  hast  made  good  thy 
words,  which  thou  spokest  by  the  hands  of  thy  ser- 
vants the  prophets,  that  the  bones  of  our  kings,  and 
the  bones  of  our  fathers  should  be  removed  out  of 
their  place : 

25  And  behold,  they  are  cast  out  to  the  heat  of 
the  sun,  and  to  the  frost  of  the  night :  and  they  have 
died  in  grievous  pains,  by  famine,  and  by  the  sword, 
and  in  banishment. 

26  And  thou  hast  made  the  temple,  in  which  thy 
name  was  called  upon,  as  it  is  at  this  day,  for  the 
iniquity  of  the  house  of  Israel,  and  of  the  house  of  Juda. 

27  And  thou  hast  dealt  with  us,  O  Lord  our  God, 
according  to  all  thy  goodness,  and  according  to  all 
that  great  mercy  of  thine  : 

28  As  thou  spokest  by  the  hand  of  thy  servant 
Moses,  in  the  day  when  thou  didst  command  him 
to  write  thy  law  before  the  children  of  Israel, 

29  Saying:  If  you  will  not  hear  my  voice,  this 
great  multitude  shall  be  turned  into  a  very  small 
numberamongthe  nations,  where  I  willscatterthem: 

30  For  I  know  that  the  people  will  not  hear  me, 
for  they  are  a  people  of  a  stiff  neck :  but  they  shall 
turn  to  their  heart  in  the  land  of  their  captivity  : 

31  And  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  their 
God  :  and  I  will  give  them  a  heart,  and  they  shall 
understand  :  and  ears,  and  they  shall  hear. 

32  And  they  shall  praise  me  in  the  land  of  their 
captivity,  and  shall  be  mindful  of  my  name. 

33  And  they  shall  turn  away  themselves  from 
their  stiff"  neck,  and  from  their  wicked  deeds :  for 
they  shall  remember  the  way  of  their  fathers,  that 
sinned  against  me. 

34  And  I  will  bring  them  back  again  into  the 
land  which  I  promised  with  an  oath  to  their  fathers, 
Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Jacob  ;  and  they  shall  be  mas- 
ters thereof:  and  I  will  multiply  them,  and  they 
shall  not  be  diminished. 

35  And  I  will  make  with  them  another  covenant 
that  shall  be  everlasting,  to  be  their  God,  and  they 
shall  be  my  people  :  and  I  will  no  more  remove  my 
people,  the  children  of  Israel,  out  of  the  land  that 
I  have  given  them. 

CHAP.  III. 

They  pray  for  mercy,  acknowledging  that  they  are  justly  pu- 
nished for  forsaking  true  wisdom.  A  prophecy  of  Christ. 

AND  now,  O  Lord  Almighty,  the  God  of  Israel, 
the  soul  in  anguish,  and  the  troubled  spirit 
crieth  to  thee : 

2  Hear,  O  Lord,  and  have  mercy,  for  thou  art 
a  merciful  God,  and  have  pity  on  us:  for  we  have 
sinned  before  thee. 

3  For  thou  remainest  for  ever,  and  shall  we  pe- 
rish everlastingly  ? 

4  O  Lord  almighty,  the  God  of  Israel,  hear  now 

"  617 


BAltUCH. 


the  prayer  of  the  dead  of   Israel,  and  of  their  chil- 
dren, that    have   sinned    before    thee,   and    liave  not 
kened  to  the  \  oire  of  the  Lord  their  (iod,  where- 
fore oils  liave  cleaved  last  to  us. 

Remember  not  the  iniquities  of  our  fathers, 
hut  think  U|K)ii  thy  hand,  and  upon  thy  name  at 
this  time  : 

6  For  thou  art  the  Lord  our  God,  and  we  will 
praise  tine,  (.)  Lord  : 

7  Because  for  this  end  thou  hast  put  thy  fear  in 
our  hearts,  to  the  intent  that  we  should  call  upon 
thv  name,  and  praise  thee  in  our  captivity;  for  we 
are  converted  from  the  iniquity  of  our  fathers,  who 
sinned  before  thee. 

8  And  behold,  we  are  at  this  day  in  our  captivi- 
ty, whereby  thou  hast  scattered  us  to  be  a  reproach, 
and  a  curse,  and  an  offence,  according  to  all  the 
iniquities  of  our  fathers,  who  departed  from  thee, 
O  Lord  our  God. 

9  Hear,  O  Israel,  (he  commandments  of  life: 
give  ear,  that  thou   mayst  learn  wisdom. 

10  How  happeneth  it,  O  Israel,  that  thou  art  in 
thy  enemies'  land  ? 

1 1  Thou  art  grown  old  in  a  strange  country : 
thou  art  defiled  with  the  dead  :  thou  art  counted 
with  them  that  go  down  into  hell. 

12  Thou  hast  forsaken  the  fountain  of  wisdom  : 

13  For  if  thou  hadst  walked  in  the  way  of  God, 
thou  had>t  surely  dwelt  in  peace  for  ever. 

14  Learn  where  is  wisdom,  where  is  strength, 
where  is  understanding:  that  thou  mayst  know  also 
wn.  re  is  length  of  days  and  life,  where  is  the  light 
of  the  eves,  and  peace, 

1")  Who  hath  found  out  her  place?  and  who 
hath  gone  into  her  treasures? 

16  Where  are  the  princes  of  the  nations;  and  they 
that  rule  over  the  beasts  that  an;  upon  the  earth.' 

17  That  take  their  diversion  with  the  birds  of  the 

,r' 

18  That  hoard  up  silver  and  gold,  wherein  men 

trust,  anil  there  is  no  end  of  their  getting?  who 
work  in  silver  and  are  solicitous,  and  their  works 
are  unsearchable? 

19  They  are  cut  off,  and  are  gone  down  to  hell: 
and  others  are  risen  up  in  their  place. 

20  Young  men  have  seen  the  light,  and  dwelt 
Upon  the  earth :  but  the  way  of  knowledge  they  bare 
not  known: 

21  Nor  have  they  understood  the  paths  thereof: 
neither  have  tlieir  children  received  it:  it  is  far 
from  their  face. 

22  It  hath  not  been  heard  of  in  the  land  ofCha- 
naaii.  neither  hath  it  lieeu  seen  in  Theman.* 

23  The  children  of  Agart  also,  that  search  after 
the  wisdom  that  is  of  the  earth,  the  Merchants  of 
Merrha,  and  of  Theman,  and  the  tellers  of  fables, 
and  searchers  of  prudence  and  understanding  ; 
but  the  wav  of  wisdom  they  have  not  known  ;  nei- 
ther bare  they  remembered  her  paths. 

•  7V«Mn.     The  capital  city  of  E<t..m. 
f  Jlnr.    The  mother  of  the  twnael  • 

I  Wm  ten  upon  tttk,  ift.  riz.     By  the  nrntory  of  the  incarnation. 
br  meant  of  which  the  too  of  God  came  ritibly  amongtt  im,  and  com 


24  O  Lrael,  how  great  is  the  house  of  God,  and 
how  vast  is  the  place  of  his  possession ! 

>  It  is  great,  and  hath  no  end  :  it  is  high  and 
immense. 

i  There  were  the  giants,  those  renowned  men 
that  were  lioin  the  beginning,  of  great  stature,  e«- 
l>ert  in  war. 

27  The  Lord  chose  not  them,  neither  did  they 
find  the  way  of  knowledge:  therefore  did  they  pe- 
rish. 

28  And  liecause  they  had  not  wisdom,  theype- 
rished  through  their  folly. 

29  Who  hath  gone  up  into  hea\en,  and  taken 
her,  and  brought  her  down  from  the  clouds- 

30  Who  hath  passed  over  the  sea,  and  found 
her,  and  brought  her  preferably  to  chosen  gold? 

31  There  is  none  that  is  able  to  know  her  ways, 
nor  that  can  search  out  her  paths: 

32  But  he  that  know  eth  all  things,  know  eth  her, 
and  hath  found  her  out  with  his  understanding:  he 
that  prepared  the  earth  for  evermore,  and  filled  it 
with  cattle  and  four-footed  beasts : 

33  He  that  sendeth  forth  light,  and  it  goeth:and 
hath  called  it,  and  it  obeyeth  him  with  trembling. 

34  And  the  stars  have  given  light  intheir  watel 
and  rejoiced  : 

35  They  were  called,  and  they  said  :  Here  we 
are:  and  wiili  cheerfulness  they  have  shined  forth 
to  him  that  made  them. 

36  This  is  our  God:  and  there  shall  no  other  be 
accounted  of  in  comparison  to  him. 

37  He  found  out  all  the  way  of  know  ledge,  and 
gave  it  to  Jacob  his  servant,  and  to  Israel  his  beloved. 

38  Afterwards  he  was  seen  upon  earth, J  and 
convened  with  men. 

CHAP.  IV. 

The  prophet  exhorts  to  the  keeping  of  the  law  of  wisdom  :  and 
i  n<  our  age*  the  people  to  be  patient,  and  to  hope  for  their  de- 
liverance. 

HP  HIS  is  the  book  of  the  commandments  of  God, 
-*-    and  the  law  that  is  forever  :  all  they  that  keep 
it  shall  come  to  life  ;but  they  that  have  forsaken  it, 
to  death. 

2  Return,  O  Jacob,  and  take  hold  of  it:  wnlk 
in  the  wa\  li\  its  brightness,  in  the  presence  of  tin- 
light  thereof. 

_  3  Give  not  thy  honour  to  another,  nor  thy  dig- 
nity 10  a  strange  nation. 

4  We  are  happy.  ()  Israel:  because  the  things 
that  are  pleasing  to  God,  are  made  known  to  us. 

5  Be  of  good  comfort,  O  people  of  God,  the  me- 
morial of  Israel  : 

6  You  have  been  sold  to  the  Gentiles,  not  for 
your  destruction:  but  because  \ou  provoked  God 
to  wrath,  you  are  delivered  to  your  MVersarii *i 

7  For  you  have  provoked  him  who  made  von, 
the  eternal  God,  offering  sacrifices  to  del  3a,  and  not 
to  God. 

8  For  you  have  forgotten  God,  w  ho  brought  you 


verted  with  men.  The  pmphrtf  oftrn  «prak  of  thing*  to  come  at  if 
they  were  past,  to  espreaa  the  certainty  of  the  event  of  the  Unrip* 
foretold. 


CHAP.  V,  VI. 


up,  and  you   have  grieved  Jerusalem  that  nursed 

you. 

9  For  she  saw  the  wrath  of  God  coming  upon 
you,  and  she  said  :  Give  ear,  all  you  that  dwell  near 
Sion,  for  God  hath  brought  upon  megreat  mourning : 

10  For  I  have  seen  the  captivity  of  my  people, 
of  my  sons,  and  my  daughters,  which  the  Eternal 
hath  brought  upon  them. 

11  For  I  nourished  them  with  joy:  but  I  sent 
them  away  with  weeping  and  mourning. 

12  Let  no  man  rejoice  over  me  a  widow,  and 
desolate:  I  am  forsaken  of  many  for  the  sins  of  my 
children,  because  they  departed  from  the  law  of  God. 

13  And  they  have  not  known  his  justices,  nor 
walked  by  the  ways  of  God's  commandments;  nei- 
ther have  they  entered  by  the  paths  of  his  truth  and 
justice.  • 

14  Let  them  that  dwell  about  Sion  come,  and 
remember  the  captivity  of  my  sons  and  daughters, 
which  the  Eternal  hath  brought  upon  them. 

15  For  he  hath  brought  a  nation  upon  them  from 
afar,  a  wicked  nation,  and  of  a  strange  tongue: 

16  Who  have  neither  reverenced  the  ancient,  nor 
pitied  children,  and  have  carried  away  the  beloved 
of  the  widow,  and  have  left  me  all  alone  without 
children. 

17  .But  as  for  me,  what  help  can  I  give  your 

18  But  he  that  hath  brought  the  evils  upon  you, 
he  will  deliver  you  out  of  the  hands  of  your  enemies. 

19  Go  your  way,  my  children,  go  your  way  :  for 
I  am  left  alone. 

20  I  have  put  off  the  robe  of  peace,  and  have  put 
upon  me  the  sackcloth  of  supplication :  and  I  will 
cry  to  the  most  High  in  my  days. 

21  Be  of  good  comfort,  my  children:  cry  to  the 
Lord,  and  he  will  deliver  you  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  princes  your  enemies. 

22  For  my  hope  is  in  the  Eternal  that  he  will 
save  you:  and  joy  is  come  upon  me  from  the  holy 
One,  because  of  the  mercy  which  shall  come  to  you 
from  our  everlasting  Saviour. 

23  For  I  sent  you  forth  with  mourning  and  weep- 
ing: but  the  Lord  will  bring  you  back  to  me  with 
joy  and  gladness  for  ever. 

24  For  as  the  neighbours  of  Sion  have  now  seen 
your  captivity  from  God;  so  shall  they  also  shortly 
see  your  salvation  from  God,  which  shall  come  upon 
you  with  great  honour,  and  everlasting  glory. 

25  My  children,  suffer  patiently  the  wrath  that  is 
come  upon  you;  for  thy  enemy  hath  persecuted  thee: 
but  thou  shalt  quickly  see  his  destruction  ;  and  thou 
shalt  get  up  upon  his  neck. 

26  My  delicate  ones  have  walked  rough  ways; 
for  they  were  taken  away  as  a  flock  made  a  prey 
by  the  enemies. 

27  Be  of  good  comfort,  my  children,  and  cry  to 
the  Lord:  for  you  shall  be  remembered  by  him  that 
hath  led  you  away. 

28  For  as  it  was  your  mind  to  go  astray  from 
God;  so  when  you  return  again,  you  shall  seek  him 
ten  times  as  much. 

29  For  he  that  hath  brought  evils  upon  you,  shall 
oring  you  everlasting  jov  Renin  with  your  salvation. 

4N 


30  Be  of  good  heart,   O  Jerusalem  :  for  he  ex 
horteth  thee,  that  named  t hoe. 

31  The  wicked  that   have  afflicted    thee,  shal 
perish :  and  they  that  have  rejoiced  at  thy  ruin,  shall 
be  punished. 

32  The  cities  which  thy  children  have  served, 
shall  be  punished;  and  she  that  received*  thy  sons. 

33  For  as  she  rejoiced  at  thy  ruin,  and  was  glad 
of  thy  fall ;  so  shall  she  be  grieved  for  her  own  deso- 
lation. 

34  And  the  joy  of  her  multitude  shall  be  cut  off; 
and  her  gladness  shall  be  turned  to  mourning. 

35  For  fire  shall  come  upon  her  from  the  Eter- 
nal, long  to  endure  :  and  she  shall  be  inhabited  by 
devils  for  a  great  time. 

36  Look  about  thee,  O  Jerusalem,  towards  the 
east,  and  behold  the  joy  that  cometh  to  thee  from 
God. 

37  For  behold,  thy  children  come,  whom  thou 
sentest  away  scattered  :  they  come  gathered  together 
from  the  east  even  to  the  west,  at  the  word  of  the 
holy  One,  rejoicing  for  the  honour  of  God. 

CHAP.  V. 

Jerusalem  is  invited  to  rejoice  and  behold,  the  return  of  her  chiU 
dren  out  of  their  captivity. 

"OUT  off,  O  Jerusalem,  the  garment  of  thy 
-*-  mourning  and  affliction  :  and  put  on  the  beau- 
ty, and  honour  of  that  everlasting  glory  which  thou 
hast  from  God. 

2  God  will  clothe  thee  with  the  double  garment 
of  justice,  and  will  set  a  crown  on  thy  head,  of  ever- 
lasting honour. 

3  For  God  will  show  his  brightness  in  thee,  to 
every  one  under  heaven. 

4  For  thy  name  shall  be  named  to  thee  by  God 
forever:  the  peace  of  justice,  and  honour  of  piety. 

5  Arise,  O  Jerusalem,  and  stand  on  high  :  and 
look  about  towards  the  east,  and  behold  thy  chil- 
dren gathered  together  from  the  rising  to  the  setting 
sun,  by  the  word  of  the  holy  One,  rejoicing  in  the 
remembrance  of  God. 

6  For  they  went  out  from  thee  on  foot,  led  by  the 
enemies:  but  the  Lord  will  bring  them  to  thee  ex- 
alted with  honour  as  children  of  the  kingdom. 

7  For  God  hath  appointed  to  bring  down  every 
high  mountain,  and  the  everlasting  rocks,  and  to  fill 
up  the  valleys  to  make  them  even  with  the  ground; 
that  Israel  may  walk  diligently  to  the  honour  of  God. 

8  Moreover  the^voods  and  every  sweet  smelling 
tree  have  overshadowed  Israel  by  the  commandment 
of  God. 

9  For  God  will  bring  Israel  with  joy  in  the  light 
of  his  majesty,  with  mercy  and  justice,  that  cometh 
from  him. 

CHAP.  VI. 

The  epistle  of  Jeremias  to  the  captives,  as  a  preservative  against 

idolatry. 

A  Copy  of  the  epistle  that  Jeremias  sent  to  them 
that  were  to  be  led  away  captives  into  Babylon, 
by  the  king  of  Babylon,  to  declare  to  them  according 
to  what  was  commanded  him  by  God. 

*  She  that  received,  ftc.  viz.  Babylon. 
649 


HAKl  v  II. 


1  FOR  tin-  sins  iliat  you  have  committed  before 
God,  you  shall  Ik'  carried  iwaj  captives  into  Baby- 
lon by  iSabuchodonosor  the  king  of  Babylon. 

\  ml  w  hen  Mm  arc  come  into  Babv  lou,  \ou  shall 

be  there  maaj  ft  srs,  sad  for  ■  long  time,  even  i<» 
generations  :*  and  alter  that   1  will  bring  \ou 
aw  a\  rrotn  theoce  with  peace. 

3  But  bow,  \ou  shall  see  in  Babylon  gods  of 
gold,  and  of  silver,  ami  of  stone,  and  of  wood  borne 
upoa  shoulders,  canning  fear  to  the  licntil 

4  Beware  therefore  that  von  imitate  not  the 
doings  ot'  others,  and  l>e  afraid,  and  the  Tear  of  them 
should  seize  UpOS)  you. 

5  But  when  you  tee  the  multitude  behind  and  be- 
fore, adoring  them.  Nay  you  in  your  hearts:  Thou 
oughtest  to  be  adored,  O  Lord. 

•  i  I  -'or  in\  an-el  it  with  vou:  and  I  myself  will 
demand  an  account  of  TOOT  souls. 

7  For  their  tongue  that  is  polished  by  the  crafts- 
man, and  themselves  laid  over  with  gold  and  silver, 
are  false  things;  and  they  cannot  speak. 

8  And  as  it  it  w  ere  lor  a  maiden  that  loveth  to  go 
no  do  tiny  take  gold,  and  make  them  up. 

9  Their  pods  have  golden  crowns  upon  their 
kaads:  whereof  the  priests  secretly  convey  away 
from  them  gold,  and  silver,  and  bestow  it  on  them- 
seB  ■ 

10  Yea  and  they  give  thereof  to  prostitutes,  and 
thev  dress  out  harlots:  and  again  when  they  receive 
it  of  the  harlots,  they  adorn  their  gods. 

1  I  And  these  gods  cannot  defend  themselves  from 
the  rtiNt  and  the  moth. 

1J  But  when  they  have  covered  them  with  a 
purple  garment,  they  wipe  their  face  because  of 
the  dtiNt  of  the  house,  which  is  very  much  among 
them. 

13  This  boldeth  ■  aceptraaii  man,  as  a  judge  of 
the  country,  but  cannot  put  io death  one  that  offend- 
eth  him. 

14  And  this  hath  in  his  hand  a  sword,  or  an  axe, 
but  cannot  save  himself  from  war,  or  from  robbers, 
whcieliv  be  it  known  to  you,  that  they  are  not  gods. 

15  Therefore  fear  them  not.  For  as  a  vessel  that 
a  man  uses  when  it  is  broken  beeometh  useless, 
even  so  are  their  gods: 

16  When  they  are  placed  in  the  house,  their  eyes 
are  full  ofdoaf  by  t in-  feet  of  them  that  go  in. 

17  And  as  the  gates  are  made  sure  on  every  side 
upon  one  that  hath  offended  thinking,  or  like  a  dead 
man  carried  to  the  ^ra\e;  so  do  the  priests  secure 
the  doors  with  bail  and  locks,  lest  they  be  stripped 
by  thiev 

18  They  light  candles  to  them,  and  in  great  num- 
ber, of  which  the)  cannot  see  one:  but  they  are  like 
beams  in  the  house. 

19  \ ml  t!ie\  say  that  the*  creeping  things  which 
are  of  the  earth,  gnaw  their  hearts,  while  thev  eal 
them  and  their  garments,  and  they  feel  it  not. 

20  Their  faces  are  black  with  the  smoke  that  is 
made  in  the  honse. 

21  Owls,  and  swallows,  and  other  birds  fly  upon 


•  Srern  gtntralicii. 


That  i«.  wtciiIt  year*. 
SM 


their  bodies,  and  BDOfl  their  heads;  and  cats  in  like 
manner. 

J 2  \\  hereby  you  may  know  that  thev  are  no  gods. 
Therefore  liar  them  not. 

i  Id   also  which  they  have,  is  for   show. 

but  except  a  man  wipe  off  the  rust,  tiny  will  not 
shine:  for  neither  when  thev  w  ere  molten,  did  they 
feel  it. 

S4  Men  buy  them  at  a  high  juice,  whereas  there 
is  no  breath  in  them. 

25  And  having  not  the  use  of  feet  they  are  carried 
upon  shoulders,  declaring  to  men  how  vile  they  are. 
Be  thev  confounded  also  that  worship  them. 

26  Therefore  if  they  fall  to  the  -round,  they  rise 
not  lip  again  of  themselves;  nor  if  a  man  set  them 
upright  will  they  stand  by  themselves,  but  th«  ii  gifts 
shall  be  set  before  them,  as  to  the  dead. 

27  The  things  that  are  sacrificed  to  (hem.  their 
priests  sell  and  abuse;  in  like  manner  also  their 
wires  take  part  of  them,  but  give  nothing  of  it  either 
to  the  sick,  or  to  the  poor. 

28  The   child-bearing  and    menstruoiis  women 
touch   their  sacrifices:    knowing  therefore  bv  ti 
things  that  they  are  not  gods,  (ear  them  not. 

J!)  for  how  can  they  be  called  gods?  because 
women  set  offerings  before  the  gods  of  silver,  and  of 
gold,  and  of  wood: 

30  And  priests  sit  in  their  temples,  having  their 
garments  rent,  and  their  heads  and  beards  shaven, 
and  nothing  upon  their  beads. 

31  And  they  roar  and  cry  before  their  gods,  as 
men  do  at  the  feast  when  one  is  dead. 

32  The  priests  take  away  their  garments,  and 
clothe  their  wives  ami  their  children. 

33  And  whether  it  hi'  evil  that  one  doeth  unto 
them,  or  good,  they  are  not  able  to  recompense  it: 
neither  can  they  set  up  a  king,  nor  put  him  down  : 

34  In  like  manner  they  can  neither   give   rich 
nor  requite  evil.   If  a  man  make  a  vow  to  them,  and 
perform  it  not:  they  cannot  require  it. 

35  They  cannot  deliver  a  man  from  death,  nor 
save  the  weak  from  the  mighty. 

36  They  cannot  restore  the  blind  man  to  his  sight, 
nor  deliver  a  man  from  distress. 

37  They  shall  not  pity  the  widow,  nor  do  good 
to  the  fatherless. 

38  Their  gods,  of  wood,  and  stone,  and  of  gold, 
and  of  silver,  are  like  the  stones  that  are  hewn  out 
of  the  mountains:  and  they  that  worship  them  shall 
be  confounded. 

.;'.'  How  then  is  it  to  be  supposed,  or  to  be  said, 
that  thev  are  gods? 

40  Kven  the  Chaldeans  themselves  dishonour 
them  :  who  when  thev  hear  of  one  dumb  that  can- 
not speak,  they  present  him  to  Bel,  entreating  him, 
that  he  mav  speak. 

41  As  though  'hey  could  be  sen-ible  that  have 
no  motion  themselves:  and  thev,  when  they  -hall 
pereeive  this,  will  leave  them:  for  their  nods  them- 
selves have  no  BeUSCa 

43  The  women  also  with  cords  about  them,  sit 
in  the  ways  burning  olivi 

43   And  when  any  one  of  them,  drawn  avvav  by 


CHAP.  VI. 


some  passenger,  lieth  with  him,  she  upbraidoth  her 
neighbour,  that  she  was  not  thought  as  worthy  as 
herself  nor  her  cord  broken. 

44  But  all  things  that  are  done  about  them,  are 
false  :  how  is  it  then  to  be  thought,  or  to  be  said, 
that  they  are  gods? 

45  And  they  are  made  by  workmen,  and  by 
goldsmiths.  They  shall  be  nothing  else  but  what 
the  priests  will  have  them  to  be. 

46  For  the  artificers  themselves  that  make  them, 
are  of  no  long  continuance.  Can  those  things  then 
that  are  made  by  them,  be  gods? 

47  But  they  have  left  false  things  and  reproach 
to  them  that  come  after. 

48  For  when  war  cometh  upon  them,  or  evils, 
the  priests  consult  with  themselves  where  they  may 
hide  themselves  with  them. 

49  How  then  can  they  be  thought  to  be  gods, 
that  can  neither  deliver  themselves  from  war,  nor 
save  themselves  from  evils? 

50  For  seeing  they  are  but  of  wood,  and  laid 
over  with  gold,  and  with  silver,  it  shall  be  known 
hereafter  that  they  are  false  things,  by  all  nations, 
and  kings  :  and  it  shall  be  manifest  that  they  are  no 
gods,  but  the  work  of  men's  hands,  and  that  there 
is  no  work  of  God  in  them. 

51  Whence  therefore  is  it  known  that  they  are 
not  gods  but  the  work  of  men's  hands,  and  no  work 
of  God  is  in  them  ? 

52  They  cannot  set  up  a  king  over  the  land,  nor 
give  rain  to  men. 

53  They  determine  no  causes,  nor  deliver  coun- 
tries from  oppression  :  because  they  can  do  nothing, 
and  are  as  daws  between  heaven  and  earth. 

54  For  when  fire  shall  fall  upon  the  house  of 
these  gods  of  wood,  and  of  silver,  and  of  gold,  their 
priests  indeed  will  flee  away,  and  be  saved  :  but  they 
themselves  shall  be  burnt  in  the  midst  like  beams. 

55  And  they  cannot  withstand. a  king  and  war. 
How  then  can  it  be  supposed  or  admitted  that  they 
are  gods? 

56  Neither  are  these  gods  of  wood,  and  of  stone 
and  laid  over  with  gold,  and  with  silver,  able  to 
deliver  themselves  from  thieves  or  robbers:  they  that 
are  stronger  than  them,* 

57  Shall  take  from  them  the  gold,  and  silver,  and 

*  They  that  are  stronger  than  them.    That  is,  robbers,  and   thieves  are 
stronger  than  these  idols,  being;  things  without  life  or  motion. 


the  raiment  wherewith  they  are  clothed,  and  shah 
go  their  way  :  neither  shall  they  help  themselves. 

58  Therefore  it  is  better  to  be  a  kiog  that  show- 
eth  his  power;  or  else  a  profitable  vessel  in  the  hoiiM- 
with  which  the  owner  thereof  will  be  Well  satisfied , 
or  a  door  in  the  house  to  keep  things  safe  that  are 
therein,  than  such  false  gods. 

59  The  sun,  and  the  moon,  and  the  stars  being 
bright,  and  sent  forth  for  profitable  uses,  are  obedient. 

60  In  like  manner  the  lightning  when  it  breaketh 
forth  is  easy  to  be  seen:  and  after  the  same  manner 
the  wind  bloweth  in  every  country. 

61  And  the  clouds,  when  God  commandeth  them 
to  go  over  the  whole  world,  do  that  which  is  com- 
manded them. 

62  The  fire  also  being  sent  from  above  to  consume 
mountains,  and  woods,  doeth  as  it  is  commanded. 
But  these  neither  in  show  nor  in  power,  are  like 
to  any  one  of  them. 

63  Wherefore  it  is  neither  to  be  thought,  nor  to 
be  said,  that  they  are  gods  :  since  they  are  neither 
able  to  judge  causes,  nor  to  do  any  good  to  men. 

64  Knowing  therefore  that  they  are  not  gods,  fear 
them  not. 

65  For  neither  can  they  curse  kings,  nor  bless 
them. 

66  Neither  do  they  show  signs  in  the  heaven 
to  the  nations,  nor  shine  as  the  sun,  nor  give  light 
as  the  moon. 

67  Beasts  are  better  than  they,  which  can  fly 
under  a  covert,  and  help  themselves. 

68  Therefore  there  is  no  manner  of  appearance 
that  they  are  gods :  so  fear  them  not. 

69  For  as  a  scarecrow  in  a  garden  of  cucumbers 
keepeth  nothing;  so  are  their  gods  of  wood,  and  of 
silver,  and  laid  over  with  gold. 

70  They  are  no  better  than  a  white  thorn  in  a 
garden  upon  which  every  bird  sitteth.  In  like  man- 
ner also  their  gods  of  wood,  and  laid  over  with  gold, 
and  with  silver,  are  like  to  a  dead  body  cast  forth 
in  the  dark. 

1  By  the  purple  also  and  the  scarlet  which  are 
moth-eaten  upon  them,  you  shall  know  that  they  are 
not  gods.  And  they  themselves  at  last  are  consumed, 
and  shall  be  a  reproach  in  the  country. 

72  Better  therefore  is  the  just  man  that  hath  no 
idols:  for  he  shall  be  far  from  reproach. 


THE 


PROPHECY  OF  EZECHIEL. 


Ezech'ie],  whose  name  signifies  the  strength  of  God,  teas  of  the 
priestly  race :  and  of  the  number  of  the  captives  that  were  car- 
ried away  to  Babylon  with  king  Joachin.  He  wns  cotemporary 
with  Jerem'ms,  and  prophesied  to  the  same  effect  in  Babylon, 
as  Jeremias  did  in  Jerusalem  ;  and  is  said  to  have  ended  his 
days  in  like  manner,  by  martyrdom. 

CHAP.  I. 

The  time  of  EzcchieVs  prophecy:  he  sees  a  glorious  vision. 

"jVTOW  it  came  to  pass  in   the  thirtieth  year,*  in 
-L'   the  fourth  month  on  the  fifth  day  of  the  month, 


when  I  was  in  the  midst  of  the  captives  by  the  river 
Chobar,  the  heavens  were  opened,  and  1  saw  the 
visions  of  God. 

2  On  the  fifth  day  of  the  month,  the  same  was 
the  fifth  year  of  the  captivity  of  king  Joachin, 

3  The  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Ezechiel  the 

*  The  thirtieth  year.    Either  of  the  age  of  Fzechiel ;  or,  as  others 
will  have  it,  from  the  solemn  covenant  made  in  the  eighteenth  year 
of  the  reign  of  Josias.     4  Kinsrs  xxiii. 
651 


LZKCHIFX. 


Erieat  lh«'  son  of  llti/.i  in  tha  land  of  the  Chaldeans. 
\  ilic    river   (  hohar:  and   the  hand   of  the   Loril 
was  there  ii|H)ii  him. 

\iil  1  MTi  and  behold,  a  whirlwind  MUM  oni 
of  the  north  :  and  a  peat  eloiid.  and  a  fire  infolding 
it.  and  brightness  was  about  it;  and  out  of  the  midst 
thereof,  that  is.  out  of  the  midst  of  the  lire,  as  it 
were  tin-  resemblance  of  amber: 

\nd  in  llie  midst  thereof  the  likeness  of  four 

living  creatures:*  and  this  was  their  appearance: 

then  wa>  the  likeness  ol  a  man  in  them. 

6  l.veiy  one  had  lour  fares,  and  every  one  four 
win 

7  Their  feet  were  straight  feet:  and  the  sole  of 
their  foot  was  like  the  sole  of  aealfsfoot:  amj  the} 

tparfcled  like  the  appearance  of  glowing  brans. 

8  And  llit  i/  hud  the  hands  ol  a  man  under  their 
winga  on  Inev  four  sides  >  and  they  had  fares  and 
w  inga  on  the  four  sides. 

9  And  the  win»;s  of  one  were  joined  to  the  win^s 
of  another.  They  turned  not  when  they  went:  but 
even  one  went  straight  forward. 

lit  And  as  for  the  likeness  of  their  faces:   there 

was  the  lace  of  a  man.  and  the  face  of  a  lion  Oil  the 

right  side  of  all  the  four:  and  the  face  of  an  ox.  on 

the  hit  side  of  all  the  four;  and  the  face  of  an 

le  over  all  the  four. 

1  I  And  their  faces,  and  their  wines  were  stretch- 
ed upward:  two  wings  of  every  one  were  joined, 
and  tWO  covered  their  bodies: 

12  And  e\ery  one  of  them  went  straight  forward  : 
whither  the  impulse  of  the  spirit  was  to  go,  thither 
they  went  :  and  they  turned  not  when  they  went. 

13  And  as  for  the  likeness  ol  the  living  creatures, 
their  appearance  was  like  that  of  burning  coals  of 
lire,  and  like  the  appearance  of  lamps.  This  was 
the  vision  running  to  and  fro  in  the  midst  of  the 
living  creatures,  n  bright  lire,  and  lightning  going 
forth  from  the  fire. 

I  J-  And  the  living  creatures  ran  and  returned  like 
flashes  of  lightning. 

16  Now  as  I  beheld  the  living  creatures,  there 
appeared  upon  the  earth  by  tin  bring  cnaturesone 
wheel  with  four  faces. 

16  And  the  appearance  of  the   wheels,   and   the 
work  of  them,  was  like  the  appearance  of  (he    - 
and  the  four  had  all  one  likeness:  and  their  appearance 
and  their  work  tOSI  as  ii  wen  a  wheel  in  the  midst 
of  a  wheel. 

17  When  they  went,  they  went  by  their  four 
parts;  taad  they  turned  not  whin  tin  \   went. 

18  The  w  heels  had  also  a  size,  and  a  height,  and 

a  dreadful  appearance:  and  the  whole  body  wis 

full  of  eyes  round  about  all  the  four. 

19  And  when  the  living  creatures  went,  the 
w  heels  also  went  together  by  them:  and  when  the 
living  creatures  were  lifted  up  from  the  earth,  the 
win  els  also  were  lilted  up  with  them. 


*  r.irint  <Tf«fnrM.     Chenihintt  (as  appear*  from  EcrUtUttitm.  xlix. 

10.)  I m»l  Wtated  to  the  prophet  iimlrr   theee   mvMermu.   ihapee,   a> 

rtitir  *be  throne  of  God.  and   a.  it   were  drawing  hit  chariot. 

All  (hit  chapter  appeared  to  obacure,  and  full  of  myalerica,  to  the  an- 


20  Whiibersoevi  r  the  spirit  went,  thither  as  i* 
spirit  went  the  wheels  also  were  lifted  withal,  btld 
followed  it:  for  the  spirit  of  life  was  in  the  wheels. 

21  When  those  went,  these  Went;  and  when 
those  stood,  these  stood;  and  when  those  were  lift- 
ed up  from  the  earth,  the  wheels  also  wi  re  lifted 
1 1 1  >  together,  and  followed  tin  in:  for  the  spirit  of 
life  was  in  the  wheels. 

22  And  over  the  heads  of  the  living  creatim  s  w  as 
the  likeness  of  the  firmament,  as  the  appearance  of 
crystal  terrible  to  behold,  and  stretched  out  over  thi  ir 
heads  above. 

23  And  under  the   firmament   were  their  wi: 
straight  the  one  tow  aid  the  other  :   even    one   with 

two  winga  covered  his  body;  and  the  otner  was  co- 
vered in  like  manner. 

24  And  I  heard  the  noise  of  their  wings,  like  the 
noise  qf  man]  waters,  as  it  were  the  voice  of  the 
most  high  God  :  when  they  walked,  it  was  like  the 
voice  of  a  multitude,  like  the  noise  of  an  army  :  and 
when  they  stood,  their  wings  were  let  down* 

25  For  when  a  voice  came  from  above  the  firma- 
ment, that  was  over  their  heads,  they  stood,  and  let 
down  their  w  inf 

26  And  above  the  firmament,  that  was  over  their 
heads,  was  the  likeness  of  a  throne,  as  the  appi 
anceofthe  sapphire-stone:  and  upon  the  likeness 
of  the  throne,  was  a  likeness  as  of  the  appearant  e 
of  a  man  above  upon  it. 

27  And  I  saw  as  it  were  the  resemblance  of  amber, 
as  the  appearance  of  fire  within  it  round  about : 
from  his  loins  and  upward,  and  from  his  loins  down- 
ward, I  saw  as  it  were  tin;  resemblance  of  file 
shining  round  about. 

28  As  the  aynearancc  of  the  rainbow  when  it  is 
in  a  cloud  on  a  rainy  day  ;  this  was  the  appearance 
of  the  brightness  round  about. 

CHAP.  II. 

The  prophet  receives  fiis  commission. 

'T^  HIS  was  the  vision  of  the  likeness  of  the  glory 
-*-    of  the  Lord.     And  I  saw,  and  I  fell  upon  my 
face;  and  I  heard  the  voice  of  one  that  spoke.     And 
he  said  to  me:  Son  of  man,  stand  upon  thy  ft 
and  1  will  speak  to  thee  : 

2  And  the  spirit  entered  into  me  after  that  be 
spoke  to  me,  and  he  set  me  upon  my  in  i  :  and  I 
heard  him  speaking  to  me. 

3  And  saying:  Son  of  man.  I  send  thee  to  the 
children  of  Israel,  to  a  rebellious  people  that  hath 
revolted  from  me:  they  and  their  fathers  have  trans- 
gressed  mi  covenant  even  unto  this  dav. 

4  And  they  to  whom  I  send  thee  are  children  ol 

a  hard  face,  and  of  an   obstinate   heart  :   ami  thou 
shall  say  to  them  :   Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  : 

6  If  so  be  they  at  hast  will  hear,  and  if  so  be 
they  will  forbear,  for  tlnv  aie  a  provoking  house: 
and  they  shall  know  that  then  haili  bet  n  a  prophet 
in  the  midst  of  them. 

eient  Hebrew*,  that,  a«  we  Irani  ritM  '   P-iulm  ) 

-ifTered  notn-  la  Med  It,  before  tin  \  » <  •>■  iuirt\  \  cars  old. 
f  Wktnthff  went,  lb?  treat  by  ttuir  Jour  p*rlt.      I 
to  any  of  their  aidea  either  torward  or  backward  i  to  the  right  M  ;.. 


CHAP.  III. 


6  And  thou,  0  son  of  mail,  fear  not,  neither  be 
thou  afraid  of  their  words  :  for  thou  art  among  un- 
believers and  destroyers,  and  thou  dwellest  with 
scorpions.  Fear  not  their  words  ;  neither  be  thou 
dismayed  at  their  looks :  for  they  are  a  provoking 
house. 

7  And  thou  shalt  speak  my  words  to  them,  if  per- 
haps they  will  hear,  and  forbear  ;  for  they  provoke 
me  to  anger. 

8  But  thou,  O  son  of  man,  hear  all  that  I  say  to 
thee:  and  do  not  thou  provoke  me,  as  that  house 
provoketh  me  :  open  thy  mouth,  and  eat  what  I  give 
thee. 

9  And  I  looked,  and  behold,  a  hand  was  sent  to 
me,  wherein  was  a  book  rolled  up:  and  he  spread 
it  before  me,  audit  was  written  within  and  without: 
and  there  were  written  in  it  lamentations,  and  canti- 
cles, and  wo. 

CHAP.  III. 

The  prophet  ealt,  the  book,  and  receives  further  instructions ; 
the  office  of  a  loatchman. 

AND  he  said  to  me  :  Son  of  man,  eat  all  that 
•  thou  shalt  find :  eat  this  book,  and  go  speak 
to  the  children  of  Israel.* 

2  And  I  opened  my  mouth  ;  and  he  caused  me 
to  eat  that  book  : 

3  And  he  said  to  me :  Son  of  man,  thy  belly 
shall  eat,  and  thy  bowels  shall  be  filled  w'ith  this 
book,  which  I  give  thee.  And  1  did  eat  it :  and  it 
was  sweet  as  honey  in  my  mouth. 

4  And  he  said  to  me :  Son  of  man,  go  to  the 
house  of  Israel,  and  thou  shalt  speak  my  words  to 
them. 

5  For  thou  art  not  sent  to  a  people  of  a  profound 
speech,  and  of  an  unknown  tongue,  but  to  the  house 
of  Israel : 

6  Not  to  many  nations  of  a  strange  speech,  and 
of  an  unknown  tongue,  whose  wopds  thou  canst  not 
understand :  and  if  thou  wert  sent  to  them,  they 
would  hearken  to  thee. 

7  But  the  house  of  Israel  will  not  hearken  to  thee : 
because  they  will  not  hearken  to  me  :  for  all  the 
house  of  Israel  are  of  a  hard  forehead  and  an  obsti- 
nate heart. 

8  Behold,  I  have  made  thy  face  stronger  than 
their  faces,  and  thy  forehead  harder  than  their  fore- 
heads. 

9  I  have  made  thy  face  like  an  adamant,  and  like 
flint :  fear  them  not,  neither  be  thou  dismayed  at 
their  presence  :  for  they  are  a  provoking  house. 

10  And  he  said  to  me:  Son  of  man,  receive  in 
thy  heart,  and  hear  with  thy  ears,  all  the  words  that 
I  speak  to  thee  : 

1 1  And  go  get  thee  into  them  of  the  captivity,  to 
the  children  of  thy  people  :  and  thou  shalt  speak  to 
them,  and  shall  say  to  them  .  Thus  saith  the  Lord: 
If  so  be  they  will  hear,  and  will  forbear. 

12  And  the  spirit  took   me  up;  and  I  heard    be- 


*  £nl  this  book,  and  go  speak  to  the  children  of  Israel.  By  this  eating  of 
the  book  was  signified  the  diligent  attention  and  affection,  with  which 
h  e  are  to  receive,  and  embrace  the  word  of  God  ;  and  to  let  it,  as  it 
were,  sink  into  our  interior  by  devout  meditation. 


hind  me   the  voice  ot  a  gi eat  commotion,  saying: 
Blessed  be  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  from  his  place. 

13  And  the  noise  of  the  wings  of  the  living  crea- 
tures striking  one  against  another,  and  the  noise  of 
the  wheels  following  the  living  creatures,  and  the 
noise  of  a  great  cqmmotion. 

14  The  spirit  also  lifted  me,  and  took  me  up  :  and 
I  went  away  in  bitterness  in  the  indignation  of 
my  spirit:  for  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  with  me, 
strengthening  me. 

15  And  I  came  to  them  of  the  captivity,  to  the 
heap  of  new  com,t  to  them  that  dwelt  by  the  river 
Chobar,  and  I  sat  where  they  sat :  and  I  remained 
there  seven  days  mourning  in  the  midst  of  them. 

16  And  at  the  end  of  seven  days  the  word  of  the 
Lord  came  to  me,  saying  : 

17-  Son  of  man,  I  have  made  thee  a  watchman 
to  the  house  of  Israel  :  and  thou  shalt  hear  the  word 
our  of  my  mouth,  and  shalt  tell  it  them  from  me. 

18  If,  when  I  say  to  the  wicked,  Thou  shalt 
surely  die  :  thou  declare  it  not  to  him,  nor  speak 
to  him,  that  he  may  be  converted  from  his  wicked 
way,  and  live:  the  same  wicked  man  shall  die  in 
his  iniquity:  but  I  will  require  his  blood  at  thy  hand. 

19  But  if  thou  give  warning  to  the  wicked,  and 
he  be  not  converted  from  his  wickedness,  and  from 
his  evil  way  ;  he  indeed  shall  die  in  his  iniquity  ; 
but  thou  hast  delivered  thy  soul. 

20  Moreover  if  the  just  man  shall  turn  away  from 
his  justice,  and  shall  commit  iniquity;  I  will  lay  a 
stumbling-block  before  him;  he  shall  die,  because 
thou  hast  not  given  him  warning:  he  shall  die  in  his 
sin,  and  his  justices  which  he  hath  done,  shall  not 
be  remembered  :  but  I  will  require  his  blood  at  thy 
hand. 

21  But  if  thou  warn  the  just  man,  that  the  just 
may  not  sin,  and  he  doth  not  sin  :  living  he  shall 
live,  because  thou  hast  warned  him,  and  thou  hast 
delivered  thy  soul. 

22  And  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  upon  me;  and 
he  said  to  me  :  Rise,  and  go  forth  into  the  plain,  and 
there  I  will  speak  to  thee. 

23  And  I  rose  up,  and  went  forth  into  the  plain  : 
and  behold,  the  glory  of  the  Lord  stood  there,  like 
the  glory  which  I  saw  by  the  river  Chobar:  and  I 
fell  upon  my  face. 

24  And  the  spirit  entered  into  me,  and  set  me 
upon  my  feet :  and  he  spoke  to  me,  and  said  tome  ; 
Go  in,  and  shut  thyself  up  in  the  midst  of  thy  house. 

25  And  thou,  O  son  of  man,  behold  ;  they  shall 
put  bands  upon  thee  ;  and  they  shall  bind  thee  w ■ith 
them  :  and  thou  shalt  not  go  forth  from  the  midst 
of  them. 

26  And  I  will  make  thy  tongue  stick  fast  to  the 
roof  of  thy  mouth  ;  and  thou  shalt  be  dumb,  and 
not  as  a  man  that  reproveth :  because  they  are  a 
provoking  house. 

27  But  when  I  shall  speak  to  thee,  I  will  open 
thy  mouth,  and  thou  shalt  say  to  them:  Thus  saith 

f  The  heap  of  new  corn.     It  was  the  name  of  a  nlace ;  iu  Hebrew 

Tebabib. 


653 


EZKCIIIKL. 


tin-  Lord  God :  He  that  heareth,  lei  him  lioar :  nd 
he  ih.it  forbeareth,  let  bin  forbear;  tor  tin 

",moW""  '""'-"•    CHAP.  IV. 

A  prophetic  description  of the  sirgr  of  Jerutalrm,  and  the  fa- 
mint-  that  shall  reign  there. 

AND  thou,  O  son  of  man,  take  thee  ii  die,  and 
lay  it  before  x r  1 » t -  :  and  draw  upon  it  the  plan 
of  the  city  of  Jerusalem. 

2  And  lay  siege  against  it,  and  build  forts,  and 
cast  up  a  mount,  and  m  t  a  camp  SgaiaSt  it.  ami  place 
battering  ranis  round  about  it. 

3  And  take UOtO  thee  an  iron  pan,  and  set  it  for 
a  wall  of  iron  between  thee  and  the  city:  and  set 
thy  face  resolutely  against  it, and  it  shall  be  besieged, 
and  thou  shalt  lav  siege  against  it :  it  is  a  sign  to 
the  house  of  Israel. 

V  And  thou  shalt  sleep  upon  thy  left  side,  and 
shalt  lav  the  iniquities  of  the  house  of  Israel  upon 
it.  according  to  the  number  of  the  days  that  thou 
shalt  sleep  upon  it;  and  thou  shalt  take  upon  thee 
tluir  iniquity. 

5  And  I  have  laid  upon  thee  the  years  of  their 
iniquity,  according  to  the  number  of  the  days  three 
hundred  and  ninety  days;  and  thou  shalt  bear  the 
intquitj  of  the  house  of  Israel. 

6  And  when  thou  hast  accomplished  this,  thou 
shalt  sleep  again  upon  thy  right  side  :  and  thou 
shalt  take  upon  thee  the  iniquity  of  the  house  of 
.luda  forty  days  :  a  day  for  a  year,  yea,  a  day  for  a 
fear  I  have  appointed  to  thee. 

7  \nil  thou  shalt  turn  thy  face  to  the  siege  of 
Jerusalem,  and  thy  arm  shall  be  stretched  out:  and 
thou  shalt  pronhesy  against  it. 

»  Behold,  1  have  encompassed  thee  with  bands  : 
and  thou  shalt  not  turn  thyself  from  one  side  to  the 
other,  till  thou  hast  ended  the  days  of  thy  siege. 

9  \nd  take  to  thee  wheat  and  barley,  and  beans, 
and  lentils,  and  millet,  and  fitches:  and  put  them 
in  one  reasel,  and  make  thee  bread  thereof  accord- 
ing to  the  number  of  the  days  that  thou  shalt  lie 
upon  thy  side  :  three  hundred  and  ninety  days  shalt 
iImhi  eat  thereof. 

10  And  thy  meat  that  thou  shalt  eat,  shall  be  in 
weight  twenty  stateisaday:  from  time  to  time 
thou  shalt  cat  it. 

11  And  thou  shalt  drink  water  by  measure,  the 
sixth  part  of  a  bin  :a  from  time  to  time  thou  shalt 
drink  it. 

12  And  thou  shall  eat  it  as  barley-bread  baked  un- 
der the  ashes  :  and  thou  shalt  cover  it,  in  their  sight, 
with  the  duns  that  coinetli  out  tit  a  man. 

13  And  the  Lord  said  :  So  shall  the  children  of 
Israel  cat  their  bread  all  filthy  among  the  nations 
whither  I  will  cast  them  out. 

14  And  1  said  :  Ah,  ah,  ah,  O  Lord  God,  behold, 
inv  s.,id  hath  not  been  defiled,  and  (ram  my  infan- 

B?en  till  now,  I  have  not  eaten  any  thins  that 
rued  of  itself,  or  was  torn  by  beasts,  and  no  unclean 
Dead  hath  entered  into  my  mouth. 

I ")  \nd  he  Mid  to  me :  lb-bold,  I  have  given  thee 


•  llm 


Thai*  »mcm«urrof  I 

6M 


about  ten  pint*. 


neat's  dune  for  man's  duns,  and  thou  shalt   make, 
thy  bread   therewith. 

lt>   And  he  said  to  me  :  Sun  of  man:    Behold,  I 

will  break  in  pieces  the  staff  of  bread  in  Jerusalem  : 

and  they  shall  cat  bread  bj  Weight,  and  with  care: 
and  they  shall  drink  water  by  measure,  and  in  dis- 

17  So  that  when  bread  and  water  fail,  every  man 
may  fall  against  his  brother,  and  they  may  pine  away 
in  their  iniquities. 

CHAP.  V. 

The  judgments  of  God  upon  the  Jew*  are  firethewn  under  the 
type  of  the  prophet'*  hair. 

AND  thou,  son  of  man,  take  thee  a  sharp  knife 
that  shaved)  the  hair:  and  cause  it  to  pass 
over  thy  head,  and  over  thy  beard  :  and  take  thee 
a  balance  to  weigh  in,  and  divide  the  JtOtr. 

2  A  third  part  thou  shalt  burn  with  fire  in  the  midst 
of  the  city,  according  to  the  fulfilling  of  the  days  c' 
the  siege  :  and  thon  shall  take  a  third  part,  and  cut 
it  in  pieces  with  the  knife  all  round  about:  and  the 
other  third  part  thou  shalt  scatter  in  the  wind  :  and 
I  will  draw  out  the  sword  after  them. 

3  And  thou  shalt  take  thereof  a  small  number ;  and 
shalt  bind  them  in  the  skirt  of  thy  cloke. 

4  And  thou  shalt  take  of  them  again,  and  shalt 
cast  them  in  the  midst  of  the  fire,  and  shalt  burn 
them  w  ith  fire  :  and  out  of  it  shall  come  forth  a  fire 
into  all  the  house  of  Israel. 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  This  is  Jerusalem  ; 
I  have  set  her  in  the  midst  of  the  nations,  and  the 
countries  round  about  her. 

6  And  she  hath  despised  my  judgments,  so  as  to 
be  more  wicked  than  the  Gentiles;  and  my  com- 
mandments, more  than  the  countries  that  are  round 
about  her:  for  they  have  east  oil'  my  judgments, 
and  have  not  walked  in  my  commandments. 

7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Because 
you  have  surpassed  the  Gentiles  that  are  round  about 
you,  and  have  not  walked  in  my  commandments, 
and  have  not  kept  my  Judgments,  and  have  not 
done  according  to  the  judgments  of  the  nations  that 
are  around  about  you  : 

8  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God :  Behold,  I 
come  against  thee;  and  1  myself  will  execute  judg- 
ments in  the  midst  of  thee  in  the  skht  of  the  Gentiles. 

9  And  I  will  do  in  thee  that  which  I  have  not  done  : 
and  the  like  to  which  I  will  do  no  more,  because  ol 
all  thy  abominations. 

10  Therefore  the  fathers  shall  eat  the  SOUS  in  the 
midst  of  thee  ;  and  the  sons  shall  cat  their  fathers  : 
and  I  will  execute  judgments  in  thee  :  and  I  will 
scatter  thy  whole  remnant  into  every  wind. 

11  Therefore  as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Be- 
cause thou  hast  violated  inv  sanctuaiy  with  all  thy 
offences,  and  With  all  thy  abominations;  I  will  a|s(» 
break  thee  ill  nieces;  and  my  eye  shall  not  spate, 
and  1  will  not  have  any  pity. 

12  A  third  part  of  thee  shall  die  with  the  pesti- 
lence, and  shall  lie  consumed  with  famine  in  the 
midst  of  thee:  and  a  third  part  of  thee  shall  fall  by 
the  sword  round  al>oiil  lh<  c  :  and  a  third  part  of  Um  V 


CHAP.  VI,  VII. 


will  I  scatter  into  every  wind  :  and  I  will  draw  out 
a  sword  after  them. 

13  And  I  will  accomplish  my  fury,  and  will 
cause  my  indignation  to  rest  upon  them,  and  I  will 
be  comforted  :  and  they  shall  know  that  I  the  Lord 
have  spoken  it  in  my  zeal,  when  I  shall  have  ac- 
complished my    indignation  in  them. 

14  And  I  will  make  thee  desolate,  and  a  reproach 
among  the  nations  that  are  round  about  thee,  in  the 
sight  of  every  one  that  passeth  by. 

15  And  thou  shall  be  a  reproach,  and  a  scoff,  an 
example,  and  an  astonishment  amongst  the  nations 
that  are  round  about  thee,  when  I  shall  have  exe- 
cuted judgments  in  thee  in  anger,  and  in  indignation, 
and  in  wrathful  rebukes. 

16  I  the  Lord  have  spoken  it :  When  I  shall  send 
upon  them  the  grievous  arrows  of  famine,  which  shall 
bring  death,  and  which  I  will  send  to  destroy  you  : 
and  I  will  gather  together  famine  against  you,  and 
I  will  break  among  you  the  staff  of  bread. 

17  And  I  will  send  in  upon  you  famine,  and  evil 
beasts  unto  utter  destruction  :  and  pestilence  and 
blood  shall  pass  through  thee,  and  I  will  bring  in  the 
sword  upon  thee.     I  the  Lord  have  spoken  it. 

CHAP.  VI. 

The  punishment  of  Israel  for  their  idolatry  :  a  remnant  shall  he 

blessed. 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying  : 
2  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  towards  the  moun- 
tains of  Israel,  and  prophesy  against  them  : 

3  And  say:  Ye  mountains  of  Israel,  hear  .the 
word  of  the  Lord  God  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God 
to  the  mountains,  and  to  the  hills,  and  to  the  rocks, 
and  the  valleys:  Behold,  I  will  bring  upon  you  the 
sword,  and  I  will  destroy  your  high  places, 

4  And  I  will  throw  down  your  altars,  and  your 
idols  shall  be  broken  in  pieces:  and  I  will  cast 
down  your  slain  before  your  idols. 

5  And  I  will  lay  the  dead  carcasses  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  before  your  idols:  and  I  will  scatter 
your  bones  round  about  your  altars 

6  In  all  your  dwelling-places.  The  cities  shall 
be  laid  waste,  and  the  high  places  shall  be  thrown 
down,  and  destroyed  :  and  your  altars  shall  be  abo- 
lished, and  shall  be  broken  in  pieces  ;  and  your  idols 
shall  be  no  more;  and  your  temples  shall  be  de- 
stroyed; and  your  works  shall  be  defaced. 

7  And  the  slain  shall  fall  in  the  midst  of  you  :  and 
you  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

8  And  I  will  leave  in  you  some  that  shall  escape 
the  sword  among  the  nations,  when  I  shall  have 
scattered  you  through  the  countries. 

m9  And  they  that  are  saved  of  you  shall  remem- 
ber me  amongst  the  nations  to  which  they  are  car- 
ried captives:  because  I  have  broken  their  heart 
that  was  faithless,  and  revolted  from  me:  and  their 
eyes  that  went  a  fornicating  after  their  idols:  and 
they  shall  be  displeased  with  themselves  because  of 
the  evils  which  they  have  committed  in  all  their  abo- 
minations. 

10  And  they  shall  know  that  1  the  Lord  have  not 
spoken  in  vain  that  I  would  do  this  evil  to  them. 


1 1  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Strike  with  thy 
hand,  and  stamp  with  thy  foot,  and  say:  Alas,  for 
all  the  abominations  of  the  evils  of  the  house  of  Is- 
rael :  for  they  shall  fall  by  the  sword,  by  the  fam'ne, 
and  by  the  pestilence. 

12  He  that  is  far  off  shall  die  of  the  pestilence  : 
and  he  that  is  near,  shall  fall  by  the  sword:  and  he  that 
rentaineth,  and  is  besieged,  shall  die  by  the  famine 
and  I  will  accomplish  my  indignation  upon  them. 

13  And  you  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  when 
your  slain  shall  be  amongst  your  idols,  round  about 
your  altars,  in  every  high  hill,  and  on  all  the  tops  of 
mountains,  and  under  every  woody  tree,  and  under 
every  thick  oak,  the  place  where  they  burnt  sweet- 
smelling  frankincenSte  to  all  their  idols. 

14  And  I  will  stretch  forth  my  hand  upon  them : 
and  I  will  make  the  land  desolate,  and  abandoned 
from  the  desert  of  Deblatha  in  all  their  dwelling 
places  :  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  VII. 

The  final  desolation  of  Israel :  from  which  few  shall  escape. 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying  : 
2  And  thou  son  of  man,  thus  saith  the  Lord 
God,  to  the  land  of  Israel :  The  end  is  come,  the 
end  is  come  upon  the  four  quarters  of  the  land. 

3  Now  is  an  end  come  upon  thee,  and  I  will 
send  my  wrath  upon  thee  :  and  I  will  judge  thee  ac- 
cording to  thy  ways:  and  I  will  set  all  thy  abomina- 
tions against  thee. 

4  And  my  eye  shall  not  spare  thee,  and  I  will 
show  thee  no  pity :  but  I  will  lay  thy  ways  upon 
thee:  and  thy  abominations  shall  be  in  the  midst 
of  thee :  and  you  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  One  affliction,  be- 
hold, an  affliction  is  come. 

6  An  end  is  come,  the  end  is  come,  it  hath 
awaked  against  thee:  behold,  it  is  come. 

7  Destruction  is  come  upon  thee  that  dwellest 
in  the  land:  the  time  is  come,  the  day  of  slaughter 
is  near,  and  not  of  the  joy  of  mountains. 

8  Now  very  shortly  I  will  pour  out  my  wrath 
upon  thee;  and  1  will  accomplish  my  anger  in  thee: 
and  I  will  judge  thee  according  to  thy  ways  :  and  I 
will  lay  upon  thee  all  thy  crimes. 

9  And  my  eyes  shall  not  spare,  neither  will  I 
show  mercy:  but  I  will  lay  thy  ways  upon  thee, 
and  thy  abominations  shallbe  in  the  midst  of  thee: 
and  you  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  that  strike. 

10  Behold,  the  day,  behold,  it  is  come:  destruc- 
tion is  gone  forth ;  the  rod  hath  blossomed ;  pride 
hath  budded. 

1 1  Iniquity  is  risen  up  into  a  rod  of  impiety  :  no- 
thing of  them  shall  remain,  nor  of  their  people,  nor 
of  the  noise  of  them:  and  there  shall  be  no  rest 
among  them. 

12  The  time  is  come,  the  day  is  at  hand}  let 
not  the  buyer  rejoice ;  nor  the  seller  mourn :  for 
wrath  is  upon  all  the  people  thereof. 

13  For  the  seller  shall  not  return  to  that  which 
he  hath  sold,  although  their  life  be  yet  among  the 
living.  For  the  vision  which  regardeth  all  the  mul- 
titude thereof,  shall  not  go  back  :  neither  shall  man 
be  strengthened  in  the  iniquity  of  his  lite. 

655 


RZECH1EL. 


IV  Wow  the  trumpet;  let  all  Ir-  made  n 
_Mt  there  is  none  t«>  go  to  the  battle;  Tor  my  wrath 
shall  be  upoo  all  the  people  thereof. 

15  The  sword  without,  ami   the   pestilence    and 

tin-  famine  within:  In-  that  is  in  the  field  shall  die 
by  the  sword  :  am!  thej  that  art-  in  the  city,  shall  be 
devoured  by  the  pestilence  ami  the  famine. 

16  Ami  rach  of  them  as  shall  flee  shall  escape: 

ami  they  shall  be  in  the  mountains  like  dovrs  of  the 
valleys,  all  of  them  trembling,  every  one  for  his  ini- 
quity. 

17  All  hands  shall  he  made  feeble;  and  all  knees 
shall  run  with  water. 

18  And  they  shall  gird  themselves  with  hair- 
cloth: and  fear  shall  cover  them,  and  ■home  shall 
be  uponeverj  face,  and  baldness  npoa  alltheir  heads. 

19  Their  silver  shall  lx-  cast  forth,  and  their  gold 
shall  become  ■  dunghill.  Their  silver  and  their 
^old  shall  not  be  tble  to  deliver  them  in  the  day  of 
the  wrath  of  the  Lord.  They  shall  not  satisfy  their 
soul,  and  their  bellies  shall  not  he  filled  :  because  it 
hath  been  the  stumbling-block  of  their  iniquity. 

20  And  they  have  turned  the  ornament  of  their 
jewels  into  pride,  and  have  made  of  it  the  images 
of  their  abominations  and  idols  :  therefore  1  have 
made  it  an  uncleanness  to  them. 

21  And  I  will  give  it  into  the  hands  of  strangers 
for  spoil,  and  to  the  wicked  of  the  earth  for  a  prey : 
ami  they  shall  defile  it. 

S2  And  I  will  turn  away  my  faee  from  them, 
and  they  shall  violate  my  secret  place:*  and  rob- 
liers  shall  enter  into  it,  and  defile  it. 

23  Make  a  shutting  up  :f  for  the  land  is  full  of 
the  judgment  of  blood,  and  the  city  is  full  of 
iniquity. 

24  And  I  will  bring  the  worst  of  the  nations,  and 
they  shall  posvrss  their  houses:  and  I  will  make 
the  pride  of  the  mighty  to  cease,  and  they  shall  pos- 
se>s  their  sanctuary. 

25  When  digress  eometh  upon  them,  they  will 
seek  for  peace,  and  there  shall  lie  none. 

26  Trouble  shall  come  ti|>on  trouble,  and  ru- 
mour upon  rumour :  and  they  shall  seek  a  vision 
of  the  prophet  :  and  the  law  shall  perish  from  the 
priest,  and  counsel  from  the  ancients. 

27  The  king  shall  mourn,  and  the  prince  shall  be 
clothed  with  sorrow,  and  the  hands  of  the  i>eople 
of  the  land  shall  be  troubled.  I  will  do  to  them 
Mccordiag  to  their  way.  and  will  judge  them  ac- 
cording to  their  judgments:  and  they  shall  know 
that  1  am  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

The  prnphft  tret  in  a  vision  the  abominations  committrd  in  Je- 
rutnUm  ■•  whirk  dttrrmine  tkt  \jnrdto  spnrr  thrm  no  longer. 

\  ND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  sixth  year,  in  the 
**■  sixth  month,  in  the  fifth  day  of  the  month,  u  I 
sat  in  my  house,  and  the  ancients  of  .luda  sat  lie- 
fore  me,  that  the  hand  of  the  Lord  God  fell  there 
upon  me. 
.  • 

•  Strrrl  flit,  he.    r\i.     fto  inward  tanrluary,  the  holy  of  Imlies. 

♦  Miktng  m  limiting  up.  In  Hebrew,  a  chain,  vis.  for  irnpriHmment 
and  captivity. 

{  Mmut     The  favourite  of  Veotu,  (lain  or  a  wild  boar,  a*  feigned 

M 


2  And  I  saw,  and  behold,  a  likeni  -s  tu  the  ap 
pearaace  of  lire  :  from  the  appearance  of  his  lom.i 
and  downward,  fire  :  and  limn  his  loins,  and  up 
ward,  as   the  appearance  of  brightness,  as  the  ap 

pearaace  of  ■moor. 

3  And  the  likeness  of  a  hand  v\as  put  forth,  ant 
took  me  by  a  lock  of  m\  head  :  and  the  spirit  lifted 
me  up  between  the  earth  and  the  heaven,  ai». 
brought  me  in  the  vision  of  (iod  into  Jerusalem 
near  the  inner  gate,  that  looked  toward  the  north 
where  was   get   the  idol  of  jealousy  to  provoke  to 

jeaieaej . 

4  And  behold,  the  glory  of  the  God  of  Israel  SMI 
there,  according  to  the  vision  which  I  had  seen  in 
the  plain. 

5  And  he  said  to  me:  Son  of  man,  lift  im  thy 
eyes  towards  the  way  of  the  north.  And  1  lilted 
up  my  uvea  towards  the  wav  of  the  north  :  and  lie- 
hold,  on  the  north  side  of  the  gate  of  the  altar  the 
idol  ol  jealousy  in  the  very  entiy. 

6  And  he  said  to  me  :  Son  of  man,  dost  thou 
see,  thinkest  thou,  what  these  are  doing,  the  great 
abominations  that  the  house  of  Israel  committed! 
here,  that  I  should  depart  far  oil'  from  my  sanc- 
tuary ?  and  turn  thee  yet  again,  and  thou  shall  see 
greater  abominations. 

7  And  he  brought  me  into  the  door  of  the  court: 
and  1  saw,  ami  behold,  a  hole  in  the  wall. 

8  And  he  said  to  me:  Son  of  man,  dig  in  the 
wall.  And  when  I  had  digged  in  the  wall,  behold, 
a  door. 

9  And  he  said  to  me  :  Go  in,  and  see  the  wicki  d 
■nominations  which  they  commit  here. 

10  And  I  went  in  and  saw,  and  behold,  every 
form  of  creeping  things,  and  of  living  creatures,  the 
abomination,  and  all  the  idols  of  the  nousc  of  Israel 
were  painted  on  the  wall  all  round  about. 

11  And  seventy  men  of  the  ancients  of  the  house 
of  Israel,  and  Jezonias  the  son  of  Saaphan  stood  in 
the  midst  of  them,  that  stood  he  fore  the  pictun  -  : 
and  every  one  had  a  censer  in  his  hand :  and  a  cloud 
of  smoke  went  up  from  the  incense. 

12  And  he  said  to  me:  Surely  thou seest, Q  son 
of  man,  what  the  ancients  of  the  house  of  Israel  do 
in  the  dark,  every  one  in  private  in  his  chamber :  lot 
they  say:  The  Lord  scelh  us  not:  tin-  Lord  hath 
forsaken  the  earth. 

13  And  he  said  to  mc  :  If  thou  turn  thee  again, 
thou  shalt  see  greater  abominations  which  the* 
commit. 

14  And  he  brought  me  in  by  the  door  of  the  gate 
of  the  Lord's  house,  which  looked  to  the  north  :  ami 
behold,  women  sat  there  mourning  for  Adonis. J 

15  And  he  said  to  me  :   Surely  thou  hast  s,  en..( 
son  of  man  :   but  turn  thee  again,  and  thou  shah 
greater  abominations  than  tot 

16  And  he  brought  me  into  the  inner  OOUtl  OI 
the  house  of  the  Lord:  and  behold,  at  the  dooi  ol 
the  temple  of  die  Lord,  between  the  porch  and  the 

by  the  Heathen  poets,  aad  which  Heine  here  reprcacnlrd  by  an  Idoj,  i. 
lamented  by  the  female  worabippert  of  Owl  goddeaa.  In  the  Hebrew 
the  name  a  Tarnmuz. 


CHAP.  IX,  X. 


altar,  were  about  five  and  twenty  men  having  their 
backs  towards  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  and  their 
faces  to  the  east :  and  they  adored  towards  the 
rising  of  the  sun. 

17  And  he  said  to  me  :  Surely  thou  hast  seen,  O 
son  of  man  :  is  this  a  light  thing  to  the  house  of  Juda, 
that  they  should  commit  these  abominations  which 
they  have  committed  here  :  because  they  have  filled 
the  land  with  iniquity,  and  have  turned  to  provoke 
me  to  anger  ?  and  behold,  they  put  a  branch  to  their 
nose. 

18  Therefore  I  also  will  deal  with  them  in  my 
wrath  :  my  eyes  shall  not  spare  them,  neither  will 
1  show  mercy  :  and  when  they  shall  cry  to  my  ears 
with  a  loud  voice,  I  will  not  hear  them. 

CHAP.  IX. 

All  are  ordered  to  be  destroyed  that  are  not  marked  in  their 
foreheads.     God  will  nut  be  entreated  for 


them. 

AND  he  cried  in  my  ears  with  a  loud  voice,  say- 
ing :  The  visitations  of  the  city  are  at  hand  ; 
and  every  one  hath  a  destroying  weapon  in  his 
hand. 

2  And  behold,  six  men  came  from  the  way  of 
the  upper  gate,  which  looketh  to  the  north :  and 
each  one  had  his  weapon  of  destruction  in  his  hand: 
and  there  was  one  man  in  the  midst  of  them  clothed 
with  linen,  with  a  writer's  inkhorn  at  his  reins: 
and  they  went  in,  and  stood  by  the  brazen  altar. 

3  And  the  glory  of  the  Lord  of  Israel  went  up 
from  the  cherub,  upon  which  he  was,  to  the  thres- 
hold of  the  house  :  and  he  called  to  the  man  that 
was  clothed  with  linen,  and  had  a  writer's  inkhorn 
at  his  loins. 

4  And  the  Lord  said  to  him  :  Go  through  the 
midst  of  the  city,  through  the  midst  of  Jerusalem  : 
and  mark  Thau*  upon  the  foreheads  of  the  men  that 
sigh  and  mourn  for  all    the  abominations  that  are 

.  .committed  in  the  midst  thereof. 

5  And  to  the  others  he  said  in  my  hearing  :  Go 
ye  after  him  through  the  city,  and  strike  :  let  not 
your  eye  spare,  nor  be  ye  moved  with  pity. 

6  Utterly  destroy  old  and  young,  maidens,  chil- 
dren and  women  :  but  upon  whomsoever  you  shall 
see  Thau,  kill  him  not ;  and  begin  ye  at  my  sanc- 
tuary. So  they  began  at  the  ancient  men,  who 
were  before  the  house. 

7  And  he  said  to  them  :  Defile  the  house,  and 
fill  the  courts  with  the  slain  :  go  ye  forth.  And 
they  went  forth,  and  slew  them  that  were  in  the  city. 

8  And  the  slaughter  being  ended,  I  was  left:  and 
I  fell  upon  my  face,  and  crying,  I  said  :  Alas,  alas, 
alas,  O  Lord  God,  wilt  thou  then  destroy  all  the 
remnant  of  Israel,  by  pouring  out  thy  fury  upon  Je- 
rusalem ? 

9  And  he  said  to  me:  The  iniquity  of  the  house 
of  Israel  and  of  Juda  is  exceeding  great;  and  the 
land  is  filled  with  blood  ;  and  the  city  is  filled  with 

*  Mark  Thaxt.  Thau  or  Tau,  is  the  last  letter  in  the  Hebrew  alpha- 
bet, and  signifies  a  sign,  or  a  mark :  which  is  the  reason  why  some 
translators  render  this  place  set  a  mark,  or  mark  a  mark,  without  spe- 
cifying- what  this  mark  was.    But  St.  Jerom,  and  other  interpreters, 

4  O 


perverseness :  for  they  have  said  :  The  Lord  hath 
forsaken  the  earth  :  and  the  Lord  seeth  not. 

10  Therefore  neither  shall  my  eye  spare,  nor  will 
I  have  pity  :  1  will  requite  their  way  upon  their  head. 

11  And  behold,  the  man  that  was  clothed  with 
linen,  that  had  the  inkhorn  at  his  back,  returned 
the  word,  saying  :  I  have  done  as  thou  hast  com- 
manded me. 

CHAP.  X. 

Fire  is  taken  from  the  midst  of  the  wheels  under  the  che~Mbims, 
and  scattered  over  the  city.     A  description  of  the  cherubims 

\  ND  I  saw,  and  behold,  in  the  firmament  that 
-^*-  was  over  the  heads  of  the  cherubims,  there  ap- 
peared over  them  as  it  were  the  sapphire-stone,  as 
the  appearance  of  the  likeness  of  a  throne. 

2  And  he  spoke  to  the  man,  that  was  clothed 
with  linen,  and  said  :  Go  in  between  the  wheels 
that  are  under  the  cherubims,  and  fill  thy  hand 
with  the  coals  of  fire  that  are  between  the  cheru- 
bims, and  pour  them  out  upon  the  city.  And  he 
went  in,  in  my  sight : 

3  And  the  cherubims  stood  on  the  right  side  of 
the  house,  when  the  man  went  in  ;  and  a  cloud  fill- 
ed the  inner  court. 

4  And  the  glory  of  the  Lord  was  lifted  up'  from 
above  the  cherub  to  the  threshold  of  the  house  :  and 
the  house  was  filled  with  the  cloud,  and  the  court  was 
filled  with  the  brightness  of  the  glory  of  the  Lord. 

5  And  the  sound  of  the  wings  of  the  cherubims 
was  heard  even  to  the  outward  court  as  the.  voice  of 
God  Almighty  speaking. 

6  And  when  he  had  commanded  the  man  that 
was  clothed  with  linen,  saying  :  Take  fire  from  the 
midstof  the  wheels  that  are  between  the  cherubims  ; 
he  went  in  and  stood  beside  the  wheel. 

7  And  one  cherub  stretched  out  his  arm  from  the 
midst  of  the  cherubims  to  the  fire  that  was  between 
the  cherubims  :  and  he  took,  and  put  it  into  the 
hands  of  him  that  was  clothed  with  linen ;  who 
took  it,  and  went  forth. 

8  And  there  appeared  in  the  cherubims  the  like- 
ness of  a  man's  hand  under  their  wings. 

9  And  I  saw,  and  behold,  there  were  four  wheels 
by  the  cherubims  :  one  wheel  by  one  cherub  ;  and 
another  wheel  by  another  cherub,  and  the  appear- 
ance of  the  wheels  was  to  the  sight  like  the  chryso- 
lite-stone: 

10  And  as  to  their  appearance,  all  four  were  alike; 
as  if  a  wheel  were  in  the  midst  of  a  wheel. 

1 1  And  when  they  went,  they  went  by  four  ways  :f 
and  they  turned  not  when  they  went:  but  to  the 
place,  whither  they  first  turned,  the  rest  also  follow- 
ed, and  did  not  turn  back. 

12  And  their  whole  body,  and  their  necks,  and 
their  hands,  and  their  wings,  and  the  circles  were 
full  of  eyes,  round  about  the  four  wheels. 

13  And  these  wheels  he  called  voluble, J  in  my 
hearing. 


conclude  it  was  the  form  of  the  letter  Thau,  which,  in  the  anci.nt 
Hebrew  character,  was  the  form  of  a  cross. 

f  By  four  ways.     That  is,  by  any  of  the  four  ways,  forward,  ba<  k 
ward,  to  the  right,  or  to  the  left. 

t  Voluble,  that  is,  rolling  wheels,  galgal. 
657 


KZECHIEL. 


14  And  every  one  had  four  hers:  DM  face  was 
tin-  lace  of  ■  cherub;  and  the  mooed  fact,  the 
of  a  man;  ami   in  the  third   RM  the  face  of  a 
lion  ;  and  in  toe  fourth  t itt-  fact'  of  an  eade. 

1  o  And  the  cherubim*  were  lifted  up:  this  is  the 
living  creature  thai  I  had  asea  by  the  river  Cbober. 

16  And  when  the  cherubima  went,  the  vrheela 

also  went  by  them:  and  w  lit  u  (In*  cherubiuis  lifted 

up  their  nrings,  to  monnt  ap  from  the  earth,  the 
wheels  Maid  not  behind,  but  arete  by  then. 

17  When  they  stood,  these stood;  and  when  they 
\m  re  lifted  up,  tin m  awe  lifted  Up:  for  the  spirit 
of  life  area  in  them. 

18  Ami  the  (dory  of  the  Lord  went  forth  from 
the  threshold  of  the  temple;  and  Mood  over  the 
cheruhims. 

19  And  the  cherubima  lifting  op  their  a  in^s,  aaan 
raised  Groan  the  earth  before  me:  and  as  that  went 

out,  the  wheels  al-.o  followed:  and  it  stood  in  the 
entry  of  the  east  RBtC  of  the  house  of  the  Lord:  and 
the  dory  of  the  God  of  Israel  \\;is  over  them. 

SO  This  is  the  I ■  %  i ii iz.  creature,  tvbich  I  saw  under 
the  God  of  Israel  hy  the  river  Chobar :  and  I  un- 
dei  stood  that  they  were  cherubima. 

21  Each  one  had  four  faces,  :uul  each  one  had 
four  winga:  and  the  likeness  of  a  man's  hand  was 
under  their  wmajsi 

22  And  as  to  the  likeness  of  their  faces,  they  were 
the  same  laces  which  I  had  seen  hv  the  river  Clio- 
lur,  and  their  looks,  and  the  impulse  of  every  one 
to  go  straight  forward. 

CHAP.  XI. 

A  prnphrry  against  the  prrsumptunim  assurance  of  the  great 
one*.  A  remnant  thall  be  tared,  and  receive  a  new  spirit, 
and  a  new  heart. 

AND  the  spirit  lifted  me  up,  and  hrousht  me  into 
the  east  uate  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  which 
looketh  towards  the  rising  of  the  sun:  and  behold, 
in  the  entry  of  the  gate  live  and  twenty  men:  and 
I  saw  in  the  midst  ot  them  .h/onias  the  son  of  Azur, 
and  I'heltias  the  son  of  Bauaias,  princes  of  the 
people. 

2  And  he  said  to  me:  Son  of  man,  these  are  the 
men  that  study  iniquity,  and  frame  a  wicked  coun- 
sel in  this  city. 

3  Savins:  Were  not  houses  lately  built?*  This 
citu  is  tin- caulihoii.aud  we  the  flesh. 

4  Therefore  prophesy  against  them;  prophesy, 
thou  son  of  man. 

n  And  the  spirit  of  the  Lord  fell  upon  me,  and 
said  to  me:  Speak,  thus  saith  the  Lord :  Thus  have 
you  spoken,  O  house  of  Israel;  for  1  know  the 
thoughts  of  your  heart. 


•  H'rrt  not  kmutt  UlWw  built,  fcc  These  men  despised  the  predic- 
i  and  threat*  of  the  prophet*;  who  declared  to  them  from  Got), 
that  the  ritv  .hntild  be  destroyed,  ami  tin-  inh.ihitants  carried  into 
captivity;  and  they  made  use  of  tlii.  kind  »f  argument  against  the 
nmuhuls,  that  the  city,  to  far  from  being  like  to  hi  '.  hail 

lately  been  augmented  by  Ihc  building  of  n<  »  bonaas  from  »  haw  a 
they  further  inferred,  by  way  of  a  proverb,  u«tnsr  tlio  similitude  of  a 
cauldron. oot  of  which  the  flesh  is  not  t.ikrn,  nil  it  is  thoroughly  boil- 
ad  aad  fit  to  he  eaten,  that  they  should  not  be  carried  away  out  of 
their  fit \ .  but  there  end  their  dav*  in  peai 

i  In   Ike  iWrfrri  •/  ItrrnH.      Thev  pretended  that  they  should  die  lo 

658 


6  You  hiive  killed  a  gfffSB]  mam  in  tins  citv :  and 
yon  have  filled  the  streets  thereof  with  the  slain. 

7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Your  slain, 
whom  you  have  laid  in  the  midst  thereof,  thev  are 
the  flesh,  and  this  is   the  cauldron:  and  I  will  bring 

\ou  forth  out  of  the  midst  thereof. 

8  You  have  feared  the  sword;  and  I  will  bring 
the  sword  u|»on  you,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

9  And  I  will  cast  you  out  of  the  midst  thereof; 
ami  I  will  deliver  you  into  the  hand  of  aha  enemies; 
and  I  will  execute  judgments  upon  vou. 

10  You  shall  fall  In  the  sword:  I  will  judge  yon 
in  the  borders  of  Israel  ;f  and  you  shall  mow  that  1 
am  the  Lord. 

11  This  shall  not  be  as  a  cauldron  to  von.  and 
you  shall  not  be  as  flesh  in  (he  midst  thereof:  I  will 
judge  yon  in  the  borders  of  Israel. 

IJ  And  you  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord;  be- 
cause \ou  have  not  walketl  in  my  commandments, 
and  have    not  done   DM   judgments.;    hut    vou   have 

done  according  to  the  judgments  of  the  nations  that 

are  round  about  you. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  I  prophesied,  (hat 
I'heltias  the  sou  of  Banaias  died  :  and  I  tell  dow  u 
upon  my  face,  and  cried  with  a  loud  voice:  and 
said  :  Alas,  alas,  alas,  O  Lord  God  :  w  ilt  thou  make 
au  end  of  all  the  remnant  of  Israel  ? 

14  And  the  Word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying: 

15  Sooof  man,  thy  brethren,  thy  brethren. |  thy 
kinsmen,  and  all  the  house  of  Israel,  and  all  they  to 
whom  the  inhabitants  of Jerusalem  hath  said:  Get 
ye  far  from  the  Lord;  the  land  is  given  in  peam  .- 
sion  to  us. 

16  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Because 
I  have  removed  them  far  oaTameaaj  the  gentiles,  and 
because  1  have  scattered  them  among  the  countries  : 
I  will  In-  to  them  a  little  sanctuary  in  the  countries 
whither  they  are  come. 

17  Therefore  speak  to  tin m  :  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  :  I  will  gather  you  from  among  the  peo- 
ples, and  assemble  you  out  of  the  countries  wherein 
\niiar.  scattered,  and  I  will  givey  on  the  laud  of  Israel. 

18  And  they  shall  go  in  thither,  and  shall  take 
away  all  the  scandals,  and  all  the  abominations 
thereof  from  thence. 

19  And  I,  will  gwe  them  one  heart,  and  will 
put  a  new  spirit  in  their  bowels:  and  I  will  take 
aw  ay  the  stony  heart  out  of  their  flesh,  ami  will 
give  them  a  heart  of  flesh  : 

20  That  thev  may  walk  in  my  commandments, 
and  keep  my  judgments,  and  do  them  :  and  that 
they  may  be  my  people,  and  I  may  be  their  God. 

21  But  as  for  them  whose  heart  walketh   after 


peace  in  Jerusalem  :  God  tell*  them  it  should  not  be  so :  bat  (hat 
they  should  be  judged  and  condemned,  and  fall  hv  the  sword  in  lhe 
borders  of  Israel :  viz.  in  Iteblatha  in  the  land  of  V.math,  where  all 
their  chief  men  were  put  to  death  by  order  of  NabucbodoDosor,  4 
King*  xxv.  and  Jerenuat  lii.  10,  37. 

|  7*y  brdkrm,  lie.  He  speaks  of  them  that  had  been  earned 
away  captive*  before ;  who  were  despised  by  them  that  remained  in 
Jerusalem  :  hut,  as  the  prophet  here  declares  to  (hem  from  God,  should 
be  in  a  more  happy  condition  than  (hey,  and  alter  son 
from  tbeir  captivit \ . 


CHAP.  XII,  XIII. 


their  scandals  and  abominations,  I  will  lay  their  way 
upon  their  head,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

22  And  the  cherabima  lilted  up  their  wings,  and 
the  wheels  with  them  :  and  the  glory  of  the  God  of 
Israel  was  over  them. 

23  And  the  glory  of  the  Lord  went  up  from  the 
midst  of  the  city,  and  stood  over  the  mount  that  is 
on  the  east  side  of  the  city. 

24  And  the  spirit  lifted  me  tip,  and  brought  me 
into  Chaldea  to  them  of  the  captivity,  in  vision,  by 
the  spirit  of  God  :  and  the  vision  which  I  had  seen 
was  taken  up  from  me. 

25  And  I  spoke  to  them  of  the  captivity  all  the 
words  of  the  Lord,  which  he  had  shown  me. 

CHAP.  XII. 

The  prophet  foreshowetk,  by  signs,  the  captivity  of  Sedccias, 
and  the  desolution  of  the  people  :  all  which  shall  quickly  come 
to  pass. 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying : 
2  Son  of  man,  thou  dwellest  in  the  midst  of  a 
provoking  house ;  who  have  eyes  to  see,  and  see 
not ;  and  ears  to  hear,  and  hear  not :  for  they  are  a 
provoking  house. 

3  Thou  therefore,  O  son  of  man,  prepare  thee  all 
necessaries  for  removing,  and  remove  by  day  in  their 
sight  :  and  thou  shalt  remove  out  of  thy  place  to 
another  place  in  their  sight,  if  so  he  they  will  regard 
it  :  for  they  are  a  provoking  house. 

4  And  thou  shalt  bring  forth  thy  furniture  as  the 
furniture  of  one  that  is  removing  by  day  in  their 
sight :  and  thou  shalt  go  forth  in  the  evening  in 
their  presence,  as  one  goeth  forth  that  removeth  his 
dwelling. 

5  Dig  thee  a  way  through  the  wall  before  their 
eyes  :  and  thou  shalt  go  forth  through  it. 

6  In  their  sight  thou  shalt  be  carried  out  upon  men's 
shoulders ;  thou  shalt  be  carried  out  in  the  dark  : 
thou  shalt  cover  thy  face,  and  shalt  not  see  the 
ground  :  for  I  have  set  thee  for  a  sign  of  things  to 
come  to  the  house  of  Israel. 

7  I  did  therefore  as  he  had  commanded  me  :  I 
brought  forth  my  goods  by  day,  as  the  goods  of  one 
that  removeth  :  and  in  the  evening  I  digged  through 
the  wall  with  my  hand  :  and  I  went  forth  in  the 
dark  ;  and  was  carried  on  men's  shoulders  in  their 
sight. 

8  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me  in  the 
morning,  saying : 

9  Son  of  man,  hath  not  the  house  of  Israel,  the 
provoking  house,  said  to  thee:  What  art  thou  doing  ? 

10  Say  to  them :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  : 
This  burden  concerneth  the  prince  that  is  in  Jeru- 
salem, and  all  the  houseof  Israel  thatareamongthem. 

1 1  Say  :  I  am  a  sign  of  things  to  come  to  you  : 
us  1  have  done,  so  shall  it  be  done  to  them  :  they 
shall  be  removed  from  their  dwellings,  and  go  into 
captivity. 

12  And  the  prince  that  is  in  the  midst  of  them, 
vhall  be  carried  on  shoulders  ;  he  shall  go  forth  in 
the  dark:  they  shall  dig  through  the  wall  to  bring 
him  out :  his  face  shall  be  covered,  that  he  may  not 
eee  the  ground  with  his  eyes. 

13  And  I  will  spread  my  net  over  him,  and  he 


shall  be  taken  in  my  net :  and  I  will  bring  him 
into  Babylon,  into  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans  ;  and 
he  shall  not  see  it:*  and  there  he  shall  die. 

#  14  And  all  that  are  about  him,  his  guards,  and 
his  troops,  I  will  scatter  Into  every  wind  :  and  I  will 
draw  out  the  sword  after  them. 

15  And  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord, 
when  I  shall  have  dispersed  them  among  the  nations, 
and  scattered  them  in  the  countries. 

16  And  I  will  leave  a  few  men  of  them  from  the 
sword,  and  from  the  famine,  and  from  the  pesti- 
lence ;  that  they  may  declare  all  their  wicked  deeds 
among  the  nations  whither  they  shall  go  :  and  they 
shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

17  Andthewordofthe  Lord  came  to  me,  saying: 

18  Son  of  man,  eat  thy  bread  in  trouble  :  and 
drink  thy  water  in  hurry  and  sorrow. 

19  And  say  to  the  people  of  the  land  :  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  to  them  that  dwell  in  Jerusalem  in 
the  land  of  Israel  :  They  shall  eat  their  bread  in 
care,  and  drink  their  water  in  desolation  ;  that  the 
Jand  may  become  desolate  from  the  multitude  that 
is  therein,  for  the  iniquity  of  all  that  dwell  therein. 

20  And  the  cities  that  are  now  inhabited,  shall 
be  laid  waste  ;  and  the  land  shall  be  desolate  :  and 
you  shall  know  that  1  am  the  Lord. 

21  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying  : 

22  Son  of  man,  what  is  this  proverb  that  vou 
have  in  the  land  of  Israel  ?  saying  :  The  days  snail 
be  prolonged,  and  every  vision  shall  fail. 

23  Say  to  them  therefore  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  :  I  will  make  this  proverb  to  cease  ;  neither 
shall  it  be  any  more  a  common  saying  in  Israel : 
and  tell  them  that  the  days  are  at  hand,  and  the 
effect  of  every  vision. 

24  For  there  shall  be  no  more  any  vain  visions, 
nor  doubtful  divination  in  the  midst  of  the  children 
of  Israel. 

25  For  I  the  Lord  will  speak  :  and  what  word 
soever  I  shall  speak,  it  shall  come  to  pass,  and  shall 
not  be  prolonged  any  more  :  but  in  your  days,  ye 
provoking  house,  I  will  speak  the  word,  and  will  do 
it,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

26  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying  : 

27  Son  of  man,  behold  the  house  of  Israel,  they 
that  say  :  The  vision  that  this  man  seeth,  is  for  many 
days  to  come  :  and  this  man  prophesieth  of  times 
afar  off. 

28  Therefore  say  to  them  :  thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  :  Not  one  word  of  mine  shall  be  prolonged  any 
more :  the  word  that  I  shall  speak  shall  be  accom- 
plished, saith  the  Lord  God. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

God  declares  against  false  prophets  and  prophetesses,  that  de- 
ceive the  people  with  lies. 

A.ND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying: 
-^*-  2  Son  of  man,  prophesy  thou  against  the  pro- 
phets of  Israel  that  prophesy ;  and  thou   shalt  say 
to  them  that  prophesy  out  of  their  own  heart :  Hear 
ye  the  word  of  the  Lord  : 


*  He  shall  not  see  it.     Because  his  eyes  shall  be  put  out  by  Nabu" 
chodonosor. 

659 


RZLCIIILL. 


3  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Got! :  Wo  to  the  foolish 
prophets that  follow  tin  ii  OH  ii  spirit,  :uul  tee  nothing. 

V  Thj  prophets,  U  Israel,  were  like  foil  I  in  tin- 
deserts. 

5  You  have  not  sone  up  to  face  the  enemy  :  nor 
have  VOU  set  up  a  wall  for  the  house  of  Israel,  to 
stand  in  liattle  in  the  day  ot  the  Lord. 

6  I  'hey  see  vain  things  :  and  they  fortel  lies, 
I  rjing  I  The  Lord  saith  !  whereas  the  Lord  hath 
not  sent  them  :  and  they  have  persisted  to  confirm 
w  hut  they  have  said. 

7  Have  you  not  seen  a  vain  vision,  and  s|>oken  a 
lying  dixinniion  :  and  you  say  :  The  Lord  saith  : 
w  hereas  I  have  not  spoken. 

8  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Because 
yOM  have  spoken  vain  things  and  have  seen  lies: 
therefore  behold,  1  come  against  you,  saith  tin- 
Lord  God. 

9  And  my  hand  shall  be  Open  the  prophets  that 
see  vain  things,  and  that  divine  lies:  they  shall  not 
he  in  the  council  of  my  people,  nor  shall  they  be 
Written  in  the  miting  of  the  house  of  Israel  ;  nei- 
ther shall  they  enter  into  the  land  of  Israel  :  and 
you  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  God. 

10  BecaaM  they  have  deceived  my  people,  say- 
in:;  :  Peace;  and  there  is  no  peace  :  and  the  peo- 
ple beak  up  a  wall,  ami  they  daubed  it  with  dirt 
without  straw. 

11  Say  to  them  that  daub  without  tempering, 
that  it  shall  fall  :  for  there  shall  be  an  overflowing 
shower,  and  I  will  cause  great  hail-stones  to  fall  vio- 
lently from  above,  and  a  stormy  wind  to  throw  it 
down. 

IJ  Behold,  when  the  wall  is  fallen  :  shall  it  not 
Ik?  said  to  vou  :  Where  is  the  daubing  wherewith 
you  have  daubed  it  ? 

19  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Lo,  1 
Will  cause  a  stormy  wind  to  break  forth  in  my  in- 
dignation ;  and  there  shall  be  an  overflow  IngshoM er 
in  my  anger  :  and  great  hail-stones  in  my  wrath  to 
consume. 

14  And  I  will  break  down  the  wall  that  you  have 
daubed  with  iiutcinpcied  mortar:  and  I  will  make 
it  even  with  the  ground  ;  and  the  foundation  there- 
of shall  belaid  bare  :  and  it  shall  fall,  and  shall  be 
consumed  in  the  midst  thereof;  and  you  shall  know 
that  1  am  the  Lord. 

15  And  I  will  accomplish  my  wrath  upon  the 
wall,  and  upon  them  that  daub  it  without  tempering 
the  mortar  ;  and  I  will  say  to  you  :  The  wall  is  no 
more,  and  they  that  daub  it  are  no  more. 

16  Even  the  prophets  of  Israel  that  prophesy  to 
Jerusalem,  and  that  see  visions  of  peace  lor  her  : 
and  there  is  no  peace,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

17  And  thou,  son  of  man.  set  th\  face  against  the 
daaghters  of  thy  people  that  prophesy  out  of  -their 
own  heart,  and  do  thou  prophesy  against  them. 

18  Ami  say:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God :  Wo  to 


•  Sew 


i,  tic.  vis.  by  making  people  easy  in  their  aim,  and 
.  impunity. 

lift  to  thtir  mil*.  That  u,  they  (Uttered  them  with  pru- 
e*oe  and  tecum  v. 

me.    That  i»,  dubononred  and  discredited  me. 
M 


them  that  sew  -cushions  under even  elbow;*   and 

make  pillow  s  (or  the   heads  of  persons  ot'v\< 

to  catch  souls:   and  when  they  causht  tlic   souls  of 

my  People,  tin  \  gave  life  to  their  souls. f 

19  And  they  violated  me  anions  my  people,! for 

a  handful  of  barley,  and  a  pieccol  'bread,  to  killsouls^ 
which  should  not  die,  and  to  save  souls  alive  which 
should  not  live,  telling  lies  to  my  people  that  be- 
lieve lies. 

20  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Behold, 
I  declare  against  your  cushions,  when  with  yon 
catch  flying  souls:  and  I  will  tear  them  off  from 
your  arms  and  I  will  let  go  the  souls  that  you  catch, 
the  souls  that  should  fly. 

21  And  I  will  tear  your  pillows,  and  will  deliver 
my  people  out  of  your  hand  :  neither  shall  they  be 
any  more  in  your  hands  to  be  a  prey:  and  you  shall 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

J2  lieeause  w  it  Ii  lies  you  have  made  the  heart  of 
the  just  to  mourn,  whom  I  have  not  made  sorrow  nil : 
and  have  strengthened  the  hands  of  the  wicked, 
that  he  should  not  return  from  his  evil  way,  ami 
live. 

23  Therefore  you  shall  not  see  vain  things,  nor 
divine  divinations  any  more  :  and  I  will  deliver  my 
|H.ople  out  of  your  hand  :  and  you  shall  know  that  1 
am  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

God  suffers  the  wicked  to  lie  deceived  in  punishment  of  their  wick- 
edness,     'l'ht  nils  that  thall  came  trjwn  them  fur  tlnir  sins  . 
from  irhic/i  tliry  shall  nut  biihlirtrnl  by  thr  pruytrs   of 
Daniel,  and  Job.     But  a  remnant  shall  be  pn  scm  d. 

A  ND  some  of  the  ancients  of  Israel  came  to  me, 
-^*-  and  sat  before  me. 

2  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying  : 

3  Son  of  man,  these  men  have  placed  their  tiu- 
cleantiesses||  in  their  hearts,  and  have  set  up  before 
their  face  the  stumblins-hlock  of  their  iniquity  :  and 
shall  I  answer  when  they  inquire  of  me? 

4  Therefore  speak  to  them,  and  say  to  them  : 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Man,  maul  of  the  house 
of  Israel,  that  shall  place  his  mich  annesses  in  his 
heart,  and  set  up  the  stumbling-block  of  his  iniquity 
before  his  face. and  shall  come  to  the  prophet  in- 
quiring of  me  by  him  :  I  the  Lord  will  answer  him 
according  to  the  multitude  of  his  uiicleaimesses 

5  That  the  house  of  Israel  may  be  caught  in  their 
ow  n  heart,  with  w  Inch  they  have  departed  from  me 
through  all  their  idols. 

6  Therefore  say  to  the  house  of  Israel:  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God  :  15e  converted,  and  d<  part  from 
your  idols,  and  turn  away  your  faces  from  all  your 
abominations. 

7  For  every  man  of  the  house  of  Israel,  and  every 
stranger  anions,  the  pro*  lytes  in   Israel,  ii  he  se- 

^>a^ate  himself  from  me,  and  place  his  idols  in  his 
nart,  and  set  the  stumbling-block  of  his  iniquity 
before  his  face,  and  come  to  the  prophet  to  inquire 

of  me  by  him  :  I  the  Lord  w  ill  answer  nimby  myself. 


t  To  tM  unit,  4c.     That  i%  k  *oub  to  death,  which  are 

not  to  die;  and  lo  proraiae  hit-  to  Ibera  who  are  not  to  lire. 

I  Uncltnmtuts.  That  ii,  their  filthy  idob.  open  wine  h  tl.ey  hare 
tet  their  heart* :  and  which  area  >tiiiiiMiiis-blurk  to  their  toult. 

1  .Van,  aaam.    That  a,  ntrj  item,  an  Hebrew  i 


CHAP.  XV,  XVI. 


8  And  I  will  set  my  face  against  that  man,  and 
will  make  him  an  example,  and  a  proverb  ;  and 
will  cut  him  off  from  the  midst  of  my  people  :  and 
yon  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

9  And  when  the  prophet  shall  err,*  and  speak 
a  word:  I  the  Lord  have  deceived  that  prophet  :f 
and  I  will  stretch  forth  my  hand  upon  him,  and  will 
cut  him  off  from  the  midst  of  my  people  Israel. 

10  And  they  shall  bear  their  iniquity  :  according 
to  the  iniquity  of  him  that  inquired),  so  shall  the  ini- 
quity of  the  prophet  be. 

1 1  That  the  house  of  Israel  may  go  no  more  astray 
from  me,  nor  be  polluted  with  all  their  transgres- 
sions :  but  may  be  my  people,  and  I  may  be  their 
God,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

12  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying : 

13  Son  of  man,  when  a  land  shall  sin  against 
me,  so  as  to  transgress  grievously,  I  will  stretch 
forth  my  hand  upon  it,  and  will  break  the  staff  of 
the  bread  thereof:  and  I  will  send  famine  upon  it, 
and  will  destroy  man  and  beast  out  of  it. 

14  And  if  these  three  men,  Noe,  Daniel,  and 
Job,  shall  be  in  it :  they  shall  deliver  their  own  souls 
by  their  justice,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

15  And  if  I  shall  bring  mischievous  beasts  also 
upon  the  land  to  waste  it ;  and  it  be  desolate,  so  that 
there  is  none  that  can  pass  because  of  the  beasts  : 

16  If  these  three  men  shall  be  in  it,  as  I  live,  saith 
the  Lord,  they  shall  deliver  neither  sons  nor  daugh- 
ters :  but  they  only  shall  be  delivered  ;  and  the  land 
shall  be  made  desolate. 

17  Or  if  I  bring  the  sword  upon  that  land,  and 
say  to  the  sword  :  Pass  through  the  land  ;  and  I 
destroy  man  and  beast  out  of  it ; 

18  And  these  three  men  be  in  the  midst  thereof; 
as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  they  shall  deliver  nei- 
ther sons  nor  daughters  :  but  they  themselves  alone 
shall  be  delivered. 

19  Or  if  I  also  send  the  pestilence  upon  that  land, 
and  pour  out  my  indignation  upon  it  in  blood,  to  cut 
off  from  it  man  and  beast : 

20  And  Noe,  and  Daniel,  and  Job  be  in  the  midst 
thereof;  as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  they  shall 
deliver  neither  son  nor  daughter ;  but  they  shall  only 
deliver  their  own  souls  by  their  justice. 

21  For  thus  saith  the  Lord:  Although  I  shall 
send  in  upon  Jerusalem  my  four  grievous  judgments, 
the  sword,  and  the  famine,  arid  the  mischievous 
beasts,  and  the  pestilence,  to  destroy  out  of  it  man 
and  beast: 

22  Yet  there  shall  be  left  in  it  some  that  shall 
be  saved,  who  shall  bring  away  their  sons  and 
daughters:  behold,  they  shall  come  among  you,  and 
you  shall  see  their  way,  and  their  doings:  and  you 
shall  be  comforted  concerning  the  evil  that  I  have 
brought  upon  Jerusalem,  iu  all  things  that  I  have 
brought  upon  it. 

*  The  prophtt  shall  err,  &c.  He  speaks  of  false  prophets,  answer- 
ing out  of  their  own  heads,  and  according  to  their  own  corrupt  incli- 
nations. 

f  /  have  deceived  that  prophet.  God  almighty  deceives  faUe  prophets, 
partly  by  withdrawing  his  light  from  them  :  and  abandoning  them  to 
their  own  corrupt  inclinations,  which  push  them  on  to  prophesy  such  ! 


23  And  they  shall  comfort  you,  when  you  shall 
see  their  ways,  and   their  doings:  and  you  shall 
know  that  I  have  not  done  without  cause  all  that  I 
have  done  in  it,  saith  the  Lord  God. 
CHAP.  XV. 

As  a  vine  cut  down  is  Jit  for  nothing  but  the  fire  ;  so  it  shall  be 
icith  Jerusalem  for  her  sins. 

A  ND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying . 
■£*■■  2  Son  of  man,  what  shall  be  made  of  the  wood 
of  the  vine,  out  of  all  the  trees  of  the  woods  that  are 
among  the  trees  of  the  forests  ? 

T  Shall  wood  betakenofit,todoanywork,  or  shall 
a  pb  be  made  of  it,  for  any  vessel  to  hang  thereon  ? 

4  Behold,  it  is  cast  into  the  fire  for  fuel:  the  lire  hath 
consumed  both  ends  thereof:  and  the  midst  thereof 
is  reduced  to  ashes  :  shall  it  be  useful  for  any  work  ? 

5  Even  when  it  was  whole,  it  was  not  fit  for  work ; 
how  much  less,  when  the  fire  bath  devoured,  and 
consumed  it,  shall  any  work  be  made  of  it  ? 

6  Therefore,  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  As  the 
vine-tree  among  the  trees  of  the  forests  which  1  have 
given  to  the  fire  to  be  consumed,  so  will  I  deliver 
up  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem. 

7  And  I  will  set  my  face  against  them  :  they  shall 
go  out  from  fire,  and  fire  shall  consume  them  :  ami 
you  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  shall 
have  set  my  face  against  them  : 

8  And  I  shall  have  made  their  land  a  wilderness, 
and  desolate,  because  they  have  been  transgressors, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

Under  the  figure  of  an  unfaithful  wife,  God  upbraids  Jerusa- 
lem with  her  ingratitude  and  manifold  disloyalties  :  but  pro- 
tniseth  mercy  by  a  new  covenant. 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying: 
2  Son  of  man,   make  known   to  Jerusalem}: 
her  abominations  : 

3  And  thou  shalt  say  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God 
to  Jerusalem  :  Thy  root,  and  thy  nativity  is  of  the 
land  of  Chanaan  ;  thy  father  was  an  Amorrhite,  and 
thy  mother  a  Cethite. 

4  And  when  thou  wast  born,  in  the  day  of  thy 
nativity  thy  navel  was  not  cut ;  neither  wast  thou 
washed  with  water  for  thy  health,  nor  salted  with 
salt,  nor  swaddled  with  clouts. 

5  No  eye  had  pity  on  thee  to  do  any  of  these 
things  for  thee  out  of  compassion  to  thee:  but  thou 
wast  cast  out  upon  the  face  of  the  earth  in  the  ab- 
jection of  thy  soul,  in  the  day  that  thou  wast  born. 

6  And  passing  by  thee,  I  saw  that  thou  wast  trod- 
den under  foot  in  thy  own  blood  :  and  I  said  to  thee 
when  thou  wast  in  thy  blood  :  Live  :  1  have  said  to 
thee  :  Live  in  thy  blood. 

7  I  caused  thee  to  multiply  as  the  bud  of  the  field : 
and  thou  didst  increase  and  grow  gnat,  and  ad- 
vancedst,  and  earnest  to  woman's  ornament :  thy 
breasts  were  fashioned,  and  thy  hair  grew  :  and  thou 
wast  naked,  and  full  of  confusion. 

things  as  are  agreeable  to  those  that  consult  them ;  and  partly  by  dis- 
appointing them,  and  causing  all  things  to  happen  contrary  to  what 
they  have  said. 

\  Make  known  to  Jerusalem.  That  is,  by  letters,  for  the  prophet  was 
then  in  Babylon 

661 


F.ZKCHIEL. 


8  And  1  passed by  thee,  and  sawthce:  and  Indiold, 
thy  Qme  was  rl»c  time  of  lovers  :  and  I   spread   m\ 
garment  over  thee. and  covered  thv  ignominy.       \ 
I  swore  lo  tin  e  ;  and  I  entered  into  a  cm  enant  w  iili 
tliee,  saitli  the  Lord  God  :  and  llion  becamest  mine. 

5)  And  I  washed  tliee  with  water,  and  cleansed 
aw  av  thv  blood  from  thee:  and  I  anointed  tliee  with  oil. 

10  And  I  clothed  thee  w  ith  embroidery,  ami  shod 
thee  with  violet-colotired  shoes:  and  I  girded  thee 
about  with  fine  linen,  and  clothed  thee  with  line  gar- 
ments. 

I  I  I  decked  thee  also  with  ornaments,"  and  put 
bracelets  on  thy  hands,  and  a  chain  about  thy  neck. 

12  And  I  put  a  jewel  upon  thy  forehead,  and  e  ar- 
ringsin  thv  ears,  and  a  lie .mtit'iil  crow  n  upon  thy  head. 

I?  \nd  thou  wast  adorned  with  gold,  and  silver, 
and  was  clothed  with  tine  linen,  and  embroidered 
work,  and  many  colours  :  thou  didst  cat  fine  flour, 
anil  boner,  and  oil,  and  wast  made  exceeding  beau- 
tiful; ami  irast  advanced  to  lie  a  queen. 

14  And  thy  renown  went  forth  among  the  na- 
tions for  thy  beauty:  for  thou  irast  perfect  through 
By  beauty,  which  1  had  put  upon  thee,  saith  the 
Lord  ( ion. 

15  Hut  trusting  in  thy  beauty,  thou  hast  played 
the  harlot  because  of  thy  renown,  and  thou  hast 
prostituted  thyself  to  every  passenger,  to  be  his. 

16  And  taking  off  thy  garments  thou  hast  made 
thee  high  places  sowed  together  on  each  side :  and 
hast  played  the  harlot  on  them,  as  hath  not  been 
done  before,  nor  shall  be  hereafter. 

17  And  thou  tookest  thy  beautiful  vessels,  of  my 
gold,  and  my  silver,  which  I  gave  thee,  and  thou 
inade>t  tliee  images  of  men,  and  hast  committed  for- 
nication with  them. 

18  And  thou  tookest  thy  garments  of  divers  co- 
lours, and  coveredst  them :  and  settest  my  oil  and 
mv   sweet  incense  before  them. 

19  And  my  bread  which  I  gave  thee,  the  fine 
flour,  and  oil.  and  honey,  wherewith  I  fed  thee, 
thou  hast  set  before  them  for  a  sweet  odour;  and  it 
was  done,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

20  And  thou  hast  taken  thy  sons,  and  thy  daugh- 
ters, whom  thou  hast  borne  tome;  and  hast  sacri- 
ficed the  same  to  them  to  be  devoured.  Is  thy  for- 
nication small  ? 

21  Thou  hast  sacrificed!  and  given  my  children 
to  them,  consecrating  them  hi/  tin . 

22  And  after  all  thy  abominations,  and  fornica- 
tions, thou  hast  not  remembered  the  days  of  thy 
youth,  when  thou  wast  naked,  and  fidl  of  confusion, 
trodden  under  fool  in  iky  own  blood. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass  after  all  thy  wickedness 
(wo,  wo  to  thee,  saith  the  Lord  God) 

2V  That  thou  didst  also  build  thee  a  common 
stew  .and  madest  tliee  a  brothel-house  in  c\er\  stre.  t. 

J.)   At  every  head  of  the  way  thou  hast   sot  up  a 

i  nf'thv  prostitution  :  and  hast  made  thv  beauty  to 

•"    il unable;  and  hast  prostituted  thyself  to  VH  fj 


•  /  dtekri  Iktt  alt*  vilh  onumtnh,  kc.     That  n  with  .piritnal  Ixnr- 

fil»,  r>»in<r  >■">  a  Im  "iili  »■"  nfioea,  wcramenU,  and  otter  hd*  rite*. 

t    7Vm  ha$t  Mojfittd,  lie.      As  t\,.-rr  u  nothing  inoro  base  and  abo- 

m 


one  that  passed  by;  and  hast  multiplied  thy  *4ttu- 
cations. 

6  And  thou  hast  committed  fornication  with  tne 
■tians  tbv  neighbours,  area  of  large  bodies ;  and 
bast  multiplied  thv  fornications  to  provoke  me. 

27  Behold,  I  will  Btretefl  <>nt  tin  hand  upon  thee, 
and  will  take  away  thy  justification:  and  Iw  ill  deliver 
thee  Dp  to  the  w  ill  of  the  daughters  of  the  I'hillistiin  s 
that  hate  thee,  that  are  ashamed  of  thy  wicked  way. 

28  Thou  bast  aKo  committed  fornication  with 
the  Assyrians,  because  thou  wast  not  yet  satisfied  : 
and  after  thou  badst  played  the  harlot  with  them, 
even  so  thou  wast  not  contented. 

29  Thou  hast  alst)  multiplied  thy  fornications  in 
the  land  ol  ('hanaan  with  the  Chaldeans  :  anil  nei- 
ther so  wast  thou  satisfied. 

30  Wherein  shall  I  cleanse  thy  heart,  saith  the 
Lord  God:  seeing  thou  doest  all  these  the  works  of 
a  shameless  prostitute? 

31  Because  thou  hast  built  thy  brothel-house  at 
the  head  of  every  way,  and  thou  hast  made  thy  high 
place  in  every  street;  and  wast  not  as  a  harlot  that 
by  disdain  enhanced)  her  price, 

32  But  as  an  adulteress,  that  briugcth  in  stran- 
gers over  her  husband. 

33  Gifts  are  given  to  all  harlots:  but  thou  hast 
given  hire  to  all  thy  lovers:  and  thou  hast  given 
them  gifts  to  come  to  thee  from  every  side,  to  com- 
mit fornication  with  thee. 

34  And  it  hath  happened  in  thee  contrary  to  the 
custom  of  women  in  thy  fornications,  and  alter  thee 
there  shall  be  no  such  fornication  :  for  in  that  thou 
gavest  rewards,  and  didst  not  take  rewards,  the 
contrary  hath  been  done  in  thee. 

35  Therefore,  O  harlot,  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

36'  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Because  thy  mo- 
ney hath  been  nou ted  <>ut.  and  thv  shame  discover- 
ed through  thy  fornications  with  thy  lovers,  ami 
with  the  idols  of  thy  abominations  by  the  blood  of 
thychildren  w  horn  thou  gavest  them : 

37  Heboid.  1  will  gather  together  all  thv  lovers 
with  whom  thou  hast  taken  pleasure,  and  all  whom 
thou  hast  loved,  with  all  whom  thou  hast  bated: 
and  I  will  gather  them  together  against  thee  on  evt  rv 
side,  and  will  discover  thy  shame  in  thcirsight;  and 
they  shall  see  all  thy  nakedm  SB. 

38  And  I  will  judge  thee  as  adulteresses,  and  they 
that  shed  blood  arc  judged:  and  1  will  give  thee 
blood  in  fury  and  jealou\\ . 

39  And  I  will  deliver  thee  into  their  hands:  and 
they  shall  destroy  thy  brothel-house,  and  throw 
down  thy  stews:  and  they  shall  strip  thee  of  thy 
garments;  and  shall  take  away  the  reseats  of  thy 
beauty,  antl  leave  thee  naked,  and  lull  of  disgrace. 

40  And  they  shall  bring  upon  dice  a  multitude: 
and  tbev  shall  stone  thee  w  it b  stones,  and  shall  slay 
thee  with  their  swords. 

41  And  they  shall  burn  thy  houses  with  fire,  and 
shall  execute  judgments  upon   thee   in  the  sight  ot 

minahli'  than  tin-  rninc  mentioned  throughout  (In.  chapter;  to  the 
inliililitii  mOlii-  l-r.ii  litc»  in  fonakinr  God,  and  *:icnfn  nip  tveu  lliew 
<  hildrco  to  idoU,  are  ttrong ly  figured  hj  thcae  allegorie*. 


CHAP.  XV 11. 


many  women  :  and  thou  shalt  cease  from  fornica- 
tion, and  shalt  give  no  hire  any  more. 

42  And  mv  indignation  shall  rest  in  thee;  and  my 
jealousy  shall  depart  from  thee ;  and  I  will  cease 
and  he  angry  no  more. 

43  Because  thou  hast  not  remembered  the  days 
of  thy  youth,  Imt  hast  provoked  me  in  all  these  things: 
wherefore  I  also  have  turned  thy  ways  upon  thy 
head,  saith  the  Lord  God:  and  I  have  not  done  ac- 
cording to  thy  wicked  deeds  in  all  thy  abominations. 

44  Behold,  every  one  that  useth  a  common  pro- 
verb, shall  use  this  against  thee,  saying:  As  the 
mother  was,  so  also  is  her  daughter. 

45  Thou  art  thy  mother's  daughter,  that  cast  off 
her  husband,  and  her  children :  and  thou  art  the  sister 
of  thy  sisters,  who  cast  off  their  husbands,  and  their 
children  :  your  mother  was  a  Cethite,  and  your  fa- 
ther an  Amorrhite. 

46  And  thy  elder  sister  is  Samaria,  she  and  her 
daughters  that  dwell  at  thy  left  hand:  and  thy 
younger  sister  that  dwelleth  at  thy  right  hand  is 
Sodom,  and  her  daughters. 

47  But  neither  hast  thou  walked  in  their  ways, 
nor  hast  thou  done  a  little  less  titan  they  according 
to  their  wickednesses:  thou  hast  done  almost  more 
wicked  things  than  they  in  all  thy  ways. 

48  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  thy  sister  So- 
dom herself,  and  her  daughters,  have  not  done  as 
thou  hast  done,  and  thy  (laughters. 

49  Behold  this  was  the  iniquity  of  Sodom*  thy 
sister,  pride,  fulness  of  bread,  and  abundance,  and 
the  idleness  of  her,  and  of  her  daughters  :  and  they 
did  not  put  forth  their  hand  to  the  needy,  and  to  the 
poor. 

50  And  they  were  lifted  up,  and  committed  abo- 
minations before  me  :  and  I  took  them  away  as  thou 
hast  seen. 

51  And  Samaria  committed  not.  half  thy  sins : 
but  thou  hast  surpassed  them  with  thy  crimes,  and 
hast  justified  thy  sisters  by  all  thy  abominations 
which  thou  hast  done. 

52  Therefore  do  thou  also  bear  thy  confusion, 
thou  that  hast  surpassed  thy  sisters  with  thy  sins, 
doing  more  wickedly  than  they :  for  they  are  justi- 
fied above  thee  :  therefore  be  thou  also  confounded, 
and  bear  thy  shame,  thou  that  hast  justified  thy 
sisters. 

53  And  I  will  bring  backf  and  restore  them  by 
bringing  back  Sodom  with    her  daughters,  and   by 

•ringing  back  Samaria,  and  her  daughters  :  and  I 
will  bring  those  that  return  of  thee  in  the  midst  of 
them, 

54  That  thou  mayst  bear  thy  shame,  and   mayst 


*  This  was  the  iniquity  of  Sodom,  &c.  That  is,  these  were  the  steps 
by  which  the  Sodomites  came  to  fall  into  those  abominations  for  which 
they  were  destroyed.  For  pride,  gluttony,  and  idleness  are  the  high 
load  to  all  kinds  of  lust;  especially  when  they  are  accompanied  with 
a  neglect  of  tiie  works  of  mercy. 

f  I  Kill  bring  back,  &c.  This  relates  to  the  conversion  of  the  Gen- 
tiles out  of  all  nations,  and  of  many  of  the  Jews,  to  the  church  of  Christ. 

J  .Indent  state.  That  is,  to  their  forme*  state  of  liberty,  and  their 
ancient  possessions.  In  the  spiritual  sense,  to  the  true  liberty,  and 
the  happy  inheritance  of  Uie  children  of  God,  through  faith  in 
Christ 


be  confounded  in  all  that  thou  hast  done,  comfort- 
ing them. 

55  And  thy  sister  Sodom  and  her  daughters  shall 
return  to  their  ancient  state:  and  Samaria  and  her 
daughters  shall  return  to  their  ancient  state. -J  and 
thou  and  thy  daughters  shall  return  to  your  ancient 
state. 

56  And  Sodom  thy  sister  was  not  heard  of  in 
thy  mouth,  in  the  day  of  thy  pride, 

57  Before  thy  malice  was  laid  open  :  as  it  is  at 
this  time,  making  thee  a  reproach  of  the  daughters 
of  Syria,  and  of  all  the  daughters  of  Palestine  round 
about  thee,  that  encompass  thee  on  all  sides. 

58  Thou  hast  borne  thy  wickedness,  and  thy 
disgrace,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

59  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God :  I  will  deal 
with  thee,  as  thou  hast  despised  the  oath,  in  break- 
ing the  covenant : 

60  And  1  will  remember  my  covenant  with  thee 
in  the  days  of  thy  youth  :  and  1  will  establish  with 
thee  an  everlasting  covenant. 

61  And  thou  shalt  remember  thy  ways,  and  be 
ashamed  :  when  thou  shalt  receive  thy  sisters  thy 
elder  and  thy  younger  :  and  I  will  give  them  to  thee 
for  daughters,  but  not  by  thy  covenant. 

62  And  I  will  establish  my  covenant  with  thee 
and  thou  shalt  know  that  I  am  the  Lord 

63  That  thou  mayst  remember,  and  be  confound- 
ed, and  mayst  no  more  open  thy  mouth  because  of 
thy  confusion,  when  I  shall  be  pacified  toward  thee 
for  all  that  thou  hast  done,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

CHAP.  XVII. 

The  parable  of  the  ttoo  eagles  and  the  vine.     A  promise  of  the 
cedar  of  Christ  and  his  church. 

A  ND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying: 
-^*-  2  Son  of  man,  put  forth  a  riddle,  and  speak  a 
parable  to  the  house  of  Israel, 

3  And  say :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  a  large 
eaglet  with  great  wings,  long-limbed,  full  of  fea- 
thers, and  of  variety,  came  to  Libanus,  and  took 
away  the  marrow  of  the  cedar. 

4  He  cropt  off  the  top  of  the  twigs  thereof,  and 
carried  it  away  into  the  land  of  Chanaan:||  and  he 
set  it  in  a  city  of  merchants. 

5  And  betook  off  the  seed  of  the  land,H  and  put 
it  in  the  ground  for  seed,  that  it  might  take  a  firm 
root  over  many  waters  :  lie  planted  it  on  the  surface 
of  the  earth. 

6  And  it  sprung  up,  and  grew  into  a  spreading 
vine  of  low  stature;  and  the  branches  thereof  looked 
towards  him:**  and  the  roots  thereof  were  under 
him.  So  it  became  a  vine,  and  grew  into  branches, 
and  shot  forth  sprigs. 


i  A  large  eagle.  Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Babylon.  Came  to  Liba- 
nus. That  is,  to  Jerusalem.  Took  away  the  marrow  of  the  cedar,  &c 
King  Jechonias. 

||  Channan.  This  name,  which  signifies  traffic,  is  not  taken  here  for 
Palestine,  but  for  Chaldea:  and  Uie  city  of  merchants  here  mention- 
ed-is  Babylon. 

T  Of  the  seed  of  the  lajid,  &c.  viz.     Sedecias,  whom  he  made  king. 

**   Towards  him.     Nabuchodonosor,  to  whom  Sedecias  swore  alle 
giance 

MS 


EZECHIEL. 


7  And  there  was  another  large  eagle.*  with 
wings,  and   many  feathers:   and  behold,  this  \hn\ 
bending  as  jt  were  her  roots  towards  him.  stretched 
forth  her  branches  to  him,  iliat  be  might  water  it  h\ 
the  furrow  i  of  her  plantation. 

8  It   was   planti  d  in  a  rood  ground    DpOO  main 
ten. thai  it  might  taing  forth  Drenches,  and  bear 

fruit,  that  it  might  become  a  large  vine. 

9  Say  thou:  That  saith  the  Lord  God:  Shall  it 
prosper  then  ?  shall  he  not  null  up  the  roots  thereof, 
and  strip  off  its  fruit,  and  dry  up  all  the  branches  it 
hath  shot  lorth.  and  make  it  w  ithcr  :  and  this  with- 
out a  strong  arm,  or  many  people,  to  pluck  it  up  by 
the  root? 

10  Behold,  it  is  planted  :  shall  it  prosper  then  ? 
shall  it  not  be  dried  up  when  the  Doming  wind  shall 
touch  it.  and  shall  it  not  wither  in  the  furrow  s  w  here 
it  ere*  r 

1 1  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  M]  ing  : 

12  Say  to  the  provoking  house  :  Know  you  not 
what  these  things  mean i  Tell" them :  Behold,  the 
kinu  of  Babylon  <  ometh  to  Jerusalem  :  and  he  shall 
take  awaj  the  king  and  the  princes  thereof,  and 
earn  them  with  him  to  Babylon.f 

I.J  And  he  shall  take  one  of  the  king's  seed,  and 
make  a  covenant  w  it h  him,  and  take  an  oath  of  him. 
^  I  i.  and  he  shall  take  away  the  mighty  men  of  the 
laud. 

1  I  That  it  may  be  a  low  kingdom  and  not  lift 
itself  Up,  but  keep  his  covenant,  and  observe  it. 

15  nut  he  hath  revolted  from  him,  and  sent  am- 
bassadors  to  Egypt,  that  it  might  give  him  horses, 
and  much  people.   And  shall  he  that  hath  done  thus 

Iiroaper,  or  be  saved?  and  shall  he  escape  that  hath 
troken  the  covenant  ? 

16  Ax  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God:  In  the  place 
where  the  kingdwelleth  that  made  aim  king,  whose 
oath  he  hath  made  \oid,  and  whose  covenant  he 
broke,  i  \iii  in  the  midst  of  Babylon  shall  he  die. 

17  And  not  with  a  great  army,  nor  with  much 
people  shall  Pbarao  fight  against  him:  when  he 
shall  ca^t  tip  mounts,  and  build  forts,  to  cut  off 
many  souls. 

I»  For  he  had  despised  the  oath,  breaking  his  co- 
venant; ami  behold,  he  bath  given  his  hand:  and 
having  done  all  these  things, he  shall  not  escape. 

1!*  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  As]  live, 
I  will  lay  upon  his  head  the  oath  he  hath  despised, 
ami  the  covenant  he  hath  broken. 

\nd  I  will  spread  inv  net  over  him,  and  he 
shall  be  taken  in  my  net  :  and  I  will  bring  him  into 
Bain  Ion,  and  will  judge  him  there  for  the  transgres- 
sion  bj  which  he  bath  Despised  me. 

21  And  all  his  fuiithes  with  all  his  bands  shall 
fall  by  the  SWOrd:  and  the  residue  shall  be  scattered 
into  i\tr\  wind:  and  you  shall  know  that  I  the 
Lord  have  spoken. 


Jnotkn-  large  <■?(«.   viz.  the  kinr;  of  Krypt. 
t  SMI  Ukr  away,  or  kalh  tmktn  «r«*.  kr.  (or  »ll  this  wm*  now  done. 
Of  the  mnw  •/  tht  high  ud*r.  Itc.     Of  die  roTal  Mock  of  0  i 
nitr  twig.     rir..  Jr«u«  CMS,  whom  G<iH  bath  planted    in 
■Hunt  Sion,  thai  i»,  the  high  mountain  of  hi*  church,  to  which  all  oa- 
0<.ii»  iMTi 


J 


22  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  I  myself  will  take 
of  the  marrow  of  the  high  Cedar,)  and  will  set  it: 
I  will  crop  off  a  tender  twig  from  the  top  of  the 
branches  thereof:  and  I  will  plant  it  on  a  mountain 
high  and  eminent. 

29  On  the  high  mountains  of  Israel  will  I  plant 
it  :  and  it  shall  shoot  forth  into  branches,  and  shall 
bear  fruit,  and  it  shall  Income  a  great  cedar:  and 
all  birds  shall  dwell  under  it;  and  every  fowl  shall 
make  its  nest  under  the  shadow  of  the  branches 
thereof. 

24  And  all  the  trees  of  the  country  shall  know 
that  I  the  Lord  have  brought  down  the  high  tree, 
and  exalted  the  low  tree;  and  have  dried  up  the 
zreen  tree,  and  have  caused  the  dry  tree  to  flourish. 
1  the  Lord  have  spoken,  and  have  done  it. 

chap,  xviii. 

One  man  shall  not  bear  tht  tin*  of  another,  bat  erery  one  his  own  : 
if  a  wicked  man  truly  rcprnt,  he  shall  be  sun  d  :  and  if a  just 
man  leare  hit  justice,  he  shall  perish.  , 

A  NH  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying: 
-<•*-  What  is  the  meaning 

2  That  you  use  among  you  this  parable  as  a  pro- 
verb in  the  land  of  Israel,  saying  :  The  fathers  have 
eaten  sour  grapes,  and  the  teeth  of  the  children  are 
set  on  edge  t 

3  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  this  parable  shall 
be  no  more  to  you  a  proverb  in  Israel. 

4  Behold,  all  souls  are  mine:  as  the  soul  of  the 
father,  so  also  the  soul  of  the  son  is  mine  :  the  soul 
that  Binneth,  the  same  shall  die. 

5  And  if  a  man  be  just,  and  do  judgment  and 

justice, 

6  And  hath  not  eaten  upon  the  mountains,^  nor 
lifted  up  his  eyes  to  the  idols  of  the  house  of  Israel ; 
and  hath  not  defiled  his  neighbours  wife,  nor  come 
near  to  a  menstruous  woman; 

7  And  hath  not  wronged  any  man  ;  but  hath  re- 
stored the  pledge  to  the  debtor,  hath  taken  nothing 
away  by  violence;  hath  given  his  bread  to  the 
hungry,  and  hath  covered  the  naked  with  a  garment; 

8  Hath  not  lent  upon  usury,  nor  taken  any  in- 
crease; hath  withdraw  ii  his  hand  from  iniquity,  and 
hath  executed  true  judgment  between  man  and  man  : 

9  Hath  walked  in  my  commandments,  and  kept 
my  judgments,  to  do  truth  :||  he  is  just,  he  shall 
surely  live,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

10  And  if  he  beget  a  son  that  isarobl>cr,a  shedder 
of  blood, and  that  hath  (lonesome  one  of  these  things : 

1 1  Though  be  doeth  not  all  these  things,  but  that 
eateth  upon  the  mountains,  and  that  defileth  his 
neigldKinr's  wife  ; 

12  That  grieveth  the  needy  and  the  poor,  that 
taketh  away  by  violence,  that  restoreth  not  the 
pledge,  and  that  lifteth  up  his  eyes  to  idols ;  that 
committeth  abomination  ; 

13  That  givcth  upon  usury,  and  that  taketh  an 


t  .Vol  taint  upon  tht  wiounttint.  That  ia,  at  the  sacrifices  there  of- 
fered to  idol*. 

I  To  do  truth.  That  i«,  to  art  according  to  truth ;  for  the  Hebr*wa 
railed  everv  tiling  that  wm  just,  truth. 


CHAP.  XIX. 


increase  ;  shall  such  vt  one  live  ?  lie  shall  not  live. 
Seeing  he  hath  done  all  these  detestable  things,  he 
shall  surely  die:   his  hfood  shall  be  upon  him. 

14  But  if  he  beget  a  son,  who  seeing  all  his  fa- 
ther's sins,  which  he  hath  done,  is  afraid,  and  shall 
not  do  the  like  to  them  ; 

15  That  hath  not  eaten  upon  the  mountains,  nor 
lifted  up  his  eyes  to  the  idols  of  the  house  of  Israel, 
and  hath  not  defiled  his  neighbour's  wife  ; 

16  And  hath  not  grieved  any  man,  nor  withhold' 
en  the  pledge,  nor  taken  away  with  violence,  but 
hath  given  his  bread  to  the  hungry,  and  covered  the 
naked  with  a  garment ; 

17  That  hath  turned  away  his  hand  from  injur- 
ing the  poor,  hath  not  taken  usury  and  increase,  but 
hath  executed  my  judgments,  and  hath  walked  in 
my  commandments;  this  man  shall  not  die  for  the 
iniquity  of  his  father;  but  living  he  shall  live. 

18  As  for  his  father,  because  he  oppressed,  and 
offe'red  violence  to  his  brother,  and  wrought  evil  in 
the  midst  of  his  people ;  behold,  he  is  dead  in  his 
own  iniquity. 

19  And  you  say:  Why  hath  not  the  son  borne 
the  iniquity  of  his  father?  Verily,  because  the  son 
hath  wrought  judgment  and  justice,  hath  kept  all  my 
commandments,  and  done  them,  living  he  shall  live. 

20  The  soid  that  sinneth,  the  same  shall  die: 
the  son  shall  not  bear  the  iniquity  of  the  father,  and 
the  father  shall  not  bear  the  iniquity  of  the  son  :  the 
justice  of  the  just  shall  he  upon  him,  and  the  wick- 
edness of  the  wicked  shall  be  upon  him. 

21  But  if  the  wicked  do  penance  for  all  his  sins 
which  he  hath  committed,  and  keep  all  my  com- 
mandments, and  do  judgment,  and  justice,  living  he 
shall  live,  and  shall  not  die. 

22  I  will  not  remember  all  his  iniquities  that  he 
hath  done:  in  his  justice  which  he  hath  wrought 
lie  shall  live. 

23  Is  it  my  will  that  a  sinner  should  die,  saith 
the  Lord  God,  and  not  that  he  should  be  converted 
from  his  ways,  and  live? 

24  But  if  the  just  man  turn  himself  away  from 
his  justice,  and  do  iniquity  according  to  all  the  abo- 
minations which  the  wicked  man  useth  to  work, 
shall  he  live?  all  his  justices  which  he  had  done, 
shall  not  be  remembered  :  in  the  prevarication,  by 
which  he  hath  prevaricated,  and  in  his  sin,  which 
he  hath  committed,  in  them  he  shall   die. 

25  And  you  have  said  :  The  way  of  the  Lord  is 
not  right.  Hear  ye  therefore,  O  house  of  Israel  : 
Is  it  my  way  that  is  not  right,  and  arc  not  rather 
your  ways  perverse  ? 

26  For  when  the  just  turneth  himself  away  from 
his  justice,  and  committeth  iniquity,  he  shall  die 
therein  :  in  the  injustice  that  he  bath  wrought  he 
shall  die. 

27  And  when  the  wicked  turneth  himself  away 
from  his  wickedness,  which  he  hath  wrought,  and 
doeth  judgment  and  justice ;  he  shall  save  his  soul 
alive. 

28  Because  he  considereth  and  turneth  away 
himself  from  all  his  iniquities,  which  he  hath 
wrough'    he  shall  sorely  live,  and  not  die. 

"     4  p 


29  And  the  children  of  Israel  say:  The  way 
of  the  Lord  is  not  right.  Are  not  my  waysiig.,: 
O  house  of  Israel,  and  are  not  rathef  your  ways 
perverse  ? 

30  Therefore  will  I  judge  every  man  according 
to  his  ways,  O  house  of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord  God. 
Be  converted,  and  do  penance  for  all  your  iniquities: 
and  iniquity  shall  not  he  your  ruin. 

31  Cast  away  from  you  all  your  transgressions, 
by    which  you    have    transgressed ;  and  make  to 
yourselves  a  new    heart,  and   a    new    spirit :  and 
why  will  you  die,  O  house  of  Israel  ? 

32  For  I  desire  not  the  death  of  him  that  dieth 
saith  the  Lord  God,  return  ye,  and  live. 

CHAP.  XIX. 

The  parable  of  the  young  lions  :  and  of  the  vine  that  is  wasted 

jyTOREOVER  take  thou  up  a  lamentation  fo- 
-■-"-■-  the  princes  of  Israel, 

2  And  say  :  Why  did  thy  mother  the  lioness*  lie 
down  among  the  lions,  and  hring  up  her  whelps  in 
the  midst  of  young  lions  ? 

3  And  she  brought  out  one  of  her  whelps  ;f  and 
he  became  a  lion  :  and  he  learned  to  catch  the  prey, 
and  to  devour  men. 

4  And  the  nations  heard  of  him,  and  took  him, 
but  not  without  receiving  wounds  :  and  they  brought 
him  in  chains  into  the  land  of  Egypt. 

5  But  she  seeing  herself  weakened,  and  that  her 
hope  was  lost,  took  one  of  her  young  lions,f  and 
set  him  up  for  a  lion. 

6  And  he  went  up  and  down  among  the  lions, 
and  became  a  lion  :  and  he  learned  to  catch  the 
prey,  and  to  devour  men. 

7  He  learned  to  make  widows,  and  to  lay  waste 
their  cities  :  and  the  land  became  desolate,  and  the 
fulness  thereof,  by  the  noise  of  his  roaring. 

8  And  the  nations  came  together  against  him  on 
every  side  out  of  the  provinces;  and  they  spread 
their  net  over  him  :  jn  their  wounds  he  was  taken. 

9  And  they  put  him  into  a  cage  :  they  brought 
him  in  chains  to  the  king  of  Babylon  :  and  they  cast 
him  into  prison,  that  his  voice  should  no  more  be 
heard  upon  the  mountains  of  Israel. 

10  Thy  mother  is  like  a  vine  in  thy  blood  plant- 
ed by  the  water:  her  fruit  and  her  branches  have 
grown  out  of  many  waters. 

11  And  she  had  strong  rods  to  make  sceptres 
for  them  that  bear  rule  ;  and  her  stature  was  exalt- 
ed among  the  branches  :  and  she  saw  her  height  in 
the  multitude  of  her  branches. 

12  But  she  was  plucked  up  in  wrath,  and  cast 
on  the  ground  :  and  the  burning  wind  dried  up  her 
fruit ;  her  strong  rods  are  withered,  and  dried  up  : 
the  fire  hath  devoured  her. 

13  And  now  she  is  transplanted  into  the  desert, 
in  a  land  not  passable,  and  dry. 

14  And  a  fire  is  gone  out  from  a  rod  or  he. 
branches,  which   hath  devoured   her  fruit ;  so  that 


*  Thy  mother  the  lioness.     Jerusalem, 
f  One  of  her  whelps,  viz.  Joachaz,  alias  Sellum. 
1  One  of  her  young  lions.    Joakim. 
065 


she  now  bath  no  strong  rod,  to  !»•■  ;i  sceptre  of  rulers. 
'1  hi*,  is  ;t  lamentation,  and  it  shall  be  for  ■  lameii- 
tat  ion. 

<  ii  \r.  w. 

Gnrl  rrfusrs  to  ansferthf  anrirHlxnfl*rtirl  inquiring  bn  the  pro- 
phet :  but  hf  him  srtlrlh  Mis  ben-fits  before  thur  rifs.antl 
their  heinous  sin*  ;  threatening  net  greater  punishment  ;  but 
stilt  mixt  with  merrn. 

AND  it  came  to  paM  in  tin-  seventh  rear,  in  the 
fifth  mnitlh,  the  tenth  dav  of  the  nionih,  their 
BtW  men  ot  the  ancients  ol  Israel  to  inquire  ol  the 
Lord  :  anil  they  sat  before  me. 

2  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  savins:  : 

3  Sou  of  man.  speak  to  the  ancients  ol  Israel, 
tad  say  to  them  :  '('litis  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Are 
jrou  come  to  inquire  of  me?  As  I  live,  I  will  not 
answer  von.  >aith  the  Lord  Qod. 

4  If  thou  judges!  them.*  if  thou  judgest,  O  son  of 
man.  declare  to  them  the  a  humiliations  ot  their  I  at  In  is. 

5  And  say  to  them  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  : 
In  the  dav  when  I  chose  Israel,  and  lifted  up  my 
hand  for  the  race  of  the  house  of  Jacoh,  and  appear- 
ed to  them  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  lifted  up  my 
hand  for  them,  saying:    I  Ml  the  Lord   your  God  : 

6  In  that  dav  I  lilted  up  my  hand  for  them,  to 
bring  them  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  into  a  land 
which  I  hail  provided  for  them,  flowing  with  milk 
and  honey,  which  excclleth  amongst  all  lands. 

7  And  I  said  to  them  :  Let  even  man  cast  away 
the  scandalst  of  his  eyes  ;  and  defile  not  yourselves 
with  the  idols  of  Eg?  I"  :   I  am  'he  Lord  your  God  : 

8  But  tiny  provoked  me,  and  would  not  hearken 
to  me  :  thev  did  not  every  man  cast  away  the  abomi- 
nations of  his  cms;  neither  did  the)  forsake  the 
idols  of  Egypt;  and  I  said  I  would  pour  out  mv 
indignation  U|ton  I  hem,  and  accomplish  my  wrath 
•.gainst  them,  in  the  midst  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

9  Hut  I  did  otherwise  tor  my  name's  sake,  that 
it  might  not  he  violated  before  the  nations,  in  the 
midst  of  whom  they  were,  and  among  whom  I 
made  myself  known  to  them,  to  bring  them  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

10  Therefore  I  brought  them  out  from  the  land 
of  Egypt,  and  brought  them  into  the  desert. 

11  And  I  nave  them  mv  statutes,  and  1  showed 
them  my  judgments,  which  it  a  man  do,  he  shall 
lire  in  them. 

1 1  Moreover  I  nave  them  also  my  sabbaths,  to  be 
a  sign  between  me  and  them:  and  that  they  might 
know  lieu  |  am  the  Lord  that  sanctify  them. 

13  Hut  the  house  of  Israel  provoked  me  in  the 
d<  serl  :  thev  walked  not  in  my  siaiuies,  and  they 
cast  away  my  judgments,  which  if  a  man  do  he  shall 
live  in  them:  and  they  grievously  violated  mv  sab- 
baths. I  said  therefore  thai  I  would  pour  out  my 
indignation  upon  then  in  the  desert,  and  would  con- 
sume them. 


EZECHIEL. 

1  V  But  I  spared  them  for  the  sake  of  my  name, 
lest  it  should  be  piofaned  before  the  nations,  from 
which  I  brought  them  out,  in  "their  sight 

I'i  Bo  I  lifted  up  my  handover  them  in  the  de- 
i  ri.  not  to  bring  them  into  the  land  which  I  hid 
given  them  flowing  With  milk  and  honey,  the  lust 
of  all  lauds: 

1 6'  Because  they  cast  off  my  judgments,  and  walk- 
ed not  in  mv  statutes,  and  violated  mv  sabbaths:  for 
their  heart  Went  alter  idols. 

17  Vet  bj  eye  spared  them,  so  that  I  destroyed 
them  not:  neither  aid  1  consume  them  m  the  desert. 

18  And  I  said  to  their  children  in  the  wilderness: 
Walk  not  in  the  statutes  of  VOW  fathers,  and  observe 
not  their  judgments,  nor  l>e  ye  delilcd  with  their 
idols  : 

19  I  am  the  Lord  your  God:  walk  ye  in  my  sta- 
tutes, and  observe  mv  judgments, and  do  them. 

20  And  sanctify  mv  sabbaths,  that  they  may  be,  a 
sinn  between  me  and  you:  and  that  you  mav  know 
that  1  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

21  But  their  children  provoked  me,  they  walked 
not  in  my  commandments,  nor  observed  my  judg- 
ments, to  do  them;  which  if  a  man  do,  he  shall  five 
in  them:  and  they  violated  my  sabbaths:  and  1  threat- 
ened lo  pour  out  my  indignation  upon  them,  and  to 
;n  roundish  my  wrath  in  them  in  the  desert. 

22  But  1  turned  away  mv  hand,  and  wrought  for 
my  name's  sake,  that  it  might  not  be  violated  lie- 
lore  the  nations,  out  of  which  1  brought  them  forth 
in  their  sight. 

23  Again  I  lifted  up  my  hand  upon  them  in  the 
wilderness,  lo  disperse  them  among  the  nations,  and 
scatter  them  through  the  countries: 

24  Because  thev  had  not  done  my  judgments, and 
had  cast  off  mv  Statutes. and  had  violated  my  sab- 
baths; and  their  eyes  had  been  after  the  idols  of  their 
fathers. 

25  Therefore  I  also  gave  them  statutes  that  were 
not  good,J  and  judgments,  in  which  they  shall  not 
live. 

26  And  I  polluted  them§  in  their  own  gifts,  when 
they  offered  all  that  opened  the  womb,  for  their  of- 
fences :  and  they  shall  know-  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

27  Wherefore  speak  to  the  house  of  Israel,  O  son 
of  man:  and  say  to  them :  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God:  Moreover  in  this  also  your  fathers  biespheiui  d 
me,  when  they  had  despised  and  contemned  me: 

28  And  I  had  brought  them  into  the  land,  for 
which  I  lifted  up  my  hand  to  give  it  them:  tin  v  saw 
every  high  hill,  and  every  shadv  tree,  and  there  liny 
sacrificed  their  victims:  and  there  tbej  presented 
the  provocation  of  their  offerings,  and  thercthej  in  t 
their  sweet  odours,  and  poured  forth  their  libations. 

29  And  I  said  to  them:  What  meaneih  the  huh 
place  to  which  you  go?  and  the  name  thereof  was 
called  High-place  even  to  this  dav. 


*  //  Ikmi  jtutfttl  them.  Or,  il  thou  w  ill  rnli-r  into  thecauae  and  plead 
■jrunM  ili«'m. 

f  StmuUli,  fee.  OlfcoMOMH  That  i«,  the  abomination*  or  iJoU.  to 
the  worship  of  which  they  were  allur.il  b*  their  • 

{  tutntes  that  tern  tut  g—d,  fee.    Tin-  law*  and  ordinance*  of  their 

an 


rnomic* ;  or  thoae  imposed  upon  them  by  Ihal  cruel  tv  rant  the  dev  it,  to 
whose  power  thrv  wore  drlirered  up  fur  tin  ir  *iii». 

I  /  fvllulrd  Iktm.  fcc.  That  i*.  I  (rare  them  up  to  mm  t,  I, limine.', 
in  piini-hinrni  of  their  offence*,  a*  to  pollute  Utemaclrea  with  II* 
blood  of  all  their  first-horn,  whom  tbey  offered  up  lo  tin  ir  aid.  in  con 
phance  with  tlieir  wicked  dcTicea. 


chap.  xxi. 


30  Wherefore  say  to  the  house  of  Israel:  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God:  Verily  you  are  defiled  iu  the 
way  of  your  fathers;  and  you  commit  fornication 
with  their  ahominations. 

31  And  you  defile  yourselves  with  all  your  idols 
unto  this  day,  iu  the  offering  of  your  gifts,  when 
you  make  your  children  pass  through  the  fire:  and 
shall  I  answer  you,  O  house  of  Israel?  As  1  live, 
saith  the  Lord  God,  I  will  not  answer  you. 

32  Neither  shall  the  thought  of  your  mind  come 
to  pass,  by  which  you  say:  We  will  be  as  the  Gen- 
tiles, and  as  the  families  of  the  earth,  to  worship 
stocks  and  stones. 

33  As  1  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  I  will  reign 
over  you  with  a  strong  hand,  and  with  astretched- 
out  arm,  and  with  fuiy  poured  out. 

34  And  I  will  bring  you  out  from  the  people;  and 
I  will  gather  you  out  of  the  countries  in  which  you 
are  scattered.  I  will  reign  over  you  with  a  strong 
hand,  and  with  a  stretched-out  arm,  and  with  fury 
poured  out. 

35  And  I  will  bring  you  into  the  wilderness  of 
people  ;*  and  there  will  I  plead  with  you  face  to 
face. 

36  As  I  pleaded  against  your  fathers  in  the  de- 
sert of  the  land  of  Egypt;  even  so  will  I  judge  you, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 

37  And  I  will  make  you  subject  to  my  sceptre, 
and  will  bring  you  into  the  bands  of  the  covenant. 

38  And  I  will  pick  out  from  among  you  the  trans- 
gressors and  the  wicked;  and  will  bring  them  out 
of  the  land  where  they  sojourn  :  and  they  shall  not 
enter  into  the  laud  of  Israel;  and  you  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord. 

39  And  as  for  you,  O  house  of  Israel,  thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  :  Walk  ye  every  onef  after  your 
idols,  and  serve  them.  But  if  in  this  also  you  hear 
me  not,  but  defile  my  holy  name  any  more  with  your 
gifts  and  with  your  idols  : 

40  In  my  holy  mountain,!]!  in  the  high  mountain 
of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord  God,  there  shall  all  the 
house  of  Israel  serve  me  ;  all  of  them,  I  say,  in 
the  land  in  which  they  shall  please  me  :  and  there 
will  I  require  your  first  fruits,  and  the  chief  of  your 
tithes  with  all  your  sanctifications. 

41  I  will  accept  of  you  for  an  odour  of  sweetness, 
when  I  shall  have  brought  you  out  from  the  people, 
and  shall  have  gathered  you  out  of  the  lands  into 
which  you  are  scattered  :  and  I  will  be  sanctified  in 
you  in  the  sight  of  the  nations. 

42  And  you  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  when 
I  shall  have  brought  you  into  the  land  of  Israel, 
into  the  land  for  which  I  lifted  up  my  hand  to  give 
it  to  your  fathers. 

43  And  there  you  shall  remember  your  ways,  and 
all  your  wicked  doings  with  which  you  have  been 

*  The  wilderness  of  people.  That  is,  a  desert  in  which  there  are  no 
people. 

f  Walk  ye  every  one,  fyc.  It  is  not  an  allowance,  much  less  a  command- 
ment, to  serve  idols ;  but  a  figure  of  speech,  by  which  God  would  have 
them  to  understand,  that  if  they  would  walk  after  their  idols,  thev 
must  not  pretend  to  serve  him  at  the  same  time  :  for  that  he  would  by 
do  means  sutfer  such  a  mixture  of  worship. 

{  In  my  holy  mountain,  &c.    The  foregoing  verse,  to  make  the  sense 


defiled  ;  and  you  shall  be  displeased  with  yourselves 
in  your  own  sight,  for  all  your  wicked  deeds  which 
you  committed. 

44  And  you  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  when 
I  shall  have  done  w  ell  by  you  for  my  own  name's 
sake,  and  not  according  to  your  evil  ways,  nor  ac- 
cording to  your  wicked  deeds,  O  house  of  Israel, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 

45  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  tome,  saying  : 

46  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  against  the  way  of 
the  south,§  and  drop  towards  the  south,  and  pro- 
phesy against  the  forest  of  the  south  tield. 

47  And  say  to  the  south  forest :  Hear  the  word 
of  the  Lord  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Behold,  I 
will  kindle  a  fire  in  thee,  and  will  bum  in  thee  every 
green  tree,  and  every  dry  tree  :  the  flame  of  the  fire 
shall  not  be  quenched  :  and  every  face  shall  be 
burned  in  it,  from  the  south  even  to  the  north. 

48  And  all  flesh  shall  see,  that  1  the  Lord  have 
kindled  it :  and  it  shall  not  be  quenched. 

49  And  1  said  :  Ah,  ah,  ah,  O  Lord  God  :  they 
say  of  me  :  Doth  not  this  man  speak  by  parables? 

CHAP.  XXI. 

The  destruction,  of  Jerusalem  by  the  sword  is  further  described. 
The  ruin  also  of  the  Ammonites  is  foreshown.  And  finally 
Babylon,  the  destroyer  of  others,  shall  be  destroyed. 

\  ND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying: 
-^*-  2  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  toward  Jerusalem  ; 
and  let  thy  speech  flow  towards  the  holy  places, 
and  prophesy  against  the  land  of  Israel  : 

3  And  say  to  the  land  of  Israel :  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  :  Behold,  I  come  against  thee  :  and  I 
will  draw  forth  my  sword  out  of  its  sheath,  and  will 
cut  ofT  in  thee  the  just  and  the  wicked. 

4  And  forasmuch  as  I  have  cut  off*  in  thee  the 
just  and  the  wicked,  therefore  shall  my  sword  go 
forth  out  of  its  sheath  against  all  flesh,  from  the 
south  even  to  the  north  ; 

5  That  all  flesh  may  know  that  I  the  Lord  have 
drawn  my  sword  out  of  its  sheath  not  to  be  turned 
back. 

6  And  thou,  son  of  man,  mourn  with  the  break- 
ing of  thy  loins,  and  with  bitterness  sigh  before 
them. 

7  And  when  they  shall  say  to  thee  :  Why  mourn- 
est  thou  ?  thou  shalt  say  :  For  that  which  I  hear  : 
because  it  cometh,  and  every  heart  shall  melt,  and 
all  hands  shall  be  made  feeble, and  every  spirit  shall 
faint,  and  water  shall  run  down  every  knee  :  be- 
hold, it  cometh,  and  it  shall  be  done,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

8  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying  : 

9  Son  of  man,  prophesy,  and  say  :  Thus  sailh 
the  Lord  God  :  Say  :  The  sword,  the  sword  is 


sharpened,  and  furbished. 

10  It  is  sharpened  to  kill  victims 


it  is  furbished 


complete,  must  be  understood  so  as  to  condemn  and  reject  that  mix- 
ture of  worship  which  the  Jews  then  followed.  In  this  verse  God 
promises  to  the  true  Israelites,especially  to  those  of  the  christian  chu  ch, 
that  they  shall  serve  him  in  another  manner,  in  his  holy  mountain, 
the  spiritual  Sion :  and  shall  be  accepted  of  by  h.im. 

}  Of  the  south.  Jerusalem  lay  towards  the  south  of  Babylon  (where 
the  prophet  then  was)  and  is  here  called  the  forest  of  the  south  field. 
and  is  thieatcned  with  utter  desolation. 

667 


that  it  may  glitter  •'  thou  remotest  the 
son  :*  thou  hast  cut  down  even  in 

II   And  I  have  given  it  to  be  furbished!  that   it 

in  iv  he  hamiU'd  :  mm  sword  m shaspeacd, end  it  is 
lurhishi  d.  thai  it  may  lie  in  (he  Ii;iikI  of  the  slayer. 

1  2  (  ry,  and  how  I,  ( )  miii  of  man,  for  this  sword 
is  U|m>ii  mv  people  :  it  is  u|>on  all  tin-  princes  of  Is- 
rael, that  are  led  !  they  are  delivered  tt|>  to  the 
sword  with  niv  people  :  strike  therefore  u|h>ii  thv 
thigh, 

I)  Because  it  is  ttied  ;  and  that,  when  it  shall 
overthrow  the  sceptre,  and  it  shall  not  he,  saith  the 
Lord  God. 

I  »  Thon,  therefore,  0  son  of  man,  prophesy,  and 
strike  tfiy  heads  together ;  and  let  the  IWOra  be 
dinilileil.  and  let  the  sword  of  the  slain  he  tripled: 
this  is  the  sword  of  a  great  slaughter,  that  maketh 
them  stand  amazed, 

15  And  languish  in  heart,  and  that  multiplieth 
ruins.  In  all  their  gates  I  have  set  the  dread  of  the 
sharp  sword,  the  sword  tli.it  is  furbished  to  glitter, 
that  is  made  ready  for  slaughter. 

It!  Be  thon  sharpened;  go  to  the  right  hand  or 
to  the  left,  which  way  soever  thou  hast   a  mind  to 

s.t  thy  nee 

17  And  I  will  clap  niv  hands  together,  and  will 
satisfy  my  indignation:  1  the  Lord  have  spoken. 

18  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying: 

19  And  thon,  son  of  min,  set  thee  two  ways,  for 
the  sword  of  the  king  of  Babylon  to  come  :  l>oth 
shall  come  forth  out  of  one  land  :  and  with  his  hand 
he  shall  draw  lots  :  he  shall  consult  at  the  head  of 
the  M  a\  of  the  city. 

20  Thou  shall  make  a  way  that  the  sword  may 
COM  to  Rabbath  of  the  children  of  Amnion,  and  to 
Juda  unto  Jerusalem  the  strong  city. 

'21  For  the  kirn:  of  Babylon  stood  in  the  high 
way.  at  the  bead  Oft  WO  Ways,  seeking  divination, 
shu  filing  arrows  :  he  inquired  of  the  idols,  and  con- 
sulted entrails. 

22  On  his  right  hand  was  the  divination  for 
Jerusalem,  to  set  haltering  rams,  to  open  the  mouth 
in  slaughter,  to  lift  up  the  voice  in  howling,  to  set 
engines  against  the  gales,  to  cast  up  a  mount,  to 
build  forts. 

23  And  he  shall  be  in  their  eves  as  one  consult- 
ing the  oracle  in  vain,  and  imitating  the  leisure  of 
tabbaths:  bat  he  will  call  to  reaaetabrance the  ini- 
quity that  thev  may  he  taken. 

2J-  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Became 

/ou  have  remembered  your  iniquity,  and  have  dis- 

afWUd  tour  prevarications,  and  your  sins  have  ap- 

£  eared  in  all   your    de\ices:    hecause.         pay.    you 
ave  rememU-red,  you  shall  Im- taken  with  the  hand. 
26  Hut  thou    profanef  wicked  prince  of    Israel. 


EZECI     :l 

■  of  my 


*  71m 
'fiwn)  In  Ibe 
br  wentre  of  I 

,    Hutu  pnfamt,  kr. 
«tt  oath,  ana  w»«  orhc 


l  m.     Hr  tpeakt  (nccordinjr  to  Si. 
.  which  wu  about  to  remove 
hf-re  rail*  hi«  M. 

>  to  tone  Sedcciaa,  who  bad  broken 
-Wrft  prince. 


t  h  U  not  ll>ii  Ikml  Ufa  tzallnl  Ik*  lev  on*.  Tlio  roral  rnwn  of  .In- 
da  hart  rxalti  A  Sedeciat  from  a  private   Mate  and   •  lo  the 

■  irerriru  power,  at  Ihe  lo»«  of  il  had  braafM  down  Jcchnniat,  kr. 

I   /  mi.'  tluxc  il  u  t*  iaif  uitf,  *<       Or.  1   n  ill  ot«  rlurn  it,  viz.     Tbe 


whose  day  is  come  that  hath  been  appointed  in  the 
time  of  iniquity  : 

20  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Remove  the  dia- 
dem; lake  off  tbe  crown  :  is  it  not  tin-  that  hath 
exalted  the  low  one,}  and  brought  down  him  thai 
w.i-  high  ? 

27  1  will  show  it  to  be  iniquity. i  iniquity,  ini- 
quity: hut  this  was  not  done,  till  he  came  to  w  horn 
judgment  belonged*  J   and  I  will  gite  it  him. 

2«!  And  thou,  son  of  man,  prophesy,  and  sav  : 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  ( iod  concerning  the  children 
of  Ammou,  and  concerning  their  reproach:!  and 
thou  -halt  say  :  O  sword,  O  BWord,  come  out  of  the 
scabbard  to  kill ;  be  furbished  to  destroy,  and  la 
glitter. 

2!>  Whilst  they  see  vain  things  in  thy  regard,  and 
they  divine  lies ;  to  bring  thee  upon  the  necks  of  the 
wicked  that  are  wounded,  whose  appointed  day  \s 
come  in  the  time  of  iniquity. 

30  Return  into  thy  sheath. H  I  will  judge  thee 
in  the  place  wherein  thou  wast  created,  in  the  land 
of  thy  nativity. 

31  And  1  w  ill  pour  out  upon  thee  my  indignation  : 
in  the  fire  of  my  rage  will  I  blow  upon  thee,  and 
will  give  thee  into  the  hands  of  men  that  are  brutish 
and  contrive  thy  destruction. 

32  Thou  shalt  he  fuel  for  the  fire  ;  thy  blood 
shall  be  in  the  midst  of  the  laud  ;  thou  shalt  be  for- 
gotten :  for  1  the  Lord  have  spoken  it. 

CHAP.  XXII. 

The  general  comiplinn  <>/  the  inhabitant*  of  Jerusalem  :  fm 
trhiih  (iotl  trill  rtmsiiiiir  thrm  a*  drnxt  in  hitjurmtti. 

AM)  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me.  saying: 
•^*-  2  And  thou,  son  of  man.  dost  thou  not  judg  •, 
dost  thou  not  judge  the  city  of  blood  ? 

3  And  thou  shalt  show  her  all  her  abominations, 
and  shalt  say  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :    Tin 
the  city  that  ibeddeth  blood  in  the  midst  of  her,  that 
her  time    may  come  :  and  that   hath   made   idols 
against  herself,  to  defile  herself. 

4  Thou  art  become  guilty  in  thy  blood  which 
thou  hast  shed  :  and  thou  art  defiled  in  thy  idols 
which  thou  hast  made:  and  thou  hast  made  thy  days 
to  draw  near,  and  hast  brought  on  the  time  of  thy 
y  ears  :  therefore  have  1  made  thee  a  reproach  to  the 
Gentiles,  and  a  mockery  to  all  countrii  s. 

5  Those  that  are  near,  and  those  thai  are  far  from 
thee,  shall  triumph  over  thee:  thou  filthy  one,  infa- 
mous, great  in  destruction. 

6  Heboid,  the  princes  of  Israel,  every  one  hath 
employed  his  arm  iii  thee,  to  shed  blood. 

7  They  have  abused  lather  and  mother  in  thee  : 
they  have  oppressed  the  stranger  ill  the  midst  of 
thee:  they  have  grieved  the  fatherless  and  w idow 
in  thee. 


BrOWn of  .III. la,  for  (In-  mnnid.l.l  intuitu-*  of  tin-  Uiii(r«:  but  il  'J. .ill 
not  l>o  attoiij  renune,|,  till  C'hritt  come,  wboae  nclit  n  i«.  and  nlm 
»hall  roicTi  in  the  spiritual  borne  of  Jacob,  that  in,  in  hit  ehurvh,  lur 
rvrrinuri-. 

ffWrniiiir  thrir  rrpnxtra.     By  which  they  bait  reproaclied  and    in- 
nsl  over  Oh-  Jew*,  at  the  time  of  Ibe  dtttm.  lion  of  Jrrtitalrm. 
t   /Mum  into  l*»  tktalk,  be     The  tword  of  Bah \ Ion,  aftir  raiting 
asrain-t    want    nation*,   m    tttttftij  to   be  judged    mxl  dcttruyed  at 
home  by  Umi  Attaint  ami  lYniaua. 


CHAP.  XXII f. 


*   Committed  fornication.     That  is.  idolatry. 

T  Oolla  and  Ooliba.  God  calls  the  kingdom  of  Israel  Oolla,  which 
signifies  their  own  habitation,  because  thev  separated  themselves  from 
his  temple:  and  the  kingdom  of  Juda,  Ooliba,  which  signifies  his  habt- 
Mion  in  htr,  because  of  his  temple  amjng  them  in  Jerusalem. 


8  Thou  h;ist  despised  my  sanctuaries,  and  pro- 
faned my  sabbaths. 

9  Slanderers  have  been  in  thee  to  shed  blood  : 
and  they  have  eaten  upon  the  mountains  in  thee  : 
they  have  committed  wickedness  in  the  midst  of 
thee. 

10  They  have  discovered  the  nakedness  of  their 
father  in  thee  :  they  have  humbled  the  uncleanness 
of  the  menslruous  woman  in  thee. 

1 1  And  every  one  hath  committed  abomination 
with  his  neighbour's  wife  ;  and  the  father-in-law 
hath  wickedly  defiled  his  daughter-in-law  ;  the 
brother  hath  oppressed  his  sister  the  daughter  of  his 
father  in  thee. 

12  They  have  taken  gifts  in  thee  to  shed  blood  : 
thou  hast  taken  usury  and  increase,  and  hast  covet- 
ously oppressed  thy  neighbours:  and  thou  hast  for- 
gotten me,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

13  Behold,  I  have  clapped  my  hands  at  thy  eovet- 
ousness,  which  thou  hast  exercised,  and  at  the  blood 
that  hath  been  shed  in  the  midst  of  thee. 

14  Shall  thy  heart  endure,  or  shall  thy  hands  pre- 
vail in  the  days  which  I  will  bring  upon  thee  ?  1  the 
Lord  have  spoken,  and  will  do  it. 

15  And  I  will  disperse  thee  in  the  nations,  and 
will  scatter  thee  among  the  countries  :  and  I  will 
put  an  end  to  thy  uncleanness  in  thee. 

16  And  I  will  possess  thee  in  the  sight  of  the 
Gentiles  :  and  thou  shaltknow  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

17  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying: 

18  Son  of  man,  the  house  of  Israel  is  become 
dross  to  me  :  all  these  are  brass,  and  tin,  and  iron, 
and  lead,  in  the  midst  of  the  furnace  :  they  are  be- 
come the  dross  of  silver. 

19  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Because 
you  are  all  turned  into  dross,  therefore  behold,  I 
will  gather  you  together  in  the  midst  of  Jerusalem, 

20  As  they  gather  silver,  and  brass,  and  tin,  and 
iron,  and  lead,  in  the  midst  of  the  furnace  :  that  I 
may  kindle  a  fire  in  it  to  melt  it:  so  will  I  gather 
you  together  in  my  fury  and  in  my  wrath,  and  will 
take  my  rest,  and  I  will  melt  you  down. 

21  And  I  will  gather  you  together,  and  "will  burn 
you  in  the  fire  of  my  wrath  :  and  you  shall  be  melted 
in  the  midst  thereof. 

22  As  silver  is  melted  .in  the  midst  of  the  fur- 
nace, so  shall  you  be  in  the  midst  thereof :  and  yon 
shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  have  poured 
out  my  indignation  upon  you. 

23  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  tome, saving: 

24  Son  of  man,  say  to  her  :  Thou  art  a  land  that 
is  unclean,  and  not  rained  upon  in  the  day  of  wrath. 

25  There  is  a  conspiracy  of  prophets  in  the  midst 
thereof:  like  a  lion  that  roareth  and  catcheth  the 
prey,  they  have  devoured  souls  :  they  have  taken 
riches  and  hire  :  they  have  made  many  widows  in 
the  midst,  thereof. 

26  Her  priests  have   despised  my  law,  and  have 


defiled  my  sanctuaries  :  they  have  put  no  difference 
between  holy  and  profane  ;  nor  have  distinguished 
between  the  polluted  and  the  clean  :  and  they  have 
turned  away  their  eyes  from  my  sabbaths :  and  I 
was  profaned  in  the  midst  of  them. 

27  Her  princes  in  the  midst  of  her,  are  like  wolves 
ravening  the  prey  to  shed  blood,  and  to  destroy  souls, 
and  to  run  after  gains,  through  covetousness. 

28  And  her  prophets  have  daubed  them  withou*. 
tempering  the  mortar,  seeing  vain  things,  and  divi- 
ning lies  unto  them,  saying  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  :  when  the  Lord  hath  not  spoken. 

29  The  people  of  the  land  have  used  oppression, 
and  committed  robbery  :  they  afflicted  the  needy  and 
poor  :  and  they  oppressed  the  stranger  by  calumny 
without  judgment. 

30  And  I  sought  amongthem  for  a  man  that  might 
set  up  a  hedge,  and  stand  in  the  gap  before  me  in 
favour  of  the  land,  that  I  might  not  destroy  it :  and 
I  found  none. 

31  And  I  poured  out  my  indignation  upon  them  : 
in  the  fire  of  my  wrath  1  consumed  them  :  I  1m*  e 
rendered  their  way  upon  their  own  head,  saith  the 
Lord  God. 

CHAP.  XXIII. 

Under  the  name*  of  the  two  harlots,  Oolla  and  Ooliba,  are  descri- 
bed the  manifold  disloyalties  of  Samaria  and  Jerusalem,  with 
the  punishment  of  them  both. 

\  ND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying 
-^*-  2  Son  of  man,  there  were  two  women  daugh 
ters  of  one  mother. 

3  And  they  committed  fornication*  in  Egypt;  in 
their  youth  they  committed  fornication  :  there  were 
their  breasts  pressed  down,  and  the  teats  of  their 
virginity  were  bruised. 

4  And  their  names  were  Oolla  the  elder,  and 
Oolibaf  her  younger  sister :  and  I  took  them,  and 
they  bore  sons  and  daughters.  Now  for  theirnames, 
Samaria  is  Oolla,  and  Jerusalem  is  Ooliba. 

5  And  Oolla  committed  fornication  against  me, 
and  doted  on  her  lovers,  on  the  Assyrians  J  that 
came  to  her, 

6  Who  were  clothed  with  blue, princes, and  riders, 
beautiful  youths,  all  horsemen,  mounted  upon  horses. 

7  And  she  committed  her  fornications  with  those 
chosen  men,  all  sons  of  the  Assyrians  :  and  she  de- 
filed herself  with  the  uncleanness  of  all  them  on 
whom  she  doted. 

8  Moreover  also  she  did  not  forsake  her  fornica- 
tions which  she  had  committed  in  Egypt:  for  they 
also  lay  with  her  in  her  youth  :  and  they  bruised  the 
breasts  of  her  virginity,  and  poured  out  their  forni- 
cation upon  her. 

9  Therefore  have  I  delivered  her  into  the  hands 
of  her  lovers,  into  the  hands  of  the  sons  of  the  Assy 
rians,  upon  whose  lust  she  doted. 

10  They  discovered  her  disgrace,  took  away  hei 
sons  and  daughters,  and  slew  her  with  the  sword  : 


I  On  the  Assyrians,  &c.  That  is,  the  idols  of  the  Assyrians  :  for  all 
that  is  said  in  this  chapter  of  the  fornications  of  Israel  ana  Juda,  is  to 
be  understood  in  a  spiritual  sense,  of  their  disloyalty  to  the  Lord,  bj 
worshipping  strange  gods. 

MO 


EZECIHEL 


and  thev  became  infamous  women:  and   ti> 
cured  judgments  in  her. 

1  I  And  when  In  r  mm.  r  Ooliha  saw  this,  she  was 
mad  with  lust  more  than  she:  and  she  carried  her 
fornication     beyoad  the  fornication  <>l  Inr  sister, 

1  J  Impudently  prostituting  herself to  the  children 
of  the  Assyrians,  the  princes,  and  rulers  that  came 
to  her,  clothed  with  divers  colours,  to  the  horsemen 
that  rode,  upon  horses,  and  to  young  men  all  of  great 
beauty. 

13  And  I  saw  that  she  was  defiled,  and  that  they 
l>oth  took  one  wav. 

14  And  she  increased  her  fornications  :  and  when 
she  had  seen  men  painted  on  the  wall,  the  images 
of  the  Chaldeans  set  forth  in  colours, 

15  And  girded  with  girdles  about  their  reins,  and 
with  dyed  tnrhans  on  their  heads,  the  resemblance 
of  all  the  captains,  the  likeness  of  the  sons  of  Baby- 
lon,  and  of  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans,  wherein  they 
Were  horn. 

16  She  doated  upon  them  with  the  lust  of  her 
eyes:  and  she  sent  messengers  to  them  into  Chal- 
dea. 

17  And  when  the  sons  of  Babylon  were  come  to 
her  to  the  bed  of  love,  they  defiled  her  with  their 
fornications  :  and  she  was  polluted  by  them,  and 
her  soul  was  glutted  with  them. 

18  And  she  discovered  her  fornications,  and 
discovered  her  disgrace  :  and  mv  soul  was  alien- 
ated from  her,  as  my  soul  was  alienated  from  her 
lister. 

19  For  she  multiplied  her  fornications,  remem- 
bering the  days  of  her  youth,  in  which  she  played 
the  harlot  in  the  land  of  Egypt 

20  And  she  was  mad  with  lust  after  lying  with 
them,  whose  flesh  js  :lN  i|)e  flesh  of  asses,  and  whose 
issue  ;ts  the  issue  of  horses. 

1\  \iid  thou  hast  renewed  the  wickedness  of  thy 
Tooth,  when  thy  breasts  were  pressed  in  Egypt,  and 
the  paps  of  thy  virginity  broken. 

Therefore,  Ooliha.  thus  s;iith  the  I  ,ord  God  : 
Behold,  1  will  raise  up  against  thee  all  thy  lovers 
with  whom  thy  BOttl  hath  been  glutted  :  audi  will 
gather  them  together  against  thee   round  about. 

» The  children  of  Babylon,  and  all  the  Chal- 
deans, the  nobles,  and  the  kin-s  and  princes,  all  the 
BOM  of  the  Assyrians,  beautiful  youn^  men,  all  the 
captains,  and  rulers,  the  princes  of  princes,  and  the 
renowned  horsemen. 

24  \  ii< I  they  shall  come  upon  thee  well  appoint- 
ed with  chariot  and  wheel,  a  multitude  of  people  : 
thev  shall  In-  armed  against  thee  OB  even  side  with 
breastplate  and  lankier,  and  helmet  :  and  I  will  set 
judgment  before  them  :  and  they  shall  judge  thee  by 
their  judgment*. 

25  And  I  will  set  my  jealousy  against  thee,  which 
they  shall  execute  upon  thee  with  fury  :  thev  shall 
COt  off  tilt  nose  and  thy  ears:  and  what  remains, 
shall  fall  by  the  sword  :  they  shall  take  thv  sous  mid 
thy  daughters  ;  and  thy  residue  shall  be  devoured 
hv   fire. 

26  And  thev  s|i,il|  strip  thee  of  thv  garment- 
take  awav  the  instruments  of  thy  giory. 

170 


21  Aiul  I    will  put   an  end  to  thy   wickedness  m 
thee,  and  thy  fornication  brought  out  if  the  land  o< 
pt  :  neither  shall  thou  lift  up  thy  eyes  to  them, 
nor  remember  \.~y  pi  any  more. 

28  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Behold,  1  will 
deliver  thee  into  the  hands  of  them  whom  thou 
h.itest,  imo  their  hands  with  whom  thy  soul  hath 
bl  I  ii  chitted. 

29  And  they  shall  deal  with  thee  in  hatred;  and 
they  shall  take  away  all  thy  labour*  :  and  shall  let  tin  e 
zo  naked,  and  lull  of  disgrace:  and  the  discrace  of  thy 
fornications  shall  be  discovered,  thy  wickedness, 
and  thv  fornications. 

30  They  have  done  these  things  to  thee,  hflfaUtB 
thou  hast  played  the  harlot  with  ihe  nations  among 
which  thou  wast  defiled  w  ith  their  idols. 

31  Thou  hast  walked  in  the  wav  of  thy  sister  : 
and  I  will  give  her  CUD  into  thy  hand. 

32  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Thou  shalt  drink 
thy  sister's  cup,  deep,  ami  wide  :  thou  shall  be  hail 
in  derision  and  scorn,  which  contained)  very  much. 

33  Thou  shalt  he  filled  with  drunkenness,  and 
sorrow,  with  the  cup  of  grief,  and  sadness,  w  ith  the 
cup  of  thy  sister  Samaria. 

31  And  thou  shall  drink  it,  and  shalt  drink  it  up 
even  to  the  dregs  :  and  thou  shalt  devour  the  frag- 
ments thereof  :  thou  shall  rend  thv  breasts:  because 
I  have  spoken  it,  saith  the  Ford  God. 

35  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Because 
thou  hast  forgotten  me,  and  hast  cist  me  off  behind 
thy  back,  bear  thou  also  thy  wickedness,  ;,nd  thy 
fornications. 

36  And  the  Lord  spoke  tome,  saving:  Son  ol 
man,  dost  thou  judge  Oolla,  and  Oolilia,  and  dost 
thou  declare  to  them  their  wicked  deeds? 

37  Because  they  have  committed  adultery,  anc" 
blood  is  in  their  hands  :  and  they  have  committed 
fornication  with  their  idols:  moreover  also  iheii 
children,  whom  they  bore  tome,  they  have  Offered 
to  them  to  be  devoured. 

38  Yea,  and  they  have  done  this  to  me.  Thev 
polluted  my  sanctuary  on  the  same  day  and  profaned 
mv  sabbaths. 

39  And  when  they  sacrificed  their  children  to 
their  idols,  and  went  into  mv  sanctuary  the  same 
day  to  profane  it  ;  they  did  these  things  even  in  the 
midst  Off  my  house. 

10  They  sent  t'or  men  coming  from  afar,  to  whom 
they  had  sent  a  messenger  :  and  In  hold,  thev  came  : 
for  whom  thou  didst  wash  thv  sell,  and  didst  paint 
thy  eyes,  and  wast  adorned  with  women's  orna- 
ments. 

41  Thou  sattest  on  a  very  fine  bed  :  and  a  table 
was  decked  before  thee  j  w  hereupon  thou  didst  set 
my  incense,  and  my  ointment. 

42  And  there  was  in  her  the  voice  of  a  multitude 
rejoicing:  and  to  some  that  were  brought  of  the 
multitude  of  mi  n,  and  that  came fromthcdcseit. thev 
put  bracelets  on  their  hands,  and  hcautilul  crowns 
On  their  heads. 

43  And  I  s;iid  to  her  that  was  worn  out  in  her 
adulteries  :  Now  will  this  woman  still  confiiiuc  in 
her  fornication. 


CHAP.  XXIV,  XXV. 


44  And  they  wont  in  to  her,  as  to  a  harlot:  so  went 
they  in  onto  Oolla,  and  Ooliba,  wicked  women. 

45  They  therefore  are  just  men;  these  shall 
judge  them  as  adulteresses  are  judged,  and  as  slied- 
ders  of  blood  are  judged  :  because  they  are  adul- 
teresses, and  blood  is  in  their  hands. 

48  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Bring  a  mul- 
titude upon  them,  and  deliver  them  over  to  tumult 
and  rapine  : 

47  And  let  the  people  stone  them  with  stones ; 
and  let  them  be  stabbed  with  their  swords :  they 
shall  kill  their  sons  and  daughters:  and  their  houses 
they  shall  burn  with  fire. 

48  And  I  will  take  away  wickedness  out  of  the 
land,  and  all  women  shall  learn,  not  to  do  according 
to  the  wickedness  of  them. 

49  And  Ihey  shall  render  your  wickedness  upon 
you,  and  you  shall  bear  the  sins  of  your  idols  :  and 
you  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  God. 

CHAP.  XXIV. 

Under  the  parable  of  a  boiling  pot  is  shown  the  utter  destruction 
of  Jerusalem  :  for  which  the  Jews  at  Babylon  shall  not  dare 
to  mourn. 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me  in  the 
ninth  year,  in  the  tenth  month,  the  tenth  day 
of  the  month,  saying: 

2  Son  of  man,  write  thee  the  name  of  this  day, 
on  which  the  king  of  Babylon  hath  set  himself 
against  Jerusalem  to-day. 

3  And  thou  shall  speak  by  a  figure  a  parable  to 
the  provoking  house,  and  say  to  them  :  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  :  Set  on  a  pot  ;  set  it  on,  I  say,  and 
put  water  into  ir. 

4  Heap  together  into  it  the  pieces  thereof,  every 
good  piece,  the  thigh  and  the  shoulder,  choice 
pieces  and  full  of  bones. 

5  Take  the  fattest  of  the  flock,  and  lay  together 
piles  of  bones  under  it ;  the  seething  thereof  is  boil- 
ing hot  ;  and  the  bones  thereof  are  thoroughly  sod- 
den in  the  midst  of  it. 

6  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Wo  to 
the  bloody  city,  to  the  pot  whose  rust  is  in  it,  and  its 
rust  is  not  gone  out  of  it :  cast  it  out  piece  by  piece ; 
there  hath  no  lot  fallen  upon  it. 

7  For  her  blood  is  in  the  midst  of  her;  she  hath 
shed  it  upon  the  smooth  rock  :  she  hath  not  shed  it 
upon  the  ground,  that  it  might  be  covered  with 
dust. 

8  And  that  I  might  bring  my  indignation  upon 
her,  and  take  my  vengeance  :  I  have  shed  her 
blood  upon  the  smooth  rock,  that  it  should  not  be 
covered. 

9  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Wo  to  the 
bloody  city,  of  which  I  will  make  a  great  bonfire. 

10  Heap  together  the  bones,  which  I  will  burn 
with  fire  :  the  flesh  shall  be  consumed,  and  the 
whole  composition  shall  be  sodden  ,  and  the  bones 
shall  be  consumed. 

1 1  Then  set  it  empty  upon  burning  coals,  that  it 
may  be  hot,  and  the  brass  thereof  may  be  melted  : 
and  let  the  filth  of  it  be  melted, in  the  midst  thereof, 
and  let  the  rust  of  it  be  consumed. 


great 


12  Great  pains  have  been  taken  ;  and  the 
rust  thereof  is  not  gone  out,  not  even  by  fire. 

13  Thy  uncleanness  is  execrable  :  because  I  de- 
sired to  cleanse  thee,  and  thou  art  not  cleansed  from 
thy  filthiness  :  neither  shalt  thou  be  cleansed,  be- 
fore 1  cause  my  indignation  to  rest  in  thee. 

14  I  the  Lord  have  spoken :  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  and  I  will  do  it;  I  will  not  pass  by,  nor  spare, 
nor  be  pacified  :  I  will  judge  thee  according  to  thy 
ways,  and  according  to  thy  doings,  saith  the  Lord. 

15  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me, 
saying : 

16  Son  of  man,  behold,  I  take  from  thee  the  de- 
sire of  thy  eyes  with  a  stroke  :  and  thou  shalt  not 
lament,  nor  weep ;  neither  shall  thy  tears  run  down. 

17  Sigh  in  silence,  make  no  mourning  for  the 
dead  ;  let  the  tire  of  thy  head  be  upon  thee,  and 
thy  shoes  on  thy  feet;  and  cover  not  thy  face,  nor 
eat  the  meat  of  mourners. 

18  So  1  spoke  to  the  people  in  the  morning;  and 
my  wife  died  in  the  evening :  and  1  did  in  the 
morning  as  he  had  commanded  me. 

19  And  the  people  said  to  me:  Why  dost  thou 
not  tell  us  what  these  things  mean  that  thou  doest? 

20  And  1  said  to  them  :  The  word  of  the  Lord 
came  to  me,  saying : 

21  Speak  to  the  house  of  Israel :  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God :  Behold,  I  will  profane  my  sanctuary, 
the  glory  of  your  realm,  and  the  thing  that  your 
eyes  desire,  and  for  which  your  soul  feareth  :  your 
sons,  and  your  daughters,  whom  you  have  left, 
shall  fall  by  the  sword. 

22  And  you  shall  do  as  I  have  done :  you  shall 
not  cover  your  faces,  nor  shall  you  eat  the  meat  of 
mourners. 

23  You  shall  have  crowns  on  yonr  heads,  and 
shoes  on  your  feet :  you  shall  not  lament  nor  weep ; 
but  you  shall  pine  away  for  your  iniquities ;  and 
every  one  shall  sigh  with  his  brother. 

24  And  Ezechiel  shall  be  unto  you  for  a  sign  of 
things  to  come  :  according  to  all  that  he  hath  done, 
so  shall  you  do,  when  this  shall  come  to  pass :  and 
you  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  God. 

25  And  thou,  O  son  of  man,  behold,  in  the  day 
wherein  I  will  take  away  from  them  their  strength, 
and  the  joy  of  their  glory,  and  the  desire  of  their 
eyes  upon  which  their  souls  rest,  their  sons  and 
their  daughters : 

26  In  that  day  when  he  that  escapeth  shall  come 
to  thee,  to  tell  thee  : 

27  In  that  day,  I  say,  shall  thy  mouth  be  opened 
to  him  that  hath  escaped;  and  thou  shalt  speak, 
and  shalt  be  silent  no  more  :  and  thou  shall  be  unto 
them  for  a  sign  of  things  to  come  ;  and  you  shall 
know  that  1  am  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  XXV. 

A  prophecy  against  the  Ammonites,  Moabites,  Edomites,  and 
Philistines,  for  their  malice  against  the  Israelites. 

\  ND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying : 
-1*-     2  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  against  the  chil- 
dren of  Amnion  :  and  thou  shalt  prophesy  of  them. 
3  And  thou  shalt  say  to  the  children  ot  Amnion  : 
Hear  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord  God  :  Thus  saith  the 

671 


IV/.Y.i  III  I  I.. 


Lord  God:  Because  thou  has!  said :  Ha,  ha.  upon 
mi  sanctuary,  because  it  was  profaned;  and  upou 

the  land  of  Israel,  because  it  was  laid  Waste:  and 
ii|H)n  tlu'  house  of  Juda,  because  thej  are  ltd  into 
captil  it\  ; 

V  Therefore  will  I  deliver  thee  to  the  men  ol  the 
cast  for  an  inheritance :  and  tiny  shall  place  their 
she.  p  cuts  in  tin  f.  and  shall  set  up  their  tents  in 
tin f  :  tin  >  shall  rat  thy  fruits  :  and  they  shall  drink 
thv  milk. 

6  And  1  will  make  Rabbath"  a  stable  lor  camels, 
and  tin-  children  of   tmmon  a  couching-place  tor 

Htuks  :   and  vou  shall  know  thai  I  am  the  Lord. 

6  For  thus  sailh  the  Lord  Gt>d:  Because  thou 

hast  clapped  thv  hands,  and  Stamped  with  thy  foot. 
and  hast  rejoiced  with  all  thy  heart  against  the  land 

of  Israel  :  .*.''*. 

7  Therefore  behold,  I  will  stretch  forth  my  hand 
npon  thee,  and  will  deliver  thee  to  be  the  spoil  ol 

nations;  and  will  cut  thee  off  from  among  the  peo- 
ple, and  destroy  thee  out  of  the  lands,  and  break 
thee  in  pieces:  and  thou  shalt  know  that  1  am  the 
Lord. 

I  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Because  Moat)  and 
Seir  have  said  :  Behold,  the  house  of  Juda  is  like 
all  other  nations: 

'.»  Therefore  behold.  I  will  open  the  shoulder  ol 

Moab  from  the  cities,  I  mm  his  cities,  1  say,  and  his 
borders,  the  noble  cities  of  the  laud  of  Bethicsi- 
moth,  and  Beelmeon,  and  Cariathaim, 

10  To  the  people  of  the  east  with  the  children 
of  Amnion  :    and  I  will  gite  it  them  lor  an    inherit- 

save  ;  that  there  ma\  In- mre  any  remembrance 

of  the  children  of  Amnion  anions  the  nations. 

11  And  I  will  execute  judgments  in  Moab:  and 
(hey  shall  know  that  1  am  the  Lord. 

1 1  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Because  F.doni 
bath  taken  VeOCMUce  to  revenge  herself  of  the 
children  of  J  nil  a.  and  hath  greatly  offended,  and 
bath  sought  revenge  of  them  : 

13  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  I  will 
stretch  forth  my  hand  upon  Ldom,  and  will  take 
away  out  of  it  man  ami  beast,  and  will  make  it 
desolate  from  the  south  :  ami  they  that  are  in  De- 
dan,  shall  fall  l>\  the  sword. 

IX  And  I  will  la\  m\  vengeance  upon  Edom  by 

the  hand  of  im  people  Israel:  and  lhc\  shall  do 
in  Ldom  according  to  my  wrath  and  my  fury:  and 
they  shall  know  in\   vengeance,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

15  Thus  .saith  the  Lord  God:  Because  the  Phi- 
listines have  taken  vengeance,  and  have  revenged 
themseUes  with  all  their  mind,  destroying  and  sa- 
tisls ing  olti  enmitii 

16  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Behold, 
I  will  stretch  forth  my  hand  noon  the  Philistines, 
and  will  kill  the  killers,  and  will  destroy  the  rem- 
nant of  the  sea  coast. 

17  And   I  will  execute  great  vengeance  upon 

them,  relinking  lliem  in  In r \  :  and  tiny  shall  know 

that  I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  shall  la\  in\  vengeance 

upon  them. 

•  Ko»„t>,     The  cmuiuj  city  of  the  ttmooa  afterward* 

Railed  MttwWMfa. 

67« 


CHAP.  XXVI. 


A  prophecy  of  the  dent  ruction  of  the  f turnout  city  of  Tyre  by  Aa- 

sastMSSMsn 

AND  it  came  to  pass  m  the  eleventh    year,  the 
first  da\    of   the    month,    that  the  woitl    of  the 
Lord  came  to  me,  saying: 

1  Son  of  man,  becam  hath  said  of  Jeru- 

salem; Aha,  the  gates  ol  the  people  are  broken; 
she  is  turned  to  me:  1  shall  be  filled,  note  she  is 
laid  waste. 

3  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Behold, 
I  come  against  thee,  O  I  j  it  :  and  I  w  ill  cause  many 
nations  to  come  up  to  thee,  as  the  waxes  ol  the  St  a 
rise  up. 

4  And  they  shall  break  down  the  walls  of  Tyre, 
and  destroy  the  towers  thereof:  and  I  will  scrape 
Ini  dust  from  her,  and  make  her  like  a  smooth  nnk. 

5  She  shall  be  a  lining  place  for  nets  in  the 
midst  of  the  sea  :  because  I  have  spoken//,  saith 
the  Lord  God;  and  she  shall  l>e  a  spoil  to  the  na- 
tions. 

6  Her  daughters  also  that  are  in  the  field,  shall 
be  slain  by  the  sword:  and  they  shall  know  that  I 
am  the  Lord. 

7  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Behold,  I  will 
bring  against  T\  re  Xahuchodouosor  king  ol  Baby- 
lon, the  king  of  kings,  from  the  north,  w  ith  horses, 
and  chariots,  and  horsemen,  and  companies,  and 
much  people. 

8  Thy  daughters  that  arc  in  the  field,  lie  shall 
kill  with  the  sword:  and  be  shall  compass  thee 
with  forts,  ami  shall  cast  up  a  mount  round  about: 
and  he  shall  lift  up  the  buckler  against  thee. 

9  And  be  shall  set  engines  of  war  and  battering 
ramssgaiast  thy  walls,  and  shall  destroy  thj  tow- 
i  rs  wiih  his  arms. 

10  By  reason  of  the  multitude  of  his  horses,  their 
dust  shall  cover  thee:  thy  walls  shall  shake  at  the 

noise  ol  the  horsemen,  and  wheels,  and  thai iots, 
w  Inn  they  shall  go  in  at  thy  gates,  si  b\  the  entrance 
of  a  city  that  is  destroyed. 

11  With  the  hoots  of  his  horses  he  shall  tread 
down  all  thy  streets:  thy  people  he  shall  kill  with 
the  sword:  and  thy  famous  statues  shall  fall  to  the 
ground. 

12  They  shall  waste  thy  riches:  they  shall  make 
a  spoil  of  thy  merchandise :  and  they  shall  destroy 
tin  walls,  and  pull  down  thy  line  houses:  and  they 
shall  lay  thy  stones,  and  thy  timber,  and  thy  dust 
in  I  he  midst  of  the  waters. 

13  Ami  1  will  make  the  multitude  of  th\  songs 
to  cease  :  and  the  sound  of  thy  harps  shall  be  heard 
no  more. 

14  And  I  will  make  thee  like  a  naked  rock  ;  thou 
shalt  be  a  drying  place  for  nets;  neither  shall  thotl 
be  built  an\  mort  :  for  1  have  s|*>ken  it,  saith  the 
Lord   ( iod. 

15  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  to  Tyre:  Shall  not 
the  islands  shake  at    the  sound  of  th\  fall,    and  the 

his  of  th\  slain,  when  tln\  shall  be  killed  in  the 
midst  of  thee  ' 

16  Then  all  the  princes  ol  lh<  sea  shall  come  down 
fin  m their  thrones,  ami  take  off  their  robes,  and  i 


CHAP.  XXVII. 


away  their  broidered  garments,  and  be  clothed  with 
astonishment;  they  shall  sit  on  the  ground,  H,lf* 
with  amazement  shall  wonder  at  thy  sudden  fall. 

17  And  taking  up  a  lamentation  over  thee,  they 
shall  say  to  thee  :  How  art  thou  fallen,  that  dwell- 
est  in  the  sea,  renowned  city  that  wast  strong  in  the 
sea   with  thy  inhabitants  whom  all  did  dread? 

13  Now  shall  the  ships  be  astonished  in  the  day 
of  thy  terror :  and  the  islands  in  the  sea  shall  be 
troubled  because  no  one  comet h  out  of  thee. 

19  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  When  I  shall 
make  thee  a  desolate  city  like  the  cities  that  are  not 
inhabited  ;  and  shall  bring  the  deep  upon  thee,  and 
many  waters  shall  cover  thee: 

20  And  when  I  shall  bring  thee  down  with  those 
that  descend  into  the  pit  to  the  everlasting  people, 
and  shall  set  thee  in  the  lowest  parts  of  the  earth 
as  places  desolate  of  old,  with  them  that  are  brought 
down  into  the  pit,  that  thou  be  not  inhabited:  and 
when  1  shall  give  glory  in  the  laud  of  the  living, 

21  I  will  bring  thee  to  nothing;  and  thou  shalt 
not  be  ;  aud  if  thou  be  sought  for,  thou  shalt  not  be 
found  any  more  for  ever,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

CHAP.  XXVI I. 

A  description  of  the  glory  and  riches  of  Tyre  ;  and  of  her  irre- 
coverable full. 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying: 
2  Thou  therefore,  O  son  of  man,  take  up  a  la- 
mentation for  Tyre : 

3  And  say  to  Tyre  that  dwellcth  at  the  entry  of 
the  sea,  being  the  mart  of  the  people  for  many 
islands:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God :  O  Tyre,  thou 
hast  sail :  I  am  of  perfect  beauty, 

4  Aud  situate  in  the  heart  of  the  sea.  Thy 
neighbours,  that  built  thee,  have  perfected  thy 
beauty : 

5  With  fir -trees  of  Sanir  they  have  built  thee, 
with  all  sea  planks  :*  they  have  taken  cedars  from 
Libanus  to  make  thee  masts. 

6  They  have  cut  thy  oars  out  of  the  oaks  of  Ba- 
sau :  and  they  have  made  thee  henches  of  Indian 
ivory,  and  cabins,  with  things  brought  from  the 
islands  of  Italy. 

7  Fine  broidered  linen  from  Egypt  was  woven 
for  thy  sail,  to  be  spread  on  thy  mast  ;  blue  and 
purple  from  the  islands  of  Elisa,  were  made  thy 
covering. 

8  The  inhabitants  of  Sidon,  and  the  Aradians 
were  thy  rowers  :  thy  wise  men,  O  Tyre,  were  thy 
pilots. 

9  The  ancients  of  Gebal,  and  the  wise  men 
thereof  furnished  mariners  for  the  service  of  thy 
various  furniture  :  all  the  ships  of  the  sea,  and  their 
mariners  were  thy  factors. 

10  The  Persians,  aud  Lydians,  and  the  Lybians 
were  thy  soldiers  in  thy  army  :  they  hanged  up  the 
buckler  aud  the  helmet  in  thee  for  thy  ornament. 

11  The  men  of  Arad  were  with  thy  army  upon 
thy  walls  round   about :  the  Pygmeansf  also  that 

*  S<r»  planks.    That  i«,  timber  brought  by  sea  to  build  the  city, 
f   The  Pygmeans.     That  is,  strong-  and  valiant  men.     In  Hebrew 
PirmDUidim- 

4Q 


were  in  thy  towers,    hung  up  their  quivers  on  thy 
walls  round  about ;  they  perfected  thy  beauty. 

12  The  Carthaginians  thy  merchants  supplied 
thy  fairs  with  a  multitude  of  all  kinds  of  riches,  with 
silver,  iron,  tin,  and  lead. 

13  Greece,  Thubal,  and  Mosoch,  they  were  thy 
merchants :  they  brought  to  thy  people  slaves  and 
vessels  of  brass. 

14  From  the  house  of  Thogorma  they  brought 
horses,  and  horsemen,  and  mules,  to  thy  market. 

15  The  men  of  Dedan  were  thy  merchants: 
many  islands  were  the  traffic  of  thy  hand  ;  they  ex- 
changed for  thy  price  teeth  of  ivory,  and  ebony. 

16  The  Syrian  was  thy  merchant  by  reason  of 
the  multitude,  of  thy  works  :  they  set  forth  precious 
stones,  and  purple,  and  broidered  works,  and  fine 
linen,  and  silk,  and  chodcliodf  in  thy  market. 

17  Juda  and  the  land  of  Israel,  they  were  thy 
merchants  with  the  best  corn  :  they  set  forth  balm, 
and  honey,  and  oil,  and  rosin  in  thy  fairs. 

18  The  men  of  Damascus  were  thy  merchants 
in  the  multilude  of  thy  works,  in  the  multitude 
of  divers  riches,  in  rich  wine,  in  wool  of  the  hest 
colour. 

19  Dan,  and  Greece,  and  Mosel  have  set  forth 
in  thy  marts  wrought  iron  :  stacte  and  calamus 
were  in  thy  market. 

20  The  men  of  Dedan  were  thy  merchants  in 
tapestry  for  seats. 

21  Arabia,  and  all  the  princes  of  Cedar,  they 
were  the  merchants  of  thy  hand  :  thy  merchants 
came  to  thee  with  lambs,  and  rams,  and  kids. 

22  The  sellers  of  Saba  and  Reema,  they  were  thy 
merchants ;  with  all  the  best  spices,  and  precious 
stones,  and  gold,  which  they  set  forth  in  thy  mar- 
ket. 

23  Haran,  and  Chene,  and  Eden,  were  thy  mer- 
chants:  Saba,  Assur,  and  Chelmad  sold  to  thee. 

24  They  were  thy  merchants  in  divers  manners, 
with  bales  of  b\ue-cloth,  and  of  embroidered  work, 
and  of  precious  riches,  which  were  wrapped  up, 
and  bound  with  cords  :  they  had  cedars  also  in  thy 
merchandise. 

25  The  ships  of  the  sea,  were  thy  chief  in  thy 
merchandise :  and  thou  wast  replenished,  and 
glorified  exceedingly  in  the  heart  of  the  sea. 

26  Thy  rowers  have  brought  thee  into  great  wa- 
ters :  the  south  wind  hath  broken  thee  in  the  heart 
of  the  sea. 

27  Thy  riches,  and  thy  treasures,  and  thy  mani 
fold  furniture,  thy  mariners,  and  thy  pilots,  who 
kept  thy  goods,  and  were  chief  over  thy  people  ;  thy 
men  of  war  also,  that  were  in  thee  with  all  thy 
multitude  that  is  in  the  midst  of  thee  ;  shall  fall  in 
the  heart  of  the  sea  in  the  day  of  thy  ruin. 

28  Thy  fleets  shall  be  troubled  at  the  sound  of 
the  cry  ot  thy  pilots. 

29  And  all  that  handled  the  oar  shall  comedown 
from  their  ships  :  the  mariners  and  all  the  pilots  ol 
the  sea  shall  stand  upon  the  land  : 

\  Choichod.  It  is  the  Hebrew"  name  for  some  precious  stone ;  but 
of  what  kind  in  particular,  interpreters  arc  not  agreed. 

tj73 


EZECHIEL. 


30  Ami  the*  shall  mourn  over  thee  with  a  loud 
mice, aud  shall  crj  bitterly :  end  tluv  shall  cast  1111 
dust  iijHtn  (heir  heads,  and  shall  Ik-  sprinkled  with 
ashes. 

31  Ami  the.  ihall  share  themselves  bald  for  thee, 
and  shall  be  girded  with  haircloth:  twd  ibey  shall 
ween  for  thee  with  bitterness  of  soul  with  most 
bitter  weeping. 

\ml  the]     shall  lake  up  I    mournful  KM  for 
thee,  ami  shall  lament  thee  :    What  city  is  like  I 
which  is  bncome  silent  ia  the  midst  of  the  scar 

Which  In  thv  merchandise  lliat  went  from 
thee  by  sea  didst  fill  many  people:  which  by  the 
multitude  of  thj  riches,  aim  of  thy  people,  didst 
enrich  the  kin^>  of  the  earth. 

$1  Now  thou  art  destroyed  l>v  the  sea  :  thy  riches 
■re  in  the  bottom  of  the  waters  ;  ami  all  the  multi- 
tude (hat  was  in  the  midst  of  thee  ■*  fallen. 

Ml  the  inhabitants  of  tin-  island*  are  asto- 
nished at  thee:  and  all  (heir  kin^s  being  struck  with 
the  storm  hue  changed  their  countenance. 

The  merchants  of  people  have  hissed  at  tine  : 
thou  art  brought  to  nothing;  and  thou  shall  never 
be  anv  more. 

CHAP.  WVIII. 

The  kin*  of  Tyrr,  <rhn  nffrelrd  to  hr  like  tit  Ci'nl  shall  full  umhr 
tli,  irr  trith  Lucifer.      The  judgment  uf  Sidon.     The 

nm  itf  hrm  I. 

AND  the  won!  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  sn\  ing  : 
J  Son  of  man,  say  to  the  prime  of  Tyre: 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Because  thv  heart  is  lift- 
ed up,  and  thou  hast  said:  1  ain  God,  and  I  sit  in 
the  chair  ol  God  in  the  heart  of  the  sea;  whereas 
thou  art  a  man,  and  not  God Ij  and  hast  set  thy 
heart  as  if  it  were  the  heart  of  God. 

3  Behold,  thou  art  wiser  than  Daniel:*  no  se- 
en! b  hid  from  thee. 

\  In  thv  wisdom  and  thy  understanding  thou 
hast  made  thyself  strong;  and  bast  gotten  gold,  and 
silver  into  thy  treasures. 

.')  II v  the  neatness  of  thy  wisdom,  and  by  thy 
traffic,  thou  hast  increased  thy  strength  :  and  thy 
heart  is  lifted  up  with  tli\  strength. 

ti  Therefore,  lints  saith  the  Lord  God:  Because 
thy  heart  is  lilted  upas  the  heart  of  God  : 

7  Therefore  Itehold,  I  will  bring  upon  thee  stran- 
gers the  Strongest  of  the  nations :  and  they  shall 
draw  their  s\\  orris  against  the  beauty  of  thy  wisdom: 
and  they  shall  defile  thy  beauty. 

8  They  shall  kill  thee,  and  bring  thee  down;  and 
thou  shall  die  tin-  death  of  them  that  are  slain  in 
the  heart  of  the  sea. 

9  Wilt  thou  vet  s;iv  before  them  that  slay  thee: 
I  am  God:  whereas  thou  art  a  man,  and  not  God, 
in  the  hand  ol  them  that  slay  tin 

10  Thou  shall  die  the  death  ol  the  uncirctimciscd 


*    TVm  *rl  wUtr  tk-n   firm'//,  i  it.     The  wivlom 

p  much  ri'litimir-l  in  htt  H  it  became  a  pro- 

I  •<*«•(  lnld-an«,  when  an*  imi-  would  expraaa  an  extra- 

ordinary witdom,  to  car  be  wa»  «.  wue  •»  PmmitL 

|    7Vm  w«a(  the  ml  of  rrtrmkUma.     The  kine  of  T\rr,  hy  hinditni- 

I  liia  natural  |-  I  ",r'   in  biirn.lf  a  ri-rtuin  rcananManrr 

of  Qod,  by  rcaaon  of  which  be  miplii  br  railed  the  i/«/  tf 

S74 


bj  the  hand  of  strangers:  for  I  haw  spoken  it,  saith 
the  Lord  (iod. 

II  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  eame  to  mc,  say- 
ing: Son  of  man,  take  up  a  lamentation  iijhui  the 
kim:  of  Tl  re: 

\1  Ami  s;iy  to  him:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  : 
Thou  wast  the  seal  of  resemblance, f  lull  of  v>  isdom, 
and  |>erfect  in  beauty, 

19  Thou  wast  in  the  plailBPICl  af  the  paradise 
of  God]  every  precious  stone  UMtffhy  coveriim  :  the 
sanlius,  the  topaz,  and  the  jasper,  the  chrysolite, 
and  (he  onyx,  and  the  beryl,  the  sapphire,  and  the 
carbuncle,  and  the  emerald ;  fold  the  work  of  thy 
beauty:  and  thy  pipes  were  prepared  in  the  day  that 
thou  wast  ere.ited. 

1  \  Thou  a  cherub  stretched  out, J  and  protect- 
ing; and  I  set  thee  in  the  holy  mountain  of  (iod  ; 
thou  hast  walked  in  the  midst  of  the  stones  of  fire. ^ 

15  Thou  wast  perfect  in  thy  ways  from  llieday 
of  thy  creation,  until  iniquity  was  found  in  thee. 

16  By  the  multitude  of  thy  merchandise,  thy 
inner  parts  were  filled  with  iniquity,  and  thou  hast 
sinned:  and  I  cast  tine  out  from  the  mountain  ol 
God,  and  destroyed  thee,  ()  COVeriag  cherub,  out  ol 
the  midst  of  the  stones  of  fire. 

17  And  thy  heart  was  lifted  up  with  lhvbeant\  : 
thou  hast  lost  thy  wisdom  in  thy  beauty  :  I  have  east 
thee  to  the  ground:  I  have  set  thee  before  the  face 
of  kings,  that  they  might  behold  thee. 

Hi  Thou  hast  defiled  thy  sanctuaries  bj  the  mul- 
titude of  thy  iniquities,  and  by  rlie  iniquity  of  thy 
traffic  :  then-fore  I  will  bring  forth  a  (ire  from  the 
midst  of  tbee,  to  devour  thee,  and  I  will  make  thee 
as  ashes  upon  the  earth  in  the  sight  of  all  that  see 
thee. 

19  All  that  shall  see  thee  among  the  nations, 
shall  be  astonished  at  thee  :  thou  art  brought  to  no- 
thing; and  thou  shall  never  be  any  more. 

20  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me.  saying: 

21  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  against  Sidon:  and 
thou  shalt  prophesy  of  it, 

22  And  shalt  say:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God: 
Behold.  I  come  against  thee,  Sidon;  and  I  will  lie 
glorified  ia  the  midst  of  thee:  and  they  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  shall  execute  judgments 

in  her,  and  shall  be  sanctified  in  her. 

-  !  Ami  I  will  send  into  her  pestilence,  and  blond 
in  her  streets:  and  they  shall  fall  being  slain  by  the 
sword  on  all  sides  in  the  midst  thereof;  and  they 
shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

24  And  the  house  of  Israel  shall  have  no  more  | 
Stumbling-block  of  bitterness,  nor  a  thorn  causing 
pain  on  every  side  round  about  them,  of  them  that 
are  against  thein  :  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am 
the  land  ( iod. 

25  Thus   saith    the    Lord    God :  When  I  shall 


Sja  Hut  what  in  lirrr  »;ii  I  to  him  it  commonly  undentood  of  Lucifer 
the  kinjr  over  all  tlir-  i  liililn-n  of  prkte. 

;  ./  ,A/rui  tlrttrktd  out.  That  i«,  Iliy  winr« extended  Thin  i|hirf<-« 
'ic'irr  of  tbe  cherubim*  in  tin-  sanctuary,  which  with  str\tetuj 
•m/  vmf»  ewrtrmi  the  ark. 

I  Tkt  tUmti  if  fir*.  That  »,  bright  and  prvciou*  ktuoc*,  which 
«|>arklc  like  fire. 


CHAP.  XXIX,  XXX. 


have  gathered  together  the  house  of  Israel  out  of  the 
people  among  whom  they  are  scattered  :  I  will  be 
sanctified  in  them  before  the  Gentiles:  and  they 
shall  dwell  in  their  own  land,  which  I  gave  to  my 
servant  Jacob. 

26  And  they  shall  dwell  therein  secure:  and 
they  shall  build  houses,  and  shall  plant  vineyards, 
and  shall  dwell  with  confidence,  when  I  shall  have 
executed  judgments  upon  all  that  are  their  enemies 
round  about :  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord  their  God. 

CHAP.  XXIX. 

The  king  of  Egypt  shall  be  overthrown,  and  his  kingdom  wast- 
ed :  it  sli'ill  be  given  to  Nabuchodonosor  for  his  service 
against  Tyre. 

IN  the  tenth  year,  the  tenth  month,  the  eleventh 
day  of  the  month,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to 
me,  saying: 

2  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  against  Pharao  king 
of.  Egypt :  and  thou  shall  prophesy  of  him,  and  of 
all  Egypt: 

3  Speak,  and  say  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  : 
Behold,  I  come  against  thee,  Pharao  king  of  Egypt, 
thou  great  dragon  thatliest  in  the  midst  of  thv  rivers, 
and  say  est:  The  river  is  mine,  and  I  made  myself. 

4  But  I  will  put  a  bridle  in  thy  jaws:  and  I  will 
cause  the  fish  of  thy  rivers  to  stick  to  thy  scales: 
and  1  will  draw  thee  out  of  the  midst  of  thy  rivers: 
and  all  thy  fish  shall  stick  to  thy  scales. 

5  And  I  will  cast  thee  forth  into  the  desert,  and 
all  the  fish  of  thy  river :  thou  shalt  fall  upon  the  face 
of  the  earth  :  thou  shalt  not  be  taken  up,  nor  gather- 
ed together:  1  have  given  thee  for  meat  to  the 
beasts  of  the  earth,  and  to  the  fowls  of  the  air. 

6  And  all  the  inhabitants  of  Egypt  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord  :  because  thou  hast  been  a  staff 
of  a  reed  to  the  house  of  Israel. 

7  When  they  took  hold  of  thee  with  the  hand, 
thou  didst  break,  and  rend  all  their  shoulder  :  and 
when  they  leaned  upon  thee,  thou  brokest,  and 
weakenedst  all  their  loins. 

8  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Behold, 
I  will  bring  the  sword  upon  thee,  and  cut  off  man 
and  beast  out  of  thee. 

9  And  the  land  of  Egypt  shall  become  a  desert, 
and  a  wilderness  :  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am 
the  Lord :  because  thou  hast  said  :  The  river  is 
mine,  and  I  made  it. 

10  Therefore,  behold  I  come  against  thee,  and 
thy  rivers  :  and  I  will  make  the  land  of  Egypt  ut- 
terly desolate,  and  wasted  by  the  sword,  from  the 
tower  of  Syene,  even  to  the  borders  of  Ethiopia. 

11  The  foot  of  man  shall  not  pass  through  it, 
neither  shall  the  foot  of  beast,  go  through  it;  nor 
shall  it  be  inhabited  during  forty  years. 

12  And  I  will  make  the  land  of  Egypt  desolate 
in  the  midst  of  the  lands  that  are  desolate,  and  the 
cities  thereof  in  the  midst  of  the  cities  that  are  de- 
stroyed ;  and  they  shall  be  desolate  for  forty  years  : 
and  I  will  scatter  the  Egyptians  among  the  nations, 
and  will  disperse  them  through  the  countries. 

13  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  At  the  end  of 


forty  year-^  I  will  gather  the  Egyptians  from  the  peo 
pie  among  whom  they  had  been  scattered. 

14  And  I  will  bring  back  the  captivity  of  Egypt, 
and  will  place  them  in  the  land  of  Phatures,  in  the 
land  of  their  nativity ;  and  they  shall  be  there  a 
low  kingdom. 

15  It  shall  be  the  lowest  among  other  kingdoms: 
and  it  shall  no  more  be  exalted  over  the  nations : 
and  I  will  diminish  them  that  they  shall  rule  no 
more  over  the  nations. 

16  And  they  shall  be  no  more  a  confidence  to 
the  house  of  Israel,  teaching  iniquity,  that  they  may 
flee,  and  follow  them  :  and  they  shall  know  that  I 
am  the  Lord  God. 

17  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  seven  and  twen- 
tieth year,  in  the  first  vionlh,'m  the  first  of  the  month, 
that  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying: 

1 8  Son  of  man,  Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Babylon 
hath  made  his  army  to  undergo  hard  service  against 
Tyre:  every  head  was  made  bald,  and  every  shoul- 
der was  peeled  :  and  there  hath  been  no  reward 
given  him,  nor  his  army  for  Tyre,  for  the  service 
that  he  rendered  me  against  it. 

19  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Behold, 
I  will  set  Nabuchodonosor  the  king  of  Babylon  in 
the  land  of  Egypt :  and  he  shall  take  her  multitude, 
and  take  the  booty  thereof  for  a  prey,  and  rifle  the 
spoils  thereof:  and  it  shall  be  wages  for  his  army, 

20  And  for  the  service  that  he  hath  done  me 
against  it :  1  have  given  him  the  land  of  Egypt,  be- 
cause be  hath  laboured  forme,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

21  In  that  day  a  horn  shall  bud  forth  to  the  house 
of  Israel :  and  I  will  give  thee  an  open  mouth  in 
the  midst  of  them  :  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am 
the  Lord. 

CHAP.  XXX. 

The  desolation  of  Egypt  and  her  helpers:  all  her  cities  shall 
be  wasted. 

\  ND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying: 
J-^-     2  Son   of  man,   prophesy,  and    say:    Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God  :   Howl  ye,  vto,  wo  to  the  day  • 
3Forthedayisnear:yeathedayof  theLord  is  near 
a  cloudy  day  ;    it  shall  be  the  time  of  the  nations. 

4  And  the  sword  shall  come  upon  Egypt :  and 
there  shall  be  dread  in  Ethiopia,  when  the  wounded 
shall  fall  in  Egypt,  and  the  multitude  thereof  shall 
be  taken  away,  and  the  foundations  thereof  shall 
be  destroyed. 

5  Ethiopia,  and  Lybia,  and  Lydia,  and  all  the 
rest  of  the  crowd,  and  Chub,  and  the  children 
of  the  land  of  the  covenant,  shall  fall  with  them  by 
the  sword. 

6  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  They  also  that  up- 
hold Egypt  shall  fall  :  and  the  pride  of  her  empire 
shall  be  brought  down  :  from  the  tower  of  Syene 
shall  they  fall  in  it  by  the  sword,  saith  the  Lord  the 
God  of  hosts. 

7  And  they  shall  be  desolate  in  the  midst  of  the 
lands  that  are  desolate  :  and  the  cities  thereof  shall 
be  in  the  midst  of  the  cities  that  are  wasted. 

8  And  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  ;  when 
T  shall  have  set  a  fire  in  Egypt,  and  all  the  helpers 
thereof  shall  be  destroyed. 

675 


EZECHIEL. 


0  In  that  day  s!i;i||  messengers  co  forth  from  my 
face  in  ships  to  destroy  the  confidence  of  Ethiopia: 
and  there  shall  be  dread  among  tbem  id  the  da)  of 

attse  it  shall  certainly  come. 
Phus  saith  the  Lord  God:  1  will  wake  the 
multitude  of  Egypt  to  cease  b)  the  baud  <>i  Nabo- 
chodonosor  the  king  of  Babylon. 

11  He  and  his  |>cople  with  him,  the  strongi «l  ol 
nations,  shall  be  brought  to  destroi  the  land  :  and 
they  shall  draw  their  swords  opon  Eg)  pt ;  and  shall 
fill  the  laud  with  the  slain. 

1  J  \ik1  I  w  ill  make  Cite  channels  of  the  rhrers  dry, 
and  will  deliver  the  laud  into  the  hand  of  the  wick- 
ed ;  and  will  lay  waste  tin  land  and  all  that  is  therein 
by  the  hands  of  strangers.     I  the  Lord  have  spoken  it. 

I.;  rhus  saith  the  Lord  God:  I  will  also  de- 
stroy the  idol-,  audi  will  make  an  end  of  the  idols 
of  Memphis  :  and  there  shall  In-  no  more  a  prince 
of  the  land  of  Eg)  pt  :  and  I  w  ill  cause  a  terror  in  the 
land  of  Egypt. 

!  \  Viiil  I  will  destroy  the  land  of  Phatures,  and 
will  make  a  lire  in  Taphnis,  and  will  eieCUte 
judgments  in  Alexandria.* 

I  >  Vinl  I  will  pour  out  my  indignation  upon  Pe- 
lusium  the  strength  of  Egypt]  and  will  cm  off  the 
multitude  of  Alexandria. 

\nd  I  will  make  a  fire  in  Egypt  :  Pelusium 
shall  In-  in  pain  like  a  woman  in  labour  ;  and  Al- 
exandria  shall   be  laid  waste;  and  in  Memphis 

there  shall  be  daily  distresses. 

17  The  young  men  of  lleliopolis.  ami  of  Bobas- 
tus  shall  fall  by  the  sword  ;  and  they  themselves 
shall  go  into  captivity. 

Vnd  in  Taphnis  the  day  shall  be  darkened, 
when  1  shall  break  there  the  sceptres  of  Egypt; 
and  the  pride  of  her  power  shall  cease  in  her  : 
a  cloud  shall  cover  her:  and  her  daughters  shall  be 
led  into  captivity. 

19  knd  I  will  execute  judgments  in  Egypt :  and 

they  shall  know  that  I  din  the  Lord. 

20  And  it  came  to  pass  iir  the  eleventh  year,  in 
the  first  mouth,  in  the  seventh  day  of  the  month, 
that  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying  : 

21  Son  of  man,  I  have  broken  the  arm  of  IMiarao 
kins  of  Egypt  :  and  behold,  it  is  not  hound  up  to 
be  healed,  to  \><-  tied  up  with  cloths,  and  swathed 
with  linen,  that  it  might  recover  strength,  and  hold 
the  sword. 

22  Therefore,  thus  saith  the  Lord  (Jod  :  Behold, 
I  cow  against  rharao  king  of  Egypt:  and  I  will 
I. reak  into  pieces  his  strong  arm.  w  hi<  h  is  alnadv 
broken:  and  I  will  cause  the  sword  to  fall  out  ol" 
his  hand  : 

23  And  I  will  dispeis.  K^vpt  anions  the  nations, 
and  scatter  them  through  th<'  countries. 

Vnd  I  will  strengthen  the  arms  of  the  kiim  of 
v  Ion.  and  will  put  mv  sword    in  his  hand  :   and 

I  will  break  the  amis  of  Pharao;  and  the)- shall 


groan  bitterly,  being  slain  before  his  lace. 
i  Vinl  I  will  strengthen  the  arms  of  I 


the  kins  ol 


I  i  I         *>,  .V»;  whmti  wa»  the  ancient  naim- 

of  lh.il  cily.  wbica  wa*  aftrrwanN  r.  ibuilt  by  Alexander  thegrv«ir 
and  from  hi*  name  caned  Alexandria. 


Babylon  ;  and   the  arms  of  Pharao  shall  fall  :  and 
thf)  shall    know    that  I  am  the   Lord,  when  I  shall 

have  given  mi  sword  into  the  hand  of  tin-  king  of 
Babylon  ;  and  he  shall  have  stretched  it  fonhupon 

the  laud  Of  Eg)  j»t. 

26  And  I  will  disperse  Kgypl  anions  the  nations, 
and  will  scatter  them  through  the  Countries  :  and 
the)  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

I   II  \l\  \\\l. 

Tie  Attfrut*  empire  fill  fur  I  heir  pridi •  :  the   Egyptian*  thall 

fall  in  like  Manner. 

A  NI)  it  came  to  pass  in  the  eleventh  year,  the 
-^*-  third  month,  the  first  day  ol  the  mouth,  that 
the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me.  saving  : 

2  Son  of  man,  speak  to  I'harao  kins  of  Egypt, 
and  to  his  people  :  To  whom  ait  thou  like  in  thy 
greatness  ? 

3  Behold,  the  Assyrian  was  like  a  cedar  in  Liha 
mis,  with   lair   branches,   and    lull  of    ha\<s.  ol    a 
high  stature  ;  and  his  top  was  elevated  among  the 
thick  boughs. 

4  The  waters  nourished  him  ;  the  (teen  set  hint  up 
on  high  ;  the  streams,  thereof  ran  round  about  his 
roots  ;  and  it  sent  forth  its  mulcts  to  all  the  i, 

of  the  country. 

6  Therefore  was  his  height  exalted  above  all  the 
trees  of  the  cottniiy  :  and  his  branches  were  multi- 
plied ;  and  his  boughs  were  elevated  because  of 
man)  waters. 

6  And  when  he  had  spread  forth  his  shadow,  all 
the  low  Is  of  tin-  air  made  their  nests  in  his  boughs  ; 
and  all  the  beasts  of  the  forest  brought  forth  their 
young  Under  his  branches;  and  the  assembly  of 
many  nations  dwelt  under  his  shadow. 

7  And  he  was  most  beautiful  for  his  greatness, 
and  for  the  spreading  of  bis  branches :  for  his  root 
was  near  great  waters. 

8  The  cedars  in  the  paradise  of  God  were  not 
higher  than  he  :  the  fir-trees  did  not  equal  his  fop: 
neither  were  the  plane-trees  to  be  compared  With 
him  for  branches:  no  tree  in  the  paradise  of  God, 
was  like  him  in  his  beauty. 

9  For  1  made  him  beautiful,  and  thick  set  with 
many  branches  :  and  all  the  trees  of  pleasure,  that 
Were  in  the  paradise  of  (Jod,  envied  him. 

10  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  (Jod  :  BCcaOSS 
he  was  exalted  in  height,  and  shot  up  his  top  green 
and  thick,  and  his  heart  was  lilted  up  in  hi* Height: 

11  I  have  delivered^  him  into  the  hands  of  the 
mighty  one  of  the  nations  ;  he  shall  deal  with  him  : 
I  have  cast  him  out  according  to  his  wickedness. 

12  And  Strangers,  and  tfae  most  cruel  of  the  na- 
tions shall  cut  him  down,  and  cast  him  away  upon 
the  mountains  :  and  his  IhhisIis  shall  fall  in  every 
valley;  and  his  branches  shall  be  broken  on  every 
rock  of  the  country  :  and  all  the  people  of  the  eanh 
shall  depart  from  his  shadow ,  and  leave  him. 

13  All  the  low  Is  of  the  air  dwell  upon  his  ruins  : 
and  all  the  In  asts  oft  he  field  were  among  his  branches. 

I  I    For  w  hit  h  cause  none  ol  the  irees  by  the  w  .1- 


i  I  knt  dtUttrtd.  Here  the  lim-  |>.<vt  i>  put  for  the  dilute,  I.  e  . 
tluli  irltrtr.  The  migilf  me.  kr.  »ii.  Nabochodooooor,  who  conquer 
i-d  both  the  Auyriant  and  I' 


CHAP.  XXXII. 


ters  shall  exalt  themselves  for  their  height,  nor  shoot 
up  their  tops  among  the  thick  branches  and  leaves  : 
neither  shall  any  of  them  that  are  watered  stand  up 
in  their  height :  for  they  are  all  delivered  unto  death 
to  the  lowest  parts  of  the  earth,  in  the  midst  of  the 
children  of  men,  with  them  that  go  down  into  the 
pit. 

15  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  In  the  day  when 
he  went  down  to  hell,  1  brought  in  mourning;  I  co- 
vered him  with  the  deep  :  and  I  withheld  its  rivers, 
and  restrained  the  many  waters  :  Libanus  grieved 
for  him  ;  and  all  the  trees  of  the  field  trembled. 

16  I  shook  the  nations  with  the  sound  of  his  fall, 
when  1  brought  him  down  to  bell  with  them  that 
descend  into  the  pit:  and  all  the  trees  of  pleasure, 
the  choice  and  best  in  Libanus,  all  that  were  moist- 
ened with  waters,  were  comforted  in  the  lowest 
parts  of  the  earth. 

17  For  they  also  shall  go  down  with  him  to  hell 
to  them  that  are  .slain  by  the  sword  :  and  the  arm 
of  every  one  shall  sit  down  under  his  shadow  in  the 
midst  of  the  nations. 

18  To  whom  art  thou  like,  O  thou  that  art  fa- 
mous and  lofty  among  the  trees  of  pleasure  ?  Be- 
hold, thou  art  brought  down  with  the  trees  of  plea- 
sure, to  the  lowest  parts  of  the  earth:  thou  shalt 
sleep  in  the  midst  of  the  uncircumcised,  with  them 
that  are  slain  by  the  sword  :  this  is  Pharao,  and  all 
his  multitude,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

CHAP.  XXXII. 

The  propJiet's  lamentation  for  the.  Icing  of  Egypt. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  twelfth  year,  in  the 
twelfth  month,  in  the  first  day  of  the  month, 
that  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying  : 

2  Son  of  man,  take  up  a  lamentation  for 
Pharao  the  king  of  Egypt,  and  say  to  him  :  Thou 
art  like  the  lion  of  the  nations,  and  the  dragon  that 
is  in  the  sea :  and  thou  didst  push  with  the  horn  in 
thy  rivers,  and  didst  trouble  the  waters  with  thy  feet, 
and  didst  trample  upon  their  streams. 

3  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  I  will 
spread  out  my  net  over  thee  with  the  multitude  of 
many  people;  and  1  will  draw  thee  up  in  my  net. 

4  And  I  will  throw  thee  out  on  the  land  ;  I  will 
east  thee  away  into  the  open  field  :  and  I  will  cause 
all  the  fowls  of  the  air  to  dwell  upon  thee;  and  I 
will  fill  the  beasts  of  all  the  earth  with  thee. 

5  And  I  will  lay  thy  flesh  upon  the  mountains, 
and  will  fill  thy  hills  with  thy  corruption. 

6  And  I  will  water  the  earth  with  thy  stinking 
blood  upon  the  mountains,  and  the  valleys  shall  be 
filled  with  thee. 

7  And  I  will  cover  the  heavens  when  thou  shalt 
be  put  out,  and  I  will  make  the  stars  thereof  dark  : 
1  will  cover  the  sun  with  a  cloud  ;  and  the  moon 
shall  not  give  her  light. 

8  I  will  make  all  the  lights  of  heaven  to  mourn 
over  thee  :  and  I  will  cause  darkness  upon  thy  land, 
saith  the  Lord  God,  when  thy  wounded  shall  fall  in 
the  midst  of  the  land,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

9  And  I  sb?I)  provoke  to  anger  the  heart  of  many 
oeople    mtWp.  I  shall  have  brought  in  thy  destruc- 


tion among  the  nations  upon  the  lands,  which  thou 
knowest  not. 

10  And  1  will  make  many  people  to  be  amazed 
at  thee  :  and  their  kings  shall  be  horribly  afraid  for 
thee,  when  my  sword  shall  begin  to  fly  upon  their 
faces  :  and  they  shall  be  astonished  on  a  sudden, 
every  one  for  his  own  life  in  the  day  of  their  ruin. 

U  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God":  The  sword  of 
the  king  of  Babylon  shall  come  upon  thee. 

12  By  the  swords  of  the  mighty  I  will  overthrow 
thy  multitude  :  all  these  nations  are  invincible  :  and 
they  shall  waste  the  pride  of  Egypt;  and  the  multi- 
tude thereof  shall  be  destroyed. 

13  I  will  destroy  also  all  the  beasts  thereof,  that 
were  beside  the  great  waters  :  and  the  loot  of  man 
shall  trouble  them  no  more  ;  neither  shall  the  hoof 
of  beasts  trouble  them. 

14  Then  will  I  make  their  waters  clear,  and 
cause  their  rivers  to  run  like  oil,  saith  the  Lord  God : 

15  When  I  shall  have  made  the  land  of  Egypt 
desolate:  and  the  land  shall  be  destitute  of  her 
fulness;  when  1  shall  have  struck  all  the  inhabit- 
ants thereof:  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord. 

16  This  is  the  lamentation,  and  they  shall  lament 
therewith  :  the  daughters  of  the  nations  shall  la- 
ment therewith  :  for  Egypt,  and  for  the  multitude 
thereof  they  shall  lament  therewith,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

17  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  twelfth  year,  in 
the  fifteenth  day  of  the  month,  that  the  word  of  the 
Lord  came  to  me,  saying: 

18  Son  of  man,  sing  a  mournful  song  for  the 
multitude  of  Egypt:  and  cast  her  down,  both  her, 
and  the  daughters  of  the  mighty  nations  to  the 
lowest  part  of  the  earth,  with  them  that  go  down 
into  the  pit. 

19  Whom  dost  thou  excel  in  beauty?  go  down 
and  sleep  with  the  uncircumcised. 

20  They  shall  fall  in  the  midst  of  them  that  are 
slain  with  the  sword  :  the  sword  is  given  :  they  have 
drawn  her  down,  and  all  her  people. 

21  The  most  mighty  among  the  strong  ones 
shall  speak  to  him  from  the  midst  of  hell ;  they  that 
went  down  with  bis  helpers,  and  slept  uncircum- 
cised, slain  by  the  sword. 

22  Assur  is  there,  and  all  his  multitude :  their 
graves  are  round  about  him,  all  of  them  slain,  and 
that  fell  by  the  sword. 

23  Whose  graves  are  set  in  the  lowest  parts  of 
the  pit:  and  his  multitude  lay  round  about  his 
grave :  all  of  them  slain,  and  fallen  by  the  sword, 
they  that  heretofore  spread  terror  in  the  land  of  the 
living. 

24  There  is  Elam  and  all  his  multitude  round 
about  his  grave,  all  of  them  slain,  and  falling  by  the 
sword  :  that  went  down  uncircumcised  to  the  low- 
est parts  of  the  earth :  that  caused  their  terror  in 
the  land  of  the  living,  and  they  have  borne  their 
shame  with  them  that  go  down  into  the  pit. 

25  In  the  midst  of  the  slain  they  have  set  him  a 
bed  among  all  his  people  :  their  graves  are  round 
about  him:  all  these  are  'uicircumcised,  and  slain 

677 


EZECHIEL. 


by  the  sword:  for  they  spread  their  terror  intra 
laud  of  the  living,  and  have  borne  their  shame  with 
then  thai  descend  into  the  pit :  they  an  laid  in  the 

midst  of  the  >l  'in.    ■ 

riiere  i>  Mosoeh,  -iik]  Tliubal,  and  ;ill  llieii 
multitude  :  their  graves  are  ruuud  about  bin  :  'ill  of 
then  uucircumcised  and  slain,  ami  falling  by  the 
•word  :  though  they  spread  their  terror  in  the  land 
i>f  (lie  li\  ins,. 

\ml  they  sliall  nut  sleep  with  the  brave,  ami 
with  then  that  fell  uncrrcuincjsed,  thai  went  down 
In  hell  with  their  weapons,  and  laid  lluir  swords 
under  their  heads,  and  (heir  iniquities  Were  in  their 
Ikiiics  :  becaUM  tins  were  the  tenor  of  the  mighty 
in  the  land  of  the  living. 

So  thou  also  shalt  be  broken  in  the  midst  of 

the  uncirciimciscd,  and  shall   sleep  with  them  that 
are  plain  by  the  sword. 

29  There  i>  I'.diim,  and  her  kings,  and  all  her 
princes,  who  with  their  army  are  joined  with  them 
that  an-  shin  hv  tin;  sword;  and  have  slept  with 
the  uucircumcised,  and  with  them  that  go  down 
into  the  pit. 

30  There  are  all  the  princes  of  the  north,  and 
all  the  hunters;  who  wire  brought  down  with  the 
slain,  Tearing,  and  confounded  in  their  strength: 
who  slept  uncircuncised  with  them  that  are  slain 
by  the  sword,  and  have  lioriie  their  shame  with 
then  that  go  down  into  the  pit. 

.;i  Pharao  saw  them  and  he  was  comforted 
eoneerning  all  his  multitude,  which  was  slain  hv 
the  sword  :  Pharao,  and  all  his  army,  saith  tin 
Lord  (Jod  : 

Because  I  have  spread  my  terror  in  the  land 
of  the  living;  and  he  hath  slept  in  the  midst  of  the 
uncircuncised  with  them  that  are  slain  hv  the 
sword  :  Pharao  and  all  his  multitude,  saith  the 
Lord  CJod. 

CHAP.  XXXIII. 

'J'kt  duty  of  the  initi  luiiiin  appointed  hy  (lod  :  the  justice  qf 
d'o/'j  traus  :  his  judgment*  upon  the  Jews. 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying  : 
2  Son  of  nan,  speak  to  the  children  of  thy 
people,  and  say  to  them  :  When  I  bring  the  sword 
upon  a  land,  if  the  people  of  (he  land  lake  a  man, 
one  of  their  meanest,  and  maker  him  a  watchman 
over  them  : 

3  And  be  see  the  sword  coning  upon  the  land, 
and  sound  the  trumpet,  and  tell  the  people: 

4  Then  hi  that  heareth  the  sound  of  the  trumpet. 
whosoever  In1  be,  and  doth  not  look  to  himself,  if 
the  sword  come,  and  CU1  him  oil':  his  blood  shall 
lie  upon  his  ow  n  head. 

6  He  heard  the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  and  did 
not  look  to  himself:  his  blood  shall  lie  upon  him: 
hut  if  he  look  to  himself,  he  shall  sa\e  his  life 


•      \nd  it  the  Watchman  see  the  SWOrd   coming, 
runnel 

not  to  themselves,  and  the  sword  come,  and  cut  otT 


and  sound  not  the   trumpet  ;   and    the    people    loo 


ik 


a  soul  from  among  them  :  he  indeed  is  taken  awaj 
in  his  iniquity  :  hut  I  will  require  his  blood  at  the 
hand  of  the  watchman. 

7   So  thou,  O  son  of  man.  I    have   made   thee  a 


6-.U 


watchman  to  the  house  of  Israel:  therefore  thou 
shalt  hear  the  word  from  my  month,  and  shall  U  II 
it  them  from  me. 

When  I  say  to  the  wicked:  O  wicked  man, 
thou  shall  surely  die  :  if  thou  dost  not  K|>eak  to  w..ru 
the  wicked  man  from  his  way,  that  wicked  man 
shall  die  in  his  iniquity:  hut  I  will  require  his 
lilood  at  thy   hand. 

9  I5ut  if  thou  tell  the  wicked  man,  that  he  may- 
be converted  from  his  wa\s,  and  he  he  not  cou- 
rt i  ted  from  his  ways;  he  shall  die  in  his  iuiquiu  : 
hut  ihou  has!  delivered  lliy  soul. 

10  Thou  therefore,   O   son   of  man,   say    to    the 

house  of  Israel:  Thus  you  have  spoken,  saymg:  Our 

iniquities,  and  our  sins  are  upon  us,  and  we  pine 
away   in  them:  how  then  can  we  liv< 

1  i  Say  to  them:  As  I  five,  saith  the  Lord  God, 
I  desire  not  the  death  of  the  wicked,  hut  that  the 
wicked  turn  from  his  way,  and  live.  Turn  pre, 
turn  ve  from  your  evil  w  a  v  s  :  and  why  will  you 
die,  0  house  Of  Lrael. 

IJ   Thou  therefore.   O   son   of  man.   say   to  the 

children  of  thy  people:  The  justice  of  the  just  shall 
not  deliver  him,  in  what  day  soever  he  shall  sin: 
and  the  wickedness  of  the  wicked  sliall  not  hurt 
him,  in  w  hat  day  soever  he  shall  turn  from  his  w  ick- 
cdness  :  and  the  just  shall  not  be  able  to  live  in  his 
justice,  in  what  day  soever  he  sliall  sin. 

13  Yea.  if  I  shall  say  tothc  just  thai  he  shall  surely 
live,  and  he,  trusting  in  his  justice,  commit  iniquity  ; 
all  his  justices  shall  he  forgotten;  and  in  his  iniquity, 
which  he  hath  committed,  in  the  same  shall  he  die. 

14  And  if  1  sliall  say  to  the  wicked;  Thou  shall 
surely  die;  and  he  do  penance  for  his  sin,  and  do 
judgment  and  justice, 

15  And  if  thai  wicked  man  restore  the  pledge, 
and  render  what  he  had  robbed,  a  ml  walk  in  the 
commandments  of  life,  and  do  no  unjust  thing;  he 
shall  surely  live,  and  shall  not  die. 

16  None  of  his  sins,  which  he  hath  committed, 
shall  he  imputed  to  him  :  he  hath  done  judgment 
and  justice  :  he  shall  surely  live. 

17  And  the  children  oil  hy  people  have  said  :  The 
way  of  the  Lord  is  not  equitable  :  whereas  their  own 
way  is  unjust. 

18  For  when  the  just  shall  depart  from  his  justice, 
and  commit  iniquities;  he  shall  die  in  them. 

19  And  when  the  wicked  shall  depart  from  his 
wickedness,  and  shall  do  judgments,  and  justice, 
he  shall  live  in  them. 

20  And  von  say:  The  way  of  the  Lord  is  not 
right:  I  will  judge  every  one  of  you  according  to 
his  ways,  ( )  house  of  Israel. 

21  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  twelfth  year  of  our 
Captivity,  in  the  tenth  month,  ill  the  fifth  day  of  the 
month,  that  there  came  to  me  one  that  was  lied  from 
Jerusalem,  saying:  The  city  is  laid  waste. 

22  And  the  hand  of  tin-  Lord  had  been  upon  me 
in  the  evening,  before  he  that  was  tied  came:  ami 
he  Opened  ny  mouth  till  he  came  to  me  in  the  iiunii- 
ng!    and  my    mouth  being  opened  I  was  silent    no 

more. 

\ml  the  word  of  the  Lot  d  came  to  me,  saying* 


CHAP.  XXXIV. 


24  Son  of  man,  they  that  dwell  in  these  ruinous 
places,  in  the  land  of  Israel,  speak,  saying:  Abraham 
was  one,  and  he  inherited  the  land:  but  we  are 
many,  the  land  is  given  us  in  possession. 

25  Therefore  say  to  them:  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
Cod:  You  that  eat  with  the  blood,  and  lift  up  your 
eyes  to  your  uncleanncsses,  and  that  shed  blood  ; 
shall  you  possess  the  land  by  inheritance? 

26  You  stood  on  your  swords ;  you  have  com- 
mitted abominations  ;  and  every  one  hath  defiled 
his  neighbour's  wife :  and  shall  you  possess  the 
land  by  inheritance  ? 

27  Say  thou  thus  to  them  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  :  As  I  live,  they  that  dwell  in  the  ruinous  places, 
shall  fall  by  the  sword  :  and  he  that  is  in  the 
field  shall  be  given  to  the  beasts  to  be  devoured  ; 
and  they  that  are  in  holds  and  caves,  shall  die  of 
the  pestilence. 

28  And  I  will  make  the  land  a  wilderness,  and  a 
desert  ;  and  the  proud  strength  thereof  shall  fail  : 
and  the  mountains  of  Israel  shall  he  desolate;  be- 
cause there  is  none  to  pass  by  them. 

29  And  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  when 
I  shall  have  made  their  land  waste  and  desolate,  for 
all  their  abominations  which  they  have  committed. 

30  And  thou,  son  of  man,  the  children  of  thy 
people,  that  talk  of  thee  by  the  walls,  and  in  the 
doors  of  the  houses,  and  speak  one  to  another  each 
man  to  his  neighbour,  saying:  Come,  and  let  us 
hear  what  is  the  word  that  cometh  forth  from  the 
Lord. 

31  And  they  oome  to  thee,  as  if  a  people  were 
coming  in  :  and  my  people  sit  before  thee,  and  hear 
thy  words,  and  do  them  not :  for  they  turn  them 
into  a  song  of  their  mouth,  and  their  heart  goeth  af- 
ter their  covetousness. 

32  And  thou  art  to  them  as  a  musical  song  which 
is  sung  with  a  sweet  and  agreeable  voice:  and  they 
hear  thy  words,  and  do  them  not. 

33  And [when  that  which  was  foretold  shall  come 
to  pass,  (for  behold,  it  is  coming,)  then  shall  they 
know  that  a  prophet  hath  been  among  them. 

CHAP.  XXXIV. 

Evil  pastors  are  reproved  :  Christ  the  trite  pastor  shall  come, 
and  gather  together  his  Jlock  from  all  parts  of  the  earth,  and 
preserve  it  for  ever. 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying: 
2  Son  of  man,  prophesy  concerning  the  shep- 
herds* «f  Israel:  prophesy,  and  say  to  the  shepherds: 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Wo  to  the  shepherds 
of  Israel,  that  fed  themselves:  should  not  the  flocks 
be  fed  by  the  shepherds  ? 

3  You  ate  the  milk;  and  yon  clothed  yourselves 
with  the  wool;  and  you  killed  that  which  was  fat: 
but  my  flock  you  did  not  feed. 

4  The  weak  you  have  not  strengthened ;  and  that 
which  was  sick  you  have  not  healed :  that  which  was 
broken  you  have  not  bound  up;  and  that  which  was 
driven  away  you  have  not  brought  again;  neither 
have  you  sought  that  which  was  lost:  but  you  ruled 
over  them  with  rigour,  and  with  a  high  hand. 

*  Shef>kerda.  That  is,  princes,  magistrates,  chief  priests,  and  scribes. 


5  And  my  sheep  were  scattered,  because  there 
was  no  shepherd  :  and  they  became  the  prey  of  all 
the  beasts  of  the  field,  and  were  scattered. 

6  My  sheep  have  wandered  in  every  mountain, 
and  in  every  high  hill:  and  my  flocks  were  scattered 
upon  the  face  of  the  earth:  and  there  was  none  that 
sought  them;  there  was  none,  1  say,  that  sought 
them. 

7  Therefore,  ye  shepherds,  hear  the  word  of  the 
Lord: 

8  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  forasmuch  as  my 
flocks  have  been  made  a  spoil,  and  my  sheep  are  be- 
come a  prey  to  all  the  beasts  of  the  field,  because 
there  was  no  shepherd:  for  my  shepherds  did  not 
seek  after  my  flock:  but  the  shepherds  fed  them- 
selves^ and  fed  not  my  flocks: 

9  Therefore,  ye  shepherds,  hear  the  word  of  the 
Lord  : 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Behold,  I  myself 
come  upon  the  shepherds.  I  will  require  my  flock 
at  their  hand  ;  and  1  will  cause  them  to  cease  from 
feeding  the  flock  any  more;  neither  shall  the  shep- 
herds feed  themselves  any  more:  and  I  will  deli- 
ver my  flock  from  their  mouth;  and  it  shall  no  more 
be  meat  for  therm 

11  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Behold,  I  my- 
self will  seek  my  sheep,  and  will  visit  them. 

12  As  the  shepherd  visiteth  his  flock,  in  the  (\ny 
when  he  shall  be  in  the  midst  of  his  sheep  that  were 
scattered;  so  will  I  visit  mv  sheep,  and  will  deliver 
them  out  of  all  the  places  where  they  have  been  scat- 
tered in  the  cloudy  and  dark  day. 

13  And  I  will  bring  them  out  from  the  peoples, 
and  will  gather  them  out  of  the  countries,  and  will 
bring  them  to  their  own  land:  and  I  will  fee(\  them 
in  the  mountains  of  Israel,  by  the  rivers,  and  in  all 
the  habitations  of  the  land : 

14  I  will  feed  them  in  the  most  fruitful  pastures; 
and  their  pastures  shall  be  in  the  high  mountains  ot 
Israel:  there  shall  they  rest  on  the  green  grass,  and 
be  fed  in  fat  pastures  upon  the  mountains  of  Israel. 

151  will  feed  my  sheep  :  and  I  will  cause  them  to 
lie  down,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

16  I  will  seek  that  which  was  lost:  and  that 
which  was  driven  away,  I  will  bring  again:  and  I 
will  bind  up  that  which  was  broken:  and  I  will 
strengthen  that  which  was  weak,  and  that  which 
was  fat  and  strong  I  will  preserve:  and  I  will  feed 
them  in  judgment. 

17  And  as  for  yon,  O  my  flocks,  thus  saith  the 
Lord  God:  Behold,  I  judge  between  cattle  and 
cattle,  of  rams,  and  of  he-goats. 

18  Was  it  not  enough  for  you  to  feed  upon  good 
pastures?  but  you  must  also  tread  down  with  your 
feet  the  residue  of  your  pastures:  and  when  you 
drank  the  clearest  water,  you  troubled  the  rest  with 
your  feet. 

19  And  my  sheep  were  fed  with  that  which  you 
had  trodden  with  your  feet:  and  they  drank  what 
your  feet  had  troubled. 

20  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  to  you . 
Behold,  I  myself  will  judge  between  the  fat  cattle 
and  the  lean. 

679 


LZ1XHIEL. 


Jl  Because  you  thrusted  with  sides  and  shoul- 
Arrs,  ;iiid  struck  all  tiif  weak  cattle  with  your  hums, 
till  the)  altered  abroad  : 

22  I  will  save  tnv  Bock  ;   ami  it  shall  In-  no  more 

nil;  and  I  will  jiidse  U'lvv  ecu  cattle  and  cattle. 

\m>   I    u  11.1.   >t.i    i .r   u\k   Muriinui)   ovik 

them:  ami  he  shall  feed  them,  even  mv  servant 

David  :*  he  shall  feed   tin  in,  and  he  shall  he  their 

sin  pherd. 

JV  Ami  I  the  Lord  will  l>o  their  God:  and  my 
servant  David  the  prince  in  the  midst  of  them:  I 
the  Lord  have  spokea  //. 

\nil  I  will  make  a  covenant  of  peace  wit h 
them,  and  will  cause  the  evil  beasts  to  cease  out  of 
the  laud:  and  they  that  dwell  in  the  wilderness  shall 
sleep  secure  in  the  forests* 

Jo  Ami  I  will  make  them  a  blessing  roundabout 
mv  hill:  and  I  will  send  down  the  rain  in  iis  season: 
there  shall  Ik-  showers  of  blessing. 

sod  the  tree  of  the  field  shall  yield  its  fruit: 
and  the  earth  shall  v  ield  her  increase;  and  they  shall 
he  in  their  land  without  fear:  and  they  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  shall  have  broken  the 
bonds  of  choir  yoke,  and  shall  have  delivered  them 

out  of  the  hand  of  those  that  rule  over  them. 

Vud  thev  shall  be  no  more  for  a  spoil  to  the 
nations:  neither  shall  the  beasts  of  the  earth  devout 
them:  but  they  shall  dwell  securely  without  any 
terror. 

29  And  I  will  raise  up  for  them  a  bud  of  renown :+ 
and  thev  shall  be  no  more  consumed  with  famine 
in  the  land,  neither  shall  they  bear  any  more  die 
reproach  of  the  Gentiles. 

30  And  they  shall  know  that  I  the  Lord  their 
God  am  with  them,  and  tliat  they  are  inypeoplethe 
house  of  Israel  ;   sailh  the  Lord  God. 

31  And  you  my  flocks,  the  flocks  of  my  pasture 
are  men  :  and  1  am  the  Lord  your  God,  sailh  the 
Lord  God. 

CHAP.  XXXV. 

The  judgment  nf  mount  Stir,  for  their  hatred  of  Israel. 

A  XI)  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saving: 
.    Son  of  man.  set    thy   face    against    mount 
S.  ir.  and  prophesy  concerning  it.  and  say  to  it  : 

3  l'hus  sail  lithe  Lord  God:  Behold,  I  come  against 
thee,  mount  Si  ir  :  and  I  will  Stretch  forth  my  hand 
upon  thee  ;  and  I  will  make  thee  desolate  and  w  aste. 

V  I  will  destroy  thy  cities:  and  thou  shalt  lie  de- 
solate: and  thou  shalt  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

5  Because  thou  hast  been  an  everlasting  enemy, 
and  hast  shut  up  the  children  of  Israel  in  the  hands 
of  the  sword  in  the  time  of  their  afilictiou,  in  the 
time  of  then  last  inimiity. 

G  Therefore  as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  I  will 
deliver  thee  up  to  blood  :  and  blood  shall  pursue 
thee:  and  whereas  thou  hast  hated  blood,  blood 
sh.dl  pursue  thee. 

7   And  I  will  make   mount  Seir  waste  and  den 
late:   and  I  will  take  away  from  it  him  that  gocth, 
and  him  that  returneth. 

•   IhmU.     Chri«t,  who  M  of  the  home  of  IH*id. 

t.ltniV  "MM     Onrnrn  n—timlam.     Ha  »oe»k»  of  Chrnt  our 

(,';0 


8  And  I  will  fill  his  mountains  with  his  men  tha 
are  slain  :  in  tin  bills,  and  in  thy  valleys,  and  in  thy  tor 
rents,  thev    shall  fall  that  are  slain  with  the   sword. 

9  I  will  make  thee  everlasting  desolations,  and 
thy  cities  shall  not  be  inhabited:  and  thou  shall 
know  thai  I  am  the  Lord  God. 

10  Because  thou  hast  said  :  The  two  nations, 
and  the  two  lauds  shall  be  mine:  and  I  will  posses* 
them  by  inheritance 4  whereas  the  Lord  was  there 

11  Therefore  as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  Gad,  I  will 
do  accord im:  to  thy  w  rath,  and  according  to  I  hi  envy, 
which  thou  hast  exercised  m  baited  to  them:  and 
1  will  be  made  known  by  them,  when  I  shall  have 
jinked  thee. 

12  And  thou  shalt  know  that  I  the  Lord  have 
heard  all  thy  reproaches  that  thou  bast  spoken 
against  the  mountains  of  Israel  :   saving:   They  are 

desolate;  they  are  proa  to  us  to  consnsna. 

13  And  \  on  rose  up  against  me  with  your  mouth, 
and  have  derogated  from  me  by  your  words  :  I  have 
heard  i Ih  in. 

II  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  When  the  whole 
earth  shall  rejoice.  I  will  make  thee  ;i  wilderness. 

15  As  thou  hast  rejoiced  over  the  inheritance  of 
the  house  of  Israel,  because  it  was  laid  waste.  s«, 
will  I  do  to  thee  :  thou  shall  be  laid  w  aste.  ( )  mount 
Seir.  and  all  Iduniea  :  and  they  shall  know  that  I 
am  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  XXXVI. 

The  restoration  of  Israel,  not  far  thrir  merits,  but  by  Cod'* 
special  grace.      Christ's  liiiptism. 

AND  thou  son  of  man,   prophesy   to  the  moun- 
tainsof Israel,  and  say  :  Ye 
hear  the  word  of  the  Lord 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Because  the  enemy 
hath  said  of  you  :  Aha,  the  everlasting  heights  are 
given  to  us  for  an  inheritance  ; 

3  Therefore  prophesy,  and  say:  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  :  Because  you  have  been  doohite,  and 
trodden  underfoot  on  every  side,  and  made  an  inherit- 
ance to  the  rest  of  the  nations,  and  are  become  the 
subject  of  the  talk  and  the  reproach  of  the  people  : 

4  Therefore,  ye  mountainsof  Israel,  hear  the  word 
of  the  Lord  God  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  to  the 
mountains,  and  to  the  hills,  to  the  biooks,  and  to  the 
valleys,  and  to  desolate  places,  and  ruinous  walls, 
and  to  the  cities  that  are  forsaken,  that  are  spoiled, 
and  derided  by  the  rest  of  the  nations  round    about  : 

5  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  In  the  fire 
of  my  Eeal  I  have  spoken  of  the  rest  ol  the  nations, 
and  of  all  Kdom,  w  ho  have  taken  mv  land  to  them- 
selves, for  an  inheritance  with  joy,  and  with  all  the 
heart,  and  with  the  mind  ;  and  have  cast  it  out  to 
lay  it  waste. 

6  Prophesy  therefore  concerning  the  laud  of 
Israel,  and  say  to  the  mountains,  and  to  the  lulls,  hi 
the  rid i:is,  and  to  the  valleys  :  Thus  sailh  the  Lord 
God  :  Behold.  I  have  spoken  in  my  zeal,  and  in  my 
indignation,  because  von  have  borne   the  shame  of 

the  Gentiles. 

l,oni,  the  Utottrtom  bad  "f  Hm  bOOM  <>f  Dsrid,  nnuwiinl  over  all 
the  earth.     See  Jtrtmia   xtxiii.  15. 


Ye  mountainsof  Israel, 


chap,  xxxvu. 


7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  I  have 
lifted  up  my  hand,  that  the  Gen  lies  who  are  round 
about  you,  shall  themselves  bear  their  shame. 

8  liiii  as  for  you,  O  mountains  of  Israel,  shoot 
ye  forth  your  branehes,  and  yield  your  fruit  to  my 
people  of  Israel :   for  they  are  at  hand  to  come. 

9  For  lo,  I  am  for  you,  and  I  will  turn  to  you  ; 
and  you  shall  be  ploughed  and  sown. 

10  And  I  will  multiply  men  upon  you,  and  all 
the  house  of  Israel  :  and  the  eities  shall  be  inhabit- 
ed ;  and  the  ruinous  places  shall  be  repaired. 

11  And  I  will  make  you  abound  with  men  and 
with  beasts  :  and  they  shall  be  multiplied,  and  in- 
crease :  and  I  will  settle  you  as  from  the  beginning, 
and  will  give  you  greater  sifts,  than  you  had  from 
the  beginning :  and  you  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord. 

12  And  I  will  bring  men  upon  you,  even  my  peo- 
ple Israel:  and  they  shall  possess  thee  for  their  in- 
heritance :  and  thou  shaft  be  their  inheritance,  and 
shaft  no  more  henceforth  be  without  them. 

13  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Because  they  say 
of  you  :  Thou  art  a  devourer  of  men,  and  one  that 
suffocate  thy  nation  : 

14  Therefore  thou  shalt  devour  men  no  more, 
nor  destroy  thy  nationally  more,  saiih  the  Lord  God  : 

15  Neither  will  I  cause  men  to  hear  in  thee  the 
shame  of  the  nations  any  more  :  nor  shalt  thou  bear 
the  reproach  of  the  people,  nor  lose  thy  nation  any 
more,*  saith  the  Lord  God  : 

16  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying  : 

17  Son  of  man,  when  the  house  of  Israel  dwelt 
in  their  own  land,  they  defiled  it  with  their  ways, 
and  with  their  doings :  their  way  was  before  me 
like  the  uncleanness  of  a  menstruous  woman. 

13  And  I  poured  out  my  indignation  upon  them 
for  the  blood  which  they  had  shed  upon  the  land  : 
and  with  their  idols  they  defiled  it. 

19  And  I  scattered  them  among  the  nations,  and 
they  are  dispersed  through  the  countries :  I  have 
judged  them  according  to  their  ways  and  their  de- 
vices. 

20  And  when  they  entered  among  the  nations 
whither  they  went,  they  profaned  my  holy  name, 
when  it  was  said  of  them  :  This  is  the  people  of  the 
Lord  ;  and  they  are  come  forth  out  of  his  land. 

21  And  I  have  regarded  my  own  holy  name, 
which  the  house  of  Israel  had  profaned  among  the 
nations  to  which  they  went  in. 

22  Therefore  thou  shalt  say  to  the  house  of  Israel : 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  It  is  not  for  your  sake 
that  I  will  do  this,  O  house  of  Israel,  but  for  my 
holy  name's  sake,  which  you  have  profaned  among 
the  nations  w  hither  you  went. 

23  And  I  will  sanctify  my  great  name,  which 
was  profaned  among  the  Gentiles,  which  you  have 
profaned  in  the  midst  of  them  :  that  the  Gentiles 
may  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  when  I  shall  be  sanctified  in  you  before  their 
eyes. 

24  For  T  will  take  you  from  among  the  Gentiles, 

*  Nor  lose  thy  nation  nnt/  more.     This   whole  promise  principally  re- 
lates to  the  church  of  Christ,  and  God's  perpetual  protection  of  her: 

4  R 


and  will  gather  you  together  out  of  all  the  countries  , 
and  will  bring  you  into  your  own  land. 

25  And  I  will  pour  upon  you  clean  water,  and 
you  shall  be  cleansed  from  all  your  filthiness,  and  1 
will  cleanse  you  from  all  your  idols. 

26  And  I  will  give  you  a  new  heart,  and  pur  a 
new  spirit  within  you  :  and  I  will  take  away  the 
stony  heart  out  of  your  flesh,  and  will  give  you  a 
heart  of  flesh. 

27  And  I  will  put  my  spirit  in  the  midst  of  you 
and  I  will  cause  you  to  walk  in  my  commandments, 
and  to  keep  my  judgments,  and  do  them. 

28  And  you  shall  dwell  in  the  land  which  I  gave 
to  your  fathers  :  and  you  shall  be  my  people,  and  I 
will  be  your  God. 

29  And  I  will  save  you  from  all  your  unclean 
uesscs :  and  I  will  call  for  corn,   and  will   multiply 
it,  and  will  lay  no  famine  upon  you. 

30  And  I  will  multiply  the  fruit  of  the  tree,  and 
the  increase  of  the  field,  that  you  bear  no  more  the 
reproach  of  famine  among  the  nations. 

31  And  you  shall  remember  your  wicked  ways, 
and  your  doings  that  were  not  good  :  and  your  ini- 
quities, and  your  wicked  deeds  shall  displease  3011. 

32  It  is  not  for  vour  sakes  that  1  will  do  this, 
saith  the  Lord  God,  be  it  known  to  you  :  be  con- 
founded, and  ashamed  at  your  own  ways,  O  house 
of  Israel. 

33  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  .In  the  day  that  I 
shall  cleanse  you  from  all  your  iniquities,  and  shall 
cause  the  cities  to  be  inhabited,  and  shall  repair  the 
ruinous  places, 

34  And  the  desolate  land  shall  be  tilled,  which 
before  was  waste  in  the  sight  of  all  that  passed    by, 

35  They  shall  say  :  This  land  that  teas  untitled 
is  become  as  a  garden  of  pleasure  :  and  the  cities  that 
were  abandoned,  and  desolate,  and  destroyed,  are 
peopled  and  fenced. 

36  And  the  nations,  that  shall  be  left  round  about 
you,  shall  know  that  I  the  Lord  have  built  up  what 
was  destroyed,  and  planted  what  was  desolate;  that 
I  the  Lord  have  spoken  and  done  it. 

37  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God :  Moreover  in  this 
shall  the  house  of  Israel  find  me,  that  I  will  do  it 
for  them:  I  will  multiply  them  as  a  flock  of  men, 

38  As  a  holy  flock,  as  the  flock  of  Jerusalem  in 
her  solemn  feasts:  so  shall  the  waste  cities  be  full  of 
flocks  of  men  :  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord. 

CHAP.  XXXVII. 

A  vision  of  the  resurrection  of  dry  bones,  foreshowing  the  r/c/t- 
veravre  of  the  people  from  thiir  captivity.  Judu  ami  Israel 
shall  be  all  one  kingdom  under  Christ.  God's  everlasting 
covenant  with  the  church. 

THE  hand  of  the  Lord  was  upon  me,  and  brought 
me  forth  in  the  spirit  of  the  Lord:  and  set  me 
down  in  the  midst  of  a  plain  that  was  full  of  bouts. 

2  And  he  led  me  about  through  them  011  every 
side:  now  they  were  very  many  upon  the  face  of 
the  plain  ;  and  they  were  exceeding  dry. 

3  And   he  said  to  me :  Son  of  man,  dost  thou 


for  as  to  the  carnal  Jews,  they  have  been  removed  out  of  their  laud 
these  1 600  years. 

681 


EZE<  U1EL. 


think  these  hones  shall  shall  live  ?  And  I  answered: 
O  Lord  God,  thou  know  est. 

4  And  h«'  said  to  me  :  Prophesy  concerning  these 
liones  ;  and  ftWj  to  them  :  Vi'  dry  Units,  hw  the 
word  of  the  Lord. 

>    I'hus  saith  the  !,ord  God  to  these  bones  :    Be- 
holil,  I  will  lend  spirit*  into  vou,  and  yon  shall  live. 

6  And  I  "ill  la\  sinews  upon  you,  and  will  cause 
flesh  to  grow  over  you,  and  will  cover  von  with  skin: 
and  I  will  ci\<'  \ t . 1 1  spirit;  and  JTOU  shall  live,  and 
you  shall  know   that  I  am  the  Lord. 

7  And  I  prophesied  as  he  had  commanded  me: 
and  as  I  prophesied  there  was  a  noise,  and  behold,  a 
commotion:  and  the  bones  cow  together,  each  one 
to  its  joint. 

!!  And  I  saw.  and  lx  hold,  the  sinews  and  the 
fleoh  came  up  upon  them  :  and  the  skin  w  as  stretch- 
ed out  over  them;  but  there  was  no  spirit  in  them. 

9  And  he  sai.l  to  me:  Prophesy  to  the  spirit, 
prophesy  .  < )  son  of  man.  and  say  to  the  spirit :  Thai 
saith  the  Lord  God:  Cone,  spirit,  from  the  four 
winds,  and  blow  upon  these  slain;  and  let  them 
live  again. 

10  And  I  prophesied  as  he  had  commanded  me: 
and  the  spirit  came  into  them,  and  they  lived  :  and 
they  stood  up  upon  t  heii  l«  i  t.aiu  \ccediug  great  ai  my. 

11  And  M  said  to  me:  Son  of  man:  All  these 
bones  are  the  house  of  Israel:  they  say:  Our 
hones  are  dried  up,  and  our  hope  is  lost,  and  we 
are  cut  off. 

IJ  Therefore  prophesy,  and  sav  to  them:  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  Ciod  :  Behold,  1  w  ill  open  your  gnu  es. 
Bed  will  l>  r  i  1 1  ii  von  out  of  your  sepulchres,  O  my  peo- 
ple:  end  will  bring  you  into  the  lain!  Of  Israel. 

13  And  M»u  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord, 
when  I  shall  hire  opened  your  sepulchres,  ami 
sh  ill  have  brought  you  out  of  your  graves,  O  my 
people  : 

I  1  And  shall  have  put  my  spirit  in  you,  and  you 
shall  live,  anil  I  shall  make  you  rest  upon  your  own 
land:  ami  you  shall  know  that  I  the  Lord  have 
spoken,  ami  done  it,  saith  the  Lord  God : 

16  Ami  i he  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  say- 
in-: 

16  And  thou,  son  of  man,  take  thee  a  stick:  and 
write  upon  it:  Of  .luda.  RIM  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael bis  associates:  and  take  another  stick,  and 
write  upon  it:  For  Joseph  the  stick  of  Lphraim. 
and  for  all  the  house  of  Israel,  and  of  his  associates. 

17  And  join  them  one  to  the  other  into  one  stick: 
and  thet  shall  become  one  in  tin   hand  : 

18  And  when  the  children  of  thy  people  shall 
speak  to  thee,  saying:  Wilt  thou  not  tell  us  what 
thou  meanest  bf  this  p 

19  Sav  to  them:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Be- 
hold, I  will  lake  the  stick  of  Joseph,  which  is  in 
the  hand  of  Lphraim.  and  the  triltcs  of  Israel  that 
are  associated  with  him:   and  I  will  put  them  toge- 


•   Hpiril  ul.  I.fp.anthrrath. 

f  Oof  Ttli»  n-Ainr,  trln.h  «ijiufir«  kiJJnt  or  mrrrrW.  it  takm  in 
ttii*  plaice,  eitbrr  fur  tlic  |vr»e<-iitnr»  of  Hi"  e-lmrrh  of  Uod  in  p-m-r.il. 
or  mm  •nli  penerutor  in  particular'  tucli  a*  Aul*  l.rwt  »l.*il  be  in 

SH 


ther  with  the  stick  of  .luda,and  will  make  them  oi»~ 
Stick  :  and  they  shall  lie  one  in  his  hand. 

\iul  the  sticks  whereon  thou  hast  w  ritten  shall 
Im'  in  thy  hand,  before  their  I 

J I  And  thou  shall  say  to  them:  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God:  Behold.  I  will  take  the  children  of  Is- 
rael from  the  midst  of  the  nations  w  hither  they  ait 
gone:  end  I  will  gather  I  hem  on  ever)  sale,  ami  w  ill 
bring  them  to  their  own  land. 

J-  And  I  will  make  them  one  nation  in  the  land 
on  the  mountains  of  Israel :  snd  one  hint  shell  Im-  kini. 
over  them  all:  and  they  shall  no  more  be  two  na- 
tions; neither  shall  they  be  divided  any  more  into 
two  kingdoms. 

;  Nor  shall  they  lie  defiled  any  ntore  With  their 
idols,  nor  with  their  abominations,  norw  iih  all  their 
iniquities:  and  I  will  save  them  out  of  all  the  plat v-i 
in  which  they  have  shmed;  and  I  will  cleanse 
them:  and  they  shall  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be 
their  God. 

24  And  my  servant  David  shall  be  king  over 
them  :  and  they  shall  haw  one  shepherd:  they  shall 
walk  in  my  judgments,  and  shall  keep  my  com- 
mandments, and  shall  do  them. 

25  Antl  they  shall  dwell  in  the  land  which  I  gave 
to  my  servant  Jacob,  wherein  your  lathers  dwelt: 
ami  they  shalldwcHin  it,thc\  and  their  children,  and 
their  children's  children,  fore\er:  and  David  my 
servant  shall  be  their  prince  lor  ever. 

26  And  I  will  make  a  covenant  of  peace  with 
them;  it  shall  bean  everlasting  covenant  with  them: 
and  I  will  establish  them,  and  w  ill  multiply  them,  and 
will  set  my  sanctuary  in  the  midst  Of*  them  for  ever. 

27  And  niv  tabernacle  shall  be  with  them:  and 
I  will  Im>  their  God:  antl  they  shall  be  my  people. 

28  And  the  nations  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord,  the  sanctifier  of  Israel,  when  my  sanctuary 
shall  be  in  the  midst  of  them  for  ever. 

CHAP.  XXXVIII. 

Gog  tkaU  prrtf cute  the  church  in  the  latter  dayi.      He  shall  be 
orerthrnwn. 

\  ND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  say  iug  : 
*    J  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  agaiasl    Gojt.f   the 
land  of  Magog, t  the  chief  prince  of  MotOCI   and 
Thuhal :  and  prophesy  of  him  : 

3  Antl  say  to  him:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Gt>d  : 
Behold,  I  0OSM  against  thee,  ()  Gog,  the  chief  print  e 
of  Meeoch  and  Thuhal. 

4  And  I  Will  turn  thee  about,  antl  I  w  ill  put  a  bit 
in  thy  jaws;  antl  I  will  bring  thee  forth,  and  all  thy 
army,  horses  antl  horsemen  all  clothed  with  coats 
of  mail,  a  great  multitude,  armed  with  spears  and 
shields  antl  swords. 

5  The  Persians.  Ethiopians;  and  Lybians  with 
(hem.  all  with  shields  and  helmets. 

6  Gomer,  antl  all  his  bands,  the  honse of  Tho* 

SJOrase,  the  northern  parts  anil  all  his  Strength,  and 

many  peoples  with  thi  ••• 


tin-  Ullrr  day*.   Srr  .Ipotchfptr  \  v  \        vital  iaaaidoT  tli«-  {tim-.lt 

mrnt  of  (Joe-,  h  vrriAra  hv  the  unhappv  rttda  of  prrm-nlon. 

Mawof       SrWhiu  ,n<!  olha* 

r*nrinn  «  "i   ih    i   iur>  ii  ul  t  bri»l  ongiiutlr  aprung. 


CHAP.  XXXI X. 


7  Prepare  and  make  thyself  ready,  and  all  thy 
multitude  that  is  assembled  about  thee  :  and  be  thou 
commander  over  them. 

8  After  many  days  thou  shalt  be  visited:  at  the 
end  of  years  thou  shalt  come  to  the  land  that  is 
returned  from  the  sword,  and  is  gathered  out  of 
many  nations,  to  the  mountains  of  Israel  which  have 
been  continually  waste:  but  it  hath  been  brought 
forth  out  of  the  nations,  and  they  shall  all  of  them 
dwell  securely  in  it. 

9  And  thou  shalt  go  up  and  come  like  a  storm, 
and  like  a  cloud  to  cover  the  land,  thou  and  all  thy 
bauds,  and  many  people  with  thee. 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  In  that  day  projects 
shall  enter  into  thy  heart;  and  thou  shalt  conceive  a 
mischievous  design. 

11  And  thou  shalt  say  :  I  will  go  up  to  the  land 
which  is  without  a  wall.  I  will  come  to  them  that 
are  at  rest,  and  dwell  securely:  all  these  dwell  with- 
out a  wall ;  they  have  no  bars  nor  gates: 

12  To  take  spoils,  and  lay  hold  on  the  prey;  to  lay 
thy  hand  upon  them  that  had  been  wasted,  and  af- 
terwards restored, and  upon  the  people  that  is  gather- 
ed together  out  of  the  nations,  which  hath  begun  to 
possess,  and  to  dwell  in  the  midst  of  the  earth. 

13  Saba,  and  Dedan,  and  the  merchants  of 
Tharsis,  and  ail  the  lions  thereof,  shall  say  to  thee  : 
Art  thou  come  to  take  spoils?  behold,  thou  hast  ga- 
thered thy  multitude  to  take  a  prey,  to  take  silver, 
and  gold,  and  to  carry  away  goods  and  substance, 
and  to  take  rich  spoils. 

14  Therefore,  thou  son  of  man,  pronhesy,and  say 
to  Gog:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Shalt  thou  not 
know,  in  that  day,  when  my  people  of  Israel  shall 
dwell  securely  ? 

15  And  thou  shalt  come  out  of  thy  place  from  the 
northern  parts,  thou  and  many  people  with  thee,  all 
of  them  riding  upon  horses,  a  great  company  and  a 
mighty  army. 

16  And  thou  shalt  come  upon  mv  people  of  Israel 
like  a  cloud,  to  cover  the  earth.  Thou  shalt  he  in 
the  latter  days,  and  I  will  bring  thee  upon  my  land  : 
that  the  nations  may  know  me,  when  1  shall  be 
sanctified  in  thee,  O  Gog,  before  their  eyes. 

17  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  Thou  then  art  he, 
of  whom  1  have  spoken  in  the  days  of  old,  by  my 
servants  the  prophets  of  Israel,  who  prophesied  in 
the  days  of  those  times  that  I  would  bring  thee  upon 
them. 

18  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  in  the 
day  of  the  coming  of  Gog  upon  the  land  of  Israel, 
saith  the  Lord  God,  that  my  indignation  shall  come 
up  in  my  wrath. 

19  And  I  have  spoken  in  my  zeal,  and  in  the  fire 
of  my  anger,  that  in  that  day  there  shall  be  a  great 
commotion  upon  the  land  of  Israel: 

20  So  that  the  fishes  of  the  sea,  and  the  birds  of 
the  air,  and  the  beasts  of  the  field,  and  every  creep- 
iiv^tliing  that  creepeth  upon  the  ground,  and  all  men 

that  are  upon  the  face  of  the  earth,  shall  be  moved 
at  my  presence  :  and  the  mountains  shall  be  thrown 
down  ;  and  the  hedges  shall  fall ;  and  every  wall 
shall  fall  to  the  ground. 


21  And  I  will  call  in  the  sword  against  him  in 
all  my  mountains,  saith  the  Lord  God:  every  man's 
sword  shall  be  pointed  against  his  brother. 

22  And  I  will  judge  him  with  pestilence,  and 
with  blood,  and  with  violent  rain,  and  vast  hail- 
stones :  I  will  rain  fire  and  brimstone  upon  him,  and 
upon  his  army,  and  upon  the  many  nations  that  are 
with  him. 

23  And  I  wjll  be  magnified,  and  I  will  he  sanc- 
tified :  and  I  will  be  known  in  the  eyes  of  many  na- 
tions: and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  XXXIX. 

God's  judgments  upon  (log;.      God's  people  were  punished  for 
their  sins  :  but  find  I  be  favoured  with  everlasting  kindnesf. 

A  ND  thou,  son  of  man,  prophesy  against  Gog, 
**■  and  say:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  Behold,  1 
come  against  thee,  O  Gog,  the  chief  prince  of  Mo- 
soeh  and  Thubal. 

2  And  I  will  turn  thee  round  ;  and  I  will  lead 
thee  out,  and  will  make  thee  go  up  from  the  north- 
ern parts;  and  will  bring  thee  upon  the  mountains 
of  Israel. 

3  And  I  will  hreak  thy  how  in  thy  left  hand  :  and 
I  will  cause  thy  arrows  to  fall  out  of  thy  right  hand. 

4  Thou  shalt  fall  upon  the  mountains  of  Israel, 
thou  and  all  thy  bands,  and  thy  nations  that  are  with 
thee.  I  have  given  thee  to  the  wild  beasts,  to  the 
birds,  and  to  every  fowl,  and  to  the  beasts  of  the 
earth  to  be  devoured. 

5  Thou  shalt  fall  upon  the  face  of  the  field:  for  I 
have  spoken  it.  saith  the  Lord  God. 

6  And  I  will  send  a  fire  on  Magog,  and  on  them 
that  dwell  confidently  in  the  islands  :  and  they  shall 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

7  And  I  will*  make  my  holy  name  known  in  the 
midst  of  my  people  Israel ;  and  my  holy  name  shall 
be  profaned  no  more :  and  the  gentiles  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord,  the  holy  One  of  Israel. 

8  Behold,  it  conieth,  and  it  is  done,  saith  the 
Lord  God  :  this  is  the  day  whereof  I  have  spoken. 

9  And  the  inhabitants  shall  go  forth  of  the  cities 
of  Israel,  and  shall  set  on  fire  and  burn  the  weapons, 
the  shields,  and  the  spears,  the  hows,  and  the  arrows, 
and  the  handstaves,  and  the  pikes:  and  they  shall 
burn  them  with  fire  seven  years. 

10  And  they  shall  not  bring  wood  out  of  the 
countries,  nor  cut  down  out  of  the  forests :  for  they 
shall  burn  the  weapons  with  fire,  and  shall  make  a 
prey  of  them  to  whom  they  had  been  a  prey;  and 
they  shall  rob  those  that  robbed  them,  saith  the 
Lord  God. 

11  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  1 
will  give  Gog  a  noted  place  for  a  sepulchre  in  Israel: 
the  valley  of  the  passengers  on  the  east  of  the  sea, 
which  shall  cause  astonishment  in  them  that  pass 
by  :  and  there  shall  they  bury  Gog,  and  all  his  mul- 
titude: and  it  shall  be  called  the  valley  of  the  mul- 
titude of  Cos. 

12  And  the  house  of  Israel  shall  bury  them  for 
seven  months  to  cleanse  the  land 

13  And  all  the  people  of  the  land  shall  bury  him : 

and  it  shall  be  unto  them  a  noted  day,  wherein   I 

was  glorified,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

683 


r:zi:(  inn,. 


14  And  they  ihall  ;i|  point  mm  to  go  continually 
about  the  land.  i<i  bury  and  to  seek  out  them  thai 
•pen  remaining  ni,,"i  the  facte  of  tin-  earth,  tint  Ihei 

BMl  cleanse  ii  :  and  after  seven  uioiit l)>  they  shall 
begin  to  seek. 

15  And  they  shall  go  abort  pitting  1 1» r*>n i^li  the 

land  ,   and  when  tin' >  shall  see  the  hone  of  a  man, 
they  shall    Ml  up  a  s'igu  by  it,  till  tin-   bu.icrs    bfUJ 
t  in  the  valjev  of  the  multitude  of  Gog. 

Ifi  And  the  name  of  the  i  itv  shall  be.  Amnna  : 
ami  tin  v  shall  cleanse  the  land. 

17  And  thou,  O  son  of  man,  saith  the  Lord  God, 
Bnj  in  e\i  r\  fowl,  and  to  all  the  hirds,  and  to  all 
the  In-asts  of  the  field:  Assemble  yourselves;  make 

baste;  oome  together  from  even-  aide  to  my  victim, 
which  I  sfavj  foryou,  a  gnat  victim  noon  the  moun- 
tains i,i  Israel  :   to  eat  flesh  and  drink  blood. 

18  Vou  shall  eat  the  llesh  of  the  mighty,  and  you 

shall  drink  the  blood  of  the  urinces  of  the  earth  :  of 
rams,  mid  of  lamhs,  and  of  he-goats,  and  bullocks, 
ami  of  all  that  are  well  fed  and  fat. 

19  And  >oii  shall  tat  the  fat  till  you  be  full  \  and 
shall  drink  Mood  till  you  be  drunk  of  the  victim 
which  I  shall  slay  for  you. 

'JO  Vndyoti  shall  be  filled  at  my  table  with  horses, 
and  mighty  horsemen,  and  all  the  men  of  war,  saith 
the  Lord  God. 

J I  And  I  will  set  my  glory  among  the  nations: 
and  all  nations  shall  see  my  judgment  that  I  have 
executed,  and  my  hand  that  I  have  laid  upon 
them. 

22  And  the  house  of  Israel  shall  know  that  I 
am  the  Lord  their  God  from  that  day  and  for- 
ward. 

23  And  the  nations  shall  know  that  the  house  of 
Israel  n  en  made  captives  for  their  iniquity,  because 
they  forsook  me,  and  I  hid  my  face  from  them:  aud 
I  delivered  them  into  the  hands  of  their  enemies; 
and  they  fell  all  !>\  the  sword. 

J V  I  have  dealt  with  them  according  to  their  un- 
deanness  and  wickedness,  and  hid  my  face  from 
them. 

25  Therefore  thus  saith  God:  Now  will  1  bring 
haek  the  capiivitv  of  Jacob,  end  will  bare  mercy  on 
all  the  house  of  Israel:  aud  I  will  be  jealous  for  m \ 
holy  name. 

K  And  they  shall  bear  their  confusion,  and  all 
the  transgressions  wherewith  they  have  transgress, d 
against  me,  when  they  shall  dwell  in  their  laud  se- 
curely, fearing  ao  man : 

\iid  I  shall  have  brought  them  haek  from 
among  the  nations,  and  shall  hare  gathered  them 
together  out  of  the  lands  of  their  enemies,  and  shall 
lie  sanctified  in  them,  in  the  sight  of  man]  na- 
tions. 

\nd  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord 
their  God,  became  I  have  caused  them  to  l>e  car- 
ried assay  among  the  nations  ;  and  I  have  gathered 
thrm  together  unto  their  own  laud,  and  bare  not 

left  any  of  them  there. 

tB    And  I  will  hide  m\  face  no  more  from  them: 

for  I  have  pound  out  tin   spirit  upon  all   the  house 

of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord  (  kid. 

em 


(  HAP.  XL. 


The  prophet  aret  in  a  ritiim  the  rrhtiilding  of  lie  temple  :  tht 

dimension*  itj  -n mil  pari*  thereof . 
|"N  the  live  and  twentieth  year  of  our  captivity,  in 
•*■  the  beginning  of  the  year,  the  tenth  dag  of  the 
month,  the  fourteenth  year  afier  the  eit\  was  de- 
stroyed :  in  the  Selfsame  dajl  the  hand  of  tin  Lord 
was  upon  me,  and  he  brought  DM  thither. 

2  In  the  visions  of  (iod  he  brought  mc  into  (In- 
land of  Isiael.  and  set  me  upon  a  fen  high  moun- 
tain :  upon  which  there  was  as  the  budding  of  a 
city,  bending  towards  the  south  : 

3  And  he  brought  me  in  thither:  and  behold,  a 
man,  whose  appearance  was  like  the  appearance  of 
brass,  with  a  line  of  llax  in  his  hand,  and  a  measur- 
ing reed  in  his  hand  :  and  he  stood  in  the  gate. 

I  And  this  man  said  to  me:  Son  of  man,  s,  ■■ 
with  thy  eyes,  and  hear  with  thy  ears,  and  set  thy 
heart  upon  all  that  I  shall  show  ihee:  for  thou  art 
brought  hither  that  they  may  be  shown  to  thee  :  de- 
clare all  that  thou  seeal  to  tin-  house  of  Israel. 

5  And  behold, there  WOt  a  wall  on  the  outside  of 
the  house  round  about;  and  in  the  man's  hand  a 
measuring  reed  of  six  cubits  and  a  hand-breadth  : 
and  be  measured  the  breadth  of  the  building  one 
reed,  and  the  height  one  reed. 

6  And  he  came  to  the  gate  that  looked  tow  aid  the 
east,  and  he  went  up  the  steps  thereof:  and  he 
measured  the  breadth  of  the  threshold  of  the  gate 
one  reed,  that  is,  one  threshold  was  one  reed  broad  : 

7  And  every  little  chamber  teas  one  reed  long, 
and  one  reed  broad  :  aud  between  the  little  cham- 
bers were  five  cubits : 

8  And  the  threshold  of  the  gate  by  the  porch  ol 
the  gate  \\  it  bin,  was  one  reed. 

9  And  he  measured  the  porch  of  the  gate  eight  m- 
bits,  and  the  front  thereof  two  cubits  :  aud  the  porch 
of  the  gate  was  inward. 

10  And  tin-  little  chambers  of  the  gate  that  look 
ed  eastward  trrre  three  on  this  side,  and  three  on 
that  side  :   all  three  were  of  one  measure,  and    the 
fronts  of  one  measure,  on  l>oth  parts. 

II  Aud  he  measured  the  breadth  of  the  thres- 
hold of  the  gate  ten  cubits  :  and  the  length  of  the 
gate  thirteen  cubits. 

12  And  the  border  before  the  little  chambers  one 
cubit  :  and  one  cubit  was  the  border  on  both  sides  : 
and  the  little  chambers  were  six  cubits  on  this  side 
and  that  side. 

13  And  he  measured  the  gate  from  the  roof  of 
one  little  chamber  to  the  roof  of  another,  in  breadth 
live  and  twenty  cubits;   door  against  door. 

IV  He  made  also  fronts  of  six  tj  cubits:  and  to  tin 
front  the  court  of  the  gate  on  every  side  round  about 

15  And  before  the  lace  of  the  gate,  w  hich  reach 
ed  even    to  the  lace  of  the  porch  of  the    inner  gate, 
fifty  cubits. 

16  And  slanting  windows  in  the  little  chambers, 
and  in  their  fronts,  w  hich  wen;  within  tin  gate  on 
evety  side  round  about  :  and  in  like  manner  there 
w  en-  also  in  the  porches  windows  round  about  w  iih- 
in.  and  before  the  fronts  the  representation  of  palm* 
trees. 


CHAP.  XL. 


17  And  he  brought  mc  info  the  outward-court : 
and  behold,  tltere  were  chambers,*  and  a  pavement 
of  stone  in  the  court  round  about:  thirty  chambers 
encompassed  the  pavement. 

18  And  the  pavement  in  the  front  of  the  gates 
according  to  the  length  of  the  gates  was  lower. 

19  And  he  measured  the  breadth  from  the  face  of 
the  lower  gate  to  the  front  of  the  inner  court  with- 
out, a  hundred  cubits  to  the  east,  and  to  the  north. 

20  lie  measured  also  both  the  length  and  the 
breadth  of  the  gate  of  the  outward  court,  which 
looked  northward. 

21  And  the  little  chambers  thereof  three  on  this 
side,  and  three  on  that  side  :  and  the  front  thereof, 
and  the  porch  thereof  according  to  the  measure  of 
the  former  gate,  fifty  cubits  long,  and  five  and 
twenty  cubits  broad. 

22  And  the  windows  thereof,  and  the  porch,  and 
the  gravings  according  to  the  measure  of  the  gate 
that  looked  to  the  east;  and  they  went  up  to  it  by 
seven  steps  ;  and  a  porch  was  before  it. 

23  And  the  gate  of  the  inner  court  was  over- 
against  the  gate  of  the  north,  and  that  of  the  east : 
and  he  measured  from  gate  to  gate  a  hundred  cu- 
bits. 

24  And  he  brought  me  out  to  the  way  of  the 
south,  and  behold, the  gate  that  looked  to  the  south: 
and  he  measured  the  front  thereof,  and  the  porch 
thereof  according  to  the  former  measures  ; 

25  And  the  windows  thereof,  and  the  porches 
round  about,  as  the  other  windows  :  the  length  was 
fifty  cubits,  and  the  breadth  five  and  twenty  cubits. 

26  And  there  were  seven  steps  to  go  up  to  it,  and 
a  porch  before  the  doors  thereof  :  and  there  were 
graven  palm-trees,  one  on  this  side,  and  another  on 
that  side  in  the  front  thereof. 

27  And  there  was  a  gate  of  the  inner  court 
towards  the  south :  and  he  measured  from  gate  to 
gate  towards  the  south,  a  hundred  cubits. 

28  And  he  brought  me  into  the  inner  court  at  the 
south  gate  :  and  he  measured  the  gate  according  to 
the  former  measures. 

29  The  little  chamber  thereof,  and  the  front 
thereof,  and  the  porch  thereof  with  the  same  mea- 
sures :  and  the  windows  thereof,  and  the  porch 
thereof  round  about  it  was  fifty  cubits  iu  length,  and 
five  and  twenty  cubits  in  breadth. 

30  And  the  porch  round  about  ions  five  and 
twenty  cubits  long,  and  five  cubits  broad. 

31  And  the  porch  thereof  to  the  outward  court, 
and  the  palm-trees  thereof  in  the  front  :  and  there 
were  eight  steps  to  go  up  to  it. 

32  And  he  brought  me  in  into  the  innei  court  by 
the  way  of  the  east :  and  he  measured  the  gate  ac- 
coiding  to  the  former  measures. 

3'J  The  little  chamber  thereof,  and  the  front 
thereof,  and  the  porch  thereof  as  before  :  and  the 
windows  thereof,  and  the  porches  thereof  round 
about  it  was  fifty  cubits  long,  and  five  and  twenty 
cubits  broad. 


*  There  were  chambers.  Gazophylaria,  so  called,  because  (he  priests 
and  Lerites  kept  in  thum  the  stores  and  vessels  that  belonged  to  the 
temple. 


34  And  the  porch  thereof,  that  is,  of  the  outward 
court ;  and  the  graven  palm-trees  in  the  front  there- 
of on  this  side  and  on  that  side :  and  the  going  up 
thereof  was  by  eight  steps. 

35  And  he  brought  me  into  the  gate  that  looked 
to  the  north  :  and  he  measured  according  to  the  for- 
mer measures. 

36  The  little  chamber  thereof,  and  the  front  there 
of,  and  the  porch  thereof,  and  the  windows  thereol 
round  about  it  vms  fifty  cubits  long,  and  five  and 
twenty  cubits  broad. 

37  And  the  porch  thereof  looked  to  the  outward 
court:  and  the  graving  of  palm-trees  in  the  front 
thereof  was  on  this  side  and  on  that  side  and  the 
going  up  to  it  was  by  eight  steps 

38  And  at  every  chamber  was  a  door  in  the  fore- 
fronts of  the  gates:  there  they  washed  the  holo- 
caust. 

39  And  in  the  porch  of  the  gate  were  two  tables 
on  this  side,  and  two  tables  on  that  side:  that  the 
holocaust,  and  the  sin-offering,  and  the  trespass-of- 
fering, might  be  slain  thereon. 

40  And  on  the  outward  side,  which  goeth  up  to 
the  entry  of  the  gate  that  looketh  toward  the  north, 
were  two  tables :  and  at  the  other  side  before  the 
porch  of  the  gate  were  two  tables. 

41  Four  tables  were  on  this  side,  and  four  tables 
on  that  side  :  at  the  sides  of  the  gate  were  eight  ta- 
bles, upon  which  they  slew  the  victims. 

42  And  the  four  tables  for  the  holocausts  were 
made  of  square  stones  ;  one  cubit  and  a  half  long, 
and  one  cubit  and  a  half  broad,  and  one  cubit  high  : 
to  lay  the  vessels  upon  :  in  which  the  holocaust  and 
the  victim  is  slain. 

43  And  the  borders  of  them  were  of  one  hand- 
breadth,  turned  inwards  round  about :  and  upon  the 
tables  was  the  flesh  of  the  offering. 

44  And  without  the  inner  gate  icere  the  cham- 
bers of  the  singing  men  in  the  inner  court,  which 
was  on  the  side  of  the  gate  that  looketh  to  the  north  : 
and  their  prospect  was  towards  the  south,  one  at  the 
side  of  the  east  gate,  which  looked  toward  the 
north. 

45  And  he  said  to  me:  This  chamber,  which 
looketh  toward  the  south,  shall  be  for  the  priests 
that  watch  in  the  wards  of  the  temple. 

46  But  the  chamber  that  looketh  towards  the 
north  shall  be  for  the  priests  that  watch  over  the 
ministry  of  the  altar.  These  are  the  sons  of  Sadoc, 
who  among  the  sons  of  Levi  come  near  to  the  Lord, 
to  minister  to  him. 

47  And  he  measured  the  court  a  hundred  cubits 
long,  and  a  hundred  cubits  Inoad  four  square  :  and 
the  altar  that  was  before  the  face  of  the  temple. 

48  And  he  brought  me  into  the  port  h  of  the  tem- 
ple :  and  he  measured  the  porch  five  culms  on  this 
side,  and  five  cubits  on  that  side;  audi  he  breadth  ol 
the  gate  three  cubits  on  this  side,  and  three  cubits 
on  that  side. 

49  And  the  length  of  the  porch  teas  twenty  cu- 
bits, and  the  breadth  eleven  cubits  :  and  there  were 
eight  steps  to  go  up  to  it.  And  there  were  pillars  in 
the  fronts  ;  oncou  this  side,  and  another  on  thatside 

6U5 


CIIUV  JEL1. 

A  description  i\f  the  ti  tuple,  anil  </  all  the  parts  of  it. 

AND  he    brought  me    into  the  temple:*  and  he 
measured  the  front   >i\  cubits  broad  on 
side,  and  vi\  cubits  on  that  side,  tin-  breadth  <  ftbe 
tahnraarffti 

J  \ud  the  breadth  of  the  gate  Was  ten  cubits  : 
and  the  sides  of  the  gate  five  cubits  on  this  side, 
and  five  cubits  na  thai  side  :  and  In-  measured  the 
length  thereof  forty  cubits,  and  the  breadth  twesjrj 
cubits. 

3  Thin  going  inward  he  measured  the  front  of 
the  gate  two  .ui>it>< :  and  the  gate  six  cubits;  and 
the  breadth  of  the  gate  seven  cubits. 

4  And  be  measurrd  tin-  length  thereof  twenrj 
*-ni»it>,.  and  the  breadth  twenty  cubits,  before  the 
face  Of  the  temple  :  and  he  said  to  me  :  This  is  the 
holy  of  holi 

\nd  he  measured  the  wall  of  the  house  six 
rnhits ;  and  tin-  breadth  of  every  side-cAoaaler  four 
cubits  round  shorn  the  house  on  every  side. 

\nd  i he  side-chamber^ one  by  another. t  weir 
twice  thirty-three  :  and  they  bore  outwards,  drat 
they  might  enter  in  through  the  wall  of  tin  house  in 
the  sides  round  about,  to  hold  in,  and  not  to  tourli 
the  wall  of  the  temple. 

7  And  there  was  a  broad  passage   round   about, 

S,ntng  up  by  winding  stairs:  and  it  led  into  the  upper 
ofi  of  the  temple  all  round  :  therefore  was  the  tem- 
|>le  broader  in  the  higher  parts:  and  so  from  the 
ower  paits  the)  \\ <  nt  to  tin-  higher  by  the  midst. 

8  And  I  saw  in  the  house  the  height  round  about, 
tue  foundations  of  the  side-chambers  which  were 
the  measure  of  a  reed  the  space  of  six  cubits: 

9  And  the  thickness  <>|  ihe  trail  for  the  side- 
rhamber  without,  which  was  five  cubits:  and  the 

inner    house    w  a-  within    the  side-chambers   of  the 

bom 

1<>    \nd  between  the  chamber*  was  the  breadth 

of  tWent)  cubits  round  about  the  house  on  e»  ei  \  side. 

1 1  And  the  door  of  die  side-chambers  was  turned 
towards  the  place  of  prayer  :  one  d«a>r  was  toward 
tin  north,  and  another  door  «;is  toward  the  south  : 
and  the  breadth  of  the  place  for  prayer  was  five  cu- 
bit- round  about. 

12  Ami  the  building  that  was  separate,  and  turned 
to  the  way  that  looked  toward  the  sea,  waste* 
vent)  cubits  broad:  and  the  wall  of  the  building, 
liw  cubits  thick  round  about,  and  ninety  cubits  long. 

l.i  And  he  measured  the  length  of  the  house,  a 
hundred  cubits  :  and  the  separate  building,  and  the 
M  ails  thereof,  a  hundred  cubits  in  length. 

I  I  \ud  the  breadth  before  the  race  of  the  house. 
and  of  the  separate  place  toward  the  east,  a  hundred 

cubits. 

16   \nd  he  measurrd  the   length  of  the  building 
oust  ii,  which  was  separated  at  the  hack  of 

•  TlttntfU.  if  lUwn  ' 
prophet  in  a  »i»ion,  pafth 

wmi  lo  he  rtbaill  :  and  partly,  in   ■  m%.tirml  mt(,  (<•  t ) >•-  -,  intii.il 

(,m;.l<-  ..f   Ii  «l.  ll„.  rl.iir.li  .if  (    l.rl.t. 

♦  Oar  tj  wmtlkmr,  or  —t  over  awa/fcrr :  literally,  tide  <•  <idt,  or  tUt 
■fM  «M«. 

1  JhU  Hi*  inner  Ihh  wai  witUn  hV  tUt-ehnmktn  •/  uV  tun.     Be 


IY/.VS  IIII.L. 

it  :  ami  the  galleries  mi  both  sides  a  hundred  cubit* 


and  the  inner  temple,  and  tiie  porches  ol  the  court. 
It!  The  thresholds,  and  the  oblique  windows, 
and  the  galleries  round  about  on  three  sides,  ovcr- 
against  the  threshold  of  ever)  one.  and  floored  with 
wood  all  round  about  :  and  the  ground  sjMM  up  lc 
the  windows;  and  the  windowa  WOTS  shut  over 
the  doois. 

17  And  even  to  the  inner  house,  and  without  all 
the  wall  round  about  within  and  without,  b)  mea- 
sure. 

18  And  there  were  eherubims    and    poJoa-tn 
wrought,  so  that  a  palm-tree  was  between  a  cherub 
and  a  cherub  :   and  every  chcruli  had  two  la< a  >. 

19  The  face  of  a  man  was  toward  the  palm-tree 
on  one  side,  and  (he  face  of  a  lion  was  toward  I  lie 
palm-tree  on  the  Other  side  :  set  forth  through  all 
i he  house  round  about. 

-'It  lioni  the  mound  even  to  the  upper  parts  of 
the  gate,  were  clu  rubiuis  and  palm-tries  wrought 
ill  (he  wall  of  the  temple. 

21  The  threshold  was  four-squ  ire  ]>  and  (he  face 
of  the  sanctuary,  sight  insight. 

22  The  altar  ol  wood  was  three  cubits  high  ; 
and  (he  length  thereof  was  rvt  0  cubits  :  and  the  <or- 
ners  thereof,  and  the  length  thereof  and  (he  walls 
thereof,  were  ol  wood.  And  he  said  to  me  :  'ibis 
is  the  talilc  before  the  Lord. 

J.'-  And  there  were  two  doors  in  the  temple,  and 
in  the  sanctuary. 

..' i  And  iii  the  two  doors  on  l>oth  sides  were  two 
little  doors,  which  were  folded  within  each  othci  ■ 
lor  there   were    two  wickets   on   both   sides  of  the 

(tools. 

25  And  there  were  chcrubims  also  wrought  in 
the  douis  of  tie  (<  nple,  and  the  flames  ol  palm- 
incs.  like  as  were  made  on  the  walls  :  lor  which 
cause  also  (he  planks  were  thicker  in  the  front  ol  the 
pi  ii  h  wit  boat. 

J(!  I  pou  which  were  the  oblique  windows,  and 
the  representation  of  palui-liceson  this  side  and  on 
that  side  in  (he  sides  of  the  porch  ;  according  lo  the 
sides  of  the  house,  and  the  breadth  of  the  Wall*. 

I    II  IP.    XLII. 

.4  description  nf  the  enurtt,  thamln  rt,  ami  other  placrs  belong 
iiiff  in  the  templi . 

AND  he  brought  me  forth  into  the  outward  court, 
b.   (he  way  that  leaihth  to  the   north  :    and  he 
brought   die  into  the  chamber  that   was  OVetHMtatUSt 

the  separate  building,  and  over-againet  the  house 
toward  the  north. 

J  In  (he  foce  of  the  north  door  was  (he  length  of 
a  hundred  cubits  :  and  the  breadth  ol  fifty  cubits. 

3  Over  Ogaiutt    the    twent)  cubitt  of    the    inner 
court,  and  over-agninst  the  pavement,  of  the  out* 
ward  court  that  was  paved  with  stone,  where  ten 
"a.  a  gallery  joined  to  a  triple  gallery. 


■fa   ,!1 


ni  were  in  I  lie  very  « 
;il».i  hi 
it  I lir  tbickMMOl  lli<'  wall   fur  the  (Kkyehamben 

!i  il  uf  III.-  wall  without  :  II  !v  five 


•■  the  un 

rilhiU. 

I   7V  flrrrUeM  mm  ftm-immer.     T»i  a  i«,  ll<< 
/onrwiwri,  ami  to  placed  •»  to  amwer  Uie  gmte 


iplr  trt, 

Wltlll*. 


chap,  xi.in. 


4  And  before  the chambewwtts  a  walk  ten  cubits 
broad,  looking  to  the  inner  parts  of  a  way  of  one 
cubit.      And  their  doors  were  toward  the  north  : 

5  Where  Werethestorc  chambers  lowcrabove  ;  be- 
cause they  bore  tip  the  galleries,  which  appeared 
above  out  of  them  from  the  lower  parts,  and  from 
the  midst  of  the  building. 

6  For  they  were  of  three  stories,  and  had  not 
pillars,  as  the  pillars  of  the  courts  :  therefore  did 
they  appear  above  out  of  the  lower  places,  and  out 
of  the  middle  places,  fifty  cubits  from  the  ground. 

7  And  the  outward  wall  that  went  about  by  the 
chambers,  which  were  towards  the  outward  court 
on  the  forepart  of  the  chambers,  was  fifty  cubits  long. 

8  For  the  length  of  the  chambers  of  the  outward 
court  was  fifty  cubits  :  and  the  length  before  the 
face  of  the  temple,  a  hundred  cubits. 

9  And  there  was  under  these  chambers,  an  en- 
trance from  the  east,  for  them  that  went  into  them 
out  of  the  outward  court. 

10  In  the  breadth  ofthe  outward  wall  of  thecourt  that 
was  toward  the  east,  over-against  the  separate  build- 
ing, and  there  were  chambers  before  the  building. 

1 1  And  the  way  before  them  was  like  the  cham- 
bers which  were  toward  the  north  :  they  were  as 
ioug  as  they,  and  as  broad  as  they  :  and  all  the 
going  into  them,  and  their  fashions,  and  their  doors 
were  alike. 

12  According  to  the  doors  of  the  chambers  that 
were  toward  the  south  ;  there  was  a  door  in  the 
head  ofthe  way,  which  way  was  before  the  porch, 
separated  toward  the  east  as  one  entereth  in. 

13  And  he  said  to  me:  The  chambers  of  the 
north,  and  the  chambers  of  the  south,  which  are 
before  the  separate  building  ;  they  are  holy  cham- 
bers, in  which  the  priests  shall  eat,  that  approach 
to  the  Lord  into  the  holy  of  holies  :  there  shall  they 
lay  the  most  holy  things,  and  the  offering  for  sin, 
and  for  trespass :  for  it  is  a  holy  place. 

14  And  when  the  priests  shall  have  entered  in, 
they  shall  not  go  out  of  the  holy  places  into  the 
outward  court:  but  there  they  shall  lay  their  vest- 
ments, wherein  they  minister ;  for  they  are  holy  : 
and  they  shall  put  on  other  garments  ;  and  they  shall 
go  forth  to  the  people. 

15  Now  when  he  had  made  an  end  of  measur- 
ing the  inner  house,  he  brought  me  out  by  the  way 
of  the  gate  that  looked  toward  the  east :  and  he 
measured  it  on  every  side  round  about. 

16  And  he  measured  toward  the  east  with  the 
measuring  reed,  five  hundred  reeds  with  the  mea- 
suring reed  round  about. 

17  And  he  measured  toward  the  north  five  hun- 
dred reeds  with  the  measuring  reed  round  about. 

18  And  toward  the  south  he  measured  five  hun- 
dred reeds  with  the  measuring  reed  round  about. 

19  And  toward  the  west  he  measured  five  hun- 
dred reeds,  with  the  measuring  reed. 

20  By  the  four  winds  he  measured  the  wall 
thereof  on  every  side  round  about,  five  hundred 
cubits  long  and  five  hundred  cubits  broad,  making 
a  reparation  between  the  sanctuary  and  the  place 
of  the  people. 


CHAP.  XLI1I. 


The  glory  qf  God  returns  to  the  neto  temple-  The  Israelites 
ahull  no  more  profane  Hod's  name  6jf  idolatry  ;  Ihv  prophet 
i»  commanded  to  show  them  the  dimensions,  and  form  of  tht 
temple,   aiul  of  lite  altar,  with  the  sacrifices  to  be  offered 

there>m. 

\  ND  he  brought  me  to  the  gate  that  looked  to- 
■* •*■  wards  the  east. 

2  And  behold,  the  glory  of  the  God  of  Israel 
came  in  by  the  way  of  the  east :  and  his  voice  was 
like  the  noise  of  many  waters  :  and  the  earth  shone 
with  his  majesty. 

3  And  1  saw  the  vision  according  to  the  appear- 
ance which  I  had  seen  when  he  came  to  destroy 
the  city  :  and  the  appearance  was  according  to  the 
vision  which  I  had  seen  by  the  river  Chobar :  and 
1  fell  upon  my  face. 

4  And  the  majesty  ofthe  Lord  went  into  the  tem- 
ple by  the  way  of  the  gate  that  looked  to  the  east. 

5  And  the  spirit  lifted  me  up,  and  brought  me 
into  the  inner  court :  and  behold,  the  house  was 
filled  with  the  glory  of  the  Lord. 

6  And  I  heard  one  speaking  to  me  out  of  the 
house:  and  the  man  that  stood  by  me, 

7  Said  to  me :  Son  of  man,  the  place  of  my 
throne,  and  the  place  of  the  soles  of  my  feet,  where 
I  dwell  in  the  midst  of  the  children  of  Israel  for 
ever :  and  the  house  of  Israel  shall  no  more  pro- 
fane my  holy  name,  they  and  their  kings  by  theii 
fornications,  and  by  the  carcasses  of  their  kings, 
and  by  the  high  places. 

8  They  who  have  set  their  threshold  by  my 
threshold,  and  their  posts  by  my  posts:  and  there 
was  but  a  wall  between  me  and  them  :  and  they 
profaned  my  holy  name  by  the  abominations  which 
they  committed  :  for  which  reason  I  consumed 
them  in  my  wrath. 

9  Now  therefore  let  them  put  away  their  forni- 
cations, and  the  carcasses  of  their  kings  far  from 
me :  and  I  will  dwell  in  the  midst  of  them  for  cvt  r. 

10  But  thou,  son  of  man,  show  to  the  house  of 
Israel  the  temple  ;  and  let  them  be  ashamed  of  their 
iniquities;  and  let  them  measure  the  building, 

11  And  be  ashamed  of  all  that  they  hau'  done. 
Show  them  the  form  of  the  house,  and  of  the 
fashion  thereof,  the  goings  out,  and  the  coinings  in, 
and  the  whole  plan  thereof,  and  all  its  ordinances, 
and  all  its  order,  and  all  its  laws:  and  thou  shalt 
write  it  in  their  sight ;  that  they  may  keep  the  whole 
form  thereof,  and  its  ordinances,  and  do  them. 

12  This  is  the  law  of  the  house  upon  the  top  of 
the  mountain  :  All  its  border  round  about  is  most 
holy  :  this  then  is  the  law  of  the  house. 

13  And  these  are  the  measures  o!  me  altar  by 
the  truest  cubit,  which  is  a  cubit  and  a  hand-breadth 
the  bottom  thereof  was  a  cubit,  and  the  breadth  r 
cubit:  and  the  border  thereof  unto  its  edge,  ana 
round  about,  one  hand-breadth  :  and  this  was  the 
trench  of  the  altar. 

14  And  from  the  bottom  of  the  ground  to  the 
lowest  brim  two  cubits,  and  the  breadth  of  one  en- 
bit :  and  from  the  lesser  brim  to  the  greater  brim 
four  cubits,  and  the  breadth  of  one  cubit. 

6JJ7 


I./.!  I  MEL. 


15  Am!  the  Ariel*  itself  w  is  four  cubits:  and 
from  the  Ariel  upward  were  lour  born* 

16  And  the  Am  I  was  twelve  cubits  long,  ami 
twelve  cubits  broad,  foursquare  \\iili  equal  sides. 

17  And  the  brim  m  lourteen  cubits  long,  and 
fourteen  cubits  broad  in  the  four  corners  thereof: 

ami  the  crown  round  about  it  was  half  a  i  ubi(.  and 
the  bottom  of  it  one  cubit  round  about:  and  its 
slips  turned  toward  the  east. 

18  And  lie  said  to  me  :    Son  of  man,  thus    saith 

the  Lord  God:  These  are  the  ceremoawa  of  the 

altar,  in  what  day  Merer  it  shall  be  made:  thai 
holocaust!  may  be  offered  U|K)ii  it,  and  blood 
Jioured  out. 

19  And  thou  shalt  give  to  the  priests,  and  the 
1. exiles,  that  are  ol  the  race  of  Sadoc,  who  ap- 
proach to  me,  saith  the  Lord  liod,lo  offer  lo  me  a 
calf  of  the  herd  for  sin. 

J<>  And  thou  shah  take  of  his  blood,  and  shall 
put  it  upon  the  four  horns  thereof,  and  upon  the 
four  corners  of  the  brim,  and  u|>on  the  crown  round 
about  :   and  thou  shah  cleanse,  and  expiate  it. 

21  And  thou  shalt  take  tin;  calf,  that  is  offered 
f*>i  sin  :  and  thou  shalt  burn  him  in  a  separate  place 
of  the  house  without  the  sanctuary. 

22  And  in  the  second  day  thou  shalt  offer  a  he- 
goat  without  blemish  for  sin:  and  they  shall  ex- 
piate the  altar,   as  they  expiated  it  with  the  calf. 

J  I  And  w  Inn  thou  shall  have  made  an  end  of  the 
expiation  thereof,  thou  shall  Otter  a  calf  of  the  herd 
without  blemish,  and  a  ram  of  the  dock  without 
blemish. 

24  And  thou  shalt  offer  them  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord  :  and  the  pin-sts  shall  put  salt  upon  (hem,  and 
shall  offer  them  a  holocaust  to  the  Lord. 

25  Seven  days  shalt  thou  offer  a  he-goat  for  sin 
daily  :  they  shall  offer  also  a  calf  of  (he  herd,  and  a 
run  of  the  Sock  Without  blemish. 

S  veu  da\s  shall  they  expiate  the    altar,   and 
shall  i  leaiise  ii :  ami  ihev  shall  consecrate  it.f 

27  And  ihedaysbeillg  expired,  on  the  eighth  day 
and  (heme  forward,  the  priests  shall  offer  your 
holocausts  upottlhe  altar,  ami  ihe  peace  offerings: 
and  I  will  be  pacified  low  aids  you,  saiih  tlie  Lord 
Clod. 

CHAP.  XLIV. 

The  runt  fatr  nf  thr  sum  tinny  shall  lir  alinim.  that.  Thr  tin- 
i  in  iimrisrd  shall  mil  nilii  inln  llir  sum  linirs;  ;  nor  Ihe  l*- 
ritrs  thnl  hnrr  frrrrii  iilult :  Imt  Ihr  ttsnt  nf  Stsdoc  shall  tin  tin 
pricitly  functions,  trhn  sIikh!  lirm  in  Ihr  worst  of  limrg. 

AM)  he  brought  me  b.icktolhc  way  of  the  gate 
of  the  outward  sanctuary,  which  looked  to- 
wards the  east:  and  i(  was  shut. 

2  And  the  Lord  said  to  me:  This  gate  shall  be 
Hint  :  it  shall  not  U'  opened;  and  no  man  shall  pass 
tl, rough  it ;  because  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel 
hath  entered  in  by  it  :   and  it  shall  lie  shut 

3  For  the  prince.     The  prime  himself  shall  sit 

in  it,  to  eat  bread  before  the  Lord  :  he  shall  enter  in 

*  Tht  JtritL  Thai  i«,  I  lie  altar  it«rlf.  or  rather  tlw  lnrli.«l  pari  of 
41.  upon  which  Ihr  l>iirnl-oScrinjr»  »•  rr  bud.  In  the  Hebrew  il  i- 
Hani,  that  u,  Iht  mmiltn  of  Corf,  bat  In  the  (otto*  tug  verse  ILarul 

M 


by  tin-  vvav  of  l he  porch  of  the  gate,  and  shall  go 
out   by  the  same  vva>  . 

4  And  he  brought  me  by  the  way  of  the  north 
eale  in  the  sight  of  the  house  :  and  I  saw,  and  be- 
hold, ihe  glory  of  the  Lord  filled  the  house  ol  the 
I, oid  :   ami  I   fell  on  mv  I 

6  And  the  Lord  said  to  me:  Son  of  man,  attend 
with  tin  heart,  and  behold  with  ihy  eves,  mid  bear 
w  ith  thy  t  ars  all  that  I  say  to  (bee  concerning  all 
the  ceremonies  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  ami  con- 
cerning all  the  laws  thereof:  and  mark  well  the 
vvavs  o|  the  temple,  w  ilh  all  the  goings  out  ol  the 
sanctuary. 

6  And  thou  shalt  say  to  the  house  of  Israel  that 
provokeih  me  :  Thus  sail h  the  Lord  CJod  :  Let  atl 
vour  wicked  doings  suffice  yott,  0  house  of  Israel  : 

7  In  that  vou  have  brought  in  strangers  uni  ir- 
cumeised  in  heart,  and  uncirt  umcised  in  flesh,  it 
be  in  my    sanctuary,    and  lo  defile  my  house:   ami 

um  oiler  mv  bread,  the  fat,  and  the  blood:  and  you 

have  broken  mv  cov  euant  by  all  v  our  wicked  doings. 

8  Ami  you  have  not  kept  ihe  ordinances  of  mv 
sanctuary:    but  you    have  set  keepers  of  no  charge 

iu  my  sanctuary  lor  yourselves. 

9  Thussaiih  the  Lord  (iod:  No  stranger  um  ir- 
cumcised  in  heart,  and  uncircunieised  in  llesh,  shall 
enter  into  my  sanctuary,  no  stranger  that  is  in  the 
midst  of  the  childien  of  Israel. 

10  Moreover  theLevttes  that  went  away  far  from 
me,  w  hen  the  children  of  Israel  went  astray,  and 
have  wandered  from  me  after  their  idols,  and  have 
Ivorne  their  iniquity  : 

1 1  They  shall  be  officers  in  my  sanctuary,  and 
door-keepers  of  ihe  gales  of  the  house,  and    minis- 

lterstothehou.se:  they  shall  slay  the  holocausts. 
and  the  victims  of  the  people  :  ami  they  shall  stand 
in  their  sight,  to  minister  to  them. 

12  Because  they  ministered  to  t In  m  before  il.<  ir 
idols,  and  were  a  stumbling-block  of  iniquilv  to  the 
house  of  Israel  :  therefore  hav  e  I  Idled  up  my  \r.t\n] 
against  them,  saith  the  Lord  God:  and  lluv  shall 
bear  their  iniquity  : 

13  And  they  shall  not  come  near  to  me,  to  do 
theoiliceof  priesl  lo  me:  neiiht  rshall  ihev  eoinencar 
lo  auv  of  mv  holv  things  that  are  hv  the  holy  ol 
holies:  hut  ihev  slmll  bear  (heir  shame,  and  llicii 
w  ii  kednesses  vv  huh  (hey  have  Committed. 

14  And  I  will  make  iluni  door-keepers  of  the 
bouse,  for  all  the  service  thereof,  and  foi  all  tli.it 
shall  be  done  therein. 

lo   lint  the  priests,  and  Levites,  the  snnsof  Sadoc. 

who  kept  the  ceremonies  of  my  sanctuary,  when 
the  children  of  Israel  went  astray  from  me,  they 
•hall  come  near  tome,  to  minister  to  me:  and  they 

shall  stand  before  me,  to  offer  me  the  fat,  and  the 
blood,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

1G  They  shall  enter  into  my  sanctuary,  ami 
ihev  shall  come  near  to  mv  (able,  to  minister  unto 
me,  and  to  keep  my  eereiiioni-  S. 


Ihat  ii.  thr  lion  tf  G»4:  a  furnrr,  from  lis  rntMnnMkf,  and  a*  it  \ 
■Ii  tiin-iiiir  thr  .acriltrrs.  a»  a  Ih>o  oVsoam  i 

t  Ctmsrcrmtt  it.     Literally,  fill  its  ksmd,  that  is.  dedicate  and  apph  il 
lobolv  service. 


CHAP.  XLV. 


17  And  when  they  shall  enter  in  at  the  gates  of 
the  inner  court,  they  shall  be  clothed  with  linen  gar- 
ments :  neither  shall  any  woollen  come  upon  them, 
when  they  minister  in  the  gates  of  the  inner  court 
and  within. 

1 8  They  shall  have  linen  mitres  on  their  heads, 
and  linen  breeches  on  their  loins:  and  they  shall 
not  be  girded  with  any  thing  that  causeth  sweat. 

19  And  when  they  shall  go  forth  to  the  outward 
court  to  the  people,  they  shall  put  off  their  garments 
wherein  they  ministered,  and  lay  them  up  in  the 
store-chamber  of  the  sanctuary:  and  they  shall 
clothe  themselves  with  other  garments:  and  they 
shall  not  sanctify  the  people  with  their  vestments.* 

20  Neither  shall  they  shave  their  heads,  nor  wear 
lonj{  hair:  but  they  shall  only  poll  their  heads. 

21  And  no  priest  shall  drink  wine  when  he  is  to 
go  into  the  inner  court. 

22  Neither  shall  they  take  to  wife  a  widow,  nor 
one  that  is  divorced:  but  they  shall  take  virgins  of 
the  seed  of  the  house  of  Israel:  but  they  may  take 
a  widow  also,  that  is  the  widow  of  a  priest. 

23  And  they  shall  teach  my  people  the  difference 
between  holy  and  profane,  and  show  them  how  to 
discern  between  clean  and  unclean. 

24  And  yvhen  there  shall  be  a  controversy,  they 
shall  stand  in  my  judgments,  and  shall  judge:  they 
shall  keep  my  laws,  and  my  ordinances  in  all  my 
solemnities,  and  sanctify  my  sabbaths. 

25  And  they  shall  come  near  no  dead  person, 
lest  they  be  defiled ;  only  their  father  and  mother, 
and  son  and  daughter,  and  brother  and  sister,  that 
hath  not  had  another  husband  ;  for  whom  they  may 
become  unclean. 

26  And  after  one  is  cleansed,  they  shall  reckon 
unto  him  seven  days. 

27  And  in  the  day  that  he  goeth  into  the  sanctuary 
to  the  inner  court,  to  minister  unto  me  in  the  sanc- 
tuary, he  shall  offer  for  his  sin,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

28  And  they  shall  have  no  inheritance:  I  am 
their  inheritance :  neither  shall  you  give  them  any 
possession  in  Israel;  for  lam  their  possession. 

29  They  shall  eat  the  victim  both  for  sin  and  for 
trespass:  and  every  vowed  thing  in  Israel  shall  be 
theirs. 

30  And  the  first-fruits  of  all  the  first-born,  and 
all  the  libations  of  all  things  that  are  offered,  shall 
be  the  priests':  and  you  shall  give  the  first-fruits  of 
your  meats  to  the  priest,  that  he  may  return  a  bless- 
ing upon  thy  house. 

31  The  priests  shall  not  eat  of  any  thing  that  is 
dead  of  itself,  or  caught  by  a  beast,  whether  it  be 
fowl  or  cattle. 

CHAP.  XLV. 

Portions  of  land  for  the  sanctuary,  for  the  city  and  for  the 
prince.     Ordinances  for  the  prince. 

\  ND  when  you  shall  begin  to  divide  the  land  by 
-£*-  lot,  separate  ye  first-fruits  to  the  Lord,  a  por- 
tion of  the  land  to  be  holy,  in  length  twenty-five 


*  SUall  not  sanctify  the  people  with  their  vestments.  By  exposing  them 
to  the  danger  of  touching  the  sacred  vestments,  which  none  were  to 
♦.ouch  but  they  that  wire  wtnntified. 

4S 


thousand,!  and  in  breadth  ten  thousand  :  it  shall  be 
holy  in  all  the  borders  thereof  round  about. 

2  And  there  shall  be  for  the  sanctuary  on  every  side 
five  hundred  by  five  hundred,  foursquare  round  about: 
and  fifty  cubits  for  the  suburbs  thereof  round  about. 

3  And  with  this  measure  thou  shalt  measure  the 
length  of  five  and  twenty  thousand,  and  the  breadth 
of  ten  thousand  :  and  in  it  shall  be  the  temple,  and 
the  holy  of  holies. 

4  The  holy  portion  of  the  land  shall  be  for  the 
prieststhe  ministersof  the  sanctuary,  who  come  near 
to  the  ministry  of  the  Lord:  and  it  shall  be  a  place  for 
their  houses,  and  for  the  holy  place  of  the  sanctuary. 

5  And  five  and  twenty  thousand  of  length,  and 
ten  thousand  of  breadth  shall  be  for  the  Levites, 
that  minister  in  the  house  :  they  shall  possess  twen- 
ty store-chambers. 

6  And  you  shall  appoint  the  possession  of  the 
city  five  thousand  broad,  and  five  and  twenty  thou- 
sand long,  according  to  the  separation  of  the  sanc- 
tuary, for  the  whole  house  of  Israel. 

7  For  the  prince  also  on  the  one  side  and  on  the 
other  side,  according  to  the  separation  of  the  sanc- 
tuary, and  according  to  the  possession  of  the  city, 
over-againstthe  separation  of  the  sanctuary,  and  over- 
against  the  possession  of  the  city;  from  the  side  of 
the  sea  even  to  the  sea,  and  from  the  side  of  the 
east  even  to  the  east.  And  the  length  according  to 
every  part  from  the  west  border  to  the  east  border. 

8  He  shall  have  a  portion  of  the  land  in  Israel : 
and  the  princes  shall  no  more  rob  my  people:  but 
they  shall  give  the  land  to  the  house  of  Israel  ac- 
cording to  their  tribes. 

9  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God :  Let  it  suffice  you, 
O  princes  of  Israel :  cease  from  iniquity  and  rob- 
beries, and  execute  judgment  and  justice:  separate 
your  confines  from  my  people,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

10  You  shall  have  just  balances,  and  a  just  ephi, 
and  a  jusi  bate. 

11  Theephiundthebatef  shall  be  equal,  and  of  one 
measure:  that  the  bate  may  contain  the  tenth  part  of 
a  core,  and  the  ephi  the  tenth  part  of  a  core  :  their 
weight  shall  be  equal  according  to  the  measure  of  a 
core. 

12  And  the  sickle,  hath  twenty  obols.  Now  twen- 
ty sickles,  and  five  and  twenty  sickles,  and  fifteen 
sickles  make  a  mna. 

13  And  these  are  the  first-fruits,  which  you  shall 
take  :  the  sixth  part  of  an  ephi  of  a  core  of  wheat, 
and  the  sixth  part  of  an  ephi  of  a  core  of  barley. 

14  The  measure  of  oil  also,  a  bate  of  oil  is  the 
tenth  part  of  a  core  :  and  ten  bates  make  a  core  : 
for  ten  bates  fill  a  core. 

15  And  one  ram  out  of  a  flock  of  two  hundred, 
of  those  that  Israel  feedeth  for  sacrifice,  and  for 
holocausts,  and  for  peace-offerings,  to  make  atone- 
ment for  them,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

16  All  the  people  of  the  land  shall  be  bound  to 
these  first-fruits  for  the  prince  in  Israel. 

17  And  the  prince  shall  give  the  holocaust,  and 


f   Twenty-Jive  thousand,  viz.  Reeds  or  cubits. 

\   The  ephi  and  the  bale.     These  measures  were  of  equal  capacic* 
but  the  bate  served  for  liquids,  ar.d  the  evhi  for  dry  things 

fi89 


kzkchikl. 


tin-  ■nrrificu,  ud  the  libations  on  the  feasts,  sod  on 
the  wwmooas.  and  on  the  sabbaths,  and  on  all  the 

solemnities  of  tlic  house  nt'  Israel  :  ht>  shall  oiler  the 
rificeforstttj  and  the  holocaust,  and  the  pence- 
offerings  to  make  expiation  for  the  house  of  Israel. 

18  Thus  saiththa  Lord  Clod  :  lii  the  first  month) 
the  first  of  the  month,  thou  shalttake  ■  calf  of  the 
herd  without  blemish  :  and  thou  shah  expiate  the 
sanctuary. 

VJ  And  the  priest  shall  take  of  dm  blood  of  the 
sin-offering  :  and  be  shall  put  it  on  the  posts  of  the 

house,  and  on  ihe  four  corners  of  the  In "im  of  the  al- 
tar, ami  on  the  posts  of  the  gate  of  the  inner  court. 

\ikLso  shah  thou  do  in  the  seventh  day  of  the 
month,  for  every  one  thai  hath  been  ignorant*  and 
hath  been  deceived  by  error:  and  thou  shalt  make 
aiion  for  the  bouse. 

21  In  the  lir>t  month,  the  fourteenth  day  of  the 
month,  youshall  observe  the  solemnity  of  the  pasch  : 
seven  days  uulea\ened  bread  shall  be  eaten. 

22  And  the  prince  on  that  day  shall  offer  for  him- 
self, and  for  all  the  people  of  the  land,  a  calf  for  sin. 

23  And  in  the  solemnity  of  the  seven  days  he 
shall  offer  for  a  holocaust  to  the  Lord,  seven  cahes. 
and  se\en  rams  without  blemish  daily  for  seven 
days  :  and  for  sin  a  he-goat  daily. 

24  And  he  shall  offer  the  sacrifice  of  an  ephi  for 
iv  calf;  and  an  ephi  for  every  ram ;  and  a  bin 

of  oil  tor  every  ephi. 

In  the  seventh  month,  in  the  fifteenth  day  of 
the  month,  in  the  solemn  feast,  he  shall  do  the  like 
for  the  seven  days  ;  as  well  in  regard  to  the  sin- 
ofiering,  as  to  the  holocaust,  and  the  sacrifice,  and 

the  oil. 

CHAP.  XLVI. 

Olhrr  ordinances  for  the  prince  and  for  the  inert [fires. 

'T'lIUS  eaith  the  Lord  God  :  The  gate  of  the  b> 

-*-    ner  court  that  looketh  toward  the  east,  shall 

be  shut  the  six  daya  on  which  work  is  done :  pot  on 

the  sabbath-day  it  shall  be  opened  ;  yea  and  on  the 

day  of  the  new  moon  it  shall  be  opened. 

2  And  the  prince  shall  enter  by  the  way  of  the 
porch  of  the  gate  from  without  ;  and  he  shall  stand 
at  the  threshold  of  the  ate:  and  the  priests  shall 
offer  his  holocaust,  and  his  peace-offerings  :  and  he 
shall  adore  upon  the  threshold  of  the  gate,  and  shall 
go  out :  but  the  gate  shall  not  be  shut  till  thceveniiiK. 

3  And  the  people  of  the  land  shall  adore  at  the 
door  of  that  gate  before  the  Lord  on  the  sabbaths, 
and  on  the  new  moons. 

•V  And  the  holocaust  that  the  prince  shall  offer  to 
the  Lord  on  the  sabbath-day.  shall  l>c  six  lambs 
without  blemish,  and  a  ram  without  blemish  : 

.')  And  the  sacrifice  of  an  ephi  for  a  ram  ;  but  for 
the  htmbl  what  sacrifice  his  hand  shall  allow  ;  and 
a  bin  of  oil  for  every  ephi. 

6  And  on  the  day  of  tin  n<  vv  moon  a  calf  of  the 
herd  without  blemish  :  and  the  six  lambs,  and  the 
rains  shall  be  without  blemish. 

7  And  he  shall  offer  in  sacrifice  an  ephi  for  a  calf, 
an  ephi  ;dso  for  a  ram  ;  but  fortbfl  lambs  as  his  hand 
•ball  find  ;  and  a  bin  ol  oil  for  cv civ  ephi. 

8  And  when  the  prince  is  to  go  in.  let  him  go  in 


bj  the  wax  of  the  poieh  of  the  gate  ;  and  let  him  gn 
out  the  same  w  iv . 

9  Bui  when  the  people  of  the  land  shall  . 
before  the  Lord  in  the  solemn  (east,  he  that  goeth 
ill  bv  the  north  gate  to  adore,  shall  go  out  by  the 
wax  of  the  south  gate:  and  he  that  goeth  in  by  the 
vv  ay  of  the  south  gate,  shall  go  out  by  the  vv  iv  of  the 
north  gate:  he  shall  not  return  by  the  wax  of  the 
gate  whereby  he  came  in  ;  but  s'.all  go  -_<it  at  that 
nv< ir-agarnst  it. 

10  And  the  prince  in  the  midst  of  them,  shall  go 
in  w  hen  they  go  in,  and  go  out  when  they  e.o  out. 

1 1  And  in  the  fairs,  and  in  the  solemnities,  there 
shall  be  the  sacrifice  of  an  ephi  to  a  calf,  and  an 
ephi  to  a  ram  :  and  tothe  lambs,  the  sacrifice  shall  bi- 
as his  hand  shall  find:  and  a  bin  of  oil  to  every  ephi. 

12  But  when  the  prince  shall  offer  a  voluntarv 
holocaust,  or  voluntary  peace-offerings  to  the  Lord, 
the  gate  that  looketh  towards  the  east  shall  Ik;  open- 
ed to  him:  and  he  shall  oiler  his  holocaust  ami  his 
peace-offerings,  as  it  is  wont  to  be  done  on  the  sab- 
bath-day :  and  he  shall  go  out :  and  the  gate  shall 
be  shut  after  he  is  gone  forth. 

13  And  he  shall  oiler  every  day  for  a  holocaust 
to  the  Lord,  a  lamb  of  the  same  year  without  ble- 
mish :  he  shall  offer  it  always  in  the  morning. 

14  And  he  shall  offer  the  sacrifice  for  it  morning 
by  morning,  the  sixth  part  of  an  ephi  :  and  the  third 
part  of  a  tun  of  oil  to  be  mingled  w  ith  the  fine  flour: 
a  sacrifice  to  the  Lord  by  ordinance,  continual  and 
everlasting. 

15  He  shall  offer  the  lamb,  and  the  sacrifice,  and 
theoil  morning  bv  morning;  an  everlasting  I  loloaust. 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord [God  :  If  the  prime  civea 
gift  to  any  of  his  sons,  the  inheritance  of  it  shall  go  to 
his  children  :  they  shall  possess  it  by  inheritance. 

17  But  if  he  give  a  legacy  out  of  his  inheritance 
to  one  of  his  servants,  it  shall  be  his  until  the  year 
of  release  :  and  it  shall  return  to  the  prince  :  but 
his  inheritance  shall  go  to  his  sons. 

18  And  the  prince  shall  not  take  of  the  people's 
inheritance  by  violence,  nor  of  their  possession  :  but 
out  of  hisown  |K)ssession  he  shall  give  an  inheritance 
to  his  sons  :  that  my  people  be  not  diaper*  d  BVl  fj 
man  from  his  possession. 

19  And  be  brought  me  in  by  the  entry,  that  eras 

at  the  side  of  the  gale,  into  the  chambers  of  the 
sanctuary/A"?  win  for  the  priests,  which  looked 
toward  the  north.  And  there  was  a  place  bending 
to  the  w  est. 

20  And  he  said  to  me  :  This  is  the  place  w  here 
the  priests  shall  boil  the  sin-oflcrim:.  and  the  n 
pass-offering;    where  they  shall  dress  the  sacril 
that  they  may  not  bring  it  out  into  the  outward  court, 
and  the  people  be  sanctified. 

21  And  he  bronchi  me  into  the  outward  court  : 
and  he  led  me  about  by  the  four  corners  ol  the  court : 
and  behold,  there  vv;is  a  little  court  in  the  corner  of 
the  court:  to  even  corner  of  the  court  there  was  a 
little  court 

22  In  the  four  comers  of  the  court  were  little 
courts  disposed,  fortj  cubits  long,  and  thiitv  broad. 
all  the  four  weieol  one  measure. 


CHAP.  XLVII,  XLVIII 

23  And  there  was  a  wall  round  about  compassing 
the  four  little  courts  :  and  there  were  kitchens  built 
under  the  rows  round  ahout. 

24  And  he  said  to  me  :  This  is  the  house  of  the 
kitchens  wherein  the  ministers  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord  shall  boil  the  victims  of  the  people. 

CHAP.  XLVII. 

The  vision  of  the  holy  waters  issuing  out  from  under  the  temple  : 
the  borders  of  the  land  to  be  divided  among  the  twelve  tribes. 

AND  he  brought  me  again  to  the  gate  of  the  house: 
and  behold,  waters*  issued  out  from  under  the 
threshold  of  the  house  toward  the  east :  for  the  fore- 
front of  the  house  looked  toward  the  east :  but  the 
waters  came  down  to  the  right  side  of  the  temple, 
to  the  south  part  of  the  altar. 

2  And  he  led  me  out  by  the  way  of  the  north 
gate  :  and  he  caused  me  to  turn  to  the  way  without 
the  outward  gate,  to  the  way  that  looked  toward  the 
east:  and  behold,  there  ran  out  waters  on  the  right  side. 

3  And  when  the  man  that  had  the  line  in  his 
hand  went  out  towards  the  east,  he  measured  a  thou- 
sand cubits  :  and  he  brought  me  through  the  water 
up  to  the  ankles. 

4  And  again  he  measured  a  thousand  :  and  he 
brought  me  through  the  water  up  to  the  knees. 

5  And  he  measured  a  thousand  :  and  he  brought 
me  through  the  water  up  to  the  loins.  And  he  measur- 
ed a  thousand  :  and  it  ivas  a  torrent,  which  I  could 
not  pass  over:  for  the  waters  were  risen  so  as  to 
make  a  deep  torrent,  which  could  not  be  passed  over. 

6  And  he  said  to  me  :  Surely  thou  hast  seen,  O 
son  of  man.  And  he  brought  me  out :  and  he  caused 
me  to  turn  to  the  bank  of  the  torrent. 

7  And  when  I  had  turned  myself,  behold,  on  the 
bank  of  the  torrent  were  very  manytreeson  both  sides. 

8  And  he  said  to  me  :  These  waters  that  issue 
forth  toward  the  hillocks  of  sand  to  the  east,  and  go 
down  to  the  plains  of  the  desert,  shall  go  into  the  sea, 
and  shall  go  out :  and  the  waters  shall  be  healed. 

9  And  every  living  creature  that  creepeth  whi- 
thersoever the  torrent  shall  come,  shall  live  :  and 
rhere  shall  be  fishes  in  abundance  after  these  waters 
shall  come  thither :  and  they  shall  be  healed ;  and  all 
things  shall  live  to  which  the  torrent  shall  come. 

10  And  the  fishes  shall  stand  over  these  icaters ; 
from  Engaddi  even  to  Engallim  there  shall  be  dry- 
ing of  nets  :  there  shall  be  many  sorts  of  the  fishes 
thereof,  as  the  fishes  of  the  great  sea,  a  very  great 
multitude. 

11  But  on  the  shore  thereof,  and  in  the  fenny 
places,  they  shall  not  be  healed  ;  because  they  shall 
be  turned  into  salt-pits. 

12  And  by  the  torrent  on  the  banks  thereof  on 
both  sides  shall  grow  all  trees  that  bear  fruit :  then- 
leaf  shall  not  fall  off,  and  their  fruit  shall  not  fail  : 
every  month  shall  they  bring  forth  first  fruits ;  be- 
cause *.he  waters  thereof  shall  issue  out  of  the  sanc- 
tuary .  and  the  fruits  thereof  shall  be  for  food,  and 
the  leaves  thereof  for  medicine. 


13  Thussaith  the  Lord  God:  This  is  the  border, 
by  which  you  shall  possess  the  land  according  to 
the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel :  for  Joseph  hath  a  double 
portion. 

14  And  you  shall  possess  it,  every  man  in  like 
manner  as  his  brother:  concerning  which  I  lifted 
up  my  hand  to  give  it  to  your  fathers  :  and  this  land 
shall  fall  unto  you  for  a  possession. 

15  And  this  is  the  border  of  the  land :  toward  the 
north  side,  from  the  great  sea  by  the  way  of  Hetha- 
lon,  as  men  go  to  Sedada, 

16  Emath,  Berotha,  Sabarim,  which  is  between 
the  borderof  Damascus  and  the  border  of  Emath,  the 
house  of  Tichon,  which  is  by  the  border  of  Auran 

17  And  the  border  from  the  sea  even  to  the  court 
of  Enon,  shall  be  the  border  of  Damascus,  ar.r. 
from  the  north  to  the  north:  the  border  of  Emath, 
this  is  the  north  side. 

18  And  the  east  side  is  from  the  midst  of  Auran, 
and  from  the  midst  of  Damascus,  and  from  the 
midst  of  Galaad,  and  from  the  midst  of  the  land  of 
Israel,  Jordan  making  the  bound  to  the  east  sea  :  and 
thus  you  shall  measure  the  east  side. 

19  And  the  south  side  southward  is  from  Tha- 
mar  even  to  the  waters  of  contradiction  of  Cades; 
and  the  torrent  even  to  the  great  sea:  and  this  is  the 
south  side  southward. 

20  And  the  side  toward  the  sea,  is  the  great  sea 
from  the  borders  straight  on,  till  thou  come  to 
Emath  :  this  is  the  side  of  the  sea. 

21  And  you  shall  divide  this  land  unto  you  by 
the  tribes  of  Israel : 

22  And  you  shall  divide  it  by  lot  for  an  inherit- 
ance to  you,  and  to  the  strangers  that  shall  come 
over  to  you,  that  shall  beget  children  among  you: 
and  they  shall  be  unto  you  as  men  of  the  same  coun- 
try born  among  the  children  of  Israel 
vide  the  possession  with  you  in 
tribes  of  Israel. 

23  And  in  what  tribe  soever  the  stranger  shall 
give   him  possession,  saith  the 


they  shall  di- 
the  midst  of  the 


*  Waters.  These  waters  are  not  to  be  understood  literally  ;  (for  there 
were  none  such  that  flowed  from  the  temple;)  but  mystically,  of  the 
baptism  of  Christ,  and  of  his  doctrine  and  his  grace :  the  trees  that 
grow  on  the  banks  are  ch .istian  virtues:  the  f'.shes  are  christians, 


be,  there  shall  you 
Lord  God. 

CHAP.  XLVIII. 

The  portions  of  the  twelve  tribes,  of  the  sanctuary,  of  the  city, 
and  of  the  prince.      The  dimensions  and  gates  of  the  city. 

AND  these  are  the  names  of  the  tribes  from  the 
borders  of  the  north,  by  the  way  of  Hethalon, 
as  they  go  to  Emath,  the  court  of  Enan  the  borders 
of  Damascus  northward,  Ivy  the  way  of  Emath.  And 
from  the  east  side  thereof,  to  the  sea  shall  be  one 
portion  for  Dan. 

2  And  by  the  borderof  Dan,  from  the  east  side 
even  to  the  side  of  the  sea,  one  portion  for  Aser  : 

3  And  by  the  border  of  Aser,  from  the  east  side 
even  to  the  side  of  the  sea,  one  portion  for  Nephthali. 

4  And  by  the  border  of  Nephthali,  from  the  east 
side  even  to  the  side  of  the  sea,  one  portion  for  Ma- 
nasses. 

5  Andby  theborderof  Manasses,from  theeastside 
even  to  the  side  of  the  sea,  one  portion  for  Ephraim. 


that  spiritually  live  in  and  by  these  holy  waters:  the  fishermen  are  the 
apostles,  and  apostolic  preachers  :  the  fenny  places,  where  there  is 
no  health,  are  such  as  by  being  out  of  the  churca  are  separated  from 
these  waters  of  life. 

691 


KZKCHIKL. 


b  And  by  the  border  of  Kphraiin,    from  1 1« ■ 
side  even  to  the  side  of  the  sea.   one    portion  lor 
Ruben. 

7  And  by  the  border  of  Ruben,  from  the  east  side 
even  to  the  side  of  the  sen,  one  portion  tor  .Itida. 

8  And  by  the  border  of  Juda.  from  the  em  ride 
even  to  the  side  of  the  sea,  shall  be  the  first-fruits 
which  you  shall  set  apart,  live  and  twenty  thousand 
in  breadth, and  in  length,  as  every  one  of  the  portions 
from  the  out  ride  to  the  side  of  the  sea:  and  the 
vinrtiiary  shall  be  in  the  midst  thereof. 

9  The  first-fruits  which  you  shall  set  apart  for 
the  Lord,  shaJl  be  the  length  of  five  and  twenty 
thousand,  and  the  breadth  often  thousand. 

10  And  these  shall  be  the  first-fruits  of  the  sanc- 
tuary for  the  priests:  toward  the  north  five  and  twen- 
ty thousand  in  length,  and  toward  the  sea  ten  thou- 
sand in  breadth,  and  toward  the  east  also  ten  thou- 
sand in  breadth,  and  toward  the  south  five  and  twen- 
t\  thousand  in  length:  and  the  sanctuary  of  the 
Lord  shall  he  in  the  midst  thereof. 

1 1  The  sanctuary  shall  be  for  the  priests  of  the 
sons  of  Sadoc,  who  kept  my  ceremonies,  and  went 
not  astray  when  the  children  of  Israel  went  astray, 
as  the  Levites  also  went  astray. 

1 1  And  for  them  shall  be  the  first-fruits  of  the 
first-fruits  of  the  laud  holy  of  holies,  by  the  border 
of  the  Levites. 

13  And  the  Levites  in  like  manner  shall  have  by 
the  borders  of  the  priests  five  and  twenty  thousand 
in  length,  and  ten  thousand  in  breadth.  All  the 
length  shall  be  five  and  twenty  thousand,  and  the 
breadth  ten  thousand. 

1 1  And  they  shall  not  sell  thereof  nor  exchange: 
neither  shall  the  first-fruits  of  the  land  be  alienated: 
became  they  are  sanctified  to  the  Lord. 

15  Hut  the  five  thousand  that  remain  in  the  breadth 
over-against  the  five  and  twenty  thousand,  shall  be 
a  profane  place  for  the  city  for  dwelling,  and  for 
suburbs:  and  the  city  shall  be  in  the  midst  thereof. 

16  And  these  are  the  measures  thereof:  on  the 
north  side  four  thousand  and  five  hundred;  and  on 
the  south  side  four  thousand  and  five  hundred;  and 
on  the  east  side  four  thousand  and  five  hundred  ; 
and  on  the  west  side  four  thousand  and  five  hun- 
dred. 

17  And  the  suburbs  of  the  city  shall  be  to  the 
north  two  hundred  and  fifty,  and  to  the  south  two 
hundred  and  fifty,  and  to  the  east  two  hundred  and 
fifty,  and  to  the  sea  two  hundred  and  fifty. 

18  And  the  residue  in  length  by  the  first-fruits  of 
the  sanctuary,  ten  thousand  toward  the  east,  and 
ten  thousand  toward  the  west,  shall  be  as  the  first- 
fruits  of  the  sanctuary:  and  the  fruits  thereof  shall 
be  for  bread  to  them  that  serve  the  city. 

1!'  And  they  that  srrve  the  city  shall  serve  it  out 

of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel. 

20  All  the  first  fruits  of  five  and  twentv  thousand, 
ass 


by  five  and  twenty  thousand  foursquare,  shall  be 
part  tor  the  first-fruits  of  the  sanctuary,  and  for 
the  possession  of  the  city. 

21  And  the  residue  shall  be  for  the  prince  on 
every  side  of  the  first-fruits  of  the  sanctuary,  and  ot 
the  possession  of  the  city  over-against  the  live  and 
twenty  thousand  of  the  first-fruits  unto  the  east  bor- 
der: toward  the  sea  also  over-against  the  five  and 

twenty  thousand,  unto  the  border  of  the  sea,  shall 
likewise  be  the  portion  of  the  prince:  and  the  first- 
fruits  of  the  sanctuary,  and  the  sanctuary  of  the  tem- 
ple shall  be  in  the  midst  thereof. 

22  And  from  the  possession  of  the  Levites,  and 
from  the  possession  oi  the  city  uliich  arc  in  the  midst 
of  the  prince's  portions:  total  shall  be  to  the  l>order 
of  Juda,  and  to  the  border  of  Benjamin,  shall  also 
belong  to  the  prince. 

23  And  for  the  rest  of  the  tribes:  from  the  east 
side  to  the  west  side,  one  portion  for  Benjamin. 

24  And  over-against    the   border    of  lienja 


mm, 


—  —        •-••«         v....        •>_•«»■•.     I         IIIV.  I.w,   tn      i  ut  I    I  I      |  IJ.|  I  1  I   I  II  . 

from  the  east  side  to  the  west  side,  one  portion  for 
Simeon. 

25  And  by  the  border  of  Simeon,  from  the  east 
side  to  the  west  side,  one  portion  foe  Isnarhar 

26  And  by  the  border  of  [ssachar,  from  the  east 
side  to  the  west  side,  one  portion  forZabulon. 

27  And  by  the  border  of  Zabulon,  from  the  east 
side  to  the  side  of  the  sea,  one  portion  for  Gad. 

28  And  by  the  borderof  Gad,  the  south  side  south- 
ward :  and  the  border  shall  be  from  Thamar,  even 
to  the  waters  of  contradiction  of  Cades,  the  inherit- 
ance over-against  the  great  sea. 

29  This  is  the  land  which  you  shall  divide  by  lot 
to  the  tribes  of  Israel:  and  these  are  the  portions  ol 
them,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

30  And  these  are  the  goings  out  of  the  city  :  on 
the  north  side  thou  shah  measure  four  thousand  ami 
five  hundred. 

31  And  the  gates  of  the  city  according  to  the  names 
of  the  tribes  of  Israel;  three  gates  on  the  north  side, 
the  gate  of  Ruben  one,  the  gate  of  Juda  one,  the  gate 
of  Levi  one. 

32  And  at  the  east  side,  four  thousand  and  five 
hundred;  and  three  gates,  the  gate  of  Joseph  one, 
the  Kate  of  Benjamin  one,  the  gate  of  Dan  one. 

33  And  at  the  south  side,  thou  shalt  measure  four 
thousand  and  five  hundred:  and  time  gates,  the  gate 
of  Simeon  one,  the  gate  of  Issachar  one,  the  gate  of 
Zabulon  one. 

34  And  at  the  west  side,  four  thousand  and  five 
hundred;  and  their  three  gates,  the  gate  of  Gad  one. 
the  gate  of  Aser  one,  the  gate  of  Nephthali  one. 

35  Its  circumference  was  eighteen  thousand;  aim 
the  name  of  the  city  from  that  day,  The  Lord  is 
there.* 


*   Tke  l^ri  it  Ikm.     Thii  name  ia  here  frirrn  I  Miat  it,  to 

urtli  <>f  (  hn<.t :  because  tlie  Lord  u  alwayi  with  fcer  'ill  ttic  *o* 
■  if  the  world.    St.  XaUknt  x»riii.  20 


THE 


PROPHECY  OF  DANIEL. 


Daniel,  wh  se  wvme  signifies  the  judgment  of  God,  wa~s  of  the 
royal  blood  of  the  kings  of  Juda  ;  and  one,  of  those  that  were 
first  of  all  carried  away  into  captivity.  He  was  so  renowned 
for  wisdom  and  knowledge,  that  it  became  a  proverb  among 
the.  Babylonians,  as  wise  as  Daniel,  (Ezech.  xxviii.  3.)  And 
his  holiness  was  so  great  from  his  very  childhood,  that  at  the 
time  when  he  was  as  yet  but  a  young  man,  he  is  joined  by  the 
Spirit  of  God  with  Noe  and  Job,  as  three  persons  most  emi- 
nent for  virtue  and  sanctity,  Ezech.  xiv.  He  is  not  commonly 
numbered  by  the  Hebrews  among  the  prophets :  because  he  lived 
at  court,  and  in  high  station  in  the  world:  but  if  we  con- 
sider his  many  clear  predictions  of  things  to  come,  we  shall 
find  that  no  one  better  deserves  the  name  and  title  of  a  pro- 
phet ;  which  also  has  been  given  him  by  the  Son  of  God  him- 
self; Matt.  xxiv.    Mark    xiii.  Luke  xxi. 

CHAP.  I. 

Daniel  and  his  companions  are  taken  into  the  palace  of  the  Icing 
of  Babylon :  they  abstain  from  his  meat  and  wine,  and 
succeed  better  with  pulse  and  water.  Their  excellence  in 
wisdom. 

IN  the  third  year  of  the  reign  of  Joakim  king  of 
Juda,  Nabuehodonosor  king  of  Babylon  came  to 
Jerusalem,  and  besieged  it  : 

2  And  the  Lord  delivered  into  his  hands  Joakim 
the  king  of  Juda,  and  part  of  the  vessels  of  the 
house  of  God  :  and  he  carried  them  away  into  the 
land  of  Sennaar,  to  the  house  of  his  god  :*  and  the 
vessels  he  brought  into  the  treasure-house  of  his  god. 

3  And  the  king  spoke  to  Asphenez  the  master 
of  the  eunuchs,  that  he  should  bring  in  some  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  of  the  king's  seed,  and  of 
the  princes, 

4  Children  in  whom  there  was  no  blemish,  well 
favoured,  and  skilful  in  all  wisdom,  acute  in  know- 
ledge, and  instructed  in  science,  and  such  as  might 
stand  in  the  king's  palace ;  that  he  might  teach 
thorn  the  learning,  and  the  tongue  of  the  Chaldeans. 

5  And  the  king  appointed  them  a  daily  provision, 
of  his  own  meat,  and  of  the  wine  of  which  he  drank 
himself,  that  being  nourished  three  years,  afterwards 
they  might  stand  before  the  king. 

6  Now  there  were  among  them  of  the  children 
of  Juda,  Daniel,  Ananias,  Misael,  and  Azarias. 

7  And  the  master  of  the  eunuchs  gave  them 
names:  to  Daniel,  Baltassar  :  to  Ananias,  Sidrach: 
to  Misael,  Misach  :  and  to  Azarias,  Abdenago. 

8  But  Daniel  purposed  in  his  heart  that  he  would 
not  be  defiledf  with  the  king's  table,  nor  with  the 
wine  which  he  drank  :  and  he  requested  the  mas- 
ter of  the  eunuchs  that  he  might  not  be  denied. 

9  And  God  gave  to  Daniel  grace  and  mercy  in 
the  sight  of  the  prince  of  the  eunuchs. 

10  And  the  prince  of  the  eunuchs  said  to  Daniel: 
I  fear  my  Lord  the  king,  who  hath  appointed  you 
meat  and  drink  ;  who  if  he  should  see  your  faces 
leaner  than  those  of  the  other  youths,  your  equals, 
you  shall  endanger  my  head  to  the  king. 


*  Hte  god.     Bel  or  Belus,  the  principal  idol  of  the  Chaldeans, 
t  Be~dtfiled,  &c.  viz.  either  by  eating  meat  forbidden  by  the  law,  or 
winch  had  bren  before  offered  to  idols. 

t  Pulie.     That  is,  pease,  beans,  and  such  like. 


1 1  And  Daniel  said  to  Malasar,  whom  the  prince 
of  the  eunuchs  had  appointed  over  Daniel.  Ananias, 
Misaeh  and  Azarias  : 

12  Try,  I  beseech  thee,  tny  servants  for  ten  davs  : 
and  let  pulsej  be  given  us  to  eat,  and  water  to  driiik  : 

13  And  look  upon  our  faces,  and  the  faces  of  the 
children  that  eat  of  the  king's  meat :  and  as  thou 
shalt  see,  deal  with  thy  servants. 

14  And  when  he  had  heard  these  words,  he  tried 
them  for  ten  days. 

15  And  after  ten  days  their  faces  appeared  fairer 
and  fatter  than  all  the  children  that  ate  of  the  king's 
meat. 

16  So  Malasar  took  their  portions,  and  the  wine 
that  they  should  drink  :  and  he  gave  them  pulse. 

17  And  to  these  children  God  gave  knowledge, 
and  understanding  in  every  book,  and  wisdom  :  but 
to  Daniel  the  understanding  also  of  all  visions  and 
dreams. 

18  And  when  the  days  were  ended,  after  which 
the  king  had  ordered  that  they  should  be  brought 
in,  the  prince  of  the  eunuchs  brought  them  in  before 
Nabuehodonosor. 

19  And  when  the  king  had  spoken  to  them,  there 
were  not  found  among  them  all  such  as  Daniel,  Ana- 
nias, Misael,  and  Azarias  :  and  they  stood  in  the 
king's  presence. 

20  And  in  all  matters  of  wisdom  and  understand- 
ing, that  the  king  inquired  of  them,  he  found  them 
ten  times  better  than  all  the  diviners,  and  wise  men, 
that  were  in  all  his  kingdom. 

21  And  Daniel  continued  even  to  the  first  year 
of  king  Cyrus. 

CHAP.  II. 

Daniel,  by  divine  revelation,  declares  the  dream  of  Nabuehodo- 
nosor, and  the  interpretation  of  it.  He  is  highly  honoured 
by  the  king. 

TN  the  second  year§  of  the  reign  of  Nabuchodono- 
-■-  sor,  Nabuehodonosor  had  a  dream  ;  and  his 
spirit  was  terrified  ;  and  his  dream  went  out  of  his 
mind. 

2  Then  the  king  commanded  to  call  together  the 
diviners,  and  the  wise  men,  and  the  magicians,  and 
the  Chaldeans, ||  to  declare  to  the  king  his  dreams  : 
so  they  came  and  stood  before  the  king. 

3  And  the  king  said  to  them  :  I  saw  a  dream  : 
and  being  troubled  in  mind  I  know  not  what  1  saw. 

4  And  the  Chaldeans  answered  the  king  in  Sy- 
riac  :  O  king,  live  forever  :  tell  to  thy  servants  thy 
dream  :  and  we  will  declare  the  interpretation  thereof. 

5  And  the  king  answering  said  to  the  Chaldeans  : 
The  thing  is  gone  out  of  my  mind  :  unless  you  tell 
me  the  dream,  and  the  meaning  thereof,  you  shall 
be  put  to  death,  and  yourhouses  shall  beconfiscated. 

}  The  second  year,  viz.  from  the  death  of  his  father  IS  abopolassar : 
for  he  had  reigned  before  as   partner  with  his  father  in  the  empire 

||  The  Chaldeans.     That  is,  the  astrologers,  that  pretended  to  divin« 
by  stars. 

693 


DANIEL. 


6  But  if  you  ti'll  the  dream,  and  the  BHWUBg  of 
it,  yon  shall  receive  of  me  rewards,   and  gifts,  and 

it  honour :  therefore  tell  me  ihe  dream,  and  the 
interpretation  thereof. 

7  Tliiv  answered  again,  and  said  :  Let  the  king 
tell  his  >.,n  hi  >  the  dream,  and  we  will  declare  the 
ittb  rprciationof  it. 

8  The  king  answered,  and  said  :  I  know  for  cer- 
tain that  you  seek  to  gain  time;  since  you  know 
that  the  thing  is  gone  from  me. 

9  If  therefore  you  tell  me  not  the  dream,  there 
is  one  sentence  < oncemiim  yon,  that  vou  have  also 
framed  a  lying  interpretation,  and  full  of  deceit,  to 
■peak  before  me  till  the  time  pass  away.  Tell  me 
therefore  the  dieain,  that  I  may  know  that  you  also 
give  a  true  interpretation  thereof. 

10  Then  the  Chaldeans  answered  before  the 
kins,  and  said  :  There  is  no  man  upon  earth  that 
can  accomplish  thy  word,  ()  king:  neither  doth  an\ 
k'uui,  though  great  and  mighty,  ask  such  a  thing 
of  any  diviner,  or  wise  man,  or  Chaldean. 

1 1  For  the  thing  that  thou  askest,  O  king,  is  dif- 
ficult: nor  can  any  one  he  found  that  can  show  it 
before  the  kin:;,  except  the  gods,  whose  conversa- 
tion is  not  with  men. 

12  U|Kin  hearing  this,  the  king  in  fury,  and  in 
great  w  rath,  commanded  that  all  the  wise  men  of 
Babylon  should  he  put  to  death. 

lS  And  the  decree  being  gone  forth,  the  wise 
men  were  slain  :  and  Daniel  and  his  companions 
wen-  sought  for,  to  be  put  to  death. 

14  Then  Daniel  inquired  concerning  the  law  and 
the  sentence, of  Ariochthe  general  of  the  kind's  army, 
w  ho  was  bom  forth  to  kill  the  wise  men  of  Bain  Ion. 

15  And  he  asked  him  that  had  received  the  or- 
ders of  the  kiim,  why  so  cruel  a  sentence  was  {tone 
forth  from  the  face  of  the  king.  And  when  Arioch 
hail  told  the  matter  to  Daniel, 

16  Daniel  went  in  and  desired  of  the  king,  that 
he  would  give  him  time  to  resolve  the  question, and 
declare  it  to  the  king. 

17  And  he  went  into  his  bouse,  and  told  the 
matter  to  Ananias,  and  .Misael,  and  Azarias  his 
companions  : 

18  To  the  end  that  they  should  ask  mercy  at  the 
face  of  the  God  of  heaven  concerning  this  secret ; 
and  that  Daniel  and  his  companions  might  not 
perish  with  the  rest  of  the  wise  men  of  Babylon. 

19  Then  was  the  mystery  revealed  to  Daniel  by 
a  virion  in  the  night  :  and  Daniel  blessed  the  God 
of  heaven. 

20  And  sneaking  he  said  :  Blessed  be  the  name 
of  the  Lord  from  eternity  and  for  evermore  :  for 
Wisdom  and  fortitude  are  his. 

21  And  he  changeth  times  and  ages  ;  takethaway 
kingdoms,  nod  established)  them ;  giveth  wisdom 
to  the  wise,  and  knowledge  to  them   that  have   un- 

tanding  : 

22  Ffe  rerea)eth  deep  and  hidden  things,   and 

know  eth  what  is  in  darkness  :  and  light  is  w  it li  him. 

23  To  thee.  0  God  of  our  fathers.  I  give  I  hanks, 

and  I  praise  thee  :  because  thou  hast  given  me  wis- 
dom and  strength  :    and  now  thou  hast    shown    me 

*M 


what  we  desired  of  thee,  for  thou  hast  made  known 
to  us  the  kind's  discoursi 

M  After  this  Daniel  went  in  to  Arioch,  to  w  I i 

the  king  had  given  orders  to  destroy  the  w  ise  men  of 
Babylon:  and  he  spoke  thus  to  him  :  Destroj  not 
the  wise  men  of  Babylon:  bring  me  in  before  the 
knm.  and  1  will  tell  tiie  solution  to  the  king. 

25  Then  Arioch  in  haste  brought  in  Daniel  to 
the  king,  and  said  to  him  :  I  have  found  a  man  of 
the  children  of  the  captivity  of  Juda,  that  will  re- 
solve the  question  to  the  king. 

26  The  king  answered,  and  said  to  Daniel,  whose 
name  was  Baltassar:  Thinkest  thou  indeed  thai 
thou  canst  tell  me  the  dream  that  I  saw,  and  the  in- 
terpretation thereof? 

27  And  Daniel  made  answer  before  the  king,  and 
said:  The  secret  that  the  king  desireth  to  know . 
none  of  the  wise  men,  or  the  philosophers,  or  the  di- 
viners, or  the  soothsayers  can  declare  to  the  king. 

28  But  there  is  a  God  in  heaven  that  revcaleth 
mysteries,  who  bath  shown  to  thee,  O  king  Nabu- 
chodouosor,  what  is  to  come  to  pass  in  the  latter 
times.  Thy  dream,  and  the  visions  of  thy  he. id 
upon  thy  bed,  are  these  : 

29  '1  hou,  O  king,  didst  begin  to  think  in  thy  bed, 
what  should  come  to  pass  hereafter  :  and  he  that 
revealeth  mysteries  showed  thee  what  shall  come  to 
pass. 

30  To  me  glso  this  secret  is  revealed,  not  by  any 
wisdom  that  I  have  more  than  all  men  alive  :  but 
that  the  interpretation  might  be  made  manifest  to 
the  king,  and  thou  mightest  know  the  thoughts  of 
thy  mind. 

31  Thou,  O  king,  W WML  and  behold,  there  1001 
as  it  were  a  great  statue:  this  statue,  which  was 
great  and  high,  tall  of  stature,  stood  before  tine  : 
and  the  look  thereof  was  terrible. 

32  The  head  of  this  statue  was  of  fine  gold  ;  but 
the  breasts  and  the  arms  of  silver  ;  and  the  belly 
and  the  thighs  of  bra--  : 

33  And  the  legs  of  iron  ;  the  feet  part  of  iron, 
and  part  of  clay. 

34  Thus  thou  sawest,  :il!  *  Rfcme  was  cut  out  of 
a  mountain  without  hands:  and  it  struck  the  statue 
upon  the  feet  there'-,!",  that  were  of  iron  and  of  clay, 
and  broke  them  in  pieces. 

35  Then  WBI  the  iron,  the  clay,  the  brass,  the 
silver,  and  the  gold  broken  to  pieces  together,  and 
became  like  thechafifofa  summer's  threshing-floor: 
lad  the]  were  carried  away  by  the  wind  :  and  then- 
was  no  place  found  for  them  :  but  tin-  stone  thai 
struck  the  statue  became  a  great  mountain,  and  fill- 
ed the  w  hole  earth. 

36  This  is  the  dream:  we  will  also  tell  the  in- 
terpretation thereof  before  thee,  O  kins. 

37  Thou  art  a  king  of  kings:  and  the  God  ol 
heaven  hath  given  thee  a  lungdom,  and  strength, 
and  power,  and  glory  : 

38  And  all  places  wherein  the  children  of  men, 
and  the  beasts  of  the  field  do  dwell  :  he  hath  also 
given  the  birds  of  the  air   into  th\  hand,  and   hath 

put  all  things  uniler  thy  power:  thou  therefore  ar 

the  head  of    old 


CHAP.  III. 


39  And  after  thee  shall  rise  up  another  king- 
dom,* inferior  to  thee,  of  silver :  and  another  third 
kingdom,!  of  brass,  which  shall  ruleover  all  the  world. 

40  And  the  fourth  kingdom^  shall  be  as  iron. 
As  iron  breaketh  into  pieces,  and  subdueth  all  things, 
so  shaLI  that  break  and  destroy  all  these. 

41  And  whereas  thou  sawest  the  feet,  and  the 
toes,  part  of  potter's  clay,  and  part  of  iron;  the 
kingdom  shall  be  divided,  but  yet  it  shall  take  its 
origin  from  the  iron,  according  as  thou  sawest  the 
iron  mixed  with  the  miry  clay. 

42  And  as  the  toes  of  the  feet  were  part  of  iron, 
and  part  of  clay,  the  kingdom  shall  be  partly  strong, 
and  partly  broken. 

43  And  whereas  thou  sawest  the  iron  mixt  with 
miry  clay,  they  shall  be  mingled  indeed  together 
with  the  seed  of  man  ;  but  they  shall  not  stick  fast 
one  to  another;  as  iron  cannot  be  mixed  with  clay. 

44  But  in  the  days  of  those  kingdoms  the  God 
of  heaven  will  set  up  a  kingdom^  that  shall  never 
be  destroyed :  and  his  kingdom  shall  not  be  deli- 
vered up  to  another  people :  and  it  shall  break  in 
pieces,  and  shall  consume  all  these  kingdoms:  and 
itself  shall  stand  for  ever. 

45  According  as  thou  sawest,  that  the  stone  was 
cut  out  of  the  mountain  without  hands,  and  broke 
in  nieces  the  clay  and  the  iron,  and  the  brass,  and  the 
silver,  and  the  gold,  the  great  God  hath  shown  the 
king  what  shall  come  to  pass  hereafter :  and  the 
dream  is  true,  and  the  interpretation  thereof  is  faithful. 

46  Then  king  Nabuchodonosor  fell  on  his  face, 
and  worshipped  Daniel,  and  commanded  that  they 
should  offer  in  sacrifice  to  him  victims  and  incense. 

47  And  the  king  spoke  to  Daniel,  and  said  : 
Verily,  your  God  is  the  God  of  gods,  and  Lord  of 
kings,  and  a  revealer  of  hidden  things  ;  seeing  thou 
couldst  discover  this  secret. 

48  Then  the  king  advanced  Daniel  to  a  high  sta- 
tion, and  gave  him  many  and  great  gifts  :  and  he 
made  him  governor  over  all  the  provinces  of  Baby- 
lon, and  chief  of  the  magistrates  over  all  the  wise 
men  of  Babylon. 

49  And  Daniel  requested  of  the  king,  and  he 
appointed  Sidrach,  Misach,  and  Abdenago  over  the 
works  of  the  province  of  Babylon  :  but  Daniel  him- 
self was  in  the  king's  palace. 

CHAP.  III. 

Nabuchodonosor  sets  up  a  golden  statue  :  which  he  commands 
all  to  adore:  the  three  children  for  refusing  to  do  it  are 
cast  into  the  fiery  furnace  ;  but  are  not  hurt  by  the  flames. 
Their  prayer,  and  canticle  of  praise. 

KING  Nabuchodonosor  made  a  statue  of  gold, 
of  sixty  cubits  high,  and  six  cubits  broad  : 
and  he  set  it  up  in  the  plain  of  Dura,  of  the  pro- 
vince of  Babylon. 

2  Then  Nabuchodonosor  the  king  sent  to  call 
together  the  nobles,  the  magistrates,  and  the  judges, 
the  captains,  the  rulers,  and  governors,  and  all  the 
chief  men  of  the  provinces,  to  come  to  the  dedi- 

*  Another  kingdom,  viz.     That  of  the  Medes  and  Per-ia'is. 

f   Third  kingdom,  viz.     That  of  Alexander  the  Great. 

t   The  fourth  kingdom,  &c.    Some  understand  this  of  thu  successors 


cation  of  the  statue  which  king  Nabuchodonosor 
had  set  up. 

3  Then  the  nobles,  the  magistrates,  and  the 
judges,  the  captains,  and  rulers,  and  the  grear  men 
that  were  placed  in  authority,  and  all  the  princes 
of  the  provinces,  were  gathered  together  to  come  to 
the  dedication  of  the  statue,  which  king  Nabucho- 
donosor had  set  up.  And  they  stood  before  the 
statue  which  king  Nabuchodonosor  had  set  up. 

4  Then  a  herald  cried  with  a  strong  voice :  To  you 
it  is  commanded,  O  nations,  tribes,  and  languages: 

5  That  in  the  hour  that  you  shall  hear  the  sound 
of  the  trumpet,  and  of  the  flute,  and  of  the  harp,  of 
the  sackbut,  and  of  the  psaltery,  and  of  the  sym- 
phony, and  of  all  kind  of  music;  ye  fall  down  ana 
adore  the  golden  statue  which  king  Nabuchodo- 
nosor hath  set  up. 

6  But  if  any  man  shall  not  fall  down  and  adore, 
he  shall  the  same  hour  be  cast  into  a  furnace  of 
burning  fire. 

7  Upon  this  therefore,  at  the  time  when  all  the 
people  heard  the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  the  flute, 
and  the  harp,  of  the  sackbut,  and  the  psaltery,  of 
the  symphony,  and  of  all  kind  of  music  ;  all  the  na- 
tions, tribes,  and  languages  fell  down  and  adored  the 
golden  statue  which  king  Nabuchodonosor  had  setup. 

8  And  presently  at  that  very  time  some  Chalde- 
ans came,  and  accused  the  Jews. 

9  And  said  to  king  Nabuchodonosor:  O  king,  live 
for  ever : 

10  Thou,  O  king,  hast  made  a  decree  that  every 
man  that  shall  hear  the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  the  flute, 
and  the  harp,  of  the  sackbut,  and  the  psaltery,  of 
the  symphony,  and  of  all  kind  of  music,  shall  pros 
trate  himself  and  adore  the  golden  statue  : 

1 1  And  that  if  any  man  shall  not  fall  down  and 
adore,  he  should  be  cast  into  a  furnace  of  burning  fire. 

12  Now  there  are  certain  Jews  whom  thou  hast 
set  over  the  works  of  the  province  of  Babylon,  Si- 
drach, Misach,  and  Abdenago  :  these  men,  O  king, 
have  slighted  thy  decree  :  they  worship  not  thy 
gods  ;  nor  do  they  adore  the  golden  statue  which 
thou  hast  set  up. 

13  Then  Nabuchodonosor  in  fury,  and  in  wrath, 
commanded  that  Sidrach,  Misach,  and  Abdenago 
should  be  brought ;  who  immediately  were  brought 
before  the  king. 

14  And  Nabuchodonosor  the  king  spoke  to  them, 
and  said  :  Is  it  true,  O  Sidrach,  Misach,  and  Ab- 
denago, that  you  do  not  worship  my  gods,  nor  adore 
the  golden  statue  that  I  have  set  up  r 

15  Now  therefore  if  you  be  ready,  at  what  hour 
soever  you  shall  hear  the  sound  of  the  trumpet, 
flute,  harp,  sackbut,  and  psaltery,  and  symphony, 
and  of  all  kind  of  music,  prostrate  yourselves,  and 
adore  the  statue  which  I  have  made :  but  if  you  do 
not  adore,  you  shall  be  cast  the  same  hour  into  the 
furnace  of  burning  fire:  and  who  is  the  God  that 
shall  deliver  you  out  of  my  hand  ? 

of  Alexander,  the  kings  of  Syria  and  Egypt ;  others  of  the  Roman 
empire,  and  its  civil  wars. 

}  A  kingdom,  viz.   The  kingdom  ot  Christ  in  the  Catholic  church, 
which  cannot  be  destroyed. 

695 


DAM  EL. 


16  Sidraeh,  Misach,  and  Abdenago  answered, 
and  said  to  king  NabocbodoaoMr:  We  have  m 

occasion  to  answer  thee  »iun«Tiiiuii  this  matter. 

17  For  behold,  our  (iod,  whom  WQ  worship,  i* 
able  to  Mic  ii-  Irom  the  furnace  of  burning  lire,  and 
to  deliver  us  out  of  thy  hands,  ()  kin:;. 

Mnt  if  lie  will  not,  !*•  it  known  to  thee.  O 
king,  that  we  will  not  worship  thy  gods,  nor  adore 
the  golden  statue  which  thou  bun  set  up. 

19  Then  was  .Nahiiehodonosor  filled  with  fury; 
and  the  countenance  of  his  face  was  changed  against 
Sidraeh,  Misaeli.  ami  Abdenago;  and  he  command- 
ed that  the  furnace  shoul. I  he  heated  seven  times 
more  than  it  had  heen  accustomed  to  be  heated. 

20  And  he  commanded  the  strongest  men  that 
were  in  his  army,  to  hind  the  feet  ol Sidraeh,. Misach, 
and  Abdenago,  and  to  cast  them  into  the  furnace 
of  burning  lire. 

21  And  immediately  these  men  were  bound,  and 
were  cast  into  the  furnace  of  burning  lire,  with  their 
coats,  and  their  caps,  and  their  shoes  and  their 
garments. 

22  For  the  king's  commandment  was  urgent, 
and  the  fumaee  was  heated  exceedingly.  And  the 
flame  of  the  lire  slew  those  men  that  had  cast  in 
Sidraeh,  Misach,  and  Abdenago. 

23  Hut  these  three  men,  that  is,  Sidraeh,  Misach. 
and  Abdenago,  fell  down  bound  in  the  midst  of  the 
furnace  of  burning  lire. 

24  And  they  walked*  in  the  midst  of  the  flame, 
praising  God,  and  blessing  the  Lord. 

23  Then  Azarias  standing  up,  prayed  in  this 
iiianm  r,  and  opening  his  mouth  in  the  midst  of  the 
fire,  he  said  : 

26  Blessed  art  thou,  O  Lord  the  God  of  our  fa- 
thers :  and  thy  name  is  worthy  of  praise,  and  glori- 
ous for  ever : 

27  For  thou  art  just  in  all  that  thou  hast  done 
tons:  and  all  thy  works  are  true,  and  thy  ways 
right)  and  all  thy  judgments  true. 

I'm  thou  hast  executed  true  judgments  in  all 
the  things  that  thou  hast  brought  upon  us.  and  upon 
Jerusalem  the  holy  city  of  our  fathers:  for  accord- 
ing to  truth  and  judgment,  thou  hast  brought  all 
these  things  upon  us  lor  our  sins. 

29  For  we  have  sinned,  and  committed  iniquity, 
departing  from  thee  :  and  we  have  trespassed  in 
all  things. 

30  And  we  have  not  hearkened  to  thv  command- 
ments; nor  bare  we  OOawred  nor  done  as  thou 
hadst  commanded  us,  that  it  might  go  well  with  us. 

31  Wherefore  all  that  thou  hast  brought  upon  us, 
and  every  thing  that  thou  hast  done  to  us,  thou  hast 
done  in  true  judgment  : 

32  And  thou  hast  delivered  us  into  the  hands  of 
our  enemies  tlmt  tin  unjust,  and  most  wicked,  and 
prevaricators,  and  to  a  king  unjust,  and  most  w  ick- 
i  d  beyond  all  that  are  upon  the  earth. 

33  And  now   we  cannot  open  our  mouths:  we  arc 

*  And  Ihrf  valknl   k        H  Mil  l.iki-n  notice. iliat  from  thi» 

ro^e  lo  »er.  Bl.  wa»  not  in  the  Hobn  w  in  iii.  time.     But  u  it  wan  in 
■II  the  flrrclc  hihlct,  (which  wirr  origimlh  Iraiivlatnl  from  tin    II 
»r.  w,    n  i«  more  tha-i  probable  that  il  had  been  formerly  in  the  He 

Sff 


become  a  shame  and  reproach  to  thy  servants,  anc* 
to  them  that  worship  tie 

34  Deliver  us  not  up  for  ever,  we  beseech  thee 
for  thy  name's  sake  ;  and  abolish  not   tin  covenant 

35  And  take  not  away  thv  mercv  from  us  lor  tht 
sake  of  Abraham  thy  beloved,  and  Isaac  tin  senanl, 
and  Israel  thy  holy  one  : 

36  To  whom  thou  hast  spoken,  promising  thai 
thou  wouldst  multiply  their  seed  as  the  stars  ol 
In  a\_en,  and  as  the  sand  that  is  on  the  sea-shore. 

37  For  we,  O  Lord,  are  diminished  more  than 
an\  nation,  and  are  brought  low  in  all  the  earth  this 
day  for  our  sins. 

38  Neither  is  there  at  this  time  prince,  or  leader, 
or  prophet,  or  holocaust,  or  Sacrifice,  or  oblation,  or 
intense,  or  place  of  first-fruits  before  thee, 

39  That  we  may  find  thy  mere v  :  nevertheless  in  a 
contrite  heart  and  humble  spirit  let  us  be  accepted. 

46  As  in  holocausts  of  rams,  and  bullocks,  and 
as  in  thousands  of  fat  lambs  :  so  let  our  sacrifice  lie 
made  in  thy  sight  this  day,  that  it  may  phase  thee  : 
for  there  is  no  confusion  to  them  that  trust  in  tin -e. 

41  And  now  we  follow  thee  with  all  our  heart  ; 
and  we  fear  thee,  and  seek  thy  face. 

42  Put  us  not  to  confusion  ;  but  deal  with  us  ac- 
cording to  thy  meekness,  and  according  to  the  mul- 
titude of  thy  mercies. 

43  And  deliver  us  according  to  thy  wonderful 
works,  and  give  glory  to  thy  name,  O  Lord : 

44  And  let  all  them  be  confounded  that  show 
evils  to  thy  servants:  let  them  be  confounded  in  all 
thj  might  ;  and  let  their  strength  be  broken. 

46  And  let  them  know  that  thou  art  the  Lord, 
the  only  God,  and  glorious  over  all  the  world. 

46  Now  the  king's  servants  that  had  cast  them 
in.  ceased  not  to  heat  the  furnace  with  biimstone, 
and  tow,  and  pitch,  and  dry  slicks: 

47  And  the  flame  mounted  up  above  the  furnace 
nine  and  forty  cubits: 

48  And  it  broke  forth  and  burnt  such  of  the 
Chaldeans  as  it  found  near  the  furnace. 

i'.»  But  the  angel  of  the  Lord  went  down  with 
Azarias  and  his  companions  into  the  furnace :  and 
he  drove  the  flame  of  the  fire  out  of  the  furnace. 

50  And  made  the  midst  of  the  furnace  like  the 
blowing  of  a  wind  bringing  dew  :  ami  tin-  lire  tout  li- 
ed t In-ill  not  at  all,  nor  troubled  them,  nor  did  tin m 
any  harm. 

51  Then  these  three  as  with  one  mouth,  praised, 
and  glorified,  and  blessed  God  in  the  furnace, 
saying  : 

52  Blessed  art  thou,  O  Lord  the  God  of  our  fa- 
thers; and  worthy  to  Ik-  praised,  and  glorified,  ami 
exalted  above  all  for  ever:  and  blessed  is  the  holy 
name  of  thy  glory  :  and  worthy  to  be  praised,  and 
exalted  above  all  in  all  ages. 

53  Blessed  art  thou  in  the  holy  temple  of  thv 
glory;  ant)  exceedingly  to  be  praised,  and  exceed- 
ing glorious  it. i  i  \.  i. 


brew,  or  rather  in  tl.c  (  halilaic.  in  which  the  book  of  Daniel  wai 
written,  lint  thi«  i.  certain  I  that  it  is  and  baa  been  of  old.  u-r,  n  ■  .1 
by  the  church,  and  read  at  canonical  acripture  in  ner  liturgy  aj-d 
dmiMoflcaa. 


CHAP.  Ill 


54  Blessed  art  thou,  on  the  throne  of  thy  kingdom; 
and  exceedingly  to  be  praised,  and  exalted  above 
all  for  ever. 

55  Blessed  art  thou,  thatbeholdest  the  depths, 
and  sittest  upon  the  cherubims ;  and  worthy  to  be 
praised,  and  exalted  above  all  for  ever. 

56  Blessed  art  thou  in  the  firmament  of  heaven: 
and  worthy  of  praise,  and  glorious  for  ever. 

57  All  ye  works  of  the  Lord,  bless  the  Lord  : 
praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

58  O  ye  Angels  of  the  Lord,  bless  the  Lord  : 
praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

59  O  ye  heavens,  bless  the  Lord  :  praise  and 
exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

60  O  all  ye  waters  that  are  above  the  heavens, 
blesstheLord:  praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  forever. 

61  O  all  ye  powers  of  the  Lord,  bless  the  Lord: 
praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

62  O  ye  sun  and  moon,  bless  the  Lord :  praise 
and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

63  O  ye  stars  of  heaven,  bless  the  Lord :  praise 
and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

64  O  every  shower  and  dew,  bless  ye  the  Lord : 
praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

65  O  all  ye  spirits  of  God,  bless  the  Lord  :  praise 
and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

66  O  ye  fire  and  heat,  bless  the  Lord :  praise  and 
exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

67  O  ye  cold  and  heat,  bless  the  Lord :  praise 
and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

68  O  ye  dews  and  .hoar  frost,  bless  the  Lord  : 
praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  *ver. 

69  O  ye  frost  and  cold,  bless  the  Lord :  praise 
and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

70  O  ye  ice  and  snow,  bless  the  Lord :  praise 
and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

71  O  ye  nights  and  days,  bless  the  Lord  :  praise 
and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

72  O  ye  light  and  darkness,  bless  the  Lord: 
praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

73  O  ye  lightnings  and  clouds,  bless  the  Lord  : 
praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

74  O  let  the  earth  bless  the  Lord  :  let  it  praise 
and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

75  O  ye  mountains  and  hills,  bless  the  Lord  : 
praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

76  O  all  ye  things  that  spring  up  in  the  earth, 
blesstheLord:  praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  forever. 

77  O  ye  fountains,  bless  the  Lord :  praise  and 
exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

78  O  ye  seas  and  rivers,  bless  the  Lord :  praise 
and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

79  O  ye  whales,  and  all  that  move  in  the  wa- 
ters, bless  the  Lord :  praise  and  exalt  him  above 
all  for  ever. 

80  O  all  ye  fowls  of  the  air,  bless  the  Lord : 
praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

81  O  all  ye  beasts  and  cattle,  bless  the  Lord : 
praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

82  O  ye  sons  of  men,  bless  the  Lord  :  praise 
and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

83  O  let  Israel  bless  the  Lord :  let  them  praise 
and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

4T 


84  O  ye  priests  of  the  Lord  ;  bless  the  Loro  . 
praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

85  O  ye  servants  of  the  Lord,  bless  the  Lord 
praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

86  O  ye  spirits  and  souls  of  the  just,  bless  the 
Lord ;  praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

87  0  ye  holy  and  humble  of  heart,  bless  the 
Lord  :  praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

88  O  Ananias,  Azarias,  and  Misael,  bless  ye  the 
Lord:  praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever.  For 
he  hath  delivered  us  from  hell,  and  saved  us  out  of 
the  hand  of  death,  and  delivered  us  out  of  the  midst 
of  the  burning  flame,  and  saved  us  out  of  the  midst 
of  the  fire. 

89  O  give  thanks  to  the  Lord,  because  he  is  good ; 
because  bis  mercy  endureth  for  ever  and  ever. 

90  O  all  ye  religious,  bless  the  Lord  the  God  of 
gods:  praise  him,  and  give  him  thanks;  because  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever  and  ever. 

91  Then  Nabuchodonosor  the  king  was  astonish- 
ed, and  rose  up  in  haste,  and  said  to  his  nobles : 
Did  we  not  cast  three  men  bound  into  the  midst  of 
the  fire?  They  answered  the  king,  and  said :  True, 
O  king. 

92  He  answered,  and  said:  Behold,  I  see  four 
men  loose,  and  walking  in  the  midst  of  the  fire  :  and 
there  is  no  hurt  in  them,  and  the  form  of  the  fourth 
is  like  the  son  of  God. 

93  Then  Nabuchodonosor  came  to  the  door  of  the 
burning  fiery  furnace,  and  said:  Sidrach,  Misach,  and 
Abdenago,  ye  servants  of  the  most  high  God,  go  ye 
forth,  and  come.  And  immediately  Sidrach,  Misach, 
and  Abdenago  went  out  from  the  midst  of  the  fire. 

94  And  the  nobles,  and  the  magistrates,  and  the 
judges,  and  the  great  men  of  the  king  heing  gather- 
ed together,  considered  these  men,  that  the  fire  had 
no  power  on  their  bodies,  and  that  not  a  hair  of  their 
head  had  been  singed,  nor  their  garments  altered, 
nor  the  smell  of  the  fire  had  passed  on  them. 

95  Then  Nabuchodonosor  breaking  forth,  said: 
Blessed  be  the  God  of  them,  to  wit,  of  Sidrach, 
Misach,  and  Abdenago,  who  hath  sent  his  Angel, 
and  delivered  his  servants  that  believed  in  him:  and 
they  changed  the  king's  word,  and  delivered  up  their 
bodies  that  they  might  not  serve,  nor  adore  any  god, 
except  their  own  God. 

96  By  me  therefore  this  decree  is  made,  that  every 
people,  tribe,  and  tongue,  which  shall  speak  blas- 
phemy against  the  God  of  Sidrach,  Misach,  and 
Abdenago,  shall  be  destroyed,  and  their  houses  laid 
waste:  for  there  is  no  other  God  that  can  save  in 
this  manner. 

97  Then  the  king  promoted  Sidrach,  Misach, 
and  Abdenago  in  the  province  of  Babylon. 

98  Nabuchodonosor*,  the  king,  to  all  peoples, 
nations,  and  tongues,  that  dwell  in  all  the  earth, 
peace  be  multiplied  unto  you. 

99  The  most  high  God  hath  wrought  signs  and 
wonders  toward  me.  It  hath  seemed  good  to  me 
therefore  to  publish 

*  Nabuchodonosor,  Sic.  These  three  last  verses  are  a  kind  of  pre 
face  to  the  following-  chapter,  which  is  written  in  the  style  of  an  epis- 
tle from  the  king. 

697 


DANIEL 


;it;   and  hisl  till  the  living  know,  thai  the  most High  rulcth  in  the 
wooden,  because  they  are  mighty:  and  his  kingdom    kingdom  of  men  :  and  hi:  will  give  it  to  whomso- 


103  His  signs,  because  tiny  are  t 

igbtl 

kingdom,    and    his    power 


to 


i>  an  everlasting 

miK  rations. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Nabnrkodonosor't  dream,  by  tehich  the  judgments  ctf  Cod  are  de- 
nounced against  kirn  for  Ait  pride,  is  interpreted  by  Daniil, 
and  verified  by  the  ettnt. 

Nalinchodonosor  was  at  rest  in  my  house,  and 
-■-  nourishing  i:i  my  palace. 

2  I  saw  a  dream  that  affrighted  me :  and  my 
thoughts  in  ni\  1»(1,  anil  the  visions  of  my  head 
troubled  me. 

3  Then  I  set  forth  a  deeree,  that  all  the  wise 
men  of  Babylon  should  he  brought  in  before  me, 
ami  that  they  should  show  me  the  interpretation  of 
the  dream. 

4  Then  came  in  the  diviners,  the  wise  men,  the 
Chaldeans, and  the  soothsayers;  and  I  told  the  dream 
before  them:  but  they  did  not  show  me  the  inter- 
pretation thereof: 

5  Till  their  colleague  Daniel  came  in  before  me, 
whose  name  is  Baltassar,  according  to  the  name  of 
my  sod,*  who  bath  in  him  the  spirit  of  the  holy  gods: 
and  I  told  the  dream  before  him. 

6  Baltassar  prince  of  the  diviners,  because  I  know 
that  thou  hast  in  thee  the  spirit  of  the  holy  gods, 
and  that  no  secret  is  impossible  to  thee;  tell  me  the 
umoiis  of  my  dreams  that  1  have  seen,  and  the  in- 
terpretation of  them. 

7  This  was  the  vision  of  my  head  in  my  bed:  I 
saw,  and  behold,  a  tree  in  the  midst  of  the  earth: 
ami  the  height  1 hereof  was  exceediug  great. 

8  The  tree  was  peat, and  strong:  and  the  height 
thereof  reached  unto  heaven:  the  sight  thereof  was 
i  ren  to  the  ends  of  all  the  earth. 

9  Its  leaves  were  most  beautiful,  and  its  fruit  ex- 
ding  much  :   and  in  it  was  food  for  all:  under  it 

dwell  cattle  and  beasts;  and  in  the  branches  there- 
of the  fowls  of  the  air  bad  their  abode:  and  all  flesh 
did  eat  of  it. 

10  I  saw  in  the  \  i-don  of  my  head  upon  my  bed  : 
and  behold,  a  watcher,  and  a  holy  one  came  down 
from  heaven. 

11  He  cried  aloud,  and  said  thus  :  Cut  down 
the  tree,  and  chop  oil"  the  branches  thereof  :  shake 
off  its  leaves,  and  scatter  its  fruits:  let  the  beasts 
fly  away  that  are  under  it,  and  the  birds  from  its 
brancli 

12  Nevertheless,  leave  the  stump  of  its  roots  in 
the  earth;  and  In  it  be  tied  with  s  band  of  iron. 
and  of  brass,  among  the  grass,  that  is  without;  and 
let  it  be  wet  with  the  dew  of  hm ven  ;  and  let  its  por- 
tion lie  with  the  wild  beasts  in  the  grass  of  the  earth. 

13  Let  bis  heart  be  changed  I  from  man's;  and 
let  a  beast's  heart  be  givci  him  :  and  let  seven  times 

-  over  him. 

14  This  is  the  decree  by  the  sentence  of  the 
watchers,  and  the  word  and  demand  of  the  holy  ones. 

*    BtllatUT,  mttording  to  Ike  Maw  vf  my  god.     He  «a_Vf  thif ,  broanw 
n      •    of  B*Um—r,  or  BMttkntm,  u  (Wired  from  the  name  of 
Btt  the  chief  god  of  the  Babylonian*. 

f  .1w*Jchrr      A  vigilant  Angel,  perhap*  the  guardian  of  lirert. 
t  Isi  tat  k—rt  l«  tmmgtd,  Jtc    It  doe»  not  appear  by  acriplure  that 


ever  it  shall  please  him  ;  and  he  will  appoint  the 
basest  man  oxer  it. 

I.)  I  kiim  .Nahuchodonosor  saw  ibis  dream  :  thou 
therefore,  O  Baltassar,  tell  DM  quickly  the  interpre- 
tation :  for  all  the  wise  men  of  raj  kingdom  are  not 

able  to  declare  the  meaning  of  it  to  me  :  but  ihou  art 
able,  because  the  spirit  of  the  holy  gods  is  in   thee. 

16  Then  Daniel,  whose  name  was  Baltassar,  be- 
gan silently  to  think  within  himself  for  about  one 
hour:  and  Bis  thoughts  troubled  him.  But  the  kiim 
answering,  said  :  Baltassar,  let  not  the  dream  anil 
the  interpretation  thereof  trouble  thee.  Balta-s  n 
answered,  and  said  :  My  lord,  the  dream  be  to  them 
that  hate  thee,  and  the  interpretation  thereof  to  thy 
enemies. 

17  The  tree  which  thou  saw  est  which  was  high 
and  strom:.  whose  height  reached  to  the  skies,  and 
the  sight  thereof  into  all  the  earth  :    • 

18  And  the  branches  thereof  were  most  beauti- 
ful, and  its  fruit  exceeding  much  :  and  in  it  was  food 
for  all,  under  which  the  beasts  of  the  field  dwelt,  and 
the  birds  of  the  air  had  their  abode  in  its  branches. 

19  It  is  thou,  O  king,  who  art  grown  great,  and 
become  mighty  :  for  thy  greatness  hath  grow  n, 
and  hath  reached  to  heaven,  and  thy  power  unto  the 
ends  of  the  earth. 

20  And  whereas  the  k'um  saw  a  watcher,  and  a 
holy  one  come  down  from  heaven,  and  say:  Cut 
down  the  tree,  and  destroy  it :  but  leave  the  stump 
of  the  roots  thereof  in  the  earth,  and  let  it  be  bound 
with  iron  and  brass  among  the  grass  without;  and 
let  it  besprinkled  with  the  dew  of  heaven  :  and  let 
his  feeding  be  with  the  wild  beasts,  till  seven  timet 
pass  over  him. 

21  This  is  the  interpretation  of  the  sentence  ol 
the  most  High,  which  is  come  upon  my  lord  the  king. 

22  They  shall  cast  thee  out  from  among  men  : 
and  thy  dwelling  shall  be  with  cattle  and  with  w  ild 
beasts  :  and  thou  shalt  eat  grass  as  an  ox,  and  shalt 
be  wet  with  the  dew  of  heaven  :  and  seven  times 
shall  pass  over  thee,  till  thou  know  that  the  most 
High  rulcth  over  the  kingdom  of  men,  and  givcth  it 
to  whomsoever  he  will. 

23  But  w  bereas  be  commanded,  that  the  stump  of 
the  roots  thereof,  that  is,  of  the  tree,  should  be  left  ; 
thy  kingdom  shall  remain  to  thee  after  thou  shalt 
have  known  that  power  is  from  heaven. 

24  Wherefore,  O  kins,  let  mycounse)  be  accept- 
able to  thee  ;  and  redeem  thou  thy  sins  with  alms, 
and  thy  iniquities  with  works  of  mercy  to  the  poor 
perhaps  be  will  forgive  thy  offences. 

25  All  these  things  came  upon  king  Nahuchodo- 
nosor. 

26  At  the  end  of  twelve  months  be  was  walking 
in  the  palace  of  Bah\  Ion. 

27  And  the  kirn:  BUS*  end,  and  said  :  Is  not  this 
the  great  Babylon, whicbl  have  built  to  be  the  seal  ol 


Nahuchodonoaor  wu  chai  god  from  human  thapr ;  much  Iru  that  lie 
was  changed  into  an  <  \     i.ut  uuh  ttwl  he  lo»l  hi.  reaaon,  an.: 
came  road ;  and  in  thi»  condition,  remained  abroad  in  the  company  of 
beait*.  eating  graaa  like  an  ox,  till  hk  hair  grow  m  tiicb  manm-r  a,  to 
raaimbli  the  feather*  of  eagloa,  and  bit  naiii  to  be  like  binU'  cl«»  >. 


CHAP.  V. 


the  kingdom,  by  the  strength  of  mypctver,  and  in 
the  glory  of  my  excellence  ? 

28  And  while  the  word  was  yet  in  the  king's 
mouth,  a  voice  came  down  from  heaven  :  To  thee, 
O  king  Nabuchodonosor,  it  is  said:  Thy  kingdom 
shall  pass  from  thee  : 

29  And  they  shall  cast  thee  out  from  among  men  : 
and  thy  dwelling  shall  be  with  cattle  and  wild  beasts; 
thou  shalt  eat  grass  like  an  ox  :  and  seven  times 
shall  pass  over  thee  till  thou  know  that  the  most 
High  ruleth  in  the  kingdom  of  men,  and  giveth  it  to 
whomsoever  he  will. 

30  The  same  hour  the  word  was  fulfilled  upon 
Nabuchodonosor:  and  he  was  driven  away  from 
among  men,  and  did  eat  grass  like  an  ox :  and  his 
body  was  wet  with  the  dew  of  heaven  ;  till  his  hairs 
grew  like  the  feathers  of  eagles,  and  his  nails  like 
birds'  claws. 

31  Now  at  the  end  of  the  days,  I  Nabuchodonosor 
lifted  up  my  eyes  to  heaven  ;  and  my  sense  was  re- 
stored to  me:  and  I  blessed  the  most  High;  and  I 
praised  and  glorified  him  that  liveth  for  ever :  for 
his  power  is  an  everlasting  power,  and  his  kingdom 
is  to  all  generations. 

32  And  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth  are  repu- 
ted as  nothing  before  him  :  for  he  doeth  according  to 
his  will,  as  well  with  the  powers  of  heaven,  as  among 
the  inhabitants  of  the  earth  :  and  there  is  none  that 
can  resist  his  hand,  and  say  to  him  :  Why  hast  thou 
done  it  ? 

33  At  the  same  time  my  sense  returned  to  me : 
a  id  I  came  to  the  honour  and  glory  of  my  kingdom  : 
and  my  shape  returned  to  me  :  and  my  nobles,  and 
my  magistrates  sought  for  me ;  and  I  was  restored  to 
my  kingdom  :  and  greater  majesty  was  added  tome. 

34  Therefore  I  Nabuchodonosor  do  now*  praise, 
and  magnify,  and  glorify  the  king  of  heaven  :  be- 
cause all  his  works  are  true,  and  his  ways  judg- 
ments :  and  them  that  walk  in  pride  he  is  able  to 
abase. 

CHAP.  V. 

Baltassar'si  profane  banquet :  his  sentence  is  denounced  by  a 
hand-writing-  on  the  wall,  which  Daniel  reads  and  interprets. 

BALTASSARf  the  king  made  a  great  feast  for  a 
thousand  of  his  nobles  :  and  every  one  drank 
according  to  his  age. 

2  And  being  now  drunk  he  commanded  that  they 
should  bring  the  vessels  of  gold  and  silver  which 
Nabuchodonosor  his  father  had  brought  away  out  of 
the  temple,  that  was  in  Jerusalem  ;  that  the  king 
and  his  nobles,  and  his  wives,  and  his  concubines, 
might  drink  in  them. 

3  Then  were  the  golden  and  silver  vessels  brought, 
which  he  had  brought  away  out  of  the  temple  that 
was  in  Jerusalem  :  and  the  king  and  his  nobles,  his 
wives  and  his  concubines  drank  in  them. 

4  They  drank  wine ;  and  praised  their  gods  of 
gold,  and  of  silver,  of  brass,  of  iron,  and  of  wood,  and 
of  stone. 


*  I  Jfabvchodonosor  do  now,  &c.  From  this  place  some  commenta- 
tors infer  ttiat  this  king  became  a  true  convert,  and  dying  not  long  af- 
ter was  probably  saved. 

■|   Baltassar.     He  is  believed  to  be  the  same  as  Nabonydus,  the  last 


5  In  tie  same  hour  there  appeared  fingers,  as  it 
were  of  the  hand  of  a  man,  writing  over-against  the 
candlestick  upon  the  surface  of  the  wall  of  theking's 
palace  :  and  the  king  beheld  the  joints  of  the  hand 
that  wrote. 

6  Then  was  the  king's  countenance  changed  :  and 
his  thoughts  troubled  him  :  and  the  joints  ot  his 
loins  were  loosed  ;  and  his  knees  struck  one  against 
the  other. 

7  And  the  king  cried  out  aloud  to  bring  in  the  wise 
men,  the  Chaldeans  and  the  soothsayers.  And  the 
king  spoke,  and  said  to  the  wise  men  of  Babylon  : 
Whosoever  shall  read  this  writing,  and  shall  make 
known  to  me  the  interpretation  thereof,  shall  be  cloth- 
ed with  purple,  and  shall  have  a  golden  chain  on  his 
neck,  and  shall  be  the  third  man  in  my  kingdom. 

8  Then  came  in  all  the  king's  wise  men  :  but 
they  could  neither  read  the  writing,  nor  declare  the 
interpretation  to  the  king. 

9  Wherewith  king  Baltassar  was  much  troubled ; 
and  his  countenance  was  changed  :  and  his  nobles 
also  were  troubled. 

10  Then  the  queen,  J  on  occasion  of  what  had 
happened  to  the  king,  and  his  nobles,  carhe  into  the 
banquet-house  :  and  she  spoke  and  said  :  O  king, 
live  for  ever :  let  not  thy  thoughts  trouble  thee ; 
neither  let  thy  countenance  be  changed. 

11  There  is  a  man  in  thy  kingdom  that  hath  the 
spirit  of  the  holy  gods  in  him  :  and  in  the  days  of 
thy  father,  knowledge  and  wisdom  were  found  in 
him  :  for  king  Nabuchodonosor  thy  father  appointed 
him  prince  of  the  wise  men,  enchanters,  Chaldeans, 
and  soothsayers,  thy  father,  I  say,  O  king  : 

12  Because  a  greater  spirit,  and  knowledge,  and 
understanding,  and  interpretation  of  dreams,  and 
showing  of  secrets,  and  resolving  of  difficult  things 
were  found  in  him,  that  is,  in  Daniel ;  whom  the 
king  named  Baltassar.  Now  therefore  let  Daniel 
be  called  for,  and  he  will  tell  the  interpretation. 

13  Then  Daniel  was  brought  in  before  the  king. 
And  the  king  spoke,  and  said  to  him :  Art  thou 
Daniel  of  the  children  of  the  captivity  of  Juda,  whom 
my  father  the  king  brought  out  of  Judea  ? 

14  1  have  heard  of  thee,  that  thou  hast  the  spirit 
of  the  gods  ;  and  excellent  knovyledge,  and  under- 
standing, and  wisdom  are  found  in  thee. 

15  And  now  the  wise  men  the  magicians  have 
come  in  before  me,  to  read  this  writing,  and  show 
me  the  interpretation  thereof ;  and  they  could  not 
declare  to  me  the  meaning  of  this  writing. 

16  But  I  have  heard  of  thee,  that  thou  canst  in- 
terpret obscure  things,  and  resolve  difficult  things  : 
now  if  thou  art  able  to  read  the  writing,  and  to  show 
me  the  interpretation  thereof,  thou  shalt  be  clothed 
with  purple,  and  shalt  have  a  chain  of  gold  about  thy 
neck  ;  and  shalt  be  the  third  prince  in  my  kingdom. 

17  To  which  Daniel  made  answer,  and  said  be- 
fore the  king  :  Thy  rewards  be  to  thyself;  and  the 
gifts  of  thy  house  give  to  another  :  but  the  writing  1 


of  the  Chaldean  kings,  grandson  to  Nabuchodonosor.  He  is  called 
his  son,  ver.  2,  11,  &c.  according  to  the  style  of  the  senptures,  be- 
cause he  was  a  descendant  from  him. 

t   The  queen.     Not  the  wife,  but  the  mother  of  the  king. 

089 


DAN1KL. 


will  road  to  thee,  ()  kinc.  ami  show  thee  the  inter- 
pretation thereof. 

18  O  king,  the  most  high  God  gave  toNafancho- 
donosor  thv  lather  a  kincdoin,  and  greatness,  and 
glorv,  and  honour. 

\uil  lor  iin  ^>  that  lir  caw  Id  him,  all 

people,  tribes,  ana  languages  trembled,  and  were 
afraid  of  him:  whom  I*  would  be  slew  :  and  whom 
he  would,  In-  destroyed  :  and  whom  he  would,  In- 
set up  :  and  whom  he  would,  be  brought  down. 

Jit   But  when    his  heart  lilted  up,   anil  his 

spirit  hardened  unto  pride,  be  iraa  Mi  down  from 
toe  throne  of  his  kingdom;  and  hisglorj  was  taken 
a\\.i\ . 

Vii'l  he  waa  driven  oal  from  the  sons  of  men; 
ami  his  heart  was  made  like  the  beasts:  and  his 
dwelling wai  with  the  wild  asses;  and  be  did  eat 

~s  like  Ml  OX:  and  his  body  was  wet  with  the  dew  of 
iven  :  till  he  knew  that  the  most  High  ruled  in  the 
kingdom  of  men,  and  that  he  will  set  over  it  w  hom- 
er it  shall  please  him. 

Thou  also  his  son.O  l!;iltass;ir.  hast  not  hum- 
bled thv  heart,  whereas  thou  kiiowest  all  these  things: 
J  I  Put  hast  lilted  up  thyself  against   the  Lord  of 
heaven:   and  tin-    vessels  of  his  house    have    been 
brought  before  thee;  and  thou,  and  thv  nobles,  and 
thv  wives,  and  thy  concubines  have  drunk  wine  in 
them  :  and  thou  bast  praised  the  cods  of  silver  and 
>ld.  and  of  brass,  of  iron,  and  of  wood,  and  of 
hat  neither  see,  nor  hear,  nor  feel:    but    the 
(iini  who  hath  thy  breath  in  his   hand,  and  all  thv 
w  ns,  thou  hast  not  glorified. 

J  l  \\  lii -rehire  he  hath  sent  the  part  of  the  hand 
which  hath  written  this  that  is  set  down. 

\nd  this  is  the  writing  that  is  w  rittcn  :  M  v\r.. 
Tim. i  i.i  .  l'n  vi 

\ml  tins  is  the  interpretation  of  the  word. 
M  i  d,    hath    numbered   thy   kingdom,  and 

hath  finished  it. 

Tin  i  ii.:  thou  art  weighed  in  the  balance, 
and  art  found  wanting. 

:    thy    kingdom  is  divided,    and   is 
n  to  the  Medes  and  Persians. 
I  ben  by  the  kind's  command  I  )aniel  was  cloth- 
ed with  purple,  and  a  chain  of  cold  was  put  about 
his  neck:  and  it  was  proclaimed  of  him  that  he  had 
powet  01  the  third  man  in  the  kingdom. 

i  ne  night  Baitassar  the  Chaldean  king 

I  slain. 

■  !l  \nd  I  )arius*  the  Mode  succeeded  to  the  king- 
dom, being  threescore  and  two  yean  old 

CHAP.   \l. 


tmottd  by  Darius  :  hi 
•ayer:  for  the  Irantgt 


'min  procure  a   hur  for- 
in  Daniel  i*  cast 
into  ■  tin:  but  miritrtduusly  delivered. 

I  iod  to  Darius,  and  he  appointed  over 

'  the  kingdom  a  hundred  and  twci  mors  to 

i  it  his  w  hole  kingdom, 
kad  three  princes  over  them,  of  whom  Daniel 


II-    i*  called  Cjwm  by  the  Uiitoriant ;  and  tn  the 
•  a  of  Aatyafe*.  and  unrle  l<>  Orm. 

700 


one:   that  the  governors  might  cue  an  account 
to  them,  and  the  kinc  might  have  no  trouble. 

3  And  Daniel  excelled  all  the  princes  and  govern- 
ors; because  a  greater  spirit  of  God  was  in  him. 

4  And  the  kinc  thought  to  set  him  over  all 
the  kingdom:  whereupon  the  princes  and  the  go- 
vernors sought  to  find  occasion  against  Daniel 
with  regard  to  the  king:  ami  they  could  find  no 
ause,  nor  suspicion  ;  because  be  was  faithful,  and 
no  fault,  nor  suspicion  was  found  in  him. 

5  Then  these  men  said :  We  shall  not  find  any 
occasion  against  this  Daniel,  unless  perhaps  con- 
cerning the  law  of  his  ( iod. 

G  Then  the  princes,  and  the    governors  craftily 
stnl  to  the  kinc.   and  spoke   thus   unto   him: 
kinc  Darius,  live  for  evei : 

7  All  the  princes  of  the  kingdom,  'he  magistral 
and  governors,  the  senators  and  judces  have  con- 
sulted together,  that  an  imperial  decree,  and  an 
edict  be  published  :  That  whosoever  shall  ask  any 
petition  of  any  (iod,  or  man,  for  thirty  days,  but  of 
thee,  0  kin::,  shall  be  east  into  the  den  of  the  lions. 

8  Now,  therefore,  O  kinc.  confirm  the  sentence, 
and  sicn  the  decree:  that  what  is  decreed  by  the 
Medes  and  Persians  may  not  be  allered,  nor  any 
man  be  allowed  to  transgress  it. 

9  So  king  Darius  set  forth  the  decree,  and  es- 
tablished it. 

10  Now  when  Daniel  knew  this,  that  is  to  say, 
that  the  law  was  made,  he  went  into  his  house: 
and  opening  the  windows  in  his  upper  chamber 
towards  Jerusalem,  he  knelt  down  three  times  a 
day,  and  adored,  and  cave  thanks  before  his  God, 
as  he  had  been  accustomed  to  do  before. 

1 1  Wherefore  those  men  carefully  watching  him, 
found  Daniel  praying,  and  making  supplication  to 
his  (iod. 

12  And  tiny  came  and  spoke  to  the  king  con- 
ceraing  the  edict  :  ()  kinc.  hast  thou  not  decreed, 
that  every  man  thai  should  make  a  n  quest  to  any 
of  the  gods,  or  men,  for  thirty  days,  but  to  thyself, 
()  kim:.  should  In-  east  into  the  drw  of  the  lions  i 
And  the  kinc  answered  them,  sav  int  :  The  word  is 
true  according  to  the  decree  of  the  .Mules  and  Per- 
sians, which  ii  is  not  law  ful  to  violate. 

13  Then  they  answered,  and  said  before  the 
king  :  Daniel,  who  is  of  the  children  of  the  eaptivitj 
of  Juda,  hath  not  regarded  thy  law,  nor  (he decree 
that  thou  hast  made  :  but  three  time-  a  day  he  ma- 
kith  his  prayer. 

I  V  Now  when  the  kinc  had  heard  these  words. 
he  was  \erv  much  crieved  :  and  in  behalf  of  I  )aniel 
he  set  his  heart  to  deliver  him,  and  even  till  sun-set 
lie  laboured  to  save  him. 

1")  Put  those  men  perceiving  the  king's  design, 
said  to  him:  Know  thou,  O.  king,  that  the  law  of 
the  Medes  and  Persians  is.  that  no  decree  w  Inch  the 
king  hath  made,  inav   be  altered. 

lii  Then  the  king  commanded,  and  they  brought 

Daniel,  and  east  him  into  the  den  of  the  lions.  And 
the  kinc  said  to  Daniel:  Thv  (iod  whom  thou 
always  servest,  he  will  deliver  thee. 

1/   And  a  stone  was  brought,  and  laid  u|K>n  the 


CHAP.  IX. 


when  he  was  come,  I  fell  on  my  face  trembling  : 
and  he  said  to  me  :  Understand,  O  son  of  man  ; 
for  in  the  timeof  the  end  the  vision  shall  be  fulfilled. 

18  And  when  he  spoke  to  me,  I  fell  flat  on  the 
ground  :  and  he  touched  me,  and  set  me  upright. 

19  And  he  said  to  me  :  I  will  show  thee  what 
things  are  to  come  to  pass  in  the  end  of  the  male- 
diction :  for  the  time  hath  its  end. 

20  The  ram,  which  thou  sawest  with  horns,  is  the 
king  of  the  Medes  and  Persians. 

21  And  the  he-goat  is  the  king  of  the  Greeks  : 
and  the  great  horn  that  was  between  his  eyes,  the 
same  is  the  first  king. 

22  But  whereas  when  that  was  broken,  there  rose 
lip  four  for  it:  four  kings  shall  rise  up  of  his  nation, 
but  not  with  his  strength. 

23  And  after  their  reign,  when  iniquities  shall  be 
grown  up,  there  shall  arise  a  king  of  a  shameless 
face,  and  understanding  dark  sentences. 

24  And  his  power  shall  be  strengthened,  but  not 
by  his  own  force  :  and  he  shall  lay  all  things  waste, 
and  shall  prosper,  and  do  more  than  can  be  believed. 
And  he  shall  destroy  the  mighty,  and  the  people  of 
the  saints, 

25  According  to  his  will  :  and  craft  shall  be  suc- 
cessful in  his  hand  :  and  his  heart  shall  be  puffed 
up  ;  and  in  the  abundance  of  all  things  he  shall  kill 
many :  and  he  shall  rise  up  against  the  prince  of 
princes,  and  shall  be  broken  without  hand. 

26  And  the  vision  of  the  evening  and  the  morning, 
which  was  told,  is  true  :  thou  therefore  seal  up  the 
vision,  because  it  shall  come  to  pass  after  many  days. 

27  And  I  Daniel  languished,  and  was  sick  for 
some  days  :  and  when  I  was  risen  up,  I  did  the 
king's  business  :  and  I  was  astonished  at  the  vision  ; 
and  there  was  none  that  could  interpret  it. 

CHAP.  IX. 

Daniel's  confession  and  prayer  :  Gabriel  informs  him  concern- 
ing the  seventy  weeks  to  the  coming  of  Christ. 

TN  the  first  year  of  Darius  the  son  of  Assuerus  of 
*-  the  seed  of  (he  Medes,  who  reigned  over  the 
kingdom  of  the  Chaldeans  : 

2  The  first  year  of  his  reign,  I  Daniel  understood 
by  books  the  number  of  the  years,  concerning  which 
the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jeremias  the  prophet, 
that  seventy  years  should  be  accomplished  of  the 
desolation  of  Jerusalem. 

3  And  I  set  my  face  to  the  Lord  my  God,  to  pray 
and  make  supplication  with  fasting,  and  sackcloth, 
and  ashes. 

4  And  I  prayed  to  the  Lord  my  God  ;  and  I  made 
my  confession,  and  said  :  I  beseech  thee,  O  Lord 
God,  great  and  terrible,  who  keepest  the  covenant, 
and  mercy  to  them  that  love  thee,  and  keep  thy  com- 
mandments, 

5  We  have  sinned  ;  we  have  committed  ini- 
quity ;  we  have  done  wickedly,  and  have  revolted  : 
and  we  have  gone  aside  from  thy  commandments, 
and  thy  judgments. 

6  We  have  not  hearkened  to  thy  servants  the 
prophets,  that  have  spoken  in  thy  name  to  our  kings, 
to  our  princes,  to  our  fathers,  and  to  all  the  people 
:f  the  land. 


7  To  thee,  O  Lord,  justice:  but  to  us  confusion 
of  face,  as  at  this  day  to  the  men  of  Juda,  and 
to  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  and  to  all  Israel,  to 
them  thafare  near,  and  to  them  that  are  far  off  in  all 
the  countries  whither  thou  hast  driven  them,  for  their 
iniquities,  by  which  they  have  sinned  against  thee. 

8  O  Lord,  to  us  belongeth  confusion  of  face,  to 
our  princes,  and  to  our  fathers  that  have  sinned. 

9  But  to  thee,  the  Lord  our  God,  mercy  and  for- 
giveness; for  we  have  departed  from  thee: 

10  And  we  have  not  hearkened  to  the  voice  of 
the  Lord  our  God,  to  walk  in  his  law,  which  he  set 
before  us  by  his  servants  the  prophets. 

1 1  And  all  Israel  have  transgressed  thy  law,  and 
have  turned  away  from  hearing  thy  voice:  and  the 
malediction,  and  the  curse,  which  is  written  in  the 
book  of  Moses  the  servant  of  God,  is  fallen  upon  us, 
because  we  have  sinned  against  him. 

12  And  he  hath  confirmed  his  words  which  he 
spoke  against  us,  and  against  our  princes  that  judged 
us,  that  he  would  bring  in  upon  us  a  great  evil,  such 
as  never  was  under  all  the  heaven,  according  to  that 
which  hath  been  done  in  Jerusalem. 

13  As  it  is  written  in  the  law  of  Moses,  all  this 
evil  is  come  upon  us;  and  we  entreated  not  thy  face, 
O  Lord  our  God,  that  we  might  turn  from  our  ini- 
quities, and  think  on  thy  truth. 

14  And'the  Lord  hath  watched  upon  the  evil, 
and  hath  brought  it  upon  us:  the  Lord  our  God  is 
just  in  all  his  works  which  he  hath  done:  for  we 
have  not  hearkened  to  his  voice- 

15  And  now,  O  Lord  our  God,  who  hast  brought 
forth  thy  people  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  with  a 
strong  hand,  and  hast  made  thee  a  name  as  at  this 
day:   we  have  sinned,  we  have  committed  iniquity. 

16  O  Lord,  against  all  thy  justice:  let  thy  wrath 
and  thy  indignation  be  turned  away,  I  beseech  thee, 
from  thy  city  Jerusalem,  and  from  thy  holy  moun- 
tain. For  by  reason  of  our  sins,  and  the  iniquities 
of  our  fathers,  Jerusalem  and  thy  people  are  a  re- 
proach to  all  that  are  round  about  us. 

17  Now  therefore,  O  our  God,  hear  the  suppli- 
cation of  thy  servant,  and  his  prayers:  and  show  thy 
face  upon  thy  sanctuary  which  is  desolate,  for  thy 
own  sake. 

18  Incline,  O  my  God,  thy  ear,  and  hear:  open 
thy  eyes,  and  see  our  desolation,  and  the  city  upon 
which  thy  name  is  called :  for  it  is  not  for  our  justi- 
fications that  we  present  our  prayers  before  thy  face, 
but  for  the  multitude  of  thy  tender  mercies. 

19  O  Lord,  hear:  O  Lord,  be  appeased:  hearken 
and  do:  delay  not  for  thy  own  sake,  O  my  God: 
because  thy  name  is  invocated  upon  thy  city,  and 
upon  thy  people. 

20  Now  while  I  was  yet  speaking,  and  praying, 
and  confessing  my  sins,  and  the  sins  of  my  people 
of  Israel,  and  presenting  my  supplications  in  the 
sight  of  my  God,  for  the  holy  mountain  of  my  God  : 

21  As  I  was  yet  speaking  in  prayer,  behold  the 
man  Gabriel,*  whom  I  had  seen  in  the  vision  at 


The  man  GabHel.     The  Angel  Gabriel  in  the  sjiape  of  a  man. 
703 


DANIKL 


the  hagjaniag.  fly  ins sw  iftly  touched  me  at  the  time 
of  (In-  evening  sacrifice. 

-'  \nd  lit-  instructed  me,  and  spoke  to  me,  and 
said:  O  Daniel,  I  am  now  ojmm  forth  to  teach  thee, 

an.)  that  thou  mkhtcst  understand. 

2.)  From  the  hemmting  tit  thy  prayers  tlie  word 
came  forth:  and  I  am  come  lo  shot,  U  to  tine,  be- 
cause thou  art  a  man  of  desires  :*  therefore  do  thou 
mark,  the  word,  and  understand  the  vision. 

11  Seventy  weeksf  are  shortened  U|H>n  thy  pco- 

Ele,  and  upon  thy  holy  city,  that  transgression  ma\ 
e  finished,  and  sin  may  have  an  end,  and  iniquity 
may  lie  abolished;  and  everlasting  justice  _m:iy  he 
brought;  and  vision  and  prophecy  may  t>e  fulfilled  ; 
and  the  Saint  of  saints  may  be  anointed. 

25  Know  thou  then  fore,  and  take  notice:  that 
from  the  §oing  forth  of  the  word. J  to  build  up  Jeru- 
salem again,  unto  Christ  the  prince,  there  shall  be 

n  weeks,  and  sixty-two  weeks:  and  the  street 
shall  be  built  again,  and  the  walls  in  straitness  of 
liuies.$ 

26  And  after  sixty-two  weeks  Christ  shall  be 
slaiu:  and  the  people  that  shall  deny  him  shall  not 
hfl  liis.  And  a  people  with  their  leader||  that  shall 
come,  shall  destroy  the  city  and  the  sanctuary:  and 
the  end  thereof  shall  be  waste;  and  after  the  end  of 
the  war  the  appointed  desolation. 

27  And  he  shall  confirm  the  covenant  with  many, 
in  one  week:  and  in  the  halfofthe  weekH  the  vic- 
tim and  the  sacrifice  shall  fail  :  and  there  shall  lie 
in  the  temple  the  alMimiuation  of  desolation  :**  and 
the  desolation  shall  continue  even  to  the  consumma- 
tion, and  to  the  end. 

I   1 1 A  P.  X. 

Daniel  having  kumhled  himself  by  fmling  and  penance,  teeth  a 
t,  trith  uhich  he  is  much  terrified:  but  he  is  comforted  by 
an  Angtl. 

IN  the  third  year  of  Cyrus  king  of  the  Persians, 
a  word  w  as  p  vcaledto  Daniel  surnamed  Bal- 
tass  ir,  and  a  true  word,  and  ureal  strength  :  and  he 
understood  the  word  :  lor  there  is  need  of  under- 
standing in  a  I  ision. 

1  In  those  da\s  I  Daniel  mourned   the  days  of 
weeks. 

3  I  ate  no  deniable  bread,  and  neither  flesh  nor 
wine  entered  into  my  mouth;  neither  was  1  anoint- 
ed with  ointment  ;  till  the  days  of  three  weeks  were 
ai  coinplished. 

4  And  in  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of  the  first 
month  I  was  by  the  great  river,  which  is  the  Tim  i>. 

5  And  I  lifted  up   my  eyes,  and  1  saw  :  and  be- 


iofietht$,  L  e.  ardeolly  pray-in*  for  tho  Jews  then  in  captinu 
\  8ntmlf  tutkt,  vix.  of  years  (or  seventy  timet  Mren,  that  u,  490 
years)  am  tkmttntd ;  that  it,  fixed  and  determined,  ao  that  the  time 
•hall  be  no  lonr 

omtM*  fi»*  firth  »f  tktteori,  he.  That  is,  from  the  twentieth 
>•(  hint:  Arlaxerxea,  when  by  hit  commandment  Nchcmiaa  re- 
l.mlt  the  walU  of  Jerusalem,  t  Eadraa  ii.  From  which  time,  accord- 
ing to  the  beat  cbronoloey,  there  were  juat  69  weeks  of  vcars,  that 
it  in  J  years,  to  the  baptiwn  of  Christ,  when  be  fir*  began  lo  preach 
and  esaowte  the  office  of  Missis, , 

t  Imtirdttuu  of  Haa  (  ungutttn  ftsse  inwi ;  which  mar  allude  both  to 
the  difficulties  and  opposition  they  met  with  in  hnildir* ;  and  lo  the 
shortness  of  the  time  in  which  the*  finished  Ibe  will.  ti/..  &<  day*. 

i  .«  f*fU  wtlk  their  Umdrt.     Toe  K 4i»  under  Titus. 

• 


hold,  a   man  clothed    in   linen,  and  his    loins  were 
girded  with  the  finest  gold. 

6  And  his  body   was  like   the  chrysolite,  and  his 
fa i  e  as  the  appearance  of  lightning,  and  his  i 
burning  lamp:  and  his  arms,  and  all  downward  <-\ .  m 
to  the  feet,  like  in  appearance  to  glittering  bras?  ;  ami 
the  voice  of  his  word  like  the  voice  of  a  multitude. 

7  And  I  Daniel  alone  saw  the  vision:  fi)r  the 
men  that  were  with  me  saw  it  not  :  but  an  exceed- 
ing great  terror  fell  upon  them  ;  and  tiny  lied  awa\. 
and  hid  themselt 

8  And  I  being  left  alone  saw  this  great  vision  : 
and  there  remained  no  strength  in  DC  :  and  the  ap- 
pearance of  my  countenance  was  changed  in  me: 
and  1  fainted  away,  and  retained  no  strength. 

9  And  I  heard  the  voice  of  his  wokIs  :  and  when 
I  heard,  I  lay  in  a  consternation  upon  my  face  :  and 
my  face  was  close  to  the  ground. 

10  And  behold,  a  hand  touched  me,  and  lifted 
me  up  upon  my  knees,  and  upon  the  joints  of  my 
hands. 

11  And  he  said  to  me:  Daniel,  thou  man  of  de- 
sires, understand  the  words  that  I  speak  to  thee, 
and  Stand  Upright  :  for  I  am  sent  now  to  thee.  And 
w  hen  he  bad  said  this  word  to  me,I  stood  trembling. 

12  And  he  said  tome:  Fear  not,  Danitl:  for 
from  the  fust  day  that  thou  didst  set  thy  heart  to  un- 
derstand, to  afflict  thvself  in  the  sight  of  thy  God, 
thy  words  have  been  heard  :  and  I  am  come  for  thy 
words. 

18  But  the  princeft  of  the  kingdom  of  the  Per- 
sians resisted  me  one  and  twenty  days  :  and  behold, 
Michael, one  of  the  chief  princes,  came  to  help  me  ■ 
and  I  remained  there  bv  the  kin:;  of  the  Persians. 

14  But  I  am  come  to  teach  thee  what  things 
shall  _  he  fid  thy  people  in  the  latter  days  ;  for  as  yet 
the  \  ision  is  for  da\s. 

15  And  when  he  was  speaking  such  words  to  me, 
I  east    down  my    countenance  to  the  ground,  ano 

held  my  peace. 

16  And  behold,  as  it  were  the  likeness  of  a  sor 
of  man  touched  my  lips:  then  1  opened  my  mouth., 
and  spoke,   and  said  to  him   that  stood  before    me 
O  my  lord,  at  the  sight  of  tine  my  joints  are  loosi  d. 
and  no  Strength  hath  remained  in  me. 

17  And  how  can  the  servant  of  my  lord  speak 
with  my  lord  ?  for  no  strength  remaineth  in  me  ; 
moreover  my  breath  is  stopped. 

18  Therefore  be  thai  looked  like  ■  man  touched 
me  again,  and  strengthened  me. 

19  And  he  said  :   Fear  not,  O  man  of  dcsii. 


1  In  ttu  half  of  the  vttlc;  or,  m  tin  middle  of  the  vetk,  he.  Became 
<°hn»t  preached  three  year*  and  a  half ;  and  then  by  bit  sacrifice 
upon  the  croat  abolished  all  Ibe  sacrifices  of  the  law. 

•*  TV  ohominotiom  of  desolation.     Some  understand  lhi«of  the  pro- 
fanation of  the  temple  bv  the  crimes  of  the  Jews,  and  by  the  bloody 
faction  of  the  zealots.     Others  of  the  bringing  in  tin 
ami  standard  of  the  paran  Romans.    Others,  in  fine, dntinp 
different  limes  of  desolation :  viz.  that  under  Am...  • 
the  temple  wa»  destroyed  by  the  Komans;  and  the  last  near  the  end 
of  the  world  under  Antichrist.     To  all  which,  as  they  suppose,  this 
e.|  may  have  a  relation. 

\\  TV  prince,  fkc.  Thai  la,  the  Anjrel  guardian  of  Persia  :  who,  ac- 
ne to  his  office,  seeking  the  spiritual  good  of  the  Persians,  was 
desirous  that  manv  of  Ibe  Jews  should  remain  i 


CHAP.  XI. 


peace  be  to  thee :  take  courage,  and  be  strong. 
And  when  he  spoke  to  me,  I  grew  strong ;  and  I 
said  :  Speak,  O  my  lord,  for  thou  hast  strength- 
ened me. 

20  And  he  said  :  Dost  thou  know  wherefore  I 
am  come  to  thee  ?  And  now  1  will  return,  to  fight 
against  the  prince  of  the  Persians.  When  I  went 
forth,  there  appeared  the  prince  of  the  Greeks 
coming. 

21  But  I  will  tell  thee  what  is  set  down  in  the 
scripture  of  truth  :  and  none  is  my  helper  in  all  these 
things,  but  Michael  your  prince.* 

CHAP.  XI. 

The  Angel  declares  to  Daniel  many  things  to  come,  icith  regard 
to  the  Persian  and  Grecian  kings  ;  mure  especially  with  re- 
gard to  Antiochus  as  a  figure  of  Antichrist. 

A  ND  from  the  first  year  of  Darius  the  Mede  I 
J-~*-  stood  up,  that  he  might  be  strengthened  and 
confirmed. 

2  And  now  I  will  show  thee  the  truth.  Behold, 
there  shall  stand  yet  three  kingsf  in  Persia :  and 
the  fourth  shall  be  enriched  exceedingly  above  them 
all :  and  when  he  shall  be  grown  mighty  by  his 
riches,  he  shall  stir  up  all  against  the  kingdom  of 
Greece. 

3  But  there  shall  rise  up  a  strong  king,J  and 
shall  rule  with  great  power :  and  he  shall  do  what 
•he  pleaseth. 

4  And  when  he  shall  come  to  his  height,  his 
kingdom  shall  be  broken  :  and  it  shall  be  divided 
towards  the  four  winds  of  the  heaven:  but  not  to  his 

i>osterity,  nor  according  to  his  power  with  which 
le  ruled.    For  his  kingdom  shall  be  rent  in  pieces, 
even  for  strangers,  besides  these. 

5  And  the  king  of  the  south§  shall  be  strength- 
ened ;  and  one  of  his  princes  shall  prevail  over  him  : 
and  he  shall  rule  with  great  power :  for  his  domi- 
nion shall  be  great. 

6  And  after  the  end  of  years  they  shall  be  in 
league  together:  and  the  daughter  of  the  •king  of 
the  south||  shall  come  to  the  king  of  the  north  to 
make  friendship :  but  she  shall  not  obtain  the 
strength  of  the  arm  ;  neither  shall  her  seed  stand  : 
and  she  shall  be  given  up,  and  her  young  men 
that  brought  her,  and  they  that  strengthened  her 
in  these  times. 

7  And  a  plantH  of  the  bud  of  her  roots  shall 
stand  up :  and  he  shall  come  with  an  army,  and 
shall  enter  into  the  province  of  the  king  of  the 
north  :  and  he  shall  abuse  them,  and  shall  prevail. 

8  And  he  shall  also  carry  away   captive  into 

*  Michael  your  prince.     The  guardian  general  of  the  church  of  God. 

f  Three  kings,  viz.  Cambyses,  Smerdes  Magus,  and  Darius  the  son 
of  Hystaspes.     The  fourth.     Xerxes. 

t  A  sin  ng  king.     Alexander. 

i  The  king  of  the  south.  Plolemeus  the  son  of  Lagus  king  of  Egypt, 
which  lie*  south  of  Jerusalem.  One  of  his  princes,  that  is,  one  of  Alex- 
ander's p-inces,  shall  prevail  over  him ;  that  is,  slia.IL  be  stronger  than  the 
king  of  Egypt.  He  speaks  of  Sclcucus  Nicator,  king  of  Asia  and  Syria, 
whose  successors  are  here  called  the  kings  of  the  north,  because 
their  Hoininio'S  lay  to  the  north  in  respect  to  Jerusalem. 

||  The  daughter  of  the  king  of  the  south,  viz.  Berenice  daughter  of  Ptole- 
mem  Philadelphus,  giveu  in  marriage  to  Antiochus  Theos,  grandson  of 
Seleucus. 

?  A  ilant,  Sic.     PtoUmeus  Evergetes  the  son  of  Philadelphia. 

**  The  king  of  the  north.    Seleucus  CalUnicut. 


Egypt  their  gods,  and  their  graven  things,  and  their 
precious  vessels  of  gold  and  silver :  he  shall  prevail 
against  the  king  of  the  north.** 

9  And  the  king  of  the  south  shall  enter  into  the 
kingdom,  and  shall  return  to  his  own  land. 

10  And  his  sonsft  shall  be  provoked;  and  they 
sha'Il  assemble  a  multitude  of  great  forces  :  and  he 
shall  come  with  haste  like  a  flood :  and  he  shall  return 
and  be  stirred  up:  and  he  shall  join  battle  with  his 
forces. 

1 1  And  the  king  of  the  southtt  being  provoked 
shall  go  forth,  and  shall  fight  against  the  king  of 
the  north,  and  shall  prepare  an  exceeding  great  mul- 
titude :  and  a  multitude  shall  be  given  into  his  hands. 

12  And  he  shall  take  a  multitude,  and  his  heart 
shall  be  lifted  up :  and  he  shall  cast  down  many 
thousands  :  but  he  shall  not  prevail. 

13  For  the  king  of  the  north  shall  return,  and 
shall  prepare  a  multitude  much  greater  than  before: 
and  in  the  end  of  times  and  years,  he  shall  come  in 
haste  with  a  great  army,  and  much  riches. 

14  And  in  those  times  many  shall  rise  up  against 
the  king  of  the  south  :  and  the  children  of  prevari- 
cators of  thy  people  shall  lift  up  themselves  to  fulfil 
the  vision  ;  and  they  shall  fall. 

15  And  the  king  of  the  north  shall  come,  and 
shall  cast  up  a  mount,  and  shall  take  the  best 
fenced  cities :  and  the  arms  of  the  south  shall  not 
withstand :  and  his  chosen  ones  shall  rise  up  to 
resist ;  and  they  shall  not  have  strength. 

16  And  he  shall  come  upon  him,$$  and  do  ac- 
cording to  his  pleasure  :  and  there  shall  be  none  to 
stand  against  his  face  :  and  he  sluil  stand  in  the 
glorious  land ;  and  it  shall  be  consumed  by  his  hand. 

17  And  he  shall  set  his  face  to  come  to  possess  all 
his  kingdom  ;|| !|  and  he  shall  make  upright  condi- 
tions with  him  :  and  he  shall  give  him  a  'laughter  of 
women,  to  overthrow  it :  and  she  sh«ll  not  stand, 
neither  shall  she  be  for  him. 

18  And  he  shall  turn  his  face  to  the  islands,  and 
shall  take  many :  and  he  shall  cause  the  prince  ot 
his  renro^chllH  to  cease:  and  his  reproach  shall  be 
turned  upon  him. 

19  And  he  shall  turn  his  face  to  the  empire  of  his 
own  land:  and  he  shall  stumble,  and  fall,  and  shall 
not  be  found. 

20  And  there  shall  stand  up  in  his  place  one 
most  vile,***   and   unworthy   of  kingly   honour 
and  in  a  few  days  he  shall  be  destroyed,  not  in  rage, 
nor  in  battle. 


ft  His  sons,  Seleucus  Ceraunius,  and  Antiochus  thegreat,  the  sonb  of  Cah 
linicus.     He  shall  come,  viz.  Antiochus  the  great. 

\l  The  king  of  the  south.     Plolemeus  Philopater,  son  of   Evergetes. 

U  He  shall  cotne  upon  him,  viz.  Antiochus  shall  come  upon  the  king 
ofthesoulh.      The  glorious  land.    Judea. 

{|||  All  his  kingdom,  viz.  all  tlie  kingdom  of  Ptolemeui  Epiphanes,  son  of 
Philopater.  A  daughter  of  women.  That  is,  a  most  beautiful  woman, 
viz.  his  daughter  Cleopatra.  To  overthrow  it,  viz.  the  kingdom  of  Epi- 
phanes :  but  his  policy  shall  not  succeed  :  for  Cleopatra  shall  take  more 
to  hea^t  the  interest  of  her  husband  than  that  of  her  father. 

HH  The  prince  of  his  reproach.  Scipio  the  Roman  general,  called  the 
prince  of  his  reproach,  because  he  overthrew  Antiochus,  and  obliged 
him  to  submit  to  very  dishonourable  terms,  before  he  would  ctatt 
from  the  war. 

***  One  most  vile.  Seleucus  Philopater,  who  sent  Hehodorus  to  plundat 
the  temple ;  and  was  shortly  after  slain  by  the  same  HeliodoVHfc 
705 


DANIEL. 


2\    \ik1  there  shall  stand  up  in  his  place  one  de- 
'i!:*   and  I  he  kinglv  honour  shall    not  be  ghrt  a 
him:   and  ht-  shall  come  privately,  and  shall  obtain 
the  kingdom  by  fraud. 

\iid  tin-  .inns  of  the  fichterf  shall  be  ovei- 
rouif  lit  loir  his  fai •»•.  and  shall  be  broken  ;  \ea  also 
the  prince  of  tin-  covenant. 

\nd  after  friendships,  he  "ill  deal  deceitfully 
with  him  :  and  he  shall  go  up,  and  shall  overcome 
w  rth  a  small  people. 

\ud  he  shall  enter  into  rich  and  plentiful  ci- 
ties :  and  he  shall  do  that  which  his  lathers  never 
did.  nor  his  fathers1  lathers:  he  shall  scatter  their 
s|K>ils,  ami  their  prey,  anil  their  riches  >  and  shall 
forecast  devices  against  the  best  fenced  places  ;  and 
this  until  a  time. 

\nd  his  strength  and  his  heart  shall  be  stir- 
red up  against  the  kingl  of  the  south  with  a  great 
BTIB]  :  and  the  king  Of  the  south  shall  Im>  stirred  up 
to  battle  with  manj  and  very  strong  succours:  and 
they  shall  not  stand  ;  for  they  shall  form  designs 
ist  him. 

\ ml  thev  that  eat  bread  with  him,  shall  de- 
StTOJ  him  :  and  his  army  shall  be  overthrown;  and 
mans  shall  fill  (km  n  slain. 

\nd  the  heart  of  the  two  kings  shall  be  to  do 
BVd ;  and  they  shall  speak  lies  at  one  table,  and 
thev  shall  not  prosper:  because  as  yet  the  end  si 
unto  another  time. 

\nd  he  shall  return  into  his  land  with  much 
riches  :  and  his  heart  shall  hi  against  the  holy  eove- 
n  int:  and  he  -hall  succeed,  and  shall  return  into 
his  own  land. 

29  At  the  time  appointed,  he  shall  return;  and 
he  shaM  come  t<>  tin-  south  :  but  the  latter  time  shall 
not  lie  like  the  former. 

\  11. 1  the  ea  I  leys  and  the  Romans^  shall  come 
upon  him  :  and  he  shall  be  struck,  and  shall  re- 
turn, and  shall  have  indignation  against  the  cove- 
nant of  the  sanctuary,  and  he  shall  succeed:  and 
he  shall  return,  and  shall    devise  against    them  that 

have  forsaken  the  covenant  of  the  sanctuary. 
.11    And  arms  shall  stand  on  his  part:  and  they 
i  [defile  the  sanctuary  of  strength,  and  shall  take 
<\  the  continual  sacrifice:   and  they  shall  place 
llu  i r  the  abomination!!  unto  desolation. 

knd  such  as  deal  wickedly  against  the  cove- 
nant shall  deceitfully  dissemble  :  but  the  people  that 
know  their  (iod  shall  prevail  and  succeed. 

tnd  they  that  are  learned  anions  the  people 
shall  teach  many:  and  thev  shall  tail  l>>  the  sword, 
anil  by  fire,  and  by  captivity,  and  by  spoil,  for  iintini 

oV  And  when   tiny  shall  have   fallen,  they  shall 


aw< 


»iat.     JnHttkut  Efifktmn,  who  at  tint  was  dnpittd, 

for  king.   What  w  here  said  of  thi«  prince  i« 

Ji-nwn  and  other*  in  Antichrist;  of  whom  tin.  Antio- 


|    Of  tin  figUtT. 


Thai  >v  of  Ihetn  that  »hall  oppOMi  him.  an •! 
Ttu  fHntt  af  tiu  MMMat,  or  »f  tin  km.     The 
•haw  that  conapuwd  against  him ;  or  the  kiof  of  Eg)  pi,  hat 
iry. 
t  lint       Ptoltmnu  PUUwuHr. 
\  Tht  gtlkftmUlkt  Rttmmnt.     PopUm*,  and  the  other  Roman  am- 
baatudors,  wlio  came  inralle,.,  and  obliged  him  to  drp-irt  from  I'.Rjpt. 


bfl  relieved  vvith  a  small  kelp:  and  many  shall  oe 
joined  tt>  them  dect  itfaliy. 

35  And  some  of  the  learned  shall  fall,  that  they 
may  be  trietl.  and  mav  be  chosen,  and  made  white 
even  to  the  appointed  time  :  because  vet  there  shall 
lie  another  time. 

36  And  the  kins  shall  do  according  to  his  will: 
and  he  shall  he  lifted  up,  and  shall  niagnifv  him- 
self against  ever]     |od:    ami  he    shall    speak    great 

things  against  the  (iotl  of  gods,  and  shall  prosper, 
till  the  w  rath  be  accomplished.  For  the  tit  •termina- 
tion is  made. 

I  Ami  he  shall  make  no  account  of  the  God  of 
his  fathers:  ami  he  shall  follow  the  lust  of  women, 
and  he  shall  not  regard  any  gods:  for  be  shall  rise 
up  against  all  things. 

.5!!  Hut  he  shall  worship  thegod  Maoziml  in  his 
place:  and  a  Hod  w  honihis  fathers  km  w  not,  he  shall 
worship  with  gold,  ami  silver,  and  precious  stones, 
and  things  of  great  price. 

39  And  he  shall  do  this  to  fortifv  Mao/im  with  a 

strange  god,  whom  he  bath  acknowledged  :  and  he 

shall  increase  glory.**  and  shall  give  them  ptiwci 
over  many,  ami  shall  divide  the  land  gratis. 

40  Ami  at  the  time  prefixed,  the  kin::  of  the  south 

shall  fight  against  him,  ami  the  king  of  the  north 
shall  come  against  him  like  a  tempest,  with  chariota, 

and  with  horsemen,  and  with  a  great  navv  :  and  he 
shall  enter  into  the  countries,  and  shall  dcslrov .  and 
pass  through. 

41  And  he  shall  enter  into  the  glorious  land,  and 
many  shall  fall  :  ant)  these  only  shall  be  saved  out 
of  his  hand.  Kdom,  ami  Aloab,  ami  the  principality 
of  the  children  of  Amnion. 

42  Ami  he  shall  lay  his  hand  upon  the  lands  : 
ami  the  land  of  Egypt  shall  not  escape. 

43  And  he  shall  have  iiower  over  the  treasures 
Of* gold,  and  of  silver,  ami  all  the  precious  things  ol 
Egypt:  and  he  shall  pass  through  Lvhia  and 
Ethiopia. 

44  Ami  tidings  out  of  the  east,  and  out  of  the 
north  shall  trouble  him  :  ami  he  shall  come  with  a 
great  multitude  to  destroy  and  slay  many, 

45  And  he  shall  fix  his  tabernacle  Apatlnoft  be- 
tween the  seas,  upon  a  glorious  and  holy  mountain  : 
and  he  shall  come  even  to  the  top  thereof ;  and  none 
shall  help  him. 

CHAT.  XII. 

Mi(  harl  shall  stand  up  for  the  people  qf  Otd :  with  other  things 
relating  to  Antichrist- ami  the  end  of  tht  wot  Id. 

BUT  at  that  time  shall  Michael  rise  up.  the  gnat 
prince    who  stnndcth   for  the  children  of   thy 
people:   and  a  time    shall  come   such  as  never  was 


I    7V«    »»«//    plf    Hurt  the  mhominulion,  he.     The  idol   i>l  Jupiter 
(Vitmpiw,  win.  h    Anlim-hii.   in. I.  n. I   In  In-  M't  up  in  the  »anrtn ■■■ 

mplc  .  which  !•>  bet*  i-alh-d    the  wnctuary  of  itrtngth,  from   the 
rshipped  il  ■ 
1    7V(«I  JVaatna.     Thai  »,  Ihr  jr.")  »(  J<rrr;  or  ttnmg  h»Ut. 
*•  JhU  ht  lUI  inert**  glory,  k<  .    Il<  itow  bouol 


and  I 

IT  .*!** 
fn«n  tin-  \ 


ill    M  nr^lll 


mi. 


(he  prapw  name  of  a 

l>  pnl.xr. 


Kin  I 


CHAP.  XIII. 


from  the  time  that  nations  began  even  until  that 
time.  And  at  that  time  shall  thy  people  he  saved, 
every  one  that  shall  be  found  written  in  the  hook. 

2  And  many  of  those  that  sleep  in  the  dust  of  the 
earth,  shall  awake:  some  unto  life  everlasting,  and 
others  unto  reproach,  to  see  it  always. 

3  But  they  that  are  learned*  shall  shine  as  the 
brightness  of  the  firmament:  and  they  that  instruct 
many  to  justice,  as  stars  for  all  eternity. 

4  But  thou,  O  Daniel,  shut  up  the  words,  and 
seal  the  book,  even  to  the  time  appointed  :  many 
shall  pass  over,  and  knowledge  shall  be  manifold. 

5  And  I  Daniel  looked;  and  behold,  as  it  were 
two  others  stood;  one  on  this  side  upon  the  bank  of 
the  river,  and  another  on  that  side,  on  the  other  bank 
of  the  river. 

6  And  I  said  to  the  man  that  was  clothed  in  linen, 
that  stood  upon  the  waters  of  the  river:  How  long 
shall  it  be  to  the  end  of  these  wonders? 

7  And  1  heard  the  man  that  was  clothed  in  linen, 
that  stood  upon  the  waters  of  the  river,  when  he 
hiid  lifted  up  his  right  hand,  and  his  left  hand  to 
heaven,  and  had  sworn  by  him  that  liveth  for  ever, 
that,  it  should  be  tmto  a  time,  and  times,  and  half  a 
time.  And  when  the  scattering  of  the  band  of  the 
holy  people  shall  be  accomplished,  all  these  things 
shall  be  finished. 

8  And  I  heard,  and  understood  not.  And  I  said  : 
O  my  lord,  what  shall  be  after  these  things? 

9  And  he  said:  Go,  Daniel,  because  the  words 
are  shut  up,  and  sealed  until  the  appointed  time. 

10  Many  shall  be  chosen,  and  made  white,  and 
shall  be  tried  as  fire :  and  the  wicked  shall  deal 
wickedly  ;  and  none  of  the  wicked  shall  understand ; 
but  the  learned  shall  understand. 

11  And  from  the  time  when  the  continual  sacri- 
fice shall  be  taken  away,  and  the  abomination  unto 
desolation  shall  be  set  up,  there  shall  be  a  thousand 
two  hundred  ninety  days. 

12  Blessed  is  he  that  waiteth,  and  cometh  unto 
a  thousand  three  hundred  thirty-five  days. 

13  But  go  thou  thy  ways  until  the  time  appolnt- 
*ed:  and  thou  shaft  rest,  and  stand  in  thy  lot  unto 

the  end  of  the  days. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

The.  history  of  Susanna  and  the  two  elders.^ 

1VTOVV   there  was  a  man  that  dwelt  in  Babylon, 
-*-  *    and  his  name  was  Joakim  : 

2  And  he  took  a  wife  whose  name  was  Susanna, 
the  daughter  of  Helcias,  a  very  beautiful  woman, 
and  one  that  feared  God. 

3  For  her  parents  being  just,  had  instructed  their 
daughter  according  to  the  law  of  Moses. 

4  Now  Joakim  was  very  rich,  and  had  an  or- 
chard near  his  house:  and  the  lews  resorted  to  him, 
because  he  was  the  most  honourable  of  them  all. 

5  And  there  were  two  of  the  ancients  of  the  peo- 
ple appointed  judges  that  year,  of  whom  the  Lord 

L'.arned,  viz.  in  tlie  law  of  God  and  true  wisdom,  which  consists  in 
kputving  and  loving  God. 

f  This  history  of  ^anna,  in  all  the  ancient  Greek  and  Latin  bi- 
bles, was  placed  in  the  beginning  of  the  book  of  Daniel ;  until  St. 
Jerom,  in  his  translation,  detached  it  from  thence  ;  because  he  did  not 


said:  Iniquity  came  out  from  Babylon  from  the  an- 
cientjudges,  that  seemed  to  govern  (he  people: 

6  Hiese  men  frequented  the  house  of  Joakim: 
and  all  that  had  any  matters  of  judgment  came  to 
them. 

7  And  when  the  people  departed  away  at  noon, 
Susanna  went  in,  and  walked  in  her  husband's  or- 
chard. 

8  And  the  old  men  saw  her  going  in  every  day, 
and  walking:  and  they  were  inflamed  with  lust 
towards  her : 

9  And  they  perverted  their  own  mind,  and  turn- 
ed away  their  eyes,  that  they  might  not  look  unto 
heaven,  nor  remember  just  judgments. 

10  So  they  were  both  wounded  with  the  love  of 
her;  yet  they  did  not  make  known  their  grief  one 
to  the  other : 

1 1  For  they  were  ashamed  to  declare  to  one  an- 
other their  lust,  being  desirous  to  have  to  do  with  her: 

12  And  they  watched  carefully  every  day  to  see 
her.     And  one  said  to  the  other  : 

13  Let  us  now  go  home,  for  it  is  dinner  time. 
So  going  out  they  departed  one  from  another. 

14  And  turning  back  again,  they  came  both  to  the 
same  place :  and  asking  one  another  the  cause, 
they  acknowledged  their  lust:  and  then  they 
agreed  upon  a  time,  when  trfey  might  find  her  alone. 

15  And  it  fell  out,  as  they  watched  a  fit  day,  she 
went  in  on  a  time,  as  yesterday  and  the  day  be- 
fore, with  two  maids  only  ;  and  was  desirous  to 
wash  herself  in  the  orchard  ;  for  it  was  hot  weather. 

1 6  A  rid  there  was  nobody  t  here,  but  t  he  two  old  men 
that  had  hid  themselves,  and  were  beholding  ner. 

17  So  she  said  to  the  maids  :  Bring  me  oil  and 
washing  balls,  and  shut  the  doors  of  the  orchard, 
that  I  mav  wash  me. 

18  And  they  did  as  she  bade  them  :  and  they 
shut  the  doors  of  the  orchard,  and  went  out  by  a 
back  door  to  fetch  what  she  had  commanded  them: 
and  they  knew  not  that  the  elders  were  hid  within. 

19  Now  when  the  maids  were  gone  forth,  the 
two  elders  arose,  and  ran  to  her,  and  said  : 

20  Behold,  the  doors  of  the  orchard  are  shut, 
and  nobody  seeth  us,  and  we  are  in  love  with  thee: 
wherefore  consent  to  us,  and  lie  with  us. 

21  Butif  thou  wilt  not,wewillbearwitness  against 
thee,  that  a  young  man  was  with  thee,  and  there- 
fore thou  didst  send  away  thy  maids  from  thee. 

22  Susanna  sighed,  and  said:  I  am  straitened 
on  every  side:  for  if  I  do  this  thing,  it  is  death  to 
me  :  and  if  I  do  it  not,  1  shall  not  escape  your  hands. 

23  But  it  is  better  for  me  to  fall  into  your  hands 
without  doing  it,  than  to  sin  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord. 

24  With  that  Susanna  cried  out  with  a  loud 
voice  :  and  the  elders  also  cried  out  against  her. 

25  And  one  of  litem  ran  to  the  door  of  the  or- 
chard and  opened  it. 

26  So  v*  hen  the  servants  of  the  house  heard  the 

Pad  it  in  the  Hebrew  :  which  is  also  the  case  of  the  history  of  Bel  and 
the  drapon.  But  both  the  one  and  the  other  are  received  b\  the  ca- 
tholic church  :  and  were  from  the  very  beginning  a  part  of  the  Chris 
tian  bible. 

707     . 


I)  WILL. 


cry  in  the  orchard,  they  rushed  in  by  the  back  door, 
to  set*  what  was  the  matter. 

J7  But  after  the  old  men  bad  spokes,  tbi 
rants  west  -ii. iily  ashamed  !  for  never  had  there 
Ihcii  any  SUeh  WOfd  Said  of  Susanna.      And  on  the 
uezi  day. 

28  When  the  people  were  come  to  Joakim  ker 

husband,  the    tWO  fillers    also  caDM  lull  Of"  wicked 

device  against  Susanna,  to  put  her  todeath. 

29  Ami  they  siid  before  the  people  :  Send  to 
Susanna  daughter  of  Hekiaa  the  wile  of  Joakim. 
And  preseath  they  sent. 

30  And  she  came  w  iih  her  parents,  and  children, 
and  all  her  kindred. 

■  <\  \.u  Susanna  was  exceeding  delicate,  and 
beautiful  to  behold. 

Hut  those  wicked  men  commanded  that  her 
•   should  Ik.' uncovered  (lor  she  was  covered)  that 

it  least  thej  might  be  larisfied  with  her  beauty. 
S3  Therefore   her  friends  and   all   her  acquaint- 
ance wept. 

34  iiui  the  two  elders  rising  tin  in  the  midst  of 
the  people,  btid  their  hands  upon  her  head. 

35  And  she  weeping  looked  up  to  heaven  ;  for 
li.-r  heart  had  confidence  in  the  Lord. 

36  And  the  elders  said  :  As  we  walked  in  the 
orchard  alone,  this  woiftan  came  in  with  two  maids, 
and  shut  the  doors  of  the  orchard,  and  sent  awav 
the  maids  from  her. 

37  Then  a  young  man  that  was  there  hid  came 
to  her,  and  lav  with  her. 

38  Jiiit  we  that  w  ere  in  a  corner  of  the  orchard, 
a;  this  wickedness,   ran  up  to   them:  and    we 

saw  tjieui  lie  together. 

39  And  him  indeed  we  could  not  take,  because 
he  was  Stronger  than  us  :  and  opining  the  doors, 
he  leaped  out  : 

40  Hut  baring  taken  this  woman,  we  asked  who 
the  yoiuiK  man  was;  but  she  would  not  tell  us:  of 
tlii>  thing  we  are  witnesses. 

41  The  multitude  believed  them  as  bcins  the 
elders  and  the  judges  ol  the  people:  and  they  con- 
demned her  to  death. 

42  Then  Susanna  cried  out  with  a  loud  voice,,  and 
said  :  O  eternal  God,  who  knowest  bidden  things, 
who  knowest  all  things  before  they  come  to  pass. 

43  Thou  knowest  that  thev  have  home  false  wit- 
ness against  me;  and  behold,  1  must  die  j  where- 
as I  have  done  none  of  these  things  which  these 
men  have  malicious]}  forged  sgaieet  mc. 

44  And  the  Lord  heard  her  voire. 

45  And  when  she  was  led  to  he  put  to  death, 
the  Lord  raised  up  the  holy  spirit  of  a  young  DOT, 
whose  name  was  Daniel: 

\nd  he   cried   out  with  a   loud  voice  :    I  am 
clear  from  the  Mood  of  this  woman. 

47  Then  all  the  people  turniii^  themselves  to- 
wards h'un,  said:  \\  hat  meaneth  this  word  that 
thou  lust  spoken  ? 

)'.'•  Hut  he  standing  in  the  midst  of  them,  said: 
Are  ye  so  foolish,  \e  children  of  lsiael.ih.it  without 
examination  or  knowledge  of  the  truth,  yon  havi 
condemned  s daughter  of  Israel  ? 


49  Return  to 

W  itliess  against   her 


judgment , 


for  they   have   borne 


50  So  all  the  people  turned  again  in  haste,  and 
the  old  men  said  to  him:  (  onie,  and  sit  thou  down 
among  us,  and  show  it  us:  seeing  God  hath  givui 
thee  the  honour  of  old  age. 

51  And  Daniel  said  to  the  people  :  Separate  thew 
two  far  from  one  another;  and  I  will  i  .\auiiiie  them. 

52  So  when  they  were  put  asunder  one  from  the 
other,  he  called  one  of  them,  and  said  tohini:  <) 
thou  that  art  grown  old  in  evil  da.vs,  now  are  thy 
sins  (nine  out  which  thou  hast  committed  before: 

53  In  judging  unjust  judgments,  oppressing  the 
innocent,  and  letting  the  guilty  to  CO  free:  win  nas 
the  Lord  saith  :  The  innocent  and  the  just  thou  shall 
not  kill. 

54  Now  then  if  thou  SSWest  her,  tell  me  under 
what  tree  thou  saw  est  them  conversing  together. 
He  said:  Under  a  mastic  tree. 

55  And  Daniel  said  :  Well  hast  thou  lied  against 
thv  own  head:  forhehold.the  Aim  lol  God  baring  re- 

I  the  sentence  of  him,  shall  cut  thee  in  two. 

56  And  having  put  him  aside,  he  commanded 
that  the  other  should  come  ;  and  he  said  to  him: 
O  thou  seed  of  (  hanaan,  and  not  of  Juda,  beauty 
hath  deceived  thee,  and  lust  hath  perverted  thy  heart  : 

57  Thus  did  you  do  to  the  daughters  of  Israel, 
and  they  for  fear  conversed  with  you  :  hut  a  daugh- 
ter of  Juda  would  not  abide  your  wickedness. 

58  Now  therefore  tell  me,  under  what  tree  didst 
thou  take  them  conversing  together.  And  he  an- 
swered :  Under  a  holm  tree. 

59  And  Daniel  said  to  him  :  Well  hast  thou  also 
lied  against  thy  ow  n  head  :  for  the  Angel  of  the 
Lord  Waited!  with  a  sword  to  cut  thee  in  two,  and 
to  destroy  you. 

60  With  that  all  the  assembly  cried  out  with  a 
loud  voice:  and  they  blessed  God,  who  saveth  them 
that  trust  in  him. 

61  And  they  rose  up  against  the  two  elders  (for 
Daniel  had  convicted  them  of  false  witness  hv  their 
own  mouth)  and  they  did  to  them  as  they  had  ma- 
liciously dealt  against  their  neighbour, 

62  To  fulfil  the  law  of  Moses :  and  they  put 
them  to  death  :  and  innocent  hlood  was  saved  in 
that  day. 

63  But  Ilelcias  and  his  wife  praised  <M>d,  for 
their  daughter  Susanna,  with  Joakim  her  hushand, 
and  all  her  kindred,  becuuse  there  was  no  dishones- 
ty found  in  her. 

64  And  Daniel  became  great  in  the  light  of  the 
people  from  that  day  and  thenceforward. 

65  And  king  Astyages  was  gathered  to  his  fa- 
thers: and  Cyrus  the  Persian  received  his  kingdom. 

(MAP.  XIV. 

The  history  of  Bel;  and  of thr  great  ti  rptnt  worthippeil  liy  the 

liiiliy/iininiiM. 

A  ND  Daniel  was  the  kind's  gUCSt,*  and  was  ho- 

-**-  noured  shore  all  his  fro  mis. 

2  Now   the  Babylonians  had  an  idol  called  Hel : 


•  TV  fa«/r'»  jw'i 

«pokca  of  w»  EnlMi 
•or,  ami  a  . 


It  acrni-  n  o-i    uo'illr,  tl.at  t),r   km*  li*re 
(be  -on  and  'w  1 1  >*or  of  N^bmlioJoDu. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


rfiid  there  were  spent  upon  him  every  day  twelve 
treat  measures  of  fine  flour,  and  forty  sheep,  and 
sixty  vessels  of  wine. 

3  The  king  also  worshipped  him,  and  went  every 
flay  to  adore  him  :  But  Daniel  adored  his  God.  And 
the  king  said  to  him  :  Why  dost  thou  not  adore  Bel? 

4  And  he  answered,  and  said  to  him:  Because  I 
do  not  worship  idols  made  with  hands,  hut  the  liv- 
ing God,  that  created  heaven  and  earth,  and  hath 
power  over  all  flesh. 

5  And  the  king  said  to  him  :  Doth  not  Bel  seem 
to  thee  to  be  a  living  God  ?  Seest  thou  not  how  much 
he  eateth  and  drinketh  every  day? 

6  Then  Daniel  smiled,  and  said :  O  king,  he  not 
deceived  :  for  this  is  but  clay  within,  and  brass  with- 
out ;  neither  hath  he  eaten  at  any  time. 

7  And  the  king  being  angry,  called  for  his  priests, 
and  said  to  them :  If  you  tell  me  not  who  it  is  that 
eateth  up  these  expenses  you  shall  die. 

8  But  if  you  can  show  that  Bel  eateth  these 
things,  Daniel  shall  die,  because  he  hath  blasphemed 
against  Bel.  And  Daniel  said  to  the  king :  Be  it 
done  according  to  thy  word. 

9  Now  the  priests  of  Bel  were  seventy,  besides 
their  wives,  and  little  ones,  and  children.  And  the 
king  went  with  Daniel  into  the  temple  of  Bel. 

10  And  the  priests  of  Bel  said  :  Behold,  we  go 
out :  and  Ho  thou,  O  king,  set  on  the  meats,  and 
make  ready  the  wine,  and  shut  the  door  fast,  and 
seal  it  with  thy  own  ring: 

1 1  And  when  thou  comest  in  the  morning,  if  thou 
findest  not  that  Bel  hath  eaten  up  all,  we  will  suffer 
death,  or  else  Daniel  that  harh  lied  against  us. 

12  And  they  little  regarded  it:  because  they  had 
made  under  the  table  a  secret  entrance:  and  they 
always  came  in  by  it,  and  consumed  those  things. 

13  So  it  came  to  pass  after  they  were  gone  out, 
the  king  set  the  meats  before  Bel :  and  Daniel  com- 
manded his  servants,  and  they  brought  ashes  ;  and 
he  sifted  them  all  over  the  temple  before  the  king : 
and  going  forth  they  shut  the  door  :  and  having  scal- 

.  ed  it  with  the  king's  ring,  they  departed. 

14  But  the  priests  went  in  by  night  according  to 
their  custom,  with  their  wives  and  their  children  : 
and  they  ate  and  drank  up  all. 

15  And  the  king  arose  early  in  the  morning,  and 
Daniel  with  him. 

16  And  the  king  said:  Are  the  seals  whole,  Da- 
niel ?  And  he  answered  :  They  are  whole,  O  king. 

17  And  as  soon  as  he  had  opened  the  door,  the 
king  looked  upon  the  table,  and  cried  out  with  a 
loud  voice  :  Great  art  thou,  O  Bel ;  and  there  is  not 
any  deceit  with  thee. 

18  And  Daniel  laughed:  and  he  held  the  king 
that  he  should  not  go  in :  and  he  said :  Behold  the 
pavement;  mark  whose  footsteps  these  are. 

19  And  the  king  said :  I  see  the  footsteps  of  men, 
and  women,  and  children.  And  the  king  was  angry. 

20  Then  he  took  the  priests,  and  their  wives, 

*  The  den  of  lion$.  Daniel  was  twice  cast  into  the  den  of  lions : 
once  under  Darius  the  Mede,  because  he  had  transgressed  the  kinz's 
•diet,  by  praying  three  limes  a  day  :  and  another  time  under  Evil-Me- 


and  their  children :  and  they  showed  him  me  private 
doors  by  which  they  came  in,  and  consumed  the 
things  that  were  on  the  table. 

21  The  king  therefore  put  them  to  death,  and  de- 
livered Bel  into  the  power  of  Daniel;  whodestroved 
him,  and  his  temple. 

22  And  there  was  a  great  dragon  in  that  place, 
and  the  Babylonians  worshipped  him. 

23  And  the  king  said  to  Daniel :  Behold,  thou 
canst  not  say  now,  that  this  is  not  a  living  God : 
adore  him  therefore. 

24  And  Daniel  said  :  I  adore  the  Lord  my  God : 
for  he  is  the  living  God:  but  that  is  no  living  God. 

25  But  give  me  leave,  O  king,  and  I  will  kill  this 
dragon  without  sword  or  club.  And  the  king  said: 
I  give  thee  leave. 

26  Then  Daniel  took  pitch,  and  fat,  and  hair,  and 
boiled  them  together:  and  he  made  lumps,  and  put 
them  into  the  dragon's  mouth,  and  the  dragon  burst 
asunder.  And  he  said :  Behold  him  whom  you  wor- 
shipped. 

27  And  when  the  Babylonians  had  heard  this, 
they  took  great  indignation:  and  being  gathered  to- 
gether against  the  king,  they  said  :  The  king  is  be- 
come a  Jew.  He  hath  destroyed  Bel;  he  hath  kill- 
ed the  dragon  ;  and  he  hath  put  the  priests  to  death. 

28  And  they  came  to  the  king,  ana  said  :  Deliver 
us  Daniel :  or  else  we  will  destroy  thee  and  thy  house. 

29  And  the  king  saw  that  they  pressed  upon  him 
violently:  and  being  constrained  by  necessity,  he 
delivered  Daniel  to  them. 

30  And  they  cast  him  into  the  den  of  lions:*  and 
he  was  there  six  days. 

31  And  in  the  den  there  were  seven  lions  ?  and 
they  had  given  to  them  two  carcasses  every  day,  and 
two  sheep  :  but  then  thev  were  not# given  unto  them 
that  they  might  devour  Daniel. 

32  Now  there  was  in  Judea  a  prophet  called 
Habacuc  :f  and  he  had  boiled  pottage  and  had  bro- 
ken bread  in  a  bowl;  and  was  going  into  the  field  to 
carry  it  to  the  reapers. 

33  And  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  said  to  Habacuc: 
Carry  the  dinner  which  thou  hast  into  Babylon  to 
Daniel,  who  is  in  the  lions'  den. 

34  And  Habacuc  said:  Lord,  I  never  saw  Baby- 
lon ;  nor  do  I  know  the  den. 

35  And  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  took  him  by  the 
top  of  his  head,  and  carried  him  by  the  hair  of  his 
head,  and  set  him  in  Babylon  over  the  den  in  the 
force  of  his  spirit. 

36  And  Habacuc  cried,  saying:  O  Daniel,  thou 
servant  of  God,  take  the  dinner  that  God- hath  sent 
thee. 

37  And  Daniel  said  :  Thou  hast  remembered  me, 
O  God ;  and  thou  hast  not  forsaken  them  that  love 
thee. 

38  And  Daniel  arose,  and  ate.  And  the  Angel 
of  the  Lord  presently  set  Habacuc  again  in  his  own 
place. 

rodnch  by  a  sedition  of  the  people.  This  lime  he  remained  six  days 
in  the  lions'  den;  the  othei  time  only  one  night. 

f  Habacuc.  The  same,  as  some  think,  whose  prophecy  it  found 
among  the  le  »er  prophets;  but  others  believe  him  to  be  different 

783 


OSEE. 


39  And  upon  (be  seventh  dai  ike  king  came  i«> 
rjowail  Daniel ;  and  In  came  to  tin-  den,  Mid  jooked 
iii :  and  behold,  Daniel  was  sitting  in  the  mid*  u 
the  lions. 

W)  And  ihe  king  cried  out  with  a  loud  voice, 
ng:  Great  art  thou,  O  Lord  the  God  of  Daniel. 
And  he  drew  him  out  of  the  lions'  den. 


41  But  those  that  bad  usee  the  caoae  of  Iii-,  de- 
struction, he  east    into  the  den:  and  tin  \  wire  ile 
\oured  in  a  nioincnl  before  hiin. 

42  Then  the  king  said  :     Let  all  the  inhabitant 
Of  tin-  whole  earth  tear  the  God  of  Daniel:  lor  i. 

the  Sax  iour,  working  signs  and  wooden  in  the  earth; 
who  hath  delivered  Daniel  out  of  the  lions1  den. 


THE  PROPHECY  OF  OSEE. 


Oiee  or  H«aw,  whose  name  signifies  a  saviour,  teas  tj>f  first  m 
the  or.lr  <>(  time  among  those  who  are  commonly  called  leaser 
propbets,  because  ihrir  prophecies  are  short,  lie  prophesied 
i*  the  kingdom  of  Israel,  that  is,  of  the  ten  tribes,  about  the 
same  time  that  Isaias  proper  sirtl  in  the  kingdom  of  Judo. 

CHAP.  I. 

fly  marrying  a  harlot,  and  by  the  names  of  his  children,  the 
pr  i',rth  the  crimes  of  Israel  and  their  punishment. 

■  ir  rrd-  mptinn  by  Christ. 

IT! HE  word  of  the   Lord  that  came  to  Osee  the 

JL     son  of   Beeri,   in  the  days  of  Ozias,  Joathan* 

Acban,   and  Eaechias,  kings  of  Juda.  and  in  the 

-  of  Jeroboam  the  son  olJoas  kin;:  of*  Israel. 

2  The  beginning  of  the  Lord's  speaking  by  Osee  : 
and  the  Lord  said  to  Osee  :  Go,  take  thee  a  wife 
ol  fornications,*  and  have  of  her  children  of  forni- 

ont  :  lor  the  land   by  fornication  shall  depart 
from  the  Lord. 

3  So  he  went,  and  took  Gomer  the  daughter  of 
DeUdaim  :   and  she  conceived,  and  bore  buna  son. 

I  knd  the  Lord  said  to  liiui  :  Call  his  name 
I,  /rain  I  :    for  vet   a  little  while,  and  I  will   visit  the 

blood  oi  JearahefuiJOfl  the  bouse.  ofJebu  ;  and  1  w  ill 
cause  to  cease  the  kingdom  of  the  bouse  of  Israel. 

5  lad  in  that  day  I  will  break  in  pieces  the  bow 
of  Israel  in  the  valley  olJezrahel. 

6  And  she  conceived  again,  and  bore  a  daughter ; 
and  he  said  to  him:  Call  her  name.  Without  mercy  :t 
for  I  will  not  add  anv  more  to  have  mercy  on  the 
boner  of  Israel  :  bat  I  will  utterly  forget  them. 

7  \nd  I  will  have  merc\  on  the  house  ol  Juda. 
and  I  will  save  them  by  the  Lord  their  God  :  and 
1  will  not  save  them  by  bow,  nor  by  sw  ord,  nor  by- 
battle,  nor  In  horses,  nor  b*  horsemen. 

8  And  she  weaned  her  that  was  called  Without 
merev.     And  -die  conceived,  and  bore  a  son. 

9  And  he  said  :  Call  his  name,  Not  mv  people,} 
forvou  are  not  mj  people,  and  '  will  not  bevours. 

10  And  the  number!  of  the  children  ol  Israel 
snail  be  as  the  sand  of  we  sea.  that  i>  without  mea- 
sure, and  shall  not  lie  numbered.  And  it  shall  lie 
in  the  place  where  it  •hall  !>c   said  to   them  :  You 

•  A  nyV  of  formUmtums.     That  ia,  a  wife  that  hath  been  irirrn  la  for- 
w..«   l.i    rgpre»«Ol     the    I.or.l'.    prncrrdinr*  with    hi* 

ponplf  I  r»  I,  wli<>,  h\  viriiiial   a  mttooallj  offending 

t,  in.     <  hUJtrn  of  /imitations.     So  called  tram  the  character  of  their 
i  >l  also  from  their  nwrn  wicked dbpo»i' 
r    II  ilhoml  merry.      Lo-Ridumah. 

710 


are  not  my   people:  It  shall  be  Siiid  to  ihetn  :   Ye 
are  the  sons  of  the  living  God. 

11   And  the  children  of  Juda,  and  the  children  of 
Israel  shall  be  gathered  together :  and  they  shall  ap- 
point themselves  one  head,||  and  shall  come  up  out 
of  the  land  :  for  great  is  the  day  of  Jezrahel. 
(HAP.  II. 

Israel  it  justly  punished  for  leaving  God.     The  abundance  t\j 
grace  in  the  church  of  Christ. 

SAY  ye  to  your  brethren:   You  are   my  people  : 
and  to  your  sister  :  Thorn  hast  obtained  mercy.*! 

2  Judge  your  mother,**  judge //r;  :  because  she 
is  not  my  wile,  and  1  am  not  her  husband.  Let 
her  put  away  her  fornications  from  her  face,  and 
her  adulteries  from  between  her  breasts  : 

3  Lest  I  strip  her  naked,  and  set  her  as  in  tin- 
day  that  she  was  horn  :  and  1  will  make  OCT  as  a 
wilderness,  and  w  ill  set  her  as  a  land  that  none  can 
past  through,  and  will  kill  her  with  drought. 

4  And  I  will  not  haw  mercy  on  her  children; 
for  they  are  the  children  of  fornications. 

5  For  their  mother  bath  committed  fornication  ; 
she  that  conceived  them  is  covered  with  shame  : 
for  she  said  :  I  will  go  after  my  lovers,  that  gi\e  me 
m\  bread,  and  my  water,  my  wool,  and  ms  flax, 
in \  oil,  and  my  drink. 


6  Wherefore,  behold,    I  will   hedge  tip  tin  w  a\ 
with  thorns;  and  1  w  ill  stor 
she  shall  not  find  her  paths. 


p  tin  wa\ 
wall  :  RIM 


7  And  she  shall  follow  after  her  lovers,  and  shall 
not  overtake  them  :  and  she  shall  seek  them,  and 
shall  not  find  :  and  she  shall  say:  I  will  no.  and  re- 
turn to  my  first  husband:  because  it  w  as  battel 
with  me  then,  than  now. 

8  And  she  did  not  know  that  I  gave  her  corn,  and 
wine,  and  oil,   and   multiplied   hei   Silver,  and  gold, 

which  tbej  have  need  iii  the  service  ol  Baal. 

9  Therefore  will  I  return,  and  take  away  mv 
corn  in  its  season,  and  my  wine  in  its  season  :  and 
I  will  set  at  liberty  m\  wool,  and  tin  lla\,  which 
covered  her  disgj 

10  And  now  I  will  lav  open  her  folly  in  the  .  \,  - 

•   7V  number   he.  Ml.  of  Ihe    true    Wraelitc,   the  <  Inlitu  n    I 
ohurrh  of  < 

|  Otuhead.  tiz.  t'liri«l.      Grtot  is  Ihe  day  of  JrlrahtL     That  i«,  of  tin 
I  for  Jetrakfl  Mgl 

1   Soy  to  your  Mtm,  fcr.  or,  Call  your  brttnrm.  My  people,  ami  ),»irf 
sister.  Her  thai  »«!*  oHaintJ  merry.      I 
end  of  the  fiirrr<«"K  chapter  :  M  tu  the  converts  of  strut  I. 

••    Y*tr  mother.       I     •    MnafagW. 


CHAP.  HI,  IV 

and  no  man  shall  deliver  her  out  of 


of  her  lovers 
mv  hand  : 

11  And  I  will  cause  all  her  mirth  to  cease,  her 
solemnities,  her  new-moons,  her  sabbaths,  and  all 
her  festival  times. 

12  And  1  will  destroy  her  vines,  and  her  fig-trees, 
of  which  she  said  :  These  are  my  rewards,  which 
my  lovers  have  given  me:  and  I  will  make  her  as  a 
forest ;  and  the  beasts  of  the  field  shall  devour  her. 

13  And  I  will  visit  upon  her  the  days  of  Baalim, 
to  whom  she  burnt  incense,  and  decked  herself  out 
with  her  ear-rings,  and  with  her  jewels,  and  went 
after  her  lovers,  and  forgot  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

14  Therefore,  behold,  I  will  allure  her,*  and 
will  lead  her  into  the  wilderness  :  and  I  will  speak 
to  her  heart. 

15  And  I  will  give  her  vine-dressers  out  of  the 
same  place,  and  the  valley  of  Achor  for  an  opening 
of  hope:  and  she  shall  sing  there  according  to  the 
days  of  her  youth,  and  according  to  the  days  of  her 
coming  up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt.  , 

16  And  it  shall  be  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  : 
That  she  shall  call  me:  My  husband  :f  and  she 
shall  call  me  no  more  Baali. 

17  And  I  will  take  away  the  names  of  BaalimJ 
out  of  her  mouth  :  and  she  shall  no  more  remember 
their  name. 

18  And  in  that  day  I  will  make  a  covenant  with 
them,  with  the  beasts  of  the  field,  and  with  the  fowls 
of  the  air,  and  with  the  creeping  things  of  the  earth  : 
and  I  will  destroy  the  bow,  and  the  sword,  and  war 
out  of  the  land  :  and  I  will  make  them  sleep  secure. 

19  And  1  will  espouse  thee§  to  me  for  ever  :  and 
I  will  espouse  thee  to  me  in  justice,  and  judgment, 
and  in  mercy,  and  in  commiserations. 

20  And  I  will  espouse  thee  to  me  in  faith  :  and 
thou  shalt  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day :  I  will 
hear,  saith  the  Lord,  I  will  hear  the  heavens  ;||  and 
they  shall  hear  the  earth. 

22  And  the  earth  shall  hear  the  corn,  and  the 
wine,  and  the  oil  ;  and  these  shall  hear  Jezrahel. 

23  And  I  will  sow  her  unto  me  in  the  earth :  and 
I  will  have  mercy  on  her  that  was  without  mercy. 

24  And  I  will  say  to  that  which  was  not  my 
people  :11  Thou  art  my  people  :  And  they  shall  say: 
Thou  art  my  God. 

CHAP.  III. 

The  prophet  is  commanded  again  to  love  an  adulteress  ;  to  sig- 
nify God's  love  to  the  synagogue.  The  wretched  state  of  the 
Jews  for  a  long  time,  till  at  last  they  shall  be  converted. 

\  ND  the  Lord  said  to  me:  Go  yet  again,  and 


love  a  woman  beloved  of  her  friend,  and  an 
nlulteress  :  as  the  Lord  loveth  the  children  of  Israel, 


*  I  will  allure  her.  &e.  After  all  her  disloyalties,  I  will  still  allure  her 
by  my  Qfrace,  fee*  and  send  her  vine-dressers,  viz.  Ihe  apostles;  originally 
her  own  children,  who  shall  open  to  her  the  grates  of  hope  :  as  hereto- 
fore at  her  coining  into  the  land  of  promise,  she  had  all  irood  success 
after  s'e  had  sa'isfie  I  the  divine  justice  by  the  execution  of  Achan  in 
the  vnlhij  of  Jichor.     Josue  vii. 

f  J\hj  husband.  In  I  Ichrew,  Ishi.  Baali,  mv  lord,  The  meaning  of 
this  verse  is:  that  whereas  hhi  and  Baali'  were  used  indifferently  in 
those  days  by  wives  speakintr  to  their  husbands;  the  synagogue,  whom 
God  was  pleased  to  consider  as  his  spouse,  should  call  him  only  Ishi,  and 
abstain  from  the  name  of  Baali,  because  of  its  affinity  with  the  name 
-'the  idol  Baal 


and  they  look  to  strange  gods,  and  love  the  husks 
ol  the  grapes. 

2  Audi  bought  her  to  me  for  fifteen  pieces  of  silver 
and  for  a  core  of  barley,  and  for  half  a  core  of  bailey. 

3  And  I  said  to  her  :  Thou  shalt  wait  for  roe 
many  days  :  thou  shalt  not  play  the  harlot ;  and  thou 
shalt  be  no  man's  ;  and  I  also  will  wait  for  thee. 

4  For  the  children  of  Israel  shall  sit  many  davs 
without  king,  and  without  prince,  and  without  sa- 
crifice, and  without  altar,  and  without  ephod,  and 
without  theraphim.** 

5  And  after  this  the  children  of  Israel  shall  return, 
and  shall  seek  the  Lord  their  God,  and  David  their 
king  :ff  and  they  shall  fear  the  Lord,  and  his  good- 
ness in  the  last  days. 

CHAP.  IV. 

(iiod'sjudgment  against  the  sins  of  Israel :  Juda  is  warned  not  to 
follow  their  example. 

XTEAR  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye  children  of  Is- 
-*--*-  rael;  for  the  Lord  shall  enter  into  judgment 
with  the  inhabitants  of  the  land:  for  there  is  no 
truth,  and  there  is  no  mercy,  and  there  is  no  know- 
ledge of  God  in  the  land. 

2  Cursing,  and  lying,  and  killing,  and  theft,  and 
adultery  have  overflowed :  and  blood  hath  touched 
blood. 

3  Therefore  shall  the  land  mourn :  and  every 
one  that  dwelleth  in  it  shall  languish  with  the  beasts 
of  the  field,  and  with  the  fowls  of  the  air:  yea  the, 
'fishes  of  the  sea  also  shall  be  gathered  together. 

4  But  yet  let  not  any  man  judge :%\  and  let  not 
a  man  be  rebuked  :  for  thy  people  are  as  they  that 
contradict  the  priest. 

5  And  thou  shall  fall  to-day;  and  the  prophet  also 
shall  fall  with  thee:  In  the  night  I  have  made  thy 
mother  to  be  silent. 

6  My  people  have  been  silent,  because  they  had 
no  knowledge :  because  thou  hast  rejected  know- 
ledge, I  will  reject  thee,  that  thou  shalt  not  do  the 
office  of  priesthood  to  me:  and  thou  hast  forgotten 
the  law  of  thy  God,  I  also  will  forget  thy  children. 

7  According  to  the  multitude  of  them,  so  have  they 
sinned  against  me:  I  will  change  their  glory  into  shame. 

8  They  shall  eat  the  sins  of  my  people;  and  shall 
lift  up  their  souls  to  their  iniquity. 

9  And  there  shall  be  like  people  like  priest :  and 
I  will  visit  their  ways  upon  them  ;  and  I  will  repay 
them  their  devices. 

10  And  they  shall  eat,  and  shall  not  be  filled  : 
they  have  committed  fornication,  and  have  not  ceased  : 
because  they  have  forsaken  the  Lord  in  not  observ- 
ing his  law. 

1 1  Fornication,  and  wine,  and  drunkenness  take 
away  the  understanding. 


%  Baalim.  It  is  the  plural  number  of  Baal :  for  there  were  divers 
idols  of  Baal. 

'  I  will  espouse  thee,  &c.  This  relates  to  the  happy  espousals  of  Christ 
with  his  church  :  which  shall  never  be  dissolved. 

||  Hear  the  heavens,  &c.  All  shall  con'-pire  in  favour  of  the  church, 
which  in  the  following  verse  is  called  Jezrahel,  that  is  the  seed  of  God. 

\  That  which  was  not  my  people,  &c.  This  relates  to  the  conversion 
of  the  Gentiles. 

**  Theraphim.     Tmatres  or  representations. 

\\  David  their  king.     That  is,  (  hrist,  who  is  of  the  house  of  David 

tJ  Let  not  (itij  man  judge,  &c.  As  if  be  would  say  :  It  is  in  vain  to 
strive  with  them,  or  reprove  them,  they  are  so  obstinate  in  evil. 


OSEE. 


12  My  people  have  consulted  their  stocks;  and 
their  stall  liaili  declared  tmto  them  :  lor  the  spirit  of 
lornication  hath  deceived  them  ;  anil  thc\  liavc  com- 
mitted fornication  against  their  (iod. 

13  They  offered  sacrifice  upon  the  tops  of  the 
mountains,  and  burnt  incense  upon  the  hills;  under 
the  oak,  and  the  poplar,  and  the  turpentine-tree,  be- 
came the  shadow  thereof  was  good  :  therefore  shall 
\  our  daughters  commit  fornication,  and  your  spouses 
shall  Im-  adulteresses. 

H  I  will  not  visit  upon  your  daughters  when 
they  shall  commit  fornication,  and  u|M>n  your 
tUOUSeS  when  the\  thai]  commit  adultery:  because 
themselves  COOfersed  with  harlots,  and  offered  sa- 
crifice with  the  effeminate  :  and  the  people  that 
doth  not  understand  shall  be  beaten. 

15  If  thou  play  the  harlot,  O  Israel,  at  least  let 
not  Juda  offend  :  and  go  ye  not  into  Ualgal,  and 
come  not  up  into  Bethaven;*  and  do  not  swear: 
The  Lord  liveth. 

16  For  Israel  hath  gone  astray  like  a  wanton 
heifer :  now  will  the  Lord  feed  them,  as  a  Iamb  in 
I  specious  place. 

17  Kphraim  is  a  partaker  withidols;  let  him  alone. 

18  Their  banquet  is  separated;  they  have  gone 
astray  by  fornication;  they  that  should  have  pro- 
tected them,  have  loved  to  bring  shame  upon  them. 

19  The  wind  hath  hound  them  up  in  its  wings: 
and  they  shall  be  confounded  because  of  their 
sacrifices. 

CHAP.  V. 

God's  threat*  against  the  priests,  the  people,  and  prince*  of  Is- 
rael, for  their  idolatry. 

HEAR  ye  this,  0  priests  ;t  and  hearken,  O  ve 
house  of  Israel;  and  give  ear,  O  house  of  the 
kins:  for  there  is  a  judgment  against  you,  because 
\ou  have  been  a  snare  to  them  whom  you  should 
have  watched  over,  and  a  net  spread  ii|K>n  Thabor. 

2  And  vou  have  turned  aside  victims  into  the 
depth:  and  I  am  the  teacher  of  them  all. 

3  I  know  Kphraim  ;  and  Israel  is  not  hid  from 
me:  for  now  Kphraim  hath  committed  fornication, 
Israel  is  defiled. 

4  Thev  will  not  set  their  thoughts  to  retnrn  to 
their  God  :  for  the  spirit  of  fornication  is  in  the 
midst  of  them,  and  they  have  not  known  the  Kord. 

5  And  the  pride  of  Israel  shall  answer  in  his  face: 
and  Israel,  and  Kphraim  shall  fall  in  their  iniquity; 
Juda  also  shall  fail  with  them. 

6  With  their  flocks,  and  with  their  herds*  they 
shall  go  to  seek  the  Lord,  and  shall  not  find  him  : 
he  is  withdrawn  from  them. 

7  They  have  transgressed  against  the  Lord;  for 
they  have  begotten  children  that  are  strangers  :J 
now  shall  a  month  devour  them  with  their  portions. 

*  Gate*/  ond  Btlkoom.  Plares  where  idol*  were  worshipped.  BtUul, 
wWch  signifies  tkt  koutt  of  Ood.n  railed  by  the  prophet  Brtknrn,  that 
it.  Ou  kout*  of  romtf,  from  Jeroboam's  golden  calf  that  wu  worshipped 

♦  O  orittti.  What  i«  »al  t  of  prttttt  in  Ihis  prophecy  at  chiefly  aader- 
ttood  of  tow  prieata  of  the  kingdom  o(  Israel ;  who  wens  not  true  priests 
of  the  race  of  Aaron;  botaarred  the  calves  al  Bethel  aad  Dan. 

{  Children  tkol  art  rtrontrrt.  That  is.  aliens  from  God :  and  therefore 

••«-dv  destni. 
t  Jh  laty  Out  Ukt  up  tin  taeava4.-  That  is,  they  that  remove  toe  bono- 

7lt 


8  Blow  ye  the  cornet  in  (iabaa,  the  trumpet  in 
Rama  :  how  I  ya  in  Bethaven,  behind  thy  hack,  O 
Benjamin. 

9  Kphraim  shall  be  in  desolation  in  the  day  c' 
rebuke:  among  the  tribes  of  Israel  1  have  shown 
that  which  shall  surely  be. 

10  The  princes  of  Juda  are  become  as  thev  that 
take  up  the  bound :$  I  will  pour  out  my  wrath  upon 
them  like  water. 

1 1  Kphraim  is  under  oppression,  and  broken  in 
judgment;  because  he  began  to  go  after  lilthiu.  | 

12  And  I  will  be  like  a  moth  to  Kphraim,  and  like 
rottenness  to  the  house  of  Juda. 

13  And  Kphraim  saw  his  sickness,  and  Juda  his 
band:  and  Kphraim  went  to  the  Assyrian,  and  sent 
to  the  avenging  king :  and  he  shall  not  be  able  to 
heal  you;  neither  shall  he  be  able  to  take  off  the 
baud  from  vou. 

14  For  I  will  l>e  like  a  lioness  to  Enhraim,  and 
like  a  lion's  whelp  to  the  house  of  Juda:  I,  I  will 
catch  and  go:  1  will  take  away;  and  there  is  none 
that  can  rescue. 

15  1  will  go  and  return  to  my  place;  until  you 
are  consumed,  and  seek  my  face. 

CHAP.  VI. 

slfflirtinn  shall  be  a  mean*  to  bring  many  to  Christ:  a  complaint 
of  the  untowardnest  qf  the  Jews.  God  love*  mercy  mure 
than  sacrifice. 

IN  their  affliction  they  will  rise  early  tome:  Come, 
and  let  us  return  to  the  Kord  : 

2  For  he  hath  taken  us,  and  he  will  heal  us;  he 
will  strike,  and  he  will  cure  us. 

3  He  will  revive  us  after  two  days:  on  the  third 
day  he  will  raise  us  up;  and  we  shall  live  in  his  sight. 
We  shall  know,  and  W'e  shall  follow  on,  that  we  maj 
know  the  Lord.  His  going  forth  is  prepaied  as  the 
morning  light:  and  he  will  come  to  us  as  the  early 
and  the  latter  rain  to  the  earth. 

4  What  shall  I  do  to  thee,  O  Ephrarm?  what 
shall  1  do  to  thee,  O  Juda?yotrr  men  \  tsaaa  morn- 
ing cloud,  aud  as  the  dew  that  goeth  away  in  the 
morning. 

5  For  this  reason  have  I  hewed  them  by  the  pro- 
phets: I  have  slain  them  by  the  words  of  my  mouth : 
and  thy  judgments  shall  go  forth  as  the  light. 

6  Fori  desired  mercy,  and  not  sacrifice;  and  the 
knowledge  of  God  more  than  holocausts. 

7  But  they,  like  Adam,  have  transgressed  the  co- 
venant: there  have  they  dealt  trt  acherouslj  against 
me. 

8  Galaad  is  a  city  of  workers  of  idols,  supplanted 
with  blood. |! 

9  And  like  the  jaws  of  highway  robbers,  they  eon- 
spire  with  the  priests  who  murder  in  the  way  those 


dary,  incroarbing  on  the  property  of  tbeir  neighbours ;  figuratively 
their  going  beyond  the  boundary  of  the  lawi  of  God. 

|l  SupphnliJ  villi  blood.  That  is,  undermined  and  bronght  to  ruin, 
for  ahedding  of  blood  :  and,  as  it  is  signified  in  the  following  verw,  fur 
conspiring  with  Iks  prittU  (of  Bethel)  like  ratters,  to  aaaraVr  in  tkt 
way  such  a»  potttd  out  of  Sitkrm  to  go  toward*  I  he  hmpia  of  Jcrusalra*. 
Or  eh*  tmppUmJrd  trifa  Unod,  ttgm&m  flowing  in  snrh  manner  with 
blood,  aa  to  suffer  none  to  walk  there  without  embruing  the  sotts  "t 
toeir  feet  to  blood. 


CHAP.  VII,  VIII,  IX. 

that  pass  out  of  Sichem :  for  they  have  wrought 
wickedness. 

10  I  have  seen  a  horrible  thing  in  the  house  of 
Israel;  the  fornications  of  Ephraim  there:  Israel  is 
defiled. 

1 1  And  thou  also,  O  Juda,  set  thee  a  harvest, 
when  I  shall  bring  back  the  captivity  of  my  people. 

CHAP.  VII. 

The  manifold  sins  of  Israel,  and  of  their  kings,  hinder  the 

Lord  from  healing  them. 
"1\7"HEN  I  would  have  healed  Israel,  the  iniquity 
"  ™  of  Ephraim  was  discovered,  and  the  wicked- 
ness of  Samaria;  for  they  have  committed  false- 
hood; and  the  thief  is  come  in  to  steal;  the  robber 
is  without. 

2   And  lest  they  may  say  in  their  hearts,  that 


16  They  returned,  that  they  might  be  without 
yoke :  they  became  like  adeceitful  bow :  their  princes 
shall  fall  by  the  sword,  for  the  rage  of  their  tongue. 
Ibis  is  their  derision  in  the  land  of  Egypt. 

CHAP.  VIII. 


I  remember  all  their  wickedness  :  their  own  devi 
ces  nov  have  beset  them  about;  they  have  been 
donr.  before  my  face. 

3  They  have  made  the  king  glad*  w'ith  their 
wickedness:  and  the  princes  with  their  lies. 

4  They  are  all  adulterers  like  an  oven  heated  by 
the  baker:  the  city  rested  a  little  from  the  mingling 
of  the  leaven,  till  the  whole  was  leavened. 

5  The  day  of  our  king,  the  princes  began  to  be 
mad  with  wine:  he  stretched  out  his  hand  with 
scorners. 

6  Because  they  have,  applied  their  heart  like  an 
oven,  when  he  laid  snares  for  them:  he  slept  all 
the  night  baking  them;  in  the  morning  he  himself 
was  heated  as  a  flaming  fire. 

7  They  were  all  heated  like  an  oven,  and  have 
devoured  their  judges:  all  their  kings  have  fallen: 
there  is  none  amongst  them  that  calleth  unto  me. 

8  Ephraim  himself  is  mixed  among  the  nations: 
Ephraim  is  become  as  bread  baked  under  the  ashes, 
that  is  not  turned. 

9  Strangers  have  devoured  his  strength;  and  he 
knew  it  not:  yea,  gray  hairs  also  are  spread  about 
upon  him;  and  he  is  ignorant  of  it. 

10  And  the  pride  of  Israel  shall  be  humbled  be- 
fore his  face :  and  they  have  not  returned  to  the 
Lord  their  God;  nor  have  they  sought  him  in  all 
these. 

11  And  Ephraim  is  become  as  a  dove  that  is  de- 
coyed, not  having  a  heart:  they  called  upon  Egypt, 
they  went  to  the  Assyrians. 

12  And  when  they  shall  go,  I  will  spread  my  net 
upon  them  :  I  will  bring  them  down  as  the  fowl  of 
the  air ;  I  will  strike  them  as  their  congregation  hath 
heard. 

13  Wo  to  them,  for  they  have  departed  from  me: 
they  shall  be  wasted  because  they  have  transgress- 
ed against  me:  and  I  redeemed  them:  and  they  have 
spoken  lies  against  me. 

1 1  And  they  have  not  cried  to  me  with  their  heart : 
but  they  howled  in  their  beds:  they  have  thought 
upon  wheat  and  wine,  they  are  departed  from   me. 

15  And  I  have  chastised  them,  and  strengthened 
their  arms:  and  they  have  imagined  evil  against  me. 


♦  Jtfoile  the  king  glad,  &c.     To  please  Jeroboam,  and  their  other  king's, 
they  hare  g-iven  themselves  up  to  the  wicked  worship  of  idol»,  «  hich 


art  mere  falsehood  and  lies. 


4X 


The  Israelites  are  threatened  with  destruction  for  their  impiety 
and  idolatry. 

'  ET  there  be  a  trumpet  in  thv  throat  like  an 
-*-J  eagle  upon  the  house  of  the  Lord  :  because 
they  have  transgressed  my  covenant,  and  have  vi- 
olated my  law. 

2  They  shall  call  upon  me:  O  my  God,  we  Is- 
rael know  thee. 

3  Israel  hath  cast  off  the  thing  that  is  good;  the 
enemy  shall  pursue  him. 

4  They  have  reigned  but  not  by  me:  they  have 
been  princes,  and  I  knew  not:  of  their  silver,  and  their 
gold  they  have  made  idols  to  themselves  that  they 
mightperish. 

.  ?.  *  n-v  ca'f'  O  Samaria,  is  cast  off:  my  wrath 
is  kindled  against  them.  How  long  will  they  be 
incapable  of  being  cleansed? 

6  For  itself  also  is  the  invention  of  Israel :  a  work- 
man made  it,  and  it  is  no  god:  for  the  calf  of  Sa- 
maria shall  be  turned  to  spiders'  webs. 

7  For  they  shall  sow  wind,  and  reap  a  whirlwind : 
there  is  no  standing  stalk  in  it;  the  bud  shall  yield 
no  meal :  and  if  it  should  yield,  strangers  shall  eat  it. 

8  Israel  is  swallowed  up:  now  is  he  become 
among  the  nations  like  an  unclean  vessel. 

9  For  they  are  gone  up  to  Assyria.a  wild  ass  alone 
by  himself:  Ephraim  hath  given  gifts  to  his  lovers. 

10  But  even  though  they  shall  have  hired  the 
nations,  now  will  I  gather  them  together-:  and  they 
snail  rest  a  while  from  the  burden  of  the  king,  and 
the  princes. 

11  Because  Ephraim  hath  made  many  altars  to 
sin:  altars  are  become  to  him  unto  sin. 

12  I  shall  write  to  him  my  manifold  laws,  which 
have  been  accounted  as  foreign. 

13  They  shall  offer  victims;  they  shall  sacrifice 
flesh,  and  shall  eat  it;  and  the  Lord  will  not  receive 
them:  now  will  he  remember  their  iniquity,  and 
will  visit  their  sins:  they  shall  return  to  Egypt. 

14  And  Israel  hath  forgotten  his  maker,  and  hath 
built  temples:  and  Juda  hath  built  many  fenced 
cities:  and  I  will  send  a  fire  upon  his  cities;  and  it 
shall  devour  the  houses  thereof. 

CHAP.  IX. 

The  distress  and  captivity  of  Israel  for  their  sins  and  idolatry. 

OEJOICE  not,  O  Israel:  rejoice  not  as  the  na- 
-*-*'  tions  do:  for  thou  hast  committed  fornication 
against  thy  God:  thou  hast  loved  a  reward  upon 
every  corn-floor. 

2  The  floor  and  the  wine-press  shall  not  feed 
them ;  and  the  wine  shall  deceive  them. 

3  They  shall  not  dwell  in  the  Lord's  land : 
Ephraim  is  returned  to  Egypt,  and  hath  eaten  un- 
clean things  among  the  Assyrians. 

4  They  shall  not  offer  wine  to  the  Lord;  neither 
shall  they  please  him:  their  sacrifices  shall  be  like 
the  bread  of  mourners:  all  that  shall  eat  it  shall  be 

713 


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denied:  for  their  bread  is  life  foi  their  soul 
not  enter  into  the  boUM  of  tin-  Lord. 

5  What  will  \ou  do  in  the  solemn  »hn 
i!.i\  of  the  feasi  of  the  Lord' 

G  For  behold,  they  arc  cone  because  of  destruc- 
tion :  Egypt  *',;|"  Bother them  together :  Memphis 
shall  bun  them  :  nettles  shall  inherit  their  beloved 
silver:  the  bur  shall  Ik*  in  their  tabernacles. 

7  The  days  of  visitation  are  come  :  the  days  ol 
repaying  arecoaae;  know  ye,  O  Israel,  that  the 
prophet  was  foolish,  the  spiritual  man  was  mad, 
for  the  multitude  of  thy  iniquity,  and  the  multitude 
of  thy  inadn 

rhe watchman  of  Ephraim  uxu  with  my  God: 
the  prophet  is  become  s  snare  of  ruin  upon  all  his 

-  :    madness  i>  in  the  boose  oi  his  (iod. 

9  Thev    have  sinned    deeply,  as  in  the    davs  of 

Gabaa:  be  will  remember  their  iniquity,  and  will 

\  isit  their  sin. 

10  I  found  Israel  like  urates  in   the  desert  :    1 
v  in   their  lathers  like  the   first  -fruits  of  the  fig-tree 
in  the  top  thereof;  hut  they  went  in  to  Beelphegor, 
and  alienated  ilicmsi  |\ .  s  io  that  confusion,  and    be- 
ne abominable,  as  those  things  were,  which  they 

loved. 

1  1  As  for  Ephraim,  their  glory  hath  flown  away 
like  a  bird  from  the  birth,  and  from  the  womb,  and 
from  the  conception. 

1J  And  though  they  should  bring  up  their  chil- 
dren, I  will  make  them  without  children  among 
linn  :  yea,  and  wo  to  them,  when  I  shall  depart 
from  them. 

|.'>  Ephraim,  as  I  saw,  was  a  Tyre,  founded  in 
beauty  :  and  Epbraiffl  shall  bring  out  his  children 
to  the  murderer. 

li  Give  them,  O  Lord.  What  will  thou  give 
them  ?  Give  them  a  womb  without  children,  and 
dry  breasts. 

15  All  their  wickedness  is  in  Galzal,  for  there  1 
hated  them  :  for  the  wickedness  of  their  devices  I 
will  cast  them  forth  out  of  my  house  :  I  will  love 
them  no  more:   all  their  princes  are   revolters. 

16  Ephraim  is  struck  :  Their  root  is  dried  up: 
liny  shall  yield  no  fruit.  And  if  they  should  ha\e 
issue,    I   will  slay   the   best  beloved  fruit    of   their 

womb. 

17  My  God  will  cast  them  away,  because  they 
hearken  not  to  him  :  and  they  shall  be  wand<  n  i- 
among  the  nations. 

(II  \P.  X. 

After  many  benrjiti,  great  ufiirtiiini  shall/all  upon  thetrn  tribes, 
fur  their  ingratitude  In  ('mil. 

rSRAEL  a  vine  full  of  branches,  the  fruii  i> 
-■-  agreeable  to  it  :  according  to  the  multitude  of 
his  fruit,  he  hath  multiplied,  altars :   according  to 

the  plenty  of  his  land,  lie  halh  abounded  with  idols. 
J     I'lnir  In  art  is  divided  ;    now  they  shall  perish  : 


•   Tk*  kirn  tf  Btlkmn.     The  folden  ralvm  of  Jeroboam. 

f  Itulf  Wm  it  carried,  Itc.  One  of  the  f  ol.len  ralren,  wu  (rirrn  br 
kini  Maitahem,  (<>  I'lml  king  of  tite  A«tnim,  to  engage  biro  to 
tUnd  by  him. 

t   rUrkNMMiNa.     Their  two  ralrea. 

«  At  Mmu,  kin?  of  the  Mtdianitca  wi  intrwyi  h,  Ik*  lumtt,  that 
ii,  by  the  followen  of  him  thai  Mr     B—l;  that  it.  of  Gideon,  who 

711 


he  shall  break  down  their  idols:  he  shall  destroy 
their  altars. 

3  For  now  they  shall  say   :     VVe  have  no  kins 
because  We   fear  not  the  Lord:    and    what    shall  a 
kirn:  do  to  us  ;  | 

4  Yoa  speak  words  of  an  unprofitable  \  isien  ;  and 

Mm  shall  make  a  covenant:  and  judgment  shall 
Spring  up  as  bitterness  in  the  furrows  ol  the  field. 

5  The  inhabitants  of  Samaria  have  worshipped 

the  kine  of  lb  thaven  :*  for  the  people  thereof  ha\  e 
mourned  over  it,  and  the  wardens  of  its  temple  tli'it 
rejoiced  over  it  in  its  glory,  because  ii  is  depart!  >i 
from  it. 

6  1  or  itself  also  is  carriedf  into  Assyria,  a  pre 
sent   to   the    BVenging  king :   shame  shall  fall  upon 
Epbndm;  and    Israel  shall   be   confounded    in    his 
ow  ii  will. 

7  Samaria  hath  made  her  king  to  past  as  froth 
upon  the  face  of  the  Water. 

8  And  the  hi^h  places  of  the  idol,  the  sin  o( 
Israel,  shall  be  destroyed  :  the  bur  and  the  thistle 
shall  grow  up  over  their  altars:  and  they  .  hall  sav  to 
the  mountains  :  Cover  us  ;  and  to  the  lulls  :  Kail 
upon  us. 

9  From  tbe  days  of  Gabaa,  Israel  hath  sinned: 
there  they  Blood  :  the  battle  in  Gabaa  Sgainst  the 
children  of  iniquity  shall  not  overtake  them. 

10  According  to  my  desire.  I  will  chastise  them  : 
and  the  nations  shall  be  gathered  together  against 
them,  When  they  shall  be  chastised  for  their  two 
iniquities.} 

11  Ephraim  is  a  heifer  taught  to  love  to  tread 
out  corn:  but  1  passed  over  upon  the  beauty  of  her 
neck :  I  will  ride  upon  Ephraim ;  Juda  shall 
plough;  Jacob  shall  break  the  furrows  for  himself. 

12  Sow*  for  yourselves  in  justice,  and  reap  in  the 
mouth  of  mercy  ;  break  up  your  (allow  ground  :  but 
the  time  to  seek  the  Lord  is,  when  be  shall  come 
that  shall  teach  you  justice. 

13  You  have  ploughed  wickedness;  you  have 
reaped  iniquity;  you  have  paten  the  fruit  of  lying. 
because  thou  hast  trusted  in  thy  ways,  in  the  multi- 
tude of  thy  strong  oi 

14  A  tumult  shall  arise  among  thy  people  :  aim 
all  thv  fortresses  shall  be  destroyed  as  Salmans 
WU  destroyed,  by    (he  house  of  him   that   judged 
Baal  in  the  day  of  battle,  the  mother  being  dashed 
ill  pieces  upon  her  children. 

15  So  hath  Bethel  done  to  you,  because  of  the 
evil  of  your  iuiquitit  l< 

CHAP.  XL 

(ind  proceed*  in  threatening  Iwrtml  for  Ihiir  ingratitude  ;  yet 
he  trill  nut  utt>rl<i  dtstrau  tin  m. 

A  S_ the  morning   passeth^so  hath  the  kiim  of 


Israel  passed  away.       Because   Israel    was    ;i 
child,  and  I  loved  him:   and  I  called  m\  sonfl  out  >  I 

1    As  they  called!!  them,  tin  v  went    awav     from 


threw   down  the  altar  of  Baal ;  and  wu  i  !l<  I  J.  rtibaul 

See  Juitytf\.  and  »ni. 
|  IctlUd  «)m,  *i/  Hut  a«  the  »  iil'mc  Of  I«rarl  out  ol 

',  waa  a  figure  of  tbe  calling  of  Cl.ri-t   from   ibenre;  then 
tin  :i|j|i|i<ab|p  Io  <  liti-l.    ■ 
f  Thff  calUd,  riz.  Mmn  and  Aaron  called ;  but  <  ,wa/ 

after  other  godt,  and  would  not  bear 


CHAP.  XII,  XIII. 


oefore  their  face  :   they  offered  victims  to  Baalim, 
and  sacrificed  to  idols. 

3  And  I  was  like  a  foster-father  to  Ephraim  :  I 
carried  them  in  my  arms  :  and  they  knew  not  that 
I  healed  them. 

4  I  will  draw  them  with  the  cords  of  Adam,  with 
the  bands  of  love :  and  I  will  be  to  them  as  one 
that  taketh  off  the  yoke  on  their  jaws  :  and  I  put 
nis  meat  to  him  that  he  might  eat. 

5  He  shall  not  return  into  the  land  of  Egypt ;  but 
the  Assyrian  shall  be  his  king :  because  they  would 
not  be  converted. 

6  The  sword  hath  begun  in  his  cities:  and  it  shall 
consume  his  chosen  men,  and  shall  devour  their  heads. 

7  And  my  people  shall  long  for  my  return  :  but 
a  yoke  shall  be  put  upon  them  together,  which  shall 
not  be  taken  off. 

8  How  shall  I  deal  with  thee,  O  Ephraim,  shall 
I  protect  thee,  O  Israel?  how  shall  I  make  thee 
as  Ada  ma  ?*  shall  I  set  thee  as  Seboim  ?  my  heart 
iS  turned  within  me;  my  repentance  is  stirred  up. 

9  I  will  not  execute  the  fierceness  of  my  wrath: 
1  will  not  return  to  destroy  Ephraim  :  because  I  am 
God,  and  not  man:  the  holy  one  in  the  midst  of  thee, 
and  I  will  not  enter  into  the  city. 

10  They  shall  walk  after  the  Lord;  he  shall  mai- 
ls a  lion :  because  he  shall  roar,  and  the  children 
of  the  sea  shall  fear. 

11  And  they  shall  fly  away  like  a  bird  out  of 
Egypt,  and  like  a  dove  out  of  the  land  of  the  Assy- 
rians :  and  I  will  place  them  in  their  own  houses, 
saith  the  Lord. 

12  Ephraim  hath  compassed  me  about  with  de- 
nials, and  the  house  of  Israel  with  deceit :  but  Juda 
went  down  as  a  witness  with  God,  and  is  faithful 
with  the  saints. 

CHAP.  XII. 

Israelis  reproved  for  sin.     God's  favours  to  them. 

EPHRAIM  feedeth  on  the  wind,  and  followeth 
the  burning  heat:  all  the  day  long  he  multi- 
plied lies  and  desolation:  and  he  hath  made  a  cove- 
nant with  the  Assyrians,  and  carried  oil  into  Egypt. 

2  Therefore  there  is  a  judgment  of  the  Lord  with 
Juda,  and  a  visitation  for  Jacob  :  he  will  render  to 
him  according  to  his  ways,and  according  to  his  devices. 

3  In  the  womb  he  supplanted  his  brother:  and 
by  his  strength  he  had  success  with  an  Angel. 

4  And  he  prevailed  over  the  Angel,  and  Was 
strengthened  :  he  wept,  and  made  supplication  to 
him  :  he  found  him  in  Bethel,  and  there  he  spoke 
with  us. 

5  Even  the  Lord  the  God  of  hosts,  the  Lord  is 
his  memorial. 

fi  Therefore  turn  thou  to  thy  God  :  keep  mercy 
mid  judgment,  and  hope  in  thy  God  always. 

7  He  is  like  Chanaan;  there  is  a  deceitful  balance 
in  his  hand  ;  he  hath  loved  oppression. 

8  And  Ephraim  said  :  But  yet  I  am  become  rich; 
I  have  found  me  an  idol:  all  my  labours  shall  not 
find  me  the  iniquity  that  I  have  committed.  ' 

*  Mama,  &c.  Mama  and  Seboim  were  two  cities  in  the  neighbourhood 
of  Sudani ;   and  underwent  the  like  destruction. 

|    If  Galaad  be  an  idol,  &c.     That  is,  if  Galaad  with  all  its  idols  and 


9  And  I  that  am  the  Lord  thy  God  from  the  land 
of  Egypt,  will  yet  cause  thee  to  dwell  in  taberna- 
cles,    as    in  the  days  of  the  feast. 

10  And  I  have  spoken  hy  the  prophets;  and  I 
have  multiplied  visions:  and  I  have  used  similitudes 
by  the  ministry  of  the  prophets. 

1 1  If  Galaad  be  an  idol,f  then  in  vain  were  they 
in  Galgal  offering  sacrifices  with  bullocks:  lor  their 
altars  also  are  as  heaps  in  the  furrows  of  the  field. 

12  Jacob  fled  into  the  country  of  Syria  :  and  Is- 
rael served  for  a  wife,  and  was  a  keeper  for  a  wife. 

13  But  the  Lord  by  a  prophet  brought  Israel  out 
of  Egypt  :  and  he  was  preserved  by  a  prophet. 

14  Ephraim  hath  provoked  me  to  wrath  with  hi? 
bitterness  ;  and  his  blood  shall  come  upon  him;  and 
his  Lord  will  render  his  reproach  unto  him. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

The  judgments  of  God  upon  Israel  for  their  sins.     Christ  shall 
one  day  redeem  them. 

WHEN  Ephraim  spoke,  a  horror  seized  Israel  : 
and  he  sinned  in  Baal,  and  died. 

2  And  now  they  have  sinned  more  and  more  :  and 
they  have  made  to  themselves  a  molten  thing  of 
their  silver  as  the  likeness  of  idols  ;  the.  whole  is 
the  work  of  craftsmen  :  to  these  they  say  :  Sacrifice 
men,  ye  that  adore  calves. 

3  Therefore  they  shall  be  as  a  morning  cloud, 
and  as  the  early  dew  that  passed]  away,  as  the  dust 
that  is  driven  with  a  whirlwind  out  of  the  floor,  and 
as  the  smoke  out  of  the  chimney. 

4  But  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God  from  the  land  ol 
Egypt :  and  thou  shalt  know  no  God  but  me  ;  and 
there  is  no  saviour  beside  me. 

5  I  knew  thee  in  the  desert  in  the  land  of  the 
wilderness. 

6  According  to  their  pastures  they  were  filled, 
and  were  made  full :  and  they  lifted  up  their  heart, 
and  have  forgotten  me. 

7  And  I  will  be  to  them  as  a  lioness,  as  a  leopard 
in  the  way  of  the  Assyrians. 

8  I  will  meet  them  as  a  bear  that  is  robbed  of  her 
whelps;  and  I  will  rend  the  inner  parts  of  their 
liver:  and  I  will  devour  them  there  as  a  lion,  the 
beast  of  the  field  shall  tear  them. 

9  Destruction  is  thy  own,  O  Israel;  thy  help  is 
only  in  me. 

10  Where  is  thy  king?  now  especially  let  him 
save  thee  in  all  thy  cities  :  and  thyjudges,  of  whom 
thou  saidst  :  Give  me  kings  and  princes. 

11  I  will  give  thee  a  king  in  my  wrath,  and  will 
take  him  away  in  my  indignation. 

12  The  iniquity  of  Ephraim  is  bound  up  ;  Ins  sin 
is  hidden. 

13  The  sorrows  of  a  woman  in  labour  shall  come 
upon  him:  he  is  an  unwise  son  :  for  now  he  shall 
not  stand  in  the  breach  of  the  children. 

14  I  will  deliver  them  out  of  the  hand  of  death  : 
1  will  redeem  them  from  death  :  O  death,  I  will  be 
thy  death  ;  O  hell,  I  will  be  thy  bite  :  comfort  is  hid- 
den from  my  eyes. 

sacrifices  be  like  a  mere  idol  itself,  being  brought  to  nothing  by  Thcg- 
lathphalasar:  how  vain  is  it  to  expect,  that  the  idols  worshipped  iu 
Galgal  shall  be  of  any  service  to  the  tribes  that  remain. 

715 


15  Because  he  shall  ma  ignition  betWSsa 

brothen  :  the  Lord  mrilJ  brine  ■  burning  wind  thai 
■ball  riM-  from  the  desert  :  ami  it  ihalTdrj  up  lii-> 
^Iirini:>».  and  shall  make  his  fountain  desolate  :  ami 
In-  shall  cam  off  the  treasure  of  e\cr\  d.  suable 
i  I. 

CUM'.   \l\. 

Samaria  shall  be  destroyed.     An  exhortation   to  repentance  : 
<  tOtTs  favour  through  Christ  to  the  penitent. 

IETS  imaria  perish  because  she  bath  stirred  up 
-1  her  (Sod  to  bitterness;*  let  them  perish  bj  the 

sword  :  let  their  little  ones   lie  dashed  ;   ami   let  the 
WOOien  with  child  he  ript  up. 

J  Return.  O  Israel,  to   the  Lord  thy  God":  for 
thou  hast  fallen  down  hy  thy  iniquity. 

lake  w  nh  you  words,  and  return  to  the  Lord, 


JOEL 

works  of  our  hands  are  our  gods  :  for  thou  wilt  have 
mercy  on  the  fatherless  that  is  in  thee. 

5  I  will  heal  their  breaches:  I  will  love  them 
freelv  I  for  toy  wrath  is  turned  awa\  front  them. 

6  I  will  l>C  as  the  dew  :  Israel  shall  spring  as  the 
lily  ;  and  his  root  shall  shoot  forth  as  that  of  l,iba- 
niis. 

7  His  branches  shall  spread  :  and  his  glory  shall 
be  as  the  oli\« -tne  ;  and  his  smell  as  that  of  Liba- 
nus. 

8  They  shall  he  converted  that  sit  under  his  sha- 
dow :  they  shall  live  Upon  wheat,  and  they  sliall 
blossom  as  a  vine:  his  memorial  shall  he  as  the 
wine  Of*  Lihanus. 

9  Ephraim   shall  sat,,   What   have    I  to   do   any 


Take  auav 
and    we  w  ill 


all    iniquityt   and  re- 
render  the  calves  ol 


and   saj  to  him 
cerfe  the  good : 

our  lips. 

I   juayria  shall  not  save  us;  we  will  not  ride 
upon  horses;   neither  w  il!  i\  e  sa\    any  more:  The 

*   rtrisk  tmw  tkt  k-lk  stirred  up  her  God  U  biitrrsuss.     Tin  not  a 
carte  or  iidprccation,  but  a  prophecy  of  wluii  sHou!d  come  to  psu*. 


more  with  idols?  I  will  hear  him 


and  I  w  ill  make 
from    me  is   thy 


him  Sourish  like  a  green  fir-tree 
fruit  found. 

10  Who  is  wise,  and  he  shall  understand  these 
things?  prudent,  and  he  shall  know  these  thin_-  " 
for  the  ways  of  the  Lord  are  right  ;  and  the  just 
shall  walk  in  them  :  hut  the  transgressors  shall  fall 
in  them. 


THE  PROPHECY  OF  JOEL. 


/oH,  whose  none  according  to  St.  Jerom,  signifies  tbe  Lord  God ; 
or,  est  others  say,  the  coming  dom>  of  God  ;  prophesied  about 
the  same  lime  in  the  kingdom  of  Judea,  at  Osee  did  in  the 
kingdom  of  Israel,  llefartrls  under  figures  the  great  MM 
that  irrre  coming  upm  the  people  Jor  their  sins  ;  earnestly 
ts  them  to  rrpentanee:  and  comforts  them  with  the  pro- 
mite  of  a  teacher  of  justice,  riz.  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord,  and  of 
the  coming  down  of  his  holy  Spirit. 

CHAP.  I. 

The  prophet  describes  the  judgments   that  thall  fall  upon  the 
p-,,j,l. ,  ami  incites  them  to  fasting  and  prayer. 

T|  1 1 ;  word  of  the  Lord  that  came  to  Joel  the  son 
<>i    Phatuel. 

•2  Hear  this,  ve  old  men.  and  gnre  car,  all  ye  in- 
habitants of  the  land:  did  tins  ever  happen  in  your 
days,  or  in  the  davs  of  your  lath- 

.;  Tell  ve  ol  this  to  your  children:  and  let  your 
children  tell  their  children,  and  their  children  to 
another  generation.  •  . 

4  'I'll. it  which  the  palmer-worm  halh  left,*  the 
locust  halh  eaten:  and  that  which  the  locust  hath 
left,  the  brachial  hath  eaten:  and  that  which  the 
brnchus  halh  hit,  the  mildew  halh  destroyed. 

brake,  re  that  are  drunk,  and  weep;  and 
mourn  all  ye  that  take  delight  in  drinking  sweet 
wine  :   for  ii  is  <ut  off  from  your  mouth. 

6  For  a  nation  is  come  up  upon  mv  land,  strong 
and  without    number:   his  teeth  are  like   the  teeth 

,  hoii.  and  his  cheek-teeth  as  ol  a  lion's  whelp. 

7  lie  bath  laid  my  rineyard  waste,  and  hath  lull- 
ed off  the  hark  of  n.v  fig-tree  !  he  hath  stripped  » 


•  T%M  tekitk  tkt  ssfcen  will  ktdk  left,  feo.  Home  understand  tin. 
literal!*  of  tbe  desolation  of  the  land  by  tbe*  insects ;  others  under, 
■tend  it  of  the  different  uwasioos  of  the  Chaldeans,  or  other  enemies. 

71S 


bare,  and  cast  it  away:  the  branches  thereof  are 
made  white. 

8  Lament  like  a  virgin  girded  with  sackcloth  for 
the  husband  of  Iter  youth. 

9  Sacrifice  and  libation  is  cut  off  from  the  house 
of  the  Lord:  the  priests,  the  Lord's  ministers,  have 
mourned : 

10  The  country  is  destroyed  ;  the  ground  bath 
mourned  :  for  the  corn  is  wasted;  the  wine  is  con- 
founded :   the  oil  hath  languished. 

11  The  husbandmen  are  ashamed:  the  vine- 
dressers   have  howled   for  the   wheat,    ami    lor  the 

bariej  :  because  the  harvest  of  the  field  is  perished. 

12  The  vineyard  is  confounded,  and  the  hVtree 
hath  languished  :  the  pomegranate-tree,  ;ind  the 
palm-tree,  and  the  apple-tree,  and  allthetiecs  of 
the  field  are  withered;  liecause joy  is  withdrawn 
from  the  children  of  men. 

13  Gird  yourselves,  and  lament,  O  re  priests; 
howl,  ye  ministers  of  the  altars:  go  in,  lie  in  sack- 
cloth, ye  ministers  of  my  God;  because'  sacrifice 
and  libation  is  cut  off  from  the  house  of  \onr  God. 

14  Sanctify  ye  a  fast;  call  an  assembij  :  gather 
together  the  ancients,  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  land 
into  the  house  of  \otir  God  :  ami  <  r\  ye  to  the  I  .<»rd  : 

15  Ah.  ah.  ah.  for  the  day:  because  the  day  of 
the  land  is  m  hand  :  and  il  shall  come  like  destruc- 
tion from  the  nighty. 

16  Is  not  your  food  cut  of  I  Before  root 
and  ftladness  from  the  house  ol  our  God  ' 

17  The  beasts  have  rotted  in  their  dune;  the 
barns  are  destroyed  j  the  store-houses  are  broken 
down  :  because  the  corn  is  confounded. 


CiiAP.  II. 


18  Why  did  the  beast  groan,  why  did  the  herds 
of  cattle  low  ?  because  there  is  no  pasture  for  them : 
yea,  and  the  flocks  of  sheep  are  perished. 

19  To  thee,  O  Lord,  will  I  cry:  because  fire 
hath  devoured  the  beautiful  places  of  the  wilderness  ; 
;md  the  flame  hath  burnt  all  the  trees  of  the  country. 

20  Yea,  and  the  beasts  of  the  field  have  looked 
Up  to  thee,  as  a  garden  bed  that  thirsteth  after  rain; 
for  the  springs  of  waters  are  dried  up  :  and  fire  hath 
devoured  the  beautiful  places  of  the  wilderness. 

CIIAP.  II. 

The  prophet  foretel*  the  terrible  day  of  the  Lord  r  exhorts 
sinners  to  a  sincere  conversion  :  and  comforts  God's  people 
with  promises  of  future  blessings  under  Christ. 

BLOW  ye  the  trumpet  in  Sion  ;  sound  an  alarm 
in  my  holy  mountain  ;  let  all  the  inhabitants 
of  the  land  tremble :  because  the  day  of  the  Lord* 
comcth ;  because  it  is  nigh  at  hand. 

2  A  day  of  darkness,  and  oi  gloominess,  a  day 
of  clouds  and  whirlwinds:  a  numerous  and  strong 
peoplef  as  the  morning  spread  upon  the  mountains  : 
the  like  to  it  hath  not  been  from  the  beginning,  nor 
shall  be  after  it  even  to  the  years  of  generation  and 
generation. 

3  Before  the  face  thereof  a  devouring  fire,  and 
behind  it  a  burning  flame:  the  land  is  like  a  garden 
of  pleasure  before  it,  and  behind  it  a  desolate  wil- 
derness ;  neither  is  there  any  one  that  can  escape  it. 

4  The  appearance  of  them  is  as  the  appearance 
of  horses  :  and  they  shall  run  like  horsemen. 

5  They  shall  leap  like  the  noise  of  chariots  upon 
the  tops  of  mountains,  like  the  noise  of  a  flame  of 
lire  devouring  the  stubble,  as  a  strong  people  pre- 
pared to  battle. 

6  At  their  presence  the  people  shall  be  in  griev- 
ous pains :  all  faces  shall  be  made  like  a  kettle. 

7  They  shall  run  like  valiant  men  :  like  men  of 
war  they  shall  scale  the  wall :  the  men  shall  march 
every  one  on  his  way  ;  and  they  shall  not  turn  aside 
from  their  ranks. 

8  No  one  shall  press  upon  his  brother :  they  shall 
walk  every  one  in  his  path :  yea,  and  they  shall 
fall  through  the  windows,  and  shall  take  no  harm. 

9  They  shall  enter  into  the  city  :  They  shall  run 
upon  the  wall :  they  shall  climb  up  the  houses  :  they 
shall  come  in  at  the  windows  as  a  thief. 

10  At  their  presence  the  earth  hath  trembled,  the 
heavens  are  moved  :  the  sun  and  moon  are  darken- 
ed :  and  the  stars  have  withdrawn  their  shining. 

11  And  the  Lord  hath  uttered  his  voice  before 
the  face  of  his  army  :  for  his  armies  are  exceeding 
great,  for  they  are  strong,  and  execute  his  word : 
for  the  day  of  the  Lord  is  great  and  very  terrible  : 
and  who  can  stand  it  ? 

12  Now  therefore  saith  the  Lord:  Be  converted 
to  me  with  all  your  heart,  in  fasting,  and  in  weep- 
ing, and  in  mourning. 

13  And  rend  your  hearts,  and  not  your  garments, 
and  turn  to  the  Lord  your  God  :  for  he  is  gracious 

*  The  day  of  the  Lord.  That  is,  the  time,  when  he  will  execute  jus- 
tice upon  "inner*. 

t  Ji  numerous  and  strong  people.  The  Assyrians,  or  Chaldeans.  Others 
understand  all     -is  of  an  army  of  locusts  laying  waste  the  land. 


and  merciful,  patient  and  rich  in  mercy,  and  ready 
to  repent  of  the  evil. 

14  Who  knoweth  but  he  will  return,  and  forgive 
and  leave  a  blessing  behind  him,  sacrifice  and  liba- 
tion to  the  Lord  your  God  ? 

15  Blow  the  trumpet  in  Sion;  sanctify  a  fast; 
call  a  solemn  assembly, 

16  Gathertogetherthe people;  sanctify thechurch. 
assemble  the  ancients;  gather  together  the  little  ones, 
and  them  that  suck  at  the  breasts:  let  the  bridegroom 
go  forth  from  his  bed,  and  the  bride  out  of  her  bride- 
chamber. 

17  Between  the  porch  and  the  altar  the  priests 
the  Lord's  ministers  shall  weep,  and  shall  say  : 
Spare,  O  Lord,  spare  thy  people  :  and  give  not  thy 
inheritance  to  reproach,  that  the  heathens  should 
rule  over  them.  Why  should  they  say  among  the 
nations  :  Where  is  their  God  ? 

18  The  Lord  hath  been  zealous  for  his  land, 
and  hath  spared  his  people. 

19  And  the  Lord  answered,  and  said  to  his  peo- 
ple :  Behold,  I  will  send  you  corn,  and  wine,  and 
oil :  and  you  shall  be  filled  with  them  :  and  I  will 
no  more  make  you  a  reproach  among  the  nations. 

20  And  I  will  remove  far  oft*  from  you  the  north- 
ern enemy :%  and  I  will  drive  him  into  a  land  un- 
passable,  and  desert,  with  his  face  towards  the  east 
sea,  and  his  hinder  part  towards  the  utmost  sea  : 
and  his  stench  shall  ascend,  and  his  rottenness  shall 
go  up,  because  he  hath  done  proudly. 

21  Fear  not,  O  land;  be  glad,  and  rejoice:  for 
the  Lord  hath  done  great  things. 

22  Fear  not,  ye  beasts  of  the  fields:  for  the 
beautiful  places  of  the  wilderness  are  sprung;  for 
the  tree  hath  brought  forth  its  fruit;  the  fig-tree  and 
the  vine  have  yielded  their  strength. 

23  And  you,  O  children  of  Sion,  rejoice,  and  be 
joyful  in  the  Lord  your  God:  because  he  hath  given 
you  a  teacher  of  justice:  and  he  will  make  the  early 
and  the  latter  rain  to  come  down  to  you  as  in  the 
beginning. 

24  And  the  floors  shall  be  filled  with  wheat :  and 
the  presses  shall  overflow  with  wine  and  oil. 

25  And  I  will  restore  to  you  the  years  which  the 
locust,  and  the  bruchus,  and  the  mildew,  and  the 
palmer-worm  hath  eaten;  my  great  host  which  I 
sent  upon  you. 

26  And  you  shall  eat  in  plenty,  and  shall  be  filled; 
and  you  shall  praise  the  name  of  the  Lord  your  God, 
who  hath  done  wonders  with  you:  and  my  people 
shall  not  be  confounded  for  ever. 

27  And  you  shall  know  that  I  am  in  the  midst 
of  Israel:  and  I  am  the  Lord  your  God:  and  there 
is  none  besides :  and  my  people  shall  not  be  con- 
founded for  ever. 

28  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  after  this,  that  I  will 
pour  out  my  spirit  upon  all  flesh:  and  your  sons  and 
your  daughters  shall  prophesy:  your  old  men  shall 
dream  dreams ;  and  your  young  men  shall  see  visions. 

\  The  northern  enemy.    Some  understand  this  of  Holofernes  and  hi  a 
army ;  others  of  the  locusts. 


717 


AMOS. 


29  Moreover  ii|»on  my  WfVUtl  and  handmaids 
ill  those  ilns  |  will  |Kiur  forth  my  spirit. 

30  Audi  will -how  wonders  in  heaven;  and  in 
earth,  blood,  ami  lire,  and  vapour  of  Miioke. 

31  The  sun  shall  DC  turned  into  darkness,  ami 
the  moon  into  blood;  before  the  great  and  dreadful 
d a\   pf  the   Lord  doth  come. 

\nd  it  shall  come  to  |iass,  that  every  one  that 
shall  call  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord,  shall  be  saved  : 
for  in  mount  Sion,  and  in  Jerusalem  shall  be  sal- 
vation, as  the  Lord  hath  said,  and  in  the  residue 
whom  (he  Lord  shall  call. 

CHAP.  III. 

TV  Ijoni  shall  judge  all  nations  in  the  rallen  of .losaphat.  The 
evils  that  shall  f itll upon  the  enemies  of  God's  people:  his  bits- 
ting  upon  the  church  of  the  taints. 

F(  )R  behold,  in  those  days,  and  in  that  time  w  hen 
I  -hall  bring  back    the   captivity   of  Juda   and 
Jerusalem: 

1  I  will  rather  together  all  nations,  and  will  brim: 
them  dow  n  into  the  valley  ol  .losaphat :  and  1  will 
plead  with  them  there  for  my  people,  and  for  my  in- 
heritance Israel,  whom  they  ha\e  scattered  anion:: 
the  nations,  and  have  parted  my  land. 

3  And  they  have  cast  lots  upon  my  people:  and 
the  bo\  they  have  put  in  the  stews;  and  the  girl 
thiv  rave  sold  for  wine  that  they  Bight  drink. 

4  Hut  what  have  you  to  do  with  me,  O  Tyre, 
and  Sidon,  and  all  the  coast  of  the  Philistines?  will 
you  revenge  yourselves  on  me?  and  if  you  revenge 
yourselves  on  me,  I  will  very  soon  return  you  a  re- 
couipeni  e  upon  your  ow  n  head. 

or  vou  have  taken  away  my  silver  and  my 
gold:    and  m\  desirable  and    most    beautiful   things 

you  have  carried  into  your  temples. 

6  And  the  children  of  .luda.  and  the  children   of 

Jerusalem  you  have  told  to  the  children  of  the 
Greeks,  thai  you  might  remove  them  far  off  from 
their  ow  n  country. 

7  Behold,  I  will  .raise  them  up  out  of  the  place 
wherein  yotl  have  sold  them:  and  1  will  return  your 

recompence  upon  your  own  heads. 

8  And  I  anil  sell  your  sons  and  your  daughteri 
Of  the  hands  of  the  children  of  .luda  :  and  they  shall 


*  A  fountain  skoU  come  forth  «/  tk*  house  of  tht  Lord,  Jtc.  viz.  Tl.r 
fountain  of  ijraee  in  ibechurch  militant,  and  of  glor*  in  the  rhnn-h 
triumphant :  which  »hall  water  tht  torrent  or  vallej  of  thorns,   that  in, 


sell  them  to  tne  Sebsaas,  I  nation    far   olT;   for   the 
Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

9  Proclaim  ye  thai  among  the  nations:  prepare 

war,  rouse  up  the   strong:   let   them   come;   let   all 
the  men  ol  war  come  up. 

10  Cut  your  ploughshare*  into  swords,  and  voui 
spades  into  spears.    Let  the  weak  sav  :  I  am  Strong. 

11  Break  forth,  and  come,  all  ye  nations  from 
round  about,  and  gather  yourselvt  i  together:  tl 

w  ill  the  Lord  cause  all  thy  Strong  ones  to  fall  dow  n. 
I  J    Let  them  arise,  and  let  the  nations   come  up 
into  the  valley  of  .losaphat :   for  there   1   will  sit  to 
judge  all  nations  round  nbouL 

13  Put  ye  in  the  sickles,  for  the  harvest  is  ripe; 
come  and  |0  dow  n.  for  the  press  is  (nil.  the  fats  run 
over:  for  their  wickedness  is  multiplied. 

14  Nations,  nations  in  the  valley  of  destruction  : 
for  the  day  ol  the  Lord  is  mar  in  the  valley  ol  de- 
struction. 

15  The  sun  and  the  moon  are  darkened  :  and  the 
stars  have  withdrawn  their  shining. 

16  And  the  Lord  shall  roar  out  of  Sion.  and  utter 
his  voice  from  Jerusalem:  and  the  heavens  and  the 
earth  shall  be  moved:  and  the  Lord  shall  be  the 
hope  of  his  people,  and  the  strength  of  the  children 
of   Israel. 

17  And  you  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  your 
God,  dwelling  in  Sion  my  holy  mountain:   and  Je- 
rusalem   shall    be   holy,   and   strangers   shall    j 
through  it  no  more. 

18  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day.  that  the 
mountains  shall  drop  down  sweetness,  and  the  hills 
shall  flow  with  milk:  and  waters  shall  How  through 
all  the  rivers  of  Juda :  and  a  fountain  shall  come 
forth  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,*  and  shall  water  the 
torrent  of  thorns. 

19  Egypt  shall  he  a  desolation,  and  Edom  a 
wilderness  destroyed  :  because  they  have  done  mi- 
iustlv  ■gaiael  the  children  of  Juda,  and  have  shed 
innocent  blood  in  their  land. 

20  AndJudeaf  and  Jerusalem  shall  be  inhabited 
for  ever,  to  generation  and  generation. 

21  And  1  will  cleanse  their  blood,  w  hich  I  had 
not  cleansed  :   and  the  Lord  will  dwell  in  Sion. 


the  miI-m  that  before,  like  barren  ground,  brought  forth  nothing   but 
thorns:  or  that  were afflicted  with  the  fairm of  crouet and  tnbulal 

f  Judra — ami  Jerusalem.     That  i*,   the  t|  inlu  il  JcrutaJcm,  \u.  the 
church  of  Chritt. 


THE  PROPHECY  OF  AMOS. 


.  pr  phnird  in  Israel  about  tht  same  time  as  OtM  ;   nml 

w««  r/illt'l   from    ftUowtthf  tkj  tttttlr  tm SWW  Qod'njmdf 

menls  to  the  people  of  hraet,  and  the  neighbouring  notion*, 

their   repeated  crimes,  in  ir/nrA  //»  v  lontinmd  without 

•  nlante. 

CHAP.  I. 

The  prophet  threatens  Damatrus,  t',o-.<i.Tvrr,F.dom.  and  Immon 
irith  the  judgments  of  < iod,  for  their  obstinacy  in  sin. 

Til  I*,  words  of  \uios,  w  ho  w  as  among  the  herds- 
men of  Thecuaj  which  he  saw    concerning 

srael  in  the  davs  of  ( )/ias  kin::  of  Juda,  and  in  the 

718 


days  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Jons  king  of  Israel  two 
years  before  the  earthquake.* 

2  And  be  said:  The  Lord  Will  roar  from  Son, 
and  utter  his  voice  from  Jerusalem  •  and  the  In  an  - 
lilul    places  of  the  shepherds    have    mourned;   and 

the  top  of  CarmeJ  is  w  itherad. 

3  Thus  sa'nh  the  Lord:  For  three  crimes  of  Da- 

•    The  earthquake.     Many   under«tai..l    lint  of  a   great    earlhqualr, 
wliirli.  they  my,  WM  felt   at   the  time  that 
offer  inceosc  in  the  temple.     But  the  beat  chronologic  prove  that 


CHAP.  II,  III. 


mascus,  and  for  four*  I  will  not  convert  it :  because 
they  have  thrashed  Gahiad  with  iron  wains. 

4  And  I  will  send  a  fire  into  the  house  of  Azael : 
and  it  shall  devour  the  houses  of  Benadad. 

5  And  I  will  break  the  bar  of  Damascus  :  and  I 
will  cut  off  the  inhabitants  from  the  plain  of  the  idol, 
and  him  that  holdeth  the  sceptre  from  the  house 
of  pleasure  :  and  the  people  of  Syria  shall  be  car- 
ried away  to  Cyrene,  saith  the  Lord. 

6  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  For  three  crimes  of  Ga- 
za, and  for  four  1  will  not  convert  it:  because  they 
have  carried  away  a  perfect  captivity  to  shut  them 
up  in  Edom. 

7  And  1  will  send  a  fire  on  the  wall  of  Gaza: 
and  it  shall  devour  the  houses  thereof. 

8  And  I  will  cutoff  the  inhabitant  from  Azotus, 
and  him  that  holdeth  the  sceptre  from  Ascalon:  and 
I  will  turn  my  hand  against  Accaron :  and  the  rest 
of  the  Philistines  shall  perish,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

9  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  For  three  crimes  of 
Tyre,  and  for  four  I  will  not  convert  k:  because 
they  have  shut  up  an  entire  captivity  in  Edom,  and 
have  not  remembered  the  covenant  of  brethren. 

10  And  I  will  send  a  fire  upon  the  wall  of  Tyre: 
and  it  shall  devour  the  houses  thereof. 

1 1  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  For  three  crimes  of 
Edom,  and  for  four  I  will  not  convert  him :  be- 
cause he  hath  pursued  his  brother  with  the  sword, 
and  hath  cast  off  all  pity,  and  hath  carried  on  his 
fury,  and  hath  kept  his  wrath  to  the  end. 

12  I  will  send  a  fire  into  Theman  ;  and  it  shall 
devour  the  houses  of  Bosra. 

13  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  For  three  crimes  of 
the  children  of  Ammon,  and  for  four  I  will  not  con- 
vert him  :  because  he  hath  ript  up  the  women  with 
child  of  Galaad  to  enlarge  his  border. 

14  And  I  will  kindle  a  fire  in  the  wall  of  Rabba  : 
and  it  shall  devour  the  houses  thereof  with  shout- 
ing in  the  day  of  battle,  and  with  a  whirlwind  in 
the  day  of  trouble. 

15  And  Melchomf  shall  go  into  captivity,  both 
hi',  and  his  princes  together,  saitfi  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  II. 

The  judgments  with  which  God  threatens  Moab,  Juda,  and  Israel 
for  their  sins,  and  their  ingratitude. 

rT^HUS  saith    the  Lord:    For  three  crimes    of 
-*-    Moab,  and  for  four  I  will   not    convert   him  : 
because  he  hath  burnt  the   bones  of  the  king   of 
Edom  even  to  ashes. 

2  And  I  will  send  a  fire  into  Moab  :  and  it  shall 
devour  the  houses  of  Carioth  :  and  Moab  shall  die 
with  a  noise,  with  the  sound  of  the  trumpet : 

3  And  1  will  cut  off  the  judge  from  the  midst 
thereof,  and  will  slay  all  his  princes  with  him,  saith 
the  Lord. 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  For  three  crimes  of  Ju- 
da,   and  for  four  I  will  not  convert  him :  because 

the  earthquake  here  spoken  of  must  have  heen  before  that  time  :  be- 
cause Jeroboam  the  second,  under  whom  Amos  prophesied,  was  dead 
lone;  before  that  attempt  of  Ozias. 

*  For  three  crimes,  and  for  four.  That  is,  for  their  many  unrepent- 
ed  of  crimes.  I  will  not  convert  it.  That  is,  I  will  not  spare  them,  nor 
turn  away  the  punishments  I  design  to  inflict  upon  them. 

t  Malokem.     The  god  or  idol  of  the  Ammonites,  otherwise  called 


he  hathcast  away  the  law  of  the  Lord,  and  hath  not 
kept  hiscommandments  :  for  their  idols  have  caused 
them  to  err,  after  which  their  fathers  have  walk- 
ed. 

5  And  I  will  send  a  fire  into  Juda  :  and  it  shall 
devour  the  houses  of  Jerusalem. 

6  Thus  saith  the  Lord:  For  three  crimes  of 
Israel,  and  for  four  I  will  not  convert  him  :  because 
he  hath  sold  the  just  man  for  silver,  and  the  poor 
man  for  a  pair  of  shoes. 

7  They  bruise  the  heads  of  the  poor  upon  the 
dust  of  the  earth,  and  turn  aside  the  way  of  the 
humble  :  and  the  son  and  his  father  have  gone  to 
the  same  young  woman  to  profane  my  holy  name. 

8  And  they  sat  down  upon  garments  laid  to 
pledge  by  every  altar  :  and  drank  the  wine  of  the 
condemned  in  the  house  of  their  God. 

9  Yet  I  cast  out  the  Ammorhite  before  their 
face :  whose  height  was  like  the  height  of  cedars, 
and  who  was  strong  as  an  oak  :  and  I  destroyed 
his  fruit  from  above,  and  his  roots  beneath. 

10  It  is  I  that  brought  you  up  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt  :  and  I  led  you  forty  years  through  the  wil- 
derness, that  you  might  possess  the  land  of  the 
Ammorhite. 

11  And  I  raised  up  of  your  sons  for  prophets, 
and  of  your  young  men  for  Nazarites.  Is  it  not  so, 
O  ye  children  of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord? 

12  And  you  will  present  wine  to  the  Nazarites, 
and  command  the  prophets,  saying  :  Prophesy  not. 

13  Behold,  I  will  screak  J  under  you,  as  a  wain 
screaketh  that  is  laden  with  hay. 

14  And  flight  shall  perish  from  the  swift;  and  the 
valiant  shall  not  possess  his  strength  ;  neither  shall 
the  strong  save  his  life.  ' 

15  And  he  that  holdeth  the  bow  shall  not  stand  ; 
and  the  swift  of  foot  shall  not  escape:  neither  shall 
the  rider  of  the  horse  save  his  life. 

16  And  the  stout  of  heart  among  the  valiant 
shall  flee  away  naked  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  III. 

The  evils  that  shall  fall  vpon  Israel  for  their  sins. 

XXEAR  the  word  that  the  Lord  hath  spoken 
-■--*■  concerning  you,  O  ye  children  of  Israel ;  con- 
cerning the  whole  family  that  I  brought  up  out  of 
i he  land  of  Egypt,  saying  : 

2  You  only  have  I  known  of  all  the  families  of  the 
earth :  therefore  will  I  visit  upon§  you  all  your 
iniquities. 

3  Shall  two  walk  together,  except  they  be  agreed  ? 

4  Will  a  lion  roar  in  the  forest,  if  he  have  no 
prey  ?  will  the  lion's  whelp  cry  out  of  his  den,  if  he 
have  taken  nothing  ? 

5  Will  the  bird  fall  into  the  snare  upon  the  earth 
if  there  be  no  fowler  ?  Shall  the  snare  betaken  up 
from  the  earth,  before  it  hath  taken  somewhat? 

6  Shall  the  trumpet  sound  in  a  city,  and  the  peo- 


Moloch,  and  Melech :  which  in  Hebrew  signifies  a  king,  and  Mel- 
chom  their  king. 

\  I  will  screak.  Unable  to  bear  any  lonper  the  enormous  load  of 
vour  sins,  &c.  The  spirit  of  God,  as  St.  Jerom  takes  notice,  accom- 
modates himself  to  the  education  of  the  prophet,  and  inspires  him  with 
comparisons  taken  from  country  affairs. 

I    Viit  upon.     That  is,  punish. 

719 


AMOS. 


pie  not  be  afraid  f  Shall  (hero  l>e  evil    in  a  city,* 
«i  hi<  h  the  Lord  bath  not  done  ? 

7  For  the  Lord  God  doeth  nothing  without  re- 
vealing hia  secrets  to  his  tervajHi  the  proph 

8  Tbe  lion  shall  roar:  who  will  not  fear?  The 
Lord  God  hath  s|M>ken  :   who  shall  not  prophet 

9  Puhlish  it  in  tin-  houses  of  Azotus,  and  in  the 
houses  of  the  land  of  Egypt:  and  say:  Assemble 
yourselves  upon  the  mountains  of  Samaria,  hiid  be- 
hold the  many  follies  in  the  midst  thereof,  and  them 
that  suffer  oppression  in  the  inner  rooms  thereof. 

10  And  they  have  not  known  to  do  the  right 
thing,  saith  the  Lord,  storing  up  iniquity,  and  rob- 
beries in  their  boost 

1 1  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  :  The 
land  shall  be  in  tribulation  and  shall  be  compassed 
nhottt  :  and  tin  strength  shall  be  taken  away  from 
thee  ;   and  thv  houses  shall  be  spoiled. 

\i  Thou  saith  the  Lord:  As  if  a  shepherd  should 

Otit  of  the  lion's  month  two  legs,  or  the  tip  of  the 
ear:  so  shall  the  children  of  Israel  be  taken  out 
that  dwell  in  Samaria,  in  a  piece  of  a  bed,  and  in 
the  coin  h  of  Damascus. 

13  Hear  ye  and  testify  in  the  house  of  Jacob, 
saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  hosts: 

1  V  That  in  the  day  w  hen  I  shall  begin  to  visit  the 
traiis-n  ssions  of  Israel,  I  will  visit  upon  him,  and 
npon  the  altars  of  Bethel:  and  the  horns  of  the  al- 
tars  shall  he  cut  off,  and  shall  fall  to  the  ground. 

16  And  I  will  strike  the  winter-house  with  the 
■ammer-bouae:  and  the  houses  of  ivory  shall  perish  ; 
ami  many  houses  shall  be  destroyed,  saith  the  Lord. 

CHAP.   IV. 

The  Itmrlifrs  are  reproved  fur  thrir  oppressing  the  poor,  for 
tkrir  idolatry,  and  their  incorri^iblenes*. 

HEAR  this  word,  ye  fat  kinef  that  are  in  the 
mountains  of  Samaria:  you  that  oppress  the 
needy,  anil  crush  the  poor;  that  say  to  your  mas- 
ter-.: Brim:,  and  we  will  drink. 

J  Tin  Cord  God  hath  sworn  by  his  holiness,  that 
In,  the  dsjS  shall  come  ujmhi  you  when  they  shall 
lift  you  up  on  pikes,  and  what  shall  remain  of  you 
in  boiling  pots. 

3  And  inn  shall  BO  out  at  the  breaches  one  ovcr- 
nst  the  other:  and  you  shall  be  cast  forth   into 

Arnion.J  saith  the  Lord. 

4  Come  ye  to  Bethel,  and  do  wickedly;  to  Gal- 
gai,  and  multiply  transgressions:  and  bnna  in  the 
oiag  your  victims,  your  tithes  in  three  days, 

ad  offer  a  sacrifice  of  praise  with  leaven:  and 
call  free-offerings,  and  proclaim  it :  tor  so  rou  would 
1  I     bildren  of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

6  Whereupon  I  also  hart  gjven  youdulncss  of  teeth 
in  all  J  our  cities,  and  w  ant  ol  bread  in  all  your  places: 
\.t  you  have  not  relumed  to  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

7  I  »l*0  have  w  ithliolden  the  rain  from  you,  w  hen 
there  were  yet  three  months  to  the  harvest;  and  I 
<  aused  it  to  rain  upon  one  city,  and  caused  it  not  to 


*  Mi  in  «  rWy.     lie  ipeak«  of  the  ml  of  puni.hmrnU  of  war,  fa. 
.  pn*il—CI,  deantaUoo,  ic    but   not  of  the  nil  of  tin,  of  which 

Cod  h  not  In.-  author 

♦  Fml  km*-  Ha  rnra.,  tbe  great  on<'*  '"»'  '"  ",l  '"  I'l'ntv  ami  wraith. 
j  imia      A  foreign  tnatmry  ■  kw  underatand  it  of  Armenia. 


rain  upon  another  city  :  one  piece  w:iv  rained  upon: 
and  the  piece  when  upon  j  rained  not,  Withered. 

8  And  two  and  three  cities  w<  nl  to  one  city  to 
drink  water,  and  were  not  filled:  yet  you  returned 
not  to  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

9  1  struck  you  with  a  burning  wind,  and  with 
mildew:  the  palmer-worm  hath  eaten  up  your  many 
gardens,  and  your  vineyards,  your olive-urov.-.  and 
hg-groves:  yet  you  returned  not  to  me,  saith  the 
Lord. 

10  I  sent  death  upon  you  in  the  war  of  Egypt :  I 
slew  your  young  men  with  the  sword,  even  to  the 
captivity  of  your  horses:  and  I  made  the  stench  of 
your  camp  to  come  up  into  your  nostrils:  yet  you 
returned  not  to  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

11  I  destroyed  some  of  you,  as  Got!  destroyed 
Sodom  and  Gomorrha;  and  you  were  as  a  firebrand 
plucked  out  of  the  burning:  yet  you  returned  not  to 
me,  saith  the  Lord. 

12  Therefore  1  will  do  these  things  to  thee,  O 
Israel:  and  after  I  shall  have  done  these  things  lo 
thee,  be  prepared  to  meet  thy  God,  O  Israel. 

13  For  behold,  he  that  formeth  the  mountains, 
and  Createth  the  wind,  and  declareth  his  wind  to 
man,  be  that  maketh  the  morning  mist,  and  walkcth 
upon  the  high  places  of  the  earth:  the  Lord  the 
God  of  hosts  is  his  name. 

CHAP.  V. 

A  lamentation  for  Israel :  an  exhortation  to  return  to  <lod. 

IXLAR  ye  this  word,  which  I  lake  up  conccrniim 
_*-•*■  you  for  a  lamentation.  The  house  of  Israel 
is  fallen,  and  it  shall  rise  no  more. 

2  The  virgin  of  Israel  is  cast  down  upon  her  land. 
there  is  none  to  raise  her  up. 

3  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God:  The  city,  out  of 
which  came  forth  a  thousand,  there  shall  be  left  in 
it  a  hundred:  and  out  of  which  there  came  a  hun- 
dred, then:  shall  be  left  in  it  ten,  in  the  house  of 
Israel. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  to  the  house  of  Israel : 
Seek  ye  me,  and  you  shall  live. 

5  But  seek  not  Bethel,  and  bo  not  into  Galgal; 
neither  shall  you  pass  over  to  Bersal>ee  :§  for  Gal- 
gal shall  go  into  captivity;  and  Bethel  shall  be  un- 
profitable. 

6  Seek  ve  the  Lord,  and  live:  lest  the  house  ol 
Joseph  be  burnt  with  lire,  and  it  shall  devour,  ami 
there  shall  be  none  to  quench  Bethel. 

7  You  that  turn  judgment  into  wormwood,  and 
forsake  justice  in  the  land, 

8  Seek  him  that  maketh  Arcturus  and  Orion. || 
and  that  turneth  darkness  into  morning,  ami  that 
rhangeth  day  into  night:  that  calreth  tin-  watt  rs  of 
the  sea,  anil  poun  th  them  out  upon  the  face  of  the 
earth :  The  Lord  is  his  name. 

9  He  that  with  a  smile  1  bringeth  destruction  npon 

the  stroni:,  and  waste  upon  the  mighty. 

10  They   have    hated  him    that  rehuketh   in  the 

I  Bnlul. — Galgal, — Brrtabn.     The  place*  where  they  wor*!,: 
tl.<  if  i.loli. 

J  .hxtunu  rnnJ  Ori<m.     .Irrlurut  in  a  bright  »:ar  in  tbe  north ;  Orion  a 
beautiful  ooootellation  in  the  vmih 

V  rftM  •  «*•*>•  That  i«,  with  allwate,  and  without  making  an\  effort 


CHAP-  VI.V1I. 


gate:  And  have  abhorred  him  that speaketh perfectly. 

11  Therefore  because  you  robbed  the  poor,  and 
took  the  choice  prey  from  him;  you  shall  build  houses 
with  square  stone,  and  shall  not  dwell  in  them:  you 
shall  plant  most  delightful  vineyards,  and  shall  not 
drink  the  wine  of  them. 

12  Because  1  know  your  manifold  crimes,  and 
your  grievous  sins:  enemies  of  the  just,  taking  bribes, 
and  oppressing  the  poor  in  the  gate. 

13  Therefore  the  prudent  shall  keep  silence  at 
that  time  ;  for  it  is  in  an  evil  time. 

14  Seek  ye  good,  and  not  evil,  that  you  may  live: 
and  the  Lord  the  God  of  hosts  will  be  with  you,  as 
you  have  said. 

15  Hate  evil,  and  love  good,  and  establish  judg- 
ment in  the  gate  :  it  may  be  the  Lord  the  God  of 
hosts  may  have  mercy  on  the  remnant  of  Joseph. 

16  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  hosts 
the  sovereign  Lord  :  In  every  street  there  shall  be 
wailing;  and  in  all  places  that  are  without,  they 
shall  say:  Alas,  alas!  and  they  shall  call  the  hus- 
bandman to  mourning,  and  such  as  are  skilful  in 
lamentation  to  lament.     * 

17  And  in  all  vineyards  there  shall  be  wailing : 
because  I  will  pass  through  in  the  midst  of  thee, 
saith  the  Lord. 

18  Wo  to  them  that  desire  the  day  of  the  Lord: 
to  what  end  is  it  for  you  ?  the  day  of  the  Lord  is 
darkness,  and  not  light. 

19  As  if  a  man  should  flee  from  the  face  of  a 
lion,  and  a  bear  should  meet  him  :  or  enter  into  the 
bouse,  and  lean  with  his  hand  upon  the  wall,  and 
a  serpent  should  bite  him. 

20  Shall  not  the  day  of  the  Lord  be  darkness,  and 
not  light:  and  obscurity,  and  no  brightness  in  it. 

21  1  hate,  and  have  rejected  your  festivities:  and 
[  will  not  receive  the  odour  of  your  assemblies. 

22  And  if  you  offer  me  holocausts,  and  your  gifts, 
I  will  not  receive  them  ;  neither  will  I  regard  the 
vows  of  your  fat  beasts. 

23  Take  away  from  me  the  tumult  of  thy  songs  : 
and  I  will  not  hear  the  canticles  of  thy  harp. 

24  But  judgment  shall  be  revealed  as  water,  and 
justice  as  a  mighty  torrent. 

25  Did  you  offer*  victims  and  sacrifices  to  me  in 
the  desert  for  forty  years,  O  house  of  Israel  ?  • 

26  But  you  carried  a  tabemaclef  for  your  Moloch, 
and.  the  image  of  your  idols,  the  star  of  your  god, 
which  you  made  to  yourselves. 

27  And  I  will  cause  you  to  go  into  captivity  be- 
yond Damascus,  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  hosts 
is  his  name. 

CHAP.  VI. 

The  desolation  of  Israel  for  their  pride  and  luxury. 

"^^"O  to  you  that  are  wealthy  in  Sion,  and  to  you 
™  "     that  have  confidence  in  the  mountain  of  Sa- 
maria; ye  great  men,  heads  of  the  people,  that  go 
in  with  state  into  the  house  of  Israel. 

*  Did  you  offer,  &c.  Except  the  sacrifices  that  were  offered  at  the 
first,  in  the  dedication  of  the  tabernacle,  the  Israelites  offered  no  sa- 
crifices in  the  desert. 

f  A  tabernacle,  &c.    All  this  alludes  to  the  idolatry  which  they  com- 

4  Y 


2  Pass  ye  over  to  Chalane,  and  see  ;  and  go  from 
thence  into  Emaththe  great;  andgodownintoGeth 
of  the  Philistines,  and  to  all  the  best  kingdoms  of 
these;  if  their  border  be  larger  than   your  border: 

3  You  that  are  separated  unto  the  evil  day  ;  and 
that  approach  to  the  throne  of  iniquity  : 

4  You  that  sleep  upon  beds  of  ivory,  and  are 
wanton  on  your  couches;  that  eat  the  lambs  out  of 
the  flock,  and  the.  calves  out  of  the  midst  of  the  herd : 

5  You  that  sing  to  the  sound  of  the  psaltery  : 
they  have  thought  themselves  to  have  instruments 
of  music  like  David  : 

6  That  drink  wine  in  bowls,  and  anoint  them- 
selves with  the  best  ointments :  and  they  are  not 
concerned  for  the  affliction  of  Joseph. 

7  Wherefore  now  they  shall  go  captive  at  the 
head  of  them  that  go  into  captivity:  and  the  faction 
of  the  luxurious  ones  shall  be  taken  away. 

8  The  Lord  God  hath  sworn  by  bis  own  soul, 
saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  hosts  :  I  detest  the  pride 
of  Jacob  ;  and  I  hate  his  houses;  and  I  will  deliver 
up  the  city  with  the  inhabitants  thereof. 

9  And  if  there  remain  ten  men  in  one  house,  they 
also  shall  die. 

10  And  a  man's  kinsman  shall  take  him  up,  and 
shall  burn  him,  that  he  may  carry  the  bones  out  of 
the  house  :  and  he  shall  say  to  him  that  is  in  the 
inner  rooms  of  the  house :  Is  there  yet  any  with  thee  ? 

1 1  And  he  shall  answer  :  There  is  an  end.  And 
he  shall  say  to  him  :  Hold  thy  peace,  and  mention 
not  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

12  For  behold,  the  Lord  hath  commanded  ;  and 
he  will  strike  the  greater  house  with  breaches,  and 
the  lesser  house  with  clefts. 

13  Can  horses  run  upon  the  rocks,  or  can  any 
one  plough  vyith  buffles  ;  for  you  have  turned  judg- 
ment into  bitterness,  and  the  fruit  of  justice  into 
wormwood  ? 

14  You  that  rejoice  in  a  thing  of  naught:  you 
that  say :  Have  we  not  taken  unto  us  horns  by  our 
own  strength  ? 

15  But  behold,  I  will  raise  up  a  nation  against 
you,  O  house  of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord  the  God  of 
hosts  :  and  they  shall  destroy  you  from  the  entrance 
of  Emath,  even  to  the  torrent  of  the  desert. 

CHAP.  VII. 

The  prophet  sees,  in  three  visions,  evils  coming  vpon  Israel;  he 
is  accused  of  treason  by  the  false  priest  of  Bethel. 

rpHESE  things  the  Lord  God  showed  to  me 
-*-    and  behold,  the  locustj  was  formed  in  the  be 
ginning  of  the  shooting  up  of  the  latter  rain  :  and  lo, 
it  ivas  the  latter  rain  after  the  king's  mowing. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  they  had  made 
an  end  of  eating  the  grass  of  the  land,  I  said :  O  Lord 
God,  be  merciful,  I  beseech  thee:  who  shall  raise 
up  Jacob,  for  he  is  very  little? 

3  The  Lord  had  pity  upon  this :  It  shall  not  be, 
said  the  Lord. 

mitted,  when  they  were  drawn  away  by  the  daughters  of  Moab  to  toe 
worship  of  their  gods.     Numb.  xxv. 

I  The  locust,  &c.  These  judgments  by  locusts  and  fire,  which,  by 
the  prophet's  intercession,  were  moderated,  signify  the  former  inva 
■-inns  of  the  Assyrians  under  Plrnl  and  Tegl'Uhphfdasar,  before  the  utter 
desolation  of  Israel  by  Salmanasar. 

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AMOS. 


\  Those  things  tin-  Lord  God  showed  to  me: 
and  heboid, the  Lord  culled  for  judgment  unto  fire; 
and  it  devoured  the  sre.it  deep,  and  ate  up  a  pan  at 
the  same  time. 

')  And  I  said:  O  Lord  God,  (case,  I  beseech 
line:    who  shall    raise  up  Jacoli,    lor  he-  is  a    little 

0  The  Lord  had  pity  ii|m>u  this:  Yea  this  al>o 
.shall  not  he,  said  the  Lord  God. 

7  These  things  the  Loid  showed  tome:  and 
behold,  the  Lord  urns  standing  U|K)ii  u  plastered 
wall,  and  in  his  hand  a  mason's  trowel. 

8  And  the  Lord  said  to  me:  What  seest  thou, 
Amos.'  And  I  said:  A  mason's  trowel.  And  the 
Lord  said:  Heboid.  I  will  lav  down  the  trowel  in  the 
midM  of  my  people  Israel:  1  will  plaster  them  over 
no  more. 

9  And  the  high  places  of  the  idol  shall  be  thrown 
down,  and  the  sanctuaries  of  Israel  shall  be  laid 
w  .!>;•  :  and  I  will  rise  up  against  the  house  of  Jero- 
boam w  nli  the  sword. 

10  And  Amasias  the  priest  of  Bethel  sent  to  Je- 
rohoam  king  of  Israel,  saying:  Amos  hath  rebelled 

uist  thee  in  the  midst  of  the  house  of  Israel :  the 
I  ind  is  notable  to  bear  all  his  words. 

1 1  For  thus  saith  Amos  :  Jeroboam  shall  die  by 
the  sword*  :  and  Israel  shall  be  carried  away  cap- 
tive out  of  their  own  laud. 

1  J  And  AmiM  is  said  to  Amos  :  Thou  seer,  go, 
flee  away  into  the  laud  of  Juda:  and  eat  bread  there, 
and  prophesy  there. 

IS  But  prophesy  not  again  any  more  in  Bethel : 
I  treatise  it  is  the  king's  sanctuary ;  audit  is  the 
house  of  the  kingdom. 

1  V  And  Amos  answered,  and  said  to  Amasias: 
I  am  not  I  prophet;!  nor  am  I  the  son  of  a  prophet: 
but  I  am  a  herdsman  plucking  wild  figs. 

15  And  the  Lord  took  me  when  1  followed  the 
Bock  :  and  the  Lord  said  to  me:  Go,  prophesy  to  my 
people  Israel. 

16  And  now  hear  thou  the  word  of  the  Lord  : 
Thou  sayest:  Thou  shalt  not  prophesy  against  Israel: 
and  thou  shalt  not  drop  thy  word  upon  the  house  of 
the  idol.J 

17  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Thy  wife  shall 
play  the  harlot  in  the  city  :  and  thy  sons,  and  thy 
daughters  shall  fall  by  the  sword  :  and  thy  land  shall 
be  measured  by  a  line  :  and  thou  shalt  die  in  a  pol- 
luted laud  ;  and  Israel  shall  go  into  captivity  out  of 
their  land. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

Under  the  figure  qf  a  hook  which  bringttk  down  thr  fruit,  the 
approaching  drsolation  qf  Israel  it ~fot ethmoid  for  their  ava- 
rice and  injustices. 

HPHESE  things  the  Lord  showed  to  me:  and  be- 
-*-     hold,  a  hook  to  draw  dmvii  the  fruit. 

1  And  he  said  :  What  seest  thou,  Amos?  And  1 
said:  A  hook  to  draw  down  fruit.    And  the  Lord 

*  Jtnkimn  skmU  Mi  *»  Uu  nwri  The  prophet  did  not  rev  thu ;  but 
that  the  Lord  would  rut  ut>  mtrnnut  tkt  mtmt  tf  Jmhn  wttk  Ike  ntori: 
which  w»»  verified.  wh<-n  Za«  hana»  the  wn  and  Micceaaor  of  Jeroboam 
*u  iUin  by  theiworl.  4  Kmf,  r*.  10 

<m 


said  tome:  The  end  is  come  upon  my  people  Israel 
I  will  not  again  pass  In  them  any  more. 

\nd  the    hinges  of   the  temple  shall  screak  ip 
that  i\.ty,   saith  the  Lord  God :   many  shall  die: 
Irnce  shall  be  east  in  every  place. 

4  Hear  this,  \ou  that  crush  the  poor,  and  maki 
the  needy  ol   the  land  to  fail, 

6  Saying:  When  will  the  month  be  over,  and  w  B 
shall  sell  our  wares:  and  the  sabbath,  and  we  shall 
ppea  the  com  :  that  we  may  lessen  the  measure,  and 
increase  the  sickle,  and  may  convey  in  dc< eitful 
balances, 

6  That  we  may  possess  the  needy  for  money, 
and  the  |>oor  for  a  pair  of  shoes ;  and  may  sell  tht 
refuse  of  the  corn  ? 

7  The  Lord  hath  sworn  against  the  pride  of  Ja- 
cob :   Surely  I  will  never  forget  all  their  w  orks. 

8  Shall  not  the  land  tremble  fortius,  and  every 
one  mourn  that  dwelleth  therein  ;  and  rise  up  alto- 
nether  as  a  river,  and  be  cast  out,  and  run  down  as 
the  river  of  Egypt  ? 

9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  saith  the 
Lord  God,  that  the  sun  shall  go  dow  n  at  midday  ; 
and  I  will  make  the  earth  dark  in  the  day  of  light: 

10  And  I  will  turn  your  feasts  into  mourning, 
and  all  your  songs  into  lamentation  :  and  I  will  bring 
up  sackcloth  upon  every  back  of  yours,  and  baldness 
upon  every  head:  and  1  will  make  it  as  the  mourn- 
ing of  an  only  son,  and  the  latter  end  thereof  as  a 
bitter  day. 

1 1  Behold,  the  daj  s  come,  saith  the  Lord  :  and  I 
will  send  forth  a  famine  into  the  land;  not  a  famine 
of  bread,  norathirst  of  water,  but  of  hearing  the  word 
of  the  Lord. 

12  And  they  shall  move  from  sea  to  sea,  and 
from  the  north  to  the  east:  they  shall  go  about  seek- 
ing the  word  of  the  Lord,  and  shall  not  find  it. 

li3  In  that  day  the  fair  virgins  and  the  young 
men  shall  faint  lor  thirst. 

14  They  that  swear  by  the  sin  of  Samaria,  and 
say:  Thy  God,  O  Dan,  liveth:  and  the  way  of 
llcisabee  liveth:  and  they  shall  fall,  and  shall  risr- 
no  more. 

CHAP.  IX. 

The  certainty  of  the  desolation  of  hrucl :  thr  restoring  qf  thr 
tiibi'rnitrlr  if  Dtiviil:  mid  the  conversion  of  the  Gentiles  to 
the  church,  which  shall  flourish  for  ever. 

I"  SAW  the  Lord  standing  upon  the  altar :  and  ho 
■*■  said:  Strikethehingcs.and  let  the  lintels  besbook' 
for  there  is  covetousness  in  the  head  of  them  all ; 
andl  will  slavthe  last  of  them  with  the  sword  .there 
shall  be  no  flight  for  them;  they  shall  flee  ;  and  he 
that  shall  flee  of  them  shall  not  be  delivered. 

2  Though  they  go  dow  n  even  to  hell,  thence 
shall  my  hand  bring  them  out  :  and  though  they 
climb  up  to  heaven,  theme  will  I  bring  them  down. 

3  And  though  they  be  hid  in  the  top  ol  (  artnel, 
I  will    search,  and  take  them  away   from  them 
and  though  they  hide  themselves   from    my  eves    in 

tfaiKi  prophet.     That  i%  1  am  not  a  prophet  bv  education 
■tor  i*  propbeajiofc  my  calling  or  profeaaion :  but  I  am  a  h 
whom  God  was  pleased  to  tend  hither  to  pmj.be.jr  to  Urael. 

t   Tkt  turn*  of  uW  UW,  rU.  of  tha  calf,  worshipped  in  BetheL 


ABD1AS. 


the  depth  of  the  sea,  there  will  I  command  the  ser- 
pent, and  he  shall  bite  them. 

4  And  if  they  go  into  captivity  before  their  ene- 
mies, then:  will  I  command  the  sword,  and  it  shall 
kill  them.  And  I  will  set  my  eyes  upon  them  for 
evil,  and  not  for  good. 

5  And  the  Lord  the  God  of  hosts  is  he  whotouch- 
eth  the  earth,  and  it  shall  melt:  and  all  that  dwell 
therein  shall  mourn  :  and  it  shall  rise  up  as  a  river, 
and  shall  run  down  as  the  river  of  Egypt. 

6  lie  that  buildeth  his  ascension*  in  heaven,  and 
hath  founded  his  bundle  upon  the  earth:  who  call- 
eth  the  waters  of  the  sea,  and  poureth  them  out  upon 
the  face  of  the  earth  ;  the  Lord  is  his  name. 

7  Are  not  you  as  the  children  of  the  Ethiopians! 
unto  me,  O  children  of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord?  did  not 
I  bring  up  Israel  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt;  and  the 
Palestines  out  of  Cappadocia,  and  the  Syrians  out 
of  Cyrene  ? 

8  Behold,  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  God  are  upon  the 
sinful  kingdom:  audi  will  destroy  it  from  the  face 
of  the  earth :  but  yet  I  will  not  utterly  destroy  the 
house  of  Jacob,  saith  the  Lord. 

9  For  behold,  I  will  command,  and  I  will  sift  the 
house  of  Israel  among  all  nations,  as  corn  is  sifted 


*  His  ascension.  That  is,  his  high  throne.  His  bundle.  That  is,  his 
church,  bound  up  together  by  the  bands  of  one  faith  and  communion. 

f  Jis  the  children  of  the  Ethiopians.  That  is,  as  black  as  they,  by 
your  iniquities. 


in  a  sieve :  and  there  shall  not  a  little  stone  fall  to 
the  ground. 

10  All  the  sinners  of  my  people  shall  fall  by  the 
sword:  who  say:  The  evils  shall  not  approach,  and 
shall  not  come  upon  us. 

11  In  that  day  1  will  raise  up  the  tabernacle  ol 
David,  that  is  fallen:  and  I  will  close  up  the  breaches 
of  the  walls  thereof,  and  repair  what  was  fallen  : 
and  I  will  rebuild  it  as  in  the  days  of  o  d  : 

12  That  they  may  possess  the  remnant  of  Edom, 
and  all  nations,  because  my  name  is  invoked  upon 
them;  saith  the  Lord  that  doeth  these  things. 

13  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  when 
the  ploughman  shall  overtake}  the  reaper,  and  «he 
treader  of  grapes  him  that  sovveth  seed :  and  the 
mountains  shall  drop  sweetness,  and  every  hill  shall 
be  tilled. 

14  And  I  will  bring  back  the  captivity  of  my  people 
Israel :  and  they  shall  build  the  abandoned  cities,  and 
inhabit  them:  and  they  shall  plant  vineyards,  and 
drink  the  wine  of  them  ;  and  shall  make  gardens, 
and  eat  the  fruits  of  them.  And  I  will  plant  them 
upon  their  own  land :  and  I  will  no  more  pluck  them 
out  of  their  land,  which  I  have  given  them,  saith 
the  Lord  thy  God. 


|  Shall  overtake,  &c.  By  this  is  meant  the  great  abundance  of  spi- 
ritual blessings:  which,  as  it  were,  by  a  constant  succession  shall  en- 
rich the  church  of  Christ. 


THE  PROPHECY  OF  ABDIAS. 


Alxlias,  whosr  name  is  interpreter!  the  servant  of  the  Lord,  is  be- 
lieved to  have  prophesied  about  the  same  time  as  Osee>  Joel, 
and  Amos  :  though  some  of  the  Hebrews,  who  believe  him  to  be 
the  same  with  Achab's  steward,  make  him  much  more  ancient. 
His  prophecy  is  the  shortest  of  any  in  number  of  words  ;  but 
yields  to  none,  says  St.  Jerom,  in  the  sublimity  of  mysteries. 
It  contains  but  one  chapter 

The  destruction  of  Edom  for  their  pride,  and  the  wrongs  they 
did  to  Jacob :  the  salvation  and  victory  of  Israel. 

THE  vision  of  Abdias.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  to  Edom  :  We  have  heard  a  rumour  from 
the  Lord  :  and  he  hath  sent  an  ambassador  to  the 
nations:  Arise,  and  let  us  rise  up  to  battle  against  him. 

2  Behold,  I  have  made  thee  small  among  the  na- 
tions :  thou  art  exceeding  contemptible. 

3  The  pride  of  thy  heart  hath  lifted  thee  up,  who 
dwellest  in  the  clefts  of  the  rocks,  and  settest  up 
thy  throne  on  high  :  who  sayest  in  thy  heart  : 
Who  shall  bring  me  down  to  the  ground  ? 

4  Though  thou  be  exalted  as  an  eagle,  and 
though  thou  set  thy  nest  among  the  stars  ;  thence 
will  I  bring  thee  down,  saith  the  Lord. 

5  If  thieves  had  gone  in  to  thee,  if  robbers  by  night, 
how  wouldst   thou    have    held  thy    peace  ?  would 

*  Thou  shalt  not  look.  Sic.  or  thou  shouldsl  not,  &c.  It  is  a  reprehen- 
sion for  what  they  had  done,  and  at  the  same  time  a  declaration  that 
'hcse  things  should  n  t  pass  unpunished.      Thou  shalt  not  magnify  thy 


they  not  have  stolen  till  they  had  enough  ?  if  the 
grape-gatherers  had  come  in  to  thee,  would  they 
not  have  left  thee  at  the  least  a  cluster  ? 

6  How  have  they  searched  Esau,  how  have  they 
sought  out  his  hidden  things  ? 

7  They  have  sent  thee  out  even  to  the  border  : 
all  the  men  of  thy  confederacy  have  deceived  thee  : 
the  men  of  thy  peace  have  prevailed  against  thee  : 
they  that  eat  with  thee,  shall  lay  snares  under  thee: 
there  is  no  wisdom  in  him. 

8  Shall  not  I  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord,  destroy 
the  wise  out  of  Edom,  and  understanding  out  of 
the  mount  of  Esau  ? 

9  And  thy  valiant  men  of  the  south  shall  be  afraid, 
that  man  may  be  cut  off  from  the  mount  of  Esau. 

10  For  the  slaughter,  and  for  the  iniquity  against 
thy  brother  Jacob,  confusion  shall  cover  thee  ;  and 
thou  shalt  perish  for  ever. 

11  In  the  day  when  thou  stoodest  against  him, 
when  strangers  carried  away  his  army  captive,  and 
foreigners  entered  into  his  gates,  and  cast  lots  upon 
Jerusalem  ;  thou  also  wast  as  one  of  them. 

12  But  thou  shalt  not  look*  on  in  the  day  of  thy 
brother,  in  the  day  of  his  leaving  his  country  :  and 

mouth.     That  is,  thou  shalt  not  speak  arroganUy  against  the  children 
of  .luda  as  insulting  them  in  their  distress. 

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JO.NAS. 


thou  shall  not  n  the  children  of  Juda,  in 

i  lie  daj  rftheir  destruction  :and  thou  shah  not  ma -ni- 
Ij  thy  inoiitli  in  thedaj  ol  distress. 

13  Neither  shall  thou  enter  into  the  gate  of  my 
people  in  the  day  of  their  ruin  :  aehber  shall  thou 
■1*0  look  On  in  Ins  evils  in  the  day  of  his  calamity  : 
and  thou  shall  not  Ik-  sent  out  auaiust  his  arms  in 
(be  day  of  ins  desolation. 

\l  Neither  shall  thou  stand  in  the  cross-ways  to 
kill  then  thai  Bet  :  and  thoa shall  ao<  shut  up  them 

that  remain  of  him  in  the  da\  ot   irilndation. 

I")  For  the  day  of  the  Lord  is  at  hand  upon  all 
nations  :  a-,  thou  hast  done,  so  shall  it  lie  done  to 
thee  :   lie  will  turn  thy  reward  upon  thy  own   head. 

lti  lor  u  you  have  drunk  upon  my  holy  moun- 
tain, so  all  nations  shall  drink  contiuuallv  :  and 
they  shall  drink  and  sup  up  :  and  they  shall  be  as 
though  they  were  not. 

1  7  And  in  mount  Sioa  shall  be  salvation,  and  it 


shall  he  holy  :    and   the  house  of  Jacob   shall  |M>s- 
sess  those  that  |K>ssessed  them. 

I  B  \nd  the  house  ol  Jacob  shall  be  a  fue.  and  the 
house  of  Joseph  a  llame,  and  the  house  ol  Esau  stub- 
ble: and  tin  \  shall  lie  kindled  in  them:  and  shall 
devour  them  :  and  there  shall  be  no  remains  ol 
the  house  of  Esau;  for  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

19  And  they  that  are  toward  the  south,  shall  in- 
herit the  mount  of  Esau  ;  and  they  that  arc  in  the 
plains,  the  Philistines:  and  they  shall  possess  the 
country  of  Ephraim,  and  the  country  of  Samaria  : 
and  Benjamin  shall  possess  Galaad. 

20  And  thecapti\iiy  of  this  host  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  all  the  places  of  the  (  'hanaanitcs  e\euto 
Sarepta:   and  the  captivity  of  Jerusalem  that  is  in 

horns,  shall  possess  the  cities  of  the  south. 

21  And  saviours  shall  come  up  into  mount  Sion, 
to  judge  the  mount  of  Esau  :  and  the  kingdom 
shall  be  for  the  Lord. 


THE  PROPHECY  OF  JONAS. 


Jonas  propkttird  in  the  reign  of  Jeroboam  the  second :  as  tee 
learn  from  4  Kings  xiv.  35.  To  whom  also  he  foretold  his 
success  in  restoring  all  the  borders  of  Israel.  He  tea*  of 
Geth-Opher  in  tht  tribe  of  Zabulon,  and  consequently  of  Ga- 
lilee ;  which  confutes  that  assertion  of  the  I'harisers,  John  vii. 
j  J.  that  no  prophet  ever  rose  out  of  Galilee,  lie  prop/tested 
and  prefigured  in  his  otrn  person  the  death  and  resurrection 
of  Christ ;  and  teas  the  only  one  among  the  prophets  that 
teas  sent  to  preach  to  the  Gentiles. 

CHAP.  I. 

Jonas  being  sent  to  preach  in  I\'inice,  fleeth  away  by  sea  :  a  tern- 

rt  risrth  :  of  which  being  found,  by  lot,  to  be  the  cause, 
is  cast  into  the  sea,  which  thereupon  is  calmed. 

N<  )\V  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jonas  the 
■on  of  Amathi,  saying  : 
1   Arise,  and  <;o  to  Ninive*  the  great  city,  and 
preach  in  it  :  for  the  wickedness  thereof  is  come  up 
before  me. 

3  \nd  Jonas  rose  tin  to  flee  into  Tharsisf  from  the 
face  of  the  Lord:  and  he  went  down  to  Joppe,  and 
found  a  ship  ROW*;  to  Tharsis:  and  he  paid  the  fare 
thereof,  and  went  down  into  it,  to  go  with  them  to 
Tharsis  from  the  face  of  the  Lord. 

4  But  the  Lord  sent  a  treat  wind  into  the  sea: 
anil  a  great  tempest  was  raised  in  the  sea;  and  the 
ship  was  in  danger  to  be  broken. 

5  And  the  mariners  were  afraid :  and  the  men  cried 
to  their  god:  and  they  cast  forth  the  wares  that  were 
in  the  ship,  into  the  sea,  to  lighten  it  of  them:  and 
J. mas  went  down  into  the  inner  part  of  the  ship,  and 
fell  into  |  deep  sleep.J 

6  And  the  ship-master  came  to  him,  and  said  to 
him:  Why  art  thou  fast  asleep.'  rise  up,  call  upon 
thy  God,  if  so  be  that  God  will  think  of  us,  that  we 
may  not  perish. 

the.    The  capital  city  ot  the  Aawian  empire, 
f  TWmj.    Which  tome  take  to  bo  Tharra*  of  Cilicta,  others  to 
*•  TarttaMl  of  Spain,  others  to  he  Carthago 

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7  And  they  said  every  one  to  bis  fellow  :  Come. 
and  let  us  cast  lots,  that  we  may  know  why  this  evil 
is  upon  us.  And  they  cast  lots;  and  the  lot  fell 
upon  Jonas. 

8  And  they  said  to  him:  Tell  us  for  what  cause 
this  evil  is  upon  us?  what  is  thy  business?  of  what 
country  art  thou?  and  w  hither  goeal  thou?  or  of 
w  hat  people  art  thou? 

9  And  he  said  to  them:  I  am  a  Hebrew  :  and  I 
fear  the  Lord  the  God  of  heaven,  who  made  both 
the  sea  and  the  dry  land. 

10  And  the  men  were  greatly  afraid:  and  they 
said  to  him  :  Why  hast  thou  done  this?  (for  the  men 
knew  that  he  fled  from  the  face  of  the  Lord;  be- 
cause he  had  told  them.) 

11  And  they  said  to  him:  What  shall  we  do  to 
thee,  that  the  sea  may  be  calm  to  us?  for  the  sea 
flowed  and  swelled. 

12  And  he  said  to  them:  Take  me  up,  and  easl 
me  into  the  sea;  and  the  sea  shall  be  calm  to  you: 
for  1  know  that  for  my  sake  this  great  tetnjwst  is 
upon  miii. 

13  And  the  men  rowed  hard  to  return  to  land  : 
but  they  were  not  able;  because  the  a  a  toaw  d.  and 
swelled  upon  them. 

14  And  they  cried  to  the  Lord,  and  said  :  We  be- 
lt thee,  O  Lord,  let  us  not  perish  for  this  man's 

life:  and  lay  not  upon  us  innocent  blood:  for  thou, 
O  Lord,  bast  done  as  it  pleased  thee. 

15  And  they  took  Jonas,  and  cast  him  into  the 
sea:  and  the  sea  ceased  from  raging. 

16  And  the  men  feared  the  I  «ord  exceedingly,  and 
sacrificed  victims  to  the  Lord,  and  made  vows. 

J  Aitf  tiers*.  Tbii  is  a  lively  image  of  tlir  ioaenaibility  of  tin- 
ners  fleeing  from  God,  and  threatened  on  every  side  with  lm  judg- 
ments l  and  >ct  sleeping  as  if  (Ik  y  h  ere  so  are. 


CHAP.  II,  III,  IV. 


CHAP.  II. 


tnnas  is  swallowed  up  by  a  great  fish  ;  he  prayeth  with  confi- 
dence in  God';  and  the  fish  casteth  him  out  on  the  dry  land. 

jVTOVV  the  Lord  prepared  a  great  fish  to  swallow 
-L^  Up  Jonas  :  and  Jonas  was  in  the  belly  of  the 
fish  three  days  and  three  nights. 

2  And  Jonas  prayed  to  the  Lord  his  God  out  of 
the  belly  of  the  fish. 

3  And  he  said :  I  cried  out  of  my  affliction  to  the 
Lord;  and  he  heard  me:  1  cried  out  of  the  belly  of 
hell;  and  thou  hast  heard  my  voice. 

4  And  thou  hast  cast  me  forth  into  the  deep  in 
the  heart  of  the  sea;  and  a  flood  hath  compass- 
ed me:  all  thy  billows  and  thy  waves  have  passed 
over  me. 

5  And  I  said:  I  am  cast  away  out  of  the  sight  of 
thy  eves:  but  yet  I  shall  see  thy  holy  temple  again. 

6  The  waters  compassed  me  about  even  to  the 
soul:  the  deep  hath  closed  me  round  about:  the  sea 
hath  covered  my  head. 

7  I  went  down  to  the  lowest  parts  of  the  moun- 
tains: the  bars  of  the  earth  have  shut  me  up  for 
ever:  and  thou  wilt  bring  up  my  life  from  corrup- 
tion, O  Lord  my  God. 

8  When  my  soul  was  in  distress  within  me,  I  re-' 
membered  the  Lord:  that  my  prayer  may  come 
to  thee,  unto  thy  holy  temple. 

9  They  that  in  vain  observe  vanities,  forsake  their 
own  mercy. 

10  But  I  with  the  voice  of  praise  will  sacrifice  to 
ee:  I  will  pay  wh; 

salvation  to  the  Lord 

1 1  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  the  fish:*  and  it  vomit- 
ed out  Jonas  upon  the  dry  land. 

CHAP.  III. 

Jonas  is  sent  again  to  preach  in  Ninive.  Upon  their  fasting 
and  repentance,  God  recalleth  the  sentence  by  ivhich  they  were 
to  be  destroyed. 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jonas  the 
second  time,  saying, 

2  Arise,  and  go  to  Ninive,  the  great  city:  and 
preach  in  it  the  preaching  that  I  bid  thee. 

3  And  Jonas  arose,  and  went  to  Ninive  accord- 
ing to  the  word  of  the  Lord :  now  Ninive  was  a  great 
city  of  three  day's  journey. f 

4  And  Jonas  began  to  enter  into  the  city  one  day's 
journey:  and  he  cried,  and  said:  Yet  forty  days,  and 
Ninive  shall  be  destroyed. 

5  And  the  men  of  Ninive  believed  in  God:  and 
they  proclaimed  a  fast,  and  put  on  sackcloth  from 
the  greatest  to  the  least. 

6  And  the  word  came  to  the  king  of  Ninive:  and 
he  rose  up  out  of  his  throne,  and  cast  away  his  robe 
from  him,  and  was  clothed  with  sackcloth,  and  sat 
in  ashes. 

7  And  he  caused  it  to  be  proclaimed  and  publish- 
ed in  Ninive  from  the  mouth  of  the  king  and  of  his 


thee:  I  will  pay  whatsoever  I  have  vowed  for  my 


i" 


*  Spoke  to  the  fish.  God's  speaking  to  the  fish,  was  nothing:  else 
l/iit  liis  will,  which  all  things  obey. 

■f  Of  three  day's  journey.  By  the  computation  of  gome  ancient  his- 
d  liani",  Xinive  was  about  fifty  miles  round  :  so  that  to  go  through  all 
•lie  chief  streets  and  public  places  was  three  day's  journey. 

+   Whs  exceedingly  troubled,  Szr.     Ills  concern  was  les!  he  should  pass 


princes,  saying:  Let  neither  men  nor  beasts,  oxen, 
nor  sheep,  taste  any  thing:  let  them  not  feed  nor 
drink  water. 

8  And  let  men  and  beasts  be  covered  with  sack- 
cloth, and  cry  to  the  Lord  with  all  their  strength: 
and  let  them  turn  every  one  from  his  evil  way,  and 
from  the  iniquity  that  is  in  their  hands. 

9  Who  can  tell  if  God  will  turn,  and  forgive;  and 
will  turn  away  from  his  fierce  anger,  and  we  shall 
not  perish  ? 

10  And  God  saw  their  works,  that  they  were 
turned  from  their  evil  way:  and  God  had  mercy  with 
regard  to  the  evil  which  he  had  said  that  he  would 
do  to  them  :  and  he  did  it  not. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Jonas  repining  to  see  that  his  prophecy  is  not  fulfilled,  is  re- 
proved by  the  type  of  the  ivy. 

\  ND  Jonas  was  exceedingly  troubled, t  and  was 
-£*-  angry. 

2  And  he  prayed  to  the  Lord,  and  said :  I  beseech 
thee,  O  Lord,  is  not  this  what  I  said,  when  I  was 
yet  in  my  own  country?  therefore  I  went  before  to 
flee  into  Tharsis:  for  I  know  that  thou  art  a  gra- 
cious and  merciful  God,  patient,  and  of  much  com- 
passion, and  easy  to  forgive  evil. 

3  And  now,  O  Lord,  I  beseech  thee  take  my  life 
from  me :  for  it  is  better  for  me  to  die  than  to  live. 

4  And  the  Lord  said:  Dost  thou  think  thou  ha&t 
reason  to  be  angry? 

5  Then  Jonas  went  out  of  the  city,  and  sat  to- 
ward the  east  side  of  the  city :  and  he  made  himself 
a  booth  there :  and  he  sat  under  it  in  the  shadow, 
till  he  might  see  what  would  befal  the  city. 

6  And  the  Lord  God  prepared  an  ivy,§  and  it 
came  up  over  the  head  of  Jonas,  to  be  a  shadow 
over  his  head,  and  to  cover  him  (for  he  was  fatigued :) 
and  Jonas  was  exceeding  glad  of  the  ivy. 

7  But  God  prepared  a  worm,  when  the  morning 
arose  on  the  following  day :  and  it  struck  the  ivy  ; 
and  it  withered. 

8  And  when  the  sun  was  risen,  the  Lord  com- 
manded a  hot  and  burning  wind  :  and  the  sun  beat 
upon  the  head  of  Jonas;  and  he  broiled  with  the 
heat ;  and  he  desired  for  his  soul  that  he  might  die, 
and  said:  It  is  better  for  me  to  die  than  to  live. 

9  And  the  Lord  said  to  Jonas  :  Dost  thou  think 
thou  hast  reason  to  be  angry,  for  fhe  ivy?  And  he 
said:  I  am  angry  with  reason  even  unto  death. 

10  And  the  Lord  said:  Thou  art  grieved  for  the 
ivy,  for  which  thou  hast  not  laboured,  nor  made  it  to 
grow,  which  in  one  night  came  up,  and  in  one  night 
perished. 

11  And  shall  not  I  spare  Ninive,  that  great  city, 
in  which  there  are  more  than  a  hundred  and  twenty 
thousand  persons,  that  know  not  how  to  distinguish 
between  their  right  hand  and  their  left,  and  many 
beasts  ? 


for  a  false  prophet ;  or  rather,  lest  God's  word,  by  this  occasion,  might 
come  to  be  slighted  and  disbelieved. 

^  The  Lord  God  prepared  an  ivy.  Hederam.  In  the  Hebrew  it  is 
Kikajon,  which  some  render  a  gourd;  others  a  palmcrist,  or  pain, i 
Chrisli. 

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THE  PROPHECY  OF  MICHEAS. 


Mich***,  o/Morasti,  a  Httlr  tnum  in  the  tribe  of  Jml.i,Kvu  c^""7 
porury  iritk  the  proph  rhom  he  resembles  both  in  Ai'a 

spirit  ami  his  style.  He  is  different  from  the  prophet  Micheas 
mentioned  in  the  third  book  of  Kings,  chap.  ixii.  For  thut 
Mithras  tired  in  the  <fay*  of  king  Achab,  one  hundred  and 
fifty  peari  before  the  time  of  Lu-chias,  under  whom  this 
Michras  prophesied. 

CHAP.  I. 

Samaria  for  her  tins  thall  be  destroyed  by  the  Assyrians  :  they 
shall  also  ineade  Juda  and  Jerusalem. 

Til!"  word  of  the  Lord  thai  came  to  Micheas  the 
Morasthite.  in  the  days  of  Joathan,  Achas, 
and  Ezecliiu  kings  of  Juda ;  which  he  saw  con- 
cerning Samaria  and  Jerusalem. 

2  Hear  all  ye  people  :  :in<l  let  the  earth  give  ear, 
anil  all  ili.it  is  therein :  and  let  the  Lord  God  be  a 
witness  to  rou.  the  Lord  from  his  holy  temple. 

S  Por  behold,  the  Lord  will  come  forth  out  of 
his  place:  and  lie  will  come  down,  and  will  tread 
upon  the  huh  places  of  the  earth. 

i  \nd  the  mountains  shall  be  melted  underhim: 
and  the  valleys  shall  he  cleft,  as  wax  before  the  fire, 
and  as  water*  that  run  down  a  steep  place. 

>  I  or  the  wickedness  of  Jacob  is  all  this,  and  for 
the  sins  of  the  house  of  Israel.  What  is  the  wick- 
rdiieNS  of  Jacob  ?  is  it  not  Samaria  ?  and  what  are 
tin-  high  places  of  Juda?  are  they  not  Jerusalem  ? 

-  loo  I  will  make  Samaria  as  a  heap  of  stones 
in  the  field  when  a  vineyard  is  planted  :  and  I  will 
brine  down  the  stones  thereof  into  the  valley,  and 
will  lav  her  foundations  bare. 

7  And  all  her  graven  things  shall  be  cut  in  pieces: 
and  all  her  wages*  shall  l>e  burnt  with  fire;  ami  I 
w  ill  bring  to  destruction  all  her  idols  :  for  they  were 
gathered  together  of  the  hire  of  a  harlot :  and  unto 
the  hire  of  a  harlot  the*  shall  return. 

:  Therefore  will  I  lament,  and  howl:  I  will  go 
strip!  and  naked  :  I  will  make  a  wailing  like  the 
dragons,  and  a  mourning  like  the  ostriches. 

9  \'><  cause  her  wound  is  desperate  ;  because  it  is 
((line  even  to  Juda:  it  hath  touched  the  galef  of  my 

V  cm  n  to  Jerusalem. 

10  Declare  ye  it  not  in  Geth,t  weep  ye  not  with 


*  Hrr  wafrt.  That  is,  bcr  dollar**  or  presents  offered  to  her  idols  ; 
or  the  hire  of  all  hrr  traffic  and  labour.     Of  tkt  hire  of  a  harlot,  &c. 

-••  fathered  together  by  one  idolatrous  rilj,  viz..  Samaria: 
and  they  thall  he  rarried  away  to' another  idolatrous  city,  vix.  Ninive. 

♦  It  hath  touched  Ike  gats,  lie.  That  is,  the  destruction  of  Samaria 
•hall  be  followed  by  the  invasion  of  my  people  of  Juda:  and  the  As- 
syrian, .ball  come  a'od  lay  all  waste  even  to  the  confines  of  Jerusalem. 

t  Deetart  ft  U  not  is  Get*,  viz.  Amongst  Ihe  Philntines,  lest  ttwj 
rejoice  at  yoar  calamity,  rt's?  ft  not,  fee.  Keep  in  your  tear*,  thai 
yoa  may  not  five  your  enemies  an  occasion  of  insulting  over  you : 
!.q'  in  your  own  houses,  or  in  w-ur  htrnm  tf  dust,  your  nrtUf  habitation, 
sptiutm  fourtthis  uHlh  lust,  and  iut  on  the  habit  of  penitents.  Some 
take  the  bouse  of  dust,  (in  Mrbi  >w  .tphnh)  to  be  the  proper  name 
of  a  • 

t  Thou  that  dwtUett  in  the  Ben*,'  J  fit',  ft*  In  Ssassvis.  In  Ibe 
llrhrrw.  the  Beautiful  plan  at  expressed  bv  the  word  Sophie,  which 
tome  take  fur  Ihe  proper  name  of  a  city.     She  vent  notjurlh,  Jt< 

i  that  dwelt  fn  the  conftnes  came  not  forth,  hut  kept  themselves 
within  for  fear.  TV  House  adjoining,  k.r  via.  Judea  and  Jerusalem, 
■Bath boars  !*•  Samaria,  and  p— tners  in  bar  sios,  shall  share  also  in 

^  7.T. 


tears:    in   the    house  of  Dust   sprinkle    vounehm 
with  dust. 

11  And  pass  away,  O  thou  that  dw idlest  in  the 
Beautiful  place.? covered  with  thy  shame:  she  went 
not  forth  that  dwellcth  in  the  tontines  :  the  House 
adjoining  shall  receive  mourning  from  you,  which 
Stood  by  herself. 

12  tor  she  is  become  weak!  unto  good  that 
dwellcth  in  bitterness:  for  evil  is  come  down  from 
the  Lord  into  the  gate  of  Jerusalem. 

13  A  tumult  of  chariots  hath  astonished  the  in- 
habitants of  LaciM  :  it  b  the  beginning**  of  sin  to 
the  daughter  of  Sion  ;  for  in  thee  wjere  found  the 
crimes  of  Israel. 

11  Therefore  shall  she  sendft  messengers  to  the 
inheritance  of  Geth  ;  the  houses  of  lying  to  deceive 
the  kings  of  Israel. 

15  Vet  will  I  bring  an  heirJt  to  thee  that  dwell- 
est  in  Maresa  :  cm  n  to  (Jdollam  shall  the  glory  of 
Israel  come. 

16  Make  thee  bald,  and  be  polled  for  thy  deli- 
cate children  :  enlarge  thy  baldness  as  the  eagle  :  for 
they  are  carried  into  captivity  from  thee. 

CHAP.  II. 

The  Israelites  by  their  crying  injustices  provoke  God  to  punish 
them.     He  shall  at  last  restore  Jacob. 

WO  to  you  that  devise  that  which  is  unprofita- 
ble, and  work  evil  in  your  beds  :  in  the  morn- 
ing light  they  execute  it,  because  their  band  is 
against  God. 

2  And  they  have  coveted  fields,  and  taken  them 
by  violence :  and  houses  they  have  forcibly  taken 
away:  and  oppressed  a  man  and  bis  house,  a  man 
and  his  inheritance. 

3  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Behold,  I  de- 
vise  an  evil  against  this  family ;  from  which  JTOU 
shall  not  withdraw  your  necks;  and  you  shall  not 
walk  haughtily  ;  fortius  is  a  mtv  evil  time. 

4  In  that  day  a  parable  shall  be  taken  up  upon 
you  :  and  a  song  shall  be  sung  with  melody  by  them 
that  say  :  We  are  laid  waste  and  spoiled  :  the  por- 
tion of  my  people  is  changed  :  how  shall  he  de- 
part^ from  me,  whereas  be  is  returning  that  w  ill 
divide  our  land  ? 


her  mourning  and  calamity;    though   they  bare  pretended  to  itona 
6y  themselres,  trusting  in  their  strength. 

I  She  it  become  weak,  fee.  Jerusalem  it  become  weak  unto  any 
good ;  because  she  dwells  in  the  bitterness  of  sin. 

•*  It  is  the  beginning,  &.C.  That  is,  Leckit  was  the  first  city  of  J  uda 
(hat  learnt  from  Samaria  the  worship  of  idols,  and  communicated  it 
lo  Jerusalem. 

ft  There/on  shall  she  tend,  fcc.  Lachis  shall  send  to  Geth  for  help, 
but  in  vain  :  for  Geth,  instead  of  helping,  shall  be  found  to  be  a  house 
of  lying  and  deceit  to  Israel. 

tf  An  heir,  fcc.  Mnresn  (which  was  the  name  of  a  citv  of  Juda", 
signifies  inheritance :  but  here  God  by  bis  prophet  tells  the  Jews,  that 
he  will  bnng  them  an  heir  to  take  possession  of  Ihnr  inheritance .  Mi 
that  the  glory  of  Israel  shall  be  obliged  to  give  place,  and  to  n 
even  to  Odollmn,  a  city  in  the  llll  llltj  of  their  dominions.  Ami 
therefore  he  exliorts  them  lo  penance  in  the  following  verse. 

II  Hose  shall  he  depart,  ttc.  How  do  you  pretend  to  say  that  tlie  As- 
syrian is  departing ;  when  indeed  be  is  coming  to  divide  our  lands 
amongst  his  subjects? 


CHAP.  III.  IV. 


5  Therefore  thou  shalthavc  none*  that  shah  cast 
the  cord  of  a  lot  in  tnc  assembly  of  the  Lord. 

6  Speak  ye  not,  saying :  It  shall  not  dropf  upon 
these  ;  confusion  shall  not  take  them. 

7  The  house  of  Jacob  saith:  Is  the  Spirit  cf  the 
Lord  straitened,  or  are  these  his  thoughts  ?  Are  not 
my  words  good  to  him  that  walketh  uprightly  ? 

8  But  my  people,  on  the  contrary,  are  risen  up 
as  an  enemy :  you  have  taken  away  J  the  cloak  off 
from  the  coat :  and  them  that  passed  harmless  you 
have  turned  to  war. 

9  You  have  cast  out§  the  women  of  my  people 
from  their  houses,  in  which  they  took  delight :  you 
have  taken  my  praise  for  ever  from  their  children. 

10  Arise  ye,  and  depart ;  for  there  is  no  rest  here 
for  you.  For  that  uncleanness  of  the  land,  it  shall 
be  corrupted  with  a  grievous  corruption. 

1 1  Would  GodH  1  were  not  a  man  that  hath  the 
spirit,  and  that  I  rather  spoke  a  lie  :  I  will  let  drop 
to  thee  of  wine  and  of  drunkenness  :  and  it  shall  be 
this  people  upon  whom  it  shall  drop. 

12  I  will  assemble  and  gather  together  all  of 
thee,  O  Jacob  :  I  will  bring  together  the  remnant  of 
Israel :  I  will  put  them  together  as  a  flock  in  the 
fold,  as  the  sheep  in  the  midst  of  the  sheepcots,  they 
shall  make  a  tumult  by  reason  of  the  multitude  of 
men. 

13  For  he  shall  go  up  that  shall  open  the  way 
before  them  :  they  shall  divide,  and  pass  through 
the  gate,  and  shall  come  in  by  it :  and  their  king 
shall  pass  before  them,  and  the  Lord  at  the  head 
of  them. 

CHAP.  III. 

For  the  sins  of  the  rich  oppressing  the  poor,  of  false  prophets 
flattering  for  lucre,  and  of  judges  perverting  justice,  Jerusa- 
lem and  the  temple  shall  be  destroyed. 

\  ND  I  said  :  Hear,  O  ye  princes  of  Jacob,  and 
-E*-  ye  chiefs  of  the  house  of  Israel :  Is  it  not  your 
part  to  know  judgment, 

2  You  that  hate  good,  and  love  evil ;  that  vio- 
lently pluck  off  their  skins  from  them,  and  their 
flesh  from  their  bones  ? 

3  Who  have  eaten  the  flesh  of  my  people,  and 
have  flayed  their  skin  from  off  them ;  and  have 
broken,  and  chopped  their  bones  as  for  the  kettle, 
and  as  flesh  in  the  midst  of  the  pot. 

4  Then  shall  they  cry  to  the  Lord;  and  he  will 
not  hear  them :  and  he  will  hide  his  face  from  them 
at  that  time,  as  they  have  behaved  wickedly  in  their 
devices. 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  the  prophets 
that  make  my  people  err;  that  bite  with  their  teeth, 
and  preach  peace:  and  if  a  man  give  not  something 
into  their  mouth,  they  prepare  war  against  him. 

6  Therefore  night  shall  be  to  you  instead  of  vision, 

*  Thou  shall  have  none,  &c.  Thou  shalt  hare  no  longer  any  lot  or 
inheritance  in  the  land  of  the  people  of  the  Lord. 

f  It  shall  not  drop,  &c.  That  is,  the  prophecy  shall  not  come  upon 
these.  Such  were  the  sentiments  of  the  people  that  were  unwilling; 
to  believe  the  threats  of  the  prophets. 

|  you  have  taken  away,  &c.  You  have  even  stripped  people  of  their 
necessary  garments  ;  and  have  treated  such  as  were  innocently  pass- 
ing on  the  way,  as  if  they  were  at  war  witli  you. 

}  You  have  cast  out.  &c.  either  by  depriving  them  of  their  houses;  or, 
by  your  crimes,  giving  occasion  to  their  being  carried  away  captives, 


and  darkness  to  you  instead  of  divination:  and  the 
sun  shall  go  down  upon  the  prophets;  and  the  day 
shall  be  darkened  over  them. 

7  And  they  shall  be  confounded  that  see  visions ; 
and  the  diviners  shall  be  confounded:  and  they 
shall  all  cover  their  faces,  because  there  is  no  an- 
swer of  God. 

8  But  yet  I  am  filled  with  the  strength  of  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord,  with  judgment,  and  power;  to 
declare  unto  Jacob  his  wickedness,  and  to  Israel 
his  sin. 

9  Hear  this,  ye  princes  of  the  house  of  Jacob,  and 
ye  judges  of  the  house  of  Israel:  you  that  abhor 
judgment,  and  pervert  all  that  is  right: 

10  You  that  build  up  Sion  with  blood,  and  Je- 
rusalem with  iniquity. 

11  Her  princes  have  judged  for  bribes;  and  her 
priests  have  taught  for  hire,  and  her  prophets  divined 
for  money:  and  they  leaned  upon  the  Lord,  saying: 
Is  not  the  Lord  in  the  midst  of  us?  no  evil  shall 
come  upon  us. 

12  Therefore,  because  of  you,  Sion  shall  be 
ploughed  as  a  field;  and  Jerusalem  shall  be  as  a 
heap  of  stones,  and  the  mountain  of  the  temple  as 
the  high  places  of  the  forests. 

CHAP.  IV. 

The  glory  of  the  church  of  Christ,  by  the  conversion  of  the  Gen- 
tiles. The  jetos  shall  be  carried  captives  to  Babylon,  and  be 
delivered  again. 

\  ND  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the  last  days,  that 
*■*■  the  mountain  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  shell  be 
prepared  in  the  top  of  mountains,  and  high  above 
the  hills:  and  people  shall  flow  to  it. 

2  And  many  nations  shall  come  in  haste,  and  say : 
Come,  let  us  go  up  to  the  mountain  of  the  Lord, 
and  to  the  house  of  the  God  of  Jacob  :  and  he  will 
teach  us  of  his  ways  ;  and  we  will  walk  in  his  paths: 
for  the  law  shall  go  forth  out  of  Sion,  and  the  word 
of  the  Lord  out  of  Jerusalem. 

3  And  he  shall  judge  among  many  people,  and 
rebuke  strong  nations  afar  off:  and  they  shall  beat 
their  swords  into  ploughshares,  and  their  spears  into 
spades  :  nation  shall  not  take  sword  against  nation  : 
neither  shall  they  learn**  war  any  more. 

4  And  every  man  shall  sit  under  his  vine,  and 
under  his  fig-tree ;  and  there  shall  be  none  to  make 
them  afraid :  for  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  of  hosts 
hath  spoken. 

5  For  all  people  will  walk  every  one  in  the  name 
of  his  god :  but  we  will  walk  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord  our  God  for  ever  and  ever. 

6  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord,  I  will  gather  up 
her  that  halteth :  and  her  that  1  had  cast  out,  I  will 
gather  up ;  and  her  whom  I  had  afflicted. 

7  And  I  will  make  her  that  halted,  a  remnant; 

and  their  children,  by  that  means,  never  learning  to  praise  the  Lord. 

T  Would  God,  &c.  The  prophet  could  have  wished,  out  of  his  love 
to  his  people,  that  he  might  he  deceived  in  denouncing  to  them  these 
evils  that  were  to  fall  upon  them :  but  by  conforming  himself  to  the 
will  of  God, he  declares  to  them,  that  he  is  sent  to  prophesy,  literally 
to  let  drop  upon  them,  the  wine  of  God's  indignation,  with  which  they 
should  be  made  drunk;  that  is,  stupified  and  cast  down. 

*  Neither  shall  they  learn,  &c.     The  law  of  Christ  is  a  law  of  peace ; 
and  all  his  true  subjects,  as  much  as  lies  in  them,  love  and  keep  peace 
I  with  all  the  world. 

727 


MICH  K  AS. 


daughter 


and  her  thai  had  been  afllirted,  a  mighty  nation :  and 
the  Lord  will  reign  over  then  in  mount  Skm,  from 

this  time  now  ami  fbf  ever. 

8  And  thou,  ()  domfj  tower  of  the  flock,  of 
the  daughter  of  Sion.  unto  thee  shall  it  coin.'  :  yea 
tin-   first    |>o\\cr    shall   (tunc,    the  kingdom  to  the 

of  Jerusalem. 

9  Now,  why  ait  thou  drawn  together  with  grief? 
Hail  thou  M  kini  in  thee,  or  is  thy  counsellor  pe- 
rished, because  sorrow  hath  taken  thecas  a  woman 
in   lalxiur.' 

10  Me  in  pain  and  lahorJr,  O  daughter  of  Sion, 
as  a  woman  that  bfiwMlh  forth:  lor  now •  slialt  thou 

ut  ot  the  city,  and  shalt   dwell   in   the  country, 
and  shall  come  even  to  Bain  Ion:    there  thou  shalt 
1  :  there  the  Lord  will  redeem  thee  out 
of  the  hand  Of  thy  enemies. 

1  1    \nd  now  many  nations  are  gathered  together 
iiist  thee:  and  the]  saj  ;  Let  her  be  stoned  :  and 

let  our  eve  look  npOfl  Sion. 

12  l!ut  ihey  have  not  known  the  thoughts  of  the 
I  ord,  and  have  not  understood  his  counsel  ■  because 
he  hath  gathered  them  together  as  the  hay  of  the 
,  <>or. 

l.i  Arise.  ;uui  tread,  ()  daughter  of  Sion:  for  I 
will  make  thy  horn  iron,  and  thy  hoofs  I  will  make 
brass:  and  tiiou  shalt  beat  in  pieces  many  peoples, 
and  shalt  immolate  the  spoils  of  them  to  the  Lord, 
and  their  strength  to  the  Lord  of  the   whole  earth. 

CHAP.  V. 

Tkr  birth   of  Christ  in   Bethlehem:  his  reign  and  spiritual 
conquests. 

NOW  shalt  thou  be  laid  waste,  O  daughter  of  the 
robber:*  they  have  laid  siege  against  us  :  with 
a  rod  shall  they  strike  the  cheek  of  the  judge  of 
Israel. 

2  And  thou,  Bethi.f.hkm  Ephrata,  art  a  little 
one  among  the  thousands  ol'Juda  :  out  of  thee  shall 
he  come  forth  unto  me  thai  h  to  be  the  ruler  in  Is- 
rael :  and  his  going  forthf  is  from  the  beginning, 
from  the  davs  of  eternity. 

3  Therefore  will  he  sive  them  up  even  till  the 
time  wherein  she  that  travailed)  shall  bring  forth: 
and  the  remnant  of  his  brethren  shall  be  converted 
to  the  children  of  Israel. 

4  And  he  shall  stand,  and  feed  in  the  Strength  of 
the  Lord,  in  the  height  i>l  the  name  of  the  Lord  his 
God  :  and  they  shall  be  converted  ;  for  now  shall  he 
I"-  magnified  even  to  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

>    \ud  this  man  shall  Ik-  our  peace,  when  the  As- 
syrian! shall  come  into  our  land,  and  w  hen  he  shall 


*  DwfU<r  •/  tkt  rsUer.  Some  understand  tin*  of  Itubvloa  i  which 
nkttd  and  pdia^rd  the  temple  of  t.ad  :  others  understand  it  of  Jeru- 
aalem ;  br  mwn  of  the  many  rapine*  and  opprrssion*  committed  there. 

t  Mi  (•*"{  /■"•'*•  kr-  T,,at  '*•  ,,r  w,,°  •»  "»■" tna"  b*  °°rn  ln  U»e«. 
m  (ltd  waa  horn  of  hit  Father  from  all  eternity. 

{  TW  Juyrin.  That  is  the  persecutor*  of  the  church ;  who  are 
here  called  iatriiM  by  the  prophet ;  became  the  Assyrian*  were  at 
that  time  the  chief  enemies  and  persecutor*  of  tbe  people  of  God. 

♦  Sin  a  liaWwrai,  kr.  The  pastor*  of  OodH  chtaTCh,  and  the  de- 
leader*  of  the  faith.  Tlte  number  mm  in  scripture,  it  taken  to  lipni- 
rr  swany  ;  and  when  tight  it  >Mned  with  it,  we  are  to  underttand  that 

er  will  he  very  great. 
nn,  ikall  fttd,  a*V  '  TV}  •hall  make  tpiritua)  conquest*  in  the 

7*8 


set  his  foot  in  our  houses:  and  we  shall  raise  ; 
him  seven  shepherds,*,  and  eight  principal  men. 

6  And  they  shall  feed ||  the  land  ot    \ss\ria  with 
the  sword,  and  the  land  of  N  cm  rod  with  the  sp. 
thereof:    and    he  shall  deliver  us  from  the  Assuiau 
when  he   shall  come  into  our  land,   and  when  be 
shall  tread  in  our  borders. 

7  And  the  remnant  of  JaeoMI  shall  l>e  in  the 
midst  of  many  peoples  as  a  dew  from  the  Lord,  and 
as  drops  imoii  the  pass,  which  waiuth  not  lor  man, 
nor  tarrieth  for  the  children  of  men. 

8  And  the  remnant  of  Jacob  shall  be  anions  the 
Gentiles  in  the  midst  of  many  peoples,  as  a  lion** 
among  the  beasts  of  the  forests,  and  as  a  young  lion 
among  the  flocks  of  sheep  :  who  when  he  shall  go 
through,  and  tread  down,  and  take,  there  is  none  to 
deliver. 

9  Thy  hand  shall  l>e  lifted  up  over  thy  enemies  : 
and  all  tliy  enemies  shall  be  cut  off. 

10  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  saith 
the  Lord,  that  I  will  take  away  thy  horscsft  out  of 
the  midst  of  thee,  and  will  destroj,  thy  chariots 

11  And  I  will  destroy  the  cities  of  thy  land,  and 
will  throw  down  all  thy  strong  holds:  and  I  will 
take  away  sorceries  out  of  thy  hand:  and  tluarc  shall 
be  no  divinations  in  thee. 

12  And  I  will  destroy  thy  graven  things  and  thy 
statues  tint  of  the  midst  of  thee  :  and  thou  shall  no 
more  adore  the  works  of  thy  hands. 

13  And  I  will  pluck  up  thy  groves  out  of  the 
midst  of  thee:   and  will  crush  thy  cities. 

14  And  I  will  execute  vengeance  in  wrath  ami 
in  indignation  among  all  the  nations  that  have  not 
given  ear. 

CHAP.  VI. 

(Sod  expostulate*  with  the  Jews  for  their  ingratitude  and  tins  : 
for  which  they  shall  be  punished. 

TJEAR  ye  what  the  Lord  saith  :   Arise  :  contend 
-*■-*•  thou  in  judgment  against  the  mountains  ;tt  ;md 

let  the  hills  hear  thy  voice. 

2  Let  the  mountains  hear  the  judgment  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  strong  foundations  of  the  earth:  for 
the  Lord  will  enter  into  judgment  with  his  people  J 
and  he  will  plead  against  Israel. 

3  O  my  people,  what  have  I  done  to  thee,  or  in 
what  have  I  molested  thee  ':  answer  thou  me. 

4  For  I  brought  thee  up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt 
and  delivered  thee  out  of  the  house  of  slaves  :  and 
1  sent  before  thy  face  Moses,  and  Aaron,  and  .Mary: 

5  O  my  people,  remember,  1  pray  thee,  whav 
llalach  the  king  otMoab  purposed:  and  what  I'.a- 


laod*  of  their  persecutor*,  with  the  ncord  of  tkt  spirit,  trait*  is  tkt  worrf 
of  God.  Eph.  ri.  17. 

1  TU  rrmnanl  of  Jatoh,  r'\T..  The  apoMles,  and  the  firM  preacher*  of 
the  Jewish  nation  ;  whose  doctrine,  likr  dew,  shall  make  the  plants 
of  the  converted  Gentile*  (frow  up,  without  waiting  for  any  man  to 
cultivate  them  h\  liiini:-.n  l<  -.miing. 

"At  lint,  lie.   Thit  denote*  the  fortitude  of  these  first  preaclier* 
and  their  lucces*  in  their  spiritual  enterprise*. 

ft  I  trtUtmkt  mroy  lit*  korttt,  tic.  Home  understand  this,  and  all  Dial 
follows  to  the  end  of  the  chapter,  a*  addressed  to  tin-  •  I  the 

church.     But  it  may  as  well   be  undrr»ti«.«l  of  the  eonvert*   t 
••Inircli .  who  nhouM  mi  longer  put  their  Ini.t  m  unv  af  SjaM  SJl 

It  Tkt  nnssslsim,  fcc.  That  is,  tbe  f real  ones,  the  pnnc<t  of  lie 
people. 


CHAP.  VII. 


laam  the  son  of  Beor  answered  liim,  "rom  Setim  to 
Galgal,*  that  thou  mightest  know  the  justices  of 
the  Lord. 

6  What  shall  I  offerf  to  the  Lord  that  is  worthy  ? 
wherewith  shall  1  kneel  before  the  high  God  ?  shall 
I  offer  holocausts  unto  him,  and  calves  of  a  year 
old.-5 

7  May  the  Lord  be  appeased  with  thousands  of 
rams,  or  with  many  thousands  of  fat  he-goats  ?  shall 
I  give  my  first-born  for  my  wickedness,  the  fruit  of 
my  body  for  the  sin  of  my  soul  ? 

8  I  will  show  thee,  O  man,  what  is  good,  and 
what  the  Lord  requireth  of  thee:  Verily  to  do judg- 
ment, and  to  love  mercy,  and  to  walk  solicitous  with 
thy  God. 

9  The  voice  of  the  Lord  crieth  to  the  city,  and 
salvation  shall  be  to  them  that  fear  thy  name  :  hear, 
O  ye  tribes,  and  who  shall  approve  it? 

10  As  yet  there  is  a  fire  in  the  house  of  the  wick- 
ed, the  treasures  of  iniquity,  and  a  scant  measure  full 
of  wrath. f 

11  Shall  I  justify  wicked  balances,  and  the  de- 
ceitful weights  of  the  bag  ? 

12  By  which  her  rich  men  were  filled  with  ini- 
quity, and  the  inhabitants  thereof  have  spoken  lies  ; 
and  their  tongue  was  deceitful  in  their  mouth. 

13  And  I  therefore  began  to  strike  thee  with  de- 
solation for  thy  sins. 

14  Thou  shalt  cat  but  shaft  not  be  filled  :  and  thy 
humiliation  shall  be  in  the  midst  of  thee:  and  thou 
shalt  take  hold,  but  shalt  not  save  :  and  those  whom 
thou  shalt  save,  1  will  give  up  to  the  sword. 

15  Thou  shalt  sow,  but  shalt  not  reap  :  thou  shalt 
tread  the  olives,  but  shalt  not  be  anointed  with  the 
oil  ;  and  the  new  wine,  but  shalt  not  drink  the  wine. 

16  For  thou  hast  kept  the  statutes  of  Amri,§  and 
all  the  works  of  the  house  of  Achab  :  and  thou 
hast  walked  according  to  their  wills,  that  I  should 
make  thee  a  desolation,  and  the  inhabitants  thereof 
a  hissing :  and  you  shall  hear  the  reproach  of  my 
people. 

CHAP.  VII. 

The  prophet  laments,  that  notwithstanding  all  his  preaching,  the 
generality  are  still  corrupt  in  their  manners:  therefore  their 
desolation  is  at  hand :  but  they  shall  be  restored  again  and 
prosper  ;  and  all  mankind  shall  be  redeemed  by  Christ. 

WO  is  me,  for  1  am  become  as  one  that  gleaneth 
in  autumn  the  grapes  of  the  vintage  :  there  is 
no  cluster  to  eat :  my  soul  desired  the  first  ripe  figs. 

2  The  holy  man  is  perished  out  of  the  earth  ;  and 
there  is  none  upright  among  men :  they  all  lie  in 
wait  for  blood ;  every  one  hunteth  his  brother  to  death. 

3  The  evil  of  their  hands  they  call  good  :  the 
prince  requireth,  and  the  judge  is  for  giving:  and 
the  great  man  hath  uttered  the  desire  of  his  soul, 
and  they  have  troubled  it. 

4  He  that  is  best  among  them,  is  as  a  brier  :  and 

*  From  Setim  to  Galgal.  He  puts  them  in  mind  of  the  favour  lie 
did  them,  in  not  suffering  them  to  be  quite  destroyed  by  the  evil  pur- 
pose of  Balach,  and  the  wicked  counsel  of  Balaam;  and  then  gives 
them  a  hint  of  the  wonders  he  wrought,  in  order  to  bring  them  into 
the  land  of  Promise,  by  stopping  the  course  of  the  Jordan,  in  their 
march  from  Setim  to  Galgal. 

t  What  shall  I  offer.  Sic.  This  is  spoken  in  the  person  of  the  peo- 
ple, desiring  to  be  informed  what  they  ar«  to  do  to  please  God. 


he  that  is  righteous,  as  the  thorn  of  the  hedge.  The 
day  of  thy  inspection,  thy  visitation  cometh  :  now 
shall  he  their  destruction. 

5  Believe  not  a  friend,  and  trust  not  in  a  prince  . 
keep  the  doors  of  thy  mouth  from  her  that  sleepeth 
in  thy  bosom. 

6  For  the  son  dishonoured  the  father ;  and  the 
daughter  riseth  up  against  her  mother ;  the  daughter- 
in-law  against  her  mother-in-law  :  and  a  man's  ene- 
mies are  they  of  his  own  household. 

7  But  I  will  look  towards  the  Lord  :  I  will  wait 
for  God  my  Saviour :  my  God  will  hear  me. 

8  Rejoice  not,  thou  my  enemy,  over  me,  because 
1  am  fallen  :  I  shall  arise,  when  I  sit  in  darkness,  the 
Lord  is  my  light. 

9  I  will  bear  the  wrath  of  the  Lord,  because  I  have 
sinned  against  him:  until  he  judge  my  cause,  and 
execute  judgment  for  me  :  he  will  bring  me  forth  in- 
to the  light:  I  shall  behold  his  justice. 

10  And  my  enemy  shall  behold,  and  she  shall  be 
coveredTI  with  shame,  whosaith  to  me :  Where  is  the 
Lord  thy  God  ?  my  eyes  shall  look  down  upon  her  : 
now  shall  she  be  trodden  under  foot  as  the  mire  of 
the  streets. 

1 1  The  day  shall  come,  that  thy  walls  may  be 
built  up  :  in  that  day  shall  the  law**  be  far  removed. 

12  In  that  day  they  shall  come  even  from  Assyria 
to  thee,  and  to  the  fortified  cities  :  and  from  the  forti- 
fied cities  even  to  the  river,  and  from  sea  to  sea,  and 
from  mountain  to  mountain. 

13  And  the  landft  shall  be  made  desolate  because 
of  the  inhabitants  thereof,  and  for  the  fruit  of  their 
devices. 

14  Feed  thy  people  with  thy  rod,  the  flock  of  thy 
inheritance,  them  that  dwell  alone  in  the  forest,  in 
the  midst  of  Carmel :  they  shall  feed  in  Basan  and 
Galaad  according  to  the  days  of  old. 

15  According  to  the  days  of  thy  coming  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt  I  will  show  him  wonders. 

16  The  nations  shall  see,  and  shall  be  confounded 
at  all  their  strength  :  they  shall  put  the  hand  upon  the 
mouth:  their  ears  shall  be  deaf. 

17  They  shall  lick  the  dust  like  serpents,  as  the 
creeping  things  of  the  earth,  they  shall  be  disturbed 
in  their  houses  :  they  shall  dread  the  Lord  our  God, 
and  shall  fear  thee. 

18  Who  is  a  God  like  to  thee,  who  takest  away 
iniquity,  and  passest  by  the  sin  of  the  remnant  of 
thy  inheritance  ?  he  will  send  his  fury  in  no  more 
because  he  delighteth  in  mercy. 

19  He  will  turn  again,  and  have  mercy   on  us 
he  will  put  away  our  iniquities  :   and  he  will  cast 
all  our  sins  into  the  bottom  of  the  sea. 

20  Thou  wilt  perform  the  truth  to  Jacob,  the 
mercy  to  Abraham  ;  which  thou  hast  sworn  to  our 
fathers  from  the  days  of  old. 


I  Full  of  xeralh,  &c.     That  is,  highlv  provoking  in  the  sight  of  God 
i   The  statutes  of  Amri,  Sic.     The  wicked  ways  of  Amri  and  Achab, 
idolatrous  kings. 
V   Slit  shall  be  covered,  &c.  viz.  Babylon  my  enemy 
**   The  law,  viz..  of  thy  enemies,  who  have  tyrannized  over  thee, 
f  f   The  land.  &c.  viz.  of  Babylon. 


729 


THE  PROPHECY  OF  NAHU3I. 


Nahiim,  whose  name  signifies  a  comforter,  tens  a  native  of  F.lcese, 
er  Klceaai,  supposed  to  be  a  little  town  in  Galilee.      He  pro- 
phesied, lifter  the  ten  tribes  teere  carried  into  captirity  ;  and 
foretold  the  utter  destruction  ofiiinire  by  the  Babylonians  and 
Mtdes;  tehich  happened  in  the  reign  of  Joeia*. 
(    II  \l\    I. 
The  majesty  of  God:   his  goodness  to  his  people,  and  severity  to 
his  enemies- 

rFMIK  burden  of  Niniw.  The  book  of  the  vision 
-*-     of  Nahiim  the  Kleesite. 

2  The  Lord  is  a  jealous  God,  and  a  revenger: 
the  Lord  is  a  rt'irn^r,  ami  liaih  wrath  :  the  Lord 
taketh  reageence  on  his  adversaries;  and  he  is 
angry  with  his  enemies. 

.'•  I  'In-  Lard  is  patient,  and  great  in  power,  and 
will  not  cleanse  and  acquit  llf  uuillii.  The  Lord's 
w  a>  s m,  in  a  tempest,  and  a  whirlwind  :  and  elouds 
are  the  dust  of  his  feet. 

I  He  nhuketli  the  sea,  and  drieth  it  tip;  and 
hringcth  all  the  rivers  to  be  a  desert.  Basan  lan- 
uieneth  and  Carmel  :  and  the  flower  of  Libanus 
faded)  away. 

5  The  mountains  tremble  at  him  ;  and  the  hills 
are  Bade  desolate  !  and  the  earth  hath  quaked  at 
his  presence,  and  the  world,  and  all  that  dwell 
therein. 

6  Who  can  stand  before  the  face  of  his  indigna- 
tion ?  and  who  shall  resist  in  the  fierceness  of    his 

jer?  his  indignation  is  poured  out  like  fire:  and 
the  rocks  are  melted  bv  him. 

7  The  Lord  is  good,  and  giveth  strength  in  the 
day  of  trouble  ;  and  knoweth  them  that  hope  in  him. 

8  But  with  a  |1(kk1  that  passeth  by,  he  will  make 
an  utter  end  of  the  place  thereof:*  and  darkness 
shall  pursue  his  enemies. 

9  What  do  ye  devise  against  the  Lord?  he  will 
make  an  utter  cud:  there  shall  not  rise  a  double 

n. 
I')  For  as  thorns  embrace  one  another ;  so  while 
they  are  feasting  and  dunking  together,   they  shall 
he  eonsiimed  as  stubble  that  is  fully  dry. 

I I  Out  of  thee  shall  come  forth  onef  that  imagin- 
ed! evil  against  the  Lord,  contriving  treachery  in 
his  mind. 

12  Thus  saith  the  Lord  :  Though  they  were 
perfect, \  and  many  of  them  so.  yet  thus  they  shall 
be CtM  off;  and  he  shall  pass:  I  have  afflicted  thee, 
and  I  will  afflict  thee  no  more. 

13  Ami  now  I  will  break  in  pieces  his  rod  with 
which  he  struck  thy  back:  and  I  will  burst  thy  bonds 
•isiinder. 

14  And  the   Lord   will  give  a  commandment1? 


Srnnache- 


*  Of  the  pUee  thrreef,  *bc.  of  Nimvc. 
t  SLu  tsme  forth  sue,  kc     Some  understand    this  of 

rib.  lot  as  ha  attempt  against  the  people  teems  to  haw 
to  thepropbocjr  of  N  ahum,  we  may  better  undent  and  it  of  Hototernes. 
)  Tktuf  h  they  were  ferftet,  tic.  That  i»,  however  strong  or  Dome- 
roua  their  force*  may  be,  they  shall  be  cat  off;  and  their  prince  or 
leader  ahall  paa*  away  and  disappear. 

•  Will  gtm  a  in— wanna.    That  is,  a  decree,  rmttrning  thee,  O 
King  of  Ninire,  thy  teed  thai)  fail,  kc. 

730 


I  concerning  thee,  that  DO  more  of  thy  name  shall  be 

sown:  I  will  destroy  the  graven  and  molten  thing 
out  of  the  house  of  thy  (iod  :  1  will  make  it  thy 
grave  :  for  thou  art  disgraced. 

15  Behold,  upon  the  mountains  the  feet  of  him 
that  bringeth  good  tidings,  and  that  preached)  peace: 
()  .luda,  keep  thy  festivals, and  pay  thy  vows:  for 
Bcliall  shall  no  more  pass  through  ihec  again  :  he  is 
utterly  cut  olT. 

(MAP.  II. 

God  sends  his  armies  against  Sinire  to  destroy  it. 

HE   is  come  tin  that  shall  destroy  before  thy  face, 
that  shall  aeep the  siege!  watch  the  way 5 
fortifv  thy  loins  ;  strengthen  thj  power  exceedingly. 

2  For  the  Lord  hath  rendered  the  pride  of  .la- 
cob,**  as  the  pride  of  Israel  :  because  the  spoilers 
have  laid  them  waste,  and  have  marred  their  vine- 
branches. 

3  The  shield  of  his  mighty  menft  is  like  fire  the 
men  of  the  army  are  clad  in  scarlet;  the  reins  of 
the  chariot  are  flaming  in  the  day  of  his  prepara- 
tion ;  and  the  drivers  are  stupified. 

4  They  are  in  confusion  in  the  ways;  the  chariots 
jostle  one  against  another  in  the  streets  :  their  looks 
are  like  torches,  like  lightning  running  to  and  fro. 

5  He  will  muster  up  his  valiant  men  :  they  shall 
stumble  in  their  march  :JJtln  y  shall  quickly  get  up- 
on the  walls  thereof:  and  a  covering  shall  be  [ire- 
pared. 

6  The  gates  of  the  rivers  are  opened:  and  the 
temple  is  thrown  down  to  the  ground. 

7  And  the  soldier  is  led  away  captive  :  and  her 
bond-women  were  led  away  mourning  as  doves 
murmuring  in  tlx-ir  hearts. 

8  And  as  for  Ninivc,  her  waters  are  like  a  gnat 
pool  :  but  the  men  flee  away.  They  civ :  Stand, 
stand  :  but  there  is  none  that  will  return  back. 

9  Take  ye  the  spoil  of  the  silver;  take  the  spoil 
of  the  gold  :  for  there  is  no  end  of  the  riches  of  all 
the  precious  furniture. 

10  She  is  destroyed",  and  rent,  and  torn  :  the  heart 
melteth  ;  and  the  knees  fail  ;  and  all  the  loins  lose 
their  strength  :  and  the  facts  of  them  all  arc  as  the 
blackness  of  B  kettle. 

11  Where  is  now  the  dwelling  of  the  lions,  and 
the  feeding  place  of  the  young  lions,  to  which  lite 
lion  went,  to  enter  in  thither,  the  young  lion,  and 
there  was  none  to  make  them  afraid  ? 

12  The  lion  caught  enough  for  his  w  helps.  n\  d 
killed  for  his  lionesses  :  and  he  Idled  his  holes  wiih 
prey,  and  his  den  w  ith  rapine. 

'  BelUI,  the  wicked  one.  rir-  the  Assyrian. 

*•  Hath  rendered  the  pride  ofjatoi,  trc.  He  hath  pnniohed  Jacob  for 
his  pride  ;  and  therefore  Ninire  tmut  noi  MptMl  to  escape.  Or  else. 
rendering  the  pride  ef  Jars*  means  rewarding,  that  is,  punishing  Ninire 
for  the  pride  they  exercised  against  Jacob. 

♦  t  <  >f  kit  nur»/y  nun,  kc.  He  speak*  of  the  Chaldeans  ?nd  Medes 
M>nt  In  I,  contipiti.     That  is,  they  drire  on  fe- 

rioaati  like  in.ii  intoxicated  with  wine. 

J{    Stumble  in  their  march,     lty  running  hastily  on. 


UABACUC. 


13  Behold,  I  come  against  thee,  saith  the  Lord 
ol  hosts  :  and  1  will  burn  thy  chariots  even  to  smoke; 
and  the  sword  shall  devour  thy  young  lions  :  and 
1  will  cut  off  thy  prey  out  of  the  laud  ;  and  the 
voice  of  thy  messengers  shall  be  heard  no  more. 

CHAP.  III. 

The  miserable  destruction  of  Ninive. 

WO  to  thee,  O  city  of  blood,  all  full  of  lies  and 
violence  :  rapine  shall  not  depart  from  thee. 

2  The  noise  of  the  whip,  and  the  noise  of  the 
rattling  of  the  wheels,  and  of  the  neighing  horse, 
and  of  the  running  chariot,  and  of  the  horsemen 
coming  up  : 

3  And  of  the  shining  sword,  and  of  the  glitter- 
ing spear,  and  of  a  multitude  slain,  and  of  a  griev- 
ous destruction  :  and  there  is  no  end  of  carcasses  : 
and  they  shall  fall  down  on  their  dead  bodies. 

4  Because  of  the  multitude  of  the  fornications  of 
the  harlot  that  was  beautiful  and  agreeable,  and  that 
made  use  of  witchcraft,  that  sold  nations  through 
her  fornications,  and  families  through  her  witch- 
crafts. 

5  Behold,  I  come  against  thee,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts  :  and  I  will  discover  thy  shame  to  thy  face, 
and  will  show  thy  nakedness  to  the  nations,  and 
thy  shame  to  kingdoms. 

6  And  I  will  cast  abominations  upon  thee,  and 
will  disgrace  thee,  and  will  make  an  example  of 
thee. 

7  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  that  every  one  that 
shall  see  thee,  shall  flee  from  thee,  and  shall  say  : 
Ninive  is  laid  waste  :  who  shall  bemoan  thee  ? 
whence  shall  I  seek  a  comforter  for  thee  ? 

8  Art  thou  better  than  the  populous  Alexandria,* 
that  dwellest  among  the  rivers  ?  waters  are  round 
about  it :  the  sea  is  its  riches  :  the  waters  are  its 
walls. 

9  Ethiopia  and  Egypt  were  the  strength  thereof; 

*  Populous  Alexandria.     No-Ammon.     A  populous  city  of  Eg'ypt,  de- 
stroyed by  the  Chaldeans,  and  afterwards  rebuilt  by  Alexander,  and 


and  there  is  no  end  :  Africa  and  the  Libyans  were 
thy  helpers. 

10  Yet  she  also  was  removed,  and  carried  into 
captivity  :  her  young  children  were  dashed  in  pieces 
at  the  top  of  every  street :  and  they  cast  lots  upon 
her  nobles ;  and  all  her  great  men  were  bound  in 
fetters. 

11  Therefore  thou  also  shalt  be  made  drunk, 
and  shalt  be  despised  :  and  thou  shalt  seek  help 
from  the  enemy. 

12  All  thy  strong-holds  shall  be  like  fig-trees 
with  their  green  figs  :  if  they  be  shaken,  they  shall 
fall  into  the  mouth  of  the  eater. 

13  Behold,  thy  people  in  the  midst  of  thee  are 
women  :  the  gates  of  thy  land  shall  be  set  wide 
open  to  thy  enemies  ;  the  fire  shall  devour  thy  bars. 

14  Draw  thee  water  for  the  siege  ;  build  up  thy 
bulwarks  :  go  into  the  clay,  and  tread  ;  work  it, 
and  make  brick. 

15  There  shall  the  fire  devour  thee  :  thou  shalt 
perish  by  the  sword  ;  it  shall  devour  thee  like  the 
bruchus  :  assemble  together  like  the  bruchus  ;  make 
thyself  many  like  the  locust. 

16  Thou  hast  multiplied  thy  merchandises  above 
the  stars  of  heaven :  the  bruchus  hath  spread  him- 
self, and  flew  away. 

17  Thy  guards  are  like  the  locusts  ;  and  thy  little 
ones  like  the  locusts  of  locusts!  which  swarm  on  the 
hedges  in  the  day  of  cold  :  the  sun  arose,  and  they 
flew  away  :  and  their  place  was  not  known  where 
they  were. 

18  Thy  shepherds  have  slumbered,  O  king  of 
Assyria;  thy  princes  shall  be  buried  :  thy  people 
are  hid  in  the  mountains;  and  there  is  none  to  ga- 
ther them  together. 

19  Thy  destruction  is  not  hidden  ;  thy  wound  is 
grievous:  all  that  have  heard  the  fame  of  thee,  have 
clapped  their  hands  over  thee  :  for  upon  whom  hath 
not  thy  wickedness  passed  continually  ? 


calkd  Alexandria.     Others  suppose   No-Amman  to  be  the  same  as 
Diospdis. 
f  The  locusts  of  locusts.    The  young  locusts. 


THE  PROPHECY  OF  HABACUC. 


Habacuc  was  a  native  of  Bezocher,  and  prophesied  in  Juda, 
some  time  before  the  invasion  of  the  Chaldeans,  which  he  fore- 
told. He  lived  to  see  this  prophecy  fulfilled,  and  for  many 
years  after,  according  to  the  general  opinion,  which  supposes 
him  to  be  the  same  that  was  brought  by  the  Angel  to  Daniel 
in  Babylon,  Dan.  xvi. 

CHAP.  I, 

The  prophet  complains  of  the  wickedness  of  the  people.     God 
reveals  to  him  the  vengeance  he  is  going  to  take  of  them  by 
he  Chaldeans. 

^I^HE  burden*  that  Habacuc  the  prophet  saw. 
■*-    2  How  long,  O  Lord,  shall  I  cry,  and  thou  wilt 

*  Burden.     Such  prophecies  more  especialli  :<re  calltd  burdens,  as 
'.  reatcn  grievous  evils  and  punishments. 


not  hear  ?  shall  1  cry  out  to  thee  suffering  violence, 
and  thou  wilt  not  save? 

3  Why  hast  thou  shown  me  iniquity  and  grievance, 
to  see  rapine  and  injustice  before  me  ?  and  there 
is  a  judgment,  but  opposition  is  more  powerful. 

4  Therefore  the  law  is  torn  in  pieces,  and  judg- 
ment cometh  not  to  the  end  :  because  the  wicked 
prevailed)  against  the  just ;  therefore  wrong  judg- 
ment goeth  forth. 

5  Behold  ye  among  the  nations,  and  see:  won- 
der, and  be  astonished:  for  a  work  is  done  in  your 
days,  which  no  man  will  believe  when  it  shall  be 
told. 

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iiai;  \<  i  (  . 


fl  Tor  behold,  I  will  raise  up  the  Chaldeans,  a 
bitter  .iikI  swift  nation,  marching  upon  the  breadth 

of  the  earth,  to  possess  the  dwelling  places  that  arc 
not  their  on  n. 

T  I'lirv  aii>  dreadful  and  terrible:  from  them- 
•elves  shall  their  judgment  and  their  burden  proceed. 

8  Their  horses  are  lighter  than  leopanls,  and 
swifter  than  evening  wolves:  and  their  horsemen 
shall  bfl  spread  abroad:  for  their  horsemen  shall 
DOOM  from  afar:  they  shall  ily  as  an  eagle  that 
maketh  hasir  to  eat. 

9  They  shall  all  come  to  the  prey;  their  fare  is 
like  a  banting  wind:  and  they  shall  gather  together 
captives  as  the  sand. 

10  And  their  prince  shall  triumph  over  kiims; 
and  princes  shall  be  his  laughing-stock:  and  he 
>h.ill  brogh  at  every  strong;  hold,  and  shall  cast  up 
a  mount,  and  shall  take  it. 

11  Then  shall  his  spirit*  be  changed;  and  he 
shall  pass,  and  fall:  this  is  his  strength  of  his  god. 

I  J  Wast  thou  not  from  the  beginning,  O  Lord 
my  (  i«m),  my  holy  one,  and  we  shall  not  die?  Lord, 
t him  hast  appointed  him  for  judgment,  and  made 
him  strong  tor  correction. 

13  Thy  eyes  are  too  pure  to  behold  evil,  and 
thou  canst  not  look  on  iniquity.  Why  lookest  thou 
upon  them  that  do  unjust  things,  and  holdest  thy 
peace  when  the  wicked  devoureth  the  man  that  is 
more  just  than  himself? 

1  \  And  thou  wilt  make  men  as  the  fishes  of  the 
sea,  and  as  the  creeping  things  that  have  no  ruler. 

I  i  He  lined  up  all  them  with  his  hook:  he  drew 
them  in  his  drag,  and  gathered  them  into  his  net: 
lor  this  he  will  be  glad,  and  rejoice. 

lt>  Therefore  will  he  offer  victims  to  his  drag, 
and  he  will  sacrifice  to  his  net:  because  through 
them  his  portion  is  made  fat,  and  his  meat  dainty. 

1 7  For  this  cause  therefore  he  spreadelh  his  net, 
and  will  not  spare  continually  to  slay  the  nations. 
(  IIAI'.  II. 

The  prnphtt  is  admonished  to  wait  with  faith.    The  enemies  of 

Go/ft  people  sfuill  assuredly  be  punished. 

|   WILL  standi  upon  mv  watch,  and  fix  my  foot 

upon  the  tower:  and  I  will  watch,  to  sec  what 
will  Ik"  said  to  me,  and  what  I  may  answer  to  him 
that  reproveth  me. 

J  \iid  the  Lord  answered  me,  and  said:  Write 
the  vision,  and  make  it  plain  upou  tables:  that  he 
that  readeth  it  may  run  over  it. 

.1  For  as  vet  the  vision  is  far  off;  and  it  shall 
appear  at  the  end,  and  shall  not  lie:  if  it  make  any 
delay,  wait  for  it:  for  it  shall  surely  come,  and  it 
shall  not  bfl  slack. 

I i   hold,  be  that  is  unbelieving,  his  soul  shall  not 
be  right  in  himself:  hut  the  just  shall  live  in  his  faith. 


.  th.iil  hu  iittrit,  be,,  vis.  the  ipirit  of  the  king  of  Babylon. 

I'  tirade*  lo  the  judgment  of  God  upon  NabuchodoMMor,  recorded 

».  ami  to  the  speedy  fell  of  the  Chaldean 


I 

•  iting  to  aee  what  the  Lo'rd  will  answer  (o 
•  Chaldeans,  who  are  worse  than  the  Jews, 
at.1  who  :.'  ir  success  to  their  own  strength,  or  to  their 

idols,  swoaid  nereitbetess  prevail  over  the  people  of  the  Lord.    Thr 
answer  |a  that  lb*  prophet  must  wait  with  patience  and  faith: 
•I,  ii  .11  afeoald  he  set  right  in  duo  lime:  and  the  enemies  of  God  and 
hit  people  punished  according  to  their  deserts. 


5  And  as  wine  deceivcthj  him  that  drinketh  it, 
30  shall  the  proud  man  he.  ami  he  shall  not  he  ho 
noiired:  who  hath  enlarged  his  desire  like  hell,  am! 
is  himself  like  death  ;  and  he  is  never  satisfied ;  hut 
will  gather  together  unto  him  all  nations,  and  heap 
together  unto  him  all  people. 

6  Shall  not  all  these  take  up  a  parable  against 
him,  and  a  dark  Speech  concerning  him:  and  it 
shall  be  said:  Wo  to  him  that  heapeth  together  that 
which  is  not  his  own?  how  long  also  doth  he  load 
himself  with  thick  clay?§ 

7  Shall  they  not  rise  up  suddenly  that  shall  bite 
thee:  and  they  he  stirred  up  that  shall  tear  thee: 
and  thou  shalt  be  a  spoil  to  them? 

8  Because  thou  hast  spoiled  ninny  nations,  all 
that  shall  he  left  of  the  people  shall  spoil  thee;  be- 
cause of  men's  hlood,  and  for  the  iniquity  of  the 
land,  of  the  city,  and  of  all  that  dwell  therein. 

9  Wo  to  him  that  gathereth  together  an  evil  eo- 
vetousness  to  his  house,  that  his  nest  mav  he  on 
high,  and  thinketh  he  may  be  delivered  out  of  the 
hand  of  evil. 

10  Thou  hast  devised  confusion  to  thy  house: 
thou  hast  cutoff  many  people;  and  thy  soul  hath 
sinned. 

11  For  the  stone  shall  crv  out  of  the  wall:  and 
the  timber  that  is  between  the  joints  of  the  build- 
ing shall  answer. 

12  Wo  to  him  that  buildcth  a  town  with  blood, 
and  prepareth  a  city  by  iniquity. 

13  Are  not  these  thingsll  from  the  Lord  of  hosts3 
for  the  people  shall  labour  in  a  great  lire;  and  the 
nations  in  vain:  and  they  shall  faint. 

14  For  the  earth  shall  be  filled,  that  men  may 
know  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  as  waters  covering  tin- 
sea. 

15  Wo  to  him  that  giveth  drink  to  his  friend, 
and  prcsentelh  his  gall,  and  maketh  him  drunk, 
that  he  may  behold  his  nakedm 

16  Thou  art  filled  with  shame  instead  of  glory 
drink  thou  also,  and  fall  fast  asleep:  the  cup  of  the 
right  hand  of  the  Lord  shall  compass  thee;   ami 
shameful  vomiting  shall  be  on  thy  glory. 

17  For  the  iniquity  of  Lihauiis"  shall  cover  thee, 
and  the  ravaging  of  beasts  shall  terrify  them,  be- 
cause of  the  blood  of  men,  and  the  iniquity  ot  the 
land,  and  of  the  city,  and  of  all  that  dwell  therein. 

18  What  doth  the  graven  thing  avail,  because 
the  maker  thereof  hath  graven  it,  a  molten  and  a 
false  image?  because  the  forger  thereof  hath  ti list- 
ed in  a  thing  of  his  own  forging  to  make  dumb 
idols. 


t  At  trme  decemeth,  kc.  viz.  by  affording  only  a  sliorl  pn 
lure :  followed  by  the  evils  and  disgrace  that  are  the  m< 
quences  of  drunkenness:  so  shall  it  be  with  the  nroud  enemies  <■ 
people  of  God:  whose  success  affordeth  them  wily  a  momentary  plea- 
sure, followed  by  innumerable  and  everlasting  evils. 

♦  Thick  clay,  ill-gotten  goods,  that,  like  mire,  both  burden  and 
defile  the  soul. 

|  Art  not  Oust  thing,,  be.    That  is,  shall  not  these  punishments 
that  are  here  recorded,  come  from  the  Ixird  upon  him  that  i«  irui 
■Hh  <  runes.     The  people  thall  labour,  tic.  vix.  the  enemies  of  God's 

• 

T  The  iniquity  of  /.i/xini/i.  That  it,  the  iniquity  committed  by  tho 
Chaldeans  against  the  temple  of  God,  signified  here  by  the  name  of 
Libanus. 


CHAP.  III. 


19  Wo  to  him  that  saith  to  wood:  Awake:  to 
the  dumb«tone:  Arise:  can  it  teach?  Behold,  it  is 
|aid  over  with  gold  and  silver:  and  there  is  no  spirit 
in  the  bowels  thereof. 

20  But  the  Lord  is  in  his  holy  temple:  let  all  the 
earth  keep  silence  before  him. 

CHAP.  III. 
1  A  PRAYER  OF  HABACUC  THE  PRO- 
PHET FOR  IGNORANCES.* 
I  f\  LORD,  I  have  heard  thy  hearing,t  and  was 
^-*   afraid. 

O  Lord,  thy  work,  in  the  midst  of  the  years  bring 
it  to  life : 

In  the  midst ofthe  years  thou  shalt  make  itknown : 
when  thou  art  angry,  thou  wilt  remember  mercy. 

3  God  will  come  from  the  South, $  and  the  holy 
one  from  mount  Pharan: 

His  glory  covered  the  heavens,  and  the  earth  is 
full  of  his  praise. 

4  His  brightness  shall  be  as  the  light:  horns§  are 
in  his  hands. 

There  is  his  strength  hid:  5  Death  shall  go  be- 
fore his  face.  |! 

And  the  devil  shall  go  forth  before  his  feet. 

6  He  stood  and  measured  the  earth. 

He  beheld,  H  and  melted  the  nations  :  and  the  an- 
cient mountains  were  crushed  to  pieces. 

The  hills  of  the  world  were  bowed  down  by  the 
journies  of  his  eternity. 

7  I  saw  the  tents  of  Ethiopia**  for  their  iniquity; 
the  curtains  of  the  land  of  Madian  shall  be  troubled. 

8  Wast  thou  angry,  O  Lord,  with  the  rivers ?tt  or 
•vas  thy  wrath  upon  the  rivers?  or  thy  indignation  in 
the  sea  ? 

Who  wilt  ride  upon  thy  horses:  and  thy  chariots 
ire  salvation. 

9  Thou  wilt  surely  take  up  thy  bow,  according 
to  the  oaths  which  thou  hast  spoken  to  the  tribes. 

Thou  wilt  divide  the  rivers  of  the  earth. 

*  For  ignorances.  Tliat  is,  for  the  sins  of  his  people.  In  the  Hehrew 
it  is  Sigionoth ;  which  some  take  to  signify  a  musical  instrument,  or 
tune  ;  with  which  this  sublime  prayer  and  canticle  was  to  be  sung. 

f  Thy  hearing,  &c.  That  is,  thy  oracles,  the  great  and  wonderful 
things  thou  hast  revealed  to  me  :  and  I  was  struck  with  a  reverential 
fear  and  awe.  Thy  work.  The  great  work  of  the  redemption  of  man, 
which  thou  wilt  bring  to  life  and  light  in  the  midst  ofthe  years,  when  our 
calamities  and  miseries  shall  be  at  their  height. 

J  God  will  come  from  tlic  South,  &c.  God  himself  will  come  to  give 
us  his  law,  and  to  conduct  us  into  the  true  land  of  promise :  as  here- 
tofore he  came  from  the  South  (in  the  Hebrew,  Theman)  and  from 
mount  Pharan  to  give  his  law  to  his  people  in  the  desert.  See  Deu- 
teronomy xxxiii.  2. 

i  Horns,  &c.  That  is,  strength  and  power,  which  by  a  Hebrew 
phrase  arc  called  horns.  Or,  beams  of  light,  which  come  forth  from  his 
hands.  Or  it  may  allude  to  the  cross,  in  the  Aorns  of  which  the  hands 
of  Christ  were  fastened,  where  his  strength  was  hidden,  by  which  he 
overcame  the  world,  and  drove  out  death  and  the  devil. 

||  Death  shall  go  before  his  face,  &c.  Both  death  and  the  devil  shall 
be  the  executioners  of  his  :ustice  against  his  enemies:  as  they  were 
heretofore  against  the  Egyptians  and  Chanaanites. 

T  He  beheld,  &c.  One  look  of  his  eye  is  enough  to  melt  all  the  na- 
tions, and  to  reduce  them  to  nothing.  For  all  heaven  and  earth  disap- 
pear, when  they  come  before  his  light.  Apocalypse  xx.  11.  The  an- 
cient mountains,  &c.  By  the  mountains  and  hills  are  signified  the  great 
ones  of  the  world,  Uiat  persecute  the  church,  whose  power  was  quick- 
ly crushed  by  the  Ahnightv. 

**  Ethiopia,  the  land  of  the  Blacks  and  Madian.  are  here  taken  for 


10  The  mountains  saw  thee,  and  were  grieved 
the  great  body  of  waters  passed  away. 

The  deep  put  forth  its  voice:  the  deep  lifted  u\ 
its  hands. 

1 1  The  sun  and  the  moon  stood  still  in  their  ha- 
bitation, in  the  light  of  thy  arrows,  they  shall  go  in 
the  brightness  of  thy  glittering  spear. 

12  In  thy  anger  thou  wilt  tread  the  earthamder 
foot:  in  thy  wrath  thou  wilt  astonish  the  nations. 

13  Thou  wentest  forth  for  tne  salvation  of  thy 
people,  for  salvation  with  thy  Christ. 

Thou  struckest  the  head  of  the  house  of  the 
wicked  :J|  thou  hast  laid  bare  his  foundation  eve* 
to  the  neck. 

14  Thou  hast  cursed  his  sceptres,  the  head  ot 
his  warriors,  them  that  came  out  as  a  whirlwind  to 
scatter  me. 

Their  joy  was  like  that  of  him  that  devoureth  the 
poor  man  in  secret. 

15  Thou  madest  a  way  in  the  sea§§  for  thy  horses, 
in  the  mud  of  many  waters. 

16  I  have  heard, ||]|  and  my  bowels  were  troubled: 
my  lips  trembled  at  the  voice. 

Let  rottenness  enter  into  my  bones,  and  swarm 
under  me: 

That  I  may  rest  in  the  day  of  tribulation  ;  that  1 
may  go  up  to  our  peopleHH  that  are  girded. 

17  For  the  fig-tree  shall  not  blossom  :  and  there 
shall  be  no  spring  in  the  vines.  The  labour  of  the 
olive-tree  shall  fail  :  and  the  field  shall  yield  no 
food :  the  flock  shall  be  cut  off  from  the  fold  ;  and 
there  shall  be  no  herd  in  the  stalls. 

18  But  I  will  rejoice  in  the  Lord  :  and  I  will  joy 
in  God  my  Jesus. 

19  The  Lord  God  is  my  strength:  and  he  will 
make  my  feet  like  the  feet  of  harts :  and  he  the 
conqueror  will  lead  me  upon  my  high  places  sing- 
ing psalms. 


the  enemies  of  God  and  his  people  :  who  shall  perish  for  their  iniquity 

+f  With  the  rivers,  &c.  He  alludes  to  the  wonders  wrought  hereto 
fore  by  the  Lord  in  favour  of  his  people  Israel,  when  the  waters  ot 
the  rivers,  viz.  of  Arnon  and  Jordan,  and  of  the  Red  sea,  retired  before 
their  face  :  when  he  came  as  it  were,  with  his  horses  and  chariots  to  save 
them :  when  he  took  up  his  boio  for  their  defence,  in  consequence  ot 
the  oath  he  had  made  to  their  tribes ;  when  the  mountains  trembled 
and  the  deep  stood  with  its  waves  raised  up  in  a  heap,  as  with  hands 
lifted  up  to  heaven :  when  the  sun  and  moon  stood  still  at  his  com 
mand,  &c.  to  comply  with  his  anger,  not  against  the  rivers  a-id  sea 
but  against  the  enemies  of  his  people.  How  much  more  will  he  do  id 
favour  of  his  Son :  and  against  the  enemies  of  his  church. 

JJ  The  head  of  the  house  of  the  wicked.  Such  was  Pharao  heretofore : 
such  shall  Antichrist  be  hereafter. 

it  Thou  madest  a  way  in  the  sea,  &c.  To  deliver  thy  people  from  the 
Egyptian  bondage  :  and  thou  shalt  work  the  like  wonders,  in  the  spirit- 
ual way,  to  rescue  the  children  of  thy  church  from  their  enemies. 

Iljl  /  have  heard,  &c.  viz.  the  evils  that  are  now  coming  upon  the  Is- 
raelites for  their  sins ;  and  that  shall  come  hereafter  upon  all  impeni- 
tent sinners :  and  the  foresight  that  I  have  of  Uiese  miseries  makes  me 
willing  to  die,  that  I  may  be  at  rest,  before  this  general  tribulation 
comes,  in  which  all  good  things  shall  be  withdrawn  from  the  wicked. 

TTT  That  Imay  go  vp  to  our  people,  &c.  That  I  may  join  the  happy 
company  in  the  bosom  of  Abraham,  that  are  girded,  that  is,  prepared 
for  their  journey,  by  which  they  shall  attend  their  Lord,  when  he  shaL 
ascend  into  heaven.  To  which  high  and  happy  place,  my  Jesus,  that  is, 
my  Saviour,  the  great  conqueror  of  death  and  hell,  shall  one  day  con- 
duct mc  rejoicing  and  singiiig  psalms  of  praise,  ver.  10.  and  19 

733 


THE  PROPHECY  OF  SOPHOIVIAS. 


Sophonia*,  whose  namr,  saith  St.  Jrrom,  signifies  the  wutcliir..ui 
the.  Lord,  or  tin-  iini. ten  ol'  the  Lara,  prophesied  in   the  be- 
ginning of  the  reign  of  Josias.     He  was  a    native  of  Sara- 
iathii,  and  the  ti  >-im,  arcording  to  the  more  general 

opinion.  He  prophesied  the  punishments  -\f  the  Jews,  Jar 
their  idolatry  and  other  crimes;  alto  the  punishments  that 
were  to  come  on  timers  nations ;  the  coming  of  Christ,  the 
conversion  of  the  (ientiUs,  the  blindness  of  the  Jews,  and  their 
conrersion  towards  the  end  of  the  world. 

in  \i\  i. 

for  divers  enormous  sins,  the  kingdom  of  Juda  is  threatened  with 
srrrre  judgment. 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  <li;it  came  to  Sophonias 
the  son  of  (  liusi,  the  nO  of  (iodolias,  the  son 
of  Anurias,  tin-  km  «>t  Eaec  ias,  in  the  days  of  Josias 
IOC  son  of  Anion  kirn;  of  Juda. 

2  Gathering,  I  will  gather*  together  all  things 
from  off  the  face  of  the  land,  saiili  the  Lord  : 

3  I  will  gather  man  aod  beast:  I  will  gather  the 
hints  of  the  air,  and  the  fishes  of  the  sea:  and  the 
ungodly  shall  meet  with  ruin:  and  I  will  destroy 
nun  from  off  the  face  of  the  land,  saith  the  Lord. 

4  And  I  will  stretch  out  my  hand  upon  Juda, 
and  apoa  all  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem:  and  I 
will  dt-stroy  out  of  this  place  the  remnant  of  Baal, 
and  the  names  of  the  wardensf  of  the  temples  with 
the  priests: 

5  And  them  that  worship  the  host  of  heaven 
upon  the  tops  of  houses,  ana  them  that  adore,  and 
sweat  hy  the  Lord,  and  swear  by  Melchom:J 

t>  And  then  that  turn  away  from  following  after 
(he  Lord,  and  that  have  not  sought  the  Lord,  nor 
searched  after  him. 

7  Be  silent  before  the  face  of  the  Lord  God;  for 
the  clay  of  the  Lord  is  near;  for  the  Lord  hath  pre- 
pared I  victim  :  he  hath  sanctified  his  guests. 

8  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the  day  of  the  vic- 
tim of  the  Lord,  that  1  will  visit  upon  the  princes. 
and  noon  the  king's  sons,  and  upon  all  such  as  are 
clothed  with  strange  apparel: 

9  And  1  will  visit  in  that  day  upon  every  one  that 
enteratfa  arrogantly  over  the  threshold;  them  that 
fill  the  house  of  the  Lord  their  Uod  with  iniquity 
tnd  deceit. 

10  And  there  shall  Ik-  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord, 
the  iioise  of  a  cry  from  the  fish-gate,  and  a  bowling 
from  the  Second,^  and  a  great  destruction  from  the 
hills. 

1 1  Howl,  ye  inhabitants  of  the  Morter.||  All  the 
people  of  ChanaanH  is  hush;  all  arc  cut  oil"  that  wc  re 
wrapped  up  in  silver. 

\Z  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  at  that  time?  that  I 
will  search  Jerusalem  with  lamps,  and  Will  ristl 
upon  the  men  that  are  settled  on  their  Ices;**  that 

*  (imtkeringj  will  gmtktr,  ate.  That  i«.  I  will  a««nre«flv  take  awav, 
»nd  wl.i.lljr  consume,  either  by  captirity  or  death,  both  men  and 
lea»N  out  of  Urn  land. 

f  TV  irsrsW,  lie  riz.  of  the  templet  of  the  idols.  JEdUutus ;  11 
Hebrew,  the  Ckemsrmu,  that  i«,  tuch  ai  kindle  the  fire*,  nr  burn  in- 

r.  im"v 

IMsltmmn.     The  idol  of  the  Ammonite*. 

734 


Mi  in  t In  ir  hearts  :  The  Lord  w  ill  not  do  good,  noi 

will  tie  <lo  evil. 

13  And  their  strength  shall  Income  a  booty,  and 

their  houses  as  a  desert  !  and  they  shall  build 
booses,  and  shall  not  dwell  in  them,  and  thc\  shall 
plant  Vineyards,  and  shall  not  drink  the  wine  ol 
them. 

14  The  great  day  of  the  Lord  is  near:  it  is  near 
and  exceeding  swift  :  the  voice  of  the  day  of  the 
Lord  is  bitter  :  the  mighty  man  shall  there  meet 
with  tribulation. 

15  That  day  is  a  day  of  wrath,  a  day  of  tribula- 
tion and  distiess,  a  day  of  calamity  and  misery,  a 
ila\  of  darkness  and  obscurity,  a  day  of  clouds  and 
whirlwinds, 

16  A  day  of  the  trumpet  and  alarm  against  the 
fenced  cities,  and  against  the  high  bulwarks. 

17  And  I  will  distress  men  ;  and  they  shall  walk 
like  blind  men,  because  they  have  sinned  against 
the  Lord  :  and  their  blood  shall  be  poured  out  as 
earth,  and  their  bodies  as  dung* 

18  Neither  shall  their  silver,  and  their  gold  be 
able  to  deliver  them  in  the  day  of  the  wrath  of  I li<- 
Lord  :  all  the  land  shall  be  devoured  by  the  fire  of 
his  Jealousy  ;  for  be  shall  make  even  a  speedy  de- 
struction of  all  them  that  dwell  in  the  land. 

CHAP.  II. 

An  exhortation  to  repentance.  The  judgment  of  the  Philistines, 
of  tin-  Mi>iibiles,and  the  Ammonites  ;  of  the  Ethiopians,  and 
the  Assyrians. 

ASSEMBLE  yourselves  together:  be  gathered 
together.  O  nation  not  worthy  to  be  bred  I 

2  Before  the  decree  bring  forth  the  day  as  dust 
passing  away  ;  before  the  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord 
come  upon  you  ;  before  the  day  of  the  Lord's  indig- 
nation  come  upon  you. 

3  Seek  the  Lord,  all  ye  meek  of  the  earth,  jrou 
thai  have  wrought  his  judgment :  seek  the  just,  seek 
the  meek  j  il  bv  any  means  you  maybe  hid  in  the 
day  of  the  Lord's  indignation. 

4  For  Gaza  shall  l>e  destroyed;  and  Ascalon 
shall  he  a  do—ft  :  ihev  shall  cast  out  Azotus at  noon- 
day ;  and  Accaron  shall  be  rooted  up. 

5  Wo  to  you  that  inhabit  the  sea-coast,  ()  nation 
of  reprobates  :  The  word  of  the  Lord  upon  you. 
O  Chanaan,  the  land  of  the  Philistines  ;  and  I  will 
destroy  thee,  so  that  there  shall  not  be  an  inhabitant. 

6  And  the  sea-coast  shall  be  the  resting-place  of 
shepherds,  and  folds  for  cattle  : 

7  And  it  shall  he  the  portion  of  him  that  shall 
remain  of  the  house  of  Juda  ;  there  they  shall  feed  : 
in  the  houses  of  Ascalon  they  shall  rest  in  the  »  \i  u- 

♦  The  Second.     A  part  of  the  city  ao  called. 
I  The  Morter.     Makteih.     A  Tallev  in  or  near  Jerusalem. 
1  The  purple  of  Chanaan.     So  he  calli  the  Jew*,  from  tlnir  following 
the  wicked  wavsofthe  Chanaanilm. 
••  Settled  cm  their  lets.  That  i«,  the  wealthy,  and  Mich  ai  lire  at  their 
retting  upon  their  riches,  like  wine  upon  the  I 


CHAP.  HI. 


ing  ;  because  the  Lord  their  God  will  visit  them, 
and  bring  back  their  captivity. 

8  1  have  heard  the  reproach  of  Moab,  and  the 
blasphemies  of  the  children  of  Amnion,  with  which 
they  reproached  my  people,  and  have  magnified 
themselves  upon  their  borders. 

9  Therefore  as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the 
God  of  Israel,  Moab  shall  be  as  Sodom,  and  the 
children  of  Amnion  as  Gomorrha,  the  dryness  of 
thorns,  and  heaps  of  salt,  and  a  desert  even  for  ever : 
the  remnant  of  my  people  shall  make  a  spoil  of 
them ;  and  the  residue  of  my  nation  shall  possess 
them. 

10  This  shall  befall  them  for  their  pride ;  because 
they  have  blasphemed,  and  have  been  magnified 
against  the  people  of  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

1 1  The  Lord  shall  be  terrible  upon  them,  and 
shall  consume  all  the  gods  of  the  earth :  and  they 
shall  adore  him  every  man  from  his  own  place,  all 
the  islands  of  the  Gentiles. 

12  You  Ethiopians  also  shall  be  slain  with  my 
sword. 

13  And  he  will  stretch  out  his  hand  upon  the 
north,  and  will  destroy  Assyria  :  and  he  will  make 
the  beautiful  city*  a  wilderness,  and  as  a  place  not 
passable,  and  as  a  desert. 

14  And  flocks  shall  lie  down  in  the  midst  there- 
of, all  the  beasts  of  the  nations  :  and  the  bittern  and 
the  urchin  shall  lodge  in  the  threshold  thereof;  the 
voice  of  the  singing  bird  in  the  window,  the  raven 
on  the  upper  post ;  for  I  will  consume  her  strength. 

15  This  is  the  glorious  city  that  dwelt  in  secu- 
rity; that  said  in  her  heart :  lam,  and  there  is  none 
beside  me  :  how  is  she  become  a  desert,  a  place  for 
beasts  to  lie  down  in  ?  every  one  that  passeth  by 
her,  shall  hiss,  and  wag  his  hand. 

CHAP.  III. 

A  wo  to  Jerusalem  for  her  sins.  A  prophecy  of  the  conversion 
of  the  Gentiles,  and  of  the  poor  of  Israel  :  (Hod  shall  be  with 
them.     The  Jews  shall  be  converted  at  last. 

WO  to  the  provoking  and  redeemed  city,   the 
dove. 

2  She  hath  not  hearkened  to  the  voice  ;  neither 
hath  she  received  discipline  :  she  hath  not  trusted 
in  the  Lord,  she  drew  not  near  to  her  God. 

3  Her  princes  are  in  the  midst  of  her  as  roaring 
lions:  her  judges  are  evening  wolves;  they  left 
nothing  for  the  morning. 

4  Her  prophets  are  senseless,  men  without  faith  : 
her  priests  have  polluted  the  sanctuary  :  they  have 
acted  unjustly  against  the  law. 

5  The  just  Lordi.s  in  the  midst  thereof;  he  will 
not  do  iniquity  :  in  the  morning,  in  the  morning  he 
will  bring  his  judgment  to  light ;  and  it  shall  not  be 
hid  :  but  the  wicked  man  hath  not  known  shame. 

6  I  have  destroyed  the  nations,  and  their  towers 

*  The  beautiful  city,  viz.  Ninive,  which  was  destroyed  soon  after  this, 
riz.  in  the  sixteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  Josias. 


are  beaten  down  :  I  have  made  their  ways  desert, 
so  that  there  is  none  that  passeth  by :  their  cities 
are  desolate  ;  there  is  not  a  man  remaining,  nor  any 
inhabitant. 

7  1  said  :  Surely  thou  wilt  fear  me  ;  thou  wilt 
receive  correction :  and  her  dwelling  shall  not  perish, 
for  all  tilings  wherein  1  have  visited  her;  but  they 
rose  early,  and  corrupted  all  their  thoughts. 

8  Wherefore  expect  me,  saith  the  Lord,  in  the 
day  of  my  resurrection  that  is  to  come;  for  my 
judgment  is  to  assemble  the  Gentiles,  and  to  gather 
the  kingdoms ;  and  to  pour  upon  them  my  indigna- 
tion, all  my  fierce  anger  :  for  with  the  fire  of  my 
jealousy  shall  all  the  earth  be  devoured. 

9  Because  then  I  will  restore  to  the  people  a 
chosen  lip,  that  all  may  call  upon  the  name  of  the 
Lord,  and  may  serve  him  with  one  shoulder. 

10  From  beyond  the  rivers  of  Ethiopia,  shall  my 
suppliants  the  children  of  my  dispersed  people  bring 
me  an  offering. 

11  In  that  day  thou  shalt  not  be  ashamed  for 
all  thy  doings,  wherein  thou  hast  transgressed 
against  me  :  for  then  I  will  take  away  out  of  the 
midst  of  thee  thy  proud  boasters  :  and  thou  shalt  no 
more  be  lifted  up  because  of  my  holy  mountain. 

12  And  I  will  leave  in  the  midst  of  thee  a  poor 
and  needy  people :  and  they  shall  hope  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord. 

13  The  remnant  of  Israel  shall  not  do  iniquity, 
nor  speak  lies  ;  nor  shall  a  deceitful  tongue  be  found 
in  their  mouth  :  for  they  shall  feed,  and  shall  lie 
down;  and  there  shall  be  none  to  make  them  afraid. 

14  Give  praise,  O  daughter  of  Sion :  shout,  O 
Israel :  be  glad,  and  rejoice  with  all  thy  heart,  O 
daughter  of  Jerusalem. 

15  The  Lord  hath  taken  away  thy  judgment; 
he  hath  turned  away  thy  enemies :  the  king  or 
Israel  the  Lord  is  in  the  midst  of  thee  ;  thou  shalt 
fear  evil  no  more. 

16  In  that' day  it  shall  be  said  to  Jerusalem: 
Fear  not :  to  Sion  :  Let  not  thy  hands  be  weak- 
ened. 

17  The  Lord  thy  God  in  the  midst  of  thee  is 
mighty ;  he  will  save  :  he  will  rejoice  over  thee 
with  gladness ;  he  will  be  silent  in  his  love  ;  he  will 
be  joyful  over  thee  in  praise. 

1 8  The  triflers  that  were  departed  from  the  law, 
I  will  gather  together,  because  they  were  of  thee  : 
that  thou  mayst  no  more  suffer  reproach  for  them. 

19  Behold,  I  will  cut  off  all  that  have  afflicted 
thee  at  that  time  :  and  I  will  save  her  that  halteth, 
and  will  gather  her  that  was  cast  out :  and  I  will 
get  them  praise,  and  a  name,  in  all  the  land  wher* 
they  had  been  put  to  confusion  : 

20  At  that  time,  when  I  will  bring  you,  and  at 
the  time  that  1  will  gather  you  :  for  I  will  give 
you  a  name  and  praise  among  all  the  people  of  the 
earth,  when  I  shall  have  brought  back  your  captivity 
before  your  eyes,  saith  the  Lord. 

J  J       '  735 


THE  PROPHECY  OF  AGCEUS. 


A  |TC<*t"  wt  one  of  those  that  returned  from  the  eaptieitp  of  II  i- 
bplnn,  ia  the  test  pear  of  (he  rrign  of  king  Cprus.  lie  was 
trnt  by  the  fjird.  in  the  second  piur  of  the  reign  of  king  Da- 
rius,the  tonof  llpstan  the  prime    of 

Juil.i.  and  Ji ««>  the  high  /«•»»(.  to  the  building  of  the  //  mple  ; 
which  t  hip  had  begun, but  left  off  again  through  the  opposition 
i>l  the  Sum  irttans.  hi  cnnseauence  of  this  exhortation,  they 
pron -rdi  d  in  the  building,  ami [finished  the  temple.  And  the 
prophet  was  commissioned  bp  the  Ijord  to  assure  them  that 
this  seennd  temple  should  be  store  gloriims  than  the  former  ; 
berause  tike  Mrssiuh  should  honour  it  with  his  presence;  sig- 
nifying withal  how  much  the  church  of  the  iuw  testament 
should  excel  that  iff  the  old  testament. 

(II  \l\    I. 

The  people  are  reprorrd  for  neglecting  to  build  the  temple. 
Thep  are  encouraged  In  .it  about  the  work. 

IN  the  xi  •>  oml  year  of  Darius  the  king,  in  the  sixth 
month,  in  tin-  first  day  of  the  month,  the  word 

of  tin-  Lord  came  ly  the  hand  of  Aggeus  the  pro- 
phet, i<>  Zorobabel  the  son  of  Salathiel,  governor 
of  Juda,  and  to  Jesus  the  son  of  Josedec  the  high 
priest  sayii 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  saying:  This 
people  saith  :  The  time  is  not  yet  come  for  build- 
ing the  house  of  tin-  Lord. 

3  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  hy  the  hand 
mggeus  the  prophet,  saying  ■ 

V  Ix  it  time  for  you  to  dwell  in  ceiled  houses, 
and  this  house  lie  desolate  ? 

5  And  now  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  Set 
your  heart  lo  consider  your  ways. 

6  Vim  have  sowed  much  and  brought  in  little: 
you  have  eaten,  but  have  not  had  enough:  yon  have 
drunk,  hut  have  not  been  filled  with  drink:  you 
have  clothed  yourselves,  hut  have  not  been  wann- 
ed ;  and  lie  that  hath  earned  wages,  put  them  into 
a  bag  with  holi 

7  rhufl  Slith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  Set  your  hearts 
upon  your  ways: 

8  Co  up  to  the  mountain,  bring  timber,  and 
build  the  house:  and  it  shall  be  acceptable  to  me; 
and  I  shall  be  glorified,  saith  the  Lord. 

9  You  have  looked  for  more,  and  behold,  it  bc- 
came  lesi :  and  yon  brought  it  home,  and  I  Mowed 
it  away  :  why,  saith  the  Lord  ofhosts?  because  my 
house  is  desolate,  ami  you  make  baste  every  man 
to  his  own  house. 

10  Therefore  the  heavens  over  you  were  stayed 
from  giving  dew  ;  and  the  earth  was  hindered  from 
yielding  her  fruil 

11  Ami  1  called  for  a  drought  upon  the  land,  and 
upon  the  mountains,  and  upon  the  rorn,  and  upon 
the  wine,  ami  upon  the  oil,  and  upon  all  that  the 
ground  bringeth  forth,  and  upon  nun,  ami  upon 
Beasts,  and  upon  all  the  labour  of  the  hands. 

1  J    Then  Zorobabel    the    son    of   Salathiel.    and 

i-  the  son  of  Josedec.  the  high  priest,  and  ail  the 

remnant  of  the  people  hearkened  to  the  voice  of  the 

Lord  their  God,  and  to   the   words  of  A^ius   the 


•/  •  n*L  That  t«,  by  hariar  touched  the  dead :  in 
which" caae  according  to  the  prescription  of  the  law,  AW*,  six.  13, 
It,  a  pereon  not  only  became  unclean  himaelf,  but  made  every  Uiiajr 
Uut  he  touched  unclean.    The  prophet  appliea  all  Out  to  the  people. 


,,  prophet,  as  the  Lord  their  God  sent  him  to  them. 
ami  the  people  feared  before  the  Lord. 

13  And  Aggeus  tin-  messenger  of  the  Lord,  an 
one  of  (In-  messenger!  of  the  Lord,  spoke,  saying  to 
ihe  people:     1  am  with  you,  saith  the  Lord. 

14  And  the  Lord  stirred  up  the  spirit  of  Zorobabel 
the  son  of  SttUthiel  governor  of  Juda,  and  the  spirit 
ol  Jesus  the  sou  of  Josedec  the  high  priest,  and  the 
spirit  of  all  the  rest  of  the  people:  and  they  went 
in,  and  did  the  work  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  of 
hoMs  their  Cod. 

CHAP.  II. 

Christ  bp  his  coming  shall  make  the  latter  temple  more  glorious 
than  the  former.  The  blessing  o/  (iod  shall  reward  their 
labour  in  budding.     God's  promise  to  Zorobabel. 

FN    the  four  and  twentieth  dav  of  the  month,  in 
-■-  the  sixth  month,  in  the   second   year  of  Darius 

the  king,  they  Ihcuh. 

2  Ami  in  the  seventh  month,  the  word  of  the  Ix>rd 
came  by  the  band  of  Amicus  the  prophet;  saving: 

3  Speak  to  Zorobabel  the  son  ol  Salathiel  the 
governor  of  Juda,  and  to  Jesus  the  son  of  Josedec 
the  high  priest,  and  to  the  rest  of  the  people,  saying: 

4  Who  is  left  among  you,  that  saw  this  house  in 
its  first  glory?  and  how  do  you  see  it  now  ?  is  it  not 
Irt  comparison  lo  that  as  nothing  in  your  eyes? 

5  Vet  now  take  courage,  O  Zoroliabel,  saith  the 
Lord,  and  take  courage,  O Jesus  the  son  of  Josedec 
the  high  priest,  and  take  courage,  all  ye  people  of 
the  land,  saith  the  Lord  ofhosts:  and  perforin  (for 
I  am  with  you,  saith  the  Lord  ofhosts) 

6  The  word  that  I  covenanted  with  vou  when 
\ou  came  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt :  and  my  spirit 
shall  be  in  the  midst  of  you:  fear  not.  . 

7  Lor  thus  saith  the  Lord  ofhosts:  Yet  one  little 
while,  and  I  will  move  the  heaven,  and  the  earth, 
and  the  sea,  am]  the  dry  land. 

8  And  I  will  move  all   nations:   and  the   it. 

SIRED  OF  ALL  NATIONS  SHALL  COME:  and  I   will    fill 
this  house  with  glory,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

9  The  stiver  is  mine,  and  the  gold  is  mine,  saith 
the  Lord  of  hosts. 

10  (treat  shall  be  the  glory  of  this  last  house 
more  than  of  the  fust,  saith  the  Lord  ofhosts:  ami 
in  this  place  I  will  give  peace,  saith  the  Lord  ofhosts. 

11  In  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of  the  ninth 
month,  in  the  second  year  of  Darius  the  king,  the 
word  of  the  Lord  came  to  \--<  ustheprophet,  inyuuj  i 

12  Thus  saith  uSe  Lord  of  hosts:  Ask  the  priests 

the  law  ,  SB)  IUg  ! 

13  If  a  man  carry  sanctified  flesh  in  the  skirt  of 
his  garment,  and  touch  with  his  skirt,  bread,  oi 
pottage,  or  w  ine,  or  oil,  or  any  meat,  shall  it  be  sanc- 
tified? And  the  priests  answered,  and  said:  No. 

14  And  Aggeus  said  :  If  one  that  is  tint  lean  by 
occasion  ofasoul*  touch  any  of  all  these  things,  shall 


whose  aouli  remained  unclean  by  neglecting  the  temple  of  God ;  and 
therefore  were  not  aanctified  by  the  fleet)  they  offered  tn  aacrifice ;  but 
rather  defiled  their  sacrifice*  by  approach  104;  to  them  in  lb*  »t*U  oi 

aaataaBMa 


ZACHARIAS. 


it  be  defiled/  And  the  priests  answered,  and  said : 
It  shall  be  defiled. 

15  And  Aggeus  answered,  and  said  :  So  is  this 
people,  and  so  is  this  nation  before  my  face,  saith 
the  Lord  ;  and  so  is  all  the  work  of  their  hands : 
and  all  that  they  have  offered  there,  shall  be  defiled. 

16*  And  now  consider  in  your  hearts,  from  this 
day  and  upward,  before  there  was  a  stone  laid  upon 
a  stone  in  the  temple  of  the  Lord: 

17  When  you  went  to  a  heap  of  twenty  bushels, 
and  they  became  ten :  and  you  went  into  the  press, 
to  press  out  fifty  vessels,  and  they  became  twenty. 

18  I  struck,  you  with  a  blasting  wind,  and  all  the 
works  of  your  hand  with  the  mildew  and  with  hail ; 
yet  there  was  none  among  you  that  returned  to  me, 
saith  the  Lord. 

19  Set  your  hearts  from  this  day,  and  hencefor- 
ward, from  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of  the  ninth 
month;  from  the  day  that  the  foundations  of  the  temple 
of  the  Lord  were  laid,  and  lay  it  up  in  your  hearts. 


20  Is  the  seed  as  yet  sprung  up  ?  or  hath  the  vine, 
and  the  fig-tree,  and  the  pomegranate,  and  the  olive- 
tree,  as  yet  flourished  ?  from  this  day  I  will  blessyow. 

21  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  a  second  time 
to  Aggeus  in  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of  the  month, 
saying  : 

22  Speak  to  Zorobabel  the  governor  of  Juda,  say- 
ing :  I  will  move  both  heaven  and  earth. 

23  And  I  will  overthrow  the  throne  of  kingdoms, 
and  will  destroy  the  strength  of  the  kingdom  of  the 
Gentiles:  and  1  will  overthrow  the  chariot,  and  him 
that  rideth  therein:  and  the  horses  and  their  riders 
shall  come  down,  every  one  by  the  sword  of  his 
brother. 

24  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  I  will  take 
thee,  O  Zorobabel*  the  son  of  Salathiel,  my  servant, 
saith  the  Lord,  and  will  make  thee  as  a  signet :  for 
I  have  chosen  thee,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

*  O  Zorobabel.     This  promise  principally  relates  to  Christ,  who  was 
of  the  race  of  Zorobabel. 


THE  PROPHECY  OF  ZACHARIAS. 


Tacharias  began  to  prophesy  in  the  same  year  as  Aggeus,  and 
upon  the  same  occasion.  His  prophecy  is  full  of  mysterious 
figures  and  promises  of  blessings,  partly  relating  to  the  syna- 
gogue, and  partly  to  the  church  of  Christ. 

CHAP.  I. 

The  prophet  exhorts  the  people  to  return  to  God,  and  declares 
his  visions,  by  which  he  puts  them  in  hopes  of  belter  times. 

IN  the  eighth  month,  in  the  second  year  of  king  Da- 
rius, the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Zacharias  the 
son  of  Barachias,  the  son  of  Addo,  t  he  prophet,  saying : 
2  The  Lord  hath  been  exceeding  angry  with  your 
fathers. 

►  3  And  thou  shalt  say  to  them  :  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts:  Turn  ye  to  me,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts  :  and  I  will  turn  to  you,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

4  Be  not  as  your  fathers,  to  whom  the  former  pro- 
phets have  cried,  saying :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts  :  Turn  ye  from  your  evil  ways,  and  from  your 
wicked  thoughts  :  but  they  did  not  give  ear  ;  neither 
did  they  hearken  to  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

5  Your  fathers,  where  are  they  ?  and  the  prophets, 
shall  they  live  always  ? 

6  But  yet  my  words,  and  my  ordinances,  which 
I  gave  in  charge  to  my  servants  the  prophets,  did 
they  not  take  hold  of  your  fathers,  and  they  returned, 
and  said  :  As  the  Lord  of  hosts  thought  to  do  to  us 
according  to  our  ways,  and  according  to  our  devices, 
so  he  hath  done  to  ns. 

7  In  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of  the  eleventh 
month  which  is  called  Salmth,  in  the  second  year  of  Da- 
rius, the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Zacharias,  the  son 
of  Barachias,  the  son  of  Addo,  the  prophet,  saying  : 

*  A  man.  An  angel  in  the  shape  of  a  man.  It  was  probably  St. 
Michael  the  guardian  Angel  of  the  church  of  God. 

t  These  ore  they,  &c.  The  guardian  Angels  of  provinces  and 
nations. 

J   77ie  seventieth  year,  viz.  From  the  beginning  of  the  sirge  of  Je- 

.  f*  A 


8  I  saw  by  night,  and  behold,  a  man*  riding  upon 
a  red  horse  ;  and  he  stood  among  the  myrtle-trees, 
that  were  in  the  bottom  :  and  behind  him  were  horses, 
red,  speckled,  and  white. 

9  And  I  said  :  What  are  tnese,  my  lord  ?  and  the 
Angel  that  spoke  in  me,  said  to  me  :  I  will  show 
thee  what  these  are  : 

10  And  the  man  that  stood  among  the  myrtle  - 
trees  answered,  and  said  :  These  are  they,t  whom 
the  Lord  hath  sent  to  walk  through  the  earth. 

1 1  And  they  answered  the  Angel  of  the  Lord, 
that  stood  among  the  myrtle-trees,  and  said  :  We 
have  walked  through  the  earth  ;  and  behold,  all  the 
earth  is  inhabited,  and  is  at  rest. 

12  And  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  answered,  and 
said  :  O  Lord  of  hosts,  how  long  wilt  thou  not  have 
mercy  on  Jerusalem,  and  on  the  cities  of  Juda,  with 
which  thou  hast  been  angry?  this  is  now  the  seventieth 
year.f 

13  And  the  Lord  answered  the  Angel  that  spoke 
in  me,  good  words,  comfortable  words. 

14  And  the  Angel  that  spoke  in  me,  said  to  me  : 
Cry  thou,  saying  :  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts :  I 
am  zealous  for  Jerusalem  and  Sion  with  a  great  zeal. 

15  And  I  am  angry  with  a  great  anger  with  the 
wealthy  nations  :  for  I  was  angry  a  little,  but  they 
helped  forward  the  evil. 

16  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord:  I  will  return 
to  Jerusalem  in  mercies  ;  my  house  shall  be  built  in 
it,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  and  the  building  line 
shall  be  stretched  forth  upon  Jerusalem. 


rusalem,  in  the  ninth  year  of  king  Sedecias,to  the  second  year  of  the 
king  Darius.  These  seventy  years  of  the  desolation  of  Jerusalem 
and  the  cities  of  Juda,  are  different  from  the  seventy  years  of  cap- 
tivity foretold  by  Jeremias  ;  which  brg;m  in  the  fourth  year  of  Joa- 
kim,  and  ended  in  the  first  year  of  king  Cvrus. 

737 


ZACHARIAS. 


17  Cry  >«'t.  ■aying:  Thus  saith  die  Lord  rjf  hosts: 
Mj  i  im  -  shall  jrel  flow  w it ti  good  things;  and  the 
Lord  will  yet  comfort  Sioa;  and  he  will  yet  ch. 
Jerasalem. 

18  Ami  I  lifted  up  my  ejreSj  lad  nn  !  and  be- 
hold, four  liorns.* 

19  And  1  said  to  the  Aiwl  that  spoke  to  me: 
What  art-  these?  And  lie  said  to  me:  These  are  tin- 
horns that  bare  Mattered  Joan,  and  Israeli  and  Je- 
rusalem. 

80   And  the  Lord  show  i-d  me  four  smiths. 

.1  \  .  I  I  -  ml:  What  come  these  to  do?  and  he 
spoke,  saying:  These  are  the  horns  which  have 
scattered  JoOa  every  man  apart,  and  none  of  them 
lifted  up  his  head:  and  these  are  come  to  fray  them, 

to  cast    down   the  horns  of  the  nations,    that   have 
lifted  up  the  horn  upon  the  land  of  Juda  to  scatter  it. 

(   II  \l'.   II. 
I  'lulrr  the  name  of  Jerusalem,  he  prophesieth  the pragrett  of  tht 
church  of  Christ,  by  the  conversion  of  some  Jews  and  many 

AND  I  lifted  up  my  eyes,  and  saw;  and  behold, 
a  man  with  a  measuring  line  in  his  hand. 

J  \nd  I  said:  Whither  goest  thou?  and  he  said  to 
me:  To  measure  Jerusalem,  and  to  see  how  great  is 
the  breadth  thereof,  and  bow  great  the  length  thereof. 

3  And  behold,  the  angel  that  spoke  in  mc  went 
forth;  and  another  angel  went  out  to  meet  him. 

\  Ami  he  said  to  him:  Kim,  speak  to  this  youn:: 
man,  saving:  Jerusalem  shall  Be  inhabited  without 
walls,t  by  reason  of  the  multitude  of  men,  and  of 
the  beasts  in  the  midst  thereof. 

5  And  1  will  be  tf>  it,  saith  the  Lord,  a  wall  of 
fire  round  about :  and  I  will  be  in  glory  in  the  midst 
thereof. 

6  O,  O  flee  re  out  of  the  land  of  the  north,  saith 
the  Lord;  for  1  bare  scattered  you  into  the  four 
w  iuds  of  heaven,  saith  the  Lord. 

7  O  Sion,  flee  thou  that  dwellest  with  the  daugh- 
ter of  Bab]  Inn : 

::  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  After  the  glory 
he  hath  sent  me  to  the  nations  that  have  robbed 
M>u:  for  he  that  toucheth  you,  toueheth  the  apple 
of  my  eye : 

9  For  behold.  I  lift  up  my  hand  upon  them:  and 
they  shall  be  a  pr<  \  to  those  that  served  them:    and 

shall  know  that  the  Lord  of  hosts  sent  me. 

10  Sing  praise,  and  rejoice,  <)  daughter  of  Sion: 

for  behold,  I  come,  and  1  will  dwell  in  the  midst  of 
thee,  saith  tin-  Lord. 

I  I  And  many  nations  shall  be  joined  to  the  Lord 
in  that  dav:  and  they  shall  be  my  people,  and  I  will 
dwell  in  the  midst  of  thee:  and  thou  shall  know  that 
tin-  Lord  of  hosts  hath  sent  me  to  thee. 

•  Fsssr  ksmt,/our  milk     The  four  horns  represent  tlie  empire* 

or  kingdom*,  that  persecute  and  o  >preu  the  people  of  Col  ;  the /our 

tmUkt  or  cirjtrntm  (for  faker  ma»  signify  either)  represent  those  whom 

make*  bi*  instrument*  in  bringing  to  nothing  the  power  of  pi  r- 

•ecuiors 

t  Jrrm-Um  ikUlk,  imksMUd  wilksnt  mO*.     This  must  be  understood 
.■rusaletn,  the  church  of  Christ. 

.lo»e    the  son  of  Josrdcr  the  hi  -  ■(  tha    time. 

I   Wak  Mkn  etrmmtt     Noglire  «<•«  and  - 
I  /  trill  girt  tk  <  '>-!«  I  ■  iiiend  and  assert  tlwc. 


in  the  sanctified  land:  and  he  shall  vet  choose  Je- 


ida 
yeT 


12  And  the  Lord  shall  possess  J ud^  his  portion 
the  sii 

nisalem. 

13  Let  all  flesh  be  silent  at  the  presence  of  the 
Lord:  for  he  is  risen  up  out  of  his  holy  habitation. 

CHAP.  III. 

In  a  vision  Satan  appeareth  accusing  the  high  priest.  He  is 
cleansed  from  his  sins.  Christ  is  promisrd,  and  great  fruit 
from  his  passion. 

\  ND  the  Lord  showed  me  Jesus}  the  high  priest 
-<■*-  standing  before  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  :  and 
SBtan  stocxl  on  his  right  hand  to  be  his  adversary. 

-'  And  the  Lord  said  to  SBtan:  The  L>.<rd  rebuke 
thee.  ()  satan:  and  the  Lord  that  chose  Jerusalem, 
rebuke  thee  :  Is  not  this  a  brand  plucked  out  of  the 

S  And  Jesus  was  clothed  with  filthy  garments:^ 
and  he  stood  before  the  face  of  the  Angel: 

4  \V'ho  auswered,  and  said  to  them  thai  stood  be- 
fore him,  saying:  Takeaway  the  filthy  garments 
from  him.  And  he  said  to  him:  Heboid,  I  have 
taken  away  thy  iniquity,  and  have  clothed  thee  w  Ufa 
change  of  garments. 

5  And  In;  said:  Put  a  clean  mitre  upon  his  head: 
and  they  put  a  clean  mitre  upon  his  head,  and  clothed 
him  with  garments :  and  the  Angel  of  the  Lord 
stood. 

6  And  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  protested  to  Jesus, 
saying  : 

7  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  If  thou  wilt  walk 
in  my  ways,  and  keep  my  charge,  thou  also  shalt 
judge  my  house,  and  shalt  keep  my  courts:  and  1 
will  give  theefi  some  of  them  that  are  now  present 
here  to  walk  with  thee. 

8  Hear.  ()  .lestis  thou  high  priest,  thou  and  thy 
friends  that  dwell  before  thee,  for  they  are  portend- 
ing men:l  for  behold,  I  will  bring  Mr  servam 

I  111.   OlilKNT. 

9  For  behold,  the  stone**  that  I  have  laid  before 
Jesus:  upon  one  stone  there  an-  seven  eyes:  behold, 
I  will  grave  the  graving  thereof,  saith  the  Lord  01 
hosts :  and  1  will  take  away  the  iniquity  of  that 
land  in  one  day. 

10  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  every  man 
shall  call  his  friend  under  the  vine  and  under  the 
fig-tree. 

CHAP.  IV. 

The  vision  of  the  golden  candlestick  and  seven  lamps,  and  of 
the  tiro  olive-trees.  Zorobabtl  shall  finish  the  building  of  the 
temple. 

AND  the  angel   that   spoke   in  me  came  again  . 
and  he  waked  me,  as  a  man  that  is  wakened 
out  of  his  sleep. 

2  And  he  said  to  me:    What  seest  thou?   And  1 


1  Portending  men.     That  is,  men,  who  by  words  and  actions  are  to 
foreshow  wonders  that  ar«  My  miiwl  Ik*  Orient.     Cbfust, 

who.  according  to  ».•  -   hmnamis  i-  the  senrant  of  God,  is  called  tkt 
Orient,  from  his  rising  like  the  ran  in  the  east  to  enlighten  tin-  world. 
•    The  tttmt    Another  emhlem  "f  ('hrM,  the  rock,  foundation,  and 
r-*1oo«  of  hi<  ehureli.     Seren  eyes.     The  manifold  p 
of  Christ    over  hi*  church,  or  the   seven  R-ifts  of  the   Spirit   of  <;.«!. 

One  day,  fir.,  tlie  day  of  the  p.'  I   onsl,  the nr  of  all  our 

iroo.1  •    when  tlu»  Ml  eksui  ItoM  shall  he  graved,  that  i«.  cut  ami  pier- 
rod,  with  whip,  thorns,  nails,  and  sVUM 


CHAP.  V,  VI. 


said  :  I  have  looked,  and  behold,  a  candlestick*  all 
of  gold,  and  its  lamp  upon  the  top  of  it ;  and  the  se- 
ven lights  thereof  upon  it;  and  seven  funnels  for  the 
lights  that  were  upon  the  top  thereof; 

3  And  two  olive-trees  over  it;  one  upon  the  right 
side  of  the  lamp,  and  the  other  upon  the  left  side 
thereof. 

4  And  I  answered,  and  said  to  the  Angel  that 
spoke  in  me,  saying:  What  are  these  things,  my 
lord  ? 

5  And  the  Angel  that  spoke  in  me  answered, 
and  said  to  me:  Knowest  thou  not  what  these  things 
are?  And  I  said:  No,  my  lord. 

6  And  he  answered,  and  spoke  to  me,  saying : 
This  is  the  word  of  the  Lord  to  Zorobabel,t  saying  : 
Not  with  an  army,  nor  by  might,  but  by  my  spirit, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

7  Who  art  thou,  O  great  mountain, J  before  Zo- 
robabel ?  thou  shalt  become  a  plain:  and  he  shall 
bring  out  the  chief  stone,  and  shall  give  equal  grace 
to  the  grace  thereof: 

8  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying: 

9  The  hands  of  Zorobabel  have  laid  the  founda- 
tions of  this  house,  and  his  hands  shall  finish  it:  and 
you  shall  know  that  the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  sent  me 
to  you. 

10  For  who  hath  despised  little  days?§  and  they 
shall  rejoice,  and  shall  see  the  tin  plummet  in  the 
hand  of  Zorobabel.  These  are  the  seven  eyes  of  the 
Lord,  that  run  to  and  fro  through  the  whole  earth. 

U  And  I  answered,  and  said  to  him  :  What  are 
these  two  olive-trees  upon  the  right  side  of  the  can- 
dlestick, and  upon  the  left  side  thereof? 

12  And  1  answered  again,  and  said  to  him :  What 
are  the  two  olive-branches,  that  are  by  the  two  gold- 
en beaks,  in  which  are  the  funnels  of  gold? 

13  And  he  spoke  to  me,  saying:  Knowest  thou 
not  what  these  are  ?  And  1  said  :  No,  my  lord. 

14  And  he  said  :  These  are  two  sons  of  oil||  who 
stand  before  the  Lord  of  the  whole  earth. 

CHAP.  V. 

The  vision  of  the  flying  volume,  and  of  the  woman  in  the  vessel, 

AND  1  turned  and  lifted  up  my  eyes:  and  I  saw, 
and  behold,  a  volume!  flying: 

2  And  he  said  to  me :  What  seest  thou  ?  And  I 
said  :  I  see  a  volume  flying :  the  length  thereof  is 
twenty  cubits,  and  the  breadth  thereof  ten  cubits. 

3  And  he  said  to  me:  This  is  the  curse,  that  goeth 
forth  over  the  face  of  the  earth:  for  every  thief  shall 

*  A  candlestick,  &c.  The  temple  of  God  that  was  then  in  building; 
and  in  a  more  sublime  sense,  the  church  of  Christ. 

f  To  Zorobabel.  This  vision  was  in  favour  of  Zorobabel ;  to  assure 
him  of  success  in  the  building  of  the  temple,  which  he  had  begun, 
signified  by  the  candlestick  ;  the  lamp  of  which,  without  any  other 
industry,  was  supplied  with  oil,  dropping  from  the  two  olive-trSes,  and 
distributed  by  the  seven  funnels  or  pipes,  to  maintain  the  seven 
lights. 

I  Great  mountain.  So  he  calls  the  opposition  made  by  the  enemies 
of  God's  people:  which  nevertheless,  without  any  army  or  might  on 
their  side,  was  quashed  by  divine  providence.  Shall  give  equal  grace, 
&c.     Shall  add  grace  to  grace,  or  beauty  to  beauty. 

t  Little  days.  That  is,  these  small  and  feeble  beginnings  of  the  tem- 
ple of  God.  The  tin  plummet.  Literally,  the  stone  of  tin.  He  means 
tie  builder's  plummet,  which  Zorobabel  shall  hold  in  his  band  for  the 
5nishing  the  building.  The  seven  eyes.  The  providence  of  God  that 
eversees  and  orders  all  things. 


be  judged  as  is  there  written  :  and  every  one  tha 
sweareth  in  like  manner  shall  be  judged  by  it. 

4  I  will  bring  it  forth,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts 
and  it  shall  come  to  the  house  of  the  thief,  and  to 
the  house  of  him  that  sweareth  falsely  by  my  name: 
and  it  shall  remain  in  the  midst  of  his  house,  and 
shall  consume  it  with  the  timber  thereof,  and  the 
stones  thereof. 

5  And  the  Angel  went  forth  that  spoke  in  me: 
and  he  said  to  me:  Lift  up  thy  eyes,  and  see  what 
this  is,  that  goeth  forth. 

6  And  I  said,  What  is  it?  And  he  said:  This  is 
a  vessel  going  forth.  And  he  said:  This  is  their 
eye**  in  all  the  earth. 

7  And  behold,  a  talent  of  lead  was  carried;  and 
behold,  a  woman  sitting  in  the  midst  of  the  vessel. 

8  And  he  said:  This  is  wickedness.  And  he  cast 
her  into  the  midst  of  the  vessel,  and  cast  the  weight 
of  lead  upon  the  mouth  thereof. 

9  And  I  lifted  up  my  eyes,  and  looked  :  and  be- 
hold, there  came  out  two  women,  and  wind  was  in 
their  wings,  and  they  had  wings  like  the  wings  of  a 
kite:  and  they  lifted  up  the  vessel  between  the 
earth  and  the  heaven. 

10  And  1  said  to  the  Angel  that  spoke  in  me: 
Whither  do  these  carry  the  vessel  ? 

11  And  he  said  to  me:  That  a  house  may  be 
built  for  it  in  the  land  of  Sennaar,ft  and  that  it  may 
be  established,  and  set  there  upon  its  own  basis. 

CHAP.  VI. 

The  vision  of  the  four  chariots.     Croions  are  ordered  for  Jesus 
the  high  priest,  as  a  type  of  Christ. 

\  ND  I  turned,  and  lifted  up  my  eyes,  and  saw: 
-^-  and  behold,  four  chariotsfj  came  out  from  the 
midst  of  two  mountains :  and  the  mountains  were 
mountains  of  brass. 

2  In  the  first  chariot  were  red  horses,  and  ih  the 
second  chariot  black  horses, 

3  And  in  the  third  chariot  white  horses,  and  in 
the  fourth  chariot  grisled  horses,  and  strong  ones. 

4  And  I  answered  and  said  to  the  Angel,  that 
spoke  in  me:  What  are  these,  my  lord? 

5  And  the  Angel  answered,  and  said  to  me:  These 
are  the  four  winds  of  the  heaven,  which  go  forth  to 
stand  before  the  Lord  of  all  the  earth. 

6  That  in  which  were  the  black  horses,  went 
forth  into  the  land  of  the  north  ;■§§  and  the  white 
went  forth  after  them  :  and  the  grisled  went  forth 
to  the  land  of  the  south. 

II  Two  sons  of  oil.  That  is,  the  two  anointed  ones  of  the  Lord  :  viz. 
Jesus  the  high  priest,  and  Zorobabel  the  prince. 

H  A  volume.  That  is,  a  parchment,  according  to  the  form  of  the 
ancient  books,  which,  from  being  rolled  up,  were  called  volumes. 

**  This  is  their  eye.  This  is  what  they  fix  their  eye  upon  :  or  this  la 
a  resemblance  and  figure  of  them,  viz.  of  sinners. 

ft  The  land  of  Sennaar.  Vf  here  Babel  of  Babylon  was  built,  Gen.  xi. 
where  note  that  Babylon  in  holy  writ  is  often  taken  for  the  city  of  the 
devil ;  that  is,  for  the  whole  congregation  of  tiie  wicked  :  as  Jerusa- 
lem is  taken  for  the  city  and  people  of  God. 

|I  Four  chariots.  The  four  great  empires  of  the  Chaldeans,  Persians. 
Grecians,  and  Romans;  or  perhaps  by  the  four  chariots  are  repre- 
sented the  kings  of  Egypt  and  of  Asia,  the  descendants  of  Ptolemeus 
and  Seleucus. 

H  The  land  of  the  north.  So  Bakylon  is  called  :  because  il  lay  to'the 
north  in  respect  to  Jerusalem.     The  bla<  k  horses,  that  is,  the'Medcs 

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7  And  they  that  were  most  Strong,  went  out.  ami 
sought  togo,  and  to  run  to  and  fro  through  all  the  earth. 
And  he  said  :  (Jo  walk  throughout  tin:  earth:  and 
they  walked  throughout  the  earth. 

8  And  he  railed  me,  and  spoke  to  me,  savins: 
Behold,  they  that  go  forth  into  the  land  o!  UW  noith, 
have  quietM  my  spirit  in  the  land  of  the  north. 

D  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  eatne  to  nie.  savins: 

10  Take  of  them  of  the  captivity,  of  Hoidai,  and 
of  Tohias,  and  of  Idaias  :  thou  shalt  come  in  that 
day,  ami  shalt  so  into  the  hooM  of  JosiaSj  the  son  of 
Sophonias,  who  came  out  of  Babvlon. 

1  1  And  thou  shalt  take  gold  and  silver,  and  shalt 
make  crown*:  and  thou  shall  set  them  on  the  head 
of  JeSOS  the  son  Of*  JosedCC  the  high  priest. 

12  And  thou  shall  speak  to  him,  saying:  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  saving  :  Bi.uoLD  A  M  IH,  mi. 
Okhm  is  iii-N\\ir:  and  under  him  shall  he  spring 
up,  and  shall  build  a  temple  to  the  Lord. 

15  Yea,  he  shall  build  a  temple  to  the  Lord:  and 
be  shall  beat  the  glory,  and  shall  sit  and  rule  upon 
his  throne  :  and  be  shall  be  a  priest  upon  his  throne: 
and  the  counsel  of  peace  shall  be  between  them 
both.* 

1  \  And  the  crowns  shall  be  to  Hclem,  and  To- 
hias, and  Idaias,  and  to  Hem,  the  son  of  Sophonias, 
a  mi tutorial  in  the  temple  of  the  Lord. 

16  And  they  that  are  far  off,  shall  come,  and 
shall  build  in  the  temple  of  the  Lord  :  and  you  shall 
know  that  the  Lord  of  hosts  sent  me  to  you.  But 
this  sh.dl  come  to  pass,  if  hearing  you  will  hear  the 
I          of  the  Lord  \our  Clod. 

CHAP.  VII. 

The  people  inquire  concerning  failing :  they  are  admonished 
to  fast  from  sin. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fourth  year  of  king 
I  >  iritis  that  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Zach- 
arias,  in  the  fourth  day  of  the  ninth  month,  which 
is  Casleu. 

2  When  Sarasar,  and  Rogonimelech,  and  the 
men  that  were  w  it i i  him,  sent  to  the  house  of  God, 
to  entreat  the  face  of  the  Lord: 

3  To  Speak    to  the    priests  of  the    house  of   the 

Lord  of  hosts,  and  to  the  prophets,  saying:  Must  I 
weep  in  the  fifth  month, t  or  must  1  sanctify  my- 
self as  I  have  now  done  for  many  years? 

4  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  came  to 
me,  savins: 

5  Speak  to  all  the  people  of  the  land,  and  to  the 
priests,  s, i  \  ins :  Whin  voii  lasted  and  mourned  in  the 

fifth  and  the  seventh  month  for  these  seventy  years; 

did  you  keep  a  fast  unto  me? 

6  And  when  you  did  eat  and  drink,  did  vou  not 
eat  foi  votirsi  Ives,  and  drink  lor  VOUrsell 

7  Are  not  these  the  words,  whi<  li  the  Lord  spoke 
bj  the  hand  of  the  former  prophets,  when  Jerusa- 
lem as  yet  was  inhabited  and  was  wealthy,  both  it- 

mnd  Peruana ;  and  after  them  Alexander  and  bia  Oreekt,  aifnified  by 
the  white  nonet,  went  thither  became  they  conquered  Babylon,  .  \< 
cuted  upon  it  the  jndirmrnu  of  God,  which  it  •■gnifii-,1  icr.  ;i.  bj  the 
eipiwion  of  faVriiu  Ml  mini.     Tip  UnJ  of  Ike  smth.     Kg\  pt.  which 
lay  to  the  tooth  of  /emmiem ;  and  waa  occu|iied  fir 
ba  i  !■<•  Imia 

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self  and  the  cities  round  about  it,  and  there  were  in 
habitants  towards  the  south,  and  in  the  plain? 

And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Zacharias 
savin-: 

9  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  saying:  Judge 
ye  trui- judgment,  and  show  ye  mercy  and  compas- 
sion every  man  to  his  brother. 

10  And  oppress  not  the  widow,  ami  the  fathcr- 
and  the  stranger,  and  the  poor:  and  let  not  a 

man  devise  evil  in  his  heart  against  his  brother. 

11  But  they  would  not  hearken:  and  they  turned 
away  the  shoulder  to  depart:  and  they  stopped  their 
ears,  not  to  hear. 

12  And  they  madetheirhcartastheadamant  stone: 
lest  thev  should  hear  the  law,  and  the  words  which 
the  Lord  of  hosts  sent  in  his  spirit  by  the  hand  of 
the  former  prophets:  so  a  great  indignation  came 
from  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

13  And  it, came  to  pass  that  as  he  spoke  and  they 
heard  not;  so  shall  they  cry,  and  I  will  not  hear, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

14  And  I  dispersed  them  throughout  all  kingdoms, 
which  they  know  not:  and  the  land  was  left  deso- 
late behind  them,  so  that  no  man  passed  through 
or  returned:  and  they  changed  the  delightful  laud 
into  a  wilderness. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

Joyful  promises  to  Jerusalem  :  fully  verified  in  the  church  of 

Christ. 

\  KD  the  word  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  came  to  me, 
•£*■  saying: 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  I  have  been  jea- 
lous for  Sion  with  a  great  jealousy;  and  with  a  great 
indignation  have  I  been  jealous  lor  her. 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  '1  am  returned 
to  Sion,  and  1  will  dwell  in  the  midst  of  Jerusalem: 
and  Jerusalem  shall  be  called  the  city  of  truth,  and 
the  Mountain  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  sanctified 
Mountain. 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  There  shall  yet 
old  men  and  old  women  dwell  in  the  streets  of  Je- 
rusalem :  and  every  man  with  his  staff  in  his  hand 
through  multitude  of  days. 

5  And  the  streets  of  the  city  shall  be  full  of  boys 
and  girls  playing  in  the  streets  thereof. 

6  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  If  it  seem  hard 
in  the  eyes  of  the  remnant  of  this  people  in  those 
days ;  shall  it  be  hard  in  my  eyes,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts  ? 

7  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  Behold,  I  will 
save  my  people  from  the  land  of  the  east,  and  from 
the  land  of  the  going  down  of  the  sun. 

8  And  I  will  bring  them,  and  they  shall  dwell  in 

the  midst  of  Jerusalem:  and  they  shall  be  my  peo- 
ple: and  I  will  be  their  (iod  in  truth  and  in  justice. 

9  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  Let  your  hands 
lie  strengthened,  you  that  hear  in  tin  se  days  tl 


*  Btttctrn  them  both.    That   it,   he  shall  unite  in  himat-If  Die  two 
oflicct  or  ilipnitie*  of  king;  ami  Mi 

f    The  fifth  month.  They  failed  on  the  irnlh  day  of  (lie  fifth  month  , 
lae  <m  that  day  Iho  temple  wa»  hnriit.     Therefore  Ihey  u 
whether  th<  I,  after  the  ti  Mull.  See 

ituaqn  red  in  the  \:ni\  reraeof  Ik*  fettowioa, 


CHAP.  IX. 


words  by  the  mouth  of  the  prophets,  in  the  day  that 
the  house  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  was  founded,  that 
the  temple  might  be  built. 

10  For  before  those  days  there  was  no  hire  tor 
men:  neither  was  there  hire  for  beasts;  neither  was 
there  peace  to  him  that  came  in,  nor  to  him  that 
went  out,  because  of  the  tribulation:  and  1  let  all 
men  go  every  one  against  his  neighbour. 

11  But  now  I  will  not  deal  with  the  remnant  of 
this  people  according  to  the  former  days,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts.  ,     *  . 

12  But  there  shall  be  the  seed  of  peace:  the 
vine  shall  yield  her  fruit,  and  the  earth  shall  give 
her  increase,  and  the  heavens  shall  give  their  dew: 
and  I  will  cause  the  remnant  of  this  people  to  pos- 
sess all  these  things. 

13  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  as  you  were 
a  curse  among  the  Gentiles,  O  house  of  Juda,  and 
house  of  Israel :  so  will  1  save  you,  and  you  shall  he  a 
blessing:  fear  not;  let  your  hands  be  strengthened. 

14  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  As  1  pur- 
posed to  afflict  you,  when  your  fathers  had  pro- 
voked me  to  wrath,  saith  the  Lord, 

15  And  I  had  no  mercy  :  so  turning  again  1  have 
thought  in  these  days  to  do  good  to  the  house  ol 
Juda,  and  Jerusalem:  fear  not. 

16  These  then  are  the  things,  which  you  shall 
do :  Speak  ye  truth  every  one  to  his  neighbour  : 
iudge  ye  truth  and  judgment  of  peace  in  your 
gates.  .  . 

17  And  let  none  of  you  imagine  evil  in  your 
hearts  against  his  friend  :  and  love  not  a  false  oath  : 
for  all  these  are  the  things  that  I   hate,  saith  the 

Lord.  '       ,#»"«-■'■ 

18  And  the  word  of  the   Lord  of  hosts  came  to 

me,  saying :  . 

19  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  The  fast  of 
the  fourth  month,*  and  the  fast  of  the  fifth,  and  the 
fast  of  the  seventh,  and  the  fast  of  the  tenth  shall  be 
to  the  house  of  Juda,  joy,  and  gladness,  and  great 
solemnities  :  only  love  ye  truth  and  peace. 

20  Thus  s?ith  the  Lord  of  hosts  :  Until  people 
come,  and  dwell  in  many  cities, 

21  And  the  inhabitants  go  one toanother,  saying  : 
Let  us  go,  and  entreat  the  face  of  the  Lord,  and  let 
us  seeK  the  Lord  of  hosts  :  I  also  will  go. 

22  And  many  peoples  and  strong  nations  shall 
come  to  seek  the  Lord  of  hosts  in  Jerusalem,  and 
to  entreat  the  face  of  the  Lord. 

23  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  :  In  those  days, 
wherein  ten  menf  of  all  languages  of  the  Gentiles 
shall  take  hold,  and  shall  hold  fast  the  skirt  of  one 
that  is  a  Jew,  saying  :  We  will  go  with  you  :  for 
we  have  heard  that  God  is  with  you. 


+  The  fast  of  the  fourth  month,  &c.  They  fasted  on  the  ninth  day  of 
the  fourth  month,  because  on  that  day  Nabuchodonosor  took  Jerusa- 
lem, Jeremias  lii.  6.  On  the  tenth  day  of  the  fifth  month  :  because  on 
that  dav  the  temple  was  burnt,  Jerem'.  lii.  12.  On  the  third  day  of  the 
seventh  month,  for  \J  e  murder  of  Godolias,  Jerem.  xli.  2.  And  on  the 
tenth  day  of  the  trth  month,  because  on  that  day  the  Chaldeans  he- 
pan  to  besiege  Jerusalem,  4  Kings  xxv.  1.  All  these  fasts,  if  they  will 
be  obedient  fortht  future,  shall  be  changed,  as  is  here  promised,  into 
jovful  solemnities. 

t  Tm  men,  &c.  Many  of  the  Gentiles  became  proselytes  to  the 


CHAP.  IX. 

God  trill  defend  his  church,  and  bring  over  even  her  enemies  to 
the  faith.     The  meek  coming  of  Christ,  to  bring  peace  to  de- 
liver the  captives  by  his  blood,  and  to  give  us  all  good  things. 
rpHE  burden  of  the  word  of  the  Lord  in  the  land 
A    of  Hadrach,!  and  of  Damascus  the  rest  there- 
of: for  the  eye  of  man,  and  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel 
is  the  Lord's. 

2  Emath  also  in  the  borders  thereof,  and  Tyre, 
and  Sidon  :  for  they  have  taken  to  themselves  to  be 
exceeding  wise. 

3  And  Tyre  hath  built  herself  a  stronghold,  and 
heaped  together  silver  as  earth,  and  gold  as  the  mire 
of  the  streets. 

4  Behold,  the  Lord  shall  possess  her,  and  shall 
strike  her  strength  in  the  sea  :  and  she  shall  be  de- 
voured with  fire. 

5  Ascalon  shall  see,  and  shall  fear,  and  Gaza, 
and  shall  be  very  sorrowful  :  and  Accaron,  because 
her  hope  is  confounded  :  and  the  king  shall  perish 
from  Gaza  :  and  Ascalon  shall  not  be  inhabited. 

6  And  the  divider  shall  sit  in  Azotus  :  and  I  will 
destroy  the  pride  of  the  Philistines. 

7  And  I  will  take  away  his  blood§  out  of  his 
mouth,  and  his  abominations  from  between  his 
teeth  :  and  even  he  shall  be  left  to  our  God  ;  and 
he  shall  be  as  a  governor  in  Juda,  and  Accaron  as 
a  Jebusite. 

8  And  I  will  encompass  my  house  with  them 
that  serve  me  in  war,||  going  and  returning;  and 
the  oppressor  shall  no  more  pass  through  them  :  for 
now  I  have  seen  with  my  eyes. 

9  Rejoice  greatly,  O  daughter  of  Sion  ;  shout 
for  joy,  O  daughter  of  Jerusalem  :  behold,  thy 
king  will  come  to  thee,  the  just  and  saviour  :  he  is 
poor,  and  riding  upon  an  ass,  and  upon  a  colt  the 
foal  of  an  ass. 

10  And  I  will  destroy  the  chariot  out  of  Ephraim, 
and  the  horse  out  of  Jerusalem  :  and  the  bow  for 
war  shall  be  broken  :  and  he  shall  speak  peace  to 
the  Gentiles  :  And  his  power  shall  be  from  sea  to 
sea  and  from  the  rivers  even  to  the  end  of  the  earth. 

11  Thou  also  by  the  blood  of  thy  testament  hast 
sent  forth  thy  prisoners  out  of  the  pit,  wherein  is  no 
water. 

12  Return  to  the  strong  hold,  ye  prisoners  of 
hope  :  I  will  render  thee  double  as  I  declare  to-day. 

13  Because  I  have  bent  Juda  for  me  as  a  bow,  I 
have  filled  Ephraim  :  and  I  will  raise  up  thy  sons, 
O  Sion,H  above  thy  sons,  O  Greece  :  and  I  will 
make  thee  as  the  sword  of  the  mighty. 

14  And  the  Lord  God  shall  be  seen  over  them  : 
and  his  dart  shall  go  forth  as  lightning:  and  the  Lord 
God  will  sound  the  trumpet,  and  go  in  the  whirl- 
wind of  the  south. 

Jewish  religion  before  Christ ;  but  many  more  were  converted  to 
Christ  by  the  apostles  and  other  preachers  of  the  Jewish  nation. 

t  Hadrach.     Syria. 

}  His  blood.  It  is  spoken  of  the  Philistines,  and  particularly  of 
Azotus,  (where  the  temple  of  Dagon  was)  and  contains  a  prophecy 
of  the  conversion  of  that  people  from  their  bloody  sacrifices  and 
abominations,  to  the  worship  of  the  true  God. 

||   That  serve  me  in  war,  viz.  The  Machabees. 

IT  Thy  sons,  0  Sion,  Src.  viz.  The  apostles,  who,  in  the  spiritual 
way,  conquered  the  Greeks,  and  subdued  them  to  Christ. 


ZACI1  ARIAS. 


15  The  Lord  of  hoars  will  prated  them:  and 
they  shall  demur,  and  subdue  with  the  stones  of  the 
sling:   and  drinking  they  shall  be  Inebriated  as  it 

Wen  with  wine  :  and  they  shall  Ik'  filled  as  howls, 

and  a>  the  horns  of  the  altar. 

It",  And  the  Lord  their  God  will  save  then  in 

that  day.  a^  the  flock  of  bit  people:  for  holy  stones* 
shall  be  lifted  tip  over  his  land. 

17  For  what  is  the  good  tbiog  of  him.  and  what 
is  his  beautiful  thine,  but  the  cornf  of  the  elect, 

and  wine  > i . i  i 1 1 - i i m  forth  \  ir^ins  ? 

CHAP.  X. 

God  it  to  be  f  me  fit  to,  and  nut  id  nit.   The  rictoriet  of  hit  church, 
ir'iich  th.ill  ,i  i  dlif  frumthe  Jewish  nattim. 

A>K  v.-  of  the    Lord  rain    in  the   latter  ftaaOB  | 
and  the  Lord  will  makr  SHOWS,  and  will  give 

them  showers  of  raia,  to  every  one  grass  in  the  field. 
t  lor  the  idols  have  spoken  what  wasunprofita- 

nle;  and  the  diviners  have  seen  a  lie;  and  the 
dreamers  have  spoken  vanity :  they  comforted  in 
rain:  therefore  they  were  ledawaj  as  a  flock  :  they 
shall  be  afflicted,  because  they  have  no  shepherd. 

3  My  wrath  is  kindled  against  the  shepherds: 
and  [will  visit  upon  the  buck-goats  :  lor  the  Lord 
of  hosts  hath  visited  his  flock,  the  house  of  .Itida, 
and  hath  made  tin  in  as  the  horse  of  his  glory  in  the 
battle. 

4  Out  of  him  shall  come  forth  the  corner,  out  of 
him  the  pin,  out  of  him  the  bow  of  hattle,  out  of  him 
every  exactor   together. 

5  And  they  shall  he  as  mighty  men.  treading  un- 
der foot  the  mire  of  the  ways  in  battle:  and  they 
shall  fight,  because  the  Lord  is  with  them:  and  the 
riders  of  horses  shall  Im-  confounded. 

6  \iu\  1  will  siren-then  the  house  of  . Tuda,  and 
s.ive    the    house  of  Joseph:    audi  will   bring  them 

back  again,  because  1  will  have  mercy  on  them  : 
and  they  shall  be  as  they  were  when  I  had  cast 
them  ofl",   lor  I  am   the  Lord  their  God,   and   will 

heir  them. 

7  And  they  shall  !>e  as  the  valiant  men  of  Kphra'un, 
and  their  heart  shall  rejoice  as  through  wine:  and 
their  children  shall  see,  and  shall  rejoice:  and  their 
heart  shall  he  joyful  in  tin:  Lord. 

8  I  will  whisil.-  lor  them  ;  and  I  will  gather  them 
together,  because  I  have  redeemed  them:  ami  I  will 
multiply  them  as  thev  vv  tie  multiplied  before. 

9  And  I  will  sow  ihem  among  peoples:  and  from 

afar  they  shall  remember  me: 'and  the]  shall  live 

wilh  their  children,  and  shall  return. 

10  And  I  will  bring  them  back  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  and  will  gather  them  nwn  anion:;  the  Assy- 
rians :    and  will  bring  them  to  the  land  of  (ialaail. 


*  Half  riant t.  The  apostles,  who  shall  be  as  pillan  and  monuments 
in  the  rliurch. 

t  Tkt  eons,  kc.  Hit  mm!  excellent  (rift  i«  the  Mewed  F.ueliari«t, 
called  here  tkt  cant,  that  is  the  broad  of  tkt  eltet,  and  the  iriw  tpringing 
farlk  wirgint ;  that  la,  mdulh  rirfint  to  bud,  or  spring  forth,  a*  it  were, 
libs  Sowers  anions;  thorns ;  because  it  hath  a  wonderful  efficacy  to 
(fire  and  preserre  pnirty. 

LO  Lttssmi,     So  Jerusalem,  and  mora  particularly  the  temple,  b 
.1  by  I  ha  prophets,  from  its  height,  and  fn.m  its  hemp  built  of  the 
cedars  of  Libaaos.     7>«  tUmrt.     Thv  princes  and  chief  man. 

t  £wr*  —t  ml*  hit  migkkour'i  kmnd.  kc.  This  alludes  to  the  last 
Mage  of  Jerusalem  ;  in  whi«  h  IB*  dun-rent  I""  lions  of  the  Jews  de- 
stroyed ooe  another;  and  they  that  remained  fell  into  the  hands  of 

741 


and  Lihanus;  and  place  shall  not  be  found  for  them 
11    And  be  shall  pass  Ofef   the  strait  of  the   sea 
and  shull  strike  the  waves  in    the    sea:    and  all  the 
depths  of  the   river  shall  he  confounded:    and    the 
pride  of  Assyria  shall  he  humbhd,   and  the  sceptre 
of  I  -\  pi   shall  depart. 

1 J  1  will  strengthen  them  in  the  Lord,  and  they 
shall  walk  in  his  name. saith  (he  Lord. 

CHAP.  XI. 

The  dettructinn  of  Jerusalem  and  the  temple.      Gad' t  dealings 
with  the  Jewt,  and  their  reprolniti-in. 

OPEN  th>  gates,  0  Lihanus  :{  and  let  fire  devour 
thy  cedar-. 

2  Howl,  thou  fir-tree,  for  the  cedar  is  fallen,  for 
th«-  mighty  are  laid  waste:  howl,  ye  oaks  of  Basan, 
because  the  fenced  forest  is  cut  down  : 

3  The  voice  of  the  bowling  of  the  shepherds,  be- 
cause their  glory  is  bud  waste:  the  voice  of  the  roar- 
ing of  the  lions,  because  the  pride  of  the  Jordan  is 
spoiled. 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  my  God:  Feed  the  flock 
of  the  slaughter, 

5  Which  I  hey  that  possessed  slew,  and  repented 
not;  and  they  sold  them,  saying:  Blessed  be  the 
Lord,  we  are  become  rich :  and  their  shepherds 
spared  them  not. 

6  And  I  will  no  more  spare  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land,  saith  the  Lord:  behold,  I  will  deliver  the  men. 
every  one  into  his  neighbour's  hand,§  and  into  the 
hand  of  his  kin:;:  and  they  shall  destroy  the  land; 
and  I  will  not  deliver  it  out  of  their  haiid. 

7  And  I  will  feed  the  dock  of  slaughter  for  this, 

0  ve  poor  of  the  Mock.  And  I  took  unto  me  two 
rods,||one  I  ealled  Beauty,  and  the  other  I  called  a 
Cord:  and  1  fed  the  flock. 

8  And  I  cut  off  three  shepherds  in  one  mouth  ;H 
and  my  soul  was  straitened  in  their  regard:  for  their 
soul  also  varied  in  my  regard. 

9  And  1  said:  I  will  not  feed  you:  that  which 
dieth,  let  it  die:  and  that  which  is  cut  off,  let  it  be 
cut  off:  and  let  the  rest  devour  every  one  the  flesh 
of  bis  neighbour. 

10  And  I  took  my  rod  that  was  called  Beauty  : 
ami  Icut  it  asunder  to  make  void  my  covenant,  w  Inch 

1  had  made  with  all  people. 

11  And  it  was  made  void  in  that  day:  and  so  the 
poor  of  the  flock  that  keep  for  me,  understood  that  it 
is  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

12  And  I  said  to  them:  If  it  be  good  in  your  i 
bring  hiiheriny  wages:  and  if  not,  be  quiet.      And 
thev  weighed  for  my  wages  thirty  pieees  of  silver. 

13  And  the  Lord  said  tome:  Cast  it  to  the  sta- 
tuary,** a  handsome  price,  that  I  was  priced  at  by 


their  kin?  |  that  is,  of  the  Roman  emperor,  of  whom  they  had  said, 
St.  John  xir.  IS.    U't  have  no  king  hut  Ccttmr. 

|  Ties  rod*.  Or  •lieplierd's  staves,  meaning  the  different  wars  of 
God's  dealing  with  his  people ;  the  one  by  sweet  means,  called  the 
rod  of  Btauly  t  the  other  by  bands  and  punishments,  called  the  Cord. 
And  where  both  these  rods  are  made  of  no  use  or  effect  by  the  oh- 
Minacy  of  sinners,  the  rods  are  broken,  am*  such  sinners  arc  guru  up 
to  a  reprobate  sense,  as  the  Jewt  were. 

*  Tkrt*  tktnktrd$  in  ent  month.  That  is,  in  a  very  short  time.  By 
these  (am  tktnkerdt  probably  are  meant  the  latter  princes  and  high 
|.n.  -I-  of  the  Jews,  whose  reign  was  snort 

«•   Tkt  ttatumrf.    The  Hebrew  word  signifies  also  a  poller. 


CHAP.  XII,  XIII. 


(hem.  And  I  took  the  thirty  pieces  of  silver:  and 
I  cast  them  into  the  house  of  the  Lord  to  the 
statuary. 

14  And  I  cut  off  my  second  rod  that  was  called 
a  Cord,  that  I  might  break  the  brotherhood  between 
Juda  and  Israel. 

15  And  the  Lord  said  to  me:  Take  to  thee  yet 
the  instruments  of  a  foolish  shepherd.* 

16  For  behold,  I  will  raise  up  a  shepherd  in  the 
land,  who  shall  not  visit  what  is  forsaken,  nor  seek 
what  is  scattered,  nor  heal  what  is  broken,  nor 
nourish  that  which  standeth :  and  he  shall  eat  the 
flesh  of  the  fat  ones,  and  break  their  hoofs. 

1 7  O  shepherd,  and  idol,  that  forsaketh  the  flock ; 
the  sword  upon  his  arm,  and  upon  his  right  eye  : 
his  arm  shall  quite  wither  away;  and  his  right  eye 
shall  be  utterly  darkened. 

CHAP.  XII. 

God  shall  protect   his  church  against  her  persecutors.      The 
mourning  of  Jerusalem. 

^T^HE  burden  of  the  word  of  the  Lord  upon  Israel- 
-*-    Thus  saith  the  Lord,  who  stretcheth  forth  the 
heavens,  and  layeth   the  foundations  of  the  earth, 
and  formeth  the  spirit  of  man  in  him  : 

2  Behold,  I  will  make  Jerusalem  a  lintel  of  sur- 
feitingt  to  all  the  people  roundabout:  and  Juda 
also  shall  be  in  the  siege  against  Jerusalem. 

3  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  I  will 
make  Jerusalem  a  burdensome  stone  to  all  people: 
all  that  shall  lift  it  up  shall  be  rent  and  torn :  and  all 
tin;  kingdoms  of  the  earth  shall  be  gathered  together 
against  her. 

4  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord,  I  will  strike  every 
horse  with  astonishment,  and  his  rider  with  mad- 
ness: and  I  will  open  my  eyes  upon  the  house  of 
Juda,  and  will  strike  every  horse  of  the  nations  with 
blindness. 

5  And  the  governors  of  Juda  shall  say  in  their 
heart:  Let  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  be  strength- 
ened for  me  in  the  Lord  of  hosts,  their  God. 

6  In  that  day  I  will  make  the  governors  of  Juda 
like  a  furnace  of  fire  amongst  wood,  and  as  a  fire- 
brand amongst  hay:  and  they  shall  devour  all  the 
people  round  about,  to  the  right  hand,  and  to  the 
left:  and  Jerusalem  shall  be  inhabited  again  in  her 
own  place  in  Jerusalem. 

7  And  the  Lord  shall  save  the  tabernacles  of  Juda, 
as  in  the  beginning:  that  the  house  of  David,  and 
the  glory  of  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  may  not 
boast  and  magnify  themselves  against  Juda. 

8  In  that  day  shall  the  Lord  protect  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Jerusalem,  and  he  that  hath  offended  among 
them  in  that  day  shall  be  as  David;  and  the  house 
of  David,  as  that  of  God,  as  an  Angel  of  the  Lord 
in  their  sight. 

9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  I 
will  seek  to  destroy  all  the  nations  that  come  against 
Jerusalem. 

*  A  foolish  shepherd.  This  was  to  represent  the  foolish,  that  is,  the 
wicked  princes  and  priests  that  should  rule  the  people,  before  their 
utter  desolation. 

t  A  Lintel  of  surfeiting.  That  is,  a  door  into  which  they  shall  seek 
to  enter,  to  glut  themselves  with  blood  :  but  they  shall  stumble,  and 


10  And  I  will  pour  out  upon  the  house  of  David, 
and  upon  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  the  spirit  ot 
grace,  and  of  prayers:  and  they  shall  look  upon  me, 
whom  they  have  pierced;  and  they  shall  mourn  for 
him  as  one  mourneth  for  an  only  son:  and  they  shall 
grieve  over  him,  as  the  manner  is  to  grieve  for  the 
death  of  the  first-born. 

11  In  that  day  there  shall  be  a  great  lamentation 
in  Jerusalem,  like  the  lamentation  of  AdadremmonJ 
in  the  plain  of  Mageddon. 

12  And  the  land  shall  mourn  ;  families  and  fami- 
lies apart;  the  families  of  the  house  of  David  apart, 
and  their  women  apart ; 

13  The  families  of  the  house  of  Nathan  apart, 
and  their  women  apart ;  the  families  of  the  house 
of  Levi  apart,  and  their  women  apart;  the  families 
of  Semei  apart,  and  their  women  apart : 

14  All  the  rest  of  the  families,  families  and  fami- 
lies apart,  and  their  women  apart. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

The.  fountain  of  Christ.  Idoh  and  fake  prophets  shall  be 
extirpated.  Christ  shall  suffer  :  his  people  shall  be  tried 
by  fire. 

TN  that  day  there  shall  be  a  fountain  open  to  the 
•■-houseof  David,  and  to  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem 
for  the  washing  of  the  sinner,  and  of  the  unclea 
woman. 

2  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  that  I  will  destroy  the  names  of  idols 
out  of  the  earth  ;  and  they  shall  be  remembered  no 
more  :  and  I  will  take  away  the  false  prophets,  and 
the  unclean  spirit  out  of  the  earth. 

3  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  when  any  man 
shall  prophesy  anymore,  his  father  and  his  mother 
that  brought  him  into  the  world,  shall  say  to  him: 
Thou  shalt  not  live ;  because  thou  hast  spoken  a 
lie  in  the  name  of  the  Lord.  And  his  father,  and 
his  mother,  his  parents  shall  thrust  him  through, 
when  he  shall  prophecy. 

4  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  the 
prophets  shall  be  confounded,  every  one  by  his  own 
vision,  when  he  shall  prophesy,  neither  shall  they 
be  clad  with  a  garment  of  sackcloth  to  deceive  : 

5  But  he  shall  say:  I  am  no  prophet;  I  am  a 
husbandman :  for  Adam  is  my  example  from  myyouth. 

.  6  And  they  shall  say  to  him  :  What  are  these 
wounds  in  the  midst  of  thy  hands?  And  he  shall 
say :  With  these  I  was  wounded  in  the  house  ot 
them  that  loved  me. 

7  Awake,  O  sword,  against  my  shepherd,  and 
against  the  man  that  cleaveth  to  me,  saith  the  Lord 
of  hosts :  strike  the  shepherd,  and  the  sheep  shall 
be  scattered:  and  I  willturnmyhandtothelittleones. 

8  And  there  shall  be  in  all  the  earth,  saith  the 
Lord,  two  parts  in  it  shall  be  scattered,  and  shall 
perish  :  but  the  third  part  shall  be  left  therein, 

9  And  I  will  bring  the  third  part  through  the 


fall  like  men  stupified  with  wine.     It  seems  to  allude  to  the  times  ot 
Antiochus,  and  to  the  victories  of  the  Machabees. 

J  Madremmon.     A  place  near  Mageddon,  where  the  good  king  Jo- 
sias  was  slain,  and  much  lamented  by  his  people. 

74  S 


ZACIIARIAS. 


fire,  and  will  refine  them  as  m1\.  r  is  reined  !  and  I 

will  try  them  as  gold  is  tried.    Thev  shall  call  on  mv 

nam.-,  and  I  wdl  hear  them.    I  w  ill  say  :  Thou  an  mi 

pie:  and  they  shall  -,,  :     I  !„■  Loid  U  m\  l.od. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

thr  persrrutiont  of  the  church  thall fijlow  great  prntpcritn. 
>hatl  be  punished:  to  thall  all  that  intlnot  tcrre 


B 


EHOLD,  tin-  days  of  the  Lord  shall  come:  and 
thy  spoil  shall  be  divided  in  the  midst  of  thee. 
I  And  I  will  gather*  all  nations  to  Jerusalem  to 
battle  :  and  the  fit \  shall  be  taken,  and  the  houses 
shall  be  tilled,  and  the  women  shall  be  defiled:  and 

half  of  the  city  shall  go  forth  into  captivity:  and 
the  rest  "i  the  people  shall  not  be  taken  away  out 
ol  the  city. 

3    I  'hen  tin-  Lord  shall  go  forth,  and  shall   fight 
linst    those   nations,    as    w  hen  lie  fought    in   the 

i\.\\  ol  battle. 

I     Vnd  his  fret  shall  stand  in  that  day   upon  the 
moum  of  Olives,  which  is  over-aninsl  Jerusalem 

toward  the  east  :  and  the  mount  of  Olives  shall  be 
divided  in  the  midst  thereof  to  the  east,  and  to  the 
•rest,  with  a  very  great  opening:  and  half  of  the 
mountain  shall  he  separated  to  the  north,  and  hall 
thereof  to  the  south. 

5  And  you  shall  lice  to  the  valley  of  those  moun- 
tains, for  the  valley  ol  the  mountains  shall  he  joined 

i  to  the  nr\t  :  and  you  shall  lice  as  you  fled  from 
the  lace  of  the  earthquake  in  the  days  of  Ozi  is  kin* 
of  Juda:   and  the  Lord  my  God  shall  come,  and  all 

-  tints  with  him. 

6  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  dav,  that  there 
Shall  he  no  I'uht.f  hut  cold  and  frost. 

i  \ud  there  shall  he  one  day,  which  is  known 
to  the  Lord,  not  dav  nor  night:  and  in  the  time  of 
the  evening  there  shall  he  light. J 

I  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that 
tiring  waters;  shall  go  out  from  Jerusalem :  "half  of 
them  to  the  east  sea,  and  half  of  them  to  the  last 
they  shall  he  in  summer  and  in  winter. 

9  And  the  Lord  shall  he  kin-  over  all  the  earth: 
in  that  day  there  shall  be  one  Lord,  and  his  Dame 
shall  k;  one. 

10  And  all  the  land  shall  return  ||  even  to  the  dc- 
.  from  the  hiH  of  Retnmon  to  the   south   of  Je- 
rusalem :   and  she  shall  he  exalted,  and  shall  dwell 
in  her  own  place,  from  tin-  gate  of  Benjamin   even 

i  to  be  m  prophecy  of  what  *u  done 


to  the  place  of  the  former  gate,  and   even  to  the 
gate  Ol  the  comers;  and  from  the  tower  ct  llanaiieel 

evea  to  the  kind's  w  ine-| 

11  And  people  shall  dwell  in  it:  and  there,  shall  be 
•  'nit  Jerusalem  shall  sits, -cur,.. 


no  more  an 


This  ■ 


•    /  rill  gather,  fcc 

by  Antiochus. 

f  ,V»  light,  vis.     In  that  dismal  time  of  persecution  of  Antiorhus. 
iher  day  nor  night:  {rcr.  7.)  became  thev  ncitlicr  had 
labia  lurhi  of  the  day,  nor  the  repose  of  the  night, 
t    In  the  time  of  thr  evening  then  thall  be  light.     An  unexpected  light 
*ball  an-'  i-ait*  of  the  Macbabees,  when  thing*  thai! 

to  be  at  ih'"  wont. 

if  wmtert.  viz.     The  gospel  of  Christ, 
i  M  the  land  thall  return,  fcc.     Thin,  in  tome  measure,  w«  vrrificd 
to  the  means  of  .  ibees;  but  it  rather  to  be  taken  in  a  spirit- 

aa  rrlalinr  to  the  propagation  of  the  obarob  and  kingdom 
•  rue  Jerusalem,  which  alone  thall  never  fall  under  tha 
-'»  curie. 
'    Thr  fie  A  of   every  one  thmll  consume,  fc<\   Such   judgments  at  theae 
hare  often  fallen  upon  the  persecutors  of  God's  church,  as  appears  by 
inanv  mttances  in  bitlorr. 

*  *  F.-,n  Juda,  fcc.    The  carnal  Jews,  and  other  false  brothers,  thall 
join  in  persecuting  the  churrh. 

ft  Shall  be  Ualhit  dettruetion.     That  is,  the  beasts  thall  be  destroyed 
as  well  as  the  men,  the  common  soldiers  as  well  as  their  leaders.  ' 

744 


IJ    And  this  shall  he  the  plague,  wheiewith    the 
Lord  shall  strike  all  nations  that  have  foughl  against 
Jerusalem  :   the  Beth  ol  even  one  shall   consul 
IWaj    while  they    stand  upon   their  feet  ;   and   their 

-  shall  consume  away  in   their  holes  :  an. I   their 
tongue  shall  consume  away  in  their  mouth. 

13  In  that  day  there  shall  he  a  greal  tumult  from 
the  Lord  anion-  them:  and  a  man  shall  take  the 
hand  of  his  neighbour:  and  his  hand  shall  he  clasp- 
ed upon  his  neighbours  hand. 

14  And  even  Juda**  shall  fight  against  Jerusalem  : 
and  the  riches  of  all  nations  round  about  shall  be 
gathered  together,  gold,  and  silver,  and  garments  in 
greal  abundance, 

15  And  the  destruction  of  the  horse,  and  of  the 
mule,  and  of  the  camel,  and  of  the  ass.  and  of  all  the 
beasts  that  shall  he  in  those  tents,  shall  be  like  this 
destruction. ft 

16*  And  all  they  that  shall  be  left  ft  of  all  nations 
that  came  against  Jerusalem,  shall  go  up  from  \ear 
to  year,  to  adore  the  king,  the  Lord  of  hosts,  and  to 
keep  the  feast  of  tabernacles. 

17  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  he  that  shall 
not  go  up  of  the  families  of  the  land  to  Jerusalem, 
to  adore  the  King,  the  Lord  of  hosts,  there  shall  be 
no  rain  upon  them. 

18  And  if  the  family  of  Egypt  go  not  up,  nor  come, 
neither  shall  it  be  upon  them;  hut  there  shall  he  de- 
struction, wherewith  the  Lord  will  strike  all  nations 
that  will  not  go  up  to  keep  the  feast  of  tabernacles. 

19  This  shall  be  the  sin  oT  Egypt,  and  this  the  sin 
of  all  nations,  that  will  not  go  up  to  keep  the  feast 
ol  tabernacles, 

20  In  that  day  that  which  is  upon  the  bridle-^  of 
the  horse  shall  be  holy  to  the  Lord :  and  the.  cal- 
drons in  the  house  of  the  Lord  shall  he  as  the  phials 
before  the  altar. 

21  And  every  caldron  in  Jerusalem  and  Juda 
shall  be  sanctified  to  the  Lord  of  hosts  :  and  all  that 
sacrifice  shall  come,  and  take  of  them,  and  shall 
seeth  in  them  :  and  the  merchant  shall  be  no  more|||| 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  in  that  day. 


aaVOrltoa  of  the  church.     And  they  that  ni 

thr  km<1  showers  of  divine  grace,  to  give 

M 


J  They  that  thill  be  left,  fcc.  That  is,  many  of  them  that  pep., 
tlic  church  »liall  l>c  converted  to  its  faith  and  communion.  Ttkeep  fat 
ftatt  of  tabernacles.  This  feast  was  kept  by  the  Jews  in  MOtOr)  (i 
ilieir  sojourning  forty  years  in  the  desert,  in  their  way  to  the  la 
l>mmi-e.  And  in  thetpintual  sense  isdnlv  kept  by  all  such  christians  aa 
in  their  earthly  pilgrimage  are  continually  advancing  towards  I  heir  true 
1mm',  the  heavenly  Jerutalcm,   by  the  hell  of  the  sacraments  and 

:  (hit  mutt  not  look  fur 
ulneas  to  their  souls. 
That  uhirh  it  upon  the  bridle,  fcc.  The  golden  ornaments  of  the 
hrnllet.  ice.  shall  he  turned  into  offerings  in  the  house  of  God.  And 
there  thall  be  an  abundance  of  caldrons  and  phials  for  the  sacrifices 
of  the  temple  :  by  which  is  meant,  under  a  fieiire,  the  great  uauit 
there  shall  be  to  the  temple,  that  ia,  to  the  church  of  Christ,  and  her 
sacrifice. 

H  The  merrhtmt  thall  be  no  nun,  he.  Or,  as  some  render  it.  The 
Chanaaniti  thai!  be  n*  mart,  Ac.  That  it.  the  profane  and  unbelievers 
shall  have  no  title  to  be  in  the  house  of  th.    I  |  i,  there  shall  be 

no  occasion  for   buyer*  or  tellers  of  oxen,  .<  u  the 

house  of  God,  such  as  Jesus  Christ  cast  out  of  the  temple. 


THE  PROPHECY  OF  MALACHIAS. 


Malachias,  whose  name  signifies  the  Angel  of  the  Lord,  was  co- 
temporary  with  Nehemias  ;  and  by  some  is  believed  to  have 
been  the  same  person  with  Esdras.  He  was  the  last  of  the 
prophets,  in  the  order  of  time,  and  flourished  about  four 
hundred  years  before  Christ.  Heforetels  the  coming-  of 
Christ ;  the  reprobation  of  the  Jews  and  their  sacrifices  ; 
and  the  calling  of  the  Gentiles,  who  shall  offer  up  to  God  in 
every  place  an  acceptable  sacrifice. 

CHAP.  I. 

God  reproaches  the  Jews  with  their  ingratitude  ;  and  the  priests 
for  not  offering  pure  sacrifices.  He  will  accept  of  the  sacri- 
fice that  shall  be  offered  in  every  place  among  the  Gentiles. 

f  rUiE  burden  of  the  word  of  the  Lord  to  Israel  by 
-*-    the  hand  of  Malachias. 

2  I  have  loved  you,  saith  the  Lord :  and  you 
have  said  :  Wherein  hast  thou  loved  us  ?  Was  not 
Esau  brother  to  Jacob,  saith  the  Lord,  and  I  have 
loved  Jacob,* 

3  But  have  hated  Esau  ?  and  I  have  made  his 
mountains  a  wilderness,  and  given  his  inheritance 
to  the  dragons  of  the  desert. 

4  But  if  Edom  shall  say  :  We  are  destroyed  ; 
but  we  will  return  and  build  up  what  hath  been  de- 
stroyed :  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  :  They  shall 
build  up,  and  I  will  throw  down :  and  they  shall  be 
called  the  borders  of  wickedness,  and  the  people 
with  whom  the  Lord  is  angry  for  ever. 

5  And  your  eyes  shall  see:  and  you  shall  say: 
The  Lord  be  magnified  upon  the  border  of  Israel. 

6  The  son  honoureth  the  father,  and  the  servant 
his  master  :  if  then  I  be  a  father,  where  is  my  ho- 
nour ?  and  if  I  be  a  master,  where  is  my  fear,  saith 
the  Lord  of  hosts  ? 

7  To  you,  O  priests,  that  despise  my  name,  and 
have  said  :  Wherein  have  we  despised  thy  name? 
You  offer  polluted  bread  upon  my  altar:  and  you 
say  :  Wherein  have  we  polluted  thee  ?  In  that  you 
say  :  The  table  of  the  Lord  is  contemptible. 

0  If  you  offer  the  blind  for  sacrifice,  is  it  not 
evil  ?  and  if  you  offer  the  lame  and  the  sick,  is  it 
not  evil  ?  offer  it  to  thy  prince,  if  he  will  be  pleased 
with  it,  or  if  he  will  regard  thy  face,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 

9  And  now  beseech  ye  the  face  of  God,  that  he 
may  have  mercy  on  you  (for  by  your  hand  hath  this 
been  done)  if  by  any  means  he  will  receive  youi 
faces,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

10  Who  is  there  among  you,  that  will  shut  the 
doors,  and  will  kindle  the  fire  on  my  altar  gratis  ? 
1  have  no  pleasure  in  you,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  : 
and  I  will  not  receive  a  gift  of  your  hand. 

*  I  have  loved  Jacob,  i'c.  I  have  preferred  his  posterity,  to  make 
them  my  chosen  people,  and  to  load  them  with  my  blessings,  without 
any  merit  on  their  part,  and  though  they  have  been  always  ungrateful ; 
whilst  I  have  rejected  Esau,  and  executed  severe  judgments  upon  his 
posterity.  Not  that  God  punished  Esau,  or  his  posterity,  beyond  their 
deserts :  but  that  bv  his  free  election  and  grace  he  loved  Jacob,  and 
favoured  his  posterity,  above  their  deserts.  See  the  annotations  upon 
Rom.  ix. 

t  Jl  clean  oblation,  viz.  The  precious  body  and  blood  of  Christ  in 
the  eucharistic  sacrifice. 

5  B 


11  For  from  the  rising  of  the  sun  even  to  the 
going  down,  my  name  is  great  among  the  Gentiles  : 
and  in  every  place  there  is  sacrifice,  and  there  is 
offered  to  my  name  a  clean  oblation  :f  for  my  name 
is  great  among  the  Gentiles,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

12  And  you  have  profaned  it  in  that  you  say  : 
The  table  of  the  Lord  is  defiled  :  and  that  which 
is  laid  -thereupon,  is  contemptible,  with  the  fire 
that  devoureth  it. 

13  And  you  have  said  :  Behold,  of  our  labour,! 
and  you  puffed  it  away,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  and 
you  brought  in  of  rapine  the  lame,  and  the  sick,  and 
brought  in  an  offering  :  shall  I  accept  it  at  your 
hands,  saith  the  Lord  ? 

14  Cursed  is  the  deceitful  man,  that  hath  in  his 
flock  a  male,  and  making  a  vow  offereth  in  sacri- 
fice that  which  is  feeble  to  the  Lord  :  for  I  am  a 
great  King,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  ;  and  my  name 
is  dreadful  among  the  Gentiles.  « 

CHAP.  II. 

The  priests  are  sharply  reproved  for  neglecting  their  covenant. 
The  evil  of  marrying  with  idolaters  ;  and  too  easily  putting 

(iiciui  their  wives. 

AND  now,  O  ye  priests,  this  commandment  is 
to  you. 

2  If  you  will  not  hear,  and  if  you  will  not  lay  it 
to  heart,  to  give  glory  to  my  name,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts  :  I  will  send  poverty  upon  you,  and  will  curse 
your  blessings  ;  yea  I  will  curse  them  :  because 
you  have  not  laid  it  to  heart. 

3  Behold,  I  will  cast  the  shoulder  to  you,§  and 
I  will  scatter  upon  your  face  the  dung  of  your  so- 
lemnities ;  and  it  shall  take  you  away  with  it. 

4  And  you  shall  know  that  I  sent  you  this  com- 
mandment, that  my  covenant  might  be  with  Levi, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

5  My  covenant  was  with  him  of  life  and  peace : 
and  I  gave  him  fear  :  and  he  feared  me ;  and  he 
was  afraid  before  my  name. 

6  The  law  of  truth  was  in  his  mouth,  and  iniquity 
was  not  found  in  his  lips:  he  walked  with  me  in  peace, 
and  in  equity,  and  turned  many  away  from  iniquity. 

7  For  the  lips  of  the  priest  shall  keep  knowledge; 
and  they  shall  seek  the  law  at  his  mouth  :  because 
he  is  the  AngelH  of  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

8  But  you  have  departed  out  of  the  way,  and 
have  caused  many  to  stumble  at  the  law  :  you  have 
made  void  the  covenant  of  Levi,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts. 


\  Behold,  of  our  labour,  &c.  You  pretended  labour  and  weariness 
when  you  brought  your  offering :  and  so  made  it  of  no  value,  by  offer- 
ing it  with  an  evil  mind.  Moreover,  what  you  offered  was  both  de- 
fective in  itself,  and  gotten  by  rapine  and  extortion. 

J  /  will  cast  the  shoulder  to  you.  I  will  cast  away  the  shoulder,  which 
in  the  law  was  appointed  to  be  your  portion,  and  fling  it  at  you  in  rny 
anger;  and  will  reject  both  you  and  your  festivals  like  dung. 

V  The  Angel,  viz.     The  minister  and  messenger 


745 


MALACIIIAS. 


9  Therefore  have  I  also  made  you  contemptible, 
and  base  before  all  people,  as  you  have  noi 
kept  my  ways,  and  have  accepted  persons  in  the 

10  Have  we  not  all  one  father  ?  hath  not  one  God 
created  us  ?  why  then  doth  cwrv  qm  ul  u->  despite 

brother,  violating  the  covenant  of  our  fat  In  | 

1 1  Juda  hath  transgressed  ;  and  abomination 
hath  been  eointnittetl  in  Israel,  and  in  Jerusalem: 
lor  Juda  hath  profaned  the  holiness  of  the  Lord, 
wliieh  he  loved,  and  hath  married  the  daughter  of  a 
strange  god. 

1 1  The  Lord  will  cut  off  the  man  that  hath  done 
this  both  tin-  mast,  r  and  tin-  scholar,  out  of  the 
tab  of  Jai  oh,  and  him  that  offered)  an  offer- 

ing to  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

13  And  this  again  have  you  done ;  you  have 
covered  the  altar  of  the  Lord  with  tears,*  with 
/in-,  and  bellowing,  so  that  I  have  no  more  a 
ml  t«>  sacrifice:  neither  do  I  accept  any  atone- 
ment at  voiir  hands. 

11  And  von  have  said:  For  what  cause ?  Be- 
cause the  Lord  hath  ben  witness  between  thee, 
and  the  wifeof  thy  youth,  whom  thou  hast  despised  : 
she  was  thy  partner,  and  the  wife  of  thy  cove- 
nant 

15  Did  not  one  make  htr,  and  she  is  the  residue 
of  his  spirit  ?  And  what  doth  one  seek,  but  the 
seed  of  God  ?  Keep  then  your  spirit,  and  despise 
not  the  wife  of  thy  youth. 

It',  When  thou  shall  hatcher,  put  her  away,  saith 
the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel :  but  iniquity  shall  cover 
his  garment.!  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  :  keep  your 
t,  and  despise  not. 

IT  Von  have  wearied  the  Lord  with  your  words: 
and  von  said  :  Wherein  have  we  wearied  him?  In 
that  you  say  :  Kviry  MM  that  doeth  evil,  is  good  in 
the  si:;ht  of  the  Lord,  and  such  please  him  :  or  sure- 
lv  where  is  the  God  of  judgment  ? 

CHAP.  III. 

Christ  shall  come  to  his  temple,  and  purify  the  priesthood.  They 
that  continue  in  their  evil  ways  shall  be  punished  ;  but  true 
penitents  shall  receive  a  blessing. 

1.?  FJIOLD,  I  send  my  Angel, |  and  he  shall  pre- 
-*-*  para  the  way  before  mj  face.  And  presently 
the  Lord  whom  von  seek,  and  the  Angel  of  the 
intent,  whom  vou  desire,  shall  eome  to  his  tem- 
ple.    Behold,  be cometh,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts: 

2  And  who  shall  be  able  to  think  of  the  day  of 
his  coming  .'  and  who  shall  stand  to  see  him?  for 
he  is  like  a  rt  filling  lire,  and  like  the  fullers  herb  : 

3  And  he  shall  sit  refining  and  cleansing  the  sil- 
ver: and  he  shall  purify  the  sons  of  Levi,  and  shall 
refme  them  as  gold,  and  as  silver :  and  they  shall 
oiler  s.n  iii'k  es  to  tin    |,ord  injustice. 

4  And  the  sacrifice  of  Juda  and  of  Jerusalem 
shall  please  the  Lord,  as  in  the  days  of  old,  and  in 
the  ancient  years. 

5  And  I  vvill  come  to  you  in  judgment,  and  will 


•  With  tern,  ric     Hr  occasion  at  your  wire*,  wham  yoa  bare  pot 
•war;  and  who  came  to  weep  and  lameot  before  the  altar. 

♦  Iniquity  aaafl  emttr  km  gmrmira,  rix.    Of  every  man  that  puttetb 

Ml 


be  a  speedy  witness  against  sorcerers,  and  adul- 
terers, and  false  swearers,  and  them  that  oppress 
the  hireling  in  his  wages,  the  widows,  and  the 
fatherless;  and  oppress  the  stranger,  and  have  not 
d  me,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

6  For  1  am  the  Lord,  ami  I  change  not  :  and 
you  the  sons  of  Jacob  are  not  consumed. 

7  For  from  the  days  of  your  fathers  you  have  de- 

riarted  from  my  ordinances,  and  have  not  kept  iht  in  : 
{eturn  to  me,  and  I  will  return  to  \on,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts.  And  you  have  said  :  \\  herein  shall 
we  return  .' 

8  Shall  a  man  afflict  God,  for  you  afflict  n 
And  yon  have  said  :  Wherein  do  we  afflict  th. 
In  tithes  and  in  first-fruits. 

9  And  you  are  cursed  \\  ith  want ;  and  you  afflict 
me,  even  the  whole  nation  of  you. 

10  Bring  all  the  tithes  into  the  store-house,  that 
there  may  be  meat  in  my  house,  and  try  me  in  this, 
saith  the  Lord ;  if  I  open  not  unto  you  the  llood- 
gatef  of  heaven,  and  jiour  you  out  a  blessing  even 
to  abundance. 

11  And  I  will  rebuke  for  your  sakes  the  devour- 
er ;  and  he  shall  not  sjioil  the  fruit  of  your  land  : 
neither  shall  the  vine  in  the  field  be  barren,  saith 
the  Lord  of  hosts. 

12  And  all  nations  shall  call  you  blessed  :  for  you 
shall  be  a  delightful  land,  saith  the  Lord  of  h< 

13  Voiir  words  have  been  unsuffcrable  to  me, 
saith  the  Lord. 

14  And  you  have  said  :  What  have  we  spoken 
against  thee?  You  have  said  :  He  labourcth  in  vain 
that  serveth  God  :  and  what  profit  is  it  that  we  have 
kept  his  ordinances,  and  that  we  have  walked  sor- 
rowful before  the  Lord  of  hosts  ? 

15  Wherefore  now  we  call  the  proud  people  hap- 
py: for  they  that  work  wickedness  are  built  up  ;  and 
they  have  tempted  God,  and  are  preserved. 

16  Then  they  that  feared  the  Lord  spoke  every 
one  with  his  neighbour  :  and  the  Lord  gave  ear,  and 
beard  it:  and  a  book  of  remembrance  was  written 
before  him  for  them  that  fear  the  Lord,  and  think 
on  his  name. 

17  And  they  shall  be  my  special  possession,  saith 
the  Lord  of  hosts,  in  the  day  that  I  do  judgment  : 
and  I  will  spare  them,  as  a  man  spareth  his  son  that 
serveth  him. 

18  And  you  shall  return,  and  shall  sec  the  dilii  r- 
ence  between  the  just  and  the  wicked  ;  and  between 
him  that  serveth  God,  and  him  that  serveth  him  not. 

CHAP.  IV. 

The  judgment  of  the  tricked,  and  retrard  of  the  just.     An  a 
tation  to  obt 
of  the  Jews. 


tation  to  observe  the  law.     Elias  shall  come  for  the  conversion 


t 


|4*OB  behold,  the  day  shall  come,  kimlhd  as  a  fnr- 
-*-  mce  :  and  all  the  proud,  and  all  that  do  wicked- 
ly shall  be  stubble:  and  the  day  that  cometh  shall 
set  them  on  fire,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts;  it  shall 
not  leave  them  root,  nor  branch. 


■wit  hia  wife  without  ju*t  MawSi  not willntandioj  that  God  permitted 
it  in' the  law,  to  prevent  the  evil  of  murder, 
t  My  .Urtl,  viz.  John  the  Baptist,  lb*  meatoofer  of  Ood  and  Jbr* 
of  ChritL 


1.  MACHABEES. 


2  But  unto  you  that  fear  my  name,  the  Sun  of 
Justice  shall  arise,  and  health  ill  his  wings  :  and  you 

shall  go  forth,   and  shall  leap  like  calves  of  the 
herd. 

3  And  you  shall  tread  down  the  wicked,  when 
they  shall  be  ashes  under  the  sole  of  your  feet,  in  the 
day  that  I  do  this,  saitli  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

4  Remember  the  law  of  Moses  my  servant,  which 


*  He  shall  turn  the  heart,  &c.  By  bringing  over  the  Jews  to  the  faith 
of  Christ,  he  shall  reconcile  them  to  their  fathers,  viz.  the  patriarchs 


I  commanded  him  in  Horeb  for  all  Israel,  the  pre- 
cepts, and  judgments. 

.  5  Behold,!  will  send  you  Elias  the  prophet,  be- 
fore the  coming  of  the  great  and  dreadful  (lay  of  the 
Lord. 

6  And  he  shall  turn  the  heart*  of  the  fathers  to 
the  children,  and  the  heart  of  the  children  to  their 
fathers  :  lest  I  come,  and  strike  the  earth  with  ana- 
thema, f 

and  prophets ;  whose  hearts  for  many  ages  have  been  turned  away 
from  them,  because  of  their  refusing  to  believe  in  Christ. 

f  With  anathema.  In  the  Hebrew,  Cheram,  that  is,  with  ulter  destruction. 


THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF  MACHABEES. 


These  books  are  so  called,  because  they  contain  the  history  of 
the  people  of  God  under  the  command  of  Judas  Machabeus 
and  his  brethren  :  and  he,  as  some  will  have  it,  was  surnamed 
Machabeus,/ro;»  carrying  in  his  ensigns,  or  standards,  those 
words  of  Exodus  xv.  11.  Who  is  like  to  thee  among  the 
strong,  O  Lord  :  in  which  the  initial  letters  in  the  Hebrew 
are  M.  C.  B.  E.  I.  It  is  not  known  who  was  the  author  of 
these  books.  But  as  to  their  authority  ;  though  they  are  not 
received  by  the  Jews,  saith  St.  Augustine,  L.  xviii.  City  of 
God,  c.  36,  they  are  received  by  the  Church  ;  who,  in  settling 
her  canon  of  the  scriptures,  chose  rather  to  be  directed  by 
the  tradition  she  had  received  from  the  apostles  of  Christ, 
than  by  that  of  the  scribes  and  Pharisees.  And  as  the.  church 
has  declared  these  two  Books  canonical,  even  in  two  General 
Councils,  viz.  Florence  and  Trent,  there  can  be  no  doubt  of 
their  authenticity. 

CHAP.  I. 

The  reign  of  Alexander  and  his  successors :  Antiochus  rifles 
and  profanes  the  temple  of  God ;  and  persecutes  unto  death 
all  that  will  not  forsake  the  law  of  God,  and  the  religion  of 
their  fathers. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass,  after  that  Alexander  the 
son  o/*  Philip  the  Macedonian,  who  first  reigned 
in  Greece,  coming  out  of  the  land  of  Cethim,  had 
overthrown  Darius  king  of  the  Persians  and  Medes  : 

2  He  fought  many  battles,  and  took  the  strong 
holds  of  all,  and  slew  the  kings  of  the  earth. 

3  And  he  went  through  even  to  the  ends  of  the 
earth;  and  took  the  spoils  of  many  nations:  and  the 
earth  was  quiet  before  him. 

4  And  he  gathered  a  power,  and  a  very  strong 
army:  and  his  heart  was  exalted  and  lifted  up. 

5  And  he  subdued  countries  of  nations,  and  princes : 
and  they  became  tributaries  to  him. 

6  And  after  these  things,  he  fell  down  upon  his 
bed,  and  knew  that  he  should  die. 

7  And  he  called  his  servants  the  nobles  that  were 
brought  up  with  him  from  his  youth:  and  he  divid- 
ed his  kingdom*  among  them  while  he  was  yet  alive. 

8  And  Alexander  reigned  twelve  years,  and  hedied. 

9  And  his  servants  made  themselves  kings,  every 
one  in  his  place  : 

*  Divided  his  kingdom  &c.  This  is  otherwise  by  Q.  Curtius  ;  though 
he  acknowledges  that  divers  were  of  that  opinion,  and  lhat  it  had 
been  delivered  by  some  authors,  L.  x.  But  here  we  find  from  the  sa- 
cred text,  that  he  was  in  error. 

f  Antiochus  the  illustrious.     Epiphanes,  the  younger  son  of  Jlntiochus 


10  And  they  all  put  crowns  upon  themselves  after 
his  death,  and  their  sons  after  them  many  years ;  and 
evils  were  multiplied  in  the  earth. 

11  And  there  came  out  of  them  a  wicked  root, 
Antiochus  the  illustrious, f  the  son  of  king  Antio- 
chus, who  had  been  a  hostage  at  Rome:  and  he 
reigned  in  the  hundred  and  thirty-seventh  year  of 
the  kingdom  of  the  Greeks. 

12  In  those  days  there  went  out  of  Israel  wicked 
men:  and  they  persuaded  many,  saying:  Let  us 
go,  and  make  a  covenant  with  the  heathens  that  are 
round  about  us:  for  since  we  departed  from  them, 
many  evils  have  befallen  us. 

13  And  the  word  seemed  good  in  their  eyes. 

14  And  some  of  the  people  determined  to  do  this, 
and  went  to  the  king :  and  he  gave  them  license  to 
do  after  the  ordinances  of  the  heathens. 

15  And  they  built  a  place  of  exercise  in  Jerusa- 
lem, according  to  the  laws  of  the  nations: 

16  And  they  made  themselves  prepuces,  and  de- 
parted from  the  holy  covenant,  and  joined  themselves 
to  the  heathens,  and  were  sold  to  do  evil. 

17  And  the  kingdom  was  established  before  An- 
tiochus :  and  he  had  a  mind  to  reign  over  the  land 
of  Egypt,  that  he  might  reign  over  two  kingdoms. 

18  And  he  entered  into  Egypt  with  a  great  mul- 
titude, with  chariots  and  elephants,  and  horsemen, 
and  a  great  number  of  ships. 

19  And  he  made  war  against  Ptolemee  king  of 
Egypt:  but  Ptolemee  was  afraid  at  his  presence, 
and  fled ;  and  many  were  wounded  unto  death. 

20  And  he  took  the  strong  cities  in  the  land  of 
Egypt :  and  he  took  the  spoils  of  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

21  And  after  Antiochus  had  ravaged  Egypt  in 
the  hundred  and  forty-third  year,  he  returned,  and 
went  up  against  Israel. 

22  And  he  went  up  to  Jerusalem  with  a  great 
multitude. 


the  great,  who  usurped  the  kingdom,  to  the  prejudice  of  his  nephew 
Demetrius,  son  of  his  elder  brother  Seltucus  Philopater.  Of  the  kingdom 
of  the  Greeks.  Counting-  not  from  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of 
Alexander,  but  from  the  first  year  of  Seleucus  Jfaattor. 

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I.  M\(  HABLES. 


23  And  he  proudly  entered  into  the  sam •in:uy. 
and  took  a  way  the  golden  altar,  ami  the  candlestick 
of  light,  and  all  the  resseh  thereof,  ami  tin-  table  of 

proposition,  and  the    pouring  Vessels,  and  the  vials, 
and  ilu-  little  mortals  of  (old,   and  tin-  vail,  and  the 

crowns,  and  the  golden  octanes!  that  was  before 
the  temple:  and  he  broke  then  all  in  pk 

Vnd  he  took  the  silvrr  and  gold,  and  the  pre- 
raoos  vessels:  and  he  took   the  biddea  treasures 

which  he  found:   and  when  lie  had  taken  all  away 
he  departed  into  his  own  country. 

25  Ami  In-  made  a  great  slaughter  of  men,  and 
spoke  fan  proudly. 

\nd  there  was  great  mourning  in  Israel,  and 
in  everv  place  where  they  m  re: 

27  Ami  the  princes,  and  the  ancients  mourned  ; 
and  the  virzins  and  the  young  men  were  made  fee- 
ble: ami  the  beauty  ol  the  women  was  changed. 

28  Every  bridegroom  took  up  lamentation  :  and 
the  bride  that  sat  in  the  marriage  bed,  mourned  : 

29  And  the  land  was  moved  for  the  inhabitants 
thereof:  and  all  the  house  of  Jacob  was  covered  with 
confusion. 

30  And  after  two  full  years  the  king  sent  the 
chief  collector*  of  his  tributes  to  the  cities  of  Juda  : 
ami  he  came  to  Jerusalem  with  a  great  multitude. 

31  And  he  spoke  to  them  peaceable  words  in 
deceit:  and  they  believed  him. 

32  And  he  fell  upon  the  city  suddenly,  and  struck 
it  with  atrial  daughter,  and  destroyed  much  people 
in  Israel. 

33  And  he  took  the  spoils  of  the  city,  and  burnt 
it  with  tire,  and  threw  down  the  houses  thereof, 
and  the  walls  thereof  round  about  : 

\mlthey  took  the  women  captives;  and  the 
children  and  the  cattle  they  possessed. 

35  And  they  built  the  city  of  Davidf  with  a  treat 
and  strong  wall  and  with  strong  towers,  and  made 
it  a  fortress  for  them  : 

\ml  thev  placed  there  a  sinful  nation,  wick- 
ed men;  and  they  fortified  themselves  therein:  and 
they  stored  up  armour,  and  victuals,  and  gathered 
together  the  spoils  of  Jerusalem  : 

\nd  laid  them  up  there  :  and  they  In-came  a 
great  snare. 

38  And  this  was  a  place  to  lie  in  wait  against 
the  sanctuary,  and  an  evil  devil]  in  Israel. 

39  Ami  thev  sheil  innocent  Mood  round  about  the 
sanctuary,  and  defiled  tin-  holy  phi 

40  And  the  inhahitants  of  Jerusalem  lied  away 
In  reason  of  them:  and  the  city  w  as  made  the  halii- 
tat ion  of  strangers  :  and  she  became  a  stranger  to 
her  own  seed  :  and  her  children  forsook  her. 

11    1  jer  sam  tuaiv  was  desolate  like  a  w  ilderness: 

ber  festival  days  were  turned  into  mourning,  her 
baths  into  reproach;   her  honours  weie  brought 
to  nothing. 

M   Her  dishonour  was  increased  according  to  her 

nlorv  :  an  I  her  ezcellenc]  w  as  turned  into  mourning. 

43  And  kins  Antiochus  wrote  to  all  his  kingdom, 

*    Tkt  rkitf  coUmIot,  kc.     Apolloniui. 
»  Tht  ri(»  of  DmU.    That  is  (he  caitle  of  Sioo. 
'  .»»  tril  JtrtL    That  it,  an  adveraarjr  watching  conataotly  to  do 

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that  all  the  people  should  be  one:   and  every  one 
should  leave  his  own  law. 

And  all  nations  consented   according  to  the 
woid  of  kin:;  Antiochus. 

)>    \nd  many  of  Israel  consented  to  his  service 
and  thev  sacrificed  to  idols,  and   profaned  the  salt- 
hath. 

46  And  the  king  sent  letters  by  the  hands  of  mes- 
sengers to  Jerusalem,  and  to  all  the  cities  of  Jnda; 
that  they  should  follow  the  law  of  the  nations  of  the 
earth  ; 

47  And  should  forbid   holocausts  and  sacrili 
and  atonements  to  he  made  in  the  temple  of  God; 

48  And  should  prohibit  the  sabbath,  and  the  fes- 
tival days,  to  lie  celebrated. 

49  And  he  commanded  the  holy  places  to  be  pro- 
lam  (1,  and  the  holy  people  of  Israel. 

50  And  he  commanded  altars  to  be  built,  and 
temples,  and  idols,  and  swine's  flesh  to  he  immola- 
ted, and  unclean  beasts; 

51  And  that  they  should  leave  their  children  un- 
circumcised,  and  let  their  souls  he  defiled  with  all 
uncleannesses,  and  abominations,  to  the  end  that 
they  should  forget  the  law,  and  should  change  all  tht, 
justifications  of  God. 

52  And  that  whosoever  would  not  do  according  to 
the  word  of  king  Antiochus,  should  1m>  put  to  death. 

53  According  to  all  these  words  he  wrote  to  his 
whole  kingdom:  and  he  appointed  rulers  over  the 
people  that  should  force  them  to  do  these  things. 

0 I  And  they  commanded  the  cities  of  Juda  to  sa- 
crifice. 

55  Then  many  of  the  people  were  gathered  to 
them  that  had  forsaken  the  law  of  the  Lord  :  and 
tin  \  committed  evils  in  the  land  : 

56  And  they  drove  awav  the  people  of  Israel  into 
lurkiim  holes,  and  into  the  secret  places  of  fugitives. 

51  On  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  month  (aslcu.  in 
the  hundred  and  forty-fifth  year,  king  Antiochus  r>| 
up  the  abominable  idol)  of  desolation  upon  the  altar 
Of  God:  and  they  built  altars  throughout  all  the  cities 
of  Juda  round  about : 

58  And  they  burnt  incense,  and  sacrificed  at  me 
doors  of  the  houses  and  in  the  streets. 

59  And  they  cut  in  pieces,  and  burnt  with  fire 
the  books  of  the  law  of (iod  : 

60  And  every  one  with  whom  the  books  of  flu- 
testament  of  the  Lord  were  found,  and  wi, 
observed  the  law  of  the  Lord  they  put  to  death,  ac- 
cording to  the  edict  of  the  king. 

61  Thus  by  their  power  did  they  deal  with  the 
people  of  Israel,  that  were  found  in  the  cities  month 
after  month. 

-  And  on  thefive  and  twentieth  day  of  the  month 
they  sacrificed  upon  the  altar  of  tin-  idol  that  was 
ovi  r  against  ihe  altar  (if  (iod. 

63  Now  the  women  that  circumcised  their  chil- 
dren wen-  slain  according  to  the  commandment  of 
Iring  Antiochus: 

*'•)    And    they    hanged    the    children    about    their 


harm,  ai  the  evil  ipint  ii  alwavt  watching,  and  aecking  whom  lie 
could  devour. 

»  Tht  aaaiimMt  idol,  kc.  rii.  the  •tatue  of  Jufdtr  Otympnu. 


CHAP.  II. 


recks  in  all  their  houses :  and  those  that  had  circum- 
cised them,  they  put  to  death. 

65  And  many  of  the  people  of  Israel  determined 
with  themselves,  that  they  would  not  eat  unclean 
things;  and  they  chose  rather  to  die,  than  to  he  de- 
filed with  unclean  meats: 

£6  And  they  would  not  break  the  holy  law  of 
God  ;  and  they  were  put  to  death. 

67  And  there  was  very  great  wrath  upon  the 
people. 

CHAP.  II. 

The  zeal  and  success  of  Mathathias.  His  exhortation  to  Ids  sons 
at  his  (hath. 

IN  those  days  arose  Mathathias  the  son  of  John, 
the  son  of  Simeon,  a  priest  of  the  sons  of  Joarib, 
from  Jerusalem:  and  he  abode  in  the  mountain  of 
Modin. 

2  And  he  had  five  sons  :  John  who  was  surnamed 
Gaddis; 

3  And  Simon,  who  was  surnamed  Thasi; 

4  And  Judas,  who  was  called  Machabeus  ; 

5  And  Eleazar,  who  was  surnamed  Aharon;  and 
Jonathan,  who  was  surnamed  Apphus. 

6  These  saw  the  evils  that  were  done  in  the  peo- 
ple of  Juda,  and  in  Jerusalem. 

7  And  Mathathias  said :  Wo  is  me,  wherefore 
was  I  born,  to  see  the  ruin  of  my  people,  and  the 
ruin  of  the  holy  city,  and  to  dwell  there,  when  it  is 
given  into  the  hands  of  the  enemies  ? 

8  The  holy  places  are  come  into  the  hands  of 
strangers  :  her  temple  is  become  as  a  man  without 
honour. 

9  The  vessels  of  her  glory  are  carried  away  cap- 
tive :  her  old  men  are  murdered  in  the  streets  ;  and 
her  young  men  are  fallen  by  the  sword  of  the  enemies. 

10  What  nation  hath  not  inherited  her  kingdom 
and  gotten  of  her  spoils  ? 

11  All  her  ornaments  are  taken  away.  She  that 
was  free  is  made  a  slave. 

12  And  behold,  our  sanctuary,  and  our  beauty, 
and  our  glory  is  laid  waste  ;  and  the  Gentiles  have 
defiled  them. 

13  To  what  end  then  should  we  live  any  longer? 

14  And  Mathathias  and  his  sons  rent  their  gar- 
ments :  and  they  covered  themselves  with  hair- 
cloth, and  made  great  lamentation. 

15  And  they  that  were  sent  from  king  Antiochus 
came  thitherto  compel  them  that  were  fled,  into  the 
city  of  Modin,  to  sacrifice,  and  to  burn  incense,  and 
to  depart  from  the  law  of  God. 

16  And  many  of  the  people  of  Israel  consented, 
and  came  to  them :  but  Mathathias  and  his  sons 
stood  firm. 

17  And  they  that  were  sent  from  Antiochus  an- 
swering, said  to  Mathathias  :  Thou  art  a  ruler,  and 
an  honourable,  and  great  man  in  this  city,  and 
adorned  with  sons,  and  brethren. 

18  Therefore  come  thou  first,  and  obey  the  king's 
commandment,  as  all  nations  have  done,  and  the 
men  of  Juda,  and  they  that  remain  in  Jerusalem  : 
and  thou  and  thy  sons  shall  be  in  the  number  of  the 
king's  friends,  and  pnriched  with  gold,  and  silver, 
and  many  presents. 


19  Then  Mat  bo  mas  answered,  and  said  with  a 
loud  voice  :  Although  all  nations  obey  king  Antio- 
chus, so  as  to  depart  every  man  from  the  service  of 
the  law  of  his  fathers,  and  consent  to  his  command- 
ments : 

20  I  and  my  sons,  and  my  brethren  will  obey 
the  law  of  our  fathers. 

21.  God  be  merciful  unto  us:  it  is  not  profitable 
for  us  to  forsake  the  law,  and  the  justices  of  God. 

22  We  will  not  hearken  to  the  words  of  king  An- 
tiochus: neither  will  we  sacrifice,  and  transgress  the 
commandments  of  our  law,  to  go  another  way. 

23  .Now  as  he  left  off  speaking  these  words,  there 
came  a  certain  Jew  in  the  sight,  of  all  to  sacrifice  to 
the  idols  upon  the  altar  in  the  city  of  Modin,  accord- 
ing to  the  king's  commandment. 

24  And  Mathathias  saw,  and  was  grieved:  and 
his  reins  trembled  ;  and  his  wrath  was  kindled  ac- 
cording to  the  judgment  of  the  law  :  and  running 
upon  him  he  slew  him  upon  the  altar : 

25  Moreover,  the  man  whom  king  Antiochus  had 
sent,  who  compelled  them  to  sacrifice,  he  slew  at 
the  same  time,  and  pulled  down  the  altar; 

26  And  showed  zeal  for  the  law,  as  Phinees  did 
by  Zamri  the  son  of  Salomi. 

27  And  Mathathias  cried  out  in  the  city  with  a 
loud  voice,  saying  :  Every  one  that  hath  zeal  for  the 
law,  and  maintaineth  the  testament,  let  him  follow 
me. 

28  So  he  and  his  sons  fled  into  the  mountains, 
and  left  all  that  they  had  in  the  city. 

29  Then  many  that  sought  after  judgment  and 
justice  went  down  into  the  desert: 

30  And  they  abode  there,  they  and  their  children, 
and  their  wives  and  their  cattle;  because  afflictions 
increased  upon  them. 

31  And  it  was  told  to  the  king's  men,  and  to  the 
army  that  was  in  Jerusalem  in  the  city  of  David, 
that  certain  men  who  had  broken  the  king's  com- 
mandment, were  gone  away  into  the  secret  places 
in  the  wilderness,  and  that  many  were  gone  after 
them. 

32  And  forthwith  they  went  out  towards  them, 
and  made  war  against  them  on  the  sabbath-day. 

33  And  they  said  to  them:  Do  you  still  resist? 
come  forth,  and  do  according  to  the  edict  of  king 
Antiochus,  and  you  shall  live. 

34  And  they  said:  We  will  not  come  forth ;  nei- 
ther will  we  obey  the  king's  edict,  to  profane  the 
sabbath-day. 

35  And  they  made  haste  to  give  them  battle. 

36  But  they  answered  them  not,  neither  did  they 
cast  a  stone  at  them,  nor  stopped  up  the  secret 
places, 

37  Saying:  Let  us  all  die  in  our  innocency:  and 
heaven  and  earth  shall  be  witnesses  for  us,  that  you 
put  us  to  death  wrongfully. 

38  So  they  gave  them  battle  on  the  sabbath:  and 
they  were  slain  with  their  wives,  and  their  children, 
and  their  cattle,  to  the  number  of  a  thousand  persons. 

39  And  Mathathias  and  his  friends  heard  of  it; 
and  they  mourned  for  them  exceedingly. 

40  And  every  man  said  to  his  neighbour:  If  We 

749 


i.  m\(  ii  vnr.r.s. 


shall  all  do  as  our  brethren  have  dose,  and  pot  fight 

against  tin-  heathens  tor  our  lives,  and  our  notifica- 
tion! Will  now  quickly  root  us  out  of  the  earth. 

V!    And   tin  \    determined   in    that   di\.    laying: 

\Yhosoe\.  r  shall  come  Op  against  us  to  fight  on  the 

Sabbath-day,  a  c  w  ill  fight  against  him  :  ami  we  will 

all  die,  as  our  brethren  that  were  slain   in  the 

secret  place* 

IS  Then  was  assembled  to  tin  in  the  confutation 
of  the  Assideans,*  the  stoutest  ot  Israel.  cw  i  y  one 
that  had  a  good  will  tor  the  I .i\\ . 

43  And  all  they  that  tied  from  the  evils,  joined 
themselves  to  them,  and  were  a  supi>ort  to  them. 

41  And  the\  withered  an  army,  and  slew  tin;  din- 
ners in  their  w  rath,  and  the  w  irked  men  in  their  in- 
dignation :  and  the  rest  tied  to  the  nations  tor  safety. 
And  .Mathathias  and   his  friends  went  round 
about;  and  they  threw  down  the  altars. 

\nd  they  circumcised  all  the  children  whom 
they  found  in  the  confines  of  Israel  that  were  uncir- 
cuincised;  and  they  did  valiantly. 

47  And  tiny  pursued  after  the  children  of  pride; 
and  the  work  prospered  in  their  hands. 

tad  they  recovered  the  law  out  of  the  hands 
of  the  nations,  and  nut  of  the  hands  of  the  kings: 
a  ad  they  yielded  not  the  hornf  to  the  sinner. 

49  Mow  the  days  drew  near  that  Mathathias 
should  die:  and  he  said  to  his  sons:  Now  hath  pride 
and  chastisement  gotten  strength,  and  the  time  of 
destruction,  and  the  wrath  of  indignation: 

50  Now  therefore,  ()  my  sons,  be  \e  zealous  for 
the  law ,  and  pre  your  li\es  for  the  covenant  of  your 
lath 

')l  And  call  to  reniemlirauee  the  works  of  the 
fathers,  w  hit  h  they  have  done  in  their  generations: 
ami  \oti  shall  recent-  peat  don.  and  an  BMW  lasting 
n  n 

is  not  Abraham  found   faithful  in  tempta- 
tion, and  it  was  reputed  to  him  unto  justir. 

Joseph   in  the   time  of  his  distress  kept   the 
commandment,  and  he  was  made  lord  of  Egypt. 
Phioeea  our  father,  by  being  fervent  in  the 
il  of  God,  received  the  cov<  nan!  of  an  everlasting 

piuMhood. 

\\  hilst  he  fulfilled  the  word,  was  made 
ruler  in  Israel. 

(  aleh  for  bearing  witness  before  the  congre- 
gation received  an  inheritance. 

I  >avid  by  his  men  y  ohtained  the  throne  of  an 
everlasting  kingdom. 

58  Klias  w  hile  In  is  full  of  zeal  for  the  law,  was 
taken  up  into  beavea. 

\nanias  ;unl  A/arias  and  Mined  by  bclie\  ing 
delivered  out  of  the  Same. 
Daniel  in  lii-  innoceney  was  delivered  out  of 

the  month  of  the  lions. 

Vnd  thus  consider  through  all  generations,  that 
none  that  trust  in  him  fail  in  strength. 

Ami  tear  not  thr  words  of  a  sinful  man;  for 
his  glory  is  dung  and  worms: 

* 

*    TV  .tniitmt.      \  n  ihat  list  a  rrligaiwt  life  ;  ami  were 

crajoa*  far  the  law  ami  »  .t>I.i.>  of  Cod. 


63To-dav  be  is  lifted  up,  and  to-ninrrow  he  shall 
not  he  found;  because  he  is  returned  into  his  earth, 
ami  his  thought  is  come  to  nothiim. 

til  \  on  therefore.  m\  sons,  take eourace.  and  be- 
bave  manfully  in  the  law:  for  by  it  you  shall  be 
glorious. 

65  And  behold,  1  know  that  your  brother  Simon 
is  a  man  of  counsel:  give  ear  to  him  alway  s;  and  he 
shall  Ik-  a  lather  to  TOO. 

86  And  .ludas  IWachalieiis  arho  is  valiant  and 
Strong  from  his  vouth  up,  let  him  he  the  leader  of 
your  army:   ami  he  shall    manage  the  war  of  the 

people. 

07  And  you  shall  take  to  you  all  that  obsenc  the 
law  :  and  rOVCnge  ye  the  Wrong  of  JOUr  people. 

68  Render  to  ike  Gentiles  their  reward,  and  take 

heed  to  the  precepts  of  the  law. 

69  And  he  blessed  them,  and  was  joined  to  his 
fathers. 

70  And  he  died  in  the  hundred  and  forty-sixth 
year:  and  he  was  buried  by  his  sous  in  the  sepul- 
chres of  his  fathers  in  Modin :  and  all  Israel  mourn- 
ed for  him  with  great  mourning. 

CHAP.   III. 

Judas  Marhabcu*  succeeds  his  father  ;  and  overthrows  Apollo- 
nims  and  Seron.  A  great  army  is  sent  against  him  out  of 
Syria.  He  prepares  his  people  for  battle  by  fasting  ami 
prayer. 

^MIEN  his  son  Judas,  called  Machabcus,  rose 
up  in  his  stead. 


2  And  all  his  brethren  helped  him,  and  all  the] 
that  had  joined  themselves  to  his  lather:  and  the\ 
fought  with  cheerfulness  the  battle  of  Israel.. 

3  And  he  got  his  people  great  honour,  and  put  on 
a  breast-plate  as  a  gbittt,  and  liirt  his  warlike  ar- 
mour about  him  in  battles,  and  protected  the  camp 
with  his  sword. 

4  In  his  nets  he  was  like  a  lion,  and  like  a  lion's 
whelp  roaring  for  his  prey. 

5  And  he  pursued  the  wicked,  and  sought  them 
out:  and  them  that  troubled  his  people  he  burnt 
with  fire: 

6  And  his  enemies  were  driven  awav  for  fear  of 
him;  and  all  the  workers  of  iniquity  were  troubled: 
and  salvation  prospered  in  his  hand. 

7  And  be  grieved  many  kings,  and  made  Jacob 
dad  with  his  works:  and  his  memory  is  blessed 
for  ever. 

8  And  he  wont  through  the  cities  of  Juda,  and 
destroyed  the  wicked  out  of  them,  and  turned  aw  av 
w  rath  from  Israel. 

9  Anil  he  was  renowned  even  to  the  utmost  part 
of  the  earth;  and  he  gathered  them  that  were  pe- 
rishing. 

10  And  Apollonian  gathered  together  the  Gen* 

tiles,  and  a  numerous  and  great  nnny  from    Sama- 
ria, to  make  war  against  Israel. 

11  And  Judas  understood  it.  and  went  fortlv  to 
unci  him  :  and  he  overthrew  him.  and  killed  him  : 
and  many  fill  down  slain;   and  the  rest  lied  awa\. 

12  And  betook  their  spoils  ;   and  .ludas  took  the 


t   TVj  fitUtd  aW  «*c  aar*.  fcr.     That  K.  Uk->  MCarcd  t».|  tip  n, 
rr  of  Antiuchna,  Ihat  man  of  »m,  to  aboluh  the  law  and  i  i.u.t. 

J    Jrtut.      Ttut  l».  Ju»«C. 


CHAP.  111. 


sword  of  Apollonius,  and  fought  with  it  all  his  life 
time. 

13  And  Scron  captain  of  the  army  of  Syria  heard 
that  Judas  had  assembled  a  company  of  the  faithful, 

and  a  congregation  with  him: 

14  And  he  said:  I  will  get  mo  a  name,  and  will 
be  glorified  in  the  kingdom,  and  will  overthrow  Ju- 
das, and  those  that  are  with  him,  that  have  despised 
the  edict  of  the  king. 

15  And  he  made  himself  ready:  and  the  host  of 
the  wicked  went  ii|>  with  him,  strong  succours,  to  be 
revenged  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

16  And  they  approached  even  as  far  as  Bethoron  : 
and  Judas  went  forth  to  meet  him,  with  a  small 

.company. 

17  But  when  they  saw  the  army  coming  to  meet 
them,  they  said  to  Judas:  How  shall  we,  being  few, 
be  able  to  fight  against  so  great  a  multitude,  and  so 
strong,  and  we  are  ready  to  faint  with  fasting  to-day  ? 

18  And  Judas  said :  It  is  an  easy  matter  for  many 
to  be  shut  up  in  the  hands  of  a  few:  and  there  is 
no  difference  in  the  sight  of  the  God  of  heaven  to 
deliver  with  a  great  multitude,  or  with  a  small 
company. 

19  For  the  success  of  war  is  not  in  the  multitude 
of  the  army  ;  but  strength  cometh  from  heaven. 

20  They  come  against  us  with  an  insolent  mul- 
titude, and  with  pride,  to  destroy  us,  and  our  wives, 
and  our  children,  and  to  take  our  spoils. 

21  But  we  will  fight  for  our  lives,  and  our  laws : 

22  And  the  Lord  himself  will  overthrow  them 
before  our  face:  but  as  for  you,  fear  them  not. 

23  And  as  soon  as  he  had  made  an  end  of  speak- 
ing, he  rushed  suddenly  upon  them:  and  Seronand 
his  host  were  overthrown  before  him: 

24  And  he  pursued  him  by  the  descent  of  Betho- 
ron even  to  the  plain:  and  there  fell  of  them  eight 
hundred  men:  and  the  rest  fled  into  the  land  of  the 
Philistines. 

25  And  the  fear  of  Judas  and  of  his  brethren,  and 
the  dread  of  them  fell  upon  all  the  nations  round 
about  them. 

26  And  his  fame  came  to  the  king:  and  all  na- 
tions told  of  the  battles  of  Judas. 

27  Now  when  king  Antiochus  heard  these  words, 
he  was  angry  in  his  mind :  and  he  sent,  and  gather- 
ed the  forces  of  all  his  kingdom,  an  '  exceeding 
strong  army. 

28  And  he  opened  his  treasury,  and  gave  out  pay 
to  the  army  for  a  year:  and  he  commanded  them, 
that  they  should  be  ready  for  all  things. 

29  And  he  perceived  that  the  money  of  his  trea- 
sures failed,  and  that  the  tributesof  the  country  were 
small,  because  of  the  dissension,  and  the  evil  that 
he  had  brought  upon  the  land,  that  he  might  take 
away  the  laws  of  old  times: 

30  And  he  feared  that  he  should  not  have  as  for- 
merly, enough  for  charges  and  gifts,  which  he  had 
given  before  with  a  liberal  hand :  for  he  had  abound- 
ed more  than  the  kings  that  had  been  before  him. 

31  And  he  was  greatly  perplexed  in  mind,  and 
purposed  to  go  into  Persia,  and  to  take  tributes  of 
the  countries,  and  to  gather  much  money. 


.'  And  he  left  Lysias,  a  nobleman  of  the  blood 
royal,  to  oversee  the  affairs  of  the  kingdom  from  the 
river  Euphrates  even  to  the  river  of  Egypt: 

33   And  to  bring   up  his  son   Antiochus,   till  he 


came 


rain. 


34  And  he  delivered  to  him  half  the  army,  and 
the  elephants:  and  he  gave  him  charge  concerning 
all  that  be  would  have  done,  and  concerning  the  in- 
habitants of  Judea  and  Jerusalem  : 

35  And  that  he  should  send  an  army  against  them, 
to  destroy  and  root  out  the  strength  of  Israel,  and 
the  remnant  of  Jerusalem,  and  to  take  away  the 
memory  of  them  from  that  place: 

36  And  that  he  should  settle  strangers  to  dwell 
in  all  their  coasts,  and  divide  their  land  by  lot. 

37  So  the  king  took  the  half  of  the  army  that  re- 
mained, and  went  forth  from  Antioch  the  chief  city 
of  his  kingdom,  in  the  hundred  and  forty-seventh 
year:  and  he  passed  over  the  river  Euphrates,  and 
went  through  the  higher  countries. 

38  Then  Lysias  chose  Ptolemee  the  son  of  Do- 
rymenus,  and  Nicanor,  and  Gorgias,  mighty  men 
of  the  king's  friends. 

39  And  he  sent  with  them  forty  thousand  men, 
and  seven  thousand  horsemen;  to  go  into  the  land  of 
Juda,  and  to  destroy  it  according  to  the  king's  orders. 

40  So  they  went  forth  with  all  their  power,  and 
came,  and  pitched  near  Emmaus  in  the  plain 
country. 

41  And  the  merchants  of  the  countries  heard  the 
fame  of  them :  and  they  took  silver  and  gold  in  abun- 
dance, and  servants:  and  they  came  into  the  camp, 
to  buy  the  children  of  Israel  for  slaves:  and  there 
were  joined  to  them  the  forces  of  Syria,  and  of  the 
land  of  the  strangers. 

42  And  Judas  and  his  brethren  saw  that  evils 
were  multiplied,  and  that  the  armies  approached  to 
their  borders;  and  they  knew  the  orders  the  king 
had  given  to  destroy  the  people,  and  utterly  abolish 
them. 

43  And  they  said  every  man  to  his  neighbour : 
Let  us  raise  up  the  low  condition  of  our  people,  and 
let  us  fight  for  our  people  and  our  sanctuary. 

44  And  the  assembly  was  gathered,  that  the}' 
might  be  ready  for  battle ,  and  that  they  might  pray, 
and  ask  mercy  and  compassion. 

45  Now  Jerusalem  was  not  inhabited,  but  was 
like  a  desert :  there  was  none  of  her  children  that 
went  in  or  out :  and  the  sanctuary  was  trodden 
down  :  and  the  children  of  strangers  were  in  the 
castle  ;  there  was  the  habitation  of  the  Gentiles  : 
and  joy  was  taken  away  from  Jacob,  and  the  pipe 
and  harp  ceased  there. 

46  And  they  assembled  together,  and  came  to 
Maspha  over-against  Jerusalem  :  for  in  Maspha  was 
a  place  of  prayer  heretofore  in  Israel. 

47  And  they  fasted  that  day,  and  put  on  hair- 
cloth, and  put  ashes  upon  their  heads :  and  they 
rent  their  garments  : 

48  And  they  laid  open  the  books  of  the  law,  in 
which  the  Gentiles  searched  for  the  likeness  of 
their  idols : 

49  And  thev  brought  the  priestly  ornaments,  and 

751 


I.  MACH ABELS. 


the  first-fruits  and  tithes,  and  stirred  up  the  Nazarites 
that  had  fulfilled  their  days  : 

50  And  they  cried  with  a  loud  roiee  toward  bea* 
ren,  saying:  What  shall  IW  do  with  these,  and 
whither  shall  we  carry  them  .-. 

51  For  thy  holies  are  trodden  down,  and  are  pro- 
faned :  and  thy  priests  are  in  mourning,  and  are 
brought  low. 

\ml  behold,   the   nations  are    rome  together 
ust  OS  to  destroy  ih  :  thou  knowest  what  they 
artend  against  us. 

53  I  low  shall    we  !><•  able  to    stand  before  their 
.  Unless  thou,  O  God,  help  us? 

54  Then  they  sounded  with  trumpets,  and  cried 
out  with  a  loud  voi 

55  And  alter  this  Judas  ap|K>inted  captains  over 
the  people,  over  thousands,  and  over  hundreds,  and 
over  fifties,  and  orer  tens. 

56  Ami  he  said  to  them  that  were  buildim:  houses, 
or  had  betrothed  wires,  or  Were  planting  vineyards, 
or  were  fearful,  that  they  should  return  every  man 
to  hi»  house,  aecordiag  to  the  law. 

57  So  they  removed  the  camp,  and  pitched  on 
the  south  side  of  Kmmaus. 

58  And  Judas  said  :  Gird  yourselves,  and  be 
valiant  men,  and  be  ready  against  the  morning,  that 
\ou  m  i\  fight  with  these  nations  that  are  assembled 

tins)  us  to  destroy  us  and  our  sanctuary. 

For  it  is  better  for  us  to  die  in  battle,  than  to 
see  the  evils  of  our  nation,  and  if  the  holies  : 

60  Nevertheless,  as  it  shall  be  the  will  of  God 
in  heaven,  so  be  it  done. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Judas  routs  the  Icing's  army.      ( ior  gin*  flics  brfore  him.      In*  in  - 

fimrs  against  him  with  a  great  army  :  hut  i-  dftalrtl.  jurliis 

nnsrs  Vie  trmplc  ;  sets  up  a  new  altar  ;   anil  fortifies  the. 

HPHEN  Gorgtaa  took  five  thousand  men,  and  a 
-■-     thousand  of  the  best  horsemen  :  and  they  re- 
asoved  out  of  the  camp  by  night, 

J  That  thei  might  come  upon  the  camp  of  the 
JeWs,  and  strike  them  suddenly  :  and  the  men  that 
were  of  the  castle  were  their  guides. 

;  \  n*I  Judas  heard  of  it,  and  rose  tip,  he  and  the 
valiant  men,  to  attack  the  king's  forces  that  were 
in  Kmmaus. 

V  For  as  yet  the  army  was  dispersed*  from  the 
camp. 

.")  \  1 1 c  i  Gorgias  came  by  night  into  the  camp  of 
Judas,  and  found  no  man  :  ^nA  he  sought  them  in 
the  mountains:  for  he  said:  These  men  nee  from  us. 

6  And  when  it  was  day,  Judas  showed  himself 
in  the  plain  with  three  thousand  nun  only,  who 
neither  had  armour  nor  B  words !+ 

7  And  they  saw  the  camp  of  the  Gentiles  that  it 
WU  stron::.  ami  the  men  in  breast-plates,  and  the 
horsemen  round  about  them ;  audi  retrain- 
ed up  to  war. 

8  And  Judas  said  to  the  men  that  were  with 
him:  Fearye  nut  their  multitude;  neither  be  ye 
afraid  of  their  assault. 

*    7m*  army  teat  dtsftrtd.     Thai  i\    in  ili.f.  r<Mit  clivi»ion«,  not  alio. 

j    II  ha  n'llbr  \*i  *rmom  not  nritit,  »*ucn  a*  they  '»i»t.'  J  for. 

lit 


9  Remember  m  w  oat  manner  our  fathers  were 
saved  in  the  Red  Sea,  when  Pharao  pursued  them 

with  a  creat  army. 

10  And  now  lei  us  cry  to  heaven  :  and  the  Lord 
will  hare  merci  on  us.  and  w  ill  remember  the  cove- 
nant  of  our  fathers,  and  will  destrOj  this  army  lie- 
tore  our  face  this  day  : 

1 1  And  all  nations  shall  know  that  there  is  one 
that  redeemeth  and  diTnereth  Israel. 

l'J  And  the  strangers  lifted  up  their  eyes,  and 
saw  them  coming  against  tin  m. 

1.)   And  they  went    out    of    the  camp  to  battle 
and  they  that  were  with  Judas  sounded  the  trumpet. 

14  And  they  joined  battle:  and  the  (.untiles 
win'  routed,  and  lied  into  the  plain. 

15  Hut  all  the  hindmost  of  them  fell  by  the 
sword  ;  and  they  pursued  them  as  far  as  (iezemn, 
and  even  to  the  plains  of  Munica,  and  of  AzotuS, 
and  of  Jamnia  :  and  there  fill  of  them  to  the  num- 
ber of  three  thousand  nun. 

16  And  Judas  returned  again  with  his  army  that 
followed  him. 

17  And  he  said  to  the  people:  He  not  greedy  of 
the  spoils:  for  there  is  war  before  us. 

18  And  Gorgias  and  his  army  are  near  us  in  the 
mountain:  but  stand  ye  now  against  our  enemies, 
and  overthrow  them:  and  you  shall  take  the  spoils 
afterwards  with  safety. 

19  And  as  Judas  was  speaking  these  words,  be- 
hold, part  of  them  appeared  looking  forth  from  the 
mountain. 

20  And  Gorgias  saw  that  his  nun  were  put  to 
flight,  and  that  they  had  set  (ire  to  the  camp:  for 
the  smoke  that  was  si  en  declared  what  was  done. 

-' 1  And  when  they  had  seen  this,  they  were  seized 
with  ureal  fear,  seeing  ai  the  same  time  Judas  and 
his  army  in  the  plain  ready  to  fight. 

.'   So  they  all   lied   away   into  the  land  of  the 
strangers. 

23  And  Judas  returned  to  take  the  spoils  of  the 
camp:  and  they  got  much  gold,  and  silver,  and  blue 
silk,  and  purple  of  the  sea.  and  great  riches. 

J'i  And  returning  home  they  sunn  a  hymn,  and 
blessed  God  in  heaven,  because  he  is  good,  because 
his  mercy  eoduretb  for  ever. 

25  So  Israel  had  a  great   deliverance   that   day. 

26  And 'such  of  the  strangers  as  escaped,  Went 
and  told  Lysias  all  that  had  happened. 

J  7  \nd  when  he  heard  these  things,  he  was 
amazed  'and  discouraged:  because^  things  had  not 
succeeded  in  Israel  according  to  his  mind,  and  as 
the  kins  had  commanded. 

i  the  year  following,  Lysias  gathered  to- 
gether threescore  thousand  chosen  men.  ami  five 
thousand  horsemen,  that  he  might  subdue  them. 

29  And  they  came  into  Judea,  and  pit -bed  their 
tents  in  Hethoron  :  and  Jmlas  met  them  with  ten 
thousand  men. 

30  And  they  saw  that  the  armv  WAS  Strong:  and 
he  prayed,  and  said:  Blessed  art  thou,  O  saviour 
of  Israel,  w  ho  didst  break  the  violence  of  the  mighty 
by  the  hand  of  tin  servant  Darid,  and  didst  deliver 
up  the  camp  of  the  strangers  into  the  hands  of  Jo- 


CHAP.  V. 


nathan  the  son  of  Saul,  and  of  his  armour-bearer. 

31  Shut  up  tliis  army  in  the  hands  of  thy  people 
Israel ;  and  let  them  be  confounded  in  their  host 
and  their  horsemen. 

32  Strike  them  with  fear,  and  cause  the  boldness 
of  their  strength  to  languish;  and  let  them  quake  at 
their  own  destruction. 

33  Cast  them  down  with  the  sword  of  them  that 
love  thee :  and  let  all  that  know  thy  name,  praise 
*hec  with  hymns. 

34  And  they  joined  battle:  and  there  fell  of  the 
army  of  Lysias  five  thousand  men. 

35  And  when  Lysias  saw  that  his  men  were  put 
to  flight,  and  how  bold  the  Jews  were,  and  that  they 
were  ready  either  to  live,  or  to  die  manfully,  be  went 
to  Antioch,  and  chose  soldiers,  that  they  might  come 
again  into  Judea  with  greater  numbers. 

36  Then  Judas,  and  his  brethren  said:  Behold, 
our  enemies  are  discomfited  :  let  us  go  up  now  to 
cleanse  the  holy  places,  and  to  repair  them. 

37  And  all  the  army  assembled  together;  and 
they  went  up  into  mount  Sion. 

38  And  they  saw  the  sanctuary  desolate,  and  the 
altar  profaned,  and  the  gates  burnt,  and  shrubs 
growing  up  in  the  courts  as  in  a  forest  or  on  the 
mountains,  and  the  chambers  joining  to  the  temple 
thrown  down. 

39  And  they  rent  their  garments,  and  made  great 
lamentation,  and  put  ashes  on  their  heads: 

40  And  they  fell  down  to  the  ground  on  their 
faces;  and  they  sounded  with  the  trumpets  of  alarm; 
and  they  cried  towards  heaven. 

41  '1  hen  Judas  appointed  men  to  fight  against 
them  that  were  in  the  castle,  till  they  had  cleansed 
the  holy  places. 

42  And  he  chose  priests  without  blemish,  whose 
will  was  set  upon  the  law  of  God  : 

43  And  they  cleansed  the  holy  places,  and  took 
away  the  stones  that  had  been  defiled  into  an  un- 
clean place. 

44  And  he  considered  about  the  altar  of  holocausts 
that  had  been  profaned,  what  he  should  do  with  it. 

45  And  a  good  counsel  came  into  their  minds, 
to  pull  it  down :  lest  it  should  be  a  reproach  to  them, 
because  the  Gentiles  had  defiled  it;  so  they  threw 
it  down. 

46  And  they  laid  up  the  stones  in  the  mountain 
of  the  temple  in  a  convenient  place,  till  there  should 
come  a  prophet,  and  give  answer  concerning  them. 

47  Then  they  took  whole  stones  according  to 
th.i  law,  and  built  a  new  altar  according  to  the  former: 

48  And  they  built  up  the  holy  places,  and  the 
things  that  were  within  the  temple:  and  they  sanc- 
tified the  temple  and  the  courts. 

49  And  they  made  new  holy  vessels,  and  brought 
in  the  candlestick,  and  the  altar  of  incense,  and  the 
able  into  the  temple. 

50  And  they  put  incense  upon  the  altar,  and 
lighted  up  the  lamps  that  were  upon  the  candlestick ; 
and  they  gave  light  in  the  temple. 

51  And  they  set  up  the  loaves  upon  the  table, 
and  hung  up  the  vails,  and  finished  all  the  works 
that  they  had  begun  to  make. 

5   C 


52  And  they  arose  before  the  morning  on  the  five 
and  twentieth  day  of  the  ninth  month  (which  is  the 
month  of  Casleu)  in  the  hundred  and  forty-eighth 
year: 

53  And  they  offered  sacrifice  according  to  the    . 
law  upon  the  new  altar  of  holocausts  which  they 
bad  made. 

54  According  to  the  time,  and  according  to  the 
day  wherein  the  heathens  had  defiled  it,  in  the  same 
was  it  dedicated  anew  with  canticles,  and  harps, 
and  lutes,  and  cymbals. 

55  And  all  the  people  fell  upon  their  faces,  and 
adored,  and  blessed  up  to  heaven,  him  that  had 
prospered  them. 

56  And  they  kept  the  dedication  of  the  altar  eight 
days :  and  they  offered  holocausts  with  joy,  and 
sacrifices  of  salvation,  and  of  praise. 

57  And  they  adorned  the  front  of  the  temple  with 
crowns  of  gold,  and  escutcheons  :  and  they  renew- 
ed the  gates,  and  the  chambers,  and  hanged  doors 
upon  them. 

58  And  there  was  exceeding  great  joy  among 
the  people:  and  the  reproach  of  the  Gentiles  was 
turned  away. 

59  And  Judas  and  his  brethren,  and  all  the  church 
of  Israel,  decreed,  that  the  day  of  the  dedication  of 
the  altar  should  be  kept  in  its  season  from  year  to 
year  for  eight  days,  from  the  five  and  twentieth 
day  of  the  month  of  Casleu,  with  joy  and  gladness. 

60  They  built  up  also  at  that  time  mount  Sion, 
with  high  walls,  and  strong  towers  round  about,  lest 
the  Gentiles  should  at  any  time  come,  and  tread  it 
down  as  they  did  before. 

61  And  he  placed  a  garrison  there,  to  keep  it: 
and  he  fortified  it,  to  secure  Bethsura,  that  the  peo 
pie  might  have  a  defence  against  Jdumea. 

CHAP.  V. 

Judas  and  his  brethren  attack  the  enemies  nf  their  mini  try,  and 
deliver  them  that  were  distressed.  Jnsephun  and  Azarius  at- 
tempting, contrary  to  order,  to  fight  against  their  enumi  s, 
are  defeated. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  nations  round 
about  heard  that  the  altar,  and  the  sanctuary 
were  built  up  as  before,  that  they  were  exceeding 
angry. 

2  And  they  thought  to  destroy  the  generation  ot 
Jacob  that  were  among  them :  and  they  began  tc 
kill  some  of  the  people,  and  to  persecute  them. 

3  Then  Judas  fought  against  the  children  of  Esau 
in  Idumea,  and  them  that  were  in  Aerabathane; 
because  they  beset  the  Israelites  round  about :  and 
he  made  a  great  slaughter  of  them. 

4  And  he  remembered  the  malice  of  the  children 
of  Bean  :  who  were  a  snare  and  a  stumbling-block 
to  the  people,  by  lying  in  wait  for  them  in  the  way. 

5  And  they  were  shut  up  by  him  in  towers  :  and 
he  set  upon  them,  and  devoted  them  to  utter  destruc- 
tion, and  burnt  their  towers  with  fire,  and  all  that 
were  in  them. 

6  Then  he  passed  over  to  the  children  of  Am- 
nion, where  he  found  a  mighty  power,  and  much 
people,  and  Timotheus  was  their  captain  : 

7  And  he  fought  many  battles  with  them;  and 

753 


I.  MAC  II  \ 


they  were  discomfited  in  their  sight  :  and  he  smote 

(been : 

8  Ami  he  took  tin- city  of  Gazar  and  her  towns, 
and  returned  into  Judea. 

9  And  the  Gentiles  thai  were  in  G  da  id,  assem- 
bled themselves  together  ■gainst  tin-  Israelites  thai 
were  in  their  quarters,  t « >  destroy  them:  and  they 
Red  into  the  fortress  ol    Datheman. 

10  And  they  sent  letters  to  Judas,  and  his  bre- 
thren,  saying:  The  heathens  that  arc  round  about 

gathered  together  against  us  to  destroy  us: 
1  I    \nd  they  are  preparing  to  come,  and  to  take 
the  fortress  into  which  we  arc  fled  :  and  Timotheus 
is  the  captain  of  their  host. 

1 1  Now  therefore  comet  and  deliver  us  out  of 
their  hands;   for  many  of  us  are  slain. 

I.i  And  all  our  brethren  that  were  in  the  places 
of  Tubin,  are  killed  :  and  they  have  carried  away 
tiieir  wins,  and  their  children,  captives,  and  taken 
their  spoils:  and  they  have  slain  there  almost  a 
thousand  men. 

1  I  And  while  they  were  yet  reading  these  let- 
ters, behold,  there  came  other  messengert  out  of 
Galilee  with  their  garments  rent,  who  related  ac- 
cording to  these  words  : 

^ning,  that  they  of  Ptolemais,  and  of  Tyre, 
and  of  Sidon,  were  assembled  a-ainst  them;  and 
all  Galilee  is  filled  with  stranger*,  in  order  to  con- 
sume IIS. 

|t>  Now  when  Judas  and  the  people  heard  these 
words,  a  great  asscmlilv  met  together  to  consider 
what  tiny  should  do  for  their  brethren  that  were  in 
UOUble,  and  were  assaulted  by  them. 

17  And  Judas  said  to  Simon  his  hrother:  Choose 
thee  men,  and  CO,  and  deliver  thy  brethren  in  Gali- 
lee :  and  I  and  my  hrother  Jonathan  will  go  into 
the  country  of  (ialaad. 

18  And  he  left  Joseph  the  son  of  Zarharias,and 
ii.is  captains  of  the  people,   with  the    remnant 

of  the  army  in  Judea,  to  keep  it : 

19  And  be  commanded  them,  saying:  Take  ye 
the  charge  of  this  people:  but  make  no  war  Bgaiusl 
the  heathens  till  we  return. 

JO  Now  three  thousand  men  were  allotted  toSi- 
mon,  to  go  into  Galilee:  and  eighl  thousand  to  Ju- 
das, logo  into  the  laud  of  (ialaad. 

l\  \ii'l  Simon  went  iuto  Galilee,  and  fought  ma- 
nv battles  w  iththe  heathens  :  and  the  heathens  were 

discomfited  before  bis  face:  and  he  pursued  them 

even  to  the  gate  of  I'tolemais. 

Zl  \nd  there  fell  of  the  heathens  almost  three 
thousand  men:  and  he  took  the  spoils  of  tin  in. 

\nd  In-  took  with  him  those  that  were  in  Ga- 
lilee and  in  Aibatis,  with  their  w  ives,  and  children, 
and  all  thai  the)  had:  and  he  brought  them  into  Ju- 

!OV. 

1\  And  .lud.is  Miichaheus and  Jonathan  hisbro- 
ovcr  tin-  Jordan,  and  went  three  days' 
ionrnev  through  the  desert. 

\nd  the  Nabutheans  met  them,  and  Received 
them  in  a  peaceable  manner,  and  told  them  all  that 
happened    to  their  brethren  in   the  land  of  (ialaad: 
\nd  that   man)  of  them  were  shut  up  in    Ba 
TM 


i,  and  in  Bosor,  and  in  Alima,  and  in  CaS|dMC, 

and  in  Mageth,  and  in  (  ariiaim  ;    all  these   sir 
and  treat  cil  i 

\  l  i,   and  that  they  were  kept   shut  up  in   the 
of  the  cities  of  (ialaad,  and   that  tJiev  had   ap- 
pointed to  bring  their  army  on  the  morrow  near  to 
these  cities,  and  to  take  them,  and  to  destroy  tin  m 
all  in  one  day. 

28  Then  Judas  and  his  army  suddenly  fumed 
their  march  into  the  desert  to  Bosor,  and  took  the 
city:  and  he  slew  every  male  by  the  edge  of  the 
SWord,  ami  took  all  their  spoils,  and  burnt  it  w  ithfne. 

29  And  they  removed  from  I  hence  by  night,  and 
went  till  they  came  to  the  fortress. 

30  And  it  came  to  pass  that  early  in  the  mornins, 
When  they  lifted  up  their  eyes,    behold,    there   w 

people  without  number,  carrying  ladders  and  en- 
gines to  take  the  fortress  and  assault  them. 

31  And  Judas  saw  that  the  fight  was  begun,  anc 
the  cry  of  the  battle  went  up  to  heaven  like  a  trum- 
pet,  and  a  great  cry  out  of  the  city  : 

32  And  In-  saidto  his  host:  fight  ye  to-day  foi 
your  brethren. 

33  And  he  came  with  three  companies  behind 
them:  and  they  sounded  their  trumpets,  and  cried 
out  in  prayer. 

34  And  the  host  of  Timotheus  understood  that,  it 
was  Macbabeus  :  and  they  lied  aw  ay  before  his  face  : 
and  they  made  a  great  slaughter  of  them  :  and  there 
fell  of  them  in  that  day  almost  eight  thousand  men. 

35  And  Judas  turned  aside  to  Ma.spha,  and  as- 
saulted, and  took  it  :  and  he  slew  even  male  thereof, 
and  took  the  spoils  thereof,  and  burnt  it  with  fire. 

36  From  thence  he  marched,  and  took  (  asbon, 
and  Mageth,  and  Bosor,  and  the  rest  of  the  cities  ol 
(ialaad. 

37  But  after  this  Timotheus  gathered  another 
army,  and  camped  over-against  Raphofl  beyond  the 
torrent. 

38  And  Judas  sent  men  to  view  the  army  :  and 
they  brought  him  word,  savin;:  :  All  the  nations  that 
are  round  about  us,  are  assembled  unto  him  an  army 
exceeding  great. 

39  Ana  they  have  hired  the  Arabians  to  help  them: 
and  they  have  pitched  their  tents  beyond  the  torrent, 
ready  to  come  to  light  against  thee.  And  Judas 
went  to  meet  them. 

40  And  Timotheussaidto  the  captains  of  his  army  : 
When  Judas  and  his  army  come  near  ihe  torrent  of 
water,  if  he  pass  over  unto  us  first,  we  shall  not  be 
able  to  withstand  him  :  for  he  will  certainly  prevail 
over  us. 

41  But  if  he  be  afraid  to  pass  over,  and  camp  on 
the  other  side  of  the  river,  we  will  pass  <>\  i  r  to  them, 
and  shall  prevail  against  him. 

I  Now  when  Judas  came  near  the  torrent  of 
water,  he  set  the  scribes  of  the  people  by  the  torrent, 
and  commanded  them.  s,(\  ing  :  Suiter  no  man  to  stay 
behind  !  but  let  all  come-to  the  liatlle. 

43  And  he  passed  over  to  them  first,  and  all  the 

people  after  him  ;  and  all  the  heathens  were  discom- 
fited before  them  ;  and  they  threw   away  their  Wee- 
I  pons,  and  lied  to  the  temple  that  was  in   La  maim 


CHAP.  VI. 


44  And  he  took  that  city :  and  the  temple  he  burnt 
with  fire,  with  all  things  that  were  therein:  and 
(  ani. i i in  was  subdued,  and  could  not  stand  against 
the  face  of  Judas. 

45  And  Judas  gathered  together  all  the  Israelites 
that  were  in  the  land  of  Galaad,  from  the  least  even 
to  the  greatest,  and  their  wives,  and  children,  and 
an  army  exceeding  great,  to  come  into  the  laud  of  Juda. 

46  And  they  came  as  far  as  Ephron  :  now  this 
was  a  great  city  situate  in  the  way,  strongly  fortified  ; 
and  there  was  no  means  to  turn  from  it  on  the  right 
hand  or  on  the  left ;  but  the  way  was  through  the 
midst  of  it. 

47  And  they  that  were  in  the  city,  shut  them- 
selves in,  and  stopped  up  the  gates  with  stones  :  and 
Judas  sent  to  them  with  peaceable  words, 

48  Saying  :  Let  us  pass  through  your  land,  to  go 
into  our  country :  and  no  man  shall  hurt  you  :  we 
will  only  pass  through  on  foot.  But  they  would  not 
open  to  them. 

49  Then  Judas  commanded  proclamation  to  be 
made  in  the  camp,  that  they  should  make  an  assault 
every  man  ih  the  place  where  he  was. 

50  And  the  men  of  the  army  drew  near  ;  and  he 
assaulted  that  city  all  the  day,  and  all  the  night;  and 
the  city  was  delivered  into  his  hands  : 

"  51  And  they  slew  every  male  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword  :  and  he  rased  the  city,  and  took  the  spoils 
thereof,  and  passed  through  all  the  city  over  them 
that  were  slain. 

52  Then  they  passed  over  the  Jordan  to  the  great 
plain  that  is  over-against  Bethsan. 

.  53  And  Judas  gathered  together  the  hindmost : 
and  he  exhorted  the  people  all  the  way  through,  till 
they  came  into  the  land  of  Juda. 

54  And  they  went  up  to  mount  Sion  with  joy  and 
gladness,  and  offered  holocausts,  because  not  one  of 
them  was  slain,  till  they  had  returned  in  peace. 

55  Now  in  the  days  that  Judas  and  Jonathan 
were  in  the  land  of  Galaad,  and  Simon  his  brother 
in  Galilee  before  Ptolemais, 

56  Joseph  the  son  of  Zacharias,  and  Azarias 
captain  of  the  soldiers  heard  of  the  good  success, 
and  the  battles  that  were  fought  : 

57  And  he  said  :  Let  us  also  get  us  a  name  ; 
and  let  us  go  fight  against  the  Gentiles  that  are 
round  about  us. 

58  And  he  gave  charge  to  them  that  were  in  his 
armv  ;  and  they  went  towards  Jamnia. 

59  And  Gorgias  and  his  men  went  out  of  the 
city,  to  give  them  battle. 

60  And  Joseph  and  Azarias  were  put  to  flight, 
and  were  pursued  unto  the  borders  of  Judea  :  and 
there  fell,  on  that  day,  of  the  people  of  Israel,  about 
two  thousand  men  :  and  there  was  a  great  over- 
throw of  the  people  j 

61  Because  they  did  not  hearken  to  Judas,  and 
his  brethren,  thinking  that  they  should  do  manfully. 

62  But  they  were  not  of  the  seed  of  those  men 
by  whom  salvation  was  brought  to  Israel. 

63  And  the  men  of  Juda  were  magnified  exceed- 
ingly in  the  sight  of  all  Israel,  and  of  all  the  nations 
where  their  name  was  heard. 


64  And  people  assembled  to  them  with  joyful 
acclamations. 

65  Then  Judas  and  his  brethren  went  forth,  and 
attacked  the  children  of  Esau,  in  the  land  toward 
the  south  :  and  he  took  Chebron,  and  her  towns  : 
and  he  burnt  the  walls  thereof  and  the  towers  all 
round  it. 

66  And  he  removed  his  camp  to  go  into  the  land 
of  the  aliens  ;  and  he  went  through  Samaria. 

67  In  that  day  some  priests  fell  in  battle,  while 
desiring  to  do  manfully  they  went  out  unadvisedly 
to  fight. 

68  And  Judas  turned  to  Azotus  into  the  land  of 
the  strangers  ;  and  he  threw  down  their  altars,  and 
he  burnt  the  statues  of  their  gods  with  fire  :  and 
he  took  the  spoils  of  the  cities,  and  returned  into 
the  land  of  Juda. 

CHAP.  VI. 

The  fruitless  repentance  and  death  of  Antiochus.  His  son 
comes  against  Judas  with  a  formidable  army.  He  besieges 
Sion  :  but  at  last  makes  peace  with  the  Jews. 

7VTOW  king  Antiochus  was  going  through  the 
-*-  '  higher  countries  :  and  he  heard  that  the  city 
of  Elymais  in  Persia  was  greatly  renowned,  and 
abounding  in  silver  and  gold  : 

2  And  that  there  was  in  it  a  temple  exceeding 
rich,  and  coverings  of  gold,  and  breast-plates,  and 
shields,  which  king  Alexander  son  of  Philip  the  Ma- 
cedonian that  reigned  first  in  Greece,  had  left  there. 

3  Lo,  he  came,  and  sought  to  take  the  city,  and 
to  pillage  it  :  but  he  was  not  able,  because  the  de- 
sign was  known  to  them  that  were  in  the  city. 

4  And  they  rose  up  against  him  in  battle :  and 
he  fled  away  from  thence,  and  departed  with  great 
sadness,  and  returned  towards  Babylonia. 

5  And  whilst  he  was  in  Persia,  there  came  one 
that  told  him,  how  the  armies  that  were  in  the  land 
of  Juda  were  put  to  flight : 

6  And  that  Lysias  went  with  a  very  great  power, 
and  was  put  to  flight  before  the  face  of  the  Jews,  and 
that  they  were  grown  strong  by  the  armour,  and 
power,  and  store  of  spoils,  which  they  had  gotten 
out  of  the  camps  which  they  had  destroyed  ; 

7  And  that  they  had  thrown  down  the  abomina- 
tion which  he  had  set  up  upon  the  altar  in  Jerusa- 
lem ;  and  that  they  had  compassed  about  the  sanc- 
tuary with  high  walls  as  before,  and  Bethsura  also 
his  city. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass  when  the  king  heard 
these  words,  that  he  was  struck  with  fear,  and  ex- 
ceedingly moved:  and  he  laid  himself  down  upon 
his  bed,  and  fell  sick  for  grief,  because  it  had  not 
fallen  out  to  him  as  he  imagined. 

9  And  he  remained  there  many  days :  for  great 
grief  came  more  and  more  upon  him,  and  he  made 
account  that  he  should  die. 

10  And  he  called  for  all  his  friends,  and  said  to 
them  :  Sleep  is  gone  from  my  eyes  ;  and  I  am  fall- 
eu  away;  and  my  heart  is  cast  down  for  anxiety: 

11  And  1  said  in  my  heart :  Into  how  much  tri- 
bulation am  I  come,  and  into  what  floods  of  sorrow, 
wherein  now  I  am  :  I  that  was  pleasant  and  beloved 
in  my  power ! 

765 


I.  M.UI1  \BKF.S. 


12  But  mow  I  remember  the  evils  thai  I  hare  dot* 

in    Jerusalt -in,  trom    whence    also  I   took   away    nil 
spoils,  of  fold,  and  of  silver  that  win  in  it  ;   and 
I   Mill    to  destroy  tin-  inhabitant*  of  Juda    without 
tan-'  . 

I.)    I    know   therefore    that    for  this    cause   these 
evils  hare  found  me;  and  behold,  1  perish  with 


great  grit!  in  a  strauge  land 
11   Then  he  called  Philip 


dip,  one  of  his  friends  ;  anil 
he  made  him  recent  oxer  all  his  kingdom. 

1~>  And  he  gave  him  the  crown,  ami  his  rol>o,  and 
bis  riim,  that  he  should  so  to  Aiitiochus  his  ton, 
and  should  bring  him  up  lor  the  kingdom* 

It;  So  kin-  AuUuchus died  there  in  the  year  one 
hundred  and  forty-nine. 

17  And  Lysias  understood  that  the  king  was 
dead  :  and  lie  set  up  Aiitiochus  his  son  to  reign, 
x\  horn  he  brought  up  )  minj  !  and  he  called  his  name 
Kupator. 

18  Now  they  that  were  in  the  ca*tlc,  had  shut  up 
the  Isiaclitc*  round  about  the  holy  places  :  and 
they  wire  continually  set  king  their  hurt,  ami  to 
strengthen  the  <  i  entiles. 


19    \nd 


and 


Judas   purposed  to  destroy  them 
he  called  together  all  the  people,  to  besiege  them. 
20  And  they  came  together,  and  besieged  them 
in  the  year  one  hundred  and  fifty  ;  and  they  made 
battering  slinks  and  engines. 

J\   And  soeaeof  the oesiegedgot out;  and  some 

wicked  men  of  Israel  joined  themselves  unto  them. 

■\ndthey  went  to  the  king,   and  said  :   How 

long  dost  thou  delay  to  execute  the  judgment,  and 

t<>  i  our  brethren  ? 

\\  <■  determined  to  serve  thy  father,  and  to  do 

according  to  his  orders,  and  obey  his  edicts: 

JV  And  lor  this  they  of  our  nation  are  alienated 
from  us,  and  have  slain  as  many  of  us  as  they  could 
find,  BM  have  spoiled  our  inheritances. 

Neither  hare  they  put  forth  tie  ii  hand  against 
us  only,  but  also  against  all  our  borders. 

26  And  behold,  they  have  approached  this  day 
to  the  castle  of  Jerusalem  to  take  it,  and  they  have 
fortified  the  strong-hold  of  Bethsura  : 

27  And  unless  thou  speedilx  pie\  ent  them,  they 
will  do  greater  things  than  these;  and  thou  shalt 
not  be  able  to  subdue  lliein. 

Now  when   the  king   heard  this,  he  was  an- 
gry :  and  he  called  together  all  his  friends,  and  the 
tains  of  his  army,  and  them  that    w  < n   over  the 
horsemen. 

29  There  came  also  to  him  from  other  realms, 
and  from  the  islands  of  the  sea  hired  troops. 

30  And  the  number  of  his  arm\  was  an  hundred 
thousand  footmen,  and  twenty  thousand  horsemen, 
and  thirty-two  elephants  (rained  so  battle. 

31  Atid  they  went  through  Idesoea.  and  ap- 
proached to  Bethsura,  and  fought  many  days  ;  and 
they  made  engines:  but  they  sallied  forth,*  and 
burnt  them  with  fire,  and  fought  manfully. 

\     |  J ud. is  departed  from  the  castle,  and  re- 


DBOVed  the  camp  to  Beth/.acharam,  over-against  the 
kind's  camp. 

I   And   the   king  rose   before   it  was  light,  and 

made  bis  troops  march  on  fiercelj  towards  the  way 

of  Beth/.acharam:  and  the  armies  made  thcnisclxtn 

:\  for  the  battle,  and  they  sounded  the  trumpet*: 

34   And  they  showed  the  elephant*   the  blood  ot 

-rapes,  ami  mulberries  to  provoke  them  to  light. 

i  And  they  distributed  the  beasts  by  the  legions: 
and  there  stood  h\  ex  cry  elephant  a  thousand  men 
in  coats  of  mail,  and  with  helmets  ol  bias*  on  their 
heads  :  and  live  hundred  horsemCD  *et  in  order  w  ere 
chosen  for  every  beast. 

30  These  before  the  timet  whensoever  the 
beast  was,  they  were  there:  and  w  hithersoever  it 
went,  they  went,  and  they  departed  not  from  it. 

37  And  upon  the  beast  there  were  strong  wooden 
towers,  which  covered  eve  y  one  of  them,  anil 
engines  Upon  them  ;  and  upon  everyone  thirty-two 
valiant  men.w  hofought  from  above  ;  and  an  Indian 
to  rule  the  beast. 

38  Anil  the  rest  of  the  horsemen  be  placed  on  this 
side  and  on  that  side  at  the  two  w  ings.'witli  trum- 
pets to  stir  up  the  army,  and  to  hasten  them  forward 
that  stood  thick  together  in  tint  legions  thereof. 

39  Now  when  the  sun  shone  upon  the  shields  of 
gold,  and  of  brass,  the  mountain*  glittered  there- 
with,  and  they  shone  like  lamps  of  lire. 

40  And  part  of  the  king1*  arms  wa*  distinguish- 
ed by  the  high  mountains,  and  the  other  part  by  the 
low  places ;  and  they  marched  on  warily  uid 
orderly. 

41  And  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  land  were  mov- 
ed at  the  noise  of  their  multitude,  and  the  marching 
of  the  company,  and  the  rattling  of  the  armour  ;  for 
the  army  was  exceeding  great  and  strong. 

42  And  Judas  and  his  army  drew  near  for  battle  : 
and  there  fell  of  the  king'*  aim\  six  hundred  men. 

43  And  Klea/.ai  the  son  of  Sam  a  saw  one  of 
the  beasts  harness,  d  with  the  king's  harness:  and 
it  was  higher  than  the  other  beasts  :  and  it  seemed 
to  him  that  the  kiim  w  as  on  it  : 

44  And  he  exposed  himself  to  deliver  his  people, 
and  to  get  himself  an  everlasting  name. 

45  And  he  ran  up  to  it  boldly  in  the  midst  of  the 
legion,  killing  on  the  right  hand,  and  on  the  left  ; 
and  they  fell  by  him  on  this  side  and  that  side. 

46  And  he  went  between  the  feet  of  theelrphant, 
and  put  himself  Under  it,  and  slew  it  ;  and  it  fell  to 
the  ground  upon  him  ;   and  lie  died  there. 

47  Then  thex  seeing  the  strength  of  the  king  and 
the  fierceness  of  hi*  army,  turned  aw  ax  from 
them. 

48  But  the  kitm's  army  went  up  against  them  to 
Jerusalem:  and  the  king's  army  pitched  their  tents 
against  Judea  and  mount  Sion. 

49  And  he  made  peace  with  them  that  were  in 
Bethsura:  and  they  came  forth  out  of  the  cky,  be- 
cause tlnv  had  no  victuals,  beiog  shut  up  there;  for 
n  w  as  the  year  of  rest  to  the  land. 


forth,  «od 


SW  Ouj  HttW  /trtk.  fcr.  TW  K  BM  OMmm  of  BHliMim  rallied        f  7V«  it/ft  On  timt.    Thai  U,  tl<CM  were  read;  for  mm  J 
.  tod  burut  Iktm.  Uul  i«,  burnt  Aw  mC%ntt  of  U»  benccan.  U 

JM 


CHAP.  VII. 


60  And  the  king  took  Bethsura  :  and  he  placed 
there  a  garrison  to  keep  it. 

51  And  he  turned  his  army  against  the  sanctuary 
for  many  days  :  and  lie  set  up  there  battering  slings, 
and  engines,  and  instruments  to  cast  fire,  and  en- 
gines to  cast  stones  and  javelins,  and  pieces  to  shoot 
arrows,  and  slings. 

52  And  they  also  made  engines  against  their  en- 
gines ;  and  they  fought  for  many  days. 

53  Bui  there  were  no  victuals  in  the  city,  because 
it  was  the  seventh  year  :  and  such  as  had  staid  in 
Judea  of  them  that  came  from  among  the  nations, 
had  eaten  the  residue  of  all  that  which  had  been 
stored  up. 

54  And  there  remained  in  the  holy  places  but  a 
few,  for  the  famine  had  prevailed  over  them  :  and 
they  were  dispersed  every  man  to  his  own  place. 

55  Now  Lysias  heard  that  Philip,  whom  king 
Antiochus  while  he  lived  had  appointed  to  bring  up 
his  son  Antiochus,  and  to  reign  to  be  king, 

56  Was  returned  from  Persia,  and  Media,  with 
the  army  that  went  with  him,  and  that  he  sought 
to  take  upon  him  the  affairs  of  the  kingdom  : 

57  Wherefore  he  made  haste  to  go,  and  say  to  the 
king  and  to  the  captains  of  the  army :  We  decay 
daily ;  and  our  provision  of  victuals  is  small :  and 
the  place  that  we  lay  siege  to  is  strong;  and  it  lieth 
upon  us  to  take  order  for  the  affairs  of  the  kingdom. 

58  Now  therefore  let  us  come  to  an  agreement 
with  these  men,  and  make  peace  with  them,  and 
with  all  their  nation. 

59  And  let  us  covenant  with  them,  that  they 
may  live  according  to  their  own  laws  as  before. 
For,  because  of  our  despising  their  laws,  they  have 
been  provoked,  and  have  done  all  these  things. 

60  And  the  proposal  was  acceptable  in  the  sight 
of  the  king,  and  of  the  princes:  and  he  sen!  to 
them  to  make  peace  :  and  they  accepted  of  it. 

61  And  the  king  and  the  princes  swore  to  them: 
and  they  came  out  of  the  strong  hold. 

62  Then  the  king  entered  into  mount  Sion,  and 
saw  the  strength  of  the  place:  and  he  quickly  broke 
the  oath  that  he  had  taken,  and  gave  commandment 
to  throw  down  the  wall  round  about. 

63  And  he  departed  in  haste,  and  returned  to 
Antioch,  where  he  found  Philip  master  of  the  city  : 
aiM  he  fought  against  him,  and  took  the  city. 

CHAP.  VII. 

Df metritis  is  made  king:  and  sends  Barchides  and  Aleimvs  the 
priest  into  Judea,  and  after  them  Nicanor,  who  is  slain  by 
Judas,  with  all  hi*  army. 

TN  the  hundred  and  fifty-first  year  Demetrius  the 
-*-  son  of  Seleucus  departed  from  the  city  of  Rome, 
and  came  up  with  a  few  men  into  a  city  of  the  sea 
coast,  and  reigned  there. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  entered  into  the 
house  of  the  kingdom  of  his  fathers,  that  the  army 
seized  upon  Antiochus,  and  Lysias,  to  bring  them 
unto  him. 

3  And  when  he  knew  it,  he  said :  Let  me  not 
see  their  face. 

4  So  the  army  slew  them.  And  Demetrius  sat 
ipon  the  throne  of  his  kingdom  : 


5  And  there  came  to  him  the  wicked  and  ungod 
ly  men  of  Israel :  and  Alcimus  was  at  the  head  o 
them,  who  desired  to  be  made  high-priest. 

6  And  they  accused  the  people  to  the  king,  say 
ing:  Judas  and  his  brethren  have  destroyed  all  thy 
friends  ;  and  he  hath  driven  us  out  of  our  land. 

7  Now  therefore  send  some  man  whom  thou 
trustest ;  and  let  him  go,  and  see  all  the  havock  he 
hath  made  amongst  us,  and  in  the  king's  lands:  and 
let  him  punish  all  his  friends,  and  their  helpers. 

8  Then  the  king  chose  Bacchides  one  of  his 
friends  that  ruled  beyond  the  great  river  in  the  king- 
dom, and  was  faithful  to  the  king  :  and  he  sent  him 

9  To  see  the  havock  that  Judas  had  made:  and 
the  wicked  Alcimus  he  made  high-priest,  and  com- 
manded him  to  take  revenge  upon  the  children  of 
Israel. 

10  And  they  arose,  and  came  with  a  great  army 
into  the  land  of  Juda  :  and  they  sent  messengers, 
and  spoke  to  Judas  and  his  brethren  with  peaceable 
words  deceitfully. 

11  But  they  gave  no  heed  to  their  words  :  for 
they  saw  that  they  were  come  with  a  great  army. 

12  Then  there  assembled  to  Alcimus  and  Bac- 
chides a  company  of  the  scribes  to  require  things 
that  are  just : 

13  And  first  the  Assideans  that  were  among  the 
children  of  Israel;  and  they  sought  peace  of  them. 

14  For  they  said:  One  that  is  a  priest  of  the 
seed  of  Aaron  is  come  ;   he  will  not  deceive  us. 

15  And  he  spoke  to  them  peaceably:  and  he 
swore  to  them,  saying :  We  will  do  you  no  harm, 
nor  your  friends. 

16  And  they  believed  him.  And  he  took  three- 
score of  them,  and  slew  them  in  one  day,  accord- 
ing to  the  word  that  is  written  : 

17  The  flesh  of  thy  saints,  and  the  blood  of  them 
they  have  shed  round  about  Jerusalem  ;  and  there 
was  none  to  bury  them. 

18  Then  fear  and  trembling  fell  upon  all  the  peo- 
ple :  for  they  said :  There  is  no  truth  nor  justice 
among  them  :  for  they  have  broken  the  covenant 
and  the  oath  which  they  made. 

19  And  Bacchides  removed  the  camp  from  Jeru- 
salem, and  pitched  in  Bethzecha  :  and  he  sent,  and 
took  many  of  them  that  were  fled  away  from  him : 
and  some  of  the  people  he  killed,  and  threw  them 
into  a  great  pit. 

20  Then  he  committed  the  country  to  Alcimus, 
and  left  with  him  troops  to  help  him.  So  Bacchides 
went  away  to  the  king  : 

21  But  Alcimus  did  what  he  could,  to  maintain 
his  chief  priesthood. 

22  And  they  that  disturbed  the  people  resorted 
to  him:  and  they  got  the  land  of  Juda  into  their 
power,  and  did  much  hurt  in  Israel. 

23  And  Judas  saw  all  the  evils  that  Alcimus,  and 
they  that  were  with  him,  did  to  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, much  more  than  the  Gentiles. 

24  And  he  went  out  into  all  the  coasts  of  Judea 
round  about,  and  took  vengeance  upon  the  men  that 
had  revolted  ;  and  they  ceased  to  go  forth  any  more 
into  the  country. 

757 


I.  M  v  ii\i:i:i>. 


25  Ami  A  lei  inns  saw  that  J uda sand  they  that  w  ere 
with  him  prevailed:  and  he  knew  that  he  could  not 
stand  against  them:  ami  he  went  hack  to  the  king, 
and  accused  them  ot  main  crimes. 

Vnd  the  kins  sent  Nicanor  one  of  l"s  princi- 
pal lords,  who  was  a  great  enemy  lo  Israel:  and  he 
commanded  him  to  destroy  the  people. 

\n«l  Nicanor  came  to  Jerusalem  wiihagreat 
MM  :  and  he  sent  to  Judas  and  to  his  brethren  de- 

it fully  with  fiiendlv   words, 

living:  Let  there  l»e  no  fighting  between  me 
and  you:  I  will  come  with  a  tew  men  to  see  your 
laces  w  ilh  peace. 

\ud  he  came  to  Judas,  and  they  saluted  one 
another  |xaceahlv  :  and  the  enemies  wcic  prepan  (I 
h>  lake  away  Judas  by  force. 

30  And  the  thing  was  known  to  Judas,  that  he 
w  i>eometo  him  w  ith  deceit :  and  he  was  much  afraid 
of  him,  and  would  not  see  his  face  any  more. 

81  And  Nicanor  knew  ih at  his  counsel  was  dis- 
covered :  and  he  went  out  to  light  against  Judas 
near  ( 'aphaisalama. 

.52  And  there  fell  of  Nicanor's  army  almost  five 
thousand  men  ;  and  they  lied  into  the  city  of  David. 

33  And  after  this  Nicanor  went  up  into  mount 
Siofl  :   and  some  of  the  priests  and  the  people  came 
>ut  to  salute   him   peaceably,  and    to  show  him  the 
lolocausts  that  were  offered  to  the  king. 

M  BlH  he  mocked  and  despised  them,  and  abus- 
ed them:   and  he  spoke  prnndb. 

\ud  swore  in  aimer,  saying:  Unless  Judas 
and  his  army  be  delivered  into  my  hands,  as  soon 
;i>  ever  I  return  in  peace,  I  will  burn  this  house.  Ami 
he  went  out  in  a  great  rag.-. 

36  And  the  priests  went  in,  and  stood  before  the 
(ace  of  the  altar  and  the  temple:  and  weeping  theriaaii 

37  Thou.  ()  Lord,  hast  chosen  this  house  forth  J 
name  lo  lie  called  upon  therein,  that  it  might  Ih-  a 
house  of  prayer  and  supplication  for  thy  people. 

38  Me  avenged  of  this  man,  and  his  army:  and 
let  them  fall  by  the  sword  :  remember  their  blas- 
phemies, and  suffer  them  not  to  continue  any  longer. 

;>'.•  Then  Nicanor  went  out  from  Jerusalem. Bad 
encam|ted  near  to  llcthoron  :  and  an  army  of  Syria 
joined  him. 

40  Hut  Judas  pitched  in  Adarsa  with  three  thou- 
sand men  :  and  Judas  prayed,  and  said  : 

41  O  Lord,  when  they  that  were  sent  by  king  Sen- 
irn  herib  blasphemed  thee,  an  angel  went  out,  and 
slew    of  them  a  hundred  and  eighty-live  thousand: 

42  Kven  so  destroy  this  armv  in  our  sight  to-day  ; 
and  let  the  rest  know  that  he  hath  spoken  ill  against 
thy  sanctuary:  and  judge  thou  him  according  to  his 
wickedness. 

43  And  the  armies  joined  battle  on  the  thirteenth 
day  of  the  month  Adar:  ;md  the  army  of  Nicanor 
was  defeated;  and  he  himself  was  first  slain  in  the 
battle. 

41  And  when  his  army  saw  that  Nicanor  was 
t>laiu,  they  threw  awav  their  wea|K>ns  and  fled: 

•  7Vya*ani.*8.  What  it  law  art  down  of  la*  hiatory  >od  charar- 
tar  of  tin-  ancient  Roman*.  i«  not  an  aMertion  or  affirmation  of  ()•<■ 
aacrad  writer ;  bat  only  a  relation  of  what  Juua<  had  heard  of  them. 

758 


46  And  they  pursued  after  them  one  lay's  jotir- 
n.  v  from  Ada/er,  even  till  ye  come  toGazara:  and 

they  sounded  the  trum|iels  alter  them  with  signals. 
4t>  And  thev  went  forth  out  of  all  the  towns  of 
.ludea  round  about;  and  thev  pushed  tin  in  with 
the  horns:  and  they  turned  again  to  tin  in:  and 
they  were  all  slain  with  ihe  sword;  and  there  was 
not  left  of  them  so  much  as  one. 

47  And  they  took  the  spoils  of  them  for  a  bootv: 
and  thev  cut  off  Nicanor's  heat!  ami  his  right  band, 
which  lie  had  proudly  stretched  our  :  and  they 
brought    it,  and  hung  it  up  ov  er-against  Jerusalem. 

\nd  the    people    rejoiced   exceeding)) ;  and 
they  spent  that  (lay  with  great  joy. 

49  And  he  ordained  that  this  day  should  l»e  kept 
ever*  year,  being  the  thirteenth  of  the  month  of  Adar. 

50  Ami  the  land  of  .luda  was  quiet  for  a  short 
time. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

Ju-iiu  hears  of  the  great  character  itf  the  Romans  :  He  makes  a 
Uague  villi  them. 

|V"OW  Judas  heard  of  the  fame  of  the  Romans, 
■L  '  that  they  are  |towt- rful  and  strong,  and  w  illing- 
ly  agree  to  all  things  ihat  are  requested  of  tin  in; 
and  that  whosoever  have  come  to  them,  thev  I  av.- 
made  amity  with  them,  and  that  they  are  mighty  in 
power. 

2  And  ihev  heard"  of  their  battles,  ainl  their  no- 
ble acts,  which  they  had  done  in  (ialalia.  how  thev 
had  conquered  them,  and  brought  them  under  Irihute  : 

3  And  how  great  things  thev  had  done  in  the 
land  of  Spain,  and  that  they  had  brought  under  their 
power  the  mines  of  silver  and  of  gold  that  are  lln-re, 
and  had  gotten  possession  of  all  the  place  by  their 
counsel  and  iialience: 

4  And  had  conquered  places  that  were  very  far 
off  from  them,  and  kings  ihat  came  against  them 
from  the  ends  of  the  earih,  and  had  overthrow  n  ihem 
a  ith  great  slaughter  :  and  the  rest  pay  them  tribute 
every  year. 

5  And  that  they  had  defeated  in  battle  Philip  and 
Panel  the  king  of  the  (  cleans. f  and  the  rest  that 
had  l)ornc  arms  against  them,  and  had  conquered 
them : 

6  And  how  Antiochus  the  great  king  of  Asia, 
who  went  to  light  against  them,  having  a  luindied 
and  twenty  elephants,  with  horsemen,  and  chariots, 
ami  a  forj  great  army,  was  routed  by  them: 

7  And  how  they  took  him  alive,  and  appointed 
to  him,  that  both  he,  and  they  that  should  reign  after 
him,  should  pay  a  gnat  tribute,  and  that  he  should 
give  hostages,  and  that  which  was  agreed  upon. 

8  And  the  country  of  the  Indians,  and  of  the 
Medes,  and  of  the  Lydians,  some  of  their  l>est  pro- 
vinces:  and  ihose  which  they  had  taken  from  them, 
ihev  gave  to  king  Kinm-iics.} 

9  And  that  thev  who  were  in  Greece  had  a  mind 
to  go,  and  to  destroy  them  :  and  they  had  know  ledge 
thereof  ■ 

10  And  they   sent  a   general  against   them,  and 


\CHtaiu. 

!    t.uuuntt. 


That  i«.  Ih<-  M 
King  of  Pcrgmma*. 


chap.  ix. 


ought  with  diem,  and  many  of  them  were  slain  :  and 
they  carried  away  their  wives  and  their  children 
captives,  and  spoiled  them,  and  took  possession  ot 
their  land,  and  threw  down  their  walls,  and  brought 
them  to  he  their  servants  unto  this  day. 

11  And  the  other  kingdoms,  and  islands,  that  at 
any  time  had  resisted  them,  they  had  destroyed,  and 
brought  under  their  power. 

12  But  with  their  friends,  and  such  as  relied  upon 
them,  they  kept  amity ;  anil  had  conquered  kingdoms 
that  were  near,  and  that  were  far  off':  for  all  that 
heard  their  name  were  afraid  of  them. 

13  That  whom  they  had  a  mind  to  help  to  a  king- 
dom, those  reigned:  and  whom  they  would,  they  depos- 
ed from  the  kingdom:  and  they  were  greatly  exalted. 

14  And  none  of  all  these  wore  a  crown,  or  was 
clothed  in  purple,  to  be  magnified  thereby. 

15  And  that  they  had  made  themselves  a  senate- 
house,  and  consulted  daily  three  hundred  and  twen- 
ty men,  that  sat  in  council  always  for  the  people, 
that  they  might  do  the  things  that  were  right : 

16  And  that  they  committed  their  government  to 
one  man*  every  year  to  rule  over  all  their  country  ; 
and  they  all  obey  one  ;  and  there  is  no  envy,  nor 
jealousy  amongst  them. 

17  So  Judas  chose  Eupolemus  the  son  of  John, 
the  son  of  Jacob,  and  Jason  the  son  of  Eleazar  :  and 
he  sent  them  to  Rome  to  make  a  league  ot  amity 
and  confederacy  with  them: 

18  And  that  they  might  take  off"  from  them  the 
yoke  of  the  Grecians;  for  they  saw  that  they  oppress- 
ed the  kingdom  of  Israel  with  servitude. 

19  And  they  went  to  Rome,  a  very  long  journey  ; 
and  they  entered  into  the  senate-house,   and  said  : 

20  Judas  Machabeus,  and  his  brethren,  and  the 
people  of  the  Jews,  have  sent  us  to  you  to  make 
alliance  and  peace  with  you,  and  that  we  may  be 
registered  your  confederates  and  friends. 

21  And  the  proposal  was  pleasing  in  their  sight. 

22  And  this  is  the  copy  of  the  writing  that  they 
wrote  back  again,  graven  in  tables  of  brass,  and  sent 
to  Jerusalem,  that  it  might  be  with  them  there  for 
a  memorial  of  the  peace  and  alliance. 

23  Good  success  be  to  the  Romans,  and  to 
the  people  of  the  Jews,  by  sea  and  by  land  for  ever: 
and  far  be  the  sword  and  enemy  from  them. 

24  But  if  there  come  first  any  war  upon  the  Ro- 
mans, or  any  of  their  confederates,  in  all  their  do- 
minions : 

25  The  nation  of  the  Jews  shall  help  them  ac- 
cording as  the  time  shall  direct,  with  all  their  heart  : 

26  Neither  shall  they  give  them,  whilst  they  are 
lighting,  or  furnish  them  with  wheat,  or  arms,  or 
money,  or  ships,  as  it  hath  seemed  good  to  the  Ro- 
mans :  and  they  shall  obey  their  orders,  without  tak- 
ing any  thing  of  them. 

27  In  like  manner  also  if  war  shall  come  first 
upon  the  nation  of  the  Jews,  the  Romans  shall  help 
them  with  all  their  heart,  according  as  the  time  shall 
permit  them: 


*  To  out  man.  There  were  two  consuls  :  but  one  only  ruled  at  on«» 
time,  each  in  his  day.  Ao  «nry,  &c.  So  Judas  had  heard  :  and  it  was 
to  far  VC'ic,  « ith  regard  to  the  ancient  Romans,  that  as  yet  no  envy  or 


28  And  there  shall  not  be  given  to  them  that  come 
totheir  aid,  eilherwheat,  orarms,  or  money,  orships, 
as  it  hath  seemed  good  lo  the  Romans:  and  they  shall 
observe  their  orders  without  deceit. 

29  According  to  these  articles  did  the  Romans 
covenant  with  the  people  of  the  Jews. 

30  And  if  after  this  one  party  or  the  other  shall 
have  a  mind  to  add  to  these  articles,  or  take  away 
any  thing,  they  may  do  it  at  their  pleasure:  and 
whatsoever  they  shall  add,  or  take  away,  shall  be 
ratified. 

31  Moreover  concerning  the  evils  that  Demetrius 
the  king  hath  done  against  them,  we  have  written 
to  him,  saying :  Why  hast  thou  made  thy  yoke  heavy 
upon  our  friends  and  allies,  the  Jews? 

32  If  therefore  they  come  again  to  us  complain- 
ing of  thee,  we  will  do  them  justice,  and  will  make 
war  against  thee  by  sea  and  land. 

CHAP.  IX. 

Bacchides  is  sent  again  into  Judea:  Judas  fights  against  him 
with  eight  hundred  men,  and  is  slain.  Jonathan  succeeds 
him,  and  revenges  the  murder  of  his  brother  John.  He  fights 
against  Bacchides.  Ahimus  dies  miserably.  Bacchides 
besieges  Bethbessen.  He  is  farced  to  raise  the  siege,  and 
leave  the  country. 

TN  the  mean  time,  when  Demetrius  heard  that 
-*-  Nicanor  and  his  army  were  fallen  in  battle,  he 
sent  again  Bacchides  and  Alcimus  into  Judea:  and 
the  right  wing  of  his  army  with  them. 

2  And  they  took  the  road  that  leadeth  to  Galgal, 
and  they  camped  in  Masaloth,  which  is  in  Arabella: 
and  they  made  themselves  masters  of  it,  and  slew 
many  people. 

3  In  the  first  month  of  the  hundred  and  fifty- 
second  year  they  brought  the  army  to  Jerusalem : 

4  And  they  arose,  and  went  to  Berea  with  twenty 
thousand  men,  and  two  thousand  horsemen. 

5  Now  Judas  had  pitched  his  tents  in  Laisa, 
and  three  thousand  chosen  men  with  him  : 

6  And  .they  saw  the  multitude  of  the  army,  that 
they  were  many ;  and  they  were  seized  with  great 
fear:  and  many  withdrew  themselves  out  of  the 
camp  ;  and  there  remained  of  them  no  more  than 
eight  hundred  men. 

7  And  Judas  saw  that  his  army  slipt  away  ;  and 
the  battle  pressed  upon  him,  and  his  heart  was  cast 
down  :  because  he  had  not  time  to  gather  them  to- 
gether ;  and  he  was  discouraged. 

8  Then  he  said  to  them  that  remained  :  Let  us 
arise,  and  go  against  our  enemies,  if  we  may  be  able 
to  fight  against  them. 

9  But  they  dissuaded  him,  saying:  We  shall  not 
be  able;  but  let  us  save  our  lives  now,  and  return 
to  our  brethren ;  and  then  we  will  fight  against 
them  :  for  we  are  but  few. 

10  Then  Judas  said  :  God  forbid  we  should  do 
this  thing,  and  fiee  away  from  them  :  but  if  our  time 
be  come,  let  us  die  manfully  for  our  brethren,  and 
let  us  not  stain  our  glory. 

1 1  And  the  army  removed  out  of  the  camp  ;  and 
they  stood  over-against   them  :  and  the   horsemen 

jealousy  had  divided  them  into  such  open  factions  and  civil  wars,  us 
they  afterwards  experienced  in  the  time  of  Marius  and  Sylla,  tic. 

TM 


i.  machabkks. 


were  divided  into  two  troops,  and  the  ■lingers,  ind 
the  archers,  treat  before  tin- army:  and  they  that 
WOC  in  tin-  Trout  were  all  nun  of  valour. 

12  \inl  Bacchides  was  in  tin;  right  wing;  and 
tlif*  legion  drew  mar  on  two  sides  ;  and  tlu-v  sound- 
i-d  the  trumpets : 

!•>  \nd  they  also  that  were  onJiidns's  side,  oven 
they  aKo  cried  out ;  and  the  earth  shook  at  tin- 
noise  of  t lie-  armies  :  and  the  battle  was  fought  from 
morning  even  unto  the  evening. 

I  1  Anil  .linlas  perceived  thill  the  stronger  part  of 
the  arun  of  Bacchides  was  on  the  right  side:  and 
all  tin-  stout  of  heart  came  logether  w  ith  him  : 

15  \ntl  the  right  w  ing  was  discomfited  bi  them  : 
and  be  pursued  them  even  to  the  mount  A/otus. 

16  And  they  that  were  in  ihe  left  wing  saw  that 
the  right  IV  illg  was  discomfited  :   and  thev  followed 

.  and  them  that  were  with    him  at    l hi- i i 
hack: 

17  And  the  battle  was  hard  (ought :  and  there 
fell  many  wounded  of  the  one  side  and  of  the  other. 

18  And  Jodas  was  slain  :  and  the  rest  fled  away. 

19  And  Jonathan  and  .Simon  took  Judas  their 
brother,  and   buried  him  in  the   sepulchre  of  their 

fathers  in  the  city  of  Mod  in. 

\nd  all  the  people  of  Israel  bewailed  him  with 
great  lamentation ;  and  they  mourned  for  him 
mam  days, 

J I  And  said  :  How  is  the  mights  man  fallen,  thai 
s;i\e(|  the  people  of  Israel  ! 

.2  But  the  rest  of  the  words  of  the  wars  of  Ju- 
d  is,  and  of  the  nolile  ads  that  he  did,  and  of  his 
greatness,  are  not  written ;  fort  hex  were  \erv  many. 
\nd  it  came  to  pass,  after  the  death  of  Judas, 
that  the  wicked  began  to  put  forth  their  heads  in  all 
the  confines  of  Israel,  and  all  the  workcis  of  ini- 
ciuitv  rose  up. 

.'\    In  iboM  d:i\s  there  was  a   very  great  famine; 
and  they  and  all  I  heir  country  yielded  to  Bacchides. 
\iid  Bacchides  chose    the  wicked  men,   and 
made  them  lords  of  the  country  : 

Ji>  Vnd  they  soi  ght  out,  and  made  diligent  search 
after  the  ftiends  of  Judas,  and  brought  them  to 
Bacchides:  and  be  took  vengeance  of  them,  ;uid 
abused  them. 

27  And  there  was  made  great  tribulation  in  Is- 
rael, such  as  was  not  sin.  e  the  day,  that  there  was 
DO  prophet  seen  in  Israel. 

Vnd  all  the  friends  of  Judas  came  together, 
and  said  to  Jonathan  : 

29  Since  thy  brother  Judas  died,  there  is  not  a 
man  like  him  to  to  forth  against  our  enemies,  Bac- 
chides. and  them  that  are  the  enemies  of  our  nation. 

;W)  Now  therefore  we  ha\e  chosen  thee  this  dav 
to  be  our  prince,  and  captain  in  his  stead  to  fight 
our  battle*. 

loiiathau  took  upon  him  the  government 
at  th  it  time,  and  rose  up  in  the  place  of  Judas 
bis  brother. 

Vnd  Mai  chides  had  knowledge  of  it,  and 
sought  to  kill  him. 

33   And   Jonathan  ami   Simon  his  brother  knew 

it,  and  all  that   wire  with  iln-m:   and  the\   tied  into 

Ml 


the  desert   of   Thecua  :   and    they   pitched    by  the 
water  of  the  lake  Asphar: 

34  And  Bacchides  understood  it:  and  he  came 
himself  with  all  his  army  over  the  Jordan  on  the 
sabbath-da\ . 

>  And  Jonathan  sent  his  brother  a  captain  of 
the  people,  to  desire  the  .Vibutheans  his  friends, 
that  thev  would  lend  them  their  equipage,  which 
H  .is  copious. 

36  And  the  children  of  Jambri  came  forth  out  of 
Madaha,  and  took  John,  and  all  that  he  had,  ami 
went  away  with  them. 

37  After  this  it  was  told  Jonathan,  and  Simon 
his  brother, that  the  children  of  Jambri  made  a  great 
marriage,  and  were  bringing  the  bride  out  of  Ma- 
dahn,  the  daughter  ol  one  of  the  gieat  princes  of 
(  liana, in  w  ith  great  pomp. 

.)!'■  And  they  remembered  the  blood  of  John  their 
brother:  and  they  went  up,  and  hid  themselves  un- 
der the  covert  oi  the  mountain. 

39  And  they  lifted  up  their  eyes,  and  saw;  and 
behold  a  tumuli,  and  great  preparation:  and  the 
bridegroom  came  forth,  ami  his  friends,  and  his  bre- 
thren to  meet  ihein  with  timbrels,  ami  musical  in- 
struments, and  many  weapons. 

40  And  they  rose  up  against  them  from  the  place 
where  the]  lay  in  ambush,  and  slew  ihein:  and  there 
fell  many  wounded,  and  the  rest  (led  into  the  moun- 
tains; and  they  took  all  their  spoils: 

41  And  the  marriage  was  turned  into  mourning, 
and  the  noise  of  their  musical  instruments  into  la- 
mentation. 

42  And  they  took  revenge  for  the  hlood  of  their 
brother:  ami  they  returned  to  I  tit-  bank  of  the  Jordau. 

4.3  And  Bacchides  be, ml  it:  and  be  came  on  the 
sabbath-day  even  to  the  bank  of  the  Jordan  with  a 
great  pow  ii. 

H  And  Jonathan  said  to  his  company:  Let  us 
uise,  and  light  against  our  enemies:  for  it  is  not 
now  as  yesterday, and  the  day  before. 

45  For  behold,  the  battle  is  In-fore  us,  and  the 
water  of  the  Jordan  on  this  side  ami  on  (hat  side, 
and  hanks  and  marshes,  and  woods:  and  there  is  no 
place  for  us  to  turn  aside. 

46  Now  therefore  cry  ye  to  heaven,  that  ye  may 
lie  delivered  from  the  hand  of  your  enemies.  Ami 
they  joined  battle. 

47  And  Jonathan  stretched  forth  his  hand  to 
strike  Bacchides:  but  he  turned  away  liom  him 
backwards. 

48  And  Jonathan,  and  they  that  were  w  iih  him, 
leapt  into  the  Jordan,  and  swam  over  the  Jordan  to 
them. 

49  And  there  fell  of  Baechides'a  side  that  day  a 
thousand  men  :  and  they  returned  to  Jerusalem. 

60  And  they  buill  Strong  cities  in  Judea,  the  for- 
tress that  was  in  .leiicho,  ami  in  Ammaiis,  and  in 
Bethoron.  and  in  Bethel,  and  Thamata.  and  I'ha- 
ra,  and  Thopo,  with  high  walls,  and  gates  and 
bars. 

51  And  he  placed  garrisons  in  them,  that  tin  y 
might  wage  war  against  Israel: 

62    And  he  fortified  the  city  of  Bethsiira,  and  Ga 


CHAP.  X. 


rara,  and  the  castle,  and  set  garrisons  in  them,  and 
provisions  of  victuals : 

53  And  he  took  the  sons  of  the  chief  men  of  the 
country  for  hostages,  and  put  them  in  the  castle  in 
Jerusalem  in  custody. 

54  Now  in  the  year  one  hundred  and  fifty-three, 
the  second  month,  Alcimus  commanded  the  walls  of 
the  inner  court  of  the  sanctuary  to  be  thrown  down, 
and  the  works  of  the  prophets  to  be  destroyed:  and 
he  began  to  destroy. 

55  At  that  time  Alcimus  was  struck :  and  his 
works  were  hindered  :  and  his  mouth  was  stopped  ; 
and  he  was  taken  with  a  palsy,  so  that  he  could  no 
more  speak  a  word,  nor  give  order  concerning  his 
house. 

56  And  Alcimus  died  at  that  time  in  great  torment. 

57  And  Bacchides  saw  that  Alcimus  was  dead  : 
and  he  returned  to  the  king  :  and  the  land  was  quiet 
for  two  years. 

58  And  all  the  wicked  held  a  council,  saying: 
Behold,  Jonathan  and  they  that  are  with  him  dwell 
at  ease  and  without  fear:  now  therefore  let  us  bring 
Bacchides  hither;  and  he  shall  take  them  all  in  one 
night. 

59  So  they  went,  and  gave  him  counsel. 

60  And  he  arose  to  come  with  a  great  army :  and 
he  sent  secretly  letters  to  his  adherents  that  were  in 
Judea,  to  seize  upon  Jonathan,  and  them  that  were 
with  him  :  but  they  could  not,  for  their  design  was 
known  to  them. 

61  And  he  apprehended  of  the  men  of  the  coun- 
try, that  were  the  principal  authors  of  the  mischief, 
fifty  men ;  and  he  slew  them. 

62  And  Jonathan,  and  Simon,  and  they  that  were 
with  him,  retired  into  Bethbessen,  which  is  in  the 
desert :  and  he  repaired  the  breaches  thereof,  and' 
they  fortified  it. 

63  And  when  Bacchides  knew  it,  he  gathered  to- 
gether all  his  multitude ;  and  sent  word  to  them  that 
were  of  Judea. 

64  And  he  came  and  camped  above  Bethbessen, 
and  fought  against  it  many  days,  and  made  engines. 

65  But  Jonathan  left  his  brother  Simon  in  the 
city,  and  went  forth  into  the  country,  and  came  with 
a  number  of  men, 

66  And  struck  Odares,  and  his  brethren,  and  the 
children  of  Phaseron  in  their  tents:  and  he  began 
to  slay,  and  to  increase  in  forces. 

67  But  Simon  and  they  that  were  with  him,  sal- 
lied out  of  the  city,  and  burnt  the  engines. 

68  And  they  fought  against  Bacchides;  and  he  was 
discomfited  by  them:  and  they  afflicted  him  exceed- 
ingly; for  his  counsel,  and  his  enterprise  was  in  vain. 

69  And  he  was  angry  with  the  wicked  men  that 
had  given  him  counsel  to  come  into  their  country  : 
and  he  slew  many  of  them  :  and  he  proposed  to 
return  with  the  rest  into  their  country. 

70  And  Jonathan  had  knowledge  of  it :  and  he 
sent  ambassadors  to  him  lo  make  peace  with  him 
and  to  restore  to  him  the  prisoners. 

71  And  he  accepted  it  willingly,  and  did  accord- 
ing to  his  words,  and  swore  that  he  would  do  him 
no  harm  all  the  days  of  his  life. 

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72  And  he  restored  to  him  the  prisoners  which 
he  before  had  tak'en,  out  of  the  land  of  Juda:  and 
he  returned,  and  went  away  into  his  own  country  ; 
v\d  he  came  no  more  into  their  borders. 

73  So  the  sword  ceased  from  Israel:  and  Jona- 
than dwelt  in  Maehmas  ;  and  Jonathan  began  there 
to  judge  the  people;  and  he  destroyed  the  wicked 
out  oi  Israel. 

CHAP.  X. 

Alexander  Rales  sets  himself  up  for  king  :  both  he  and  Deme- 
trius seek  to  make  Jonathan  their  friend.  Alexander  kills 
Demetrius  in  battle,  and  honours  Jonathan.  His  victory  over 
Apollonius. 

"jVTOVV  in  the  hundred  and  sixtieth  year,  Alexan- 
-L^1  der  the  son  of  Antiochus,  surnamed  the  Illus- 
trious, came  up,  and  took  Ptolemais ;  and  they  re- 
ceived him  and  he  reigned  there. 

2  And  king  Demetrius  heard  of  it,  and  gathered 
together  an  exceeding  great  army,  and  went  forth 
against  him  to  fight. 

3  And  Demetrius  sent  a  letter  to  Jonathan  with 
peaceable  words,  to  magnify  him. 

4  For  he  said  :  Let  us  first  make  a  peace  with 
him,  before  he  make  one  with  Alexander  against  us. 

5  For  he  will  remember  all  the  evils  that  we 
have  done  against  him,  and  against  his  brother,and 
against  his  nation. 

6  And  he  gave  him  authority  to  gather  together 
an  army,  and  to  make  arms,  and  that  he  should  be 
his  confederate  :  and  the  hostages  that  were  in  the 
castle,  he  commanded  to  be  delivered  to  him. 

7  And  Jonathan  came  to  Jerusalem,  and  rend 
the  letters  in  the  hearing  of  all  the  people,  and  oi 
them  that  were  in  the  castle. 

8  And  they  were  struck  with  great  fear ;  because 
they  heard  that  the  king  had  given  him  authority 
to  gather  together  an  army. 

9  And  the  hostages  were  delivered  to  Jonathan  ; 
and  he  restored  them  to  their  parents. 

10  And  Jonathan  dwelt  in  Jerusalem,  and  began 
to  build,  and  to  repair  the  city. 

11  And  he  ordered  workmen  to  build  the  walls, 
and  mount  Sion  round  about  with  square  stones  for 
fortification  :  and  so  they  did. 

12  Then  the  strangers  that  were  in  the  strong- 
holds, which  Bacchides  had  built,  fled  away. 

13  And  every  man  left  his  place,  and  departed 
into  his  own  country.  ■ 

14  Only  in  Bethsura  there  remained  some  of 
them,  that  had  forsaken  the  law,  and  the  command- 
ments of  God  :  for  this  was  a  place  of  refuge  foi 
them. 

15  And  king  Alexander  heard  of  the  promises 
that  Demetrius  had  made  Jonathan  :  and  they  told 
him  of  the  battles,  and  the  worthy  acts  that  he  and 
his  brethren  had  done,  and  the  labours  that  they  had 
endured. 

16  And  he  said :  Shall  we  find  such  another 
man  ?  now  therefore  we  will  make  him  our  friend 
and  our  confederate. 

17  So  he  wrote  a  letter,  and  sent  it  to  him   a<  - 

cording  to  these  words,  saying : 

7e* 


I.   MACHAB 

to  his   brother  Jonathan, 


18  Kino    Alexander 
grveiin_. 

19  We  have  heard  of  thee,  that  thou  art  a  man 
of  great  power,  and  tit  to  !>«•  our  friend: 

20  Now  therefore  we  make  thee  iliis  day  high 

Criesi  of  thy  nation,  and  that  thou  l>e  called  the 
im;'s  friend,  (and  lie  sent  liiui  a  purple  roU-.and  a 
crown  of  gold)  and  that  thou  he  of  one  mind  with 
us  in  our  affairs,  and  keep  friendship  with  us. 

21  Then  Jonathan  put  on  the  holy  vestment,  in 

tlie  seventh  month,  in  the  peat  one  luindrcd  and 
threescore,  at  the  feast-day  ot  the  tahernaeles  ;  and 
he  gathered  together  an  army,  and  made  a  great 
number  of  anna. 

10  And  Demetrius  heard  these  words,  and  was 
exceeding  sorry,  and  said: 

23  What  isthis  that  we  have  done. that  Alexander 
hath  prevented  us  to  gain  the  friendship  of  the  J(  us 
to  strengthen  himself? 

24  1  also  will  write  to  them  words  of  request, 
and  otFer  dignities,  and  gilts  :  that  they  may  be 
with  me  to  aid  me. 

25  And  he  w  rote  to  them  in  these  words:  King 
Demetrius  to  the  nation  of  the  Jews,  greeting. 

Whereas  you  have  kept  covenant  with  us, 
and  have  continued  iu  our  friendship,  and  have  not 
joined  with  our  enemies,  we  have  heard  of  it,  and 
are  glad. 

27  Wherefore  now  continue  still  to  keep  fidelity 
towards  ns:  and  we  will  reward  you  with  good 
things,  for  what  you  have  done  in  our  behalf. 

-•'.  And  uc  will  remit  to  you  many  charges,  and 
will  give  sou  nifts. 

29  And  now  1  free  you,  and  all  the  Jews  from 
tributes:  and  I  release  you  from  the  customs  of 
salt,  and  remit  the  crowns,  and  the  thirds  of  the 
seed  : 

30  And  the  half  of  the  fruit  of  trees,  which  is  my 
share,  I  leave  to  you  from  this  day  forward,  so  that 
it  shall  not  be  taken  of  the  land  of  Juda.  and  of  the 
three  cities  that  are  added  thereto  out  of  Samaria 
and  Galilee,  from  this  day  forth  and  for  ever  : 

31  And  let  Jerusalem  be  holy  and  free,  with 
the  borders  thereof:  and  let  the  tenths  and  tributes 
be  for  itself. 

I  \i<  Id  up  also  the  power  of  the  castle  that  is 
in  Jerusalem  :  and  1  give  it  to  the  high-priest,  to 
place  therein  such  men  as  he  shall  choose,  to  keep  it. 

33  And  even  soul  of  the  Jews  that  hath  been 
earned  captive  from  the  landof  Juda  in  all  my  king- 
dom, I  set  at  liberty  freely,  that  all  be  discharged 
from  trihntcs  even  of  their  cattle. 

34  And  I  will  that  all  the  feasts,  and  the  sab- 
baths, and  the  new  moons,  andthe  days  appointed. 
and   three  days   before  the  solemn  day.   and    three 

I  after  the  solemn  day,  he  all  stop!  of  immunity 
and  freedom,  for  all  the  Jews  that  are  in  my  king- 
dom. 

.'{■">  And  no  man  shall  have  power  to  do  any  thing 
against  them,  or  to  molest  anv  of  thein,  in  any  cause. 

36  And  lei  there  be  enrolled  in  the  kind's  arm\ 
to  the  number  of  thirty  thousand  of  the  Jews  :  and 
allowance   shall  be  made  them  as  is  due  to  all   the 

76t 


king's  forces  ;  and  certain  ofthemshall  lie  appoint- 
ed to  he  in  the  fortresses  of  the  great  kine  : 

i    And  some  of  them  shall  be  set  over  the  nflans 

of  the  kingdom,  that  aie  ol  Host:  and  let  the  t:<>- 
veruors  be  taken  from  among  themselves,  and  let 
them  walk  in  their  own  laws,  as  the  king  hath  com- 
manded in  the  laud  of  Juda. 

38  And  the  three  cities  that  are  added  to  Ju. 
out  of  the  country  of  Samaria,  let  them  he  account- 
ed with  Judea  :   that    ihc\  may    be  under  one,   and 
obey  no  other  authority  but  that  of  the  high-priest. 

39  Ptolemais,  and  the  confines  thereof,  I  rive 
as  a  free  gift  to  the  holy  places,  that  are  in  Jerusa- 
lem, for  the  in  cessaiy  charges  of  the  holy  things. 

40  And  I  rive  even  year  fifteen  thousand  sickles 
of  silver  oat  of  the  king's  accounts,  ol  what  belongs 
to  me: 

41  And  all  that  is  above,  which  they  that  were 
over  the  allairs  the  years  before,  had  not  paid,  from 
this  time  they  shall  give  it  to  the  works  of  the  house. 

42  Moreover  the  five  thousand  sickles  of  silver 
which  they  received  from  the  account  of  ihe  holv 
places,  every  fear,  shall  also  belong  to  the  priests 
that  execute  the  ministry. 

43  And  whosoever  shall  flee  into  the  temple  that 
is  in  Jerusalem,  and  in  all  the  borders  thereof,  being 
indebted  to  the  kinu  for  any  matter,  let  them  he  set 
at  liberty;  and  all  that  they  have  in  my  kingdom, 
let  them  have  it  free. 

44  For  the  building  also,  or  repairing  the  works 
of  the  holy  places,  the  charges  shall  Jje  given  out  of 
the  king's  revenues  : 

45  For  the  building  also  of  the  walls  of  Jerusa- 
lem :  and  the  fortifying  thereof  round  about,  the 
charges  shall  l>e  given  out  of  the  king's  account,  as 
also  tor  the  building  of  the  walls  in  Judea. 

46  Now  when  Jonathan,  and  the  people  heard 
these  words,  they  gave  no  credit  to  them,  nor  re- 
ceived she ttlt  because  they  remembered  the  great 
evil  that  he  had  done  in  Israel ;  for  he  had  afflicted 
them  exceedingly. 

47  And  their  inclinations  were  towards  Alexan- 
der, because  he  had  been  the  chief  promoter  of 
l>eace  in  their  regard  ;  and  him  they  always  bellied. 

48  And  kinii  Alexander  gathered  together  a  great 
army,  and  moved  his  (amp  near  to  Demetrius. 

49  And  the  two  kings  joined  battle,  and  the  ar- 
im Of  Demetrius  fled  aWae  t  and  Alexander  pur- 
sued after  him,  and  prosed  them  (lose. 

50  And  the  battle  was  hard  fought,  till  the  sun 
went  down:    and  Demetrius  w  as  slain  that  dav. 

51  And  Alexander  sent  ambassadors  to  1'iole- 
uici ■*  king  of  Egypt  with  words'  to  this  effect,  sa)  - 
ing  : 

52  Forasmuch  as  I  am  returned  into  my  kins- 
doin,  and  am  set  in  the  throne  of  my  ancestors,  ami 
have  gotten  the  dominion,  and  have  overthrown 
Demetrius,  and  possessed  out  country, 

.">•!    And  have  joined  battle  with  him.  and  both  he, 

and  his  arui\   have  been  destroyed  by  us,  and  we 

are  placed  in  the  throne  of  his  kingdom: 


PtoUntt.     8uruim*J  I'bilomutar. 


CHAP.  xr. 


54  Now  therefore  let  us  make  friendship  one 
with  another:  and  give  me  now  thy  daughter  to 
wife,  and  I  will  be  thy  son-in-law;  and  I  will  give 
both  thee  and  her  gifts  worthy  of  thee. 

55  And  king  Ptolemee  answered,  saying  :  Hap- 
py is  the  day  wherein  thou  didst  return  to  the  land 
of  thy  fathers,  and  sattest  in  the  throne  of  their 
kingdom. 

56  And  now  I  will  do  to  thee  as  thou  hast  writ- 
ten :  but  meet  me  at  Ptolemais,  that  we  may  see 
one  another,  and  I  may  give  her  to  thee  as  thou 
hast  said. 

57  So  Ptolemee  went  out  of  Egypt,  with  Cleo- 
patra his  daughter;  and  he  came  to  Ptolemais  in 
the  hundred  and  sixty-second  year. 

58  And  king  Alexander  met  him;  and  he  gave 
him  his  daughter  Cleopatra  :  and  he  celebrated  her 
marriage  at  Ptolemais,  with  great  glory  after  the 
manner  of  kings. 

59  And  king  Alexander  wrote  to  Jonathan,  that 
he  should  come  and  meet  him. 

60  And  he  went  honourably  to  Ptolemais,  and 
he  met  there  the  two  kings  :  and  he  gave  them 
much  silver,  and  gold,  and  presents  :  and  he  found 
favour  in  their  sight. 

61  And  some  pestilent  men  of  Israel,  men  of  a 
wicked  life,  assembled  themselves  against  him  to 
accuse  him  :  and  the  king  gave  no  heed  to  them. 

62  And  he  commanded  that  Jonathan's  garments 
should  be  taken  off,  and  that  he  should  be  clothed 
with  purple:  and  they  did  so.  And  the  king  made 
him  sit  by  himself. 

63  And  he  said  to  his  princes:  Go  out  with  him 
into  the  midst  of  the  city,  and  make  proclamation, 
That  no  man  complain  against  him  of  any  matter, 
andthatnoman  trouble  him  for  any  manner  of  cause. 

64  So  when  his  accusers  saw  his  glory  proclaim- 
ed, and  him  clothed  with  purple,  they  all  ned  away. 

65  And  the  king  magnified  him,  and  enrolled 
h'm  amongst  his  chief  friends,  and  made  him  govern- 
or, and  partaker  of  his  dominion. 

66  And  Jonathan  returned  into  Jerusalem  with 
;ieaee  and  joy. 

67  In  the  year  one  hundred  and  sixty-five,  De- 
metrius the  son  of  Demetrius  came  from  Crete  into 
.he  land  of  his  fathers. 

68  And  king  Alexander  heard  of  it,  and  was  much 
joubled,  and  returned  to  Antioch. 

69  And  king  Demetrius  made  Apollonius  his 
general,  who  was  governor  of  Celesyria:  and  he 
gathered  together  a  great  army,  and  came  to  Jam- 
nia:  and  he  sent  to  Jonathan  the  high-priest, 

70  Saying:  Thou  alone  standest  againsr  us:  and 
I  am  laughed  at,  and  reproached,  because  thou 
showest  thy  power  against  us  in  the  mountains. 

71  Now  therefore  if  thou  trustest  in  thy  forces 
come  down  to  us  into  the  plain,  and  there  let  us  try 
one  another:  for  with  me  is  the  strength  of  war. 

72  Ask,  and  learn  who  I  am,  and  the  rest  that 
help  me,  who  also  say  that  your  foot  cannot  stand 
before  our  face ;  for  thy  fathers  have  twice  been 
put  to  flight  in  their  own  land: 

73  And  now  how  wilt  thou  be  able  to  abide  the 


horsemen,  and  so  great  an  army  in  the  plain,  where 
there  is  no  stone,  nor  rock,  nor  place  to  flee  to? 

74  Now  when  Jonathan  heard  the  wordsof  Apol- 
lonius, he  was  moved  in  his  mind  :  and  he  chose 
ten  thousand  men,  and  went  out  of  Jerusalem  :  and 
Simon  his  brother  met  him  to  help  him. 

75  And  they  pitched  their  tents  near  Joppe.  but 
they  shut  him  out  of  the  city;  because  a  garrison 
of  Apollonius  was  in  Joppe:  and  he  laid  siege  to  it. 

76  And  they  that  were  in  the  city  being  affright- 
ed, opened  the  gates  to  him:  so  Jonathan  took  Joppe. 

77  And  Apollonius  heard  of  it:  and  he  took  three 
thousand  horsemen,  and  a  great  army. 

78  And  he  went  to  Azotus  as  one  that  was  ma- 
king a  journey,  and  immediately  he  went  forth  into 
the  plain:  because  he  had  a  great  number  of  horse- 
men, and  he  trusted  in  them.  And  Jonathan  fol- 
lowed after  him  to  Azotus,  and  they  joined  battle. 

79  And  Apollonius  left  privately  in  the  camp  a 
thousand  horsemen  behind  them. 

80  And  Jonathan  knew  that  there  was  an  am- 
bush behind  him:  and  they  surrounded  his  army,  and 
cast  darts  at  the  people  from  morning  till  evening. 

81  But  the  people  stood  still,  as  Jonathan  had 
commanded  them:  and  so  their  horses  were  fatigued. 

82  Then  Simon  drew  forth  his  army,  and  at- 
tacked the  legion:  for  the  horsemen  were  wearied 
and  they  were  discomfited  by  him,  and  lied. 

83  And  they  that  were  scattered  about  the  plain 
fled  into  Azotus,  and  went  into  Bethdagon  thei. 
idol's  temple,  there  to  save  themselves. 

84  But  Jonathan  set  fire  to  Azotus,  and  the  cities 
that  were  round  about  it,  and  took  the  spoils  of  them, 
and  the  temple  of  Dagon:  and  all  them  that  were 
fled  into  it,  lie  burnt  with  fire. 

85  So  they  that  were  slain  by  the  sword,  with  them 
that  were  burnt,  were  almost  eight  thousand  men. 

86  And  Jonathan  removed  his  army  from  thence, 
and  camped  against  Ascalon:  and  they  went  out  of 
the  city  to  meet  him  with  great  honour. 

87  And  Jonathan  returned  into  Jerusalem  with 
his  people,  having  many  spoils. 

88  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Alexander  the 
king  heard  these  words,  that  he  honoured  Jona- 
than yet  more. 

89  And  he  sent  him  a  buckle  of  gold,  as  the  cus- 
tom is  to  be  given  to  such  as  are  of  the  royal  blood. 
And  hegave  him  Accaron  and  all  the  borders  theieof 
in  possession. 

CHAP.  XI. 

Ptolemee    invades  the   kingdom  of  Alexander :    the  latter  i$    , 
slain  :  arid  the  former  dies  soon  after.     Demetrius   honours 
Jonathan,  and  is  resetted  by  the  Jews  from  his  otun  subjects  in 
Anlioeh.     Antiochus  the  younger  favours  Jonathan.     His 
exploits  in  divers  places. 

\  ND  the  king  of  Egypt  gathered  together  an  ai- 
-^*-  my,  like  the  sand  that  lieth  upon  the  sea  shore, 
and  many  ships:  and  he  sought  to  get  the  kingdom 
of  Alexander  by  deceit,  and  join  it  to  his  own  king- 
dom. 

2  And  he  went  out  into  Syria  with  peaceable 
words:  and  they  opened  to  him  the  cities,  and  met 
him:  for  king  Alexander  had  ordered  them  to  go 
forth  ro  meet  him,  because  he  was  his  father-in-law 

163 


I.  MACHABEES. 

S  Now  \vlir>n  Ptolemee  entered  into  the  cities,   of  Israel,   and  of  the 
he  nut  pm-isous  of  soldiers  in  everj  city. 

4  Ami  when  li<'  came  neat  to  tsotns,  they  show- 
ed him  the  temple  of  Dagon  t ri;it  was  burn!  with 
fir**,  tod  Asotos,  iiiwl  the  suburbs  thereof  thai  were 
destroyed,  and  the  bodies  that  were  cast  abroad,  tad 
the  travel  of  then  thai  wen  slain  in  the  battle, 
which  they  had  made  mar  the  way. 

5  And  they  told  the  kins  that  Jonathan  had  done 
these  things,  to  make  him  odious:  but  the  king  lit  Id 
his  pea  • 

6  And  Jonathan  came  to  meet  the  king  at  Joppe 
With  dory:  and  they  saluted  one  another,  and  they 
lodged  there. 

7  And  Jonathan  went  with  the  king  as  far  as  the 
river  called  Eleiitlierus:  and  he  returned  into  Jeru- 
salem. 

8  And  king  Ptolemee  got  the  dominion  of  the 
cities  by  the  sea  side,  even  to  Selnicia  :  and  he  de- 
vised evil  designs  against  Alexander. 

9  And  he  sent  ambassadors  to  Demetrius,  say- 
ing: Come,  let  us  make  a  league  between  us  ;  and  ! 
will  give  thpe  my  daughter  whom  Alexander  hath; 
and  thou  shah  reign  in  the  kingdom  of  thy  father. 

10  For  I  repent  that  I  have  given  him  my  daugh- 
ter ;  for  he  hath  SOOght  to  kill  me. 

1 1  And  he  slandered  him,  because  he  coveted  his 
kingdom. 

12  And  he  took  away  his  daughter,  and  gave  her 
to  Demetrius,  and  alienated  himself  from  Alexan- 
der: and  his  enmities  were  made  manifest. 

13  And  Ptolemee  entered  into  Antioch,  and  set 
two  crowns  upon  his  head,  that  of  Egypt,  and  that 
of  Asia. 

1  V  Now  king  Alexander  was  in  Cilicia  at  that 
time  :  because  they  that  were  in  those  places  had 
rebelled. 

lo  And  when  Alexander  heard  of  it,  he  came  to 
give  him  battle:  and  king  Ptolemee  brought  forth 
bis  army,  and  met  him  with  a  strong  power,  and 
put  him  to  flight. 

16  And  Alexander  fled  into  Arabia,  there  to  be 
protected  :    and  kins;  Ptolemee  was  exalted. 


wn    mv  u    .       o  i  i\  i      niu^      a     ion    mi    i        n  m,'    i    .aiiiu  u* 

17  And  Zabdiel  the  Arabian  took  otTAIexander': 
head,  and  sent  it  to  Ptolemee. 

18  And  king  Ptolemee  died  the  third  day  after: 
and  thev  that  were  in  the  strong-holds  were  destroy- 
ed by  them  that  were  within  the  camp. 

If*  And  Demetrius  reigned  in  the  hundred  and 
sixtv-sevenfh  \ear. 

20  In  those  days  Jonathan  gathered  together  them 

that  were  in  Judea,  to  take  the  castle  that  was  in 
Jerusalem:  and  they  made  many  engines  of  war 
against  it. 

21  Then  some  wicked  men  thai  hated  their  own 
nation,  went  away  to  king  Demetrius,  and  told  him 
that  Jonathan  was  besieging  the  castle. 

22  And  wlnn  he  heard  it.  he  was  angry:  and 
forthwith  lie  came  to  Ptolemats,  and  wrote  to  Jona- 
than, that  he  should  not  besiege  the  castle,  hut 
should  come  to  him  in  haste,  and  speak  to  hint. 

23  Hut  when  Jonathan  beard  tins,  he  bade  them 
besiege  it  still :  and   he  chose  some  of  the  ancients 

7«l 


priests,  and   put  himself  in 
dancer. 

I  And  he  took  gold  and  silver,  and  raiment, 
and  many  other  presents,  and  went  to  the  king  to 
Pioleni  lis  :  and  he  found  favour  in  his  sight. 

25  And  certain  wicked  men  ot  his  nation  made 
complaints  against  him. 

Jt!  Ami  the  king  treated  him  as  his  predecessors 
had  done  bsSOWi  and  he  exalted  him  in  the  sight  of 
all  his  friends. 

27  And  he  confirmed  him  in  the  high-priesthood, 
and  all  the  honours  he  had  before;  and  he  made 
him  the  chief  of  his  friends. 

28  And  Jonathan  requested  of  the  king  that  he 
Would  make  Judea  free  from  tribute,  and  the  three 
(governments,  and  Samaria,  and  the  confines  there- 
of:  and  he  promised  him  three  hundred  talents. 

29  And  the  king  consented:  and  he  wrote  letters 
to  Jonathan  of  all  these  things  to  this  effect 

30  King  Demetrius  to  his  brother  Jonathan, and 
to  the  nation  of  the  Jews,  greeting. 

31  \\  e  send  you  here  a  copy  ot  the  letter,  which 
we  have  written  to  Lasthenes  our  parent,  conceru- 
ingyou,  that  w>u  might  know  it. 

.'  King  Demetrius  to  Lasthenes  his  parent, 
greeting. 

33  \Ve  have  determined  to  do  good  to  the  nation 
of  the  Jews  w  ho  are  our  friends,  and  keep  the  things 
that  are  just  with  us,  for  their  good- will  which  they 
bear  towards  us. 

34  We  have  ratified  therefore  unto  them  all  the 
borders  of  Judea,  and  the  three  cities,  Apliert  mu* 
Lyda,  and  Hamatha.  which  are  added  to  Judea,  out 
ot  Samaria,  and  all  their  confines.  *o  he  set  apart  to 
all  them  that  sacrifice  in    Jerusalem,  instead  of  the 

payments  which  the  king  received  of  them  every 
Var.  and  for  the  fruits  ot  the  land,  and  of  the  In 

35  And  as  for  other  things  that  belonged  tons  of 
the  tithes,  and  of  the  tributes,  from  this  time  we  dis- 
charge them  of  them  :  the  salt-pans  also,  and  the 
crow  ns  that  were  presented  to  us. 

36  We  give  all  to  them:  and  nothing  hereof  shall 
be  revoked  from  this  time  forth  and  tor  ever. 

37  Now  therefore  see  that  thou  make  a  copy  of 
these  things;  and  let  it  be  Ctveo  to  Jonathan,  and 
Bet  upon  the  holl  mountain  in  ■  conspicuous  place. 

38  And  king  Demetrius  seeing  that  the  land  was 
quiet  before  him,  and  nothing  resisted  him.  sent 
away  all  his  fonts,  evety  man  to  his  own  place, 
except  the  foreign  army,  which  be  had  drawn  to- 
gether from  the  islands  of  the  nations:  so  all  the 
trooiis  of  his  lathers  hated  him. 

39  Now  there  was  one  Tnphon  who  had  been 
of  Alexander's  party  In-fore:  who  scrum  that  r||  the 
army  murmured  against  Demetrius.  went  to  I'.mal- 
chttel  the  Arabian,  who  brought  up  Antiochus  the 
son  of  Alexander. 

40  And  he  pressed  him  much  to  deliver  him  to 
him,  that  he  might  be  king  in  his  lather's  place: 
and  he  told  him  all  that  Demetrius  had  done,  and 
how  his  soldiers  hated  him.  And  he  remained  time 
mam  days. 

*  jtfktrimM  i«  only  found  iu  the  Greek  remoo. 


CHAP.  XII. 


41  And  Jonathan  sent  to  king  Demetrius  de- 
siring that  he  would  cast  out  them  that  were  in  the 
castle  in  Jerusalem,  and  those  that  were  in  the 
strong-holds:  because  they  fought  against  Israel. 

42  And  Demetrius  sent  to  Jonathan,  saying :  I 
will  not  only  do  this  for  thee,  and  for  thy  people, 
but  I  will  greatly  honour  thee  and  thy  nation,  when 
opportunity  shall  serve. 

43  Now  therefore  thou  shaltdo  well  if  thou  send 
me  meu  to  help  me  :  for  all  my  army  is  gone  from 
me. 

44  And  Jonathan  sent  him  three  thousand  valiant 
men  to  Autioch  :  and  they  came  to  the  king;  and 
the  kin};  was  very  glad  of  their  coming. 

43  And  they  that  were  of  the  city  assembled 
themselves  together,  to  the  number  of  a  hundred 
and  twenty  thousand  men,  and  would  have  killed  the 
king. 

46  And  the  king  fled  into  the  palace  :  add  they 
of  the  city  kept  the  passages  of  the  city,  and  began 
to  fight. 

47  And  the  king  called  the  Jews  to  his  assistance : 
and  they  came  to  him  all  at  once;  and  they  all  dis- 
persed themselves  through  the  city. 

48  And  they  slew  in  that  day  a  hundred  thousand 
men  :  and  they  set  fire  to  the  city,  and  got  many 
spoils  that  day,  and  delivered  the  king. 

49  And  they  that  were  of  the  city  saw  that  the 
Jews  had  got  the  city  as  they  would:  and  they  were 
discouraged  in  their  mind,  and  cried  to  the  king, 
making  supplication,  and  saying: 

50  Grant  us  peace,  and  let  the  Jews  cease  from 
assaulting  us,  and  the  city. 

51  And  they  threw  down  their  arms,  and  made 
peace;  and  the  Jews  were  glorified  in  the  sight  of 
the  king, and  in  the  sightof  all  that  were  in  his  realm, 
and  were  renowned  throughout  the  kingdom,  and 
returned  to  Jerusalem  with  many  spoils. 

52  So  king  Demetrius  sat  in  the  throne  of  his 
kingdom:  and  the  land  was  quiet  before  him. 

53  And  he  falsified  all  whatsoever  he  had  said, 
and  alienated  himself  from  Jonathan,  and  did  not 
reward  him  according  to  the  benefits  he  had  receiv- 
ed from  him,  but  gave  him  great  trouble. 

54  And  after  this  Tryphon  returned,  and  with 
him  Antiochus  the  young  boy,  who  was  made  king, 
and  put  on  the  diadem. 

55  And  there  assembled  unto  him  all  the  bands 
which  Demetrius  had  sent  away:  and  they  fought 
against    Demetrius,  who  turned  his  back,  and  fled. 

56  And  Tryphon  took  the  elephants,  and  made 
himself  master  of  Antioch. 

57  And  young  Antiochus  wrote  to  Jonathan, 
saying  :  I  confirm  thee  in  the  high-priesthood:  and 
I  appoint  thee  ruler  over  the  four  cities,  and  to  be 
one  of  the  king's  friends. 

58  And  he  sent  him  vessels  of  gold  for  his  ser- 
vice: and  he  gave  him  leave  to  drink  in  gold,  and  to 
be  clothed  in  purple,  and  to  wear  a  golden  buckle: 

59  And  he  made  his  brother  Simon  governor 
from  the  borders  of  Tyre  even  to  the  confines  of 
Egypt. 

60  Then  Jonathan  went  forth  and  passed  through 


the  cities  beyond  the  river:  and  all  the  forces  of  Sy- 
ria gathered  themselves  to  him  to  help  him:  and  he 
came  to  Ascalon,  and  they  met  him  honourably  out 
of  the  city. 

61  And  he  went  from  thence  to  Gaza  :  and  they 
that  were  in  Gaza  shut  him  out:  and  he  besieged  it, 
and  burnt  all  the  suburbs  round  about,  and  took  the 
spoils. 

62  And  the  men  of  Gaza  made  supplication  to 
Jonathan:  and  he  gave  them  the  right  hand;  and  he 
took  their  scflis  for  hostages,  and  sent  them  to  Jeru- 
salem :  and  he  went  through  the  country  as  far  as 
Damascus. 

63  And  Jonathan  heard  that  the  generals  of  De- 
metrius were  come  treacherously  to  Cades,  which 
is  in  Galilee,  with  a  great  army,  purposing  to  remove 
him  from  the  affairs  of  the  kingdom  : 

64  And  he  went  against  them,  but  left  his  brother 
Simon  in  the  country. 

65  And  Simon  encamped  against  Bethsura,  and 
assaulted  it  many  days,  and  shut  them  up. 

66  And  they  desired  him  to  make  peace,  and  he 
granted  it  them  :  and  he  cast  them  out  from  thence, 
and  took  the  city,  and  placed  a  garrison  in  it. 

67  And  Jonathan  and  his  army  encamped  by  the 
water  of  Genesar:  and  before  it  was  light  they  were 
ready  in  the  plain  of  Asor. 

68  And  behold,  the  army  of  the  strangers  met 
him  in  the  plain;  and  they  laid  an  ambush  for  him 
in  the  mountains:  but  he  went  out  against  them. 

69  And  they  that  lay  in  ambush  rose  out  of  their 
places,  and  joined  battle. 

70  And  all  that  were  on  Jonathan's  side  fled  : 
and  none  was  left  of  them,  but  Mathathias  the  son 
of  Absalom,  and  Judas  the  son  ofCalphi,  chief  cap- 
tain of  the  army. 

71  And  Jonathan  rent  his  garments,  and  cast 
earth  upon  his  head,  and  prayed. 

72  And  Jonathan  turned  again  to  them  to  battle  : 
and  he  put  them  to  flight ;  and  they  fought. 

73  And  they  of  his  part  that  fled  saw  this;  and 
they  turned  again  to  him;  and  they  all  with  him 
pursued  the  enemies  even  to  Cades  to  their  own 
camp  ;  and  they  came  even  thither. 

74  And  there  fell  of  the  aliens  in  that  day  three 
thousand  men  :  and  Jonathan  returned  to  Jerusalem. 

CHAP.  XII. 

Jonathan  renews  his  league  with  the  Romans  and  Lacedemonians. 
The  forces  of  Demetrius  flee  away  from  him.  He  is  deceived 
and  made  prisoner  by  Tryphon. 

\  ND  Jonathan  saw  that  the  time  served  him  : 
-^*-  and  he  chose  certain  men,  and  sent  them  to 
Rome,  to  confirm  and  to  renew  the  amity  with 
them  : 

2  And  he  sent  letters  to  the  Spartans,  and  to  othei 
places,  according  to  the  same  form. 

3  And  "they  went  to  Rome,  and  entered  into  the 
senate-house,  and  said:  Jonathan  the  high-priest, 
and  the  nation  of  the  Jews  have  sent  us  to  lenew 
the  amity  and  alliance,  as  it  was  before. 

4  And  they  gave  them  letters  to  their  governore 
in  every  place,  to  conduct  them  into  the  lan.J  of  Ju 
da  with  peace. 

766 


I.  MACTIABEEs 
letters  which  Jona 


6  And  this  is  a  copy  of  the 
than  w  rote  to  the  .Spartans  : 

6  JONATHAN  the  hidi-priest.  and  the  ancients  of 
tic  nation,  ami  the  pi  icsts.  and  the  rest  of  the  people 
of  the  Jews,  to  t  lie  Spartans,  their  brethren,  {greeting. 

7  There  were  letters  sent  long  ago  to  Onias  the 
high-priesi  from  Arius  who  reigned  then  among 
you,  to  signify  that  yon  are  onr  brethren,  as  the 
OOP]  here  underwritten,  doth  specify 


ambassador  w  ith  ho- 
there  was 


8  Ami  Onias  received  the 

nour :  ami  received  the    letters,  wherein 
mention  made  of  the  alliance  and  ainitv. 

9  We,  though  we  needed  none  of  these  things, 
having  tor  our  comfort  the  holy  books  that  are  in  MM 
hands, 

10  Chose  rather  to  send  to  you  to  renew  the  bro- 
theihood  and  fiiendship,  lest  we  should  become 
strangers  to  you  altogether  :  for  there  is  a  long 
time  passed  since  you  sen;  to  n>. 

11  We  therefore  at  all  liases  without  ceasing. 
l>oth    in  our    festivals,  and  oilier  davs   wherein  it  is 

ivenieut,  remember  von  in  the  sacrifices  that  we 
offer,  and  in  our  observances,  as  il  is  meet  ami  be- 
coming to  remember  brethren. 

1J     \nd  we  rejoice  at   v  our  dory. 

13  But  We  have  had  many  troubles  and  wars  on 
every  side  ;  and  the  kings  that  are  round  about  us, 
have  fought  against  ns. 

1  I  But  we  would  not  be  troublesome  to  you,  nor 
to  the  ri  si  of  our  allies  and  friends  in  these  wars. 

15  For  we  have  had  help  from  heaven  :  and  we 
have  been  delivered,  and  our  enemies  are  humbled. 

16  We  have  chosen  therefore  Numenius  thi 

ol  Aiitio<  Inis,  and  Aniipat.er  the  son  of  Jason,  and 
have  sent  them  to  the  Romans  to  renew  with  them 
the  former  amity  and  alliance. 

17  And  we  have  commanded  them  to  en  also  to 
you,  and  to  salute  you,  and  to  deliver  you  our  let- 
ters, concerning  the  renewing  of  our  brotherhood. 

18  And  now  noii  shall  do  well  to  give  us  an  an- 
swer hereto. 

19  And  this  is  the  copy  of  the  letter  which  lu- 
had  sent  to  Onias: 

20  A  nits  king  of  the  Spartans  to  Onias  the  high- 
priest,  irMiiif, 

21  It  is  found  in  writing  concerning  the  Spartans 
and  the  Jews,  that  they  are  brethren,  and  that  they 
are  ofthe  stock  of  Abraham. 

22  And  now  sine,  this  is  eome  to  our  know  ledge, 
you  do  well  to  write  to  us  of  v  our  prosperity. 

23  And  we  also  have  written  back  to  von,  That 
our  cattle,  and  our  possessions,  are  vouis  ;  and  vours, 
ours.  We  therefore  have  commanded  t hut  these 
things  should  be  told  you. 

24  Now  Jonathan    heard    that    the    generals    of 

Penetrius  were  come  again  with  a  greater  army 
than  before,  to  ti- lit  against  him. 

So  he  went  out  from  Jerusalem,  and  met 
them  in  the  land  o|  Amaih  :  for  he  BBJfl  them  no 
time  to  enter  into  his  country. 

26  And  he  sent  spies  into  their  camp  :  and  thev 
came  back,  and  brought  him  word  that  tin-}  design- 
ed to  come  upon  them  in  the  night. 


27  And  when  the  sun  was  set,  Jonathan  com- 
manded his  men  to  watch,  and  to  be  hi  arms  all 
night  long  r<  adv  to  tight  :  and  he  set  sentinels  round 
about  the  camp. 

•ad  the  enemies  heard  that  Jonathan  and 
his  men  were  ready  lor  battle  :  and  thev  wen- struck 
with  fear  and  dread  in  their  heart  :  and  thev  kin- 
dled fires  in  their  camp. 

29  lint  Jonathan  and  they  that  were  with  him, 
knew  it  not  till  the  morning  :  forthey  saw  the  lights 
burning. 

30  And  Jonathan  pursued  after  them,  but  over- 
took them  not:  forthey  had  passed  the  river  Kleu- 
therus. 

31  And  Jonathan  turned  opon  the  Arabians  that 
are  called  Xahadeans:  and  he  defeated  them,  ami 
took  the  s|H>i|s  ol  them. 

32  And  he  went  forward,  and  came  to  Damas- 
cus, and  pissed  through  all  that  country. 

S3  Simon  also  went  forth,  and  came  as  far  as 
tacalou,  and  the  neighbouring  fortn  sses  ;  and  he 
turned  aside  tojoppe,  and  took  |K>ssession  of  it. 

31  (For  he  heard  that  they  designed  to  deliver  the 
hold  to  them  that  took  part  with  Demetrius)  and  he 
put  a  garrison  there  to  keep  it. 

So  And  Jonathan  came  back,  and  called  together 
the  ancients  of  the  people:  and  he  took  a  resolution 
with  them   to  build  fortresses  inJudea: 

36  And  to  build  up  walls  in  Jerusalem,  and  raise 
a  mount  between  the  castle  and  the  city,  to  separate 
il  from  the  city,  that  so  it  night  have  no  communi- 
cation,  and  that  they  might  neither  buy  nor  sell. 

37  And  thev  came  together  to  build  up  the  cit\  : 
lor  the  wall  that  was  upon  the  brook  towards  The 
east  was  hioken  down  j  and  he  repaired  that  which 
is  called  Caphetetha : 

I  And  Simon  built  Adiada  in  Sephela,  and  for- 
tified it,  and  set  up  gates  and  bars. 

39  Now  when  Tivphon  had  conceived  a  design 
to  make  himself  king  of  Asia,  ami  to  take  the  crow  n, 
and  to  stretch  out  his  hand  against  king  Antiochus: 

40  Fearing  lest  Jonathan  would  not  snfTei  him, 
but  would  fight  against  him  :  he  sought  to  seize  BfJOU 
him,  and  to  kill  him.  So  he  rose  up,  and  came  to 
Beihsan. 

41  And  Jonathan  went  out  to  meet  him  with  forty 
thousand  BUM  chosen  for  battle,  and  canieto  BethsBR. 

42  .Now  when  Tivphon  saw  that  Jonathan  came 
with  a  great  army,  he  durst  not  stretch  forth  his 
hand  against  him. 

43  But  received  him  with  honour,  and  commend- 
ed him  to  all  his  friends,  and  gave  him  presents: 
and  he  commanded  his  troops  to  obey  him,  BS himself. 

4V  And  he  said  to  Jonathan  :  Why  hast  thou 
troubled  all  the  |>eople,  whereas  we    have  no  war3 

45  Now  therefore  send  them  back  to  their  own 
houses  :  and  choose  thee  a  few  men  that  may  he 
with  thee,  and  come  with  me  to  I'loleinais  :  and  I 
will  deliver  it  to  thee,  and  the  rest  of  the  stioug 
holds,  and  the  army,  and  all  that  have  any  chat, 
and  1  will  return  and  go  awav  :  fortius  is  the  cause 
oi  niv  coming. 

46  And  Jonathan  believed  him,  and  did  as  he  said; 


CHAP.  XIII. 


and  sent  away  his  army  :  and  they  departed  into  the 
laud  of  .hula  : 

47  But  lie  kept  with  him  three  thousand  men  : 
of  whom  he  seal  two  thousand  into  Galilee,  and  one 
thousand  went   with  him. 

48  Now  as  soon  as  Jonathan  entered  into  Ptole- 
mais,  they  of  Ptolemais  shut  the  gates  of  the  eity, 
and  took  him  :  and  all  them  that  came  in  with  him, 
they  slew  with  the  sword. 

49  Then  Tryphon  sent  an  army  and  horsemen  in- 
to Galilee,  and  into  the  great  plain,  to  destroy  all 
Jonathan's  eompanv. 

50  But  they,  when  they  understood  that  Jonathan 
and  all  that  were  with  him  were  taken  and  slain, 
encouraged  one  another,  and  wentout  ready  for  battle. 

51  Then  they  that  had  come  after  them,  seeing 
that  they  stood  lor  their  lives,  returned  back. 

52  Whereupon  they  all  came  peaceably  into  the 
landofJuda.  And  they  bewailed  Jonathan,  and 
them  that  had  been  with  him,  exceedingly  :  and  Is- 
rael mourned  with  great  lamentation. 

53  Then  all  the  heathens  that  were  round  about 
them,  sought  to  destroy  them.     For  they  said  : 

54  They  have  no  prince,  nor  any  to  help  them: 
now  therefore  let  us  make  war  upon  them,  and  take 
away  the  memory  of  them  from  amongst  men. 

CHAP.  Xill. 

Simon  is  made  captain  general  in  the  room  of  his  brother.  Jo- 
nathan  is  slain  by  Tryphon.  Simon  is  favoured  by  Demetrius  : 
he  taketh  Gaza,  and  the  castle  of  Jerusalem. 

"1VIOVV  Simon  heard  that  Tryphon  was  gathering 
-*- *  together  a  very  great  army,  to  invade  the  land 
of  Juda,  and  to  destroy  it. 

2  And  seeing  that  the  people  was  in  dread,  and  in 
fear,  he  went  up  to  Jerusalem,  and  assembled  the 
people  : 

3  And  exhorted  them,  saying:  You  know  what 
great  battles  I  and  my  brethren,  and  the  house  of 
my  father,  have  fought  for  the  laws,  and  the  sanc- 
tuary, and  the  distresses  that  we  have  seen  : 

4  By  reason  whereof  all  my  brethren  have  lost 
tlveir  lives  lor  Israel's  sake,  and  1  am  left  alone. 

5  And  now  far  be  it  from  me  to  spare  my  life  in  any 
time  ot  trouble  :  for  I  am  not  better  than  my  brethren. 

6  I  will  avenge  then  my  nation  and  the  sanctuary, 
and  our  children,  and  wives:  for  all  the  heathens 
are  gathered  togethertodestroy  us  outof  mere  malice. 

7  And  the  spirit  of  the  people  was  enkindled  as 
soon  as  they  heard  these  words  : 

8  And  they  answered  with  a  loud  voice,  saying  : 
Thou  art  our  leader  in  the  place  of  Judas,  and  Jo- 
nathan thy  brother  : 

9  Fight  thou  our  battles  :  and  we  will  do  whatso- 
ever thou  shalt  say  to  us. 

10  So  gathering  together  all  the  men  of  war,  he 
made  haste  to  finish  all  the  walls  of  Jerusalem  :  and 
he  fortified  it  round  about. 

1 1  And  he  sent  Jonathan  the  son  of  Absalom,  and 
with  him  a  new  army  into  Joppe  :  and  he  cast  out 
them  that  were  in  it,  and  himself  remained  there. 

12  And  Tryphon  removed  from  Ptolemais  with  a 
great  army,  to  mvade  the  land  of  Juda:  and  Jona- 
than was  with  him  in  custody. 


13  But  Simon  pitched  in  Addus,  over-against 
the  plain. 

14  And  when  Tryphon  understood  that  Simon 
was  risen  up  in  the  place  of  his  brother  Jonathan, 
and  that  he  meant  to  join  battle  with  him,  he  sent 
messengers  to  him, 

15  Saying:  We  have  detained  thy  brother  Jo- 
nathan for  the  money  that  be  owed  in  the  king's 
account,  by  reason  of  the  affairs  which  he  had  the 
management  of. 

,  16  But  now  send  a  hundred  talents  of  silver, 
and  his  two  sons  for  hostages,  that  when  he  is  set 
at  liberty,  he  may  not  revolt  from  us;  and  we  will 
release  him. 

17  Now  Simon  knew  that  he  spoke  deceitfully 
to  him;  nevertheless  he  ordered  the  money  and  the 
children  to  be  sent:  lest  he  should  bring  upon  him- 
self a  great  hatred  of  the  people  of  Israel,  who  might 
have  said  : 

18  Because  he  sent  not  the  money,  and  the  chil- 
dren, therefore  is  he  lost. 

19  So  he  sent  the  children,  and  the  hundred  ta- 
lents: and  he  lied,  and  did  not  let  Jonathan  go. 

20  And  after  this  Tryphon  entered  within  the 
country  to  destroy  it:  and  they  went  about  by  the 
way  that  leadeth  to  Ador:  and  Simon  and  his  army 
marched  to  every  place  whithersoever  they  went.* 

21  And  they  that  were  in  the  castle,  sent  mes- 
sengers to  Tryphon,  that  he  should  make  haste  to 
come  through  the  desert,  and  send  them  victuals. 

22  And  Tryphon  made  ready  all  his  horsemen 
to  come  that  night :  but  there  fell  a  very  great  snow, 
and  he  came  not  into  the  country  of  Galaad. 

23  And  when  he  approached  toBascama,  he  slew 
Jonathan  and  his  sons  there. 

24  And  Tryphon  returned,  and  went  into  his 
own  country. 

25  And  Simon  sent  and  took  the  bones  of  Jo- 
nathan his  brother,  and  buried  them  in  Modin,  the 
city  of  his  fathers. 

26  And  all  Israel  bewailed  him  with  great  la* 
mentation:  and  they  mourned  for  him  many  days. 

27  And  Simon  built  over  the  sepulchre  of  it  is 
father  and  of  bis  brethren,  a  building  Jolty  to  the 
sight,  of  polished  stone  behind  and  before. 

28  And  he  set  up  seven  pyramids  one  against 
another,  for  his  father,  and  his  mother,  and  his  four 
brethren  : 

29  And  round  about  these  he  set  great  pillars; 
and  upon  the  pillars  arms  for  a  perpetual  memory; 
and  by  the  arms  ships  carved,  which  might  be  seen 
by  all  that  sailed  on  the  sea. 

30  This  is  the  sepulchre  that  he  made  in  Modin 
even  unto  this  day. 

31  But  Tryphon,  when  he  was  upon  a  journey  with 
the  young  king  Antiochus,  treacherously  slew  him. 

32  And  he  reigned  in  his  place,  and  put  on  the 
crown  olAsia;  and  brought  great  evils  upon  the  land. 

33  And  Simon  built  up  the  strong  holds  of  Judea, 
fortifying  them  with  high  towers,  and  great  walls, 

*  Simon  and  his  army  marched  to  every  place  whithersoever  they  went;  that 
K  «  hill.ersoever  Tryphon  and  his  horsemen  went,  in  order  to  oppose 

1  tilt  in. 

767 


I.  MACHABFT.s. 


and  gates,  and  bars:  and  he  stored  up  victual   in 
th»  fortresses. 

34  Ami  Simon  chose  men,  and  sent  to  king 
Demetrius,  to  the  end  that  he  should  grant  M 
immunity   to   the   land:  for  all  that  Tryphon  did 

u.in  io  spoil. 

35  And  kin:;  Demetrius,  in  answer  to  this  n  quest, 

w  RMi  I  letter  in  this  uiannei  : 

36  Kim;  Demetrius  to  Simon  the  high-pin  -i. 
and  friend  of  kings,  and  to  the  ancients,  and  to  the 
nation  ol  the  .lews,  greeting.  j 

37  The  golden  inmn,  and  the  palm,  which  you 
sent,  we  have  received:  and  we  are  ready  to  make 
a  firm  peace  with  von,  and  to  write  to  the  kinds 
chief  officers  to  release  you  the  things  that  WC  h.ivt 

released. 

38  For  all  that  we  have  decreed  in  your  favour 
shall  stand  in  force.  The  strong  holds  that  vou 
hive  limit,  shall  be  your  own. 

39  And  as  for  any  oversight  or  fault  committed 
unto  this  day,  we  forgive  it.  and  the  crown  which 
you  owed:  and  if  any  other  thing  were  taxed  in  Je- 
rusalem, now  let  it  not  he  taxed. 

40  And  if  any  of  you  be  fit  to  be  enrolled  among 
ours,  let  them  be  enrolled;  and  let  there  be  peace 
between  us. 

41  In  the  year  one  hundred  and  seventy  the  yoke 
of  the  (ientiles  was  taken  olffrom  Israel. 

18  And  the  people  of  Israel  began  to  write  in 
the  instruments  and  public  records,  The  first  year 
under  Simon  the  high-priest,  the  great  captain,  and 
prince  of  the  Jew  s. 

43  In  those  days  Simon  besieged  Gaza,  and 
cani|M'd  round  about  it:  and  he  made  engines,  and 
set  them  to  the  city:  and  he  struck  one  tower, 
and   took    it. 

41  And  they  that  were  within  the  engine  leapt 
into  the  city:  and  there  was  a  great  uproarinthecity. 

45  And  they  that  were  in  the  city  went  up  with 
their  wives  and  children  upon  the  wall  with  their 
garments  rent  :  and   they    cried  with  a  loud  voice, 

Khinf  Simon  to  grant  them  peace. 

46  And  they  said:  Deal  not  with  us  according 
to  our  evil  deeds,  but  according  to  thy  mercy. 

47  And  Simon  btiaf  moved,  did  not  destroy 
them:  hut  yet  he  east  them  out  of  the  city,  and 
cleansed  the  houses  wherein  there  had  been  idols: 
and  then  he  entered  into  it  with  hymns,  blessing  tin1 
Lord: 

48  And  having  cast  out  of  it  all  uncleanncss,  he 

R laced  in  it  men  th.it  should  oliserve  the  law:   and 
0  fortified  it,  and  made  it  his  habitation. 

49  But  they  that  were  in  the  castle  of  Jerusalem 
were  hindered  from  going  out  and  coming  into  the 
counirv.  and  from  buying  and  telling:  and  the) 
were  straitened  with  hunger;  and  maiiv  of  them 
perished  through  famine. 

50  And  the]  cried  to  Simon  for  peace:  and  he 
granted  it  to  them  :  and  he  cast  them  out  from  thence, 
and  cleansed  die  castle  from  micleanne.sse.s. 

51  And  they  entered  into  it  on  the  three  and  twen- 
tieth dav  of  the  second  month,  in  the  vear  one  hun- 
dred and  seventy-one,  with  t  ha  nksgiv  ing.and  branches 

708 


of  palm-trees. and  harps,  and  rynibals,and  psaltetTr*, 
and  hymns,  and  canticles  ;  because  the  great  enemy 
was  destroyed  out  of  Israel. 

62  And  he  ordained  that  these  days  should  be 
kepi  every  vear  with  dadness. 

53  And  lie  fortified  the  mountain  of  the  temple 
that  was  near  the  castle:  and  he  dwelt  there  him- 
self, and  they  that  were  with  him. 

54  And  Simon  saw  that  John  his  son  was  a  va- 
liant man  for  war:  and  he  made  him  captain  of  all 
the  forces:  and  he  dwelt  in  tia/.ara. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

Demetriut  is  taken  by  the  king  qf  Persia.     Jurirajlovrishe*  vn- 
drr  thr  government  of  Simon. 

IN  the  year  one  hundred  and   seventy-two.  king 

Demetrius  assembled   his  army,   and   went  into 

Media  to  cet  him  succours  to  fight  against  Tryphon. 

2  And  Arsaces  the  king  of  Persia  and  .Media 
heard  that  Demetrius  was  entered  within  bwbotdewi 
and  he  sent  one  of  his  princes  to  take  him  alive,  and 
bring  him  to  him. 

3  And  he  went,  and  defeated  the  army  of  De- 
metrius :  and  took  him,  and  brought  him  to  Arsa- 
ces ;  and  he  put  him  into  custody. 

4  And  all  the  land  of  Juda  was  at  rest  all  the 
days  of  Simon:  and  he  sought  the  good  of  his  na- 
tion: and  his  power  and  his  glory  pleased  them 
well  all  AM  days. 

5  And  with  all  his  glory  he  took  Joppe  for  a  ha- 
ven, and  Bade  an  entrance  to  the  isles  of  the  sea. 

6  And  he  enlarged  the  bounds  of  his  nation  and 
made  himself  master  of  the  country. 

7  And  he  gathered  together  a  great  numlx-r  of 
captives,  and  had  the  dominion  of  (iazaia.  and  of 
Methsura,  and  of  the  castle:  and  took  away  all  un- 
eleaniK  ss  out  of  it :  and  there  was  none  that  resist- 
ed him. 

8  And  every  man  tilled  his  land  with  peace  :  and 
the  land  of  Juda  yielded  her  increase,  and  the  trees 
of  the  fields  their  fruit. 

9  The  ancient  men  sat  all  in  thestreets,  and  treat- 
ed together  of  the  good  things  of  the  land;  and  the 
young  men  put  on  them  glory,  and  the  rolx-s  of  war. 

10  And  he  provided  victuals  for  the  cities:  and  he 
appointed  that  they  should  be  furnished  with  am- 
munition, so  that  the  fame  of  bis  glorj  was  renown- 
ed even  to  the  end  of  the  earth. 

11  He  made  peace  in  the  laud,  and  Israel  rejoic- 
ed with  great  joy. 

12  And  every  man  sat  under  his  vine,  and  under 
his  fig-tree:  and  there  was  none  to  make  him  afraid. 

13  There  was  none  left  in  the  land  to  fight 
against  them:  kings  were  discomfited  in  those  dav  s. 

14  \nd  he  strengthened  all  those  ofhis  people  that 
were  brought  low  :  and  lie  sought  the  law,  and  took 
aw av  every  unjust  and  wicked  man. 

15  lie  glorified  the  sanctuary,  and  multiplied  the 
vessels  of  the  holy  plscos. 

16  And  it  was  heard  at  Home,  and  as  far  as  Sparta, 
that  Jonathan  was  dead:  and  they  were  verv  sorry. 

17  But  when  tlnv  heard  that  Simon  his  brother  was 
made  high  priest  in  his  place,  and  was  possessed  ol 
all  the  country,  and  the  cities  therein  : 


CHAP.  XV. 


18  They  wrote  to  him  in  tables  of  brass,  to  renew 
the  friendship  and  alliance  which  they  had  made 
with  Judas  and  with  Jonathan  his  brethren. 

19  And  they  were  read  before  the  assembly  in 
Jerusalem.  And  this  is  the  copy  of  the  letters  that 
the  Spartans  sent. 

20  The  Princes  and  the  cities  of  the  Spartans 
to  Simon  the  high  priest,  and  to  the  ancients,  and 
the  priests,  and  the  rest  of  the  people  of  the  Jews, 
their  brethren,  greeting. 

21  The  ambassadors  that  were  sent  to  our  peo- 
ple, have  told  us  of  your  glory,  and  honour,  and 
joy  :  and  we  rejoiced  at  their  coming. 

22  And  we  registered  what  was  said  by  them  in 
the  councils  of  the  people  in  this  manner :  Nume- 
nius  the  son  of  Antiochus,  and  Antipater  the  son- of 
Jason,  ambassadors  of  the  Jews,  came  to  us  to  re- 
new the  former  friendship  with  us. 

23  And  it  pleased  the  people  to  receive  the  men 
honourably,  and  to  put  a  copy  of  their  words  in  the 
public  records,  to  be  a  memorial  to  the  people  of  the 
Spartans.  And  we  have  written  a  copy  of  them  to 
Simon  the  high  priest. 

24  And  after  this  Simon  sent  Numenius  to  Rome, 
with  a  great  shield  of  gold,  of  the  weight  of  a  thou- 
sand pounds,  to  confirm  the  league  with  them.  And 
when  the  people  of  Rome  had  heard 

25  These  words,  they  said :  What  thanks  shall 
we  give  to  Simon,  and  his  sons  ?  < 

26  For  he  hath  restored  his  brethren,  and  hath 
driven  away  in  fight  the  enemies  of  Israel  from  them : 
and  they  decreed  him  liberty,  and  registered  it  in 
tables  of  brass,  and  set  it  upon  pillars  in  mount  Sion. 

27  And  this  is  a  copy  of  the  writing:  The  eigh- 
teenth day  of  the  month  Elul,  in  the  year  one  hun- 
dred and  seventy-two,  being  the  third  year  under 
Simon  the  high  priest  at  Asaramel, 

28  In  a  great  assembly  of  the  priests,  and  of  the 
people,  and  the  princes  of  the  nation,  and  the  an- 
cients of  the  country,  these  things  were  notified  : 
Forasmuch  as  there  have  often  been  wars  in  our 
country, 

29  And  Simon  the  son  of  Mathathias  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Jarib,  and  his  brethren,  have  put  themselves 
in  danger,  and  resisted  the  enemies  of  their  nation, 
for  the  maintenance  of  their  holy  places,  and  the 
law ;  and  have  raised  their  nation  to  great  glory. 

30  And  Jonathan  gathered  together  his  nation, 
and  was  made  their  high  priest ;  and  he  was  laid  to 
his  people. 

31  And  their  enemies  desired  to  tread  down  and 
destroy  their  country,  and  to  stretch  forth  their 
hands  against  their  holy  places. 

32  Then  Simon  resisted  and  fought  for  his  na- 
tion, and  laid  out  much  of  his  money,  and  armed 
the  valiant  men  of  his  nation,  and  gave  them  wages : 

33  And  he  fortified  the  cities  of  Judea,  and  Beth- 
sura  that  lieth  in  the  borders  of  Judea,  where  the 
armour  of  the  enemies  was  before:  and  he  placed 
there  a  garrison  of  Jews. 

34  And  he  fortified  Joppe  which  lieth  by  the  sea ; 

and  Gazara,  which  bordereth  upon  Azotus,  wherein 

the  enemies  dwelt  before,  and  he  placed  Jews  here  : 

&  E 


and  furnished  them  with  all  things  convenient  foi 
their  reparation. 

35  And  the  people  seeing  the  acts  of  Simon,  and 
to  what  glory  he  meant  to  bring  his  nation,  made 
him  their  prince,  and  high  priest;  because  he  had 
done  all  these  things,  and  for  the  justice,  and  faith, 
which  he  kept  to  his  nation,  and  for  that  he  sought 
by  all  means  to  advance  his  people. 

36  And  in  his  days  things  prospered  in  his  hands, 
so  that  the  heathens  were  taken  away  out  of  their 
country;  and  they  also  that  were  in  the  city  of  Da- 
vid in  Jerusalem  in  the  castle,  out  of  which  they  is- 
sued forth,  and  profaned  all  places  round  about  the 
sanctuary,  and  did  much  evil  to  its  purity. 

37  And  he  placed  therein  Jews  for  the  defence  of 
the  country,  and  of  the  city ;  and  he  raised  up  the 
walls  of  Jerusalem. 

38  And  king  Demetrius  confirmed  him  in  the 
high  priesthood. 

39  According  to  these  things  he  made  him  his 
friend,  and  glorified  him  with  great  glory. 

40  For  he  had  heard  that  the  Romans  had  call- 
ed the  Jews  their  friends,  and  confederates,  and 
brethren,  and  that  they  had  received  Simon's  am- 
bassadors with  honour: 

41  And  that  the  Jews  and  their  priests  had  con- 
sented that  he  should  be  their  prince,  and  high  priest 
for  ever,  till  there  should  arise  a  faithful  prophet: 

42  And  that  he  should  be  chief  over  them,  and 
that  he  should  have  the  charge  of  the  sanctuary,  and 
that  he  should  appoint  rulers  over  their  works,  and 
over  the  country,  and  over  the  armour,  and  over  the 
strong-holds: 

43  And  that  he  should  have  care  of  the  holy 
places:  and  that  he  should  be  obeyed  by  all,  and 
that  all  the  writings  in  the  country  should  be  made 
in  his  name:  and  that  he  should  be  clothed  with 
purple  and  gold : 

44  And  that  it  should  not  be  lawful  for  any  ot 
the  people,  or  of  the  priests,  to  disannul  any  of  these 
things,  or  to  gainsay  his  words,  or  to  call  together  an 
assembly  in  the  country  without  him  :  or  to  be 
clothed  with  purple,  or  to  wear  a  buckle  of  gold. 

45  And  whosoever  shall  do  otherwise,  or  shall 
make  void  any  of  these  things,  shall  be  punished. 

46  And  it  pleased  all  the  people  to  establish  Si- 
mon, and  to  do  according  to  these  words. 

47  And  Simon  accepted  thereof,  and  was  wek 
pleased  to  execute  the  office  of  the  high  priesthood, 
and  to  be  captain  and  prince  of  the  nation  of  the 
Jews,  and  of  the  priests,  and  to  be  chief  over  all. 

48  And  they  commanded  that  this  writing  should 
be  put  in  tables  of  brass,  and  that  they  should  bf 
set  up  within  the  compass  of  the  sanctuary,  in  a  con 
spicuous  place : 

49  And  that  a  copy  thereof  should  be  put  in  the 
treasury,  that  Simon  and  his  sons  may  have  it. 

CHAP.  XV. 

Antiochus  son  of  Demetrius  honours  Simon.  The  Romans  write. 
to  divers  nations  in  favour  of  the  Jews.  Antiochus  quarri  Is 
icilh  Simon,  and  send*  troops  to  annoy  him. 

\  ND  king  Antiochus  the  son  of  Demetrius  sent 
J-~*-  letters  from  the  isles  of  the  sea  to  Simon  the 

769 


I.  MACIIABEES 
t,  :in>l  prince  of  the  nation  of  th  and  la 


all  tin-  prank : 

.'  \nd  tin- contents  were  these  :  KlHO  \ntiochus 
to   Simon  i:ie  high  priest,  anil   to  the  nation  of  the 

Jews,  greeting: 

3  Forasmuch  as  certain  pestilent  men  have  usurp- 
ed the  kingdom  of  our  fathers,  ami  mv  purpose  istO 
challenge  tin-  kingdom,  ami  to  restore  it  to  its  for- 
mer estate;  ami  I  have  chosen  a  great  army,  ami 
have  built  -hips  of  war ; 

4  Ami  I  design  to  bo  through  the  country,  that  I 

may  take  revenge  of  them  that  ha\e  destroyed  our 
COUBtry,  and  that  have  made  many  cities  desolate  in 
mv  realm. 

.')  Now  therefore  I  confirm  unto  thee  all  the  ob- 
lations which  all  the  kings  before  me  remitted  to 
thee,  and  what  other  gifts  soever  they  remitted  to 
thee  : 

\nd  I  give  thee  leave  to  coin  thy  own  money 
in  thy  country. 

~i    \mi  let  Jerusalem  he  bob  and  free  ;   and  all 
the  armour  that  hath  been  made,  and  the  fortresses 
which  thou  hast  built,  and  which  thou  keepest  in 
hands,  id  them  remain  to  thee. 

8  And  all  that  is  due  to  the  king,  and  what  should 
be  the  kind's  hereafter,  from  this  present  and  for 
ever,  is  forgiven  tin 

!•  \iid  when  we  shall  have  recovered  our  king- 
dom, we  will  idorifv  thee,  and  thy  nation,  and  the 
temple  with  great  glory  ;  so  that  your  glory  shall  be 
made  manifest  in  all  the  earth. 

10  In  the  year  one  hundred  and  seventy-four 
Antioclnis  entered  into  the  land  of  his  fathers,  and 
all  the  forces  assembled  to  him  ;  so  that  few  were 
left  with  Trypnon. 

1 1  And  king  Antiochus  pursued  after  him,  and 
he  Bed  along  by  the  sea  coast,  ami  came  to  Dora. 

12  lor  he  perceived  that  evils  were  gathered  to- 
gether upon  him,  and  his  troops  bad  forsaken  him. 

13  And  Antiochus  camped  above  Dora  with  a 
hundred  and  twenty  thousand  men  of  war,  and  eight 
thousand  horsemen: 

14  And  he  invested  the  city;  and  the  ships  drew 
near  by  sea:  and  they  amoved  the  city  by  land,  and 
b\  sea,  and  suffered  none  to  come  in,  or  to  go  out. 

15  And  Nuinenius.  and  they  that  had  been  with 
him.  cime  from  the  city  of  Rome,  having  letters 
written  to  the  kings  and  countries,  the  contents 
whereof  were  tht 

16  Lucius    the  consul  of  the  Romans,  to  king 

Ptolemee,*   greeting. 

17  The  smbassadorsofthe  .lew  sour  friends  came 

to  ii-,  to  renew  the  former  friend-hip  and  alliance. 
being  sent  from  Simon  the  high  priest,  and  the  peo- 
ple of  the  .lews. 

\nd  they  brought  also  a  shield  of  gold  of  a 
thousand  pound-. 

I!>  It  bath  seemed  good  therefore  to  us  to  write 
to  the  kin.s,  and  countries,  thai  they  should  do  them 
no   harm,    nor  fight    against    them,    their    cities,   or 


•  Vtaltmtt.    Surname*!  I'hyiton,  brollir  r  an.l  racceMor  to  I'kUtwulor. 
f  jillilut.   k<         \  rniin :   Ana' 

king  of  <  apju.!  i 


irvl  Antra  wa»  kintr  •<(  thr  Pae 


countries;  and  that  they  should  give  no  aid  to  them 
that  fight  auainst  them. 

20  And  it  hath  seemed  good  to  us  to  receive  the 
shield  of  them. 

21  If  therefore  any  pestilent  men  are  Bed  out  of 

theircountry  to  you,  deliver  them  to  Simon  the  high 
priest,  that  he  may  punish  them  accordingto  their  law. 
!    These  same  things  were  written  to  king  De- 
metrius, and  to  Attalus,t  and  to  Ariarathes,  ami  to 
Ai-a 

23  And  to  all  the  countries:  and  to  LampsaCttS, 
and  to  the  Spartans,  and  to  Delus,  and  Myndus, 
and  Sicvon,  and  ('aria,  and  Sanius,  and  Pamphylia, 
and  Lycia,  and  Alicarnassus,  and  Cos,  and  Side, 
and  AradtiSj  and  Rhodes,  and  Phaselis,  and  Gorty- 
na.  ami  (inidus,  and  Cyprus,  and  Cyrene. 

2i  And  they  wrote  a  cony  thereof  to  Simon  the 
high-priest}  and  to  the  people  of  the  Jews. 

25  Hut  king  Antiochus  moved  his  camp  to  Dora 
the  second  time,  assaulting  it  continually,  and  ma- 
king engines:  and  he  shut  up  Tryphon,  that  he  could 
not  go  out. 

26  And  Simon  sent  to  him  two  thousand  chosen 
men  to  aid  him,  silver  also,  and  gold,  and  abundance 
of  furniture. 

27  And  hewotdd  not  receive  them,  but  broke  all 
the  covenant  that  he  had  made  with  him  before,  and 
alienated  himself  from  him. 

28  And  he  sent  to  him  Atheuohius  one  of  his 
friends,  to  treat  with  him,  saying:  You  hold  Jonpe, 
and  ( ia/.ara.  and  the  castle  that  is  in  Jerusalem, 
which  are  cities  of  my  kingdom  ; 

29  Their  borders  you  have  wasted  ;  and  you  have 
made  great  havoc,  in  the  land,  and  have  got  the  do- 
minion of  many  places  in  my  kingdom. 

30  Now  therefore  deliver  up  the  cities  that  you 
have  taken,  and  the  tributes  of  the  places  whereof 
you  have  gotten  the  dominion  w  ithout  the  borders 
of  Judea. 

31  But  if  not,  give  me  for  them  five  hundred  ta- 
lents of  silver,  and  for  the  havoc  that  you  have  made, 
and  the  tributes  of  the  cities  other  five  hundred  ta- 
lents: or  else  we  will  come  and  fight  against  you. 

32  So  Athenobius  the  king's  friend  came  to  Je- 
rusalem, and  saw  the  glory  of  Simon  and  his  pa 

ii i licence  in  gold,  and  silver,  and  his  great  equipage: 
and  he  was  astonished,  and  told  him  the  king's 
words. 

33  And  Simon  answered  him,  and  said  to  him  : 
We  have  neither  taken  other  men's  land,  neither  do 
we  hold  that  which  is  other  men's;  but  the  inherit- 
ance of  our  fathers,  which  was  for  some  time  un- 
justlv  possessed  by  our  enemies. 

34  But  we  having  opportunity  claim  the  inherit- 
ance of  our  fathers. 

35  And  as  to  thy  complaints  concerning  Joppe 
and  Gaaara,  they  did  great  harm  to  the  people,  and 
to  our  country:  in  i  for  these  we  w  ill  give  a  hundred 

talent-.    Ami  Athenobius  answ  ered  him  not  a  word: 

36  But  returning  in  a  rage  to  the  kin::,  mad.    i 
port  to  him  of  these  words,  ami  of  the  glory  oi 

Simon,  and  of  all  that  he  had  seen:   and    the    kin;; 
•  dim  angrv. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


37  And  Tryphon  fled  away  by  ship  to  Orthosias 

38  And  the  kins  appointed  Cendebeus  captain  of 
the  sea  coast,  and  gave  him  an  army  of  footmen 
and  horsemen. 

39  And  he  commanded  him  to  march  with  his 
army  towards  Judea :  and  he  commanded  him  to 
build  up  Gedor,  and  to  fortify  the  gates  of  the  city, 
and  to  war  against  the  people.  But  the  king  him- 
self pursued  after  Tryphon. 

40  And  Cendebeus  came  to  Jamnia,  and  began 
to  provoke  the  people,  and  to  ravage  Judea,  and  to 
take  the  people  prisoners,  and  to  kill,  and  to  build 
Gedor. 

41  And  he  placed  there  horsemen,  and  an  army  ; 
that  they  might  issue  forth,  and  make  incursions 
upon  the  ways  of  Judea,  as  the  king  had  com- 
manded him. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

The  sons  of  Simon  defeat  the  troops  of  Antiochus.  Simon,  with 
two  of  his  sons,  are  treacherously  murdered  by  Ptolemee  his 
son-in-law. 

rTHJEN  John*  came  up  from  Gazara,    and  told 
•*-    Simon   his  father  what  Cendebeus  had  done 
against  their  people. 

2  And  Simon  called  his  two  eldest  sons,  Judas 
and  John,  and  said  to  them  :  I  and  my  brethren, 
and  my  father's  house,  have  fought  against  the  ene- 
mies of  Israel  from  our  youth  even  to  this  day  :  and 
things  have  prospered  so  well  in  our  hands  that  we 
have  delivered  Israel  oftentimes. 

3  And  now  I  am  old  :  but  be  you  instead  of  me, 
and  my  brethren  :  and  go  out,  and  fight  for  our 
nation  :  and  the  help  from  heaven  be  with  you. 

4  Then  he  chose  out  of  the  country  twenty  thou- 
sand fighting  men,  and  horsemen  :  and  they  went 
forth  against  Cendebeus  ;  and  they  rested  in  Modin. 

5  And  they  arose  in  the  morning,  and  went  into 
the  plain:  and  behold,  a  very  great  army  of  foot- 
men and  horsemen  came  against  them  :  and  there 
was  a  running  river  between  them. 

6  And  hef  and  his  people  pitched  their  camp 
over-against  them;  and  he  saw  that  the  people  were 
afraid  to  go  over  the  river ;  so  he  went  over  first : 
then  the  men  seeing  him,  passed  over  after  him. 

7  And  he  divided  the  people,  and  set  the  horse- 
men in  the  midst  of  the  footmen:  but  the  horsemen 
of  the  enemies  were  very  numerous. 

8  And  they  sounded  the  holy  trumpets :  and 
Cendebeus  and  his  army  were  put  to  flight :  and 
there  fell  many  of  them  wounded,  and  die  rest  fled 
into  the  strong-hold. 

9  At  that  time  Judas  John's  brother  was  wound- 
ed :  but  John  pursued  after  them,  till  he  came  to 
Cedron,J  which  he  had  built : 

*  Jvhn.  He  was  afterwards  surnamed  Hircanus,  and  succeeded 
bis  father  in  both  his  dijrnities  of  high  priest  and  prince.  He  con- 
quered the  Edomites,  and  obliged  them  to  a  conformity  with  the  Jews 
in  religion  ;  and  destroyed  the  schismatical  temple  of  the  Samaritans. 


10  And  they  fled  even  to  the  towers  that  were  in 
the  fields  of  Azotus  :  and  he  burnt  them  with  fire. 
And  there  fell  of  them  two  thousand  men  ;  and  he 
returned  into  Judea  in  peace. 

1 1  Now  Ptolemee  the  son  of  Abobus  was  ap- 
pointed captain  in  the  plain  of  Jericho :  and  he  had 
abundance  of  silver  and  gold, 

12  For  he  was  son-in-law  of  the  high  priest. 

13  And  his  heart  was  lifted  up;  and  he  design- 
ed to  make  himself  master  of  the  country  :  and  he 
purposed  treachery  against  Simon  and  his  sons,  to 
destroy  them. 

14  Now  Simon  as  he  was  going  through  the 
cities  that  were  in  the  country  of  Judea,  and  taking 
care  for  the  good  ordering  of  them,  went  down  to 
Jericho,  he  and  Mathathias  and  Judas  his  sons,  in 
the  year  one  hundred  and  seventy-seven,  the  ele- 
venth month  :  the  same  is  the  month  Sabath. 

15  And  the  son  of  Abobus  received  them  deceit- 
fully into  a  little  fortress,  that  is  called  Doch,  which 
he  had  built :  and  he  made  them  a  great  feast,  and 
hid  men  there. 

16  And  when  Simon  and  his  sons  had  drunk 
plentifully,  Ptolemee  and  his  men  rose  up,  and  took 
their  weapons,  and  entered  into  the  banqueting- 
place,  and  slew  him,  and  his  two  sons,  and  some 
of  his  servants. 

17  And  he  committed  a  great  treachery  in  Israel, 
and  rendered  evil  for  good. 

18  And  Ptolemee  wrote  these  things,  and  sent 
to  the  king  that  he  should  send  him  an  army  to  aid 
him ;  and  he  would  deliver  him  the  country,  and 
their  cities,  and  tributes. 

19  And  he  sent  others  to  Gazara  to  kill  John  : 
and  to  the  tribunes  he  sent  letters  to  come  to  him, 
and  that  he  would  give  them  silver,  and  gold, 
and  gifts. 

20  And  he  sent  others  to  take  Jerusalem,  and 
the  mountain  of  the  temple. 

21  Now  one  running  before,  told  John  in  Gaza- 
ra, that  his  father  and  his  brethren  were  slain,  and 
that  he  hath  sent  men  to  kill  thee  also. 

22  But  when  he  heard  it,  he  was  exceedingly 
afraid :  and  he  apprehended  the  men  that  came  to 
kill  him:  and  he  put  them  to  death  :  for  he  knew 
that  they  sought  to  make  him  away. 

23  And  as  concerning  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  John, 
and  his  wars,  and  the  worthy  deeds  which  he  brave- 
ly achieved,  and  the  building  of  the  walls,  which  he 
made,  and  the  things  that  he  did  : 

24  Behold,  these  are  written  in  the  book  of  the 
days  of  his  priesthood,  from  the  time  that  he  was 
made  high  priest  after  his  father. 


+  He,  viz.  John. 

J  Cedron.    Otherwise  called  Gedor,  the  city  that  Cendebeus  wu 
fortifying;. 

T71 


THE 


SECOND  BOOK  OF  MACHABEES. 


The  second  book  of  M  -  :  ben  it  not  a  continuation  of  the  hit- 
tory  container!  in  the  jirtt  ;  nor  elort  it  come  down  to  low  as 
the  first  <t.  a  - ;  but  relates  many  of  the  tame  factt  more  at  large, 
and  add*  other  remarkable  partieulart,  omitted  in  the  fir tt 
book,  relating  to  the  ttate  of the  Jews,  at  well  before  at  under 
the  persecution  o/Antiodius.  The  author,  who  it  not  the  tame 
tnth  that  of  thefirtt  book,  has  given  (a*  we  learn  from  chap. 
ii.  20,  &c.)atho'rt  abstract  of  what  Jason  o/Cyrene  had, cut- 
t<n  in  the  five  volumes  concerning  Judas  and  hit  brethren. 
lie  mrtH  "i  <>i i'k,  and  begins  with  two  letttrt,sent  by  the 
Jews  of  Jt  rusalem  to  their  brethren  in  Egypt. 

CHAP.  I. 

l.ftters  of  the  Jews  of  Jerusalem  to  them  that  were  in  Egypt. 
They  give  thank*  for  their  delivery  from  Antiochut :  and  ex- 
hort their  brethren  to  keep  the  feutt  of  the  dedication  of  the 
altar,  and  if  the  miraculous  fire. 

TO  the  brethren,  the  Jews  that  are  throughout 
Egypt,  the  brethren,  the  Jews  that  are  in  Jeru- 
salem, and  in  the  land  of  Judca,  send  health,  and 
good  peace. 

J  Mi\  God  be  gracious  to  you,  and  remember 
his  covenant  that  he  made  with  Abraham,  and  Isaac, 
.Hid  Jacob,  his  faithful  servants: 

3  And  pre  yon  all  a  heart  to  worship  him,  and 
to  do  his  will  with  a  great  heart,  and  a  willing  mind. 

4  May  he  open  your  heart  in  his  law  and  in  his 
commandments,  and  send  you  peace. 

5  May  he  hear  your  prayers,  and  be  reconciled 
unto  von,  and  never  forsake  you  in  the  evil  time. 

6  And  in>w  here  we  are  praying  for  you. 

7  \Yh.n  I  )enn  trius  reigned,  in  the  year  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty-nine,  we  Jews  wrote  to  you,  in  the 
trouble,  and  violence,  that  came  upon  us  in  those 

ifter  Jason  withdrew  himself  from  the  holy 
land,  and  from  the  kingdom. 

::  Tiny  burnt  the  gate,  and  shed  innocent  blood: 
then  we  prayed  to  the  Lord,  and  were  heard,  and 
we  offered  sacrifices,  ;md  fine  flour,  and  lighted  the 
lamp*,  and  vet  forth  the  loaves. 

9  And  now  celebrate  ye  the  days  of  Scenopegia* 
in  the  month  of  Cash  u. 

10  In  the  year  one  hundred  and  eighty-eidit. 
the  people  thai  hi  at  Jerusalem,  and  in  Judea,  and 
the  senate,  and  Judas,  to  Aristobolus,  the  preceptor 
of  king  Ptolemee,  who  is  of  the  stock  of  the 
anointed  priests,  and  to  the  Jews  that  are  in  Egypt, 
health  and  welfare. 

11  Haying  been  delivered  by  God  out  of  great 
riangt  i-.  we  give  him  great  thanks,  forasmuch  as  we 

i  in  \\;ir  with  such  a  king.f 
I  2   For   lie  made  numbers  of  men  swarm  out  of 

•  BuntftgU.  rix.  The  EnetnU,  or  feast  of  the  dedication  of  the 
altar,  called  here  Seennptgia,  or  feast  of  Uhernacta,  (rota  being  cele- 
brated with  the  lil*«-  wilemnitv. 

f  Bmtk  a  king,  rix.  jtaKocaai  Bulttit,  who  began  to  make  war  upon 
the  Jews,  whilst  Simon  wa»  yet  alire,  1  Jtfeds.  XT.  39.  And  after- 
ward*  besieged  Jerusalem  under  John  /ArcssMtf.  So  that  the  Judat 
here  mentioned,  rer.  10.  is  not  Judm  Mthmtnu,  who  was  dead  long 
before  the  rear  188  of  the  kingdom  of  the  Greeks ;  for  he  died  in  Km 
rear  1 46  of  that  epoch,  tmm  above,  I  JSaca.  chap.  ii.  rer.  70,  alto  the 

77» 


Persia  that  have  fought  against  ns,  and  the  holvcity. 

13  Eor  when  the  leader  himself  was  in  Persia, 
and  with  him  a  \ei\  great  army,  lie  fell  in  the  tem- 
ple of  i\aiiea,t  being  decehed  by  the  counsel  of  the 
priests  of  Nanca. 

14  For  Antiocbus  with  his  friends,  came  to  the 
place  as  though  he  would  marry  her,  and  that  lie 
might  receive  great  sums  of  money  under  the  title 
of  a  dow  ry. 

15  And  when  the  priests  of  Nanea  had  set  it 
forth,  and  he  with  a  small  company  had  entered 
into  the  compass  of  die  temple,  they  shut  the  tem- 
ple, 

16  When  Antiocbus  was  come  in:  and  opening 
a  secret  entrance  of  the  temple,  they  cast  stones  and 
slew  the  leader,  and  them  that  were  with  him.  and 
hewed  them  in  pieces  :  and  cutting  off  their  heads 
they  threw  them  forth. 

17  Blessed  be  God  in  all  things,  who  hath  de- 
livered up  the  wicked. 

151  Therefore  whereas  we  purpose  to  keep  the 
purification  of  the  temple  on  the  five  and  twentieth 
day  of  the  month  of  Casleu,  we  thought  it  necessary 
to  signify  it  to  you  ;  that  you  also  may  keep  the 
day  of  Scenopegia,  and  the  day  of  the  fire,  that  was 
given  when  Nehemias  offered  sacrifice,  after  the 
temple  and  the  altar  was  built. 

19  For  when  our  fathers  were  led  into  Persia,^ 
the  priests  that  then  were  worshippers  of  God,  took 
privately  the  lire  from  the  altar,  and  hid  it  in  a  val- 
ley where  there  was  a  deep  pit  without  water:  and 
there  they  kept  it  safe,  so  that  the  place  was  un- 
known to  all  men. 

20  But  when  many  years  had  passed,  and  it 
pleased  God  that  Nehemias  should  be  sent  by  the 
king  of  Persia,  he  sent  some  of  the  posterity  of 
those  priests  that  had  hid  it,  to  seek  for  the  fire  : 
and  as  they  told  us,  they  found  no  fire,  but  thick 
water. 

21  Then  he  bade  them  draw  it  up,  and  brine;  it 
to  him  :  and  the  priest  Nehemias  commanded  the 
sacrifices  that  were  laid  on,  to  be  sprinkled  with 
the  same  water,  both  the  wood,  and  the  things  that 
were  laid  upon  it. 

22  And  win  n  this  was  done,  and  the  time  came 
that  the  sun  shone  out.  which  before  was  inacloud, 
there  was  a  great  fire  kindled,  so  that  all  wondered. 

23  And  all  the  priests  made  prayer,  while  the 
sacrifice  was  consilium:;.  Jonathan  beginning,  and 
the  rest  answering. 


note  on  chaji.  i.  rer  S.)  but  cither  Judat  the  eldest  son  of  John  IJirtm- 
nut,  or  Judtu  the  Ettent,  renowned  for  the  gift  of  prophecy,  who  flou- 
rished about  that  lime. 

t  AWa.  A  Persian  goddess,  which  some  bare  taken  for  Diana, 
others  for  rVimi. 

t  Persia.  Babylonia,  called  ben  Persia,  from  being  afterwards  • 
part  of  the  Persian  empire. 


CHAP.  II. 


24  And  the  prayer  of  Nehemias  was  after  this 
manner  :  O  Lord  God  creator  of  all  things,  dread- 
ful and  strong,  just  and  merciful,  who  alone  artthe 
good  king, 

25  Who  alone  art  gracious,  who  alone  art  just, 
and  almighty,  and  eternal,  who  deliverest  Israel 
from  all  evil,  who  didst  choose  the  fathers,  and  didst 
sanctify  them : 

26  Receive  the  sacrifice  for  all  thy  people  Israel, 
and  preserve  thy  own  portion,  and  sanctify  it. 

27  Gather  together  our  scattered  people ;  deli- 
ver them  that  are  slaves  to  the  gentdes,  and  look 
upon  them  that  are  despised  and  abhorred  :  that 
the  gentiles  may  know  that  thou  art  our  God. 

28  Punish  them  that  oppress  us,  and  that  treat 
us  injuriously  with  pride. 

29  Establish  thy  people  in  thy  holy  place,  as 
Moses  hath  spoken. 

30  And  the  priests  sung  hymns  till  the  sacrifice 
was  consumed. 

31  And  when  the  sacrifice  was  consumed,  Nehe- 
mias commanded  the  water  that  was  left  to  be  pour- 
ed out  upon  the  great  stones. 

32  Which  being  done,  there  was  kindled  a  flame 
from  them  :  but  it  was  comsumed  by  the  light  that 
shined  from  the  altar. 

33  And  when  this  matter  became  public,  it  was 
told  to  the  king  of  Persia,  that  in  the  place  where 
the  priests  that  were  led  away,  had  hid  the  fire, 
there  appeared  water,  with  which  Nehemias  and 
they  that  were  with  him  had  purified  the  sacrifices. 

34  And  the  king  considering,  and  diligently  ex- 
amining the  matter,  made  a  temple*  for  it,  that  he 
might  prove  what  had  happened. 

35  And  when  he  had  proved  it,  he  gave  the  priests 
many  goods  and  divers  presents  ;  and  he  took  and 
distributed  them  to  them  with  his  own  hand. 

36  And  Nehemias  called  this  place  Nephthar, 
which  is  interpreted  purification.  But  many  call  it 
Nephi. 

CHAP.  II. 

A  continuation  of  the  second  letter.     Of  Jeremias's  hiding  the 
ark  at  the  time  of  the  captivity.     The  author^'  preface. 

NOW  it  is  found  in  the  descriptions!  of  Jeremias 
the  prophet,  that  he  commanded  them  that 
went  into  captivity,  to  take  the  fire,  as  it  hath  been 
signified,  and  how  he  gave  charge  to  them  that 
were  carried  away  into'  captivity  : 

2  And  how  he  gave  them  the  law  that  they 
should  not  forget  the  commandments  of  the  Lord, 
and  that  they  should  not  err  in  their  minds,  seeing 
the  idols  of  gold  and  silver,  and  the  ornaments  of 
them. 

3  And  with  other  such  like  speeches,  he  exhort- 
ed them  that  they  would  not  remove  the  law  from 
their  heart. 

4  It  vvas  also  contained  in  the  same  writing,  how 
the  prophet,  being  warned  by  God,  commanded 
that  the  tabernacle  and  the  ark  should  accompany 


*  A  temple.  That  is,  an  enclosure  or  a  wall  round  about  the  place 
where  the  fire  was  hid,  to  separate  it  from  profane  uses,  to  the  end 
that  it  might  be  respected  as  a  holy  place 


him,  till  he  came  forth  to  the  mountain  where  Mo- 
ses went  up,  and  saw  the  inheritance  of  God. 

5  And  when  Jeremias  came  thither,  he  found  a 
hollow  cave  :  and  he  carried  in  thither  the  taber- 
nacle, and  the  ark,  and  the  altar  of  incense,  and  so 
stopped  the  door. 

6  Then  some  of  them  that  followed  him,  came 
up  to  mark  theplace:but  they  could  not  find  it. 

7  And  when  Jeremias  perceived  it,  he  blamed 
them,  saying  :  The  place  shall  be  unknown,  till  God 
gather  together  the  congregation  of  the  people, 
and  receive  them  to  mercy. 

8  And  then  the  Lord  will  show  these  things,  and 
the  majesty  of  the  Lord  shall  appear :  and  there  shall 
be  a  cloud  as  it  was  also  showed  to  Moses,  and  he 
showed  it  when  Solomon  prayed  that  the  place 
might  be  sanctified  to  the  great  God. 

9  For  he  treated  wisdom  in  a  magnificent  man- 
ner: and  like  a  wise  man,  he  offered  the  sacrifice  of 
the  dedication,  and  of  the  finishing  of  the  temple. 

10  And  as  Moses  prayed  to  the  Lord,  and  fire 
came  down  from  heaven  and  consumed  the  holo- 
caust :  so  Solomon  also  prayed,  and  fire  came  down 
from  heaven  and  consumed  the  holocaust. 

1 1  And  Moses  said :  Because  the  sin-offering 
was  not  eaten,  it  was  consumed. 

12  So  Solomon  also  celebrated  the  dedication 
eight  days. 

13  And  these  same  things  were  set  down  in  the 
memoirs  and  commentaries  of  Nehemias  :  and  how 
he  made  a  library,  and  gathered  together  out  of  the 
countries,  the  books  both  of  the  prophets,  and  of 
David,  and  the  epistles  of  the  kings,  and  concerning 
the  holy  gifts. 

14  And  in  like  manner  Judas  also  gathered  toge- 
ther all  such  things  as  were  lost  by  the  war  we  had , 
and  they  are  in  our  possession. 

15  Wherefore  if  you  want  these  things,  send  some 
that  may  fetch  them  to  you. 

16  As  we  are  then  about  to  celebrate  the  purifi- 
cation! we  have  written  unto  you :  and  you  shall  do 
well,  if  you  keep  the  same  days. 

17  And  we  hope  that  God  who  hath  delivered  his 
people,  and  hath  rendered  to  all  the  inheritance, 
and  the  kingdom,  and  the  priesthood,  and  the 
sanctuary, 

18  As  he  promised  in  the  law,  will  shortly  have 
mercyupon  us,  and  will  gather  us  togetherfrom  every 
land  under  heaven  into  the  holy  place. 

19  For  he  hath  delivered  us  out  of  great  perils, 
and  hath  cleansed  the  place. 

20  Now  as  concerning  Judas  Machabeus,  and 
his  brethren,  and  the  purification  of  the  great  tem- 
ple, and  the  dedication  of  the  altar; 

21  As  also  the  wars  against  Antiochus  the  Illus- 
trious, and  his  son  Eupator  ; 

22  And  the  manifestations  that  came  from  heaven 
to  them,  that  behaved  themselves  manfully  on  the 
behalf  of  the  Jews,  so  that  being  but  a  few,  they 


f  The  descriptions.     That  is,  the  records  or  memoirs  of  Jeremias,  a 
work  that  is  now  lost. 

\   The  purification.'  That  is,  the  feast  of  the  purifying  or  cleansing 
of  the  temple. 

773 


made  themselves  masters  of  the  whole  country,  ami 
put  to  lliihi  the  barbarous  multitude  : 

23  And  recovered  again  the  most  renowned  t«-iM- 
ple  in  all  the  world,  and  delivered  the  e'u\,  and  re- 
stored the  laws  thai  wen-  abolished, the  Lord  with 
all  clemency  showing  mercy  to  diem; 

\nd  all  such  things  ;is  have  been  comprised  in 
five  books  by  Jama  ofCyraae,  are  have  attempted 
to  abridge  in  one  l>ook. 

I  considering  the  multitude  of  books,  and 
the  difficulty  that  tiny  find  thai  desire  to  under- 
take tba  narrations  ol  histories,  because  of  the  mul- 
titude of  the  natter, 

lYt  nave  taken  care  for  those  indeed  that  are 
willing  to  read,  that  it  mightbea  pleasure  of  mind  : 
and  for  the  studious,  that  they  may  more  easily  com- 
mit to  memory :  and  that  all  that  read  might  receive 

profit. 

\nd  m  to  OUraclvci   indeed,   iii  undertaking 
this  work  of  abridging,  we  have  taken  in  hand  no 
task.*  yea  rather  a  business  full  of  watching 
and  sweat. 

28  But  as  they  that  prepare  a  feast,  and  seek  to 
satisfy,  the  will  of  others  ;  for  the  sake  of  many  we 
willingly  undergo  the  labour. 

!  \\\z  to  the  authors  the  exact  handling  of 
every  particular,  and  as  for  ourselves,  according  to 
the  plan  proposed,  studying  to  be  brief. 

30  For  as  the  master  builder  of  a  new  house  must 
have  care  of  the  w  hole  building  :  but  he  that  taketh 

to  paint  it,  must  seek  out  fit  things  for  the  adorn- 
ing of  it  :  mi  must  it  be  judged  of  us. 

31  For  to  collect  all  that  is  to  be  known,  to  put 
the  discourse  in  order,  and  curiously  to  discuss  every 
particular  point,  is  the  duty  of  the  author  ofa  history: 

32  Hut  to  pursue  brevity  of  speech,  and  to  avoid 
nil  e  declarations  of  things,  is  to  be  granted  to  him 
that  makcth  an  abridgment. 

33  Here  then  we  will  begin  the  narration:  let 
this  be  enough  by  way  ofa  preface:  for  it  is  a  fool- 
ish thing  to  make  a  long  prologue,  and  to  be  short 
in  the  stnrv   itself. 

CHAP.  III. 

lfrliodoru*  it  srnt  by  king  Srlrurut  to  take  away  thf  trraturet 
drjunitcl  in  thr  frm/ilr.      llr  it  struck  by  tiod,  and  healed  by 

thi  jiiti  high  pri 

nhHEREFORE  when  the  holy  city  was  inhabit- 

-■-  ed  with  all  peace,  and  the  laws  as  yet  were 
very  well  kept,  because  of  the  fodlinesa  of  Onias 
the  high  priest, and  die  hatred  hu  soul  had  of  evil, 

2  It  came  to  pass  that  even  the  kings  themselves, 
anil  the  princes  esteemed  the  place  worthy  of  the 
highest  honour,  and  glorified  the  temple  with  very 
great  gifts : 

.;  s.,,  ghat  SeJettCturt  kinz  of  Asia  allowed  out  of 
his  revenues  all  the  charges  belonging  to  the  minis- 
trv  of  the  sacrifices. 

i  But  one  Simon  of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  who 
waa  appointed  overseer  of  the  temple,  strove  inop- 

•  Jfb  raty  Mi*,  fcc.     The  Spirit  of  fio).  that  »».i<t»  the  wrml  prn- 

.  dOM  Ml  rxrini't  tlirm  fniin   'ahniir  in  ««vkinjr  -ml  tlir   matter 

which  they  are  to  treat  of,  and  the  onler  and  manner  in  which  they 

T74 


II.  MACHABEES. 

position  to  the  li'mli  priest,  to  bring  about  some  un 


Mist  thin^  in  the  city. 

5  And  when  be  could  not  overcome  Onias.  he 
went    to   Apnllonius  the  son   of  Tharseas.    who  at 

that  time  was  governor  of  Celesyria  and  Pbenicia. 

6  And  told  him  that  the  treasury  in  Jerusalem 
was  full  of  immense  Minis  of  money,  and  the  com- 
mon store  was  infinite,  which  did  not  belong  to  the 

account  of  the  sacrifices:  and  that  it  was  possible 
to  bring  all  into  the  kind's  hands. 

7  Now  when  Apollonius  had  given  the  kin::  no- 
tice concerning  the  money  that  be  was  told  of,  be 
called  for  lleliodorus,  who  had  the  charge  o\. r  his 
affairs,  and  sent  him  with  commission  to  bring  him 
the  foresaid  money. 

8  So  Heliodorus  forthwith  began  bis  journey. 
under  a  colour  of  visiting  the  cities  of  Celcsv  ria  and 
Phenicia.  but  indeed  to  fulfil  the  king's  purpose. 

9  Ann  when  he  was  come  to  Jerusalem,  and 
had  been  courteously  received  in  the  city  by  the  high 
priest,  he  told  him  what  information  had  been  given 
concerning  the  money;  and  declared  the  cause  for 
which  he  was  come:  and  asked  if  these  dungs  w<  re 
so  indeed. 

10  Then  the  high-priest  told  him  that  these  were 
sums  deposited,  and  provisions  for  the  subsistence  of 
the  widows  and  the  fatherh 

11  And  that  some  part  of  that  which  wicked 
Simon  hail  given  intelligence  of,  belonged  to  llir- 
cantU  son  of  Tobias,  a  man  of  great  dignity  :  and 
that  the  whole  was  four  hundred  talents  of  .silver. 
and  two  hundred  of  gold. 

12  But  that  to  deceive  them  who  had  trusted  to 
the  place  and  temple  which  is  honoured  throughout 
the  whole  world,  for  the  reverence  and  holiness  of 
it,wasathing  which  could  not  by  any  means  be  done. 

13  But  he  by  reason  of  the  orders  he  had  receiv- 
ed from  the  kin::,  said,  that  by  all  means  the  money 
must  be  carried  to  the  king. 

14  So  on  the  day  he  had  appointed,  lleliodorus 
entered  in  to  order  this  matter.  But  there  was  ,„, 
small  terror  throughout  the  w  hole  city. 

15  And  the  priests  prostrated  themselves  before 
the  altar  in  their  priests'  restments,  BOO  called  upon 
him  from  heaven,  who  made  the  law  concerning 
things  given  to  be  kept,  that  he  would  preserve  them 
safe,  for  them  that  had  deposited  them. 

16  Now  whosoever  saw  the  countenance  of  tin- 
high  priett,  Wat  WOOnded  in  heart:  for  his  lace  and 
the  changing  of  his  colour,  declared  the  inward  sor- 
row of  his  mind. 

17  For  the  man  was  so  compassed  with  sadness 
and  horror  of  the  body,  that  it  was  manifest  to  them 
that  beheld    him,  what  sorrow   he  had  in  his  heart. 

18  Others  also  came  nocking  together  out  of 
their  houses,  praying  and  making  public   suppli 

t  ion.  because  the  place  was  like  to  come  into  contempt. 

19  And  the  women  girded  with  bain  loth  about 
their  breast,  came  together  in  the  streets.      Anil  the 

»rr  in  .Irlivrr  it.     So  St.  Jjukt  writ  the  gospel,  tuning  dMrtMtly  mlUinti 
to  all  thing:  I  .like  i.  \cr.  3. 

f  Srltunu  mm)  of  Antiochui  the  great  and  cl.hr  l.r  ..tin  r  of 
thus   F.fnftumtu 


CHAP.  IV. 


virgins  also  that  were  shut  up,  came  forth,  some  to 
Onias.  and  some  to  the  walls;  and  others  looked 
out  of  the  windows. 

20  And  all  holding  up  their  hands  towards  heaven 
made  supplication. 

21  For  the  expectation  of  the  mixed  multitude, 
iiikI  of  the  high  priest  who  was  in  an  agony,  would 
have  moved  any  one  to  pity. 

t  22  And  these  indeed  called  upon  Almighty  God, 
to  preserve  the  things  that  had  been  committed  to 
them,  safe  and  sure  for  those  that  had  committed 
them. 

23  But  Heliodorus  executed  that  which  he  had 
resolved  on,  himself  being  present  in  the  same  place 
with  his  guard  about  the  treasury. 

24  But  the  spirit  of  the  Almighty  God  gave  a 
great  evidence  of  his  presence;  so  that  all  that  had 
presumed  to  obey  him,  falling  down  by  the  power 
of  God,  were  struck  with  fainting  and  dread. 

25  For  there  appeared  to  them  a  horse  with  a 
terrihle  rider  upon  him,  adorned  with  a  very  rich 
covering:  and  he  ran  fiercely  and  struck  Heliodo- 
rus with  his  fore-feet:  and  he  that  sat  upon  him, 
seemed  to  have  armour  of  gold. 

26  Moreover  there  appeared  two  other  young 
men  beautiful  and  strong,  bright  and  glorious,  and 
in  comely  apparel:  who  stood  by  him,  on  either 
side, -and  scourged  him  without  ceasing  with  many 
stripes. 

27  And  Heliodorus  suddenly  fell  to  the  ground  : 
and  they  took  him  up  covered  with  great  darkness  : 
and  having  put  him  into  a  litter  they  carried  him  out. 

28  So  he  that  came  with  many  servants,  and 
all  his  guard  into  the  aforesaid  treasury,  was  car- 
ried out  no  one  being  able  to  help  him,  the  manifest 
power  of  God  being  known. 

29  And  he  indeed  by  the  power  of  God  lay  speech- 
less, and  without  all  hope  of  recovery. 

30  But  they  praised  the  Lord  because  he  had 
glorified  his  place :  and  the  temple,  that  a  little  be- 
fore was  full  of  fear  and  trouble,  when  the  almighty 
Lord  appeared,   was  filled  with  joy  and   gladness. 

31  1  hen  some  of  the  friends  of  Heliodorus  forth- 
with begged  of  Onias,  that  he  would  call  upon  the 
Most  High  to  grant  him  his  life,  who  was  ready  to 
give  up  the  ghost. 

32  So  the  high  priest  considering  that  the  king 
might  perhaps  suspect  that  some  mischief  had  been 
done  to  Heliodorus  by  the  Jews,  offered  a  sacrifice 
of  health  for  the  recovery  of  the  man. 

33  And  when  the  high  priest  was  praying,  the 
same  young  men  in  the  same  clothing  stood  by  He- 
liodorus, and  said  to  him:  Give  thanks  to  Onias 
the  priest :  because  for  his  sake  the  Lord  hath 
granted  thee  life. 

34  And  thou  havingbeen  scourged  by  God,  declare 
unto  all  men  the  great  works  and  the  power  of  God. 
And  having  spoken  thus,  they  appeared  no  more. 

35 So  Heliodorus  after  he  had  offered  a  sacrificeto 
God,  and  made  great  vows  to  him,  that  had  granted 
him  lite,  and  given  thanksto  Onias,  taking  his  troops 
with  him,  returned  to  the  king. 

3G  Arid  he  testified  to  all  men  the  works  of  the 


great  God,  which  he  had  seen  with  his  own  eves 

37  And  when  the  king  asked  Heliodorus,  who 
might  be  a  fit  man  to  be  sent  yet  once  more  to  Je- 
rusalem, he  said : 

38  If  thou  hast  any  enemy,  or  traitor  to  thy  king- 
dom, send  him  thither,  and  thou  shalt  receive  him 
again  scourged,  if  so  be  he  escape  :  for  there  is  un- 
doubtedly in  that  place  a  certain  power  of  God. 

39  For  he  that  hath  his  dwelling  in  the  heavens, 
is  the  visiter  and  protector  of  that  place  :  and  he 
striketh  and  destroyeth  them  that  come  todo  evil  to  it. 

40  And  the  things  concerning  Heliodorus,  and 
the  keeping  of  the  treasury,  fell  out  in  this  manner. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Onias  has  recourse  to  the  king.     The  ambition  and  wickedness 
of  Jason  and  Menelavs.     Onias  is  treacherously  murdered. 

"DUT  Simon,  of  whom  we  spoke  before,  who  was 
-*-"  the  betrayer  of  the  money,  and  of  his  country, 
spoke  ill  of  Onias,  as  though  he  had  incited  Helio- 
dorus, to  do  these  things,  and  had  been  the  promo- 
ter of  evils  : 

2  And  he  presumed  to  call  him  a  traitor  to  the 
kingdom,  who  provided  for  the  city,  and  defended 
his  nation,  and  was  zealous  for  the  law  of  God. 

3  But  when  the  enmities  proceeded  so  far,  that 
murders  also  were  committed  by  some  of  Simon's 
friends : 

4  Onias  considering  the  danger  of  this  contention, 
and  that  Apollonius  who  was  the  governor  of  Ce- 
lesyria,  and  Phenicia,  was  outrageous,  which  in- 
creased the  malice  of  Simon,  went  to  the  king, 

5  Not  to  be  an  accuser  of  his  countrymen,  but 
with  a  view  to  the  common  good  of  all  the  people. 

6  For  he  saw  that  except  the  king  took  care,  it 
was  impossible  that  matters  should  be  settled  in 
peace,  or  that  Simon  would  cease  from  his  folly. 

7  But  after  the  death  of  Seleucus,  when  Antio- 
chus  who  was  called  the  Illustrious,  had  taken  pos- 
session of  the  kingdom,  Jason  the  brother  of  Onias 
ambitiously  sought  the  high  priesthood  : 

8  And  went  to  the  king,  promising  him  three 
hundred  and  sixty  talents  of  silver,  and  out  of  other 
revenues  fourscore  talents: 

9  Besides  this  he  promised  also  a  hundred  and 
fifty  more,  if  he  might  have  license  to  set  him  up  a 
place  for  exercise,  and  a  place  for  youth,  and  to  en- 
title them,  that  were  at  Jerusalem,  Antiochians. 

10  Which  when  the  king  had  granted,  and  he 
had  gotten  the  rule  into  his  hands,  forthwith  he  be- 
gan to  bring  over  his  countrymen  to  the  fashion  of 
the  Heathens. 

11  And  abolishing  those  things,  which  had  been 
decreed  of  special  favour  by  the  kings  in  behalf  of 
the  Jews,  by  the  means  of  John  the  father  of  that 
Eupolemus,  who  went  ambassador  to  Rome  to  make 
amity  and  alliance,  he  disannulled  the  lawful  ord> 
nances  of  the  citizens,  and  brought  in  fashions  that 
were  perverse. 

12  For  he  had  the  boldness  to  set  up,  under  the 
very  castle,  a  place  of  exercise,  and  to  pat  all  the 
choicest  youths  in  brothel  houses. 

13  Now  this  was  not  the  beginning,  but  an  in- 
crease and  progress  of  heathenish  and  foreign  man* 


II.  M\(  IIAI'.I.IS. 


ners,  through  the  abominable  and  unheard-of  wick- 
edness of  Jason,  that  impious  wretch  and  no  priest. 

I  V  Insomuch  that  the  priests  were  not  now  occu- 
pied about  the  officea  of  the  altar,  hut  despising  the 
temple  and  neglecting  the  sacrifices,  hastened  to  be 
partakers  of  the  games,  and  of  the  unlaw  lid  allow- 
ance thereof,  and  of  the  exercise  ofthediscua. 

15  And  setting  DOUght  by  the  honours  of  their  fa- 
thers, thej  eate<  med  the  ( Srecian  glories  for  the  l>est: 

16  I'or  the  sake  of  which  thej  inctn  red  a  danger- 
ous contention,  and  followed  earnestly  their  ordi- 
nances: and  in  all  things  they  coveted  to  be  like 
them,  who  were  their  enemies  ;ind  murderers. 

17  For  acting  wickedly  against  the  laws  of  God 
doth  not  pass  unpunished:  but   this  the  time  foUoW- 

.\  ill  declare. 

18  Now  when  the  same  that  was  used  every 
fifth  year  was  kept  at  T\re,  the  kins  being  present. 

19  The  w  icked  Jason  sent  from  Jerusalem  sinful 
men  to  carry  tkree  hundred  didrnehmas  of  silver 
for  the  sacrifice  of  Hercules:  but  the  hearers  there- 
of d(  sired  it  might  not  be  bestowed  on  the  sacri- 
fices, because  it  was  not  necessary,  but  might  be 
deputed  for  other  charges. 

W  So  the  money  was  appointed  by  him  that  sent 
it,  to  the  sacrifice  Ot  Hercules  ;  hut  because  of  them 
that  carried  it,  was  employed  for  the  making  of 
tall. 

J I  Now  when  Apollonius  the  son  of  Mnestheus 
was  sent  into  Egypt  to  treat  with  the  nobles  of  king 
I'hiloineter.  and  Antiochus  understood  that  he  was 
wholly  excluded  from  the  affairs  of  the  kingdom. 
consilium:  his  own  interest,  he  departed  thence,  and 
came  to  Joppe.  and  from  thence  to  Jerusalem. 

Where  be  was  received  in  a  magnificent 
manner  by  Jason,  and  the  city,  and  came  in  with 
torch-lights, and  with  praises:  and  from  thence  he 
returned  with  his  army  into  Pheoicia. 

23  Three  years  afterwards  Jason  sent  Menelaus 
brother  of  the  aforesaid  Simon,  to  carry  money  to 
the  king,,  and  to  bring  answers  from  himconccm- 
Jlg  certain  necessary  affairs. 

JV  But  he  being  recommended  to  the  king, 
when  he  had  magnified  the  appearance  of  his  power, 
got  the  high  priesthood  for  himself,  by  offering  more 
than  Jason  by  three  hundred  talents  of  silver. 

25  So  having  received  the  kind's  mandate,  he 
returned  bringing  nothing  worthy  of  the  high  priest- 
hood; but  having  the  mind  of  a  cruel  tyrant,  and 
the  rase  of  a  savage  beast. 

26  Then  Jason,  who  had  undermined  his  own 
brother,  being  himself  undermined,  was  driven  out 
a  fugitive  into  the  country  of  the  Ammonites. 

27  So  Menelaus  got  the  principality  :  but  as  for 
he  mon.y  he  had  promised  to    the  king  betook  no 

tea  Sostratus  the  governor  of  the  castle  call- 

r  if. 

I  'or  to  him  appertained  the  gathering  of  the 
i  :  wherefore  they  were  both  called  before  the 
kiiic 

\  :  I  Menelaus  was  removed  from  the  priest- 
hood,  Lysimachus   his  brother   succeeding;    and 

:  mi.  was  made  governor  of  the  Cj  priaiis. 
W 


30  When  these  things  were  in  doing,  it  fell  out 
that  they  ofTharsus  and  Mallos  raised  a  sedition, 
because  they  were  given  for  a  gift  to  Antiochi.s  tin- 
kind's  concubine. 

.'■1  The  king  therefore  went  in  all  haste  to  ap- 
pease them,  leaving  Andronicus  one  ol  his  BubleS 
for  his  deputy. 

32  Then  Menelaus  supposing  that  he  had  found 
a  convenient  time,  having  stolen  certain  vessels  of 
gold  out  of  the  temple,  gave  them  to  Andronicus 
and  others  he  had  sold  at    T\  re.  and  in  the  neigh- 
bouring cities  : 

.!.!   Which  when  Onias understood  most  certain 
ly,  he  reproved  him,  keeping  himself  in  a  safe  p! 
at  Antioch  beside  Daphne. 

34  Whereupon  Menelaus  coming  to  Aiidronicus 
desired  him  to  kill  Onias.  And  he  went  to  Onias, 
and  gave  him  his  right  hand  with  an  oath  and 
(though  he  were  suspected  by  him)  persuaded  him 
to  come  forth  out  of  the  sanctuary,  and  immediately 
slew  him,  without  any  regard  to  justice. 

35  For  which  cause  not  only  the  Jews,  but  also 
the  other  nations,  conceived  indignation,  and  were 
much  grieved  for  the  unjust  murder  of  so  great  a 
man. 

36  And  when  the  king  was  come  back  from  the 
places  of  Cilicia,  the  Jews  that  were  at  Antioch,  and 
also  the  Greeks  went  to  him  ;  complaining  of  the 
unjust  murder  of  Onias. 

37  Antiochus  therefore  was  grieved  in  his  mind 
for  OniaSj  and  being  moved  to  pity,  shed  tears. 
remembering  the  sobriety  and  modesty  of  the  de- 
ceased. 

38  And  being  inflamed  to  anger,  he  comniaudi  d 
Andronicus  to  be  stripped  of  his  purple,  and  to  be 
led  about  through  all  the  city  :  and  that  in  the  same 
place  wherein  he  had  committed  the  impiety  against 
Onias,  the  sacrilegious  wretch  should  be  put  to 
death,  the  Lord  repaying  him  his  deserved  punish- 
ment. 

39  Now  when  many  sacrileges  had  been  com- 
mitted by  Lvsimachus  in  the  temple,  by  the  coun- 
sel of  Menelaus,  and  the  rumour  of  it  was  spread 
abroad,  the  multitude  gathered  themselves  together 
i gainst  Lysimachus,  a  great  quantity  of  gold  being 
already  carried  away. 

40  Wherefore  the  multitude  making  an  insur- 
rection, and  their  minds  being  filled  with  anger, 
l.\simachus  armed  about  three  thousand  men.  and 
began  to  use  violence,  oneTyrnnnus  being  captain, 
a  man  far  gone  both  in  age  and  in  madn< 

41  But  when  they  perceived  the  attempt  of  Ly- 
simachus, some  caught  up  stones,  aoane  strong  clubs  i 
and  some  threw  ashes  upon  Lysimachus. 

42  And  many  of  them  wire  wounded,  and  some 
struck  dou  n  to  the  ground;  but  all  were  put  to  flight  : 
and  as  for  the  sacrilegious  fellow  himself,  they  slew 
him  beside  the  treasury. 

43  Now  concerning  these  matters  an  accusation 
was  laid  against  .Menelaus. 

44  And  when  the  king  was  come  t"  Tyre,  three 

men  were  sent  from  the  ancients  to  plead  tin  cause 
before  hi  in. 


CHAP.  V. 


45  But  Menelaus  being  convicted,  promised 
Ptolemee*  to  give  him  much  money,  to  persuade 
the  king  to  favour  him. 

46  So  Ptolemee  went  to  the  king  in  a  certain 
court  where  he  was,  as  it  were  to  cool  himself,  and 
brought  him  to  be  of  another  mind  : 

47  So  Menelaus  who  was  guilty  of  all  the  evil, 
was  acquitted  by  him  of  the  accusations  :  and  those 
poor  men,  who,  if  they  had  pleaded  their  cause 
even  before  Scythians,  should  have  been  judged 
innocent,  were  condemned  to  death. 

48  Thus  they  that  prosecuted  the  cause  for  the 
city,  and  for  the  people,  and  the  sacred  vessels,  did 
soon  suffer  unjust  punishment. 

49  Wherefore  even  the  Tyrians  being  moved 
with  indignation,  were  liberal  towards  their  burial. 

50  And  so  through  the  covetousness  of  them 
that  were  in  power,  Menelaus  continued  in  autho- 
rity, increasing  in  malice  to  the  betraying  of  the 
citizens. 

CHAP.  Y. 

Wonderful  signs  are  seen  in  the  air.  Jason's  wickedness  and  end. 
Antiochus  takes  Jerusalem. 

\  T  the  same  time  Antiochus  prepared  for  a  se- 
■*■*-  cond  journey  into  Egypt. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass  that  through  the  whole 
city  of  Jerusalem  for  the  space  of  forty  days  there 
were  seen  horsemen  running  in  the  air,  in 
gilded  raiment,  and  armed  with  spears,  like  bands 
of  soldiers. 

3  And  horses  set  in  order  by  ranks,  running  one 
against  another,  with  the  shakings  of  shields,  and  a 
multitude  of  men  in  helmets  with  drawn  swords, 
and  casting  of  darts,  and  glittering  of  golden  armour, 
and  of  harnesses  of  all  sorts. 

4  Wherefore  all  men  prayed  that  these  prodigies 
might  turn  to  good. 

5  Now  when  there  was  gone  forth  a  false  rumour, 
as  though  Antiochus  had  been  dead,  Jason  taking 
with  him  no  fewer  than  a  thousand  men,  suddenly 
assaulted  the  city:  and  though  the  citizens  ran  to- 

f ether  to  the  wall,  the  city  at  length  was  taken,  and 
lenelaus  fled  into  the  castle. 

6  But  Jason  slew  his  countrymen  without  mer- 
cy, not  considering  that  prosperity  against  one's 
own  kindred,  is  a  very  great  evil,  thinking  they  had 
been  enemies,  and  not  citizens,  whom  he  conquered. 

7  Yet  he  did  not  get  the  principality,  but  receiv- 
ed confusion  at  the  end,  for  the  reward  of  his  trea- 
chery, and  fled  again  into  the  country  of  the  Am- 
monites. 

8  At  the  last  having  been  shut  up  by  Aretas  the 
king  of  the  Arabians,  in  order  for  his  destruction, 
flying  from  city  to  city,  hated  by  all  men,  as  a  for- 
sakerofthe  laws  and  execrable,  as  an  enemy  of  his 
country  and  countrymen,  he  was  thrust  out  into 
Egypt. 

9  And  he  that  had  driven  many  out  of  their 
country,  perished  in  a  strange  land,  going  to  Lace- 
demon,  as  if  for  kindred  sake  he  should  have  refuge 
there. 

10  But  he  that  had  cast  out  many  unburied  was 

♦  Ptoltmee.    The  son  of  Dorimenus  a  favourite  of  the  king. 

5  F 


himself  cast  forth  both  unlamentcd  and  unburied, 
neither  having  foreign  burial,  nor  being  partaker  of 
the  sepulchre  of  his  fathers. 

1 1  Now  when  these  things  were  done,  the  king 
suspected  that  the  Jews  would  forsake  the  alliance  : 
whereupon  departing  out  of  Egypt  with  a  furious 
mind,  he  took  the  city  by  force  of  arms. 

12  And  commanded  the  soldiers  to  kill,  and  not 
to  spare  any  that  came  in  their  way,  and  to  go  up 
into  the  houses  to  slay. 

13  Thus  there  was  a  slaughter  of  young  and  old, 
a  destruction  of  women  and  children,  and  killing 
of  virgins  and  infants. 

14  And  there  were  slain  in  the  space  of  three 
whole  days  fourscore  thousand  ;  forty  thousand 
were  made  prisoners,  and  as  manv  sold. 

15  But  this  was  not  enough :  he  presumed  also 
to  enter  into  the  temple,  the  most  holy  in  all  the 
world,  Menelaus  that  traitor  to  the  laws,  and  to  his 
country,  being  his  guide. 

16  And  taking  in  his  wicked  hands  the  holy  ves- 
sels, which  were  given  by  other  kings  and  cities, 
for  the  ornament  and  the  glory  of  the  place,  he  un- 
worthily handled  and  profaned  them. 

17  Thus  Antiochus  going  astray  in  mind,  did  not 
consider  that  God  was  angry  for  awhile,  because  of 
the  sins  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  city  :  and  there- 
fore this  contempt  had  happened  to  the  place. 

18  Otherwise  had  they  not  been  involved  in  ma- 
ny sins,  as  Heliodorus,  who  was  sent  by  king  Se- 
leucus  to  rob  the  treasury,  so  this  man  also,  as  soon 
as  he  had  come,  had  been  forthwith  scourged,  and 
put  back  from  his  presumption. 

19  But  God  did  not  choose  the  people  for  the 
place's  sake,  but  the  place  for  the  people's  sake. 

20  And  therefore  the  place  also  itself  was  made 
partaker  of  the  evils  of  the  people':  but  afterward 
shall  communicate  in  the  good  things  thereof,  ano 
as  it  was  forsaken  in  the  wrath  of  Almighty  God, 
shall  be  exalted  again  with  great  glory,  when  the 
great  Lord  shall  be  reconciled. 

21  So  when  Antiochus  had  taken  away  out  of 
the  temple  a  thousand  and  eight  hundred  talents,  he 
went  back  in  all  haste  to  Antioch,  thinking  through 
pride,  that  he  might  now  make  the  land  navigable, 
and  the  sea  passable  on  foot;  such  was  the  haughti 
ness  of  his  mind. 

22  He  left  also  governors  to  afflict  the  people 
at  Jerusalem,  Philip,  a  Phrygian  by  birth,  but  ir 
manners  more  barbarous  than  he  that  set  him  there 

23  And  in  Garizim,  Andronicus  and  Menelaus 
who  bore  a  more  heavy  hand  upon  the  citizens  thai: 
the  rest. 

24  And  whereas  he  was  set  against  the  Jews, 
he  sent  that  hateful  prince  Apolloniuswith  an  army 
of  two  and  twenty  thousand  men,  commanding  him 
to  kill  all  that  were  of  perfect  age,  and  to  sell  the 
women  and  the  younger  sort : 

25  Who  when  he  was  come  to  Jerusalem,  pre- 
tending peace,  rested  till  the  holy  day  of  the  sab- 
bath :  and  then  the  Jews  keeping  holy-day,  he  com- 
manded his  men  to  take  arms. 

26  And  he  slew  all  that  were  come  forth  to  see : 

77" 


II.  MACHABEES. 


and  muring  through  the  < ■  i 5  v  with  Mined  men,  he 

'roved  ■  very  neat  multitude. 

But  Judas  fiuchabeus,  irho  was  the  tenth** 

had  withdraw  n  himself  into  a  desert  pi. ice,  and 
then  lived  amongst  wild  leasts  in  tlic  mountains 
with  his  company  :  and  they  continued  feeding  00 
herhs,  that  they  might  not  be  partaken  of  the 
iKjIlution. 

CHAP.  VI. 

Antinchus  commands  the  law  to  be  abolished  ;  rets  up  an  idol 
in  the  temple  ;  and  ptrsetutes  thejuithful.  Tke  mutrtyrdum 
of  Eleazar. 

BUT  not  Ions;  after  the    kin;:  sent  a  certain  old 
man  of  Antioch,  to  compel  the  Jews  to  depart 
from  the  laws  of  their  fathers  and  of  God  : 

J  And  to  defile  the  temple  that  was  in  Jerusalem, 
and  to  call  it  the  temple  of  Jupiter  Olympiiis;  and 
that  in  Gari/imf  of  Jupiter  Ilospitalis,  according 
as  they  were  that  inhabited  the  place. 

3  And  very  had  was  this  invasion  of  evils  and 
grievous  to  all : 

4  For  the  temple  was  full  of  the  riot  and  revel- 
lings  of  the  Gentiles,  and  of  men  lying  with  lewd 
w  i  unen.  And  women  thrust  themselves  of  their 
accord  into  the  holy  places,  and  brought  in  things 
that  were  not  lawful. 

5  The  altar  also  was  filled  with  unlawful  things, 
which  were  forhidden  hy  the  laws. 

6^  And  neither  were  the  sahhaths  kept,  nor  the 
solemn  days  of  the  fathers  observed  ;  neither  did 
any  man  plainly  profess  himself  to  be  a  Jew. 

7  But  they  were  led  by  hitter  constraint  on  the 
king's  hirth-day  to  the  sacrifices:  and  when  the 
feast  of  Bacchus  was  kept,  they  were  compelled  to 
go  ■boot  crowned  with  ivy  in  honour  of  Bacchus. 

8  And  there  went  out  a  decree  into  the  neigh- 
hotiring  cities  of  theGentiles,  by  the  suggestion  of  the 
Ptolemeans,  thai  they  also  should  act  in  like  manner 
against  the  Jews,  to  oblige  them  to  sacrifice  : 

9  And  whosoever  would  not  conform  themselves 
to  the  ways  ef  the  Gentiles,  should  be  put  to  death: 
then  was  misery  to  he  seen. 

10  For  two  women  were  accused  to  have  circum- 
cised their  children  :  whom,  when  they  had  openly 
led  about  through  the  city  with  the  infants  hanging 
at  their  hrcasts,  they  threw  down  headlong  from 
the  walls. 

11  And  others  that  had  met  together  in  caves 
that  wore  near,  and  wore  keeping  the  sahhath-day 
privately,  being  discovered  hy  Philip. |  were  burnt 
with  lire,  because  they  made  a  conscience  to  help 
themselves  with  their  hands,  hy  reason  of  the  reli- 
gious observance  of  the  day. 

12  Now  I  beseech  those  that  shall  reed  this  book, 

that  they  be  not  shocked  at  these  calamities,  hut 
that  they  consider  the  things  that  happened,  not  as 
tiding  for  the  destruction,  hut  for  the  correction  ol 
our  nation. 

I  '.  I 'or  it  is  i  token  of  great  goodness  when  sin- 

•   ll'nt  tkt  tenth.     That  i>.  In-  had  nine  other)  m  bil  company. 

f  Tkst  in  C.aritim,  vix.  the  temple  of  the  Samaritan*.  And  at 
Ihey  were  originally  »tnn?rr*.  the  name  of  llotpilnlit  (trliirh  »ipni- 
fiea  of  or  leUnging  l»    ttrjnger<)  wil  appl>  I  .e  idol  let   up  in 

their  ten),  le. 


ncrs  arc  not  suffered  to  go  on  in  their  ways  for  a 
long  time,  hut  are  presently  punished. 

li  For.  not  as  with  other  nations  (whom  the 
Lord  patiently  expecteth,  that  when  the  day  of 
judgment  shall  come,  he  may  punish  them  in  the 
fulness  of  their  sins  :) 

15  Doth  he  also  deal  with  us,  so  as  to  suffer  our 
sins  to  come  to  their  height,  and  then  take  wii- 
gcance  on  us. 

16  And  therefore  he  never  w  ithdrawoth  his  mer- 
cy from  us  :  but  though  he  chastise  his  people  w  ith 
adversity,  he  forsaketh  them  not. 

17  But  let  this  suffice  in  I  few  words  for  a 
warning  to  the  renders.  And  now  we  must  come 
to  the  narration. 

18  Eleazar  one  of  the  chief  of  the  scribes,  a  man 
advanced  in  years,  and  of  a  comely  countenance, 
was  pressed  to  open  his  mouth  to  eat  swine's  flesh. 

19  But  he  choosing  rather  a  most  glorious  death 
than  a  hateful  life,  went  forward  voluntarily  to  the 
torment. 

20  And  considering  in  what  manner  he  was  come 
to  it,  patiently  bearing,  he  determined  not  to  do  any 
unlawful  things  for  the  love  of  life. 

21  But  they  that  stood  hy  being  moved  with 
wicked  pity <§■  for  the  old  friendship  they  had  with 
the  man,  taking  him  aside,  desired  that  flesh  might 
be  brought,  which  it  was  lawful  for  him  lo  cat,  that 
he  might  make  as  if  he  had  eaten,  as  the  king  had 
commanded,  of  the  flesh  of  the  sacrifice: 

22  That  by  so  doing  he  might  be  delivered  from 
death:  and  for  the  sake  of  their  old  friendship  with 
the  man  they  did  him  this  courtesy . 

23  But  he  began  to  consider  the  dignity  of  his 
age  and  his  ancient  years,  and  the  inbred  honour  of 
his  gray  head,  and  his  good  life  and  conversation 
from  a  child  :  and  he  answered  without  delay,  ac- 
cording to  the  ordinances  of  the  holy  law  made  by 
God,  saying  that  he  would  rather  be  sent  into  the 
other  world. 

24  For  it  doth  not  become  our  age,  said  he,  to 
dissemble:  whereby  many  young  persons  might  think 
that  Eleazar  at  the  age  of  fourscore  and  ten  years, 
was  gone  over  to  the  life  of  the  heathens  : 

25  And  so  they  through  my  dissimulation, and  for 
a  little  time  of  a  corruptible  life,  should  be  deceived; 
and  hereby  I  should  bring  a  stain  and  a  curse  upon 
my  old  age. 

26  For  though,  for  the  present  time,  I  should  be 
delivered  from  (he  punishments  of  men,  yet  should 
1  not  escape  the  hand  of  the  Almighty  neither  alive 
nor  dead. 

27  Wherefore  by  departing  manfully  out  of  this 
life,  I  shall  show  myself  worthy  of  my  old  age: 

28  And  I  shall  leave  an  example  of  fortitude  to 
young  men,  it  w  ith  a  ready  mind  and  constancy  I 
suffer  an  honourable  death,  lor  the  most  venerable 
and  most  holy  laws.  And  having  spoken  thus,  he 
Was  forthwith  carried  to  execution. 


1  Philip.     The  jrovrnwr  of  Jcm«alrin. 

.'  pihi.     Tlirir  pity  *ut  \rirlrd,  ina.mtirh  at  It  Itifgatlcd  dial 
wicked  propoud  of  taring  his  life  by  dtMimulation. 


CHAP.  VII. 


29  And  they  that  led  him,  and  had  been  a  little 
he  fore  more  mild,  were  changed  to  wrath  for  the 
words  he  had  spoken,  which  they  thought  were 
uttered  out  of  arrogancy. 

30  But  when  he  was  now  ready  to  die  with  the 
stripes,  he  groaned,  and  said:  O  Lord  who  hast  the 
holy  knowledge,  thou  knowest  manifestly  that 
whereas  I  might  be  delivered  from  death,  I  suffer 
grievous  pains  in  body:  but  in  soul  am  well  content 
to  suffer  these  things  because  I  fear  thee. 

31  Thus  did  this  man  die,  leaving  not  only  to 
young  men,  but  also  to  the  whole  nation,  the  me- 
mory of  his  death  for  an  example  of  virtue  and 
fortitude. 

CHAP.  VII. 

The  glorious  martyrdom  of  the  seven  brethren  and  their  mother. 

IT  came  to  pas's  also,  that  seven  brethren,  together 
with  their  mother,  were  apprehended,  and  com- 
pelled by  the  king  to  eat  swine's  flesh  against  the 
law,  for  which  end  they  were  tormented  with  whips 
and  scourges. 

2  But  one  of  them  who  was  the  eldest,  said  thus : 
What  wouldst  thou  ask,  or  learn  of  us?  we  are 
-eady  to  die  rather  than  to  transgress  the  -laws  of 
God,  received  from  our  fathers. 

3  Then  the  king  being  angry,  commanded  frying- 
pans  and  brasen  caldrons  to  be  made  hot;  which 
forthwith  being  heated, 

4  He  commanded  to  cut  out  the  tongue  of  him 
that  had  spoken  first:  and  the  skin  of  his  head  being 
drawn  off  to  chop  off  also  the  extremities  of  his 
hands  and  feet,  the  rest  of  his  brethren,  and  his 
mother  looking  on. 

5  And  when  he  was  now  maimed  in  all  parts, 
he  commanded  him,  being  yet  alive,  to  be  brought 
to  the  fire,  and  to  be  fried  in  the  frying-pan:  and 
while  he  was  suffering  therein  long  torments,  the 
rest,  together  with  the  mother,  exhorted  one  another 
to  die  manfully, 

6  Saying :  The  Lord  God  will  look  upon  the 
truth,  and  will  take  pleasure  in  us,  as  Moses  de- 
clared in  the  profession  of  the  canticle  :  And  in  his 
servants  he  will  take  pleasure. 

7  So  when  the  first  was  dead  after  this  manner, 
they  brought  the  next  to  make  him  a  mocking-stock  : 
and  when  they  had  pulled  off  the  skin  of  his  head 
with  the  hair,  they  asked  him  if  he  would  eat,  before 
he  were  punished  throughout  all  the  whole  body 
in  every  limb. 

8  But  he  answered  in  his  own  language,  and 
said:  I  will  not  do  it.  Wherefore  he  also,  in  the 
next  place,  received  the  torments  of  the  first : 

9  And  when  he  was  at  the  last  gasp,  he  said  thus: 
Thou  indeed,  O  most  wicked  man,  destroyest  us 
out  of  this  present  life  :  but  the  King  of  the  world 
will  raise  us  up,  who  die  for  his  laws,  in  the  resur- 
rection of  eternal  life. 

10  After  him  the  third  was  made  a  mocking- 
stock:  and  when  he  was  required,  he  quickly  put 
forth  his  tongue,  and  courageously  stretched  out 
his  hands ; 

11  And  said  with  confidence:  These  I  have 
from  heaven,  but  for  the  laws  of  God,  I  now  despise 


them,  because  I  hope  to  receive  them  againfromhim 

12  So  that  the  king  and  they  that  were  with  him, 
wondered  at  the  young  man's  courage,  because  lie 
esteemed  the  torments  as  nothing. 

13  And  after  he  was  thus  dead,  they  tormented 
the  fourth  in  the  like  manner. 

14  And  when  he  was  now  ready  to  die.  he  spoke 
thus :  It  is  better,  being  put  to  death  by  men,  to 
look  for  hope  from  God,  to  be  raised  up  again  by 
him  :  for,  as  to  thee,  thou  shalt  have  no  resurrection 
unto  life. 

15  And  when  they  had  brought  the  fifth,  they 
tormented  him.     But  he  looking  upon  the  king, 

16  Said:  Whereas  thou  hast  power  among  men, 
though  thou  art  corruptible,  thou  doest  what  thou 
wilt:  butthink  not  that  our  nation  is  forsaken  by  God. 

17  But  stay  patiently  awhile;  and  thou  shalt 
see  his  great  power,  in  what  manner  he  will  tor- 
ment thee,  and  thy  seed.  * 

18  After  him  they  brought  the  sixth;  and  he 
being  ready  to  die,  spoke  thus :  Be  not  deceived 
without  cause:  for  we  suffer  these  things  for  ourselves, 
having  sinned  against  our  God;  and  things  worthy 
of  admiration  are  done  to  us: 

19  Butdonotthinkthat  thou  shalt  escape  unpunish- 
ed, for  that  thou  hast  attempted  to  fight  against  God. 

20  Now  the  mother  was  to  be  admired  above 
measure,  and  worthy  to  be  remembered  by  good  men, 
who  beheld  her  seven  sons  slain  in  the  space  of  one 
day,  and  bore  it  with  a  good  courage,  for  the  hope 
that  she  had  in  God  : 

21  And  she  bravely  exhorted  every  one  of  them 
in  her  own  language,  being  filled  with  wisdom: 
and  joining  a  man's  heart  to  a  woman's  thought, 

22  She  said  to  them  :  I  know  not  how  you  were 
formed  in  my  womb  :  for  I  neither  gave  you  breath, 
nor  soul,  nor  life ;  neither  did  I  frame  the  limbs  of 
every  one  of  you. 

23  But  the  Creator  of  the  world,  that  formed  the 
nativity  of  man,  and  that  found  out  the  origin  of  all, 
he  will  restore  to  you  again  in  his  mercy,  both 
breath  and  life,  as  now  you  despise  yourselves  for 
the  sake  of  his  laws. 

24  Now  Antiochus  thinking  himself  despised, 
and  withal  despising  the  voice  of  the  upbraider, 
when  the  youngest  was  yet  alive,  did  not  only  ex- 
hort him  by  words,  but  also  assured  him  with  an 
oath,  that  he  would  make  him  a  rich  and  a  happy 
man,  and,  if  he  would  turn  from  the  laws  of  his  fa- 
thers, would  take  him  for  a  friend,  and  furnish  him 
with  things  necessary. 

25  But  when  the  young  man  was  not  moved  with 
these  things,  the  king  called  the  mother,  and  coun- 
selled her  to  deal  with  the  young  man  to  save  his 
life. 

26  And  when  he  had  exhorted  her  with  many 
words,  she  promised  that  she  would  counsel  her  son. 

27  So  bending  herself  towards  him,  mocking  the 
cruel  tyrant,  she  said  in  her  own  language :  My 
son,  have  pity  upon  me,  that  bore  thee  nine  months 
in  my  womb,  and  gave,  thee  suck  three  years,  and 
nourished  thee,  and  brought  thee  up  unto  this  age. 

28  I  beseech  thee,  my  son,  look  upon  heaven  and 

779 


II.  MACHABEES. 


earth,  and  all  that  is  in  them  :  and  consider  that 
God  made  them  out  of  DOtUag,  and  mankind 
also: 

29  So  thou  shalt  not  fear  this  tormenter ;  hut  De- 
bt made  a  worthy  partner  with  thy  brethren,  re- 
ceive death,  that  in  that  mercy  1  may  receive  thee 
again  with  thy  brethren. 

30  While  she  WBS  yet  Speaking  these  WOtda,  the 

young  man  said  :  For  whom  do  you  stay  ?  1  will 
not  ohcy  the  commandment  of  the  king,  but  the 
commandment  of  the  law,  which  was  given  us  by 

Mom  v. 

31  But  thou  that  bast  been  the  author  of  all  mis- 
chief against  the  Hebrews,  shalt  not  escape  the 
band  or  God. 

32  For  we  suffer  thus  for  our  sins. 

33  And  thoogh  the  Lord  our  God  is  angry  with 
us  a  little  while  for  ourcbastisement  and  correction; 

be  will  be  reconciled  again  to  his  servants. 

34  But  thou,  O  wicked  and  of  all  men  most  fla- 
gitious, be  not  lifted  Dp  without  cause  with  vain 
hopes  whilst  thou  art  raging  against  his  servants. 

35  For  thou  hast  not  yet  escaped  the  judgment 
of  Almighty  God,  who  beholdeth  all  things. 

36  For  my  brethren  having  now  undergone  a 
short  pain,  are  under  the  covenant  of  eternal  life: 
but  thou  by  the  judgment  of  God  shalt  receive  just 
punishment  for  thy  pride. 

37  But  I,  like  my  brethren,  offer  up  my  life  and 
mv  body  for  the  laws  of  our  fathers:  calling  upon 
God  to  he  speedily  merciful  to  our  nation,  and  that 
thou  by  torments  and  stripes  mayst  confess  that  he 
alone  is  God. 

38  But  in  mc  and  in  my  brethren  the  wrath  of 
the  Almighty,  which  hath  justly  been  brought  upon 
all  our  nation,  shall  cease. 

39  Then  the  king  being  incensed  with  anger, 
raged  against  him  more  cruelly  than  all  the  rest, 
Ovine  it  grievously  that  he  was  mocked. 

40  So  this  man  also  died  undefiled,  wholly  trust- 
ing in  the  Lord. 

41  And  last  of  all  after  the  sons  the  mother  also 
was  consumed. 

11  But  now  there  is  enough  said  of  the  sacrifices, 
and  of  the  excessive  cruelties. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

Judas  Machabeus  fathering  an  army  gains  direr*  victories. 

BUT  Judas  Machabeus,  and  they  that  were  with 
him,  went  privately  into  the  towns:  and  call- 
ing together  their  kinsmen  and  friends,  and  taking 
unto  mem  such  as  continued  in  the  Jews'  religion, 
they  assembled  six  thousand  men. 

2  And  they  called  upon  the  Lord,  that  he  would 
Ir  ok  upon  his  people  that  was  troddni  down  by  all, 
and  would  have  pity  on  the  temple,  that  was  dc  fil- 
ed by  the  wicked  : 

3  That  he  would    have  pity  also  upon  the  city 


•  PUHst  using,  *e.  The  rorrmor  of  Jrnjulem  found  liimwlf 
unable  to  contend  with  Jndaa,  eapeoiallr  after  the  rictorie*  be  bad 
obtained  orer  Apollooiui  and  Seron.     I  Mark.  in. 

t  Ttemty  thmutmd.  The  whole  number  of  (he  force*  aent  at  thai 
time  into  Judea,  wa»  4TV000  footmen,  and  7000  bonetneo,  I  Mack,  m 

780 


that  was  destroyed,  that  was  ready  to  be  made  even 
with  the  ground,  and  would  hear  the  voice  of  the 
blood  that  cried  to  him  : 

4  That  he  would  remember  also  the  most  unjust 
deaths  of  innocent  children,  and  the  blasphemies 
offered  to  his  name,  and  would  show  his  indigna- 
tion on  this  occasion. 

5  Now  when  Machabeus  had  gathered  a  mulii 
tude,  he  could  not  be  withstood  by  the  heathens  :  foi 
the  wrath  of  the  Lord  was  turned  into  mercy. 

6  So  coming  unawares  upon  the  towns  and  ci- 
ties, he  set  them  on  fire  :  and  taking  possession  ol 
the  most  commodious  places,  he  made  no  small 
slaughter  of  the  enemies  : 

7  \nd  especially  in  the  Dtghtshe  went  upon  these 
expeditions  ;  and  the  fame  of  his  valour  was  spread 
abroad  every  where. 

8  Then  Philip  seeing*  that  the  man  gained  ground 
by  little  and  little,  and  that  things  for  the  most  part 
succeeded  prosperously  with  him,  wrote  to  Ptole- 
mee  the  governor  of  Celesyria  andPhenicia,  to  send 
aid  to  the  king's  affairs. 

9  And  he  with  all  speed  sent  Nicanor  the  son  ot 
Patroclus,  one  of  his  special  friends,  giving  him  no 
fewer  than  twenty  thousand!  armed  men  of  different 
nations,  to  root  out  the  whole  race  of  the  Jew  s. 
joiuing  also  with  him  Gorgias  a  good  soldier,  and 
of  great  experience  in  matters  of  war. 

10  And  Nicanor  purposed  to  raise  for  the  kins; 
the  tribute  of  two  thousand  talents,  that  was  to  In- 
given  to  the  Romans,  by  making  so  much  money 
of  the  captive  Jews: 

1 1  Wherefore  he  sent  immediately  to  the  cities 
upon  the  sea-coast,  to  invite  men  together  to  buy  up 
the  Jewish  slaves,  promising  that  they  should  have 
ninny  slaves  for  one  talent,  not  reflecting  on  the 
vengeance  which  was  to  follow  him  from  the  Al- 
mighty. 

12  Now  when  Judas  found  .that  Nicanor  was 
coming,  he  imparted  to  the  Jews  that  were  with 
him,  that  the  enemy  was  at  hand. 

13  And  some  of  diem  being  afraid,  and  distrust- 
ing the  justice  of  God,  fled  away  : 

14  Others  sold  all  that  they  had  left,  and  withal 
besought  the  Lord,  that  he  would  deliver  them 
from  the  wicked  Nicanor,  who  had  sold  them  before 
he  came  near  them : 

15  And  if  not  for  their  Bakes,  yet  for  the  cove- 
nant that  he  had  made  with  their  fathers, and  for  the 
sake  of  his  holy  and  glorious  name  that  was  in- 
voked upon  them. 

16  But  Machabeus  calling  together  seven  thou- 
sand} that  weie  with  him,  exhorted  them  not  to  be 
reconciled  to  the  enemies,  nor  to  fear  the  multitude 
of  the  enemies  who  came  wrongfully  against  them, 
but  to  li;;ht  manfully: 

17  Setting  before  their  eyes  the  injury  they  had 
unjustly  done  the    holy   place,  and  also    the   injury 


30.     But  onl v  20,000  are  here  taken,  notk-e  of,  because  there  were  no 
more  with  Nicanor  at  the  time  of  the  battle. 

In  the  Greek  it  i»  fix  tkouumd.     But  then  thro* 


thousand  of  them  bad  no  anna.     I  Mock.  ir.  6. 


CHAP.  IX. 


they  had  done  to  the  city,  which  had  been  shame- 
fully abused,  besides  their  destroying  the  ordinan- 
ces of  the  fathers. 

18  For,  said  he,  they  trust  in  their  weapons,  and 
in  their  boldness:  but  we  trust  in  the  Almighty 
Lord,  who  at  a  beck  can  utterly  destroy  both  them 
that  come  against  us,  and  the  whole  world. 

19  Moreover  he  put  them  in  mind  also  of  the 
lulps  their  fathers  had  received  from  God  :  and 
how  under  Sennacherib  a  hundred  and  eighty-five 
thousand  had  been  destroyed. 

20  And  of  the  battle  that  they  had  fought  against 
the  Galatians*  in  Babylonia,  how  they,  being  in 
all  but  six  thousand,  when  it  came  to  the  point,  and 
the  Macedonians  their  companions  were  at  a  stand, 
slew  a  hundred  and  twenty  thousand,  because  of 
the  help  they  had  from  heaven  ;  and  for  this  they 
received  many  favours. 

21  With  these  words  they  were  greatly  encou- 
raged, and  disposed  even  to  die  for  the  laws  and  their 
country. 

22  So  he  appointed  his  brethren  captains  over 
each  division  of  his  army,  Simon,  and  Joseph,  and 
Jonathan,  giving  to  each  one  fifteen  hundred  men. 

23  And  after  the  holy  Book  had  been  read  to 
them  by  Esdras,and  he  had  given  them  fora  watch- 
word, The  help  of  God  :  himself  leading  the  first 
band,  he  joined  battle  with  Nicanor  : 

24  And  the  Almighty  being  their  helper,  they 
slew  above  nine  thousand  men  :f  and  having  wound- 
ed and  disabled  the  greater  part  of  Nicanor's  army, 
they  obliged  them  to  fly : 

25  And  they  took  the  money  of  them  that  came 
to  buy  them  ;  and  they  pursued  them  on  every  side. 

26  But  they  came  back  for  want  of  time:  for  it 
was  the  day  before  the  sabbath:  and  therefore  they 
did  not  continue  the  pursuit. 

27  Butwhenthey  had  gathered  together  their  arms 
and  their  spoils,  they  kept  the  sabbath  :  blessing  the 
Lord  who  had  delivered  them  that  day,  distilling  the 
beginning  of  mercy  upon  them. 

28  Then  after  the  sabbath-day  they  divided  the 
spoils  to  the  feeble,  and  the  orphans,  and  the  wi- 
dows :  and  the  rest  they  took  for  themselves  and 
their  servants. 

29  When  this  was  done,  and  they  had  all  made 
a  common  supplication,  they  besought  the  merciful 
Lord,  to  be  reconciled  to  his  servants  unto  the  end. 

30  Moreover  they  slew  above  twenty  thousand 
of  them  that  were  with  Timotheus  and  Bacchides, 
who  fought  against  them  :  and  they  made  them- 
selves masters  of  the  high  strong-holds  :  and  they 
divided  amongst  them  many  spoils,  giving  equal  por- 
tions to  the  feeble,  the  fatherless,  and  the  widows, 
yea  and  the  aged  also. 

31  And  when  they  had  carefully  gathered  toge- 
ther their  arms,  they  laid  them  all  up  inconvenient 
places :  and  the  residue  of  their  spoils  they  carried 
to  Jerusalem  : 

*  Galatians.  That  is,  the  Gauls,  who  having  ravaged  Italy  and 
Greece,  poured  themselves  in  upon  Asia  in  immense  multitudes, 
where  ub  thoy  founded  the  kingdom  of  Galatia  or  Gallo-Graecia. 

t  Move  nine  thousand,  viz.  including  the  three  thousand  slain  in  the 
onrtnit 


32  They  slew  also  Philarches  who  was  with 
Timotheus,  a  wicked  man,  who  had  many  ways 
afflicted  the  Jews. 

33  And  when  they  kept  the  feast  of  the  victory 
at  Jerusalem,  they  burnt  Callisthenes,  that  had  set 
fire  to  the  holy  gates,  who  had  taken  refuge  in  a 
certain  house,  rendering  to  him  a  worthy  reward  for 
his  impieties  : 

34  But  as  for  that  most  wicked  man  Nicanor, 
who  had  brought  a  thousand  merchants  to  the  sale 
of  the  Jews, 

35  Being  through  the  help  of  the  Lord  brought 
down  by  them,  of  whom  he  had  made  no  account, 
laying  aside  his  garment  of  glory,J  fleeing  through 
the  midland  country,  hecame  alone  to  Antioch,  being 
rendered  veryunhappybythe  destruction  of  hisarmy. 

36  And  he  that  had  promised  to  levy  the  tribute 
for  the  Romans  by  the  means  of  the  captives  of  Je- 
rusalem, now  professed  that  the  Jews  had  God  for 
their  protector,  and  therefore  they  could  not  be  hurt, 
because  they  followed  the  laws  appointed  by  him. 

CHAP.  IX. 

The  wretched  end,  and  fruitless  repentance,  of  king  Antiochus. 

AT  that  time  Antiochus  returned  with  dishonour 
out  of  Persia. 

2  For  he  had  entered  into  the  city  called  Perse- 
polis,§  and  attempted  to  rob  the  temple,  and  to  op- 
press the  city  :  but  the  multitude  running  together  to 
arms,  put  them  to  flight :  and  so  it  fell  out  that  An- 
tiochus being  put  to  flight,  returned  with  disgrace. 

3  Now  when  he  was  come  about  Ecbatana,  he 
received  the  news  of  what  had  happened  to  Nicanor 
and  Timotheus. 

4  And  swelling  with  anger,  he  thought  to  revenge 
upon  the  Jews  the  injury  done  by  them  that  had  put 
him  to  flight.  And  therefore  he  commanded  his 
chariot  to  be  driven,  without  stopping  in  his  journey, 
the  judgment  of  heaven  urging  him  forward,  because 
he  had  spoken  so  proudly,  that  he  would  come  to 
Jerusalem,  and  make  it  a  common  burying-place  of 
the  Jews. 

■5  But  the  Lord  the  God  of  Israel  that  seeth  all 
things,  struck  him  with  an  incurable  and  an  invisi- 
ble plague.  For  as  soon  as  he  bad  ended  these 
words,  a  dreadful  pain  in  his  bowels  came  upon  him, 
and  bitter  torments  of  the  inner  parts  : 

6  And  indeed  very  justly,  seeing  he  had  torment- 
ed the  bowels  of  others  with  many  and  new  tor- 
ments, albeit  he  by  no  means  ceased  from  his  malice. 

7  Moreover  being  filled  with  pride,  breathing  out 
fire  in  his  rage  against  the  Jews,  and  commanding 
the  matter  to  be  hastened,  it  happened  as  he  was 
going  with  violence,  that  he  fell  from  the  chariot  ; 
so  that  his  limbs  were  much  pained  by  a  grievous 
bruising  of  the  body. 

8  Thus  he  that  seemed  to  himself  lo  command 
even  the  waves  of  the  sea,  being  proud  above  the 
condition  of  man,  and  to  weigh  the  heights  of  the 
mountains  in  a  balance,  now  being  cast  down  to  the 

|  Laying  aside  his  garment  of  glory.  That  is,  his  splendid  apparei 
which  he  wore  through  ostentation:  he  now  throws  it  off,  lest  ha 
should  he  known  on  his  flight. 

J  Persepolis.     Otherwise  called  Elymais. 

781 


11.  MACHABEES. 


ground  ITU  Carried  in  ■  litter,  hearing  witness  to  the 

manifest  power  of  God  in  himself: 

9  So  that  worms  swarmed  out  of  the  body  of  this 
man;  and  whilst  he  lived  in  sorrow  and  pain,  his 
flesh  fell  off;  and  the  Jillhiness  of  his  smell  was  noi- 
some to  the  army. 

10  And  the  man  that  thought  a  little  before  he 
could  reach  to  the  stars  of  heaven,  no  man  could 
endure  to  carry,  for  the  intolerable  stench. 

11  And  by  this  means,  being  brought  from  his 
great  pride,  he  began  to  come  to  the  knowledge  of 
himself,  being  admonished  by  the  scourge  of  God, 
his  pains  increasing  every  moment. 

1 .!  And  when  he  himself  could  not  now  abide  his 
own  stench,  he  spoke  thus:  It  is  just  to  be  Babied 
to  God,  and  that  a  mortal  man  should  not  equal  him- 
self to  God. 

13  Then  this  wicked  man  prayed  to  the  Lord,  of 
whom  he  was  not  to  obtain  mercy.* 

1  V  And  the  city,  to  which  he  was  going  in  haste 
to  lav  it  even  with  the  ground,  and  to  make  it  a 
<  ommonburying-place,henow  desireth  to  make  free: 

15  And  the  Jew  s  whom  he  said  he  would  not  ac- 
count worthy  to  be  so  much  as  buried,  but  would 

6ive  them  up  to  be  devoured  by  the  birds  and  wild 
ind  would  utterly  destroy  them  with  their 
children,  he  now  promiseth  to  make  equal  with  the 
Athenians. 

16  The  holy  temple  also,  which  before  he  had 
spoiled,  he  promiseth  to  adorn  with  goodly  gifts,  and 
to  multiply  the  holy  vessels,  and  to  allow  out  of  his 
revenues  the  charges  pertaining  to  the  sacrifices. 

17  Yea  also,  that  he  would  become  a  Jew  himself, 
and  would  go  through  every  place  of  the  earth,  and 

!  ire  the  power  of  God. 

IB  But  his  pains  not  ceasing  (for  the  just  judgment 
of  God  was  come  upon  him)  despairing  of  life  he 
wrote  to  the  Jews,  in  the  manner  of  a  supplication, 
a  letter  in  these  words  : 

19  To  BIS  vi.iiy  good  subjects  the  Jews,  An- 
tiochus  king  and  ruler,  wisheth  much  health,  wel- 
fare, and  happiness. 

20  If  you  and  your  children  are  well,  and  if  all 
matters  go  with  you  to  your  mind,  we  give  vet \ 
great  thanks. 

Jl    As  for  me.  being  infirm,  but  yet  kindly  re- 
membering you,  returning  out  of  the  [daces  of  Per- 
and    Being  taken   with  a  grievous  disease,  I 
thought  it  aoceinry  to   take  care   lor  the  common 
good: 

22  Not  distrusting  my  life,  but  having  great  hope 
to  escape  the  nckaj 

But  considering  thai  my  father  also,  at  what 

time   he  led  an  army  into  the  higher  countries,  ap- 
pointed w  ho  should  reign  after  him  : 

To  the  end  that  if  any  tiling  contrary  tn  ex- 
pectation should    fall  out,  or  any  had  tidings  should 

lie  brought,  they  that  were  in  the  countries,  snowing 

to  whom  the  whole  government  was  left,  might  not 
oiiltled. 

Moreover  considering  that  neighbouring  prin- 

•  Of  vAam  ttwiHlli  aktmn  men*.  Bw»ti»e  hi«  re|*-ntar>o«  wai 
not  far  the  oftflM  committed  again»t  Cud  ;  hut  btrcljr  on  account  of 
bit  pf  event  Mtttringv 

m 


ces  and  borderers  wait  for  opportunities,  and  expect 

what  shall  he  the  event,   I  have  appointed    ni\    SOU 

Antiochus  king,   whom   I  often  recommended  te 

many  of  you.  when  1  went  into  the  higher  provin< 
and  1  have  written  to  him   what  I  have  joined  here 
helow. 

26  I  pray  you  therefore,  and  request  of  vou,  that 
remembering  favours  both  pabUc  and  private,  jrou 
will  everj  man  ol  you  continue  to  be  faithful  tome 
and  to  my  son. 

27  Fori  trust  that  he  will  behave  with  modera- 
tion and  humanity,  and  following  my  intentions,  will 
be  gracious  unto  you. 

28  Thus  the  murderer  and  blasphemer  being 
grievously  struck,  as  himself  had  treated  others. 
died  a  miserable  death  in  a  strange  country  among 
the  mountains. 

29  But  Philip  that  was  brought  up  with  him, 
carried  away  his  body :  and  out  of  fear  of  the  son  of 
Antiochus,  went  into  Egypt  to  Ptolemee  Philo- 
meter. 

CHAP.  X. 

The  purification  of  the  temple  and  city.     Other  exploit*  of  Ju- 
das. Hi*  victory  over  Timotheus. 

"OUT  Machabeus,  and  they  that  were  with  him, 
-"-*  by  the  protection  of  the  Lord,  recovered  the 
temple  and  the  city  again. 

2  But  he  threw  down  the  altars,  which  the  hea- 
thens had  set  up  in  the  streets,  as  also  the  temples 
of  the  idols. 

3  And  having  purified  the  temple,  they  made 
another  altar  :  and  taking  fire  out  ol  the  fiery  stones 
they  ottered  sacrifices  after  two  years;  and  set  forth 
incense,  and  lamps,  and  the  loaves  of  proposition. 

4  And  when  they  had  done  these  things,  they 
besought  the  Lord,  lying  prostrate  on  the  ground, 
that  they  might  no  more  fall  into  such  evils;  hut  if 
they  should  at  any  time  sin,  that  they  might  be  chas- 
tised by  him  more  gently,  and  not  be  delivered  up 
to  barbarians  and  blasphemous  men. 

5  Now  upon  the  same  day  that  the  temple  had 
been  polluted  by  the  strangers,  on  the  very  same 
ilav  it  was  cleansed  again,  to  wit,  on  the  Bra  and 
twentieth  day  of  the  month  of  Casleu. 

6  And  they  kept  eight  days  with  joy,  after  the 
manner  of  the  feast  of  the  tabernacles,  remembering 
that  not  long  before  they  had  kept  the  feast  of  the 
tabernacles  when  they  were  in  the  mountains,  and 
in  dens,  like  wild  beasts. 

7  Therefore  they  note  carried  booghs,  and  ^reen 
branches,  and  palms  for  him  that  had  given  them 
good  success  in  cleansing  his  puce. 

8  And  tllCV  ordained  by  a  COmmOO  statute,  and 
decree,  that  all  the  nation  of  the  Jews  should  keep 
those  days  every  year. 

9  And   this  was  the  end  of  Antiochus  that  M 
called  the  Illustrious. 

10  But  now  we  will  relate  the  ai  upator 
the  son  of  that  wicked  Intiochus,  abridging  the  ac- 
count of  the  evils  that  happened  in  the  wars. 

11  For  when  hfl  was  come  to  the  erown.  heap 
pointed  over  the  affairs  of  his  realm  one  |  ,\  lias, 

in  ral  of  the  army  of  Phenicia  and  S\  rfa. 


CHAP.  XI. 


12  For  Ptolemco  that  was  called  Macer,  was  de- 
termined to  be  strictly  just  to  the  Jews,  and  espe- 
cially by  reason  of  the  wrong  that  had  been  done 
them,  and  to  deal  peaceably  with  them. 

13  But  being  accused  for  this  to  Eupator  by  his 
friends,  and  being  oftentimes  called  traitor,  because 
he  had  left  Cyprus  which  Philometer  had  commit- 
ted to  him,  and  coming  over  to  Antiochus  the  Illus- 
trious, had  revolted  also  from  him,  he  put  an  end 
to  his  life  by  poison. 

14  But  Gorgias,  who  was  governor  of  the  holds, 
taking  with  him  the  strangers,  often  fought  against 
the  Jews. 

15  And  the  Jews*  that  occupied  the  most  com- 
modious hold,  received  those  that  were  driven  out 
of  Jerusalem,  and  attempted  to  make  war. 

16  Then  they  that  were  with  Machabeus,  be- 
seeching the  Lord  by  prayers  to  be  their  helper, 
made  a  strong  attack  upon  the  strong-holds  of  the 
Idumeans  : 

17  And  assaulting  them  with  great  force,  won 
the  holds  ;  killed  them  that  came  in  the  way ;  and 
slew  altogether  no  fewer  than  twenty  thousand. 

18  And  whereas  some  were  fled  into  very  strong 
towers,  having  all  manner  of  provisions  to  sustain 
a  siege, 

19  Machabeus  left  Simon,  and  Joseph,  and  Za- 
cheus,  and  them  that  were  with  them  in  sufficient 
number  to  besiege  them,  and  departed  to  those  ex- 
peditions which  urged  more. 

20  Now  they  that  were  with  Simon,  being  led 
with  covetousness,  were  persuaded  for  the  sake  of 
money  by  some  that  were  in  the  towers ;  and  taking 
seventy  thousand  didrachmas,  let  some  of  them 
escape. 

21  But  when  it  was  told  Machabeus  what  was 
done,  he  assembled  the  rulers  of  the  people,  and  ac- 
cused those  men  that  they  had  sold  their  brethren 
for  money,  having  let  their  adversaries  escape. 

22  So  he  put  these  traitors  to  death,  and  forth- 
with took  the  two  towers. 

23  And  having  good  success  in  arms,  and  in  all 
things  he  took  in  hand,  he  slew  more  than  twenty 
thousand  in  the  two  holds. 

24  But  Timotheus  who  before  had  been  over- 
come by  the  Jews,  having  called  together  a  multi- 
tude of  foreign  troops,  and  assembled  horsemen  out 
of  Asia,  came  as  though  he  would  take  Judea  by 
force  of  arms. 

25  But  Machabeus,  and  they  that  were  with  him, 
When  he  drew  near,  prayed  to  the  Lord,  sprinkling 
earth  upon  their  heads,  and  girding  their  loins  with 
hair-cloth, 

26  And  lying  prostrate  at  the  foot  of  the  altar, 
besought  him  to  be  merciful  to  them,  and  to  be  an 
enemy  to  their  enemies,  and  an  adversary  to  their 
adversaries,  as  the  law  saith. 

27  And  so  after  prayer  taking  their  arms,  they 
went  forth  further  irom  the  city  :  and  when  they 
were  come  very  near  the  enemies  they  rested. 

*  The  Jews,  kc.  He  speaks  of  them  that  had  fallen  from  their  re- 
llgioa,  and  were  enemies  of  their  country,  who,  joining  with  the  Idu- 
m.  an,  <n  Edonotea,  kept  possession  of  the  strong-holds,  and  from 
tlteoce  annoyed  thuir  countrymen. 


28  But  as  soon  as  the  sun  was  risen,  both  sides 
joined  battle :  the  one  part  having  with  their  va- 
lour the  Lord  for  a  surety  of  victory  and  success : 
but  the  other  side  making  their  rage  their  leader  in 
battle. 

29  But  when  they  were  in  the  heat  of  the  engage- 
ment there  appeared  to  the  enemies  from  heaven 
five  men  upon  horses,  comely  with  golden  bridles, 
conducting  the  Jews  : 

30  Two  of  whom  took  Machabeus  between  them, 
and  covered  him  on  every  side'with  their  arms,  and 
kept  him  safe ;  but  cast  darts  and  fire-balls  against 
the  enemy;  so  that  they  fell  down,  being  both  con- 
founded with  blindness,  and  filled  with  trouble. 

31  And  there  were  slain  twenty  thousand  five 
hundred,  and  six  hundred  horsemen. 

32  But  Timotheus  fled  into  Gazara,  a  strong- 
hold? where  Chereas  was  governor. 

33  Then  Machabeus,  and  they  that  were  with 
him,  cheerfully  laid  siege  to  the  fortress  four  days. 

34  But  they  that  were  within,  trusting  to  the 
strength  of  the  place,  blasphemed  exceedingly,  and 
cast  forth  abominable  words. 

35  But  when  the  fifth  day  appeared,  twenty 
young  men,  of  them  that  were  with  Machabeus,  in- 
flamed in  their  minds  because  of  the  blasphemy, 
approached  manfully  to  the  wall,  and  pushing  for- 
ward with  fierce  courage,  got  up  upon  it: 

36  Moreover  others  also  getting  up  after  them, 
went  to  set  fire  to  the  towers  and  the  gales,  and  to 
burn  the  blasphemers  alive. 

37  And  having  for  two  days  together  pillaged 
and  sacked  the  fortress,  they  killed  Timotheus, f 
who  was  found  hid  in  a  certain  place :  they  slew 
also  his  brother  Chereas,  and  Apollophanes. 

38  And  when  this  was  done,  they  blessed  the 
Lord  with  hymns  and  thanksgiving,  who  had  done 
great  things  in  Israel,  and  given  them  the  victory. 

CHAP.  XI. 

Lysias  is  overthrown  by  Judas.     He  sues  for  peace. 

\  SHORT  time  after  this  Lysias  the  king's 
■£*-  lieutenant,  and  cousin,  and  who  had  chief 
charge  over  all  the  affairs,  being  greatly  displeased 
with  what  had  happened, 

2  Gathered  together  fourscore  thousand  men, 
and  all  the  horsemen ;  and  came  against  the  Jews, 
thinking  to  take  the  city,  and  make  it  a  habitation 
of  the  gentiles : 

3  And  to  make  a  gain  of  the  temple,  as  of  the 
other  temples  of  the  gentiles,  and  to  set  the  high- 
priesthood  to  sale  every  year : 

4  Never  considering  the  power  of  God,  but  puff- 
ed up  in  mind,  and  trusting  in  the  multitude  of  his 
foot  soldiers,  and  the  thousands  of  his  horsemen, 
and  his  fourscore  elephants. 

5  So  he  came  into  Judea;  and  approaching  to 
Berhsura,  which  was  in  a  narrow  place,  the  space 
of  five  furlongs  from  Jerusalem,  he  laid  siege  to  thai 
fortress. 

6  But  when  Machabeus  and  they  that  were  with 

f  Timotheus.  This  man,  who  was  killed  at  the  taking  of  Gazara,  it 
different  from  that  Timotheus  who  is  mentioned  in  the  fifth  chapter 
of  the  first  book  of  Machabees,  and  of  whom  there  is  mention  in  the 
next  following  chapter. 

783 


I  I.  MACHABF.KS. 


him,  understood  that  the  strong-holds  were  b< 
ed, they  ami  ;ill  the  people  seeonghl  the  I  -<>rd  with 
lamentations  and  tears,  that  he  would  seud  a  good 
ansel  to  save  Israel. 

I  1'hen  Machahcus  himself  first  takins  his  arms, 
exhorted  the  rest  to  expose  themselves  together  with 
him,   to  the  danger,  and  to   succour  their  brethren. 

8  Ami  when  they  were  limine;  forth  together  with 
■  willing  mind,  there  appeared  at  Jerusalem  a  horse- 
man soins before  them  in  white  clothing,  with  gold- 
en armour,  shaking  a  spear. 

9  Then  they  all  together  blessed  the  merciful 
I.onl.  and  took  great  courage  ;  Ix-ins  r« adv  to  break 
through  not  only  men.  but  Bate  the  lien  est  beasts, 
ami  walls  of  iron. 

10  So  they  went  on  courageously,  bavins  a  help- 
I'totn  heaven, and  the  Lord  w  ho  showed    men  v 

to  them. 

I I  And  rushing  violently  upon  the  enemy,  like 
lions,  they  slew  of  them  eleven  thousand  footmen, 
and  one  thousand  six  hundred  horesemen  : 

It  And  put  all  the  rest  to  flight;  and  many  of 
them  being  Wounded  escaped  naked:  yea  and  Ly- 
sias himself  fled  away  shamefully,  and  escaped. 

13  And  as  he  was  a  man  of  understanding,  con- 
sidering with  himself,  the  loss  he  had  suffered,  and 
perceiv  ins  that  the  Hebrews  could  not  be  overcome, 
because  they  relied  upon  the  help  or  the  almighty 
God,  he  sent  to  them  : 

14  And  promised  that  he  would  agree  to  all 
things  that  are  just,  and  that  he  would  persuade  the 
king  to  be  their  friend. 

I  5  Then  Machabetis  consented  to  the  request  of 
l.ysi as,  providing  for  the  common  good  in  all  things  : 
«nd  whatsoever  Machabetis  wrote  to  Lysias,  con- 
ernins  the  .lews,  the  king  allowed  of. 

16  For  there  were  letters  written  to  the  Jews 
from  I.\sias,  to  this  effect:  Lysias  to  the  people  of 
the  Jews,  greeting. 

17  John  ami  Abesalom  who  were  sent  from  you, 
delivering  vour  writings,  requested  that  I  would  ac- 
complish those  things  which  were  signified  by  them. 

18  Therefore  whatsoever  things  could  be  report- 
ed to  the  king,  I  have  represented  to  him :  and  he 
hath  granted  as  much  as  the  matter  permitted. 

19  If  therefore  you  will  keep  yourselves  loyal  in 
affairs,  hereafter  also  I  will  endeavour  to  be  a 
means  of  your  good. 

^  20  But  as  concerning  other  particulars,  I  have 
giTen  orders  by  word  both  to  these,  and  to  them 
that  are  sent  by  me,  to  ronuniiiie  with  you. 

-'I  Pare  ye  well.  In  the  year  one  hundred  and 
rbrty-eightj*  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of  the 
month  of  Dioscorus. 

22  But  the  kind's  letter  contained  these  words: 
Kin<;  Antiochus  to  Lysias  his  brother, greeting. 

23  Our  father  being  translated  amongst  the  gods, 
are  desirous    that  thev  that    are    in    our  realm 

should  li\e  quietly,  and  apply  themselves  diligently 

to  their  own  concerns. 

*  In  Ikr  year  f48,  *i/_     According  to  il.r  oonpatation  followed  by 

'.reckn:  which  tu  different  f.mn  thai  lowed 

bt  the  Wrttet  ■  >!   Lb«  tir  t  '■  »,k  of  M  irhahee*.   Ilowrvrr  h\  lino  date, 

7S4 


M  And  we  have  beard  that  the  Jews  would  not 
consent   to  my  father  to  turn  to  the  rites  of  the 

ks.  but  that  they  would  keep  to  their  own  man- 
ner of  liv  ins  ;  and  therefore  that  thev  request  US  to 
allow  them  to  live  alter  their  own  law  ft, 

25   Wherefore    being  desirous  that    this    nation 
also  should  be  at  rest,  we  base  ordained  and  decn 
that  the  temple  should  be  restored  to  them,  and  that 
they  ma)  live  according  to  the  custom  of  their  an- 
cestors, 

6  Thou  shah  do  well  therefore  to  send  to  tin  in. 
and  grant  them  peace  ;  that  out  pleasure  being 
known,  they  may  be  of  good  comfort,  and  look  to 
their  own  affairs. 

r  But  the  king's  letter  to  the  Jews  w  as  in  this 
manner  :  King  Antiochus  to  the  senate  of  the  Jews, 
and  to  the  rest  of  the  Jews,  greeting. 

28  If  )ou  are  well,  you  are  as  we  desire:  we 
ourselves  also  are  well. 

29  Menelaus  came  to  us,  saying  that  you  desir 
ed    to  come    down    to  your  countrymen,   that  are 
w  ith  us. 

30  We  grant  therefore  a  safe-conduct  to  all  that 
come  and  go,  until  the  thirtieth  day  of  the  month 
of  Xanthicus, 

31  That  the  Jews  may  use   their  own  kind  of 
meats,  ami  their  own  laws,  as  before  :  and  that  none 
of  them  any  manner  of  ways  be  molested  for  tin 
which  have  been  done  by  ignorance. 

32  And  we  have  sent  also  Menelaus  to  speak 
to  you. 

33  Fare  ye  well.  In  the  year  one  hundred  and 
forty-eight,  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  month  of  Xan- 
thicus. 

34  The  Romans  also  sent  them  a  letter,  to  this 
effect  Quintus  Memmius,  and  Titus  Manilius. 
ambassadors  of   the  Romans,  to  the  people  of  the 

JeWS,   Sleeting. 

35  Whatsoever  Lysias  the  king's  cousin  hath 
granted  you,  we  also  have  granted. 

36  But  touching  such  things  as  he  thought  should 
be  referred  to  the  kins,  alter  you  have  diligently 
conferred  among  yourselves,  send  some  one  forth- 
with, that  we  may  decree  as  it  is  convenient  for  you: 
for  we  are  going  to  Antioch. 

37  And  therefore  make  haste  to  write  back, that 
we  mav  know  of  what  mind  you  arc. 

38  Fare  ye  well.  In  the  year  one  hundred  and 
forty-eight,  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  month  of  Xan- 
thicus. 

CHAP.  XII. 

The  Jews  are  still  mohstedby  their  neighbours.  Judas  (rains  di- 
vert victories  over  them.  He  orders  sacrifice  and  prayers  for 
the  dead. 

Wll  I  -'A  these  covenants  were  made,  Lysias  went 
to  the  king;  ami  the  Jews  gave  taemaall 
to  husbandry. 

2  But  thev  that  were  behind,  vi/.  TimotheUS  and 
Apollonius  the  son  of  Oicnncus,  also  Hieronvnms 
and  IJemophon,  and  besides  them  Nicaaof  the  go- 
al well  as  by  other  <  gpedition 
of  Lytias,  mentioned  in  tin-  chapter, 
recorded,  1  Mack.  ri. 


CHAP.  XII. 


vemor  of  Cyprus,  would  not  suffer  them  to  live  in 
peace,  and  to  be  quiet. 

3  The  men  of  Joppe  also  were  guilty  of  this  kind 
of  wickedness  :  they  desired  the  Jews  who  dwelt 
among  them  to  go  with  their  wives  and  children  into 
the  boats,  which  they  had  prepared,  as  though  they 
had  no  enmity  to  them. 

4  Which  when  they  had  consented  to,  according 
to  the  common  decree  of  the  city,  suspecting  no- 
thing, because  of  the  peace  :  when  they  were  gone 
forth  into  the  deep,  they  drowned  no  fewer  than 
two  hundred  of  them. 

5  But  as  soon  as  Judas  heard  of  this  cruelty  done 
to  his  countrymen,  he  commanded  the  men  that 
were  with  him :  and  after  having  called  upon  God 
the  just  judge, 

6  He  came  against  those  murderers  of  his  bre- 
thren, and  set  the  haven  on  fire  in  the  nighty  burnt 
the  boats,  and  slew  with  the  sword  them  that 
escaped  from  the  fire. 

7  And  when  he  had  done  these  things  in  this 
manner,  he  departed  as  if  he  would  return  again, 
and  root  out  all  the  Joppites. 

8  But  when  he  understood  that  the  men  of  Jam- 
nia  also  designed  to  do  in  like  manner  to  the  Jews 
that  dwelt  among  them, 

9  He  came  upon  the  Jamnites  also  by  night,  and 
set  the  haven  on  fire  with  the  ships,  so  that  the 
light  of  the  fire  was  seen  at  Jerusalem  two  hundred 
and  forty  furlongs  off. 

10  And  when  they  were  now  gone  from  thence 
nine  furlongs,  and  were  marching  towards  Timo- 
theus,  five  thousand  footmen,  and  five  hundred  horse- 
men of  the  Arabians  set  upon  them. 

11  And  after  a  hard  fight,  in  which  by  the  help 
of  God  they  got  the  victory,  the  rest  of  the  Arabians 
being  overcome,  besought  Judas  for  peace,  promis- 
ing to  give  him  pastures,  and  to  assist  him  in  other 
things. 

12  And  Judas  thinking  that  they  might  be  pro- 
fitable indeed  in  many  things,  promised  them  peace  ; 
and  after  having  joined  hands,  they  departed  to  their 
tents. 

13  He  also  laid  siege  to  a  certain  strong  city,  en- 
compassed with  bridges  and  walls,  and  inhabited 
by  multitudes  of  different  nations,  the  name  of  which 
is  Casphin. 

14  But  they  that  were  within  it,  trusting  in  the 
strength  of  the  walls,  and  the  provision  of  victuals, 
behaved  in  a  more  negligent  manner,  and  provok- 
ed Judas  with  railing  and  blaspheming,  and  utter- 
ing such  words  as  were  not  to  be  spoken. 

15  But  Machabeus  calling  upon  the  great  Lord 
of  the  world,  who  without  any  rams*  or  engines  of 
war  threw  down  the  walls  of  Jericho  in  the  time  of 
Josue,  fiercely  assaulted  the  walls. 

16  And  having  taken  the  city  by  the  will  of  the 
Lord,  he  made  an  unspeakable  slaughter,  so  that  a 
pool  adjoining  of  two  furlongs  broad  seemed  to  run 
with  the  blood  of  the  slain. 

17  From  thence  they  departed  seven  hundred 


*  Rams.    That  is,  engines  for  battering  walls,  &c.  which  were  used 
In  sieges  in  those  tunes. 

5G 


and  fifty  furlongs,  and  came  to  Characa  to  the  Jews 
that  are  called  Tubianitcs. 

18  But  as  for  Timotheus,  they  found  him  not  in 
those  places ;  for  before  he  had  despatched  any 
thing  he  went  back,  having  left  a  very  strong  garri- 
son in  a  certain  hold: 

19  But  Dositheus,  and  Sosipater,  who  were  cap 
tains  with  Machabeus,  slew  them  that  were  left  by 
Timotheus  in  the  hold,  to  the  number  of  ten  thou- 
sand men. 

20  And  Machabeus  having  set  in  order  about  him 
six  thousand  men,  and  divided  them  by  bands,  went 
forth  against  Timotheus,  who  had  with  him  a  hun- 
dred and  twenty  thousand  footmen,  and  two  thou- 
sand five  hundred  horsemen. 

21  Now  when  Timotheus  had-  knowledge  of  the 
coming  of  Judas,  he  sent  the  women  and  children, 
and  the  other  baggage  before  him  into  a  fortress, 
called  Camion :  for  it  was  impregnable,  and  hard 
to  come  at,  by  reason  of  the  straitness  of  the  places. 

22  But  when  the  first  band  of  Judas  came  in  sight, 
the  enemies  were  struck  with  fear,  by  the  presence 
of  God,  who  seeth  all  things,  and  they  were  put 
to  flight  one  from  another,  so  that  they  were  often 
thrown  down  by  their  own  companions,  and  wound- 
ed with  the  strokes  of  their  own  swords. 

23  But  Judas  was  vehemently  earnest  in  punishing 
the  profane,  of  whom  he  slew  thirty  thousand  men. 

24  And  Timotheus  himself  fell  into  the  hands  of 
the  band  of  Dositheus  and  Sosipater,  and  with  many 
prayers  hebesoughtthemtolethim  go  with  his  life,  be- 
cause he  had  the  parents  and  brethren  of  many  of  the 
Jews,  who,  by  his  death,  might  happen  to  be  deceived. 

25  And  when  he  had  given  his  faith  that  he  would 
restore  them  according  to  the  agreement,  they  let 
him  go  without  hurt,  for  the  saving  of  their  brethren. 

26  Then  Judas  went  away  to  Camion,  where 
he  slew  five  and  twenty  thousand  persons. 

27  And  after  he  had  put  to  flight  and  destroyeu 
these,  he  removed  his  army  to  Ephron  a  strong 
city,  wherein  there  dwelt  a  multitude  of  divers  na- 
tions :  and  stout  young  men  standing  upon  the  walls, 
made  a  vigorous  resistance  :  and  in  this  place  there 
were  many  engines  of  war,  and  a  provision  of  darts. 

28  But  when  they  had  invocated  the  Almighty, 
who  with  his  power  breaketh  the  strength  of  the 
enemies,  they  took  the  city:  and  slew  five  and 
twenty  thousand  of  them  that  were  within. 

29  From  thence  they  departed  to  Scythopolis,f 
which  lieth  six  hundred  furlongs  from  Jerusalem 

30  But  the  Jews  that  were  among  the  Scytho- 
politans  testifying  that  they  were  used  kindly  by 
them,  and  that  even  in  the  times  of  their  adversity 
they  had  treated  them  with  humanity  : 

31  They  gave  them  thanks,  exhorting  them  to 
be  still  friendly  to  their  nation,  and  so  they  came 
to  Jerusalem,  the  feast  of  the  weeks  being  at  hand, 

32  And  after  Pentecost  they  marched  against 
Gorgias  the  governor  of  Idumea. 

33  And  he  came  out  with  three  thousand  foot- 
men, and  four  hundred  horsemen. 

|  Scythopolii.     Formerly  called  Bethian. 
785 


II.  MACIIABF.KS. 


•*U  And  when  they  had  joined  battle,  it  happen- 
ed that  a  few  of  the  .lews  were  slain. 

35  Hut  Dosttheui  ■  bortenaa.  one  of  Bacenor's 
band,  a  valiant  man.  took  hold  of  (iorgias:  tad 
when  he  would  have  taken  him  alive,  ;i  certain 
borsemaa  of  the  Thradaai  came  apoa  him,  and 
cat  off  his  shoulder:  and  so  Gorgias  escaped  to 
Man 

36  Hut  when  they  that  were  with  Ksdrin  had 
fought  long,  and  were  wearv,  Jodai  I  ailed  ii|M>uthe 
Lord  to  be  their  helper,  and  leader  of  the  battle: 

37  Then  beginning  in  his  own  language,  and 
singing  hvmns  with  a  loud  voire.  he  put  Gorgias\ 
soldiers  to  flight. 

38  So  Judas  having  gathered  together  his  army, 
eauie  into  the  eitv  Odollam  :  and  when  the  seventh 
dav  came,  they  purified  themselves  according  to  the 
custom,  and  kept  the  nbbath  in  the  same  place. 

39  And  the  dav  following  Judas  came  with  his 
company,  to  take  away  the  bodies  of  them  that  were 
slain,  and  to  bury  them  with  their  kinsmen,  in  the 
sepulchres  of  their  fathers. 

40  And  they  found  Ml  !>t  the  coats  of  the  slain 
some  of  the  donaries*  of  the  idols  of  Jamnia,  which 
the  law  forhiddeth  to  the  Jews  :  so  that  all  plainly 
saw,  that  for  this  cause  they  were  shin. 

41  Then  they  all  blessed  the  just  judgment  of  the 
Lord,  who  had  discovered  the  things  I  hat  were 
hidden. 

M  And  so  betakioft  themselves  to  prayers,  they 
besought  him,  that  the  sin  which  had  been  com- 
mitted might  Im-  forgotten.  But  the  most  valiant 
Judas  exhorted  the  people  to  keep  themselves  from 
sin,  forasmuch  as  they  saw  before  their  eves  what 
had  happened,  because  of  the  sins  of  those  that 
were  slam. 

!■)  And  making  a  gathering,  he  sent  twelve  thou- 
sand drachms  of  silver  to  Jerusalem  for  sacrifice  to 
be  offered  for  the  sins  of  the  dead,  thinking  well 
and  religiously  concerning  the  resurrection. 

4-1  (For  if  he  had  not  hoped  that  they  that  were 
slain  should  rise  again,  it  would  have  seemed  su- 
perfluous and  vain  to  pray  for  the  dead.) 

46  And  because  be  considered  that  they  who  had 
fallen  asleep  w  ilh  godliness,!  had  great  grace  laid 
up  for  them. 

46  It  is  therefore  a  holy  and  wholesome  thought  to 
pray  for  the  dead,J  thatthev  mav  be  loosed  from  sins. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

Anliorh 
dratk 
it  renewed.. 

¥N  the  year  one  hundred   and   forty-nine,  Judas 
*  understood  that   Antiochus  Kupator  was  coming 
with  a  multitude  against  Judca, 

•  Of  tkt  dnariti,  &c  That  i%  of  the  rottee  offering*,  which  had 
Ween  hung  up  in  the  temple*  of  the  idols,  which  they  had  taken  away 
when  they  burnt  the  port  of  Jamnia,  ver.  9.  contrary  to  the  prohibi- 
tion of  the  law,  Pml.  rii.  !5. 

r  mtk  rWWst.  Judas  hoped  that  theae  men  who  died  firhtinr  for 
the  cause  at  Ood  and  reunion,  murht  find  mercy  :  either  because  they 
might  he  excused  from  mortal  «in  hy  icrnorance ;  or  might  have  re- 
pented of  tlieir  tin,  at  least  at  their  death. 

j  It  it  thrrtfori  a  let*  mU  -autumn  Umtghl  Is  area  for  Ik*  itU.  Here 
•  an  erideot  and  undeniable  proof  of  the  practice  of  praying  for  the 


\su  and  hysias  uqttin  inrade  Judrn.   Mrnrlatts  it  put  to 
A.     The  king's  great  army  it  worsted  twice.     The  peace 


2  And  with  him  Lysias  the  regent,  who  had 
charge  over  the  affairs  of  the  realm,  having  with  bun 

a  hundred  and  ten  thousand!  fooimen,  five  thou- 
sand horsemen,  twenty-two  elephants,  and  three 
hundred  chariots  armed  with  hooks. 

3  Menelaus  also  joined  himself  with  them:  and 
with  great  deceitfulness besought  Antiochus,  not  for 
the  welfare  of  his  country,  but  in  hopes  that  he 
should  be  appointed  chief  ruler. 

4  But  the  King  of  kings  stirred  up  the  mind  of 
Antiochus  against  the  sinner,  and  upon  Lysiaa  sug- 
gesting that  lie  was  the  cause  of  all  the  ev  ils,  he  com- 
manded (as  the  custom  is  with  them)  that  he  should 
be  apprehended  and  put  to  death  in  the  same  place. 

5  Now  there  was  in  that  place  a  tower  fifty  cubits 
high,  having  a  heap  of  ashes  on  every  side  :  this  had 
a  prospect  steep  down. 

6  Jrom  thence  he  commanded  the  sacrilegious 
wretch  to  be  thrown  down  into  the  ashes,  all  men 
thrusting  him  forward  unto  death. 

7  And  by  such  a  law  it  happened  that  Menelaus 
the  transgressor  of  the  law  was  put  to  death :  not 
having  so  much  as  burial  in  the  earth. 

8  And  indeed  very  justly,  for  insomuch  as  he  had 
committed  many  sins  against  the  altar  of  God,  the 
fire  and  ashes  of  which  were  holy  :  he  was  con- 
demned to  die  in  ashes. 

9  But  the  king,  with  his  mind  full  of  rage,  came 
on  to  show  himself  worse  to  the  Jews  than  his  fa- 
ther was. 

10  Which  when  Judas  understood,  be  command- 
ed the  people  to  call  upon  the  Lord  dav  and  night- 
that  as  he  had  always  done,  so  now  also  he  would 
help  them  : 

11  Because  they  were  afraid  to  be  deprived  of  the 
law,  and  of  their  country,  and  of  the  holy  temple: 
and  that  he  would  not  suffer  the  people,  that  had  of 
late  taken  breath  for  a  little  while,  to  be  again  in 
subjection  to  blasphemous  nations. 

12  So  when  they  had  all  done  this  together,  and 
had  craved  mercy  of  the  Lord  with  weeping  and 
fasting,  Iving  prostrate  on  the  ground  for  three  days 
continually,  Judas  exhorted  them  to  make  theni- 
selves  readv. 

13  But  he  with  the  ancients  determined,  before 
the  king  should  bring  his  army  into  Judea,  and  make 
himself  master  of  the  city,  to  go  out,  and  to  com- 
mit t  he  event  of  the  thing  to  the  judgment  of  the  Lord. 

14  So  committing  all  to  God,  the  creator  of  the 
world,  and  having  exhorted  his  people  to  fight  man- 
fully, and  to  stand  up  even  to  death  for  the  laws, 
the  temple,  the  city,  their  country,  and  citizens  :  he 
placed  his  army  about  Modin. 

16  And  having  given  his  company  for  a  watch- 
word, The  victory  of  God,  with  most  valiant  chosen 


dead  under  the  old  law,  which  wa»  then  ■.trirllv  nhaerred  by  the  Jewa 
and  consequent!?  could  not  be  introduced  at  that  time  by  Judas,  their 
chief  and  high  priest,  if  it  bad  not  been  always  their  custom. 

I  A  ktmdrM  mi  tat  Oumuni,  fcc.  The  difference  between  the 
number*  be»e  set  down,  and  thoae  recorded  I  Mtk.  r».  i«  easily  ac- 
counted foi  ,  if  we  consider  that  such  armies  as  theae  are  liable  to  be 
at  one  tiro*  more  numerous  than  at  anotlier ;  either  by  sending  away 
large  detachments,  or  being:  diminished  by  sickness;  or  increased  by 
receiving  fresh  supplie*  of  troop*,  according  to  different  exigencies 
or  occur,  ences. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


foung  men,  he  set  upon  the  king's  quarter  by  night, 
and  slew  four  thousand  men  in  the  camp,  and  the 
greatest  of  the  elephants,  with  them  that  had  been 
upon  him, 

16  And  having  filled  the  camp  of  the  enemies 
with  exceeding  great  fear  and  tumult,  they  went  off 
with  good  success. 

17  Now  this  was  done  at  the  break  of  day,  by 
the  protection  and  help  of  the  Lord. 

18  But  the  king  having  taken  a  taste  of  the  hardi- 
ness of  the  Jews,  attempted  to  take  the  strong  places 
by  policy : 

19  And  he  marched  with  his  army  to  Bethsura, 
which  was  a  strong-hold  of  the  Jews:  but  he  was 
repulsed,  he  failed,  he  lost  his  men. 

20  Now  Judas  sent  necessaries  to  them  that  were 
within. 

21  But  Rhodocus,  one  of  the  Jews'  army,  disclos- 
ed the  secrets  to  the  enemies,  so  he  was  sought  out, 
and  taken  up,  and  put  in  prison. 

22  Again  the  king  treated  with  them  that  were 
in  Bethsura  :  gave  his  right  hand  :  took  theirs  :  and 
went  away. 

23  He  fought  with  Judas :  and  was  overcome. 
And  when  he  understood  that  Philip,  who  had  been 
jeft  over  the  affairs,  had  rebelled  at  Antioch,  he  was 
in  a  consternation  of  mind,  and  entreating  the  Jews, 
and  yielding  to  them,  he  swore  to  all  things  that 
seemed  reasonable,  and,  being  reconciled,  offered 
sacrifices,  honoured  the  temple,  and  left  gifts. 

24  He  embraced  Machabeus,  and  made  him  go- 
vernor and  prince  from  Ptolemais  unto  the  Gerre- 
nians. 

25  But  when  he  was  come  to  Ptolemais  the  men 
of  that  city  were  much  displeased  with  the  conditions 
of  the  peace,  being  angry  for  fear  they  should  break 
the  covenant. 

26  Then  Lysias  went  up  to  the  judgment-seat, 
and  set  forth  the  reason,  and  appeased  the  people, 
and  returned  to  Antioch :  and  thus  matters  went 
with  regard  to  the  king's  coming  and  his  return. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

Demetrius  challenges  the  kingdom.  Alcimus  applies  to  him  to 
he  made  high-priest  :  Nicanor  is  sent  into  Judea  :  his  deal- 
ings with  Judas  :  his  threats.     The  history  of  Razias. 

"OUT  after  the  space  of  three  years  Judas,  and 
-*-*  they  that  were  with  him,  understood  that 
Demetrius  the  son  of  Seleucus  was  come  up  with  a 
greaf  power,  and  a  navy  by  the  haven  of  Tripolis  to 
places  proper  for  his  purpose. 

2  And  had  made  himself  master  of  the  countries 
against  Antiochus,  and  his  general  Lysias. 

3  Now  one  Alcimus,  who  had  been  chief  priest,* 
but  had  wilfully  defiled  himself  in  the  time  of  min- 
gling with  the  Heathens^  seeing  that  there  was  no 
safety  for  him,  nor  access  to  the  altar, 

4  Came  to  king  Demetrius  in  the  year  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty,  presenting  unto  him  a  crown  of  gold, 
and  a  palm,  and  besides  these,  some  boughs  which 

*  Now  JHcimus  who  had  been  chief  priest.  This  Alcimus  was  of  the 
stock  of  Aaron,  but  for  his  apostacy  here  mentioned  was  incapable  of 
the  high-priesthood,  but  king  Antiochus  Eupator  appointed  him  in 
place  of  the  high  priest,  [See  above,  I  Mac.  chap.  vii.  ver.  9.)  as  Me- 
nelaushad  been  before  him,  set  up  by  Antiochus;  (above,  chap,  iv.) 


And  that  day  in  ■ 


seemed  to  belong  to  the  temple, 
deed  he  held  his  peace. 

5  But  having  gotten  a  convenient  time  to  further 
his  madness,  being  called  to  counsel  by  Demetrius, 
and  asked  what  the  Jews  relied  upon,  and  what 
were  their  counsels, 

6  He  answered  thereunto:  They  among  the 
Jews  that  are  called  Assideans,  of  whom  Judas 
Machabeus  is  captain,  nourish  wars,  and  raise  sedi- 
tions, and  will  not  suffer  the  realm  to  be  in  peace. 

7  For  I  also  being  deprived  of  my  ancestors'  glory 
(I  mean  of  the  high-priesthood)am  now  come  hither: 

8  Principally  indeed  out  of  fidelity  to  the  king's 
interests,  but  in  the  next  place  also  to  provide  for 
the  good  of  my  countrymen  :  for  all  our  nation  suf- 
fereth  much  from  the  evil  proceedings  of  those 
men. 

9  Wherefore,  O  king,  seeing  thou  knowest  all 
these  things,  take  care,  I  beseech  thee,  both  of  (he 
country,  and  of  our  nation,  according  to  thy  humani- 
ty which  is  known  to  all  men. 

10  For  as  long  as  Judas  liveth,  it  is  not  possible 
that  the  state  should  be  quiet. 

1 1  Now  when  this  man  had  spoken  to  this  effect, 
the  rest  also  of  the  king's  friends,  who  were  ene- 
mies of  Judas  incensed  Demetrius  against  him. 

12  And  forthwith  he  sent  Nicanor,  the  command- 
er over  the  elephants,  governor  into  Judea : 

13  Giving  him  in  charge,  to  take  Judas  himself: 
and  disperse  all  them  that  were  with  him,  and  to 
make  Alcimus  the  high  priest  of  the  great  temple. 

14  Then  the  Gentiles  who  had  fled  out  of  Judea 
from  Judas,  came  to  Nicanor  by  flocks,  thinking 
the  miseries,  and  calamities  of  the  Jews  to  be  the 
welfare  of  their  affairs. 

15  Now  when  the  Jews  heard  of  Nicanor's  com- 
ing, and  that  the  nations  were  assembled  against 
them,  they  cast  earth  upon  their  heads,  and  made 
supplication  to  him,  who  chose  his  people  to  keep 
them  for  ever,  and  who  protected  his  portion  by  evi- 
dent signs. 

16  Then  at  the  commandment  of  their  captain, 
they  forthwith  removed  from  the  place  where  they 
were,  and  went  to  the  town  of  Dessau,  to  meet 
them. 

17  Now  Simon  the  brother  of  Judas  had  joined 
battle  with  Nicanor  :  but  was  frightened  with  the 
sudden  coming  of  the  adversaries. 

1 8  Nevertheless  Nicanor  hearing  of  the  valoui 
of  Judas's  companions,  and  the  greatness  of  cou- 
rage, with  which  they  fought  for  their  country,  was 
afraid  to  try  the  matter  by  the  sword. 

19  Wherefore  he  sent  Posidonius,  and  Theodo- 
tius,  and  Matthias  before  to  present  and  receive  the 
right  hands. 

20  And  when  there  had  been  a  consultation 
thereupon,  and  the  captain  had  acquainted  the  mul- 
titude with  it,  they  were  all  of  one  mind  to  consent 
to  covenants. 

yet  neither  of  them  were  truly  high  priests:  for  the  true  high  print. 
hood  was  amongst  the  Machabees,  who  were  also  of  the  stock  <>/ 
Aaron,  and  had  strictly  held  their  religion,  and  were  ordained  ac 
cording  to  the  rites  commanded  in  the  law  of  Moses. 

■f  Mingling  with  the  Heathens ;  that  is,  in  tfieir  idolatrous  worship. 

787 


II.  MACIIABEES. 


21   So  they  appointed   ■  day  upon  which  the* 
ruiicltt  commune  tog<  ther  by  themselvi  s :  ami  scats 
•  brought  out,  ami  set  lor  each  one. 
lint  Judas  ordered  men  to  be  ready  in  con- 
venient places,  rest  some  mischief  might  be  sudden- 
ly ptactiaed    in    the  anetni  they   made   an 
eable  conferent 
\nil  Mi  anor  abofk  in  Jerusalem,  and  did  no 
wrong,  but  aeatawajr  the  Socks  of  tkemultiiudei 
thai  bad  been  gathered  together. 

J  V  Ami  Jades  ami  always  dear  to  him  from  the 
In  ut,  and  he  was  well  allietetl  to  the  man. 

\nd  he  daaired  aim  to  marry  a  wife,  and  to 
bare  children.  So  he  married:  lie  tired  quietly, 
and  iliev  lived  in  common. 

26  But  Alcimus  seeing  the  love  they  had  one  to 
another,  ami  the  covenants,  came  to  Dcim  trins,  and 
told  him  that  Nicanor  assented  to  the  foreign  inte- 
rnal, for  that  he  meant  to  make  Judas,  who  was  a 
traitor  m  the  kingdom,  his  successor. 

.'7  Then  the  k  i  i  m  being  in  a  rage  and  provoked 
with  this  man's  wicked  accusations,  w  rote  to  Nica- 
nor, signifying  that  he  was  greatly  displeased  with 
the  covenant  of  friendship :  and  that  he  command- 
ed him  nevertheless  to  send  Machabeus  prisoner  in 
all  baste  to  Anrioch. 

When    this    was   known,   Nicanor  was  in  a 

consternation,  and  took  it  grievously  that  be  should 

make  void  the  articles  that  were  agreed  upon,  hav- 

■  reived  no  injury  from  the  man. 

I5nt  because  be  could  not  oppose  the  king,  he 

watched  an  opportunity  to  compf)  with  the  orders. 

Imt  w  In  ii  Machabeus  perceived  that  Nicanor 

was  mine  stem  to   him,  and  that  when  they  met  to- 

gether  as  usual,  he  behaved  himself  in  a  rough  inan- 

n<  r  :    and  was  sensible    that    this  rough    behaviour 

came  not  of  good,  he  gathered  together  a  few  of  his 

men,  ami  hid  himself  from  Nicanor. 

31  Hut  he  Boding  himself  notably  prevented  by 
the  man,  came  to  the  great  and  holy  temple:  and 

imanded  the    priests,  that  were  offering   the  ac- 
customed sacrifices,  to  deliver  him  the  man. 

32  And  when  they  swore  unto  him  that  they 
knew  not  where  the  man  was  whom  In;  sought,  be 
stretched  out  his  hand  to  the  temple, 

\nd  swore,  saying:  Unless  you  deliver  Judas 
prisoner  to  me,  I  will  lav  this  temple  of  God  even 
with  the  ground,  and  will  beat  down  the  altar,  and 
will  dedicate  this  temple  to  Bacchus. 

34  Ami  when  he  had  spoken  thus,  be  departed. 
But  rise  priests,  stretching  forth  their  hands  to  heat  en. 
called  upon  him  that  was  ever  the  defender  of  their 
nation,  saying  in  this  manner  : 

35  Thou,  U  Lord  of  all  things,  who  wantest  no- 
thing, wast  pleased  that  the  temple  ot  thy  habitation 
should  be  amongst  us. 

.'5T>  Therefore  now,  ()  Lord,  the  boh  of  all  holies, 
k*  en  this  house  for  ever  undcliled,  which  was  late- 
•y  cleansed. 


•    II'  ilruck  kimulf,  he.     Tint  fart  of  Rama*  ia  of  llio  number  of 
me  that  art  by  no  mean*  t<>  lir  im i <  >  otherwise 

'  (baa  b]  an  extnuintin.in  im^ube  of  God,  the  aoverMfal 
MMT  of  life  ami  ttaajth. 

T80 


37  Now  Ratfas,  one  of  the  ancients  of  Jerusnlem, 
was  accused  to  .Nicanor,  a  man  that  was  a  lover  of 
the  city,  and  of  good  report,  who  for  his  affection 
was  called  the  father  of  the  Jews. 

38  This  man,  for  a  long  time  had  held  fast  bis 
purposeof  keepiiighimself  pure  in  the  Jews'  religion, 
and  was  ready  to  expose  his  body  and  life,  that  he 
might  persevere  therein. 

39  So  Nicanor,  l>ciug  willing  to  declare  the  hatred 
that  he  bore  the  Jews,  sent  five  hundred  soldiers  to 
take  him. 

40  For  he  thought  by  ensnaring  him  to  hurt  the 
Jew  s  very  much. 

41  Now  as  the  multitude  sought  to  rush  into  his 
house,  and  to  break  open  the  door  and  to  set  tire  to 
it,  when  he  was  ready  to  be  taken,  he  struck  him- 
self* with  liis  sword  : 

42  Choosing  to  die  nobly  rather  than  to  fall  into 
the  hands  of  the  wicked,  and  to  suffer  abuses  unbe- 
coming his  noble  birth. 

43  But  whereas  through  baste  be  missed  of  giving 
himself  a  sure  wound,  and  the  crowd  was  breaking 
into  the  doors,  he  ran  boldly  to  the  wall,  and  man- 
fully threw  himself  down  to  the  crowd  : 

44  But  they  quickly  making  room  for  his  fall,  he 
came  upon  the  midst  of  the  ncck.f 

45  And  as  he  had  yet  breath  in  him,  being  inflam- 
ed in  mind  be  arose:  and  while  his  blood  ran  down 
with  a  great  stream,  and  he  was  grievously  wound- 
ed, be  ran  through  (he  crowd  : 

46  And  standing  upon  a  steep  rock,  w  hen  he  was 
now  almost  w  ithout  blood,  grasping  bis  bowels,  w  itb 
both  bands,  he  cast  them  upon  the  throng,  (ailing 
upon  the  Lord  of  life  and  spirit,  to  restore  these  to 
him  again  :  and  so  he  departed  this  life. 

CHAP.  XV. 

.Iii(lii<,  encouraged  by  a  vision,  pains  a  glorious  victory  over 
<inor.     The  conclusion. 

BUT  when  Nicanor   under  stood  that  Judas  was 
in  the  places  of  Samaria,  he  purposed  to  set  up- 
on him  with  all  violence  on  the  sabbath  day. 

2  And  when  the  Jews  that  were  constrained  to 
follow  him,  said  :  Do  not  act  so  fiercely  and  barba- 
rously, but  give  honour  to  the  day  that  is  sanctified  : 
ami  reverence  him  that  beholdetb  all  things: 

3  That  unhappy  man  asked,  if  there  were  a 
mighty  One  in  heaven,  that  bad  commanded  tlutsab- 
liatli  day  to  be  kept. 

4  And  when  they  answered:  There  is  the  living 
Lord  himself  in  heaven,  the  mighty  One,  that  com- 
manded the  seventh  dav  to  be  kept. 

5  Then  he  said  :  And  I  am  mighty  upon  the  earth, 
and  I  command  to  take  arms,  and  to  do  the  kind's 
business.  Nevertheless  he  pi  -evaded  not  to  accom- 
plish bis  design. 

6  So  Nicanor,  being  puffed  tin  with  exceeding 
it  pride,  thought  to  set  up  a  public  monument  ot 

his  victory  over  Judas. 


|    //'   emmr  upon  the 

in  tiir  Qraafc  it  i»,  «fnfln 

no  (mil. ling. 


idUef  Ike  neck.      VenU   met  mi* 
pa,  which  ugninca  \  void  place. 


■■■M  t  <r,  n 


CHAP.  XV. 


7  But  Macliabcus  ever  trusted  with  all  hope  that 
God  would  help  them. 

8  And  he  exhorted  his  people  not  to  fear  the  com- 
ing of  the  Gentiles,  but  to  remember  the  help  they 
had  before  received  from  heaven,  and  now  to  hope 
for  victory  from  the  Almighty. 

9  And  speaking  to  them  out  of  the  law  and  the 

Krophets,  and  withal  putting  them  in  mind  of  the 
attles  they  had  fought  before,  he  made  them  more 
cheerful : 

10  Then,  after  he  had  encouraged  them,  he  show- 
ed withal  the  falsehood  of  the  Gentiles  and  their 
breach  of  oaths. 

11  So  he  armed  every  one  of  them,  not  with  de- 
fence of  shield  and  spear,  but  with  very  goodspeeches 
and  exhortations,  and  told  them  a  dream  worthy  to 
be  believed,  whereby  he  rejoiced  them  all. 

12  Now  the  vision  was  in  this  manner:  Onias, 
who  had  been  high-priest,  a  good  and  virtuous  man, 
modest  in  his  looks,  gentle  in  his  manners,  and 
graceful  in  his  speech,  and  exercised  from  a  child  in 
all  virtues,  holding  up  his  hands,  prayed  for  all  the 
people  of  the  Jews. 

13  After  this  there  appeared  also  another  man, 
admirable  for  age  and  glory,  and  environed  with 
great  beauty  and  majesty  .^ 

14  Then  Onias  answering,  said  :  This  is  a  lover 
of  his  brethren,  and  of  the  people  of  Israel :  this  is 
he  that  prayeth  much  for  the  people  and  for  all  the 
holy  city,  Jeremias  the  prophet  of  God. 

15  Whereupon  Jeremias  stretched  forth  his  right 
hand,  and  gave  to  Judas  a  sword  of  gold,  saying  : 

16  Take  this  holy  sword  a  gift  from  Cod,  where- 
with thou  shalt  overthrow  the  adversaries  of  my 
people  Israel. 

17  Thus  being  exhorted  with  the  words  of  Ju- 
das, which  were  very  good,  and  proper  to  stir  up 
the  courage,  and  strengthen  the  hearts  of  the  young 
men,  they  resolved  to  fi^ht  and  to  set  upon  them 
manfully  :  that  valour  might  decide  the  matter,  be- 
cause the  holy  city  and  the  temple  were  in  danger. 

1 8  For  their  concern  was  less  for  their  wives  and 
children,  and  for  their  brethren,  and  kinsfolks,  but 
their  greatest  and  principal  fear  was  for  the  holiness 
of  the  temple. 

19  And  they  also  that  were  in  the  city,  had  no 
small  concern  for  them  that  were  to  be  engaged  in 
battle5. 

20  And  when  now  all  expected  what  judgment 
would  be  given,  and  the  enemies  were  at  hand,  and 
the  army  was  set  in  array,  the  beasts  and  the  horse- 
men ranged  in  convenient  places, 

21  Machabeus  considering  the  coming  of  the 
multitude,  and  the  divers  preparations  of  armour, 
and  the  fierceness  of  the  beasts,  stretching  out  his 
hands  to  heaven,  called  upon  the  Lord  that  worketh 
wonders,  who  giveth  victory  to  them  that  are  wor- 
thy, not  according  to  the  power  of  their  arms,  but 
according  as  it  seemeth  good  to  him. 

22  And  in  his  prayer  he  said  after  this  manner : 

*  If  not   jo  perfectly,  SfC    This   is  not  said  with  regard  to  the  trutb_ 
of  the  narration ;  but  with  regard  to  the  style  and  manner  of  writing : 


Thou  O  Lord,  who  didst  send  thy  Angel  in  the 
time  of  Ezechias  king  of  Juda,  and  didst  kill  a 
hundred  and  eighty-five  thousand  of  the  army  of 
Sennacherib: 

23  Send  now  also,  O  Lord  of  heaven,  thy  good 
Angel  before  us,  for  the  fear  and  dread  of  the  great- 
ness of  thy  arm, 

24  That  they  may  be  afraid,  who  come  with  blas- 
phemy against  thy  holy  people.  And  thus  he  con- 
cluded his  prayer. 

25  But  Nicanor  and  they  that  were  with  him, 
came  forward  with  trumpets  and  songs. 

26  But  Judas,  and  they  that  were  with  him,  en- 
countered them,  calling  upon  God  by  prayers  : 

27  So  fighting  with  their  hands,  but  praying  to  the 
Lord  with  their  hearts,  they  slew  no  fewer  than  five 
and  thirty  thousand,  being  greatly  cheered  with  the 
presence  of  God. 

28  And  when  the  battle  was  over,  and  they  were 
returning  with  joy,  they  understood  that  Nicanor 
was  slain  in  his  armour. 

29  Then  making  a  shout,  and  a  great  noise,  they 
blessed  the  almighty  Lord  in  their  own  language. 

30  And  Judas,  who  was  altogether  ready,  in 
body  and  mind,  to  die  for  his  countrymen,  command- 
ed thatNicanor's  head,  and  his  hand  with  the  shoul- 
der should  be  cut  oflf,  and  carried  to  Jerusalem. 

31  And  when  he  was  come  thither,  having  call- 
ed together  his  countrymen,  and  the  priests  to  the 
altar,  he  sent  also  for  them  that  were  in  the  castle, 

32  And  showing  them  the  head  of  Nicanor,  and 
the  wicked  hand,  which  he  had  stretched  out,  with 
proud  boasts,  against  the  holy  house  of  the  almighty 
God, 

33  He  commanded  also,  that  the  tongue  of  the 
wicked  Nicanor  should  be  cut  out,  and  given  by 
pieces  to  birds,  and  the  hand  of  the  furious  man  to 
be  hanged  up  over-against  the  temple. 

34  Then  all  blessed  the  Lord  of  heaven,  saying  : 
Blessed  be  he  that  hath  kept  his  own  place  undefiled. 

35  And  he  hung  up  Nicanor's  head  in  the  top  of 
the  castle,  that  it  might  be  an  evident  and  manifest 
sign  of  the  help  of  God. 

36  And  they  all  ordained  by  a  common  decree, 
by  no  means  to  let  this  day  pass  without  solemnity: 

37  But  to  celebrate  the  thirteenth  day  of  the 
month  of  Adar,  called  in  the  Syrian  language,  the 
day  before  Mardochias  day. 

38  So  these  things  being  done  with  relation  to 
Nicanor,  and  from  that  time  the  city  being  possessed 
by  the  Hebrews,  I  also  will  here  make  an  end  of 
my  narration. 

39  Which  if  I  have  done  well,  and  as  it  becometh 
the  history,  it  is  what  I  desired  :  but  if  not  so  per- 
fectly,* it  must  be  pardoned  me. 

40  For  as  it  is  hurtful  to  drink  always  wine,  or 
always  water,  but  pleasant  to  use  sometimes  the 
one,  and  sometimes  the  other  :  so  if  the  sneech  lie 
always  nicely  framed  it  will  not  be  grateful  to  the 
readers.     But  here  it  shall  be  ended. 


which  in  the  sacred  penmen  is  not  always  the  most  accurate :    Se» 
St-  Paul,  2  Cor.  xi.  6. 

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ACCORDING  TO 


ST.    MATTHEW. 


Sr.  Matthew,  one  of  the  twelve  Apostles,  from  being  a  publi- 
can, that  is,  a  tax-gatherer,  was  called  by  our  Saviour  to  the 
Apostleship  ;  in  that  profession  his  name  was  Levi :  (Luke 
chap.  v.  ver.  27.  and  Mark  ii.  ver.  14.)  He  was  the  first  of 
the  Evangelists  that  wrote  the  Gospel,  and  that  in  Hebrew, 
or  Syro-Chaldaic,  which  the  Jews  in  Palestine  spoke  at  that 
time.  The  original  is  not  now  extant ;  but  as  it  was  trans- 
lated in  the  time  of  the  Apostles  into  Greek,  that  version  was 
of  equal  authority.  He  wrote  about  six  years  after  our 
Lord'. 


'word's  Ascension. 


CHAP.  I. 


The  genealogy  of   Christ :   he   is   conceived  and  born  of  a 

virgin. 

HP  HE  book  of  the  generation  of  Jesus  Christ, 
-*-    the  son  of  David,  the  son  of  Abraham. 

2  Abraham  begot  Isaac.  And  Isaac  begot  Ja- 
cob.    And  Jacob  begot  Judas  and  his  brethren. 

3  And  Judas  begot  Pharos  and  Zara  of  Tha- 
mar.  And  Phares  begot  Esron.  And  Esron  be- 
got Aram. 

4  And  Aram  begot  Aminadab.  And  Aminadah 
begot  Naasson.     And  Naasson  begot  Salmon.  • 

5  And  Salmon  begot  Booz  of  Rahab.  And  Booz 
begot  Obed  of  Ruth.     And  Obed  begot  Jesse. 

6  And  Jesse  begot  David  the  king.  And  David 
the  king  begot  Solomon,  of  her  that  had  been  the 
Wife  of  Urias. 

7  And  Solomon  begot  Roboam.  And  Roboam 
begot  Abias.     And  Abias  begot  Asa. 

8  And  Asa  begot  Josaphat.  And  Josaphat  be- 
got Joram.     And  Joram  begot  Ozias. 

9  And  Ozias  begot  Joatham.  And  Joatham  be- 
got Achaz.     And  Achaz  begot  Ezechias. 

10  And  Ezechias  begot  Manasses.  And  Manas- 
ses  begot  Amon.     And  Anion  begot  Josias. 

11  And  Josias  begot  Jechonias  and  his  bre- 
thren, about  the  time  they  were  carried  away  to 
Babylon. 

12  And  after  they  were  carried  to  Bab}  Ion,  Je- 

*  The  husband  of  Mnry.     The  Evangelist  gives  us  rather  the  pedigree 
•f  St.  Joseph,  than  that  of  the  blessed  Virffin,  to  conform  to  the  custom 


chonias  begot  Salathiel.     And  Salathiel  begot  Zo- 
robabel. 

13  And  Zorobabel  begot  Abiud.  And  Abiud 
begot  Eliacim.     And  Eliacim  begot  Azor. 

14  And  Azor  begot  Sadoc.  And  Sadoc  begot 
Achim.     And  Achim  begot  Eliud. 

15  And  Eliud  begot  Eleazar.  '  And  Eleazar  be- 
got Mathan.     And  Matha/i  begot  Jacob. 

1 6  And  Jacob  begot  Joseph,  the  husband  of  Ma- 
ry ;*  of  whom  was  born  Jesus,  who  is  called  Christ. 

17  So  all  the  generations,  from  Abraham  to  Da- 
vid, are  fourteen  generations  :  and  from  David,  un- 
til the  carrying  away  to  Babylon,  fourteen  genera- 
tions :  and  from  the  carrying  away  to  Babylon,  till 
Christ,  fourteen  generations. 

18  Now  the  birth  of  Christ  was  thus:  When 
Mary  his  Mother  was  espoused  to  Joseph,  before 
they  came  together,  she  was  found  with  child  of  the 
Holy  Ghost: 

19  Whereupon  Joseph  her  husband,  being  a  just 
man,  and  not  willing  publicly  to  expose  ner,  was 
minded  to  put  her  away  privately. 

20  But  while  he  thought  on  these  things,  behold, 
the  Angel  of  the  Lord  appeared  to  him  in  his  sleep, 
saying  :  Joseph,  son  of  David,  fear  not  to  take  unto 
thee  Mary  thy  wife  :  for  that  which  is  conceived  in 
her,  is  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

21  And  she  shall  bring  forth  a  son :  and  thou 
shalt  call  his  name  Jesus :  for  he  shall  save  his 
people  from  their  sins. 

22  Now  all  this  was  done  that  the  word  might , 
be  fulfilled,  which  the  Lord  spoke  by  the  prophet, 
saying : 

23  Behold,  a  virgin  shall  be  with  child,  and  shall 
bring  forth  a  son,  and  they  shall  call  his  name  Em- 
manuel, which,  being  interpreted,  is,  God  with  us. 

24  And  Joseph,  rising  up  from  sleep,  did  as  the 
Angel  of  the  Lord  had  commanded  him,  and  took 
unto  him  his  wife. 

of  the  Hebrews,  who,  in  their  genealogies,  took  no  notice  of  women :  bul 
as  they  were  near  akin,  the  pedigree  of  the  oue  showeth  that  of  the  other 

6 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


25  And  ln>  knew  her  not  till  she  brought  forth 
ruff  fust-born  son:"  and  be  called  f  i  i»  name  Jcsu.s. 

CHAP.  II. 

The  qferingm  qf  the  tritr  men  :  theJUght  into  Egypt :  the  mat- 
mere  qf  Ike  Innocent*. 

NOW  when  Jesus  was  bora  fa  Bethlehem  of  Ju- 
da, in  the  dayi  ef  kiim  Herod,  behold,  there 
camp  wise  men  from  the  east  t<>  Jerusalem, 

2  Sarimj  :  Where  i>  In-  that  i-  bora  Kins:  of  the 
Jews.'  for  we  ha?e  >< •<  it  bit  star  in  (lit-  east,  and  we 
arc  come  to  adore  him. 

;{  And  Herod  the  king  hearing  this,  was  troubled, 
and  all  Jerusalem  with  him. 

4  And  assembling  together  all  the  chief  priests, 
and  the  Scribes  of  the  people,  he  inquired  of  them 
where  Christ  .should  In-  born. 

5  But  they  said  to  him  :  In  Bethlehem  of  Juda  : 
for  st  it  is  written  by  tin*  prophet  ! 

6  And  thou,  Bethlehem,  the  land  of  Juda,  art 
not  the  least  among  the  princes  of  Juda  :  for  out 
of  thee  shall  come  forth  the  ruler,  who  shall  rule 
mv  people  Israel. 

7  Then  Herod,  privately  calling  the  wise  men, 
inquired  of  them  diligently  the  time  of  the  stars 
appearing  to  them : 

8  And  sending  them  into  Bethlehem,  said:  Go, 
and  search  diligently  alter  the  child  :  and  a  hen 
you  have  found  him,  bring  me  word  again,  that  I 
aNo  may  come  and  adore  him. 

9  And  when  they  had  heard  the  kin:;,  they  went 
their  way  :  and  lie-hold,  the  star,  which  they  had 
seen  in  the  east,  went  liefnre  them,  until  it  came 
and  stood  over  where  the  child  was. 

10  And,  st  e'mg  the  star,  they  rejoiced  with  ex- 
ceeding great  joy. 

11  And  going  into  the  house,  they  found  the 
child  with  Mary  his  mother:  and  falling  down, 
they  adored  him  :  and  opening  their  tr>  they 
offered  to  him  gifts,  gold,  frankincense,  and  myrrh. 

12  Vnd  having  received  an  answer  in  sleep,  that 
they  should  not  return  to  Herod,  thej  went  hack 
another  way  into  their  own  country. 

13  And  when  they  were  departed,  behold,  an 
Angel  of  the  Lord  appeared  in  sleep  to  Joseph,  say- 
ing :  Arise,  and  take  the  child  and  his  mother,  and 
flv  into  Kgypt ;  and  lie  there  until  I  shall  tell  thee. 
For  it  will  come  to  pass  that  Herod  will  seek  the 
child,  to  destroy  him. 

1  \  Who  rising  Up.  took  the  child  and  his  mother 
by  Dlght,  and  retired  into  Egypt: 


*  Tilt  me  trough!  fortk  krr  firil-born  ton.     From  thev  n-ont«  1 1 <  IvhIi- 

Ot  and  ntl.r    i  I I   imniimnly  infenril  that  the  l>lo«Mii  \ 

Mary  had  other  children  be»hl<  erotne  il»«>,  by 

r*  example*,  that  Ihk  expression  of  the  evangelist  wi.  a  manner 
of  (peaking.  u«oal  among  the   Hikmn,  t.  the  wont  until. 

onlr  what  la  dona,  without  any  regard  to  i  Thus  it  i<  aaid, 

Cm.  chap.  riii.  rer.  6  ami  7.     Th  a  .V«  tmt  forth  *  rmn,  u-kitk  went 
fortk  eeU  Mi  not  rtturn  Till    tht  u-elm  trrrt  irtri  m  m  Ikt  tailk.     That 
i  in ii  retain  aaj  inorr.     Also,  Itiiat,  chap.  «l«i.  ier.  I.  tlod  aaytt 
I  mm  Tit  i.  fom  rme  old.     Vt  ifer  that  0«*l  should  linn  oeaaa 

Uket  \lvi,  in  llw  Itt  bonk  of  Mmthmkeri,  rrr.  M.  .In.I  tkrm  trrnt  up  to 
^nai  mmn  wast  jsa  hm  jMaactt,  ana  off  mm  JstxtaasMts,  wrreute  nod  ttw  of 
mtm  mi  ilmn  UK  them  kmd  ntwmtd  in  nemto.  That  ia.  not  one  waa  (tain, 
U-fore  or  .i/lcr  they  li^i  rilunu-.! 


I  returned.  — God  asilk  to  Lit  diviaa  son : 
6 


iHtmn 


15  And  he  was  there  until  the  death  of  Herod: 
that  it  might  lie  fulfilled  which  the  l.onl  spoke  by 
the  prophet,  saying:  Out  of  Egypt  have  I  called 

mv  son. 

lu'  Then  Herod,  perceiving  that  he  was  deluded 
by  the  wise  men.  was  exceeding  angry  :  and.  send- 
ing, killed  all  the  men-children  that  were  in  Bethle- 
hem, and  in  all  the  confines  thereof,  from  two  yean 
old  and  under,  according  to  the  time  which  he  had 
diligently  inquired  of  the  wise  men. 

17  Then  was  fulfilled  that  which  was  spoken  by 
Jcremias,  the  prophet,  saying  : 

18  A  voice  in  Kama  was  heard,  lamentation 
and  great  mourning:  Rachel  bewailing  her  chil- 
dren, and  would  not  be  comforted,  because  they 
are  not. 

]!>  Now  Herod  lieing  dead,  behold,  an  angel  of 
the  Lord  apjieared  in  sleep  to  Joseph  in  Egypt, 

20  Saying:  Rise,  and  take  the  child  and  his 
mother,  and  go  into  the  land  of  Israel  :  for  they 
are  dead,  who  sought  the  life  of  the  child  : 

21  Who,  rising  up,  took  the  child,  and  his  mo- 
ther, and  came  into  the  laud  of  Israel 

22  But  hearing  that  Archelaus  reigned  in  Judi  a 
in  the  room  of  Herod  his  lather,  be  was  afraid  to 
go  thither:  and  being  warned  in  sleep,  he  retired 
into  the  parts  of  Galilee. 

23  And  he  came  and  dwelt  in  a  city  called  Na- 
zareth ;  that  it  might  be  fulfilled,  what  was  said 
by  the  prophets  :  that  he  shall  be  called  a  NatSr 
reile. 

CHAP.  III. 

The  preaching  iff  John  ;   Chritt  i*  baptized. 

NOW  iii    those    days    came   John    the   Ba;>list 
pleaching  in  the  desert  of  Judea; 

2  And  saying:  Dopenaacef:  for  the  kingdom 

of  heaven  is  at  hand. 

3  For  this  is  he,  who  was  spoken  of  by    I -:ii;is 

the  prophet,  saying:  A  voice  of  one  crying  in  the 

desert  :    Prepare  ye  the  way  of  the   Lord:   make 
straight  his  paths. 

1  And  John  himself  had  his  garment  of  camel's 
hair,  and  a  leathern  girdle  about  his  loins  ;  and  his 
MmmI  was  locusts  and  wild  hone\. 

5  Then  went  out  to  him  Jerusalem  and  all  Ju- 
dea, and  all  the  countiy  about  Jordan: 

6  And  they  Were  baptized  by  him  in  the  Jordan, 
confessing  their  sins. 

7  And  seeing  many  of  the  Pharisees  and  Saddn- 
cees}  coming  to  his  baptism,  he  said  to  them  :    ^  <• 


my  riff*'  AW  Till.  /  mimke  IA*  rnrmirt  thy  fool  ttool.     Phafl 
longer  after  hit  enemies  are  subdui-d  }   liai  ami  for  all  ctrrint\ 
Jerome  al«o  proves  hy  Scripture  example*,  that  an  onijr  ktzt<iun  mn 
waa  ai*o  called  fir*t-l'*>in,  «t  firil  mtgmitn :  hecauac  according   '<>  the 
law,  the  Jhrtt-mmm  male*  kitp  to  '  ited  to  God  i   S*«rtit?  utlt 

mt,  aaitli  tin-  Load,  trtry  firtl-kom  that  optnttk  tkt  vomk  mrnmng  Ikt  dmliitu 
of  Itratl,  Set-  ExeJ.  cli:u  .  mii.  >  ■  r.  t. 

t  Dtmrnmner.  Po  nili  ntiam  atril"-.  prrmmtin.  Which  word,  *>  <  ordili(l 
lottw  D«e  of  the  lu-riptiirrs  ami  tin- Ik  :  i  ul  iiiiIn    -iriiify 

repentance  and  amendment  of  life,  toil  al  ing  pa>i  kin*  hy 

ind  mirh  like   penit)  ntiaj  i  »<  rciaea. 

I  Phmriutt  end  Smdducttt.  T\tr+e  were  two  »ect»  amonp  tlw  Jew»: 
of  wliirli  tin-  fonm-r  wtM  for  tlie  mn*t  part  notoriow  hyporritea ,  tUa 
tatter,  a  kind  of  free-tiiiuken  in  Blatters  of  reiiftuo ' 


CHAPTER  IV.  V. 


brood  of  vipers,  who  hath  showed  you  to  flee  from 
the  wrath  to  come  ? 

8  Bring  forth,  therefore,  fruit  worthy  of  penance: 

9  And  think  not  to  say  within  yourselves  :  We 
have  Abraham  for  our  father :  for  I  tell  you,  that 
God  is  able  of  these  stones  to  raise  up  children  to 
Abraham. 

1 0  For  now  the  axe  is  laid  to  the  root  of  the 
trees.  Every  tree,  therefore,  that  yieldeth  not  good 
fruit,  shall  be  cut  down,  and  cast  into  the  fire. 

Ill,  indeed,  baptize  you  with  water  unto  pe- 
nance :  but  he  who  is  to  come  after  me,  is  stronger 
than  I,  whose  shoes  I  am  not  worthy  to  carry  :  he 
shall  baptize  you  with  the  Holy  Ghost  and  ivith 
fire. 

12  Whose  fan  is  in  his  hand  ;  and  he  will  tho- 
roughly cleanse  his  floor,  and  gather  his  wheat  into 
the  barn  ;  but  the  chalfhe  will  burn  with  unquench- 
able fire. 

13  Then  cometh  Jesus  from  Galilee  to  the  Jor- 
dan, unto  John,  to  be  baptized  by  him. 

14  But  John  stayed  him,  saying:  I  ought  to  be 
baptized  by  thee ;  and  comest  thou  to  m<?  ? 

15  And  Jesus,  answering,  said  to  him  :  Suffer 
it  now :  for  so  it  becometh  u$  to  fulfil  all  justice. 
Then  he  suffered  him  :  *' 

16  And  Jesus,  being  baptized,  went  up  presently 
out  of  the  water:  and,  behold,  the  heavens  were 
opened  to  him :  and  he  saw  the  Spirit  of  God  de- 
scending, as  a  dove,  and  coming  upon  him. 

17  And,  behold,  a  voice  from  heaven,  saying; 
This  is  my  beloved  Son,  in  whom  1  am  well  pleased. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Christ's  fast  for  forty  days  :  he  is  tempted.     He  begins  to 
preach,  to  call  disciples  to  him,  and  to  work  miracles. 

THEN  Jesus  was  led  by  the  spirit  into  the  de- 
sert, to  be  tempted  by  the  devil. 

2  And  when  he  had  fasted  forty  days  and  forty 
nights,  he  was  afterwards  hungry. 

3  And  the  tempter,  coming,  said  to  him  :  If  thou 
be  the  Son  of  God,  command  that  these  stones  be 
made  bread. 

4  But  he  answered,  and  said  :  It  is  written  :  Man 
liveth  not  by  bread  alone,  but  by  every  word  that 
proceedeth  out  of  the  mouth  of  God. 

5  Then  the  devil  took  him  up  into  the  holy  city, 
and  set  him  on  the  pinnacle  of  the  temple, 

6  And  said  to  him  :  If  thou  be  the  Son  of  God, 
cast  thyself  down  ;  for  it  is  written  :  That  he  hath 
given  his  Angels  charge  of  thee  ;  and  in  their  hands 
shall  they  bear  thee  up,  lest,  perhaps,  thou  hint 
thy  foot  against  a  stone. 

7  Jesus  said  to  him  :  It  is  written  again  :  Thou 
shalt  not  tempt  the  Lord  thy  God. 

8  Again  the  devil  took  him  tip  into  a  very 
high  mountain;  and  *  showed  him  all  the  kingdoms 
of  the  world,  and  the  glory  of  them, 


*  Showtd  him,  IfC.  That  is,  pointed  out  to  him,  where  eaeli  kinirdom 
lay;  and  set  forth  in  words  what  was  most  glorious  and  admirahle  in 
each  of  them.  Or  also,  set  before  his  eyes,  as  it  were  in  a  large  map, 
*  lively  representation  of  all  those  kingdoms. 


9  And  said  unto  him :  All  these  will  I  give  thee, 
if,  falling  down,  thou  wilt  adore  me. 

10  Then  Jesus  saith  to  him  :  Begone,  Satan:  for 
it  is  written  :  The  Lord  tl.y  God  thou  shalt  adore, 
and  him  only  shalt  thou  serve. 

1 1  Then  the  devil  left  him ;  and,  behold,  Angels 
came  and  ministered  to  him. 

12  Now  when  Jesus  had  heard  that  John  was 
delivered  up,  he  retired  into  Galilee  : 

13  And  leaving  the  city  Nazareth,  he  came  anu 
dwelt  in  Capharnaum  on  the  sea-coast,  in  the  con- 
fines of  Zabulon  and  Nepththalim  : 

14  That  what  was  said  by  Isaias  the  prophet 
might  be  fulfilled : 

15  The  land  of  Zabulon,  and  the  land  of  Nepth- 
thalim, the  way  of  the  sea  beyond  the  Jordan,  Ga- 
lilee of  the  Gentiles  : 

16  The  people  that  sat  in  darkness,  saw  great 
light :  and  to  them  that  sat  in  the  region  of  the  sha- 
dow of  death,  light  is  sprung  up. 

17  From  that  time  Jesus  began  to  preach,  and 
to  say :  Do  penance,  for  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  at 
hand. 

18  And  Jesus  walking  by  the  sea  of  Galilee, 
saw  two  brothers,  Simon  who  is  called  Peter,  and 
Andrew  his  brother,  casting  a  net  into  the  sea  (for 
they  were  fishers.) 

19  And  he  saith  to  them:  Come  after  me,  and  1 
will  make  you  become  fishers  of  men. 

20  And  they  immediately  leaving  their  nets,  fol- 
lowed him. 

21  And  going  on  from  thence,  he  saw  two  other 
brothers,  James  the  son  of  Zebedee,  and  John  his 
brother,  in  a  ship  with  Zebedee.their  father,  mend- 
ing their  nets :  and  he  called  them. 

22  And  they  immediately  leaving  their  nets  and 
their  father,  followed  him. 

23  And  Jesus  went  about  all  Galilee,  teaching 
in  their  synagogues,  and  preaching  the  gospel  of  the 
kingdom;  and  healing  all  diseases  and  infirmities 
among  the  people. 

24  And  his  fame  went  throughout  all  Syria, 
and  they  brought  to  him  all  sick  people  that  were 
taken  with  divers  diseases  and  torments,  and  such 
as  were  possessed  by  devils,  and  lunaticks,  those 
that  had  the  palsy,  and  he  healed  them  : 

25  And  great  multitudes  followed  him  from  Ga- 
lilee, and  from  Decapolis,  and  from  Jerusalem,  and 
from  Judea,  and  from  beyond  the  Jordan. 

CHAP.  V. 

Christ's  sermon  upon  the  mount.     The  eight  bea'itudes. 

NOW  Jesus  seeing  the  multitudes,  he  went  up 
into  a  mountain  :  and  when  he  had  sat  down, 
his  disciples  came  to  him. 

2  And  opening  his  mouth  he  taudit  them,  savins: 

3  Blessed  are  the  poor  in  spirit  :f  for  theirs  is 
the  kingdom  of  heaven. 


f  The  poor  iit  sjnrit. 
not  set  upon  riches. 


That  is,  the  humble  ;  and  they  whose  spirit  i» 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


4  Blessed  are  Hie  meek  :  for  the  v  shall  |*mesi 
the  land. 

Blessed   arc  they  that   mourn:   for  they  shall 
be  comforted. 

6  *  Blessed  are  ihev  that  Imager  and  thirst  after 
justice  :    tor  they  shall  In-  tilled. 

7  Blessed  are  the  merciful  :  lor  they  shall  ob- 
'ain  mercy. 

8  Blessed  are  the  clean  of  heart  :  I'm  iln  y  shall 
see  God. 

9  Blessed  are  the  peace-makers  :  for  they  shall 
be  called  the  children  of  (iod. 

10  Blessed  are  they  that  suffer  persecution  for 
justice  sake  :    for  theirs  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

11  Blessed  are  vou  when  men  shall  revile  vou. 
and  persecute  mo,  and  shall  say  all  manner  of  ev  il 
against  vou  falsely,  for  my  nki 

12  Bejoice,  and  l>e  exceeding  glad :  localise 
your  reward  is  v.-rv  great  in  heaven:  for  sot  he  \ 
persecuted  the  prophets,  that  were  hefore  you. 

13  You  are  the  salt  of  the  earth.  But  if  the  salt 
hlVC  lost  its  saTOar,  with  what  shall  it  lie  salted.' 
It  is  then  good  for  nothing,  hut  to  be  cast  out,  and 
to  be  trodden  upon  b»  men. 

1  V  ^  ou  arc  the  light  of  the  world.     A  city  that 
:  on  a  mountain  cannot  he  hid. 

15  Neither  do  men  Light  I  candle,  and  put  it  un- 
der a  boshel,  but  upon  a  candlestick,  that  it  may 
p\e  light  to  all  that  are  in  the  house. 

16  Let  your  \\z\\\  so  shine  hefore  men,  that  they 
may  see  vour  ;:o<>d  works,  and  glorify  your  Father 
w  ho  is  in  heaven. 

17  Think  not  that  1  am  come  to  destroy  the  law, 
or  the  prophets:  I  am  not  come  to  destroy,  but  to 
fulfil-* 

1H  For  f  amen  I  say  unto  you.  till  heaven  and 
eaith  pass,  one  tot  or  One  tittle  shall  not  pass  from 
the  law,  till  all  be  fulfilled. 

19  Whosoever,  therefore,  shall  break  one  of  these 
least  Commandments,  and  shall  teach  men  so,  he 
shall  he  called  the  least  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven  : 
but  whosoever  shall  do  and  teach,  the  same  shall 
be  called  great  ill  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

2D  For  I  say  to  vou.  that  unless  \<>iir  jiistict 
abound  more  than  that  of  t  the  Scribes  and  of  the 
Pharisees,  you  shall  not  enter  into  the  kingdom 

of  heaven. 

21    you  have  heard  that    it  was   said  to  them  of 


•  TtMiU.     Hy  aocomp 

perf.-<  ivc.lt  all  l 

f  .W«        TImI  I..  a.,ure.tl„,  nf  o  It 

bare  retantcl  hy  Iheetwnp! 

who  hare  retained  It.     It  m  used  by 

an  I  :i(Tirm  itmn  ..I'  Hie  Irutli. 


IT  all  (lie  figures  ami  prophecies ;  and 


a*  as  trong  aaae*\  ruiii 


J  TW  ScriWa,  omj  of  tlu  Pk*ri*tt  The  Scriif  were  the  doctor*  of 
tLe  bur  of  Mwi :  (Ih-  PkmHoon  were  a  precis-)  aet  of  nun,  making 
profunaoo  of  a  more  exact  ob— iram:«  of  the  law :  and  upon  that  ac- 

•     |>eop|e. 
I  Stag  o*  fuiltf  of  jmlfmtmL     Tlul    i«,  shall  devrre  tn  he  punished 
by  tliat  le>  jitdfmmt,  which 

■ 

|  Sim        A  word  cl  're  tin;    fir,-  i.      Slull 

W  ruHtf  of  Uu  tmmtil  re   In  be    | 


highest  court  of  jndiotf 


CmmtU,  M   Bj 


run,  i  oiim.I  • 


old:  Thou  shah  not  kill.     And  who  hall  kill 

shall  Ih-  guilty  of  the  judgment : 

.'    But   I    say    to  you,  that  whosoever  is  an 
with  his  brother,  \  shall  Ih-  guiltj  of  the   judgment. 
Ami  whosoever  shall  say  to  his  brother,  Rara,|shall 
be  guilty    of    the    council.      Ami    WtlflMiever    shall 
sav,  **  Thou  IikiI,  shall  Ih-  nuilly  ol  hi  II  fire. 

23  Therefore,  if  thou  olV.-r  si  thy  gift  at  the  altar, 
and  there  shall  remember  (b  it  thy  biothcr  hath  any 
thing  against  thee; 

24  Leave  there  thy  gift  '  efore  the  altar,  and  first 
no  to  1h>  reconciled  to  th\  Drother,  ami  then  come 
and  tiller  thy  gift. 

25  .Make  an  a-reeinent  w  ilh  thy  adversary  quick- 
ly, whilst  thou  art  in  the  way  with  him:  lest,  per- 
haps, the  adversary  deliver  thee  to  the  judge,  and 
the  judge  deliver  thee  to  the  officer,  and  thou  lx-  cast 
into  prison. 

2G  Amen  I  say  to  thee,  thou  shah  not  go  out 
from  thence,  till  thou  pay  the  last  larth: 

27  Vou  have  heard  it  was  said  to  them  of  old  : 
Thou  shah  DOl  commit  adultery. 

I  But  I  say  unto  you,  that  adbOSOClSfr  hwiketh 
on  a  woman  to  lust  after  her  hath  already  commit- 
ted adultery  with  her  in  his  heart. 

29  And  if  thy  ridit  eye  cause  thee  to  offend. ft 
pluck  it  out,  ami  cast  it  from  thee  :  for  it  is  better 
tor  thee  that  one  ol  thy  members  should  perish, than 
that  thy  w  hole  body  should  Ih-  cast  into  hell. 

30  And  if  thy  rtghf  hand  cause  thee  to  offend, 
cut  it  off,  and  cast  it  from  tin ■<•  j  for  it  is  better  lor 
thee  that  one  of  thy  members  should  perish,  than 
that  thy  whole  body  should  gp  into  ben. 

31  It  hath  also  been  said.  Whosoever^  shall  put 
away  his  wife,  let  him  give  her  a  bill  of  divorce. 

32  But  1  say  to  you,  that  whosoever  shall  put 
awav  his  wife,  excepting  for  the  cause  ol  tornica- 
r ion,  causeth  her  to  commit  adultery:  and  whoso- 
ever  shall  marry  her  that  is  put  awav t coinniitti  ih 
adult' 

33  Again,  you  have  heard  thai  it  was  said  to 
them  of* old:  Thou  shalt  not  forswear  thyself,  but 

shall  perforin  thy  oaths  to  the  Lord. 

34  But  I  sav  to  you,  not  to  swear  at  all,tf  neilhei 
by  heaven,  for  it  is  the  throne  ol  God  : 

3o  Nor  by  the  earth,  lor  it  is  (us  footstool; 
nor  by  Jerusalem,  for  it  is  the  city  of  the  great 
King: 


iitar  <>f  seventy-two  iwrwins.  where  thfc  highest  causes  were  li  N^l  ami 
wliK  h  »  is  at  Jerusalem. 
•*  Tkoti  foot.    This  wa»  lookcil   upon  as  a  Wajaj   laian     «  hen 
Uttered  with  contempt,  spite,  or  m.ilicr  :    md  thereto'*  i-  here 

learned.—  Slultbt  guilty  of luUJirt:   litci-.illx .  :■<<  fMstkttJ   IC 
|  ,|,  „  m-   t  ■  krnni  ol  ft.      W  |.|.  h 

Words  our  Saviour  made  use  of  to  express  llic  fite  and  ssjpJaVnai  i.l  ..I 
lull. 

ft  Cmtm  titer  to  offrnd.     That  in.  if  it  he  a  stSMwhSa*  Mm  k 

riOB  Ot  till  In  thee.       Uv  which  V  <•*•. 

It  of  sin,  th.iiiuli  ili.\  be  as  dear  to  us,  or  as  occesaaiy,a»  »  l..md 
or  tii  eye. 

U  M>t  totwtmr  mtall.     Tn  nol  S«U**«I  «>  «wear  in  Irul 
and   juilirm.  nl  |   t..  Il.e  hnnnurof  (Ji.l.  or  i«r  own  or  n.  iwhbntlr1 

defence  ;  bol  only  to  swear  nuhly,  profanely,  in  ciwminn  dtwouis*. 
.ni.l  ttiihout  necessity 


CHAP.  VI. 


36  Neither  shalt  thou  swear  by  thy  head,  because 
thou  canst  not  make  one  hair  white  or  black. 

37  But  let  your  speech  be,  yea,  yea,  no,  no: 
for  whatsoever  is  more  than  these,  cometh  from  evil. 

38  You  have  heard  that  it  hath  been  said :  An 
eye  for  an  eye,  a  tooth  for  a  tooth. 

39  But  I  say  to  you,*  not  to  resist  evil :  but  if 
any  man  strike  thee  on  thy  right  cheek,  turn  to  him 
the  other  also. 

40  And  if  any  man  will  go  to  law  with  thee,  and 
take'  away  thy  coat,  let  him  have  thy  cloak  also. 

41  And  whosoever  shall  force  thee  to  go  one 
mile,  go  with  him  other  two. 

42  Give  to  him  that  asketh  of  thee,  and  from 
him  that  would  borrow  of  thee,  turn  not  away. 

43  You  have  heard  that  it  hath  been  said :  Thou 
shalt  love  thy  neighbour,  and  hate  thy  enemy. 

44  But  I  say  to  you :  Love  your  enemies :  do 
good  to  them  that  hate  you :  and  pray  for  them  that 
persecute  and  calumniate  you  : 

45  That  you  may  be  the  children  of  your  Father, 
who  is  in  heaven  :  who  maketh  his  sun  to  rise  upon 
the  good,  and  the  bad,  and  raineth  upon  the  just 
and  the  unjust. 

46  For  if  you  love  those  that  love  you,  what  re- 
ward shall  you  have  ?  do  not  even  the  publicans  f 
the  same? 

47  And  if  you  salute  your  brethren  only,  what  do 
you  more  ?  do  not  also  the  heathens  the  same  ? 

48  Be  you,  therefore,  perfect,  as  also  your  hea- 
venly*Father  is  perfect. 

CHAP.  VI. 

A  continuation  of  the  sermon  on  the  mount. 

TAKE  heed  that  you  do  not  your  justice  f  before 
men,  that  you  may  be  seen  by  them  :  other- 
wise you  shall  not  have  a  reward  from  your  Father, 
who  is  in  heaven. 

2  Therefore,  when  thou  doest  an  alms-deed, 
sound  not  a  trumpet  before  thee,  as  the  hypocrites 
do  in  the  synagogues  and  in  the  streets,  that  they 
may  be  honoured  by  men.  Amen  I  say  to  you, 
they  have  received  their  reward. 

3  But  when  thou  doest  alms,  let  not  thy  left  hand 
know  what  thy  right  hand  doeth : 

4  That  thy  alms  may  be  in  secret,  and  thy  Fa- 
ther, who  seeth  in  secret,  will  repay  thee. 

5  And  when  you  pray,  you  shall  not  be  as  the 
hypocrites,  who  love  to  pray  standing  in  the  syna- 
gogues and  at  the  corners  of  the  streets,  that  they 
may  be  seen  by  men.  Amen  I  say  to  you,  they 
have  received  their  reward. 

6  But  thou,  when  thou  shalt  pray,  enter  into  thy 
chamber,  and  having  shut  the  door,  pray  to  thy 


*  JVot  (o  resist  evil,  tyc.  What  is  here  commanded,  is  a  Christian  pa- 
tience under  injuries  and  affronts,  and  to  be  willing  even  to  suffer  still 
more,  rather  than  to  indulge  the  desire  of  revenge  :  but  what  is  further 
added  does  not  strictlv  oblige  according  to  the  letter,  for  neither  did 
Christ  nor  St.  Paul  turn  the  other  cheek. — St.  John  xviii.  and  Acts 
xxiii. 

t  The  ]Yublhans.  These  were  the  gatherers  of  the  public  taxes:  a 
•et  of  men,  odious  and  infamous  among  the  Jews,  for  their  extortions 
mod  injustice.  B 


Father  in  secret :  and  thy  Father,  who  seeth  in 
secret,  will  reward  thee. 

7  And  when  you  are  praying,  sneak  not  much, 
as  the  heathens  do  :  for  they  think  that  they  are 
heard  for  their  much  speaking. 

8  Be  not  you,  therefore,  like  them.  For  your 
Father  knoweth  what  you  stand  in  need  of,  before 

on  ask  him. 

9  You,  therefore,  shall  pray  in  this  manner :  Our 
Father  jwho  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name. 

10  Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy  will  be  done  on 
earth  as  it  is  in  heaven. 

1 1  Give  us  this  day  our  supersubstantial  bread.  § 

12  And  forgive  us  our  debts,  as  we  forgive  our 
debtors. 

13  And  lead  us  not  into  temptation.  ||  But  deliver 
us  from  evil.     Amen. 

14  For  if  you  forgive  men  their  offences,  your 
heavenly  Father  will  also  forgive  you  your  offences. 

15  But  if  you  will  not  forgive  men,  neither  will 
your  Father  forgive  you  your  sins. 

16  And  when  you  fast,  be  not,  as  the  hypocrites, 
sad  :  for  they  disfigure  their  faces,  that  to  men  they 
may  appear  fasting.  Amen  I  say  to  you,  they  have 
received  their  reward. 

17  But  thou,  when  thou  fastest,  anoint  thy  head, 
and  wash  thy  face  ; 

18  That  thou  appear  not  fasting  to  men,  but  to 
thy  Father,  who  is  in  secret :  and  thy  Father,  who 
seeth  in  secret,  will  reward  thee. 

19  Lay  not  up  for  yourselves  treasures  on  earth: 
where  the  rust,  and  the  moth  consume,  and  where 
thieves  dig  through,  and  steal. 

20  But  lay  up  for  yourselves  treasures  in  heaven ; 
where  neither  the  rust  nor  the  moth  doth  consume, 
and  where  thieves  do  not  dig  through,  nor  steal. 

21  For  where  thy  treasure  is,  there  is  thy  heart 
also. 

22  The  light  of  thy  body  is  thy  eye.  If  thy  eye 
be  simple,  thy  whole  body  will  be  lightsome. 

23  But  if  thy  eye  be  evil,  thy  whole  body  shall 
be  darksome.  If,  therefore,  the  light  that  is  in  thee 
be  darkness,  how  great  will  the  darkness  itself  bt  ? 

24  No  man  can  serve  two  masters,  for  either  he 
will  hate  the  one,  and  love  the  other :  or  he  will 
hold  to  the  one,  and  despise  the  other.  You  cannot 
serve  God  and  mammon.1T 

25  Therefore  I  say  to  you,  Be  not  solicitous  for 
your  life,  what  you  shall  eat,  nor  for  your  body,  what 
you  shall  put  on.  Is  not  the  life  more  than  the  food, 
and  the  body  more  than  the  raiment  ? 

26  Behold  the  fowls  of  the  air,  for  they  sow  not, 
neither  do  they  reap,  nor  gather  into  barns :  yet  your 
heavenly  Father  feedeth  them.  Are  not  you  of 
much  more  value  than  they  ? 


I  Your  justice,  i.  e.  works  of  justice,  viz.  fasting,  prayer,  and  alms- 
deeds  ;  which  ought  to  be  performed,  not  out  of  ostentation,  or  a  view 
to  please  men,  but  solely  to  please  God. 

{  Supersubslimtial  bread.  In  St.  Luke  the  same  word  is  rendered 
daily  bread.  It  is  understood  of  the  bread  of  life,  which  we  receive  in 
the  Blessed  Sacrament. 

||  Lead  us  not  into  temptation.  That  is,  suffer  us  not  to  be  overcome 
by  temptation. 

H  Mammon.    That  is,  riches,  worldly  interest 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


28  Ami  lor  raiment  \\  li.vart- \<hi  M.lii-iiniiv 
«ider  the  lilies  of  the  field, 


27  And  which  of  you,  by  thinking,  can  add  to 
nis  stature  one  cubit  ? 

Con- 
how   they  gram  :    tin  \ 
lahour  not.  in  it ht-r  do  tiny  spin. 

29  And  yet  I  SB]  to  you.  mat  not  even  Solomon, 
in  all  lib  arrayed  as  one  ofth< 

30  Now,  It  God  -o  cloche  the  grass  of  the  field, 
which  to-day  is,  ami  to-morrow  is  east  into  the 
Oft  ■  :  liow  iiuich  more  you,  < >  ye  of  little  faith  ? 

.'■I  Be  not  solicitous,  therefore,  saying:  What 
shall  ucr.ii.  in  what  shall  we  drink,  or  wherewith 
shall  ue  Ik-  clothed  ? 

r  utter  all  these  things  do  the  heathen 
seek.    For  yotir  Father  knoweth  that  you  have  m  ed 

of  all  these  things. 

■  hi  Seek  ye,  therefore,  first the  kingdom  of  God, 

ami  his  justice;  and  all  these  things  shall  be  added 
unto  you. 

M   Be  not,  therefore,  solicitous  for  to-moi 
for  the  morrow  will  be  solicitous  lor  itself.     Suffi- 
cient lor  the  day  is  the  evil  thereof. 

CHAP.  VII. 

The  third  part  of  the  tcrmon  on  Ike  mount. 

JUDGE  not.  that  you  may  not  be  judged. 
For  with  what  judgment  you  have  juJ 
Mm  shall  !>e  judged:  and  with  what  measure  yon 
Lave  measured,  it  shall  be  measured  to  you  again. 

.)   And  why  scot  thou  a   mote   in   thy    brother's 
.  and  seest  not  I  beam  in  th\  own  eye? 

1  )r  how  sayest  thou  to  thy   brother:    Lei   me 
I  the  mote  out  of  thy  eye  ;    and  behold  a  beam 
is  in  thy  own  eye  ? 

I  nou  hypocrite,  cast  out  first  the  beam  out  ef 
thy  own  eve,  and  tin  u  shall  thou  see  to  cast  out 
the  mote  out  of  thy  brother's  eye. 

6  (iive  not  that  which  is  holy  to  dogs:   neither 

vour  pearls  before  swine:  lesl  they  trample 
them  under  their  feet,  and,  turning  upon  you,  tear 
you. 

7  Ask.  and  it  shall  be  ^iv-  D  you:  seek,  and  you 
shall  find  :  knock,  and  it  shall  be  opened  to  you. 

I  or  every  one  that  askcth,  ret  eiveth  :  and  he 
that  seeketh,  iindcth  :  and  lo  him  that  knockcth,  it 
shall  be  opened. 

9  Or  what  man  is  there  among  \ou,  of  whom  if 
-on  ask  bread,  will  he  reach  him  a  stom 

10  Or  if  he  ask  a  fish,  will  be  reach  him  a  ser- 
pent? 

11  If  you,  then,  being  evil,  know  how  to  ^ive 
pood  gifts  to  your  children :  how  much  more  will 
your  Father,  who  is  in  heaven,  give  good  things  to 
thein  that  ask  him  ? 

I J  All  things,  therefore,  whatsoever  you  would 

that  men  should  do  to  you,  do  VOU  also  to  them: 
for  this  is  the  law  and  the  prophets. 

1  3  Enter  ye  in  at  the  narrow  -ate:  for  wide  is  the 
gate,  and  broad  is  the  way  that  leadeth  todestTUC- 
tion  :   and  many  there  are  who  enter  by  it. 

1  V   How  narrow-  is  the  -ate.  and  strait  is  the  way, 

which  leadeth  to  life;  and  few  tin  i.  are,  who  find  n  ' 

to 


I)   Beware  of  false  prophets,  who  come  to  you 

in  the  clothing  ef  sheep,  but  inwardly  they  are  ra- 

\  enous  wol\  i 

16  By  their  fruits  you  shall  know  them.  Poincn 
gather  grapes  ofthoms,  or  figs  of  thistles? 

17  Even  so  every  good  tree  vieldeth  good  fruit, 
and  the  bad  tree  viefdeth  bad  fruit. 

18  A  -ood  tree  cannot  yield  bad  fruit;  neither 
can  a  bad  tree  yield  good  fruit. 

19  Everj  tree  thai  vieldeth  not  good  fruit,  slial 

lie  cut  down,  and  shall  be  cast  into  the  lire. 

0     Wherefore,   In  tl.cir  fruits  you   shall   know 
tin  in. 

21  Not  every  one  thai  saith  to  me.  Lord,  Lord, 
shall  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven:  but  he  that 
doeth  the  will  of  inv  Father,  who  is  in  heaven,  he 
shall  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

\I  uiv  will  say  to  me  in  that  da]  :  Lord,  Lord, 
have  we  not  prophesied  in  thy  name,  and  in  thy 
name  cast  <>ut  devils,  and  done  many  wonderful 
works  in  thy  name  ? 

23  And  then  will   1  profess  unto  them:    I  never 

knew  you:  depart  from  me,  you  that  work  iniquity. 

.  Therefore,  whosoever  heareth  these  my  words, 

and  doeth  them,  shall  be    likened  to  a   wise   man, 

who  built  his  house  upon  a  rock. 

And  the  rain  fell,  and  the  floods  came,  and 
the  winds  blew,  and  the]  beat  upon  thai  house,  and 
it  fell  not:  for  it  was  founded  upon  a  rock. 

And  ever]  one  thai  heareth  these  my  words, 
and  doeth  them  not,  shall  be  like  a  foolish  man, 
who  built  his  house  upon  (he  sand. 

\nd  the  rain  fell,  and  the  floods  came,  and 
the  winds  blew  ,  and  they  beat  upon  that  house,  and 

it  fell;  and  great  was  the  fall  thereof. 

28  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jesus  had  fully 
ended  these  words,  the  people  were  in  admiration 
8t  his  doctrine. 

29  For  he  was  teaching  them  as  one  having  au- 
thority, and  not  as  their  Scribes  and  Pharist 


CHAP.    VIII. 


Christ  rlranxn  thr  br, 


!<  i>rr,  hiiih  the  eenturiont  trrrant,   I' 
mothrr-iii-latr,  mitl  many  other*  ;   hr  xtilh  thr  storm   at  *  <:, 
drivm  thr  lit  rils  nut  of  two  men  pot*estrdya*il  lufftrtthim  to 
go  into  the  twine. 

ND  when  he  was  come  down  from  the  moun- 
tain, great  multitudes  followed  him: 

2  And  behold,  a  leper  coming,  adored  him.  sav- 
ing :    Lord,  if  thou  wilt,  thou  canst  make  me  clean. 

3  And  .lesus,  stretching  forth  his  hand,  touched 
him,  saving:  I  will.  Be  thou  made  clean.  And  im- 
mediately his  leprosy  was  cleansed. 

•V  And  Jesus  said  to  him:  See  thou  tell  no  man: 
but  i:n,  show  thyself  to  ihe  priest,  and  olii  r  the  gift 
which  Moses  commanded  for  a  testimony  to  them. 

5  And  when  he  had  entered  into  Capharnaum, 
there  came  to  him  a  centurion,  beseeching  him. 

t!   And   saying:    Lord,  my  servant  lieth  at  home 

sick  of  the  palsy,  and  is  grievously  tormented. 

7  And  JeSUS  said  to  him  :  1  will  come  and  In  al 
him. 


ihRibT    HEALING    THE    SICK 


CHRIST    HEALING    THE    SICK 


CHAP.  XI. 


you  up  in  councils,  and  they  will  scourge  you  in 
their  synagogues:  , 

18  And  you  shall  be  brought  before  governors, 
and  before  kings  for  my  sake,  for  a  testimony  to 
them,  and  to  the  Gentiles. 

19  But  when  they  shall  deliver  you  up,  be  not 
thoughtful  how  or  what  to  speak :  for  it  shall  be 
given  you  in  that  hour  what  to  speak. 

20  For  it  is  not  you  that  speak,  but  the  spirit  of 
vour  Father,  that  speaketh  in  you. 

21  The  brother  also  shall  deliver  up  the  brother 
to  death,  and  the  father  the  son  :  and  the  children 
shall  rise  up  against  their  parents,  and  shall  put 
them  to  death. 

22  And  you  shall  be  hated  by  all  men  for  my 
name's  sake :  but  he  that  shall  persevere  unto  the 
end,  he  shall  be  saved. 

23  And  when  they  shall  persecute  you  in  this 
city,  flee  into  another  :  Amen  I  say  to  you,  you 
shall  not  finish  all  the  cities  of  Israel,  till  the  Sou 
of  man  come. ' 

24  The  disciple  is  not  above  his  master,  nor  the 
servant  above  his  lord. 

25  It  is  enough  for  the  disciple  that  he  be  as  his 
master,  and  the  servant  as  his  lord.  If  they  have 
called  the  master  of  the  house  Beelzebub,  how 
much'  more  them  of  his  household  ? 

26  Therefore  fear  them  not :  for  there  is  nothing 
hid,  that  shall  not  be  revealed ;  nor  secret  that  shall 
not  be  known. 

27  That  which  I  tell  you  in  the  dark,,  speak  ye 
in  the  light :  and  that  which  you  hear  in  the  ear, 
preach  ye  upon  the  housetops. 

28  And  fear  not  those  that  kill  the  body,  and 
cannot  kill  the  soul :  but  rather  fear  him  that  can 
destroy  both  soul  and  body  in  hell. 

29  Are  not  two  sparrows  sold  for  a  farthing?  and 
not  one  of  them  shall  fall  on  the  ground  without 
your  Father. 

30  But  the  very  hairs  of  your  head  are  all  num- 
bered. 

31  Fear  not,  therefore :  you  are  of  more  value 
than  many  sparrows. 

32  Whosoever,  therefore,  shall  confess  me  before 
men,  I  "will  also  confess  him  before  my  Father,  who 
is  in  heaven. 

33  But  whosoever  shall  deny  me  before  men,  I 
will  also  deny  him  before  my  Father,  who  is  in 
heaven. 

34  Do  not  think  that  I  am  come  to  send  peace 
upon  earth :  I  came  not  to  sesid  peace,  but  the 
sword. 

35  *  For  I  am  come  to  set  a  man  at  variance 
against  his  father,  and  the  daughter  against  her  mo- 
ther, and  the  daughter-in-law  against  her  mother- 
in-law. 

36  And  a  man's  enemies  shall  be  they  of  his 
own  household. 


*  J  am  come  to  set  a  man  at  variance,  fyc.  Not  that  this  was  the  end  or  de- 
sign of  the  coming  of  our  Saviour;  but  that  his  coming  and  his  doctrine 
would  have  this  effect,  by  reason  of  the  obstinate  resistance  that  many 
would  make,  and  of  their  persecuting  all  such  as  should  adhere  to  him. 

f  Scandalized  in  me.    That  is,  who  shall  not  take  occasion  of  scandal 


37  He  that  loveth  father  or  mother  more  than 
me,  is  not  worthy  of  me  ;  and  he  that  loveth  son  or 
daughter  more  than  me,  is  not  worthy  of  me. 

38  And  he  that  taketh  not  up  his  cross,  and  fol- 
loweth  me,  is  not  worthy  of  me. 

39  He  that  findeth  his  life,  shall  lose  it:  and  he 
that  shall  lose  his  life,  for  my  sake,  shall  find  it. 

40  He  that  receiveth  you,  receiveth  me:  and 
he  that  receiveth  me,  receiveth  him  that  sent  me. 

41  He  that  receiveth  a  prophet  in  tJie  name  of  a 
prophet,  shall  receive  the  reward  of  a  prophet :  and 
he  that  receiveth  a  just  man  in  the  name  of  a  just 
man,  shall  receive  the  reward  of  a  just  man. 

42  And  whosoever  shall  give  to  drink  to  one  of 
these  little  ones,  a  cup  of  cold  water  only  in  the 
name  of  a  disciple,  Amen,  I  say  to  you,  he  shall 
not  lose  his  reward. 

CHAP.  XI. 

John  sends  his  disciples  to  Christ,  who  upbraids  the  Jews  with 
their  incredulity,  and  calls  to  him  such  as  are  sensible  of  their 
burdens. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jesus  had  made  an 
end  of  commanding  his  twelve  disciples,  that 
he  passed  from  thence,  to  teach  and  preach  in 
their  cities. 

2  Now  when  John  had  heard  in  prison  the 
works  of  Christ,  sending  two  of  his  disciples,  he 
said  to  him  : 

3  Art  thou  he  that  art  to  come,  or  do  we  look 
for  another? 

4  And  Jesus  making  answer,  said  to  them  :  Go 
and  relate  to  John  what  you  have  heard  and  seen. 

5  The  blind  see,  the  lame  walk,  the  lepers  are 
cleansed,  the  deaf  hear,  the  dead  rise  again,  the 
poor  have  the  gospel  preached  to  them : 

6  And  blessed  is  he  that  shall  not  be  scandalized 
in  me.f 

7  And  when  thfty  went  their  way,  Jesus  began  to 
say  to  the  multitude,  concerning  John :  What  went 
you  out  into  the  desert  to  see  ?  a  reed  shaken  with 
the  wind  ? 

8  But  what  went  you  out  to  see?  a  man  clothed 
in  soft  garments?  Behold,  they  that  are  clothed  in 
soft  garments  are  in  the  houses  of  kings. 

9  But  What  went  you  out  to  see  ?  a  prophet  ? 
yea,  I  tell  you;  and  more  than  a  prophet. 

10  For  this  is  he  of  whom  it  is  written:  Behold, 
I  send  my  Angel  before  thy  face,  who  shall  pre- 
pare thy  way  before  thee. 

1 1  Amen  I  say  to  you,  there  hath  not  risen  among 
them  that  are  born  of  women  a  greater  than  John 
the  Baptist :  yet  he  that  is  lesser  in  the  kingdom  of 
heaven  is  greater  than  he. 

12  And,  from  the  days  of  John  the  Baptist  until 
now,  the  kingdom  of  heaven  suffereth  violence; J 
and  the  violent  bear  it  away. 


or  offence  from  my  humility,  and  the  disgraceful  death  of  the  cross, 
which  I  shall  endure. 

t  Suffereth  violence,  SfC  It  is  not  to  be  obtained  hut  by  main  force. 
By  using  violence  upon  ourselves,  by  mortification  and  penance,  and 
resisting  our  perverse  inclinations. 


ST.  MATTII1.W. 


13  For  all  the  prophets  ami  the  law  prophesied! 
until  John : 

IV  And  if  von  will  receive  it,  he  is  F.lias*  that 
is  to  eoine. 

15  He  that  hath  ears  to  hear,  let  him  hear. 

16  But  "hereunto  shall  I  esteem  this  generation 
to  be  like?  It  is  like  to  children  sitting  in  the  mar- 
ket-place, who  en  out  to  their  companions, 

17  And  say:  We  ha\e  piped  to  vou.  an<l  von  have 
not  danced**,  we  have  lamented,  and  you  have  not 
mourned. 

18  For  John  came  neither  eating  nor  drinking : 
and  thev  say :  He  hath  a  devil. 

19  The  Son  of  man  eame  eating  and  drinkiiiL'. 
and  they  say:  Behold  a  man  that  is  a  glutton  and  a 
v  ine-driukiT,  a  friend  of  publicans  and  sinners. 
And  wisdom  is  justified  hy  her  children. 

20  Then  he  la-ran  to  upbraid  the  cities,  where- 
in were  done  the  most  of  his  mighty  works,  because 
they  had  not  done  penance. 

21  Wo  to  thee,  Coro/.ain,  wo  to  thee,  Bethsaida  : 
for  if  in  Tyre  and  Sidon  the  inidity  works  had 
been  done  that  have  been  done  in  you,  thev  would 
Ions  ago  have  done  penance  in  sackcloth  and  ashes. 

I lut  I  say  unto  you.  it  shall  lie  more  tolerable 
for  Tyre  and  Sidon,  in  the  day  of  judgment,  than 
tor  \ou. 

23  And  thou  Capharnaum,  shalt  thou  be  exalted 
Uj)  to  heaven  ?  thou  shalt  p)  down  even  unto  hell: 
f*or  if  the  mightv  works  had  been  done  in  Sodom, 
that  have  been  done  in  thee,  perhaps  it  would  have 
remained  until  this  day. 

2\  But  I  -<ay  unto  you,  that  it  shall  be  more  tole- 
rable for  the  land  of  Sodom  in  the  day  of  judgment 
than  for  th« 

25  At  that  time  Jesus  answered,  and  said.  I  give 
thanks  to  thee.  ()  father.  Lord  of  heaven  ana  earth, 
because  thou  hast  hid  these  things  from  the  wise 
and  prudent,  and  hast  revealed  tjiem  to  little  oiks. 

26  Yea,  Father;  for  so  hath  It  seemed  good  in 
thy  right 

J7  All  things  are  delivered  to  me  by  my  Father. 
And  no  one  knoweth  the  Son  but  the  Father:  neither 
doth  anv  one  know  the  Father,  but  the  Son,  and 
he  to  wborn  the  S>n  will  reveal  him. 

28  Come  to  me,  all  you   that  labour,  and  are 
I   laden,  and  I  will  refresh  \mi. 

29  Take  up  my  Vflfcevpea  vou.  and  learn  of  me, 
because  I  am  meek  and  humble  of  heart:  and  you 
shall  find  rest  to  your  souls. 

30  For  my  yoke  is  sweet,  and  my  burden  light. 

CHAP.  XII. 

Ckritt  rrprnret  the  hlintlnrt*  qf  the    Vharitee*,  anil  confute* 
their  attributing  hit  miracle*  to  Satan. 

AT  that  time  Jesus  went  through  the  corn  on 
the  sabbath-day :  and  his  disciples,  being  hun- 
gry, began  to  pluck  the  cars  of  corn,  and  to  cat. 


•  lit  it  EMu,  let.     Not  in  person,  but  in  spirit.     £■*»  L  1 7. 

14 


\nil  the  Pharisees,  seeing  tin  in,  said  to  him: 
Behold,  thy  diseiplex  do  that  which  is  not  lawful 
to  do  on  the  sahbath-daya. 

3  But  he  said  to  them:  Have  you  not  read  what 
David  did  when  he  was  hungry,  and  they  that  were 
with  him: 

4  How  he  entered  into  the  house  of  God,  and  did 
eat  the  loaves  of  proposition,!  whieji  it  was  not  law- 
ful for  him  to  eat,  nor  for  them  that  w  i  re  w  ith  him, 
but  for  the  priests  only  ? 

5  Or  have  ye  not  read  in  the  law,  how  that  on 
the  sabbath-days  the  priests  in  the  temple  hreak 
the  sabbath,  and  are  without  blame? 

6  But  I  tell  you  that  there  is  here  a  greater  than 
the  temple. 

7  And  if  you  knew  what  this  meaneth :  I  will 
have  mercy,  and  not  sacrifice:  you  would  never 
h a\e  Condemned  the  innocent. 

8  For  the  Son  of  man  is  Lord  even  of  the  sab- 
bath-day. 

9  And  when  he  was  departed  from  thence,  he 
came  into  the  synagogue. 

10  And  behold  there  was  a  man  who  had  his 
hand  withered,  and  they  asked  him,  saying:  Is  it 
lawful  to  heal  on  the  sabbath-days?  that  they 
might  accuse  him. 

11  But  he  said  to  them  :  What  man  shall  there 
be  among  you,  that  hath  one  sheep:  and  if  the 
same  fall  into  a  pit  on  the  sabbath-day,  will  he 
not  take  hold  on  it,  and  lift  it  up? 

12  How  much  better  is  a  man  than  a  sheep? 
Therefore  it  is  lawful  to  do  a  good  deed  on  the 
sabbath-day. 

13  Then  he  saith  to  the  man  :  Stretch  forth  thy 
band.  And  he  stretched  it  forth;  and  it  was  re- 
stored to  health  like  as  the  other. 

14  And  the  Pharisees,  going  out,  made  a  consult- 
ation against  him,  how  they  might  destroy  him. 

15  But  Jesus  knowing  it,  retired  from  thence : 
and  many  followed  him,  and  he  healed  them  all. 

16  And  he  charged  them  that  they  should  not 
make  him  known. 

17  That  the  word  might  l»e  fulfilled,  which  was 
spoken  by  Isaias  the  prophet,  Baying: 

18  Beliold  my  servant  whom  I  have  chosen,  my 
beloved  in  whom  my  soul  hath  been  well  pleased. 
I  will  put  my  Spirit  ujk>ii  him,  and  he  shall  show 
judgment  to  the  Gentiles. 

I!»  He  shall  not  contend,  nor  cry  out,  neither 
shall  anv  man  hear  his  voice  in  the  streets. 

20  The  bruised  reed  he  shall  not  break,  and 
smoking  flax  he  shall  not  extinguish:  till  he  send 
forth  judgment  unto  victory. 

21  And  in  his  name  the  Gentiles  shall  hope. 

22  Then  was  brought  unto  him  one  possessed 
with  a  devil,  blind  and  dumb  :  and  he  healed  him, 
so  that  he  both  spoke  and  saw. 

23  And  all  the  multitudes  were  amazed,  and 
said  :  Is  not  this  the  son  of  David  ? 


f  Tht  km—  s/snsutlsm.     So  were  called  the  twelre  loaves  whicl 
were  placed  before  the  sanctuary  in  the  temple  of  God. 


CHAP.  XIII. 


24  But  the  Pharisees  hearing  it,  said  :  This  man 
casteth  not  out  devils  but  by  Beelzebub  the  prince 
of  the  devils. 

25  And  Jesus  knowing  their  thoughts,  said  to 
them:  Every  kingdom  divided  against  itself  shall 
be  made  desolate:  and  every  city  or  house  divided 
against  itself  shall  not  stand. 

26  And  if  Satan  cast  out  Satan,  he  is  divided 
against  himself:  how  then  shall  his  kingdom  stand  ? 

27  And  if  I  by  Beelzebub  cast  out  devils,  by 
whom  do  your  children  cast  them  out?  Therefore 
they  shall  be  your  judges. 

28  But  if  I  by  the  Spirit  of  God  cast  out  devils, 
then  is  the  kingdom  of  God  come  unto  you. 

29  Or  how  can  any  one  enter  into  the  house  of  the 
strong  man,  and  rifle  his  goods,  unless  he  first  bind 
the  strong  man  ?  and  then  he  will  rifle  his  house. 

30  He  that  is  not  with  me,  is  against  me :  and 
he  that  gathereth  not  with  me,  scattercth. 

31  Therefore  I  say  to  you  :  Every  sin  and  blas- 
phemy shall  be  forgiven  men;  but  the  blasphemy 
against  the  Spirit*  shall  not  be  forgiven. 

32  And  whosoever  shall  speak  a  word  against 
Me  Son  of  man,  it  shall  be  forgiven  him:  but  he 
that  shall  speak  against  the  Holy  Ghost,  it  shall 
not  be  forgiven  him,  neither  in  this  world,  nor  in 
the  world  to  come.f 

33  Either  make  the  tree  good,  and  its  fruit  good : 
or  make  the  tree  evil,  and  its  fruit  evil:  for  by  the 
fruit  the  tree  is  known. 

34  O  generation  of  vipers,  how  can  you  speak 
good  things,  whereas  you  are  evil  ?  for  out  or  the 
abundance  of  the  heart,  the  mouth  speaketh. 

35  A  good  man,  out  of  a  good  treasure,  bringeth 
forth  good  things  :  and  an  evil  man,  out  of  an  evil 
treasure,  bringeth  forth  evil  things. 

36  But  I  say  unto  you,  that  every  idle  word  J 
that  men  shall  speak,  they  shall  render  an  account 
for  it  in  the  day  of  judgment. 

37  For  by  thy  words  thou  shalfc  be  justified ; 
and  by  thy  words  thou  shall  be  condemned. 

38  Then  some  of  the  scribes  and  Pharisees 
answered  him,  saying:  Master,  we  would  see  a 
sign§  from  thee. 

39  But  he  answering,  said  to  them :  An  evil 
and  adulterous  generation  seeketh  for  a  sign:  and 
a  sign  shall  not  be  given  it,  but  the  sign  of  Jonas 
the  prophet. 

40  For  as  Jonas  was  in  the  whale's  belly  three 
days  and  three  nights :  so  shall  the  Son  of  man 
be  in  the  heart  of  the  earth  three  days  and  three 
nights.ll 

41  The  men  of  Ninive  shall  rise  in  judgment 

*  The  blasphemy  against  the  Spirit.  The  sin  here  spoken  of  is  that 
blasphemy,  by  which  the  Pharisees  attributed  the  miracles  of  Christ, 
wrought  by  the  Spirit  of  God,  to  Beelzebub  the  prince  of  devils.  Now 
(lii-!  kind  of  sin  is  usually  accompanied  with  so  much  obstinacy,  and 
Buch  wilful  opposing  the  Spirit  of  God,  and  the  known  truth,  that  men 
who  are  guilty  of  it,  are  seldom  or  never  converted  ;  and  therefore  are 
never  forgiven,  because  they  will  not  repent.  Otherwise  there  is  no 
tin  which  God  cannot,  or  will  not  forgive  to  such  as  sincerely  repent, 
and  have  recourse  to  the  keys  of  the  church. 

f  Jfor  in  the  world  to  come.  From  these  words  St.  Augustine  (De  Civ. 
L  xxi.  c.  13.)  and  St.  Gregory  {Dialog,  iv.  c.  39.)  gather,  that  some  sins 
may  be  remitted  in  the  world  to  come :   and  consequently  that  there 

a.  purgatory  or  a  middle  place. 


with  this  generation,  and  shall  condemn  it:  because 
they  did  penance  at  the  preaching  of  Jonas:  and, 
behold,  a  greater  than  Jonas  is  here. 

42  The  queen  of  the  south  shall  rise  in  judg- 
ment with  this  generation,  and  shall  condemn  it : 
because  she  came  from  the  ends  of  the  earth  to 
hear  the  wisdom  of  Solomon  :  and,  behold,  a 
greater  than  Solomon  is  here. 

43  And  when  an  unclean  spirit  is  gone  out  of  a 
man,  he  walketh  through  dry  places,  seeketh  rest, 
and  findeth  none. 

44  Then  he  saith :  I  will  return  into  my  house 
from  whence  I  came  out.  And  coming  he  findeth 
it  empty,  swept,  and  garnished. 

45  Then  he  goeth,  and  taketh  with  him  seven 
other  spirits  more  wicked  than  himself;  and  they 
enter  in  and  dwell  there  :  and  the  last  state  of  that 
man  is  made  worse  than  the  first.  So  shall  it  be 
also  to  this  wicked  generation. 

46  As  he  was  yet  speaking  to  the  multitudes, 
behold,  his  mother  and  his  brethren  stood  without, 
seeking  to  speak  to  him. 

47  And  one  said  to  him :  Behold,  thy  mother 
and  thy  brethren  stand  without,  seeking  thee. 

48  But  he,  answering  him  that  told  him,  said : 
Who  is  my  mother,  1  and  who  are  my  brethren? 

49  And  stretching  forth  his  hand  towards  his 
disciples,  he  said :  Behold  my  mother  and  my 
brethren. 

50  For  whosoever  shall  do  the  will  of  my  Fa- 
ther who  is  in  heaven,  he  is  my  brother,  and  sis- 
ter, and  mother. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

The  parables  of  the  sower  of  the  cockle;  of  the  mus  tard  seed,  fyc. 

THE  same  day  Jesus  going  out  of  the  house, 
sat  by  the  sea  side. 

2  And  great  multitudes  were  gathered  together 
unto  him,  so  that  he  went  into  a  ship,  and  sat :  and 
all  the  multitudes  stood  on  the  shore. 

3  And  he  spoke  to  them  many  things  in  para- 
bles, saying !  Behold,  the  sower  went  forth  to  sow; 

4  And  whilst  he  soweth,  some  fell  by  the  way 
side :  and  the  birds  of  the  air  came  and  eat  them 
up. 

5  And  other  some  fell  upon  stony  ground,  where 
they  had  not  much  earth:  and  they  sprung  up 
immediately,  because  they  had  no  deepness  oi 
earth. 

6  And  when  the  sun  was  up,  they  were  scorch- 
ed :  and  because  they  had  not  root,  they  withered 
away. 

\  Every  idle  word.  This  shows  there  must  be  a  place  of  temporal 
punishment  hereafter,  where  these  slighter  faults  shall  be  punished. 

i  A  sign.     That  is,  a  miracle  from  heaven.     St.  Luke  xi.  v.  16. 

||  Three  days,  See.  Not  complete  days  and  nights  :  but  part  of  three 
days  and  three  nights,  taken  according  to  the  way  that  the  Hebrews 
counted  their  days  and  nights,  viz.  from  evening  to  evening. 

V  Who  is  my  mother  1  This  was  not  spoken  by  way  of  slighting  his 
mother,  but  to  show  that  we  are  never  to  suffer  ourselves  to  be  taken 
from  the  service  of  God,  by  an  inordinate  affection  to  our  earthly  pa- 
rents: and  that  which  our  Lord  chieffv  regarded  in  his  mother,  was 
her  doing  tiie  will  of  his  Father  in  heaven.  It  may  also  further  allude 
to  the  reprobation  of  the  Jews,  his  carnal  kindred,  and  the  election  of 
the  Gentiles. 

16 


»* 


MATTHEW. 


7  Ami  others  fell  among  thorns:  and  the  thorns 
pi  w  up  and  choked  them. 

8  And  oiliers  fell  ii|h>ii  good  ground,  and  they 
brought  forth  fruit,  some  a  hundred-told,  some 
si\t\-fold,  am!  some  thirty-fold. 

9  Hi   that  hath  ears  to  hear,  let  him  hear. 

10  And  his  disciples  came  and  said  to  him, 
\\  hy  siieakest  thou  to  them  in  parables  ? 

11  He  answered  and  said  to  them  :  Hecause  ti» 
Mm  it  is  given  to  know  the  mw,  ries  of  the  king- 
doin  of  heaven  :   hut  to  them  it  is  not  given. 

1  J  Tor  he  that  hath,  to  him  shall  lie  mai  hut 
he  that  hath  not,  from  him  shall  he  taken  away 
even  that  which  he  hath. 

13  Therefore  do  I  speak  to  them  in  parahles : 
Ixcause,  seeing  they  see  not,  and  hearing  lhe\ 
hear  not,  neither  do  they  understand. 

1  V  And  the  prophecy  of  Isaias  is  fulfilled  in 
them,  who  saith :  13y  bearing,  you  shall  hear,  and 
shall  not  understand  :  and  seeing  you  shall  see, 
and  shall  not  pcrceivi  . 

15  For  the  heart  of  this  people  is  grown  gross: 
and  with  their  ears  they  have  heen  dull  of  hearing, 
and  their  eyes  they  have  shut:  lest  at  any  time 
they  should  see  with  their  eyes,  and  hear  with 
their  ears,  and  understand  with  their  heart,  and 
should  he  converted,  and  I  should  heal  them. 

ltj  Hut  hlessed  are  your  eyes,  because  they  see, 
and  your  ears,  because  they  hear. 

17  Kor,  amen  I  say  to  >ou,  many  prophets  and 
just  nun  have  desired  to  see  the  things  that  you 
sec,  and  have  not  seen  them:  and  to  hear  the  things 
th.it  you  hear,  and  have  not  heard  them. 

I ::  I  [ear  sou,  therefore,  the  parable  of  the  sower: 

19  When  any  one  heareth  the  word  of  the  king- 
dom, and  understandeth  it  not,  then  cometh  the 
M  ieked  one  and  cateheth  away  that  which  was  sown 
in  his  heart:  this  is  he  that  received  the  seed  hy  the 

w  iv  side. 

20  And  he  who  received  the  seed  upon  stony 
ml.  is  he   thai   heareth  the  word,  and   imme- 
diately receiveth  it  with  joy. 

21  Yet  hath  he  not  root  in  himself,  hut  is  only  for 
a  time:   and  when  there  ariseth  tribulation  and  per 
sedition  because  of  the  word,  he  is  presently  scan- 
dalized. 

22  And  he  who  received  the  seed  among  the 
thorns,  is  he  that  heareth  the  word,  and  the  care  of 
this  world  and  the  deceitf illness  of  riches  chokcth 
up  the  word,  and  he  becometh  fruitless. 

23  lint  he  who  received  the  seed  into  good  ground, 
is  he  that  heareth  the  word,  and  understandeth  and 
1m  iretli  fruit,  and  yieldeth  one  a  hundred-fold,  and 
another  sixty",  and  another  thirty. 

24  Another  parable  be  pn>|>osed  to  them,  mying: 
The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  likened  to  a  man  that 
sow'  I  nood  seed  in  his  field. 

Hut  w  hile  men  were  asleep,  his  enemy  came. 
and  oversowed  cockle  among  the  wheat;  and  went 
his  a 

26    And   when   the   Made  was   sprung  up.   and 
brought  forth  fruit,  then  appeared  also  the  cockle. 
2/   Then  the  servants  of  the  master  of  the  house 

is 


came,  i ii> i  said  to  him:  Master,  didst  thou  not  sow 
good  seed  ill  thy  field?  from  whence  then  hath  it 
cockle? 

28  And  he  said  to  them:  An  enemy  hath  done 
this.  And  the  servants  said  to  him:  Wilt  thou  that 
we  go  and  gather  it  up? 

29  And  he  said:  No;  lest,  while  ye  gather  up 
the  cockle,  you  root  up  the  wheat  also  together 
with  it. 

30  Let  both  grow  until  the  harvest:  and  in  the 
time  of  the  harvest,  I  will  say  to  the  reapers  :  (lather 
up  first  the  cockle. and  hind  it  into  bundles  to  hum; 
but  gather  the  wheat  into  my  barn. 

31  Another  parable  he  proposed  to  them,  saving: 
The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  like  to  a  grain  of  mus- 
tard-seed, w  hich  a  man  took  and  sowed  in  his  field  : 

'»J  Which  indeed  is  the  least  of  all  seeds:  hut 
when  it  is  grownup)  it  is  greater  than  any  herbs, 
and  becometh  a  tree;  so  that  the  birds  of  the  air 
come,  and  dwell  in  the  branches  thereof: 

33  Another  parable  he  s|>oke  to  them :  The 
kingdom  of  heaven  is  like  to  leaven,  which  a  wo- 
man took  and  hid  in  three  measures  of  meal,  un- 
til) the  whole  was  leavened. 

34  All  these  things  Jesus  spoke  in  namhles  to 
the  multitudes:  and  without  parables  lie  did  not 
speak  to  them. 

35  That  the  word  might  be  fulfilled  which  was 
spoken  by  the  prophet,  Hying:  1  will  open  my 
mouth  in  parables  ■  |  will  otter  things  hidden  from 
the  foundation  of  the  world. 

36  Then  having  sent  away  the  multitudes,  he 
came  into  the  house;  and  his  disciples  came  to 
him,  sa\  ing:  Kxplain  to  us  the  parable  of  the  cockle 
of  the  field. 

37  He  made  answer,  and  said  to  them:  He  that 
soweth  the  good  seed,  is  the  Son  of  man. 

38  And  the  field  is  the  world.  And  the  good  teed 
are  the  children  of  the  kingdom,  and  the  cockle  are 
the  children  6T  the  wicked  one. 

39  And  the  enemy  that  sowed  them,  is  the  del  0. 
But  the  harvest  is  the  end  of  the  world.  And  the 
reapers  are  the  angels. 

40  Even  as  cockle,  therefore,  is  gathered  up, 
and  burnt  with  fire,  so  shall  it  be  at  the  end  of  the 
world. 

41  The  Son  of  man  shall  send  his  Amrels:  and 
they  shall  gather  OUt  of  his  kingdom  all  scandals, 
and  them  that  work  inicpiitv  j 

42  And  shall  cast  them  into  the  furnace  of  fire : 
there  shall  be  weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth. 

43  Then  shall  the  just  shine  as  ihe  sun,  in  the 
kingdom  of  their  Father.  He  that  hath  ears  to 
hear,  let  him  hear. 

44  The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  like  unto  a  treasure 
hidden  in  a  field:  which  when  a  man  hath  found, 
he  hideth,  and  for  joy  thereof  gocth,  and  selleth  all 
that  he  hath,  and  buyeth  that  field. 

45  Again,  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  like  to  a 
men  bant  seeking  good  pearls: 

46  Who,  when  he  had  found  one  pearl  of  great 
Price,  went  his  w;i>    and  sold  all  that  he  had,  and 

1  bought  it. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


47  Again,  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  like  to  a  net 
cast  into  the  sea,  and  gathering  together  of"  all  kind 
of  fishes: 

48  Which,  when  it  was  filled,  they  drew  out, 
and  sitting  by  the  shore,  they  chose  out  the  good 
into  vessels:  hut  the  bad  they  cast  forth. 

49  So  shall  it  be  at  the  end  of  the  world.  The 
Angels  shall  go  out,  and  shall  separate  the  wicked 
from  among  the  just, 

50  And  shall  cast  them  into  the  furnace  of  fire: 
(here  shall  be  weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth. 

51  Have  ve  understood  all  these  things?  They 
say  to  him :  Yea. 

52  He  said  unto  them :  Therefore  every  scribe, 
instructed  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  is  like  to  a 
master  of  a  house,  who  bringeth  forth  out  of  his 
treasure  new  things  and  old. 

53  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jesus  had  finish- 
ed these  parables,  he  departed  from  thence. 

54  And  coming  into  his  own  country,  he  taught 
them  in  their  synagogues,  so  that  they  wondered, 
and  said:  How  came  this  man  by  this  wisdom,  and 
these  mighty  works  ? 

55  Is  not  this  the  carpenter's  son  ?  Is  not  his 
mother  called  Mary  ?  and  his  brethren,*  James,  and 
Joseph,  and  Simon,  and  Judc? 

50  And  his  sisters,  are  they  not  all  with  us  ? 
Whence  then  hath  he  all  these  things  ? 

57  And  they  were  scandalized  in  his  regard.  But 
Jesus  said  to  them :  A  prophet  is  not  without  honour, 
save  in  his  own  country,  and  in  his  own  house. 

58  And  he  wrought  not  many  miracles  there, 
because  of  their  unbelief. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

Herod  puts  John  to  death.  Christ  feeds  five  thousand  in  the 
desert.  He  walks  upon  the  sea,  and  heals  all  the  diseased 
with  the  touch  of  his  garment. 

A  T  that  time  Herod  the  tetrarch  f  heard  of  the 
.tL  fame  of  Jesus  : 

2  And  he  said  to  his  servants:  This  is  John  the 
l«aptist;  he  is  risen  from  the  dead;  and  therefore 
mighty  works  show  forth  themselves  in  him. 

3  For  Herod  had  apprehended  John,  and  bound 
him,  and  put  him  in  prison,  because  of  Herodias, 
his  brother  s  wife. 

4  For  John  said  to  him:  It  is  not  lawful  for 
thee  to  have  her. 

5  And  when  he  would  have  put  him  to  death,  he 
feared  the  people :  because  they  esteemed  him.  as  a 
prophet. 

6  But  on  Herod's  birth  day,  the  daughter  of  He- 
rodias danced  before  them,  and  pleased  Herod. 

7  Whereupon  he  promised,  with  an  oath,  to  give 
her  whatsoever  she  would  ask  of  him. 

8  But  she,  being  instructed  before  by  her  mother, 
said :  Give  me  here  in  a  dish  the  head  of  John  the 
Baptist. 


*  llh  l  vAfM.  These  were  (lie  children  of  Jtfari/  the  wife  of  Cteophas, 
sister  to  -rjr  Kh.ssed  L©dy,  (Sfc  Matt,  xxviii.  56.  St.  John  xix.  25.) 
and  therefore,  •iccordop-  to  the  nptol  style  of  the  Scripture  they  were 
called  bre.  ire*,  t2\at  is,  *.•<»,-  rAit.v  <o  our  Saviour. 

C 


9  And  the  king  was  struck  sad:  yet  because  of 
his  oath,  and  for  them  that  sat  with  him  at  table, 
he  commanded  it  to  be  given  her. 

10  And  he  sent,  and  beheaded  John  in  the  prison. 

11  And  his  head  was  brought  in  a  dish:  and  it 
was  given  to  the  damsel :  and  she  brought  it  to  her 
mother. 

12  And  his  disciples  came  and  took  the  body,  and 
buried  it:  and  came  and  told  Jesus. 

13  Which  when  Jesus  had  heard,  he  retired  from 
thence  by  ship  into  a  desert  place  apart :  and  the 
people  haying  heard  of  it,  followed  him  on  foot  out 
of  the  cities. 

14  And  he  coming  forth  saw  a  great  multitude, 
and  had  compassion  on  them,  and  healed  their 
sick. 

1 5  And  when  it  was  evening,  his  disciples  came 
to  him,  saying:  This  is  a  desert  place,  and  the  hour 
is  now  past :  send  away  the  multitudes,  that  going 
into  the  town,  they  may  buy  themselves  victuals. 

16  But  Jesus  said  to  them:  They  have  no  need 
to  go :  give  you  them  to  eat. 

17  They  answered  him  :  We  have  here  but  five 
loaves  and.  two  fishes. 

18  He  said  to  them:  Bring  them  hither  to  me. 

19  And  when  they  had  commanded  the  multitude 
to  sit  down  upon  the  grass,  he  took  the  five  loaves 
and  the  two  fishes :  and  looking  up  to  heaven,  he 
blessed,  and  brake,  and  gave  the  loaves  to  his  dis- 
ciples, and  the  disciples  to  the  multitudes. 

20  And  they  did  all  eat,  and  were  filled.  And  they 
took  up  what  remained,  twelve  baskets  full  of  frag- 
ments. 

21  And  the  number  of  them  that  had  eaten,  was 
five  thousand  men,  besides  women  and  children. 

22  And  forthwith  Jesus  obligediiis  disciples  to 
get  up  into  the  ship,  and  to  go  before  him  over  the 
water,  while  he  sent  the  multitude  away. 

23  And  when  he  had  dismissed  the  multitude, 
he  went  up  into  a  mountain  alone  to  pray.  Ana 
when  the  evening  was  come  he  was  there  alone. 

24  But  the  ship  in  the  midst  of  the  sea  was  toss- 
ed with  the  waves :  for  the  wind  was  contrary. 

25  And  in  the  fourth  watch  of  the  night  he 
came  to  them  walking  upon  the  sea. 

26  And  when  they  saw  him  walking  on  the  sea, 
they  were  troubled,  saying :  It  is  an  apparition. 
And  they  cried  out  for  fear. 

27  And  immediately  Jesus  spoke  to  them,  say- 
ing :  Be  of  good  heart :  It  is  I ;  be  not  afraid. 

28  And  Peter  making  answer,  said  :  Lord,  if  it 
be  thou,  bid  me  come  to  thee  upon  the  waters. 

29  And  he  said:  Come.  And  Peter  going  down 
out  of  the  ship,  walked  upon  the  water  to  come  to 
Jesus. 

30  But  seeing  the  wind  strong,  he  was  afraid  : 
and  when  he  began  to  sink,  he  cried  out,  saying : 
Lord,  save  me. 

31  And  immediately  Jesus  stretching  forth  his 


+  Tetrarch.     This  word,  derived  from  the  Greek,  sipnirV-s  ,<ne  that 
rules  over  the  fourth  part  of  a  kingdom  :    as  Herod  then  r'ded  over 
Galilee,  which  wan  but  the  fourth  part  of  the  kingdom  of  his  fa 
then 

17 


ST.   MVITHFYV. 


hand,  took  hulil  of  lit  in  ami  said  to   him:   <)   thou 
of  little  faith,  whi  didst  umu  doubt  ? 

\n«l  wlitn  tin -,  wore  come  into  the  ship,  the 

wind  ceased. 

33  Then  they  that  were  m  die  ship  came  md 
worshipped  him,  saying:  Thoa  art  truij  the  Boa 
of  <  Soo. 

34  Ami  when  they  were   ^nii    over,   they  CUM 

into  the  country  of  Geneeer. 

35  Ami  when  the  men  of  that  place  had  know- 
ledge of  him,  they  sent  out  into  all  that  country, 
and  brought  to  him  all  that  were  diseased. 

36  And  thej  besought  him  that  they  might 
touch  hut  the  hem  of  his  garment.  And  as  iiiauv 
;i>  touched,  were  made  w  hole. 

CHAP.  XV 

Christ  reprores  the  serihrs.  He  rures  the  daughter  of  tlir  irit- 
man  of  Channun,  and  many  others;  and  J  evils  Jour  thousand 
with  seven  loaves. 

THEN  came  to  him  from  Jerusalem  scrihes 
and  Pharisees,  soring  ■ 

J  Why  do  thy  disciples  transgress  the  tradition 
of  the  ancients?  For  they  wash  not  their  hands 
when  they  eat  bread. 

.;  I'.nt  he  answering,  said  to  them:  Why  do 
you  also  transgress  the  commandment  of  God 
for  your  tradition?    For  God   said: 

i  Honour  thy  father  and  thy  mother :  And  he 
that  shall  curse  father  or  mother,  let  him  die  the 
death. 

5  Hut  you  say  :  Whosoever  shall  say  to  his  fa- 
ther or  mother.  *Thc  gift  whatsoever  proceeded) 
from  me.  shall  profit  thee. 

6  And  he  shall  not  honour  his  father  or  his  mo- 
ther:  ami  TOO  have  made  void  the  commandment 
of  CJod  for  your  tradition. 

7  re  hyi 
you,  s;(\iim 


7  Ye  hypocrites 


amtion. 
,  Well  hi 


ith  Isaias  prophesied  of 


!!  This  people  honoureth  me  with  their  lips: 
hut  their   heart   is   far  from   me. 

9  And  in  vain  do  they  worship  me,  teaching 
doctrines  and  commandments  of  men.f 

10  Ami  hat  ing  called  together  the  multitudes  un- 
to him.  lie  s:iid  to  them :  Near  ye.  and  understand. 

11  Not  that  which  goeth  into  t  the  mouth,  de- 
fileth  B  man:  hut  what  coimth  out  of  the  mouth, 
this  delileth  a  man. 


•  7V  rift.  *«     That  i«.  The  offrrine  that  I  shall  make  !■>  God,  «hall 
Ik-  instead  of  that  which  should  he  expend.-d  for  II, v  pnifil.     Thi*  tra- 
dition of  ill,-   Hiarinec*  was  calcul  iti  li  themsclre*  :   I 
ng  ebil  Iran  from  en  me  am  fn 
v  once  offered  to  am  temple  an. I  (!. 
bare  been  thr  Mipitort  of  their  parent*,     lint  thi>   wai  ■  i  ■■■  !ation  at 

the  law  of  God,  ami  of  nature,  whicl r  Saviour  here  condemn*. 

\  Cmmmtmdmtnts  of  men.      The  doctrine*  and  commandment*  here 
reprehended  are  »uch  a*  are  either  eimtrar\  to  the  I  >w  of  God  (a*  that 
of  nrr; lectins  parent*,  under  pretence  of  giving  to  God)  or  at  le: 
fnrolous.  unprofitahl' 
ofteo  washing  hand*,  tic.  wit). 
But  a*  to  (he  rule*  and  ordinance*  of 

festival*,  Ac.  theae  are  no  *ar  repmrnant  rreeahle   In 

holy  word,  and  all  Christian  r*  ount- 

ed  among  the  dstwhws  —U  rmmundmrnlt  of  mtn  .   I  ..-,  proceed 

MM  from  mere  batman  authority  ;  hut  from  that  which  Christ  hat  e»- 

IS 


1 1  Then  came  his  disciples,  and  s;iid  to  htm 
Dost  thou   know  that    the   Pharisees,   when  tluy 
heard  this  word,   were  scandalised? 

19  Hut  be  answering,  said :  Ever*  plant  which 

my    heavenlv     Father    hath    not    planted,   shall    be 

rooted  up. 

14  Let  them  alone:  they  are  Mind,  and  leaders 
of  the  Mind.  And  if  the  blind  lead  (he  liliml, 
both   fall    into  the   pit. 

15  \ml  Peter  ■nsweriag,  said  to  him:  Explain 
to  us  this  parable. 

16  Mut  he  said:  Are  you  also  yet  without  un- 
derstanding ? 

17  Da  yon  not  understand,  that  whatsoever  en- 
tcrcth  into  the  mouth  EOeth  into  the  belly,  and  is 
cast  out  into  the  pri\  J  : 

18  But  the  things  which  proceed  out  of  the 
mouth,  come  forth  from  the  heart  :  and  n*J0M 
things    defile  a   man. 

1!»  For  out  of  the  heart  proceed  evil  thoughts, 
murders,  adulteries,  fornications,  thefts,  false  testi- 
monies, blasphemies. 

20  These  are  the  things  that  defile  a  man.  But 
to  eat  with  unwashed  hands  doth  not  defile  a  man. 

21  And  •Jesus  went  from  thence,  and  departed 
into  the  confines  of  Tyre  and  Sidon. 

I  Ami  behold,  a  woman  of  Chanaan  w  ho  came 
out  of  those  parts,  crying  out,  said  to  him  :  Have 
mercy  on  me,  O  Lord,  thou  Son  of  David:  my 
daughter  is  gnevouslv  troubled  by  a  devil. 

23  But  he  answered  her  not  a  word.  And  his 
disciples  came  and  besought  him,  saying:  .Send 
her  away,  for  she  crieth  alter  US. 

21-  And  he  answering,  said:  I  w  as  not  sent  but 
to  the  sheep  that  are  lost  of  the  house  of  Israel. 

25  But  she  came  ami  worshipped  him,  saving: 
I. old,  help  me. 

26  But  he  answered,  and  said:  It  is  not  ttotxl 
to  lake  the  bread  of  the  children,  and  to  cast  it  to 

the  do^s. 

11  Ami  she  said:  Yea,  Ford:  for  the  whelps 
aNo  eat  of  the  crumbs  that    fall  from  the  table  of 

their  masters. 

28  Then  Jesus  answ  erini:.  said  to  her:  < )  woman, 
great  is  thv  faith  :  be  it  done  to  thee  as  thou  wilt. 
And  her  daughter  w  as  cured  from  that  hour. 

29  Ami  when  Jesus  had  departed  from  thence, 
he  came  nigh  'he  sea  of  Galilee:  ami  going  up 

into  a  mountain,  he  sat  there. 


tahlpdied  in  hi* Church  :  wboae  pa*tor*  be  ha*  commanded  n«  tobea. 
and  obcr,  even  as  himwlf.     St.  /,«**  x.  16.  St.  Mail.  \\  in.  17. 

J  .Vol  thai  tckiek  xorlk  into,  l(C     No  uncleanne**  in  meat,  nor  any  dirt 
•  itinjf  it   with  unwa»hed  hand*,  can  defile  the  »oul ; 
•t  to  the  ordinance  and  will 
•'<•■.!.       \iiil  than,  when  .Ham  took  the  forbidden   fnnt,  it  wa*    not 
the  apple,  which  entered  into  the  mouth,  hut  i  lie  disobedient  c  to  the 
law  of  God  filed  hun.     The  name  i«  to  he  *aid  if  a  Jew.  in 

the  time  of  the  old  law.  had  eaten  swim  \  it.  -li  .   ..r  I  I  coo- 

vert,  in  the  day*  of  the  Aportles,  contrart   to  tl>eir  ordinance,  bad 
eatenhr--1  '  fn  I  at  present  nhoold  transfrea*  the 

ordinal  i  <    of  OodHCb«rak,by   hreakine  the  fa«ts  :    for  in  all  th. 
case*  tin-  soul  would  l>e  defth  d  ;  not  tnAtai  fan  lliat  whi< -h  tn>eth  i 
(he  inoutli ;    hut  l.v   the  di*obedience  of  the  heart,  in  wiliully 
|rrea*intr  (he  ordinance  of  God,  or  of  those  who  hare  their  authority 
from  him. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


30  And  there  came  to  him  great  multitudes, 
having  with  them  the  dumb,  the  blind,  the  lame, 

the  maimed,  and  many  others  :   and  they  cast  them 
down  at  his  feet,  and  he  healed  them : 

31  So  that  the  multitude  wondered,  seeing  the 
dumh  speak,  the  lame  walk,  the  blind  see :  and 
they  glorified  the  God  of  Israel. 

32  Then  Jesus  called  together  his  disciples,  and 
said :  I  have  compassion  on  the  multitudes,  be- 
cause they  continue  with  me  now  three  days,  and 
have  nothing  to  eat :  and  1  will  not  send  them  away 
lasting,  lest  they  taint  in  the  way. 

33  And  the  disciples  say  unto  him  :  Whence 
then  should  we  have  so  many  loaves  in  the  desert, 
as  to  fill  so  great  a  multitude  ? 

34  And  Jesus  said  to  them  :  How  many  loaves 
have  you?  But  they  said :  Seven,  and  a  few  little 
fishes. 

36  And  he  commanded  the  multitude  to  sit 
down  on  the  ground. 

36  And  taking  the  seven  loaves  and  the  fishes, 
and  giving  thanks,  he  brake,  and  gave  to  his  dis- 
ciples ;  and  the  disciples  gave  to  the  people. 

37  And  they  did  all  eat,  and  had  their  fill.  And 
they  took  up  seven  baskets  full,  of  what  remained 
of  the  fragments. 

38  And  they  that  did  eat  were  four  thousand 
men,  beside  children  and  women. 

39  And  having  sent  away  the  multitude,  he  took 
ship,  and  came  into  the  coasts  of  Magedan. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

Christ  refuses  to  show  the  Pharisees  a  sign  from  heaven.  Pe- 
ter's confession  is  reiearded.  He  is  rebuked  for  opposing 
Christ's  passion.     All  his  followers  must  deny  themselves. 

AND  there  came  to  him  the  Pharisees  and  Sad- 
ducees,    tempting :  and  they  asked  him   to 
show  them  a  sign  from  heaven. 

2  But  he  answered,  and  said  to  them  :  When  it 
is  evening,  you  say :  It  will  be  fair  weather,  for 
the  sky  is  red. 

3  And  in  the  morning :  To-day  there  will  be  a 
storm,  for  the  sky  is  red  and  lowering. 

4  You  know,  then,  how  to  discern  the  face  of 
the  sky :  and  can  you  not  know  the  signs  of  the 
times  r  A  wicked  and  adulterous  generation  seek- 
eth  after  a  sign :  and  a  sign  shall  not  be  given  it, 
but  the  sign  of  Jonas  the  prophet.  And  he  left 
them,  and  went  away. 


*  Thou  art  Peter,  Sfc.  As  St  Peter,  by  divine  revelation,  here  made 
a  solemn  profession  of  his  faith  of  the  divinity  of  Christ ;  so,  in  recom- 
pense of  this  faith  and  profession,  our  Lord  here  declares  to  him  the 
dignity  to  which  he  is  pleased  to  raise  him,  viz.  That  he,  to  whom  he 
had  already  given  the  name  of  Peter,  signifying  a  rock,  St.  John  i.  42. 
should  be  a  rock  indeed,  of  invincible  strength,  for  the  support  of  the 
building-  of  the  church ;  in  which  building  he  should  be,  next  to 
Christ  himself,  the  chief  foundation-stone,  in  quality  of  chief  pastor, 
ruler,  and  governor;  and  should  have,  accordingly,  all  fulness  of 
cc<  lesiastical  power,  signified  by  the  keys  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 
)■  Upon  this  rock,  fyc.  The  words  of  Chiist  to  Peter,  spoken  in  the 
vulgar  language  of  the  Jews,  which  our  Lord  made  use  of,  were  the 
game  a."  if  he  had  said  in  English,  Thou  art  a  rock,  and  upon  this  rock  I 
vill  build  my  church.  So  that,  by  the  plain  course  of  the  words,  Peter 
i*  here  declared  to  be  the  rock,  upon  which  the  church  was  to  be 


5  And  when  his  disciples  were  come  over  the 
water,  they  had  forgotten  to  take  bread. 

6  And  he  said  to  them :  Take  heed  and  be- 
ware of  the  leaven  of  the  Pharisees  and  of  the 
Sadducees. 

7  But  they  thought  within  themselves,  saying : 
Because  we  have  taken  no  bread. 

8  And  Jesus  knowing  it,  said :  Why  do  you 
think  within  yourselves,  O  ye  of  littJe  faith,  be- 
cause you  have  no  bread  ? 

9  Do  you  not  yet  understand,  neither  do  you  re- 
member the  five  loaves,  among  the  five  thousand 
men,  and  how  many  baskets  you  took  up  ? 

10  Nor  the  seven  loaves  among  the  four  thou- 
sand men,  and  how  many  baskets  you  took  up  ? 

1 1  Why  do  you  not  understand  that  it  was  not 
concerning  bread  I  said  to  you  :  Beware  of  the  lea- 
ven of  the  Pharisees  and  of  the  Sadducees  ? 

12  Then  they  understood  that  he  said  not  that 
they  should  beware  of  the  leaven  of  bread,  but  of 
the  doctrine  of  the  Pharisees  and  of  the  Sadducees. 

13  And  Jesus  came  into  the  confines  of  Cesarea 
Philippi :  and  he  asked  his  disciples,  saying:  Whom 
do  men  say  that  the  Son  of  man  is  ? 

14  And  they  said:  Some  say  that  thou  art  John 
the  Baptist,  and  others  Elias,  and  others  Jeremias, 
or  one  of  the  prophets. 

15  He  saith  to  them :  But  whom  do  you  say  that 
I  am  ? 

16  Simon  Peter  answering,  said :  Thou  art  Christ, 
the  Son  of  the  living  God. 

17  And  Jesus  answering,  said  to  him:  Blessed 
art  thou,  Simon  Bar-jona :  because  flesh  and  blood 
hath  not  revealed  it  to  thee,  but  my  Father  who  is 
in  heaven. 

18  And  I  say. to  thee:  That  thou  art  Peter,* 
and  upon  this  rockf  I  will  build  my  church  ;  and 
the  gates  of  hell  J  shall  not  prevail  against  it. 

19  And  I  will  give  to  thee  the  keys  of  the  king- 
dom of  heaven:  And  whatsoever  thou  shalt  bind 
upon  earth,  it  shall  be  bound  also  in  heaven:  and 
whatsoever  thou  shalt  loose  upon  earth,§  it  shall  be 
loosed  also  in  heaven. 

20  Then  he  charged  his  disciples,  that  they 
should  tell  no  one  that  he  was  Jesus  the  Christ. 

21  From  that  time  forth  Jesus  began  to  show  to 
his  disciples,  that  he  must  go  to  Jerusalem,  and  suf- 
fer many  things  from  the  ancients  and  the  scribes 
and  the  chief  priests,  and  be  put  to  death,  and  the 
third  day  rise  again. 


built;  Christ  himself  being  both  the  principal  foundation  and  founder 
of  the  same.  Where  also  note,  that  Christ,  by  building  his  house, 
that  is,  his  church,  upon  a  rock,  has  thereby  secured  it  against  all 
storms  and  floods,  like  the  wise  builder,  St.  Malt.  vii.  24,  25. 

X  The  gates  of  hell,  fyc.  That  is,  the  powers  of  darkness,  and  what- 
ever Satan  can  do,  either  by  himself,  or  his  agents.  For  as  the  church 
is  here  likened  to  a  house,  or  fortress  built  on  a  rock ;  so  the  adverse 
powters  are  likened  to  a  contrary  house  or  fortress,  the  gates  of  which, 
t.  e.  the  whole  strength,  and  all  the  efforts  it  can  make,  will  never  be 
able  to  prevail  over  the  city  or  church  of  Chiist.  By  this  promise  we 
are  fully  assured,  that  neither  idolatry,  heresy,  nor  any  pernicious  er- 
ror whatsoever,  shall  at  any  time  prevail  over  the  church  of  Christ. 

}  Loose  upon  earth.  The  loosing  the  bands  of  temporal  punishments 
due  to  sins,  is  called  an  indulgence ;  the  power  of  wfcith  is  her* 
granted 

10 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


?2  And  Piter  taking  liiin,*  begM  tl>  rebuke 
him.  s;i\in_:    Lord,  be  it  t.ir  lrom  thee;    this  shall 

not  In-  unto  thee. 

23  Hut  he,  taming,  said  to  Paler:  (i<>  after  me, 
Satan,  thou  art  a  scandal  unto  me  '  because  thou 
dust  not  relish  the  tiling  that  are  of (iod,  lint  the 
things  thai  are  of  men. 

1'in  n  .It  mis  >;iid  to  his  diacinles:  I  fan)  man 
will  etime  after  me,  h  t  him  deny  himself,  and  take 
up  his  cross,  and  follow  me. 

J/>  Foi  \\hoso.\er  will  save  his  life,  shall  lose  it: 
and  he  that  shall  lose  his  life  lor  my  sake,  shall 
find  it. 

26  For  what  doth  it  profit  a  man,  if  he  cam  the 
w  hole  world,  and  lost  his  own  soul?  Or,  what  shall 
a  man  rive  in  exchange  for  his  soul? 

the  Son  of  man   shall  come  in  the  glory 
of  his   lather  with  his    Angels:   and    then  will  he 

render  td  even  man  according  to  his  works. 

\  in.  u  I  sis  to  you,  tin  re  are  some  of  them 
Standing  here,  w  ho  shall  not  taste  death,  til!  the\  *  | 
the  Son  of  man  coming  in  his  kingdom. 

CHAP.  XVII. 

The  tran.ifigurnt«m  of  Chritt :    lie  mm  the  lunntick  child: 
ii  U  hit  position :  ami  payt  the  didrachma. 

AND  after  six  rlavs,  J<  'Stis  takcth  unto  him  Peter 
and  .lames,  and  John  his  brother,  and  bringeth 
them  up  into  a  high  mountain  apart. 

2  And  he  w  as  transfigured  before  them.  And  his 
face  did  shine  as  the  sun:  and  his  garments  be- 
came white  as  snow  . 

3  And,  behold,  there  appeared  to  them  Moses, 
and  Klias  talking  w  ith  him. 

4  Then  Peter,  answering,  said  to  .Icsiis:    Lord, 

it  is  good  for  an  to  be  aeri  :  if  thoo  wilt,  let  us  make 

here  three   talnrnat  h  s.  one  for  thee,   and  one  for 
Moses,  and  one  for  Klias. 

i  \ntl  as  he  was  \ i-i  spcakinc,  behold,  a  bright 
clout  1  overshadowed  them.  And,  behold,  a  voice  out 
of  the  cloud,  saying :  This  is  my  beloved  Son,  in 
whom  I  am  well  pleased:   hear  ye  him. 

6  \nd  the  disciples  hearing,  tell  upon  their  face, 
and  were  rerjf  much  afraid. 

7  And  JesOS Came,  and  touched  them;  and  said 
to  them  :     \risc.  ami  be  not  afraid. 

8  And  when  the?  lifted  up  their  eyes,  they  saw 
no  man.  but  onlj 

9  Ami  as  the}  came  down  from  the  mountain, 
Jesus  charged  them.  Baring:  Till  the  \ision  to 
no  man.  till  the  Son  of  man  be  rJaafl  lrom  the 
dead. 

10  X lit  1   his   disciples  asked    him.  MQ  bag  :    Why 

*Jhd  PHtr  labaf  Mm.     That  is,  taking  him  aside,  nut  of  a  trader 
lore,  respect,  mnd  zeal  for  his  \mn\  ami   Master**  honour,  brir.tn  la 
ripoatukilr  with  turn.  i»  it  were  tn  rebuke  him,  »a\  inp,  tx>nl,  far  be 
it  from  thee  to  suffer  drath     hut  tttt  Lord  aaid  to  Pi 
sV*.  8s*—.     The**  words  mar  sif^iifv,  heRoae  f  sjl  il„- 

ton  expound  th-  I  'o»w  t/lrr  sv,    t.  f<4W 

•v  .    sad  by  these  words  the  l<ord  would  hare  1'  'it  in 

•is  suffering,  and  not  to  oppose  the  tin  \    contradi< 


then   do   the   serilies   say    that    Klias    must   come 

li.sf 

II  Hut  he  answering,  said  to  them:  Klias  indeed 
shall  come,  and  restore  all  things. 

I  J  Hut  I  s;(\  to  Mm,  that  Klias  is  already  come; 
and  tin  \  knew  him  not,  but  have  done  unto  him 
whatsoever  they  had  a  mind.  So  also  the  Son  of 
man  shall  sutler  from  them. 

I>  Then  the  disciples  understood  that  he  had 
spoken  to  them  of  John  the  Baptist 

II  And  when    he   was  come   to  the   multitude, 
there  came  to  him  a  man  falling  down  on  his  kn 
before    him.   Baring:     Lord,  have  pity  on  my  son; 
for  In   is  lunntick.  and  stilli  nth  much;  for  he  falleth 
often  into  the  lire,  and  often  into  the  water. 

15  And  I  brought  him  to  thy  disciples;  and  they 
could  not  cure  him. 

1(>  And  Jesus  answ  cred,  and  said:    <  >  unbelieving 

and  perverse  generation,  how  bag  shall  I  Ik-  with 
vtiu  ?  how  long  shall  1  stiller  your  Bring  him  hither 
to  me. 

17  And  Jesus  rebuked  him;  and  the  tlt-vil  went 
out  of  him  :   and  the  child  was  cured  from  that  hour. 

18  Then  came  the  disciples  to  Jeans  sacratly«s 

and  said:  \Yh\  could  not  WS  cast  him  out  ? 

19  Jesus  said  to  them:  Hi-cause  of  \our  unbe- 
lief: for.  amen  I  say  to  you,  if  \ou  have  faith  as  a 
pan  of  inustard-sccd.t  you  shall  sav  to  this  motiti 
tain:  Remove  from  hence  to  yonder  plat  e  ;  audi1 
shall  remoM':  and  nothing  shall  oc  unposrihk  t< 
you. 

20  Hut  this  kind  is  not  east  out  but  by  prayei 
and  fasting. 

21  And  while  thev  abode  together  in  Galil  e, 
Jesus  said  to  them:  The  Son  of  man  shall  be  be- 
trnved  into  the  hands  <>f  men  : 

22  And  they  shall  kill  him:  and  the  third  day 
he  shall  rise  agaia.  And  they  were  troubled  ex- 
ceedingly. 

23  And  when  they  were  come  to  ('apharnaiim, 
thev  that  received  the  didraclnna.t  came  to  Peter, 
and  said  to  him:  Doth  not  your  master  pay  the  di- 
drachma? 

24  He  said:  Yes.  And  when  ht  was  come  into 
the  house.  Jesus  prevented  him.  SSI  hag  !  What  is  thy 
opinion.  Simon  -  Of  w  liom  do  the  k'ums  of  the  earth 
take  trilMite  or  custom.'  of  tin  ir  ow  u  children,  or  of 
strangers? 

i  lad  be  said:  Ofatrangers.    Jesus  said  to  him: 
Then  the  children  are  fri 

I    Hut    thai    ue   may    not   scandalize   them,   go 
thou  to  the  sea.  and  cast    in  a  hook,   and   that    fish 
which  shall    first    come    up,    take:    and   when  thou 
hast    opened    its    mouth,    thou    shalt    find  a    staler 
take  that,  and  give  it  to  them  for  DM  and  thee. 


for  the  word  Scum  means  in  Hebrew  an  adrrrssry,  or  one  that  op 
|xwr>. 

j.lu  grata  s/amstarsVaced.  That  is,  a  perft-rt  faith  ;  which,  in  its 
properties,  and  its  ftuiu,  resembles  the  grain  of  mustard-seed  in  the 
parable,  chap.  xii.  31. 

t  TV  rfidrarama.  A  dMrs'Snui  was  half  a  sWUr,  or  half  a  sfattVr  i  thai 
is,  about  I VI.  Kn:-listi :  which  was  a  tax  laid  upon  every  head  for  lb* 
service  of  the  temple. 


CHAP.  XVIII. 


CHAP.  XVIII. 


Christ  teacheg  humility  ;  to  beware  of  scandal ;  and  to  fire  the 
occasions  of  sin  ,•  to  denounce  to  the  chunk  incorrigible  sin- 
nen,  and  to  look  upon  siic/i  as  refuse  to  hear  the  church  as 
heathens.  He  promises  to  his  iliseipLs  the  power  of  binding 
and  tooting  :  and  that  he  mill  he  in  the  midst  of  their  assem- 
blies.    No  forgiveness  for  them  that  will  not  forgive. 

AT  that  hour  the  disciples  came  to  Jesus,  savins: 
Who,  thinkest  thou,  is  the  greatest  in  the  king- 
dom of  heaven ? 

2  And  Jesus  calling  unto  him  a  little  child,  set 
him  in  the  midst  of  them, 

3  And  said :  Amen  I  say  unto  you,  unless  you  be 
converted,  and  become  as  little  children,  you  shall 
not  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

4  Whosoever,  therefore,  shall  humble  himself  as 
this  little  child,  he  is  the  greatest  in  the  kingdom 
of  heaven. 

5  And  he  that  shall  receive  one  such  little  child 
in  my  name,  receiveth  me. 

6  But  he  that  shall  scandalize*  one  of  these  little 
ones  that  believe  in  me,  it  were  better  for  him  that 
a  mill-stone  were  hanged  about  his  neck,  and  that 
he  were  drowned  in  the  depth  of  the  sea. 

7  Wo  to  the  world  because  of  scandals.  For  it 
must  needs  bef  that  scandals  come:  nevertheless 
wo  to  that  man  by  whom  the  scandal  cometh. 

8  And  if  thy  hand,  or  thy  foot,  scandalize  thee,f 
cut  it  off,  and  cast  it  from  thee.  It  is  better  for  thee 
to  enter  into  life  maimed  or  lame,  than,  having  two 
hands  or  two  feet,  to  be  cast  into  everlasting  fire. 

9  And  if  thy  eye  scandalize  thee,  pluck  it  out, 
and  cast  it  from  thee.  It  is  better  for  thee  with  one 
eye  to  enter  into  life,  than,  having  two  eyes,  to  be 
cast  into  hell-fire. 

10  Take  heed  that  you  despise  not  one  of  these 
little  ones:  for  I  say  to  you,  that  their  Angels  in 
heaven  always  see  the  face  of  my  Father  who  is  in 
heaven. 

1 1  For  the  Son  of  man  is  come  to  save  that 
which  was  lost. 

12  What  think  you?  If  a  man  have  a  hundred 
sheep,  and  one  of  them  should  go  astray  ;  doth  he 
not  leave  the  ninety-nine  in  tbe  mountains,  and 
goeth  to  seek  that  which  is  gone  astray? 

13  And  if  it  so  be  that  he  find  it,  amen  I  say  to 
you,  he  rejoiceth  more  for  that  than  for  the  ninety- 
nine  that  went  not  astray. 

14  Even  so  it  is  not  the  will  of  your  Father,  who 
is  in  heaven,  that  one  of  these  little  ones  should 
perish. 

15  But  if  thy  brother  shall  offend  thee,  go,  and 
reprove  him  between  thee  and  him  alone.  If  he 
shall  hear  thee,  thou  shaft  gain  thy  brother. 

16  But  if  he  will  not  hear  thee,  take  with  thee 
one  or  two  more,  that  in  the  mouth  of  two  or 
three  witnesses  every  word  may  stand. 


*  Shall  scandalize.     Ttiat  is,  shall  put  a  stumbling-block  in  their  way, 
and  canae  them  to  fall  into  sin. 

f  /(  must  needs  be,  tfc.    Viz.  considering  the  wickedness  and  corrup- 
tion of  the  world. 

\  Scandalize  thee.     That  is,  cause  thee  to  offend. 

♦  There  am  I  in  the   midst  nf  them.      This  is  understood  of  such 
assemblies  only,  as  are  gathered  in   the   name   and  authority  of 


17  And  if  he  will  not  hear  them,  tell  the  church. 
And  if  he  will  not  hear  the  church,  let  him  be  to 
thee  as  the  heathen  and  the  publican. 

18  Amen  I  say  to  you,  whatsoever  you  shall 
hind  upon  earth,  shall  be  bound  also  in  beaten: 
and  w  hatsoever  you  shall  loose  upon  earth,  shall 
be  loosed  also  in  heaven. 

19  Again  I  say  to  you,  that  if  two  of  you  shall 
agree  upon  earth,  concerning  anything  whatsoever 
they  shall  ask,  it  shall  be  done  for  them  by  my 
Father  who  is  in  heaven. 

20  For  where  there  are  two  or  three  gathered 
together  in  my  name,  there  am  I  in  the  midst  of 
them.§ 

21  Then  Peter  came  unto  him,  and  said  :  Lord, 
how  often  shall  my  brother  offend  against  me,  and 
I  forgive  him?  till  seven  times? 

22  Jesus  said  to  him :  I  say  not  to  thee,  till 
seven  times;  but  till  seventy  times  seven. 

23  Therefore  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven  likened 
to  a  king,  who  would  take  an  account  of  his  servants. 

24  And  when  he  had  begun  to  take  the  ac- 
count, one  was  brought  to  him  that  owed  him 
ten  thousand  talents.  || 

23  And  as  he  had  not  wherewith  to  pay  it,  his 
lord  commanded  that  he  should  be  sold,  and  his 
wife  and  children,  and  all  that  he  had,  and  pay- 
ment to  be  made. 

26  But  that  servant  falling  down,  besought  him, 
saying :  Have  patience  with  me,  and  I  will  pay 
thee  all. 

27  And  the  lord  of  that  servant,  being  moved 
with  compassion,  let  him  go,  and  forgave  him 
the  debt. 

28  But  when  that  servant  was  gone  out,  h  s 
found  one  of  his  fellow-servants  that  owed  him  a 
hundred  pence,1T  and  laying  hold  of  him,  he  throt- 
tled him, saying  :  Pay  what  thou  owest. 

29  And  his  fellow  servant,  falling  down,  be- 
sought him,  saying :  Have  patience  with  me,  and 
I  will  pay  thee  all. 

30  And  he  would  not :  but  went  and  cast  him 
into  prison,  till  he  should  pay  the  debt. 

31  Now  his  fellow-servants  seeing  what  Mas 
done,  were  very  much  grieved :  and  they  came, 
and  told  their  lord  all  that  was  done. 

32  Then  his  lord  called  him,  and  said  to  him  : 
Thou  wicked  servant,  I  forgave  thee  all  the  debt, 
because  thou  besoughtest  me. 

33  Shouldest  not  thou  then  have  had  compas 
sion   also  on  thy  fellow-servant,    even  as   I    had 
compassion  on  thee? 

34  And  his  lord  being  angry,  delivered  him  to 
the  torturers,  until  he  should  pay  all  the  debt. 

35  So  also  shall  my  heavenly  Father  do  to  you, 
if  you  forgive  not  every  one  his  brother  from  your 
hearts. 

Christ,  and  in  unity  of  the  church  of  Christ.  St.  Cyprian  it  Unilale 
Ecclesifc. 

||  Talents.  A  talent  was  seven  hundred  and  fifty  ounces  of  silver, 
which,  at  the  rate  of  five  shillings  to  the  ounce,  is  a  hundred  and 
eighty  seven  pounds  ten  shillings  sterling. 

T  Pence.  The  Roman  penny  was  the  eighth  part  of  an  ounce,  that 
is,  about  seven  pence  half  penny  English. 


ST.  MATTIir.W. 


(  II  LP.  XIX. 

Christ  declare*  matrimonii  to  be  imlisstduble  ;  he  recommrnd* 
the  making  one's  trlf  an  eunuch  fur  the  kingdom  of  heart  1 1 
an  rilh  u/l  i  iim.      II.  shtues  the  dangt 

riehex,  ami  Ihr  n  irnrd  ;t  /<  aring  till  to  foliate  him. 

AND    it   came   to  pass,  when  .It  mis  had  ended 
these  words,  he  departed  from  Galilee, and 

(aim-    into  the  confines  of  Judea   bejood   tin-  Jor- 
dan. 

\nd   sreat  multitudes  followed  him:  and  he 
h.  alid  them  there. 

3  And  the  Pharisees  came  to  him.  tempting  him, 
and  sav  in«  :  Is  it  law  ltd  for  a  man  to  put  away  his 
w  He  lor  ever]  caw 

\  \nd  In-  answered,  and  said  to  them  :  Have  ye 
not  read,  that  he  who  made  man  in  the  l>cginning, 
made  thnn  male  and  female.'  And  he  said: 

.')  I  in  this  eanse  shall  a  man  leave  father  and 
■Bother,  and  shall  cleave  unto  his  wife:  and  they 
two  shall  Im-  in  one  in  flesh. 

(I  Wherefore  they  are  no  more  two  but  one  flesh. 
What  therefore  God  hath  joined  together,  let  not 
man  iml  a-under. 

7  They  say  to  him  :  Why  then  did  Moses  com- 
mand to  ^i\e  a  hill  of  divorce,  and  to  put  away  ? 


Mosesj  because  of  the 
hearts,  permitted  you  to  put 
hut  from  the  beginning  it  was 


8  He    saith    to  them 

batdaeai  of  your 

away  your  wives : 
not  so. 

9  And  I  say  to  you.  Whosoever  shall  put  awav 
his  wile  except  it  be*  for  fornication,  and  shall 
Starry  another,  eommitteth  adultery:  and  he  who 
shall  marry  her  that  is  put  away,  eommitteth 
adultery. 

10  flis  disciplea  say  unto  him  :  If  the  case  of  a 
man  with  his  wife  be  BO,  it  IB  not  good  to  marry. 

11  lie  said  to  them  :  All  receive  not  this  word,t 
hut  they  to  whom  it   is  given. 

1  J  I  in  there  are  eunuchs,  f  who  were  born  so 
from  their  motlni'-  womb:  and  there  are  eunuch-., 
who  were  made  BO  l>v  nun:  and  there  are  eunuchs, 
who  hare  made  themselves  eunuchs  for  the  king- 
dom of  heaven's  sake.  He  that  can  receive  t/, 
let  him  receive  it' 

13  Then  wire  little  children  presented  to  him, 
that  he  should  lay  his  hand-  upon  them,  and  pray. 
And  the  disciplea  relinked  them. 

14  Mut  Jesus  said  to  them:  Suller  the  little  chil- 
dren, and  forbid  them  not  to  come  to  me:  for  the 
kingdom  Of  heaven  is  for  such. 

16  And  when  he  had  laid  his  hands  ujkhi  tin  in. 
In    ill  parted  thence. 

16  And,  behold,   one   came,   and    said   to   him: 
■i|    master,   what    BJpjQd    shall  I   do,   that    I    mav 

have  life  <  \ i  il.i-tin 

17  And  he  said  to  him:    Why   askest    thou   me 


•   trrrpt  it  W,  If*.      In  the  Case  of  fofuir  .  '    i«.  Of  Mfallrri. 

the  win-  m  n  be  put  swai     but  eren  then  the  husband  cannot  mam 
toother  M  I'Mif  a*  Ihr  wi'fr  i»  tiring*. 

HI  rrrrtrt  nrt  thii  wrd.     That  is,  All  receive  not  the  gift  of  lit  in? 
•inrlr  and  chattel)  nnd-u  theT  prar  for  the  grace  of  Ood  to  enable 

maV  be  necessary  to  that  end  to  bat 
a*  well  as  pray  :  and  to  those  it  is  riven  from  aborts 


concerning  good?    One  18  uood,  God.      Hut  if  thou 
wilt  enter  into  lite,  keep  the  commandments. 

15?  He  saith  to  him:  Which-  And  Jesus  said: 
Thou  shah  do  no  murder  :  Thou  shall  not  commit 
adultery :  Thou  shah  not  steal :  Thou  shah  not  beat 
false  w  iiness: 

^  19    Honour   thy    father  and   thy    mother:    and, 
Thou  shah  love  thy  neighbour  as  thyself. 

20  Tin  young  man  saith  to  him  :  All  these  have  I 
kept  from  my  youth:  what  is  vet  wanting  ton* 

21  Jesus  saith  to  him:  If  thou  wilt  he  perfect, 
go,  sell  what  thou  hast,  and  pre  to  the  poor;  and 
thou  shalt  have  treasure  in  heaven:  and  conn-,  fol- 
low me. 

22  And  w  hen  the  J  fJOng  man  had  beard  I  his  word, 
he   went   away    sorrowful:    for   he   hail   giesj    pos- 

lons. 
'2.3  Then   Jesus   said    to  his  disciples  :    Amen   I 
say  to  you,   that  a  rich  man  shall  hardly  enter  n.to 
the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

24  And  again  I  say  to  you:  It  is  easier  for  a 
camel  to  pass  through  the  eve  of  a  needle,  than  for 
a  rich  man  to  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

25  And  when  the  disciples  had  heard  this,  they 
wondered  very  much,  saying:  Who,  then,  can  be 
saved  ? 

26  And  Jesus,  beholding,  said  to  them  :  With 
men  this  is  impossible:  but  with  God  all  things 
are  possible. 

2f  Then  Peter,  answering,  said  to  him:  Heboid, 
we  have  left  all  things,  and  have  followed  thee: 
what,  therefore,  shall  we  have? 

28  And  Jesus  Baud  to  them:  Amen  I  say  to  yon, 
that  you,  who  have  followed  me.  in  the  regenera- 
tion, when  the  Son  of  man  shall  sit  on  the  seat 
pf  his  majesty,   vou  also  shall  sit   on  twelve  seats 

judging  the  twelve  tribes  of  IsracL 

29  And  every  one  that  hath  left  house,  or  bre- 
thren, or  sisti  rs,  or  father,  or  mother,  or  wife,  or 
children,  or  lands  for  mv  name's  sake,  shall  receive 
a  hundred-fold,  and  shall  possess  life  everlasting. 

30  But  main  that  are  first,  shall  be  last  :  and 
the  last  shall  he  first. 

(HAP.  XV 

The  porahlr  of  Ihr  hihimrrr*  in  the  rineyard.  The  ambition 
of  the  lira  son*  of  Zebedee.  Christ  gires  sight  to  tint  blind 
men. 

TIIK    kingdom   of  heaven  is  like  to  a  master  of 
a  family,   who  went  out  early  in  the  morning 
to  hire  labourer!  into  his  vineyard. 

2  And  when  he  had  agreed  w  itfa  the  labourers  for 
a   peiuiv  a  day,  he  sent  them  into  his  vineyard. 

3  Anil  he  went  out  alx-ut  the  third  hour:  and  saw 
others  standing  idle  in  the  market-phi 


I  7Vrr  m  lunuthi  tea*  saw  mmit  tkcmwhrs  nmucks  fmr  Ikt  kingJsm  a/ 

am  This  textis  not  tobet:ikrn  in  the  literal  sense;  bet  means,  that 

who  harr  taken  a  firm  and  commendshle  resolution 

of  leading  a  single  and  ohaMr  life-  in  order  to  serve  Ood  in  a  more 

ita  than  those  w!k>  marry :  as  St.  Paul  clearly  knows,  I  Cor 

chap.  vii.  Ter.  37,  38. 


CHAP.  XXI. 


4  And  he  said  to  them :  Go  you  also  into  my 
vineyard  :  and  I  will  give  you  what  shall  be  just. 

5  And  they  went  their  way.  And  again  he 
went  out  about  the  sixth  and  the  ninth  hour;  and 
did  in  like  manner. 

(I  i Jut  about  the  eleventh  hour  he  went  out, 
ami  found  others  standing  :  and  he  saith  to  them  : 
Why  stand  you  here  all  the  day  idle? 

7  They  say  to  him  :  Beeause  no  man  hath  hired 
us.  He  saith  to  them :  Go  you  also  into  my 
vineyard. 

8  And  when  evening  was  come,  the  lord  of  the 
vineyard  saith  to  his  steward  :  Call  the  labourers, 
and  pay  them  their  hire,  beginning  from  the  last 
even  to  the  first. 

9  When,  therefore,  they  came,  who  had  come 
about  the  eleventh  hour,  they  received  every  man 
a  penny. 

10  But  when  the  first  also  came,  they  thought 
that  they  should  have  received  more :  and  they 
likewise  received  every  man  a  penny. 

11  And  when  they  received  it,  they  murmured 
against  the  master  of  the  house, 

12  Saying :  These  last  have  worked  but  one 
hour :  and  thou  hast  made  them  equal  to  us,  that 
have  borne  the  burden  of  the  day  and  the  heats. 

13  But  he,  answering  one  of  them,  said,  Friend, 
I  do  thee  no  wrong :  didst  thou  not  agree  with  me 
for  a  penny  ? 

14  Take  what  is  thine,  and  go  thy  way :  I  will 
also  give  to  this  last  even  as  to  thee. 

15  Or  is  it  not  lawful  for  me  to  do  what  I  will?* 
Is  thy  eye  evil,  because  I  am  good? 

16  So  shall  the  last  be  first,  and  the  first  last. 
For  many  are  called,  but  few  chosen. 

17  And  Jesus  going  up  to  Jerusalem,  took  the 
twelve  disciples  apart,  and  said  to  them : 

18  Behold,  we  go  up  to  Jerusalem:  and  the  Son 
of  man  shall  be  betrayed  to  the  chief  priests  and  to 
the  Scribes:  and  they  shall  condemn  him  to  death; 

19  And  shall  deliver  him  to  the  Gentiles  to  be 
mocked,  and  to  be  scourged,  and  to  be  crucified : 
and  the  third  day,  he  shall  rise  again. 

20  Then  came  to  him  the  mother  of  the  sons  of 
Zebedee  with  her  sons,  worshipping,  and  desiring 
something  of  him. 

21  And  he  said  to  her :  What  wilt  thou  ?  She 
saith  to  him  :  Say  that  these  my  two  sons  may 
sit,  the  one  on  thy  right  hand,  and  the  other  on 
thy  left,  in  thy  kingdom. 

22  But  Jesus  answered,"  and  said :  You  know 
not  what  you  ask.  Can  you  drink  of  the  chalice 
that  I  shall  drink  ?  They  say  to  him  :  We  can. 

23  He  saith  to  them :  Of  my  chalice,  indeed, 
you  shall  drink :  but  to  sit  on  my  right  or  left 
hand,  is  not  mine  to  give  you,  but  to  them  for 
whom  it  is  prepared  by  my  Father. 

24  And  when  the  ten  heard  it,  they  were  moved 
with  indignation  against  the  two  brethren. 

25  But  Jesus  called  them   to  him,  and  said : 

*  What  I  will.     Viz.  with  my  own,  and  in  matters  that  depend  on 
my  own  bounty 


You  know  that  the  princes  of  the  Gentiles  lord  it 
over  them  :  and  they  that  are  the  greater,  exercise 
power  upon  them. 

26  It  shall  not  be  so  among  you:  but  whosoevei 
will  be  the  greater  among  you,  let  him  be  your 
minister : 

27  And  he  who  would  be  the  first  among  you, 
shall  be  your  servant. 

28  Even  as  the  Son  of  man  came  not  to  be 
ministered  unto,  but  to  minister,  and  to  give  his 
life  a  redemption  for  many. 

29  And  when  they  went  out  from  from  Jericho, 
a  great  multitude  followed  him. 

30  And,  behold,  two  blind  men,  sitting  by  the 
way-side,  heard  that  Jesus  passed  by :  and  they 
cried  out,  saying :  O  Lord,  Son  of  David,  have 
mercy  on  us. 

31  And  the  multitude  rebuked  them  that  they 
should  hold  their  peace.  But  they  cried  out  the  more, 
saying:   O  Lord,  Son  of  David,  have  mercy  on  us. 

32  And  Jesus  stood  still,  and  called  them ;  and 
said :  What  will  ye  that  I  should  do  to  you  ? 

33  They  say  to  him :  Lord,  that  our  eyes  may 
be  opened. 

34  And  Jesus,  having  compassion  on  them,  touch- 
ed their  eyes.  And  immediately  they  received 
sight,  and  followed  him. 

CHAP.  XXI. 

Christ  rides  into  Jerusalem  vpon  an  ass.  He  casts  the  buyers 
and  sellers  out  of  the  temple  ;  curses  thefig-t~ee ;  and  vuts 
to  silence  the  priests  and  Scribes. 

\  ND  when  they  drew  nigh  to  Jerusalem,  and 
-£*-  were  come  to  Bethphage.  unto  Mount  Olivet, 
then  Jesus  sent  two  disciples, 

2  Saying  to  them:  Go  ye  into  the  village,  that  is 
over  against  you:  and  immediately  you  shall  find 
an  ass  tied,  and  a  colt  with  her :  loose  them,  and 
bring  them  to  me. 

3  And  if  any  man  shall  say  any  thing  to  you, 
say  ye,  that  the  Lord  hath  need  of  them ;  and  forth- 
with he  will  let  them  go. 

4  Now  all  this  was  done  that  the  word  might 
be  fulfilled,  which  was  spoken  by  the  prophet,  say- 
ing: 

5  Tell  ye  the  daughter  of  Sion:  Behold,  thv 
kint;  cometh  to  thee,  meek,  and  sitting  upon  an  ass 
and  a  colt,  the  foal  of  her  that  is  used  to  the  yoke. 

6  And  the  disciples  going,  did  as  Jesus  com- 
manded them. 

7  And  they  brought  the  ass  and  the  colt ;  and 
laid  their  garments  upon  them,  and  made  him  sit 
thereon. 

8  And  a  very  great  multitude  spread  their  gar- 
ments in  the  way :  and  others  cut  down  boughs 
from  the  trees,  and  strewed  them  in  the  way. 

9  And  the  multitudes  that  went  before,  and 
that  followed,  cried,  saying :  Hosanna  to  the  son 
of  David  :  Blessed  is  he  that  cometh  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord.     Hosanna  in  the  highest. 

10  And  when  he  was  come  into  Jerusalem,  the 
whole  city  was  moved,  saving  :  Who  is  this  ? 

23 


ST.  MATT!  I  [W. 


11  Ami  tin-  people  said:  This  is  .!«  mis  the 
prophet,  from  Nazareth  of  Galilee. 

U  And  Jean  unit   into  tin-  temple  of  ( 
■ad  cast  out  all  who  were  selling  and  buying  in  *  1  ■« - 
temple;  Bad  overthrew  tin-  tables  of  tin-  money- 
changers, and  the  chain  of  them  thai  sold  dot 

l.'>   And   lie  saith  to   them:    It    is   written:    Mj 

house  shall  be  called  the  house  of  prayer:  but  you 
In  e  made  it  a  den  of  tides. 

11  Ami  the  blind  tad  the  lame  came  to  him  in 
the  temple:  and  he  healed  them. 

16  \nil  when  the  chief  priests  and  the  Serines 
>:iw  tin-  wonderful  things  that  he  did,  and  the 
children  crying  in  the  temple,  and  saying:  Il<>- 

sanna  to  the  BOO  of  Das  id:  they  were  moved  With 
indignation  : 

16  And  said  to  him:  llearest  thou  what  these 
say?  And  Jesus  said  to  them:  Yea;  base  you 
never  read:  Out  of  the  month  of  infants  and 
of  sucklings  thou  hast  perfected  praise  ? 

17  And  leaving  diem,  be  went  out  of  the  city 
into  Bethania,  mu\  remained  there. 

18  And  in  the  morning,  as  be  returned  into  the 
city,  be  was  hungry. 

19  And  «  «iii^c  a  fig-tree  by  the  uav-s'ide,  he 
came  to  it:  and  found  nothing  on  it  but  leaves 
only  :  ami  he  said  to  it :  May  no  fruit  urosv  on 
thee  henceforward  for  ever.    And  immediately  the 

ree  \\  ithered  away. 

20  And  the  disciples  seeing  it,  wondered,  say- 
ing:  How  is  it  presently  withered  away? 

21  And  Ji-siiN.  answering,  said  to  them:  Annul 
to  sou.  if  Mm  shall  have  faith,  and  Stagger  not, 

not  only  this  of  the  fig-tree  shall  you  do,   hut  also, 
it'  von   shall   sav  to  this  mountain,   Take  up,   and 
thyself  into  the  sea,  it  shall  he  done. 

22  And  all  things  whatsoever  you  shall  ask.  in 
prayer,  believing,  you  shall  receive. 

\nd  when  be  was  come  into  the  temple,  the 

chief    priests  and  ancients  of  the   people   came    to 

him  as  he  was  teaching;   and  said:    By  what 

authority    doest  thou  these  things?  and   who  |avi 

thee  this  authority  ' 

ii  -us.  answering]  said  to  them:  I  also  will 

a-k  sou  one  word,  which  if  you  shall  tell  me,  I  will 
also  n  II  sou  by  what  authority  I  do  these  thin. 

25  The  baptism  of  John  whence  was  it?  from 
heaven  or  from  men  ?  Hut  they  thought  within 
themselves,  saying  : 

26  It   we  shall  sav,  From  heaven,  he  will  sav  to 

ii-:  Why  then  did  not  yea  believe  him?  Hut  ii  we 
■hall  sa\.  From  men,  we  are  afraid  of  the  multi- 
tude:  for  all  held  John  as  a  prophet. 

\uil  answering  Jesus,  they  said:  We  know 

not.  And  he  said  to  them  :  Neither  do  I  tell  sou 
b]  wh.ii  authority  I  do  these  things. 

Hut    what    think    VOU?    A   certain   man   had 
iwo  sons;   and   coiiiiu-  to  the    first,   he  said  :    Son, 

•  >rk  to  das  in  m\  \  ineyard. 
\nd  he,  answering,  sai  I :  I  will  not.  Hut,  af- 
terwards, being  moved  with  repentance,  he  went. 
90  And  coming  to  the  other,  he  said  in  like  manner. 

And  he  answering,  said  :   I  go,  sir.  And  he  went  not. 


51  Which  of  the  two  did  the  father's  will r  They 
MTJ  to  him:  The  first.  Jesus  saith  to  them:  Amen 
1  sa\  to  yon,  that  the  publicans  and  the  harlots 
shall  go  ini'i  the  kingdom  of  God  before  you. 

32  I  or  John  came  to  VOU  in  the  was  of  justice : 
and  sou  did  not  believe  him.      Hut  the  publicans 

and  the  harlots  believed  him:  but  sou.  seeing  it, 
did  not  even  afterwards  repent,  thai  sou  might 
believe  him. 

I  Hear  ye  another  parable  :  There  was  a  cer- 
tain master  of  a  family  who  planted  a  vines ard, 
and  made  a  hedge  round  about  it.  and  dag  in  it  a 
wine-preSS,  and  built  a  toss  er,  and  let  it  out  to  hus- 
bandmen :   and  went  into  a  Strange  country. 

.Ii  And  when  the  time  of  the  fruit  dress  near, 
he  sent  his  servants  to  the  husbandmen,  that  they 
might  receive  the  fruits  of  it. 

35  And  the  husbandmen  having  laid  hold  of 
his  servants,  tiny  beat  one,  tins  killed  another, 
and  another  they  stoned. 

36  Again  he  sent  other  servants  more  than  the 
former:  and  they   did  to  them  in  like  manner. 

37  Anil  last  of  all  he  sent  to  them  his  son,  liv- 
ing :  They  ss  ill  reverence  ins  son. 

38  But  when  the  husbandmen  saw  the  son.  they 
said  among  themst  l\<  s:  This  is  the  heir,  come,  h  t 
us  kill  him,  Mild  we  shall  have  his  inheritance. 

39  And  taking  him  they  cast  him  forth  out  of 
the  vines  aid,  and  killed  him. 

4/)  When  the  lord,  therefore,  of  the  vineyard 
shall  come,  ss  hat  ssill  he  do  to  those  husbandmen? 

11  They  say  to  htm!  He  ssill  bring  those  evil 

men  to  an  evil  end:  and  ssill  let  out  his  s  ineyard 
to  other  husbandmen,  that  shall  render  him  the 
fruit  in  due  season. 

42  Jesus  saith  to  them  :  Have  yon  never  read  in 
the  Scrinturcs  :  The  stone  which  the  builders  re- 
jected, tlie  same  is  become  the  head  of  the  corner? 
lis  the  Lord  this  hath  been  done  :  and  it  is  won- 
derful in  our  ises. 

13  Therefore  I  say  to  you,  the  kingdom  of  God 

shall  be  taken  from  you.  and  shall  be  given  to  a 
nation  bringing  forth  the  fruits  thereof. 

44  And  whosoever  shall  fall  on  this  stone,  shall 
lw  broken  :  but  on  whomsoever  it  shall  fall,  it  ssill 
grind  him  to  powder. 

45  And  w  hen  the  chief  priests  and  Pilaris,  .  s 
had  heard  his  parables,  they  understood  that  he 
spoke  of   them. 

46  And  seeking  to  lav  hands  on  him,  they 
feared  the  multitudes:  because  they  held  him  as 
a  prophet. 

CHAP.  XXII. 

Thr  parahlr  of  thr  marriage  fratt  •  ChrUt  ordrrt  trihutr  In  6* 
paid  to  Ciriar :  hr  ronfiitit  thr  Saddncrr*  ;  ulnar*  trhiih  i$ 
th<  ftrtt  commandment  in  thr.  law  ;  and  puzzh*  the  I'karimtt, 

A  ND  Jesus  answered,  and  spoke  to  them  again 
-**-   in  parables,   saying:  an 

2  The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  like  to  a  man  being 
a  kin::,  ss  ho  made  :t  marriage  for  his  son. 

3  And  he  sent  his  servants  to  call  them  that  were 
invited  to  the  manias   :  and  they  would  not  comu 


CHAPTER  XXIN. 


4  Aiiiiin  he  sent  other  servants,  saying:  Tell  them 
that  were  invited:  Behold,  1  have  prepared  my  din- 
ner :  my  beeves  and  fatlings  are  killed,  and  all  things 
are  ready:  come  ye  to  the  wedding. 

5  But  they  neglected,  and  went  their  ways,  one 
to  his  farm,  and  another  to  his  merchandize. 

6  And  the  rest  laid  hands  on  his  servants,  and 
having  treated  them  contumeliously,  put  them  to 
death. 

7  But  when  the  king  heard  of  it,  he  was  angry, 
and  sending  his  armies,  he  destroyed  those  mur- 
derers, and  burnt  their  city. 

8  Then  he  saith  to  his  servants:  The  wedding, 
indeed,  is  ready:  but  they  that  were  invited,  were 
not  worthy. 

9  Go  ye,  therefore,  into  the  highways,  and  as 
many  as  you  shall  find,  invite  to  the  wedding. 

10  And  his  servants  going  out  into  the  highways, 
gathered  together  all  that  they  found,  both  bad  and 
good:  and  the  wedding  was  filled  with  guests. 

11  And  the  king  went  in  to  see  the  guests:  and 
he  saw  there  a  man  who  had  not  on  a  wedding 
garment. 

12  And  he  saith  to  him  :  Friend,  how  earnest 
thou  in  hither,  not  having  a  wedding  garment? 
But  he  was  silent. 

13  Then  the  king  said  to  the  waiters:  Having 
hound  his  hands  and  feet,  cast  him  into  the  exte- 
rior darkness :  there  shall  be  weeping  and  gnashing 
of  teeth. 

14  For  many  are  called,  but  few  are  chosen. 

15  Then  the  Pharisees  going  away,  consulted 
among  themselves  how  to  ensnare  him  in  his  speech. 

16  And  they  send  to  him  their  disciples  with  the 
Herodians,*  saying :  Master,  we  know  that  thou 
art  a  true  speaker,  and  teachest  the  way  of  God  in 
truth :  neither  carest  thou  for  any  man :  for  thou 
dost  not  regard  the  person  of  men. 

17  Tell  us,  therefore,  what  dost  thou  think;  is 
it  lawful  to  give  tribute  to  Caesar,  or  not? 

18  But  Jesus  knowing  their  wickedness,  said: 
Why  do  ye  tempt  me,  ye  hypocrites? 

19  Show  me  the  coin  of  the  tribute.  And  they 
offered  him  a  penny. 

20  And  Jesus  saith  to  them  :  Whose  image  and 
inscription  is  this? 

21  They  say  to  him:  Caesar's.  Then  he  saith  to 
them  :  Render,  therefore,  to  Caesar  the  things  that 
are  Caesar's;  and  to  God  the  things  that  are  God's. 

22  And  when  they  heard  this  they  wondered  ; 
and  leaving  him  went  their  way. 

23  The  same  day  the  Sadducees  came  to  him, 
who  say  there  is  no  resurrection  :  and  asked  him, 

24  Saying:  Master,  Moses  said  :  If  a  man  die, 
having  no  son,  his  brother  shall  marry  his  wife,  and 
raise  up  issue  to  his  brother. 

25  Now  there  were  with  us  seven  brethren:  and 
the  first  having  married  a  wife,  died  :  and  not  hav- 
ing issue,  left  his  wife  to  his  brother. 


*  The  Herodians.  That  is,  some  that  belonged  to  Herod,  and  that 
joined  with  him  in  standing  up  for  the  necessity  of  paving  tribute  to 
Caesar,  that  U,  to  the  Roman  emperor.     Some  are  of  opinion  that  there 


26  In  like  manner  the  second,  and  the  third, 
and  so  on  to  the  seventh. 

27  And  last  of  all  the  woman  died  also. 

28  At  the  resurrection,  therefore,  whose  wife 
shall  she  be  of  the  seven  r  for  they  all  had  her. 

29  And  Jesus,  answering,  said  to  them :  You 
err,  not  knowing  the  Scriptures,  nor  the  power 
of  God. 

30  For  in  the  resurrection  they  shall  neither 
marry,  nor  be  given  in  marriage ;  but  shall  be  as 
the  angels  of  God  in  heaven. 

31  But  as  touching  the  resurrection  of  the 
dead,  have  you  not  read  that  which  was  spoken 
by  God,  saying  to  you  : 

32  I  am  the  God  of  Abraham,  and  the  God  of 
Isaac,  and  the  God  of  Jacob?  He  is  not  the  God 
of  the  dead,  but  of  the  living. 

33  And  when  the  multitudes  heard  this,  they 
were  in  admiration  at  his  doctrine. 

34  And  when  the  Pharisees  heard  that  he  had 
silenced  the  Sadducees,  they  came  together : 

35  And  one  of  them,  a  doctor  of  the  law,  asked 
him,  tempting  him  : 

36  Master,  which  is  the  great  commandment  in 
the  law? 

37  Jesus  said  to  him  :  Thou  shalt  love  the 
Lord  thy  God  with  thy  whole  heart,  and  with  thy 
whole  soul,  and  with  thy  whole  mind. 

38  This  is  the  greatest  and  first  commandment. 

39  And  the  second  is  like  to  this :  Thou  shalt 
love  thy  neighbour  as  thyself. 

40  On  these  two  commandments  dependeth  the 
whole  law  and  the  prophets. 

41  And  the  Pharisees  being  gathered  together, 
Jesus  asked  them, 

42  Saying:  What  think  you  of  Christ  ?  whose 
Son  is  he  ?  They  say  to  him :  David's. 

43  He  saith  to  them  :  How  then  doth  David  in 
spirit  call  him  Lord,  saying  : 

44  The  Lord  said  to  my  Lord  :  Sit  on  my  right 
hand,  until  I  make  thy  enemies  thy  footstool  ? 

45  If  David  then  call  him  Lord,  how  is  he  his  Son? 

46  And  no  man  was  able  to  answer  him  a  word : 
neither  durst  any  man  from  that  day  forth  ask  him 
any  more  questions. 

CHAP.  XXIII. 

Christ  admonishes  the  people  to  follow  the  good  doctrine,  no, 
the  bad  example  of  the  Scribes  and  Pharisees ;  he  warns  his 
disciples  not.  to  imitate  their  ambition;  and  denounces  divers 
woes  against  them  for  their  hypocrisy  and  blindness. 

THEN  Jesus  spoke  to  the  multitude  and  to  his 
disciples, 

2  Saying :  The  Scribes  and  the  Pharisees  have 
sitten  on  the  chair  of  Moses. 

3  All,  therefore,  whatsoever  they  shall  say  to 
you,  observe  and  do :  but  according  to  their  works, 
do  ye  not :  for  they  say,  and  do  not. 


U 


was  a  sect  among  the  Jews  called  Herodians,  from  their  maintaining 
that  Herod  was  the  Messias 

26 


ST.  MATH  IF  W 

4  For  they  hind  heavy  and  insupportable  bur- 
dens, and  lav  tluin  on  nun's  shoulders:  bul  with 
a  finger  of  their  own  the)  will  not  move  them. 

i  \nd  all  their  works  tliey  do  for  to  be  Men  of 
men:  For  they  make  their  phylacteries*  broad, 
and  enlarge  their  lrin_ 

6  And  they  love  the  first  plans  at  feast*,  and 
the  first  chairs  in  the  synagogu 

7  And  salutations  in  the  market-place,  and  to 
be  called  by  men.  Rabbi. 

8  But  he  not  you  called  Rabbi.  For  one  is  your 
master,  and  all  sou  are  brethren. 

\ud  call  none  your   father!  upon   earth:    for 
one  'in  \our  father,  who  is  in  heaven. 

10  Neither  be  ye  called  masters:  for  one  is 
your  master,  Christ. 

11  He  that  is  the  [reatesi  among  you,  shall  be 
\our  servant. 

1 1  And  whosoever  shall  exalt  himself,  shall  be 
humbled:  And  he  that  shall  humble  himself,  shall 
lie  exalted 


1.!  But  wo  to  you,  Scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypo- 
crites; because  you  shut  the  kingdom  of  heaven 
nst  men:  for  you  go  not  in  yourselves;  and 
those  that  are  going  in,  you  sutler  not  to  enter. 

IV  Wo  to  you,  Scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypo- 
crites; became  you  devour  the  houses  of  widows. 
naking  long  prayers :  therefore  you  shall  receive 
the   gr<  ater  judgment 

I")  Wo  to  you,  Scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypo- 
crites: because  you  go  round  about  sea  and  land 
to  make  one  proselyte:  and  w  lien  he  is  made, 
you  make  him  the  child  of  lull  two-fold  more 
than  yourselves. 

hi  Wo  to  you,  blind  guides,  who  say :  Whoso- 

i   shall  swear  by  the  temple,  it  is  nothing:  but 

he  that  shall  swear  b\  the   gold  of  the  temple,  is  a 

debtor. 

17  Ye  foolish  and  blind:  for  whether  is  greati  r. 
the  sold,  or  the  temple  that  sanctuleth  tin1  gold? 

\nd  whosoever  shall  swear  by  the  altar,  it 
is  nothing:  but  whosoever  shall  swear  by  the  gift 
that  is  upon  it,    he  is  a  debtor. 

I!'  Ye  blind:  for  whcthei  is  greater,  the  gift, or 
the  altar  that  sanctified)  the  -ill  f 

Jo  Whosoever,  therefore,  sweareth  by  the  altar, 
sweareth  by  if,  and  by  all  things  that  are  upon  it  : 

21  Vnd  whosoever  shall  sweir  by  the  temple, 
sweareth  bj   it.  and  by  him  that  dwelleth  in  it. 

Vnd  he  that  sweareth  b\  heaven,  sweareth  bj 
the  throne  of  God,  and  l>>  htm  that  sitteth  thereon. 
Wo   to  \on.   Scribes  and    Pharisees,   hypo- 
crites;   who    pay    tithe   of   mint,    and    anise,    and 
cummin,  and  have  lit  alone  the  weightM  r  things  of 

*  /'i  ■  the?  wrote  the  ten  cam- 

mandmenlv  an  ' 

'>  the  Pharisee*  anerted  to  wear  brou<l<  r  ih-.ii  other  men  i  io  tu 
Mem  more  *ealotn  for  the  law. 

■U  mm  ■ww/a'arr— .VWMer  b*  ft  cslltH  nuutrrt,  let.     The  meaning 
m,  that  our  f\c  mora  to  tie  retarded. 


:   '.      Ilni  ■ 

bjr  the  law  of  flod,  to  have  a  due  rrapect  hotl 
ntuai  fathers,  (I  Cor.  ir.  15.)  and  for  our  nu 


the  law.  judgment,  and  mercy,  and  laith.      These 
things    you    OUghl    to  have  done,   and    not    to   leave 
.pilars  undone. 

24  Blind  guides,  win)  strain  out  a  gnat,  and 
nW  allow     a   caiui  1. 

i  Wo  to  von.  Scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypo- 
crites; because  you  make  clean  the  outside  of  the 
cup  and  of  the  dish  :  but  within  you  are  full  of 
extortion  and  unclcanm 

26  Thou  blind  Pharisee,  fust  make  clean  the 
inside  of  the  cup  and  of  the  dish,  that  the  outside 
ma\  become  clean. 

21  Wo  to  you,  Scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypo- 
crites; because  sou  are  like  to  whited  sepulchres, 
which  outwardly  appear  to  men  beautiful,  but 
within  are  full  of  dead  men's  boms,  and  of  all 
pithiness : 

28  So  you  also  outwardly  indeed  appear  to 
men  just:  but  within  yofj  are  full  of  hypocrisy 
and  iniquity . 

_".»  Wo  to  you.  Scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypo- 
crites: who)  build  the  sepulchres  of  the  prophets, 
and  adorn  the  monuments  of  the  just, 

0  And  say  :  It  we  had  been  in  the  days  of  our 
fathers,  we  would  not  have  been  partakers  with 
them  in  the  blood  of  the  prophets. 

31    Wherefore  you   are   witm  linst  vottr- 

selves,  that  you  are  the  sons  of  them  who  killed 
thi'  prophets. 

'    I  ill  ye  up.  then,  the  measure  of  your  fathers. 
•   JTou  serpents,  generation  of  vipers,  how  will 
you  escape  the  judgment  of  hell? 

i  Therefore,  behold,  I  send  to  you  prophets, 
and  wise  nun.  ami  Scribes:  And  some  of  them 
you  will  put  to  death,  and  crucify:  and  some  you 
will  scourge  in  your  synagogues,  and  persecute 
them    from   cifj    to  city  : 

5  That  upon  sou  may  come  all  the  jnst 
blood,  that  hath  been  shed  upon  the  earth,  from 
the  blood  of   Abel  the  just,    even  unto  the  blood  of 

Zacharias.  the  son  of  Barachias,  whom  you  killed 
between  the  tt -tuple  and  the  altar. 

6  Amen  I  say  to  \ou,  all  these  things  shall 
come  upon  this  generation. 

.;?  ()  Jerusalem,  Jerusalem,  thou  that  killest 

the  prophets,  and  stonest  them  that  are  sent  unto 
theel  how  often  would  I  have  gathered  together 
thy  children,  as  the  hen  gathenth  her  chickens  un- 
der her  wings,  and  thou  WOUldesI  IK 

lb-hold,  yottf  house   shall  be  left  to  you  de- 
solate. 

I  For  I  say  to  you,  you  shall  not  see  me 
henceforth  till  you  sal  :  Blessed  is  he  that 
Cometh    in    the    name    of   the    Lord. 

t  Build  tht  upulthrrt,  <*.     Thh  is  not  blamed,  as  if  it  were  in  itsM. 
ei  il  to  I'm 

honour  lh<-  IM  i 

tha  Lord  of  the 

!  n  4  aaaa  y. 

their  own  mm  j 

fill  noon  tbem 


tin-  monument!  of  the  prophet*  :    hut   t)n-hv|»>- 
n  ii  here  taxed  ;  who.  wlnlM  tin  v  pretended   to 
prophet*,  were  persecuting  ereo  " 

,<sav,  4-c     Not  that  they  should  i  than 

Init  lliat  the  justice  of  Cod  should  now 
J  \i  nireanee,  once  for  all,  a*  mirht 
nd  puniahi 

re  l.eeii  inflicted  I 'or  the  shedding  of  just  I. loud 


»»!U 


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CHAP.  XXVI. 


35  For  1  was  hungry,  and  you  gave  me  to  eat : 
I  was  thirsty,  and  you  gave  me  to  drink :  I  was 
a  stranger,  and  you  took  me  in  ; 

36  Naked,  and  you  clothed  me ;  sick,  and  you 
visited  me:  I  was  in  prison,  and  you  came  to  me. 

37  Then  shall  the  just  answer  him,  saying: 
Lord,  when  did  we  see  thee  hungry,  and  fed  thee; 
thirsty,  and  gave  thee  drink? 

38  And  when  did  we  see  thee  a  stranger,  and 
took  thee  in,  or  naked,  and  clothed  thee  ? 

39  Or  when  did  we  see  thee  sick  or  in  prison, 
and  came  to  thee  ? 

40  And  the  king,  answering,  shall  say  to  them  : 
Amen  1  say  to  you,  as  long  as  you  did  it  to  one  of 
these  mv  least  brethren,  you  did  it  to  me. 

41  Then  shall  he  say  to  them  also  that  shall  be 
on  his  left  hand :  Depart  from  me,  ye  cursed,  into 
everlasting  fire,  which  was  prepared  for  the  devil 
and  his  angels. 

42  For  I  was  hungry,  and  you  gave  me  not  to 
eat:  I  was  thirsty,  and  you  gave  me  not  to  drink. 

43  I  was  a  stranger,  and  you  took  me  not  in ; 
naked,  and  you  clothed  me  not ;  sick,  and  in 
prison,  and  you  did  not  visit  me. 

44  Then  shall  they  also  answer  him,  saying : 
Lord,  when  did  we  see  thee  hungry  or  thirsty,  or 
a  stranger,  or  naked,  or  sick,  or  in  prison,  and  did 
not  minister  to  thee  ? 

45  Then  he  shall  answer  them,  saying:  Amen  I 
say  to  you,  as  long  as  you  did  it  not  to  one  of  these 
least  ones,  neither  did  you  do  it  to  me. 

46  And  these  shall  go  into  everlasting  punish- 
ment ;  but  the  just,  into  life  everlasting. 

CHAP.  XXVI. 

The  Jews  conspire  against  Christ.  He  is  anointed  by  Mary. 
The  treason  of  Judas.  The  last  supper.  The  prayer  in  the 
garden.  The  apprehension  of  our  J^ord:  his  treatment  in 
the  house  of  Cuiphas. 

AND   it  came  to  pass,  when  Jesus  had  ended 
all  these  words,  he  said  to  his  disciples : 

2  You  know  that  after  two  days  shall  be  the 

Kasch;  and  the  Son  of  man  shall  be  delivered  up  to 
e  crucified. 

3  Then  were  gathered  together  the  chief  priests, 
and  the  ancients  of  the  people,  into  the  palace  of 
the  high-priest,  who  was  called  Caiphas : 

4  And  they  consulted  together,  that  by  subtiltv, 
they  might  apprehend  Jesus,  and  put  him  to  death. 

5  But  they  said:  Not  on  the  festival  day,  lest 
there  should  be  a  tumult  among  the  people. 

6  And  when  Jesus  was  in  Bethania,  in  the 
house  of  Simon  the  leper, 

7  There  came  to  him  a  woman  having  an  ala- 


baster box  of  precious  ointment,  and  poured  it  on 
his  head  as  he  was  at  table. 

8  And  the  disciples  seeing  it,  had  indignation, 
saying:   To  what  purpose  is  this  waste? 

9  For  this  might  have  been  sold  for  much,  and 
given  to  the  poor. 

10  And  Jesus  knowing  it  said  to  them:  Why 
do  you  trouble  this  woman?  for  she  hath  wrought 
a  good  work  upon  me. 

11  For  the  poor  you  have  always  with  you:  but 
me  you  have  not  always.* 

12  For  she  in  pouring  this  ointment  upon  my 
body,  hath  done  it  for  my  burial. 

13  Amen  I  say  to  you,  wheresoever  this  gospel 
shall  be  preached  in  the  whole  world,  that  also 
which  she  hath  done,  shall  be  told  for  a  memory 
of  her. 

14  Then  went  one  of  the  twelve,  who  was  called 
Judas  Iscariot,  to  the  chief  priests  : 

15  And  he  said  to  them:  What  will  you  give 
me,  and  I  will  deliver  him  unto  you  ?  But  they 
appointed  him  thirty  pieces  of  silver. 

16  And  from  thenceforth  he  sought  opportunity 
to  betray  him. 

17  And  on  the  first  day  of  the  azymesf  the  disci- 
ples came  to  Jesus,  saying:  Where  wilt  thou  that 
we  prepare  for  thee  to  eat  the  pasch? 

18  But  Jesus  said:  Go  ye  into  the  city  to  a  cer- 
tain man,  and  say  to  him:  The  master  saith:  M> 
time  is  near  at  hand :  1  will  keep  the  pasch  at  thy 
house  with  my  disciples. 

19  And  the  disciples  did  as  Jesus  had  appointed 
them:  and  they  prepared  the  pasch. 

20  Now  when  it  was  evening,  he  sat  down  with 
his  twelve  disciples. 

21  And  whilst  they  were  eating,  he  said :  Amen 
I  say  to  you,  that  one  of  you  is  about  to  betray 
me. 

22  And  they,  being  very  much  troubled,  began 
every  one  to  say:    Is  it  I,  Lord  ? 

23  But  he,  answering,  said :  He  that  dippeth  his 
hand  with  me  in  the  dish,  the  same  shall  betray  me. 

24  The  Son  of  man  indeed  goeth,  as  it  is  writ- 
ten of  him :  but  wo  to  that  man  by  whom  the  Sob 
of  man  shall  be  betrayed.  It  were  better  for  thai 
man  if  he  had  not  been  born. 

25  And  Judas  that  betrayed  him,  answering, 
said:  Is  it  I,  Rabbi?  he  saith  to  him:  thou  hast 
said  it. 

26  And  whilst  they  were  at  supper,  Jesus  took 
bread,  and  blessed,  and  broke,  and  gave  to  his  dis- 
ciples; and  said:  Take  ye  and  eat : J  This  is  my 
body. 

27  And  taking  the  chalice,  he  gave  thanks;  and 
gave  to  them,  saying  :§  Drink  ye  all  of  this. 


,ii 


*  Me  you  have  not  ahcays,  viz.  In  a  visible  manner,  as  when  con- 
versant here  on  earth ;  and  as  we  have  the  poor,  whom  we  may  daily 
assist  and  relieve. 

t  Jlzymes.  Feast  of  the  unleavened  bread.   Pasrh.  The  paschat  lamb. 

I  This  is  my  body.  He  does  nut  say,  this  is  the  figure  of  my  body,  but  this 
u  my  body,  (i.  Council  of  J^/tce,  Jlrt.  \i.)  Neither  docs  lie  say,  in  this, 
or  with  this  is  my  body;  but  absolutely,  this  is  my  body:  which  plainly 
implies  transubstantiation. 


}  Drink  ye  all  of  this.  This  was  spoken  to  the  twelve  apostles  ;  who 
were  the  All  then  present ;  and  they  all  drank  of  it,  says  St.  Mark,  xiv. 
23.  But  it  no  ways  follows  from  these  words  spoken  to  the  apostles, 
that  all  the  faithful  are  here  commanded  to  drink  of  the  chalice  ;  any 
more  than  that  all  the  faithful  are  commanded  to  consecrate,  offer 
and  administer  this  sacrament ;  because  Christ  upon  this  same  occa- 
sion, and  at  the  same  time,  bid  the  apostles  do  so ;  in  these  words,  St. 
Luke  xxii.  19.  Do  this  in  commemoration  of  me. 


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ST.  MATTIIKW. 


I'm  this  is  m\*  blood  of  (lit'  new  t<  stament, 
whit  li  shall  Ik.-  shod  for  many  for  the  remission  ol 

29  And  I  say  ti>  von  :  I  \\  ill  not  drink  from 
henceforth  of  this  +  fruit  of  tin-  vine,  until  that  day. 
when  I  shall  drink  it  new  with  you  in  the  kingdom 

of  in\  Father. 

30  And  when  they  had  Masf  I  hymn,  they  went 
out  to  mount  ()li\. 

•  31    Then  Je>iis  saith  to  them  :    All  \ou  shall  be 
indalized  in  me   this  night.     For  it  is  written:    I 
will  strike  the  shepherd;  ami  the  sheep  of  the  dock 
shall  be  ili-.|),rsc(l. 

92  Hut  after  I  shall  be  risen  again,  I  will  go  be- 
fore you  into  Galik 

33  Ami  Peter  answering,  said  to  him.  Though 
all  men  shall  he  scandali/ed  in  thee,  1  will  aevi  i 
l>e  M-andali/.ed. 

MM  said  to  him:  Amen,  I  say  te  thee, 
that  in  this  nigh!  before  the  ooek  crow,  thou  wilt 
deny  me  thrice. 

Peter  saith  to  him :  Though  I  should  die 
with  thee.  I  will  not  deny  thee.  And  in  like  man- 
ner said  all  the  discipli  s. 

Then   JesUS  (  aim-   with   them  to  a  country 

1>laee  which  is  called  Gethscmani:   and  be  said  to 
lis  disciples:  Sil  you  here,  till  I  gp yonder,  and  praj . 
\nd  taking  with  him  Peter  and  the  two  sons 
of  X«  1m  dee,  he  began  to  grow   sorrowful,  and  to 

lln  ii  be  siith  to  them:  My  soul  is  sorrow- 
ful even  unto  death  :  sta\  you  Inn  .  and  watch  w  ith 
me. 

39  And  pang  ■  IMe  further,  be  fell  upon  his 

.  praying,  and  spying:    O  my  Father,  il'  it   is 

itossihle,  let  this  chalice  pass  from  me.      Ncverthe- 

M. 'i  .iv  |  will,  hut  as  thou  wilt. 

V<)    And   he  cometh  to  his  disciples,  and   fmdeth 

them  ashep:   and  he  saith  to  Peter:  What!   could 

you  not  watch  one  hour  with  me? 

VI  Watch  ve,  and  pray,  that  ye  enter  not  into, 
temptation.  The  -pint,  indeed,  is  willing,  but  the 
flesh  weak. 

tin  he  wenl  the  second  time,  and  prayed, 
ing:  O  m\  Father,  if  this  chalice  cannot  pass 
ii  except  1  drink  it.  thy  will  be  done. 

•meth    again,    and     fmdeth    them 
asleep:  for  their  eyes  were  heai \ . 

44  And  leaving  them,  he  went  away  again:  and 
be  prayed  the  third  time,  saying  the  same  words. 

45  Then  he  cometh  to  his  disciples,  and  saith  to 
them:  Sleep  on  now,  ami  take  \oitr  rest;  behold, 
the  hour  is  at  hand  :  and  the  Son  of  man  shall  be 
betrayed  into  the  hands  of  sinners. 

16  Rise,  let  us  ^o:  behold,  be  if.  at  hand  that 
w  ill  betray  me. 

17  As  he   yet  Spoke,  behold,  .ludas,  one  of  the 


t  of  fas  mrm  UtlmtrmL      Ai  thr  old   tntament  wm  dedicated 
wi'hthati.  r  mm,  in  these  wort*  ;  rail  it  tkt  Uami  */ 

Iht  luiMMl,  let.   Htmrttn,  IX.  20.  «o  here  n   ll.r  .Inliraliim  •ml 

•i  <>f  the  ii"  ■■•  i>l.  in  llie  blood  of  Olih.t,  brre  rm.licallr 

•  hr.).  t>v  thme  word.:  Ikit  it  mm  tUmimftkt  nrw  UitmmtK, 

t  trmil  of  Ik,  mm*     The**  worth,  hv  the  account  of  SI.  Lmkt,  tin. 


twelve,  came,  and  with  him  a  great  multitude  w  ith 
swords  and  clubs,  sent  from  the  chief  priests  and 
ancients  of  the  people. 

48  And  he  that  betrayed  bin,  gnnr thw  i  sign 
saying:    Whomsoever  1  shall  kiss,  that  is  he:  hold 

him  last. 

48  And  forthw  ith  coming  to  Jesus,  he  said:  Hail, 
Rabbi.     And  he  kissed  him. 

60  And  Jesus  said  to  him  :  Friend,  w  hereto 
art  thou  conic  r  Then  they  came  up,  and  laid  hands 
on  Jesus,  ami  held  him. 

61  And,  behold,  one  of  them  that  were  with 
.It  siis.  stretching  forth  his  hand,  drew  out  his  sword: 
and  striking  the  servant  of  the  high-priest,  cut  oil" 
his  ear. 

52  Then  .lesiis  saith  to  him:  Put  up,  again,  thv 
sword  into  its  place.  For  all  that  take  the  sword, 
shall  perish  with  the  sword. 

53  Thinkest  thou  that  I  cannot  ask  my  Father, 
and  he  will  give  me  present})  more  than  twelve 
legions  of  angels  ? 

")V  How  then  shall  the  Scriptures  be  fulfilled, 

that  so  it  must  be  done  ; 

56  In  that  same  hour  Jesus  said  to  the  multitudes ; 
You  are  come  out  as  against  a  robber  with  swords 
and  clubs  to  apprehend  me.  I  sat  daily  with  you 
teaching  in  the  temple:  and  you  laid  not  hands 
on   me. 

60"  Now  all  this  was  done,  that  the  Scripture*  ol 
the  prophets  mi -lit  be  fulfilled.  Then  the  disciples 
all  leaving  him,  Bed  away. 

57  Put  they  holding  Jesus,  led  him  to  C'aiphas 
the  h'uh-priest,  where  the  Scribes  and  the  ancients 
were  assembled  : 

58  But  Peter  followed  him  afar  olT,  to  the  high- 
priest's  palace.  And  going  in,  he  sal  with  the  ser- 
vants, to  see  the  end. 

59  Now  the  chief  priests  and  the  w  hole  council 
Sought  false  witness  against  Jcmis,  that  they  might 
put  him  to  death: 

60  And  they  found  not.  though  many  false  wit 
nesses  had  come  in.      Ami  last  of  all  there  came  in 

two  false  w itnest 

61  And  tiny  said:   This  man  said:    I  am  able  to 

destroy  the  temple  of  God,  and  in  three  days  to  re- 
build it. 

62  And  the  high-priest  rising  up,  said  to  him: 
Answciost  thou  nothing  to  the  things  which  these 

Witre  Hist    thee.' 

63  But  Jesus  held  his  peace.  Ami  the  hjgh- 
pricst  said  to  him  :  I  adjure  thee  by  the  living  (  rt  d. 
thai  thou  tell  us  if  thoo  Ikj  the  Christ  the  Sou  ol 
(  iod. 

64  Jesus  saith  to  him:  Thou  bast  said  it.  Never- 
theless 1  raj  '"  >""'  Hereafter  you  shall  see  tlui 
Son  of  man  sitting  00  the  ri^ht  hand  of  the  l>ow  i  t 
of  God,  and  coming  in  the  clouds  of  heaven. 


1 8.  were  not  spoken  of  the  sacramental  cap,  bat  of  the  wine  that  wa» 
drunk  with  the  paschal  lamb.  Though  the  aacratnental  cap  mirlit 
•bo  be  called  tlir  W  t/lhe  rime,  because  it  was  consecrated  from  w  inr, 
and  retain*  the  likeness,  and  all  the  arcidcnta,  or  qualities,  of  i 

t...j|    SnsMiWnw.     For  a*  much  a*  my  I 
shall  make  yon  all  ran  away,  and  forsake  me 


CHAP.  XXVII. 


G5  Then  the  high-priest  rent  his  garments,  say- 
ing: lie  hat li  blasphemed:  what  further  need  have 
we  of  witnesses  ?  Behold,  now  you  have  heard  the 
blasphemy : 

6b*  What  think  you  ?  But  they  answering,  said : 
lie  is  guilty  of  death. 

67  Then  th"v  did  spit  in  his  face,  and  buffeted 
him  :  and  others  struck  his  face  with  the  palms  of 
their  hands, 

68  Saying :  Prophesy  unto  us,  O  Christ ;  who  is 
lie  that  struck  thee  ? 

69  But  Peter  sat  without  in  the  palace:  and 
there  came  to  him  a  servant-maid,  saying:  Thou 
also  wast  with  Jesus  the  Galilean. 

70  But  h«  denied  before  them  all,  saying:  I 
know  not  what  thou  sayest. 

71  And  as  he  went  out  of  the  gate,  another  maid 
saw  him ;  and  she  saith  to  them  that  were  there : 
This  man  also  was  with  Jesus  of  Nazareth. 

72  And  again  he  denied  with  an  oath:  I  do  not 
know  the  man. 

73  And  after  a  little  while  they  that  stood  by 
came,  and  said  to  Peter:  Surely  thou  also  art  one 
of  them :  for  even  thy  speech  doth  discover  thee. 

74  Then  he  began  to  curse  and  to  swear  that 
he  knew  not  the  man.  And  immediately  the  cock 
crew. 

75  And  Peter  remembered  the  word  of  Jesus 
which  he  had  said :  Before  the  cock  crow,  thou  wilt 
deny  me  thrice.  And  going  forth,  he  wept  bitterly. 

CHAP.  XXVII. 

The  continuation  oj  the  history  of  the  passion  of  Christ.     His 
death  and  burial. 

\  ND  when  morning  was  come,  all  the  chief 
■£*•  priests  and  ancients  of  the  people  held  a  council 
against  Jesus,  to  put  him  to  death. 

2  And  they  brought  him  bound,  and  delivered 
him  to  Pontius  Pilate  the  governor. 

3  Then  Judas,  who  betrayed  him,  seeing  that  he 
was  condemned,  repenting  himself,  brought  back 
the  thirty  pieces  of  silver  to  the  chief  priests  and 
the  ancients. 

4  Saying:  I  have  sinned  in  betraying  innocent 
blood.  But  they  said:  What  is  that  to  us?  look 
thou  to  it. 

5  And  casting  down  the  pieces  of  silver  m  the 
temple,  he  departed;  and  went  and  hanged  himself 
with  a  halter. 

6  But  the  chief-priest  having  taken  the  pieces 
of  silver,  said:  It  is  not  lawful  to  put  them  into  the 
corbona,*  because  it  is  the  price  of  blood. 

7  And  having  consulted  together,  they  bought 
with  them  the  potter's  field,  to  be  a  burying-placc 
for  strangers. 

8  Wherefore  that  field  was  called  Haceldamn, 
that  is.  The  field  of  blood,  even  to  this  day. 

9  Then  was  fulfilled  that  which  was  spoken  by 
Jeremias  the  prophet,  saying :  And  they  took  the 


*  Corbona.     A  place  in  the  temple  where  the  people  put  in  their 
gifts  or  offerings. 


thirty  pieces  of  silver,  the  price  of  him  that  was 
valued,  whom  they  prized  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

10  And  they  gave  them  unto  the  potter's  field, 
as  the  Lord  appointed  to  me. 

11  And  Jesus  stood  before  the  governor.  And 
the  governor  asked  him,  saying:  Ant  thou  the  king 
of  the  Jews  ?   Jesus  saith  to  him :   Thou  sayest  it. 

12  And  when  he  was  accused  by  the  chief  priests 
and  ancients,  he  answered  nothing. 

13  Then  Pilate  saith  to  him:  Dost  not  thou  heai 
how  great  testimonies  they  allege  against  thee? 

14  And  he  answered  him  not  to  any  word :  so 
that  the  governor  wondered  exceedingly. 

15  Now  upon  the  solemn  day  the  governor  was 
accustomed  to  release  to  the  people  one  prisoner, 
whom  they  would. 

16  And  he  had  then  a  notorious  prisoner,  that 
was  called  Barabbas. 

17  They  therefore  being  gathered  together,  Pi- 
late said  :  Whom  will  you  that  I  release  to  you, 
Barabbas,  or  Jesus  who  is  called  Christ  ? 

1 8  For  he  knew  that  through  envy  they  had  de- 
livered him  up. 

19  And  as  he  was  sitting  on  the  judgment  seat, 
his  wife  sent  to  him,  saying:  Have  thou  nothing  to 
do  with  that  just  man.  For  I  have  suffered  many 
things  this  day  in  a  dream  on  account  of  him. 

20  But  the  chief  priests  and  ancients  persuaded 
the  people,  that  they  should  ask  Barabbas,  and 
make  Jesus  away. 

21  And  the  governor  answering,  said  to  them 
Which  will  you  have  of  the  two  to  be  released 
unto  you  ?  but  they  said,  Barabbas. 

22  Pilate  saith  to  them  :  What  shall  I  do,  then, 
with  Jesus  that  is  called  Christ  ? 

23  They  all  say :  Let  him  be  crucified.  The 
governor  said  to  them  :  Why,  what  evil  hath  he 
done  ?  But  they  cried  out  the  more,  saying  :  Let 
him  be  crucified. 

24  And  Pilate  seeing  that  he  prevailed  nothing, 
but  that  rather  a  tumult  was  made  ;  having  taken 
water,  washed  his  hands  before  the  people,  say- 
ing :  I  am  innocent  of  the  blood  of  this  just  man  : 
look  you  to  it. 

25  And  all  the  people  answering,  said :  His 
blood  be  upon  us,  and  upon  our  children. 

26  Then  he  released  to  them  Barabbas ;  and 
having  scourged  Jesus,  delivered  him  to  them  to 
be  crucified. 

27  Then  the  soldiers  of  the  governor  taking  Je- 
sus into  the  hall,  gathered  together  unto  him  the 
whole  band  : 

28  And  stripping  him,  they  put  a  scarlet  cloak 
about  him. 

29  And  platting  a  crown  of  thorns,  they  put  it 
upon  his  head,  and  a  reed  in  his  right  hand.  And 
bowing  the  knee  before  him,  they  mocked  him, 
saying  :  Hail,  king  of  the  Jews. 

30  And  spitting  upon  him,  they  took  the  reed, 
and  struck  his  head. 

31  And  after  they  had  mocked  him,  they  took 
off  the  cloak  from  him,  and  put  on  him  his  own 
garments,  and  led  him  away  to  crucifv  him. 

31 


\         ting  out  thej  round  ■  man  of  Cjrrene, 
named  Simon :  bun   thej  fcccad  i*»  lake  no  hi-. 

33  And  they  rami'  to  the  place  thai  ia  called 

Golgotha,  which  is,  the  place  «>l  (  ah  ir\ . 

\iiii  the]  g&fe  him  wine  to  drink,  mingled 

with  call.  Anil  when  he  hail  tasted,  he  would 
not  drink. 

35  Ami  after  tiny  had  crucified  him,  they  di\  ided 

Ins  garments,  canting  lots;  that  the  word  might 
be  fulfilled,  which  was  spoken  In  the  prophet, 
saying:  Thej  divided  mj  gannents  among  them; 
and  neon  my  feature  the]  cat!  lots. 

36  And  they  sat  down,  and  watched  him. 

37  And  thej  put  o\cr  an  head  has  cause  written: 

Tin-  i-  JltDI   mi.  Kim.  OV  i  iik.  Jkw  -. 

38  Then  were  crucified  with  him   two  tin 
one  on  the  right  hand,  and  the  other  on  the  left. 

39  And  they  that  passed  by,  blasphemed  him, 
wagging  their  heads. 

io  \nd  saying:   Van,  thou  who  dcatroyeat  the 

temple  of  God,  and  in  three  days  buildest  it  up 
■gain,  save  thj  on  n  self:  if  thou  be  the  Son  of  God, 
come  (low  n  from  the  cross. 

11  In  like  manner  also  the  chief  priests  with  the 
Scribes  ami  ancients  mocking,  said: 

IS  II'  my ed  others;  himself  he  cannot  save.  If 
In  he  tin  kim;  of  Israel,  let  him  now  come  down 
from  the  cross,  ami  we  will  believe  him. 

W5  He  trusted  in  God,  let  him  deliver  him  now, 
if  he  will  hate  him:  fbl  be  said:  I  am  the  Son  of  God. 

\\  And  the  self  same  thing  the  thieves  aNo,  that 
were  crucified  with  bUn.  reproached  him  with. 

45  Now  from  the  sixth  hour  there  was  dark- 
ness over  all  the  earth,  until  the  ninth  hour. 

46  And  alioiii  the  ninth  hour  Jesus  cried  with 
a  loud  voice,  nying:  Eli,  Eli,  kunma  sabechthani? 
thai  is.  My  Cod,  my  God,  why  hast  thou  for- 
saken n 

M  \nd  Mime  of  them  that  stood  there,  and 
beard, aaid:  This  man  calletb  for  Elms. 

4fl  Ami  immediate!)  one  of  them  running,  took 
a  sponge,  and  filled  it  with  vinegar;  and  put  it  on  a 
reed,  and  gave  him  to  drink. 

\nd  the  others  said:  Stay;  let  us  see  whether 
I'.lias  will  come  to  deliver  him. 

50  And  .Jesus  again  cning  with  a  loud  voice, 
J  hided  up  the   uhost. 

51  And,  behold,  the  veil  of  the  temple  was  rent 
in  two  from  the  top  e\en  to  the  bottom?  and  the 
earth  quaked,  and  the  rocks  were  rent. 

\nd    the    graves    were   opened:   and    many 
bodies  of  the  saints  that  had  slept,  arose; 

53  And  coining  out  of  the  tombs  after  his  resiir- 
Uou,  came   into  the  holy  city,  ami   appeared    to 
mam . 

Now    the  centurion  and  they  that  were  with 

him  watching  Jesus,  having  seen  the  earthquake, 

and  the  things  that  were  done,  were  greatly  afraid, 
ing:    Indeed  this  was  the  Son  of  God. 

\inl  there  were  there  man)  wo  ir  off, 

who  had  followed  Jeaua  from  Galilee,  ministering 
unto  him  : 


ST.  MATTHEW. 

.'»•;     kmong  whom   was  Mar)  Magdalene,  and 

Mary  the  mother  of  James  and  Joseph,  and  the  mo- 


ther of  the  sou-  <>f  Zebedee. 

And  w  hen  it  was  evening,  there  came  a  cer- 
tain rich  man  of  Arimathea,  named  Joseph,  win 
also  himself  was  a  disciple  of  .bsus. 

■'>'•'>  He  went  to  Pilate,  and  begged  the  body  ol 
Jean*.  Then  Pilate  commanded  that  the  body 
should  be  delivered. 

59  And  Joseph  taking  the  body,  wrapped  it  up 
in  a  clean  linen  cloth  ; 

60  And  laid  it  in  his  own  new  monument,  which 
he  had  hewed  out  in  a  rock.  And  he  rolled  a  great 
stone  to  the  door  of  the   monument,  and  went   his 

arai  : 

til  And  there  was  Mary  Magdalene,  and  the 
other  Man  sitting  over  against  the  sepulchre. 

lij  And  the  next  day.  which  followed  the  day  of 
the  preparation,*  the  chief  priests  and  the  PhOTM 

came  together  to  Pilate. 

63  Saving:  Sir.  we  have  remembered,  that  that 
seducer  said,  while  he  was  \,i  alive:  After  three 
days  1  will  rise  ■gain. 

64  Command,  therefore,  the  sepulchre  to  lie 
guarded  until  the  third  day;  lest  bis  disciples 
come,  and  steal  him  aw  ay.  and  say  to  the  people  : 
He  is  risen  from  the  dead  ;  so  the  last  error  shall 
be  worse  than  the  first. 

65  Pilate  said  to  them  :  You  have  a  guard  :  go, 
guard  it  as  you  know. 

66  And  they  departing,  made  the  sepulchre  sure, 
with  guards,  seating  the  stone. 

CHAP.  XXVIII. 

The  returrection  of  Chriit.     Hit  rommisxitm  to  hi*  ditriplrt. 

AND  in  the  end  ol"  the  sabbath,  when  it  began  to 
-£*-  daw  n  towards  the  first  day  of  the  week.  Came 
Man  Magdalene,  and  the  other  Mary  to  sec  the  se- 
pulchre. 

2  And,  behold,  there  was  a  great  earthquake. 
For  in  angel  of  the  Cord  descended  from  heaven: 
and  coining,  rolled  back  the  stone,  and  sat  upon  it. 

3  And  bis  countenance  was  as  lightning,  and  his 
raiment  as  snow. 

4  And  for  fear  of  him,  the  guards  were  struck 
with  terror,  and  became  as  dead  men. 

5  And  the  angel  answering  said  to  the  women: 
Pear  not  you:  for  I  know  that  \ou  seek  Jesus  who 
was  crucified. 

6  He  is  not  here:  for  he  is  risen,  as  he  said. 
Come  and  s.c  the  place  \\  here  the  Cord  was  laid. 

7  And,  going  quickh .  tell  ve  his  disciples  that  he 
is  risen:    and,  behold,    he    will    go    before  you  into 
( ralilee  :   there  you  shall  see  him.      Lo,  I  bare  ft 
told  it  to  you. 

8  And  they  went  out  quickly  from  the  sepulchre 
with  fear  an  joy,  running  to  tell  his  disci- 
ples. 


•  7VA»»/U/prrp»  «*•«.-  The  ere  of  the  Sabbath;  to  called,  be 
on  that  day  they  frtpuni  all  thing*  neceaaary  ;  not  being-  allow 
ed  to  much  a*  to  drcta  their  meat  on  tbc  Sabbath-day. 


CHAP.  I. 


9  And,  behold,  Jesus  met  them,  saying:  All  hail. 
But  they  came  up,  and  took  hold  of  his  feet,  and 
worshipped  him. 

10  Then  Jesus  said  to  them:  Be  not  afraid.  Go, 
tell  my  brethren  that  they  go  into  Galilee;  there 
they  shall  see  me. 

1 1  Now  when  they  were  departed,  behold,  some 
of  the  guards  came  into  the  eity,  and  told  the  chief 
priests  all  the  things  that  had  been  done. 

12  And  they  being  assembled  together  with  the 
ancients,  having  taken  counsel,  they  gave  a  great 
sum  of  money  to  the  soldiers, 

13  Saying:  Say  you,  that  his  disciples  came  by 
night,  and  stole  him  away  when  we  were  asleep. 

14  And  if  the  governor  shall  hear  of  this,  we 
will  persuade  him,  and  secure  you. 

*  All  power,  SfC.  See  here  the  warrant  and  commission  of  the  apos- 
tles an  i  their  successors,  the  hishops  and  pastors  of  Christ's  church. 
He  received  from  his  Father  all  power  in  heaven  and  in  earth :  and  in 
virtue  of  this  power,  he  sends  them  (even  as  his  Father  sent  him,  St.  John 
xx.  21.)  to  teach  and  disciple  jmOkti'vuv,  not  one,  but  ail  nations ;  and  in- 
struct them  in  all  truths :  and  that  he  may  assist  them  effectually  in  the 


15  So  they,  taking  the  money,  did  as  they  vvrre 
taught.  And  this  word  was  spread  abroad  among 
the  Jews  even  unto  this  day. 

16  And  the  eleven  disciples  went  into  Galilee, 
unto  the  mountain  where  Jesus  had  appointed  them. 

17  And  seeing  him,  they  adored :  but  some 
doubted. 

18  And  Jesus  coming,  spoke  to  them,  saying:  All 
power*  is  given  to  me  in  heaven  and  in  earth. 

19  Go  ye,  therefore,  and  teach  all  nations;  bap- 
tizing them  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the 
Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost; 

20  Teaching  them  to  observe  all  things  whatso- 
ever I  have  commanded  you;  and,  behold,  I  am 
with  you  all  days,  even  to  the  consummation  of  the 
world. 


execution  of  this  commission,  he  promises  to  be  with  them  (not  for 
three  or  four  hundred  years  only)  but  all  days,  even  to  the  consummation 
of  the  icorld.  How  then  could  the  catholic  church  ever  go  astray  ; 
having  always  with  her  pastors,  as  is  here  promised,  Christ  himself, 
who  is  the  way,  the  truth,  and  the  lift  1  St.  John  xiv. 


THE   HOLY  GOSPEL  OF  JESUS  CHRIST 


ACCORDING   TO 


ST.  MARK. 


St.  Mark,  the  disciple  and  interpreter  of  St.  Peter,  (saith  St. 
Jerom)  according  to  what  he  heard  from  Peter  himself,wrotc 
at  Rome  a  brief  Gospel  at  the  request  of  the  Brethren,  about 
ten  years  after  our  Lord's  Ascension,  which  when  Peter  had 
heard,  he  approved  of  it ;  and  with  his  authority  published 
it  to  the.  church  to  be  read.  Baronius  and  others  say,  that 
the  original  was  written  in  Latin:  but  the  more  general 
opinion  is,  that  the  evangelist  wrote  it  in  Greek. 

CHAP.  I. 

The  preaching  of  John  the   baptist.      Christ  is  baptized  by 
him.     He  calls  his  disciples,  and  works  many  miracles. 

THE  beginning  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ 
the  Son  of  God. 

2  As  it  is  written  in  Isaias  the  prophet:  Behold, 
I  send  my  Angel  before  thy  face,  who  shall  pre- 
pare thy  way  before  thee; 

3  The  voice  of  one  crying  in  the  desert :  Prepare 
ye  the  way  of  the  Lord ;  make  his  paths  straight. 

4  John  was  in  the  desert  baptizing,  and  preach- 
ing the  baptism  of  penance  for  the  remission  of 
sins. 

5  And  there  went  out  to  him  all  the  country  of 
Judea,  and  all  they  of  Jerusalem ;  and  were  bap- 
tized by  him  in  the  river  of  Jordan,  confessing  their 
sins. 

6  And  John  was  clothed  with  camel's  hair,  and 
a  leathern  girdle  about  his  loins:  and  he  ate  locusts 
and  wild  honey;  and  he  preached,  saying: 

E 


7  There  cometh  after  me  one  mightier  than  I, 
the  latchet  of  whose  shoes  I  am  not  worthy  to  stoop 
down,  and  loose. 

8  I  have  baptized  you  with  water :  but  he  shall 
baptize  you  with  the  Holy  Ghost. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass,  in  those  days,  that  Jesus 
came  from  Nazareth  of  Galilee ;  and  was  baptized 
by  John  in  the  Jordan. 

10  And  forthwith  coming  up  out  of  the  water, 
he  saw  the  heavens  opened,  and  the  Spirit,  as  a 
dove,  descending,  and  remaining  on  him. 

1 1  And  there  came  a  voice  from  heaven :  Thou 
art  my  beloved  Son ;  in  thee  I  am  well  pleased. 

12  And  immediately  the  Spirit  drove  him  out 
into  the  desert. 

13  And  he  was  in  the  desert  forty  days,  and  forty 
nights ;  and  was  tempted  by  Satan :  and  he  was 
with  beasts ;  and  the  angels  ministered  to  him. 

14  And  after  that  John  was  delivered  up,  Jesus 
came  into  Galilee,  preaching  the  gospel  of  the  king- 
dom of  God, 

15  And  saying:  The  time  is  accomplished,  and 
the  kingdom  of  God  is  at  hand  :  repent,  and  believe 
the  gospel. 

16  And  as  he  walked  by  the  sea  of  Galilee,  he 
saw  Simon  and  Andrew  his  brother,  casting  nets 
into  the  sea  (for  they  were  fishermen.) 

17  And  Jesus  said  to  them :  Come  after  me,  and 
I  will  make  you  to  become  fishers  of  men. 

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ST.  MACK. 


18  And  immediately,  leaving  th<  ir  nets,  tiny 
followed  him. 

I'd  And  going  on  Gram  thane  a  little  farther,  he 

m»  James  the  son  of  Zchcdcc,  and  John  his  hro- 
ther,  who  also  were  in  the  sliip  mending  their  nets. 
\iu\  forthwith  be  called  them.      And  the  \  left 
their  father  Zebedee  in  the  .ship  with  his  hired  men, 
and  followed  him. 

t\  And  they  enter  into  (apharnauin:  and  forth- 
with on  the  sabbath-day  gOtag  into  the  .synagogue, 
he  taught  them. 

\nd  thev  wire  astonished  at  his  doctrine:  for 
he  taught  them  as  one  that  had  authority,  and  not  as 
the   St Ti 

And  there  was  in  their  synagogue  a  man 
with  an  unclean  spirit  :   and  he  cried  out, 

JV  Saying  :  W  bat  have  we  to  do  with  thee,  Je- 
sus of  Nazareth  ?  art  thou  come  to  destroy  us?  1 
know   w  ho  thou  art,  the  Holy  one  of (iod. 

IS  And  Jena  threatened  him,  saying:  Speak  no 
more,  and  BO  out  of  the  man. 

\nd  the  unclean  spirit  tearing  him,  and  crying 
out  with  a  loud  voice,  went  out  of  him. 

27  And  they  were  all  amazed,  insomuch  that  they 
questioned  anions  themselves,  Baying:  What  thing 
is  thU?  what  is  this  new  doctrine  f  for  with  author- 
it  j  he  (ommandeth  even  the  unclean  spirits,  and 
thev  obe)  him. 

\  nd  the  fame  of  him  was  spread  forthwith 
through  all  the  country  of  Galilee. 

29  And  immediately  going  out  of  the  synagogue, 
thai  came  into  the  house  of  Simou  and  Andrew, 

w  ith  James  and  John. 

•  '►<>  And  Simon's  wife's  mother  lay  sick  of  a  fever: 
and  forthwith  (hey  tell  him  of  her. 

31  And  he  came  and  lifted  her  up,  taking  her  by 
the  band:  and  immediately  the  fever  left  her,  and 
she  ministered  unto  them. 

\nd  w  hen  it  was  evening  after  sun-set,  they 
brought   all   to  him   thai   were  diseased,   and  that 

Were   possessed    With  devils. 

33  And  all  the  city  was  gathered  together  at  the 
door. 

■  >l  \nd  he  healed  many  that  were  sick  of  divers 
diseases:  and  he  cast  out  mam  de\ils;  and  he  suf- 
fered them  not  to  s|M-ak,  because  they  knew  him. 

35  And  rising  very  early  in  the  morning,  going 
out  he  went  into  a  desert  place:  and  there  he  prayed. 

36  And  Simon  and  they  who  were  with  him, 
followed  after  him. 

37  Ami  when  the]  had  found  him,  they  said  to 
him:  All  men  seek  for  thee. 

38  And  he  saith  to  them :  Let  us  go  into  the 
aaighlNWilia  towns  and  cities,  that  I  may  preach 
there  also:    for  to  this  purpose  am  I  come. 

\nd  be  preached  in  their  synagogues,  and  in 
all  (ialilee.  and  cast  out  devils. 

40  And  there  came  a  leper  to  him,  beseeching 
him;  and  kneeling  down,  said  to  him:  If  thou  wilt, 
thou  canst  make  me  clean. 

VI  \nd  Jesus,  having  commission  on  him.  stretch- 
ed forth  his  hand:   and  touching  him.  saith  to  him: 

I  w  ill  :   Im'  thou  madi   clean. 

34 


42  And  when  be  had  spoken,  hnmedbtelv  the 

leprosy  departed  from  him :  and  he  was  made  e'ean. 

43  And  he  strictly  charged  him,  and  lonhwith 
sent  him  away. 

44  And  he  saith  to  him:  See  thou  tell  no  man: 
hut  go,  show  th\  self  to  the  hidi-pricst,  and  offer  lor 
thy  cleansing  the  things  that  Moses  commanded, 
for  a  testimony  to  them. 

46  But  he  being  gone  out,  hegan  to  puhlish  and 
to  hlaze  abroad  the  matter:  so  that  now  he  could 
not  o|>enly  go  into  the  city,  hut  was  without  in  de- 
sert places:  and  they  Hoiked  to  him  from  all  sides 

CHAP.  II. 

Chritt  heals  the  tick  of  the  ptilxy  ;  rail*  Matthew  ;  and  exeunt 
hit  (Utciplm. 

A  ND   again  he  entered  into  Capharnaum  after 
-^*-  some  days. 

2  And  it  was  heard  that  he  was  in  the  house; 
and  many  came  together,  so  that  there  was  no  room, 
no,  not  even  at  the  door :  and  he  s|>oke  to  them  the 
word. 

3  And  they  came  to  him  bringing  one  sick  of  the 
palsy,  who  was  carried  by  four. 

4  And  when  they  could  not  offer  him  to  him  for 
the  multitude,  they  uncovered  the  roof  where  be 
was:  and  opening  it,  they  let  down  the  bed  w  herein 
the  man  sick  of  the  palsy  lay. 

t  5  And  when  Jesus  saw  their  faith,  he  saith  to  the 
sick  of  the  palsy:  Son,  thy  sins  are  forgiven  thee. 

6  And  some  of  the  Scril>es  were  sitting  there, 
and  thinking  in  their  hearts: 

7  Why  doth  this  man  speak  thus?  he  blasphc- 
meth.      Who  can  forgive  sins,  but  God  only? 

8  And  Jesus  presently  knowing  in  his  spirit, that 

they  so  thought  within  themselves,   saith   to  them: 
Why  think  you  these  things  in  your  hearts? 

9  Which  is  easier  to  say  to  the  sick  of  the  pals\  : 
Thy  sins  are  forgiven  thee;  or  to  say:  Arise,  take 
up  thy  bed.  and  walk  ? 

10  But  that  you  may  know;  that  the  Son  of  man 
hath   power  on  earth  to  forgive  sins,   (he  BUB  to* 
the  sick  of  the  palsy) 

11  I  say  to  thee:  Arise;  take  up  thy  bed;  and 
go  thy  way  into  thy  house. 

12  And  immediately  he  arose;  and  taking  up  his 
lied,  went  his  uav  in  the  sight  of  all  :  so  that  all 
wondered,  and  glorified  God,  saying:  We  never 
saw  the  like. 

13  And  he  went  forth  again  to  the  sea  side: 
and  all  the  multitude  came  to  him:  and  he  taught 
them. 

14  And  when  he  was  passing  by?  he  saw  Levi 
the  son  of  Alpheus  sitting  at  the  receipt  of  custom  : 
and  he  saith  to  him:  follow  me.  And  rising  up,  he 
followed  him. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  as  he  sat  at  meat 
in  his  house,  many  publicans  and  sinners  sat  dow  n 
together  with  Jesus  and  his  disciples:  for  they  were 
many,  who  also  followed  him. 

If'.  \nd  the  Seribes  and  the  Pharisees,  seeing 
that  he  did  eat  with  publicans  and  sinners,  said  to 


CHAP.  III. 


his  disciples  :  Why  doth  your  master  cat  and  drink 
with  publicans  and  sinners? 

17  Jesus  hearing  this,  saith  to  them:  They  that 
are  well  have  no  need  of  a  physician,  but  they 
that  are  sick :  for  I  came  not  to  call  the  just  but 
sinners. 

18  Now  the  disciples  of  John,  and  the  Phari- 
sees used  to  fast:  and  they  come,  and  say  to  him  : 
Why  do  the  disciples  of  John  and  of  the  Pharisees 
fast;  but  thy  disciples  do  not  fast? 

19  And  Jesus  saith  to  them :  Can  the  children  of 
the  marriage  fast,  as  long  as  the  bridegroom  is  with 
them  ?  As  long  as  they  have  the  bridegroom  with 
them,  they  cannot  fast. 

20  But  the  days  will  come  when  the  bride- 
groom shall  be  taken  away  from  them :  and  then 
they  shall  fast  in  those  days. 

21  No  man  soweth  a  piece  of  new  cloth  to  an  old 
garment:  otherwise  the  new  piecing  taketh  away 
from  the  old  ;  and  there  is  made  a  greater  rent. 

22  And  no  man  putteth  new  wine  into  old  bot- 
tles: otherwise  the  wine  will  burst  the  bottles;  and 
both  the  wine  will  be  spilled,  and  the  bottles  will 
be  lost.  But  new  wine  must  be  put  into  new 
bottles. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass  again  as  the  Lord  walked 
through  the  corn  fields  on  the  sabbath,  that  his  dis- 
ciples began  to  go  forward,  and  to  pluck  the  ears  of 
corn. 

24  And  the  Pharisees  said  to  him  :  Behold,  why 
do  they  on  the  sabbath-day  that  which  is  not  lawful  ? 

25  And  he  said  to  then) :  Have  you  never  read 
what  David  did,  when  he  had  need,  and  was  hun- 
gry, he,  and  they  that  were  with  him  ? 

26  How  he  went  into  the  house  of  God  under 
Abiathar  the  high-priest,  and  did  eat  the  loaves  of 
proposition,  which  was  not  lawful  to  eat  but  for  the 
priests,  and  gave  to  them  who  were  with  him  ? 

27  And  he  said  to  them :  The  sabbath  was  made 
for  man,  and  not  man  for  the  sabbath. 

28  Therefore  the  Son  of  man  is  Lord  also  of 
the  sabbath. 


CHAP.  III. 

Christ  heals  the  withered  hand.     He  chooses  the  twelve, 
confutes  the  blasphemy  of  the  Pharisees. 


He 


ND  he  entered  again  into  the  synagogue:  and 
there  was  a  man  there  who  had  a  withered 


A 

hand. 

2  And  they  watched  him,  whether  he  would  heal 
on  the  sabbath-day;  that  they  might  accuse  him. 

3  And  he  saith  to  the  man  who  had  the  withered 
hand:  Stand  up  in  the  midst. 

4  And  he  saith  to  them :    Is  it  lawful  to  do 

f;ood  on  the  sabbath-day,  or  to  do  evil  ?  to  save 
ife,  or  to  destroy  ?     But  they  held  their  peace. 

5  And  looking  round  about  on  them  with  anger, 
being  grieved  for  the  blindness  of  their  hearts,  he 
saith  to  the  man :  Stretch  forth  thy  hand.  And  he 
st  i etched  it  forth ;  and  his  hand  was  restored  unto 
h  m. 

€   And  the   Pharisees  going  out  immediately, 


made  a  consultation  with  the    Herodians  against 
him,  how  they  might  destroy  him. 

7  But  Jesus  retired  with  his  disciples  to  the  sea: 
and  a  great  multitude  followed  him,  from  Galilee 
and  Judea, 

8  And  from  Jerusalem,  and  from  Idumea,  and 
from  beyond  the  Jordan  :  and  they  about  Tyre  and 
Sidon,  a  great  multitude,  hearing  the  things  which 
he  did,  came  to  him. 

9  And  he  spoke  to  his  disciples  that  a  small 
ship  should  wait  on  him  because  of  the  multitude, 
lest  they  should  throng  him: 

10  lor  he  healed  many;  so  that  they  pressed 
upon  him  for  to  touch  him,  as  many  as  had  evils. 

1 1  And  the  unclean  spirits,  when  they  saw  him, 
fell  down  before  him :  and  they  cried,  saying : 

12  Thou  art  the  Son  of  God.  And  he  strictly 
charged  them  that  they  should  not  make  him  known. 

13  And  going  up  into  a  mountain,  he  called  unto 
him  whom  he  would  himself:  and  they  came  to  him. 

14  And  he  made  that  twelve  should  be  with  him; 
and  that  he  might  send  them  to  preach. 

15  And  he  gave  them  power  to  heal  sicknesses, 
and  to  cast  out  devils. 

16  And  to  Simon  he  gave  the  name  of  Peter : 

17  And  James  the  son  of  Zebedee,  and  John  the 
brother  of  James,  and  he  named  them  Boanerges, 
which  is,  The  sons  of  thunder : 

18  And  Andrew,  and  Philip,  and  Bartholomew, 
and  Matthew,  and  Thomas,  and  James  of  Alpheus, 
and  Thaddeus,  and  Simon  Cananeus, 

19  And  Judas  Iscariot,  who  also  betrayed  him. 

20  And  they  come  to  a  house  :  and  the  multi- 
tude cometh  together  again,  so  that  they  could  not 
so  much  as  eat  bread. 

21  And  when  his  frjends  heard  of  it,  they  went 
out  to  lay  hold  of  him :  for  they  said:  He  is  become 
mad. 

22  And  the  Scribes  who  were  come  down  from 
Jerusalem,  said:  He  hath  Beelzebub:  and  by  the 
prince  of  the  devils  he  casteth  out  devils. 

23  And  after  he  had  called  them  together,  he 
said  to  them  in  parables:  How  can  Satan  cast  out 
Satan  ?  : 

24  And  if  a  kingdom  be  divided  against  itself, 
that  kingdom  cannot  stand. 

25  And  if  a  house  be  divided  against  itself,  that 
house  cannot  stand. 

26  And  if  Satan  be  risen  up  against  himself,  he 
is  divided,  and  cannot  stand,  but  hath  an  end. 

27  No  man  can  enter  into  the  house  of  a  strong 
man,  and  rob  him  of  his  goods,  unless  he  first  bind 
the  strong  man,  and  then  shall  he  plunder  his 
house. 

28  Amen  I  say  to  you,  that  all  sins  shall  be  for- 
given unto  the  sons  of  men,  and  the  blasphemies 
wherewith  they  shall  blaspheme : 

29  But  he  that  shall  blaspheme  against  the  Holy 
Ghost,  shall  never  have  forgiveness,  but  shall  be 
guilty  of  an  everlasting  sin. 

30  Because  they  said:  He  hath  an  unclean  spirit. 

31  And  his  mother  and  his  brethren  came;  and 
standing  without,  sent  to  him,  calling  him: 


ST.   MMiK. 


32  And  tlic  multitude  sat  about  him  :  and  they 
my  to  him:  Behold,  tin  mother  and  thy  brethren 
uithoiii  ieek  for  thee. 

39  And  answering  them,  he  said:  Who  is  my 
mother  and  my  brethren  ? 

.H  And  looking  round  on  them  who  sat  about 
him.  he  saith:  Heboid  my  mother  and  mv  brethren. 

35  For  whosoever  shall  do  flu*  will  of  (iod,  he 
is  my  brother,  and  my  sister,  and  mother. 

CHAP.  iv. 

The  parable  of  the  muter.     Christ  it  Hit  the  tempext  at  tea. 

AND  he  liccan  again  to  teach  by  tin-  sea  side: 
and  a  great  multitude  was  gathered  together 

unto  him,  so  that  he  went  up  into  a  slii|>.  and  sat  in 
the  si  a:  and  all  the  multitude  was  upon  the  land 
by  the  sea  side. 

2  And  lie  taught  them  many  things  in  parables, 
and  said  unto  them  in  his  doctrine: 

.;  Hi!   \.  :    Heboid,  a  sower  went  out  to  sow. 

4  And  whilst  he  is  sowing,  some  fell  by  the  way 
ride:   and  the  birds  of  the  air  came,  and  eat  it  up. 

6  \nd  other  some  fell  upon  stony  ground  where 
it  had  net  much  earth  :  and  it  shot  up  immediately. 
In -eausr  it  had  no  depth  of  earth  : 

6  \nd  when  the  sun  was  risen,  it  was  scorched  : 
and  because  it  had  no  root,  it  withered  away. 

7  And  some  fell  anioiiK  thorns:  and  the  thorns 
grew  up,  and  choked  it:  and  it  yielded  no  fruit. 

8  And  some  fell  upon  pood  ground:  and  brought 
forth  fruit  that  grew  up.  and  increased,  and  yielded, 
tin'  thirty,  another  sixty,  and  another  a  hundred. 

9  And  he  said:  He  that  hath  cars  to  hear,  let 
him  hear. 

10  And  when  he  was  alone,  the  twelve  that 
were   with  him,  asked  him  the  parable. 

11  And  be  said  to  them:  To  you  it  is  given  to 
know  the  m\stiT\  of  the  kingdom  of  God:  but  to 
them  that  are  without,  all  things  are  done  in 
parables. 

I  I  That  mi  um  thev  mav  see,*  and  not  perceive: 
and  hearing  they  may  hear,  and  not  nnilerstand  : 
leH  at  any  time  thev  should  be  converted,  and 
.heir  sins  should  be  forgiven  them. 

13  And  he  saith  to  them:  Know  you  not  this 
parable?  how  then  shall  you  know  all  parables? 

IV   He  that  soweth,  soweth  the  word. 

15  And  these  are  thev  by  the  way  side,  where 
the  word  is  m,\\ii  ■  and  M  MOM  U  they  have  heard, 
immediately  Satan  cometh,  and  taketh  away  the 
word  that  was  sown  in  their  hearts. 

16  And  these  likewise  are  they  that  are  sown  on 
the  stony  ground:  who.  when  thev  have  heard  the 
word,  immediately  receive  it  with  joy: 

17  And  they  have  no  root  in  themselves,  but  are 
only  for  a   time'  :   and   then   w  hen   tribulation   and 

■edition  ariseth   for  the  word's  sake,  they  are 
presently  scandalized. 


•  That  uring  the*  may  •»»,  V-     '"  pnni-limm'  of  their  wilftillT  tkul- 
ltafflMr«yc«,(8l.  MM.  xiu.  15.)  Gndjuttly  withdrew  tbotc  lighu, and 


18  And  others  there  are  who  are  sown  among 
thorns:    these  an- they  that  hear  the  Word, 

19  And  the  I*  the  world,  and  the  deceit- 
fulness  of  riches,  ami  the  lusts  alter  other  things 
entering  in,  choke  the  word :  and  it  is  made  fruitless. 

20  \inl  these  are  tin •  v  who  are  sown  upon  the 
good  ground,  who  hear  the  word,  and  receive  it, 
and  yield  fruit,  the  one  thirty,  another  sixty,  and 
another  a  hundred. 

21  And  he  said  to  them:  Doth  a  candle  come  in 
to  be  put  under  a  bushel,  or  under  a  bed?  and  not 
to  be  set  on  a  candlestick  ? 

-'J  I  or  there  is  nothing  hid,  which  shall  not  be 
made  manifest;  neither  was  it  made  secret,  but 
that  it  DM]  come  abroad. 

23  If  any  man  have  ears  to  hear,    let    him  hear. 

24  And  he  said  to  them:  Take  heed  what  you 
hear:  With  what  measure  you  shall  mete,  it  shall 
be  measured  to  you  again:  and  more  shall  be  given 
to  you. 

25  For  he  that  hath,  to  him  shall  be  given: 
and  he  that  hath  not,  that  also  which  he  hath  shall 
be  taken  away  from  him. 

26  And  he  said:  So  is  the  kingdom  of  God,  as 
if  a  man  should  cast  seed  into  the  earth, 

27  And  should  sleep,  anil  rise.  night  and  day,  and 
the  Med  should  spring,  and  grow  up  whilst  he 
knoweth  not. 

28  For  the  earth  of  itself  bringeth  forth  fruit, 
first  the  blade,  then  the  ear,  afterwards  the  full 
corn  in  the  ear. 

29  And  when  the  fruit  is  brought  forth,  imme- 
diately he  putietli  in  the  sickle,  because  the  ban  est 
is  come. 

30  And  he  said:  To  what  shall  we  liken  the 
kingdom  of  God?  or  to  what  parable  shall  we 
compare  it  ? 

31  It  is  as  a  grain  of  mustard  seed,  which, 
when  it  is  sown  in  the  earth,  is  less  than  all  the 
seeds  that  are  in  the  earth: 

32  And  when  it  is  sown,  it  groweth  up,  and  hc- 
cometh  greater  than  all  herbs,  and  shooteth  out 
ireat  branches,  so  that  the  birds  of  the  air  may 
dwell  under  the  shadow  thereof. 

33  And  With  many  such  parables  he  spoke  to 
them  the  word,  according  as  they  were  able  to 
hear. 

34  And  without  parable  he  did  not  speak  unto 
them  :  but  apart,  he  explained  all  things  to  his  dis- 
ciples. 

35  And  he  saith  to  them  that  day,  w  hen  cicning 
was  come:  Let  us  pass  over  to  tin  other  side. 

36  And  Bending  away  the  multitude,  tiny  take 
him  even  as  he  was  in  the  ship:  and  there  wen 
other  ships  with  him. 

37  And  there  arose  a  creat  storm  of  wind:  and 
the  waves  beat  into  the  ship,  so  that  the  ship  was 
filled. 

38  And  he  was  in  the  hinder  part  of  the  ship. 
sleeping  upon  a  pillow  :  and  they  awake  him,  and 


eraro*  which  otherwise  he  would  have  fircn  them,  for  their  effectual 

.  .inn  r-mii. 


CHAP.  V. 


sav  to  him:  Master,  doth  it  not  concern  thee,  that 
we  perish  ? 

39  And  rising  up,  he  rebuked  the  wind,  and  said 
to  the  sea:  Peace;  be  still.  And  the  wind  ceased: 
and  there  was  made  a  great  calm. 

40  And  he  said  to  them:  Why  are  you  fearful  ? 
have  you  not  faith  yet?  and  they  feared  exceed- 
ingly, and  they  said  one  to  another:  Who  is  this 
(thinkest  thou)  that  both  wind  and  sea  obey  him  ? 

CHAP.  v. 

Chritt  casts  out  a  legion  of  devils.    He  heals  the  issue  of  blood, 
and  raises  the  daughter  of  Jairus  to  life. 

AND  they  came  over  the  strait  of  the  sea,  into 
the  country  of  the  Gerasens. 

2  And  when  he  went  out  of  the  ship,  immediately 
vhere  met  him  out  of  the  tombs  a  man  with  an  un- 
clean spirit, 

3  Who  had  his  dwelling  in  the  tombs ;  and  no 
man  now  could  bind  him,  not  even  with  chains : 

4  For  having  been  often  bound  with  fetters  and 
chains,  he  had  burst  the  chains,  and  broken  the  fet- 
ters in  pieces:  and  no  man  could  tame  him. 

5  And  he  was  always  day  and  night  in  the  tombs, 
and  in  the  mountains,  crying,  and  cutting  himself 
with  stones. 

6  And  seeing  Jesus  afar  off,  he  ran  and  adored 
him : 

7  And  crying  with  a  loud  voice,  he  said :  What 
have  I  to  do  with  thee,  Jesus,  thou  Son  of  the  most 
high  God  ?  I  adjure  thee  by  God,  that  thou  torment 
me  not. 

8  For  he  said  to  him:  Go  out  of  the  man,  thou 
unclean  spirit. 

9  And  he  asked  him:  What  is  thy  name?  And 
he  saith  to  him:  My  name  is  Legion,  for  we  are 
many. 

10  And  he  besought  him  much,  that  he  would 
not  drive  him  away  out  of  the  country. 

11  And  there  was  there  near  the  mountain  a 
great  herd  of  swine,  feeding. 

12  And  the  spirits  besought  him,  saying:  Send 
us  into  the  swine,  that  we  may  enter  into  them. 

13  And  Jesus  immediately  gave  them  leave. 
And  the  unclean  spirits  went  out,  and  entered  into 
the  swine:  and  the  herd  with  great  violence  was 
carried  headlong  into  the  sea,  being  about  two 
thousand,  and  were  stifled  in  the  sea. 

14  And  they  that  fed  them  fled,  and  told  it  in 
the  city,  and  in  the  fields.  And  they  went  out  to 
see  what  was  done  : 

15  And  they  come  to  Jesus:  and  they  see  him 
that  was  troubled  with  the  devil,  sitting,  clothed, 
and  of  a  sound  mind :  and  they  were  afraid. 

16  And  they  who  had  seen  it,  told  them  in  what 
manner  he  had  been  dealt  with,  who  had  the  devil; 
and  concerning  the  swine. 

17  And  they  began  to  pray  him  to  depart  from 
their  coasts. 

18  And  when  he  went  up  into  the  ship,  he  that 
had  been  troubled  with  the  devil,  began  to  beseech 
him  that  he  niiiiht  be  with  him. 


19  And  he  admitted  him  not,  but  saith  to  him: 
Go  into  the  house  to  thy  friends  :  and  tell  them  how 
great  things  the  Lord  hath  done  for  thee,  and  hath 
had  mercy  on  thee. 

20  And  he  went  his  way,  and  began  to  publish  in 
Decapolis  how  great  things  Jesus  had  done  for  him : 
and  all  men  wondered. 

21  And  when  Jesus  had  passed  again  into  the 
ship  over  the  strait,  a  great  multitude  assembled 
together  unto  him :  and  he  was  nigh  unto  the  sea. 

22  And  there  cometh  one  of  the  rulers  of  the 
synagogue  named  Jairus;  and  seeing  him,  falleth 
down  at  his  feet. 

23  And  he  besought  him  much,  saying:  My 
daughter  is  at  the  point  of  death:  ccme,  lay  thy  hand 
upon  her,  that  she  may  be  safe,  and  may  live. 

24  And  he  went  with  him :  and  a  great  multi- 
tude followed  him;  and  they  thronged  him. 

25  And  a  woman  who  was  under  an  issue  of 
blood  twelve  years, 

26  And  had  suffered  many  things  from  many 
physicians,  and  had  spent  all  that  she  had,  and  was 
nothing  the  better,  but  rather  worse  : 

27  When  she  had  heard  of  Jesus,  came  in  the 
crowd  behind  him,  and  touched  his  garment. 

28  For  she  said :  If  I  shall  but  touch  his  garment, 
I  shall  be  whole. 

29  And  forthwith  the  fountain  of  her  blood  was 
dried  up:  and  she  felt  in  her  body  that  she  was 
healed  of  the  evil. 

30  And  immediately  Jesus,  knowing  in  himself 
the  virtue  that  had  proceeded  from  him,  turning  to 
the  multitude,  said:  Who  hath  touched  my  gar- 
ments ? 

31  And  his  disciples  said  to  him:  Thou  seest 
the  multitude  thronging  thte,  and  sayest  thou, 
Who  hath  touched  me  ? 

32  And  he  looked  about  to  see  her  who  had  done 
this. 

33  But  the  woman  fearing  and  trembling,  know- 
ing what  was  done  in  her,  came  and  fell  down  be- 
fore him,  and  told  him  all  the  truth. 

34  And  he  said  to  her:  Daughter,  thy  faith  hath 
made  thee  whole :  go  in  peace ;  and  be  thou  whole 
of  thy  disease. 

35  While  he  was  yet  speaking,  some  come  from 
the  ruler  of  the  synagogue's  house,  saying:  Thy 
daughter  is  dead :  Why  dost  thou  trouble  the  mas- 
ter any  farther  ? 

36  But  Jesus  having  heard  the  word  that  was 
spoken,  saith  to  the  ruler  of  the  synagogue:  Fear 
not:  only  believe. 

37  And  he  admitted  not  any  man  to  follow  him, 
but  Peter,  and  James,  and  John  the  brother  of 
James. 

38  And  they  come  to  the  house  of  the  ruler  of 
the  synagogue:  and  he  seeth  a  tumult,  and  people 
weeping  and  wailing  much. 

39  And  going  in,  he  saith  to  them  :  Why  make 
you  this  ado,  and  weep?  the  damsel  is  not  dead, 
but  sleepeth. 

40  And  they  laughed  him  to  scorn.  But  he 
having  put  them  all  out,  taketh  the  father  and  tho 

37 


ST.  MARK. 


mother  of  the  damsel,  and  them  that  were  with 

him;  and  entereth  in  whin-  the  damsel  was  hue 

VI    Ami  taking  the  damsel  by  the  hand,  he  sarth 

to  hi-r :  Talitfa  i  «  inni.  which  is.  bung   int«  rjirctt  «1 ; 

|  I  >.i\    lo  thee)  a; 

42  And  immediately  the  damsel  rose  up,  and 
walked:  Now  she  was  twelve  wars  old  :  and  the) 
wen  astonished  uith  a  great  astonishment 

•V.J  And  he  charged  them  strictly  that  n<>  man 

should  know  u  :    and   commanded    that    something 
should  be  given  her  to  eat. 

CHAP,  VI. 

CkriMt  trarhrt  at  Nazareth.     He  tend*  forth  the  ttnelrr  ajtottlei. 
He  feed*  fire  thuiuund  icith  five  loam;  and  walla  upon  the 

Ull. 

AND  going  out  from  thence,  he  went  into  his 
own  country:   and  bis  disciples  followed  him. 

2  And  when  the  sabbath-day  was  come,  he  began 
to  teach  iii  the  synagogue:  and  many  hearing  him 
were  in  admiration  at  his  dot-trine,  saving:  How 
came  this  man  hy  all  these  things?  ami  what  wis- 
dom is  (his  that  is  given  to  him,  and  such  mighty 
works  ;h  are  wrought  by  his  hands? 

.!  Is  not  this  the  carpenter,  the  son  of  Mary,  the 
brother  of  James  and  Joseph,  and  .hide  and  Si- 
mon.-' are  not  also  his  listen  here  with  us?  Ami 
th<-\   w.ic  scandalized  in  regard  of  him. 

\ml  Jesus  said  to  them:  A  prophet  is  not 
without  honour,  hut  in  his  own  country,  and  in  his 
own  house,  and  among  his  own  kindred. 

5  And  he  could  not*  do  an)  mighty  work  there, 
only  (hat  he  healed  a  few  that  were  sick,  laving  his 
hands  upon  them. 

(i  And  he  wondered  because  of  (heir  unbelief: 
and  he  went  through  the  villages  round  about 
teaching. 

7  And  he  called  the  twelve;  and  l>egan  to  send 
them  two  and  two,  and  gave  them  power  over  un- 
clean spirits. 

8  And  he  commanded  them  that  they  should 
take  nothing  for  their  journey,  hut  a  stall' only;  no 
Kcrip,  no  bread,  nor  money  in  their  purse, 

9  But  to  In-  shod  with  sandals,  and  that  they 
should  not  put  on  two  coats. 

10  And  In-  said  to  them:  Wheresoever  you  shall 
enter  into  a  house-,  there  abide  till  you  depart  from 
(hat  place. 

11  And   whosoever  shall  not    receive  you,   nor 
hear  VOtt,   going    forth  fr(>u>   thence,   shake  oil"  tin 
dust  from  VOW  feet   for  a  testimony  to  them. 

12  Ami   gOtng   forth,   they   preached    that 
shoul  '  do  penance : 

I.I  And  they  cast  out  many  devils,  and  anointed 
with  oil,  many  (hat  were  sick,  and  healed  them. 

IV  And  king  Hi  rod  heard:  (lor  his  name  was 
made  man  id  he  said :  John  the  Baptist  is 

--tin  from  the  dead:  and  therefore  might) 
works  show  forth  themselves  in  him. 


*  Hi  nntld  not.  Not  for  want  of  power,  but  becatiae  be  would  not 
work  mir-4.  I.-,  in  favour  of  ohMinate  and  incredulous  people,  wl>o 
wrrv  unw«  "hy  of  men  (a? rvrs. 


they 


16  \nd  others  said:  He  is  l.lias.  Hut  Others 
said:   He  is  a  prophet,  as  one  of  the  prophets. 

\(>  Which  llcrod  bearing,  said:  John  w  horn  1 
!m  head,  d,  he  is  risen  again  from  the  (had. 

17  For  Herod  himself  had  sent  and  apprehended 
John,  and  hound  him  In  prison  for  the  sake  of  lit 
rodias  the  w  ile  of  Philip   his    brother,    In  cause   he 
ii:-d  married  her. 

1H  For  John  said  to  Herod  :  It  is  not  lawful  for 
thee  to  have  thy  hiother's  wife. 

19  Now  llerodias  laid  snares  for  him;  and  was 
desirous  to  put  him  to  death,  and  could  not. 

20  For  Herod  (eared  John,  know  ins  him  to  he 
a  just  and  holy  man:  and  kept  him  if  and  having 
heard  him,  did  many  things  :  and  he  heard  him 
willingly. 

21  And  when  a  convenient  da]   was  come.    He- 
rod  made  a  supper  for  his  birth-day,  for  the  print 
and  tribunes,  and  chief  men  of  Galilee. 

'  And  when  the  daughter  of  the  same  llerodias 
had  come  in,  and  had  danced,  and  phased  llcrod, 
and  them  that  were  at  table  with  him,  the  king 
said  to  the  damsel :  Ask  of  me  w  hat  thou  w  ilt ;  and 
I  will  give  it  thee. 

.'.;  And  he  swore  to  her :  Whatsoever  thou  shalt 
ask  I  will  give  thee,  though  U  In  the  half  of  my 
kingdom. 

2-V  And  when  she  was  gone  out,  she  said  to  her 
mother:  What  shall  I  ask?  lint  she  said:  The  bead 
of  John  the  Baptist. 

26  And  she  came  in  immediately  with  haste  to 
the  kins:  and  asked,  saying  I  I  will  that  forthwith 
thou  give  me  in  a  dish  the  head  of  John  the  Baptist. 

26  And  the  kingwas  struck  sad:  tul  hecaiise  of 
his  oath,  and  because  of  them  that  were  with  him 
at  table,  he  would  not  displease  her: 

27  Hut  sending  an  executioner,  he  commanded 

that  his  head  should  he  brought  in  a  dish.  And  he 
beheaded  him  in  the  prison : 

28  And  brought  his  head  in  a  dish:  and  save  it 
to  the  damsel :  and  tin-  damsel  gave  it  to  her  mother. 

29  Which  his  disciples  hearing,  came,  and  took 
his  IumI\  :  and  laid  it  in  a  touih. 

30  And  the  apostles  coining  together  unto  Jesus. 

related  to  him  all  things   that    they  had   done  and 

taught. 

.)1  And  he  said  to  them  : .  Come  ye  apart  into  a 
desert  place,  and  rest  a  little.  For  there  were  ma- 
ny coming  and  goins:  and  tiny  had  not  so  much 
as  time  to  eat. 

32  And  goins  up  into  a  ship,  they  went  into  a 
desert  place  apart. 

33  And  (hey  saw  them  soiiis  away:  and  many 
knew:  and  they  ran  flocking  thither  on  foot  from 
all  the  cities,  and  were  there  hefore  them. 

3-V  And  Jesus  soius  out  saw  a  great  multitude  : 

and  he  had  compassion  on  them,  because  they 
were  as  sheep  not  having  a  shepherd  :  and  he  hegan 
to  teach  (hem  many  things. 


\  JM  ktft  ktm.  That  i»,  from  the  design*  of  Herodiaa  ;  and  for 
fear  of  the  people,  would  not  pot  him  t.>  ilcuih,  though  she  sought  '»• 
audlhrough  her  daughter  abe  effected  her  wish. 


CHAP.  VII. 


35  And  when  the  day  was  now  far  spent,  his 
disciples  came  to  him,  saying:  This  is  a  desert 
place,  and  the  hour  is  now  past : 

36  Send  them  away,  that,  going  into  the  next 
villages  and  towns,  they  may  buy  themselves  meat 
to  eat. 

37  But  he  answering,  said  to  them :  Give  you 
them  to  eat.  And  they  said  to  him:  Let  us  go  and 
buy  bread  for  two  hundred  pence  ;  and  we  will  give 
them  to  eat. 

38  And  he  saith  to  them:  How  many  loaves 
have  you?  go  and  see.  And  when  they  knew,  they 
say  :  Five,  and  two  fishes. 

39  And  he  commanded  them  to  make  them  all 
sit  down  by  companies  upon  the  green  grass. 

40  And  they  sat  down  in  ranks,  by  hundreds 
and  by  fifties. 

41  And  when  he  had  taken  the  five  loaves,  and 
the  two  fishes,  looking  up  to  heaven,  he  blessed,  and 
broke  the  loaves,  and  gave  to  his  disciples  to  set 
before  them:  and  the^two  fishes  he  divided  among 
them  all. 

42  And  they  all  did  eat,  and  had  their  fill. 

43  And  they  took  up  the  leavings,  twelve  bas- 
kets full  of  fragments,  and  of  the  fishes. 

44  And 'they  that  did  eat,  were  five  thousand 
men. 

45  And  immediately  he  obliged  his  disciples  to 
go  up  into  the  ship,  that  they  might  go  before  him 
over  the  water  to  Bethsaida;  whilst  he  dismissed 
the  people. 

46  And  when  he  had  dismissed  them,  he  went 
ap  to  the  mountain  to  pray. 

47  And  when  it  was  late,  the  ship  was  in  the 
midst  of  the  sea,  and  he  alone  on  the  land. 

48  And  seeing  them  labouring  in  rowing,  (for 
the  wind  was  against  them)  and  about  the  fourth 
watch  of  the  night  he  cometh  to  them  walking 
upon  the  sea  :  and  he  would  have  passed  by 
them. 

49  But  they  seeing  him  walking  upon  the  sea, 
thought  it  was  an  apparition  :  and  they  cried 
out. 

50  For  they  all  saw  him,  and  were  troubled. 
And  immediately  he  spoke  with  them,  and  said  to 
them  :  Have  a  good  heart ;  it  is  I ;  fear  ye  not. 

51  And  he  went  up  to  them  into  the  ship :  and 
the  wind  ceased.  And  they  were  far  more  asto- 
nished within  themselves. 

52  For  they  understood  not  concerning  the 
loaves  :  for  their  heart  was  blinded. 

53  And  when  they  had  passed  over,  they  came 
into  the  land  of  Genesareth,  and  set  to  the  shore. 

54  And  when  they  were  gone  out  of  the  ship, 
immediately  they  knew  him  : 

55  And  running  through  that  whole  country, 
they  began  to  carry  about  in  beds  those  that  were 
sick,  where  they  heard  he  was. 

56  And  whithersoever  he  entered,  into  towns,  or 
into  villages,  or  cities,  they  laid  the  sick  in  the 
streets,  and  besought  him  that  they  might  touch 
but  the  hem  of  his  garment :  and  as  many  as 
touched  him  were  made  whole. 


CHAP.  VII. 


Christ  rebukes  the  Pharisees.     He  heals  the  daughter  of  the 
woman  of  Chanaan  ;  and  the  man  thai  was  deaf  and  dumb 

AND   there  assembled  together   unto    him   the 
Pharisees,  and  some  of  the  Scribes,  coming 
from  Jerusalem. 

2  And  when  they  had  seen  some  of  his  disciples 
eat  bread  with  common,  that  is,  with  unwashed 
hands,  they  found  fault. 

3  For  the  Pharisees  and  all  the  Jews  eat  not 
without  often  washing  their  hands,  holding  the  tra- 
dition of  the  ancients : 

4  And  when  they  come  from  the  market,  unless 
they  be  washed,  they  eat  not:  and  many  other 
things  there  are  that  have  been  delivered  to  them 
to  observe,  the  washings  of  cups,  and  of  pots,  and 
of  brazen  vessels,  and  of  beds. 

5  And  the  Pharisees  and  Scribes  asked  him  : 
Why  do  not  thy  disciples  walk  according  to  the 
tradition  of  the  ancients,  but  eat  bread  with  com- 
mon hands  ? 

6  But  he  answering,  said  to  them:  Well  did 
Isaias  prophesy  of  you,  hypocrites,  as  it  is  written  : 
This  people  honoureth  me  with  their  lips  ;  but 
their  heart  is  far  from  me.* 

7  And  in  vain  do  they  worship  me,  teaching 
doctrines  and  precepts  of  men. 

8  For  leaving  the  commandment  of  God,  you 
hold  the  tradition  of  men,  the  washings  of  pots 
and  of  cups :  and  many  other  things  you  do  like 
to  these. 

9  And  he  said  to  them :  Well  do  you  make 
void  the  commandment  of  God,  that  you  may 
keep  your  own  tradition. 

10  For  Moses  said:  Honour  thy  father  and  thy 
mother :  and,  he  that  shall  curse  father  or  mother 
dying  let  him  die  the  death. 

11  But  you  say:  If  a  man  shall  say  to  his  fa- 
ther or  mother,Corban,  (that  is,  a  gift)  whatsoever 
is  from  me,  shall  profit  thee  : 

12  And  farther  you  suffer  him  not  to  do  any 
thing  for  his  father  or  mother, 

13  Making  void  the  word  of  God  by  your  tra- 
dition, which  you  have  given  forth.  And  many 
other  such  like  things  you  do. 

14  And  calling  again  the  multitude  unto  him,  he 
said  to  them  :  Hear  ye  me  all,  and  understand. 

15  There  is  nothing  from  without  a  man  enter- 
ing into  him,  that  can  defile  him :  but  the  things 
which  come  from  a  man,  those  are  they  that  de- 
file a  man. 

16  If  any  man  have  ears  to  hear,  let  him  hear. 

17  And  when  he  was  come  into  the  house  from 
the  multitude,  his  disciples  asked  him  the  mean- 
ing of  the  parable. 

1 8  And  he  said  to  them :  Are  you  also  so  un 
wise  ?  understand  you  not  that  whatsoever  thing 
from  without  entereth  into  a  man,  it  cannot  defile 
him  : 


*   Doctrinct   and  precepts    of  men. 
xv.  9.  11. 

39 


See   the   annotations,  Maltheu 


ST.  MARK. 


19  Because  it  enteicth  not  into  his  heart,  but 
li  into  tin-  Ik  lis,   and   gocth  out  into  the  priw, 
purging  all  hum 

\n<i  lie  said  that  the  tilings  which  conic  out 
from  a  in. m.  ilu  v  ilclilc  a  man. 

21  For  from  within  out  of  the  heart  of  men  pro- 
ceed evil  thoughts,   adulteries,    fornications,   mur- 

22  Thefts,  covetousm  ss,  w  iekedness,  deceit,  las- 
civioiiMicss,  an  e\il  eye,  blasphemy,  pride,  fool- 
ishness. 

Ml  these  evil  things  come  from  within,  and 
defile  a  man. 

\nd  he  arose  from  thence,  end  went  to  the 
bofden  ef  Tjne  and  Skkm:  and  entering  into  a 

house,    lie    would    have   no  man  know    it:    hut  he 
could  not  be  hid. 

Fo*  a  certain  woman  heard  of  him.  ffhuM 
daughter  had  an  unclean  spirit,  and  presently  came 
in,  and  tell  down  at  his  feet. 

For  the  woman  was  a  Gentile,  a  Syrophe- 
nician  lx>rn.  And  she  besought  him  to  cast  forth 
the  devil  out  of  her  daughter. 

Vnd  be  said  toher:  Let  the  children  first 
be  filled:  for  it  is  not  good  to  take  the  bread  of 
the  children,  and  cast  it  to  the  di 

But  sin-  answered,  and  said  to  him:  Yen. 
Lord:  tor  the  w helps  also  eat  under  the  table  of 
the  crumbs  of  the  children. 

29  And  be  said  to  her:   For  this  saving  go  thy 
:  the  devil  is  -one  out  of  thy  daughter. 

\ii>l  when  she  was  come  to  her  house,  rfie 
found  the  girl  lying  upon  tin  bed,  and  that  the 
devil  lie  out. 

.;i  And  again  going  out  of  the  borders  of  Tyre 
he  came  by  sidou  to  the  sea  of  Galilee,  through 
the  midst  of  the  territories  of  Decapolis. 

\nd  they  bring  to  him  one  that  was  deaf 
and  dumb:  and  tiny  besought  him  to  lay  his 
baud  upon  him. 

\nd  taking  him  aside  from  the  multitude, 
he  put  his  fingers  into  his  cars ;  and  spitting,  he 
touched  his  tongue ; 

\\u\  looking  up  to  heaven,  he  groaned,  and 
to  him:   Kphphcta,  thai  is,  Be  opened. 

\nd  immediately  his  ears  were  opened  :  and 
the  strin-  of  his  tongue  was  loosed  ;   and  he  spoke 

right 

\nd  he  charged  them  that  they  should  tell 
no  man.  But  the  more  he  charged  them,  so  much 
the  more  a  gnat  deal  did  they  publish  it. 

\ ii.  1  mi  much  the  more  did  they  wonder,  sa)  - 
nig  :  He  bath  done  all  things  well:  be  hath  made 
oolh  the  deaf  to  hear,  and  the  dumb  to  speak. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

Chritt  fcrds  four  thnutnml      Hr  pit**  tight  to  a  blind  man. 
He  foretck  his  position. 

IN    those    da\s    again,    when    there    was  |    creat 
multitude,  and  had  nothing  to  eat  :   calling   his 
disciples  together,  he  s;iith  to  them  : 

j   |  have  compas  ion  on  the  multitude:  for,  be- 

•w 


hold,  they  have  now  been  with  nie  three  days,  and 
li  i\e  nothing  to  eat  : 

3  And  if  I  send  them  awav   fasting  to  their  own 

kthej  will  faint  in  the  way:  for  some  of  them 

came  from  alar  oil'. 

4  And  his  disciples  answered  him:  From  whence 
can  any  one  mtMHj  them  here  with  bread  in  the 
wilderness  ? 

5  And  he  asked  them:  How  many  loaves  have 
ye?  And  they  said.  Seven. 

6  And  be  commanded  the  people  to  sit  down  on 
the  ground:  ami  taking  the  seven  loaves,  giving 
thanks,    he   broke,   and   gave  to  his  disciples  to 

before  them:  and  they  set  them  before  the  people 

7  And  they  had  a  few  little  fishes;  and  he 
blessed  them,  and  commanded  them  to  l>e  set  lie- 
fore  them. 

8  And  they  did  eat,  and  were  filled  :  and  tin  v 
took  up  that  which  was  left  of  the  fragments,  seven 
baskets. 

9  And  they  thai  had  eaten  vy-re  about  four  thou- 
sand :   and  he  sent  them  away. 

10  And  iiiiniediaely  going  up  into  a  shin  with  his 
disciples,   he  came  into  the   parts  of  Dalmauutha. 

11  And  the  Pharisees  came  forth,  and  began  to 
question  with  him,  seeking  of  him  a  sign  from 
heaven,  tempting  him. 

12  And  sighing  deeply  in  spirit,  he  saith:  Why 
doth  this  generation  seek  a  sign:  Amen  I  sav  to 
VOtt,  a  sign  shall  not  be  given  to  this  generation. 

13  And  leaving  them,  he  went  up  again  into  the 
ship,  and  passed  to  the  other  side  of  the  water. 

1  \  Anil  they  forgot  to  take  bread  :  and  the)  had 
but  one  loaf  with  them  in  the  ship. 

15  And  he  charged  them,  saving:  Take  heed 
and  beware  of  the  leaven  of  the  Pharisees,  and  of 
the  leaven  of  Herod. 

16  And  they  reasoned  among  themselves,  sav  ing  : 
Because  we  have  no  bread. 

17  Which  Jesus  knowing,  saith  to  them  :  Why 

do  yOU  reason,  because  you  have  no  bread  ?  do  you 
not  yet  know  nor  understand.'  have  you  still  your 
heart  blinded  ? 

18  Having  eves  you  see  not'  and  having  ears 
you  hear  not  .'   Neither  do  you  remember. 

1!>  When  I  broke  the  live  loaves  among  live 
thousand,  how  many  baskets  full  of  fragments  took 
vou  up'   They  say  to  him:  Twelve. 

0  And  when  the  seven  loaves  among  four  thou- 
sand, how  man)  baskets  of  fragments  took  vou  up? 
And  they  sav  to  him:  Seven. 

Jl  And  he  said  tothcin:  How  do  you  not  v.t 
understand  ' 

2  And  they  came  to  Bethsaidn:  and  they  bring 
to  him  a  blind  man:  and  they  besought  him  to  torn  h 
him. 

23  And  taking  the  blind  man  by  the  hand,  he  lea 
him  out  of  the  town:  and  spitting  upon  his  eves, 
laving  his  hands  on  him,  he  asked  him  if  he  saw 
anv  thing. 

JV  And  looking  up.  he  said:  I  see  men  as  trees. 
walking. 

M'ti  i  that  he  laid  his  hands  again  upon  his 


v  r     M  »  i«i- 


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CHAP.  XI. 


18  And  Jesus  said  to  him:  Whycallest  thou  mc 
good  ?  None  is  ^ood,*  but  one,  that  is  Clod. 

19  Thou  knowest  the  commandments  :  Do  not 
commit  adultery :  do  not  kill :  do  not  steal :  bear 
not  false  witness :  do  not  fraud :  honour  thy  father 
and  mother. 

20  But  he  answering,  said  to  him :  Master,  all 
these  things  have  I  observed  from  my  youth. 

21  And  Jesus  looking  on  him,  loved  him,  and 
said  to  him  :  One  thing  is  wanting  unto  thee  :  go, 
sell  whatsoever  thou  hast,  and  give  to  the  poor ; 
and  thou  shalt  have  treasure  in  heaven :  and  come 
follow  me. 

22  But  he  being  struck  sad  at  the  saying,  went 
away  sorrowful :  for  he  had  great  possessions. 

23  And  Jesus  looking  round  about,  saith  to  his 
disciples :  How  hardly  shall  they  who  have  riches, 
enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God  ! 

24  And  the  disciples  were  astonished  at  his 
words.  But  Jesus  answering  again,  saith  to  them: 
Children,  how  hard  is  it  for  them  that  trust  in 
riches,  to  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God ! 

25  It  is  easier  for  a  camel  to  pass  through  the 
eye  of  a  needle,  than  for  a  rich  man  to  enter  into 
the  kingdom  of  God. 

26  And  they  wondered  the  more,  saying  among 
themselves  :  Who  then  can  be  saved  ? 

27  And  Jesus  looking  on  them,  saith:  With  men 
it  is  impossible ;  but  not  with  God  :  for  all  things 
are  possible  with  God. 

23  And  Peter  began  to  say  to  him :  Behold,  we 
have  left  all  things,  and  have  followed  thee. 

29  Jesus  answering,  said  :  Amen  I  say  to  you, 
there  is  no  man  who  hath  left  house  or  brethren,  or 
sisters,  or  father,  or  mother,  or  children,  or  lands, 
for  my  sake  and  for  the  gospel, 

30  Who  shall  not  receive  a  hundred  times  as 
much,  now  in  this  time ;  houses,  and  brethren, 
and  sisters,  and  mothers,  and  children,  and  lands, 
with  persecutions ;  and  in  the  world  to  come  life 
everlasting. 

31  But  many  that  are  first,  shall  be  last,  and  the 
last  first. 

32  And  they  were  in  the  way  going  up  to  Jeru- 
salem :  and  Jesus  went  before  them  :  and  they 
were  astonished  ;  and  following  were  afraid.  And 
taking  again  the  twelve,  he  began  to  tell  them  the 
things  that  should  befal  him, 

33  Saying :  Behold,  we  go  up  to  Jerusalem : 
and  the  Son  of  man  shall  be  betrayed  to  the  chief 
priests,  and  to  the  Scribes  and  ancients:  and  they 
shall  condemn  him  to  death,  and  shall  deliver  him 
to  the  Gentiles. 

31  And  they  shall  mock  him,  and  spit  on  him, 
and  scourge  him,  and  kill  him :  and  the  third  day 
he  shall  rise  again. 

35  And  James  and  John  the  sons  of  Zebedee, 
came  to  him,  saying :  Master,  we  desire  that 
whatsoever  we  shall  ask,  thou  wouldst  do  it 
for  us: 

*  Mone  is  good,  of  himself  entirely  and  essentially,  but  God  alone: 
men  may  be  good  also,  but  only  by  participation  of  God's  goodness. 


36  But  he  said  to  them,  What  would  you  that 
I  should  do  for  you  ? 

37  And  they  said :  Grant  to  us,  that  we  may 
sit?  one  on  thy  right  hand,  and  the  other  on  thy 
left  hand,  in  thy  glory. 

38  And  Jesus  said  to  them  :  You  know  not 
what  you  ask.  Can  you  drink  of  the  chalice  that 
I  drink  of;  or  be  baptized  with  the  baptism  where- 
with I  am  baptized  ? 

39  But  they  said  to  him  :  We  can.  And  Jesus 
saith  to  them :  You  shall  indeed  drink  of  the 
chalice  that  I  drink  of:  and  with  the  baptism 
wherewith  I  am  baptized,  you  shall  be  baptized ; 

40  But  to  sit  on  my  right  hand,  or  on  my  left, 
is  not  mine  to  give  to  you,  but  to  them  for  whom 
it  is  prepared. 

41  And  the  ten  hearing  it,  began  to  be  much 
displeased  at  James  and  John. 

42  But  Jesus  calling  them,  saith  to  them :  You 
know  that  they  who  seem  to  rule  over  the  Gen- 
tiles, lord  it  over  them :  and  their  princes  have 
power  over  them. 

43  But  it  is  not  so  among  you :  but  whosoever 
will  be  greater,  shall  be  your  minister. 

44  And  whosoever  will  be  first  among  you, 
shall  be  the  servant  of  all. 

45  For  the  Son  of  man  also  is  not  come  to  be 
ministered  unto,  but  to  minister,  and  to  give  his 
life  a  redemption  for  many. 

46  And  they  came  to  Jericho:  and  as  he  went 
out  of  Jericho,  with  his  disciples  and  a  very  great 
multitude,  Bartimeus  the  blind  man,  the  son  of 
Timeus,  sat  by  the  way  side  begging. 

47  And  when  he  had  heard,  that  it  was  Jesus  of 
Nazareth,  he  began  to  cry  out,  and  to  say :  Jesus, 
Son  of  David,  have  mercy  on  me. 

48  And  many  rebuked  him,  that  he  might  hold 
his  peace.  But  he  cried  a  great  deal  the  more : 
Son  of  David,  have  mercy  on  me. 

49  And  Jesus  stood  still,  and  commanded  him  to 
be  called.  And  they  call  the  blind  man,  saying  to 
him  :  Be  of  better  comfort :  arise,  he  calleth  thee. 

50  And  he  casting  off  his  garment,  leaped  up, 
and  came  to  him. 

51  And  Jesus  answering,  said  to  him :  What 
wilt  thou  that  I  should  do  to  thee  ?  And  the  blind 
man  said  to  him :  Rabboni,  that  I  ma}'  see. 

52  And  Jesus  saith  to  him :  Go  thy  way ;  thy 
faith  hath  made  thee  whole.  And  immediately  he 
saw,  and  followed  him  in  the  way. 

CHAP.  XI. 

Christ  enters  into  Jerusalem  upon  an  ass;  curses  the  barren  Jig- 
tree  ;  and  drives  the  buyers  and  sellers  out  of  the  temple. 

\  ND  when  they  were  drawing  near  to  Jeru- 
-^*-  salem,  and  ,to  Bethania  at  the  mount  of 
Olives,  he  sendeth  two  of  his  disciples, 

2  And  saith  to  them  :  Go  into  the  village  that  is 
over  against  you  ;  and  immediately  at  your  coming 
in  thither,  you  shall  find  a  colt  tied,  upon  which 
no  man  yet  hath  sat :  loose  him,  and  bring  him. 

3  And  if  any  man  shall  say  to  you :  What  are 

43 


ST.  MARK 


( 


you  doing?  say  yo  that  the  Lord  bath  need  of  him: 
and  immediate!)  lie  will  let  him  come  hither. 

\nd  going  tin  ir  way  thev  found  the  colt  tied 
before  the  rate  without  in  the  meeting  of  two 
ways:  and  they  loose  him. 

b  And  some  of  them  th;it  stood  there,  said  to 
them:  What  do  von  loosing  the  ooh  ? 

6  And  they  said  to  them  as  Jesus  luul  com- 
manded them:   and  they  In  him  go  with  them. 

7  And  they  brought  the  oak  to  Jems:  and  they 
lav  their  garments  on  him,  and  he  sat  upon  him. 

8  And  nun/  spread  their  ferments  in  the  way: 
and  others  eut  down  boughs  from  the  trees,  and 
strewed  them  in  the  way. 

9  And  they  that  went  before,  and  they  that  fol- 
lowed, cried,  saying:    Hosanna: 

10  Blessed  is  be  t  li:tt  cometh  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord:  Blessed  be  the  kingdom  of  our  father  David 
that  cometh  :    Hosanna  in  the  highest 

11  And  he  entered  Jerusalem,  into  the  temple: 
and  having  viewed  all  thing*  round  alnnit,  when 
now  the  hour  of  evening  was  come,  he  went  out 
to  Bethania  with  the  twelve. 

12  And  the  next  day,  when  they  came  out 
from    Bethania,    he   was   hungry. 

13  And  when  he  had  seen  afar  off  a  fig-tree 
having  leave-;,  he  came,  if  perhaps  he  niinht  find 
any  thing  on  it.  Ami  when  lie  was  come  to  it,  he 
found  nothing  but  leaves:  for  it  was  not  the  time 
for  figs. 

1  \  And  answering,  he  said  to  it:  May  no  man 
hereafter  eat  fruit  of  thee  an\  more  forever.  And 
his  disciples  heard  it. 

1")  And  iIpv  came  to  Jerusalem.  And  when  he 
had  entered  into  the  temple,  he  began  to  cist  out 
them  that  sold  and  bought  in  the  temple:  and  he 
overthrew  the  tables  of  the  money-changers,  and 
the  chairs  of  tin  in  that  sold  doves. 

16  Ami  he  suffered  not  that  any  man  should 
cam  a  restel  through  the  temple  : 

17  And  he  taught,  saying  to  them:  Is  it  not 
written  :  My  house  shall  be  called  the  house  of 
prayer   to  all    nations?  But   you   have   made  it  a 

den  of  thid 

18  Which  when  the  chief  priests  and  the  Scribes 
had  heard,  they  sought  how  thev  might  destroy 
him:  for  they  feared  him,  because  the  whole  mul- 
titude was  in  admiration  at  his  doctrine. 

19  And  when  cm niug  was  conic,  he  went  forth 
out  of  the  city. 

20  And  when   they  passed   by  in   the  morning, 

lliev    saw'  the  fig-tiee  dried   Up  from   the   roots. 

'\  And  Peter  remembering,  said  to  him:  Rabbi, 
behold,  the  fig-tree  which  thou  cursedst,  is  withered 
•war, 

22  And  Jesus  answering,  saith  to  them:   Have 

the  faith  of   ( iod. 

23  Amen  I  sav  to  you,  that  whosoever  shall  say 
to  this  mountain:  lb'  thou  removed,  and  be  thou 
east  into  the  sea.  and  shall  not  staff  get  in  his  heart, 
but  believe,  that  whatsoever  he  shall  say,  shall  l)C 
done:   it  shall  be  done  for  him. 

24  Therefore  1  say  to  vou,  all  things  W, 


\ou  ask  when  y«  pray,  believe  (hat you  shall  re- 
ceive, and  they  shall  come  unto  VOU. 

25  And  when  vou  shall  stand  to  pray,  forgive, 
if  yon  have  any  thing  against  anv  man:  that  your 
Father  also,  who  is  in  heaven,  mav  forgive  vob 
vour  sins. 

26  But  if  you  will  not  forgive,  neither  will  youi 
Father,  who  is  in  heaven,  forgive  vou  vour  sins. 

21  And  they  come  again  to  Jerusalem.  And 
when  he  was  walking  in  the  temple,  there  come  to 
him  the  chief  priests,  and  the  Scribes,  and  lb*- 
ancients: 

28  And  they  say  to  him :  By  what  authority 
doest  thou  these  things?  and  who  hath  given  thee 
this  authority  to  do  these  things? 

29  And  Jesus  answering,  said  to  them  :  I  will 
also  ask  of  you  one  quest  ion,  and  answer  you  me:  and 
I  will  tell  you  by  what  authority  I  do  these  thin 

30  The  baptism  of  John  was  it  from  heaven, 
or  from  men.'    Answer  me. 

31  But  they  thought  with  themselves,  nying: 
If  we  say  from  heaven  :  he  will  say  :  Why  then 
did  not  vou  believe^  him? 

32  If  we  say,  From  men,  we  fear  the  people. 
For  all  men  counted  John  that  he  was  a  prophet 
indeed. 

33  And  they  answering,  say  to  Jesus:  We 
know  not.  And  Jesus  answering,  saith  to  them: 
Neither  do  I  tell  you  by  what  authority  1  do  tin  H 
things. 


CHAP.  XII. 

The  parable  of  Ike  pint-yard  and  huthandmrn. 
tn  tribute.     The  Sadditrees  are  cunfutviL 
mundmrnt.      The  iridmr't  mite. 


Ctrtar't  right 
The  Jlrtt  ct«M- 


AND  he  began  to  speak  to  them  in  iKinihlos : 
A  man  planted  a  vmevard.  and  made  a  hedge 
round  it,  and  dug  a  place  for  the  wine-vat,  and 
built  a  tower,  and  let  it  to  husbandmen,  ami  went 
into  a  far  country. 

2  And  at  the  season  he  sent  to  the  husbandmen 
a  servant,  to  receive  from  the  husbandmen  of  the 
fruit  of  the  vineyard. 

3  And  they  having  laid  hands  on  him,  beat  him; 
and  sent  him  away  empty. 

4  And  again,  lie  sent  to  them  another  servant: 
and  him  they  wounded  in  the  head,  and  used  him 
reproachfully. 

5  And  again  he  sent  another,  and  him  they  kill- 
ed :   and   many  others,   of  whom   some  they  hi  at 
and  others  thev   killed. 

6  Having,  therefore,  as  yet  one  dearly  helovid 
son,  he  sent  him  also  to  them  last  of  all,  laying: 
Thev  w  ill  reverence  my  son. 

7  But  the  husbandmen  said  one  to  another. 
This  is  the  heir:  come,  let  us  kill  him  :  and  the  in- 
heritance shall  be  ours. 

8  And  laying  hold  on  him,  they  killed  him,  and 
cast  him  out  of  the  vineyard. 

9  What,  therefore,  Will  the  lord  of  the  vineyard 
do?  He  w  ill  conic,  and  destroy  the  husbandmen; 
and  will  give  the  vineyard  to  others. 


chap.  xiii. 


10  And  have  you  not  read  this  scripture :  The 
stone  which  the  builders  rejected, the  same  is  be- 
come the  head  of  the  comer: 

1 1  By  the  Lord  hath  this  been  done,  and  it  is 
wonderful  in  our  eyes  ? 

12  And  they  sought  to  lay  hands  on  him ;  but 
they  feared  the  people;  for  they  knew  that  he 
spoke  this  parable  against  them.  And  leaving  him, 
they  went  their  way. 

13  And  they  send  to  him  some  of  the  Pharisees 
and  of  the  Herodians,  to  cat  h  him  in  his  words. 

14  And  coming,  they  say  to  him :  Master,  we 
know  that  thou  art  a  true  speaker,  and  carest  not  for 
any  man:  for  thou  regardest  not  the  person  of  men, 
but  teachest  the  way  of  God  in  truth.  Is  it  lawful 
to  give  tribute  to  Caesar;  or  shall  we  not  give  it  ? 

15  But  he,  knowing  their  dissimulation,  saith  to 
them:  Why  tempt  you  me  ?  bring  me  a  penny  that 
I  may  see  it. 

16  And  they  brought  it  to  him.  And  he  saith  to 
them  :  Whose  is  this  image  and  inscription?  They 
say  to  him,  Caesar's. 

17  And  Jesus  answering,  said  to  them:  Render 
therefore  to  Caesar  the  things  that  are  Cpesar's,  and 
to  God  the  things  that  are  God's.  And  they  mar- 
velled at  him. 

18  And  there  came  to  him  the  Sadducees,  who 
say  there  is  no  resurrection :  and  they  asked  him, 
saying : 

19  Master,  Moses  wrote  unto  us,  that  if  any 
man's  brother  die,  and  leave  his  wife  behind  him, 
and  leave  no  children,  his  brother  should  take  his 
wife,  and  raise  up  seed  to  his  brother. 

20  Now  there  were  seven  brethren :  and  the 
first  took  a  wife,  and  died,  leaving  no  issue. 

21  And  the  second  took  her,  and  died:  and  nei- 
ther did  he  leave  any  issue.  And  the  third  in  like 
manner. 

22  And  the  seven  took  her  in  like  manner,  and 
did  not  leave  issue.   Last  of  all  the  woman  also  died. 

23  In  the  resurrection,  therefore,  when  they 
shall  rise  again,  whose  wife  shall  she  be  of  them  f 
for  the  seven  had  her  to  wife. 

21  And  Jesus  answering,  said  to  them  :  Do  ye 
not  therefore  err,  not  understanding  the  Scriptures, 
nor  th*1  power  of  God  ? 

25  For  when  they  shall  rise  again  from  the  dead, 
they  shall  neither  marry,  nor  be  given  in  marriage  ; 
but  are  as  the  angels  in  heaven. 

26  And  as  concerning  the  dead,  that  they  rise 
.main,  have  you  not  read  in  the  book  of  Moses, 
how  in  the  bush  God  spoke  to  him,  saying:  I  am 
the  God  of  Abraham,  and  the  God  of  Isaac,  and 
the  God  of  Jacob  ? 

27  He  is  not  the  God  of  the  dead,  but  of  the 
living.    You  therefore  do  greatly  err. 

28  And  there  came  one  of  the  Scribes  that  had 
heard  them  reasoning  together,  and  seeing  that  he 
had  answered  them  well,  asked  him  which  was  the 
the  first  commandment. 

29  And  Jesus  answered  him  :  The  first  com- 
mandment of  all  is:  Hear,  O  Israel,  the  Lord  thy 
God  is  one  God. 


30  And  thou  slmlt  love  the  Lord  thy  God  with 
thy  whole  heart,  and  with  thy  whole  soul,  and  with 
thy  whole  mind,  and  with  thy  whole  strength.  This 
is  the  first  commandment. 

31  And  the  second  is  like  to  it :  Thou  shalt  love 
thy  neighbour  as  thyself.  There  is  no  other  com- 
mandment greater  than  these. 

32  And  the  Scribe  said  to  him:  Well,  master, 
thou  hast  said  in  truth,  that  there  is  one  God,  and 
there  is  no  other  besides  him  : 

33  And  that  he  should  be  loved  with  the  whole 
heart,  and  with  the  whole  understanding,  and  with 
the  whole  soul,  and  with  the  whole  strength:  and 
to  love  one's  neighbour  as  himself,  is  a  greater  thing 
than  all  holocausts  and  sacrifices. 

34  And  Jesus  seeing  that  he  had  answered  wisely, 
said  to  him  :  Thou  art  not  far  from  the  kingdom 
of  God.  And  no  man  after  that  durst  ask  him  any 
question. 

35  And  Jesus  answering  said,  teaching  in  the 
temple  :  How  do  the  Scribes  say,  that  Christ  is  the 
son  of  David  ?' 

36  For  David  himself  saith  by  the  Holy  Ghost: 
The  Lord  said  to  my  lord,  sit  on  my  right  hand, 
until    I  make  thy  enemies  thy  foot-stool. 

37  David  therefore  himself  calleth  him  Lord : 
and  whence  is  he  then  his  son  ?  And  a  great  mul- 
titude heard  him  gladly. 

38  And  he  said  to  them  in  his  doctrine:  Beware 
of  the  Scribes,  who  love  to  walk  in  long  robes,  and 
to  be  saluted  in  the  market-place ; 

39  And  to  sit  in  the  first  chairs  in  the  synagogues, 
and  to"  have  the  highest  places  at  suppers : 

40  Who  devour  the  houses  of  widows  under  the 
pretence  of  long  prayers  :  these  shall  receive  the 
greater  judgment. 

41  And  Jesus,  sitting  over  against  the  treasury, 
beheld  how  the  people  cast  money  into  the  treasu- 
ry :  and  many  that  were  rich  cast  in  much. 

42  And  there  came  a  certain  poor  widow,  and 
she  cast  in  two  mites,  which  make  a  farthing. 

43  And  calling  his  disciples  together,  he  saith  to 
them  :  Amen  I  say  to  you,  this  poor  widow  hath 
cast  in  more  than  all  they  who  have  cast  into  the 
treasury. 

44  For  they  all  did  cast  in  of  their  abundance  : 
but  she,  of  her  want,  cast  in  all  she  had,  even  her 
whole  living. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

Christ  foretels  the  destruction  of the  temple,  and  the  signs  that 
shall  forerun  the  day  of judgment. 

\  ND  as  he  was  going  out  of  the  temple,  one  of 
^*-  his  disciples  saith  to  him  ;  Master,  behold  what 
manner  of  stones,  and  what  buildings  are  here. 

2  And  Jesus  answering,  said  to  him  :  Seest  thou 
all  these  great  buildings  ?  There  shall  not  be  left  a 
stone  upon  a  stone,  that  shall  not  be  thrown  down. 

3  And  as  he  sat  on  the  mount  of  Olives  over 
against  the  temple,  Peter  and  James  and  John  and 
Andrew  asked  him  apart: 

4  Tell  us,  when  shall  these  things  be  ?  and  what 

4.> 


ST.  MARK. 


shall  be  I hr  oi^n  when  all  these  things  shall   begin 
In  he  fulfill) 

5  Ami  Jesus  answering,  lH-gan  to  say  to  them  : 
Take  heed  list  any  man  deceive  you. 

6  For  main  shall  come  in  my  name,  saving:  I 
am  hr  :   and  they  shall  deceive  main. 

7  And  w  Inn  you  shall  hear  of  vv  sirs  an. I  rumours 
of  wars,  tear  ye  not  :  tor  such  things  must  needs 
be<:   hut  the  end  is  not  yet. 

8  For  nation  shall  rise  against  nation,  and  king- 
dom against  kingdom  :  and  there  shall  lie  earth- 
quakes in  places,  and  famines.  These  are  the  be- 
ginning of  Borrow  s. 

9  lint  look  to  yourselves.     For  they  shall  deliver 

iou  up  to  councils;  and  in  the  ftynsgogues  you  shall 
e   Ix-aten:    and   you   shall  stand   before  governors 
and  kings  for  nn   sake,  for  a  testimony  unto  them. 

10  And  unto  all  nations  the  gospel  must  first  he 
preached. 

11  And  when  tln-v  shall  lead  inu  delivering  vou 
up,   Ik-  not   thoughtful   beforehand  what  you  shall 

ik:  hut  whatsoever  shall  he  given  you  in  that 
hour,  that  speak  \e.  For  it  is  not  vou  that  speak. 
hut  the  Holy  tihost. 

IS  Ami  the  brother  shall  In-tray  his  brother  onto 
death,  and  the  father  his  son :  and  children  shall  rise 
up  against  the  parents,  and  shall  put  them  to  death. 

IS  \nd  you  shall  he  hated  by  all  men  for  my 
name's  sake.      Hut  he  that  shall  endure  unto  the 

end,  he  shall  he  saved. 

1  V  And  when  you  shall  see  the  aliotnination  of 
desolation,  standing  where  it  ought  not:  let  him  that 
readeth  understand  :  then  let  those  who  arc  in  Judea, 
Bee  to  the  mountains: 

15  And  let  him  that  is  on  the  house-top,  not  go 
down  into  the  bouse,  nor  enter  therein  to  take  any 
thing  out  of  his  house  : 

III  \nd  let  him  that  shall  be  in  the  field,  not  turn 
back  again  to  take  up  his  garment. 

17  And  wo  to  them  that  are  with  child,  and  that 
give  suck  in  those  days. 

Ill  But  pray  ye,  that  these  things  may  not  hap- 
pen in  winter. 

19  For  in  those  days  shall  be  such  tribulations 
as  were  not  from  the  beginning  of  the  creation 
which  God  created  until  now,  neither  shall  be. 

_'<»  \nd  unless  the  Lord  had  shortened  the  days, 
no  leal]  should  OS  saved  :  but  lor  the  sake  of  the 
efed  which  he  hath  chosen,  be  hath  shortened  the 

ll.lNs. 

l\  And  then  if  any  man  shall  say  to  vou:  Lo, 
here  is  Christ;  or,  Lo,  he  is  there  :  do  not  I »« •  I  i  ■ 

For  there  will  rise  up  false  christj  and  false 
prophets:  and  tlnv  shall  show  SJgM  and  wonders, 
In  seduce,  if  it  were  possible,  even  the  elect. 

J->  Take  Vou  heed,  theiefoie:  Ik  hold,  I  have 
foretold  vou  all  things. 

24  Mut  in  those  days,  after  that  tribulation,  the 
sun  shall  be  darkened,  and  the  moon  shall  not  give 
her  light. 


•  Xir  la* 

•fit..  .U>  ..I 


'.at  th*  Son  of  God  »  aUotutrlr  ignorant 
bat  tlul  ho  kmnrcth  it  oot,  a*  our  teacher: 


and  the  stars  of  heaven  shall  Ik-  falling  dow  n: 
and  the  powers  that  are  in  the  heaven  shall  he  mo\<  d. 

Jil     \nd  then   shall   they    see   the   S f   man 

coining  in  the  clouds,  with  creat  power  and  glory. 

27  And  then  shall  he  send  his  angels,  and  shall 
gather  together  his  elect  from  the  four  winds,  from 
the  Uttermost  part  of  the  earth  to  the  uttermost  part 
of  heaven. 

:  Now  of  the  fig-tree  learn  ye  a  parable.  When 
the  hrwich  thereof  is  now  tender,  and  the  leaves 
are  come  forth,  vou  know  that  summer  is  very  near: 

21)  So  you  also,  when  you  shall  see  these  things 
come  to  pass,  know  ye  that  it  is  very  niJi.  even  at 
the  doors. 

30  Amen  I  sav  to  you,  that  this  generation  shall 
not  pass,  until  all  these  things  he  done. 

31  Heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away,  but  my 
words  shall  not  pass  away. 

.52  Mut  of  that  day  or  hour  no  man  knoweth, 
neither  the  angels  in  heaven,  nor  the  Son,*  hut  the 
Father. 

33  Take  ye  heed;  watch  and  pray:  for  ye  know- 
not  when  the  time  is. 

34  Even  as  a  man  who,  going  into  a  far  count  rj , 
left  his  house,  and  gave  authority  to  his  servants 
over  every  work,  and  commanded  the  porter  to 
watch. 

35  Watch  ye,  therefore  (for  you  know  not  when 
tin- lord  of  the  house  comcth;  at  even,  or  at  mid- 
night, or  at  the  cock  crowing,  or  in  the  morning) 

36  Lest,  coming  on  a  sudden,  he  find  you 
sleeping. 

37  And  what  I  say  to  you,  I  say  to  all:  Watch. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

The  first  part  of  the  history  of  the  pastion  of  Christ. 

NOW  the  feast  of  the  pasch.  and  of thef  a/.yms 
was  after  two  days  :   and  the  chief  priests  and 
the   Seril.es  sought    how    they    might    bj    somi    wile 

hs, 


lay  hold  on  him,  and  kill  him 

2    Mut    they    said:    .Not  on  the  festival  day, 


there  should  he  a  tumult  among  the  people. 

3  And  when  he  was  in  Metliiinia,  in  tin- house  of 
Simon  the  leper,  and  was  at  mi  at.  there  came  a 
woman  hav  ing  an  alabaster  ho\  of  ointment  of  pit  - 
cioiis  spikenard  :  and  breaking  the  alahaster  box. 
she  poured  it  out  upon  his  head. 

4  Now  there  were  some  that  had  indignation 
within  themselves,  and  said:  Why  was  this  wash 
of  the  ointment  made? 

5  I  or  this  ointment  might  have  been  sold  for 
more  than  three  hundred  pence,  and  given  to  the 
l»oor.     And  they  murmured  against  her. 

6  Mut  Jesus  said:  Let  her  alone:  Why  do  vou 
molest  her?  She  hath  wrought  a  good  work  upon 
me. 

7  For  the  |>oor  you  have  always  with  you  :  and 
whensoever  you  will,  you  may  do  them  good:  but 
me  you  have  not  alway  s. 


i.  a.  he  knowrth  it  not  to  aa  to  trai  I.  il  to  M,  M  Ml  ►»  inp  ex 
f  Jzyu.     That  it,  the  fcaat  of  the  unleavened  bread. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


8  She  hath  done  what  she  could :  she  is  come 
beforehand  to  anoint  my  body  for  the  burial. 

9  Amen  I  say  to  you,  wheresoever  this  gospel 
shall  be  preached  in  the  whole  world,  that  also 
which  she  hath  done,  shall  be  told  for  a  memo- 
rial of  her. 

10  And  Judas  Iscariot,  one  of  the  twelve,  went 
to  the  chief  priests,  to  betray  him  to  them. 

1 1  And  they  hearing  it,  were  glad,  and  promised 
to  give  him  money.  And  he  sought  how  he  might 
conveniently  betray  him. 

12  Now  on  the  first  day  of  the  unleavened  bread, 
when  they  sacrificed  the  pasch,  the  disciples  say  to 
him:  Whither  wilt  thou  that  we  go,  and  prepare 
for  thee  to  eat  the  pasch  ? 

13  And  he  sendeth  two  of  his  disciples,  and  saith 
to  them  :  Go  ye  into  the  city :  and  there  shall  meet 
you  a  man  carrying  a  pitcher  of  water;  follow 
Ii i in  : 

14  And  wheresoever  he  shall  go  in,  say  to  the 
master  of  the  house :  The  master  saith :  Where  is 
my  refectory,  where  I  may  eat  the  pasch  with  my 
disciples  ? 

15  And  he  will  show  you  a  large  dining-room 
furnished  :  and  there  prepare  ye  for  us. 

16  And  his  disciples  went  their  way  and  came 
into  the  city  :  and  they  found  as  he  had  told  them  : 
and  they  prepared  the  pasch. 

1 7  And  when  evening  was  come,  he  cometh  with 
the  twelve. 

18  And  when  they  were  at  table,  and  eating, 
Jesus  saith :  Amen  I  say  to  you,  that  one  of  you 
who  eateth  with  me,  shall  betray  me. 

19  But  they  began  to  be  sorrowful,  and  to  say  to 
him  one  by  one :  Is  it  I  ? 

20  And  he  said  to  them  :  One  of  the  twelve  who 
dim>cth  his  hand  in  the  dish  with  me. 

21  And  the  Son  of  man  indeed  gocth,  as  it  is 
written  of  him :  but  wo  to  that  man  by  whom  the 
Son  of  man  shall  be  betrayed.  It  were  better  for 
him,  if  that  man  had  not  been  born. 

22  And  whilst  they  were  eating,  Jesus  took 
bread,  and  blessing  broke,  and  gave  to  them,  and 
said  :  Take  ye,  This  is  my  body. 

23  And  having  taken  the  chalice,  giving  thanks, 
he  gave  it  to  them  :  and  they  all  drank  of  it. 

24  And  he  said  to  them :  This  is  my  blood  of 
the  new  testament,  which  shall  be  shed  for  many. 

25  Amen  I  say  unto  you,  that  I  will  drink  no 
more  of  this  fruit  of  the  vine,  until  that  day  when 
I  shall  drink  it  new  in  the  kingdom  of  God. 

26  And  when  they  had  sung  a  hymn,  they  went 
forth  to  the  mount  of  Olives. 

27  And  Jesus  saith  to  them :  You  will  all  be 
scandalized  in  me  this  night :  for  it  is  written :  I 
will  strike  the  shepherd ;  and  the  sheep  shall  be 
dispersed. 

28  But  after  I  shall  be  risen  again,  I  will  go  be- 
fore you  into  Galilee. 


*.  Crow  twice.  The  nocks  crow  at  two  different  times  of  the  nipht, 
viz.  about  midnight  for  the  first  time;  and  then  about  the  time 
commonly  called  the  cock  crowing :  And  this  was  the  cock  crowing 


29  But  Peter  saith  to  him :  Although  all  shall 
be  scandal ized  in  thee,  yet  not  I. 

30  And  Jesus  saith  to  him  :  Amen  I  say  to  thee, 
to-day,  even  in  this  night,  before  the  cock  crow 
twice,*  thou  shalt  deny  me  thrice. 

31  But  he  spoke  the  more  vehemently:  Although 
I  should  die  together  with  thee,  I  will  not  deny  thee 
And  in  like  manner  also  said  they  all. 

32  And  they  come  to  a  farm  called  Gethsemani. 
And  he  saith  to  his  disciples :  Sit  you  here  while 
I  pray. 

33  And  he  taketh  Peter  and  James  and  John 
with  him  :  and  he  began  to  fear,  and  to  be  heavy. 

31  And  he  saith  to  them  :  My  soul  is  sorrowful 
even  unto  death:  stay  you  here,  and  watch. 

35  And  when  he  had  gone  forward  a  little,  he 
fell  flat  on  the  ground :  and  he  prayed,  that  if  it 
were  possible,  the  hour  might  pass  from  him: 

36  And  he  said  :  Abba,  Father,  all  things  are 
possible  to  thee  ;  take  away  this  chalice  from  me  : 
but  not  what  I  will,  but  what  thou  wilt. 

37  And  he  cometh,  and  findeth  them  sleeping. 
And  he  saith  to  Peter :  Simon,  sleepest  thou  ? 
couldst  thou  not  watch  one  hour  ? 

38  Watch  ye,  and  pray  that  you  enter  not  into 
temptation.  The  spirit  indeed  is  willing,  but  the 
flesh  is  weak. 

39  And  going  away  again,  he  prayed,  saying 
the  same  words. 

40  And  when  he  returned,  he  found  them  again 
asleep  (for  their  eyes  were  heavy :)  and  they  knew 
not  what  to  answer  him. 

41  And  he  cometh  the  third  time,  and  saith  to 
them :  Sleep  ye  now,  and  take  rest.  It  is  enough  : 
the  hour  is  come  :  behold,  the  Son  of  man  shall  be 
betrayed  into  the  hands  of  sinners. 

42  Rise  up :  let  us  go.  Behold,  he  that  will 
betray  me,  is  at  hand. 

43  And  while  he  was  yet  speaking,  cometh  Ju- 
das Iscariot,  one  of  the  twelve ;  and  with  him  a 
great  multitude  with  swords  and  staves,  from  the 
chief  priests,  and  the  Scribes,  and  the  ancients. 

44  And  he  that  betrayed  him  had  given  them  a 
sign,  saying :  Whomsoever  I  shall  kiss,  that  is  he 
lay  hold  on  him,  and  lead  him  away  cautiously. 

45  And  when  he  was  come,  immediately  going 
up  to  him,  he  saith :  Hail,  Rabbi :  and  he  kissed 
him. 

46  But  they  laid  hands  on  him,  and  held  him. 

47  And  one  of  them  that  stood  by,  drawing  a 
sword,  struck  the  servant  of  the  chief  priest,  and 
cut  off  his  ear. 

48  And  Jesus  answering,  said  to  them :  Are  you 
come  out  as  against  a  robber,  with  swords  and 
staves, to  apprehend  me  ? 

49  I  was  daily  with  you  in  the  temple  teaching 
and  you  did  not  lay  hands  on  me.     But,  that  the 
Scriptures  may  be  fulfilled. 

50  Then  his  disciples  leaving  him,  all  fled  away. 


our  Saviour  spoke  of:  and  therefore  the  other  evangelists  take  no 
notice  of  the  first  crowing. 

47 


ST.  MA  UK. 


51  And  a  certain  young  man  followed  bun,  hav- 
ing a  limn  cloth  east  aln Hit  his  naked  biuli/ :  anil 
the)  laid  hold  on  him. 

Hut  he  casting  off  the  linen  cloth.  Bed  from 
them  naked. 

\nil  thej  brought  Jesus  to  the  high-priest : 

and    all    the    priests,     and    the    Scribes,    and    tin- 
ancients,   were   assembled   together. 

54  Ami  Peter  followed  him  afar  off  even  into 
the  palace  of  the  high-priest :  and  he  sat  with  the 
servant!  at  the  lire,  and  warmed  himself. 

And    the   eliief  prieses,   am.   ..!     die  council 

sought  for  evidence  against  Jesus,  that  they  might 
put  him  to  death  :   ami  thej  found  Done 

56  For  many  Ikhc  false  witness  against  him: 
and  their  evidence  did  not  agn 

57  And  some  rising  up,  l>ore  false  witness  against 
linn.  sa\  in-  : 

58  We  beard  him  say:  I  will  destroj  this  temple 
made  with  bands;  ami  within  three  days  1  will 

build  another  not  made  with  bands. 

59  And  their  witness  did  not  agree. 

GO  Ami  the  high-priest  rising  up  in  the  midst, 
asked  Jesus,  saying:  Answerest  thou  nothing  to 
the  things  that  are  laid  to  thy  charge  by  these 
men  ? 

t!I  Hut  he  held  his  peace,  and  answered  no- 
thing. Again  the  high-priest  asked  him,  and 
said  to  him  :  Art  thou  the  Christ  the  Son  of 
the  blessed  God  ? 

\ml  Jesus  said  to  him:   1  am:  and  you  shall 
see  the  Son  of  man  sitting  on  the  right  hand  of  the 
powei  of  God,  and  coming  with  the  clouds   of 
I  en. 

63  Then  the  high-priest  rending  his  garments, 
saith  :    What  Deed  we  any  farther  witness* 

64  Von  have  heard  the  blasphemy.  What  think 
you?  And  tiny  all  condemned  him  to  Ihj  guilty  of 
death. 

\nd  some  began  to  spit  on  him,  and  to  cover 
bis   face,  and   to  buffet    him,  and   to  say   to   him  : 

Prophesy;  and  the  servants  struck  him  with  the 
palms  of  their  bands. 

Now   when   Peter  was  in  the  court  below, 

there  coimth  one  ol  tin   niaid-M  ivauts  of  the  high- 
pri' 

67    And   when   she  had  seen  Peter  warming  him- 
self, looking  on  him,  she  saith:  Thou  also  wast 
with  Jesus  of  .Na/.areth. 

I!ut  he  denied,  saying;  I  neither  know  nor 
Understand  what  thou  sayest  And  he  went  forth 
before  the  court,  and  the  cock  crew. 

<!!•    And  Again  a  maid-sei  \aut  seeing  him.  i 

to  say  to  the  standers-bj  :  This  i^  one  of  them. 

70  Hut  he  denied  again.    And  after  awhile  they 

that  stood  by,  said  again  to  I'eter:    Surely  thou  an 
one  of  them  :   for  thou  art  also  a  Galilean. 

71  But  he  began  to  curse  and  to  swear,  saying: 
I  know  not  this  man  of  whom  you  speak. 

72  And  immediately  the  COCK  crew  again.     And 

Peter  remembered  the  word  that  Jesm  had  said  to 

him:    Before  the  cock  crow   twice,  thou  shah  deny 
me  thrice.      And  he  In'san  to  weep. 

SJ 


CHAP.  XV. 

The  continuation  (ff  tkr  hittory  of  the  pattion. 

AN  I  >  straightway  in  the  mottling  the  chief  pries' 
holding  a  consultation  with  tin-  ancients  am 

the  Scribes,   and  the  whole  council,   hound   Jesus, 
and  led  him  away,  and  delivered  him  to  Pilate. 

2  And  Pilate  asktd  him:  Art  thou  the  King  oi 
the  Jews?  Hut  he  answering,  saith  to  him  :  Thou 
sayest  it. 

3  And  the  chief  priests  accused  him  in  many 
thing** 

4  And  Pilate  Bgan  asked  him, savin:::   Answer* 

i  st  thou  nothing?  behold,  in  how  man]  things  they 

accuse  thee. 

')  Hut  Jesus  still  answered  nothing ;  so  that 
Pilate  wondered. 

6  Now  on  the  festival  day  he  was  wont  to  re- 
lease unto  them  one  of  the  prisoners,  whomsoever 
they   demanded. 

7  And  there  was  one  called  Harahbas.  who  was 
put  in  prison  with  seditious  men,  who  in  the  sedi- 
tion bad  committed  murder. 

8  And  when  the  multitude  was  come  up,  thev 
lie-an  to  desire  what  he  always  had  done  to  tin  in. 

9  And  Pilate  answered  them,  and  said:  Will  you 
that  I  release  to  you  the  king  of  the  Jew  s  - 

10  For  he  knew  that  the  chief  priests  had  de- 
livered him  up  through  en\y . 

11  Hut  the  chief  priests  moved  the  people,  that 
he  should  rather  release  Harahbas  to  them. 

12  And  Pilate  again  answering)  saith  to  them  : 
What  will  you  then  that  1  do  to  the  kmgof  the  Jen 

13  Hut  they  again  cried  out:  Crucify  him. 

14  And  Pilate  saith  to  them:  Why,  what  evil 
hath  he  done.'  Hut  they  cried  out  the  more:  Cru- 
cify  him. 

15  So  Pilate,  lM'inc  Willing  to  satisfy  the  people, 
released  to  them  Harahbas:  and  delivered  up  Je- 
sus, when  he  had  scourged  him,  to  be  crucified. 

16  And  the  soldiers  led  him  into  the  court  of  the 
palace:  and  they  call  together  the  whole  band. 

17  And  they  clothe  him  with  purple  :  and  plat- 
ting a  crow  n  of  thorns,  they  put  it  upon  him. 

115  And  they  began  tO  salute  him:  Hail,  kins 
of  the  .bw  s  : 

19  And  they  struck  his  head  with  a  reed  :  And 
they  did  spit  on  him;  and  bowing  their  knees, 
they  worshipped  him. 

20  Ami  alter  they  hat!  mocked  him,  they  took 
off  the  purple  from  him,  and  put  his  own  gaffJtentB 
on  him:   and  thev  led  him  out  to  crucify  him. 

21  And  they  forced  one  Simon  of  (  ynm-  who 
passed  by,  coming  OUt  of  the  country,  the  father  of 
Alexander  and  of  Rufba.  to  take  up  his  cross. 

.'  And  thev  bring  htm  into  the  place  calleo 
Golgotha,  which,  being  interpreted,  is,  The  place 
ol  Calvary. 

23  And  they  gave  him  to  drink  wine  mingled 
with  myrrh  :  but  he  took  it  not. 

24  And    crucifying   him,   they  divided  hi^  car 
incuts,  catting  lots  ii|»on  them,    what   evtry    man 
should  take. 


chap.  xvi. 


25  And  it  was  the  third  hour;*  and  they  cruci- 
fied him. 

2b'  And  the  inscription  of  his  cause  was  written 
over,  Tuk  Kino  or  run  Jews. 

27  And  with  hiin  they  crucify  two  thieves,  the 
one  on  his  right  hand,  and  the  other  on  his  left. 

28  And  the  Scripture  was  fulfilled  which  saith: 
And  with  the  wicked  he  was  reputed. 

29  And  they  that  passed  by,  blasphemed  him, 
wagging  their  heads,  and  saying:  Vah,  thou  that 
destroyest  the  temple  of  God,  and  in  three  days 
buildest  it  up  again; 

30  Save  thyself,  coming  down  from  the  cross. 

31  In  like  manner  also  the  chief  priests  with 
the  Scribes  mocking,  said  one  to  another:  He 
saved  others;   himself  he  cannot  save. 

32  Let  Christ  the  king  of  Israel  come  down 
now  from  the  cross,  that  we  may  see  and  believe. 
And  they  that  were  crucified  with  him,  reviled 
him. 

o3  And  when  the  sixth  hour  was  come,  there 
was  darkness  over  the  whole  earth  until  the 
ninth  hour. 

34  And  at  the  ninth  hour  Jesus  cried  out  with  a 
loud  voice,  saying :  Elm,  Eloi,  lamma  sabacthani  ? 
Which  is,  being  interpreted,  My  God,  my  God, 
why  hast  thou  forsaken  me? 

35  And  some  of  the  standers-by  hearing,  said : 
Behold,  he  calleth  Elias. 

30  And  one  running  and  filling  a  sponge  with 
vinegar,  and  putting  it  upon  a  reed,  gave  him  to 
drink,  saying :  Stay,  let  us  see  if  Elias  will  come 
to  take  hi  in  down. 

37  And  Jesus  having  cried  out  with  a  loud 
voice,  gave  up  the  ghost. 

38  And  the  veil  of  the  temple  was  rent  in  two, 
from  the  top  to  the  bottom. 

■  V.)  And  the  centurion  who  stood  over  against 
him,  seeing  that  crying  out  in  this  manner  he  had 
given  up  the  ghost,  said:  Indeed  this  man  was  the 
Son  of  God. 

40  And  there  were  also  women  looking  on  afar 
off:  among  whom  was  Mary  Magdalene,  and  Mary 
the  mother  of  James  the  less,  and  of  Joseph,  and 
Salome : 

41  Who  also,  when  he  was  in  Galilee,  followed 
him,  and  ministered  to  him,  and  many  other  wo- 
men that  came  up  with  him  to  Jerusalem. 

42  And  when  evening  was  now  come  (because 
it  was  the  Parasceve,  that  is,  the  day  before  the 
sabbath,) 

43  Joseph  of  Arimathea,  a  noble  counsellor, 
w  ho  was  also  himself  looking  for  the  kingdom  of 
God,  came,  and  went  in  boldly  to  Pdate,  and 
begged  the  body  of  Jesus. 

44  But  Pilate  wondered  that  he  should  be  al- 
ready dead.  And  sending  for  the  centurion,  he 
asked  him  if  he  were  already  dead. 

*  The  third  hour.  The  ancient  account  divided  the  day  into  four 
parts,  which  were  named  from  the  hour  from  which  they  began,  the 
first,  third,  sixth,  and  ninth  hour.  Our  Lord  was  crucified  a  little 
before  noon,  before  the  third  hour  had  quite  expired,  but  when  the 
sUth  hour  was  near  at  hand. 

U 


45  And  Whetl  he  had  understood  it  by  the  centu- 
rion, he  gave  the  both  to  Joseph. 

46  And  Joseph,  buying  fine  linen,  and  taking 
him  down,  wrapped  him  up  in  the  fine  linen,  and 
laid  him  in  a  sepulchre  which  was  hewed  out  ol 
a  rock :  and  he  rolled  a  stone  to  the  door  of  the 
sepulchre. 

47  And  Mary  Magdalene  and  Mary  the  mother 
of  Joseph  beheld  where  he  was  laid. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

Christ's  resurrection  and  ascension. 

\  ND  when  the  sabbath  was  past,  Mary  Mng- 
-^*-  dalene  and  Mary  the  mother  of  James  and 
Salome  bought  sweet  spices,  that  coming  they 
might  anoint  Jesus. 

2  And  very  early  in  the  morning  the  first  day  of 
the  week,  they  come  to  the  sepulchre,  the  sun  being 
now  risen. f 

3  And  they  said  one  to  another :  Who  shall  roll 
us  back  the  stone  from  the  door  of  the  sepulchre  ? 

4  And  looking,  they  saw  the  stone  rolled  back. 
For  it  was  very  great. 

5  And  entering  into  the  sepulchre,  they  saw  a 
young  man  sitting  on  the  right  side,  clothed  with  a 
white  robe  ;  and  they  were  astonished. 

6  And  he  saith  to  them :  Be  not  affrighted  ;  you 
seek  Jesus  of  Nazareth,  who  was  crucified  :  he  is 
risen  ;  he  is  not  here  ;  behold  the  place  where  they 
laid  him. 

7  But  go  tell  his  disciples,  and  Peter,  that  he 
goeth  before  you  into  Galilee :  there  you  shall  see 
him,  as  he  told  you. 

8  But  they  going  out,  fled  from  the  sepulchre; 
for  a  trembling  and  fear  had  seized  them :  and  they 
said  nothing  to  any  man ;  for  they  were  afraid. 

9  But  he  rising  early  the  first  day  of  the  week, 
appeared  first  to  Mary  Magdalene,  out  of  whom  he 
had  cast  seven  devils. 

10  She  went,  and  told  them  that  had  been  with 
him,  who  were  mourning  and  weeping. 

11  And  they  hearing  that  he  was  alive,  and  had 
been  seen  by  her,  did  not  believe. 

12  And  after  that  he  appeared  in  another  form  to 
two  of  them  walking,  as  they  were  going  into  the 
country. 

13  And  they  going  told  it  to  the  rest :  neither 
did  they  believe  them. 

14  At  length  he  appeared  to  the  eleven  as  they 
were  at  table :  and  he  upbraided  them  with  their 
incredulity  and  hardness  of  heart;  because  they 
did  not  believe  them  who  had  seen  him  after  he 
was  risen  again. 

15  And  he  said  to  them  :  Go  ye  into  the  whole 
world,  and  preach  the  gospel  to  every  creature. 

16  He  that  believeth,  and  is  baptized,  shall  be 
saved :  but  he  that  believeth  not,  shall  be  condemned. 


t  The  sun  being  now  risen.  They  set  out  before  it  was  light,  to  go 
to  the  sepulchre  :  but  the  sun  was  risen  when  they  arrived  there. 
Or  figuratively,  the  sun  here  spoken  of  is  the  sun  of  justice,  Christ  Je- 
sus our  Lord,  who  was  risen  before  their  coming 

49 


ST.  LUKE. 


17  Ami  tin  s<  i-iis  sliall  follow  them  that  l>e- 
licve:  In  in\  nine  they  shall  cast  out  devils:  the] 
shall  •peak  w  ilh  new  tongu 

18  l'lic\  shall  take un  serpenta ;  nndifthej  >-hit!l 
drink  any  neadb  thing,  it  ■hall  not  hurt  ihena :  thei 
shall  laj  their  hands  upon  the  nek,  and  they  shall 

YCT. 


19   Ami  the  I.<>rd  Jesus,  after  be  had  s[*>krr  to 
tin  in,  ua^  taken  up  into  heaven, and  sitiethoiithe 

ridit  hand  of  (iod. 

3S0  Hut  the]  going  forth  preached  ever]  where; 
the  Lord  co-operating  with  them,  ami  confirming 

the  word  with  si-ns  that  followed. 


Tin:  holy  gospel  of  jesus  ciirist, 


ACCOim^U    TO 


ST.  LUKE. 


St.  I.  ikk  was  n  notice  of  ,-lntioch,  the  capital  of  Syria.  He 
tra*  by  proftmiun  a  physician  :  ami  tome  ancient  irritcrnsny 
that  kt  MM  eery  akilful  in  painting.  lie  ira*  converted  by 
St.  I'uiil :  and  hiramr  hit  disciple  anil  companion  in  hit 
ireh,  and  fellmr-lnltoiirer  in  the  ministry  of  the  QotpeL 
Be  wrote  in  Greek  about  twenty-four  yean  after  our  Ltird't 
Ascension. 

(HAH.  I. 

The  conception  of  John  the  Iiapti.it,  and  of  Chrtnt :  the  ri cita- 
tion anil  canticle  of  the  It/ixxed  I'irgin:  the  birth  of  the 
liaptixt,  and  the  canticle  of  '/.uchary. 

FORASMUCH    as  many  have  taken  in  hand  to 
Ml  forth   in  order   a   narration  of   the   things 
that  have  been  accomplished  among  as  : 

J    According  as  the]   have  delivered  them  unto 
us,    who   from  the   beginning   were   eve-witnesses 
and  ministers  of  the  word  : 
3  It  seemed  good  to  me  also,  having  diligently 

attained  to  all  things  from  the  lieginning,  to  write 
to  tin  r  in  order,  most  excellent  Theophilus. 

1  That  thou  inavest  know  the  truth  of  those 
words  in  which  thou  hast  been  instructed. 

5  There  was  in   the  days  of   Herod   the   king  of 

.India,  a  certain  pneel  named  Zacharj .  of  the  course 
of  \l)ia,*  and  his  wit".-  was  of  the  daughters  of 
Aaron,  and  her  name   Elisabeth. 

6  \nd  they  wire  both  just  before  God,  walking 

in  all  tin-  commandments  and  justifications  of  tin 
Lord  w  iihout  blame. 

7  \ml  they  had  no  son  :  for  that  Klisaheth  was 
barren,  and  they  ImxIi  were  well  advanced  in  yean. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  while  he  executed 
the  prieatlj  office  before  God,  in  the  order  of  his 

eon 

9  According  to  the  custom  of  the  priestly  office, 
it  was  his  lot  to  oiler  incense,  going  into  the  temple 
of  tin'  Lord. 

10  And  all  the  multitude  of  the  people  was  pray- 
ing without  at  the  hour  of  incen 

11  And   there  appeared   to  him  an  angel  of  the 


i.  r.  Of  the   ranfc  »f  Ahia,  wh  rh  won!  in  On 

nr  il 

•    -       ; 


*  Of  liu  mm  sf 
Orwk  i«  rommonlv  put  fur  il>.  I  ant  rfay;  I  I 


I  .  tl.<  «p|<nDtmen  of  David, 

•0 


Lord,  standing  on  the  right  side  of  the  altar  of  is 

cesrse. 

I  J  Ami  Zaeliary  seeing  him,  was  troubled  :  ai  J 
fear  fell  upon  him  : 

13  Hut  the  angel  said  to  him  :  Fear  not,  Zachai  v, 
for  thy  prayer  is  heard  :  and  thy  wife  Elisabeth 
shall  bear  thee  a  >on  :  and  thou  shah  call  his  name 
John  ; 

14  And  thou  shalt  have  joy  and  dadm  ss;  and 
many  shall  rejoice  at  his  birth  : 

15  For  be  shall  be  peat  before  the  Lord:  and 
shall  drink  no  wine  nor  Strong  drink:  and  he  shall 
be  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost  even  from  his  mo- 
ther's womb : 

16  And  he  shall  convert  many  of  the  children  ol 
Israel  to  the  Lord  their  God  : 

17  And  he  shall  go  before  him  in  the  spirit  and 
power  of  Klias  :  that  he  nia\  turn  the  hearts  of  the 
fathers  to  the  children,  and  the  incredulous  to  the 
wisdom  of  the  just,  to  prepare  for  the  Lord  a  per- 
fect people. 

18  And  Zachary  said  to  the  angel:  Whereby 
shall  I  know  this?  for  I  am  an  old  man,  and  my 
w  ife  is  advanced  in  \cars. 

19  And  the  angel  nnswenag,  said  to  him:  I 
am   Gabriel    who    stand    before   God;    and   am 

Bent    to    speak    to   thee,  and   to   bring   thee   tin  -e 
good   tidings. 

20  And.  behold,  thou  shalt  be  dumb,  and  shall 
not  be  able  to  s|wak  until  the  day  wherein  these 
things  shall  come  to  pass;  because  thou  hast  not 
believed  m\  words,  which  shall  be  fulfilled  in  their 
time. 

21  And   the   people  were  waiting  for  Zachary 
and    they   wondered   that    he   staid   so   Ions   in  the 
temple. 

22  And  when  he  came  out.  he  could  not  speak 
to  tin-in  :  and  they  understood  that  he  had  seen  a 
vision  in  the  temple.  And  he  made  skns  to  them, 
and  remained  dumb. 


Paral.  ?4.  Ihe  dracendanta  from  Aaron  were  divided  into  twentv-fimr 
familim.  of  wh*-h  the  eighth  wa»  Ahia,  from  whom  de«rended  lli»  '/.» 
1  '  hariaa,  who  at  this  Hint-  wu  to  lh«  «r«A  of  btt  prieall)  fuuclioaa 


CHAP.  I. 


23  And  it  came  to  puss,  after  the  days  of  his 
office  were  accomplished,  that  he  departed  to  his 
own  Ik  misc. 

2  V  And  alter  those  days  his  wife  Elizabeth  con- 
ceived, and  hid  herself  five  months,  saying  : 

23  Thus  hath  the  Lord  dealt  with  me  in  the  days 
w -herein  he  hath  had  regard  to  take  away  my  re- 
proach among  men. 

26  And  in  the  sixth  month,  the  angel  Gahriel 
was  sent  from  God  into  a  city  of  Galilee  called 
Nazareth, 

27  To  a  virgin  espoused  to  a  man  whose  name 
was  Joseph,  of  the  house  of  David  :  and  the  name 
of  the  virgin  was  Mary. 

28  And  the  angel  being  come  in,  said  to  her : 
Hail,  full  of  grace,  the  Lord  is  with  thee:  Blessed 
art  thou  among  women. 

29  And  when  she  had  heard,  she  was  troubled 
at  his  saying,  and  thought  with  herself  what  man- 
ner of  salutation  this  should  be. 

30  And  the  angel  said  to  her :  Fear  not,  Mary; 
for  thou  hast  found  grace  with  God  : 

31  Behold,  thou  shalt  conceive  in  thy  womb, 
and  shalt  bring  forth  a  Son ;  and  thou  shalt  call 
his  name  Jesus. 

32  He  shall  be  great,  and  shall  be  called  the  Son 
of  the  most  High":  and  the  Lord  God  shall  give 
unto  him  the  throne  of  David  his  father:  and  he 
shall  reign  in  the  house  of  Jacob  for  ever, 

33  And  of  his  kingdom  there  shall  be  no  end. 
84  And  Mary  said  to  the  angel :  How  shall  this 

be  done,  because  I  know  not  man  ? 

35  And  the  angel  answering,  said  to  her :  The 
Holy  Ghost  shall  come  upon' thee;  and  the  power 
of  the  most  High  shall  over-shadow  thee.  And 
therefore  also  the  Holy  which  shall  be  born  of  thee, 
shall  be  called  the  Son  of  God. 

36  And  behold,  thy  cousin  Elizabeth,  she  hath 
also  conceived  a  son  in  her  old  age :  and  this  is  the 
sixth  month  with  her  that  is  called  barren  : 

37  Because  no  word  shall  be  impossible  with 
God. 

38  And  Mary  said :  Behold  the  handmaid  of 
the  Lord :  be  it  done  to  me  according  to  thy  word. 
And  the  angel  departed  from  her. 

39  And  Mary  rising  up  in  those  days,  went  into 
the  mountainous  country  with  haste,  into  a  city 
of  Juda : 

40  And  she  entered  into  the  house  of  Zachary, 
and  saluted  Elizabeth. 

41  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  Elizabeth 
heard  the  salutation  of  Mary,  the  infant  leaped 
in  her  womb :  and  Elizabeth  was  filled  with  the 
Holy  Ghost : 

42  And  she  cried  out  with  a  loud  voice,  and 
said:  Blessed  art  thou  among  women;  and  blessed 
is  the  fruit  of  thy  womb. 

43  And  whence  is  this  to  me,  that  the  mother 
of  my  Lord  should  come  to  me  r 

44  For  behold,  as  soon  as  the  voice  of  thy  salu- 


*  Shall  call  me  blessed.    These  words  are  a  prediction  of  that  honour 
which  the  church  in  all  ages  should  pay  to  the  blessed  Virgin.     Let 


tation  sounded  in  my  cars,  the  infant  in  my  womb 
leaped  for  joy. 

45  And  blessed  art  thou  that  hast  believed  ;  be- 
cause those  things  shall  be  accomplished  that  were 
spoken  to  thee  by  the  Lord. 

46  And  Mary  said :  My  soul  doth  magnify  the 
Lord: 

47  And  my  spirit  hath  rejoiced  in  God  my  Sa- 
viour : 

48  Because  he  hath  regarded  the  humility  of  his 
handmaid :  for,  behold,  from  henceforth  all  genera- 
tions shall  call  me  blessed.* 

49  For  he  that  is  mighty  hath  done  great  things 
to  me  :  and  holy  is  his  name. 

50  And  his  mercy  is  from  generation  to  genera- 
tions, to  them  that  fear  him. 

51  He  hath  showed  might  in  his  arm :  he  hath 
scattered  the  proud  in  the  conceit  of  their  heart. 

52  He  hath  put  down  the  mighty  from  their  seat, 
and  hath  exalted  the  humble. 

53  He  hath  filled  the  hungry  with  good  things: 
and  the  rich  he  hath  sent  away  empty. 

54  He  hath  received  Israel  his  servant,  being 
mindful  of  his  mercy. 

55  As  he  spoke  to  our  fathers,  to  Abraham  and 
to  his  seed  for  ever. 

56  And  Mary  abode  with  her  about  three 
months :  and  she  returned  to  her  own  house. 

57  Now  Elizabeth's  full  time  of  being  delivered 
was  come,  and  she  brought  forth  a  son. 

58  And  her  neighbours  and  kinsfolks  heard  that 
the  Lord  had  showed  his  great  mercy  towards  her: 
and  they  congratulated  with  her. 

59  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  on  the  eighth  day 
they  came  to  circumcise  the  child :  and  they  called 
him  by  his  father's  name  Zachary. 

60  And  his  mother  answering,  said:  Not  so,  but 
he  shall  be  called  John. 

61  And  they  said  to  her :  There  is  none  of  thy 
kindred  that  is  called  by  this  name. 

62  And  they  made  signs  to  his  father,  how  he 
would  have  him  called. 

63  And   demanding   a   table-book,    he   wrote, 
saying :  John   is  his  name.     And  they  all  won 
dered. 

64  And  immediately  his  mouth  was  opened, 
and  his  tongue  loosed ;  and  he  spoke,  blessing 
God. 

65  And  fear  came  upon  all  their  neighbours : 
and  all  these  words  were  divulged  over  all  the 
mountainous  country  of  Judea. 

66  And  all  they  who  had  heard  them  laid  them 
up  in  their  heart,  saving :  What  a  one,  think  ye, 
shall  this  child  be  ?  For  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was 
with  him. 

67  And  Zachary  his  father  was  filled  with  the 
Holy  Ghost :  and  he  prophesied,  saying  : 

68  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  because 
he  hath  visited  and  wrought  the  redemption  of 
his  people : 


Protestants  examine   whether  they  are  any  way  concerned  iu  thia 
prophecy. 


ST.  LUKE. 


\ud  h.illi  raised  up  a  horn  of  salvation*  to 
u*..  in  the  house  of  David  bit  servant : 

in  \-  lit-  >|«>kc  1m  tin*  mouth  of  his  holv  pro- 
phets, who  art-  from  the  beguiaing: 

71  Salvation  from  our  enemies,  ami  from  the 
hand  of  all  that  bate  uil : 

To  >liow  mercy  to  our  fathers;  and  to  re- 
member his  holy  coveoaut. 

the  oath  which  he  swore  to  Abraham  our 
father,  that  In-  would  grant  to  us: 

That  being  delivered  from  the  hand  of  our 
enemies,  we  maj  serve  him  without  fear, 

In   holiness  and  justice   Ik  Ion-  him    all  our 

76  And  thou,  child,  shall  be  called  thi'  prophet 
of  the  most  High;  for  thou  shah  gp  More  the  face 
of  the  Lord,  to  prepare  his  waj  : 

7  7  To  give  knowledge  of  salvation  to  his  peo- 
ple, unto  the  remission  of  their  sins, 

riiroimh  the  bowels  of  the  mercy  of  our 
God  :  in  which  the  Orient, f  from  on  high  hath 
visitl  d   us  : 

79  To  enlighten  them  that  sit  in  darkness,  and 
m  the  shadow  of  death:  to  direct  our  feet  into  the 
wav  of  peace. 

80  And  the  child  grew  ii|>,  and  was  strengthened 
inspirit:  and  was  in  tin-  deserts  until  the  day  of 
his  manifestation  to  Israel. 

(  HAP.  II. 

The  birth  nff  Christ:  hit  prrtrntatirm  in  the  temple:  Simrnn's 
prophet-*.  Chri.it,  at  twelve  yeart  off  age,  ttffound  amongst 
the  dnrturt. 

AM)   it   came  to  pass  that  in  those  days  there 
went  out  a  decree  from  Ca-sar  Augustus,  that 
the  whole  world  should  be  enrolled. 

1    This  enrolling  was  firs!   made  hy  Cyrinus  the 

rnor  of  Syria. 

3  And  all  went  to  be  enrolled,  every  one  into 
his  own  «ii  \ . 

4  And  Joseph  also  went  up  from  Galilee,  out  of 
the    i  1 1 \    of    Nazareth    into   .India,    to    the    city   of 

1 1  aid,  which  is  called  Bethlehem;  l>ecause  he  was 
of  the  house  and  family  of  David, 

i     [o  he  enrolled  with  .Mary   his  es|>oused  wife, 
who  was  with  child. 

t*>  And  it  came  to  past,  that  when  they  were 
there,  her  days  were  accomplished,  that  she  should 
be  delivered. 

7  \nd  she  brought  forth  her  nTSt-bornl  son.  and 
Wrapped  him  up  in  swaddling  clothes,  and  laid  him 
in  a  maimer:  because  there  was  no  room  for  them 
in  the  inn. 

8  And  there  were  in  the  same  country  shepherds 

watching,  and  keeping  the  night- watches  over  their 
Bock. 

9  And   behold,  an  aiuel  of  the    Lord   stood  by 

*  Horn  oftnbaUon,  i.  e.  .1  potrrrful  pmlmlian,  at  Dr.  WVttwm  tram- 
late*  it.  For  in  the  Scnpturr,  by  Horn  it  generally  understood 
rtrenrOi  ami  fctctr. 

f  Tlu  Ontnt  It  i*  one  of  the  title*  of  the  Miami,  the  true  lurli' 
of  the  world,  tod  the  mm  of  j" 


them;    and    the    brightness    of   Cod    shone   round 
about  them:  ;md  the]  feared  with  a  aresj  tear. 

10  Aad  the  angel  said  t<»  them:  Few  not:  for 
behold,  I  briim  > t.ii  pood  tidings  of  great  joy,  that 
shall  be  to  all  the  people  ■ 

11  For  ihis  djB|  is  born  to  vou  a  Saviour,  who 
is  Christ  the  Lord,  in  the  citv  ol    David. 

12  Ami  this  shall  be  a  sign  unto  vou:  You  shall 
find  the  infant  wrapped  in  SWaddbag  clothes,  and 
laid  in  a  manner. 

19  And  suddenly  there  was  with  tin-  angel  a 
multitude  til  the  heavenh  host,  praisinc  God,  and 
sa\  ing  : 

11  Glory  to  God  in  the  highest;  and  on  earth 
peace  to  men  of  BJOod  will. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  after  the  angels  de- 
parted from  them  into  heaven,  the  shepherds  said 
One  to  another :  Let  us  go  over  to  lb  llilcht  in  ;  and 
let  us  see  this  word  that  is  come  to  pass,  which  the 

Lord  hath  showed  to  us. 

16  And  they  came  with  haste:  and  they  found 

Mary    and    Joseph,     and    the     infant     lying    in    a 
maimer. 

17  And  Seeing,  they  understood  of  the  word  that 

had  been  spoken  to  them  onncerning  this  child. 

18  And  all  they  that  heard  wondered;  aad  at 
those  things  tliMt  Were  told  them  by  the  shepherds. 

19  But  Mary  kept  all  these  words,  pondering 
ihi  in  in  her  heart. 

20  And  the  shepherds  returned,  dorihiim  and 
praising  God,  for  all  the  thugs  (hi)  bad  heard,  and 
seen,  as  it  was  told  unto  them. 

21  And  alter  eight  days  were  accomplished  that 

the    child    should    lie    circumcised,    his   name    was 

called  Jesus,  which  was  called  by  the  angel*  be* 

fore  he  was  conceived  in  the  womb. 

22  And  alter  the  davs  of  her  purification,  ac- 
cording  to  the  law  of  Moses,  were  accomplished, 
they  carried  bhn  to  Jerusalem,  to  present  him  to 
the  Lord. 

23  As  it  is  written  in  the  law  of  the  Lord:  That 
e.i  rv  male  opening  the  womb  shall  be  called  holy 
to  the  Lord  : 

JV  Anil  to  offer  a  sacrifice,  according  as  it  is 
written  in  the  law  of  the  Lord,  a  pair  of  turtle 
doves,  or  two  young  pigeons. 

25  And  behold.  I  here  was  a  man  in  Jerusalem 
named  Simeon;   ami  this  man  was  just  and  devout 
watting  fot  the  consolation  of  Israel;  and  the  Holy 
( Shoal  was  in  him. 

■  And  he  hat!  received  an  answer  from  the 
Holy  Ghost,  that  he  should  not  see  death,  before 
he  had  seen  the  Christ  of  the  Lord. 

27  Anil  he  came  by  the  Spirit  into  the  temple. 
Ami  when  his  parents  brought  in  the  child  Jesus, 
to  do  for  him  according  to  the  custom  of  the  law, 

28  He  also  took  him  into  his  arms,  and  blessed 
God,  and  said  *. 


}  Htr  firtl-ham.     The  meaning  n,  not  that  the  had  afterward  anr 
ntlior  rliil.l,  hut   it  i*  a  war  of  speech  among  the   Hrtrnet,  to  call 
abw  the  firtt-ktm,  who  are  the  only  children,     bee  Annot 
Mmlt.  I  ■   rer.  t». 


CHAP.  III. 


29  Now  thou  do>t  dismiss  thy  "ei  /ant,  0  Lord, 
according  to  tny  Word,  in  pe.ice  : 

30  Because  my  eyes  have  seen  thy  salvation, 

31  Which  thou  hast  prepared  before  the  lace  of 
til  people : 

32  A  light  to  the  revelation  of  the  Gentiles,  and 
the  glory  of  thy  people  of  Israel. 

33  And  his  father  and  mother  were  wondering 
at  these  things  which  were  spoken  concerning 
him  : 

34  And  Simeon  blessed  them;  and  said  to  Man 
his  mother:  Behold,  this  child  is  set  for  the  ruin,* 
and  for  the  resurrection  of  many  in  Israel,  and  for 
a  sign  which  shall  he  contradicted  : 

35  And  thy  own  soul  a  sword  shall  pierce,  that 
out  of  many  hearts  thoughts  may  he  revealed. 

36  And  there  was  a  prophetess,  called  Anna,  the 
daughter  of  Phanuel,  of  the  tribe  of  Aser:  she  was 
far  advanced  in  years,  and  had  lived  with  her  hus- 
hand  seven  years  from  her  virginity. 

37  And  she  was  a  widow  until  fourscore  and 
four  years ;  who  departed  not  from  the  temple,  by 
fastings  and  prayers  serving  night  and  day. 

38  Now  she  at  the  same  hour  coming  in,  gave 
praise  to  the  Lord ;  and  spoke  of  him  to  all  that 
looked  for  the  redemption  of  Israel. 

39  And  after  they  had  performed  all  things  ac- 
cording to  the  law  of  the  Lord,  they  returned  into 
Galilee,  to  their  own  city  Nazareth. 

40  And  the  child  grew,  and  waxed  strong,  full 
of  wisdom  :  and  the  grace  of  God  was  in  him. 

41  And  his  parents  went  every  year  to  Jerusa- 
lem, at  the  solemn  day  of  the  pasch. 

42  And  when  he  was  twelve  years  old,  they 
went  up  to  Jerusalem,  according  to  the  custom  of 
the  feast. 

43  And  after  they  had  fulfilled  the  days,  when 
they  returned,  the  child  Jesus  remained  in  Jerusa- 
lem ;  and  his  parents  knew  it  not. 

44  And  thinking  that  he  was  in  the  company, 
they  came  a  day's  journey,  and  sought  him  among 
their  kinsfolks  and  acquaintance. 

45  And  not  finding  him  they  returned  into  Jeru- 
salem, seeking  him. 

46  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  after  three  days 
they  found  him  in  the  temple,  sitting  in  the  midst 
of  the  doctors,  hearing  them,  and  asking  them 
questions. 

47  And  all  that  heard  him,  were  astonished  at 
his  wisdom,  and  his  answers. 

48  And  seeing  him,  they  wondered.  And  his 
mother  said  to  him  :  Son,  why  hast  thou  done  so 
to  us  ?  behold,  thy  father  and  I  have  sought  thee 
sorrowing. 

49  And  he  said  to  them  :  How  is  it  that  you 
sought  me  ?  did  you  not  know,  that  I  must  be 
about  the  things  that  are  my  Father's? 

50  And  they  understood  not  the  word,  that  he 
spoke  unto  them. 


*  For  the  ruin,  fye.  Christ  came  for  the  salvation  of  all  men  :  but 
here  Simeon  prophesies  what  would  come  to  pass,  that  many,  through 
their  ">wu  wilful  blindness  and  obstinacy,  would  not  believe  in  Christ, 


51  And  he  went  down  with  them,  and  came  to 
Nazareth ;  and  was  subject  to  them.  And  his 
mother  kept  all  these  words  in  her  heart. 

52  And  Jesus  increased  in  wisdom,  and  age. 
and  grace  with  God  and  men. 

CHAP.  III. 

John's  mission  awl  preaching.    Christ  is  baptizrd  by  him. 

NOW  in  the  fifteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  Ti- 
berius Caesar,  Pontius  Pilate  being  governor 
of  Judea,  and  Herod  being  tetrarch  of  Galilee,  and 
Philip  his  brother  being  tetrarch  of  Iturea,  and  the 
country  of  Trachonitis,  and  Lysanias  tetrarch  of 
Abilina, 

2  Under  the  high  priests  Annas  and  Caiphas : 
the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  John,  the  ,>on  of 
Zachary,  in  the  desert. 

3  And  he  came  into  all  the  country  ahom  the 
Jordan,  preaching  the  baptism  of  penance,  for  the 
remission  of  sins, 

4  As  it  is  written  in  the  book  of  the  worOs  of 
Isaias  the  prophet :  A  voice  of  one  crying  in  the 
wilderness  :  Prepare  ye  the  way  of  the  Lord  : 
make  his  paths  straight. 

5  Every  valley  shall  be  filled,  and  every  moun- 
tain and  hill  shall  be  brought  low:  and  the  crooked 
shall  be  made  straight,  and  the  rough  ways  plain. 

6  And  all  flesh  shall  see  the  salvation  of  God. 

7  He  said,  therefore,  to  the  multitudes  that  came 
forth  to  be  baptized  by  him :  Ye  offspring  of  vi- 
pers, who  hath  showed  you  to  flee  from  the  wrath 
to  come  ? 

8  Bring  forth,  therefore,  fruit  worthy  of  penance; 
and  do  not  begin  to  say :  We  have  Abraham  for 
our  father.  For  I  say  to  you,  that  God  is  able  of 
these  stones  to  raise  up  children  to  Abraham. 

9  For  now  the  axe  is  laid  to  the  root  of  the  trees. 
Every  tree,  therefore,  that  bringeth  not  forth  good 
fruit,  shall  be  cut  down,  and  cast  into  the  fire. 

10  And  the  people  asked  him,  saying:  What 
then  shall  we  do  ? 

1 1  And  he  answering,  said  to  them :  He  that 
hath  two  coats,  let  him  give  to  him  that  hath 
none :  and  he  that  hath  meat,  let  him  do  in  like 
manner. 

12  And  the  publicans  also  came  to  be  baptized, 
and  said  to  him :  Master,  what  shall  we  do  r 

13  But  he  said  to  them  :  Do  nothing  more  than 
that  which  is  appointed  you. 

14  And  the  soldiers  also  asked  him,  saying: 
And  what  shall  we  do  ?  And  he  said  to  them : 
Do  violence  to  no  man :  neither  calumniate  any 
man  :  and  be  content  with  your  pay. 

15  And  as  people  were  of  opinion,  and  all  were 
thinking  in  their  hearts  of  John,  that  perhaps  he 
might  be  the  Christ : 

16  John  answered,  saying  to  them  all :  I  indeed 
baptize  you  with  water ;  but  there  shall  come  one 


nor  receive  his  doctrine  :  which  therefore  would  be  ruin  to  them,  but 
to  others  a  resurrection,  by  their  believing  in  him  and  obeying  hi* 
commandments. 

53 


si.  f.iki: 


mightier  than  I,  the  latchet  of  whose  ihosa  I  am 

iidt  worth]  to  Iihinc  :  be  shall  baptise  \<>u  with  the 
llolv  ( ■host,  ;md  w  ill)  I'm- : 

17  Who  •    fun  is  in  his  hand,  and  he  will  purge 

his  Door,  ninl  will  sillier  ihc  wheat   into   his  Lain: 

but  thecluuTbe  will  burn  with  unquenchable  fire. 

VihI  many  other    tilings   exhorting  did    he 

preach  to  the  people. 

1!*  Hut  Herod  the  tetrarch,  irhea  In-  was  re- 
proved by  him  lor  Herodias  his  brother's  wife,  ami 

for  all  the  <  \iU  which  Herod  had  done. 

He  added  this  alto  above  all,  and  shut  up 
John  in  prison. 

J I  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  the  people 
u.  re  hapti/ed,  that  .Ic-us  abo  being  hapti/ed,  and 
praying,  heaven  waa  otioned  : 

22  \nd  the  llolv  Ghost  deacended  in  a  IkxHIv 
shape  ai  a  dove  upon  him:  and  a  voice  came 
from  heaven:  Thou  art  my  lx-lo\ed  Son;  in  thee 

I   am  Well    pleased. 

\nd  .J<  mi>  himselt"  was  I •< - -_ i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 z  al>ont  the 
age  of  thirtv  years:  being  (as  it  was  supposed) 
the  son  of  Joseph,  who  was  of  Heli,*  who  was 
nl    Matliat. 

24  Who  was  of  Leu.  who  was  of  Melchi,  who 
of  Jaunt  ,  who  was  of  Joseph, 
\\  bo  was  <,|    Mathathias,  who  was  of  Amos, 
who  was  of  Kuluun,  who  was  of   Hesli,   who  was 
of  Nagge, 

Who  was  of  Mahath,  who  was  of  Matha- 
thias, who  araa  6f  Seinei,  who  was  of  Joseph, 
w  ho  was  of  Juda, 

27  Who  was  of  Joanna,  who  was  of  Ren, 
who  was  of  Zorobabel,  who  was  of  Salatliiel, 
who   w  .is   of  Ncri. 

Who  was  of  Melchi,  who  was  of  Addi. 
who  was  of  Cosan,  who  was  of  Klinadan,  who 
was  of  Her, 

Who  was  of  Jesus,  who  was  of  Eliezer, 
who  was  of  Jorim,  who  was  of  Mathat,  who  was 
of  Levi. 

30  Who  was  of  Simeon,  who  was  of  Judas, 
who  was  pf  Joseph,  who  was  of  Jona,  who  was 
of   Kliakim, 

31  Who  araa  of  M'ha,  who  was  of  Menna, 
who  was  of  Mathatha,  who  was  of  Nathan,  who 
WM  of  David, 

Who  was  of  Jesse,  who  was  of  Olied,  who 
Was  of    Boo/.,    who  was  of   Salmon,    who   was   of 

Mill. 

33  W  ho  waa  of  Aminadab,  who  was  of  Aram, 
who  was  of  l.srou,  who  was  of  I'hares,  who  Was 
of  Judas. 

Who  was  of  Jaeoh,  who  was  of  Isaac,  who 
waa  of  Abraham,  who  was  of  Than,  who  was  of 
Nachor. 

Who  was  of  Sarug,  vn  h<>  was  of  Ragao, 

who  was  ,,f  I'll  ah  -,    w  ho  w  as  of    llclicr,  w  ho  w  is 
^  lie. 


*    H».  w  •/  /Mi.     St.  Jotfk,  who  Iit  nature  tu  Ihc  ton  of  Sm* 

in  the  :<r«.rtini  of  the  hiw  »«i  ton  of  n         I    rfl   . 

tod  Uc»k  were  brother*,  by  the  «ame  mother :  and  llth  who  »»»  lU- 


.'.•;  Who  was  of  Cainan.  who  was  of  Arphaxad, 
who  was  of  Stm.  Who  was  of  Noc,  who  was  of 
Lantech. 

I    Who  was  of  Mathosate,  who  was  of  Heaoeh, 

who  was  of  .land,  who  was  of  Malalcel,  who  was 
of  (  aiitan, 

;;;:  Who  was  of  Henoa.  who  was  of  Beth,  who 
was  of  Adam,  who  waa  of  God. 

CHAP.    IV. 

Chritt't  fluting  awl  t<  ntptnti'm.      fir  it  prrttnitrd  in    Xitza 
rt  Ih  :   Mis  mirnt  1. s  in  ( 'iijtlmruitum. 

\  Nl>  leaaa  being  full  of  the  HolyGboat,  re- 

-^^-  turned  from  the  Jordan  :   and  was  led   by  the 
spirit  into  the  desert, 

2  For  the  space  of  foil \  dajSJ  and  was  tempted 

by  the  devil.     And  he  did  eat  nothing  in  those 
dare:  ami  when  the]  were  ended,  be  was  hungry. 

3  And  the  devil  said  to  ban:  If  thou  he  the  Son 
of  God,  command  this  stom  that  it  Ik?  made  bread. 

4  Ami  Jesus  answered  him:  It  is  written:  That 
man  liveth  not  hv  bread  alone,  hut  hv  even  word 
of  God. 

5  And  the  devil  led  him  into  a  high  mountain, 
and  show  itl  him  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  world  in 
a  moment  of  time  : 

6  And  he  said  to  him  :  To  thee  will  I  give  all 
this  power,  and  the  glorv  of  them  :  for  to  me  tip  y 
are  delivered;   and  to  whom  I  will,  I  give  them. 

7  If  thou,  therefore,  wilt  adore  before  me,  all 
shall  he  thine. 

8  And  Jesus  answering,  said  to  him  :  It  is  writ- 
ten :  Thou  shalt  adore  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  him 
onlv  shalt  thou  serve. 

9  And  he  brought  him  tO  Jerusalem,  and  set 
him  on  a  pinnacle  of  the  temple:  and  said  to  him  : 
If  thou  be  the  Son  of  God,  east  thyself  down 
from  henee. 

10  For  it  is  written,  that  he  hath  given  his  an» 
nets  charge  over  thee,  that  they  keep  thee  : 

11  And  that  in  their  hands  they  shall  hem  thee 
tip,  lest  thou  dash  tin   foot  against  a  stone. 

12  And  Jesus  answering,  said  to  him:  It  is 
said  :  Thou  shall  not  tempt  the  Lord  thy  (iod. 

13  And  when  all  the  temptation  was  ended,  the 
devil  departed  from  him  for  a  time. 

14  And  Jesus  returned  in  the  power  of  the 
Spirit  into  Galilee:  ami  the  fame  of  him  went  out 
through  the  whole  countrv. 

15  Ami  he  taught  in  their  synagogues,  and  was 
extolled  hv  all. 

10  And  he  came  to  Nazareth  where  he  was 
brought  up:  and  lit1  want  into  the  sraagWgMH.  ac- 
cording to  his  custom  on  the  sahhath-dav  :   ami  he 

rose  op  to  read. 

17  And  the  hook  of  Isaias  the  prophet  was  de- 
livered uato  bkn.  And  as  be  unfolded  the  hook, 
he  found  the  plate  w  In  re  it  was  written  . 


rider,  dyimr  without  i«Mio.  Jmroi,  i«  the  law  directed,  married  hti 
widow  ;  in  ronwo,iirrw-i>  of  »«icb  marriage,  Ins  son  Joupk  w;i«  r,  imlixl 
in  the  law  the  »on  uf  Htk. 


CHAP.  V. 


18  fhe  Spirit  of  the  Lord  is  upon  me:  where- 
fore he  hath  anointed  me,  to  preach  the  gospel  to 
the  poor  lie  hath  sent  me,  to  heal  the  contrite  of 
heart, 

19  To  preach  deliverance  to  the  captives,  and 
sight  to  the  blind,  to  set  at  liberty  them  that  are 
bruised,  to  preach  the  acceptable  year  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  day  of  reward. 

20  And  when  he  had  folded  the  book,  he  resto- 
red it  to  the  minister,  and  sat  down.  And  the  eyes 
of  all  in  the  synagogue  were  fixed  on  him. 

21  And  he  began  to  say  to  them:  This  day  is 
fulfilled  this  scripture  in  your  ears. 

22  And  all  gave  testimony  to  him :  and  they 
wondered  at  the  words  of  grace  that  proceeded 
from  his  mouth,  and  they  said :  Is  not  this  the  son 
of  Joseph  ? 

23  And  he  said  to  them :  Doubtless  you  will 
say  to  me  this  similitude  :  Physician,  heal  thyself: 
as  great  things  as  we  have  heard  done  in  Caphar- 
naum,  do  also  here  in  thy  own  country. 

24  And  he  said :  Amen  1  say  to  you,  that  no 
prophet  is  accepted  in  his  own  country. 

25  In  truth  I  say  to  you,  there  were  many 
widows  in  the  days  ot  Elias  in  Israel,  when  heaven 
was  shut  up  three  years  and  six  months :  when 
there  was  a  great  famine  throughout  all  the  land  : 

26  And  to  none  of  them  was  Elias  sent,  but  to 
a  widow  at  Sarepta  of  Sidon. 

27  And  there  were  many  lepers  in  Israel  in  the 
time  of  Eliseus  the  prophet:  and  none  of  them 
was  cleansed  but  Naaman  the  Syrian. 

28  And  all  they  in  the  synagogue,  hearing  these 
things,  were  filled  with  anger. 

29  And  they  rose  up  and  thrust  him  out  of  the 
city  :  and  they  brought  him  to  the  brow  of  the  hill, 
whereon  their  city  was  built,  that  they  might  cast 
lim  down  headlong. 

30  But  he  passing  through  the  midst  of  them, 
writ  his  way, 

31  And  he  went  down  into  Capharnaum  a  city 
if  Galilee,  and  there  he  taught  them  on  the  sab- 
oath-days. 

32  And  they  were  astonished  at  his  doctrine : 
"or  his  word  was  with  power. 

33  And  in  the  synagogue  there  was  a  man 
who  had  an  unclean  devil,  and  he  cried  out  with 
a  loud  voice, 

34  Saying :  Let  us  alone,  what  have  we  to  do 
with  thee,  Jesus  of  Nazareth  ?  art  thou  come  to 
destroy  us  ?  I  know  thee  who  thou  art,  the  Holy 
one  of  God. 

35  And  Jesus  rebuked  him,  saying :  Hold  thy 
peace,  and  go  out  of  him.  And  when  the  devil 
had  thrown  him  into  the  midst,  he  went  out  of 
him,  and  hurt  him  not  at  all. 

36  And  there  came  fear  upon  all,  and  they  talk- 
ed among  themselves,  saying:  What  word  is  this, 
for  with  authority  and  power  he  commandeth  the 
unclean  spirits,  and  they  go  out? 

37  And  the  fame  of  him  was  published  in  every 
place  of  the  country. 

38  And  Jesus  rising  up  out  of  the  synagogue, 


went  into  Simon's  house.  And  Simon's  wife's 
mother  was  taken  with  a  great  fever  :  and  they  be- 
sought him  for  her. 

39  And  standing  over  her,  he  commanded  the 
fever:  and  it  left  her.  And  immediately  rising, 
she  ministered  to  them. 

40  And  when  the  sun  was  down,  all  they  that 
had  any  sick  with  divers  diseases,  brought  them  to 
him.  But,  he  laying  his  hands  on  every  one  of 
them,  healed  them. 

41  And  devils  went  out  of  many,  crying  out 
and  saying:  Thou  art  the  Son  of  God.  And  he, 
rebuking  them,sufTered  them  not  to  speak  :  for  they 
knew  that  he  was  Christ. 

42  And  when  it  was  day,  going  out,  he  came 
into  a  desert  place:  and  the  multitude  sought  him, 
and  came  to  him :  and  they  detained  him,  that  he 
should  not  depart  from  thein. 

43  And  he  said  to  them  :  I  must  preach  the  king- 
dom of  God  to  other  cities  also:  for  therefore  am  I 
sent. 

44  And  he  was  preaching  in  the  synagogues  of 
Galilee. 

CHAP.  V. 

The  miraculous  draught  of  fishes.     The  cure  of  the  leper  and 
of  the  paralylick.     The  cull  of  Mattheu). 

AND   it  came  to  pass  that,  when  the  mutitudes 
pressed  upon  him,  to  hear  the  word  of  God, 
he  stood  by  the  lake  of  Genesareth. 

2  And  he  saw  two  ships  standing  by  the  lake : 
but  the  fishermen  were  gone  out  of  them,  and 
were  washing  their  nets. 

3  And  going  up  into  one  of  the  ships,  that  was 
Simon's,  he  desired  him  to  thrust  out  a  little  from 
the  land.  And,  sitting  down,  he  taught  the  mul- 
titudes out  of  the  ship. 

4  Now  when  he  had  ceased  to  speak,  he  said  to 
Simon :  Launch  out  into  the  deep,  and  let  down 
your  nets  for  a  draught. 

5  And  Simon  answering,  said  to  him  :  Master, 
we  have  laboured  all  the  night,  and  have  taken  no- 
thing:  but  at  thy  word  I  will  let  down  the  net. 

6  And  when  they  had  done  this  they  enclosed  a 
very  great  multitude  of  fishes,  and  their  net  was 
breaking. 

7  And  they  beckoned  to  their  partners  that  were 
in  the  other  ship,  that  they  should  come  and  help 
them.  And  they  came,  and  filled  both  the  ships, 
so  that  they  were  almost  sinking. 

8  Which  when  Simon  Peter  saw,  he  fell  down  at 
Jesus's  knees,  saying  :  Depart  from  me  ;  for  I  am  a 
sinful  man,  O  Lord. 

9  For  he  was  wholly  astonished,  and  all  that 
were  with  him,  at  the  draught  of  the  fishes  which 
they  had  taken: 

10  And  so  were  also  James  and  John,  the  sons  of 
Zebedee,  who  were  Simon's  partners.  And  Jesus 
saith  to  Simon :  Fear  not :  from  henceforth  thou 
shall  be  taking  men. 

11  And  when  they  had  brought  their  ships  to 
land,  leaving  all  things,  they  followed  him. 

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12  And  it  came  i<>  |>ass.  when  lie  was  in  r  cer- 
t.iiii  city,  behold  I  man  lull  of  llu>  leprosy,  who 
M  ,  hag  l<  -ii-.  and  falling  on  his  face,  besougjll  him. 
mying:   Lord,  ii  lliou  wih,  thou  canst  make  me 

hi. 

13  Ind,  stretching  forth  kit  band,  be  toucited 
him,  saying:  I  will:  l>c  diou  cleansed.  And  im- 
mediately the  leprosj  departed  from  him. 

IV  And  he  charged  him  to  till  no  man:    but, 


Go,  show   thyself  to  the  j>riest,  and  offer  for  thy 
cleansing  accordii 
testimony  to  them 


e  jtricst, 
Mos 


oniinandcd   for  a 


1.)  BlH  die  tame  of  him  went  abroad  the  more: 
and  greal  multitudes  canoe  together  to  boar,  and  to 
Ik-  healed  of  their  infirmities. 

16  And  be  retired  into  the  desert,  and  prayed. 

17  And  it  came  to  pass,  on  a  certain  day,  that 
he  sat  t<  aching.     And  there  were  Pharisees  and 

doctors  of  the  law  sitting  by.  thai  were  come  out  of 

j  town  of  Galilee  and  Judea  and  Jerusalem: 

and  the  power  of  the  Lord  ua>  to  heal  them. 

18  And,  behold,  men  brought  in  a  bed  a  man 
who  had  the  palsy:  and  they  sought  means  to 
brin*  bun  in.  and  to  lay  him  before  bun. 

19  And  when  they  could  not  find  by  what  way 
they  might  bring  him  in,  because  of  the  multitude, 
they  went  upon  the  roof,  and  let  him  down  through 
the    tile*,    with   his   bed,    into   the   midst,    before 

US. 

20  And  when  he  saw  their  faith,  he  said:  Man, 
thy  s'm>  an-  forgiven  tine. 

21  Vnd  the  Scribes  and  the  Pharisees  began  to 
think,  saying:  Who  is  this  who  sneaked)  blasphe- 
mies '  Who  can  forgive  sins,  but  (iod  alone? 

\nd  when  Jesus  knew  their  thoughts,  an- 
swering I"'  said  to  tin  in:  What  is  it  you  think  in 
your  hearts  - 

Which  is  it  easier  to  say  :  Thy  sins  are  for- 
given thee;  or  to  sa\  :  Arise,  and  walk? 

I  Jut  that  you  may  know  that  the  Son  of  man 
hath  powei  on  earth  to  forgive  sins,  (he  said  to  the 
sick  of  the  palsy)  I  say  to  tin  r.  Arise,  take  11))  thy 
lx»d,  and  no  into  thy  house. 

Wid  immediately  ris'iim  up  before  them,  he 
took  up  the  bed  On  which  he  lax  :  and  he  went  away 
into  his  own  house,  glorifj ing  <  iod. 

26  And  all  were  astonished  :  and  they  glorified 
God.  And  they  were  filled  with  (car,  saying'  We 
have  seen  wonderful  things  to-day. 

\inl  after  these  things  he  went  forth,  and 
s.iu  ;i  publican  named  Levi,  Bitting  ai  the  custom- 
house;  and  be  saith  to  him:    Follow   nn-. 

28  And.  leaving  all  things,  be  rose  up  and  fol- 
lowed him. 

29  And  Levi  made  him  a  greal  feast  in  his  own 
house:  and  there  was  :i  great  company  of  publi- 
cans, and  of  Others,  that  wire  at  table  With  them. 

hut  their  Pharisees  and  Scribes  murmured. 
.  to  his  disciples:    Whj  do  you  cat  and  drink 
with  publicans  and  sini! 


*  Tlu  urmd  finl   laAWJL     Some  undretand  tin.    of  '!«•  «al>hatli 
*/  l'<  iitecust,    which   wu   lite   m<  mwl   hi  tuurw   ainongM  thv  (real 

M 


31  And  Jesus  nnsweriu:,  said  to  them:  They 
who  are  in  health  need  not  the  physician;  hut  tin  y 
that  aie  sick  : 

'    I    came    not    to  call    the  just,    bat    sinners  to 
penance. 

\ i ui  the*  s;i;(|  |0  him:  Whj  do  the  disciples 

of  John  last  often,  and  make  prayers,  and  (be 
disciples  of  the  Pharisees  in  like  manner;  hut  thine 
eat  and  drink? 

;U  And  he  said  to  them:  (an  you  make  the  chil- 
dren of  the  bridegroom  last,  whilst  the  bridegroom 
is  with  them? 

.;.')  lint  the  days  will  come,  when  the  bridegroom 
shall  he  taken  away  from  them;  then  shall  they 
last  in  those  days. 

.UI  And  hi'  spoke  also  a  similitude  to  them, 
That  no  man  putteth  ;i  piece  from  a  new  garment 
upon  an  old  garment:  otherwise  he  hoth  rendeth 
the  new,  and  the  piece  taken  from  the  new  aureeth 
not  with  the  old. 

37  And  no  man  putteth  new  wine  into  old  bot- 
iles;  otherwise  the  new  wine  will  hurst  the  bottles, 
and  it  will  he  spilled,  and  the  hotllcs  will  l>e  lost. 

.'<['•  Hut  new  wine  must  he  put  into  new  bottles, 
and  hoth  are  preserved. 

.!'.»  And  no  man  drinking  old.  hath  presently  a 
mind  to  new  :  for  he  saith,    The  old  is  better. 

(HAP.  VI. 

Ckritt  exrvnes  hit  ditciplvt :    He  rurrt  ujxm  the  tfibbath-rfay  : 
chootet  the  twelve,  and  make*  a  ti rmiin  tn  tlu  m. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,   on    the   second   first    sal>- 
halh,*  that  as  he  went  through  the  corn-fields, 
his  disciples  plunked  tin-  ears  of  corn,  and  did  > 
rubbing  them  in  their  hands. 

2  And  some  of  the  Pharisees  said  to  them  :  Why 
do  you  that  which  is  not  lawful  to  do  on  the  sahhath- 

3  And  Jesus,  answering  them,  said:  Have  von 
not  read  so  iniieh  as  this,  what  David  did,  when 
himself  was  hungry,  and  they  that  were  with  him? 

4  Mow  be  went  into  the  house  of  God,  and  took 

and  eat  the  bread  of  proposition,  and  gave  to  them 
that  wen-  with  him,  w  liicli  it  is  not  lawful  to  eat, 
hut  only  for  the  priests? 

.">  And  be  said  to  them:  The  Son  of  man  is 
Lord  also  of  the  sahhath. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass.  also,  on  another  sahhath. 
that  he  entered  into  the  synagogue,  and  taught.  And 
there  was  a  man.  whose  ridit  hand  was  within  d. 

7  And  the  Scribes  and  Pharisees  watched  to  see 
if  he  would  heal  00  the  sahhath;  that  they  might 
find  an  accusation  against  him. 

8  Hut  he  knew  their  thoughts;  and  said  to  the 
man  who  had  the  withered  hand:  Arise,  and  stand 
forth  in  the  midst.     And   he.  rising,  stood  forth. 

9  Then  .h  siis  s;,id  to  them:  I  ask  you,  if  it  he 
law  lid  on  the  sabbath-days  to  do  gooa,  or  to  do 
evil?  to  save  life,  or  to  deattoj  r 


feasts :  other*  of  a  sabbath  day  that  immediately  followed  any 

ll  .ul. 


CHAP.  VI. 


10  And,  looking  round  about  on  them  all,  he 
said  to  the  man:  Stretch  forth  thy  hand.  And  he 
stretched  it  forth;  and  his  hand  was  restored. 

11  And  they  were  filled  with  madness;  and  they 
talked  one  with  another,  what  they  might  do  to 
Jesus. 

-  12  And  it  came  to  pass,  in  those  days,  that  he 
went  out  into  a  mountain  to  pray;  and  he  passed 
the  whole  night  in  the  prayer  of  God. 

13  And  when  it  was  day,  he  called  his  disciples: 
and  he  chose  twelve  of  them  (whom  also  he  named 
Apostles :) 

14  Simon,  whom  he  surnamed  Peter,  and  An- 
drew his  brother,  James  and  John,  Philip  and  Bar- 
tholomew, 

15  Matthew  and  Thomas,  James  the  son  of  Al- 
pheus,  and  Simon  who  is  called  Zelotes : 

16  And  Jude  the  brother  of  James,  and  Judas 
Iscariot,  who  was  the  traitor. 

17  And,  coming  down  with  them,  he  stood  in 
an  open  plain,  and  the  company  of  his  disciples,  and 
a  very  great  multitude  of  people  from  all  Judea  and 
Jerusalem,  and  the  sea-coast  both  of  Tyre  and 
Sidon, 

18  Who  had  come  to  hear  him,  and  to  be  healed 
of  their  diseases.  And  they  that  were  troubled 
with  unclean  spirits  were  cured. 

19  And  all  the  multitude  sought  to  touch  him: 
for  virtue  went  out  from  him,  and  healed  all. 

20  And  he,  lifting  up  his  eyes  on  his  disciples, 
said :  Blessed  are  ye  poor  :  for  yours  is  the  kingdom 
of  God. 

21  Blessed  are  ye  that  hunger  now:  for  you  shall 
be  filled.  Blessed  are  ye  that  weep  now  :  for  you 
shall  laugh. 

22  Blessed  shall  you  be  when  men  shall  hate 
you,  and  when  they  shall  separate  you,  and  shall 
reproach  you,  and  cast  out  your  name  as  evil,  for 
the  Son  of  man's  sake. 

23  Be  glad  in  that  day,  and  rejoice :  for  behold, 
your  reward  is  great  in  heaven.  For  according  to 
these  things  did  their  fathers  to  the  prophets. 

24  But  wo  to  you  that  are  rich :  for  you  have 
your  consolation. 

25  Wo  to  you  that  are  filled:  for  you  shall  hun- 
ger. Wo  to  you  that  laugh  now:  for  you  shall 
mourn  and  weep. 

26  Wo  to  you  when  men  shall  bless  you :  for  ac- 
cording to  these  things  did  their  fathers  to  the  false 
prophets. 

27  But  I  say  to  you  that  hear:  Love  your  ene- 
mies ;  do  good  to  them  that  hate  you. 

23  Bless  them  that  curse  you;  and  pray  for  them 
that  calumniate  you. 

29  And  to  him  that  striketh  thee  on  the  one 
cheek,  offer  also  the  other.  And  him  that  taketh 
away  from  thee  thy  cloak,  hinder  not  to  take  thy 
coat  also. 

30  Give  to  every  one  that  asketh  thee;  and  of  him 
that  taketh  away  thy  goods,  ask  them  not  again. 

31  And  as  you  would  that  men  should  do  to  you, 
do  you  also  to  them  in  like  manner. 

32  And  if  you  love  them  that  love  you,  what 

H 


thanks  have  you?  for  sinners  also  love  those  that 
love  them. 

33  And  if  ye  do  good  to  them  who  do  good  to 
you,  what  thanks  have  you?  for  sinners  also  do 
this. 

34  And  if  you  lend  to  them  of  whom  you  hope 
to  receive,  what  thanks  have  you  ?  for  sinners  also 
lend  to  sinners,  lor  to  receive  as  much. 

35  But  love  ye  your  enemies:  do  good,  and 
lend;  hoping  for  nothing  thereby:  and  your  re- 
ward shall  be  great,  and  you  shall  be  the  sons  of  the 
Most  High:  for  he  is  kind  to  the  unthankful,  and 
to  the  evil. 

36  Be  ye,  therefore,  merciful,  as  your  father  also 
is  merciful. 

37  Judge  not,  and  you  shall  not  be  judged  : 
condemn  not,  and  you  shall  not  be  condemned. 
Forgive,  and  you  shall  be  forgiven. 

38  Give,  and  it  shall  be  given  to  you :  good 
measure,  and  pressed  down,  and  shaken  together, 
and  running  over,  shall  they  give  into  your  bosom. 
For  with  the  same  measure  that  you  shall  measure, 
it  shall  be  measured  to  you  again. 

39  And  he  spoke  also  to  them  a  similitude  :  Can 
the  blind  lead  the  blind  ?  do  they  not  both  fall  into 
the  ditch  ? 

40  The  disciple  is  not  above  his  master:  but 
every  one  shall  be  perfect,  if  he  be  as  his  master. 

41  And  why  seest  thou  the  mote  in  thy  brother's 
eye  :  but  the  beam  that  is  in  thy  own  eye  thou  con- 
siderest  not  ? 

42  Or  how  canst  thou  say  to  thy  brother  :  Bro- 
ther, let  me  pull  the  mote  out  of  thy  eye:  when 
thou  thyself  seest  not  the  beam  in  thy  own  eye  ? 
Thou  hypocrite,  cast  first  the  beam  out  of  thy  own 
eye :  and  then  shalt  thou  see  clearly  to  take  out  the 
mote  from  thy  brother's  eye. 

43  For  there  is  no  good  tree  that  bringeth  forth 
evil  fruit:  nor  an  evil  tree  that  bringeth  forth  good 
fruit. 

44  For  every  tree  is  known  by  its  fruit.  For 
men  do  not  gather  figs  from  thorns:  nor  from  a 
bramble  bush  do  they  gather  grapes. 

45  A  good  man,  out  of  the  good  treasure  of  his 
heart,  bringeth  forth  that  which  is  good :  and  an 
evil  man  out  of  the  evil  treasure  bringeth  forth  that 
which  is  evil.  For  out  of  the  abundance  of  the 
heart  the  mouth  speaketh. 

46  And  why  call  you  me  Lord,  Lord ;  and  do 
not  the  things  which  1  say  ? 

47  Whosoever  cometh  to  me,  and  heareth  my 
words,  and  doeth  them,  1  will  show  you  to  whom 
he  is  like. 

48  He  is  like  to  a  man  building  a  house,  who 
digged  deep,  and  laid  the  foundation  upon  a  rock. 
And  when  a  flood  came,  the  stream  beat  vehemently 
upon  that  house,  and  it  could  not  shake  it :  for  it 
was  founded  on  a  rock. 

49  But  he  that  heareth,  and  doeth  not,  is  like  to 
a  man  building  his  house  upon  the  earth,  without  a 
foundation ;  against  which  the  stream  beat  vehe- 
mently, and  immediately  it  fell :  and  the  ruin  of 
that  house  was  great. 

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ST.  LUKE. 


CHAP.  VII. 


Ckritt  hrnlx  the  renturion't  tervant :  raitrt  the  teiiiour't  ion  In 
life :  antirrrt  the  uvttengert  tent  by  John :  and  abtoleet  the 
'  tinner. 


AND  when  lie  had  finished   all   his  words  in  the 
hearing  of  the  people,  he  entered  into  Caphar- 
naiiui. 

\nd  the  servant  of  a  certain  centurion,  who 
was  dear  to  liim,  was  sick,  and  ready  to  die. 

3  And  when  In-  had  heard  of  Jesus,  lie  sent  to 
1  til  11  the  ancients  of  the  Jews,  limbing,  him  to  come 
and  heal  his  servant. 

4  And  when  they  came  to  Jesus,  they  besought 
nim  earnestly,  saying  to  him:    He  is  worthy  that 

thou  shoiildst  do  this  for  him. 

a  For  he  lovcth  our  nation:  and  he  hath  built  us 
a  synagogue. 

6*  And  Jesus  went  with  them.  And  when  he 
nw  now  not  far  from  the  house,  the  centurion  sent 
his  friends  to  him,  saving:  Lord,  trouble  not  thy- 
self: for  1  am  not  worthy  that  thou  shoiildst  enter 
under  my  roof. 

7  Wherefore,  neither  did  I  think  myself  worthy 
to  come  to  thee:  but  say  the  word,  and  my  servant 
shall  he  healed. 

>r  I  also  am  a  man  subject  to  authority,  having 
under  me  soldiers:  and  I  say  to  one,  Go,  and  he 
gocth:  and  to  another,  Come,  and  be  cometh :  and 
to  my  servant,  Do  this,  and  he  docth  it. 

'.•  Which  when  Jesus  heard,  he  marvelled:  and, 
turning  about  to  the  multitude  that  followed  him. 
h.  said  :  Amen  I  say  to  you,  I  have  not  found  so 
great  faith  even  in  Israel. 

10  And  they  who  were  sent,  returning  to  the 
lions*-,  found  the  servant  whole,  w  ho  had  !>een  sick. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  after  this,  that  he  went 
into  a  city  called  Nairn  :  and  there  went  with  him 
his  disciples,  and  a  great  multitude. 

IJ  And  when  he  came  nigh  to  the  gate  of  the 
city,  behold,  a  dead  man  was  carried  out,  the  onlv 
sun  of  his  mother:  and  she  was  a  w  idow  :  and  much 
people  of  the  city  was  with  her. 

13  And  when  the  Lord  saw  her,  he  had  compas- 
sion on  her,  and  said  to  her:  Weep  not. 

1  1  And  he  came  mar  and  touched  the  hier. 
(  Vinl  they  that  carried  it,  stood  still.)  And  he  said: 
Young  man,  I  sav  to  thee.  ari><\ 

16  And  he  that  was  dead,  s.it  u|>,  and  begai  to 
S|H-ak.      And  he  delivered  him  to  his  mother. 

16  Ami  there  came  a  fear  on  them  all  :  and  they 
glorified  God,  Baring:  That  a  gnat  prophet  is  risen 
up  among  US:   and  fiod  hath  visited  his  people. 

I  7  And  this  rumour  of  him  went  forth  throughout 
all  Judea,  and  throughout  all  the  country  round 
about 

I.'i  And  Jolm'sdisi  iplestold  hiinof  all  these  things. 

19  \nil  John  called  to  him  two  of  his  disciples. 
and  wnt  them  to  Jesus,  saying:  Art  thou  he  who 
is  io  come  ;  or  expect  we  anoth 


SO    \nd  when  the  men  were  come  to  him,   thev 
said:  John  the  Baptist  hath  scut  us  to  thee,  sav  i 
Art  thou  he  who  is  to  come;  or  exjiect  we  Mo- 
ther? 

21  (\nd  in  that  same  hour,  he  eured  many  of 
their  diseases,  and  sores,  and  of  evil  spirits;  and  to 
many  that  were  blind  he  gave  right.) 

22  And  answering,  he  said  to  them  :  Go  and  re- 
late to  John  what  you  have  heard  and  seen  :  That 
the  blind  see,  the  lame  walk,  the  lepers  are  made 
clean,  the  deaf  hear,  the  dead  rise  again,  to  the  poor 
the  ( lospel  is  preached  : 

23  And  blessed  is  he  whosoever  shall  not  be 
scandalized  in  me. 

J i  \ud  when  the  messengers  of  John  were  de- 
parted, he  Imh;im  to  speak  to  the  multitudes  concern- 
mg  John  :  What  went  you  out  into  the  desert  to 
see.?  a  reed  shaken  with  the  wind? 

25  But  what  went  vou  out  to  see?  a  man  clothed 
in  soft  garments  r  Heboid,  they  that  are  in  cosily 
apparel,  and  live  delicately,  are  in  the  houses  ot 
kin^s. 

26  But  what  went  you  out  to  see?  a  prophet? 
Yea,  [  say  to  you,  and  more  than  a  prophet. 

27  This  is  he,  of  whom  it  is  written:  Heboid,  I 
send  my  BAgel  liefore  thy  face,  who  shall  prepare 
thy  way  before  thee. 

28  For  I  say  to  you:  Amongst  those  that  are 
bom  of  women,  there  is  not  a  greater  prophet  than 
John  the  Baptist  :  but  he  who  is  lesser  in  the  king- 
dom of  God,  is  greater  than  he. 

29  And  all  the  people  hearing,  and  the  publicans, 
justified  God;*  being  baptized  with  the  baptism  ol 
John. 

'M  But  the  Pharisees  and  the  lawyers  despised 
the  council  of  God  against  themselves,  being  not 
baptised  by  him. 

31  And  the  Lord  said  :  Whereunto,  then,  shall 
I  liken  the  men  of  this  generation?  and  to  what 
are  thev  like? 

32  They  are  like  to  children  sitting  in  the  mar- 
ket-place, and  speaking  MM  to  another,  and  saying: 
We  have  piped  to  vou,  and  you  have  not  danced: 
we  have  mourned,  and  you  have  not  wept. 

33  For  John  the  Baptist  came,  neither  eating 
bread,  nor  drinking  wine,  ssst  y<>u  say  :  He  hath  a 
dei  il. 

34  The  Son  of  man  is  come  eating  and  drinking, 
and  you  sav  :  Behold  a  man  that  is  a  glutton  and 
a  drinker  of  trine,  a  friend  of  publicans  and  nm*  i  B. 

36  And  wisdom  is  justified  hv  all  her  children. 

36  And  one  of  tin'  Pharisees!  desired  him  to  eat 
with  him.  And  being  entered  into  the  house  of 
the  Pharisee,  he  sat  down  to  meat. 

37  And,  behold,  a  woman  in  the  city,  who  was 
a  sinner,  when  she  knew  that  he  sat  at  meat  in  the 
Pharisee's  bouse,  brought  an  alabaster  box  of  oint- 
ment : 

38  And,  standing  In-hind  at  bis  feet  -he  began 
to  wash  his  feet   with  tears,  and  wiped  them  with 


*  Juilifui  GU ;  i.  e.  pruiwil  the  jurtke  of  God,  feared  and  worship- . 
ted  Qc*  at  iutt  and  merciful. 

M 


f  On*  qftiu  Pkmittti  i.  e.  Simon. 


CHAP.  VIII. 


the  hairs  of  her  head,  and  kissed  his  feet,   and 
anointed  tliem  with  the  ointment. 

39  And  the  Pharisee,  who  had  invited  him,  see- 
ing it,  spoke  within  himself,  saying:  This  man,  if 
he  were  a  prophet,  would  know  surely  who  and 
what  kind  of  woman  this  is  that  toucheth  him  :  for 
she  is  a  sinner. 

40  And  Jesus  answering,  said  to  him:  Simon, 
I  have  something  to  say  to  thee  But  he  said : 
Master,  say  it. 

41  A  certain  creditor  had  two  debtors,  the  one 
owed  five  hundred  pence,  and  the  other  fifty. 

42  And  whereas  they  had  not  wherewith  to  pay, 
he  forgave  them  both.  Which,  therefore,  of  the 
two  loveth  him  most? 

43  Simon  answering,  said :  I  suppose  that  he  to 
whom  he  forgave  most.  And  he  said  to  him :  Thou 
hast  judged  rightly. 

44  And,  turning  to  the  woman,  he  said  to  Simon, 
Dost  thou  see  this  woman  ?  I  entered  into  thy 
house ;  thou  gavest  me  no  water  for  my  feet :  but 
she  hath  washed  my  feet  with  tears,  and  wiped 
them  with  her  hair. 

45  Thou  gavest  me  no  kiss:  but  she,  since  she 
came  in,  hath  not  ceased  to  kiss  my  feet. 

46  My  head  with  oil  thou  didst  not  anoint :  but 
she  with  ointment  hath  anointed  my  feet. 

47  Wherefore  I  say  to  thee,  Many  sins  are  for- 
given her,  because  she  hath  loved  much.  But  to 
whom  less  is  forgiven,  he  loveth  less.* 

48  And  he  said  to  her:  Thy  sins  are  forgiven  thee. 

49  And  they  that  sat  together  at  table  began  to 
say  within  themselves:  Who  is  this  that  forgiveth 
sins  also? 

30  And  he  said  to  the  woman,  Thy  faith  hath 
made  thee  safe  :  go  in  peace. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

The  parable  of  the  seed.  Christ  stills  the  storm  at  sea  :  casts 
out  the  legion:  heals  the  issue  of  blood:  and  raises  the 
daughter  of  Jairus  to  life. 

ND  it  came  to  pass,  afterwards,  that  he  tra- 
velled through  the  cities  and  towns,  preaching 
and  publishing  the  Gospel  of  the  kingdom  of  God : 
and  the  twelve  with  him, 

2  And  certain  women,  who  had  been  healed  of 
evil  spirits  and*  infirmities ;  Mary  called  Magda- 
lene, out  of  whom   seven  devils  were  gone  forth, 

3  And  Joanna  the  wife  of  Chusa,  Herod's  stew- 
ard, and  Susanna,  and  many  others  who  minis- 
tered unto  him  of  their  substance. 

4  And  when  a  very  great  multitude  was  gathered 
together,  and  hastened  out  of  the  cities  to  him,  he 
spoke  by  a  similitude  : 

5  A  sower  went  out  to  sow  his  seed :  and,  as  he 
sowed,  some  fell  by  the  way  side,  and  it  was  trod- 
den down,  and  the  fowls  of  the  air  devoured  it : 


*  Many  sins  are  forgiven  her,  because  she  hath  loved  much.  In  the  scrip- 
lure  an  effect  sometimes  seems  attributed  to  one  only  cause,  when 
theie  are  divers  other  concurring  dispositions :  for  the  sins  of  this 
woman,  in  this  verse,  are  said  to  be  forgiven,  because  she  loved  much : 


A1 


6  And  some  fell  upon  a  rock,  and,  as  soon  as  ii 
\v;is  sprung  up,  it  withered  away,  because  it  had 
no  moisture  : 

7  And  some  fell  among  thorns,  and  the  thorns 
growing  up  with  it,  choaked  it: 

8  And  some  fell  upon  good  ground,  and  sprung 
up,  and  yielded  fruit  a  hundred  fold.  Saying  thesj 
things  he  cried  out:  He  that  hath  ears  to  hear 
let  him  hear. 

9  And  his  disciples  asked  him  what  this  para- 
ble might  be. 

10  To  whom  he  said :  To  you  it  is  given  to 
know  the  mystery  of  the  kingdom  of  God:  but  to 
the  rest  in  parables  :  that  seeing  they  may  not 
see,f  and  hearing  they  may  not  understand. 

1 1  Now  the  parable  is  this :  The  seed  is  the 
word  of  God. 

12  And  they  by  the  way  side  are  they  that  hear: 
then  the  devil  cometh,  and  taketh  the  word  out  of 
their  heart,  lest,  believing,  they  should  be  saved. 

13  Now,  they  upon  the  rock  are  they  who,  when 
they  hear,  receive  the  word  with  joy :  and  these 
have  no  roots;  who  believe  for  a  while,  and  in  time 
of  temptation  fall  away. 

14  And  that  which  fell  among  thorns  are  they 
who  have  heard,  and,  going  their  way,  are  choaked 
with  the  cares  and  riches  and  pleasures  of  this  life, 
and  yield  no  fruit. 

15  But  that  on  the  good  ground  are  they  who  in 
a  good  and  perfect  heart,  hearing  the  word,  keep  it, 
and  bring  forth  fruit  in  patience. 

16  Now  no  man,  that  lighteth  a  candle,  co- 
vereth  it  with  a  vessel,  or  putteth  it  under  a  bed ; 
but  setteth  it  upon  a  candlestick,  that  they  who 
come  in  may  see  the  light. 

17  For  there  is  not  any  thing  secret,  that  shall 
not  be  made  manifest ;  nor  hidden,  that  shall  not 
be  known,  and  come  abroad. 

18  Take  heed,  therefore,  how  you  hear.  For 
whosoever  hath,  to  him  shall  be  given :  and  who- 
soever hath  hot,  that  also  which  he  thinketh  he 
hath  shall  be  taken  away  from  him. 

19  And  his  mother  and  brethren  came  to  him: 
and  they  could  not  come  at  him  for  the  crowd. 

20  And  it  was  told  him :  Thy  mother  and  thy 
brethren  stand  without,  desiring  to  see  thee. 

21  And  he  answered,  and  said  to  them :  My 
mother  and  my  brethren  are  they  who  hear  the 
word  of  God,  and  do  it. 

22  And  it  came  to  pass,  on  a  certain  day,  that 
he  went  into  a  little  ship  with  his  disciples,  and  he 
said  to  them  :  Let  us  go  over  to  the  other  side  of 
the  lake.     And  they  launched  forth. 

23  And  when  they  were  sailing,  he  slept :  arid 
there  came  down  a  storm  of  wind  on  the  lake,  and 
they  were  filled,  and  were  in  danger. 

24  And  they  came  and  awaked  him,  saying: 
Master,  we  perish.     But  he,  arising,  rebuked  the 


but  verse  50,  Christ  tells  her,  %  faitk  hath  made  the  safe.     Hence  in  a 
true  conversion  are  joined  faith,  hope,  love,  sorrow  for  sin,  and  othei 
pious  dispositions, 
t  Seeing  they  may  not  lee.     See  the  annotation,  Jtfor*  l?.  12. 
59 


ST.  I.lkF. 


wind.  ;mk1  (In-   ra^'m.:  of  the  water  :   and   it    061 
ami  there  was  ■  calm* 

25  \nd  he  said  to  them  :  Where  is  \our  faith  ? 
Ami  tin  \.  Iteing  alraid,  wondered,  sa\  iim  one  to 
■Wither:  Who  i-  this,  (think  you)  that  In-  com- 
manded! lioth  the  winds  and  tin-  sea,  and  they 
obey  him  ' 

■5   And  they  Killed  to  the  country  of  tin-  I 
Dm  which  is  over  against  Galilee. 

\nd  when  he  mi  roine  forth  to  the  land, 
there  nut  him  a  certain  man  who  had  a  devil  now 
for  a  loin  time,  and  lit-  wore  no  clothes,  neither  did 
he  abide  in  a  house,  hut  in  the  tombs. 

28  And  when  he  saw  Jesus,  he  fell  down  before 
him  :  and  Crying  out  with  a  loud  voice,  he  said  : 
W  hat  have  f  to  do  with  thee,  Jesus,  Son  of  the 
most  high  God?   I  liesecch  thee,  do  not  torment  me. 

29  For  he  commanded  the  unclean  spirit  to  go 
out  of  the  man.  For  many  times  it  seized  him  : 
and  he  was  hound  with  chains,  and  kept  in  fetters: 
and  he  broke  the  !>onds,  and  was  driven  by  the 
devil  into  the  deserts. 

30  And  Jesus  asked  him,  saying:  What  is  thy 
name?  Mut  he  said:  Legion;  because  many  devils 
urn-  entered  into  him. 

31  \nd  tin  \  besought  him  that  he  would  not 
command  them  to  go  into  the  deep* 

\n<l  there  was  there  a  herd  of  many  swine 
feeding  on  the  mountain  :  and  the\  besought  him 
that  he  would  Miller  them  to  enter  into  them.  And 
he  suffered  them. 

. !. I  The  devut]  therefore,  went  out  of  the  man, 
and  entered  into  the  swine:  and  the  herd  ran  vio- 
lentlv  down  a  steep  place  into  the  lake,  and  were 
stifled. 

Which  when  they  that  fed  them  saw  done, 
they  lied  away,  and  told  it  in  the  city  and  the 
Milages. 

.''►.">  And  they  went  out  to  see  what  was  done: 
and  they  came  to  Jesus,  and  found  the  man,  out 
of  whom  the  devils  had  departed,  sittinu  at  his 
tict.  clothed,  and  of  a  sound  mind:  and  they 
were  alraid. 

And  thef  also  that  had  seen  it  told  them, 
how  he  had  been  healed  from  the  legion. 

37  And  all  the  multitude  of  the  country  of  the 
I  ieraaanabesoiiuht  him  to  depart  from  them;  for 
they  were  taken  with  sreat  fear.  And  he  went  up 
into  the  ship,  and  returned  hack  a;;ain. 

38  Now  the  man.  out  of  whom  the  devils  wen 
departed,  besought  him  that  he  might  be  with  him. 
Hut  Jems  sent  him  away,  myiog; 

39  Return  to  thy  house,  and  tell  how  great 
ilunss  God  hath  done  to  thee.  And  he  went 
through  the  whole  city,  publishing  how  great  things 
Jesus  had  done  to  him. 

40  And  it  came  to  pass  that,  when  Jesus  was 
returned,  the  multitude  received  him:  for  they 
were  all  waiting   lor  him. 

41  And,  behold,  there  came  a  man  whose  name 
was  J;iirus.  and  he  was  a  ruler  of  the  synazocue  : 
and  he  fell  down  at  the  feet  of  Jesus.  Iw.seeching 
him  that  he  would  come  into  his  house  ; 

60 


I  r  he  had  an  only  daughter,  almost  twelve 
revs  old.  and  she  was  dying.  And  it  happened,  is 
he  went,  that  he  was  thronged  by  the  multitude-. 

I-!  Vnd  there  was  a  certain  woman  batting  an 
issue  of  blood  twelve  years,  who  had  bestowed 
all  her  substance  on  phvsieians.  and  could  not  Ihj 
healed  by  any: 

44  She  came  behind  him,  and  touched  the  hem 
of  his  garment ;  and  immediately  her  issue  of 
blood   stopped. 

45  And  Jesus  said:  Who  is  it  that  touched  me? 
And  when  all  denied,  Peter  and  they  that  were 
w  ith  him  said  :  Master,  the  multitudes  throng 
tine,  and  press  thee,  and  dost  thou  say:  Who 
touched  me? 

46  And  Jesus  said  :  Somebody  hath  touched 
me:  for  1  know  that  virtue  is  gone  out  from  me. 

47  And  the  woman,  seeinu  that  she  was  not 
bid,  came  trembling,  and  fell  down  before  his 
feet,  and  declared  before  all  the  people  for  w  hat 
cause  she  had  touched  him,  and  how  she  was  im- 
mediately healed. 

48  But  he  said  to  her:  Daughter,  thy  faith  hath 
made  thee  whole:  go  in  peace. 

49  While  he  was  \et  speaking,  there  cometh 
one  to  the  ruler  of  the  synagogue,   saving  to  him; 

Thy  daughter  is  dead,  trouble  him  not. 

50  Bat  Jesse,  bearing  this  word,  answered  the 
father  of  the  maid  :  Fear  not,  believe  only,  and 
she  shall  Im'  safe. 

51  And  when  he  was  come  to  the  house,  he 
suffered  DO  man  to  fO  with  him,  but  Peter,  and 
James,  and  John,  and  the  lather  and  mother  ol 
the  maiden. 

52  And  all  went  and  mourned  for  her.  Hut  he 
said:  Weep  not,  the  maid  is  not  dead,  but  sleejx'th. 

53  And  they  laughed  at  him,  knowing  that  she 
was  dead. 

54  Hut  he,  taking  her  by  the  hand,  cried  out, 
saying  :    .Maid,  arise. 

55  And  her  spirit  returned,  and  she  rose  imme- 
diately.    And  he  bade  them  ^i\e  her  to  cat. 

56  And  her  parents  were  ■stonished  :  whom  he 
charged  not  to  tell  any  one  what  had  been  done. 

CHAP.  IX. 

Christ  sends  forth  hit  apostles  :  feeds  fie*  thousand  with  fire 
Inures:  is  transfigured :  and  casts  out  a  drril. 

THEN,  having  called  together  the  twelve  apos- 
tles,  he   save  them  powei  and  authority  me: 
all  devils,  and  to  cure  diseases. 

2  And  he  sent  them  to  preach  the  kingdom  of 
God,  and  to  heal  the  sick. 

3  And  he  said  to  them:  Take  nothing  for  your 
journey;  neither  stall,  nor  scrip,  nor  bread,  nor 
lnoui-N  :    neither  ha\e  two  coats. 

4  And  whatsoever  house  \on  shall  enter  into 
abide  there,  ami  depart  not  from  thence. 

5  And  whosoever  will  not  receive  yon,  when 

\e  :_o  out  of   that    city,    shake    oil"  e\cn  the  dust  of 
\oiir  feet  for  a  testimony  against  them. 

6  And  going  out  they  went  alnjut   through  tho 


CHAP.  IX. 


towns,    preaching  the  gospel,   and  healing  every 
when'. 

7  Now  Herod  the  tetrarch  heard  of  all  that  was 
done  hy  him ;  and  he  was  in  a  doubt,  because  it 
was  said 

8  By  some  :  That  John  was  risen  from  the 
dead:  but  by  some  others:  that  Elias  had  ap- 
peared :  and  by  others :  that  one  of  the  ancient 
prophets  was  risen. 

9  And  Herod  said:  John  I  have  beheaded:  but. 
who  is  this,  of  whom  I  hear  such  things  ?  And  he 
sought  to  see  him. 

10  And  the  apostles  being  returned,  related  to 
him  all  that  they  had  done :  and  having  taken 
them,  he  retired  apart  into  a  desert  place,  which 
belongeth  to  Bethsaida. 

11  Which  when  the  people  knew,  they  followed 
him  ;  and  he  received  them,  and  spoke  to  them 
of  the  kingdom  of  God,  and  healed  them  who  had 
need  of  healing. 

12  Now  the  day  began  to  decline.  And  the 
twelve  came  and  said  to  him :  Send  away  the 
multitude,  that,  going  into  the  towns  and  villages 
round  about,  they  may  lodge  and  get  victuals ; 
for  we  are  here  in  a  desert  place.  • 

13  But  he  said  to  them :  Give  you  them  to  eat. 
And  they  said :  We  have  no  more  than  five  loaves 
and  two  fishes ;  unless  we  should  go  and  buy  food 
for  all  this  multitude. 

14  Now  there  were  about  five  thousand  men. 
And  he  said  to  his  disciples :  Make  them  sit  down 
by  fifties  in  a  company. 

15  And  they  did  so  ;  and  made  them  all  sit 
down. 

16  And,  taking  the  five  loaves  and  the  two 
fishes,  he  looked  up  to  heaven,  and  blessed  them ; 
and  he  broke,  and  distributed  to  his  disciples,  to 
set  before  the  multitude. 

17  And  they  did  all  eat,  and  were  filled.  And 
there  were  taken  up  of  fragments,  that  remained 
to  them,  twelve  baskets. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  was  alone  pray- 
ing, his  disciples  also  were  with  him ;  and  he  asked 
them,  saying:  Whom  do  the  people  say  that  I  am  ? 

19  But  they  answered,  and  said,  John  the  Bap- 
tist :  but  some  say  Elias ;  and  others  say  that  one 
of  the  former  prophets  ig  risen  again. 

20  And  he  said  to  them :  But  whom  do  you 
say  that  I  am?  Simon.  Peter  answering,  said: 
The  Christ  of  God. 

21  But  he,  strictly  charging  them,  commanded 
they  should  tell  this  to  no  man  ; 

22  Saying :  The  Son  of  man  must  suffer  ninny 
things,  and  be  rejected  by  the  ancients,  and  chief 
priests,  .and  Scribes,  and  be  killed,  and  rise  again 
the  third  day. 

23  And  he  said  to  all :  If  any  man  will  come 
after  me,  let  him  deny  himself,  and  take  up  his 
cross  daily,  and  follow  me. 

24  For  whosoever  will  save  his  life,  shall  lose 
it :  for  he  that  shall  lose  his  life,  for  my  sake, 
shall  save  it. 

25  For  what  doth  it  profit  a  man,  if  he  gain 


the  whole  world,  and  lose  himself,  and  cast  away 
himself? 

26  For  whosoever  shall  be  ashamed  of  me,  and 
of  my  words,  of  him  shall  the  Son  of  man  be 
ashamed,  when  he  shall  come  in  his  majesty,  and 
of  his  Father's,  and  of  the  holy  angels. 

27  But  I  say  to  you  truly :  There  are  some 
standing  here  that  shall  not  taste  death,  till  they 
see  the  kingdom  of  God. 

28  And  it  came  to  pass,  about  eight  days  after 
these  words,  that  he  took  Peter,  and  James,  and 
John,  and  went  up  into  a  mountain  to  pray. 

29  And  whilst  he  prayed,  the  appearance  of  his 
countenance  was  altered :  and  his  raiment  became 
white  and  shining. 

30  And,  behold,  two  men  were  talking  with 
him.     And  they  were  Moses  and  Elias, 

31  Appearing  in  majesty:  and  they  spoke  of  his 
decease,  which  he  was  to  accomplish  in  Jerusalem. 

32  But  Peter,  and  they  that  were  with  him?  were 
heavy  with  sleep.  And  waking,  they  saw  his  ma- 
jesty, and  the  two  men  that  stood  with  him. 

33  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  as  they  were  de- 
parting from  him,  Peter  said  to  Jesus :  Master,  it 
is  good  for  us  to  be  here :  and  let  us  make  three 
tabernacles,  one  for  thee,  and  one  for  Moses,  and 
one  for  Elias :  not  knowing  what  he  said. 

34  And  as  he  spoke  these  things,  there  came  a 
cloud,  and  overshadowed  them :  and  they  were 
afraid,  when  they  entered  into  the  cloud. 

35  And  a  voice  came  out  of  the  cloud,  saying : 
This  is  my  beloved  Son,  hear  him. 

36  And  whilst  the  voice  was  uttered,  Jesus  was 
found  alone.  And  they  held  their  peace,  and  told 
no  man  in  those  days  any  of  these  things  which 
they  had  seen. 

37  And  it  came  to  pass  that,  on  the  day  follow- 
ing, when  they  came  down  from  the  mountain, 
there  met  him  a  great  multitude. 

38  And,  behold,  a  man  among  the  crowd  cried 
out,  saying  :  Master,  I  beseech  thee,  look  upon  my 
son ;  for  he  is  the  only  one  I  have : 

39  And  lo,  a  spirit  seizeth  him,  and  he  suddenly 
crieth  out,  and  he  throweth  him  down,  and  teareth 
him  so  that  he  foameth,  and,  bruising  him,  hardly 
departeth  from  him  : 

40  And  I  desired  thy  disciples  to  cast  him  out, 
and  they  could  not. 

41  And  Jesus  answering,  said  :  O  faithless  and 
perverse  generation,  how  long  shall  I  be  with  you, 
and  suffer  you  ?  Bring  thy  son  hither. 

42  And  as  he  was  coming  near,  the  devil  threw 
him  down,  and  tore  him. 

43  And  Jesus  rebuked  the  unclean  spirit,  and 
cured  the  boy,  and  restored  him  to  his  father. 

44  And  all  were  astonished  at  the  mighty  power 
of  God :  but  while  they  all  wondered  at  all  the 
things  he  did,  he  said  to  his  disciples :  Lay  you 
up  in  your  hearts  these  words:  for  it  shall  come 
to  pass  that  the  Son  of  man  shall  be  delivered 
into  the  hands  of  men. 

45  But  they  understood  not  this  word,  and  it 
was  hid  from    them,    so   they   perceived   it   not. 


ci 


ST.    LUKE. 


Ami  they  were  afraid  to  ask  him  concemin.: 
this  word. 

46  Ami  than  entered  ■  thought  into  thrm. 
which  of  them  should  be  greater. 

17  1  > 1 1 t  Jesus,  seeing  the  thoughts  of  their 
heart,  took  a  child,  ami  set   him  b]  him  ; 

48  And  said  to  them :  Whosoever  shall  receive 
this  child  in  my  name,  reottvetfa  me:  ami  w  hoso- 
erer  shall  receive  me,  recatvath  him  that  seal  me. 

Fof   he   that  is  the  hast   anion:;   you   all,    In    is  the 

greatest. 

\ml  John  answering,  said:   Master,  wi 
one  casting  out   devils  in   thy  name,   and   we  for- 
bade  him,  because  he  followeth  m>t  with  us. 

50  And  Jesus  said  to  him  :  Forbid  him  not : 
for  he  that  is  not  against  \i>n  is  for  you. 

.')1  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  days  of  his 
assumption  were  accomplishing*  that  he  stedfastly 
set  his  t.i.r  to  1:0  to  Jerusalem. 

52  Ami  he  seal  messengers  before  hie  face:  and 
going  tiny  intend  into  a  city  of  the  .Samaritans 
to  prepare  for  him. 

63  And  they  received  him  not,  heeause  his  face 
was  of   0M  going  into  Jerusalem. 

M  And  when  his  discmlcs,  James  and  John, 
had  seen  this,  they  said:  Lord,  wilt  thou  that  we 
command  fire  to  conic  down  from  heaven  and 
consume  them  ? 

\nd  turning,  he  rebuked  them,  saying:  You 
know  not  of  what  spirit  you  are. 

The  Son  of  man  came  not  to  destroy  souls, 
hut  to  save.     And  they  went  into  another  town. 

67  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  tiny  walked  in  the 
Way,  that  a  certain  man  said  to  him:  I  will  follow 
thee  whithersoever  thou  goest. 

Jesus  said  to  him  :  The  foxes  have  holes, 
and  the  birds  of  the  air  nests;  but  the  Son  of  man 
hath  not  w  here  to  lay  his  head. 

69  Hut  he  said  to  another:  Follow  me.  And 
he  said:  Lord,  siillir  me  lirst  to  go,  and  to  bury 
my  father. 

Lod  Jesus  said  to  him:  Let  the  dead  bury 
their  dead:  but  go  thou,  and  preach  the  kingdom 

oi    <  iod. 

•  '. I  And  another  said:  1  will  follow  thee,  Lord: 
but  let  me  first  take  my  leave  of  them  that  an 
at    m\   house. 

Jesus  said  lo  him:    No  man   putting  his 

hand  to  the  plough,  and  looking  back,  is  (it  for 
the  kingdom   of  ( iod. 

CHAP.   X. 

Christ   set*  forth,   and  instructs   his    srvrntf-two    disciplm. 
The  gftod  Samaritan. 

ANT)  after  these  things  the  Lord  appointed  also 
other  seventy-two:   and  he  sent  them  two 

and  two  before  bis  face,  into  eviry   city   and  pla<  e. 

whither  he  himself  was  to  come. 

2  And  he  said  to  them:     The  harvest,  indeed,  is 

great,  but    the   labourers  are  few.      I'ray  ye,  (hi 

.  the    Lord  of  the  harvest,  that  In    send  lalnnjr- 

crs  into  hi>  harvest 

es 


3  Go:  Heboid,  I  send  you  as  lambs  among 
wohn 

4  Carry  neither  purse,  nor  scrip,  nor  shoes 
and   salute  no  man   by  the  way. 

5  bate  whatsoever   house  you  enter,   first    say 
e   be  to  this  house  : 

0  And  if  the  son  of  |ieace  be  there,  vour  peace 
shall  rest  u|kmi  him :  hut  if  not,  it  shall  return  to 
you. 

7  And  in  the  same  house  remain,  eatine;  and 
drinking  such  things  as  they  have :  for  the  la- 
bourer is  worthy  ol  his  hire.  Remove  not  from 
house  to  house. 

8  And  into  what  city  soever  you  enter,  and 
tiny  receive  you,  eat  such  things  as  are  set  be- 
fore you ; 

9  And  heal  the  sick  that  are  therein,  and  say 
to  them  :  The  kingdom  of  God  is  come  nigh 
unto  you. 

10  But  into  whntsover  city  you  enter,  and 
tiny  receive  you  not,  going  forth  into  the  streets 
i hereof,   SB]  : 

1  1  Even  the  very  dust  of  your  city,  that  eleaveth 
to  us,  we  wipe  off  against  van:  yet  know  this,  that 
the  kingdom  of  God  is  at  hand. 

12  I  sa\  to  you,  it  shall  be  more  tolerable  at 
that  day  for  Sodom  than  for  that  city. 

13  Wo  to   thee,    (oro/.ain  ;    WO  to  thee,   Belh- 

saida:  tor  if  in  lyre  and  sidon  had  been  wrought 
the  mighty  works  that  have  been  wrought  in  you, 
the)  Mould  have  done  penance  long  ago,  sitting  in 

sackcloth  and  ashes. 

14  But  it  shall  be  more  tolerable  for  Tyre  and 
Sidon,  at  the  judgment,  than  for  you. 

15  And  thou,  (apharnauin,  which  art  exalted 
unto  heaven,  thou  shah  be  thrust  down  to  hell. 

16  He  that   heantli  you.   heareth   me :   and   he 
that  despiseth  you,  despiseth  me.     And  he  that  de 
spiseth  me,  despiseth  him  that  sent  me. 

17  And  the  seventy -two  returned  with  joy,  sav- 

ing!  Lord,  the  devils  also  are  subject  to  us  in  thy 
name. 

18  And  he  said  to  them  :  I  saw  Satan  as  light- 
ning falling  from  heaven. 

19  Behold,  I  have  given  vou  power  to  tread  upon 
serpents,  and  scorpions,  and  upon  all  the  power  ol 
the  enemy  :   and  nothing  shall  hurt  you. 

20  But  yet  rejoice  not  in  this,  that  spirits  are 
subject  unto  you:  but  rejoice  in  this,  that  your 
names  are  written  in  heaven. 

21  In  that  same  hour  he  rejoiced  in  the  Holy 
Ghost,  and  said:  I  give  thanks  to  thee,  ()  Father, 
Lord  ol  heaven  and  earth,  that  thou  hast  hid  these 
things  from  the  w  ise  and  prudent,  and  hast  revealed 
them  to  little  ones.  Via,  lather:  because:  so  it 
hath  pleased  thee. 

22  All  things  are  delivered  to  me  by  my  Father : 
and  no  one  knoweth  who  the  Son  is.  but  the  Father; 
and  who  the  Father  is,  but  the  Son,  and  to  whom 
the  Son  will  reveal  him. 

23  Ami  turning  to  his  disciple*,  ha  said  :  Hies.,  ,i 

are  the  eves  that   see  the  thiagS  which    voll   see. 

24  For  I  say  to  you  that  many  prophets  and  kings 


CHAP.  XI. 


have  desired  to  sec  the  things  that  you  see,  and 
have  not  seen  them  ;  and  to  liear  the  things  that  yon 
hear,  and  have  not  heard  them. 

25  And,  behold,  a  certain  lawyer  stood  up,  tempt- 
ing him,  and  saying :  Master,  what  must  1  do  to 
possess  eternal  life  ? 

26  But  he  said  to  him  :  What  is  written  in  the 
law?  how  readest  thou  ? 

27  He  answering,  said  :  Thou  shalt  love  the 
Lord  thy  God  with  thy  whole  heart,  and  with  thy 
whole  sonl,  and  with  all  thy  strength,  and  with  all 
thy  mind;  and  thy  neighbour  as  thyself. 

28  And  he  said  to  him:  Thou  hast  answered 
right :  This  do,  and  thou  shalt  live. 

29  But  he,  willing  to  justify  himself,  said  to  Je- 
sus: And  who  is  my  neighbour? 

30  And  Jesus  answering,  said :  A  certain  man 
went  down  from  Jerusalem  to  Jericho,  and  fell 
among  robbers,  who  also  stripped  him,  and  having 
wounded  him,  went  away,  leaving  him  half  dead. 

31  And  it  happened  that  a  certain  priest  went 
down  the  same  way  :  and  seeing  him,  he  passed  by. 

32  In  like  manner,  also,  a  Levite,  when  he  was 
near  the  place,  and  saw  him,  passed  by. 

33  But  a  certain  Samaritan,  being  on  his  jour- 
ney, came  near  him :  and  seeing  him,  was  moved 
with  compassion ; 

34  And  going  up  to  him,  bound  up  his  wounds, 
pouring  in  oil  and  wine;  and  setting  him  upon  his 
own  beast,  brought  him  to  an  inn,  and  took  care  of 
him. 

35  And  the  next  day  he  took  out  two  pence,  and 
gave  them  to  the  host,  and  said  :  Take  care  of  him; 
and  whatsoever  thou  shalt  spend  over  and  above,  I 
at  my  reurn  will  repay  thee. 

36  Which  of  these  three,  in  thy  opinion,  was 
neighbour  to  him  that  fell  among  the  robbers  ? 

37  But  he  said:  He  that  showed  mercy  to  him. 
And  Jesus  said  to  him :  Go,  and  do  thou  in  like 
manner. 

38  Now  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  went,  that  he 
entered  into  a  certain  town:  and  a  certain  woman, 
named  Martha,  received  him  into  her  house; 

39  And  she  had  a  sister  called  Mary,  who  sitting 
also  at  the  Lord's  feet,  heard  his  word. 

40  But  Martha  was  busy  about  much  serving; 
who  stood,  and  said  :  Lord,  hast  thou  no  care  that 
my  sister  hath  left  me  alone  to  serve  ?  speak  to  her, 
therefore,  that  she  help  me. 

41  And  the  Lord  answering,  said  to  her :  Mar- 
tha, Martha,  thou  art  careful,  and  art  troubled 
about  many  things. 

42  But  one  thing  is  necessary.  Mary  hath  chosen 
the  best  part,  which  shall  not  be  taken  away  from 
her. 

CHAP.  XI. 

He  teaches  his  disciples  to  pray  ;  casts  out  a  dumb  devil ;  con- 
futes the.  Pharisees  ;  and  pronounces  woes  against  them,  for 
their  hypocrisy. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass  that,  as  he  was  praying  in 
•*■*-  a  certain  place,  when  he  ceased,  one  of  his 


disciples  said  to  him :    Lord,  teach  us  to  pray,  as 
John  also  taught  his  disciples. 
^  2  And  he  said  to  them  :    When  you  pray,  say : 
Father,  hallowed  be  thy  name.  Thy  kingdom  come. 

3  Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread. 

4  And  forgive  us  our  sins:  for  we  also  forgive 
every  one  that  is  indebted  to  us.  And  lead  us  not 
into  temptation. 

5  And  he  said  to  them :  Which  of  you  shall 
have  a  friend,  and  shall  go  to  him  at'  midnight, 
and  shall  say  to  him :  Friend,  lend  me  three  loaves  ; 

6  For  a  friend  of  mine  is  come  oil*  his  journey  to 
me,  and  I  have  nothing  to  set  before  him. 

7  And  he  from  within  shall  answer  and  say: 
Trouble  me  not ;  the  door  is  now  shut,  and  my 
children  are  with  me  in  bed ;  I  cannot  rise  and 
give  thee. 

8  Yet,  if  he  shall  continue  knocking,  I  say  to 
you,  although  he  will  not  rise  and  give  him  because 
he  is  his  friend,  yet,  because  of  his  importunity,  he 
will  rise,  and  give  him  as  many  as  he  needeth. 

9  And  I  say  to  you :  Ask,  and  it  shall  be  given 
you :  seek,  and  you  shall  find :  knock,  and  it  shall 
be  opened  to  you. 

10  For  every  one  thatasketh,  receiveth:  and  he 
that  seeketh,  findeth :  and  to  him  that  knocketh, 
it  shall  be  opened. 

1 1  And  which  of  you,  if  he  ask  his  father  bread, 
will  he  give  him  a  stone?  or  a  fish,  will  he  for  a  fish 
give  him  a  serpent? 

12  Or  if  he  shall  ask  an  egg,  will  he  reach  him 
a  scorpion  ? 

13  If  you,  then,  being  evil,  know  how  to  give 
good  gifts  to  your  children,  how  much  more  will 
your  Father  from  heaven  give  the  good  Spirit  to 
them  that  ask  him? 

14  And  he  was  casting  out  a  devil,  and  the  same 
was  dumb.'  And  when  he  had  cast  out  the  devil, 
the  dumb  spoke,  and  the  multitude  admired. 

15  But  some  of  them  said:  He  casteth  out 
devils  in  Beelzebub  the  prince*  of  the  devils. 

16  And  others,  tempting,  asked  of  him  a  sign 
from  heaven. 

17  But  he,  seeing  Their  thoughts,  said  to  them: 
Every  kingdom  divided  against  itself  shall  be 
brought  to  desolation,  and  a  house  upon  a  house 
shall  fall. 

18  And  if  Satan  also  be  divided  against  himself, 
how  shall  his  kingdom  stand  ?  because  you  say  that 
in  Beelzebub  1  cast  out  devils. 

19  Now,  if  I  cast  out  devils  in  Beelzebub;  in 
whom  do  your  children  cast  them  out?  Therefon. 
they  shall  be  your  judges. 

20  But  if  I,  in  the  finger  of  God,  cast  out  derils, 
doubtless  the  kingdom  of  God  is  come  upon  you. 

21  When  a  strong  man  armed  keepeth  his  courc, 
those  things  which  he  posscsseth  are  in  peace.   ^  ■ 

22  But  if  a  stronger  than  he  come  upon  him, 
and  overcome  him,  he  will  take  away  all  his  ar- 
mour, wherein  he  trusted,  and  will  distribute  his 
spoils. 

23  He  that  is  not  with  me  is  against  me :  and 
he  that  gathereth  not  with  me,-  scattereth. 

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ST.  LUKF.. 


24  When  the  unclean  spirit  is  gone  out  of  ;i  man, 
lie  walkcth  through  places  without  water,  Becking 

ri  It  :    and   not    finding,  lie  saith:    1  will  return  into 
111%  house,  w  hence  I  came  out. 

\ntl  when  be  is  come,  he  findeth  it  swept 
and  garnished. 

flu  n  he  goeth  and  taketli  with   liim   - 
other  spirits  more  wicked  than  himself,  and  enter- 
ing in,  tln\  dwell  then'.      And  the  last  stair  of  that 
man  becotneth  worse  than  the  liist. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass,  m  he  spoke  these 
things,  that  a  certain  woman  from  the  crowd  lining 
up  her  voice,  said  to  him:  Blessed  is  tin'  womh 
that  liore  thee,  and  the  paps  that  gave  thee  suck. 

28  Hut  be  said:  \  <  ;{  rather,  blessed  are  they 
who  hear  the  word  of  God,  and  keep  it. 

\nd  when  the  people  were  gathered  together* 
be  began  t<>  sa) :  This  generation  is  a  w  ickoa  gene* 
ration:   tliey   ask   a  si-n,   and   a   sign  shall   not  be 
ii  them,  but  the  sign  of  Jonas  the  prophet. 
.'*)  For  as  Jonas  was  a  ^i-n  to  the  Ninivitt 
shall  the  Son  of  man  also  be  to  this  generation. 

31  The  qui  en  of  the  south  shall  rise  in  the  judg- 
ment with  the  men  of  this  generation,  and  shall  con- 
demn them  :  because  she  came  from  the  ends  of  the 
earth  to  hear  the  wisdom  of  Solomon;  and  be- 
hold more  than  Solomon  here. 

The  men  of  Yin  ivc  shall  rise  in  the  judgment 
with  this  generation,  and  shall  condemn  it,  because 
they  did  penance  at  the  preaching  of  Jonas ;  and 
behold  more  than  Jonas  here. 

\o  man  lightcth  a  candle,  and  putteth  it  in  a 
hidden  place,  nor  under  a  bushel;  but  upon  a  can- 
dlestick, that  tiny  that  come  in  may  see  the  light. 
■  '>\  Tin-  light  of  thy  body,  is  ih\  eye.  Ii  thj 
eye  be  single,  thy  whole  bod)  will  lie  lightsome: 
but  it'  it  be  e\  il,  the  body  also  vv  ill  be  d;irksome. 

35  Take  heed  therefore  that  the  light  which  is 
in  thee,  be  not  darkness. 

If  then  thy  whole  bodj  be  lightsome,  having 
no  pari  of  darkness*  the  whole  shall  be  lightsome, 
and  as  a  bright  lamp  shall  enlighten  thee. 

\ud  as  he  was  sneaking,  a  certain  Pharisee 
prayed  him  to  dine  with  him.  And  he  went  in,  and 
sat  down  to  eat. 

And  the  Pharisee  began  to  say,  thinking 
within  himself,  win  he  was  not  washed  before 
dinner. 

V nt  1  the  Lord  said  to  him:    Now   vou  Phari- 
-  do  make  clean   the  outside  of  the  Cup  and  of 
the  platter:    but    votir  inside    is    lull  of  rapine  and 
iniquity. 

i"   Foolish  men,  did  not  he  that  made  that  w  bicfa 
is  without,  make  also  that  which  is  within? 

•VI  Mut  yet  that  which  remaiin  th.  give  alms; 
and  behold  all  things  are  clean  unto  vou. 

J   Hut  wo  to  you  Pharisees,  because  you  tithe 
mint  and  rue  and  every  herb,   ami  ■  ■  i  judg- 


W 


layou,  tmefrrt.     He  »p«  ak»  ofthe  doctor,  ol 


i  ■  u  iiou  vkt  WU,  let.  Not  that  the  huildinr  of  the  monument* 
•/  tin.-  |irupJwU  wa»  in  its,  if  blameworthy,   hut  ouly  (Ik-  intention  of 


incut,  and  the  charity  of  God  J  Now  these  things 
vou  ought   to  bare  done,  and   not   tc   ieavr   those 

mid 

•  Wo  to  vou  Pharisees,  because  \on  love  the 
upiHTinost  seats  in  the  synagogues,  and  salutations 
in  the  market-place. 

4V  Wo  to   vou,   bsjcaUM  you   are  as  sepuk  hi 
that  appear  not,  and  men  that  walk  over  them  are 
not  aware. 

>  Then  one  of  the  lawyers  answering,  said  to 
him:  .Master,  in  saying  these  things,  thou  re- 
proaches!  us  also. 

46'  And  he  said  :  Wo  to  you,  law  \,  is.*  also:  lie- 
canse  you  load  men  with  burdens  which  they  can- 
not bear,  and  you  \  ourselves  touch  not  the  packs 
with  one  of  your  lingers. 

47  Wo  to  you  who  buildf  the  monuments  of  die 
prophets:  and  vour  lathers  killed  them. 

48  Truly  you  bear  witness  that  vou  consent  to 
the  doings  of  your  fathers:  for  they  indeed  killed 
them,  and  vou  build  their  sepulchres. 

49  Therefore  also  the  wisdom  of  God  saith:  1 
will  send  to  them  prophets  and  apostles,  and  some 

of  them  they  will  kill  and  persecute: 

60  That  the  blood  of  all  the  prophets,  which 
was  shed  from  the  foundation  of  the  world,  mi.v  be 
required  of  this  generation, 

51   From  the  blood  of  Abel  unto  the  blood  of 

Zaehai  ias.  vv  ho  w  as  slain  bet  w  een  the  altar  and  the 

temple.  Yea  1  say  to  you,  it  shall  be  required  of 
this  g»  Deration. 

.'  Wo  to  vou  lawyers,  for  you  have  taken 
away  the  key  of  knowledge:  you  yourselves  I 

not  entered  in,  and  those  that  Were  entering  in  vou 
have  hindered. 

53  And  as  he  was  saying  these  things  to  them, 
the  Pharisees  and  the  lawyers  began  vehemently 
to  urge  him,  and  to  oppress  his  mouth  about  many 
thiii- 

64  Lying  in  wait  for  him,  and  seeking  to  catch 
•omedaiag  out  of  his  mouth,  that  the}  might  accuse 

him. 

(HAP.  XII. 

Chritt  tram*  um  againxt  hypocrisy,  the  fear  of  the  trorlrl,  and 
roretmiitiieu :  and  admnmshe*  all  to  irntrh. 

AND  when  great  multitudes  stood  about  him, 
so  that  they  trod  one  upon  another,  lit  began 
to  sav  to  his  disciples:  lb  wan  ve  ot  the  hav  en  of 
the  Pharisees,  which  is  hypocrisy. 

2  For  there  is  nothing  covered  that  shall  not  be 
sled:   nor  hidden,  (hat  shall  not  Ik-  known. 

3  For  whatsoever  things  vou  have  spoken  iii 
darkiuss,  shall  be  published  in  the  light  :  and  that 
vv  hich  you  have  spoken  in  the  ear  in  the  eh  mbers. 
shall  be  proclaimed  tin  thehouse-top% 

4  Anu  1  say  to  vou,  my  friends:    Me  not  afraid 


theae  unhappy  men,  wlio  made  UM  of  ton  outward  0«>w  of  religion  *ih! 
.  aa  a  mean  to  carry  on  their  wicked  dcnigni  agaitul  the  Prim* 

•  ifpn.pli.t,. 


CHAP.  XII. 


of  them  that  kill  the  body,  and  after  that  have  no 
more  that  they  can  do. 

5  But  I  will  show  you  whom  ye  shall  fear :  fear 
ye  him  who  after  he  hath  killed  hath  power  to  cast 
into  hell.     Yea,  I  say  to  you,  fear  him. 

6  Are  not  five  sparrows  sold  for  two  farthings, 
and  not  one  of  them  is  forgotten  before  God  ? 

7  But  even  the  very  hairs  of  your  head  are  all 
numbered.  Fear  not  therefore :  you  are  of  more 
value  than  many  sparrows. 

8  And  I  say  to  you :  Whosoever  shall  confess 
me  before  men,  him  shall  the  Son  of  man  also 
confess  before  the  angels  of  God. 

9  But  he  that  shall  deny  me  before  men,  shall 
be  denied  before  the  angels  of  God. 

10  And  whosoever  speaketh  a  word  against  the 
Son  of  man,  it  shall  be  forgiven  him  :  but  to  him 
that  shall  blaspheme  against  the  Holy  Ghost,  it 
shall  not  be  forgiven. 

11  And  when  they  shall  bring  you  into  the 
synagogues,  and  to  magistrates,  and  powers,  be 
not  solicitous  how  or  what  you  shall  answer,  or 
what  you  shall  say. 

12  For  the  Holy  Ghost  shall  teach  you  in  the 
same  hour  what  you  ought  to  say. 

13  And  one  of  the  multitude  said  to  him  :  Mas- 
ter, speak  to  my  brother  that  he  divide  the  inherit- 
ance with  me. 

14  But  he  said  to  him :  Man,  who  hath  made 
me  a  judge  or  a  divider  over  you  ? 

15  And  he  said  to  them:  Take  heed  and  be- 
ware of  all  covetousness  :  for  a  man's  life  doth 
not  consist  in  the  abundance  of  things  which  he 
possesseth. 

16  And  he  spoke  a  similitude  to  them,  saying: 
The  land  of  a  certain  rich  man  brought  forth 
plenty  of  fruits : 

17  And  he  thought  within  himself,  saying:  What 
shall  I  do,  because  I  have  not  where  to  lay  up  to- 
gether my  fruits  ? 

18  And  he  said:  This  will  I  do :  I  will  pull 
down  my  barns,  and  will  build  greater :  and  into 
them  will  I  gather  all  things  that  are  grown  to 
me,  and  my  goods. 

19  And  I  will  say  to  my  soul :  Soul,  thou  hast 
much  goods  laid  up  for  many  years,  take  thy  rest, 
eat,  drink,  make  good  cheer. 

20  But  God  said  to  him :  Thou  fool,  this  night 
do  they  require  thy  soul  of  thee :  and  whose  shall 
those  things  be,  which  thou  hast  provided  ? 

21  So  is  he  that  layeth  up  treasure  for  himself, 
and  is  not  rich  towards  God. 

22  And  he  said  to  his  disciples :  Therefore  I  say 
to  you :  Be  not  solicitous  for  your  life,  what  you 
shall  eat;  nor  for  your  body,  what  you  shall  put  on. 

23  The  life  is  more  than  the  Tood,  and  the  body 
is  more  than  the  raiment. 

24  Consider  the  ravens,  for  they  do  not  sow, 
nor  do  they  reap,  neither  have  they  store-house, 
nor  barn,  and  God  feedeth  them.  How  much 
are.  you  more  valuable  than  they  ? 

25  And  which  of  you  by  thinking  can  add  to 
His  stsjve  one  'jfjkr 


*   26  If  then  you  are  not  able  to  do  even  the  least 
thing,  why  are  you  solicitous  for  the  rest  ? 

27  Consider  the  lilies  how  thev  grow :  they  la» 
hour  not,  neither  do  they  spin.  But  I  say  to  you 
not  even  Solomon  in  all  his  glory  was  clothed  like 
one  of  these. 

28  Now  if  God  clothe  in  this  manner  the  grass 
that  is  to-day  in  the  field,  and  to-morrow  is  cast 
into  the  oven :  how  much  more  you,  O  ye  of  little 
faith  ? 

29  And  seek  not  you  what  you  shall  eat,  or  what 
you  shall  drink  :  and  be  not  lifted  up  on  high : 

30  For  all  these  things  do  the  nations  of  the 
world  seek  after.  But  your  Father  knoweth  that 
you  have  need  of  these  things. 

31  But  seek  ve  first  the  kingdom  of  God  and 
his  justice :  and  all  these  things  shall  be  added 
unto  you. 

32  Fear  not,  little  flock,  for  it  hath  pleased  your 
Father  to  give  you  a  kingdom. 

33  Sell  what  you  possess,  and  give  alms.  Make 
to  yourselves  bags  which  grow  not  old,  a  treasure 
in  heaven  which  faileth  not :  where  the  thief  ap- 
proacheth  not,  nor  the  moth  corruptetfi. 

34  For  when,  your  treasure  is,  there  will  your 
heart  be  also. 

35  Let  your  loins  be  girded,  and  lamps  burning 
in  your  hands, 

36  And  you  yourselves  like  to  men  who  wait 
for  their  lord,  when  he  shall  return  from  the  wed- 
ding :  that  when  he  cometh,  and  knocketh,  they 
may  open  to  him  immediat  dy. 

37  Blessed  are  those  servants,  whom  the  Lord, 
when  he  cometh,  shall  find  watching.  Amen  I  say 
to  you,  that  he  will  gird  himself,  and  make  them  sit 
down  to  meat,  and  passing  will  minister  to  them. 

38  And  if  he  shall  come  in  the  second  watch,  or 
if  he  shall  come  in  the  third  watch,  and  find  them 
so,  blessed  are  those  servants. 

39  But  this  know  ye,  that  if  a  master  of  a  fa- 
mily did  know  at  what  hour  the  thief  would  come, 
he  would  surely  watch,  and  would  not  suffer  his 
house  to  be  broke  open. 

40  Be  you  also  ready :  for  at  what  hour  you 
think  not,  the  Son  of  man  will  come. 

41  And  Peter  said  to  him :  Lord,  dost  thou 
speak  this  parable  to  us,  or  likewise  to  all  ? 

42  And  the  Lord  said :  Who  (thinkest  thou)  is 
the  faithful  and  wise  steward,  whom  his  lord  set- 
teth  over  his  family,  to  give  them  their  measure  of 
wheat  in  due  season  ? 

43  Blessed  is  that  servant,  whom,  when  his  lord 
shall  come,  he  shall  find  so  doing. 

44  Verily  I  say  to  you,  he  will  set  him  over  all 
that  he  possesseth. 

45  But  if  that  servant  shall  say  in  his  heart : 
My  lord  is  long  a  coming ;  and  shall  begin  to  strike 
the  men-servants  and  maid-servants,  and  to  eat 
and  to  drink,  and  be  drunk: 

46  The  lord  of  that  servant  will  come  in  a  day 
that  he  expecteth  not,  and  at  an  hour  that  he  know- 
eth not,  and  shall  separate  him,  and  shall  appoint 
him  his  portion  with  unbelievers. 

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ST.  LUKE. 


47  Ami  that  servant  who  knew  the  "ill  of  his 
lord,  mill  hath  not  prepared,  and  did  not  according 
ro  his  \ul|,  shall  be  beaten  with  many  stripe*. 

18  Mut  be  that  knew  not,  and  did  things  worthj 
of  stripes,  shall  be  beaten  with  few  stripes.     Ami 

unto  whomsoever  much  is  given,  of  him  much  shall 

be  required:  and  to  whom  they  have  committed 
much,  of  him  they  will  demand  tin-  more. 

IS  I  am  come  to  send  lire  on  the  earth,  and 
what  will  I  hut  that  it  he   kindle, 1  ? 

50  And  1  have  a  baptism,  wherewith  I  am  to 
be  baptised  :  and  how  am  1  straitened  until  it  be 
accomplished  ? 

51  Think  ye  that  I  am  come  to  give  peace  on 
earth?   I  till  you  no,  hut  separation: 

68  lor  there  shall  l>e  from  henceforth  five  in  one 
house  divided  :  thn  ist  two,  and  two  against 

three 

53  Shall  he  divided:  the  father  against  the  son, 
and  the  son  against  the  father,  the  mother  against 

the  daughter,  ami  the  daughter  against  the  mother, 
the  mother-In  law  auainst  her  daimjitcr-in-law,  and 
the  daughter-in-law  against  In  r  mother-in-law. 

54  Ami  he  said  also  to  the  multitudes:  When 
you  see  a  cloud  rising  out  of  4 he  W(  St,  presently  you 
say:   A  shower  is  coming:  and  so  it  hapiMiieth: 

55  And  when  ye  sir  the  south  wind  Mow,  you 
say^:  There  w  ill  he  heat  :  and  it  comcth  to  pass. 

56  You  hy|KK*rites,  you  know  how  to  discern 
the  face  of  the  heavens,  and  of  the  earth;  but  how 
is  it  that  you  do  not  discern  this  time? 

57  And  why  even  of  yourselves  do  you  not  judge 
that  which  is  just? 

58  And  when  thou  goest  with  thy  adversary  to 
the  prime,  whilst  thou  art  in  the  way  endeavour 
to  lie  delivered  from  him  :  lest  perhaps  he  draw 
tine  to  the  Judge,  and  the  judge  deliver  thee  to  the 
exactor,  ami  the  exactor  Cast  thee  into  prison. 

59  I  say  to  thee,  thou  shall  not  go  out  thence, 
until  thou  pavett  the  very  last  mite. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

Thf  nerruity  of  prnnncr.      The  barrrn  fif-irer.     The  cure  of 
the  infirm  unman,  t[c. 

AND  there  were  present  at  that  very  time  some 
tli  it  told  him  of  the  Galileans,  whose  blood 
Pilate  had  mingled  with  their  sacrili 

2  And  he  answering,  said  to  them:  Think  you 
that  these  ( lalileans  w  ere  sinners  above  all  the  men 
of  Galilee,  because  they  suffered  such  things.' 

3  I  say  to  \ou.  No:  hut  unless  you  do  |>onancc, 
vou  shall  all  likew  ise  perish. 

4  Or  those  eighteen  upon  whom  the  tower  fell 
in  Siloe,  and  slew  them:  think  you  that  they  also 
were  debtors  above  all  the  men  that  dwell  in  Jcru- 

m  ? 
')   I   tell  vou:  No:    but  unless  you  do  penance, 
you  shall  all  likew  ise  perish. 

6  He  spoke  also  this  parable  :  A  certain  man 
had  a  fig-tree  planted  in  his  vineyard,  and  he  came 
seeking  fruit  on  it,  and  found  none. 

7  And  he  said  to  the  tiller  of  the  vineyard :  Be- 


hold, these  three  years  I  come  seeking  fruit  on 
this  fig-tree,  ami  I  and  none".  Cut  it  down  there- 
lore;    win  doth  it  take  up  the  ground.' 

8  Hut  he  answering)  said  to  him:  Lord,  let  it 
alone  this  ycai  also,  until  I  dig  about  it,  and 
dung  it : 

9  And  if  happily  it  hear  fruit:  but  if  not,  then 
after  that  thou  snail  cut  it  down. 

10  And  he  was  teaching  in  their  synagogue  on 
the  sabbath. 

11  And  behold,  there  was  a  woman  w  ho  had  a 
spirit  of  infirmity  eighteen  Mars:  and  she  was 
Deal  down,  and  could  not  look  upwards  at  all. 

12  And  when  Jesus  saw  her,  he  called  her  to 
him.  and  said  to  Inr:  Woman,  thou  art  delivered 
from  thy  infirmity. 

m  13  And  he  laid  his  hands  upon  her,  and  imme- 
diately she  was  made  straight,  anil  glorified  (iod. 

14  Ami  the  ruler  of  the  synagogue,  being  angry 
that  Jesus  had  healed  on  the  sabbath,  answering, 
said  to  the  multitude:  There  are  si.x  days  when  in 
vou  ought  to  work  :  in  them  therefore  come,  and 
W*  healed,  and  not  on  the  sabbath-day. 

1.')  And  the  Lord  answering  him.  said:  Ye  hy- 
pocrites, doth  not  even  one  of  you  on  the  sabbath- 
day  loose  his  o\  or  his  ass  from  the  manger,  and 
lead  them  to  water  ? 

16  And  oujdit  not  this  daughter  of  Abraham, 
whom  Satan  hath  bound,  lo,  these  eighteen  years, 

be  loosed  from  this  bond  on  the  sahhath-day? 

17  And  when  he  said  these  things,  all  hi>  ad- 
versaries were  ashamed  :  and  all  the  people  re- 
joiced for  all  the  things  that  were  gloriously  done 
by  him. 

18  He  said  therefore:  To  what  is  the  kingi 
of  God  like,  and  w  hereunto  shall  I  resemble  it  ' 

19  It  is  like  to  a  grain  of  mustard-seed,  which 
a  man  took  and  east  into  his  garden,  and  it  grew, 
and  became  a  treat  tree,  and  the  birds  of  the  air 
rested  in  the  branches  thereof. 

20  And  again  he  said :  \\  hereunto  shall  I  esteem 

the  kingdom  of  God  to  be  like? 

21  It  is  like  to  leaven,  w  hi<  h  a  woman  took  and 
hid  in  three  measures  of  meal,  till  tin-  whole  was 
leavened. 

22  And  he  went  through  the  cities  and  tow  as 
teaching,  ami  making  bisjournej  to  Jerusalem. 

23  And  a  certain  man  said  to  him  :  Lord,  are 
they  few  that  are  saved  ?  But  he  said  to  them  : 

24  Strive  to  enter  by  the  narrow  gate:  for  ma- 
ny, I  say  to  you,  shall  seek*  to  enter,  and  shall 

not    be  able. 

25  But  when  the  master  of  the  house  shall  be 
-one  in,  and  shall  shut  the  door,  you  shall  be-in 
to  stand  w  it  In  nit ,  .and  knock  at  the  door,  Baying: 
Lord,  open  to  us:  and  he  answering  shall  say  to 
you:   I  know  you  not  v.  hence  you  are  : 

26  Then  vou  shall  begin  to  say :  We  have  eaten 
and  drunk  in  thy  pn  and  thou  hast  taught  in 
our  streets. 


•  81*11  *m*,  Ift.     Shall  d>«re  to  be  tared  .  (rat.  for  wmnt  of  taking 
iuffii  icut  paint,  and  being  ti  jro  ^11/  ia  earnest,  (ball  not  attain  la  iL 


CHAP.  XIV 


27  And  he  shall  say  to  you:  1  know  you  not 
whence  you  are :  depart  from  me,  all  ye  workers 
of  iniquity. 

28  There  shall  he  weeping  and  gnashing  of 
teeth,  when  you  shall  see  Abraham  and  Isaac  and 
Jacob,  and  all  the  prophets  in  the  kingdom  of  God, 
and  vou  yourselves  thrust  out. 

29  And  there  shall  come  from  the  east  and  the 
west  and  the  north  and  the  south,  and  shall  sit 
down  in  the  kingdom  of  God: 

3D  And  behold,  they  are  last  who  shall  be  first, 
and  they  are  first  who  shall  be  last. 

31  The  same  day  there  came  some  of  the  Pha- 
risees, saying  to  him  :  Depart  and  get  thee  hence  : 
for  Herod  hath  a  mind  to  kill  thee. 

32  And  he  said  to  them :  Go,  and  tell  that  fox : 
Behold,  I  cast  out  devils,  and  do  cures  to-day  and 
to-morrow,  and  the  third  day  I  am  consummated. 

33  Nevertheless  1  must  walk  to-day  and  to- 
morrow, and  the  day  following :  because  it  cannot 
be  that  a  prophet  perish  out  of  Jerusalem. 

34  Jerusalem,  Jerusalem,  that  killest  the  pro- 
phets, and  stonest  them  that  are  sent  to  thee,  how 
often  would  I  have  gathered  thy  children,  as  the 
bird  doth  her-  brood  under  her  wings,  and  thou 
wouldst  not  ? 

35  Behold,  your  house  shall  be  left  to  you  deso- 
late. And  I  say  to  you  that  you  shall  not  see  me, 
till  the  time  come,  when  you  shall  say :  Blessed  is 
he  that  cometh  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

Christ  heals  the  dropsical  man.     The  parable  of  the  supper. 
The  necessity  of  renouncing  all  to  follow  Christ. 

\  ND  it  came  to  pass  when  Jesus  went  into  the 
^*-  house  of  a  certain  prince  of  the  Pharisees 

on  the  sabbath-day  to  eat  bread,  and  they  were 

watching  him  : 

2  And  behold,  there  was  a  certain  man  before 
him  that  had  the  dropsy. 

3  And  Jesus  answering,  Spoke  to  the  lawyers, 
and  Pharisees,  saying :  Is  it  lawful  to  heal  on  the 
sabbath-day  ? 

4  But  they  held  their  peace.  But  he  taking  him, 
healed  him,  and  sent  him  away. 

5  And  answering  them,  he  said :  Which  of  you 
whose  ass  or  his  ox  shall  fall  into  a  pit,  and  will 
not  immediately  draw  him  out  on  the  sabbath- 
day? 

6  And  they  could  not  answer  him  to  these 
things. 

7  And  he  spoke  a  parable  also  to  them  that 
were  invited,  marking  how  they  chose  the  first  seats 
at  the  table,  saying  to  them  : 

8  When  thou  art  invited  to  a  wedding,  sit  not 
down  in  the  highest  place,  lest  perhaps  one  more 
honourable  than  thou  be  invited  by  him  : 

9  And  he  who  invited  thee  and  him,  come  and 


*  Hate  not,  Sfe.  The  law  of  Christ  does  not  allow  us  to  hate  even  our 
enemies,  much  less  our  parents :  but  the  meaning  of  the  text  is,  that 
we  must  be  in  that  disposition  of  soul,  as  to  be  willing  to  renounce, 


say  to  thee:   Give   place  to  this   man;   and  then 
thou  begin  with  blushing  to  take  the  Jpwest  place. 

10  But  when  thou  art  invited,  go,  sit  down  in 
the  lowest  place :  that  when  he  who  invited  thee 
cometh,  he  may  say  to  thee  :  Friend,  go  up  higher. 
Then  shalt  thou  have  glory  before  them  that  sit  at 
table  with  thee. 

1 1  Because  every  one  that  exalteth  himself,  shall 
be  humbled  :  and  he  that  huinbleth  himself,  shall  be 
exalted. 

12  And  he  said  to  him  also  that  had  invited  him : 
When  thou  makest  a  dinner  or  a  supper,  call  not  thy 
friends,  nor  thy  brethren,  nor  thy  kinsmen,  nor  thy 
neighbours  who  are  rich  ;  lest  they  also  invite  thee 
again,  and  a  recompense  be  made  to  thee. 

13  But  when  thou  makest  a  feast,  call  the  poor, 
the  feeble,  the  lame,  and  the  blind. 

14  And  thou  shalt  be  blessed,  because  they  have 
not  wherewith  to  make  thee  recompense :  for  re- 
compense shall  be  made  thee  at  the  resurrection  of 
the  just. 

15  When  one  of  them  that  sat  at  table  with  him, 
had  heard  these  things,  he  said  to  him.  Blessed  is 
he  that  shall  eat  bread  in  the  kingdom  of  God. 

16  But  he  said  to  him :  A  certain  man  made  a 
a  great  supper,  and  invited  many. 

17  And  he  sent  his  servant  at  supper  time  to  say 
to  them  that  were  invited,  that  they  should  come, 
for  now  all  things  are  ready. 

18  And  they  began  all  at  once  to  make  excuse. 
The  first  said  to  him :  I  have  bought  a  farm,  and 
I  must  needs  go  out  and  see  it :  I  pray  thee,  have 
me  excused. 

19  And  another  said  :  1  have  bought  fire  yoke  of 
oxen,  and  I  go  to  try  them :  -I  pray  thee,  have  me 
excused. 

20  And  another  said:  I  have  married  a  wife,  and 
therefore  I  cannot  come. 

21  And  the  servant  returning  told  these  things 
to  his  lord.  Then  the  master  of  the  house  being 
angry,  said  to  his  servant:  Go  out  quickly  into  the 
streets,  and  lanes  of  the  city:  and  bring  in  hither 
the  poor,  and  the  feeble,  and  the  blind,  and  the 
lame. 

22  And  the  servant  said :  Lord,  it  is  done  as 
thou  hast  commanded,  and  yet  there  is  room. 

23  And  the  lord  said  to  the  servant :  Go  out  into 
the  highways  and  hedges :  and  compel  them  to 
come  in,  that  my  house  may  be  filled. 

24  But  I  say  to  you,  that  none  of  those  men, 
that  were  called,  shall  taste  my  supper. 

25  And  there  went  great  multitudes  with  him : 
and  turning,  he  said  to  them : 

26  If  any  man  come  to  me,  and  hate  not*  his 
father  and  mother,  and  wife,  and  children,  and 
brethren,  and  sisters,  yea  and  his  own  life  also,  ho 
cannot  be  my  disciple. 

27  And  whosoever  doth  not  carry  his  cross  and 
come  after  me,  cannot  be  my  disciple. 


and  part  with  every  thing,  how  near  or  dear  soever  it  may  be  to  u», 
that  would  keep  us  from  following  Christ. 

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ST.   I.I  KV. 


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28  For  which  of  \oii  havinu  a  mind  to  build  a 
tower,  doth  not  first  sit  down  and  reckon  the 
charges  that  arc  nccessarj .  w  hither  he  ha\e  w  Ik  r.  - 

withal  to  finish  it; 

I  .est  alter  he  hath  laid  the  foundation,  and 
is  not  able  to  finish  it,  all  that  see  it  begin  to  mock 
him, 

SO  Saying:  This  man  began  to  build,  and  was 
not  able  to  finish. 

31  Or  w  hat  kins  about  to  go  to  make  war  against 
another  kinc,  doth  not  first  sit  down  and  think, 
whether  he  be  able  with  ten  thousand  to  meet  him 
that  with  twenty  thousand  cometh  against  him? 

<  )r  elw  whilst  the  other  is  vet  afar  (ill",  he 
m udeth    an    embassy,   and    desiii  ill   conditions   of 

S3  So  likewise  every  one  of  yon  that  doth  not 
renounce  all  that  he  possess.tli,  < -annul  In-  my  dis- 
ciple 

34  Salt  is  good.  But  if  the  salt  shall  lose  ii> 
savour,  wherewith  shall  it  be  seasoned? 

It  is  neither  profitable  for  the  land,  nor  for 
the  dunghill,  bni  shall  be  cast  out     He  that  hath 

-  to  hear,  Id  him  hear. 

CHAP.  W. 

The  jxirahlri  of  the  lost  sheep  and  of  the   prodigal  son. 

NOW  the  publicans  and  sinners  drew  near  unto 
him,  to  hear  him. 
I     \nd  the  Pharisees  and  the  scrihes  murmured, 
ina:    This    man    rece'neth    sinners,   and   eatcth 
w ith  them. 

3  And  he  spoke  to  them  this  parable,  saying: 

4  What  man  among  you,  that  hath  a  hundred 
sheep;  and  if  he  shall  lose  one  of  them,  doth  he 
not  leave  the  ninety-nine  in  the  desert,  and  1:0  after 
that  which  was  lost  until  In-  find  it? 

')  And  when  he  hath  found  it,  doth  he  not  lay  it 
upon  his  shoulders,  rejoicing: 

6  Ami.  COBUBg  home,  1  all  together  his  friends 
and  neighbours,  nying  to  them:   Rejoice  with  me 

Im  i  aose  I  have  found  my  sheep  thai  was  lost  : 

7  I  say  to  \<  u,  that  even  so  then  ■hall  he  joy  in 
heaven  upon  one  sinner  that  doth  penance,  more 
than  upon  ninety-nine  fust,  who  mid  not  penance. 

8  Or  what  woman,  having  ten  zmnts.  if  she  lose 
one  croat,  doth  not  light  a  candle  and  sweep  the 
house,  and  seek  diligently, till  she  find  it? 

!>  And  when  she  hath  found  it.  call  together  her 
friends  and  neighbours,  saying :  Rejoice  with  me. 
because  I  have  found  tin    groaJ  which  I  had  Inst. 

10  So,  I  say  to  you,  there  shall  be  jo)  before  the 
angels*  (it  (mm!  upon  one  sinner  doing  penance. 

I  I     \ml  he  said  :     \  certain    man  had  two  suns  : 

\1  And  the  \ per  of  them  said  to  his  father: 

me  the  portion  of  substance  that  failed) 
to  ne  .       \ml  he  divided  unto  them  his  siilistan 

13  And  not  tiiiniv  days  after,  the  younger  son 
gathering  all  together,  went  abroad  into  a  far  coun- 


«;.mt.  in  he* 
.»nd 


•  HUM  form 


Byth.. 

,  and  •  joy  »t  our 


try,  and  there  wasted  his  substance  bj  living  riot- 

01|s|\  . 

I  J  And  after  he  had  s|>ent  all.  there  came  a 
mighty  famine  in  that  country,  and  he  began  to  l»e 

m   u;int. 

16  Lnd  In  went,  and  joined  himself  to  one  of 
the  citizens  of  that  country.  And  he  sent  him  iutc 
his  firm,  to  i'trd  swine. 

16  And  he  would  fain  have  filled  his  belly  with 
the  husks  the  sw  ine  did  eat :  and  no  man  gal  ■  mill. 
him. 

17  And  returning  to  himself,  he  said:  How  ma»iv 
hired  servants  in  my  father's  house  have  plenty  ol 
bread,  and  I  here  |nrish  with  hunger  ? 

I!!  I  will  arise,  and  will  go  to  my  father,  and  say 
to  him:  Father,  I  have  sinned  against  heaven,  and 
before  thee  : 

19  I  am  not  now  worthy  to  be  called  thy  son: 
make  me  as  one  of  thy   hired  si  rvanis. 

JO    And,  ris'uii:  up.  he  went  to  his  father.      And 
when  he  was  \et  a  greatNray  off.  his  father  saw 
him,   and    was    moved    with  compassion,  and,  run 
nine  to  him,  fell  upon  his  neck,  and  kissed  him. 

21  \iid  the  son  said  to  him  :    Father.  1  hav  e  sin 
tied  against  heaven  and  before  thee:  1  am  nut  now 
worthy   to  be  called  thy  son. 

22  Hut  the  father  said  to  his  servants:  Bring  forth 
quickly  the  first  robe,  and  put  it  on  him,  and  put  a 
1111:  on  his  hand,  and  shoes  on  his  feet  : 

23  And  brim:  hither  the  fatted  calf,  anil  kill  it, 
and  let  us  eat  and  make  merry  : 

Because  this  my  son  was  dead,  and  is   come 

to  life  again  :   he  was  lost,  and  is  fuundt   And  tiny 

hi  to  he  merry. 

z5  Now  his  elder  son  was  in  the  field  :  and  when 

he  came,  and   drew    nigh  to  the  house,  he  heard 

music  and  dancing  : 

26  And  he  called  one  of  the  servants,  and  asked 
what  these  things  meant. 

27  And  he  said  to  him  :  Thy  brother  is  come. 
and  thy  father  hath  killed  the  fatted  calf,  because 
In-  hath  nceivi  d  him  safe. 

28  And  he  w  as  angry,  and  would  not  BO  in.  His 
father,  therefore,  coming  out,  began  to  mtreat  him. 

29  And  he  answering,  said  to  his  father:  Behold, 
for  so  many  yean  I  serve   thee,   and    I    have   never 

transgressed  thy  commandment :  and  yet  thou  hast 
never  given   me   a  kid  to  make   merry   with   my 

trii  mis  : 

30  But  as  soon  as  this  thy  son  is  come,  who 
hath  devoured  his  substance  with  harlots,  thou  hast 
killed  for  him  the  fatted  calf. 

31  But  he  said  to  him :  Son,  thou  art  always  with 
tin   :    and  all  I  have  is  thine. 

'  But  it  was  lit  that  we  should  make  merry  an  J 
nl  :  for  this  thy  brother  w  as  dead,  and  is  cumt 
to  lite  again  :   he  was  lost  and  is  found. 

I  HAP.  XVI. 

The  parable  qf  the  unjust  steward:   of  the  rich   man  and  La- 

zaruM. 

AND  he  said  also  to  his  disciples:  There  was  a 
certain  rich  man,  who  had  a  steward  :  and  the 


aadtlM 


F= 


a 


CHAP.  XIX. 


But  yet,  when  the  Son  of  man  cometh,  shall  he 
find,  think  you,  faith  on  earth  ? 

9  He  spoke  also  this  parable  to  some  who  trusted 
in  themselves  as  just,  and  despised  others  : 

10  Two  men  went  up  into  the  temple  to  pray: 
the  one  a  Pharisee,  and  the  other  a  publican : 

11  The  Pharisee  standing,  prayed  thus  with 
himself:  O  God,  I  give  thee  thanks  that  I  am  not 
as  the  rest  of  men,  extortioners,  unjust,  adulterers, 
nor  such  as  this  publican. 

12  I  fast  twice  in  the  week,  1  give  tithes  of  all 
that  I  possess. 

13  And  the  publican,  standing  afar  off,  would 
not  so  much  as  lift  his  eyes  towards  heaven :  but 
struck  his  breast,  saying :  O  God,  be  merciful  to 
me  a  sinner. 

14  I  say  to  you,  this  man  went  down  to  his 
house  justified  rather  than  the  other:  because  every 
one  that  exalteth  himself,  shall  be  humbled ;  and 
he  that  humbleth  himself,  shall  be  exalted. 

15  And  they  brought  to  him  also  infants,  that 
he  might  touch  them.  Which  when  the  disciples 
saw,  they  rebuked  them. 

16  But  Jesus,  calling  them  together,  said  :  Suf- 
fer children  to  come  to  me,  and  forbid  them  not : 
for  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  God. 

17  Amen  I  say  to  you:  Whosoever  shall  not 
receive  the  kingdom  of  God  as  a  child,  shall  not 
enter  into  it. 

18  And  a  certain  ruler  asked  him,  saying  :  Good 
master,  what  shall  "I  do  to  possess  everlasting  life  ? 

19  And  Jesus  said  to  him  :  Why  dost  thou  call 
me  good  ?  None  is  good  but  God  alone. 

20  Thou  knowest  the  commandments :  Thou 
shah  not  kill :  Thou  shalt  not  commit  adultery : 
Thou  shalt  not  steal :  Thou  shalt  not  bear  false 
witness :  Honour  thy  father  and  thy  mother. 

21  And  he  said :  All  these  I  have  kept  from 
my  youth. 

22  Now  when  Jesus  had  heard  this,  he  said  to 
him:  Yet  one  thing  is  wanting  to  thee:  sell  all 
that  thou  hast,  and  give  to  the  poor,  and  thou  shalt 
have  treasure  in  heaven :  and  come,  follow  me. 

23  He,  having  heard  these  things,  was  sorrow- 
ful :  for  he  was  very  rich. 

24  And  Jesus  seeing  him  become  sorrowful, 
said :  How  hardly  shall  they  that  have  riches  en- 
ter into  the  kingdom  of  God. 

23  For  it  is  easier  for  a  camel  to  pass  through 
the  eye  of  a  needle  than  for  a  rich  man  to  enter 
into  the  kingdom  of  God. 

26  And  they  that  heard  it  said  :  Who,  then, 
can  be  saved  ? 

27  He  said  to  them :  The  things  that  are  im- 
possible with  men,  are  possible  with  God. 

28  Then  Peter  said :  Behold,  we  have  left  all 
.hings,  ami  have  followed  thee. 

29  And  he  said  to  them :  Amen  I  say  to  you, 
there  is  no"  man  that  hath  left  house,  or  parents, 
or  brethren,  or  wife,  or  children,  for  the  kingdom 
of  God's  sake,  « 

30  Who  shall  not  receive  much  more  in  this  pre- 
sent time,  and  in  the  world  to  come,  life  everlasting. 


31  Then  Jesus  took  unto  him  the  twelve,  and 
said  to  them :  Behold,  we  go  up  to  Jerusalem 
and  all  things  shall  be  accomplished  which  were 
written  by  the  prophets  concerning  the  Son  of  man 

32  For  he  shall  be  delivered  to  the  Gentiles,  and 
shall  be  mocked,  and  scourged,  and  spit  upon  : 

33  And  after  they  have  scourged  him,  they 
will  put  him  to  death,  and  the  third  day  he  shall 
rise  again. 

34  And  they  understood  none  of  these  things 
and  this  word  was  hid  from  them ;  and  they  un- 
derstood not  the  things  that  were  said. 

35  Now  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when  he  drew 
nigh  to  Jericho,  a  certain  blind  man  sat  by  the 
way-side,  begging. 

36  And  when  he  heard  the  multitude  passing 
by,  he  asked  what  this  meant. 

37  And  they  told  him  that  Jesus  of  Nazareth 
was  passing  by. 

38  And  he  cried  out,  saying :  Jesus,  Son  of  Da- 
vid, have  mercy  on  me. 

39  And  they  that  went  before  rebuked  him,  that 
he  should  hold  his  peace.  But  he  cried  out  much 
more  :  Son  of  David,  have  mercy  on  me. 

40  And  Jesus  stood  and  commanded  him  to  be 
brought  to  him.  And  when  he  was  come  near,  he 
asked  him, 

41  Saying:  What  wilt  thou  that  I  do  to  thee? 
But  he  said :  Lord,  that  I  may  see. 

42  And  Jesus  said  to  him  :  Receive  thy  sight : 
thy  faith  hath  made  thee  whole. 

43  And  immediately  he  saw,  and  followed  him, 
glorifying  God.  And  all  the  people,  when  the) 
saw  it,  gave  praise  to  God 

CHAP.  XIX. 

Zacheus  entertains  Christ.     The  parable  of  the  pounds.     Christ 
rides  upon  an  ass  ;  and  weeps  over  Jerusalem. 

AND  entering  in,  he  walked  through  Jericho. 
2  And  behold,  there  was  a  man,  by  name 
Zacheus :  and  this  was  the  chief  of  the  publicans ; 
and  he  was  rich. 

3  And  he  sought  to  see  Jesus,  who  he  was: 
and  he  could  not  for  the  crowd;  because  he  was 
little  of  stature. 

4  And  he  ran  before,  and  climbed  up  into  a 
sycamore-tree,  that  he  might  see  him  :  for  he  was 
to  pass  that  way. 

o  And  when  Jesus  came  to  the  place,  he  looked 
up,  and  saw  him,  and  said  to  him:  Zacheus,  make 
haste  and  come  down :  for  to-day  1  must  abide  in 
thy  house. 

6  And  he  made  haste  and  came  down,  and  re- 
ceived him  with  joy. 

7  And  when  they  all  saw  it,  they  murmured, 
saying :  that  he  was  gone  to  be  guest  with  a  man 
that  is  a  sinner. 

8  But  Zacheus  stood,  and  said  to  the  Lord : 
Behold,  Lord,  the  half  of  my  goods  I  give  to  the 
poor:  and  if  I  have  wronged  any  man  of  any 
thing,  I  restore  him  four-fold. 

9  Jesus   said  to  him  :    This  day  is  salvation 

71 


ST.  I.I  KE. 


com*    to  this  house:  because  he  also  is  a  son  of 
Abraham. 

tit  lot  the  Son  of  roan  is  cone  t<>  leek  ami  to 
save  thai  a  bjch  a  as  Inst. 

11  As  ill.  \  were  bearing  these  things,  he  added 
ami  spoke  a  parable,  In-cause  he  was  nigh  to  Jeru- 

m ;  and  In-cause  thej  thought  that  the  Kingdom 
of  God  should  immediately  1m-  manifested. 

12  He  said,  therefore:  A  certain  nobleman  went 
BltO  a  tar  country  t"  r.  I  I  Wt  for  himself  a  kingdom, 
an.l  to  return. 

1  I  tad,  calling  his  ten  servants,  he  delivered 
tin  in  ten  pounds,  and  mid  to  them:  Trade,  till  I 
conn-. 

IV  Hut  his  citizens  hated  him:  ami  they  seal  an 
« nihassage  after  him,  saying:    We  will  not  hare 

this  man  to  i«  ign  over  us. 

1  .   And  it  .aim-  to  pass  that  hr  returned,  having 

d    the    kingdom  :     an.l    hr    commanded    his 

wants   to  Ik-  called,  to  whom    he    had  given  the 

that  he  might  know  how  much  every  man 

had  gamed  by  trading. 

16  And  the  first  (tame,  saying:  Lord,  thy  pound 
hath  gained  ten  pounds. 

IT  And  be  Said  to  him:  Well  (lone,  thou  good 
servant  :  because  thou  hast  been  faithful  in  a  little, 
thou  shall  hue  power  over  ten  cities. 

second  came, saying:  Lord,  thy  |>otind 
hath  .mi.  d  five  pounds. 

19  And  he  said  to  him  :  Be  thou  also  over  five 
chins. 

\nd  another  came,  saying:  Ix>rd, behold  here 

is  thv  Pound,  w  hi.  h  I  hate  kept  laid  ii|>  in  a  napkin  : 

Jl  I  or  I  feared  thee,  because  thou  art  an  austere 

man:   thou  takes!  up  what    thou  didst  not  lay  dou  n, 
and  thou  n.i|..-.i  what  thou  did  Si  not  sow. 

Id-  saith  to  him:    Out  of  thy  own  mouth 

I  judge  thee,  thou  wicked  servant.     Thou  knew  - 

that   I   was  an  austere  man.  taking  up  what 

I  laid  not  down,  and    reaping    that  which  1  did  not 

SOW  : 

\ ii«l  why  then  didst  thou  not  give  my  money 
into  the  hank;  that  at  my  coming  1  mi-ilit  have  re- 
quired  it  with  usurj 

H  \nd  be  said  to  them  that  stood  by :  Take  the 
pound  away  from  him,  and  give  it  to  him  that  hath 
the  ten  pounds. 

\nd   they  said   to  him:    Lord,  he   hath    ten 

(MHIIlds. 

26  But  I  SB]  10  TOO,  that  fn  everv  one  that 
hath  shall  lx-  given,  and  be  shall  abound:  and  from 
him  that  hath  not,  even  that  which  he  hath  shall  lie 

n  Iroin  him. 

27  Hut  as  for  those  inv  enemies,  who  would 
not  have  me  reign  over  them,  bring  them  hither ; 
ami  kill  them  before  Die. 

tad  when  be  said  these  things,  he  went  be- 
tp  to  Jerusalem. 
-"'    \nd  it  came  to  pass,  wh<n  he  was  come  nigh 
and    I!,  th ania,   at  the  mountain  called 
t.  be  si-nt  two  of  his  disciples, 

into  tin •  town,  which  is  over 
l-imst  \oii  :  filtering  into  it,  \<>u  shall  find  the  colt 

■ 


of  an   ass  tii . I.  on  which    tin  man  hath  ever  s* 
loose  him.  and  bring  him  hither. 

31     \nd    it   any   man  shall  ask  you  :  Whl  00  yc* 

loose  him?  You  shall  say  thus  unto  him:   Because 

the  Lord  hath  need  ol   his  service. 

\n.l  thej  that  were  sent  went  their  way,  and 
found  the  i  ..It  Standing,  as  be  had  said  to  them 

;  And  as  they  were  loosing  the  colt,  the  owners 
thereof  said  to  them  '  Why  Iik.sc  you  the  colt' 

.'U  Hut  they  said.  Hecnuse  Uie  Lord  hath  need 
of  him. 

35  And  they  brought  him  to  Jesus.  And  cast- 
ing their  garments  on  the  colt,  they  set  Jeans 
thereon. 

.'*'<  And  as  he  went,  they  spread  their  clothes  un- 
derneath in  the  way. 

37  And  when  he  was  now  coming  near  the  de- 
scent of  mount  Olivet,  the  whole  multitude  of  his 
disciples  began  with  joy  to  praise  God  with  a  loud 
voice,  for  all  the  mighty  works  they  had  seen. 

38  Saying:  Blessed  is  he  who  cotneth king,  in 

the  name  of  the  Lord,  peace  in  heaven,  and  glory 
on  high. 

39  And  some  of  the  Pharisees,  from  amongst 
the  multitude,  said  to  him:  Master,  rebuke  thy 
disciples. 

40  And  he  said  to  them:  I  tell  you,  that  it 
these  should  hold  their  peace,  the  stones  will  cry 
out. 

11  And  when  he  drew  Bear,  seeing  the  city,  he 
wept  over  it,  saying  : 

42  If  thou  also  hadst  known,  and  that  in  this 
thy  day,  the  things  that  are  for  thy  peace:  but 
now  they  are  hidden  from  thy  ej 

43  For  the  days  shall  come  upon  thee:    and  thy 
enemies  shall  cast  a  trench  ahout  thee,  and  Compa 
thee  round,  and  straighten  thee  on  every  side, 

44  And  beat  thee  Hat  to  the  ground,  and  thv 
children  who  are  in  thee:  and  they  shall  not  leave 
in  thee  a  stone  Upon  a  stone  :  became  thou  hast  not 
known  the  time  of  thy  visitation. 

46  And,  entering  into  the  temple,  he  began  to 

cast  th.  in  out  that  sold  therein,  and  them  that  bought, 
Ait  ^aviii-  to  them  :     It  is  written:    Mj  house  is 
the  house  of  prayer.    But  you  have  made  it  a  den  of 
thieves. 

47  And  he  was  teaching  daily  in  the  temple. 
And  the  chief  priests,  and  the  scribes,  and  the 
rulers  of  the  people,  sought  to  destroy  him  : 

48  And  they  found  not  what  to  do  to  him.  For 
all  the  people  were  held  in  suspense,  hearing  him. 

CHAP.  XV 

7**  parable  of  the  kutbandmm.     ( )f  paying  tribute  to  Ca-tar  : 
and  of  the  rrntrrectiun  of  the  dead, 

4  ND  it  came  to  pass,  in  one  of  the  days,  when 
-*■*-  he  was  [(aching  the  people  in  the  temple,  and 
preaching  the  gospel,  theehief  priestsaud  the  scribes, 
with  the  ancients,  met  together, 

\ n. I  spoke  to  him.  saying:  Tell  us,  by  what 
authority  dost  thou  these  things?  or,  who  is  he  that 
hath  given  thee  this  authorit  | 


CHAP.  XX. 


3  And  Jesus  answering,  and  said  to  them  :  I  will 
also  ask  vou  one  word.     Answer  me : 

4  The  baptism  of  John,  was  it  from  heaven,  or 
of  men  ? 

5  But  they  thought  within  themselves,  saying : 
If  we  shall  say,  From  heaven  :  he  will  say  :  Why, 
then,  did  you  not  believe  him  r 

6  But  if  we  say,  Of  men  ;  the  whole  people  will 
stone  us :  for  they  are  certain  that  John  was  a 
prophet. 

7  And  they  answered,  that  they  knew  not  whence 
it  was. 

8  And  Jesus  said  to  them  :  Neither  do  I  tell  you 
by  what  authority  I  do  these  things. 

9  And  he  began  to  speak  to  the  people  this 
parable :  A  man  planted  a  vineyard,  and  let  it 
out  to  husbandmen :  and  he  was  abroad  for  a  long 
time. 

10  And  at  the  season  he  sent  a  servant  to  the  hus- 
bandmen, that  they  should  give  him  of  the  fruit  of 
the  vineyard :  but  they  beat  him,  and  sent  him 
away  empty. 

1 1  And  again  he  sent  another  servant.  And  they 
beat  him  also,  and,  treating  him  reproachfully,  sent 
him  away  empty. 

12  And  again  he  sent  the  third  :  and  they  wound- 
ed him  also,  and  cast  him  out. 

13  Then  the  lord  of  the  vineyard  said :  What  shall 
I  do  ?  I  will  send  my  beloved  son  :  it  may  be,  when 
they  see  him,  they  will  reverence  him. 

14  But  when  the  husbandmen  saw  him,  they 
thought  within  themselves,  saying :  This  is  the 
heir;  let  us  kill  him,  that  the  inheritance  may  be 
ours. 

15  And  casting  him  out  of  the  vineyard,  they 
killed  him.  What,  therefore,  will  the  lord  of  the 
vinevard  do  to  them  ? 

16  He  will  come,  and  will  destroy  these  hus- 
bandmen, and  will  give  the  vineyard  tp  others. 
And  when  they  heard  this,  they  said  to  him  : 
God  forbid. 

17  But  he,  looking  on  them,  said  :  What  is  this, 
then,  that  is  written  :  The  stone  which  the  build- 
ers rejected,  the  same  is  become  the  head  of  the 
corner  ? 

18  Whosoever  shall  fall  upon  that  stone,  shall  be 
bruised  :  and  upon  whomsoever  it  shall  fall,  it  will 
dash  him  to  pieces. 

19  And  the  chief  priests  and  the  scribes  sought 
to  lay  hands  on  him  the  same  hour;  but  they 
feared  the  people :  for  they  knew  that  he  spoke 
this  parable  against  them. 

20  And  being  upon  the  watch,  they  sent  spies, 
who  should  feign  themselves  just  that  they  might 
take  hold  of  him  in  his  words,  tjiat  they  might  de- 
liver him  up  to  the  authority  and  power  of  the  go- 
vernor. 

21  And  they  asked  him,  saying:  Master,  we 
know  that  thou  speakest  ana  teachest  rightly  :  and 
thou  hast  no  respect  of  person,  but  teachest  the 
way  of  God  in  truth  : 

22  Is  it  lawful  for  us  to  give  tribute  to  Caesar, 
or  not  ? 

K 


23  But  he,  considering  their  deceit,  said  to  them 
Why  tempt  you  me  ? 

24  Show  me  a  penny.  Whose  image  and  in- 
scription hath  it  ?  They  answering,  said  to  him : 
Caesar's. 

23  And  he  said  to  them :  Render,  therefore, 
to  Caesar  the  things  that  are  Caesar's,  and  to  God 
the  things  that  are  God's. 

26  And  they  could  not  reprehend  his  word  be- 
fore the  people  :  and  wondering  at  his  answer,  they 
held  their  peace. 

27  And  there  came  to  him  some  of  the  Saddu- 
cees  who  deny  that  there  is  any  resurrection ;  and 
thev  asked  him, 

28  Saying  :  Master,  Moses  wrote  unto  us :  If 
any  man's  brother  die,  having  a  wife,  and  he  hath 
been  without  children,  that  his  brother  should  take 
her  to  wife,  and  raise  up  seed  to  his  brother. 

29  There  were,  therefore,  seven  brethren :  and 
the  first  took  a  wife,  and  died  without  sons. 

30  And  the  next  took  her  to  wife,  and  he  also 
died  without  a  son. 

31  And  the  third  took  her.  And  in  like  manner 
all  the  seven,  and  they  left  no  seed  and  died. 

32  Last  of  all  the  woman  died  also. 

33  In  the  resurrection,  therefore,  whose  wife  of 
them  shall  she  be  ?  since  the  seven  had  her  to 
wife. 

34  And  Jesus  said  to  them:  The  children  of  this 
world  marry,  and  are  given  in  marriage  : 

35  But  they  that  shall  be  accounted  worthy  of 
that  world,  and  of  the  resurrection  from  the  dead 
shall  neither  be  married,  nor  take  wives. 

36  Neither  can  they  die  any  more  :  for  they  are 
equal  to  angels,  and  are  the  children  of  God,  since 
they  are  the  children  of  resurrection. 

37  Now  that  the  dead  rise  again,  Moses  also    • 
showed  at  the  bush,  when  he  calleth  the  Lord,  The 
God  of  Abraham,  and  the  God  of  Isaac,  and  the  God 
of  Jacob. 

38  For  he  is  not  the  God  of  the  dead,  but  of  the 
living ;  for  all  live  to  him. 

39  And  some  of  the  scribes  answering,  said  to 
him  :  Master,  thou  hast  said  well. 

40  And  after  that  they  durst  not  ask  him  any 
more  questions. 

41  But  he  said  to  them:  How  say  they  that 
Christ  is  the  son  of  David  ? 

42  And  David  himself  saith  in  the  book  of 
Psalms :  The  Lord  said  to  my  Lord,  sit  thou  on 
my  right  hand, 

43  Till  1  make  thy  enemies  thy  footstool. 

44  David  then  calleth  him  Lord :  and  how  is  he 
his  son  ? 

45  And  in  the  hearing  of  all  the  people  he  said 
to  his  disciples : 

46  Beware  of  the  scribes,  who  desire  to  walk 
in  long  robes,  and  love  salutations  in  the  market- 
place, and  the  first  chairs  in  the  synagogues,  and 
the  chief  rooms  at  feasts  : 

47  Who  devour  the  houses  of  widows,  feigning 
long  prayer.      These   shall  receive  greater  dam 
nation. 

73 


ST.  LIKI  . 


(  n\r.  \\i. 


TV  tfidow'i  mitrt.      TV  n'jpu  that  $komldformtn  tkr  drttrvc- 
horn  of  JrrmtaUm,  and  the  rmdof  the  world. 

AM)  lookinftoii.  ha  saw  Am  rich  men  cast  their 
-  into  tin-  treasure. 

2  Ami  In  -aw  i  iiain  pOOl  widow  casting 
in  tWO  brass  mites. 

3  Ami  In-  saiiil  :  \ 'crily  !  say  to  vou.  that  this 
poor  widow    hath  cast  in  mote  than  thev   all. 

\  I'nr  all  these  bare  of  their  abundance  cast 
into  tin-  offerings  of  (mm):  hit  she  of  her  want 
hath  cast  in  all  hoi  bring  that  BBC  hail. 

5  Ami  as  Minn  tying  of  the  temple,  that  it 

was  adorned  with  goodly  stones  ami  ^iti>.  In-  said  : 

->■  things   which   vou   sec.  the   dajl   will 

nunc,    in   which   there  shall    not    Ik-   left   a   stone 

U|K)ii  a  Stone,  that  shall  not  be  thrown  down. 

7  And  they  asked  him.  muhi::  Ma>ter,  when 
shall  these  thin  and  what  -hall  be  the  sign, 
when  thev  shall  lieein  to  come  to  pass.' 

8  And  he  said:  Take  hied  that  you  be  not  se- 
duced; for  man)  will  come  in  my  name,  savin...  I 
am  he'  and  the   time  is  at  hand:  go  ye  not,  thcre- 

r  them. 

9  And  when  you  shall  hear  of  wars  and  sedi- 
tions, be  not  terrified  :  these  things  nasi  first  come 
to  pats,  but  the  end  is  not  yet  immediately. 

I<»    Then  he  said    to  them:   Nation    shall  rise 
■gainst  nation,  and  kingdom  against  kingdom. 
1 1    And  (here  shall  lie  great  earthquakes  in  divers 

{daces,   ami  pestilences,   and  famines,  and  terrors 
rom  heaven  :   and  there  shall  be  great  sj-us. 

I  |    15m  before  all  these  things  they  will  lay  their 

hands  on  yon,  and    persecute    vou,    delivering    VOU 

up  to  the  synagogues    and   into   prisons,   dragging 

vou  Im  fore  k in -s  an.!  ^..\ . mors,  for  my  name's  sue: 

19   \n.l  it  shall  hap|K-n  to  you  for  a  testimony. 

IV   Lai  it  up.  therefore,  in  your  hearts,  not  to 

how  vou  shall  answer. 
16    For  I  wriil   give    \ou    ■    mouth   and   v\  isdom, 
which  all  sour  adversaries  shall  not  lie  able  to  resist 

16  And  vou  shall  l>e  betrayed  by  your  parents 
and  brethren,  and  kinsmen  and  friends:  and  some 

ot  sou  tin  v   vv  ill  put  to  death. 

17  And   vou  shall   Im-  hated  by  all  men  for  mv 

18  Hut  a  bur  of  y cor  head  shall  not  perish. 

19  In  vour  patience  vou  shall  possess  year  souls. 

when  vou  shall  see  Jerusalem  compassed 
alH.ut  with  an  army,  then  know  that  the  desolation 
tin  '  hand. 

21  Then  let  those  that  are  in  Judea  flee  to  the 
mountains:  and  let  those,  who  are  in  the  midst 
thereof,  dcparl  !  let  n,,t  those  who  are  in  the 

mtriea  enter  into  it. 

three  are  the  days  of  vengeance,  that  all 
-  in. iv  be  fulfilled  that  are  writt.  n. 
J.',    Mut  wo  to  them  that  are  with  child,  and  -iv. 
SOck  in  tin.  for  there  shall  l>e  great  distress 

in  the  land,  and  wrath  upon  this  people. 

24   And  tin  \  shall  fall  01  tin    edge  of  the  sword ; 


and  shall  Im-  led  aw  ay  captives  into  all  nations:  and 
Jerusalem  shall"!*-  trodden  down  In  the  Gentiles ; 
till  the  times  of  the  nations  he  fulfilled. 

\nd  (here  shall  be  si-ns  jg  the  sun,  and  in 
the  moon,  and  in  (he  siars  :  and  upon  the  earth 
distress  of  nations,  by  reason  of  the  confusion  of 
the  roaring  of  the  sea  and  of  the  waves; 

26  .Men   withering  away   for  fear  and   expecta- 
tion of  what    shaV    come    BOOB   the  whole   world 
I  or  the  |Kiv\ers  of  heaven  shall  lie  moved  : 

And  then  tin  y  shall  see  the  Son  of  man  com- 
ing in  a  cloud  with  great  power  and  majesty. 


2fi  But  when  these  things  begin  to  com.  to  pass, 
'   t  im 
demotion  is  at  hand. 


look  up,  and  lift  up  vour  heads;   becau-'   vour  rc- 

29  And  he  spoke  to  them  a  similitude:  See  the 
fig-tree,  and  all  the  trees  : 

30  \\  ben  they  now  shoot  forth  their  fruit,  you 
know  that  summer  is  nigh. 

31  So  you  also,  when  you  shall  see  these  things 
come  to  peas,  know  that  the  kingdom  of  God  is 
at  hand. 

32  Amen  I  say  to  you,  this  generation  shall  not 
piss  away,  till  all  things  be  fulfilled. 

.>.)  Heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away:  but  my 
words  shall  not  pass  away.  • 

34  And  take  heed  to  yourselves,  lest  perhaps 

your  hearts  In;  overcharged  w  ilh  surfeiting  and 
drunkenness,  and  the  cares  of  this  life;  and  that 
day  come  apoo  you  suddenly. 

35  For  as  a  snare  shall  it  come  upon  all  that  sit 
upon  the  face  of  the  whole  earth. 

36  Watch  ye,  therefore,  praying  at  all  times, 
that  you  may  be  accounted  worthy  to  escape  all 
these  things  that  are  to  come,  and  to  stand  before 
the  Son  of  man. 

37  And  in  the  day-time  he  was  teaching  in  the 
temple  :  but  at  night,  going  out,  he  abode  in  the 
mount  that  is  called  ( )liu  t. 

38  Ami  all  the  people  came  early  in  the  morning 
to  him  in  the  temple,   to  hear  him. 

CHAP.  XXII 

TV  trraton  of  Judiit.      TV  latt  tupprr.      The  firrt  pari  of 
Ike  hittury  of  the  piution. 


"JVTOW   the   feast  of  unleavened   bread,  which  is 
L  '    called  the  pasch,  was  at  ham). 
2  And   the   chief  priests  and  the  Scribes  sought 


how   liny. might  pill  JeSUl  to  dealh:  but  they  feared 

the  people. 

3   And  Satan  entered  into  Judas,  who  w  as  sur 
named  Iscariot.  one  of  the  twelve. 

V  And  he  went,  and  discoursed  with  the  chief 
priests  and  the  magistrates,  how  he  might  betray 
him  to  them. 

6  lad  they  sram  'lad,  and  covenanted  to  give 
him   money. 

\nd  he  promised.   And  be  SOOgBI  for  an  oppor- 
tunity to  betray  him  in  the  absence  of  the  multitude. 

7  And  the  day  of  the  unleavened  bread  came, 
on  which  it  was  uccessarv  that  the  pasch  should 
be  killed. 


CHRIST    BETRAYED    BY    JUDAS 


Il 


CHRIST    BETRAYED    BY    JUDAS 


CHAP.  XXIV. 


23  But  they  were  instant  with  loud  voices,  re- 
quiring that  he  might  be  crucified :  and  their  voices 
prevailed. 

24  And  Pilate  gave  sentence,  that  their  petition 
should  be  granted. 

25  And  he  released  unto  them  him,  who  for  mur- 
der and  sedition  had  been  cast  into  prison,  whom 
they  had  desired:  but  Jesus  he  delivered  up  to 
their  will. 

26  And  as  they  led  him  away,  they  laid  hold  on 
one  Simon  of  Cyrene,  that  was  coming  out  of  the 
country :  and  they  laid  the  cross  on  him,  to  carry 
alter  Jesus. 

27  And  there  followed  him  a  great  multitude  of 
people  and  of  women ;  who  bewailed  and  lament- 
ed him. 

28  But  Jesus,  turning  to  them,  said:  Daughters 
of  Jerusalem,  weep  not  over  me ;  but  weep  for 
yourselves,  and  for  your  children. 

29  For,  behold,  the  days  shall  come,  wherein 
they  will  say :  Blessed  are  the  barren,  and  the 
wombs  that  have  not  borne,  and  the  paps  that  have 
not  given  suck. 

30  Then  shall  they  begin  to  say  to  the  moun- 
tains:  Fall  upon  us :  and  to  the  hills:  Cover  us. 

31  For  if  in  the  green  wood  they  do  these  tilings : 
what  shall  be  done  in  the  dry  ? 

32  And  there  were  also  two  other  malefactors 
led  with  him,  to  be  put  to  death. 

33  And  when  they  were  come  to  the  place, 
which  is  called  Calvary,  they  crucified  him  there ; 
and  the  robbers,  one  on  the  right  hand,  and  the 
other  on  the  left. 

34  And  Jesus  said :  Father  forgive  them,  for 
they  know  not  what  they  do.  But  dividing  his 
garments,  they  cast  lots. 

35  And  the  people  stood  beholding ;  and  the 
rulers  with  them  derided  him,  saying :  He  saved 
others ;  let  him  save  himself,  if  he  be  Christ,  the 
chosen  of  God. 

3G  And  the  soldiers  also  mocked  him,  coming 
to  him,  and  offering  him  vinegar, 

37  And  saying:  If  thou  be  the  king  of  the  Jews, 
save  thyself. 

38  And  there  was  also  a  superscription  written 
over  him  in  Greek,  and  Latin,  and  Hebrew  letters: 
This  is  the  King  of  the  Jews. 

39  And  one  of  these  robbers,  who  were  hanging, 
blasphemed  him,  saying :  If  thou  be  Christ,  save 
thyself  and  us. 

40  But  the  other,  answering,  rebuked  him,  say- 
ing :  Neither  dost  thou  fear  God,  seeing  thou  art 
under  the  same  condemnation  ? 

41  And  we  indeed  justly ;  for  we  receive  the 
due  reward  of  our  deeds :  but  this  man  hath 
done  no  evil. 

42  And  he  said  to  Jesus :  Lord,  remember  me 
when  thou  shalt  come  into  thy  kingdom. 


*  In  Paradise.  That  is,  in  the  happy  state  of  rest,  joy,  and  peace  ever- 
lasting. Christ  was  pleased,  by  a  special  privilege,  to  reward  the 
faith  and  confession  of  the  penitent  thief,  with  a  full  discharge  of  all 
his  sins,   both  as  to  the  guilt  and  punishment ;  and  to  introduce  him 


43  And  Jesus  said  to  him  :  Amen  I  say  to  thee, 
this  day  thou  shalt  be  with  me  in  paradise.* 

44  And  it  was  almost  the  sixth  hour :  and  there 
was  darkness  over  all  the  earth  until  the  ninth  hour. 

45  And  the  sun  was  darkened ;  and  the  veil  of 
the  temple  was  rent  in  the  midst. 

46  And  Jesus,  crying  with  a  loud  voice,  said : 
Father,  into  thy  hands  I  commend  my  spirit.  And 
saying  this,  he  gave  up  the  ghost. 

47  Now  the  centurion  seeing  what  was  done, 
glorified  God,  saying  :  Indeed  this  was  a  just 
man. 

48  And  all  the  multitude  of  them  that  were 
come  together  to  that  sight,  and  saw  the  things  that 
were  done,  returned  striking  their  breasts. 

49  And  all  his  acquaintance,  and  the  women 
that  had  followed  him  from  Galilee,  stood  afar  off 
beholding  these  things. 

50  And,  behold,  a  man  by  name  Joseph,  who 
was  a  senator,  a  good  and  just  man  : 

51  This  man  had  not  consented  to  their  counsel 
and  doings  :  he  was  of  Arimathea,  a  city  of  Judea, 
who  also  himself  waited  for  the  kingdom  of  God. 

52  This  man  went  to  Pilate,  and  begged  th« 
body  of  Jesus. 

53  And  taking  him  down,  he  wrapped  him  in 
fine  linen,  and  laid  him  in  a  sepulchre  that  was 
hewed  in  stone,  wherein  never  yet  any  man  had 
been  laid. 

'  54  And  it  was  the  day  of  the  parasceve  ;t  and 
the  sabbath  drew  near. 

55  And  the  women  that  were  come  with  him 
from  Galilee,  following  after,  saw  the  sepulchre, 
and  how  his  body  was  laid. 

56  And  returning  they  prepared  spices  and  oint- 
ments: and  on  the  sabbath-day  they  rested  accord- 
ing to  the  commandment. 

CHAP.   XXIV. 

Christ's  resurrection,    and   manifestation   of    himself  to   hit 
disciples. 

BUT  on  the  first  day  of  the  week,  very  early 
in  the  morning,  they  came  to  the  sepulchre, 
bringing  the  spices  which  they  had  prepared. 

2  And  they  found  the  stone  rolled  back  from 
the  sepulchre. 

3  And  going  in,  they  found  not  the  body  of  the 
Lord  Jesus. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass,  while  they  were  astonish- 
ed in  mind  at  this,  behold,  two  men  stood  by  them, 
in  shining  apparel. 

5  And  as  they  were  afraid  and  bowed  down 
their  countenance  towards  the  ground,  they  said  to 
them :  Why  seek  you  the  living  among  the  dead  ? 

6  He  is  not  here,  but  is  risen.  Remember  how 
he  spoke  to  you,  when  he  was  yet  in  Galilee, 

7  Saying :  The  Son  of  man  must  be  delivered 


immediately  aftpr  death  into  the  happy  society  of  the  saints,  whose 
Umbo,  that  "is,  the  place  of  their  confinement,  was  now  tnade  a 
paradise  by  our  Lord's  going  thither. 

f  Parasceve.  That  is  the  eve,  or  day  of  preparation  for  the  sabbath. 

77 


ST.  LUKE. 


into  the  hai  infill  men,  and  Ik-  crucified,  and 

the  third  day  rise  again. 

8  And  tlii  iU  red  hi*  words. 

IK  ba<  k  from  tin-  sepulchre,  the)  told 
all  these  things  to  the  elevi  n.  and  to  all  tin    r<  st. 

10  V.w  it  h;i>  M.ir\  M.igdah  nc,  and  Joanna,  and 
Man*  the  mother  of  James,  and  tin  other  women  that 
wen-  with  them,  thai  told  these  things  to  the  aimstles. 

11  And  these  words  seemed  to  them  as  an  idle 
tale :  and  they  did  not  helieve  them. 

12  lint  l'i -ter.  rising  up.  ran  to  the  sepulchre; 
and,  stooping  down,  he  saw  tin-  Inn  n -elothes  laid 
by  uienisi  ht-s,  and  went  avvav  wondering  in  him- 
M  If  at  that  which  was  n  pass. 

13  And  behold,  two  of  them  went  that  same 
day  to  a  town  which  was  sixty  furlongs  from  Je- 
iusah  in.  named  Kmmaiis. 

14  And  tin -y  talked  together  of  all  these  things 
which  had  happened. 

I  5  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  while  they  talked 
and  Masoned  with  one  another.  Jesus  himself  also 
drew  mar.  and  went  with  them. 

1»"»  But  tin  ir  eyes  wen  held,  that  they  should 
DOt  know  him. 

17  And  he  said  to  them:  What  are  these  dis- 
courses that  yon  hold  one  with  another  as  you 
walk,  and  are  s;11|  - 

18  And  the  our,  whose  name  was  Ch  ophas,  an- 
swering, said  to  him  :  Art  thou  alone  a  stranger  in 
Jerusalem,  ami  hast  not  known  the  things  that  have 
been  done  then-  in  these  days? 

19  And  In  said  to  tin  in:  What  things?  And 
they  said  :  (  'onei  ruing  Jesus  of  Na/.areth.  w  lio  was 
a  prophet,  mighty  in  work  and  word,  before  God 
and  all  tin-  ; 

'Jl>  And  how  our  chief  priest*,  and  riilt  rs  delivered 
him  to  In-  condemned  to  death,  and  crucified  him. 
H    Itiit  we  hoped  that  it  was  he  who  should  have 
redeemed  Israel:    and  BOW.  besides  all  this,  to-dav 
is  the  tiiird  dav  since  these  things  were  done. 

ind  certain  women  also  of  our  company 
affrighted  us,  who,  before  it  was  light,  were  at  the 
ilehre: 

23  And.  not  finding  his  body,  came,  saying,  that 

the\  had  also  seen  a  vision  !s.  who  say  that 

*    alive. 

\nd  some  of  our  pe©|»le  went  to  the  sepul- 
chre; and  found  it  so  as  the  women  had  said:  but 
him  thev  found  not. 

riien  he  said  to  them:    O  foolish,  and  slow  of 
rr  to  before  in  all  the  things  which  the  prophets 
have  spoken ! 

26  Ought  not  Christ  to  have  suffered  these  things. 
and  ier  into  his  ^loi  . 

\nd    beginning  fiotn  Moses,  and  all  the  pro- 
vided to  them,  in  all  the  Scriptures, 
iga  that  were  concerning  him. 
28  And  thev  drew  nigh  to  the  town  whither  thev 
were  going:  and  he  made  as  though  he   would    go 

Hut  thev  constrained  him,  saying:  Stay  with 

us,  because  n  is  towards  evening;  and  the  dav  is 

now  fa!  H|M-tit.      And  he  went  in  with  them. 


30  And  it  came  to  pass,  whilst  lie  was  at  fable 
with  them,  he  took  bread,  and  blessed,  and  brake, 
and  gave  to  them. 

31  And  their  eyes  were  opened  :  and  they  knew 
him:   and  he  vanished  out  of  their  si- lit. 

.>_'  \ii«1  iir  v  said  one  to  the  other :  Was  not  our 
heart  burning  within  us.  whilst  he  was  speaking  in 
the  way,  and  opened  to  us  the  Scriptun 

3  And  they  rose  up  at  the  same  hour,  and  went 
ha.k  to  Jerusalem;  and  they  found  the  eleven  ga- 
thered together*  and  those  that  were  with  them. 

34  Saying;:  The  Lord  is  risen  indeed*  and  hath 
appeared  to  Simon. 

.'')  And  thev  told  w  hat  things  were  done  in  the  way. 
and  how  thev  knew  him  in  the  breaking  of  bread. 

.'*>   \ovv   whilst  thev   were  tptahing  these  things, 
Jesus  stood  in  the  midst  of  them,  and  saith  to  them  : 
ice  Ik-  to  von:   it  is  I.  fear  not. 

37  Hut  they  being  troubled  and  affrighted,  sup- 
i  that  thev  saw  a  spirit. 

38  And  be  said  10  them  :  Why  are  von  troubled, 
and  vvhv  do  thoughts  arise  in  your  hearts  - 

39  See  my  hands  and  my  feet,  that  it  is  I  myself: 
feel,  and  see  :  for  a  spirit  bath  not  flesh  and  boms, 
as  vou  see  me  to  have. 

■)0  And  when  he  had  said  this,  be  showed  them 
his  hands  and  his  leet. 

11  But  while  tin  v  vet  believed  not.  and  wondered 
for  joy,  he  said  :  Have  yon  here  any  thing  to  eat  ? 

42  And  they  offered  him  a  piece  of  a  broiled  fish, 
and  a  honey-comb. 

43  And  when  he  had  eaten  before  them,  taking 
the  remains,  he  gave  to  them. 

44  And  he  said  to  them  :  These  are  the  words 
which  I  spoke  to  you  while  I  was  vet  with  vou, 
that  all  tilings  must  needs  be  fulfilled,  which  arc 
written  in  the  law  of  Moses,  and  in  the  prophets, 
and  in  the  psalms,  concerning  me. 

45  Then  he  opened  their  understanding,  that 
thev  might  understand  the  Scriptun 

46  And  he  said  to  them:  Thus  it  is  written,  and 
thus  it  behoved  Christ  to  suffer,  and  to  rise  again 
from  the  dead  the  third  day  : 

47  And  thai  M  name  and  remission  of  sins  sboold 
In-  preached  in  his  name  among  all  nations,  begin- 
ning at  Jerusalem. 

48  And  you  are  witnesses  of  tin  se  thil 

49  And  1  send  the  promise  of  my  father*  upon 
you:  but  stay  vou  in  the  city,  till  you  be  cinhn  d 
w  Ufa  power  from  on  high. 

50  And  he  led  them  out  as  far  as  to  Bnthaun 
and  lifting  up  his  hands,  he  blessed  tin  in. 

51  And  it  came  to  pass,  whilst  he  blessed  them, 
that  he  departed  from  them,  and  was  carried  up  to 
In-av,  n. 

52  And  they,  adoring,  went  back  to  Jenisaleni 
with  gri  at  io\  : 

63  And  tiny  were  continually  in  the  temple, 
praising  and  blessing  God.     Amen. 


pnxnioe  I  that 
itii.  ier    1. 


my  Fmlkrr.    i.  e.  The  Holy  OwMt  whom  Chrwt  had 
hit  Father  and  He  would  arod.   Jolm  iit.  rer.  26;  and 


THE   HOLY  GOSPEL   OF  JESUS  CHRIST, 

ACCORDING    TO 

ST.  JOHN. 


St.  John  the  Apostle  and  Evangelist  was  the  son  of  Zebedee 
and  Salome,  and  brother  to  James  the.  Greater.  He  was 
called  the  beloved  disciple  of  Christ,  and  stood  by  at  kit 
crueifixion.  He  wrote  the  Gospel  after  the.  other  Evangelists, 
about  sixty-three  years  after  our  Lord's  ascension.  Many 
things  that  they  had  omitted  were  supplied  by  him.  The  ori- 
ginal was  written  in  Greek :  and  by  the  Greeks  he  is  titled 
The  Divine.  St.  Jerome  relates  that  when  he  was  earnestly 
requested  by  the  brethren  to  write  the  Gospel,  he  answered  he 
would  do  it,  if,  by  ordering  a  common  fast,th"y  would  all  put 
up  their  prayers  together  to  the  Almighty  God  ;  which  being 
ended,  replenished  with  the  clearest  and  fullest  revelation, 
coming  from  Heaven,  he  burst  forth  into  that  preface:  In  the 
beginning  was  the  Word,  &c. 

CHAP.  I. 

The  Divinity  and  Incarnation  of  Christ.    John  bears  witness  of 

him.     He  begins  to  call  his  disciples. 

• 

IN   the  beginning  was  the  Word,  and  the  Word 
was  with  God,  and  the  Word  was  God. 

2  The  same  was  in  the  beginning  with  God. 

3  All  things  were  made  by  him  :  and  without  him 
was  made  nothing  that  was  made. 

4  In  him  was  lite;  and  the  life  was  the  light  of  men: 

5  And  the  light  shineth  in  darkness ;  and  the 
darkness  did  not  comprehend  it. 

6  There  was  a  man  sent  from  God,  whose  name 
was  John. 

7  This  man  came  for  a  witness,  to  bear  witness 
of  the  light,  that  all  men  might  believe  through  him. 

8  He  was  not  the  light,  but  was  to  bear  witness 
of  the  light. 

9  That  was  the  true  light,  which  enlighteneth 
every  man  that  cometh  into  this  world. 

10  He  was  in  the  world,  and  the  world  was  made 
by  him  ;  and  the  world  knew  him  not. 

1 1  He  came  unto  his  own ;  and  his  own  received 
him  not. 

12  But  as  many  as  received  him,  to  them  he  gave 
power  to  be  made  the  sons  of  God,  to  them  that 
believe  in  his  name  : 

13  Who  are  born,  not  of  blood,  nor  of  the  will 
>f  the  flesh,  nor  of  the  will  of  man,  but  of  God. 

14  And  the  word  was  made  flesh,  and  dwelt 
imong  us :  and  we  saw  his  glory,  the  glory  as  of  the 
>nly  begotten  of  the  Father,  full  of  grace  and  truth. 

15  John  bcareth  witness  of  him  :  and  cricth  out, 
saying .-  This  was  he  of  whom  I  spake :  He  that 
shall  come  after  me,  is  preferred  before  me,  because 
he  was  before  me. 

16  And  of  his  fulness  we  all  have  received,  and 
grace  for  grace. 

17  For  the  law  was  given  by  Moses  :  grace  and 
truth  came  by  Jesus  Christ. 


18  No  man  hath  seen  God  at  any  time  :  the  only 
begotten  Son  who  is  in  the  bosom  of  the  Father,  he 
hath  declared  him. 

19  And  this  is  the  testimony  of  John,  when  the 
Jews  sent  from  Jerusalem  priests  and  Levites  to 
him,  to  ask  him  :   Who  art  thou  ? 

20  And  he  confessed,  and  did  not  deny :  and  he 
confessed  :  I  am  not  the  Christ. 

21  And  they  asked  him:  What  then?  Art  thou 
Elias  ?  And  he  said  :  1  am  not.  Art  thou  the  pro- 
phet? And  he  answered:  No. 

22  Then  they  said  to  him :  Who  art  thou,  that 
we  may  give  an  answer  to  them  that  sent  us?  What 
sayest  thou  of  thyself  ? 

23  He  said :  I  am  the  voice  of  one  crying  in  the 
wilderness :  Make  straight  the  way  of  the  Lord,  as 
ihe  prophet  Isaias  said. 

24  And  they  that  were  sent  were  of  the  Phari- 
sees. 

25  And  they  asked  him,  and  said  to  him :  Why 
then  dost  thou  baptize,  if  thou  be  not  Christ,  nor 
Elias,  nor  the  prophet  ? 

26  John  answered  them,  saying:  I  baptize  in 
water  :  but  there  hath  stood  one  in  the  midst  of  you, 
whom  you  know  not. 

27  The  same  is  he  that  shall  come  after  me,  who 
is  preferred  before  me ;  the  latchet  of  whose  shoe 
I  am  not  worthy  to  loose. 

28  These  things  were  done  in  Bethania  beyond 
the  Jordan,  where  John  was  baptizing. 

29  The  next  day  John  saw  Jesus  coming  to  him  ; 
and  he  saith  :  Behold  the  Lamb  of  God ;  behold, 
he  who  taketh  away  the  sin  of  the  world. 

30  This  is  he  of  whom  I  said :  After  me  cometh 
a  man,  who  is  preferred  before  me,  because  he  was 
before  me. 

31  And  I  knew  him  not :  but  that  he  may  be 
made  manifest  in  Israel,  therefore  am  I  come  bap- 
tizing in  water. 

32  And  John  gave  testimony,  saying:  I  s;iw  the 
Spirit  coming  down  as  a  dove  from  heaven,  and 
he  remained  upon  him. 

33  And  I  knew  him  not ;  but  he,  who  sent  me 
to  baptize  in  water,  said  to  me :  He  upon  whom 
thou  shalt  see  the  Spirit  descending,  and  remaining 
on  him,  he  it  is  that  baptizcth  with  the  Holy  Ghost. 

34  And  I  saw ;  and  1  gave  testimony,  that  this  is 
the  Son  of  God. 

35  Again  the  following  day,  John  stood,  and  two 
of  his  disciples. 

36  And  looking  upon  Jesus  as  he  was  walking, 
he  saith  :  Behold  the  Lamb  of  God. 

79 


ST.  JOHN 


37  And  tin-  two  disciples  hoard  him  speak: 
they  Inl low  i-d  Jesus. 

38  Awl  Jesus  turning,  and  scins  them  follow- 
in;:  him,  saith  to  [hem:  What  seek  vou  ?  They 
said  to  him  :  Rabbi,  (w  hich  is  to  say,  being  inter- 
preted. Master)  where  dwelled  thou? 

. !'.'  II'  -  litfa  to  tlicm  :  (  i>!nr  and  see.  They  came, 
and  saw  when-  he  alnnle  ;  and  they  staid  with  him 
that  dav  :    now   it  was  ;iImmiC  the  truth  hour. 

40  And  Andrew  the  brother  of  Simon  Peter  was 
one  of  the  two  who  had  heard  of  John,  and  follow- 
ed him. 

11  He  first  findeth  his  brother  Simon,  and  said 
to  him:  we  bare  found  the  M  -;.i>,  which  is,  be- 
i  mi  interpreted,  the  Christ 

42  And  he  brought  him  to  Jesus.  And  JefUS 
looking  uj)on  him,  said:  I'hou  art  Simon  the  son 
of  Jona  :  thou  shall  Ik-  railed  Cephas:  which  is 
interpreted,  Peter. 

On  the  following  dav  he  would  go  forth  into 
ilee;  and   he   findeth  Philip.      And  Jesus  said 
to  him  :    I'ollow    me. 

41  Now  Philip  was  of  Bethsaida,  the  city  of 
Andrew    ainl    Peter. 

46  Philip  findeth  Nathanael,  and  said  to  him  : 
We  have  found  him  of  whom  .Moms  in  the  law. 
and  the  prophets  did  write,  Jesus  the  son  of  Jo- 
seph of  Nazareth. 

46  And  Nathanael  said  to  him :  Can  any  thing 
of  cood  come  from  Nazareth?  Philip  saith  to  him: 
Come  and  m 

»7  .testis  saw  Nathanael  roming  to  him;  and  he 
saith  of  him  :  Behold  an  Israelite  indeed,  in  whom 
there  ■  u<<  -uile. 

48  Nathanael  said  to  him :  Whence  knowest 
then  me-  Jeani  answered,  and  said  to  him:  Before 
that  Philip  called   thee,  when  thou  wast  under  the 

I  saw  thee. 

49  Nathanael  answered  him  and  said:  Rabbi, 
thou  art  ihfl  Soo  of  (  .<mI:  thou  art  the  Kins  of  Israel. 

60  Jesu>  answered,  and  said  to  him  :  Because  I 
said  unto  thee,  I  saw  thee  under  the  fig-tree,  thou 
believest  :  greater  things  than  these  slialt  thou  see. 
»l  \nd  lie  saith  to  him:  Amen,  amen  I  say  to 
von.  you  shall  see  the  hea\en  opened,  and  the 
■Me Is  of  (.ixl  ascending  and  descending  upon  the 
Son  of  man. 

(HAP.  II. 

Ckritt  ckangn   tmtrr  fa**  trimr :   llr  caatt  the  trUcri  out  of 
tie  trmplr. 

\  N  I )  the  third  daj  there  was  a  marriage  in  Cans 

•**-    Ol   <  .  till,  e;  and  the  mother  of  Jesus  was  there. 

2  And  Jesus  also  was  invited,  and  his  disciples, 
to  the  mam 

3  And  the  wine  failing,  the  mother  of  Jesus  saith 
to  him:    Tliey  haw  no  wine. 


•  *W  lilkkw,k   TImm  word*  of  oar 
mother,  hare  boa*  annwreUiod  tqr  some  ooawn. 
the 


•w,  *>  ■*,  which 


token  to  bit 

a*  bar»h.  they 

a»  tkmlt  mui* 

of  the  rmreVlr 

rroaeat  be  wrought 


4  And  Jesus  saith  to  ner:  Woman,  what  is  that 
to  me  and  to  thee.'*   m\   hour  is  not  \et  come. 

6  His  mother  saith  to  the  waiters:  \N  hatsoever 
he  shall  sa>  to  you,  do  ye. 

6  Now  there  were  set  there  SSI  water-pots  of 
stone,  according  to  the  manner  of  the  purifying  of 
the  Jew  s.  containing  two  or  three  measures  apii 

7  Jesus  saith  to  them  :  Kill  the  water-pots  with 
water.      And  they  filled  them  un  to  the  brim. 

8  And  Jesus  saith  to  them:  Draw  out  now.  and 
carry  to  the  chief  steward  of  the  feast.  And  they 
carried  it. 

9  And  when  the  chief  Steward  had  tasted  the 
water  made  wine,  and  knew  not  whence  it  was.  hut 
tin- waiters  knew  who  had  drawn  the  water;  the 
chief  steward  caDeth  the  bridegroom, 

10  And  saith  to  him:  Every  man  at  first  setteth 
forth  good  wine;  ami  when  nun  have  well  drank, 
then  that  which  is  worse:  hut  thou  hast  kept  the 
good  wine  until  now. 

1 1  This  beginning  of  miracles  did  Jesus  in  Cana 
of  Galilee:  and  he  manifested  his  glory ;  and  his 
disciples  believed  in  him. 

12  After  this  he  went  down  to  Capharnaum,  he 
and  his  mother,  and  his  brethren,  and  his  disciples: 
and  they  remained  there  not  many  dajW, 

13  And  the  poach  of  the  Jews  was  at  hand:  and 
Jesus  went  tip  to  Jerusalem. 

14  And  be  found  in  the  temple  those  that  sold 
oxen  and  sheep  and  doves,  and  the  changers  of 
money  sitting. 

15  And  wnen  he  had  made  as  it  were  a  scourge 
of  little  cords,  be  drove  them  all  out  of  the  temple, 
the  Sheen  also  and  the  oxen:  and  be  poured  out  the 
changers'  money:   and  the  tallies  he  overthrew. 

It)  And  he  said  to  them  that  sold  do\es:  Take 
these  dungs  hence;  and  make  not  the  bouse  of  my 
Father  a  house  of  traffics*. 

17  And  his  disciples  remembered  that  it  was 
written  *    The  zeal  of  thy  house  hath  eaten  me  up. 

18  Then  the  Jews  answered,  and  said  to  him  : 
What  sign  dost  thou  show  us,  teeing  thou  doesi 

these  thin 

19  Jesus  answered,  and  said  to  them:  Destroy 
this  temple:   and  in  three  days  1  will  raise  it  up. 

20  The  Jews  then  said:  Six  and  forty  years  was 
this  temple  in  building;  and  wilt  thou  raise  it  up 
in  time  davs  ?  ' 

21  But  lie  spoke  of  the  temple  of  his  hody. 

11  When  therefore  he  was  risen  again  from  the 
dead,  his  disciples  n  membered  thai  be  had  said 

this:  and  they  lielievcd  the  Scripture,  and  th. 
word  that  Jesus  had  said. 

23  Now  when  he  was  at  Jerusalem,  at  the  pasch, 
DpoO  the  festival  day.  many  behoved  in  his  name, 
seeing  his  miracles  which  he  did. 

-'1  But  Jesus  did  not  trust  himself  to  them,  bc- 
eause  he  knew  all  men, 


-i<le»  the  manner  of  t|>eakinjr  the  wonh  a*  to  the  tone,  and  the 
OTMrtSMUKM  abown  at  the  uunc  time,  which  could  nnl\  lie  known 
to  tboae  who  were  prraent.  or  from  what  had  followed" :  for  wordi 
■  noVatmr  anther,  in  ooe  tone  of  Toice,  would  he  understood  quite 
the  rrrrrtc  in  another 


CHAP.    III. 


25  And  became  ho  needed  not  that  any  should 
give  testimony  of  man :  for  he  knew  what  was  in  man. 

CHAP.   III. 

__    __      Christ's  discourse  with  Nicodemus.     John's  testimony. 

AND  there  was  a  man  of  the  Pharisees,  named 
Nicodemus,  a  niler  of  the  Jews. 

2  This  man  came  to  Jesus  by  night,  and  said  to 
him  :  Rabbi,  we  know  that  thou  art  come  a  teacher 
from  God:  for  no  man  can  do  these  miracles  which 
thou  doest,  unless  God  was  with  him. 

3  Jesus  answered,  and  said  to  him :  Amen,  amen 
I  say  to  thee,  except  a  man  be  born  again,  he  can- 
not see  the  kingdom  of  God. 

4  Nicodemus  saith  to  him :  How  can  a  man  be 
born  when  he  is  old  ?  can  he  enter  the  second  time 
into  bis  mother's  wonib,  and  be  born  again  ? 

5  Jesus  answered :  Amen,  amen  I  say  to  thee, 
unless  a  man  be  born  again  of  water  and  the  Holy 
Ghost,  he  cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God. 

6  T.  hat  which  is  born  of  the  flesh,  is  flesh :  and 
that  which  is  born  of  the  spirit,  is  spirit. 

7  Wonder  not  that  I  said  to  thee,  you  must  be 
born  again. 

8  Ihe  spirit  breatheth  where  he  will;  and  thou 
hearest  his  voice;  but  thou  knowest  not  whence  he 
cometh,  nor  whither  he  goeth :  so  is  every  one  that 
is  l)orn  of  the  spirit. 

9  Nicodemus  answered,  and  said  to  him  :  How 
can  these  things  be  done  ? 

10  Jesus  answered,  and  said  to  him:  Art  thou  a 
master  of  Israel,  and  knowest  not  these  things  ? 

11  Amen,  amen  1  say  to  thee :  we  speak  what 
we  know,  and  we  testify  what  we  have  seen ;  and 
you  receive  not  our  testimony. 

12  If  I  have  spoken  to  you  earthly  things,  and 
you  believe  not,  how  will  you  believe  if  1  shall 
speak  to  you  heavenly  things  ? 

13  And  no  man  hath  ascended  into  heaven,  but 
he  that  descended  from  heaven,  the  Son  of  man, 
who  is  in  heaven. 

14  And  as  Moses  lifted  up  the  serpent  in  the  de- 
sert, so  must  the  Son  of  man  be  lifted  up  : 

15  That  whosoever  believeth  in  him  may  not 
perish,  but  may  have  life  everlasting. 

16  For  God  so  loved  the  world,  as  to  give  his 
only  hegotten  Son;  that  whosoever  believeth  in  him 
may  not  perish,  but  may  have  life  everlasting. 

17  For  God  sent  not  his  Son  into  the  world,  to 
judge  the  world,  but  that  the  world  may  be  saved 
by  him. 

18  He  that  believeth  in  him  is  not  judged  :*  but 
be  that  doth  not  believe  is  already  judged:  because 
he  believeth  not  in  the  name  of  the  only  begotten 
Son  of  God. 

19  And  this  is  the  judgment^  because  the  light 
is  come  into  the  world,  and  men  loved  darkness, 
rather  than  the  light :  for  their  works  were  evil. 


*  la  not  judged.  He  that  believeth,  viz.  by  a  faith  working  through 
charity,  is  not  judged;  that  is,  is  not  condemned:  but  the  obstinate 
unheliever  is  judged,  that  is,  condemned  already,  by  retrenching  himself 
from  the  society  of  Christ  and  his  chnrch. 


20  For  every  one  that  doeth  evil,  hateth  the  light, 
and  cometh  not  to  the  light,  that  his  works  may  not 
be  reproved. 

21  But  he  that  doeth  truth,!  cometh  to  the  light, 
that  his  works  may  be  made  manifest,  because  they 
are  done  in  God. 

22  After  these  things  Jesus  and  his  disciples 
came  into  the  land  of  Judea :  and  there  he  abode 
with  them,  and  baptized. 

23  And  John  also  was  baptizing  in  Ennon  near 
Salim,  because  there  was  much  water  there :  and 
they  came,  and  were  baptized. 

24  For  John  was  not  yet  cast  into  prison. 

25  And  there  arose  a  question  between  some  of 
John's  disciples  and  the  Jews,  concerning  purifica- 
tion. 

26  And  they  came  to  John,  and  said  to  him : 
Rabbi,  he  that  was  with  thee  beyond  the  Jordan, 
to  whom  thou  gavest  testimony,  behold,  he  bap- 
tizeth,  and  all  men  come  to  him. 

27  John  answered  and  said  :  A  man  cannot  re- 
ceive any  thing  except  it  be  given  him  from  heaven. 

28  You  yourselves  do  bear  me  witness,  that  I 
said,  I  am  not  the  Christ,  but  that  I  am  sent  before 
him. 

29  He  that  hath  the  bride,  is  the  bridegroom : 
but  the  friend  of  the  bridegroom,  who  standeth 
and  heareth  him,  rejoiceth  with  joy  because  ol 
the  bridegroom's  voice.  This  my  joy,  therefore, 
is  fulfilled. 

30  He  must  increase  ;  but  I  must  decrease. 

31  He  that  cometh  from  above,  is  above  all. 
He  that  is  of  the  earth,  of  the  earth  he  is,  and 
of  the  earth  he  speaketh.  He  that  cometh  from 
heaven,  is  above  all. 

32  And  what  he  hath  seen,  and  heard,  that  he 
restifieth  :  and  no  man  receiveth  his  testimony. 

33  He  that  hath  received  his  testimony,  hath 
attested  by  his  seal  that  God  is  true. 

34  For  he  whom  God  hath  sent,  speaketh  the 
words  of  God :  for  God  doth  not  give  the  Spirit 
by  measure. 

35  The  Father  loveth  the  Son:  and  he  hath 
given  all  things  into  his  hand. 

36  He  that  believeth  in  the  Son,  hath  life  ever- 
lasting :  but  he  that  believeth  not  the  Son,  shall  not 
see  lile  ;  but  the  wrath  of  God  abideth  on  him. 


CHAP.  IV. 

Christ  talks  with  the  Samaritan  woman. 


He  heals  the  ruler'! 


WHEN,  therefore,  Jesus  understood    that  the 
Pharisees  had  heard  that  Jesus  maketh  more 
disciples,  and  baptized  more  than  John, 

2  (Though   Jesus  himself  did  not  baptize,  but 
his  disciples) 

3  He  left  Judea,  and  departed  again  into  Galilee. 

4  And  it  was  necessary  he  should  pass  through 
Samaria. 


?The  judgment.  That  is,  the  cause  of  his  condemnation. 
He  that  doeth   truth,   i.  e.    He   that  acteth  according  to  tnitn, 


which  here  signifies   the  law   of  God. 
ver.  142. 

et 


Thy  law  is  truth,    Pi.  I  If. 


ST.  JOHN. 


id.  thcrcfm  chj   of  Samara 

which  is  < -.il!<  «l  si.  :  ir  ihc  piece  of  ground, 

which  I  i  "'  his  -hi  Joseph. 

there.  there- 

.  Imihu  wearied  with  his  journey,  sat  thus  on  the 
well.      It  was  alKiut  the  m\i)i  hour. 

rhere  eometh  ■  woman  ol  Samaria  to  draw 
kith  i<»  her :  ( Jive  me  to  drink  : 

8  (K«>r  his  ilis< -i|-li  s  were  gone  into  the  city  to  bu) 

9  l'lini  that  Samaritan  woman  saith  to  him  : 
How  dost  thou,  being   a  Jew,   ask  ot  Die  to  drink. 

who  am  ■  Samaritan  woman.'  For  the  Jews  do  not 
communicate  with  the  Samaritans. 

lit  .   ami   said   to   her  :   If    thou 

didst  know  the  '  n>d,  and  who  it  is  thai  saith 

to  thee,  pre  me  to  drink :  thou,  perhaps,  wotrldst 
line  naked  of  him,  and  he  would  have  given  thee 

I  I  The  woman  saith  to  him  :  Sir.  thou  hast 
nothing  wherein  to  draw,  and  the  wefl  is  deep: 
from  whence  then  hast  thou  livim:  water? 

I 2  \rt  thou  greater  than  our  lather  Jacob,  who 

u>  the  will,  and  drank  thereof  himself,  and  his 
.u.d  Ins  cattle? 
is  answered,  and  said  to  her:    Whoso- 
ever drinketh  of  this  water,  shall  thirst  again:    but 
he  that    shall  drink   of  the  water  that    I    shall    j 
him,  shall  not  thfa  rer. 

I  \  I  Jut  the  water  that  I  shall  give  him,  shall  bo- 
come  in  him  a  fountain  of  water,  springing  up  unto 
everlasting  I 

The  woman  saith  to  him  :    Sir.  give  me  this 
water,  that  I  may  not  thirst,  nor  come  hither  to  draw  . 

16  JesUS  saith  to  her:  Go,  call  thy  husband, 
and  come  hither. 

17  The  woman  answered.  :wu\  -aid:  I  have  no 
husband.  Jesus  said  to  Iter :  Thou  hast  said  well. 
I  have  no  hushand  : 

I        thou   hast   had   live   husbands:   and   he 
whom  thou  now    hast,    \%   not    thy  husband.      'This. 
I  truly. 
The    woman   saith   to   him  :    Sir,   I  perceive 
thou  art  a  prophet 
<  )ur  fathers  adored  on 


this 
\'>u  say,    thai  .it  Jerusalem  is  the  |>l 


mountain  :*  and 

lee    where  men 


Jesus  saith  to  her:  Woman,  lielieve  me,  the 
hour  COineth.  when  you  shall  neither  on  this  mouu- 

nor  in  Jerusalem  adore  the  Father. 

You  adore  that  which  VOU  know  not:  we 
•don  that  which  WC  know  :    lor  salvation  is  of  the 

I5ut  the  hour  eometh.  and  now  is,  when  the 
true  adonr  shall  adore  the  Father  in  spirit  and  in 
truth.  For  the  Father  *LlO  scekcth  such  to  adore 
him. 

ml    they  that    adore    him, 
must  adore  him  in  spirit  and  in  truth. 

I'll,    woman  saith  to  him:  I  know  that  the 

•  7U.i 


disciples  prayed  him, 
I    have  fowl   to  eat, 


Messias  eometh   (who  is  called  Christ  :)  therefore, 
when  he  is  come,  he  will  tell  us  all  thin 

.  .1.  sua  saith  to  her:  I  am  he,  who  am  sjx-ak- 
ing  w  it  1 1  tin 

\nd  immediately  his  disciples  came  :  and 
they  wondered  that  he  talked  w  ith  the  woman.  Vet 
no  man  said  :  What  st  i  kest  thou,  orwhy  talkcst 
thou  with  her? 

The  woman,  therefore,  left  her  water-pot,  and 
went  Iht  way  into  the  rity,  and  saith  to  those  men: 
'   Come,  and   see  a  man    who  hath  told  me   all 
things  that  eve?  I  did.      Is  not  he  the  Christ  ? 

0  Then  they  went  out  of  the  city,  and  came  to 
him. 

31  In  the    mean    time  the 
say  mg  ■  lia!>l>i,  eat. 

'..J   Hut    he   said    to   them 
which  vou  know  not  of. 

1  'Flic  disciples,  therefore,  said  one  to  another: 
Hath  any  man  Drought  him  anv  thing  to  eat  ? 

Jesus  said  to  them:  My  food  is  to  do  the 
will  of  him  that  sent  me,  that  1  may  perfect  his 
work. 

5  Do  not  you  say.  there  are  yet  four  months, 
and  then  the  harvest  eometh  ?  Heboid,  I  say  to  you, 
lift  up  your  eyes,  and  sic  the  countries,  for  they  are 
white  already  to  harvest. 

36  And  he  that  reapeth.  reeeiveth  Wages,  and 
gathereth  fruit  unto  everlasting  life:  thnt  Ix-.th  he 
that  soweth,  and  he  that  reapeth,  may  rejoice  to- 
gether. 

37  For  in  this  is  the  saving  true:  that  it  is  one 
man  (hat  soweth.  and  it  is  another  that  reapeth. 

38  I  have  sent  you  to  reap  that  in  which  you  did 
not  labour:  others  have  laboured,  and  you  have  en- 
tered into  their  labours. 

39  Now  of  that  city  many  of  the  Samaritans  be- 
lieved in  him,  for  the  word  of  the  woman  giving  tes- 
timony, that  he  told  me  whatsoever  I  have  done. 

40  So  when  tin-  Samaritans  were  come  to  him, 
they  desired  him ' that  he  Would  stay  there.  And 
he  staid  there  two  day*.. 

41  And  many  more  believed  in  him  because  of 
his  own  word. 

2  And  they  said  to  the  woman:  We  now  be- 
lieve, not  for  thy  saying:  for  we  ourselves  have 
heard    him.   and    know    that   this    is  indeed  the  5 

v  iour  of  the  world. 

I  Now  after  two  days  he  departed  tin  nci  .  and 

wi nt  into  Galilee. 

44  lor  Jesus  himseli  itimony  that  a  pro- 

phet hath  not  honour  in  bis  own  country. 

i  Then  when  he  was  come  into  Galilee,  the 
( ialileans  received  him.  hav  in::  seen  all  the  things  he 
bad  done  at  Jerusalem  on  the  festival  day  :  for  they 
also  went  to  the  festival  day. 

4G  He  came  again  therefore  into  Cana  of  Ciali- 
I' i  .  where  he  made  the  water  wine.  And  there  was 
a  certain  ruler,  whose  son  w  as  sick  at  Capharnaum. 

47  He  having  heard  that  Jesus  was  come  from 
Judea  into  Galilee,  went  to  him,  and  prayed  him  to 
come  dow  n  and  heal  bis  son  :  for  be  was  at  the  point 
of  death. 


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chap.  vr. 


for  that  which  endureth  unto  everlasting;  life,  which 
the  Son  of  man  will  give  you.  For  him  hath  God 
the  Father  sealed. 

28  They  said,  therefore,  to  him:  What  shall  we 
do,  that  we  may  work  the  works  of  God  ? 

29  Jesus  answered,  and  said  to  them  :  This  is 
the  work  of  God,  that  yon  helieve  in  him  whom  he 
hath  sent. 

30  They  said  therefore  to  him  :  What  sign  then 
doit  thou  show  that  we  may  see,  and  may  believe 
dice  ?  what  dost  thou  work  ? 

31  Our  fathers  did  eat  manna  in  the  desert ;  as  it 
is  written:  He  gave  them  bread  from  heaven  to  eat. 

32  Then  Jesus  said  to  them:  Amen,  amen,  I 
say  to  you :  Moses  gave  you  not  bread  from  heaven ; 
but  my  Father  giveth  you  the  true  bread  from 
heaven. 

33  For  the  bread  of  God  is  that  which  cometh 
down  from  heaven,  and  giveth  life  to  the  world. 

34  Then  they  said  to  him :  Lord,  give  us  always 
this  bread. 

35  And  Jesus  said  to  them:  I  am  the  bread  of 
life:  he  that  cometh  to  me,  shall  not  hunger:  and 
he  that  believeth  in  me,  shall  never  thirst. 

36  But  I  said  to  you,  that  you  also  have  seen  me, 
and  you  believe  not. 

37  All  that  the  Father  giveth  me,  shall  come  to 
me :  and  him  that  cometh  to  me,  I  will  not  cast  out : 

,38  Because  I  came  down  from  heaven,  not  to  do 
my  own  will,  but  the  will  of  him  that  sent  me. 

39  Now  this  is  the  will  of  him  that  sent  me,  the 
Father :  that  all  that  he  hath  given  me,  I  lose  not 
thereof,  but  raise  it  up  again  at  the  last  day. 

40  And  this  is  the  will  of  my  Father  who  sent 
me  :  that  every  one  who  seeth  the  Son,  and  believeth 
in  him,  may  have  everlasting  life;  and  I  will  raise 
him  up  at  the  last  day. 

41  The  Jews  then  murmured  at  him,  because  he 
had  said :  I  am  the  living  bread  which  came  down 
from  heaven. 

42  And  they  said :  Is  not  this  Jesus  the  son  of 
Joseph,  whose  father  and  mother  we  know  ?  How 
then  saith  he,  I  came  down  from  heaven '? 

43  Jesus  therefore  answered,  and  said  to  them  : 
Murmur  not  among  yourselves. 

44  No  man  can  come  to  me,  except  the  Father, 
who  hath  sent  me,  draw  him  :*  and  I  will  raise  him 
up  at  the  last  day. 

45  It  is  written  in  the  prophets:  And  they  shall  all 


*  Draw  him.  Not  by  compulsion,  nor  by  laving  the  free-will  under 
any  necessity,  but  by  the  strong  and  sweet  motions  of  his  heavenly 
grace. 

f  Unless  you  eat — and  drink,  See.  To  receive  both  the  body  and  blood 
of  Christ,  is  a  divine  precept,  insinuated  in  this  text;  which  the  faith- 
ful fulfil,  though  thev  receive  but  in  one  kind ;  because  in  one  kind 
they  receive  both  bodv  and  blood,  which  cannot  be  separated  from 
each  other.  Hence  life  eternal  is  here  promised  to  the  worthy  re- 
ceiving, though  but  in  one  kind,  ver.  52.  If  any  man  eat  of  this  bread, 
ke  shall  line  forever:  and  the  bread  which  I  will  give  is  my  flesh  for  the  life  of 
the  world,  ver.  58.  He  that  eateth  me,  the  same  also  shall  live  by  me,  ver.  59. 
He  that  eateth  this  bread,  shall  live  for  ever,  ver.  63. 

J  If  then  you  shall  see,  See.  Christ,  by  mentioning  his  ascension,  by 
this  instance  of  his  power  and  divinity,  would  confirm  the  truth  of 
what  he  had  before  asserted  ;  and  at  the  same  time  correct  their  gross 
apprehension  of  eating  his  flesh,  and  drinking  his  blood,  in  a   vul- 


be  taught  of  God.      Every  one  that  hath  heard 
ol  the  Father,  and  hath  learned,  cometh  to  me. 

46  Not  that  any  man  hath  seen  the  Father,  but 
be  who  is  of  God,  he  hath  seen  the  Father. 

47  Amen,  amen  I  say  unto  you:  He  that  believ- 
eth in  me,  hath  everlasting  life. 

48  I  am  the  bread  of  life. 

49  Your  fathers  did  eat  manna  in  the  desert ; 
and  they  died.  • 

50  This  is  the  bread  descending  down  from  hea- 
ven ;  that  if  any  one  eat  of  it,  he  may  not  die. 

51  I  am  the  living  bread,  which  came  down  from 
heaven. 

52  If  any  man  eat  of  this  bread,  he  shall  live 
for  ever :  and  the  bread  which  I  will  give,  is  my 
flesh  for  the  life  of  the  world. 

53  The  Jews,  therefore,  debated  among  them- 
selves, saying :  How  can  this  man  give  us  his  flesh 
to  eat  ? 

54  Then  Jesus  said  to  them :  Amen,  amen  I 
say  unto  you:  Unless  you  eat  the  flesh  of  the  Son 
of  man,  and  drink  his  blood, f  you  shall  not  have 
life  in  you. 

55  He  that  eateth  my  flesh,  and  drinketh  my 
blood,  hath  everlasting  life :  and  I  will  raise  him  up 
at  the  last  day. 

56  For  my  flesh  is  meat  indeed :  and  my  blood  is 
drink  indeed. 

57  He  that  eateth  my  flesh,  and  drinketh  my 
blood,  abideth  in  me,  and  I  in  him. 

58  As  the  living  Father  hath  sent  me,  and  1  live 
by  the  Father ;  so  he  that  eateth  me,  the  same  also 
shall  live  by  me. 

59  Tnis  is  the  bread  that  came  down  from  hea- 
ven. Not  as  your  fathers  did  eat  manna,  and  died. 
He  that  eateth  this  bread,  shall  live  for  ever. 

60  These  things  he  said  teaching  in  the  syna- 
gogue, in  Capharnaum. 

61  Many,  therefore,  of  his  disciples  hearing  it, 
said  :  This  saying  is  hard,  and  who  can  hear  it? 

62  But  Jesus,  knowing  in  himself  that  his  disci- 
ples murmured  at  this,  said  to  them  :  Doth  this  scan- 
dalize you  ? 

63  If  then  you  shall  seej  the  Son  of  man  ascend 
up  where  he  was  before  ? 

64  It  is  the  Spirit  that  quickene-Ji :  the  flesh 
profiteth  nothing: ||  the  words  that  1  huve  spoken  to 
you,  are  spirit  and  life.§ 

65  But  there  are  some  of  you  that  believe  not. 


gar  and  carnal  manner,  by  letting  them  know  he  should  take  his 
whole  body  living  with  him  to  heaven ;  and  consequently  not  suf- 
fer it  to  be,  as  they  supposed,  divided,  mangled,  and  consumed  U|>on 
earth. 

II  The  flesh  profiteth  nothing.  Dead  flesh  separated  from  the  spirit,  in 
the  gross  manner  they  supposed  they  were  to  eat  his  flesh,  would 
profit  nothing.  Neither  doth  man's  flesh,  that  is  to  say,  man's  natu- 
ral and  carnal  apprehension  (which  refuses  to  be  subject  to  the  spirit, 
and  words  of  Christ)  profit  any  thing.  But  it  would  be  the  height  of 
blasphemy,  to  say,  the  living  flesh  of  Christ  (which  we  receive  m  the 
blessed  sacrament,  with  his  spirit,  that  is,  with  his  soul  and  divinitv) 
profiteth  nothing.  F6r  if  Christ's  flesh  had  pvofited  us  nothing,  he 
would  never  have  taken  flesh  for  us,  nor  died  in  the  flesh  for  us. 

}  Jire  spirit  and  life.  By  proposing  to  you  a  heavenly  sacrament,  tn 
which  you  shall  receive,  in  a  wonderful  manner,  spirit,  grace,  and  life, 
in  its  very  fountain. 

85 


For  Jesus  knew  from  the  beginning  who  tiny  were 
that  did  uol  bdiere,  and  who  lu-  was  that  would  bo- 
tray  him. 

66  Ami  hr  said  I  hen-fore  did  I  sa\  t<.  you,  that 
no  i  come  tome,  unless  it  Ik-  grvoi  him  b\ 

■  1 1  >  Father. 

:  this  many  of  his   disciples   went   hack, 
mi. I  walked  no  more  with  him. 

68  Then  Jtoturiaid  t<»  thctwclw :  Will  you  also 

HO  a\\.i\  ' 

69  And  Stmoa  Peter  answered  him:  Lord,  to 
wlniiii  >hall  we  .(.-  thou  bast  tin  words  of  eternal  life. 

7»i  \iul  we  rave  beheved,  ami  have  known  that 
thou  art  the  (  hrist  the  Son  Of  <  Sod. 

71  Jesus  answi  red  them:  II. im  nut  1  chosen  VOSJ 
twelve  ;  and  ofyOU  one  it  I  devil  ? 

7  J  Now  he  meant  Judai  lscariot,the  son  ol  Si- 
mon :    fat    this   s.iini-  was    ahout  to    betray    him; 

whereas  In-  was  one  of  the  lwehe. 

CHAP.  VII. 

Ckritt  got*  up  to  the  J 'rati  of  the  tnbrrnmlet  I  he  teaches  in  the 

temple. 

Al    IT.  II   these  thing!  JeSUt  walked  in  f  lalilee  : 
for  he  would  not  walk  in  Judea;  because  the 
Jews  sousht  to  kill  him. 

2  Now  the  feast  Of  the  Jews,  ealled  of  the  talicr- 
les,  was  at  hand. 
Mid  his  brethren  said  to  him  :  Pass  from  hence, 
and  go  into  Judea,  that  ||,v  disciples  also  may  see 
th\  works  w  hieh  thou  does!. 

\    For  then  is  no  man  that  doom   any  thing   in 
secret,  and  he  himself  seeketh  to  be  known  openly: 
if  thou  do  these  thiu^s,  manifest  thyself  to  the  world. 
i     I        neither  « 1  i < i    his  brethren  believe  in  him. 

6  Then  .lesns  said  to  them:  M\  time  is  not  yet 
come:  hut  your  tune  is  always  ready. 

7  The  world  cannot  hate  you  :    hut  DM  it  hateth  : 

because  I  give  testimony  of  it,  that  the  works  thereof 

are  e\i|. 

Go  Mm  up  to  this  festival  day:  hut  I  go  not  up 

to  this  festival  dav  ;  lieeuuse  my  time  is  not  yet  ful- 
fill- 

'.»  When  he  had  said  these  things,  he  himself 
staid  in  (ialilee. 

10  Hut  after  his  brethren  wen-  BOM  ii|i,  then  he 
also  went  up  to  the  feast,  not  puhlickly,  but  as  it 
were  in  private. 

11  The  Jews  therefore  son-lit  him  on  the  f. -ti 
val  dav.  and  said :  \N  here  is  lie  f 

I  .'     \nd  there  was  much  murmurum  among  the 

multitude  concerning  him.      I"i    tome  said  :  He  is 

mm]  man.    And  others  said:  No;  but   he  seduceth 

the   |H  (.,i|c. 

15  V  et  no  man  !   him,  for  fear  ol 

the  l.ws. 

1  V     N  ''m.iii    live    midst    of  the    feast,    Jesus 

up  into  the  temple,  and  tan 

15  \inl  tin  Jews  wondered,  saying  :  How  doth 
this  m. in  know  letters,  having  never  learned  ; 

lti  Jesus  answered  them,  and  said:  M\  doctrine 
is  not  mine,  but  of  him  that  sent  n 


ST.  JOHN. 

17  If  any  man  will  do  the  w  ill  of  him.  he  shall 
know  of  the  doctrine,  whether  it  he  from  God,  or 
whether  I  speak  from  myself. 

He  that  tpeaketh  from  himself,  seeketh  bis 
own  glory:  but  he  that  teeketh  the  gloq  of  him 
that  tent  him,  he  is  true,  and  there  is  no  injustice  in 
him  : 

19  Did  not  Mow  s  _'im  you  the  law:  and  none  of 
Mm  keepeth  the  law  ? 

20  VVhj  seek  \  on  to  kill  BM  ?  The  multitude  an 
BWered,  and  said:   Thou  hast  adoil:   who  seeketh 
to  kill  tin 

J I  JeSttfl  answered,  and  said  to  them,  One  work 
I   have  done:  and  von  all  wonder: 

I  Therefore  Ifoset  gave  VOU  circumcision : 
'rot  because  it  b«  of  Moses;  but  of  the  lathers)  ami 
on  the  sabbath-dav  you  circumcise  a  man. 

23  If  a  man  receive circumcision  on  the  sabbath- 
day,  that  the  law  of  Moses  may  not  be  broken  J  are 
you  angry  at  me  because  I  have  healed  the  whole 
man  on  the  sabbath-day  ? 

J I  J  inke  not  according  to  the  appearance,  hut 
judge  a  just  judgment. 

i  Then  some  of  Jerusalem  said:  Is  not  this 
he  whom  they  seek  to  kill  ? 

Jtl  And,  liehold,  he  speaketh  openly:  and  they 
say  nothing  10  him.  Have  the  ruhis  known,  in- 
deed, that  this  is  the  Christ  ■ 

27  But  we  know  this  man  whence  he  is:  Iwit 
when  the  Christ  cometh,  no  man  knoweth  whence 

he  is. 

28  Jesus,  therefore,  cried  out  in  the  temple, 
teaching  and  saving:  You  both  know  me,  and  you 

and  I  am  not  come  of  myself: 

is  true,   whom  VOU  know  not. 
because  I  am   from   him,    and 


know   w  hence  I  am  : 
hut  he  that  sent  tin  . 

29  I    know   him : 
he  hath  sent  me. 

30  They  tOUgbt,  therefore,  to  apprehend  him  : 
hut  no  man  laid  hands  on  him  ;  because  his  hr.ur 
was  not  yet  come. 

31  Hut  of  the  people  many  believed  in  him,  and 
said  :  When  the  Christ  cometh,  shall  he  do  more 
miracles  than  these  which  this  man  doeth: 

32  The  Pharisees  heard  the  people  murmuring 

these  things  concerning  him:  and  the  rulers  and 
Pharisees  sent  ministers  to  apprehend  him. 

33  Jesus,  therefore,  said  to  them:  Vet  a  little 
while  I  am  with  you:  and  I  go  to  him  that  sent  me. 

94  You  shall  seek  me,  and  shall  not  find  DM  : 
and  where  I  am,  VOU  cannot  come. 

35  The  Jew  s.  therefore,  said  among  themseh 

Whither  will  he  go,  that  we  shall  not  find  him? 
will  he  uo  to  the  dispersed  anion:;  the  Gentiles, 
and  teach  the  Gentiles  ? 

36  What  is  this  saying  thai  he  hath  said:  You 

shall  seek  me,  and  shall  not  find  me  :  and  where 
I  am.  sou  cannot  come  ? 

37  Now  on  the  last  great  day  of  the  festivity, 

Jesus  stood,  and  cried  out,  saying:  If  ID]   man 

thirst,  let  him  come  to  inc.  and  drink. 

3H  He  that  hdieveth  in  me,  as  the  Scripture 
saith,  Out  of  his  belly  shall  How  rivers  of  living 
trail 


CHAP.  VIII. 


39  Now  this  he  said  of  the  spirit  which  they 
should  receive  who  believed  in  him  :  for  as  yet 
the  spirit  was  not  given;  because  Jesus  was  not 
yet  glorified. 

40  Of  that  multitude,  therefore,  when  they  had 
heard  these  words  of  his,  some  said  :  This  is  the 
prophet  indeed. 

41  Others  said  :  This  is  the  Christ.  But  some 
said  :  Doth  the  Christ  come  out  of  Galilee  ? 

42  Doth  not  the  Scripture  say :  That  Christ 
cometh  of  the  seed  of  David,  and  out  of  Beth- 
lehem, the  town  where  David  was? 

43  So  there  arose  a  dissension  among  the  people 
because  of  him. 

44  And  some  of  them  would  have  apprehended 
him  :  but  no  man  laid  hands  upon  him. 

45  So  the  ministers  came  to  the  chief  priests 
and  the  Pharisees.  And  they  said  to  them  :  Why 
have  you  not  brought  him  ? 

46  The  ministers  answered :  Never  did  man 
speak  like  this  man. 

47  Then  the  Pharisees  answered  them :  Are  you 
also  seduced  ? 

48  Hath  any  one  of  the  rulers  believed  in  him, 
or  of  the  Pharisees  ? 

49  But  this  multitude,  that  knoweth  not  the 
law,  are  accursed. 

50  Nicodemus  said  to  them,  he  that  came  to 
him  by  night,  who  was  one  of  them : 

51  Doth  our  law  judge  any  man,  unless  it  first 
hear  him,  and  know  what  he  doeth  r 

52  They  answered,  and  said  to  him :  Art  thou 
also  a  Galilean  ?  Search  the  Scriptures,  and  see 
that  out  of  Galilee  a  prophet  riseth  not. 

b'i  And  every  man  returned  to  his  own  house. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

The  woman  taken  in  adultery.     Christ  justifieth  his  doctrine. 

A  ND  Jesus  went  to  mount  Olivet. 
^*-     2  And  early  in  the  morning,  he  came  again 
into  the  temple :  and  all  the  people  came  to  him, 
and  sitting  he  taught  them. 

3  And  the  Scribes  and  Pharisees  bring  to  him 
a  woman  taken  in  adultery ;  and  they  set  her  in 
the  midst, 

4  And  said  to  him :  Master  this  woman  was 
even  now  taken  in  adultery. 

5  Now  Moses  in  the  law  commanded  us  to  stone 
such  a  one.     But  what  sayest  thou  ? 

6  And  this  they  said,  tempting  him,  that  they 
might  accuse  him.  But  Jesus,  stooping  down, 
wrote  with  his  finder  on  the  ground. 

7  And  when  they  continued  asking  him,  he 
lifted  up  himself  and  said  to  them :  He  that  is 
without  sin  among  you,  let  him  first  cast  a  stone 
at  her. 

8  And  again  he  stooped  down,  and  wrote  on 
the  ground. 

9  But  they,  hearing  this,  went  out  one  by  one, 
beginning  from  the  eldest:  and  Jesus  alone  re- 
mained, and  the  woman  standing  in  the  midst. 

10  Then  Jesus  lifting  up  himself,  said  to  her: 


Woman,  where  arc;  they  that  accused  thee  ?  Hath 
no  man  condemned  thee? 

11  And  she  said :  No  man,  Lord.  And  Jesus 
said  :  Neither  will  I  condemn  thee.  Go,  and  now 
sin  no  more. 

12  And  again  Jesus  spoke  to  them,  saying:  lam 
the  light  of  the  world:  he  that  followeth  me,  walk- 
eth  not  in  darkness,  but  shall  have  the  light  of  life. 

13  The  Pharisees,  therefore,  said  to  him:  Thou 
givest  testimony  of  thyself:  thy  testimony  is  not 
true. 

14  Jesus  answered,  and  said  to  them:  Although 
I  give  testimony  of  myself,  my  testimony  is  true : 
for  I  know  whence  I  came,  and  whither  I  go:  but 
you  know  not  whence  I  come,  or  whither  I  go. 

15  You  judge  according  to  the  flesh:  I  judge  not 
any  man  : 

16  And  if  I  do  judge,  my  judgment  is  true,  be- 
jse  I  am 

the  Father. 


cause  I  am  not  alone ;  but  I,  and  he  that  sent  me, 


yju 

I,  a 


17  And  in  your  law  it  is  written,  that  the  testi- 
mony of  two  men  is  true. 

18  1  am  one  that  give  testimony  of  myself:  and 
the  Father  that  sent  me,  giveth  testimony  of  me. 

19  They  said  therefore  to  him:  Where  is  thy 
Father?  Jesus  answered :  Neither  me  do  you  know, 
nor  my  Father:  If  you  did  know  me,  you  would 
know  my  Father  also. 

20  These  words  Jesus  spoke  in  the  treasury, 
teaching  in  the  temple  :  and  no  man  laid  hands  on 
him,  because  his  hour  was  not  yet  come. 

21  Then  Jesus  said  to  them  again :  I  go  my 
way,  and  you  shall  seek  me,  and  you  shall  die  in 
your  sin.     Whither  I  go,  you  cannot  come. 

22  The  Jews,  therefore,  said  :  Will  he  kill  him- 
self, because  he  said :  Whither  I  go,  you  cannot 
come  ? 

23  And  he  said  to  them  :  You  are  from  beneath : 
I  am  from  above.  You  are  of  this  world:  I  am  not 
of  this  world. 

24  Therefore  I  said  to  you,  that  you  shall  die  in 
your  sins :  for  if  you  believe  not  that  I  am  he,  you 
shall  die  in  your  sin. 

25  They  said,  therefore,  to  him:  Who  art  thou? 
Jesus  said  to  them:  The  beginning,  who  also  speak 
to  you. 

26  I  have  many  things  to  speak,  and  to  judge  of 
you.  But  he  that  sent  me  is  true :  and  the  things 
I  have  heard  from  him,  the  same  I  speak  in  the 
world. 

27  Now  they  did  not  know  that  he  said  God 
was  his  Father. 

28  Jesus,  therefore,  said  to  them :  When  von 
shall  have  lifted  up  the  Son  of  man,  then  shall 
you  know  that  I  am  he,  and  that  I  do  nothing  ol 
myself;  but  as  the  Father  hath  taught  me,  I  speak 
these  things : 

29  And  he  that  sent  me,  is  with  me;  and  he  hath 
not  left  me  alone :  for  I  do  always  the  things  that 
please  him. 

30  When  he  spoke  these  things,  many  believed 
in  him. 

31  Then  Jesus  said  to  those  Jews  that  believed 

87 


ST.  JC 
in  my  word,  you  shall  be  my 


him:   If  you  continue 

disciples  indeed  : 

\n.l  yon  shall  know  the  truth,  and  the  irnih 
shall  make  you  li 

mswercd  him:   We   are   the   seed  ol 
Abraham  :   and  ire  have  ne\er  bet  n  slaves  to  any 
man:   how  savest  thou,  Von  shall  I*-  free? 

31  Jesia  answered  diem  :  Amen,  amen  I  say 
tint)  That  whoso  \.r  commilteth  sin,  is  the 

-■  i  \  .nit  ol   -in. 

N    H  the  servant  abideth  not  in  the  house  for 
cw  r:    hut  the  Son  abideth  lor  ever. 

If.  therefore,  the   Son   shall    make  you   free, 
you  -hill  Im-  free  indeed. 

37  1  know  that  you  are  tin-  children  of  Abra- 
ham :  hut  you  s.ek  to  kill  me,  becauM  my  inord 
hath  no  plat  e  in  you. 

38  I   s|M-ak   that   which    I    have   seen   with   my 
ier :   and  you  do  the  things  that  you  have  seen 

w  nil  your  father. 

I'ln  v  ai  and  said  to  him  :   Abraham 

ur  father.      Jeaui  saith  to  them:   If  von  Ik-  the 
(  hildren  o(  Abraham,  do  the  works  of  Abraham. 

Ul  lint  now  von  seek  to  kill  me,  a  man  who 
have  sjioken  the  truth  to  you,  which  1  have  heard 
Irom  God:    this  Abraham  did  not. 

41  You  do  the  deeds  of  your  lather.  They  -aid 
then  to  him  :  We  are  not  born  of  fornication  :  wi- 
ll iv.    i. in-  father,   God. 

But  Jesus  said  to  them:    If  God   were  your 
ur,    verily     \<ui    would    love    me.      For    I    pro- 
led   and   came   from  God:  for  I  came  not  of 
myself,  but  he  sent  me. 

43  Why  do  you  not  know  my  speech?  Because 

-not  In  ar  my  word. 
41  You  are  of  your  father,  the  devil;  and  the 
desires  of  your  father  you  w  ill  do.  I  b-  was  a  mur- 
derer Irom  the  l>cginning,  and  he  abode  not  in  the 
truth:  because  truth  is  not  in  him.  When  he 
-,  •  iketh  a  lie,  he  s|>eaketh  of  his  own  :  for  he  is 
a  bar,  and  the  father  thereof. 

I-')   Bttt  it  I  say  the  truth,  you  believe  me  not. 
46  Which  ol  you  shall  convince  me  of  sin  ?   If  I 
say  Hie  truth  to  yon,  why  do  yon  not  believe  me? 

I  le  that  is  of  ( iod,  heareth  the  words  of  God. 
Thrrelore  you  hear  tin  in  not,  because  you  are  not 

48  The  Jews,  therefore,  answered,  and  said  to 
him:  Do  we  not  say  well  that  thou  art  a  Samari- 
tan, and  hast  a  devil  ' 

K*  Jesus  answered:    I    have   not    a   devil:    but   | 
honour  my  Father,  and  you  have  dishonoured  un\ 
But  I  seek  not  niv  own   glory:   there  is  one 
that  B&eket h  and  judeefh. 

61  Amen,  amen  I  s.iv  to  von.  if  any  man  keep 
niv  word,  he  shall  not  see  death  for  ever. 

62  Tin-  Jews,  therefore,  said  :  Now  we  know 
that  thou  hast  |  devil.  Abraham  is  dead,  and  tin- 
prophets:  and  thou  sayest :  If  any  man  keep  my 
word,  he  shall  not  taste  death  for  ever. 

63  Art  thou  greater  than  our  lather  Abraham, 
who  is  dead  -  ami  tin  prophets  are  dead.  Whom 
dost  thou  make  thy -ell  ' 


-us  answered:  If  I  glorify  myself,  my  glory 
is  nothing:  it  is  my  Father  that  glorifa-th  me,  of 

whom  von  s;i\   that  In-  M  your  God. 

]  And  you  have  not  known  him:  but  I  know 
him  :  ami  if  I  should  say  that  I  know  him  not.  I 
should  be  like  to  TOO,  I  liar.  But  I  know  him, 
and  keep  his  word. 

66  Abraham  your  father  rejoiced  that  he  might 
see  DBJ  day  :    he  saw  it.  and  was  dad. 

57  The  Jews  then  said  to  him:  Thou  art  not  yet 
fifty  feari  old:   and  hast  thou  seen  Abraham.' 

68  Jesus  said  to  them:  Amen,  amen  I  s;tv  to  you, 
before  Abraham  was  made,  1  am. 

69  Then  they  took  up  StDM •  to  cast  at  him  :  but 
Jesus  hid  himself,  and  went  out  of  the  temple. 

(HAP.    IV 

He  gives  tight  to  the  rutin  born  blind. 

\  ND  Jesus  wwing  by.  saw  ;i  man  that  was  blind 
-^*-  from  his  birth  : 

2  And  his  disciples  asked  him:  Rabbi,  who  hath 
sinned,  this  man,  or  his  parents,  that  he  should  lie 
born  blind  ? 

3  JoSBS  answered:  Neither  hath  this  man  sinned, 
nor  his  parents;  but  that  the  works  of  God  should 
lie  made  manifest  in  him. 

4  I  must  work  the  works  of  him  that  sent  me, 
whilst  it  is  day  :  the  night  eometh,  when  no  man 
can  work. 

5  As  long  as  I  am  in  the  world,  I  am  the  light 
of  the  world. 

6  When  he  had  said  these  things,  he  spat  on  the 
ground,  and  made  clay  of  the  spittle,  and  spread 
the  clay  u|mui  his  61 

7  And  said  to  him  :  Go,  wash  in  the  pool  of 
Siloe,  (which  is  interpreted,  .Sent.)  He  w  cut,  there- 
fore, and  washed  ;   and  he  came  seeing;. 

8  The  neighbours,  therefore,  and  they  who  had 
seen  him  before  thai  he  was  a  beggar,  said  :  Is  not 
this  he  that  sat.  and  begged?  Some  said  :  This  is  he. 

9  And  others,  No,  but  he  is  like  him.  But  he 
said  :   I  am  he. 

10  They  said,  therefore,  to  him  :  How  were  thy 
e\i  -  opened  ? 

11  lie  answered:  That  man  who  is  called  Je- 
sus, made  clay,  and  anointed  my  eyes,  and  said  to 
me:  Go  to  tM  pool  of  Siloe,  and  wash.  And  I 
went,   I  w  ashed,  and  I  see. 

12  And  tiny  said  to  him:  Where  is  he?  He 
saith  :    I  know   not. 

13  They  bring  him  that  had  been  blind,  to  the 
I'harise.  -. 

14  Now  it  was  the  sabbath,  when  Jesus  made 
the  i  lav,  and  opened  his  •  \ 

16  Again,  therefore,  the  Pharisees  asked  him  how 
he  had  received  his  sizht.  But  he  said  to  them:  He 
put  clay  BpOJi  my  eyes,  and  I  washed,  and  I  mi. 

It!  Some,  therefore,  of  the  Pharisees  said  :  Thhl 
man  is  not  of  God,  who  keept  th  not  the  sabbath. 
But  others  said:  How  ean  a  man  that  is  a  sinner 
dp  such  miracles  ?  And  there  was  a  division 
among  them. 


CHAP.  X. 


17  They  say,  therefore,  to  the  blind  man  again  : 
What  sayest  thou  of  him,  that  hath  opened  thy 
eyes  ?  And  he  said :  He  is  a  prophet 

18  The  Jews  then  did  not  believe  concerning 
him,  that  he  had  been  blind,  and  had  received  his 
sight,  until  they  called  the  parents  of  him  that  had 
received  his  sight; 

19  And  asked  them,  saying:  Is  this  your  son, 
who  you  say  was  born  blind  r  How  then  doth  he 
now  see  ? 

20  His  parents  answered  them,  and  said:  We 
know  that  this  is  our  son,  and  that  he  was  born 
blind : 

21  But  how  he  now  seeth,  we  know  not :  or  who 
hath  opened  his  eyes,  we  know  not :  ask  himself: 
he  is  of  age  ;  let  him  speak  for  himself. 

22  These  things  his  parents  said,  because  they 
feared  the  Jews  :  for  the  Jews  had  already  agreed 
among  themselves,  that  if  any  man  should  confess 
him  to  be  Christ,  he  should  be  put  out  of  the  syna- 
gogue. 

23  Therefore  did  his  parents  say  :  He  is  of  age  ; 
ask  himself. 

24  They,  therefore,  called  the  man  again  that 
had  been  blind,  and  said  to  him :  Give  glory  to  God. 
We  know  that  this  man  is  a  sinner. 

25  He  said  then  to  them:  If  he  be  a  sinner,  I  know 
not:  one  thing  I  know;  that  whereas  I  was  blind, 
I  now  see. 

26  Then  they  said  to  him:  What  did  he  to  thee? 
how  Jid  he  open  thy  eyes  ? 

27  He  answered  them:  I  have  told  you  already, 
and  you  have  heard:  whywuuld  you  hear  it  again  ? 
will  you  also  become  his  disciples  ? 

28  They  reviled  him,  therefore,  and  said : 
Be  thou  his  disciple:  but  we  are  the  disciples  of 
Moses. 

29  We  know  that  God  spoke  to  Moses  :  but  as  to 
this  man,  we  know  not  from  whence  he  is. 

30  The  man  answered,  and  said  to  them  :  For 
in  this  is  a  wonderful  thing,  that  you  know  not  from 
whence  he  is,  and  he  halh  opened  my  eyes. 

31  Now  we  know  that  God  doth  not  hear  sin- 
ners :  but  if  a  man  be  a  worshipper  of  God,  and 
doeth  his  will,  him  he  heareth. 

32  From  the  beginning  of  the  world  it  hath  not 
been  heard?  that  any  man  hath  opened  the  eyes  of 
one  born  blind. 

33  Unless  this  man  were  of  God,  he  could  not 
do  any  thing. 

34  They  answered,  and  said  to  him :  Thou  wast 
wholly  born  in  sins,  and  dost  thou  teach  us?  And 
they  cast  him  out. 

36  Jesus  heard  that  they  had  cast  him  out :  and 
when  he  had  found  him,  he  said  to  him:  Dost  thou 
betieve  in  the  Son  of  God  ? 

36  He  answered,  and  said:  Who  is  he,  Lord,  that 
I  may  believe  in  him  ? 


,  J  am  comt,  Sfe  Not  thai  Christ  came  for  that  end,  that  any  one 
i.jnlil  be  made  blind  :  but  that  the  Jews,  bv  the  abuse  of  his  com- 
ing, and  bv  their  not  receiving  him,  brought  upon  themselves  this 
judgment  of  bliuduess. 


37  And  Jesus  said  to  him  :  Thou  hast  both  seen 
him,  and  it  is  he  who  talketh  with  thee. 

38  And  he  said:  I  believe,  Lord.  And  falling 
down,  he  adored  him. 

39  And  Jesus  said:  For  judgment  I  am  come* 
into  this  world  :  that  they  who  see  not,  may  see  : 
and  they  who  see,  mav  become  blind. 

40  And  some  of  the  Pharisees,  that  were  with 
him,  heard :  and  they  said  to  him :  Are  we  also  blind  ? 

41  Jesus  said  to  them  :  If  you  were  blind, f  you 
should  not  have  sin :  but  now  you  say:  We  set,. 
Your  sin  remaineth. 

CHAP.  X. 

Christ  is  the  door  and  the  good  shepherd.     He  and  his  Father 

are  one. 

A  MEN,  amen  I  say  to  you:  He  that  entereth 
-£*-  not  by  the  door  into  the  sheepfold,  but  climbeth 
up  another  way,  the  same  is  a  thief  and  a  robber. 

2  But  he  that  entereth  in  by  the  door,  is  the  shep- 
herd of  the  sheep : 

3To  whom  the  porter  openeth  ;  and  the  sheep  hear 
his  voice ;  and  he  calleth  his  own  sheep  by  name, 
and  leadeth  them  out. 

4  And  when  he  hath  let  out  his  own  sheep,  he 
goeth  before  them :  and  the  sheep  follow  him,  be- 
cause they  know  his  voice. 

5  But  a  stranger  they  follow  not,  but  fly  from  him; 
because  they  know  not  the  voice  of  strangers. 

6  This  parable  Jesus  spoke  to  them.  But  they 
understood  not  what  he  was  speaking  to  them. 

7  Jesus,  therefore,  said  to  them  again:  Amen, 
amen  I  say  to  you,  I  am  the  door  of  the  sheep. 

8  All  they  who  came  are  thieves  and  robbers : 
and  the  sheep  heard  them  not. 

9  I  am  the  door.  If  any  one  enter  by  me,  he 
shall  be  saved, and  he  shall  go  in,  and  go  out,  and 
shall  find  pastures. 

10  The  thief  cometh  not,  but  to  steal,  and  to 
kill,  and  to  destroy.  I  am  come  that  they  may  have 
life,  and  may  have  it  more  abundantly. 

11  I  am  the  good  shepherd.  The  good  shepherd 
giveth  his  life  for  his  sheep  : 

12  But  the  hireling,  and  he  that  is  not  the  shep- 
herd, whose  own  sheen  they  are  not,  seeth  the  woll 
coming,  and  leaveth  the  sheep  and  flieth  :  and  the 
wolf  snatcheth  and  scattereth  the  sheep. 

13  And  the  hireling  flieth,  because  he  is  a  hire- 
ling: and  he  hath  no  care  for  the  sheep. 

14  I  am  the  good  shepherd;  and  I  know  mine, 
and  mine  know  me; 

15  As  the  Father  knoweth  me,  and  I  know  the 
Father :  and  I  lay  down  my  life  for  my  sheep. 

16  And  other  sheep  I  have,  that  are  not  of  this 
fold:  them  also  I  must  bring;  and  they  shall  hear  my 
voice:  and  there  shall  be  made  one  fold  and  one 
shepherd. 


f  If  you  were  blind,  Sec.     If  you  were  invincibly  ignoraat,  »Dd  had 
neither  read  the  Scriptures,  nor  seen  my  miracles,  you  would  nol  ba 
gniltv  of  the  sin  of  infidelity  :   but  now.  as  you  boast  of  your  know 
ledge  of  the  Scriptures,  you  are  inexcusable. 


ST.  JOHN. 


17  Therefore  doth  tht*  Father  lore  me:  !*•<  ause 
I  lay  down  m\   life,  thai  I  may  take  il  a^ain. 

No  man  takeili  it  away  from  me:  InjI  I  lay  it 
down  <i|'  myself,  and  1  have  |H>wer  in  lay  it  down: 
and  I  hiivc  iHmrrii'i.ikc  ii  up  again.  This  com- 
mandment I  hati  id  from  in\    Father. 

I'.'  A  dissension  rose  again  anions  (lit-  Jews  foi 
tin  m-  »nnK. 

\ud  main  of  them  said:  He  hath  a  *K\  il, 
and  is  mad  :  W  h\  hear  you  iiim  ' 

21  Oth<  Then  en  not  the  Midi  tfoM 

(hat  hath  a  devil:  (an  a  d<  ril  open  the  eyes  of  the 
blind? 

\nd  it  was  the  feast  of  the  dedication  at  Je- 
rusalem :  and  il  was  w  inter. 

23  Ami  Jesus  walked  in  the  temple,  in  Solomons 
notch. 

2\  The  Jews,  iiim  lore,  eame  round  aboafl  him. 
ami  said  in  him  :  How  long  dost  thou  hold  our  souU 
in  suspense:   if  thou  he  the  Christ,  tell  us  plainly. 

is  answered  them:  I  speak  to  \ou,  and 
you  believe  not  :  the  works  thai  I  do  in  the  name 
of  my  Father,  thej  grreteethnaag  of  me : 

26  Hut  \ou  do  not  iM'lieve,  I x  cause  you  are  not 
of  my  sheep. 

My  sheep  hear  my  voice:  and  I  know  them, 
and  the)  follow  me : 

\iul  I  give  ihem  life  everlasting:  and  they 
shall  not  perish  for  ever,  and  no  man  shall  snatch 
them  out  M  my  hand. 

29  That  which  my  Father  hath  given  me,  is 
greater  than  all:  and  no  one  ran  Mtatch  them  out  of 
tin-  hand  of  in\    Father. 

30  land  tin-  Father  art'  one. 

.'Jl    The  Jew  s  then  took  up  stones,  to  stone  him. 
Jesus  answered   them:   Many  good  works  I 
have  shown  to  you  from  my   father :    for  which  of 
those  works  do  you  stone  me? 

33  The  Jews  laawuiod  him:  For  a  good  work 
we  stone  thee  not,  hut  tor  blasphemy  :  and  hecause 
that  thou.  h.  in- a  man.  makes!  thyself  God? 

34  Jesus  answered  them:  Is  it  not  w  ritten  in  your 
■a        I    said,  you  are  cods  - 

35  If  he  called  them  gods,  to  whom  the  word  of 
I  was  spoken,  and  the  Seripture  cannot  be  made 

void : 

36  Do  you   ia«  of  him.  whom  the  Father  hath 
tilled   and  sent  into  the  world  :       Thou     blas- 
phemes! -   In    .use  I  mid,  I  am  the  Son  of  God  ? 

37  If   I  do  not  the  works  ol  ui\    Father,  believe 

lint  il  I  do,  thou  eh  iou  will  not  believe  me. 
believe  the  works,  thai  you  may  know  ami  Indieve 
that  the  Father  is  in  me,  and  I  in  the  Father. 

.'?!»  Thej  sought,  therefore,  to  take  him:  and  he 
escaped  out  ol  their  hands. 

H>  And  he  went  away  again  beyond  the  Jordan 
into  that  place  where  John  was  hi  pti/.ing  first :  and 
tin  re  he  aU»de: 

VI  And  main  resorted  to  him  :  and  they  said: 
John  indeed  did  no  sign. 

42  lint  all  things  wlutsoex.r  John  said  of  this 
Wan  line.      And  many  believed  in  him. 

il 


CHAP.  XI. 


Ckriri  rnitrt  iMzarut  In  bfr.      Tke  rultrt  rttolrr  to  put  kirn  to 

dratk. 

"V  <>\V  there  was  a  certain  man  sick,  ntimnl  Fa- 
J-'  /.anis,  of  Ibthania,  of  the  town  ol  Mary  and 
ol   Martha  her  sister. 

And  Mary  was  she  that  anointed  the  Ford 
with  ointment,  and  wiped  his  feet  with  her  hair: 
whose  brother  Lazarus  was  sick.) 

3  His  sisters  therefore  sent  to  him,  Hying:  Ford, 
behold,  he  whom  thou  lovest  is  sick. 

4  And  Jesus  hearing  it,  said  to  them:  This  sick- 
ness is  not  unto  death,  hut  for  the  dory  of  God  : 
thai  the  Son  of  God  mav  he  glorified  by  it. 

'y  Now  Jesus  loved  Martha,  and  her  sister  Mary, 
and  Fazaius. 

6  When  he  had  heard,  therefore,  that  he  was 
sick,  he  still  remained   in    the  same  place  two  days. 

7  Then  after  that  he  said  to  his  disciples  :  Fet  us 
go  into  Judea  again. 

8  The  disciples  say  to  him  :  Rabbi,  the  Jen  l  but 
just  now  sought  to  stone  thee:  and  goest  thou  thi- 
ther again? 

9  Jesus  answered:  Are  there  not  twelve  hours  of 
the  day.'  If  a  man  walk  in  the  day,  he  stmnhleth 
not,  because  he  sect h  the  light  of  this  world: 

10  But  if  be  walk  in  the  night,  he  stumbleth,  he- 
cause  the  light  is  not  in  him. 

11  These  things  he  said:  and  after  that  he  said 
to  them :  Lnzarus  our  friend  slecpeth:  but  I  go 
that  I  may  awake  him  out  of  sleep, 

12  His  disciples,  therefore)  said:  Ford,  if  he 
sleep,  be  shall  do  well. 

13  But  Jesus  spoke  of  his  death  :  and  they 
thought  that  he  spoke  of  the  repose  of  sleep. 

14  Thin,  therefore,  Jesus  said  to  them  plainly: 
Lazarus  is  dead  : 

15  And  I  am  glad,  for  your  sake,  that  I  was  not 
there,  that  yon  may  believe:  but  let  us  go  to  him. 

16  Then  Thomas,  who  is  called  Draymus,  said 

to  his  fellow  disciples  :   Fet  us  also  go,  that  we  may 
die  with  him. 

17  SoJesm  came]  and  found  that  lie  had  bean 
four  days  already  in  the  grate. 

18  (Now  Bctliania  was  near  Jerusalem,  nlnuit 
fifteen  furlongs  off.) 

19  And  many  of  the  Jews  won'  come  to  Martha 
and  Mary,  to  comfort  them  concerning  their  brother. 

JO  Martha,  therefore,  as  soon  as  she  heard  that 
JeSUS  was  come,  went  to  meet  him:  but  Man  sat 
at  home. 

21  And  Martha  said  to  Jesus:  Ford,  if  thou 
hadst  been  here,  my  brother  had  not  died: 

'   But  now  also  I  know   that  whatsoever  thou 
wilt  ask  of  God,  God  will  rive  it  thee. 

23  Jesus  saith  to  her:  Tin  brother  shall  rise 
again. 

Jl  Martha  saith  to  him:  I  know  that  he  shall 
tin  again  in  the  resurrection  at  the  last  day. 

Ji  siis  said  toher:  I  am  the  resurrection  and 
the  life:  herbal  believeth  in  me,  although  be  b* 
dead,  shall  live  : 


CHAP.  XII. 


26  And  every  one  that  liveth,  and  believcth  in 
me,  shall  not  die  tor  ever.     Believest  thou  this  ? 

27  She  saith  to  him  :  Yea,  Lord,  I  have  believed 
that  thou  art  Christ,  the  Son  of  the  living  God,  who 
art  come  into  this  world. 

28  And  when  she  had  said  these  things,.she  went, 
and  called  her  sister  Mary  secretly,  saying :  The 
master  is  come,  and  calleth  for  thee. 

29  She,  as  soon  as  she  heard  this,  riseth  quickly, 
and  corneth  to  him. 

30  For  Jesus  was  not  yet  come  into  the  town : 
ltut  he  was  still  in  that  place  where  Martha  had 
met  him. 

31  The  Jews,  therefore,  who  were  with  her  in 
the  house,  and  comforted  her,  when  they  saw  Mary 
that  she  rose  up  speedily  and  went  out,  followed 
her,  saying :  She  goeth  to  the  sepulchre  to  weep 
there. 

32  When  Mary,  therefore,  was  come  where 
Jesus  was,  seeing  him,  she  fell  down  at  his  feet, 
and  saith  to  him :  Lord,  if  thou  hadst  been  here, 
my  brother  had  not  died. 

33  When  Jesus,  therefore,  saw  her  weeping,  and 
the  Jews  that  were  come  with  her  weeping,  he 
groaned  in  the  spirit,  and  troubled  himself, 

34  And  said  :  Where  have  you  laid  him  ?  They 
say  to  him:  Lord,  come  and  see. 

35  And  Jesus  wept. 

36  The  Jews,  therefore,  said :  Behold  how  he 
loved  him. 

37  But  some  of  them  said:  Could  not  he  that 
opened  the  eyes  of  the  man  born  blind,  have  caused 
that  this  man  should  not  die. 

38  Jesus,  therefore,  again  groaning  in  himself, 
cometh  to  the  sepulchre  :  Now  it  was  a  cave  :  and 
a  stone  was  laid  over  it. 

39  Jesus  saith  :  Take  away  the  stone.  Martha, 
the  sister  of  him  that  was  dead,  saith  unto  him  : 
Lord,  by  this  time  he  stinketh ;  for  he  is  now  of 
four  days. 

.40  Jesus  saith  to  her :  Did  I  not  say  to  thee,  that 
if  thou  wilt  believe,  thou  shalt  see  the  glory  of  God  ? 

41  They  took,  therefore,  the  stone  away:  And 
Jesus,  lifting  up  his  eyes,  said:  father,  I  give  thee 
thanks  that  thou  hast  heard  me. 

42  And  I  knew  that  thou  hearest  me  always  ;  but 
because  of  the  people  who  stand  about,  have  I  said 
it;  that  they  may  believe  that  thou  hast  sent  me. 

43  When  he  had  said  these  things,  he  cried  with 
a  loud  voice :  Lagarus,  come  forth. 

44  And  presently  he  that  had  been  dead  came 
forth,  bound  feet  and  hands  with  winding-bands, 
and  his  face  was  bound  about  with  a  napkin.  Jesus 
said  to  them:   Loose  him,  and  let  him  go. 

45  Many,  therefore,  of  the  Jews,  who  were  come 
to  Mary  and  Martha,  and  had  seen  the  things  that 
Jesus  did,  believed  in  him. 

46  But  some  of  them  went  to  the  Pharisees,  and 
told  them  the  things  that  Jesus  had  done. 

.  47  The  chief  priests,  therefore,  and  the  Pharisees 
fathered  a  council,  and  said  :  What  do  we,  for  this 
man  doeth  many  miracles? 

48  If  we  let  him  alone  so,  all  men  will  believi 


in  him  :  and  the  Romans  will  come,  and  take  away 
our  place  and  nation. 

49  But  one  of  them,  named  Caiphas,  being  the 
high-priest  of  that  year,  said  to  them  :  You  know 
nothing  at  all. 

50  Neither  do  you  consider  that  it  is  expedient 
for  you  that  one  man  should  die  for  the  people,  and 
that  the  whole  nation  perish  not. 

51  And  this  he  spoke  not  of  himself:  but  being 
the  high-priest  of  that  year,  he  prophesied  that  Jesus 
should  die  for  the  nation  ; 

52  And  not  only  for  the  nation,  but  to  gather 
together  in  one  the  children  ol*  God,  that  were  dis- 
persed. 

53  From  that  day,  therefore,  they  devised  to  put 
him  to  death. 

54  Wherefore  Jesus  walked  no  more  openly 
among  the  Jews :  but  he  went  into  a  country  near 
the  desert,  unto  a  city  that  is  called  Ephrem :  and 
there  he  abode  with  his  disciples. 

55  And  the  pasch  of  the  Jews  was  at  hand :  and 
many  from  the  country  went  up  to  Jerusalem  before 
the  pasch,  to  purify  themselves. 

56  They  sought,  therefore,  for  Jesus :  and  they 
discoursed  one  with  another,  standing  in  the  temple: 
What  think  you,  that  he  is  not  come  to  the  festival 
day?  And  the  chief  priests  and  the  Pharisees  Bad 
given  a  commandment,  that  if  any  man  knew 
where  he  was,  he  should  tell,  that  they  might  ap- 
prehend him. 

CHAP.  XII. 

The  anointing  of  Christ's  feet.    His  riding  into  Jerusalem  upon 
an  ass.     A  voice  from  heaven. 

TVTOW  six  days  before  the  pasch,  Jesus  can  e 
-L  *  to  Bethania,  where  Lazarus  had  been  dead, 
whom  Jesus  raised  to  life. 

2  And  they  made  him  a  supper  there  :  and  Mar- 
tha served :  but  Lazarus  was  one  of  them  that  were 
at  table  with  him. 

3  Mary,  therefore,  took  a  pound  of  ointment  ol 
right  spikenard,  of  great  value,  and  anointed  the 
feet  of  Jesus,  and  wiped  his  feet  with  her  hair : 
and  the  house  was  filled  with  the  odour  of  the 
ointment. 

4  Then  one  of  his  disciples,  Judas  Iscariot,  he 
that  was  about  to  betray  him,  said : 

5  Why  was  not  this  ointment  sold  for  three  hun- 
dred pence,  and  given  to  the  poor  ? 

6  Now  he  said  this,  not  because  he  cared  for  the 
poor,  but  because  he  was  a  thief,  and  having  the 
purse,  carried  what  was  put  therein. 

7  But  Jesus  said :  Let  her  alone,  that  she  may 
keep  it  against  the  day  of  my  burial. 

8  For  the  poor  you  have  always  with  you  :  but 
me  you  have  not  always.* 

9  A  great  multitude,  therefore,  of  the  Jews  knew 
that  he  was  there  :  and  they  came,  not  for  Jesns's 
sake  only,  but  that  they  might  see  Lazarus  whom  he 
had  raised  from  the  dead. 


*  See  the  Annotation  on  St.  J&allktw,  xxvi. 
91 


11. 


ST.  J<»||\. 


10  Hut  In-  chief  priests  i hotiirlit  to  kill  Lazarus 
•N>: 

11  li< ••  .in-.-  in  in\   of  id,    .1.  w  s  li\   reason  of  him 

went  awav,  ami  believed  in  Jess* 

\1  Ami  dii  the  next  da)  a  ct«  »t  multitude,  thai 
•<i  tin-  festival  day,  whin  thej  had  beard 
th:«t  Ji-siis  wis  coming  to  Jerusalem, 

13  Took  br.nu  lii-s  (•)  palm  trees,  and  went  forth 
to  meet  him:  and  tried:  Hoaannn.  blessed  is  be, 
that  comet  h  in  tin-  name  of  the  Lord,  the  king  of 
Israel. 

I  I  Ail!  Jesus  found  a  v.mngass,  and  sat  uj>on 
if.  as  it  is  a  ritti  n  : 

15  Fear  not,  daughter  of  Sion:  behold,  thy  kinii 
Cometh  sitting  on  tin-  eolt  of  an  ass. 

lb'  These  things  his  disciples  <ljd  not  know  at 
the  first  :  hut  when  Jesus  was  glorified,  then  thev 
remembered  that  these  things  w ere  a  ritten  of  him : 
dud  that  they  had  done  these  things  to  him. 

17  'I'll.-  multitude,  therefore,  gave  rftfrtmwry, 
which  was  with  him,  when  he  called  Lazarus  out 
ot  the  grave,  and  raised  him  from  the  dead. 

lb*  For  which  reason  also  the  people  came  to 
meet  him  :  because  they  heard  that  he  had  done 
this  miracle. 

'!'  Ih''  Pharisees,  therefore,  said  UMM  them- 
selves: I  >o  vou  s«  e  that  we  prevail  nothing?  Behold, 
the  whole  world  is  pone  alter  him. 

20  Now  there  were  certain  ( ii util.s  among  them, 
that  came  up  to  adore  on  the  festival  day. 

I      I  hese.   therefore.  <  aine  to  Philip,  W  ho  Was  of 

Bethsaicla  ol  <  ialilee.  and  desired  him,  saying  :   Sir, 
u.    would  willing   sei'  Jesus. 

Philip  cometh.  and  telleth  Andrew:   Again 
r.-w  and  Philip  told  Jesus. 

nit  Jesus  answered  them,  saying:  The  hour 
i^  come  that  the  Son  of  man  should  Ik-  glorified. 

-'I  Vinen,  amen  |  sa\  to  vou.  unless  t|,r  train  of 
wheal  fall  into  the  ground  and  die. 

Itself  M  inaineth  alone.  lint  if  it  die,  if  bring* 
eth  forth  much  fruit.  lie  that  loveth  his  life  shall 
lose  it  :  and  he  that  hateth  his  lite  in  this  world, 
keepcth  it  unto  life  everlasting. 

1 1  anv  man  minister  to  me.  let  him  follow  me : 

I  am,  there  also  shall  mv  minister  be.     If 

anytn  an  minister  to  me,  him  w  ill  mv  Father  honour. 

•     •    is  mv   soul  troubled.      \nd   what  shall  I 

•ay.'    Father,  s.m    me  from  this  hour.    lint  for  this 

in-  unto  this  hour. 

I  ather,  gtorifj   thv  name.       A  voice  therefore 

came   Irom  heaven  :    I  have  lioth  glorified  it,  and  I 

will  glorify  it  again. 

Ih-  multitude  then  fore  that  stood  and  heard. 
Raid  that  it  thundered.  Others  said:  An  ancd  spoke 
to  him. 

lews  answered,  and  said:  This  voice  came 
fbf  uif.  but  for  vonr  mi 

31    '  the  judgment  of  the  world :  now  shall 

the  urease  <>f  this  world  be  cast  out. 

\-  I  I-  if  I  Ih-  lifted  up  from  the  earth,  will 
draw  all  thin-s  to  myself. 

S  »  this  he  s.,id.  sienifying  what  death  he 
should  die.) 


34  The  multitude  answered  him:  We  have  heard 

out  of  the  law,  that  Christ  ahideth  lor  ever:  and 
how  sjv.st  thou:  The  Son  of  man  must  he  lifted 
up  '    W  ho  is  this  Sou  of  man  : 

5  Jesus,  therefore,  said  to  them:  Vet  a  linl.- 

while,  the  I  i  £4.1  it   is  ai it  \  oil      Walk  whilst   you 

have  the  light,  that  the  darkness  overtake  \ou  not  . 
and  he  that  walketh  in  darkness  knowcth  no) 
whither  he  goeth. 

36  Whilst  you  have  the  light,  believe  in  the 
light,  that  you  may  he  the  children  of  light  These 
things  Jesus  spoke:  and  he  went  away,  and  hid 
himself  from  them. 

37  And  whereas  he  had  done  so  many  miracles 
before  them,  they  believed  not  in  him  : 

B  That  the  Baying  of  Isaius  the  prophet  might 
be  fulfilled,  which  he  Mid:  Lord,  who  hath  he- 
ll.Mil  our  hearing?  And  to  whom  hath  the  arm 
of  the  Li  rd  been  revealed  ? 

39  Therefore  they  could  not  believe:  for  Isaias 
said  IgJUn : 

40  JTe  hath  blinded  their  eyes,  and  hardened 
their  hearts;  that  they  should  not  see  with  their 
I  \>  s.  nor  understand  with  their  heart,  and  be  con- 
verted, and  I  should  heal  them  : 

41  These  thiogS  Said  Isaias,  when  he  saw  his 
glory,  and  spoke  of  him. 

42  However  many  of  the  chief  men  also  be- 
lieved in  him:  but  because  of  the  Pharisee*  tiny 
did  not  confess  ?/>  that  they  might  not  be  cast  out 
of  the  synagogue. 

43  For  they  loved  the  glory  of  men,  more  than 
the  glory  of  God. 

44  But  Jesus  cried  out,  and  said  :  He  that  he- 
lieveth  in  me,  doth  not  believe  in  me,  but  in  him 
thai  sent  me. 

45  And  he  that  seeth  me,  teeth  him  that  sent  me. 

46  I  the  light  am  come  into  the  world:  that 
whosoever  believeth  in  me  may  not  remain  in 
darkness. 

47  And  if  any  man  hear  my  words,  and  keep 
then  not:  I  do  not  judge  him:  for  I  came  not  to 
judge  the  world,  Uit  to  save  the  world. 

I  He  that  despiseth  me,  and  receiveth  not  my 
words,  hath  one  that  judgetn  him.  The  word  that 
I  have  spoken,  the  same  shall  judge  him  in  the  last 
day. 

49  For  I  have  not  spoken  of  myself:  but  the 
Father  who  sent  me,  he  cave  me  command  what  I 
should  say,  and  what  I  should  speak. 

50  And  1  know  that  his  commandment  is  life 
everlasting.     'The  things,  therefore,  that  I  speak, 

c\en  as  the  Father  said  unto  the,  so  do  I  speak. 

CHAP    XIII 

Christ  u-athr*  hit  <ft«rt'p/r«'  feet :  the  treason  of  Jttdru  :  the 
m  ir  i  (immnnilmrnt  if  lore. 

DEFORE  the  festival  day  of  the  pasch.  leSUS, 
■*-*  knowing  that  his  hour  was  come,  that  he 
should  pass  out  of  this  world  to  the  Father;  hav- 
ing loved  his  own,  who  were  in  the  world,  he  loved 
them  to  the  end. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


2  And  when  supper  was  done,  the  devil  having 
now  put  into  the  heart  of  Judas  the  son  of  Simon 
the  Iscariot,  to  betray  him  : 

3  Knowing  that  the  Father  had  given  him  all 
things  into  his  hands,  and  that  he  came  from  God, 
and  goeth  to  God  : 

4  He  riseth  from  supper,  and  layeth  aside  his 
garments :  and  having  taken  a  towel,  he  girded 
himself. 

5  After  that,  he  poureth  water  into  a  bason,  and 
began  to  wash  the  feet  of  the  disciples,  and  to  wipe 
them  with  the  towel,  wherewith  he  was  girded. 

6  He  coineth,  therefore,  to  Simon  Peter.  And 
Peter  saith  to  him  :  Lord,  dost  thou  wash  my  feet? 

7  Jesus  answered,  anil  said  to  him  :  What  I  do 
thou  knowest  not  now ;  but  thou  shalt  know  here- 
after. 

8  Peter  saith  to  him :  Thou  shalt  never  wash 
my  feet.  Jesus  answered  him :  If  I  wash  thee 
not,  thou  shalt  have  no  part  with  me. 

9  Simon  Peter  saith  to  him  :  Lord,  not  only  my 
feet,  but  also  my  hands  and  my  head. 

10  Jesus  saith  to  him  :  He  that  is  washed,  need- 
eth  not  but  to  wash  his  feet,  but  is  clean  wholly. 
And  you  are  clean,  but  not  all. 

1 1  For  he  knew  who  he  was  that  wotdd  betray 
him  ;  therefore  he  said  :  You  are  not  all  clean. 

12  Then  after  he  had  washed  their  feet,  and 
taken  his  garments,  having  set  down  again,  he  said 
to  them  :  Know  you  what  1  have  done  to  you  ? 

13  You  call  me  Master,  and  Lord:  and  you  say 
well :  for  so  I  am. 

14  If  I,  then,  being  Lord  and  Master,  have 
washed  your  feet ;  you  also  ought  to  wash  one 
another's  feet. 

15  For  I  have  given  you  an  example,  that  as  I 
have  done  to  you,  so  you  do  also. 

16  Amen,  amen  I  say  to  you:  The  servant  is 
not  greater  than  his  lord  :  neither  is  an  apostle 
greater  than  he  that  sent  him. 

17  If  you  know  these  things,  you  shall  be  blessed 
if  you  do  them. 

1 8  I  speak  not  of  you  all :  I  know  whom  I  have 
chosen :  but  that  the  Scripture  may  be  fulfilled  : 
He  that  eateth  bread  with  me,  shall  lift  up  his  heel 
against  me. 

19  At  present  I  tell  you  before  it  come  to  pass: 
that  when  it  shall  come  to  pass,  you  may  believe, 
that  I  am  the  Messias. 

20  Amen,  amen  I  say  to  you,  he  that  receiveth 
whomsoever  I  send,  receiveth  me :  and  he  that  re- 
ceiveth me,  receiveth  him  that  sent  me. 

21  When  Jesus  had  said  these  things,  he  was 
troubled  in  spirit :  and  he  protested,  and  said  : 
Amen,  amen  I  say  to  you:  That  one  of  you  will 
betray  me. 

22  The  disciples,  therefore,  looked  one  upon 
another,  doubting  of  whom  he  spoke. 

23  Now  there  was  leaning  on  Jesus's  bosom  one 
of  his  disciples,  whom  Jesus  loved. 


*  That  which  thou  doest,  do  quickly.  It  is  not  a  license,   much  less  a 
command,  to  go  about  his  treason ;  but  a  signification  to  him  that  Christ 


24  Simon  Peter,  therefore,  beckoned  to  him.  and 
said  to  him :  Who  is  it  of  wiiom  he  speaketh  r 

25  He,  therefore,  leaning  on  the  breast  of  Jesus, 
saith  to  him  :  Lord,  who  is  it  ? 

26  Jesus  answered :  He  it  is,  to  whom  I  shall 
reach  bread  dipped.  And  when  he  had  dipped  the 
bread,  he  gave  it  to  Judas  Iscariot,  the  son  of  Simon. 

27  And  after  the  morsel.  Satan  entered  into  him. 
And  Jesus  said  to  him  :  That  which  thou  doest,  do 
quickly.* 

28  Now  no  man  at  the  table  knew  for  what  in- 
tent he  said  this  to  him. 

29  For  some  thought,  because  Judas  had  the 
purse,  that  Jesus  had  said  to  him:  Buy  those  things 
which  we  have  need  of  for  the  festival  day ;  or  that 
he  should  give  something  to  the  poor. 

30  He,  then,  having  received  the  morsel,  went 
out  immediately.     And  it  was  night. 

31  When,  therefore,  he  was  gone  out,  Jesus  said : 
Now  is  the  Son  of  man  glorified  :  and  God  is  glo- 
rified in  him. 

32  If  God  be  glorified  in  him,  God  will  also 
glorify  him  in  himself:  and  immediately  will  he 
glorify  him. 

33  Little  children,  yet  a  little  while  I  am  with 
you.  You  shall  seek  me :  and,  as  I  said  to  the 
Jews  :  W  hither  I  go,  you  cannot  come  :  so  now  I 
say  to  you. 

34  I  give  you  a  new  commandment :  That  you 
love  one  another ;  as  I  have  loved  you,  that  you 
also  love  one  another. 

35  By  this  shall  all  men  know  that  you  are  my 
disciples,  if  you  have  love  one  for  another. 

36  Simon  Peter  saith  to  him  :  Lord,  whither 
goest  thou?  Jesus  answered:  Whither  I  go,  thou 
canst  not  follow  me  now :  but  thou  shalt  follow  me 
afterwards. 

37^  Peter  saith  to  him :  Why  cannot  I  follow  thee 
now  ?  I  will  lay  down  my  life  for  thee. 

38  Jesus  answered  him:  Wilt  thou  lay  down  thy 
life  for  me?  Amen,  amen  I  say  to  thee,  the  cock 
shall  not  crow,  till  thou  deny  me  thrice. 

CHAP  XIV. 

Christ's  discourse  after  his  last  supper. 

ET  not  your  heart  be  troubled.  You  believe  in 
■*-*   God  ;  believe  also  in  me. 

2  In  my  Father's  house  there  are  many  mansions. 
If  not,  I  would  have  told  you;  because  I  go  to  pre 
pare  a  place  for  you. 

3  And  if  I  shall  go,  and  prepare  a  place  lor  you- 
I  will  come  again,  and  will  take  you  to  myself; 
that  where  1  am,  you  also  may  be. 

4  And  whither  I  go  you  know,  and  the  way  you 
know. 

5  Thomas  saith  to  him:  Lord,  we  know  not 
whither  thou  goest;  and  how  can  we  know  tho 
way  ? 

6  Jesus  saith  to  him :  1  am  the  way,  and  the 


would  not  hinder  or  resist  what  he  was  about,  do  it  as  soon  as  he  pleav 
ed :  but  was  both  ready  and  desirous  to  suffer  for  our  redemption. 

93 


ST.   .1' 'UN- 


truth,  and  dv  litv.    No  in  in  coneth  to  the  Father, 

l»llt  hv   me. 

7  It  v.. ii  had  known  me,  you  would suieh  hare 
known  nrj  Father  also:  and  froon  henceforth  you 
shall  know  turn:  and  you  have  seen  him. 

th  to  him:  Lord,  show  us  the  Father, 
and  it  i>  enough  for  n-. 

mi>  saith  to  him:  Have  I  heen  so  Ion-  a  time 
with  von;  and  have  you  not  known  ne?  Philip.  In 
that  seeth  ii  'In  r  also.      How   say  est 

thou.  Show  us  the  Fathi 

h>  I).,  you  not  believe,  thai  I  am  in  the  Father, 
and  the  Father  in  me?  The  words  that  I  speak  to 
you.  1  ->|Mik  not  of"  nrysetf.  Mm  the  Father  who 
abideth  in  mc,  he  doeth  the  works. 

11  Believe  you  not  that  I  am  in  the  Father,  and 
tin-  Father  in  me  ? 

1  J  Otherwise,  believe  lor  the  works  themselves. 
Aiiitn.  amen  I  saj  tovou,  be  that  believeth  in  me, 
the  work>  that  1  do,  he  shall  do  also,  and  greater 
than  these  shall  be  do:  because  1  go  to  the  Father. 

1 . '.  \nd  whatsoever  you  shall  ask  the  Father  in 
my  name,  that  will  I  do:  that  the  Father  may  be 
glorific  I  in  the  Son. 

I V  It  you  shall  ask  me  anj  thug  ia  my  name, 
that  I  will  do. 

I  ">  If  you  lore  mc.  keep  my  rxanmandmenta. 

16  And  I  will  ;isk  the  Father,  and  he  shall  give 
you  another  Paraclete,*  that  he  may  abide  with  you 

for  •  \ •r.f 

17  I       Spirit  of  truth,  whom  the  world  cannot 

ill    him    not,   nor   knowith 
him  :    hut    you    shall   know  him  ;   because  h«'  shall 
w  nli  you,  and  shall  be  in  you. 
I  will  not  leave   you  orphans:  I  will  eoinr  to 

19    ^  •  '  a  little  while  :  and  the  world  Seeth  DM  no 

more.    Hm  tuse  I   live,  and  you 

In  that  i  shall  know  that  I  am  in  my 

!•  r.  and  TOD  in  mr,  and  I  in  you. 

Jl  II.  ih  it  hath  my  commandments,  and  keepeth 

(hem:  he  it  is  thai  loveth  me.   And  he  thai  loveth  me, 

ill  Im-  loved  bj   my  Pother:  and  I  will  love  him, 

and  will  manifest  myself  to  him. 

I  nth    to  him.  not  tli«    [acsriot  :  Lord. 

it  that  thou  wilt  manifest  thy*  If  to  u>.  and 
not  to  the  world  ' 

J'.  Jesus  answered,  and  said  to  him:  Ifanj  one 
love  in--,  be  will  keep  m\  word  :  and  ins  Father 
will  love  him.  and  we  will  come  to  him,  and  will 
make  an  abode  vv  it h  him  : 

He  thai  loveth  me  not,  k< .  p.-tli  not  my  words. 


•  tnrtUl-  aim    an    adrnratr  ;  it 

(i  hi  in-Mnnr  OT»,»i'  -.  ->xv\  plrail.  f 

r  For  .t.     Hmi  ii  i,  mdcAttbat  I hi«  Spirit  of  truth  » 
ly  piiwiBil  to  Ik*  patwm*  of  tbe  apotllm,  but  abw  to  Un 


irwi^iill  a*  at  i.  prmniml  to  the 

n*le*  and  thaw  tmccamutt.  oeriK-uUrly.  in  oixter  to  Inch  them  ail 
»th.  and  in  pmrrrp  Ihrm  frtwn  rrror. 


trwtti.  and  to  prtmrrrr  Ihrtn  fnwn  ermr. 

I  F~  Ikt  FmHtr  ttrr'1rrlk»m  I       U  n  mridVftt 
'  >  W«  of  tumavir,  at  be  w  o>a4«  mat 


boh  nj'ial  i.j 


And  the  word  which  you  ha\e  heard  is  not  mine; 
but  the  Father's  w  ho  gem  me. 

flu  s,  things  have  I  s|K>ken  to  you,  r»  maining 
w  ith  you. 

8  But  the  Paraclete,  the  Hob  Ghott,wboaa  the 

Father    Will  send   in  my  name,  he  will    tearh  you 

all   things,!  sod  bring  all   thtaga  to  your  mind, 

whatsoever  I  shall  have  said  to  you. 

11  Peace  I  leave  with  you.  my  peace  I  &ive  to 
you  :  not  as  the  world  giveth,  do  I  give  to  vim.  Let 
not  your  heart  be  troubled,  nor  let  it  be  afraid. 

You  have  heard  that  I  said  to  you:  Igoawsj, 

and  I  come  Bgain  tO  you.  If  you  loved  me.  you 
would  indeed  be  glad,  because  I  no  to  the  Father: 
for  the  Father  is  greater  than  l.§ 

29  And  now  1  have  told  you  before  it  come  to 
pass,  that  when  it  shall  come  to  pass,  you  may 
believe. 

30  Now  I  will  not  speak  many  things  with  you. 
For  the  prince  of  this  world  cometli;  and  in  me  he 
hath  not  any  thing. 

31  But  that  the  world  may  know  that  I  love  the 
Father,  and  as  the  Father  hath  given  DM  command- 
ment, so  I  do.     Arise,  let  us  gp  hence. 

chap.  xv. 

A  continuation  of  ChritCs  discount  to  hit  ditriplrt, 

T  AM   the  true   vine:   and   my   Father  is  the  hus- 
-*-  liandman. 

2  Ever)  branch  in  mc.  that  bearcth  not  fruit,  he 
will  take  away  :  and  every  one  that  heareth  fruit, 
he  will  purge  it,  thai  it  may  bring  forth  more  fruit. 

3  Now  you  are  clean  by  reason  of  the  word, 
Which  I  have  spoken  to  you. 

4  Remain  in  me.  and  I  in  you.     As  the  branch 
cannot  hear  fruit  of  itself,  unless  it  abide  in  the  viae 
so  neither  can  you,  unless  you  abide  in  inc. 

5  I  am  the  vine;  you  the  branches:  he  that 
abideth  in  mc  and  I  in  him,  the  same  I k  ;u i  l II. nun  Ii 
fruit :  for  without  mt  you<?an  do  nothing. 

6  If  any  one  remained)  not  in  me,  he  shall  U- 
cast  forth  as  a  branch,  and  shall  wither,  and  they 
shall  gather  him  up,  mid  cast  him  into  the  lire;  and 
he  burnetii. 

7  If  you  remain  in  me,  and  my  words  remain  in 
you:  you   shall  ask  whatever you  will,  and  it  shall 

lie  done  tO  you. 

8  In  this  is  my  Father  glorified,  thai  you  bring 
forth  very  much  fruit,  and  become  my  disciples. 

9  As  the  father  bath  loved  me,  I  also  have  loved 
you.     Remain  in  my  love. 

Id  It  you  keep  my  commandments,  you  will 


tin1  Kathrr  \     .  iliiTirullv  nfiimlrrManitinjf 

I  inn 
•tmacca  of  th*  text  ben  •  i-t  bcinff  at  iln»  tunc 

•bortly  to.uftVr  death,  'iffm'  •  .1  la  hi>  apostln  bit  human  nutnrr  hy 
•  !>«•«'■  !  riot  ilii" :    \nd  therefore,  at  ha 

w»«  both  f.nd  ai 
he  m* 

hi  J  now  /  knrt  toU  jm»  htfort  ii  cvmt  to  pajt ,   tk*t 
trim  U  tkmtt  mw  to  fat*,  yM>  nay  Mm 


CHAI\  XVI. 


main  in  my  love ;  as  I  also  have  kept  my  Father's 
commandments,  and  do  remain  in  his  love. 

11  These  things  I  have  spoken  to  you  :  that  my 
joy  may  he  in  you,  and  your  joy  may  he  filled. 

12  This  is  my  commandment,  that  you  love  one 
another,  as  I  have  loved  you. 

13  Greater  love  than  this  no  man  hath,  that  a 
man  lav  down  his  life  for  his  friends. 

14  Von  are  my  friends,  if  you  do  the  things  that 
I  command  you. 

15  I  will  not  now  call  you  servants:  for  the  ser- 
vant kuoweth  not  what  his  lord  doeth.  But  1  have 
called  you  friends;  because  all  things  whatsoever 
I  have  heard  from  my  Father,  I  have  made  known 
to  you. 

16  You  have  not  chosen  me :  but  I  have  chosen 
you,  and  have  appointed  you,  that  you  should  go, 
and  should  bring  forth  fruit,  and  your  fruit  should 
remain ;  that  whatsoever  you  shall  ask  of  the  Fa- 
ther in  my  name,  he  may  give  it  you. 

17  These  things  I  command  you,  that  you  love 
one  another. 

18  If  the  world  hate  you;  know  ye  that  it  hate- 1 
me  before  you. 

19  If  you  had  been  of  the  world,  the  world  would 
love  its  own:  but  because  you  are  not  of  the  world, 
but  I  have  chosen  you  out  of  the  world,  therefore 
the  world  hateth  you. 

20  Remember  my  word  that  I  said  to  you :  The 
servant  is  not  greater  than  his  lord.     If  they  have 

Cersecuted  me,  they  will  also  persecute  you :  if  they 
ave  kept  my  word,  they  will  keep  yours  also. 

21  But  all  these  things  they  will  do  to  you  for 
-my  name's  sake :  because  they  know  not  him  that 
sent  me. 

22  If  I  had  not  come,  and  spoken  to  them,  they 
would  not  have  sin*  but  now  they  have  no  excuse 
for  their  sin. 

23  He  that  hateth  me,  hateth  my  Father  ;>lso. 

24  If  I  had  not  done  among  them  the  works  that 
no  other  man  hath  done,  they  would  not  have  sin  : 
but  now  they  have  both  seen  and  hated  both  me 
and  my  Father. 

25  But  that  the  word  may  be  fulfilled  which  is 
written  in  their  law :  They  have  hated  me  without 
cause. 

26  But  when  the  Paraclete  shall  come,  whom  I 
will  send*  you  from  the  Father,  the  Spirit  of  truth, 
who  proceedeth  from  the  Father,  he  snail  give  tes- 
timony of  me : 

27  And  you  shall  give  testimony,  because  you  are 
with  me  from  the  beginning. 

CHAP.   XVI. 

The  conclusion  of  Christ's  last  discourse  to  his  disciples. 

7 PHESE  things  have  I  spoken  to  you,  that  you 
-*-    may  not  be  scandalized. 

*  Whom  I  will  stnd.  Thisf  proves,  against  the  modern  Greeks, 
that  the  Holy  Ghost  prof  eed'eth  from  the  Son,  as  well  as  from  the 
Father:   otherwise  he  could  not  be  *cnt  l>v   the  Son. 

f  He  Kill  conrince  the  world  of  sin,  &,-c.  The  Holy  Ghost.  bv  his 
coming,  brought  over  man)-  thousands,  1st,   to  a  tease  of  their  siu  ia 


2  They  will  put  you  out  of  the  synagogues :  yea. 
the  hour  cometh,  that  whosoever  killeth  you,  will 
think  that  he  doeth  a  service  to  God. 

3  And  these  things  will  they  do  to  you,  because 
they  have  not  known  the  Father,  nor  me. 

4  But  these  things  I  have  told  you  ;  that  when 
the  hour  of  them  shall  come,  you  may  remember 
that  1  told  you. 

5  But  I  told  you  not  these  things  from  the  begin- 
ning, because  I  was  with  you:  and  now  I  go  to  him 
that  sent  me :  and  none  of  you  asketh  me :  Whither 
goest  thou  ? 

6  But  because  I  have  spoken  these  things  to  you, 
sorrow  hath  filled  your  heart. 

7  But  I  tell  you  the  truth  :  it  is  expedient  for  you 
that  I  go:  for  if  I  go  not,  the  Paraclete  will  not 
come  to  you  :  but  if  l  go,  I  will  send  him  to  you. 

8  And  when  he  shall  come,  he  will  convince  the 
world  of  sin,  and  of  justice,  and  of  judgment. f 

9  Of  sin  indeed ;  because  they  have  not  believed 
in  me. 

10  And  of  justice;  because  I  go  to  the  Father, 
and  you  shall  see  me  no  longer  : 

11  And  of  judgment;  because  the  prince  of  this 
world  is  already  judged. 

12  1  have  yet  many  things  to  say  to  you :  but  you 
cannot  bear  them  now. 

13  But  when  he,  the  Spirit  of  truth,  shall  come, 
he  will  teach  you  all  truth;!  for  he  shall  not  speak 
of  himself:  but  what  things  soever  he  shall  hear, 
he  shall  speak  :  and  the  things  that  are  to  come,  he 
will  show  you. 

14  He  shall  glorify  me ;  because  he  shall  receive 
of  mine,  and  will  declare  it  to  you. 

15  All  things  whatsoever  the  Father  h;  th,  are 
mine.  Therefore  I  said,  that  he  shall  receive  of 
mine,  and  will  declare  it  to  you. 

16  A  little  while,  and  now  you  shall  not  see  me: 
and  again  a  little  while,  and  you  shall  see  me:  be- 
cause I  go  to  the  Father. 

17  Then  some  of  his  disciples  said  one  to  ano- 
ther: What  is  this  that  he  saith  to  us:  A  little  while, 
and  you  shall  not  see  m<?:  and  again  a  little  while, 
and  you  shall  see  me :  and  because  I  go  to  the  Fa- 
thei  ? 

18  They  said,  therefore:  What  is  this  that  he 
saith,  A  little  while?  we  know  not  what  he  speakeih. 

19  And  Jesus  knew  that  they  Mere  desirous  to 
ask  him  :  and  he  said  to  them  :  Of  this  do  you  in- 
quire among  yourselves,  because  I  said  :  A  little 
while,  and  you  shall  not  see  me:  and  again  a  little 
while,  and  vou  shall  see  me. 

20  Amen,  amen  I  say  to  you,  that  you  shall  la- 
ment and  weep;  but  the  world  shall  rejoice:  and 
you  shall  be  sorrowful;  but  your  sorrow  shall  be 
turned  into  joy. 

21  A  woman  when  she  is  in  labour,  hath  sor- 
row, because  her  hour  is  come  :  but  when  she  hath 


not  believing  in  Christ.  2dlv.  to  a  conviction  of  the  justice  of  Christ, 
now  sit  ting- at  ,lir  ri-1,f  hand  of  his  Father.  And  3dly,  to  a  right 
apprehension  of  the  judgment  prepared  for  them  that  choose  to  follow 
Satan,  who  is  already  judged  and  condemned. 

t  WUX  teach  uou  all  truth.     See  the  annotation  on  chap  xiv.  26 

95 


brought  forth  ihe  chikl,  she  rememl>ereih  no  more 
the  anguish,  for  j«>>  thai  .1  man  is  bora  into  tin 
world. 

So  also  von  now .  indeed,  have  sorrow,  but  I 
will  »e«  v>n  again,  and  your  heart  shall  rejoice: 
and  v our  joy  no  man  shall  take  from  vou. 

23  And   in   tli.it   dav    you   shall   not  ask  me  any 

thin  'ii.  iimcn  f  say  t<»  poo:  If  yon  ask  the 

icr  am  tiling  in  my  name,  be  will  give  it  \ou. 

JV  Hitherto  yon  h.i\ *-  not  asked  anj  thins  in  my 

\>k.  and  yon  shall  receive;    that  your  joy 


may  he  full. 

I'liix- thinss  h  i\i  I  spoken  to  you  in  proverbs. 

Tin-  hour  eometh   w  Inn    I    will   nore    >|K-ak   to 

ii  in  proverbs,  buff  will  show  you  plainly  of  the 
ather. 

In  that  day    von  shall  ask  in  my  BUMS    and 

I  vn  not  to  von.  that  1  will  ask  the  Father  for  you: 
For  the  rather  himself  loveth  vou:  because 
i  have  loved  me,  and  hav.-  believed  that  1  came 
forth  from  (Jod. 

ne  forth  from  the  Father,  and  am  come 
into  tin-  world:  again  I  leave  the  world, and  I  goto 

the  Father. 

I  s  disciples  say  to  him:  Behold,  now  thoti 
imM  plainly,  and  speakest  no  proverb. 

a  we  know  that  thou  k  no  west  all  things, 
and  that  for  thee  it  is  not  needful  that  any  man  ask 
i  this  we  believe  thai  thou  earnest  forth 
i  ( Jod. 

'-I  iswered  them:  Now  do  you  believe? 

Behold,  the  hour  eotneth,  and  is  now  come. 
that  VOU  shall  !«•  disiMTsed  every  man  to  his  own. 
and  shall  have  me  alone:  and  yet  1  am  not  alone: 
.is.-  tin  Father  is  with  me. 
S3  These  things  have  I  sj.oken  to  vou,  that  in 
me  von  mav  have  peace*  In  the  world  von  shall 
have  distr-ss  :  lint  have  confidence  ;  I  have  over- 
come the  World. 

CHAP.    Mil. 

CHriti't  praprr  fnr  hi*  Hi$cit>lri. 

r|MIF.SF.  things  Jesns  spoke  :   and  lifting  up  his 
-i-     eves  to  heaven,  he  said  I    Father,  the  hour  is 

come;  glorify  ihj  Sob,  thai  thy  Soo  mav  glorifV  thee. 
2  As  thou  bast  given  him  power  over  all  Beth, 

that   he   mav  sivr  life  everlasting  to  all  whom  thou 
hast  given  him. 

sad  tin-  Hasting;   that   thev   mav 

know   thee,    the  oidv  Hue  God,   and  Jesus  Christ, 
whom  thou  hast  sent. 

4    I   have  glorified  thee  ii|M>n  tin-  earth  :   I  have 
Wished  I  he  work  which  thou  gavrsi  me  to  do: 

\nd  now  glorify  thou  me,  <>  Father,  with 
thyself,  with  the  dory  which  I  had  with  tine,  befon 
the  world  was. 

have  manifested  thy  name  to  the  men  whom 
thou  baH  given  me  out  off  the  world.  Thine  thev 
WON  :  and  to  me  thou  gaveat  them :  and  thev  have 
kept  thv  word. 

thev    have   known  that  all  things  which 
thou  hast  given  BM  are  from  tip 


ST   JOHN. 

8  Because  the  words  which  tho  il  mr,  . 

have  ijvea  to  them:  and  thev  have  received  them, 
and  have  known  for  certain  that  1  came  forth  from 
theej    and  they    have  believed  that  thou  didst  send 

tile. 

9  1  Bray  for  tin  in  :  I  pray  not  for  the  world,  hut 
for  them  whom  thou  hast  given  me;  Ik  cause  they 
are  thine: 

10  And  all  mine  arc  thine;  and  thine  are  mine: 
and  1  am  glorified  in  them. 

11  And  now  I  am  no  more  in  the  world:  and 
these  are  in  the  world,  and  1  come   to  thee.     Holy 


Father,  keen  them  in  thy  name,  whom  thou  hast 
given  me:  that  thev   mav   be  one,  as  we  also 

12  While  I  was  with  them  1  kept  them  in  thy 
name.  Those  whom  thou  gavest  me  I  have  kept: 
and  none  of  them  hath  perished,  <  \ceiit  the  sou  of 
perdition,  that  the  scripture  may   Ik.-  fulfilled. 

13  And  now  1  come  to  thee:  and  these  things  1 
speak  in  the  world,  that  they  may  have  mv  joy 
filled  in   themsetvi  -. 

14  I  have  given  them  thy  word:  and  the  world 
hath  hated  them,  because  thev  are  not  of  the  w  orld  : 
as  I  also  am  not  of  the  world. 

I")  I  do  not  ask  that  thou  take  them  away  otu 
of  the  world,  but  that  thou  preserve  them  from  evil. 

16  Tlnv  are  not  of  the  world:  as  I  also  am  not 
of  the  world. 

17  Sanctify  them  in  truth.   Thy  word  is  truth. 

18  As  thou  hast  sent  me  into  the  world,  I  also 
have  sent  them  into  the  world. 

19  And  for  them  I  do  sanctify  myself;  that  thev 

also  mav  be  sanctified  in  truth. 

20  And  not  for  them  only  do  I  |>ray.  but  lor 
those  also  who  through  their  word  shall  believe 
in  me : 

21  That  they  all  may  be  one.  as  thou.  Father, 
in  me.  anil  I  in  thee,  that  the)  also  may  be  one  in  it- : 
that  the  world  may   believe  that  thou  hast  scut  me. 

.'  And  the  glory  which  thou  hast  given  me.  I 
have  given  to  them;  that  they  may  be  one.  as  we 
also  are  one. 

23  I  in  them,  and  thou  in  me;  that  thev  may  be 
made  perfect  in  one  :  and  that  the  world  may  know- 
that  thou  hast  sent  me.  and  hast  loved  them,  as  thou 
hast  also  loved  me. 

1\  Father.  1  will  that  where  I  am,  thev  also 
whom  thon  hast  given  me,  may  be  with  m<-  :  that 
thev  mav  see  my  dory,  which  thon  hast  given  me: 
because  thou  hast  loved  me  before  the  foundation 
of  the  world. 

25  Just  Father,  the  world  hath  not  known  thee: 
but  1  have  known  thee  :  and  these  have  known,  that 
thou  hast  sent  me. 

26  And  I  have  made  known  thy  name  to  them, 
and  will  make  it  known:  that  the  love  wherewith 
thou  hast  loved  me,  may  tie  in  them,  and  I  in  them. 

CHAP.  XVIII. 

TV  history  nf  (Mr  paninnn  of  Chrirt. 

\V""'  us   had   said   these  things,  he  went 

"    forth  with  his  disciple ■  ova   the   brook  Ce- 


CHAP.  XVIII. 


dron,  where  there  was  a  garden,  into  which  he  en- 
tered with  his  disciples. 

2  Now  Judas  also,  who  het rayed  him,  knew  the 
place:  because  Jesus  had  often  resorted  thither  to- 
gether with  his  disciples. 

3  Judas,  therefore,  having  received  a  band  of 
vicn,  and  servants,  from  the  chief  priests  and  the 
Pharisees,  cometh  thither  with  lanterns  and  torches 
and  weapons. 

4  Jesus,  therefore,  knowing  all  things  that  were 
to  come  upon  him,  went  forward,  and  said  to  them  : 
Whom  seek  ye  ? 

5  They  answered  him :  Jesus  of  Nazareth.  Jesus 
siiith  to  them  :  I  am  he.  And  Judas,  also,  who  be- 
trayed him,  stood  with  them. 

6  As  soon  then  as  he  had  said  to  them  :  I  am  he  : 
they  went  backward,  and  fell  to  the  ground. 

7  Again  therefore  he  asked  them:  Whom  seek 
ye  ?  And  they  said :  Jesus  of  Nazareth. 

8  Jesus  answered,  I  have  told  you,  that  I  am 
he:  if,  therefore,  you  seek  me,  let  these  go  their 
way: 

9  That  the  word  might  be  fulfilled  which  he 
said :  Of  them  whom  thou  hast  given  me,  I  have 
not  lost  any  one. 

10  Then  Simon  Peter,  having  a  sword,  drew  it; 
and  struck  the  servant  of  the  high-priest ;  and  cut 
off  his  right  ear.  And  the  name  of  the  servant  was 
Malchus. 

1 1  Then  Jesus  said  to  Peter  :  Put  up  thy  sword 
into  the  scabbard.  The  chalice  which  my  Father 
hath  given  me,  shall  I  not  drink  it  ? 

12  Then  the  band,  and  the  tribune,  and  the  ser- 
vants of  the  Jews,  took  Jesus,  and  bound  him: 

13  And  they  led  him  away  to  Annas  first;  for  he 
was  father-in-law  to  Caiphas,  who  was  the  high- 
priest  of  that  year. 

14  Now  Caiphas  was  he,  who  had  given  the 
counsel  to  the  Jews,  that  it  was  expedient  that  one 
man  should  die  for  the  people. 

15  And  Simon  Peter  followed  Jesus;  and  so  did 
another  disciple.  And  that  disciple  was  known  to 
the  high-priest,  and  went  in  with  Jesus  into  the 
court  of  the  high-priest. 

16  But  Peter  stood  at  the  door  without.  Then 
the  other  disciple  who  was  known  to  the  high-priest, 
went  out,  and  spoke  to  the  portress,  and  brought 
in  Peter. 

17  And  the  maid  that  was  portress  said  to  Peter: 
Art  not  thou  also  one  of  this  man's  disciples  ? .  He 
saith  :  I  am  not. 

18  Now  the  servants  and  officers  stood  at  a  fire 
of  coals,  because  it  was  cold,  and  warmed  them- 
selves :  and  with  them  was  Peter  also  standing, 
and  warmed  himself. 

19  The  high-priest  then  asked  Jesus  of  his  dis- 
ciples, and  of  his  doctrine. 

20  Jesus  answered  him :  I  have  spoken  open- 
ly to  the  world :  I  have  always  taught  in  the 
synagogue,  and  in  the  temple,  whither  all  the 
Jews  resort :  and  in  private  I  have  spoken  no- 
thing. 

21  Why  askest  thou  me  ?  ask  them  who  have 


heard  what  I  have  spoken  to  them :  behold,  they 
know  what  things  I  nave  said. 

22  And  when  he  had  said  these  things,  one  of 
the  officers  standing  by  gave  Jesus  a  blow,  saying : 
Answerest  thou  the  high-priest  so  ? 

23  Jesus  answered  him :  If  I  have  spoken  ill, 
give  testimony  of  the  evil :  but  if  well,  why  strikest 
thou  me  ? 

24  And  Annas  sent  him  bound  to  Caiphas  the 
high-priest. 

25  And  Simon  Peter  was  standing,  and  warm- 
ing himself.  They  said,  therefore,  to  him:  Art 
not  thou  also  one  of  his  disciples  ?  He  denied  it, 
and  said  :  I  am  not. 

26  One  of  the  servants  of  the  high-priest,  a  kins- 
man to  him  whose  ear  Peter  cut  off,  saith  to  him : 
Did  not  I  see  thee  in  the  garden  with  him  ? 

27  Then  Peter  again  denied :  and  immediately 
the  cock  crew. 

28  Then  they  led  Jesus  from  Caiphas  to  the 
governor's  hall.  And  it  was  morning :  and  they 
went  not  into  the  hall,  that  they  might  not  be  de- 
filed, but  that  they  might  eat  the  pasch. 

29  Pilate,  therefore,  went  out  to  them,  and  said  : 
What  accusation  bring  you  against  this  man  ? 

30  They  answered,  and  said  to  him :  If  he  were 
not  a  malefactor,  we  would  not  have  delivered  him 
up  to  thee. 

31  Pilate  then  said  to  them  :  Take  him  you, 
and  judge  him  according  to  your  law.  The  Jews 
therefore  said  to  him  :  It  is  not  lawful  for  us  to  put 
any  one  to  death  : 

32  That  the  word  of  Jesus  might  be  fulfilled, 
which  he  said,  signifying  what  death  he  should 
die. 

33  Pilate,  therefore,  went  into  the  hall  again, 
and  called  Jesus,  and  said  to  him :  Art  thou  the 
king  of  the  Jews  ? 

34  Jesus  answered :  Sayest  thou  this  thing  of 
thyself,  or  have  others  told  it  thee  of  me  ? 

35  Pilate  answered  :  Am  I  a  Jew  ?  Thy  nation 
and  the  chief  priests  have  delivered  thee  up  to  me  : 
what  hast  thou  done? 

36  Jesus  answered  :  My  kingdom  is  not  of  this 
world.  If  my  kingdom  were  of  this  world,  my  ser- 
vants would  certainly  strive  that  I  should  not  be 
delivered  to  the  Jews :  but  now  my  kingdom  is 
not  from  hence. 

37  Pilate,  therefore,  said  to  him :  Art  thou  a  king, 
then  ?  Jesus  answered :  Thou  sayest  that  I  am  a 
king.  For  this  was  I  born,  and  for  this  came  I 
into  the  world ;  that  I  should  give  testimony  to 
the  truth :  every  one  that  is  of  the  truth  heareth 
my  voice. 

38  Pilate  saith  to  him:  What  is  truth?  And  when 
he  had  said  this,  he  went  forth  again  to  the  Jews; 
and  saith  to  them :  I  find  no  cause  in  him. 

39  But  you  have  a  custom  that  I  should  release 
one  unto  you  at  the  pasch:  will  yon,  therefore,  that 
I  release  unto  you  the  king  of  the  Jews  ? 

40  Then  they  all  cried  again,  saying :  Not  thir. 
man,  but  Barabbas.     And  Barabbas  was  a  rob 
ber. 

97 


ST.  JOHN. 


T 


CHAP.   MX. 

7V  continuation  of  the  kutory  of  Ike  pattion  of  Chritt. 

HEN,  therefore,  Pilate  t«x.k  fewftaad  scourged 


him. 


2  And  the  soldiers,  platting  a  crown  of  thorns. 
put  it  upon  his  In  ad  :  and  about  him  tiny  put  a 
purple  garment. 

3  And  they  MM  to  him.  and  I  iid  :  Hail,  king 
of  the  Jews:  and  tlr  htm  blows. 

\  Pilate,  therefore,  went  forth  again,  and  saith 
to  them:  Behold.  I  bring  him  forth  to  \<>u,  that  you 
mav  know   that  1  find  no  MM  in  him. 

■ne  forth,  hearing  the  crown  of 
thorns,  and  the  purple  garment.)  And  he  saith  to 
them  :    Behold  the  man. 

<1    When  the  chief  priests,  therefore.  ;u„|  the  ofll- 
« •  rs  had  MM  him,  ihej  cried  out,  saying:    (rucifv 
him,  erocif]   him.     Pilate  saith  to  them:  Take  him 
I  crucify  him  :   for  I  fmd  no  cause  in  him. 

7  The  Jew*  answered  him:  We  have  a  law: 

and  aceordim:  to  the  law  he  oudit  to  die;  hecaOSC 
he  made  himself  the  Son  of  God. 

R  hen  Pilate,  therefore,  had  heart!  this  Hying, 
he  feared  the  more. 

\nd  he  entered  into  the  hall  again:  and  be 
mid  to  Jeans  :  \\  hence  art  thou  ?    Hut  Jesus  gat  i 
I. mi  no  answer. 

ID  1'ilale  therefore  saith  to  him:  Speakest  thou 
not  tn  nil  '  know  est  thou  not  that  I  ha\e  power  to 
crucify  thee,  and  I  have  power  to  release  thee. 

II  Jesus  answered:  Thou  shouldst  not  have 
am   power  against   me,   unless   it   were    given   tine 

(roan  above.     Then  lore,  he  that  hath  delivered  me 

to  thee  hath  the  greater  sin. 

I J  And  from  thenceforth  Pilate  sought  to  release 

him.     Put  the  Jews  cried  oui.  saying:  If  thou  re- 
al  this    man,  thou  art   not   Ctcsar's   friend:   for 

w  Iiosocm  r  maketh  himself  a  kin::,  speakelh  against 

16    Now    when  Pilate  had  heard  tin M  words,  he 

brought  Jesus  forth;  and  sat  down  in  the  judgment- 
s.  it.  in  the  place  thai  is  railed  Lkhoatroaos, and  in 
lit  linw  ( labbatha. 

1 1  And  it  was  the  n  the  pasch,*  about 

the  sixth  hour  :   and  in-  saith  to  the  Jews:   Pehold 

\niir  kia 

16  Put  tiny  cried  out  :  \vvav  with  him,  avvav 
with  him:  erueit\  hiui.  Pilate  s.iith  to  them:  Shall 
I  ■  rui-ifv  \our  ki  _  Hie  chief  priests  answered  : 
W  -  m  king  hut  (  as;ir. 

16  I  Inn.   therefore,    he   delivered    him    to   them 
••  Crucified.     And  the\  took  Jesus,  and  led  him 

forth. 

17  And  lustrine  his  imn  cross,  he  went  forth  to 
that  pMM  Which  is  called  Calvary,   but  in  Hebrew 

Where  thev  erinilied  him:    and  with  him  two 
others,  one  on  each  side,  ami  Jesus  in  the  midst. 
19     \ud   Pilate    wrote  a  title   also:   and   lie  put  it 


•  TV 


That  h,  tt*  .«»«•  before  Ike  paacha) 
bath  n,  called  the  wmm  or 


upon  the  cross.     And  the  writing  was,  Jksvjs  of 
\\/  m;i  in,  THE  Kim;  Of  tiik  Jews. 

20  This  title,  therefore,  many  ol  the  Jews  read: 
because  the  place  where  Jesus  was  crucified,  w;-s 
near  to  the  city:  anil  it  was  written  in  lit  brew,  in 
( ireek.  and  in  Latin. 

21  Then  the  chief  priests  of  the  Jews  said  lo 
Pilate:    Write  not,  the  king  of  the  J-ws-   hut  that 

ml,  I  am  the  king  of  the  Jews 
I    Pilate   answered:    What    1    have   written,    I 
have  written. 

23  Then  the  soldiers,  w  hen  they  had  crucified 
him,  took  his  garments  (and  they  made  lour  parts, 
to  every  soldier  a  part)  and  also  his  (cat.  Now 
the  coat  was  without  seam,  woven  from  the  top 
throughout. 

94  Tiny  nid  then  one  to  another  :  Let  us  not 
cut  if;  hut  lit  us  cast  lots  for  it  whose  it  shall  he; 
that  the  Scripture  might  he  fulfilled,  Saying:  They 
have  parted  my  garments  among  them  :  and  upon 
my  vesture  they  have  cast  lot.  And  the  soldiers, 
indeed,  did  these  things. 

26  Now  there  stood  by  the  cross  of  Jesus,  hi» 
mother,  and  his  mother's  sister,  Mary  of  (_  Icophas, 
and  .Man   .Magdalene. 

6  When  Jesus,  therefore,  saw-  his  mother  and 

the  disciple  standing,  whom  he  loved,  he  saith  to 
his  mother:    Woman,  behold  tlrV  son. 

27  After  that,  he  saith  to  the  disciple:  Heboid 
thy  mother.  And  from  that  hour  the  disciple  look 
her  to  bis  own. 

28  Afterwards  Jesus,  knowing  that  all  thines 
were  now  accomplished,  that  the  Scripture  might 
he  fulfilled,  said  :    1  thirst. 

29  Now  there  was  a  vessel  set  there,  full  of  Nine- 
gar.      Anil   they,  putting  a  sponge   full   of  vim 
about  hyssop,  offered  it  to  his  mouth. 

'  When  Jesus,  therefore,  had  taken  the  v  ine- 
nr,  he  said  :  It  is  consummated.  And  bowing  his 
bead,  he  cave  up  the  Ghent 

31  Then  the  Jews,  (because  it  was  the  parasccve) 
that  the  IkxI'ics  might  not  remain  upon  tin  cross  on 
the  sabbath-day.  (for  that  was  a  great  sahhalh-dav ) 
besought  Pilate  that  their  legs  might  be  brokt  n,  and 
that  thev  might  !*•  taken  nwa>. 

32  The  soldiers,  therefore,  earns:  aadthej  broke 

the  lees  of  the  first,  and  of  the  other  that  was  t  in- 
filled with  him. 

33  Hut  when  they  came  to  Jesus,  and  saw  that 
he  was  already  dead.  lluv  did  not  break  his  legti 

3V  Hut  one  of  the  soldiers  opened  his  side  with 
a  ■peer:  and  immediati  I)  there  came  out  blood 
and  water. 

35  And  he  that  saw  it,  gnu  testhnon)  :  and  his 
testimony  is  true.  Ami  he  knowith  that  he  saith 
true  :   that  \ou  also  may  believe. 

I   ir  these  things  were  done,  that  the  Scripture 
might  be  fulfilled:  ^  OU  shall  not  break  a  boueol  him 

•  '7  Ami  again  another  Scripture  saith:  l'ln  >  shall 
look  on  him  whom  they  pierced. 


f 


s< 


da»  of  preparation.     But  tint  wu  the  ere  of  a  high  sabbath,   via. 
that  wtucti  fell  id  the  paicbal  week. 


CHAP.   XX. 


38  And  after  these  things  Joseph  of  Arimathea 
(because  he  was  a  disciple  of  Jesus,  but  in  private, 
lor  fear  of  the  Jews)  besought  Pilate  that  he  might 
take  away  the  body  of  Jesus.  And  Pilate  permit- 
ted him.  He  came,  therefore,  and  took  away  the 
body  of  Jesus. 

39  And  Nicodemus  also  came :  he  who  at  first 
came  to  Jesus  by  night,  bringing  a  mixture  ol 
myrrh  and  aloes,  about  a  hundred  pounds. 

40  They  took,  therefore,  the  body  of  Jesus,  and 
bound  it  in  linen-cloths  with  the  spices,  as  it  is  the 
custom  with  the  Jews  to  bury. 

41  And  there  was,  in  the  place  where  he  was  cru- 
cified, a  garden  ;  and  in  the  garden  a  new  sepulchre, 
wherein  no  man  had  yet  been  laid. 

42  There,  therefore,  by  reason  of  the  parasceve 
of  the  Jews,  they  laid  Jesus,  because  the  sepulchre 
was  nigh  at  hand. 

CHAP.  XX. 

Christ's  resurrection,  and  manifestation  to  his  disciples. 

AND  on  the  first  day  of  the  week,  Mary  Magda- 
lene cometh  in  the  morning,  it  being  yet  dark, 
to  the  sepulchre :  and  she  saw  the  stone  taken 
away  from  the  sepulchre. 

2  She  ran,  therefore,  and  cometh  to  Simon  Peter, 
and  to  the  other  disciple  whom  Jesus  loved ;  and 
saith  to  them  :  They  have  taken  away  the  Lord  out 
of  the  sepulchre;  and  we  know  not  where  they 
have  laid  him. 

3  Peter,  therefore,  went  out,  and  that  other  dis- 
ciple ;  and  they  came  to  the  sepulchre. 

4  And  they  both  did  run  together:  and  that  other 
disciple  out-ran  Peter,  and  came  first  to  the  sepul- 
chre. 

5  And  when  he  stooped  down,  he  saw  the  linen- 
cloths  lying  :  but  yet  he  went  not  in. 

6  Then  cometh  Simon  Peter,  following  him,  and 
went  into  the  sepulchre,  and  saw  the  linen-cloths 
lying; 

7  And  the  napkin,  that  bad  been  about  his  head, 
not  lying  with  the  linen-cloths,  but  apart,  wrapt  up 
into  one  place. 

8  Then  that  other  disciple  also  went  in,  who 
came  first  to  the  sepulchre :  and  he  saw,  and  be- 
lieved. 

9  For  as  yet  they  knew  not  the  Scripture,  that  he 
must'rise  again  from  the  dead. 

10  So  the  disciples  went  away  again  to  their 
home. 

11  But  Mary  stood  without  at  the  sepulchre, 
weeping:  whilst  she  was  then  weeping,  she  stooped 
down,  and  looked  into  the  sepulchre  : 

12  And  she  saw  two  Angels  in  white,  sitting, 
one  at  the  head,  and  one  at  the  feet,  where  the  body 
of  Jesus  had  been  laid. 

13  They  say  to  her:  Woman,  why  weepest  thou? 


*  TKe  doors  wtrt  shttt.  The  same  power  which  could  bring'  Christ's 
whole  body,  entire  in  all  its  dimensions,  through  the  doors,  can,  with- 
out the  least  question,  make  the  same  body  really  present  in  the  sacra- 
wtui ,  though  both  the  one  and  the  other  be  above  our  comprehension. 


She  saith  to  them  .  Because  they  have  taken  away 
my  Lord,  and  1  know  not  where  they  have  laid  him. 

14  When  she  had  said  these  words,  she  turned 
herself  back,  and  saw  Jesus  standing  :  ami  she 
knew  not  that  it  was  Jesus. 

15  Jesus  saith  to  her :  Woman,  why  weepest 
thou?  whom  seekest  thou  ?  She,  thinking  that  it 
was  the  gardener,  saith  to  him  :  Sir,  if  thou  hast 
taken  him  away,  tell  me  where  thou  hast  laid  him  , 
and  I  will  take  him  away. 

16  Jesus  saith  to  her:  Mary.  She,  turning,  saith 
to  him  :  Rabboni  (that  is  to  say,  Master.) 

17  Jesus  saith  to  her :  do  not  touch  me  ;  for  1 
have  not  yet  ascended  to  my  Father:  but  go  to  my 
brethren  ;  and  say  to  them  :  I  ascend  to  my  Father 
and  to  your  Father,  to  my  God  and  your  God. 

18  Mary  Magdalene  cometh,  telling  the  disciples 

I  have  seen  the  Lord,  and  these  things  he  said  to 
me. 

19  Now  when  it  was  late  that  same  day,  being 
the  first  day  of  the  week,  and  the  doors  wen;  shut,* 
where  the  disciples  were  gathered  together,  for  fear 
of  the  Jews,  Jesus  came,  and  stood  in  the  midst, 
and  said  to  them  :   Peace  be  to  you. 

20  And  when  he  had  said  this,  he  showed  then 
his  hands,  and  his  side.  The  disciples,  therefore, 
were  glad,  when  they  saw  the  Lord. 

21  And  he  said  to  them  again  :  Peace  be  to  ycu. 
As  the  Father  hath  sent  me,  I  also  send  you. 

22  When  he  had  said  this,  he  breathed  on  them  . 
and  he  said  to  them :  Receive  ye  the  Ilolv  Ghost : 

23  Whose  sins  you  shall  forgive,  t  the)  are  for- 
given them:  and  whose  you  shall  retain,  they  are 
retained. 

24  Now  Thomas,  one  of  the  twelve,  who  is  called 
Didymus,  was  not  with  them  when  Jesus  came. 

25  The  other  disciples,  therefore,  said  to  him  : 
We  have  seen  the  Lord.  But  he  said  to  them  : 
Unless  I  shall  see  in  his  hands  the  print  of  the  nails, 
and  put  my  finger  into  the  place  of  the  nails,  and 
put  my  hand  into  his  side,  1  will  not  believe. 

26  And  after  eight  days,  his  disciples  were  again 
within,  and  Thomas  with  them.  Jesus  cometh, 
the  doors  being  shut,  and  stood  in  the  midst ;  and 
said  :  Peace  be  to  you. 

27  Then  he  saith  to  Thomas :  Put  in  thy  finger 
hither,  and  see  my  hands,  and  bring  hither  thy 
hand,  and  put  it  into  my  side:  and  be  not  incredu- 
lous, but  faithful. 

28  Thomas  answered,  and  said  to  him :  My 
Lord,  and  my  God. 

29  Jesus  saith  to  him  :  Because  thou  hast  seen 
me,  Thomas,  thou  hast  believed:  blessed  are  they 
that  have  not  seen,  and  have  believed. 

30  Many  other  signs  also  did  Jesus  in  tne  sight 
of  his  disciples,  which  are  not  written  in  this 
book. 

31  But  these  are  written,  that  you  may  believe 


t  Whose  sins,  fyc.  See  here  the  commission,  stamped  by  the  broad 
seal  of  heaven,  by  virtue  of  which  the  pastors  of  Christ's  church 
absolve  repenting-  sinners  upon  their  confession. 

99 


ST.  JOHN. 


that  Jesus  is  the  Christ,  the  Son  of  God:  and  thai 
uelieving,  you  may  have  life  hi  his  name. 

CHAP.  XM 

CJkrut  mmifrtli  himtrlf  to  hi*  Hitciplr*  &y  the  trn-tiHr ;  and 
gicr*  I'etrr  the  char  ft  o/  hit  tkrrp. 

AFTI.lt  this  Jesus  showed  himself  again  to  the 
(ii  it  tlie  sea  of  Tiberias.     And   he 

showed  himself  after  this  manner. 

I  Then  were  together  Simon  Peter,  and  Thomas 
vrbo  is  called  Didymus,  ami  Nathanael  wbowaa 
of  Cant  in  Galilee,  and  the  sou  of  Zcbedec,  and 
two  otben  of  his  disciples. 

Simon  Peter  saith  to  them:  I  go  a  fishing. 

Tin  \  vi\  to  him  :  We  also  eome  with  thee.  And 
(Ins  w  ■ut  forth,  ami  entered  into  I  ship:  and  that 
night  the)  caught  nothing. 

4  But  when  the  iiiornins  was  come,  Jesus  stood 
mi  die  short   :   \.  t  the  disciples  knew    not   that   it 

-lis. 

5  And  Jesus  said  to  them  :  Children,  have  you 
am  meat?  They  answered  him:  No. 

6  He  saith  to  them:  Cast  the  net  on  the  right 
side   of  the  ship;   and  you  shall  find.      They  cast 

therefore:  and  now  the]  were  not  able  to  draw  it 

lor  the  multitude  of  li-' 

7  That  disciple,  therefore,  whom  Jesus  loved, 
said  to  Peter:  It  is  the  Lord.  Simon  Peter,  whin 
lie  heard  that  it  was  the  Lord,  girded  his  coat 
about  him  (for  he  was  naked,)  and  east  himself 
into  the  sea. 

8  But  the  other  disciples  came  in  the  ship  (for 
they  were  not  far  from  the  land,  but  as  it  were  two 
hundred  cubits,)  drawing  the  net  with  fishes. 

9  As  soon,  then,  as  they  came  to  land,  they  saw 
hot  coals  lying,  and  ■  fish  laid  thereon,  and  bread. 

1"  Jesus  saith  to  them :  Bring  hither  ol  the  fishes 
which  you  bare  now  caught. 

II  Simon  Peter  went  up,  and  drew  the  net  to 
land,  full  of  gnat  Babe*,  one  hundred  and  fifty- 
three.     And  although  there  were  so  many,  the  net 

.-  not  broken. 

\1  Jimis  saith  to  them:  Come,  and  dine.  And 
none  of  tin  in  who  were  at  meat,  durst  ask  him: 
Who  art  thou  ?  knowing  that  it  was  the  Lord. 

I  I  \nd  .1.  siis  eometn  and  takcth  bread,  and 
givcth  them,  and  fish  in  like  manner. 


*  Tmi  wtf  (Am*.  Our  Lord  had  promiard  the  spiritual  ■uprrmarv  to 
■t  Prtari  St  JkML  xvi.  19;  ana  here  be  fulfil*  that  promt*,  by  cba'r&- 

too 


14  This  is  now  the  third  time  that  Jesm  was 
manifested  to  hisdisciples,  after  he  was  risen  from 
the  dead. 

15  When,  therefore,  they  had  dined,  Jesus  saith 
to  Simon  Peter:  Simon  son  of  John,  Ipvest  thou 
me  more  than  these;  1  le  saith  to  him  :  Via.  Lord, 
thou  knowest  that  1  love  thee.  He  saith  to  him  : 
Feed  mv  lambs. 

16  lie  saith  to  him  again:  Simon  SON  of  John, 
InMst  thou  me?  He  saith  to  him:  Yen,  Lord, 
thou  knowest  that  1  love  thee,  lie  saith  to  him  : 
Vv*(\  mv  lambs. 

17  Id- saith  to  him  the  third  time:  Simon  ton 
of  John,  forest  thou  me?  Peter  was  grieved,  be- 
cause be  said  to  him  the  third  time,  Lovest  thou 
me?  And  he  said  to  him:  Lord,  thou  knowest  nil 
things:  thou  knowest  that  I  love  thee.  He  said 
to  him:    Feed  my  sheep.* 

18  Amen,  amen  I  say  to  thee:  when  thou  wast 
younger,  thou  didst  gird  thyself,  and  didst  wnlk 
where  thou  wouldst :  but  when  thou  shall  he  old, 
thou  abaft  stretch  forth  thy  hands;  and  another 
shall  gird  thee,  and  lead  thee  whither  thou  wouldst 
not. 

19  And  this  he  said,  signifying  by  what  death 
lie  should  glorify  God.  And  when  he  had  said 
this,  he  saith  to  him  :  Follow  me. 

20  Peter  turning  about,  saw  that  disciple,  whom 
Jesus  loved,  following,  who  also  leaned  on  his 
breast  at  the  supper,  and  said :  Lord,  who  is  he 
that  shall  betray  tnee  ? 

21  Him,  therefore,  when  Peter  had  seen,  he  saith 
to  Jesus:  Lord,  and  what  shall  this  man  do? 

22  Jesus  saith  to  him:  So  I  will  have  him  to 
remain  till  I  come,  what  is  it  to  thee  ?  follow  thou 
mc. 

23  This  saving,  therefore,  went  abroad  among 
the  brethren,  that  that  disciple  dieth  not.     And  .1. 
sus  did  not  say  to  him:  tie  dieth  not:  but  so  1 
will  have  him  to  remain  till  1  come,  what   is  it  to 
thee  ? 

24  This  is  that  disciple  who  giteth  testimony  ot 
these  things,  and  hath  written  these  things:  and  We 
know  that  his  testimony  is  true 

23  But  there  are  also  many  other  things,  which 
Jesus  did:  which,  if  they  were  written  ererj  one, 
the  world  itself,  I  think,  would  not  be  able  to  con- 
tain the  books  that  should  be  written. 

inp  him  with  the  superintendency  of  all  his  sheep,  without  exception 
aud  consequently  of  hi*  whole  dock,  that  •»  of  his  whole  C  March. 


the 


ACTS  OF  THE  APOSTLES. 


This  Book,  which  from  the  first  ages  hath  been  called,  The 
Acts  of  the  Apostles,  is  not  to  be  considered  as  a  history 
of  what  was  done  by  all  the  Apostles,  who  were  dispersed  in- 
to different  nations;  but  only  a  short  view  of  the  first  esta- 
blishment of  the.  Christian  Church.  A  part  of  the  preaching 
and  actions  of  St.  Peter  are  related  in  the  twelve  first  chap- 
ters ;  and  a  particular  account  of  St.  Paul's  apostolical 
labours,  in  the  subsequent  chapters.  It  was  written  by  St. 
Luke  the  Evangelist,  and  the  original  in  Greek.  Its  history 
commences  from  the  Ascension  of  Christ  our  Lord,  and  ends 
in  the  year  sixty-three  ;  being  a  brief  account  of  the  Church, 
for  the  space  of  about  thirty  years. 

CHAP.  I. 

The  ascension  of  Christ.      Matthias  is  chosen  in   place   of 

Judas. 

THE  former  treatise  I  have  made,  O  Theophilus, 
of  all  things  which  Jesus  began  to  do  and  to  teach, 

2  Until  the  day  on  which,  giving  commands  by 
the  Holy  Ghost  to  the  apostles  whom  he  had 
chosen,  he  was  taken  up  : 

3  To  whom  also  he  showed  himself  alive,  after 
his  passion,  by  many  proofs  ;  for  forty  days  appear- 
ing to  them,  and  speaking  of  the  kingdom  of  God. 

4  And  eating  with  them,  he  commanded  them, 
that  they  should  not  depart  from  Jerusalem,  but 
should  wait  for  the  promise  of  the  Father,  which, 
you  have  heard  (saith  he)  by  my  mouth. 

5  For  John  indeed  baptized  with  water:  but 
you  shall  be  baptized  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  not 
many  days  hence. 

6  They,  therefore,  who  were  come  together,  ask- 
ed him,  saying:  Lord,  wilt  thou  at  this  time  restore 
again  the  kingdom  to  Israel  ? 

7  But  he  said  to  them  :  It  is  not  for  you  to 
know  the  times  or  moments,  which  the  Father 
hath  put  in  his  own  power. 

8  But  you  shall  receive  the  power  of  the  Holy 
Ghost  coming  upon  you,  and  you  shall  be  wit- 
nesses unto  me  in  Jerusalem,  and  in  all  Judea,  and 
Samaria,  and  even  to  the  uttermost  part  of  the  earth. 

9  And  when  he  had  said  these  things,  while 
they  looked  on,  he  was  raised  up :  and  a  cloud  re- 
ceived him  out  of  their  sight. 

10  And  whilst  they  were  beholding  him  going 
up  to  heaven,  behold,  two  men  stood  by  them,  in 
white  garments, 

1 1  Who  also  said  :  Ye  men  of  Galilee,  why  stand 
you  looking  up  to  heaven  ?  This  Jesus,  who  is 
taken  up  from  you  into  heaven,  so  shall  he  come  as 
you  have  seen  him  going  into  heaven. 

12  Then  they  returned  to  Jerusalem,  from  the 
mount  that  is  called  Olivet,  which  is  near  Jerusa- 
lem, within  a  sabbath-day's  journey. 

13  And  when  they  had  entered  in,  they  went  up 


into  an  upper  room,  where  there  remained  Peler 
and  John,  James  and  Andrew,  Philip  and  Thomas, 
Bartholomew  and  Matthew,  James  of  Alpheus, 
and  Simon  Zelotes,  and  Jude  of  James. 

14  All  these  were  persevering  with  one  mind  in 
prayer  with  the  women,  and  Mary  the  mother  of 
Jesus,  and  his  brethren. 

15  In  those  days  Peter  rising  up  in  the  midst 
of  the  brethren,  said  :  (Now  the  number  of  persons 
together  was  about  a  hundred  and  twenty.) 

16  Men,  brethren,  the  Scripture  must  be  ful- 
filled, which  the  Holy  Ghost  foretold  by  the 
mouth  of  David,  concerning  Judas,  who  was  the 
leader  of  them  that  apprehended  Jesus. 

17  Who  was  numbered  with  us,  and  had  ob- 
tained part  of  this  ministry. 

18  And  he  indeed  hath  possessed  a  field  of  the 
reward  of  iniquity  ;  and,  being  hanged,  burst  asun- 
der in  the  midst ;  and  all  his  bowels  gushed  out. 

19  And  it  became  known  to  all  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem :  so  that  the  same  field  is  called  in  their 
tongue,  Haceldama,  that  is,  The  field  of  blood. 

20  For  it  is  written  in  the  book  of  Psalms  :  Let 
their  habitation  become  desolate,  and  let  there  be  none 
to  dwell  therein:  and  let  another  take  his  bishopruk. 

21  Wherefore,  of  these  men  who  have  been  with 
us,  all  the  time  that  the  Lord  Jesus  came  in  and 
went  out  among  us, 

22  Beginning  from  the  baptism  of  John,  until  the 
day  wherein  he  was  taken  up  from  us,  one  of  these 
must  be  made  a  witness  with  us  of  his  resurrection. 

23  And  they  appointed  two,  Joseph,  called  Barsa- 
bas,  who  was  surnamed  Justus,  and  Matthias. 

24  And  praying,  they  said :  Thou,  O  Lord,  who 
knowest  the  hearts  of  all  men,  show  which  of  these 
two  thou  hast  chosen, 

25  To  take  the  place  of  this  ministry,  and  apos- 
tleship,  from  which  Judas  hath  by  transgression 
fallen, that  he  might  go  to  his  own  place. 

26  And  they  gave  them  lots;  and  the  lot  fell 
upon  Matthias :  and  he  was  numbered  with  the  eleven 
apostles. 

CHAP.  II. 

The  disciples  receive  the  Holy  Ghost.    Peter's  sermon  to  the  peo- 
ple.    The  piety  of  the  first  converts. 

AND  when  the  days  of  the  Pentecost  were  accom- 
plished, they  were  all  together  in  the  same  place: 

2  And  suddenly  there  came  a  sound  from  heaven, 
as  of  a  mighty  wind  coming  :  and  it  filled  the  whole 
house  where  they  were  sitting. 

3  And  there  appeared  to  them  cloven  tongues  as 
it  were  of  fire  :  and  it  sat  upon  each  of  them  : 

4  And  they  were  all  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost 

101 


THE  ACTS. 
and  the)  began  to  sneak  with  divers  tongut  s,  accord- 


is  the  1 1 » 1 1  %  Ghost  rave  them  to  speak. 
\Ow  there  were  dwelling  at  Jerusalem  Jews, 
devnui  men,  <>m  of  ev<  rj  nation  under  heaven. 

6  \nd  when  ibis  roii  <■  was  made,  the  multitude 
came  to  and  wat  confounded  in  mind,  be- 

ic  thai  every  mm  heard  them  speaking  in  hi>  »>w  n 
tiiniiii*-. 

\ik1  tiny  w.rc  all  amazed,  and  wondered, 

Behold,  are  not  all  these,  who  speak.  I 

\  i.i  how  have  w<'  every  one  heard  our  own 
ue  wherein  we  w.  re  born  ? 

.  and  Medes,  and  Elamites,  and  in- 
habitants of  M«  sopotainia,  Judea,  and  Cappadocia, 
I'ontus,  mid  Asia, 

Id  I'hryuia,  and  I'amphilia,  EgJ  rpt,  and  the  parts 
i    Lrbia about  Cyrene.  and  stniii^ors  of  Koine 

II  Jews  also,  and  proselytes,  Cretesand  Ara- 
bians; we  have  heard  them  speak  in  our  own 
loonies  tin-  wonderful  works  of  God. 

I .'  \ ml  they  were  all  astonished,  and  wondered, 
savin.:  one  to  another:  What  meaneth  tins? 

IS  But  otlnrs  mocking,  said:  These  nun  are 
full  of  new  wine. 

1 )  Hut  Peter,  standing  up,  with  the   eleven, 

lift-d  up  his  voice,  and  spoke  to  them:  Ve  men  of 
Judea,  and  all  you  that  dwell  in  Jerusalem,  he  this 
known   to    you,    and   with   your   ears   receive   my 

words. 

1")   Tor  these  are  not    drunk,  as    you  suppose, 

i  is  hut  the  third  hour  of  the  day  : 
Iti   But  this  is  that  whieh  was  spoken  of  by  the 
prophet  Jod  : 

17  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  in  the  last  days, 
(saith  the  Lord)  I  will  poor  out  of  my  spirit  upon  all 
Besh  :  and  your  sous  and  your  daughters  shall  pro- 
phesy, and  your  VOUng  men  shall  see  visions,  and 
\oiir  old  men  shall  dream  dreams. 

18  And  u|M>n  my  servants,  indeed,  and  upon  my 
handmaids,  will  I  pour  out  in  those  days  of  my  Spi- 
rit ;  and  tiny  shall  propbt 

I'd  \n<l  I  will  show  wonders  in  the  heaven  above, 
ami  s'mns  on  tin-  earth  beneath;  blood  and  tire,  and 
our  of  smoke. 

20  The  sun  shall  Im-  turned  into  darkness,  and 
the  moon  into  blood.  In-fore  the  -it.it  and  manifest 
I  the  Lord  eoineth. 

Zl  And  it  shall  come  to  j>ass.  that  whosoever 
shall  rail  u|ton  the  name  of  the  Lord,  shall  be 
saved. 

22  Ye  men  of  Israel,  hear  these  words;  Jesusof 

Nazareth, a  man  approved  of  God  asmsjg  you.  In 

>,  and  Wood)  is.  and  si_ns,  u  |,|,|,  ( I(H|  did  by 
him  in  the  midst  of  you,  as  roa  also  know: 

29  This  same  being  delivered  up  by  the  de- 
termiaate*  counsel  and  foreknowledge  ol  God,  you 


»  By  IW  itlfrminmU,  «•<■.     (U.\  ,|.|,rrrts|  op  hr>  Son  :  and  km  Ron  He. 
nvitml  up  ■<(  ««.  ami  for  the  »ake  of  oar  »alr». 

•  r«st  up  wu  bolr.  no 
drtenmnMrnn      Rut  Iher  who  hetraied  and  crw.il",.. I  I,.,,,.  .1*1  wu \. 
•dljr.  foUuaruar  thirila  lhe»r  own  malice  and  the  inalifation  of  the 


have   crucified  and  put  to  death  by  the  hands  of 
w  eked  men  : 
J I  Whom  God  hath  raised  op,  having  loosed  the 

sorrows    of    hell.f    as    it    was    impossible    that    lie 
should  be  detained  by  it. 

•  For  David  saith  concerning  him:  I  fore- 
saw the  Lord  always  before mj  face:  becansi  he  is 
at  mv  right  hand,  that  I  may.  not  be  moved  ■ 

So  For  this  my  heart  hath  been  glad  and  my 
tongue  hath  rejoiced  :  moreover, my  flesh  also  shall 
rest  ill  hope : 

27  Because  thou  wilt  not  leave  my  void  in  hell, 
nor  suffer  thy  Holy  One  to  see  corruption  : 

28  Thou  bast  made  known  tome  the  ways  of  life: 
Thou  shall  make  me  full  of  joy  with  thy  counte- 
nance. 

29  Ye  men,  brethren,  let  me  freely  speak  to 
you  of  the  patriarch  David,  that  he  died,  and  was 
buried;  and  his  sepulchre  is  with  us  to  this  present 
day. 

30  ^Vhcrcas,  therefore,  he  was  a  prophet,  and 
knew  that  (iod  had  sworn  to  him  with  an  oath,  that 
of  the  fruit  of  his  loins  one  should  sit  upon  his 
throne : 

31  Foreseeing  he  spoke  of  the  resurrection  of 
Christ,  for  neither  was  he  left  in  hell,  neither  did 
his  flesh  see  corruption. 

32  This  Jesus  hath  God  raised  up  again,  w  here- 
of we  all  are  witnesses. 

33  Being  exalted,  therefore,  by  the  right  hand 
of  God.  and  having  received  of  the  Father  the  pro- 
mise of  the  Holy  Ghost,  he  hath  pound  forth 
this  Which  vou  see  and  hear. 

34  For  David  did  not  ascend  into  heaven  :  but 
he  himself  said  :  The  Lord  said  to  my  Lord,  bit 
thou  on  my  right  hand, 

35  Until  I  make  thv  enemies  thy  footstool. 

36  Therefore  let  all  the  house  of  Lrael  know 
most  assuredly,  that  God  hath  made  him  Lord  and 
Christ,  this  same  Jesus,  whom  you  have  crucified. 

37  Now  when  they  had  heard  these  things,  they 
had  compunction  in  their  heart;  and  they  said  lo 
Peter  and  to  the  rest  ol'  the  aposlles:  What  shall  we 
do,  men  brethren  ? 

38  But  Peter  to  them  :  Do  penance,  (said  he) 
and  be  baptised  every  oneof  you  in  the  name  of  Je- 
susChrist,  for  the  remission  of  your  sins:  and  you 
shall  receive  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost 

39  For  the  promise  is  to  vou,  and  to  your  chil- 
dren, and  to  all  that  are  far  off,  w  honisocver  the  I  ,ord 
our  God  shall  call. 

40  And  with  a  great  many  other  words  did  he 
testify  and  exhort  them,  saying:  Save  yourselves 
from  thisperverse  generation. 

11    They,  therefore,  that  received   his   word, 

were  baptized  :    and  there  were  added   to  tlttm    in 
that  day  about  three  thousand  souls. 


deril :  not  the  will  and  determination  '<(  f Jixl.  who  «tm  hr  no  mean* 
the  author  of  their  »irkislti<»«  ;  iIhhi'/Ii  he  permitted  it  :  hecauarhe 
fou  I,  I.  ;in.t  did,  J  raw  out  of  it  wi  (rn-at  »  pood,  viz.  the  nalratioo  of  man. 

♦    Hiring    Uoud  fir    awwi,  Ift.      II 
paw*  of  death,  and  ail  the  power  of  Im  II. 


CHAP.  Ill,  IV. 


42  And  they  were  pe'severing  in  the  doctrine  of 
ihe  apostles,  and  in  the  communication  of  the 
breaking  of  bread,  and  in  prayers. 

43  And  bar  came  upon  every  soul:  and  many 
wonders  and  signs  were  done  by  the  apostles  in 
Jerusalem  :  and  there  was  great  fear  in  all. 

44  And  all  they  that  believed  were  together,  and 
had  all  things  common. 

45  They  sold  their  possessions  and  goods,  and 
divided  them  to  all,  according  as  every  one  had 
need. 

46  And  continuing  daily  with  one  accord  in  the 
temple,  and  breaking  bread  from  house  to  house, 
they  took  their  meat  with  gladness  and  simplicity 
of  heart : 

47  Praising  God  together,  and  having  favour  with 
all  the  people.  And  the  Lord  added  daily  to  their 
society  such  as  should  be  saved. 

CHAP.  III. 

The  miracle  upon  the  lame  man,  followed  by  the  conversion  of 

many. 

NOW  Peter  and  John  went  up  to  the  temple,  at 
the  ninth  hour  of  prayer. 

2  And  a  certain  man,  who  was  lame  from  his 
mother's  womb,  was  carried:  whom  they  laid  daily 
at  the  gate  of  the  temple,  which  is  called  the  Beau- 
tiful, that  he  might  beg  alms  of  them  that  went  in- 
to the  temple. 

3  He,  when  he  had  seen  Peter  and  John  about  to 
go  into  the  temple,  begged  to  receive  an  alms. 

4  But  Peter,  with  John,  fixing  his  eyes  upon 
him,  said:  Look  upon  us. 

5  And  he  looked  earnestly  upon  them,  hoping 
that  he  should  receive  something  from  them. 

6  But  Peter  said :  Silver  and  gold  I  have  none: 
but  what  I  have,  I  give  thee  :  in  the  name  of  Jesus 
Christ  of  Nazareth,  rise  up  and  walk. 

7  And  having  taken  him  by  the  right  hand,  he 
lifted  him  up,  and  forthwith  his  feet  and  soles  be- 
came firm. 

8  And  he  leaping  up,  stood,  and  walked  ;  and 
entered  with  them  into  the  temple,  walking,  and 
leaping,  and  praising  God. 

9  And  all  the  people  saw  him  walking  and  prais- 
ing God. 

10  And  they  knew  him,  that  it  was  he  who  sat 
for  alms  at  the  Beautiful  gate  of  the  temple:  and 
they  were  filled  with  wonder  and  amazement  at 
that  which  had  happened  to  him. 

11  And  as  he  held  Peter  and  John,  all  the  peo- 
ple amazed  ran  to  them  to  the  porch,  which  is  call- 
ed Solomon's. 

12  Which  Peter  seeing,  made  answer  to  the  peo- 
ple :  Ye  men  of  Israel,  why  wonder  you  at  this?  or 
why  look  you  upon  us,  as  if  by  our  strength  or 
power  we  had  made  this  man  to  walk? 

13  The  God  of  Abraham,  and  the  God  of  Isaac, 
and  the  God  of  Jacob,  the  God  of  our  fathers,  hath 
glorified  his  Son  Jesus,  whom  you  indeed  delivered 
up  and  denied  before  the  face  of  Pilate,  when  he 
judged  he  should  be  released. 

14  But    you  denied    the    Holy   and    the   just 


One,   and  desired  a  murderer  to  be  granted  unto 
you. 

15  But  the  author  of  life  you  killed,  whom  God 
hath  raised  from  the  dead,  of  which  we  are  wit- 
nesses. 

16  And  his  name,  through  the  faith  t)f  his  name, 
hath  made  this  man  strong,  whom  you  have  seen 
and  known:  and  the  faith  which  is  by  him  hath  given 
this  perfect  soundness  in  the  sight  of  you  all. 

17  And  now,  brethren,  I  know  that  you  did  it 
through  ignorance,  as  also  your  rulers. 

18  But  those  things  which  God  had  foretold  by 
the  mouth  of  all  the  prophets,  that  his  Christ 
should  suffer,  he  hath  so  fulfilled. 

19  Be  penitent,  therefore,  and  be  converted,  tha: 
your  sins  may  be  blotted  out: 

20  That,  when  the  times  of  refreshment  shall 
come  from  the  presence  of  the  Lord,  and  he  shall 
send  him  who  hath  been  preached  unto  you,  Jesus 
Christ, 

21  Whom  heaven  indeed  must  receive  until  the 
times  of  the  restitution  of  all  things,  which  God 
hath  spoken  by  the  mouth  of  his  holy  prophets 
from  the  beginning  of  the  world. 

22  For  Moses  indeed  said  :  A  prophet  shall  the 
Lord  your  God  raise  up  unto  you  out  of  your  bre- 
thren, like  unto  me :  him  you  shall  hear,  accord- 
ing to  all  things  whatsoever  he  shall  speak  to  you. 

23  And  it  shall  be,  that  every  soul  which  will  not 
hear  that  prophet,  shall  be  destroyed  from  among 
the  people. 

24  And  all  the  prophets,  from  Samuel  and  after- 
wards, that  have  spoken,  have  foretold  these  clays. 

25  You  are  the  children  of  the  prophets,  and  of  the 
covenant  which  God  made  to  our  fathers,  saying 
to  Abraham  :  And  in  thy  seed  shall  all  the  families  of 
the  earth  be  blessed. 

26  To  you  first  God  raising  up  his  Son,  sent 
him  to  bless  you :  that  every  one  should  convert 
himself  from  his  wickedness. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Peter  and  John  are  apprehended.    Their  constancy.    The  Church 
is  increased. 

AND  when  they  were  speaking  to  the  people, 
the  priests  and  the  officer  of  the  temple  and 
the  Sadducees  came  unto  them  ; 

2  Being  grieved  that  they  taught  the  people,  and 
declared  in  Jesus  the  resurrection  from  the  dead  : 

3  And  they  laid  hands  on  them,  and  put  them  in 
custody  till  the  next  day  :  for  now  it  was  evening. 

4  But  many  of  them  who   had  heard  the  word 
believed  :   and  the  number  of  the  men  was  made 
five  thousand. 

5  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  that  their 
rulers,  and  ancients,  and  scribes  were  gathered  to- 
gether in  Jerusalem : 

6  And  Annas  the  high  priest,  and  Caiphas,  and 
John,  and  Alexander,  and  as  many  as  were  of  the 
priestly  race : 

7  And  setting  them  in  the  midst,  they  asked  : 
By  what  power  or  in  what  name,  have  ye  done 
this  ? 

103 


THE  ACTS. 


fl  Then  Peter,  filled  with  (he  Holj  Ghost,  said 
them:  Ye  rulers  of  the  people  end  ancients,  bear  : 
9  h   we  thi  vamined  concerning  the 

good  deed  done  to  llH!  Infirm  m;in,  by  w  li.il  means  lie 
«  hole  ; 
1«»  15c  it  kliow  n  in  >uii  all.  and  li>all  the  people  of 
ltrat'1,  that  in  The  name  of  our  1  (Old  JeSOS  ( "hrist  of 
Nazareth,  whom  you  crucified,  whom  God  hath 
raised  from   the   and,  ev«  n  by   him  doth  this  man 

stand  here  before  you  whole. 

1  I  This  is  the  stone  which  was  rejected  by  you 
the  builders;  which  is  become  the  beadofthecorner: 

I  I  \ur  is  there  salvation  in  any  other.  For  there 
'in  no  other  name  under  heaven  given  to  men,  win  n  - 
by  we  must  Ih-  sa\<  d. 

13  Now  they  Menu  the  constancy  of  Peter  and 

John,  knowing  that  the\  Were  illiterate  and  igno- 
rant men,  thej  wondered  :  and  they  knew  them, 
that  tln\   had  Ir'cii  with  JeSUS  ! 

I  V  Seeing  also  the  man  standing  with  them, 
who  hid  been  healed,  they  could  say  nothing 
against  it. 

I  i  Hut  they  commanded  them  to  go  aside  out 
of  the  council  :  and  they  conferred  among  them- 
selves, 

16  Saving  :  What  shall  we  do  to  these  men?  for 
a  miracle  indeed  hath  been  done  by  them,  con- 
spicuous to  all  the  inhahitants  of  Jerusalem:  it  is 

manifest,  and  we  cannot  deny   it. 

17  lint  that  it  may  he  no  further  divulged  among 
the  people,  I' t  us  threaten  them,  that  they  speak 
no  mote  in  this  name  to  any   man. 

\nd  calfing  them,  they  charged  them  not  to 
if  all,  nor  teach  in  the  name  of  Jesus. 

19  Mut  Peter  and  John  answering,  raid  to  them: 
If  it  Ije  just  in  the  sight  of  Coil,  to  hear  you  ra- 
ther than  <  tad,  judge  ye. 

20  For  we  cannot  but  sjicak  the  things  which 
we  have  seen  and  heard. 

21  Bui  they  threatening  them,  §eni  them  awaj  : 
not  finding  how  tin  >  might  punish  them,  because 
of  the  people:  for  all  men  glorified  what  had  been 
done,  in  that  which  had  come  to  pass. 

For  the  man  was  above  forty  years  old  in 
whom  that  miraculous  cure  had  Ihcii  wrought. 

23  And  l*ing  let  go,  they  came  to  their  own 
company,  and  related  all  that  the  chief  priests  and 
ancient-,  had  said  o>  them. 

JV  Who  when  they  had   heard   them,   with  one 
>nl  lifted  up  their  voice  to  (iod,  and  said:  Lord, 
thou  art  he  that  didst  nuke  heaven  and    earth,  the 
ind  all  things  that  are  in  tin  ni  : 

Vt  Who  in  tin   Hoi)  Ghost,  by  the  mouth  of  our 

father  David  t  nit,    hast   said  :    Why   have 

the  (i.  utiles  raged,  and  the  people  devised  rain 
things  ? 

rhc  kings  of  the  •  ;irth  stood  up,  and  the 
princrs  assembled  together  against  the  Lord,  and 
against  his  Christ. 

27  For  there  were  truly  ass,  ml.led  in  this  .  it\ 
nist  th\  holj  Son  Jesus,  whom  thou  hast 
inted,    ll«  rtj !.    and    Pontius   Pilate,  w  ith  the 

itiles  and  the  people  of  Israel, 
MM 


I  To  do  what  thy  hand  and  thv  counsel  decreed 

done. 
1    And    now.    Lord,    behold   their  threatcnii 

and  grant  to  th\  servants,  with  all  confidence  to 

sjnak  thy  word, 

M  In  this,  that  thou  stretch  forth  thy  hand  to 
cures,  and  signs,  and  wonders,  to  he  done  by  the 
name  of  thy  holy   Son  Jesus. 

31  And  when  they  had  prayed,  the  place  was 
shaken  wherein  they  were  assembled:  and  they 
were  all  filled  with  the  Holy  (ihost:  and  they 
Spoke  the  word  of  God  with  confidence. 

32  And  the  multitude  of  the  believers  had  but 
one  heart  and  one  soul:  neither  did  an]  one  ol  them 
say,  that,  of  the  things  which  he  possessed,  any- 
thing was  his  own  ;  but  all  things  were  common 
to  them. 

33  And  with  great  power  did  the  apostles  give 
testimony  of  the  resurrection  of  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord:  and  great  grace  was  in  them  all. 

34  For  neither  was  there  any  one  among  tin  m 
that  wanted.  For  as  main  as  were  owners  ol  lands 
or  houses,  sold  them,  and  brought  the  price  of  the 
things  they  sold, 

33  And  laid  it  down  before  the  feet  of  the  apos- 
tles. And  distribution  was  made  to  cwis  mau 
according  as  he  had  need. 

36  And  Joseph,  who  by  the  apostles  was  sur- 
named  Barnabas,  (which,  being  interpreted,  is  the 
son  of  consolation)  a  Levite,  a  Cyprian  horn, 

37  Having  land,  sold  it,  and  brought  the  price, 
and  laid  it  at  the  feel  of  tlie  apostles. 

CHAP.  V. 

The  judgment  of  God  upon  Annniai  and  Saphira.   The  apottlei 
are  cant  into  primm. 

"OUT  a  certain  man.  named  Ananias,  with  Sa- 
-*-*    phira  his  wife,  sold  a  field, 

2  And  by  fraud  kept  j>art  of  the  price  of  the 
field,  his  wife  being  conscious  of  it ;  and  bringing  a 
Certain  part  of  it,  laid  it  at  the  feet  of  the  apostles. 

3  But  Peter  said:  Ananias,  why  hath  Satan 
tempted  thv  heart,  that  thou  shotildst  lie  to  the  Holy 
Ghost,  and  by  fraud  keen  part  of  the  price  of  the 
field  ? 

4  Whilst  it  remained,  did  it  not  remain  to  thee  ? 
and  being  sold,  was  it  not  in  thy  power?  ^  h\  hast 
thou  conceived  this  thing  in  thy  heart  ?  Thou  hast 
not  lied  to  men,  but  to  God. 

5  And  Ananias  hearing  these  words,  fell  down, 
and  gave  up  the  ghost.  And  great  fear  came  U|>on 
all  that  heard  it. 

6  And  the  young  men  rising  up,  removed  him, 
and  carrying  him  out,  buried  him. 

7  And  it  came  to  pass,  about  the  space  of  three 
hours  alter,  his  wife  also,  not  knowing  what  had 
happened,  came  in. 

8  And  Peter  said  to  her  :  Tell  me,  woman,  w  bo- 
ther you  sold  the  field  for  so  much  ?  And  she  said  : 
^  I   i.  lor  s, I,  h. 

9  \nd  Peter  said  unto  her:  Why  have  you 
agreed  together  to  tempt  the  Spirit  of  the  Lurd? 


CHAP.  VI. 


Behold,  the  feet  of  those  who  have  buried  thy  hus- 
band, are  at  the  door;  and  they  shall  Carry  thee 
out. 

10  Immediately  she  fell  down  before  his  feet,  and 
save  up  the  ghost.  And  the  young  men  coming  In. 
found  her  dead;  and  carried  her  out,  and  buried 
her  by  her  husband. 

11  And  there  came  great  fear  upon  the  whole 
Church,  and  upon  all  that  heard  these  things. 

12  And  by  the  hands  of  the  apostles  many  signs 
and  wonders  were  done  among  the  people.  And 
they  were  all  with  one  accord  in  Solomon's  porch. 

13  But  of  the  rest  no  one  durst  join  himself  to 
them :  but  the  people  magnified  them. 

14  And  the  multitude  of  men  and  women  that 
believed  in  the  Lord  was  more  increased, 

15  Insomuch  that  they  brought  out  the  sick  into 
the  streets,  and  laid  them  on  beds  and  couches,  that 
when  Peter  came,  his  shadow  at  the  least  might 
overshadow  any  of  them,  and  they  might  be  de- 
livered from  their  infirmities. 

16  And  there  came  also  together  to  Jerusalem  a 
multitude  out  of  the  neighbouring  cities,  bringing 
siek  persons,  and  such  as  were  troubled  with  un- 
clean spirits:  who  were  all  healed. 

17  Then  the  high  priest  rising  up,  and  all  that 
were  with  him  (which  is  the  heresy  of  the  Saddu- 
cees,)  were  filled  with  indignation. 

18  And  they  laid  hands  on  the  apostles,  and  put 
them  in  the  common  prison. 

19  But  an  angel  of  the  Lord  by  night  opening 
the  doors  of  the  prison,  and  leading  them  out,  said  : 

20  Go,  and  standing  speak  in  the  temple  to  the 
people  all  the  words  of  this  life. 

21  And  they  having  heard  this,  entered  early  in 
the  morning  into  the  tern  pie,  and  taught.  Now  the 
high-priest  being  arrived,  and  they  that  were  with 
him,  assembled  the  council,  and  all  the  ancients  of 
the  children  of  Israel ;  and  sent  to  the  prison  to  have 
them  brought. 

22  But  when  the  officers  came,  and  having 
opened  the  prison,  found  them  not,  returning  back 
they  told, 

23  Saying :  The  prison,  indeed,  we  found  shut 
with  all  diligence,  and  the  keepers  standing  before 
the  doors:  but  opening  it,  we  found  no  man  within. 

24  Now  when  the  magistrate  of  the  temple,  and 
the  chief-priest  heard  these  words,  they  were  in 
doubt  what  was  become  of  them. 

25  But  a  certain  man  coming,  told  them :  Be- 
hold, the  men  whom  you  put  in  prison,  are  stand- 
ins  in  the  temple,  and  teaching  the  people. 

26  Then  went  the  magistrate  with  the  officers, 
and  brought  them  without  violence:  for  they  feared 
the  people,  lest  they  should  be  stoned. 

27  And  when  they  had  brought  them,  they  set 
them  before  the  council.  And  the  high-priest  spoke 
to  them, 

23  Saying  :  Commanding  we  comnvmded  you, 
that  you  should  not  teach  in  this  name :  and,  be- 
hold, you  have  filled  Jerusalem  with  your  doctrine  : 
and  you  have  a  mind  to  bring  the  blood  of  this  man 
ui>on  us. 


29  Peter  then  answering,  and  the  apostles,  said . 
WC  ought  to  obey  God  rather  than  men. 

30  The  God  of  our  fathers  bath  raised  up  Jesus, 
whom  you  put  to  death,  hanging  him  upon  a  tree. 

31  This  Prince  and  Saviour,  God  hath  exalted 
with  his  right  hand,  to  give  penitence  to  Israel,  and 
remission  of  sins. 

32  And  we  are  witnesses  of  these  things,  and 
the  Holy  Ghost,  whom  God  hath  gi\en  to  all  those 
that  obey  him. 

33  When  they  had  heard  these  things,  they  were 
cut  to  the  heart ;  and  they  thought  to  put  them  to 
death. 

34  But  one  in  the  council  rising  up,  a  Pharisee, 
by  name  Gamaliel,  a  doctor  of  the  law,  respected 
by  all  the  people,  commanded  the  men  to  be  put 
forth  a  little  while. 

35  And  he  said  to  them  :  Ye  men  of  Israel,  con- 
sider with  yourselves,  what  you  are  about  to  dc 
with  these  men. 

36  For  before  these  days  rose  up  Theodas,  af- 
firming himself  to  be  somebody,  with  whom  joined 
a  number  of  men,  about  four  hundred ;  who  was 
slain:  and  all  who  believed  him  were  dispersed, 
and  reduced  to  nothing. 

37  Alter  this  man  rose  up  Judas  the  Galilean  in 
the  days  of  the  enrolling,  and  drew  away  the  peo- 
ple after  him:  he  also  perished:  and  all  whosoevei 
consented  to  him  were  dispersed. 

38  And  now,  therefore,  I  say  to  you,  refrain 
from  these  men,  and  let  them  alone:  for  if  this 
design,  or  work,  be  of  men,  it  will  fall  to  nothing: 

39  But  if  it  be  of  God,  you  are  not  able  to  de- 
stroy it :  lest  perhaps  you  be  found  to  oppose  God. 
And  they  consented  to  him. 

40  And  calling  in  the  apostles,  after  they  had 
been  scourged,  they  charged  them  not  to  speak  at 
all  in  the  name  of  Jesus;  and  they  dismissed  them. 

41  And  they  indeed  went  from  the  presence  of 
the  council  rejoicing,  that  they  were  accounted  wor- 
thy to  suffer  reproach  for  the  name  of  Jesus. 

42  And  they  ceased  not  every  day  in  the  tem- 
ple, and  from  house  to  house,  to  teach  and  preach 
Christ  Jesus. 

CHAP.  VI. 

The  ordaining  of  the  seven  deacons.      The  zeal  of  Stephen. 

AND  in  those  days,  the  number  of  the  disci- 
ples increasing,  there  arose  a  murmuring  of 
the  Grecians*  against  the  Hebrews,  for  that  their 
widows  were  neglected  in  the  daily  ministration. 

2  Then  the  twelve,  calling  together  the  multitude 
of  the  disciples,  said :  It  is  not  fit  that  we  should 
leave  the  word  of  God,  and  serve  tables. 

3  Therefore,  brethren,  look  ye  out  among  you 
seven  men  of  good  reputation,  full  of  the  Holy 
Ghost  and  wisdom,  whom  we  may  appoint  over 
this  business. 


*  Grecian*.    So  Ihey  called  the  Jews  that  were  boxu  ifiA  brought  "f 
in  (Jreece.  ^ 


THE  ACTS. 


•V  Bui  »c  will  give  ourselves  continually  to  praji  r. 
and  t<»  tin-  ministiy  «il  the  word. 

5  Ami  tin-  discourse  i  II  the  multitude. 

Ami  the)  chose  Stephen,  a  man  dill  of  faith  and  oi 
tin-  ||«.|\  »,  ail   Philip,  and  Prochorus,  and 

\  id  Tiiuou,  aud  Parincuas,  and  Nicolas,  a 

prosclvtc  of  AtitMN'h. 

8  ibra  thej  placed  ia  the  presence  of  the  anon- 
dee:  sad  the)  praying  imposed  hands  uno*  then. 

\ml  the  word  of  the  Lord  increased;  and  the 
number  of  the  disciples  was  multiplied  rery  much 
in  Jerusalem  :  ■  {real  multitude  also  of  the  priests 
obeyed  the  faith. 

Now  Stephen,  full  of  grace  Bfid  fortitude,  did 
cjeat  Broaden  and  miracles  imtwg  the  people. 

9  But  certain  men  of  the  syn  igpgue,  thai  is  call- 
ed of  the  Libertines,  and  of  the  Cyreiieans,  and  of 
the  Alexandrians,  and  of  those  that  were  of  (ilicia 

\     .  up  disputing  with  Stephen: 

10  And  they  were  not  alile  to  resist  the  wisdom 
■ad  the  spirit  with  which  he  spoke. 

1  1  Then  tiny  suborned  men  to  say,  that  they 
had  heard  him  speaking  words  of  Maaphemj  against 
Moses  and  against  tiod. 

12  The)    stirred   Up,  therefore,    tlie    people,    and 

the  aacients,  and  the  scribes:  and  running  together, 
they  took  him,  and  brought  him  before  the  council. 

13  And  they  set  ii|i  laUe  w  itnesses,  w  ho  said:  This 
man  ceaseth  not  to  speak  words  against  the  holy 
nlare  and  the  law  : 

1  V  For  we  have  heard  him  say,  that  this  Jesus 
of  Yi/areth  shall  destroy  this  place,  and  shall  change 
the  traditions  which  Moses  delivered  to  us. 

|.">  And  all  the\  who  s:it  in  the  council  looking 
eaimstU  upon  him,  saw  his  lace  as  it  were  the  face 
ol  an  Angel. 

CHAP.  vn. 

Slcpkr  m'l  speech  before  Ike  council:  hit  martyrdinm. 

TINA  the  high-priest  said:  Are  these  things  SO? 
2  \nd  he  said:  Yemen,  brethren  and  fa- 
thers, give  ear.  The  God  of  (ilorv  app<  and  to  our 
father  Abraham,  when  he  was  in  .Mesopotamia,  I>e- 
he  dwell  in  (haran: 
3  And  be  said  to  him:  (Jo  forth  out  of  thv  conta- 
in and  from  thy  kindred;  and  COOK!  into  (he  land 
which  I  will  show  tine. 

\  Then  he  went  out  of  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans, 
and  dwi  ll  in  (haran.     And  from  theme,  alter  his 

father  was  dead,  he  removed  nan  into  this  land,  in 

Which  \oii  now  dwell. 

5  Ami  be  gave  him  no  inheritance  in  it.  no  not 

the  a  foot:    but  he  promised  to  gire  it    him 

in  nossessioii.  and  to  his  seed  after  him,  when  he 
had  not  a  SOB. 

6  And  God  said  to  him:   That  his  seed   should 
•  in i  in  a  strange  country,  and   that  thev    should 

•  in-ill   under   houda-e.  and  treat  them    ill    foi 

lour  hundred  y<  i 

7  And   the  nation  w  huh  they  shall  serve.  I  will 

judge,    sod  the  Lord:   and   after  these  things  tin  y 

shall  ^>  out,  and  shall  serre  me  in  this  ulai 

lot 


8  And  lie  gave  him  the  com  nant  of  circumcision: 
and  so  he  hit-got  Isaac,  and  circumcised  hitn  the 
eighth  day  ;  and  Isaac  Jacob;  and  Jacob  the  tw  the 
patriarchs. 

fj  Ami  the  patriarchs,  moved  with  envy,  sold 
Joseph  into  Kgypt:  and  God  was  with  him. 

10  And  he  delivered  him  out  ol  all  his  tribula- 
tions: and  cave  him  fa\  our  and  w  isdoui  in  the  sight 
of  I'harao  king  (if  Eg)  pt  :  and  he  appointed  him 
governor  ewer  Kgypt.  and  over  all  his  house. 

1  1  Now  there  came  a  famine  overall  Kgypt,  and 
Chanaan,  and  great  tribulation:  and  our  latin  is 
found  no  food. 

12  Hut  when  Jacob  had  heard  that  there  was 
com  in  Kgypt,  he  sent  our  fathers  the  first  time: 

13  And  at  the  second  time  Joseph  was  known 
by  his  brethren  ;  and  his  kindred  was  made  known 
to  I'harao. 

14  And  Joseph  sending,  called  thither  .Jacob  his 
father,  and  all  his  kindred,  seventy-five  souls. 

15  So  Jacob  went  down  into  Egypt;  aud  he  died, 
and  our  fathers. 

16  And  they  were  translated  to  Sielu  in,  and 
weir  laid  in  the  sepulchre,  which  Abraham  bought 
for  a  sum  of  money  of  the  sons  of  lien. or  the  sou 
of  Siehetn. 

17  And  when  the  time  of  the  promise  drew  near, 
which  God  had  promised  to  Abraham,  the  people 
increased  and  were  multiplied  in  Egypt  ; 

18  Till  another  king  arose  in  Egypt,  who  knew 
not  Joseph. 

19  This  same  dealing  deceitfully  with  our  nice. 
afflicted  our  fathers,  that  they  should  expo**  iheii 
children,  to  the  end  they   might  not   be  kept  alive. 

20  At  the  same  time  was  Moses  born;  aud  he 
was  acceptable  to  God:   and  ho  was  nourished 

three  months  in  his  father's  house. 

21  But  hie  bang  exposed,  l'harao's  daughter  took 

DUO  up.  and  nourished  him  for  her  ow  u  son. 

22  And  Most  s  was  instructed  in  all  the  wisdom 
of  the  Kgypt ians:  and  he  was  powerful  in  his 
words,  aud  in  his  deeds. 

23  Aud  when  he  was  full  forty  years  old,  it  came 
into  his  heart  to  visit  his  brethren  the  children  of 

IsraeL 

24  And  having  seen  a  certain  man  suffer  an  in- 
jurv,  he  defended  him:  and  striking  the  Egyptian, 
In-  avenged  bun  who  suffered  the  injury. 

25  And  he  thought  that  his  brethren  understood 
that  (iod  by  his  hand  would  save  them:  but  they 
understood  it  not. 

2li  \ud  the  next  day  he  showed  himself  to  llnni 
thai  were  at  strife;  and  would  have  reconciled 
them  in  peace,  saying:  Men,  ye  are  brethren  ;  why 
hurt  ye  one  another  ? 

J7  Bui  lie  that  did  the  injury  to  his  neighbour 
thrust  him  away,  saying:  Who  hath  appointed  their 
prime  and  judge  over  us? 

28  N  ilt  thou  kill  me,  as  thou  diiUt  yesterday  kill 
the  Egyptian  ? 

1  \nd  Moses  fled  upon  this  word;  and  became 

a  stranger  in  the  laud  of  Madian,  where  he  begat 
two  sons. 


CHAP.  VIII. 


30  And  when  forty  years  were  expired,  there 
appeared  to  him,  in  the  desert  of  mount  Sina,  an 
angel  in  a  flame  of  fire  in  a  hush. 

;>]  And  Moses  seeing  it,  wondered  at  the  sight: 
and  as  lie  drew  near  to  view  it,  the  voice  of  the 
Lord  came  to  him,  saying: 

32  I  am  the  <  iod  ol  thy  fathers,  the  God  of  Abra- 
ham,  the  God  of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of  Jaeoh. 
And  Moses,  being  terrified,  durst  not  behold. 

33  And  the  Lord  said  to  him  :  Loose  thy  shoes 
from  off"  thy  feet ;  for  the  place  wherein  thou  stand- 
est  is  holy  ground. 

31  Seeing  I  have  seen  the  affliction  of  my  people, 
which  is  in  Egypt,  and  I  have  heard  their  groan- 
ing, and  am  come  down  to  deliver  them  :  and  now 
come,  and  I  will  send  thee  into  Egypt. 

35  This  Moses,  whom  they  refused,  saying:  Who 
hath  appointed  thee  prince  and  judge?  him  God 
sent  a  prince  and  redeemer,  by  the  hand  of  the  an- 
gel, who  appeared  to  him  in  the  bush. 

36  He  brought  them  out,  doing  wonders  and 
signs  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  in  the  Red  Sea,  and 
in  the  desert  for  forty  years. 

37  This  is  that  Moses  who  said  to  the  children 
of  Israel :  A  prophet  will  God  raise  up  to  you  out 
of  your  own  brethren,  as  myself:  him  shall  you 
hear. 

38  This  is  he  who  was  in  the  Church  in  the  wil- 
derness, with  the  angel,  who  spoke  to  him  on  mount 
Sina,  and  with  our  fathers  :  who  received  the  words- 
of  life  to  give  to  us  : 

39  To  whom  our  fathers  would  not  he  obedient; 
but  repulsed  him,  and  in  their  hearts  returned  back 
into  Egypt, 

40  Saying  to  Aaron :  Make  us  Gods  to  go  before 
us:  for  as  to  this  Moses,  who  brought  us  out  of 
l lie  laud  of  Egypt,  we  know  not  what  is  become  of 
him. 

41  And  they  made  a  calf  in  those  days,  and  offered 
sacrifice  to  the  idol,  and  rejoiced  in  the  works  of 
their  own  hands. 

42  And  God  turned,  and  gave  them  up  to  serve 
the  host  of  heaven ;  as  it  is  written  in  the  book  of 
the  prophets :  Did  you  offer  victims  and  sacrifices 
to  me  for  forty  years  in  the  desert,  O  house  of 
Israel ? 

43  And  you  took  unto  you  the  tabernacle  of  Mo- 
loch, and  the  star  of  your  god  Rempham,  figures 
which  you  made  to  adore  them.  And  I  will  carry 
you  away  beyond  Babylon. 

44  The  tabernacle  of  the  testimony  was  with  our 
fathers  in  the  desert,  as  God  ordained  for  them, 
speaking  to  Moses  that  he  should  make  it  accord- 
ing to  the  form  which  he  had  seen  : 

45  Which  also  our  fathers  receiving,  brought  in 
with  Jesus,*  into  the  possession  of  the  Gentiles, 
whom  God  expelled  from  the  face  of  our  fathers, 
until  the  days  of  David  : 

46  Who  found  grace  in  the  sight  of  God,  and 


*  Jrstts.     That  is  Joswe,  so  called  in  Greek. 

\  Ihrelltth  not  in  houses,  ire.  That  is,  so  as  to  stand  in  need  of  earth- 
I)'  dwellings,  or  to  be  contained  or  circumscribed  by  them  .  though, 


desired  that  he  might  find  a  tabernacle  for  the  God 
of  Jacob. 

47  But  Solomon  built  him  a  house. 

48  But  the  Most  High  dwclleth  not  in  houses 
made  by  hands,f  as  the  prophet  saith  : 

49  Heaven  is  "my  throne :  and  the  earth  is  mv 
footstool.  What  house  will  you  build  for  me  D  saith 
the  Lord;  or  what  is  the  place  of  my  rest? 

50  Hath  not  my  hand  made  all  these  things? 

51  With  a  stiff  neck  and  uncircumcised  heart  aim 
ears,  you  always  resist  the  Holy  Ghost:  as  your 
fathers  did,  so  do  you  also. 

52  Which  of  the  prophets  have  not  your  fathers 
persecuted?  And  they  have  slain  these  who  foretold 
of  the  coming  of  the  Just  One ;  of  whom  you  have 
been  now  the  betrayers  and  murderers : 

53  Who  have  received  the  law  by  the  disposition 
of  angels,  and  have  not  kept  it. 

54  Now,  hearing  these  things,  they  were  cut  tr 
the  heart :  and  they  gnashed  with  their  teeth  a 
him. 

55  But  he  being  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  looking 
up  steadfastly  to  heaven,  saw  the  glory  of  God,  and 
Jesus  standing  at  the  right  hand  of  God.  And  he 
said :  Behold,  I  see  the  heavens  opened,  and  the 
Son  of  man  standing  at  the  right  hand  of  God. 

5G  And  they  crying  out  with  a  loud  voice,  stop- 
ped their  ears,  and  with  one  accord  rushed  in  vio- 
lently upon  him. 

57  And  having  cast  him  out  of  the  city,  the) 
stoned  him  :  and  the  witnesses-laid  down  their  gar- 
ments at  the  feet  of  a  young  man,  whose  name  was 
Saul. 

58  And  they  stoned  Stephen,  invoking,  and  say- 
ing :  Lord  Jesus,  receive  my  spirit. 

59  And  kneeling  down,  he  cried  out  with  a  loud 
voice,  saying:  Lord,  lay  not  this  sin  to  their 
charge.  And  when  he  had  said  this,  he  fell  asleep 
in  the  Lord.  And  Saul  was  consenting  to  his 
death. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

Philip  converts  the  Samaritans,  and  baptizes  the  eunuch. 

\  ND  at  that  time  there  was  raised  a  great  per- 
J-*-  secution  against  the  Church,  which  was  at 
Jerusalem:  and  they  were  all  dispersed  through 
the  countries  of  Judea  and  Samaria,  except  the 
apostles. 

2  And  devout  men  took  care  of  Stephen's  fune- 
ral, and  made  great  mourning  over  him. 

3  But  Saul  ravaged  the  Church,  entering  into 
houses,  and  haling  awav  men  and  women,  commit- 
ted them  to  prison. 

4  They,  therefore,  who  were  dispersed,  went 
about  preaching  the  word  of  God. 

5  And  Philip,  going  down  to  the  city  of  Sama- 
ria, preached  Christ  to  them. 

6  And  the  people  were  attentive  to  those  things 


otherwise  by  his  immense  divinity,  he  is  in  our  houses,  and  every 
where  else  ;  and  Christ  in  bis  humanity  dwelt  in  houses,  and  is  now 
on  our  altars. 

107 


THE  ACTS. 


which  were  said  bv  Philip,  with  one  accord  hearing 
ami  serine  the  miracles  which  he  <li<l  ! 

I  Foi  unclean    spoils.   «r\  nit;  out    with   a    loud 

« went  mit  ol  main  who  were  possessed  witli 

them. 

8  And  many,  taken  w  ith  the*  palsy,  and  that 
Will  lame.  Mi  re  healed. 

9  \nd  there  was-  ^reat  jov  in  that  city,  lint  a 
icrtain  man  named  Simon,  who  before  had  been  a 
magician  in  the  city,  seducing  the  |»eo|i  una- 
ria.   giving  out   that   he  was  some  areat  one: 

l(»  I'..  \\  hoin  all  hearkened.  from  the  least  to  the 
greatest,  savin :; :  This  man  i-  the  power  of  God, 
vv  hieh  is  railed    treat. 

I I  And  tiny  were  attentive  to  him;  because  for 
a  long  time  he  had  bewitched  them   with   his   sor- 


1  J  Hut  when  thrv  had  !>elievrd  Philip  preaching 
the  kingdom  of  God,  in  tin-  name  of  Jesus  Christ. 
men  and   women  Hire  baptised: 

Id  linn  Simon  himself  lielieicd  also:  and  being 
baptized,  he  adhered  to  l'hilip.  Seehm  also  won- 
ders and  miracles  done,  he  was  struck  with  amaze- 
ment. 

1  I  Now  when  the  apostles,  who  were  in  Jerusa- 
lem, had  heard  that  Samaria  had  received  the  word 
of  QodL  they  teal  to  them  IVter  and  John: 

15  Who,  win  ii  the]  were  come,  praved   for  them 

that  tlnv  might  receive  the  Hot]  Ghost: 

16  For  he  was  not  yet  come  upon  any  one  of 
them;   but  thej  were  onlv  baptized  in  the  name  of 

the    Lord  Jesus. 

17  Then  they  laid  their  hands  upon  them;*  aid 
the v  received  the  llolv  (ihost. 

\nd  when  Simon  saw,  that  bv  the  im|K>sition 
of  the  hands  of  the  apostles  the  Holy  Ghost  was 
given,  he  nth-red  them  money, 

19  Saying:  (live  me  also  this  power,  that  on 
whomsoever  I  sh;ill  lav  hands,  he  may  receive  the 
Hoh  Ghost,     But  Peter  said  to  him: 

tt  Mi\  thv  money  perish  with  thee:  Ix-cause  thou 
hast  esteemed  the  tilt  of  God  to  lie  purchased  with 
money. 

21  Thou  hast  no  part  nor  lot  in  this  matter:  for 
thy  la-art  is  not  ridit  in  the  si-ht  of  (iod. 

I  >o  penanre.  therefore.  Irom  this  thy  wicked- 
ness: and  pray  to  (iod.  that  perhaps  this  thought 
ol  th\  heart  mav  In-  forgiven  thee: 

I  or  I  see  thou  art  in  the  gall  of  bitterness,  and 
in  the  InhuIs  ol    iniquity. 

JV  I'll,  ii  Minion  ansvverins.  said:  Pray  you  to 
the  Lord  for  me,  that  none  of  these  things  which 
you  have  said  mav  i -ome  apes  me. 

25  And  Pies,  indeed.  ha\  inu  testified  and  |  reach- 
ed the  woid  ol  the  Lord,  returned  10  Jerusalem,  and 
preached   the  |on|hI  to  Diuitrics  of  the    Si 


,n  I  an  an -el  of  the   Lord  spoke  to  Philip, 


•    TVjUJlW   MM,  wfcm  ti.«,.    Ift.     The    aptntlr*    administered 
>  ri|R'  nl  of  coannrnikMi.    In  in      •  ■(  hand*,  a- 

and  the  fcithful  thereby  rer.i.r.1  tin-  1 1 . .t «■  (ibml.      Not  but  Ohm  Kail 
r*e.  .   ac*  of  the  Half  QkMt  at  thctr  baftiwn  i  j el  not  thai 


taxing:  Arise,  and  go  towards  the  south,  to  the 
.vav  that  goeth  down  irom  Jerusalem  to  Gaza:  this 
il  desert. 

And  rising  up,  he  went.    And,  behold,  a  man 

nl    l.ihiopia,    a    eunuch,   of    great    nuihotiiv    under 
(  andare  queen  of  the  Ethiopians,  who  had  charge 
over  all  hi  r  treasures,    had  come    to  Jerusalem    to 
don  : 

28  And  he  was  returning,  sitting  on  his  chariot, 
and   reading  Isaias  the  prophet. 

29  And  the  Spirit  said  to  Philip:  Go  near,  and 
join  tin  sell  to  that  chariot. 

30  And  Philip  running  thither,  heard  him  reading 
the  prophet  Isaias  :  and  he  said  :  Thinkesl  thou 
that  thou  understandt  st  what  thou  readest  .' 

31  And  he  said:  How  can  I,  unless  some  one 
show  me?  And  he  desired  Philip  to  come  up,  ai.d 
sit  with  him. 

98  And  the  place  of  the  Scripture,  which  he  read, 
was  this  :  Asa  sheep  he  was  led  to  the  slaughter: 
and  like  a  lamb  without  a  voice  before  his  shearer, 
so  opened  he  not  his  mouth. 

33  In  humility  his  judgment  was  taken  away. 
Who  shall  declare  his  generation  ;  for  his  life  shall 
be  taken  away  from  the  earth  ? 

34  Aad  the  eunuch,  answering  Philip,  said  :  I 
beseech  tine,  of  whom  doth  the  prophet  speak  this? 
ol    himself,  or  of  some  other? 

35  And  Philip,  opening  his  mouth,  and  beginmg 
at  that  Scripture,  preached  to  him  JeSUS, 

3b'  And  as  they  went  on  the  way,  they  came 
to  a  certain  water:  and  the  eunuch  saith  :  See, 
here  is  w  ater ;  what  hindereth  me  from  being  bap- 
tized .- 

37  And  Philip  said  :  If  thou  1h  lievest  with 
thy  whole  heart,  thou  mayest.  And  he  answering, 
said  :   I    believe   that  Jesus  Christ   is  the  Son   ol 

God. 

3d  And  he  commanded  the  chariot  to  stand  still: 
■ad  they  both  went  down  into  the  water,  Philip  and 
the  eunuch  ;  ami  he  baptized  him. 

39  And  when  they  were  come  up  out  of  the 
water,  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  took  away  Philip  : 
and  the  eunuch  saw  him  no  more.    And  he  went  on 


his  wav  rejoicing. 

40  But  Philip  was  found  in  Azotus;  and  passing 
through,  he  preached  the  gospel  to  all  the  cities,  till 


izotus;  and  passim 


he  came  to  Cesarea 


lire 
(    e- 


CHAP.  IX. 

I'miVs  ronrerrion  and  zeal.     Prtrr  healt  Enea* J  and  raitri  Ta- 
Litha  to  life. 

A  ND  Saul,  as  yet  breathing  out  threatening!  and 
-^*-  slaughter  against  the  disciples  of  the  Lord, 
went  to  the  hidi-priest, 

2  And  asked  of  him  letters  to  Damascus  to  the 
synagogues  ;  that  if  he  found  any  men  and  womt  u 


I'lrnit'iilr  of  face  mod  thone  spiritual  (rift*  which  they  afterwards  re- 
ceived from  bishops,  in  the  sacramrnt  of  confirmation,  which 
«tr*ttfUwAad  then  to  profcaa  their  (kith  publickl/. 


CHAP.  IX. 


of  this  way,  he  might  bring  them  bound  to  Jerusa- 
lem. 

3  And  as  he  went  on  his  journey,  it  came  to  pass, 
that  he  drew  near  to  Damascus:  and  suddenly  a 
Sght  from  heaven  shined  round  about  him. 

4  And  falling  on  the  ground,  he  heard  a  voice 
wiving  to  him:  Saul,  Saul,  why  dost  thou  persecute 


■<: : 


And  _,e  said  :  Who  art  thou,  Lord  ?  And  he: 
i  m/a  Jesus,  whom  thou  dost  persecute  :  It  is  hard 
(or  thee  to  kick  against  the  goad. 

6  And  he,  trembling  and  astonished,  said:  Lord, 
what  wilt,  thou  have  me  to  do? 

7  And  the  Lord  said  to  him  :  Arise,  and  go  into 
the  city  ;  and  there  it  shall  be  told  thee  what  thou 
must  do.  Now  the  men,  who  went  in  company  with 
him,  stood  amazed,  hearing  indeed  a  voice,  but 
seeing  no  one. 

8  And  Saul  arose  from  the  ground  ;  and  his  eyes 
bnhg  opened,  he  saw  nothing.  But  they  leading  him 
by  the  hands,  brought  him  into  Damascus. 

9  And  he  was  there  three  days,  without  sight : 
and  he  neither  eat  nor  drank. 

1 0  Now  there  was  a  certain  disciple  at  Damascus, 
by  name  Ananias:  and  the  Lord  said  to  him  in  a  vi- 
sion: Ananias.  And  he  said:  Behold,  I  am  here,  Lord. 

1 1  And  the  Lord  said  to  him  :  Arise,  and  go  into 
the  street,  that  is  called  Strait;  and  seek,  in  the 
house  of  Judas,  one  named  Saul  of  Tarsus;  for,  be- 
hold, he  prayeth. 

12  (And  he  saw  a  man  named  Ananias  coming 
in,  and  laying  his  hands  upon  him,  that  he  might  re- 
reiv  his  sight.) 

13  But  Ananias  answered :  Lord,  I  have  heard 
from  many  of  this  man,  how  great  evils  he  hath 
done  to  thy  saints  in  Jerusalem  : 

14  And  here  he  hath  authority  from  the  chief 
priests,  to  bind  all  that  invoke  thy  name. 

15  And  the  Lord  said  to  him  :  Go;  for  this  man 
is  a  vessel  of  election  to  me,  to  carry  my  name 
before  the  Gentiles,  and  kings,  and  the  children  of 
Israel. 

16  For  I  will  show  him  how  great  things  he  must 
suffer  for  the  sake  of  my  name. 

17  And  Ananias  went  his  way,  and  entered  into 
the  house ;  and  laying  his  hands  on  him,  he  said  : 
Saul,  brother,  the  Lord  Jesus  hath  sent  me,  he 
who  appeared  to  thee  in  the  way  as  thou  earnest, 
that  thou  mayest  receive  thy  sight,  and  be  filled 
with  the  Holy  Ghost. 

13  And  immediately  there  fell  from  his  eyes  as  it 
were  scales  ;  and  he  received  his  sight ;  and  rising 
up,  he  was  baptized. 

19  And  when  he  had  taken  meat,  he  was  strength- 
ened. And  he  was  with  the  disciples  who  were  at 
Damascus,  for  some  days. 

20  And  immediately  he  preached  Jesus  in  the 
*ynagogues,  that  he  is  the  Son  of  God. 

21  And  all  were  astonished  that  heard  him,  and 
said :  Is  not  this  he  who  in  Jerusalem  attacked 
violently  those  who  called  upon  that  name  ;  and 
came  hither  for  this  purpose,  that  he  might  had 
them  bound  to  the  chief  priests? 


22  But  Saul  increased  much  more  in  strength, 
and  confounded  the  Jews  who  dwelt  at  Damas- 
cus, affirming  that  this  is  the  Christ. 

23  And  when  many  days  were  passed,  the  Jews 
consulted  together  to  kill  him. 

24  But  their  laying  in  wait  w»s  made  known  to 
Said.  And  they  guarded  the  gates  also  day  and 
night,  that  they  might  kill  him. 

25  But  the  disciples  taking  him  by  night,  con- 
veyed him  away  by  the  wall,  letting  him  down  in 
a  basket. 

26  And  when  he  was  come  into  Jerusalem,  he 
offered  to  join  himself  to  the  disciples :  and  all 
were  afraid  of  him,  not  believing  that  he  was  a 
disciple. 

27  But  Barnabas  took  him,  and  brought  him  to 
the  apostles,  and  related  to  them  how  he  had  seen 
the  Lord  in  the  way,  and  that  he  had  spoken  to 
him,  and  how  in  Damascus  he  had  acted  confidently 
in  the  name  of  Jesus. 

28  And  he  was  with  them  coming  in  and  going 
out  in  Jerusalem,  and  acting  confidently  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord." 

29  He  spoke  also  to  the  Gentiles,  and  disputed 
with  the  Grecians  :  but  they  sought  to  kill  him. 

30  Which  when  the  brethren  had  known,  they 
brought  him  down  to  Cesarea,  and  sent  him  away  to 
Tarsus. 

31  The  Church,  indeed,  had  peace  throughout  all 
Judea  and  Galilee  and  Samaria,  and  was  increased, 
walking  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  was  filled  with 
the  consolation  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

32  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  Peter,  as  he  passed 
through  visiting  all,  came  to  the  saints  who  dwelt 
at  Lydda. 

33  And  he  found  there  a  certain  man  named 
Eneas,  lying  on  his  bed  lor  eight  years,  who  was  ill 
of  the  palsy. 

34  And  Peter  said  to  him:  Eneas,  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  healeth  thee:  arise,  and  make  thy  bed.  And 
immediately  he  arose. 

35  And  all  that  dwelt  at  Lydda  and  Saron  saw 
him  :  and  they  were  converted  to  the  Lord. 

36  And  in  Joppe  there  was  a  certain  disciple 
named  Tabitha,  which,  being  interpreted,  is  called 
Dorcas.  This  woman  was  full  of  good  works  and 
alms-deeds,  which  she  performed. 

37  And  it  came  to  pass  in  those  days,  that  she  was 
sick,  and  died.  Whom  when  they  had  washed,  they 
laid  her  in  an  upper  chamber. 

33  And  Lydda  being  near  to  Joppe,  the  disciples 
hearing  that  Peter  was  there,  sent  two  men  to  him 
with  this  request:  Delay  not  to  come  even  to  us. 

39  And  Peter  rising  up,  came  with  them.  And 
when  he  was  arrived,  they  brought  him  into  the 
upper  chamber :  and  all  the  widows  stood  about  him 
weeping,  and  showing  him  the  coats  and  garments 
which  Dorcas  had  made  them. 

40  And  having  put  them  all  out,  Peter  kneeling 
down,  prayed  ;  and  turning  to  the  body,  he  said  : 
Tabitha,  arise.  And  she  opened  her  eyes;  and 
having  seen  Peter,  sat  up. 

41  And  giving   her  his  hand   he  raised  her  up 

KM 


THE    ACTS. 


And  when  he  had  railed  (he  Mints  and  the  widows, 
be  presented  her  ali\ «-. 

1 1  And  it  w  as  made  know  n  throughout  all  JoBSJe; 
ami  main  believed  in  the  Lord. 

Ami  ii  nunc  i<>  pass  that  be  si  ii<l  man)  days 

in  Jopjtc,  With  one  Simon  a  lanm  r. 
CHAP.     X. 

C-omrlint  it  rrrriml  into  the  Ckttrck.      Prtrr't  pinion. 

Nl  >\V  there  a  u  i  certain  man  in  Cesarea,  named 
I  nrmliiis.  u  centurion  of  the  band,  which  is 
called  the  Italian. 

.'  \  r<  Tizioiis  man.  and  one  that  feared  Ciod  with 
all  his  house,  who  gave  tn«tch  alms  to  the  ik<»i>I«-, 
and  prayed  to  ( iod  alwaj  -  ! 

>  IT  san  in  a  vision  manifestly,  about  the  ninth 
hour  oi"  the  dai .  •  •  ■  i  sneel  of  ( Sod  coming  in  to  him, 
and  sa\  inu  to  him  :   Cornelius. 

V  Ami  In-  beholding  him.  being  seised  with  fear, 
said:  What  is  it.  Lord?  And  In-  said  to  him  :  Tin 
prayers  and  thy  alms  hare  as©  nded  for  a  memorial 
in  tin-  right  of  <  Sod. 

Mid  noa  send  men  to  Joppe,  and  call   hither 
e»nc  Simon,  who  is  sttroamed  Peter: 

6  He  kidgeth  with  rate  Simon  a  tarnier,  whose 

house  is  b)    th.  ;<• :    he  shall   tell   thee  what 

thou  must  do. 

7  \nd  when  the  angel  who  spoke  to  him  was 
departed,  he  called  two  of  his  house  hold  servants, 
and  a  soldier  that  feared  the  Lord,  of  those  who 
were  under  him : 

I  •>   whom  when   he   had   related   all,   he   sent 
tin  in  to  Joppe. 

'.'  tod  on  the  next  dav,  whilst  Ibej  were  goiim. 
on  their  journey,  ami  drawing  near  to  the  city, 

I',  ter  went  •  ■  | •  to  the  higher  parts  of  the  house  to 
praj .  a  boot  the  si\th  hour. 

I"  \nd  being  hungry,  he  was  desirous  to  taste 
aomtuliitt.  Ami  as  the)  were  preparing,  there  came 
ii|K)ii  him  an  of  mind  : 

II  And  he  sau  heaven  Opened,  and  a  certain 
vessel  d<  so  tiding,  a-  ii  were  a  unit  sheet,  let  down 
bj  tin-  tour  corners  from  heaven  to  the  earth, 

IJ    In    which    were    all    manner   of    four-footed 

■  is.  and  creeping  of  the  earth,  and  low  K 

i  f  the  air. 

I  I  \nd  there  came1  a  voice  to  him:  krise,  Peter, 
kill,  and 

I V  Mm  I  !:  Far  In-  it  from  me.  Lord:  for 

I  have  never  cati  n  an)  common  and  unclean  tiling. 

I  5  \iul  the  voice  spnh,  to  him  again  the  second 
time:  That  which  God  hath  purified,  do  not  thou 
(all  common. 

Iti  \iiil  this  was  done  thrice :  and  presently  the 
vessel  was  taken  np  again  into  heaven, 

I  '.  \nw  whilst  Peter  was  doubting  w  ithm  himself, 
what  the  vision  which  he  had  seen  should  mean: 


'i  tt*iy  i.i  tn.     Thai  n  to  nr.  Hot  onlr  Jew.,  W  C  mile. 
o(  n  »*rer.  «r  •  aeeaptabfe  lo  •  •'.•.!.  n  t'.  t  iv-ar  him  and 

work  lint  i«  a'~  -\ 

twkuk  (wt»    »•   I'aul,  II.  I.  ii  M   ,<  ,.  Mnf*. ..'./.  It  >La>  cw; 

110 


heboid,  the  men  who  wi  re  sent   In  Cornelius,  in* 
quiring  for  Simon's  house,  stood  at  the  gate* 

IH   And  win  n  the)  had  called,  the)  asked  if  Si 
noon  who  is  siirnameil  Peter,  lodged  there.' 

19  And  as  Peter  was  thinking  on  the  vision*  the. 
Spirit  said  to  him:    Heboid  three  men  seek  thee. 

„'<)  Arise  then  fore,  _n  down,  anil  no  with  t, ii  in, 
doubting  nothing:   for  1  have  sent  them. 

21  Then    Peter  going  down   to  the  nun,    said 
Behold,  1  am  he  whom  \ou  seek:  what  is  the  i  ause, 
for  which  you  are  come.'' 

J  1  And  the)  said.  <  orndius,  the  centurion,  a  |iis( 
man  and  one  that  feaieth  God,  and  (hat  hath  good 
testimony  from  all  the  nation  of  the. lews,  recewed 
an  answer  of  a  holy  Bagel,  to  send  for  thee  inlojiis 
house,  and  to  hear  words  from  tint-. 

J.  >  Then  bringing  them  in,  he  lodged  them.  And 
the  day  follow  ing  be  arose,  and  went  w  if  1 1  them:  and 
tome  of  the  brethren  from  Joppe  accompanied  him. 

J  i  \nd  the  da)  after  he  entered  into  Cesarea. 
Now  Cornelius  was  w  siting  for  tin  in,  ha\  in;:  called 
together  his  kinsmen  and  special  friends. 

25  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Peter  was  come 
in,  Cornelius  met  him,  and  falling  down  at  his  fa  i 
worshipped. 

i  Hut   Peter  tamed  him  up,  saying:  Rise,  I 
unself  alst)  am  a  man. 

J7  And  talking  with  him  he  went  in,  and  found 
many  that  were  come  together. 

2H   And  he  said  to  them:    Vou  know  how  ahoini 
n  i   le  a  thing  it  is  for  a  man  that  is  a  Jew,  to  keep 
c  mpain    or   to   come   to  one    ol    another    nation: 
but  God  hath  show etl  to  me,  not   to  call   any  man 
common  or  unclean. 

21)  Wherefore  making  no  doubt,  I  came  when  I 
was  sent  for.  I  ask, therefore,  for  what  cause  yen 
have  sent  for  me? 

30  And  Cornelius  said:  Four  days  ago.  until  this 
m  in.  I  was  praying  in  ni\  house  at  the  ninth  hour. 

and  behold  a  man  stood  before  nie  in  white  apparel 
and  said  : 

31  Cornelius,  thy  prayer  is  heard,  and  thy  alms 
rnetnbered  in  the  sight  of  God. 

32  Stud  therefore  toJoppe.  and  t  all  hither  Simon. 
who  is  surnamed  Peter"  he lodgeta  in  the  house  of 
Simon  a  tanner  b\  the  sea  Mile. 

33  Immediately  therefore!  sent  to  thee:  and  thou 

hast  done  well  in  coining.  Now  therefore  all  we  are 
present  in  tin  sight,  to  hear  all  things  wbataoevei 
an  commanded  thee  by  the  Lord. 

34  Then  Peter  opening  his  mouth,  said  :  In 
truth  I  perceive  that  God  is  no  respecter  or"  persons: 

>  Hut  in  every  nation*  he  thai  foaretn  bun.  and 
worketh  justice,  is  acceptable  to  him. 

6  (  "*l  a  in  the  word  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
preaching  peace  through  Jesus  Christ:  (he  ■  Lord 

of  all.) 

37  Vou   know   the  word   which   hath  been  pub- 


llfwaro  llwti  of  tli»  error  of  thorn,  who  wroilil  infrr  from  'ht»  pauare 
lint  men  of  all  religion,  mm  ho  plraMnc  In  I 

Mi  religion  Ma  be  front  Oodl  all  i.llnr  religion,  nui-t  l>e  frorr 
lic  father  of  bet,  and  therefore  highly  dt«i>lea»iiig  tu  lite  Uud  of  imth 


ciur.  xi. 


Itshed  through  all  Judea :  for  it  began  from  Gali- 
lee, after  the  baptism  which  John  preached, 

58  Jesus  of  Nazareth:  how  God  anointed  him 
with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  with  power,  who  went 
ibout  doing  good,  and  healing  all  that  were  op- 
pressed by  the  devil,  for  God  was  with  him. 

39  And  we  are  witnesses  of  all  things  which  he 
did  in  the  land  of  the  Jews  and  in  Jerusalem, 
whom  they  killed,  hanging  him  upon  a  tree. 

10  Him  God  raised  up  the  third  day,  and  gave 
him  to  be  made  manifest, 

41  Not  to  all  the  people,  but  to  witnesses  pre- 
ordained of  ( iod,  even  to  us,  who  eat  and  drank 
with  him  after  he  rose  again  from  the  dead. 

42  And  he  commanded  us  to  preach  to  the  peo- 
ple, and  to  testify  that  it  is  he  who  hath  been  ap- 
pointed by  God  to  be  the  Judge  of  the  living  and 
of  tin1  dead. 

43  To  him  all  the  prophets  give  testimony,  that 
through  his  name  all  receive  remission  of  sins,  who 
believe  in  him. 

44  While  Peter  was  yet  speaking  these  words, 
the  Holy  Ghost  fell  upon  all  them  that  were  hear- 
ing the  word. 

45  And  the  faithful  of  the  circumcision,  who 
had  come  with  Peter,  were  astonished  because  the 
grace  of  the  Holy  Ghost  was  also  poured  out  upon 
tin1  Gentiles. 

46  For  they  heard  them  speaking  with  tongues, 
and  magnifying  God. 

47  Then  Peter  answered  :  Can  any  man  forbid 
water,  that  these  should  not  be  baptized,  who  have 
received  the  Holy  Ghost  as  well  as  we? 

48  And  he  commanded  them  to  be  baptized  in 
the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Then  they  en- 
treated him  to  stay  with  them  some  days. 

CHAP.  XI. 

Peter  d' fends  his  having  received  the  Gentiles  into  the  Church. 
Many  are  converted  at  Anlioe.h. 

\  ND  the  apostles  and  brethren  who  were  in  Ju- 
-^*-  dea,  heard  that  the  Gentiles  also  had  received 
the  word  of  God. 

2  And  when  Peter  was  come  tip  to  Jerusalem, 
they  who  were  of  the  circumcision  disputed  against 
him, 

3  Saying :  Why  didst  thou  go  in  to  men  uncir- 
cumcised,  and  didst  eat  with  them  ? 

4  But  Peter  began  and  declared  to  them  the  mat- 
ter in  order,  saying : 

5  I  was  in  the  city  of  Joppe  praying,  and  I  saw 
in  an  ecstacy  of  mind  a  vision,  a  certain  vessel  de- 
scending as  it  were  a  great  sheet  let  down  from 
heaven  by  four  corners,  and  it  came  even  to  me: 

6  Into  which  looking  I  considered,  and  saw  four- 
footed  creatures  of  the  earth,  and  beasts  and  creep- 
ing things,  and  fowls  of  the  air  : 

7  And  1  heard  also  a  voice,  saying  to  me:  Arise, 
Peter,  kill,  and  eat. 

8  And  1  said  :  By  no  means,  Lord  :  for  nothing 
common  or  unclean  hath  ever  entered  into  my 
mouth. 


9  And  the  voice  answered  the  second  time  from 
heaven  :  What  God  hath  made  clean  call  not  thou 
common. 

10  And  this  was  done  three  times :  and  all  were 
.taken  tip  again  into  heaven. 

11  And  behold,  immediately  there  were  three 
men  come  to  the  house  wherein  I  was,  sent  to  me 
from  Cesarea. 

12  And  the  Spirit  said  to  me,  that  I  should  go 
with  them,  nothing  doubting.  And  these  six  bre- 
thren went  with  me  also,  and  we  entered  into  the 
man's  house. 

13  And  he  told  us,  how  he  had  seen  an  angel  in 
his  house,  standing  and  saying  to  him  :  Send  to 
Joppe,  and  call  hither  Simon,  who  is  surnamed 
Peter, 

14  Who  shall  speak  to  thee  words,  whereby  thou 
and  all  thy  house  shall  be  saved. 

15  And  when  I  had  begun  to  speak,  the  Holy 
Ghost  fell  upon  them,  as  upon  us  also  in  the  be- 
ginning. 

16  And  I  remembered  the  word  of  the  Lord,  as 
he  said  :  John  indeed  baptized  with  water,  but  you 
shall  be  baptized  with  the  Holy  Ghost. 

17  If  then  God  gave  to  them  the  same  grace,as 
to  us  also  who  have  believed  in  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ :  who  was  I,  that  I  could  oppose  God  2 

1 8  When  they  had  heard  these  things,  they  held 
their  peace:  and  glorified  God,  saying:  God  then 
hath  also  to  the  Gentiles  given  repentance  unto 
life. 

19  And  they  indeed  who  had  been  dispersed,  by 
the  persecution  that  arose  on  occasion  of  Stephen, 
went  about  as  far  as  Phenice  and  Cyprus  and  An- 
tioch,  speaking  the  word  to  none,  but  to  the  Jews 
only. 

20  But  some  of  them  were  men  of  Cyprus  and 
Cyrene,  who  when  they  had  entered  into  Antioch 
spoke  also  to  the  Greeks,  preaching  the  Lord  Jesus. 

21  And  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  with  them: 
and  a  great  number  believing  was  converted  to  the 
Lord. 

22  And  the  report  of  these  things  came  to  the 
ears  of  the  Church  that  was  at  Jerusalem,  and  they 
sent  Barnabas   as  far  as  Antioch. 

23  Who  when  he  was  come,  and  had  seen  the 
grace  of  God,  rejoiced:  and  exhorted  them  ail  with 
purpose  of  heart  to  continue  in  the  Lord. 

24  For  he  was  a  good  man,  and  full  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  and  of  faith.  And  a  great  multitude  was 
added  to  the  Lord. 

25  And  Barnabas  went  to  Tarsus,  to  seek  Saul : 
whom  when  he  had  found  he  brought  to  Antioch. 

26  And  they  conversed  there  in  the  church  a 
whole  year:  and  they  taught  a  great  multitude,  so 
that  at  Antioch  the  disciples  were  first  named 
Christians. 

27  And  in  these  days  there  came  prophets  from 
Jerusalem  to  Antioch. 

28  And  one  of  them  named  Agabus,  rising  up, 

signified  by  the  Spirit  that  there  should  be  a  great 

famine  over  the  whole  world,  which  came  to  pass 

under  Claudius. 

in 


II II.    \(    is. 


\nd  tin*  disci). I  ording  to  his 

ability,  reaolved  to  send  relief  to  the  brctlucn  who 
dwell  in  Jin! 

Which  also  the)  did,  sending  1/  to  the  ancient* 
b)  the  hands  ui  Barnabas  and  Saul. 

(  II  LP,  \II. 

Herod's  pertecution.     PetrrU  delirrranre  fry  on  Angtl.     He- 
rod*! pmnUkmcmt. 

AW)  at  ilu-  same  time  Herod  the  kin-  stretched 
forth  his  hands  i<>  affix  t  some  of  the  church. 

2  And  he  killed  James  the  brother  of  John  with 

rd. 

3  Ami  seems  that  it  pleased  the  Jews,  In-  pro- 
ceeded further  to  take  Peter  also.  (Now  it  was 
in  tin-  days  of  the  azvmes.)* 

4  Whom  as  soon  as  he  had  apprehended,  he 
cast  into  prison,  delivering  him  to  four  quaternions 
of  Roldii  r^  to  he  kept,  intending  alter  the  pasch  to 
bring  him  forth  to  the  people. 

.")  Peter  therefore  was  kept  in  prison.    But  prayer 

was   made  without  ceasing    b)    the   church    to  God 

for  him. 

6  \nd  wh.-n  Herod  would  have  brought  him  forth, 
thatver)  night  Peter  was  sleeping  between  two  sol- 
diers, bound  w  iili  two  chains (  and  the  guards  before 
th    door  kept  the  prison. 

7  And  behold,  an  angel  of  the  Lord  stood  In 
him:  and  a  li-hi  shined  in  the  riKmi  :  and  he 
stiikiim  Peter  mi  the  side,  raised  him  up,  sav- 
in; :  Arise  quickly.  And  the  chains  fell  off  from 
his  hands. 

\nd  the  aniyl  said  to  him:    Gird  thyself,  and 

Cut  on  thy  sandals.    Ami  he  did  so.     And  he  said  to 
iin  :     Cast  thy  garment  about  thee,  and  follow  me. 
9  And  going  out  he  followed  him,  and  knew  not 
that  it  was  true,  which  was  done  In  the  angel  :  but 

thought    lie   saw   ;i   \  is'ioil. 

pi  Viiil  having  passed  through  the  first  and  the 
second  ward,  the)  came  to  the  iron  gate  that  lead- 
eth  to  the  city,  which  of  itself  opined  to  them. 
And  going  out.  the)  passed  on  through  one  street : 
and  immediately  the  angel  departed  from  him. 

11  And  Peter  coming  to  himself,  said :  Now  I 
know  indeed,  that  the  Lord  hath  sent  his  angel, 
and  hath  delivered  me  OUI  of  the  hand  of  ll'iod. 
nnd   from  all  tli  tation  of  the  people  o1  the 

.lev 

12  \nl  considering,  he  came  to  the  house  of 
Mary  the   mother  of  John,   who   was   surnamed 

.  w here  man)  w<  re  assembled,  and  prai  big. 

I  >  \nd  when  he  knocked  at  the  door  of  the 
a  damsel  came  to  hearken,  named  Rhode. 

IV  \nd  .in  she  knew   Peter's  voice,  she 

opened  not  the  gate  for  joy.  but  running  in,  sh. 
told  'hat    Peter  Btood  Ih  lore  the  gad  . 

15  But  th«\  said  to  her  :  Thou  art  mad.  But 
she  affirmed  that  it  was  so.  Then  said  the)  :  It  is 
his  angel. 

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lit 


IG  But  Peter  continued  knocking,     And  when 
the>  had  opened,  the)  saw    him,  and  were  asto 
uished. 

17  Put  be  beckoning  to  them  with  his  hand  to 
hold  their  peace,  told  how   the  Lord  had  brought 
him  out  of  prison,   and   he  said  :    Tell  these  thi 
to  James  and  to  trie  brethren.    And  being  -one  out, 
he  went  into  another  place. 

[8  As  soon  as  it  was  day,  there  was  no  small 
confusiou  among  the  soldiers,  what  wa>  become  of 
Peter. 

19  And  when  Herod  had  sought  for  him,  and 
found  him  not,  having  examined  the  keepers,  he 
commanded  they  should  be  led  awaj  ;  and  going 
down  from  Judea 'o  (esarea,  he  staved  there. 

J()  And  be  was  angrj  with  the  Tynans  and  the 
Sidonians.  But  they  with  one  accord  came  to  him, 
and  having  gained  Blasttis  who  was  th,  kin-'s 
chamberlain,  they  desired  peace,  because  their 
countries  were  nourished  In  him. 

21  And  upon  a  day  appointed,  Herod,  arrayed 
in  royal  apparel,  sat  on  the  judgment-seat,  and 
made  an  oration  to  (hem. 

22  And  the  people  with  acclamations  cried  out  : 
It  is  the  voice  of  a  god,  and  not  of  a  man. 

23  And  forthwith  an  angel  of  the  Lord  struck 
him,  because  be  had  not  given  the  honour  to  God: 

and  eaten  up  by  worms,  be  expired. 

24  But  the  word  of  the  Lord  increased  and  mul 

tiplieil. 

25  And  Barnabas  and  Saul  returned  from  Jeru- 
salem, having  tullilled  their  ministry,  taking  with 
them  John,  who  was  surnamed  Mara. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

Saul  and  Barnaba*  are  tent  forth  hy  the    Holy  (ihosi.      Thry 
preach  in  Cyprus  and  tn    intiinhof  I'tsitlta. 

"JVTOW  there  were  in  the  church,  which  was  at 
-L'  Antioch,  prophets  and  teachers,  amoim  whom 
was  Barnabas,  and  Simon  w  ho  was  called  Niger, 
and  Lucius  of  Cytene,  and  Manahen    who  was  the 

foster-brother  of  Herod  the  tetrarch,  and  Saul. 

2  And  as  the)  were  ministering  to  the  Lord,  and 
fasting,  the  Holy  Ghost  said  to  them:  Separate  me 
>aul  and  Barnabas,  for  the  work  to  which  1  have 
taken  them. 

3  Then  they  fasting  and  praying,  and  imposing 
their  hands  upon  them,  sent  them  away. 

4  So  they  being  sent  by  the  Holj  Ghost,  went 
to  Seleucia:  and   from  thence  the)  sailed  to  I 
pro-. 

5  And  when  they  were  come  to  Sulamina,  tbej 
preached  the  word  of  God  in  the  synagogues  ot 
the    Jew*.      And    they   had    aKo    John  in  their  mi- 

aistryj 

6  And  when  they  had  gone  through  the  wholt 
island  as  far  as  Paphos,  they  found  a  certain  man, 
a  magician,  ■  false  prophet,  a  Jew,  whose  name 
was  Bar-jean, 

7  Who  was  with  the  proconsul  Sergius  Paulus, 
a  prudent  man.  This  man  sending  for  Barnabas 
and  Saul,  desired  to  hear  the  word  of  God 


CHAP.  XIII. 


8  But  Elymas  the  magician  (for  so  bis  name  is 
interpreted)  withstood  them,  seeking  to  turn  away 
the  proconsul  from  the  faith. 

9  Then  Saul,  who  also  is  Paul,  filled  with  the 
Holy  Ghost,  looking  upon  him, 

10  Said :  O  thou  full  of  all  guile,  and  of  all  de- 
ceit, son  of  the  devil,  enemy  of  all  justice,  thou 
dost  not  cease  to  pervert  the  right  ways  of  the 
Lord. 

1 1  And  now  behold  the  hand  of  the  Lord  upon 
thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  blind,  not  seeing  the  sun  for 
a  time.  And  immediately  there  fell  on  him  a  mist 
and  a  darkness,  and  going  about,  he  sought  some 
one  to  lead  him  by  the  hand. 

12  Then  the  proconsul,  when  he  had  seen  what 
was  done,  believed,  admiring  at  the  doctrine  of  the 
Lord. 

13  And  when  Paul  and  they  who  were  with  him 
had  sailed  from  Paphos,  they  came  to  Perge,  in 
Pamphylia.  But  John  departing  from  them,  re- 
turned to  Jerusalem. 

14  But  they  passing  through  Perge,  came  to  An- 
tioch  in  Pisidia :  and  entering  into  the  synagogue 
on  the  sabbath-day,  they  sat  down. 

15  And  after  the  reading  of  the  law  and  the  pro- 
phets, the  rulers  of  the  synagogue  sent  to  them, 
saying :  Ye  men  brethren,  if  you  have  any  word  of 
exhortation  lo  make  to  the  people,  speak. 

16  Then  Paul  rising  up,  and  with  his  hand  be- 
speaking silence,  said  :  Ye  men  of  Israel,  and  you 
that  fear  God,  give  ear  : 

17  The  God  of  the  people  of  Israel  chose  our 
fathers,  and  exalted  the  people  when  they  were  so- 
journers in  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  with  a  mighty 
arm  brought  them  out  from  thence. 

18  And  for  the  space  of  forty  years  endured 
their  manners  in  the  desert. 

19  And  destroying  seven  nations  in  the  land  of 
Chanaan,  divided  their  land  to  them  by  lot: 

20  As  it  were  after  four  hundred  and  fifty  years: 
and  after  these  things  he  gave  tliem  judges,  until 
Samuel  the  prophet. 

21  And  afterwards  they  desired  a  king  :  and  God 
gave  them  Saul  the  son  of  Cis,  a  man  of  the  tribe 
of  Benjamin,  forty  years. 

22  And  when  he  had  removed  him,  he  raised 
them  up  David  to  be  king :  to  whom  giving  testi- 
mony, he  said:  I  have  found  David  the  son  of  Jesse, 
a  man  according  to  my  own  heart,  who  shall  do  all 
my  wills. 

23  Of  this  man's  seed,  God  according  to  his 
promise  hath  raised  up  to  Israel  a  Saviour,  Jesus. 

24  John  first  preaching  before  his  coming  the 
baptism  of  penance  to  all  the  people  of  Israel. 

25  And  when  John  was  fulfilling  his  course,  he 
said:  I  am  not  he,  whom  you  think  me  to  be:  but 
behold,  he  cometh  after  me,  the  shoes  of  whose  feet 
I  am  not  worthy  to  loose. 

26  Men  brethren,  sons  of  the  race  of  Abraham, 
and  whosoever  among  you  fear  God,  to  you  the 
word  of  this  salvation  is  sent. 

27  For  they  who  inhabited  Jerusalem,  and  the 
rulers  thereof  not  knowing  him,  nor  the  voices  of 

p 


the  prophets,  which  are  read  every  sabbath,  judging 
him  have  fulfilled  them. 

28  And  finding  no  cause  of  death  in  him,  they 
petitioned  of  Pilate  that  they  might  put  him  to 
death. 

29  And  when  they  had  fulfilled  all  things  that 
were  written  of  him,  taking  him  down  from  the 
tree,  they  laid  him  in  a  sepulchre. 

30  But  God  raised  him  up  from  the  dead  the 
third  day:  who  was  seen  for  many  days  by  those, 

31  Who  went  up  together  with  him  from  Galilee 
to  Jerusalem :  who  to  this  present  time  are  wit- 
nesses of  him  to  the  people. 

32  And  we  declare  to  you  that  the  promise  which 
was  made  to  our  fathers, 

33  This  same  hath  God  fulfilled  to  our  children, 
raising  up  Jesus  again,  as  in  the  second  Psalm  also 
is  written :  Thou  art  my  Son,  this  day  have  I  be- 
gotten thee. 

34  And  that  he  raised  him  up  from  the  dead  to 
return  now  no  more  to  corruption,  he  said  thus : 
That  I  will  give  you  the  holy*  faithful  things  of 
David. 

35  And  therefore  in  another  place  also  he  saith : 
Thou  shalt  not  suffer  thy  Holy  One  to  see  cor- 
ruption. 

36  For  David,  after  he  had  served  in  his  own  ge- 
neration according  to  the  will  of  God,  slept:  and 
was  laid  unto  his  fathers,  and  saw  corruption. 

37  But  he  whom  God  hath  raised  from  the  dead, 
saw  no  corruption.  - 

38  Be  it  known  therefore  to  you,  men  brethren, 
that  through  him  forgiveness  of  sins  is  preached  to 
you  :  and  from  all  the  things,  from  which  you  could 
not  be  justified  by  the  law  of  Moses. 

39  In  him  every  one,  who  believeth,  is  justified. 

40  Beware  therefore  lest  that  come  upon  you 
which  is  spoken  by  the  prophets : 

41  Behold,  ye  despisers,  and  wonder,  and  perish : 
for  I  work  a  work  in  your  days,  a  work  which  you 
will  not  believe,  if  any  man  shall  tell  it  you. 

42  And  as  they  went  out,  they  desired  them  that 
on  the  next  sabbath  they  would  speak  these  words 
to  them. 

43  And  when  the  synagogue  was  broken  up. 
many  of  the  Jews,  and  of  the  strangers  who  served 
God,  followed  Paul  and  Barnabas:  who  speaking 
to  them,  persuaded  them  to  continue  in  the  grace  of 
God. 

44  But  the  next  sabbath-day  the  whole  city  al- 
most came  together  to  hear  the  word  of  God. 

45  And  when  the  Jews  saw  the  multitudes,  they 
were  filled  with  envy,  and  contradicted  those  things 
which  were  said  by  Paul,  blaspheming. 

46  Then  Paul  and  Barnabas  said:  boldly :  To 
you  it  behoved  us  to  speak  first  the  word  of  God : 
but  seeing  you  reject  it,  and  judge  yourselves  un- 
worthy ol  eternal  life ;  behold,  we  turn  to  the  Gen- 
tiles. 


*  /  icill  giee  you  the  holy,  tyc  These  are  the  words  of  the  prophet 
Isaias,  c.  55.  v.  3.  according  to  <he  Septuagint,  the  sense  is,  /  «HH 
faithfully  fulfil  the  promises  I  made  to  David. 

113 


nil.  v 


47  For M) die  Lord  hatli  commanded  us:  I  bav< 
*rt  thee  to  be  tin-  light  of  tin-  Geutilcs:  thai  thou 
maycsl  be  for  salvation  unto  the  utmost  part  of  the 

48  And  tin-  Gentilea  bearing  this,  u.  re  -lad.  and 
glorified  the  word  of  the  Lord:  and  a.s  many  as 
WON  i . r »   ordained  to  eternal  life,  believed. 

19  Anil  the  word  of  the  Lofd  was  published 
throughout  the  whole  country. 

lint  tin-  Jewa  arirred  up  religious  and  ln>- 

nourahlc   women,  and  the  chief  men   of    the    cit\, 

and  raised  a  persecution  against  Paul  and  Barna- 

:  and  cast  them  out  of  their  territor 

Bttt   they  shaking  oil  the  dust  of  their  feet 
against  them,  came  to  l« 'oniuin. 

I  tlie  disciples  were  filled  with  joy  and 
with  the  Holy  Ghost. 

(  HAP.  \iv. 

Paul  and  Jlarnabat  prtack  in  Iconium  and  Lytrn  :  Paul  heals 
a  cripple :  thru  are  taken  for  gods.  Paul  it  ttuned.  Thry 
prtack  in  Derbe  and  Perge. 

AM)  it  canie  to  pass  in  Iconium,  that  they  en- 
tered together  into  the  synagogue  of  tin   .!«  ws, 
and   s|«>ke  so  that  a  treat   multitude  both  of  the 
-  and  of  the  Greeks  did  believe. 
J  But  the  unbelieving  Jews  stirred  ill)  and  inceiis- 
nl  the  minds  of  the  (ic  utiles   against  the  brethren. 
\  Inn-  time  therefore  thej  stayed  there  acting 

confidently  in  the  Lord,  who  gave  testimony  to  the 
word  of  his  grace,  granting  situs  and  wonders  to  be 
done  by  their  bands. 

i  And  the  multitude  of  the  city  was  divided:  and 
tome  indeed  held  with  the  Jews,  and  some  with  the 

5   And  when  there  was  an  assault  made   by  the 
ules  and  the  Jews  with  their  rulers,  to  treat  tin  in 
i  ontumelioiisly,  and  to  stone  them: 

L 1 1 . ■  \  understanding  this,  lied  to  Lystra  and 
herlx-,  cities  of  Lycaonia,  and  to  the  whole  coun- 
ts   round  aliout,    and     were  there   preaching   the 

7  Now  there  sat  a  certain  man  at  Lvstm  ilisab'ed 
in  his  feet,  lame  from  his  mother's  wo.nh,  w  ho  never 
had  walked. 

.".  This  man  heard  Paul  speaking:  who  looking 
ii|K>n   him,  ami   percetviBf  that  he  had  faith  to  be 

healed. 

J  lid  with  a  loud  voice:  Stand  upright  on  th\ 
feet.      And  he  leaped  up  and  walked. 

10  And  when  the  multitudes  had  Been  what  Paul 
hail  done,  the\  lilted  up  their  voice  in  the  L\eaonian 
tongue,  anUg:  The  gods,  in  the  likeness  of  men. 
are  come  down  to  us. 

11  Ami  tjbej  called  Barnabas.  Jupiter •  but  Paul. 
M<  r>  >ir  is  the  chief  speaker. 

I  J.  Tin  priest  also  of  Jupiter,  that  was  Ixfore  the 
oxen  and  garlands  before  the  pate, 

would  hue  offered  sacrifice  with  the  people. 

13     Which   when    the    ;i|mi sties.    Uamahas    and 

Paul    had   heard,    rending    their  clothes,   the)    ran 

anion;;  the  |mo|  it, 

in 


I  i  Ami  sa\  ins     .     ien,  why  do  ye  these  things  ; 

W  i   also  are  mortals,  men   like  unto  you,  preaching 

to  >ou  to  be  converted  from  these  rain  things  to  the 

living  Ciinl,  who  made  htaun,  and  earth,  and    the 

iiid  all  things  that  are  in  them  : 

16  Whom  past  generations  suflered  all  nations 
to  v\alk  in  their  own  wa\ . 

16  Nevertheless  he  left  not  himself  without  testi- 
mony, doint  pood  from  heaven,  giving  rains,  and 
fruitful  seasons,  filling  our  hearts  with  food  and 
plailn 

17  And  ■peaking  these  things,  they  scarce  re- 
strained the  people  from  sacrificing  to  them. 

18  Now  there  came  thither  certain  Jews  from 
Antioeh  and  Iconium:  and  having  persuaded  the 
multitude,  and  having  stoned  Paid,  tin  >  dragged 
him  out  of  the  city  thinking  him  to  be  dead. 

19  But  as  the  disciples  stood  round  aboal  him, 
he  rose  up  and  entered  into  the  city,  and  the  next 
day  he  departed  with  Barnabas  to  Derbe. 

20  And  when  tiny  had  preached  the  gospel  to 
that  city,  and  had  taught  many,  they  returned  again 
to  L\sira,  and  to  Iconium.  and  to  Antioeh  ; 

21  Confirming  the  souls  of  the  disciples,  and 
exhorting  them  to  continue  in  the  faith:  for  that 
through  many  tribulations  We  must  inter  into  the 
kingdom  of  God. 

22  And  when  tiny  had  ordained  for  them  priests 
in  every  church,  and  had  prayed  with  lasting,  they 
commended  them  to  the  Lord,  in  whom  the]  be- 
lieved. 

23  And  passing  through  Pisidia,  they  came  into 
Pamphylia. 

24  And  having  spoken  the   word  of  the  Lord   in 
.  tbei   went  dow  n  to  Attalia  : 

>  And  thence  they  sailed  to  Antioeh,  from 
whence  they  had  been  delivered  to  the  grace  of  God, 
unto  the  work  which  they  accomplished. 

26  And  when  they  were  arrived,  and  had  assem- 
bled tin- church  they  related  what  great  things  God 
had  done  With  them,  and  how  he  had  opened  the 
door  of  faith  to  the  Gentiles. 

27  And  they  ptayed  no  little  time  with  the  disci 
pics. 

CHAP.  KV. 

A  dittevtion  ulont   tirinmri*inn.      Thr  rlidrion  and  Idler   nj 
the  inuniil  nf  Jerusalem. 

\  ND  some  coming  down  from  Judea,  taught  the 

-^*-   brethren  :    That    unless  you   l>c    circumcist  d 
after  the  manner  of  .Moses,  VOU  cannot  be  saved. 

2  And  when  Paul  and  Barnabas  had  no  small 
contest  with  them,  thej  detet mined  that  Paul  and 
Barnabas,  and  certain  others  of  the  other  side, 
should  go  up  to  the  apostles  and   priests  to  J<  ni-.i- 

I'  in  about  this  question. 

3  Thev  therefore  being  brought  on  their  wa\  by 
the  church,  passed  through  Phenice  and  Samaria, 
relating  the  conversion  of  the  Gentiles:  and  thej 
caused   prcat  joy  to  all  the  brethren. 

4  And  when  they  were  come  to  Jerusalem,  thev 
were  received  bj  die  church,  ami  bj  the  apostles  ana 


CHAP.  XVI. 


ancients,  declaring  how  great  tilings  God  hud  done 
with  tliem. 

5  But  there  rose  up  some  of  the  sect  of  the  Phari- 
sees that  believed,  saying:  They  must  be  circumcis- 
ed, and  be  commanded  to  observe  the  law  of  Moses. 

6  And  the  apostles  and  ancients  came  together 
jo  consider  of  this  matter. 

7  And  when  there  was  much  disputing,  Peter 
rising  up,  said  to  them  :  Men  brethren,  you  know 
that  in  former  days  God  made  choice  among  us, 
that  the  Gentiles  by  my  mouth  should  hear  the  word 
of  the  gospel,  and  believe. 

8  And  God  who  knoweth  the  hearts,  gave  them 
testimony,  giving  to  them  the  Holy  Ghost  as  well 
as  to  us. 

9  And  made  no  difference  between  us  and  them, 
purifying  their  hearts  by  faith. 

10  Now  therefore  why  tempt  you  God,  to  put  a 
yoke  upon  the  necks  of  the  disciples,  which  neither 
our  fathers  nor  we  were  able  to  bear  ? 

1 1  But  by  the  grace  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  we 
believe  to  be  saved,  even  as  they. 

12  And  all  the  multitude  held  their  peace:  and 
gave  ear  to  Barnabas  and  Paul  relating  what  great 
sisns  and  wonders  God  had  wrought  among  the 
Gentiles  by  them. 

13  And  after  they  had  held  their  peace,  James 
answered,  saying :  Men  brethren,  hear  me. 

14  Simon  hath  told  in  what  manner  God  first 
visited  the  Gentiles  to  take  out  of  them  a  people  to 
his  name. 

15  And  to  this  agree  the  words  of  the  prophets, 
as  it  is  written: 

16  After  these  things  I  will  return,  and  will  re- 
build the  tabernacle  of  David,  which  is  fallen  down, 
and  I  will  rebuild  the  ruins  thereof,  and  I  will  set 
it  up : 

17  That  the  rest  of  men  may  seek  after  the  Lord, 
and  all  nations  upon  whom  my  name  is  invoked, 
saith  the  Lord  who  doeth  these  things. 

18  To  the  Lord  is  known  his  own  work  from  the 
beginning  of  the  world. 

19  Wherefore  1  judge  that  they,  who  from  among 
the  Gentiles  are  converted  to  God,  are  not  to  be 
disquieted. 

20  But  that  we  write  to  them,  that  they  refrain 
themselves  from  the  pollutions  of  idols,  and  from  for- 
nication, and  from  things  strangled,  and  from  blood. 

21  For  Moses  from  ancient  times  hath  in  every 
city  them  that  preach  him  in  the  synagogues,  where 
he  is  read  every  sabbath. 

22  Then  it  pleased  the  apostles  and  ancients, 
with  the  whole  church,  to  choose  men  of  their  own 
company,  and  to  send  them  to  Antioch  with  Paul 
and  Barnabas  :  Judas  who  was  surnamed  Barsabas, 
and  Silas,  chief  men  among  the  brethren, 

23  Writing  by  their  hands.  The  apostles  and 
ancients  brethren  to  the  brethren  of  the  Gentiles  that 
are  at  Antioch  and  in  Syria  and  Cilicia,  greeting : 


From  blood,  and  from  things  strangled.  The  use  of  these  things, 
•hough  of  their  own  nature  indifferent,  was  here  prohibited,  to  bring; 
■he  Jews  more  easily  to  admit  of  the  society  of  the   Gentiles;  and  to 


24  Forasmuch  as  we  have  heard  that  some,  who 
went  out  from  us,  have  troubled  you  with  words, 
subverting  your  souls,  to  whom  we  gave  no  com 
mands : 

25  It  hath  seemed  good  to  us  assembled  together, 
to  choose  out  men,  and  send  them  to  you  with  our 
dearly  beloved  Barnabas  and  Paul, 

26  Men  who  have  given  their  lives  for  the  name 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

27  We  have  sent  therefore  Judas  and  Silas,  who 
themselves  also  will  by  word  of  mouth  tell  you  the 
same  things. 

28  For  it  hath  seemed  good  to  the  Holy  Ghost, 
and  to  us,  to  lay  no  further  burden  upon  you  than 
these  necessary  things : 

29  That  you  abstain  from  things  sacrificed  to 
idols,  and  from  blood,  and  from  things  strangled,* 
and  from  fornication :  from  which  things  keeping 
yourselves,  you  shall  do  well.    Fare  ye  well. 

30  They  therefore  being  dismissed  went  down  to 
Antioch :  and  when  they  had  gathered  together  the 
multitude,  they  delivered  the  epistle. 

31  Which  when  they  had  read,  they  rejoiced  for 
the  consolation. 

32  But  Judas  and  Silas,  being  prophe/s  also 
themselves,  comforted  the  brethren  with  many 
words,  and  confirmed  them. 

33  And  having  stayed  there  some  time,  they  were 
dismissed  with  peace  by  the  brethren  to  those  w  bo 
had  sent  them. 

34  But  it  seemed  good  to  Silas  to  remain  then.  • 
and  Judas  alone  went  back  to  Jerusalem. 

35  But  Paul  and  Barnabas  continued  at  Antioch, 
teaching  and  preaching  with  many  others  the  word 
of  the  Lord. 

36  And  after  some  days,  Paul  said  to  Barnabas  : 
Let  us  return  and  visit  the  brethren  in  all  the  cities, 
wherein  we  have  preached  the  word  of  the  Lord,  to 
see  how  they  do. 

37  And  Barnabas  had  a  mind  to  take  along  with 
him  John  also,  who  was  surnamed  Mark. 

38  But  Paul  desired  that  he  (as  having  departed 
from  them  out  of  Pamphylia,  and  not  gone  with 
them  to  the  work)  might  not  be  received. 

39  And  there  was  a  dissension,  so  that  they  de- 
parted one  from  another,  and  Barnabas  indeed  hav- 
ing taken  with  him  Mark,  sailed  to  Cyprus. 

40  But  Paul  choosing  Silas  departed,  being  de- 
livered by  the  brethren  to  the  grace  of  God. 

41  And  he  went  through  Syria  and  Cilicia,  con- 
firming the  churches ;  commanding  them  to  keep 
the  precepts  of  the  apostles  and  the  ancients. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

Paul  visits  the  chvrrhrs.     He  is  culled  to  preach  in  Macedonia 
He  is  scourged  at  Philippi. 

ND  he  came  to  Derbe  and  Lystra.    And  be- 
hold there  was  a  certain  disciple  there  named 


A 


exercise  the  latter  in  obedience.  But  this  prohibition  wgs  but  tem- 
porary :  and  has  long  since  ceased  to  oblige ;  more  especially  in 
the  Western  churches. 

115 


THE   ACTS. 


Timothy,  ii  i  Jewish  woman  who  bebevi  .1. 

ii  r  Ik'Ibi  a  Gentile. 

man  the  brethren  who  Were  in  l.wi  t 
and  Iconium.  good  testimony* 

3    Him  Paul  would  ha  >  along  with  him  : 

mil  taking  him,  he  circumeiaed  him,  became  of  the 
Jews  who  were  m  those  places.  For  the]  all  knew 
that  his  lather  was  a  Gentile. 

\    \iid  as  they  passed  through  the  cities,  they  de- 
li* end  (0  them  the  decrees  lor  to  keep,  that  w .  to 
d  by  the  ai>ostles  and  ancients,  srbo  vvt  r.  at 
Jerusalem. 

5  The  churches  indi  ed  u>  re  confirmed  in  faith, 
and  indented  in  iiumUr  daily. 

6  Now  having  pasted  through  Phrygia,  and  the 
mtrj  ofGalaua,  the]  were  forbidden  Dj  the  1 1 « >  I  > 

Ghost  to  preach  the  word  of  God  in  Asia. 

\iiil  when  they  were  come  into  Mysia,  they 
tttempted  to  go  into  Bithynia:  and  the  Spirit  of 
'i  -us  permitted  them  not. 

8  And  when  Ihei  had  passed  through  Mysia, 
they  went  down  to  Troas: 

\nd  a  vision  was  shown  to  Paul  in  the  night  : 
\  man  of  .Macedonia  standing,  and  beseeching 
urn,  and  saying:  Pass  over  into  Macedonia,  and 
aelp  us. 

10  And  as  soon  as  he  had  seen  the  vision,  imme- 
diately we  sought  to  go  into  Macedonia,  being 
assured  that  God  had  called  us  to  preach  the  gospel 

to  them. 

1 1  S<>  sailing  from  Troas  we  came  with  a  direct 
course  to  Samothracia,  and  the  day  following  to 
V  epolis: 

12  And  from  thence  to  Philippi,  which  is  the  chief 
of  part  of  Macedonia,  a  colony.    And  we  were 

in  this  eitv  some  days  conferring  together. 

13  And  upon  the  sabbath-cay,  we  went  forth 

without  the  gale  In  a  river  side,  where  it  seemed 
i hat  there  was  prayer:  and  sitting  down  we  spoke 
to  the  women  that  were  assembled. 

1  V  And  a  certain  woman  named  Lydia,  a  seller 
nf  purple  of  the  city  of  Thvatira,  one  that  worship- 
ped Ciod,  heard  us,  whose  heart  the  Lord  opened  to 
attend  to  the  things  which  were  spoken  by  Paul. 

1">  And  when  she  was  baptized,  and  her  housc- 
hold,  she  besought  us  saving:  If  you  have  judged 
me  to  Ik-  faithful  to  rhe  Lord,  come  into  my  hoUM 
and  there  remain.      And  she  constraint  d  us. 

16  And  it  COM  tO  pass  as  we  went  to  prayer,  a 
certain  eirl,  possessed  with  a  pythouical  spirit,* 
met  us,  who  brought  In  r  masters  much  gain  by 
divining. 

17  This  same  following  Paul,  and  us,  cried  out, 
Baying:  These  men  are  the  servants  of  the  most  high 

!.  who  show  you  the  way  to  salvation. 

\nd  this  she  did  mauv  d  it   Paul  Wing 

red,  turned  and  said  to  the  aplril  :  I  command 
thee,  in  the  name  of  Jcmis  (  hrist,  to  60  out  of  her. 
And  he  went  out  the  same  hour. 

Hut  her  masters  seeing  that  the  hoi>c  of  their 

•  J  ■frtmlnl  frt.     That  i«,  ■  (pint  prvtaodiaf  to  dmw  and  tell 
t 

116 


gain  was  gone,  hiving  apprehended  Paul  and  Silas, 
they  brought  them  into  the  market-place  to  the 
nil'  i 

20  And  presenting  them  to  the  magistrates,  said: 
ie  men  disturb  our  city,  being  .bus; 

Jl  And  preach  a  fashion  which  it  is  not  lawful 
for  us  to  receive,  nor  observe,  being  Romans. 

21  And  the  people  ran  together  against  them: 
anil  their  garments  being  torn  oil",  the  magistrate! 
commanded  them  to  be  beati  n  with  rot 

I    And  when  they  had    laitl  many  Stripes  Upon 

them,  they  cast  them  into  prison,  charting  the  jailor 

to  keen  them  securely. 

1\  Who  having  received  such  a  charge,  thrust 
them  into  the  inner  prison,  and  made  their  feet  fast 
iu  the  stocks. 

25  And  at  midnight  Paul  and  Silas  praying. 
praised  God:  and  they  who  were  in  prison  beard 
them. 

26  And  Suddenly  there  was  a  great  earthquake, 
so  that  the  foundations  of  the  prison  were  shaken. 
\nd  immediately  all  the  doors  were  opened  :  and 

even  One'l  hands  were  loosed. 

2/  And  the  beeper  of  the  prison  Ik  ing  awakened, 

and  seeing  the  doors  of  the  prison  open,  having 
drawn  his  sword,  would  have  killed  himself,  ima- 
gining that  the  prisoners  had  tied. 

29  But  Piiul  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  suing: 
Do  thyself  no  harm,  for  we  are  all  here. 

29  Then  calling  for  a  light,  he  went  in.  and 
trembling  fell  down  at  the  feel  <>f  Paul  and  Silas: 

30  And  bringing  them  out,  he  said:  Blasters, 
what  must  I  do  thai   I  may  be  saved? 

31  And  they  said:  Believe  in  the  Lord  Jesus: 
and  thou  shalt  be  saved,  and  thy  bouse. 

32  And  they  spoke  (he  word  of  the  Lord  to  him 
and  to  all  that  were  in  his  house. 

33  And  he  taking  (hem  the  same  hour  of  the 
night,  washed  their  wounds:  and  be  was  baptised, 
and  presently  all  his  family. 

;>!■  And  when  he  had  brought  them  into  his  own 
house,  be  laid  the  table  for  them,  and  rejoiced  w  ith 
all  his  family,  believing  God. 

35  And  when  it  was  day,  the  magistrates  sent  the 
■  mis.  saying:    Dismiss  those  men. 

36  And  the  keeper  of  the  prison  lold  these  words 
to  Paul:  The  magistrates  have  sent  that  vou  should 
be  dismissed ;   now  therefore  depart,  and  go  in 

peace. 

37  But  Paul  said  to  them  :  After  having  whipped 
u-  pubfickly,  uncondemn'  tl.  men  thai  are  Romans. 
they  sent  us  to  orison:  and  now  do  ihey  thrust  us 
out  privately ?  Not  so:  but  let  i hem  come, 

3e  And  ihev  themselves  send  us  out.  And  the 
sergeants  told  these  words  to  the  magistrates.  And 
they  were  afraid,  having  heard  tiny  were  Ro- 
mans: 

39  And  coming,  they  entreated  them  :  ami  lead- 
ing them  out  they  desired  them  to  depart  out  Of  the 
city. 

40  And  coming  out  of  the  prison  they  entered 
into   tin    //..  Lydia:    and    having   seen    the 

brethren,  the]  i  omfbrted  them,  and  departed. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


Paul  preaches  to  the  Thessalonians  and  Bereans.    His  discourse 
to  the  Athenians. 

AND  when  they  had  passed  through  Amphipolis 
and  Apollonia,  they  came  to  Thessalonica, 
where  there  was  a  synagogue  of  the  Jews. 

2  And  Paul  according  to  his  custom  went  in  to 
♦.hem :  and  for  three  sabbath  days  he  reasoned  with 
rfhem  out  of  the  Scriptures, 

3  Opening  and  insinuating  that  the  Christ  was 
to  suffer,  and  to  rise  again  from  the  dead:  and  that 
this  is  Jesus  the  Christ,  whom  I  declare  to  you._ 

4  And  some  of  them  believed,  and  were  associa- 
ted to  Paul  and  Silas,  and  of  those  who  served 
God,  and  of  the  Gentiles  a  great  multitude,  and 
noble  women  not  a  few. 

5  But  the  Jews,  moved  with  envy,  taking  with 
them  some  wicked  men  of  the  vulgar  sort,  and 
making  a  tumult,  set  the  city  in  an  uproar:  and  be- 
setting Jason's  house,  sought  to  bring  them  out  to 
the  people. 

6  And  when  they  had  not  found  them,  they  haled 
Jason  and  certain  brethren  to  the  rulers  of  the  city,* 
crying  out:  That  these  who  disturb  the  city  are 
come  hither  also, 

7  Whom  Jasort  hath  received :  and  these  all  do 
contrary  to  the  decrees  of  Caesar,  saying,  that  there  is 
another  king,  Jesus. 

8  And  they  stirred  up  the  people  :  and  the  rulers 
of  the  city  hearing  these  things, 

9  And  having  received  satisfaction  from  Jason, 
and  the  rest,  they  let  them  go. 

10  But  the  brethren  immediately  sent  away  Paul 
and  Silas  by  night  to  Berea :  who  when  they  were 
come  thither  entered  into  the  synagogue  of  the 
Jews. 

11  Now  these  were  more  noblef  than  those  of 
Thessalonica,  who  received  the  word  with  all  ea- 
gerness, daily  searching  the  Scriptures,  whether 
these  things  were  so. 

12  And  many  indeed  of  them  believed,  and  of 
honourable  women  that  were  Gentiles,  and  men  not 
a  few. 

13  But  when  the  Jews  in  Thessalonica  had 
knowledge  that  the  word  of  God  was  also  preach- 
ed by  Paul  at  Berea,  they  came  thither  also,  stir- 
ring up  and  disturbing  the  multitude. 

14  And  then  the  brethren  immediately  sent  away 
Paul,  to  go  to  the  sea-side:  but  Silas  and  Timothy 
remained  there. 

15  And  they  that  conducted  Paul,  brought  him 
as  far  as  Athens,  and  receiving  a  commandment 
from  him  to  Silas  and  Timothy,  that  they  should 
come  to  him  with  all  speed,  they  departed. 

16  Now  whilst  Paul  waited  tor  them  at  Athens 
his  spirit  was  excited  within  him,  seeing  the  city 
given  up  to  idolatry. 


*  City.  Urbem.     In  the  Greek  ouctfiivrtv,  the  world. 

f  More  noble.  The  Jewi  of  Berea  are  justly  commended,  for  their  ea- 
gerly embracing  the  truth,  and  searching  the  Scriptures,  to  find  out 
the  text  alleged  by  the  apostle  :  which  was  a  far  more  generous  pro- 
ceeding than  that  of  their  countrj  men  at  Thtualonica,  who  persecu- 


17  He  disputed  therefore  in  the  synagogue  with 
the  Jews,  and  with  them  that  served  God,  and  in 
the  market-place,  every  day  with  those  that  were 
present. 

18  And  some  Epicurean  and  Stoic  philosophers 
disputed  with  him,  and  some  said :  What  is  it  that 
this  babbler  would  say?  But  others:  He  seemeth 
to  be  a  publisher  of  new  gods:  because  he  preached 
to  them,  Jesus,  and  the  resurrection. 

19  And  taking  him,  they  brought  him  to  the 
Areopagus,  saying :  May  we  know  what  this  new 
doctrine  is,  which  thou  speakest  of: 

20  For  thou  bringest  certain  new  things  to  our 
ears:  We  would  know  therefore  what  these  things 
mean. 

21  (Now  all  the  Athenians,  and  strangers  that 
were  there,  employed  themselves  in  nothing  else 
but  either  in  telling  or  in  hearing  something  new.) 

22  But  Paul  standing  in  the  midst  of  the  Areo- 
pagus, said :  Ye  men  of  Athens,  I  perceive  that 
you  are  in  all  things  as  it  were  too  superstitious. 

23  For  passing  by  and  seeing  your  idols,  I  found 
an  altar  also,  on  which  was  written :  to  the  un- 
known god.  What  therefore  you  worship  without 
knowing  it,  this  I  preach  to  you. 

24  God  who  made  the  world  and  all  things  that 
are  in  it,  he  being  the  Lord  of  heaven  and  earth, 
dwelleth  not  in  temples^  made  with  hands. 

25  Nor  is  he  served  by  the  hands  of  men  as 
though  he  needed  any  thing,  seeing  it  is  he  who 
giveth  to  all  life,  and  breath,  and  all  things  ; 

26  And  hath  made  of  one,  all  mankind,  to  dwell 
upon  the  whole  face  of  the  earth,  determining  ap- 
pointed times,  and  the  limits  of  their  habitation, 

27  That  they  should  seek  God  if  haply  they  may 
feel  after  him  and  find  him  :  although  lie  be  not.  far 
from  every  one  of  us. 

28  For  in  him  we  live,  and  we  move,  and  we 
are,  as  some  also  of  your  own  poets  said  :  For  we 
are  also  his  offspring. 

29  Being  therefore  the  offspring  of  God,  we  must 
not  suppose  the  divinity  to  be  like  unto  gold  or  sil- 
ver, or  stone,  the  graving  of  art  and  device  of  man. 

30  And  God  indeed  having  overlooked  the  times 
of  this  ignorance,  now  declareth  to  men,  that  all 
should  every  where  do  penance. 

31  Because  he  hath  appointed  a  day,  wherein  he 
will  judge  the  world  in  equity,  by  the  man,  whom 
he  hath  appointed,  giving  faith  to  all,  by  raising  him 
up  from  the  dead. 

32  And  when  they  had  heard  of  the  resurrection 
of  the  dead,  some  indeed  mocked  :  but  others  said  : 
We  will  hear  thee  again  concerning  this  matter. 

33  So  Paul  went  out  from  among  them. 

34  But  certain  men  adhered  to  him,  and  believ- 
ed :  among  whom  was  also  Dionysius  the  Areopa- 
gite,  and  a  woman  named  Damaris,  and  others  with 
them. 


ted  the  preachers  of  the  gospel,  without  examining  the  grounds  they 
alledged  for  what  they  taught. 

t  Dwelleth  not  in  temples.  God  is  not  contained  in  temples ;  so  a* 
to  need  them  for  his  dwelling,  or  any  other  uses  as  the  heathens  ima- 
gined.    Yet  by  his  omnipresence,  he  is  both  there  and  every  where. 

117 


THE  ACTS. 


CUM'.   Will. 


Faul  found*  the  Church  of  Corinth:  and  prtachri  at  Kphe- 
tmt,  \c.     Apollo  got*  to  Corinth. 

A  FT  Kit  tins.- tliin-s,  ,i,  parting  from  Athens,  he 
came  to  Corinth. 

2  And  finding  a  Certain  Jew,  named  Aquila.  a 
native  nt  Pontus,  who  had  lately  come  from  Italy, 

with  Priscilla  his  wife  (l>ecause  Claudius  had  com- 
mandcd  all  Jews  10  depart  from  Home)  he  came  to 
them. 

3  And  because  he  was  of  the  same  trade,  he  re- 
mained with  them,  and  wrought:  (now  they  were 
tent-maker,  hv  trade.) 

\  \nd  he  disputed  in  the  synagogue  every  sab- 
bath,  taterposing  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  and 
he  persuaded  the  Jews  and  the  (irecks. 

!id  when  Silas  and  Timothy  were  come  from 
Macedonia.  Paul  iras  earnest  in  preaching, testify- 
ing to  the  Jews  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ. 

i)    Hut    they    contradicting    and   blaspheming. 

shaking  his  - irinents,  he  said  to  them  :  Your  blood 
I*-  npon  your  own  heads:  I  am  clean:  from  hence- 
forth I   will  gO  to  the  (  ientil. IS. 

7  And  departing  thence,  he  entered  into  the 
house  of  a  certain  man.  named  Titus  Justus,  one 
that  worhip|»ed  God,  whose  house  joined  to  the  sy- 
nagogue. 

8  And  Crispus,  the  ruler  of  the  synagogue,  be- 
Bered  in  the  Kurd  with  all  his  house:  and  many 
of  the  Corinthians  hearing,  believed  and  were  bap- 
tized. 

9  Ami  the  Lord  said  to  Paul  in  the  night  by  a 
vision  :  Fear  not,  but  speak,  and  hold  not  thy  peace. 

10  Because  1  am  with  thee:  and  no  man  shall 
■pas.  thee  to  hurt  thee:  for  I  have  much  people 

in  this  citv.  « 

11  And  he  there  I  year  and  six  months, 
king  the  word  of  God  among  them. 

1J  Mut  when  GaHio  was  proconsul  of  Achaia. 
the  Jews  with  one  accord  rose  up  against  Paul,  and 
brought  him  to  the  judgments,  at. 

Saying:  That  this  man  persuadeth  men  to 
worship  God  contrary  to  the  law. 

II  And  wlnn  Paul  was  beginning  to  open  his 
mouth,  ( lallio  said  to  the  Jew  s  :  If  it  were  some  mat- 
ter of  wrong,  or  a  heinous  deed,  you  nun  ()  Jews. 
it  would  be  reasonable  I  should  lx  ar  with  vou. 

16  Hut  if  they  be  questions  of  a  word  and  of 
names,  and  of  roar  law,  look  you  to  it:  I  will  not 
be  judge  of  such  matters. 

\nd  he  drove  them  from  the  judgment-scat. 

17  And  all  layini;  hold  00  808thenea  the  ruler  of 
the  lynafoeue,  struck  him    before  the  judgment- 

illio  c  ired  lor  none  of  those"  things. 

18  Hut  Haul  when  he  had  stayed  jret  maiivdays, 
taking  leave  of  the  brethren,  he  sailed  from  tie 
Into  [and  with  him   Priscilla  and  Aquila, 
hiving   shorn   his  head   in  Cenchra  :  for  he  had  a 

19  \"d  ke  I  line  toEphesus,  and  left  them  there. 
Hut  be  himself  entering  into  the  ■ynsjfOenn)  dis- 
puted with  the  Jews. 

118 


The  tumult  of  the 


20   Ami    when    they  entreated    him    to   make  a 

longer  staj .  he  consented  not : 

fl  Hut  taking  his  leave,  and  saving:  I  will  re- 
turn to  you  again,  God  willing,  he  departed  from 
Ephesus. 

B  And  goim:  down  to  Cesarea,  he  went  up,  and 
saluted  the  church,  and  so  came  down  to  Antioch. 

23  And  after  he  had  spent  some  time  there,  he 
departed,  passing  in  order  through  the  country  of 
Galatia  and  Hhr.v  da,  strengthening  all  the  disciples. 

2)-  Now  a  certain  Jew,  named  Apollo,  a  native 
of  Alexandria,  an  eloquent  man,  came  to  Ephesus, 
one  mighty  in  the  Scriptures. 

25  This  man  was  taudit  in  the  way  of  the  Lord  : 
and  being  fervent  in  spirit  spoke,  and  taught  dili- 
gently the  things  that  arc  ol  JesOS,  knowing  only 
the  baptism  of  John. 

2G  This  man  therefore  began  to  speak  boldly  in 
the  synagogue.  Whom  when  Priscilla  and  Aquila 
had  heard,  they  took  him  to  them,  and  expounded 
more  exactly  to  him  the  way  of  the  Lord. 

27  And  whenas  he  was  desirous  to  go  to  Achaia, 
the  brethren,  exhorting,  wrote  to  the  disciples  to 
receive  him.  Who,  when  he  was  come,  helped 
them  much,  who  had  believed. 

28  For  he  vigorously  convinced  the  Jews  in  pub- 
lick,  showing  by  the  Scriptures,  Jesus  to  be  the 
Christ. 

(HAP.  XIX. 

Paul  establishes  the  church  at  Ephesus. 
silversmiths. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  w  hen  Apollo  was  at  Co- 
rinth, that  Paul,  hairing  passed  through  the 
upper  parts,  came  to  Ephesus,  and  found  certain 
disciples: 

2  And  he  said  to  them:  Have  you  received  tin- 
Holy  Ghost  since  ye  bettered?  But  they  said  to 
him:  We  have  not  so  much  as  heard  whether  there 
be  a  Holy  Ghost. 

3  And  he  said  :  In  what  then  were  you  bap- 
tized ?     Who  said  :    In  John's  baptism. 

4  Then  Paul  said :  John  baptised  the  people 
with  the  baptism  of  penance,  saying:  That  they 
should  believe  in  him  who  was  to  come  after  him, 
that  is  to  say,  in  Jesus. 

5  Having  heard  these  things  they  were  baptised 
in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus. 

6  And  when  Paul  had  imposed  his  hands  on 
them,  the  Holy  Ghost  came  upon  them,  and  tiny 
spoke  tongues,  and  prophesied. 

7  And  all  the  men  were  about  twelve. 

8  And  entering  into  the  synagogue,  he  spoke 

Mdly  for  the  space  of  three  months,  dupoting  and 
persuading  concerning  the  kingdom  of  God. 

9  Hut  when  some  were  hardened  and  h-lieved 
not,  but  spoke  ill  of  the  way  of  the  Lord  Inline 
the  multitude,  departing  from  them,  he  separated 
the  disciples,  disputing  daily  in  the  school  of  one 
Tvrannus. 

I<»  And  this  continued  for  two  years,  so  that  all 
who  dwelt  in  Asia  beard  the  word  Of  the  Lord, 
Jew  s  and  Gentili 


chap.  xx. 


1 1  And  God  wrought  special  miracles  by  the 
hand  of  Paul. 

12  So  that  even  there  were  brought  from  his 
body  to  the  sick,  handkerchiefs  and  aprons,  and 
the  diseases  departed  from  them,  and  the  wicked 
spirits  went  out  of  them. 

13  Now  some  of  the  Jewish  exorcists,  who  went 
about,  attempted  to  invoke,  over  them  that  had  evil 
spirits,  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  saying  :  I  con- 
jure you  by  Jesus  whom  Paul  preacheth. 

14  And  there  were  certain  men,  seven  sons  of 
Sceva  a  Jew,  a  chief  priest,  who  did  this. 

15  But  an  evil  spirit  answering,  said  to  them: 
Jesus  I  know,  and  Paul  I  know:  but  who  are  you  ? 

16  And  the  man  in  whom  the  evil  spirit  was, 
leaping  upon  them,  and  mastering  them  both,  pre- 
vailed against  them,  so  that  they  fled  out  of  that 
house  naked  and  wounded. 

17  And  this  was  known  to  all  the  Jews  and  the 
( i  entiles  who  dwelt  at  Ephesus  :  and  fear  fell  on 
them  all,  and  the  name  of  th ;  Lord  Jesus  was 
magnified. 

18  And  many  of  those  who  believed,  came  con- 
fessing and  declaring  their  deeds. 

19  And  many  of  those  who  had  followed  curi- 
ous things,  brought  their  books  together  and  burnt 
them  before  all :  and  the  price  of  them  being  com- 
puted, they  found  the  money  to  be  fifty  thousand 
pieces  of  silver. 

20  So  mightily  increased  the  word  of  God,  and 
was  confirmed. 

21  Now  these  things  being  ended,  Paul  purposed 
in  the  spirit,  as  soon  as  he  had  passed  through  Ma- 
cedonia and  Achaia,  to  go  to  Jerusalem,  saying : 
After  I  have  been  there  I  must  also  see  Rome. 

22  And  sending  into  Macedonia  two  of  those 
that  ministered  to  him,  Timothy  and  Erastus,  he 
himself  remained  for  a  time  in  Asia. 

23  Now  at  that  time  there  arose  no  small  dis- 
turbance about  the  way  of  the  Lord. 

24  For  a  certain  man  named  Demetrius,  a  silver- 
smith, who  made  silver  temples  for  Diana,  brought 
no  small  gain  to  the  craftsmen : 

25  Whom  having  called  together,  with  workmen 
of  like  occupation,  he  said :  You  men,  you  know 
that  our  gain  is  by  this  trade : 

26  Now  you  see  and  hear  that  this  Paul  by  per- 
suasion hath  drawn  away  a  great  multitude,  not 
only  at  Ephesus,  but  almost  throughout  all  Asia, 
saying :  That  they  are  no  gods  which  are  made 
with  hands. 

27  So  that  not  only  this  our  craft  is  in  danger  to 
he  vilified,  but  also  the  temple  of  great  Diana  shall 
be  thought  nothing  of,  yea,  and  her  majesty  shall 
begin  to  be  destroyed,  whom  all  Asia  and  the 
world  worshippeth. 

28  Having  heard  these  things  they  were  full  of 
anger,  and  cried  out,  saying:  Great  is  Diana  of 
the  Ephesians. 

29  And  the  whole  city  was  filled  with  confusion, 
and  they  rushed  with  one  accord  into  the  theatre, 
having  caught  Gaius  and  Aristarchus,  men  of  Ma- 
cedonia, companions  of  Paul. 


30  And  when  Paul  would  have  entered  in  unto 
the  people,  the  disciples  suffered  him  not. 

31  And  some  also  of  the  rulers  of  Asia,  who 
were  his  friends,  sent  unto  him,  desiring  that  he 
would  not  venture  himself  into  the  theatre  . 

32  Now  some  cried  out  one  thing,  some  another. 
For  the  assembly  was  confused,  and  the  greater 
part  knew  not  for  what  cause  they  were  come  to- 
gether. 

33  And  they  drew  forth  Alexander  out  of  the 
multitude,  the  Jews  thrusting  him  forward.  And 
Alexander,  beckoning  with  his  hand  for  silence, 
would  have  given  the  people  satisfaction. 

34  But  as  soon  as  they  perceived  him  to  be  a 
Jew,  all  with  one  voice,  for  the  space  of  about  two 
hours,  cried  out:  Great  is  Diana  of  the  Ephesians. 

35  And  when  the  town-clerk  had  appeased  the 
multitudes,  he  said :  Ye  men  of  Ephesus,  what 
man  is  there  that  knoweth  not  that  the  city  of  the 
Ephesians  is  a  worshipper  of  the  great  Diana,  and 
of  Jupiter's  offspring? 

36  Seeing  therefore  these  things  cannot  be  con- 
tradicted, you  ought  to  be  quiet,  and  do  nothing 
rashly. 

37  For  you  have  brought  hither  these  men,  nei- 
ther guilty  of  sacrilege,  nor  of  blasphemy  against 
your  goddess. 

38  But  if  Demetrius  and  the  craftsmen  who  are 
with  him,  have  a  cause  against  any  man,  the  courts 
of  justice  are  open,  and  there  are  proconsuls :  let 
them  accuse  one  another. 

39  And  if  you  inquire  after  any  other  matter,  it 
may  be  decided  in  a  lawful  assembly. 

40  For  we  are  in  danger  of  being  charged  with 
this  day's  uproar :  there  being  no  man  guilty  (of 
whom  we  can  give  an  account)  of  this  concourse. 
And  when  he  had  said  these  things,  he  dismissed 
the  assembly. 

CHAP.   XX. 

Paul  passes  through  Macedonia  and  Greece  :  he  raises  a  dead 
man  to  life  at  Troas.  His  discourse  to  the  clergy  of  Ephesus. 

AND  after  the  tumult  ceased,  Paul  calling  to 
him  the  disciples,  and  exhorting  them,  took 
his  leave,  and  set  forward  to  go  into  Macedonia. 

2  And  when  he  had  gone  over  those  parts,  and 
had  exhorted  them  with  many  words,  he  came  into 
Greece : 

3  Where  when  he  had  spent  three  months,  the 
Jews  laid  wait  for  him,  as  he  was  about  to  sail  into 
Syria :  so  he  took  a  resolution  to  return  through 
Macedonia. 

4  And  there  accompanied  him  Sopater  the  son 
of  Pyrrhus,  of  Berea :  and  of  the  Thessalonians, 
Aristarchus,  and  Secundus,  and  Gaius  of  Derbc, 
and  Timothy;  and  of  Asia,  Tychicus  and  Tro- 
phimus. 

5  These  having  gone  before,  waited  for  us  at 
Troas. 

6  But  we  sailed  from  Philippi  after  the  days  of 
the  azymes,  and  came  to  them  to  Troas  in  five 
days,  where  we  stayed  seven  days. 

■     119 


THE  ACTS. 


7  Ami  on  tin   first  day  of  the  week,"   when  we- 
stern bled  to  break   bread,  Paul  discoursed   with 

:n.  being  Jo  depart  on  the  morrow,  and  he  con- 
tinued his  speech  until  midnight. 

8  And  there  WWe  I  great  numlx  r  of  lamps  in 
the  Bnpet  chamber,  where  \  assembled. 

9  And  a  certain   young   man   nam<  d 1  Jim-bins, 

sitting  on  the  window ,  being  contented  with  ■  haavj 

is  Paul  was  long  preaching,  by  occasion  of 
his  sleep  fell  from  the  third  loft  down,  and  was 
taken  up  dead. 

10  To  whom  when  Paul  went  down,  and  laid 
himself  upon  him:  and  embracing  him,  said:  l>< 
not  troubled,  for  his  soul  is  in  him. 

1 1  Then  going  up,  and  breaking  bread  and  tast- 
ing :  and  baring  talked  a  long  while  to  them  until 
day-light,  so  he  de|>artt  -d. 

1 1  And  they  brought  the  youth  alive,  and  were 
i. of  a  little  comfortt <l. 

1 3  But  w<  1:01ns  aboard  the  ship,  sailed  to  Assos, 
f  om  whence  we  were  to  take  in  Paul :  lor  so  he 
had  apitointcd,  himself  nur|>osiiig  to  travel  by  land. 

14  And  when  he  had  met  with  us  at  Assos,  we 
took  him  in,  and  came  to  Mitylene. 

15  And  sailing  from  thence,  next  day  we  came 
gainst  Chios:  and  in  another  day  we  arrived  at 

Samos:  and  the  dav  following  we  came  to  Miletus. 

16  For  Paul  had  determined  to  sail  by  Ephesus, 
lest  he  should  be  delayed  any  time  in  Asia.  For  he 
hastened  on,  if  it  were  possible  for  him  to  keep  the 
day  of  Pentecost  at  Jerusalem. 

17  And  sending  from  Miletus  to  Ephesus,  he 
called  the  ancients  of  the  church. 

1M  And  win  n  they  were  come  to  him,  and  were 
together,  he  said  to  them  :  You  know  from  the  first 
day  that  1  came  into  Asia,  in  what  manner  I  have 
been  with  you  all  the  time, 

19  Semn?  the  Ford  with  all  humility,  and  with 
tears,  and  temptations  which  came  upon  me  from 
the  snares  of  the  Jen  - ! 

20  How  I  hire  kepi  back  nothing  that  was  pro- 
fitable to  you,  but  have  Drenched  it  to  yon,  and 
t.umht  you  pnblicklv.  and  from  house  to  house, 

21  Testifying  both  to  .lews  and  (ientiles  penance 
towards  God,  and  faith  in  our  Ford  Jesus  Christ. 

22  And  now,  Iwhold,  bound  in  the  spirit,  I  go  to 
Jerasaleaa  ;  not  knowing  the  things  that  shall  be- 
fall me  there : 

23  Only  that  the  Holy  (Jhost  in  every  citv  wit- 
nesseth  to  me,  saying:  that  chains  and  afflictions 
wait  for  me  at  Jerusalem. 

24  But  1  fear  none  of  these  things :  neither  do  I 
count  my  life  more  precious  than  myself,  so  that  I 
may  consummate  mv  course,  and  the  ministry  of 
flu:   word   which  1  nave  received   from  the   Ford 

-.  to  testify  the  gospel  of  the  gra(  i>of<  iod. 
I     I  now,  liehold,  I  know  that  all  yon,  amom: 
whom  I  have  -one  preaching  the  kingdom  of  God, 
my  face  no  more. 


•  Jmd  m  tktjknt  4*%  <j  Uu  w«*      Her*  St.  Chrraortom,  with  mm, 
-  mterpretera  of  the  Scripture  rirlain.  that  the  Chriatiaaa,  eret. 


>i  :;.:• 


26  Wherefoie  I  take  von  to  witness  this  day, 
that  I  am  clear  from  toe  blood  of  all. 

27  Fori  have  not  been  wanting  to  nnnlara  t<> 
you  all  the  counsel  of  God. 

2b"  Take  heed  to  yournslvea, and  to  all  the  flock, 

over  which  the  1 1 <> I v  Ghost  hath  placed  \ou  bishops. 

to  rule  the  church  of  God,  which  he  hath  purchased 
with  his  own  blood. 

29  I  know  that,  after  my  departure,  ravenous 
uohes  will  enter  in  among  you,  not  sparing  the 
Book. 

30  And  of  your  own  selves  will  rise  up  men 
speaking  perverse  things,  to  draw  away  disciples 
after  them. 

31  Therefore  watch,  keeping  in  memory,  that 
for  three  years  I  ceased  not  night  and  day,  w  ith 
tears  admonishing  every  one  of  you. 

32  And  now  1  commend  you  to  God.  and  to  the 
w  ord  of  his  grace,  who  is  able  to  build  up,  and  to 
give  an  inheritance  among  all  the  sanctified. 

33  I  have  not  cox-ted  any  man's  silver,  gold  or 
apparel,  as 

34  You  yourselves  know  :  that  as  for  such  things 
as  were  needful  for  me,  and  for  them  that  are  with 
me,  these  hands  have  furnished. 

35  I  have  showed  you  all  things,  that  labouring 
in  this  maimer,  we  must  receive  the  weak,  and 
remember  the  word  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  how  he  said  : 
It  is  more  blessed  to  give,  than  to  receive. 

36  And  when  he  had  said  these  things,  kneebng 
down  he  prayed  with  them  all. 

37  Ana  there  was  much  weeping  among  them 
all :  and  falling  on  Paul's  neck  they  kissed  him. 

38  Being  very  much  grieved  for  the  word  which 
he  had  said,  that  they  should  see  his  face  no  more. 
And  they  conducted  him  to  the  ship. 

CHAP.  XXI. 

Paul  goet  up  to  Jerusalem.     He  it  apprehended  by  the  Jvu-t 
in  the  temple. 

AND  when  it  came  to  pass  that  being  parted 
from  them,  we  set  sail,  we  came  with  a  direct 
course  to  Coos,  and  the  day  following  to  Rhodes, 
and  from  thence  to  Patara  : 

2  And  having  found  a  ship  bound  for  Phenice, 
we  went  aboard,  and  set  sail. 

3  And  when  we  had  discovered  Cyprus,  having 
it  on  the  left  hand,  we  sailed  into  Syria,  and  came 
to  Tyre:  for  there  the  ship  was  to  unlade  her  burden. 

4  And  finding  disciples,  we  stayed  there  seven 
days:  who  said  to  Paul  through  the  Spirit,  that  he 
should  not  go  up  to  Jerusalem. 

5  And  tin  days  being  expired,  departing  we  went 
forward,  they  all  bringing  us  on  our  w  ay,  with  their 
wives  and   children,  till  we  were  out  of  the  city 
and  kneeling  down  on  the  shore,  we  prayed. 

6  And  Wnafl  We  had  taken  leave  of  one  another 
we   ook  ship  :  and  they  returned  home. 


wp'-k.  (the  Lords  da?)  a»  all  Chrwtnnt  now  kwp  it .  Thu  chang*  w»« 
undoubtedly  made  by  the  authority  of  the  church :  lienor  the  earn 


tune,  mu.t  bare  cbaofad  tha  Habbatfc  into  tbe  6  rat  day  of  the  ||  tWpower,  wlucb  t  briat  hadfireo  toher:  Jor  be  i»Lordofll.eaabb*il, 


CHAP.  XXI. 


7  But  we  having  finished  the  voyage  by  sea, 
from  Tyre  eame  down  to  Ptolemais :  and  saluting 
the  brethren,  we  stayed  one  day  with  them. 

8  And  the  next  day  departing,  we  came  to  Ce- 
sarea.  And  entering  into  the  house  of  Philip  the 
evangelist,*  who  was  one  of  the  seven,  we  stayed 
with  him. 

9  And  he  had  four  daughters  virgins,  who  did 
prophesy. 

1 0  And  as  we  stayed  there  for  some  days,  there 
came  from  Judea  a  certain  prophet,  named  Agabus. 

1 1  And  when  he  was  come  to  us,  he  took  Paul's 
girdle :  and  binding  his  own  feet  and  hands,  he 
said :  These  things  saith  the  Holy  Ghost :  The 
man  whose  girdle  this  is,  thus  shall  the  Jews  bind 
in  Jerusalem,  and  shall  deliver  him  into  the  hands 
of  the  Gentiles. 

12  And  when  we  had  heard  this,  both  we,  and 
they  who  were  of  that  place,  besought  him  not  to 
go  up  to  Jerusalem. 

13  Then  Paul  answered,  and  said :  What  do 
you  mean  weeping  and  afflicting  my  heart  ?  For  I 
am  ready  not  only  to  be  bound,  but  also  to  die  in 
Jerusalem,  for  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus. 

14  And  when  we  could  not  persuade  him,  we 
ceased,  saying  :  The  will  of  the  Lord  be  done. 

15  And  after  those  days,  being  prepared,  we 
went  up  to  Jerusalem. 

16  And  there  went  also  with  us  some  of  the 
disciples  from  Cesarea,  bringing  with  them  one 
Mnason  a  Cyprian,  an  old  disciple,  with  whom  we 
should  lodge. 

17  And  when  we  were  come  to  Jerusalem,  the 
brethren  received  us  gladly. 

18  And  the  day  following  Paul  went  in  with  us 
to  James,  and  all  the  ancients  were  assembled. 

19  And  when  he  had  saluted  them,  he  related 
particularly  what  things  God  had  wrought  among 
the  Gentiles  by  his  ministry. 

20  But  they  hearing  it,  glorified  God,  and  said 
to  him  :  Thou  seest,  brother,  how  many  thousands 
there  are  among  the  Jews  who  have  believed:  and 
they  are  all  zealous  for  the  law. 

21  Now  they  have  heard  of  thee,  that  thou  teach- 
est  those  Jews  who  are  among  the  Gentiles  to  for- 
sake Moses:  saying,  that  they  ought  not  to  cir- 
cumcise their  children,  nor  to  walk  according  to 
the  custom. 

22  What  is  it  therefore?  the  multitude  must 
indeed  come  together :  for  they  will  hear  that  thou 
art  come. 

23  Do  therefore  this  that  we  say  to  thee :  We 
have  four  men,  who  have  a  vow  upon  them. 

24  Having  taken  these  with  thee,  purify  thyself 
with  them :  and  bestow  on  them,  that  they  may 
shave  their  heads:  and  all  will  know  that  the  things 
which  they  have  heard  of  thee,  are  false  :  but  that 
thou  thyself  also  walkest,  keeping  the  law.f 

25  As  for  those  of  the  Gentiles  who  have  be- 


*  Tht  evangelist.  That  is,  the  preacher  of  the  gospel :  the  name 
that  bet iiv  converted  the  Samaritans,  and  baptized  the  eunuch, 
cm/1,  vii    being  one  of  the  seven  first  deacons. 

O 


lieved,  we  have  written,  decreeing  that  they  should 
refrain  themselves  from  that  which  has  been  offered 
to  idols,  and  from  blood,  and  from  things  strangled, 
and  from  fornication. 

26  Then  Paul  having  taken  to  him  the  men,  the 
next  day  being  purified  with  them  entered  into  the 
temple,  giving  notice  of  the  accomplishment  of  the 
days  of  purification,  until  an  oblation  should  be 
offered  for  every  one  of  them. 

27  But  while  the  seven  days  were  drawing  to 
an  end,  those  Jews,  who  were  of  Asia,  when  they 
saw  him  in  the  temple,  stirred  up  all  the  people, 
and  laid  hands  upon  him,  crying  out : 

28  Men  of  Israel,  help :  This  is  the  man  that 
teacheth  all  men  every  where  against  the  people, 
and  the  law,  and  this  place:  and  moreover  hath 
brought  in  Gentiles  into  the  temple,  and  hath  vio- 
lated this  holy  place. 

29  For  they  had  seen  Trophimus  the  Ephesian 
in  the  city  with  him,  whom  they  supposed  that  Paul 
had  brought  into  the  temple. 

30  And  the  whole  city  was  in  an  uproar :  and 
there  was  a  concourse  of  people.  And  having 
seized  on  Paul,  they  drew  him  out  of  the  temple : 
and  immediately  the  doors  were  shut. 

31  And  as  they  were  seeking  to  kill  him,  it  was 
told  the  tribune  of  the  band :  That  all  Jerusalem 
was  in  confusion. 

32  Who  forthwith  taking  with  him  soldiers  and 
centurions,  ran  down  to  them.  And  when  they 
saw  the  tribune  and  the  soldiers,  they  left  off  beat- 
ing Paul. 

33  Then  the  tribune  coming  near  took  him,  and 
commanded  him  to  be  bound  with  two  chains:  and 
demanded  who  he  was,  and  what  he  had  done. 

34  And  some  cried  out  one  thing,  some  another, 
among  the  multitude.  And  when  he  could  not  know 
the  certainty  because  of  the  tumult,  he  commanded 
him  to  be  brought  into  the  castle. 

35  And  when  he  was  come  to  the  stairs,  it  hap- 
pened that  he  was  borne  up  by  the  soldiers,  because 
of  the  violence  of  the  people. 

36  For  the  multitude  of  the  people  followed  af- 
ter, crying  out :  Away  with  him. 

37  And  as  Paul  was  about  to  be  brought  into 
the  castle,  he  said  to  the  tribune :  May  I  speak- 
something  to  thee  ?  Who  said  :  Canst  thou  speak 
Greek  ? 

38  Art  not  thou  that  Egyptian  who  before  these 
days  didst  raise  a  tumult,  and  didst  lead  forth  into 
the  desert  four  thousand  men  that  were  murderers? 

39  But  Paul  said  to  him:  I  am  indeed  a  Jew,  a 
man  of  Tarsus  in  Cilicia,  a  citizen  of  no  mean 
city.  And  I  beseech  thee,  permit  me  to  speak 
to  the  people. 

40  And  when  he  had  given  him  leave,  Paul, 
standing  on  the  stairs,  beckoned  with  his  hand 
to  the  people.  And  a  great  silence  being  made, 
he  spoke  to  them  in  the  Hebrew  tongue,  saying : 

f  Keeping  the  lam.  The  law,  though  now  no  Ior>g«r  obligator?, 
was  for  a  time  observed  by  the  Christian  Jews,  to  bury,  as  it 
were,  the  synagogue  with  honour. 

121 


the  \<  rs. 


CUM'.    Wll 


i'atil  drrlitrrs  to  the  ltcojilr  tke  kUtoiy  of  kit  conct  rri.m.      //■ 
eteapet  tcmtrging  ftjr  claiming  the  privilege  of  a  Roman. 

MEN,  brethren.  and  fathers,  li.;ir  \e  tlie  account 
wlli.il   I    lie  oil. 

\nil   wlien  they  bcud  that  he  ■poke  to  tlniu 

iii  the  Hebrew  tongue,  they  kept  the  mure  eilea 

3  And  he  saith:  I  am  a  man  w  ho  am  a. lew. 
bori;  m  m  (ilieia.  hut  brought  Up  in  this  city, 

:it  ilic  l"i  imaliel,  taught  according  t<>  the  truth 

of  the  law  of  tbfl  fathers,  lealoUS  for  the  law  ,  a>  also 
all  vou  are  this  da\. 

\iul  I  persecuted  this  way  unto  death,  binding 

ami  delivering  into  prisons  both  men  and  women. 

5  As  the  high  priest  doth  hear  me  witness,  and 
all  the  ancients:  from  whom  also  taking  letters.  I 
went  to  the  brethren  at  Damascus,  to  bring  them 
hound  from  theme  to  Jerusalem,  that  they  might 
be  punished. 

0  And  it  came  to  pass.  as  |  was  going  and  draw- 
near  to  Damascus  at  mid-day,  thai  suddenly 
there  shone  from  heaven  a  great  light  round  alnnil 

7   And  falling  on  the  ground,  1  heard  a  voice  saj 
ingti.  -  ml.  Saul,  why  perseeutest  thou  inc.' 

\nd  I  answered:  Who  art  thou.  Lord?  And 
be  said  to  me  :  I  am  JeStM  of  Nazareth,  whom  thou 
IH-rseeutcst. 

9  And  they  that  were  with  me  saw  indeed  the 
light  ;  but  tiny  heard  not  the  voice*  of  him  thut 
s|Hikc  w  ith  me. 

ID  And  I  said  :  What  shall  I  do,  Lord  ?  And  the 
Lord  said  to  me:  Arise,  and  go  into  Damascus : 
and  there  it  shall  be  told  thee  of  all  things  that  thou 
must  do. 

11  And  whereas  I  did  not  see  for  the  brightness 
of  that  light,  being  led  bj  the  hand  by  my  compa- 
nions. I  came  to  I  )amaseiis. 

12  And  one  Ananias,  a  man  according  to  the 
law,  having  a  good  cliui.hr  from  all  the  Jews 
dwelling  th< 

13  Coming  to  me,  and  standing  by  me,  said  to 
me:  Brother  Saul,  receive  thy  sight.   And  I  the 

same  hour  looked  UpOO  him. 

II  And  he  said:  Hie  God  of  our  fathers  hath 
pre-ordained  thee,  that  thou  shouldst  know  his  will, 
and  see  the  .lust  Onef  and  ihouldsl  hear  the  voice 
from  his  mouth. 

\>  lor  thou  shalt  1m-  his  w  itness  to  all  men,  of 
those  things  which  thou  hast  seen  and  heard. 

16  \inl  now.  win  delayest  thou.'  Rise  up,  and 
be  bapti/ed.  and  wash  away  tin  sins,  calling  ii|H>n 
his 

17  \nd  it  rauie  to  |iass.  when  I  was  come  again 
b-riisalem.   and  was  praying  in  the  temple,  that 

I  was  in  a  trail 

\nd  s.iw  him,  savin:  unto  me:  Make  haste. 
and  go  auickly  out  of  Jerusalem  :  liccausc  they  w  ill 
nor  thj  lestimoiiN  concerning  me. 


•  Httrd  wM  IV  tMrt      T>ial  i«.   tnmj  •ti.tiitKVttbrd  Dot  the   word* 
thoMcfe  (her  heard  (he  voire.     .! 

m 


19   And  I  said  :  Lord,  they  know  that  I  cast  int^ 
m,   and    heat    in    ewry    s\  nagogue,  them   that 

believed  in  thee. 

Jo    \nd  when  the  bhx>d  of  Stephen  thy  witi 
was  shed,  I   stood    by   and  consented,  and  kept  the 
garments  of  them  who  killed  him. 

Jl  \nd  he  saiil  to  me:  Go:  for  unto  the  nations 
afar  oil'  will  I  send  thee. 

'  And  they  heard  him  until  this  word,  and  then 
lifted  up  their  voice.  saying:  Away  with  such  a 
one  from  the  earth:  for  it  is  not  fit  that  .ie  should 
live. 

23  And  as  they  cried  out,  and  threw  off  their 
garments,  and  east  dust  into  the  air, 

:  The  tribune  commanded  him  to  he  brought 
into  the  castle,  and  to  he  scourged,  and  to  be  tor- 
tured ;  that  he  might  know  for  what  cause  they  cried 
out  thus  against  him. 

25  And  when  they  had  liound  him  with  thongs, 
I'aul  saith  to  the  centurion  standing  by  him:  Is  it 
lawful  for  Mm  to  scourge  a  man  that  is  a  Roman, 
and  unenndemned? 

26  Which  having  heard,  the  centurion  went  to 
the  tribune,  ami  told  him,  saying:  What  art  thou 
about  to  dor   Lor  this  man  is  a  Roman  citizen. 

27  Then  the  tribune  came,  and  said  to  bun  :  Tell 
inc.  if  thou  art  a  Roman?   But  he  said:   Yes. 

28  And  the  tribune  answered :  I  obtained  the 
being  free  of  this  city  with  a  great  sum.  And  Paul 
said  :    But  I  was  born  so. 

29  Immediately,  therefore,  they  that  were  about 
to  torture  him  departed  from  him.  The  tribune  aN,  ■ 
was  afraid,  after  he  understood  that  he  was  a  Ro- 
man citizen,  and  because  he  had  liound  him. 

30  But  on  the  next  day,  being  desirous  to  know 
more  diligently,  for  what  cause  be  was  eCCOSM   b\ 
the  Jews,  he  loosed  him.  and  commanded  the  priest-, 
to  come  together,  and  all  the  council :  and,  bringing 
forth  Paul,  he  set  him  before  them. 

CHAP.  XXIII. 

Paul  ttandt  before  the  council:   ITie  Jrtet  cotupire  kit  Oi.ath. 
lie  it  tent  away  to  Ct nana. 

AND  Paul,  looking  upon  the  council,  said  :  Men 
brethren,  I  have  conversed  with  an  entire  good 
conscience  before  God  until  this  present  day. 

2  And  the  high  priest  Ananias  commanded  them 
who  stood  by  him,  to  strike  him  on  the  mouth. 

3  Then  Pan!  said  to  him :  Cod  shall  strike  thee, 
thou  w  luted  wall.  For,  sittest  thou  there  to  judge 
me  according  to  the  law,  and  contrary  to  the  law 
couiinandest  me  to  l>e  struck  ? 

4  And  they  that  stood  by,  said  :  Dost  thou  revile 
the  high  priest  of  God  ? 

6  And  I'aul  said:  I  knew  not.  brethren,  that  he 
is  the  high  priest.  For  it  is  written  :  Thou  shalt 
not  ■peak  evil  of  the  prince  of  thy  people. 

6  And  Paul,  knowing  that  the  one  part  Wen 
and  the  other  Pharisees,  cried  out  in  the 


♦  Jutt  Ont      Our  S.ivii.ur,  who  appeared  to  St.  Paul.     Jkl*  ix.  17 


CHAP.  XXIV. 


council :  Men  brethren,  I  am  a  Pharisee,  the  son  of 
J'liarisees:  concerning  the  hope  and  resurrection  of 
the  dead  I  am  called  in  question. 

7  And  when  he  had  said  this,  there  arose  a  dis- 
sension between  the  Pharisees  and  the  Sadducees : 
and  the  multitude  was  divided. 

8  For  the  Sadducees  say  that  there  is  no  resur- 
rection, nor  angel,  nor  spirit:  but  the  Pharisees 
confess  both. 

9  Now  a  great  clamour  was  raised.  And  some 
of  the  Pharisees  rising  up,  contended,  saying  :  We 
find  no  evil  in  this  man:  what  if  a  spirit  hath 
spoken  to  him,  or  an  angel  ? 

10  And  when  there  arose  a  great  dissension,  the 
tribune,  fearing  lest  Paul  should  he  torn  in  pieces 
by  them,  commanded  the  soldiers  to  go  down,  and 
to  take  him  by  force  from  among  them,  and  to  bring 
him  into  the  castle. 

1 1  And  the  night  following,  the  Lord  standing  by 
him,  said  :  Be  constant :  for  as  thou  hast  testified 
of  me  in  Jerusalem,  so  must  thou  bear  witness  also 
at  Rome. 

12  And  when  it  was  day,  some  of  the  Jews 
assembled  together,  and  bound  themselves  with  a 
curse,  saying :  That  they  would  neither  eat  nor 
drink,  till  they  had  killed  Paul. 

13  And  they  were  more  than  forty  men  that  had 
made  this  conspiracy. 

14  And  they  came  to  the  chief  priests  and  the  an- 
cients, and  said  :  We  have  bound  ourselves  un- 
der a  curse  that  we  will  eat  nothing  till  we  kill 
Paul. 

15  Now  therefore  do  you  with  the  council  signify 
to  the  tribune,  that  he  bring  him  forth  to  you,  as  if 
you  meant  to  know  something  more  certain  concern- 
ing him :  and  we,  before  he  come  near,  are  ready  to 
kill  him. 

1G  And  when  Paul's  sister's  son  had  heard  of 
their  lying  in  wait,  he  came,  and  entered  into  the 
castle,  and  told  Paul. 

17  Then  Paid  calling  to  him  one  of  the  centu- 
rions, said:  Bring  this  young  man  to  the  tribune; 
for  he  hath  something  to  tell  nim. 

18  So  he  took  him,  and  brought  him  to  the  tri- 
bune, and  said:  Paul  the  prisoner  desired  me  to 
bring  this  young  man  to  thee,  who  hath  some- 
thing to  say  to  thee. 

19  And  the  tribune  taking  him  by  the  hand,  went 
aside  with  him  privately,  and  asked  him:  What  is 
it  that  thou  hast  to  tell  me  ? 

20  And  he  said  :  The  Jews  have  agreed  to  desire 
thee,  that  thou'wouldst  bring  forth  Paul  to-morrow 
into  the  council,  as  if  they  meant  to  inquire  some- 
thing more  certain  concerning  him  : 

21  But  do  not  thou  give  credit  to  them :  for  there 
lie  in  wait  for  him  more  than  forty  men  of  them, 
who  have  bound  themselves  by  oath  neither  to  eat 
nor  to  drink  till  they  kill  him :  and  they  are  now 
ready  waiting  for  thy  promise. 

22  The  tribune  therefore  dismissed  the  young 
man  ;  charging  him  to  tell  no  man  that  he  had  made 
known  these  things  to  him. 

23  Then  having  called  two  centurions,  he  said  to 


them  :  Make  ready  two  hundred  soldiers,  that  they 
may  go  as  far  as  Cesarea,  and  seventy  horsemen, 
and  two  hundred  spear-men,  from  the  third  hour  of 
the  night : 

24  And  provide  beasts,  that  they  may  set  Paul  on, 
and  bring  him  safe  to  Felix  the  governor. 

25  (For  he  feared  lest  the  Jews  might  take  him 
away  by  force,  and  kill  him,  and  he  should  after- 
wards be  slandered  as  if  he  was  to  receive  money.) 

26  And  he  wrote  a  letter,  after  this  manner : 
Claudius  Lysias,  to  the  most  excellent  governor 
Felix,  greeting. 

27  This  man,  having  been  seized  by  the  Jews, 
and  ready  to  be  killed  by  them,  I  rescued,  coming 
in  with  an  army,  having  understood  that  he  is  a 
Roman : 

28  And  being  desirous  to  know  the  cause  which 
they  objected  to  him,  I  brought  him  forth  into  their 
council. 

29  Whom  I  found  to  be  accused  of  questions 
concerning  their  law :  but  to  have  nothing  laid  to 
his  charge  worthy  of  death,  or  of  bands. 

30  And  when  it  was  told  me  that  they  had  pre- 
pared an  ambush  for  him,  I  sent  him  to  thee,  sig- 
nifying also  to  his  accusers  to  plead  before  thee. 
P?arewell. 

31  Then  the  soldiers,  according  as  it  was  com- 
manded them,  taking  Paul,  brought  him  by  night  to 
Antipatris. 

32  And  the  next  day,  leaving  the  horsemen  to  go 
with  him,  they  returned  to  the  castle. 

33  Who,  when  they  were  come  to  Cesarea,  and 
had  delivered  the  letter  to  the  governor,  presented 
Paul  also  before  him. 

34  And  when  he  had  read  it,  and  had  asked  of 
what  province  he  was,  and  understood  that  he  was 
of  Cilicia ; 

35  I  will  hear  thee,  said  he,  when  thy  accusers 
come.  And  he  commanded  him  to  be  kept  in 
Herod's  judgment-hall. 

CHAP.  XXIV. 

Paul  defends  his  innocence   before   Felix  the  governor.     He 
preaches  the  faith  to  him. 

AND  after  five  days  the  high  priest  Ananias 
came  down,  with  some  of  the  ancients,  and 
one  Tertulhis  an  orator,  who  went  to  the  governor 
against  Paul. 

2  And  Paul  being  cited,  Tertullus  began  to  accuse 
him,  saying  :  Whereas,  through  thee,  we  live  in 
much  peace,  and  many  things  are  rectified  by  thy 
foresight : 

3  We  accept  it  always,  and  in  all  places,  most 
excellent  Felix,  with  all  thankfulness. 

4  But  that  I  be  no  farther  tedious  to  thee,  I 
beseech  thee,  of  thy  clemency,  to  hear  us  in  a  few 
words. 

5  We  have  found  this  a  pestilent  man,  and 
raising  seditions  among  all  the  Jews  throughout  the 
whole  world,  and  author  of  the  sedition  of  the  sect 
of  the  Nazarenes : 

6  Who  also  attempted  to  profane  the  temple: 

123 


THE    \t   i  - 


whom  we  apprehended,  and   would   have   jud 
ording  ti>  OUT  law. 

7  Bui  Lysias  the  tribunal  conM  anon  us,  took 
turn  away  with  peal  violence  out  of  our  bands, 

:>  Commanding  ItLs  accusers  to  come  to  tune: 
from  whom,  thou  lieing  judge,  niayrst  know  all 
ihi-se  things,  of  which  we  accuse  him. 

9  And  the  Jews  also  assented,  and  said  that 
these  things  were  so. 

In  Then  Paul  answered,  (the  governor  making 
a  sign  to  him  to  speak  :)  Knowing  that,  lor  manv 
\r  on, thou  h:ist  been  judge  over  this  nation,  1  will 
with  good  courage  answer  for  ms-elt'. 

II    For  thou   may  est   understand,  that  there  are 

Jinn  twelve  days  since   1   area!   an  to  adore  in 
erusalem  : 
IJ   And   in  ithcr  in  the  temple  did  they  find  me 
disputing  with  any  man,  nor  causing  any  concourse 
of  the  people,  neither  in  the  synagogues, 

l.i  Nor  in  the  city:  neither  caa  they  prove  to 

thee  the  things  of  which  they   now  an  use  me. 

11  Hut  this  I  confess  to  thee,  that,  according  to 
the  Sect  which  they  call  a  heresy,  so  do  I  serve  the 
I  fttbei  and  my  God,  believing  all  things  which  are 
written  in  the  law  and  the  prophets  ; 

I  >  Having  hoi>e  in  God,  which  these  also  them- 
selves look  for,  that  there  shall  be  a  resurrection  of 
(he  just  ami  unjust. 

10  In  this  I  iinstif  also  study  to  have  always 
paascaancg  without  otlcucu   towards  God   and 

towards  men. 

17  .Now  after  manv  years  I  came  to  bring  alms 
to  m>  nation,  and  offerings,  and  vow-. 

In  which  they  found  me  purified  in  the  tem- 
ple ;  not  with  a  crowd,  nor  with  a  tumult. 

19  Hut  certain  Jews  of  Asia,  who  ought  to  be 
present  before  thee,  and  to  accuse,'  if  they  had  any 
thins  against  me  : 

.''I    Or  let    these   men   tin  iiim  Ives  say,  if  they 

fo I  in  me  any  iniijuity,  when  standing  before  the 

council. 

21  l.xcept  it  l>e  for  this  one  voice  only,  that  I 
cried  out,  standing  among  them:  That  concerning 
the  resurrection  ol  the  dead  am  I  judged  this  dav 
b)   mm, 

I  Felix  put  them  olT,  knowing  most  eer- 
ily of  this  u  in,  saying  :  When  Lysias  the  tribune 
shall  come  down,  I  will  hear  you. 

23  And  In-  commanded  a  centurion  to  keen  him, 
and  in  let  him  be  easy,  and  that  he  should  not 
hindi  i  am  of  his  friends  to  minister  to  him. 

Vnd  after  some  days,  Felix  coming  with  Dru- 

i  his  wii.  ,  who  was  a  Jewess,  called  for    Haul, 

and  heard  from  him   the  faith  which   is  in  Christ 

i   yndash.tr.  ited  of  iusticc,  and  rhastitv,  and 
of  the  Judgment  to  come.  Felix  being  terrified,  an- 
■  r  this  tn,„.   go  thy  way  :    hut  at  a  cen- 
time I  will  send  for  lh< 
26   Hoping  also,   withal,    that   monev  would  h. 
n   him   by   Haul  :    for   which   account    he   also 
jii.utly  sent  for  him,  and  spoke  with  him. 
J7   Hut  when  two  vears  were  ended,   Felix  had 

lt4 


for  successor  Port ius  Festus.  And  lieing  willing 
to  gratify  the  Jews. he  hit  Haul  a  prison,  r. 

CHAP.  XXV. 

Paul  appeals  to  Cttar.     King  Agrippa  drsirts  to  hear  him. 

1YTOW  when  Festm  was  come  into  the  proviuc.  . 
-L^l  after  three  days  he  went  up  to  Jerusalem 
from  Cesarea. 

2  And  the  chief  priests  and  principal  men  of  the 
Jews  went  to  him  against  Paul:  and  they  besought 
him, 

3  Requesting  favour  against  him,  (hat  he  would 
command  him  to  be  brought  to  Jerusalem;  laying 
wait  lo  kill  him  in  the  way. 

4  Bui  Festus  answered  :  That  Paul  was  to  be 
kept  in  Cesarea;  and  that  he  himself  should  go 
very  shortly  thither. 

5  Let  them,  therefore,  saith  he,  among  you  that 
are  ahle,  going  down  with  me,  accuse  him,  if  tin  re 
be  any  crime  in  the  man. 

6  And  having  staid  among  them  no  more  than 
eight  or  ten  days,  he  went  down  to  Cesarea.  and 
the  next  day  he  sat  in  the  judgment-seal,  and  com- 
manded Paul  to  be  brought 

7  And  when  be  was  brought,  the  Jews  that  wan 
come  down  from  Jerusalem,  stood  about  him,  ob- 
jecting many  and  grievous  accusations  which  they 
could  not  prove : 

8  Paul  making  answer:  That  neither  against  the 
law  of  the  Jews,  nor  against  the  temple,  nor  against 
Caesar,  have  I  offended  iii  any  thing. 

9  But  Festus,  being  willing  to  gratify  the  Jews. 
answered  Paul,  and  said:  AVilt  thou  go  up  to 
Jerusalem,  and  there  be  judged  of  these  things  he- 
tore  me  ? 

10  Then  Paul  said:  I  stand  at  Cesar's  tribunal, 
where  I  ought  to  be  judged  :  To  the  Jews  I  bare 
done  no  injury,  as  thou  very  well  knowest. 

11  For  if  I  have  injured  them,  or  have  committed 
any  thing  that  deserved]  death,  I  refuse  not  to  ilie  : 
hut  if  there  be  nothing  of  these  things  whereof  th>  y 
accuse  me,  uo  man  can  deliver  me  to  them.  I 
appeal  to  Cesar. 

12  Then  Festus,  having  conferred  with  the  coun- 
cil, answered  :  1  last  thou  appealed  to  Cesar.'  To 
Cesar   shall  thou  go. 

13  And  after  some  days  king  Agrippa  and  Ber- 
nice  came  down  to  Cesarea  to  salute  resdis. 

14  And  as  they  staid  there  many  days,  I •V^mk 
told  the  king  concerning  Paul,  saying:  There  is  a 
certain  man  left  prisoner  by  Felix; 

15  Concerning  whom,  when  I  was  at  Jerusalem 
the  chief  priests  and  the  ancients  of  the  Jen  I  came 
to  me,  demanding  condemnation  against  him. 

lb"  To  whom  I  answered  :  It  is  not  the  custom 
of  the  Roman!  to  condemn  any  man,  before  that  be 
who  is  accused  have  his  accusers  present,  and  that 
he  hare  liberty  of  making  his  defence,  to  cleai 
himself  of  the  things  laid  to  his  charge. 

17  When,  therefore,  they  were  come  hithei, 
without   any    di  lay,  on  the  day  following,  I  sat  on 


CHAP.  XXVI. 


'he  judgment-scat,  and  commanded  the  man  to  be 
Drought  forth. 

18  Against  whom,  when  the  accusers  stood  up, 
they  brought  in  no  cause  v\  herein  I  could  suspect 
any  evil : 

19  But  had  certain  questions  of  their  own  super- 
stition against  him,  and  of  one  Jesus,  deceased, 
whom  Paul  affirmed  to  be  alive. 

20  And  as  I  was  in  doubt  of  this  manner  of  ques- 
tion, I  asked  him  whether  he  would  go  to  Jerusa- 
lem, and  there  be  judged  of  these  things. 

21  But  Paul,  appealing  to  be  reserved  to  the 
hearing  of  Augustus,  I  commanded  him  to  be  kept 
till  I  might  send  him  to  Cesar. 

22  Then  Agrippa  said  to  Festus :  I  would  also 
hear  the  man  myself.  To-morrow,  said  he,  thou 
shalt  hear  him. 

23  And  on  the  next  day,  when  Agrippa  and  Ber- 
uice  were  come  with  great  pomp,  and  had  entered 
into  the  hall  of  audience,  with  the  tribunes  and 
principal  men  of  the  city,  Festus  commanding  it, 
Paul  was  brought  forth. 

24  And  Festus  saith :  King  Agrippa,  and  all  ye 
men  who  are  here  present  with  us,  you  see  this 
man,  about  whom  all  the  multitude  of  the  Jews 
made  their  request  to  me  at  Jerusalem,  petition- 
ing and  crying  out  that  he  ought  not  to  live  any 
longer. 

23  Yet  have  I  found  nothing  that  he  hath  com- 
mitted worthy  of  death.  But  he  himself  appealing 
lo  Augustus,  I  have  determined  to  send  him. 

26  Concerning  whom  I  have  nothing  certain  to 
write  to  my  lord.  Wherefore  I  have  brought  him 
forth  before  you,  and  especially  before  thee,  O  king 
Agrippa,  that,  examination  being  made,  I  may 
have  something  to  write. 

27  For  it  scemeth  to  me  unreasonable  to  send  a 
prisoner,  and  not  to  signify  the  things  laid  to  his 
charge. 

CHAP.  XXVI. 

Paul  gives  an  account  to  Agrippa  of  kis  life,  conversion,  and 
calling. 

^THIEN  Agrippa  said  to  Paul :  Thou  art  per- 
-*-    mitted   to  speak   for   thyself.      Then    Paul, 
stretching  forth  his  hand,   began  to  make  his  an- 
swer. 

2  I  think  myself  happy,  O  king  Agrippa,  that  I 
am  to  answer  for  myself  this  day  before  thee,  con- 
cerning all  the  things  of  which  I  am  accused  by 
the  Jews; 

3  Especially  as  thou  knowest  all,  both  customs 
and  questions,  which  are  among  the  Jews:  where- 
fore 1  beseech  thee  to  hear  me  patiently. 

4  And  my  life,  indeed,  from  my  youth,  which 
was  from  the  beginning  among  my  own  nation  in 
Jerusalem,  all  the  Jews  do  know : 

5  Having  known  me  from  the  beginning,  (if 
they  will  give  testimony,)  that,  according  to  the 
most  sure  sect  of  our  religion,  I  lived  a  Pharisee. 

6  And  now  1  stand  under  judgment  for  the  hope 
of  the  promise  which  God  made  to  our  fathers  : 


7  Unto  which  our  twelve  tribes,  serving  nighl 
and  day,  hope  to  come.  For  which  hope,  O  king, 
1  am  accused  by  the  Jews. 

8  Why  should  it  be  thought  a  thing  incredible 
with  you,  that  God  should  raise  the  dead  ? 

9  And  1  myself  was,  indeed,  persuaded  that  I 
ought  to  do  many  things  in  opposition  to  the  name 
of  Jesus  of  Nazareth; 

10  Which  also  I  did  at  Jerusalem,  and  many  of 
the  saints  I  shut  up  in  prisons,  having  received  autho- 
rity from  the  chief  priests :  and  when  they  were 
put  to  death,  I  brought  the  sentence. 

1 1  And  1  punished  them  often  in  every  syna- 
gogue, and  compelled  them  to  blaspheme:  and  be- 
ing yet  more  mad  against  them,  1  persecuted  them 
even  unto  foreign  cities. 

12  Whereupon,  when  I  was  going  to  Damas- 
cus, with  authority  and  permission  of  the  chief 
priests, 

13  At  mid-day,  O  king,  I  saw  in  the  way  a  light 
from  heaven,  above  the  brightness  of  the  sun,  shining 
about  me  and  those  that  were  in  company  with  me. 

14  And  when  we  were  all  fallen  down  to  the 
ground,  I  heard  a  voice  speaking  to  me  in  the  He- 
brew tongue:  Saul,  Saul,  why persecutest  thou  me? 
It  is  hard  for  thee  to  kick  against  the  goad. 

•  15  And  I  said:  Who  art  thou,  Lord?  And  the 
Lord  answered  :  I  am  Jesus,  whom  thou  perse- 
cutest. 

16  But  rise  up,  and  stand  upon  thy  feet:  for  to 
this  end  have  I  appeared  to  thee,  that  I  may  make 
thee  a  minister  and  a  witness  of  those  things  which 
thou  hast  seen,  and  of  those  things  for  which  1 
will  appear  to  thee, 

17  Delivering  thee  from  the  people,  and  from  the 
nations  unto  which  now  1  send  thee, 

18  To  open  their  eyes,  that  they  mav  be  con- 
verted from  darkness  to  light,  and  from  the  power 
of  Satan  to  God,  that  they  may  receive  forgiveness 
of  sins,  and  a  lot  among  the  saints,  by  the  faith 
that  is  in  me. 

19  Whereupon,  O  king  Agrippa,  I  was  not  in- 
credulous to  the  heavenly  vision : 

20  But  preached  first  to  them  that  are  at  Damas- 
cus, and  at  Jerusalem,  and  throughout  all  the  coun- 
try of  Judea,  and  to  the  Gentiles,  that  they  should  do 
penance,  and  turn  to  God,  doing  works  worthy 
of  penance. 

21  For  this  cause  the  Jews,  when  I  was  in  the 
temple,  having  apprehended  me,  attempted  to 
kill  me. 

22  But,  being  aided  by  the  help  of  God,  I  con- 
tinue, to  this  day,  witnessing  both  to  small  and 
great ;  saying  no  other  thing  than  those  which  the 
prophets  and  Moses  did  say  should  come  to  pass: 

23  That  Christ  should  suffer,  and  that  he  should 
be  the  first  that  should  rise  from  the  dead, 
and  should  show  light  to  the  people,  and  to  the 
Gentiles. 

24  Now,  as  he  was  speaking  these  things,  and 

fiving  an  account,  Festus  said,  with  a  loud  voice  : 
'aul,  thou  art  beside  thyself,  much  learning  doth 

make  thee  mad. 

ISfi 


THE    \<  is. 


25  And  Paul  said:  I  an  not  mad.  most  excellent 
Festus;  Imt  I  speak  words  of  truth  and  sobriety. 

for  the  kin:;  kuowcth  of  these  things,  to 
uhoin  also  I  >jn-.ik  with  confidence:  lor  I  am  |>cr- 
suadcd  that  none  of  these  things  are  hidden  from 
lim.  For  neither  wire  any  of  these  things  done 
in  ■  con 

r  thou  the  prophets,  ()  kiim  Lgrippa? 
I  know  that  thou  believest. 

28  Theu  Agrippa  said  to  Paul:  In  a  little  thou 
lienuadest  ine  to  become  i  Christian. 

\nd    Paul    said  :    I  would   to  Cod  that,  Lx>th 

in   little  and  in  much,  not   onl\   thou,   but   also  all 
:    hear   DM  this  day.   sln>:il  1    Income   such   as  I 

..  (  \c  t  |it  these  chains. 
•  '^i  And  the  kiiu  rose  up,  and  the  governor,  and 

.lice,  and  the)  that  sat  with  them. 
.'>l     \ud  when  the)   Were  cone  aside,  they  con- 
ferred with  one  another,    laying:     This   man   hath 
done  nothing  thai  deserveth  death  or  chains. 

\ :.•!   Vgripi m  said  to  Festus:  This  man  minht 
hatn  t   a  liberty,   if  he  had  not  appealed  to 

1     ar. 

CHAP.  wvu. 

Paul  it  shipped  fur  Rome.     Hit  voyage  and  thipwreck. 

A\l>   » li<  n    it   was  determined    that    he   should 
tail   into   Italy,   and   that   Paul  w  ith  the  other 
SrtBQfters  should  W  delivered  to  a  centurion  named 
uliiis,  of  the  Innd  Augusta. 

Soing  on  board  B  ship  of  Adrumetum.  wt 
weighed  anchor.  being  about  to  sail  by  the  coast 
Of  \>ia  :  tristarchus  the  .Macedonian  of  TheSttV 
lonica  continuing  w ith  us. 

3  And  the  ne\t  da)  we  came  to  Sidon.  And 
Julius  Seating  Paul  courteously,  pennitted  him  to 

-o  to  his  friends,  and  to  take  care  of  himself. 

4  And  when  we   had    launched  from  thence,  we 

mailed  under  Cyprus ;  because  the  winds  were  con- 

trar\. 

6  Anil  htfrinf  sailed  o\.r  the  tea  of  Cilieia  and 
Pamphilia.  we  <  aim    to  l.\-tra.  which  is  in  l.ycia: 

6  And  there  the  centurion  finding  a  ship  of  Alex- 
andria sailing  lor  Italy,   he  put  us  aboard  her. 

7  And  when,  lor  main  days,  we  had  sailed  slow- 
ly, and  w-i.  v,  ;U, -,.  coi  ;||Sl  ('nidus,  the 
wind  not  permitting  us,  we  sailed  mar  Crete  by 
Salmom 

8  And    with    Baud    difficulty   sailim:  by    it.   we 

certain    place    which    is   called    Cood- 
liavens,  near  to  which  was  the  city  of  Thalassa. 

Ind  when  much  time  was  s|Miit,  and  when 
sailing  now  was  dangerous,  liecause  the  fast  was 
i>"«  |K«st,  Paul  comforted  them, 

10  Saving  to  them :  Ve  men.  I  see  that  tin-  soy- 
ins  to  lie  w  nil  danger  and  much  damage,  not 

onb  ol  the  lading  and  ship,  but  al I  our  1|V(  s. 

IN  Hut  the  centurion  believed  the  pilot  and  d.e 
master  of  the  shin,  more  than  dates  things  whiih 
were  said  bj  Paul. 

I  2    \nd  w  beteas  il  w  .i>  not  a  <  ommodions  I 
to  winter  in.  the  greati  >t  part  mi  <  I  to  sail 

its 


thence,  il  h)  any  means  they  might  reach  Phe- 
nice.  to  winter  there,  which  is  a  haven  of  Crete, 
looking  towards  the  south-west  and  north-west. 

13  And  the  south  wind  blowing  gently, thinkin 

that  the\  had  obtained  their  purpose,  when  they  ha- 
loosed  from  Asson,  tiny  sailed  close  by  Crete. 

1  I  Put  not  long  alter  there  arose  against  her  a 
tempestuous  wind,  called  Kuro-aipiilo. 

15  And  when  the  ship  was  carried  away,  and 
could  not  bear  against  tlte  wind,  giving  up  tic 
ship  to  the  winds,  we  were  driven. 

16  And  running  under  a  certain  island,  that  is 
called  Cauda,  we  had  much  work  to  conn  l>\  the 
Ixiat. 

17  Which  1  m ■  i i iii  taken  up,  they  used  helps,  in  - 
der-girdim;  the  ship;  and,  (earing  lest  the)  shoul  I 
fall  into  the  quick-sands,  they  let  down  the  sail- 
yard,  and  so  were  driven. 

18  And  we  being  mightuy  tossed  with  the  tem- 
pest, the  next  dai  tnei  threw  overboard: 

ly  And  the  third  day  they  east  out,  with  tin  r 
own  hands,  the  tackling  of  the  ship. 

20  And  neither  sun  nor  stars  appearing  lor  many 
days,  and  no  small  storm  threatening,  all  hope  s  i  I 
our  aafet)  were  now  lost. 

_M  And  after  they  had  fasted  a  long  time,  Paul. 
Btanding  in  the  midst  of  them,  said:  You  should, 
indeed,  ()  ye  men,  have  hearkened  to  me.  and  not 
have  put  oil  from  Crete,  and  to  have  suffered  this 
harm  and  loss. 

22  And  now  I  exhort  you  to  be  of  good  dm  r ; 
for  there  shall  be  no  loss  of  any  man's  life  among 
you,  but  only  of  the  ship. 

23  For  an  angel  of  God,  whose  I  am,  and  whom 
I  serve,  stood  bv  me  this  night, 

2\  Saying:  Fear  not.  Paul;  thou  must  be  brought 
before  Cesar:  and,  behold,  God  hath  given  tine 
all  them  that  sail  with  tin -e. 

25  Wherefore,  Sirs,  be  of  good  cheer:  for  I 
believe  God,  that  it  shall  so  lie,  as  it  hath  been 
told  me. 

(J()  Put  we  must  come  into  a  certain  island. 

27  Now  after  the  fourteenth  night  was  come, 
as  we  were  sailing  in  the  Adria  about  midnight, 
the  ship-men  deemed  that  they  discovered  some 
country. 

211  And  they  sounded. and  found  twenty  fathoms: 
and  going  00  a  little  farther  they  found  fifteen 
fathoms. 

Then,  fearing  lest  we  should  fall  upon  mush 

places,  tln\  cast  four  anchors  out  of  the  stern,  aid 
wished  for  the  day. 

30  But  as  the  ship-men  sought  to  fly  out  of  tin- 
ship,  having  let  down  the  boat  into  the  sea,  tinder 
pretence  as  though  tiny  would  have  cast  anchors 
out  of  the  fore-ship, 

31  Paul  said  to  the  centurion,  and  to  tin 
dicrs:  Unless  these  stay  in  the  ship,  you  cannot 
be  saved. 

32  Then   the  soldiers  cut  off  the  ropes  of  the 
and  l(  t  her  fall  off. 

33  And  when  it  began  to  be  light,  Paol  besought 
them  all  to  take  food,  saying:  This  da]  is  the  four 


CHAP.  XXVI II. 


♦ecnth   day  that  you  have  waited  and  continued 
fasting  taking  nothing. 

34  Wherefore  I  pray  you  to  take  some  food  for 
your  health's  sake:  for  there  shall  not  a  hair  of  the 
head  of  any  of  you  perish. 

35  And  when  he  had  said  these  things,  taking 
bread,  he  gave  thanks  to  God  in  the  presence  of  them 
all :  and  when  he  had  broken  it,  he  began  to  eat. 

36  Then  were  they  all  of  better  cheer;  and  they 
also  took  food. 

37  And  we  were,  in  all,  in  the  ship,  two  hundred 
and  seventy-six  souls. 

38  And  when  they  had  eaten  enough,  they  light- 
ened the  ship;  casting  out  the  wheat  into  the  sea. 

39  And  when  it  was  day,  they  knew  not  the 
laud:  but  they  discovered  a  certain  creek,  with  a 
shore,  into  which  they  thought,  if  they  could,  to 
thrust  in  the  ship. 

40  And  when  they  had  weighed  the  anchors, 
they  committed  themselves  to  the  sea,  loosing  also 
the  rudder-bands ;  and,  hoisting  up  the  mainsail  to 
the  wind,  they  made  towards  the  shore. 

41  And  when  we  had  fallen  into  a  place  where 
two  seas  met,  they  ran  the  ship  aground  :  and  the 
lore  part,  indeed,  sticking  fast,  remained  unmovea- 
ble :  but  the  hinder-part  was  broken  with  the  vio- 
lence of  the  sea. 

42  And  the  soldiers'  counsel  was  to  kill  the 
prisoners;  lest  any  of  them,  swimming  out,  should 
escape. 

43  But  the  centurion,  willing  to  save  Paul,  for- 
bad it  to  be  done :  and  he  commanded  them,  who 
could  swim,  to  cast  themselves  first  out,  and  save 
themselves,  and  get  to  land  : 

44  And  the  rest,  some  they  carried  on  planks, 
ami  some  on  those  things  that  belonged  to  the  ship. 
And  so  it  came  to  pass,  that  every  soul  got  safe  to 
land. 

CHAP.  XXVIII. 

I'mil,  after  three  months'  stay  in  Malta,  continues  his  voyage, 
and  arrives  at  Rome.    His  conference  there  with  the  Jews. 

A  ND  when  we  had  escaped,  then  we  knew  that 
-^  the  island  was  called  Melita.  But  the  bar- 
barians showed  us  no  small  courtesy. 

2  For,  having  kindled  a  fire,  they  refreshed  us 
all,  because  of  the  rain  falling,  and  of  the  cold. 

3  And  when  Paul  had  gathered  together  a  bun- 
dle of  sticks,  and  had  laid  them  on  the  fire,  a  viper, 
coming  out  of  the  heat,  fastened  on  his  hand. 

4  And  when  the  barbarians  saw  the  beast  hang- 
ing on  his  hand,  they  said  one  to  another:  Un- 
doubtedly this  man  is  a  murderer,  who  though  he 
hath  escaped  the  sea,  yet  vengeance  suffereth  him 
not  to  live. 

5  And  he,  indeed,  shaking  off  the  beast  into  the 
fire,  suffered  no  harm. 

6  But  they  supposed  that  he  would  begin  to  swell 
up,  and  that  he  would  suddenly  fall  down  and  die. 
And  they  waiting  for  it  a  long  time,  and  seeing  that 
no  harm  was  done  to  him,  changing  their  minds, 
they  said  he  was  a  god. 


7  Now,  in  those  places  were  possessions  of  the 
chief  man  of  the  island,  named  Publius :  who  re- 
ceived us,  and,  for  three  days,  entertained  us  cour- 
teously. 

8  And  it  happened  that  the  father  of  Publius 
lay  sick  of  a  fever,  and  of  a  bloody  flux.  To  whom 
Paul  entered  in:  and  when  he  had  prayed,  and  laid 
his  hands  on  him,  he  healed  him. 

9  Which  being  done,  all  that  had  diseases  in  the 
island  came,  and  were  healed : 

10  Who  also  honoured  us  with  many  honours; 
and,  when  we  were  to  set  sail,  they  laded  us  with 
such  things  as  were  necessary. 

11  And  after  three  months  we  sailed  in  a  ship 
of  Alexandria,  that  had  wintered  in  the  island, 
whose  sign  was  the  Castors. 

12  And  when  we  were  come  to  Syracuse,  we 
stayed  there  three  days. 

13  From  thence  coasting,  we  came  to  Rhegium: 
and,  after  one  day,  the  south  wind  blowing,  we 
came  the  second  day  to  Puteoli ; 

14  Where,  meeting  with  brethren,  we  were  in- 
vited to  stay  with  them  seven  days :  and  so  we 
went  for  Rome. 

15  And  from  thence,  when  the  brethren  had 
heard  of  us,  they  came  to  meet  us,  as  far  as  Appii 
Forum  and  the  Three  Taverns  :  whom  when  Paul 
saw,  he  gave  thanks  to  God,  and  took  courage. 

16  And  when  we  were  come  to  Rome,  Paul 
was  permitted  to  dwell  by  himself,  with  a  soldier 
to  guard  him. 

17  And  after  the  third  day,  he  called  together 
the  chief  of  the  Jews.  And  when  they  were  as- 
sembled, he  said  to  them :  Men  brethren,  1  having 
done  nothing  against  the  people,  or  the  custom  of 
our  fathers,  was  delivered  up  a  prisoner  from  Jeru- 
salem into  the  hands  of  the  Romans : 

18  Who,  when  they  had  examined  me,  would 
have  let  me  go,  for  that  there  was  no  cause  of 
death  in  me : 

19  But  (he  Jews  opposing  it,  I  was  forced  to 
appeal  to  Cesar  :  not  that  I  had  any  thing  to  ac- 
cuse my  nation  of. 

20  For  this  cause,  therefore,  I  desired  to  see 
you,  and  to  speak  to  you:  because  that,  for  the 
hope  of  Israel,  I  am  bound  with  this  chain. 

21  But  they  said  to  him:  We  neither  received 
letters  concerning  thee  out  of  Judea,  neither  did 
any  of  the  brethren  that  came  hither,  relate  or 
speak  any  evil  of  thee. 

22  But  we  desire  to  hear  from  thee  what  thou 
thinkest :  for  as  concerning  this  sect,  we  know  that 
it  is  every  where  contradicted. 

23  And  when  they  had  appointed  him  a  day, 
there  came  very  many  to  him  to  bis  lodgings  i» to 
whom  he  expounded,  testifying  the  kingdom  ol 
God,  and  persuading  them  concerning  Jesus,  out 
of  the  law  of  Moses  and  the  prophets,  from  morn 
ine  till  evening. 

24  And  some  believed  the  things  that  were  said, 
and  some  believed  not. 

25  And  when  they  agreed  not  among  themselves, 
they  departed,  Paul  saying  this  one  word:  Well 


did  ih«-  Holy  Ghost  speak  to  our  fathers  by  lsaias 
the  prophet, 

26  Savin?:  Go  to  this  people. IM  say  to  them: 
With  the  eu  you  shall  hear,  and  shall  sot  nnder- 

,  1:   ami  serin-  vou  slull  s. e,  ami  shall  not  per- 

t he  heart  of  this  people  i>  grown  gru»s, 
with  their  ears  have  they  heard  heavily,  and 
tlieir  eyes  thev  have  shut  :  lest,  perhaps,  UWJ 
should  see  with  their  eves,  and  hear  with  their  ears, 
and  understand  Urith  their  heart,  and  should  be 
converted,  and  I  should  heal  them. 


TO  THE  UoMANS. 

28  Be  it  known,  therefore,  to  von,  that  this  sal 


vation  of  Cod  is  sent  to  the  Gentile*,  and  tin  \  will 
it. 

29  And  when  he  had  said  these  words,  the  Jews 
went  out  from  him,  having  a  great  debate  among 
lliclllsclvi  ^. 

0  And  he  remained  two  whole  yeatl  in  his 
own  hired  lodging:  and  he  received  all  that  came 
in  to  him. 

31  Preaching  the  kingdom  of  God,  and  teac  h- 
int  the  things  which  concern  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
with  all  confidence,  without  prohibition. 


THE  EPISTLE 


OF  ST.  PAUL  THE  APOSTLE, 


TO  THE  ROMANS. 


Sr.  P.ri.  wrote  tilt  Epistle  at  Corinth,  trhrn  he  was  preparing 
go  to  Jerusalem  with  the  charitable  contributions  collected 
in  Achilla  and  Macedonia,  f,,r  the  relief  of  the  Christians  in 
Judra  ;  which  was  about  twrntu-four  years  after  our  Lord'* 
Mention.      It  tens  written  in  Qretk;  but,  at  the  tame  time, 
translated  into  ljatin,far  the  benefit  of  those  who  did  not  un- 
it- r  stand  that  language.      And  though  it  it  not  the  firtt  of  hi* 
■In,  in  the  mritr  of  time,  yet  it  if  firtt  placedjon  account 
Iff  the   sublimit y  of  the  initttir  contained  in  it,  of  the  pre- 
rmini  nee  of  the  place  to  which  it  was  tent,  and  in  veneration 
the  Church. 

(    II  MM. 

lie  commends  the  faith  of  the  Romans,  whom  he  longs  to  tee. 
The  philosophy  of  the  heathens,  bring  void  of  faith  and  hu- 
mility, betrayed  them  into  shameful  sins. 

PAUL,  a  sen  ant  of  Jesus  ( 'hrist,  called  to  be  an 
lie,  separated  unto  the    gospel  of  God, 
.'  Which  he  had  promised  before,  by  his  prophets. 
in  the  holy  Scriptni 

3  Concerning  his  Son.  who  was  made  to  him  of 
the  seed  of  David,  according  to  the  flesh, 

\  Who  was  predestinated*  the  Son  of  God  in 
power,  sccotding  to  the  spirit  of  sanctification,  bj 
the  resurrection  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  from  the 

5  By  whom  we  have  received  grace  and  apos- 
bip,  for  obedience  to  the  faith  in  all  nations,  for 

o  Among  whom  are  you  also  the  called  of  J<  -u> 
Christ  : 

7   To  all  tint  are  at  Home,   the  beloved  of  God, 

nts,     <  Irace  to  you  and  Irona 

God  «'ur  Lather,   ami    from  the  I.ord  Jesus  Christ 


nit.  aa  man,  til  prrdnlimlod  to  he  the  Son 

oT  Gad :  and  declared  to  ha  to.  (M  thr  apn.t)e  here  .icnifir.,)  fml  km 

r,  that  u,  by  mm  wwfaaf  rt«pm4ona  miracle*  ■  tstsmmy,  by  the 

m 


8  First  I  give  thanks  to  my  God  through  Jesus 
Christ  for  you  all:  because  your  faith  is  spoken  of 
in  the  whole  world. 

9  For  God  is  my  witness,  whom  I  serve  w ith  my 
spirit  in  the  gospel  of  his  Son,  that,  without  ceasing 
I  make  a  commemoration  of  you, 

10  Always  in  m.v  prayers:  beseeching,  that  by 
any  means  1  may  at  length  have  a  prosperous  jour* 
in  v  bj  the  will  of  God  ID  coming  to  you. 

11  For  I  long  to  see  you,  that  I  may  impart  unto 
you  some  spiritual  grace  to  strengthen  you. 

12  That  is  to  say.  that  I  may  he  comforted  to- 
gether in  you,  by  that  which  is  common  to  us  kith, 
your  faith  and  mine. 

13  And  I  would  not  have  you  ignorant,  brethren, 
that  I  have  often  purposed  to  COUM  to  you,  (and 
have  been  hindered  hitherto)  that  1  might  have 
some  fruit  among  you  also,  even  as  among  other 
nations. 

14  To  the  Greeks  and  to  the  barbarians,  to  the 
wise,  and  to  the  unwise,  I  am  a  debtor  : 

15  So  (as  mudi  as  is  in  me)  I  am  ready  to  preach 
the  gospel  to  you  also  that  are  at  Rome. 

16  For  I  am  not  ashamed  of  the  gospel.  For  it 
is  the  |H)\ver  of  God  unto  salvation  to  every  one  that 
believeth,  to  the  Jew  first,  and  to  the  Greek. 

17  For  the  Justice  of  Cod  is  revealed  therein 
from  faith  to  faith:  as  it  is  written:  The  just  man 
livelh  by  faith. 

1R  For  the  wrath  of  God  is  revealed  from  heaven, 
nflfml  all  impiety  and  injustice  of  those  men  that 
detain  the  truth  of  God  in  injustice, 


mtm  1 


that  i«,  by  hi*  infinite  tanctity ;  thirdly  by  hu 
or  rating  birmelf  from  the  dead. 


CHAP.  II. 


19  Because  thai  which  is  known  of  God  is 
manifest  in  them.  For  God  hath  manifested  it  to 
them. 

2')  For  the  invisible  dungs  of  him,  from  the  crea- 
tion of  the  world,  are  clearly  seen,  being  under- 
stood by  the  things  that  are  made :  his  eternal 
)K)wer  also  and  divinity  :  so  that  they  are  inex- 
cusable. 

21  Because  that,  when  they  had  known  God, 
they  have  not  glorified  him  as  God,  nor  gave 
thanks :  but  became  vain  in  their  thoughts,  and 
their  foolish  heart  was  darkened: 

22  For  professing  themselves  to  be  wise,  they  be- 
came fools. 

23  And  they  changed  the  glory  of  the  incor- 
ruptible God,  into  the  likeness  of  the  image  of  a 
corruptible  man,  and  of  birds,  and  of  four-footed 
beasts,  and  of  creeping  things. 

24  Wherefore  God  gave  them  up  to  the  desires 
of  their  heart,  to  uneleanness :  to  dishonour  their 
own  bodies  among  themselves : 

25  Who  changed  the  truth  of  God  into  a  lie :  and 
worshipped  and  served  the  creature  rather  than  the 
Creator,  who  is  blessed  for  ever.     Amen. 

26  For  this  cause  God  delivered  them  up*  to 
shameful  affections.  For  their  women  have  chang- 
ed the  natural  use  into  that  use  which  is  against 
nature. 

27  And  in  like  manner  the  men  also,  leaving  the 
natural  use  of  the  women,  have  burned  in  their 
lusts  one  towards  another,  men  with  men  doing 
that  which  is  filthy,  and  receiving  in  themselves 
the  recompense  which  was  due  to  their  error. 

28  And  as  they  liked  not  to  have  God  in  their 
knowledge ;  God  delivered  them  up  to  a  reprobate 
sense,  to  do  those  things  which  are  not  convenient. 

29  Being  filled  with  all  iniquity,  malice,  fornica- 
tion, covetousness,  wickedness,  full  of  envy,  mur- 
der, contention,  deceit,  malignity,  whisperers, 

30  Detracters,  hateful  to  God,  contumelious, 
proud,  haughty,  inventors  of  evil  things,  disobe- 
dient to  parents, 

31  Foolish,  dissolute,  without  affection,  without 
fidelity,  without  mercy. 

32  Who,  having  known  the  justice  of  God,  did 
not  understand  that  they,  who  do  such  things,  are 
worthy  of  death:  and  not  only  they  who  do  them, 
but  they  also  who  consent  to  them  that  do  them. 

CHAP.  II. 

The  Jews  are  censured,  who  make  their  boast  of  the  law,  and 
keep  it  not.    He  declares  who  are  the  true  Jews. 

Tl^HEREFORE  thou  art  inexcusable,  O  man, 
^  "    whosoever  thou  art  that  judgest.  For  wherein 
thou  judgest  another,  thou  condemnest  thyself:  for 
thou  doest  the  same  things  which  thou  judgest. 

2  For  we  know  that  the  judgment  of  God  is  ac- 
cording to  truth  against  them  that  do  such  things. 


*  God  delivered  them  up.  Not  by  being  author  of  their  sins,  but  bv 
withdrawing  his  grace,  and  so  permitting  them,  in  punishment  of 
their  pride   to  fall  into  those  shameful  sins. 

B 


3  And  thickest  thou  this,  O  man,  that  judgest 
them  who  do  such  things,  and  doest  the  same,  that 
thou  shalt  escape  the  judgment  of  God  ? 

4  Or  despisest  thou  the  riches  of  his  goodness, 
and  patience,  and  long-suffering?  knowest  thou  not 
that  the  benignity  of  God  leadeth  thee  to  penance? 

5  But  according  to  thy  hardness,  and  impenitent 
heart,  thou  treasurest  up  to  thyself  wrath,  against 
the  day  of  wrath,  and  revelation  of  the  just  judg- 
ment of  God, 

6  Who  will  render  to  every  man  according  to 
his  works : 

7  To  them  indeed,  who,  according  to  patience 
in  good  work,  seek  glory,  and  honour,  and  incor- 
ruption,  life  everlasting : 

8  But  to  them  who  are  contentious,  and  who 
obey  not  the  truth,  but  give  credit  to  iniquity, 
wrath  and  indignation. 

9  Tribulation  and  anguish  upon  every  soul  of 
man  that  doeth  evil,  of  the  Jew  first,  and  also  of 
the  Greek : 

10  But  glory  and  honour  and  peace  to  every 
one  that  worketh  good,  to  the  Jew  first,  and  also 
to  the  Greek. 

1 1  For  there  is  no  respect  of  persons  with  God. 

12  For  whosoever  have  sinned  without  the  law, 
shall  perish  without  the  law :  and  whosoever  have 
sinned  under  the  law,  shall  be  judged  by  the  law. 

13  For  not  the  hearers  of  the  law  are  just  before 
God,  but  the  doers  of  the  law  shall  be  justified. 

14  For  when  the  Gentiles,  who  have  not  the  law, 
do  by  nature  those  things  that  are  of  the  law,  these 
having  not  the  law,  are  a  law  to  themselves : 

15  Who  show  the  work  of  the  law  written  in 
their  hearts,  their  conscience  bearing  witness  to 
them,  and  their  thoughts  within  themselves  accus- 
ing them,  or  else  defending  them, 

16  In  the  day  when  God  shall  judge  the  secrets 
of  men,  by  Jesus  Christ,  according  to  mv  gospel. 

17  But  if  thou  art  called  a  Jew,  and  restest  in 
the  law,  and  makest  thy  boast  of  God, 

18  And  knowest  his  will,  and  approvest  the 
things  that  are  more  profitable,  being  instructed  by 
the  law, 

19  Art  confident  that  thou  thyself  art  a  guide  of 
the  blind,  a  light  of  them  that  are  in  darkness, 

20  An  instructor  of  the  foolish,  a  teacher  of  in- 
fants, having  the  form  of  knowledge  and  of  truth 
in  the  law. 

21  Thou,  therefore,  that  teachest  another,  teachest 
not  thyself:  thou  that  preachest  that  men  should 
not  steal,  stealest : 

22  Thou  that  sayest,  men  should  not  commit 
adultery,  committest  .adultery :  thou  that  abhorresf 
idols,  committest  sacrilege : 

23  Thou  that  makest  thy  boast  of  the  law,  by 
the  transgression  of  the  law  dishonourest  God. 

24  (For  the  name  of  God  through  you  is  blas- 
phemed among  the  Gentiles,  as  it  is  written.) 

25  Circumcision  profiteth  indeed  if  thou  keep 
the  law :  but  if  thou  be  a  transgressor  of  the  law, 
thy  circumcision  is  made  uncircumcision. 

26  If  then  the  uncircumcised  keep  the  ordi- 

IBS 


T<>  THE  ROM  W-. 


nances  of  the    JBW  !    "hall    not    his  uncircumeision 

puted  t<>r  circumcision  ? 

Mid  •.hill  not  th.it  U'liicli  l»v  nature  is  uncir- 

rtrmcision,  if  it  fulfil  the  law,  indue  tine,  who  l>\ 

the   lt-ii«  r   antl   circumcision  ;irt  a  transgressor   Of 

28  For  it  is  not  be  is  :i  Jew.  who  is  so  oiitw  ani- 
ls :  nor  is  that  circumcision  which  is  outwardly  in 
the  flesh  : 

lint  be  -'hat  b one  inwardly;  and  the 

rlrcumebioa  is  that  of  the  heart,  in  the  spirit,  not  in 
the  letter:  whose  praise  is  not  of  men  but  ol  God. 

(HAP.    III. 


The  ademttngf  of  the  Jrtee.     All  men  ot  timer*,  anil  nnn> 


cam  /<  of  bg  the  teork*  of  the  law :  but  only  by  th< 


WHAT  ad*  then  hath  the  Jew,  or  what 

i-  the  profit  ot'  circumcision  ? 
2  Mm  h  t  v .  r>  way.     First  indeed,  because  the 
words  of  God  wen  committed' to  them. 

I  or  what  if  some  of  them  have  not  bettered? 
ill  their  unbelief  make  the  faith  of  Ciod  without 
•  !od  forbid. 

4  linr  God  is  true:*  and  every  man  a  liar,  as  it  is 
written:  Thai  thou  mayest  be  justified  in  thy  words, 
and  mayest  overcome  when  thou  art  judged. 

5  Hut  if  our  injustice  commend  the  justice  of 
God,   what   shall    w>     gaj  ?     Is   God   unjust,   who 

rh  wrath? 

6  (I  apeak  according"  to  man.)  God  forbid  : 
otherwise  bow  shall  God  judge  this  world? 

7  For  if  the  truth  ot  God  hath  more  abounded 
through  nt >  lie,  mitt,  hifl  -lory:  why  am  I  also  yet 
judged  as  a  sinn 

\;icl  not  rather  (as  we  are  slandered;  and  as 

some  affirm  that  we  say)  let  us  do  evil,   that  there 
nun  ood:  whose  damnation  is  just 

9   What  then3    Do  we  excel  them  ?   bj  no  means. 
we  have  charged  !>oih  Jews,  and  Greeks,  that 
they  are  all  under  sili : 

ts  it  is  written:  Then-  is  not  any  man  jnstrf 

11  There  is  none  that  understaudctli,  there  is 
none  that  seeketh  after  God. 

12  Ml  hive  turned  out  of  the  way,  they  are 
ntnc  unprofitable  together:  there  is  none  that 

dot  ih  good,  there  h  not  so  much  as  one. 

I  I  Their  throat  is  an  mien  sepulchre,  with  their 
tongues  the)  have  dealt  deceitfully:  the  venom  of 
asps  is  under  tin  ir  litis: 

I  V   Whose  mouth  is  full  of  curs'ms  and  bitten  I 


MSM  m 
St     /Jk« 

or  €>''  fl.< 
•   ft,    ', 


■  /alii 


i    MwtfaPj  Irw.      Ml  nun  in  lln-ir  ..  ■  'rare 

I      who   |.    Itx-    trvtk,    will 

of  keeping  b»  cdurrli  in   nil  truth 

r  of  |1„.  bw  of  nature. 
!*,♦*.    TV  fa i'  -1'r.mj-i'. 


Mt  •»«  mm»  juu\  %\ 

m  .V  •'•  I 


. 


I^J 


our  being  ju-llfll-d;  bill 

jlr.i  or  ftautmMi 


16  Tin  ir  it  ei  are  swift  to  shed  blood. 

16  Destruction  and  misery  are  in  tin  ,r  ways' 

17  And  the  waj  of  peace  the)  have  not  known: 
II    There  is  bo  tear  of  God  before  their  eyea. 
1!<  Now  we  know  that  what  things  soever  the 

law  speaketh,  it  speaketh  to  them  that  are  in  the 
law  :  that  every  nioulh  ma\  be  Stooped,  ami  all  the 
World  may  be  made  subject  toGouS 

20  Because  by  the  works  of  the  law  bo  leek 

shall  1m-  justified  in   his  sight      For  h\  the   law    is 

the  knowledge  of  sin. 

21  lint  now  without  the  law  the  jmtiee  of  God 
is  made  manifest:    being  witnessed  BJ   the  law   and 

the  prophets. 

22  Even  the  justice  of  God  by  faith  of  .Irsus 
Christ,  unto  all  and  upon  all  them  th.it  believe  in 
him  :   for  there  is  no  distinction  : 

23  For  all  have  sinned,  and  do  need  the  dory 
of  God. 

21-  Being  justified  gratis  by  his  grace  through 
the  redemption  that  is  m  Christ  leans, 

23  Whom  (iod  had  set  forth  to  be  a  propitiation 
through  faith  in  his  blood,  to  the  show  inn  ot  his 
justice >for  the  remission  of  past  mi  s. 

26  Through  the  forbearance  of  (iod.  for  the 
showing  of  his  justice  in  this  time:  that  he  himself 
ma]  be  just,  and  the  justihef  of  him  who  is  of  the 
faith  of  Jesos  (  luist. 

27  Where  is  then  thy  boasting?  It  is  excluded. 

I>\  what  law?  Of  works:  No:  hut  by  the  law  of 
liutb. 

28  For  we  account  a  man  to  be  justified  by 
faithj   without  the  works  ol    the    law. 

29  Is  he  the  (uk!  ot  the  Jews  On  I]  ?  Is  he  not 
also  of  the  <  ientiles  ■    \  es.  ol  the  ( ientiles  also. 

30  For  il  is  one  God  w  ho  justilieth  circumcision 
by  faith,  and  ancireunwistoa  tbrrmgh  faith. 

31  Do  we  then  destroy  the  law  through  faith? 
(iod  forbid:   but  we  establish  the  law. 

CHAP.    IV. 

tlntihinn  trim  not  jiirlifn  il  lm  trucks,  thmr  ax  of  hiuuelf:  but 
bit  g-rati .  in.il  I'll  faith  :  mid  thai  bifore  he  wo*  circumcised. 
Gentile*  l>u  faith  urc  hi*  iliildriit. 

WW  \T  shall   we  say  then  that   Abraham    hath 
found,   who  is  our   lather    according  to  the 
flesh  ? 

2  For  if  Abraham  were  justified  by  works. §  he 
hath  dory,  but  not  in  the  sidit  of  (iod.|| 

3  For  what  saith  the  Scripture?  Abraham  bel'u  v 
id  God,  and  it  was  reputed  il  to  him  UOtO  justice. 


of  Ikr  <**• ;  th-.it  iv  MM  h  ;i«  are  ilnnr  h\    Ih--   l»w  of  nature,  or   that   nf 

JVmtj,  m il.nl    to  il..    f.u'li  of  C'hriM  :  but  Im  nu  nHim  >Kb  u 

follow  faith,  and  pnxinl  from  it. 

t  Be  trorkt.     Dooe  by  bi«  own  itlUftth.  witlmtit  llir  grace  of  God, 
and  failli  in  dim. 

f.VvtinlKetisklef Cril  WUilrvrrtforynrapahv  >kvinicla 

pnwiirr  frtxn  inrti;   lliov  would  be  of  no  ralnr  in  ll.i-  »irlil  nf  (Iod. 

1   K'fulri,  tft.     lu  God,  who  it fmhtk  notbiny  otherwine  tlmn  it  i>. 

ronl,  Iliul  trlicn  wc  arc  juMifn  •{ 
proMWdetb  from  a  (rrai  «•  and  bounty  ;  am) 

not   from  anr  emcar\  .nUl   have  of  iu  otri 

oalare,  ab*tt«  ting  from  GodS  grace.  * 


CHAP.  V 


4  Now  to  biro  that  workcth,*  the  reward  is  not 
reckoned  according  to  grace,  but  according  to  debt. 

5  But  to  him  that  worketh  not,  yet  believed  in 
him  who  justiHeth  the  impious,  his  faith  is  reputed  to 
justice  according  to  the  purpose  of  the  grace  of  God. 

6  As  David  also  tenneth  the  blessedness  of  a 
man,  to  whom  God  reputeth  justice  without  works  : 

7  Blessed  are  they,  whose  iniquities  are  forgiven,t 
and  whose  sins  are  covered. 

8  Blessed  is  the  man  to  whom  the  Lord  hath  not 
mputed  sin. J 

9  This  blessedness  then  doth  it  abide  in  the  cir- 
cumcision§  only,  or  in  the  uncircumcision  also? 
For  we  say  that  faith  was  reputed  to  Abraham  unto 
justice. 

10  flow  then  was  it  reputed?  When  he  was  in 
circumcision,  or  in  uncircumcision  ?  Not  in  circum- 
cision, but  in  uncircumcision. 

1 1  And  he  received  the  sign  of  circumcision,  a 
seal  of  the  justice  of  the  faith,  which  is  in  uncir- 
cuincision: that  he  might  be  the  father  of  all  the 
believers  uncircumcised,  that  to  them  also  it  may 
be  imputed  to  justice : 

12  And  might  be  the  father  of  circumcision,  not 
to  them  only  that  are  of  the  circumcision,  but  to 
them  also  who  follow  the  steps  of  ihefa.th.rhat  our 
father  Abraham  had,  being  as  yet  uncircumcised. 

13  For  not  through  the  law  was  the  promise  to 
Abraham,  or  to  his  seed,  that  he  should  be  heir  of 
the  world,  but  through  the  justice  of  faith. 

1 4  For  if  they  who  are  of  the  law,  be  heirs  :|| 
faith  is  made  void,  the  promise  is  made  of  no  effect. 

15  For  the  law  workcth  wrath.  11  For  where 
there  is  no  law:  there  is  no  transgression. 

16  Therefore  is  it  of  faith,  that  according  to 
grace  the  promise  might  be  firm  to  all  the  seed,  not 
to  that  only  which  is  of  the  law,  but  to  that  also 
which  is  of  the  faith  of  Abraham,  who  is  the  father 
of  us  all, 

17  (As  it  is  written  :  I  have  made  thee  a  father 
of  many  nations)  before  God,  whom  he  believed, 
who  quickeneth  the  dead,  and  calleth  those  things 
that  are  not,  as  those  that  are. 

18  Who  against  hope  believed  in  hope,  that  he 
might  be  made  the  father  of  many  nations,  accord- 
ing to  that  which  was  said  to  him :  So  shall  thy 
seed  be. 

19  And  he  was  not  weak  in  faith:  neither  did 
he  consider  his  own  body  now  dead,  whereas  he 
was  almost  a  hundred  years  old,  nor  the  dead  womb 
of  Sara. 


*  To  him  that  worketh,  viz.  As  of  his  own  fund,  or  by  his  own  strength. 
Such  a  man,  says  the  apostle,  challenges  his  rewanl  as  a  debt,  due  to 
hii  own  performances  ;  whereas  he  who  worketh  not,  that  is,  who  pre- 
sumeth  not  upon  any  works  done  by  his  own  strength  ;  but  seeketh 
justice  through  faith  and  grace,  is  freely  justified' by  God's  grace. 

\  Blessed  are  they,  whose  iniquities  are  forgiven,  and  whose  sins  are  cover- 
ed. That  is,  blessed  are  those  who  by  doing  penance  have  obtained 
pardon  and  remission  of  their  sins,  and  also  are  covered;  that  is,  newly 
clothed  with  the  habit  of  grace,  and  vested  with  the  stole  of  charity. 

{  Blessed  is  the  man  to  whom  the  Lord  hath  not  imputed  sin.  That 
is,  blessed  is  the  man,  who  hath  retained  his  baptismal  innocence, 
that  no  grievous  sin  can  be  imputed  to  him.  And  likewise,  bless- 
ed is  the  man,  who,  after  falling  into  sin,  hnth  done  penance,  and 
leads  a  virtuous  life  by  frequenting  the  sacraments  necessary  for 


20  In  the  promise  also  of  God  he  staggered  not 
by  distrust :  but  was  strengthened  in  faith,  giving 
glory  to  God; 

21  Most  fully  knowing  that  whatsoever  he  has 
promised,  he  is  able  also  to  perform. 

22  And  therefore  it  was  reputed  to  him  unto 
justice. 

23  Now  it  is  not  written  only  for  him,  that  it  was 
reputed  to  him  unto  justice : 

24  But  for  us  also,  to  whom  it  shall  be  reputed, 
if  we  believe  in  him,  that  raised  up  Jesus  Christ 
our  Lord  from  the  dead, 

23  Who  was  delivered  up  for  our  sins,  and  rose 
again  for  our  justification. 

CHAP.  V. 

The  grounds  we  have  for  hope  in  Christ.     Sim  and  death  came 
by  Adam:  grace  and  life  by  Christ. 

HPHEREFORE  being  justified  by  faith,  let  us 
-*-    have  peace  with  God  through  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ: 

2  By  whom  also  we  have  access  through  faith 
into  this  grace,  wherein  we  stand,  and  glory  in  the 
hope  of  the  glory  of  the  sons  of  God. 

3  And  not  only  so,  but  we  glory  also  in  tribu- 
lations, knowing  that  tribulation  worketh  patience; 

4  And  patience  trial ;  and  trial  hope  : 

5  And  hone  confoundeth  not:  because  the  cha- 
rity of  God  is  poured  out  into  our  hearts,  by  the 
Holy  Ghost  who  is  given  to  us. 

6  For  why  did  Christ,  when  as  yet  we  were 
weak,  according  to  the  time,  die  for  the  ungodly  ? 

7  For  scarce  for  a  just  man  will  one  die:  yet 
perhaps  for  a  good  man  some  one  would  venture 
to  die. 

8  But  God  commendeth  his  charity  towards  us: 
because  when  as  yet  we  were  sinners,  according  to 
the  time, 

9  Christ  died  for  us:  much  more  therefore  be- 
ing now  justified  by  his  blood,  shall  we  be  saved 
from  wrath  through  him. 

10  For  if,  when  we  were  enemies,  we  were  re- 
conciled to  God  by  the  death  of  his  Son :  much 
more  being  reconciled,  shall  we  be  saved  by  his  life. 

11  And  not  only  so:  but  also  we  glory  in  God, 
through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  by  whom  we  have 
now  received  reconciliation. 

12  Wherefore  as  by  one  man  sin  entered  into 
this  world,  and  by  sin  death :  and  so  death  passed 
upon  all  men,  in  whom  all  have  sinned. 


obtaining  the  grace  to  prevent  a  relapse,  that  sin  is  no  more  imputed 
to  him. 

{  In  the  circumcision,  SfC.  That  is,  is  it  only  for  the  Jews  that  are  cir- 
cumcised? No,  says  the  apostle,  but  also  for  the  uncircumcised  Gen- 
tiles ;  who  by  faith  and  grace  may  come  to  justice ;  as  Abraham  did 
before  he  was  circumcised. 

||  Be  heirs.  That  is,  if  they  alone,  who  follow  the  ceremonies  of  the 
laic,  be  heirs  of  the  blessings  promised  to  Abraham ;  then  that  faith, 
which  was  so  much  praised  in  him,  will  be  found  to  be  of  little  value. 
And  the  very  promise  will  be  made  void,  by  which  he  was  promised 
to  be  the  father,  not  of  the  .lews  only,  but  of  all  nations  of  believers. 

1  The  law  worketh  wrath.  The  law,  abstracting  from  faith  and  grace, 
worketh  wrath  occa«ionallv,  by  being  an  occasion  of  many   trans. 
!  gressions,  which  provoke  God's  wrath 

131 


TO  TIIF-:   ROMANS. 


I  I   tor  until  the  law  -in  was  in  tin-  world  :  lint 
Hras  not  imputed,  when  the  law  was  not 

1  V  Hut  death  reigned  from  Adam  into  Moms, 
i  over  tin  in  thai  had  noj  sinned  After  the  nau- 

litude  of  tin-  transgression  of  Adam,  w  bo  b  ■  figure 
of  him  tliit  was  to  con 

15  Mm  not  as  the  offence,  so  also  is  the  gift  : 
lor  if  bj  tin-  offence  of  MM  many  have  died: 
much  niort-  ih<  of  God,  and   the  -ill  in    the 

ire  of  one  man  Jesus  Christ,  hath  aboiinded  unto 

"•  •  •  -i 

lo  Awl  not  M  i/  Ml  hy   one  sin,  s()  also  is  the 

gift;  for  the  judgment  indeed  was  bj  one  unto  con- 
demnation :  but  tin-  .urace  is  of  many  olfenees  unto 
justification. 

17  For  if  by  one  man's  offence  death  reigned 
through  one:  much  more  they  who  receive  abun- 
r;f><-.  and  of  tin-  gift,  and  of  justice, 
shall  reign  in  life  through  one  Jt-siis  (  luist. 

Ifl  Therefore  as  by  the  offence  of  one,  unto  all 
:n«  n  to  condemnation  :  so  also  by  the justice  o!  one. 
unto  all  nit  it  unto  justification  ot  life. 

\'J  For  as  bj  the  diaobedieaee  ol  one  man,  mam 
wen-  made  sinners:  so  alto  In  the  oliedieuee  of 
om-.  manv  shall  Im-  made  just. 

20  Now  the  law  entered  in,  that  sin  might 
■bond  *     Hut   where  sin   ulxnimh-d,   grace  hath 

inded  more. 

21  That  as  sin  hath  reigned  unto  death:  so  also 
grace  might  reign  bj  justice  unto  everlasting  life, 
through  Jem  Christ  our  Lord. 

CHAI*.   VI. 

The  Christian  mutt  die  to  tin,  anti  lirr  In  (lod. 

11^"  ^  I   s',;'"   we  ^y  then?  shall  we   continue 
"  »     in  sin  that  grace  may  abound.'1 

2  God  forbid.  For  how  shall  we  that  arc  dead 
to  fan,  live  any  Ioniser  therein? 

8  Know  sou  not  that  all  vv  e.  w  ho  are  baptized  in 
Christ  Jens,  are  baptized  in  his  death? 

4  For  we  are  buried  together  with  him  by  bap- 
tism unto  death:  That  BS  Christ  is  risen  from  the 
dead  by  the  glory  of  the  Father,  so  we  also  may 
walk  in  newness  of  life. 

6  For  it'  we  have  been  planted  together  in  the 
likeness  of  his  death,  in  like  manner  we  shall  be 
of  his  resurrection. 

tl  Knowing  this,  that  our  olil  man  is  crucified 
with  him,  that  the  body  of  sin+  m.i\  be  destroyed, 
and  th  it  we  m:i\  serve  sin  no  longer. 

>r  be  that  is  dead,  is  justified  from  s'm. 

8  Now  if  we  be  deal  with  Christ,  we  believe 
that  we  sh.dl  live  also  together  with  Christ: 

!'  Knowiimth.it  Christ  rising  again  from  the 
dead,  dieth  now  no  more,  death  shall  ae  more  base 
dominion  over  him. 

10  I- or  in  thai  be  died  to  sin.  he  died  once:  but 
in  that  he  liveth,  he  liveth  unto  God. 

*  TV,/  m  mural  ahmmd.     Ni4  a*  if  llir  law   wprr  firm  on  parpuar 
for  «  it  tt  fl>  ha-'|wn«-,l  Ihmwrti  manS  perrarai- 

r.«n  the  pr. 
t  OH  mm     My  a/  «»     Our  eoraipi  Mote,  subject  to  mo  and 

M 


11  So  doyou  also  reckon  yourselves  to  1^  dead 

indeed  to  sin,  but  alive  to  Cod  in  Christ  Jesus 
our   Cord. 

12  Let  not  sin  then  fore  reign  in  vour  mortal 
body,  so  us  to  obey  the  lusts  thereof. 

13  .N<  iilnr  v  ii  Id  \<-  \otir  members  as  instruments 
of  iniquity  unto  sin:  Cut  present  yourselves  to  God 
as  those  that  are  alive  limn  the  dead:  and  your 
members  as  instruments  of  justice  unto  God< 

IV  For  sin  shall  not  have  dominion  over  vou: 
lor  vou  are  not  under  the  law,  but  under  grace. 

15   What   then?  Shall   we  sin.   beeati  ire 

not  under  the  law,  but  under  pace?   God  forbid. 

1G  Know  vou  not,  that  to  whom  vou  yield  vonr- 
selves  servants  to  obey,  his  servants  you  are  whom 
vou  obey,  whether  it  be  of  sin,  unto  death,  or  of 
obedience,  unto  justice. 

17  Mut  thanks  be  to  Cod,  that  you  were  the  ser- 
vants of  sin,  but  have  obeyed  from  the  heart,  unto 
that  form  of  dot-trine,  into  which  vou  have  been 
delivered. 

lb"  Being  then  made  free  from  sin,  you  are  lie- 
come  tin-  servants  of  justice. 

19  I  speak  a  human    thing,  became  of  the    in- 

lirmitv  ol  \our  Besfa  :  for  as  vou  have  yielded  vour 
members  to  serve  uncleanness  and  iniquity,  unto 
iniipiitv  :  SO  now  v  ii  Id  vour  members  to  serve  jus- 
tice, unto  sanetilication. 

20  For  when  vou  were  the  servants  of  sin,  you 
Were  free  from  justice. 

21  What  fruit  therefore  had  vou  then  in  those 
things,  of  which  vou  are  now  ashamed?  For  the 
end  of  them  is  death. 

J  J    But  now   being  made  free  from  sin.  and  Ik 
come   servants   to   Cod,    vou    have  your  fruit    unto 
sanctification,  and  the  cud  everlasting  life. 

23    For   the   Wages  ol    sin.  is  death.     Mut    the 

Cos  of  God,  everlasting  Ufa,  in  Christ  Jesus  our 
rd. 

chap.  vii. 

We  are  rebated  by  Christ  from  th  hnr.  anil  from  (hi    guilt  i,f 
tin :  though  the  inclination  to  it  utill  trmpt  it*. 

1/"  NOW'  vou  not.  brethren,  (for  I  speak  to  them 
-*^  that  know  the  law)  how  the  law  hath  do- 
minion over  a  man,  as  Ions  as  it  liveth  ?X 

2  For  tin-  woman  that  hath  a  husliand,  whilst  her 
husband  liveth.  is  hound  to  the  law  ■  but  if  her 
husband  be  dead,  she  is  loosed  from  the  law  of 
In  r  husband. 

3  Wherefore,  whilst  her  husband  liveth.  she 
shall  lie  called  an  adulteress  it  she  In-  with  another 
man:  but  if  her  husband  be  dead,  she  is  free  from 
the  Law  of  her  husband:  so  that  she  is  not  an  adul- 
teress j|  sin-  be  vviih  another  man. 

4  Tin  rehire,  mv  brethren,  vou  also  are  betoine 
dead   to  the  law   by    the  body  of  Christ :   that  vou 


l.i  ■•  from  AIjiii,  m  called  our  old  aua,  a*  oar 
•fate,  reformed  in  and  by  Christ,  ia  called  the  ntv  man.  An.!  tlw 
vices  and  sins,  wlii.h  I  ia  IM.  arp  named,  tlu  led*  a/"  at*. 

\  Along  nil  ttrtta  ,  or,  as  long  as  he  foil 


CHAP.  VIII. 


may  belong  to  another,  who  is  risen  again  from  the 
dead,  that  we  may  bring  forth  fruit  to  God. 

5  For  when  we  were  in  the  flesh,  the  passions  of 
sins,  which  were  by  the  law,  did  work  in  our  mem- 
bers, to  bring  forth  fruit  unto  death. 

6  But  now  we  are  loosed  from  the  law  of  death, 
\\  herein  we  were  detained,  so  that  we  should  serve  in 
newness  of  spirit,  and  not  in  the  oldness  of  the  letter. 

7  What  shall  we  say  then?  Is  the  law  sin?  God 
forbid.  But  I  did  not  know  sin,  but  by  the  law : 
for  I  had  not  known  concupiscence, -if  the  law  had 
not  said  :  Thou  shalt  not  covet. 

8  But  sin  taking  occasion*  by  the  commandment, 
wrought  in  me  all  manner  of  concupiscence.  For 
without  the  law  sin  was  dead. 

9  And  I  lived  some  time  without  the  law.  But 
when  the  commandment  came,  sin  revived. 

10  And  I  died :  and  the  commandment,  that 
was  ordained  to  life,  the  same  was  found  to  be  unto 
death  to  me. 

1 1  For  sin,  taking  occasion  by  the  command- 
ment, seduced  me,  and  by  it  killed  me. 

12  Wherefore  the  law  indeed  is  holy,  and  the 
commandment  holy,  and  just,  and  good. 

13  Was  that  then  which  is  good,  made  death  to 
me?  God  forbid.  But  sin,  that  it  may  appear  sin,f 
by  that  which  is  good,  wrought  death  in  me:  that 
sm  by  the  commandment  might  become  sinful 
above  measure. 

14  For  we  know  that  the  law  is  spiritual,  but  1 
am  carnal,  sold  under  sin. 

15  For  that  which  I  work,  I  understand  not.  For 
I  do  not  that  good  which  I  will,f  but  the  evil  which 
I  hate,  that  I  do. 

16  If  then  I  do  that  which  I  will  not,  I  consent 
to  the  law,  that  it  is  good. 

17  Now  then  it  is  no  more  I  that  do  it:  but  sin 
that  dwelleth  in  me. 

18  For  I  know  that  there  dwelleth  not  in  me, 
that  is  to  say,  in  my  flesh,  that  which  is  good.  For 
to  will  good,  is  present  with  me,  but  to  accomplish 
that  which  is  good,  I  find  not. 

19  For  the  good  which  I  will,  I  do  not:  but  the 
evil  which  I  will  not,  that  I  do. 

20  Now  if  I  do  that  which  I  will  not,  it  is  no 
more  I  that  do  it,  but  sin  that  dwelleth  in  me. 

21  I  find  then  a  law,  that  when  I  have  a  will  to 
do  good,  evil  is  present  with  me : 

22  For  I  am  delighted  with  the  law  of  God, 
according  to  the  inward  man  : 

23  But  I  see  another  law  in  my  members,  fight- 
ing against  the  law  of  my  mind,  and  captivating 
me  in  the  law  of  sin,  that  is  in  my  members. 

24  Unhappy  man  that  I  am :  who  shall  deliver 
me  from  the  body  of  this  death  ? 


*  Sin  taking  occasion.  Sin,  or  concupiscence,  which  is  called  sin, 
because  it  is  from  sin,  and  leads  to  sin,  which  was  asleep  before,  was 
wakened  hv  the  prohibition  :  the  law  not  being  the  cause  thereof,  nor 
properly  giving  occasion  to  it  :  but  occasion  6eing-  taken  by  our  corrupt 
nature  to  resist  the  commandment  laid  upon  us. 

t  That  it  may  appear  sin,  or  that  sin  miry  apjyear,  viz.  to  be  the  monster 
it  is,  which  is  even  capable  to  take  occasiou  from  that  which  is  food, 
to  work  death. 


25  The  gnce  of  God  by  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 
Therefore  I  myself,  with  the  mind,  serve  the  law 
ol  God :   but,  with  the  flesh,  the  law  of  sin. 

CHAP.  VIII 

Thrrr  in  no  condemnation  to  them  that  being  jttstifi,!  by  Christ 
walk  not  according  to  the  fl<sh,  but  according  to  the  spirit 
Their  strong  hope,  and  love  of  God. 

rpi  HERE  is,  therefore,  now  no  condemnation  to 
-*-    them  who  are  in  Christ  Jesus,  who  walk  not 
according  to  the  flesh. 

2  For  the  law  of  the  spirit  of  life,  in- Christ  Je- 
sus, hath  delivered  me  from  the  law  of  sin  and  of 
death. 

3  For  what  the  law  could  not  do,  in  that  it  was 
weak  through  the  flesh  :  God,  sending  his  own  Son, 
in  the  likeness  of  sinful  flesh,  even  of  sm,  condemned 
sin  in  the  flesh, 

4  That  the  justification  of  the  law  might  be  ful- 
filled in  us,  who  walk  not  according  to  the  flesh, 
but  according  to  the  spirit. 

5  For  they  who  are  according  to  the  flesh,  relish 
the  things  that  are  of  the  flesh :  but  they  who  are 
according  to  the  spirit,  mind  the  things  which  are 
of  the  spirit. 

6  For  the  wisdom  of  the  flesh  is  death:  but  the 
wisdom  of  the  spirit  is  life  and  perce. 

7  Because  the  wisdom  of  the  flesh  is  an  enemy 
to  God :  For  it  is  not  subject  to  the  law  of  God, 
neither  can  it  be. 

8  And  they  who  are  in  the  flesh,  cannot  please 
God. 

9  But  you  are  not  in  the  flesh,  but  in  the  spirit,  if 
so  be  that  the  Spirit  of  God  dwell  in  you.  Now  if  any 
man  have  not  the  Spirit  of  Christ,  he  is  none  of  his. 

10  And  if  Christ  be  in  you  :  the  body  indeed  is 
dead  because  of  sin,  but  the  spirit  liveth  because  of 
justification. 

1 1  And  if  the  Spirit  of  him,  who  raised  up  Jesus 
from  the  dead,  dwell  in  you  :  he  that  raised  up 
Jesus  Christ  from  the  dead,  shall  quicken  also 
your  mortal  bodies,  because  of  his  Spirit  dwelling 
in  you. 

12  Therefore,  brethren,  we  are  debtors,  not  to 
the  flesh,  to  live  according  to  the  flesh. 

13  For  if  you  live  according  to  the  flesh,  you 
shall  die:  but  if  by  the  spirit  you  mortify  the  deeds 
of  the  flesh,  you  shall  live. 

14  For  whosoever  are  led  by  the  Spirit  of  God, 
they  are  the  sons  of  God. 

15  For  you  have"  n«»t  received  the  spirit  of  bond- 
age   again    in    fear:  but    you    have    received    the 
spirit  of  adoption  of  sons,  whereby  we  cry  :  Abba 
(Father.) 


\  I  do  not  that  good  which  I  will,  Sec.  The  apostle  here  describes  the 
disorderly  motions  of  passion  and  concupiscence  :  which  oftentimes  in 
us  (jet  the  start  of  reason :  and  by  meansof  which  even  pood  men  suffer 
in  the  inferior  appetite  what  their  will  abhors :  and  are  much  hindered 
in  the  accomplishment  of  the  desiresof  their  spirit  and  mind.  But  these 
evil  motions  (though  they  are  called  the  law  q/siii,  because  they  cc.-.e 
from  original  sin, and  violently  temptand  incline  tosin)as  long  as  the  wdl 
does  not  consent  to  them,  are  not  sins,  because  they  are  not  voluntary 

133 


TO  THE  ROMANS. 


16  K<>r  tin-  Spirit  hiePaelf * givcth  teatfimony  to 
our  spirit,  th.it  we  are  the  suns  i»t  God. 

17  \ikI  it  mos,  heirs  also:  heire  indeed  oi  I 
and  joint-heirs  wild  Chrwt:  jrei  no  if  we  sutler  with 

thai  We  UiBj    !  lonlied  M  illi  luui. 

lij  For  I  reckon,  thai  tin  altering*  <>i  this  pre* 
:  time  are  not  wortm  to  Im  compared  with  the 
gh>r\  to  come,  thai  shall  Im-  revealed  m  us. 

19  For  the  expectation  of  the  creaturef  waiteth 
for  tin-  ri  u  latiou  nl  l he  vniix  of  ( iod. 

For  the  creature  was  made  subject  to  vanity, 
not  wUUngly,  Imt  li>  reaaofl  of  him  that  made  it 
subier!  in  nope: 

2\  Becmtae  tin-  c malum  abortaetf  shall  l>e  deli- 
vrred  from  tin-  servitude  of  corruption,  into  the 
liberty  of  the  glory  of  the  children  of  God. 

For  we  know  thai  everj  creature  groaaieth, 
ami  is  in  lahotir  even  till  now. 

\nd  not  only  it.  hut  ourselves  also,  who  have 

tin-  first  fnntsol  the  spirit,  even  we  ourselves  groan 

within  oiii-i -Ives,  wailing  for  the  adoption  of  tin- 
sons  of  (iou,  tin-  redemption  of  our  body. 

Fot  "  I  !  bj  hope.      Hut  hope  that  is 

Seen,  is  not  hope:  lor  what  a  man  seelh,  why  doth 
he  ho 

l!ut  if  we  hope  for  that  which  we  see  not  : 
for  it  with  patience. 

26  Likewise  the  Spirit  also  beipeth  our  infirmity: 

for,  hi-  know  not  what  we  should  nray  lor  as  we 
ought  :  hut  the  Spirit  himself  askcili  for  usj  with 
unspeakable  groawings. 

27  Ami  he  that  searched)  the  hearts,  knoweth 
what  the  Spirit  desireth:  because  he  asketb  for  the 
saints  according  to  ( iod. 

28  And  are  know  that  to  them  that  love  God,  all 
things  work  together  unto  -o<xl  to  sBch  as  accord- 
ing to //;.\  purpoM-  are  called  to  l»  saints. 

i'or  w  bom  he  foreknew,  he  also  predestinated^ 
to  Ik-  made  conformable  to  the  image  oi  bis  Son :  that 
he  might  U-  the  first-bora  amongst  many  brethren. 

\nil  whom  he  predestinated,  them  be  also 
called:  and  whom  he  called,  them  he  also  justified: 
and  whom  he  justified,  them  he  also  glorified. 

31  What  shall  we  then  sa)  r..  these  things?  If 
God   Im-  fof  Us,    whu  is  ;ig:ii||s|   US? 

•  '•-'  lie  that  spared  not  even  his  own  Sun,  but 
delivered  him  up  tor  n>  all.  how  hath  be  not  also, 

with  him.  given   us  ;i||  things  - 


•   71*  .VH.«ifV,  tft.     Itv  the  inward  motion*  of  djrim  lore,  and 
a»pem.c..ff-.H1M-icnr.-.  wt  ich  the  children  of  Gad  experience.  tk*j 
here  »  kM  of  testimony  of  GodS  tUroor  »  be  which  ther  are  much 
it  their  hope  U  their  jaMifcation  and  Miration 


Imt  \il 

■ot  wulo  prrtrrMl  tn  an  absolute  aaurrance  :  which  i«  not  tiMiallv 

grauted  hi  ton   mortal  life     Hiinnp  which  we  are  tanffht  to  tr*rk  m>( 

— >  i,*t*inwm**rmUh,mHi*r.  »''-il-  "•  H.      And  IU  a,  wko  Ihmk- 

,lk  tmrnmU  I.XW.awji  uh,  M  Utt  lufaU,  1  Cor.  x.  IS.  See  alto  fUm. 

'.  tl.  tl. 

I\m  fifnlmtw*  •/  Ik,  rreafan,  <*       Me  .peak,  of  the  corporeal  ore- 

MM  made  foe  the  o«e  and  •crric*  of  own  ;  and,  by  ocra.mn  of  hi. 

n»»»  .ubjer  t  to  ranity .  thai  i.,  to  a  perpetual  n  ,»|,nr 

toroernption.airfotherdew«U;tothatrr3fa^r«reof.pee«-f.rtr.r.<-rr 

•aid  to  (rrrwn  and  »*•  in  lahoor.  and  to  lone  far  H»  d.  Iterance,  whirk 

M  then  to  row,  when  «in  .hall  reign  no  more  :  and  God  ahall  raiw  the 

bodtea  and  nmte  them  to  their  aoat*  nevermore  to  aeparai. 

in  ererfautiaw  bmppiiMM  in  hcaren. 

JJafaft/bra*.    The  Hp.nl  i.  .»M  to  aak.  and  d«ire  for  the  aainN, 

134 


.'«.'>   W  ho  shall  lay  any  thin::  to  the  charge  of  the 

elect   ot    (  iod  .'    Gotl    W  In >   lllstilieth. 

I  Who  is  he  that  sh;ill  condemn?  Christ  Jesus 
who  d'n-d.  yea,  who  rose  ;i|s()  again,  who  is  ;it  tin- 
right  hand  of  God,  who  also  maketh  intercession 
lor  us. 

*  Who  then  shall  separate  us  from  the  lo\e  u( 
Christ-  shall  trihulalion  '  <>r  distress-  or  famine  ? 
or  nakedness?  or  danger?  or  persecution.-  or  the 
sword  r 

36  (As  it  is  written :  For  thy  sake  we  are  put 

to  death,   all   the   day    long:    we   ;ue    accounted    as 

sheen  for  the  slaughter.) 

37  Hut  in  all  these  things  \\e  overcome,  became 
of  him  that  hath  loved  US. 

3ii  For  I  am  sure jj  that  neither  death,  nor  life, 
nor  Angels,  nor  principalities,  nor  powers,  nor 
ihin-s  area  at,  nor  mines  to  conn-,  nor  might, 

.!'.'  Nor  height,  nor  depth,  nor  an)  other  creature 
shall  Im-  able  to  separate  us  from  the  love  of  Cod, 
which  is  in  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord. 

chap.  ix. 

The  aposlle's  ennrrrn  for  (hi    .Inrs.      CinFt   th  rtion   i>  free, 
and  not  ravfinxl  In  tlieir  mil  ion. 

I"  SPEAK  the  truth  in  Christ,   I  lie  not.  mv  ron- 
-*-  science  hearing  me  witness  in  the  Holy  Ghost: 

2  That  I  have  gnat  sacbes8,and  continual  sor- 
row in  mv  heart. 

3  Fori  wished  myself  to  he  an  araihema"  from 
Christ,  for  my  brethren,  who  ate  mj  kinsmen  ac- 
cording tO  the  flesh, 

4  Who  are  Israelites,  to  whom  belongeth  tin, 
adoption  of  children,  and  the  glory,  and  the  cove- 
nant, and  the  giving  of  the  law,  and  the  service  (if 
God,  and  the  promist  I  : 

5  Whose  are  the  fathers,  and  of  whom  is  Christ 
according  to  the  llesh,  who  is  over  all  things,  (iotl 
blessed  lor  ever.     Amen. 

6  Not  as  though  the  word  of  Gotl  hath  failed. 
For,  all  are  not  Israelites**  that  are  of  Israel  : 

7  Neither  are  all  they,  w  ho  are  the  seed  of  Ahra- 
ham.  children:  but  in  Isaac  shall  thy  seed  Im- called: 

8  That  is  to  say,  not  tlnv  who  are  the  children 
of  the  llesh,  are  the  children  of  God:  hut  they. 
that  are  the  children  of  the  promise,  are  counted 
lor  the  seed 


and  to  pray  in  us  ;  inaMniich  u  he  impiretb  prayer  and  teaclwlli  ui 
to  pray. 

t  II,  alto  fttdtiHntlM.  let.  That  in,  Rod  lath  prr-onlnimil  th:it  nil 
afadert  thoukl  be  conformable  to  the  image  of  In-  Son.  Wr  imi-t 
not  here  offer  to  dire  Into  the  «eerel»of  tii«l\  eternal  election  only 
firmly  belie»e  that  all  our  road,  in  time,  and  eternity,  flown  *n>Mia//« 
from  f5od\i  free  (rondneM  ;  and  all  our  m/  l"n>m  manV  free  »  ill. 

«/  em  mrr.     That  at,  /  «m  pmundrd  ■  a.  it  i»  in  the  Greek,  »i»n...i. 
.Inatkrwa;  a  rune.    Tlie  apoatlchi  concern  and  lore  fur  Ins  <  cum. 
-.  wai  *o  irreat,  that  lie  wa»  « illuic  to  suffer  even  an 
mnmlkrwt*,  or  curw.  for  their  sake ;  or  any  evil  that  could  come  upon 
him.  wiiImhiI  lii.  offcndine-God. 

"•  .W  err  not  lmti<  Not  all,   who  are  the  carnal  aeed  of 

Itnrl,  are  true  lirmrliut  in  (iodS  account  |  who.  a*  b»  hi*  free  (rrace 
be  beretofiMie  preferred  laaac  before  lamael,  and  Jacob  before  Eean, 
ao  he  could,  and  did  by  the  like  free  rrace,  election  and  merry.  rai»e 
•in  .[Mriinal  .  l,,l.lr,-n  hv  faith  to  Abraham  and  lurael,  from  among  the 
Gentiles  and  prefcr  them  before  the  carnal  Jcwa. 


CHAP.  X. 


9  For  this  is  the  word  of  the  promise;  According 
to  this  time  will  I  come:  and  Sara  shall  have  a 

soil. 

10  And  not  only  she:  hut  when  Rebecca  also  had 
conceived  at  once,  hy  Isaac  our  father. 

I  1  For  when  the  children  were  not  yet  born,*  nor 
bad  done  any  mood  or  evil  (that  the  purpose  of  Cod 
according  to  election  might  stand) 

1*2  Not  of  works,  but  of  him  that  called,  it  was 
said  to  her :  ,    . 

Id  The  elder  shall  serve  the  younger,  as  it  is 
written :  Jacob  I  have  loved,  but  Lsau  1  have 
hated. 

14  What  shall  we  say  then?  Is  there  injustice 
with  God  ?  God  forbid. 

15  For  he  saith  to  Moses  :  I  will  have  mercy  on 
whom  I  will  have  mercy  :  and  I  will  show  mercy  to 
whom  I  will  show  mercy. 

16  So  then  it  is  not  of  him  that  willeth,f  nor  of 
him  that  runneth,  but  of  God  that  showeth  mercy. 

17  For  the  Scripture  saith  to  Pharao:  To  this 
purpose^  have  I  raised  thee  up,  that  I  may  show 
my  power  in  thee :  and  that  my  name  may  be  de- 
clared throughout  all  the  earth. 

18  Therefore  he  hath  mercy  on  whom  he  will  ; 
and  whom  he  will  he  hardeneth.§ 

19  Thou  wilt  say  therefore  to  me  :  Why  doth  he 
then  find  fault  ?  For  who  resisteth  his  will  ? 

20  O  man,  who  art  thou  that  repliest  against  God  ? 
Shall  the  thing  formed  say  to  him  that  formed  it: 
Why  hast  thou  made  me  thus  ? 

21  Or  hath  not  the  potter||  power  over  the  clay, 
.if  the  same  lump  to  make  one  vessel  unto  honour, 
and  another  unto  dishonour  ? 

22  And  if  God  willing  to  show  his  wrath,  and  to 
make  his  power  known, endured  with  much  patience 
vessels  of  wrath,  fitted  to  destruction, 

23  That  he  might  show  the  riches  of  his  glory 
upon  the  vessels  of  mercy,  which  he  hath  prepared 
unto  glory. 

24  Even  us,  whom  also  he  hath  called,  not  of  the 
Jews  only,  but  also  of  the  Gentiles, 

25  As  he  saith  in  Osee:  I  will  call  them  my  peo- 
ple, that  were  not  my  people:  and  her  beloved,  that 
was  not  beloved :  and  her,  that  had  not  obtained 
mercy,  one  that  hath  obtained  mercy. 

26  And  it  shall  be,  in  the  place  where  it  is  was 


*'Abf  ytt  born,  fyc.  By  this  example  of  these  twins,  and  the  pre- 
ference of  the  younger  to  the  elder,  the  drift  of  the  apostle  is,  to  show 
that  God,  in  his  election,  mercy,  arid  grace,  is  not  tied  to  any  par- 
ticular nation,  as  the  Jews  imagined,  nor  to  any  prerogative  of  birth, 
or  any  foregoing  merits.  For  as,  antecedently  to  his  grace,  he  sees 
uu  merits  in  any,  but  finds  all  involved  in  sin,  in  the  common  mass  of 
condemnation;  and  all  children  of  wrath;  there  is  no  one  whom  he 
might  not  justly  leave  in  that  mass;  so  that  whomsoever  he  delivers 
from  it,  he  delivers  in  his  mercy  :  and  whomsoever  he  leaves  in  it,  he 
leaves  in  his  justice.  As  when,  of  two  equally  criminal,  the  king  is 
pleased  out  of  pure  mercy  to  pardon  one,  whilst  he  sutlers  justice  to 
take  place  in  the  execution  of  the  other. 

f  .Yoj  of  him  that  willeth,  i,-r.  That  is  by  any  power  or  strength  of 
his  own,  abstracting  from  the  grace  of  God. 

\  To  this  purpose,  Sec  Not  thatGod  made  him  on  purpose  that  he  should 
»in,  and  so  be  damned :  but  foreseeing  hisobstinacy  in  sin,  and  the  abuse 
of  his  own  free-will,  he  raise  d  him  up  to  be  a  mighty  king,  to  make  a  more 
rctnark-.ible  example  of  lui  u:  and  that  his  power  might  be  better  known: 
mud  his  justice,  in  punishing  him,  published  throughout  the  earth. 


said  to  them :  you  are  not  my  people :  there  they 
shall  be  called  the  children  of  the  living  God. 

27  And  Isaias  crieth  out  concerning  Israel:  II 
the  number  of  the  children  of  Israel  be  as  the  sand 
of  the  sea,  a  remnantl  shall  be  saved. 

28  For  he  shall  finish  his  word,  and  cut  it  short 
in  justice :  because  a  short  word  shall  the  Lord 
make  upon  the  earth. 

29  And  as  Isaias  foretold  :  Unless  the  Lord  of 
sabaoth  had  left  us  a  seed,  we  had  been  made  as 
Sodom,  and  we  had  been  like  unto  Gomorrha. 

30  What  then  shall  vye  say?  That  the  Gentiles, 
who  sought  not  after  justice,  have  attained  to  justice* 
even  the  justice  that  is  of  faith. 

31  But  Israel,  in  pursuing  the  law  of  justice,  is 
not  come  to  the  law  of  justice. 

32  Why  so?  because  they  sought  it  not  of  faith, 
but  as  it  were  of  works:  for  they  stumbled  at  the 
stumbling-stone  ; 

33  As  it  is  written :  Behold,  I  lay  in  Sion  a 
stumbling-stone  and  a  rock  of  scandal :  and  whoso- 
ever believeth  in  him,  shall  not  be  confounded. 

CHAP.  X. 

The  end  of  the  law  is  faith  in  Christ;  which  the  Jews  refusing' 
to  submit  to,  cannot  be  justified 

BRETHREN,  the  will  of  my  heart,  indeed,  and 
my  prayer  to  God,  is  for  them  unto  salvation. 

2  For  I  bear  them  witness,  that  they  have  a  zeal 
of  God,  but  not  according  to  knowledge. 

3  For  they  not  knowing  the  justice  of  God,**  and 
seeking  to  establish  their  own,  have  not  submitted 
themselves  to  the  justice  of  God. 

4  For  the  end  of  the  law  is  Christ,  unto  justice 
to  every  one  that  believeth. 

5  For  Moses  wrote,  that  the  justice  which  is  of 
the  law,  the  man  that  shall  do  it,  shall  live  by  it. 

6  But  the  justice  which  is  of  faith,  speaketh  thus: 
Say  not  in  thy  heart:  Who  shall  ascend  into  heaven? 
that  is,  to  bring  Christ  down : 

7  Or  who  shall  descend  into  the  deep  ?  that  is,  to 
bring  up  Christ  again  from  the  dead. 

8  But  what  saith  the  Scripture  ?  The  word  is 
near  thee,  even  in  thy  mouth,  and  in  thy  heart :  this 
is  the  word  of  faith,  which  we  preach : 

9  That  if  thou  confess  with  thy  mouth  the  Lord 


}  He  hardeneth.  Not  by  being  the  cause,  or  author  of  his  sin,  but 
by  withholding  his  grace,  and  so  leaving  him  in  his  sin,  in  punish- 
ment of  his  past  demerits. 

||  The  potter.  This  similitude  is  used,  only  to  show  that  we  are  not 
to  dispute  with  our  Maker :  nor  to  reason  with  him  why  he  docs  not 
give  as  much  grace  to  one  as  to  another  :  for  since  the  whole  lump  of 
our  clay  is  vitiated  by  sin,  it  is  owing  to  his  goodness  and  mercy, 
that  he  makes  out  of  it  so  many  vessels  of  honour;  and  it  is  no  more 
than  just  that  others,  in  punishment  of  their  unrepented  of  sins, 
should  be  given  up  to  be  vessels  of  dishonour. 

f  A  remnant.  That  is,  a  small  number  only  of  the  children  of  Israel 
shall  be  converted  and  saved.  How  perversely  is  this  text  quoted 
for  the  salvation  of  men  of  all  religions,  when  it  speaks  only  of  the 
converts  of  the  children  of  Israel? 

**  The  justice  of  God,  That  is,  the  justice  which  God  giveth  us 
through  Christ ;  as  on  the  other  hand  the  Jews'  own  justitt  is,  that 
which  they  pretended  to  by  their  own  strength,  or  by  the  observance 
of  the  law  without  faith  in  Christ. 

v  KS5 


is,  and  believe  in  thy  heart  that  God  hath  raised 
him  upfront  the  tlcad.  thou  shah  be  saved.* 

10  For.  w  'it h  the  hi  nt.web.  lieveiinto  intice:  but, 
widi  (In-  mouth,  confession  is  made  UUtO  salvation. 

1 1  K<u  ihc  Scripture  raith :  W  boatoen  i  tx  Ik  n  th 
in  him,  shall  not  be  confound)  d. 

\i  For  there  n  no  distinction  of  the  Jew  and  the 
Greek:  far  the  nunc  is  Lord  overall,  rich  loaH  that 

tall  upon  him. 

1  I  For  whosoever  shall  call  npoa  the  name  of 
the  Lord,  shall  be  saved. 

IV  How  then  shall  they  call  on  him,  in  whom 

the]  have  not  believi  .1 ?  ( >r  how  shall  they  believe 

him,  of  whom  they  have  not  beard?  And  how  shall 

hear,  without  a  preacher  ? 

\inl  how  can  they  preach  unless  they  he  sent?f 

I  is  written:  How  beautiful  are  the  feet  of  them 
that  preach  the  gospel  of  peace,  of  them  that  bring 
glad  tidin-s  of  good  ihin 

16  Mm  all  do  not  ol>.  \  tin-  gospel.  For  Isaias 
saith:    Lord,  who  hath  believed  our  re|>ort? 

17  Faith  then  comcth  by  bearing:  and  bearing 
by  the  word  of  <  'hrist. 

18  Hut  I  sas  :  Have  thev  not  heard?  Yes  verilv 
their  sound  wtni  o\er  all  the  earth,  and  their  words 
unto  the  ends  ol"  the  w  hole  world. 

I'.)  But  I  saj  :  [lath  not  Israel  known?  Fir* 
Moses  saith  :  I  will  provoke  you  to  jealousy  by  that 
which  is  not  a  nation:  bj  a  foolish  nation  I  will 
anger  you. 

But  Isaias  is  bold,  and  saith:  I  was  found 
by  them  that  did  not  seek  me:  I  appeared  openly 
to  them  that  asked  not  alter  me. 

J\   Hut  to  Israel  he  saith:  All  the  day  long  have 

I  spread  forth  mv  hands  to  a  people,  that  believeth 
not,  ami  contradicteth  me. 

Cll  \l\  XI. 

C.od  hath  nnt  raxt  «/T  nil  Ixmrl.      Thr  QemtHu  mutt  not  be 

proud;   but  xtanti  in  faith,  and  fear. 

I   5A\    then:  Hath  God  cast  away  his  people? 

-*■   God  forbid.      For  I  also  am  an  Israelite  of  the 

seed  of  Abraham,  of  the  trios  of  Benjamin. 

2  God  hath  not  cast  away  his  people,  which  he 

foreknew.      Know   von  not  what  the  Scripture  saith 
ol"  F.liis;    how  he  callelh  on  (iod  acainsl  Israel? 

Lord,  thev  have  slain  thy  prophets,  an. I  have 
dii-  down  thy  altars:  and  I  am  left  alone,  and  thev 
seek  my  life. 


TO  THE   ROMANS. 

4    Mut  what  saith  the  divine  answer  to  him  ?  I 


*  7Vw  iWt  U  mmA  To  confoaa  the  Lord  Je«n«.  an.l  to  call  upon 
the  name  ..I  II..-  Lord,  (».  ll )  n  not  barely  the  professing  a  belief  in 
the  prr-Mi  ..1 (  l.n.t .  but,  moreover,  implies  a  brlirf  of  hi*  wl.nl. 
doctrine,  and  ao  obedience  hi  hi*  law ;  without  which  the  calling 
him  '  .re  00  man.     St.  Mall.  vii.  tl. 

•Jasj  fV«  U  mil.      II.  n-  m  an  evident  proof  againM  alt  new 
loaches    whol.uvrall  u-.in..-.!  to  themselves  the  ministry  wttboal 
I  mi«KMi.  ilrnvnl  In  from  the  a|«r.llc».  to  ahum 

<  II.      .1 1  aw  FmtJuT  kmtk  tml  mt,  I  aba  ami  y<m 

t  an**,  HumunJ,  let.      I  1  .11  alleged  by  some  against  the 

prr,».t„»|    MMlllhU      .1    '  ,-  'I  ,.,         |'„.    ,„.,„■    I„.,„„.    I„,w. 

the  nember  of  the  faithful  might  be  abridged  by  the  persecution 

ofJexabel  in  U  ml,   wa«  al  the 

■mm  time  io  a  aanat  Soarishing  oondilioo  (under  .its  and   Juntk  <1) 

it.  the  kingdom  of  JiH  .'. 

'  '       ••    «w»  *f  tvrks.  iff     If  Miration  wure  to  come  by  warti. 

136 


have  reserved  to  myscll  seven  thousand]  nun,  who 
h.i\.  not  bowed  tin  ii  knees  to  Baal. 

5  Even  so  then  at  this  present  time  also,  there  i.« 
a  remnant  saved  according,  to  the  election  ol  -race. 

(i  And  il  1>\  Brace,  it  is  not  now  bj  works  :$  other- 
w m  ci  ice  is  1  0  moie  grace. 

7  What  then?  that  which  Israel  sought,  he  hath 
not  obtained  :  but  theelectiou  bath  oUauied  it,  and 
the  rest  have  been  blinded  : 

8  As  it  is  written:  God  hath  CWeB  1 1 1 «  1 1 1 [{  the 
spirit  ol  insensibility:  eves  that  I  he)  should  not  see, 
and  ears  that  they  .should  not  hear,  until  this  present 
day. 

5)  And  David  saith:  Let  their  table  lie  made  a 
snare,  and  a  trap,  and  a  stumbling-block,  and  a  re- 
compense to  them. 

10  Let  their  c\cs  be  darkened,  that  they  may  not 
see:  and  now  down  their  back  always. 

11  I  say  then:  Havethe*.  so  stumbled,  that  they 

should   rail?!   God    forbid.      I'nt    by   their  oHeiice, 

salvation  is  come  to  the  Gentiles,  that  they  may  be 
emulous  of  them. 

12  Now  if  the  offence  of  them  be  the  riches  of 
the  world,  and  the  diminishing  ol  tin  in,  the  ridu  s  of 
the  Gentiles:   how   much  more  the  fulness  ol  lliein  ? 

13  For  I  sai  to  you  Gentiles:  As  Nam  indeed  as 
I  am  the  apostle  of  the  G entiles,  I  will  honour  my 
ministry, 

1  \  If  by  am  means  I  may  provoke  to  emulation 
those  who  are  my  flesh, and  may  save  some  of  them. 

15  For  if  the  loss  of  them  lie  the  reconciliation 
of  the  world  :  what  shall  the  ret  living  of  them  Ik-, 
but  life  from  the  dead? 

16  For  if  the  first-fruit  lie  holy,  s()  is  the  na-s 
also:  and  if  the  root  !>e  holy,  so  are  the  branch.  -. 

17  And  if  some  of  the  branches  be  broken,  and 

thou  being  a  wild  olive  tree,  art  ingrafted  in  them, 
and  art  made  partaker  of  the  root  and  of  the  latin  s, 
of  the  olive  tree, 

18  Boast  not  against  the  branches.  But  if  thou 
lioast:  thou  bearest  not  the  root,  but  the  root  thee. 

19  Thou  wilt  say  then:  The  branches  were 
broken  oil"  that  I  might  be  grafted  in. 

20  Well:  because  of  unlielief  they  were  broken 
oil'.  But  thou  standesi  by  faith  :**  be  not  high  mind- 
ed, but  fear. 

21  For  if  God  hath  not  spared  the  natural 
branchei  leal  h«'  aJao  spare  not  thee. 


done  by  nature,  without  faith  ami  (frace,  taxation  would  not  he  a 
KTacc  or  Arrow,  t»it  a  imM  ■.  Imt  »urh  it  ad  works  are  indeed  >4  no 
value  in  Ibn  »iplil  of  t;.«.l  ti.«;.r.;  li,      It  ii  not  the  ftam*  with 

rejrard  to  trorci  <W  trilk  rnnd  by  (JimIS  frrace  ;  for  to  such  worka  as 
these  ho  ha*  pmmiacd  rtcrnal  salratioa. 

\OU  kttk  gimtntkrm,  tft.  Not  t>>  his  working  or  artinr  in  Ihrwi;  Imt 
by  his  nennissioo,  and  by  willidrawinir  Mm  grace  in  |>unishnMiit  <>l 
their  oti»tinaev. 

f  Thai  Ikry  UumUfmlL  Tlte  nation  of  the  Jews  is  not  alivJutrly 
and  without  remedy  ea«t  asTforerar)  l.nt  in  earl  only  (mat..  tlH.ih 

onda  of  tliem  bavins;  U-cn  at  first  lonnrtol)  and  for  s  time;  which 
U  of  theirs  God  leased  lotaro  i<>  the  iruod  of  UieGvnt.h-s. 

tTuiu  Unit*  kyfmHk :  kt  eat  kigk  mindfi,  kuljrmr.  We  see  here 
that  he  who  BtajkdetB  hi  ftkith  may  fall  from  it  ;  ami  llierefore  mint 
live  in  fear,  and  out  in  the  vaiu  pn>uin;ilioii  ami  security  of  mudera 
sectaries. 


CHAP.  XII,  XIII. 


22  See  therefore  the  goodness,  and  the  severity 
of  God:  towards  them  indeed  that  are  fallen,  the 
severity:  but  towards  thee  the  goodness  of  God,  if 
thou  continue  in  goodness,  otiierwise  thou  also  shah 
be  cut  olf.* 

23  And  they  also,  if  they  abide  not  still  in  unbe- 
lief, shall  be  ingrafted :  for  God  is  able  to  ingraft 
them  again. 

24  For  if  thou  wert  cut  out  of  the  wild  olive  tree 
which  is  natural  to  thee,  and  contrary  to  nature, 
wert  ingrafted  into  the  good  olive  tree :  how  much 
more  shall  they  that  are  the  natural  branches,  be 
grafted  into  their  own  olive  tree  ? 

23  For  I  would  not  have  you  ignorant,  brethren, 
of  this  mystery  (lest  you  should  be  wise  in  your  own 
conceits)  that  blindness  in  part  has  happened  in 
Israel,  until  the  fulness  of  the  Gentiles  should 
come  in. 

26  And  so  all  Israel  should  be  saved,  as  it  is 
written :  There  shall  come  out  of  Sion,  he  that 
shall  deliver,  and  shall  turn  away  impiety  from 
Jacob. 

27  And  this  is  to  them  my  covenant,  when  I  shall 
take  away  their  sins. 

28  According  to  the  gospel,  indeed,  they  are  ene- 
mies for  your  sake :  but  according  to  election,  they 
are  most  dear  for  the  sake  of  the  fathers. 

29  For  the  gifts  and  the  calling  of  God  are  with- 
out t  repentance. 

30  For  as  you  also  in  times  past  did  not  believe 
God,  but  now  have  obtained  mercy,  through  their 
unbelief; 

31  So  these  also  now  have  not  believed,  for  your 
mercy,  that  they  also  may  obtain  mercy. 

32  For  God  hath  concluded  all  in  unbelief,J  that 
he  may  have  mercy  on  all. 

33  O  the  depth  of  the  riches,  of  the  wisdom  and 
of  the  knowledge  of  God  !  How  incomprehensible 
are  his  judgments,  and  how  unsearchable  his  ways! 

34  For  who  hath  known  the  mind  of  the  Lord? 
Or  who  hath  been  his  counsellor? 

33  Or  who  hath  first  given  to  him,  and  recom- 
pense shall  be  made  him? 

36  For  of  him,  and  by  him,  and  in  him  are  all 
things :  to  him  be  glory  for  ever.     Amen. 

CHAP.  XII. 


Lessons  of  christian  virtues. 

BESEECH  you  therefore,  brethren,  by  the 
-*-  mercy  of  God,  that  you  present  your  bodies  a 
living  sacrifice,  holy,  pleasing  to  God,  your  reason- 
aide  service. 

2  And  be  not  conformed  to  this  world  :  but  be 
reformed  in  the  newness  of  your  mind ;  that  you 

*  Otherwise  thou  also  shall  be  cut  off.  The  Gentiles  are  here  admo- 
nished not  to  be  proud,  nor  to  glory  against  the  Jews;  but  to  take 
occasion  rather  from  their  fall  to  fear,  and  to  be  humble,  lest  thev  be 
cast  off.  Not  that  the  whole  church  of  Christ  can  ever  fall  from  him; 
having  been  secured  by  so  many  divine  promises  in  holy  writ;  but 
that  each  one  in  particular  may  fall ;  and  therefore  all  in  general  are 
to  be  admonished  to  beware  of  that,  which  may  happen  to  any  one  in 
I  articular. 


may  prove  what  is  the  good,  and  the  acceptable, 
and  the  perfect  will  of  God. 

3  For  I  say,  through  the  grace  that  is  given  me, 
to  all  thai  are  among  you,  not  to  be  more  wise  than 
it  behoved]  to  be  wise;  but  to  be  wise  unto  sobriety, 
and  according  as  God  hath  divided  to  every  one  the 
measure  of  faith. 

4  For  as  in  one  body  we  have  many  members, 
but  all  the  members  have  not  the  same  office: 

5  So  we  being  many,  are  one  body  in  Christ,  and 
each  one,  members  one  o(  another. 

6  And  having  gifts  different,  according  to  the 
grace  that  is  given  us,  whether  prophecy,  according 
to  the  proportion  of  faith, 

7  Or  ministry,  in  ministering:  or  he  that  teach- 
eth,  in  teaching  ; 

8  He  that  exhorteth  in  exhorting;  he  that  giveth 
with  simplicity;  he  that  ruleth  with  solicitude;  he 
that  showeth  mercy  with  cheerfulness. 

9  Love  without  dissimulation.  Hating  that  which 
is  evil,  adhering  to  that  which  is  good  : 

10  Loving  one  another  with  brotherly  love;  in 
honour  preventing  one  another  : 

11  In  solicitude  not  slothful:  in  spirit  ferven^ 
serving  the  Lord : 

12  Rejoicing  in  hope-:    patient  in  tribulation 
instant  in  prayer: 

1 3  Communicating  to  the  necessities  of  the  saints : 
pursuing  hospitality. 

14  Bless  them  that  persecute  you:  bless,  and 
curse  not. 

13  Rejoice  with  them  that  rejoice ;  weep  with 
them  that  weep : 

16  Being  of  one  mind  one  to  another:  not  high- 
minded,  but  condescending  to  the  humble.  Be  not 
wise  in  your  own  conceits  : 

17  Render  to  no  man  evil  for  evil:  provide  things 
good  not  only  in  the  sight  of  God,  but  also  in  the 
sight  of  all  men. 

18  If  it  be  possible,  as  much  as  is  in  you,  have 
peace  with  all  men. 

19  Revenge  not  yourselves,  my  dearly  beloved, 
but  give  place  to  wrath  ;  for  it  is  written  :  Revenge 
is  mine,  1  will  repay,  saith  the  Lord. 

20  But  if  thy  enemy  be  hungry,  give  him  to  eat : 
if  he  thirst,  give  him  drink :  for  doing  this,  thou 
shalt  heap  coals  of  fire  on  his  head. 

21  Be  not  overcome  by  evil,  but  overcome  evil 
by  good. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

Lessons  of  obedience  to  superiors,  and  mutual  charity. 

LET  every  soul  be  subject  to  higher  powers : 
for  there  is  no  power  but  from  God :  and  those 
that  are,  are  ordained  of  God. 


f  For  the  gifts  and  the  calling  of  God  are  vilhnul  his  repenting  WmmK 
of  them;  for  the  promises  of  God  are  unchangeable,  nor  can  he  re- 
pent of  conferring  his  gifts. 

I  Concluded  all  in  unbelief.  He  hath  found  all  nations,  both  Jews 
and  Gentiles,  in  unbeliet  and  sin ;  not  by  his  causing,  but  by  the 
abuse  of  their  own  free-will ;  so  that  their  calling  and  election  is 
purely  owing  to  his  mercy. 

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V 


TO  THE 

2  Therefore  h<  tntl  resisted)  the  power,  resi-t- 
eth  the  ordinaucc  of  God.  Ami  thej  th.it  rcsi>t, 
purchase  to  themselves  damnation. 

•  I  or  rulers  are  not  ■  terror  to  the  good  work, 
but  to  the  evil.  \\  ilt  thou  then  not  i><-  afraid  of  the 
power  -  l>»»  that  which  ia  good:  ami  tliou  shall  have 
praise  from  the  same. 

i  r  or  be  is  tli  ■  minister  of  God  to  thee  for  good. 
But  if  thou  do  that  which  is  evil,  fear:  for  be 
beareth  not  the  sword  in  vain.  For  be  i>  the  minister 
oi  God,  an  avenger  to  execute  wrath  upon  bins 
that  doeth  t\  il. 

.')  Wherefore  Im-  suhjeel  of  necessity,  not  only  lor 
wrath,  luit  aUo  for  "conscience'  sake. 

6  For  therefore  also  sou  paj  tribute:  for  thej 
are  the  ministers  of  ( Sod,  sen  inn  unto  this  purpose. 

7  Render  therefore  to  all  their  dues:  tribute,  to 
w  boea  tribute  is  du> :  customtto  a  bom  custom :  fear, 
to  whom  fear:  honour,  to  whom  honour. 

8 Owe  no  man  anv  thin::,  hut  that  \ou  love  one 
v  >  another:  for  he  that  loved)  his  neighbour  hath  fill? 
\5\     Idled    the  law  . 

9  For  thou  shalt  not  commit  adultery  :  Thou 
shall  not  kill  :  Thou  shalt  not  steal  :  Thou  shalt 
not  bear  false  witness:  Thou  shalt  not  covet:  and 
ifthere  be  any  other  comnsandment,  it  is  comprised 
in  this  word:  Thou  shalt  love  thv  neighbour  as 
thyself. 

1U  The  love  of  the  neighbour  worketh  no  e\il. 
Lave  therefore  is  the  fulfilling  of  the  Uiw. 

11  And  that  know  in-  the  time;  that  it  is  now 
the  hour  for  us  to  rise  from  sleep:  for  now  our 
Salvation  is  nearer  than  when  we  believed. 

12  The  night  is  passed,  and  thedaj  is  at  hand. 
Let  us  therefore  east  off  the  works  of  darkness, 
and  nut  on  the  armour  of  light 

i  •  L't  us  walk  hones! !\  at  in  the  day:  not  in 
riotiiix  and  drunkenness,  not  in  chambering  and 
impurities,  not  in  contention  and  envy. 

1  I  Hut  put  ye  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and 
make  not  provision  for  the  flesh  ill  its  concupis- 
cences. 

(   II  \l\    \IV. 

The  itrong  mutt  bear  with  the  trrak.    Cnntiont  against  judging  : 
and  giring  icunilaL 

NOW  him,  that  is  weak  in  faith,  take  unto  you, 
not  in  disputes  about  thoughts. 

J  lor  one  believeU)  that  he  mav  eat  all  things :" 
hut  he  that  is  weak,  let  him  eat  herbs. 

I  .ef  not  him  that  eateth  despise  him  that  eateth 
not  :  ami  he  that  eateth  not.  let  him  not  indue  him 
tli.it  eateth:  for  God  hath  taken  him  to  him. 

V  Who  art  thou  that  judnest  another  man's  ser- 
vant?   To  his  own  master  In-  siandcth  or  fa  I  loth; 

*  Kmt  «fl  lUngt.  »i/.  without  oWrrinr  the  di.tinrlion  of  rlnan  and 
■nr  iW  of  Mom:  whic-li  wa«  now  no 

-tis)  from  amonr 
the  .'«wi,  a«  w.  udr  a  w-mplc  at  cat- 

mr  «nrn  nv-al.  a*  wart  denned  unclean  I  .  »u<  h  a.  <mm 

Br«h,  St.  wWIi  iIk-  ttruneer  ttri  oi 

■tie.     Now  iBeapoatle,  to  recocw -ilf •  tl.<  iiwofeUier,  exhort*  the  former 

I3S 


ROMJtNS. 

and  he  shall  stand:  for  G«m1  is  aide  to  make  him 
stand. 

For  one  judged)  between  dav  f  and  day:  and 

anotiier  judged)  every  day:  teteverj  man  abound 
in  his  ow  n  sense. 

t;  He  that  regarded)  the  day.  regardeth  it  unto  the 
Lord:  and  he  that  eateth,  eateth  to  the  Lord:  lor 
he  civeth  thanks  to  God.  And  he  that  eateth  not, 
to  the  Lord  he  eatelh  not.  and  lived)  ihauks  to  t  ■  <  <l. 

7  For  none  ol  us  liveth  to  himself:  and  no  man 
dieth  to  himself. 

15  For,  whether  we  live,  we  1  i v « •  to  the  Lord:  or 
whether  we  die,  we  die  to  the  Lord,  rherefore, 
whether  we  live,  or  whether  we  die,  we  are  the 
Lord's. 

9  For  to  this  end  Christ  died,  and  rose  again  : 
that  he  might  be  Lord  IhhIi  of  the  dead  and  of  the 
living. 

Ki  But  whj  dost  bVou  judge  thy  brother?  or  why 

dost  thou  despise  thy  brother.'  lor  we  shall  all 
stand  before  the  judjiim  nt-seat  of  Christ. 

11  For  it  is  written:  As  1  live,  sailh  the  Lord. 
■  m  rj    knee  shall  how   to  me:  and  even  SBBgUC  shall 

confess  to  ( iod. 

IJ  So,  then.  e\  cry  one  of  us  shall  render  account 
for  himself  to  God. 

13  Let  us  not,  therefore,  judge  one  anotha  any 
more:  but  judge  this  rather,    that  yoa   put    not 

a  stumbling-block,  or  a  scandal  in  your  brother's 
w  a\ . 

14  I  know,  and  am  confident,  in  the  Lord  Jesus, 
(hat   nothing  is  unclean  of  itself:  but    to  him   that 

esteemed)  an)  thing  to  he  unclean,  to  him  it  is 
unclean. 

15  But  if,  because  of  thy  meat,  thy  brother  Ihj 
grieved:  thou  walkest  not  now  accordiim  to  charity. 
Destroy  not  him  with  thy  meat,"  for  whom  Christ 

died. 

16  Let  not,  then,  our  good   he  evil  spoken  of. 

17  For  the  kingdom  of  God  is  not  meat  and 
drink;  hut  justice,  and  peace,  and  jov  in  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

18  For  he,  that  in  this  served)  Christ,  pseasedi 
God,  and  is  approved  of  men. 

19  Therefore,  let  us  follow  after  the  things  that 

are  of  peace:  and  keep  the  things  that  are  of  edi- 
fication one  towards  another. 

0  Destroy  not  the  work  of  God  for  meat.  All 
things,  indeed,  are  clean:  but  it  is  evil  for  that  man 
who  eateth  With  giving  offence. 

21  It  is  good  not  to  eat  flesh,  and  not  to  drink 
wine,  nor  am  thing  whereby  thy  brother  i>  offend  - 
ed,  oi  scandalized, or  made  weak. 

22  Hast  thou  faith?  Have  it  to  thyself  before 
Cod.  Happy  is  he  that  condemn*  th  not  himself  in 
that  which  he  allow  i  (h. 


not  to  jiiilpr  orroixli'tnn  tin-  laltrr,  minff  thiir  CtirMi:in  lit.,  rtr  ;  and 
ll.r  latter  to  taki  ""  wrakei 

brrtli-vn.    rilliir  l>\  briojring  (Ix-rn  to  rat    what   in    11  I  ore 

nch  offence  as  to  rn- 
danger  the  rlrn  ing  litem  ihcrcbj  fr..m  the  <  lin»ti:in  rcli 

♦  /•'. t*tm  J*y,4fc.     Still  oliKCMing  the  BabbatUi  and  fo»tiTaltof  the 
law. 


CHAP.  XV,  XVI. 


23  But  he  that  discerneth,*  if  he  eat,  is  con- 
demned: because  not  of  faith. f  For  all  that  is  not 
of  faith,  is  sin. 

CHAP.  XV. 

He  exhorts  them  to  be  all  of  one  mind :  and  promises  to  come 
and  see  them. 

NOW,  we   that  are  stronger,  ought  to  bear  the 
infirmities  of  the  weak,  and  not  to  please  our- 
selves. 

2  Let  every  one  of  you  please  his  neighbour  for 
his  good  unto  edification. 

3  For  Christ  did  not  please  himself,  but  as  it  is 
written  :  The  reproaches  of  them  that  reproached 
thee,  fell  upon  me. 

4  For  what  things  soever  were  written,  were 
written  for  our  instruction :  that,  through  patience 
and  the  comfort  of  the  Scriptures,  we  might  have 
hope. 

5  Now,  the  God  of  patience  and  of  comfort  grant 
you  to  be  of  one  mind,  one  towards  another,  ac- 
cording to  Jesus  Christ: 

6  That  with  one  mind,  and  with  one  mouth, 
you  may  glorify  God,  and  the  Father  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ : 

7  Wherefore  receive  one  another:  as  Christ  also 
hath  received  you  to  the  honour  of  God. 

8  For  I  say  that  Christ  Jesus  was  minister  of 
the  circumcision!  for  the  truth  of  God,  to  confirm 
the  promises  made  to  the  fathers. 

9  But  that  the  Gentiles  are  to  glorify  God  for  his 
mercy,  as  it  is  written:  Therefore  will  I  confess  to 
thee,  O  Lord,  among  the  Gentiles,  and  will  sing 
to  thy  name. 

10  And  again  he  saith :  Rejoice,  ye  Gentiles, 
with  his  people. 

11  And  again:  Praise  the  Lord,  all  ye  Gentiles; 
and  magnify  him,  all  ye  people. 

12  And  again  Isaias  saith :  There  shall  be  a  root 
of  Jesse:  and  he  that  shall  rise  up  to  rule  the  Gen- 
tiles, in  him  the  Gentiles  shall  hope. 

13  Now  the  God  of  hope  fill  you  with  all  joy  and 
peace  in  believing :  that  you  may  abound  in  hope, 
and  in  the  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

14  And  I  myself  also,  my  brethren,  am  assured 
of  you,  that  you  also  are  full  of  love,  replenished 
with  all  knowledge,  so  that  you  are  able  to  ad- 
monish one  another. 

15  But  I  have  written  to  you,  brethren,  more 
boldly  in  some  sort,  as  putting  you  in  mind:  because 
of  the  grace  which  is  given  me  from  God. 

16  That  I  should  be  the  minister  of  Christ  Jesus 
among  the  Gentiles:  sanctifying  the  gospel  of  God, 
that  the  oblation  of  the  Gentiles  may  be  made  ac- 
ceptable, and  sanctified  in  the  Holy  Ghost. 

17  F  have,  therefore,  glory  in  Christ  Jesus  to- 
wards God. 


*  Ditctrneth.  That  is,  distinpuisheth  between  meats,  and  catcth 
against  his  conscience,  what  he  deems  unclean. 

]  Of  faith.  By  faith  is  here  understood  judgment  and  conscience:  to 
met  against  which  is  always  a  sin. 


1 8  For  I  dare  not  speak  of  any  of  those  thing* 
which  Christ  workcth  not  bv  me.  for  the  obedience 
of  the  Gentiles,  by  word  and  by  deeds, 

19  By  the  virtue  of  signs  and  wonders,  in  the 
power  of  the  Holy  Ghost :  so  that,  from  Jerusalem 
round  about  as  far  as  to  lllvricum.  I  have  fully 
preached  the  gospel  of  Christ. 

20  And  I  have  so  preached  this  gospel,  not  where 
Christ  was  named,  lest  1  should  build  upon  another 
man's  foundation  :   but  as  it  is  written  : 

21  They  to  whom  he  was  not  spoken  of,  shall 
see ;  and  they  that  have  not  heard,  shall  under- 
stand. 

22  For  which  cause  also  I  was  hindered  very 
much  from  coming  to  you,  and  have  been  kept 
away  till  now. 

23  But  now,  having  no  more  place  in  these  coun- 
tries, and  having  a  great  desire  these  many  years 
past  to  come  to  you  ; 

24  When  I  shall  begin  to  take  my  journey  into 
Spain,  I  hope  that,  as  I  pass,  I  shall  see  you,  and 
be  brought  on  my  way  thither  by  you,  if  first,  in 
part,  I  shall  have  enjoyed  you. 

23  But  now  1  shall  go  to  Jerusalem,  to  minister 
to  the  saints. 

26  For  it  hath  pleased  them  of  Macedonia  and 
Achaia  to  make  some  contribution  for  the  poor 
saints  who  are  in  Jerusalem. 

27  For  it  hath  pleased  them:  and  they  are  their 
debtors.  For  if  the  Gentiles  have  been  made  par- 
takers of  their  spiritual  things:  they  ought  also  in 
carnal  things  to  minister  to  them. 

28  When,  therefore,  I  shall  have  accomplished 
this,  and  consigned  to  them  this  fruit,  I  will  come 
by  you  into  Spain. 

29  And  I  know,  that,  when  I  come  to  you,  I  shall 
come  in  the  abundance  of  the  blessing  of  the  gospel 
of  Christ. 

30  I  beseech  you,  therefore,  brethren,  through 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  by  the  charity  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  that  you  assist  me  in  your  prayers 
for  me  to  God, 

31  That  I  may  be  delivered  from  the  unbelievers 
that  are  in  Judea,  and  that  the  oblation  of  my  ser- 
vice may  be  acceptable  in  Jerusalem  to  the  saints? 

32  That  I  may  come  to  you  with  joy,  by  the  will 
of  God,  and  may  be  refreshed  with  you. 

33  Now,theGodofpeacebewithyouall.  Amen. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

He  concludes  with  salutations,  bidding  them  beware  of  all  that 
should  oppose  the  doctrine  they  had  learned. 

AND  I  commend  to  you  Phebe,  our  sister,  who 
is  in  the  ministry  of  the  church  that  is  in 
Cencbrea  ; 

2  That  you  receive  her  in  the  Lord,  as  becometh 
saints  :  and  that  you  assist  her  in  whatsoever  busi- 


J  Minister  of  the  circumcision.     That  is,  executed    his  oflice  aud 
ministry  towards  the  Jews,  the  people  of  the  circumcision. 


139 


I.  TO  THE  CORINTHIANS. 


she  sliall  have  w ■<  d  of  von  :   for  she  also  hath 
_  many,  and  myself   also. 

3  Saltlti  l'i  I  A(|iiila,  my  helpers  in  Christ 
Jesn-. 

4  (Who  have  for  my  life  Wt|HJSffd  their  own 
necks:  to  whom  not  I  rail)  eiv<  thanks,  hut  also 
all  the  churches  of  the  Gentiles) 

5  Ami  the  ehnn  h  which  is  in  tlirir  hoiix         S  i 

enetiis  my  beloved,  who  is  the  first-fruits  of 
Asia  in  (  'lirist. 

Salute  .Mary,  who  hath  laboured  much  among 

-  ilute  Audronicus  and  Junius,  my  kinsmen 
ami  fellow-captives,  who  ire  renowned  annum  the 
a[x»tles,  who  also  were  in  Christ   before  me. 

8  Salute  Ampliatus,  most  Ixdovcd  to  me  in  the 
Lord. 

Salute  Irhaniis,  our  hel|x>r  in  (lirist  Jesus, 
ami  Stachys  my  Moved. 

10  Salute  \|mII<s,  approved  in  Christ 

11  Salute  them  that  are  of  Aristohulus's  house- 
hold. Salute  Herod  ion  my  kinsman.  Salute  them 
that  are  of  Narcissus's  household,  who  are  in  the 
Lord. 

1  J  Salute  Tryphcna  and  Tryphosa,  who  labour 
in  the  Lord.  Salute  Penis,  the  dearly  beloved, 
who  hath  much  laboured  in  the    Lord. 

1.5  Salute  Uiilns  i -hosen  in  the  Lord,  and  his 
mother  and  mine. 

14  Salute  \syneritus,  Phlegon,  Hennas,  I'atrobas, 
Hermes,  and  the  hnthren  who  are  with  them. 

I  »  Salute  PhilologUS,  and  Julia,  Ncreus,  and  his 
sister,  and  Olympian  :  and  all  the  saints  who  are 
with  them. 


16  Saluti  one  another  with  a  holy  kiss.  All  the 
churches  of  (  hrist  salute  you. 

17  Now  I  beseech  you,  brethren,  to  mark  them 
I who  cause  dissensions  and  offences  contrary  to  the 

doctrine  which  >ou  ha\e  learned;  and  avoid  them. 

I:;  I  in  tlu-y  that  are  such  serve  not  Christ  our 
Lord,  but  their  ow  u  belly  :  and  by  pleasing  speeches, 
and  good  words,  seduce  the  hearts  ot  the  innocent. 

I'd  For  your  obedience  is  published  in  every 
place.  I  rejoice  therefore  in  you.  Hut  1  would 
have  you  10  be  wise  in  good,  and  simple  in  evil. 

20  And  may  the  God  of  pease  crush  Satan 
sjMcdilv  under  your  feet.  The  grace  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ  Ik"  with  you. 

21  Timothv ,  my  fellow-labourer,  saluteth  you  and 
Lucius,  and  Jason,  and  Sosipatcr,  my  kinsmen. 

.'    I,  Tcrtius,  who  wrote  this  epistle,  salute  you 
in  the  Lord. 

23  Caius,  my  host,  and  the  whole  church,  saluteth 
you.  Krastus,  the  treasurer  of  the  city  .  saluteth  you, 
and  Quaitus,  a  brother. 

24  The  trace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  be  with 
you  all.      Amen. 

2d  Now  to  him  that  is  able  to  establish  you, 
according  to  my  gospel  and  the  preaching  of  Jesus 
Christ,  according  1©  the  revelation  of  the  mystery 
kepi  secret  from  eternity, 

26'  (Which  now  is  made  manifest  by  the  scrip- 
tures of  the  prophets,  according  to  the  command- 
ment of  the  eternal  Cod,  for  the  obedience  of 
faith)  known  among  all  nations; 

27  To  God  the  only  w  ise,  through  Jesus  Christ, 
to  whom  be  honour  and  glory  for  ever  and  ever. 
Amen. 


THE 


FIRST  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  PAUL 

TO  THE  CORINTHIANS. 


St.  Paix  knrinr  planted  the  faith  in  Corinth,  trhrre  he  had 
preached  a  pear  and  a  half,  and  ronrertrd  a  great  many, 
irrnt    to    t'.j  I'ter  bring  thrrr  three  pears,  he  wrote 

thit  frit  r.pjstU  to  the  Cnrint 'rinn- ,  and  .,  nl  it  hp  the  Mini, 
pertams  :  Strpkanut,  Fnrtunatiis,  and  Aekmemt,  irho  had 
brought  thetr  Utter  to  him.  It  trat  written  about  hemtp- 
f"*r  f*Tt  mfUr  our  lstnTt  Aseensiim  ;  and  comta 

I  appertaining  to  faith  and  moral,,  and  a! 

d  ilituptine. 


CHAP.  1 

trorhl 

fin  man 

'CtefMNM 

i  ML.  called  font  an  apostle  of  Jesos  Christ, 

by  the  will  of  God,  and  Sonhenes,  a  brothi  r, 

140 


He  rrproreth  their  dittmeiont  about  their  I, 

mms  to  be  tared  bu  prtarhing  of  the  erott,  and  not  bp  A 
wimkm  or  rknjmme*. 


2  To  the  church  of  God  that  is  at    Corinth,  to 
them  that  are  sanctified  in  Christ  ,h  bus,  called  l<>  In 

saints,  with  all  that  invoke  the   name  of  our  Lord 
JestU  (lirist  in  every  place  of  theirs  and  ours. 

3  Grace  to  you.  and  peace  from  God  our  father, 

and  from  the  Lord  JesUS  (  luist. 

4  I  dre  thanks  to  dm  God  always  for  you  for  the 
grace  of  Cod,  that  is  given  you  in  Christ  Jesus: 

5  That  in  all  things  you  are  made  rich  in  him.  in 
esetj  word,  and  in  all  knowledgt 

6  As  the  testimony  of  Christ  w  as  eortfirmed  in  yon: 

7  So  that  nothing  is  wanting  to  von  in  any  grace, 
waiting  for  the  manifestation ofoar  Lord  Jesus  Christ: 

8  Who  also  will  confirm  you  unto  the  end,  with- 


CHAP.  II. 


out  crime,  in  the  day  of  the  coming  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ. 

9  God  is  faithful;  by  whom  you  are  called  unto 
the  fellowship  of  his  .Son  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

10  Now  I  beseech  you,  hrethren,  by  the  name  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that  you  ;i!l  speak  the  s;ime 
thing,  and  that  there  be  no  sehisms  among  you  : 
but  that  you  be  perfect  in  the  same  mind,  and  in 
the  same  judgment. 

11  For  it  hath  been  signified  unto  me,  my  bre- 
thren, of  you,  by  those  who  are  of  the  house  of 
Chloe,  that  there  are  contentions  among  you. 

12  Now  this  I  say,  that  every  one  of  you  saith: 
I  indeed  am  of  Paul:  and  I  am  of  Apollo:  and 
I  of  Cephas  :  and  I  of  Christ. 

13  Is  Christ  divided?  Was  Paul  crucified  for 
you?  or  were  you  baptized  in  the  name  of  Paul? 

14  I  give  Cod  thanks,  that  I  baptized  none  of 
you,  but  Crispus  and  Cuius : 

15  Lest  any  should  say  that  you  were  baptized 
in  my  name. 

16  And  I  baptized  also  the  household  of  Stephanas: 
besides,  1  know  not  whether  I  baptized  any  other. 

17  For  Christ  sent  me  not  to  baptise,  but  to 
preach  the  gospel;  not  with  wisdom  of  speech,  lest 
the  cross  ot  Christ  should  be  made  void. 

18  For  the  word  of  the  cross,  to  them  indeed 
that  perish,  is  foolishness;  but  to  them  who  are 
saved,  that  is,  to  us,  it  is  the  power  of  God. 

19  For.it  is  written  :  I  will  destroy  the  wisdom 
of  the  wise :  and  the  prudence  of  the  prudent  I 
will  reject. 

20  Where  is  the  wise  ?  Where  is  the  scribe  ? 
Where  is  the  disputer  of  this  world?  Hath  not  God 
made  foolish  the  wisdom  of  this  world  ? 

21  For  seeing  that  in  the  wisdom  of  God,  the  world 
by  wisdom  knew  not  God ;  it  pleased  God  by  the 
foolishness  of  preaching,  to  save  them  that  believe. 

22  For  both  the  Jews  require  signs,  and  the 
Greeks  seek  after  wisdom  : 

23  But  we  preach  Christ  crucified,  to  the  Jews  a 
stumbling-block,  and  to  the  Gentiles  foolishness : 

24  But  to  them  that  are  called,  both  Jews  and 
Greeks,  Christ  is  the  power  of  God,  and  the  wis- 
dom of  God. 

25  For  that  which  appeareth  foolish*  of  God,  is 
wiser  than  men  :  and  that  which  appeareth  weak- 
ness of  God,  is  stsonger  than  men. 

26  For  see  your  vocation,  brethren,  that  not 
many  are  wise  according  to  the  flesh,  not  many 
mighty,  not  many  noble: 

27  But  the  foolish  things  of  the  world  hath  God 
chosen,  that  he  may  confound  the  wise  :  and  the 
weak  things  of  the  world  hath  God  chosen,  that  he 
may  confound  the  strong  : 

28  And  the  mean  things  of  the  world,  and  the 
things  that  are  contemptible,  hath  God  chosen,  and 

*  Foolish,  Sfc.  That  is  to  say,  what  appears  foolish  to  the  world,  in 
the  way*  of  God,  is  indeed  most  wise:  and  what  appears  weak,  is 
indeed  above  all  the  strength  and  comprehension  of  man. 

]  The  seusital  man — J  the  spiritual  man.  The  sensual  man  is  either  he 
who  is  taken  up  with  sensual  pleasures,  with  carnal  and  worldly  ;i!f<  c- 
tions  ;  or  he  who  measurulh  divine  mysteries  by  natural  reason,  srn.-e, 


tilings  that  are  not,  that  he  might  destroy  the  things 
that  are  : 

29  That  no  flesh  should  glory  in  his  sight. 

30  But  from  him  you  are  in  Christ  Jesus,  who  is 
made  to  us  wisdom  from  God,  and  justice,  and 
sauetilieation,  and  redemption: 

31  That,  as  it  is  written,  He  that  glorieth,  may 
glory  in  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  II. 

His  preaching  was  not  in  loftiness  of  words,  but  in  spirit  and 
power.  And  the  wisdom  he  taught  was  not  to  be  understood  by 
the  icorldly  wise,  or  sensual  man,  but  only  by  the  spiritual  man. 

AND  I,  brethren,  when  I  came  to  you,  came  not 
in  loftiness  of  speech  or  of  wisdom ;  decla- 
ring to  you  the  testimony  of  Christ. 

2  For  I  judged  not  myself  to  know  any  thing 
among  you,  but  Jesus  Christ,  and  him  crucified. 

3  And  I  was  with  you  in  weakness,  and  in  fear, 
and  in  much  trembling  : 

4  And  my  speech,  and  my  preaching,  was  not 
in  the  persuasive  words  of  human  wisdom,  but  in 
the  showing  of  the  Spirit  and  power  : 

5  That  your  faith  might  not  stand  on  the  wis- 
dom of  men,  but  on  the  power  of  God. 

6  Howbeit,  we  speak  wisdom  among  the  per- 
fect: yet  not  the  wisdom  of  this  world,  neither  of 
the  princes  of  this  world,  who  are  destroyed  : 

7  But  we  speak  the  wisdom  of  God  in  a  mystery 
which  is  hidden,  which  God  predestinated  before 
the  world,  unto  our  glory, 

8  Which  none  of  the  princes  of  this  world  knew  : 
for  if  they  had  known  it,  they  would  never  have 
crucified  the  Lord  of  glory. 

9  But,  as  it  is  written :  The  eye  hath  not  seen, 
nor  ear  hearcL, neither  hath  it  entered  into  the 
heart  of  man,  what  things  God  hath  prepared  for 
them  that  love  him : 

10  But  to  us  God  hath  revealed  them  by  his 
Spirit.  For  the  Spirit  searcheth  all  things,  even  the 
profound  things  of  God. 

1 1  For  what  man  knoweth  the  things  of  a  man, 
but  the  spirit  of  a  man  that  is  in  him?  So  the 
things  also  that  are  of  God  no  man  knoweth,  but 
the  Spirit  of  God. 

12  Now  we  have  received  not  the  spirit  of  this 
world,  but  the  Spirit  that  is  of  God,  that  we  may 
know  the  things  that  are  given  us  from  God  : 

13  Which  things  also  we  speak,  not  in  the  learn- 
ed words  of  human  wisdom,  but  in  the  doctrine  of 
the  Spirit,  comparing  spiritual  things  with  spiritual. 

14  But  the  sensual  manf  peiceivcth  not  the 
things  that  are  of  the  Spirit  of  God:  for  it  is  fool- 
ishness to  him,  and  lie  cannot  understand:  because 
it  is  spiritually  examined. 

15  But  the  spiritual  manj  judgeth  all  things: 
and  he  himself  is  judged  by  no  one. 


and  human  wisdom  only.  Now  such  a  man  has  little  or  no  notion  of 
the  thing*  of  God.  Whereas  the  spiritual  man,  in  the  mysteries  ot 
religion,  takes  not  human  sense  for  his  guide  :  hut  submits  his  judg- 
ment to  the  ileci-ums  of  the  church,  which  he  is  commanded  to  hear 
and  obev.  I'orCloM  hath  promised  to  remain  to  the  end  of  the 
world  with  his  Church,  and  todirect  her  mall  tilings  by  thespiritof  truth. 

141 


I     ro  THE  CORINTHIANS. 


10  For  who  hath  known  ihe  mind  of  « li* -  Lord, 
that  he  m.iv  instmrt  bioa?  But  \%.  hare  tin-  mind  m 
Can 

CHAP.  III. 

Tktytmut  nnt  rrmlend  nb»*t  Ik'ir  t,arhfr<,  >eho  are  hut   C.ihT* 
mimiffr  rt,  ami  accountable  to  him.      Tkt  ir  wttrks  >huUbc  tried 

A\l>  I.  brethren,  could  not  speak  to  you  M  to 
iitiial,  I'ut  as  to   carnal.      As  to  little  one* 
in  Christ, 

j  1  ^.i\>-  van  milk  to  drink,  not  meat:  lor  voti 
were  not  abfi   a-  yet:  but  neither  iad  >ou 

now   aide  :    lor  VOU  BIB    JW  l  carnal 

■  I  or  whereas  there  u  among  you  envying  and 
content  i  you  not  > -.tiii.il,  and  walk  according 

to     111. Ill  ' 

I  or  w  hili-  one  •.aiih.  I  inched  am  of  Paul :  and 
another,  I  am  ol  V|»ollo;  are  you  not  mea?  Waal 
then  is  \|hiIIo,  and  what  u  Paul  ? 

>  Ihe  ministers  of  him  a  bom  you  have  believed ; 
ami  to  every  one  as  the  Lord  hath  given. 

0  I  have  planted,  Apollo  watered:  hut  God 
gave  the  in' 

So  th<n  neither  he  that  planteth  is  aay  thing, 

nor    he   that    watercth;   hut    God    who  gtveth    the 
increase. 

8  Now  fa  who  planteth.  and  he^  who  watereth. 
ait)  one.  And  e»en  man  shall  receive  his  own  re- 
ward according  to  his  own  labour. 

For  w<  G  'a  coadjutors :  yonareGotPa 
husbandry  :  you  are  God's  building. 

l'i  According  to  the  grace  of  God;  thai  is  given 
Ionic,  as  a  wise  architect,  I  have  laid  the  founda- 
tion :  and  another  hiiildeih  thereon.      But    let  every 

man  take  heed  how  he  buildeth  thereupon. 

11  For  no  one  can  laj  another  foundation,  hut 
that  which  is  laid:  which  is  Christ  Jesus. 

1  .'  \ow  il  anv  man  huild  upon  this  founda- 
tion. •  gold,  silver,  precious  slums,  wood,  hav. 
Stubble: 

I  >  Everj  man's  work  shall  lie  made  manifest: 
for  the  day  of  the  Lord  shall  d  :.  because  it 
shall  he  rrvi  aied  by  fire:  and  the  lire  shall  tr.v  everj 
in. ih's  work,  ot  w  h  n   Mut  il   is. 

II  If  am  man's  work  abide,  which  he  hath  huilt 
li- n  ii|Hi,i.  he  shall  receive  a  reward. 

iv  iii  ins  work   hum.  be  shall  siilli  r  Iosn; 
but  he  hiniselt  n|).i||  Im    saved,  yet  so  as  by  lire. 

It!  Knnw  you  not  thai  you  are  the  temple  ol  I 
and  that  the  Spun  of  God dweUeth  in  y< 

IT  But  if  any  man  violate  the  teinpk  '•  I:  him 
shall  <  Jod  desiroj  .  For  the  tempts  of  God  is  holy, 
w  In.  h   v.. n  are. 


•'(*     I  HI; 


18  Lai  an  man  deceive  himself:    if  ens  man 

among  VOn  seem  to   lie   wise  in  this  world,  let  him 
i  fool,  that  he  niav  lie   w  is,  . 
1!»    For  the  wisdom  of  this  world  is  foolishness 
with  God.      For  it  IS  written  I   I  will  catch  the  wise 
in  their  ow  u  craftiness. 

JU  Vnd  anain:  The  Lord  knoweth  the  thoughts 
of  the  w  ise.  that  they  are  vain. 

21    Let  no  man,  therefore,  ^lory  in  men. 
.'    For   all  thines  arc  \oiirs,  whether  it  he  Paul, 
or  Apollo,  or  Cephas,  or  the  world,  or  life,  or  death, 
or  things   present,  or  things   to    come:    for  all   are 
vonrs  : 

Ami  \ou  arc  Christ's,  and  Christ  is  God's. 

CHAP.  IV. 

(itxr.i  ministers  arrnitt  to  be  judged,  lit  n  prrhrnds  their  hoast~ 
bu  "f  tin  ir  /Hi  in  In  i  ~  ;  aad dt ,-crilti  >  tit  trialmtnt  the  apo*. 
ties  rrery  where  met  trith.  _^. 

LET  a  man  so  look  upon  us  as  the  ministers  of 
Christ,  and  the  diapenaen  of  the  mw,  riea  of 
God. 

2  Here  now  it  is  required  among  the  dispen- 
sers, that   a  in. in  he  found  faithful. 

3  But  as  to  me,  it  is  a  thin::  of  the  least  ac- 
count to  he  judged  by  yon,  or  by  human  judgment : 
hut  neither  do  I  judge  nivself. 

4  For  I  am  not  conscious  to  nivself  of  any  thing  : 
vet  in  this  I  am  not  justified:  but  he  that  judgeth 
UK-  is  the  Lord. 

5  Therefore  judge  not  before  the  time:  until  the 
Lord  come,  who  lioth  will  bring  to  light  the  hidden 
things  of  darkness,  and  will  make  manifest  the 
counsels  of  the  hearts:  and  then  shall  everv  mail 
have  praise  from  God. 

G  But  these  things,  brethren.  I  have  in  |  li-uie 
transferred  to  mv  self  and  to  ApoUo.  for  voiir  sates: 
that  in  us  you  niav  learn,  that  one  he  not  puffed  up 
against  the  other,  for  another,  above  thai  which  is 
written. 

7  For  who  distinguished)  thee?  And  what  hast 
thou  that  thou  hast  not  received?  And  if  thou  hast 
received,  why  dost  thou  glory,  as  if  thou  hadst  not 

received  it  f 

i\  Now  you  are  satiated  :  BOW  vou  are  become 
rich:  you  reign  without  us:  and  1  would  to  God 
you  did  reign,  that  we  also  might  reign  with   von. 

9  For  1  think  that  God  hath  set  forth  us  apos- 
tles, the  last,  as  it  were,  men  destinated  to  death: 
because  We  arc  made  a  spectacle  to  the  world,  and 
toan.i  Is.  and  to  men. 

Id  We  are  fools  tor  Christ's  sake:  hut  you  aic 
wise  in  Christ:  we  are  weak,  hut  von  are  strong: 
you  are  honourable,  hut  we  without  honour. 


M  mmfmmim-w*.     The  foanrlatioa  h  Oui*t  and  I 
or  the  tn»    faith  '  Imn  thmaghchariU.    TV  Im 

lKi«  twndalkm.  tyU.  ntnr,  mut  ftttimu  mUmr  ■ 
feci  araacUag  and  pruclirv  .rf  inr  r-" 
•ora  fi— iiliii.  a*  wa>  Km  >A  th.-  <  o-imhiaa  atari 
ibr  mmmf  it  wurda  aad  human  elnoaenrr )  and  »ocb  pr*< 

. 
a/ la*  Lmd.  and  hi«  J*rm  In  il  (m  lha  parlH-n 
aAar  dwala)  aaaM  mmkmmm*Utmrf  -Sal  wwt  net*  mm'i  nri  ha*  been;  , 


»rr  clfM  II  in?  ImiiIi 


■  .In runt  ''il'  life  'ii»  hard  to  make 

.i'ut   thall  try  rrery  mm' 
ir«rli  like  Wrf,  MV,  imit  ltuh 

iheac  worttt  baaaTSMnd  li> 


i  jink-  r  then  '*» 

\  ■  !»MMB 

lie  lhr>  firv.  .Iiall  nflrr  In* ; 


tkull   W 
nisiil    of 

t.uiUiof. 


ii»- 


■milation.  (by    lirinc  atxt   il'  •    true 

lair  o(  jrraca,   InntKrli    Mil'  »m f(clmn| 

yrj    m  mi   ky  Jirr ;   Ik-iiiit  liulilf  In   tins    |iunishinrnt.  b» 

'    **«.  -md  tajMtr,  winch   waa  mixed   with    ibrt- 


CHAP.  V,  VI. 


11  Even  unto  this  hour  we  both  hunger,  and 
thirst,  and  are  naked,  and  are  buffeted,  and  have  no 
fixed  abode  : 

12  And  we  labour,  working  with  our  own  hands: 
we  are  reviled,  and  we  bless:  we  are  persecuted, 
and  we  suffer  it : 

13  We  are  ill  spoken  of,  and  we  entreat:  we  are 
made  as  the  refuse  of  this  world,  the  off-scouring  of 
all  even  till  now. 

14  I  write  not  these  things  to  shame  you  :  but  I 
admonish  you,  as  my  dearest  children  : 

15  For  if  you  have  ten  thousand  instructors  in 
Christ,  yet  not  many  fathers.  For  in  Christ  Jesus 
1  have  begotten  you  through  the  gospel  : 

16  Wherefore  I  beseech  you,  be  ye  followers  of 
me,  as  I  also  am  of  Christ. 

17  For  this  cause  have  I  sent  to  you  Timothy, 
who  is  my  dearest  son,  and  faithful  in  the  Lord ; 
who  will  put  you  in  mind  of  my  ways,  which  are 
in  Christ  Jesus,  as  I  teach  every  where  in  every 
church. 

1 8  Some  are  so  puffed  up,  as  though  I  would  not 
come  to  you. 

19  But  I  will  come  to  you  shortly,  if  it  please 
the  Lord  :  and  will  know,  not  the  speech  of  them 
who  are  puffed  up,  but  the  power. 

20  For  the  kingdom  of  God  is  not  in  speech,  but 
in  power. 

21  What  will  you?  shall  I  come  to  you  with  a 
rod,  or  in  charity,  and  in  the  spirit  of  meekness  ? 

CHAP.  V. 

He  excommunicates  the  incestuous  adulterer,  and  admonishes 
them  to  purge  out  the  old  leaven. 

TT  is  heard  for  certain,  that  there  is  fornication 
-*-  among  you,  and  such  fornication  as  the  like  is 
not  among  the  heathens ;  that  some  one  hath  his 
father's  wife. 

2  And  you  are  puffed  up;  and  have  not  rather 
mourned,  that  he  might  be  taken  away  from  among 
you,  who  hath  done  this  deed. 

3  I,  indeed  absent  in  body,  but  present  in  spirit, 
have  already  judged,  as  though  I  were  present,  him 
that  hath  so  done  : 

4  In  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  you 
being  gathered  together,  and  my  spirit,  with  the 
power  of  our  Lord  Jesus, 

5  To  deliver  such  a  one  to  Satan  for  the  destruc- 
tion of  the  flesh,  that  the  spirit  may  be  saved  in  the 
day  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

6  Your  glorying  is  not  good.  Know  you  not 
that  a  little  leaven  corrupteth  the  whole  mass? 

7  Purge  out  the  old  leaven,  that  you  may  be  a 
new  mass,  as  you  are  unleavened.  For  Christ,  our 
pasch,  is  sacrificed. 

8  Therefore  let  us  feast,  not  with  the  old  leaven, 
nor  with  the  leaven  of  malice  and  wickedness,  but 
with  unleavened  bread  of  sincerity  and  truth. 

*  Jl  fault.  Law-suits  can  hardly  ever  be  without  a  fault,  on  one 
n.lr  in-  the  other;  and  oftentimes  on  both  sides. 

f  .111  things  are  lawful,  Sfc.  That  i^,  all  iniliffrretti  things  are  indeed 
lawful,  inasmuch  as  they  are  not  prohibited:  but  oftentimes  they  are 


9  I  wrote  to  you  in  an  epistle,  not  to  keep  com- 
pany with  fornicators. 

10  I  mean  not  with  the  fornicators  of  this  world, 
or  with  the  covetous,  or  the  extortioners,  or  the 
servers  of  idols:  otherwise  you  must  have  gone  out 
of  this  world. 

1 1  But  now  I  have  written  to  you,  not  to  keep 
company :  if  any  man  that  is  called  a  brother,  be 
a  fornicator,  or  covetous,  or  a  server  of  idols,  or  a 
railer,  or  a  drunkard,  or  an  extortioner :  with  such 
a  one  not  so  much  as  to  eat. 

12  For  what  have  I  to  do  to  judge  them  that  are 
without?  Do  not  you  judge  them  that  are  within? 

13  For  them  that  are  without,  God  will  judge. 
Take  away  the  evil  one  from  among  yourselves. 

CHAP.  VI. 

He  blames  them  for  going  to  law  before  unbelievers.  Of  sins 
that  exclude  from  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  The  evil  of  for- 
nication. 

"~\ARE  any  of  you,  having  a  matter  against  an- 
■*-*  other,  go  to  law,  before  the  unjust,  and  not  be- 
fore the  saints  ? 

2  Know  you  not  that  the  saints  shall  judge  this 
world?  And  if  the  world  shall  be  judged  by  you,  are 
you  unworthy  to  judge  the  smallest  matters? 

3  Know  you  not  that  we  shall  judge  angels  ?  how 
much  more  things  of  this  world? 

4  If  therefore  you  shall  have  judgments  about 
the  things  of  the  world  ;  set  them  to  judge,  who  are 
the  most  despised  in  the  church. 

5  I  speak  to  your  shame.  Is  it  so  that  there  is 
not  among  you  any  wise  man,  that  is  able  to  judge 
between  his  brethren  ? 

6  But  brother  goeth  to  law  with  brother;  and 
that  before  unbelievers  ? 

7  Already  indeed  there  is  plainly  a  fault*  among 
you,  that  you  have  law-suits  one  with  another. 
Why  do  you  not  rather  take  the  injury?  why  do 
you  not  rather  suffer  the  fraud  ? 

8  But  you  do  wrong  and  defraud ;  and  that  to 
your  brethren. 

9  Know  you  not  that  the  unjust  shall  not  possess 
the  kingdom  of  God?  Be  not  deceived:  Neither 
fornicators,  nor  idolators,  nor  adulterers, 

10  Nor  the  effeminate,  nor  sodomites,  nor 
thieves,  nor  the  covetous,  nor  drunkards,  nor  rail- 
ers,  nor  extortioners,  shall  possess  the  kingdom  of 
God. 

11  And  such  some  of  you  were:  but  you  are 
washed,  but  you  are  sanctified,  but  you  are  justified, 
in  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  in  the 
Spirit  of  our  God. 

12  All  things  are  lawfulf  to  me;  but  all  things 
are  not  expedient.  All  things  are  lawful  to  me:  but 
I  will  not  be  brought  under  the  power  of  any. 

13  The  meat  for  the  belly,  and  the  belly  for  the 
meats :  but  God  shall  destroy  both  it  and  them  : 
but  the  body  is  not  for  fornication,  but  for  the  Lord, 
and  the  Lord  for  the  body. 


not  expedient ;  as  in  the  case  of  law-suits,  &c.  And  much  less  would 
it  be  expedient  to  be  enslaved  by  an  irregular  affection  to  any  thing, 
how  indifferent  soever. 

43 


1  V   Now  (iod  hath  lx>th  raised  up  tin 
will  r;tiM-  us    up  also  h>   his  |k>\\ 

15  Know  you  not.  thai  your  bodies  aretheinem- 
Christr  shall  1  tln-ii,  taking  the  members  of 
Christ,  make  them  tin-  mcmhers  of  a  harlot:   (iod 
forbid. 

!»>  Or  know  you  not,  that  he  who  adheres  to  a 
d  .irlot.  is  math-  one  laxly  ?  lor  they  shall  be  (saith 
be)  two  in  one  flesh. 

17  Hut  In-  who  adheres  tothe  Lord,  is  one  spirit. 
IK  fornication.     Ever)  sin  that  a  man  docth, 
is  without  tlir  ImhI\  :   Imt  he  that  rommitteth  forni- 
cation, sinneth  against  his  own  ImhIv. 

19  <  >r  know  MM  not,  that  \our  members  an-  the 
temple  of  the  HoH  Cliost.  who  is  in  you,  whom 
)>ni  have  from    (iod.  and  \ou  arc  not  \our  ow  u  ' 

20  For  you  are  IkhikIu  with  a  great  price,  (ilo- 
nlv  ami  !  «I  in  your  body. 

CHAP.  VII. 

Ltutmt  rtlt.ting  to  murrriagt  and  rrlihary.      Virginity  is  pre/e- 
'   tun  mnrrird  state. 


I.  TO  Tin:  rni;i\] 

I  ,or<l.  and 


NOW  .-on.  .rnins  the  things,  whereof  yon  wrote 
to  Bje:  It  is  good  Cora  man  not  to  torn  h  a 
worn  in  : 

2  Hut  h.  i  ails,  of  fornication,  let  every  man  have 
his  own  wile,*  and  In  cm r\  woman  have  her  own 
hushand. 

.5  I  at  the  hushand  render  the  debt  to  his  wife: 
and   the  wife  also  in  like  manner  to  the   hushand. 

\  The  wile  hath  not  power  over  her  own  body  ; 
but  the  husband.  Anil  in  like  manner  the  husband 
also  hath  not  |>ower  of  his  own  bodj  ;  but  the 
wife. 

')  Defraud  not  one  another,  unless,  perhaps  bj 
consent,  for  a  time,  that  you  ma\  Rive  yourselves 
to  pfajrer:  and  return  together  again,  i'st  Satan 
tempt  you  for  yoor  bcontiuency. 

6  Hut  I  sjnak  this  |>\  indulgence, f  not  by  com- 
mandment. 

7  lor  I  would  that  all  men  were  even  as  myself: 
Hm  one  bath  his  proper  cib  from  God;  one 

aftei  ibis  manner,  and  another  alter  that. 

to  the  unmarried  and  to  the  n  idovt  1 1 

It  is  ^cmh|  for  them  if  they  so  continue,  even  as  I. 
9   Hut  if  the*  dp  not  contain]  themselvea,  let 

tluin  marry  :  for  it  is  In  iter  to  marrv  than  to  bum. 

It)    Hut  lo  them,  that  are  married,  not   I.  but  the 
I  commandcth,  that  the  wile  depart   not  from 
her  husband  : 

II     Ami  if  she  depart,  that    she   remain    unmar- 
ried, or  Im-  reconciled  to  her  huslwnd.     And  let 
the  husband  put  away  his  wife. 


not 


•  Hm*U» •m«V*f  That  k  keeo  to  hit  wife,  whirh  he  haih.  II.- 
m  not  lo  e»h.irt  the  unmarried  lo  marry ;  on  the  contrary. 
hare  them  rather  raotiaae  m  it ..  •  he .peak. 

ma  thai  arc  ajfwadr  married;  who  m<i.l  not  depart  from 
bat  U»«  together  at  they  oofbt  In  do  in  the  marriacr 

That  h,  bv  a  r traceaaioo  to  vonr  weakneta. 


t  SaladaaiWHf 
•at  of  each  as,  by  trow 


K.  "Thi«  it  took.  '.  aa  are  free  :  and 

list  faith  in  Cod     in  wbom, 


If 

she 
her 


,  but  the   keeping  of  the  commandments 
in   the  same   calling 


IJ  For  tothe  rest  I  speak,  not  the  Lord') 
any  brother  have  a  wife  that  beliereth  not.  and 
<  oiiM-ni    io    dwell    with   him;    let   him   not   put 

.|U    w. 

1 9  \nd  it  :»n\  woman  have  a  husband  that  l>e- 
lieveth  not,  and  he  consent  to  dwell  with  her;  let 
her  not   put  away  her  husband. 

14  For  the  unbehering  husband  is  tanctrfied||  by 
the  behoving  wife;   and   the  onbelieving  wit. 
sanctified    by  the   believing    husband:    otherwise 
your  children   should   be    unclean:    but   now     they 
are  hol\. 

16  But  if  the  unbeliever  depart,  let  him  depart. 

For  ■  brother  or  si-arr  is  not  under  bondage  in  such 
•   but  (iod  hath  called  us  in  peace. 

16  For  how  know  est  thou,  ()  wife,  whether  thou 
shall  save  thj  husband.'  Or  how  know  est  thou,  () 
man.  whether  thou  shall  save  thy  wile  - 

17  Hut  as  the  land  hath  distributed  to  every  one, 
a^  (iod  bath  called  e\ cry  one,  so  let  him  walk  :  and 
so  1  teach  in  all  church. 

1H  Is  an\  man  called.  being  circumcised?  let  him 
not  procure  uncircumeision.  Is  anj  man  called  in 
tincirciimcision  :   let  him  not  lie  circumcised. 

19  Circumcision  is  nothing,  and  uncircumeision 
is  nothin 
of  ( iod 

20  Lit    every   man    abide 
in  w  hich  he  was  called. 

21  Art  thou  (ailed.  king  a  bondrnan?  care  not 
for  it:  but  if  thou  mayest  be  made  free,  use  ii 
rather. 

21  For  be  thai  is  called  in  the  Lord,  being  a 
bondman*  is  the  freeman  of  the  Lord.  Likewise 
he  that  is  called,  being  free,  is  the  bondman  ol 
Christ. 

23  You  ;ire  bought  with  a  price:  he  not  made 
the  InVitd-slavcs  ol  men. 

24  Brethren,  let  every  man  wherein  be  was  call- 
ed, therein  abide  w  ith  (iod. 

25  Now  concerning  virgins,  I  hnrr  no  command 

ment   of  the    Lord:    but    I  give  counsel,  as  having 
obtained  mercy  of- the  Lord,  to  be  laithiul. 

26  I  think  therefore  thai  ibis  is  gpod  for  the  pre- 
sent necessity,  that  it  is  good  lor  a  man  so  lo  be. 

27  Art  thou  hound  to  a  wile;  set  k  not  to  be 
locoed.     Art  thou  loosed  from  a  wife?  seek  not  I 

M  ile. 

Hut  if  thou  take  a  wife,  thou  hast  not  sinned. 
And  if  a  virgin  marry,  she  hath  not  sinned:  never- 
theless, such  shall  have  tribulation  of  the  llesh.  Hut 
I  spare  you. 

29  This  therefore  I  sav.  brethren  :  The  time  is 
short:  it  remainelh.  (hat  liny  also  who  have  wi\.  -. 
lie  as  those  who  have  not  : 

it  the?  will  aaa  proper  meant  to  obtain  it,  God  will  norer  refute  the 
i  ».  Some translators  bare  c  orruptad  thai  text,  by  reo- 
linnr  it.  {/  tkn)  rawed  renter*. 

♦  /  tftrnk,  aat  tar  Ijtrd;  y\t.  Br  anr  expreas  commaclmcnt.  or  or- 
wtoanoe. 

|  Itumttifird.     The  meaning  it  not.  that  tin-  f:iitl>  ..f  (be  bvabjaaj  or 
a   to  flit  tin-  iiiiIm  I.  v .  ,.r  their 

rhildrrn.  in  tho  .fair  of  gr ...  hill  il.it  it  i-   i 

auoccaMouuf  llmrtaiKUticalioii,  l.\  brinfiug  tin  m  to  llu  tiut  I 


CHAP.  VIII,  IX. 


30  And  they  who  weep,  as  they  who  weep  not: 
and  they  who  rejoice,  as  they  who  are  not  rejoicing : 
and  they  who  buy,  as  if  they  were  not  possesMiij; 
any  thing : 

31  And  they  who  use  this  world,  as  if  they  used 
it  not:  for  the  figure  of  this  world  passcth  away. 

32  But  I  would  have  you  to  be  without  solici- 
tude. He  that  is  without  a  wife,  is  solicitous  for 
the  things  that  belong  to  the  Lord,  how  he  may 
please  God. 

33  But  he  that  is  with  a  wife,  is  solicitous  for  the 
things  of  the  world,  how  he  may  please  his  wife  : 
and  he  is  divided. 

34  And  the  unmarried  woman  and  the  virgin 
thinketh  on  the;  things  of  the  Lord,  that  she  may  be 
holy  both  in  body  and  spirit.  But  she  that  is  mar- 
ried thinketh  on  the  things  of  the  world,  how  she 
may  please  her  husband. 

35  And  this  I  speak  for  jour  profit :  not  to  cast 
a  snare  upon  you,  but  for  that  which  is  decent,  and 
which  may  give  you  power  to  attend  upon  the 
Lord,  without  impediment. 

36  But  if  any  man  think  that  he  seemeth  dis- 
honoured with  regard  to  his  virgin,  for  that  she  is 
above  the  age,  and  it  must  so  be  :  let  him  do  what 
he  will :  he  sinneth  not,*  if  she  marry. 

37  For  he  that  hath  determined,  being  steadfast 
in  his  heart,  having  no  necessity,  but  having  power 
of  his  own  will ;  and  hath  judged  this  in  his  heart 
to  keep  his  virgin,  doeth  well. 

38  Therefore  both  he  that  giveth  his  virgin  in 
marriage,  doeth  well:  and  he  that  giveth  her  not, 
doeth  better. 

39  A  woman  is  bound  by  the  law  as  long  as  her 
husband  liveth :  but  if  her  husband  die,  she  is  at 
liberty :  let  her  marry  to  whom  she  will ;  only  in 
the  Lord. 

40  But  more  blessed  shall  she  be,  if  she  so  re- 
main, according  to  my  counsel ;  and  I  think  that  I 
also  have  the  Spirit  of  God. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

Though  an  idol  be  nothing,  yet  things  offered  up  to  idok  are  not 
to  be  eaten,  fur  fear  of  scandal. 

NOW  concerning  those  things  that  are  sacri- 
ficed to  idols,  we  know  that  we  all  have  know- 
ledge. Knowledge  puffeth  up;f  but  charity  edi- 
fieth. 

2  And  if  any  man  think  that  he  knoweth  any 
thing,  he  hath  not  yet  known,  as  he  ought  to  know. 

3  But  if  any  man  love  God,  the  same  is  known 
by  him. 

4  But  as  for  the  meats  that  are  offered  in  sacri- 
fice to  idols,  we  know  that  an  idol  is  nothing  in  the 
world,  and  that  there  is  no  God  but  one. 


*  Let  him  do  what  he  will :  he  sinneth  not,  fyc.  The  meaning  is  not,  as 
libertines  would  have  it,  that  persons  may  do  what  they  wilt,  and  not 
gin,  provided  they  afterwards  marry  :  but  that  the  father  with  regard 
Co  the  (riving  his  virgin  in  marriage,  may  do  as  he  pleaseth :  and  that 
t  will  be  no  sin  to  him,  if  she  marry. 

f  Knowledge  puffeth  tip,  S,-e.  Knowledge,  without  charity  and  humili- 
ty, si'ivetli  only  to  putf  persons  up. 


5  For  though  there    be  that  are  called  gods 
either  in  heaven  or  on  earth,  (for  there  are  many 
gods,}  and  many  lords  :) 

6  Yet  to  us  there  is  but  one  God,  the  Father,  of 
whom  are  all  things,  and  we  unto  him;  and  one 
Lord  Jesus  Christ ;  by  whom  are  all  things,  and  we 
by  him. 

7  But  knowledge  is  not  in  every  one.  For  some 
until  this  present,  with  a  conscience  of  the  idol,  eat 
as  a  thing  sacrificed  to  an  idol :  and  their  con- 
science, being  weak,  is  defiled. 

8  But  meat  does  not  commend  us  to  God.  Foi 
neither,  if  we  eat,  shall  we  have  the  more :  nor,  il 
we  eat  not,  shall  we  have  the  less. 

9  But  take  heed,  lest  perhaps  this  your  liberty 
become  a  stumbling-block  to  the  weak. 

10  For  if  a  man  see  him  that  hath  knowledge, 
sit  at  meat  in  the  idol's  temple ;  shall  not  his  con- 
science, being  weak,  be  emboldened  to  eat  those 
things  which  are  sacrificed  to  idols  ? 

11  And  through  thy  knowledge  shall  the  weak 
brother  perish,  for  whom  Christ  died  ? 

12  Now  when  you  sin  thus  against  the  brethren, 
and  wound  their  weak  conscience,  you  sin  against 
Christ. 

13  Wherefore,  if  meat  scandalize^  my  brother, 
I  will  never  eat  flesh,  lest  I  should  scandalize  my 
brother. 

CHAP.  IX. 

The  apostle  did  not  make  use.  of  his  power,  «>/  being  maintained 
at  the  charges  of  those  to  whom  lie  preached,  that  he  might 
giei  no  hinderance  to  the  gospel.  Of  running  in  the  race, 
and  striving  for  the  mastery. 

A  M  not  I  free  ?  Am  not  I  an  apostle  ?  Have  not 
-^*-  I  seen  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord?  Are  not  you 
my  work  in  the  Lord  ? 

2  And  if  I  be  not  an  apostle  to  others,  but  yet  to 
you  I  am.  For  you  are  the  seal  of  my  apostlcship 
in  the  Lord. 

3  My  defence  with  them  that  examine  me  is 
this : 

4  Have  not  we  power  to  eat  and  to  drink  ? 

5  Have  we  not  power  to  lead  about  a  woman  a 
sister, ||  as  well  as  the  rest  of  the  apostles,  and  the 
brethren  of  the  Lord,  and  Cephas? 

6  Or  I  only  and  Barnabas,  have  we  not  power  to 
do  this  ? 

7  Who  serveth  as  a  soldier  at  any  time,  at  his 
own  charges  ?  Who  planteth  a  vineyard,  and  eatefh 
not  of  the  fruit  thereof  ?  Who  feedeth  a  flock,  and 
eateth  not  of  the  milk  of  the  flock  ? 

8  Speak  I  these  things  according  to  man  ?  Or 
doth  not  the  law  also  say  these  things  ? 

9  For  it  is  written  in  the  law  of  Moses :  Thou 


|  Gods  many,  fyc.  Reputed  for  such  among  the  heathens. 

t  If  meal  scandalize:     That  is,  if  my  eating  cause  my  brother  (o  sin. 

||  jj  woman  a  sister.  Some  erroneous  translators  have  corrupted  this 
text,  by  rendering  it,  a  sister,  a  wife;  whereas,  it  is  certain,  St.  Paul 
had  no'wife  [Chap.  vii.  7,  fi.j  and  that  he  only  speaks  of  such  devout 
women,  as,  according  to  the  custom  of  the  Jewish  nation,  waited 
upon  the  preachers  of  the  gospel,  and  supplied  them  with  necessaries. 

145 


I.  TO  THE  COKINTM\\>. 


not  muzzle  the  nioulli  of  the  ox  thai  treadeth 
out  the  torn.      Doth  CmkI  take  care  tor  om  n  f 
IllOr  doth  In1  SB)  thil  indeed  lor  our  ^;iki a      I 
hings    ,v<  r.     w  i  nil  n  lor  otu  lliat    he 

that  plouiduth  >liuiil(|  plough  in  hope :  and  lit-  that 
thrcsheth,  in  hope  to  receive  iruit. 

11  It  vvc  have  •OHO  (into  you  spiritual  things,  is 

it  matter  if  we  reap  your  carnal  things.' 

12  1 1  others  be  partakers  ot  tats  power  avei 
why   not  We  rather:  Nevertheless,  we  have  not  used 

|K>wer:   but  wc  bear  all  things,  lest  we  should 

. 1 1 1 v   hindeiance  to  the  gOSpel  <>l  t   bust. 

l.i  know    you  ii"t.  tlial  tli.s    who  work   in   the 

holy   place,  eat    the    things  thai    are  of   the  holy 

plaOf:   and  they    who  seivc  the  altar,  partake  With 

the  alia 

14   So  also   the    Lord   ord. lined   that    they    who 

»|m-|,  should  live  ot  the  gospel. 
1")   lint  I  have  used  none  of  these  things.  Neither 
have  I  written  these  things,  that  they    should  Ik-  so 
done  to  ui<-:  for  it  Lsgood  for  me  to  die.  rather  than 
that  any  one  should  make  void  my  don. 

16  I  "i  if  I  preach  the  gospel.it  is  no  glory*  to 
DM!  for  a  necessity  lieth  ii|k>ii  me:  lor  wo  is  unto 
on-  if  I  preach  not  the  gospel. 

17  For  If  I  do  this  thing  willingly,  I  have  a  re- 
ward; hut  if  against  my  will,  a  dispensation  is 
committed  to  me. 

18  What  is  my  reward  then?  That  preaching 
the  gospel,  I  may  deliver  the  gospel  without  charge, 
that    I    abuse  not  mv  power  in  the  gospel. 

For  whereas  I  was  free  as  to  all,  I  made 
unself  (he  servant  of  all:   that  I  might  gain   more 

|M  TsO||s. 

\nd  I  became  to  tne  Jews  as  ■  Jew,  that  I 
might  gain  the  Jews. 

Jl  To  them  that  are  under  the  law.  as  if  I  were 
under  the  law,  'whereas  myself  was  not  under  the 
Ian  |  lliat  I  migM  gain  them  that  wen-  uiuler  tin-  law  . 
To  them  thai  were  without  the  law,  as  if  I  were 
without  the  law .  (whereas  I  was  not  n rthom  the  law 

DJ    Cod,  hut  was  in  the  law  ofChrist)  that  I  might 
i  them  that  were  without  the  law. 

To  the   weak  I   became   weak,   that  I   might 

fi  th<-  weak.     I  In  came  all  things  to  all  men,  that 
might  save  all. 

Z->  \n  I  I  do  all  things  for  the  gospel's  s:ikc:  that 
I  maj  I*-  made  partaker  thereof. 

know  miii  not  that  they  who  run  in  the  race, 
all  run  indeed,  hut  one  reeciveth  the  prise?  So  tun 
that    you  in. iv  obtain. 

!  even  <>ne  that  striveth  for  the  mastery 
rcfraineth  hims. -If  Irom  all  things:  and  they   iuileed 


P~* 


'litttu  fiera.    That  ««.  1  harn  notbinjr  to  r'"rT  of. 
♦  likuiu*.  Ifi.    Hare  St  Paul  »bowi  the  nameiiti  nfulf  JauiiJ 
and  ™«1iSc»i«hi.  to  .nbdoe  the  fleahand  ita  inordinate  deairea. 

h  M-m.     Under  the  conduct  of  Mow,  the,  received  bentian, 

■v*tnt  under  the  ■  •»•».!.  and  through  the  ee*. :  and  they 

wdy  and  hl<»»:  in   figure,  by  eatint-of  the 

•re  a  awHW  1~i.  became  it  area  a  (cure  of  the  true 

mea  down  from  lieaven)  ami  drinking  the  water,  mira- 

''  •  rock,  called  here  a  fmtwJmt, 


riiloo 
I!    .... 


ri.r 


that  thaj  anrj  ri  corruptible  crown:  but  w< 

an   incorruptible  one. 

26  I  then  tore  so  run,  not  as  at  an  uncertainty: 
I  so  fight,  not  as  one  Ik -aling  the  air  : 

loit  I  ehastiset   my   hotly,  and  bring   it  into 
subjection:    lest,  perhaps,  when  I  have  preached  to 

others,  I  myself  should  become  leprohalu. 

<  ii  \r.  x. 

lip  tkr  example  of  Ihr  hrarlitei  he  thoirs  that  tee  me  wt  to 
liiiil/l  Iim)  murk  u  pi  hi  facourt  n  1 1  irnl:  but  nvtritl  their  *inx;  and 
Jlyfrom  thr  ttrv'tCt  of  idols,  ami  (mm  thing*  offt  ri  d  to  di  riU 

FOR   I    would   not   have  you  ignorant,  brethren, 
that  our  lathers  Wt  n    all  und<  r  the  cloud,  and 

all  passed  through  the  sea  i 

i  And  all  in  Motes)  were  baptized,  in  the  (loud, 
and  in  the  sea  : 

3  And  they  all  eat  the  same  spiritual  fr>od. 

4  And  all  drank  the  same  spiritual  drink  :  (and 
thev  drank  of  the  spiritual  rock  that  followed  them: 
and  the  rock  was  Christ.) 

5  But  with  the  most  of  them  Cod  was  not  well 
phased:    for  tin  v   wcie  overthrown  in  the  desert. 

6  .Now  these  dungs  were  done  in  a  figure  of  us; 

that  we  should  net  covet  evil  things,  as  they  also 

coveted. 

7  Neither  become  ye  idolaters,  as  some  of  them  ; 
as  it  is  written:  The  people  sat  down  to  t  at  and 
drink,  and  rose  up  to  play. 

8  Neither  let  us  commit  fornication;  as  some  of 
them  committed  fornication,  and  there  fell  in  one 
day  three  and  twenty  thousand. 

9  Neither  let  us  tempt  Christ ;  as  some  of  them 
tempted,  and  perished  by  serpents. 

10  Neither  do  you  murmur:  as  some  of  thein 
murmured,  and  were  destroyed  by   the  destroyer. 

11  Now  all  these  things  happened  to  them  in 
figure:  and  they  are  written  for  our  correction, 
upon  whom  the  ends  of  the  world'   are  come. 

\1  Wherefore,  let  him  that  thinketh  himself  to 
Stand,  take  heed  lest  he  fall. 

K3  I, et  no  temptation  take  hold  on  you.||  but 
such  as  is  human:  and  God  is  faithful,  who  will 
not  sutler  yon  to  be  tempted  above  that  which  y<  U 
are  able;  hut  will  make  also  with  temptation  UUOe, 
that  you  may  Ik-  able  to  bear  it. 

14  Wherefore,  my  dearly  beloved,  flee  from  the 
service  of  idols. 

I")  I  speak  as  to  wise  men:  judge  ye  yours<lv<s 
w  hat  I   sav . 

Hi  The  chalice  of  benediction  which  we  hi 
is  it  not  the  communion  ol  the  blood  of  Christ.'   And 


H« 


t  Tki  nub  tf  Ike  trorU  :  Hint  iv  thr  laat  ape*. 

|  Or.  aa  teatalan'o*  hath  fair*  k*U  a/  yea,  or  come  upon  you  aa  yet 
Km  hIiuI  i«  human,  or  inridrnt  toman. 

Ibid.     Iinu,  or  a  way  to  eacape. 

t  ITMee  a*  Mm.  Here  the  anoMle  puta  them  in  mini  of  their  par- 
takmr  of  the  body  and  blond  ot  ChfM  in  the  MOrad  my  if  ilea,  and 
hemming  thereby  one  myatical  body  willi  Cwrlaj.  from  whence  he 
inter*.  »rr.  91.  that  they  who  are  made  partaker*  willi  ( 'hnM,  li\  il>«- 
•ajewariatir  aacrifiee,  and  ».i«ramcnt.  ami  no'  bt  made  partakrra 
'  i  i  itinc  of  the  meat*  aacrificed  to  thrm 


CHAP.  XI. 


the  broad  which  wo  'Y<  <>':,  is  it  not  *,V  partaking 
of  the  body  of  the  Lord. 

17  For  we  being  ninny  p:e  on"  broad,*  one 
body,  all  who  partake  ot  or.e  bre-ia 

18  Behold  Israel  ace(>rd;ng  to  tb^  fiesh :  are  not 
tl  ey,  who  eat  of  the  sacrifices,  partakers  of  the 
altar? 

19  What  then?  Do  I  say.  ih»t  what  is  offered  in 
sacrifice  to  idols,  is  any  thing?  Or,  that  the  idol  is 
any  thing  ? 

20  But  the  things  which  the  heathens  sacrifice, 
they  sacrifice  to  devils,  and  not  to  God.  And  1 
would  not  that  you  should  he  made  partakers  with 
devils:  you  cannot  drink  the  chalice  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  chalice  of  devils: 

21  You  cannot  be  partakers  of  the  table  of  the 
Lord,  and  of  the  table  of  devils. 

22  Do  we  provoke  the  Lord  to  jealousy?  Are  we 
stronger  than  he  ?  All  things  are  lawful  for  me;  but 
all  things  are  not  expedient. 

23  All  things  are  lawful  for  me :  but  all  things 
do  not  edify. 

.  24  Let  no  man  seek  his  own,  but  that  which 
is  fur  the  welfare  of  another. 

23  Whatsoever  is  sold  in  the  shambles,  eat; 
asking  no  question  for  conscience'  sake. 

2(>  The  earth  is  the  Lord's,  and  the  fulness 
thereof. 

27  If  any  of  the  infidels  invite  you,  and  you  be 
willing  to  go;  eat  of  any  thing  that  is  set  before  you  ; 
asking  no  question  for  conscience  sake. 

28  But  it  any  man  say:  This  hath  been  sacrificed 


say: 
of  it 


t">  idols:  do  not  eat  of  it  for  his  sake  that  told  it, 
aiid  for  conscience  sake. 

29   Conscience,   I   say,  not   thy  own,    but  the 
other's.     For  why  is  my  liberty  judged  by  another 


man's  conscience? 


30  If  I  partake  with  thanksgiving,  why  am  I  evil 
spoken  of  for  that  for  which  1  give  thanks  ? 

31  Therefore  whether  you  eat  or  drink,  or  what- 
soever else  you  do ;  do  all  things  lor  the  glory  of 
God. 

32  Give  no  offence  to  the  Jews,  nor  to  the  Gen- 
tiles, nor  to  the  church  of  God  : 

33  As  I  also  please  all  men  in  all  things,  not 
seeking  that  which  is  profitable  to  myself,  but  to 
many  ;  that  they  may  be  saved. 

CHAP.  XI. 

Women  must  have  a  covering  over  their  heads.  He  blamcth  the 
abuses  of  their  love  feasts  ;  and  upon  that  occasion,  treats  of 
the  blessed  sacrament. 

BE  ye  also  followers  of  me,  as  I  also  am  of 
Christ. 


*  One  bread;  or,  as  it  may  be  rendered  agreeably  both  to  the  Latin 
and  Greek,  because  the  bread  is  one,  all  we,  being  miny,  are  one  body,  who 
partake  of  that  one  bread.  For  it  is  by  our  communicating  with  Christ, 
and  with  one  another,  in  this  blessed  sacrament,  that  we  are  formed 
iuto  one  mystical  body  ;  and  made,  as  it  were,  one  bread,  compound- 
ed of  many  grains  of  corn,  closely  united  together. 

■f  A  power:  That  is,  a  veil  or  covering,  as  a  sign  that  she  is  under 
the  power  of  her  husband  :  and  this  the  apostle  adds,  because  of  the  an- 
gels, who  are  present  in  the  assemblies  of  the  faithful. 


2  Now  I  praise  you,  brethren,  that  in  all  things 
you  are  mindful  of  me ;  and  keep  my  ordinances, 
as  I  delivered  them  to  you. 

3  But  1  would  have  you  know,  that  the  head  of 
every  man  is  Christ:  and  the  head  of  the  woman  is 
the  man:  and  the  head  of  Christ,  is  God. 

4  Every  man,  praying  or  prophesying  with  his 
head  covered,  disgraced)  his  head. 

5  But  every  woman  praying  or  prophesying  with 
her  head  not  covered,  disgraceth  her  head  :  for  it  is 
all  one  as  if  she  were  shaven. 

6  For  if  a  woman  be  not  covered,  let  her  be 
shorn.  But  if  it  be  a  shame  to  a  woman  to  be 
shorn  or  shaven,  let  her  cover  her  head. 

7  The  man,  indeed,  ought  not  to  cover  his  head : 
because  he  is  the  image  and  glory  of  God;  but  the 
woman  is  the  glory  of  the  man. 

8  For  the  man  is  not  of  the  woman,  but  the 
woman  of  the  man. 

9  For  the  man  was  not  created  for  the  woman, 
but  the  woman  for  the  man. 

10  Therefore  ought  the  woman  to  have  a  powerf 
over  her  head,  because  of  the  Angels. 

11  But  yet  neither  is  the  man  without  the  wo- 
man, nor  the  woman  without  the  man,  in  the 
Lord. 

12  For  as  the  woman  is  of  the  man,  so  also  is 
the  man  by  the  woman :  but  all  things  of  God. 

13  Judge,  you  yourselves:  doth  it  become  a  wo- 
man, to  pray  to  God,  uncovered  ? 

14  Doth  not  even  nature  itself  teach  you,  that,  a 
man  indeed,  if  he  nourish  his  hair,  it  is  a  shame  to 
him  : 

15  But  if  a  woman  nourish  her  hair,  it  is  a  glory 
to  her,  for  her  hair  is  given  to  her  for  a  covering. 

16  But  if  any  man  seem  to  be  contentious,  we 
have  no  such  custom,  nor  hath  the  church  of  God. 

17  Now  this  I  ordain;  not  praising  you,  that 
you  come  together  not  for  the  better,  but  for  the 
worse. 

18  For  first  of  all  I  hear  that  when  you  come 
together  in  the  church,  there  are  divisions  among 
you,  and  in  part  1  believe  it. 

19  For  there  must  be  also  heresies  ;t  that  they 
also,  who  are  approved,  may  be  made  manifest 
among  you. 

20  When  ye  come  together,  therefore,  into  one 
place,  it  is  not  now  to  eat  the  Lord's  supper.^ 

21  For  every  one  taketh  before  his  own  supper  to 
eat.  And  one,  indeed,  is  hungry  and  another  is 
drunk. 

22  What,  have  you  not  houses  to  eat  and  to  drink 
in?  Or  despise  ye  the  church  of  God,  and  put 
them  to  shame  that  have  not  ?  What  shall  I  say  to 
you  ?  Do  I  praise  you  ?  In  this  I  praise  you  not. 


J  There  must  be  heresies:  By  reason  of  the  pride  and  perversity  of 
man's  heart ;  not  by  God's  will  or  appointment ;  who,  nevertheless, 
draws  good  out  of  this  evil,  manifesting,  by  that  occasion,  who  are 
the  good  and  firm  Christians,  and  making  their  faith  more  remarkable. 

J  The  Lord's  supper.  So  the  apostle  here  calls  the  charity  feasts  ob- 
served by  the  primitive  Christians;  and  reprehends  the  abuses  of  the 
Corinthians,  on  these  oeCMkwn  which  were  the  more  criminal,  be- 
came these  feasts  were  arroni]  ani'  d  with  the  celebrating  the  cuclia 
rislic  sacrifice  and  sacrament. 

147 


I.  TO  THE  CORINTH  I  \\s. 


23  For  I  have  received  of  the  Ix»rd  th.it  w  huh 
•Iso  I  delivered  to  you,  that  (he  Lord  Jesus,  (lie 
niaht  in  which  be  Was  lictraved,  took  bread, 

24  And  giving  thanks,  brake,  and   said  :   Take 
ind  cat  :   this   is   inv  ImhIv   which  shall    Ik-   de- 

brand   l«>r   vou:  do  this   lor   the   commemoration 
of   inc. 

In  like  manner  also  the  chalice,  after  he  bed 
tupped,  savin:::  I  bat  chalice  n  die  new  testament 
in  mv  blood  :  ihi>  ilo  ><  ,  a>  oil.  n  .is  \ < ui  ■bell  drink 
it  tor  the  com:.  inn  of  me. 

Jii  I  >u  is  ..:ri  ii  .i>  \<u  sliall  eat  this  liread.  ami 
drink  this  chalice,  you  sliall  slum  tin  death  of  the 
Lord,  until  he  come. 

Wherefore   who  -hall   eat    this   liread, 

or   drink*    tin-  chalice    of    the    Lord    unworthily, 

<ll  Ih-   guilty  of  the  bodyt  and  Mood  of  (he  Lord. 

But  let  a  man  prove  himself:  and  so  let  him 

l  that  liread,  and  drink  of  the  (ha! 

29  For  he  that  eateih  and  diinkelh  unworthily, 
eateth   and  drinketh  judgment  to  himself,  not   dis- 

i   the  IkkIv  of  the  Lord. 

30  Tlnreloie  era    there   many  infirm  and   weak 

mi.  and  main  slceo. 

31  lmt  u  w<  would  judge  ourselves,  we  should 

not  lie  indeed. 

hut   wliiKt  we  are  judged,  we  are  chastised 
hv    the    Lord:   that  we  inav  not    he  damned  with 
world. 

33  Wherefore,  my  hrethren,  when  you  come 
together  to  eat,  wait  for  one  another. 

34  If  any  man  Ik-  hungry,  let  him  eat  at  home: 
that  you  come  not  together  unto  judgment.  And 
the  rest  I  will  set  in  order,  when  1  come. 

CHAP.  XII. 

Of  tkr  dirrrritf  nf  spiritual  gift*.  Thr  mrmbrr*  of  thr  mpt- 
h..il  body,  fikr  thnte  of  tie  natural  body,  mutt  mutually 
tmeruk  one  anotkrr. 

TVT0W  nOfftTwieg  spiritual  thing*   my  hrethren, 

-L"    I  would  not  bare  vou  to  be  ignorant 

J  ifou  know  that,  when  yon  wire  heathens,  you 
went  to  dumb  idoU,  aeeordin-  ;i<  vou  wire  led.' 

9  Wherefore  I  pre  \ini  to  understand,  that  no 
man,  apraAing  by  the  Spirit  of  (;  d,  saith  anathema 
to  Jesus.  \nd  no  man  can  Bay,  the  Lord  Jon-, 
hut  hv  the  Holy  (iluist. 

4  Now  there  are  diversities  of  graces,  but  the 
same  spirit : 

5  And  there  are  diversities  of  ministries,  hut  the 
same  Lord. 

\iid  'here  are  diversities  of  operations,  but  the 
«une  God,  who  worketh  all  in  all. 

7  Hut  the  manifestation  of  the  Spirit  is  givi  n  ro 
every  man  unto  profit. 

8  To  one  indeed,  hv  the  Spirit  i  .  t!ie  u,,rd 


fmttiac  mnUrMk  (^mfranr  in  »*w  original,  •  w*t  ) 
earthy  bimi ioeui ;  who  oUterwn* 

tei 


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,  m«te»d  of  or  4ri«k. 
**.  TMsteMMMtntM 
•l.  rrmt,.  i 
c.Hi.d  not    I«   gfUf  «f  Ik,  W, 


ol  w  is.lom  ;   and  to  another,  the  word  of  knowledge 
according  to  the  same  Spirit  : 

9  To  another,  faith  in  the  same  Sjiirit  :  to  an- 
other,the  grace  of  healing  in  one  Spirit: 

10  To  eeotber,  the  working  or  miracles:  tr 
another,  prophecy  :  to  another,  the  discerilillg  oi 
spirits:  to  another,  divers  kinds  of  tongues:  to 
another,  interpretation  of  speeches. 

11  Hut  all  these  things  one  and  the  same  Spirit 
worketh,  dividing  10  every  one  according  as  he  vv  ill. 

12  Lor  as  the  ImmIv  n  one,  and  hath  main  meni- 
hers  :  and  all  the  members  of  the  body,  whereas 
the*  are  many,  yet  are  one  body:  so  also  is  Christ. 

13  I' or  in  one  Spirit  were  we  all  hapti/ed  into 
one  body,  whither  Jews,  or  Gentiles,  whether 
ImhhI  or  free:  and  in  one  Spirit  we  have  all  been 
made  to  drink. 

14  For  the  Ixnly  also  is  not  one  member,  but 
many. 

15  If  the  foot  should  say:  Because  I  am  not  the 
hand,  I  am  not  of  the  body:  is  it,  therefore,  not  of 
the  body ? 

16  And  if  the  ear  should  say:  Because  I  ;mi  not 
the  eye.  I  am  not  of  the  body:  is  it,  therefore,  not 
of  the  body? 

17  If  the  whole  body  were  the  eye,  where  would 

he  the  hearing.'    If  the  whole  were  hearing,   where 
would  be  the  smelling ? 

lb"  Hut  now  (iod  hath  set  the  members,  every 
one  of  them  in  the  body  as  it  hath  pleased  him. 

19  And  if  they  all  vv.ie  one  member,  when: 
would  Ik-  the  body  ? 

20  Hut  now  inert  are  many  menil>crs,  indeed, 
yet  one  body. 

21  And  the  eve  cannot  say  to  the  hand:  1  need 
not  tin  help:  nor  again  the  head  to  the  feet:  I  have 
no  need  of  you. 

22  Yea,  much  more  those  that  seem  to  lie  the 
more  feeble  members  of  the  body,  are  more  neees- 
sarv  : 

23  And  such  as  we  think  to  be  the  less  honourable 
members  of  the  bod.v,  upon  these  vve  bestow  more 
aliundant  honour  :  and  those  that  are  uncomely 
parts,  have  more  abundant  comeliness. 

2V  Hut  our  comely  parts  have  no  need:  but  (Jot! 
hath  tempered  the  body  together,  giving  the  more 
abundant  honour. io  that  which  wanted  it, 

25  That  there  might  be  no  schism  in  the  body, 
but  the  members  might  be  mutually  careful  one  for 
another. 

-«i  And  if  one  member  suffer  any  thing,  all  the 
members  suffer  with  it:  or  if  one  mendicr  glory,  all 
the  members  rejoice  with  it. 

11  Now  you  are  the  body  of  Christ,  and  mcmliers 
of  membt  r. 

''■'•  \nd  <  iod,  indeed,  hath  set  some  in  the  church, 
first  a,  c -ties,  secondly  prophets,  thirdly,  teachers, 


•»•*  WW  of  f'hn.t.  or  ju«tty  condemned  for  «*/  eutmint 


ttu  Lertt 

t  think  of  Ht  tkmhet      Tni»  it  not  mid  by  war  of  command,  but  t.T 
w»?  of  allowance,  pit.  where  and  when  it  n  agreeable  tu  the  practice 
'  if'Iine  of  Oh-  church. 


CHAP.  XIII,  XIV. 


after  that  miracles,  then  the  graces  of  healings,  helps, 
governments,  kinds  of  tongues,  interpretation*  of 
speeches. 

29  Are  all  apostles  ?  Are  all  prophets  ?  Are  all 
teachers  ? 

30  Are  all  workers  of  miracles  ?  Have  all  the 
grace  of  healing?  Do  all  speak  with  tongues?  Do 
all  interpiet?  ' 

31  But  he  zealous  for  the  better  gifts.  And  I  yet 
show  to  you  a  more  excellent  way. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

Charity  is  to  be  preferred  before  all  other  gifts. 

IF  I  speak  with  the  tongues  of  men  and  of  an- 
gels,  and   have  not  charity,   I   am  become  as 
sounding  brass,  or  a  tinkling  cymbal. 

2  And  if  I  should  have  prophecy,  and  should 
know  all  mysteries,  and  all  knowledge ;  and  if  I 
should  have  all  faith,  so  that  I  could  remove  moun- 
tains, and  have  not  charity,  I  am  nothing. 

3  And  if  I  should  distribute  all  my  goods  to 
feed  the  poor,  and  if  I  should  deliver  my  body  to 
be  burned,  and  have  not  charity,  it  profiteth  me 
nothing. 

4  Charity  is  patient,  is  kind :  charity  envieth  not, 
dealeth  not  perversely,  is  not  puffed  up, 

5  Is  not  ambitious,  seeketh  not  her  own,  is  not 
provoked  to  anger,  thinketh  no  evil, 

6  Rejoiceth  not  in  iniquity,  but  rejoiceth  with 
the  truth : 

7  Beareth  all  things,  believeth  all  things,  hopeth 
all  things,  endureth  all  things. 

8  Charity  never  faileth;  whether  prophecies  shall 
be  made  void,  or  tongues  shall  cease,  or  knowledge 
shall  be  destroyed. 

9  For  we  know  in  part;  and  we  prophesy  in  part. 

10  But  when  that  which  is  perfect  shall  come, 
that  which  is  in  part  shall  be  done  away. 

1 1  When  I  was  a  child,  I  spoke  as  a  child,  I  un- 
derstood as  a  child,  I  thought  as  a  child.  But  when 
I  became  a  man,  I  put  away  the  things  of  a  child. 

12  We  see  now  through  a  glass  in  an  obscure 
manner;  but  then  face  to  face.  Now  I  know  in 
part :  but  then  I  shall  know  even  as  I  am  known. 

13  And  now  there  remain,  faith,  hope,  and  cha- 
rity, these  three :  but  the  greatest  of  these  is  charity. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

Tlie  gift  of  prophesying  is  to  be  preferred  before  that  of 
speaking  strange  tongues. 

C^OLLOW  after  charity;  lie  zealous  for  spiritual 
-*-     gifts  ;  but  rather  that  you  may  prophesy.* 
2  For  he  that  speaketh  in  a  tongue,  speaketh  not 


*  Prophesy.  That  is,  declare  or  expound  the  mysteries  of  faith. 

f  -Vol  to  men,  viz.  So  as  to  be  heard,  that  is,  so  as  to  be  understood 
by  them. 

t  Of  spirits.     Of  spiritual  gifts. 

t  Amen.  The  unlearned,  not  knowing  that  you  are  then  blessing, 
will  not  be  qualified  to  join  with  you  by  saying  Amen  to  your  blessing. 
The  use  or  abuse  of  strange  tongues,  of  which  the  apostle  here  speaks, 
does  not  regard  the  public  liturgy  of  the  church,  (in  which  strange 


to  men,f  but  to  God:  for  no  man  heareth.    But  by 
the  Spirit  he  speaketh  mysteries. 

3  But  he  that  prophesieth,  speaketh  to  men  unto 
edification,  and  exhortation,  and  comfort. 

4  He  that  speaketh  in  a  tongue,  edifieth  himself; 
but  he  that  prophesieth,  edilieth  the  church. 

5  And  I  would  have  you  all  to  speak  with  tongues, 
but  rather  to  prophesy.  For  greater  is  he  that  pro- 
phesieth,  than  he  that  speaketh  with  tongues;  un- 
less, perhaps,  he  interpret,  that  the  church  may 
receive  edification. 

6  But  now,  brethren,  if  I  come  to  you,  speaking 
with  tongues,  what  shall  I  profit  you,  unless  I  speak 
to  you  either  in  revelation,  or  in  knowledge,  or  in 
prophesy,  or  in  doctrine  ? 

7  Even  things  without  life  that  give  sound,  whe- 
ther pipe  or  harp,  except  they  give  a  distinction  of 
sounds,  how  shall  it  be  known  what  is  piped  or 
harped  ? 

8  For  if  the  trumpet  give  an  uncertain  sound, 
who  shall  prepare  himself  to  battle? 

9  So  likewise  you,  unless  you  utter  by  the  tongue 
plain  speech,  how  shall  it  be  known  what  is  spoken? 
For  you  shall  be  speaking  into  the  air. 

10  There  are,  for  example,  so  many  kinds  of 
tongues  in  this  world :  and  none  is  without  a  voice. 

11  If  then  I  know  not  the  power  of  the  voice,  I 
shall  be  to  him,  to  whom  I  speak,  a  barbarian,  and 
he,  that  speaketh,  a  barbarian  to  me. 

12  So  you  also,  forasmuch  as  you  are  zealous 
of  spirits,!  seek  to  abound  unto  the  edifying  of  the 
church. 

13  And,  therefore,  let  him  that  speaketh  a  tongue, 
pray  that  he  may  interpret. 

1 4  For  if  I  pray  in  a  tongue,  my  spirit  prayeth, 
but  my  understanding  is  without  fruit. 

15  What  is  it  then?  I  will  pray  in  the  spirit;  I 
will  pray  also  in  the  understanding:  1  will  sing  with 
the  spirit ;  I  will  sing  also  with  the  understanding. 

16  Else  if  thou  shalt  bless  in  the  spirit,  how 
shall  he  that  holdeth  the  place  of  the  unlearned 
say  Amen,§  to  thy  blessing  ?  because  he  knoweth 
not  what  thou  sayest. 

17  For  thou  indeed  givest  thanks  well :  but  the 
other  is  not  edified. 

18  I  thank  my  God,  I  speak  with  all  your 
tongues. 

19  But  in  the  church  1  had  rather  speak  five 
words  with  my'understanding,  thai  I  may  instruct 
others  also;  than  ten  thousand  words  in  a  tongue. 

20  Brethren,  do  not  become  children  in  sense ; 
but  in  malice  be  children  ;  and  in  sense  be  perfect. 

21  In  the  law  it  is  written :  That  in  other  tongues 
and  other  lips  I  will  speak  to  this  people:  and  nei- 
ther so  will  they  hear  me,  saith  the  Lord. 


tongues  were  never  used)  but  certain  conferences  of  the  faithful,  v. 
26.  &c.  in  which,  meeting  together,  they  discovered  to  one  another 
their  various  miraculous  gifts  of  the  Spirit,  common  in  those  primitive 
times :  amongst  which  the  apostle  prefers  that  of  prophesying  before 
that  of  speaking  strange  tongues,  because  it  was  more  to  the  public 
edification.  Where  also  note,  that  the  Latin,  used  in  our  liturgy,  is 
so  far  from  being  a  strange  or  unknown  tongue,  that  it  is  perhaps  the 
best  known  tongue  in  the  world. 

149 


22  Wherefore  !  tIC  f«>r  a  sign,  not  to  be- 

lievers, bul  to  mil  :  but  prophi  >t  to 

unbelievers,  l»iu  to  I- 

h,  therefore,  (hi- whole  church  come  togethi 


•tit  ( 

th. 


and  v  u  tilt  toim.ii  s,  and 

unlearned  i><  rsons  or  unbclii 
thai  you  arc  in. til  ' 


will  not  ill.  \  say 

I '.in  it  all  prophesy,  ami  there  come  in  om 


that  believelh  not,  or  one  unit. ti mil,  In-  is  convinced 

>ll. 
!  ot   his  heart  arc  made  man 

and   >o.    falling   down    on    his    lie.-,   lie   will   adore 
.  affirming  thai  (i.xl  is  among;  you  indeed. 
;  Hon  i-  it  then,  brethren  r  tvhea  yoo  cause 
•In  r,  every  one  of  you  hath  a  psalm,  hath  a 
doctrine,  bath  a  revelation,  hath  a  tongue,  hath 
an  interpretation :  let  all  things  be  done  unto  cdi- 

li.  aiion. 

[fan]  speak  in  a  tongue,  let  it  Ik?  bv  two,  or 
at  the  most  lis  three,  and  in  course  ;  and  let  one 
interpret. 

28  But  if  there  be  no  interpreter,  let  him  hold 
his  neaot  in  the  church,  and  speak  to  himself,  and 
lod. 

Vnd  lei  the  prophets  sjK-ak,  two  or  three:  and 
let  the  real  judge. 

30  Hut  if  any  thing  he  revealed  to  another  sit- 
[ct   the  first  hold  his  peace. 
lor  you  may  all  prophesy  one  by  one  J   that 
all  may  ham,  ami  all  may  be  exhorted: 

V n*l  the  spirits  of  the  prophets  are  subject 
to  the  proprM  ts. 

ror  he  is  not  the  God  of  dissension,   but  of 
as  also  I  teach  in  all  the  churches  of  the 


84  Let  women  kirn  silence  in  the  churches:   for 
it  is  not  permitted  to  them  to  speak,  but  to  be  sub- 
also  the  law  sailh. 

35  Hut  if  tiny  would  learn  any  thing,  let  them 
ask  their  husbands  at  home.  For  it  is  |  shame  for 
a  woman  to  s|M-ak  in  the  church. 

36  Or  did  the  word  of  God  come  out  from  you  ? 
Or  came  it  only  unto  you  ? 

37  If  any  man  Mem  to  be  a  prophet,  or  spirit- 
ual, let  him  know  the  things  that  I  write  to  you, 
that  ih.  \  an-  the  commands  of  the  Lord. 

38  Hut  if  any  man  know  not,  he  shall  not  be 
know  n, 

39  Wherefore,  brethren.  In-  zealous  to  prophesy; 
and  forbid  not  to  speak  with  tongues. 

Km  let  all  things  be  done   decently  and  ac- 
ci.nliug  to  order. 


'  kr\Mt  $  rr  turrrction  MMB 


WW  XV. 

f  the  manner  qf  our  rrntrrrction. 

NOW     I    make    known    unto  you,   brethren,   the 
tpd  which  I  preached  to  you,  which  also 
you  have  received,  and  wherein  \.m  viand: 

h  which  also  w.u  are  saved:  if  you  bold  rati 
manner  f  preached  to  you,  unless  you 
have  believed  in  vain. 

3  I    i  I  delivered  i"  rou  iir>t  of  a  I.  which  I  also 

ISO 


ar- 


I.  TO  THE  CORINTHIANS. 

.1  :   how    that  Christ  died  for  our  mii> 
Cording  '"  the  Scriptures: 

,     \inl  that  he  was  buried:  and  that  he  rose  again 
the  third  day.  according  to  the  Scriptures  : 
.".   \\h\  that  he  was  seen  bi  Cephas,  and  after 

that   bf  the  eleven. 

6  Tin  n  w.in  he  seen  by  more  than  five  hundred 
brethren  at  once:  of  whom  many  remain  until  this 
present:   ami  some  arc  fallen  asleep. 

7  After  that,   be  was  seen  by  James,  then  by  all 

the  apostles: 

::  \nd  last  of  all,  he  was  seen  also  by  me,  as  by 
one  horn  out  of  due  time. 

9  For  I  am  the  least  of  the  apostles,  w  1  o  am  apt 
worthy  to  be  called  an  apostle,  because  I  persecu- 
ted the  church  of  God. 

10  Hut  by  the  grace  of  God  I  am  what  I  am  : 
and  his  grace  in  DM  hath  not  been  toiil;  but  I  have 
laboured  more  abundantly  than  all  they  :  yel  not  1 
but  the  grace  of  God  with  me. 

11  For  whether  I,  or  they  ;  so  we  preach,  and 
so  Mm  have  believed. 

12  Now  if  Christ  be  preached  that  he  arose 
again  from  the  dead,  how  do  some  among  you  say, 
that  there  is  no  resurrection  of  the  dead? 

13  But  if  there  lie  no  resurrection  of  the  dead, 
then  Christ  is  not  risen  again. 

14  And  if  Christ  he  not  risen  ugaiii.  then  is  our 
preaching  vain,  and  your  iailli  is  also  vain  : 


15  Ifea,   and   we  are   found    false   witness 
God:    because   we   have   given   testimony   against 
God,  thai  he  hath  raised  up  Christ,  whom  he  h.ub 
not  raised  up,  if  the  dead  rise  not  again. 

16  For  if  the  dead  rise  not  again,  neither  is 
Christ  risen  again. 

17  And  if  Christ  be  not  risen  again,  your  faith 
is  vain,  lor  you  are  yet  in  your  sins. 

18  Therefore  they  also,  who  have  slept  in  Christ, 
have  perished. 

19  If  in  this  life  only  we  have  hope  in  Christ, 
we  are,  of  all  men,  the  most  miserable. 

20  Hut  now  Christ  is  risen  from  the  dead,  the 
first-fruits  of  them  that  sleep. 

21  For  by  a  man  came  death,  and  by  a  man  the 
resurrection  of  the  dead. 

22  And  as  in  Adam  all  die,  so  also  in  Christ  all 
shall  be  made  alive. 

23  But  every  one  in  his  own  order :  the  first- 
fruits  Christ,  then  they  that  are  of  Christ,  who 
have  believed  in  his  coming  : 

24  Afterwards  the  end,  when  he  sh:i II  have  deli- 
vered up  the  kingdom  to  God  and  the  Father,  when 
he  shall  have  abolished  all  principality,  and  autho- 
rity, and  power. 

25  For  he  must  reign,  until  he  hath  put  all  ene- 
ini.  s  under  his  I. 

26  And  the  enemy  death  shall  he  destroyed  last: 
For  he  hath  put  all  things  under  his  tut.  And 
whereas  he  NMth, 

''■    All   things  are  put   under  him;   undoubtedly, 
In   is  excepted,  who  put  all  things  under  him. 

And  when  all  things  shall  be  subdued  unto 
him,  then  tin   Son  also  himself  shall  be  subject  to 


CHAP.  XVI. 


nmi,*   who  subjected   all  things  to  himself,  that 
God  may  be  all  in  all. 

29  Otherwise  what  shall  they  do,  who  are  bap- 
tized for  the  dead,f  if  the  dead  rise  not  again  at 
all?  why  are  they  then  baptized  for  tliem? 

30  Why  also  are  we  in  danger  every  hour? 

31  I  die  daily  by  your  glory,  brethren,  which  1 
have  in  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord  : 

32  If  (according  to  man)  I  fought  with  beasts  at 
Ephesus,  what  doth  it  profit  me,  if  the  dead  rise 
not  again  ?  Let  us  eat  and  drink, X  for  to-morrow 
we  shall  die. 

33  Be  not  deceived :  evil  communications  cor- 
rupt good  manners. 

34  Awake,  ye  just,  and  sin  not.  For  some  have 
not  the  knowledge  of  God ;  I  speak  it  to  your  shame. 

35  But  some  man  will  say :  How  do  the  dead 
rise  again  ?  or  with  what  manner  of  body  shall 
they  come  ? 

36  Senseless  man,  that  which  thou  sovvest,  is  not 
quickened, except  it  die  first. 

37  And  that  which  thou  sowest,  thou  sowest  not 
the  body  that  shall  be;  but  bare  grain,  as  of  wheat, 
or  of  some  of  the  rest. 

38  But  God  giveth  it  a  body  as  he  will :  and  to 
every  seed  its  proper  body. 

39  All  flesh  is  not  the  same  flesh :  but  some  is 
that  of  men,  another  of  beasts,  another  of  birds, 
another  of  fishes. 

40  And  there  are  bodies  celestial,  and  bodies 
terrestrial :  but  the  glory  of  the  celestial  is  one, 
and  that  of  the  terrestrial  another. 

41  There  is  one  glory  of  the  sun,  another  glory 
of  the  moon,  and  another  glory  of  the  stars.  For 
star  diflereth  from  star  in  glory : 

42  So  also  is  the  resurrection  of  the  dead.  It  is 
sown  in  corruption:  it  shall  rise  in  incorruption. 

43  It  is  sown  in  dishonour:  it  shall  rise  in  glory: 
it  is  sown  in  weakness :  it  shall  rise  in  power: 

44  It  is  sown  an  animal  body:  it  shall  rise  a 
spiritual  body.  If  there  be  an  animal  body,  there 
is  also  a  spiritual  body,  as  it  is  written  : 

45  The  first  man  Adam  was  made  a  living  soul ; 
die  last  Adam  a  quickening  spirit. 

46  But  not  first  that  which  is  spiritual,  but  that 
which  is  animal;  afterwards  that  which  is  spi- 
ritual. 

47  The  first  man  was  of  the  earth,  earthly  :  the 
second  man  from  heaven,  heavenly. 

48  Such  as  is  the  earthly,  such  also  are  the  earth- 
ly :  and  such  as  is  the  heavenly,  such  also  are  they 
that  are  heavenly. 

49  Therefore  as  we  have  borne  the  image  of  the 
earthly,  let  us  bear  also  the  image  of  the  heavenly. 

50  Now  this  I  say,  brethren,  that  flesh  and 
blood  cannot  possess  the  kingdom  of  God :  neither 
shall  corruption  possess  incorruption. 


*  The  Sonaho  himself  shall  be  subject  to  him.  That  is,  the  Son  will  be 
subject  to  the  Father,  according  to  his  human  nature,  even  after  the 
general  resurrection :  and  also  the  whole  mystical  body  of  Christ  will 
be  entirely  subject  to  God,  obeying  him  in  every  thing'. 

f  Who  are  baptized  for  the  dead.  Some  think  the  apostle  here  alludes 
'o  a  ceremony  then  in  use;  but  others,  more  probably,  to  the  prayers  ] 


51  Behold,  1  tell  you  a  mystery :  We  shall  all 
indeed  rise  again  :  but  we  shall  not  all  be  changed, 

52  In  a  moment,  in  the  twinkling  of  an  eye,  at 
the  last  trumpet :  for  the  trumpet  shall  sound  ;  and 
the  dead  shall  list1,  again  incorruptible:  and  we 
shall  be  changed. 

53  For  this  corruptible  must  put  on  incorruption  ■ 
and  this  mortal  must  put  on  immortality. 

54  And  when  this  mortal  hath  put  on  immor- 
tality, then  shall  come  to  pass  the  saying  that  is 
written :  Death  is  swallowed  up  in  victory. 

55  O  death,  where  is  thy  victory?  O  death,  where 
is  thy  sting? 

56  Now  the  sting  of  death  is  sin:  and  the  powet 
of  sin  is  the  law. 

57  But  thanks  be  to  God,  who  hath  given  us  the 
victory  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

58  Therefore,  my  beloved  brethren,  be  ye  stead- 
fast, and  immoveable,  always  abounding  in  the  work 
of  the  Lord,  knowing  that  your  labour  is  not  in 
vain  in  the  Lord. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

Of  collection  of  alms,  admonitions,  and  salulationg. 

TVTOW  concerning  the  collections  that  are  made 
-■-^  for  the  saints,  as  I  have  given  order  to  the 
churches  of  Galatia,  so  do  you  also. 

2  On  the  first  day  of  the  week  let  every  one  of 
you  put  apart  with  himself,  laying  up  what  it  shall 
well  please  him;  that  when  I  come, the  gatherings 
be  not  then  to  be  made. 

3  And  when  I  shall  be  with  you,  whomsoever 
3rou  shall  approve  by  letters,  those  will  1  send  to 
carry  your  bounty  to  Jerusalem. 

4  And  if  it  be  meet  that  I  go  also,  they  shall  go 
with  me. 

5  Now  I  will  come  to  you,  when  I  shall  have 

Kassed  through  Macedonia  :  for  1  shall  pass  through 
lacedonia. 

6  And  with  you,  perhaps,  I  shall  make  a  stay, 
or  even  spend  the  winter ;  that  you  may  bring  me 
on  my  journey  whithersoever  I  shall  go. 

7  For  I  will  not  see  you  now  by  the  way ;  for  I 
hope  that  I  shall  remain  with  you  some  time,  if  the 
Lord  permit. 

8  But  I  will  stay  at  Enhcsus  until  pentecost. 

9  For  a  gate  is  opened  to  me  large  and  evident, 
and  many  adversaries. 

10  Now  if  Timothy  come,  see  that  he  be  with 
you  without  fear:  for  he  vvorketh  the  work  of  the 
Lord,  as  I  also  do. 

1 1  Let  no  man,  therefore,  despise  him,  but  con- 
duct ye  him  on  his  way  in  peace;  that  he  may  come 
to  me :  for  I  look  for  him  with  the  brethren. 

12  As  to  our  brother  Apollo,  I  let  you  know 
that  I  earnestly  entreated  him  to  come  to  you  with 


and  penitential  labours,  performed  by  the  primitive  Christians  fortlio 
souls  of  the  faithful  departed,  or  to  the  baptism  of  afflictions  and  suf- 
ferings undergone  for  sinners  spiritually  dead. 

}  Let  us  eat  and  drink,  fye.  That  is,  if  we  did  not  believe  that  ve 
were  to  rise  again  from  the  dead,  we  might  live  like  the  impious  f.id 
wicked,  who  have  no  belief  iu  the  resurrection. 

51 


II.  TO  THE  COKIMIIKNS. 


the  brethren:  and  indeed  it  was  not  hi*  will  at  all 
mm  at  thi-  time.     Hut  ha  will  come  whin  he 
shall  have  leisure. 

IS  Watrh  i  I  fasi  in  the  faith;  do  man- 

full*  ,  ami  Ih-  strengthened. 

I  V  la  t  all  your  actions  l><  «l» nn-  in  charity. 

1.)  Ami  I  beseech  you,  brethren,  you  know  the 
house  of  Stephanas,  and  of  Fortuantua,  and  m 
Acssucna,  thai  the*,  an  the  fcrat-fraks  of  jLchaia. 
ami  h.ivi-  dedicated  themselves  to  the  ministry  of 
the  saints : 

It;  Thai  jrou  also  be  subject  to  such,  aod  to  aw  rj 
una  that  worked)  with  pit, and  iabouieth. 

17  And  I  rejoice  in  the  on  *  at  <  of  Stephanas, 

and  FortunatUS,  and  Achait  u>:    lor  tliat  winch  was 

wanting  on  jroot  part,  thej  have  supplied. 


*  rw  ktm  W  ml>ii  Mmm  .1u\a.     Anathema  ti|rninm  bare  •  (king 
•rruiw.1.     Maran  JUkm.  «rhn:h  a>  cording  to  St  Jrruin  and  Si.  <  hri- 
,  tigntfy,  71*  Imt4u  mv  aln-udt,  and  therefore  i*  to  be  taken 
~\  to  fboae  who  doubted1  of  the  rcsnrcclion,  and  to  put 


18  For  liny  have  refreshed  ImiiIi  my  spirit  and 
Mints.      Know  them,  therefore,  thai  are  mhIi. 

19  The  churches  <>l  Asia  salute  you.  A'|ttila 
and  Prist  ilia  salute  you  much  in  the  Lord,  with 
the  church  that  is  in  their  booaa;  witli  whom  I 
also  IikL<  . 

20  All  the  hrethren  salute  you.  Salute  one 
another  with  a  holy   ki-s. 

21  The  salutation  of  me  Paul,  with  tnv  own 
hand. 

I   If  any  man  love  not  our    Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
let  him  he  anathema  Ma  ran  Atha.* 

I  The  grace  ol our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  l>c  with 
you. 

24  My  charity  be  with  you  all  in  Christ  Jesus. 
Amen. 


them  in  iiiiii.I  tli.it  Christ,  tlte  jmlrp  of  tin-  living-  ami  the  .li-id.  is 
come  already.  Others  explain  .Varan  .Itku  :  .Wuj  wr  tmi  rmmt.  that 
i-,  to  judge  and  [ > «i i n - 1 1  those  witli  <  xriii|>lurv  judgmeuU  and  puufcli- 
nienU,  that  du  not  love  the  Lord  JeMi  Christ. 


--• 


THE 


SECOND  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  PAUL 


TO  THE  CORINTIITANS. 


rrmrd 
res  the 


In  this  Fpittlr  Si    Paul  comforts  those  who  are  now  reft, 
by  bis  admonitions  to  them  in  the  former ;  and  abxoirt 

man,  on  doing  jsenanrc,  whom  he  had  before  ex> 

titated  fur   Ao   crime.      llrme  he  treats  of  true  pe- 

f  the  dignity  of  the  minister*  if  the  New  Tts- 


tuitlifiit  agwUUt  false  tturhers  mill 
He   girt  s  nn  aeeinint  of  his  suffer- 
I  qf  Ike  favours  and  grates  whiih    (ioel  hath 
on  him.     Thts  srranil  Epistk  fas  trrittm  in  the 
with  the  first,  and  sent  by  TtTW  from  some  place 


the  toeietu  of  lnfi.hU 


CHAP.    I. 


lie 


of  hit  trembles  in  Asia.  Hit  not  earning  to  /him 
mmm  not  out  of  levil,.  The  constancy  and  nncrrily  of  hit 
Doetrinr. 

I)  Ml.,  an  apostle  of  Jesus  Christ  by  the  will  of 
*-     God,  and  rimothj  our  brother:  to  the  church 

of  God  that  is  at  Corinth,  with  all   the  saints  who 
in  all    \<  h.ti.i. 

to  yon  and  peace  Iron  Cod  our  Father, 
tnd  from  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

3  Blessed  be  the  <oh|  and  Father  of  our  Lotd 
Jesus  Christ,  the  I  '.ii  In  r  ol  Mercies,  and  the  Cod 
->f  all  consolation, 

\   Who    COmfotieth    us    in   al!    our    trihtilations  ; 
that  we  also  may  be  able  to  comfort  them  who 
in  any  distress,  l>\  the  exhortatioa  wherewith  we 
4lso  arc  exhorted  bv  I  iod. 


5  For  as  the  sufliriiiss  of  Christ  abound  in  us; 
so  also  by  Christ  doth  our  comfort  abound. 

6  Now  whether  we  be  in  tribulation,  it  is  for 
your  exhortation  and  salvation;  or  whether  we  be 
comforted,  ii  it  for  your  consolation;  or  whether 
we  be  exhorted,  it  U  for  your  exhortation  and  sal- 
vation, which  workcth  the  enduring  Qf  the  same 
sufferings  which  we  also  sutler. 

7  That  our  hope  lor  you  ma\  be  steadfast:  know- 
ing that  as  \titt  are  partakers  ol  the  sufferings,  10 
shall  von  be  also  of  the  consolation. 

8  For  we  would  not  have  you  ignorant,  hrethren, 
of  our  tribulation,  which  came  to  us  in  Asia,  that 
w e  were  pressed  out  of  measure,  abot e  our  strength, 
so  that  we  were  wean  even  of  lite. 

9  But  we  had  in  ourselves  the  answer  of  death, 
that  are  should  not  trust  in  ourselves,  hut  in  (,t„| 
who  raised)  the  dead  : 

10  Who  hath  delivered,  and  doth  deliver  us  out 

of  so  great  dangers:  in  whom  we  hope  that  be  will 
yet  also  deliver  us. 

\\  Von  helping  withal  in  prayer  for  us  :  that  lor 
this  -in  obtained  fot  us.  by  many  persons,  thanks 
may  \u-  Riven  by  man)  in  our  behalf. 

I  I  Fot  Otn  dory  is  this,  the  testimony  of  our 
ronst  ience,  thai  in  simplicity  ol  heart  and  sincerity 
o|  God,  and  not  in  carnal  wisdom,  but  in  the  graoa 


CHAP.  II,  III. 


of  God,  wc  have  conversed  in  this  world ;    and 
more  abundantly  towards  you. 

13  For  we  write  no  other  things  to  you,  than 
what  you  have  read  and  known.  And  I  hope  that 
you  shall  know  unto  the  end  : 

14  As  also  von  have  known  us  in  part,  that 
we  are  \our  glory,  as  you  also  are  ours  on  the  day 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

15  And  in  this  confidence  I  had  a  mind  to  come 
to  you  before,  that  you  might  have  a  second  favour; 

16  And  to  pass  by  you  into  Macedonia,  and 
again  from  Macedonia  to  come  to  you,  and  by  you 
to  be  brought  on  my  way  towards  Judea. 

17  When,  therefore,  I  had  a  mind  to  do  this, 
did  1  use  levity?  Or  the  things  that  I  purpose,  do 
I  purpose  according  to  the  flesh,  that  diere  should 
be  with  me,  It  is,  and,  It  is  not  ? 

18  But  God  is  faithful;  for  our  preaching  which 
was  to  you,  was  not,  It  is,  and  It  is  not. 

19  For  the  Son  of  God,  Jesj.is  Christ,  who  AV*as 
preached  among  you  by  us,  by  me,  and  Silvanus, 
and  Timothy,  was  not,  It  is,  and  It  is  not;  but, 
*It  is,  was  in  him. 

20  For  all  the  promises  of  God  are  in  him  It  is  : 
therefore  also  by  him,  Amen  to  God,  unto  our  glory. 

21  Now  he  that  confirmeth  us  with  you  in  Christ, 
and  lie  that  hath  anointed  us,  is  God ; 

22  Who  also  hath  sealed  us,  and  given  the  pledge 
of  the  Spirit  in  our  hearts. 

23  But  I  call  God  to  witness  upon  my  soul,  that 
to  spare  you,  I  came  not  as  yet  to  Corinth ;  not 
because  we  lord  it  over  your  faith :  but  we  are 
helpers  of  your  joy  :  for  in  faith  you  stand. 

CHAP.  II. 

He  grants  a  pardon  to  the  incestuous  man,  upon  his  doing 
penance. 

BUT  I  determined  this  with  myself,  that  I  would 
not  come  to  you  again  in  sorrow  : 

2  For  if  I  make  you  sorrowful ;  who  is  he  then 
that  should  make  me  glad,  but  he  who  is  made  sor- 
rowful by  me  ? 

3  And  I  wrote  this  same  to  you ;  that  I  may  not, 
when  I  come,  have  sorrow  upon  sorrow,  from  them 
of  whom  I  ought  to  rejoice  ;  having  confidence  in 
you  all,  that  my  joy  is  the  joy  of  you  all. 

4  For  out  of  much  affliction,  and  anguish  of  heart 
I  wrote  to  you  with  many  tears;  not  that  you  should 
be  made  sorrowful,  but  that  you  might  know  the 
charity  I  have  more  abundantly  towards  you. 

5  And  if  any  one  hath  caused  grief,  he  hath  not 
grieved  me ;  but  in  part,  that  I  may  not  charge 
you  all. 

6  To  him  who  is  such  a  one,  this  rebuke  is  suffi- 
cient, which  is  given  by  many : 


*  It  is,  was  in  him.  There  was  no  inconstancy  in  the  doctrine  of 
the  apostles,  sometimes,  like  modern  sectaries,  saving,  It  is,  and 
at  other  times  saying.  It  is  not.  But  their  dextrine  was  ever  the 
game,  one  uniform  yea,  in  Jesus  Christ,  one  JImtn,  that  is,  one 
truth  in  him. 

|  I  also.  The  apostle  here  granted  an  indulgence,  or  pardon,  tn  the 
ftrson  and  by  the  authority  of  Christ,  to  the  U.OtttBuU*  Corinthian, 

U 


7  So  that  on  the  contrary  you  should  rather  for- 
give him,  and  comfort  him,  lest  perhaps  such  a  one 
be  swallowed  up  with  over-much  sorrow. 

8  Wherefore  I  beseech  you,  that  you  would  con- 
firm your  charity  towards  him. 

9  For  to  this  end  also  did  I  write,  that  I  might 
know  the  experiment  of  you,  whether  you  be  obe- 
dient in  all  things. 

10  And  to  whom  you  have  forgiven  any  thing,  j\ 
also:  for,  what  1  forgave,  if  1  have  forgiven  any  thing, 
for  your  sakes  have  I  done  it  in  the  person  of  Christ. 

11  That  we  may  not  be  circumvented  by  Satan: 
for  we  are  not  ignorant  of  his  devices. 

12  And  when  I  was  come  to  Troas  for  the  gospel 
of  Christ,  and  a  door  was  opened  to  me  in  the  Lord, 

13  I  had  no  rest  in  my  spirit;  because  I  found 
not  Titus  my  brother :  but  bidding  them  farewell, 
I  went  from  thence  to  Macedonia. 

14  Now  thanks  be  to  God,  who  always  causeth 
us  to  triumph  in  Christ  Jesus,  and  maketh  manifest 
the  odour  of  his  knowledge  by  us  in  every  place. 

15  For  we  are  unto  God  the  good  odour  of  Christ 
in  them  who  are  saved,  and  in  them  who  perish. 

16  To  some,  indeed,  the  odour  of  death|  unto 
death  ;  but  to  the  others  the  odour  of  life  unto  life. 
And  for  these  things  who  is  so  sufficient  ? 

17  For  we  are  not  as  many,  adulterating  the 
word  of  God  :  but  with  sincerity,  but  as  from  God, 
in  the  sight  of  God  we  speak  in  Christ. 

CHAP.  III. 

He  needs  no  commendatory  letters.     TJie  glory  of  the  ministry 
of  the  New  Testament. 

P^O  we  begin  again  to  commend  ourselves?  Or 
-*--'  do  we  need  (as  some  do)  epistles  of  com- 
mendation to  you,  or  from  you  ? 

2  You  are  our  epistle,  written  in  our  hearts, 
which  is  known  and  read  by  all  men  : 

3  You  being  made  manifest,  that  you  are  the 
epistle  of  Christ,  ministered  by  us,  and  written  not 
with  ink,  but  with  the  Spirit  of  the  living  God ;  not 
in  tables  of  stone,  but  in  fleshy  tables  of  the  heart. 

4  And  such  confidence  we  have,  through  Christ 
towards  God : 

5  Not  that  we  are  sufficient  to  think  any  thing 
of  ourselves,  as  of  ourselves :  but  our  sufficiency 
is  from  God  : 

6  Wfio  also  hath  made  us  fit  ministers  of  the 
new  testament;  not  in  the  letter,§  but  in  the  Spirit : 
for  the  letter  killeth ;  but  the  Spirit  giveth  life. 

7  Now  if  the  ministration  of  death,  engraven 
with  letters  upon  stones,  was  glorious,  so  that  the 
children  of  Israel  could  not  steadfastly  behold  (he 
face  of  Moses,  for  the  glory  of  his  countenance, 
which  is  done  away: 


whom  before  he  had  put  under  penance:  which  pardon  consisted  in 
a  releasing1  of  part  of  the  temporal  punishment  due  to  his  sin. 

J  The  odour  of  death,  fyc.  The  preaching  of  the  apostle,  which  by  Its 
fragrant  odour  brought  many  to  life,  was  toothers,  through  their  own 
f.mlt,  the  occasion  of  death;  by  their  wilfully  opposing  and  resisting 
that  divine  call. 

{  The  Utter.  Not  rightly  understood,  and  taken  without  the  spirit. 

153 


il.  TO  THE  CORINTHIANS. 


8  How  shall  not  the  ministration  of  the  Spirit 
be  rather  in  glory? 

9  For  it  tin-  ministration  of  condemnation  bo 
glory  :    much    more    the    uiim-~tr.it ion    of   jn-st i»-t- 

uidcth  in  glory. 

Ill  For  even  that  which  was  glorious  in  this 
part  was  not  glorified,  l»y  reason  Or  tin-  glory  that 
I'lh'th. 

II  For  if  that  which  is  done  aw  glorious: 

much  more  that  which  rcinaiiicih,  M  in  glory. 

I .'  ill.;  i,.  therefore,  such  nope,  wnivmuch 
rontiden 

li  \ud  not  as  Moses  put  a  veil  over  his  face, 
that  the  children  of  Israel  might  not  steadfastly 
look  on  the  face  of  that  which  in  id  ide  void, 

1  i  15  nt  tlnir  senses  were  made  dull.  For,  until 
this  day,  the  lelf-same  veil  in  the  reading  of  the  old 
testament,  remaineth  not  mam  away  (because  in 
Christ  it  is  done  away.) 

I  >  Hut  even  until  this  da)  when  Moses  is  read, 
the  veil  is  ii|Min  their  heart. 

16  Hut  when  they  shall  he  converted  to  the 
Lord,  the  veil  shall  lie  taken  away. 

17  Now  the  Ixird  is  a  Spirit:  and  where  the 
Spirit  of  the  l,or.l  is,  there  is  liberty. 

18  Hut  we  all,  belmJding  the  dory  of  the  Lord 
with  face  uncovered,  are  transformed  into  the  same 
image  from  glory  to  glory,  as  by  the  Spirit  of  the 

CIIU\    IV. 

The  tinrerity  of  his  prrarhing:  hit  romfurl  in  hit  affiittiont. 

r I ' tlER EFORE,  seeing  we  have  this  ministra- 
■*■     tion,  according  as  we  have  obtained   mercy, 
We  faint  not. 

1  I'.ut  we  renounce  the  hidden  things  of  disho- 
nesty, not  walking  in  craftiness,  nor  adulterating 
the  word  of  God,  hut  hv  niauifesti.ui  of  the  truth 
commending  ourselves  to  every  man's  conscience. 
in  the  sight  of  ( Sod. 

3  And  if  our  gos|>cl  he  also  hidden,  it  is  hidden 
to  those  who  |m  rish  : 

V  in  whom  the  cod  of  this  world  hath  blinded 
the    minds    of  unbelievers  ;     that    the    light    of  the 

Oiel  of  the   glorv  of  Christ,  who  is  the  image  of 
,  should  not  shine  unto  them. 
•    I  !i  not  ourselves,   hut  Jem  Christ 

our  Lord;  ami  ourselves  roar  servants  through  Jesus. 

w  iio  .  o  inn  inded    the   light    to   shine 
out  ol   darkness,  hath  shined  in  our  he;iris.  to 
the  light  of  the  knowledge  of  the  glory  of  God,  in 
tlie  fare  of  (  hrisi  Jesus. 

7   Hut  we  hoe  tin-  treasure  in  earthen 
that  the  excellency  may  be  of  the  power,  of  God, 
and  not  ot   us. 

i  all  things  are  suffer  tribulation:  but  are  not 

distressed:  we    |  tencd;  but  are  not  destitute: 

9  tVa  suffer  persecution :   l>ui  ;oe  not  forsaken: 

ire  cast  down  :  but  we  perish  not: 
Iti  Alw.r.s  bearing  about  in  our  body  the  dying 
of  Jesus;   that  the  life  also  ol  Jesus  ma)  be  made 
manifest  in  our  bodies. 


11  For  wc  who  live  are  always  delivered  unto 
death  foi  Jesus' sake:  that  the  life  also  of  Jesus  may 

be  mad-'  manifest  in  our  mortal  th-sh. 

I J  So  then  death  vrorfceth  in  us.  but  life  in  you. 
|!  But  having  the  same  spirit  of  faith;  as  it  is 

w Titled  :  I  have  believed  ;  therefore  I  have  spoken  : 

are  also  believe;  and  therefore  we  apeak: 

14  Knowing  that  he  who  raised  Up  Jesus,  will 
raise  nil  us  also  with  Jesus,  and  place  us  with  you. 

I")  For  all  things  are  for  your  Bakes j  that  the 
orace  abounding   through  many  may  abound  in 

thanksgiving  to  the  glory  ofGod. 

16  For  which  cause  we  faint  not:  but  though 
our  outward  man  is  corrupted,  yet  the  inward  man 
is  renewed  day  by  day. 

17  For  our  present  tribulation,  which  is  mo- 
mentary and  light,  worketh  for  us  above  measure 
exceedingly  an  eternal  weight  of  glory. 

18  While  we  look  not  at  the  things  which  are 
i.  but  at  the  thing*  which  are  not  seen.     For  the 

things  which  are  seen,  are  temporal :  but  the  things 
which  are  not  seen,  are  eternal. 

CHAP.  V. 

He  it  willing  to  leave  his  earthly  mansion  to  be  vrith  the  lord- 
Hit  charity  for   the  Corinthians. 

FOR  we  know  that  if  our  earthly  bouse  of  this 
habitation  be  dissolved,  that  we  have  a  building 
of  God,  a  house  not  made  with  hands,  eternal  in 
heaven. 

2  For  in  this  also  we  groan,  desiring  to  lie  cloth- 
ed over  with  our  habitation  which   is  from  heaven; 

3  Yet  so  that  we  may  lx>  found  clothed,  not  naked. 

4  For  we  also,  who  are  in  this  tabernacle,  do 
groin,  being  burdened:  because  we  would  not  be 
unclothed,  but  clothed  over;  that  what  is  mortal 
mat   be  swallowed  up  by  life. 

5  Now  he  that  inaketh  us  for  this  very  thing,  is 
God,  who  hath  given  us  the  pledge  of  the  Spirit. 

6  Therefore,  having  alwavs  confidence,  know  ing 
that,  while  we  are  in  the  body,  we  are  absent  from 
the  Lord  : 

7  (For  we  walk  by  faith  and  not  by  sight.) 

8  We  are  confident,  I  say,  and  have  a  good  will 
to  be  absent  rather  from  the  body,  and  to  lie  present 
with  the  Lord. 

9  And  therefore  wc  Ial>our,  whether  absent  or 
present,  to  phase  him. 

10  For  we  must  all  appear  before  the  Judgment' 

scat  of  Christ  :  that  every  one  may  receive  *the. 
proper  things  of  the  body,  according  as  he  hath 
done,  whether  it  lie  good  or  evil. 

11  Knowing,  therefore,  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  we 
persuade  men:  but  to  God  we  are  manifest.  And 
I  trust  also  that  in  your  consciences  we  are  manifest. 

12  Wc  commend  not  ourselves  again  to  you, 
but  give  you  occasion  In  glory  in  our  behalf;  that 
you  in  i\  have  somewfutt  to  aivnoe*  them  who  glory 
in  race,  and  not  in  heart. 


•  TV  pnprr  Hiitri  oflkt  My.     In  the  particular  jU'!|rmrnt,  imme 
d'alelv   after  .!■  ll    i»   nnardi'd  or  pumOicsJ  according  u 

■kit  it  tw*  done  in  the  body. 


CHAP.  VI.  VII 


13  For  whether  we  are  transported  in  mind,  it 
M  to  God ;  or  whether  we  are  more  moderate,  it  is 
for  yo ii. 

14  For  the  charity  of  Christ  nresseth  us  ;  judg- 
ing this,  that  if  one  died  tor  all,  then  all  were  dead. 

15  And  Christ  died  for  all ;  that  they  also,  who 
live,  may  not  now  live  to  themselves  but  to  him,  who 
died  for  them,  and  rose  again. 

16  Wherefore  henceforth  we  know  no  man  ac- 
cording to  the  flesh.*  And  if  we  have  known 
Christ  according  to  the  flesh;  but  now  we  know 
him  so  no  longer. 

17  If  then  any  be  in  Christ,  a  new  creature  :  old 
things  are  passed  away:  behold,  all  things  are  made 
new. 

18  But  all  things  are  of  God,  who  hath  recon- 
ciled us  to  himself  by  Christ;  and  hath  given  to  us 
the  ministry  of  reconciliation. 

19  For  God,  indeed,  was  in  Christ  reconciling 
the  world  to  himself,  not  imputing  to  them  their  sins : 
and  he  hath  placed  in  us  the  word  of  reconciliation. 

20  We  are,  therefore,  ambassadors  for  Christ, 
God  as  it  were  exhorting  by  us.  For  Christ  we 
beseech  you,  be  ye  reconciled  to  God. 

21  Him,  who  knew  no  sin,  he  hath  made  sin 
for  us,f  that  we  might  be  made  the  justice  of  God 
in  him. 

CHAP.  VI. 

He  exhorts  them  to  a  correspondence  with  God's  grace,  and  not 
to  associate  with  unbelievers. 

\  ND  we  helping  do  exhort  you,  that  you  receive 
-*■-*-  not  the  grace  of  God  in  vain. 

2  For  he  saith  :  In  an  accepted  time  have  I  heard 
thee  :  and  in  the  day  of  salvation  have  I  helped 
thee.  Behold,  now  is  the  acceptable  time:  behold, 
now  is  the  day  of  salvation. 

3  Giving  no  offence  to  any  one,  that  our  ministry 
be  not  blamed: 

4  But  in  all  things  let  us  exhibit  ourselves  as 
the  ministers  of  God,  in  much  patience,  in  tribula- 
tion, in  necessities,  in  distresses, 

5  In  stripes,  in  prisons,  in  seditions,  in  labours, 
in  watehings,  in  fastings, 

6  In  chastity,  in  knowledge,  in  long  suffering,  in 
sweetness,  in  the  Holy  Ghost,  in  charity  unfeigned, 

7  In  the  word  of  truth,  in  the  power  of  God  ; 
by  the  armour  of  justice,  on  the  right  hand,  and  on 
the  left : 

8  Through  honour  and  dishonour,  through  in- 
famy and  good  name  ;  as  seducers,  and  yet  speaking 
truth  ;  as  unknown,  and  yet  known  ; 

9  As  dying,  and  behold,  we  live ;  as  chastised, 
and  not  killed ; 

10  As  sorrowful,  yet  always  rejoicing  ;  as  needy, 
yet  enriching  many  ;  as  having  nothing,  aiid  possess- 
ing all  things. 


*  We  know  no  man  according  to  the  flesh.  That  is,  we  consider  not  any 
man  with  regard  to  his  nation,  family,  kindred, orother  natural  qualities 
or  advanta(»::s,but  only  wiih  relation  to  Christ,  ami  according1  to  the  or- 
der of  divine  chanty,  in  God,  and  for  God.  The  apostfe  adds  that,  eveu 


11  Our  mouth  is  open  to  you,  O  ye  Corinthians, 
our  heart  is  enlarged. 

12  You  are  not  straitened  in  us :  but  in  your 
own  bowels  you  are  straitened  : 

13  But  having  the  same  recompense  (I  speak  as 
to  my  children)  be  you  also  enlarged. 

14  Bear  not  the  yoke  together  with  unbelievers. 
For  what  participation  hath  justice  with  injustice? 
Or  what  fellowship  hath  light  with  darkness  ? 

15  And  what  concord  hath  Christ  with  Belial  ? 
or  what  part  hath  the  faithful  with  the  unbeliever  r 

16  And  what  agreement  hath  the  temple  of  God 
with  idols  ?  For  you  are  the  temple  of  the  living 
God :  as  God  saith  :  I  will  dwell  in  them,  and 
walk  among  them  :  and  I  will  be  their  God ;  and 
they  shall  be  my  people. 

17  Wherefore,  Go  out  from  among  them,  and  be 
ye  separate,  saith  the  Lord ;  and  touch  not  the 
unclean  thing  : 

18  And  1  will  receive  you:  and  I  will  be  a  Father 
to  you :  and  you  shall  be  my  sons  and  daughters, 
saith  the  Lord  Ahnight}'. 

CHAP.  VII. 

The  apostle's  affection  for  the  Corinthians  :  his  comfort  and  jog 
on  their  account. 

XTAVING,  therefore,  these  promises,  dearly  be- 
•*--*-  loved,  let  us  cleanse  ourselves  from  all  defile- 
ment of  the  flesh  and  of  the  spirit,  perfecting  sane- 
tification  in  the  fear  of  God. 

2  Receive  us.  We  have  injured  no  one:  we 
have  corrupted  no  one :  we  have  over-reached  no 
one. 

3  I  speak  not  this  to  your  condemnation.  For 
we  have  said  before,  that  you  are  in  our  hearts,  to 
die  together,  and  to  live  together. 

4  Great  is  my  confidence  with  you:  great  is  my 
glorying  for  you.  I  am  filled  with  comfort,  1  ex- 
ceedingly abound  with  joy  in  all  our  tribulation. 

5  For  also  when  we  were  come  into  Macedonia, 
our  flesh  had  no  rest:  but  we  suffered  all  tribulation; 
combats  without,  fears  within. 

6  But  God  who  comforted  the  humble,  comforted 
us  by  the  coming  of  Titus ; 

7  And  not  by  his  coining  only,  but  also  by  the 
consolation,  wherewith  he  was  comforted  in  you, 
relating  to  us  your  desire,  your  mourning,  your  zeal 
for  me;  so  that  I  rejoiced  the  more. 

8  For  although  I  made  you  sorrowful  by  my 
epistle,  I  do  not  repent :  and  if  I  did  repent,  seeing 
that  the  same  epistle  (although  but  for  a  time)  did 
make  you  sorrowful : 

9  Now  I  am  glad  ;  not  because  you  w<  re  made 
sorrowful  ;  but  because  you  were  made  sorrowful 
unto  penance.  For  you  were  made  sorrowful  ac- 
cording to  God,  that  in  nothing  you  should  suffer 
damage  by  us. 


with  respect  to  Christ  himself,  he  now  no  longer  considers  him  accord- 
ing to  the  flesh,  by  taking  a  satisfaction  in  his  beinp  his  countryman  ; 
his  affection  beinjr  now  purified  from  all  such  earthly  considerations, 
f  Sin  for  uj.     That  is,  to  be  a  sin-vjffering,  a  victim  ibr  tin. 

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II.  TO  THE  (  OUINTIIIANS. 


10  For  tin*  sorrow  which  ding  to  God, 

workcth  penance  unto  salvation,  which   is  last 
but  tli4*  sorrow  of  the  world  workcth  deaths 

1  1  For  behold  this  self-same  thing,  lh;il  you  were 
made  sorrow  till  according  i<>  God,  how  mat  care- 
fulness dotli  it  work  in  you;  yea  * !■  ft  no -,  yea 
indignation,  ir,  yea  desire,  reaneal,  rea  re- 

igo.  In  all  thin--.  j on  bare  showed  yourselves 
tc  In-  undclilcd  in  the  matter. 

I .'  W  b<  n  fore  though  I  w  rote  to  you,  not  on  the 
account  of  him  u  ho  did  the  injury,  nor  of  him  w  ho 
suffered  the  \\  rong ;  Inn  to  manifest  our  solicitude, 
which  we  have  im  you, 

1 3  Befon  God :  therefore  we  w ere  comforted, 
lint  in  our  consolation  we  did  the  more  abundantly 
rejoice  furthejoj  of  Titus;  bet  saose  hi>  spirit  was 
nlreshed  hv  you  all. 

14  And  if  I  have  boasted  any  thing  to  him  of 
you,  I  have  not  been  put  to  shame:  but  as  we  have 
s|K)keu  all  things  to  you  in  truth,  so  also  our  Insist- 
ing, which  wa>  made  to  Til  us,  is  found  a  truth: 

15  And  his  bowebj  are  more  abundantly  towards 
you:  remembering  the  obedience  of  you  all,  how 
wnh   fear  and   trembling  you  received  him. 

IC  1  rejoice  (hat  in  all  things  I  have  confidence 
in  you. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

He  exhorts  them  to  contribute  bountifully  to  relieve  the  poor  of 
Ji  rumiem. 

"|V"OW  we  make  known  to  you,  brethren,  the  grace 
*- '  of  God,  that  hath  been  given  ift  the  churches 
Of  Macedonia  : 

1  That  in  much  experience  of  tribulation  they 
have  had  abundance  ol  joy:  and  their  very  deep 
poverty  huh  ■bounded  unto  the  riches  of  their 
simplicity  :* 

3  For  according  to  their  power,  I  l>ear  them  wil- 
1  beyond  their  power  they  wire  willing, 

V  With  much  entreaty  Ix-g^ing  of  us  the  grace 
ami  communication  of  the  ministry  that  is  (lone 
towards  (he  s. nuts  ■ 

5  And  not  as  we  hoped :  but  they  gave  their 
ownselves  first  to  the  Lord,  then  to  us  by  the 
will  of  God  ; 

ti  Insomuch,  that  we  desired  Titus,  that  as  he 
had  begun,  so  also  he  would  finish  in  you  this  same 
grace. 

7  I'h  it  as  in  all  things  von  abound  in  faith,  and 
word,  and    knowledge,  and  all  carefulness:    inore- 

llso,   in  your  charity  towards  us,  so  in  this 
v  also  you  may   abound. 

8  I  s|wjk  not  as  commanding;  bit  bj  the  care- 
iiilness  of  others,  approving  also  the  good  <lis, 
lion  of  your  charity. 

9  For  von  know  thp  grace  of  our  L»ld  JOMN 
Christ,   that    lning   rich,  he   became  |KM»r   for  your 

thai  through  his  |tovertj  you  might  lie  rich. 
I«>  And  in  this  I  mm*  I:  lot  this  is  profita- 


Tfc«t  is  ttneerc  boanw  and  clui  u j . 


hie  for  you,  who  have  Itegun  not  only  to  do,  but 
also  in  In-  willing  the  year  In-fore: 

II  Now,  then  fine,  perform  ye  it  also  in  deed; 
that,  as  \ our  mind  is  forward  to  be  willing,  s,,  it 
may  be  also  to  pel  form,  out  of  that  which  you  have. 

I  2  For  if  the  will  lie  forward,  it  is  accepted,  ac- 
cording to  that  which  it  hath,  not  according  to  that 
which  it  hath  not. 

I J  For  /  intan  not  that  others  should  be  cased, 
and  vou  burdened:   but  by  an  equality. 

1  i  In  this  present  time  let  your  abundance  sup- 
ply their  want:  that  their  abundance  also  may  sup* 
ply  your  want,  that  there  may  be  an  equality,  as  it 
is  w  rittea: 

15  lie  that  had  much,  had  nothing  over:  and 
he  that  had  little,  had  no  want. 

16  And  thanks  be  to  God,  who  hath  given  the 
same  carefulness  for  you  in  the  heart  of  'I  itus. 

17  For  indeed  he  accepted  the  exhortation  :  but 
being  more  careful,  of  his  own  will  he  went  unto 
you. 

18  We  have  sent  also  with  him  the  brother, 
whose  praise  is  in  the  gos*>el  through  all  the 
churches : 

19  And  not  that  only,  but  he  was  also  ordained 
by  the  churches  companion  of  our  travels,  for  this 
grace,  which  is  administered  by  us  to  the  glory  of 
the  Lord,  and  our  determined  w  ill : 

20  Avoiding  this,  lest  any  man  should  blame  us 
in  this  abundance  which  is  administered  by  us. 

21  For  we  foresee  what  may  be  good  not  only 
before  God,  but  also  before  men. 

22  And  we  have  sent  with  them  our  brother 
also,  whom  we  have  often  proved  diligent  in  many 
things;  but  now  much  more  diligent,  with  much 
confidence  in  you. 

23  Either  i'or  Titus,  who  is  my  companion  and 
fellow-labourer  towards  you,  or  our  brethren,  the 
;ipnstl,s  of  the  churches,  the  glory  of  Christ. 

24  Wherefore  show  ye  to  them,  in  the  sight  of 
the  churches,  the  evidence  of  your  charity,  and  ol 
our  boasting  on  your  behalf. 

CHAP.  IX 

A  further  exhortation  to  ulms  /firing:  the  fruit*  of  it. 

FOR  concerning  the   ministry  that   is  done 
wards  the  saints,  it  is  superfluous  for  nit 
write  to  you. 

2  For  I  know  your  ready  mind  ;  for  w  hi«  h  I 
lioast  of  you  to  the  Macedonians:  that  Aehaia  also 
was  ready  a  year  ago;  and  your  emulation  hath 
provoked  a  great  many. 

3  Now  I  have  Sent  the  brethren,  that  what  we 
boast  of  concerning  you,  lie  not  made  \oid  in  litis 
behalf,  that,  'as   I  have  said)  you  may  lie  ready  : 

4  Lest,  when  the  Macedonians  shall  conic  wild 
me,  anil  find  you  unprepared,  we  (not  to  ?ay  ye) 
should  be  ashamed  in  this  matter. 

5  Therefore  I  thought  it  necesntry  to  desire  the 
brethren  that  they  would  go  to  you  before,  anil  pie- 
l«ire  this  blessing  before  promised,  to  lie.  rcadv, 
so  as  a  blessing,  not  as  COVCtOUSUCSS. 


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to 


CHAP. 

6  Now  this  I  say:  He  who  soweth  sparingly, 
shall  also  reap  sparingly:  and  he  who  soweth  in 
blessings,  shall  also  reap  of  blessings. 

7  Every  one  as  he  hath  determined  in  his  heart, 
hot  with  sadness,  or  of  necessity:  for  God  loveth 
a  cheerful  giver. 

8  And  God  is  able  to  make  all  grace  abound 
in  you  ;  that  ye  always,  having  all  sufficiency  in  all 
things,  may  abound  in  every  good  work: 

9  As  it  is  written :  He  hath  dispersed  abroad  : 
he  hath  g'ven  to  the  poor :  his  justice  remaineth 
for  ever. 

10  Now  he  that  ministereth  seed  to  the  sower, 
will  both  give  you  bread  to  eat,  and  will  multiply 
your  seed,  and  increase  the  growth  of  the  fruits  of 
your  justice : 

1 1  That  l)eing  enriched  in  all  things  you  may 
abound  unto  all  bountifulness,  which  causeth 
through  us  thanksgiving  to  God. 

12  For  the  administration  of  this  service  doth 
not  only  supply  the  want  of  the  saints,  but  abound- 
eth  also  by  many  thanksgivings  in  the  Lord. 

13  By  the  proof  of  this  ministry,  glorifying  God 
in  the  obedience  of  your  confession  to  the  gospel 
of  Christ,  and  for  the  liberality  of  your  communi- 
ting  to  them,  and  to  all, 

14  And  in  their  praying  for  you,  having  an  affec- 
tion for  you  because  of  the  eminent  grace  of  God 
in  you. 

15  Thanks  be  to  God  for  his  unspeakable  gift. 

CHAP.  X. 

To  stop  the  calumny  and  boasting  of  false  apostles,  he  sets  forth 
the  power  of  his  upostleship. 

NOW  I  Paul  myself  beseech  you,  by  the  meek- 
ness and  gentleness  of  Christ,  who  in  presence 
indeed  am  lowly  among  you,  but  being  absent  am 
bold  toward  you. 

2  But  I  beseech  you,  that  I  may  not  be  bold 
when  1  am  present,  with  that  confidence  wherewith 
I  am  thought  to  be  bold  against  some,  who  think 
of  us  as  if  we  walked  according  to  the  flesh. 

3  For  walking  in  the  flesh,  we  do  not  war  ac- 
cording to  the  flesh  : 

4  For  the  weapons  of  our  warfare  are  not  car- 
nal, but  powerful  through  God  to  the  destruction  of 
fortifications,  subverting  of  counsels, 

5  And  every  height  that  exalteth  itself  against 
the  knowledge  of  God,  and  bringing  into  captivity 
every  understanding  to  the  obedience  of  Christ. 

6  And  having  in  a  readiness  to  revenge  all  diso- 
bedience, when  your  obedience  shall  be  fulfilled. 

7  See  the  things  that  are  according  to  outward 
appearance.  If  any  man  trust  to  himself,  that  he 
is  Christ's,  let  him  think  this  again  with  himself, 
that  as  he  is  Christ's,  so  are  we  also. 

8  For  if  I  also  should  boast  somewhat  more  of 
our  power,  which  the  Lord  hath  given  us  for  edifi- 
cation, and  not  for  your  destruction;  1  should  not 
be  ashamed. 


*  My  folly.     So  he  calls  his  reciting  his  own  praises,  which,  com- 
monly speaking,  is  looked  upon  as  a  piece  of  folly  and  vanity  ;  though 


X,  XI. 

9  But  that  I  may  not  be  thought  as  it  were  to 
terrify  you  by  epistles  : 

10  (For  his  epistles,  indeed,  say  they,  are  weighty 
and  strong:  but  his  bodily  presence  is  weak,  and 
his  speech  contemptible  :) 

11  Let  such  a  one  think  this,  that  such  as  we 
are  in  word  by  epistles,  when  absent,  such  are  we 
also,  indeed,  when  present. 

12  For  we  dare  not  rank  or  compare  ourselves 
with  some,  that  commend  themselves:  but  we 
measure  ourselves  by  ourselves,  and  compare  our- 
selves with  ourselves. 

13  But  we  will  not  glory  beyond  our  measure; 
but  according  to  the  measure  of  the  rule,  which 
God  hath  measured  to  us,  a  measure  to  reach  even 
to  you. 

14  For  we  stretch  not  ourselves  beyond  our  mea- 
sure, as  if  we  reached  not  to  you :  for  we  are 
come  as  far  as  to  you  in  the  gospel  of  Christ. 

15  Not  glorying  beyond  the  measure  in  other 
men's  labours:  but  having  hope  of  your  increasing 
faith, to  be  magnified  in  you  according  to  our  rule 
abundantly, 

1G  Yea,  to  those  places  that  are  beyond  you,  to 
preach  the  gospel,  not  to  glory  in  another  man's 
rule  in  those  things  that  are  made  revidy  to  our 
hand. 

1 7  But  he  that  glorieth,let  him  glory  in  the  Lord. 

18  For  not  he  that  commendeth  himself,  is  ap- 
proved ;  but  he  whom  God  commendeth. 

CHAP.  XI. 

He  is  forced  to  commend  himself  and  his  labours,  vest  the  Corin- 
thians should  be  imposed  upon  by  the  false  apostles. 

WOULD  to   God  you  could  bear  with  some 
little  of  my  folly  :*  but  do  bear  with  me  : 

2  For  I  am  jealous  of  you  with  the  jealousy  ol 
God.  For  I  have  espoused  you  to  one  husband, 
that  I  may  present  you  as  a  chaste  virgin  to  Christ. 

3  But  I  fear  lest,  as  the  serpent  seduced  Eve  by 
his  snbtilty,  so  your  minds  should  be  corrupted,  and 
fall  from  the  simplicity  which  is  in  Christ. 

4  For  if  he  that  cometh,  preacheth  another  Christ, 
whom  we  have  not  preached ;  or  if  you  receive  an- 
other Spirit,  whom  you  have  not  received  ;  or  an- 
other gospel,  which  you  have  not  received ;  you 
might  well  bear  ivilh  him. 

5  For  I  suppose  that  I  have  done  nothing  less 
than  the  great  apostles. 

6  For  though  1  be  rude  in  speech,  yet  not  in 
knowledge:  but  in  all  things  we  have  been  made 
manifest  to  you. 

7  Or  did  I  commit  a  fault,  abasing  myself,  that 
you  might  be  exalted  ?  Because  I  have  preached  to 
you  the  gospel  of  God  gratis? 

8  I  have  taken  from  other  churches,  receiving 
wages  of  them  to  serve  you. 

9  And  when  I  was  present  with  you,  and  wanted, 
I  was  burdensome  to  no  man  :  for  that  which  was 
wanting  to  me,  the  brethren  supplied   who  came 


the  apostle  was  constrained  to  do  it,  for  the  good  of  the  souls  commit- 
ted to  his  charge. 

157 


II.  TO  THE  CORINTHlWv 


from  Macedonia  :  an«l  in  :ill  things  I  have  kept  my- 
self without  being  ;i  burden  to  von:  and  so  I  will 
keep  myself. 

1<>  The  truth  o»"  Christ  is  in  me,  that  this  glory 
sn  ill  not  Ix-  sropt  in  me  in  the  regions  of  Achara. 

1  I     Win  li        i-c   I   love  you   not? 

Mih  it. 

1  J   lint  what  I  do,  that  I  will  do,  that  I  may  cot 
asion  from  them  that  d<  isiou,  that 

in  what  they  glorv,  tin  >  may  Im-  found  c\en  U  we. 

13  I  ct  surh  false  a|n.sii,s  are  deceitful  labourers, 
transforming  tliemselvea  into  the  apostles  of  Christ. 

li  And  no  wonder:  lor  Satan  himself  trans- 
formed himself  into  an  anm  I  of  light 

15  Therefore  it  is  no  great  thing  If  hi*  ministers 
he  transformed  as  tin-  ministers  of  justice ;  wl 
end  shall  be  according  to  their  works. 

|t>  I  say  ;i_.iin.  Iii  no  man  think,  me  to  l>e  fool- 
ish, otherwise  take  me  as  one  foolish,  that  I  also 
mav  glory  a  little.) 

17    lh.it  w huh  I  «i>eak,  I  speak  not  according 

1  hkI,  Inn  as  it  win-  in  foolishness,  in  this  matter 
•  r\  ing. 

1)!  Sefinii  that  many  glory  according  to  the  flesh, 
1  will  glory  also. 

li)  For  feu  gladly  suffer  the  foolish:  whereas 

Mm  \oursii\ts  are  w  ISO. 

20  For  you  suffer,  it  ;»  man  bring  you  into  f>ond- 
MB,  if  a  man  devour  you,  it  a  man  take.'/"///  you, 
ifa  man  )*•  extolled.  it  a  man  strike  you  on  the  face. 

21  I  speak  according  to  dishonour,  as  if  we  had 
been  weak  in  this  part.  Wherein  if  any  man  is 
hold  (I  speak  foolishly)  I  am  bold  also. 

22  They  are  Hebrews:  so  am  I.  They  are  Isra- 
elites: so  am  I.  They  are  the  seed  of  Abraham: 
so  am  I. 

23  They  are  the  ministers  of  Christ:  (I  speak  as 
one  less  wise)  I  am  more:  in  m any  more  labours, 
in  prisons  more  frequently,  in  striiM's   alnwe   im  a- 

snre.  in  deaths  often. 

Of  the  .lews  live  limes  did  I  receive  forty 
slriftrs,  save  01 

23  Tin i  I  beaten  with  rods:  once  I  was 

stoned:  thrice  I  suffered  shipwreck:  ■  night  and  a 
day  I  was  in  the  depth  of  the  * 

26  Iii  journeys  often,  in  perils  of  rivers,  in  perils 

in  perils  from  m\  own  nation,  in  perils 
Irom  the  (ientilis,  in  perils  in  the  city,  in  perils  in 
the  w  ilderness,  in  |H-rils  in  the  sea,  in  |>erils  from 
l.ilse  brethren  ; 

In  labour  anil  painftttnees,  in  Watching*  often, 
in  hunger  and  thirst,  in  many  fastings,  m  .old  and 
uaki  .In 

Besides  those  thimrs  that  are  without  ;  my 
dailv  instance,11  the  solicitude  for  all  the  churches. 

Who  is  weak,  and  I  am  not  weak:  Who  is 
SCBud-di/eil.  and  I  do  not  burn  ' 

It    1   must    i  >n  ;    1    w  ill   glory  of  the 

things  that  coin  em  my  infirmity. 


» 

\    f«<fU 


TV  hboan  (hat  come  hi,  and  |.rr«»  ii|»>n  mr 

pmjttL    TU«  rtrm^ih  and  power  of  OwJ  more  per 

i.j 


31  The  God  and  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
wl..>    is     blessed  for  ever,  knoweth  that  1  lie  not. 

I  At  Damascus  tlie  governor  of  the  nation  under 
Anias  the  kin::,  guarded  tbe  cifj  of  the  Damascenes, 

to  apprehend  me  ! 

I    \iul  through  a  window  in  a  basket  I  was  let 
down  by  the  wall,  and  so  escaped  bis  hands. 

<   II\I\   XII. 

[fit  raptures  and  rrpihitinn*.      His  b'iiur  hi/ffttted  by  Satan. 
Hi* /car for  the  Corinlkian*. 

TF  I  must  glory  (it  is  not  expedient  indeed:)  but  I 
-■-  will  come  to  \  isions  and  re\  editions  of  the  I  «ord. 

2  1  know  a  man  in  Christ  above  fourteen  years 
RgO,  whether  in  the  IkkIv  I  know  not,  or  out  of  the 
body  I  know  not, God  knoweth,  stub  a  one  caught 
up  to  the  tbird  heaven. 

3  And  I  knOW  such  a  man  whether  in  the  body, 
or  out  of  the  body,  I  know  not,  God  knoweth: 

4  That  he  was  caught  up  into  paradise;  and 
heard  secret  words,  which  it  is  not  granted  to  man 
to  utter. 

5  Of  such  a  one  I  will  glory* :  but  for  myself  I 
will  glory  nothing,  but  in  my  infirmities. 

6  For  even  if  1  would  glory,  I  shall  not  Ik-  fool- 
Mi:  fori  shall  say  the  truth  :  but  I  forbear,  lest  ativ 
man  should  think  of  me  above  that  which  be  snili 
in  me,  or  any  thin:;  he  heareih  from  me. 

7  And  lest  the  greatness  of  the  revelations  should 
pufT  me  up.  there  was  riven  me  a  sting  of  m j  flesh, 
an  angel  of  Satan,  to  buffet  me. 

ii  For  which  thing  I  thrice  besought  the  Lord, 
that  it  might  depart  Ironi  me : 

9  And  he  said  to  me  :  .My  grace  is  sufficient  for 
thee:  for  power  is  made  ucrfectf  in  infirmity. 
Gladly,  therefore,  will  I  glor)  in  my  infirmities,  (hat 
the  power  of  CbllSt  may  dwell  in  me. 

10  Therefore  1  take  pleasure  in  my  infirmities, 
in  reproaches,  in  necessitit  s,  in  persecutions,  in  dis- 
tresses for  Christ's  sake.  For  when  1  am  weak, 
then   I  am   powerful. 

11  I  am  become  foolish  :  you  have  compelled  me 
to  it.  For  I  ought  toliaii  In  en  commended  l«  you: 
for  in  nothing  nave  I  been  inferior  to  those,  who  are 

above  measure  apostles:  although  I  ranbthinc. 

12  Vet  the  si_i,s  of  in\  apostleship  have  been 

wrought  on  you,  in  all  patience,  in  signs,  and  won- 
ili  i-.  and  BUghtJj   deeds. 

1.5  For  w  hat  is  there  thai  you  have  had  less  (ban 

the  other  churches:  but  thai  I  myself  was  not  bur- 
densome to  you?  Pardon  me  this  injury. 

14  lb  hold,  now  the  third  lime  I  am  ready  to 
come  to  you:  and  1  will  not  be  burdensooie  to  ysju. 

For  1  seek  not  the  things  that  are  yours,  but  you. 
For  neither  ought  the  children  to  lay  up  for  the  pa- 
rents, but  the  parents  for  the  children. 

1")  And  1    most  gladly  will    spend   and   be   ipent 

•  \.nir»  forth  in  our weakneaa  and  infi  ««-»k 

ii«  ,.  Iii.  ..  ling  aa, 

and  fitiug  u»  the  »i<  lurj  under  ail  (rial*  and  com' 


CHAP.  XIII,  I. 


myself  for  your  souls ;  although,  loving  you  more,  1 
be  loved  less. 

16  But  be  it  so:  I  did  not  burden  you:  but  being 
era 'u  I  eaught  you  by  guile. 

1  1  Did  I  eircumvent  you,  by  any  of  those  whom 
I  sent  to  you? 

18  I  desired  Titus,  and  I  sent  with  him  a  brother. 
Did  Titus  circumvent  you?  did  we  not  walk  with 
the  same  spirit?  did  we  not  in  the  same  steps? 

19  Of  old,  think  von  that  we  excuse  ourselves  to 
you?  We  speak  before  God  in  Christ;  but  all 
things,  my  dearly  beloved,  for  your  edification. 

20  For  I  fear,  lest  when  I  come,  I  shall  not  find 
you  such  as  I  would;  and  that  1  shall  be  found  by 
you  such  as  you  would  not:  lest  perhaps  conten- 
tions, envyings,  animosities,  dissensions,  detrac- 
tions, whisperings,  swellings,  seditions,  be  among 
you : 

21  Lest  again,  when  I  come,  God  humble  me 
among  you:  and  I  bewail  many  of  them  that  sin- 
ned before,  and  have  not  done  penance  for  the  un- 
cleanness,  and  fornication,  and  lasciviousness,  that 
the}'  have  committed. 

CHAP.  XIII. 

He  threatens  the  impenitent,  to  provoke  them  to  penanre. 

BEHOLD,  this  is  the  third  time  I  am  coming  to 
you:  In  the  mouth  of  two  or  three  witnesses 
shall  every  word  be  established. 

2  I  have  told  you  before,  and  foretell,  as  present, 
and  now  absent,  to  them  that  sinned  before,  and  to 
all  the  rest,  that,  if  1  come  again,  I  will  not  spare. 

3  Do  you  seek  a  proof  of  Christ  who  speaketh  in 


me,  who  towards  you  is  not  weak,  but  is  mighty  in 
you  ? 

4  For  though  he  was  crucified  through  weakness, 
yet  he  liveth  by  the  power  of  God.  For  we  also  are 
weak  in  him  :  but  we  shall  live  with  him  by  the 
power  of  God  towards  you. 

5  Try  your  ownselves  if  you  be  in  the  faith: 
prove  ye  yourselves.  Know  you  not  your  ownselves, 
that  Christ  Jesus  is  in  you?  unless  perhaps  you  be 
reprobates. 

6  But  I  trust  that  you  shall  know  that  we  are  not 
reprobates. 

7  Now  we  pray  God,  that  you  may  do  no  evil, 
not  that  we  may  appear  approved,  but  that  you  may 
do  that  which  is  good,  and  that  we  may  be  as  repro- 
bates.* 

8  For  we  can  do  nothing  against  the  truth,  but 
for  the  truth. 

9  For  we  rejoice,  that  we  are  weak,  and  you  are 
strong.     This  also  we  pray  for,  your  perfection. 

10  Therefore  I  write  these  things  being  absent, 
that,  being  present,  I  may  not  deal  more  severely, 
according  to  the  power  which  the  Lord  hath  given 
me  to  edification,  and  not  to  destruction. 

11  For  the  rest,  brethren,  rejoice;  be  perfect; 
take  exhortation;  be  of  one  mind;  have  peace: 
and  the  God  of  peace  and  of  love  will  be  with  you. 

12  Salute  one  another  with  a  holy  kiss.  All  the 
saints  salute  you. 

13  The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  the 
charity  of  God,  and  the  communication  of  the 
Holy  Ghost  be  with  you  all.     Amen. 

f  Reprobates:  that  is,  without  proof,  by  having  noocc.i-iou  of  show- 
ing our  power  in  punishing  you. 


THE  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  PAUL 


TO  THE  GALATIANS. 


The  Galatians,  soon  after  St.  Paul  had  preached  fbt  Gospel 
to  them,  were  seduced  by  some  false  teachers,  who  had  been 
Jews,  and  who  were  for  obliging  all  Christians,  even  thosr 
who  had  been  Gentiles,  to  observe  circumcision,  and  the  ot/ur 
ceremonies  of  the  Mosaical  law.  In  this  Epistle  he  refute* 
the  pernicious  doctrine  of  those  teachers,  and  aim  their  ca- 
lumny against  his  mission  and  apiistlcship.  The  snhjert  mut- 
ter of  this  Epistle,  is  much  the  same  as  of  that  to  the  Ro- 
mans. It  was  written  at  Ephesus  about  twenty-three  years 
after  our  Lord's  Ascension. 

CHAP.  I. 

He  blames  the  Galatians  for  suffering  themselves  to  be  imposed 
upon  by  nno  teachers.      The  Apostle's  calling. 

"O  AD  L,  an  apostle,  not  from  men,  neither  by  man, 
-*-  but  by  Jesus  Christ,  and  God  the  Father,  who 
raised  him  from  the  dead. 


2  And  all  the  brethren  who  are  with  me,  to  the 
churches  of  Galatia. 

3  Grace  be  to  you,  and  peace  from  God  the 
Father   and  from  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 

4  Who  gave  himself  for  our  sins,  that  he  might 
deliver  us  from  this  present  wicked  world, according 
to  the  will  of  God  and  our  Father, 

5  To  whom  is  glory  for  ever  and  ever.     Amen. 

6  I  wonder  that  you  are  so  soon  removed,  from 
him  who  called  you  to  the  grace  of  Christ,  to  another 
gospel : 

7  Which  is  not  another,  only  there  are  some  that 
trouble  you,  and  would  pervert  the  gospel  of 
Christ. 

8  But  though  we.   or  an  angel  from    heaven, 

159 


GALATIANS. 


sarach  ■  tfJOtnel  <  <  >  von  beside  that  which  we  hate 
preached  to  yon.  lit  luni  Im-  anathema. 

,•  said  I  iln]    M.-w    again  j  If  any 

one  preach  to  you   i  In-sidcs  thai  which  you 

I.  lit  him  In-  anathema. 

10  For  do  I  now  i>«  rsiiade  iih  u,  or  (linl ;  or  do  I 
seek  to  please  men:  III  did  yd  |  ik-a.se  nun,  I  should 
Dot  be  the  servant  of  (  hrisl. 

11  Fur  I  give  you  to  understand,  brethren,  that 
thi-  BMpd  which  was  preached  by  me  is  not  ac- 
corduM  to  m 

\l  roc  neither  did  I  recchre  it  from  man.  nor 
did  I  learn  it,  lint  In  the  revelation  ol  Jesus  Christ. 

1 3  !  "i  irou  have  heard  of  my  conversation  in 
time  |iast  in  the  Jew*'  religion;  how  that  beyond 
measure  I  persecuted  the  church  of  Cod,  and  laid 
it  waste: 

I  V  And  I  made  progress  in  the  Jews'  religion, 
ahove  main  ol  my  emials  in  my  own  nation,  being 
more  abunaantlj  zealous  fat  the  traditions  of  my 
faile 

I  i  lint  when  it  pleased  him,  who  separated  me 
from  m\  iiiotlu  r's  womb,  and  called  me  by  his  grace, 

Iti    i  .        son  in  me,  that  1  might  preach 

him  anions  the  Gentiles;  immediately  1  conde- 
scend. •  I  nut  to  Heidi  and  Mood, 

17  Neither  went  I  to  Jerusalem  to  the  apostles 
who  were  before  me;  but  1  went  into  Arabia: 
and  SXaia  '  returned  to  Damascus; 

18  Then  i!  I  came  to  Jerusalem 

Vtir.  and  Stayed  with   him  lilti  en  dav^ 

19  But  oiln  r  ol    the  apostles  |  saw   none,  except 

the  brother  of  the  Lord. 
Sow  the  things   which  I   write  to  you,  be- 
hold, be!  II  In-  not. 

El    Afterwards  I  came  into  the  regions  nf  Syria 

and  (  ilieia. 

\n.l  I  was  unknown  bj  face  SB  the  churches 
loti  i.  w  Inch  were   in  <  Inist  : 
i>  Hni  I  hey  had   heard  only  :    lie,  that  persecuted 
us    in  times  past,  doth  now  preach  the   faith  which 
once  he  impugned : 

2\   And  they  glorified  Cod  in  me. 

(   II  \T.    II. 

Tlkettpngllrt'i  prrnrkittg  trnt  itpprnrrd  t\f  h\f  the  othrr  npnutlr*. 
Tkr  <  'imttlrs  trrrr  u    '  .' ,  urn*  ./  to  the  ttbtrrratvin  of 

Tlll.N    rourteeo  rears  after,  I  went  no  assta 
to  .1.  rusalem  with  Barnabas,  taking  Titus  also 
w  nli  me. 

1  And  I  went  up  according  to  revelation  ;  and 
communicated  to  them  the  gospel,  which  I  preach 

lies,  lini   apart  to  tin  in  who  Seemed 


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'  tltatta.t..iV  limta^i.     St.    FW  «..   .  .11.. I.   in   an 
•.  lo  V  (V  »pr»ll«-  at  th-  f  :onli|r,     Sj,   p,f„. 
u..».ii*Wiiaa  orer \hm  whole  Sock  (Jitaiti.  I 
hut  ■  pacwttar  charge  of  Ike  people  of  the  rirramciMoo,  that  U,  of  Hm! 

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*    Peter,  m  only  a  certain  iaapredcacr,  in   with  lr.minr  liimaclf 


to  be  something;  lest,  |>erliaps,  I  should  run,  or  had 
run  in  vain. 

3  But  neither  Titus,  w  ho  was  with  me.  U  ing  a 
Gentile,  was  compelled  to  l>e  circumcised  : 

libit  because  Of  false  brethren  unawares  brought 
in.  who  came  in  privately  to  spy  our  liberty,  whit  h 
we  have  in  Christ  Jesus,  that  they  might  bring  us 
into  Ixmdagc  : 

5  To  whom  we  yielded  not  by  subjection,  no  not 
lor  an  hour,  that  (lie  truth  ol  the  gospel  iimuIu  con- 
tinue with  von  : 

6  But  of  them  who  seemed  to  be  something, 
(what  the v  were  some  time,  it  is  DOthuM  to  me; 
(Jod  accepteth  not  the  person  of  man)  for  to  me 
they  that  seemed  to  be  something,  added  nothing. 

7  But  on  the  contrary,  when  they  had  seen  that 
to  me  was  committed  the  gospel  of  the  uncircuni- 
t  -isii.n.*  as  to  Titer  w  as  ihat   ol    the  circumcision  : 

8  (For  be  who  wrought  in   Titer  to  the  apostle 
ship  of  the  circumcision,  wrought  in  me  also  among 

the  Gentiles:) 

_  9  And  when  they  had  known  the  |NKC  that  was 
given  to  me,  James  and  Cephas,  and  John,  who 
seemed  to  Im-  pillars,  gave  to  me  and  Barnabas  the 
right  hands  of  fellowship;  that  we  should  go  lo  Hie 
Gentiles,  and  they  to  the  circumcision: 

10  Only  that  we  should  be  mindful  of  the  poor; 
which  same  thing  also  I  was  careful  to  do. 

11  But  when  Cephas  was  come  to  Antioch.  I 
withstood  him  to  the  lacc.f  because  he  was  blame- 
able. 

12  Tor  before  that  some  came  from  James,  he 
ditl  eat  with  the  Gentiles  :  but  When  they  were  conic, 
be  withdrew,  and  separated  himself,  fearing  mOSC 
who  were  of  the   circumcision. 

l.'J  And  to  his  dissimulation  the  rest  of  the  Jews 
consented;  so  that  Barnabas  also  was  led  by  them 
into  that  dissimulation. 

I  I  But  when  1  saw  that  they  walked  not  ii|»- 
rightly  unto  the  truth  of  the  gospel.  I  said  to  Ce- 
phas, before  them  all  :  If  thou,  being  a  Jew,  li\t  st 
after  tin  mamierol  the  Gentiles. anil  aoi  ol  the  Jew  s, 
how  dost  thou  compel  the  Gentiles  to  follow   the 

wa\  ol  Jews? 

15   We  by  nature  are  Jews,  and  not  of  the  I  I 
tiles  sinners. 

It!    But  knowing  that  a  man  is  not  justified    by 

the    works  of    the    law,   but    by  the  faith  of    Jcmis 

Christ:  we  also  bonere in  Christ Jesusa  thai   we 

ma\  be  justified  by  the  faith  of  Christ,  and  not  by 
the  works  of  the  law:  becaUSC  by    the  works  ol   the 

law  no  flesh  shall  Im>  justified. 

17    But  if,  while  We  seek  to  be  justified  in   Christ 
we  ourselves  also  are  found  sinnt  rs;    i-  Christ  then 
the  minister  of  sin.'  (iod  forbid. 


from  tV  tmhleoTtVOrntilr*.  for  fi-ar  of  giving  i  •  r  Jrwi.h 

conrrrt.;   hut  llii.  ill  mirli  rimimstanrr*.  »U. n  ln~  «o  doing  niijrM 
V  oC  ill  conarqarnrr  lo  th.  I  « Im  might  V  inductsl  iVrrhv 

lo  flunk  th«rmielvp*nhligr.l  lo  uonJunii  In  tl  ->  iv  of  lin 

tVpirjndice  aftl.i  ir  CliriMinn  lihorU.      Neither  WM  §C    I 
preViflmg  him  anv   argument  ->rain»t  hi*  mpremaev  ;   lor  in  mch 
an  inferior  may,  sad  aomeUmes  oaftit,  with   r«.-*|Vct,  to  a.lmo- 


CHAP.  111.  IV. 


18  For  if  I  build  up  again  the  things  which  I 
have  destroyed,  I  make  myself  a  transgressor. 

19  For  1,  through  the  law,  am  dead  to  the  law, 
that  I  may  live  to  God ;  with  Christ  I  am  nailed  to 
the  cross. 

20  And  I  live,  now  not  I ;  but  Christ  liveth  in 
ine.  And  that  I  live  now  in  the  flesh  :  I  live  in  the 
faith  of  the  Son  of  God,  who  loved  me,  and  delivered 
himself  for  me. 

21  I  cast  not  away  the  grace  of  God.  For  if 
justice  be  by  the  law,  then  Christ  died  in  vain. 

CHAP.  III. 

The  Spirit  and  the  Missing-  promised  to  Abraham,  cometh  not 
by  the  law,  but  by  faith. 

O  SENSELESS  Galatians,  who  hath  bewitched 
you,  that  you  should  not  obey  the  truth,  be- 
fore whose  eyes  Jesus  Christ  hath  been  set  forth, 
crucified  among  you? 

2  This  only  would  I  learn  of  you :  Did  you  re- 
ceive the  Spirit  by  the  works  of  the  law,  or  by  the 
hearing  of  faith? 

3  Are  you  so  foolish,  that,  whereas  you  began  in 
the  Spirit,  you  would  now  be  made  perfect  by  the 
flesh? 

4  Have  you  suffered  so  great  things  in  vain  ?  if 
yet  in  vain. 

5  He  therefore  who  giveth  to  you  the  Spirit,  and 
workelh  miracles  among  you  ;  doth  he  do  it  by  the 
works  of  the  law.  or  by  the  hearing  of  the  faith? 

6  As  it  is  written :  Abraham  believed  God,  and 
it  was  reputed  to  him  unto  justice. 

7  Know  ye,  therefore,  that  they  who  are  of  faith, 
are  the  children  of  Abraham. 

8  And  the  Scripture,  foreseeing  that  God  justi- 
fied! the  Gentiles  by  faith,  told  Abraham  before: 
In  thee  shall  all  nations  be  blessed. 

9  Therefore,  they  who  are  of  the  faith  shall  be 
blessed  with  the  faithful  Abraham. 

10  For  as  many  as  are  of  the  works  of  the  law, 
are  under  a  curse.  For  it  is  written  :  Cursed  is 
every  one  that  continued!  not  in  all  things  which 
are  written  in  the  book  of  the  law,  to  do  them. 

11  But  that  by  the  law  no  man  is  justified  with 
God,  it  is  manifest:  because  the  just  man  liveth 
by  faith. 

12  But  the  law  is  not  of  faith:  but,  He  that  do- 
eth  these  things  shall  live  in  them. 

13  Christ  hath  redeemed  us  from  the  curse  of 
the  law,  being  made  a  curse  for  us ;  for  it  is  written : 
Cursed  is  every  one  that  hangeth  on  a  tree: 

14  That  the  blessing  of  Abraham  might  come 
on  the  Gentiles  through  Christ  Jesus;  that  we  may 
receive  the  promise  of  the  Spirit  by  faith. 

15  Brethren,  (I  speak  after  the  manner  of  man) 

*  Because  fftranstrrtssions.  To  restrain  them  from  sin,  by  fear  and  threats. 

f  Ordianea  by  angels.  The  law  was  delivered  by  angels,  speaking 
in  the  name  and  person  of  God,  to  Moses,  who  was  the  mediator,  on 
this  occasion,  between  God  and  the  people. 

\  Hath  caneltided  all  under  sin,  i.  e.  Hath  declared  all  to  be  under 
sin,  from  which  they  could  not  be  delivered,  but  by  faith  in  Jesus 
Christ,  the  promised  seed 


yet  a  man's  testament,  if  it  be  confirmed,  no  man 
despiseth,  nor  addeth  to  it. 

16  To  Abraham  were  the  promises  made,  and  to 
his  seed.  He  saith  not :  And  to  his  seeds,  as  of 
many:  but  as  of  one  :  and  to  thy  seed,  who  is  Christ. 

17  Now  this  I  say,  that  the  testament  which  was 
confirmed  by  God,  the  law  which  was  made  after 
four  hundred  and  thirty  years,  doth  not  disannul,  to 
make  the  promise  of  no  effect. 

18  For  if  the  inheritance  be  of  the  law,  it  is  no 
more  of  promise.  But  God  gave  it  to  Abraham  by 
promise. 

19  Why  then  was  the  law?  It  was  set  because 
of  transgressions,*  till  the  seed  should  come,  to 
whom  he  made  the  promise,  being  ordained  by  an- 
gelsf  in  the  hand  of  a  mediator. 

20  Now  a  mediator  is  not  of  one :  but  God  is 
one. 

21  Was  the  law,  then,  against  the  prom;«es  of 
God?  God  forbid.  For  if  there  had  been  a  .aw 
given,  which  could  give  life,  verily  justice  should 
have  been  by  the  law. 

22  But  the  Scripture  hath  concluded  all  under 
sin,f  that  the  promise  by  the  faith  of  Jesus  Christ 
might  be  given  to  them  that  believe. 

23  But  before  that  faith  came,  we  were  kept 
under  the  law,  shut  up  unto  that  faith  which  was 
to  be  revealed. 

24  Wherefore  the  law  was  our  pedagogue^  in 
Christ,  that  we  might  be  justified  by  faith. 

25  But  after  that  faith  is  come,  we  are  no  longer 
under  a  pedagogue. 

26  For  you  are  all  the  children  of  God  by  faith 
in  Christ  Jesus. 

27  For  as  many  of  you  as  have  been  baptized 
in  Christ,  have  put  on  Christ. 

28  There  is  neither  Jew  nor  Greek  :||  there  is 
neither  bond  nor  free :  there  is  neither  male  nor 
female.    For  you  are  all  one  in  Christ  Jesus. 

29  And  if  you  be  Christ's,  then  you  are  the  seed 
of  Abraham,  heirs  according  to  the  promise. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Christ  has  freed  i/s  from  the  servitude  of  the  law  :  we  are  the 
free-born  sons  of  Abraham. 

1VI  OW  I  say:  As  long  as  the  heir  is  a  child,  he 
-L^  differeth  nothing  from  a  servant,  though  he  be 
lord  of  all : 

2  But  is  under  tutors  and  governors,  until  the  time 
appointed  by  the  father. 

3  Even  so  we,  when  we  were  children,  were  in 
bondage,  under  the  elements  of  the  world.  1 

4  But  when  the  fulness  of  the  time  was  come, 
God  sent  his  Son,  made  of  a  woman,  made  under 
the  law ; 


f  Pedagogue,  i.  e.    Schoolmaster,  conductor,  or  instructoi 
|j  Neither  Jews,  Sfc.  That  is,  no  distinction  of  Jew,  &c. 
i  Under  the  elements,  8,-e.  That  is,  under  tlie  first   rudiments  of  reli- 
gion, in  which  the  carnal  Jews  were  trained  up  ;  or  under  those  corpo- 
real creatures,  used  iu  their  manifold  riles,  sacrifices,  and  sacra- 
ments. 

161 


TO  THE  GALAT1ANS. 

5  That  he  might  redeem  those  who  were  under 
the   law;  thai    w «■   might   receive   BB   adoption  01 


6  And  because  you  are  ^miv,  (mhI  hath  scut  the 
Spirit  of  his  Son  int. >  your  hea  .nig:    Abba, 

Father. 

7  Therefore  now  he  is  no  more  a  »  rvant,  I  nit  a 
son.      And   it  a  son.  an  heii  also  through  God. 

8  But  then,  indi  •  ,1.  not  knowing  (iod,  JTOB  s.  mi  ii 
them  who  by  nature  are  no  gods. 

i'.iiunow.  after  thai  you  nave  known  God,  or 
rather  are  known  of  God;  how  turn  vou  again  to  the 

ik   and  |*x>r  elements,  to   which    vou  arc  de- 
sirous t<>  serveagam- 

10  You  obaerve  days,  and  months,  and  times. 
and  years.* 

1  1  I  am  in  fear  for  you.  lest  perhaps  I  have  la- 
boured in  vain  anions  you. 

12  Be  ye  as  I,  for  I  also  am  as  vou;  brethren,  I 
beseech  you:  you  have  not  injured  me  at  all. 

i  know  how  through  infirmity  of  the 
flesh  I  preached  the  ^(.s|hI  to  you  heretofore:  and 
Mnir  temptation  in  my  flesh 

I  V  You  dopised  not.  nor  rejected:  bat  received 
ineas.m  tngel  of  God,  even  as  Christ  Jesus. 

\~>   Where  is  then  \oiir  blessedness?    For  I  bear 

Jou  witness,  that,    if  it  could  lie  done,    vou    would 
i\  e    plucked  out  your  OOTI  eves,  and  would  have 
n  them  to  me. 

16  Am  I  then  become  your  enemy,  in  telling  you 
the  truth? 

17  They  are  zealous  in  your  regard  not  well: 
hut  they  would  exclude  you,  that  vou  might  be 
Scalous  for  them. 

1 5ut  be  zealous  for  that  which  is  Rood  in  a 
Rood  thin:;  always;  and  not  only  when  I  am  present 
w  nh  vou: 

19  My  little  children,  of  whom  I  am  in  labour 
again,  until  Christ  l>e  formed  in  you. 

20  And  I  would  willingly  I*-  present  with  yon 
now,  and  change  m\  voice:  because  1  am  ashamed 
for  I 

21  Tell  me.  you  that  desire  to  lie  under  the  law, 
have  \ i > 1 1  not  read  the  law  - 

22  For  it  is  written:  that  Abraham  bad  two  sons; 
tin-  one  by  a  bond-woman,  and  the  other  In,  a  free- 


23  But  he  that  was  by  the  liond-woman,  was 
born  according  to  the  flesh:  but  he  by  the  free- 
woman,  was  liv  the  promise. 

21   Which   things  are  said  by  an  allegory.     For 
M  arc  the  two  testaments.     The  one  indeed  on 
int  Sinai,  which  bringeth   forth  unto  bondage, 
which  is  Agar. 

"unai  is  a  mountain  in  Arabia,  which  hath 
an  affinity  with  that  which  now  is  Jerusalem,  and  is 
in  UmdaRe  with  her  children. 

26  But  that  Jerusalem,  which  is  above,  is  free  ; 
which  is  our  mother. 


•  Ym  tkuni  lm,t,  tf*.     \\r  •r«»k«  not  of  th«  oWrr»tion  of  lh* 
\artl\  day,  or  ottwr  (  '  ,n«t..n  f—tiv.U  ;   bat  «ttl*>r  of  the   •nrvr.n 
i  ■owrrwlbtt of  <my»  tmky  ml  nttty ;  or  cU*  of  the  Jo»»h  fa»- 

m 


27  For  it  is  written  :    Rejoice,   thou  barren,  that 

beared  not:  break  forth  and  cry  out,  thou  that  tra- 

vailest  not  :  for   manv  are  the  children    f  the  deso- 
late, more  than  of  her  that  hath  a  husl>and. 

Now   we,   brethren,   as    Isaac   was,  are  the 
children  of  the  prank* , 

29  But  "as  then  he,  who  was  born  according  to 
the  flesh,  persecuted  him,  who  was  according  to 
the  Spirii  ;  s,,  also  now  . 

30  But  what  saith  the  Scripture?  Cast  nut  the 
bond-Woman  and  her  son:  for  the  son  of  the  IkuiiI- 
woman  shall  not  lie  heir  with  the  son  of  the  free- 
woman. 

31  Therefore,  brethren,  we  are  not  the  children 
of  the  bond-woman,  but  of  the  free;  by  the  freedom 
whciewilliChristhath  made  us  free. 

CHAP.  V. 

lie  exhorts  thrm  to  ttond  to  their  Chrixfian  lihcrty.      Of  the 
fruits  of  the  fltxh,  and  < if  the  tpirit. 

STAND  firm ;  and  be  not  held  again  under  the 
yoke  of  boudaf 

2  Behold,  I,  Paul,  tell  you,  that  if  you  be  circum- 
cised, Christ  will  profit  you  nothing. 

3  And  I  testify  again  to  every  man  that  circum- 
c  iseth  himself,  that  he  is  a  debtor  to  do  the  whole 
law. 

4  Christ  is  become  of  no  effect  to  you,  whosoever 
of  you  are  justified  by  the  law:  you  are  fallen  from 
grace. 

5  For  we  in  spirit,  by  faith,  wait  for  the  hope 
of  justice. 

6  For  in  Christ  Jesus,  neither  circumcision  avail- 
eth  any  thing,  nor  uncircumcision  ;  but  faith,  which 
worketh  by  charity. 

7  Yon  did  run  well :  who  hath  hindered  you,  that 
you  should  not  obey  the  truth? 

8  This  persuasion  isnot  from  himwhocalleth  you. 

9  A  little  leaven  corrupted)  the  whole  ina-s. 

10  I  have  confidence  in  you  is  the  Lord,  that  vou 
will  not  In-  of  another  mind:  but  he  that  tTOUbfcth 
you  shall  bear  the  judgment,  w  hosocver  he  be. 

11  And  I,  brethren,  if  I  yet  preach  circumcision, 
why  do  I  yet  suffer  persecution?  The  scandal  of 
the  cross  is  therefore  made  void. 

12  I  would  they  were  even  cut  ofT,  who  trouble 
you. 

13  For  you,  brethren,  have  been  called  unto  liber- 
ty: onlv  use  not  liberty  for  an  occasion  to  the  flesh  ; 
but  by  charity  of  the  Spirit  serve  one  another. 

11  For  all  the  law  is  fulfilled  in  one  sentence: 
Thou  shall  love  thy  neighbour  as  thyself. 

15  But  if  you  bite  and  eat  one  another  ;  take 
heed  that  von  In-  not  consumed  one  by  another. 

16  I  say  then:  Walk  in  the  Spirit,  and  \ou 
shall  not  fulfil  the  lusts  of  the  flesh. 

17  For  the  flesh  lusteth  against  the  Spirit,  and 

the  Spirit  against  the  flesh;  lor  these  are  contrary 

limb,  t<>  the  ohaeraoc*  of  which  certain  Jewish  teacher*  sottffct  to 

irvlinc  ll.e  " 


CHAP.  VI,  I. 


one  to  another :  so  that  yon  do  not  the  things  that 
j  on  would. 

18  But  if  you  are  led  hy  the  Spirit,  you  are  not 
under  the  law. 

19  Now  the  works  of  the  flesh  are  manifest; 
which  are,  fornication,  uncleanncss,  immodesty, 
luxury. 

20  Idolatry,  witchcraft,  enmities,  contentions, 
emulations,  wrath,  quarrels,  dissensions,  sects, 

21  Envy,  murders,  drunkenness,  revellings,  and 
such  like :  of  the  which  I  foretell  you  as  I  have 
foretold  to  you,  that  they  who  do  Such  things  shall 
not  obtain  the  kingdom  of  God. 

22  But  the  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is,  charity,  joy, 
peace,  patience,  benignity,  goodness,  longanimity, 

23  Mildness,  faith,  modesty,  continency,  chastity. 
Against  such  there  is  no  law. 

24  And  they  who  are  Christ's  have  crucified 
their  flesh,  with  the  vices  and  concupiscences. 

25  If  we  live  in  the  Spirit,  let  us  also  walk  in 
the  Spirit. 

26  Let  us  not  become  desirous  of  vain-glory, 
provoking  one  another,  envying  one  another 

CHAP.  VI. 

He  exhorts  to  charity,  humility,  8fc.     He  glories  in  nothing 
but  in  the  cross  of  Christ. 

BRETHREN,  and  if  a  man  be  overtaken  in  any 
fault,  you  who  are  spiritual,  instruct  such  a 
one  in  the  spirit  of  mildness,  considering  thyself, 
lest  thou  also  be  tempted. 

2  Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens ;  and  so  shall 
you  fulfil  the  law  of  Christ. 

3  For  if  any  man  think  himself  to  be  something, 
whereas  he  is  nothing,  he  deceiveth  himself. 

4  But  let  every  one  prove  his  own  work;  and 


so  he  shall  have  glory  in  himself  only,  and  not  in 
another. 

5  For  every  one  shall  bear  his  own  burden* 

6  And  let  him  who  is  instructed  in  the  word 
communicate  to  him  who  instructeth  him,  in  all 
good  things. 

7  Be  not  deceived  :  God  is  not  mocked. 

8  For  what  things  a  man  shall  sow,  those  also 
shall  he  reap.  For  he  that  soweth  in  his  flesh,  of  the 
flesh  also  shall  reap  corruption:  but  he  that  soweth 
in  the  Spirit,  of  the  Spirit  shall  reap  life  everlasting. 

9  And  in  doing  good,  let  us  not  fail :  lor  in  due 
time  we  shall  reap,  not  failing. 

10  Therefore,  whilst  we  have  time,  let  us  do 
good  to  all  men,  but  especially  to  those  who  are  of 
the  household  of  the  faith. 

1 1  See  what  a  letter  I  have  written  to  you,  with 
my  own  hand. 

12  For  whosoever  desire  to  please  in  the  flesh, 
they  constrain  you  to  be  circumcised,  only  that  they 
may  not  suffer  the  persecution  of  the  cross  of  Christ. 

13  For  neither  they  themselves,  who  are  circum- 
cised, keep  the  law :  but  they  will  have  you  to  be 
circumcised,  that  they  may  glory  in  your  flesh. 

14  But  God  forbid  that  I  should  glory,  but  in 
the  cross  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ :  by  whom  the 
world  is  crucified  to  me,  and  I  to  the  world. 

15  For  in  Christ  Jesus  neither  circumcision 
availeth  any  thing,  nor  uncircumcision,  but  a  new 
creature. 

16  And  whosoever  shall  follow  this  rule,  peace  be 
upon  them,  and  mercy,  and  upon  the  Israel  of  God. 

17  From  henceforth  let  no  man  be  troublesome 
to  me :  for  I  bear  the  marks  of  the  Lord  Jesus  in 
my  body. 

18  The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  be  with 
your  spirit,  brethren.     Amen. 


THE  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  PAUL 


TO  THE  EPHESIANS. 


Ephcsus  was  the  capital  of  lesser  Asia,  and  celebrated  for  the 
temple  of  Diana,  to  which  the  most  part  of  the  people  of  the 
East  went  frequently  to  worship.  But  St.  Paul  having 
preached  the  Gospel  there  for  two  years  the  first  time,  and 
afteneards  for  about  a  year,  converted  many.  He  wrote 
his  Epistle  to  them  when  he  was  a  prisoner  in  Rome,  and 
sent  it  by  Tychicus.  He  admonishes  them  to  hold  firmly  the 
Faith  which  they  had  received,  and  warns  thrm,  and  alto 
those  of  the  neighbouring  cities,  against  the  sophistry  of 
philosophers,  and  the.  doctrine  of  false  teachers,  trho  were 
come  among  them.  The.  mailers  of  Faith  contained  in  this 
Kl  istle  are  exceedingly  sublime,  and  consequently  very  dif- 


ficult to  be  understood.     It  was  written   about  twenty-nine 
years  after  our  Lord's  ascension. 


CHAP.  I. 

The  great  blessings  we  have  received  through  Christ, 
the  head  of  all  the  church. 


He  it 


PAUL  an  apostle  of  Jesus  Christ  bv  the  will  of 
God,  to  all  the  saints  who  are  at  Ephesus,  and 

to  the  faithful  in  Christ  Jesus. 

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to  Tin:  f  rm>i\\-<. 


2  Grace  he  to  you,  and  |vace  from  G«h1  our  F.i- 
fln  i.  .mil  from  the  Lord  Jesus  ( Christ 

3  B k  mi  !  Ih-  the  God  ukI  Father  of  our  Lord 
Jestis  (  'hrisL  m  Iki  hath  litem  il  u>  u  ith  all  spiritual 
blessings  in  heavenh  places,*  in  Christ  : 

4  As  ho  liaih  chosen  us  in  him  before  the  foiin- 
iii  of  the  world,  ili.it  We  should  be  iioh  and 
ottcd  in  his  sight  in  charity. 

Who  hath  |'ii  dest  mated  us  unto  the  adoption 
of  children  through  Jesus  Christ  unto  himself,  ac- 
cording  to  the  purpose  of  his  will. 

G  To  the  praise  of  the  glorv  of  hit  grac ■»-,  In 
which  he  made  us  acceptable  through  his  beloved 

Sell. 

7  In  whom  we  have  n  d«  mption  through  his 
Hood,  the  remission  ol  mus,  a<  cording  to  the  riches 
ol   his  D 

rVhich  hath  sopcrabounded  in  us  in  all  wis- 
dom and  prudence  : 

9  lli.it  lie  might  make  known  to  us  the  mystery 
of  his  will,  according  to  his  good  pleasure,  which 
In   hath  pur|iosed  in  him. 

It)  In  the  disj>ensation  of  the  fulness  of  times,  to 
establish  all  things  in  Christ,  which  are  in  heaven 
.tin I  on  earth,  in  him  : 

I  1  In  whom  we  also  an  called  by  lot,  lieing  pn- 
desiinated  according  to  the  purpose  of  him,  who 
worketh  all  things  according  lo  the  counsel  of  his 
will  : 

I I  That  we  mat  be  to  the  praise  of  his  glory, 
who  hare  before  hoped  in  Christ. 

13  In  whom  my  also,  wlnn  you  had  heard  the 
word  of  truth  (the  gospel  ol"  \our  salvation)  in 
whom  also  believing  you  were  sealed  with  the  holy 
Spirit  of  promise. 

14  Who  is  the  pledge  of  our  inheritance,  for  the 
reilempiioii   of  acquisition, f   unio  the  praise  of  his 

■ 

15  Wherefore  I  also  hearing  of  your  faith  which 

i>  in  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  oi  your  lore  towards  all 

tin-  saints, 

16  Cease  not  to  give  thanks  for  you,  making 
commemoration  of  vou  in  my  prayi 

17  That  the  God  <.|"  our  Cord  Jesus  Christ,  the 
Fuher  of  dory,  m  i\  pre  lo  you  the  Spirit  of  w  U- 
dom  and  ol  revelation,  in  the  knowledge  of  him: 

18  The  eyes  of  your  heart  enlighti  ned,  that  you 
may  know  w  haJ  is  the  hope  of  his  calling,  and  w  hat 

the  riches  of  the  glory  of  his  inheritance  in  the 
saints, 

19  And  what  is  the  exceeding  greatness  of  his 
l*>"  Tils  us.  who  believi  ding  to  the 
operation  of  the  might  of  his  power, 

20  Which  he  wrought  m  Christ,  raising  him  up 
from  the  dead,  and  setting  him  at  his  right  hand  in 
tin    heavenly  places: 

-1  *bove  ill  priacipnlity,  and  power,  and  vir- 
tue, and  dominion,  and  every  name  that  is  named, 
»"'  only   mi  rid,  hut  also   in   that  which  is 


•In 

i 


_  »i;i»m  hmvrnlr  hW*n. 
i  •-     A  purchaaeri  rufnu. 


\nd   he   hath  put   rill  things  under  his  feet 
and  hath  made  him  head  over  all  tin  church, 

I   W  lucfa   is   his  body,  and   the   fulness  of  him, 
who  is  filled  all  in  nil. 

(HAP.  II. 

All  our  good  romti  through  Christ.     Ih  it  tmr  prace. 

\ND  you,  when  you  were  dead  in  your  ofieacea 
and  sin^, 

2  Wherein  in  time  past  you  walked  according  to 
the  course  ol  this  world,  according  lO  the  prince  of 
the  power  of  this  air,  of  the  spirit  that  now  work- 
eth  on   the  children  of  unbelief, 

3  Among  whom  also  we  all  conversed  in  time 
past,  in  the  desires  of  our  flesh,  fulfilling  tbewiU  ot 

the    flesh  and  of  our  thoughts,  and  were  by   nature 
the  children  of  wrath,  even  as  the  rest  : 

4  Hut  God.  who  is  rich  in  mercy,  through  his 
■  receding  chant]  with  which  he  loved  us. 

5  Even  when  we  were  dead  in  sins,  hath  quick- 
i  in -d  us  together  in  Christ  (by  whose  grace  you 
are  sa\ed. ) 

6  And  hath  raised  us  up  together;  and  hath  made 
us  sit  together  in  the  heavenlj  plans,  in  (  Imst  Jesus: 

7  That  he  might  shew  in  the  ages  to  come  the 
abundant  riches  of  his  grace,  in  goodness  upon  us 
in  Christ   Jesus. 

8  For  by  grace  you  are  saved  through  faith,  and 
this  not  of  yourselves:  for  it  is  the  gift  of  God; 

9  Not  of  Works,!  thai  no  man  may  glory. 

10  For  we  arc  his  workmanship,  created  in 
Christ  Jesus  in  good  works  ;  which  Cod  hath  pre- 
pared, that  we  should  walk  in  them. 

11  For  which  cause  he  mindful,  that  you  l>cing 
heretofore  Gentiles  in  the  llcsh,  w  ho  are  called  un- 
eircumcision  by  that  which  is  called  the  circumci- 
sion in  the  flesh,  made  by  hands: 

12  That  you  were  at  that  time  without  Christ, 
alienated  from  the  conversation  ol  Israel,  and  stian- 
gers  to  the  testaments,  having  no  hope  of  the  pro- 
mise, and  without  Cod  in  this  world. 

l.'i  Hut  now  in  Christ  Jesus,  you,  w  ho  some  time 
were  alar  oil",  arc  made  near  by  the  blood  of  Christ. 

14  For  he  is  our  peace,  who  balk  made  both 
one,  and  breaking  down  the  middle  wall  of  parti- 
tion, the  enmities  in  his  flesh  : 

15  Abolishing  the  law  of  commandments  in  de- 
crees :  that  he  might  make  the  two  in  himself  into 
one  new  man.  establishing  peace  : 

16  And  might  reconcile  both  to  God  in  one  body 
by  the  (ii.ss,  destroying  the  enmities  by  himself. 

17  And  coming,  he  preached  peace  to  you,  who 
were  afar  off,  and  peace  to  them  who  wen  near  at 
hand. 

l!i  For  through  him  we  have  lioth  access  in  one 
Spirit  to  the  Fatln  r. 

19  Now.  therefore,  you  are  no  more  stmi 
and  foreigners:  but   you  are  fellow-citizens  with 
the  saints,  and  the  domestics  of  God: 


J  AV»  tf  «rcr»,.  at  of  our  own  grow  lb,  or  fratn  ounclvct ;  but  a*  frum 
tlie  graci-  iA  i. id. 


CHAP.  II r,  IV. 


20  Built  upon  the  foundation  of  the  apostles  and 
prophets,  Jesus  Christ  himself  being  the  chief  cor- 
ner-stone; : 

21  In  whom  all  the  building  framed  together 
grovveth  into  a  holy  temple  in  the  Lord  : 

22  In  whom  you  also  are  built  together  into  a 
habitation  of  God  in  the  Spirit. 

CHAP.  III. 

The  mystery  hidden  from  former  ages,  was  discovered  to  the 
apostle,  to  be  imparted  to  the  Gentiles.  He  prays  that  they 
may  be  strengthened  in  God. 

FOR  this  cause,  I,  Paul,  the  prisoner  of  Jesus 
Christ,  for  you  Gentiles, 

2  If  yet  you  have  heard  of  the  dispensation  of 
the  grace  of  God,  which  is  given  me  towards  you: 

3  How  that,  according  to  revelation,  the  mystery 
hath  been  made  known  to  me,  as  I  have  written 
above  in  brief: 

4  As  you  reading  may  understand  my  knowledge 
in  the  mystery  of  Christ ; 

5  Which  in  other  generations  was  not  made 
known  to  the  sons  of  men,  as  it  is  now  revealed  to 
his  holy  apostles,  and  prophets  in  the  Spirit. 

6  That  the  Gentiles  should  be  co-heirs,  and  of 
the  same  body,  and  joint-partakers  of  his  promise 
in  Christ  Jesus  by  the  gospel : ' 

7  Of  which  I  am  made  a  minister,  according  to 
the  gift  of  the  grace  of  God,  which  is  given  to  me 
according  to  the  operation  of  his  power. 

8  To  me,  the  least  of  all  the  saints,  is  given  this 
grace,  to  preach  among  the  Gentiles  the  unsearcha- 
ble riches  of  Christ, 

9  And  to  enlighten  all  men,  what  is  the  dispen- 
sation of  the  mystery  which  hath  been  hidden  from 
eternity  in  God.,  who  created  all  things. 

10  That  the  manifold  wisdom  of  God  may  be 
made  known  to  the  principalities  and  powers  in  the 
heavenly  places  through  the  church, 

1 1  According  to  the  eternal  decree,  which  he 
made  in  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord  : 

12  In  whom  we  have  affiance  and  access  with 
confidence  by  the  faith  of  him. 

13  Wherefore  I  beseech  you  not  to  be  disheart- 
ened at  my  tribulations  for  you,  which  is  your 
glory. 

14  For  this  cause  I  bow  my  knees  to  the  Father 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 

1 5  Of  whom  all  paternity*  in  heaven  and  earth 
is  named, 

16  That  he  would  grant  you,  according  to  the 
riches  of  his  glory,  to  be  strengthened  with  power 
by  his  Spirit  unto  the  inward  man  ; 

1 7  That  Christ  may  dwell  by  faith  in  your  hearts : 
that,  being  rooted  and  founded  in  charity, 

1 8  You  may  be  able  to  comprehend,  with  all  the 
saints,  what  is  the  breadth,  and  length,  and  height, 
and  depth : 

19  To  know  also  the  charity  of  Christ,  which 


*  Jld  paternity.  Or  the  tchoU  family,  narpm.  God  is  the  Father  both 
of  angels  and  men  :  whosoever  besides  is  named  father,  is  so  named 
villi  subordination  *.'  him. 


surpasseth  knowledge,  that  you  may  be  filled  unto 
all  the  fulness  of  God. 

20  Now  to  him,  who  is  able  to  do  all  things  more 
abundantly  than  we  ask  or  understand,  according 
to  the  power  which  worketh  in  us; 

21  To  him,  be  glory  in  the  church  and  in  Christ 
Jesus,  throughout  all  generations,  world  without 
end.     Amen. 

CHAP.  IV. 

He  exhorts  them  to  unity  ;  to  put  on  tlie  new  man  ;  and  to  fly 

sin. 

THERFFORE,  a  prisoner  in  the  Lord,  beseech 
-*-  you  that  you  walk  worthy  of  the  vocation  in 
which  you  are  called, 

2  With  all  humility  and  mildness,  with  patience, 
supporting  one  another  in  charity, 

3  Careful  to  keep  the  unity  of  the  Spirit  in  the 
bond  of  peace. 

4  One  body,  and  one  Spirit;  as  you  are  called 
in  one  hope  of  your  vocation. 

5  One  Lord,  one  faith,  one  baptism. 

6  One  God  and  Father  of  all,  who  is  above  all, 
and  through  all,  and  in  us  all. 

7  But  to  every  one  of  us  is  given  grace,  accord- 
ing to  the  measure  of  the  gift  of  Christ. 

8  Wherefore  he  saith :  Ascending  on  high,  he 
led  captivity  captive :  he  gave  gifts  to  men. 

9  Now  that  he  ascended,  what  is  it,  but  because  he 
also  descended  first  into  the  lower  parts  of  the  earth? 

10  He  who  descended  is  the  same,  also,  who 
ascended  above  all  the  heavens,  that  he  might  fulfil 
all  things. 

1 1  And  some,  indeed,  he  gave  to  be  apostles,  f 
and  some  prophets,  and  others  evangelists,  and 
others  pastors  and  teachers,    • 

12  For  the  perfection  of  the  saints,  for  the  work 
of  the  ministry,  unto  the  edification  of  the  body  of 
Christ : 

13  Till  we  all  meetf  in  the  unity  of  faith,  and  of 
the  knowledge  of  the  Son  of  God,  unto  a  perfect 
man,  unto  the  measure  of  the  age  of  the  fulness 
of  Christ. 

14  That  we  may  not  now  be  children,  tossed  to 
and  fro,  and  carried  about  with  every  wind  of  doc- 
trine, in  the  wickedness  of  men,  in  craftiness  by 
which  they  lie  in  wait  to  deceive. 

15  But  performing  the  truth  in  charity,  we  may 
in  all  things  grow  up  in  him  who  is  the  head, 
Christ : 

16  From  whom  the  whole  body,  compacted  and 
fitly  joined  together,  by  what  every  joint  supplieth, 
according  to  the  operation  in  the  measure  of  every 
part,  maketh  increase  of  the  body,  unto  the  edify- 
ing of  itself  in  charity. 

17  This  then  I  say  and  testify  in  the  Lord ;  that 
henceforward  you  walk  not  as  also  the  Gentiles 
walk,  in  the  vanity  of  their  mind, 

f  Gave  to  be  apostles — Till  we  all  meet,  Sec  Here  it  is  plainly  ex- 
pressed, that  Christ  has  left  in  his  church  a  per]>etu«l  succession  of  or- 
thodox pastors  and  teachers,  to  preserve  the  faithful  in  unity  and  truth. 

165 


^ 


TO    III  i :   LTMIF.SIANS. 


18  Having  the  understanding  obscured  with 
darkness,  ai  f mm  the   life  of  God  through 

IBS  ignorance  which  is  in  them,  bccaiiM-  of  the  blind- 
ness of  their  heart, 

Who  despoil  en  themselves  up  to 

usness,  to  tin'  work  ill  tun  leanness, 

unto 

80   Bui  you  have  not  -<■  learned  Christ: 

J|  li  ri  i  Mm  have  heard  him,  and  hare  l>ccn 
taujit  in  him,  as  the  truth  is  in  Jesus. 

JJ  Tu  put  nil,  according  to  the  former  con versa- 
tion.  the  old   m  in.    who  is  corrupted  according   to 

the  desires  ol    i  i 

Viul  be  ye  renewed  in  the  spirit  of  your  mind. 
\nd  i .11 1  mi  the  new    man.  who,  according  to 

ited  in  in  id  holiness  of  truth. 

Wherefore  potting  away  lying,  sneak  ye  the 
truth  e\er\  man  with  his  DAIgnboar.  lor  Hi'  an- 
unmix  is  uue  ol  another. 

angry,  and  mii  not:  let  not  the  sun  go 
down  upon  your  aimer. 

<  live  not  place  to  the  del  il. 
Let    hun    that    stole,  ste.d  now  no  more  :  hut 
rather  let  him  labour,  Working  with   his  hand*  that 
•ml,  that  he  may  have  to  give  to  him  who 
i  in-ed. 
'29  l.i  t  do  evil  speech  proceed  from  your  mouth  ; 
hut  that  which  is  good  to  the  edification  ni  faith, 
that  it  may  afford  grat  e  to  the  bearers. 

\nd  piers  not  the  Holy  Spirit  of  God.  where- 
on an-  sealed  unto  the  day  o?  redemption. 

.dl  bttterness, and  aacer,  and  iadignarjou, 
and  clamour,  and  blasphemy,  Ih.'  taken  away  from 
m.ii.  u  it  li  all  malice. 

\iid  lie  ye  kind  one  to  another,  merciful,  for- 
giving one  another,  even  as  God  hath  forgiven  you 
in  Christ. 

(  HAP.  v. 

F.xkotiatinnt  In  a  rirtunut  lift.      Thr  mutual  rlulim  of  man  ami 
tmftt  by  the  rxamplt  if  Ckritt,  ami  of  tAr  ifturcM. 

|>1.  re,  therefore,  followers  of  God,  as  most  dear 

■-*   •  li  i  It  In  it : 

2  And  walk  IB  lo\  i  'irist  aLo  hath  loved 
US,  and  hath  delivered  himself  tor  us.  an  oblation 
ami                      to  (iod,  for  an  odour  of  sweetness. 

3  But  fornication  and  all  unclcanness,  or  covet- 
ousness,  let  it  imi  so  much  as  be  named  among  you, 
as  it  becometh  saints ; 

\or  obscenity,  nor  foolish  talking,  nor  scur- 
rility, which  is  to  no  purpose;    hut  rather  t;ivhi 
that 

know  ye  this,  and  understand,  that  no 
fornicator,  nor  unclean,  m>r  covetous  person,  which 
in    i  idols,    hath  any  inheritance    in    the 

kingdom  of  Christ,  and  of  God. 

'.    I  i  in  dei  i'mc  Mm  with  vain  words  :   for 

because  of  these  things  rometh  the  ang<  r  ol  God 
upon  the  children  of  uulxh 

7    lie  ye  not  therefore  partaken  with  them. 


I  lit  rWrt  it  mMtti  U  CViif.     TV  rhtirr-h.  il .  -xg  i,, 

St.  Ftml,  n  rrwr  otv  Mint  armr    fell  frurn 

I  bft 


Il  For  you  were  heretofore  darkness,  but  now 
light  in  the  Lord.  Walk  ye  ;b  children  of  (he  licht : 
For  the  fruit  of  the  light  is  in  all  piodness, 
and  justice,  and  truth  : 

Hi   Proving  what  is  acceptable  to  God: 

11  And  hare  no  fellowship  with  the  unfruitful 
works  of  darkness;  but  rather  reprove  them. 

1  J  For  tin  things  that  are  done  by  them  in  pri- 
vate, it   is  shameful  even   to  mention. 

I  '•  Hut  all  things  that  are  reproved*  are  made 
manifest  by  the  light:  for  all  that  is  made  anmuVil 
is  light. 

1  V  Wherefore  he  saith  :  Rise  thou  dial  sleeiiesg, 
and  arise  from  the  dead,  ami  Christ  will  enlighten 

1")  See  therefore,  brethren,  how  >ou  walk  cir- 
cumspectly :  not  as  uiiw  . 

1(1  Hut  as  wi^e;  redeeming  the  time:  for  the 
days  are  eril. 

17  Wherefore  become  not  unwise,  but  under- 
standing what  is  the  will  of  God. 

18  And  be  not  drunk  with  wine,  wherein  is  luxu- 
ry ;  but  be  \e  filled  with  the  Holy   Spirit; 

1!'  Speaking  to  yourselves  in  psalms  and  hymns, 
and  spiritual  canticles,  singing,  and  making  melody 
in  youi  hi'  U'tsto  the  Lord. 

a0  Giving  thanks  always  for  all  things,  in  the 
name  of  our  Lord  Jestlfl  Christ,  to  (io<)  and  the 
Father, 

21  Being  subject  one  to  another  in  the  fear  of 
Christ. 

.'    l.i  t  women  be  subject  to  their  husbands,  as 
to  the  Lord: 

2.S    Tor  the  husband  is  the  head  of  the  wile 
Chrisl  is  the  head  of  the  church.   He  it  the  Saviour 
of  his  body. 

24  Therefore,  as  the  church  is  subject  to  Christ  ;* 
so  also  let  the  wives  be  to  their  husbands  in  all 
things. 

i    Husbands,   love    your  wives,  as  Christ    also 
loved  the  church,  and  delivered  himself  op  for  it, 

26  That  he  might  sanctify  it.  cleansing  it  by  the 
laver  of  water  in  the  word  of  life; 

27  That  he  might  present  it  to  himself  a  glorious 
church,  not  having  spot  or  wrinkle,  nor  any  such 
thing;  but  that  it  should  lie  holv  and  without  ble- 
mish. 

28  So  also  ought  men  to  love  their  wives  as  their 
own  bodies.  He  that  loveth  his  wife,  lovcth  him- 
self. 

29  For  no  man  ever  hated  his  own  flesh:  but 
nourished]  and  cherished)  it,  as  also  Christ  doth  the 
church : 

30  For  we  are  memben  of  his  body,  of  his  lesh, 

and  of  his  luines. 

ir  this  cause  shall  a  man  leave  his  father  and 
mother;  and  shall  adhere  to  his  wife:  and  they 
shall  be  two  in  one  flesh. 

I  This  is  a  unit   sai  lament  :    but    I   speak    in 
Christ  and  in  the  church. 


hnl  rr-mnin  faithful  to  him,  unspotted.  anJ  unclianfcd  lu   lb*  end  a 
llw  world. 


CHAP.  VI,  I. 


S3  Nevertheless  let  every  one  of  you  in  particu- 
lar love  his  wife  as  himself:  and  let  the  wife  reve- 
rence her  husband. 

CHAP.  VI. 

Duties  of  children  and  servants.    The  Christian's    armour. 

CHILDREN,  obey  your  parents  in  the  Lord: 
for  this  is  just. 

2  Honour  thy  father  and  thy  mother,  which  is 
the  first  commandment  with  promise; 

3  That  it  may  be  well  with  thee,  and  thou  mayest 
be  long-lived  upon  earth. 

4  And  you,  fathers,  provoke  not  your  children  to 
anger :  but  bring  them  up  in  the  discipline  and  cor- 
rection of  the  Lord. 

5  Servants,  obey  your  carnal  masters,  with  fear 
and  trembling,  in  the  simplicity  of  your  heart,  as 
Christ: 

6  Not  serving  to  the  eye,  as  it  were  pleasing  men, 
but,  as  the  servants  of  Christ,  doing  the  will  of  God 
from  the  heart, 

7  With  a  good  will  doing  service,  as  to  the  Lord, 
and  not  to  men  : 

8  Knowing  that  whatsoever  good  every  one  shall 
do,  the  same  shall  he  receive  from  the  Lord,  whether 
he  be  bond  or  free. 

9  And  you.masters,  do  the  same  things  to  them, 
forbearing  threatenings:  knowing  that  the  Lord 
both  of  them  and  you  is  in  heaven:  and  there  is  no 
respect  of  persons  with  him. 

10  As  to  the  rest,  brethren,  be  strengthened  in  the 
Lord,  and  in  the  might  of  his  power. 

1 1  Put  you  on  the  armour  of  God,  that  you  may 
be  able  to  stand  against  the  snares  of  the  devil. 

12  For  our  wrestling  is  not  against  flesh  and 


*  High  places,  or  heavenly  places.  That  is  to  say,  in  the  air,  the  lowest 
of  the  celestial  regions ;  in  which  God  permits  these  wicked  spirits  or 
fallen  angels  to  wander. 


blood;  but  against  principalities  and  powers;  against 
the  rulers  of  the  world  of  this  darkness  ;  against  the 
spirits  of  wickedness  in  the  high  places.* 

13  Wherefore  take  unto  you  the  armour  of  God, 
that  you  may  be  able  to  resist  in  the  evil  day,  ana 
to  stand  in  all  things  perfect. 

14  Stand,  therefore,  having  your  loins  girt  about 
with  truth,  and  having  on  the  Dreast-plate  of  justice, 

15  And  your  feet  shod  with  the  preparation  oi 
the  gospel  of  peace : 

16  In  all  things  taking  the  shield  of  faith,  where- 
with you  may  be  able  to  extinguish  ail  the  fiery 
darts  of  the  most  wicked  one, 

17  And  take  unto  you  the  helmet  of  salvation, 
and  the  sword  of  the  Spirit  (which  is  the  word  of  God.) 

18  By  all  prayer  and  supplication  praying  at  all 
times  in  the  Spirit ;  and  in  the  same  watching  with 
all  instance  and  supplication  for  all  the  saints : 

19  And  for  me,  that  speech  may  be  given  me,  that 
I  may  open  my  mouth  with  confidence,  to  make 
known  the  mystery  of  the  gospel ; 

20  For  which  I  am  an  ambassador  in  a  chain  ; 
so  that  therein  I  may  be  bold  to  speak  according  as 
I  ought. 

21  But  that  you  also  may  know  the  things  that 
concern  me,  and  what  I  am  doing :  Tychicus,  my 
dearest  brother,  and  faithful  minister  in  the  Lord, 
will  make  known  to  you  all  things  : 

22  Whom  I  have  sent  to  you  for  this  same  pur- 
pose, that  you  may  know  the  things  concerning  us, 
and  that  he  may  comfort  your  hearts 

23  Peace  be  to  the  brethren,  and  charity,  with 
faith  from  God  the  Father,  and  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ. 

24  Grace  be  with  all,  who  love  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  in  sincerity.!    Amen. 


f  In  sincerity :  Literally,  in  incorruv'ion  •  that  is,  with  a  pure  and 
perfect  love. 


THE  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  PAUL 


TO  THE  PHILIPPIANS 


T\e  Phillippians  were,  the  first  among'  the  Macedonians  con- 
verted to  the  faith.  They  had  a  great  veneration  for  St. 
Paul,  and  supplied  his  wants  when  he.  was  a  prisoner  in 
Rome,  sending  to  him  by  Epaphroditus,  by  whom  he  sent  this 
Epistle;  in  which  he  recommends  charity,  unity,  and  hu- 
mility, and  warns  them  against  false  teachers,  whom  he.  call* 
dogs,  and  enemies  of  the  cross  of  Christ.  He  also  returns 
thanks  for  their  benefactions.  It  was  written  about  twenty- 
nine  years  after  our  Lord's  Ascension. 


CHAP.  I. 

The  apostle's    affection  for  the  Philippians. 

T>AUL  and  Timothy,  the  servants  of  Jesus 
-*-  Christ,  to  all  the  saints  in  Christ  Jesus,  who 
are  at  Philippi,  with  the  bishops  and  deacons. 

2  Grace  be  unto  you,  and  peace  from  God  our 
Father,  and  from  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

167 


TO  T1IK   I'HIFHTI  VA<. 


3  I  sive  thanks  to  in)  God,  in  every  Fssneanbtnnci 

•i  my  prayers  making  supplication  tor 

til  w  iih 
>    For  war  fellowship  in  tin-  asjepd  of  Christ, 
from  tin-  tir-t  day  mini  ID 

r,    I  ouiideui  of  this  very  thing,  thai  he 

who  hath  I.  ihmI  work  in  you,  will  iktUm-i  it 

unto   the  day  of  Christ  Jesus. 

7  As  it  is  inert  for  DM  to  think  this  for  you  all: 
because  I  have  you  in  my  lu-art:  and  that  in  my 
kinds,  and  in  the  tl  ind  confirmation  of  tin 
ansmL  you  all  are  partaken  of  arj  ioy. 

8  r  or  God  is  ms  witness  how  I  long  after  yon 
all  iii  the  liowels  ol  Jt  sns  (  hrist. 

\ ml  this  I  pray,  thai  your  charity  may  more 
and  more  abound  in  knowledge,  and  m  all  under- 
standing: 

lit  i'li  it  \ou  may  approve  the  bettor  things;  thai 
■core  and  without  oflence  unto  the 
il.n  of  (  hrist, 

11  Replenished  with  the  fruit  of  justice,  through 
Jesus  (  'hrist,  unto  the  »lor\  and  praise  ol   ( iod. 

\1  .Now  1  desire,  ianethren,  you  should  know. 
that  the  thing*  which  have  happened  to  me.  ha\e 
fallen  out  rather  to  the  furtherance  of  the  gospel : 

|8  do  that  my  hands  are  made  manifest  in 
Christ,  in  all  the  court,  and  in  all  other  pla< 

I  \    lad  many  ol  the  hrethren  in  the  Lord  ha\  im: 

taken  courage  by  m\  chains,  an  moeh  more  hold 

■  ■ak  the  word  Of  God  without  fear: 
^< .in*",  indeed.  evi  n  out  of  enw  and  conten- 
tion ;    hut  some  also  lor  gOOoVwill  preach  Christ  : 

I'i  Some  out  of  charit>,  knowing  that  I  am  set 
for  the  defence  of  the  eos|iel. 

17  And  some  out  of  contention  preach  Christ 
not  sincerely,  mia-inim:  that  they  raise  affliction  to 
my  baud*. 

lit  Hut  what  then-  So  that  c\erv  way.  whether 
by  occasion,  or  l>\  truth.  Christ  Im-  preached;  in 
this  also  I  rejoice,  TOO,  and  will  rejoice. 

19  l'«>r  I  know  that  this  shall  turn  to  my  sal\a- 
tinii  through  your  prayer,  and  the  supply  of  the  Spirit 
Of   JoSM  (  hrist, 

ording  to  naj  expectation  and  hope,  that 
in  nothing  I  shall  l>c  COofoundcd:  Imt  with  all 
confidence,  :is  always,  so  now  also  shall  (hrist 
l»-  magnified  in  my  body,  whether  it  6ebj  life,  or  by 
death. 

21  For  to  me,  to  live  is  (  hrist,  and  to  die  is  tain. 

22  Aim!  if  to  liu-  in  the  flesh,  this  is  to  me*  the 
fruit  of  labour:  and  what  1  shall  choose.  1  know 
not. 

Hut  1  am  straitened  Itetween  two  :  having   a 

desire  to  Im-    dissolved,    and    to    lie    with   Chn-t. 

■   much  the  Utter : 

M   Hut  to  remainin  the  tlesh  is  necess  in  for  you. 

Aim!  baring  this  confidence,  I  know  that  I 


•  TV.  ii  U  mt. 
ikmhtiy  fcc  <  i  ■ 

|»i»»iii«i  of  heavm  .  jr»l  h«  »  iloubtful  what  Im 
OiMI  l>T  •Ulli«  Umgrr  iii  tin-  Arsfc,  ht  ihowM  be 
im  *uuk  of  bis  urifl.l»Kir». 


IWMIIllv   in 

4cm  I  li> 


shall   remain   and  continue   with  you  all,  for  your 

furtherance  and  joy  of  faith  : 

I    That    your   rejoicing  may   abound    in   Christ 

Jeans,  tor  me,  bj  my  coming  to  you  again. 

.    Only  let  your  conversation  he  worthy  of  the 
•  I  of  Christ:   that    whether  when  I  come  and 

-i  i    \oii,  or  be  absent  I    maj    hear  bf  you,  that  you 

stand  fast  iii  one  spirit,  w  ith  one  mind  labouring  lo- 

gethcr  for  the  faith  of  the  gospel: 

\ml  that  you  be  in  nothing  terrified  by  the 

adversaries;  which  to  them  is  a  cause  of  perdu  ion* 

hut  to  \oii  of  salvation,  and  this  from  (ioil  : 

'  For  to  you  it  is  given  lor  Christ,  not  only  to 
believe  in  him,  but  also  to  suffer  for  his  sake  ; 

•  it i  Having  the  same  conflict  as  that  which  you 
hare  Been  in  me,  and  now  have  heard  of  me. 

(iiap.  ii. 

lit  rttommrmh  to   them  mi  ty  and  humility  ;  anil  to  work  out 
tkiir  salvation  with  j\ur  ami  trrmliling. 

IF  there  he.  therefore,  any  consolation  in  Christ, 
if   any  comfort  of  charity,  if  any  fellowship  of 
the  Spirit,  if  any  bowels  of  commiseration  : 

2  Fulfil  ye  my  joy,  that  \oti  be  of  one  mind,  bar- 
ing the  same  charity,  being  of  one  accord,  acree- 
ing  in  sentinieut. 

Let  nothing  be  rlone through  strife,  nor  bj  vain 
glory:  but  in  humility,  let  each  esteem  others  better 
than  themselvt  t, 

4  Each  one  not  considering  the  things  that  are 

his  own,  but  those  that  are  other  men's. 

5  For  let  this  mind  be  in  you,  which  was  also  in 
Christ  Jesus : 

6  Who  being  in  the  form  of  God,  thought  it  no 
robbery  himself  to  Im-  equal  to  God: 

7  Hut  debased  himself,!  taking  the  form  of  a 
•errant,  being  made  to  the  likeness  of  men,  and  in 
shape  found  as  a  man. 

15  He  humbled  himself,  becoming  obedient  unto 

death,  even  the  death  of  the  cross. 

9  Wherefore  God  also  hath  exalted  him,  and 
hath  pi ven  him  a  name  which  is  above  every 
name: 

10  That  in  the  name  of  Jesus  every  knee  should 
Ihiw   of  i  hose  that  are  in  heaven,  on  earth,  and  in  hell  ; 

11  And  (hat  every  tongue  should  confess  that 
the  Ford  Jeaot  (hrist  is  in  the  dory  of  God  the 
Father.  — - — ' 

\1  Wherefore,  my  dearly  beloved,  (as  you  have 
always  obeyed  not  as  in  my  presence  only,  but  much 
more  now  in  my  absence.)  work  your  salvation 
with  fear  and  trembling.! 

1 9  For  it  is  God  who  workcth  in  yon  lnith  to 
will  and  to  accomplish,  according  to  hu  good  will. 

I  i  VinI  do  je  all  things  without  murmurings  and 
hesitations  : 

16  Thai    von    may    Ik-   blameless,    and    sincere 


I 


DthmuJ  kinutf,  txinank  himself  M  of  no  wtniint. 

W.ik  j, -it,  1ft     'tin*  u  against  tlic  false  (kith  and  wMiimpt 
)  ul  mull-™  tecUuiw. 


CHAP.  Ill,   IV. 


children  of  God,  without  reproof,  in  the  midst  of  a 
depraved  and  perverse  generation ;  among  whom 
you  shine  as  lights  in  the  world, 

16  Holding  forth  the  word  of  life  to  my  glory 
in  the  day  of  Christ;  because  I  have  not  run  in  vain, 
nor  laboured  in  vain. 

17  Yea,  and  if  I  be  made  a  victim  upon  the 
sacrifice  and  service  of  your  faith,  I  rejoice  and 
congratulate  with  you  all. 

18  And  for  the  self-same  thing  do  you  also  re- 
joice, and  congratulate  with  me. 

19  And  I  hope  in  the  Lord  Jesus,  to  send  Timo- 
thy to  you  shortly,  that  I  also  may  be  of  good  com- 
fort, when  I  know  the  things  concerning  you. 

20  For  I  have  no  man  so  of  the  same  mind,  who 
with  sincere  affection  is  solicitous  for  you. 

21  For  all  seek  the  things  that  are  their  own, 
not  the  things  that  are  Jesus  Christ's. 

22  Now  know  ye  the  proof  of  him,  that  as  a 
son  with  the  father,  so  hath  he  served  with  me  in 
the  gospel. 

23  Ilim,  therefore,  I  hope  to  send  you  immedi- 
ately, as  soon  as  I  shall  see  how  things  go  with  me. 

24  And  1  trust  in  the  Lord,  that  I  also  myself 
shall  come  to  you  shortly. 

25  But  I  thought  it  necessary  to  send  to  you 
Epaphroditus  my  brother  and  fellow-labourer  and 
fellow-soldier,  but  your  apostle,  and  the  minister 
to  my  wants. 

26  For  indeed  he  longed  after  you  all ;  and  was 
sad,  for  that  you  had  heard  that  he  was  sick. 

27  For  indeed  he  was  sick  nigh  unto  death : 
but  God  had  mercy  on  him :  and  not  only  on  him, 
but  on  me  also,  lest  I  should  have  sorrow  upon 
sorrow. 

28  Therefore  I  sent  him  the  more  speedily;  that 
seeing  him,  you  may  again  rejoice,  and  I  may  be 
without  sorrow. 

29  Receive  him,  therefore,  with  all  joy  in  the 
Lord :  and  treat  with  honour  such  as  he  is. 

30  Because  for  the  work  of  Christ  he  came  nigh 
unto  death,  delivering  up  his  life  that  he  might  ful- 
fil that  which  was  wanting  on  your  part  towards 
my  service. 

CHAP.  III. 

He  warneth  them  against  fake  teachers  :  he  counts  all  other 
things  loss,  that  he  may  gain  Christ. 

A  S  to  the  rest,  my  brethren,  rejoice  in  the  Lord. 
-f*-  To  write  the  same  things  to  you,  to  me  indeed 
is  not  wearisome,  but  to  you  necessary. 

2  Beware  of  dogs,*  beware  of  evil-workers,  be- 
ware of  the  concision. 

3  For  we  are  the  circumcision,  who  serve  God  in 
spirit,  and  glory  in  Christ  Jesus,  not  having  confi- 
dence in  the  flesh : 

4  Though  I  might  also  have  confidence  in  the 
flesh.  If  any  other  thinketh  he  may  have  confi- 
dence in  the  flesh,  I  more, 

5  Being  circumcised  the  eighth  day,  of  the  stock 


■*  That  is.  false  teachers. 
Y 


of  Israel,  of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  a  Hebrew  of 
the  Hebrews,  as  to  the  law   a  Pharisee, 

6  As  to  zeal,  persecuting  the  church  of  God,  as 
to  the  justice  that  is  in  the  law,  conversing  without 
blame. 

7  But  what  tilings  were  gain  to  me,  those  I  have 
counted  loss  for  Christ. 

8  But  indeed  I  esteem  all  things  to  be  but  loss, 
for  the  excellent  knowledge  of  Jesus  Christ  my 
Lord:  for  whom  I  have  suffered  the  loss  of  all 
things,  and  count  them  but  as  dung,  that  I  may 
gain  Christ, 

9  And  may  be  found  in  him,  not  having  my 
justice,  which  is  of  the  law,  but  that  which  is  of 
the  faith  of  Christ  Jesus ;  the  justice  which  is  of 
God  in  faith, 

10  That  I  may  know  him,  and  the  power  ot  nis 
resurrection,  and  the  fellowship  of  his  sufferings ; 
being  made  conformable  to  his  death : 

11  If  by  any  means  I  may  attain  to  the  resur- 
rection, which  is  from  the  dead  : 

12  Not  as  though  I  had  already  attained,  or  were 
already  perfect :  but  I  follow  after,  if  that  I  may 
by  any  means  am>rehend  that  in  which  I  am  also 
apprehended  by  Christ  Jesus. 

13  Brethren,  I  do  not  count  myself  to  have  ap- 
prehended. But  one  thing  /  do;  forgetting  the 
things  that  are  behind,  and  stretching  forth  myself 
to  those  that  are  before, 

14  I  pursue  towards  the  mark,  for  the  prize  of 
the  supernal  vocation  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus. 

15  Let  us,  therefore,  as  many  as  are  perfect,  be 
thus  minded:  and  if  any  thing  you  be  otherwise 
minded,  this  also  God  will  reveal  to  you. 

16  Nevertheless,  whereunto  we  are  already  ar- 
rived, that  we  be  of  the  same  mind ;  let  us  also 
continue  in  the  same  rule. 

17  Be  followers  of  me,  brethren,  and  observe 
them  who  walk  so,  as  you  have  our  model. 

18  For  many  walk,  of  whom  I  have  told  you 
often  (and  now  tell  you  weeping)  that  they  are  ene- 
mies of  the  cross  of  Christ; 

19  Whose  end  is  destruction;  whose  God  is  their 
belly;  and  whose  glory  is  in  their  shame;  who  mind 
earthly  things. 

20  But  our  conversation  is  in  heaven :  from 
whence  also  we  wait  for  the  Saviour,  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ, 

21  Who  will  reform  the  body  of  our  lowness, 
made  like  to  the  body  of  his  glory,  according  to 
the  operation  whereby  also  he  is  able  to  subdue 
all  things  unto  himself. 

CHAP.    IV. 

He  exhorts  them  to  perseverance  in  all  good ;  and  acknoicledges 
their  charitable  contributions  to  him. 

THEREFORE,  my  brethren,  dearly  beloved, 
and  most  desired,  my  joy  and  my  crown ;  so 
stand  fast  in  the  Lord,  my  most  dearly  beloved  : 

2  I  beg  of  Euodia,  and  I  beseech  Syntyche,  to 
be  of  one  mind  in  the  Lord. 

3  And  I   entreat  thee,  my  sincere  companion, 

169 


to  tih:  colossi  \\s. 


help  those  women  who  have  laliourcd  with  me  in 
the  £<>-|m  I  w  iih  (  lenient,  and  tin'  rest  ,.|  m\  fellow* 
labo  hose  names  are  in  the  book  of  life. 

4   Rejoice    in    the    Lord    always:    again,   1   say, 

I  Let  \oiir  iixxl.--.ty  U-  known  to  all  men:  the 
l^ord  is  ni-li. 

6  Be  not  solicitous  ;iIm»iii  any  thing  :  but  merer] 
tiling  bj  prayer  and  supplication  with  thanksgiving 
I.I  \  <.ui  petitions  l>e  mad.    known  to  ( lod. 

i  And  tin-  |K'a«r  ot   Cod.  which  surpasseth  all 
mding,    keep    your    hearts    and    minds    in 
(   liriM   J 

..r  the  rest,  brethren,  whatsoever  things  are 
true,  whatsoever  things  are  modest,  whatsoever 
things  are  just,   whatsoever  things  are  holy,  what- 

rer  things  are  amiable,  whatsoever  things  are  of 
good  repute,  it  then-  be  any  \irtue,  if  there  lie  any 
praise  ol  discipline,  think  on  these  thin 

The  things  which  you  have  both  learned  and 
reeeived,  and  heard,  and  seen  in  me,  these  do  ye: 
and  the  (lod  oi  peaee  shall  be  with  you. 

1"  Ami  I  rejoiced  in  the  Lord  exceedingly,  that 
now  at  length  \onr  thought  tor  me  hath  flourished 
again,  as  you  did  also  think :  but  you  were  occu- 
pied. 

I I  I  speak  not  as  it  were  for  want  :  for  I  have 
learned,  in  whatsoever  state  1  am,  to  be  content 
therewith. 


12  I  know  both  how  to  be  brought  low,  and  I 
know  how  to  abound:  (every  where,  and  in  all 
things  |  ;im  instructed)  both  to  In*  full,  and  to  lie 
liungrv ;   Ixith  to  abound,  and  to  sutler  need. 

Li  I  can  doall  things  in  him  whosirencihcneth  me. 

14  Nevertheless,  von  have  done  well,  in  com- 
municating to  my  tribulation. 

16  And  \ on  also  know.  O  Philippians,  that  in 
the  beginning  of  the  gospel,  when  I  departed  from 
.Macedonia,  no  church  communicated  to  me  as  con- 
cerning tiving  and  receiving,  but  you  only: 

1G  For  unto  Thessalouica  also  you  sent  once 
and  again  for  my  use. 

17  Not  that  I  seek  the  gift :  but  I  seek  the  fruit 
that  may  abound  to  your  account. 

18  But  I  have  all,  and  abound  :  I  am  filled, 
ha  vim;  received  from  Kpaphrodilus  the  things  ton 
sent,  an  odour  of  sweetness,  an  acceptable  sacri- 
fice, well  pleasing  to  God. 

19  And  may  my  God  supply  all  your  want,  ac- 
cording to  his  riches,  in  glory  in  Christ  Jesus. 

20  Now  to  God  and  our  Lather  be  glory,  world 
without  end.     Amen. 

21  Salute  ye  every  saint  in  Christ  Jesus. 

22  The  brethren,  who  are  with  me,  salute  you  : 
All  the  saints  salute  you;  especially  they  who  are 
of  Cesar's  bouse. 

J.*  The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  be  with 
your  spirit.     Amen. 


THE  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  PAUL 


TO  THE  COLOSSIANS. 


Colons  mm  m  riiwof  Pkiyma,  near  Laodirr*.     h  <L«t  not 

appear  tkat  hiui  pnackrd  there  kimtetf,   but  that 

the  r.l,i,u,nt  trert  converted  by  Epapkra,  ,i  ilisriph  <,f  the 
"'-"•r".  Paci    mil  Ih,    c"<t     i,,..s'tte  of 

**•  ke  tcmle  tkxt  FptMllr  to  tkt   Coi-OtttANS,   fkrn 

he  mm*  in   pri$on,  and  about  the  tame  time  that  ke  trv.i 
Ike  t'.pkenant  and  Pkiltppiant.       Ike  eihortnlumi  and  doc- 
trine it   rontatns,  are  similar  to  that  wkitk  i«  tct  fortk  in 
ku  Epittle  to  tkt  Epkrtiant. 

CHAP.  I. 

//  riree  t  banks  for  tkt  met  mmtruvd  upon  tkt  Coln*tian$ : 
aid  prapt  fm  tkem  :  Ckntt  u  tke  kead  of  (ke  churck,  and 
Ike  peace-maker  tkrourk  kit  blood.      Vinil  u  kit 


I)  \l    I.    in  apostle  of  .Jesus   Christ,   bv  the    will 
i.  and  Timothy  a  brother : 
rO  them  who  Colos*S»,   the  saints  and 

faithful  brethren  in  Christ    b-SUS. 

J  Grace    I*    to    pon   and    peace   from    Cod  our 

17V 


Father,  and  from  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  We  give 
thanks  to  God,  and  the  Lather  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  praying  always  for  you, 

4  Hearing  your  faith  in  Christ   Jesus,  and   the 
which  \ou  ha\c  towards  all  the  saints, 

5  For  the  hope  that  is  laid  up  for  you  in  heaven: 
which  yon  have  heard  in  the  word  of  the  truth  ol 
tl^c  Gospel : 

6  \N  fuel)  is  come  to  von,  as  also  it  is  in  the 
whole  world,  and  bringeth  forth  fruit,  and  growcth, 
even  as  it  doth  in  \on,  since  the  day  you  heard,  and 
knew  the  crace  of  (bid  in  truth, 

7  As  you  learned  of  Lpaphras  our  most  beloTed 
fellow-servant,  who  is  for  you  a  faithful  minister  ot 
(  hrist  Jesus, 

8  W  ho  also  hath  declared  to  us  your  Jove  in 
the  Spirit  : 

9  Therefore  we  also,  from  the  day  that  we  heard 


CHAP.  II. 


it,  cease  not  to  pray  for  you,  and  to  beg  that  you 
may  be  filled  with  the  knowledge  of  his  will,  in  all 
wisdom,  and  spiritual  understanding  : 

10  That  you  may  walk  worthy  of  God,  in  all 
things  pleasing ;  being  fruitful  in  every  good  work, 
and  increasing  in  the  knowledge  of  God; 

11  Strengthened  with  all  might,  according  to 
the  power  of  his  glory,  in  all  patience  and  long- 
suffering  with  joy ; 

12  Giving  thanks  to  God  the  Father,  who  hath 
made  us  worthy  to  be  partakers  of  the  lot  of  the 
saints  in  light : 

13  Who  hath  delivered  us  from  the  power  of 
darkness,  and  hath  translated  us  into  the  kingdom 
of  his  beloved  Son, 

14  In  whom  we  have  redemption  through  his 
blood,  the  remission  of  sins: 

15  Who  is  the  image  of  the  invisible  God,  the 
first-born*  of  every  creature  : 

16  For  in  him  were  all  things  created  in  heaven 
and  on  earth,  visible  and  invisible,  whether  thrones, 
or  dominations,  or  principalities,  or  powers :  all 
things  were  created  by  him,  and  in  him : 

17  And  he  is  before  all;  and  by  him  all  things 
consist. 

18  And  he  is  the  head  of  the  body,  the  church ; 
who  is  the  beginning,  the  first-born  from  the  dead ; 
that  in  all  things  he  may  hold  the  primacy. 

19  Because  in  him  it  hath  well  pleased  that  all 
fulness  should  dwell : 

20  And  through  him  to  reconcile  all  things  unto 
himself,  making  peace  through  the  blood  of  his 
cross,  both  as  to  the  things  that  are  on  earth,  and 
the  things  that  are  in  heaven. 

21  And  you,  whereas  you  were  some  time  alien- 
ated, and  enemies  in  mind  in  evil  works. 

22  Yet  now  he  hath  reconciled  in  the  body  of 
his  flesh  through  death,  to  present  you  holy,  and 
unspotted,  and  blameless  before  him : 

23  If  so  ye  continue  in  the  faith,  grounded  and 
settled,  and  immoveable  from  the  hope  of  the  gos- 
pel which  you  have  heard,  which  is  preached  in  all 
the  creation  that  is  under  heaven,  whereof  I  Paul 
am  made  a  minister : 

24  Who  now  rejoice  in  my  sufferings  for  you,  and 
fill  up  those  things  that  are  wantingf  of  the  suffer- 
ings of  Christ,  in  my  flesh  for  his  body,  which  is  the 
church : 

25  Whereof  I  am  made  a  minister  according  to 
the  dispensation  of  God,  which  is  given  me  towards 
you,  that  I  may  fulfil  the  word  of  God  : 

26  The  mystery  which  hath  been  hidden  from 
ages  and  generations,  but  now  is  made  manifest  to 
his  saints, 

27  To  whom  God  would  muke  known  the  riches 
of  the  glory  of  this  mystery  anions:  the  Gentiles, 
which  is  Christ,  in  you  the  hope  of  glory ; 


*  The  first-born.  That  is,  first  begotten ;  as  the  Evangelist  declares,  the 
ttily  begotten  of  his  Father:  hence.  St.  Chrvsostom  explains  first-born, 
iiot  first  created,  as  he  was  not  created  at  all,  but  born  of  his  Father  be- 
fore all  ages  ;  that  is,  coeval  with  the  Father,  and  with  the  Holy  Ghost. 

i  Wanting.     There  is  no  want  in  the  suturing*  of  Christ  in  himself 


28  Whom  we  preach,  admonishing  every  man, 
and  teaching  every  man  in  all  wisdom,  that  we  may 
present  every  man  perfect  in  Christ  Jesus. 

29  Wherein  also  I  labour,  striving  according  to 
his  working  which  he  worketh  in  me  in  power. 

CHAP.  II. 

He  warns  them  against  the  impostures  of  the  philosophers  and 
the  Jeieish  teachers,  that  would  withdraw  them  front  Christ. 

T^OR  1  would  have  you  know  what  concern  I 
-*-  have  for  you,  and  for  them  who  are  at  Laodicea, 
and  as  many  as  have  not  seen  my  face  in  the  flesh : 

2  That  their  hearts  may  be  comforted,  being  in- 
structed in  charity,  and  unto  all  the  riches  ot  the 
fulness  of  understanding,  unto  the  knowledge  of  the 
mystery  of  God  the  Father,  and  of  Christ  Jesus  : 

3  In  whom  are  hidden  all  the  treasures  of  wis- 
dom and  knowledge. 

4  Now  this  I  say,  that  no  man  may  deceive  you 
by  loftiness  of  words. 

5  For  though  I  be  absent  in  body,  yet  in  spirit  1 
am  with  you ;  rejoicing  and  beholding  your  order, 
and  the  steadfastness  of  your  faith  which  is  in  Christ. 

6  As  therefore  you  have  received  Jesus  Christ 
the  Lord,  walk  ye  in  him, 

7  Rooted  and  built  up  in  him,  and  confirmed  in 
the  faith,  as  also  you  have  learned,  abounding  in 
him  in  thanksgiving. 

8  Beware  lest  any  man  impose  upon  you  by 
philosophy  and  vain  fallacy,  according  to  the  tra- 
dition of  men,  according  to  the  rudiments  of  the 
world,  and  not  according  to  Christ : 

9  For  in  him  dwelletfi  all  the  fulness  of  the  God- 
head corporally. 

10  And  you  are  filled  in  him,  who  is  the  head  of 
all  principality  and  power : 

11  In  whom  also  you  are  circumcised  with  a 
circumcision  not  made  by  hand  in  the  despoiling 
of  the  body  of  the  flesh,  but  in  the  circumcision 
of  Christ : 

12  Buried  with  him  in  baptism,  in  whom  also 
you  are  risen  again  by  the  faith  of  the  operation  of 
God,  who  hath  raised  him  up  from  the  dead. 

13  And  you,  when  you  were  dead  in  your  sins, 
and  the  uncircumcision  of  your  flesh,  he  hath  quick- 
ened together  with  him,  forgiving  you  all  offences: 

14  Blotting  out  the  hand-writing  of  the  decree 
which  was  against  us,  which  was  contrary  to  us, 
and  the  same  he  took  out  of  the  way,  fastening  it 
to  the  cross : 

15  And  divesting  principalities  and  powers,  he 
made  a  show  of  tliem  confidently,  triumphing 
openly  over  them  in  himself. 

16  Let  no  man,  therefore,  judge  you  in  meat,  or 
in  drink,  or  in  respect  of  a  festival  day,  or  of  the 
new  moon,  or  of  the  sabbaths  :  J 


as  head:  but  many  sufferings  are  still  wanting  or  are  still  to  come,  in 
his  bodv  the  church,  and  his  members  the  faithtu. 

J  In  meat,  fye.  He  means  with  regard  to  the  Jewish  observations  9i 
the  distinction  of  clean  and  unclean  meats,  and  of  their  festivals,  new 
moons,  and  sabbaths  j  as  being  no  longer  obligatory. 

171 


TO  TIIK  (  "i.osSIANS. 


17  Which  an-  a  shadow  of  things  to  come  :  l)tit 
the  hodi   m  of  (   hnM. 

US  l.'i  n<>  man  seduce  von.  willing  in  humility 
and  religion  of  angels,*  walking  in  the  things  which 
he  hath  not  leCQ,  in  ^ .tin  puffed  ii|>  hy  the  sense 
of  his  flesh. 

19  Ami  not  holding  the  head,  from  which  all 
the  body,  bj  joints  and  bands  being  supplied  with 
nourishmt  tit  and  compacted,  gmweth  onto  the  in- 
crease of  ( rod. 

10  It  then  JTOU  In-  dead  with  Christ  from  the 
rudiments  ot  tins  wot  Id:  w  h\  do  \oti  mi  decree  as 
though  !i»  ing  in  the  world  ? 

21   Touch  not,  taste  not,  handle  not  :t 

Which  all  are  unto  destruction  a  by  the  very 

as**,  according  to  the  precepts  and  doctrines  of  men  : 

Which  things  have,  indeed,  ■  show  of  wtsdoaa 

hi  superstition  ami  humility,  and  not  sparing   the 

body,  not  ill  an\  honour  to  the  tilling  of  the  flesh. 


put  on  the  new. 
'  servants. 


CHAP.  III. 

Ht  txkortt  tknm  to  put  nf  the  old  matt,  and  to  pnt 
The  dmiiet  of  wives  «M  husbands,  children  and 

THLKLHMJL.ifyou  1m-  riven  with  Christ,  seek 
the    things    that   are   above,    where   Christ    is 
sitting  at   the  right  hand  of  Cod: 

I  Mind  (In-  things  that  are  above,  not  the  things 
that  are  on  the  earth. 

3  For  you  are  dead:  and  your  life  is  bidden 
with  Christ  in  ( iod. 

4  When  Christ  thai]  appear,  who  is  your  life; 
then  shall  you  also  appear  with  him  in  glory. 

6  Mortify,  therefore,  your  members,  which  are 
ii|M>n  the  earth:  fornication,  uncleamiess,  lust,  evil 
Concupiscence,  and  covctotisucss,  which  is  the 

of  idols; 
0    I     r  which  things  the  wrath  of  God  Cometh 
Upon  the  children  of  uulnlii  f: 

7  In  which  you  also  walked  sonic  time,  when 
you  lived  in  them. 

i  Wit  now  put  \oii  also  all  awa\  :  anger,  in- 
dignation, mah  phemy,  filthy  speech  out  of 
your  mouth. 

Lie  not  one  to  another,  stripping  yourselves 
of  the  old  man  with  his  deeds, 

10  And  putting  on  the  new,  him  who  is  renewed 
unto  knowledge,  according  to  the  image  of  him  who 
i«il  him. 

II  Where  there  is  neither  Gentile  nor  Jew,  cir- 
cumcision nor  uncircumcision,  Barbarian  nor  Scy- 
thian, l»ond  nor  free  :  but  Christ  is  all,  and  in  all. 

*  Wmn*,  It*.  Thai  is  by  •  self- willed,  aelf-ioreated.  superstitious 
worship,  fciaety  Brilwlln  1 n  iW».  but  realty  awajeeding  from  pride. 
■Mb  «M  Ow  »awMa  thai  mm  of  the  philosopher,  (ipint  whom 
HC  Put  •peak*,  ».  «, )  pud  to  angels  •»  oeoaowa,  by  sacrinrinr  to 
them,  at  earner*  ot  intelligence  betwixt  Rod  and  mm  ;  prafwriiM 
k-miu,  ib  an  doaaa;.  »♦  if  God  was  too  rraat  to  be  addressed  by  men ; 
aawaHrtaciaidatWandlal.ndiip  of /eaws  Christ ;  who  i.  the  head 
both  of  angels  ead  man.     8awb  akn  wa.  the  worship  paid  by  the  an- 

.M-.ll    l.r.r.L  ..    I,w  lajMwf  "Mm.*,  ai»l    \l.  ...m.l.r.  lo  ll.r   imc"  I»,  wl...m 

fees  hahMil  to  be  the  maker,  and  tord*  of  this  tower  world. 

rteia.  that  tbey  whom  the  apostle  here  condemn.,  did  not  WW 
(r.    ly.Jlhali*,  Jesus  Christ,  and  bit  madjaloneip :  and 


12  Pnt  ye  on,  therefore,  as  the  elect  of  God,  ho. 

I\,   and   Uloved,  the   Irowdsof   mercy,   benignity, 
humility,  modesty,  patience  : 

13  Hearing  with  one  another,  and  forgiving  one 
another,  it  any  have  a  complaint  against  another: 
.  h  ii  as  the  Cool  hath  forgiven  you,  so  do  \ott  also. 

14  lint,  above  all  these  things,  have  charity, 
which  is  the  bond  ot  perfection  : 

16  And  let  the  peace  of  (  lirist  rejoice  in  your 
hearts,  wherein  also  you  are  called  in  one  Itody: 
and  be  ye  thankful. 

Hi  Let  the  word  of  Christ  dwell  in  you  abun- 
dantly, in  all  wisdom,  teaching,  and  admonishing 
one  another  in  psalms,  hymns,  and  spiritual  canti- 
cles, singing  in  grace  in  \our  hearts  to  (iod. 

17  All  whatsoever  yon  do  in  word  or  in  work,  do 
all  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  giving 
thanks  to  Cod  and  the  Lather  by  him. 

18  \\  ives,  l>e  subject  to  your  husbands,  as  it  be- 
hoveth  in  the  Lord. 

19  Husbands,  love  your  wives;  and  be  not  bit- 
ter towards  them. 

20  Children,  obey  your  parents  in  all  things:  for 
this  is  pleasing  to  the  Lorn. 

21  Fathers,  provoke  not  your  children  to  anger ; 
lest  they  be  discouraged. 

.'  Servants,  obey  in  all  things  your  mastcrs.ac- 
cording  to  the  flesh,  not  serving  to  the  eye,  as  pleas- 
ing men.  but  in  simplicity  of  heart,  fearing  God. 

J  !  Whatsoever  you  do,  do  it  irom  the  heart,  as 
to  the  Lord,  and  not  to  men: 

24  Knowing  that  you  shall  receive  of  the  I.ord 
the  reward  ot  inheritance.  Serve  ye  the  l,oid 
Christ. 

25  For  he  that  doeth  an  injury  shall  receive  for 
that  which  he  hath  done  unjustly;  and  there  is  no 
resjR'ct  of  persons  with  God. 

CHAP.  IV. 

He  recommend*  constant  prayer,  and  wisdom.      Various  salu- 
tations. 

MISTERS,  do  to  your  servants  that  which   is 
just  and  equal;   knowing  that  you  also   have 
a  Master  in  heaven. 

2  He  instant  in  prayer;  watching  in  it  with 
thanksgiving  : 

3  Praying  withal  for  us  also,  that  Cod  mayopon 
to  us  |  door  of  speech  to  sprak  the  m>slery  of 
(  hrist  (for  which  also  I  am  in  bands,) 

4  That  I  may  make  it  manifest,  as  I  ought  to 
siieak. 


what  he  write*  here  no  way.  tourhea  the  Catholic  doc- 
m.l  practice,  of  desirm?  <mr  "good  angel*  to  pra<  to  <»«1  for 
ii«,  ttimorh  Jean.  f'hrist.  St.  Jrrom  [  r'.pitt.  ad  .f'jrat]  'ufnlrr»t:.mk 
bj  i(m-  rWigisa  or  service  of  eiifrb.  the  J.wisli  n-liiciuii  jp»en  bj  angel*: 
and  .hows  all  that  i*  here  aaid  to  be  directed  against  the  Jrwi*h 
teachers,  who  sought  to  subject  the  new  Christians  to  the  observance" 
of  the  Minaie  law. 

t  Tsswa  not.  Ift.     The  meaning  is,  that  Christians  should  not  sub. 
I  nsneehrca,  either  to  the  ordinances  of  t be  old  law,  forbidding 
totMhing  or  tasting  thing,  unclean  ;  or  to  the  superstitious 
of  heretic..  ini|.»ina;  such  restnuuU,  under  pretence  of  wisdom . 
■■■•lit. ,  <>r  mortification. 


CHAP.   I,   II. 


6  Walk,  with  wisdom  towards  those  who  are 
without ;   redeeming  the  time. 

ti  Let  your  speech  be  always  in  grace  seasoned 
with  salt,  that  you  may  know  how  you  ought  to  an- 
swer every  man. 

7  All  the  things  that  concern  me,  Tychicus,  our 
dearest  brother,  and  faithful  minister,  and  fellow- 
servant  in  the  Lord,  will  make  known  to  you: 

8  Whom  1  have  sent  to  you  for  this  same  pur- 
pose, that  he  may  know  the  things  that  concern 
yon,  and  comfort  your  hearts, 

9  With  Ouesimus,  a  most  beloved  and  faithful 
broiher,  who  is  one  of  you.  All  things  that  are 
done  here,  they  shall  make  known  to  you. 

10  Aristarehus  my  fellow-prisoner  saluteth  you, 
and  Mark  the  cousin-german  of  Barnabas,  touch- 
ing whom  you  have  received  commandments:  if  he 
come  to  you,  receive  him : 

1 1  And  Jesus  who  is  called  Justus  :  who  are  of 
the  circumcision :  these  only  are  my  helpers  in  the 
kingdom  of  God,  who  have  been  a  comlort  to  me. 


12  Epaphras  saluteth  you,  who  is  one  of  you,  a 
servant  of  Christ  Jesus,  who  is  always  solicitous 
for  you  in  prayers,  that  you  may  stand  perfect,  and 
full  m  all  the  will  of  God. 

13  For  I  bear  him  testimony  that  he  hath  much 
labour  for  you,  and  for  them  who  are  at  Laodicea, 
and  them  at  Hierapolis. 

14  Luke  the  physician  most  dearly  beloved,  sa 
luteth  you,  and  Demas. 

15  Salute  the  brethren  who  are  at  Laodicea, 
and  Nymphas,  and  the  church  that  is  in  his  house. 

16  And  when' this  epistle  shall  be  read  among 
you,  cause  that  it  be  read  also  in  the  church  of  the 
Laodicean^ :  and  read  you  that  which  is  of  the 
Laodiceans. 

17  And  say  to  Archippus :  Take  heed  to  the 
ministry  which  thou  hast  received  in  the  Lord, 
that  thou  fulfil  it. 

18  The  salutation  of  Paul  with  my  own  hand. 
Be  mindful  of  my  chains :  Grace  be  with  you 
Amen 


THE 


FIRST  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  PAUL 


TO  THE  THESSALONIANS. 


Thessalonica  was  the  capital  of  Macedonia,  in  which  St.  Paul 
having  preached  the  Gospel,  converted  some  Jews  and  a  great 
number  of  the  Gentiles :  but  the  unbelieving  Jews,  envying 
his  success,  raised  such  a  commotion  against  him,  that  he  and 
his  companion  Sylvanus  were  obliged  to  quit  the  city.  He 
afterwards  went  to  Athens,  where  he  had  heard  that  the  con- 
verts in  Thcssalonica  were  under  a  severe  persecution  ever 
since  his  departure:  and,  lest  they  should  lose  their  fortitude, 
he  sent  Timothy  to  strengthen  and  comfort  them  in  their  suf- 
ferings. In  the  mean  time,  St.  Paul  came  to  Corinth,  where 
he  wrote  this  first  Epistle,  and  also  the  second  to  the  Thes- 
salonians,  both  in  the  same  year,  being  the  nineteenth  after 
our  Lord's  Ascension.  These  are  the  first  of  his  Epistles  in 
the  order  of  time. 

CHAP.  I. 

He  gives  thanks  for  the  graces  bestoteed  on  the  Thessalonians. 

"D  AUL,  and  Silvanus,  and  Timothy,  to  the  church 
-*-  of  the  Thessalonians,  in  God  the  Father,  and 
in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

2  Grace  be  to  you,  and  peace.  We  give  thanks 
to  God  always  for  you  all;  making  a  remembrance 
of  you  in  our  prayers  without  ceasing, 

3  Being  mindful  of  the  work  of  your  faith,  and 
labour,  and  charity,  and  of  the  enduring  of  the  hope 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  before  God  ana  our  Father: 

4  Knowing,  brethren  beloved  of  God,  your  elec- 
tion : 

5  For  our  gospel  hath  not  been  to  you  in  word 


only,  but  in  power  also,  and  in  the  Holy  Ghost,  and 
in  much  fulness,  as  you  know  what  manner  of  men 
we  have  been  among  you  for  your  sakes. 

6  And  you  became  followers  of  us,  and  of  the 
Lord ;  receiving  the  word  in  much  tribulation, 
with  the  joy  of  the  Holy  Ghost : 

7  So  that  you  were  made  a  pattern  to  all  that 
believe  in  Macedonia  and  in  Achaia. 

8  For  from  you  was  spread  abroad  the  word  o( 
the  Lord,  not  only  in  Macedonia  and  in  Achaia , 
but  also  in  every  place,  your  faith  which  is  towards 
God,  is  gone  forth,  so  that  we  need  not  to  speak 
any  thing. 

9  For  they  themselves  relate  of  us,  what  man 
ner  of  entrance  we  had  unto  you ;  and  how  you 
were  converted  to  God  from  idols,  to  serve  the 
living  and  true  God  ; 

10  And  to  wait  for  his  Son  from  heaven  (whom 
he  raised  from  the  dead)  Jesus,  who  hath  delivered 
us  from  the  wrath  to  come. 

CHAP.  II. 

The  sincerity  of  the  apostles  preaching  the  gospel  to  Ikentj 
and  of  their  receiving  it. 

FOR  yourselves,  brethren,  know  our  entrance 
unto  you,  that  it  was  not  in  vain : 

173 


!.  TO  THE  TIIKSSALOMANS. 


iic  suffered  before,  and  being  contu- 

mchomlv  treated  i-  von  know)  at  Philippi,  we 
had  confidence  in  our  God,  to  >|M-ak  to  vou  tin-  gos- 
pel of  God  in  much  solicitude. 

For  our  exhortation  was  not  of  error,  nor  of 
uncleanness,  nor  in  ilcri'it, 

\   lint    as    we  were  approved  of  God,    that    the 
gos|*|    should    Ik'   committed    to   lis  :     iivn    so   w< 
speak,  not  as  phasing  men,  but  (iod,  who  proveth 
our  heat 

I  .>r  neither  hive  we  used  ;it  am  time,  the 
speech  of  (lattery,  as  \ou  know  ;  nor  taken  an  oc- 
i  Btioa  of  COVetousness  :    ( iod  is  w  it  111 

6  Nor  sou-lit  we  glory  of  nun,  neither  of  you, 
nor  of  other*, 

7  Whereas  we  might  have  been  burdensome  to 
you,  as  the  apostles  of  (  hrist :  hat  w  e  became  little 
ones  in  the  midst  of  you,  as  if  a  nurse  should  che- 
rish ber  children. 

So  desirous  df  Miu.  we  would  dadlv   ha\e  im- 
parted to  yon  not  only  the  gos|>el  of  (iod,    hut  also 
our   own   souls:    l>ecause  yon    were    liccome    most 
dear  to  us. 
t  For  man  remember,  brethren,  onr  laliour  and 

toil,  working  night  and  dav.  lest  wc  should  Ik-  bur- 
densome to  am  of  \uu,  we  preached  among  you 

the  gospel  of  (iod. 

10  You  are  wit i  and  God  u/tt>,  how  holily, 
and  jiistlv.aud  without  lilame,  we  have  been  among 
\ou.  w  h<>  have  believed  : 

11  As  you  know  in  w  hat  manner,  entreating  and 

Comforting  TOO,  [as  a  father  doth  his  children) 

1J    We    testified    to   every   one  of  you,    that   you 

would   walk  worth v  of  God,   who  hath   called   you 

to  his  kingdom  and  glory. 

I  I  rherefore  wr  also  give  thanks  to  God  without 
-in-:  because  that  when  you  had  received  from 
the  word  of  the  hearing  of  God,  you  received 

it   not  as  the  word  of  men,  but  (as  it  trulv  is)   the 

word  of  (iod,    who  worketh  in   mui,  who  ha\e  he- 
ed. 
1  )    Fot  VOU,    brethren,    are    become  followers  of 

the  (  hurehes  of  <  tod.  vv  hull  are  in  .Itidea.in  (  hrist 

is:  lor  \ou  also  have  suffered  the  same  things 
from  Miur  own  countrymen,  even  M  they  have 
from  tlM     I 

15  Who  both  killed  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  the  pro- 
phets, and    have   persecuted   lis:    and  they   p|< 
not  God,  and   ire  adversaries  lo  all  men  : 

Forbidding  us  to  speak  to  the  Gentries  that 
thej  mag  hi    nved,  to  fill  up  their  sins  always; 

for  the  wrath  of  (iod  is  DOOM  upon  them  to  the 
end. 

17    Mnt    we,    brethren.    behl|    taken   away   from 

iUt    for  a  short    time,   in    light    not    in  heari.  have 
lastened  the  more  abundantly  to  see  your  mo 

w  ith   cp 

Ifl    I  or  we  would  have  come  to  yon,  evi  n  I  Paul 
and  again  i  i>ut  s,.t  m  hindi  n  d  us. 

M  h  it    is  our   ho|>e.    I  i  n>v»  R    of 

cloi  not  you,    in  the    pr.  sence    of  i«       ! 

1     in-i  .it   Ins  i  oniii 

•ill  joy, 

•  74 


CHAP.   III. 

Thr  apostlr'i  ronrrrn  and  lore  for  thr  Thettaloniaju. 

EM)ll  which  cause  forbearing  no  longer,  we 
-■-  thought  it  good  to  remain  at  Athens  alone: 
\nd  we  sent  Timothy  our  brother,  and  a 
minister  of  God  in  the  gospel  of  Christ,  to  confirm 
miu,  and  exhort  vou  concerning  vour  faith: 

3  That  no  man  should  In-  moved  in  these  tribu- 
lations: for  yourselves  know,  that  we  are  appoint 
ed  thereunto. 

4  For  even  w  hen  we  were  with  you,  we  foretold 
mui  that  we  should  suffer  tribulations,  as  also  it  is 
come  to  pass,  and  you  know. 

5  For  this  cause  also  I  forbearing  no  longer,  sent 
to  know  vour  faith;  lest  perhaps  lie  that  tcnmtcth, 
should  have  tempted  you,  and  our  laliour  .should 
be  made  \ain. 

li  lint  now  when  Timothy  came  to  us  from  you, 
and  related  to  us  your  faith  and  charity,  and  that 
you  have  a  good  remembrance  of  us  always,  de- 
siring to  see  us,  as  we  also  to  see  you  : 

7  Therefore  we  were  comforted,  brethren,  in 
you,  in  all  our  distress  and  tribulation,  by  your 
faith  : 

8  For  now  we  live,  if  you  stand  in  the  Lord. 

9  For  what  thanks  can  we  return  to  Ciod  foi 
vou,  in  all  the  joy  wherewith  we  rejoice  for  you 
before  our  (iod, 

10  Night  and  day,  playing  more  abundantly, 
that  we  may  see  your  face,  and  may  accomplish 
those  things  that  are  wanting  to  your  faith? 

11  Now  (iod  himself,  and  our  Father,  and  out 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  direct  our  way  unto  you: 

12  And  may  the  Lord  multiply  vou.  and  make 
you  abound  in  charity  towards  one  another,  and 
low  aids  all  men  :   as  we  do  also  towards  you. 

13  To  confirm  your  hearts  without  blame,  in 
holiness  before  (iod  and  our  Father,  at  the  com- 
ni-  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  with  all  his  saints. 
Amen. 

CHAP.  IV. 

He  exhortt  them  to  purity  tmrl  miilun!  charity :  he  treat/  of  the 

n  sum  rt inn  nf  the  ilnirl. 

TC'OR  the  rest,  therefore,  brethren,  we  pray  and 
-*-  beseech  you  in  the  Lord  JeSUS,  that  as  you 
have  received  from  us.  how  vou  OUghl  to  walk,  and 
to   please  (iod.   so  a  I  so  you  would  walk,    that   you 

nun  abound  the  more. 

2  For  you  know  what  commandments  1  have 
give  n  to  you  by  the  Lord  JeSUS, 

3  For  this  is  the  will  of  (iod,  your  sanctification, 
that  vein  should  alistain  from  fornication  : 

•V  That  every  one  of  you   should    know    how  to 
•  ss  hi-  vessel  in  sanctification  and  honour: 

5  Not  in  the  passion  of  lust,  like  the  Gentiles 
who  know   not  God  : 

6  And  that  no  man  over-reach  nor  deceive  his 
brothei  in  business:  In  cause  the  Lord  is  tin  RVengl  i 
<  l  all  such  things,  as  we  have  told  you  before,  and 
have  testified. 


<  iv  e    his  c:^s 
avenger 


CHAP.  V. 


7  For  God  hath  not  called  us  to  uncleanness, 
but  to  holiness. 

8  He  therefore  that  desplseth  these  things,  de- 
spiseth  not  man,  but  God ;  who  also  hath  given 
his  holy  Spirit  in  us. 

9  Now  concerning  fraternal  charity,  we  have  no 
need  to  write  to  you :  for  yourselves  nave  learned 
of  God  to  love  one  another. 

10  For  indeed  you  do  it  towards  all  the  brethren 
in  all  Macedonia.  But  we  entreat  you,  brethren, 
that  you  abound  more  : 

1 1  And  that  you  use  your  endeavour  to  be  quiet, 
and  that  you  do  your  own  business,  and  work  with 
your  own  hands,  as  we  commanded  you ;  and  that 
you  walk  honestly  towards  them  that  are  without ; 
and  that  you  want  nothing  of  any  man's. 

12  And  we  will  not  have  you  ignorant,  brethren, 
concerning  them  that  are  asleep,  that  you  be  not 
sorrowful,  even  as  others  who  have  no  hope. 

13  For  if  we  believe  that  Jesus  died,  and  rose 
again,  even  so  them  who  have  slept  through  Jesus, 
God  will  bring  with  him. 

14  For  this  we  say  unto  you  in  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  that  we  who  are  alive,  who  remain  unto  the 
coming  of  the  Lord,  shall  not  prevent  them,  who 
have  slept. 

15  For  the  Lord  himself  shall  come  down  from 
heaven  with  commandment,  and  with  the  voice  of 
the  archangel,  and  with  the  trumpet  of  God  :  and 
the  dead,  who  are  in  Christ  shall  rise  first. 

16  Then  we  who  are  alive,  who  are  left,  shall 
be  caught  up  together  with  them  in  the  clouds,  to 
meet  Christ  in  the  air,  and  so  shall  we  be  always 
with  the  Lord. 

17  Wherefore  comfort  ye  one  another  with  these 
words. 

CHAP.  V. 

TJir.  day  of  the  Lord  shall  come,  when  least  expected.  Exhorta- 
tions to  several  duties. 

"OUT  of  the  times  and  moments,  brethren,  you 
-*-*   need  not  that  we  should  write  to  you. 

2  For  yourselves  know  perfectly,  that  the  day  of 
the  Lord  shall  so  come  as  a  thief  in  the  night. 

3  For  when  they  shall  say,  peace  and  security, 
then  shall  sudden  destruction  come  upon  them,  as 
the  pains  upon  her  that  is  with  child  :  and  they 
shall  not  escape. 

4  But  you,  brethren,  are  not  in  darkness,  that  that 
day  should  overtake  you  as  a  thief  : 


5  For  all  you  are  the  children  of  light,  and  chil- 
dren of  the  day:  we  are  not  of  the  night,  nor  of 
darkness. 

6  Therefore  let  us  not  sleep,  as  others  do :  but 
let  us  watch,  and  be  sober. 

7  For  they  who  sleep,  sleep  in  the  night :  and 
they  who  are  drunk,  are  drunk  in  the  night. 

8  But  let  us,  who  are  of  the  day,  be  sober,  hav- 
ing on  the  breast-plate  of  faith  and  charity,  and  for 
a  helmet,  the  hope  of  salvation: 

9  For  God  hath  not  appointed  us  to  wrath,  but 
to  the  purchasing  of  salvation  by  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ, 

10.  Who  died  for  us;  that  whether  we  wake  or 
sleep,  we  may  live  together  with  him. 

1 1  Wherefore  comfort  one  another,  and  edify 
one  another,  as  you  also  do. 

12  And  we  beseech  you,  brethren,  to  know  them 
who  labour  among  you,  and  are  over  you  in  the 
Lord,  and  admonish  you, 

13  That  you  esteem  them  more  abundantly  in 
charity  for  their  work  :  have  peace  with  them. 

14  And  we  beseech  you,  brethren,  rebuke  the 
unquiet  ;*  comfort  the  feeble-minded ;  support  the 
weak ;  be  patient  towards  all  men. 

15  See  that  none  render  evil  for  evil  to  any  one: 
but  always  follow  that  which  is  good  towards  each 
other,  and  towards  all  men. 

16  Always  rejoice. 

17  Pray  without  ceasing. 

18  In  all  things  give  thanks:  for  this  is  the  will 
of  God  in  Christ  Jesus  concerning  you  all. 

19  Extinguish  not  the  Spirit. 

20  Despise  not  prophecies. 

21  But  prove  all  things;  hold  that  which  is  good. 

22  From  all  appearance  of  evil  refrain  your- 
selves. 

23  And  may  the  God  of  peace  himself  sanctify 
you  in  all  things ;  that  your  whole  spirit,  and  soul, 
and  body  be  preserved  blameless  for  the  coming  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

24  He  is  faithful  who  hath  called  you;  who  will 
also  perform. 

25  Brethren,  pray  for  us. 

26  Salute  all  the  brethren  with  a  holy  kiss. 

27  I  charge  you,  by  the  Lord,  that  this  epistle 
be  read  to  all  the  holy  brethren. 

28  The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  be  with 
you.     Amen. 

*  The  unquiet ;  that  is,  such  as  are  irregular  and  disorderly 
175 


THE 


SECOND  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  PAUL 

TO  THE  TIIESSALOiMANS. 


In  thit  F.pittle  St.  Pml  admonishes  tkr   Thrtsakrtians  to  be 
tmmmi  in  the  fntth  9/  Christ,  and  mat  to  be  trmfird  by  the 
insinuation*  if  j  u  rs,  telling  tkfm  that  thr   day  if 

juAgmrnt  was  Hfirr  at  hand  ;  at  thrrr  mutt  emnt  many  sign* 
and  tronil,  rt  before  it.  He  bidi  them  In  hold  firm  thr  tra- 
dttvms  received  from  hint,  whether  by  word  or  by  cpfcde) 
mmd  shorn*  them  tunc  tkry  ma/  bt  certain  of  kit  letters  by 
tkr  mummer  he  teritet. 

CHAP.  I. 

He  gives  thanks  to  God  for  thrir  faith  and  constancy ;  and 
for  their  adranrrmrnt  in  all  good. 


PAUL,  ami  Silvanus.  and  Timothy,  to  t  he  church 
«>t   tin-  TheesaJonians  in  God  our  Father,  and 
tin-  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

J  Grace  l»  to  you,  and  peace  from  God  our  Fa- 
ther, ami  from  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

9    Wt   ought   to  dve  thanks  aluavs  to  God   for 
you,  brethren,  is  it  is  meet,  because  your  faith  in- 
tseth  exceed  indy  ;   and  the  cbaritj  of  ever;  One 
ol  \.>n  towards  each  other  ahoundcth  : 

..  that  we  ourselves  also  dory  in  you  in  the 
churches  of  God,  for  your  patience  and  faith,  and 
in  all  your  |HTMCiitions  and  tribulations,  which  \ on 
■ 

■  I  m  M  sample  of  the  just  judgment  of  God, 
that  you  may  l>e  counted  worthy  of  the  kingdom  of 
God,  for  which  also  you  suffer. 

Seeing  it  is  :i  iiini  ttttng  with  God  to  repay 
tribulation  to  them  tint  trouble  you  : 

7  And  to  \oii  who  arc  troubled,  rest  with  us 
when  the  Lord  Jesus  shall  be  revealed  from  heaven 
V»  it ti  the  angrls  of  his  power, 

In  a  flame  of  fire,  giving  vengeance  to  them. 
Who  know  not  God,  and  who  ol*  y  not  the  gospel 
of  our  I»r<)  Jesus  Christ : 

9  W  bo  shall  sutler  eternal  pains  in  destruction. 
from  the  face  of  the  Lord,  and  from  the  dory  of 
his  |h>w  er : 

IU  When  be  shall  come  to  he  doritied  in  bis 
saints,  and  to  l>e  made  wonderful  in  all  them  who 
hoe  iH-licved:  because  our  testimony  was  believed 
upon  >on  in  that  day. 

1 1    W  hi  r.  tore  also  we  pray  always  for  you  :  that 

MnhH     Ton  rtMli.  or  f*tUme 
IKMt  father.,  at  a  rrrWI  fn«n  ll 

tx  <ir,'r«)%  rwl,   Iwfirr  thr  ii'tnn.; 

mmMrnooA  a!«o  of  a  nwl  of  man*  nation*,  from  tbe 

h  ha«.  in  part,  haaaumwd  al/ra  mean*  of   Mai. 

I.mhrr.  Lu     ,nt,   il  may  be  Mippoaod,  will  be  more  general  i 

-K.  «,«./«..     Hera  meat  he  meant  aonv  nanirular  man.  aa  it 
•vidcoi  from  tbe  fmaew  raytmuai  «/  tbe  Creek  arocfc  »,  Ik*  m 

17« 


mmt  *W.  la  |ffne  rally  eftdeTateori,  by  Ibe 

Mir   K'Mn,n  ,'mpir,'.    wtorli  w:,«  n* 

f  of  Aaticbritt.      It  mar.  prrhape,  be 


our  God  would  make  you  worthy  of  his  calling, 
and  fulfil  all  the  good  pleasure  of  his  goodncs*.  and 
the  work  of   faith  iu  pow 

I  J  That  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus  may  be 
glorified  in  you.  and  you  in  him,  according  to  the 
grace  of  our  God,  and  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

CHAP.  II. 

The  day  of  the  Lord  is  not  to  come,  till  the  man  of  sin  be  re 
vealed.      The  upostles'  traditions  arc  to  be  obstnt d. 

AND   we  beseech  you,  brethren,  by  the  coining 
of  our  I^ord  Jesus  Christ,  and  of  our  gather- 
ing together  unto  him, 

2  That  you  be  not  easily  moved  from  your  sens,-, 
nor  be  terrified,  neither  by  spirit,  nor  by  word,  nor 
by  epistle,  at  sent  from  us,  as  if  the  day  of  the 
Lord  were  at  hand. 

3  Let  no  man  deceive  you  by  any  means:  for 
unless  there  come  a  revolt*  first,  and  the  man  of 
sinT  be  revealed,  the  son  of  perdition, 

4  Who  opposeth.  and  is  lifted  up  above  all  that 
is  called  God,  or  that  is  worshipped,  so  that  he  sit- 
teth  in  the  templet  of  God,  showing  himself  as  if 

he  were  God. 

5  Remember  you  not,  that  when  I  was  yet  with 
you,  I  told  you  these  things? 

6  And  now  you  know  what  witbholdi  tb,  that  he 
may  be  revealed  in  his  time. 

7  For  the  mystery  of  iniquity  already  workcth  ; 
only  that  he  who  now  holdeth,  do  hold,  until  he  be 
taken  out  of  the  way. 

8  And  then  that  wicked  one  shall  be  revealed, 
whom  the  Lord  Jesus  shall  kill  with  the  Spirit  of 
his  month,  and  shall  destroy  with  the  briditness  of 
bis  coming:  him, 

9  Whose  coming  i^  according  to  the  working  of 
Satan,  in  all  power,  and   signs',  and  lying  wonders, 

10  lad  iii  all  seduction  of  iniquity  to  them  that 
perish:  because  the*    receive  not   the  love  of  the 

truth  that  l!ie\  might  |,r  saved.  Therefore  God 
shall  send>  them  the  operation  of  error,  to  before 
a  lie, 

of  ain,  the  wn  of  perdition,  tkr  adreraanr  or  onpoaer,  i  nnn^iMt.  It 
arreea  to  tbe  wicked  and  |rreat  Antichrkt,  who  will  come  tx-fore  tbe 
end  of  tbe  «(ir|  1.      . 

t  In  llu  Irmy  f  Jrroaalem,  which  «omr  think  hr  will 

r,  bail  will    |>rrvrri    to  his 

irshin  :   a«  ■  the  churches  of  tin-  F.att. 

I  G«< tactile*./  ■  i<>  badecetred   by 

lying  wonder*,  and  fab*  miracle*,  in  punishment  of  tbeir  not  cuU-r 
tauiina;  tbe  lore  of  truth. 


CHAP.  Ill,  I. 


•     1 1  That  all  may  be  judged, .who  have  not  believed 
the  truth,  but  have  consented  to  iniquity. 

12  But  we  ought  to  give  thanks  to  God  always 
for  you,  brethren,  beloved  of  God,  for  that  God  hath 
chosen  you  first-fruits  unto  salvation,  in  sanctifica- 
tion  of  the  Spirit,  and  belief  of  the  truth : 

13  Whereunto  also  he  hath  called  you  by  our 

fuspel,  unto  the  purchasing  of  the  glory  of  our  Lord 
esus  Christ. 

14  Therefore,  brethren,  stand  firm :  and  hold 
the  traditions*  which  you  have  learned,  whether 
by  word  or  by  our  epistle. 

15  Now  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  himself,  and  God 
and  our  Father  who  hath  loved  us,  and  hath  given 
us  everlasting  consolation,  and  good  hope  in  grace, 

16  Exhort  your  hearts,  and  confirm  you  in  every 
good  work  and  word. 

CHAP.  III. 

He  begs  their  prayers,  and  warns  them  against  idleness. 

FOR  the  rest,  brethren,  pray  for  us,  that  the 
word  of  God  may  run}  and  may  be  glori- 
fied, even  as  among  you  : 

2  And  that  we  may  be  delivered  from  trouble- 
some and  evil  men :  for  all  men  have  not  faith. 

3  But  God  is  faithful,  who  will  strengthen  and 
keep  you  from  evil. 

4  And  vfle  have  confidence  concerning  you  in 
the  Lord,  that  the  things  which  we  command,  you 
both  do,  and  will  do. 


*  Traditions.     Sec  here  that  the  unwritten  traditions  of  the  apostles 
are  no  leas  to  be  received  than  their  epistles. 

\  May  rim,  that  is,  may  spread  itself,  and  hare  free  course. 


5  And  the  Lord  direct  your  heart,  in  the  charily 
of  God,  and  in  the  patience  of  Christ. 

6  And  we  charge  you,  brethren,  in  the  name  ol 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that  you  withdraw  yourselves 
from  every  brother  walking  disorderly,  and  not  accord- 
ing to  the  tradition  which  diey  have  received  of  us 

7  For  yourselves  know  how  you  ought  to  imitate 
us :  for  we  were  not  disorderly  among  you  : 

8  Neither  did  we  eat  any  man's  bread  for  nothing, 
but  in  lal)our  and  in  toil  working  night  and  day, 
lest  we  should  be  burdensome  to  any  of  you. 

9  Not  as  if  we  had  not  authoriry ;  but  that  we 
might  give  ourselves  a  pattern  to  you  to  imitate  us. 

10  For  also,  when  we  were  with  you,  we  de- 
clared this  to  you  :  that  if  any  man  will  not  work, 
neither  let  him  eat. 

1 1  For  we  have  heard  that  there  are  some  among 
you  who  walk  disorderly,  working  not  at  all,  but 
curiously  meddling. 

12  Now  we  charge  them  that  are  such,  and  be- 
seech them  by  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that,  working 
with  silence,  they  would  eat  their  own  bread. 

13  But  you,  brethren,  be  not  weary  in  well-doing. 

14  And  if  any  man  obey  not  our  word  by  this 
epistle,  note  tha£  man,  and  do  not  keep  company 
with  him,  that  he  may  be  ashamed : 

15  Yet  do  not  esteem  him  as  an  enemy;  but  ad- 
monish him  as  a  brother. 

16  Now  the  Lord  of  Peace  himself  give  you  ever- 
lasting peace  in  every  place.  TheLord  bewith  }ou  all. 

17  The  salutation  of  Paul  with  my  own  hand ; 
which  is  the  sign  in  every  epistle :  so  I  write. 

18  The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  be  with 
you  all.     Amen. 


THE 


FIRST  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  PAUL 


TO  TIMOTHY. 


St.  Paul  writes  this  Epistle  to  his  beloved  Timothy,  being  tJien 
bishop^  of  Ephesus,  to  instruct  him  in  the  duties  of  a  bishop, 
both  in  respect  to  himself  and  to  his  charge  ;  and  that  he 
ought  to  be  well  informed  of  the  good  morals  of  those  on  whom 
he  was  to  impose  hands  :  Impose  not  hands  lightly  upon  any 
mnn.  He  tells  him  also  how  he  should  behave  towards  his 
cUrgy.  This  Epistle  was  written  about  thirty-three  years  after 
our  Lords  Ascension  ;  but  where  it  was  written,  is  uncertain  : 
the  more  general  opinion  is,  that  it  was  in  Macedonia. 

CHAP.  I. 

He  puts  Timothy  in  mind  of  his  charge  ;  and  blesses  God  for 
the  mercy  he  himself  had  received. 

DAUL,  an  apostle  of  Jesus  Christ,  according  to 

•*-     the  commandment  of  God  our  Saviour,  and 

Christ  Jesus  our  hone  : 

z 


2  To  Timothy  his  beloved  son  in  faith.  Grace, 
mercy,  and  peace  from  God  the  Father,  and  from 
Christ  Jesus  our  Lord. 

3  As  I  desired  thee  to  remain  at  Ephesus  when 
I  went  into  Macedonia,  that  thou  mightest  charge 
some  not  to  teach  otherwise ; 

4  Not  to  give  heed  to  fables  and  endless  gene- 
alogies 5  which  furnish  questions,  rather  than  the 
edification  of  God  which  is  in  faith. 

5  Now  the  end  of  the  commandment  is  charity 
from  a  pure  heart,  and  a  good  conscience,  and  an 
unfeigned  faith. 

6  From  which  things  some  going  astray  are  turn- 
ed aside  to  vain  talk, 

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I.  TO  TIMOTHY. 


7  Desiring  to  he  teachers  of  the  law .  understanding 
n<  ither  the  things  they  say.  nor  whereof  they  afitrm. 

8  Hut  we  know  ih.it  the  law  is  good,  if  a  in. in 
use  it  l;iw  fully  : 

9  knowing  this,  that  the  law*  is  not  made  for 
the  itist  man,  hut  lor  the  unjust  and  disobedient, 
for  the  ungodly,  and  for  sinners,  for  the  w  icked,  ami 
defiled,  )<>r  murderer!  of  fathers,  and  murderers  of 
inothi  r-.  for  man  slayi  rs, 

10  for   fornicators,    lor  them    that  defile  them- 
s«  hi  s  \\  i r ii  mankind,  tor  men  stealers,  lor  liars,  mid 
(<>r  |HTJured  iwrsoirs,  and  whatew-r  oilier  thin  - 
eontran  to  sound  dtx-trinc, 

1 1  Whk  h  is  according  to  rhe  gospel  of  the  glory 
of  the  Mew-d  Cod,  w  hii  h  hath  been  committed  to 
my  trust. 

I  J  I  d>c  thanks  to  him  who  had  strengthened 
me.  to  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord,  that  he  esteemed  me 
faithful.  mining  me  into  the  ministry: 

13  Who  before  was  a  blasphemer,  and  a  perse- 
cutor, and  contumelious;  hut  I  obtained  the  mcrc.\ 
of  Cod,  becaMM  I  did  it  ignorantly  in  unbelief. 

14  Now  th.  of  our  Lord  hath  •bounded 

nglv  with  faith  and  love,  which  is  in  Christ 

J,  Ml*. 

15  A  faithful  saying,  and  wot  thy  of  all  accepta- 
tion: That  Christ  Jesus  came  into  this  world  to 
save  sinners,  ol  whom  I  am  the  chief. 

16  Hut  for  this  cause  have  I  obtained  mercy: 
that  in  me  first  Christ  Jesus  might  ihow  forth  iill 
patience,    tor   the  information  of  those   who  shall 

ic  in  him  unto  life  everlasting. 

17  Now  to  the  King  of  Igee,  immortal,  invisi- 
ble, the  only  (iod,  lie  honour  and  glorj  tor  eve* 
and  ever.      Ani'ii. 

18  This  pre*  (pt  I  commend  to  thee,  son  Timo- 
fchy,  according  to  the  prophecies  which  went  before 
on  thee,  that  thou  war  in  them  a  good  warfare, 

I!'  Having  faith  and  a  good  conscience,  which 
some  rejecting  have  made  shipwreck  concerning 
h  : 

'JO  Of  whom  is  Hymcncus  and  Alexander; 
whom  I  have  delivered'  to  >atau,  ihat  fhe\  may 
learn  not  to  blaspheme. 

CHAP.   H. 

Proper*  mrr  to  hr  tnia"  for  all  mm :  brrauf  Cod  trills  tkr  tal- 
wmtiom  ff  mlL     Womtn  arr  nnt  to  track. 

I  DESIRE,  therefore,  first  of  all,  that,  tanprica- 
■*-  tions,  prayers,  intercessions,  and  thanksgivings 
be  made  lor  all  men  : 

~   lor  kings,  and  for  all  who  are  in  high  Station. 
that  wp  mar  lead  a  quiet  and  a  peaceful  life,  in  all  I 
piety  and  chastity  : 


t.l->0»e  Immelf.  M  th*  annMlo  wntra  in  the  fbllnwint;  rrraa,  re- 
al \+*»\\  fmr  mU.  Hrwtlw  lU  m*,  m,*«m  who  .Umli  in  iws-d  at  no 
other  I*  rw-nmnvt,d  Ma  petition*  lo  ihr  Father.  Hut  lhi«  is  not 
— t  our  *sr long  the  prayer*  a*d  mtorccaaasn,  m  writ  a(  the  ' 

17  : 


3  For  this  is  good  and  acceptable  in  the  sight 
of  ( iod  our  Saviour, 

4  Who  will  base  all  men  to  be  suud,  and  to 
come  to  th-  knowledge  of  the  truth. 

6  For  there  is  one  (iod.  and  one  Mediator!-  ol 
God  and  men,  the  man  Christ  Jesus: 

6  W  ho  cava  himself  a  redemption  for  all,  a  tes- 
timony in  due  times; 

7  \\  hereunto  I  am  appointed  a  preacher  and  an 
apostle  (I  say  the  truth,  I  lie  not)  a  doctor  of  the 
( o  miles  in  faith  and  truth. 

II  1  will,  therefore,  that  men  pray  in  every  place, 
lifting  up  pure  hands,  without  anger  and  strife. 

9  In  like  manner  women  in  decent  apparel, 
adorning  themselves  with  modesty  and  sobriety, 
and  not  with  plaited  hair,  or  gold,  or  pearls,  or 
cosily  army ; 

10  Hut  as  it  hecometh  women  professing  piety, 
with  good  works. 

11  Let  the  woman  learn  in  silence,  with  all  sub 

jection. 

12  But  I  jHTtnit  not  a  woman  to  teach,  nor  to 
me  authority  over  the  man:  but  to  I**  in  silence. 

13  For  Adam  was  first  formed,  then  Eve: 

14  And  Adam  was  not  seduced:  but  the  woman, 
besag  seduced,  was  in  the  transgression. 

15  Yet  she  shall  lie  saved  by  hearing  children, 
if  she  continue  in  faith,  and  love,  and  sauctilka- 
tion  with  sobriety. 

CHAP.  III. 

It' hat  sort  of  mm  nrr  to  br  adnittrd  into  the  rlrrff.      The 
church  it  the  pillar  of  truth. 

\    FAITHFUL  Saying;:   If  a  man  desire  the  of- 
■**-   fioe  of  a  bishop,  he  desireth  a  good  work. 

2  It   hehoveth,  therefore,  a  bishop  to  be   blame- 
the  husband  of  one   w  ife,|   sober,    prudent,  of 

good  lxhaviour,  chaste,  given  to  hospitality,  ,i 
teacher, 

3  Not  given  to  wine,  no  striker,  hut  modest; 
not  litigious,  not  covetous,  but 

4  One  that  ruleth  well  his  own  house,  hating  his 
children  in  subjection  with  all  (hastily. 

5  But  if  a  man  know  not  how  to  rule  his  own 
house,  how  shall   he  take   care  of  the  church  of 

God 

6  Not  a  neophyte  ;§  lest,  being  puffed  up  with 
pride,  he  fall  into  the  judgment  of  the  devil. 

7  Moreover  he  must  have  a  good  testimony  from 
them  who  arc  without:  lest  he  fall  into  reproach,  and 
into  the  snare  of  the  devil. 

}'.  heaconsin  like  manner  chaste,  not  double- 
tongued,  not  given  to  much  vine,  not  greedy  of 
filthy  lucre: 

ful  anon  earth,  aa  of  the  mint,  and  amrrls  in  hearrn.  for  obtaining 
merry.  (Trace,  and  nakation.  tlimuirh  MM  ChriM  j  an  St.  Paul  him- 
aelf  often  deaired  the  help  of  the  pravera  of  th*  faithful,  without  any 
injury  to  the  madtatorahlp  of  Jcaua  Chafe 

t  0/»»#  wift.    The  meaning  ia  not  that  ererr  bitnop  ahould  hare  ■ 
wife  (for  8t.  Pan!  hmaelf  had  none;)  bat  that  no  one  ahoa Id  he  ad 
mittod  to  the  hoi*  order*  of  biahop,  prieal  or  deacon,  who  had  Um 
married  more  than  onra. 

t  J  mmfkfh.    That  m  one  latch  baptised,  a  young  coarert 


CHAP.  IV,  V. 


9  Holding  the  mystery  of  the  faith  in  a  pure  con- 
science. 

10  And  let  these  also  first  he  proved  :  and  so  let 
them  minister,  having  no  crime. 

1 1  The  women,  in  like  manner,  chaste,  not  de- 
tracting, soher,  faithful  in  all  things. 

12  Let  deacons  be  the  husbands  of  one  wife;  who 
rule  well  their  children,  and  their  own  houses. 

13  For  they  that  have  ministered  well  shall  pur- 
chase to  themselves  a  good  degree,  and  much  confi- 
dence in  the  faith,  which  is  in  Christ  Jesus. 

14  These  things  I  write  to  thee,  hoping  that  1 
shall  come  to  thee  shortly. 

15  But  if  I  tarry  long,  that  thou  mayest  know 
how  thou  OUghtest  to  behave  thyself  in  the  house  of 
God,  which  is  the  church  of  the  living  God,  the  pillar 
and  ground  of  the  truth.* 

16  And  evidently  great  is  the  mystery  of  piety, 
which  was  manifested  in  the  ilesh,  was  justified  in 
the  Spirit,  appeared  to  angels,  hath  been  preached  to 
the  Gentiles,  is  believed  in  the  world,  is  taken  up 
in  glory. 

CHAP.  IV. 

He  warns  him  against  heretics  ;  and  exhorts  him  to  the  exeriise 
of  piety. 

NOW  the  Spirit  manifestly  saith,  that  in   the 
last  times  some  shall  depart  from  the  faith, 
giving  heed  to  spirits  of  error,  and  doctrines  of  devils, 

2  Speaking  lies  in  hypocrisy,  and  having  their 
conscience  seared, 

3  Forbidding  to  marry,  to  abstain  from  meats, f 
w  Inch  God  hath  created  to  be  received  with  thanks- 
giving by  the  faithful,  and  by  them  that  have  known 
the  truth. 

4  For  every  creature  of  God  is  good,  and  nothing 
to  be  rejected  that  is  received  with  thanksgiving: 

5  For  it  is  sanctified  by  the  word  of  God  and 
prayer. 

6  Proposing  these  things  to  the  brethren,  thou 
shalt  be  a  good  minister  of  Christ  Jesus,  nourished 
up  in  the  words  of  faith  and  of  the  good  doctrine 
which  thou  hast  attained  to. 

7  But  avoid  foolish  and  old  wives'  fables  :  and 
exercise  thyself  to  piety. 

8  For  bodily  exercise  is  profitable  to  little :  but 

f>iety  is  profitable  to  all  things,  having  promise  of  the 
il'e  that  now  is,  and  of  that  which  is  to  come. 

9  A  faithful  saying,  and  worthy  of  all  accep- 
tation, 

10  For  hereunto  we  labour  and  are  reviled,  be- 
cause we  hope  in  the  living  God,  who  is  the  Saviour 
of  all  men,  especially  of  the  faithful. 

11  These  things  command  and  teach. 

12  Let  no  man  despise  thy  youth:  but  be  thou  an 

*  The  pillar  anil  ground  of  the  tndk.  Therefore,  the  church  of  the  Uvi7ig 
God  can  never  uphold  error,  nor  bring  in  corruptions,  superstition, 
nor  idolatry. 

t  Forbidding  to  marry,  lo  abstain  from  meats,  fyc.  He  speaks  of  the 
Givslics,  'he  Marcwniles,  the  Encratites,  (he  .flf<mt>/ieanj,  and  other  an- 
cient heretics,  who  absolutely  condemned  marriage,  and  the  use  of 
all  kind  of  meat ;  because  they  pretended  that  all  flesh  was  from  an 


example  of  the  faithful,  in  word,  in  conversation 
in  charity,' in  faith,  in  chastity. 

13  Till  I  come,  attend  to  reading,  to  exhortation 
and  to  doctrine. 

14  Neglect  not  the  grace  which  is  in  thee,  which 
was  given  thee  by  prophecy,  with  the  imposition  of 
the  hands  of  the  priesthood. 

15  Meditate  on  these  things:  be  wholly  in  these 
things ;  that  thy  proficiency  may  be  manifest  to  all. 

16  Attend  to  thyself  and  to  doctrine  :  be  earnest 
in  them :  for  in  doing  this  thou  shalt  both  save 
thyself  and  them  that  hear  thee. 

CHAP.  V. 

He  gives  him  lessons  concerning  widows  :  and  how  he  is  to  be- 
have to  his  clergy. 

AN  ancient  man  rebuke  not,  but  entreat  him  as 
a  father ;  young  men,  as  brethren ; 

2  Old  women,  as  mothers ;  young  women,  as 
sisters,  in  all  chastity. 

3  Honour  widows,  who  are  widows  indeed. 

4  But  if  any  widow  have  children,  or  grand-chil- 
dren, let  her  learn  first  to  govern  her  own  house, 
and  to  make  a  return  of  duty  to  her  parents :  for 
this  is  acceptable  before  God. 

5  But  she  that  is  a  widow  indeed,  and  desolate, 
let  her  hope  in  God,  and  continue  in  supplications 
and  prayers  night  apH  day. 

6  For  she  that  liveth  in  pleasures  is  dead  while  she 
is  living. 

7  And  this  give  in  charge,  that  they  may  bo 
blameless. 

8  But  if  any  man  have  not  care  of  his  own,  and 
especially  of  those  of  his  house,  he  hath  denied  the 
faith,  and  is  worse  than  an  infidel. 

9  Let  a  widow  be  chosen  not  under  threescore 
yearsof  age,  who  hath  been  the  wife  of  one  husband, 

10  Having  a  testimony  of  her  good  works,  if  she 
have  educated  children,  if  she  have  exercised  hos- 
pitality, if  she  have  washed  the  saints' feet,  if  she 
have  ministered  to  them  that  suffer  tribulation,  if 
she  have  diligently  follovyed  every  good  work. 

1 1  But  the  younger  widows  shun :  for  when  they 
have  grown  wanton  in  Christ,  they  will  marry  ; 

12  Having  damnation,  because  they  have  made 
void  their  first,  faith.  J 

13  And  withal,  being  idle,  they  learn  to  go  about 
from  house  to  house ;  not  only  idle,  but  tattlers 
also,  and  inquisitive,  speaking  things  which  they 
ought  not. 

14  I  will,  therefore,  that  the  younger  should 
marry,  bear  children,  be  mistresses  of  families,  give 
no  occasion  to  the  adversary  to  speak  evil. 

15  For  some  are  already  turned  aside  after  Satan. 

16  If  any  of  the  faithful  have  widows,  let  him 


evil  principle.  Whereas  the  church  of  God,  so  far  from  condemning 
marriage,  holds  it  a  holy  sacrament ;  and  forbids  it  to  none  but  such 
as  by  vow  have  chosen  the  better  part;  and  prohibits  not  the  use  o( 
any  meats  whatsoever  in  proper  times  and  seasons ;  though  she  doe» 
not  judge  all  kind  of  diet  proper  for  days  of  fasting  and  penance. 

f  Their  first  faith.    Their  vow,  by  which  they  had  engaged  them- 
selves to  Christ 

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1.  TO  TIMOTHY. 


relieve  them,  and  let  not  the  church  be  burdened; 
that  there  may  be  sufficient  tor  then  who  arc 
widows  indeed. 

17  Let  the  priest*  who  rule  well  Ik-  esteemed 
worth*  of  double  honour ;  especially  they  who  la- 
bour in  the  word  and  doctrii 

1'or  the  Scripture  saith:  Thou  shall  not  nni/.- 
sr.lt-  the  treadetli  out  the  corn.      And  :   Tlie 

lulxMirer  is    worthy  of  his  hire. 

I!*  Against  a  priest  receive  not  an  accusation, 
hut  under  two  or  three  witnesses. 

20  Them  that  sin  reprove  In  lore  all  ;  that  the 
rest  also  may  ha\r  I 

J I  I  charge  thee  before  God,  and  Christ  Jesus, 
and  the  eh  -.  that  thou  observe  these  things 

without  prejudice,  doing  nothing  by  declining  to 
either  side. 

Impose  not  hands  lightly  upon  any  man,  nei- 
ther Ik-  partaker  of  other  men's  sms.  Keep  th\s<lt 
chaste. 

23  Do  not  still  drink  water;  but  use  a  little  wine 
for  thy  stomach's  sake,  and  thy  frequent  infirmities. 

21  Some  nun's  sins  are  manifest,  going  before 
to  judgment :   and  some  men  they  follow  alter. 

25  Fn  like  manner  alio  good  deeds  are  manifest: 
and  they  that  arc  olhcrw  isc  cannot  be  hidden. 

CHAP.  VI. 

Duties  qf  servants.     The  danger  of  covetoutnet*.     Lettont  for 
the  rich. 

WHOSOEVER  are  servants  under  the  yoke, 
let  them  count  their  masters  worthv  of  all 
honour,  lest  the  name  and  doctrine  of  the  Lord  be 
,  Itemed. 
But  they  who  have  believing  masters,  let  them 
not  despise  them,  because  they  are  brethren  ;  bur 
serve  them  the  rather,  because  they  are  faithful  and 
U'loved,  who  are  p.irtakt  rs  of  the  benefit.  These 
things  teach  and  exhort. 

3  If  any  man  teach  otherwise,  and  consent  not  to 
the  sound  words  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  to 
that  doctrine  which  is  according  to  piety: 

4  He  is  proud,  knowing  nothing]  but  sick  about 
questions  and  strifes  of  words  :  from  which  arise  cu- 
ries, content  ions,  blasphemies,  e\il  suspicions. 

5  Conflicts  of  men  corrupted  in  mind,  ami  who 

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arc  destitute  of  the  truth,  esteeming  gain  to  be 

6  15ut  pietv  with  sufficiency  is  great  pain. 

7  For  we  Drought  nothing  into  this  world;  and 
certainly  we  can  carry  nothing  out 

8  Hut  having  food,  and  wherewith  to  be  covered* 
with  these  ire  are  content. 

9  For  the)  w  ho  would  become  rich,  fall  into  temp- 
tation, and  into  the  snare  of  the  devil,  ami  into  many 
unprofitable  and  hurtful  desires,  which  drown  nun 
in  destruction  and  perdition. 

10  For  covetousiu  ss  is  the  root  of  all  evils  j 
which  some  desiring,  have  erred  from  the  faith,  and 
ha\  e  entangled  themselves  in  many  sorrow  s. 

11  Hut  thou,  t)  man  of  God,  fly  these  things: 
and  pursue  justice,  piety,  faith,  charity,  patience, 
meekness. 

1 J  Fight  the  good  fight  of  faith:  lay  hold  on  eternal 
life,  w  hereunto  thou  art  called,  and  hast  confessed 
a  good  confession  before  many  witnesses. 

13  J  charge  thee  before  God,  who  quicaeneth  all 
things,  and  before  Christ  Jesus,  who  cave  testimony 
under  Pontius  Pilate,  a  good  confession  : 

14  That  thou  keen  the  commandment  without 
spot,  blameless,  unto  the  coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ: 

15  Which  in  his  times  he  shall  show\  who  is  the 
blessed  and  only  Mighty,  the  King  of  kings,  and 
Lord  of  lords : 

16  Who  only  hath  immortality,  and  inhahitcth 
light  inaccessible,  whom  no  man  hath  seen,  nor  can 
see;  to  whom  be  honour  and  empire  everlasting. 
Amen. 

17  Charge  the  rich  of  this  world  not  to  be  high- 
minded,  nor  to  hope  in  uncertain  riches,  but  in  the 
living  God  (who  giveth  us  abundantly  all  things  to 
enjov  j) 

1 8  To  do  good ;  to  be  rich  in  good  works ;  to  dis- 
tribute readily;  to  communicate  to  others; 

19  To  lay  up  in  store  for  themselves  a  good  foun- 
dation against  the  time  to  come,  that  they  may  ob- 
tain true  life. 

20  O  Timothy,  keep  that  which  is  committed  to 
thy  trust,  avoiding  the  profane  novelties  of  words, 
and  oppositions  of  knowledge  falsely  so  called, 

21  Which  some  promising,  have  erred  concern- 
ing the  faith      Grace  be  with  thee.    Amen. 


THE 


SECOND  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  PAUL 


TO  TIMOTHY. 


In  this  Epistle  the  apostle  again  instructs  and  admonishes  Ti- 
mothy  in  what  belonged  to  his  office,  as  in  the  former :  and 
also  warns  him  to  shun  the  conversation  of  those  who  had  erred 
from  the  truth,  describing  at  the  same  time  t/ieir  character.  He 
tells  him  of  lus  approaching  death,  and  desires  him  to  come 
speedily  to  him.  It  appears  from  this  circumstance,  that  he 
wrote  this  second  Epistle  in  the  time  of  his  last  imprisonment 
at  Rome,  and  not  long  before  his  martyrdom. 

CHAP.  1. 

He  admonishes  him  to  stir  up  the  grace  he  received  by  his  ordi- 
nation, and  not  to  be  discouraged  at  his  sufferings,  but  to  hold 
firm  the  sound  doctrine  of  the  gospel. 

PAUL,  an  apostle  of  Jesus  Christ,  by  the  will  of 
God,  according  to  the  promise  of  life  which  is 
in  Christ  Jesus : 

2  To  Timothy,  my  dearly  beloved  son,  Grace, 
mercy,  peace  from  God  the  Father,  and  from  Christ 
Jesus  our  Lord. 

3  I  give  thanks  to  God,  whom  1  serve  from  my 
forefathers  with  a  pure  conscience,  that  without  ceas- 
ing I  have  a  remembrance  of  thee  in  my  prayers,  night 
and  day, 

4  Desiring  to  see  thee,  being  mindful  of  thy  tears, 
that  I  may  be  filled  with  joy, 

5  Calling  to  mind  that  faith  which  is  in  thee  un- 
feigned, which  also  dwelt  first  in  thy  grandmother 
Lois?  and  in  thy  mother  Eunice,  and  I  am  certain 
that  in  thee  also. 

6  For  which  cause  I  admonish  thee,  that  thou 
stir  up  the  grace  of  God,  which  is  in  thee  by  the 
imposition  of  my  hands. 

7  For  God  hath  not  given  us  the  Spirit  of  fear, 
but  of  power,  and  of  love,  and  of  sobriety. 

8  Be  not  thou,  therefore,  ashamed  of  the  testi- 
mony of  our  Lord,  nor  of  me  his  prisoner :  but  la- 
bour with  the  gospel  according  to  the  power  of  God  : 

9  Who  hath  delivered  us,  and  called  us  by  his 
holy  calling,  not  according  to  our  works,  but  ac- 
cording to  his  own  purpose  and  grace,  which  was 
given  us  in  Christ  Jesus  before  the  times  of  the 
world. 

10  But  now  is  made  manifest,  by  the  illumina- 
tion* of  our  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  who  hath  indeed 
destroyed  death,  and  hath  enlightened  life  and  in- 
corrupt ion  by  the  gospel : 

11  In  which  I  am  appointed  a  preacher,  and  an 
apostle,  and  a  teacher  of  the  Gentiles. 

12  For  which  cause  I  also  suffer  these  th'ngs:  but 

*  By  the  illumination ;  that  is,  by  the  bright  coming  and  appearing 
•f  our  Saviour. 


I  am  not  confounded.  For  I  know  whom  I  have  be- 
lieved :  and  I  am  certain  that  he  is  able  to  keep  that 
which  I  have  committed  to  him,  against  that  day. 

13  Hold  the  form  of  sound  words,  which  thou 
hast  heard  from  me  in  faith,  and  in  the  love  which  is 
in  Christ  Jesus. 

14  Keep  the  good  deposited  in  trust  to  thee  by 
the  Holy  Ghost,  who  dvvelleth  in  us. 

15  Thou  knowest  this,  that  all  they  who  are  in 
Asia  are  turned  away  from  me  ;  of  whom  are  Phi- 
gellus  and  Hermogenes. 

16  The  Lord  give  mercy  to  the  house  of  Onesi- 
phorus :  because  he  hath  often  refreshed  me,  and 
was  not  ashamed  of  my  chain : 

17  But  when  he  was  come  to  Rome,  he  care- 
fully sought  me  out,  and  found  me. 

18  The  Lord  grant  to  him  to  find  mercy  of  the 
Lord  in  that  day.  And  how  many  things  he  minis- 
tered to  me  at  Lphesus,  thou  very  well  knowest. 

CHAP.  II. 

« 

He  exhorts  him  to  diligence  in  his  office,  and  patience  m  suffer- 
ings.    The  danger  of  tlie  delusions  of  heretics. 

nnHOU,  therefore,  mv  son,  be  strong  in  the 
-*-  grace  which  is  in  Christ  Jesus: 

2  And  the  things,  which  thou  hast  heard  from 
me,  before  manv  witnesses,  the  same  commend  to 
faithful  men,  who  shall  be  fit  to  teach  others  also. 

3  Labour  as  a  good  soldier  of  Christ  Jesus. 

4  No  man,  being  a  soldier  to  God,  entangleth 
himself  with  worldly  business ;  that  he  may  please 
him  to  whom  he  hath  engager!  himself. 

5  For  he  also  that  striveth  for  the  mastery,  is  not 
crowned,  except  he  strive  lawfully. 

6  The  husbandman,  who  laboureth,  must  first 
partake  of  the  fruits. 

7  Understand  what  1  say  :  for  the  Lord  will  give 
thee  understanding  in  all  things. 

8  Be  mindful  that  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  is  risen 
from  the  dead,  of  the  seed  of  David, according  to  my 
gospel, 

9  In  which  I  labour  even  unto  chains,  as  an  evil- 
doer :  but  the  word  of  God  is  not  bound. 

10  Therefore  I  suffer  all  things  for  the  sake  ot 
the  elect,  that  they  also  may  obtain  the  salvation, 
which  is  in  Christ  Jesus,  with  heavenly  glory. 

1 1  A  faithful  saying :  For  if  we  be  dead  with 
him,  we  shall  live  also  with  him : 

12  If  we  suffer,  we  shall  also  reign  with  him  :  If 
we  deny  him,  he  also  will  deny  us. 

181 


II.  TO  'IIMOTHY. 


1.1  \t  we  believe  not,  he  continucth  faithful  •  be 
himself. 

1  I  ( )i  these  things  |»ut  them  in  mind,  testifying 
the  Lord.  Contend  not  in  words:  for  it  u 
to  no  profit,  but  to  the  subversion  of  the  hearers. 

1  .">  Carefully  stud)  to  present  thyself  approved  unto 
i.  a  workman  thai  needeth  not  to  Ik-  ashamed, 

ill)  handling  liu   word  of  truth. 

lti  But  shun  profane  and  vain  speeches :  for  the j 
grow  much  towards  impietj  : 

17  And  their  speech  sureadeth  like  a  cancer;  of 
whom  art-  Hymeneus  and  l'hiletiis  ; 

l  .  Who  have  erred  from  the  truth,  saying  that 
the  resurn  i  tion  i>  past  already,  and  have  BU.bvert.ed 
the  faith  oi  son 

19  But  tin-  sure  foundation  of  G(hI  standeth  firm. 
having  this  seal:  The  Lord  knoweth  who  are  his: 
and  let  even  one  that  uameth  the  name  of  the  Lord 
depart  from  miquirjr. 

Mot  in  a  Lira!  house  there  are  not  only  vi 
of  told  and  of  silver,  bul  also  of  wood  and  Of  earth; 
■M  iorjie  indeed  unto  honour,  hut  MOM  unto  (fit* 
honour. 

21  It  an)  man,  then  fore, shall  cleanse  hiuwlf  from 
tins.-,  he  shall  Ik-  a  res*  I  unto  honour,  sanctified 
and  profitable  to  the.  Lord,  prepared  unto  eitt}  good 
work. 

IWil   flee  thou  \otithful  desires;   and   follow 
faith,  charity,  and  [>eace,  with  those  who  call 
on  tin  Lord  from  a  pun-  heart: 

\nd  avoid  foolish  and  unlearned  questions; 
knowing  thai  they  beget  strifes. 

J\  Mul  th«-  servant  of  the  Lord  must  not  wrangle, 
but  I*  gentle  towards  all  men,  tit  to  teach,  patient, 

With  modest)  admonishing  those  who  resist 
Uie  truth:  if  at  any  time  God  give  them  repentance 
to  know  the  truth, 

\iul  iliev  recover  themselves  from  the  snares 
of  the  devil,  by  whom  ihey  are  held  captives  at  his 
will. 

(II  VP.  III. 

The  r  hornet rr  of  heretics  of  latter  days  :  he  rxhnrii  Timothy  to 
•  me  p.     Of  Ihe  great  pnJU  of  the  knowledge  of  the 
lOturrt. 

KNOW  also  this,  that,  in   the   last  days,   shall 
come  dangerous  tim 

I    Men    shall   Ik-   loveTS   Of  themselves,  covetous, 
haui: lit >  |  proud.  lilas|.hemers,  disobedient  lo  parents, 
ill,  w  icki  il, 
Without  affection,  without  tM-ace,  slanderers, 
ineoutineiit.  unmerciful,  without  kindness, 

\   Traitors,  stubborn,  poind  up,  and  lovers  of 

pleasures  more  than  o|  ( Sod  ; 


n\m 


:anapi'  indeed,  of  pietr,  but  de- 

,    iwer  thereof.     Now  these  avoid  : 
>r  of  this  sort  are  tiny  who  creep  into  houses, 


I. 


The  BMgictao*  oi  king  FHaraoh. 
trt.     T.te-re  part  at  divine  Rr riptore  w  certain  W  "re- 
fer all  (heart  coda.     Bul  \t  we  would  hare  the  v*<m>   n. 
t*Mi-4l—  hiUi  »nd  prw'f*.  •*•*■>—*  »o*  be  Biulltjl  will,  ihoae  "■ 
i  whiok  TiraaUijr  taww  fnm  tit  «\/W»,  thai  it,  wiib  U.. 
i    : 


and  had  captives  sill)  women  loader)  w  ith  sins,  who 
are  led  aw  as  with  divers  desires: 

7  Always  learning,  and  never  attaining  to  the 
know  ledge  of  the  truth. 

8  Now  as  Jnnui's  and  Mainbres*  resisted  Mosi 
so  these  also   icsist   the  truth;  nun  corrupted   in 
mind,  reprobate  as  to  the  faith. 

9  Itut  they  shall  proceed  no  farther:  for  their  folly 
shall  lx-  manifest  to  all  as  theirs  also  w  a-. 

10  But  thou  hast  full)  known  mi  doctrine. man- 
ner Off  life,  purpose,  faith,  lom:-suffering.  line,  pa- 
tience, 

11  Persecutions,  afflictions;  men  mi  came  upon 

me  at  Autioch,  Icouiuin.  and  at  Lvstra;  what  per- 
secutions 1  endured,  and  mil  of  all  the  Lord  delivered 
inc. 

I  I  \nd  all  who  will  live  piously  in  Christ  Jcmis, 
shall  sutler  persecution. 

13  But'evil  men  and  seducers  shall  grow  worse 
and  worse;   erring,  and  driving  into  error. 

14  Mut  continue  thou  in  the  things  which  thou 
hast  learned,  and  which  have  la  en  Committed  to 
thee;   knowing  of  whom  thou  hast  learned. 

I")  And  bee: i use  from  thy  infant)  ihoti  hast 
known  the  holy  Scriptures,  which  can  instruct  thee 
unto  salvation,  through  the  faith  which  is  in  Christ 
Jesus. 

16  All  Seriprufpf  divinely  inspired,  is  profitable 
to  teach,  to  reprove,  to  correct,  to  instruct  injustice: 

17  That  the  man  of  God  ma\  he  perfect, furnished 
unto  every  good  work. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Hi*  charge  to  Timothy:  he  till,  him  of  kit  approaching  (Lath, 
and  ilmirrs  him  to  come  to  him. 

T  CHARGE  thee  before  God  and  Jesus  Christ, 
-*-  w  ho  shall  judge  the  living  and  the  dead,  by  his 
coming,  and  his  kingdom: 

2  J'nach  the  word,  be  instant  in  season,  out 
of  season,  reprove,  entreat,  rebuke  with  all  j«»- 
tience  and  doctrine. 

3  For  there  shall  be  a  time,  when  they  will  not 
l>car  sound  doctrine  ;  but  according  to  their  own 
desires  the)  will  heap  to  theinsehes  teachers,  haviug 
itching  ears} 

4  And  will  turn  away  indeed  their  hearing  from 
the  truth,  and  will  be  turned  to  fables. 

5  Mut  he  thou  vigilant;  labour  in  all  things;  do 
the  work  of  an  evangelist  ;t  fulfil  thy  ministry.  Be 
sober. 

6  Fori  am  even  now  ready  to  lie  sacrificed:  and 
the  time  of  my  dissolution  is  at  hand. 

7  I  have  fbughl  S  good  fight;  1  have  finished  my 
course;  1  have  kept  the  faith 

8  For  the  rest,  there  is  laid  Dp  for  me  a  crown 
of  justice,  which  the  Lord  the  just  Judge  will 
render  to  me  at  thatdav  ;  and  not  to  me  only,  but  to 


Testament  alone ;  nor  jet  with  toe  New  Testament,  without  talcing 
along  w  ill.  it  the  tnulitH.ii»  of  the  apoatlcv  ami  the  interpretation  of 
the  «  ban  h.  to  which  the  apostle*  delivered  both  the  book,  tiki  tU 
true  meaning  of  it. 

I  .In  EtmnfthU,  a  diligent  preacher  of  Ihe  gospel 


CHAP.  I. 


them  also,  who  love  his  coming.  Make  haste  to  come 
speedily  to  me. 

9  For  Demas  hath  left  me  loving  this  world,  and 
is  gone  to  Thessaloniea; 

10  Crescens  into  Galatia;  Titus  intoDalmatia. 

11  Only  Luke  is  with  me.  Take  Mark,  and 
bring  him  vvitli  thee  :  lor  he  is  useful  to  me  for  the 
ministry. 

12  But  Tychicus  1  have  sent  to  Ephesus. 

13  The  cloak,  which  1  left  at  Troas  with  Carpus, 
when  thou*  contest,  bring  with  thee,  and  the  books, 
especially  the  parchments. 

14  Alexander  the  copper-smith  hath  done  me 
many  evil  tilings:  the  Lord  will  render  to  him  ac- 
cording to  his  works ; 

15  Whom  do  thou  also  avoid  ;  for  he  halh  greatly 
opposed  our  words. 

16  At  my  fust  defence  no  man  stood  with  me; 


but  all   forsook  me:    may  it  not  be  laid  to  their 
charge. 

17  But  the  Lord  stood  by  me,  and  strengthened 
me,  that  by  me  the  preaching  may  be  accomplished, 
and  that  all  the  Gentiles  may  hear:  and  1  was  deli- 
vered from  the  mouth  of  the  lion. 

18  The  Lord  hath  delivered  me  from  every  evil 
work  ;  and  will  preserve  me  unto  his  heavenly 
kingdom;  to  whom  be  glory  forever  and  ever.  Amen. 

19  Salute  Prisca  and  Aquila,  and  the  household 
of  Onesiphorus. 

20  Erastus  remained  at  Corinth.  And  Trophi- 
mus  I  left  sick  at  Miletus. 

21  Make  haste  to  come  before  winter.  Eubulus, 
and  Pudens,  and  Linus,  and  Claudia,  and  all  the 
brethren,  salute  thee. 

22  The   Lord  Jesus  Christ  be  with  thy  spirit 
Grace  be  with  you.     Amen. 


THE  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  PAUL 


TO  TITUS. 


St.  Paul  having  preached  the  faith  in  the  Island  of  Crete,  he 
ordained  his  beloved  disciple  and  companion  Titus  bishop, 
and  left  him  there  to  finish  the  work  which  he  had  begun. 
Afterwards  the  apostle,  on  a  journey  to  Nicnpolis,  a  city 
of  Macedonia,  wrote  this  Epistle  to  Titus ;  in  which  he 
directs  him  to  ordain  bishops  and  priests  for  the  different  cities, 
showing-  him  the  principal  qualities  necessary  for  a  bishop  ; 
also  gives  him  particular  advice  for  his  own  conduct  to  hisjlock, 
exhorting  him  to  hold  to  strictness  of  discipline,  but  seasoned 
with  lenity.  It  was  written  about  thirty-three  years  after  our 
Lord's  Ascension. 


Some  men  are  to  be 


CHAP.  I. 

What  kind  of  men  he  is  to  ordain  priests, 
sharply  rebuked. 

PAUL,  a  servant  of  God,  and  an  apostle  of 
Jesus  Christ,  according  to  the  faith  of  the  elect 
of  God,  and  the  acknowledging  of  the  truth,  which 
is  according  to  piety: 

2  Unto  the  hone  of  life  everlasting,  which  God, 
who  lieth  not,  hath  promised  before  the  times  of  the 
wo;  Id  : 

3  But  hath  in  due  times  manifested  his  word 
through  preaching,  which  is  committed  to  me  ac- 
cording to  the  commandment  of  God  our  Saviour: 

4  To  Titus  my  beloved  son,  according  to  the 
common  faith,  grace  and  peace  from  God  the  Fa- 
ther, and  from  Christ  Jesus  our  Saviour. 

5  For  this  cause  I  left  thee  in  Crete,  that  thou 
shouldest  set  in  order  the  things  that  are  wanting,  and 
shouldest  ordain  priests  in  every  city,  as  I  also  ap- 
pointed thee: 

6  If  any  be  without  crime,  the  husband  of  one 


wife,*  having  faithful  children,not  accused  of  luxury, 
nor  disobedient. 

7  For  a  bishop  must  be  without  crime,  as  the 
steward  of  God ;  not  proud,  not  subject  to  anger,  not 
given  to  wine,  no  striker,  not  greedy  of  filthy  lucre  ; 

8  But  given  to  hospitality,  gentle,  sober,  just,  holy, 
continent, 

9  Embracing  that  faithful  word  which  is  accord- 
ing to  doctrine:  that  he  may  be  able  to  exhort  in 
sound  doctrine,  and  toconvince  the  gainsayers. 

10  For  there  are  also  many  disobedient,  vain 
talkers,  and  seducers;  especially  they  who  are  of  the 
circumcision  : 

11  Who  must  be  reproved,  who  subvert  whole 
houses,  teaching  things  which  they  ought  not,  for 
filthy  lucres'  sake. 

12  One  of  them,  a  prophet  of  their  own,  said: 
The  Crctians  are  always  liars,  evil  beasts,  slothful 
bellies. 

13  This  testimony  is  true :  wherefore  rebuke  them 
sharply,  that  they  may  be  sound  in  the  faith, 

14  Not  attending  to  Jewish  fables,  and  com- 
mandments of  men,  that  turn  themselves  away  from 
the  truth. 

15  All  things  are  clean  to  the  clean  :  but  to  the 
defiled,  and  the  unbelievers,  nothing  is  clean;  but  both 
their  mind  and  their  conscience  are  defiled. 

16  They  confess  that  they  know  God,  but 
in  their  deeds  they  deny  him;  being  abominab'e, 
and  incredulous, and  to  every  good  work  reprobife. 


*  Of  one  wife.     Sec  the  note  upon  1  Tim.  iii.  2. 
183 


TO  PHILEMON. 


CHAP.    II. 


Horn  ken  to  instruct  botk  old  and  pmtng.    The  duty  of  tervantt 
The  Ckrittian'i  rule  of  hfe. 

BIT  Ipeai  thou  tin-  tilings  that  become  sound 
doCtlUM)  : 
I  hat  tl\t   aged   men  lie  tober,  chaste,  prurient, 
sound  in  faith,  in  charity,  in  patience  : 

wniiii  ii.  in  like  manner,  in  boly  attire, 
not  til-  i         given  to  much  wine,  teaching 

well: 

4  That  they  may  teach  the  young  women  pru- 
dence, to  lore  tluir  husbands,  to  love  tbeil  chil- 
riren, 

l*o  l»<*  ilia  iber,  having  ;i  care  ol 

the  house,  gentle,  obedient  to  their  huthaarft,  that 
the  word  of  Cod  be  not  blasphemed. 

G  Young  men  in  like  manner  exhort  to  be 
tober. 

7  In  all  things  show  thyself  an  example  of  good 
works  in  doctrine,  in  integrity,  in  grunt-., 

$ound  speech,  unblameable :    that  he,  who  is 
on  the  contrarv  part  mav    be  alrairi,  having  no  evil 

\     lit    lis. 

'.'  Exhort  servants  to  lie  obedient  to  tluir  masters, 
in  all  things  pleasing,  not  contradicting. 

In  Not  defrauding,  l>ut  in  all  things  showing  good 
fidelity:  that  they  mav  adorn  the  doctrine  of  Cod 
our  Saviour  in  all  things. 

11  For  the  (race  of  God  our  Saviour  hath  ap- 
peared to  all  iih  ii, 

19  Intfructing  us.  that  renouncing  impiety,  and 
worldly  desires,  we  should  live  toberty,  and  justly, 
and  piously  in  this  world, 

I . !  Waiting  for  the  Messed  hope,  and  coining  of 
the  glory  of  the  great  ( iod,  and  our  Saviour  JetUS 
(  hrist  : 

I  V  Who  gave  himself  for  us,  that  he  might  re- 
deem us  from  all  iniquity,  and  purity  unto  himx  If 
a  people  acceptable,  pursuing  good  works. 

lo  Tliese  things  sin-ak  and  exhort;  and  rebuke 
with  all  authority.     Let  no  man  despise  th 


Other  offender!  are  judged,  and  cait  out  of 
I  of  Uwpaaton  of  the  (ame  church.  Here- 


CHAP.  HI. 


Other  instruction*  and  direction*  for  life  and  doctrine 

AD.Mt  )NlSll  them  to  be  subject  to  princes,  and 
powers;   to   obey  at  a  word;  to  be  ready  to 
tvirv  good  work : 

To  speak  evil  of  no  man.  not  to  In-  litigious, 
but  modest,  show  ins  all  mildness  towards  all  men. 
.'>    lor  we  ourselves  also  were  sometime  unwise, 
incredulous,   erring,   slaves    to    divers  desires   and 


ileasures,  living  in  malice  and  envy,  hateful,  and 
hating  one  another. 

4  Hut  when  the  goodness  and  kindness  of  our 
Saviour  (iod  ap|>eared  : 

5  Not  b\  theworksol  justice,  which  we  have  done, 
but  according  to  his  mercy  lie  saved  us.  by  the  lav  it 
of  regeneration,  ami  renovation  of  the  Holv  (ihost. 

6  vV  horn  he  hath  pound  forth  upon  us  ahun- 
dantlv,  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Saviour: 

7  1  hat  being  justified  by  his  grace,  we  mav  be 
heirs  according  to  the  hope  of  life  everlasting. 

8  It  is  a  faithful  saving:  and  of  these  things  I 
will  have  thee  to  affirm  earnestly;  that  they  who  be- 
lieve in  Cod  may  be  careful  to  excel  in  good  works. 
These  things  are  good  and  profitable  to  men. 

9  But  avoid  foolish  questions,  and  genealogies, 
and  contentions,  and  strivings  about  the  law:  lor 
they  are  unprofitable  and  vain. 

10  A  man  that  is  a  heretic,  after  the  first  and 
second  admonition,  avoid  : 

1  1  know  ing  that  he  that  is  such  a  one,  is  subverted 
and  sinneth,l>emg  condemned  by  his  own  judgment.* 

12  When  I  shall  send  to  thee,  Artemas  or  Tjchi- 
cus,  make  haste  to  come  to  me  to  Nicopolis :  for 
there  1  have  determined  to  winter. 

13  Send  forward  Zenas  the  lawyer,  and  Apollo, 
carefully,  that  nothing  be  wanting  to  them. 

14  And  let  our  men  also  learn  to  excel  in  good 
works  for  necessary  uses:  that  they  be  not  unfruitful. 

15  All  that  are  with  me.  salute  thee:  salute  them 
that  love  us  in  the  faith.  The  grace  of  God  be  with 
you  all.     Amen. 


tica,  more  unhappy,  run  out  of  the  church  of  Iheir  own  accord  ;  and 
bjr  >o  doing,  fire  judgment  and  sentence  against  Ibeir  own*  loula. 


THE  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  PAUL 

TO  PHILEMON. 


Thii  *wr.*,  a  noble  ttHu*  <f  CJnstec.  had  a  iterant  nameo 
0*r«mi  »,  who  robbed  kirn,  and  fled  to  Rome,  irkrrr  hr  met 
A.  I'»i  i  .  who  mat  then  a  prisoner  there  the  fret  time. 
The  apostle  took  compassion  on  him,  and  rerrired  htm  with 
tenderness,  and  etmrerted  him  to  the  faith  :  for  he  was  a 
tirnlilr  br  f  •  •  \7.  Paul  tends  him  bark  to  hit  matter  with 
this  P.pittle  in  kit  faromr  :  and  though  he  betrtektt  Philemon 
*•  pardon  him,  pet  the  apottlr  trritt s  trith  becoming  dignity 
and  authority       U  tomtmins   divert  projltuble   instruction*  ; 

I    l 


ana  point*  out  inc  cnarity  and  humanity  that  masters  tkould 
kare  for  tkeir  tenant*. 


lie  commend*  Ike  faith  and  chanty  of  Vhilrmon  :  and  sends  back 
to  kirn  kit  fugitive  trrrant,  trhom  he  had  converted  in  prison. 

1>  ML,  a  prisoner  of  Christ  JesOS,  and  Timothy 
-■-  (Mir  brother  ;  to  Philemon  our  beloved  anil 
fellow  -labourer, 


CHAP.  I. 


2  And  to  Appia  our  dearest  sister,  and  to  Ar- 
chippus  our  fellow-soldier,  and  to  the  church  which 
is  in  thy  house. 

3  Grace  to  you,  and  peace  from  God  our  Father, 
and  from  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

4  1  give  thanks  to  my  God,  always  making  a  re- 
memhrance  of  thee  in  my  prayers, 

5  Hearing  of  thy  charity  and  faith,  which  thou 
hast  in  the  Lord  Jesus,  ancl  towards  all  the  saints : 

b'  That  the  communication  of  thy  faith  may  he 
made  evident  in  the  acknowledgment  of  every  good 
work,  which  is  in  you  through  Christ  Jesus. 

7  For  I  have  had  great  joy  and  consolation  in 
thy  charity  :  because  the  bowels  of  the  saints  have 
been  refreshed  by  thee,  brother- 

8  Wherefore,  though  I  might  have  much  confi- 
dence in  Christ  Jesus  to  command  thee  that  which 
is  to  the  purpose  : 

9  For  charity's  sake  I  rather  beseech,  thou  being 
such  a  one,  as  Paul  the  aged,  and  now  also  a  pri- 
soner of  Jesus  Christ : 

10  I  beseech  thee  for  my  son  Onesimus,  whom 
J  have  begotten  in  my  chains, 

11  Who  heretofore  was  unprofitable  unto  thee, 
but  now  profitable  both  to  me  and  to  thee. 

12  Whom  I  have  sent  back  to  thee.  And  do 
thou  receive  him  as  my  own  bowels : 

13  Whom  I  would  have  detained  with  me,  that 
for  thee  he  might  have  ministered  to  me  in  the 
bands  of  the  gospel : 


14  But  without  thy  counsel  1  would  do  nothing ; 
that  thy  good  deed  might  not  be  as  it  were  of  ne- 
cessity, but  voluntary. 

15  For  perhaps  he,  therefore,  departed  for  a  sea- 
son from  thee,  that  thou  mightest  receive  him  lor 
ever : 

16  Not  now  as  a  servant,  but  instead  of  a  servant, 
a  most  dear  brother,  especially  to  me:  but  how  much 
more  to  thee,  both  in  the  flesh,  and  in  the  Lord? 

17  If,  therefore,  thou  count  me  a  partner,  receive 
him  as  myself: 

lb*  And  if  he  hath  Wronged  thee  in  any  thing,  or 
is  in  thy  debt,  put  it  to  my  account. 

19  I  Paul  have  written  with  my  own  hand:  1 
will  repay  it :  not  to  say  to  thee,  that  thou  owest 
me  thy  own  self  also. 

20  Yea,  brother ;  may  I  enjoy  thee  in  the  Lord  : 
refresh  my  bowels  in  the  Lord. 

21  Trusting  in  thy  obedience,  I  have  written  to 
thee ;  knowing  that  thou  wilt  also  do  more  than 
I  say. 

22  But  withal  prepare  me  also  a  lodging  :  for  I 
hope  that  through  your  prayers  I  shall  be  given  unto 
you. 

23  Epaphras,  my  fellow-prisoner  in  Christ  Jesus, 
salutes  thee, 

21  Marcus,  Aristarchus,  Demas,  and  Luke,  my 
fellow-labourers. 

25  The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  be  with 
your  spirit.     Amen. 


THE  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  PAUL 


TO  THE  HEBREWS. 


S*.  Paul  wrote  this  Epistle  to  the  Christians  in  Palestine,  the 
most  part  of  whom  being  Jews  before  their  conversion,  they 
were  called  Hebrews.  He  exhorts  them  to  be  tkonffify  con- 
verted and  confirmed  in  the  faith  of  Christ,  clearly  showing 
them  the  pre-eminence  of  Christ's  priesthood,  above  the  Levi- 
tical,  and  also  the.  excellence  of  the  new  law  above  the  old.  He 
commends  faith  by  the  example  of  the  ancient  fathers ;  and 
exhorts  them  to  patience,  and  perseverance,  and  to  remain  in 
fraternal  charity.  It  appears,  from  chap.  xiii.  that  this  Epis- 
tle was  written  in  Italy,  and  probably  at  Rome,  about  twenty- 
nine  years  after  our  Lord's  Ascension. 

CHAP.  I. 

Cod  spoke  of  old  by  the  prophets,  but  now  by  his  Son,  who  is  in- 
comparably greater  than  the  angels. 

#^J.OD  having  spoken  on  divers  occasions,  and 
^~*  many  ways,  in  times  past,  to  the  fathers  by 
'Jie  prophets:  last  of  all, 

2  In  these  days  hath  spoken  to  us  by  his  Son, 

The  fi fiirt,  xdpdtrijp,  that  is,  the  express  image,  and  most  perfect 
resemblance. 

Aa 


whom  he  hath  appointed  heir  of  all  things,  by  whom 
also  he  made  the  world  : 

3  Who  being  the  splendour  of  his  glory,  and  the 
figure*  of  his  substance,  and  upholding  all  things 
by  the  word  of  his  power,  making  purgation t  of 
sins,  sitteth  on  the  right  hand  of  the  majesty  on  high : 

4  Being  made  so  much  better  than  the  angels, 
as  he  hath  inherited  a  more  excellent  name  above 
them. 

5  For.  to  which  of  the  angels  hath  he  said  at  any 
time:  Thou  art  my  Son,  this  day  have  I  begotten 
thee?  And  again:  I  will  be  to  him  a  Father;  and  he 
sha/1  ne  to  me  a  Son  ? 

6  And  again,  when  he  introduceth  the  first  be- 
gotten into  the  world,  he  saith:  And  let  all  tht 
angels  of  God  adore  him. 

7  And  to  the  angels  indeed  he  saith :  He  that 


t  Making  purgation.     That  is,  having  pureed  away  our  sius  by  lit* 
passion. 

185 


,,  spirits;  and  his 


ad  eth  hi 

But  to  the  Son,  Thy  tlinm.     <>  >  >udi  «  I '"' 

I.  i  ever  and  <v.  r  :  .1   »  is  tne  soep- 

1  ilr.  kingdom. 

9  llii.u  Ii.im  lot « .1  just* .  .and  bated  annuity :  ihere- 

i,  mUi  niiomu-d  thee  wilhlheotlol 

n  llial  arc  i».n  i.ik.  rs  w  itti  thee. 

|0    \  ,  .     I  .11.  111  die  beginning,  O  l.oi.l,  bast 

futuul.il  tin-  euitit:    and   the  hcuv.  M  an    the  works 

oi  thy  bands. 

11  Tli.v  shall  perish,  but  thou  shall  continue  ; 
and  1I1.  \  shall  all  grow  old  as  a  garment : 

12  \  shall  thou  change  them  ;  and 
tin •»  d:  Ixit  Uiou  art  the  sell-same; 
ami  thv   wars  shall  not  tail. 

1.1  which  oi  (he  angels  said   lit-  at  any 
ti. in-:   Sit  on  my   right  hand,  until   1  make  thy   ene- 

lill-    s    tllV      |(H»l>llM>l  ' 

I  I  \r<  the)  not  all  ministering  spirits,  sent  to 
minister  for  these,  who  shall  receive  the  inheritance 
ot   salvation  .' 


TO  THE  HEBREWS 

aflame 


TV 


CHAP.  II. 

ion  0/  the  precept m  of  the  Son  of  God  it  far  more 
thorn  if  thou  of  the  Old  iettament  given  by  an- 


THEREFOHF  ought  we  more  diligently  to  ob- 
serve the  things  which  we  have  heard;   lest  at 
any  time  we  should  let  them  slip. 

or  if  the  word,  s]ioken  by  the  angels,  became 

steadfast,  and  ever}  transgression  and  disobedience 

ived  a  just  reeom|icn.se  of  reward: 

;{   How  shall  we  escape,   if  we  neglect  so  mat 

salvation-  which  bavins   begun  to   Ik-  declared   by 

tin-  Lord,  wasc(»ilirmidtous.  h\  1  hem  that  heard  Aim. 

4  God   also   bearing  them  witness  by  signs  and 
..I.  rs,  and  divers  miracles,  and  gifts  of  the  Holy 

Ghost  according  to  his  own  will. 

5  For  (iod  hath  not  put  in  subjection  to  the  an- 
c.N  the  world  to  come,  of  which  we  •peak. 

li  Itut  one  in  a  certain  place  hath  testified,  sa)  in-  : 
What  is  111111,  that  thou  art  mindful  of  him.'  or  the 
Son  of  man,  thai  thou  visitest  him? 

7  Thou  hast  made  him  a  little  less  than  the  an- 
gels; thou  hatt  crow  mil  him  M  itli  glorv  and  honour: 
an. I  hast  set  him  over  the  works  ot  tin   hands. 

8  Thou  hast  put  all  things  in  subjection  under 
his  feet.  For  m  that  he  subjected  all  things  to  him, 
he  It-It  nothing  not  subject  to  him.     Hut  now 

not  as  ui  all  things  subject  to  him. 

1>    Hut    we    s.c    JetUS,    who    was    made   a    little 

less  than  the  angels,  for  the  suffering  of  death, 
crowned  with  glory  and  honour:  that  through  the 
gra  -I  he  might  taste  death  for  all. 

Id    For  it  liecame  him,  for  whom  are  all  things. 
ami  b)  whomurr  all  things,  who  hail  brought  man v 
children  into  g!..rv.  tn  make  the  author  of  their 
u  |*rfect  In 

Prrfftl  i*  -ifft'T+g      Il»   •.iif.-nii*,  Chri.t  arm*  lo  rnl«r    into   l.i» 


-  r trftrt  kf  t^ffermg       H»   »u»«-nn«r. 
(lory,  I.U.  xtn.  *6  wUic*  IS*  apoMl  • 


>».ll    Iktt  rallt,  U-mic  nu.li-  perfect. 
IM 


11  For  both  he  who  sanctified^  and  they  who 
are  sanctified,  art  all  from  one.  For  which  cause 
he  is  not  ashamed  lo  call  them  brethren,  saving : 

I J  I  will  declare  thy  name  to  niv  biethun:  in 
the   midst  of   the   church  I    will  praise  thee. 

IJ  \.ul  again:  1  will  put  my  trust  in  him  :  Aid 
1. am:  Heboid,  I,  and  my  children,  w hum  God  halh 
gn.n  in 

1  I  Forasmuch  then  as  the  cbildn  11  w  ere  partakers 
of  flesh  and  bltxid,  he  also  himself  in  like  manner 
paitotik  of  the  same:  that,  through  death,  he  might 
destroy  him  w  ho  had  the  empire  of  death,  thai  is 
to  say,  the  devil  ; 

lo  And  might  deliver  tin  in, who,  through  the  f<  ar 
of  death  were  all  their  life-time  subject  to  slavcrv. 

1G  For  nowhere  doth  lief  take  hold  of  the  angels: 
I  ut  of  the  seed  of  Abraham  he  taketh  hold. 

17  Wherefore  it  behoved  him  in  all  things  to  be 
made  like  to  his  brethren,  that  he  might  become  a 
merciful  and  faithful  high-priest  with  God,  to  make 
reconciliation  for  the  sins  of  the  people. 

18  For  in  that,  wherein  be  himself  hath  suffered 
and  Ix-en  tempted,  he  is  able  to  succour  those  also, 
w  ho  are  tempted. 

CHAP.  III. 

Chritt  is  more  txcrllrnt  than  ]\fores:  and  therefore  «r  mutt  adhere 
to  him  by  faith  and  obedience. 

\17"HEREF0RE,  holy  brethren,  partaken  of 
"™     the  heavenly  vocation,  consider  the  apostle 
and  high-priest  of  our  profession  Jesus: 

2  Who  is  faithful  to  him  who  appointed  him,  as 
was  also  Moses  in  all  his  house. 

3  For  this  man  was  counted  worthy  of  more 
glory  than  Moses,  by  so  much  as  be  who  hath  built 
the  house,  bath  more  honour  than  the  house. 

4  For  every  house  is  built  by  some  man:  but  he 
who  created  all  things,  is  God. 

6  And  Moses,  indeed*  was  faithful  in  all  his  house 
as  a  st  rvant,  for  a  testimony  of  those  things  which 
were  to  be  spoken  : 

6  Hut  Christ  as  a  Son  in  his  own  house  :  which 
house  are  we,  if  we  retain  a  linn  confidence  and  the 
glory  of  hope  unto  the  end. 

7  Wherefore,  as  the  Holy  Ghost  saith :  To-day 
if  MM  shall  hear  his  voice. 

8  Harden  not  your  hearts,  as  in  the  provocation, 
in  the  daj  of  temptation  in  the  desert: 

9  When  your  lathers  tempted  me,  proved,  and 
and  saw   my  works, 

10  Forty  years:  for  which  cause  I  was  offended 
with  this  generation;  and  I  said:  They  alwavs  err 
in  heart:  and  thev  have  not  known  iny  wavs. 

11  As  1  have  sworn  in  my  wrath:  If  they  shall 
enter  into  my  rest. 

1 1  'lake  heed,  brethren,  lest  then  hfl  in  any  oi 
you  an  evil  heart  of  unlit  lief,  to  depart  from  die 
living  (Jod  : 

13  Hut  exhort  one  another  every  day,  whilst  to- 


f  AWIm  Jotk  kt,  iff.     That  i»,  ho  nerrr  took  ujion  bim  the  tutu-* 
ot  »iik<  W,  but  lUkl  <4  tbcienl  of  Abraham. 


CHAP.  IV,  V,  VI. 


day  is  named ;  lest  any  one  of  you  be  hardened  by 
the  deeeitfulness  of  sin. 

14  For  we  are  made  partakers  of  Christ:  yet  so 
if  we  hold  the  beginning  of  his  substance  firm  unto 
the  end. 

15  While  it  is  said:  To-day  if  you  shall  hear  his 
voic«  h:irdcii  not  vour  hearts,  as  in  that  provocation. 

16  For  sonic  who  heard  did  provoke;  but  not  all 
who  came  out  of  Egypt  by  Moses. 

17  And  with  whom  was  he  offended  forty  years  ? 
Was  it  nor  with  those  who  sinned,  whose  carcasses 
were  laid  in  the  desert? 

18  And  to  whom  did  he  swear  that  they  should 
not  enter  into  his  rest,  but  to  them  who  were  in- 
credulous ? 

19  And  we  see  that  they  could  not  enter  in, 
because  of  incredulity. 


The  Christian's  rest 


CHAP.  IV. 

we  are  to  enter  into  it  through  Jesus 
Christ. 

LET  us,  therefore,  fear,  lest  perhaps  forsaking 
the  promise  of  entering  into  his  rest,  any  of 
you  be  thought  to  be  wanting. 

2  For  to  us  also  it  hath  been  declared  as  well  as 
to  them:  but  the  word  of  hearing  did  not  profit 
them,  not  being  mixed  with  a  faith  of  those  things 
which  they  heard. 

3  For  we  who  have  believed,  shall  enter  into  rest; 
as  he  said:  As  I  have  sworn  in  my  wrath:  If  they 
shall  enter  into  my  rest :  and  this  when  the  works 
from  the  foundation  of  the  world  were  finished. 

4  For  in  a  certain  place  he  spoke  of  the  seventh 
day  thus:  And  God  rested  the  seventh  day  from  all 
his  works. 

5  And  in  this  place  again:  If  they  shall  enter  into 
my  rest. 

6  Seeing  then  it  remaineth  that  some  are  to  enter 
into  it,  and  they,  to  whom  it  was  first  preached,  did 
not  enter  in  because  of  incredulity  : 

7  Again  he  limiteth  a  certain  day,  saying  in  Da- 
vid: To-day,  after  so  long  a  time,  as  it  is  above 
said :  To-day  if  you  shall  hear  his  voice;  harden  not 
your  hearts. 

8  For  if  Jesus*  had  given  them  rest,  he  would 
never  have  afterwards  spoken  of  another  day. 

9  There  remaineth,  therefore,  a  rest  for  the  peo- 
ple of  God. 

10  For  he  who  is  entered  into  his  rest,  he  also 
hath  rested  from  his  own  works,  as  God  from  his. 

11  Let  us  hasten,  therefore,  to  enter  into  that 
rest;  lest  any  man  fall  into  the  same  example  of  in- 
credulity. 

12  For  the  word  of  God  is  living  and  effectual, 
and  more  penetrating  than  any  two-edged  sword; 
and  reaching  unto  the  division  of  the  soul  and  the 
spirit,  of  the  joints  also,  and  the  marrow,  and  is 
a  discerner  of  the  thoughts  and  intents  of  the 
heart. 

13  Neither  is  there  any  creature  invisible  in  his 


sight :  but  all  things  are  naked  and  open  to  the  eyea 
of  him,  to  whom  our  speech  is. 

14  Having,  therefore,  a  great  high-priest  who 
hath  penetrated  the  heavens,  Jesus  the  Son  of  God; 
let  us  hold  fast  our  confession. 

15  For  we  have  not  a  high-priest,  who  cannot 
have  compassion  on  our  infirmities ;  but  one  tempted 
in  all  things  like  as  we  are,  yet  without  sin. 

16  Let  us  go,  therefore,  with  confidence  to  the 
throne  of  grace;  that  we  may  obtain  mercy,  and 
find  grace  in  seasonable  aid. 

CHAP.  V. 

The  office  of  a  high-priest.     Christ  is  our  high-priest. 

T^  OR  every  high-  priest  taken  from  among  men, 
J-  is  appointed  for  men  in  the  things  that  appertain  to 
God,  that  he  may  offer  up  gifts  and  sacrifices  forsins : 

2  Who  can  have  compassion  on  them  who  are 
ignorant,  and  err:  because  he  himself  also  is  encom- 
passed with  infirmity: 

3  And,  therefore,  he  ought?  as  for  the  people,  so 
also  for  himself,  to  offer  for  sins. 

4  Neither  doth  any  man  take  the  honour  to  him- 
self, but  he  that  is  called  by  God?  as  Aaron  was. 

5  So  also  Christ  did  not  glorify  himself  to  be 
made  a  high-priest:  but  he  that  said  to  him:  Thou 
art  my  Son,  this  day  have  I  begotten  thee. 

6  As  he  saith  also  in  another  place:  Thou  art  a 
priest  for  ever,  according  to  the  order  of  Melchisedech : 

7  Who  in  the  days  of  his  flesh,  offering  up  prayers 
and  supplications,  with  a  strong  cry  and  tears,  to 
him  that  was  able  to  save  him  from  death,  was 
heard  for  his  reverence. 

8  And  whereas,  indeed,  he  was  the  Son  of  God,  he 
learned  obedience  by  the  things  which  he  suffered: 

9  And  being  consummated,  he  became  the  cause 
of  eternal  salvation  to  all  that  obey  him, 

10  Called  by  God  a  high-priest  according  to  the 
order  of  Melchisedech. 

1 1  Of  whom  we  have  great  things  to  say,  and 
hard  to  be  intelligibly  uttered:  because  you  are  be- 
come weak  to  hear. 

12  For  whereas  for  the  time  you  ought  to  be  mas- 
ters; you  have  need  to  be  taught  again  what  are  the 
first  rudiments  of  the  word  of  God:  and  you  are  be- 
come such  as  have  need  of  milk,  and  not  of  solid  food. 

13  For  every  one,  that  is  a  partaker  of  milk,  is 
unskilful  in  the  word  of  justice :  for  he  is  alittle  child. 

14  But  solid  food  is  for  the  perfect,  for  those  who 
by  use  have  their  senses  exercised  to  the  discerning 
of  good  and  evil. 

CHAP.  VI. 

He  warns  them  of  the  danger  of  falling  by  apostary  ;  and  too- 
horts  them  to  patience  and  perseverance. 

WHEREFORE,  leaving  the  word  of  the  be- 
ginning* of  Christ,  let  us  go  on  to  things  more 
perfect,  not  laying  again  the  foundation  of  penance 
from  dead  works,  and  of  faith  towards  God, 

2  Of  the  doctrine  of  baptisms,  and  of  imposition 


:  Jettu     Josue,  who  iu  Greek  is  called  Jesus. 


f  T'«  word  of  the  beginning- 
I  duclriue. 


The  first  rudiments  of  the  Christian 
1fi7 


CHAP 

of  hands,  and  tin*  r.  siirrcction  of  the  dead,  and  of 
eternal  ji i' lament. 

\ikI  llis  we  will  tin.  if  (iod  willjiertiiit. 
\   I  or  it  i>  iiii|.<.vmIiIi-*  lor  those,  wlm  were 0SKJS 
enlightened,  Ii.i  .  also  the  heavenlv  cut.   and 

wen-  made  partakers  til  the  llolv   (ihost, 

.  Have  ii i. >i <  < >\ < -i  tasted  t hi-  good  word  of  God, 
and  the  power*  ol  tin-  world  to  come, 

6  Anil  an-  fallen  awav  :  to  Im-  renewed  again  unto 
1*ii. in.  •  -,  crucifying  .icon  to  themselves  the  Son  ol 
God,  and  irak'uaa  mo<ker\  oi  him. 

7  I  ..i  the  earth  thai  driuketh  in  the  rain  which 
comcth  often  ii|K>n  it,  and  bringeth  forth  herbs  use- 
ful for  I  hem  by  whom  it  is  tilled,  receivcth  blessing 
from  (  hhI. 

8  Km  tint  which  bringeth  forth  thorns  and  briars. 
i«  rejected,  and  ver)  near  to  a  curse,  whose  end  is 
to  Im-  burnt. 

'.'  But,  my  dearly  In-loved,  we  tru-t  better  tilings 
of  >•  lean-r  to  sab  at  ion;  though  we  thnss|M-ak. 

It)  For  (knI  is  not  unjust,  thai  he  should  forget 
your  work,  and  the  hue  which  you  haw  shown  in 
his  name,  you  who  hive  miuistered,  and  do  minis- 
ter to  the  saints. 

11  And  we  desire  that  every  one  of  you  should 
show  forth  the  same  can-fulin *•  to  the  accomplish- 
ing of  hope  unto  the  end: 

12  I'h  it  you  become  not  slothful,  but  followers 
of  them,  who  through  faith  and  patience  shall  in- 
herit the  promises. 

13  For  God  making  a  promise  to  Abraham,  be- 
cause he  had  no  one  greater  by  whom  he  might 
■wear,  swore  bv  himself, 

1  V  Say  ing  :  I  nless  Messing  !  will  bless  thec,  and 
multiplying  I  will  multipl)  thee. 

!.">  And  so  after  he  had  patiently  endured,  he 
obtained  the  promise. 

16  For  men  swear  by  one  greater  than  them- 
selves; and  an  oath,  lor  conformation,  is  the  end 
of  all  their  controversy. 

17  Wherein  God  meaning  more  abundantly  to 

show    to  the  heirs  of  the   promise  the  immutability 
of  his  counsel,  interposed  an  oath: 

18  That  l>\  two  immutable  things,  in  which  it  is 
impossible  for  (  Sod  to  Up  w .  m  ,\  have  the  strongi  si 

ifort,  who  hare  fled  for  refuge,  to  hold  fast 
the  hope  set  before  n*: 

I'.'  Which  we  have  as  an  anchor  of  the  ■ottl^anre 
and  linn,  and  which  entereth   e\en  within  the   treil, 

.ii  \\  hcr>-  the  fure-mmi'  r  Jesna  is  entered  for  us. 
made  a  hidt-pricst  for  ever  according  to  the  order 
of  Melchisedech. 

CUM'.  VII. 

Tkepric.-  <'kri>t,  ac  curding  to  the   order  of  M'lchif- 

derk,rsrrl»  Ikr  Iswitical  prirtt hood,  and  putt  amend  both  to 
(An/,  and  t a  the  lav. 

T^OH  this  Mel.  Ium  decli,  king  of  Sal.  in,  priest  of 

-*-   the  most  high  God,  who  in.  t  Abraham  return- 


M  bare  Cal 


let      Tha  meaninr  ».  t.n  H  i.  imftri  U  tor  ntrh 
aJtefbaattMav,  tobaarun  baptued     »rvl   ear*  I.  rd  f..r 


•rttoi  froaa  Ik*  faith,  ilUr  ba*inar  rereieni  Batny 
mgmia  to  Hm  happy  stale  fr  m  which  Uk-j  fctt. 


VII. 

ing  from  the  slaughter  of  the  kings,  and  blessed 
him  : 

J  To  whom  also  Abraham  divided  the  tilh.-s  of 
all:  who  indeed  fir-t  In  interpretation  is  king  of 
justice,  and  then  also  king  of  Salem,  that  is,  king 
of  peace, 

0  Without  father. t  without  mother,  without  ge- 
nealogy, having  neither  beginning  of  days,  nor  end 
of  life,  but  likened  unto  the  Son  of  (.iod,  continu- 
eth  a  priaM  for  ever. 

4  Now  consider  bow  great  this  man  is,  to  whom 
also  Abraham  the   patriarch   -ave  tithes  out  of  the 

chief  things 

6  And  indeed  they  of  the  sons  of  Levi,  who  re- 
c.hedthe  priesthood,  have  a  commandment  totake 
tithes  ol  the  people  according  to  the  law,  that  is,  of 
their  brethren;  though  they  themselves  also  came 
oiii  of  the  loins  of  Abraham. 

6  But  he,  whose  pedigree  is  not  numl>ercd  among 
them,  received  tithes  of  Abraham,  and  blessed  him, 
who  had  the  promises. 

7  And  without  all  contradiction,  that  which  is 
less,  is  blessed  by  the  better. 

8  And  here,  indeed,  men  who  die,  receive  tit  lit  i: 
hut  there  it  is  witnessed,  that  be  livcth. 

9  And  (as  it  may  be  said)  e\cn  Levi,  who  re- 
ceived tithes,  paid  tithes  by  Abraham  : 

10  For  he  was  y et  in  the  loins  of  his  father,  when 
Melchisedech  met  him. 

1 1  If  then  perfection  were  by  the  Levitical  priest- 
hood, (for  under  it  the  jicople  received  the  law) 
what  further  need  was  there  that  another  priest 
should  rise  according  to  the  order  of  Melchisedech. 
and  not  Ik*  called  according  to  the  order  of  Aaron  r 

12  For  the  priesthood  being  translated,  it  is  ne- 
cessan  that  a  translation  also  be  made  of  the  law  . 

13  For  he,  of  whom  these  tilings  are  spoken,  is 
of  another  tribe,  of  which  no  one  gave  attendance 
at  the  altar. 

14  For  it  is  evident  that  our  Lord  sprung  out  of 
Juda:  in  which  tribe  Moses  spoke  nothing  concern- 
ing priests.  _ 

1")  And  it  is  yet  far  more  evident;  if  according 
to  the  similitude  of  Melchisedech  there  arise  an- 
oiher  pri.  m, 

lb'  Who  is  made  not  according  to  the  law  of  a 
carnal  commandment,  but  according  to  the  pow.  r 
of  an  indissoluble  life  : 

17  For  he  testiheth:  Thou  art  a  priest  for  ever, 
according  to  the  order  of  Melchisedech. 

lb1  There  ia  verily  an  abrogation  of  the  former 
commandment,  for  the  weakness  and  onprofhable- 

ll<  ns  thereof: 

19  For  the  law  brought  nothing  to  perfection,  but 
an  introduction  of  a  better  hope,  by  which  we  ap- 
proach to  God. 

1  And  in  a»  much  as  it  is  not  without  an  rath, 
(for  the  others  indeed  were  made  priests  wiihout 
an   oath: 

1  II.U.M.I  fmtkrr.  tec  \..l  1 V ... t  be  hail  Do  father,  tr.  hut  ll.nl  nei- 
ther In.  rather,  iwr  hi»  pedigree,  nor  hi*  birth,  nor  bit  death,  are  we\ 
down  in  Scripture. 


CHAP.  VIII,  IX. 


21  But  this  with  an  oath,  by  him  that  said  to 
him  :  The  Lord  hath  sworn,  and  he  will  not  repent: 
thou  art  a  priest  lor  ever :) 

22  By  so  much  is  Jesus  made  a  surety  of  a 
tatter  testament. 

23  And  the  others,  indeed,  were  made  many 
priests,*  because,  by  reason  of  death,  they  were 
not  suffered  to  continue  : 

24  But  this,  for  that  he  continueth  for  ever,  hath 
an  everlasting  priesthood. 

25  Whereby  he  is  able  also  to  save  for  ever  them 
that  come  unto  God  by  himself;  always  living  to 
make  interccssionf  for  us. 

26  For  it  was  fitting  that  we  should  have  such  a 
high-priest,  holy,  innocent,  undeliled,  separated  from 
sinners,  and  made  higher  than  the  heavens: 

27  Who  needeth  not  daily,  as  other  priests,  to 
offer  up  sacrifices  first  for  his  own  sins,  and  then 
for  the  people's:  for  this  he  did  once,  by  offering 
up  himself. 

28  For  the  law  maketh  men  priests,  who  have 
infirmity:  but  the  word  of  the  oath,  which  is  after 
the  law,  the  Son  who  is  perfected  for  evermore. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

More  of  the  excellence  of  the  priesthood  of  Christ ;  and  of  the 
New  Testament.' 

TVTOW  of  the  things  spoken,  the  sum  is:  We  have 
-J- '  such  a  high-priest,  who  is  set  on  the  right  hand 
of  the  throne  of  majesty  in  the  heavens, 

2  A  minister  of  the  Holies, J  and  of  the  true 
tabernacle,  which  the  Lord  hath  pitched,  and  not 
man. 

3  For  every  high-priest  is  appointed  to  offer  gifts 
and  sacrifices:  wherefore  it  is  necessary  that  he 
also  should  have  something  to  offer  : 

4  If  then  he  were  on  earth,§  he  would  not  be  a 
priest ;  seeing  there  would  be  others  who  should 
offer  gifts  according  to  the  law? 

5  Who  serve  unto  the  example  and  shadow  of 
heavenly  things.  ||  As  it  was  answered  to  Moses, 
when  he  was  to  finish  the  tabernacles :  See  (saith  fie) 
that  thou  make  all  things  according  to  the  pattern 
which  was  shown  thee  on  the   mount. 

6  But  now  he  hath  obtained  a  better  ministry, 
by  how  much  also  he  is  the  mediator  of  a  better 
testament,  which  is  established  on  better  promises. 

7  For  if  that  first  had  been  faultless,  there  should 
not,  indeed,  a  place  have  been  sought  for  a 
second. 

8  For,  finding  fault  with  them,  he  saith:  Behold 

*  Many  priests,  Sfc.  The  apostle  notes  this  difference  between  the 
high-priests  of  the  law,  and  our  high-priest  Jesus  Christ;  that  they 
being  removed  by  death,  made  way  for  their  successors :  whereas  our 
Lord  Jesus  is  a  priest  for  ever,  and  hath  no  successor ;  but  liveth 
and  concurreth  for  ever  with  his  ministers,  the  priests  of  the  new 
testament,  in  all  their  functions.  2dly,  That  no  one  priest  of  the  law, 
nor  all  of  them  together,  could  offer  that  absolute  sacrifice  of  ever- 
lasting redemption,  which  our  one  high-priest  Jesus  Christ,  has  offer- 
ed once,  and  for  ever. 

i  Make  intercession.  Christ,  as  man,  continually  maketh  interces- 
sion for  us,  by  representing  his  passion  to  his  Father. 

t  The  Holies;  that  is,  the  sanctuary. 

\  If  then  he  were  on  earth,  4[C      Thai  it    if  he  were  not  of  a  higher 


the  days  shall  come,  saith  the  Lord,  when  I  will 
make  a  new  testament  with  the  house  of  Israel,  and 
with  the  house  of  Juda: 

9  Not  according  to  the  testament,  which  1  made 
to  their  fathers,  on  the  day  when  I  took  them  by  the 
hand  to  lead  them  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt:  for  they 
continued  not  in  my  testament:  and  I  regarded  them 
not,  saith  the  Lord. 

10  For  this  is  the  testament  which  I  will  make 
to  the  house  of  Israel,  after  those  days,  saith  the 
Lord  :  I  will  give  my  laws  into  their  mind;  and  I 
will  write  them  in  their  heart :  and  I  will  be  their 
God;  and  they  shall  be  my  people: 

1 1  And  they  shall  not  teach  every  man  his  neigh- 
bour,Tl  and  every  man  his  brother,  saying;  Know  the 
Lord  :  for  all  shall  know  me  from  the  least  to  the 
greatest  of  them  : 

12  Because  I  will  be  merciful  to  their  iniquities : 
and  their  sins  I  will  remember  no  more. 

13  Now  in  saying  a  new,**  he  hath  made  the 
former  old.  And  that  which  decayeth  and  groweth 
old,  is  near  its  end. 

CHAP.  IX. 

The  sacrifices  of  the  law  were  far  inferior  to  that  of  Christ. 

^T^HE  former,  indeed,  had  also  justifications  of 
-*-  worship,  and  a  worldly  sanctuary. 

2  For  the  first  tabernacle  was  made,  wherein 
were  the  candlesticks,  and  the  table,  and  the  setting 
forth  of  loaves,  which  is  called  the  Holy. 

3  And  after  the  second  veil,  the  tabernacle,  which 
is  called  the  Holy  of  Holies: 

4  Having  the  golden  censer,  and  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  covered  about  on  every  part  with  gold,  in 
which  was  the  golden  urn  that  had  manna,  and 
the  rod  of  Aaron  that  had  blossomed,  and  the  tables 
of  the  testament. 

5  And  over  it  were  the  cherubims  of  glory,  over- 
shadowing the  propitiatory;  of  which  it  is  not  need- 
ful to  speak  now  particularly. 

6  Now  these  tilings  being  thus  ordered:  into  the 
first  tabernacle  the  priests  indeed  always  entered, 
accomplishing  the  offices  of  the  sacrifices: 

7  But  into  the  second,  the  high-priest  alone,  once 
a  year;  not  without  blood,  which  he  offereth  for  his 
own,  and  the  people's  ignorance: 

8  The  Holy  Ghost  signifying  this,  that  the  way 
into  the  sanctuary  was  not  yet  made  manifest,  whilst 
the  former  tabernacle  was  yet  standing. 

9  Which  is  a  parable  of  the  time  then  present; 
according  to  which  gifts  and  sacrifices  are  offered, 

condition  than  the  Levitical  order  of  earthly  priests,  and  had  not 
another  kind  of  sacrifice  to  offer,  he  should  be  excluded  by  them 
from  the  priesthood,  and  its  functions,  which  by  the  law  were  appro- 
priated to  their  tribe. 

||  Who  serve  unto,  fyc.  The  priesthood  of  the  law  and  its  functions 
were  a  kind  of  an  example,  and  shadow,  of  what  is  done  by  Christ  in 
his  church  militant,  and  triumphant,  of  which  the  tabernacle  was  a 
pattern. 

H  They  shall  not  teach,  fyc  So  great  shall  be  the  light  and  grace  of 
the  new  testament,  that  it  shall  not  be  necessary  to  inculcate  to  the 
faithful  the  belief  and  knowledge  of  the  true  God,  for  tbey  shall  all 
know  him. 

**  .d  new  :  supply,  covenant. 

189 


TO  THE  HEBREWS. 


winch  cannot,  as  to  th*  conscience,  make  him  perfect 
thai  serveth.only  in  meats  and  in  drinks, 

IM  And  tli\  ers  w  ashing*,  and  justifications  of  the 
flesh,  laid  on  llu  in  until  the  time  of  correction.* 

11  Hut  Chris!  being  present  a  high-priest  of  the 
good  things  to  come,  t>\  a  greater  and  more  perfect 
tabernacle  not  made  with  hands,  that  is,  not  of  this 
creation  : 

\1  Neither  by  the  blood  of  poata,  or  of  calves.  In  it 
by  his  own  Mood,  entered  once  into  the  Sanctuary, 
having  obtained  eternal  redemption. f 

13  For  if  the  blood  of  go  it*  and  of  oven,  and  the 

ashes  of  a  heifer  being  sprinkled,  sanctify  such  ;is 
are  defiled,  to  the  cleansing  of  the  flesh: 

14  I  low  much  more  shall  the  Mood  of  Christ, 
who,  through  the  Holj  Ghost,  offered  himself  with- 
out s|M>t  to  God,  cleanse  our  conscience  from  dead 
work*,  to  serve  the  living  <  iod  ? 

15  And,  therefore,  he  IS  the  .Mediator  of  the  new 

testament;  thai  by  means  of  Ids  death,  tor  the  re- 
demptkm  of  those  tt  nions,  which  were  under 

the  former  testament,  they  who  are  called  may  re- 
ceive the  promise  of  eternal  inheritance. 

1<;  For  where  there  is  a  testament,  the  death  of 
the  testator  must  of  me.  ssitv  intervene. 

1 7  For  a  testament  is  offeree,  after  men  are  dead ; 
otherwise  it  is  not  yet  of  force,  whilst  the  testator 
livcth. 

18  Whereupon  neither  was  the  first,  indeed,  dedi- 
cated without  Mood. 

1!»  For  a  ben  every  commandment  of  the  law  had 
been  read  In    Moses  to   all  the    people,  he   took  the 

Mood  of  calves  and  goats,  with  water  and  scarlet 
Wool  and  hyssop;  and  sprinkled  both  the  lx>ok  itself 
and  all  the  people. 

20  Savins:  This  's  the  M<x>d  of  the  testament, 
which  God  hath  enjoined  unto  yon. 

_M    The  tabernacle  also,  and  all  the  visaed  of  the 

ministry,  in  like   in  inner,  he  sprinkled  with  blood. 

\inl  almost  all  things,  according  to  the  law, 

are  cleansed  With  blood:  and  without  the  shedding 

of  blood,  there  is  no  n  mission. 

h  is  necessary,  therefore,  that  the  patterns  of 
heavenh  thingjs  shonld  M-  cleansed  with  these:  but 
the  beavcnlj  things  themselves  w  ith  better  sacrifices 

than    tli' 

2  \  For  Jesus  hath  no!  entered  Into  the  holy  places 
made  with  hinds,  the  patterns  of  the  true ;  but  into 
heaven  itself,  thai  he  rmrj  appear  now  in  the  pre- 
sence of  ( Iod  lor  us  : 

\i.r  mi  ill  n  he  should  offer  himself  often, t 
;h  the  hiah-iHTesl  entercth  into  the  holy  placet  every 
m  ii  with  the  Mood  of  others: 

26  For  th<n  lie  ooghl  to  have  suffered  often  from 
In   beginning  of  the  world  :  but  now  once  at  the 

•  Of  fmetum    s'u.  when  (  liml  ihonld  correct  and  »<  III.- all  Ihinjrv 
f  Ettrntl  fiJrmylw*.     Il\  thai  "lie  tarn  lire  i.f  In-  III  • 
on  ll  .n*i  mir  l.ord  paid   and  exhibited,  onoe   for  all.  the 

■  Mini  price  and  raoaotn  of  all  mankind ;   which  do  other 

J  Offer  kimttlf  often.     f  hri«l  »hall  never  more  offer  liiinvlf  in  nci- 

fire,  i  I   I.In.Iv    ii »■- .    nor  <  .m    ll..  n-    l»- 

'.at  ocw  men;'  e  noon  Ike  croM,  he  has 
fnrniiMiil  lb*  full  ranaotn,  redemption,  au-l  remedy,  far  *il  the  mu  o. 

IM 


end  i  he  hath  appeared  for  the  destruction  of 

sin,  bv   ibe  saeiiliee  o|  himself. 

a!  and  as  it  is  ap|>ointed  for  men  once  to  die, 
and  alter  this  the  judgment  : 

2K  So  ;iImi  (  in  ist  was  ofti  red  once  to  exhaust^ 
the  sins  of  main  :  the  second  tune  he  shall  appear 
without  sin  to  them  that  expert  him,  unto  salvation. 

CHAP.  \ 

llrcmtur  of  the  iiuujirirnru  of  the  aarrificta  of  the  law,  Chrui, 

our  kii,'/i-prit*t,  thid  hit  own  UihhI for  us,  ifftring  up  nurefor 
nil  thr  tm  rijirr  uf  our  redemption.  Ht  exhorts  them  to  jierie- 
vrrtinri-. 

Ft  )ll  the  law  haviim  a  shadow  of  the  good  thin. 
come,  not  the  ven    image  ol  the  things,  ran 
never  with  thosi  sacrifices,  which  they  offer 

continually  even  viar.  make  the  ((imers  thereunto 
perfect : 

2  Eor  then  they  would  ba\e  erased ||  to  l>e  offer* 
ed:  because  the  worshippers  once  cleansed  should 
have  no  Conscience  of  sin  any  longer: 

3  Rut  in  them  there  is  made  a  remembrance  of 
sins  even  >ear. 

4  Tor  it  is  impossible  that  with  the  blood  of  oxen 
and  coals  sins  should  be  taken  away. 

6  Therefore,  coming  into  the  world,  be  saith :  Sa- 
crifice and  oblation  thou  wouldest  not:  but  a  body 
thou  hast  fitted  to  me: 

(!    Holocausts  tor  sin  did  not  please  thee. 

7  Then  said  I:  Heboid,  1  come:  in  the  head  of 
the  book  it  is  written  of  me,  that  I  should  do  thy 
w.ll.O  God. 

8  In  saying  before:  Sacrifices,  and  oblations,  and 

holocausts   tor   sin.  thou   wouldest    not,  neither  are 

they  pleasing  to  thee,  which  arc  offi  red  according 
to  the  law, 

9  Then  said  I :   Rehold,  I  come  to  do  thy  will,  O 

God:  he  taketh  away  the  first,  that  heaanj  esta- 
blish that  w  Inch  follow  eth. 

10  Bj  the  which  will,  we  are  sanctified  bj  the 

oblation  of  the  bodv  of  JcsUS  Christ  once. 

11  And  every  priest,  indeed,  standeth  daily  mi- 
nistering, and  often  offering  the  same  sacrifn  i  s, 
which  can  never  lake  awav  sins: 

I  J  Rut  he.  offering  one  sacrifice  for  sins,  forever 
sitteth  on  the  right  hand  of  ( iod, 

13  From  henceforth  expecting  until  his  enemies 

Im-  made  his  foot-stool. 

I  i  I  or  bv  one  oblation  he  hath  perfected  forever 
them  that  are  sanctified. 

I")    And  the  Holy  (ihost  also  doth   tcstifv  this  to 

ii*.    For  after  thai  be  bad  said: 

1G  And  this  is  the  testament,  which  I  will  make 
unto  them  after  those  davs.  saith   the   Lord,   giving 

the  world,     lint  fell  IhimI.ti  not  that  lie  may  offer  hnnvlf  daily  in  tba 

mjmmim   m   an  nbtuodj    manner,  fur  the  daily  application 

..I   thai  mi"  "i  In  uiir  »oul».  I 

I  To  rxkoust.  Tint  iv  to  rmntr  or  draw  on!  to  the  »ery  bottom,  by  a 

plentiful  and  perfect  redemi  ' 

||  Tkejr  troulit  kmtctmmrd.     If  the*   had   been  of  thcmoclrea  perfect, 
lo  all  tat  mi<  ut«  of  redemption  and  n  liriatH  death  m, 

.-i.mi  .»f  v.  often  rrpcalinr  th 
there  it  uo  occasion  for  ChritlS  dj  ing  any  more  for  our  tint. 


CHAP.  XI. 


my  laws  in  their  hearts,  and  in  their  minds  I  will 
\\  rite  them  : 

17  Ami  their  sins  and  iniquities  I  will  remember 
no  more. 

1 8  Now  where  there  is  a  remission  of  these,  there 
/s  do  more  an  oblation  for  sin.* 

19  Having,  therefore,  brethren,  a  confidence  in 
the  entering  into  the  sanctuary  by  the  blood  of 
Christ, 

20  A  new  and  living  way,  which  he  hath  dedicated 
for  us  through  the  veil,  that  is  to  say,  his  flesh, 

21  And  a  high-priest  over  the  house  of  Cod  : 

22  Let  us  draw  near  with  a  true  heart  in  fulness 
of  faith,  having  our  hearts  sprinkled  from  an  evil  con- 
science, and  our  bodies  washed  with  clean  water, 

23  Let  us  hold  fast  the  confession  of  our  hope 
without  wavering  (for  he  is  faithful  who  hath  pro- 
mised,) 

24  And  let  us  consider  one  another  to  provoke 
unto  charity  and  to  good  works  : 

25  Not  forsaking  our  assembly,  as  some  are  ac- 
customed, but  comforting  one  another,  and  so  much 
the  more  as  jou  see  the  day  approaching. 

2G  For  if  we  sin  wilfully  f  alter  having  received 
the  knowledge  of  the  truth,  there  is  now  left  no  sa- 
crifice for  sins, 

27  But  a  certain  dreadful  expectation  of  judg- 
ment, and  the  rage  of  a  fire,  which  shall  consume 
the  adversaries. 

28  A  man  making  void  the  law  of  Moses,  dieth 
wiihout  any  mercy  under  two  or  three  witnesses  : 

29  How  much  more,  do  you  think,  he  deserveth 
worse  punishments,  who  hath  trodden  under  foot  the 
Son  ot  God,  and  hath  esteemed  the  blood  of  the 
testament  unclean,  with  which  he  was  sanctified, 
and  hath  offered  an  affront  to  the  Spirit  of  grace? 

30  For  we  know  him  who  hath  said :  itevenge 
belonged)  to  me,  and  I  will  repay.  And  again:  The 
Lord  shall  judge  his  people. 

31  It  is  a  dreadful  thing  to  fall  into  the  hands  of 
the  living  Cod. 

32  But  call  to  mind  the  former  days,  wherein, 
being  illuminated,  you  sustained  a  great  conflict  of 
afflictions, 

33  And  on  the  one  part,  indeed,  by  reproaches 
and  tribulations  made  a  spectacle;  and  on  the  other 
part,  became  companions  of  them  that  lived  in  that 
manner. 

3i  For  you  both  had  compassion  on  those  who 
were  in  chains,  and  received  with  joy  tin  plundering 
of  your  goods,  knowing  that  you  have  a  better 
and  permanent  substance. 

33  Do  not,  therefore,  lose  your  confidence,  which 
hath  a  great  reward. 

36  tor  patience  is  necessary  for  you;  that,  doing 
the  will  ot  Cod,  you  may  receive  the  promise. 


*  There  is  no  more  on  oblation  for  sin:  where  (here  is  a  full  remis-km 
of  sins,  as  in  baptun,  then;  is  no  more  occasion  lor  a  sin  offering  to  be 
made  for  sue  i  sins  already  remitted  :  aD<!  as  for  sins  committed  after- 
wards, they  can  only  be  remitted  in  virtue  of  the  one  oblaliou  of 
Christ1!  death. 

f  If  we  nn  wilfully.  lie  speaks  of  the  sin  of  wilful  apostacy  from  the 
known  truth  ,  atici  which,  as  wc  cannot  be  baptized  again,  we  camv' 


37  For  yet  a  little  while,  and  he  that  is  to  come, 
will  come,  and  will  not  delay. 

38  But  my  just  one  liveth  by  faith:  but  if  he  with- 
draw himself,  he  shall  not  please  my  soul. 

39  But  we  are  not  the  children  of  withdrawing 
unto  perdition,  but  of  faith  to  the  salvation  of  the 
soul. 

CHAP.  XI. 

What  faith  is:  its  wonderful  fruits  and  piracy,  demonstrated  i* 
tkf  fathers. 

NOW  faith  is  the  substance  of  things  hoped  for, 
the  conviction  of  things  that  appear  not. 

2  For  by  this  the  ancients  obtained  a  testimony. 

3  By  faith  we  understand  that  the  world  was 
framed  by  the  word  of  God ;  that  from  invisible  things, 
visible  things  might  be  made. 

4  By  faith  Abel  offered  to  God  a  sacrifice  exceed- 
ing that  of  Cain,  by  which  he  obtained  a  testimony 
that  he  was  just,  God  giving  testimony  to  his  gifts; 
and  by  it  he  being  dead,  yet  speaketh. 

5  By  faith  Henoch  was  translated,  that  he  should 
not  see  death:  and  he  was  not  found,  because  God 
had  translated  him  :  for  before  his  translation  he  had 
testimony  that  he  pleased  God. 

^  6  But  without  faith  it  is  impossible  to  please  God. 
For  he  thatcomethtoGod,  must  believe  that  he  is,  and 
is  a  rewarder  of  them  that  seek  him. 

7  By  faith  Noe  having  received  an  answer  con- 
cerning those  things  which  as  yet  were  not  seen, 
moved  with  fear,  framed  the  ark  for  the  saving  of  his 
fSmily,  by  which  he  condemned  the  world ;  and  was 
instituted  heir  of  the  justice  which  is  by  faith. 

8  By  faith  he  that  is  called  Abraham, J  obeyed, 
to  go  out  into  a  place  which  he  was  to  receive  for  an 
inheritance  :  and  he  went  out,  not  knowing  whither 
he  went. 

9  By  faith  he  dwelt  in  the  land  of  promise,  as  in 
a  strange  country,  dwelling  in  cottages,  with  Isaac 
and  Jacob,  the  heirs  with  him  of  the  same  pro- 
mise. 

10  For  he  looked  for  a  city  that  hath  founda- 
tions ;  whose  builder  and  maker  is  God. 

1 1  By  faith  also  Sara  herself,  being  barren,  re- 
ceived strength  to  conceive  seed,  even  past  the  time 
of  age:  because  she  believed  that  he  was  faithful 
who  had  pron  i>ed. 

12  For  which  cause  there  sprung,  even  from  one 
(and  him  utterly  decayed)  as  the  stars  of  heaven  in 
multitude,  and  as  the  sand  which  is  by  the  sea- 
shore, innumerable. 

13  All  these  died  according  to  faith,  not  having 
received  the  promises,  but  beholding  them  afar  off", 
and  saluting  them,  and  confessing,  that  they  are  pil- 
grims and  strangers  on  the  earth. 


expect  to  have  that  abundant  remission  of  sins,  which  Christ  pur. 
chased  by  his  death,  applied  to  our  souls  in  that  ample  manner  as  it 
is  in  baptism  :  but  we  have  rather  all  manner  of  reason  to  look  for  a 
dreadful  judgment;  the  more,  because  apostates  from  the  known 
truth  seldom  or  never  have  the  grace  to  return  to  n. 

|  He  that  is  called  Mraham:  or,  Abraham  being  called. 

191 


TO  THE  HEBREW*. 


1  »  For  they  that  say  these  things,  do  signify  that 


tin  v  seek  a  country 

U 


15  And  truly  it  they  had  been  mindfulof  that  from 
whence  they  (.aim-  out,  they  had  doubtless  time  to 
return. 

16  But  now  tluv  derive  a  latter,  that  is  to  say,  a 
heavenlv  one.      Therefore   Cod  is  nut  ashamed  to 

ailed  their  Citnl :  lor  he  hath  prepared  lor  them  I 
city. 

17  By  faith  Abraham,  when  he  was  tried,  olVcrcd 

Isaac:    and  he  who  had    received  the  promises, 
offered  up  his  only  begotten  son: 

18  To  whom  it  was  said:  That  in  Isaac  shall 
Seed  I*'  called  to  the.  : 

19  Accounting,  thai  Cod  is  able  to  raise  up  even 
from  the  dead  :  Irom  whence  also  he  received  him 
for  a  parable.* 

20  By  faith  also  Isaac  blessed  Jacob  and  Esau 
concerning  tilings  to  come. 

Jl  By  faith  Jacob,  when  he  was  dying,  blessed 
each  of  the  sons  of  Joseph;  and  worshipped  the 
top  of  his  rod.f 

22  By  faith  Joseph,  when  be  was  dying,  made 
mention  of  the  using  out  of  the  children  of  Israel  : 
and  gave  commandment  concerning  his  bones. 

23  By  faith  Moses,  when  he  DM  ln»rn,  was  hid 
three  months  by  his  parents:  because  they  saw  be 
was  a  comely  infant:  and  the)  feared  not  the  king's 
edict. 

24  By  faith  Moses,  when  he  was  grown  up,  de- 
nied himself  to  lie  the  son  of  I'harao's  daughter, 

i  Choosing  rather  to  suiiir  persecution  with  the 
pie  of  God,  than  to  haw  the  pleasure  ol  sin  for  a 
time, 

Jil  Esteeming  the  reproach  of  Christ  greater 
riches  than  the  treasure  of  the  Egyptians:  for  he 
looked  unto  the  reward. 

21  My  faith  he  left  Egypt,  not  fearing  the  fierce- 
ness of  the  king  :  for  he  endured  as  him  that 
is  mv  isihle. 

By     faith  he  celehrated    the   pasch,  and  the 

shedding  of  the  blood:  that  be,  who  destroyed  the 

lirst-lMiin,  might  not  touch  them. 

29  By  faith  ihe.\  psseed  through  the  Red  8 

li\  dry  land:  which  the  Egyptians  attempting,  an  n 
swallowed  up. 

■90  Bj  faith  the  walls  of  Jericho  fell  down,  by  the 
going  round  them  s<  \iu  days. 

Si  Bj  rVutfa  Rahah  the  harlot  (terished  not  with 
the  unbelievers,  receiving  the  spies  with  |*ace. 

.'<!  Ami  what  shall  I  yet    .i\  -   I  or  tin  time  winild 

fail  me  to  tell  of  (iedenii,  of  Barac,  of  Samson,  of 

Jepiite,  of  David,  ol   Samuel,  and  of  the  prophets: 

Who  through  faith  subdued  kingdoms, w  roughl 

<u>tiee.  olitamed   piomises,   Mopped   the   mouths  of 
IOOS, 
3»    Quenched  the  r faience  "f  fire,  escaped  the 


•  Ft  m  pmrMt ;   that  ia,  a*  ■  Jkf*rt  of  C'hrivt,  ilain  and  coming  to 
lift  again. 

f  HVU.pp/rf  Ik,  lop  of  kit  rU.     The  ano«tlr  hcrr  Mlowi  the  anoirat 

k  bibia  of  ■  rprrtera  (watch  in»n-l»i,r  (n  dm  manner. 

Gen.  sMi  V.  31.)  an  Iamb,  in  pa  imp  a  rrtatir* 

'  and  teneratiou  to  the  Ion  of  the  rod  or  «*t  ntrv  of  J««ua,u 

i  M 


edge  of  tin  sword,  recovered  from  their  infirmity, 
became  valiant  in  war,  put  to  flight  the  armies  of 
foreigners: 

i  W  omen  received  their  dead  raised  to  life  again: 
but  others  Were  racked,  not  accepting  deliverance, 
that  they  might  find  a  belter  resurrection  : 

.><>  And  others  had  trial  of  mockeries  and  stripes, 
moreover  also  of  bands  and  prisons: 

37  They  wen'  stoned:  tluv  wire  cut  asunder; 
they  wire  tempted;  they  were  put  to  death  liy  the 
sword:  they  wandered  alniut  in  sheep-skins,  in 
goat-skins,    being   in  want,  distressed,  afflicted ; 

Of  whom  the  world  was  not  worthy  :  wan- 
dering in  deserts,  in  mountains,  and  in  dens,  and  in 
i  i\  i  s  ol    the  earth. 

39  And  all  these  being  approved  by  the  testi- 
monv  of  faith,  received  not  the  promise, 

40  Cod  providing  something  In-tter  for  us,  that 
they  should  not  be  perfected  without  us. 

CHAP.  XII. 

Exhortation  to  constancy  under  their  crones.     The  danger  of 
abusing  the  grace  of  the  New  Testament. 

\  ND  therefore  we  also  having  so  great  a  cloud  of 
-^*-  witnesses  over  us,  laving  aside  cvt  i\  Weight 
and  the  sin  that  surroundeth  us,  by  patience  let  us 
run  to  the  light  proposed  unto  us: 

-I  Looking  on  Jesus  the  author  and  finisher  of 
faith,  who  having  joy  proposed  unto  him,  under- 
went the  cross,  despising  the  shame;  and  sitteth  on 
the  right  band  of  the  throne  of  God. 

3  For  think  diligently  upon  him  whaendureth 
such  opposition  from  sinners  against  himself;  that 
von  be  not  wearied,  fainting  in  your  minds. 

4  For  you  have  not  yet  resisted  unto  blood,  striv- 
ing Bgtunsl  sin; 

')  And  you  have  forgotten  the  consolation  which 
speaketh  to  von.  as  to  children,  saying:  My  son. 
neglect  not  the  discipline  of  the  Lord:  neither  be 

thou  wearied  whilst  ihou  art  rebuked  by  him. 

6  For  whom  the  Lord  loveth.  he  chastiseth:  and 
he SCOUrged)  every  son  whom  he  rcceivelh. 

7  Persevere  under  chastisement.  Cod  offered) 
himsi  II  io  von  as  to  sons  :  |oi  w  hat  sou  ishe  whom 
the  lather  doth  not  correct? 

8  But  if  you  be  without  chastisement,  whereof 
all  are  made  partakers,  then  are  you  bastards,  and 
not  sons. 

9  Moreover,  we  have  had,  indeed,  for  our  in- 
strucUfrs,  the  fathers  of  our  llesh  ;  and  we  reverenced 
them:  shall  we  not  much  more  obey  the  Father  of 
spirits,  and  live  ' 

10  And  they,  indeed,  for  a  few  days,  chastised 
us  according  to  their  ow  u  pleasure  :  but  he,  lor  our 
profit, that  WC  might  be  partakers  of  his  holiness. 

11  Now  no  chastisement  for  the  present  Seemed) 

to  a  figure  of  PbrfaCl  *ce |>tre  and  kingdom,  a»  an  in*taner  and  anjpi 
irwnt   of  hi«  faith.     But  tame  translator*,  who  arr  no  frirnd*  to  lint 
"n,  have  corrupted  daf  ii  \t.  by  trai>slatin|r  it.    kt  »ror- 
aMppi  i,  brminr  «p—  Ik*  lop  »/  kit  Hof ;  a*  if  thi«  rimin  Iran- 

Mi  bit  •tafl'  were  anv  argument  of  Jacobs  faith,  or  worthy  Ibe 
Uuu  particular);  taken  notice  of  by  the  Hoi;  OboaL 


CHAP.  XIII. 


to  bring  with  it  joy,  but  sorrow  :  but  afterwards  it 
will  yield  to  them  that  are  exercised  hy  it,  the  most 
peaceable  fruit  of  justice. 

12  Wherefore,  lift  up  the  hands  which  hang 
down,  and  the  feeble  knees. 

13  And  make  straight  steps  with  your  feet;  that 
no  one  halting  may  go  astray,  but  rather  be  healed. 

14  Follow  peace  with  all  men,  and  holiness, 
without  which  no  man  shall  see  God: 

15  Looking  diligently,  lest  any  man  be  wanting 
to  the  grace  of  God ;  lest  any  root  of  bitterness, 
springing  up,  do  hinder,  and  by  it  many  be  defiled. 

1 6  Lest  there  be  any  fornicator,  or  profane  per- 
son as  Esau  ;  who  for  one  mess  sold  his  first  birth- 
right. 

1 7  For  know  ye  that  afterwards  when  he  de- 
sired to  inherit  the  blessing,  he  was  rejected  :  for  he 
found*  no  place  of  repentance,  although  with  tears 
he  had  sought  it. 

1 8  For  you  are  not  come  to  the  mountain  that 
might  be  touched,  and  the  burning  fire,  nor  to  a 
whirlwind,  and  darkness,  and  tempest, 

19  And  the  sound  of  a  trumpet,  and  the  voice  of 
words,  which  they  that  heard  excused  themselves, 
that  the  word  might  not  be  spoken  to  them. 

20  For  they  did  not  endure  that  which  was  said: 
And  if  a  beast  shall  touch  the  mount,  it  shall  be 
stoned. 

21  And  so  terrible  was  that  which  was  seen, 
Moses  said     I  am  frighted,  and  tremble. 

22  But  you  are  come  to  mount  Sion,  and  to  the 
city  of  the  living  God,  the  heavenly  Jerusalem,  and 
to  the  company  of  many  thousands  of  angels, 

23  And  to  the  church  of  the  first-born,  who  are 
written  in  heaven,  and  to  God  the  Judge  of  all,  and 
to  the  spirits  of  the  just  made  perfect, 

24  And  to  Jesus  the  Mediator  of  the  new  testa- 
ment, and  to  the  sprinkling  of  blood,  which  speak- 
eth better  than  Abel. 

25  See  that  you  refuse  not  him  who  speaketh. 
For  if  they  escaped  not  who  refused  him  that  spoke 
upon  earth,  much  more  shall  not  we,  who  turn  away 
from  him  that  speaketh  to  us  from  heaven. 

26  Whose  voice  then  moved  the  earth  :  but  now 
he  promiseth,  saying :  Yet  once  :  and  I  will  move 
not  only  the  earth,  but  heaven  also. 

27  And  in  that  he  saith,  Yet  once :  he  signifieth 
the  translation  of  the  moveable  things,  as  of  things 
that  are  made,  that  those  things  remain  which  are 
immoveable. 

28  Wherefore  we,  receiving  an  immoveable  king- 
dom, have  grace;  whereby  let  us  serve,  pleasing 
God  with  fear  and  reverence. 

29  For  our  God  is  a  consuming  fire. 


*  He  found,  S(C  That  is,  he  found  no  way  to  bring  his  father  to 
repent,  or  change  his  mind,  with  relation  to  his  having  given  the 
blessing  to  his  younger  brother,  Jacob. 

t  Or,  let  marriage  be  honourable  in  alL  That  is,  in  oiJ  thinfrs  belonging 
to  the  marriage  state.  This  is  a  warning  to  married  people,  not  to 
abuse  the  sanctity  of  their  state,  by  any  liberties  or  irregularities 
contrary  thereunto.  Now  it  does  not  follow  from  this  text  that  all 
persona  are  obliged  tomarrv,  even  if  the  word  omnibus  were  rendered, 
in  all  iwrmu,  ir><*  »id  of  in  all  things  :  for  if  it  was  a  precept,  St.  Paul 

Bb 


CHAP.  XIII 

Divers  admonitions  and  exhortations. 


ET  fraternal  charity  abide  in  you. 
-■—^  2  And  hospitality  do  not  forget;  for  by  this 
some,  being  not  aware  of  it,  have  entertained  an- 
gels. 

3  Remember  them  that  are  in  bands,  as  if  you 
were  bound  with  them;  and  them  that  are  afflicted, 
as  being  yourselves  also  in  the  body. 

4  Marriage  honourable  in  all,  and  the  bed  un- 
defiled.  f  For  God  will  judge  fornicators  and  adul- 
terers. 

5  Let  your  manners  be  without  covetousness, 
contented  with  such  things  as  you  have  :  for  he  hath 
said :  I  will  not  leave  thee,  neither  will  I  forsake 
thee. 

6  So  that  we  may  confidently  say :  The  Lord  is 
my  helper:  1  will  not  fear  what  man  shall  do  unfo  me. 

7  Remember  your  prelates  who  have  spoken  to 
you  the -word  of  God  ;  considering  well  the  end  of 
their  conversation,  imitate  their  faith. 

8  Jesus  Christ  yesterday,  and  to-day:  and  the 
same  for  ever. 

9  Be  not  carried  away  with  various  and  strange 
doctrines.  For  it  is  best  to  establish  the  heart  with 
grace,  not  with  meats;  which  have  not  profited  those 
that  walk  in  them. 

10  We  have  an  altar,  whereof  they  have  no  power 
to  eat  who  serve  the  tabernacle. 

1 1  For  the  bodies  of  those  beasts,  whose  blood 
for  sin  is  brought  into  the  sanctuary  by  the  high- 
priest,  are  burned  without  the   camp. 

12  Wherefore  Jesus  also,  that  he  might  sanctify 
the  people  with  his  own  blood,  suffered  without  the 
gate. 

}3  Let  us  go  forth,  therefore,  to  him  without 
the  camp,  bearing  his  reproach.  J 

14  For  here  we  have  no  permanent  city :  but  we 
seek  one  to  come. 

15  By  him,  therefore,  let  us  offer  the  sacrifice  of 
praise  to  God  continually,  that  is,  the  fruit  of  lips 
confessing  his  name. 

16  And  do  not  forget  to  do  good,  and  to  impart: 
for  by  such  sacrifices  God's  favour  is  obtained. 

17  Obey  your  prelates,  and  be  subject  to  them. 
For  they  watch  as  being  to  render  an  account  of 
your  souls,  that  they  may  do  this  with  joy,  and  not 
with  grief:  for  this  is  not  expedient  for  you. 

18  Pray  for  us  :  for  we  trust  that  we  have  a  good 
conscience,  being  willing  to  behave  ourselves  well 
in  all  things. 

19  And  I  beseech  }rou  the  more  to  do  this,  that  I 
may  be  restored  to  you  the  sooner. 


himself  would  have  transgressed  it,  as  he  never  married.  Morever 
those  who  have  already  made  a  vow  to  God  to  lead  a  single  life, 
should  they  attempt  to  marry,  they  would  incur  their  own  damnation. 
1  Tim.  chap.  v.  ver.  12. 

J  Let  us  go  forth,  therefore,  to  him  without  the  camp,  bearing  Ids  reproach. 
That  is,  bearing  his  cross.  It  is  an  exhortation  to  them  to  be  willing 
to  suffer,  with  Christ,  reproaches,  persecutions,  and  even  death,  if 
they  desire  to  partake  of  the  benefit  of  his  suffering  for  man's  le- 
demption 

193 


ST.  -IAMI  S. 


20  Now  the  God   of  peace* Who  brought 

from  the  dead  the  (real  pastor  of  the  sheep,  on 
Lord  Jesus  Christ]  m  the  blood  of  tin-  evenastmg 
testament. 

21  Make  you  perfect  in  everj  l:<xh1  work,  that 
you  may  do  his  will;  working  in  you  thai  which  is 
well-pleasing  in  his  sight,  through  Jesus  Christ;  to 
whom  is  glory  for  ever  and  ever.      Amni. 


22  And  I  beseech  you,  brethren,  th.it  you  1h\ii 
with  the  word  ol  consolation.  For  I  have  written 
to  you  in  very  few  words. 

23  Know  jre  that  our  brother  Timothy  is  set  at 
1 1 1  »•  rt\:  w  ith  w  horn  (if  he  conic  shortly)  I  will  M  •  ytM 

24  Salute  all   vour  |irclates,  and  all  tin    saints. 
The  brethren  of  Italy  salute  \ou. 

'25  Grace  be  withjou  all.     Amen. 


THE 


CATHOLIC  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  JAMES 


THE  APOSTLE. 


This  Epistle  is  called  Cathoi.it  or  I'siversal,  as  formerly 
were  nl*')  the  two  F.pittlrsof  St.  IV  per,  the  first  of  St.  John. 
and  the  ant  of  St.  ivor., because  they  were  not  written  to  any 
peculiar  people  or  parttcultir  person,  but  to  the  faithful  in 
general.  It  teas  written  by  the  u  pottle  St.  Jam»,  railed 
the  less,  who  was  also  called  the  brother  or  our  Lord, 
•g  hit  kinsman,  I  for  cousin  gcrmans  mth  the  Hrbrrtrs  in  ft 
<  oiled  Jirothrrs.)  tie  teas  the  first  bit  hop  of  Jerusalem.  In 
this  F.pittlr  are  set  forth  many  precejtts  appertaining  to  faith 
anil  morals;  and  particularly,  that  faith  irithout  gooel  works 
will  not  save  a  man  ;  that  true  wisdom  is  girrn  only  from 
aboee.  In  the  fifth  chapter  he  puhlishi  s  the  Sacrament  of 
it  i  anting  the  stele.  It  teas  tcritten  a  short  time  hi  fore  hit  mar- 
tyrdoui,  about  twenty-eight  years  after  our  Loras  Ascension. 

CHAP.  I. 

The  benefit  of  tribulations.  Prayer  icith  faith.  God  is  the 
author  of  all  cowl,  hut  n'tt  of  ml.  /<  c  mutt  be  slow  to 
anger ;  and  mot  hearers  only,  hut  doers  of  the  word.  Of 
bridling  the  tongue,and  of  pure  religion. 

J\  \|  l>  lit  of  ( Jod,  and  of  our  Lord  Jem 

Christ,  to  the  twelve  tribes  which  are  dispersed, 
greet 

J  \1\  brethren,  count  it  all  joy,  when  you  shall 
fall  intodiven  temptations;* 

.;  know  in-  that  the  trying  of  your  faith  work- 
rth  patience. 

\nd  patience  hath  a  perfect  work:  that  you  ma\ 
be  perfect  and  entire,  deficient  in  DOthii 

.')  lint  if  am  of  you  want  wisdom,  let  him  a-k  of 
God,  who  ghretfa  to  all  abundantly,  and  uphraideth 
not:   and  it  shall  be  given  him. 

Im  let  him  ask  in  faith,  nothing  wavering :  for 
he  that  wavereth  is  like  a  wave  or  the  sea,  that  is 

moved  and  carried  about  by  the  wind. 

herefore,  let  not  that  man  think  that  he  shall 
ire  anv  thing  <>'  the  Lord. 
I  \  double-minded  man  is  inconstant  in  all  his 
wasa. 

•   InU  mrrrt  UmftsJtlM.      Tlw  word  Umpftvm,  in  thit  epnlle.    is 
•ooNrtimcs  taken  far  trkib  by  tflictioM  or  ptrwcaliona,  m  ia  thb 

104 


^9   Hut  let  the  brother  of  low  condition  glory   in 
his  exaltation: 

10  But  the  rich,  in  his  tains  low.  because  as  the 
flower  of  the  ^rass.  he  shall  pass  away: 

11  For  the  sun  rose  with  a  burning  heat,  and 
parched  the  grass:  and  the  flower  thereof  fell  off; 
and  the  beauty  of  the  shape  thereof  perished :  BoaJsn 
shall  the  rich  man  fade  a\va\  in  his  ways. 

12  Blessed  b  the  man  that  endoreth  temptation: 
for  when  he  hath  been  proved,  be  shall  receive  the 
<  row  nof  life,  which  God  hath  promised  to  them  that 
love  him. 

13  Let  no  man,  when  he  is  tempted,  say  that  he 
is  tempted  of  God:  for  God  is  not  a  tempter  of  evils: 
and  be  temptetfa  no  man. 

IV  But  every  man  is  tempted,  being  draw  n  away 

by  his  own  concupiscence,  and  allured. 

15  Then  when  concupiscence  hath  conceived,  it 
bringeth  forth  sin:  but  sin,  when  it  is  completed,  be- 
gettetfa  death. 

If!  I)o  not  err,  therefore,  my  dearest  brethren. 

17  Every  best  gh%and  every  perfect  sift,  is  from 

above,  coming  down  from  the  Father  of  lights,  with 
whom  there  is  no  change,  nor  shadow  of  ncissi- 

tllde. 

18  For  of  his  own  will  hath  he  begotten  us  by 
the  word  of  truth,  that  we  might  be  some  begin- 
ningt  of  his  creatnri  i. 

19  You  know.  in\  dearest  brethren:  and  let  e\. 
man  be  swift  to  hear;  but  slow  to  speak,  and  slow  to 
angt 

1  For  the  anger  of  man  workcth  not  the  justice 
o|  ( iod. 

Jl  Wherefore,  casting  awaj  all  nnefaanness,  and 

abundance  of  malice,  w  ith  meekness  receive  the  en- 
grafted word,  which  is  able  to  saw  \ our  souls. 


■I  oilier  timra  it  it  to  be  uodcratood,  tempting,  entii-inr;  or 
drawing  other,  into  »m. 

f  £mm  stginning;  thai  i>,  a  knxl  of  fint-fruiU  of  hu  rrcaiura*. 


CHAP.  11,  III. 


22  But  be  ye  doers  of  the  word,  and  not  hearers 
only,  deceiving  your  own  selves. 

23  For  if  a  man  be  a  hearer  of  the  word,  and  not 
a  doer;  he  shall  be  compared  to  a  man  beholding 
his  natural  countenance  in  a  glass : 

24  For  he  beheld  himself,  and  went  his  way,  and 
presently  forgot  what  manner  of  man  he  was. 

25  But  he  that  hath  looked  into  the  perfect  law 
of  liberty,  and  hath  continued  in  it,  not  becoming 
a  forgetful  hearer,  but  a  doer  of  the  work;  this  man 
shall  be  blessed  in  his  deed. 

26  And  if  any  man  think  himself  to  be  religious, 
not  bridling  his  tongue,  but  deceiving  his  own  heart, 
this  man's  religion  is  vain. 

27  Religion  pure  and  unspotted  with  God  and 
the  Father  is  this:  To  visit  the  fatherless  and  widows 
in  their  tribulation,  and  to  keep  one's  self  unde- 
filed  from  this  world. 

CHAP.  II. 

Against  respect  of  persons.     The  danger  of  transgressing  one 
point  of  the  law.     Faith  is  dead  without  works. 


Y  brethren,  have  not  the  faith  of  our   Lord 
Jesus  Christ  of  glory  with  respect  of  per- 


M 

sons." 

2  For  if  there  come  into  your  assembly  a  man 
having  a  gold  ring  in  fine  apparel,  and  there  come 
in  also  a  poor  man  in  mean  attire, 

3  And  you  cast  your  eyes  on  him  that  is  clothed 
with  the  fine  apparel,  and  say  to  him:  Sit  thou  here 
in  a  good  place:  and  say  to  the  poor  man:  Stand 
thou  there,  or  sit  under  my  foot-stool: 

4  Do  you  not  judge  within  yourselves,  and  are 
become  judges  of  unjust  thoughts? 

5  Hearken,  my  dearest  brethren :  hath  not  God 
chosen  the  poor  of  this  world,  rich  in  faith,  and 
heirs  of  the  kingdom  which  God  hath  promised  to 
them  that  love  him? 

6  But  you  have  dishonoured  the  poor.  Do  not 
the  rich  oppress  you  by  might ;  and  do  not  they 
draw  you  before  the  judgment  seats? 

7  Do  not  they  blaspheme  the  good  name  that  is 
invoked  upon  you? 

8  If  then  you  fulfil  the  royal  law,  according  to  the 
Scriptures  :  Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbour  as  thy- 
self; you  do  well. 

9  But  if  you  have  respect  to  persons,  you  com- 
mit sin,  being  reproved  by  the  law  as  transgres- 
sors. 

10  Now  whosoever  shall  keep  the  whole  law,  but 
offend  in  one  point,  is  become  guilty  of  all.f 

1 1  For  he  that  said,  Thou  shalt  not  commit  adul- 
tery, said  also,  Thou  shalt  not  kill.  Now  if  thou 
do  not  commit  adultery,  but  shalt  kill,  thou  art  be- 
come a  transgressor  of  the  law. 

*  With  respect  of  persons.  The  meaning  is,  that  in  matters  relating; 
to  faith,  the  administering;  of  the  sacraments,  and  other  spiritual 
functions  in  God's  church,  there  should  be  no  respect  of  persons;  but 
that  the  souls  of  the  poor  should  be  as  much  regarded  as  those  of  the 
rich.     See  Deut.  chap.  1.  ver.  17. 

t  Guilty  of  all;  that  is,  he  becomes  a  transgressor  of  the  law  in  such 
a  manner,  that  the  observing;  of  all  other  points  trill  not  av  ;iil  him  to 
salvation  ;  for  he  despises  the  law-giver,  and  breaks  through  the  great 
and  general  commandment  of  charity,  even  by  one  mortal  sin.     For 


12  So  speak  ye,  and  so  do,  as  being  to  be  judged 
by  the  law  of  liberty. 

13  For  judgment  without  mercy,  to  him  that  hath 
not  done  mercy:  and  mercy  exalteth  itself  above 
judgment. 

14  What  shall  it  profit,  my  brethren,  if  a  man 
say  he  hath  faith,  but  hath  not  works?  Shall  faith 
be  able  to  save  him? 

15  And  if  a  brother  or  sister  be  naked,  and  want 
daily  food, 

16  And  one  of  you  say  to  them :  Go  in  peace,  be 
you  warmed  and  filled;  yet  give  them  not  those 
things  that  are  necessary  for  the  body,  what  shall  it 
profit  ? 

17  Even  so  faith,  if  it  have  not  works,  is  dead 
in  itself. 

18  But  some  man  will  say:  Thou  hast  faith  ;  and 
I  have  works:  show  me  thy  faith  without  works; 
and  I  will  show  thee  my  faith,  by  works. 

19  Thou  believest  that  there  is  one  God.  Thou 
doesf  well:  the  devils  also  believe,  and  tremble. 

20  But  wilt  thou  know,  O  vain  man,  that  faith 
without  works  is  dead? 

21  Was  not  Abraham  our  father  justified  by  works, 
offering  up  Isaac  his  son  upon  the  altar  ? 

22  Seest  thou  that  faith  did  co-operate  with  his 
works;  and  by  works  faith  was  made  perfect? 

23  And  the  Scripture  vyas  fulfilled,  saying:  Abra- 
ham believed  God;  and  it  was  reputed  to  him  to 
justice:  and  he  was  called  the  friend  of  God. 

24  Do  you  see  that  by  works  a  man  is  justified, 
and  not  by  faith  only? 

25  And  in  like  manner  also  Rahab  the  harlot, 
was  not  she  justified  by  works,  receiving  the  mes- 
sengers, and  sending  them  out  another  way? 

26  For  as  the  body  without  the  spirit  is  dead,  so 
also  faith  without  works  is  dead. 

CHAP.  III. 

Of  the  evils  of  the  tongue.    Of  the  difference  between  the  earthly 
and  heavenly  wisdom. 

BE  not  many  masters,   my  brethren,   knowing 
that  you  receive  the  greater  judgment. 

2  For  in  many  things  we  all  offend.  If  any  man 
offend  not  in  word,  the  same  is  a  perfect  man.  He 
is  able  also  with  a  bridle  to  turn  about  the  whole 
body. 

3  For  if  we  put  bits  into  the  mouths  of  horses 
that  they  may  obey  us,  and  we  turn  about  their  whole 
body . 

4  Behold  also  ships,  whereas  they  are  great,  and 
are  driven  by  strong  winds,  yet  are  they  turned 
about  with  a  small  helm,  whithersoever  the  force  of 
the  governor  willeth. 


all  the  precepts  of  the  law  are  to  be  considered  as  one  total  and  entire 
law,  and  as  it  were  a  chain  of  precepts,  where  by  breaking  one  link 
of  this  chain,  the  whole  chain  is  broken,  or  the  integrity  of  the  law 
consisting  of  a  collection  of  precepts.  A  sinner,  therefore,  by  a 
grievous  offence  against  any  one  precept,  incurs  eternal  punishment; 
yet  the  punishments  in  hell  shall  be  greater  for  those  who  have  been 
greater  siuners,  as  a  greater  reward  shall  he  for  those  in  heaven  who 
have  li"«*t  with  greater  sanctity  and  perfection. 

195 


ST.  JAMES. 


5  Even  so  tin-  tongue  N.  indeed* a  little  member, 
and  boasteth peal  things.  Behold  bow  small  a  fire 
kindled)  a  nrc.it  wood. 

\ikI  tin-  tongue  n  ■  fire,  I  world  of  iniquity. 
rii«-  tongue  is  placed  among  our  members,  which 

.It  ih  the  whole  body,  and  settethon  fire  the  wheel 
of  our  nativity,  being  set  oa  are  by  helh 

7  For  every  kind  of  beasts,  and  of  birds,  and  of 
serpents,  and  <>t"  the  n  st,  b  tamed,  and  hath  bees 
tamed  bj  mankind: 

8  Hut  die  tongue  no  man  can  tame;  a  restless 
ei  il.  lull  of  (U-.idK  poison. 

9  By  it  we  Mess  Cod  ami  the  Father:  and  by  it 
we  curse  nun,  who  are  made  after  the  likeness  of 

|u  Out  of  the  same  mouth  proceeded)  hlessmgand 
cursing.  My  brethren,  these  things  ought  not  so 
to  be. 

1 1  Doth  a  fountain  send  forth  through  the  same 

sweet  and  bitter  water? 

12  Can  the  fig-tree,  hiv  brethren,  beargrarx 

the  viae,   figl      -So  neither  can  the  salt  Water  yield 
sweet. 

13  Who  is  a  wise  man,  and  endued  with  know- 
ledge among  you?  Let  bim  show,  by  a  good  con- 
versation, his  work  in  the  meekness  of  wisdom. 

1  V  Hut  it  miii  hive  bitter  zeal,  and  there  l>c  con- 
tentions in  your  hearts;  glory  not,  and  be  not  liars 
a_.iiust  the  truth. 

I .')  For  this  is  not  wisdom, descending  from  above; 
but  earthly,  sensual,  diabolical. 

16  For  where  envying  and  contention  is,  there  is 
inconstancy  and  tun  c\il  work. 

17  Hut  the  wisdom  which  is  from  show,  first 
indeed  is  chaste,  then  |>eaccable,  modest,  easy  to  be 
[MTsuaded,  consenting  to  the  good,  full  of  mercy ,  and 
good  fruits,  w  ithoui  judging,  M  i'liout  dissimulation. 

1ft  And  the  fruit  of  justice  is  sown  in  peace,  to 
tin  m  that  make  puK» 

CHAP.  IV. 

Thf  rril*  that  flute  from  yielding  to  conrttpitrrncr,  and  In  ini; 
friends  to  this  world.  Admonition*  against  jiriitr,  d<  trac- 
tion, Sec 

FROM  whence  are  wars  and  contentions  among 
\oii'  Come  they  not  hence.'  from  your  comn- 

piseenees,  which  war  in  your  members? 

J  \  ou  tti\tt,  ami  have  not:  \<>u  kill,  and  envy, 
and  cannot  obtain:  you  contend,  and  war:  and  you 

have  not.  became  you  ask  not. 

9  ^  ou  ask,  and  receive  not;  because  you  ask 
amiss;  that  you  may  consume  it  on  your  concupis- 
reii' 

4  Adulterers,  know  you  not  thai  the  friendship  of 
this  world,  is  the  enemy  of  ( iod  .'  W  hosoeVOT,  there- 
.  will   be  a    friilld   of  this  world,   In  t  (iiiieth   an 
enemy  ol  ( led. 

i  (  )i  do  you  think  that  the  Scripture  saith  in  \ain  : 
To  en\  \  doth  the  >|>irtt  covet, w  Inch  dwelled)  ill  you? 

8    Hut    he  given)  greater   crace.     Wherefore  he 

■  ii :    ( iixl  resjstcth  the  proud,  and  giu  th  grace  to 

the  humble. 

1": 


7  Be  subject,  therefore,  to  (Jod:  but  resist  the 
devil,  and  lie  will  lly   Irom  you. 

8  Approach  to  God,  and  he  will  approach  to  you. 

Cleanse  your    hands,  ye   .sinners:    and  purify   your 

,ye  double-minded. 

9  Be  alllicted,  ami  mourn,  and  weep:  let  your 
laughter  Ik-  turned  into  mourning,  and  your  joy  into 
sorrow. 

10  Be  humble  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord;  and  he 
will  exalt  you. 

11  Detract  not  one  another,  brethren.  He  that 
detracted) his  brother,  or  he  thai  judgeth  his  bro- 
ther, detracted)  the  law,  and  judgeth  toe  law.  But 
if  thou  judge  the  law ,  thou  art  not  a  doer  of  the 
law,  but  a  judge. 

1 1  There  is  one  law  liivei ,  and  judge,  w  ho  is  able 
to  destroy  and  to. deliver. 

13  But  who  art  thou,  who  judged  thy  neighbour? 
Behold  now.  you  who  my  :  To-day  or  to-morrow 

we  w  ill  go  into  such  ;i  city  ;  and  there  we  will  spend 
a  year,  and  will  traffic,  and  make  gain  : 

14  Whereas  yon  know  not  what  shall  be  on  the 
morrow. 

15  For  what  is  your  life?  It  is  a  vapour  which 
appeareth  for  a  little  while,  and  afterwards  shall 
vanish  away.  For  that  you  should  say :  If  the  Lord 
w  il!  :  snd,  If  w  e  shall  li\c.  we  B  ill  do  this  or  that. 

1G  But  now  you  glory  in  your  arrogancies.  All 
such  glorying  is  wicked. 

17  To  him,  therefore,  who  knowcth  to  do  good, 
and  doeth  it  not,  to  him  it  is  sin. 

(hap.  v. 

A  v>o  to  the  rich  that  oppress  the  poor.  Exhortation*  to  pa- 
.';'. MOP,  and  to  ,noid  sirvaring.  Of  the  anointing  the  siik, 
Confession  of  sins,  and  fervour  in  prayer. 

GO  to,  now,  ye  rich  men :  weep  and  how  I  for  your 
miseries  that  shall  come  unon  you. 

2  Your  riches  arc  putriiieu,  and  your  garments 
are  moth-eaten. 

3  Your  gold  and  silver  is  rusted  :  ami  the  rust  of 
them  shall  he  for  a  testimony  against  you;  and  shall 
eat  your  flesh  as  fire.  You  have  stored  Dp  to  yotir- 
st  |ves  wrath  against  the  last  days. 

4  Behold,  the  hire  of  the  labourers,  who  have 
reaped  your  fields  of  which  you  have  defrauded 
them,  cricih  out  :  ami  the  cry  of  them  hath  entered 
into  tin  ears  of  the  Lord  <>f  Sabaoth. 

b  You  have  feasted  upon  earth;  and  in  luxuries 
you  have  nourished  your  hearts  in  the  day  of 
slaughter. 

G  You  have  condemned  and  put  to  death  the  just 
one  ;  ami  he  resisted)  you  not. 

7  He  patient,  therefore,  brethren,  until  the  com- 
ing of  the  land.  Behold,  (he  husbandman  waileth 
for  the  precious  fruit  of  the  earth,  patiently  bearing 
till  In   receive  the  earl)  and  the  latter  rain. 

8  He  you.  therefore,  also  patient,  and  rtsangthca 

vein  hearts:  foi  the  coming  ol  tin- Ford  draw  el  h  near. 

9  Grudge  not.  brethren,  one  against  another,  that 
\oii  may  not  be  judged.  Heboid,  the  Judge  standeth 
before  the  door 


CHAP.  I. 


10  Take,  my  brethren,  for  an  example  of  suffer- 
ing evjl,  of  labour  and  patience,  the  prophets,  who 
spoke  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

1 1  Behold,  we  account  them  blessed,  who  have 
suffered.  You  have  heard  of  the  patience  of  Job  : 
and  you  have  seen  the  end  of  the  Lord,  that  the 
Lord  is  merciful  and  compassionate. 

12  But  above  all  things,  my  brethren,  swear  not, 
neither  by  heaven,  nor  by  the  earth,  nor  by  any 
other  oath.  But  let  your  speech  be:  Yea,  yea:  no, 
no:  that  you  fall  not  under  judgment- 

13  Is  any  of  you  sad?  Let  him  pray.  Is  he 
cheerful  in  mindr    Let  him  sing  psalms. 

14  Is  any  man  sick  among  you  ?  Let  him  bring 
in*  the  priests  of  the  church,  and  let  them  pray 
over  him,  anointing  him  with  oil,  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord : 

*  1st  him  bring  in,  fyc.  See  here  a  plain  warrant  of  Scripture  for 
the  sacrament  of  extreme  unction,  that  any  controversy  against  its 
institution  would  be  against  the  express  words  of  the  sacred  text 
in  the  plainest  terms. 

+  Confess  your  situ  one  to  another.  That  is,  to  the  priests  of  the  church, 


15  And  the  prayer  of  faith  shall  save  the  sick 
man:  and  the  Lord  shall  raise  him  up:  and  if  he 
be  in  sins,  they  shall  be  forgiven  him. 

16  Confess,  therefore,  your  sins  one  to  another;! 
and  pray  for  one  another,  that  you  may  be  saved :  for 
the  continual  prayer  of  a  just  man  availeth  much. 

17  Elias  was  a  man  passible  like  unto  us :  and 
with  prayer  he  prayed  that  it  might  not  rain  upon 
the  earth ;  and  it  rained  not  for  three  years  and 
six  months. 

18  And  he  prayed  again  :  and  the  heaven  gave 
rain,  and  the  earth  yielded  her  fruit. 

19  My  brethren,  if  any  of  you  shall  err  from  the 
truth,  and  any  one  convert  him: 

20  He  must  know,  that  he  who  causeth  a  sinner  to 
be  converted  from  the  error  of  h\s  way3  shall  save  his 
soul  from  death,  and  shall  cover  a  multitude  of  sins. 

whom,  ver.  14,  he  had  ordered  to  be  called  for,  and  brought  in  to  the 
sick  :  moreover,  to  confess  to  persons  who  had  no  power  to  forgive  sins 
would  be  useless.  Hence  the  precept  here  means,  that  we  must  con- 
fess to  men  whom  God  hath  appointed,  and  who,  by  theirordinalion  and 
jurisdiction,  have  received  the  power  of  remitting  sins  in  his  name. 


THE 


FIRST  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  PETER 


THE  APOSTLE. 


This  first  Epistle  of  St.  Peter,  though  brief,  contains  much 
doctrine  concerning  Faith,  Hope,  and  Charity,  with  divers 
instructions  to  all  persons,  of  what  state  or  condition  soever. 
The.  apostle  commands  submission  to  rulers  and  superiors  ; 
and  exhorts  all  to  the  practice  of  a  virtuous  life,  in  imitation 
of  Christ.  This  epistle  is  written  with  such  apostolical  dig- 
nity as  to  manifest  the  supreme  authority  with  which  its  writer, 
the  prince  of  the  apostles,  had  been  vested  by  his  lord  and 
master  Jesus  Christ.  He  wrote  it  at  Rome,  which  figuratively 
he  calls  Babylon,  about  fifeeen  years  after  our  Lord's  Ascen- 
sion. 

CHAP.  I. 

He  givesihavkstoGod  for  the  benefit  of  our  bring  called  to  the 
true  faith,  and  to  eternal  life  ;  into  which  we  are  to  enter  by 
many  tribulations.  He  exhorts  to  holiness  of  life  ;  consider- 
ing the  holiness  of  God,  and  our  redemption  by  the  blood  of 
Christ. 

"DETER,  an  apostle  of  Jesus  Christ,  to  the 
-^-  strangers  dispersed  through  Pontus,  Galatia, 
Cappadoeia,  Asia',  and  Bithynia,  elect, 

2  According  to  the  foreknowledge  of  God  the 
Father  unto  the  sanctification  of  the  Spirit,  unto  the 
obedience  and  sprinkling  of  the  blood  of  Jesus 
Christ :  Grace  unto  vou,  and  peace  be  multiplied. 

3  Blessed  be  the  God  and  Father  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  who,  according  to  his  great  mercy, 
hath  regenerated  us  unto  a  lively  hope,  through  the 
resurrection  of  Jesus-Chris"  <V0m  the  dead, 


4  Unto  an  inheritance  incorruptible,  and  unde- 
fined, and  that  fadeth  not,  reserved  in  heaven  for  you, 

5  Who,  by  the  power  of  God,  are  kept  by  faith 
unto  salvation,  ready  to  be  revealed  in  the  last  time. 

6  In  which  you  shall  greatly  rejoice,  now  if  need 
be  for  a  little  time  to  be  made  sorrowful  in  divers 
temptations : 

7  That  the  trial  of  your  faith,  much  more  pre- 
cious than  gold  (which  is  tried  by  the  fire)  may  be 
found  unto  praise,  and  glory,  and  honour,  at  the  ap- 
pearing of  Jesus  Christ : 

8  Whom  having  not  seen  you  love:  In  whom 
also  now,  though  you  see  him  not,  you  believe ;  and, 
believing,  shall  rejoice  with  an  unspeakable  and 
glorified  joy : 

9  Receiving  the  end  of  your  faith,  even  the  salva- 
tion of  your  souls. 

10  Concerning  which  salvation  the  prophets  have 
inquired  and  diligently  searched,  who  prophesied  of 
the  grace  to  come  in  you  : 

1 1  Searching  into  what  time,  or  manner  of  time, 
the  Spirit  of  Christ  should  signify  in  them ;  fore- 
telling those  sufferings  that  are  in  Christ,  and  the 
glories  that  should  follow  : 

12  To  whom  it  was  revealed,  that  not  to  them- 
selves, but  to  you  they  ministered  those    things. 

197 


F.  OF  ST.  PETER. 


which  «/re  now  declared  to  jrou  by  those  who  hare 
preached  the  gospel  to  yon,  the  llolv  Ghost  bang 
M'nt  down  from  heaven,  on  whom  theaugt  la  desire 
to  look. 

I  •  Wherefore,  bavin::  the  loins  of  your  mind 
girded,  hens*  sober,  hope  perfectlj  for  thai  grace 
which  is  offered  you  at  the  rc\  elation  of  JefUS 
<  hrist ; 

I  \  As  children  of  olx-diencc,  not  conformed  to 
the  former  desires  of  your  ignorance  : 

15  Hut  according  to  him  w  ho  is  holy,  who  hath 
called  fOO  j  be  SOU  abo  holy  fa)  all  conversation  : 

16  For  it  is  written:  \  on  shall  be  holy,  becauati 
I  am  holy. 

17  Anil  if  \ou  invoke  the  Father,  him  who, 
without  re  meet  of  persona,  judgeth  according  to 
ev.  rv  one's  work,  converse  in  fear  during  the  time 
af  \oiir  sojourning  here : 

18  Knowing  that  you  were  not  redeemed  with 
corruptible  gold  or  silver  from  your  vain  con  vena- 
tion of  the  tradition  of  VOUT  fathers; 

l!»  Mut  with  the  precious  hlood  of  Christ,  as  of  a 
lanili  unspotted  and   uiidetile<l  : 

Fore-known,  indeed,  l>efore  the  foundation 
of  the  world,    hut  manifested    in   the   last  times  for 

TOO, 

21  Who  through  hun  are  faithful  in  (lod,  who 
raised  him  from  the  dead,  and  gave  him  glory,  that 
\oiir  faith  and  hope  might  he  in  God: 

Purifying  vour  souls  in  the  obedience  of  cha- 
ritv.  with  a  hrot fieri v  love  from  a  sincere  heart  lo\e 
one  another  earnestly  : 

Being  bora  again  not  of  corruptible  seed,  hut 
incorruptible  by  the  word  of  God,  who  liveth  and 
reinainetli  for  ever. 

Jl  For  all  lleafa  is  as  grass;  and  all  the  -lory 
thereof  as  the  (lower  ot  the  grass:  the  grata  ■ 
withered;  and  the  (lower  thereof  is  fallen  away. 

I  i  Hut  the  word  of  the  Lord  euduratfa  for  ever: 
mi'1  this  is  the  word  which  hath  been  preached  unto 

>oll. 

CHAP.  II. 

W,  are  to  lap  aside  all  guile,  and  go  to  Christ  the  living  stone: 
and  as  bring  mow  kit  proplr,  walk  trorthilu  <>(  him,  with  sub- 
mission to  superiors,  and  pat i<  in  r  under  suffrringt. 

WHEREFORE,   bying   aside   all   malice,  and 
all  guile,  and  dissimulations,  and  envies,  and 
all  detractions, 

.'   \>   new-horn  infants,  desire  the  rational  milk 
without  guile  ;  that  thereby  you   may  grow  unto 
ii : 
.;  It  yel  vou  have  listed  that  the  Lord  is  su 
\  To  whom  approaching  the  living  stone,  n 
ed  indeed  by  men,  hut  chosen  and  honoured  ol  Cod; 
'■■■  von  also  as  In  ine  stones  limit  up.  a  spiritual 
house,  a  holy  priesthood,  to  offer  up  spiritual  sacri- 
tablc  to  <  lod  bj  J<  -us  Christ. 
t»   Wherefore.it    is   contained    in    the    Scripture: 
lb  hold.  I  la\    in   8ion   a  'Inet  corner  stone,  elect 
precious:  and   he  thai   slull  believe   in  him,  shall 

not  1--  confounded. 

1 98 


7  To  \ on,  therefore,  that  believe,  honour:  hut 
to  them  that  believe  not.  the  stone  which  the  build)  rs 

rejected,  the  same  is  made  the  head  ol  the  corner  : 

8  An<l  i  stone  of  stumbling,  and  a  rook  of  scandal 
to  them,  who  stumble  at  the  word,  neither  do  be- 
lieve w  hereunto  also  tli  at 

9  But  you  art.  a  chosen  generation,  a  royal  priest- 
hood, a  holy  nation,  a  purchased  people:  that  you 
may  declare  Ins  \  utiles,  who  hath  called  you  out  of 
darkness  into  his  admirable  light. 

10  Who  in  time  past  were  nut  a  people,  lint  are 
dow  the  people  of  God:  who  hail  not  obtained  mer- 
cy, hut  now  have  obtained  mercy. 

11  Dearly  In-loved,  I  beseech  \ou.  as  stsaagen 
and  pilgrims,  to  refrain  yourselves  from  carnal  de- 

u  Inch  war  against  the  soul, 

12  Having  your  coaTcraatSea  good  among  the 
Gentiles;  that  "\\  (ureas  tin  v  speak  against  >OU  i- 
evil  doers,  considering  you  by  your  good  works, 
they  may  glorify  God  in  the  day  of  risitaiion. 

13  lie  ye  subject,  therefore,  to  every  human  crea- 
ture, for  God's  sake  ;   whether  it  be  to  the  king,    is 

i  V  ellUlg  : 

m  14  Of  to  governors,  as  Bent  In  him  for  the  pu- 
nishment of  v\  il  doers,  and  for  the  praise  ot  the 
good : 

15  For  so  is  the  will  of  God,  that  by  doing  well, 
you  may  silence  the  ignorance  of  foolish  men: 

16  As  free,  and  not  as  making  liberty  a  eloke  of 
malice,  but  as  the  servants  of  God. 

17  Honour  all  men  :  Love  the  brotherhood :  fear 

God  :  honour  the  king: 

lb"  Servants,  he  subject  to  \our  masters  with  ah 
fear;  not  onlv  to  the  good,  and  gentle,  hut  also  to  ilm 
Onward. 

19  For  this  is  thankworthy,  if  for  conscience  to- 
wards Gotl,  a  man  endure  sorrows,  suffering  wrong- 
fully. 

20  For  what  glory  is  it,  if,  sinning  and  being  buf- 
feted, you  suffer  it. 'Hut  if.  doing  well,  you  suffer 
patiently,  this  is  thankworthy  before  God. 

21  For  unto  this  you  have  been  called  :    because 

Christ  also  suffered  for  us.  leaving  you  an  example, 

that  you  should  follow   his  steps; 

22  Who  did  no  sin,  neither  was  guile  found  in 
his  tnouth; 

23  Who,  when  he  was  reviled,  did  not  revile: 
when  he  suffered,  he  threatened  not  ;  but  delivered 
himself  to  him  that  judged  him  unjustlv  ■ 

21  Who  bis  own  self  bore  our  sins  in  his  body 
upon  the  tree;  that  we, being  dead  to  sins,  should  live 
to  justice;  by  whose  stripes  you  were  healed. 

:i  Were  as  sheep  gQUlg  astrav  :  but  Soil 
are  now  converted  to  the  pastor  and  bishop  of  yoUI 
souls. 

CH  VP.   III. 

How  wives  are  to  brharr  to  their  husband*  :  what  ornami  nts  they 
are  to  seek.      K.thm  tntinnt  to  divert  rirtuet. 

IN  like  manner  also  let  wives   be   subject  to  their 
■     husbands;  that  if  an\  hi  In  ve  not  the  word,  they 

may  be  gained  without  the  word,  by  the  com.  rsatiou 

of  the  w  i \ .  i, 


CHAP.  TV. 


2  Considering  your  chaste  conversation  with 
fear; 

3  Whose  adorning  let  it  not  he  the  outward  plait- 
ing of  the  hair,  or  the  wearing  of  gold,  or  the  put- 
ting on  of  apparel ; 

4  But  the  hidden  man  of  the  heart  in  the  incor- 
ruptihility  of  a  quiet  and  a  meek  spirit,  which  is  rich 
in  the  sight  of  God. 

5  For  after  this  manner  heretofore  also  the  holy 
women,  hoping  in  God,  adorned  themselves,  heing 
subject  to  their  own  husbands  : 

6  As  Sara  obeyed  Abraham,  calling  him  lord ; 
whose  daughters  you  are,  doing  well,  and  not  fear- 
ing any  trouble. 

7  Ye  husbands,  likewise,  dwelling  with  them  ac- 
cording to  knowledge,  giving  honour  to  the  woman  as 
to  the  weaker  vessel,  and  as  to  the  co-heirs  of  the 
grace  of  life;  that  your  prayers  be  not  hindered. 

8  And  finally,  be  ye  all  of  one  mind,  having  com- 
passion one  of  another,  loving  brotherhood,  merciful, 
modest,  humble : 

9  Not  rendering  evil  for  evil,  nor  railing  for  rail- 
ing, but  on  the  contrary,  blessing :  for  unto  this  are 
vou  called,  that  by  inheritance  you  may  possess  a 
blessing. 

10  For  he  that  will  love  life,  and  see  good  days, 
let  him  refrain  his  tongue  from  evil,  and  his  lips  that 
they  speak  no  guile.      . 

1 1  Let  him  decline  from  evil,  and  do  good :  let 
him  seek  peace,  and  pursue  it: 

12  Because  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  upon  the 
just,  and  his  ears  unto  their  prayers  :  but  the  coun- 
tenance of  the  Lord  against  them  that  do  evil 
things. 

13  And  who  is  he  that  can  hurt  3rou,  if  you  be 
zealous  of  good  ? 

14  But  if  also  you  suffer  any  thing  for  justice 
sake,  blessed  are  ye.  And  be  not  afraid  of  their 
terror,  and  be  not  troubled. 

15  But  sanctify  the  Lord  Christ  in  your  heart, 
being  always  ready  to  satisfy  every  one  that  asketh 
you  a  reason  of  that  hope  which  is  in  you. 

16  But  with  modesty  and  fear,  having  a  good 
conscience ;  that  whereas  they  speak  evil  of  you, 
they  may  be  ashamed  who  falsely  accuse  your  good 
conversation  in  Christ. 

1 7  For  it  is  better  doing  well  (if  such  be  the  will 
of  God)  to  suffer,  than  doing  ilk 

18  Because  Christ  also  died  once  for  our  sins, 
the  just  for  the  unjust,  that  he  might  offer  us  to  God, 
being  put  to  death,  indeed,  in  the  flesh,  but  brought 
to  life  by  the  Spirit. 

19  In  which  also  he  came  and  preached  to  those 
spirits  who  were  in  prison  :* 

20  Who  in  time  past  had  been  incredulous,  when 
they  waited  for  the  patience  of  God  in  the  days  of 

*  Spirits  in  prison.  See  here  a  proof  of  a  third  place,  or  middle 
itale  of  souls :  for  these  spirits  in  prison,  to  whom  Christ  went  to 
preach,  after  his  death,  were  not  in  heaven,  nor  yet  in  the  hell  of  the 
damned ;  because  Heaven  is  no  prison :  and  Christ  did  not  go  to 
preach  to  the  damned. 

■f  Whertunto  baptism,  SfC.  Baptism  is  said  to  be  of  the  like  form  with 
the  water  by  which  Noe  was  saved  ;  because  the  one  was  a  figure  of 
the  other. 


Noe,  when  the  ark  was  a  building  :  in  "which  a  fewi 
that  is,  eight  souls,  were  saved  by  water. 

21  Whereunto  baptism  being  of  the  like  form,t 
now  saveth  you  also ;  not  the  putting  away  J  of  the 
filth  of  the  flesh,  but  the  examination  of  a  good  con- 
science towards  God  by  the  resurrection  of  Jesus 
Christ, 

22  Who  is  on  the  right  hand  of  God,  swallowing 
up  death,  that  we  might  become  heirs  of  life  ever- 
lasting ;  he  being  gone  into  heaven,  the  angels,  and 
powers,  and  virtues,  being  made  subject  to  him. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Exhortations  to  cease  from  sin  ;  to  mutual  charity  ;  to  do  all  for 
the  glory  of  God  ;  to  be  willing  to  sujjerfor  Christ. 

CHRIST,  therefore,  having  suffered  in  the  flesh, 
be  you  also  armed  with  the  same  thought :  for 
he  that  hath  suffered  in  the  flesh,  hath  ceased  from 
sins : 

2  That  now  as  to  the  rest  of  his  time  in  the  flesh, 
he  may  live  not  according  to  the  desires  of  men,  but 
according  to  the  will  of  God. 

3  For  the  time  past  is  sufficient  to  have  fulfilled 
the  will  of  the  Gentiles,  for  them  who  have  walked 
in  riotousness,  lusts,  excess  of  wine,  revellings,  ban- 
quetings,  and  unlawful  worshipping  of  idols. 

4  Wherein  they  think  it  strange,  that  you  run  not 
with  them  into  the  same  confusion  of  riotousness, 
speaking  evil  of  you  : 

5  Who  shall  render  an  account  to  him,  who  is 
ready  to  judge  the  living  and  the  dead. 

6  For  this  cause  also  was  the  gospel  preached  to 
the  dead ;  that  they  might  be  judged  indeed,  accord- 
ing to  men  in  the  flesh,  but  may  live  according  to 
God  in  the  Spirit. 

7  But  the  end  of  all  approacheth.  Be  prudent, 
therefore,  and  watch  in  prayers. 

8  But  before  all  things  have  a  mutual  charity 
among  yourselves  :  for  charity  covereth  a  multitude 
of  sins. 

9  Using  hospitality  towards  one  another  without 
murmuring. 

10  As  every  man  hath  received  grace,  minstering 
the  same  one  to  another,  as  good  stewards  of  the 
manifold  grace  of  God. 

1 1  If  any  speak,  let  him  speak  as  the  words  of 
God :  if  any  man  minister,  let  it  be  as  from  the 
power  which  God  administereth  ;  that  in  all  things 
God  may  be  honoured  through  Jesus  Christ :  to 
whom  is  glory  and  dominion  for  ever  and  ever. 
Amen. 

12  Most  dearest,  think  not  strange  the  burning 
heat  which  is  to  try  you,  as  if  some  new  thing  hap- 
pened to  you : 

13  But  rejoice,  being  partakers  of  the  sufferings 

\  Not  the  pulling  away,  fyc.  As  much  as  to  say,  that  baptism  has  nut 
its  efficacy,  in  order  to  salvation,  from  its  washing  away  any  bodily 
filth  or  dirt;  but  from  its  purging  the  conscience  from  sin,  when 
accompanied  with  suitable  dispositions  in  the  partv,  to  answer  the 
interrogations  made  at  that  time,  with  relation  to  faith,  the  rcnounc 
ing  of  Satan  with  all  his  works,  and  the  obedience  to  God's  com- 
mandments. 

199 


ii.  of  st.  rrn :[{. 


of  Christ ;  that  when  his  p]on  shall  be  rerealed,  you 
may  also  be  dad  with  exceeding  joy. 

14  It"  vim  be  reproached  lor  the  name  of  Christ, 
you  sliall  be  happy  :  for  that  \\  liirh  is  of  the  honour, 
glory,  ami  power  <>l  God,  ami  that  which  is  his 
Spirit.  resteth  upon  you. 

1  tut  Ut  itoiii'  of  you  suffer  as  a  murderer,  or 
a  thief,  or  a  ratter,  or  as  coveting  the  foods  of  others: 

It!   But  if  as  a  ( liristinn,  lei  him  not  be  ashann  d  : 

bat  let  him  glorifj  God  ia  that  name. 

17  tor  the  time  is  that  judgment  should  begin  at 
the  house  of  God.  And  if  first  at  ustwhai  shall  be 
the  end  of  those  w  bo  believe  not  the  gospel  of  God? 

18  And  if  the  JUSI  man  shall  m.iivi-|\  ■  be  s.iv<  d. 

where  shall  the  wicked  and  the  sinner  appear? 

19  Therefore  also  they,  who  suffer  according  to 
the  will  of  God,  Ift  thrin  commend  their  souls  in 
good  deeds  to  the  faithful  Creator* 

CHAP.  V. 

He  exhorts  both  prints  and  laity,  to  their  respective  duties,  and 
recommends  to  all  humility,  and  irat<  hfuluess. 

f  I'M  IK  ancients,  therefore,  that  are  anion-  you,  I 

-*-  beseech,  who  am  myself  also  an  anr'n  nt  and 
a  witness  of  Christ,  as  also  a  partaker  of  that  glory 
which  is  to  be  revealed  in  time  to  come: 

2  Feed  the  thick  of  God  which  is  among  you; 
taking  care  thereof  not  by  eonstraint,  but  willingly 
according  to  God:  neither  lor  the  sake  of  filthy 
Inert-,  but  voluntarily: 


That  i».  Dot  with.mt   mil'  h  l.ilxiiir  ami  <ii(Tic:til(T ;  and 
(he  danger*  winch  constantly  surround  the  temptations  of 
wurld,  of  the  devil,  and  of  our  own  corrupt  nature. 


S.   n  Cflu  . 


3  Neither  as  domineering  over  the  rlergy,  hut 
being  made  a  pattern  of  the  Bock  from  the  heart. 

4  And  when  the  prince  of  pastors  shall  ap- 
pear, you  shall  receive  a  never-fading  crown  of 
glory . 

5  In  like  manner,  ye  young  nun,  !*■  subject  to 
ilif  ancients.  And  do  ye  all  insinuate  humility  one 
to  another;  for  t  •< kI  resuteth  the  proud,  and  giveth 
grace  to  the  bumble. 

6  lie  vou  bumbled,  then  fore,  under  the  mighty 
band  of  God;  that  he  ma)  exalt  you  in  the  time  ol 
visitation: 

7  Casting  all  your  solicitude  upon  him;  for  be 

hath  rare  Of  yon. 

8  Ue  sober,  and  watch;  btrr—rti  your  adversary 

the  devil,  as  a  roaring  lion,  goetfa  about,   ST  idling 
w  houi  be  may  devour: 
'J  Whom  resist  ye, strong  in  faith;  knowing  that 

the  same  affliction  befaUeth  yotU  brethren  who  are 
in  the  world. 

10  Hut  the  God  of  all  grace,  who  hath  tailed  us 
unto  bis  eternal  gjorj  i"  Christ  Jesus,  when  yoa 
have  Buffered  a  little,  will  himself  perfect,  and  eon 
linn,  and  establish  you. 

11  To  him  be  glory  and  dominion  for  ever  and 
ever.     Amen. 

12  Ik  Silvanus,  a  faithful  brother  unto  you.  u  I 
think,  1  have  written  hrieny;  beseeching  and  testi- 
fying, that  this  is  the  true  grace  of  God,  wherein 
you  stand. 

13  The  church  which  is  in  Main  Ion,  elected  to- 
gether, salutethyou:  and  SO  tlutli  m\  son  .Mark 

14  Salute  one  another  with  a  hoiy  kiss  Grace 
unto  you  all,  who  are  in  Canal  Jesus.     Amen. 


THE 


SECOND  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  PETER 


THE  APOSTLE. 


In  tnis  Fpistle  St.  PrTER  says,  (rhap.  iii.)  BVIxilil,  thi<  is  lh<- 
•rcotnl  LpiiuV  I  writPimto  you:  and  befrnt. (chap.  Lver.  14.) 
Bring  MMiiml  that  the  putting  off ftl  this  mv  tain  rn.ulr  i,  at  hand. 
Thit  skate*,  that  it  was  wntt,  |  n  rrry  short  time  before  hit  mar- 
tyrdom, which  wan  about  tlnrty-firr  years  after  our  IsirrPs  As- 
centum.  In  thit  F.pitth  he  admonithi  *  thr  faithful  to  be  mind- 
ful of  the  great  gifts  thry  received from  God,  and  to  join  nil 
other  virtues  with  their  faith.  llr  worn-  Hum  ngaimst  fnltr 
t-nrkrrt,  by  deirribine  thrir  ■practice*  rind  fortfttthtg  their 
punithmmt*.  He  rl>  tcribet  the  dissolution  of  this  world  by 
fire,  and  the  day  of  judgment. 

CHAP.  I. 

He  exhorts  them  to  join  all  othir  virtues   with  their  faith;  in 
order  to  secure  thrir  salvation. 

SIMON  Peter,  ■  servant  and  an  apostle  of  I 
Christ;  to  them  who  have  obtained  equal  faith 
too 


with  us,  iii  the  justice  of  our  God  and  Saviour  Je- 
sus Christ. 

2  Grace  to  vou  and  peace  be  fulfilled  in  the 
knowledge  of  God,  and  of  Christ  Jesus  oiir 
Lord: 

3  According  as  all  things  of  his  divine  power, 
which  '//'/« ilniu  to  life  and  piety,  are  given  to  us, 
through  the  knowledge  of  him  who  hath  called  us 
by  his  own  proper  glory  and  virtue, 

)  By  whom  he  hath  given  US  Very  great  and  pre- 
cious promises;  that  by  these  vou  ma\  be  made  par- 
takers of  the  divine  nature;  flying  from  the  corrup- 
tion of  that  concupiscence  which  is  in  the  world. 

5  And  you,  giving  all  diligence,  ioin  with  your 

faith,  virtue;  antl  with  virtue,  knowledge 


CHAP.  II. 


6  And  with  knowledge,  abstinence;  and  with 
abstinence,  patience;  and  with  patience,  piety; 

7  And  with  piety,  brotherly  love ;  and  with  bro- 
therly love,  charity. 

8  For  if  these  things  be  with  you,  and  abound, 
they  will  make  you  to  be  neither  empty,  nor  un- 
fruitful in  the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

9  For  he  that  hath  not  these  things  with  him,  is 
blind,  and  groping,  forgetting  his  being  purged  from 
his  old  sins. 

10  Wherefore,  brethren,  labour  the  more,  that  by 
good  works  you  may  make  sure  your  vocation  and 
election:  for  doing  these  things,  you  shall  not  sin  at 
any  time. 

11  For  so  an  entrance  shall  be  ministered  to  you 
abundantly  into  the  everlasting  kingdom  of  our  Lord 
and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ. 

12  For  which  cause  1  will  begin  to  admonish  you 
always  of  these  things;  though,  indeed,  you  know 
them,  and  are  confirmed  in  the  present  truth. 

13  But  I  think  it  just,  as  long  as  I  am  in  this  ta- 
bernacle, to  stir  you  up  by  admonition: 

14  Being  assured  that  the  putting  off  of  this  my 
tabernacle  is  at  hand,  even  according  as  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ  hath  signified  to  me. 

15  And  I  will  endeavour,  that  you  frequently 
have  after  my  decease,  whereby  you  may  keep  a 
memory  of  these  things. 

16  For  we  have  not,  by  following  artificial  fables, 
made  known  to  you  the  power  and  presence  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ;  but  we  were  eye-witnesses  of 
nis  greatness. 

17  For  he  received  from  God  the  Father  honour 
and  glory ;  this  voice  coming  down  to  him  from  the 
excellent  glory :  This  is  my  beloved  Son,  in  whom 
I  am  well  pleased;  hear  ye  him. 

1 8  And  this  voice  we  heard  brought  from  heaven, 
when  we  were  with  him  in  the  holy  mount. 

19  And  we  have  the  word  of  prophecy  more  firm : 
to  which  you  do  well  to  attend,  as  to  a  light  shining 
in  a  dark  place  until  the  day  dawn,  and  the  morn- 
ing-star rise  in  your  hearts: 

20  Understanding  this  first,  that  no  prophecy  of 
the  Scripture  is  made  by  private  interpretation.* 

21  For  prophecy  came  not  by  the  will  ol  man  at 
any  time;  but  the  holy  men  of  God  spoke,  inspired 
by  the  Holy  Ghost. 

CHAP.  II. 

H»  warns  them  against  false  teachers,  and  foretels  their 
punishment. 

"OUT  there  were  also  false  prophets  among  the 
"■-*  people;  even  as  there  shall  be  lying  teachers 
among  you,  who  shall  bring  in  sects  of  perdition,! 
and  deny  the  Lord  who  bought  them,  bringing  upon 
themselves  swift  destruction. 


•  .\o  prophecy  rf  the  Scripture  is  made  by  private  interpretation.  This 
shows  plainly  that  the  Scriptures  are  not  to  be  expounded  by  any 
one's  private  judgment  or  private  spirit;  because  every  part  of  Die 
holy  Scriptures  were  written  by  men  inspired  by  the  Holy  Ghost, 
and  declared  as  such  by  the  Church ;  therefore  thev  are  not  to  be 
interpreted  but  by  the  Spirit  of  God,  which  he  hath  left,  and  promised 
to  remain  with  his  Church  to  guide  her  in  nil  truth  to  the.  end  of  the 
world.     Some   may  tell  us,   that   manv  of  our  divines  interpret  the 

Cc 


2  And  many  shall  foi.ovv  their  luxuries,  by  whom 
the  way  of  truth  shall  be  blasphemed: 

3  And  through  covetousness  with  feigned  words 
they  shall  make  merchandise  of  you;  whose  judg- 
ment now  of  a  long  time  ceaseth  not,  and  their  de- 
struction slumbereth  not. 

4  For  if  God  spared  not  the  angels  that  sinned, 
but  having  cast  them  down  into  the  place  of  tor- 
ments delivered  them  into  the  chains  of  hell  to  be 
tormented,  to  be  reserved  unto  judgment: 

5  And  spared  not  the  original  world,  but  pre- 
served Noe  the  eighth  person,  a  preacher  of  justice, 
bringing  in  the  deluge  upon  the  world  of  the  impious. 

6  And  reducing  the  cities  of  the  Sodomites,  and 
of  the  Gomorrhites  into  ashes,  condemned  them  to 
destruction;  making  them  an  example  to  those  that 
should  after  act  wickedly: 

7  And  delivered  Lot,  a  just  man  oppressed  by  the 
injustice  and  lewd  conversation  of  the  wicked : 

8  For  in 'sight  and  hearing  he  was  just;  dwelling 
among  them,  who  from  day  to  day  vexed  the  just 
soul  with  their  impious  deeds: 

9  The  Lord  knoweth  how  to  deliver  the  godly 
out  of  temptation;  but  to  reserve  the  unjust  unto  the 
day  of  judgment  to  be  tormented: 

10  And  especially  those  who  walk  after  the  flesh 
in  the  lust  of  uncleanness,  and  despise  governments, 
audacious,  pleasing  themselves,  they  fear  not  to 
bring  in  sects,  blaspheming: 

1 1  Whereas  angels,  though  they  are  greater  in 
strength  and  power,  bear  not  an  execrable  judg- 
ment! against  themselves. 

12  But  these  men,  as  irrational  beasts,  naturally 
tending  to  the  snare,  and  to  destruction,  blaspheming 
those  things  which  they  know  not,  shall  perish  in 
their  corruption, 

13  Receiving  the  reward  of  injustice,  counting 
pleasure  the  delights  of  a  day;§  stains  and  ble- 
mishes, flowing  in  delicacies,  rioting  in  their  feasts 
with  you, 

14  Having  eyes  full  of  adultery,  and  of  never- 
ceasing  sin:  alluring  unstable  souls,  having  thcit 
heart  exercised  with  covetousness,  sons  of  maledic- 
tion : 

15  Forsaking  the  right  way,  they  have  gone 
astray,  having  followed  the  way  of  Balaam  of  Bosor, 
who  loved  the  wages  of  iniquity: 

16  But  had  a  check  of'his  madness:  a  dumb 
beast,  subject  to  the  yoke,  speaking  with  man's 
voice,  forbad  the  folly  of  the  prophet. 

17  These  are  fountains  without  Mater,  and  clouds 
tossed  with  whirlwinds,  to  whom  the  mist  of  dark- 
ness is  reserved. 

18  For,  speaking  swelling  words  of  vanity,  they 
allure  in  desires  of  the  flesh  of  riotousness  tho«e,  vvho 
had  escaped  a  little  from  them  vvho  converse  in  error : 


Scriptures.     They  may  do  so :  but  they  do  it  always  with  a  sub- 
mission to  the  judgment  of  the  Church,  and  not  otherw.ise. 

f  Sects  of  perdition ;  that  is,  heresies  destructive  of  salvation. 

j  Bear  not  an  execrable  judgment,  &c.  That  is,  they  use  no  railing1 
nor  cursing  sentence  ;  not  even  in  their  conflicts  with  the  evil  angels 
See  St.  Judc,  vcr.  9. 

}  The  delights  of  a  day  ;  that  is,  the  short  delights  of  this  world,  in 
which  thev  place  all  their  happiness. 

'201 


I.  OF  ST.  JOHN. 


19  Promising  them  liberty,  when  they  themselves 
are  slaves  of  corruption:  for  by  whom  u  mi  is 
ovct  I  the  same  also  he  is  the  slat  e. 

JD  lor  if  h;i\  itm.  tied  from  tin-  pollutions  of  the 
world  through  die  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Sa- 
viour Jesus  Christ,  Inim:  again  entangled  in  them, 
they  are  overcome:  their  latter  stati  une  unto 

them  MM  tli.ui  the  former. 

21  For  it  had  been  better  for  them  not  to  have 
known  the  wav  of  justice,  than,  alter  tin v  have 
known  it.  to  turn  back  from  that  holy  command- 
ment, which  was  delivered  to  them. 

22  For,  that  of  the  true  proverb  hath  happened 
to  them :  The  dog  i^  returned  to  his  own  vomit :  and 
the  sow  that  was  washed,  to  her  wallowing  in  the 
mire. 

chap.  in. 

Against  scoffers,  denying  the  second  coming  of  Christ,  hr  declarr* 
the  sudden  dittolution  of  this  world;  and  exhort*  to  holiness 
of  lift. 

B  I. HOLD,  this  is  the  second  epistle  I  write  to 
yon,  mv  dearly  helmed,  in  which  I  stir  up  by 
admonition  vour  sincere  mind: 

1  That  you  m;i\  be  mindful  of  those  words  which 
I  told  you  before  from  the  holy  prophets,  and  of 
M>ur  apostles,  of  the  precepts  of  the  Lord  and 
Sai  iour. 

3  Knowing  this  first,  that  in  the  last  dajl  there 

shall  c •  scoffers  with  deceit,  walking  according 

to  their  own  In-^ts, 

1  Saying:  When  is  his  promise,  or  his  com  in  g? 
For  since  the  fathers  slept,  all  things  continue  so 
from  the  beginning  of  the  creation. 

6  For  this  they  are  wilfully  ignorant  of,  that  the 
heavens  were  before,  and  the  earth,  out  of  water, 
and  through  water,  consisting  by  the  won!  of  God: 

t>  Wherein  the  world  that  then  was,  being  mn- 
flowed  with  water,  perished. 

7  Hut  the  heavens  which  DOW  are,  and  the  earth, 
by  the  same  word  are  kept  in  stoic,  reserved  unto 


lire  against  the  day  of  judgment,  and  |R'rditioii  of 
wicked  men. 

H  Hut  Ik-  not  ignorant,  my  beloved,  of  this  one 
thing,  that  one  day  with  the  Lord  is  as  a  thousand 
years,  and  a  thousand  veais  as  one  dav . 

;»    The    Lord  dclavcth  not  his  promise,  as  some 

imagine;  but  beareth  patiently  lor  youi  sake,  not 
willmg  that  any  should  perish,  but  that  all  should 
return  to  penaii' 

111  Hut  the  day  of  the  Lord  shall  come  as  a  thi-  I. 
in  which  the  heavens  shall  pass  away  with  great 
violence;  and  the  elements  shall  Ik- dissolved  vv  it h 
heat:  and  the  earth,  and  (he  works  that  are  iu  it, 
shall  be  burnt  up. 

11  Seeing,  then,  that  all  these  things  are  to  Ive 
dissolved,  what  manner  of  people  ought  >ou  to  l«e 
in  holy  conversations  and  godliness, 

12  Wasting  for.  and  humming  unto  the  coming 

of  the  day  of  the  Lord,  by  which  the  beaveiM  bein-j 
on  fire  shall  be  dissolved,  and  the  elements  sha'l 
mi  It  with  the  burning  heat  of  fire? 

13  But  we  look  for  new  heavens  and  a  new  earth 
according  to  his  promise,  in  which  justice  dwellelh 

11  Wherefore,  dearly  beloved,  waiting  for  these 
things,  be  diligent  that  you  may  be  found  be  for* 
him  unspotted  and  blameless  in  peace: 

15  And  account  the  long-bearing  of  our  Lord 
salvation:  as  also  our  most  dear  brother  Paul,  ac- 
cording to  the  wisdom  given  to  him,  hath  written 
to  you, 

16  As  also  in  all  his  epistles,  speaking  in  them 
of  these  things:  in  which  are  some  things  hard  to 
be  understood,  which  the  unlearned  and  unstable 
wiest.  as  also  the  other  Scriptures,  to  their  own 
perdition. 

1 7  You.  therefore,  brethren,  know  ing  these  things 
before,  beware;  lest,  being  led  aw a.v  bv  the  error  ot 
the  unwise,  you  fall  from  your  own  steadfastness. 

18  Hut  increase  in  grace,  and  in  the  knowledge 
of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ.  To  him  l»e 
glory  Inrth  now  and  unto  the  day  of  eternity.     Amen. 


THE 


FIRST  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  JOHN 

THE  APOSTLE. 


The  tame  rrin  of  dirinr  lirr  and  rhnritu  towards  nur  nrighhtmr, 
trhirh  run*  throughout  the  < iotprt,  written  by  fAr  Ix-lnvcl  dis- 
ciple and  rrangrlist  St.  Jons,  it  found  also  in  An  Epistle*, 
llr  confirms  the  two  principal  myitrrir*  of  our  faith  :  I  hr  my*- 
teryof  thr  Trinitu,  and  the  mystery  of  the  Incarnation  of  Jems 
Christ  thr  S'iii  of  <!  wL  Thr  sublimity  and  rnillinir  of  the 
evangelical  doctrine  hr  declares:  \nrl  tli'n  commandment  we 
have  in >m  Ond.  ili.ii  he,  who  loveth  God,  love  ano hhv brother, 

;■     I    •    i .  :i.)  and  uuain  :   For  thi*  a  the  charil 
thai  we  keep  lii«  commandments  ;  and  his  cominandmcnt*  are 
ii.-  llr  shows  hair  to  ili,tinguish  the 

children  of  (ioil  from  those  of  thr  ilrril:  mark*  out  those  who 
should  be  called  Antichrists :  and  describes  the  turpitude  and 

:o: 


gravity  of  sin.  Finally,  he  show*  hotr  thr  sinner  may  Hope 
for  pardon.  It  teas  irrittrn,  according  to  Itaronius's  account, 
sixty-six  years  after  our  lord's  Ascension. 

CHAP.  I. 

He  declares  what  he  has  tern  and  heard  of  Christ  ( who  i*  thr  life 
eternal  |  to  the  end  that  we  may  harr  fellowship  with  (iml,  and 
all  good  through  him  ;  yrt  so  if  we  confess  our  tins. 

rI^  II  »T  w  luck  was  from  the  beginning,  w hich  vv e 
-*-    have  heard,  which  we  have  seen  w  ith  our  eyes, 
whi<h    we    have    diligent! J    looked    upon,  and   our 
hands  have  handled,  concerning;  the  word  of  life: 


CHAP.  it. 


2  For  the  life  was  manifested :  and  we  have  seen, 
and  do  bear  witness,  and  declare  unto  you  the  eter- 
nal life,  which  was  with  the  Father,  and  hath  ap- 
peared to  us: 

3  That  which  we  have  seen  and  have  heard,  we 
declare  unto  you;  that  you  also  may  have  fellowship 
with  us,  and  our  fellowship  may  be  with  the  Father, 
and  with  his  Son  Jesus  Christ. 

4  And  these  things  we  write  to  you,  that  you  may 
rejoice,  and  your  joy  may  be  full. 

5  And  this  is  the  declaration  which  we  have  heard 
from  him,  and  declare  unto  you :  That  God  is  light; 
and  that  in  him  there  is  no  darkness. 

6  If  we  say  that  we  have  fellowship  with  him, 
and  walk  in  darkness,  we  lie,  and  do  not  the  truth. 

7  But  if  we  walk  in  the  light,  as  he  also  is  in  the 
light;  we  have  fellowship  one  towards  another,  and 
the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  his  Son  cleanseth  us  from 
all  sin. 

8  If  we  say  that  we  have  no  sin,  we  deceive  our- 
selves, and  the  truth  is  not  in  us. 

9  If  we  confess  our  sins,  he  is  faithful  and  just, 
to  forgive  us  our  sins,  and  to  cleanse  us  from  all 
iniquity. 

10  If  we  say  that  we  have  not  sinned,  we  make 
him  a  liar;  and  his  word  is  not  in  us. 

CHAP.  II. 

Christ  is  our  advocate :  we  must  keep  his  commandments,  and 
love  one  another.  We  must  not  love  the  world,  nor  give  ear 
to  new  teachers;  but  abide  by  the  Spirit  of  God  in  the  church. 

MY  little  children,  these  things  I  write  to  you, 
that  you  may  not  sin.  But  if  any  man  sin, 
we  have  an  advocate  with  the  Father,  Jesus  Christ 
the  just: 

2  And  he  is  the  propitiation  for  our  sins;  and  not 
for  ours  only,  but  also  for  those  of  the  whole 
world. 

3  And  in  this  we  do  know  that  we  have  known 
him,  if  we  keep  his  commandments.* 

4  He  that  saith  he  knovyeth  him,  and  keepeth  not 
his  commandments,  is  a  liar ;  and  the  truth  is  not 
in  him. 

6  But  whosoever  keepeth  his  word,  the  charity 
of  God  is  truly  perfect  in  him:  and  by  this  we  know 
that  we  are  in  him. 

6  He  that  saith  he  abideth  in  him,  ought  him- 
self also  to  walk,  even  as  he  walked. 

7  My  dearest,  I  write  not  a  new  commandment 
to  you,  but  an  old  commandment,  which  you  had 
from  the  beginning:  The  old  commandment  is  the 
word  which  you  have  heard. 

8  Again  a  new  commandmentf  I  write  to  you, 
which  thing  is  true  both  in  him  and  in  you:  because 
the  darkness  is  past,  and  the  true  light  now  shineth. 

*  We  hate  known  him,  if  we  keep  his  commandments.  He  speaks  of 
that  practical  knowledge  by  love  and  affection,  which  can  only  be  proved 
hy  our  keeping  his  commandments;  and  without  which  we  cannot  be 
sail  to  know  God.  as  we  should  do. 

\  .1  new  commandment,  viz.  The  commandment  of  love,  which  was 
fjrsl  given  in  die  old  law;  but  was  renewed  and  extended  by  Christ. 
bee  John  xiii.  3'J. 

J  //  is  the  lust  hour.     That  is,  it  is  the  last  age  of  the  world. 

♦  M,mij  JlnttdtrMl ;  That  is.  many  heretics,  enemies  of  Christ  and 
Ins  church,  and  foioruuneis  of  the  great  Antichrist. 


9  He  that  saith  he  is  in  the  light,  and  hateth  his 
brother,  is  in  darkness  even  until  now. 

1 0  He  that  loveth  his  brother  abideth  in  the  light, 
and  there  is  no  scandal  in  him. 

1 1  But  he  that  hateth  his  brother  is  in  darkness, 
and  walketh  in  darkness,  and  knoweth  not  whither 
he  goeth :  because  the  darkness  hath  blinded  his  eyes 

12  I  write  to  you,  little  children,  because  youi 
sins  are  forgiven  you  for  his  name's  sake. 

13  1  write  to  you,  fathers,  because  you  have 
known  him,  who  is  from  the  beginning.  I  write 
to  you,  young  men,  because  you  have  overcome  the 
wicked  one. 

14  1  write  to  you,  infants,  because  you  have 
known  the  Father.  I  write  to  you,  young  men,  be- 
cause you  are  strong,  and  the  word  of  God  abideth 
in  you,  and  you  have  overcome  the  wicked  one. 

15  Love  not  the  world,  nor  those  things  which 
are  in  the  world.  If  any  man  love  the  world,  the 
charity  of  the  Father  is  not  in  him: 

16  For  all  that  is  in  the  world,  is  the  concupis- 
cence of  the  flesh,  and  the  concupiscence  of  the 
eyes,  and  the  pride  of  life:  which  is  not  of  the 
Father,  but  is  of  the  world. 

17  And  the  world  passeth  away,  and  the  concu- 
piscence thereof.  But  he  that  doeth  the  will  of 
God,  abideth  forever. 

18  Little  children,  it  is  the  last  hour: J  and  as 
you  have  heard  that  Antichrist  cometh,  even  now 
there  are  many  Antichrists  :§  whereby  we  know 
that  it  is  the  last  hour. 

19  They  went  out  from  us:  but  they  were  not  of 
us.  ||  For  if  they  had  been  of  us,  they  would  no 
doubt  have  continued  with  us:  but  that  they  might 
be  made  manifest,  that  they  are  not  all  of  us. 

20  But  you  have  an  unction  from  the  Holy  One;"!! 
and  you  know  all  things.** 

21  1  have  not  written  to  you  as  to  such  as  know 
not  the  truth,  but  as  to  such  as  know  it;  and  that 
no  lie  is  from  the  truth. 

22  Who  is  a  liar,  but  he  who  denieth  that  Jesus 
is  the  Christ?  He  is  Antichrist,  who  denieth  the 
Father  and  the  Son. 

23  Whosoever  denieth  the  Son,  neither  hath  he 
the  Father.  He  that  confesseth  the  Son,  hath  the 
Father  also. 

24  Let  that  which  you  have  heard  from  the  be- 
ginning, abide  in  you:  If  what  you  have  heard  from 
the  beginning  shall  abide  in  you,  you  also  shall 
abide  in  the  Son,  and  in  the  Father. 

25  And  this  is  the  promise  which  he  hath  pro- 
mised to  us,  eternal  life. 

26  These  things  have  I  written  to  you  concern- 
ing them  that  seduce  you. 

27  And  the  unction,  which  you  have  received  from 


||  They  were  not  of  us.  That  is,  they  were  not  solid,  stedfast.  ireiiiiine 
Christians;  otherwise  they  would  have  remained  in  the  church. 

IT  Jin  unction  from  the  Holy  One.  That  is,  grace  and  wisdom  from 
the  Holy  Ghost. 

**  You  know  all  things.  The  true  children  of  God's  church,  remain- 
ing in  unity,  under  the  guidance  of  their  lawful  pastors,  partake  ot 
the  grace  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  promised  to  the  church  and  her  pastors ; 
and  have  in  the  church  all  necessary  knowledge  and  instruction  ;  <o 
as  to  have  no  need  to  seek  it  elsewhere,  since  it  can  be  only  found  in 
that  society  of  which  they  are  member*. 

■2UJ 


I.  OF  ST.  JOHN. 


him,  let  it  abide  in  you.  Ami  \ou  ha\e  no  unci*  that 
any  one  should  teach  \ou:  I  nil  M  his  unction  It  acht  ih 
yen  (MMernag  all  things,  and  it  is  trillhu  and  is  not 
a  Im-.      And  as  it  hath  taught  you,  abide  in  linn. 

\iid  now,  little  children,  abide  in  him:  that 
when  lit'  shall  ap|>ear,  we  mat  have  confidence,  and 
not  he  confounded  In  him  at  his  coming. 

29  It'  >ou  know  that  In  is  just,  know  also  that 
(\,i\  one  who  doeth  justice,  is  born  ot  him. 

CHAP.   III. 

Of  the  love  of  God  to  ut  j  how  we  may  distingvith  the  children 
of  God,  and  thote  of  the  dtnl.  Of  loving  one  another,  and 
of  purity  <{f  conscience. 

BEHOLD  what  manner  of  charily  the  Father 
had i  In-stowed  uikiii  us,  that  we  should  be 
named  and  should  he  the  sons  of  (iod.  Therefore, 
the  world  hath  not  known  us:  because  it  hath  not 
know  n  him. 

I  Dearly  beloved,  we  are  now  the  sons  of  God: 
and  it  hath  not  \et  appeared  what  we  shall  be.  We 
know,  that  when  be  shall  appear,  we  shall  be  like 
to  him:  because  we  shall  see  him  as  he  is. 

3  And  e\ir\  man  that  hath  this  hope  in  him, 
saneiitieth  himself,  as  he  also  is  holy. 

4  Whosoever  committeth  sin,  committeth  also 
iniquity  :f  and  sin  is  iniquity. 

5  And  urn  know  that  he  appeared  to  take  awa\ 
our  sins  :   ;m,|  in  him  there  is  no  sin. 

t;   \\  h \er  ahideth  in  him,  sinneth  not:J   and 

whosoever  sinneth,  hath  not  seen  him,  nor  known 
him. 

7  Little  children,  let  no  one  deceive  you.  He 
that  doeth  justice,  is  just  ;  as  he  also  is  just. 

8  He  that  eouimiiteih  sin  is  ot  the  devil :  forthe 
devil  sinneth  from  the  beginning.  For  this  purpose 
the  Son  of  (iod  appeared,  that  he  might  destroy  tin 
works  of  the  de\il. 

B  Every  one  that  is  born  of  God,  doth  not  com- 
mit sin  :'  for  his  seed  remained)  in  him;  and  he  can- 
not sin.  because  he  is  Ixirn  of  God. 

10  In  this  the  children  of  God  are  manifest,  and 
the  children  of  the  devil.  Whosoever  is  not  just, 
is  not  of  (iod,  nor  is  he  that  loveth  not  his  brother: 

1 1, Fortius  is  the  declaration,  which  you  have  heard 
from  the  beginning,  thai  \ou  should  lo\  cone  another. 

I I  Not  as  Cain,  w  ho  was  ot  the  wicked  one,  and 
killed  his  brother.  And  for  what  cause  did  he  kill 
him  '  Becanae  his  own  works  were  evil,  and  his 
brother's  just. 

13   Wonder  not.  brethren,  if  the  world  hate  you. 
1  V  W'e  know  that  we  have  passed  from  death  to 


•  Van  km  n*  nttd.  Ire  You  want  not  to  be  taurtit  hv  any  of  these 
meav,  who,  under  pTrtenoe  or  imparting  more  knowledge  to  you,  seek 
to  seduce  |  .'4.)  since  jroa  rue  suficiently  taught  already. 

Mat  hare  all  knowledge  ajvl  grace  in  the  rhurrli,  with  the  unction  of 
(lie  Holy  Ghost ;  wlnrh  these  new  teacher*  hare  no  tliare  in. 

f  /aisairy,  i*.?U,  tranf  rf— iun  of  Ike  law 

i  Sasaili  — t, » i/-  moi  tally.     Seechap.  i   8. 

t  Ink  hoi  tmrnmit  •»  i  that  ia,  a*  long  as  he  keepeth  in  himself  tin. 
seed  of  rnu-r,  and  tin.   Iirine  ren-ratton.  hr  wlm  Ii  lie  is  born  ■> 
Hut  then  he  mat  Ml  from  tin.  happy  Mate,  l.v  the  ahu«e  of  hi*  free 
will,  aa  appean  from  Ami.  si.  SO,  SI,  Ti.    I  dm.  is.  ST.  chap.  x.  IS. 
euUf.it.  1-2.  .4/Mc.  •■>.  II. 

T^U.^  ^hye^n^wk^^rl^cl-n.  ben- 


life  :  because  we  love  the  brethren,  lie  that  loveth 
not.  abideth  in  death  : 

15  W  hosoever  bateth  his  brother,  is  a  murderer. 
And  \ou  know  that  no  murderer  hath  eternal  life 
■biding  in  himself. 

Iti  In  this  we  ha\e  known  the  charity  of  God, 
nise   he  hath  laid  down  his  life  tor  us:   and  v.  e 

ought  to  lay  down  our  lives  for  the  brethren. 

17  He  that  hath  the  substance  of  this  world,  and 
shall  see  his  brother  in  need,  and  shall  shut  up  his 
bowels  iroin  him;  how  doth  the  charity  of  God 
abide  in  him  ? 

18  My  little  children,  let  us  not  love  in  word,  nor 
in  tongue,  but  in  deed,  and  in  truth. 

19  In  this  w  e  know  that  w  e  are  of  the  truth  :  and 
in  his  sidit  we  shall  persuade  our  hearts. 

BO  1  or  if  our  heart  reprehend  us,  God  is  greater 
than  our  heart,  and  knoweih  all  things. 

21  Dearly  beloxed,  it  our  heart  do  not  reprehend 
us,  we  have  confidence  towards  (iod: 

22  And  w  hatsoever  we  shall  ask,  we  shall  receive 
of  him:  because  we  keep  his  commandments,  and 
do  those  things  that  are  pleasing  in  his  sight 

23  And  this  is  his  commandment :  that  we  should 
believe  in  the  uamcof  his  Son  Jean  Christ:  and  love 
one  another,  as  he  hath  given  commandment  unto  us. 

24  And  he  that  keepeth  his  commandments, 
abideth  in  him,  and  he  in  hun:  and  in  this  we  know 
that  he  abideth  in  us,  from  the  Spirit  which  he  hath 
given  us. 

CHAP.  IV. 

What  tpiritt  are  of  God,  and  what  not.      We  mutt  love  one 
another,  because  God  hat  loved  ut. 

DEARLY  beloved,  believe  not  every  spirit;  but 
try  the  spirits,||  whether  they  lx>  of  God :  be- 
cause main  false  prophets  are  gone  out  into  the 
world. 

2  By  this  is  the  Spirit  of  God  known:  every 
spirit,  that  confesscth"  .It  sus  Christ  to  have  come 
in  the  Beak*  is  of  God: 

3  And  every  spirit,  that  dissolved!  Jesus,**  is  not 
of  God:  and  this  is  Antichrist,  of  whom  you  have 
heard  that  he  coineth,  and  he  is  now  already  in  the 

world. ft 

4  You  are  of  God,  little  children,  and  have  over- 
come him;  because  greater  is  he  that  is  in  \oii,  than 
he  that  is  in  the  world. 

5  They  are  of  the  world:  therefore  of  the  world 
they  siieak,  and  the  world  heareth  them. 

b  We  are  of  God.  He  that  kuowt-th  God,  hear- 
eth us:  He  tha.'  is  not  of  God,  heareih  us  not:  by 

able  to  the  rule  of  the  OatlH.li.  f:utl>.  and  Ihe  dortrineof  the  rhin.-h. 
For,  a*  be  aaya,  vrr.  6.  Hi  that  knortth  God  ktmttk  ut,  [the  Barton  ot 
the  ctinrch.]      By  tail  «•#  know  tkt  tpirit  of  trtttk,  mtd  tkt  ipirtt  o/  rrror. 

S  Even  spirit  laal  confituth,  Ift.  Not  Saw  tl><-  ata«Aa«aM  ■■!  tin*  point 
of  faith  a'lonr,  ia,  at  ail  tiinea,  and  in  all  cases,  sufficient ;  but  ih.it 
with  relation  to  that  lime,  and  for  that  part  of  the  (hriktian  doctrine. 
which  wa*  then  particularly  to  l>r  confessed,  taught,  main! 
ajrainM  the  heretic*  of  those  da»s,  tbii  was  the  most  proper  token,  kj 
winch  ihe  true  teacher*  mi(fht  be  distinguished  from  the  false. 

•*  Tk»l  JtHolttlk  Jenu,  tul  either  by  denying  bis  humanity,  or  his 
■lit  nuts . 

ft  lit  it  aev  alriady  ia  Uu  vmld.  Not  in  hi*  person,  but  in  bis  spirit 
and  in  In.  precursor*. 


CHAP.  V. 


»his  we  know  the  Spirit  of  truth,  and  the  spirit  of 
error. 

7  Dearly  beloved,  let  ns  love  one  another :  for 
charity  is  of  God.  And  every  one  that  loveth,  is 
born  of  God,  and  knoweth  God. 

8  He  that  loveth  not,  knoweth  not  God :  for  God 
is  charity. 

9  By  this  hath  appeared  the  charity  of  God  in 
ns  ;  because  God  hath  sent  his  oidy  begotten  Son 
into  the  world,  that  we  might  live  through  him. 

10  In  this  is  charity:  not  as  if  we  have  loved 
God,  but  because  he  first  loved  us,  and  sent  his  Son 
a  propitiation  for  our  sins. 

1 1  My  dearest,  if  God  hath  so  loved  us,  we  ought 
also  to  love  one  another. 

12  No  man  hath  seen  God  at  any  time.  If  we 
love  one  another,  God  abideth  in  us,  and  his  charity 
is  perfected  in  us. 

13  By  this  we  know  that  we  abide  in  him,  and 
he  in  us ;  because  he  hath  given  us  of  his  Spirit : 

14  And  we  have  seen,  and  do  testify,  that  the 
Father  hath  sent  his  Son  the  Saviour  of  the  world. 

15  Whosoever  shall  confess  that  Jesus  is  the  Son 
of  God,  God  abideth  in  him,  and  he  in  God. 

16  And  we  have  known,  and  have  believed  the 
charity,  which  God  hath  to  us.  God  is  charity : 
and  he  that  abideth  in  charity,  abideth  in  God,  and 
God  in  him. 

17  In  this  is  the  charity  of  God  perfected  with 
us,  that  we  may  have  confidence  in  the  day  of  judg- 
ment: because  as  he  is,  we  also  are  in  this  world. 

18  Fear  is  not  in  charity:*  but  perfect  charity 
casteth  out  fear;  because  fear  hath  pain:  and  he  that 
fearetbj  is  not  perfect  in  charity. 

19  Let  us,  therefore,  love  God,  because  God  first 
hath  loved  us. 

20  I  f  any  man  say, I  love  God,and  hateth  hisbrother, 
he  is  a  liar.  For  he  that  loveth  not  his  brother,  whom 
he  seeth,  how  can  he  love  God,  whom  he  seeth  not  ? 

21  And  this  commandment  we  have  from  God, 
that  he,  who  loveth  God,  love  also  his  brother. 

CHAP.  V.       • 

Of  them  that  are  horn  of  God,  and  of  true  charity.  Faith 
overcomes  the  world.  Three  that  bear  witness  to  Christ.  Of 
faith  in  his  name,  and  of  sin  that  is  and  is  not  to  death. 

"WHOSOEVER   believeth    that   Jesus    is  the 

*  *     Christ,  is  bom  of  God.f    And  every  one  that 

*  Fear  is  not  in  charily,  fyc.  Perfect  charity,  or  lore,  banishcth  Au- 
manfear,  that  is,  the  fear  of  men  ;  as  also  all  perplexing  fear,  which 
makes  men  mistrust  or  despair  of  God's  mercy ;  and  that  kind  of 
servile  /ear,  which  makes  them  fear  the  punishment  of  sin  more  than 
the  offence  offered  to  God  :  but  it  no  way  excludes  the  wholesome 
fear  of  God's  judgment},  so  often  recommended  in  holv  writ;  nor  that 
'ear  and  trembling,  with  which  we  are  told  to  work  out  our  salvation. 
Phil.  ii.  12. 

f  Is  bom  of  God;  that  is,  is  justified,  and  become  a  child  of  God  by 
baptism:  which  is  also  to  be  understood  ;  provided  the  belief  of  this 
fundamental  article  of  the  Christian  faith  be  accompanied  with  all  the 
other  conditions,  which,  by  the  word  of  God,  and  his  appointment, 
are  also  required  to  justification  ;  such  as,  a  general  belief  of  all  that 
God  has  revealed  and  promised ;  hope,  love,  repentance,  and  a  sincere 
disposition  to  keep  God's  holy  law  and  commandments. 

t  Our  faith ;  not  a  bare  speculative,  or  dead  faith  ;  but  a.  faith  work- 
ing by  charity.      Gal.  V.  6. 

{  Came  by  water  and  blood :  not  only  to  wash  away  our  sins  by  the 
water  of  baptism,  but  by  his  own  blood. 


loveth  him  that  begot,  loveth  him  also  who  was  born 
of  him. 

2  In  this  we  know  that  we  love  the  children  of 
God,  when  we  love  God,  and  keep  his  command- 
ments. 

3  For  this  is  the  charity  of  God,  that  we  keep  his 
commandments :  and  his  commandments  are  not 
heavy. 

4  For  whatsoever  is  born  of  God,  overcometh  the 
world :  and  this  is  the  victory  which  overcometh 
the  world,  our  faith. J 

5  Who  is  he  that  overcometh  the  world,  but  he 
that  believeth  that  Jesus  is  the  Son  of  God  ? 

6  This  is  he  that  came  by  water  and  blood,§ 
Jesus  Christ ;  not  in  water  only,  but  in  water  and 
blood.  And  it  is  the  Spirit  that  testifieth,  that  Christ 
is  the  truth. 

7  For  there  are  three  that  give  testimony  in 
heaven;  the  Father,  the  Word,  and  the  Holy  Ghost: 
and  these  three  are  one. 

8  And  there  are  three  that  give  testimony  on 
earth;  the  spirit,  the  water,  and  the  blood :||  and 
these  three  are  one. 

9  If  we  receive  the  testimony  of  men,  the  testi- 
mony of  God  is  greater:  for  this  is  the  testimony  of 
God,  which  is  greater,  because  he  hath  testified  of 
his  Son. 

10  He  that  believeth  in  the  Son  of  God,  hath  the 
testimony  of  God  in  himself.  He  that  believeth  not 
the  Son, II  maketh  him  a  liar  :  because  he  believeth 
not  in  the  testimony  which  God  hath  testified  of  his 
Son. 

1 1  And  this  is  the  testimony,  that  God  hath  given 
to  us  eternal  life :  and  this  life  is  in  his  Son. 

12  He  that  hath  the  Son,  hath  life:  he  that  hath 
not  the  Son,  hath  not  life. 

13  These  things  I  write  to  you,  that  you  may 
know  that  you  have  eternal  life;  who  believe  in  the 
name  of  the  Son  of  God. 

14  And  this  is  the  confidence  which  we  have  in 
him  :  that  whatsoever  we  shall  ask,  according  to  his 
will,  he  heareth  us. 

15  And  we  know  that  he  heareth  us  whatsoever 
we  ask :  we  know  that  we  have  the  petitions  which 
we  request  of  him.  • 

16  He  that  knoweth  his  brother  to  sin  a  sin  which 
is  not  unto  death,**  let  him  ask, and  life  shall  be  given 
to  him,  that  sinneth  not  to  death.  There  is  a  sin  unto 


||  The  spirit,  the  water,  and  the  blood.  As  the  Father,  the  Word,  and 
the  Holy  Ghost,  all  bear  witness  to  Christ's  divinity;  so  the  spirit, 
which  he  yielded  up,  crying  out  with  a  loud  voice  upon  the  cross ; 
and  the  water  and  blood  that  issued  from  his  side,  bear  witness  to  his 
humanity,  and  are  one  ;  that  is,  all  agree  in  one  testimony. 

1!  He  that  believeth  not  the  Son,  fyc.  By  refusing  to  belieye  the  testi- 
monies given  by  the  three  divine  persons,  that  Jesus  was  the  Mf  ssias, 
and  the  true  Son  of  God,  by  whom  eternal  life  is  obtained,  and  pro« 
mised  to  all  that  comply  with  his  doctrine.  In  him  we  have  also  this 
lively  confidence,  that  we  shall  obtain  whatever  we  ask,  according  to 
his  will,  when  we  ask  what  is  for  our  good  with  perseverance,  and 
in  the  manner  we  ought :  and  this  we  know,  and  have  experience  of, 
by  having  obtained  the  petitions  that  we  have  made. 

**  A  sin  which  is  not  unto  death,  See.  It  is  hard  to  determine  what  St. 
John  here  calls  a  sin,  which  is  not  unto  death,  and  a  sin  whioh  is  unto 
death.  The  difference  cannot  be  the  same  as  betwixt  sins,  that  are 
railed  venial  and  mortal;,  for  he  says,  that  if  a  man  pray  for  his  brother, 
who  commits  a  sin  that  is  not  unto  death,  life  shall  be  given  him;  there- 
foiesuch  a  one  had  before  lost  the  life  of  grace,  and  been  guilty  tj 
205 


II    OF  ST.  JOHN. 


death:*  I  do  not  viv  that  any  one  should  ask  for  it. 

17  All  iniquity  is  mm  :  ;nul  then  i>  I  sin  untodcaih. 

18  We  know  that  every  one,  who  is  born  of  God, 
siiiiitth  not:  but  the  generation  of  (J<m1  preserved! 
lii'n.  ;tnd  the  wicked  one  toiicheth  him  not. 

1!»  We  know  that  we  an-  of  (i<nl:  and  the  w  hole 
world  is  nMed  in  w  ickfdiiess.f 

what  11  commonly  called  a  mortal  tin.  And  when  be  speaks  of  a  tin 
that  il  •■(.  death,  and  add*  these  word*.  /  do  not  toy  that  any  one  thould 
oti  for  that  tin.  it  cannot  be  Mppoaed  thut  St.  John  would  »ay  thu  of 
every  mortal  tin,  but  only  of  «omc  heinous  tint,  wliich  are  very  sel- 
dom remitted,  because  such  iiimrV.  very  seldom  rr|>ent.  By  ■  rin, 
therefore,  which  it  ante  dtmlh,  interpreters  comrnonlv  understand  a  wil- 
ful apoatacy  from  the  faith,  and  frmn  the  known  truth,  when  a  tinner, 
hardened  hv  hit  own  ingratitude,  becomes  deaf  to  all  admonitiona, 
wiH  do  notluug  for  himself,  hut  runt  on  to  a  final  impenitence-  Nor 
yet  doea  St.  John  say,  that  Mich  a  tin  it  nmrr  I  emitted,  or  cannot  be 
remitted,  but  miN  baa  tkeee  »<>nl«.  I  Jo  not  lay  that  ««y  ont  thvuU  atk 
for  the  remission  of  that  sin.  that  is,  though  wc  mutt  pray  fur  all  -Miners 
~.h»it.  >.t  m.n  cannot  prav  for  tue'j  tinners  with  tuck  a  confi- 
drae  <•!' otitaininsr  always  their  ar<>iumj,  as  St.  John  »aid  before, ver.  14. 
Whatever  exposition  wc  follow  on  tint  nr~e.  Mr  faith  teachcth  us 
fnun  the  !  ir»-»,  that  God  denret  not  the  death  of  any  sinner, 

hut  that  he  lie  nnrerltd,  and  lire,  K/.ech.  \x\iii.  II.  Though  men't 
nai  he  «i  red  as  learlet,  they  ihitli  Income  as  white  at  mas*.  Itaias  ill.  I  tl 
It  u  the  will  of  Clod,  that  carry  one  come  <•  the  knowledge  of  truth,  and  be 
There  it  no  sin  so  great,  but  which  God  is  willing  to  forgive, 


20  And  we  know  that  the  Son  of  Cod  is  come, 
and  halhgiven  US  understanding, thai  weina\  know 
the  titu  God,  and  may  be  in  his  true  JSon.J  Tliia 
is  the  triif  God,  and  eternal  life. 

21  Little  children,  keep  yourselves  from  idols. ) 
Amen. 


and  has  left  a  power  in  Ins  church  to  remit  tbe  most  enormous  tint; 
so  that  no  sinner  need  despair  of  par  Jon  ;  nor  will  any  tinner  pen-h, 
but  by  hit  own  fault. 

*  J  tin  unto  death.  Some  under  i  n.l  this  of  final  impenitence,  or  of 
dying  in  mortal  tin  ;  which  it  the  ash  -\u  tlr.it  m  NrCO  he  remitted  . 
hut,  it  it  probable,  be  may  also  comprise  under  this  name,  the  km  oi 
apoatacy  from  the  faith,  and  some  other  such  heinous  tins  as  are  sel- 
dom and  hardly  remitted  I  and,  therefore,  he  give  little  rn<  i.iiragia- 
rmnt,  to  men  as  pray  for  these  sinners,  to  expect  what  they  ask. 

f  .hid  the  whole  world  it  tooled  m  wicke  dneu :  i.  e.  a  great  part  of  tbe 
world.  It  may  also  signify,  is  under  the  wiclud  one,  meaning  the  ill  i  il, 
who  it  elsewhere  called  the  prince  of  this  world,  that  is,  of  all  lite 
wicked.     John  xii.  31. 

!  .ind  may  be  in  hit  true  Son.  He  it,  or,  (ail  il  the  true  God,  and  eternal 
life.  Which  words  are  a  clear  proof  of  Christ's  diwuity,  and  as  tin  li 
made  use  of  by  the  ancient  fathers. 

I  Keep  yourteket  from  idolt.  An  admonition  to  the  new  converted 
Christians,  lest,  conversing  with  heathens  and  idolaters,  they  mighl 
fall  back  into  the  sin  of  idolatry,  which  may  be  the  sin  unto  death 
here  mentioned  by  St.  John. 


THE 


SECOND  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  JOHN 


THE  APOSTLE. 


The  apo*tle  commends  F.t.r.cTA  and  her  familii  for  their  ttead- 
fattnrt*  in  the  true  faith  ;  and  exhort*  them  to  prr*ecere,  U  st 
thru  lote  the  reward  of  thrir  labour*.  Hi  exhorts  thrm  la  Inrr 
one  another;  but  MM  In  n  tics  to  hare  no  society,  even  not  (0 
mint,  them.  Although  thit  epittle  in  irrittin  to  a  particular 
permnn,  yet  it*  instruction*  may  srrrr  as  a  te*xon  to  others. 
especially  to  thine  who,  from  their  connection*,  tituation,  or 
condition  in  life,  are  in  danger  of  prrvenion. 

(MAP.  I. 

He  recommends   walking  in  truth,  luring  one  another,  and  to 
beicare  of  fal*r  teacher*. 

TV*  I  f  I*  ancient*  to  the  lady  Elect  and  lur  children, 
-*-     whom  I  love  in  truth,  and  not  I  only,  hut  also 
all  they  who  have  known  the  truth. 

I  I  or  tin-  >:tke  of  the  truth  :  which  ahideth  in  us, 
and  shall  be  with  us  for  ever. 

3  Grace  be  with  you,  mercy,  and  peace  from  God 
the  Father,  and  from  Christ  JestM  the  Soil  of  the 
Father,  in  truth,  and  chant]  • 

4  I  was  exceeding  g  I  ad,  that  1  found  of  tin  chil- 
dren walking  in  truth,  as  we  haw-  received  i  com- 
mandment from  the  lather. 

\nd  now  I  Ircscech  thee,  lady,   not  as  writing 
a  new    commandment  to  thee,    hut    that    which    we 


*  7V  ancient,  that  it,  the  ancient  nU  one 

Ta  the  lady  I 

*it  tne  general  opinion   i«.   f 

for  bee  piety  and  gr<  .  ••»  f"  nv  nt  tl  i-  Kpistlc  from 


have  liad  from  the  beginning,  that  we  love  one  an- 
other. 

6  And  this  is  charity,  that  wo  walk  according  to 
his  commandments.  For  this  is  the  commandment, 
that  ;i>  you  ha\e  heard  from  the  beginning,  you 
should  walk  in  it : 

7  For  many  seducers  are  gone  out  into  the  work), 
who  confess  not  that  Jesus  Christ  is  come  in  thu 
flesh:  this  is  ;i  seducer  and  ;m  antichrists 

8  Look  to  \oursi  Ires, that  you  lose  not  the  things 
which  you  have  wrought;  hut  that  you  may  receive 
a  full  reward. 

9  \\  boaoever  receded),  and  cootinueth  not  in  the 

doctrine  of  Christ,  hath  not  God  :  he  that  eontinueth 
in  the  doctrine,  he  hath  both  the  Father  and  the  Son. 

10  If  any  man  conic  to  yott,  and  hring  not  this 
tint  trine,  receive  him  not   into   the   house,   nor 

tt)  him.  ( Sod  save  yoti.f 

11  For  he  that  saith  to  him:  God  save  you, 
couununicatcth  with  his  wicked  works. 

I  2  Having  more  things  to  w  rite  unto  you.  I  would 
not  by  paper  and  ink :  for  I  pope  that  I  shall  he  w  it  li 
you,  and  speak  face  to  face;  that  your  joy  may  In- lull 

13  The  children  of  thy  aistl  r  Elect  nlute  thee. 


f  .Vsr  toy  to  kiss,  Cos!  law  ycu.      This   ailnionitn.ii  it   in  jrneral.  to 
Mill    "I    the    dangers   which  mil    ante  from  a  fa- 
miliarity   with    iImkc    who    have  rone    from   the 

Grille.       lint   (hit  It  lint  for- 

■  r  1  charity  for  all  men,  by  which  we  ought  to  with  ajad  pray 

fur  tbe  eternal  salvation  of  every  one,  even  of  our  i 


THE 


THIRD  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  JOHN 


THE  APOSTLE. 


St.  John  praises  dains  for  his  walking  in  truth,  and  for  his 
charity  ;  complains  of  the.  bad  conduct  of  Diotrephes ;  and 
gives  a  good  testimony  to  Demetrius. 

rp  HE  ancient  to  the  dearly  beloved  Gaius,  whom 
-*-    I  love  in  truth. 

2  Dearly  beloved,  I  make  my  prayer  that  thou 
mayest  prosper  as  to  all  things,  and  be  in  health, 
even  as  thy  soul  doeth  prosperously. 

3  I  was  exceeding  glad  when  the  brethren  came, 
and  gave  testimony  to  the  truth  in  thee,  even  as  thou 
walkest  in  truth. 

4  I  have  no  greater  grace*  than  this,  to  hear  that 
my  children  walk  in  truth. 

5  Dearly  beloved,  thou  doest  faithfully  whatso- 
ever thou  doest  for  the  brethren,  and  that  for 
strangers, 

6  Who  have  given  testimony  of  thy  charity  in  the 
sight  of  the  church;  whom,  thou  shaft  do  well,  to 
bring  forward  on  their  way  in  a  manner  worthy  of 
God. 

7  Because,  for  his  name's  sake  they  went  forth, 
taking  nothing  of  the  Gentiles.f 

*  .No  greater  grace :  that  is,  nothing  that  gives  me  greater  joy  and 
satisfaction. 

f  Taking  nothing  of  the  Gentiles.  These  ministers  of  the  gospel  are 
commended  by  St.  John,  who  took  nothing  from  the  Gentiles,  lest 
thov  stiouid  seem  to  preach  in  order  to  get  money  by  it. 


pre-eminence 


8  We,  therefore, ought  to  receive  such;  that  we 
may  be  fellow-helpers  of  the  truth. 

»  I  had  written  perhaps  to  the  church :  but  Dio- 
trephes, who   lovcthj   to   have  the 
among  them,  doth  not  receive  us. 

10  Wherefore,  if  I  come,  I  will  publish  his  works 
which  he  doeth,  prating  against  us  with  malicious 
words:  and  as  if  these  things  were  not  enough  for 
him,  neither  doth  he  himself  receive  the  brethren  : 
and  those  that  do  receive  them  he  forbiddeth,  and 
casteth  out  of  the  church. 

11  Dearly  beloved,  follow  not  that  which  is  evil, 
but  that  which  is  good.  He  that  doeth  good,  is  ot 
God:  he  that  doeth  evil,  hath  not  seen  God. 

12  To  Demetrius  testimony  is  given  by  all,  and 
by  the  truth  itself;  yea,  and  we  also  give  testimony: 
and  thou  knowest  that  our  testimony  is  true. 

13  I  had  many  things  to  write  unto  thee:  but  1 
would  not  by  ink  and  pen  write  to  thee. 

14  But  I  hope  speedily  to  see  thee;  and  we  will 
speak  face  to  face.  Peace  be  to  thee.  Our  friends 
salute  thee.     Salute  the  friends  by  name. 

|  Diotrephes  who  loveth,  S(C.  This  man  seemeth  to  be  in  power,  but 
not  a  friend  to  the  faithful ;  therefore  this  part  of  the  letter  might  be 
an  admonition  to  him  from  the  Apostle. 


THE 


CATHOLIC  EPISTLE  OF  ST.  JUDE 

THE  APOSTLE. 


St.  Jude,  who  wrote,  this  Epistle,  was  one  of  the  twelve  apostles, 
and  brother  to  St.  James  the  Less.  The  time  it  was  written  is 
uncertain  :  only  it  may  be  inferred,  from  ver.  17-  that  few  or 
none  of  the  apostles  were  then  living,  except  St.  John.  He 
inveighs  against  the  heresies  and  wicked  practices  of  the 
Simonians,  Nicholaitcs,  and  Gnostics,  Sfc.  describing  them  and 
their  leaders  by  strong  epithets  andsimilies.  He  exhorts  the 
faithful  to  contend  earnestly  for  the  faith  first  delivered  to 
them,  and  to  beware  of  heretics. 

He  exhorts  them  tostand  to  the  faith  first  delivered  to  them;  and 
to  beware  of  heretics. 

I"UDE,  the  servant  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  brother 
•"    of  James;  to  them  that  are  beloved  in  God  the 
Father,  and  preserved  in  Jesus  Christ,  and  called. 
2  Mercy  unto  you,  and  peace  and  charity  be  ful- 
flled. 


3  Dearly  beloved,  taking  all  care  to  write  to  you 
concerning  your  common  salvation,  1  was  under  a 
necessity  to  write  to  you :  to  beseech  you  to  con- 
tend earnestly  for  the  faith  once  delivered  to  the 
saints. 

4  For  there  have  crept  in  some  men  (who  were 
written  of  long  ago  unto  this  judgment)  impious, 
turning  the  grace  of  our  God  into  lasciviousness,  and 
denying  the  only  sovereign  Ruler,  and  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ. 

5  I  will,  therefore,  admonish  you,  that  once  knew 
all  these  things,  that  Jesus,  having  saved  the  peo- 
ple out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  did  afterwards  destroy 
those,  who  believed  not : 

6  And  the  angels,  who  kept  not  their  principali- 

2C* 


ST.  JUDE. 


ty,*  but  forsook  their  own  habitation,  lie  hat li  re- 
servcd  in  everlasting  chains  under  darkness,  unto 
the  judgment  of  the  great  day. 

>dotn  and  ( romorrha,  and  the  D<  ighboiir- 
iag  cities,  in  like  manner  having  given  themselves 
ov  er  to  fornication,  and  rain*  alter  other  llesh,  w  are 
made  an  example,  siill'eriiu.  the  punishment  OI  < 
nal  fire. 

8  In  like  manner  these  men  also  defile  the  lli -sh. 
and  despise  dominion,  and  blaspheme  majesty. f 

9  When  Michael  tin-  archangel,  disputing  with 

the  devil,  contended  about  the  bodv}  of  MoSCS,  he 

durst  not  bring  against  him  the  judgment  of  male- 
diction: but  aaid:  The  Lord  command  thee.§ 

10  But  these  men  blaspheme  whatsoever  thing* 
they  know  not  :  and  whit  things  soever  they  natu- 
rally know,  like  dumb  beasts,  is  tin  n  tbej  are  cor- 
rupted. 

1 1  Wo  to  them  ;  for  thev  have  cone  in  the  pan  | 
of  Cain,  and  have  poured  out  themselves  after  the 
error  of  Balaam  for  a  reward,  and  have  perished  in 
the  eainsaj  ing  of  Core : 

12  These  are  spots  m  their  banquets,  feasting  to- 
gether  without  fear,  feeding  themselves, clouds  a  ith- 

ont  water  Which  are  carried  about  by  winds,  trees 
of  the  autumn,   unfruitful,  twice  dead,  plucked  up 

by  the  roots, 

13  Raging  waves  of  the  sea,  foaming  out  their 
own  confusion,  wandering  stars  :  to  whom  the. storm 
of  darkness  is  reserved  for  ever. 

II  Now  of  these  Enoch  also,  the  seventh  from 
Adam,  prophesied,]  saying:  Behold,  the  Lord 
cometh  with  thousands  of  his  saints, 

[5  To  execute  judgment  open  all,  and  to  reprove 


•  Principality,  that  is,  the  Mate  in  which  they  were  lint  created,  their 
original  dn." 

T  tilaiphttiv  majesty.  Speak  evil  of  thrm  that  are  in  dignity ;  and 
hemic*  against  the  divine  majesty. 

t  Contended  about  tkt  body,  V-  TUl  <<>tii.-ii  t  i..n,  which  Is  nowhere 
else  motaMOd  in  tn>lv  writ,  was  originally  known  by  n  vrlation,  and 
transmitted  bv  tradition.  It  is  thought  the  occasion  of  it  was,  that 
thr  d.-vil  would  have  bad  the  both  haried  in  such  place  and  manner, 
as  to  ho  worshipped  bj  with  divine  honours. 

»  r^m.inJ  tkre ;  or,  rebuke  thre. 

|  Oout  in  tkt  way,  Ire.  Heretics  follow  the  wav  of  Cain,  by  mur- 
dering the  souls  ii  their  brethren  ;  the  way  of  Balaam,  by  putting-  a 
scandal  before  the  people  of  <;.«!.  fur  their  own  private  ends  ;  and 
the  way  of  fore  or  Koruh,  by  their  opposition  to  the  church  governors 
of  divine  appointment. 

v  Propkttitd,  this  prophecy  was  cither  known  by  tradition,  or  from 
■one  book  that  is  since  lost. 

**  But  jss«,  ssa  drmrtti,  to  mindful,  lev.  He  now  exhorts  the  faithful 
to  remain  stedfast  in  the  belief  and  .  what  they  had  heard 

fr.nn  lh-  ai-.»tle,.  who  had   .!■••  fL.it.  in  Ik* 

UU  time)  there  should  be  false  teachers,  srsjlwy,  and  ridiculing  all  re- 
vealed truth*,  abandoning  tbemaelvea  to  their  passions  and  lu$t$ j  who 
separate  Iktmttloes  from  the  catholic  communion  by  heresies  and 
schisms  .   stnsuai  mm,  carried  away  and  enslaved  by  the  pleasures  of 

S08 


all  the  impious  of  all  the  works  of  their  impiety, 
Wherebj   thev   have  done  impiously,  and   of  all    the 

hard  things  which  impious  sinners  have  spoken 

'  iod. 
lb*  These   are  niurmurers,   full   of  complaints, 
walking  according   '■>  their  own  desires:   and  their 
mouth  speaktth  proud  things,  admiring  persons  for 
gain's  >>ake. 

17  But   von,  my  dearest,  be  mindful**  of  the 
WOldSj  which  have  been  spoken  before  by  the  a, 
ties  of  OUT  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 

18  Who  told  you,  that  in  the  last  time  there 
should  come  mockers,  walking  according  to  their 
own  desires  in  impieties. 

19  These  are  thev.  who  separate  themselves, 
sensual  men, having  not  the  spirit. 

Jil  But  von.  niv  dearest,  building  yourselves  UpOU 
voui  most  holy   faith, tt  praying  in  the  llolv  Gh<ML 

21  Keep  yourselves  m  the  love  of  (iod.  waiting 
for  the  mercy  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  unto  life 
everlasting. 

22  And  some  indeed  reprove  being  judged  :tt 

23  But  others  save,  snatching  tkt  m  out  of  the  fire. 

And  on  others  have  coiii|iassion  in  fear;  hating  also 
the  spotted  garment,  which  is  carnal. 

J!-  Now  to  him.;>  who  is  able  to  preserve  you 
without  sin.  and  to  present  you  spotless  before  tin; 
presence  of  his  glory  with  exceeding  joy  in  the 
coming  of  our  Lonl  Jesus  Christ: 

25  To  the  only  (iod  our  Saviour,  through  Jesus 
Christ  our  Lord,  be  glory  and  magnificence,  do- 
minion and  power  before  all  ages,  both  now ,  and 
lor  ever  and  ever.     Amen. 


f  +    liitildinz  yourselves  upon  your  moil  holy  faitk.      Rejrinrtrj 
tioi  a,  a  spiritual  building,   founded,    1st.  upon  faith,  J.t.  00    I""   (orr  o) 
Corf,  3'l.  upon  bopo,  white!  you  are  wailing  fur  the  mrclN  of*God,  and 

I  ird  of  eternal  life,   ttli.   ieine-.l  with  the  great  .'nil  .  f  ;  I 
\\  And  tomt  indeed  rrprort  being  judged.      He   give    tin  in  another  in. 

•traction  to  practise  charitv  in  <  ndeatroariagj  ki  convert  their  m  irli- 
Ix.ur,  where  they  will  meet  with  three  sorts  of  persons.  1st.  W  ith 
persons  obstinate  in  thrir  errors  and  sins:  the«e  may  b. 
alnaiH judged,  and  conilemne.l.  they  are  to  be  sharply  ntpn  bend.  •!, 
reproved,  and,  if  possible,  convinced  of  their  error.  2.  As  to  others, 
KM  mii.t  endeavor  to  lore  I  hem,  by  matthing  them,  ns  it  were,  otil  of  tkt 
fire,  from  the  ruin  they  stand  in  great  danger  of.  3d.  You  must  hart 
compassion  onotkrrsinfear.  when  you  sec  them,  through  igimr.n  | 
frailty,    in  danger  Of  hemp  drawn  into  the  snares  ol  rtics; 

with  these  you  must  deal  more  gcntlv  mid  mildly,  with  I  charitable 
ISWlpOSsklll  kating  always,  and  teaching  others  to  hate  Ike  carnal  gar 
men!  which  u  spotted,  their  sensual  ana  corrupt  manners!  that  dt  tile 
both  the  -mil  and  body. 

H  AWtoUs,  Ire.     St.  .Inde  concludes  his  epi'tle  with  thisdoxology 

of  prmhipw  God,  and  praving  to  lite  only  God  tmr  Saviour,  wind; 

cither  Ood  the  Father.  OT God  W  ecjuall'  ■   to  all  the 

three  persons,  who  are  equally  the  cause  of  Chri-t''  incarnation,  and 

'man's  salvation.  Ikrougk  JenuCkrut  our  Lard,  who.  Iicing  f;<»l  from 

I  eternity  took  upon  bin]  our  human  nature,  Uiat  he  might  become  out 


THE 


APOCALYPSE  OF  ST.  JOHN 


THE  APOSTLE. 


(*  the  firet,  second,  and  third  chapters  of  this  Book  are  contained 
instructions  and  admonitions  which  St.  John  was  commanded 
!o  write  to  the  seeeii  bishops  of  the  churches  in  Asia.  And  in 
the  following  chapters,  to  the  end,  arc  contained  prophecies  of 
things  that  are  to  come,  to  pass  in  the  church  of  Christ,  particu- 
larly towards  the  end  of  the  world,  in  the  time  of  Antichrist. 
Jt  was  written  in  Green,  in  the  island  of  fatmos,  where,  St. 
John  was  in  banishment  by  order  of  the  cruel  emperor  Domitiun, 
about  sixty-four  years  after  our  Lord's  Ascension. 

CHAP.  I. 

St.  John  is  ordered  to  write  to  the  seven  churches  in  Asia:  the 
manner  of  Christ's  appearing  to  him. 

THE  Revelation  of  Jesus  Christ,  which  God 
gave  to  him  to  make  known  to  his  servants 
the  things  which  must  shortly  come*  to  pass ;  and 
signified,  sending  by  his  angel  to  his  servant 
John, 

2  Who  hath  given  testimony  to  the  word  of  God, 
and  the  testimony  of  Jesus  Christ,  what  things  so- 
ever he  hath  seen. 

3  Blessed  is  he,  that  readeth  and  heareth  the 
words  of  this  prophecy;  and  keepeth  those  things 
which  are  written  in  it:  for  the  time  is  at  hand. 

4  John  to  the  seven  churches  which  are  in  Asia. 
Grace  be  unto  you  and  peace  from  him,  who  is,  and 
who  was,  and  who  is  to  come,  and  from  the  seven 
spirits  which  are  before  his  throne; 

5  And  from  Jesus  Christ,  who  is  the  faithful  wit- 
ness, the  first  begotten  of  the  dead,  and  the  prince 
of  the  kings  of  the  earth;  who  hath  loved  us,  and 
washed  us  from  our  sins  in  his  own  blood, 

6  And  hath  made  us  a  kingdom  and  priests  to 
God  and  his  Father;  to  him  be  glory  and  empire 
lor  ever  and  ever.     Amen. 

7  Behold,  he  cometh  with  the  clouds:  and  every 
eye  shall  see  him,  and  they  that  pierced  him.  And 
all  the  tribes  of  the  earth  shall  bewail  themselves 
because  of  him :  Even  so:  Amen. 

8  I  am  Alpha,  and  Omega,f  the  beginning,  and 
the  end,  saith  the  Lord  God,  who  is,  and  who  was, 
and  who  is  to  come,  the  Almighty. 

9  I  John  your  brother,  and  sharer  in  tribulation, 
and  in  the  kingdom,  and  patience  in  Christ  Jesus ; 
was  in  the  island,  which  is  called  Patmos,  for  the 
word  of  God.  and  for  the  testimony  of  Jesus : 

1 0  I  was  in  spirit  on  the  Lord's  day,  and  heard 
behind  me  a  great  voice,  as  of  a  trumpet, 

*  The  thing*  which  must  shortly  come ;  and  again  it  is  said,  ver.  3.  The 
font  is  at  hand.  This  cannot  be  meant  of  all  the  things  prophesied  in 
the  Apocalypse,  where  mention  is  made  also  of  the  day  of  judgment, 
and  of  the  glory  of  heaveo  at  the  end  of  the  world.  That  some  things 
were  to  come  to  pass  shortly,  is  evident,  by  what  is  said  to  the  Seven 
Churches,  chap.  2,  and  3 ;  or  that  the  persecutions  foretold  should  be- 
gin shortly  ;  or  that  these  words  signified,  that  all  time  is  short,  and 
that  from  the  coming  of  Christ,  we  are  now  in  the  last  age  or  last  hour. 
See  1  John,  chap.  ii.  ver.  18. 

D  d 


11  Saying:  What  thou  seest,  write  in  a  book, 
and  sent]  to  the  seven  churches  which  are  in  Asia, 
to  Ephesus,  and  to  Smyrna,  and  to  Pergamus,  and 
to  Thyatira,  and  to  Sardis,  and  to  Philadelphia,  and 
to  Laodicia. 

12  And  I  turned  to  see  the  voice  that  spoke  with 
me :  and  being  turned,  1  saw  seven  golden  candle- 
sticks. 

13  And  in  the  midst  of  the  seven  golden  candle- 
sticks, one  like  unto  the  Son  of  man,  clothed  with 
a  garment  down  to  the  feet,  and  girded  about  near 
the  paps  with  a  golden  girdle. 

14  And  his  head,  and  hair,  were  white,  like  white 
wool,  and  as  snow,  and  his  eyes  were  as  a  flame  of 
fire, 

15  And  his  feet  like  unto  fine  brass,  as  in  a 
burning  furnace,  and  his  voice  as  the  sound  of  many 
waters : 

16  And  he  had  in  his  right  hand  seven  stars:  and 
from  his  mouth  came.out  a  sharp  two-edged  sword : 
and  his  countenance  shined  as  the  sun  shineth  in  its 
full  strength. 

17  And  when  I  saw  him,  I  fell  at  his  feet  as  dead. 
And  he  laid  his  right  hand  upon  me,  saying:  Fear 
not :  I  am  the  first  and  the  last. 

18  And  alive,  and  was  dead ;  and  behold,  1  am 
living  for  ever  and  ever,  and  have  the  keys  of  death 
and  of  hell. 

19  Write,  therefore,  the  things  which  thou  hast 
seen, and  which  are,  and  which  must  be  done  here- 
after. 

20  The  mystery  of  the  seven  stars,  which  thou 
sawest  in  my  right  hand,  and  the  seven  golden 
candlesticks:  the  seven  stars  are  the  angels  of  the 
seven  churches :  and  the  seven  candlesticks  are  the 
seven  churches. 

CHAP.  II. 

Directions  what  to  write  to  the  angels  or  bishops  of  Ephesus, 
Smyrna,  Pergamus, and  Thyatira. 

TO  the  angel  of  the  church  of  Ephesus  write. 
These  things  saith  he,  who  holdeth  the  seven 
stars  in  his  right  hand,  who  walketh  in  the  midst  of 
the  seven  golden  candlesticks  : 

2  I  know  thy  works,  and  thy  labour,  and  thy 
patience,  and  how  thou  canst  not  bear  evil  men: 

f  /  am  Jllpha  and  Omega.  These  are  the  names  of  the  first  and  last 
letters  of  the  Greek  alphabet,  and  signified  the  same  as  what  follows  : 
The  beginning  and  The  end  :  the  first  cause  and  last  end  of  all  beings  : 
who  is,  and  who  was,  and  who  is  to  come,  the  Mmighty.  These  words  sig-- 
nify  the  true  God  only,  and  are  here  applied  to  our  Lord  and  Saviour 
Jesus  Christ,  who  is  to  come  again  to  judge  the  living  and  the 
dead.  " 


209 


THE  APOCALYPSE. 


and  thou  hast  tried  them,  who  say  they  are  apostles, 
and  art-  not,  ami  hast  found  them  liars: 

3  And  tluui  hast  patience,  and  hast  home  for  my 
name, and  hast  not  failed. 

>ut  litis  I  have  against  thee,  that  thou  hast  hit 
tl  ]   first  charity. 

>  Me  mindful,  therefore,  from  whence  thou  art 

fallen  :  and  do  penance,  anil  do  the  first  works.  Or 
el-.'  1  come  to  thee,  and  will  remo\e  thy  candle- 
stick out  of  its  place,  unless  thou  shall  have  done 
penance. 

6  DOt  this  thou  bait  that  thou  hatcst  the  deeds 
of  the  Nicolaites,  which  1  also  hate. 

7  lie  that  hath  an  ear,  let  him  hear  what  the  Spirit 
n  to  the  churches:    To  him,  that  overcomcth,   I 

will  rive  to  eat  of  I  he  tree  of  life,  which  is  in  the 
lue  of  nn  <  iod. 

8  And  to  the  angel  of  the  church  of  Smyrna 

write:  These  things  saith  the  First  and  the  Last : 
w  ho  was  dead,  and  liveth  : 

9  1  know  thy  tribulation  and  thy  poverty;  hut 
thou  art  rich:  and  thou  art  blasphemed  In  those 
who  say  they  are  Jews,  and  are  not,  hut  are  the 
8)  nagogue  of  Satan. 

in  Fear  none  of  those  things  which  thou  ihall 

Mifier.  Heboid,  the  devil  shall  cast  some  of  you  into 
prison,  that  you  may  he  tried:  and  VOU  shall  have 
tribulation  ten  days.  Be  thou  faithful  until  death, 
and  1  will  rive  thee  the  crown  of  life. 

II  !!-•  that  hath  an  ear,  let  him  hear  what  the 
Spirit  saith  to  the  churches  :  I  Ie  that  shall  overcome, 
shall  not  be  hurt  by  the  second  death. 

1  J  And  to  the  angel  of  the  church  of  Pergamus 
write:  These  thing!  saith  he  that  hath  the  sharp 
two-iil-.  (1  sword : 

13  1  know  where  thou  dwellest,  where  tin 

of  Satan  is:  and  thou  boldest  fast  my  name,  and 
hast  not  denied  my  faith.  Even  in  those  days  Anti- 
pas  teas  my  faithful  witness,  who  W8I  slain  among 
yOU,  where  Satan  ilwelhtli 

14  Mm  1  have  a  lew  things  against  tine  :  because 
thou    hast    there    them    that    hold    the   doctrine   of 

Balaam,  w  ho  taught  Babe  to  east  a  stumbling  block 

before  the  children  of  Israel,  to  eat  and  commit 
fornication  : 

15  So  hast  thou  also  them  that  bold  the  doctrine 

of  the  Nicolaites. 

1(>  In  like  manner  do  penance:  if  not,  I  will  come 
to  tine  quickly ,  and  WlB  light  against  tin  in  with 
the  sword  of  my  mouth. 

17  lie  that  hath  an  ear,  let  him  hear  what  the 
Spirit  saith  to  the  churches  :  To  him,  that  over- 
comcth, I  will  give  the  hidden  manna,  and  will  give 
him  a  white  atone;  and  in  tin  ItoOfl  a  new  name 
written,  which  no  man  knoweth,  but  he  that  re- 
ceiveth  it. 

18  And  to  the  angel  of  the  church  of  Thvatira 
write:    rhese  things  saith  the  Son  ol  (iod,  who  hath 

>  as  alia  me  of  lire,  and  his  feet  like  unto  fine  bra-s: 

19  I  know  thy   works,  and   thy   faith,  and   thy 


charity,  and  ministry,  and  thy  patience,  and  thy  last 
works  which  are  more  than  the  former. 

20  lint  I  haveaiew  things  against  thee :  because 

thou    permittest    the   woman  Je/abel,   who  ealleth 

herself  a  prophetess,  to  teach,  and  to  seduce  my 
m  nants,  to  commit  fornication,  and  to  cat  of  things 
offered  to  idol-. 

21  And  I  gave  her  time  to  do  penance:  and  she 
will  not  repent  of  her  fornication. 

22  Heboid,  I  will  cast  her  into  a  bed:  and  they 
that  commit  adultery  with  her,  shall  be  in  very  gi.  at 
tribulation,  unless  liny  do  penance  from  their 
.lei  (Is. 

23  And  I  will  kill  her  children  with  death:  and 
all    the    churches    shall    know,   that  I  am   he   who 

searcheth the  rems and  hearts:  and  I  will  give  to 

every  one  of  you  according  to  VOW  works.  Hut  1 
say  to  you. 

24  And  to  the  rest  who  are  at  Thvatira:  Whoso- 
ever have  nut  this  doctrine,  and  w  ho  nave  not  known 
the  depths  of  Satan,  as  they -say,  1  will  not  put  U|MMI 
vou  any  other  weight : 

25  let  that  which  you  have,  hold  fast  till  I  come. 

26  And  he  that  shall  overcome,  and  keep  my 
works  unto  the  end,  to  him  I  will  give  power  over 
the  nations;* 

27  And  he  shall  rule  them  with  a  rod  of  iron;  and 
as  the  vessel  of  a  potter  they  shall  be  broken; 

28  Even  as  I  received  from  my  lather:  and  I 
will  give  him  tin'  morning  star. 

29  lie  that  hath  an  eat,  let  him  hear  what  the 
Spirit  saith  to  the  churches. 

CHAP.  III. 

Direction*  trhat  to  irritr  to  Sunlit,  Vhihulilphia,  arid  iAiodiria 

AND  to  the  angel  of  the  church  of  Sardis  write: 
These  things  saith  he,  who  hath  the  seven 
Spirits  of  God,  and  the  seven  stars:  I  know  thy 
works,  that  thou  hast  the  name  of  being  alive,  and 
thou  art  dead. 

2  Be  watchful,  and  strengthen  the  things  that 
remain,  which  are  ready  to  die.  Tor  I  find  not  thy 
works  full  before  my  God. 

3  Have  in  mind,  therefore,  in  what  manner  thou 
hast  received  and  heard,  and  observe,  and  do  pe- 
nance. If  then  thou  shalt  not  watch,  I  will  come 
to  thee  as  a  thief;  and  thou  shah  not  know  at  what 
hour  I  will  come  to  thee. 

4  But  thou  hast  a  few  names  in  Sardis.  which 
have  not  defiled  their  garments  :  and  they  shall  walk 
with  me  in  white,  because  they  are  worthy. 

5  He  that  shall  overcome,  shall  thus  bt  clothed 
in  white  garments  :  and  I  w  ill  not  blot  out  his  name 
out  of  the  book  of  life  :  and  I  will  confess  his  name 
before  my  lather,  and  before  his  angels. 

6  He  that  hath  an  ear,  let  him  hear  what  the 
Spirit  saith  to  the  churches. 

7  And  to  the  angel  of  the  church  of  Philadelphia 
write:  These  things  saith  the  Holy  onf.  and  the 
True  one,  who  hath  the  key  of  David:    He  thai 


*   Pmttr  orrr  tki  nmli—u     Thii  show«,  that  the  taints,  who  arc  wi'h 
Christ  oar  Lord  in  heareo,  receire  power  from  him  to  preside  over 

i ;  and  ihall  come  with  him  at  the  end 
S10 


and  provinces,  as  patrons ; 


■  •I  the  world,  to  execute  his  will  against  thus*  who  hare  not  kept  Us 


CHAP.    IV,  V. 


openeth,  and  no  man  sliutteth  ;  sliuttcth,  and  no  man 
openeth : 

8  I  know  tliy  works.  Behold,  I  have  given  be- 
fore tliee  a  door  opened,  which  no  man  can  shut: 
because  thou  hast  a  little  strength,  and  hast  kept 
my  word,  and  hast  not  denied  my  name. 

9  Behold,  I  will  bring  ol  the  synagogue  of  Satan, 
who  say  they  are  Jews,  and  are  not,  but  do  lie:  be- 
hold, 1  will  make  them  to  come  and  adore  before 
thy  feet:  And  they  shall  know,  that  I  have  loved 
thee. 

10  Because  thou  hast  kept  the  word  of  my  pa- 
tience, I  will  also  keep  thee  from  the  hour  of  tempta- 
tion, which  shall  come  upon  all  the  world,  to  tempt 
them  that  dwell  upon  the  earth. 

11  Behold,  I  come  quickly:  hold  fast  that  which 
thou  hast,  that  no  man  take  thy  crown. 

12  He  that  shall  overcome,  I  will  make  him  a 
pillar  in  the  temple  of  my  God  ;  and  he  shall  go  out 
no  more:  and  I  will  write  upon  him  the  name  of 
my  God,  and  the  name  of  the  city  of  my  God,  the 
new  Jerusalem,  which  cometh  down  out  of  heaven 
from  my  God,  and  my  new  name. 

13  He  that  hath  an  ear,  let  him  hear  what  the 
Spirit  saith  to  the  churches. 

14  And  to  the  angel  of  the  church  of  Laodicia 
write  :  These  things  saith  the  Amen,*  the  faithful 
and  true  witness,  who  is  the  beginningf  of  the  crea- 
tion of  God. 

15  I  know  thy  works  ;  that  thou  art  neither  cold, 
nor  hot:  I  would  thou  wert  cold,  or  hot : 

16  But  because  thou  art  luke-warm,  and  neither 
cold,  nor  hot,  1  will  begin  to  vomit  thee  out  of  my 
mouth. 

17  Because  thou  sayest:  I  am  rich,  and  made 
wealthy,  and  I  have  need  of  nothing :  and  thou 
knowest  not,  that  thou  art  wretched,  and  miserable, 
and  poor,  and  blind,  and  naked. 

18  I  counsel  thee  to  buy  of  me  gold  tried  in  the 
fire,  that  thou  mayest  be  made  rich;  and  mayest  be 
clothed  in  white  garments,  that  the  shame  of  thy 
nakedness  may  not  appear :  and  anoint  thy  eyes 
with  eve-salve,  that  thou  mayest  see. 

19  Those  whom  I  love,  f  rebuke  and  chastise. 
Be  zealous,  therefore,  and  do  penance. 

20  Behold,  I  stand  at  the  door,  and  knock:  if 
any  man  shall  hear  my  voice,  and  open  to  me  "the 
gate,  I  will  come  in  to  him,  and  will  sup  with  him, 
and  he  with  me. 

21  To  him  that  shall  overcome,  I  will  grant  to 
sit  with  me  in  my  throne :  as  I  also  have  overcome, 
and  have  sat  with  my  Father  in  his  throne. 

22  He  that  hath  an  ear,  let  him  hear  what  the 
Spirit  saith  to  the  churches. 

CHAP.  IV. 

The  vision  of  the  throne  of  God,  the  twenty-four  ancients,  and 
the  four  living  creatures. 

\  FTER  these  things  I  saw:  and,  behold,  a  door 
-^*-  open  in  heaven :  and  the  first  voice  which  I 
heard,  was  as  it  were,  of  a  trumpet  speaking  with 

*  The  Amen,  that  is,  the  true  one,  the  Truth  itself :  the  Word  and  Sod 
of  God. 


me,  saying:   Come  up  hither,  and  I  will  show  thee 
the  thiugs  which  must  come  to  pass  hereafter. 

2  And  immediately  1  was  in  the  spirit:  and,  be- 
hold, there  was  a  throne  set  in  heaven,  and  one  sit- 
ting upon  the  throne. 

3  And  he  that  sat,  was  to  the  sight  like  the  jas- 
per and  the  sardine-stone:  and  there  was  a  rainbow 
round  about  the  throne,  in  sight  like  unto  an  emerald. 

4  And  round  about  the  throne  were  four  and 
twenty  seats:  and  upon  the  seats,  four  and  twenty 
ancients  sitting,  clothed  in  white  garments,  and 
golden  crowns  on  their  heads. 

5  And  from  the  throne  proceeded  lightnings,  and 
voices,  andthunderings:  and  there  were  seven  lamps 
burning  before  the  throne,  which  are  the  seven 
Spirits  of  God. 

6  And  before  the  throne  there  was  as  it  were 
a  sea  of  glass  like  crystal:  and  in  the  midst  of  the 
throne,  and  round  about  the  throne  were  four  living 
creatures,  full  of  eyes  before  and  behind. 

7  And  the  first  living  creature  like  to  a  lion,  and 
the  second  living  creature  like  to  a  calf,  and  the 
third  living  creature  having  the  face  as  it  were,  ot 
a  man :  and  the  fourth  living  creature  was  like  to 
an  eagle  flying. 

8  And  the  four  living  creatures  had  each  of  them 
six  wings:  and  round  about  and  within  they  are 
full  of  eyes.  And  they  rested  not  day  and  night, 
saying,  Holy,  Holy,  Holy,  Lord  God  Almighty,  who 
was,  and  who  is,  and  who  is  to  come. 

9  And  when  these  living  creatures  gave  glory, 
and  honour,  and  benediction  to  him,  that  sitteth  on 
the  throne,  who  liveth  for  ever  and  ever, 

10  The  four  and  twenty  ancients  fell  down  be- 
fore him  that  sitteth  on  the  throne,  and  adored  him 
that  liveth  for  ever  and  ever,  and  cast  their  crowns 
before  the  throne,  saying: 

1 1  Thou  art  worthy,  O  Lord  our  God,  to  receive 
glory,  and  honour,  and  power:  because  thou  hast 
created  all  things:  and  lor  thy  wiT  they  were,  and 
have  been  created. 

CHAP.  V. 

The  book  sealed  with  seven  seals  is  opened  by  the  Lamb,  who 
thereupon  receives  adoration  and  praise  from  all. 

\  ND  I  saw  in  the  right  hand  of  him  that  sat  on 
-£*-  the  throne,  a  book  written  within  and  without, 
sealed  with  seven  seals. 

2  And  I  saw  a  strong  angel,  proclaiming  with  a 
loud  voice:  Who  is  worthy  to  open  the  book,  and  to 
loose  the  seals  thereof? 

3  And  no  man  was  able,  neither  in  heaven,  nor 
in  earth,  nor  under  the  earth,  to  open  the  book,  nor 
to  look  on  it. 

4  And  1  wept  much,  because  no  man  was  found 
worthy  to  open  the  book,  nor  to  see  it. 

5  And  one  of  the  ancients  said  to  me :  Weep 
not:  behold,  the  lion  of  the  tribe  of  Juda,  the  root 
of  David,  hath  conquered  to  open  the  book,  and  to 
loose  the  seven  seals  thereof. 


t   The  beginning  f,  apxn  *•  e-  the  principle,  the  source,  and  the  etficienJ 
cause  of  the  whole  creation. 

211 


Tin:  a  roc  alypse. 


6  And  1  saw:  and,  behold,  in  tin-  midst  (if  the 
throne,  and  of  the  tour  living  creatures,  and  in  the 
■  lidst  of  the  ancients,  a  Lamb  Standing  M  it  Wen 
slain,  having  seven  horns  ami  seven  eyes  :  w  Inch  are 
the  seven  spirits  of  God.  sent  forth  into  all  the  earth. 

7  And  he  Came,   and    ttnik    the   hook  out  of  the 
it  hand  of  hen  that  sat  on  the  throne. 

\nd  when  he  had  opened   tin'   book,   the  four 
Urine  Creatures,  and  the  four  and  twenty   ancients 

fell  down  before  tin-  Lambs  having  every  one  of 
them  harps,  and  golden  rah  lull  of  odours,  which 
are  the  prayers  ot  the  saints:* 

'.»  And  they  stiuga  new  canticle. sa\  ing:  Thouart 
worthy.  O  Lord,  to  take  the  book,  and  to  open  the 
si  als  thereof:  because  thoowasl  shin,  and  hast  re- 
de, nil-. I  us  to  God,  in  thy  Mood,  out  of  every  tril>c, 
and  tongue,  and  people,  and  nation: 

10  And  hast  made  us  to  our  ( iorl  a  kingdom,  and 

priests:  and  ire  shall  reign  oa  the  earth. 

11  And  I  saw.  and  I  heard  the  voice  of  many 
angels  round  abotM  the  throne,  and  the  living  crea- 
tures and  the  ancients:  and  the  number  of  them  was 
thousands  of  thousands, 

I .'  Saying^  with  a  loud  voice:  Worthy  is  toe  Lamb 

that  was  s|  iin,  to  receive  power,  and  divinity,  and 
wisdom,  and  strength,  and  honour,  and  glory,  and 
benediction. 

13  Ami  every  creature,  which  is  in  heaven,  and 
00  the  earth,  and  under  the  earth,  and  such  as  ire 
in  the  sea,  and  the  thing!  that  are  therein:  I  heard 
all  sa\  ins  :  To  him  that  sitteth  on  the  throne,  and  to 
the  Lamb,  benediction,  and  honour,  and  glory,  and 
l>ower,  for  ever  anil  ever. 

IV   And  the   four  living  creatures  said:    Amen: 

And  the  four  and  twenty  ancients  fell  down  on  their 

mil  adored  him  that  liwth  for  ever,  and  ever. 

CHAP.  VI. 

What  follmeed  upon  the  opening  tim  of  the  seals. 

A  ND  1  saw  that  the  Lamb  had  opened  one  of  the 
-*"*-  seven  seals:  and  I  heard  one  of  the  four  tiring 
creatures  saying,  as  with  a  voice  of  thunder:  Come 
thou,  and  a 

J  And  I  -  iw:  and.  behold,  a  white  horse  :f  and 
he  that  sat  on  him  had  a  bow:  and  a  crown  was 
givento  him:  and  lie  went  forth  conquering  that  he 
might  conquer. 

3  And  when  he  had  opened  the  second  goal,  I 
heard  the  second  livim:  creature  saving:  Come  thou. 
and  see. 

4  And  there  went  out  another  horse  that  was  red  ; 
and  it  was  granlcd  to  him  w  ho  sat  thereon,  to  take 

away  peace  from  the  earth,  and  that  they  should  kill 

one  another:  and  to  him  was  giren  B  great  BWOrd. 

6  And  when  he  had  opened  the  third  seal,  I  beard 
to  third  Uring  creature  Baying:  Come  thou,  and 

•  7%i  prwfrri  »f  thi  —inti.      Hrrr  we  w  that  the  saint*  in  If 
offer  up  I  ors  of  the  faithful  opoo  earth. 

f  Wku  Wm.  He  that  titteth  on  the  white  hone  b  Christ,  fafaaf 
•jrUtonbdM  the  world  by  hit  panel  The  other  horses  tli.i  i.. II.. « 
re,.rr..-nt  Bm  lu.Irmrnt.  an.)  ntim.hmcnt.  th;.t  »rrr  I..  fall  ,„,  the 
enemie*  of  I  I  In.  chunk  I  the  red  horae  firninea  wmr;  the 

I   and  the  pale  horae.  >nich  his  death  for  iu 

11* 


\iid.  In  bold,  a  bla  k  horse;    and  he  that  sal 
on  him  had  a  pair  of  BC  J(  I  in  his  hand. 

<i  Audi  heard  as  it  were  a  voice,  in  the  midst  of 
the  four  liriag creatures,  saying:  Two  pounds  ol 
wheat  for  a  penny,  and  thrice  two  pounds  of  barley 

for  a  penny;  and  wine  and  oil  hurt  thou  not. 

7  And  when  he  had  opened  the  fourth  seal.  I 
heard  the  voice  of  the  fourth  living  creatine  saying: 
Come  thou,  and 

8  And,  behold,  a  pale  horse :  and  he  that  sat  upon 
him,  his  name  was  Death,  and  bell  followed  alter 
him:  and  power  W8S  given  lo  him  our  the  four  parts 
of  the  earth,  to  kill  with  sword,  with  famine,  and 
with  death,  and  with  the  beasts  of  the  earth. 

9  And  when  he  had  opened  the  fifth  seal,  I  saw 
under  the  altarj  the  souls  of  them  that  wen-  slain 
for  the  word  of  (Jod,  and  for  the  testimony  which 
they  held. 

10  And  they  cried  with  a  loud  voice.  Baying:  Mow 
long,  O  Lord,  (holy  and  true)  dost  thon  not  judge 
and  revenge  our  bloody  on  them  that  dwell  on  the 
earth? 

11  And  white  stoles  were  given  to  each  of  them 
one:  and  it  was  said  to  them,  that  they  should  rest 
yet   for  a  little  time,  till  their  fellow  servants,   and 
their  brethren,  who  were  to  be  slain  even  as  i! 
should  be  tilled  up. 

12  And  1  saw,  when  he  had  opened  the  sixth  seal : 
and.  behold,  there  was  ;(  great  earthquake;  and  the 
sun  became  black  as  sackcloth  of  hair:  and  the  whole 
moon  became  as  blood: 

13  And  the  stars  from  heaven  fell  upon  the  earth, 
as  the  fig-tree casteth  its  green  figS  when  it  is  shaken 
bj  a  ureat  wind  : 

14  And  the  heaven  withdrew  as  a  l»ook  rolled  up 
together:  and  every  mountain  and  the  islands  weft 
moved  out  of  their  places. 

15  And  the  kings  of  the  earth,  and  the  princes, 
and  the  tribunes,  and  the  rich  men.  and  the  strong 
men,  and  every  bond-man.  and  every  free-man  hit! 
themselves  in  the  dens,  and  in  the  rocks  of  the  moun- 
tains: 

16  And  they  say  to  the  mountains  and  to  the 
rocks:  fall  upon  us.  and  hide  us  from  the  face  ol 
him  that  sitteth  upon  the  throne,  and  from  the  wrath 
of  the  Lamb: 

17  For  the  treat  day  of  their  wrath  is  come:  and 
who  shall  be  able  to  stand? 

CHAP.  VII. 

The  number  qf  thrm  that  irerr  marked  with  the  seal  of  the  living 
God,  mul  clothed  in  trhitc  robes. 

\  FTEB  these  things  I  saw  four  angels  standing 

■**-  on  the  four  corners  of  the  earth,  holding  the 
four  winds  of  the  earth,  that  they  should  not  blow 
upon  the  earth,  nor  upon  the  sea.  nor  on  any  tree. 


J  Under tht  altrr.  Christ,  a*  man,  is  lln»  altar,  under  which  i'.o 
aoula  of  the  mart  %  ri  lire  in  heaven  :  aa  their  bodies  are  here  deposited 
under  our  altars. 

»  Rmnft  wtbal  Tlier  ask  not  this  oat  of  hatred  to  their  ene- 
hut  out  of  r.cal  for  the  irlon  of  God,  and  a  i!r«irr  tl.at  the  Ixml 
would  accelerate  the  general  judguwut,  and  the  comuktc  Utatiti*l« 
of  all  liii  elect. 


chap,  viii,  ix. 


2  And  I  saw  another  angel  ascending  from  the 
rising  of  the  sun,  having  the  seal  of  the  living  God; 
and  lie  cried  with  a  loud  voire  to  the  four  angels,  to 
whom  it  was  given  to  hurt  the  earth  and  the  sea, 

3  Saying:  Hurt  not  the  earth,  nor  the  sea,  nor 
the  trees,  till  we  seal  the  servants  of  our  God  in  their 
foreheads. 

4  And  I  heard  the  number  of  them  that  were 
sealed,  a  hundred  forty-four  thousand  sealed,  of  all 
the  tribes  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

5  Of  the  tribe  of  Juda  twelve  thousand  sealed: 
of  the  tribe  of  Ruben  twelve  thousand  sealed:  of 
the  tribe  of  Gad  twelve  thousand  sealed: 

6  Of  the  tribe  of  Aser  twelve  thousand  sealed  : 
of  the  tribe  of  Nephthali  twelve  thousand  sealed  : 
of  the  tribe  of  Manasses  twelve  thousand  sealed  : 

7  Of  the  tribe  of  Simeon  twelve  thousand  sealed : 
of  the  tribe  of  Levi  twelve  thousand  sealed:  of  the 
tribe  of  Issachar  twelve  thousand  sealed: 

8  Of  the  tribe  of  Zabulon  twelve  thousand  sealed : 
of  the  tribe  of  Joseph  twelve  thousand  sealed:  of 
the  tribe  of  Benjamin  twelve  thousand  sealed. 

9  After  this  I  saw  a  great  multitude,  which  no 
man  could  number,  of  all  nations,  and  tribes,  and 
peoples,  and  tongues,  standing  before  the  throne, 
and  in  sight  of  the  Lamb,  clothed  with  white  robes, 
and  palms  in  their  hands  : 

10  And  they  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  saying: 
Salvation  to  our  God,  who  sitteth  upon  the  throne, 
and  to  the  Lamb. 

1 1  And  all  the  angels  stood  round  about  the 
throne,  and  about  the  ancients,  and  about  the  four 
living  creatures:and  they  fell  before  the  throne  upon 
their  faces,  and  adored  God, 

12  Saying:  Amen.  Benediction,  and  glory,  and 
wisdom,  and  thanksgiving,  honour,  and  power,  and 
strength  to  our  God,  for  ever  and  ever.      Amen. 

13  And  one  of  the  ancients  answered,  and  said  to 
me  :  Who  are  these  that  are  clothed  in  white  robes  ? 
and  whence  are  they  come  ? 

14  And  I  said  to  him:  My  lord,  thou  knowest. 
And  he  said  to  me:  These  are  they  who  are  come 
out  of  great  tribulation,  and  have  washed  their  robes, 
and  have  made  them  white  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb. 

15  Therefore,  they  are  before  the  throne  of  God, 
and  serve  him  day  and  night  in  his  temple:  and  he, 
that  sitteth  on  the  throne,  shall  dwell  over  them. 

16  They  shall  not  hunger,  nor  thirst  any  more  ; 
neither  shall  the  sun  fall  on  them,  nor  any  heat: 

17  For  the  Lamb,  which  is  in  the  midst  of  the 
throne,  shall  rule  them,  and  shall  lead  them  to  the 
fountains  of  the  waters  of  life;  and  God  shall  wipe 
away  all  tears  from  their  eyes. 

CHAP.  VIII. 

The  seventh  seal  is  evened:  the  angels  with  the  seven  trumpets. 

\  ND  when  he  had  opened  the  seventh  seal,  there 
J-*-  was  silence  in  heaven,  as  it  were  for  half  an 
hour. 

*  A  star  fall.  This  may  mean  the  fall  and  apostacy  of  great  and 
learned  men  from  the  true  faith.  Or  a  whole  nation  failing:  into  error, 
and  separating  from  the  church,  not  having;  the  sign  of  God  in  their 
forehead" 


2  And  I  saw  seven  angels  standing  in  the  pre- 
senreof  God:  and  to  them  were  given  seven  trumpets 

3  And  another  angel  came,  and  stood  before  the 
altar,  having  a  golden  censer:  and  there  was  given 
to  him  much  intense,  that  he  should  offer  M   the 
prayers  of  all  saints  upon  the  golden  altar,  which 
is  before  the  throne  of  God. 

4  And  the  smoke  of  the  incense  of  the  prayers  of 
the  saints  ascended  up  before  God,  from  the  hand 
of  the  angel. 

5  And  the  angel  took  the  censer,  and  filled  it  with 
the  fire  of  the  altar,  and  cast  it  on  the  earth:  and 
there  were  thundering^,  and  voices,  and  lightnings, 
and  a  great  earthquake. 

6  And  the  seven  angels  who  had  the  seven 
trumpets,  prepared  themselves  to  sound  the  trumpet. 

7  And  the  first  angel  sounded  the  trumpet:  and 
there  was  made  hail,  and  fire  mingled  with  blood ; 
and  it  v  as  cast  on  the  earth;  and  the  third  part  or 
the  earth  was  burnt  up,  and  the  third  part  of  the  trees 
was  burnt  up,  and  all  green  grass  was  burnt  up. 

8  And  the  second  angel  sounded  the  trumpet:  and 
as  it  were  a  great  mountain,  burning  with  fire,  was 
cast  into  the  sea:  and  the  third  part  of  the  sea  became 
blood. 

9  Andthethirdpartof  these  creatures  died,  which 
had  life  in  the  sea:  and  the  third  part  of  the  ships 
was  destroyed. 

10  And  the  third  angel  sounded  the  trumpet:  and 
a  great  star  fell  from  heaven,  burning  as  it  were  a 
torch:  and  it  fell  on  the  third  part  of  the  rivers,  and 
upon  the  fountains  of  waters: 

1 1  And  the  name  of  the  star  is  called  Wormwood : 
and  the  third  part  of  the  waters  became  wormwood : 
and  many  men  died  of  the  waters,  because  they  were 
made  bitter. 

12  And  the  fourth  angel  sounded  the  trumpet: 
and  the  third  part  of  the  sun  was  smitten,  and  the 
third  part  of  the  moon,  and  the  third  part  of  the 
stars,  so  that  the  third  part  of  them  was  darkened  : 
and  the  third  part  of  the  day  shined  not,  and  of  the 
night  in  like  manner. 

13  And  I  beheld,  and  heard  the  voice  of  one 
eagle  flying  through  the  midsj  of  heaven,  saying  with 
a  loud  voice :  Wo,  wo,  wo  to  the  inhabitants  of  the 
earth,  by  reason  of  the  other  voices  of  the  three 
angels,  who  are  yet  to  sound  the  trumpet. 

CHAP.  IX. 

Locusts  come  forth  from  the  bottomless  pit :  the  vision  of  the 
army  of  horsemen. 

AND  the  fifth  angel  sounded  the  trumpet:  and  I 
saw  a  star  fall*  from  heaven  upon  the  earth; 
and  to  him  was  given  the  key  of  the  bottomless  pif.f 

2  And  he  opened  the  bottomless  pit:  and  the 
smoke  of  the  pit  ascended,  as  the  smoke  of  a  great 
furnace:  and  the  sun  was  darkened,  and  the  air, 
with  the  smoke  of  the  pit: 

3  And  from  the  smoke  of  the  pit  there  came  out 


f  And  to  him  was  given  the  key  of  the  boltomlest  pit.  That  is,  to  the 
angel,  not  to  the  fallen  star.  To  this  angel  was  given  the  power 
which  is  here  signified  by  a  key,  of  opening  hell. 

213 


jbcusts*  upon  the  earth:   and  power  was   ^iun  to 
them,  as  the  Korpkms  of  the  earth  hare  power: 

\iul  it  iras commanded  them  thai  they  should 
not  hurt  the  grass  of  the  earth,  aor  any  green  thing, 
nor  aii\  tree  :  I >n t  only  the  men  who  hare  not  the 

>\j.\\  of  God  in  their  foreheads; 

5  *nd  it  was  given  to  them  thai  they  should  not 
kill  them:  but  that  they  should  torment  them  live 

months  :   and  their  torment  RNU  as  the  torment  of  a 
;  pion  when  he  Mriketh  ■  man. 

6  And  in  those  davs  men  shall  seek  death,  and 
shall  not  find  it:  and  the)  shall  desire  to  die,  and 
death  shall  fly  from  them. 

7  And  the  shapes  of  the  locusts  weft  like  unto 
homes  prepared  for  battle  :  and  on  their  heads  ire  re 

i  were  crow  us  like  gold  ;    and  their  faces  as  the 
facet  of  men. 

8  And  the\  had  hair  as  the  hair  of  women  :  and 
their  teeth  were  as  the  teeth  of  lions: 

9  And  they  had  breast-plates,  as  it  were  breast- 
plates  of  iron  :  and  the  .sound  of  their  a  iims  u  as  as 
the  sound  of  chariots  of  many  horses  running  to 
battle: 

10  A  ndt  he  v  had  tails  like  unto  scorpions,  and  BtingS 
were  in  their  tails:  and  their  power  was  to  hurt  men 
fire  months:  and  they  had  over  them 

11  A  king,  the  a  ogel  of  the  bottomless  pit;  whose 
name  in  Hebrew .  is  Abaddon,  and  in  Cireek,  Appol- 
lyonj  in  Latin,  K\te  rminaiis. 

I  J  One  wo  is  past;  and,  behold,  there  come  two 
woes  more  hereafter. 

13  \nd  the  sixth  angel  sounded  the  trumpet :  and 
I  beard  a  voice  from  the  four  horns  of  the  golden 
altar,  which  is  before  the  eves  of  God, 

1  X  Saying  to  the  sixth  angel,  who  bad  the  trum- 
pet :  Loose  the  four  angels,  who  are  bound  in  the 
i'  river  Euphrates. 

16  And  the  four  angels  were  loosed,  who  were 
prepared  for  an  hour,  anil  a  day,  and  a  mouth,  and 
a  year;  for  to  kill  the  third  part  of  men. 

If.  And  the  number  of  the  army  of  horsemen  was 
twenty  thousand  times  ten  thousand.  And  1  heard 
the  number  of  them. 

17  And  thus  I  saw  the  horses  in  the  vision  :  and 
they  Who  Sat  OH  them,  had  breast-plates  ol  lire,  and 
hyacinth,  and  of  brimstone,  and  the  beads  of  the 
horses  were  as  the  heads  of  lions:  and  from  their 
months  proceeded  tire,  and  smoke,  and  brimstone. 

_  11!   And  by  these  three  scourges  was  the  third  part 
of  men  killed,  by  the  fire,  and  by  the  smoke,  anil  by 

the  brimstone,  which  issued  out  of  their  mouths. 

19  For  the  power  of  the  hordes  is  in  their  mouths, 
and  in  their  tails.      For,  their  tails  are  IFke  to  s(  r- 


THE  APOCALYPSE. 

having    heads;   and    with     ilxni    they    du 


IhfTttm 

l<       r       t  'it*       .1  I 


I  out  Ux-utti.  These  may  be  dcrils  in  Antichrist's  timi 
MtmfM  "'  I ■"  "-'•  bill  l.irc<-  ami  rnon-tmiiv  a*  here 
deaen>»-,l  Or  the]  may  bcreallocu-ts.  but  of  an  cxtraordiuarv  tizcand 
■  -lia|>r.  aiicn  a»  wpre  never  before  seen  on  the  earth,  sent  to 
lormcnl  those,  icso  kort  not  tkt  rign  (or  tat)  of  God  in  tkrir  Jortktadi. 
Some  commentator*  by  tbeae  Uxu%t<  understand heretics,  and  especially 
Ihoae  beret !•«,  ti,  .t  *i>mnt;  from  Jew*,  and  with  tin-in  denied  Ibc 
divinity  of  Jesus  Chrfe  ;    as  Theedolus,   Traxeai,    N  MtJ  of 

Samossta.  Sain  llni.,  Arius,  &r.  These  were  (Treat  enemies  of  the 
Christian  reKjrion :  tbej  tormented  an.!  mi.  <i..|  the  v,ml»  t>f  men. 
•iinpinsr  them,  Hkt  Korpiswt,  with  the  poivn  of  Iheir  i  •  '  >thers 

base  cxplaiaod  these  loauti,  and  other  animals,  menlMJCM  d  in  lillercnl 

tit 


nents, 

liurt. 

20  And  the  rest  of  the  men.  who  were  not  slain 
b]  these  SCOUrgeS,  base  not  done  penance  for  the 
works  of  their  bands,  that  the\  should  not  adore 
devils,  and  idols  of  sold  and  siher  and  brass  ami 
stone  and  wood,  which  neither  tan  SOB,  nor  bear, 
nor  walk  : 

21  Neither  have  they  done  penance  for  their  mur- 
ders, nor  tor  their  sorceries,  nor  for  their  fornication, 
nor  for  their  t belts. 

<   HAP.  X. 

Tht  cry  of  a  mighty  angel:  hr  givri  John  a  book  tr  rat. 

\  \  I  >  I  saw  another  mighty  Bngd  come  dow  n 
-£*-  from  heaven  clothed  With  a  cloud,  and  a  rain- 
bow upon  his  head  ;  and  bis  lace  was  as  the  sun, 
and  bis  feet  as  pillars  of  fire  : 

2  And  be  bad  in  bis  band  a  little  book  open  :  and 
be  set  bis  riiiht  fed  upon  the  sea,  and  bis  left  loot 
upon  the  land  : 

3  And  be  cried  out  with  a  loud  voice,  as  when  p 
lion  roareth.   And  when  he  had  cried  out,  seven  tbtni 
ders  uttered  their  voices. 

4  And  w  ben  the  seven  thunders  bad  uttered  their 
voices.  |  was  about  to  wiite:  and  I  beard  a  voice 
from  heaven,  sav  fog  to  me:  Seal  up  the  things  which 
the  seven  thunders  hav  e  spoken ;  and  write  them  not. 

5  And  the  angel,  which  I  saw  standing  upon  the 
sea,  and  noon  the  land,  lilted  up  bis  band  to  heaven : 

6  Anil  lie  swore  b\  bim  that  liveth  lor  ever  and 
ever,  who  created  heaven,  and  the  things  which  are 
therein;  ami  the  earth,  and  the?  things  which  are 
therein;  and  the  sea.  and  the  things  which  are 
therein:  Thai  time  shall  be  no  more: 

7  Bui  that  in  the  davs  of  the  \oicc  of  the  seventh 

angel,  when  be  shall  begin  to  sound  the  trumpet, 
the  mystery  of  (iod  shall  be  finished,  as  he  hath 
deelaredf  by  bis  servants  the  prophets. 

8  And  I  heard  a  voice  from  heaven  speaking  to 
me  again,  and  saying:  Go,  and  take  the  book  thai  is 
open,  from  the  hand  of  the  angel  standing  upon  the 
si  a.  and  tiiinn  the  land. 

9  And  1  went  to  the  angel,  savins  unto  him,  that 
he  should  give  me  the  Iniok.  And  he  said  to  me: 
Take  the  book,  and  devour  it:  and  it  shall  make 
thy  belly  bitter:  but  in  thv  mouth  it  shall  be  sw .  |  t 
as  honey. 

10  And  I  took  the  book  from  the  band  of  the 
amrel,  ami  devoured  it:  and  it  was  in  my  niomh 
sweet  as  honey:  and  when  I  bad  devoured  it,  niy 
belly  was  bitter: 

11  And  be  said  tome:  Thou  must  prophesy  again 


places  throughout  this  sacred  and  mystical  i  ■■  k.  in  u  most  absurd, 
fanciful,  and  riox  ulon.  manner  I  llwv  make  .lootUan  tlie  pope,  and  the 
lontli  to  be  friars  mendicant,  lie.  Hare  it  it  thought  pioper.  not  to 
enter  into  any  controrersy  upon  that  «uniect,  ».  • 
fancies  hare'beeo  already  aaswered.  and  fully  refuted  i  y  mam  I 
trovertists  t  besides,  those  who  img-lit  be  imposed  on  by  such  cbunerx  a? 
writers,  are  in  those  days  mm  h  batter  m!  ■■ 

i  DteUrrJ,  lit «  rally .  rrangtlittd,  to  signify  the  good  tiJingt.  a|rree*. 
hie  to  the  Coiptl.  of  the  final  vietorr  of  Christ,  and  of  that  eternal 
life,  which  should  be  the  reward  of  Ihc  temporal  nudi-nog*  of  the 
martyrs  and  faithful  scrranU  of  God. 


CHAP.  XI,  XII. 


to  nations,  and  peoples,  and  tongues,  and  to  many 
kings. 

CHAP.  XI. 

He  is  ordered  to  measure  the  temple:  the  two  witnesses. 

AND  there  was  given  me  a  reed  like  unto  a  rod: 
and  it  was  said  to  me:  Rise,  and  measure  die 
temple  of  God,  and  the  altar,  and  them  that  adore  in  it. 

2  But  the  court,  which  is  without  the  temple,  cast 
out,  and  measure  it  not,  because  it  is  given  to  the 
(i entiles:  and  the  holy  city  they  shall  tread  under 
foot  forty  two  months : 

3  And  I  will  give  to  my  two  witnesses,*  and  they 
shall  prophesy  a  thousand  two  hundred  sixty  days, 
clothed  in  sackcloth. 

4  These  are  the  two  olive-trees,  and  the  two  can- 
dlesticks, standing  before  the  Lord  of  the  earth. 

5  And  if  any  man  would  hurt  them,  lire  shall  come 
out  of  their  mouths,  and  shall  devour  their  enemies: 
and  if  any  man  would  hurt  them,  in  this  manner 
must  he  be  killed. 

6  These  have  power  to  shut  heaven,  that  it  rain 
not  in  the  days  ot'  their  prophecy:  and  they  have 
power  over  waters  to  turn  them  into  blood,  and  to 
strike  the  earth  with  all  plagues  as  often  as  they  will. 

7  And  when  they  shall  have  finished  their  testi- 
mony, the  beast,  that  ascendeth  out  of  the  abyss, 
shall  make  war  against  them,  and  shall  overcome 
them,  and  kill  them. 

8  And  their  bodies  shall  lie  in  the  streets  of  the 

freat  city,  which  spiritually  is  called  Sodom,  and 
Lgypt,  where  also  their  Lord  was  crucified. 

9  And  they  of  the  tribes,  and  peoples,  and  tongues, 
and  nations,  shall  see  their  bodies  lor  three  days  and 
a  half;  and  shall  not  suffer  their  bodies  to  be  laid  iu 
sepulchres. 

10  And  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth  shall  rejoice 
over  them,  and  make  merry;  and  shall  send  pre- 
sents one  to  another,  because  these  two  prophets 
tormented  them  that  dwelt  upon  the  earth. 

1 1  And  after  three  days  and  a  half,  the  spirit  of 
life  from  God  entered  into  them.  And  they  stood 
upon  their  feet:  and  great  fear  fell  upon  them  that 
saw  them. 

12  And  they  heard  a  great  voice  from  heaven, 
saying  to  them  :  Come  up  hither.  And  they  went 
up  into  heaven  in  a  cloud:  and  their  enemies  saw 
them. 

13  And  at  that  hour  there  was  a  great  earthquake, 
and  the  tenth  part  of  the  city  fell:  and  there  were 
slain  in  the  earthquake,  names  of  men  seven  thou- 
sand ;  and  the  rest  were  cast  into  a  fear,  and  gave 
glory  to  the  God  of  heaven. 

14  The  second  wo  is  past:  and,  behold,  the  third 
wo  will  come  quickly. 

15  And  the  seventh  angel  sounded  the  trumpet: 
and  there  were  great  voices  in  heaven,  saying:  The 
kingdom  of  this  world  is  become  our  Lord's  and  his 
(  hrist's,  and  he  shall  reign  for  ever  and  ever :  Amen. 

*  My  two  witnesses.    It  is  commonly  understood  of  Henoch  and  Elias. 

f  Ji  woman.  The  church  of  God.  It  may  also,  by  allusion,  be  ap- 
plind  to  our  blessed  Ladv.  The  church  is  clothed  with  the  sun,  that 
V   with  Christ :  she  hath  the  moon,  that  is,  the  changeable  things  of 


16  And  the  four  and  twenty  ancients,  who  sit  on 
their  seats  in  the  sight  of  God,  fell  upon  their  faces, 
and  adored  God,  saying: 

17  We  give  thee  thanks,  O  Lord  God  Almighty, 
who  art,  and  who  wast,  and  who  art  to  come ;  be- 
cause thou  hast  taken  thy  great  power,  and  thou  hast 
reigned. 

18  And  the  nations  were  angry,  and  thy  wrath 
is  come,  and  the  time  of  the  dead  to  be  judged  ;  and 
to  render  a  reward  to  thy  servants  the  prophets,  and 
to  the  saints,  and  to  them  that  fear  thy  name,  little 
and  great ;  and  to  destroy  them  who  have  corrupted 
the  earth. 

19  And  the  temple  of  God  was  opened  in  heaven : 
and  the  ark  of  his  testament  was  seen  in  his  tempje : 
and  there  were  lightnings,  and  voices,  and  an  earth- 
quake, and  great  hail. 

CHAP.  XII. 

The  vision  of  the  woman  clothed  with  the  sun  ;  and  of  the  great 
dragon  her  persecutor. 

\  ND  there  appeared  a  great  wonder  in  heaven :  a 
-£*-  womanf  clothed  with  the  sun,  and  the  moon 
under  her  feet,  and  on  her  head  a  crown  of  twelve  stars : 

2  And  she  being  with  child,  cried,  travailing  in 
birth,  and  was  in  pain  to  be  delivered. 

3  And  there  appeared  another  wonder  in  heaven; 
and,  behold,  a  great  red  dragon,  having  seven  heads, 
and  ten  horns;  and  on  his  heads  seven  diadems. 

4  And  his  tail  drew  the  third  part  of  the  stars  of 
heaven,  and  cast  them  to  the  earth  :  and  the  dragon 
stood  before  the  woman,  who  was  ready  to  be  de- 
livered ;  that,  when  she  should  be  delivered,  he  might 
devour  her  son. 

5  And  she  brought  forth  a  man  child,  who  was 
to  rule  ajl  nations  with  an  iron  rod  :  and  her  son  was 
taken  up  to  God,  and  to  his  throne  : 

6  And  the  woman  fled  into  the  wilderness,  where 
she  had  a  place  prepared  by  God,  that  there  they 
should  feed  her  a  thousand  two  hundred  and  sixty 
days. 

7  And  there  was  a  great  battle  in  heaven:  Mi- 
chael and  his  angels  fought  with  the  dragon ;  and  the 
dragon  fought,  and  his  angels: 

8  And  they  prevailed  not;  neither  was  their  place 
found  any  more  in  heaven. 

9  And  that  great  dragon  was  cast  out,  the  old 
serpent,  who  is  called  the  devil,  and  Satan,  who 
seduceth  the  whole  world :  and  he  was  cast  forth  unto 
the  earth;  and  his  angels  were  thrown  down  with  him. 

10  And  I  heard  a  loud  voice  in  heaven,  saying: 
Now  is  come  salvation,  and  strength,  and  the  king- 
dom of  our  God,  and  the  power  of  his  Christ: 
because  the  accuser  of  our  brethren  is  cast  forth, 
who  accused  them  before  our  God  day  and  night. 

11  And  they  overcame  him  by  the  blood  or  the 
Lamb,  and  by  the  word  of  their  testimony  :  and  they 
loved  not  their  lives  unto  death. 

12  Therefore,  rejoice,  O  ye  heavens,  and  you  that 


the  world,  under  her  feet:  and  the  twelve  stars  with  which  she  is 
crowned,  are  the  twelve  apostles:  she  is  in  labour  and  pain,  whilst 
she  brings  forth  her  children,  and  Christ  in  them,  in  the  midst  of 
afflictions  and  persecutions. 

216 


THE  APOCALYPSE. 


dwell  therein.      Wo  to  the  earth,  and  to  the  sea, 
because  the  devil  is  come  down  onto  you,  haying 

it  w  rath,  know  \\\z  that  he  hath  hut  a  .short  time. 

13  And  alter  the  dragon  saw  that  he  w  as  cast  unto 
the  earth,  he  |>ersecuted  the  woman,  who  bronchi 
forth  the  man  child  : 

IV  And  there  were  given  to  the  woman  two  w  inus 
of  a  zr<  at  eagle,  that  she  might  fly  into  the  desert 
to  her  place,  where  she  is  nourished  lor  a  time,  and 
limes,  and  half  a  time,  from  the  lace  of  the  serpent. 

I.)  And  the  terpen!  east  out  of  Ids  mouth,  nliei 
the  woman,  water  as  it  were  a  river;  that  he  might 
cause  her  to  he  tarried  awav  by  the  river. 

It!  And  the  earth  helped  the  woman;  and  the 
earth  opened  her  mouth,  and  sw allowed  up  the 
river,  which  the  dragon  COSI  OUl  of  his  mouth. 

17  And  the  dragon  WasangT}  against  the  woman; 
and  Went  to  make  war  with  the  rest  of  her  seed, 
which  keep  the  commandments  of  God,  and  have 
the  testimony  of  Jesus  Christ. 

18  And  he  stood  upon  the  sand  of  the 

CHAP.  MIL 

Of  the  beast  tritk  ten  n  heads ;  und  tf  a  second  beatt. 

AND  I  s;iu  a  beast*  coming  out  of  the  sea.  haling 
i  en  heads  and  ten  horns,  and  upon  his  horns 
ten  diadems, and  upon  his  heads  names  of  blasphemy. 
2   And  the  beast,  which  I  saw,  was  like  to  a  leo- 
pard ;   and  his  feet  were  as  the  feet  of  a  hear,  and 
ids  mouth  as  the  mouth  of  a  lion.      And  the  dia^on 
B  him  his  own  Strength,  and  gnat  power. 
■  '<   \nd  I  saw  one  of  his  headsf  as  it  were  w  ounded 
to  death  :  and  his  deadly  wound  was  healed.      And 
all  the  earth  was  in  admiration  after  the  beast. 

4  And  they  adored  the  dragon,  which  gave  power 
to  the  beast:  and  thev  adored  the  beast, paying : 
who  is  like  to  the  beast.'  and  who  shall  he  able  to 
fight  with  if  : 

5  Ami  there  was  given  to  it  a  mouth,  speaking 
great  things,  and  blasphemies:  and  power  was  given 
toil  to  act  forty-two  months. 

6  And 

against 

nacle.J  and  them  that  dwell  in  Heaven. 

7  And  it  was  given  to  him  to  make  war  w  it li  the 
saints,  and  to  overcome  them  :  and  power  was  given 
him  over  every  tribe,  and  people,  and  tongue,  and 
nation  : 

H  And  all  that  dwell  upon  the  earth,  adored  him : 
whose  names  are  not  written  in  the  lx>ok  of  life  Of 
the  Lamb,  which  was  slain  from  the  h.mnning^  of 
the  world. 

!>   If  any  man  have  an  «  ar,  let  him  hear. 


.1'   I     nut_»-ii.w    iiii'inin. 

ud  he   opened   his   mouth   in   blasphemies 
God,  to  blaspheme  his  name,  and  his  taher- 


*  jibnti     Ttii*  firsi  l»u.l  wiih  «er«o  boadu  and  Ion  hurni,  m  pmlia 
My  ll>c  wli 

Cle  i if  ( 
■uda  are 

I    !mv 
pr.ii. I- 

i  ,1,  Cbaldean,  !'• 


leU,  enemx  •.  nn.1  penecMofi  of  ll» 
e  beginning  to  the  rod  of  the  world.     T' 

.  aaaefi  priiM-ical  kingdofna  or  empire*. 

II  axettoaaa  hnniiKil  |m>wct  over  the 
le,  fire  were  then  (alien  _-\|.lian,  A»- 

>i»n,  awl  fJrwian  monarvhiei: 


»i/.  llw  empire  of  Himw  ;  and  the  aerrnth  and  ehiefeat  wa«  10  rome, 

•  empire.     The  ten  horoa  may  he  Sa- 
te* toaear  per»e*-utnr». 
♦  On/  »f  »ii  tumtt,  <■<-.     Some  nnderatand  thi«  of  I  he  mortal  wound. 
el.M  li  Ihe  idolatry  of  the  Roman  empire  (tignined  by   !!..       . 

tl< 


10  He  that  shall  had  into  captivity,  shall  go  info 
captivity  :  be  that  shall  kill  by  the  sword,  must  Im 
killed  bv  the  sword.  Here  is  the  patience  and  the 
faith  of  the  saints.. 

I  1  And  1  saw  another  beasl||  coming  Up  out  of 
the  earth:  and  he  had  two  horns,  like  to  a  land's; 
and  he  spoke  as  a  dragon. 

\2  And  he  executed  all  the  power  of  the  form,  t 
beast  in  his  sight :  and  he  caused  the  earth, and  them 
(hat  dwell  then  in,  to  adore  the  first  beast,  whose 
deadly  wound  was  healed. 

1.1  And  he  did  great  signs,  so  that  he  made  even 
lire  to  conic  dow  n  from  heaven  upon  the  earth  in  the 
siuht  of  men. 

1  \  And  he  seduced  them  that  dwell  on  the  earth, 
hv  the  si^.ns.  which  were  given  him  to  perform  in 

the  Bight  of  the  beast,  saying  to  them  that  dwell  on 

the  earth,  that  thev  should  make  an   image   to  the 

i,  which  had  the  wound    by   the  sword,  and 

lived. 

1")  And  it  was  given  him  to  give  life  to  the  image 
of  the  beast,  and  that  the  image  of  the  beast  should 
speak;  and  should  cause,  that  whosoever  will  not 
adore  the  image  of  the  beast,  should  be  slain. 

16  And  he  shall  make  all.  ImiiIi  little  and  great, 
rich  and  tx>or,  free-men  and  bond-men,  to  have  a 
mark  in  their  right  hand,  or  in  their  foreheads  ■ 

17  And  that  no  man  might  buy  or  sell,  but  he 
that  hath  the  mark,  or  the  name  Of  the  beast,  or  the. 
number  of  his  name. 

18  Here  is  w  isdom.  He  that  hath  understanding, 
let  him  compute  the  number  of  the  beast.  For  it  is 
the  number  of  a  man  :  and  his  number  is  six  hun- 
dred sixty-six.  1 

CHAP.  \iv. 

Of  the  Lamb,  and  of  Ihe  rirfrins  that  fnllinr  him  :  Of  the  judg- 
ments that  shall  fall  ujxin  the  u-iikul. 

\  ND  I  saw  :  and,  behold,  a  I  ,ainl>  stood  on  mount 
-^*-  Sion,  and  with  him  a  hundred  forty-four  thou- 
sand having  his  name  and  the  name  of  his  Fat  he  j 
written  in  their  foreheads. 

2  And  I  heard  a  voice  from  heaven,  as  the  voice 
of  many  waters,  and  as  the  voice  of  great  thunder: 
and  the  voice  which  I  heard,  was  as  of  harpers, 
harping  00  their  harps. 

3  And  thev  sun-  as  it  were  a  new  canticle,  before 
the  throne,  and  before  the  four  living  creatures,  and 
the  ancients  :   and   no  man  could   sav   the  canticle, 
but   those   hundred   forty -four  thousand,  who  wi 
purchased  from  the  earth. 

4  These  are  thev  who  Were  not  defiled  with  wo- 
men :  for  they  are  virgins.      These  follow  the  Lamb 

'd  from  Constantinc ;  which  waa,  n  it  r  rKi  haw Ifil  li,  in    l.j 
Julian  the  anost. 

!   I  lis  tabmuitlr,  let.     That  i»,  liii  t  liurrh  and  hi*  .«int«. 
♦  Stain  fnm  Iht  (Wfi»iii«i,  4't       In  ihe  foreknowledge  of  Cud,  and 
inaimuch  a«  all  mercy  and  grace,  from  the  beginning,  waa  giren  in 
Hew  of  In.  death  ami  pa»»i 

w  kmi.     Thia  aecond  beaut  with  two  hornv  mat  !«•  nndrr. 
"  priest*  and  magician*  ;  the  prim  ipal  promoter* 

Ixith  of  idolatry  and  |«  roi  ution 

1  Sir  hundred  ojiy  hi.    The  numeral  letter,  of  hit  name  (hall  maka 
up  tint  number. 


chap,  xv,  xvi. 


whithersoever  he  goeth.  These  were  purchased  from 
among  men,  the  first  fruits  to  God,  and  to  the  Land) : 

5  And  in  their  mouth  was  found  no  lie  :  for  they 
are  without  spot  before  the  throne  of  Cod. 

6  And  I  saw  another  angel  flying  through  the 
midst  of  heaven,  having  the  eternal  gospel,  to  preach 
to  them  that  sit  upon  the  earth,  and  over  every 
nation,  and  tribe,  and  tongue,  and  people : 

7  Saying  with  a  loud  voice :  Fear  the  Lord,  and 
give  him  honour ;  because  the  hour  of  his  judgment 
js  come  :  and  adore  ye  him,  who  made  heaven,  and 
earth,  the  sea,  and  the  fountains  of  waters. 

8  And  another  angel  followed,  saying:  She  is 
fallen,  she  is  fallen,  that  e;reat  Babylon ;*  which 
made  all  nations  drink  of  the  wine  of  the  wrath  of 
her  fornication. 

9  And  the  third  angel  followed  them,  saying  with 
a  loud  voice:  If  any  man  shall  adore  the  beast,  and 
his  image,  and  receive  his  mark  in  his  forehead,  or 
in  his  hand: 

10  He  also  shall  drink  of  the  wine  of  the  wrath 
of  God,  which  is  mingled  with  pure  wine,  in  the 
cup  of  his  wrath:  and  he  shall  be  tormented  with 
fire  and  brimstone  in  the  sight  of  the  holy  angels, 
and  in  the  sight  of  the  Lamb: 

1 1  And  the  smoke  of  their"  torments  shall  ascend 
up  for  ever  and  ever:  neither  have  they  rest  day  nor 
night,  who  have  adored  the  beast,  and  his  image, 
and  whosoever  did  receive  the  mark  of  his  name. 

12  Here  is  the  patience  of  the  saints,  who  keep 
the  commandments  of  God,  and  the  faith  of  Jesus. 

13  And  I  heard  a  voice  from  heaven,  saying  to 
me:  Write  :  Blessed  are  the  dead,  who  die  in  the 
Lord.f  From  henceforth  now,  saith  the  Spirit,  that 
they  may  rest  from  their  labours:  for  their  works 
follow  them. 

14  And  I  saw:  and,  behold,  a  white  cloud,  and 
upon  the  cloud  one  sitting  like  to  the  Son  of  man, 
having  on  his  head  a  golden  crown,  and  in  his  hand 
a  sharp  sickle. 

15  And  another  angel  came  out  of  the  temple, 
crying  with  a  loud  voice  to  him  that  sat  upon  the 
cloud :  Put  to  thy  sickle,  and  reap,  because  the  hour 
is  come  to  reap;  for  the  harvest  of  the  earth  is  ripe. 

16  And  he  that  sat  on  the  cloud,  put  his  sickle 
o  the  earth;  and  the  earth  was  reaped. 

17  And  another  angel  came  out  of  the  temple, 
which  is  in  heaven,"  he  also  having  a  sharp  sickle. 

18  And  another  angel  came  out  from  the  altar, 
who  had  power  over  fire:  and  he  cried  with  a  loud 
voice  to  him  that  had  the  sharp  sickle,  saying:  Put 
to  thy  sharp  sickle,  and  gather  the  clusters  of  the 
vineyard  of  the  earth;  because  the  grapes  thereof 
are  ripe. 

19  And  the  angel  put  his  sharp  sickle  to  the  earth, 
and  gathered  the  vineyard  of  the  earth,  and  cast  it 
into  the  great  wine-press  of  the  wrath  of  Cod: 

20  And  the  wine-press  was  trodden  without  the 
city:  and  blood  came  out  of  the  wine-press,  even  up 

*  Babylon.  By  Babylon  may  be  very  probably  signified  all  the 
wicked  world  in  general,  which  God  will  punish  and  destroy  after  the 
ihort  time  of  this  mortal  life:  or  it  may  signify  every  great  city 
wherein  enormous  sins  and  abominations  are  daily  committed,  and 
that  when  the  measure  of  it«  iniquities  is  full,  the  punishments  due  to 


to  the  horses'  bridles,  for  a  thousand  and  six  hun- 
dred furlongs. 

CHAP.  XV. 

They  that  have  overcome  the  beast,  glorify  God.     Of  the  seven 
angels  with  the  seven  vials. 

AND  I  saw  another  sign  in  heaven,  great  and 
-^*-  wonderful,  seven  angels  having  the  seven  last 
plagues:  for  in  them  is  filled  up  the  wrath  of  Cod. 

2  And  I  saw  as  it  were  a  sea  of  glass  mingled 
with  fire,  and  them  that  had  overcome  the  beast, 
and  his  image,  and  the  number  of  his  name,  stand- 
ing on  the  sea  of  glass,  having  the  harps  of  God  : 

3  And  singing  the  canticle  of  Moses  the  servant 
of  God,  and  the  canticle  of  the  Lamb,  saying :  Great 
and  wonderful  are  thy  works,  O  Lord  God  Almighty : 
just  and  true  are  thy  ways,  O  King  of  ages. 

4  Who  shall  not  fear  thee,  O  Lord,  and  magnify 
thy  name?  For  thou  only  art  holy:  for  all  nations 
shall  come,  and  shall  adore  in  thy  sight;  because 
thy  judgments  are  manifest. 

5  And  after  these  things  I  saw:  and,  behold,  the 
temple  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony  in  heaven 
was  opened : 

6  And  the  seven  angels  came  out  of  the  temple, 
having  the  seven  plagues,  clothed  in  clean  and  white 
linen,  and  girded  about  the  breasts  with  golden 
girdles. 

7  And  one  of  the  four  living  creatures  gave  to  the 
seven  angels  seven  golden  vials,  full  of  the  wrath  of 
God,  who  liveth  for  ever  and  ever. 

8  And  the  temple  was  filled  with  smoke  from  the 
majesty  of  God,  and  from  his  power:  and  no  man 
was  able  to  enter  into  the  temple,  till  the  seven 
plagues  of  the  seven  angels  were  fulfilled. 

CHAP.  XVI. 

The  seven  vials  are  poured  out :  the  plagues  that  ensue. 

\  ND  I  heard  a  great  voice  out  of  the  temple,  say 
-^*-  ing  to  the  seven  angels :  Go,  and  pour  out  the 
seven  vials  of  the  wrath  of  God  upon  the  earth. 

2  And  the  first  went,  and  poured  out  his  vial  upon 
the  earth:  and  there  fell  a  sore  and  most  grievous 
wound  upon  the  men,  who  had  the  mark  of  the  beast, 
and  upon  them  who  adored  his  image. 

3  And  the  second  angel  poured  out  his  vial  into 
the  sea:  and  it  became  as  the  blood  of  a  dead  man: 
and  every  living  soul  died  in  the  sea. 

4  And  the  third  poured  out  his  vial  upon  the  rivers, 
and  the  fountains  of  waters:  and  they  became  blood. 

5  And  I  heard  the  angel  of  the  waters,  say  ins : 
Thou  art  just,  O  Lord,  who  art,  and  who  wast  the 
holy  one,  who  hast  judged  these  things: 

6  For  they  have  shed  the  blood  of  the  saints  and 
prophets:  and  thou  hast  given  them  blood  to  drink: 
for  they  deserved  it. 

7  And  I  heard  another  from  the  altar,  saying: 
Yea,  O  Lord  God  Almighty,  true  and  just  are  thy 
judgments. 

its  crimes,  are  poured  on  it.  It  also  may  be  some  city  ol  the  descrip- 
tion in  the  Text,  that  will  exist,  and  be  destroyed  as  here  described, 
towards  the  end  of  the  world. 

t  Vie  in  the  Lord.  It  is  understood  of  Uie  martyrs  who  die  for  the 
Lord. 

217 


THE  APOCALYPSE. 


8  And  the  fourth  angel  pound  out  his  vial  upon 
the  sun:  and  it  WM  given  lohun  to  alilict  men  with 
heat  and  tin-  : 

9  And  net  w«  re  scotched  with  great  heat:  ;md 
thev  blasphemed  the  name  of  God,  who  hath  power 
Offer  these  plagues;  neither  did  they  penance  to  - 
him  glory. 

10  And  tin-  tilth  sage)  |>oured  out  his  vial  upon 
the  seat  of  the  beast:  and  his  kingdom  became  dark; 
and  the]  gnawed  their  tongues  lor  pain: 

11  And  they  blasphemed  the  God  of  heaven, 
because  of  their  pains,  and  wounds,  and  did  not 
penance  for  their  works. 

12  And  the  sixth  sngd  poured  out  his  vial  upon 
that  peat  river  Euphrates;  and  dried  up  the  water 
thereof,  thai  a  win  might  be  prepared  tor  the  kings 
from  the  rising  ot  the  sun. 

13  And  I  -aw  from  the  mouth  of  the  dragon,  and 
from  the  mouth  of  the  beast,  and  from  the  mouth 
of  the  false  prophet,  three  unclean  spirits  like  ti 

1  i  For  the]  are  the  spirits  pfdei  us  working  signs: 
and  they  go  forth  unto  the  kings  of  the  whole  earth 
to  gather  then  to  battle  against  the  great  day  of  the 
Almighty  God. 

15  Behold,  I  come  as  a  thief.  Blessed  is  he  that 
watcheth  and  keepeth  his  garments,  lest  he  walk 
naked,  and  the]  see  his  shame. 

16  knd  he  shall  gather  them  together  into  a  place, 
Which  i-  called  in  Hebrew  Annagedon.* 

17  And  the  seventh  angel  poured  out  his  vial  into 

the  air:  and  I  great  voice  came  out  of  the  temple 
from  the  throne,  saying:  It  is  done. 

|8  Ind  there  were  lightnings,  and  voices,  and 
thunders:  and  there  was  a  init  earthquake,  such  as 
never  hath  been  since  men  were  upon  the  earth;  such 
»ii  earthquake,  so  great. 

I!*  And  the  great  city  was  made  into  three  parts: 
and  the  cities  ot  the  Gentiles  till;  and  great  Baby- 
lon cane  in  remenoraace  before  God,  to  give  to 

her  the  cimof  the  wine  of  the  indignatiouol'his Wrath. 

20  And  even  island  lied  away,  and  the  mountains 
were  not  found. 

1\  And  great  hail  like  a  talent  came  down  from 
heaven  upon  men  :  and  men  blasphemed  ( iod  because 
of  tin-  plagUC  of  the  hail;  lor  it  was  exceeding  great. 

(HAP.    XVII. 

The  ilr*crii>tinn  of  Ike  grtut  harlot,  and  nf  the  beast  upon  which 

the  tits. 

AN  I )  there  came  one  of  the  sev  en  BBgett,  w  ho  had 
the  -.even  v  iaU.  and  spoke  with  ine.  savin::: 
Come,  I  will  show  thee  the  condemnation  of  the 
gnat  harlot,  who  sitteth  upon  many  waters. 

2  With  whom  the  kings  of  tne  earth  have  connit- 


*.fnaar«Ua.  i.  e.  The  I, ill  ..t' nihhers. 
♦  .  I  mutiny.  That  is,  a  secret,  became  what  follows  of  the 
lit  1'-  of  the  irreat  In  riot  in  tu  be  taken  in  a  mystical  lenie, 


and 


: 


Kithi-r  the  city  of  the  dcnl  in  gem- rat.  or,  if  thia  place 


be  tu  Im-  understood  of  any  partu-ut.tr  city,  (Mfm  Home,  which  then  and 
for  300  years  pereecu ted  the  churth;  and  wasihe  prim  ipal  scat  both  of 


which  Uabyloo, 

tnJ  it  not.  being  much 


I  TV  •*•»•  wWA  Ikon  tavil      Thi 
ma\  •    j.it.  f  r  nf  tin- <l'v  tl .  vhieh  tcci 

(united  by  the  coming  of  Chrut,  hut   .hall  afraiu  inn   iltclf  under 
Antichrist.     The  utu  heads  of  this  beast  are  sescu  mouutaius  or 

SIS 


led  fornication  :  and  they  who  inhabit  the  earth,  have 
in  en  made  drunk  with  the  wine  of  her  prostitution. 

3  And  he  took  DM  away  in  the  spirit  into  the 
Welts      And  I  saw  a  woman  siftins  upon  a  scarlet* 

coloured  beast,  full  of  names  of  blasphemy,  having 
SBVea  heads  and  ten  horns. 

4  And  the  woman  was  clothed  round  in  purple 
and  scarlet,  and  gilded  with  gold,  and  pte< -ion*  stones 
and  pearls,  having  a  golden  cup  in  her  hand,  lull  of 
the  abomination  and  nlthiness  of  her  fornication. 

6  And  on  her  forehead  a  name  was  written:    A 

mystery :f  Babylon)  the  gnat,  the  mother  of  the 

fornications  and  nl>omiiiatiniis  of  the  earth. 

6  And  I  saw  the  woman  drunk  with  the  blood  of 
the  saints,  and  with  the  blood  of  the  martyrs  of 
.1'  mis.  And  when  1  had  seen  her,  1  wondered  with 
great  admiration. 

7  And  the  angel  said  to  me:  Why  dost  thou  won- 
der? I  will  tell  thee  the  mystery  of  the  woman,  and 
of  the  beast  which  carrieth  her,  which  hath  the  seven 
heads  and  ten  horns. 

8  The  beast,  w  Inch  thou  sawcst,§  was,  and  is  not, 
and  shall  come  up  out  of  the  bottomless  pit.  am: 
into  destruction:  and  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth 
(whose  names  are  not  written  in  the  book  ot  life 
from  the  foundation  of  the  world)  shall  wonder, 
■Sang  'lie  beast,  that  was.  and  is  not. 

9  And  here  is  the  understanding,  that  hath  wis- 
dom. The  seven  heads  are  seven  mountains,  BPOU 
which  the  woman  sitteth,  and  thev  are  SeveS) 
kings: 

10  Five  are  fallen;  one  is;  and  the  otlu  r  is  not 
vet  cone:  and  when  he  shall  come,  he  must  remain 
a  .short  time. 

1 1  And  the  beast  that  was,  and  is  not :  the  same 
is  also  the  eighth,  and  is  of  the  seven,  and  gocth 
into  destruction. 

12  And  the  ten  horns,  which  thou  mweat,  an  ten 
kings;i|  who  have  not  yet  received  a  kingdom,  but 
shall  receive  power  M  klBgSOUe  hour  alter  the  beast. 

13  These  have  one  design:  and  their  strength 
and  |M>wer  they  shall  deliver  to  the  beast. 

14  They  shall  light  with  the  I.amb;  and  the 
Lamb  shall  overcome  them;  because  he  is  Lord  of 
lords,  and  king  of  kings  ;  and  thev  that  are  with  him 
are  called,  and  elect,  and  faithful. 

15  And  he  said  to  me:  The  waters  which  thou 
■awest,  where  the  harlot  sitteth,  are  peoples,  and 
nations,  and  tongues. 

16  And  the  ten  horns,  which  thou  saw  est  on  the 
beast;  theat  shall  hate  the  harlot,  and  shall  make 
her  desolate  and  naked,  and  shall  eat  her  llesh.  and 
shall  burn  her  with  lire. 

17  For  God  hath  given    into   their  hearts,  to  do 

empires,  instrument-,  'it  l,i»  t\  r-.tniiy  ;  i>l  which  In  I 

above,  <  Imp.  mi.  i it.  I.     The  beiut  itnelf  is  said  tu  In-  ilu  right*  and 

it  of  tkt  mrm    because  they  all  art  under  the  drril.  and  hi  hi.  mttira- 

ti n  that  hi*  |>ower  i*  in  tliem  all,  yet  to  a*  to  make  up,  a.  it  •> 

an  eighth  empire,  distinct  from  them  all. 

|  Tea  Mart.     Ten  leaser  kingdoms,  enemies  also  o  of 

Christ ;  which,  nes-ertheksss.  shall  be  made  instrumci 

•'.  fur  the  punishment  of  Babylon.  Some  onderataad  tin.  ot  the 
Goth*,  Vaadala,  llunns,  and  otlicr  barbarous  nation*,  that  destruttst 
the  empire  of  Koine. 


CHAP.  XVII],  XIX. 


that  which  pleaseth  him;  that  they  give  their  king- 
dom to  the  beast  till  the  words  of  God  be  fulfilled. 
18  And  the  woman  which  thou  sawcst,  is  the 
great  city,  a  kingdom  which  hath  dominion  over  the 
kings  of  the  earth. 

CHAP.  XVIII. 

The  fall  of  Babylon :  kings  ami  merchants  lament  over  her. 

AND  after  these  things  I  saw  another  angel  com- 
ing down  from  heaven,  having  great  power: 
and  the  earth  was  enlightened  with  his  glory. 

2  And  he  cried  out  with  a  strong  voice,  saying: 
Babylon  the  great  is  fallen,  is  fallen;  and  is  become 
the  habitation  of  devils,  and  the  hold  of  every  unclean 
spirit,  and  the  hold  of  every  unclean  and  'witeful  bird : 

3  Because  all  nations  have  drunk  of  the  wine  of 
the  wrath  of  her  fornication:  and  the  kings  of  the 
earth  have  committed  fornication  with  her:  and  the 
merchants  of  the  earth  have  been  made  rich  by  the 
abundance  of  her  delicacies. 

4  And  I  heard  another  voice  from  heaven,  saying: 
Go  out  from  her,  my  people;  that  you  be  not  par- 
takers of  hei  sins,  and  that  you  receive  not  of  her 
plagues. 

5  For  her  sins  have  reached  even  to  heaven :  and 
the  Lord  hath  remembered  her  iniquities. 

6  Render  to  her  as  she  also  hath  rendered  to  you  : 
and  double  ye  the  double  according  to  her  works  : 
in  the  cup,  wherein  she  hath  mingled,  mingle  unto 
her  double. 

7  As  much  as  she  hath  glorified  herself,  and  hath 
been  in  delicacies,  so  much  torment  and  sorrow  give 
unto  her:  because  she  saith  in  her  heart:  I  sit  a  queen, 
and  am  not  a  widow ;  and  sorrow  1  shall  not  see. 

8  Therefore  shall  her  plagues  come  in  one  day, 
death, and  mourning,  and  famine:  and  she  shall  be 
burnt  with  fire ;  because  God  is  strong,  who  shall 
judge  her. 

9  And  the  kings  of  the  earth,  who  have  commit- 
ted fornication,  and  lived  in  delicacies  with  her,  shall 
weep,  and  bewail  themselves  oyer  her,  when  they 
shall  see  the  smoke  of  her  burning  : 

10  Standing  afar  off  for  fear  of  her  torments,  say- 
ing :  Wo.  wo  that  great  city  Babylon,  that  mighty 
city  :  for  in  one  hour  is  thy  judgment  come. 

1 1  And  the  merchants  of  the  earth  shall  weep, 
and  mourn  over  her:  for  no  man  shall  buy  their 
merchandise  any  more : 

12  Merchandise  of  gold,  and  silver,  and  of  pre- 
cious stones,  and  pearl,  and  of  fine  linen,  and  pur- 
ple, and  of  silk,  and  scarlet  (and  all  thyine  wood,  and 
all  manner  of  vessels  of  ivory,  and  all  manner  of 
vessels  of  precious  stone,  and  of  brass,  and  iron,  and 
marble, 

13  And  cinnamon)  and  of  odours,  and  ointment, 
and  frankincense,  and  wine,  and  oil,  and  ihw  flour, 
and  wheat,  and  beasts,  and  sheep,  and  horses,  and 
chariots,  and  slaves,  and  souls  of  men. 

14  And  the  fruits  of  the  desire  of  thy  soul  are 
departed  from  thee ;  and  all  fat  and  goodly  things 
are  perished  from  thee ;  and  they  shall  no  more 
find  them. 

15  The  merchants  of  these  things,  who  were 


made  rich,  shall  stand  afar  off  from  her,  for  fear  of 
her  torments,  weeping  and  mourning, 

16  And  saying:  Wo,  wo  that  great  city,  which 
was  clothed  with  fine  linen,  and  purple,  and  scarlet, 
and  was  gilded  with  gold  and  precious  stones  and 
pearls : 

17  For  in  one  hour  are  so  great  riches  come  to 
nothing  :  and  every  ship-master,  and  every  one  that 
sails  into  the  lake,  and  mariners,  and  they  that  work 
at  sea,  stood  afar  off; 

18  And  cried  out,  seeing  the  place  of  her  burn- 
ing, saying:  What  city  is  like  to  this  great  city? 

19  And  they  cast  dust  upon  their  heads,  and  cried 
out,  weeping  and  mourning,  saying:  Wo,  wo  that 
great  city,  wherein  all  were  made  rich,  who  had 
ships  at  sea,  by  reason  of  her  prices  :  for  in  one  hour 
she  is  made  desolate. 

20  Rejoice  over  her,  thou  heaven,  and  ye  holy 
apostles,  and  prophets  :  for  God  hath  judged  your 
judgment  on  her. 

21  And  a  mighty  angel  took  up  a  stone  as  it  were 
a  great  mill-stone,  and  cast  it  into  the  sea,  saying : 
With  this  violence  shall  Babylon,  that  great  city, 
be  thrown  down,  and  shall  now  be  fotmd  lio 
more. 

22  And  the  voice  of  harpers,  and  of  musicians, 
and  of  them  that  play  on  the  pipe,  and  on  the  trum- 
pet, shall  no  more  be  heard  in  thee :  and  no  crafts- 
man of  any  art  whatsoever  shall  be  found  any  more 
in  thee :  and  trie  sound  of  a  mill  shall  be  heard  no 
more  in  thee : 

23  And  the  light  of  a  lamp  shall  shine  no  more  in 
thee:  and  the  voice  of  the  bridegroom  and  bride  shall 
be  heard  no  more  in  thee :  for  thy  merchants  were 
the  great  men  of  the  earth,  for  all  nations  have  been 
deceived  by  thy  sorceries. 

24  And  in  her  hath  been  found  the  blood  of  pro- 
phets and  of  saints,  and  of  all,  who  were  slain  upon 
the  earth. 

CHAP.  XIX. 

The  saints  glorify  God  for  his  judgments  on  the  great  harlot 
Christ's  victory  over  the  beast  and  the  kings  of  the  earth. 

A  FTER  these  things  I  heard  as  it  were  the  voice 
-L*-  of  many  multitudes  in  heaven,  saying:  Alle- 
luia :  salvation,  and  glory,  and  power  is  to  our  God  : 

2  For  true  and  just  are  his  judgments,  who  hath 
jodged  the  great  harlot,  which  corrupted  the  earth 
with  her  fornication,  and  hath  revenged  the  blood  of 
his  servants,  at  her  hands. 

3  And  again  they  said :  Alleluia.  And  her  smoke 
ascendeth  for  ever  and  ever. 

4  And  the  four  and  twenty  ancients,  and  the  four 
living  creatures  fell  down  and  adored  God  thai  sit- 
teth  upon  the  throne,  saying:  Amen:  Alleluia. 

5  And  a  voice  came  out  from  the  throne,  saving: 
Praise  ye  our  God  all  his  servants,  and  you  that 
fear  him,  little  and  great. 

6  And  I  heard  as  it  were  the  voice  of  a  great  mul- 
titude, and  as  the  voice  of  many  waters,  and  as  the 
voice  of  great  thunders,  saying:  Alleluia:  for  the 
Lord  our  God  the  omnipotent  hath  reigned. 

7  Let  us  be  glad,  and  rejoice,  and  give  glory  to 

sis 


THE  APOCALYPSE. 


him:  for  the  marriage  of  tin-  Lamb  n  come,  tnd 
hb  wife  bath  prepared  hrraelf. 

8  Ami  (o  her  it  hath  been  granted,  that  she  should 
clothe  herself  with  fine  linen,  glittering  and  white. 
For  the  fine  linen  are  the  iogtihcations  of  saints. 

c.  And  he  saith  to  me:  Write:  Blessed  are  thev, 
who  an-  called  to  the  marriage  supper  of  the  Lamb: 
ami  In-  taith  to  inc:   These  words  of  God  arc  true. 

10  Anil  I  fell  before*  his  feet  to  adore  htm.  And 
he  saith  to  me:  See  thou  do  it  not  :  I  am  thy  Icl- 
low-servant,  and  of  tin  brethren  "ho  haw  the  tes- 
timony of  Jes'tis  \  re  God.  Fot  the  testimony 
of  Jesus  i-  the  spirit  of  prophecy. 

11  And  I  saw  heaven  opened,  and,  behold, a 

white  horse:  and  he  that  s;it  upon  him.  was  called 
Faithful  and  True;   and  with  justice  he  judged)  and 

fighteth. 

12  And  his  e\.  h  |  Same  of  lire,  and  on 
his  bead  many  diadems,  baring  a  name  written, 
which  no  man  knoweth  hut  himself. 

I>  And  he  was  clothed  with  a  garment  sprinkled 
with  blood  :    and  his  name  is  called.  THE  WORD 

OF  GOD. 

I  V  And  the  armies  which  are  in  heaven  followed 
him  on  white  horses,  clothed  in  fine  linen  white  and 
clean. 

15  And  out  of  his  mouth  proceeded)  a  sharp  two- 
edged  BWOrd;  that  with  it  he  may  strike  tin;  Gen- 
tiles. And  he  shall  rule  them  with  a  rod  of  iron: 
and  he  treadeth  the  wine-press  of  the  fury  of  the 
wrath  of  ( iod  the  Almighty. 

16  And  he  hath  on  his  garment  and  on  histhidi 
written:  King  of*  kings,  and  Lord  of  lords. 

17  And  I  saw  an  angel  standing  in  the  sun  :  and 
lie  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  saying  to  all  the  birds 
that  did  fly  through  the  midst  of  heaven:  Conic, 
and  gather  yourselves  together  to  the  great  supper 
of ( iod  : 

IK  That  you  may  eat  the  flesh  of  kings,  and  the 
flesh  nf  tribunes,  anil  the  flesh  of  might)  men,  and 
the  letfa  of  horses,  and  of  them  that  sit  on  them, 
and  the  flesh  of  all  free- men  and  liond-men,  and  of 
little  and  -re.it. 

19  \nd  I  saw  the  beast  and  the  kin^s  of  the 
earth  and  their  armies  gathered  together  to  make 
war  with  him  that  sat  upon  the  burse,  and  with  his 
armv. 

20  \nd  the  beast  was  taken,  and  with  him  the 
false  prophet  ;  who  Wrought  siaas  be  ore  him. 
wherewith  lie  seduced  them,  w  ho  received  the  mark 
of  the  beast,  and  who  adored  his  image.  These 
two  were  cist  alive  into  the  pool  of  fire  burning  with 

brimstone. 

21  Ami  the  rest  were  slain  l>\  thcSWOrd  of  him 
that  sitteth  upon  the  horse,  which  proceeded)  out  ot 


•  /  fill  bffort,  IfC.   St.  Aur.  (I.  80  contra  r'aust.  c.  11.)  i.  of  opinion. 
that  '  i  »o  gkirion.  |  uiannrr.  that  St.  John  i.~.k 

him  I  fon- won.  reft   Imn   dirmt  kmtm, 

hail  not  the  anr*"'  «topt  him,  hy  trllmehim  he  wmi  tnjl  Ins  lVllow-wr- 
¥ant  i. in).  II   in  K»  jih'.)  rather  think..  It.  it  the  wnera 

offered  l>>  SI-  John.  *»  not  <li>  im  liononr 


Boa 

than  what  might  lawfu 
the  »nfrl,  in  i  nn«bli-ra 
bad  br«n  raioed,  I  >  tl, 
■  it/  of  St.  Jolio,  -u  ftf 


pii  |   hut  wa*  ne 
1  dignity  to  »  ln< 


or  indeed  ant  other 

h  iMir  human 

1  .im!  tin-  ile- 


itis mouth  :  and  all  the  birds  were  filled  with  tin  ir 
flesh. 

CH  W.  \\. 

Sitlun  i*  hminrt  fin  it  thousand  vrnrs  :   thr  suuh  of  thr  mnrtyrt 
,-n  icith  Christ  in  thrjirtt  rrtumttion.     Ihr  lint  uttrmjit, 
of  StitiiH  aguiiul  thr  ckurck  :    the  lint  juil^mi  nt. 

A  M'  I  saw  an  SOgd  coming  down  from  heaven, 

-^*-  baring  the  kej  <>f  the  bottomless  pit,  and  > 

great  chain  in  his  hand. 

2  And  he  laid  hold  on  the  dragon,  tin*  old  serpent 
which  is  the  devil  and  Satan,  and  bound  liimf  for  I 
thousand  years : 

.)   And  he  cast  him   into  the  bottomless  pit    ai 
shut  him  up.  and  set  a  seal  upon  him.  that  he  should 
no  more  seduce  the  nations,  till  the  thousand  years 
be  finished  :   and  after  that  he  must  Ik-  loosed  a  little 
lime. 

4  And  I  saw  Seats,  and  thaj  sat  upon  them  :  ami 
judgment  was  giveu  unto  them:  and  the  souls  of 
them  that  were  beheaded  for  the  testimony  ol  Je- 
sus, and  for  the  word  of  (iod,  ami  who  hail  not 
adored  the  In-ast,  nor  his  image,  nor  received  Ins 
mark  in  their  foreheads,  or  in  their  hands:  ami  they 
lived  and  reigned  w  ith  (  luist  a  thousand  vears. 

5  The  rest  of  the  dead  lived  not,  till  the  thou- 
sand years  were  finished.  This  is  the  fust  resur- 
rection. 

6  Blessed  and  holy  is  he  that  hath  part  in  the 
first  resurrection :  in  these  the  second  death  li.iih 
no  power:  but  they  shall  be  priests  o!  (iod  and  ot 
Christ,  and  shall  reign  with  him  a  thousand  years. 

7  And  when  the  thousand  years  shall  be  finish- 
ed. Satan  shall  be  loosed  out  01  his  prison,  ami  shall 
EO  forth,  and  seduce  the  nations,  w  Inch  are  over  the 
tour  qaarters  of  the  earth,  Gog,  ami  Magog,  and 
shall  gather  them  together  to  battle,  whose  nuuiuef 
is  as  the  sand  of  the  sea. 

8  And  they  ascended  upon  the  breadth  of  the 
earth,  and  surrounded  the  camp  of  the  saints,  and 
the  betofed  city. 

9  Ami  lire  came  down  from  God  out  of  heaven, 

and  devoured  them:  ami  the  dev  il,  w  ho  seilm  <  d 
them,  was  cast  into  the  pool  of  lire  and  biiinstune, 
vv  lure  both  the  beast 

10  And  the  false  prophet  shall  be  tormented  day 
ami  night  for  ever  and  ever. 

1 1  And  I  saw  a  great  w  hile  throne,  and  him  that 
sat  upon  it,  from  w  hose  presence  the  earth  and  hea- 
ven lied  away,  and  there  was  noplace  found  for  them. 

1  I  \i;l  I  saw  the  dead  cieat  and  Small,  stand- 
in",  hi  lure  the  throne  ;  and  the  books  w  ere  niiriu  tl  : 
ami  another  book  was  opened,  which  is  tin  book  of 
life;  and  the  dead  were  judged  by  those  things 
which  were  written  in  the  books,  according  to  their 

WOlks. 


f   Btmnd  him,  4c.     Tin-  ;  .tan    ha-  !>.••  n  im   inn.  I,  limit 

od  by  the  paa.ion  ofChtrtat,  (or  a  tkouund  fnri ;  Ih.a  ia.br  iba  n  hole 
tine  of  the  new  tpttament :    but  r«p«H  lally  fniin  the  lime 
.miction  of  ttnbyl,tn  or  pagan   Rome,  nil  the  n<  ■  t  Cor  and 

•  araio*!  the  charch,  towardi  Ibeead  of  the  «oi|,i.     During 
tune  tin'  mall  of  the  iiiari\r>    and  ..unl«  ttro  Bad  reign  v.  it  It 
CnriM  in  ht:i\in,  in  tliejlr»/  rtiurrtrlion.  whu  h  is  thai  ,1  to 

i!h-   life  of  glory;  as  tbo  Ht-ontt  wamidwit  will  Ik-  that  of  the  I**!), 
at  the  day  of  tbe  general  judgment. 


CHAP.  XXI,  XXII. 


13  And  the  sea  gave  up  the  dead,  that  were  in 
it:  and  death  and  hell  gave  op  their  dead,  that  were 
in  them:  and  they  were  judged  every  one  according 
to  their  works. 

14  And  hell  and  death  were  cast  into  the  pool  of 
fire.     This  is  the  second  death. 

15  And  whosoever  was  not  found  written  in  the 
hook  of  life,  was  cast  into  the  poo!  o<"  fire. 

CHAP.  XXI. 

The  new  Jerusalem  described. 

AND  I  saw  a  new  heaven,  and  a  new  earth.  For 
the  first  heaven  and  the  first  earth  was  passed 
away:*  and  the  sea  is  no  more. 

2  And  I  John  saw  the  holy  city  the  new  Jerusa- 
lem coming  down  from  God  out  of  heaven,  prepared 
as  a  bride  adorned  for  her  husband. 

3  And  1  heard  a  great  voice  from  the  throne, 
saying:  Behold  the  tabernacle  of  God  with*  men; 
and  he  will  dwell  with  them:  And  they  shall  he  his 
people :  and  God  himself  with  them  shall  be  their  God : 

4  And  God  shall  wipe  away  all  tears  from  their 
eyes:  and  death  shall  be  no  more;  nor  mourning, 
nor  crying,  nor  sorrow  shall  be  any  more;  for  the 
former  things  are  passed  away. 

5  And  he  who  sat  on  the  throne,  said  :  Behold,  I 
make  all  things  new.  And  he  said  to  me:  Write, 
for  these  words  are  most  faithful  and  true. 

6  And  he  said  to  me  :  It  is  done  :  I  am  alpha  and 
omega  ;  the  beginning  and  the  end.  To  him  that 
thirsteth  I  will  give  of  the  fountain  of  the  water  of 
life,  gratis. 

7  He  that  shall  overcome,  shall  possess  these 
things:  and  I  will  be  his  God,  and  lie  shall  be  my  son. 

8  But  to  the  fearful,  and  unbelieving,  and  the 
abominable,  and  murderers,  and  fornicators,  and 
sorcerers,  and  idolaters,  and  all  liars,  their  portion 
shall  be  in  the  pool  burning  with  fire  and  brimstone  ; 
which  is  the  second  death. 

9  And  there  came  one  of  the  seven  angels,  who 
nad  the  vials  full  of  the  seven  last,  plagues,  and  spoke 
with  me,  saying:  Come,  and  I  will  show  thee  the 
bride,  the  wife  of  the  Lamb. 

10  And  he  took  me  up  in  spirit  to  a  great  and  high 
mountain :  and  he  showed  me  the  holy  city  Jerusa- 
lem, coming  down  out  of  heaven  from  God, 

1 1  Having  the  glory  of  God ;  and  the  light  thereof 
like  unto  a  precious  stone,  as  it  were  to  a  jasper- 
stone,  as  crystal. 

12  And  it  had  a  wall  great  and  high,  having 
twelve  gates;  and  in  the  gates  twelve  angels,  and 
names  written  thereon,  which  are  the  names  of  the 
twelve  tribes  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

13  On  the  east,  three  gates  ;  and  on  the  north, 
three  gates  ;  and  on  the  south,  three  gates  ;  and  on 
the  west,  three  gates. 

14  And  the  wall  of  the  city  had  twelve  founda- 
tions ;  and  in  them,  the  twelve  names  of  the  twelve 
apostles  of  the  Lamb. 

15  And  he  that  spoke  with  me,  had  a  measure,  a 

•  The  first  heaven  and  Ihc  first  earth  iroj  vnssed  aicay,  being  changed,  not 
M  to  tb«ir  substance,  but  in  their  qualities. 


golden  reed,  to  measure  the  city  and  the  ga  es  there- 
of, and  the  wall. 

16  And  the  city  is  situate  four-square  ;  and  the 
length  thereof  is  as  great  as  the  breadth  .  and  he 
measured  the  city  with  a  golden  reed  for  twelve 
thousand  furlongs  :  and  the  length,  and  the  height, 
and  the  breadth  of  it  are  equal. 

17  And  he  measured  the  wall  thereof  a  hundred 
forty-four  cubits,  the  measure  of  a  mau,t  which  is  of 
an  angel. 

18  And  the  building  of  the  wall  thereof  was  of 
jasper-stone ;  but  the  city  itself  pure  gold,  like  to 
clear  glass. 

19  And  the  foundations  of  the  wall  of  the  city 
were  adorned  with  all  manner  of  precious  stones. 
The  first  foundation,  jasper :  the  second,  sapphire  : 
the  third,  a  calcedony :  the  fourth,  an  emerald  : 

20  The  filth,  sardonyx :  the  sixth,  sardius  :  the 
seventh,  chrysolite  :  the  eighth,  beryl :  the  ninth,  a 
topaz  :  the  tenth,  a  chrysoprasus  :  the  eleventh,  a 
jacinth  :  the  twelfth,  an  amethyst. 

21  And  the  twelve  gates  are  twelve  pearls,  qne 
to  each  :  and  every  several  gate  was  of  one  several 
pearl :  and  the  street  of  the  city  was  pure  gold,  as  it 
were  transparent  glass. 

22  And  I  saw  no  temple  in  it.  For  the  Lord  God 
Almighty  is  the  temple  thereof,  and  the  Lamb. 

23  And  the  city  needeth  not  sun  nor  moon  to 
shine  in  it:  for  the  glory  of  God  hath  enlightened  it: 
and  the  Lamb  is  the  lamp  thereof. 

24  And  nations  shall  walk  in  the  light  of  it : 
and  the  kings  of  the  earth  shall  bring  their  glory  and 
honour  into  it. 

25  And  the  gates  thereof  shall  not  be  shut  by 
day :  for  there  shall  be  no  night  there. 

26  And  they  shall  bring  the  glory  and  honour  of 
the  nations  into  it. 

27  There  shall  not  enter  into  it  any  thing  defiled, 
or  any  one  that  worketh  abomination,  or  a  lie  ;  but 
they  who  are  written  in  the  book  of  life  of  the  Lamb. 

CHAP.  XXII. 

The  water  and  tree  of  life.     The  conclusion. 

AND  he  showed  me  a  river  of  water  of  life,  clear 
as  crystal,  proceeding  from  the  throne  of  God, 
and  of  the  Lamb. 

2  In  the  midst  of  the  street  thereof,  and  on  both 
sides  of  the  river,  was  the  tree  of  life,  bearing  twelve 
fruits,  yielding  its  fruit  every  month,  and  the  leaves 
of  the  tree  for  the  healing  of  the  nations. 

3  And  no  curse  shall  be  any  more :  but  the  throne 
of  God,  and  of  the  Lamb  shall  be  in  it;  and  his  ser- 
vants shall  serve  him. 

4  And  they  shall  see  his  face  :  and  his  name  shall 
be  on  their  foreheads. 

5  And  night  shall  be  no  more:  and  they  shall  not 
need  the  light  of  a  lamp,  nor  the  light  of  the  sun ; 
for  the  Lord  God  shall  enlighten  them ;  and  they 
shall  reign  for  ever  and  ever. 

6  And  he  said  to  me :  These  words  are  most 


f  Tilt  measure  ofaman,  i.  e.  According  to  the  measure  o/nten,  and  used  6j 
the  angel :  This  sterns  to  be  the  true  meaning  of  these  word* 

221 


THE  APOCALYPSE. 


faithful  and  true.  And  the  Lord  Cod  of  the  spirits 
of  the  prophets  sent  his  angel  to  show  his  mwuitl 
the  things  w  hiHi  must  [>,•  done  shortly. 

7  And,  behold,  I  rome  rjuickly.  lilcssed  is  he 
that  keepeth  the  words  ol  tin-  prophec]  ol  this 
book. 

8  And  I  John,  who  have  heard  and  seen  these 
things.  And  alter  I  had  heard  and  net,  I  fell  dou  n 
to  adore  before  the  fcet-of  tin-  angel,  who  showed 
me  these  things  : 

9  And  he  said  to  me  :  See  thou  Ho  it  not  :  for  I 
am  thy  fellow-servant,  and  of  tli\  hrethren  the  pro- 
phets, and  of  them  who  keep  the  words  of  the  pro- 
phecy of  this  book  :  Adore  God. 

10  And  he  saith  to  me:  Seal  not  the  words  of  the 
prophecy  of  this  book  :  for  the  time  is  at  hand.* 

11  He  that  hurteth.  lei  him  hurt  -.till  :\  and  he 
that  is  filthy,  let  him  he  filth)  still  :  and  he  that  is 
just,  let  him  he  justified  Mill:  and  he  that  is  holt, 
let  him  lie  sanctified  still. 

]1  Behold,  I  come  quickly  :  and  my  reward  is 
wjth  me,  to  render  to  every  man  according  to  his 
works. 

13  I  am  alpha,  and  omega,  the  first,  and  the  last, 
the  bediming,  and  the  end. 

1  I   Blessed  are  they  that  wash  their  robes  in  the 


i 


•  Fur  the  lime  is  ml  hand.  ThM  is,  when  riirn-  ir.  .1  In  eternity,  til 
time  and  temporal  tliinp>  vnm-.li.  and  an'  but  of  short  duration.  As 
to  the  time  when  tin-  chief  pmiictioni  should  come  '  hare 

ni>  certain'  liflerenl  opinion*,  h  >t I >  of  the  ancient 

fathers  anil  lata  interpreters.  M.nn  ilunk  that  moil  things  set  down 
from  the  finirlli  chapter  to  tli.-  end,  will  not  Im'  fulfilled  till  ;i  little  tunc 
before  the  end  nf  the  world.      Other*  lion,  that  srreat   i 

them,  and  particulath  the  hil  of  the  «  »  kid  Babj  Ion,  happened  at  the 
dotnirtion  of  1'atiiii.m.  by  the  destruction  of  I  me,  and  it- 

p'-rseentinjj  heathen  emperor*.    Of  these  inter; 

in  his  long  commentary,  *ee  the  l<.m.  hopol  Meaux,  in 

reatiae  on  thin  Bonk,  and  P.  Allcman,  in  Ml  note-  on  the  tame 
Apocalypse,  torn.  12,  who  in  his  Preface  *ayi,  that  this,  in  a  (Treat 
meaaure,  may  be  now  looked  upon  a*  Ok-  opinion  followed  b]  the 
learned  men.  In  fine,  others  think  that  St.  John1-  d«iigo  was  in  I 
mystical  way,  by  metaphor*  an  I  allegories    to  roproaont  tM  attempts 

ttl 


blood  of  the  l,aml>;  that  they  may  have  a  right  to 
the  tree  of  life,  and  may  enter  in  in  the  gates  into 
lite  cilv. 

i.'i  Without  ""  dogs,  and  sorcerers,  and  the  im- 
iliasic.  and  nuirdercis,  ami  those  that  sene  idols, 
and  even  one  that  loveth  and  maktlli  a  lie. 

lii  I  Jesus  have  sent  n*y  angel,  to  testify  to 
these  fhiiigs  in  tlie  churches.     1  am  the  root  and 
stock  of  David,  the  bright  and  morning  star. 

17  And  the  Spirit  and  the  bride  sa>  :  (dine.  And 
lie  that  heanih,  let  him  say  :  Come.  And  he  that 
lliirsleih,  let  him  come  :  and  lie  that  will,  let  him 
take  the  water  ol  life,  gratia. 

18  I  or  i  testify  to  ever]  one  thai  bearetfa  the 
words  of  the  prophecj  of  this  l>ook  :  If  an]  man  shall 
add  to  these  things.  God  shall  add  upon  him  the 
plagues  written  in  this  book. 

1!'  And  if  an]  man  shall  take  away  from  the 
words  ol  the  hook  of  this  prophecy.  God  shall  take 
away  his  pari  out  of  the  book  of  life,  and  out  ol  the 
Im.|\  city,  ami  from  these  things  Which  are  written 
in  this  book. 

20  lie  that  givelhtestimony  of  these  things,  saith: 
Surel]  I  come  quick)]  :  Amen.      Come,  Lord  .b 

J I  Tin  grace  ol  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  In;  with 
you  all.      Amen. 


and  punetllUoni  of  the  wieked  BraJMl  I  he  -errant*  of  God,  the  punish- 

menti  thai  should  in  a  short  tunc  fall  epon  Babylon,  thai  1-.  upon  all 

the  wicked  if)  general  I  the  eternal  happiness  and  reward,  which  God 
had  reserved  for  the  piou-  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  that  is,  for  hil 
faithful  servants,  after  their  short  trials  and  the  tribulations  of  thi* 
mortal  life.  In  the  mean  time  we  meet  with  many  profitable  m-truo- 
tiom  and  admonitions,  which  we  may  easily  enough  understand  i  but 
we  ban-  DO  certainty,  when  we  apply  the*.  ,s  to  parti. 

in  nts;   i.,r  a-  Bt,  .icrom  takes  notice,  tin  se  has  as  many 

inysti  'Is.  or  rather  mysteriei  id  every  word.     .tfccUytit 

Jonnnit  toi  habtt  Sarromrnta  quo!  rrrba — porum  diri,  in  trrhu  stngulu 
mulliplurl  Inlrnl  infr/hfrmiiir.     l.p.  ail  I'atlllll.  t.  -4.  p.  614,  Kallt.  BeUI 

j  l.rt  htm  hurl  stUL     It  is  not  an  exhortation  or  license  to  go  on  in 
sin;   but  an  iniunation,  that  how  far  soever  the  wicked  may  pro. 
their  progress  shall  quickly  end,  and  then  they  mutt  expect  to  meet 
with  proportionable  punndiineuU 


KND  OF  THE  NEW  TESTAMENT 


A  TABLE 

OF   ALL 

THE  EPISTLES  AND  GOSPELS 

FOR   ALL 

THE  SUNDAYS  AND   HOLY-DAYS   THROUGHOUT   THE  YEAR-, 

AND   ALSO,    OF   THE 

MOST  NOTABLE  FEASTS  IN  THE  ROMAN  CALENDAR 


It  must  be  observed,  that  the  Verses  at  which  the  Epistle  or  Gospel  begin  and  end  are  set  down  after  the  Chapter. 


ADVENT,  1  Sunday,  Epistle  Rom.  xiii.  11.  14.  Gospel  Luke 
xxi.  25.  34. 

2  Sunday,  Epistle  Rom.  xv.  4.  13.  Gospel  Matt.  xi.  2.  10. 

3  Sunday,  Epistle  Philip,  iv.  4.  7.  Gospel  John  i.  19.28. 

4  Sunday,  Epistle  1  Cor.  iv.  1.  5.  Gospel  Luke  iii.  1.  6. 
Christmas,  1  Mass,  Epistle  Tit.  ii.  11. 15.  Gospel  Luke  ii.  1.  15. 

2  Mass,  Epistle  Tit.  iii.  4.  8.  Gospel  Luke  ii.  15.  21. 

3  Mass,  Epistle  Heb.  i.  1.  12.  Gospel  John  i.  1.  14. 
St.  Stephen,  Epistle   Acts  vi.  and  vii.  54.  49.  Gospel  Matt. 

xxiii.  34.  39. 
St.  John,  Epistle  Eccl.  xv.  1.  7.  Gospel  John  xxi.  20.  24. 
Holy  Innocents,  Epistle  Apoc.  xiv.  1.  6.  Gospel  Matt.  ii.  13. 

18. 
St.  Thomas  Cant.  Epistle  Heb.  v.  1.  7.  Gospel  John  x.  11.  17. 
St.  Sylvester,  Epistle  2  Tim.  iv.  1.  9.  Gospel  Luke  xii.  35.  41. 
Circumcision,  Epistle  Tit.  ii.  11.  15.  Gospel  Luke  ii.  21,  22. 
Epiphany,  Epistle  Isai.  lx.  1.  7.  Gospel  Matt.  ii.  1.  13. 

1  Sunday,  Epistle  Rom.  xii.  1.  6.  Gospel  Luke  ii.  42.  52. 

2  Sunday,  Epistle  Rom.  xii.  6.  16.  Gospel  John  ii.  1.  12. 
Name  of  Jesus,  Epistle  Acts  iv.  8.  12.  Gospel  Luke  ii.  21. 

3  Sunday,  Epistle  Rom.  xii.  16.  21.  Gospel  Matt.  viii.  1.  13. 

4  Sunday,  Epistle  Rom.  xiii.  8.  11.  Gospel  Matt.  viii.  23.  28. 

5  Sunday,  Epistle  Coloss.  iii.  12.  18.  Gospel  Matt.  xiii.  24.  31. 

6  Sunday,  Epistle  1  Thess.  i.  2.  10.  Gospel  Matt.  xiii.  31.  36. 
Septuagesima,  Epistle  1  Cor.  ix.  24.  x.  6.  Gospel  Matt.  xx.  1. 

17. 
Sexagesima,  Epistle  2  Cor.  xi.  19.  xii.  10.  Gospel  Luke  viii.  4. 

16. 
Quinquagesima,  Epistle  1  Cor.  xiii.  1.  13.  Gospel  Luke  xviii. 

31.34. 
Ash-Wednesday,  Epistle  Joel  ii.  12.  20.  Gospel  Matt.  vi.  16. 

22. 

1  Lent,  Epistle  2  Cor.  vi.  1.  11.  Gospel  Matt.  iv.  1. 12. 

2  Lent,  Epistle  1  Thess.  iv.  1.  8.  Gospel  Matt.  xvii.  1.  10. 

3  Lent,  Epistle  Ephes.  v.  1.  9.  Gospel  Luke  xi.  14.  29. 

4  Lent,  Epistle  Gal.  iv.  22.  31.  Gospel  John  vi.  1.  16. 

Pass.  Sunday,  Epistle  Heb.  ix.  11.  15.  Gospel  John  viii.  46.  59. 
Palm-Sunday,  Epistle  Phil.  ii.  5.  11.  Gospel  Matt.  xxi.  1.  10. 

and  chap.  xxvi.  xxvii. 
Maunday -Thursday,  Epistle  1  Cor.  xi.  20. 33.  Gospel  John  xiii. 

1.  15. 
Good  Friday,  Epistle  Exodus  xii.  L  12.  1.  Gospel  John  xviii. 

six. 


Holy  Saturday,  Epistle  Coloss.  iii.  1.  4.  Gospel  Matt,  xxviii.  1 

7. 
Easter  Sunday,  Epistle  1  Cor.  v.  7.  8.  Gospel  Mark  xvi.  1.  7. 
Easter  Monday,  Epistle  Acts  xx.  37.  43.  Gospel  Luke  xxiv.  13. 

35. 
Easter  Tuesday,  Epistle  Acts  xiii.  26.  33.  Gospel  Luke  xxiv 

36.  47. 
Low-Sunday,  Epistle  1  John  v.  4.  10.  Gospel  John  xx.  19.  31. 

2  Sunday  after  Easter,  Epistle  1  Peter  ii.  21.  25.  Gospel  Joha 
x.  11.  16. 

3  Sunday,  Epistle  1  Peter  ii.  11.  18.  Gospel  John  xvi.  16.  22. 

4  Sunday,  Epistle  James  i.  17.  21.  Gospel  John  xvi.  5.  14. 

5  Sunday,  Epistle  James  i.  22.  27.  Gospel  John  xvi.  22.  30. 
Ascension,  Epistle  Acts  i.  1. 11.  Gospel  Mark  xvi.  14.  20. 

6  Sunday,  Epistle  1  Peter  iv.  7.  12.  Gospel  John  xv.  26.  xvi 
4. 

Whit.  Sunday  Epistle  Acts  ii.  1.  11.  Gospel  John  xiv.  23.  31. 
Whit.  Monday,  Epistle  Acts  x.42.  48.  Gospel  John  iii.  16.  21. 
Tuesday,  Epistle  Acts  viii.  14.  17.  Gospel  John  x.  1.  10. 
Trinity-Sunday,  Epistle  Rom.  xi.  33.  36.  Gospel  Matt,  xxviii. 

18.  20. 
Corpus  Christi,  Epistle  1  Cor.  xi.  23.  29.  Gospel  John  vi.  56. 

59. 

2  Sunday,  Epistle  1  John  iii.  13.  18.  Gospel  Luke  xiv.  16.  24. 

3  Sunday,  Epistle  1  Peter  v.  6.  11.  Gospel  Luke  xv.  1.  10. 

4  Sunday,  Epistle  Romans  viii.  18.  23.  Gospel  Luke  v.  1.  11. 

5  Sunday,  Epistle  1  Peter  iii.  8.  15.  Gospel  Matt.  v.  20.  24. 

6  Sunday,  Epistle  Rom.  vi.  3.  11.  Gospel  Mark  viii.  1.  10. 

7  Sunday,  Epistle  Rom.  vi.  19.  23.  Gospel  Matt.  vii.  15.  21. 

8  Sunday,  Epistle  Rom.  viii.  12.  17.  Gospel  Luke  xvi.  1.  9. 

9  Sunday,  Epistle  1  Cor.  x.  6,  14.  Gospel  Luke  xix.  41.  47. 

10  Sunday,  Epistle  1  Cor.  xii.  2.  11.  Gospel  Luke  xviii.  9.  14. 

11  Sunday,  Epistle  1  Cor.  xv.  1. 10.  Gospel  Mark  vii.  31.  37. 

12  Sunday,  Epistle  2  Cor.  iii.  4.  9.  Gospel  Luke  x.  23.  37. 

13  Sunday,  Epistle  Gal.  iii.  16.  22.  Gospel  Luke  xvii.  11.  19. 

14  Sunday,  Epistle  Gal.  v.  16.  24.  Gospel  Matt.  vi.  24.  33. 

15  Sunday,  Epistle  Gal.  v.  25.  vi.  11.  Gospel  Luke  vii.  11.  16. 

16  Sunday,  Epistle  Eph.  iii.  13.  21.  Gospel  Luke  xiv.  1.  11. 

17  Sunday,  Epistle  Eph.  iv.  1.  6.  Gospel  Matt.  xxii.  35.46. 

18  Sunday,  Epistle  1  Cor.  i.  4.  9.  Gospel  Matt.  ix.  1.  8. 

19  Sunday,  Epistle  Eph.  iv.  23.  28.  Gospel  Matt.  xxii.  1.  14. 

20  Sunday,  Epistle  Eph.  v.  15.  21.  Gospel  John  iv.  46.  53 

21  Sunday,  Epistle  Eph.  vi.  10.  17.  Gospel  Matt,  xviii.  23.  25 


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22  S.mchv,  Epistle  Philip,  i.  6.  11.  Gospel  Matt.  xxii.  15.  21. 
2.1  Sundaj  .  Epistle  Philip,  lii.  17.  21.  Gospel  Matt.  ix.  18.  26. 
lav,  Emstle  Col.  i.  9.  14.  Gospel  Matt.  xxir.  15.  35. 
i    EpJrtla  K»in.  x.  10.  18.  Gospel  Matt.  it.  la  22. 
I  :    the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary,  Epistle  Pror.  riii. 


18.  Utwpel  Matt.  i.  1.  16. 
St.  Thomas,  Epistle  Kph.  ii.  19.  22.  Gospel  John  xx.  24.  29. 
Conversion  of  St.  Paul,  Epistle  AcU  ix.  1.  22.  Gospel  Matt. 

Hi-mas,  Epistle  Malachi  iii.  1.  5.  Gospel  Luke  ii.  22.  32, 
■l    M  ittksM.  Epistle  AcU  i.  15.  26.  Gospel  Matt.  xi.  26.  30. 
St.  Patrick,  Epistle  Bed.  xliv.  xlr.  Gospel  Matt.  xxr.  14.  27. 
St.  Joseph,  Epistle  Eccles.  xlr.  1.  6.  Gospel  Matt.  i.  18.  22. 
Aiimiiii  i.itiuii,  Epistle  Isai.  vii.  10.  16.  Gospel  Luke  i.  26.  38. 
St.  George,  Epistle  2  Tim.  ii.  8.  10.  iii.  10.  12.  Gospel  John  xr. 

1.7. 
-      M  >rW.  Epistle  Exec.  i.  10.  15.  Gospel  Luke  x.  1.  10. 
SS    I'tnlip  and  James,  Epistle  VVisd.  r.  1.  6.  Gospel  John  xir. 

i.  a 

Invocation  of  the  Cross,  Epistle  Philip,  ii.  5.  11.  Gospel  John 

in.  1.  15. 
St    l<  nimby,  Epistle  AcU  xi.  21.  27.  Gospel  Matt.  x.  16.  22. 

ohn  Baptist,  Epistle  Isai.  xlix.  1.  8.  Gospel  Luke  i.  67.68. 
SS    Peter  and  Paul,  Epistle  AcU  xii.  1.  11.  Gospel  Matt.  xvi. 

13.  19. 
Visitation  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary,  Epistle  Cant.  ii.  8.  14. 

i.  i  "k-  i.  39.  4" 


St.  Mary  Magdalene,  Epistle  Cant.  iii.  2,  kc.  Gospel  Lake  >  n 

St  James,  Epistle  1  Cor.  ir.  9.  15.  Gospel  Matt.  xx.  20.  23. 
St.  Ann,  Epistle  Pror.  xxxi.  10,  kc.  Gospel  Matt  \m.  44.  f>2. 
Transfiguration,  Epistle  2  Peter  i.  16.  19.  Gospel  Matt,  xvu 

1.9. 
St.  Laurence,  Epistle  2  Cor.  ix.  6.  10.  Gospel  John  xii.  24.  26. 
Assumption  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary,  Epistle  Eccles.  xxir 

11.  20.  Gospel  Luke  x.  38.  42. 

St.  Bartholomew,  Epistle  1  Cor.  xii.  27.  31.  Gospel  Luke  ri 

12.  19. 

Natirity  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary,  Epistle  Pror.  viii.  22. 

36.  Gospel  Matt.  i.  1.  16. 
Exaltation  of  the  Cross,  Epistle  Phil.  ii.  5. 11.  Gospel  John  xii 

31.36. 
St.  Matthew,  Epistle  Exek.  I.  10.  15.  Gospel  Matt.  ix.9.  V.\. 
St.  Michael,  Epistle  Apoc.  i.  1.6.  Gospel  Malt.  win.  1    10 
Angel-Guardians,  Epistle  Exodus  xxiii.  20.  23.  Gospel  Matt 

xviii.  1.  10. 
St.  Luke,  Epistle  2  Cor.  viii.  I&  24.  Gospel  Luke  x.  1.  9. 
SS.  Simon  and  Jude,  Epistle  Eph.  ir.  7.  13.  Gospel  John  xr 

17.  22. 
All  Saints,  Epistle  Apoc  rii.  2.  12.  Gospel  Matt.  r.  1.  12. 
All  Souls,  Epistle  1  Corinthians  xr.  61.  57.  Gospel  John  r 

25.29. 
Presentation  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  Maiy,  Epistle  Eccl.  xxir 

14.  16.  Gospel  Luke  xi.  27,  28. 


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REFERENCES. 


ABSOLUTION.  The  power  promised  and  given  to  the 
pastors  of  the  church,  St.  Matt.  chap.  xvi.  ver.  19.  xviii.  18. 
St.  John  xx.  22,  23. 

Angels.  They  have  a  charge  over  us,  St.  Matt,  xviii.  10.  Heb. 
i.  14.  See  also  Exodus  xxiii.  20,  21.  Psalm  xc.  11, 12,  &c. 
They  offer  up  our  prayers,  Apoc.  viii.  4.  and  pray  for  us, 
Zacharias  i.  12.  We  have  a  communion  with  them,  Heb.  xii. 
22.  They  have  been  honoured  by  the  servants  of  God, 
Josue  v.  14,  15.  and  invocated,  Gen.  xlviii.  15,  16.  Osee  xii. 
4.  Apoc.  i.  4. 

Baptism.  Ordained  by  Christ,  St.  Matt,  xxviii.  19.  Necessary 
to  salvation,  St.  John  iii.  5.  Administered  by  the  Apostles 
in  water,  Acts  viii.  36.  38.  chap.  x.  47,  48.  See  also  Ephes. 
v.  26.  Heb.  x.  22.  1  St.  Peter  iii.  20,  21.  For  the  baptism 
of  infants,  see  St.  Luke  xviii.  16.  compared  with  St.  John 
iii.  5.  . 

Christ.  He  is  the  only  begotten,  the  true  and  natural  Son  of  the 
living  God,  St.  Matt.  xvi.  16.  St.  John  i.  14.  18.  chap.  iii. 
16.  18.  Rom.  viii.  32.  1  St.  John  iv.  39.  The  same  God,  with 
his  Father,  and  equal  to  him,  St.  John  v.  18,  19.  23.  chap.  x. 
30.  chap.  xiv.  1.  9,  &c.  chap.  xvi.  14, 15.  chap.  xvii.  10.  Philip, 
ii.  5,  6.  True  God,  St.  John  i.  1.  chap.  xx.  28,  29.  Acts  xx. 
25.  Romans  ix.  5.  Titus  ii.  13.  1  St.  John  iii.  16.  chap.  v.  20. 
See  also  Isaias  ix.  9.  chap.  xxxv.  4,  5.  St.  Matt.  i.  23.  St. 
Luke  i.  16, 17.  Heb.  i.  8.  He  is  the  Creator  of  all  things,  St. 
John  i.  3.  10,  11.  Coloss.  i.  5.  16,  17.  Heb.  i.  2.  10,  11,  12. 
chap.  iii.  4.  The  Lord  of  Glory,  1  Cor.  ii.  8.  The  King  of 
kings,  and  Lord  of  lords,  Apoc.  xvii.  14.  chap.  xix.  16.  The 
first  and  the  last:  alpha  and  omega,  the  beginning  and  the  end, 
the  Almighty,  Apoc.  i.  7,  8.  17,  18.  chap.  ii.  8.  cnap.  xxii.  12, 
13.  He  died  for  all,  John  iii.  16, 17.  Rom.  v.  18.  2  Cor.  v.  14, 
15.  1  Tim.  ii.'3,  4,  5,  6.  chap.  iv.  10.  Heb.  ii.  9. 1  John  ii.  1, 2. 
Even  for  the  Reprobate,  Rom.  xiv.  15.  1  Cor.  viii.  11.  2  Peter 
ii.  1. 

The  Church  of  Christ  stands  for  ever,  St.  Matt.  xvi.  18.  chap, 
xxviii.  10.  St.  John  xiv.  16,17.  Ps.  xlviii.  8.  Ps.  lxxi.  5.  7.  Ps. 
lxxxviii.  3,  4.  29.  36,  37.  Ps.  exxxi.  13, 14.  Isaias  ix.  7.  chap, 
liv.  9,  10.  chip.  lix.  20,  21.  chap.  Ix.  15.  16,  &c.  chap.  lxii.  6. 
JiThmias  xxxi.  35,36.  chap.xxxiii.  17,  &c.  Ezechiel  xxxviii. 
24.  26.  Dan.  ii.  44.  The  church  is  the  kingdom  of  Christ,  St. 
Luke  i.  33.  Daniel  ii.  44.  The  city  of  the  great  King,  Ps. 
xlvii.  2.  his  rest  and  his  habitation  for  ever,  Ps.  exxxi.  13,  14. 
Tht  house  of  the  living  God,  1  Tim.  iii.  15.  The  fold,  of 
which  Christ  is  the  shepherd,  John  x.  16.  The  body,  of  which 
Christ  is  the  head,  Coloss.  i.  18.  Ephes.  v.  23.  The  spouse, 
of  which  he  is  the  bridegroom,  Ephes.  v.  31,  32.  Ever  sub- 
ject to  him,  and  ever  faithful  to  him,  v.  24.  ever  loved  and 
cherished  by  him,  v.  25.  29.  and  joined  to  him  by  an  indisso- 
luble, union,  v.  31,  32.  The  church  is  the  pillar  and  ground 
or  (strong  foundation)  of  the  truth,  1  Tim.  iii.  15.  God's 
covenant  vilh  /it  is  an  everlasting  covenant  of  peace,  Ezec. 
xxxvii.  62.  confirmed  by  a  solemn  oath,  never  to  be  altered; 
like  that  made  to  Noe,  Isaias  liv.  9.  A  covenant  like  that  of 
tlm  day  and  night  to  stand  for  all  generations,  Jeremias  xxxiii. 
20,  21.     God  shall  be  her  everlasting  light,  Isai.  Iv    18,  19. 

Ff 


Whosoever  shall  gather  together  against  her,  shall  fall;  and 
the  nation  that  wul  not  serve  her,  shall  perish,  Isai.  Ix.  12.  15 
17.  The  church  is  always  one,  Cantic.  vi.  9,  10.  John  x.  16 
Ephes.  iv.  4,  5.  Always  visible,  Isai.  ii.  2,3.  Micheas  iv.  I 
2.  Matt.  v.  14.  Spread  far  and  near,  and  teaching  many  nil 
tions,  Psalm  ii.  8.  Psalm  xxi.  27.  Isai.  xlix.  6.  chap.  liv.  1,  2,  3 
Daniel  ii.  35.  44.  Malach.  i.  11,  &c.  The  church  is  infalli 
ble  in  matters  of  faith.  This  follows  from  the  premises:  par 
ticularly  see  St.  Matt.  xvi.  18.  chap,  xxviii.  19,  20.  St.  Johi  ' 
xiv.  16,  17.  26.  chap.  xvi.  13.  1  Tim.  iii.  14,  15.  Isai.  xxxv.  8 
chap.  liv.  9,  10.  chap.  lix.  19,  20,  21,  &c. 

Church  Guides,  and  their  authority,  Deut.  xvii.  8,  9.  &c.  St 
Matt,  xviii.  17,  18.  chap,  xxviii.  18,  19,  20.  St.  Luke  x.  16 
St.  John  xiv.  16,  17.  26.  chap.  xvi.  13.  chap.  xx.  21,  &t 
Ephes.  iv.  11,  12,  &c.  Heb.  xiii.  7.  17.  1  John  iv.  6. 

Communion  in  one  kind  sufficient  to  salvation,  St.  John  vi.  51. 
57,  58.  Body  and  blood  of  Christ  now  inseparable,  Rom.  vi 
9.  Mention  of  one  kind  alone,  Luke  xxiv.  30,  31.  Acts  ii 
42.  46.  chap.  xx.  7.  1  Cor.  x.  17. 

Confession  of  sins,  Numb.  v.  6,  7.  St.  Matt.  iii.  6.  Acts  xix.  18 
St.  James  v.  16.  The  obligation  of  confession  is  gathered 
from  the  judiciary  power  of  binding  and  loosing,  forgiving 
and  retaining  sins,  given  to  the  pastors  of  Christ's  cburch, 
St.  Matt,  xviii.  18.  St.  John  xx.  22,  23. 

Confirmation,  administered  by  the  apostles,  Acts  viii.  15.  17. 
chap.  xix.  6.    See  also  2  Cor.  i.  21,  22.  Heb.  vi.  2. 

Continency,  possible,  Matt.  xix.  11,  12.  The  vow  binding, 
Deut.  xxiii.  21.  The  breach  of  that  vow  damnable,  1  Tim. 
v.  12.  The  practice  commended,  1  Cor.  vii.  7,  8.  27.  37,  38. 
40.  For  reasons  which  particularly  have  place  in  the  clergy, 
ver.  32,  33. 35. 

Councils  of  the  church,  gathered  in  Christ's  name,  are  assisted 
by  Christ,  St.  Matt,  xviii.  20.  And  by  the  Holy  Ghost, 
Acts  xv.  28.  Their  decrees  are  diligently  to  be  observed  by 
the  faithful,  Acts  xv.  41.  chap.  xvi.  4.     See  Church  Guides. 

Eucliarist.  The  real  presence  of  the  body  and  blood  of  Christ, 
and  Transubstantiation  proved  from  Matt.  xxvi.  26.  Mark 
xiv.  22.  24.  Luke  xxii.  19.  John  vi.  51,  52,  &c.  1  Cor.  x.  16. 
chap.  xi.  24,  25.  27.  29. 

Eternity  of  Hell's  torments,  Matt.  iii.  12.  chap.  xxv.  41.  46. 
Mark  ix.  43,  44,  45,  46.  48.  Luke  iii.  17.  2  Thes.  i.  7,  8,  9. 
Jude  6,7.  Apoc.  xiv.  10,  11.  chap.  xx.  10.  See  also  Isai 
xxxiii.  14. 

Extreme  Unction,  James  v.  14,  15. 

Faith.  True  faith  necessary  to  salvation,  Mark  xvi.  16.  Acts 
ii.  47.  chap.  iv.  12.  Heb.  xi.  6.  Faith  without  good  works  i* 
dead,  James  ii.  14.  17.  20,  &c.  Faith  alone  doth  not  justify, 
ver.  24.  But  faith  working  by  charily,  Gal.  v.  6.  Faith  doth 
not  imply  an  absolute  assurance  of  our  being  in  grace;  much 
less  of  our  eternal  salvation,  Rom.  xi.  20,  21,  22.  1  Cor.  ix 
27.  chap.  x.  12.  Philip,  ii.  12.  Apoc.  iii.  11. 

Fasting,  commended  in  Scripture,  Joel  ii.  12.     Practised  by 

God's  servants,  1  Esdras  viii.  23.  2  Esdras  i.  4.  Daniel  x.  3 

7.  12,  &c.     Moves  God  to  mercy,  Jonas  iii.  5,  &c.     Is  of 

great  efficacy  against  the  devil,  Murk  ix.  29.     And  is  to  be 

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oh*cr\>  '1  >>y  .'11  the  children  of  Christ,  M.itt.  ix.  15.  Mark  ii. 
■  alio  Arts  xiii.  3.  chap.  xiv.  63.  2  Cor. 
•    xi.  27.     Christ'*  fa»t  of  forty  days,  Matt.  it.  2. 

t    x\x    19.  Kccles.  xv.  14,  &c.    Often 
i  God,  Prov.  i.  24,  &c.  Isai.  v.  4.  Exec. 
win   23  81,  -V-i   <  hap.  xxxiii.  11.  Matt  xxiii.  37.  Luke  xiii. 
Arts  vii.  51.  Heb    Eli.  15,  2  P. ■(.  r  iii.  9.  Apoc.  iv.  20. 
II  ■hi   (ihost.     His  divinity,  Acta  v.  3,  4.  chap,  xxviii.  25, 
26.  1  Cor.  ii.  10,  11  11.19,20.    See  also  Matt.  xii. 

.'.2.  AcU  xin.  ft.  .hap.  xx.  28,  &c.  2  Cor.  mil  14.     And 
ii  form  of  Papism,  Matt,  xxviii.  19,20.    He  pro- 
ceeds from  the  F.ithcr  and  the  Son,  John  xv.  26. 
wage*  commanded  by  God.  Exod.  xxv.  18,  &c.  Num.  xxi.  8, 
9.     A  I  side  of  the  mercy  seat,  in  the  sanc- 

ii.  7.     And  in  the   t< mple  of  Solomon,  2 
n    in.   1.  B  Kings  vi.  23.  32.  35.     And  this  hy  divine 
EXviii.   18,  19.     Relative    honour  to   the 
d  the  Saints  authorised,  Heb.  xi.  21.   See 
,    12,  [3,  14,  15,  16.  2  Par.  v.  2,  &c.  Pa.  xcviii. 

igtttca.    The  power  of  granting  them,  Matt.  xvi.  18, 19. 
The  ate  of  tl.  I  Cor.  ii.  6,7,8.  10. 

«.      The  sacrifice   prefigured,   Gen.   xiv.    18.     Foretold, 
i  Iii  is  i.  10,  II.  Psalm  cix.  4.     Instituted  and  celebrated 
Luke  xxii.  19,20.     Attested,  1  Cor.  x.  16. 
18,  19,  20,  21.  lit -h.  xiii.  10.     See  Eucharist,  &c. 
AI ilnmatitj.     A  sac r.iim-nt  IHMnlkl  the  indissoluble  union 
,rist  and  the  church,  Kph.  v.  32.     See  also  1  Thesi.  iv. 
ft.     Marriage  not  to  be  dissolved  hut  by  death,  Gen.  ii. 
I  ttt.  six.  (i    Mark  x.  11,  12.  Luke  xvi.  18.  Rom.  vii.  2, 
ft,  1  Cor.  vii.  10,  11.8ft. 
Jfoly  Orders  inntitul  d  by  Christ.     Luke  xxii.  19.  John  xx.  22, 
23.   Conferred  by  imposition  of  hands,  Acts  vi.  6.  chap.  xiii. 
3. ,  Give  grace,  1  Tim.  iv.  14.  2  Tim.  i.  6. 

Original   Sin.     Job   \iv.  1.  Psalm  1.  7.  Rom.  v.  12.  15, 16,  17, 

18, 19. 1  Cor.  xv.  21,  22.  Eph.  ii.  3. 
Penance,  a  sacrament.     See  Absolution.     Confession. 

i  bief  Bishop.     St.  Peter,  by  Christ  s  ordinance,  was 

1  to  this  dignity,  Matt.  xvi.  18,  19.  Luke  xxii.  31,32. 

John  x\i.  16, kc  Sec  also  Matt.  x.2.  AcU  v.  29.  Gal.  ii.  7,  8. 

I'rai/.rsfor  the  dead,  2  Mac  hah.  xii.  43,  &c. 

Purgatory,  or  a  middle  state  of  souls,  suffering  for  a  time,  on 


account  of  their  sins,  is  proved  by  those  many  texts  of  Scrip- 
ture, which  affirm  that  God  will  rendir  t«  ■  r,  ry  man  ,,r 
ing  to  his  works:  so  that  such  as  die  in  lesser  sins  shall  Dot 
escape  without  punishment:  for  which  also  see    Mai     xh 
36.  Apoc.  xxi.  27.    Consult  likewise  Matt.  \  bap. 

xii.  22.     1  Cor.  iii.  19,  14,  15.  1  Pet.  iii.  1-,  19,  20. 

Relics,  miraculous,  2  Kings  xiii.  21.  Matt.  ix.  20,  21.  A.  is  \i\ 
11,  12. 

Saints  departed,  assist  us  by  their  prayers,  Luke  xvi.  9.  1  < 
xii.  8.  Apoc.  v.  8.     We  nave  a  communion  with  tin  i:i.  Heb 
xii.  22,  23.    They  have  power  over  nations,  Apoc  ii.  IS,  27 
chap.  v.  10.    They  know  what  passes  amongst  us,  Luke  xv. 
10.  1  Cor.  xiii.  12.  1  John  iii.  2.     They  are  with  ChrtH  in 

vin,  before  the  general  resurrection,  2  Cor.  r.  1    ft, 
Philip,  i.  23,  24.  Apoc.  iv.  4.  chap.  vi.  ft.  chap.  vii.  ft.  1  I,  16, 
&c.  cliap.  xiv.  1.  3,  4.  chap.  xlx.  1.  4,  5,  6.  chap,  xx 
their  invocation,  consult  the  texts  quoted  above  with  r 
tion  to  Angels:  and  such  as  testify  the  gnat  powtf  whk  b 
the  prayers  of  God's  servants  have  with  him;  and  which 
thorise  us  to  call    for  their  prayers:  For  which  see    Kxot. 
xxxii.  11.  14.  1   Kings  vii.  8,  9,  10.  Job  xln.  7.  ft.  Rom.  xv 
30.  Eph.  vi.  18, 19.  1  Thess.  v.  25.  II.  h.  xiii.  13.  lames  v.  16. 

Holy  Scriptures,  hard  to  be  understood,  and  w  rested  hy  many 
to  their  own  destruction,  2  Peter  in.  16,  Not  of  private  ni- 
teipretation,  2  Peter  i.  20.  Corrupted  by  Heretics,  St.  Matt. 
xix.  11.  1  Cor.  vii.  9.  chap.  ix.  5.  chap.  xi.  27.  GaL  v.  17. 
Heb.  xi.  21. 

Apostolical  Traditions,  1  Cor.  xi.  2.  2  Thes.  ii.  15.  chap.  iii.  6 
2  Tim.  i.  13.  chap.  ii.  2.  chap.  iii.  14.  See  also  Dent,  xxxii. 
7.  Psalm  xviii.  5,  6,  7. 

Transubslaniialion.    See  Eucharist. 

Trinity  of  persons  in  God,  Matt,  xxviii.  19.  2  Cor.  xiii.  13.  1 
John  v.  7. 

The  B.  Virgin  Mary.    Her  dignity,  Luke  i.  28.  42.  43.    All 

fenerations  of  true  Christians  shall  call  bet  blessed,  Luke  i. 
9.    See  fur  her  veneration  and   invocation,  what   is  said 
above  of  angels  and  saints. 
HVmen,  must  not  preach  nor  teach,  1  Cor.  xv.  34,35  37.  1  Tim 

ii.  11,  12. 
Good  Works,  meritorious,  Gen.  iv.  7.  chap.  xxii.  16, 17.  18.  P» 
xvii.  11.  23,  24.  Ps.  xviii.  8.  11.  Matt.  v.  11,  12.  chao.x  42 
chap.  xvi.  27.  1  Cor.  iii.  8.  2  Tim.  iv.  8. 


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HISTORICAL  AND  CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 

TO  THE 

NEW  TESTAMENT. 


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CHRIST  is  born  at  Bethlehem.    Luke  2. 

He  is  circumcised.     Luke  2. 

The  wise  men  come  and  adore  him.    Matthew  2. 

He  is  presented  in  the  temple.  Luke  2.  Joseph  and 
the  Blessed  Virgin  mother  fly  with  the  child  Jesus  into 
Egypt.     Matthew  2. 

The  massacre  of  the  infants  by  Herod.  Matthew  2. 
Joseph  with  the  Blessed  Virgin  and  her  Son,  return 
from  Egypt,  but  for  fear  of  Archelaus,  go  live  at  Naza- 
reth in  Galilee.     Matthew  2. 

Jesus  is  found  in  the  temple  disputing  with  the  doc- 
tors when  he  was  twelve  years  of  age.    Luke  2. 

St.  John  Baptist  begins  to  preach  penance,  and  to 
baptise.  The  chief  of  the  Jews  send  messengers  to  ask 
if  he  was  not  the  Messias.     John  1. 

Jesus  himself  is  baptised  by  John.  A  voice  from 
heaven  declares  him  the  beloved  Son  of  God,  the  Holy 
Ghost  comes  down  like  a  dove.  Matthew  3.  Mark  1. 
Luke  3. 

Christ  is  no  sooner  baptised,  but  he  retires  into  a 
wilderness,  where  he  fasted  for  forty  days.  The  devil 
there  tempts  him.  The  angels  come  and  minister  to 
him.     Matthew  4.  Mark  1.  Luke  4. 

Christ's  first  miracle  at  Cana  in  Galilee,  turned 
water  into  wine.     John  2. 

St.  John  baptist  is  cast  into  prison,  and  beheaded  by 
Herod.     Matthew  14.  Mark  6.  Luke  9 

Christ  makes  choice  of  twelve  of  his  disciples, 
whom  he  calls  apostles:  Peter  is  the  first  of  them. 
Matthew  10.  Mark  3.  Luke  6. 

Christ's  Sermon,  or  his  instructions  on  the  moun- 
tain. Matthew  5,  6,  and  7.  He  preaches  in  Judea  and 
Galilee,  casts  out  devils,  cures  all  manner  of  diseases, 
and  sometimes  on  the  Sabbath-days,  confutes  and  puts 
to  confusion  his  adversaries,  who  blame  him  for  it. 
Matthew  12.  Luke  14,  8,-c. 

He  raiseth  to  life  the  daughter  of  Jairus.  Matthew  9. 
Mark  5.  Luke  8. 

Also  the  son  of  the  widow  of  Nain.     Luke  7. 

He  calms  the  sea  by  his  word.  Matthew  8.  Mark  4. 
Luke  8. 

He  heals  the  man  thirty-eight  years  ill  of  a  palsy. 
John  5, 

He  sends  his  twelve  apostles  to  preach,  with  power 
of  iloinppmiracles.     Matthew  10.  Mark  6.  Luke  9. 

He  teneheth  them  to  pray.     Matthew  6.  Luke  11. 

He  makes  choice  of  seventy-two  disciples.  Luke 
10. 

He  promises  to  make  Peter  the  head  of  his  church,  to 
build  his  church  upon  him,  to  give  him  the  keys  of  the 
kingdom  of  heaven.     Matthew  16. 

He  declares  himself  the  Messias  in  plain  terms  to  the 
S  'in  iritan  woman.    John  4. 

He  excuseth  his  disciples  for  plucking  the  ears  of  corn 
on  the  second  first  S  \bbath.     Matthew  12. 

He  feeds  at  one  time  five  thousand  men  with  five 
loaves.  Matthew  14.  At  another  time  four  thousand 
with  seven  loaves.     Matthew  15. 

He  promises  to  give  them  his  body  to  be  truly  meat, 


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&c.     Many,  even  of  his  disciples,  leave  him,  looking 
upon  that  doctrine  as  hard  and  harsh.     John  6. 

His  transfiguration.     Matthew  17. 

The  Sunday,  or  first  day  of  the  week  in  which  he 
died  on  the  cross,  he  came  riding  upon  an  ass  into 
Jerusalem.     Matthew  21. 

In  the  beginning  of  that  week,  he  went  daily  into  the 
temple,  and  in  the  evenings  retired  to  Bethania,  to  pray 
in  the  garden  of  Gethsemani.    Luke  21,  38,  S?c. 

On  Wednesday  Judas  made  a  bargain  with  the  chief 
priests  to  deliver  him  up  to  them  for  a  sum  of  money. 
Matthew  26.  15. 

On  Thursday  he  sent  his  disciples  in  the  afternoon  to 
bring  the  paschal  lamb  offered  in  the  temple,  which 
after  sunset  he  eat  with  his  twelve  apostles.  Matthew 
26. 

He  washed  thejr  feet.    John  13. 

After  supper  he  instituted  the  Blessed  Sacrament  and 
Sacrifice  of  his  Body  and  Blood.    Matthew  26. 

He  gave  his  apostles  those  excellent  instructions  set 
down  by  St.  John.  c.  14 — 17. 

Christ's  prayer  in  the  garden  three  times  repeated. 

He  is  there  seized,  being  betrayed  by  Judas. 

He  is  led  away  to  Annas,  and  then  to  Caiaphas. 

He  is  condemned  as  guilty  of  blasphemy,  and  death, 
for  owning  himself  the  Son  of  God.  He  is  spit  upon, 
buffeted,  &c. 

On  Friday  morning  they  deliver  him  up  to  the  Roman, 
governor,  Pontius  Pilate,  who  sees  and   declares  him 
innocent,  yet  fearing  not  to  be  thought  a  friend  to  Cesar/ 
condemns  him  to  the  death  of  the  cross. 

He  dies  on  the  cross,  and  is  buried.  For  the  history 
of  his  passion,  see  Matthew  26,  27,  28.  Mark  14,  15,  16. 
Luke  22,  23.  29.  John  18,  19,  20. 

The  miracles  at  his  death.     Ibid. 

He  riseth  from  death  the  third  day.     Ibid. 

His  different  apparitions  that  very  day:  and  others 
afterwards.     Ibid. 

He  gives  his  apostles  power  to  forgive  sins.  John  20. 
23. 

He  gives  to  St.  Peter  the  charge  over  his  whole 
church.    John  21. 

He  promiseth  to  be  with  his  church  to  the  end  of  the 
world.    Matthew  28. 

After  forty  days  he  ascends  in  their  sight  into  heaven 
Acts  1 

St.  Matthias  is  chosen  an  apostle  in  the  place  of  Judas 
the  traitor.     Acts  1. 

The  day  of  Pentecost  the  Holy  Ghost  descended  upon 
them,  and  upon  all  present  with  them,  in  a  visible  man- 
ner.   Acts  2. 

The  wonderful  change  wrought  in  the  apostles  li\ 
the  coming  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Their  undaunted 
courage.     Acts  2,  SfC. 

They  preach  the  rusurrection  of  Christ,  the  necessity 
of  believing  in  him,  of  repenting  and  doing  penance. 

St.  Peter,  the  chief  of  the  apostles,  converts  on  Oi  et 
day  three  thousand,  on  another  five  thousand.     Acts  2. 
41.and/6tf.  4.4 

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the  gate  nf  the  temple.     Acts  :t  I 
The   new   Christians    have   »U   thing*   in   common, 
cssities  are  supplied  out  of  the  common 
Acts  4.  32. 

and  S.iphira  for  reserving  tome  part  of  the 
money  of  a  field  sold,  ami  lor  hint;  to  the  Holy  Ghost, 
fall  (kftd  at  St.  Peler'n  feet.      Acts  5. 
The  election  of  the  seven  deacons.     AcIm  6. 
Saul  by  virtue  of  a  commission  from  the  chief  priests 
persecute,  tin-  fTllssHim      Acts  9. 

1  to  death.     Acts  7.  58. 
The  minuter*  of  the  gospel  being  dispersed,  preach 
in  Jade*  and  Sunaria,  tic. 

Philip  in  Samaria  baptiseth  Simon  the  Magician. 
He  offers  money  to  St.  Peter  to  have  the  power  of  giv- 
ing the  Bolj  Goo**.    Acts  8. 

I  I'aul  is  miraculously  converted,  going  to  persecute 
the  Christians  at  Damascus.  Acts  9.  He  presently 
preacheth  Jesus. 

St.  lVter  cures  Eneas  at  Lydda,  and  raiscth  to  life 
Tabitha  at  Joppa.     Acts  9. 

The  very  shadow  of  his  body  cures  all  diseases.  Acts 
5.  15. 

He  receives  Cornelius  the  Centurion,  and  other  Gen- 
tiles with  him  into  the  church.     Acts  10. 

He  is  thought  to  have  gone  about  this  time  to  Anti- 
och  in  Syria,  and  to  have  founded  the  episcopal  see. 

He  preached  in  I'ontus,  Galalia,  &c. 

St.  Barnaby  and  St.  I'aul  preach  at  Antioch,  where 
the  believers  were  first  called  Christians.     Acts  17.  26. 

Herod  Agrippa  puts  to  death  St.  James,  the  brother 
of  St.  John,  and  imprisons  St.  Peter,  who  was  miracu- 
lously delivered.    Acts  12. 

St.  Matthew,  and  afterwards  St.  Mark,  wrote  their 
Gospels. 

St.  Paul  and  Barnaby  sent  to  preach  in  Pamphylia, 
Pttidia,  Lycaonia. — Afterwards  in  Pontus,  Thracia,  &c. 
Art,  lit,  14. 

Si.  Peter  about  this  time  wrote  his  first  epistle. 

A  dispute  between  St.  Paul  and  some  zealous  converts 
that  li  ul  been  Jews,  about  the  obligation  of  making 
even  the  Gentiles  observe  the  Jewish  laws.     Acts  15. 

St  i'aul  and  Barnaby  are  sent  to  Jerusalem,  to  have 
this  quest i. mi  ilc.  ided  by  the  apostles,  &c. 

A  council  «f  the  apostles  and  bishops  decides  the 
question.  St.  Peter  speaking  first,  and  St.  James  join- 
ing with  him.  The  Utter  of  the  council  to  their  bre- 
thren the  converted  Gentiles.    Acts  16. 

ul  and  St.  Barnaby  separate.     Acts  15. 
Paul  with  Silas  goes  to  Asia.    St.  Timothy,  and  also 
St.  Luke,  U-corne  his  companions.     He  goes  to  Philippi 
in  Macedonia,   to  Thcssalon ica,  to  Berea,  to  Athens. 

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Foids  there  an  altar   dedicated   to  the   unkt.  i. 

Acts  16.  17. 

He  writes  his  first  epistle  to  the  Thessalonians,  and 
his  second  soon  after. 

He  stayi  months  at  Corinth,    tsbifl8.il. 

He  |0«  to  F.pht-sua.  After  a  short  visit  to  the  bre- 
thren at  Jerusalem,  he  goes  to  Ai.tioch,  and  from  thence 
again  into  Galatia  and  Phrygia,  and  stays  three  years 
at  Fphcsus  and  thereal>outs.     Acts  19. 

He  writes  to  the  Gatalians. 

II.  writes  his  first,  and  soon  after  his  second  epistle  to 
inthiana. 

He  prepares  to  go  to  Jerusalem  with  alms  he  had 
gathered.     Ac  Is  20  and  21. 

He  writes  to  the  Romans. 

He  comes  to  Jerusalem.     Acts  21. 

The  Jews  seise  St.  Paul  in  the  temple,  being  beaten 
and  in  daUM  of  being  murdered  b]  tl.cm.he  i»  r. 
h\   L\sias  the  tribune  and  his  soldiers.     Acts  21 

Lysias  sends  him  to  Felix  the  governor  of  Judca  then 
at  Cesarea,  where  he  was  two  years  a  prisoner. 

His  discourse  before  king  Agrippa,  Felix,  &c.  Acts 
25. 

Having  appealed  to  the  tribunal  of  Cesar,  he  is  sent 
to  Rome  with  other  prisoners.     Acts  27. 

A  description  of  his  voyage,  and  shipwreck  on  the 
coast  of  Malta.  Every  one  in  the  ship  are  saved,  being 
two  hundred  and  seventy-six  persons.     Acts  27.   I 

St.  James  about  this  time  wrote  his  catholic  epistle. 

St.  Paul's  arrival  at  Rome,  He  is  kept  under  Cttstod] 
for  two  years,  with  a  soldier  to  goard  him.     Acts  . 

He  converts  Onesimns,  and  sends  him  with  his  letti  r 
to  Philemon.  He  writes  to  the  Philippians  and  Colos- 
sians. 

St.  James,  bishop  of  Jerusalem,  there  mart\ 

St.  Paul  being  set  at  liberty,  writes  to  the  Hebrews. 

Goes  again  into  Asia.  Made  St.  Timothy  bishop  in 
Asia,  and  went  into  Macedonia,  from  whence  he  wrote 
his  first  epistle  to  Timothy. 

St.  Peter  about  this  time  wrote  his  second  epistle. 

About  this  time  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul  came  to  Rome 
See  Tillemont,  &c. 

Not  long  after  they  were  both  put  in  prison,  and  suf- 
fered martyrdom. 

St.  John  about  this  time  came  to  live  in  Asia,  and 
governed  all  those  churches  for  many  years. 

St.  John'  was  put  into  a  caldron  of  boiling  oil  at 
Home  under  Domitian,  and  banished  to  the  island  of 
Patmos,  where  he  had  those  wonderful  visions  of  his 
Apocalypse. 

He  returns  to  Ephesus  under  the  emperor  Nerva. 

He  writes  his  gospel. 

He  dies  at  Ephesus  under  Trajan  about  the  year  100 


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TO  THB 

OLD  TESTAMENT. 


THE  CHRONOLOGY  FOLLOWED  HERE  IS  ACCORDING  TO  THE  MORE  GENERAL  OPINIONS  OF  DIVINES  ANtf 

CHRONOLOGERS. 


NOTE. 


A.  M.  signify  Anno  Mundi:  That  is,  In  the  Year  of  the  World. 


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A.  M.  Patriarchs. 


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325 
395 
460 
622 

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Adam  the 
first  man, 
of  whom 
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Cainan 

Malaleel 

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Enoch 

Mathusala 

Lamech 


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SACRED  HISTORY. 


CREATION  of  heaven  and  earth,  and 
all  things  therein,  in  six  days      Gen.  1. 

Man,  last  created,  was  made  lord  of  all 
living  creatures  of  this  lower  world,  and 
placed  in  Paradise.     Gen.  2. 

For  transgressing  God's  commandment 
Adam  and  Eve  were  cast  out  of  paradise : 
but  by  God's  grace  repenting  had  promise 
of  a  Redeemer.     Gen.  3. 

Cain  the  first-born  became  a  husbandman, 
Abel  next  born,  a  shepherd.     Gen.  4. 

God  respecting  Abel's  sacrifice,  and  not 
Cain's,  Cain  killed  Abel.     Gen.  4. 

Cain  went  forth  from  the  face  of  our  Lord; 
began  a  new  city  opposite  to  the  city  of 
God.   Gen.  4.  v.  16. 

His  generations  in  the  right  line  to  La- 
mech, are  those,  without  notice  of  the  time 
when  they  were  born  or  died:  Enoch,  Irad, 
Maviel,  Mathusael,  Lamech.    Gen.  4.  v.  17. 

Some  declining  from  God,  joining  in  mar- 
riage with  Cain's  race,  begot  those  monstrous 
men  huge  of  stature,  most  wicked  and  cruel, 
called  giants.  Gen.  6.  v.  4. 

Seth's  children  and  other  faithful  were 
called  the  sons  of  God,  to  distinguish  the  true 
Church  from  the  wicked  city  begun  by  Cain. 
Gen.  6. 

In  the  days  of  Enos  began  public  prayers 
by  many  assembling  together  (besides  sacri- 
fice, which  was  before.)    Gen.  4.  v.  26. 

Enoch  a  prophet  pleased  God  in  all  his 
ways.  None  born  in  the  earth  like  to  Enoch. 
Eccl.  49.  v.  16. 

Adam  died  at  the  age  of  930  years  Gen. 
5.  v.  5.  to  whom  Seth  succeeded  chief  Patri- 
arch: and  so  in  the  rest. 

Enoch,  in  the  year  of  his  age  365,  was 
seen  no  more ;  because  God  took  him.  Gen. 
5.  v  24.  Enoch  teas  translated  that  he  should 
not  see  death.     Heb.  11.  v.  5. 

Seth  died  in  the  year  of  his  age,  912. 

Enos  died,  aged  905. 

Cainan  died,  aged  980. 

Malaleel  died,  aged  895. 


A.  M.  Patriarchs. 


1556 


1651 
1656 


1656 


1658 


1693 
1723 
1757 


Sem  born. 
And  the 
next  two 
years 
Cham 
Japhet. 


Arphaxad 
born, the 
son  of 
Sem. 


Sale 

Heber 

Phaleg 


SACRED  HISTORY. 


Iarad  died,  aged  962. 

Noe,  the  preacher  of  justice,  forewarned 
all  men,  that  except  they  repented,  God 
would  destroy  them  with  a  flood. 

Noe,  by  God's  commandment,  built  an  ark 
(or  ship)  wherein  himself,  and  his  family, 
with  other  living  creatures,  were  preserved 
from  drowning. 

Lamech  died  (before  his  father)  in  the 
year  of  his  age  777. 

Mathusala  died,  aged  969,  immediately 
before  the  flood,  as  seemeth  most  probable. 

The  same  year  of  the  world  1656,  the  17th 
day  of  the  second  month,  Noe  with  his  three 
sons,  his  wife  and  their  wives,  in  all  eight 
persons,  and  seven  pair  of  every  kind  of 
clean  living  creatures,  and  two  pair  of  un- 
clean, entered  into  the  ark.  And  presently 
it  rained  forty  days  and  forty  nights  to- 
gether. All  living  creatures  on  the  earth  out 
of  the  ark  were  drowned.     Gen.  7. 

All  Cain's  race,  with  other  wicked  infidels, 
were  utterly  destroyed  by  the  flood.   Gen.  7 

The  whole  earth  being  covered  with  water. 
Noe,  with  his  family,  and  other  living  crea- 
tures, remained  in  the  ark  twelve  months 
and  ten  days:  then  coming  forth,  built  an 
altar,  and  offered  sacrifice,  which  God  ac- 
cepting, blessed  them  for  new  generation. 
Gen.  8.  v.  9. 

Nemrod  the  son  of  Chus,  and  nephew  to 
Cham,  about  threescore  years  after  the  flood, 
by  force  and  subtilty  drawing  many  follow- 
ers, began  a  new  sect  of  infidels;  and  after- 
wards was  the  principal  author  of  building 
the  tower  of  Babel :  where  the  tongues  of  the 
builders  were  confounded,  and  so  they  were 
separated  into  many  nations,  about  140  vears 
after  the  flood.  Gen.  11.  v.  4,  &c.  After 
Nemrod,  his  son  Belus  reigned  in  Babylon, 
about  the  year  of  the  world  1871,  which  was 
216  years  after  the  flood. 

Heber  consented  not  to  the  building  of 
Babel.    And  therefore  his  family  kept  still 
their  former  language,  which  thenceforth  for 
229 


HISTORICAL  INDEX 


i'ii.  i 

1819 

I  |  ig 

N  ti 

Tn.ire 

Abra- 

ll  Mil 

born. 

20S3 

•-I'M 


MSB 


•-in.) 


lieu 
2107 
2108 


1146 


2J.V) 
2MB 

2ls:i 


Isaac  born. 

J  null    ami 
A.'iuu  born 


IACHI  .  

ii  take,  was    called   the    Hebrew 

tongue,     lie   lived  to  «cc  Abraham's  father. 

N  Arphaxad,  Phaleg,  and  other 

|    mi  n,  lived    sonic  part  of  Abraham'* 

tunc,  who  were  never  corrupted  in  faith  nor 

religion. 

Hy  God'i  commandment,  Abraham  at  the 
age-  of  75  years,  having  been  much  perse- 
cuted for  religion,  went  forth  of  his  coun- 
try Chaldea.  Whereupon  his  father  Thare 
went  as  far  as  Har.m,  in  the  confines  of 
Mesopotamia:  and  Lot  went  further  with 
him  into  Chanaan;  which  country  God  tin n 
|u..:niv,  (I  to  give  Inm,  and  to  multiply  bis 
seed,  ami  tlierein  to  bless  all  nations.  Gen. 
11.  v.  31.  ami  12.  v.  1.  and  7. 

ision  of  a  famine  in  Chanaan, 
Abraham  went  into  Egypt  with  his  wife 
ami  with  Ixt.      <  r.  10. 

They  returned  into  Chanaan;  became  very 
rich;  and  God  renewed  his  great  promises 
to  Abraham.     Gen.  13. . 

Lot  (among  others)  being  taken  captive, 
Abraham  with  three  hundred  and  eighteen 
nun  rescued  them  all.  Whereupon  Melchi- 
sedech  offered  sacrifice  in  bread  and  wine; 
blessed  Abraham,  and  received  tithes  of  him. 
II. 

1  r  -.i  long  barren,  persuaded  Abraham  to 
take  her  handmaid  Agar  to  wife. 

Agar  conceived,  and  brought  forth  a  son, 
who  was  named  lsmael.     Gen.  16. 

Circumcision   was   instituted,  that   Abra- 
ham, and  his  sons,  and  all  the  men  of  his 
family,  might  be  distinguished  from  others. 
17. 

Sodom  and  Gomorrha  with  other  cities 
were  burnt  with  brimstone:  from  whence 
Lot  MM  delivered  by  Angels.     Gen.  19. 

S.rai  conceived,  and  bore  a  sou  called 
Isaac.      Gen.  21. 

Abraham  by  God's  commandment  was  rea- 
dy to  otter  Isaac  in  sai  i i&  c,  but  was  stayed 
by  an  Angel.  And  former  promises  were 
renewed.     Gen.  22. 

Isaac   married   Rebecca  the  daughter  of 
Hit  Inn  I,  >on  of  Nachor,  Abraham's  brother. 
24. 

After  the  death  of  Sarai,  Abraham  mar- 
.,  by  whom  he  had  six  sons.  Gen. 

■  I 

lsmael  attempting  to  corrupt  Isaac  in  morals 

(which  St.  Paul  callcth  persecution,  Gal.4.) 

was  cast  out  of  Abraham's  house,  together 

with  his  mother.     Gen.  21.  v.  29. 

Ami    nevertheless  had  twelve  sons,    all 

dokea,  before  Isaac  had  any  issue,  vhich  St. 

I'aui  MM*.    1  Cor.    1ft.   v.   46.     First  that 

230 


\    \i    Pan 


HH 
MM 
UBB 
MM 


IBM 

2271 
2276 


2296 


2297 


2296 


2315 


2369 


Ruben 

Simeon 

Levi 

Judas 

Dan 

Nelih- 

thali 

Gad 

Aser 

■kl  bar 

Za  In  lion 

Joseph 

born. 

Benjamin 

born. 


SACHEH  HISTORY. 


Caatfc 


Amram 


irf.irh  it  ti,.turtil,  oftinrards  thai  tr/ur/,  u  ,j  i 
riturl. 

Esau  also  had  much  issue,  anil 
in  the  world.     But  bis  ; 
mael's,  and  all    Abrahai  ng  by  In-- 

last  w  lie   I  tin- 

promised   inheritance,  and   other   bless 
Om.SK. 

Abraham  died  at   the   age  of  175  years. 
Gen.  25. 

Isaac  blessed  Jacob,  thinking  bim  to  he 
Esau.     Gen.  27. 

Jacob  going  into  Mesopotamia  to  flee  tin- 
danger  of  bis  brother's  tbreals,  saw    in    hi»| 
sleep  a  ladder    reaching  from  the  earth    to 
heaven.    Gen.  28.       And    being    then-    be 
served  his  uncle  Laban  seven  years  for  hisj 
younger  daughter  Kachel;  received  Lia  the 
elder;  and  served  other  seven  for  Rachel; 
and  six  more  for  certain  fruit  of  the  ll. 
29,30. 

Jacob  returning  from  Mesopotamia  « i.  - 
tied   with  an  Angel,  and  was  called  Israel. 

IL 

Rachel  died,  and  was  buried  in  Bethlehem. 
0s*siSMr.  1S&.  19. 

Joseph  was  sold,  and  carried  into  Egypt; 
and  shortly  after  cast   into  prison,  win  re  !■• 
interpreted    the    dreams    of    two    Eunuchs 
M. 

Isaac  died  at  the  age  of  180  years. 

Joseph  interpreting  King  1'harao's  dreams, 
and  Bring  wise  counsel  to  provide  for  tin 
,ty  to  come,  was  made  ruler  of  Egypt 
He  linn  inariicd,  and  bad  two  sons,  Manas- 
sesand  Epliraiui,in  the  seven  years  of  pi- 
Gen.  11. 

Jacob  sent  his  ten  sons  into  Egypt  to  buy 
corn:  where  they  were,  threatened  as  sus- 
pected spies,  and  one  was  kept  in  prison,  till 
they  should  bring  their  brother  Benjamin. 
Gen.  42. 

They  returning  into  Egypt  with  Benjamin  : 
in  their  company,  Joseph  first  tcrr  lied  ii 
afterwards   manifested    himself  unto    them 
And  sending  for  his  father  and  whole  kin 
dred,  thev  all  went  into  Egypt.     Gen.  43, 
44,  45,  and  46. 

Jacob  blessed  and  adopted  the  two  sons  of 
Joseph,  preferring  Epbraim  the  young 
Ion-  Manasaes.  Gen.  48.    Prophesied  of  all 
his  twelve   sons,   and   in   Judas  of  Christ. 
Gen.  49.  v.  10.     And  then  died. 

Joseph  buried  his  father  in  Chanaan,  and 
nourished  his  brethren  w  ith  than  families, as 
their  patron  and  superior,   (im.  60.  v.  1-- 

Ile    died  at   the   age  of   110  years.   Gen\ 
60. 


HISTORICAL  INDEX. 


ia.m. 


Line  of 
Levi. 


Line  of 
Judas. 


2130 
2133 


2473 


2513 


Aaron 
born. 

Moses    ' 
born. 


SACRED  HISTORY. 


Aram 


Amina- 
dab 


2514 


Aaron 


2520 


2552 


Eleazar 


After  his  death,  the  superiority  of 
the  children  of  Israel  descended  not  to 
hi-*  sons,  but  to  his  brethren,  and  rested 
in  Levi  the  third  brother,  living  longest 
of  all  the  twelve,  to  the  age  of  137 
years,  Exod.  6.  v.  16.  whose  genealogy 
is  there  declared,  to  show  the  descent 
of  Aaron  and  Moses. 

Moses  an  infant  of  three  months  was 
put  in  a  basket  on  the  water,  and  taken 
thence  by  Pharao's  daughter,  nursed  by 
his  own  mother,  and  brought  up  in 
Pharao's  court.    Exod.  2. 

At  the  age  of  forty  years  he  went  to 
his  brethren  to  comfort  them:  where 
killing  an  Egyptian  that  oppressed  an 
IsraelFte,  he  was  forced  to  flee  into 
Madian.     Exod.  2. 

After  other  forty  years,  God  appear- 
ed to  Moses  in  a  bush  fuming  and  not 
consuming;  sent  him  into  Egypt  with 
power  to  work  miracles,  and  to  bring 
the  children  of  Israel  out  of  that  bon- 
dage, j        ' 

Pharao  and  the  Egyptians  resisting, 
were  plagued  with  sundry  afflictions. 
At  last  the  Israelites  were  delivered, 
and  Pharao  with  all  his  army  drowned. 
Exod.  3.  to  15. 

The  law  was  given  in  mount  »mai, 
the  fiftieth  day  after  their  going  out  of 
Egypt.    Exod.  19,  20. 

In  the  absence  of  Moses,  the  people 
forcing  Aaron  to  consent,  made  and 
adored  a  golden  calf  for  God.  Exod.32. 
The  tabernacle,  with  all  things  per- 
taining thereto,  was  prepared  in  the 
first  year,  and  erected  the  first  day  of 
the  second  year  of  their  abode  in  the 
desert.     Exod.  40. 

In  the  same  second  year,  Aaron  was 
consecrated  High  Priest,  and  his  sons 
Priests,  for  an  ordinary  succession; 
Moses  remaining  Superior  extraordina- 
ry during  his  life.     Levit.  8. 

Nadab,  and  Abiu  offered  strange  fire 
in  sacrifice,  and  were  burnt  to  death. 
Leoit.  10.  i 

Chore,  Dathan,  and  Abiron,  with 
many  others  murmuring  and  rebelling 
against  Moses  and  Aaron,  were  partly 
swallowed  alive  into  the  earth:  others 
burnt  with  fire  from  heaven.  Num.  16. 
Balaam  a  sorcerer  hired  by  Balac 
king  of  Moab  to  curse  the  Israelites, 
was  forced  by  God's  power  to  prophe- 
sy good  things  of  them.  iVam.  22  23  24. 
job,  either  of  the  progeny  of  Nachor, 
or  as  seemeth  more  probable,  of  Esau, 
lived  at  the  same  time  in  which  the 
children  of  Israel  were  oppressed  with 
servitude  in  Egypt. 

Job  wrote  the  history  of  his  afflic- 
tion in  the  Arabian  tongue,  which 
Moses  translated  into  Hebrew. 

Moses  and  Aaron  doubting  that  God 
would  not  give  water  out  of  a  rock  to 
the  murmuring  people,  were  foretold 
that  they  should  die  in  the  desert,  and 
should  not  enter  into  the  promised  land. 
Num.  20.  _  . 

Aaron  died  in  the  mount  Hor;  and 
his  son  Eleazar  was  made  High  Priest. 
Num.  20. 


A.  M. 
2553 


High 
Priests. 


Line  of 
Judas. 


2559 


2562 


2570 


Phinees 


2599 
2679 


2719 


2759 


2768 


2771 


Abisue 


SACRED  HISTORY. 


Naas- 
son. 


Moses  repeated  the  law,  commending 
it  earnestly  to  the  people,  then  died, 
and  was  secretly  buried  by  Angels  in 
the  valley  of  Moab.    Deut.  34. 

To  whom  Josue  succeeded  in  tempo- 
ral government,  the  spiritual  remaining 
with  the  High  Priest.  Num.  17.  v  20. 
All  the  children  of  Israel  that  came 
forth  of  Egypt  above  the  age  of  twen- 
ty years  died  in  the  desert,  except  two,| 
Josue  and  Caleb.     Num.  26.  v.  64,  65 

Presently  after  Moses's  death,  Josue 
brought  the  people  over  Jordan  into 
Chanaan,  Josue  3;  and  in  the  space  of 
seven  years  conquered  the  land.  Josue 
6,  &c. 

And  divided  the  same  amongst  the 
tribes.     Josue  13. 

The  tribes  of  Ruben,  Gad,  and  half 
of  Manasses  having  received  inheri- 
tance on  the  other  side  of  Jordan, 
Num.  32.  v.  33.  and  now  returning 
thither,  made  an  altar  by  the  river  side, 
which  the  other  tribes  suspecting  to  be 
for  sacrifice,  and  so  to  make  a  schism, 
prepared  to  fight  against  them:  but 
they  answering  that  it  was  only  for  a 
monument,  all  were  satisfied.  Josue  22. 
Josue  at  the  age  of.  110  years  died, 
Josue  24.  v.  29.  and  had  no  proper  sue- 
ccssor. 

Eleazar  the  High  Priest  died  the 
same  year,  Josue  24.  v.  33.  and  his  son 
Phinees  succeeded. 

After  the  death  of  Josue  the  people 
were  afflicted  by  foreign  nations,  God 
so  permitting  for  their  sins:  but  they 
repenting,  he  raised  up  certain  captains, 
who  were  called  Judges  of  divers 
tribes,  without  ordinary  succession,  to 
deliver  and  defend  the  country  from 
invasions.  These  were  in  all  fourteen, 
in  the  space  of  near  300  years. 

Othoniel  the  first  judge,  of  the  tribe 
of  Juda,  delivered  the  Israelites  from 
molestation  of  the  king  of  Syria.  He 
governed  (comprehending  also  the  in- 
termission) 40  years.     Judg.  3.  T.  11. 

Aod,  of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  the 
second  judge,  killed  Eglon  king  of 
Moab,  and  so  delivered  Israel,  and 
slew  ten  thousand  Moabites.  Judg.  3. 
Samgar  a  husbandman,  the  third 
judge,  killing  six  hundred  Philistines 
with  the  coulter  of  a  plough,  detendcf1 
Israel.  Jud.  3.  v.  31.  He  with  Aod 
and  the  times  wanting  judges,  govern 
ed  seventy-five  years. 

Barach,  by  direction  of  Debora  a 
Prophetess,  fighting  against  Sisara. 
chief  captain  of  Jabin  king  of  Asor, 
Jahil  a  stout  woman  slew  the  same 
captain,  striking  a  nail  in  his  head. 
Jud.  4.  They  governed  38  years. 
Gedeon  confirmed  by  miracles  that 
Salmon  he  was  sent  "of  God,  overthrew  the 
Madianites,  and  delivered  Israel,  go- 
verning forty  years.    Jud.  6, ,7,  8. 

Abimelech  the  base  son  of  Gedeon, 
unjustly  usurping  authority,  killed  his 
seventy  brethren,  one  only  escaping; 
but  within  three  years  was  hated  ot 
his  followers,  and  slain  by  a  woman. 

Jud.  9. 

231 


IIISTOUKWI,  INDKX. 


\   M 


Bocci 


MM 


asn 


Cm  "i 

Ja  1.1% 


nsg 


2847 

■Ml 


m 


Oii 


U.HJ/. 


Obcd 


Heli 


Isai,  or 
J< 


■  ACRED  Mil TORT. 


1    Qu  country   from 

ic« twenty-three  years, 


an  1  died.    Jud.  10.  2. 

Jair  a  powerful  nobleman  defended 
the  people  twenty-two  yean.    Jud.  10. 

Jepte  first  rejected  but  afterwards 
entreated  by  t'  a  of  the  people, 

fought  for  them  and  overthrew  the  enc- 
.   unl  in  ide   in  indiscreet  vow  to 
offer   hii  daughter    in   aacrificc.    Jud. 
11. 

Efa    V  B(  !     in    civil   war    forty-two 
l  i  mutes,   and    governed 
\rs.     Jud.  12. 
Abesan,  a  fortunate  good  man,  ruled 

In  peace  seven  >c.ir*.    Jud.  12. 

The  people   ill  thin  time  of- pi   u  c  fell 

i'ry:  for  which  God  suf- 
I    tlie    Philistine*   to  afflict    them. 
Jud   13. 
The   tribe   of  Dan  set   up  idolatry. 

jud.  ia 

About  this  time  Booz  of  the  tribe  of 
Juda  married  Kuth  a  Moabite:  bv 
whom  the  rinht  line  of  Judas  descend- 
ed by  Phares  to  David.  Ruth  4.  v.  18, 
&c. 

Ahialon  governed  likewise  in  peace 
ten  rears.    Jud.  12.  v.  11. 

Abdon,  another  nohleman,  governed 
eight  years.     Jud.  12.  v.  13. 

tnaon,  from  his  birth  a  Nazarite  of 
admirable  strength,  did  many  heron  al 
acts,  killed  many  Philistines  in  his  life, 
and  more  by  his  own  death.  He  go- 
verned twenty  years.  Jud.  13.  v.  5.  & 
ch.  16.  v.  31. 

A  heinous  crime  being  committed  in 
the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  and  not  punish- 
ed, the  other  Israelites  made  battle 
against  them;  and  being  themselves 
also  great  sinners,  lost  many  men  in 
two  conflicts;  but  in  the  third  the  tribe 
of  Benjamin  was  almost  destroyed. 
Jud.  19.  v.  20. 

Heli  of  the  stock  of  Aaron  by  the 
line  of  Ithamar  was  High  Priest,  and 

231 


'  pfflS 


MM 


IMJ 


29m 


2968 


2992 


3001 


Marai- 
oth 


Achi- 
melech 

or 
Amari- 


Linc  of 

Juda*. 


Abia- 
thar  or 
Achitob 


Sadoc 


David 

made 
king 


Solo- 
mon 


SACRED    HISTORY. 


governed  Israel  forty  years.  1  Kingt  4. 

Samuel   (whose  mother   being   long 
barren  had  presented  him  an  inf. 
tin-  temple,  aciording  to  her  i 

ante  and  a  prophet,  from  a  child. 
1  A'nig#  1.  and  3.     And  aftel  I 
of  Heli,  he  governed  the  people  of  Is- 
rael  before    Saul   twenty    years;    and 

ith  him  twenty  years  more,  and  died. 
1  A'irigf  25.  1. 

By  the  im])ortunity  of  the  people  to 
have  a  king,  God  appointed  Samuel  to 
anoint  Saul,  1  A'ine;*  10.  who  at  first 
governed  well;  but  afterwards  dec  lm 
from  God,  was  deposed,  and  David 
anointed  by  the  same  prophet  San 
\  K     g*  16! 

Yet  Saul  was  not  actually  deprived 
of  the    sceptre    so   long   as   he    lived 

1  KmitSl.     Slain.  1.      Par.  10.  \ 
David,  king  and   prophet,  ruled  his 

kingdom  as  a  true  pattern  to  all  good 
kings;  author  of  the  book  of  Ps.. 
winch  are  full  of  divine  knowledge; 
prepared  means  for  building  the  tem- 
ple; ordained  divers  sorts  of  musicians; 
and  reigned  forty  years     :■  A       $  tot 

2  Par.  2,t,  &c. 
Solomon  excelling  in  wisdom,  pros- 
pered in  this  world.    3  A'ing*  3,  .V 

He  built  the  temple,  and  adorned  the 
same  with  all  excellent  furniture  re- 
quisite for  God's  service;  disposing  all 
in  order,  as  David  had  ordained. 

The  temple  being   lipishcd    was  then 
dedicated  most  solemnly,  with  e\> 
ing  devotion  of  the  king  and  all  the 
people,  with  abundance  of  aacriAi 

And  afterwards  the  same  king  Solo- 
mon wrote  three  sapiential  books. 
Proverbs,  Eedctiattet,  and  the  Canticlr 
of  Cantieltt.  , 

But  in  his  old  age  he  fell  from  0od< 
and  it  is  uncertain  whether  he  died 
penitent  or  not.  He  reigned  forty 
years.  3  A'lngi  11.    Died.  2  Par  9.  v. 


HISTORICAL  INDEX. 


A.  M- 
3029 


3046 
3049 


High 
Priests 


3090 

3115 
3119 

3120 
3126 


3165 


3194 


3246 
3262 

3277 
3306 


Achi 
mas 


Azarias 


Joha- 
nam 


Joiada 


Zacha- 
rias 


Sadoc, 
or  Joa- 
than 
Sellum 
Helcias 


Azarias 


Urias 


Kings  of 
Judea. 
Roboam 


Abdias 
Asa 


Josaphat 

Joram 
Ochozias 


Joas 


Amasias 


Ozias,  or 
Azarias 


Joatham 


Achaz 


Ezechias 


BACHED  HISTORY. 


King  Roboam  leaving  the  advice  of  the  ancients, 
and  following  young  counsellors,  offended  the  peo- 
ple: and  his  servant  Jeroboam  was  made  king  of 
ten  tribes:  only  Juda  and  Benjamin  remaining  to 
Roboam.  He  reigned  seventeen  years.  3  Kings  14. 
v.  21. 

His  son  Abdias  reigned  wickedly  three  years. 
3  King*  15.  v.  2. 

Asa  a  good  kinjr,  destroyed  idolatry,  and  reign- 
ed 41  years.    3  Kings  13. 


Josaphat  governed  the  kingdom  well  25  years, 
3  Kings  22.  v.  42.  and  43.  saving  that  he  joined  af- 
finity with  Achab  king  of  Israel,  and  with  Jezabel. 
2  Par.  18.  v.  1. 

Jorom  reigned  wickedly  eight  years.  4  Kings  8. 
v.  17.  and  18.  2  Par.  21.  v.  5.  and  6.  The  three 
next  are  omitted  by  St.  Matthew. 

By  the  evil  counsel  of  his  mother  Athalia,  Ocho- 
zias governed  wickedly  one  year,  and  was  slain  by 
Jehu,  together  with  Joram  king  of  Israel.  4  Kings 
8.  v.  27.  and  c.  9.  v.  27.  2  Par.  22.  v.  3.  and  9. 

Queen  Athalia  murdering  the  children  of  her 
own  son  the  late  king,  usurped  the  kingdom  six 
years.    4  Kings  11.  v.  1. 

The  youngest  son  of  Ochozias  called  Joas,  being 
saved  from  the  slaughter,  was  made  king  by  means 
of  Joaida  High  Priest,  and  Athalia  slain.  4  Kings 
11.  v.  4.  He  governed  well  during  the  life  of 
Joiada:  but  afterwards  fell  into  idalatry,  and  caus- 
ed Zacharias  the  High  Priest  and  son  of  Joiada  to 
be  slain.  2  Par.  24.  v.  22.  And  shortly  after  the 
same  king  was  treacherously  slain,  when  he  had 
reigned  41  years.  4  Kings  12.  v.  20.  and  2  Par. 
24.  v  25. 

Amasias  beginning  well  did  some  good  things,  4 
Kings  14.  v.  3.  But  after  the  spoil  of  the  Idume- 
ans,  he  worshipped  their  idols.  2  Par.  25.  v.  14. 
and  reigned  29  years,  ibid. 

Ozias  some  time  reigned  well,  4  Kings  15.  v.  3. 
but  afterwards  presuming  to  offer  incense  on  the 
altar  was  repelled  by  the  High  Priests,  and  pre- 
sently struck  with  leprosy,  and  cast  out  of  the  tem- 
ple and  city.  He  lived  after  he  was  king  52  years. 
2  Par.  26.  v.  16. 


Kings  of 
Israel. 


Jeroboam 


Manasses 


Joatham  a  godly  king  governed  a  great  part  of 
his  father's  time,  and  after  his  death  sixteen  years. 
4  Kings  15.  2  Par.  27. 

Achaz  a  wicked  king,  after  many  benefits  re- 
ceived from  God,  fell  into  idolatry,  reigning  six- 
teen years,  destroyed  holy  things,  shut  up  the  tem- 
ple, and  perverted  many  of  the  people.  4  Kings 
16.  2  Par.  28. 

Ezechias  a  most  godly  king  advanced  true  reli- 
gion, which  was  much  decayed.  He  recovered 
health  being  mortally  sick,  which  was  confirmed 
by  a  miracle  in  the  sun's  returning  back;  and  made 
a  canticle  of  praise  with  thanks  to  God,  and 
reigned  29  years.  4  Kings  18.  2  Par.  29,  30,  31, 
32. 

Manasses  for  his  great  sins  was  carried  captive 
into  Babylon,  where  he  repented,  and  was  restored 


SACRED   HISTORY. 


Nadab 

Baasa 

Ela 
Zambri 


Achab 

Ochozias 
Joram 

Jehu 


Joachaz 
Joas 


Jeroboam 


Zacha- 
rias. 
Sellum 

Maha- 

nem 

Phaceia 

Phacee 


Osee 


Jeroboam  the  first  king  of  the  ten 
tribes  made  a  wicked  schism,  setting 
up  two  golden  calves  in  Bethel  and 
Dan;  which  most  of  the  people  wor- 
shipped as  their  gods.  He  reigned  22 
years.    3  Kings  12. 

After  him  were  these  kings  of  d 
vers  families  of   the  same  ten  tribes. 
Nadab  son  of  Jeroboam  reigned  two 
years.    3  Kings  14. 

Baasa  of  the  tribe  of  Issachar  reign 
ed  24  years.    3  Kings  15. 

Ela  two  years.    3  Kings  16. 

Zambri  but  seven  days.  3  Kings 
16.  v.  15.  Amri  12  years,  whereof 
Thebni  reigned  in  civil  wars  against 
him  three  years,  v.  22.  Achab  married 
Jezabel  a  Sidonian,  and  served  Baal, 
reigning  21  years.    3  Kings  10,  &c. 

Ochozias  reigned  two  years.  3  Kings 
22.  v.52.  B 

Joram  twelve  years.    4  Kings  3. 


Jehu  killed  Joram  and  Jezabel,  and 
destroying  the  whole  house  of  Achab, 
reigned  eight  years.  4  Kings  9.  and  10. 


Joachaz  reigned  seventeen  years 
4  Kings  13. 

Joas  reigned  sixteen  years.  4  Kings 
13.  v.  10. 


Jeroboam  forty-one  years.    4  Kings 
14.V.23.  y         y 


Zacharias  reigned  but  six  months 
4  Kings  15.  v.  8. 

Sellum  but  one  month.  4  Kings  15. 
v.  15. 

Mahanem  reigned  10  years.  4  Kings 
15. 

Phaceia  two  years  4  Kings  15.  v. 
21. 

Phacee  reigned  20  years.  4  Kings 
15.  v.  27. 


Osee  reigned  nine  years.  4  Kings 
17. 

The  kingdom  of  Israel  having  stood 
above  two  hundred  and  fifty  years 
was  subdued  by  the  Assyrians,  and 
much  people  carried  captive  into  As- 
syria.   4  Kings  17.  v.  6. 

The  Grecians  every  fourth  year  set 
forth  interludes  in  honour  of  Jupiter 
Olympius,  whereof  began  reckoning 
by  Olympias,  about  the  year  of  the 
world  3417  And  after  six  Olympi- 
ades,that  is  24  years,  Rome  was  buil* 
233 


lOUICAL,  INDEX. 


I   M 

Praia 

3361 

Mi 

Ml 

Zaraias 

MB 


8416 


Jmo- 

dcch 


Kin 


inn  .if 

J'lll.M. 


Anion 

Jom.iS 


Joachaz, 
or  Jecho- 
niai 


Joakim, 

or  Jccho- 
niai 

Sedecias 


IACMID  HI1TORT. 


to  tii—  kingdom :  h.-  re ik ned  and  lived  In  captivity 
56  years.     4  A  I'ar.M. 

Judith  killed  Holofcrnes,  either  about  tliis  time, 
or  in  the  days  of  Manasses,  before  the  captivity. 
Judith. 

>:i  reigned  evil  two  years.  4  Kingn  21.  18.  3 
Par.  X\. 

Josias  a  very  good  king  purged  the  Church  of 
idolatry;  repaired  the  temple,  celebrated  a  most 
■Oleum  Pawn  TrM  slain  in  battle  by  the  king  of 
Egypt,  (which  all  the  people  much  lamented,  cs- 
ly  Jeremias  the  prophet)  when  be  had  reign- 
ed 81  yean.    4  A3*gi  22,  23.  2  Par.  34, 35. 

Joachaz,  otherwise  called  Jechonias,  reigning 
but  three  iftBtrw.  was  carried  into  Egypt  (where 
he  afterwards  dud.  4  A'ings  23.  v.  34.)  and  Elia- 
kim,  otherwise  called  Joakim,  his  brother  was 
made  king;  who  in  the  third  year  of  his  reign  was 
carried  into  Babylon.  4  Kingt  23.  v.  3-1.  2  Par. 
36.  v.  4,  6.  and  with  him  Daniel,  and  the  other 
children.    Dan.  1. 

:tly  after  which  time  happened  the  history 
of  Susanna.    Dan.  13. 

And  the  same  Joakim  after  his  reign  of  three 
years,  lived  other  eight  years  in  captivity.  4  Kings 
24.  v.  1.    2  Pur.  36.  v.  4.  and  5. 

Joachin,  called  also  Jechonias,  son  of  the  former 
Jechonias,  or  Joachaz,  reigned  but  three  months, 
and  was  carried  into  Babylon,  and  with  him  Eze- 
chiel  the  prophet  and  others.  And  his  uncle  Ma- 
thanias,  otherwise  named  Sedecias,  was  made  king, 
who  reigned  eleven  years.    4  Kingt  24.  2  Par.  36. 

In  the  eleventh  year  of  Sedecias,  when  king  Je- 
chonias the  younger  was  prisoner  in  Babylon,  Jeru- 
salem was  taken,  the  Temple  destroyed,  and  the 
roplc  carried  captive  into  Babylon.  4  Kingt  25. 
Par.  36. 

In  the  mean  time  Daniel  was  in  singular  great 
estimation  both  with  the  faithful  people,  and  Pa- 
gans, and  was  advanced  to  authority,  as  also  by  his 
means  the  other  children;  for  which  they  were 
envied  and  persecuted,  but  were  miraculously  pro- 
tected.   Dan.  1,  &c.  to  7.  and  13, 14. 

A  certain  captain  picking  a  quarrel  apprehend- 
ed Jeremias,  and  by  consent  of  principal  men,  cast 
him  into  a  dungeon,  the  king  not  knowing  thereof. 
4  Kingt  26.  Jer.  37,  3a  Ismael  killed  Godolias 
the  governor,  and  others.    4  Kingt  25.  Jer.  41. 

Many  Jews  lied  into  Egypt,  and  fell  into  idola- 
try, resisting  and  contemning  Jeremias 's  admoni- 
tions to  the  contrary.    Jer.  42,  43,  44. 
234 


Bnp  of 

Israel. 


intialiilalits  be 
Assyria  into  Judea.mis. 
ism  with  the  Israelites' 

many  wicked  and    ik 
tgt  17.  v.  29. 


•  ACRID  HISTOHV. 


lien    1".  •■  • 


HISTORICAL  INDEX 


A.  M. 

13442" 

3468 


High 
Priests. 


Jesus 
son  of 
Jose- 
dech 


Line  of 
David 


SACRED  HISTORY. 


A.M 


3469 

3470 
3473 

3477 

3485 
3494 


Joachin 


From  the 
captivity 
the  Jews 
had  no 
Ikings: 
|  but  the 
line  of 
David 
continu- 
ed in 
these  per- 
sons from 
Jecho- 
nias  to 
Christ 

Salathiel 
Zoroba- 
bel 
Abiud 


Evilmerodach  delivered  Jechonias 
(or  Joachin)  from  prison,  and  enter- 
tained him  as  prince.    4  Kings  25.  v. 

27. 

Baltazar  being  slain,  Darius  king  of 
Medes  and  Persians  possessed  Babylon: 
and  Cyrus  succeeded  Darius,  released 
the  Jews  from  captivity,  and  gave  li- 
cense to  Zorobabel  and  Jesus  to  bring 
back  the  people  into  Judea.  2  Par.  36. 
v.  22.  1  Esd.  1. 


Eliasib 


3350 


3550 


Joiada 


Eliacim 


Azor 


3668 


3727 


The  Jews  being  returned  into  Jeru 
salem,  set  up  an  altar,  and  offered  sa- 
crifice.   lEsd.  3.  v.  2. 

The  next  year  they  began  to  build 
the  temple.    1  Esd.  3.  v.  8. 

Artaxerxes  (otherwise  called  Cam- 
byses,  also  Assuerus)  forbade  to  perfect 
the  temple.  And  Jesus  the  High  Priest 
returned  into  Babylon.    1  Esd.  4.  v.  7. 

Daniel  understood  by  vision  that 
Christ  should  come  within  seventy 
weeks,  which  make  490  yeare  from  the 
perfecting  of  the  temple,  and  the  walls 
of  Jerusalem.    Dan.  9.  v.  25. 

Aggeus  and  Zacharias  the  Prophets 
exhorted  to  build  the  temple.  1  Esd. 
5. 

In  the  captivity  by  diligence  of  the 
prophets,  many  Jews  had  great  zeal| 
in  true  religion.  And  about  the  24th 
year  of  the  captivity,  Assuerus,  other- 
wise called  Astyages,  made  Esther 
queen,  and  wicked  Aman  seeking  to 
destroy  all  the  Jews  in  those  parts,  was 
himself  hanged  on  the  gallows  which 
he  had  prepared  for  Mardocheus.  Es- 
ther 7,  &c. 

The  temple  being  perfected,  Mala- 
chias  (who  is  supposed  to  be  Esdras")  ex- 
horted to  offer  sacrifice  with  sincerity. 
Mai.  1.  and  2. 

And  Nehemias  brought  the*  king's 
edict  for  the  reparation  of  Jerusalem. 
2  Esd .  2. 

Esdras,  Nehemias,  and  others  labour- 
ed in  repairing  Jerusalem;  but  were 
often  interrupted.    2  Esd.  3. 

About  this  time  the  city  was  well  re- 
paired with  three  walls.  2  Esd.  3.  and 
7.    And  so  by  the  judgment  of  some  I 
Divines,   the    reckoning    of    seventy! 

235 


:«29 


High 
Priests 


Jona- 
than 

Jaddus 


Line  of 
David 


Sadoc 


Eliud 


3834 


383S 


3861 


SACRED  HISTORY. 


3897 


3898 
3994 


Onias 

Simon 
Priseus 

Eleazar 


Manas- 
ses     an 
Apos- 
tate 

Onias 


Simon 
Onias 

Matha- 
thias 

Judas 

Macha- 

beus 

Jona- 
thas 
Simon 
Joan- 
nes 

Hyrca- 
nus 
Aris- 
tobulus 
Alex- 
ander 

Hyrca- 
nus 


Achim 


weeks  began,  according  to  the  prophe- 
cy of  Daniel,  ch.  9.  v.  26. 

Nehemias  returning  from  Persia  (or 
Chaldea)  into  Judea  found  thick  water, 
for  the  fire  which  Jeremias  had  hid  in 
a  deep  cave.  2  Mach.  1.  v.  20.  and  23 
Alexander  the  Great  honoured  J  ad 
dus  the  High  Priest.  Joseph,  lib.  11.  c 
8.  Antiq. 

The  seventy-two  interpreters  being 
sent  by  Eleazarus  High  Priest  to  Ptolo- 
meus  Philadelphus  king  of  Egypt,  trans- 
lated the  Hebrew  scriptures  into  Greek. 
Onias  a  most  zealous  godly  High 
Priest,  2  Mach.  4.  was  persecuted  by 
Simon  a  Churchwarden,  slain  by  Adro- 
nicus  a  courtly  minion,  v.  34;  and  at 
his  death  prayed  for  all  the  people, 
chap.  15.  v.  12. 

Jesus  the  son  of  Sirach  wrote  the 
book  of  Ecclesiasticus,  in  the  time  of 
this  Simon  High  Priest,  as  seemeth, 
chap.  50.  v.  24.  and  25. 

Another  Jesus  (nephew  of  the  for 
mer)  translated  Ecclesiasticus  into 
Greek.    Prolog.  Eccli. 


Eleazar 


Mathan 


Jacob 


Joseph 


Philo  the  elder  wrote  tne  book  of 
Wisdom  in  Greek.     S.  Jeroin.  in  pref. 

Antiochus  Epiphanes  persecuted  the 
church  most  cruelly,  like  as  Antichrist 
will  do  near  the  end  of  the  world. 
1  Mach.  1.  v.  11.  and  2  Mach.  5,  6,  7. 

In  defence  of  the  church,  Mathathias 
and  his  sons  with  others  made  war, 
killed  and  overthrew  all  the#r  enemies, 
advanced  religion,  cleansed  the  temple, 
and  delivered  the  people  from  persecu- 
tion.   Died,  1  Mach.  2.  v.  70. 

After  the  wars,  the  Jews  in  Jerusa 
lem  wrote  to  the  Jews  in  Egypt,  ex- 
horting them  to  keep  the  feasts,  and 
other  rites,  as  they  were  observed  in 
Judea.    2  Mach.  1.  and  2. 


Pompeius  the  Great  taking  Jerusa- 
lem subdued  the  Jews  to  the  Romans. 
He  entered  into  the  holy  place,  called 
Sancta  Sanctorum,  there  profaned  holy 
things,  carried  away  Aristobulus  (who 
had  been  High  Priest)  prisoner,  and 
confirmed  Hyrcanus  in  his  place. 

After  whom  Cassius  also  spoiled  th« 
[temple.  S.  Aug.  li.  18.  c.  45.  de  civit. 


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